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My Gosh, I have been cheating myself. These biscuits are absolutely the best I’ve ever eaten. And I have tasted my share of biscuits. 2,000 to be exact! I didn’t even figure in the ones that I baked nor the ones I’ve eaten at friends and family. So I know biscuits. WRONG! These are incredible. I first saw them in Southern Living in November of 2007. I even pulled the recipe out to save and try later. I just kept looking at it thinking, ” They can’t be that great.”
My students made this recipe and I wanted to post something different. So here it is Buttermilk Biscuits that got pushed to the back burner. After all I have made buttermilk biscuits many times in my life. What’s the big deal? It appeared again last month in Southern Living Our Test Kitchen Secrets. Secret? What could be so secret about making biscuits?
Yesterday I tried the new recipe and was not that thrilled with the results. It was good but not great. I was ready to sit down today and write the post and say just that. Then, I thought about it all afternoon. I must have done something wrong. Why would they publish it twice if it was just ordinary? And besides the picture is down right obscene! So I made them again! Words cannot express the taste! These little morsels are angelic! What happened to the first round? Just a slip of the recipe and all was lost. The keys to your success are here for you.
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1. Dust the work surface with all-purpose flour. I have always used the same flour that the recipe called for self-rising. The reason: The leavening in self-rising leaves a bitter taste on the outside of biscuits. Where did that come from? No one told me this for all these years!!!
2. Yesterday I used a dark pan. That is OK if you want a dark thick crust on the bottom of your biscuits, but I don’t like that. The recipe calls for a jelly roll pan which has a very short lip. This pan does not brown the bottom so therefore the result is a much softer inside crumb. I used mine today and it works so much better. This is good!
3. I have always shaped biscuits with my hands, but for high school students to do this is very hard. They handle them too much and add more flour making a tough biscuit. This recipe says to cut with a pastry cutter. Yesterday I used a closed cutter that was 2 in. in diameter. Today I used a pizza cutter and cut them in 24 equal pieces. It worked great! So don’t twist the cutter or you’ll seal the edges of the biscuit and reduce the rise. And the same with a glass , don’t use one. Both sides of the cutter need to be open to let air to exit. I knew that you should not twist the cutter, but never thought that it would deter the rise.
GI Joe has been home sick for two days and has been the tester for the biscuits. Today he had to remove the pan from the kitchen before I stuffed every single one of these things in my mouth. I am not lying to you. They are fabulous!!! I will be testing out the next 3 variations of this recipe and sharing them with you, but right now I have to head to the gym and get a handle on these handles!
Here is what you need for the best buttermilk biscuits that I have ever had in my entire life. I promise!
On cutting board sift all-purpose flour . Add the dough. I added a small amount of self-rising flour to the dough to keep it from being too sticky and some to my hands. Knead the dough 2-3 times. Press the dough out and folded it into thirds.
Press out again into a rectangle 9×5 and fold into thirds. Do this for a total of 3 times.
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Here is the recipe:
Our Best Buttermilk Biscuits
from Southern Living Makes 2 dozen
Prep time 20 min. Chill time 10 min. Bake time 13 min.
- 1/ 2 cup cold butter
- 2 1/4 cups self-rising flour ( Use White Lily)
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- Parchment paper
- 2 Tablespoons melted butter
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. I used convection bake. Cut cold butter with a sharp knife or pastry blender into 1/4 in. slices. Sprinkle butter slices over flour in a large bowl. Toss butter with flour. Cut butter into flour with a pastry blender until crumbly and mixture resembles small peas. Cover and chill 10 minutes. Add buttermilk, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Don’t go stir crazy here. It will make biscuits tough.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Remember to use plain flour. Knead 3 or 4 times, gradually adding additional flour as needed. ( I kept self-rising flour on hand for this step) With floured hands, press or pat dough into a 3/4-inch-thick rectangle (about 9 x 5 inches) Sprinkle top with additional flour. Fold dough over onto itself in 3 sections, starting with 1 short end. Fold dough rectangle as if folding a letter-size piece of paper. Repeat entire process 2 more times, beginning with pressing into a 3/4-inch-thick rectangle (about 9 x 5 inches)
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It’s been a while 😦 Sorry about that. October was a crazy month for me, and blogging wasn’t really possible. I did get some sewing done on other projects, but I didn’t get enough pictures for a good post. I’ll try to get some finished pictures for you soon 🙂
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Welcome to part two of making my pink Lolita dress. I last left off on this project with the bodice mostly done and big plans for the skirt stuck in my head! Well, after a month or so, those plans made it out of my head and into reality!
I had two yards left of double the width I needed, all for the skirt. I cut the remaining fabric in almost half, taking four or so inches out for the waistband, and sewed the two lengths together. And then I gathered. A lot.
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I made a waistband at first, but then it stretched so I took it out, regathered the whole skirt (feel my pain please) and sewed it to the bodice.
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2020 elections: Most evangelicals want to play nice
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NASHVILLE (BP) -- Most American evangelicals believe Jesus' Golden Rule -- "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" -- applies to politics. Some, however, see the political realm leading up to the 2020 elections as no place for niceness, according to a new study.
A LifeWay Research study sponsored by the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (ERLC) conducted in November of 2018 explored the perspectives of American evangelicals on civility, politics, media consumption and how likely they are to engage with views different from their own.
