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This past week I was interview by Matthew S. Bajko of the Bay Area Reporter and here is a piece from the column – Article which can be found at http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4188:
Political Notebook: LGB pressure builds on Boxer, Feinstein
Published 09/10/2009 Bay Area Reporter: by Matthew S. Bajko
"It is unlikely she will face a Democratic challenger in next summer's primary, but Boxer can ill afford to lose LGBT support in the general election. And like their legislative counterparts, her LGBT constituents are beginning to closely examine Boxer's record in terms of LGBT bills this year.
"I feel that Boxer has been considered a champion of LGBT issues, however, unless you are pushing for legislation and doing more than just co-sponsoring, you really are not championing the issue," said out lesbian Marin County resident Melanie Nathan, a conflict resolution specialist who founded San Francisco-based agency Private Courts. "I don't know who is taking the lead on these issues. I certainly would like to see Senator Boxer take the lead."
Nathan said she is becoming increasingly concerned that the attention of Congress and the president is being usurped by the health care reform debate, and that is being used as an excuse to ignore other matters of importance to LGBT citizens.
"The question then remains is that a good reason to fail to take leadership on issues that seriously impact civil rights when we have a friendly president, supposedly, and a friendly Congress and a friendly Senate?" asked Nathan. "As a lesbian, I feel terrified we are going to be left behind again."
Nathan was part of a group of LGBT advocates who met with Feinstein's Washington, D.C. staffers June 3 to press the senior lawmaker to sign on to the Uniting American Families Act. The legislation, introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), would allow the foreign-born partners of LGBT Americans to apply for U.S. citizenship. While Boxer is a co-sponsor of the bill, Feinstein has yet to sign on to the legislation."
Please read my comments in context and the full article at http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4188:
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The contract to automate valves inside the Channel Tunnel presented Rotork Retrofit with an unprecedented list of challenges to overcome, not only relating to the size and physical locations of the valves themselves, but also due to the very restricted timescales available to carry out the work.
The contract involved twenty-four ball valves on a total of 200 kilometres of 400mm chilled water running tunnel cooling pipework running the length of the two main tunnels, which removes the huge quantities of heat generated by the trains that pass through and underground plant rooms. Situated at the mid-point and two cross-over points at each end of the tunnels, the valves are used to configure the flow of water through the appropriate tunnel sections to suit prevailing operating conditions.
Originally, all but four of the valves were manually operated, but the steady increase in the number of trains using the tunnel has dictated the need to automate all of them. This will ensure that the tunnel cooling can be efficiently switched between the appropriate loops for maximum efficiency and economy. For this to happen, the valves need to be remotely operated, using the Eurotunnel central control room and SCADA system, saving the time consuming exercise of despatching operators to the diverse locations whenever valves need to be opened or closed at frequencies of up to once a week. Eurotunnel's chosen solution was to equip the valves with a Rotork IQ electric actuator and Pakscan two-wire control package that would link directly into the Modbus protocol of the tunnel?s existing PLC data highway.
Rotork Retrofit's initial challenge involved the design of suitably compact adaptation to ensure that the actuators would be out of harm's way from passing trains. All the valves are in elevated locations, on the tunnel side, with various valve stem orientations, including inverted. Retrofit designers overcame the constraints of these space restrictions by utilising a combination of Exeeco worm and bevel gear operators with IQ20 intelligent electric actuators.
The task of installation had to be programmed into a very restricted time frame, allowing the work to be performed only at set times at night on Saturdays and Sundays. In addition, access was only possible by means of Eurotunnel maintenance transport, which would deliver and collect the Retrofit engineers at strict, predetermined times. Therefore, as Rotork Lead Engineer John White explains: "it was crucial to ensure that all the equipment to do the job was on board; there was no scope to go back and pick up any forgotten parts. It was equally important to ensure that the job was finished by the time we were to be collected in order to keep the project on schedule."
Specialised hydraulic lifting gear was brought in to hoist the actuator/gear operator packages onto the valves, often using the Eurotunnel maintenance train as a lifting platform. In this way, working in close co-operation with Eurotunnel staff and the cabling contractor, it was possible, on average, to complete one actuator installation during each night of working.
At each of the three locations, a Rotork Pakscan IIS sequencer master station was installed to link the retrofitted actuators to the main data highway, enabling valve monitoring and control to be performed at the central control room. In addition, a Rotork touch screen operator panel has been installed at each site, providing a back-up facility by which the actuators can be operated locally, using Rotork In-Vision software. In-Vision also has a data logging facility that records every actuator command and action, creating an event-by-event database of historical operating information. This information can be used diagnostically to prepare preventative maintenance schedules and avoid unplanned interruptions.
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Take a look into the PS3 version of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
By: iorilamia May 30, 2011 | 3 Comments
As you may know Sony announced they were going to put some PSP tittles on PS3, with some improvements including HD graphics. The first announced was Monster Hunter, take a peek at its PS3 look.
In Rei's Story http://gouki.com/Story/Details/remixed-psp-to-ps3-titles-are-coming we got news of Sony remixing PSP only titles to PS3, with updated graphics and other improvements. With the hype around Monster Hunter 3rd being announced as one of those tittles, we get a video of some Japanese celebrities freaking out over the PS3 port. Unfortunately half of this 45 minute video is talking, but the gameplay looks awesome. Enjoy~
(To skip all the talking, skip to 19:00 for character screen and 21:00 for in-game welcomed by a hilarious " WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA")
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Monster hunter fans who own a PS3, are you excited? Tell us what you think about Portable 3rd on the PS3.
source: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/05/30/mhp3rd_hd_video/
Remixed PSP Titles to PS3 are Coming!
By: reipuerto May 22, 2011 | 7 Comments
A remake of great games on the big screen?
Sony has annouced a that PSP titles are being remaster, which will be consiste of certian titiles, and will be making released in Japan first.
According to Sony;
" 'PSP Remaster' titles will deliver rich and immersive gaming experience on the PS3 system through stunning high-definition graphics as well as through additional new features for these titles, such as operability on the PS3 Wireless Controller (SIXAXIS® and DUALSHOCK®3), new add-on content or stereoscopic 3D support. Users will also be able to utilize the same save data from the original PSP game for the 'PSP Remaster' version and enjoy the game on the go with the PSP system and continue the game at home on a large TV screen using PS3. Ad-hoc mode gameplay will also be supported through 'adhoc party for PlayStation Portable' application on the PS3 system."
And the first title will be..... Drum roll please..... Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, MHP3rd!
Yeah! Here's the trailer;
Some remaster games will have add-on content and/or 3D. Also, Sony states;
"For Japan, the first 'PSP Remaster' title to be introduced will be Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. from Capcom Co., Ltd. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for the PSP system is the latest installment of the blockbuster Monster Hunter franchise, which has alone shipped over 4.5 million units in Japan since its release in December 2010. The graphics of the PS3 version, including monsters, fields, equipment, as well as Felyne Comrades, are more gorgeous and vibrant than ever, and will deliver dynamic gameplay when played on the large TV screens."
Now, we, North America and Europe, have to wait for further news, since this is only in Japan for now.
So what game(s) do you want in the new "PSP Remaster" series? Let us know, down below!
Mine is Monster Hunter! So I'm good! Hahaha~


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The health of at least 7 million inhabitants in Moldavia and Ukraine is seriously threatened by a stock of old pesticides. This has been reported by the International HCH and Pesticides Association (IHPA). According to the organization the EU must act as fast as possible to disarm this 'biggest chemical time bomb of Europe'. This was incited at the closure of the 10th HCH & Pesticides Forum of the IHPA in the Czech Republic.
During the congress it became known that in the former Kalush factory in the west of Ukraine there is a stock of no less than 10,000 tonnes of superfluous Hexachlorobenzene (HCB). It's particularly the positioning along the Dniester river that makes the situation extremely hazardous: a single flood and the high concentrations of poison would pollute the natural habitat of some 7 million people in the west of Ukraine and Moldavia.
