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Aug. 31, 2007
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The schedule said it was the season opener, but the Bulldogs appeared to be in mid-season form Friday against Bucknell. Maggie Westfal, Becky Brown and Leslie Perez each scored second-half goals as Yale cruised to a 3-1 victory over the Bison at Reese Stadium.
"It's a good start," said Yale head coach Rudy Meredith. "Everybody got a chance to play, so we were able to get a look at everyone."
After a scoreless first half, the Bulldogs tallied twice in a 1:09 stretch early in the second half. Westfall opened the scoring when she settled a Hannah Smith throw in and lofted a shot over the head of Bucknell goalkeeper Kathryn Sutton from nearly 35 yards out at 59:41.
Smith also set up Yale's second goal. She sent a cross to the right corner of the box where Brown left-footed it into the left corner of the net. It was her first career goal. Smith's two assists were the first points of her career.
Perez scored Yale's third goal at 73:18. Natalia Mann hit her in stride with a long pass from the midfield. Perez raced up field, maneuvered around Sutton and fired a shot into the empty net.
"We moved the ball really well and did a good job of creating scoring chances," Meredith said. "We also did a good job of limiting their opportunities."
Yale, which won its season opener for the first time since 2004, outshot Bucknell 19-13.
Kelliann Doherty spoiled the Bulldogs' bid for a shutout by scoring at 79:46 on a direct kick.
Susan Starr played the first 45 minutes in goal for Yale and made two saves. Freshman Ayana Sumiyasu, who earned the victory, came on at the start of the second half and also finished with two saves.
The Bulldogs controlled play for most of the first half, outshooting Bucknell 10-4, and had a number of quality scoring chances. Emma Whitfield got behind the Bison defense just three minutes in, but her shot from point-blank range was stopped by Sutton.
Westfall settled a nice cross from Mann in the 21st minute, but her chip shot went just over the crossbar. Less than six minutes later, freshman Kate Macauley split Bucknell's defense and broke in alone, but Sutton raced out of the net to smother the shot.
"In the first half, we had trouble putting our shots on goal," Meredith said. "In the second half, we picked it up and took advantage of our opportunities."
Bucknell's best chance of the first half came late, but Starr stopped Doherty's hard shot from just inside the box.
The Bulldogs are off for the remainder of the Labor Day weekend and will travel to Chapel Hill. N.C., next weekend to play Duke on Friday and North Carolina on Sunday.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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It's always nice for the community to get together so I came up with an idea for the community to participate in a series of GTA IV multiplayer matches.
Signing up is simple - below are three sections to sign up in. One for the Xbox 360, one for the PS3, and one for the PC and there will be someone to moderate each system.
Just log in, hit Edit, and use
~~~~ to sign your name in the relevant section. You can add other information such as your timezone, and we'll try to accommodate matches that suit you!
- Gamemodes should be chosen by the three (or five if preferred) most requested through a vote or another method.
- Weapons will be set to all.
- Cops will be turned off.
- Friendly fire will be turned off.
- If team deathmatch is chosen the max amount of members on one team will be four (if the lobby is filled).
- If you cannot attend than please let the the chosen moderator known.
- No Mods allowed. No Exceptions.
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Thank you for participating!Gtajesus (talk|edits) 23:21, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

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Scott McClellan did speak up, isnt that what this whole thing is about? If the Administration was really lying and decieving the public wouldn't SMC been doing the country a disservice by staying quiet? He outed Bush for what most of the country already knows he is.
[/I wont respond to your canned comments on this. So dont bother]Bush's involvement in Scooter Libby would've been grounds for impeachment a few years ago, but the gesture is merely symbolic at this point and a waste of everyones' time.[/I wont respond to your canned comments on this. So dont bother]
Bob Dole is a coward here, piling on a guy and towing the party line when he has nothing to gain. Old irrelevant washed up loser trying to get back in the news, any responsible journalist would shred this crap before it hit their desk.


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On how the Seahawks plan to contain the Broncos offense
"Well, we're going to try and slow them down. They're very, very volatile. They have so many different ways to go that you can't zero in on them. We know that (Broncos quarterback) Peyton (Manning) is obviously a kingpin, but there is so much happening in this offense with great players. We're just going to have to spread our guys out and do the best we can. We have to cover, we have to rush them, we have to do everything we can possibly come up with."
On Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson
"He's an incredible competitor in every way. In preparation, in game day, he's the epitome of what you want in your competitor. He's got tremendous work habits. He's got extraordinary athleticism. He's got a general all-around savvy that allows him to make great decisions under pressure. He's extremely confident too, so no matter what is going on, he's not going to waver in his focus and ability to handle things. He's just been a blast to coach and been a great team member."
On Manning
"Peyton is as good of a football player as you could find at any level, at any time, in any state of the history of this game. He's been able to bank on great experience. He's always been a winner. He's always been a championship guy. But now he's banked on the great experience that he's built up behind him to formulate an offensive system is unnatural. The numbers, the production and the winning that they've created with his leadership is extraordinary. The problem that he presents us with is so much of this experience because he makes the right choices, his decisions are perfect, he matches up the plays with the defense, he takes advantage of all of the qualities that a great quarterback could take advantage of and he's accurate. He's mindful and he's competitive. He's all of that. It challenges us in every way possible."
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson
On playing against Manning
"It'll be great to go against Peyton (Manning). Obviously, it's not me versus him, but he's a guy that I have so much respect for. All of the amazing things he's done over his career, he's built this unbelievable legacy, and he's one of the best - if not the best - quarterbacks to ever play the game. One day I want to be like him in terms of the way he thinks. He's just a master of the game. I'm working to get there; I'm on a constant quest for knowledge. I have memories of being in tenth grade and going to his passing academy and learning from him. That was one of the better experiences of my life. Obviously, it's a good game, and it will be a great moment."
On the hardest part of playing in a Super Bowl
"The hardest part in terms of the Super Bowl and playing any game really in the National Football League is just controlling your emotions. That's also something I've learned and I've been able to understand and get better at. I think for me it's being poised, being the calm in the storm and letting everybody else know in the huddle that we're just playing one play at a time and it's no different. The field is still 100 yards (long). It's still only 53 and a third (wide), and it's still going to be first, second and third down."
On whether he expected the Seahawks would be in the Super Bowl
"I definitely expected to be here. I believe in my talent. I believe in everything that I've been given. I expect to play at a high level, and I expect to be fighting for a Super Bowl every year. That's kind of our mindset. That's our team. We have a championship mindset. Our goal is to go 1-0. I put all the hard work in, and I expect great things when I put the hard work in. Like I always say, the separation is in the preparation, and we're excited to be here."
Seahawks WR Golden Tate
On whether the Seahawks offense feels disrespected with all of the talk centering around the Denver offense and the Seattle defense
"It's no secret; it's the number one offense against the number one defense. That's going to draw attention naturally. At the end of the day, in order to win a game of this magnitude you're going to need offense, defense and special teams. So we know as receivers and Seattle's offense, we're going to have to step up big. Not only in the passing game, but we're going to have to make some key blocks. The unique thing about our receiver group is we can play special teams; we can go out there and be very effective on special teams. We can go in there and stick our nose in there and block a linebacker or an end or whatever they ask us to do. I think we can do a lot of things that a lot of groups aren't as reliable as we are."
On what he sees on film from the Broncos defense that concerns him
"I wouldn't say anything concerns me. I honestly feel like we're going against the best defense on a daily basis in practice. It doesn't get any better than going against an All-Pro, the best cornerback in the league every day, so I wouldn't say concerned. This week we've done a really good job of paying attention to detail. Zoning in on what we need to do and at the end of the day once that ball is kicked off it's just another game. I think the media puts it on a stage and it is a big stage, but at the end of the day it's still 100 yards and it's still 11 on 11 football."
On whether the Seahawks see an opportunity given the injuries in the Broncos secondary
"Yeah, we definitely know that they're a little banged up. Champ (Bailey) is coming back. Heck of a player, I have a ton of respect for him and can't wait to shake his hand out there and tell him I'm a fan after the game. At the end of the day I feel like we're going against the best DB's every single day, so on Sundays I feel like we always have an advantage because we're going against the best on a regular basis. At the end of the day, once that ball is kicked off it's just another game for us and that's how we're going to treat it."
