Selkirk College Ski Resort Operations and Management students are once again putting on the SROAMazing Race later this month. Costumes and fun are mandatory in the pre-winter event.
Oct. 11, 2013 5:00 p.m.
It's that time of year — the leaves are changing, that snow itch is getting painful and downtown Nelson once again plays host to costume-clad shenanigans in the form of the SROAMazing Race.
Organized by students enrolled in the Ski Resort Operations and Management Program (SROAM) at Selkirk College, the event is now in its third year. The charity scavenger hunt invades Nelson's streets on October 19, giving eager participants just a few short weeks to stretch those leg muscles and prepare their creative attire before the event kick-off at the old Extra Foods building in the city's downtown.
The SROAMazing Race includes prizes for completing a series of activities and games around town. Race teams compete for a chance to win a heap of snow sport related prizes. Along with limber legs, participants in the race are expected to bring a camera or camera-phone and a bag for items in preparation for a marathon of silliness combined with a healthy dose of ski industry education-in-disguise.
Teams of four spend their allotted time completing games, finding items and taking photos for points to be totaled at the race close. Prizes from the generous sponsors are significant and fun times are a certainty regardless of winnings. Costume effort won't go unnoticed as one of the most sought-after prizes is for the best turned-out team.
Funds raised by the SROAMazing Race will be donated to the Avalanche Awareness Beyond the Boundaries Society (AABBS), which provides youth with avalanche trainings and courses to improve their knowledge of the backcountry. With Nelson and the Kootenay area being well known for world class out-of-bounds terrain available for recreation, AABBS is an organization that relates directly to the local populations and the SROAM program.
Pre-registration for the race is now underway. With a significant turnout last year — along with an increase in sponsorship prizes ' this year's event promises to be even bigger.
Registration is $20 per team and is available on race-day, but teams are encouraged to register early at the Whitewater Ski Resort downtown office, L.V. Rogers High School, Selkirk College's Tenth Street Campus or Ripping Giraffe Boardshop. Doors open on Saturday, October 19 at 11 a.m. for registration, along with serving of tasty race fuel at the main event site. The scurry begins at 12:30 p.m. sharp.
For more information contact Ski Resort Operations and Management instructor Robin Mitz at 250-505-1345. More information on the program can be found at Facebook: facebook.com/sroamazingrace.


The poet, author, and gentleman songster, Steven Wittenberg Gordon, MD, is the editor of Songs of Eretz E-zine & Poetry Review. He resides in Kansas with his wife, children, and a poorly trained Airedale terrier. He maintains a part-time medical practice. Visit him at www.eretzsongs.blogspot.com.


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Q: Java REGEX
A: It's generally a bad idea to use regexes to parse HTML — there are infinitely many corner cases, and it's a lot of effort to catch them all (what if your input is <!-- <script> --> foo <!-- </script> -->?) — but to answer your very specific question: change +, which is a "greedy" quantifier that consumes as much as it can, to +?, which is a "reluctant" quantifier that consumes as little as it can.
See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html.

A: I have suggested this in the past:
<\s*script.*?(/\s*>|<\s*/\s*script[^>]*>)

Use the "single-line" or "dotall" compiler switch, as appropriate to your language or tool.
For more information, see my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/8043367/561690
In response to comments, I have made changes that should do nothing more than to make it even harder to get something by it successfully. As for any whitespace between < and script - I wouldn't put it past someone to ignore that part of the recommendation (Standard?) when building a parser, in the name of making it more flexible, so I'll leave it as part of my answer!

A: OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer is an HTML sanitizer sponsored by OWASP written in Java that takes a string of HTML and whitelists tags and attributes to produce a string of safe HTML.
It's gone through multiple rounds of attack review and fits the same niche as AntiSAMY.
Full disclosure: I am a maintainer.

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Online dating sites attract about 20% of the Internet population. Jupiter Research, the premier marketing research company in the US, has predicted this number will continue to grow significantly. Last year Jupiter estimated that 17.2 million people viewed online personals and 2.5 million of them paid for online ads. In 2008, it's predicted that 27.4 million will view online personal ads and 5.2 million will pay for them.
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Oh Crappy Day (Feature Film)/Promo Reel
On December 19, 2016 By thevideoslab
First of all, this is a story about a top-notch guy…Bradley Bethel. I don't see him all the time. We don't hang out on the regular. But you know what it's like to run into someone who is just a fair dealer…no hidden agenda, no guile? That's Brad. When you get into video editing, try to work for people like that. Brad gave me my start by enlisting me to help out on some projects that were tricky and mind expanding for me at the time. The first project pretty much had me filming in a medium security prison…that was the deep end for sure.
Next on the list was an assignment to help create a promotional short for some really fantastic guys named Lance Bacon and Steve Neilson. They live a short drive away and run a company called Dagtype Films. These guys are film aficionados through and through. They also created a short film called Oh Crappy Day…a film that I really enjoy. It has done exceedingly well on the festival circuit. Steve and Lance are now revealing their plans to get full funding to take their short and expand the ideas and story into a full length feature film. My task was to help with the interview filming and to help create and edit other existing footage into a promotional short for the overall project.
For this promo Brad and I dropped in for an afternoon on a very hot and muggy summer day to hang out with the Dagtype directors. I grabbed my camera…we interviewed and did what film people always do…recorded every nuanced thing that we thought might prove valuable later on. Lance and Steve are a riot to hang out with. Be prepared to laugh…
Later on, back at home on my desktop a fellow named Ned Phillips dropped in and we worked together on the promo. Ned is super talented and I got to learn a lot from him. Especially in how he likes to blend music and audio between scenes to cover the clip change…lovely technique that I wasn't using yet.
This promo was just a lot of fun to work on…the collaboration was worthwhile and I am just pleased that it is time to unlock it and share it with the world. Please go and support these hard-working indy filmmakers and actors as they proceed to create Oh Crappy Day.
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Premiere of…Bolin Creek Unpaved: Saving Carrboro's Last Forest

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Link exchanges: The poor man's SEO from CNET discusses the pros and cons of link exchanges. The article isn't bad, overall.
What I personally find funny is that CNET quoted Evan Duffield after Evan emailed CNET with a link exchange request. Evan got a lot more than a simple link exchange, he got a whole article with clean links to his sites on the News.com domain.
Anyway, the article is being discussed at WebmasterWorld now, so if you are somewhat new to the SEO space, you should read the article and see the discussion at WebmasterWorld.


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Q: How to convert vsdx file to xml file I want to convert .vsdx file to .xml file, I search for it in msdn and related question but didn;t found any answer. can anyone give me link or piece of code ?

A: To quote Microsoft:

Office 2007 introduced new XML-based file formats for Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Office Word 2007, and Office PowerPoint 2007. Their file formats were the combination of a ZIP archive package and mainly XML content. Given the success of these formats, we decided to move in the same direction.
You can think of the new VSDX format as being composed of two concepts: a ZIP archive package and XML content. First, we used the same ZIP archive package as used in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Formally, this package is defined by the Open Packaging Conventions (ISO/IEC 29500-2:2008) standard. Second, we based the XML content on our existing Visio XML Drawing (VDX) format.

