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Unfortunately, everywhere is so "PC" these days, and afraid of any kind of problems from sue happy people.
Kinda sux that some people looking to make a buck out of suing ruin it for us all.
Hell, the open bar Xmas party now is becoming a thing of the past....in some ways, the old days WERE better...at least more fun.
One thing that consistently seems to happen at startups is that once they have more than a dozen or so people, there's a Friday afternoon beer party, and when the company gets up to 100-200 people they hire a professional HR department, whose first move is to kill the beer party.
But also, this is the UK Microsoft, and apparently it's more socially acceptable to get ripping drunk in the UK than it is in the US.
You can still have social functions, they just have to be stupid, like everyone riding go-karts or playing laser tag in the hopes that this will make our product better.
Go-karts & laser tag aren't fun?
We even did bocce ball, which I thought was going to be boring, but was fun.
Supplying hookers doesn't always go well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E4yrqGGLPo [youtube.com]
This happens at every company.....until someone reports it.
I'm a pretty big Microsoft hater but I have to say I totally agree with you.
People with any kind of power will abuse it and men often abuse their position to get female attention. The women who flirt with the boss get good reviews, the women that sleep with the boss get big pay raises, the ones that have their kids get jobs for life on pay they could not otherwise justify. It happens everywhere just like fiddling expenses and booking extra flights to collect air miles. It's not seen as wrong until someone s
âoeThe measure of a man is what he does with power.â -- Plato
(And to keep with times, I'd say it goes for women too.)
The bing results are very similiar to the google results. The only difference is the bloomberg article which is link 1 on google is link 12 on bing.
I think we're just seeing a difference in the ranking algorithms... google is pushing "news" harder than the facebook, linked in, etc stuff.
As for not finding it on msnbc... its not on CNN either, or Fox News, or CBS News... so I don't read much into that at all either.
Why doesn't this ever happen at companies I work at? The places I've worked suck the sex drive out, along with motivation, sense of self-preservation and sometimes even the desire to breathe.
Well, actually the first article says that it was an annual sales conference, and generally you'd notice everyone even mentioned is a manager or HR consultant or such. E.g., the woman he asked to flutter her eyelashes is apparently a HR consultant, at a quick googling.
What? Did you think they had parties with unlimited vodka and JÃgermeister for the peons?
So unless you were some sales manager or such, yeah, probably you wouldn't see that happening at any company you worked for, or even at MS. They're not going to do that for the likes of YOU, of course.
I have been to company parties where there was almost unlimited amounts of alcohol available. Paid by the company and.or by partners.
I am talking renting a disco and asking all to come (about 500 people). 3 day holiday for all with partner. Yes, this included all the peons.
Many 'short term relations' were happening during those times.
At all companies I have been there were always smaller or larger events where there was almost unlimited amounts of alcohol available for free. The managers almost always went
What? Did you think they had parties with unlimited vodka and JÃfgermeister for the peons?
I'm a developer but a bit more outgoing than your average bunch of devs. And it's my experience that there is a large part of this group that doesn't even want to go to a party with girls, even if you tell them it's all paid for.
Why doesn't this ever happen at companies I work at?
To hazard a guess, everyone where you work is probably not that attractive.
Why doesn't this ever happen at companies I work at?
Everyone was too busy making stuff?
When one programmer panda touches another programmer panda in a private place without permission, that makes me a saaaad panda
Unless it's a small startup formed with people you're friends with, there's not much worse than a corporate culture of socially coerced "fun". Let's party with the boss!
Its either "party with the boss" or you're the one who has to stay sober and get the work done.
So the boss' idiot son-in-law can take credit for it.
I was that guy once. Worked many 30+ hour overnights to correct problems created by the adopted idiot son and the son's best friend, lead coder and project manager with no experience, respectively.
I was fired 9 months in for not getting enough done.
i wouldn't have waited to get fired - i would have found another job and quit
It's not just internal. When I went on a trip to Reading in a previous job where they were showing off new server technologies they had hired good time girls there too to basically act as eye candy for all the people they were trying to tie in to a future with Microsoft tech.
But let's also be honest, Microsoft is far from unique here, it's not fair to single them out over it, really, it's a problem with corporate sales and marketing culture across many industries.
Microsoft and Intel have thrown some legendary parties at Supercomputing. In 2006, they rented an entire Mall in Tampa. Free food and drink (Pretty much anything you wanted, They wouldn't hand out 20 year old scotch I'm sure, but I specifically remember having a Bombay Sapphire martini), live music, probably more than a thousand people. It was an amazing time, but I'm told that it paled in comparison to some previous years. There's no doubt Redmond knows how to throw a party.
Now Negus, who already as a new job as COO at Upstream Systems
If you get high enough up in a company, you can do whatever you want, get in whatever trouble you want, and some smaller company will always hire you.
Another recent(ish?) example I can think of is Mark Hurd from HP, Oracle immediately gave him a job.
That's even true for politicians.
If you get high enough up in a company, you can do whatever you want, get in whatever trouble you want, and some smaller company will always hire you.
Another recent(ish?) example I can think of is Mark Hurd from HP, Oracle immediately gave him a job.
The old boys club. It's killing industry worldwide.
If you get high enough up in a company, you can do whatever you want, get in whatever trouble you want, and some smaller company will always hire you. Another recent(ish?) example I can think of is Mark Hurd from HP, Oracle immediately gave him a job.
The old boys club. It's killing industry worldwide.
Nope, it's the reward for building a ladder of other people's bodies to climb your way to the top.
Now Oracle has acquired a man who knows HP and probably would like nothing better than to move into the president's office after the cheap Oracle takeover and start firing some people. It is a terrible way to run business, but
I wish it was that clear.
For a start, Hurd wiped out almost all R&D. Which is pretty much guaranteed to boost stock in the short run by reducing costs. It also usually signals the spiral into death or becoming an irrelevant a me-too OEM for a tech company.
He also managed to drag the morale into the fucking ground, pretty much. And managed come across as a huge hypocrite by posing as cutting even his own salary in his quest to slash everyone else's... but have his compensation raised by the exact same am
now I want to work at MS.
Beats the hell out of the ping pong tables at google. At least MS knows to use them for beer pong.
Trying for another Windows ME [xkcd.com], I see.
yea ME that wasn't a decade ago and is still funny! I wanna know where the xkcd is for MSDOS 4 that would be a fucking barrel roll
No mention of him having his hand removed and replaced with a robotic one?
Was it an evil robot hand?
I'm not aware of many IT employees that turn down free alcohol
In short, it's not many people. There's a few practical declines (designated driver, pregnancy), a few muslims who don't drink out of religious convictions and a few others, but the vast majority of people in all walks of like will have a few free beers or glasses of wine. Not everyone is looking to get drunk on the company's bill though, but there's usually someone who does. They don't all try to flirt, and most do it in a way that's not sexual harassment. But does it happen? Yes, probably.
The problem is t
There's a good reason the employer is responsible and the club is not. First, some random drunk guy in a club can't threaten employment consequences against women who turn him down. Second (and closely related), the club didn't hire the guy to represent them and then grant him the authority to affect the future employment of the people he harassed.
At a previous job, we had a guy in our group who didn't drink, and was always convenient as a designated driver. There are enough techies around who aren't neurotypical or otherwise don't drink because they don't like having their heads messed with, or who don't drink because they had alcoholics in their family and don't want to go there. There are also people who don't drink because they used to be alcoholics, though I ran into that more often with sales people and cops than with techies. Also, when I
Negus...has struck back with a £10 million false dismissal suit alleging a culture of drunken parties and claiming that other (Male) management at Microsoft were so drunk they followed a female Microsoft UK manager into the ladies' lavatories.
So because someone else acted improperly, he thinks it was OK for him to do so too? I hope he gets laughed out of court.
Negus...has struck back with a £10 million false dismissal suit alleging a culture of drunken parties and claiming that other (Male) management at Microsoft were so drunk they followed a female Microsoft UK manager into the ladies' lavatories.
So because someone else acted improperly, he thinks it was OK for him to do so too? I hope he gets laughed out of court.
Did you miss the part of the article where he denied the accusations against him? Or the one where the investigation turned out no proof of the allegations?
He's not saying, "everybody else was acting improperly, so it was ok for me to do it." He's saying, "I was acting properly amidst massive impropriety. If anything, they fired me because I wasn't playing along."
Whether you believe him or not is moot. The question is, can he prove his allegations while Microsoft can't prove theirs? If that's the case, not only should this not be dismissed, but he should win.
They're just trying to achieve the Ballmer peak! http://xkcd.com/323/ [xkcd.com]
Even though knowing this isn't an uncommon practice at the corporate level it still makes me a little sick to read about the shameless expense fund. The harassment allegations almost seem like a secondary grievance.
They are becoming more and more alike. It seems the GNU guys were right all along. Microsoft Church [gnu.org]
http://www.reynholm.co.uk/ [reynholm.co.uk]
Maybe some of you are not familiar with this iconic corporation, but it is well known to have such problems in its offices.
So the problem is that we don't know how much Jeagermeister there is? Is there a Jaegermeister Uncertainly Principal?
"indefinite amounts of Jaegermeister"
Isn't Jaeger one of those drinks whose quantity is indefinite more or less by definition? Like absinthe. Or Special Brew...
A woman I knew who worked at Microsoft in Brazil was told that her husband couldn't be covered on her health insurance, even though male employees' wives were all covered by their husbands' Microsoft-provided policies. When she started to say that was unfair, she was told to back off. I guess sexism at Microsoft is a worldwide thing.
For ages we've wondered why anyone would purchase windows or sign any kind of deal with microsoft. This Explains why: They were drunk.
involving at least five separate women. A Microsoft internal investigation was unable to prove the allegations
Must have been using a Pentium processor to keep track of the allegations.
The question has to be asked : were sequential, or simultaneous harassments?
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This CEC workshop during the CEESP Sharing Power conference in January in New Zealand focused on 'Sharing Power Between Generations'.
CEC members Dominic Stucker and Frits Hesselink served as co-facilitators of the workshop 'Sharing Power Between Generations' with support from Tui Warmenhoven, a local Maori lawyer, community activist and mother. In the workshop they asked the following questions of participants. Join the discussion on the Facebook page.
- What does sharing power across generations mean for each of you?
- What barriers exist to sharing power between generations?
- What opportunities are there for expanding networks, shaping ideas, collaborating, and helping build new leadership?
- What pathways forward are there to engage younger and more senior generations?
Organizers of the Sharing Power conference encourage young people to actively contribute and to engage in intergenerational learning, decision-making and collaboration. Based on past workshops and project feedback, some of the benefits of engaging in intergenerational partnership include:
- improved communication and understanding between different generations
- sustaining the values in society, while allowing flexibility for change
- enhanced sustainability decision-making
- improved intergenerational equity
- better outcomes on sustainability projects
To read more, visit the Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability Wiki website.
In preparation for the January event, CEC created a Facebook Group to assemble a global youth network interested in the conference themes. The group currently numbers more than 200 people. Join here: The name of the Facebook network is: Nga Wawata o Nga Rangatahi o te Ao - Aspirations of the youth of the world.
As young* participants arrived in Whakatane, an orientation event was followed by check-in meetings each morning and evening, for strategizing and reporting about the day. A key question asked throughout the event was, "What can we learn, contribute, and carry forward from the conference?"
A dedicated room in the Confrence venue was set aside for rangatahi (youth) to meet. There was a youth panel in the opening plenary session and several youth-related sessions, though young people were encouraged to integrate themselves and participate actively in all conference streams. The event was rich with inspiration!
As a youth network we want to help bring about the 'new vision for development' that we articulate in creative and collaborative ways.
From Whakatane, Dominic, Pia and Tui
* For our purposes, young people are those who are 35 and under - and those young at heart!

