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Davenport Commits to Nazareth
By Neil Ravin - Content Manager, 01/26/21, 9:00AM EST
EHL Forward Set to Join Golden Flyers this Fall
BEDFORD, MA -- The East Coast Wizards are pleased to announce that Keith Davenport has committed to Nazareth College for the fall of 2021. The 2000-born native of Princeton, MA is in his first season with the Wizards, and in 17 total games to date, Davenport has tallied 13 points. After spending three seasons developing at Deerfield Academy, Keith followed in the footsteps of his older brother Chase, joining the Wizards in the Eastern Hockey League (EHL).
"Chase was here for my first two seasons [2016-18] with the program, and he was one of the hardest workers we've ever had with the Wizards," said EHL head coach and general manager Kory Falite. "Keith is just like his brother in that regard, but he's also had to battle through things that many of us could never even imagine."
As Falite began to reference, Keith has a battle going on off the ice, as just prior to the beginning of the season he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. However, this has not slowed Davenport down by any stretch, and he's now lifted a huge weight off of his shoulders. Davenport is beyond grateful to make his NCAA Commitment.
"I have loved every minute I have spent as a member of the Wizards," said Davenport. "Coaches Kory, Chris, and Adrian have been fantastic mentors and coaches, and have played an instrumental role in my development as a person and player. I would like to thank my family, coaches and teammates for all the support and help they've provided along the way. I couldn't be more excited to start the next chapter of my career at Nazareth College."
Davenport is the first-ever Wizards player to choose Nazareth College, and the 53rd overall NCAA commitment in franchise history.
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template <typename Enum>
constexpr Enum invalid_impl() { return Enum::Invalid; }

// A macro allows us to override the invalid value by specializing the template:

#define OVERRIDE_INVALID(Enum, Value)                 \
template<>                                            \
constexpr Enum invalid_impl<Enum>() { return Enum::Value; }

// Now, we can declare enums like these:

BETTER_ENUM(Channel, int, Red, Green, Blue, Invalid)
// Invalid is the invalid value by default

BETTER_ENUM(Compression, int, Undefined, None, Huffman)
OVERRIDE_INVALID(Compression, Undefined)

// and use them:

static_assert(invalid_impl<Channel>() == +Channel::Invalid, "");
static_assert(invalid_impl<Compression>() == +Compression::Undefined, "");

// This even supports enums that don't have an invalid value at all. As long as
// they don't have a constant called Invalid, you will get a compile-time error
// if you try to call invalid_impl<>() on them - as you probably should!
//
// Default values
//
// Perhaps here the convention is the first value that is not invalid is
// default, unless, again, overridden by the programmer. This can be encoded
// using only a slightly more complex template function for the general case:

template <typename Enum>
constexpr Enum default_impl()
{
    return
        Enum::_size() < 2 ?
            throw std::logic_error("enum has no valid constants") :
        Enum::_values()[0] == invalid_impl<Enum>() ?
            Enum::_values()[1] :
            Enum::_values()[0];
}

// The above code gives us the first value if it is not invalid, otherwise the
// second value.
//
// The companion macro for overriding the choice of default value is almost the
// same as it was for invalid. The difference is that we do an extra sanity
// check to make sure the programmer doesn't declare the invalid value to be the
// default. If the sanity check fails, we produce a nice error message. Again,
// we are assuming that this is dictated by policy.

#define OVERRIDE_DEFAULT(Enum, Value)                  \
static_assert(Enum::Value != Enum::Invalid,            \
              #Enum ": default cannot equal invalid"); \
template<>                                             \
constexpr Enum default_impl<Enum>() { return Enum::Value; }

// And, as before, the usage:

static_assert(default_impl<Channel>() == +Channel::Red, "");
static_assert(default_impl<Compression>() == +Compression::None, "");

// And, if you do

BETTER_ENUM(Answer, int, Yes, No, Invalid)
// OVERRIDE_DEFAULT(Answer, Invalid)

// you will get a helpful compile-time error saying Answer: default cannot equal
// invalid.
//
// Making the syntax nicer
//
// At this point, our policy is encoded by the ugly-looking functions
// invalid_impl and default_impl. We want a nicer syntax. The main reason we
// don't just use these functions directly is that the compiler wouldn't infer
// their template arguments from the context. For example, we would have to
// write things like
//
// Channel     channel = invalid_impl<Channel>();
//
// which is unfortunate, because it results in repetition.
//
// In this section, we introduce two global objects called invalid and default_
// that will implicitly convert to any Better Enum type, and provide the invalid
// or default value, respectively, when they do so. They will act as new
// "keywords".

struct invalid_t {
    template <typename To>
    constexpr operator To() const { return invalid_impl<To>(); }
};

struct default_t {
    template <typename To>
    constexpr operator To() const { return default_impl<To>(); }
};

constexpr invalid_t     invalid{};
constexpr default_t     default_{};

// As you can see, both of these provide the families of implicit conversions
// that we need. Now, we can test:

static_assert(+Channel::Invalid == invalid, "");
static_assert(+Compression::Undefined == invalid, "");

static_assert(+Channel::Red == default_, "");
static_assert(+Compression::None == default_, "");

// Finally, we can have nice code such as this:

void dump(Channel channel)
{
    std::cout << channel._to_string() << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
    dump(invalid);

    Channel     channel = default_;
    dump(channel);

    return 0;
}

// There are many possible variations of these policies, but I think most of
// them can be encoded in a reasonable fashion using the tools Better Enums
// provides. Enjoy!

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Okay, so he's not perfect, but does your man have potential? This book has the answers to the question: does your man have Prince Charming potential? Learn how to bring out the best of what he's got?or not! Women want men to change, but men want women to stay the same. If you've ever wondered how much "potential" a guy has, this book will help you discover whether he's a diamond in the rough or just a lump of coal. You'll learn why women endure the frustration of trying to transform a sub-par boyfriend.


Sophomore Cheneda Jemedy (Brockton, Mass.) finished in 14th place in the 200m dash with a time of 26.67. Djazmina Jean-Pierre (Spring Valley, N.Y.) took 49th place with a time of 28.02, while Jada Hammond (Nyack, N.Y.) ran a time of 30.37 to finish in 84th place.
In the 100m dash, Jean-Pierre took 24th place with a time of 13.44, while Adji Ndiaye (Bronx, N.Y.) finished in 53rd place with a time of 14.31. Hammond had a time of 14.50 to take 56th place, while Judy Auguste (Westbury, N.Y.) finished in 65th place with a time of 15.07.
Jemedy took 20th place in the 400m dash with a time of 1:02.17 and Desiree Joseph-Jarvis (Livingston, N.J.) finished in 44th place with a time of 1:07.91.
Junior Megan Childs (Huntingdon, Pa.) competed in the 1500m run where she took 45th place with a time of 5:56.89.
Kaitlynn Connor (Warwick, N.Y.) finished in 27th place in the 3000m run with a time of 12:33.34.
In the 100m hurdles preliminaries, Hammond finished in 25th place with a time of 19.03.
The 400m hurdles saw freshman Ann McCormack (Pearl River, N.Y.) finish in 31st place with a time of 1:19.69.
The 4x100m relay team of Jean-Pierre, Ndiaye, Joseph-Jarvis and Jemedy ran a time of 53.12 to finish in eighth place, while the 4x400m relay team of Joseph-Jarvis, McCormack, Jean-Pierre and Jemedy took 20th place with a time of 4:35.44.
Sophomore Zaria Hankins (Ossining, N.Y.) took 13th place in the shot put event with a throw of 10.55m (34 feet, 7.5 inches) and Auguste took 30th place with a time of 8.74m ( 28 feet, 8.25 inches).


