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Invasive species prevention, monitoring, and management should ideally be integrated into all landscape and project design and management, but is at best an afterthought in most programs and projects. Early Detection/Rapid Response programs that build upon existing projects, coordinate between watersheds and across ownership boundaries, provide local jobs, and educate and engage the public and policymakers, is critical to the ultimate success of restoration and conservation efforts, by ending new invasions of invasive species and working more efficiently to eliminate existing populations. What is required is an invasive species response infrastructure that incorporates their prevention and control into every aspect of landscape management. The Institute is working to advance these goals through program development and education of policy makers – and by modeling the practices that result in effective prevention and control.
Watershed and Site Scale Early Detection/Rapid Response Programs
A rising tide of Eurasian species are invading riparian, wetland, and aquatic habitats on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. With aggressive reproduction strategies, no natural enemies, these species are generalists able to thrive in a variety of different habitats. In the dynamic migrating and flood-prone rivers of the Olympic Peninsula's temperate forested watersheds, these species replace entire native plant communities, causing the loss of important physical habitat components and chemical and biological functions.
Introduced accidentally or intentionally, many species are introduced by forestry, agriculture, residential development and landscaping, recreation, transportation, and even well-intentioned restoration projects. Seeds and root or stem fragments are floated in water, carried on the wind, deposited by birds and animals, and moved in gravel, soil, on equipment, vehicles and by feet across watershed boundaries along roads and trails, and down rivers and streams. The largely undeveloped watersheds on the outer coast of the Olympic Peninsula are especially vulnerable in the face of a changing climate – where constant channel migration, scour and deposition of sediments and fluctuating flows expose bare sediments that provide ideal conditions for invasion by non-native plants. If not prevented from establishing, these invasive species will survive and thrive while native species are increasingly stressed.
The Institute is adapting the Hoh River project methodologies to model Early Detection/Rapid Response (ED/RR) practices for preventing and managing other invasive species that will fundamentally alter coastal forested ecosystems. Protocols appropriate to different sites and scales in the complex coastal forested watersheds and shorelines of the Olympic Peninsula are being developed for a range of species, with specific guidance for forestry, gravel and rock mines, transportation corridors, recreation access points, and restoration project design and implementation.
Click on the link to read a success story from the Hoh River: Morgan's Island RCG story
Call us for assistance in developing an effective prevention or control project in your watershed or at your site.
Washington Coast Restoration Initiative – Pulling Together – Jobs in Restoration
The Pulling Together Initiative is an innovative invasive species program to be applied across all six coastal watersheds that will eliminate new threats and establish a process for ongoing containment; addressing a suite of invasives that affect riparian forest growth and habitats, and are introduced by activities including construction of restoration projects. The solution lies in combining Early Detection and Rapid Response (ED/RR) and on-the-ground control utilizing specialized and local mobile strike teams. We will work with partners like coastal tribes, resource agencies, county weed boards, local fishing guides, and land trusts to conduct cross-jurisdictional coordination, ongoing education and public awareness – creating an invasive species response infrastructure to incorporate their prevention and control into every aspect of landscape management. The scale and comprehensive nature of this program will provide a model for invasive species control in the region that can be exported widely, and ideally, becomes a standard investment in all watersheds.
See the attached summary for details: WCRI summary
Eradication of Knotweed and Riparian Restoration on the Hoh River
The Hoh River on the Olympic peninsula of Washington is one of the few rivers in the lower 48 states supporting relatively healthy wild salmon populations. In 1998, one clump of invasive knotweed plant was observed at the edge of the Hoh River. During a storm in the winter of 1999 or 2000, this one plant was transported downstream and from there rapidly established itself throughout the river. Knotweed is a threat to salmon and other wildlife habitat because it out-competes native riparian plant species and creates monocultures that provide little nutritive support for aquatic systems and poor erosion control along river banks relative to the natural plant communities it displaces.
Recognizing this threat to critical habitats, the Hoh Tribe initiated a restoration project in 2002, beginning the annual surveys, control, and effectiveness monitoring activities that continue today as a partnership between the 10,000 Years Institute, Hoh Tribe, Hoh River Trust, private landowners, Olympic National Park, and the U.S. Forest Service. To date, an estimated 99.5% of the knotweed plants have been eradicated on 30 miles of the River and its floodplain.
As knotweed decreases, other species have increased, and the project continues as a multi-species Early Detection/Rapid Response program, focused on maintaining the capacity of a large migrating river system to continually restart native riparian succession, so critical to habitat formation and the foundation of the ecosystem's food web.
10,000 Years Institute has a leadership role in developing effective survey and treatment protocols, implementing this project, and communicating results to researcher, agencies, and the public. Data collected during the course of the project has been used by researchers at the University of Washington and Olympic National Park, working to understand the species and impacts to native riparian and aquatic ecosystem dynamics.
Click here to a link to past progress reports.
KNOTWEED CONTROL ON THE HOH RIVER SUMMARY REPORT – 2002 TO 2004
KNOTWEED CONTROL ON THE HOH RIVER:2005 SUMMARY REPORT
Knotweed and Reed Canarygrass in the Quinault and Queets Watersheds
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What happens when (at least some) Ideal Factory Principles are in place at one of the largest companies in the world? We need to look no further than Wal-Mart.
espoused by The Ideal Factory. Now to be completely honest, these principles were not conceived by my partners and me at 5i, the home of The Ideal Factory. Certainly others have adopted their use long before we did. Nor do we have any copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other claims to their origin. Neither does Mr. Irwin or the NYT identify The Ideal Factory in any way imagined or unimagined in the article. Hopefully, these statements will keep us clear of any litigation.
These are core principles we have for The Ideal Factory…and so we want to toot their horn whenever possible. Especially if doing so will help advance those who work in manufacturing and raise customer value around the world.
So what are these revolutionary principles that transformed the world's largest retail company and increased their customer's happiness?
They increased their worker's pay and trained better.
In early 2015, Wal-Mart was being crucified by its customer's response to those invitations to express your thoughts that appear on the back of their receipts. Customers complained loudly about the dirty restrooms, inability to find someone to help them with questions, chronic inventory shortages, and of course, those infinitely long lines at the two open check-out lanes, while the other twenty-one remain aggravating closed.
In addition, apparently investors weren't too pleased with the powers that be at Wal-Mart either. Amazon was pressuring and customers were starting to shop at their rivals. Also, for the first time in the 45 years since Wal-Mart went public, revenue fell. Money speaks, and since at Wal-Mart it appears to speak very loud, something needed to be done…and done quickly.
Now here is where Wal-Mart put their money where their mouth is. They built 200 training centers. Hourly pay was increased to $10 for associates who finished the training course Pay for department managers went from $12 to $15 an hour. According to Mr. Irwin's article, "…average pay for a full-time, non-managerial position is now $13.69 an hour, up 16 percent since early 2014." Now lest anyone believe this came cheaply, the price tag was $2.7 billion.
But what about those customer surveys? Did more money in the pocket of the associates and better training have any effect? Were the restrooms cleaner? Could you get your questions answered in a timely manner? And maybe most important of all, (at least to me), did those rows and rows of cash registers get opened?
Now to be honest, profit for Wal-Mart has not done so well. Mr. Irwin states, "Operating income for Wal-Mart's United States stores was down 6 percent in the most recent quarter, reflecting higher labor costs and other new investments.