In total, tens of millions of inhabitants in Europe, Central Asia and the former Soviet Union are being threatened by pesticides. In Ukraine alone there are 4,500 storage locations with more than 30,000 tonnes of old pesticides, a legacy from the Soviet era. The substances have been prohibited since 2001. As a rule the packaging only lasts five to ten years. If nothing happens in that time, then the substances could simply end up in the soil or in the water.
It's especially the rural population which is in danger, the IHPA reports. The WHO has estimated that in 2050 every second human being will die from cancer due to the contamination in food, water and the environment. A major portion will be caused by pesticides. There's also the threat of major financial losses. The relatively minor Nitrofen scandal (2002) in the former East Germany alone, cost a total of 500 million euro.
The IHPA estimates that the stabilization or destruction of all current stocks of superfluous pesticides amounts to 1 billion euro. In the final statement, the IHPA calls on the European Commission to make haste in developing a solid plan of action, in close cooperation with the EU member states, the non-EU countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy and the relevant countries in Central Asia.
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As Japan braces for typhoon, rugby squad trains in the rain
By JOHN PYE - Oct. 12, 2019 08:50 AM EDT
England rugby fans warm up with a rugby ball at an underground pathway in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades approached landfall, with streets and train stations deserted and shops shuttered. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
TOKYO (AP) — Emergency crews were on high alert. Flights and trains were cancelled. Rugby stars here for the World Cup mostly heeded the same warnings as everyone else as Japan braced to be hit by a typhoon tipped to be its worst in six decades.
Tokyo Disneyland was shut. Shops were closed, shelves empty in some places as people stockpiled provisions. Images of massive waves pounding into Japan's main island were all over the media. Formula One qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix was postponed, and two Rugby World Cup games scheduled for Saturday had already been canceled.
And what was Michael Leitch and his Japan squad doing amid all this? Slogging through shin-deep water to get onto a sodden rugby field in downtown Tokyo to prepare for a game against Scotland that may not even be played on Sunday. It was hours before Typhoon Hagibis made landfall, and an earthquake in the area, but it was evidence of how this squad does things its own way.
"Discipline is crucial when the game gets tight," Leitch was quoted as saying by the national news agency.
They've certainly been disciplined. Japan won three games at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, including the epic upset of two-time champion South Africa, but still missed out on the quarterfinals. Despite the against-the-odds nature of that campaign, missing out on the knockout stage deeply hurt the players. Ultimately, it was a loss to Scotland that cost them.
Four years later, Japan has again won three games — including an upset of an Irish team that was ranked No. 1 before the tournament — and is a hot chance to become the first Asian team to qualify for the knockout stage of rugby's marquee tournament. It just happens to be being staged for the first time in Asia, albeit at the end of typhoon season.
Head coach Jamie Joseph pointed out on Friday, when he was riled by reports that Japan would get an easy ride to the knockouts if Sunday's game was cancelled and both teams were awarded two competition points, that his squad was just as desperate as Scotland to play. The typhoon isn't disrupted the whole country, with games and training sessions expected to go ahead as planned to the north and south of central Japan, but it was impacting life around the capital.
In the only one of Saturday's three scheduled games that wasn't cancelled, Ireland beat Samoa 47-5 at Fukuoka to secure one of the quarterfinal spots from Pool A. That means Scotland needs to beat Japan to advance.
The Japanese squad has been in camp for 240 days this year, Joseph noted, fully committed to the World Cup cause and making plenty of personal sacrifices for it. They want this.
Japan hasn't beaten Scotland in seven previous tests, and has conceded 17 tries while scoring just three against the Scots in three previous World Cup encounters. But those aren't stats that bother Joseph, considering some of the upsets Japan has caused.
The squad that some critics regarded as an assembly of rugby expats has certainly won the support of the host nation, probably because perseverance is a primary trait.
Joseph is a former New Zealand forward who played against Japan at the 1995 World Cup, and then switched to play for Japan in '99. And now he's coach.
Leitch was born in New Zealand, has Fijian heritage, but moved to Japan at age 15 and is playing in his third World Cup, his second as captain. He's teak tough, and a leader who exemplifies the team-first attitude. Players like halves partners Yutaka Nagare and Yu Tamura and winger Kenki Fukuoka have highlighted the increasing depth of the homegrown talent pool.
The Scots initially threatened legal action if the last of the pool games was canceled instead of moved or played in an empty stadium, but Joseph said his team wanted to play to finish off a perfect pool stage and prove beyond any doubt that they belong among the eight most elite teams.
Prop Keita Inagaki was in the Japan squad that lost to Scotland four years ago in England, and he carries that as motivation.
"I have never forgotten that feeling of defeat," Keita was quoted as saying by Kyodo. "We played two tests against them a year later and I still remember the pain from those, too."
Inagaki and Leitch are two of the seven players who started against Scotland in '15 and were included in the starting XV again for Sunday.
Nobody will question the commitment of this team, particularly after its captain's run when the typhoon was closing in from the Pacific.
World Rugby will assess conditions Sunday morning before confirming which of the last four group games will go ahead.
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by: JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press
Posted: Nov 20, 2019 / 08:51 AM PST / Updated: Nov 20, 2019 / 10:06 AM PST
Mourners surround the flag-draped coffin of Revolutionary Guard member Morteza Ebrahimi, seen in a poster at the bottom left, during a funeral procession that passed protest-damaged buildings in the town of Shahriar, Iran, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Ebrahimi was killed during protests over government-set fuel prices rising last week, demonstrations that quickly spiraled in violence. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As a cold rain fell on a suburb of Iran's capital on Wednesday, women swallowed by black chadors and men in green military-style jackets walked alongside the flag-draped coffin of a Revolutionary Guard member, one of over 100 people reported to be killed in protests across the country.
A low wail rose among the women as they passed the burned remains of buildings set ablaze in the chaos that began Friday. The mourners did not blame the Guard member's death on Iran's government, which increased gasoline prices amid widespread economic woes as Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers collapses.
Instead, those at the funeral blamed the United States.
"America, shame on you for your conspiracies," they cried. "The blood of our youth is dripping from your claws!"
From allegations of foreigners in demonstrations to claims of outside forces being involved, Iran's government has been blaming everyone else for the violence unleashed after it raised the minimum price for gasoline by 50%.
Those claims have been amplified by state-controlled TV and radio channels, the only broadcasters allowed, after interference on illegal but widely tolerated satellite dishes has grown worse and the internet has been blocked since Saturday.
Iran has yet to offer any definitive figures of those killed, injured or arrested in the unrest. Amnesty International on Tuesday said it believed at least 106 people had been killed, with the death toll possibly above 200. Iran's mission to the United Nations disputed the figure as "baseless allegations," although a U.N. office earlier said it feared the unrest may have killed "a significant number of people."
Iranian reports suggested the unrest led to nearly a half-billion dollars in damage and losses for the country.
The internet outage and communication disruption made it difficult for Iranians to speak to the outside world. The number of online videos of the unrest similarly have dried up, a result of the internet blockage.
"That the internet is still shut down only signals that despite the heavy use of violence, the security forces haven't been able to successfully squash the unrest," said Ali Fathollah-Nejad, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center.
In the hard-line Kayhan newspaper, editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari alleged Wednesday that the U.S., Israel, France and Saudi Arabia all supported the demonstrations. The newspaper run by Shariatmadari, who was appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described "retaliation" as a legitimate right for Iran.
"It is possible to bring them to their knees through imposing heavy financial and military damage," the newspaper wrote. "The enemies have lived in a glass house and their sensitive and strategic military and economy centers are easily accessible."
It did not offer any suggestion on how the retaliation could occur, although Iran enjoys the support of proxy forces across the wider Middle East and increasingly has confronted the U.S. this summer amid the collapse of the nuclear deal a year after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the 2015 accord.
The protests come as demonstrations also are taking place in Iraq and Lebanon, two nations key to Iran's regional influence. In Syria, another country supported by Tehran, Israel said it struck dozens of Iranian targets near Damascus on Wednesday, attacks that a monitoring group said killed at least 23 people.
