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A New book from Karl Olav Sandnes
The Norwegian scholar, Karl Olav Sandnes, professor in New Testament Studies at the Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, Norway, has another new book coming out these days.
Prof. Sandnes has by now a distinguished list of publications, and in the last ones in particular, he offers new perspectives and manages to draw on a great variety of sources, thus coming up with several interesting topics and views. For his Bibliography, see here.
The last (so far..) volume, now announced by Brill, has the following exciting title:
Sandnes, Karl Olav. 2016. Early Christian Discourses on Jesus' Prayer at Gethsemane. Courageous, Committed, Cowardly? Novum Testamentum, Supplements 166. Leiden: Brill.
The publisher presents the book thus:
"From early on, Christians passed down the account of Jesus's agony at the prospect of his own death and his prayer that the cup should pass from him (Gethsemane). Yet, this is a troublesome aspect of Christian tradition. Jesus was committed to his death, but as it approached, he prayed for his escape, even as he submitted himself to God's will. Ancient critics mocked Jesus and his followers for the events at Gethsemane. The 'hero' failed to meet the cultural standards for noble death and masculinity. As such, this story calls for further reflection and interpretation. The present book unfolds discourses from the earliest centuries of Christianity to determine what strategies were developed to come to terms with Gethsemane."
Two new books on Philo
The first of these two books is primarily about Paul, but there is also a chapter devoted to Philo as part of the background material for understanding Paul:
Wells, Kyle B. 2015. Grace and Agency in Paul and Second Temple Judaism. Interpreting the Transformation of the Heart. Novum Testamentum, Supplements 157. Leiden: Brill.
"Following recent intertextual studies, Kyle B. Wells examines how descriptions of 'heart-transformation' in Deut 30, Jer 31–32 and Ezek 36 informed Paul and his contemporaries' articulations about grace and agency. Beyond advancing our understanding of how these restoration narratives were interpreted in the LXX, the Dead Sea Literature, Baruch, Jubilees, 2 Baruch, 4 Ezra, and Philo, Wells demonstrates that while most Jews in this period did not set divine and human agency in competition with one another, their constructions differed markedly and this would have contributed to vehement disagreements among them. While not sui generis in every respect, Paul's own convictions about grace and agency appear radical due to the way he reconfigures these concepts in relation to Christ." (publisher's note)
McFarland, Orrey. 2016. God and Grace in Philo and Paul. Novum Testamentum, Supplements 164. Leiden: Brill.
"In God and Grace in Philo and Paul, Orrey McFarland examines how Philo of Alexandria and the Apostle Paul understood divine grace. While scholars have occasionally observed that Philo and Paul both speak about God's generosity, such work has often placed the two theologians in either strong continuity or stark discontinuity without probing into the theological logic that animates the particularities of their thought. By contrast, McFarland sets Philo and Paul in conversation and argues that both could speak of divine gifts emphatically and in formally similar ways while making materially different theological judgments in the context of their concrete historical settings and larger theological frameworks. That is, McFarland demonstrates how their theologies of grace are neither identical nor antithetical." (publisher's note)
Some more new books
Here are some books I would like to have my hands on during the coming year 2016. They are, perhaps, not directly relevant to a study of Philo of Alexandria, though having a closer look at them might make you change your mind about exactly that relevancy.
The books are just announced by their publishers.
Here are the titles, and the publishers note about the books:
Nässelqvist, Dan. 2016. Public Reading in Early Christianity. Lectors, Manuscripts, and Sound in the Oral Delivery of John 1–4. Novum Testamentum, Supplements 163. Leiden: Brill.
"In Public Reading in Early Christianity: Lectors, Manuscripts, and Sound in the Oral Delivery of John 1-4 Dan Nässelqvist investigates the oral delivery of New Testament writings in early Christian communities of the first two centuries C.E. He examines the role of lectors and public reading in the Greek and Roman world as well as in early Christianity. Nässelqvist introduces a method of sound analysis, which utilizes the correspondence between composition and delivery in ancient literary writings to retrieve information about oral delivery from the sound structures of the text being read aloud. Finally he applies the method of sound analysis to John 1–4 and presents the implications for our understanding of public reading and the Gospel of John."
Ligt, Luuk de, ed. 2016. Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman Empire. Studies in Global Social History 23/7. Leiden: Brill.
"Until recently migration did not occupy a prominent place on the agenda of students of Roman history. Various types of movement in the Roman world were studied, but not under the heading of migration and mobility. Migration and Mobility in the Early Roman Empire starts from the assumption that state-organised, forced and voluntary mobility and migration were intertwined and should be studied together. The papers assembled in the book tap into the remarkably large reservoir of archaeological and textual sources concerning various types of movement during the Roman Principate. The most important themes covered are rural-urban migration, labour mobility, relationships between forced and voluntary mobility, state-organised movements of military units, and familial and female mobility."
Contributors are: Colin Adams, Seth Bernard, Christer Bruun, Luuk de Ligt, Paul Erdkamp, Lien Foubert, Peter Garnsey, Saskia Hin, Claire Holleran, Tatiana Ivleva, Elio Lo Cascio, Tracy Prowse, Saskia Roselaar, Laurens E. Tacoma, Rolf Tybout, Greg Woolf, and Andrea Zerbini.
List of contents
1. Approaching migration in the early Roman empire
Luuk de Ligt and Laurens E. Tacoma
2. The impact of migration on the demographic profile of the city of Rome: a reassessment
Elio Lo Cascio
3. Seasonal labour and rural-urban migration in Roman Italy
Paul Erdkamp
4. Food distributions and immigration in imperial Rome
Seth G. Bernard
5. Migration in early-imperial Italy: Herculaneum and Rome compared
Peter Garnsey and Luuk de Ligt
6. Labour mobility in the Roman world: a case study of mines in Iberia
Claire Holleran
7. State-organised mobility in the Roman empire: legionaries and auxiliaries
Saskia T. Roselaar
8. Peasants into soldiers: recruitment and military mobility in the early Roman empire
Tatiana Ivleva
9. Tracing familial mobility: female and child migrants in the Roman West
Christer Bruun
10. Isotopes and mobility in the ancient Roman world
Tracy L. Prowse
11. Revisiting urban graveyard theory: migrant flows in Hellenistic and Roman Athens
Saskia Hin
12. Migration in Roman Egypt: problems and possibilities
Colin Adams
13. Migrant women in P.Oxy. and the port cities of Roman Egypt: tracing women's travel behaviour in papyrological sources
Lien Foubert
14. Human mobility in the Roman Near East: patterns and motives
Andrea Zerbini
15. Moving epigrams: migration and mobility in the Greek East
Laurens E. Tacoma and Rolf A. Tybout
16. Dead men walking: the repatriation of mortal remains
Rolf A. Tybout
17. Movers and stayers
I. Howard Marshall 1934-2015
I. Howard Marshall died recently – by cancer. His scholarship was impressive, meticulous and inspiring. May it still be inspiring for both the church and academia.