Again, I ask everyone to read Mr. Irwin's well balanced report on Wal-Mart's experiment with higher pay for its hourly employees entitled "And in This Aisle, Higher Pay" as it appeared in the Business section of the New York Times last Sunday, October 16, 2016. It offers a look at what can happen when employees receive better pay and better training.
I think Brad is brilliant.
How many times have we experienced this? Our employer says one thing, but actually does exactly the opposite. One factory I worked for was an adamant proponent of the Toyota Production System. They said all the right words. Yet the day before the owner's scheduled visit associates worked late into the evening to hide excess inventory. Of course, once the owner's departed, workers came in early to return it to the floor.
This resulted in an erosion of trust between the rank in file and management. Clearly management was seeking to deceive the owners from what was the truth. So when questions were asked of management, their answers were met with thinly veiled skepticism. The same was true when management implemented new ideas, again those on the factory floor were unwilling to make much more than a token effort to ensure success.
At the same company, department leaders were less than truthful while fulfilling the kaizen requirement. Each associate was required to submit three kaizens per month. Total associates on the factory floor exceeded eight hundred. This meant more than twenty-four hundred kaizens were being turned in each month. Far more than the Kaizen Department's five associates could ever hope to complete. Leaders quickly realized, since each department was required to keep a copy of the kaizens for three years, they could pull an old kaizen, copy the information over to the new form, sign off, and resubmit. Every month management would stand before the associates at an all-hands meeting and announce that, once again, the company had attained 100% kaizen compliance.
During our 70+ collective years in manufacturing my partners and I have experienced hundreds, if not thousands, of such incidents.
The Ideal Factory will eliminate the 'hidden factory" by not allowing these types of situations. Inventory control is crucial. Without it in the first example excess inventory developed and rather than the resolve the cause, management decided to hide it. In the second scenario, unrealistic goals were set for the associates. The letter of the law was enforced, while the spirit departed a long time ago. In both cases respect in leadership suffered.
The Ideal Factory returns commonsense and practicality to the workplace. We know what is right and now is the time to do it.
So what is the Ideal Factory? If you go online we find Ideal defined as "perfect, or best possible" and Factory as "a building where people use machines to manufacture a product." This seems straightforward, but within those words we've found a lot of disparity in how they are applied in manufacturing.
I know for many of us the Ideal Factory would resemble a coffee shop…some place where we could meet up with our friends, access free WiFi, and work at our own pace…while enjoying significantly less stress.
Yet the Real Factory, the place where we actually work, probably feels more like the above photo. A bumper-to-bumper, stress laden, grind where you hope and pray you don't cause a massive pile-up. I know my own days in manufacturing were more like eight lanes of traffic that was either traveling at break neck speed or inching along at a snail's pace…both conditions produced incredible stress.
Fifty plus years ago Bob Dylan wrote an anthem for a generation entitled "The Times They Are a Changin'." And those words are no less as relevant today. The times are definitely changing. Silicon Valley has created an entirely new kind of work. Although computers and robots have changed the manufacturing world forever, the factory worker remains an essential part of how everything gets produced. Factories must move forward. We can't compete for the brightest minds if we continue as we have. Every year we experience less and less young people looking at manufacturing as a career choice…and who can blame them? Where would you rather work…in a poorly lit, cobweb encrusted, questionable air quality, incredibly loud factory or at a desk decorated with photos of your loved ones and a kitchen with refrigerator, microwave and coffee close by?
The pathway forward will not be a straight line upward, starting with our current situation and finally topping out at an area marked SUCCESS…although that would be nice. The reality will resemble a ball of twine thrown on the floor and played with by three cats. The way forward will twist and turn, fold back on itself, move up and down with all kinds of mistakes made along the way, but ultimately it will be progress. Each factory's road to the Ideal Factory will definitely be unique to their situation, but there are guidelines. These guidelines are not set in stone, nor are they completely comprehensive. However, they are applicable to every manufacturing environment. If allowed to be guiding lights they can and will produce environments where people want to come to work, raise productivity, increase profitability, and yes, even creates peace of mind.
Sound like I've been listening to the Grateful Dead far too long? Or worse yet, one of those emails in your inbox screaming you can make one million dollars within eighteen days by simply purchasing this internet package all for the low, low price $349.00. Well I invite to read on.
Steve Jobs once said, "Think different." I believe that is the point we are at today in manufacturing. So how do we start to think different about factories?
We start with Paint, but not just paint. Think of paint in a broader sense. When I refer to paint I'm thinking of the overall appearance of the facility, from the sign out front, to the parking lot, to th entrance, to the factory floor, to the lights, to the types of sounds used to denote breaks and lunches, to the restrooms, to the break rooms, to the color of the machines, to how the floor is marked for foot and POV traffic. In other words, I am talking about the entire factory environment.
Painting the inside of a factory entirely white, yes including the machines, has several advantages. Obviously it makes the interior brighter, making lighting more effective. It creates a sense of openness even in the tight confines. It promotes a sense of cleanliness, encouraging workers to keep their area clean. It also speeds confirmation of any leaks or damages on a machine…this promotes quicker countermeasures preventing further damage and/or extensive downtime.
I visited a factory once that was quite dingy. The lighting was poor, the walls had accumulated so much grime it was difficult to know what the original color was, and all the machines were painted a ghastly dark green color. As an experiment they painted a small portion of the ceiling white. That was all they did. They didn't clean the walls or paint the machines a brighter color, or install better lighting. They simply made a small portion of the ceiling bright white. The results were incredible. It was all the employees working in that area could talk about it. They loved it. They felt it helped them do their job better. They commented on how easier it was to read the kanbans and do their paperwork. Arguably the most important change was the remarkable attitude change of the associates towards upper management. They felt as though they were being valued. Now the downside…the owners refused to paint other areas. All the goodwill generated was lost. Lesson to be learned…starting and stopping is not a good idea.
Next stop is Process. The focus of efforts like Lean, Toyota Production System Total Quality Management, and others is continuous improvement…always make the process better. But remember at the start when I defined Ideal as "the best possible?" I believe we may be looking at the "wrong end of the stick" (as my Mother use to say). Instead of continuous improvement we should be making the process "the best possible"…the Ideal it can be at that time.
One of the most common errors we encounter in manufacturing is the establishment of a cutting edge process, but no investments in the upgrades. Within a year or two (if not sooner) the factory begins to lag behind and the machine becomes less efficient. At this point they determine the need for improvement activities, but then will not commit the proper resources whether they be financial or people in order to catch up. This results in a never ending cycle of striving for, and at times reaching better…but they never reach Ideal.
This brings us to Planning…which often seems to be a great stumbling block for many companies. All business schools teach the necessity of short and long term plans. It is well known those plans must be tweaked from time to time. However, what we experience, especially with plants who have been in existence for several years, is the planning gets vague and the focus becomes getting the maximum output from the least investment in both equipment and personnel.
Often too many companies "gain" capacity by working overtime, rather than developing the correct plan. There is a tendency to neglect or delay upgrading or replacing older equipment as time passes. I favor a four day, ten hours per shift schedule. This allows four hours of zero production per day for maintenance to be done. If overtime is required, for whatever reason (weather, parts delay, power outages) then Friday can absorb the OT.
