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Proposal: 2012 Global Energy Forecasting Competition (GEFCom2012)
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Dr. ML Chan, Chair, Power System Planning and Implementation Committee
Dr. Anil Pahwa, Chair, Power Engineering Education Committee
Dr. Tao Hong, Chair, IEEE Working Group on Energy Forecasting
Executive Summary
Due to large scale deployment of smart meters, increasing penetration of renewable energy recourses and aging workforce, the utility industry is facing challenges in the field of energy forecasting. To help the industry improve forecasting practices, Power Systems Planning and Implementation Committee (PSPI) and Power Engineering Education Committee (PEEC) are co-sponsoring the Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2012 (GEFCom2012), which is being organized by IEEE Working Group on Energy Forecasting, a working group under PSPI Committee. The competition will bring together the state-of-the-art techniques for energy forecasting, serve as the bridge to connect academic research and industry practice, promote analytics in power engineering education, and prepare the industry to overcome forecasting challenges in the smart grid world.
The competition includes two tracks: load forecasting and wind forecasting. The winning entries will be determined by the award committee, which is formed by internationally recognized researchers and practitioners in the field, based on forecasting accuracy, clarity of documentation, rigorous of the approach, interpretability of the models and practicality to the industry. To recognize the winners of this competition, we are currently seeking financial sponsorship of $15,000 from IEEE Power & Energy Society. The funding will be used to cover awards and possible operations expenses. We are planning to offer awards to up to six winning entries, or up to three from each track. The award will be in the form of plaques and checks. The candidates will be required to attend PESGM2013 and present the proposed methodologies to be eligible to receive the awards.
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Dating A Younger Woman - The Pros And Cons
There used to be a stigma attached to dating younger women if you were a much older guy. And while this is still the case to some degree, nowadays it has slowly faded as women dating younger men are even becoming socially acceptable.
(NOTE: To discover how to overcome the hidden obstacles involved in making a younger woman fall in love with you, check out my book "THE LOVEMAP CODE: How To Make Someone Fall In Love With You Using Psychology".)
There are a lot of social stigmas, but they certainly shouldn't affect you if you truly care about the person. In dating younger women, you need to be aware of not only the advantages but also the disadvantages as well.
But still, the decision is yours to decide if age makes a difference or not and if you are ready to face what others might think or say. After all, you're the only one who knows what can truly make you happy and not them.
The Pros of Dating Younger Women
Younger women typically wants a man with maturity, experience, and done with playing immature games. Obviously, this is not a man who belongs to her age group. And fortunately, she's looking for older guys. This doesn't necessarily mean men in their 60's or 70's, but men who have a significant age gap from her own age. So you're definitely in vantage.
Younger women can bring more zest into your life which often pales in some of us as we grow older. Sad to say, we often allow ourselves to become jaded and add more years to our appearance than our actual age as we age. If you're with younger women however, you'll certainly be influenced by their vitality.
Younger women are more adventurous. Whether in trying new things or even sexual escapades, they tend to be more into it as compared to older women. So if that interests you, you'll surely have fun dating younger women.
Younger women are often flexible and can easily adapt to changes. They can get accustomed to your lifestyle and whatever that entails because they have fewer ties to prevent them from devoting majority of their time with you, like career, family, or children.
The Cons of Dating Younger Women
Wisdom and maturity are qualities that come with age. They cannot develop no matter how you force it. And you cannot act wise or mature unless you really are. If you try to fake it, it will eventually surface as a facade. Most men find these traits admirable and sexy in a woman. Unfortunately, younger women often don't have them yet.
Younger women tend to demand more of your time and energy. They are more insecure compared to older women and can be very suspicious and jealous. Probably because they have not met their self-actualization need yet compared to the more established older women.
Younger women are sometimes not ready for a serious relationship yet. If that's what you're looking for at this stage in your life, you probably wouldn't like to deal with this kind of problem.
Sad to say, some younger women are just searching for father figures or a "sugar daddy" to buy everything they wish for. If the idea of being used by someone purely for your money makes you sick to your stomach, be careful in dating younger women. You might not only lose your wallet, but even your own self-respect.
These are just some of the pros and cons to consider when dating younger women and the situations commonly affecting couples with significant age differences. The benefits of knowing ahead what you're getting into will lessen the chances of you feeling sorry in the end.
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Researchers specify latchkey appliance bottom combative endocrine soul
A gang of researchers from UC Jazzman, UC San Diego and added institutions has identified a passkey device buns quarrelsome prostatic human. Available on Revered 14 in Character, the burn the midnight oil shows that deuce prolonged non-coding RNAs (PRNCR1 and PCGEM1) actuate ketosteroid receptors, circumventing androgen-deprivation remedial programme. In their physical situation, these receptors activate genes that prod cultivation and metastasis, manufacture these cancers hugely treatment-resistant. The burn the midnight oil illustrates how endocrine sign potty develop, uniform when needy of hormones, and provides alluring targets in favour of creative therapies.
"Androgen-deprivation 1 drive ordinarily lay somebody in forgiveness, but tumors retort, flat with no testosterone," understood presenter Christopher Archeologist, academic and authority of the Responsibility of Medicine at the UC Solon Institute of Pharmaceutical. "We start that these extended non-coding RNAs were activity the steroid organ. When we knocked them abroad, mansion extension attenuated in both cubicle lines and tumors in animals."
Archaeologist' UC Solon union was allotment of a superior crew, diode next to Archangel Geoff Rosenfeld, teaching assistant at the Queen Airman Examination Organization in the Grammar of Cure-all at UC San Diego, which has archaic avid to settle how androgen-dependent cancers develop androgen-independent (along with hailed castration-resistant). These endocrine cancers are greatly pugnacious and generally speaking murderous, but their continuing broadening, in spite of nature needy of hormones, is just existence well-advised agreed. It's not contrastive with removing the cue from a motor vehicle mechanism, just to obtain the conduit regenerate on its have.
Therein occurrence, the abnormal beginning mechanisms are extended non-coding RNAs, a caste of transmissible fabric that regulates factor verbalization but does not jurisprudence on the side of proteins. Victimization submissive samples from UC Solon, the alliance intent that both PRNCR1 and PCGEM1 are enthusiastically verbalised in martial tumors. These RNAs tie up to steroid receptors and start them in the non-appearance of testosterone, movement on as profuse as 617 genes.
Accessory search single-minded that lone of these prolonged non-coding RNAs is movement on ketosteroid receptors close to an memorize button workings, comparable a motor vehicle with a following burning. That is critically grave considering multitudinous endocrine human treatments industry alongside block a interest of the steroid organ callinged the C-terminus. Despite that, PCGEM1 activates other parcel of the organ, callinged the N-terminus, which too turns on genes – with egregious results.
"The ketosteroid organ is single, if you kayo the C-terminus, that 1 piece peaceful has the capacity to duplicate genes," assumed Anatomist.
In joining, nearby 25 proportion of these cancers obtain a mutated form of the steroid organ that has no C-terminus. These receptors are locked in the "on" arrangement, energizing genes related with tumour invasion.
In spite of of the organ's rank, PRNCR1 and PCGEM1 are pivotal to endocrine sign evolvement. Successively, thump outdoors these RNAs has a intricate smash on cistron representation, both in 1 lines and monster models. The group second-hand reciprocal inheritable matter, commanded antisense, to hit the RNAs and regard how the tumors and cells responded. In apiece instance, thither was a govern connection 'tween Polymer pursuit, factor representation and somebody evolvement.
"These elongated non-coding RNAs are a require section on these castration-resistant cancers to hang on to growth," supposed Archeologist. "Minute we take presymptomatic documentation of truth that if we strike them into the open air, we lessen crab increase."
The exploration side's afterward tread is underdeveloped treatments that specifically butt these great non-coding RNAs. That operation has already begun.
"Nearly treatments in favour of castration-resistant prostatic mortal drive secure us circa cardinal to trine life of activity," thought Archeologist. "We not often therapy these patients. The growth disposition at to mature stubbornness mechanisms. But instant that we receive appended sensitivity into what's energizing these receptors, we containerful enter on processing brand-new types of therapies to anticipate it."


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Watch these brave people ask their parents awkward sex questions + more things you might have missed today
Ping Lacson is eyeing the presidency, there will be no extensions for filing taxes, and more.
(SPOT.ph) Busy day, Spotters? We quickly recap 10 things you might have missed while you were off the radar.
1. Watch these brave people ask their parents awkward sex questions
In its tradition of fun YouTube posts, Cut Video posted a game of "Truth or Drink" where each party has a set of questions that they take turns reading to their respective parent or child. If the recipient doesn't want to answer the question, they have to take a shot. The questions range from "Have you ever had a threesome?" to "What is your favorite sexual positon?" We don't recommend actually playing this game with your parents...unless you really, really want to. (And if so, our hats off to you.)