See further: http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/i.-howard-marshall-new-testament-scholar-dies-at-81
Some new Philo books
Strolling along the book booths in the great book sales exhibition at the AAR/SBL Annual Meeting in Atlanta i November, I found some recently published Philo books that I hope to be able to have the oppurtunity of getting more acquainted with in 2016.
I list here the following volumes I found interesting:
Of course there is the Studia Philonica Annual: Studies in Hellenistic Judaism, Volume XXVII (2015), edited as usual by David T. Runia and Gregory E. Sterling, 2015. 282pp, $51.95. I hope to present this further when I get my copy.
Then there was a dissertation, written by a Finnish scholar on a somewhat surprising topic: Sami Yli-Karjanmaa, Reincarnation in Philo of Alexandria (Studia Philonica Monographs 2. Atlanta;SBL Press) 309pp; $42,95. It was in my bag when I left the US, and is now on my shelf, ready to be read.
Third, I saw a new volume on God in Philo's works: Jang Ryu, Knowledge of God in Philo of Alexandria (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 405; Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen, 2015). This volume, alas, is still not on my shelves.
Finally, I spotted another volume, that probably has a chapter on Philo, and in any case should be interesting to Philo scholars: Esther Blachman, The Transformation of Tamar (Genesis 38) in the History of Jewish Interpretation (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis & Theology 71. Peeters, 2015).. Still not on my shelf..
I might have missed some, but I doubt it… 🙂
– or did I miss some….?
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The Obama administration will seek loan guarantees totaling about $54 billion, the official said. That is up from the $18.5 billion authorized. The details are to be unveiled Monday when the White House makes a fiscal 2011 budget request.
The proposal comes after the U.S. Energy Department announced Friday that it has asked former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, a Democrat, and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft to lead a panel charged with developing a long-term solution for managing the nation's used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. The panel, which will be charged with developing an interim report within 18 months and a final report within 24 months, will also include Exelon Corp. (EXC) Chief Executive John Rowe, former Republican senators Pete Domenici and Chuck Hagel, and representatives of major labor and environmental groups.
The Obama administration has been promising for almost a year to create such a panel after deciding that a central repository for storing waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada was not an option. The Nevada site has been opposed for years by that state's political establishment, most notably Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), who is facing a difficult reelection campaign this year.
Republicans have complained that the Obama administration's rhetoric in support of nuclear power has not matched its actions. Those criticisms may be challenged in coming months if the administration awards its first-ever nuclear loan guarantee and then expands the program. In the current program, 17 companies applied for $122 billion of loan guarantees, or about six times the amount of money available.
But the administration's efforts also could alienate the environmental wing of its base. The liberal group MoveOn.org said a survey of its members during the State of the Union address this week showed the most negative response to Obama came when he voiced support for more nuclear power and offshore drilling. The administration says that nuclear power can help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions since it produces less carbon dioxide than alternatives.
"I personally think that nuclear power has a place" because "it is carbon-free," U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told reporters on Friday. "We will be able to solve the complete environmental concerns."
The Energy Department appears to be getting close to offering its first nuclear loan guarantee. Earlier this week, Southern Co. (SO) Chief Executive David Ratcliffe said in an interview that the company expects to finalize an application for a loan guarantee "within the next couple months." Scana Corp. (SCG), which has also applied, is "a couple months behind Southern" and is "hopeful" of receiving a conditional award "sometime in the next months," Scana spokesman Bryan Hatchell said Friday.

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Gnomes, Fairies, and Other Magical Things
The New York Times recently reported on a man in Pennsylvania who created several homes for gnomes in the forests of a local park. He was inspired to build his gnome houses after watching a short film on a family that built similar houses in a park in Kansas (film is included below).
Steve Hoke's creations were embraced by the local community; park attendance increased dramatically as children and families came to experience the magical woods.
Unfortunately, local officials have since asked Hoke to remove his creations and the park's manager explained, "We don't really think it's a state park kind of thing. We like to have more visitors. We like having people come here. But the experience we're trying to give is a natural, ecological experience."
We respectfully disagree and we warmly welcome Hoke to pay us a visit during our annual fairy festival in September as an honored guest.
Here at the Nature Museum, we are convinced that nature is magical and amazing; and the more time and opportunity children have to spend time in it, the better. That's why we cherish our Fairy House Festival; it's an opportunity for families to be together in nature and it teaches children the value of imagination and the appreciation of nature's smallest details.
Our houses are created by both adults and children alike; we are already accepting registrations for fairy house builders. We welcome newbie builders!
Embrace the wonder!


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I woke thinking of friends of mine caught up in one of life's storms.
From a close family, what pain for all when a much loved parent develops something such as Alzheimers. At first, looking the same externally as they always did. But inside, that process of slipping silently away has begun, even before we know that something is wrong they are leaving us. 'Good days' and 'bad days' shift balance until the person left is but a shell of the one we knew so well. So familiar, so loved by all around them. And in the beginning, they themselves can be very aggravated by forgetting things, snapping at people they care for and experiencing a myriad of feelings of confusion and upset by changes within them that they can not control. However, in time, their consciousness can fade yet further until, the ones around them, they are left grieving for the person they once knew. A shell of their loved one still in front of them but treasured memories once shared now gone. To watch a loved one lose their unique character, their personality, their humour and all the love they once gave to others fade away. Only those left caring for them remain to remember how things used to be (and what a mental burden that is to be carried by the carer)...
'Eventually' it will become obvious that a balance needs to be found between being 'carer' and 'caring for oneself'. A painful step back is needed to find some space from the capacity of this illness to draw in the carer's love, patience and understanding - draining emotional well-being and all the carer's energy without respite. The carer has a duty to themselves as much as to the one they care for. Yet, that step back that is required, that move can only be made when the time is right and each of us can only make that decision for ourselves. Around the person who is the carer, their family and friends also find this period to be a very difficult time - they can support the carer (and yes, they must try to give all the support to the carer that they can) but also, they must not lose sight of the need for balance in their own lives. Such a difficult stage to balance, there are so many challenges to be met by everyone. Nevertheless, as mere human beings, we can so often look back and then be amazed to realise just what we were capable of, so much more than we thought we could be. We CAN manage to navigate our way through life's storms. But each challenge must be faced one day at a time - we can move forward and eventually find our way back out the dark days, back in to the light. Having been a carer to parents, to family and friends myself, in life's difficult times I have found the Serenity Prayer to be a great support.
