Blog Day: MAINEducation Technology Conference
Array He definitely knows how to play against NMU (6-1-0, 1.88, .926).The penalty kill remained strong, they’re now 12 for 12 on the season, which is impressive given the teams we’ve played and the youth on some of our units.The other bit of good news is that the third period was our best period, once it became a four-line game once again. Some of the guys who don’t play on the specialty teams were lacking in ice time due to the amount of penalties in the game (McInchak of course).In the ongoing battles for ice-time as the 12th forward and 6th defenseman, Brian Lebler got the nod over Brandon Naurato tonight while Scooter Vaughan was the defenseman sitting out tonight, allowing both Llewellyn and Quick to play. I’m a bit surprised that Rust has struggled somewhat in the earlygoing of his Michigan career (9 of 20 tonight, just under 50% for the year), but he’s still better than most of the guys we’ve had in the recent past.Hopefully they can complete the sweep tomorrow night, and get off to a nice start in CCHA play.One other thing of note tonight: The Boston College/North Dakota game, which was nationally televised on CSTV, was canceled after the second period due to poor ice conditions, fog, and power outages. They were robbed of what would’ve likely been a great finish in a game against the #1 team in the country.Lastly, tomorrow’s game will be broadcast on the internet at B2LiveTV.com for the cost of , which I don’t think is too bad for what is said to be a pretty good video feed synced with the radio play-by-play. I may not purchase it tomorrow since our game will be opposite Michigan football, the ALMS race, and the Red Wings game, but our games at UNO, Ferris State, and LSSU should also be broadcast on the site.
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I recently purchased some shares of Freight Car America Inc (ticker:RAIL). RAIL manufactures railroad freight cars, and is the leading North American company in coal-carrying railroad cars with over an 80% market share. In addition to coal cars, FreightCar America also designs and builds flat cars, mill gondola cars, intermodal cars, coil steel cars and motor vehicle carriers, but coal-carrying cars account for nearly all of their business.RAIL’s primary customer base are the major railroad shippers, rail leasing companies and some large utilities. Year 2006 was a peak earnings year, but we are entering into a slow year in 2008, when EPS is only projected to be about two dollars a share.Here are some bullet points as to why I like RAIL right now:1) Strong balance sheet.
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Relative difficulty: MediumTHEME: THINGS DRAWN (59A: What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are)Well my only real problem with today’s puzzle is right there in the theme description - the phrase THINGS DRAWN. It sounds like an implement with which one would commit unspecified, and possibly unspeakable, acts of carnality.37A: Circulatory system flow (blood stream)52A: Shoot-’em-up figure (gun slinger) - I really wanted GANG BANGER here for a little bit; I’m just glad I didn’t have to spell the name of Duke’s basketball coach in today’s puzzle - just Duke’s division: ACC (7D: Duke’s sports org.). Always love seeing Muhammed Ali in the puzzle - 68A: Site of Ali’s Rumble in the Jungle (Zaire); In the Words - I - See - Only - in - the - Crossword category, we have the nice intersection of a final-E-free ICE AX (15A: Mountaineer’s tool) and OXLIP (10D: Primrose family member). Tough clues today include 32A: Pest control brand (D-Con) - never heard of it!? - and NEA (8D: Read Across America grp.) - which isn’t That tough to guess, but what the hell is Read Across America? She is about the only person on the planet that I want to be better than me at Everything.A final shout-out to two literary references: a cool quotation from Henry James (IN ART economy is always beauty - 21A) and the other a title from my homeboy, William Saroyan: The HUMAN COMEDY (11D: Saroyan novel, with The).