In other words, vsdx already is a xml-file, you just have to unzip it, no convertion needed


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Last Update March 27, 2016
Simeone insists Atletico are still on track despite draw
By Press Association | FoxSports
MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 06: Manager Diego Simeone of Club Atletico de Madrid directs team during the La Liga match between Club Atletico de Madrid and SD Eibar at Vicente Calderon Stadium on February 6, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)
Diego Simeone insisted Atletico Madrid are still on track to achieve their objective this season despite a goalless draw against Villarreal on Sunday.
The Rojiblancos slipped eight points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after failing to unlock a stubborn Villarreal side, and have an inferior head-to-head record with the Catalans.
However, Simeone tried to paint a positive picture after the stalemate, despite managing just two wins from their previous five La Liga matches.
"Everything in life is how you want to see it. We're six points ahead of Villarreal and for us that's positive," said Simeone.
"If you focus on the objectives we set out for ourselves at the start of the season we are on the right track, and apart from Barcelona, who are different from the rest, it's difficult for everyone else, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao, etc.
"The second part of the season is always hard as every team needs to win games and it makes it harder for everyone to reach their objectives."
Simeone also said he had few complaints about his team's performance.
"I would have liked to have won the game, we tried to do that and get the three points, but Villarreal are one of the best teams when it comes to defending and they counter well," he added.
"In the second half they had counters and could have won the game with them. We tried to win the game, we maintain our points gap with them and so from one point of view it's positive."
Atletico midfielder Koke, meanwhile, vowed to keep on fighting to catch Barcelona.
Speaking to Canal Plus, Koke said: "We're going to keep on working, game by game. We've got the Champions League match up next, then we're going to the Bernabeu, where we'll try to play well and fight to catch up with Barcelona. We're going to fight to get to the top.
"We played with a lot of intensity, inside and on the wings, but we lacked a bit of luck and effectiveness. They did a good job of closing us down, and it wasn't meant to be."
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I want the life promised me in the movies. A life of drama and adventure, of true love and the happily-ever-after. It is not hard to see why Plato banished the poets from his Republic, movies and television offer us grand expectations with no guarantees of attaining them.
For much the same reason the Puritans banned theatre during the Commonwealth because they believed it told lies and, at least in part, they were right. We cannot always be living in a state of ecstasy as our entertainments whisper seductively to us. Those who try to match the intensity of the world they see on film will only wear themselves to a shadow and lose all sensitivity to the little joys.
It is largely due to this indoctrination from an early age in Romanticism, that we are left with a feeling of anti-climax when at last we attain our liberty, only to learn that liberty carries a price of its own. T.S. Eliot reminds us that: "Human kind cannot bear very much reality." We are always wishing to escape from the life we know to one we think would be so much better. "Amor fati." Said Nietzsche, love your fate. That is, love the life you have been given and build the best with what you have.
This is an injunction that is hard to except, and the desire to dull our senses is at least understandable within limits, but the current state of the world is not inclined to moderation. Romanticism is about the past, or rather, reclaiming an idealized past. When Hitler came to power, it was on promises of a return to the good old days.
Even now, and in not so different a form, politicians use a similar rhetoric when they evoke family values. One wonders how much this should alarm us. The Japanese writer Yukio Mishima had all his life venerated the ideal of the Samurai, at last reached a state in which he could no longer go on without his fantasy. Reality had grown too stale to hold the ideal at bay---and so--- he cut out his entrails.
Such an example is extreme but points to the dangers that can develop in a mind so disenchanted with this world that one would do anything to bring about another. I have in mind specifically religious fundamentalists, some of whom are so taken with the idea of apocalypse they would quite happily sacrifice the human race to bring about the return of their messiah.
The concept of otherworldliness brings us again back to Plato, whose idea of a hidden perfection behind all things would lead the early church to denounce this as a fallen world, and so, disposable; a suggestion that is even now having disastrous repercussions for the environment. Thus, when we turn away from the harsh realities of this world to seek another, we may in the end lose both altogether.
Reality cannot be circumvented by material goods or passionate denunciation; it must be met on its own terms and excepted as it is, or do our best to make it better. We have only ourselves to blame if we feel a poverty of incident in our lives since it is only we who can enrich them. On the other hand, perhaps there is something to be said for the romantics of this world after all. If life were truly so wonderful there would be no need to invent stories and, as one who enjoys telling them, at least one soul might be worse off for that.


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Reading love poetry can find many uses in your love life. Many people have used this art form in different kinds of situations and every time it's really helpful. But, in a time of great insight, need or emotion, why not try and write your own love poems? One article can't tell you everything there is to know on this matter, so this is just a beginner's guide.
Becoming a writer isn't just writing some quotes in a notebook or on your computer. It's a whole way of life, in which you must value being sensitive and creative.
You need to do research on romantic love quotes and poetry. Discover the art of writing love quotes. Explore your sensitive side and be as sensitive as you can. Search for what is your personal sense of beauty, in poetry and in life.
Keep your mind open at all times, it will be able to think and go in new and better directions. Make time to write, if you don't write romantic love quotes, you're not a writer. Have discipline when writing. Go over your poetry, rewrite and edit. Find the kind of poetry that only you can write.
Keep a journal for love quotes. In there you should write down subjects, ideas, describe images or objects of interest and drafts of quotes. You can keep this journal on anything. Just make sure it has easy access and it's portable, like a notebook, or you phone, or a laptop. Some people like to write in their journals daily. It isn't a bad idea. However, you choose what you want to write in your journal. Many keep a diary in the journal, others write about the dreams they have had. Maybe you'll write about overheard or personal conversations or your meals, it's your choice.
Did you write the greatest romantic love quotes of our time? Probably not, and guess what – you don't have to! Writing love quotes is all about letting your emotions run wild on a page. It's about being free with yourself and nothing holding you down while you express your emotions as you like. Maybe you'll win over the love of your one true soul mate, maybe you'll get the number of the girl that you like, or you'll rekindle the flame in a relationship that got boring over the years, or maybe you're doing this just to try it out and have fun. In the end, it's all about having fun, creating something you love and enjoying yourself.


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package com.google.template.soy.data;

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import com.google.template.soy.data.SoyAbstractCachingValueProvider.ValueAssertion;
import com.google.template.soy.data.restricted.IntegerData;
import com.google.template.soy.jbcsrc.api.RenderResult;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

/**
 * Unit test for SoyAbstractCachingValueProvider.
 *
 */
@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class SoyAbstractCachingValueProviderTest {

  private static class TestValueProvider extends SoyAbstractCachingValueProvider {
    private boolean computedAlready = false;
    private int number;

    TestValueProvider(int number) {
      this.number = number;
    }

    @Override
    protected SoyValue compute() {
      if (computedAlready) {
        throw new IllegalStateException("Caching was expected");
      }
      computedAlready = true;
      return IntegerData.forValue(number);
    }

    @Override
    public RenderResult status() {
      return RenderResult.done();
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testRepeatedCalls() {
    TestValueProvider value = new TestValueProvider(1);
    assertThat(value.isComputed()).isFalse();
    // Will fail if the underlying one is called twice.
    assertThat(value.resolve().integerValue()).isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(value.isComputed()).isTrue();
    assertThat(value.resolve().integerValue()).isEqualTo(1);
  }

  @Test
  public void testValueAssertions() {
    final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
    ValueAssertion assertion =
        new ValueAssertion() {
          @Override
          public void check(SoyValue value) {
            counter.incrementAndGet();
            if (value.integerValue() < 0) {
              throw new IllegalStateException("boom");
            }
          }
        };
    TestValueProvider badValue = new TestValueProvider(-1);
    badValue.addValueAssertion(assertion);
    try {
      badValue.resolve();
      fail();
    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
      assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("boom");
      assertThat(counter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
    }
    // Errors are not cached
    try {
      badValue.resolve();
      fail();
    } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
      assertThat(e).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Caching was expected");
    }
    counter.set(0);
    TestValueProvider goodValue = new TestValueProvider(1);
    goodValue.addValueAssertion(assertion);
    // Will fail if the underlying one is called twice.
    assertThat(goodValue.resolve().integerValue()).isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(counter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
    // successes are cached
    assertThat(goodValue.resolve().integerValue()).isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(counter.get()).isEqualTo(1);
  }

  private static final class SimpleAssertion extends ValueAssertion {
    boolean hasBeenCalled;