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned the Swiss ambassador, America's representative in Tehran, to complain about what it described as U.S. intervention in the Islamic Republic's affairs.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which had been in the Arabian Sea for months over those tensions, sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the U.S. Navy said.
In Tehran's suburbs, people described the assailants in the unrest as moving quickly, something mentioned by others. Gas stations and banks, both private and state-owned, were seriously damaged.
"Everything happened in seconds," homemaker Maliheh Qorani said in Tehran's western Tehransar neighborhood. "Dozens of young and organized men smashed the windows of the bank and threw (gasoline bombs) into the building."
A heavy police presence could be seen in neighborhoods most recently affected by protests. However, people appeared to be more comfortable with coming out on the street than they had been since the unrest began.
Iran's relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani, whose administration said it pushed for the gasoline price increase to pay for more aid to the poor, declared victory Wednesday in the unrest, blaming "the Zionists and Americans" for the violence.
"Our people have come out victorious in different incidents and in the face of enemies' plots," Rouhani said.
Blaming foreigners for domestic woes is a decades-old tradition in Iran, dating back even to the time of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the months before his abdication and the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the shah and his government blamed Soviet-backed rebels for the unrest then. Others saw the hand of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, Palestinian militants or Israel.
The same could be heard at the funeral for Morteza Ebrahimi, a young member of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Protesters shot and stabbed Ebrahimi in the unrest and he died in a car that had been commandeered to take him to the hospital, his friends told the hard-line news website Raja News.
A funeral procession passed through the streets of the Tehran suburb of Shahriar, his casket riding on the back of a truck. Posters of Ebrahimi, bearded and smiling, sat pinned against garlands of flowers.
A truck in front bore a banner with the faces of Khamenei and the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini reading: "Protecting Islamic and revolutionary values, as well as praising martyrs, is the highest work." White-turbaned Shiite clerics in robes followed the crowd as it passed a building that was nearly razed in the unrest.
"These people have gathered here to say with a loud voice to the world's arrogance and hypocrites and those who wish to deal a blow to our ruling system to understand that the blood of martyrs has been spilled for this country," said Mohammad Reza Rezaei, a man who accompanied the funeral procession. "One of those martyrs is Ebrahimi who stood up for this system until the last drop of his blood."
He added: "We are here to announce that we will resist also until the last drop of our blood and support the ruling system."


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Donald Healey adjusts the carburettor on Leveretts car so as to give maximum performance at high altitudes. Originally published in the booklet 'Gloria In Exelsis', 1934.
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Triumph worked on developing a truly competitive sports cars and at one stage took an Alfa Romeo apart to see why it was a successful design. Healey also went to Milan to meet Alfa Romeo's chief engineer (who was pleased that his design was inspiring another car). After testing at the Brooklands race course the Triumph Dolomite was unveiled to the press at the 1934 Motor Show.
Monte Carlo exploits
Healey drove the prototype in the 1935 Monte Carlo rally, but did not complete the event as the car was hit by train at a level crossing during the night. A Dolomite finished eighth in the 1936 Monte Carlo rally (the best British performance). Despite this the car was discontinued as Triumph was not doing well and the Dolomite was a high-end, costly car.
Healey was Technical Director for Triumph from 1934 to 1939 and was responsible for designing all the company's cars. He created the Triumph Southern Cross and then the Triumph Dolomite 8 straight-eight sports car in 1935 following his class win, and 3rd overall, in the 1934 Monte Carlo Rally in a Triumph Gloria of his own design. However the company went into liquidation because of its financial problems. The company was sold by the receiver to Thomas Ward of Sheffield, who appointed Healey as General Manager.
Once the Second World War started Healey stayed as Works Manager of the factory, making carburettors for aero engines. Later in the war he worked with the Humber Car Company on military vehicles. At Humber he met Ben Bowden (chief body draughtsman) and Achille 'Sammy' Sampietro (chassis designer) and they discussed building sports cars together after the war.
A post-war return to the Midlands
During the war the family was evacuated to Cornwall and his son Geoff studied engineering at Camborne School of Mines. But the family returned to the Midlands and Geoff Healey joined Coventry engineering company Cornercroft as an apprentice. Geoff joined the Army after qualifying as an engineer and was posted to the Middle East (becoming a Captain). Brian ('Bic') stayed at school until 17 and joined the Royal Navy, spending a lot of time on the hazardous Russian convoys. John went to Southampton University (learning to fly with the university air squadron) and joined the RAF (later moving to its Physical Training Section for training as a PE instructor but was invalided out of the service with back problems).
Donald Healey took on a commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and was a part-time officer in Air Training Corps (eventually being promoted to Squadron Leader and in charge of the Warwickshire Wing). On VE (Victory in Europe) Day he was on duty at a local RAF station and during the celebrations tried to drive his Sunbeam-Talbot up the Officers' Mess steps.
Building his own car
The plans to build a sports car with Bowden and Sampietro then started. They were still with Humber but worked at weekends on their new venture. Healey left Humber and managed to find a location to build the prototype chassis – rented space at Benford Ltd's cement mixers business in Cape Road, Warwick. They used cement-mixer tools to help build the chassis, got assistance from Geoff Healey when he was on leave from the Army, and had tracings drawn by Women's Auxiliary Air Force girls stationed nearby. The company later moved into a larger workshop in a former RAF hanger on the site.
The previous article looked at Healey's rallying career, whilst the next focuses on the start of the Healey Motor Company.
The 'Warwick Healey Motor Company' material was purchased by Warwickshire County Record Office from the Healey family in June 2016 and includes items from different branches of the family. Subsequent donations were made by the family and others, including former Donald Healey Motor Company employees, individuals, and Healey enthusiasts.
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By Isak Möller - 6 February 2021, 20:17
In the days leading up to Milan-Crotone, it seemed Stefano Pioli would have just two absences in the shape of Simon Kjaer and Brahim Diaz. However, this wasn't the case, as revealed by the squad list.
Sandro Tonali and Ismael Bennacer will both miss the game tomorrow, having been left out of the squad. According to MilanNews, the former Brescia man is yet to recover from his hip issues, which has been causing him some discomfort lately.
As for Bennacer, the midfielder is suffering from initial symptoms of bronchitis and also had a bit of fever. He didn't take part in today's training session with the team and the decision was thus to leave him out.
On a positive note, Matteo Gabbia and Hakan Calhanoglu are back in the squad. The defender has been out for a very long time, while the No.10 recently recovered from COVID and is working hard to get back in shape.
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(visited by Randy Paulson, Doug Duchon and Rick Allen)
22-Aug-2003 -- My friends (Doug Duchon and Rick Allen) and I learned of the Confluence Project about 5 weeks ago. We immediately decided that we would select a confluence and attempt a visit. Unfortunately, Minnesota (where we are from), both of the Dakotas, as well as Iowa and Wisconsin are complete. The nearest confluence not visited was located in southern Ontario, Canada, so we made plans for a visit to occur in late August.
We left Minneapolis, MN on Thursday afternoon and drove to Gilbert, MN where we spent the night in a very nice campground located just south of town. We woke up Friday morning and drove to Cook, MN where we had a hearty breakfast before driving on to International Falls (the Minnesota town bordering Ft. Francis, Ontario, Canada). The Canadian Customs Agent was a bit suspicious of our reason for visiting Canada until she read the "Letter to Landowners", which explained the project and justified our visit.
Another hour on the road put us north of Finland, Canada at the road (trail?) to Gohere Bay (part of Lake of the Woods). Rick's four wheel drive Ford F150 transported us about seven miles off of the main highway, to within about 1.7 miles of the confluence. Here the trail started to move away from the point of confluence. The terrain in this area is a combination of lowland bogs, dense wooded areas and outcroppings of bare rock.