A tide's lowest ebb is when it turns and with us too, it is so often when we think we can't hang in there a moment longer. Then we find, from our own remarkable efforts - we find that we finally do turn a corner and a way forward becomes clear. We are capable of so much more than we could ever imagine. Some would wish to protect us, so no tear was ever shed but tears are part of life and learning and through these times, sad and happy tears - we learn and we grow as people.
Sharing personal experiences, of life's most challenging times, that process can be of use to others currently caught up in the same sort of 'storms' that we have navigated. Myself, generally at ease in expressing myself, at the time I was a carer I found there were many months I had nothing I wanted to say. I didn't want to feel any feelings, let alone express them - but still, I remember that time well. Therefore, thinking of my friend and what I went through, I wrote this poem today.
Sharing personal experiences, of life's most challenging times, that process can be of use to others currently caught up in the same sort of 'storms' that we have navigated. Myself, generally at ease in expressing myself, at the time I was a carer I found there were many months I had nothing I wanted to say. I didn't want to feel any feelings, let alone express them - but still, I remember that time well. Therefore, thinking of my friend and what I went through, I wrote this poem today.
I know how hard it is to watch a loved one fade away and my poem reflects that. But also, now many years later, having passed through that storm (and being so very happy in my life today) I hope that there may be something in what I have shared, no matter how small - just something which makes a difference to anyone who reads this. We can all say to a loved one "you NEED to step back" but, it IS so hard and ultimately, only they can do what they can do. We sail the seas of life together but only each of us can navigate our own way through. Until then, the love of family, of friends - we can only offer our help to those who are struggling. We can't take away another's pain (much as we would wish to, we can't protect them from all the tears that need to fall) but we can offer out our hand to steady and to guide them. We can offer to them a heart that is full of love. And when words aren't enough for that moment - we can use hugs to convey the love that we feel.
You were my anchor, my safe port in any storm,
The one who gave me life, kept me safe when I was born.
My sun, my moon, my stars, you built the world I knew.
For all the tears I cry, I know I still "love you".
Now left to chase your shadow, your sunshine once so bright,
Tho' you can look the same, Alzhemiers hides your light.
A quiet empty stare, at times my sole reward,
And anger you never had - "oh why dear Lord?"
"Why did this have to happen?" How could this ever be?
Child-parent carrying this burden, from which I can't break free.
Chasing shadows, chasing shadows, like clouds across the sea.
Anchored by our life of love, as you once carried me…
In these times that life's a blur, when love's put to the test,
Safe harbours are ahead, and there I'll take my rest.
Lessons learnt in life, these will serve me well,
But when this chapter closes, only time will tell,
The strength we require is in each of us


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(#3 AP/#3 ESPN/USA Today) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-0)
Southern California Women of Troy (5-4)
The Date and Time: Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. PST.
The Site: Los Angeles Sports Arena (15,509) in Los Angeles, Calif.
Radio: All Notre Dame games are broadcast on WHLY-AM (1620 in South Bend) with Sean Stires (play by play). This live broadcast also is available through the Notre Dame athletic department web site at www.und.com.
Websites: Notre Dame (www.und.com), Southern California (www.usctrojans.com).
The third-ranked Notre Dame women's basketball team returns to action following a four-day break for Christmas as the Irish make their first-ever trip to the Los Angeles Sports Arena to take on Southern California tonight at 7:00 p.m. PST. The Irish enter the game with their highest-ever ranking at third for the third consecutive week and are off to their best start ever at 10-0. Notre Dame defeated host Marquette 75-56 in its last outing on Thursday, Dec. 21 at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee.
Tonight's game marks the third meeting between the teams with both teams owning a win in the series. USC won the first game 69-53 on Jan, 2, 1985, in a game played at Cal State Fullerton. That game stood as the only meeting between the teams for nearly 15 years until the Irish won 74-59 at the Joyce Center on Dec. 27, 1999.
All five of Notre Dame's starters average double-figure scoring, while the Irish have outscored their 10 opponents by an average of nearly 17 points in the first half. Notre Dame is led by three of the best players in the country at their respective positions. Sophomore shooting guard Alicia Ratay (16.1) leads the team in scoring, leads the nation three-point shooting (29-42, .690) and scored a game-high 21 points vs. Western Michigan — finishing the game with nine consecutive made field goals. All-America candidate and fifth-year point guard Niele Ivey (14.3) leads the BIG EAST in assists (7.60/game) and steals (3.60/game) and is one of only two point guards in the county ranked in the top 15 in both assists and steals. Senior All-America center Ruth Riley (14.3) is third in the nation in blocks (2.90/game) and the only player in the NCAA statistical rankings for blocks and field-goal percentage (15th at 61.0 entering last week, currently 60.2).
A large part of Notre Dame's fast start this season also is due to the play of its other two starters, senior Kelley Siemon and junior Erika Haney. Siemon (11.0, 16 points vs. Western Michigan) leads the Irish in rebounding (7.0) and is sixth in the BIG EAST in rebounding. Haney (11.1) had a career-high 21 points in the win over Marquette, making her first 10 field goals before finishing 10-12.
The Irish enter the USC game with a 10-0 record — their first 10-0 start in the history of the program after surpassing the previous best start of 6-0 from 1998-99 team. The 10-game winning streak currently stands tied for third longest in the country.
Notre Dame has won its first 10 games by an average of 24.3 points and has shot better than 50 percent from the field in four of 10 games, better than 46 percent in nine of 10 games and better than 40 percent in all 10 games. The Irish defense has held its opponents to under 40.0 in eight of 10 games — including six games under 35.0 percent. The hot shooting of Ratay, strong point guard play of Ivey (76 assists, 36 steals) and dominating defensive presence and shooting touch Riley (29 blocks, 56-93 FG, .60.2) have led the Irish to big early leads. Forwards Siemon and Haney have given the Irish timely contributions. Notre Dame is one of only two teams (Auburn) ranked among the NCAA leaders in both field-goal percentage (fifth at 50.9) and field-goal percentage defense (12th at 34.2) according to last week's NCAA statistics.
Head coach Muffet McGraw is in her 14th year at Notre Dame with a 298-115 (.722) record and her 19th as a collegiate coach with a 385-156 (.712) mark. She has led the Irish to five straight NCAA tournament appearances and seven overall. McGraw was named a finalist for the Naismith Women's Basketball and AP coach-of-the-year awards last year.