    @Override
    public void check(SoyValue value) {
      hasBeenCalled = true;
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testValueAssertions_multipleAssertions() {
    SimpleAssertion assertion1 = new SimpleAssertion();
    SimpleAssertion assertion2 = new SimpleAssertion();
    SimpleAssertion assertion3 = new SimpleAssertion();
    TestValueProvider value = new TestValueProvider(1);
    value.addValueAssertion(assertion1);
    value.addValueAssertion(assertion2);
    value.addValueAssertion(assertion3);
    assertThat(value.resolve().integerValue()).isEqualTo(1);
    assertThat(assertion1.hasBeenCalled).isTrue();
    assertThat(assertion2.hasBeenCalled).isTrue();
    assertThat(assertion3.hasBeenCalled).isTrue();
  }
}


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My friend Tom likes trick questions. He'll meet someone new and find a way to ask something like, "Do you walk to work or take a lunch?" or, "What's the difference between a pencil?" I thought it was really funny the first few times I heard him do it.
Tom's life is something of a trick question, or maybe a joke. He's married and they have a baby, but he has so many obviously gay male friends it makes you wonder. And I know for a fact that his grandfather is black, but he's always down on Nee-grows, as he calls them. In fact he's really sort of prejudiced about everyone who's not white. At least I've been able to get him to stop referring to Po-locks. The first time he used the word around me he didn't know I'm Polish, and when I cursed at him in Polish he just laughed, but he never said Po-lock around me again.
(Actually, what I'd really said was probably meaningless. It was just a bunch of words I'd heard my grandmother say. But I said it so that it sounded like swearing and it worked.)
Tom has a job but his wife, Lisa, hasn't worked since before they had the baby. She's always complaining about not having enough money. And they don't. She buys everything she can at the thrift store, even diapers for the baby. They can't afford the disposables, she says. She buys the cloth ones and sews buttons on them so that she won't have to worry about using pins. Velcro would be better, she says, but you can't find Velcro at the thrift store. You can get a whole bag of buttons for under a dollar, she says, and you just poke the cloth with a scissors to make a buttonhole.
I like Lisa. I'd like to be friends just with her, but I don't think she'll ever leave him. If she didn't after the time he paid to have his friend's car fixed, she never will.
It happened just before the baby was born. They live in sort of a bad neighborhood and one of Tom's friends, one of the super-gay ones, was over visiting them and had his car broken into. I don't know what they took, but Tom felt bad for his friend and paid to have the window fixed. Lisa told me about it after she found out. She said she was so mad that she threw a potted plant at him. She didn't really want to hit him, just scare him. The pot hit the wall and dirt flew everywhere. And she was about due so she was huge and she couldn't bend over to clean it up so she made him do it. He didn't do a very good job of it and I found plant dirt and leaves under the chair when I came over to help her the next day, after she called me crying and said she really needed someone. I made her a cup of tea and washed the spot on the wall, but I couldn't get all of it off. They didn't have a vacuum so I took a broom and went around the room, picking up bits of all kinds of stuff besides philodendron leaves. Tom had thrown the plant in the trash, but I found it when I emptied the dustpan. The roots hadn't dried out, so I put it into a plastic supermarket bag and took it home. It's doing fine now. I have it in a hanging basket in my kitchen.
Tom works as a salesman. He just makes commissions but he's really good at it. He has a sort of charm that just makes you trust him and want to help him out. I guess that's why we all stay friends with him, and why Lisa stays married to him despite all the questions she has, like why does he have so many gay friends and where does all the money go. She said she was surprised when she signed the tax form and saw how much he'd made last year. She asked me why, if they made that much, they're living in a bad neighborhood and she can't afford disposable diapers. It's not a trick question, and I'm not the one she should ask.
The question I should be asked, the one I should ask myself, is why I am friends with either of them. I hate to ask because I think I know the answer. Compared with Tom I am super-successful. I am tolerant and kind to others. I live in a better neighborhood. I have a job that pays a salary, not just commission. It's not as much as he makes, but at least I can account for the money I do make and I have things to show for it. Nice things. And a vacuum cleaner to help keep my place clean. When I compare myself with Tom, I feel like a real winner. But compared with Lisa, I don't come off so good. I try to think of her as a loser who's tied to a loser, but it's not like that.
There are times when I see Lisa with Tom and the baby and I see so much love. It's the kind of love that makes you willing to do anything. It's blind. It's passionate enough to make you throw things, and compassionate enough to make you sew buttons on cloth diapers, to make the best of whatever situation you're in. I've never felt that kind of love. I probably never will.
I suppose there's no reason why I have to be friends with Tom and Lisa.
It's not like we're related or that we work together or anything, we just went to the same high school. Then about three years ago we ran into each others at the grocery store and said we should get together sometime and we did. That was all.
So why are we friends? What is a friend anyway? What's the difference between a friend? Should I walk to work or take a friend?
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Future of TV Briefing: How TV's different measurement undertakings fit together
In this week's Future of TV Briefing, let's try to make sense of the different attempts to tackle TV's measurement problem.
Crossed-up measurement
The key hits:
TV networks, agencies and trade organizations all have efforts underway to arrange new measurement systems.
These various efforts seem conflicting but are designed to be complementary.
The Media Rating Council may be ultimately responsible for streamlining the measurement situation.
Honestly, though, how is TV's measurement situation going to shake out? By that, I mean: how are all these different measurement initiatives that are sprouting up not going to step on each other's toes to the point of tripping up the industry as it attempts to move forward?
In the wake of Nielsen's Media Rating Council accreditation being stripped last September, companies and organizations across the TV advertising industry are attempting to develop the new measurement landscape. TV networks groups like NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia are assessing measurement providers and arranging new options for advertisers. Agency groups like Dentsu and Omnicom Media Group are doing the same. And then there are intermediaries like trade bodies the Association of National Advertisers (which represents advertisers) and the VAB (which represents TV networks) that have formed their own measurement initiatives/task forces/things.
It's all very confusing. So again the question: How can get everyone get on the same page when so many seem to be drafting their own playbooks? The answer, based on recent conversations with industry executives, seems to be that the various outfits may be drafting their own playbooks but they will all be bound together by the ANA in a cross-media measurement anthology.
"The ANA is distinctly driving cross-media measurement," said ANA group evp Bill Tucker, who oversees the trade organization's measurement efforts, including its own Cross-Media Measurement program. "Our mission is to create a measurement solution that provides a complete measure of all ad exposures: cross-media reach and frequency metrics that incorporate content quality into that. That's it."
That's a lot. But from talking with executives at TV networks, agencies and measurement providers, the aim seems somewhat simple. Here is how things are supposed to play out, from my understanding.
TV networks will evaluate dozens of measurement providers and determine which they will support for which types of measurement, ex. Nielsen and TVSquared for reach and frequency and Comscore and VideoAmp for multi-touch attribution. So too will advertisers and agencies. Everyone will have their rosters of approved measurement providers and play individual match games when negotiating ad buys.