It was about 12:30PM when we left the truck and started our hike toward the confluence. Our initial progress was through dense woods and areas of bare rock. Our thoughts at that point were that this would be a quick hike in and out. That was before we encountered the first bog. As we viewed the bog from a rocky cliff, it was obvious that we would have to cross it, as it extended for at least a mile in either direction. Our rubber boots were back at the truck, so we set off across the bog stepping on high spots of vegetation in a futile attempt to keep our feet dry. Trudging through this bog reminded all of us of walking through deep, heavy snow. We repeated the process through three more sections of dense woods and two more bogs before arriving at our destination. Once there, the next half hour was spent trying to get either of our two GPS's to stabilize at full zero's. Our photo shows the result of our efforts. This confluence is located in a heavily wooded area, so the photos of the four directions are very similar, as is the photo of the ground where the confluence is located.
The photo of the three of us has Doug in the center, Rick on the right and me on the left. By then it was nearly 3:00PM. We took a quick break for an apple and a drink of water and headed out. Our return trip was fairly uneventful and was completed by 4:30PM. After four hours of hiking through difficult terrain, we were ready for the drive back to Minnesota. At the border, the US Customs Agent was suspicious of our quick trip to and from Canada with no purchases. Even after explaining the project, she seemed unwilling to believe us until we showed her our digital photos. She waved us through and promised to look up the project web site.
After a great dinner at the Firehouse Spot (a restaurant in International Falls), we spent the night in a campground on Birch Point (on Rainy Lake). The drive south through the rain (contrasting the beautiful, sunny day we enjoyed on Friday) put us back in Minneapolis at about 4:00PM, almost exactly 48 hours after our departure. We had a great time and will all remember this adventure for years to come.
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Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has today become an Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College as part of a two-day visit to Oxford.
Secretary Clinton unveiled a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt at the University's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights to mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which Roosevelt was instrumental in drafting.
The former US Secretary of State will deliver the keynote speech at tomorrow's conference, entitled 'Confronting Illiberalism: The Role of the Media, Civil Society and Universities.' Oxford Vice-Chancellor Louise Richardson will also speak at the event.
Oxford University's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights was officially opened earlier this year by the late, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
The bronze statue of Roosevelt was created by artist Penelope Jencks. At the unveiling, in front of around 200 Mansfield students and event guests, Clinton noted that it was the second casting of an earlier statue currently found in Riverside Park, New York City.
Denocracy isn't under siege. The US had a democratic election and Mrs Clinton lost. Democrat that she is, she believed that being married to a former president gave her the right to be president herself. The American people decided otherwise.
Am seriously displeased with Mansfield trying to spin Hillary as some defender of human rights, after her support for the Saudi's (not really different to Handmaid's Tale in Saudi Arabia), opposition to universal healthcare and support of the death penalty, in addition to supporting racist crime policies and welfare reforms (cuts) back in the pre-Bush days when Bill was President, and support for military interventions abroad (not just Iraq, either). And I shall also mention that she also voted against a bill to ban partial birth abortion (intact dilation and extraction to use the medical term) back in 2005 while a Senator for New York, despite it having reasonably broad exemptions. (That's an objectively barbaric proceedure that kills the child as it's being born and banning it is one of the few times the Republicans actually did something good). You do not need to be even vaguely close to pro-life to support a ban on doctors doing that; it's obviously infanticide and did happen after fetal viability (indeed, it's a late 2nd/3rd trimester proceedure).
Hillary has never acted out of principle, but always out of naked political ambition. But the American people have seen through her, even if Mansfield (which wasn't a college in my day) hasn't.
You know, I couldn't agree more. I'm anti-Trump and protested him a couple of times, I just wish that there had been some protests against Hillary as well in light of the issues I raised above. Though I think Trump is so obviously guilty of more or less everything I criticise Hillary about above (and he's even more of a blatant liar than Hillary) except perhaps the partial-birth abortion now (though I think he's lying about opposing abortion except politically and did support partial-birth back in the day) and single-payer in the past (no idea if he supports it but just plays partisan games or U-turned on his previous positions). I am so glad I don't live in the US, though I'd have to vote 3rd party (Greens) instead.
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Hi! This is my first blog post on Sprout. I am the first non-developer and female addition to the We Are Mammoth team. The following story might seem unrelated to development – but hang in there.
I have a hobby. For the past 2 years, I have been canning pickles and preserves. One of my favorite things to do in the summer is to buy bulk fresh fruit and make homemade preserves. And I love peaches. And finding a fantastic peach is trickier than it sounds. In my opinion a great peach must come from a local farmer, the grocery store doesn't have anything that compares. And peaches are only in season for a couple weeks out of the year. After a poor peach season in 2007, my dad knew that I was on the hunt for peaches. I got a call from him a week ago, after a few taste tests; he bought a bushel of peaches from a local farmers market. The minute I walked into his house, I could smell the fragrant, ripe fruit. Yum. I waited for a week while the peaches continued to ripen. I searched the internet for the best low sugar peach preserve recipe. The one that caught my attention took 3 days to complete. No problem. I had the dedication. I had to prep the peaches overnight by cutting them and letting them soak in lemon juice and sugar. The next day, I heated the peach mixture for 45 minutes and let them soak overnight. Finally, I was ready for the canning process. Now keep in mind, making low sugar preserves requires a long process of simmering the ingredients until they reach a temperate of 220-degrees and start to jell. After a week of anticipation, I was just a short evening away from peach preserves. Around 9 PM, I started to get impatient. The liquid was only 180-degrees. The liquid was far from jelling and I was tired. In the name of time, I turned up the heat. I figured I would give the process a jump start – I didn't have all night. Imagine my disappointment when I realized that I started burning the preserves. In the vibrant orange mixture, I could see bits of scalded peaches rising to the surface. What was I thinking? After all of this time and effort, in the final hours I was going to compromise the process by trying to compress time.
On Monday, I was given an assignment by Craig – post a blog entry by the end of the week. What could I possibly contribute to a blog about development? Craig suggested I write about my Project Management class, my hobbies, or learning HTML. This week my mind has been on canning, specifically, my peach preserves. I have been thinking a lot about how I nearly ruined the preserves just because I wanted to save some time. In an attempt to compose a blog post, I started to reflect on patience in relation to the development process. A quote that I read in a project management class kept on coming to my mind – "Time is not considered a cost nor a resource since the project manager cannot control the rate at which it is expended." I needed a project manager in my kitchen for my peach preserves project. I would have appreciated a reminder about the concept of the project management triangle. Each side of the triangle is represented by a traditional project constraint – scope, time, and cost. They are all dependent and one side cannot be changed without affecting the other. The sides must stay equal or it will affect project quality. Of course! I am an expert in change orders – this makes perfect sense. If your specs and cost stay the same and you attempt to compress time, as a result you will compromise quality. After all of the effort and care that I had put into the initial steps of the project, I would have rethought the arbitrary deadline that I created for my peach preserves. In retrospect, time seems likes a small price to pay for excellent preserves. I wish that I would have taken some time to explicitly consider this concept at 9 PM in my kitchen this week. Can anyone recommend a good project manager?


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The weather here in Everett has been amazing for the first four games of this series – in fact, I haven't seen a cloud so far (outside of those hanging over the Cascade Mountains to the east). Temperatures have been in the 70s (compared to the high 9os in Boise), dipping into the low 60s during the latter innings – it has been near perfect.
Some News and Notes from around the organization…with the Kosuke Fukudome trade two days ago, former Hawk Tyler Colvin was recalled by the Cubs, while at AAA Iowa, Welington Castillo went on the disabled list, allowing another former Hawk, Steve Clevenger, to earn a promotion to AAA. At AA Tennessee, Dallas Beeler has been put on the 7-Day DL, while Brent Ebinger made his second trip up to Sevier County. David Macias was sent to A Daytona (with Dustin Harrington being the odd man out, earning him a trip back here to Boise).
On the big league front – Jerry Blevins has been called up by the A's for the fourth time this season, while Jose Ceda was recently sent down from Florida to AAA New Orleans for a third time. Also, Sergio Mitre's season looks done in New York, as the Yankees put the 2001 Hawk on the 60-Day DL.