Junior Ericka Haney scored a career-high and game-high 21 points on 10-12 shooting and senior All-America center Ruth Riley had her second double-double of the season (18 points, 10 rebounds) to lead third-ranked Notre Dame to a 75-56 win at Marquette. The Irish jumped out to leads of 9-0 and 19-2 before the Golden Eagles pulled within 10 points in the first half. The Irish scored 18 points in the final six minutes of the first half to take a 47-32 halftime lead and used a 23-11 advantage to build a 30-point lead with 7:36 remaining in the game. Senior forward Kelley Siemon missed the first game of her career (sprained knee) after playing in all previous of the 104 games since her arrival at Notre Dame in 1997. All-America candidate and fifth-year point guard Niele Ivey chipped in 18 points (4-5 3P FG) and had six assists. Notre Dame finished 28-59 (47.5) from the field, while the Irish defense held Marquette to just 31.7 percent and held the Golden Eagle starters to 3-21 (14.3).
While the Irish and Trojans have a long and storied rivalry in football, the teams have met just twice previously in women's basketball and just once in the last 14 years. USC won the first game on Jan. 2, 1985 in Fullerton, Calif. The teams would not meet again for nearly 15 years until the Irish won 74-59 at the Joyce Center on Dec. 27, 1999. Alicia Ratay led all scorers in that game with 19 points.
Notre Dame enters tonight's game looking for its sixth consecutive victory versus a Pacific-10 team. Since losing to UCLA in their first NCAA tournament game in 1992, the Irish have posted wins over Washington (80-67 in '95), UCLA (93-91 in double overtime in 1997 and 99-82 in 1998), USC (74-59 last year) and Arizona (95-65 on Nov. 20, 2000).
Notre Dame extended its home winning streak to a school-record 28 straight wins with its victory over Western Michigan. The streak currently is the fourth longest active streak in the country, behind Grambling (66), Kent (35) and Texas Tech (34). The Irish have not lost at home in over two years since a loss to top-ranked UConn on Dec. 8, 1998.
Notre Dame has raced through its first 10 games, beating opponents from six major conferences. The Irish have posted wins vs. the ACC (North Carolina), Atlantic 10 (Fordham), Big 10 (Purdue, Wisconsin), Conference USA (Marquette), Pacific-10 (Arizona) and SEC (Georgia). Notre Dame has non-conference games remaining vs. USC (Pacific-10) and Rice (Western Athletic). The Irish are looking for the second unbeaten record vs. their non-conference regular-season opponents in the last three years after an 8-0 mark vs. non-BIG EAST teams during the 1998-99 regular season.
Life outside of the BIG EAST Conference has been good to Notre Dame over the past four years. The Irish bring a 43-9 (.827) overall record vs. non-conference teams in the last four-plus seasons and a 34-5 (.872) record in the regular season. Notre Dame also has a four-year old, 20-game non-conference winning streak at the Joyce Center — a streak that includes wins over Purdue in 1997 and 2000 and a pair of sixth-ranked teams (UCLA and Duke) and 25th-ranked Illinois in 1998-99. Notre Dame's last non-conference loss at the Joyce Center came over four years ago when 19th-ranked Wisconsin beat the Irish on Dec. 9, 1996.
McGRAW APPROACHES 300TH WIN AT NOTRE DAME
Muffet McGraw — in her 14th season at Notre Dame with a 298-115 (.722) — enters tonight's game just two short of her 300th victory as head coach of the Irish. Her 298 wins at Notre Dame equal nearly 65 percent of the total wins in the 23-plus seasons of varsity Irish women's basketball. McGraw also needs just 15 victories to reach the 400-win plateau in her 19-plus seasons as a head coach — and to become the fourth BIG EAST coach and the third this season to reach 400 victories.
Fifth-year point guard and All-America candidate Niele Ivey has herself ready to break current Irish assistant coach Coquese Washington's school record for career steals. Ivey enters the USC game with 290 steals in her career, just 17 from the record 307 steals by Washington from 1989-93. Ivey (556) also moved ahead of Washington (554) for fourth place on the Irish career assist list.
National player-of-the-year candidate Ruth Riley has been at her dominating best this season — making her presence felt on both ends of the court as the only player ranked among the NCAA leaders in both field-goal percentage and blocked shots. In addition to her offensive efficiency (56-93 FG, .60.2 percentage fourth in BIG EAST, 15th in NCAA), Riley leads the BIG EAST and is third in the country with 29 blocked shots (2.90/game), while committing just 20 personal fouls (2.00/game). The two-time BIG EAST defensive player of the year is averaging one block shot every eight-plus minutes she plays and just one foul every 12-plus minutes of action.
Senior All-America center Ruth Riley (18 points, 10 rebounds) recorded her second double-double of the season vs. Marquette. Notre Dame has totalled eight double-doubles in 10 games by five different players. Other double-double performance for the Irish this season include Riley vs. Villanova, Niele Ivey (vs. Valparaiso, Arizona and Villanova), Ericka Haney (vs. North Carolina), Kelley Siemon (vs. Georgia) and Meaghan Leahy (vs. Fordham).
Fifth-year point guard and All-America candidate Niele Ivey entered the season with seven career double-doubles (four in '99-'00 and three in '98-'99) and already has three in '00-01. She had a pair of double-doubles in the first two games of the season and a third vs. Villanova. Ivey scored 12 points and had 10 assists and five steals vs. Valparaiso in the season opener and then recorded 11 assists against just one turnover to go along with 14 points against Arizona. She had 11 points, 10 assists, six steals and six rebounds vs. just four turnovers vs. Villanova. Ivey has had four double-figure assist outings in Notre Dame's nine games.
Sophomore Alicia Ratay has established herself as the best three-point shooter in the country with her 69.0 three-point shooting percentage — the highest percentage in the country for the second consecutive week. She has connected on 29 of her 42 attempts and her 29 three-point field goals this season are just five fewer than the 34 Notre Dame's opponents have made. Her 69.0 percentage is higher than Irish opponents are hitting from the free-throw line (61.7), from the field (34.0) and from three-point range (23.6). Ratay had 11 three pointers in the first two games on just 15 attempts, a percentage of .733. In the season opener vs. Valparaiso, Ratay scored 20 points on 7-12 shooting (6-9 3PT) and nailed four three-pointers in a span of 3:47 late in the first half. She was a perfect 4-4 (3-3 3PT) in the first half of the Arizona game before finishing 8-10 FG, 5-6 3PT and 5-5 FT for 26 points. Ratay was 2-3 vs. Georgia, 3-3 vs. Fordham, 2-4 vs. North Carolina, 1-1 vs. Villanova, 5-8 vs. Purdue, 3-3 vs. Western Michigan and 2-3 vs. Marquette.