Seahawks CB Richard Sherman
On the biggest challenge of facing Manning
"Being patient. Being patient and understanding that he's going to get his yards and he's going to make his plays. He's one of the best in the history. If you pull your hair out over every pass he completes and over every yard that he makes, then you'd have a long day ahead of you. Because he's a great, elite quarterback and he's going to make his yards, he's going to make his plays and anytime that you get mad about things like that, you get angry, or you feel some type of way, then it will be hard for you to consistently play well. So our defense has a whole has to be patient and be able to overcome the adversity, and we've done so all season."
On what it means to be a part of Seattle's Legion of Boom
"The Legion of Boom is a legacy. It's a legacy, it's a group, it's a legion, it's a vast army of individuals and we have countless bodies behind us that are more than capable of doing the job. It's Kam Chancellor, the enforcer, the punisher, the guy who sets the tone for the defense; it's Earl Thomas, the fastest guy on the field, the most knowledgeable, who understands everything; it's Byron Maxwell, making big play, after big play, after big play; it's Walter Thurmond, doing a heck of a job playing disciplined, sound football. I think it's our identity and it sets a high standard, and it's a standard that I think everybody is more than capable of living up to and has."
On the attention he has received this week
"I really think these cameras should go to my teammates, especially after Bobby Wagner's 15-tackle game in the NFC Championship, Kam Chancellor's interception and multiple pass deflections and his 11 tackles, or Earl's 11 tackles. I think these cameras can be around anyone. I think that what happened after the game, the situation that occurred, forced them to be around me and forced everybody's attention, but I think I have the best teammates in the world. Doug Baldwin had a heck of a game, and he's a heck of a receiver, and has the stats to prove it. I think that these cameras could be anywhere. They could be on all my teammates, and they deserve it."
Seahawks CB Walter Thurmond
On whether he has seen a group of wide receivers like the Broncos' corps this season
"Most definitely. We go against some of the best receiving corps every day in practice. They're great athletes over there, great competitors. I have a lot of respect for the guys over there.
On the challenges that Broncos wide receiver
"He's a shifty receiver. He's a veteran receiver. He has a lot of football experience. He's very knowledgeable of the game. It seems like him and Peyton (Manning) click very well. I'm looking forward to the opportunity. I didn't really get to go against him in the preseason, but I'm looking forward to it most definitely."
On whether there is anything that can be taken from the preseason game between the two teams
"Most definitely. They're still running a lot of the similar stuff from that preseason game. It's fun having two weeks to prepare for somebody. You get to really understand how they move and how they operate and stuff like that. We've had a great week of practice last week. I look forward to having another really great week this week all in preparation for Sunday."


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Gay and Lesbian D.C.
Washington has a lively GLBT community-- from bars and restaurants to welcoming churches to activity groups. Here are listed just a few of the many DC establishments that cater to the GLBT community. There are many more than are listed here. For more bars, restaurants, churches, culturel events, news, calendars and more, you can pick up one of the two major local GLBT newspapers, MetroWeekly or The Washington Blade. These are free in newspaper racks throughout the city, or you can visit them on the web:
The "T"
The Transgendered community has some visibility on DC's GLBT scene. DC Trans Coalition
A big city like DC can provide you with access GLBT-friendly establishments, people, and communities that you might not have access to in suburban or rural areas. DC's cosmopolitan atmosphere should be enjoyed, and couples should feel relatively safe strolling hand-in-hand. As with any urban area, caution and common sense should be exercised. Always be aware of your surroundings and don't walk alone at night.
Should you need to contact the police, DCPD has a unit specifically created to serve the GLBT community: DC Police Dept. Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit.
Bars are labeled M for Mostly Men, W for Mostly Women, MW for both.
- G Books - 1520 U Street, NW (U St-Cardozo Metro); (202) 986-9697; Gay Men Only
- Lambda Rising - 1625 Connecticut Ave NW (Dupont Circle Metro); (202) 462-6969; LGBT Inclusive


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Gillette Fusion ProGlide (iirc) is ****ing terrible. Get cut all the time with it and it always tends to leave out bits of annoying stubble while shaving off all the wrong bits.
Gillette Fusion ProGlide (iirc) is ****ing terrible. Get cut all the time with it and it always tends to leave out bits of annoying stubble while shaving off all the wrong bits.
Electric shave 100% of the time
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
Switching to electric shave once I finish with my current razors.
I shave every other day, but with the convenience of an electric razor I might switch to every day.
don't think I've ever seen a pic of a clean shaven Smitteh
Shave pretty much every day. When one reaches one's mid-30s stubble doesn't so much make one look cool & devil may care as a scruffy ****.