Down in the desert – Tyler Gretzky (7th Round) and Darien Martin (13th Round) have signed, while lefties Andrew McKirahan (Texas) and Sheldon McDonald (U. British Columbia) have seen game action and could see a trip to Boise to provide some help in the pen in the near future.
Two days into the trip to Everett and two different ball games for the Hawks – hitting three homers in the 8-6 win on Wednesday night, then losing a 10-inning decision on Thursday to the Aquasox, 5-4. Thursday's game saw the return of Reggie Golden to the line-up, while Zeke DeVoss is expected to return to the Hawks line-up on Friday.
HIGHLIGHTS: Hawks hit three homers on Wednesday night, click here (http://yotestats.i8.com/hawks/Highlights7-27-11.wma), while listen to Pin-Chieh Chen's first professional home run here (http://yotestats.i8.com/Hawks/Highlights7-28-11.wma).
WEEKEND NOTES: Interesting promotions in Everett this weekend – Japanese Heritage Night on Saturday (with Japanese themed uniforms), as the Aquasox are raising money for earthquake/tsunami relief, along with a mascot mania on Sunday afternoon.
The first half of the Northwest League season has come to an end – with the Eugene Emeralds (by default) and the Tri-City Dust Devils earning a spot in the League Divisional Series in September. Eugene backed into the playoffs, their first in over a decade, despite dropping two games to Everett – earning the spot when Salem-Keizer scored nine runs in the final three innings on Monday night in Vancouver to stun the Canadians.
For the Boise Hawks – the record was wiped clean and the squad has had a sort of rejuvenation, opening the second half with a pair of tight wins. The 5-4 victory at home over Spokane gave the Hawks their first series win since a three-game sweep of Yakima at the beginning of July, while the series opening win at Everett ended a five-game road losing streak.
The Hawks have used a power surge of late to get the fans excited – hitting at least one home run in each of the last four games. It marked the first time since the 2008 season that the squad homered in four-straight (August 1-6), part of a season that saw the team hit 42 long balls.
season last night – tying Steve McQuail of Vancouver for the league lead. Hoilman is one of 24 players in Boise Hawks history to hit 10-or-more homers in a season and the first since Kyler Burke hit ten in 2007. Joining Hoilman and Burke in the 10 homer club are Micah Hoffpauir (2002), Condor Cash (2001), Corey Slavik (2001), Jason Coulie (2000), Dave Kennedy (1993), and J.R. Phillips (1990). Six players have hit 11 homers in a season – Tyler Colvin (2006), Casey Child (1997), John Donati (1994), Mike Wolff (1992), Oreste Marrero (1989) and Jeff Mace (1987), while three have hit 12 in a season – Donnie Hood (2002), Jeff Wagner (2000), and Matt Curtis (1996). The big boppers in franchise history all had great years – as Brian Dopirak (2003), Kevin Collins (2002), Jason Dewey (1997), and Mace (1998) all had 13 homers, Ryan Harvey (2004) and Ryan Kane (1995) each had 14, Todd Greene slammed 15 homers in 1993, and Russ Canzler hit the franchise best 16 home runs during the 2006 season.
I recall a conversation in the clubhouse in Vancouver with Desi Wilson about hitting slumps and streaks – him stating that a bad-hop single for Rafael Lopez, which broke the Florida State product out of a 3-for-22 slump, might be a turning point. Boy has it, as Lopez has hit safely in 13-of-14 games, raising his batting average from .237 to .327 – including a trio of three-hit games. Hoilman has also hit safely in six straight games, with Jesus Morelli logging hits in five-straight.
The bullpen arms – when they are used (due to the piggy-back rotation that the Cubs have employed this season), have been solid of late. Dustin Fitzgerald has been money at home, having not allowed an earned run in 9 1/3 innings at Memorial Stadium, while Colin Richardson has provided solid middle relief in getting to closer Bryce Shafer, who has converted back-to-back saves after that ninth inning disaster in Spokane. Willengton Cruz and Yao-Lin Wang continue to pitch well, both among the league leaders in ERA and strikeouts.
THE FROGS: No rain so far this year in Everett (after Jody-Gate in 2010), but the fans continue to ask why I call the Aquasox the Frogs…the picture is of Webbly their mascot (a frog) – and it has been their secondary "nickname" for over a decade.
MOVIE REPORT: Trainer Bob Grimes has decided to make it a learning experience for the team on the final couple road trips of the season – as the squad will watch baseball movies for education. On the eight-hour trip to Everett, it was Bull Durham and Field of Dreams, a pair of movies that more than half the squad hadn't seen. It was interesting to hear the comments from the staff, since many of them played in the ballparks featured in the movie.
BUMPS AND BRUISES: Joe Zeller returned to the mound last night after 17 days due to soreness in his shoulder, while both Zeke DeVoss and Reggie Golden have been held out due to minor injuries. DeVoss (knee) and Golden (ankle) both took batting practice yesterday and may be in the line-up on Thursday.
DRAFT NEWS: Though nothing has been made official by the Chicago Cubs, but sources have said that the Hawks parent club has made a killing on draft signings over the past week – including picks in the Top-15, which may end up being Boise Hawks either later this season or next. When the Cubs make the news official, we'll have it to you.
The last five days for the Boise Hawks have seen some the trials and tribulations that typify a normal minor league baseball season –highs and lows, ups and downs. Despite falling short of a Northwest League East Division first-half title, the squad is poised for a chance to earn their way into the playoffs during the final 38 games of the season.
Newcomer Zeke DeVoss out of Miami has been an instant hit for the club, as the third-round pick set a franchise record with five stolen bases in his debut and has already swiped eight bags and is hitting a cool .471 in five games. Also rejoining the team has been Jesus Morelli, who missed nearly two months after injuring a hand in the final game of Extended Spring Training.
The close of the Spokane series at Avista Stadium happened with a literal bang, courtesy of Reggie Golden, as the Hawks outfielder tried to score on a wild pitch in the sixth inning of the eventual 6-4 Boise loss. A violent collision between he and catcher Carson Vitale ensued, with the Indians backstop holding onto the ball for the final out – but Vitale took the brunt of the damage, breaking his clavicle and sustaining possible shoulder damage, more than likely ending his season. By the time Golden came up in the eighth inning, the crowd of 4,000-plus joined in unison of boo's – a sound that mimicked that of Alex Rodriguez when he returns to Seattle.
Returning home, the Hawks proved that Memorial Stadium magic was alive and well – that be it after a 4-0 shutout loss on Thursday night. Boise would go 23 2/3 innings without a run at home, finally breaking the streak on Friday night before a sellout crowd. The game would go 10 innings – the fourth time in five games vs. Yakima that went extras, with Rafael Lopez smacking an RBI single to win it for the good guys.
Sunday night was also a breakthrough game – as the Hawks broke the 10-run barrier for the first time since July 1 in a 13-6 rout of Spokane, ending the Indians hope of a first-half pennant. Paul Hoilman broke the game open with a grand slam homer, part of a nine-run inning, with Willson Contreras adding an RBI single and two-run triple in the frame. The game nearly saw fireworks, as Indians reliever Leonel De Los Santos plunked Yaniel Cabezas with a fastball on the pitch following Hoilman's bomb, with Cabezas taking a couple steps towards the mound. Both teams climbed to the top steps of their respective dugouts, but the umpires took control quickly, ejecting De Los Santos before anything got out of hand. Listen to home run calls of Hoilman and Blair Springfield from July 24 games at http://yotestats.i8.com/hawks/Highlights7-24-11.wma.
to get to-and-from the press box, you know) – a true sign that a new stadium in town is needed, as the climb to the booth is nearly impossible. The pain is supposed to last another week – so wish me luck.
Hawks are 180 fans below their average from 2010. However, you have to give credit to fans in the Valley on Saturday, coming out to the yard on a night when everything was going on in town – 70,000 folks at the Boise Music Festival, 10,000 at a Katy Perry concert, 10,000 at the Snake River Stampede (which I got to attend Saturday's matinee performance), and a few thousand at nearby Les Bois Park for horse racing, yet 2,500 fans still watched baseball.
