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From: ssteiner@netcom.com (Stefan R. Steiner)
Subject: The Kee Bird B-29 recovery effort - some insight
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 10:56:48 GMT
I read with interest all of the posting to this news group about the
ill-fated B-29 Kee Bird recovery expedition. Many saddened me. As you might
recall about 1 1/2 years ago I posted to this news group a story about the
1994 Kee Bird recovery expedition. My brother-in-law, Bob Vanderveen, was
one of the few "lucky" people have gone on that expedition and the 1995 one.
He nearly died in the tragic fire that consumed the B-29. Perhaps the one
item which saddened me the most about many of the posts was the reoccurring
theme that the expeditions were poorly planned. Nothing can be further from
the truth. They didn't just hop over to Greenland one day after having a
cold one on the back porch in California with the thought of simply dumping
a bit of fuel into the Kee Bird, kicking over the engines and flying the
bird back to the States. Come on, just think a moment about the logistics
of the expeditions for just a moment. (By the way, I don't purport to be
an expert as to what happened during the trips nor am I a real aviation
enthusiast)
-  They had to find, buy, rebuild and test four B-29 carbureted engines.
They did this work in Ramona, California many, many months before the
summer 1994 trip. Bob and a number of others spent many long hours for
months attending to those engines. Spare parts are not in plentiful
supply for B-29s.
-  They had to build and scrounge up an incredible amount of parts,
supplies and tools to take back with them to Greenland, including a
crane, bulldozer, propellers, cables, tires, bomb-bay doors, food for
6-8 weeks...
-  They had to plan with Thule Air Force Base to allow them use the base
for part of their operations.
-  Only one barge per year goes between North American and Thule.
The four rebuild engines along with a lot of the other parts had to
get on it. This stuff had to get loaded on trucks and carted to the
east coast in time for the barge departure. This had to be done
months before they would get to Greenland in 1994.
-  ...
It should go with out saying that this required a lot of planning on
Darryl Greenamyer's part.
As to the donation argument, even after all the press about the 1994
exhibition, they couldn't even find even one donor to give them the
necessary clothing for the much colder 1995 mission. Each member had
to buy their own equipment.
With that said, here's a little from what my brother-in-law told me
about the last mission. (It's been awhile since he told me this story,
so some of the info might not be completely accurate. Also, Bob hasn't
wanted to talk about it too much.)
Bob was one of the four people on the Kee Bird during its last run.
He was stationed in the rear of the plane. While the plane was moving
down the bumpy, icy runway on top of the frozen lake, a lot of dust
swelled up inside the plane and in the rear cabin from the years of
dirt that accumulated in every nook-and-cranny of the plane. He quickly
realized that he had forgotten to wear his goggles and decided to go to
the middle of the plane to search for them. That's when he discovered the
APU was on fire. When he went to get the goggles, he had to leave the
headset for the intercom to the cockpit in the rear cabin. Once
he saw the fire, he knew he had to alert Darryl, Al Hansen and Thad
Dulin in the cockpit. In a matter of seconds the already dust filled
rear part of the plane became densely filled with thick, black smoke.
Bob had to feel his way back to the rear cabin, scrounge around for the
headset and with what little breath he had left, yell FIRE into mic.
He then had to run back through the smoke, breathing in a number of lung
numbing mouthfuls of the acrid smoke, and tumble out through the bomb-bay
doors onto the harsh ice. Meanwhile, as Darryl, Hansen and Dulin were
scrambling to try to get out of the cockpit hatch, one of them discovered
that their quick-release seat buckles didn't want to release. Another was
quick enough to find a rod and helped to pry the buckle open. Within
moments after Bob popped out the plane, the tail fell off and a few
more moments later after the cockpit crew jumped to safety, the fuselage
was fully involved. The plane continued to burn for hours.
From what it sounds to me, fire extinguishers would have had no effect.
By the time Bob saw the fire, it was already far too advanced to do
anything. Perhaps if they had a firefighter, in full turnout gear and
wearing a SCBA in front of the APU, they might have had a chance...
From what I understand, nothing was worth salvaging after the fire.
My brother-in-law had nearly $10,000 worth of tools, gear and camera
equipment burn up on the plane. He was sleeping on board the plane at
night since his tent somehow didn't arrive in Greenland and so he had
everything in the plane. He completely volunteered on the exhibitions,
while my sister had to work double duty at their Ramona Cafe Restaurant
in Ramona, California while worrying about her husband's safety in
Greenland.
I hope this gives a bit more insight as to what happened during the Kee
Bird recovery mission and that being an armchair coach in a warm 70 degree
home makes it easy to criticize the work of a few brave people out in a
desolate place a few hundred miles from the north pole and in sub-zero
degree weather trying to recover a 43-ton plane. Take it apart, yeah
right. I'm happy that there are still a few people willing to take on
incredible risks.
Perhaps, the one post about the Recovery effort that got me the most
was the one from the "SR-71 Flying Qualities Lead Engineer". I would have
thought that Darryl Greenamyer, having been one of the first test pilots
of the SR-71 while at the Lockheed Skunk Works, would have deserved a
little more respect from such a person. I'm sorry if I misunderstood the
intent of her posting. Here is a section of her post:
"They're going to have to get someone else to find it for them.  The
guy who found this one, Giles Kershaw, was killed in Antarctica,
flying a photo/support gyrocopter for a group of folks about as good
as the B-29 "rescue" team.  I knew Giles from when we went down to..."
Again, I apologize if she really didn't mean to "put down" the rescue
A few other things:
1. Darryl received permission from Denmark to extract the plane. It was
not there simply for the taking.
2. The location of the plane was well known. The B-29 was supposed to
have been destroyed right after the plane crash landed and its
crew rescued in 1947, but for some reason the orders were never
carried out. If they were, all of this would have been a mute point.
3. The Caribou wasn't chosen for its looks. It had to be able to
carry a large payload and land and take-off on a short (about 1500')
loose dirt/muddy runway.
4. The original engines, which are the late model, fuel-injected versions,
and removed during the 1994 effort, are (I believe) in California. So,
yes, something from the original bird is still around.
Stefan Steiner
stefans@concentric.net (soon to be cancelled: ssteiner@netcom.com)
http://www.concentric.net/~stefans
Subject: Re: The Kee Bird B-29 recovery effort - some insight
I missed one additional bit of information. The Smithsonian Magazine,
September 1995 issue, has a very good article about the Kee Bird
recovery effort on page 24 called "A hot pilot meets a cold, cold B-29".
From: shafer@ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 00:19:44 GMT
On Thu, 8 Feb 1996 10:56:48 GMT, ssteiner@netcom.com (Stefan R. Steiner) said:
S> Perhaps, the one post about the Recovery effort that got me the most
S> was the one from the "SR-71 Flying Qualities Lead Engineer". I would have
S> thought that Darryl Greenamyer, having been one of the first test pilots
S> of the SR-71 while at the Lockheed Skunk Works, would have deserved a
S> little more respect from such a person. I'm sorry if I misunderstood the
S> intent of her posting. Here is a section of her post:
S>
S>   "They're going to have to get someone else to find it for them.  The
S>    guy who found this one, Giles Kershaw, was killed in Antarctica,
S>    flying a photo/support gyrocopter for a group of folks about as good
S>    as the B-29 "rescue" team.  I knew Giles from when we went down to..."