Planning must also include continuous education and motivation for all associates. Please do not allow lip-service to work its way into this element. Far too many times we've seen this simply become one more "hoop" that a company will jump through, then check off its list, so they can lay claim to being a progressive company who "cares" about their employees.
Which brings us to the most important portion of the Ideal Factory…the people. The people are the bedrock foundation of everything done in a factory. A company can build an architectural perfect building with well maintained grounds, inviting environment, well designed processes, immaculate planning, and yet lose it all, because they don't take care of their people.
It all starts at the interview process. I know a company who between January 4th and March the 31st of the same year hired 203 employees…during the same period they lost 148. The back door is controlled by the front door. A company cannot allow it's hiring process to succumb to the Warm Body Syndrome. Each applicant must be carefully evaluated to determine if they are a good fit for the open position…a process which goes far beyond just getting them past the criminal background check and drug screening.
As mentioned above, continual education and motivation is essential to the Ideal Factory. Remember, "the times they are a changin'" to stay competitive and capture the best and brightest, we must ensure they stay up on the latest trends and technologies.
The final piece is all associates must be kept in the loop on plant operations and company goals. A recent study shows only 16% of the manufacturing workforce can accurately articulate their company's goals. The bottom line is everyone is important to the manufacturing process…and they should be treated that way!
Seth Godin made the statement, "…tribes, not money or factories will change the world." While I have no desire to enter into spitting match with Mr. Godin, but in this instance I believe he is dead wrong. Factories contribute to the global and local economies in a variety of ways. They can empower individuals socially and financially. And I believe if the Ideal Factory is part of it…factories can change the world and make a better place for all of us.
Steve Jobs (again) had an incredible knack for finding the right words…"Every once in a while, a product comes along that changes everything." I believe there are times when that "product" is an idea…and I believe the Ideal Factory is that kind of idea.
I've only barely scratched the surface with this post. My partners and I are writing a book about the Ideal Factory due out in the Spring of 2017. So I'll have updates, ideas, and additional aspects of the Ideal Factory in the future, but in the meantime I want to hear from you. I know there are horror stories about factories and the people who work there (I actually collect them) and if you want share them, please feel free. But what I'm most interested in is your ideas and thoughts. What does the Ideal Factory mean to you? What do think when you think of the Ideal Factory? What else can we due to create the Ideal Factory?


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Rockets, Crickard part company . . . Raiders complete sweep of Wheaties . . . Americans beat 'Canes in wild one
Hey @MJWARRIORS, we see your Teddy Bear Toss Game is coming up next weekend?
Care if we bring these for our first goal too!? pic.twitter.com/t03Gf3AbA1
— Regina Pats (@WHLPats) December 9, 2018
The Kelowna Rockets and assistant coach Travis Crickard "have mutually parted ways," according to a news release issued by the team late Saturday afternoon. . . . Crickard was in his fifth season with the Rockets. In his first season (2014-15) as an assistant coach and goaltending coach, the Rockets won the Ed Chynoweth Cup. . . . Kris Mallette, the Rockets' other assistant coach, also is in his fifth season. . . . The Rockets didn't refer to hiring another assistant, but perhaps Adam Foote, who took over as head coach on Oct. 23, will be looking for someone with whom he is familiar.
COUNTDOWN TO DEADLINE
(WHL trade deadline: Jan. 10, 3 p.m. MT)
Saturday's action:
No. of trades: 0.
Players: 0.
Bantam draft picks: 0.
Conditional draft picks: 0.
Total deals (since Nov. 26):
No. of trades: 10.
Players: 31.
Bantam draft picks: 18.
(Note: On Nov. 30, Kelowna traded F Jack Cowell, 19, to Kootenay for a third-round selection in the 2020 bantam draft. Cowell chose not to report and the deal was voided, so isn't included in these totals.)
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SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
Atta boy! pic.twitter.com/RdfYXeGBbN
— Jackie Haden (@MotherHaden) December 9, 2018
The Saskatoon Blades scored four times in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over the Warriors in Moose Jaw. . . . Saskatoon (18-10-3) had lost 3-2 to the visiting Warriors on Friday. . . . Moose Jaw (16-7-5) had points in its previous two games (1-0-1). . . . The teams had been tied for second in the East Division going in, although Moose Jaw does have three games in hand. . . . F Keenan Taphorn (8) gave the Warriors at 2-1 lead at 17:34 of the first period. . . . The Blades responded with four second-period goals, from F Zach Huber (6), at 8:24; D Brandon Schuldhaus (4), at 10:58; F Gary Haden (8), at 11:14; and F Josh Paterson (9), at 15:57. . . . F Tristin Langan (21) scored Moose Jaw's last goal, on a PP, at 6:36 of the third. . . . F Riley McKay scored his fifth goal for Saskatoon in his 31st game. Last seaosn, he finished with four goals in 62 games for the Spokane Chiefs. . . . G Dorrin Luding blocked 28 shots to record the victory. He is 4-2-1, 2.57, .927, with two victories in Moose Jaw. He had 24 saves in a 5-2 victory on Nov. 2. . . . Saskatoon took the game's only minor penalty. . . . Tim Hunter, the Warriors' head coach, now is off to join Canada's national junior team, along with D Josh Brook. Hunter is Canada's head coach. On-ice work begins Tuesday in Victoria. . . . The Blades are at home to the East Division-leading Raiders today in what will be the third game in fewer than 48 hours for both teams.
Tonight's post-game meal: dry ribs, rice, veggies, and greek salad
Beuf's rating: 8.8/10
"Cook must have been mad tonight. Ribs were dry, tough to chew. However the meal was still better than most. Greek salad was delicious"#wholeplateeveryoneknowstherules pic.twitter.com/QlqXD9AVdn
— Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) December 9, 2018
F Brett Leason ran his point streak to 30 games as the host Prince Albert Raiders beat the Brandon Wheat Kings, 5-2. . . . Prince Albert (28-1-1) now has points in 22 straight games (21-0-1). The Raiders are 14-0-0 at home. . . . Brandon (14-9-6) has lost two in a row. . . . The Raiders had won, 5-2, in Brandon on Friday night. . . . Leason drew an assist on the Raiders' third goal, a PP score, and another one on their final goal, and now has at least one point in each game the team has played this season. The WHL record (56 games) was set by Raiders F Jeff Nelson in 1990-91. . . . The Raiders erased a 1-0 deficit with three goals on 24 second-period shots. . . . F Cole Fonstad tied it at 14:31, F Kody McDonald (6) gave the home side a 2-1 lead at 15:11 and F Sean Montgomery, on a PP, provided a 3-1 lead. . . . Montgomery has 13 goals in 30 games. He had 12 goals in 2015-16, 13 in 2016-17, and 12 last season. . . . F Luka Burzan (18) pulled Brandon to within a goal at 16:50 of the second. . . . Fonstad (10) got that one back at 1:56 of the third and F Noah Gregor, who also had two assists, made it 5-2 with his 14th goal at 14:30. That was the 100th regular-season goal of his career. . . . Brandon G Jiri Patera stopped 42 shots, three more than the Raiders' Ian Scott. . . . The Wheat Kings were without F Cole Reinhardt as he served a one-game suspension for a boarding major and game misconduct that he incurred on Friday night. . . . F Bode Hagan, a 16-year-old from Alsike, Alta., made his Brandon debut. He was an eighth-round pick in the 2017 bantam draft. This season, he has five goals and 27 assists in 18 games with the Edmonton-OHA prep team. . . . Darren Steinke, the travellin' blogger, was at the game and filed this piece right here.
Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2018 Teddy Bear Toss goal scorer, @jalenluypen!!!#snipenluypen pic.twitter.com/dIZu6Mj5C8
— Edmonton Oil Kings (@EdmOilKings) December 9, 2018
F Trey Fix-Wolansky scored 30 seconds into OT to give the Edmonton Oil Kings a 3-2 victory over the Kamloops Blazers. . . . The Oil Kings (16-11-5) have points in three straight (2-0-1). . . . The Blazers have points in four straight (4-0-1). . . . F Jalen Luypen gave Edmonton a 1-0 lead with the Teddy Bear goal at 13:28 of the second period. The goal came on Edmonton's 29th shot as the Oil Kings struggled to solve Kamloops G Dylan Ferguson, who was back after a three-game absence. . . . F Orrin Centazzo (9) tied it 1-1 at 18:41. . . . F Carter Souch gave Edmonton a 2-1 lead at 15:50 of the third period, only to have the Blazers tie it when F Martin Lang (5) scored with 12.7 seconds left in the period. . . . Fix-Wolansky won it with his 21st goal. . . . Ferguson finished with 37 saves. . . . Kamloops F Jermaine Loewen was ejected with a checking-from-behind major and game misconduct at 8:07 of the second period. Earlier this season, he served a four-game suspension for a headshot on Portland Winterhawks D Matthew Quigley in an Oct. 5 game.
F Ryan Jevne scored twice to help the host Medicine Hat Tigers to a 4-2 victory over the Regina Pats. . . . Medicine Hat (15-14-3) has won two in a row. . . . The Pats (8-22-1) have lost eight straight (0-7-1). . . . F Jadon Joseph (12) gave Regina a 1-0 lead at 1:33 of the first period. . . . The Tigers went ahead 2-1 on goals from F James Hamblin (15), shorthanded, at 19:11 of the second and Jevne at 1:50 of the third. . . . F Sergei Alkhimov (7) tied it at 8:25. . . . The Tigers won it with goals 1:16 apart. F Logan Christensen (3) broke the tie at 13:38 and Jevne (14) added insurance at 14:54. . . . The Pats got 42 saves from G Dean McNabb. . . . Medicine Hat G Mads Sogaard stopped 23 shots and earned his second WHL assist in three games. . . . Regina F Riley Krane was unsuccessful on a second-period penalty shot with his side leading, 1-0.
Scores two goals and still has time for the kids 👏 #Gentleman #RDR pic.twitter.com/cHZJLWHNzo
— Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) December 9, 2018
The line of Brandon Hagel, Cam Hausinger and Brett Davis combined for 11 points in leading the Red Deer Rebels to a 6-2 victory over the visiting Swift Current Broncos. . . . The Rebels (19-9-2) have points in three straight (2-0-1). . . . The Broncos (5-23-2) have lost two in a row. . . . The Rebels held a 40-23 edge in shots, including 20-4 in the third period. . . . Hagel, who has 21 goals, scored twice and added two assists for the 12th four-point game of his career. . . . Davis scored his 10th goal and added three assists, and Hausinger scored twice, giving him 11, and added an assist. . . . Davis and Hausinger were acquired on Nov. 30 from the Kootenay Ice. . . . Red Deer grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first period before F Alec Zawatsky (9) scored, on a PP, for the Broncos. . . . The Rebels promptly put it away with the next three goals — two from Hausinger and one from Davis. . . . Davis has three goals and five assists in four games with Red Deer, while Hausinger has three goals and an assist in two games.
G Shane Farkas stopped 22 shots to help the host Portland Winterhawks to a 3-0 victory over the Prince George Cougars. . . . Portland (18-10-2) has won four in a row, outscoring opponents 26-6 in the process. . . . Prince George (11-16-3) has lost two straight. . . . On Friday, the Winterhawks beat the visiting Cougars, 5-2. . . . Farkas has two shutouts this season and five in his career. . . . F Jake Gricius (14) opened the scoring at 16:38 of the first period. . . . F Ryan Hughes (10), on a PP, made it 2-0 at 13:40 of the second and F Jaydon Dureau (6) finished the scoring at 19:35. . . . Portland F Cody Glass had an assist to run his point streak to 16 games. He has eight goals and 26 assists over that stretch. . . . The Cougars were 0-6 on the PP. . . . The Winterhawks were without D Brendan De Jong, who didn't finish Friday's game. . . . F Jackson Leppard was back in the Cougars' lineup after serving a one-game suspension.
Everett's Sean Richards given a 5 and game for hit on Schafuler. Most likely long suspension coming, he's a repeat offender. If he is, would be 6th Evt player suspended for a hit in last 18 games against Seattle. T-Birds have one, 1-game suspension against Tips in same period.
— Andy Eide (@AndyEide) December 9, 2018
G Dustin Wolf blocked 43 shots to lead the Everett Silvertips to a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds in Kent, Wash. . . . Everett (24-7-1) has points in 10 straight (9-0-1). . . . The Thunderbirds now are 10-14-3. . . . The Silvertips are 3-0-0 in the season series. . . . This season, Wolf is 22-7-1, 1.90, .926. . . . F Sean Richards, who later was tossed from the game, opened the scoring at 16:25 of the first period. He's got 10 goals. . . . F Nolan Volcan (7) pulled Seattle into a tie at 3:59 of the second. . . . F Max Patterson (9) won it when he scored on a breakaway at 7:46 of the third. That was Patterson's first goal in his second game since being acquired from the Swift Current Broncos on Dec. 3. . . . Seattle was 0-2 on the PP; Everett was 0-1. . . . Richards was hit with a boarding major and game misconduct at 10:10 of the second period after a hit on D Loeden Schaufler. . . . This season, Richards already has served a five-game suspension for a headshot major against Seattle on Oct. 5. Last season, he drew a four-game sentence for a checking-from-behind major against Seattle on Feb. 16, two games after he took a match penalty against Swift Current on Jan. 21, and one game for a headshot major against Regina on Nov. 19.
We're starting to see a lot of bear butts in seats!
They look excited to get down on to the ice! pic.twitter.com/v4DnLLzwsS
— Spokane Chiefs (@spokanechiefs) December 9, 2018
F Eli Zummack scored in OT to give the host Spokane Chiefs a 4-3 victory over the Kootenay Ice. . . . The Chiefs (16-10-4) have won two in a row. . . . The Ice (7-20-6) has lost 11 straight (0-8-3). . . . F Peyton Krebs (12) gave the visitors a 1-0 lead at 10:23 of the first period. Krebs also had two assists. He now has 35 points in 29 games. . . . Spokane D Bobby Russell, who was acquired from the Ice on June 25, scored the Teddy Bear goal at 2:05 of the second period. It was his third goal of the season. . . . F Jaeger White (12), who also had two assists, gave the Ice a 2-1 lead, on a PP, at 11:06. . . . Spokane went ahead 3-2 on third-period goals from F Luc Smith (12), at 0:31 of the third period, and F Cordel Larson (5), at 3:13. . . . Kootenay tied it when F Brad Ginnell (6) struck with 8.6 seconds left in the third period. . . . Zummack won it with his ninth goal at 2:35 of extra time. He's got a goal and five assists over his past two games.