A PAIR HANG IT UP: Two players have recently hung up the spikes on their professional baseball careers – as catcher Jose Guevara and infielder Travis Garcia have retired. Guevara was in his third season with the Hawks, coming off of off-season knee surgery, but was primarily Boise's bullpen catcher. Garcia's retirement was a mystery to some, as the 2011 draft pick retired after not accompanying Yaniel Cabezas back to Spokane after the recent trip to Vancouver. He was in Mesa with the AZL-Cubs before the decision. Best of luck to both young men.
SLUMPING FARM SYSTEM: The six-game losing streak that the Hawks suffered this week was a bit of a trend across the Cubs minor league affiliates. AAA Iowa lost 14-of-17 games from July 4-23, AA Tennessee lost 11-of-14 from July 6-21, High-A Daytona lost 5-of-6 from July 18-23, with Low-A Peoria losing 9-of-11 from July 14-24 – so the Hawks, losing 11-of-13 from July 8-23 wasn't anything out of the ordinary.
Playing in the biggest ballpark in the Northwest League has not helped the Boise Hawks chances to win a first half East Division title, as the squad has continued their struggle away from home. The Hawks have now dropped eight of their last nine games away from Boise and take a season long four-game losing streak into tonight's finale.
The team has fallen from 14-10 on June 10, with the current tailspin dropping the club to 15-17 – their lowest mark since Game 3 of the season in Eugene, when the Hawks sat at 1-3.
Futility on the road at the plate has been the biggest issue, as the team has stumbled to a .226 batting average in the 18 road games, with only Rafael Lopez (.348) among the regulars hitting above the .300 mark away from the Treasure Valley. Boise is hitting just .244 with runners in scoring position on the road and is a woeful 3-for-22 with the bases loaded.
Tonight's game, with Su-Min Jung and Cam Greathouse piggy-backing, is a must-win situation, with the team sitting two games back of both Spokane and Tri-City in the East. A loss all by eliminates the Hawks from a first half pennant chase, but a win pulls Boise within a game of Spokane (and possibly Tri-City, depending on their game tonight) with Yakima heading to town on Thursday night.
A NEW MASCOT: The Indians have debuted a second mascot – joining what was the world's only Spokaneasaurus, Otto. It is a female version, named Doris – that splits time with Otto during the on-field promotions…joining Everett with multiple mascots (not counting Recycleman, who makes appearances here and there in Spokane).
TOUGH DAY IN THE BIGS: Yesterday was a tough day for former Hawks at the major league level, as both Jerry Blevins (Oakland) and Mitch Atkins (Baltimore) were sent to the minors. Blevins was DFA'd, meaning he must clear waivers before having the option to rejoin AAA Sacramento, while Atkins was optioned to AAA Norfolk. Robinson Chirinos had a memorable debut with Tampa Bay, smacking a double in his first MLB at bat.
The Hawks closed out the Canadian portion of the current eight-game road trip with a pair of weird ball games – a rain-shortened 6-2 loss to Vancouver, followed by the fastest game in the Northwest League this season, a 1-0 loss in just 118 minutes.
The rain-game was interesting from the standpoint that the field at Nat Bailey Stadium was in much poorer shape than what we saw last year in the infamous "Forfeit Game" in Everett – standing water on the warning track all around the field, though the outfield was not as much of a lake as it was a year ago. It was the first time I'd been in a weather-shortened game since a game in Vancouver in 2003.
The next afternoon the Hawks got a great start from Willengton Cruz, going a season-best 5 2/3 innings, striking out eight, but big Steve McQuail launched a second inning homer to provide the only offense in the game. Boise hit balls hard all afternoon – right at C's players. As Mark Johnson said on the pregame show, at least we got one win against the AA team (Vancouver) – since the C's have a much, much older team than Boise.
FINAL LOOKS IN CANADA: The kids park at Nat Bailey has been improved once again in 2011 – adding not one, but four bouncy areas for the children in Vancouver. An obstacle course, a true bounce house, an inflatable slide, a speed pitch, and a hitting cage all for the kids, while the best barbeque pit and beer garden awaits adults on the first-base side.
RECORD TIME AGAIN: Bob Grimes must have a way with all customs agents – as it was a breeze coming back across the US-Canadian border. The Hawks trainer hopped off the bus and talked with the guard – the bus pulled, we departed, went through customs, and were away in just 17 minutes…last year, I think we spent 17 minutes waiting for an agent to tell us what to do.
THE SCENIC ROUTE: Instead of taking the typical drive down to Seattle, over Snoqualmie Pass, and over to Spokane – the team decided to take a more scenic drive, traversing the state on US-2 – across Stevens Pass, seeing raging rapids on the Wenatchee River and some of the most beautiful country in central Washington. The team arrived in Spokane at just after midnight.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW ROBBY: Following a 16-inning marathon against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays called up former Boise Hawk Robinson Chirinos to replace Jose Lobaton, who was injured in the game. Robby, who played for the Hawks in the 2002 NWL championship season, became the 87th former Boise player to play in the Major Leagues. He becomes the 13th player off that team alone to play in MLB joining Rich Hill, Ricky Nolasco, Clay Rapada, Andy Sisco, JK Ryu, Ryan O'Malley, Geovany Soto, Felix Pie, Randy Wells, Micah Hoffpauir, and Ronny Cedeno.
MORE FROM SPOKANE: We'll take a look at the trip in Spokane tomorrow – hoping for at least one day with warm temperatures, instead of the rain that hampered the team in Vancouver.
A slump is exactly what the squad is in right now – having lost five of their last six games, including three in a row, with offensive woes plaguing the team. The Hawks have not recorded an extra-base hit since Paul Hoilman clubbed a two-run homer on Sunday in the first inning, a span of 34 1/3 innings. Boise now ranks dead last in the Northwest League in home runs, doubles, triples, extra base hits, and slugging percentage – although the pitching staff has done an admirable job keeping the team in games with a 4.10 ERA.
Kudos to Yao-Lin Wang last night – despite giving up three LONG home runs to Vancouver hitters, the youngster from Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) attacked hitters all night, finishing with a career-high nine strikeouts. The total equaled the most by a Boise pitcher since Jeff Antigua fanned 11 Eugene Emeralds in 2009 (Austin Kirk and Cam Greathouse each struck nine men in 2010).
The Hawks are short-handed in Vancouver, as a pair of players did not make the trip North. Reserve infielder Travis Garcia did not have a passport to get across the imaginary line between the countries, while catcher Yaniel Cabezas (who had been the Hawks hottest hitter of late) is a defector from Cuba and cannot cross international lines. Both players are in Mesa to stay fresh and will rejoin the team in Spokane on Monday. That, coupled with injuries to Hector Mayora (rotator cuff stiffness) and Joe Zeller (shoulder strain) – the Hawks have just 24 healthy bodies and just one reserve available as a position player.
ACROSS THE BOARDER: Year in and year out, crossing the U.S.-Canadian border has been a struggle for the Hawks, whether it be a long line of buses, players with records that folks don't know about, or players who do not have their documentation in order. This year, trainer Bob Grimes had a system in place – using a CD case that had every member of the travel party's passport and documentation in it. He and Hal (our trusty bus driver) got off the bus and in less than 30 minutes, we were singing "Oh Canada". It was an all-timer.
THE FUNGO: Most people know of a fungo as the long-skinny bat that coaches use to hit ground balls during batting practice, but the Canadians front office has taken it to new levels. The C's have unveiled the biggest hot dog I've ever seen – a two-foot long dog called, yes, the Fungo, on a bun that resembles a loft of french bread. It is a heart-attack waiting to happen, though KBOI-2's Troy Oppie pounded one down in less than 10 minutes.
IS OUR MONEY WORTHLESS: You used to come to Canada and it was fun – one would get $1.40 or more for the U.S. Dollar and businesses wanted greenbacks…not anymore. You must have Canadian money at any food establishment, as the dollar is worth just 93 cents in Canada – and if you go to a bank to exchange, they'll even tack on a $3.00 surcharge (in Canadian) to the transaction. Gonna be eating at the park the rest of the way.