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EVERETT — A Covington woman and two others were arrested Wednesday night after she allegedly rammed a patrol car and led police on a 25-mile pursuit that ended near the 128th Street exit off I-5.
The drama began around 9:30 p.m. when Snohomish County sheriff's deputies were called to investigate a report of prowlers outside a vacant home at the 18600 block of Marine Drive in Stanwood.
A deputy from the Island County Sheriff's Office was in the area and also responded to the call, officials said.
When the deputies arrived, they saw two men jump into a waiting car.
The driver of the 2011 Honda accelerated, hitting a Snohomish County deputy's patrol car and attempting to run over the Island County deputy, Snohomish sheriff's spokeswoman Shari Ireton said.
The deputy "had to jump out of the vehicle's path to avoid being run over," court papers said.
The Honda wound its way along several county roads in the north county before getting onto I-5.
The suspects got off the freeway at 128th Street south of Everett. The pursuit ended when a deputy bumped the back of the car, forcing it to spin out and stall. The strategy to stop the car is called a Pursuit Immobilization Technique, also known as a PIT maneuver.
The alleged driver, 23, was arrested for investigation of assault, eluding police, possessing a stolen car and theft. Deputies also believe she hit two other cars while trying to get away, court papers said. Court records indicated that the woman had outstanding warrants.
Two men, ages 25 and 22, also were arrested.
There weren't any known injuries to either deputy.
The case remains under investigation, Ireton said.
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Mobilize to support our boys! Show the Phillies fans who's got more heart!
We've got to get our All-Star showing up, folks. If not in selected players, at least in fan votes. Let's get louder. We've got reason to.
I can't imagine asking the Mets to do more than they've done the past couple weeks. Beside the pristine work of the team's starting pitchers, David Wright's a league-leader in RBIs, Jose Reyes is more Jose Reyesy than he's been in ages, Jason Bay and Jeff Francoeur have fought their way out of slumps, Ike Davis and Angel Pagan continue to get the big hit at the right time, and Rod Barajas remains a solid pleasant surprise.
I just spent five minutes showing the team how much I appreciate what they've been doing. It's a matter of fan pride. Why should our guys–who are playing their hearts out right now–be showing so poorly in the All-Star vote? Only David Wright has a chance to win the fan vote now, but he's still firmly in second place, almost 200,000 votes behind the Phillies' Placido Polanco. Argh. Are we really going to let the Phils fans eclipse our David?
But more, let's just go and show our boys that we're pulling for them. Our votes don't have to get all of them to the All-Star game, but it feels like the right way to say "We're with you, and we love what you're doing." Unfortunately Daniel Murphy and Carlos Beltran have taken the spots on the ballot that Ike Davis and Angel Pagan deserve, but I took turns writing Ike and Angel in as I registered my 25 allowable votes. How cool would it be if Mets fans mobilized in these final couple weeks to put Ike Davis ahead of other first basemen just as a write-in? And how good would Rod Barajas feel to see his vote tally rise in appreciation of the heart he's shown? As long as Jeff Francoeur's beard has hits in it, he'll resemble ZZ Top before he shaves, so go cheer for streak beard. Jose Reyes missed some time, and he was slow getting back, but man has he been preternaturally good lately–let's get him some votes to show for it.
If you didn't click the link above, do so here for the All-Star ballot. To vote multiple times, you'll have to enter separate authorization codes, but the ballot remembers your votes, so you'll only have to click once for our Mets. Don't forget to write in Ike Davis and Angel Pagan. This one's for fan pride. Tell your team that you're rooting for them. Let's make a showing. Let's get loud. And Let's go Mets.


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Joseph A. Bosco served in the office of the secretary of defense as China country desk officer from 2005 to 2006 and previously taught graduate seminars on China-U.S. relations at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is now a national security consultant.
A delegation of the People's Liberation Army, the largest group of Chinese military officers ever to visit the United States, recently toured the Pentagon and other U.S. defense facilities. Part of their mission was to further erode and finally end the congressional ban on weapons and technology sales to China imposed after the Tiananmen Square massacre of peaceful demonstrators on June 4, 1989.
(China's brutal crackdown remains the model for despots in Burma, Africa, Iran, Libya, Syria, and elsewhere.)
Within weeks of Tiananmen, President George H. W. Bush, who had been the first U.S. representative to Communist China after President Nixon opened relations in 1972, sent his deputy secretary of state and national security adviser to Beijing where they exchanged toasts with the man who ordered the brutal crackdown, Premier Deng Xiaoping.
But Congress reacted quite differently to the Tiananmen outrage, enacting a law in 1980 to limit Sino-U.S. military exchanges that could "create a national security risk due to an inappropriate exposure" of U.S. operational capabilities.
Ever since, U.S. presidents, defense secretaries and Pacific naval commanders have chafed at the congressional restrictions, which they view as inhibiting the presumed benefits of robust military relations: conflict prevention and crisis management, particularly over Taiwan; transparency and reciprocity; cooperation on North Korea, counter-terrorism, and nonproliferation.
Executive branch officials and other China specialists visualize military interaction as encouraging pro-American attitudes and greater professionalization within the PLA. They also posit that there is an inherent deterrent — Chinese officials seeing firsthand the technological prowess of the U.S. military are unlikely to favor aggressive behavior.
The head of the PLA delegation, General Chen Bingde, chief of the general staff, encouraged that benign narrative in his remarks at the National Defense University: "To be honest, I feel very sad after visiting, because I think, I feel, and I know, how poor our equipments are and how underdeveloped we remain."
But U.S. officials are less likely to take such humility at face value after China's assertive actions in the South and East China Seas and Beijing's continued threats to Taiwan despite its election of a pro-China president.
They also recall how Beijing embarrassed Secretary Gates during his visit last year by suddenly announcing the successful test of a Chinese stealth fighter — years before the secretary, a former CIA director, had predicted it would fly.
General Chen's NDU speech seemed to walk the dog back to the less-threatening, soft power campaign of China's "peaceful rise" and to return to Premier Deng's strategy of deception: "Hide our capacities and bide our time."
Still, official U.S. faith in the power of personal and professional interaction to moderate Chinese policies runs deep. In 1998, Admiral Joseph Prueher, commander of the Pacific Fleet, described his extensive cultivation of Chinese military counterparts. "If the balloon ever went up," he would know whom to call to prevent a crisis from escalating.
Three years later, he was the U.S. ambassador to China when one of its fighter jets collided with a U.S.EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace, causing it to crash-land on Hainan Island. His calls to PLA interlocutors went unanswered as the crisis festered.
Undaunted, his successor at Pacific Command, Admiral William Fallon, similarly pursued personal contacts in the Chinese military so that in a future emergency "I can pick up the telephone and call someone I already know."
The 1990 law limiting U.S.-China military contacts exempts humanitarian operations and exercises, and China has recognized the value in pursuing those activities as a way of getting around the broader restrictions.
For years, Beijing has failed in its efforts to buy U.S. long-range transport aircraft to fill a gap in its air capabilities. Last year, China asked to purchase C-130s for its disaster relief operations — and Washington acceded to the request even though such a capability will be highly useful to China in a military operation, including one against Taiwan.
Except for a few tangential areas where China's own commercial interests are directly affected, such as anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden, U.S. hopes that China would be at least a "responsible international stakeholder" if not a "strategic partner" have not been realized.
On North Korea's nuclear program, counter-terrorism, and non-proliferation, China's role has not been helpful and is often adversarial to U.S. and Western interests. It has refused to join over a hundred other countries that participate in the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative.
American officials continue to ignore or dilute the congressional constraints on military cooperation with China while Beijing persists in exploiting U.S. engagement anxiety by pressuring Washington to stop selling arms to Taiwan and resume selling them to China.
The Obama administration should do a better job than its predecessors did, and that it has done so far, in honoring U.S. law governing military relations with both sides of the Taiwan Strait.