Plus at least 20% of me stubble is now an attractive ginge/grey combo.
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Yeah I shave most weekdays unless I'm really feeling lazy or haven't charged my razor. Usually don't bother at the weekend though, which always makes that Monday morning shave somewhat uncomfortable.
I hate wet shaving so much that when I was working in London earlier in the year and left my shaver at home one week, I just went with the scruff bag image. Was itchy as ****.
Use a razor, probably three times a week.
For shaving obv...
Cbf. Didn't wet shave for the whole of first year uni IIRC besides for the start of movember. Got an electric beard trimmer thing I use about once a week, I reckon.
Had a housemate in England who had an electric shaver, and would just leave the hairs all over the bathroom. Turned me off the idea of them completely.
Don't reckon they actually save all that much time either. Plus they're rubbish on those hairs on my throat radiating out from my Adam's apple that have a grain that grows sidewards rather than down. End up either hacking the skin & leaving attractive red welts or leaving hairs I have to go over with a trimmer.
Those real men amongst you who dare to use a blade: what do you find is the optimum number of shaves per blade/set of blades? Three for me, certainly no more than four. Starts to not shave cleanly after that and I can feel it pulling.
Think I've got four blades on my razor. Gets the job done.
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Citing concerns about new state voter-ID laws and voter roll purges, a coalition of Latino organizations on Thursday called on Congress to push ahead with its update of the federal Voting Rights Act.
Speaking in a news conference on the steps of the Supreme Court a year after justices struck down a key component of the federal law, members of three organizations released a report on what they say are potential problems in states with histories of discrimination.
"We were told that this kind of voting discrimination doesn't exist anymore," said Luz Weinberg, a city commissioner from Aventura, Fla., who's a member of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. "They said, 'Give us some examples.' So here are our examples; now it's time for Congress to act."
The 5-4 Supreme Court decision last June in Shelby County v. Holder threw out a vital provision of the landmark 1965 legislation. That provision required jurisdictions with histories of voter discrimination to get approval from the Justice Department before they change any election practices. The justices invited Congress to set a new formula adapting the law to changing times.
In response, the bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act was introduced in January. In the House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., whose committee holds jurisdiction over the bill, hasn't scheduled a hearing. In the Senate, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has said he'll hold a hearing on the issue of voting rights.
"Chairman Goodlatte should schedule a hearing on the bill, but he has refused," said Hector Sanchez, the chairman of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of national Latino organizations. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund also contributed to the report. "If in fact he believes that voting discrimination does not exist, then let's have that debate."
In a statement Thursday, Goodlatte responded: "I fully support protecting the voting rights of all Americans. As Congress determines whether additional steps are needed to protect those rights, I will carefully consider legislative proposals addressing the issue." He hasn't said whether he'll hold a hearing.
The Voting Rights Act has been used primarily to protect the civil rights of African-Americans. But Thursday's event highlighted several examples of practices that affect the growing Latino electorate. As of 2012, Latinos made up over a quarter of the voting age populations in Texas and California, and 16 percent in Florida.
Before the court's ruling last summer, the Voting Rights Act had stopped several potentially discriminating practices, the report said. In 2007, for example, Texas tried to bar candidates who weren't landowners from running for supervisor of fresh water supply districts. Upon inspection, the Justice Department found that every incumbent supervisor who didn't own land was Latino, and it didn't approve the practice, the report said.
Two years later, the report said, the Justice Department stopped Gonzales County, Texas, from reducing the number of bilingual poll workers and removing Spanish-language election procedures that had been in place since the 1970s.
In another Texas example in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, the state has enacted a voter ID law. Critics argue that the law disproportionately targets minorities, including Latinos.
"Now it's just hunting season on voter protections," said Weinberg.
Almost 7 million Latino voters live in jurisdictions previously subject to the preapproval requirement, according to the organizations' report.
"Shelby left us without protection, and Shelby seems to only have emboldened those jurisdictions," said Rosalind Gold, the senior director of policy at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, referring to the Shelby County v. Holder case.
The report also focuses on Florida's attempt to purge alleged noncitizens from voting rolls across the state in 2012, a practice initially stopped by the Justice Department but that continued after the Supreme Court decision, the report said. The use of out-of-date Department of Motor Vehicles data became a problem for recently naturalized citizens. More than 60 percent of the Floridians purged from the voter rolls were Latino, according to the Latino officials association.