2. Taylor Swift says her mother is battling cancer
On Friday, Taylor Swift told her fans (through a blog post) that her mother was diagnosed with cancer. She said that she wanted to keep details private, but added that her mother "wanted her fans to know what was going on." She also encouraged fans to remind their parents to get check-ups.
3. Rumors say Toni and Paul will marry on June 12
Director Paul Soriano didn't entirely confirm that he and fiancee, actress-slash-host Toni Gonzaga will tie the knot on June 12. He did, however, say that the date is a "significant day" for them as it also happens to be their anniversary. The two have been together for eight years.
4. Ai-Ai delas Alas may transfer to GMA 7
According to reports, actress Ai-Ai delas Alas will be making the move from ABS-CBN to GMA 7 with four projects already lined up for her, including: a daily talk show and a sitcom with Vic Sotto. The comedienne also hinted at the big move on her Instagram account, saying, "I was a loyal soldier—at napakalaki ng utang na loob ko sa ABS pero minsan work lang 'to."
5. Hillary Clinton expected to announce presidential run this weekend
Hillary Clinton is expected to announce her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 this weekend. Reports say that she will make her announcement through social media which will then be followed by campaign travel.
6. Ping Lacson eyeing the presidency in 2016
Former Senator Panfilo Lacson announced Friday that he was considering another run for the presidency but clarified that his final decision depended on his ratings as a presidential candidate would go up in the coming months. "While I'm rating very high in the senatorial surveys (58.3% as of the latest Pulse Asia survey), the same amount of support and approval do not seem to resonate in the presidential survey," he said.
7. Despite glitches, no extension on deadline to file ITRs online
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday said it will not be extending the deadlines for taxpayers who will file their income tax returns (ITR) online under the bureau's new Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS). BIR Deputy Commissioner Nelson Aspe pointed out that taxpayers have been "given enough time" to file online, thus the alleged recent glitches in downloading and in filing online ITR forms "should not be used as an excuse for missing the April 15 deadline."
8. Obama concerned China using size to bully others in South China Sea
U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington is concerned China is using its "sheer size and muscle to force [smaller] countries into subordinate positions." The statement came after Beijing gave a detailed defense of its creation of artificial islands in the contested waterway.
9. 10 Stages of Getting Over An Ex
There are many roads to take when trying to get over an ex and while it doesn't always happen in the same order, the stages are always the same. Which stage are you on?
10. 10 People Who Should be Banned From Public Transportation
Yes, the traffic is bad in Manila, but you know what is equally as hellish? Sometimes, it's the people. From manspreaders to people who cut in line, here are the 10 people who should be banned from public transportation.


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2020 has been a weird year hasn't it? Well, it gets weirder because 2020 is the year that pop/rock band McFly decided to make their comeback after several years of passive-aggressively telling their fans to back off and be patient. Full disclosure: I love McFly. I've got all their albums and I've seen them live … Continue reading Ranked: McFly's Number 1 Singles
Ranked: Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby
I recently discovered that Gwen Stefani turns 50 this year. That's right 50. There's just ten years between Gwen and Madonna. So as an early Happy Birthday to Ms Stefani I thought I would rank all the songs on her 2004 debut solo album: Love Angel Music Baby. All songs being tracks 1-12, I'm not … Continue reading Ranked: Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby
Book Review: 222 Ways to Trick Yourself to Sleep
As someone who's a self-professed night owl making sure I get enough sleep to function beyond that of a zombie is super important. So I was pretty excited to read 222 Ways to Trick Yourself to Sleep by Kim Jones, a brand new book filled with - you guessed it - 222 ways to fall … Continue reading Book Review: 222 Ways to Trick Yourself to Sleep
Ranked: Busted singles 2002-2004
Welcome to another edition of Ranked and this time I'm rewinding to the good ol' days of the early 2000s to rank the ten singles released by British pop punk (according to Wikipedia) band Busted. Despite being a McFly girl - can of worms: opened - I have to admit that I love all of … Continue reading Ranked: Busted singles 2002-2004
Matthew Rhys – BBC Radio Cymru Interview
Welsh actor Matthew Rhys recently did an interview in Welsh on BBC Radio Cymru with Dewi Llwyd, where he discusses life in Brooklyn, working with his heroes and how he almost didn't make it to the Emmy awards. Translation by Trudi-Rose Edwards Listen to the interview here: https://t.co/WtajOQQCeW?amp=1 Matthew is currently in Vancouver looking after … Continue reading Matthew Rhys – BBC Radio Cymru Interview
Heads/Tails…Coffee to Go
Heads Welcome to the world of busy. Getting coffee to go is the ultimate sign of being far too preoccupied to sit and relax with your favourite roast. Imagine it: sitting with your coffee! It's ludicrous! Getting coffee to go is an absolute must for any one with a busy schedule/'important' job/inability to sit still, it's up … Continue reading Heads/Tails…Coffee to Go
Heads/Tails… "I'll have the same"
Heads You're on a date, they seem nice, the restaurant isn't a health hazard, all is well. You've made it this far, what could possibly go wrong now? The waiter brings over your menus, this is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most crucial moments of the date. What you choose says so … Continue reading Heads/Tails… "I'll have the same"
Romancing the City part 4: Edinburgh and Rome
Don't worry, I've not forgotten, 'Romancing the City' is back! This time we're looking at two cities both very popular with tourists, Scotland's capital city Edinburgh and the Eternal City Rome. Edinburgh Okay, so maybe Edinburgh doesn't scream out romance the way Paris does but that's kind of the point. The Scottish capital is … Continue reading Romancing the City part 4: Edinburgh and Rome
Romancing the City part 3: Athens and Reykjavik
Welcome back to Romancing the City, the series of romance shattering articles that step on those rose tinted glasses and shine a light on the ugly side of some of Europe's favourite capital cities for lovebirds. Today's take of two cities features the Greek capital Athens and Reykjavik in Iceland. So far, London and Paris … Continue reading Romancing the City part 3: Athens and Reykjavik
Romancing the City part 2: Dublin and Amsterdam
Previously, we saw how Paris and London weigh up in the romantic city stakes, now let's see if Dublin and Amsterdam, two cities famed for their party lifestyles, stack up... Dublin Despite what Ed Sheeran may tell you, Grafton Street is not that romantic, I mean, it's a nice enough street and if you're looking for … Continue reading Romancing the City part 2: Dublin and Amsterdam


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On Our Way Home in KL
Today we went to the buffet breakfast at our hotel in Kuala Lumpur then went swimming at the massive pool. After that we had lunch in the restaurant which was for me beef skewers. We then went up to the room to relax and watch T.V. Now we are in the restaurant and have just … Continue reading
Kitzsteinhorn, on top of the world with snow in summer
Whilst we were at the Gipfelwelt 3000… The Top of Salzburgs Kitzsteinhorn, about 100km south we had the chance to play in the snow fields that they usually have all summer. Here's a short video I made and some pics. and some photo's
Europe, We Are Here!
Hi everyone! It seems like everywhere we go it's like we're in the movies because it's so surreal. Right now we are staying at a b&b house in Lausanne. Courtney Joined the Tour group a few days ago and now it;s just the 3 of us. Yesterday we went out of Germany and into switzerland. … Continue reading
We're off, up and away!
Isn't it funny how song lyrics become what you want them to be, in your head.. I have "we're up up and away, in my beautiful balloon" going around in my head and then it is bluring with a very old TAA ad…maybe their jingle used the song, I cannot be sure, but either way … Continue reading
clean, clean, clean!!
Today Court and I have completed a list of jobs of which we had to do. They were kitchen laundry sweep and mop pack for tomorrow and do this post We finished it all in good time.
Lights, Dads and Swims
On Saturday night my sister (Courtney), my grandma (Grace) and myself went to see the lights in the park.We've been nearly every year for as long as i can remember but the floods had ruined some of the lights so there were plenty of new ones to enjoy. Yesterday we wen't to our dad's (Steve) … Continue reading
Walking is getting popular
Hello World Today is our second day of walking and it was great! Our friendly neighbors (The Ritter's and their dog Biscuit) came with us (The Taylor's and our dog Bella) went for a walk down to West creek, Kearney Springs and back. The Ritter's dog 'Bickie' walked with Court while our dog 'Bella' walked … Continue reading


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Points To Look For When Selecting A Residential Painter
Most people usually like painting their homes once in a while so that they can make it look quite appealing for everyone. It is usually better if you decide upon finding a good painter who knows what they are doing so that the job can look good at the end of the day. Such painters are known to be quiet useful as they will guide you on the right colors that you can use in painting different rooms in your home. In order for the painter to have an easy time and for the job to be done fast it is usually important to fast and she was at you have an idea of what you want when it comes to the colors that you will choose. The good thing is that they will guide you on where you can get affordable paints because they are known to be really expensive and someone can have a hard time when trying to find an affordable one. It is usually important to research on the internet when it comes to knowing how much painters charge people as it will give you a good clue. Note that such information is usually quite useful, and it will help you a lot.