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A 15-year case launched to protect Plymouth's Eel River appears to have come to an end, after the plaintiffs missed a deadline to appeal a state court ruling allowing a permit for the town's sewer treatment plant to stand.
The suit was originally filed in 1997 by the Eel River Watershed Association to force state environmental regulators to take stronger action against ground-water pollution from the new sewer treatment plant the town of Plymouth was building within the watershed.
A Superior Court judge ruled against the suit earlier this year, stating the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection had addressed all its arguments and petitions.
Although the Eel River group believes the court made errors in its decision, the group was unable to find a pro-bono attorney to continue its case before the Sept. 25 appeal deadline.
"We ran out of money," Mettie Whipple, the group's president, said last week, explaining the decision not to appeal.
She said group members had already spent more than $60,000 of their own money on lawyers and studies to support their contention that the state's own water protection regulations require it to determine the upper limit for how much nitrogen and phosphorus pollution the Eel River could bear without serious degradation. These "load limits" should be established first, the group said, before the state issued discharge permits to the sewer plant or any other developer in the watershed.
Without established load limits, the Eel River group argued, residential and other developments can be granted waste-water discharge permits without regard to the total amounts of pollution discharged into the watershed. Nitrogen and other waste-water pollutants stimulate weed growth in rivers, using up oxygen, killing fish, and degrading water quality.
The town's sewer plant discharges a portion of its treated waste water into the ground from its location at Camelot Drive. Town officials, however, said they have established their own "nutrients management plan'' for the Eel River watershed to protect the environment.
Plymouth's public works director, Jonathan Berber, said recently the town has been diligent in meeting requirements of its plan to limit nutrient discharges into the watershed.
"We need to manage the treatment plant so it meets the needs of the community and remain proactive in terms of sustaining the environment now and into the future," Berber said.
Berber also pointed out that the sewer plant limits its discharges into Plymouth Harbor to protect water quality there. "The town is committed to protecting the Eel River Watershed and Plymouth Harbor," he said.
Whipple said last week her group believed it had grounds to appeal the Superior Court ruling because the court stated that the DEP issued a revised discharge permit to the town sewer plant, "which greatly reduced the quantity of nitrogen discharged into the ground water."
In fact, Whipple said, the DEP revised the discharge permit for The Pinehills residential development, but did not revise the sewer plant's permit to reduce the quantity of nitrogen it discharges.
Whipple said that despite persistent efforts over a lengthy period her group failed "to get justice" because "we never got a ruling on the main issue" — the group's contention that environmental regulators need to establish an upper pollution load limit for the Eel River.Robert Knox can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By the time President Abraham Lincoln arrived in Gettysburg to dedicate the Union cemetery there, 150 years ago today, the Civil War had become a long, inevitable slog.
Four months earlier, on July 3, the bloody victory at Gettysburg put Robert E. Lee permanently on the defensive in a war of attrition that only the Union could win. And, the same day, the surrender of Vicksburg, Miss., gave the Union control of the entire Mississippi River and a commander - Ulysses S. Grant - who ruthlessly would prosecute the war to a complete victory.
In his address at Gettysburg, Lincoln sealed his greatness not simply by recounting the obvious valor of the men who had died there, but by emphasizing the purpose of their sacrifice. He tied the great struggle to the nation's founding principles, including the Declaration's unfulfilled assertion that "all men are created equal," and to the responsibility to fulfill that vision.
Their sacrifice was not to win a particular battle, but the battle: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Recently, the Patriot-News of Harrisburg apologized for an editorial 150 years ago that panned Lincoln's address. But the speech widely was panned at the time, at least partially because most people were totally consumed by the immediacy of the cataclysmic Civil War.
It took the person in the eye of that storm, Lincoln, to tie it to the nation's past and future, to declare that it all would be worth it. The Gettysburg Address has defied Lincoln's prediction that it would not be remembered because he made sure that it was more than rhetoric.


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I bought this wheelset before I knew too much about them, and now realize that a 20mm through axle is what I want. These hubs have the 9mm QR. I have read that some hubs can be converted with new endcaps, but I can't find any info on the compatibility of these ones.
So, can my FH-M756 Shimano XT hubs be converted from a 9mm QR to 20mm through axle?
Also, it seems I cannot use a centerlock rotor on a 6 bolt hub, and there is no adaptor that will fix this. Is this correct? I have a nice Shimano Ice Tech centerlock rotor, but didn't realize until after the fact my Shimano hubs were 6 bolt. Boo!


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FLAMINGOS-2 is a Near-Infrared wide field imager and multi-object spectrometer for use on Gemini-South. It was constructed by the University of Florida Astronomy Department. FLAMINGOS-2 was first delivered to Gemini in July 2009, was refurbished by the Gemini engineering team, and returned to commissioning in December 2011. In February 2012, the instrument's large collimator was found cracked. This lens and its holder have been replaced. In addition, we have revised and refurnished all lens holders, changed the detector fanout board, re-aligned the OIWFS, and re-aligned the entire optics. The instrument started queue and classical science observations in 2013B. At this point, we only offer the imaging and longslit spectroscopy observing modes. We expect to offer the MOS mode in 2016B.
Potential PIs should note that the instrument is now delivering uniform image quality across the whole field. The point spread function, which excludes the effect of seeing, has a full-width half-maximum of 0.36 arcsec on and off-axis. JH and HK grisms provide an average resolution of 950 across 75% of the spectral range and the R3k grism provides an average resolution of 2600 across 75% of the J, H or Ks spectral ranges. We urge future PIs to check the Image Quality and the Grisms links for more up-to-date info.
FLAMINGOS-2 provides Near Infrared (0.95-2.4 micron) imaging capabilities over a 6'.1 diameter circular field, and multi-object NIR spectroscopy at maximum resolutions R = 1200-3000 for objects within a 2'x6' quasi-rectangular field. In the future, FLAMINGOS-2 will work in conjunction with the facility multi-conjugate adaptive optics (GeMS) system to provide imaging and MOS spectroscopy of the 2' MCAO corrected field. A further upgrade to install a dual-etalon tunable filter system has been proposed but is not scheduled yet.
For guiding, FLAMINGOS-2 has an on-instrument wavefront sensor (OIWFS) to provide guiding information to the telescope by measuring a nearby star. The OIWFS contains a 80x80-pixel Marconi CCD sensitive from 0.3 to 0.85 microns.
The following are examples of the type of observations carried out during the commissioning runs in December 2011 and January 2012.
This is a false color image of NGC 2442 produced by combining J (200 sec), H (475 sec), and Ks (200 sec) band images. The observations were made in December 2011 with median seeing of 0.6 arcsec in Ks.
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The current web pages present an overview of FLAMINGOS-2's expected capabilities in order to support long-range planning in the observing community. Further information is continously being added to these pages.
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I have a couple of new hard drives. One will be Windows 7 / Mint 13. The other one is a backup drive with storage that I need to access both OSes from.
Question: What is the best format to use on the backup to allow me to easily read / write / execute from both OSes?