"The results of this polling project were occasionally encouraging, frequently surprising and in some cases very much indicting," said Russell Moore, president of the ERLC. "What this polling clearly shows is that there are forces driving the church apart from one another. That shouldn't surprise us. But it should convict us."


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I learn more about coaching soccer every single day that I’m involved in the game. And that’s why I’m obsessed with it.
Take this week for instance. Started on Sunday with a combination of “Family Fun Day” and our Little Vikings Clinic. I was involved in coaching the 4 and 5 year olds, introducing them to the game of soccer and my 5 year old and the other youngsters begin to become comfortable with a ball at their feet.
Over on the other half of the field my 8 year old was playing with his buddies from the club alongside his mum, other friends and their families.
It was amazing to see people of all ages, abilities and skill levels on the same turf field playing soccer for an hour. No drills, no lines, no flags, cones etc. Just learning and playing soccer in its purest form. A very nice reminder.
Then on Monday night I was working with my 2005 and 2007 Boys’s Teams for AYSO United. Obviously a much more serious situation, but we made it fun for them too. Instead of our normal practice made up of warm up, technical work, functional work and then a scrimmage (grab your FREE Soccer Practice Planner to help you put together a “normal” practice), we just played a game for the entire practice.
For the 2007s I had enough players to make three 7on7 teams, so we just rotated through (orange vs blue, then orange vs white, then white vs blue etc.) I refereed the game which allowed me to talk to players on the fly as well as create some situations with some “dodgy” referee calls.
It was necessary to bring the players in every now and then to make a point from what I saw.
Here’s the 5 lessons we learned:
- You cannot be offside if you are in your own half when the ball is played forward. You cannot be offside direct from a throw in.
- If you lose possession of the ball, you work harder than anyone to help the team win the ball back.
- Play the simple pass.
- Goalkeepers should not stand on their line, they need to come out to play a “sweeper keeper” role
- On throw ins, don’t throw the ball into the middle, look for a forward throw into space, or a throw to the defender in space to begin to switch play.
And that was plenty for them to digest.
All taught and learned while playing the game with no lines, cones or drills involved at all.
Then I moved on to the 2005 Boys. I had them play 7 players against the 2006 Boys who played with 9 players. Boy did we get a surprise off the bat. The 2006s played the 2005s off the pitch in the first 5 minutes. A good wake up call for the older boys.
Here’s what all three teams (2005, 2006 & 2007) need to work on:
- Slowing the game down
- Playing with their heads up
- Movement off the ball into space to give the player receiving the ball options
All too often as the player received the ball, his teammates watched to see what he was going to do with it…instead of the other way round….get what I mean?
So, all in all just two days on the soccer field taught me a ton:
- Still nothing teaches the game better than the game itself
- Never assume anything
- Some players step up in games
- Some players get lost/hide in games
- Soccer is for recreation and fun. Nobody on these fields is going to win a World Cup.
- I am blessed at 50 years old to be on a soccer field with talented players and players just playing the game for the fun of it.
As you can see, I learn more about coaching soccer every single day.

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Collection collaborated with girl band Little Mix to launch a unique makeup range representing each girl’s style in a day and night look.
Together, Square Gate and digital agency Mosquito created a web page design allowing fans to recreate each girl’s style.
Every girl has two looks, one for day and one for night. So with a simple click, we made it easy for the fans to switch between the two styles and choose which one they wanted to re-create.
With each girl having a different style, we united the band members on the page with a simple clean web page layout.
We created a concept that represented each girl’s style through the use of individual colour and icon assignment.
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Kidney Care Groups Release Position Statement on Kidney-Related Research in the U.S.
Kidney disease affects over 37 million Americans, and Medicare spending for kidney disease patients exceeds $130 billion annually. One in three U.S. adults is expected to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD), which can progress to kidney failure and the need for renal replacement therapies.
CKD is a significant financial burden for patients. In addition to the cost, kidney patients experience poorer quality of life due to physical or mental symptoms associated with their condition or treatment.
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) have issued a position statement on the need for kidney-related research in the U.S.
Today, there are 800,000 adults and 10,000 children in the U.S. receiving treatment for kidney failure. Without public health initiatives to curb the incidence of CKD, it’s estimated that nearly 1 million people will need treatment for kidney failure by 2030.
The United States has a tremendous opportunity to reduce health disparities by investing in kidney disease research.
The research investment for kidney disease from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is less than 1% of what Medicare spends annually on care for kidney disease. Underfunding research prevents the ability to do research, and the ability to collaborate with peers. This can lead to an exodus of talented professionals from the biomedical workforce, which can further negatively affect patient care and research.
“In addition to supplemental emergency funding to support critical research that addresses COVID-19 and its intersection with the kidney, NKF and ASN are urging Congress to appropriate at least $2.289 billion in FY 2022 for NIDDK, a $157 million increase over FY 2021 levels. This increase would keep pace with the Biomedical Research and Development Price Index and allow for meaningful growth of 5% but would only be a first step to addressing historical underfunding. NKF and ASN further recommend that a higher portion of NIDDK funding be dedicated to kidney-related research, and that a greater emphasis is placed across the NIH on studying the health disparities and inequities associated with kidney disease to appropriately support these urgent needs,” the statement reads.
NKF has put together research roundtables to fight kidney disease.
The organizations note that continued investment in basic and translational science for kidney-related diseases is vital.