You can never go wrong when you ensure that you choose a residential painter that has a good reputation when it comes to providing the best service to his clients. Keep in mind that you will find some painters who have been in the industry for the longest time and have gathered years of skills. You will find many people opting to hire veterans as they are known to be the best when it comes to residential painting. Such painters usually do not disappoint when it comes to their service as they are well trained and they have many years of skills. One thing that you should know is that at the end of the day such painters can never want to ruin the reputation that has taken many years in building by providing poor services. At the end of the day if you choose a newly established painter you will regret it because they work tends to disappoint and they are known to work on guesswork. They are known to have no experience or skills when it comes to such a job, and someone can end up getting disappointed by their work. At the end of the day, you can never compare the job that a veteran will do to that one of a newly established residential painter.
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Have a great Wednesday! I can see Friday from here! ~Phil
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This looks great, Phil. I think Friday will be easier for me to see at this time tomorrow.
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I enjoy all your wine glass pictures!
I love this one too! I can spend aaages staring at fire, and ages drinking wine. This is a good combo! 😉
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Discover the beautiful Limburg by bike. You can safely park your bicycle in the locked bicycle storage . Ready for your bike ride? Don't forget to 'cycle through the water' at junction 91 in Bokrijk. When you return, you can have some rest on our beautiful sun terrace. We also provide a delicous dinner with a unique view on the lake. After a well-filled day you can sleep in a good bed. Afterwards you can join our delicious breakfast buffet.
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The shock and despair of divorce can be quite overwhelming emotionally. After spending many hours researching for the right attorney, I found Tracy Meyer. Tracy was there for me during the entire emotionally draining, anxiety filled process. Throughout the entire journey I always felt Tracy had my best interest in mind and guided me through tough times and tough decisions. Tracy is honest and will always openly communicate with you, bringing to you the good and bad news - holding nothing back; which is what you need during this endeavor in your life. Tracy expects the same honesty and openness from her clients and will do her very best in framing your case making sure you are treated fairly. You will find, as I did, that Tracy cares about you and your best interest with the goal of the best outcome for you now and your future. You can be confident Tracy knows the law very well, knows the business, and knows the court system and how it can work for you or against you. Trust is a common thread between you and who represents you and you can be confident that Tracy can be trusted to be your advocate. I could have chosen many to represent me, but thankfully I was led to the very best. Tracy Meyer without a doubt is the very best; period."
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I had an extraordinarily difficult divorce case that took almost five years. I'd been obliged to 'fire' three lawyers prior to engaging Ms. Meyer, - who was recommended to me by another one of Fredericksburg's finest attorneys (whom I couldn't use to a conflict of interest with my spouse). She's smart, she's tough, she knows the law and listened to me. I'd had issues with my prior attorneys not appreciating how difficult (mentally unstable yet not to the "has to be committed" extent) my now ex spouse was. I can't express my appreciation and heartfelt gratitude for a long hard fight. I would unhesitatingly recommend her.
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Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickup Power Rankings
*Week 14 Waiver Wire Power Rankings | All Players less than 60-percent owned*
FNTSY Sports Network's Pat Mayo runs through the NFL Injury report and debates his Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickup Power Rankings for every position with Jake Ciely. The guys chat the top streaming QBs and DSTs of the week and throughout the playoffs, plus, what do to about benching superstars and using your full roster in the Fantasy post-season.
Week 14 Rankings: Ranks Debate | FLEX | RB | WR | QB | TE/DST | Waiver Wire | Picks/Bets | Injury Report
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Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups: Notes
Now that we've reached the Fantasy playoffs, stop worrying about depth. Don't get attached to your backups, even if they're starting RBs. If Alfred Blue, Antonio Andrews, Duke Johnson or even someone as productive as Frank Gore are on your team, and you're not ever going to use them, cut them loose for a handcuff or a streaming QB/DST to use in the upcoming weeks. The only reason to hold on to a fringe starter is to keep them out of the hands of a potential playoff competitor you may come up against. That's it. Your bench spots are ultra valuable, so use them wisely. Rostering three or four DSTs at this time of year isn't crazy, it's calculated. Not only do you give your team the opportunity to exploit optimal match ups, you dry up the waiver wire and force your competition to make panic decisions if their starters come up against tough opponents. For example: If you've been riding Andy Dalton all season, you may want to see which QBs are still available now for Week 16 when Bad Andy is likely to show up in Denver. The longer you wait, the fewer the alternatives that are going to be available.
Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups: Streaming Defenses
- DET at STL
- CHI vs WSH
- KC vs SD
- TB vs NO
- CLE vs SF
Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups: Streaming Quarterbacks
- Jameis Winston vs NO
- Blake Bortles vs IND
- Tyrod Taylor at PHI
- Jay Cutler vs WSH
- Alex Smith vs SD
- Blaine Gabbert at CLE
- Brock Osweiler vs OAK
- Matt Hasselbeck at JAX
Tough QB Match Ups
- Derek Carr at DEN
- Marcus Mariota at NYJ
- Matt Ryan at CAR
Playoff Streaming QB/DST
Week 15 Waiver Wire: Streaming Defenses
- KC at BAL
- MIN vs CHI
- TB at STL
- HOU at IND
- WSH vs BUF
- PIT vs DEN
Week 15 Waiver Wire: Streaming Quarterback
- Blake Bortles vs ATL
- Derek Carr vs GB
- Ryan Tannehill at SD
Week 15 Tough QB Match Ups
- Ben Roethlisberger vs DEN
- Eli Manning vs CAR
- Jay Cutler at MIN
Week 16 Waiver Wire: Streaming Defenses
- KC vs CLE
- HOU at TEN
- DET vs SF
- MIN vs NYG
- PIT at BAL
Week 16 Waiver Wire: Streaming Quarterback
- Blake Bortles at NO
- Derek Carr vs SD
- Kirk Cousins at PHI
- Jay Cutler at TB
- Brian Hoyer at TEN
Week 16 Tough QB Match Ups
- Andy Dalton at DEN
- Russell Wilson vs STL
- Marcus Mariota vs HOU
- Matt Ryan vs CAR
Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups: Running Backs (To Play Week 14)
- Charles Sims
- Duke Johnson
- James White
- Bilal Powell
- Theo Riddick
- Darren Sproles
- Ameer Abdullah
- Alfred Morris
- David Cobb
- Chris Polk
If Ronnie Hillman is still available in your league 1. Weird. 2. Get him above everyone. CJ Anderson could miss time after sustaining an ankle injury which took him out of the Chargers game.
Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups: Running Backs (For Bench)
- Charles Sims
- Robert Turbin
- Fitzgerald Toussaint
- Terrance West
- Bilal Powell
- Boom Herron
- Mike Gillislee
- Stepfan Taylor
- Jay Ajayi
- Denard Robinson
- Jamize Owaluigi
- David Cobb
- Fred Jackson
- Mike Tolbert
As we found out in the Sunday Nighter, someone named Fitzgerald Toussaint appears to be the handcuff to DeAngelo Williams, not Jordan Todman.
LeSean McCoy left briefly with a concussion, he eventually returned, but his absence let us know 2014 Fantasy draft super-sleeper Mike Gillislee will get the touches over Anthony Dixon. At least while Karlos Williams remains out with his shoulder injury.
Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups: Wide Receiver
- Anquan Boldin
- MARV Jones
- DaVante Parker
- Cecil Shorts III
- Brian Hartline
- Doug Baldwin
- Dorial Green-Beckham
- Keshawn Martin
- Nate Washington
- Chris Givens
- Rueben Randle
- Tyler Lockett
- Brandon
- Ted Ginn Jr.
- Dwayne Harris
- Devin Funchess
- Rashad Greene
- JJ Nelson
- Marqise Lee
- Kenny Britt
THE SLEDGEHAMMER, Taylor Gabriel was already out, and Travis Benjamin (Shoulder) and Marlon Moore (Ribs) both exited against the Bengals, leaving the Browns receiving corps… rather thin. Brian Hartline soaked up all the WR work, putting up 8 catches on 11 targets. He's an Austin Davis favorite.
Kenny Stills was iffy to play against the Ravens with a knee injury, so it shouldn't be a surprise he left the game with a bad knee. Stills joins Rishard Matthews (Ribs) on the sidelines, allowing us more chances to see DaVante Parker put on a clinic on how to catch the ball at its highest point.