F Isaac Johnson's OT goal ended a wild affair and gave the Tri-City Americans an 8-7 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. . . . Tri-City (15-12-2) had lost its previous five games (0-3-2). . . . Lethbridge (15-9-6) has lost two in a row (0-1-1). . . . The Americans ended up in OT despite having scored five second-period goals, three of them on the PP. . . . The teams combined for 15 goals on 87 shots, with 44 of those from the Americans, who went 3-6 on the PP. . . . Tri-City held a 7-4 lead after F Parker AuCoin (16) scored at 13:54 of the third period. . . . F Jake Elmer cut Lethbridge's deficit to two at 14:22, and F Taylor Ross (17) made it a one-goal game just 37 seconds later. . . . Elmer completed a hat trick with his 15th goal at 17:49 to force OT. . . . Johnson won it with his 12th goal, at 1:10 of OT. . . . The Americans got for assists from F Krystof Hrabik, with F Nolan Yaremko scoring twice, giving him 15, and adding an assist. F Kyle Olson (6), AuCoin and D Aaron Hyman (7) each had a goal and two assists. . . . Olson's score, on a PP at 1:39 of the second, was the Teddy Bear goal. . . . Elmer also had two assists, for a five-point night, while Ross added three assists to his goal, and F Dylan Cozens scored his 16th goal and had two assists. . . . Interestingly, both starting goaltenders went the distance. . . . Tri-City's Beck Warm finished with 36 saves, one fewer than Lethbridge's Reece Klassen. . . . There were 59 faceoffs in the game, with 14 of those following goals.
.@VictoriaRoyals just scored. Fans are throwing Teddy Bears on the ice. Somebody missed the memo. Brook Ward is getting mad on the PA. Nobody wants that. Victoria leads @WHLGiants 1-0 with 6:31 to go.
— Steve Ewen (@SteveEwen) December 9, 2018
F Jared Dmytriw's OT goal gave the Vancouver Giants a 2-1 victory over the visiting Victoria Royals. . . . Vancouver (21-6-2) has won seven straight. . . . Victoria (13-12-1) has lost four in a row (0-3-1). . . . The Giants, who normally play in the Langley Events Centre, moved this one to their former home, Pacific Coliseum, for the Teddy Bear toss. . . . F Tarun Fizer (4) gave the Royals a 1-0 lead at 13:29 of the third period. . . . Just when it looked like the Giants might get blanked in a Teddy Bear game, D Bowen Byram (9) tied the game at 18:41. . . . It was Byram's second straight Teddy Bear goal. . . . Dmytriw, the Giants captain and a former Royals skater, won it with his seventh goal at 3:02 of OT. Dmytriw also had the primary assist on Byram's goal. . . . The Giants got 25 saves from G David Tendeck. . . . Victoria G Griffen Outhouse stopped 36 shots. . . . The Royals went 1-3-1 on a five-game road trip that ended with this game. They were outscored 13-11 in the five games. . . . D Ralph Jarratt was back for a second straight game with the Royals. . . . With F Dawson Holt injured, the Giants had F Krz Plummer in the lineup. Plummer, 16, is from Whitecourt, Alta., and has nine goals and 15 assists in 21 games at the Delta, B.C., Hockey Academy. A third-round pick in the 2017 bantam draft, Plummer was pointless in one game with the Giants last season.
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Chris Winder is a United States Marine Corps veteran who spent nearly half his eight years training other Marines in the fine art of field wire and switchboard operation. Each class was dosed with a big helping of humor, which he learned is the key to helping people absorb and remember information. Therefore, Chris tries to sneak some humor into every book he writes. His first novel, Cloud Development, is a technothriller revolving around a ten-year-old boy, his parents and the corporation his father works for. Chris lives in a small town in northern Arizona with his wife and son, (his two oldest, daughters, are grown and live in the greater Phoenix area), his two cats, (Squeaker and Max), and his elderly dog, Scout.
Rick Partlow is the author of the Birthright Trilogy and the Duty, Honor, Planet books. He holds a bachelor's degree in history and is a veteran of the U.S. Army.
J. R. Handley is a pseudonym for a husband and wife writing team. He is a veteran infantry sergeant with the 101st Airborne Division and the 28th Infantry Division. She is the kind of crazy that interprets his insanity into cogent English. He writes the sci-fi while she proofreads it. The sergeant is a two-time combat veteran of the late unpleasantness in Mesopotamia where he was wounded, likely doing something stupid. He started writing military science fiction as part of a therapy program suggested by his doctor, and hopes to entertain you while he attempts to excise his demons through these creative endeavors. In addition to being just another dysfunctional veteran, he is a stay at home wife, avid reader and all around nerd. Luckily for him, his Queen joins him in his fandom nerdalitry.
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A full-time author and podcaster from Houston, Texas, Paul E Cooley produces free sci-fi, suspense, and thriller fiction, essays, and reviews available from Shadowpublications.com and iTunes.
His best-selling novel, The Black, was released in 2014 and won the 2015 Parsec Award for Long-Form Fiction. Since then, he has published six novels in both the urban fantasy and hard sci-fi genres, including The Derelict Saga as well as two sequels to The Black.
He has collaborated with New York Times Bestselling author Scott Sigler on the series "The Crypt" and co-wrote the novel "The Rider." In addition to his writing, Paul has contributed his voice talents to a number of podcast productions.
He is a co-host on the renowned Dead Robots' Society writing podcast and enjoys interacting with readers and other writers.
For more information about current and upcoming projects, please visit Shadowpublications.com.
To stalk Paul on social media:
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Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer.
His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit---Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds.
He has written over 40 books in a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in twelve different anthologies.
He is currently writing the best-selling Drop Trooper series for Aethon Books, a mil-SF alien invasion series, as well as the Earth at War series for Pramantha Publishing.
He lives in northern Wyoming with his wife and a goofy blackmouth cur. Besides writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping.
To subscribe to Rick's newsletter, go to this link: https://www.subscribepage.com/o1m0u1
The following are the series in Partlow's Birthright universe with a suggested series reading order:
Drop Trooper
Psi War
J.R. Murdock is the author of V&A Shipping, the Giant Robot Planetary Competition, Supernatural Learning, as well as Billy Barbarian, Golden West, and many more. He grew up in backwoods of Minnesota, spent a few years living in Colorado, lived on both coasts while in the Navy, and now resides in San Diego with his lovely wife, favorite daughter and their dogs. He writes as often as possible and usually with reckless abandon. You can find more information about him and his work at http://jrmurdock.com or http://ofgnomesanddwarves.com.
I. Ronik
I. Ronik is the pen name for a snarky and jaded women's fiction and mystery writer who takes comfort in the absurd. No genre is safe! Hailing from eastern Kentucky, she's been writing and publishing under various names for more than ten years. Using the I. Ronik misnomer, she produces short works that are full of ludicrous situations, vexing characters, and eye-roll-inducing moments that are so absurd, you'd almost think they were based on real life. When she isn't writing, she's stalking her coffee pot and tangling yarn with her cats. You can find her at ironikauthor.com.
J.R. Frontera
J. R. Frontera has been telling stories in some form or another since she could hold a crayon and draw. Her love of science fiction and fantasy originated with her early exposure to the worlds of Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and Dune. Exploring the potential and pitfalls of humanity in future or fantastical worlds is a temptation she's just never been able to resist. She writes dark scifi, funny scifi, weird westerns, romantic fantasy, and pretty much every other genre in-between under the same name.