Voting rights advocates stressed that it was urgent to schedule the hearing for the Voting Rights Amendment Act as soon as possible.
Under the legislation, states with five voting-rights violations within a 15-year period would be subject to federal oversight, as would localities with three violations within the prior 15 years or those with one violation and "persistent, extremely low minority turnout." The states that would pass that initial threshold are Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Justin Levitt, a national voting-rights expert and professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, said that while a legislative fix was needed, voting rights advocates were thinking too small.
"A lot of attention is being paid to statewide measures, but the bigger problem is the small local election issues that require great resources to play a kind of whack-a-mole game," he said.


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|MySQL Conference and Expo April 14-17, 2008, Santa Clara, CA
Plug-In Detection with JavaScriptby Nadav Savio and Apple Developer Connection
Many web developers, myself included, have long mistrusted plug-ins -- and with good cause. By enabling proprietary file formats, plug-ins are by their nature antithetical to the open spirit of the Web. What's more, they often have significant limitations such as forcing content to appear in a box on the page or showing up as a broken icon if the plug-in hasn't been installed.
On the other hand, they are clearly far superior to HTML and dynamic HTML for a number of applications, multimedia being the most obvious. While some may continue to avoid the use of plug-ins, the most popular plug-ins -- such as Flash, QuickTime, and RealPlayer -- are just about as likely to be installed as any given browser version. And there are some things such as complex animation, video, and streaming audio that simply cannot be done in a browser without using a plug-in, so plug-ins are definitely here to stay.
Dealing with plug-ins
Because there are clearly times when it makes sense to use a plug-in, the question arises of how to deal with those who don't have the required plug-in installed. As Web developers, we have several choices. One option is to do nothing and simply serve the plug-in-dependent content. The trouble is that those that don't have the required plug-in will get a rather disturbing page with a broken plug-in icon where your beautiful multimedia should be.
Another option is to give visitors a choice between the plug-in version and the static HTML version of each page. Sometimes this may be the best choice, because it gives your visitors control over their experience. There are two problems, however. First of all, the choice itself interrupts a visitor's experience of the site. Second, it requires them to know which plug-ins they have installed. But why should they need to know? Many users don't know a plug-in from a spark plug.
The final and often best option, the one this script is designed to help with, is to check to see if each visitor has a given plug-in. If they do, you can go ahead and serve them the page with the plug-in embedded. If they don't, you can either serve a plain HTML version of the page, or point them to where they can download the necessary plug-in. (Since plug-in detection is not foolproof, as you'll see, you may also want to give visitors a choice at this point in case they do have the plug-in after all.)
The great advantage of plug-in detection is that it makes a much more seamless experience possible: Visitors only need to think about plug-ins (or even know such a thing exists) if they do not have one. Because plug-in detection is a notoriously tricky business, this script was written to make detection of the most common plug-ins as painless as possible.
The script's purpose
The script makes it easy to check for the existence of five of the most popular plug-ins: Apple's QuickTime, Macromedia's Flash and Shockwave for Director, Real Networks' RealPlayer, and Microsoft's Windows Media Player.
The script can also be used to redirect the browser to a new page if a given plug-in is (or is not) found.
Finally, the script reports whether detection is or is not possible.
Note: With some plug-ins, such as Flash and QuickTime, it is possible to check not only for the plug-in's existence, but for a specific version of the plug-in. However, version information is detected with greater ease and reliability from within a plug-in file. Further, that level of detail would add significantly to the size and complexity of this script. For these reasons I did not include version detection in this script.
Coding challenges
The main challenge involves dealing with the different browsers and their various plug-in-detection capabilities. For example:
Netscape has a
On Windows, Internet Explorer has a
Until version 5, Internet Explorer on the Mac wasn't able to detect plug-ins at all, because there was neither a
Until very recently, there was no way to detect the QuickTime plug-in for Internet Explorer because it wasn't implemented as an ActiveX control. But more recent versions of QuickTime install a separate ActiveX control specifically to allow you to check for the existence of the QuickTime plug-in. Unfortunately, this requires a slightly different strategy than the other plug-ins, so the script includes a separate VBScript function called
instead of the older way:
Then, later, the script chooses the redirection method based on the version of JavaScript available:
In case you're interested, Version 1.1 of JavaScript was implemented in Netscape 3 and Explorer 4. (Actually Explorer 4 jumped ahead to JavaScript 1.2, which subsumes 1.1.)