Wilks Ranches held our Inaugural Spring Bull Sale on February 19th at the Sale Barn in Eastland, TX. The sale was a great success with buyers from all over the country attending in person, over the phone and online. Parker Freidrichs Marketing Consulting ran the sale, and McFarland Productions photographed the event. Steve Bonham was the voice of the sale, working as auctioneer, and the Wilks Ranches team worked in the back, pushing bulls and making sure that everything went smoothly.
The Spring Bull Sale is one of two annual sales that we host; a Production Sale in October and the Bull Sale in February. The Production Sale highlights both registered and commercial heifers, cows, and bulls. The Bull Sale highlights only registered bulls that are bred from some of our premier herd sires. We opened our sale facilities on Sunday at noon for potential buyers to come and view the bulls, then again at 7am on Monday, the day of the sale.
At 11am, everyone who attended the sale got to enjoy an excellent catered lunch by Red Chain Feeds. After lunch, the sale began. The total gross earnings ended up at $522,700 with 150 Angus bulls sold at an average of $4,051 per head, with the top bull grossing $8,700. We separated our bulls by their age, and then by Calving Ease and Growth, to make it easy for the buyers to find what they were looking for. Progeny from HA Cowboy Up, our top bull, and other herd sires were sold in this Spring Sale. The bulls were shipped both within Texas and out of state, as far as Oregon.
We cannot thank everyone enough for their help in making this sale possible. There were so many people who worked behind the scenes making everything seamless. This is a passion for all of us here at Wilks Ranches, and we hope that everyone who attended and bought bulls this year enjoyed their experience. We thank you and hope to see you in October for the Production Sale!