“While there is hope with new and innovative treatments for CKD, such as SGLT2 inhibitors and endothelin antagonists, it is important to note that these discoveries were the result of decades of basic science research that allowed for the bench-to-bedside translation of fundamental laboratory findings. These substantive treatments may have happened sooner if kidney-related research was funded at higher levels historically. In addition to increased funding for NIDDK, the declining pipeline of investigators and number of grants being submitted is an area that needs immediate attention,” the statement concludes.
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After a close round of voting, the winner of our Place of the Year 2019 is the atmosphere!
While the global conversation around climate change has increased in recent years, 2019 set many records – this past summer tied for the hottest one on record in the northern hemisphere, continuing the trend of extreme weather set by deadly cold winter temperatures, heavy snowfalls, and catastrophic mudslides and typhoons worldwide. (In fact, the upswing of the term “climate emergency,” which was used 10,796% more frequently this year than in 2018, led to it being selected as Oxford’s Word of the Year 2019).
Climate change claimed its first Icelandic glacier as a victim, where researchers marked the event with memorial plaque, and Arctic sea ice experienced the largest September decrease in 1,000 years. In an unprecedented loss, Greenland (roughly 80% of which is covered in ice) had two large ice-melts, culminating in a record-breaking loss of 58 billion tons of ice in one year—40 billion more tons than the average. In November, Greenland’s main airport Kangerlussuaq Airport reported that they will cease to operate civilian flights within five years due to runways cracking as the permafrost melts below them. As a result, Greenland is building a new airport in a more stable location. All of these climate events are driven by the carbon dioxide being poured into the oceans and Earth’s atmosphere by human activities, from corporations’ carbon footprints to the deliberate burning of the Amazon in exchange for timber and livestock pastures.
In September, the focus moved from drastic weather and climate events to the policy realm when the International Panel on Climate Change released a landmark report that the effects of climate change are being felt much more severely, and sooner, than previously anticipated; hundred-year floods are projected to become a yearly occurrence by 2050 in many locations, and global sea levels may rise as much as three feet by 2100 (this is 12% higher than the most recent 2013 estimate). Also in September, over 4 million people worldwide participated in a global climate strike, and the United Nations hosted a Climate Action Summit in New York City with the objective to limit the rising of the global average temperature. Yet despite the international conversations and dire scientific warnings, 2019 is projected to be the year with the highest carbon emissions of all time, and while the fact that the ozone hole is the smallest it’s been since its discovery might sound like a silver lining, it’s actually being kept at its reduced side by the record heat in our atmosphere.
The runner-up for the Place of the Year was New Zealand, which entered the global conversation after a terrorist attack on two mosques was swiftly followed by governmental bans on assault weapons and increased gun control.


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There are several types of bat detector available that use different types of sound analysis to process the bat calls and make them audible and/or visible. The most commonly used techniques for processing bat calls and make them audible are Heterodyne, Frequency Division and Time Expansion. Zero-Crossings Analysis, Fourier analysis, and Instantaneous Frequency Analysis are commonly used to make bat calls visible.
The AnaBat is equipped with a broad spectrum microphone and uses the Frequency Division and Zero-Crossings Analysis (ZCA) techniques. Unlike other types of bat detector, the AnaBat does not require exceptional hearing or tunning to hear particular frequencies (and hence species). There is no lag between call detection and audio or visual display. The AnaBat also uses little power and has highly efficient data storage capabilities which allow the system to be used for long term Passive Monitoring.
Frequency Division and ZCA techniques have been criticised in the past for their relatively lower sensitivity and incomplete representation of bat calls (no display of harmonics and amplitude). In reality, all bat detectors have limitations and are a trade-off between desirable qualities, technological limitations and cost. The AnaBat was proven to be sufficiently sensitive for its purpose which includes observation, survey and identification of free-flying bats etc. In fact, ZCA is ideal for species identification because the most important differences between species lie in the way frequency varies in time. The accompanying software (AnalookW) also allows rapid and sophisticated analysis of the bat call data.
HF output on the SD2 also provides a buffered version of the original bat call (prior to Frequency Division). This allows full-spectrum signals to be passed through an external high speed A/D card and saved to a separate storage device such as a laptop.
Detection distances vary with frequency and loudness (amplitude) of the bat calls, atmospheric attenuation, the directional characteristics and sensitivity of the bat detector. It is also affected by the amount of structural clutter (obstacles such as vegetation) which can block the path of the signal.
The frequency and amplitude of the bat call has a major influence on how far away the call can be detected. This makes some species easier to detect from afar than others. Quiet (low amplitude) bat calls are more difficult to detect than loud (high amplitude) calls. Call amplitude can vary within an individual (as many bats will reduce the amplitude of their calls as they approach prey or clutter) and also vary between species. Species which always produce low amplitude calls ("whispering bats") will be more difficult to detect from a distance than other species. In addition, bat calls of higher frequencies cannot be detected from as far as those of lower frequencies. Higher frequencies are often absorbed by the atmosphere (attenuate) faster than lower frequencies.
How quickly sounds attenuate in the atmosphere depend upon weather conditions such as temperature, humidity and air pressure. This relationship is complex, but in general, cool dry conditions will allow the detection of bat calls over greater distances.
The sensitivity of the detector also has a major influence on detection distance. While there is always some variability in sensitivity among units, the biggest influence is the setting of the sensitivity control.