S> Again, I apologize if she really didn't mean to "put down" the rescue
S> mission.
I had no intention of insulting the team; I meant only to indicate
that they did not succeed in rescuing the airplane.  I also thought
that I put in a "a hundredth" there, describing the "group of folks
about a hundredth as good as the B-29 "rescue" team", but since it's
not there, I obviously didn't.  I think I got confused in the editing,
having started to write something else and then edited it into this,
because I was trying to make it clear that the B-29 team was
exceptionally qualified and competent, but on re-reading what I wrote,
I did a bad job on it.  Too many esc-Ds, maybe.
I don't work for the Skunk Works and do not have any particular
loyalty to or animus for their personnel, as I am insufficiently
familiar with their work to form a judgment.  I've long admired
Greenamyer for his persistance in turning a structural test article
into a real F-104.  That he ended up ejecting from it over the EDW
PIRA doesn't affect that opinion; gear problems can happen to anyone.
Some aircraft can land without gear and be survivable, but the F-104
isn't one I'd ever try it in.
However, having flown a particular type of aircraft, whether as a test
pilot or a squadron pilot, does not automatically require that I, who
happen to be working on the plane about 30 years later, admire that
person or think that the person is particularly good at anything but
flying the airplane.  It is perfectly possible for an excellent pilot
to be a terrible manager, for example.  I'm not saying that Greenamyer
is a terrible manager, at all, but I'm saying that his having flown
the SR-71 doesn't require me to assume that he's perfect.  Not even
the Blackbird makes people perfect.
I'm sorry about your relative.  What happened was unlucky, but the
competence of the team and its professionalism meant that it wasn't
nearly as bad as it could have been and that is more than luck, that
is skill.
shafer@ferhino.dfrc.nasa.gov                               DoD #362 KotFR


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Moscow drivers gripped by arson terror
Police are searching for a man they believe is responsible for a series of arson attacks on cars in Moscow. 30 vehicles have been torched in residential areas of the city since Thursday night, with the latest attack coming in the early hours of Tuesday mo
Like the others it was in the south west part of Moscow and the car was parked near a garbage dump outside an apartment block.
Police believe one man is behind the string of blazes and have issued a one million rouble ($42,000 US) reward for information leading to his arrest. The man is described as being between 30 and 40, of medium height, lean and having a hunch back.
The crimes share certain features – they all occur late at night -and police suspect the arsonist gets flammable materials from tips and lights fires under the car wheels or even inside the vehicle.
Most of the cars have been expensive foreign models including an Audi and a BMW. Local residents in the area are uniting to carry out a night watch scheme to protect their property until the culprit is caught.
Who is the mysterious arsonist? Other versions
But a lot of Muscovites think that the arsonist is not a mentally ill person. He may just be trying to attract media and pubic attention to the city's problems that really need to be solved. Parking is a big issue in the Russian capital. A lot of citizens are distressed by the numerous cars which drivers leave in yards or children's playgrounds. They complain about flower beds being removed to give space for cars.
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According to another version, Moscow is dealing with an organised group of arsonists, not a lone maniac. Extremist youths or just groups of drunk kids having fun could be behind the car burns.
And Liberal Democrat Party leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, has a theory of his own. He thinks the car fires could be politically motivated. He compares the current situation in Moscow with the one in Paris before the presidential election of 2007. A lot of cars were on fire in the streets of French capital those days. But as the politician mentioned, it all ended after current French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, came to power.
Versions differ but the cars keep burning. So the drivers from the districts troubled by the arsonist have started organising night patrols. Police say they will not allow lynch law.
But the authorities are taking the situation seriously. A crisis center to capture the arsonist opened in the city on Wednesday.


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Senators Lindsey Graham (Republican), Richard Blumenthal and Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrats) called on the US and allies to increase support for Ukraine by providing fighters.
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Announcement Regarding NCAA Division II Membership
I am excited to share the news that the NCAA Division II Membership Committee has accepted our application to join Division II, enabling us to join Queens College and eight other public and private institutions competing in the East Coast Conference. CSI and Queens are now the only NCAA Division II institutions in the five New York City boroughs, and the only public NCAA Division II institutions in New York State.
The move to NCAA Division II fits in perfectly with our Strategic Plan and will continue CSI's standing as a scholar-athlete driven athletic program, with 50% of CSI's student-athlete body holding a 3.00 cumulative GPA or better, and 38% holding a 3.2 or higher. The move will facilitate scholarship-driven education and help us expand the College's current regional footprint. In addition to making our program more attractive to local student-athletes looking to play DII, we will now be able to offer scholarships that will help increase our percentage of out-of-state and international student athletes. The costs of scholarships will be borne by revenue generated by Athletics and by philanthropy.
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7.5 Million Dollar Donation to Benefit the School of Business
Following the CUNY Board of Trustees' approval earlier this evening, the College of Staten Island has received a $7.5M cash gift from Class of '65 alumni Lucille and Jay Chazanoff to benefit the School of Business. The gift is the largest individual donation ever made to a nonprofit within the Borough of Staten Island and is, by far, the greatest gift ever received by the College. With the potential to dramatically transform the work of the School, the Fund will be used to support the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business, including accreditation pursuant to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) – an international organization that is the preeminent accrediting body for business schools in the United States. There are 845 business institutions in 56 countries and territories that have earned AACSB accreditation.
The income generated by the Fund will support a wide range of objectives, including retaining faculty, many of whom have garnered national recognition as Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation grant recipients, and National Academy of Science expert panel members. CSI Business faculty hold positions on journal editorial boards, occupy leadership roles in professional organizations, and consult to federal, state, and local governmental agencies.
The College will also use this endowment to undertake a well-defined series of strategic program improvements that will significantly strengthen both CSI and the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School's national standing and improve student success.
I want to thank Lucille and Jay Chazanoff for this gift and for their history of supporting the College and the Staten Island community. I also want to thank Susan L. Holak, Dean of the newly named School; Cheryl Adolph, Executive Director of Institutional Advancement and External Affairs; and all others who played a role in fostering this generous gift.
President's Message – Health Update
I write to update you on my progress and to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the many members of the CSI and Staten Island communities who have reached out to me with their support, thoughts, prayers, and best wishes. I am humbled and can only say, thank you!
At this time, my surgeon assures me that I am right on track with my progress. I am feeling better every day and will soon start making short appearances on campus and am confident that I will be able to participate in our Commencement ceremonies. Thank you for your support and for your patience when I have had to reschedule meetings.
President's Message Regarding Sri Lanka Bombings
I write to you today to condemn the appalling violence in Sri Lanka and the hatred that motivated these attacks. On behalf of the CSI community, I extend our heartfelt sympathies to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of these terrible acts.