Following the victory over sixth-ranked Purdue, the Irish have won six straight games vs. top-10 non-conference opponents (#6 Purdue on Dec. 9, #6 Georgia on Nov. 24, #9 North Carolina in '99-'00, #6 UCLA and #6 Duke in '98-99, #6 Texas Tech in '97-98) and nine of their last 11 (also beating #8 Alabama, #8 North Carolina State and #6 Iowa in '96-97 and falling to Tennessee twice (ranked second and 10th in '96-97). Notre Dame has a 7-5 record vs. all top 10 teams (including 5-0 vs. non-conference opponents) since the start of the 1998-99 season.
In addition to its success vs. top-10 teams, Notre Dame has won 46 consecutive games vs. unranked opponents, including a 24-0 mark last year. The last unranked team to defeat the Irish was Boston College on Dec. 30, 1998 (Notre Dame beat a ranked Eagle team later in the season).
Senior Kelley Siemon sparked the Irish with 21 points vs. Wisconsin — including 15 in the second half. She continued her strong play with a double-double in the championship game vs. Georgia (13 points and a game-high 11 rebounds). Siemon had her fourth consecutive double-figure scoring vs. Fordham with 14 points. She also had 10 rebounds to go along with seven points vs. Purdue and 16 points against Western Michigan before sitting out the Marquette game with a knee injury. She currently is averaging 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.
While Notre Dame has been led by its three All-America caliber players in Ruth Riley, Niele Ivey and Alicia Ratay, junior forward Ericka Haney has proven to play a large role in Notre Dame's successful start to the season. Among the team's most athletic and best defensive players, she enters tonight's game averaging 11.1 points — markedly higher than her 6.8 average as a sophomore and 6.0 as a freshman. With Notre Dame's other starting forward Kelley Siemon out of the Marquette game lineup with an injury, Haney turned in the best offensive performance of her career. She made her first 10 field goals before missing her final two and made one of two free throws to finish with a career-high and game-high 21 points. Other strong offensive performances for Haney this season include 16 vs. sixth-ranked Purdue and a double-double vs. North Carolina (14 points, 13 rebounds). She has scored in double figures in six of the last eight games.
Here's where Irish players and the team stand in the latest NCAA national statistics (as of Dec. 19) and BIG EAST statistics in BIG EAST games and all games (as of Dec. 22).
|Team Rankings
|Conference Games
|All Games
|Scoring Offense
|2nd at 78.6
|Scoring Defense
|8th at 54.1
|2nd at 54.3
|Scoring Margin
|7th at +24.9
|2nd at +24.3
|Free Throw Percentage
|8th at .668
|Field Goal Percentage
|5th at 50.9
|2nd at .506
|Field Goal Percentage Defense
|12th at 34.2
|1st at .340
|Three-Point FG Percentage
|1st at 56.4
|1st at .578
|Three-Point FG Defense
|not kept
|3rd at .236
|7th at 39.1
|Rebounding Defense
|not kept
|6th at 35.1
|Rebounding Margin
|4th at +4.0
|Blocked Shots
|not kept
|1st at 6.50
|not kept
|2nd at 19.60
|not kept
|4th at 11.20
|Turnover Margin
|not kept
|5th at +3.10
|Assist/Turnover Ratio
|not kept
|3rd at 1.14
|Won-Lost Percentage
|T1st at 1.000
Alicia Ratay's six three pointers vs. Valparaiso in the season opener are tied for the most by a BIG EAST player in a single game this season. Ratay also has the best three-point shooting game by a BIG EAST player with her 5-6 (.833) vs. Arizona. Meaghan Leahy's 12 free throws vs. Fordham are tied for the most in the league, while her 14 attempts are tied for third most. Ericka Haney's 10 field goals vs. Marquette are tied for second most. Niele Ivey's six steals vs. both North Carolina and Villanova are tied for second most in a single game. Amanda Barksdale's six blocks vs. Fordham are the most, while Ruth Riley's five vs. Valparaiso and Purdue and Barksdale's five vs. Western Michigan all are tied for second.
As a team, the Irish also shot 62.3 percent (38-61) vs. Arizona for the best shooting game of the season by a BIG EAST team. Their 38 field goals in that game are tied for the most of the season. The 11 three-point shots made vs. Valparaiso and the 27 free throws made vs. Wisconsin both are second most. The Irish shot .750 (6-8) from three-point range for the best three-point shooting percentage in a game. Notre Dame's 31 assists vs. Arizona are the most in a single game by a BIG EAST team, while its nine blocks vs. both Arizona and Fordham are second best.
Fifth-year point guard Niele Ivey was named the MVP of the Coaches Vs. Cancer Challenge as she helped the Irish win the event with her strong play. She totaled 41 points on 14-21 shooting (7-9 3PT, 6-6 FT) in 71 minutes of action along with 13 rebounds, 11 assists and eight steals vs. just 10 assists. Ivey recorded game-high scoring vs. both Wisconsin (22) and Georgia (19). She was named BIG EAST player of the week (Nov. 27) for her efforts for the fourth time in her career.
Fifth-year PG Niele Ivey scored five points in the first four minutes against Valparaiso to surpass the 1,000-point milestone in her career. She joined the list of 16 other Irish players (including Ruth Riley) who have scored at least 1,000 points. Ivey scored 15 points in five games as a freshman in 1996-97 before a knee injury ended her season. She then scored 254 points in '97-98, 369 in '98-99 and 358 in '99-'00 to reach 996 points entering the season.
The week of Dec. 3 began with the University of Notre Dame as the only Division I-A institution ranked among the top 10 teams in Associated Press standings in the sports of football, men's basketball and women's basketball. Notre Dame stood 10th in the final regular-season football poll (9-2 record), the first time since 1995 the Irish have finished the regular season ranked in the top 10. The Irish men's basketball also broke into the top 10 that week for the first time since 1986. The Irish women's basketball team had its highest-ever ranking at fourth in the AP before moving up to third following the win over Purdue. It marked the first time in Irish athletic history all three of those Notre Dame teams have been ranked in the top 10 in the same week.
HEAD COACH McGRAW INKS FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT
Muffet McGraw is in her 14th season with the Irish and 19th as a collegiate coach. She recently signed a five-year contract to continue as coach of the Fighting Irish women's basketball program through the 2004-05 season. McGraw has guided Notre Dame to five consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and seven of the last nine. The last four years have comprised the most successful period in the history of the program, thanks to a combined 106-26 record. The Irish followed up their 1997 NCAA Final Four appearance and 31-7 record with an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in '98. Then came 26-5 and 27-5 marks the last two years that represent the top two seasons ever at Notre Dame in terms of winning percentage. Prior to coming to Notre Dame, she spent five seasons at Lehigh where she compiled an 88-41 record for a .683 winning percentage. McGraw has been named a finalist for the Naismith Women's Basketball coach-of-the-year award in each of the last two seasons.