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The most in-depth exploration of 'Harbinger' mysteries
7-CD audio teaching set direct from author Jonathan Cahn
Are you getting panicky about getting your Christmas shopping done on time?
Are you looking for some good family entertainment viewing during the holiday break?
The WND Superstore can answer both needs very easily and quickly.
First, on the gift front: "The Harbinger" book took the nation by storm in 2012 – the bestselling Christian title of the year and one of the very biggest of any kind.
Likewise, the documentary treatment of the message, "The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment," was the best-selling faith movie or TV show of the year. Each or both make great gifts, but what about "The Harbinger" fan who already has them both?
Just available in the WND Superstore this week is the most in-depth exploration of Jonathan Cahn's amazing teaching about judgment come to America. This one is found on a eight-CD audio set.
Now for the first time – "The Full Revelation of the Mysteries of The Harbinger" – is available direct from the author himself. More details, more mysteries, more shocking parallels – and it's available nowhere else.
Listen as Jonathan Cahn shares in depth the full revelations, the full details and the full significance that lie behind and within the mysteries and prophetic message of "The Harbinger."
If you can't get enough of this profound and earth-shattering teaching, this audio set is for you.
Maybe you're looking for an authentic, realistic account of the birth of Yeshua – or Jesus as we know him in English.
You can't do any better that "The Nativity," a movie that is becoming a standard holiday favorite – right up there with "It's a Wonderful Life."
It's gritty and realistic. Under Herod's torturous reign families struggled to survive, and yet, in the midst of utter turmoil, a young woman's faith is put to the test. Join Mary and Joseph on an incredible journey of hope and discovery. Epic in its scope, yet intimate in its portrayal of this historical family, this "wonderful film" (Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times) is "a family feature that will be cherished for years to come!" (Greg Russell, WMYD-TV, Detroit)
Because of its perennial appeal, it makes both a great gift and a movie to pop in the DVD player when the family gathers at Christmastime.
Here's another choice: "The Star of Bethlehem," an updated DVD with new features. From producer Stephen McEveety ("The Passion of the Christ") comes an amazing documentary on the star of Bethlehem. This presentation has rapidly grown in popularity, as thousands around the world have watched its dramatic revelation of the exciting truth of Scripture and the evidence for God's existence, as seen in the stars above. Presenter Rick Larson walks you through biblical and historical clues revealing the incredible significance of this celestial event, as well as the vastness of God's creativity.
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The Other China
A Tragic Beginning: The Taiwan Uprising of February 28, 1947
A Farewell: A Collection of Short Stories
The Great Transition: Political and Social Change in the Republic of China
Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asian Industrialization
The Protestant Community on Modern Taiwan: Mission, Seminary, and Church
Taiwan: Beyond the Economic Miracle
On the same late fall day in 1991, two stories about China appeared in the Western press. One announced that thirty-five drug dealers had just been executed in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, probably by a single police bullet fired into the back of each man's neck. Before their execution, the thirty-five had been paraded and "tried" in front of 40,000 people. A blurred photograph showed the defendants, arms tied behind their backs, each held by two helmeted policemen, in front of the enormous crowd. As their sentences were announced, a metric ton of refined heroin and four metric tons of opium, allegedly seized from the thirty-five dealers, were burned to ashes in sixty enormous cauldrons. Similar rallies and trials were said to have taken place in fifteen other southwestern Chinese cities, though the number of those executed or participating was not announced. The mass trials took place in a country where the annual per capita income was approximately $350, according to the World Bank.
The same day, confirmation came from Taiwan of the government's six-year plan to spend $300 billion on rebuilding and expanding public facilities all across the island: 779 projects, most to be put out for bids by local and foreign contractors, were designed to develop roads, rails and subways, schools, housing and medical facilities, refineries, sewage and power plants. Taiwan already had $72 billion in its official foreign exchange reserves, and anticipated no problem in raising the rest from its rapidly increasing domestic tax revenues and lively foreign trade. The reconstruction effort would substantially raise the living standards of Taiwan's population, whose annual per capita income was currently estimated by the World Bank to stand at $8,000.1
Six months later a different set of contrasting images was once more presented to us. The first, from the People's Republic, told of the ordeal of a young Chinese worker named Han Dongfang. Han had organized an independent Workers' Federation during the heady month of May 1989, with its headquarters on Tiananmen Square. After the June massacre in Beijing, Han was arrested. Though not summarily executed like several other workers active in the demonstrations, he was treated with sadistic cruelty in prison, tortured with acupuncture needles when he went on a hunger strike, and confined to a ward for seriously ill tuberculosis patients, where, not surprisingly, he contracted the same disease. Reluctantly released by the authorities, so that he would not acquire a martyr's fame by dying in prison, Han spoke to his American interviewer of his fear that his wife, now pregnant, would be forced to have an abortion as a further way to punish and intimidate him. In a response to Western protest China agreed in August to allow Han Dongfang to travel to the United States for medical treatment.2
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Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom launch a holiday fragrance!
Khloe Kardashian and her hubby Lamar Odom have launched a new fragrance, just in time for the holidays! Here's what Khloe had to say about it on her website!
Lamar and I are beyond thrilled to announce the release of our second fragrance — Unbreakable Joy!!!! It's out just for the holiday season, and our goal was to create a scent that embodies that wonderful feeling of pure love, happiness and joy that this time of year is all about.
We poured our hearts into the creation of this fragrance and we're so happy with how it turned out — we hope you are too!
Unbreakable Joy is available online for a limited time at perfumania.com. I can't wait to hear what you all think!
Have any of you smelled any of the Kardashian fragrances? I haven't, just wondering if they're any good!


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I'm really excited, and I'm hoping that you will like it.
The first REAL chapter will be out soon, but I have to type it first. The beginning chapters are a little slow, but I really got "intune" with my descriptive side... so I hope that you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it!
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Toshiba reveals iPad 2 rival
Thrive in business
Posted in Personal Tech, 3rd June 2011 11:05 GMT
Toshiba has unveiled details of its forthcoming Android slate, previously known as the Toshiba Tablet. Officially dubbed the Thrive, the Tosh fondleslab is set to undercut the fruity market leader according to the US pricing it has announced.
We had hoped Tosh delayed launch in order to wait for Nvidia's next gen quad-core chip, Kal El. Instead, it opted for this year's widely implemented Tegra 2 dual-core processor.
The 10.1in Toshiba Thrive runs on Android 3.1 with a display resolution of 1280 x 800. It features a removable battery system, full-sized HDMI and USB ports, and packs a 5Mp rear camera with a 2Mp one on the front. It comes with the choice of different coloured rubber case covers too.
The Thrive also has a feature called USB Host, which enables the use of external devices such as a mouse or external HDDs.
Despite Toshiba manufacturing ultra-thin touchscreens, the Thrive is almost twice the thickness of an Apple iPad 2. The company has managed to keep prices marginally lower, though.
When the Toshiba Thrive goes on sale in the US this July, an 8GB model will set you back $430 (£260), 16GB will cost $480 (£294), while 32GB sells for $580 (£355).
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I'm having a problem with some css. In order to get the menu to be on the left I set the float to left. However, this then produces a problem when the rest of the page content isn't enough to cover the height of the menu...
It's probably easier to understand by looking: http://www.arrowesecuritysystems.co.uk/new/
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Not as a captain.. But as a batsman he "made it" after his English summer last year IMO...Originally Posted by Neil Pickup
What are you on about? He's the captain of his countryOriginally Posted by Neil Pickup
So people with out necks cant play cricket?Originally Posted by steds
Originally Posted by steds
Yeh but he's not gangly and northern
No, it just doesn't look...errm...rightOriginally Posted by Langeveldt
Gladstone Small?Originally Posted by Langeveldt
Nigel Clough's Black and White Army, beating Forest away with 10 men
Adam Huckle captained Zimbabwe in the last decade, and he definitely didn't make it. Neither did Chris Cowdrey, nor Luke Germon...Originally Posted by steds
As a batsman there has been precious little past blugeoning inept English bowling in those two games, and as a captain all he seems to be good at is abusing his team-mates. I look forward to this winter's tour to see if he proves me wrong.
And never disparage no-neckers, Gladstone Small was a legend!
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If Graeme Smith hasn't made it yet neither has Flintoff.
For mine, I never thought Hayden would do that well...but hey, hes killed my theory and it makes me happy
Word.... I was just too scared to say itOriginally Posted by Mr. P
I reckon that one of the two will have an excellent winter series, and the other will crash and burn.
That could well decide the destination of the trophy.
Whose Luke Germon?Originally Posted by Neil Pickup
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1990-2006
RIP Craig Walsh (AKA "Craig"), 1985-2012
NZ's wicket keeper, from before the Parore era?Originally Posted by a massive zebra
Lee Germon, even. See, can't even remember his name properly.Originally Posted by a massive zebra
No one named Luke Germon has ever kept wicket for NZ.Originally Posted by Langeveldt
Maybe cuz he was called Lee...Originally Posted by a massive zebra
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To the Editor:
Sue Low proudly serves her hometown in an "official" capacity as the mayor of McHenry.
Sue also continues to show her commitment to McHenry in other important ways, as she has for the past several decades, as a community volunteer.
Working beside Sue in various community volunteer activities for nearly 30 years, I have seen her spirited leadership make great things happen. During her many years as a director of Fiesta Days, Sue's involvement was key to the success and growth of this annual event.
Sue also was instrumental in the formation of Citizens at Large, a group of volunteers who provide assistance to our local charitable organizations. Sue continues to enthusiastically lead by example, inspiring others to volunteer their time and talents for the good of this community.
Express your continuing support for the McHenry community by keeping Sue Low, an involved community member, as your mayor.
Mary Jo Gilpin Decker