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Take One Drop of Pretty, and Call Me in the Morning
September 15, 2016 September 16, 2016 / cheekyshelbs
wow. just, wow. I cannot get over this book. I am totally blown away by how unassuming Clark's book is, resting neatly on the shelf in barns and noble where I purchased it, only to completely mind-fuck me with each page turn.
The Regulars by Georgia Clark
Published by Atria/Emily Bestler Books on August 2nd 2016
Genres: Contemporary, Feminism, Friendship, Romance, Beauty
Source: Amazon // Goodreads // Barnes and Noble
Final Review 5 out of 5
Picture that episode of Sherlock where the victims of an unknown cause of death are to choose from two pills: one will kill you, the other lets you live. Now, The Regulars is certainly not that dramatic, but the choice of poison is still there. Would you drink a drop of Pretty, a powerful "drug" that once swallowed, turns the user into their most perfect, beautiful, "pretty" self.
Three friends, roommates Evie Selby and Krista Kumar, along with Willow Hendrickson, have been friends since their college days. Naturally living in NYC as three, young, talented, but unrecognized women can be difficult and bills need to be paid. Evie works at Salty, a magazine that seems loosely based on our world's Cosmo. She is a lowly editor (wait, I want that job), but has dreams of writing big league stories on real women's issues. Krista is a law-school dropout turned aspiring actress. She cannot seem to catch an acting break though and owes Evie quite a few dollars in bills. Finally, there's Willow, who actually needs no help financially seeing as her father is a famous movie producer. She, instead, needs help finding her own, personal path of art without the help, and support, of her father.
When Krista is approached by an old classmate, whom she doesn't recognize, and given a strange purple vial containing a liquid called "Pretty" the three girl's lives will change. Pretty turns each user into their truest, best, most popular and overall prettiest self. It sheds pounds, gray hairs, unwanted overly large noses, and more. It changes hair color, length and texture, eye color, removes blemishes and even tattoos. It truly creates a person who is worthy of fashion magazines and prom queen titles.
Each woman takes Pretty for a different reason and therefore create their alter-egos. Krista becomes Lenka Penka, a beautiful aspiring actress who needs a new agent and new movie. Evie becomes Chloe Fontaine, a new face for Salty's new live show Extra Salty where Evie hopes to influence people politically. And Willow turns into Caroline for the simple reason of trying it. She later develops a method to her madness in using Caroline as a model in her photographs.
Love interests bloom, careers expand, and overall good things happen to those that are pretty, all while the three aren't really themselves. So why bother going back? Why not have it all? The brains and personality of a Regular but the look and taste of a Pretty? Who's even stopping them? They are young and hungry women, eager to make a name for themselves in the big city and they have a secret potion that is going to get them there.
Take this fanart "There's no such thing as ugly"; I understand the message they are trying to send–a classic case of "everyone and everything is beautiful" and while they're not wrong in wanting to believe that, Clark's characters echo through my mind.
In a rational world, a hopeful world, there wouldn't be anything described as ugly, but on a realistic level, there are many, many things holding that description and it doesn't even have to be women! Certain Lularoe legging patterns, the world's ugliest dog [okay, but all dogs are cute, right?], insects, deep-sea creatures, those toaster cars, the lovely and inevitable acne, and the list continues. It is horrendous that "ugly" is commonly used to describe people or features of a person whether it be their hair or their personality. So instead of writing another tale about women's bodies through rose-colored glasses, Clark writes about the good, the bad, and of course, the ugly.
If you are interested in a refreshing tale that will completely take you by surprise, then I suggest you picking up this pink book. Sitting perfectly on the shelf, just like a little jar of Pretty, it screams simple but edgy, it has something to say and boy does Clark say it.
Evie's, or should I say Chloe's, makeup artist at Extra Salty, Marcello, asks the question Clark poses:
"Does that annoy you?" Marcello asked, dotting Evie's skin with foundation. "The fact you're not in charge of how you look?" (page 256)
Aren't we all a little annoyed that we can painstakingly work on profiles, lip proportions, chin jut outs on a Sim character, but not on ourselves? Of course, we are! We're realists! Someone is always going to want bigger boobs, less bushy eyebrows, curlier hair, and the opposites to go with those. So, of course, we're mad that with a snap of fingers, our face is rid of acne, age spots, dark spots, scars, wrinkles, and anything else women are told is ugly. But of course, we can't do that. There is no magic pill, serum, or drink; this isn't Wonderland and we aren't Alice. We are real and our "ugly" features are real too; they are a part of us. And when we take those away, are we really us anymore?
Evie doesn't seem to think so when she becomes Chloe Fontaine for the first time, but she brushes it away quickly:
The most unusual inclusions were two subtractions: first, she no longer needed glasses…And second, her tattoo was gone. This struck her as odd: she was fond of her tat, but the ink had spread over the years and was sun-faded. By comparison, the space where it used to be on her forearm resembled pristine carved marble (page 94).
Two vital parts of her are missing: first, her glasses, a necessary accessory that she had been wearing since 10 years old, and then her tattoo, a permanent piece of art that she chose to get for some reason at some point, was now missing. Sure these are minor, and in a way, we have the availability to rid ourselves of poor eyesight (contacts, laser eye surgery) and bad tattoos (tattoo removal i.e. a saw), but Evie didn't necessarily see either of those features as ugly but the Pretty did and in order for her to become her perfect self, she must be rid of anything ugly–including things that made her feel pretty at one point.
I myself have 5 tattoos, all that have deep meaning to me. The reader doesn't know what Evie's tattoo is, but it begs the question of whether or not tattoos are "pretty" enough to be included in someone's Pretty form. Clearly, Evie's wasn't.
Moving on from Evie, Willow/Caroline is probably my favorite character in the story. Although Evie seems to dominate Clark's world, Willow, to me, seems the most relatable. Evie is a pronounced feminist and woman-rioter. She has short hair, is a blogger, and denounces her Cosmopolitain-like magazine. Krista, on the other hand, is extremely bubbly and overall annoying. She only thinks of herself when taking the Pretty (well, I suppose all three women only think of themselves when taking the Pretty…) and doesn't seem to want to do any good with it. Finally, there's Willow, who although she doesn't use her new beauty for good, per se, the reader watches as Pretty completely shuts her down–a normal reaction I presume to such an addictive and overwhelming drug.
She notes spot on that by becoming Caroline, this alter-ego of herself, she isn't Willow anymore. It doesn't bother her that she is no longer the daughter or friend or girlfriend people in her life care for because now she can feel like a "normal" person in the world; her anxiety and depression don't cripple her on a daily basis–she can create a person who doesn't have any mental illness at all and this is exactly what she does.
There was something about being Caroline that was so incredibly freeing. Caroline didn't carry herself with an invisible shield. Sometimes Willow felt like she was always conducting two conversations with the world: the one that was spoken out loud, and the one she carried with her, inside her head. Caroline wasn't like that. Caroline didn't hide her body. Caroline didn't double-check her statements to make sure they sounded smart. Caroline knew how to flirt. Caroline was liberated (page 202-03).
Willow as Caroline, of course, makes mistakes–all of the girls do. She does stupid things, ranging from completely ignoring her two best friends for days on end to flirting with her own boyfriend as a different person. All of this is in the name of art, though. Her photography is what separates her from her father's Hollywood movies and her friends "adult" careers. She finds peace in her photography, so imagine the inner peace she gets from being Caroline and taking pictures? This all spirals out of control, obviously, and Caroline starts to take over. Who are the girls now without their alter-egos? What if they decide to never be their old selfs again?
"And I know you think makeup sets an unrealistic standard and yadda yadda yadda, but the way I see it, I'm just helping people bring out their inner goddess. I can't make you beautiful, Chloe. I can just help you see, with a little color here and a little color there, that you are already beautiful" (page 257).
Being Regular wasn't enough though for the three women and others in New York who are taking Pretty. Though Marcello's words resonate with all of us, and Evie when he tells her this, their beauty standards are still impeccably high. Once Evie and Krista transform into Chloe and Lenka respectively for the second time, they notice that some features are not as elegant or brilliant as before from their first transformation. Krista/Lenka's eyes are not as sea-green and Evie/Chloe's chin juts out a little more than she remembered. Is this the beginning of the Pretty becoming the Regular? If taken so many times, what is to say that the Pretty version completely takes over the Regular version and suddenly the Pretty is actually the Regular version? We are always going to find faults with our faces, bodies, hair. I have days where I feel completely and utterly badass–strutting myself down the streets, feeling unstoppable. But the next day, a simple 16 hours later or so, another woman can feel the same way–strutting down the sidewalk past me–and totally shatter my self-esteem. Why doesn't my winged eyeliner look that great? Are those honey-colored highlights? I should try that! She worked it so much better than me today, I'm a failure. These feelings flipflop, interchanging and always coming as a surprise. That woman, though, that made me question myself, was probably questioning herself just the other day too. She must have seen another woman online, in a magazine or person, who seemed to have it all and broke her self-confidence in one blink.
We are so hard on ourselves. A war wages before our eyes when we look in the mirror.
Taking Pretty opened up Evie, Krista, and Willow's eyes and certainly the readers. I did not enter this book expecting such harsh, but at the same time optimistic commentary on women's bodies in today's world. Clark's story is fresh and honest, it is not a simple remedy tale–in fact, indirectly she recommends taking a little dose of Pretty. Without knowing what our most perfect, most pretty self looks like–and thus the disaster that follows with that–how are we to appreciate our true selves?
At first, Evie felt self-conscious of the way her stomach bulged over the satin hot pants' tiny waistband, the way her arms seemed heavy and thick in the sleeveless gold top. But none of the other early risers even gave her a second look. Not because she didn't matter, Evie realized. Because in New York, everything was permissible. No one cared what you wore, how you looked. Only you cared about those things.
Her body was back. And she felt good about it (page 363-65).
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By TJ Troup
Another exciting weekend of the struggles for NFL teams to earn the right to advance to the play-offs, and each week there are new twists and turns. Which team gets upset? Which team gets "hot" at the right time, etc! Though there are many games of this past weekend that would merit discussion; gonna go to Chicago for the most ancient rivalry in the league. Those of you looking for a book that details early league history, you might want to check out When Football Was Football. Joe Ziemba's well-written and insightful narrative has been a source for me and is also very enjoyable to read.
During the 1920 season the Racine Cardinals (street in Chicago) changed their name to the Chicago Cardinals and on November 28th they beat the Decatur Staley's to begin the rivalry. The rematch came a week later at Normal Park in Chicago with the Staley's coming out on top 10-0.
Contemplate the date for a moment...two teams play back-to-back weeks and over 100 years later face off at Soldier Field. The December 5th, 1937 clash is the highest-scoring game in league history to that point in time as the Bears win 42-28. The Cardinals opened the year with eight consecutive road games, then ended with three home games which included this game. The two teams combined to complete 30 of 64 passes for 501 yards! This was unheard of in this era.
Gaynell Tinsley
The Cardinals outstanding receiver Gaynell Tinsley was in a battle all season with Don Hutson for supremacy as the top pass catcher in the league. Tinsley scores on a shovel pass very late in the afternoon and dashes up the sideline. Since the skies had darkened the Bear defenders could not find Tinsley until it was too late, and he had set a league record with a 95-yard scoring play (later adjusted to 97 yards), and the officials "awarded" the Cardinals the extra point.
During the '54 season, the Bears forged a strong team that battled their way to a second-place finish after two losing seasons. Watching the film of the Bear victory on December 5th is extremely valuable in evaluating the Clark Shaughnessy defense. When researching the history of the 4-3 middle linebacker for my second book spent hours watching Bill George of the Bears.
Bill George
Once read that he was the first 4-3 middle linebacker, yet this is just a lazy writer who never watched film making a bullshit statement. Bill George began 1954 as the middle guard with his knuckles in the dirt, and yes once in awhile he would stand up and drop into coverage.
There were games where John Kreamcheck and Bill Bishop adjusted their alignments and moved from defensive tackle to middle guard. Bill George was very versatile as Shaughnessy moved him to left linebacker for the games against the Browns, and Rams (he even played some at right linebacker). The left linebacker position for the Bears in '54 was shared by Gerald Weatherley, Wayne Hansen, and Bill George.
When Shaughnessy aligned the Bears in one of his "mystical" 6-2 defenses George was in the gap between the left defensive end and left defensive tackle and rushed the passer. The last three games of the year the middle guard for the Bears was Herman Clark—and yes big ol' Herman also stood up and attempted to drop into coverage as a linebacker.
Cardinal quarterback Lamar McHan finished the December 5th game with a passer rating of 24.2 as he threw six interceptions. Weatherley playing left linebacker nabbed a pair, as did rookie safety Stan Wallace, and when Bill George substituted for Clark he also recorded the first two-interception game of his career.
The Bears returned the seven pilfered passes 116 yards. When a team returns interceptions over 100 yards that team wins 90% of the time. Rookie quarterbacks Zeke Bratkowski and Ed Brown shredded the Cardinal secondary for 368 yards as Jim Dooley and Harlon Hill combined for 11 catches for 261 yards in the 29-7 win.
Since the merger, these two ancient rivals don't see each other very often, yet last Sunday they met in a key game for the Cardinals. Andy Dalton threw four interceptions, which the Cardinals returned over 100 yards...so as I watched and added up the yardage on each return waited for the announcers to state that the Cardinals had a 90% chance of winning. What? The announcers did not tell us that during the broadcast? Does Fox actually have someone doing research during the game?
Will close today's saga with a remembrance for me, so folks please bear with me(no pun intended) as we head to Riverside, California on the first saturday of December in 1986. Coached high school football for over a decade, and there were a couple losing seasons mixed in with years of success helping to take teams to the C.I.F. playoffs at both Mater Dei and Anaheim High school.
Over the years learned from head coaches Wayne Cochrun and Roger Stahlhut that putting a quality staff together is a difficult task. There were some "so-called coaches" on those staffs that should never ever spent a moment on the practice field or sideline. Was so very fortunate to coach with two superb linebacker coaches at Mater Dei in Chuck Ball and Rick Amadio.
My interview at Riverside City College went very well, and during the conversation with head coach Barry Meier he stated emphatically that the three-receiver coaches he had during the previous five years were just not college caliber coaches. Heard stories from players about those men, yet no matter how bad they were—my job was two fold: teach tight ends and receivers how to block, and make sure when we actually did attempt a pass that my players would catch the damn ball.
Barry Meier wanted someone who understood pass defense to coach the receivers. My response to him was I'll take the job, but you must promise me to teach me all you know about coaching at the Community College level, and the specifically the defenses we would face.
Game night was on the sideline sending in either a running back or wide receiver with the play Barry called. Again, this was uncharted territory for me. Spent an afternoon at spring practice and was amazed at the talent we had at RCC. I asked Meier ...."are we any good", and his response "we will be ok". Days turned into weeks, and by the time double days were completed was so optimistic for the coming season since this was by far the best coaching staff had ever been on.
Though will not detail all of the defensive coaches, two of those men must be mentioned. Defensive line coach John Bradshaw is simply the best defensive line coach I ever had the chance to work with. His drills, his ability to communicate, his sense of humor, and finally his ability to get the most out of his lineman in our slant 3-4 defense was just so damn impressive.
Al Feola of Fullerton Junior College had become a legend as a defensive backfield coach, and for years watched his db's earn scholarships. No one was quite like Al.... he was just "greeeaaattt". The secondary coach at RCC was Bob Dohr, and during the week there was always a session of "one on one" between his db's and my receivers. When future NFL corner Alonso Hampton lined up against split end David Kelley...well just did not get any better than that. Coach Dohr was not only a master technician at teaching young men how to play defensive back, he also was in charge of special teams, and he is the best I ever worked with.
No stone unturned, very precise, and a task master when he needed to be. Was so fortunate that he let me help him with my speciality kick-off return. The outside veer offense at RCC begins and ends with the offensive line, and Ron Smith became a valued friend. His sarcastic humor, cryptic remarks about other teams, his sideline rants and raves on game night will long be remembered, but most important his ability to teach the "junk yard dogs" to block every defense we faced with our famed massive line splits.
Ron had some dandy stories about Dallas Cowboy training camp when he was an undrafted free agent in the late '60's were poignant, and very funny. Was not the only new kid on the block, as Barry Meier hired Bob Dohr's son Mike to coach the running backs.
The former Ivy league tight end was also learning to coach in a new area, and he was remarkable in what he achieved with that group—especially All-American Michael Moore. Mike was upstairs on game night in did a superb job in communicating with coach Meier what he saw in the defensive front seven, and that coupled with what I saw in the defensive secondary...we became a battle-tested machine that took no prisoners. No, am not going to detail every game, yet as you read the following, you just might think the stats are a misprint, and THEY ARE NOT. No team comes close to the ground power of the '86 Tigers as we gained 2,548 yards rushing in ten games.
Led by Moore with 1,425. The key play in the outside veer offense is the off tackle veer where the tight end and offensive tackle double team. My tight end Shawn Sowder who earned a full ride to University of Mississippi was powerful, quick, and athletic.
The back has to get to the point of attack lightning quick on the proper angle, and Mike Dohr did a masterful job in teaching that aspect. Our offense had a number of other running plays, and we were just damn good at all of them, yet it starts with outside veer.
Shawn caught 14 passes for 305 yards! Before I entertain you with stories about my wide receivers, time to pay tribute to the finest leader have ever worked with. Truly believe that a college receiver coach must build a relationship with the quarterback, and boy oh boy was that relationship accomplished. Heard that Keith Widener struggled as a freshmen, but this was a new year, and the young man had a powerful throwing arm, and quick feet to master the outside veer. Seven on seven on the practice field belonged to Keith and myself.
The receivers were gonna run the routes as drawn up by Coach Meier, and those young men were gonna catch the ball, and be exactly where Keith needed them to be. Keith Widener completed only 71 passes in ten games, and though many would state well he just did not have a very good year, they would be sadly mistaken. Widener attempted only 137 passes, and his 71 completions gained 1,453 yards....yes you read that correctly 1,453 yards. He threw 17 guided missile touchdowns, and just two interceptions(both in our one loss).
We may have been a running team and were only adequate as a drop-back passing team, but when coach Meier called for a play-action pass.....it was the dagger as Keith Widener put the ball right on the money time and time again deep for six. Counter option throwback was a back breaker for opposing defenses as Tony Evans ran his post route.
Since I mentioned him...Tony Evans caught 7 passes for 253 yards and five touchdowns. He had size, athleticism and blazing speed. Most importantly he got better as the year went on, and was taught to make the crackback block on inside linebackers. Let me know next time you see an NFL wide receiver "decleat" an inside linebacker. Evans was a young man of deep faith, a quality teammate, and was able to see him at Rams training camp years later. Sometimes young coaches are just damn lucky and was damn lucky to work with Tony Evans.
The backup receivers played very little, as the two starters were on the field as often as possible. Who was the starting split end you ask? Why none other than David Kelley. Though a long story about how my recruitment of him got him to RCC....a Pac-10 wideout that had to play JC ball, Mr. David Kelley to this day ran the best slant route ever. Kelley had size, adequate speed, very athletic, and hungered for the ball. When we threw and Kelley ran a slant it was money in the bank.
David caught 25 passes for 394 yards, and a school record 8 touchdowns! He was not the most motivated young man on the practice field when it came to blocking, but he was smart enough to know that I was relentless in teaching that aspect, and on game night David Kelley was one motivated All-American receiver.
Regular season we finished 9-1 as Mission Conference Champions, and the victory that stands out you ask? Saddleback had won 49 consecutive home games until the Tigers rallied to win 21-16. Our reward was to face the #1 team in America in Glendale College. Still have the complete game on DVD, and it is eye-popping to watch how well the Tigers played that afternoon. Glendale scored first and the final score of 28-10 tells it all. Widener completed just five passes in a game with adverse weather conditions, but three of the five were for touchdowns....one each to my starters. Just does not get any better than a bowl game victory your first year as a college coach.
Thanks for bearing with me.
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Brian wolf December 7, 2021 at 3:56 PM
Great post Coach ... the last NFL receiver I saw decleating an inside linebacker or anyone on a block was Hines Ward, who many people feel was too slow to make the HOF, though Cris Carter made it ...
Brian wolf December 10, 2021 at 10:40 AM
RIP Demaryius Thomas and Michael Nesmith
TACTICALGENERAL December 20, 2021 at 10:50 PM
chrisjordan great article