CUBS NEWS: The Cubs have finally signed a Top-15 draft pick, as Zeke DeVoss, a speedy outfielder from Miami, the third-rounder from 2011, has signed and debuted in Mesa (albeit as a second-baseman)…also, promotions have happened in the minors – as Matt Szczur has headed to Daytona, Jae-Hoon Ha to Tennessee, and both Ryan Flaherty and Brett Jackson to Iowa…also kudos to Russ Canzler, who was named MVP of the AAA All-Star Game after mashing a three-run homer to help the International League to victory.
A total of 148 former Boise Hawks players are currently active in professional baseball – from the independent leagues to the Major Leagues. Click on the following link to see how your favorite former Hawks are doing: Boise Hawks Alumni Report 7-14-11.
Three games into a series with the Everett Aquasox, it has been a rollercoaster ride for the Boise Hawks – using the long ball to win the series opener, then blowing a pair of leads late in Friday and Saturday night losses.
One of my highlights of the weekend was the performance on the field by the Sweet Right Brothers traveling mascot troupe, which entertained the crowd on Saturday night. Outstanding act by a trio of guys from North Carolina that made the long trek across the country in a pick-up – thanks for keeping Hawks' fans entertained.
Also, kudos to the fireworks proprietors, who had another outstanding display on Friday night – including the artillery type fireworks that wowed the crowd.
Thursday was about the homers – as Paul Hoilman launched a tape measure shot into the trees deep in right-center, with Jose Guevara curling one just around the foul pole in left. Friday, it was an up-and-down night from Cam Greathouse, who struck out seven men in two-plus innings, but he walked Patrick Brady twice, with Jim Wood delivering a pair of run-scoring hits that gave Everett a win. Saturday was just a weird game, as the Hawks trailed 5-0, took a 6-5 lead, then lost, 8-5.
A LONG DAY: It was an extremely long Saturday for me – as a long game on Friday night (getting to bed at my typical 1 a.m.), but a 6 a.m. walk-up call ensued, as my family and I competed in the Fit For Life racing series, co-sponsored by the Boise Hawks. The race had a 5K, a 10K, and a half marathon, with the Safford deciding to tackle the 10K – which after 93 minutes, we were crossing home plate at the ballpark. Special thanks to race organizer and Hawks fan Jeff Ulmer for making it happen.
THE JOKER: Visual evidence of the Everett Aquasox 2010 playing card set that features former Hawks manager Jody Davis as the "Joker" in the card set. The card was in reference to Davis pulling the Hawks off the field in August of last season, resulting in a forfeit on a night in which the Aquasox had a sold-out crowd.
ROSTER MOVES GALORE: A carousel of roster moves have changed up the Cubs farm system over the last week – with the Hawks amongst the teams in the mix. Ben Klafczynski was promoted last night to Class-A Peoria, while Su-Min Jung, who pitched for the Hawks in 2009, returns to Boise, with Blair Springfield, a 2009 draft pick, heading out of Mesa for the first time to join the Hawks. Peoria sent former Boise outfielder Matt Szczur (who will play in Sunday's MLB Futures Game in Phoenix) to High-A Daytona, while pitchers Brent Ebinger and Matt Loosen are headed to AA Tennessee. Marcus Hatley was promoted from Daytona to Tennessee, while Chris Rusin and Marwin Gonzalez were promoted from Tennessee to AAA Iowa.
COVERAGE FROM VANCOUVER: Look for extended coverage in the Treasure Valley of the Boise Hawks trip to Vancouver next week on KBOI-TV, Boise's CBS affiliate. Sports anchor Troy Oppie will be accompanying the team on the trip North – including skyping live on Tuesday's morning show from the bus, while learning how the minor league players are able to eat on just $20 a day in meal money.
The Hawks returned home from Yakima with a 9-8 record, having dropped their final two games of the trip – and faced a group of Cubs field coordinators waiting for them at Memorial Stadium. However, the mystique that is the "Big House on Glenwood" for nearly 25 years continued each of the last three nights – as Boise picked up three extra-inning walkoff wins, by three different players.
Before a super-sellout crowd on the 4th of July, the squad rallied from a 4-1 hole to tie the game late, with Paul Hoilman ending a 1-for-20 slump with a walk-off homer – the first by the Hawks since Jake Opitz won a game on opening night in 2008. Tuesday, the bullpen squandered a 4-0 lead, only for Kenny Socorro to hit a seeing-eye single to right in the 10th for another win. And tonight – it was a Ben Klafczynski bloop single to left that scored Pin-Chieh Chen with the winner in the 12th inning.
It marked the first time in recent memory that the Hawks played three-straight extra-inning contests (they played back-to-back games in extras in both 2003 and 2004).
The piggybacks the last two nights have been stellar – as Welington Cruz and Joe Zeller combined to allow just one run in eight innings, while Luis Liria (who went a season high six innings) and Kyler Burke limited Yakima to just two runs and five hits in 10 innings.
HOW BOUT THEM EMS? The Hawks opened up 2011 in Eugene, losing 3-of-5 to the Emeralds – though had the chance to win 4-of-5. Until tonight, Boise was the lone team to beat the Ems, as Eugene set a new NWL record by winning 14-straight game.
THE LONG DRIVE HOME: Following Sunday's game in Yakima, the Safford family loaded up the car and made the trek back to the Treasure Valley – and it was an interesting five hours. Not only did I have to stop twice to get coffee, we witnessed a crazy event in Hermiston, Ore., where a trunk ran off with $173 in unpaid gas – it was intense. I hope they caught the guy.
ROSTER MOVES: The Hawks added a player today, as Colin Richardson joined the team from Mesa – as righty Hector Mayora is on the shelf for at least a week with shoulder soreness. Richardson was thrown into the fire tonight, tossing two shutout innings for the win. Other news has both Marwin Gonzalez and Chris Rusin earning promotions to AAA Iowa, while Marcus Hatley is now at AA Tennessee. Finally, congrats to former Hawk, Austin Kirk, who tossed a nine-inning no-hitter at Class-A Peoria.


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How Did They Do It?
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Interview: Evan Davis, journalist
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Interview: Amanda Berry OBE: CEO, BAFTA
Interview: Arlene Phillips CBE: Dancer, choreographer
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Interview: Julian Fellowes: Actor, writer
Interview: Nick Park CBE: Wallace & Gromit
Interview: Sir Bruce Forsyth CBE
Interview: Sir Peter Bazalgette: television entrepreneur
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Interview: Tony Elliott, Time Out Group
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Interview with Sir Peter Bazalgette
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Over the last 15 years, Peter Bazalgette has brought some of the best known television formats to our screens. He founded his own production company, Bazal, in the early 90s, making the most of the experience he built up at the BBC as a producer.
He is responsible for the creation of some of the most important entertainment shows in recent television history, including Ready Steady Cook, Changing Rooms and Ground Force.
Crucially, these programmes were not only popular in the UK, but many were sold abroad, in as many as 30 countries. Peter is perhaps best known as the man that brought Big Brother to the UK, starting a ten year long craze that dominated the news as much as it dominated Channel 4's evening schedule.
The popularity of the series has been a major factor in the success of Endemol, the international production company that absorbed Bazal in the early 90s. During his time as the Chair of Endemol UK and Creative Director of the Endemol Group, the value of the firm trebled to €3.2 billion.
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Interview with Lord Julian Fellowes
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When Julian Fellowes started work on Gosford Park he had hardly expected it to be made into a film, let alone win the Best Original Screenplay category at the 2002 Oscars. On the face of it, that was an extremely improbable outcome, Gosford was Julian's first screenplay that had been made into a film and it was competing against both Amélie and Memento. As he said in his acceptance speech: "I feel as if I am in A Star is Born and any moment now Norman Maine is going to come out and whack me in the mouth."