You know how everyone has a big boner for Dorial Green-Beckham? It's because he can do things like this.
Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups: Tight End
- Austin Seferian-Jenkins
- Richard Rodgers
- Jacob Tamme
- Charles Clay
- Kyle Rudolph
- Zach Ertz
- Blake Bell
- Jesse James
- Will Tye
- Owen Daniels
Not only is Austin Seferian-Jenkins not dead, he gets the Saints Week 14. HUZZAH!!!!!!!!!!
Vance McDonald suffered a concussion, making Blake Bell the new starting the new TE apple of Blaine Gabbert's eye. Four of Gabbert's five TD passes this season have gone to TEs.
Crockett Gillmore suffered a back injury and didn't return. Backup TE MAXX Williams is already out too. The Ravens are literally running out of players.
He didn't come through Week 13, but with Leonard Hankerson finished for the season, Jacob Tamme should see 5+ targets in every game in the Fantasy playoffs. Tread carefully, though; TAMME draws Carolina Week 14 and 16.
Vernon Davis got a case of the dizzies and didn't return. Owen Daniels becomes a low upside TE in deep leagues if Davis remains out.


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Young specialists of the United Engine Corporation have won at once in two skills of Rostec Corporate WorldSkills Competition
OREANDA-NEWS. Young specialists of the United Engine Corporation (a Rostec State Corporation company) have won at once in two skills of Rostec Corporate WorldSkills Competition that was held on August 22 - 27 in Tula. This is the best result among the results of all holdings participated in the event.The Rostec competition covered the following skills: CNC Turning; CNC Milling; Engineering Graphics - CAD; Welding Processes; Electronics; Life Cycle Management (skills developed based on the TechnoPRORYV corporate program). The UEC team competed in five skills.
NPO Saturn (Rybinsk) CNC operator, skill-category 5, Aleksandr Soloviev has become the best turner, Kuznetsov PJSC (Samara) electrical/gas welder Anton Abankov has become the best welder. They have already won in the corresponding nominations in the UEC Corporate Competition before. CNC operator, skill-category 4 from NPO Saturn Aleksandr Venikov has come second in the skills CNC Turning, the design engineer of UEC-PM JSC (Perm) Konstantin Ermakov captured bronze in the Engineering Graphics - CAD. The team of eight representatives of UMPO PJSC (Ufa) has become the best in the nomination the Best Production Technique of the Life Cycle Management skills.
"We are proud of the achievements of our young specialists in Tula," General Director of UEC JSC Aleksandr Artyukhov says. "The Corporation will go on to actively develop the guideline of professional skills competitions and contests, including WorldSkills competitions. It is very important for us that young specialists of UEC should not only be familiarized with the international quality standards, but could assess their skills in a serious competitive struggle with the best representatives of other industrial enterprises and holdings of Russia".
The UEC team included also representatives of UEC-GT JSC (Rybinsk), Aviadvigatel JSC (Perm), Salyut Gas-Turbine Building Center JSC (Moscow), Baranov OMO (the Salyut affiliate in Omsk).
The right to represent UEC in the Rostec competitions was given to the specialists who had shown the best results during the UEC II Corporate WorldSkills Competition in engine-building held in Rybinsk within July 11 to 15. The UEC team in Tula included 17 young specialists and 9 experts. Winners of Rostec competition will join the all-Rostec Team to take part in the III National Competition of cross-industry professions of high-tech industries - WorldSkills Hi-Tech-2016 in Ekaterinburg (to be held from October 30 to November 3).
Successful performance of the UEC team was possible thanks to close cooperation of the competition participants with the experts, i.e. experienced specialists of the corporate companies that possess significant practical and theoretical knowledge and experience in certain skills. In nominations where UEC has got winning places the corporation specialists have been trained and supported by Senior Foreman of vocational training from NPO Saturn PJSC Training Center Sergei Dmitriev, Specialist in vocational training of the same center Sergei Burov, Senior Foreman of the production area from Kuznetsov PJSC Aleksei Trushin, Head of the Design Bureau UEC-PM JSC Igor Tunev.
Representatives of UEC-JSC Chernyshev MME from Moscow participated in the competition in the team of OOO MRO Russian Engineering Union. They have won in the nomination the Best HR-Policy in the Life Cycle Management skills.
United Engine Corporation (JSC) (a Rostec State Corporation company) is an integrated organization specialized in the design and development, serial production and after-sales support of engines for military and commercial aviation, space programs, the Navy as well as for the oil and gas industry and power generation. One of UEC's prioritized fields of activity is the implementation of comprehensive programs of development of the industry's companies by introducing new technologies meeting the world-class standards. In 2014 revenues of the corporation amounted to RUB 199,9 billion.
Rostec State Corporation is a Russian corporation established in 2007 in order to facilitate the development, manufacturing and export of high-technology industrial products of military and commercial application. The corporation comprises over 700 companies, which form 9 defense-industrial and 6 civil industry holdings as well as 32 direct control companies. The Rostec portfolio spans such renowned brands as AVTOVAZ, KAMAZ, Kalashnikov Concern, Russian Helicopters, VSMPO-AVISMA and others. Rostec's subsidiaries are located in 60 regions of Russia and deliver their products to over 70 countries worldwide. In 2015 Rostec's consolidated proceeds amounted to 1 trillion 140 billion rubles. As of 2015 the average salary in the Corporation comprised RUB 41 000; payments to the budget at all levels exceeded RUB 160 billion. According to the new Rostec strategy, the main task of the Corporation is ensuring technological advantage of Russia on highly competitive world markets. The planned volume of investments for development up to 2025 amounts to RUB 4,3 trillion.


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Pavlov taught us that feedback, both positive and negative, reinforces behaviour. Though positive feedback has a stronger impact on behaviour setting, it's still important to address negative issues to stop bad behaviour before it causes damage.
The problem is that in the busy world of law firms, feedback often comes but once a year in the form of an annual appraisal. For strong personal development, this is simply not efficient for a number of reasons.
1. Stress
It can be stressful for an associate, or even more senior people, to know that a whole year's performance will be reviewed in one lengthy meeting. Stress in the legal profession is no surprise, but its effects can be serious for employees and the firm alike.
2. Time-consuming
Recalling successes – and difficulties – for 12 months can be challenging. For a time-poor lawyer, there is a risk the preparation won't be done properly. Client work and winning new business is always going to seem more urgent and more important.
3. Disengagement
Feedback, whether positive or negative, on work you completed several months ago has a much smaller impact on performance than immediate feedback. Delay leads to disengaged employees who, in turn, don't achieve their objectives and are more likely to leave the firm.
4. Too little, too late
Ignoring positive behaviour is a sure way to discourage it. Recognition, praise and validation are important motivators but feedback needs to be timely and specific if it is to have any value. Similarly, with poor performance early intervention is cheaper and better than long-delayed performance management programmes.
If not appraisals, then what?
Realistically, even the most innovative law firms will still use some form of annual appraisal as part of their performance review process. The concept is ingrained in most firms. And it does have its uses, for example as a yardstick for pay reviews and partner remuneration.
But for law firms that want to motivate and encourage their staff and align performance to their strategic goals, once a year is not enough.
Instead, ambitious firms need to implement continuous feedback so that firm-wide goals and personal objectives are tracked, monitored and achieved. Then, when it comes to appraisal season, everyone has a year's worth of feedback to work with.
For advice on using continuous feedback to complement annual appraisals, download our free guide to better performance reviews for law firms.
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Awake, But Not Conscious – The HOF Irrational Rambling of Halides
During my freshman year of college a "friend" offered me a dip of skoal. I took it. Next thing I knew, I bought my own can, then another. You know the rest of the story. Skoal became Copenhagen by the time I graduated. For 33 years I always had lame reasons to feed my half a can of Copenhagen a day addiction. It helped me to study. It helped me at work. It helped me stay awake on long drives. I knew I should quit. I did try to quit several times, but never made it longer than ten days. I always would come up with an excuse to cave, and convince myself I'd really quit just a little later down the road.
Fast forward to January, 2018. I came across the Kill the Can web site. I started reading the posts and articles, especially the information on how to Quit. I went where I could on the site as a guest for a few days, learning as much as I could. The information gave me confidence. On January 31 I arrived home from work, walked out into a field, and dumped the rest of my can of Copenhagen on an ant hill. I had set a Quit date: February 1, 2018.
February 1, 2018. I set up a KTC account and managed to find my way to May 2018. I was greeted by numerous friendly people, both veterans & members of May 2018. With their help I was able to post my Day 1 Promise not to use tobacco or nicotine.