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Commentary & Opinion
World AIDS Day an Opportunity to Raise Profile of Pandemic
November 29, 2012
Writing in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog, (RED) CEO Deborah Dugan reflects on World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1. "World AIDS Day presents an opportunity every year to raise the profile of the pandemic and remind people of the havoc it's wreaked in its 31 years of existence," Dugan states, adding, "The date also gives us a responsibility to make as much noise as we can about the disease -- to remind people that it's still one of the deadliest health issues for people in sub-Saharan Africa -- and in a domino effect, a huge threat to economic traction in countries worst affected." She highlights a new (RED) campaign called DANCE (RED), SAVE LIVES which "[brings] together some of the biggest names in dance music" in an effort to "engage with and channel today's youth." According to the blog, the post "was produced by the Huffington Post and (RED) as part of a series recognizing World AIDS Day" (11/28).
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Broncos starters Von Miller and Montee Ball are expected to make their 2014 preseason debuts Saturday.
Miller, the Broncos' strongside linebacker who has 35 sacks through his first three NFL seasons, has been sidelined since tearing the ACL in his right knee early in a game Dec. 22 at Houston. His return will be against those same Houston Texans, the Broncos' opponent in the preseason game Saturday night at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
The Broncos and Texans held three joint practices this week at Dove Valley.
"I've had a lot of practice at full speed," Miller said. "And with all the practicing here with the Texans, I think it will help make the game seem a little easier. I'm excited."
Ball, the Broncos' top tailback, has been out since undergoing an appendectomy Aug. 4. He did little physically for two weeks, then was medically cleared for full practice participation Monday.
Still, the Broncos held him back from 11-on-11 team drills until Thursday, when he received reps and carries with Peyton Manning's first-team offense.
"Heeeees baaaaaccckkk!" Ball tweeted Thursday afternoon.
Defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson, who has been out since suffering a dislocated hip in the Nov. 24 game at New England, is also expected to get his first preseason snaps Saturday.
Emmanuel Sanders, a starting receiver who missed the Broncos' preseason game Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers with a strained quad, also is expected to play. The only projected Broncos starter not expected to play against Houston is cornerback Chris Harris, who is in the final stages of rehab from his torn ACL injury.
Clady test. There should be no uncertainty in where Broncos left tackle Ryan Clady stands in his recovery from last season's Lisfranc injury after he matched up against two of the NFL's premier pass rushers in a three-day span — San Francisco's Aldon Smith in a preseason game Sunday and Houston rookie Jadeveon Clowney in practice Tuesday.
"I'm definitely feeling a little more comfortable," said Clady, who had been sidelined since suffering his foot injury in Game 2 last season. "There's a lot of technique in order to play left tackle. It's not something you can just jump into after taking some time off."
Bag policy. Judging by all the items held back at the Sports Authority Field gates during the Broncos' annual summer scrimmage three weeks ago, fans forgot about the bag restrictions that went into effect last year at all NFL stadiums.
As a reminder, fans can either bring in one clear bag no larger than 12 inches by 6 inches by 12 inches or a one-gallon freezer bag. Fans can also carry in a small clutch bag or purse no larger than 6½ inches by 4½ inches.


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The Uruguayan, fresh from signing a new long-term contract at Anfield, scored two superb goals and set up Raheem Sterling as Brendan Rodgers' men overwhelmed their visitors
Suarez volleyed in Jordan Henderson's dinked cross to put the home side ahead on 25 minutes, then unselfishly squared when put clean through for Raheem Sterling to double their advantage.
The Uruguayan latched onto Henderson's backheel to curl a superb third past David Marshall just before half-time and, though Jordon Mutch pulled one back for the visitors after the break, the damage was done.
|By Jonathan Birchall
The air of inevitability that met Luis Suarez's opener was only matched when the striker bagged a second, and an assist, at Anfield this afternoon.
His new deal on Friday had the Kop high in festive spirits from kick-off and the party atmosphere didn't die down despite the visitors' brave second-half showing.
If this does prove to be Malky Mackay's final game as Cardiff City manager, onlooking owner Vincent Tan cannot question the players' devotion to their boss.
The Bluebirds battled on for him after a testing week but today, inevitably, belonged to Suarez and his team-mates.
The visitors made just one change from their 1-0 success over West Brom, with Aron Gunnarsson replacing Fraizer Campbell, who dropped to the bench.
Suarez was first to threaten with a shot that clipped David Marshall's side netting after two minutes as the hosts applied early pressure.
Craig Noone had Cardiff's first effort, forcing a save from Simon Mignolet following a quick counter after 16 minutes.
However, Suarez eventually broke Cardiff's resolve when he produced a superb volleyed finish to Henderson's cross, capping off a magnificent team goal.
Liverpool came close to doubling their advantage seven minutes before the interval when John Flanagan almost turned a Glen Johnson cross past Marshall from a tight angle.
Sterling added the second with his third goal in four games, tapping Suarez's pass into an open net, before the Uruguay international again struck to put the game beyond Cardiff.
After a neat backheel from Henderson, Suarez curled an effort past Marshall and into the right-hand corner of the net for his 19th goal in 12 matches.
Following a low-key start to the second half, Mutch pulled a goal back for the visitors - heading home unmarked from Peter Whittingham's delivery after 58 minutes.
It ended a run of 498 minutes without an away Premier League goal for Cardiff, who were much improved after the interval.
But a comeback never looked likely and Suarez was only denied a hat-trick by the width of a post as the hosts climbed to the top of the Premier League.