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Spacecraft Powered by 'Green' Propellant to Launch in 2017
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BOULDER, Colo. — A spacecraft that will test the unique attributes of a high-performance, nontoxic, "green" fuel on orbit is being prepped for launch in 2017.
NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) is set to blast off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station next year aboard SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch is part of the Air Force's Space Test Program 2 (STP-2) mission.
GPIM is the nation's first mission to exhibit, in a relevant space environment, an alternative to the highly toxic and corrosive hydrazine fuel commonly used by spacecraft today. [NASA's Quest for Green Rocket Fuel (Video)]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Edwards Air Force Base in California developed the new propellant, which is a hydroxyl ammonium nitrate fuel/oxidizer mix called AF-M315E. This fuel is 45 percent denser than hydrazine, meaning more of it can be stored in containers of the same volume. The propellant also offers nearly 50 percent higher performance for a given propellant tank volume compared to a conventional hydrazine system, the researchers said.
GPIM is a technology demonstration mission made possible by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, and it draws upon a government-industry team of specialists.
On-orbit maneuvers
"The spacecraft is finished and in storage," said Chris McLean, principal investigator for GPIM at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, which is the prime contractor for GPIM and is leading the demonstration of the alternative fuel for future space vehicles.
"We're now writing the flight manuals and flight procedures … all the detailed documentation that is required to fly the spacecraft," he added.
McLean said that, as of right now, GPIM is headed for a March 2017 liftoff.
"During the 13-month test period in orbit, we'll be running basically four series of experiments with the propulsion," he told Space.com.
GPIM's on-orbit test of the "green" fuel — whose actual hue is closer to peach — will make use of a set of thrusters that fire in different scenarios to test engine performance and reliability. Planned on-orbit maneuvers also include attitude control demonstrations, spacecraft pointing and hold, inclination change and orbit lowering.
Ideally, the new technology will enable longer spacecraft mission durations, added maneuverability and more payload space, and will cut the time needed for the launch processing of future spacecraft, NASA officials have said. [Satellite Quiz: How Well Do You Know What's Orbiting Earth?]
A technician works on NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) at Ball Aerospace, the prime contractor for the spacecraft. (Image credit: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.)
Hotter than hydrazine
The green propellant propulsion subsystem was built by Aerojet Rocketdyne in Redmond, Washington. GPIM's propulsion hardware uses a catalyst technology pioneered by Aerojet Rocketdyne that breaks down the green fuel, generating gaseous products that come out the engine nozzle to provide thrust.
"That breakthrough in catalyst technology enabled these thrusters to be developed," McLean said.
The American-made green propellant burns hotter than hydrazine, so different metals than those traditionally used were incorporated into GPIM's thrusters to withstand the high temperatures.
McLean said the green propulsion system will fly aboard the tried-and-true Ball Configurable Platform 100 spacecraft bus — a cost-saving approach.
Dry runs
Before GPIM takes to space next year, a number of milestones are on the calendar.
McLean said work is underway to prepare for GPIM's arrival at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, which is next door to Cape Canaveral, and over to SpaceX's launch facilities. Dry runs of green-propellant loading are in order, he said.
"This is the first new fuel there since the 1970s," McLean said. So there are efforts underway to get everyone involved more familiar with the fuel, handling requirements and other procedures, he added.
In addition, McLean said that propellant-loading tests are on tap in about a month at the AFRL in California. "We're going to run a mock loading of the fuel with an actual propellant tank," to make sure no issues crop up in fueling GPIM in Florida, he said,
The processes that are developed with GPIM in Florida will work at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Wallops Island in Virginia and other launch sites, McLean added.
NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) will demonstrate an alternative to traditional hydrazine fuel, which is highly toxic and corrosive. (Image credit: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.)
Cross-country team
Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator of NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate, said that developing and using green propellant technology not only increases protection for launch personnel and the environment but also offers the potential to reduce space mission price tags. If GPIM achieves its goals, the mission can spearhead widespread use of the fuel on future NASA and commercial missions, he said.
GPIM team co-investigators are based at multiple NASA research centers and the AFRL, with additional mission support from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. The GPIM effort is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
McLean said that NASA, the Air Force and industry participants formed an impressive and very successfully integrated team. The GPIM mission, he added, will showcase the benefits of green propellant and help to improve spacecraft missions in Earth orbit and beyond.
Leonard David is author of "Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet," to be published by National Geographic this October. The book is a companion to the National Geographic Channel six-part series coming in November. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades.Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.