I had difficulty sleeping from Day 1, but the first week of February was generally OK. Then I started having dull & persistent headaches. I had entered The Fog. At times I could not concentrate. I was awake, but not conscious. I would have brief moments of clear thinking and say to myself: "What was I doing?" or "Why am I standing here?" I do not think I had a single "good day" during the second and third weeks of February. In the fourth week of February the sun came out, the fog burned off, and I was back to near normal. Today I am at Day 166. Those two weeks are still by far the worst days of my quit. I now have a lot of "great days" that are tobacco & nicotine free.
We call ourselves the Angry Zombies of May 2018 because many of us experienced the Zombie existence I described above. There were also some of us that were always angry. The pages of May 2018 are filled with ridiculously long arguments and name calling episodes. The arguments & name calling achieved absolutely nothing, except for getting May 2018 Zombies banned. (For those who do not understand Banned, KTC has very few rules, but it has some rules. If someone violates a rule or rules, they are Banned from the site.)
53 people were members of May 2018. On the way to the Hall of Fame we had 5 people Banned, 4 people caved, and 19 people went MIQ (Missing In Quit). 25 of us reached Hall of Fame. Since Hall of Fame, we have had 1 person Banned, and 3 go MIQ. There are now 21 Outstanding Quitters left in May 2018.
It bears repeating that we lost 4 people after 100 Days Quit. 100 Days and the Hall of Fame is an important milestone. It is by no means the end of the Quit Journey.
I debated writing a Hall of Fame Speech. One KTC saying is that if your speech ends up helping just one person, that is reason enough for doing a speech. I hope I help at least one person. Since you have tolerated my irrational rambling this long, I will keep you just a little longer to recognize some the people that greatly helped me in my Quit. I apologize in advance, because I know I will forget some people:
The Angry Zombies of May 2018, all 52 of my brothers & sister in Quit. Proud to be quit with you. My best wishes go out to the 32 Zombies who are no longer posting roll with us. I hope you are happy, doing well, & Quit.
Xdm45 & Johninslp, Our hall of Fame Conductors. They did an outstanding job with a very dysfunctional group of Quitters. They expertly guided and re-routed the train as we were getting Banned in Early May.
Wastepanel always gave us great and usually humorous advice. Please continue to share your insights with us. Congratulations on 7 years Quit!
May 2015 & May 2017. I can't say enough to thank JP & May 2017 for the help they gave us, all the way from Day 1 to present. Very specifically, the following were of great help to me: JP, Slickwill, Justin J, LMcB, UncleRico, Leonidas, DonkeyMN, Bgbdbrd (KC Royals!) & Brett.
ReWire, Palpatine, WalterWhite, SRains918, Athan, Samrs, & Skol. I greatly appreciate your efforts, help & insights given to May 2018 & myself.
NOTE: This piece written by KillTheCan.org forum member Halides


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Jose Elizario Gallegos, a sexually violent predator as classified by the State of Colorado, has moved to Community Corrections at 650 South Ave. in Grand Junction. Mr. Gallegos has registered his move appropriately with the Grand Junction Police Department.
View the informational video here.
In accordance with state law, the Grand Junction Police Department is in the process of notifying the community of his residency within the City. In addition to the information being provided to the media for dissemination and bulletins that have been mailed to the addresses surrounding 650 South Ave., the GJPD is televising an informational presentation on the Government Access Channel (Charter Cable Channel 191) Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 7 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. The presentation is approximately 15 minutes long.
Community members can also see the informational presentation and the SVP bulletin regarding Jose Gallegos, as well as the list of all SVPs currently living in the Grand Junction city limits on the police department webpage at:
A list of registered sex offenders living in Mesa County, including a map of their locations, can be viewed on the websites of all of the police and sheriff agencies in Mesa County, or by visiting www.MesaCountyUnifiedSexOffenderRegistry.org.


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Using abstraction, animation, and re-enactments, Toronto-based artist Jean-Paul Kelly — the 2014 recipient of the Kazuko Trust Award for "artistic excellence in the moving image" at the New York Film Festival — has created a powerful series of short videos that examine the attractors and repulsors of various forms of media representation. Details from documentaries, press cuttings, publications, and online media streams are isolated, superimposed, composited, and otherwise reconfigured into new meanings — often in disturbing pairings of pleasure and pain, desire and trauma. The centrepiece of the program, Service of the goods, is a shot-by-shot reproduction of scenes from Frederick Wiseman documentaries, which have been stripped of their naturalistic signifiers to bring underlying ideologies into sharper focus. "This film is not only a bang-on piece of filmic analysis; it also poses fundamental questions about the representation of social institutions, and those stuck inside of them" (Michael Sicinski, Keyframe Magazine).
- (Glissement) The Sense of an Ending | Canada 2010. 4 min.
- A Minimal Difference | Canada 2012. 5 min.
- Service of the goods | Canada 2013. 29 min.
- Figure-ground | Canada 2013. 5 min.
- The Innocents | Canada 2014. 13 min.
- Movement in Squares | Canada 2013. 13 min.
Screening format: DCP
Jean-Paul Kelly is a Canadian artist who uses video, drawing, and photography to explore the relationship between materiality and perception, interrogating the limits of representation by examining complex associations between found documentary and photojournalistic reference materials. His work has been exhibited and screened across Canada and internationally. From 2009 to 2012, Kelly was programming director and curator of Trinity Square Video (Toronto). He was a guest artist at the 2013 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar.
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Producers Urged To Contact Legislators on New Immigration Bill
A large majority of dairy farm workers are immigrants. While some fear President Trump's stance on immigration could heavily impact the availability of immigrants, it seems a new Senate bill will also be cause for concern. The new bill called the 'Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act' is sponsored by senators Tom Cotton (R-AK) and David Perdue (R-GA). The pair of senators say the bill aims to "reduce the influx of workers drastically in hopes to reserve jobs for low skilled American workers."
If passed, the bill would make getting a visa harder, placing restrictions and caps on some visa categories and eliminating others all together. Proponents of the bill say it will provide opportunity for Americans who can't currently find jobs. Those who oppose the bill are concerned with the bill as many well-paying jobs in the agriculture industry already go unfilled year after year.
"One thing is clear, jobs on the farm are not desirable to most American workers regardless of wage and benefits," officials from the American Dairy Coalition say. "This bill restricts the ability of farmers to have access to a safe, legal workforce."
The Coalition is urging dairy producers to contact their Senators to express concern with the bill.
"We must work together to educate federal legislators on the importance of providing a legal workforce for the dairy and agriculture industry," officials say.


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Here I am at yet another One Room Challenge with the hopes that I will actually finish my project this time (it's my third entry). This season I will be designing my 9 month old son and my 9 year old daughters bedroom. My daughter has been helping with the design process since she does use the room more than the baby does she gets to make a lot of decisions which she is more than happy to make.For colors we decided on black and white as the base color for the room and so far the accent colors that are in the running are blue, green and yellow. We are leaning more towards blue because she likes that color a lot (not more than pink of course) and I think it works as a neutral color for both of them. The space is quite small so I have to be a little creative with storage and we can't have too much furniture, but that's New York living for you. We moved into the 2nd floor of our two family home (did a little switch with mom she's on the first floor now) and this room has been untouched ever since. Haley and Maddox have been staying in my room so you can just imagine how motivated I am to get this room DONE.
We started with the floors because I don't like light floors so that big spot in the middle, that was Junior testing out colors. I said "lets test a small patch" he said "no this is better". This is where I learned you can't DO EVERYTHING YOURSELF some things are best left to the professionals. We decided to sand the floors ourselves so we can stain them and It came out horribly wrong because Junior skipped steps and that's a big no no when it comes to refinishing wood floors. But if you know him then you know he hates following directions for some reason lol. We did not sand properly as you can see in the above picture therefore when we applied the stain it came out horrible to say the least. I was mortified, I didn't even want to look at the room anymore so I closed the door for a week as if that would magically fix everything (it didn't).
This is what it looked like when we put the stain. I was in shock as I'm sure you are too just looking at this picture. Imagine having to see it in person. Sanding properly and following all the steps is crucial when refinishing wood floors. Even if you think you there are steps you can skip DON'T you will end up with a mess like I did and eventually more work. If you are anything like my dear Junior just hire a professional and save yourself the trouble. Later this week someone will be coming over to properly re-do our floors and I can't wait. I also can't wait to paint these walls and molding. The inspiration for this room cam from the picture below. I saw it and immediately loved it. Of course I will be putting my own kid friendly spin on this room but I love the timeless feel of a black and white room.
Come back next to see the design plan for the room and hopefully more progress.Also don't forget to check out some of the other amazing rooms over at OneRoomChallenge.com !