Given all the above, it is obvious that detection distances will vary enormously. Many bats are easily detected over 30m under typical conditions, while some species which call at low frequencies may be detectable from as far as 100m. However, some species will be hard to detect from even 1m away. This is why only relative rather than direct statistical comparisons of bat activity are made between species.
Further information on detection distances and the calculation of detection fields and distances can be obtained from AnaVolumes and the associated manual (supplied on the distribution disk).
The AnaBat detector unit itself does not 'decide' what is and isn't a bat call. All ultrasonic signals detected by the AnaBat are saved to the DATA.DAT file on the CF card. It is the CFC Read program or AnaPocket on the PDA which 'decides' what are bat calls.
An ultrasonic signal must meet certain criteria before it is recognised as a bat call. These criteria depend on the MaxTBC, Min Line Length, and Smooth parameters. These parameters can be changed in the download options window of CFC Read when downloading data, or on the Record page under Options in the AnaPocket menu. While this will affect the AnaBat sequence files produced, it will not change the raw data files CFC Read automatically downloads from the CF card.
Thus you can feed the raw data file through CFC Read again with different settings if you wish.
The dots within the call (points crossing zero in ZCA) must be smoothly connected, which means that each dot must be close to the average of the dots either side of it. The closeness is decided by the Smooth parameter. Normally, this would be set to 50. You could set it lower if you want only the best quality calls or higher if you are willing to accept worse calls. But 50 seems a good compromise for most purposes.
Min Line Length
This parameter specifies the number of dots in sequence which must be smoothly connected for the signal to be considered a bat call. The sequence of dots must have a length greater than the Min Line Length parameter. Five is usually a good choice, but if you are using a Data Division Ratio of 8 you could go a bit larger. The problem is that smaller values make you more vulnerable to noise, but larger values increase the likelihood of missing some types of short duration calls.
This is simply the maximum time in seconds between the start of one call and the start of the next call. A file will only be saved if at least two calls are detected within the time set by MaxTBC. Five seconds is usually a good choice. If only one call is detected within MaxTBC then no file will be saved. If two or more calls are detected with MaxTBC then a file will always be saved.
A. Once again, the AnaBat detector unit itself does not 'decide' what to save. All ultrasonic signals detected by the AnaBat are saved to the DATA.DAT file on the CF card. It is the CFC Read program or AnaPocket on the PDA which 'decides' when to save an AnaBat file.
Any of the following four criteria must be met if a file (containing bat calls or noise) is to be saved automatically.


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Little hands can explore these animal babies with these soft touch and feel cloth books. With each cloth book presented in a sweet presentation box, this is the perfect first book for new babies. Beautiful illustrations, bold lines, whimsical animals and repeating patterns are designed to stimulate visual development in young children.
Open out the soft pages of this beautiful, sensory-rich cloth book to meet Pig and his five farm friends – Chicken, Cow, Goose, Sheep, and Horse. Presented in a sweet gift box, the pages are made with extra padding for an ultra-soft feel, making them ideal for the pram or play mat – and they're machine washable!
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(2) A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(3) All persons owning, operating or in charge or control of any equipment which shall permit any violation of this chapter shall be individually and collectively liable for any penalties imposed by this chapter.
(4) Prosecutions shall be instituted by the Administrator in the name of the city. The city may, in addition to the prosecutions hereinabove authorized, maintain any other legal or equitable action for the abatement of pollution.
(1) The Administrator shall have the right to assess appropriate civil penalties for non-compliance.
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The newest trailer for Grand Theft Auto V features an extended look at the newest iteration of the open-world franchise. V returns to the SoCal milieu of San Andreas, and features three different playable characters. The trailer demonstrates how you’ll switch between the characters, sometimes in the middle of a heist sequence. Also, you can play tennis now. The game looks a little bit like a cross between Michael Mann’s Heat and the LA scenes from Annie Hall, except with more planes. Watch the trailer:
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The search for a new Superintendent of the Saugerties Central School District is underway! The Board of Education is excited to share this survey with students, parents, staff, and the community, which will help the Board to develop a profile of traits and characteristics of what the community is looking for in their next Superintendent.
Camden Sauer, a Grade 1 student at Riccardi Elementary School, was eating an orange in his classroom when something went terribly wrong. A slice got lodged in his throat. That’s when a quick-thinking teaching assistant stepped in and performed the Heimlich maneuver, which caused the slice to become dislodged.
Saugerties Central School District kicked off its 2020 voter-approved $22 million Capital Project, with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, May 10.


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Unique Team Traits: The Predators were better than your team at faceoffs, not so much after
theScore’s multi-part team previews include a look at something that separates each team from the pack. From specific breakouts to powerplay formations and beyond, Justin Bourne and Thomas Drance hope to highlight something you haven’t noticed in the past.
What we noticed
The Nashville Predators are hockey’s best faceoff team, particularly in the defensive zone, but don’t do much with those possessions
Last season’s Nashville Predators were absolutely dynamite in the faceoff circle. Their crew of centers was composed of veteran players with sandpaper, with guys like Paul Gaustad, Matt Cullen, Mike Fisher, and David Legwand leading the way.
That may not be the case this season, with Fisher out with a ruptured Achilles and new centers Mike Ribeiro (43.4 percent last year) and Olli Jokinen (46 percent), but Gaustad and Cullen remain to help keep the Predators above water.