As I have repeatedly noted, the College of Staten Island has always welcomed students and scholars from every religion, race, sexual orientation, or national origin to pursue their educational interests. We will always be an educational institution where one can engage in difficult conversations through respectful discourse and categorically reject anyone who seeks to promote hatred and bigotry – it has no place on our campus.
Please know that confidential counseling services are available for members of our community who need additional support during this time or any time in the future.
Students may contact the CSI Counseling Center: 718.982.2391 or walk-in at your convenience during business hours – Building 1A, Room 109. You can come in alone, with a friend, or in a group – just give them a call. More information is available at www.csi.cuny.edu/students/counseling-center.
Employees may contact the Deer Oaks Employee Assistance Program to speak with a licensed mental health counselor: 855.492.3633 (24-hours/day) or email: eap@deeroaks.com. For more information visit: www.deeroakseap.com.
President's Budget Message, April 2019
The University recently released the third-quarter forecast, which projects the College finishing with a slightly positive balance. I wanted to share this news with you and update you on the steps being taken to improve our financial position. First, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your hard work and dedication to CSI. I am grateful to be part of a campus where faculty and staff understand the unique Mission of this institution and believe in the value we provide to our students and our community.
I know it has been a difficult year regarding some of the uncertainty presented while we worked with CUNY to close a midyear projected deficit, and appreciate your patience as we worked to avoid imposition of sweeping measures. We are projecting to close our deficit, by restricting hires to critical areas, implementing aggressive collection measures, increasing summer enrollment, and receiving support from non-tax levy resources. Regarding current-year spending in OTPS, AVP Carlos Serrano will be meeting with the Provost and Deans to process payments for travel reimbursements and Library database subscriptions. This year, we will be supporting $70,000 in travel, which is approximately $28,000 or 65% more than the PSC-CUNY contractual minimum. While we will be able to make these payments, it is important that we start to address some longstanding issues that I outline further below. The third-quarter forecast makes it clear that many of the senior colleges have endured a similar year, which reaffirms what I have previously stated, that we need to rely on ourselves to shape our destiny and make this a destination campus.
In that spirit, about two months ago, we convened a team made up of offices from Academic Affairs, Enrollment Services, and Finance, with the Provost overseeing the coordination of efforts to attain optimal results for improved enrollment for Summer and Fall 2019 and improved collections. This cross-divisional team of roughly 20 people has been meeting on a weekly basis to develop and implement strategies in order to help improve our fiscal and enrollment outlook for both the immediate future and long-term. As a result, they have undertaken efforts to speed the processing of freshmen and transfer applications, including lending support to CUNY Central for the processing of applications. They have also implemented a comprehensive conversion plan to turn admitted freshmen and transfer students into enrollees by focusing on student engagement. There are more opportunities for students and their families to visit the campus and ongoing calling campaigns including student-to-student, advisor-to-student, and faculty-to-student. These calls are designed to answer questions, reiterate the College's value proposition, and make the students feel welcome as a part of the Dolphin family. Recently, a small group, led by Michael Parrish, met with officials from CUNY Central to report that we are taking all possible actions to ameliorate the effects caused by some of the glitches in the new admissions module. They were pleased with our efforts and felt we were on the right track.
In addition to the above actions, the group focused its efforts on a summer enrollment plan, which includes targeting two populations: new external students (visiting) and current CSI students. Thousands of emails and postcards were sent to students announcing summer classes at CSI. The targeted groups included students who previously applied to CSI but did not attend; students who applied to any CUNY school, live on Staten Island, but did not attend CUNY; and students who expressed an interest in summer classes via the Central CUNY Website.
Current students are being encouraged to enroll in summer courses with correspondence from CAAS detailing the benefits of taking classes in summer sessions. Additionally, affinity groups have been asked to encourage their students to take summer classes. We have also developed a dynamic campaign to advertise summer courses utilizing digital resources, campus-wide poster displays, and emails. Finally, Financial Aid (FA) has been sending personalized communication to students that detail their specific eligibility for summer Pell and encourages them to consider taking summer courses.
The team model previously mentioned was also leveraged to improve our collections. Specifically, the Bursar is working with those in other units to help collect outstanding balances from our students. This approach has already shown that students are often more responsive to individuals with whom they have established relationships such as those in Athletics, SEEK, Verrazano, etc. While this team model for collections is relatively new, we started making changes in our collections process early in the academic year. During the Fall semester, we engaged an advisor and consulted with CUNY to review most effective methods. As a result of our internal reviews, we made a number of changes to our collections process. After significant outreach to students with balances, we started aggressively de-registering students who had sizeable outstanding balances. The Bursar also developed reports so we could do a better analysis of our collections' shortfalls. This analysis provided the basis for creating teams to assist with collections. We have also reduced the waiting period for sending delinquent accounts to a collection agency and have been using the agency that has proven to obtain the best results. In addition to the improvements in the Bursar's Office, Financial Aid (FA) helped the College reduce its outstanding balances by maximizing federal and state funding and Direct Loans. They successfully petitioned CUNY Central for additional Federal Supplemental Educational Grant (SEOG) funds, receiving almost $200k more than last spring. SEOG funds are used to pay student balances so this has a direct impact on helping the College reach its collection target and enabling students to continue their education. Moreover, FA recently secured an additional $50,000, and is negotiating with CUNY to get even more. Besides maximizing grant opportunities, FA packaged students who are eligible for unsubsidized and subsidized Direct Loans in an effort to eliminate any outstanding balances. Notably, FA packaged 384 students for Spring 2019 and 563 students for Fall 2018, totaling 947 students. This represents a nearly 20% increase over the 810 students who were packaged last academic year. These collection measures are quickly bearing fruit. Prior-Year collections from collection agency actions are up $361K over last year at $2.8M. For Spring 2019, thanks to the ongoing contributions of these teams, we have experienced reductions in student balances. Specifically, we have reduced targeted student group balances by 19% or $834k from $4.376M on March 20 to $3.542M on April 2.
Because we have had some success, I do not want to give the impression that we can take the hand off the throttle. Changing the direction of the College is like sailing a battleship–we change course, but we don't turn on a dime. The good news is that we started many of the necessary changes prior to this year. Our efforts to make this a destination campus and improve our enrollment will rely in part on improving our infrastructure. We had great success in improving our capital budget, doubling it this past year, and have put the money to good use–improving our roads, adding gutters to buildings, reconstructing the entry plazas to four of our academic buildings, refurbishing the pool, and adding nine new state-of-the-art classrooms, a computer lab, and adjunct faculty space to Building 2M. We are at various stages of work in additional projects such as replacing our existing sidewalks and electrical substation repairs.
Besides these infrastructure improvements, we have been very successful in generating support for the school and academic programs from external sources, like our elected officials and local companies.
In the past several years, we have secured more than $5.2M just for academic projects through the work of our government relations arm including:
$1.35M from the City Council for the development of a new high-tech engineering MakerSpace to support our students.
$45k for engineering equipment.
$1M plus from the City Council's Technology Committee to support our CSI Tech Incubator.
$200k from Senator Lanza for the recently completed upgrade of our Nursing Simulator Lab.