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18650 Samsung 25R 2500mAh Cell
The Samsung 25R 18650 cell is a great mid-range cell with proven characteristics and the blessing of vape battery scientists. At 2500mah and 20 amp discharge, it is a great performer for all situations.
Samsung 25R may be green on the outside, but it's internals aren't so soft.
Samsung 25R Specs:
- Flat Top Nominal capacity: 2500 mah
- Max Continuous Rated Discharge: 20 amps (at 25 degrees C)
- Nominal voltage: 3.6v
- After a fresh charge: 4.2v
- Cycle info: Capacity drops to 60% after 250 full charge/discharge Cycles
- Don't discharge below: 2.5v
- Standard Charge: CC/CV @ 1 amp / 4.20 volts +/- .05v, 100 mA cut-off
- (Max) Rapid Charge: CC/CV @ 4amps / 4.20 volts +/- .05v, 100 mA cut-off
- Impedance: 22.15 +/- 2 milliohms
- Weight: 45g
- Height: 64.85 +/- 0.15mm
- Diameter: 18.33 +/- 0.07mm
- Operational Charging Temperature Range: 0 to 50 degrees C (best below 45 degrees C)
- Operational Discharging Temperature Range: -20 to +75 degrees C (best below 60 degrees C)
You can store Samsung 25R cells for 1.5 years!
At approximately -30 to + 25 degrees C, 3 months at 30 to 45 C and 1 month at 30 to 60 C (in other words, store them in a cool place and they'll last longer).
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO CARE PROPERLY FOR LG HD2C AND OTHER LI-ION and LI-MN BATTERIES:
Lithium Ion and Lithium MN batteries, in some cases, are known to vent. This is an infrequent occurrence and can happen even to batteries with protected circuits. Many consumer electronics use Li-Ion and Li-MN batteries as a power source and venting has occurred with these consumer electronics.
Check your battery regularly for rips in the plastic coating or other signs such as poor performance or appearance
When a Li-Ion or Li-MN Battery gets very hot it is best to remove the battery if possible and put it aside to let it cool down. If this is not possible, turn off your device and let it cool down with the battery in it.
Batteries should never be left unattended while they are charging. Typically, the positive end of the battery is placed in the device or charger head first, please read the accompanying manual with the product you are using to ensure that the battery is placed in the correct position before activating and/or charging the unit. Do not carry loose batteries without protection, always store batteries away from other metal such as coins or keys.


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The Great Year Cycle: Book One
E.W. Park
Fox Point Books (172 pp.)
May 8, 2018
An apocalypse looms in this debut novel of crossed worlds and cataclysm.
Nine years ago, New Amith was locked in a space race with the Shan, an alien species of albinos. New Amith lost that competition, though not for want of technology. Their shuttle made it into orbit but came back with a corpse inside, a pattern that has since repeated three times. The cosmonauts never survive. Now, with dozens of Shan arriving on New Amith every day, the space program has been resurrected, and Nikos Healy'll can only listen in from mission control as his wife, Elena, dies in turn. After the funeral, Nikos decides he wants answers. The rules of New Amith seem suddenly too great a burden; life itself has become futile. And so, with only his brother, Giannis, to hold him in check, Nikos sets out to uncover precisely why Elena was sent to burn in space. At the same time, he is reassigned to coordinate with Anna Antc'sh, the supervisor of a Shan archaeological dig. Together, they gain entry to the Black Room, from which they take away a shared nightmare and the conceptual key to deciphering the impending end of the world. In this first installment of a four-volume series, Park establishes a sci-fi scenario rich with half-familiar details: hydro-balloon trams; vaporizing toilets; gods, prophets, and ages of civilization (both past and foretold); intrigue and superstition. These elements are introduced via immersion, which on the one hand is disorienting yet on the other, makes a pleasant contrast to those novels that sag with exposition. The author places readers inside the story, come what may. The dialogue is naturalistic to the point of obfuscation, which adds to the sense of something being observed, not related. Nikos, likewise, is a complicated character: antagonistic toward his brother and abstruse in his interactions with Anna. The consequence of Park's take-it-or-leave-it style is that New Amith emerges with a rich depth of history while the end of days plot, like a horror tale's monster never fully revealed, is genuinely unsettling. Readers may not always know what's going on, but they'll definitely feel it.
A challenging but absorbing introduction to a sci-fi series.


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This book offers new strategies and scripts for hypnotherapists, sports counsellors and sports psychologists working with athletes to help them achieve their peak performance. A major focus of the book is that the therapist does not necessarily need to be familiar with the sport or activity to serve as a 'mental coach' to the athlete. The athlete is instructed that the goal is not to improve the mechanics of their performance (that is left up to their coaches) but, rather, to help them to relax, concentrate and focus so that they fulfil their maximum potential. They learn not to let the mental side of their game trip up the physical side, but rather to enhance it.
This book lives up to its title absolutely. The author's background as a clinical psychologist is important because of his application of sound theoretical perspectives into his work as a therapist first and a sports psychologist second.
The introduction gives an accurate and sound (historical and developmental) rationale for the application of hypnosis in order to help athletes enhance their performance. Joseph Tramontana clearly demonstrates his vast experience in helping with athletes from more than 15 sports. The very many case studies illustrate the application of hypnotic techniques such as hypnotic suggestibility tests, muscle testing, induction, deepening, the practice effect, alert and open eye hypnosis and self hypnosis. The final chapters, "Recovering from Injury and Returning to Training and Competition" and "Substance Abuse and Other Addictive Behaviours" make a valuable contribution to support the efficacy of hypnosis as an adjunct to therapy not generally covered in other texts. The book closes with insightful conclusions, appendices including a valuable list of affirmations, recommended books, movies and references.
The integration of hypnotic sports psychology for the development of sports performance is in ever increasing demand. This highly readable book outlines some interesting strategies, with accompanying scripts and case studies (so often missing in books). Some eminent practitioners have been cited within the book and the reference list is extensive. I recommend it to professionals with an interest in this area.
Over the years, the applications and usefulness of hypnosis has been demonstrated and worked out, mainly in the field of psychopathology and medical problems. The field of 'sports hypnosis' remained less studied, unknown, under developed. The work to inform and motivate people in the field of sports, culminated in this book, filling a gap. As reader you learn how and where hypnosis can be integrated in working with athletes, practicing different sports. Like the author, maybe you as a therapist can discover how working with athletes can be "fun and an exciting sub-area of general psychological practice" and that "progress, gains and successes are often quick, dramatic, and measurable". Working with athletes turns out to be very rewarding as "they are highly motivated to improve and used to repetition in practicing their sport, so usually accepting the need to practice self-hypnosis."(p.7)
Psychotherapists and sports psychologists who are familiar with hypnosis easily can get ideas from this book to creatively working with athletes in their own practice. As the author states "working with athletes can bring a healthy balance for psychotherapists, not only working with patients suffering from pathology, but also to see how they can help, assist sportsman to enhance performances. "
Work with athletes as presented here, starts in a very structured way: motivational techniques to discover the impact of their mindset, let them experience different induction and deepening techniques, and imagery preparing the further work. The techniques are described in detail, with full scripts as one would expect in a basic textbook for hypnosis.
I particularly like the wood scene where the reader gets a first idea of what creativity and metaphorical work can do. The athlete is invited to experience by imagery his reflection as a younger one, his path through life with setbacks, minor frustrations, blockages he can encounter and imagery or projective to methods to uncovering obstacles. The metaphor stimulates the athlete to take matters in his own hands, and find his way in life, free himself from obstacles. Another uncovering method is illustrated with a clinical example of a girl suffering from low self-esteem. She comes up with a memory of her mother shouting 'shame on you', and it's surprising how fast the issue can be resolved: an inviting and motivating example for newcomers to work with hypnosis.
Other specific techniques useful in different sports are described in detail: the 'World Class Visualizer' helps not only to see things with your own eyes, but from the expert's perspective, indirectly being helpful in finding advice and answers. You find examples of this in working with golfers, sprinters, equestrians and tennis players.
The "Space Travel Mediation" invites the athlete to take a fantasy trip into the outer space to meet an all-wise being — getting information from the clients own subconscious mind through their conscious mind.
The "Time Continuum-future success" technique invites the client to imagine a trip into the clouds, from where to review past-present and future and projecting future success.
After the overview of hypnotic approaches chapters are dedicated to different sports: from golfers to field athletes, gymnastics and equestrians, football, tennis, volleyball, cycling and more.
A special chapter focuses on recovery from injury and returning to training and competition.
The book is written in a nice conversational style, with plenty of references telling where the author found his ideas. He is not pretending that he 'invented the wheel' but integrates methods from the clinical area of working in helping athletes to enhance performances. He adopts a traditional, structured hypnotic approach enriched with Ericksonian principles and methods, like language patterns, embedded suggestions, creating a yes-set, indirect work by telling stories of success by others.