The Oscar win was the reward for a lifetime of hard work and the pursuit of success in the entertainment industry that had started when Julian was a student. The theatre scene at Cambridge allowed him to explore both his interest in acting and his interest in the British class system. Away from the idyllic life he had enjoyed as a child, university introduced Julian to the full spectrum of human society, stimulating a fascination with class that has inspired many of his scripts.
Interview with Alan Johnson MP
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Alan Johnson held some of the most senior roles in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Having been elected to Parliament in 1997, he went on to become the Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, Trade & Industry, Education, Health, and finally Home Secretary. Alan began his life in absolute poverty, growing up in one of the most deprived parts of London. The Johnson family had no central heating, no indoor toilet and his mother, Lily, was a victim of domestic abuse. She died when Alan was just 12 years old, making him and his sister orphans. He left school at 15 before taking up a job stacking shelves in Tesco and becoming a postman aged 18.
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From Counting Potatoes to £2 billion in Sales – How Did Malcolm Walker Do It?
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In February 1971, Iceland became Malcolm's full-time occupation after his employer, Woolworths, discovered he and his business partner were operating a frozen food business "on the side". Malcolm and another trainee from Woolworths had started a small business of their own in the previous year. In January 2009, Woolworths Group went into liquidation and two months later Malcolm's frozen foods venture reported record sales of just over £2 billion. It's an extraordinary journey for the former Woolies employee who started out sweeping the floor and weighing potatoes in the stock room. Today he is thought to be worth in the region of £215 million.
Wallace & Gromit creator, Nick Park, on how he made it in film
Today Nick's feature films have multi-million pound budgets backed by some of the biggest names in Hollywood but his first characters were made of a product called Fuzzy Felt and inhabited a world based in his parents' backgarden. He began making films aged 13, mostly short sketches involving comedy duos such as Walter the Rat and a friendly worm, or Murphy and Bongo, a caveman and a dinosaur. Many filmmakers have had their first experiments in film at a young age but with Nick's work there is a noticeable continuity between some of the thinking behind the films he made in his teens and what became Wallace & Gromit. His father was the first to note the trademark humour in his short films and encouraged him to go to film school. A real lightbulb moment happened at a film festival where Nick had the idea of combining the kind of humour found in Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry and Disney cartoons with plasticine animation.
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Interview with Gerard Baker, Editor of the Wall Street Journal.
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On the night of 18th June 1970, when most eight-year-olds were fast asleep, the young Gerard Baker was wide awake watching the live results of that year's general election in the UK. He was, in his own words, "a bit of an odd creature in that respect", with an advanced interest in and understanding of history, politics and current affairs. Born and raised in Britain, a combination of intellectual curiosity and a drive to be the best at school meant that Gerry secured a position to study Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford, where he developed his fascination with markets and finance. Thinking the best outlet for his interests would be banking, his first jobs after university were working as an economic analyst at the Bank of England and Lloyds.
Interview with Tony Elliott, Founder & Chairman, Time Out Group
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It is hard to believe now but finding out what was going on in the nation's capital was a difficult business in 1968. There were no dedicated listings magazines and getting to grips with the cultural scene in the city meant going through what was then called the "underground press" with such titles as International Times, Oz and Gandalf's Garden. At this time, Tony Elliott was about to go into his final year at Keele University. Seeing a gap in the market, he decided to use a £75 birthday gift from his aunt to start his own listings magazine.
"If people have got a strong idea that is well executed, and clearly it has to be something that fulfills some kind of a need, the last thing the world needs is 150 new music magazines for example, so you've got to pick your spot, really work hard and execute it as well as possible. I think people often think they can't start small, you have to be of some size. I've always advised people to aim for a niche and establish yourself in that niche and then build from there. I think the era is over really where people have an idea that goes national and becomes enormous. It's more a question of small and good."
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Our day in the town of Greve in Chianti began yesterday after another night of power dining; it was our last class at the villa and we cooked several items including dessert, and went to bed after a long evening of food and wine. Of course we had to begin the new day with a cappuccino when we arrived in Greve, even though we had a huge breakfast with coffee Americana already.
Some of you know that what we mean by power dining is experiencing as many dishes as we can in a small period of time in an area we want to know better. Our plan for this trip was to immerse ourselves into the Italian cuisine culture as deeply as we could, and we are doing a pretty good job so far. Let me put it this way, no one has been "starved" before sitting down to the next meal. Or perhaps better said no one has been even mildly hungry. That said let's talk about the food.
From the appetizer spreads for bruschetta to the tiramisu, we have savored every morsel. The Tuscan way is what we signed up for and it is what we are getting in every venue. We hear the words, "this is the typical way of the region." Or we may hear, "the north makes their tiramisu this way, no alcohol!" Only in the south will you find it with alcohol. So after 150 years of a united Italy, they still do battle on the plate. The competition between the regions can be seen in the way the different areas produce the same dishes.
Osso Bucco was the star of our cooking class last night. We enjoyed the gentle braise with some veal stock and a little tomato sauce finished with a gremolata, which was also put back on the heat to warm it. Chicken liver on our bruschetta was prepared in class last night as well, and the story around why it is so popular here in Tuscany also begins with, we don't waste anything. And of course, since Paola loves chicken liver, we did see it a few more times on the menu, too!
Despite the wonderful abundance of food our Italian hosts are lean and fit and we are trying to put great dining together with that. (maybe running a villa, giving cooking classes, attending an olive orchard and grape vines and full culinary garden with chickens and turkeys might answer this mystery) Our hope is to learn more than just how to cook while we are here in this proud deeply rooted culinary country.


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Addiction Kills Connections
Written by The Coleman Institute February 19, 2019
I had a conversation with my 30-year-old daughter the other evening. I said some things that she thought were entertaining and she decided she needed to start a reverse baby-book for me, writing down things I say that she thinks are funny. (When they were little, I did a good job of capturing on paper their quips and questions and witty musings. One of their favorite things to do on visits now is to re-read these vignettes.)
I had such a profound feeling of gratitude that we could be so present with each other, and enjoy each other's company. Connection, for humans — and other species — is vital.
Johann Hari, a journalist whose TED talk has become incredibly popular says the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it's connection. We see this played out every day at the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine.
In fact, some of the most poignant stories patients have shared with me in my twelve-plus-year career at the Coleman Institute involve the ways their addictions have severed connections with the people they love most…and how recovery has redeemed and restored them.
Years ago I remember a miner from West Virginia telling me how on payday, he could stop at no less than 40 places to buy Oxycontin®, fentanyl, morphine, Percocet®, Vicodin®, and pretty much any other drug on his way home from work. Which he did until he completed an outpatient opioid detox at the Coleman Institute. I'll never forget the tears in his eyes when he told me that now on payday, his kids gather around him, competing to tell their father the chores they'd completed because he was able to pass out allowance to them.
Another patient described how, shortly after he became sober, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. He became the main caretaker for her, something that would have been impossible prior to his Accelerated Opioid Detox off heroin and fentanyl. The entire purpose of his life during his using days had been to not get dopesick, and his world had shrunk down to one thing: how to get his fix. There was no room for caring for anyone else. He had spent years stealing from and lying to his mom. He told me during the time he was able to share with her toward the end, they laughed and cried together. She told him she was proud of him — a gift that only recovery could bring him.
I can't recall the number of patients over the years who came to us, separated from their spouses. While some marriages ultimately end, many more are healed as the patients move forward in their recovery and their families learn more about substance use disorder. It is a miracle to see a person restored to his or her true self.
It can take a while for trust to rebuild. Last week I worked with a young woman getting off methadone who has experienced several slips back to heroin during her time at various methadone clinics. She was distraught about her relationship with her father. "He just doesn't understand what I'm going through. He wants to know why I can't just stop." I can only imagine how many terrified days her father has lived through, waiting for the call that his beloved little girl is dead. Hopefully, as she moves moment-by-moment, day-by-day through her recovery, there will be another beautiful story of redemption and connection to share.
If you are curious about how we can help you begin to rebuild your relationships and reconnect with the people you love, please call us or schedule a callback to learn about what we do.
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