Then trade organizations will be tasked with reconciling the different measurement providers, especially when it comes to measuring how many people may have seen an ad and how often they may have seen it. The VAB will be working with OpenAP — the tech platform co-owned by TV networks Fox, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS and soon Discovery — to devise the technical means of reconciling the TV and streaming data that will be plugged into the ANA's cross-media measurement system, according to Tucker.
"The long and short of it is the VAB and the ANA will be the beneficiaries. Those task forces will be the beneficiaries of the actual work done [by ad buyers and sellers assessing and agreeing upon which measurement providers to support]," said Kelly Metz, managing director for advanced TV activation at Omnicom Media Group.
Let's be clear, though. Straightforward as all that may sound, the actual undertaking will likely be much more complicated. There remain issues like needing to square the different definitions of a household that companies use to base their reach-and-frequency measurements (stay tuned for more on that in an upcoming Future of TV Briefing edition). "We need some definitions around what counts for an impression," said Mike Law, U.S. CEO of Dentsu's Carat.
Enter the outfit that played a big part in igniting the present measurement situation: the MRC. If the VAB and ANA are to be the stewards of standardization, the MRC is seen by industry executives as the ultimate arbiter, with its accreditation ensuring that all the pages in the new measurement playbook are written in the same language.
"It's worth pointing out that the MRC accreditation issue is what kicked this whirlwind off. And to be fair to Nielsen, they're the only TV measurement that has ever been accredited," said Brian Hughes, evp and managing director of audience intelligence and strategy at Magna.
What we've heard
"One-quarter of sports fans — 26 percent — watch esports, and it's continuing to grow."
— Asaf Davidov, vp of measurement and insights for Disney Advertising Sales
Connected TV platforms' latest counts
Roku's platform chief Scott Rosenberg is departing at a time when the connected TV platform war is approaching a new pitch. Roku's platform may have dominated U.S. smart TV for much of last year, but Amazon and Google have put out new numbers about their respective footprints.
Let's be clear that these are squishy numbers that do not lend themselves to apple-to-apple comparisons.
The Roku stat leaves out almost the entire month of December and is limited to the U.S.
Amazon's device count spans any Fire TV-powered device ever sold, which means it can include devices that are no longer active.
Google's figure, meanwhile, seems to be the clearest signal of the lot, but it's not as telling as saying how many households or active accounts the company's CTV platforms have.
No matter. The company-provided numbers may not paint a clear picture of the CTV platform "Game of Thrones" at the moment, but the cherry-picked counts may provide some indication of where the companies feel their strengths — and weaknesses — are. For example, a year ago Amazon was touting its monthly active user count for Fire TV.
Numbers to know
73.8 million: Number of global subscribers that HBO and HBO Max had at the end of 2021.
1.1 million: Number of streaming pay-TV subscribers that FuboTV had at the end of 2021.
-637,000: Number of subscribers that U.S. pay-TV services lost in the third quarter of 2021.
$1.5 billion: How much money creators using Patreon's subscription products earned from December 2020 through December 2021.
$27.5 million: How much money TikTok stars Charli and Dixie D'Amelio made in 2021.
Why CES panelists believe the blockchain will benefit the creator economy:
Entertainment companies are using NFTs to give audiences a sense of show ownership.
Digital animated series "Stoner Cats" was only available to viewers who purchased the corresponding NFT.
Read more about blockchain here.
NBCUniversal's first-party data platform keeps pace:
NBCUnified will launch in the second quarter of 2022.
The conglomerate's NBCU ID spans 150 million individual consumer IDs and 50 million household IDs.
Read more about NBCUniversal here.
How do esports organizations generate revenue?:
Esports orgs prioritize three primary revenue sources: esports, entertainment and apparel.
How the three revenue sources break down varies by esports org.
Read more about esports organizations here.
The making of a YouTube child star:
Ryan Kaji is among YouTube's biggest stars and brightest successes, according to The New York Times. He has expanded into merchandising with Walmart and Target and broken into traditional TV with Nickelodeon, and he generated more than $250 million in revenue last year. He's also 10 years old.
Omicron puts a crimp in Hollywood productions:
For the second year in a row, a surge in COVID-19 cases over Christmas and New Year's has pushed TV and movie productions to pause or postpone filming this month, according to Los Angeles Times.
What's a traditional TV network worth today?:
The CW's role as linear distribution outlet isn't as important to WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS as they prioritize their respective streaming services, which is why they're looking to sell the network they co-own, according to The Wall Street Journal.
"Yellowstone" is a traditional TV hit and streaming miss for ViacomCBS:
It's been a while since traditional TV has had a zeitgeist-seizing hit on the level of "Game of Thrones" or "This Is Us." "Yellowstone" seems to be just that, which is good for show owner ViacomCBS but potentially even better for streaming rival NBCUniversal — which is reportedly paying ViacomCBS $1.5 million per episode to stream previous seasons of "Yellowstone" on Peacock, according to Puck.
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Your Competition Is Focusing on Customer Experience. Are You?
This year's GPS Insight User Conference, INSIGHT18, centered around customer experience. The concept of customer experience didn't only apply to our customers' experience with us but also covered how they can use GPS Insight to enhance their customers' experience.
The day started with Jason Walker, VP of Sales for GPS Insight, highlighting the importance of being a "third level" or fully engaged customer, one who takes advantage of all the available resources like the dedicated Customer Account Management team. This fully ensures that customers are utilizing the data they are receiving in an optimal way to receive the most return on investment (ROI).
Steve Koch, Managing Director of Cast & Hue, gave the keynote presentation after Mr. Walker's welcome and overview of the day's agenda. Cast & Hue is a consulting firm whose mission is to help companies focus on and improve their customer experience. Mr. Koch delivered a message of why it's important now more than ever to ensure your business has a high priority on delivering the best customer experience because customers are the ones who define your brand and the level of service you deliver. If you are doing nothing to separate yourself from the other players in your space, odds are, you will get left behind.
After the keynote, the day was a mix of presentations including topics such as "Toast and Telematics," which detailed how GPS Insight looks at different customer perspectives to deliver the most value across the board to "Utilizing Human-Centered Design," which looked at how GPS Insight uses this methodology to improve the product and make it easier to use. Other presentations included "Cyber Security: From Fear to Trust," taking viewers on a deep dive into how GPS Insight protects user data, as well as "Elevate the Customer Experience," where a new way of approaching how to differentiate yourself from your competition was discussed.
In between these presentations, interviews were conducted by both Ryan Driscoll, VP of Marketing for GPS Insight, and Will Kaplan, Customer Marketing Manager also from GPS Insight. They sat down with three experts in varying fields, which included John Elsner from CalAmp, Monali Shah from HERE Technologies, and Sarah Nicastro from Field Technologies Magazine. Discussions included the future of GPS tracking devices, the concept of "smart cities," and the evolution from customer service to customer experience.
The day wrapped up with the announcement of this year's IMPACT Award winner, True MHS, and their unique story as to how they are using GPS Insight to make a positive and impactful experience with their customers.
Three GPS Insight commercials were also debuted throughout the day during scheduled breaks. We paid homage to Matthew McConaughey Lincoln commercials with spoofs that highlighted our award-winning Customer Account Managers, GPS Insight Support team, as well as our Help Center.
The entire conference can be seen on-demand, as well the commercials.