Using the script
Copy the contents of the script between the
To check for a given plug-in, simply call one of the following functions, which will return a value of either "true" (if the plug-in is there) or "false" (if the plug-in is not there or could not be detected):
For example, to check for the existence of the QuickTime plug-in, you could do the following:
Once you know the plug-in is installed, there are several things you can do:
Finally, if you simply want to find out if detection is possible at all, do the following:
Nadav Savio is a contributing author for Apple Internet Developer.
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- I like what I see so far. Great starting pitching (I mean REALLY great starting pitching). For the first time in years, they actually have a reliable number 5. They are also getting quality innings from youngsters Lester and Masterson which is a huge plus. If DiceK can get over his early inning walks, he could easily pitch 240 innings and be somewhere in the 20-6 range. Can't believe Wake is still cranking along - that guy is $$!
- Defense (minus Lugo's occasional naps at short) has been equally stellar. The outfield in particular has been lights out. You have to go back to the days of Dewey Evans, Fredd Lynn and Jim Rice to recreate the speed, agility and hitting that we're getting today with msrs. Ellsbury, Drew, Crisp and Manny (who really is where he should be these days i.e. DH).
- Hitting has been solid but timely hitting has been sorely missed. Credit this to a little bad luck and a lot to Ortiz being out of the lineup. Although the rest of the Sox have done a stellar job hanging in there (Drew, Lowell, Pedroia and Youk in particular), Ortiz being out of the lineup has had a ripple effect. It would be a huge boost to get him back in the lineup post All Star break. I know, I know, tell you something you don't know already.
- Other than the occasional brain fart (like leaving Hanson in last week against the Rays after he's walked two straight batters on 9 pitches), I love Francona more and more each day. The guy totally gets this club and his balanced approach (don't get too high or too low) has really helped. Who would have thunk it when the Sox hired him back in 2004.
- Congrats to the DRays who have been lights out the first half of the season. I honestly wish them well (as long as they don't keep sweeping the Sox) but I have one word of caution to their bandwagon fan base - 2003 Baltimore Orioles. Remember them? They were white hot during the first half of the season but forgot there was a second half to play (maybe Roberts stopped taking steroids during the second half). I still like the Sox chances...
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Day or night, Istanbul's top-floor bars are where it's all happening, writes Ute Junker.
For 16 centuries, Istanbul's inhabitants have learnt how to make the most of their city. For much of the year, you'll find them whiling away sunny afternoons or balmy evenings in one of the open-air bars and restaurants that sprout from the top of almost every building. Best of all, these bars rock around the clock, so here's our pick of Istanbul's best rooftops and the best time to visit them.
Noon: Nar at Armaggan
Most of Istanbul's popular rooftop restaurants pull in the punters with amazing views over the city, over the water, or both. Nar restaurant, perched on top of the Armaggan building in the chic Nisantasi shopping district, is different.
Despite the lack of a dazzling view, well-to-do Istanbulites flock to the tree-fringed terrace at lunchtime for a very good reason: it has food you won't find anywhere else in Turkey.
Armaggan is dedicated to all things authentically Turkish and the Nar restaurant, run by chef Vedat Basaran, is dedicated to preserving Turkey's lesser-known culinary traditions. "Peasant food in a luxury setting" is how Basaran describes the venture.
This is not a place for carnivores. In true peasant fashion, the emphasis is on vegetables and herbs, including unfamiliar choices such as purslanes and spinach roots, sea beans and mustard leaves. The flavours tend to be simple, as in the ragout of fresh almonds done in yoghurt and olive oil, but dishes such as green plums and bulgur stuffed in vine leaves are a treat.
Abdi Ipekci Caddesi Bostan Sokak 8, Nisantasi, +90 212 522 2800, armaggan.com.
3pm: Banyan
Whether you're looking for a late lunch or just need time out after a hectic day of sightseeing, Banyan offers a welcome retreat. It may be in the heart of Ortakoy, one of Istanbul's most vibrant villages, but this Asian-inspired eatery is far removed from the noisy melee outside.
In this rooftop haven, you can relax with chilled beats from the sound system, organic textures (wood, stone, hessian) and the ultimate Bosphorus view.