April has been designated as the month to contemplate autism. There is a growing movement among people who are knowledgeable about autism who wants to see the word awareness change to acceptance. in 2011, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) proposed we change the designation from Autism Awareness Month to Autism Acceptance Month. The Art of Autism would love to see April designated officially as Autism Acceptance Month.
Acceptance requires heart-felt action. Awareness is passive and can even be harmful. Especially if the messages are negative as we've observed in many media campaigns. Our children internalize the messages they receive. How many times have I heard non-verbal Autistic adults relate detailed reports of conversations they overheard as children. Never assume those who aren't verbal don't understand!
At the Fred Conference last week, Areva Martin shared a story which touched many in the audience. She observed a family with foster children who had various disabilities sit in the back of her church. The children were sensitive to the noise in the church and made sounds and acted in strange ways. This was uncomfortable for many in the congregation and soon the family became isolated in the back pews.
Areva noticed this and made a conscious choice to sit next to this family in quiet support. She encouraged friends to do the same. Soon this family was fully included and felt a sense of belonging in that church.
When Areva moved her seat to sit next to the family she moved the congregation from awareness to acceptance. Sometimes a small action such as a simple smile or hello can make a huge difference in a person's day.
With more and more children being diagnosed with autism, it's no longer good enough to be aware. "Aware" is a word that may even have hostile implications, such as "I'm aware you have autism, and am going to exclude you because of it." We've witnessed this in our own community with my son Kevin. Earlier this year, a "friend" emailed me she was praying for Kevin. Later I discovered she was creating hostility in the community behind our backs. Prayers without right intent and action are meaningless and can even cause harm.
April is a month to celebrate people who may be wired differently than the rest of us. They may talk to themselves, flap their arms (self-stimulation), like to spin, repeat sounds or phrases (echolalia) or not talk at all. When overwhelmed they may have tantrums. They may have dual diagnoses.
They may also have profound insights and gifts to share.
This year the Art of Autism supports The Kate Winslet Golden Hat Foundation to infuse twitter messaging throughout the month of April taking the focus away from the negativity and fear (blue) and replacing it with imagery around strength, determination and enlightenment (the color gold). The Golden Rule is apropos. If we practiced this daily, our world would change in an instant.
Please like @Goldenhat on twitter and share their twitter feeds using these hashtags #autistic #autism #GoldenRuleofAutism and read their blog for Autism Acceptance Month.
Last weekend The Art of Autism participated in the Second annual Ventura Autism Society Aut2Run event at Channel Islands. We support organizations who keep dollars raised in their own local communities to help children and adults on the spectrum. Only a small percentage of dollars from national autism nonprofits go back to local communities. People who walk, run, and donate need to raise their consciousness about the money trail.
Join us and Golden Hat and become friends with other autism friendly twitter feeds @celebrateautism @autismhwy @squagdotcom @giftsofautism @Autism_Miracles @autismmovementtherapy are a few!