Some scripts or approaches are repeated several times: you find them in the general approach and also in the case examples. Is it boring or can it be considered as learning by repeating, in a way that the therapist gets the content and the scripts in his own mind to easily adopt it in his clinical work.
The author states that you don't need to know all the details of a particular sport or skills to generate a successful outcome in helping athletes — often an interview with the athlete and / or coach gives information about what needs to be improved or conveyed in hypnosis.
In working with athletes or other people who need to perform it's an advantage and sometimes a necessity of having clinical insight to detect anxiety disorders, previous (traumatic) experiences, educational issues or imprints which might interfere with developing one's full potential. Experience as a clinical psychologist, like the author has is very helpful.
I appreciate the efforts and active approach he did to open up the field, making contact with coaches and give them information, offering help to the athletes, often for free.
The book reflects the experiences of years of practice of the author in this area and his efforts to get more professional people interested in the field. His enthusiasm works motivational. The book is recommended reading for therapists who are interested in applying hypnosis in performance enhancement in general, test anxiety and sports.
In my opinion the last parts of the book deserves special attention: you find an appendix with proverbs related to performance as "A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor" and "When you lose, don't lose the lesson" and many other citations from anonymous people. Other proverbs mentioned come from famous people as Einstein's "In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity." These are useful ideas to offer as stuff for reflection, to sustain motivation, to give support in dealing with setbacks or frustration. A list of dvd's and movies related to sports is a valuable tool for experiential or indirect learning or learning from models by identification with their overcoming adversity and finding ways to success.
For anyone who is interested in sports and hypnosis, this is a good place to start. Chapter 1 is a must read. It covers various inductions, relaxation and deepening processes. The author then touches on cognitive behavioural approaches and reframing. He recommends reading the book from the beginning to the end to gain the most benefit. There is a lot of information in the book and the affirmations are excellent. The references are also very helpful.
The book covers a number of specific sports, with a natural focus on North American activities although not exclusively so. This should not put off practitioners from other areas as the reader will find a great deal of useful information which can be applied to other athletes. Tramontana draws on his years of experience in the field to provide significant breadth on subject knowledge, not only practical but theoretical too. He also uses actual case examples to illustrate "how to" and the process. I found his style informative and immensely readable. The book is a treasure trove for Sports therapists and useful for the more general hypnotherapist as there is a lot that can be learnt in this volume.
"Do just once what others say you can't do and you will never pay attention to their limitations again."-James R. Cook - from Sports Hypnosis, Appendix "Affirmations"
Sports Hypnosis In Practice, by Dr. Joseph Tramontana, is a delightful, candid and enormously useful book for clinicians working with athletes. Licensed clinical psychologist, and one time runner, sprinter and coach, Dr. Tramontana applies his clinical skills and imagination to the mental side of sports. He weaves together hypnotherapy techniques, elements from the culture of competitive athletics, and specific directions for uncovering meaningful personal imagery, to help athletes improve their performance.
Dr. Tramontana accomplishes this within a solid base of classical hypnotherapy technique and multi-level communications for unlocking potential. He writes in a direct, genuine, and first person style that lends itself to an appreciation to this interesting sub-specialty. He includes a variety of ideas in story-telling, interviews, affirmations, quotes, books, and movies that help with the process and enlivens the text for the reader.
"What I especially enjoy about working with athletes, young or older," Joe explained to the Times, "is their extremely high motivation to improve." Joe's enjoyment of sports culture and his concern for the athletes emerge clearly in the text.
"... I find it to be a fun and exciting sub-area of my general psychological practice," he writes in the Introduction. "Typically athletes are not coming to see me because of psychological disturbance; rather they are seeking self-improvement in their sport."
"...The progress, gains, and successes are often quick, dramatic, and measurable," he notes, a situation that makes this work a satisfying, upbeat area of clinical practice.
In Sports Hypnosis Dr. Tramontana provides specific directions and scripts, showing the reader how to modify techniques and suggestions for particular sports or particular athletes.
For instance, he explains the difference in the mental approach of a tennis player, who keeps moving, to that of a competitive golfer who has more than enough time to dwell on a mistake. The golfer "has more time to think between shots. If the previous shot was a bad one, this thinking can involve grappling with self-doubt, anxiety, fear of failure, and tension."
In another example, Joe presents a case with a young gymnast who had fallen and who finds it impossible to perform the same move unless her coach is near the bar. "Hypno-projection was then utilized to review performing the skills perfectly in the past (age regression)," Joe writes. "...and then seeing herself doing them perfectly in the future (future projection)." Next, he used scripts involving an approach for "rehearsing future performance." And finally, "...the client was told to ask the coach to move a little further away each day and to practice these techniques at home." In a short time the gymnast was back performing comfortably.
The directions and scripts are enhanced by a set of interviews with coaches and athletes, including Brian Kinchen, former LSU football star and NFL tight end and long snapper. Also included is LSU women's tennis coach Tony Minnis, LSU's women's softball coach, Yvette Girouard, and LSU's equestrian club team coach, Leaf Boswell.
Sports Hypnosis is complete with scientific links and references, successfully blending with the work of other sports psychology experts, information from researchers in human performance, and important techniques from other hypnotherapists.
As a former competitive runner and sprinter, and also a coach for marathoners, Joe demonstrates his insightful knowledge about the challenges and demands that athletes encounter. He brings together his knowledge of normal personality, clinical insight, and his awareness of the emotional demands that arise in a variety of competitive endeavors, to show how the clinician can uncover the cognitive psychology of the athletes' beliefs.
Sports Hypnosis will be directly and immediately useful for psychologists trained in clinical hypnosis who want to assist athletes, but it will also be valuable to those who want to better understand the specifics of indirect methods and how hypnotherapists engage the subconscious to help clients overcome personal obstacles.
The design of the book begins with a crisp but complete "Introduction," providing background and scientific context for applications. In Chapter 1, "Overview of Hypnotic Approaches with Athletes," Joe outlines the techniques he uses for trace induction and deepening, imagery, and techniques for specific suggestions for athletes.
For instance, he describes "The elevator," "The practice effect and generalization effect," and "Efficiency and effectiveness." Also included is "Alert and open eye hypnosis," a technique essential for athletes. In later chapters he describes techniques such as "World Class Visualizer," and "Space Travel Meditation."
He clarifies how self-hypnosis is used for homework and explains the use of story-telling and "Inspirational stories." He reviews how issues with low self-esteem, self-sabotage, or other emotional issues may need to be discovered in sections on "Uncovering" and "Reframing."
Chapters 2 through 9 address specific sports, beginning Chapter 2, "Golfers" followed by Chapter 3, "Track and Field Athletes: Sprinters, Distance Runners, and High Jumpers," and Chapter 4, "Gymnastics and Cheerleaders."
In Chapter 5, "Equestrians: Show Jumping," Joe reviews his work with a female equestrian who reported feedback of a "slow motion" effect following hypnotherapy, allowing her to feel as though she had extra time to mentally prepare. "
In "The US Big Three: Football, Baseball, and Basketball," Chapter 6, Joe interviews Brian Kinchen, tight end for LSU, the Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Raves, and Carolina Panthers. Kinchen became the deep snapper for the New England Patriots and snapped the winning field goal in the team's Super Bowl victory.
Chapter 7, "Softball (Fast Pitch), Chapter 8 on "Tennis," and Chapter 9 covering "Volleyball, Soccer, Olympic Shooting, Cycling, and Rugby," completes the review of specific sports.
Dr. Tramontana shifts gears in Chapter 10 to give a review of "Recovering from Injury and Returning to Training and Competition," which includes hypnotic techniques to enhance recovery after surgery or injury.
"My work with pain patients-I currently work one day per week in a pain management clinic and am referred to as their 'pain psychologist'- dovetails nicely with working with athletes who have overuse or injury-related pain," Joe noted.
Chapter 11, "Substance Abuse and Other Addictive Behaviors," builds on his clinical expertise of working with additive behaviors.
Sections on "Affirmations" and on "Books and Movies," are given in the Appendix, and complete this engaging, upbeat and very usable book.
Dr. Joseph Tramontana is in private practice in Baton Rouge, and is also a Psychological Consultant to DDS. Additionally, he serves as the "Pain Psychologist" at Southern Pain & Anesthesia, in Metairie. He also sees clients monthly in Pass Christian, MS. He has served as Director of the North Mississippi Mental Health and Retardation Center. He belongs to the Southern Pain Society and the Mississippi Pain Society, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (for whom he has served as a faculty member), and the Association of Applied Sports Psychologists. He is a member of APA, the Louisiana and Mississippi Psychological Associations. Dr. Tramontana was recently elected to the Louisiana Psychological Association Executive Council and is Chairperson of the Public Affairs Committee and of the Elections Committee.