But last year … oh last year. They were something. Hockey has become more and more about dominating possession, and the Predators took the puck off faceoffs the bulk of the time. What they did with it from there may not have been great - okay, it wasn’t great, as you’ll see - but at least they got out of the gates well.
Nashville was the best faceoff team in hockey, winning 53.1 percent of their total faceoffs, which put them ahead of the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings for top spot.
They were particularly dominant in the D-zone, winning draws at a league-best rate of nearly 56 percent, highlighted by Paul Gaustad’s 59.9 percent (10th best in the NHL) and Matt Cullen’s 61.7 percent (fourth best). The top 20 in the D-zone boasts names like perennial Selke competitors Anze Kopitar, Patrice Bergeron, and Jonathan Toews, so y’know, it’s pretty decent company.
Following up Gaustad and Cullen were Nick Spaling (52.7 percent), Fisher (52 percent) and Legwand (51.1 percent).
Here's a great two minutes clip where Paul Gaustad explains how he goes about trying to win a face-off. The important points:
First, Nashville apparently “does a good job pre-scouting opponents to figure out their tendencies.” Having an idea what your opponent wants to do - pull it to his backhand, push it forward, tie up the draw and rely on wingers, etc. - can go a long way towards counteracting their plan.
* If you're not in the NHL and don't have a scouting department, his notes:
- Get everyone in position before you line up
- Watch how your opponent holds his stick, watch his eyes, watch how he talks to his teammates to pick up clues
- Get low for leverage
- Watch the linesman's hand - when he moves, you move
- Make sure you're in motion before the puck is down
- Use your strengths - if that's power, use your hips and arms
- Meet the puck when it meets the ice
Okay, so, Nashville, you've won the faceoff. Great work. Now, what are your set plays to get this baby moving in the right direction and into the other end of the ice?
Oh woof, that’s it, eh guys? You just choose to play plink-a-plunk off the glass? Well that’s disappointing.
Nashville does nothing special in their faceoff alignment. They line up the strong side winger on the inside and run him out at the boards-side defenseman, and the weak side winger drifts out to the D-man in the middle. The D-men are in the standard spots, reading based on a won or lost draw.
The LW in the picture above will look to see if he can help win the draw on the way out to his D-man (the opposing winger will likely try to pick him a bit on his way to “help win the faceoff” for his team).
If the opposition lines up a forward as a shooter, well, the boards-side D-man can step back to get a head start on the breakout, and he can still get to the wall to win the puck if the draw goes there. The inside winger will now get in that shooter’s lane on a lost draw, and the D-man will pick him up after that.
Teams tend to have some set plays off pucks won clean off either formation. Some teams will drop a winger back on the far side below the goal line (while the middle D picks the forechecker), and have the other D pass him the puck. Some run a reverse to the center, with the D-man pulling the first forechecker to him. There’s a ton of options.
Nashville, however, basically picks a side to go up, bangs it off the glass, prays that the puck gets out, and that the bounces leave the puck in their forwards’ hands. We watched a good amount of D-zone video without seeing a variation.
I get the idea: if the Preds don’t pick up the puck after the chip, at least it’s out, and since their team knows where the puck is going, they have a little advantage in re-acquiring it. But, yeah, still pretty unimpressive.
Puck back, pick a side to bang it off, bring support.
Here’s an example of pull it back. Basically they bring the puck around the net (this time it requires a D-to-D bump), and it’s glass and out … or not.
They even had Shea Weber doing it.
(Courtesy: Fox Sports)
And when they got frisky, they’d pound it up the strong side.
(Courtesy: Fox Sports)
It’s undeniable the Predators were dominant in the faceoff circle, particularly in the D-zone. They used big, strong dudes with real will to win pucks.
They weren’t great after that, but you’d rather have the puck bouncing up around the blue line than laying flat on the opposing D-man’s stick after a lost faceoff.


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Toby Hight is the Fire Chief for the De Leon, Texas, Volunteer Fire Department. They go by DVFD, and Chief Hight said it’s because “They’re in Texas, and names get made Texan,” he laughed.
“You might think the way to pronounce our town of De Leon is the historical way, but we call our town D Leon,” he chuckled. (Pronounced “Dee-Lee-On”).
De Leon is a town with a population of just under 2,200 people. Comanche County has 13,594 and encompasses 948 square miles and the VFDs of different towns in the county all support each other. This means the DVFD covers a wide territory and regularly goes above and beyond to protect the communities they serve.
The Eastland Complex Fire
On March 17, 2022, an RV traveling through Texas had a tire blow out and pulled over to the side of the road for a repair. Almost immediately, the extremely dry grass under the RV caught fire and spread fast.
Before it was extinguished, the Eastland Complex Fire destroyed 54,513 acres, 100 homes, and claimed the life of a Sheriff’s Deputy.
“We knew it was going to be bad. We received an email from the Texas Forest Service like I had never seen before,” Chief Hight said solemnly. “It said that conditions were so bad, and so likely to start a fire that we were told, ‘If a fire starts, focus on evacuating people, not fighting the fire.’ I couldn’t believe it, and sure enough, the Eastland Complex Fire happened.”