$1.73M for the Media Culture Screening Room and TV Studio.
$41k for eye tracking equipment in Psychology.
$500k for renovation of the 6S Greenhouse, which is finally getting off the ground.
$125k from Con Ed for the naming of the Trading Room and which received an additional 175k of government support.
$250k from Richmond County Savings Foundation for the naming of the atrium of Building 2M.
$108k from National Grid for scholarship support.
In addition to this support, at the March College Council meeting, the Foundation President, Pat McDermott, noted how the CSI Foundation over the last eight-plus years turned a deficit of $360k in unrestricted funds into a modest 290k surplus and increased the total equity funds by nearly $5 million. This year, the Foundation was able to provide 175k in unrestricted funds to assist various Departments and the College as a whole. Over the last four years, they have provided $772k in college support and nearly 1.5M in scholarships.
Finally, concerning enrollment, I believe two moves will have a significant impact on the College. The addition of our new Assistant Vice President of Enrollment, Alexander Scott, will help in the development of a long-range, strategic enrollment plan. Next, if we are successful in our application, our move to Division II and the East Coast Conference will increase the College's exposure as we compete in locations along the eastern seaboard. Enrollment across CUNY is soft so we need to grow our exposure outside of the metro area, and this is one way to do it.
The above activities–from infrastructure improvements to increased funding to student success and outreach efforts–will help us with our enrollment, and the best way to improve our budget is through increased enrollment. However, it is likely that Fall 2019 will look similar to Fall 2018. Therefore, we have to review our expenses. Willie Sutton, a notorious bank robber, when asked why he robbed banks, reportedly replied, "because that's where the money is." Our resources are primarily dedicated to personnel costs so, until enrollment improves, we must look at our staffing numbers. Overall, total FT staffing for the College has increased from 2016 to 2018, from 913 to 953. During that period, staff per 1,000 FTE has increased from 82.2 to 85.6, which places the College fifth lowest among the 11 senior colleges, behind NYCCT (69), Queens (79.7), John Jay (80.8), and Baruch (85.5). City College has the highest ratio at 114.2 per 1,000 FTE. Generally, the College is in the middle of the pack among the 11 senior colleges, (excluding the specialty schools) when looking at staffing per 1,000 FTE. However, we are lightly staffed in comparison to other schools in Academic Support (third lowest at 2.5 per 1,000 FTE), General Institutions Staff (third lowest at 8.5 per 1,000 FTE), and General Administration (second lowest at 5.5 per 1,000 FTE). When it comes to Maintenance and Operations, CUNY compares headcount to Gross Square Footage (GSF) of the campus buildings. According to CUNY, we have 1.368 M of GSF, and one worker per 12,435 GSF. Using this formula, we have the third highest staffing number behind Medgar (7,789) and Baruch (11,558). NYCCT has the lowest at (22,432). Unfortunately, this formula ignores CSI's 204 acres, which equates to 8,886,240 exterior gross square feet. CSI has the responsibility of maintaining 26 separate buildings spread across the campus. The total of 26 buildings is the second largest total among the senior colleges. The 204 acres accounts for 44% of the total acreage of all senior colleges (463 acres). Based on this information, we are not adequately staffed and need additional funding to protect against deferred maintenance. I have presented this argument to Central and hope to have some success in changing the formula.
Regardless of any success on this front, it is important that we review future hires strategically in relation to enrollment and our overall resources. One factor guiding our hiring decisions will be cost of instruction. I have charged the Provost, along with the IPC and the College Council Budget Committee, with undertaking this review so we can make better decisions pertaining to the hiring of full-time staff and adjuncts. This is necessary and one of the best ways to take hold of our future. In furtherance of the discussions we need to have, please review the chart that shows our headcount over the last ten years.
I believe the College's future is bright and that by working together to analyze and address the challenges we face, we will be a stronger institution and continue our ascent. I want to stress again how important it is that we work together and I encourage you to feel free to provide suggestions on how we can increase revenue, improve efficiencies, and reduce expenditures. Please feel free to email any suggestions regarding enrollment and the budget to me at president@csi.cuny.edu. Thank you again for your time, your efforts to make this a destination campus, and your support.
College Council President's Report – March 21, 2019
I'm going to keep my remarks brief based on the presentation given by Pat McDermott. I also want to start by acknowledging the work that he and the rest of the Board members do in support of the College. These are people who have had success in different areas of life who donate their time to work with our Advancement team, all in support of the College and the Borough. I am truly grateful for their service.
I know how frustrated everyone is with this year's budget. I promise you that no one is more frustrated than I am. We submitted our budget request in September 2018, and we're now hoping to finalize it sometime next week. Last year at this time, we faced a nearly $1M deficit. This year, we are in a similar situation as we again will be relying on NTL resources to cover the projected deficit. We will still be having a Commencement ceremony and proceeding with traditional events, though they may be scaled back somewhat. It is important, though, that we remain vigilant in trying to limit expenditures and I greatly appreciate the efforts of departments during this time of belt-tightening.
With regard to hiring, I have not terminated searches. However, hires for next fall will be determined by our overall attrition numbers. Part of our efforts to address next year's budget will include an overall reduction in PS costs. It's also important to repeat what I've mentioned before, namely, health and safety positions will be prioritized when making hiring decisions. For too many years, we cut back on some positions with the belief that we would be able to refill those positions once tuition increases were implemented. As we now know, the tuition increases have not led to an overall budget increase so we have to prioritize hiring in these areas in the coming year.
I mentioned at February's College Council, that the last three years tell me that we cannot rely on the State or CUNY to improve our basic operating budget. Talking with the presidents of the other senior colleges over the last month about their own budget problems has only confirmed this viewpoint. As a result of the budget issues, we've been reviewing every aspect of how we are doing business, evaluating our projections and collections. Based on some of the work over the last several weeks, I am confident that we will be able to cover some additional travel costs and give a percentage of overhead costs to the Departments. I expect to provide those numbers in the next few weeks. Importantly, the work we are doing now will help us next year and going forward.
A team from the Advisement, Admissions, and Budget offices has been working together to improve our coordination with collections and improve our summer and fall enrollments. I believe this teamwork among the groups will really help students and the College.
I wanted to briefly follow-up on our application to join Division II Athletics because the College Executive Committee raised some concerns at our last meeting in terms of the review process and ultimately what benchmarks will be used. We were presented with this opportunity late in the Fall semester and I acted quickly because I did not want to lose the opportunity to use this as a recruiting tool for this Fall. Now, because I acted quickly, I don't want to give the impression I acted recklessly. I made this decision based on my experience as a Provost at a Division I Athletic program and seeing the benefits that an athletic program can have on a college in terms of recruitment and college spirit. My decision was also guided by the experience of our fellow CUNY institution, Queens College. I spoke extensively with the then President of Queens College, and now CUNY Chancellor, Felix Matos Rodriguez. Our Athletic Director, Charles Gomes, also had discussions with the Queens College AD. Currently, Queens College, which also self-funds its program, has 30 international student athletes and 25 out-of-state student athletes. I expect to have similar, if not better results. Recruitment of 50 out-of-state/international students would generate more than $605,000 in additional tax-levy revenue for the campus. This counts ONLY the differential between in-state and out-of-state tuition and fees. Charles has advised me that we have already accepted three international students for our tennis team – one from Germany, one from Austria, and one from Spain, and are working with two additional German students.