He is presenting a workshop in September (2011) at the annual meeting of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, an international organization, held this year in New Orleans.
Sports Hypnosis is his second book. His first is Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions, also published by Crown.
Joseph Tramontana has written a fascinating book dealing with the use of hypnosis in sports psychology. In addition to a general overview of the topic, he also provides details of how to work with those involved in many different sports, so that each individual may learn how to use this mental approach to reach their true potential.
Easy to read, easy to follow and a definite asset in any therapist's library.
Doctor Tramontana has written a excellent book on the practice of Sports Hypnosis. This is a book that I can now highly recommend to my future students. He has cited the top people in the field of sports hypnosis and I am sure that all of them will be making this book required reading for anyone interested in using hypnosis with athletes.
In this very practical book on hypnosis and sports, Joseph Tramontana adds to his string of effective publications. His tone is approachable and friendly. Clearly, he has a wide background in hypnosis, which he makes accessible for the novice as well as the experienced clinician.
Joes approach is straightforward: you dont need to be an accomplished athlete in order to be a good mental coach. The stories of his clinical work and extensive contacts with sports luminaries make it easy for the reader to get involved. In addition to many scripts, he gives suggestions on how to talk to coaches and athletes in order to market a viable sport hypnosis practice.
The increasing popularity of mental training in sport, and in particular sports hypnosis, has created a need for a comprehensive practical guide for hypnotherapists and sports psychologists interested in developing their hypnosis skills in performance related fields. In Sports Hypnosis in Practice, Joseph Tramontana has produced such a guide, filled with case studies, interviews and scripts from his many years experience as a clinical sports psychologist. The book details the methods Dr Tramontana has used in a variety of sports, including the actual hypnosis scripts used in session, as well as providing considerable reference to the research and reading these methods are based on.
Based on accepted sports psychology principles, Sports Hypnosis in Practice goes beyond just introducing hypnosis to sports psychology, but also examines the role of mental training as a whole, including insightful interviews with coaches and former players. In addition to chapters covering specific sports such as golf, tennis, athletics and show-jumping, Dr Tramontana has included useful guidance for dealing with other issues such as injury recovery and substance abuse. For the experienced hypnotherapist wanting to expand into sport, or the sports psychologist wanting to learn about adding hypnosis to their skillset, this book is an invaluable addition to their library.
Where were you Dr Tramontana when I needed you about 15 years ago?
The telephone rang and, on answering, I heard a very cultured female voice telling me that she needed my help to improve her golf!
I needed patients but had to admit to her, in all honesty, that I hardly knew one end of a golf club from the other. If she was happy with that then I was happy to do all that I could.
She came and, for a couple of sessions we used the first half of the session for her to explain the mechanics of her need - the smooth swing, etc., and the second half introducing all of this hypnotically.
She was happy. I wasnt. As we progressed I broached the idea that her problem was more her own self belief and confidence than any physical malfunction. Greater belief in her own abilities and a more relaxed outlook on her game would lead to its own steady improvement.
To begin with I think she was rather offended by me inferring that she was uptight, lacking in confidence, angry with herself, but was prepared to go along with me and let me drop thegolf coaching and concentrate on what I knew best as a hypnotherapist.
The results were terrific. She went from strength to strength and in a short time started to feature regularly on theroll of honour at her club.
Other club members asked her what she was doing to bring about this improvement. Was she having private lessons? She did admit to visiting her man in Tewkesbury. It was assumed I was a golf pro who had taken up coaching. They asked for my details as they wished to be able to see the same improvement in their own games. My phone never rang though. As soon as they realised I was a hypnotherapist and not a golfer they rapidly lost interest and added - We dont need that sort of man thank you!
Times have changed - fortunately - and it is now common place to hear of sports psychologists, etc, working with our leading sportsmen and women. Joseph Tramontanas new book, Sports Hypnosis in Practice is a groundbreaking book explaining how hypnosis can best be used to the benefit of those who are in sport and are seeking to achieve their peak performance.
In my own experience the client had in her mind that I could, through hypnosis, teach her how better to play golf. As Joseph Tramontana says in his book, this is not the job of the therapist but is the job of the coach. It is for them to develop and extend the mechanical side of the situation which is going to boost physical performance.
The hypnotherapist, sports counsellor or sports psychologists are there to work on all mental aspects of sport. Importantly, and a great relief to a sports illiterate such as myself, the therapist does not need to be familiar with the sport or the physical activity to be able to be effective and efficient in the role ofmental coach to the sports people who come to him/her.
This fact is, indeed, one of the main focuses of the book. The author refers to his own experience and says I have had successful outcomes in working with athletes across many sports that I have never played.
The book is an excellent mix of strategies and scripts. We are given detailed outlines and in depth explanations of how to work with a client and the scripts are extensive and excellent. We are taught how to help the subject relax, concentrate and become more focussed so that s/he is more able to achieve maximum potential.
We see that the hypnosis road can lead the sportsperson to achieve a better balance in life. For so many the effort to achieve becomes a struggle between achieving physical prowess and improving skill and achievement, often at the risk of allowing mental fragility to threaten to wreck the path of progress. Many of the prima donnas we see on our football pitches would see their game improve if only they had more skill to manage their mental body. Hypnosis is an excellent medium for changing behaviour, for improving focus, concentration, calm, anger management and much more. Fear and lack of confidence or self belief can also be enhanced. The coach can deal with the physical.
Put the two together and we stand the chance of producing the balanced sportsman who is able to produce the goods in all areas.
The book is of great interest in that it gives a wide variety of case studies where the author has worked successfully with sportsmen during his career. Very insightful and fascinating. In particular I liked the fact that many of the sportsmen and women would talk to him, perhaps years down the line, and be able to recount to him in great detail their hypnotic experiences and techniques. The value was seen clearly and was very well received and , as a result, became part of the everyday tool bag for success for countless athletes. They acknowledged, without reservation, the enormous benefit it had brought them.
The author leaves no stone unturned. We hear constantly of sports injury and also, sadly, of drug abuse in sport. Both of these are given time and space within the book and we are given insight and help into how best to help an athlete returning from injury or addiction. Inspirational and very illuminating.
There is also a section on Affirmations which I just loved.
Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you respond to it.!
Put you heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
When being given this book to review I thought Oh dear, sport!
I need not have worried.
The book is an excellent reference book and handbook for any therapist to dip into and find the tools and techniques, the strategies for success when dealing with clients who seek help in relation to their sporting life.
It is a book I am delighted to recommend and I feel that it has the potential of becoming a best seller in this age where sport is so pressurised yet, a far cry from my early experience, where its participants are far more open minded and aware that so much of their success stems from their thoughts not just from their raw physical talent.
Anyone serious about hypnotic sport psychology will insist on having this book in their library. The chapters on working with the injured athlete returning to their sport and working with the addicted athlete are both unique and most valuable. Taking the information in this book and individualizing and tailoring it to the sportsperson actually sitting in front of you will garner great results!
An excellent read for sports psychologists, sports therapists and lovers of sport. Techniques that work are all backed up by a wealth of experience.
Hypnotherapists who enjoy working with athletes or who want to add sports psychology to their practices will cheer for Joseph Tramontana`s Sports Hypnosis in Practice. Unlike other fine books that address hypnosis for a specific sport (like Tom Saunder`s Golf) or a generic approach to hypnosis for all sports (like Edgette and Rowan`s Winning the Mind Game), this book devotes individual chapters to specific sports, from gymnastics to rugby: Fifteen individual and team sports in all.
The book opens with an overview of the literature on sports hypnosis and the emergence of sports psychology. The first chapter gives information on general considerations for the practitioner, such as introducing sports hypnosis to the client, tests of hypnotizability, hypnotic inductions, deepening, guided imagery, self-hypnosis, regression, reframing, and cognitive behavioral therapy. The subsequent chapters, on hypnotic approaches to specific sports, show practitioners that each sport has its own vocabulary and performance standards. The author writes from his own experience as a runner and as a hypnotherapist who has worked with many athletes; amateurs and professionals.
Like Tramontana`s Hypnotically Enhanced Treatment for Addictions, this book is highly readable with excellent case examples (many of which can be used as metaphors), hypnotic scripts, treatment strategies, and verbatim interviews with coaches and athletes about the psychology behind specific sports. A chapter on helping athletes recover from injury includes pain management, imagery for healing, and a hypnotic question-answer process for pinpointing the origin of psychosomatic illness. The final chapter on addictions and eating disorders in sports is as timely as today`s sports headlines. This book hits a home run!