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Дійсний член Міжнародної організації інженерів електроніки (відділ. антен і космосу) (ІЕЕЕ) від 1999. Закінчив Львівський політехнічний інститут (1976). Від 1987 — доцент ТДТУ. Від 2002 — ректор Тернопільського інституту соціальних та інформаційних технологій. Досліджував кінематику та динаміку керування антенними пристроями супутникового зв'язку, оптимізацію динамічних параметрів антен у стаціонар. та перехідних режимах. Досліджує українсько-польські зовнішньоекономічні відносини. Автор підручників з інформатики та комп'ютерної техніки, бізнес-презентацій. Автор понад 90 наук. праць, статей, винаходів, посібників.

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CHASE EDMONDS
Record-setting 12 players dealt on NFL trade deadline day
The NFL trade deadline turned into a frenzy with 15 teams making 10 deals involving 12 players and several draft picks.
Stat Nerd Thursday: Josh Jacobs redemption, Najee Harris panic & Rhamondre Stevenson's huge opportunity
After tackling a few news items, the guys discuss Josh Jacobs. Nobody was right about Josh Jacobs except for Andy Behrens, and he's certainly making the most of his final season before hitting free agency. He was one of the right answers from the RB Dead Zone, as were Miles Sanders, Breece Hall and Dameon Pierce. ), but Rhamondre Stevenson might now be in position to be a top 5 fantasy RB each week until Damien Harris returns. Finally, after talking about the Cowboys QB situation and the similarity in target/air yard share between DeVonta Smith and A.J.
Fantasy Football: Early waiver wire pickups for Week 5
It's never too early to look toward your next matchup and a chance to bolster your fantasy football lineups. Here are two options to consider on the waiver wire ahead of Week 5. Yet, the other running back Miami brought in — Raheem Mostert — has been the one receiving the starter's workload. Mostert rushed 15 times for 69 yards and caught two balls for 12 yards (he also added another 42 return yards) in the Dolphins Week 4 loss to the Bengals. He's gotten double-digit carries in two of the four games the Dolphins have played (Edmonds has one double-digit carry game this season).
Fantasy Football Week 2 Booms and Busts: Tua gets the last word in Baltimore
Because the Miami at Baltimore clash on Sunday looked like one of those college pinball games, not an NFL matchup. Tagovailoa threw for all six Miami touchdowns, capping a 469-yard passing jamboree. And like Tagovailoa, Jackson knew where to steer the ball — Rashod Bateman (4-108-1) and Mark Andrews (9-104-1) absorbed nearly two-thirds of the targets and were open all afternoon. Miami returns home next week for a showdown with Buffalo, one of the signature games on the slate. Baltimore renews its long-standing rivalry with the Patriots, who banged out an efficient win at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Tagovailoa, Hill connect early as Dolphins roll past Eagles
Tua Tagovailoa connected with Tyreek Hill for 51 yards on the first play from scrimmage, and the Miami Dolphins set a franchise record for points in a preseason game, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 48-10.
Huntley, Likely shine as Ravens beat Cardinals 24-17
Rookie tight end Isaiah Likely caught eight passes for 100 yards and a touchdown and the Baltimore Ravens ran their preseason winning streak to 22 games, beating the Arizona Cardinals 24-17 on Sunday night.
Tagovailoa makes preseason debut; Raiders top Dolphins 15-13
Quarterback Jarrett Stidham led the Raiders on a touchdown drive on the team's first possession and Las Vegas defeated the Miami Dolphins 15-13 in a preseason game.
Thompson throws for 218 yards, Dolphins hold off Bucs 26-24
Skylar Thompson threw for 218 yards and one touchdown to help the Miami Dolphins open the preseason with a 26-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
NFL free agency: Let the dealing begin, mostly unofficial
Let the dealing begin — if mostly unofficial.
Seahawks win 38-30 to spoil Cardinals shot at NFC West title
Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Rashaad Penny ran for 173 yards and a touchdown, and the Seattle Seahawks spoiled a shot at the NFC West title for the Arizona Cardinals by beating them 38-30 on Sunday.
Cards hold off Cowboys 25-22 in matchup of playoff teams
Kyler Murray threw two touchdown passes to Antoine Wesley and the Arizona Cardinals held on to beat the Dallas Cowboys 25-22 in a matchup of playoff-bound teams.
Banged-up Colts shrug off injuries, beat Cardinals 22-16
Carson Wentz threw a pair of touchdown passes, Jonathan Taylor ran for 108 yards and the banged-up Indianapolis Colts continued their late-season surge with a gritty 22-16 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night.
Cardinals lose chance to clinch, fall 30-12 to lowly Lions
Kyler Murray had a shaky performance and that helped the Detroit Lions stun the Arizona Cardinals 30-12 on Sunday.
Conner leads short-handed Cardinals past 49ers 31-17
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Murray keeps Cardinals unbeaten with 37-20 rout of Rams
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Third-string QB Beathard throws 3 TDs, 49ers stun Cardinals
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Murray runs for TD, throws another, Cardinals rip 0-5 Jets
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) runs in a touchdown against New York Jets free safety Marcus Maye (20) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in East Rutherford. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Arizona Cardinals certainly came to the right place to get back on the winning track. Having Kyler Murray and the offense put up nearly 500 yards against the hapless and winless Jets was almost predictable. "I don't want anyone on the team to feel satisfied with what happened today," said Murray, who threw for 380 yards. Jets: play at Miami next Sunday as NFL reorganizes schedule due to coronavirus pandemic.
The Latest: Cowboys edge Giants with field goal on last play
Prescott was playing the Giants in the first visit of his former coach, Jason Garrett, now New York's offensive coordinator. A week after giving up a franchise-record 307 yards rushing, the Cowboys allowed Devonta Freeman 20 yards on three carries. The Giants extended the lead to 14-3 when Kyler Fackrell returned an interception by Dak Prescott 46 yards for a touchdown. Atlanta cornerback Kendall Sheffield suffered a right ankle injury in the second quarter and was listed as questionable to return. Smith is one injury to Allen away from completing his remarkable comeback to play in an NFL game again.