Assuming that our application is approved this July, we will have a three-year probationary period when we will be making an assessment that will be based on measures such as: targets for out-of-state/international enrollment, percentage of students coming from new high schools, academic success of athletes, and increased fundraising targets. This will be an ongoing process and I will be updating and discussing our progress with the College Executive Committee and the College Council over the next three years.
The next item I want to address is the news on admissions fraud, a story that is capturing national attention. Because we are an access institution, it may be tempting to argue that scandals like the ones alleged at elite highly competitive institutions could never happen here. Adopting this view would be a mistake and we should use the national conversation to ensure that we have solid policies and practices in place so that such fraud is not tolerated here. We have an "Alleged Fraud, Abuse or Misconduct" button on our home page and I can assure you that our compliance team takes all reports seriously, whether or not they are anonymous, and investigates them to the greatest extent possible. Compliance and integrity are cornerstones of my administration and we will not tolerate fraud, abuse, or misconduct in any form.
This has been a good week for us. As an institution, 25% of our enrolled students are Hispanic, allowing us to be designated a Hispanic Serving Institution. With this designation, we will be eligible for grants, including HSI STEM grants.
Additionally, the Department of Social Work received official Commission on Accreditation (COA) Reaffirmation Decision letter from the February 2019 COA meeting for the Baccalaureate Social Work program at the College of Staten Island.
The School of Education was informed recently that their proposal for a Doctorate in Educational Leadership was approved by the NY State Board of Education, following previous approval by CUNY's Board of Trustees. The program will now go to the state legislature for review. Congratulations to Dean Ken Gold and the team that crafted the program documents.
Lastly, I have forwarded a recommendation to the Board of Trustees that Jane Kurtin, the Staten Island Advance reporter who exposed the conditions at the Willowbrook State School and changed the face of mental health care in the United States, receive an honorary degree at this year's Commencement.
I write to explain my anticipated absence from many campus events over the next six weeks. I normally do not share details of my personal health but feel it best to be candid at this point. I have recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer that is quite advanced. My doctors recommend immediate surgery as the best course of action. While the procedure gives the best chance for a complete recovery, it will require an extended time to recuperate. I still have a number of tests but will likely have the surgery in early to mid-April. I should be able to keep most of my regular appointments before then. After the surgery, I anticipate being able to work and oversee campus issues but may need to limit my calendared meetings and attendance at certain events. If all goes according to plan, I will have a regular schedule in early to mid-May and will be able to preside over commencement. During times that I am unavailable, Michael Parrish, as Senior Vice President, will serve as administrator in charge.
I also want to take this time to remind all men of the importance of regular PSA tests. Normally, prostate cancer is viewed as the "good cancer" because it is slow growing and "watchful waiting" is often the initial treatment option. However, this is not always the case. Cancer is the number 2 killer of men (behind cardiac problems) and prostate cancer is the number 2 cancer killer, behind lung cancer. I am on an advocacy mission to correct the terminology – there is nothing good about it! In my case, because of family history, I have had PSA tests for a long time. Recently my numbers rose quickly but were still in the "watchful waiting" range. It took an especially vigilant diagnostician to review my history and other indicators and to order a biopsy when "watchful waiting" was indicated by the PSA values alone. In my case, waiting could have had severe consequences.
Please, if you are not already doing so, discuss with your physician the best time to start monitoring and do not skip a test!
I apologize for being so detailed with my personal health but I felt it best to keep you informed and I hope that my story will stress the importance of yearly health checkups for everyone. I look forward to being back on campus fit and healthy before the end of the semester.
President Fritz's Remarks Regarding the Recent Tragedy in New Zealand
I write to you today to condemn the hatred that motivated the mass shooting and human tragedy unfolding in New Zealand. On behalf of the CSI community, I extend our heartfelt sympathies to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of this unspeakable event. I also want to reassure the Muslim community at CSI and on Staten Island that the College of Staten Island does not tolerate hate speech.
The College of Staten Island has always welcomed students and scholars from every religion, race, sexual orientation, and national origin to pursue their educational interests. We believe an educational institution should be a place where one can engage in difficult conversations through respectful discourse. We categorically reject anyone seeking to promote hatred and bigotry – it has no place on our campus.
Please know that confidential counseling services are available for members of our community who need additional support during this time:
Students may contact the CSI Counseling Center: 718.982.2391 or walk-in at your convenience during business hours – Building 1A, Room 109. You can come in alone, with a friend, or in a group – just give them a call. More information is available online.
Employees may contact the Deer Oaks Employee Assistance Program to speak with a licensed mental health counselor: 855.492.3633 (24-hours/day) or email: eap@deeroaks.com. For more information visit the Deer Oaks Website (member username and password is CSI).


In this baseball batting techniques post, we'll talk about how elite MLB sluggers employ Forward Momentum (FoMo for short).
Does a hitter transfer all their weight to the front leg at some point in the swing?
Does FoMo stride need to be big or small?
Does the back foot "follow" the front with FoMo?
Can a wide no-stride hitter utilize Forward Momentum?
Are FoMo hitters more vulnerable to off speed and breaking stuff?
Keep in mind, forward momentum is the objective, and in this baseball batting techniques post, I'll show different elite hitter examples of forward momentum. The important thing isn't what you use to get Forward Momentum, it's the Forward Momentum itself.
Yes. With elite sluggers, it's rare you don't find them shifting their weight from back to forward. We typically see one of a few baseball batting techniques associated with FoMo: 1) a "Float", or a slight weight shift back, then 2) a "Free Fall" forward.
And FYI during the Float, yes it's okay for the back knee to drift over the foot, and NOT have to unnaturally be 'shoved' inside it.
You'll see the following hitters, who try and start with the back knee inside the back foot (Jose Bautista), will accidently float the knee back out before falling forward.
Whatever the hitter is comfortable with. In other words, don't be so specific in teaching certain Forward Momentum baseball hitting techniques. Remember, the objective is that they're employing Forward Momentum. We don't really care how they get there.
It doesn't have to, but I like it too. If a hitter gets too wide with the stride, and the back foot isn't allowed to follow, then the hitter will have a challenge getting a tight back knee angle, which is responsible for a better ball launch angle. CLICK HERE for the back knee angle Zepp experiment.
CLICK HERE for one of my favorite baseball batting techniques, the Back Foot Variance Drill.
Coaches on Facebook have told me, the stride is too hard to teach, or for a young hitter to get. Apparently this poison was shared during a speech at the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) conference.
I'm not convinced, especially when 3-year-old Chinese females are learning some of the most complex human movements in Gymnastics.
Sometimes, it's not about choosing particular baseball batting techniques. It's a mindset. I always stress to my hitters, get athletic from the start, and be athletic when you land, so you can transfer the max amount of energy from your body, into the barrel, then to the ball.