She co-founded a local writing group known as The Wordwraiths and is co-owner of their publishing imprint Wordwraith Books. In January 2017, after noticing a lack of writing resources tailored to fit within the specific restraints of motherhood, she helped start the Writer Mom Life podcast alongside fellow author Daphne James Huff.
She has been writing and learning the craft and business of writing for over twenty years, and fully embraced indie authordom in 2013. She has taken writing workshops with Stephen Mertz, Angela James of Carina Press, and the late Ann C. Crispin. She has short stories published in five anthologies, and her science fiction and fantasy shorts have placed in three out of four years in the Story in a Bag contest at the ConQuesT convention held in Kansas City, Missouri.
When she's not writing, momming, podcasting, or working at her full-time day job, she's often horseback riding, playing videogames, or cosplaying. She lives in rural Missouri with her husband, son, four ducks, three cats, one horse and one dog. You can find out more about J. R. Frontera and her books by visiting her website at jrfrontera.com.
Tim Niederriter
I'm Tim Niederriter.
As you've no doubt gathered, I write books of science fiction, fantasy, and combinations of the two for fun and novelty.
I'm the son of two physicists from Pennsylvania, transplanted to Minnesota. My parents read me the Hobbit (repeatedly) at a young age. The math adds up. I love both far-flung science fiction and epic fantasy of all kinds.
Diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at a young age, I've always surrounded myself with fictional worlds. I studied writing and literature at Gustavus Adolphus College and have a strong interest in history and politics as well.
I co-host the roleplaying game podcast "Of Mooks and Monsters" and talk with other authors each week on my other podcast, "Alive After Reading."
And now you can read my stories on Vella! Check out Warrior Online here: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/product/B094GQPWDS
J.R. Handley is a pseudonym for a writing team. He is a veteran infantry sergeant with the 101st Airborne Division and the 28th Infantry Division and he is the kind of crazy that interprets his insanity into cogent English. He writes the sci-fi while his partner proofreads it. The sergeant is a two-time combat veteran of the late unpleasantness in Mesopotamia where he was wounded, likely doing something stupid. He started writing military science fiction as part of a therapy program suggested by his doctor, and hopes to entertain you while he attempts to excise his demons through these creative endeavors. In addition to being just another dysfunctional veteran, he is a stay at home wife, avid reader and all around nerd.
My web page is www.jrhandley.com.
Chris Winder
Chris Winder is a United States Marine Corps veteran who spent nearly half his eight years training other Marines in the fine art of field wire and switchboard operation.
Each class was dosed with a big helping of humor, which he learned is the key to helping people absorb and remember information. Therefore, Chris tries to sneak some humor into every book he writes.
His first novel, Cloud Development, is a technothriller revolving around a ten-year-old boy, his parents and the corporation his father works for. For years, LumoTech has been trying to unlock a dangerous secret and when their research targets the little boy as the key, his parents aren't given much of a choice.
Chris lives in a small town in northern Arizona with his wife and son, (his two oldest, daughters, are grown and live in the greater Phoenix area), his two cats, (Squeaker and Max), and his elderly dog, Scout.
Luke T Barnett
Luke T. Barnett grew up on a steady diet of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Superheroes. As an awkward kid with ADD, good stories, movies, and video games were his great escape. Star Trek to Star Wars, Dragonlance to Wizard of Earthsea, X-men to Teen Titans, Armitage III to Cowboy Bebop.
With all these good stories rolling around inside his brain, he longed to tell his own stories and began writing fanfictions and original works in grade school.
His first works, which were school assignments, were praised by his teachers. By adulthood, he had discovered anime and the world of pen & paper role-playing games. He wrote several short works based on his characters and fanfictions based on the video games and tabletop games he played. (You can find one of his most extensive works on fanfiction.net under the name bardoftoday.)
His first publication was in a local gaming newsletter which featured an early version of his Cryos & Jade series. His first full-length novel, Half-Orc Redemption, was based on a 3rd edition D&D character, a half-orc barbarian named Gash Bloodaxe. He published this novel in 2017 and had it revised and edited in 2019.
He has also resurrected Cryos and Jade, completely rewriting and enriching the story and characters to tie in with his Half-Orc series.
In 2021 he began work on a sweeping sci-fi epic called Galactic Core. It is inspired by the many sci-fi and anime movies and TV shows he has enjoyed over the years.
His current plans are to continue working on Galactic Core, the Half-Orc and Cryos & Jade sagas, Mutant Girl (a YA highschool, superhero series) and write short stories for different anthologies while doing ghostwriting and book blurb writing on the side to provide for his family.
As a writer who loves the Bible and Jesus Christ and does his best to follow Him, Luke believes that an excellent story exalts Christ whether it mentions Him or not.
He currently lives in Mentor, Ohio where he spends his days working towards a full-time writing career while working a day job and caring for his family. He has a beautiful, no no-nsense, star wars loving, writer wife, two slow-motion loving, story-telling-addict boys, and one dragon-slaying, unicorn-loving daughter. He regularly reads his stories to his boys who are constantly begging for more. He is happy to provide.
Corey Truax
Corey D. Truax is an author, woodworker, and a family man. After spending more than ten years in the military and as a police officer, he is happy to be taking a "break" to raise a son. His wife, on the other hand, keeps them moving around the world as an active-duty Navy nuclear engineer.
When he's not using a handheld dosimeter to scan his family, he is dutifully creating new stories and worlds. Corey works to continuously improve and share his knowledge of the craft by offering writing tips to fellow scribblers on his author website.
You can find him on the web at www.coreytruax.com
R Max Tillsley
R Max Tillsley grew up loving stories filled with adventure and monsters. Sadly, the mess on his bedroom floor never attracted a single tentacled beast—though a shark's jaw once bit him. One day, he found himself sitting a Parisian cafe. Surrounded by a city full of famous art and beautiful buildings, he decided to write… about the undead. His fondest childhood memories are of watching Doctor Who on Saturday afternoons and David Attenborough documentaries on Saturday evenings. He lives in Australia with his wife, daughters, and two grumpy cats.
His latest release is the nail-biting, zombie apocalypse branching paths adventure, Brainz. Save the world, be munched by a zombie hippo, become one of the red-eyed undead, or choose a different fate altogether. Children and adults alike love this fresh take.
IQ Malcolm
IQ Malcolm is a YA Sci-Fi and Fantasy author. His latest book, Waking Spero, is the start of his exciting new YA Sci-Fi series, The Spero Trilogy.
When he isn't writing, Malcolm keeps himself busy by teaching Social Studies and English to middle schoolers in southwestern Wisconsin. Outside of work, he enjoys spending his time with his lovely wife, playing with their goldendoodle, and hopelessly supporting Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Minnesota United FC despite the emotional pain they inflict on him.
He lives with his family in Platteville, WI.
Other books by him include:
The Draxler Program (psychological thriller)
The Land of Unlived Dreams (middle-grade fantasy)
For more information, you can visit iqmalcolm.com or follow him on social media.
Nathan Pedde
Nathan Pedde was born in central British Columbia, Canada. He went to Capilano University after high school and entered the film industry where he worked for two years as a lamp operator. He has worked in many different industries and jobs from working at a gas station to engraving picture frames, to working as a Flood Technician drying flooded homes. He is currently living on Vancouver Island with his wife and two kids.