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Killing Eve (2018)
Posted on September 14, 2018 by Kent Film Office
Stars of Killing Eve – Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer ©Spoiler TV
Writer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Director: Jon East, Damon Thomas, Harry Bradbeer
Starring: Fiona Shaw, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer
Production Company: Sid Gentle Films for (BBC America)
Kent Locations Used: Nells Café – Gravesend, M2 Motorway
Based on the Villanelle novellas by Luke Jennings, Killing Eve is a spy thriller in which MI5 security officer Eve (Sandra Oh) and psychopathic assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer) go head to head in an game of cat and mouse…
Killing Eve has already developed a large following in the US where it first aired on BBC America in April this year. The series has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, and its second series is already being filmed as we speak.
Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Crashing), and directed by Jon East (Downton Abbey, EastEnders), Damon Thomas (Penny Dreadful, Monroe) and Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag, Grantchester), Killing Eve stars Jodie Comer (Doctor Foster, The White Princess) as Villanelle, the fearsome female assassin. Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy, Sideways), Fiona Shaw (The Avengers, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and Kim Bodnia (Pusher, The Bridge).
The production filmed at Nell's Café, a popular roadside café off the A2 near Gravesend, as well as the M2 motorway.
Gravesend is on the southern bank of the River Thames and boasts a cast iron pier, promenade and high street as well as international rail links at the nearby Ebbsfleet International station. The Gravesend area has previously welcomed film productions such as Babylon (2014) and Age of Heroes (2011). The Interceptor (2015) also filmed at Nell's Café.
Killing Eve will air in the UK on Saturday 15th September 2018 on BBC One at 9.15pm and will be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer.
For more information on the Killing Eve, visit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7016936/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
For more information on the Gravesend area visit: http://www.visitgravesend.co.uk/
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Resident Spotlight: Dr. Gregory Schmidt
For the month of March, we caught up with Dr. Gregory Schmidt, a PGY-5 General Internal Medicine Fellow, on the future of medicine and technology, medical record work in Africa, healthcare system design, and his writings at gregoryschmidt.ca.
So, to start off with, why are you spending a significant part of your fifth year residency in Africa?
A long-term interest of mine has been in understanding healthcare system design, and the role that technology can play in improving healthcare systems.
The opportunity arose to work with a group in Kenya (AMPATH) that has been a global leader for over a decade building electronic healthcare records and healthcare systems. I couldn't pass up an opportunity to learn from them directly.
I am very thankful that the UBC General Internal Medicine Fellowship program is very supportive of all its residents in their fifth year pursuits.
Why are you so interested in electronic health records?
As physicians we use electronic health records every day, and they are a continuous source of frustration. It's hard to ignore them.
Initially I became interested in designing better medical record user interfaces. But soon realized that the real power of the electronic health record is not to act as a digital filing cabinet, but in its ability to transform how we think about healthcare delivery.
The electronic health record is where the physical and digital worlds in interact. Its critical role in healthcare will only grow.
So, where do you see the future of medicine going?
If you look at healthcare from the perspective of a developed nation you find the annual rise in costs is completely unsustainable, and a system where the variability in care is far too high.
If you look at healthcare from the perspective of a developing nation, you realize five billion people do not have access to healthcare of any reasonable quality. When you think of healthcare from a global perspective, most countries do not have anywhere the number of physicians they need nor the resources to pay them. This is compounded by the fact that the highest burden of disease is outside of developed nations.
To me, the solution to both of these problems is technology. If we can offload a lot of routine patient monitoring, diagnosis, and disease management to digital systems, in theory we can drop the cost of the 'knowledge' part of healthcare to that of moving around electrons. The same cost of a Google Search – almost free. This is particularly exciting, because now we have a scalable model.
Imagine being able to provide a community health worker in Kenya with a clinical system in the palm of their hand that can assist in diagnosis and disease management. The same types of clinical tools could greatly augment the clinical skill of a nurse in a northern nursing station.
Health informatics also has the benefit to help expert physicians by providing more advanced tools to assist in diagnosis and disease management. Also, it can help patients and their families take better care of themselves.
What is the biggest challenge in healthcare informatics today?
There is a large divide between those 'inside medicine' and those 'outside medicine'.
Insiders, such as physicians, generally seem satisfied with the status quo. They are overall hesitant of change. Outsiders, such as those in the technology and engineering sectors, look at medicine as an industry that has much more potential than it currently achieves.
Understanding how to better bridge these groups will be an area of growth over the next decade.
You run your own website, www.gregoryschmidt.ca, where readers can find a variety of thoughtful blog posts on technology and medicine. How did you first get into writing? What inspired you to publish your posts?
It was a slow start. As a child my writing grades were so bad that I had to do remedial spelling and grammar. Some summers my parents had me write a page each day, on any topic, before I went out to play.
During ward rounds and in the clinic in medical school and residency I kept two sheets of paper, one for the patient to-do list, and the other for jotting down observations about how the health system can be improved. It became very apparent that during my residency there was not enough time to act on any of these ideas. That is why I started writing the blog in third year residency.
Writing provides the enjoyment of working with an idea, without the hard part of having to actually spend time implementing it. It also provides a benchmark in time, where people later can call you out for being correct – or wrong. Writing also allows me to take an idea that has been on my mind, and then after writing about it, free up that mental real estate for something else. I wish I started the blog earlier, I have a backlog of hundreds of posts to write.
The running theme that connects all your articles is healthcare system design – from discussing electronic health records, to future technologies in the field of medicine, and even architectural design in hospitals (down to slow hospital elevators!). What is healthcare system design?
In undergrad, I read Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains, and was captivated by the story of Paul Farmer and Partners in Health building healthcare systems.
Around 2013 I started using the term 'healthcare system design' to describe my interests. By this I mean the intersection of medicine, systems engineering, design, economics, architecture, philosophy, ethics, communications, and ultimately business and technology. The exact list of topics is always in flux.
Obviously, one person cannot be an expert in all of these domains. But I think there is tremendous benefit to broad exposure and training across these fields if someone is interested in helping build really well functioning healthcare systems. Neglect one of these domains and the entire system falls apart. Combine insights across these domains and some really cool innovation can emerge.
A personal favourite of mine, as an outsider to medicine but still a visitor in hospitals, was your "Navjunk" article on the various different ways hospitals try to navigate their patients and staff throughout the hospital. What are some of your personal favourite topics to write about?
The Navjunk article, "Navjunk = horrible hospital navigation (+ a solution)", ended up being remarkably popular. It is a play on the word 'chartjunk'. Chartjunk is a term coined by Edward Tufte in 1983 to describe visual clutter in graphs and charts that take away from the information being presented. Tufte's works has been a foundational inspiration in my work. It was really cool to see that Tufte liked the Navjunk article too.
It's hard to identify a favorite topic. The target audience is myself, and what I am interested in at the time. The fact that other people read the posts is a bonus. Over time the articles have become more eclectic and a more authentic cross section of my interests. I assumed this would be a deterrent to readership, but so far it hasn't.
Where do you hope to take your website, and your writing, in the future?
Finding time to produce content is always hard. It is often a tradeoff between watching a movie Friday night and buckling down to write.
The most enjoyable part of the website has been the people who contacted me after reading an article. The world is a very small place.
I hope the website can continue to act as catalyst for discussions on improving healthcare.
How can people contact you?
The website www.gregoryschmidt.ca has a current email address and contact form. Or Twitter at @_GregSchmidt.


It's championship time in the Hoosier State with Warren Central looking to run the table in the High School Football America Indiana high school football rankings. The Warriors, who are ranked No. 1 in our statewide rankings and No. 11 in our national rankings, will play Carmel for the Class 6A title.
The two Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference heavyweights met October 5 with Warren Central winning 41-17. Warren Central will be looking for its first state championship since 2013 when the Warriors beat Carmel 7-6 for the school's first title. Carmel, winners of eight overall state titles, last state championship was in 2016.
There are three new teams in the latest rankings — Reitz Memorial at No. 8, Bishop Dwenger at No. 9 and Evansville Central at No. 10. Dwenger and Evansville Central will square-off for the Class 4A title.
In the 5A title game, No. 2 New Palestine will face Decatur Central and in 3A, Reitz Memorial takes on West Lafayette.


I'M ALIVE! The part of my life that funds my fake runcareer became very high maintenance over the last few days. But I'm still kicking/running. Life does not perfectly bend to make training easy and convenient- that's why when you have a big goal you have to carve out the time to get that training in.
I am going to tattoo this on my arm so I don't forget. On the other arm I'll tattoo- "put the chocolate down- you don't need it."
A couple tips for getting your run in when you're busy!!!
1. Do what you can- Maybe you have an 8 on your schedule- but if it's between something or nothing- get the run in that you have the time for- even if it's not the full 8.
2. Don't feel guilty- Training cycles are too long to hold on to the guilt from a missed run or lower mileage on a run. If things get crazy busy and you can't get it in- do your best and then focus on getting your run in the next day.
3. Prioritize- What's the most important workout of your week- gonna give you the most bang for your buck? That's the one you should be doing if your time is limited.
4. Keep the workout short- but make it fast- If I only had 20 minutes to get on the treadmill and get a good workout in- I would start at 6 or 7 mph and basically add 1 mph per song I was listening to until the end of my 20 minutes when I could barely hang on/was in danger of falling off. If the mission was to sweat all over the treadmill/feel like I got a workout in- well then, I sure accomplished that.
Soooo....this Rita Jeptoo doping scandal is a pretty big deal. She is one of the bigger names to be caught of late- and it makes you wonder- how many more are there? And how long had she been doping? I like this article on how doping affects us- the lay runner who treats these elites as their runheroes.
It will be interesting to see what the outcome is, either way. Maybe she will pull a Lance and will shed more light on how long she had been doping and the dirty details. I hate leaving things a mystery (flight MH370 still haunts me). I'm about to book a flight to Kenya and get answers... or just see if I can train at altitude for 5 minutes and come down faster. New Boston training plan.
Renewing our hope in runners is my homie Wilson (also the future name of my first child- male or female, doesn't matter.) Pretty incredible seeing Wilson Kipsang's amazing win and even more amazing kick at the end of the NYC Marathon. I wish I had that kick at the end of every race I run. Who am I kidding?! I wish I had that kick in the beginning of ANY race I've run.
oh homie- you're gonna elbow me. please. now I'll show you who's boss.
I LOVED this point in this article on Wilson- he's tall like me (5'9")- which makes me love him all the more. (Love Meb, but he literally comes up to my shoulder.) With all of these smaller runners in the game, it makes you think that they have the market cornered on any fast times- so this theory of mine has been completely refuted by Wilson (thank you!) because at 6 feet he was the world record holder in the marathon until Dennis Kimetto dethroned him in September.
137 pounds seems mighty light for 6 feet. geez.
His point is fascinating because I've always been told my stride is too long and I need to shorten it and take quicker steps. Clearly high cadence is key- but once I start doing that- the height should one day pay off, right??! (Another highly questionable theory by me.) Please watch the vine in that article. And while you're at it- be mesmerized by him running in the Frankfurt Marathon- that's one gorgeous stride.
My Boston confirmation finally came this week. It's REAL. Well it'll be really real when I'm actually running it- but it's pretty real right now. Happy that I'm getting a strong base in now (last week was 62 miles- not bad for not having a set schedule). So hopefully going in with a strong base will make it a good start to training.
Training has been decent this week- I wasn't able to get any double days in (because of work craziness) - but I did get SOME runs in- which is a total win considering how crazy busy this week was.
This is my mantra for the week. Hope your weekend is amazing- and plan to get out there and do a something good for yourself- like a run- or a hike- or a massage- or an all-you-can-eat buffet (just kidding on the buffet).