About head movement, it's going to happen. CLICK HERE for a compelling baseball batting techniques analysis by Dan Farnsworth at FanGraphs.com, that demystifies that elite hitters are keeping their head still (Read under "Keep Your Head Still" section).
A hitter can change one or the other, or both. It's up to them.
Those are the adjustments, it's not a "stride issue". CLICK HERE for my favorite baseball batting techniques for timing.
This is common issue #2 that coaches have with Forward Momentum, a hitter cannot adjust to breaking or off-speed stuff.
All these hitters had exceptional power, high averages, low strikeouts, and high walks compared to today's hitters.
When it comes to baseball batting techniques, Forward Momentum is the objective. How we get our hitters there doesn't really matter. Just give them examples of how to accomplish more FoMo, and allow them to tinker and test until they find something they're comfortable with doing.
Contest UPDATE: this contest is now closed, and Jon Ball was our winner!
What does it mean that the back foot follows?
Jeff, I call it "skipping the back foot". Watch most of the videos, and pay particular attention to the back foot during the swing. You'll see it 'follow' the front during the the Final Turn.
Another thorough job, Joey! Is there anything left to say about this?
Even Albert Pujols is back to striding. Look at David Wright. Is the decline in his power production attributable to his no stride/no follow up foot skip swing?
Joe, I think a combination of things. One thing in particular is the chronic injuries he's seemed to develop over the past 5 years. FoMo makes everything easier.
Got to get the forces of nature work g for you and not against you. Great slow motion shot of McCutcheon skipping the back foot last Sunday vs. the Cubs.
You got it Joe…swim downstream, not up. Cutch is a beast!
Would a hitter be more likely to skip the back foot on a high pitch rather than a low pitch?
Just saw Pujols hit a HR vs. Cole Hamels. He was back to striding and skipped the back foot as well.
Joe, not sure skipping with high v. low pitches. Would have to watch a lot of film to see the truth in that. I teach skipping no matter what pitch. Simplify. I think Pujols strides with 0 or 1 strike, but not on 2-strikes though. I could be wrong there, but his stride is still very minimal to me, compared to his almost equally big teammate Mike Trout.
foot skip, all every thing this arice discusses..
You're absolutely correct Joe, and he's a biggin' too!
Text book, right out of " The Truth About Explosive Rotational Power. " But Gomez last night might be the prototype.
Didn't realize that Carlos Gomez is 6-3, 220.
It's scary when big sluggers adopts these human movement principles.
Joey, don't you think that the teaching of the stride to younger players is a concern to coaches because they don't understand that the hands are kept back by showing the numbers to pitcher (spring loaded)? The fallacy in hitting is that the weight is the part that keeps hands back to adjust to off speed pitches. If that was understood then I believe that it is really easy to teach to anybody no matter the age.
Mike, yes we as instructors are continually fighting conventional wisdom which is the majority philosophy these days. "Sitting back" destroys hitters from being aggressive. Footwork is one of the first things I teach my hitters, then I move on to the Catapult Loading System. I do this because involves re-calibrating the timing. And the latter being of most importance. Once my hitters get to showing the numbers, they really start dropping the hammer, and is where my 60-lb hitters are hitting the ball with 64-mph of Ball Exit Speed, OR my 98-lb'er hitting the ball consistently over 300-feet.
I really wish you would include more fast pitch examples. I have your program and have been working with my daughter. Her mechanics are improving but we encounter so much resistance from coaches. Having good fast pitch examples would help educate her more clearly. Thank you.
She's using what I call 'shifting foot pressure'. I'm moving my girls to this because of the difference in pitching distance and reaction time required for fastpitch. This shifting foot pressure still gets the job done, while staying within the guidelines of forward momentum. This is what golfers use.
I did an experiment with 2 students hitting off of a tee using no stride, and about a 6″stride. They were 2 sisters with pretty solid swings but no forward movement.
I tracked their ball exit speeds using both swings. The stride swing averaged about 5-6 mph faster than the no stride no fomo swing!
Were you comparing one girls swing (stride fomo) versus the other girl's swing (no stride)?
How many swings did each take to get those numbers?
Just because there is no weight on the back foot does not mean that all of the weight is on the front foot. It is absolutely clear that the center of mass is still between the two feet. They are just in an unstable position at the moment of contact with a fraction of their weight (less than 100 percent) on the front foot and the rest unsupported between the feet. So, forward momentum is a thing, but it's only going about half as far as you propose. All of your videos show it if you look carefully. The center of mass is not above the front foot in a stable position at the moment of contact, it is somewhere in between the two feet.
Michael, a hitter's weight and center of mass are two different things. Yes, center mass is behind the front leg with most elite hitters, however their back leg is 'weightless', evidenced by 'no weight' showing on the back foot. Look, we're talking about transferring forward momentum, the hitter's weight has to come off the back leg because we're moving dynamically. Sounds like we're describing the same thing but in different language, with the premium on defining terms.


Sparse recovery is a powerful tool that plays a central role in many applications, including source estimation in radio astronomy, direction of arrival estimation in acoustics or radar, super-resolution microscopy, and X-ray crystallography. Conventional approaches usually resort to discretization, where the sparse signals are estimated on a pre-defined grid. However, sparse signals do not line up conveniently on any grid in reality. While the discrete setup usually leads to a simple optimization problem that can be solved with standard tools, there are two noticeable drawbacks: (i) Because of the model mismatch, the effective noise level is increased; (ii) The minimum reachable resolution is limited by the grid step-size. Because of the limitations, it is essential to develop a technique that estimates sparse signals in the continuous-domain--in essence seeing beyond pixels. The aims of this thesis are (i) to further develop a continuous-domain sparse recovery framework based on finite rate of innovation (FRI) sampling on both theoretical and algorithmic aspects; (ii) adapt the proposed technique to several applications, namely radio astronomy point source estimation, direction of arrival estimation in acoustics, and single image up-sampling; (iii) show that the continuous-domain sparse recovery approach can surpass the instrument resolution limit and achieve super-resolution. We propose a continuous-domain sparse recovery technique by generalizing the FRI sampling framework to cases with non-uniform measurements. We achieve this by identifying a set of unknown uniform sinusoidal samples and the linear transformation that links the uniform samples of sinusoids to the measurements. The continuous-domain sparsity constraint can be equivalently enforced with a discrete convolution equation of these sinusoidal samples. The sparse signal is reconstructed by minimizing the fitting error between the given and the re-synthesized measurements subject to the sparsity constraint. Further, we develop a multi-dimensional sampling framework for Diracs in two or higher dimensions with linear sample complexity. This is a significant improvement over previous methods, which have a complexity that increases exponentially with dimension. An efficient algorithm has been proposed to find a valid solution to the continuous-domain sparse recovery problem such that the reconstruction (i) satisfies the sparsity constraint; and (ii) fits the measurements (up to the noise level). We validate the flexibility and robustness of the FRI-based continuous-domain sparse recovery in both simulations and experiments with real data. We show that the proposed method surpasses the diffraction limit of radio telescopes with both realistic simulation and real data from the LOFAR radio telescope. In addition, FRI-based sparse reconstruction requires fewer measurements and smaller baselines to reach a similar reconstruction quality compared with conventional methods. Next, we apply the proposed approach to direction of arrival estimation in acoustics. We show that accurate off-grid source locations can be reliably estimated from microphone measurements with arbitrary array geometries. Finally, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the continuous-domain sparsity constraint in regularizing an otherwise ill-posed inverse problem, namely single-image super-resolution. By incorporating image edge models, the up-sampled image retains sharp edges and is free from ringing artifacts.