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Saturday, November 18, 2006
Know Your Foe - Ohio State
History – The current Ohio State University was founded as The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1870 as a land grant institution. But that only sparked the beginning of two huge battles in the first couple of decades of the school. The first was a result of two factions who opposing views of the role of the university. The "narrow gauge" group, held that the college should teach subjects related to agriculture and mechanical arts. The "broad gauge" party wanted a more diversified curriculum that included English and ancient and foreign languages as well. In 1873, an 8-7 vote called for the broadening of the curriculum to include seven fields of study: agriculture, ancient languages, chemistry, geology, mathematics, modern languages, and physics. The first class of twenty-four students, including three women started in 1873 and the named was changed to Ohio State University in 1878.
The second battle also came from in state. Two universities – Miami and Ohio University – had their feelings hurt that they weren't chosen as the state university. At times, former U. S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, who later became governor of Ohio, mocked the older schools, and lobbied hard for monies for the state university, tOSU. Hmmm. There's something about this school that likes bullies named Hayes who bring them glory. Finally, in 1906, the state legistlature settled the issue by declaing tOSU as the only school that would offer post-graduate degress, while Miami and Ohio would only offer bachelor's degrees.
Location – Columbus, Ohio. Located smack dab in the middle of the state, Columbus is, surprising to many, the largest city in the state. It has kept this title by bullying the few surrounding suburbs into annexation in exchange for sewer and water service that the city controls. And though C-Bus is the largest, people from Cleveland or Cincinnati have far more pride in their hometowns. It's known as the Arch City for the metal arches that spanned High Street during the early 20th century. Columbus is the capitol of Ohio and is home to Nationwide Insurance as well as the corporate home to The Limited, Express, Bath & Body Works, Victoria's Secret.
Nickname - Buckeyes. The name comes from a type of tree that is native to much of the eastern United States, including Ohio. The leaves appear in a five-leaflet cluster, and the fruit, or nut, is round and typically about an inch and a half wide. It's poisonous to humans, horses and cattle, though not to squirrels. We'll find out on Saturday how Wolverines handle them. Ohio State fans love their buckeyes. They wear them around their neck, and tOSU students and alums refer to themselves as Buckeyes.
In addition to the tree, and the fruit that carry the buckeye name, there are two towns in the U. S. named Buckeye, though neither one is in Ohio. There's also a breed of chicken named Buckeye, as well as a species of butterfly. I used to work with a tOSU grad. Every year for Michigan-Ohio State week his wife would make these chocolate and peanut butter buckeyes. I've never doubted my allegiance in this game to Michigan, but those chocolate buckeyes came pretty close to getting me to say "It might not be so bad if Ohio State won."
Mascot – Brutus Buckeye. Brutus was born in 1965 and was the brainchild of Ray Bourhis and the student group Ohio Staters. At that time, most mascots were live animals and Bourhis proposed bringing a buck deer to the games but that proved too logistically difficult. The first Brutus costume weighed over 40 pounds. Through the years Brutus has had a number of face lifts – as well as some lipo evidently. But after the first incarnation, Brutus has appeared to be an angry, often drunk looking mascot.
I've been to games to see Brutus dishing out as well as receiving abuse. But the most memorable was in 1983 when Brutus, as is his wont, ran the perimeter of the field at Michigan Stadium waving the Ohio State flag. As he made his way down the Michigan sideline, one of the athletes holding the M GO BLUE banner had seen enough. He made a beeline for Brutus and dove into his legs, taking down the costumed mascot. Brutus' head almost fell off and he cocked his fist, ready to punch the Wolverine athlete who took him down. And who was that diving star that day? Olympic silver medalist, and former felon Bruce Kimball.
Colors – Scarlet and Gray. The official colors were selected by three students in 1878. The reasoning for the combination was that they were a "pleasing combination" and weren't being used by any other college. The original selection of orange and black was shot down when the students discovered that Princeton used those colors. It was the last time in recorded history that Ohio State and Princeton would ever be confused for each other. Now we've gone over the whole red thing in the Wisconsin, Ball State, and Indiana Know Your Foes. And the fact that tOSU calls their red "Scarlet" doesn't change the argument. Red is just too common. This is the third straight Michigan opponent which claims red as their dominant color and fourth this season. The gray that's added to the tOSU color scheme is somewhat unique, but is it really gray? Take a look at those helmets – there's undoubtedly a metallic quality to them. Any non-color blind person would call them silver. And until a couple of years ago, the Buckeyes wore silver pants as well before changing back to the matte gray.
Logo – A block O, with "Ohio State" arched through the middle. The block O has been part of Ohio State for years, and plenty of Buckeye gear still only includes the single letter. In the early eighties, the words Ohio and State were added, though the current logo has been in use for about 20 years.
Fight Song – Across the Field. One of the all-time great fight songs. There's almost no way you can walk away from listening to it and not end up humming it right after. The only drawback to it, is that it's very football-centric. Sure, this makes sense for a school like Ohio State, but as we'll see below they also excel in a number of other sport. And the opening line of "Fight the team across the field," just doesn't make sense when cheering for the Buckeye basketball or swimming team. It's not surprising that the first word is "Fight." This is Ohio State, after all. They like to fight. But they get big credit for also using the word "reverberating." Sure, most of the students and graduates of tOSU have no idea what it means, but it's a great word and the usage is perfect in the song. In addition to the fight song, the Ohio State band will also play Hang On Sloopy, and after the game the players join the crowd in Carmen, Ohio.
Academics – In the latest U. S. News Ranking of America's Best Colleges, Ohio State is tied for 57th, with Pittsburgh, and Boston University. This is actually a much higher ranking than tOSU has received in past editions, and puts them in the middle of the Big Ten, which, again, isn't that bad for tOSU. Most importantly for Buckeye grads, they're one slot ahead of Miami of Ohio which is generally considered a stronger school academically. With almost 52,000 students on the Columbus campus, Ohio State is the largest university in the country, But bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to tOSU. Not many of their undergraduate or graduate programs rank among the elite. Sure, the Department of Dance is considered the top ranked graduate program and the second ranked such program in North America. But other programs, like Business, medicine, and law are good. Yes, they're also big. But better? Not so much.
Athletics – Few schools have the athletic tradition of Ohio State. It's the only university to have won national championships in football, basketball, and baseball. Well, the only one other than Michigan. tOSU has also won national titles in golf, men's swimming, men's gymnastics, and men's outdoor track. The women's teams have never won an NCAA-sanctioned title, but they have won 24 titles in synchronized swimming, and two in pistol. As someone who's attending the game in Columbus this weekend, that really scares me.
But let's face it, when people think of Ohio State sports – hell, when they think of Ohio State period – they think of Buckeye football. They've won five recognized national championships, including the 2002 crown. They've won 32 Big Ten titles, though, interestingly, not an outright title since 1984. Former coach Woody Hayes is worshipped as a god in the state despite an irascible personality and repeated episodes of poor sportsmanship. The identity of the school – and much of the state – is wrapped up in how the Buckeyes do on the gridiron. It unites the state from Cleveland to Cincinnati, from the farms to the cities.
Famous alums – This is another instance of Ohio State being bigger, but not necessarily better. Check out this list of tOSU alumni. It's looooong. But there aren't many people who really stand out other than athletes. The Hoover Street Rag has a grreat showdown that summarizes things well. As mentioned above, the Buckeye football team has produced hall of famers. And even in other sports, Buckeyes are among the all-time greats, including Jesse Owens, Jack Nicklaus, Frank Howard, John Havlicek and Jerry Lucas. The most familiar names in academia are current University of Georgia president Michael Adams (the guy who won't allow Florida-Georgia to be called the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party), and former University of Michigan president Harlan Hatcher. You know, the guy who the Grad Library is named after. In business tOSU alumni run Diebold (the voting machine people), and the founder of Shoney's restaurants. Well known Buckeye journalists include Jack Buck, Judith Miller, and Erin Moriarty. The field of the arts is populated with Buckeyes Patricia Heaton, comedian Richard Lewis, network executive Fred Silverman, singer and actor Dwight Yoakim, artist Roy Lichtenstein, and comedy writer Bruce Villanch. And though the state of Ohio has produced eight U. S. Presidents, no chief executive has ever been a tOSU alum.
The Game – Everyone has a prediction for this game. And all of them taken together mean nothing. But in Know Your Foe tradition, one will be made. Will the Buckeyes prove that their pre-season #1 ranking was correct? Will Michigan get redemption for last year's horrible season? Will Columbus require that National Guard following the game? And will all the garbage and destruction left in the wake of the game improve the city as a whole? By the time the game of this century has concluded on Saturday, these questions will be answered. Michigan 23, Ohio State 20.
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"Ohio State fans love their buckeyes. They wear them around their neck,"...
So you're saying that Buckeye fans wear DEEZ NUTZ around their necks when they aren't storing them in their mouths?
- November 17, 2006 7:50 AM
- Andy said...
It was the last time in recorded history that Ohio State and Princeton would ever be confused for each other.
Best line of the day.
- November 17, 2006 8:39 AM
One of the most interesting ones on this list is this one....
Roy Plunkett, inventor of teflon
So just remember when you're frying up for Kegs and Eggs the morning of the game, a Buckeye invented that surface!
Non-Stick Bitches, Non-Stick
- November 17, 2006 8:52 AM
"And though C-Bus is the largest, people from Cleveland or Cincinnati have far more pride in their hometowns."
That's such a load of crap. I grew up in Columbus, and I'm definitely calling bullshit on that one. Those are definitely fighting words!
- November 17, 2006 8:59 AM
"Carmen Ohio" (the alma mater) was written following an 86-0 loss to Michigan in 1902. So yet another OSU tradition that was influenced by UM.
- November 17, 2006 9:27 AM
Hasn't Texas won a hoops national title? If so, then they also have won one in all 3 big sports.
- November 17, 2006 10:20 AM
- Scott said...
They invented teflon, huh?
That's just beggin' for a Tressel joke.
- November 17, 2006 10:24 AM
- College Football at Fumbled.org said...
The tension is building for tomarrows college football show down between No.1 Ohio State and No.2 Michigan. It is predicted by many polls that if Ohio State loses to Michigan they will fall in the rankings to No.3 or worse. Tomarrow, Ohio State not only needs to win; they must defend their chances at a the National Title.
- November 17, 2006 11:12 AM
The Texas men's basketball program has never won the NCAA championship.
The Longhorn women won in 1986.
- November 17, 2006 11:52 AM
I live in the Detroit metro area. Michigan has serious economic issues and only when the people pull together can the problems be overcome. It's going to take everyone not just democrat or republn A great place to find out Michigan and Detroit is MICHIGAN AND DETROIT
- November 17, 2006 1:05 PM
You forgot to mention OSU's second fight song "Buckeye Battle Cry". It is this song that is played after a score.
- November 17, 2006 2:00 PM
Forgot to mention Bo Schembechler has a degree from Ohio State
- November 17, 2006 4:38 PM
Sorry, Anon 11:00. The Buckeye Battle Cry is the song the band plays as they come down the field after their pre-game ramp entrance. They play Across the Field after a score.
Cincy and Cleveland people have more pride in their cities? And this sweeping generalization is based on... what? I'd be interested in the source of this gem, because my personal experience living in Ohio most of my life indicates the exact opposite.
Good blog anyway, and go Bucks.
- November 18, 2006 3:20 AM
It seems your comments remind me of the people who wrote the verbal assults used in in the last election. You know - half truths, twist this then that. I lived, worked, and enjoyed Michigan, 1959 - '75. Maybe you enjoy dreaming up the stuff your writing - but at the risk of losing your integrity? Good luck. You may need it.
- November 21, 2006 12:16 PM


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Pinball City Paris
- Publisher: AnotherWay2Play
- Genre: Action
- Released: 11 Jul, 2012
- Size: 80.4 MB
- Price: $1.99
- App Store Info
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Tiny Tower lets you build a tiny tower and manage the businesses and bitizens that inhabit it!
★Make money to build new types of floors and attract bitizens to live and work inside.
★Special events and VIP visitors will earn you special perks as you build your tower towards the clouds.
★Customize the look and placement of each floor and the bitizens that live in them, and upgrade your elevator.
★Game Center integration to let you see your friends towers, back up your game and earn awards.
★See what is on your bitizens' minds by peeking at the "BitBook" virtual social network for your tower!