Canadian real estate values continue to soar, and a record number of buyers are piling into risky loans. According to the Bank of Canada (BoC), and the Ministry of Finance (MoF), high ratio mortgage borrowers are extending themselves to the limit. While we covered how concerning this trend has become in Toronto, it's not just isolated to that city. It's a trend that's growing across all Canadian urban centers.
People taking out high-ratio mortgages combined with incomes too low for the property value, is spreading across Canada. A high-ratio mortgage is defined as a mortgage where the buyer leaves less than a 20% downpayment. The BoC and MoF have both expressed concern when high-ratio mortgages are paired with high income-to-loan ratios. The amount of high risk buyers is increasing as markets reach dizzying heights, especially in urban areas.
Vulnerability isn't just the buyer's ability to keep devoting a high percentage of their income to carrying payments. Since the number of these buyers are accelerating as prices get higher, they're at a greater risk during a correction (not even a crash). Something as small as a 5% drop in value and many of these mortgages would be underwater. Underwater is industry slang for the buyer has 0, or less than 0, equity in their home. If this happens it would mean already broke homeowners would have to pay to get rid of their home. Combine that with a higher interest rate at renewal, and you can imagine the mayhem that can unfold.
High-ratio mortgages with low income levels is a growing trend in Canada, but Toronto and Vancouver take it to the next level. Across Canada, 18% of high risk mortgages have extremely low incomes for the homes they're in, an increase of 38% over two years. Despite Vancouver's insanely high prices, Toronto still tops the risky business of subprime borrowers. Toronto takes the top spot with a 53% increase during the same period, bringing their total to 49%. Coming in second is Vancouver which had a 25% increase over the past two years, bringing their total to 39%. These two cities are moving much faster than the average for the country, and they're getting to dangerously high levels.
Source: Ministry of Finance (Canada), Bank of Canada's Calculations.
Although Toronto and Vancouver take the cake, this trend is also growing across Canada, albeit with a lower impact. Over the past 2 years, Calgary saw a 23% increase of high ratio mortgages with at risk-income ratios, totalling 32%. Montreal saw a 30% increase over the past two years, bringing their total to 13%. Ottawa-Gatineau saw a massive 62.5% increase, bringing their total to 13%. Meanwhile, quiet little Halifax saw a 40% increase, a total of 7%. So while the issue is growing across Canada, it hasn't reached the crisis heights of Toronto and Vancouver yet.
While Toronto and Vancouver are leading the market for risky mortgage debt, they aren't alone. Canada has dodged the real estate commodity cycle for almost 30 years. That has produced a whole generation of people that have no idea that real estate is a cyclical market. This irrational exuberance, and the thoughts that this market will never end is placing all homeowners in a precarious situation.
Hi Kaitlin – Any idea what percentage of 2016 (and 2017 if available) Toronto home loans were high-ratio? Without that information, one can't tell whether this is a serious problem or not.
Exactly. I wish there were stats on the actual amount of loans in Toronto that are high ratio. Without this information, making predictions or decisions is like shooting in the dark. If the percentage of high ratio mortgages in Toronto is very small – like 2%, it makes a 53% increase inconsequential.
It's ridiculous that this simple stat is not made available at least by cmhc since it is tax payers money at stake. One would be able to deduce, to some degree, the percentage of homes sold in Toronto in any given year that were bought using high ratio mortgages if we knew how many properties cmhc insured during that year.
If the number is ridiculously high, it makes the possibility of a correction very strong. However, If cmhc is insuring few mortgages in Toronto, the market will remain fine for years considering immigration, Intra-provincial migration, inflow of foreign investors due to low dollar and standard of living, and strong job market.
The problem isn't just high-ratio mortgages Steve… I think people borrowing from lines of credit, friends and family to avoid being in a high-ratio mortgage is actually a bigger problem. This problem got exacerbated after the federal mortgage rules that came into play in October.
These are the people who are going into the subprime market (let's call it what it is) and getting loans at 500% to 1000% or even 2000% loan-to-income ratios. After all the value of a detached home in Toronto is now 25 times the median income!
I like to see the percentage of all mortgages (not just high-ratio) that have loan-to-income ratios of over 450% since this is really the ratio that defines your debt-servicing capabilities or as Richard Wozny just correctly pointed out your level of tax evasion.
I do not see how we can conclude that we are not in a bubble at this time. The median total annual family income in the Greater Toronto region is estimated to be around $73 thousand. The median house price is seventeen times higher than income, only marginally better than the ten times income price of a condo or townhome. Given the cost increases in tuition, property taxes, electricity, car insurance, etc., I cannot see how families in the GTA can afford to keep their homes in the absence of gains that come from the market action. I am sorry but we do not need much more data to reach a rational conclusion that there is a problem. The only question is when the bubble pops and that could still be some time away as the Bank of Canada and the federal and provincial governments will try to do what they can to keep the party going. What the market correction needs is a trigger and we cannot be sure what that is.
40-50% of CMHC approved loans have been high ratio mortgages since 2009. They let it happen as a policy to reinvigorate housing to get the economy going. That and the $125 billion of the worst loans Flaherty bought from the big banks in return for them lending more – because they stopped lending.
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What Would The Cowboys Look Like If Dez Bryant Sits Out?
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, right, and team owner Jerry Jones talk on the sidelines during an NFL football minicamp at the team's stadium in Arlington, Texas, in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
The Dallas Cowboys were supposed to be terrible last year. Instead, they were one weird call away from the NFC Championship Game. There are a few reasons for that: the stellar rushing totals put up by DeMarco Murray, the surprising defensive turnaround led by unheralded linebacker Rolando McClain, and the ever-present threat that Dez Bryant—perhaps the game's top wide receiver over the past three seasons—represents to opposing defenses. And Bryant's recent threat to sit out could jeopardize the team's season.
Murray, of course, left the team to join the Eagles earlier in the off-season, and McClain was hit with a four-game suspension going into the Fourth of July weekend. And Bryant, as of yesterday, has vowed to sit out at least part of the season unless the Cowboys offer him a long-term contract.
As much as I love football…on my beautiful babies.. I apologize #cowboynation but I will not be there if no deal #fact
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) July 13, 2015
Players in Bryant's position — that is, players not under contract to their team, but who've been hit with the franchise tag to prevent them from seeking a new contract elsewhere — often threaten to extend their holdouts into the season. They rarely do, and for good reason. Although they can skip up to ten games and still receive credit for a year of accrued service, they don't get paid if they don't play. In Bryant's case, that translates to over $750,000 a week if he opts out.
The tag allows every team to designate one person whose contract expired at the end of the previous season as their "franchise" player. In lieu of a new long-term contract, that player is offered a one-year deal worth whatever the average of the five highest-paid players at their position comes out to. Players can sign that deal or not, but if they don't, they can't play elsewhere. For Bryant, the tag is worth $12.8 million — but it also puts the risk of injury, or a down season, entirely on his shoulders. Instead of a one-year deal with $12.8 million, Bryant appears to be seeking a long-term contract worth closer to $50 million guaranteed.