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European Union extends Syria sanctions as violence continues: Diplomat
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem
Desk Report: European Union states have extended sanctions against Syria to four military-linked firms and more people connected with the violent suppression of anti-government protests, an EU diplomat said.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, facing mounting international pressure and wider street protests against his rule despite a military crackdown that has killed more than 1,300 people, on Monday promised reforms within months.
But protesters and world leaders dismissed his pledges as inadequate and the violence continued on Tuesday with the killing of seven people by security forces during clashes in two cities between Assad loyalists and demonstrators, according to a leading activist.
The EU diplomat said Britain and France had prepared lists proposing to add fewer than a dozen individuals and entities to those already targeted by EU asset freezes and visa bans.
The British list also proposed sanctions against at least two Iranian individuals involved in providing equipment and support for the suppression of dissent in Syria, but one of the 27 EU member states had yet to approve this.
Meanwhile, Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Wednesday rejected any foreign meddling in his country's internal affairs while stressing that Damascus was keen on maintaining good ties with longtime ally Turkey.
"We are keen on maintaining good relations with Turkey with which we share a common border of 850 kilometres (528 miles)," Muallem told a news conference in Damascus.
"We don't want to wipe away years of efforts to establish privileged ties," he added. "I wish (Turkey) would reconsider its position."
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Time to nominate a Good Neighbour in the Armagh I People of the Year Awards
Last year's Good Neighbour Award winners were sisters Sue Booth and Joanne Hale
Do you live in a community where someone is the back bone of life? Someone who is the go to person for help and support. Maybe they are someone who has helped in hard times and shown support to you. Now you have the opportunity to thank that person for their help by nominating them in the Good Neighbour award category.
The award recognises people who dedicate their time to helping and supporting their neighbours and who are a positive role model to others.
This year the Good Neighbour award is sponsored by Tarasis Enterprises, strategically led by a multi-disciplinary management team, the vision for Tarasis Enterprises is to always think "beyond business", creating innovative solutions for the future that tackle real social issues including homelessness, healthcare, housing and healthy-aging.
Good Neighbour Award (sponsored by Tarasis Enterprises)
(a) briefly describe how this nominee dedicates their time to provide help and support to their neighbour
(b) outline how they are a positive role model to others
Please note that only the information you submit can be considered when shortlisting, vague nominations may not be shortlisted.
To give your nomination the best chance, please include as much detail as possible about their work.
The shortlisting panel will not be able to consider information already in the public domain or prior knowledge of the individual.
Finalists will be announced on December 14, when public voting for those finalists will also open, with public voting closing on December 28, 2022.
The winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony in Armagh Observatory and Planetarium hosted by Northern Ireland's very own weatherman Barra Best on February 2, 2023
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Art vs. -ism
Apr 15, 2019 Mege
Reader, it's not easy for me to describe why I like Never Look Away so much, so let me start with the title. The movie's original title is Werk ohne Autor (Work without Author), which is much better, since it's a movie about a fledgling painter who seems to see himself as a mere conduit for his paintings than an active artist. A title like Never Look Away suggests that it's about the Holocaust, although that is not so wrong either. The movie was written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who also wrote and shot The Lives of Others, an excellent movie, and the slightly disappointing The Tourist. Werk ohne Autor is loosely based on the life of German painter Gerhard Richter, who has seen the movie and disapproves of it.
The movie starts with a group of people on a guided tour through a German art gallery in the 1940s. The tour guide, played by Lars Eidinger, explains how it is vital for a nation to eradicate degenerated art and go for proper art with a political, edifying purpose. Two visitors catch our attention: these are a young boy called Kurt Barnert and his aunt Elisabeth. Both of them secretly like the so-called degenerated art much better than the state-approved paintings. On their way home, they stop at the bus depot, where Elisabeth asks all the drivers to keep honking their horns. She stands in front of those buses, surrounded by the sound, while her nephew looks on, and she later tells him that she wants to paint the way she feels while listening to those horns. It's a moment that little Kurt will remember.
Elisabeth is also fond of playing the piano naked, which would be deemed eccentric anywhere and anytime else, but not in Nazi Germany. Her behaviour leads to a psychiatric assessment by Professor Carl Seeband, and it is here that I have to warn you that there might be SPOILERS AHEAD! Seeband is a high-ranking Nazi doctor and gets to decide who to treat and release and who to terminate. Elisabeth is one of the latter, and she dies in one of these unspeakably horrifying gas chambers. Elisabeth is played by Saskia Rosendahl, who played the lead in Lore (2012), a movie about the Holocaust.
Kurt Barnert knows he wants to be a painter, in a time where painting is considered to be an art form on its way out, but he wants to stick to it, and enrols in art school in Düsseldorf, not a hotbed for artistic avant-garde. There is a girl called Ellie (Paula Beer) in the fashion department who is giving away free 2B pencils, which is just what Kurt needs, and he falls for her like she falls for him. Ellie, however, is the daughter of Professor Seeband. And it's there that the question starts: when will Kurt or Ellie realise that it was Seeband sending Elisabeth to her death? When will Seeband realise the connection? The movie is so smart as to let the audience guess when exactly Seeband or Kurt make that conclusion.
Professor Seeband is played by Sebastian Koch, who was already in The Lives of Others. Seeband is an excellent doctor with abysmal ethics; he has been incarcerated by the Soviet invaders, but gets into the commander's good graces because he can tell that his wife's birth will be a difficult one just by listening to her screams. He is allowed to assist the birth and might very well save the lives of mother and child. Because of that, he gets to live and to hide, effortlessly sliding from national socialism into communism, making a living either way. Seeband is a kind of dark horse: he is very, very good as a medic – he only needs to hold his daughter's hands to realise that she is pregnant -, but he has horrifying opinions about someone's 'genetic material'. There is a moment where he tells Kurt (not Ellie) that she has an ectopic pregnancy and that an abortion is necessary, or Ellie will die. Think about it: he might be correct medically, but there is also the nightmarish possibility that he is using his eugenic convictions to lie and make his own daughter lose her healthy child because Kurt is not to his liking and the child an abomination in his eyes. Kurt, on the other hand, eventually learns that Seeband has a criminal Nazi past and might be brought to justice.
The answer to that conundrum as far as Kurt is concerned is art. I know that this might sound flimsy, but in that movie, it works. Kurt has to go through art school, led by Professor van Verten (Oliver Masucci, who in a strange twist of fate played Hitler in Look Who's Back), a teacher clearly modeled on Joseph Beuys, who sets painting ablaze to prove a point. Kurt eventually will learn how to react to what he thinks Seeband has done to his marriage with Ellie. There are moments when he sits in front of an empty white canvas for days while his colleague next door is hammering countless nails into furniture for days on end, being endlessly productive. And then Kurt finds a way to get back at Seeband in his own artful way.
Yes, Werk ohne Autor has its problems. It's three hours long and could be shorter, but I honestly don't know which scenes should be cut. Kurt is played by Tom Schilling, and there seems to be precious little characterisation to go on. There is a moment where he jumps out of a tree and tells his father that he now understands everything, which is a bit of a movie cliché – assuming everything while understanding nothing. Ellie, despite all of her physical problems, is able to finally give birth. These are all minor complaints about a very good movie that feels shorter than it really is. The moment where Kurt realises what he wants to paint and in which way make it worth the wait. There is a cameo by Ben Becker as the factory foreman who derides Kurt's work and then gives him a stipend for art school all the same. The three movies about artists I like best are Scorsese's Life Lessons, Jacques Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse, and this one.
Movies, UncategorizedBen Becker, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Gerhard Richter, Lars Eidinger, Never Look Away, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Sebastian Koch, Tom Schilling, Werk ohne Autor
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Facebook began to target apps like Pocket back in 2013 when it introduced read-it-later features. Those features are meant to help people save content for the future. Now, the social network is boosting up read-it-later's functionality with a new save button.
Even though it may never actually roll out, TechCrunch is reporting that the site is at least testing a save features that will allow users to hold onto links in a specific section of their profile. By doing this, people can more easily find things that interest them and their friends can also stay up to date with what everyone is looking at.
In 2012 and 2013, Facebook attempted to integrate these features but it never worked. However, now that the network is working in the news sector with its Paper application, it would make sense for a feature like this to finally go public.
The saved section on a user's homepage will show the link, title, and image that corresponds to the content, as well as who in their friends list saved it. Even though one of the best things about Facebook is that it is really all about browsing and scrolling through one's feed, coming across interesting content can be an issue since you are taken out of the feed in order to check it out.
However, if there is a save button attached to every post, users will no longer have to worry about jumping out of their feed to view content or forgetting about a link when they have time to check it out later in the day.
Sharing news is quickly becoming a major part of Facebook, and a large portion of visits to news sites still come from the social network. This means that the more features Facebook introduces, the better the platform will be for sharing.
Question – Will Facebook actually introduce the save feature, or is this just one of the many things that it tries out?
Summary: Facebook is testing a new save feature that will allow people to hold onto posts for later. This would build upon the read-it-later functionality that was first introduced last year.