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The jury is still out on whether the bailout achieved something a normal bankruptcy reorganization couldn't have done – however there isn't any doubt that the Unions received preferential therapy – and that the standings of contract laws have been subjugated to the needs of the federal government. To the detriment of legal secured debt holders.
By 2009, the Asia Pacific region is predicted to net 23 million gross sales, compared with 22.7 million sales in Europe. The Asia Pacific area is already residence to the world's second- and third- largest mild-automobile(1) markets – China and Japan – and future gross sales shall be bolstered by continued progress in China, plus anticipated expansion in India, Southeast Asia and Korea.
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Celebrating Fresh Blood
The Red Sox and Rangers are not going to the playoffs this year. The Yankees and Cardinals are barely above .500 and not guaranteed to play in October. The Braves are in a free fall, watching their postseason hopes dwindle with every 27th out.
For fans of those teams, particularly the first two, this may not be a thrilling baseball season. For the rest of the baseball-loving world, it doesn't get much better. There's a real chance that some team will end a long World Series drought this year, and that other teams will end various playoff droughts as well.
Let's take a look at the thirteen teams with the best odds of winning a World Series (at least 1.5%) and what the past several years have been like for those teams:
1. Washington Nationals (96.8% chance of making playoffs, 18.4% chance of winning World Series)
Last championship: Never
Last World Series appearance: Never
Last LCS appearance: Never
Last playoff appearance: 2012
The Montreal Expos' two best seasons both happened in strike years: 1981 and 1994. The Nationals' best year came in 2012, when they had the best record in baseball, only to lose the NLDS in five games to the Cardinals. Fangraphs gives them a 35 percent chance of cracking their first NLCS in any city in 2014.
2. Oakland Athletics (99.8%, 15.3%)
Last championship: 1989
Last World Series appearance: 1990
Last LCS appearance: 2006
The A's have been a fixture in October for much of the two and a half decades since Eck and the Bash Brothers carried them to their last title. They've lost the ALDS to the Tigers each of the last three seasons, and may face them again if the Royals hold off Detroit for the division and the Tigers beat the Angels in the Wild Card game.
3. Detroit Tigers (76.2%, 12.8%)
The Tigers seemed like a better team than the Red Sox last fall, when Boston took advantage of a porous bullpen to strike back after getting no-hit well into each of the first two LCS games. They looked like a better team than the Giants in 2012 when the Giants pounced on Justin Verlander and never looked back in sweeping the Series. They looked like a far better team than the 2006 Cardinals, who exploited errors by various pitchers to win in five games. This year, they'll need to keep the relievers off the field as much as possible to conquer the demons that have kept them from October glory since Trammell, Whitaker, and Willie Hernandez.
4. Los Angeles Dodgers (98.8%, 12.5%)
I know what you're thinking. Tigers? Dodgers? I thought this piece was about the usual suspects not being in the hunt this year.
Did you realize the Dodgers haven't even been to the World Series in 26 years? They seem to be the best team in the NL every year, particularly since Magic Johnson and the ownership group decided to spend all of the money on all of the talent. But they lost the NLCS in 2009 and 2013 and actually missed the playoffs each of the three interceding years. Kirk Gibson and Orel Hershiser provided the last magical baseball memories in Hollywood. I'd guess Clayton Kershaw and Yasiel Puig will provide the nest ones, perhaps this fall.
5. Los Angeles Angels (97.1%, 9.4%)
Setting aside the Rangers' brief flirtation with success, when the A's don't win the AL West, the Angels do. It hasn't been all that long since David Eckstein and Francisco Rodriguez hoisted the trophy, but consider this: The Marlins have won a World Series more recently. The Astros have played in a World Series more recently. And the Twins have made the playoffs more recently.
6. Baltimore Orioles (90%, 7.6%)
Now we're back to the real droughts. Jim Palmer was on the last Orioles team to play in the World Series. Cal Ripken still had hair in 1983. Jimmy Key and Chris Hoiles were on the last Orioles team that won a playoff series.
7. St. Louis Cardinals (67.6%, 4.5%)
Ok, ignore this one. But note that the Cards are a third place team, as close to the eighth-best record in the NL than to the division-leading Brewers.
8. Pittsburgh Pirates (69.5%, 4.3%)
Since the days of Stargell and Parker and Blyleven and Tekulve, the Pirates have flirted with greatness only during the Barry Bonds years, each of which ended in heartbreak. Last year's team made the playoffs for the first time in 21 years. This year's team could make the World Series for the first time in 35.
9. Kansas City Royals (46.4%, 2.9%)
Well, that was clean and easy. Exit Brett and Quiz, exit Kansas City's playoff hopes. Fangraphs' projections don't put as much stock in the Royals' current division lead as they do in the Tigers' better players. If the bullpen and the defense can carry the Royals even as far as the Wild Card game, they'd be in territory unchartered since Eric Hosmer and Greg Holland were born.
10. Seattle Mariners (42.5%, 2.7%)
The turn-of-the-millennium Mariners employed Ken Griffey, Jr., Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, and Ichiro Suzuki, four of the 75 or so best players ever to play the game. The latter three were gone by 2001, but Ichiro's first Mariners team won an all-time record 116 games. The playoffs are cruel in their fickleness, as 116 wins guarantee nothing but a chance to play a few more. Seattle would likely have to topple the superior Angels, A's, and Tigers to make their first World Series this year. It's not probable, but it's possible.
11. San Francisco Giants (50.3%, 2.3%)
You can ignore this one too. The Giants can't buy a win these days, but they're still coasting off a great first half and none of the other NL Wild Card contenders seems interested in keeping them from defending their even-year title.
12. Milwaukee Brewers (69.8%, 2.2%)
The last time the Brewers made the playoffs, Ryan Braun was still popular. The last time they won a series, everyone in baseball had a moustache. When Harvey's Wallbangers led that World Series three games to two, Brewers fans probably thought they'd see another World Series game in one league or the other in the next thirty years. Oops.
13. Toronto Blue Jays (21.5%, 1.5%)
In the mid-'90s, the Blue Jays were baseball's most powerful force, back-to-back defending champs with pockets as deep as anyone. Then they stopped playing baseball for a while. When baseball came back, the Blue Jays weren't good anymore. And that's all we've known since.
This year's Jays lost some ground by losing their last two in Seattle after finishing a 19-inning win against Detroit on Sunday. Still, they're one of 13 teams with at least a 1.5 percent chance of winning it all this year, better than the Braves or Yankees.