And Bryant may be the rare franchise-tagged player who's both so vital to his team that a holdout makes sense and who is dealing with a bullheaded enough owner that a long-term deal doesn't happen. But if the Cowboys don't sign Bryant, it's hard to see how their offense works.
The strength of the Cowboys offense is its offensive line, which, after some impressive drafting, is made up of young, cheap stars. They've got one of the NFL's better quarterbacks in Tony Romo, and a solid tight end in Jason Witten. And secondary wide receiver Terrance Williams has been impressive lining up opposite Bryant, as well. The running game, meanwhile, sans Murray, is a big question mark helmed by former Raiders draft bust Darren McFadden. And here's what's at risk if Bryant holds out:
1. That offensive line won't stay cheap forever.
The interior of the line — guards Ronald Leary and Zack Martin, and center Travis Frederick — currently average around $1 million each per year. That's serious value, and it won't last forever. They're all playing on rookie contracts that are going to be renegotiated in a year or two, and the salary cap makes it hard to keep a strong line together for the long term, at least if a team wants to invest in other positions (which the Cowboys certainly need to do). In other words, the Cowboys' best window is when the line is both good and cheap, and wasting a year of that with an uncertain running game and a passing attack missing its best player is a huge opportunity lost.
2. How long can you count on Romo?
Tony Romo is 35-years old with a history of back injuries. When he's healthy, he's one of the better quarterbacks in football, jokes and haters be damned — but every time he steps onto the field, it's a roll of the dice about how long he'll stay that way. He suffered serious back injuries in both 2013 and 2014, and even with a strong offensive line the clock is ticking on any quarterback in his mid-30s. Which means that, like the offensive line, Romo isn't going to last forever. He might stay healthy for the entire 2015 season, but whether he'll be playing at a high level in 2016 and beyond is another question.
3. Is Terrance Williams actually good?
A lot of #2 wide receivers look great when the #1 receiver is one of the best in the game. Lining up opposite Bryant, Williams is a solid option. But Cowboys fans might want to ask how excited they are about the prospect of a Terrance Williams/Cole Beasley one-two punch at receiver.
4. Will they be able to run the ball?
Rolando McClain proved last year that a draft bust from Oakland can have a career resurgence in Dallas, but banking on Darren McFadden — who is entering his eighth season and has rushed more than 1,000 yards only once in his career — to have the same success is expecting lightning to strike twice. Backing up McFadden are holdovers Joseph Randle and Lance Dunbar, a combination that inspired so much confidence in the team that they promptly handed the keys to an aging veteran who's never delivered on his potential. McFadden might turn out to be a good player behind the Cowboys' offensive line, but it's hardly a guarantee. And it's going to be a lot harder for any running back to succeed if defenses have to worry about a Williams/Beasley combo catching passes, rather than a Bryant/Williams tandem.
In other words: The Cowboys need to win now, because the offense's strengths are its cheap line and its nearing-expiration-date quarterback. If the offense is missing its best player, winning now is an awfully tall order.
Jerry Jones presumably recognizes this, but he's never inspired fans with his managerial skills. In addition to pushing for leverage by raising concerns about off-field incidents (something that Bryant has a history of, but not in recent years), the blasé attitude displayed by Jones about the prospect of a holdout seems to fail to recognize that Bryant has more leverage in this situation than most franchised players.
It's hard to imagine a scenario in which the Cowboys are a serious playoff contender if the wide receiver decides to skip games. It's easier, meanwhile, to imagine that Bryant really means it when he says "I will not be there if no deal." Missing those checks would surely hurt, but usually when a player is as important to his team as Bryant is, there's a GM whose job is on the line if a new long-term contract isn't reached. In Dallas, where Jones and his son run the show, the circumstances are such that the Cowboys could actually test Bryant's leverage.
There's one more wildcard in all of this, which is the allegation of collusion between the Cowboys front office and that of the Denver Broncos, where receiver Demaryius Thomas is also a franchise tag recipient hoping for a long-term deal. Thomas hasn't made any statements about missing games, but as two of the game's top receivers, whichever contract one player receives will set the eventual terms for the other—if Thomas gets, say, $50 million guaranteed for his first three seasons, then you can expect Bryant's deal to be roughly the same.
The NFL Player's Association claims to have proof of collusion between the two teams to avoid setting the market, and the threat of a lawsuit could force either team to pull the trigger on a new deal—which, if it happens, will essentially force the other team to do the same. And if the alternative is that Bryant wins the game of chicken he's currently playing with Jerry Jones, then being forced to sign a market-setting deal with the receiver would actually turn out to be a win for the Cowboys, even if Jones is unlikely to see it that way.
(AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Today I had one of those diabetes milestone moments, I completed a triathlon. For a long time, decades, I always wondered if I would be up to a triathlon. There is the BG issues, the food intake and prep issues, there is the non-stop nature of the event and then there is the fear, fear of having a go.
This morning I balanced my BS readings, I kept them a little higher to ready myself for a sudden drop whilst racing; starting BS reading was 12.5. Next thing, two sugar snakes in my gob moments before starting and a couple of marshmallows in my transition area for when I returned from my swim.
After filling myself with water and peering a couple of times, I told the race admin I had Type One and gave them my race number, "One" and got ready (there was nothing on any form to say I had diabetes!). I handed my insulin pump to my wife for safe keeping and now it was up to the exercise to be the control and me to keep tabs on that.
Then heading down to the beach, wettie on, hat and goggles' primed, the gun went off and we were racing. I now remembered how hard swimming faster than usual is – I felt sick from the cold shock of the water than anything else, this is Tassie. However, pushing through I noticed I was not last in the pack. Returning to the transition area after the swim, I eat my quick 2x marshmallows, have a sip of water and get on my bike and run to the stat of that leg. I am feeling it – because of my lack of fitness and not my diabetes dudes.
After ten km's of peddling non stop I feel like a whale, slowly cruising but not really getting anywhere. I think I need to do some cycling… The cycle did give me time if I needed to throw down some sugar but I did not feel I needed to.
At the end of that transition I am drinking as much water as I can and I feel all right. I ditch my bike and put on my hat and run to the road to do a few more km's, this time with my feet. I fell off a cliff climbing last year and busted a few bones in my left foot so this is the first serious running I have done since that thing happened, so I was tentative to be honest. I am not a flash runner and I was soon only looking at the butts of other competitors. It went on and on and on and when I reached the final turn for the finish my wife and kids and friends were there cheering me on and I felt absolutely AWESOME! I completed the course minutes later and became a, triathlete. Very cool.
I am 40, I have two kids, a busy job, live in suburbia and have all the drama as any other middle class Aussie has. I am always aware of my diabetes and need to attend to that too. I am a diabetic of 37 years and have been on a pump for six months, I know that I have to be careful but I also know what is achievable. This triathlon was more about that than any other thing. It reminded me that even as I get older I can still do great things. Friends, things are often presented as impossible, specialist make you feel like you are not capable and family and friends often misinterpret diabetes for other every day occurrences. But I hope you never see things as impossible and look to new challenges as really possible!. During the triathlon I had a ball. Sure I am sore, but want you to know, you can do these things if you are prepared to have a go.
I control my diabetes and remain the winner. Have a good one.
P.S – My BS reading as 7.6 after the race.