“It was horrible,” said Chief Hight. He went on to explain that as the flames spread to towns and homes, Sheriff’s Deputy Barbara Fenley was going door to door to help people evacuate. The last anyone heard from her, she was going to check on a senior citizen. Unfortunately, the flames and smoke were so severe she drove off the road and perished in the fire.
Taking Care of Neighbors
“I checked in with neighboring fire departments,” Chief Hight said. “We were told to wait. Other departments had guys fighting the fire with everything they had, and if we had gone out at the same time, we all would have been exhausted too soon. We had to make sure fresh firefighters were ready to go the distance.” As the firefighters of the DVFD waited, they watched ash start to fall like snow on the roof of the fire station from 18 miles away.
Finally, they received the call.
“When we got the call, we sent out a truck and we fought that fire all night,” he said. “Finally, at 5 a.m., we won. We saved the town, and the fire was out.”
The Eastland Complex Fire tested everyone. “We all came through it together, helping one another the best we could, and the community recognized the part we played and started asking how to help.”
Chief Hight said donations started coming into the DVFD from grateful citizens who witnessed how hard the department fought. The DVFD had three fire trucks that each needed a new tire, and fire truck tires are expensive. Thanks to community support, the DVFD was able to get the new tires they needed.
Because the relationship between DVFD and the community is strong, on June 11, 2022, the DVFD wanted to share their gratitude for all the support during their fundraising drive and hosted a Community Appreciation Dinner.
“There is no way our relationship with the community could be stronger,” Chief Hight said.
Pattern Energy and the Logan’s Gap Wind team care about the community and wanted to support the DVFD in the wake of the fire. “We need the tools we use to save lives, and Pattern has been a valuable partner for us. Their donation allowed us to purchase a new fire hose and replace equipment that was burned and destroyed. It means a lot to us, and by extension to the community.”
Fire Truck Birthday? YES!
“Like towns across the country and the world, De Leon shut down during the pandemic. During this time a problem came up and we decided to try and solve it,” Chief Hight said. “Our jobs are serious and sometimes deal with tragedy, but during the pandemic, kids couldn’t have birthday parties and it was taking a toll on the kids and their parents.”
“We put the word out to the town and said, ‘If your kid is having a birthday, let us know. We’ll send seven or eight fire trucks to your house with the lights and sirens blaring for your kid’s birthday’.”
When asked how it worked out the Chief laughed. “Everyone went nuts! The kids loved it, moms were outside crying and thanking us. neighbors thought it was great, too.”
“We’re firefighters at the DVFD, yes, but we are community servants, and that means we volunteer to fight fires and we volunteer for the entire community.”

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House of Talents automates its management reporting together with VGD
Today’s entrepreneur have increasingly high expectations of finance departments. New technologies to increase efficiency are springing up everywhere, and ever more aspects of administrative and accounting processes are being automated.
The digital transformation within finance is a fascinating challenge. Because time-consuming input work is disappearing, attention is shifting to analysis and interpretation in order to steer organisations with greater precision.
The growing importance of financial reporting
Patricia Everaert, Professor of Accounting at Ghent University: ‘Twenty years ago the most important thing was to report once a year. That’s unthinkable today: reporting takes place on at least a quarterly basis.
Rapid information is important because the world is changing very quickly. It’s therefore a strength for companies to report frequently and to do so from a particular angle, in order to know whether progress is being made with a particular strategy.
It makes sense to report at an overall level to be able to identify what exactly is causing a development. We can then ask questions such as: can we distil opportunities or best practices from this and then use them in other roles?’ Patricia Everaert, Professor of Accounting at Ghent University
Automating financial and operational reporting
House of Talents is an HR service provider that specialises in sought-after profiles such as nurses, technicians, engineers and butchers. It is active in recruitment and selection, project staffing and temping.
Doris Boterberg, CFO House Of Talents: ‘House Of Talents was founded by our CEO around ten years ago. Today, the company has a turnover of 120 million euros and we employ some 1,200 employees.
‘In the past, reporting was done in Excel. It was quite a complex matter due to the presence of a multitude of companies and different business lines. We also found that it was a very time-consuming process. In short, there was a very specific need coming from the management and shareholders to develop the reporting of both financial and operational figures in an intuitive way.’
Operational and financial reporting tailored to the user
The HR services group found a single common reporting platform, but also needed a partner to shape the content of the reporting.
Philippe Van Den Bossche, CFO Services Manager at VGD: ‘At that point we sat down with Doris and her team. The outcome was an action plan in which we would initially look at the financial side of things. For financial reporting, we started to connect various accounting packages with the BrightAnalytics platform.
‘The resulting data is presented in clear financial P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and other reports. These give both management and the shareholders a continuous insight into the business’ financial results.
‘In addition, customised operational reports were created in which we actually gave the general managers of the different business lines the insights and tools they need to manage their part of the business.’
The new form of corporate finance management did require an adjustment on the part of the employees and shareholders of House Of Talents, who were still used to the old Excel spreadsheets.
Philippe also attaches great importance to the final phase: ‘Training people is often one of the last but also one of the most important phases. This falls entirely under the heading of change management. Such a platform isn’t just used by financial people with a lot of experience, of course. That’s why it’s very important to give them a tool that’s very intuitive to use, so that people with a less financial background can also find their way with it, and above all start making the right decisions based on the information available to them.’
A time saving of 60%
The businesses working together in this way recognise the benefits of a more efficient way of reporting.