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That being said, there are differences between the major models in the quietness, and the ability to work in cold weather (under 4 degrees C). Because winters in Israel aren't that severe (even in Jerusalem) you can use many models for both heating and cooling (and it only counts as an air conditioner as far as Customs is concerned). Working on a reverse-pump, it is actually the cheapest way to heat .
Space (the final Frontier): Your first question is, how much space do I want cooled? Remember that air conditioning cannot round corners or go up stairs. You can put in a duct or even a small ventor fan which will move air into an adjoining room. I put a ceiling fan on my staircase and it does bring up the cooler air.
Power: Most technicians will recommend 25000 BTU for a space of 50 sq meters. This also depends on the layout of your apt. If it is a closed room, then it may be overkill. If it is opened with a staircase etc. then you probably need even more.
By the way, there are several models which can be placed on an adjoining wall which can cool two rooms simultaneously. One company is putting out a model which has two sets of fans for different rooms but one compressor outside. There are of course systems for central air conditioning but they are only worthwhile if you have a two-floor house and want most of it covered.
Efficiency quotient: In most countries they give you the quotient which is determined by simply dividing the hp by the wattage used or the BTU by the same. In Israel, some companies give you an Energy Rating. Forget it and use your own.
Split vs Window: A split or mefutzal is where the compressor is on the outside and the fan on the inside. Today more than 70% of all Israeli air conditioners are mefutzal. Simply put, this means that you do not have to make large holes in your apartment, and the noisiest part of the business is not in your living room. However, it is more expensive...
You have the choice in using a floor model or a wall model. The former are usually a bit bigger and there are more models to choose from. The latter has the advantage of not taking away your living room space, as it sits high on the wall. As a matter of fact, most people put theirs over a window so that it is not taking any wall space either. Some salesmen claim that wall models are more efficient in cooling since hot air rises and it is closer to the ceiling. That being said, if you mainly want one for heat you would choose a floor model.
Remote control: This was introduced by Elco some years ago and proved so popular that many other companies have joined them. It allows you the advantage of changing settings without having to go near the unit. If you have a floor model you may feel it is a waste of money, but if it is high on the wall, you really don't have a choice. There is a school of thought of The More Complicated the Better. Chances are something will go wrong.
Automatic Breakers: Most models have an automatic breaker in case of fluctuation of power or a momentary outage. Make sure that it will automatically go back on. If not, then if the outage occurs on Shabbat (and you are Shomer Shabbat) you will get very warm.
How to choose: Aside from making a comparison chart, I advise talking to friends, (obviously who have an a/c unit), visiting them and listening to the noise it does or doesn't make. And last but not least, how does it look? Measure that it fits right . Not just the length and width, but the depth . Will there be enough room to pass around it? Most of all keep your cool


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ELBURN – A 78-year-old Kaneville woman died Tuesday after a collision between a truck and a passenger vehicle on Route 38 west of Elburn, Kane County Sheriff's officials said.
Lt. Pat Gengler said in a press release that Lorella Huff of the 46W500 block of Main Street was traveling north on Francis Road and, for an unknown reason, didn't stop at the stop sign for Route 38.
Her 1995 Toyota Camry reportedly entered the intersection and at about 11:45 a.m. hit a 2012 Hino Box truck traveling west on Route 38, which does not have a stop sign at that intersection.
Both vehicles came to a rest west of Francis Road. The truck faced east on Route 38, and the car was in a ditch facing south.
Debris littered the roadway.
The driver of the box truck, a Roselle man, was uninjured, Gengler said. Huff was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers were the sole occupants of their vehicles, Gengler said.
Route 38 between Meredith Road and Route 47 was closed until 3:30 p.m. because of the accident, Gengler said.
The closure affected some bus routes in Kaneland School District 302, Superintendent Jeff Schuler said. He said the transportation department was able to prepare for detours because it learned of the road closure well in advance of dismissal time.
Kane County Sheriff's deputies and members of the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team are investigating the crash. Gengler said it is not known whether other factors, such as weather, drugs and alcohol, contributed to the accident.
No tickets have been issued, he said.
An ambulance and fire truck from the Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District also responded to the scene.


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To the editor:
On Monday, Oct. 15, my husband and I went to the Fort Myers Beach Library to access our email on one of the computers there.
We experienced problems but want to publicly thank "Lee" who was on the research desk and spent a lot of time helping us. He was very patient and we do sincerely thank him.
Pat & Mary DeVincent
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One of 10 nominees who have positively influenced Henderson County will be announced as the recipient of the seventh annual ATHENA Leadership Award on May 22 during the Business & Professional Women's Luncheon at Kenmure Country Club.
The ATHENA award recognizes a female leader who's achieved professional excellence, served her community and assisted women in reaching their own leadership goals.
The ATHENA Leadership Award Program is the flagship program of ATHENA International, a women's leadership organization founded 30 years ago, and has recognized more than 6,000 women from hundreds of cities in eight countries since 1982.
Vanessa Mintz brought the award to Henderson County in 2008, and the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce has facilitated the program locally ever since.
This year, nine women and the "Great Community of Henderson County" have been nominated for the award. Nominees are Susan Adell, vice president and marketing director of Clean Streak in Mills River; Bessie Bright, former teacher's aide, one of the first female furniture sales professionals for Brunson Furniture and later Spearman Furniture and 35-year member of Hendersonville Business and Professional Women's Association; Dr. Shannon Dowler, chief medical officer at Blue Ridge Community Health Services; Tiffany Ervin, owner of Morning Glory Productions and Elite Repeats Boutique; Nicole Foxworth, physician's assistant at Blue Ridge Community Health Services; Donna Gibbs, founder and director of counseling at A Clear World Counseling Center for Mud Creek Baptist Church in Hendersonville; Caroline Knox, attorney specializing in elder law at the Van Winkle Law Firm; Caroline Long, executive director of the St. Gerard House for children with autism in Hendersonville; and Brenda "BJ" Ramer, founder and executive director of the Team ECCO marine science education center in Hendersonville.
A local newspaper columnist also nominated "the Greater Community of Henderson County" for the ATHENA award since it has "hired, promoted and supported women in professional occupations including lawyers, physicians, architects, engineers, accountants, realtors and others," according to the Chamber.
Though not an individual woman, the last nomination is being seriously considered, a Chamber spokesperson said Monday.
Past Henderson County recipients are Annie Fritschner, First United Methodist Church (2013); Myra Grant, Pardee Hospital Foundation (2012); Joyce Mason, Four Seasons Compassion for Life (2011); Pat Shepherd, Pat's School of Dance (2010); Ragan Ward, Forest Commercial Bank (2009); and Robin Reed, Bares It All (2008).
Tickets to the event are still available for $40 per person, or $300 for a table of eight. RSVP by calling 828-692-1413 or emailing email@example.com.
10 local women nominated for ATHENA Award
One of 10 nominees who have positively influenced Henderson County will be announced as the recipient of the seventh annual ATHENA Leadership Award on May 22 during the Business & Professional Women's Luncheon at Kenmure Country Club.


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Swimming Australia says Nugent's job safe
Swimming Australia chief executive Barclay Nettlefold says head coach Leigh Nugent's job is not in jeopardy after the 4x100m relay team admitted to taking Stilnox during an Olympic bonding session.
Nettlefold said Nugent will continue as Swimming Australia head coach and will be supported by extra staff under a new structure.
"I've come out openly and stated that Leigh Nugent is the head coach of Swimming Australia. And I continue to say that to this day," he said.
"Swimming Australia will be appointing a new CEO in the coming weeks. And off the back of that we'll appoint a new high-performance director who will be sitting above Leigh Nugent.
"There will be a new structure and more support around Leigh Nugent to do his job properly and give him the right support to do what he has done before for this country."
Nugent has been criticised for his handling of the relay team's misbehaviour during their bonding session in Manchester.
The six-member relay team has admitted to taking Stilnox and knocking on doors of swimming team-mates at their Manchester hotel ahead of the London Olympics last year.
Nettlefold said he believes Nugent was informed of the door knocking the following morning but not the taking of Stilnox.
Asked why Nugent did not take any further action Nettlefold said he had not discussed it with him.
"That, I haven't discussed with Leigh, that will be put to the integrity panel," Nettlefold said.
Silver medallist Emily Seebohn said she had told Nugent what was going on and was not impressed to hear that he had originally denied any knowledge of the events.
Seebohm said the truth needs to come out and if it does not she is prepared to tell the whole story.
"I wasn't very impressed with Leigh Nugent's comments about that because it was me personally who told Nugget what was going on," she told The World Today.
"So, you know, to be on the team with him - I wasn't too happy with that."
History of misbehaviour
Former Olympic swimmer Lisa Curry told ABC News 24 that there has been a history of hazing and misbehaviour within the Australian swim team.
Curry represented Australia at the Olympic Games in Moscow, Los Angeles and Barcelona/.
She says she experienced the type of behaviour that female swimmers complained about in London.
"Absolutely and these boys are not alone. There's been initiation and misbehaviour in all sorts of teams all over the world in every different sport. Sometimes it's disregarded," she said.
"I know for a fact if it happened while Don Talbot was in charge, they would be sent home without a doubt.
"I just can't believe as elite athletes that they would even put themselves in this position where they were experimenting with Stilnox and energy drinks.
"It just defies being an adult and being an elite athlete. Why do you do that and self-sabotage one of the greatest events of all time?"