7, 8. What trials did Job have to deal with, and what did he show by his faithful endurance?
7 Jehovah allowed Satan to bring a series of disasters upon Job, one after the other. (Job 1:12-19) How did Job react to this reversal of circumstances? We are told that he "did not sin or ascribe anything improper to God." (Job 1:22) But Satan was still not silenced. He further complained: "Skin in behalf of skin, and everything that a man has he will give in behalf of his soul."* (Job 2:4) Satan alleged that if Job personally suffered, he would decide that Jehovah was not the most important Person in his life.
Some Bible scholars feel that the expression "skin in behalf of skin" may imply that Job would selfishly be willing to allow his children and animals to lose their skins, or lives, as long as he could keep his own skin, or life. Others feel that the expression emphasizes that a person would be willing to lose some skin if it meant saving his life. For example, a person may hold up his arm to avert a blow to his head, thus losing some skin to save his skin. Whatever the idiom meant, it obviously implied that Job would gladly give up everything as long as he could keep his life.


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Cora has managed dozens of planning, strategy and research projects aimed at advancing community and/or organizational sustainability. She has worked on award winning plans and has been contracted and appointed to advise on municipal, regional and corporate sustainability initiatives on issues including energy, air quality, climate change, waste minimization, and water stewardship. Cora is accomplished in project management, facilitating multi-stakeholder processes, and in developing and implementing communication and consultation initiatives.
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Dwayne is a researcher dedicated to squaring the circle of development, poverty reduction, and sustainability. His work is focused on technological innovation and economic development in the global South. He was the Funding and Resources Director for We Canada, a nation-wide, youth-led initiative towards the United Nations' Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20 Earth Summit 2012). Dwayne completed his Masters at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Alice is from Chicago and completed her BA with honors in Environmental Studies with a focus in Biology and minors in Environmental Philosophy and Government at Hamilton College in Upstate NY. She moved to Vancouver to pursue her MSc in natural resource governance at UBC, specifically looking at collaborative decision-making and the perception of legitimacy within the context of the Great Bear Rainforest. Alice has had the opportunity to work on a number of projects related to different aspects of the environmental field, including slow food events, organizing a 'Take Back the Tap' campaign, starting a food co-op, coordinating campus recycling, researching the secondhand economy and lighter living initiatives in Metro Vancouver with One Earth, researching and coordinating collaboration to address textile waste in the Vancouver region with Leverage Lab, delivering environmental educational workshops with Elements Society, and working as a team member for the sharing economy tech startup Quupe. She has been a vegan for nearly 9 years and strives to live zero-waste. Alice also loves being a part of the communities in Vancouver working on making social and environmental impact, and so you can often find her attending events or volunteering with groups with such goals in mind (like the HiVE coworking space and Car Free Day Commercial Drive). When she's not doing one of those things, you'll likely find her paddling in a dragon boat or outrigger canoe, skiing, hiking with her friends and family, cooking, or cuddling up with her lovely pup Riley.
NANAKI VIJ
Nanaki completed her BSc in Environmental Science and minored in Agricultural Economics at McGill University. Following this, she worked in sustainable lifestyles and education with the Economy Division of UN Environment. Interested in economic transitions, Nanaki works to synthesize a technical background with a passion for society and people. She would like to impact change by connecting the dots between businesses, governments, consumers and
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For more than a decade, Emmanuel has been deeply involved in forming NGO coalitions around international processes aimed at sustainable development such as the Marrakech Process and RIo+20. Through his work in both France and Canada, he has gained extensive international policy experience, and has engaged in many international processes within the OECD, UNEP, UNDP, and the European Commission.
JENNIE MOORE
Jennie is the Director of Institute Sustainability at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Previously she led Metro Vancouver's Strategic Initiatives Division. She is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional. Jennie holds an MA in planning. She was awarded the YWCA Woman of Distinction award for Environment. Her PhD work on One Planet Cities appears in the 2013 State of the World.
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Nicole is a futurist and facilitator, specialising in catalysing positive disruptive innovations. She is passionate about helping leaders create better futures, and has more than 15 years experience with future-visioning projects ranging from the future of healthcare and biosciences to manufacturing and consumption patterns. Nicole is Managing Director of Adaptive Edge, a firm specializing in futures thinking, strategy, and innovation.
SEVERN CULLIS-SUZUKI
A longtime activist for intergenerational justice, Severn co-founded the Environmental Children's Organization, which culminated in her speech to the United Nations at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 when she was twelve. Severn is an Earth Charter Commissioner, and a board member of both the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society and the David Suzuki Foundation. She was a We Canada Champion.
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One Earth's Advisory Council was established in 2010 to support the One Earth team in scoping out and implementing its program of work.
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Environmental lawyer, professor, writer, and activist; research team for the Sustainable Prosperity Initiative; co-author, Sustainability within a Generation
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Head of UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production
ERICA PRIGGEN
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Partner and Chairman, Apollo Philanthropy Partners; civic leader, former non-profit executive and expert in international development and philanthropy
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Professor, Boston College; author of books including Born to Buy and The Overspent American
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Coaticook clinic ends ties to errant doctor
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The Coaticook Medical Clinic has permanently terminated its business and professional ties to Dr. Steven Monette after the latter pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct on Tuesday at his disciplinary hearing before the Quebec College of Physicians, the clinic made the announcement Tuesday in a press release. The decision to fire Monette was made under the anti-harassment and discrimination policy, the code of ethics, and the contractual agreements governing members of the clinic, it added. In March, it was announced that Monette would have to return to the Disciplinary Council at the end of May to face a charge of a sexual misconduct that included full sexual intercourse. See full story in the Thursday, May 31 edition of The Record.