Seniors Ruth Riley and Niele Ivey both scored a game-high 19 points and were named to the all-tournament team to the Irish to a 75-73 win over sixth-ranked Georgia in the championship game of the Coaches Vs. Cancer Challenge on Nov. 24. The Bulldogs erased an early 11-point deficit before taking their first lead four minutes into the second half. Georgia built a six point with 9:29 before Ivey ignited a 11-0 run in a span of 2:21 for a 68-65 Irish lead. The Bulldogs scored six straight to lead 71-70 before Alicia Ratay gave Notre Dame a 72-70 lead. After a pair of Ivey free throws and a Georgia basket, Kelley Siemon made one of two free throws for the 75-73 final after the Bulldogs missed a desperation three pointer as time expired.
In the first game of the event vs. host Wisconsin, Ratay and Riley both were held to single-digit scoring in the same game for the first time, and Ivey and Siemon poured in a combined 43 points. Junior Ericka Haney added 14 points to lead fifth-ranked Notre Dame to an 83-56 win. The Irish built a 41-26 halftime lead on the strength of 17 first-half points from Ivey and pulled away from the Badgers with the help of 15 second-half points from Siemon.
Senior All-America center Ruth Riley and sophomore guard Alicia Ratay are among the 30 preseason candidates listed for the 2000-01 Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Riley was one of 15 finalists for the Naismith Award a year ago. The women's Naismith Award was first presented in 1983 and honors the outstanding college basketball player in the United States. The award program was founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, an organization dedicated to recognizing the achievements of student-athletes in basketball. The candidates were selected by a vote of the Board of Selectors comprised of leading basketball coaches, journalists and basketball analysts.
Senior center Ruth Riley became Notre Dame's first AP first-team All-American in 2000 and is a preseason favorite to win All-America honors for the third time in her career (she also was second-team AP pick in 1999). She has been named to the preseason All-America teams in a variety of national publications. Here is a list of some of Riley's preseason honors:
|Sports Illustrated For Women
|First Team
|Women's Basketball Journal
|First Team
|Lindy's All-American
|First Team
|Athlon Sports
|Second Team
|ESPN Magazine
|Preseason "PTPer"
|Street & Smith
|High Honorable Mention
|Beth Mowins, ESPN.com
|Among Top Five Centers In Country
In addition to Riley's accolades, senior point guard Niele Ivey has been named by Beth Mowins of ESPN.com one of the top five point guards in the country, while Mowins also has rated the Irish backcourt as one of best in the country. Sophomore guard Alicia Ratay has been named preseason All-America by Women's Basketball Journal as a sixth-team pick. She is one of only three sophomores on the six-team, 30-player list. Freshman Jeneka Joyce has been listed as one of the top freshmen according to Athlon Sports.
Notre Dame has won 106 games in its last four seasons, the sixth most wins of any school in the country. Here's where the Irish rank in terms of their wins over the last four seasons:
|Louisiana Tech
|Old Dominion
|UC Santa Barbara
|Notre Dame
Season-ticket sales for the 2000-01 Irish home season have more than doubled from a year ago, going from 940 in 1999-2000 to more than 2,600 for the upcoming season. Notre Dame's average home attendance has jumped from a per-game figure of 1,747 in 1996-97 (the year the Irish played in the NCAA Final Four in Cincinnati) to 1,914 in 1997-98, then 2,996 in 1998-99 and finally to a 3,392 total in 1999-2000 to rank 26th nationally. Irish women's basketball season tickets remain on sale and can be purchased by contacting the Notre Dame ticket office at 219-631-7356. Fans are encourage to purchase single-game tickets in advance to avoid waiting in line on gameday.
Notre Dame improved to 16-8 in its 24 season-opening games and have won their last six openers after the Valparaiso victory. Notre Dame has an 11-3 record under Muffet McGraw in its first games of the season with the only losses coming to third-ranked Penn State in 1991, at Marquette in 1992 and the SHU loss in 1994.
Niele Ivey spent part of her summer with the BIG EAST Women's Basketball All-Stars, averaging 11.8 points and 3.7 rebounds on the six-game competitive tour of Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. in June. The All-Stars, led by West Virginia head coach Alexis Basil, went 5-1 on the tour with wins over Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. Ivey scored in double figures in four of the six contests and registered a personal tour-high 17 points in the squad's first meeting with Simon Fraser. She scored a team-high 16 points in the All-Stars' final game.
Following the win over Villanova, the Irish have a 4-2 record in BIG EAST season-opening games in their sixth season in the conference, including a 4-2 mark in conference home openers. Connecticut defeated the Irish their conference home openers in 1997 and 1998, while a loss at Rutgers in 1997 marked the only time Notre Dame began BIG EAST play on the road.


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The Story Of Gil Scott-Heron
Radio 1Xtra Stories
On 16 October 1968, Tommie Smith, Peter Norman and John Carlos stood on the podium wearing Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) badges. The two U.S. athletes received their medals shoeless, but wearing black socks, to represent black poverty. Smith wore a black scarf around his neck to represent black pride, Carlos had his tracksuit top unzipped to show solidarity with all blue collar workers in the U.S. and wore a necklace of beads which he described "were for those individuals that were lynched, or killed and that no-one said a prayer for, that were hung and tarred. It was for those thrown off the side of the boats in the middle passage." The original audio of the roar of approval from the packed Mexican stadium was subsequently removed and jeering dubbed on instead.


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The problem with HTC
I like gadgets. Specifically, I like gadgets that work, connect and help you achieve your task without making you jump through hoops. In addition, I believe that gadgets should look reasonably nice and if they allow me to tinker and improve them myself, then it's all the better.
Gadgets that work and look nice sell. This are their primary points and the main reason Apple is successful. Their devices just work, they connect within the ecosystem and they look nice.
Google took a while to reach the same level of usefulness. Today it can do most of the same and some things even better. If you use your Google accounts, you get your settings, wifi passwords and so on transferred immediately to a new device. Changing devices becomes easy. It just works, it connects.
The looks side though it becomes the problem of the device maker which is a different entity.
And here comes HTC. Unlike all other phone makers, HTC focuses on customising its own software on top of Google's Android. Which is nice, but the working functionality is there already. HTC doesn't make slim phones (so far 9mm is the best it could do and still including a puny battery) while the rest swim in the 7mm lane. Its design is dated, still lingering around the successful M8 model - refusing to move on.