This could be the first season since 1993 when neither the Yankees nor the Red Sox plays in the postseason. It's time for someone else to take the reins. One of the above teams will.
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2 Responses to Celebrating Fresh Blood
Michael Hoffer says:
Brewers lost to Cards in 2011 NLCS
Good call. I was sure they'd lost to the Cards in the LCS in '08, when they had Sabathia, but I looked up a few years around that time and never checked '11. It's fixed.


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The Uprooted: the sad reality of our times
Close to 50 million people have been uprooted from their the place they used to call home, due to war and violence – the largest number of displaced people since World War II. That's the sad reality of our times. In spite of all the growth, the scientific and technological advancements, there is a sizeable population in this world that has been displaced from their homes due to violence.
The uprooted: Story map by ESRI
The sad reality of our times
The worst humanitarian crisis since World War II and yet there is very little being done to alleviate the suffering of these people. Leaving behind the politics behind the crisis, it's important to sensitise the people and create awareness about this issue.
A friend of mine, emailed me about this story map that paints a painful picture about the humanitarian crisis. Hopefully its serves as a reminder of the sad reality and that there is so much more that could be done.
If there are more such articles/story maps that you come across that could serve to create awareness about this issue, do let us know. Together, we can make a difference!
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Star Wars: Episode VIII set will be protected from drones by drones
During the filming of Star Wars Episode VII in Berkshire, England a paparazzi had managed to use drone to take footage of set construction that revealed ships like the Falcon and X-Wings. Although it wasn't a big spoiler, Disney decided to improve the security and better safeguard movie details of the Episode VIII which is being filmed in Dubrovnik, Croatia – a popular tourist destination in the southern part of the country.
The website Making Star Wars reports that producers hired over 600 guards to prevent unintended visitors from snapping any sneaky pictures but more interestingly there is supposed to be "a special team with drones that will remove the uninvited drones so that no recording can be conducted by the public".
It's unclear how the defense drones will actually stop others from entering Star Wars airspace. One interesting approach is being tested in Netherlands, where police is working on training Eagles to intercept rogue drones. Other solutions to take over drones include radio jamming and net-wielding interceptor quadcopters.
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Those of you who're owners of the OnePlus One mostly fall into one camp; those who absolutely love it. Sure, there are many of you out there that have had bad experiences with the company and defective devices, but any discussion I see about the OnePlus One (and many more that suddenly derail into talking about the OnePlus One) is often filled with praise for the large handset-that-could. Despite some dark clouds surrounding the actual ownership and origins of OnePlus as a brand, they are new, and doing things differently is difficult. Perhaps more so for a company based in China, with employees used to distributing in China only. To go global has been hard for them, but it's been a decent year for OnePlus and 2015 is set to be even better.
Forbe's Ewan Spence had the chance to sit down with Carl Pei of OnePlus and asked him some questions on the future. Starting with the past, he said that the firm had advertized on Facebook with a budget of just $300 and that on the OnePlus One the company makes "a single-figure dollar amount on each phone" which is hardly surprising for a phone of its caliber that starts at just $299. In the future though, things are going to change with Pei taking about 2015 by saying "That's not the way we're going to make money in the future, it's just to keep the operation going." The OnePlus Two (or whatever it becomes known as) will still be made available at a very attractive price, but Pei went on to say that "accessories will be a big part of it. We've made a really social brand, that people are fans of. If we make lifestyle products or specialized accessories, I think those will do really well."
Talking hard numbers, Pei told Forbes that sales of the OnePlus One had surpassed 500,000 units sold, and for 2015 he wants to reach a target of at least 1 Million units sold. That pales in comparison to the 9 - 10 million units that Samsung and co sell in under a year, but this is a small company we're talking about. If they want to reach this target, and possibly even surpass it they'll need to get their business practices in order first. Invites are not the way to sell a device and the tactic has led to some serious backlash from the community. A better approach would be to be honest with customers; "We can only afford to make X amount, and that's what we have to sell today". That's the sort of company I would be happy to purchase from. What about you?


Well, it derives from YOUR concept of growing-up. The bland and sour mentality of someone who stops caring for mindless and adolescent humor that comes from YOUR concept of growing up(at least its what Im getting from you)is what I consider to be an arbitrary concept.
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on friday i am going home for the last time. my parents have sold the house i grew up in and are leaving connecticut this summer. i wish i could attach balloons to it and take it with us. i know it's not the house that i'm afraid of losing but all the memories i have. i moved into this house when i was 11. i did all my important growing up there. i didn't learn to walk there but i learned who i was there. our family grew from 5 to 7 there. nick fell out of the big pine tree in the front yard. taylor backed through the garage door. peter always found himself needing stitches. jake always did things that gave peter stitches. i'm going to miss playing basketball in the driveway and swimming in the backyard. i'm going to miss the way it looks in christmas lights and how the power always goes out.
the house with the red door will always be the larson's house.


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Beverley Chamber Music Festival: The Cello's Voice
Thursday, September 26 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Laura van der Heijden cello
Libby Burgess piano
Schnittke Suite in the Old Style Op 80
Poulenc Sonata for cello & piano FP 143
Rachmaninov Sonata in G minor for cello and piano Op 19
Winner of the 2012 BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition, Laura van der Heijden has continued to impress critics and audiences, most recently with her debut disc of Russian repertoire, '1948', which won an Edison Classical Award as well as Newcomer of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards.
Rachmaninov's passionate sonata takes centre stage in this programme, showing the composer's glorious gift for melody perhaps more tirelessly than any other of his works, as well as his exhilarating virtuosity. Written in 1901, shortly after his second piano concerto, the sonata is inextricably linked to his recent struggle back to health following a nervous breakdown: turbulence, heartbreak, and the ultimate release of triumph and beauty are all in evidence.
Poulenc, too, was a melodist through and through, and the cavatine from the sonata for cello and piano is luminous and heartfelt. By contrast the outer movements display an exuberance and humour; the two sides of the composer's personality were described by a contemporary critic as 'the monk and the rascal'.
Whilst much of Schnittke's music is considered relatively experimental and complex, he was also fascinated by music of the past, and this charming suite – collating movements he'd written for film scores – is written beautifully in the style of the baroque.
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Packers announce more roster moves
Posted: Tue 7:24 PM, Sep 05, 2017
The Green Bay Packers signed DT Quinton Dial and released DT Christian Ringo. The transactions were announced Tuesday by Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations.
Dial, 6-foot-5, 318 pounds, is a fifth-year player out of the University of Alabama. He originally was selected in the fifth round (157th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft by San Francisco, appearing in 46 games with 32 starts in four seasons with the 49ers. For his career, Dial has registered 175 tackles (108 solo), 4.5 sacks and four passes defensed. After appearing mostly in a reserve role his first two seasons, he started 26 of the 29 games he played in over the past two years. Dial will wear No. 91 for the Packers.
Ringo, a sixth-round selection (210th overall) by the Packers in the 2015 NFL Draft, played in eight regular-season games and one postseason contest for Green Bay.
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