He began writing in the seventh grade, he wrote an illustrated fairy-tale. He dabbled in it during High School and started writing in college. Life got in the way and little progress was made, however, the writing still happened. Fifteen years after high school, serious writing has begun.
Nathan writes in both Science-Fiction and Fantasy and has many novels written, and many novels planned. Expect more books in both of those genres in the near future.
You can find him at his website at nathanpedde.com where he keeps a weekly blog. He also has a newsletter that he posts when he releases new books.
Walt Robillard
Walt is a long time Rhode Island resident who lives with his loving wife, loyal pup, and his annoying cat. When not spilling ink all over the page, he can be found not talking about Fight Club. After drinking lots of coffee in the army, he left to pursue his various interests.
Lawrence N. Oliver
Lawrence N. Oliver struggled in school. He has dyslexia and he hated reading, especially aloud. So, his father bought him a copy of The Foundation and The Hobbit. He can't remember which was first but he fell in love with the genres. He'd always had a vivid imagination and a daydreamer's attention span, they'd have called it ADD were he in school today. Even now he catches himself staring out of the window thinking about his characters, their misadventures and the other worlds they inhabit.
As he grew up it was life, responsibilities and procrastination that had kept him from ever putting any of his daydreams down on paper.
One day he found himself home alone with a few days off work. He was reading a book, sitting by the window in his overstuffed cliché suburban recliner. It was just good ole' space opera, high adventure, the good guy is always good and always right in the end kind of stuff. Nothing wrong with that but he kept finding himself drifting from the book, looking out the window thinking of a different story. One that was a little more in keeping with the accounts of conflict he'd grown up listening to. What he knew and had read about points of view and good people making bad decisions in impossible situations where no matter what you did it could end up wrong and people could die. But if you didn't do something you and your fellow soldiers would be the casualties. Things aren't black and white, even the good guys screw shit up and sometimes the good guys aren't really the good guys at all, again depending on your point of view.
So he put down the book he was reading and he started writing.
Aaron Seaman
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Rick Shaw
Though always an avid reader, Rick's interest in writing fiction started as a student in the community college system, with a pair of extraordinary English professors, who taught him to write effectively through creative writing. Thirty-plus years later, their impact is evident through two degrees in History, a Masters of Knowledge Management, an incomplete doctorate in Medical Information Science, and a career in higher education administration managing information technology operations.
Rick remains a life-long learner, writer, and professional geek; though somewhat creatively fickle. His interests span science fiction, alternate-history, adventure, and political thrillers, and his current work-in-progress, a novel, The Tunguska Deception, is anticipated for release in 2020
An USAF veteran, husband, and father to four amazing young men. Rick & his wife make their home just yards from the San Andres Fault.
GoldenDragonfly
5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous!
What do you get when you gather a group of authors and lock them up together, in a hotel room...or something?
What do you get if they are told not to leave this room until they have written enough material for a decent size anthology?
What do you get? Contact This, is what you get!
Many of the authors are well known, so you know already the book is going to be awesome!
Others are not well known, but you take a chance and then discover, you've just found yourself a new favorite author.
Aliens here, aliens there. Aliens coming and going. Is everyone an alien? I guess now is the time to find out. 😎
MJ Blehart
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging tales in need of some editing.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 16, 2020
The various authors in this anthology tell a wide variety of alien contact stories. Some are quite excellent. Others are less engaging. And a few could stand a proofreading edit. But overall this was a fun read.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Anthology
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 21, 2019
Great authors with a different approach and view of first contact. The stories go beyond the typical "Good guys and Bad Guys" vs We come in peace and you're lunch! This is a very good collection. I Strongly recommend, Enjoy!
Richard Shaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Teriffic collection!
Great read. An amazing collection of excellent authors and stories. You'll enjoy every page.
Michael Reese
4.0 out of 5 stars Bad editing or is it just me?
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 9, 2019
The first the three stores in this anthology are disappointing. Seriously disappointing. But I read on and the stories became better and better. Glad i finished it. Some bad writing but mostly good. Recommended, but not highly recommended.
B. Allen Thobois
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent anthology of first contacts
A well-rounded grouping of stories from authors well-known and new. What would you expect first contact to be? Many scenarios are offered here for your consideration.
Allergic to Cats
3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre at best
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 22, 2020
Weak story ideas, middle-school level writing, poor editing - unless you're desperate for something to read I'd advise you skip this collection. It's just not worth spending your time or your money on.
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Sky Sports has chosen Vizrt as the core graphics platform for its 3DTV channel, due to launch in April.The stereoscopic Vizrt system uses a Viz Trio CG operator interface, controlling a Viz render engine PC. This powerful graphics engine uses two graphics cards and the separately rendered HD channels for each eye are synchronised by a new application developed for the process. The stereoscopic convergence point and depth are also adjustable on the fly to allow for changing camera views. The system can also be driven by GPI triggers from the vision-mixing desk.


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The Sri Lanka limited-overs captain will miss the final Test and subsequent T20Is against Bangladesh because of a hamstring injury.
Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka's limited-overs captain, has been ruled out of the second and final Test and the two Twenty20 Internationals against Bangladesh because of a hamstring injury, Sri Lanka Cricket said on Tuesday (February 6).
According to a statement from the board, Mathews "suffered a right hamstring tightness" during the triangular One-Day International series in Bangladesh, which Sri Lanka won, and sat out the first Test.
After the tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka host a triangular T20I series against Bangladesh and India from March 6 to 18, and the Sri Lankan board said that Mathews's participation in that tournament, being played to celebrate the island nation's 70th year of independence, "will be decided after an assessment of his medical conditions".
The all-rounder has suffered a series of injuries in recent years, with the hamstring bothering him since the beginning of 2017.
Mathews was recently reinstated as Sri Lanka's captain for the shorter formats until the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. In his absence, Sri Lanka's Test captain Dinesh Chandimal is likely to lead the side for the two T20Is on February 15 and 18.
The first Test of the two-match series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chittagong, in which 1,533 runs were scored, including five tons and six half-centuries, ended in a draw. Only 24 out of the possible 40 wickets fell across five days of play. The second Test begins on February 8 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.


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Second data center at its Luleå for social media giant
Penny Jones, DCD
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Facebook announced plans to build a second data center at its Luleå, Sweden, site, using its latest data center design concept which the company expects will enable it to expand capacity twice as fast as it does currently. The design is also meant to work in any location.
The company's first Luleå data center came online in 2012. This was its first data center outside of the US.
The new "rapid deployment data center" concept relies to a great extent on manufacturing large building blocks at a remote factory and shipping them to the data center site for quick assembly. Facebook first previewed it at the Open Compute Summit in San Jose, California, in January.
Rendering of Facebook's rapid deployment data center
Prefabricated modules
The idea of using prefabricated modules to speed up data center construction has gained a lot of popularity over the past several years. The approaches within the category vary from stuffing standard shipping containers with data center equipment to manufacturing large pieces of data halls at a factory for quick assembly on-site.
Both Google and Microsoft are known to have used the approach. A number of data center providers, including Phoenix-based IO and London-based Colt, use it to build out data center space for customers.