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Clinton did the same thing, and now Obama has done the same thing. Democrats have no morals, they are mostly a Godless group of people, and if they are allowed to have their way, America will be taken down to the dust bin of human history. We are well on our way there now. Although I do agree with democrats about the selfishness of country club establishment republicans like Karl Rove, that is no excuse for the lawless and evil behavior of democrats. Any kind of immoral behavior is acceptable to democrats.
So we have a bunch of self-serving elitist republicans on the right who don't care about the middle class and are 100% "free" trade, and we have a bunch of self-serving whack jobs on the left who want to control all aspects of American business and tax all of us even more of our income. Unless there is a revival in the church and a revolution against the immorality of the democrats, we aren't going to prosper much longer.


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The State of Hockey has waited long enough to host a game outdoors.
Minnesota announced on Tuesday that it will play Ohio State in a game at the football team's TCF Bank Stadium on Jan. 17 in the Hockey City Classic. The Golden Gophers appeared in the annual outdoor game last year at Soldier Field in Chicago against Wisconsin.
But the Gophers are eager to give their fans a chance to pack the 50,000-seat football stadium on campus.
The two-time defending national champion Gophers women's team will play earlier in the day against Minnesota State, Mankato.
Gophers men's coach Don Lucia says being a part of the first outdoor game in Minnesota "is something we'll remember for the rest of our lives."
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The Milwaukee Bucks look to continue their sensational start Saturday night when they host the New Orleans Hornets at the Bradley Center.
The Bucks are 5-2 for the first time since the 2009-10 season, which happens to be the last time Milwaukee made the playoffs.
The strength of the Bucks is in the backcourt with Monta Ellis, who leads the team in scoring at 20.0 ppg, and Brandon Jennings, who scores 16.9 ppg, hands out 7.9 assists (seventh in the NBA) and leads the league in steals with 3.14 a night.
The Bucks have a deep bench and lead the NBA in fast-break points with an average of 19.4 ppg.
All of these facets were on display Wednesday when Milwaukee dispatched the Indiana Pacers, 99-85. Jennings and Ellis combined for 32 points, seven assists, six rebounds, three steals and only one turnover. The bench provided 37 points, 13 assists, 26 rebounds, six steals, five blocks and three turnovers. As a team, the Bucks only committed six turnovers against the Pacers.
"We did a lot of good things out there," said head coach Scott Skiles. "Our guard play was very good again, executed well, set good screens, had our pace going like we like it."
The Hornets are trying to halt a two-game losing streak. They fell to the Oklahoma City Thunder at home on Friday night, 110-95, in a chippy little affair that featured dueling technicals for Russell Westbrook and Greivis Vasquez and a minor incident before halftime.
The Hornets rank eighth in the NBA in scoring defense and hadn't allowed 100 points in a game through the first five. They've given up 100-plus in the last two against the Houston Rockets and Thunder.
"I didn't see our team play with force tonight, and that's something that is concerning for me because that's what we've done around here," said head coach Monty Williams. "In the past couple of games, I haven't seen the kind of effort from the start of the game."
While the defense has generally been good, the offense has been bad. The Hornets are fourth from the bottom in the league in scoring and only cracked the century mark once in seven games. One of those sub-100-point nights was a pathetic 62-point effort against the Philadelphia 76ers.
"Our guys play hard, but we have to be at a supreme level of effort every night in order for us to play when you don't have a go-to guy and you're playing concept team basketball," said Williams.
Ryan Anderson led the Hornets on Friday with 15 points on a perfect 3-for-3 night from the 3-point line.
The Hornets own this series in recent history, winning 11 of the last 12, dating back to the 2005-06 season.


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Hoboken provides free pre-school for 3 and 4-year-olds because it is a "special needs" district designated by the state. But there was an increase in families applying this year, and even when the district asked for more classrooms, there was not enough room for everyone.
However, Toback said that the district has identified 10 families designated as "no-shows," meaning that the district believes they've enrolled in other programs or moved out of Hoboken. Legally, the district must wait 10 days before removing them from the enrollment lists, but once that happens, the last nine families will be placed.
School started on Sept. 9.
Toback said he expects the waitlist to be empty by next week.
In another issue, working parents with children at Connors and Wallace schools have been in limbo waiting to find out if the schools will start their after-school programs, which parents pay extra for.
Neither afterschool program has begun, Toback acknowledged on Friday. He said the program at Connors hasn't begun because only two families have expressed interest in it. He said the program is parent-funded and thus dependent on enough families signing up.
At Wallace School, the program is being taken over by Mile Square Learning Center, outside the district's jurisdiction. That program is expected to begin soon, Toback said, as the center is finalizing their background checks on employees before officially beginning it.


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The one of Brian Jones, seen in a rear view mirror, is very evocative. Brian Jones looked so smudged up just before he died. I think of his picture here:
When that album came out I was shocked to see how bad he'd come to look, like some shrunken gnome.
(This is the album they play in the tent in "The Royal Tenenbaums." Though they are playing the vinyl disc, the right song doesn't follow "Ruby Tuesday" -- very striking to someone who's played the album more than a thousand times.)
ADDED: I'm just reading over quotes from the movie "The Royal Tenenbaums." I love that movie.
I did find it odd when you said you were in love with her. She's married you know.So much better than "Match Point," which we watched last night. Why compare them? Just because we watched "Match Point" last night, and something today reminded me of "The Royal Tenenbaums." They do both have a lot of tennis in them -- and loving the wrong person -- but they play out quite differently. And TRT is immensely better.
And she's your sister.
"Match Point" quotes:
I don't know what I'm doing with you, you're never going to leave Chloe!Huh? That was typed in as "memorable"? Pathetic.
Maybe I will.
Stop playing games with me!
Keep your voice down.
MORE: Hmmm.... I knew I'd blogged about "The Royal Tenenbaums" before. And it's true that the right song doesn't precede "Ruby Tuesday."


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Blacks, on the other hand, were jubilant, and celebrated Johnson's great victory as a victory for racial advancement. Black poet William Waring Cuney later highlighted the black reaction to the fight in his poem "My Lord, What a Morning." Around the country, blacks held spontaneous parades and gathered in prayer meetings.
Johnson was also interested in opera (his favorite being Il Trovatore) and in history — he was an admirer of Napoleon Bonaparte, believing him to have risen from a similar origin to his own. In 1920, Johnson opened a night club in Harlem; he sold it three years later to a gangster, Owney Madden, who renamed it the Cotton Club.
Johnson was married three times. All of his wives were white, a fact that caused considerable controversy at the time.
Franz Anton Beckenbauer [fʁants ˈbɛkənˌbaʊ̯ɐ] (born 11 September 1945 in Munich) is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" (reminiscent of the Austrian emperors), and his dominance on the football pitch. He is generally regarded as the greatest German footballer of all time and one of the greatest and most decorated footballers in the history of the game.
Beckenbauer's popularity was such that he was included as a character in Monty Python's sketch "The Philosophers' Football Match" as being a surprise addition to the German team. However, instead of actually playing football, all the "players" walk in circles thinking, much to the confusion of Beckenbauer.
After appearing in an ad for a big mobile phone company, Beckenbauer specifically requested the number 0176 / 666666 for his mobile phone. However, he soon was flooded with phone calls by men who thought it was a phone sex number (in German, "6" translates to "sechs", very close to the word sex).[11]
Mantle made a (talking) cameo appearance in Teresa Brewer's 1956 song "I Love Mickey," which extolled Mantle's power hitting.[27] The song was included in one of the Baseball's Greatest Hits CDs.
In 1962, Mantle and Maris starred in Safe at Home!. In 1981, he had a cameo appearance in the White Shadow and Remington Steele with Whitey Ford in 1983.
Despite the failure of Mickey Mantle's Country Cookin' restaurants in the early 1970s, Mickey Mantle's Restaurant & Sports Bar opened in New York at 42 Central Park South (59th Street) in 1988. It became one of New York's most popular restaurants, and his original Yankee Stadium Monument Park plaque is displayed at the front entrance. Mantle let others run the business operations, but made frequent appearances.
Brooke played 58 tests for New Zealand, and 42 non-international matches for the All Blacks, captained Auckland Blues to Super 12 championships in 1996 and 1997 and was an influential figure in Auckland's dominance in the National Provincial Championship during the late 1980s and 1990s. He scored 17 tries in Test matches, then a world record for a forward. He also played for New Zealand Māori.
Brooke was a founding player of the Southerners Sports Club (Bangkok), playing in the inaugural side in 1994 against Taradale RFC.
Thank MaryDoodles for the list, yo. The ladies have been asking about this for a while.
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