Doris Boterberg: ‘The biggest advantage of working with this reporting tool is the time saving it brings us through the automation of routine tasks. If we have to measure or quantify it, it’s generated a time saving of around 60% for our controller.’
Philippe Van Den Bossche: ‘It’s definitely not just for very large businesses that the reporting is useful: any business that realises that its gut feeling is no longer enough to manage things properly, and any business that still reports a lot in time-consuming Excel stands to benefit from automated reporting.’


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I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry the life I had planned for you isn't going as planned.
I'm so sorry I stayed in this situation for as long as I did, and I'm so sorry I can't stay in it for longer.
I'm so sorry that your lives are being divided.
I'm so sorry I never know what to say or do next anymore.
I'm so sorry that you're more likely to remember how I burst into tears when I asked you to please not clink your spoon so loudly against the bowl today, and not that I was working every spare minute to build a business entirely reliant on my mental acuity and concentration at a time I have neither.
I'm so sorry that it's your friends providing the spring break memories that I used to live for.
I'm so sorry that I have to say "We'll see" knowing it's a definite "no" when neither of you ever ask for anything.
I'm just so sorry.
I know you're going to grow up and this will be the scary part of your story, and I wish I had been a better author of your lives so I could save you from it.
I hope one day we all understand, me included.
I hope you know that I have loved you ferociously even at my lowest or loudest point.
I hope one day you'll be proud of me.
I hope one day I can say I'm a really good mom again, with confidence I don't have right now.
I hope one day everyone will see that it was the only way.
But no matter what, I'm sorry.

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Bruno Mars Performs 'That's What I Like' on 'Charlie Rose'
Bruno Mars brings the 24K Magic to “Charlie Rose.”
The Grammy-winning crooner broke down an acoustic version of “That’s What I Like” with his band and backup singers on the famed news anchor’s PBS program. Sitting down, the stylish pop star delivered a fresh take on his chart-topping hit.
Afterwards, Bruno spoke with Charlie about his approach to songwriting. “Every song has its own personality,” he explained. “Whether it’s a fun song that makes people want to dance, makes people want to cry, makes people want to fall in love, meaning it.”
Then, speaking about his acclaimed live show, Mars revealed how the magic comes together in the studio, when he decides that every concert will feel like a party. “That’s my cheat code,” he said. “I think about, ‘Man, I have to perform songs every single night or every other night, I have to write songs that I’ll genuinely have fun performing,’ so half the battle is won. I’m hoping that the audience will see that and it will be contagious and infectious.”
The multi-platinum hitmaker also beamed about collaborating with Babyface, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis, before adding that he would love to work with Teddy Riley someday.
The “Versace on the Floor” singer is currently touring the country on the “24K Magic World Tour,” which is set to wrap Nov. 11 in Los Angeles. This fall, he will also star in the CBS primetime special “Live at the Apollo.”


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Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you join Outside+.
A Tour de France in September, “spring” classics in fall, and a Vuelta a España in early-winter are all among the oddities expected to be seen in the UCI’s new-look calendar, expected to be released Tuesday.
Vuelta a España director Javier Guillén expressed optimism about his race, despite it looking likely to run through the declining temperatures of November and acting as the closer of a season condensed into four months.
A provisional calendar for 2020 puts the Tour, Giro and Vuelta in back-to-back months, but Guillén doesn’t fear for the strength and depth of riders likely to line up for his race.
“I am convinced that great cyclists can aspire to win Tour and Vuelta, absolutely,” Guillén said Friday.
“I am optimistic about the participation that we are going to have,” he said. “In such a scenario, the Vuelta may be able to pick up whoever wants to double the Tour, and have those who make the Vuelta their great goal.”
Riders aiming at a Tour-Vuelta double in a typical season have around one month after arriving in Paris to recover and then rebuild for the start in Spain — an optimal window to hold form without burning out. The provisional dates for the 2020 Tour, due to run through to September 20, and the Vuelta, slated to start early November, still offer riders this opportunity.
Vuelta officials already confirmed that the scheduled start in the Netherlands will be canceled, and that the 2020 edition will be shortened to 18 stages with two rest days.
“The teams do not know the schedule, except that the Tour de France begins on August 29. They also know that the road race of the world championship is on September 27, but they do not know anything else,” Guillén told AS. “It is very difficult to talk to them about planning and scheduling. It is very premature for the teams to decide now, but I am optimistic.”
Of all the grand tours, the Vuelta is the one best suited to an early-winter start slot, with November temperatures still peaking at around 20 degrees C in the south and 10 degrees C in the north. Guillén isn’t worried about teams being deterred from attending due to poor conditions.
“I am not afraid that the weather may prevent any cyclist from coming, because they and their teams have asked the UCI to extend the calendar to the entire month of November,” he said. “This invites me to think that none will stop coming due to the weather.”
With the exception of the Vuelta’s visits to Andorra, the race tends to stay at lower altitudes compared to the thin air riders have to battle in the French and Italian Alps, and even at the best of times, mountain weather is unpredictable.
“L’Angliru we have already climbed it many times with adverse weather, in summer, with a lot of fog or bad weather, like the year that Contador won or the ‘Chava’ Jiménez,” Guillén reminded. “It never takes away that on a mountain day you can have rain. Last year in Andorra the hailstorm was historic. We do not expect temperatures below freezing in any case, and there are means in the kits to alleviate any situation.”