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Wormwise Agreed principles
- Healthy animals harbour worms and always will – eradication is neither an appropriate goal nor achievable.
- Well fed animals are less affected by worms than those under nutritional stress.
- Older animals are generally less susceptible to worms than younger ones, and, at times, can be used to reduce the number of infective larvae on pastures.
- Animals vary in their susceptibility to parasites (genetic variability).
- Animals can be selectively bred for resistance or resilience to roundworms.
- Each farm is unique and effective worm management may be different from farm to farm.
- When breeding for a characteristic, increased selection pressure will result in more rapid change being made (applies both to livestock and parasites).
- Breeding for a single trait leads to more rapid change than breeding for a combination of traits.
- Most of the year there are more worms, in the various life stages, on pasture than inside the animals.
- Anthelmintics are a finite resource. The way in which you use drenches and manage parasites can change the rate at which you select for resistant worms.
- Long-acting drench formulations may hasten development of drench resistance. Once present on a farm, resistance to anthelmintics can be considered permanent.
- Anthelmintics used in combination can delay the onset of resistance.
- A population of un-drenched worms should be maintained on farm.
Key points
- Parasitism is a major cause of loss of production in livestock.
- Based on current information, it is clear that many New Zealand farmers are using anthelmintics in a manner that will result in drench resistant parasites and drench failure.


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Biggest Show so far!
We are stunned to announce that we are playing at one of the worlds biggest City-Festivals… the Zurich Festival. With dozens of stages, food stands, partys and other events the festival attracts more than a million people every year in 3 days!
We'll be playing on the main stage at the Parade Platz in the heart of Zurich. Our killer set is prepared for you and we hope you all come see us! If you can't come, don't worry.. the whole show will be aired on Radio 105 Switzerland!
See you there folks!
When: Sunday 03.07.2016
Where: Zurich Paradeplatz, Main Stage
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Ruffled Holiday Wishes Card
SUPPLIES: Cardstock: (white) Bazzill Basics Paper; (red embossed) Cosmo Cricket Paint: (Lettuce dimensional) Ranger Industries Fibers: (olive ribbon) May Arts Fonts: (Century Schoolbook, Embassy BT) www.myfonts.com Software: (word processing) Tool: (corner rounder punch) EK Success Other: (printable rub-on film) Graphix Finished size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
1 Make card from cardstock; round bottom corners.
2 Cut rectangle of cardstock; sand and adhere. Apply dimensional paint.
3 Gather ribbon; adhere.
4 Design sentiment in software and print on rub-on film.
5 Apply rub-on.
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Hurricane Preparedness
July 20, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
It's never to late to have a plan in place, especially for us Floridians. The Red Cross will be providing us with valuable information. Join us for Coffee, Tea and snacks, as we take notes and prepare to have a plan in place. Both Pembroke Pines and Davie will have presentations on different dates:
Pembroke Pines Friday, July 20, 2018 at 1:00 pm
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As parents you'll be educating your child from day one, even if you aren't truly aware of it. Every instruction you give your child, and every action you make which they copy, are lessons they're learning for themselves. At such an early age, babies and toddlers are interested and keen. They naturally want to discover new things, so it makes sense that when parents give their children educational toys, books and games to play with, they choose the right ones.
Infant education is not about forcing your child to become a genius overnight. Instead, it's about giving them the opportunity to make use of their own naturally inquisitive personalities and allowing them to discover new senses and abilities through the medium of play.
Scientific Research Proves That Pre-school Educational Products Make a Difference
Research conducted in America has proven that infant education really does make a difference to a child's ability later in life. Encouraging them, by reading them stories and showing them pictures in infant books, playing with educational toys, using flashcards, Educational toddlers DVD's and familiarising them with simple things like the alphabet, shapes and colours allows a toddlers brain to develop in much the same way that a body builder would develop his muscles with regular workouts. The more they exercise their brains, the easier they find it to learn and understand.
In the UK, the BBC discussed the issue of early infant education in it's Dispatches: Kids Don't Count programme, which can still be viewed online. It highlighted a group of children's lack of comprehension when presented with a simple fraction, but it was the views of the teachers interviewed in the programme which shed the light on the problem. Children, they agreed, were not introduced to learning at an early enough age to find it interesting, and this lack of early education left older children confronted with a harder task. The solution? Introduce the right educational games and infant books early enough to capture and harness their natural interest.
The Brainy Baby® company an online 'Early Learning Centre', specialise in educational toys with proven success in enhancing toddlers' learning experiences. They recently commissioned a study through the University of Texas which showed that a group of toddlers using their educational Brainy Baby's® Shapes & Colours DVD were 22 times more successful in learning and recognising a new and unfamiliar shape than a group of toddlers who didn't see the DVD. They've proven that the earlier children are encouraged to educate themselves by using tools like educational toddlers DVDs, infant books and children's flashcards, the better and easier they will learn.
Brands of Educational Children's Products in the UK
Educational toys and games for infants and babies is a huge industry in the UK, with big-name manufacturers like V-Tech, Chicco and Leapfrog recognising the importance of early toddler education. Everything from flashcards, books and toys have been designed to teach babies to recognise their ABC's, and one of the biggest companies was the Baby Einstein group who had a huge share of the market with their educational children's products. However, the Baby Einstein group, owned by Disney since 2001, has suffered recent bad publicity, opening the door for newer companies like brainybaby.co.uk to step forward and claim their share of the UK market with their well researched educational merchandise.
Baby Einstein Suffers in the US
Recent problems for Baby Einstein were heavily publicised at the end of 2009 when Disney was threatened with a class-action lawsuit by a group of public health lawyers who complained that Disney had marketed their educational babies' DVD's in a manner which implied they could make children more intelligent, but parents have been arguing against the suggestion that using their toddler's educational DVD's as a virtual babysitter is an appropriate, or effective, method of learning. What parents want is to be part of their children's learning experience and to help them by sharing time playing with educational toys together.
This desire is encompassed in the Brainy Baby® range of products which are sold online in the UK. They have researched and developed a superior range of educational toys, infant learning flashcards, educational games and infant books designed to promote a positive learning experience through parent-child interaction and at a fraction of the cost of some of the larger retailers. Testimonials for the company and their products can be found on their site at brainybaby.co.uk and brainybaby.com, but here are a few of the reasons why the Brainy Baby® products are the informed parents choice:
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- Specifically Researched Educational DVD's – Brainy Baby® have developed a unique range of DVD's which are designed to teach your child to learn like never before. Their Right Brain and Left Brain DVD's can encourage your child to harness the different creative and logical sides of their brain through fun imagery.