If you want to get a sense of how big the Bosphorus is - and we're talking about a waterway where veritable fleets of cargo ships cruise serenely past each other - take a seat among the bonsai on Banyan's terrace and you'll feel as though you're floating above the river.
If you're in need of sustenance, there's plenty to choose from. Banyan is one of Istanbul's most creative Asian restaurants, so among the usual suspects - tom yam, satay, edamame - you'll find more adventurous dishes, such as a wakame seaweed salad with roast sesame, and a sake-marinated filet mignon.
Muallim Naci Caddesi, 3 Salhane Sokak, Ortakoy, +90 212 259 9060, banyanrestaurant.com.
5pm: Leb-i Derya
Leb-i Derya is so popular with the after-work drinks crowd that they had to open a second branch a short walk away, on top of the Richmond hotel. Locals agree the original is the best; if you can find it, that is.
Like many places in Istanbul, you need a good set of directions to find this rooftop bar, which is in a tiny alley off the main Istiklal boulevard.
Walk down the steep hill about 150 metres, keeping your eyes peeled for the discreet logo on the outside of what appears to be a residential building. Pop into the tiny elevator and head all the way up.
Your reward will be a panoramic view, one that reminds you how stupendous the city is. From up here, you can see all of Istanbul spread out beneath you. Over there is the Bosphorus; here is the Golden Horn.
Beyond that lie the city's main monuments - the Topkapi Palace, the Aya Sofia mosque, the Blue Mosque - illuminated in the twilight. And over there, on the far side of the river, lies Asia. One view, two continents.
Leb-i Derya's outdoor terrace is only small, so book early if you want an outside seat. The friendly staff dish up bar snacks such as bruschetta and nachos, but also more substantial offerings such as almond-crusted shrimp gratin.
Kumbaraci Yokusu 57/6, Beyoglu, +90 212 293 4989, lebiderya.com.
8pm: Vogue
Vogue is Istanbul's G-spot: that's G as in glamour. When your taxi pulls up at the door of the twin towers of BJK Plaza, you would never guess that at the top of one awaits the coolest night out in town. Vogue is not so much a bar or a restaurant as an entire complex sprawling over a huge area.
Despite its size, everything about it is hip, from the chic sushi bar to the cool beats from the DJ to the mood lighting. It also has not one, not two, but three terraces: one for the bar, two for the restaurant.
They all share what is probably the best night-time view in town: a glorious view of the Bosphorus bridge and its ever-changing light show, as well as the city's many twinkling lights.
If you score a dinner reservation, there's a long list of tempting treats to choose from, all the way from sushi to miso-braised black cod. The bar list is equally impressive, with a 200-strong wine list and seductive cocktails that range from Appletinis with mint to a Red Daisy (Absolut Vanilla, honey camomile tea and strawberries).
Spor Caddesi, BJK Plaza A Blok Kat:13 Akaretler, +90 212 227 4404, istanbuldoors.com.
10pm: 360
You have to wonder what the neighbours think. 360, one of Istanbul's popular clubs, is on top of an apartment block on Istiklal, Istanbul's main pedestrian boulevard. That doesn't present too many problems early in the evening, when a more sedate bar-restaurant vibe prevails, and visitors such as Queen Sofia of Spain drop in.
After midnight, everything changes. Serious clubbers take over, drawn by a mix of live acts and internationally acclaimed DJs such as Martin Solveig. With the beats pumping, the dance floor heaving and gyrating girls hanging from the ceiling, it's one of Istanbul's coolest clubs. You just hope there's serious soundproofing in place.
Istiklal Caddesi Mısır Apt. Kat 8 No: 311 Beyoglu, +90 212 251 1042 , 360istanbul.com.


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(Credit: New Line Home Video) New research from the University of Copenhagen combines formal philosophy, social psychology, and decision theory to understand and tackle these phenomena.
"Group behavior that encourages us to make decisions based on false beliefs has always existed.
However, with the advent of the Internet and social media, this kind of behavior is more likely to occur than ever, and on a much larger scale, with possibly severe consequences for the democratic institutions underpinning the information societies we live in," says professor of philosophy Vincent F. Hendricks at the University of Copenhagen.
He and fellow researchers Pelle G. Hansen and Rasmus Rendsvig analyze a number of social information processes that are enhanced by modern information technology.