For the next ten weeks, this blog will be a lab of sorts. I am taking a personal essay class through Inprint in which we will be studying the different styles of essay writing. The first style we studied was New Journalism, which was created by Joan Didion (Blue Nights, The Year of Magical Thinking) and Tom Wolfe (Electric Koolaid Acid Test). The style brings together journalism and elements of fictional writing.
We grew up before the digital revolution. We had computers in elementary school, but they didn't do much. They were large and boxy with bright orange cursors that blinked solemnly until someone fed a large square floppy disk into the drive – and I don't mean the 3.5 inch floppy that is currently a dinosaur. I mean the ones before. The 5 ¼ inch monstrosities that held a maximum of 1.2 MB of data. One of my clearest memories is of Mrs. Fontz, my computer teacher, who always wore a large immaculate bun on the back of her head and whose closet seemed to contain an endless supply of bright orange pant suits. Mrs. Fontz, zealous guardian of our nascent technology, blew a gasket when I placed a floppy disk on the table without putting it in a sleeve first. I wonder what she would think of the USB drive I carry around on my keychain with 16,000 times the capacity of her floppy - no sleeve, but that came later. My contemporaries and I were blissfully unaware of the siren call of smooth glass screens and bright flickering colors that would seduce future generations as well as our adult selves. We spent our time probing the mysteries of the world around us.
There was the house at the end of the street that was tucked away behind a thicket of trees. It's wooden slats were weathered and the once white paint that covered them was faded and sort of gray. It was perfect fodder for neighborhood legends about witches and young children who were never seen again after trespassing on that property. I don't remember ever seeing the person or people who actually lived there, but I remember the house as clearly as if I was standing in front of it whispering conspiracy theories with the neighborhood gang.
There were the woods beyond that house which we were forbidden to go into by our parents, so of course we did. We got on our bikes, found a gap in the fence along the perimeter of the trees, and searched for treasure in what seemed to us to be the darkest and most remote recesses of our small, protected world. The only treasure we ever really found was the exhilaration of riding at top speed along the edge of the bayou that separated our neighborhood from the next. When the water was low, we crossed over and for a few precious minutes, we were free.
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The children that I teach talk about Xboxes and Nintendos. They love computers. If I allowed it, they would happily spend several hours on the computer playing games – even math games. My nieces could, if they they were allowed, spend hours flipping through pictures on my phone or pressing icons on an ipad. Their attention utterly absorbed by the machine in front of them, the world around them disappears.
There is a lot to be said for technology. It brings the collective knowledge of humankind to our fingertips. It makes sharing of information fast and efficient. It gives us the ability to create virtual spaces in which to interact with people whom we would have normally never known existed – people from different countries and cultures and socioeconomic levels. A lot can also be said for putting down the technology every once in a while and experiencing life as it glides past and then inexorably disappears.
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Q: RxJava: how to code something like doOnEmpty? I am using several filters on my Observable and I would like to report cases at the end of filtering when the result was empty. I cannot do it at the end of processing because this observable is supposed to be concatenated with another one:
        Observable.just(1, 2, 3)
                .concatWith(
                        Observable.just(2, 4, 6)
                                .filter(value -> ((value % 2) != 0))
                                // report if empty
                )

A: You can use switchIfEmpty and do something with this fallback Observable
 Observable.just(2, 4, 6)
            .filter(value -> ((value % 2) != 0))
            // replace the empty observable with an empty observable
            // but this observable will log when it will completed
            .switchIfEmpty(Observable.<Integer>empty().doOnTerminate(() -> System.out.println("empty !")))
            .subscribe();

A: You can use Transformers.doOnEmpty from rxjava-extras which is on Maven Central:
source.compose(Transformers.doOnEmpty(action))

You might use this solution if you cared about efficiency (allocations/performance) but otherwise use @dwursteisen's solution.

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BBC Sport football
Squad Selector
Page last updated at 12:05 GMT, Thursday, 25 June 2009 13:05 UK
No Celtic panic buys, says Venus
Venus will not rush signings for Celtic
Celtic's assistant manager Mark Venus has cautioned against buying for the sake of it ahead of the Champions League qualifiers.
Venus, alongside manager Tony Mowbray and coach Peter Grant, aim to win the tie starting on 28 or 29 July.
"Obviously, we've lost a couple of players and we will be trying to bring players in," he said.
But Celtic would not want to buy a player only to regret it for the next four years, Venus stressed.
Midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura has joined Espanyol, while team-mates Paul Hartley and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink are out of contract, and defender Bobo Balde has left the club after his deal expired.
"Personally, and this is me speaking, I don't care how long it takes to bring people into this football club," said Venus, who is confident that Celtic can make a good start to the season.
"If we have to miss the Champions League qualifier, the bottom line is, I'd like to think we will manage this football club for a lot of years and I'd like to think the players we are going to bring to this club are going to stay with us for a couple of years.
We'd like to pit our wits against other European coaches
Celtic assistant manager Mark Venus
"We have to bring in the players who we think are right."
Venus hoped Celtic's new management could raise the profile of the club - and of Scottish football as a whole.
"Overall, we want the whole nation to do better. We've followed the football team and I was at a few matches last season," he said.
Venus said he believed Celtic were a bigger club than previous employers West Brom.
"Everything about it is a step up; the size of it and the expectations," he said. "We'd like to pit our wits against other European coaches.
"Everything about it is a different dimension to where we've come from."
The Celtic assistant manager would not be drawn on the future of Hartley or Vennegoor of Hesselink.
"That's up to the gaffer really," he said. "That's not my remit at the football club.
"The manager will be in contact with the chief executive to speak to the players."
Venus said it was "a bit early" to say whether Scott Brown would be fit to play in the Champions League qualifiers after the Scotland midfielder had surgery on an ankle injury.
Grant eager for Old Firm battle
19 Jun 09 | Celtic
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Celtic challenge excites Mowbray
Mowbray wasted chance - Atkinson
17 Jun 09 | West Brom
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Zoe is all about the curling up and Molly is all about the flopping out. This was a favourite chair last summer and the cats seem to be returning to their old haunts. Save that Molly has figured out how to get on top of the fridge and then on top of the cupboards. She has quite the drive to explore. I've discovered that the best way to catch a Molly-cat is to open a drawer that I don't want her to hop into and wait a few seconds. Zoe on the other hand prefers sneaking into cupboards rather than drawers. Molly has also checked out every empty box and still likes hanging in Lululemon bags and all other nature of bags.
She is even napping after I put food in their bowls... although Zoe predictably ate some out of her bowl and now is sleathily going to the bathroom where Molly's bowl is - thinking I'm not going to notice if she eats Molly's food first and then comes back for hers. Sneaky kitty.