Remember, the saying goes: ‘there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.’ Riders headed to the Vuelta this year had better pack their raincoat.


“Aerial rendering of the Grimke School redevelopment.” courtesy Community Three
From a press release:
“After a decade of planning with the government and people of Washington, DC, Community Three has broken ground on a $45 million mixed-use redevelopment of the historic Metro-adjacent Grimke School, including a new home for the African American Civil War Museum. The 133,000 square foot project will include multifamily residential, office space, live-work “maker” units, and ground-floor retail.
“Rendering of unique live-work “maker” studios with ground-level storefronts on 9 ½ Street, to be developed as part of the Grimke School adaptive reuse project.”
Situated on 9½ Street near the intersection of U Street and Vermont Avenue in DC’s historic Shaw neighborhood, the “9½ Street Initiative” comprises “a collection of residences, work spaces and cultural beacons that celebrate the District of Columbia’s rich artistic character and entrepreneurial spirit,” said Community Three President Grant Epstein. “This is a monumental achievement for us, the neighborhood, and the city.”
“The Grimke School is a special building that, like the neighborhood, has an unmatched and iconic history,” said Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. “This transformation will uplift and preserve that history by creating not just more housing and jobs, but a space to celebrate the arts and a permanent home for the African American Civil War Museum. Together, we will continue to put equity and inclusion at the forefront of development as we work to meet our bold goal of creating 36,000 homes by 2025.”
The Initiative’s first phase, scheduled to deliver in the Fall of 2020, includes the adaptive reuse of the 132-year-old Grimke School to include about 65,000 SF of loft-style office and cultural arts space that will house the Museum’s 12,000 SF permanent home and new international headquarters of the architecture, urban design and placemaking firm Torti Gallas + Partners, the architect for the entire 9½ Street Initiative effort. About 24,000 SF of office space will be available for lease.
Also delivering next fall will be a new six-story condominium building, The Fold, to be constructed in the former school parking lot. The Fold will offer 30 modern one- and two-bedroom condominiums with efficient layouts and floor-to-ceiling windows. Nine of the residences will be designated affordable. Ground-floor retail space will provide organic opportunities for connection and community.
Phase Two, scheduled to break ground in 2021-22, will transform the Grimke School’s 1920s-era gymnasium into an assemblage of 40 modern, highly amenitized residences, six of which will be unique “maker” studios with distinct ground-level storefronts along 9½ Street. CulturalDC is partnering with Community Three to design and lease these first-of-a-kind live-work spaces. Eleven of the residences will be reserved for households earning less than 80 percent of median family income.
Almost a decade ago, Epstein met with Frank Smith, Executive Director of the African American Civil War Museum, which Smith had founded in 1999 to tell the story of the more than 200,000 African American soldiers and sailors who fought for the Union in the Civil War. The Museum has been located in the former Grimke School gymnasium, now scheduled for redevelopment, across Vermont Avenue from the African American Civil War Memorial, which includes a nine-foot bronze statue called “The Spirit of Freedom” and walls inscribed with names of the servicemen.
Smith and Epstein envisioned revitalizing the dilapidated school building and historic alley, and moving the Museum to a permanent home. Dozens of community meetings were held in the ensuing years, ultimately producing a set of goals encouraging daytime activity and creating new places to live and work for local arts and cultural enterprises.
During this time, the District issued several solicitations for redevelopment of the school property, but all fell short of delivering a prominent home for the Museum. Finally, in late 2017, Community Three won approval from the DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development to redevelop the Grimke School properties into a dynamic mixed-use ensemble that would include a permanent home for the Museum.
On August 20, 2019, the District conveyed the Grimke School’s land to Community Three under a 99-year ground lease. At the same time, the District sold the gymnasium and parking lot properties – future home of The Thread and The Fold respectively – to Community Three on a fee simple basis.
The entire project is privately financed; Eagle Bank is the primary lender.
On October 16, 2019, the Museum signed a 99-year lease for space within the renovated Grimke School, allowing a vast expansion of its exhibits and a state-of-the-art media theater. In the fall of 2020, Community Three will deliver a warm lit shell to the Museum, which will then commence a multi-million dollar buildout of its new 12,000 SF space. The new museum at Grimke will have a grand front door and ceremonial porch with a sweeping staircase that will be visible from the African American Civil War Memorial and Metro station entrance. During the its buildout, the Museum will continue to operate in its current location at 1925 Vermont Avenue.
Community Three’s work also will include improvements to the sidewalks on 9½ Street, in order to enhance pedestrian access to Shaw’s exciting new mixed-use destination.
Originally built in 1887, the Phelps School was renamed in honor of Archibald Grimke in 1934. Born into slavery in 1849, Grimke became only the second black graduate of Harvard Law School. He practiced law successfully in Boston before moving to Washington, DC in 1913 to head the District’s branch of the newly formed NAACP. Grimke Elementary School closed in 1989 and housed District government offices until 2012.
Community Three is a full‐service real estate development company driven by innovation, creativity, and opportunistic positioning to create above-market returns. Using its 50-plus years of combined urban real estate experience, Community Three finds “opportunity properties” in emerging and historic neighborhoods. The company leverages real estate, design, construction, and sustainability knowledge to bring maximum value to these properties for its customers, investors, and the surrounding community.”
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