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Watch Will Richardson’s keynote speech at the MAINEducation 2007 Technology Conference, Oct. 12th, Augusta, ME (USA) Learning in a 2.0 World.You can download the MP3 audio version of this talk here (Bit by Bit podcast #52), and the wiki is here, with an outline of the talk and links to resources mentioned.In this keynote, Will describes howThe Web is Challenging Traditional Approaches to How We LearnThe Web is Challenging our Assumptions About Knowledge, Information and LiteracyThe Web is Challenging our Assumptions about Classrooms and Teaching
Array He definitely knows how to play against NMU (6-1-0, 1.88, .926).The penalty kill remained strong, they’re now 12 for 12 on the season, which is impressive given the teams we’ve played and the youth on some of our units.The other bit of good news is that the third period was our best period, once it became a four-line game once again. Some of the guys who don’t play on the specialty teams were lacking in ice time due to the amount of penalties in the game (McInchak of course).In the ongoing battles for ice-time as the 12th forward and 6th defenseman, Brian Lebler got the nod over Brandon Naurato tonight while Scooter Vaughan was the defenseman sitting out tonight, allowing both Llewellyn and Quick to play. I’m a bit surprised that Rust has struggled somewhat in the earlygoing of his Michigan career (9 of 20 tonight, just under 50% for the year), but he’s still better than most of the guys we’ve had in the recent past.Hopefully they can complete the sweep tomorrow night, and get off to a nice start in CCHA play.One other thing of note tonight: The Boston College/North Dakota game, which was nationally televised on CSTV, was canceled after the second period due to poor ice conditions, fog, and power outages. They were robbed of what would’ve likely been a great finish in a game against the #1 team in the country.Lastly, tomorrow’s game will be broadcast on the internet at B2LiveTV.com for the cost of , which I don’t think is too bad for what is said to be a pretty good video feed synced with the radio play-by-play. I may not purchase it tomorrow since our game will be opposite Michigan football, the ALMS race, and the Red Wings game, but our games at UNO, Ferris State, and LSSU should also be broadcast on the site.
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I recently purchased some shares of Freight Car America Inc (ticker:RAIL). RAIL manufactures railroad freight cars, and is the leading North American company in coal-carrying railroad cars with over an 80% market share. In addition to coal cars, FreightCar America also designs and builds flat cars, mill gondola cars, intermodal cars, coil steel cars and motor vehicle carriers, but coal-carrying cars account for nearly all of their business.RAIL’s primary customer base are the major railroad shippers, rail leasing companies and some large utilities. Year 2006 was a peak earnings year, but we are entering into a slow year in 2008, when EPS is only projected to be about two dollars a share.Here are some bullet points as to why I like RAIL right now:1) Strong balance sheet.
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Relative difficulty: MediumTHEME: THINGS DRAWN (59A: What the starts of 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across are)Well my only real problem with today’s puzzle is right there in the theme description - the phrase THINGS DRAWN. It sounds like an implement with which one would commit unspecified, and possibly unspeakable, acts of carnality.37A: Circulatory system flow (blood stream)52A: Shoot-’em-up figure (gun slinger) - I really wanted GANG BANGER here for a little bit; I’m just glad I didn’t have to spell the name of Duke’s basketball coach in today’s puzzle - just Duke’s division: ACC (7D: Duke’s sports org.). Always love seeing Muhammed Ali in the puzzle - 68A: Site of Ali’s Rumble in the Jungle (Zaire); In the Words - I - See - Only - in - the - Crossword category, we have the nice intersection of a final-E-free ICE AX (15A: Mountaineer’s tool) and OXLIP (10D: Primrose family member). Tough clues today include 32A: Pest control brand (D-Con) - never heard of it!? - and NEA (8D: Read Across America grp.) - which isn’t That tough to guess, but what the hell is Read Across America? She is about the only person on the planet that I want to be better than me at Everything.A final shout-out to two literary references: a cool quotation from Henry James (IN ART economy is always beauty - 21A) and the other a title from my homeboy, William Saroyan: The HUMAN COMEDY (11D: Saroyan novel, with The).
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Watch Will Richardson’s keynote speech at the MAINEducation 2007 Technology Conference, Oct. 12th, Augusta, ME (USA) Learning in a 2.0 World.You can download the MP3 audio version of this talk here (Bit by Bit podcast #52), and the wiki is here, with an outline of the talk and links to resources mentioned.In this keynote, Will describes howThe Web is Challenging Traditional Approaches to How We LearnThe Web is Challenging our Assumptions About Knowledge, Information and LiteracyThe Web is Challenging our Assumptions about Classrooms and Teaching