Informational cascades and Sex and the City
Curiously, an old book entitled Love Letters of Great Men and Women: From the 18th Century to the Present Day, which in 2007 suddenly climbed the Amazon.com bestseller list, provides a good example of group behavior set in an online context:
"What generated the huge interest in this long forgotten book was a scene in the movie Sex and the City in which the main character Carrie Bradshaw reads a book entitled Love Letters of Great Men — which does not exist. So, when fans of the movie searched for this book, Amazon's search engine suggested Love Letters of Great Men and Women instead, which made a lot of people buy a book they did not want. Then Amazon's computers started pairing the book with Sex and the City merchandise, and the old book sold in great numbers," Vincent F. Hendricks points out.
"This is known as an 'informational cascade' in which otherwise rational individuals base their decisions not only on their own private information, but also on the actions of those who act before them. The point is that, in an online context, this can take on massive proportions and result in actions that miss their intended purpose."
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Use paints, cardstock and other supplies to create a lovely monogrammed box for putting on a piece or furniture or perhaps hanging on a wall.
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1Double load brush with both colors of paint to get desired look. Paint sides and inside of box. Let dry.
2Measure and cut marmalade paper to fit top of box. Attach to box using Mod Podge. Cut 1/2 inch strips of marmalade paper and Mod Podge to edges of box as shown.
3Stamp large flower onto White cardstock. Color in the flower with markers. Cut out flower from White cardstock and one flower from marmalade paper.
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April 22, 2009 > Junior college baseball recap
With the junior college baseball season winding down, teams are jockeying for playoff position: Ohlone (30-6 going into last week's play) has all but stamped their ticket into tournament play, atop the Coast Conference Pacific Division; meanwhile, Chabot has started to pick up their play, sitting in second place in the Coast Conference Golden Gate Division.Both teams took to the field three times last week: two road games, sandwiched by a home game for each.After notching win number 30 on the year, Ohlone struggled to get to 31, by losing a close one to Consumnes River in game two of a double header. They had a week to think about that loss, until they traveled to San Mateo on Tuesday, April 14.San Mateo, who sits atop the Golden Gate Division, just ahead of Chabot, was able to hold the Ohlone bats in check. On the offensive side, they put just enough runs across to prevent the Renegades from win number 31 for another game, winning 4-3.Chabot, looking for help but not getting it from Ohlone, traveled to Hartnell on Tuesday, April 14. Instead, the Gladiators looked to keep pace with San Mateo in the standings. They did: convincingly. Chabot, whose offense has been on a tear of late, got out to another early lead, and cruised to victory, 15-5.Both Ohlone and Chabot were on the road again on Thursday, April 16: the Renegades looking to end their two-game slide against a weak Cabrillo team; the Gladiators hoping to keep the hot bats rolling against Caada.In another high-scoring affair for Chabot, the only difference in this contest with Caada was that their pitching didn't hold down the opposition. When the Gladiators were scoring eight runs - a high total, but low for the past couple week's outputs - Caada was tallying nine, en route to their victory, 9-8.Ohlone went into Cabrillo and put their two-game losing skid behind them with a dominating performance. Sean Martin picked up the win for the Renegades, as he improved to 8-0 on the season.Ohlone's Johnsons - Jeff and Zack - led the offense, going a combined 7-10, with four RBIs. JoJo Hernandez also contributed with two RBIs for the Renegades; and Aaron Plimmer hit his first homer of the year in the 10-2 victory.After two road games to start the week, where both teams went 1-1, the two sides each returned home to conclude the week: Chabot versus San Jose City; Ohlone versus Caada.Home field paid dividends for both sides, as each won in strong outings.Chabot, behind another strong offensive output, was able to down San Jose City, 9-5. Meanwhile, Ohlone, led by a complete-game win by Luna, and a home run by Zack Johnson, was able to win to close out their week, 7-1.Ohlone (@ Monterey Peninsula) and Chabot (@ San Mateo) are back on the road Thursday afternoon, at 2. Ohlone goes to Gavilan for a Saturday tilt at noon; Chabot returns home to battle West Valley on Saturday, also at noon.Each side had home games on Tuesday, April 21 - Chabot versus De Anza; Ohlone versus Hartnell. Results were not available for press. Log onto www.tricityvoice.com/sports for up-to-date scores on these games, and more.