At the core of the concept is the "chassis" approach. Taking a tip from the automotive industry, the idea is to build a standard chassis (in this case a steel frame that is 12ft wide and 40ft long) and use an assembly line to attach components to it.
The components include all infrastructure placed above the IT racks in the data center, Marco Magarelli, a design engineer on Facebook's data center design team, wrote in a blog post announcing the plans. These are things like cable trays, power busways, containment panels and lighting.
"These chassis support all the services that are found overhead above the racks," he wrote. "Unlike containerized solutions, which are a full volumetric approach that includes a floor, this idea focuses solely on the framework that exists above the racks, to avoid shipping the empty space that will eventually be occupied by the racks."
Once a chassis is put together, it is placed on a truck bed sideways and shipped to the data center site. Once at the site, it is placed on top of concrete-mounted posts.
Two connected chassis make up a 60ft aisle. A typical data hall will have 52 chassis total, with 13 cold aisles.
Until now, Facebook has been building data centers using iterations of the design of the first data center it build in Prineville, Oregon. The company has deployed six versions of that design.
It has also build data centers in North Carolina and Iowa in addition to leasing data center space from wholesale providers in the US.


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The 207th Division () was created in January 1949 under the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army, issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948,basing on the 21st Brigade, 7th Column of Huabei Military Region, formed in November 1947. Under the command of 69th Corps it took part in battles during the Chinese civil war.

The division was then composed of:
619th Infantry Regiment;
620th Infantry Regiment;
621st Infantry Regiment.

Shortly after its activation, in March 1949 the division was disbanded along with the 69th Corps. Its personnel were absorbed into 205th and 206th divisions.

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Society for Distributism holds meeting
CATHOLICISM AND ECONOMICS
CAPITALIST-DISTRIBUTIST-SOCIALIST DEBATE
Garden City, NY, USA. A conference hosted and sponsored by the Nassau Community College for Catholic Studies in Long Island, New York, is confirmed for April 4th, 2009 at the College Center Building. The debate will present and contrast the Capitalist, Socialist, and Distributist positions in economics. The Conference, Catholicism and Economics, will present and compare the intellectual arguments about the compatibility of Catholicism with, respectively, democratic socialism, democratic capitalism, and distributism.
Thomas Storck will speak for the distributist position. Dr. Charles Clark will be the speaker on democratic socialism. Michael Novak will be the main speaker for the democratic capitalist position.
From 11:30pm until 12:30pm there will be a luncheon for all in attendance (speakers and audience) including sandwiches, salads, cake, coffee/tea/cold beverages. Following lunch, there will be a brief tribute to the recently deceased Catholic scholars, Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., and Msgr. Michael Wrenn. The debate will begin at 1pm with a half hour presentation by each participant. Subsequently, there will be an opportunity for the participants to respond critically to one another, with a brief summary statement made by each main speaker. Dr. Stephen M. Krason, President of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, will close the event with a short reflection on the conference from the perspective of Heinrich Pesch and Solidarism. The event will conclude by 4:30pm.
Thomas Storck is an author, a member of the Editorial Board of the Chesterton Review and of The Society for Distributism.
Dr. Charles M.A. Clark is a Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance, Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John's University, Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Michael Novak is the George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute of Washington, D.C.
Stephen M. Krason is Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio.
All conference attendees must register. In order to register for the conference, contact:
Office of Life Long Learning
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Garden City, New York, 11530
The Office of Life Long Learning will send you registration material and a mandatory parking permit through the mail. Parking on campus without a valid permit could result in being issued a parking ticket. Those lost on campus and in need of directions to the College Center Building can contact the Office of Public Safety, 1-516-572-7100.
For more information, contact Richard Aleman
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JIMENEZ WON'T BACK DOWN FROM WOODS
By Mark Cannizzaro
PEBBLE BEACH – You might not know much about Miguel Angel Jimenez. He's one of the quietest players out there. But he's got game, and should be considered a threat to win any tournament.
As impressive as Tiger Woods was in charging to the first-round lead of the U.S. Open yesterday at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Jimenez nearly matched him.
Entering today's second round, Woods is at 6-under and Jimenez, on the shoulders of his 5-under 66, is one back. With that, Jimenez assured anyone who'd listen yesterday that he won't be backing down to anyone – not the least of whom Woods.
"Tiger, after all, is the best player in the world," Jimenez said. "But one thing, the press thinks there's only one player here at the tournament. No, there's 156 players. I think you have to realize that, too.
"[Woods] can win here, but so can other players," Jimenez went on. "And, on this type of golf course you have to be very consistent and you have to hit it very straight. There's too many things that you have to hold for four rounds."
Jimenez, whose round yesterday consisted of seven birdies and two bogeys, lost a classic playoff duel with Woods at last year's World Golf Championship at Valderrama.
"We both played well there and he beat me in a playoff," the Spaniard said. "I don't know what else you want me to say. He's a nice player."
Woods called Jimenez "a wonderful driver of the golf ball … plus he's a darned good putter," which are two good reasons he's high on the leaderboard here.
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Capstone Managing Director John Dearing spoke at CU Conference's Annual Strategic Lending Conference held in Lake Tahoe on July 26-29, 2018.
John presented two exciting sessions: How to Make Educated Decisions to Solve Your Lending Challenges and Focus First: A Proven Process for Evaluating and Prioritizing Options.
In the first session, leaders learned how to overcome challenges such as the growing cost of compliance and threats from up-and-coming fintechs in order to seize opportunity in today's lending environment. John demonstrated how to use a proven, effective process for decision-making and shared practical tools for turning critical thinking into action.
In the second session, John shared tips for visualizing goals and saying "no" to bad opportunities in order to focus on the right strategy for growth. Leaders walked away empowered to focus on the opportunities that matter the most for their credit unions and their members.
The Annual Strategic Lending Conference brings together credit union leaders for an informative conference to help strengthen their organizations' lending portfolios. Check out a snapshot from this impactful conference below.


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Traudl Junge was Adolf Hitler's private secretary, from Autumn 1942 until the collapse of the Nazi regime. She worked for him at the Wolfsschanze in Obersalzberg, on his private train and, finally, in his bunker in the besieged capital. It was Traudl Junge to whom Hitler dictated his final testament. In her first ever on-camera interview, 81-year-old Junge talks about her unique life. In the spring of 2001, Andre Heller succeeded in convincing Traudl Junge how valuable it is to record her unique memories. Fifty-six years after the end of the Second World War, an important eyewitness reveals her experiences to us. What she saw and heard turned her into an furious opponent of National Socialism; an opponent, moreover, who is still painfully aware and seems incapable of forgiving the young girl she once was--for her naivete, ignorance, and her liking for Hitler.


In this post, I want to talk to you about Coconut's Health Benefits.
reducing the risk of heart disease, promoting weight loss, helping to maintain a target weight, boosting energy levels, increasing the metabolic rate and preventing wrinkles.
It also contains lauric acid, a powerful antiviral and antibacterial agent, which is believed to be a valuable in preventing routine illness and boosting the immune system. All great benefits for us, especially for baby boomers and our senior clients.
So how can you reap the benefits of Coconut Oil.
I use coconut oil in the morning to make a scrambled egg. My wife puts a tablespoon in her smoothies, and my sister takes a tablespoon straight.(not for me) I have also heard people add a teaspoon to their Coffee or oatmeal.
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