- Interactive Joint Play – Brainy Baby® have designed a range of flashcards to encourage a variety of learning experiences, from numbers and ABC's, to a child's first Spanish words. Flashcards provide a positive parent-child learning experience and these perfectly designed picture cards are aimed at developing an inquisitive mind.
- Long-term Learning – Brainy Baby® are keen to encourage good learning habits and this game is the perfect chance to encourage the development of a good memory through the use of brightly coloured, engaging cards.
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- Range Of Products The carefully selected and researched range of educational products is varied enough to cover all aspects of a child's learning, with many products such as the infants books, alphabet flashcards and the ABC building blocks targeting more than one learning ability.


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A little science fiction, in honor of Mr. Bradbury passing away earlier this month.
I miss color.
That's the one thought going through my head as I scan item after item for customer after customer. It's been a busy shift, what with the holiday and all. Everyone in the whole colony seems excited except for me.
I miss color.
It had seemed so cool when the opportunity first came up. I mean c'mon, I was eight. Who didn't want to live on the moon? It had seemed like the best birthday present ever. We would be the very first, and Dad was going to develop moon-growing vegetables and Mom was going to design a drill to well deep into the surface to harvest moon ice.
Plus there was a rocket ship ride. Complete with a whole hour of anti-gravity free time. That feeling of floating, of not being weighed down by yourself or towards anything else, was the most amazing thing in the world.
I even got to wear a spacesuit. Had to, in order to get from the ship into the airlock. Fifteen minutes to put on a suit I got to wear for about two and a half. That was pretty cool, too.
Our first year was in tents, as the building happened. They'd built the entire Air-and-Grav dome around absolutely nothing to begin with, because it cost less to have people work after the dome was built, than outfit a bunch of people in suits for long periods of time. It seemed like camping. Which is fun for about two weeks. But then you kind of miss running water and warmth. The AG dome is protected from the harsh heat in the sun and cold in the shadow times, but the temperature is always either chilly or hot. And really, there wasn't much here but rocks and dirt at first, so exploring wasn't as exciting as it sounded.


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keep one's eye on the ball
keep (one's) eye on the ball
To keep oneself very focused on something. Despite its wording, the phrase does not have to refer to baseball or another ball game. I graduated in just three years because I was able to keep my eye on the ball and prioritize my studies above all else.
keep one's eye on the ball
Remain alert and attentive, as in The research director told her students to keep their eye on the ball when it came to accurate footnotes . This expression alludes to numerous sports in which players must watch a ball's path. [c. 1900]


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Last week our Field Director, Jonathan, emailed me to say that he had fit Joel (pictured) with 2 OpenSocket prosthetic arms. In his email Jonathan said that Joel's family was "excited to the point of tears" when they saw him with his new prosthetic arms.
I was also very excited to see this email. I had actually met Joel in January traveling with Jonathan, Ehsan, and Dylan as part of our January Launch
. At that time, Joel still had very fresh wounds from his electrical accident, so it was too early to fit him with a prosthesis. It makes me incredibly happy to see us deliver on the promise we made when we first met Joel, and provide him with two OpenSockets.
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I found that you can initiate a subnet scan while in the subnet details view. I expected to be able to select a subnet and then initiate a scan. This works it is just a little different than what I was looking for.
I am still having an issue with subnets being scanned and devices that are pingable from the server not being populated as used. I also have noticed that not all of my Cisco devices are being populated with SNMP data even though SNMP is configured correctly since they are being monitored by NPM. Is there anything that I am missing on these subnet scans? Thanks.
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1. Venus Williams v Sabine Lisicki
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Two players that have had their greatest successes at Wimbledon will square off in a blockbuster second round clash in Beijing. Venus Williams had a bye in the first round after a stunning run to the semi-final in Tokyo. Tiredness could be an issue, but the fact she made an intent to play doubles with Serena (they did lose their first round match) for the first non Grand Slam in several years, is a positive sign.
Sabine Lisicki won her first match against Chanelle Scheepers, 6-3 6-2 after a shaky start. The German player has struggled with momentum since Wimby because of injuries but she has been doing alright notching up wins against players she is expected to beat. The pair are level at 1-1 in their head-to-head with Venus winning their last match in Dubai in 2010 (see video below). This time round, it will be much close but I think if Venus is in good physical shape, then she has the beating of Sabine.
Does anyone remember this? One-sided scoreline, but a great match.
Prediction - Venus to beat Lisicki in 2 very tight sets
2. Angelique Kerber v Laura Robson
|Angelique Kerber
Life on a tennis court was completely different the last time Angelique Kerber and Laura Robson played each other at Wimbledon in 2011. This match, which Robson won 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 for her first ever Grand Slam win and saw Kerber give one of the bitchiest handshakes you could imagine, was the turning point for the German. It spurred Kerber into life and to take her tennis more seriously... since then she has cracked the top 10 and made 2 Grand Slam semi-finals.
In those two years, Robson has also become a much better player, both stronger and more experienced, and she now has the potential to beat pretty much anyone on her day (with the ability to lose to ANYONE too). Kerber is coming in as the Tokyo finalist so had a bye in the first round, meanwhile Robson overcome Klara Zakopalova in a three set opener. This was a good, solid win following a disappointing run in Asia so far. There's no doubt that Laura stands a chance and particularly so if Kerber sits back. If Kerber draws on her form in Tokyo and does take a few chances, she should exact some Wimby revenge.
Prediction - Kerber to beat Robson in 3 sets
3. Sloane Stephens v Eugenie Bouchard
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Tokyo rematch time will see Sloane Stephens and Eugenie Bouchard square off in the second round of Beijing. Both came through their opening matches in straight sets with Sloane defeating Aleksandra Wozniak, 6-4 6-4 and Bouchard comfortably seeing off Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-4 6-1. Their match in Tokyo was an absolute epic, but again like this one, it will not be streamed so we can only go on what appeared on the scoreboard. Both players saw leads wiped out and it was Sloane who first served for the match; however it was Eugenie, now ranked at world number 36 and the highest teenager, who was able to close out a 5-7 7-6 6-3 victory. The Canadian should improve on that ranking again with 3 wins already in Beijing. It is hard to go against the player who won last time and particularly with Bouchard in such excellent form; however with it being so close last time, if Sloane gets a chance to close, she shouldn't make the same mistake twice.
Prediction - Stephens to beat Bouchard in 3 sets
Best of the rest: WTA 2nd round Beijing predictions
Serena Williams to beat Francesca Schiavone in 2 sets
Maria Kirilenko to beat Urszula Radwanska in 2 tight sets
Caroline Wozniacki to beat Monica Niculescu in 2 sets
Roberta Vinci to beat Zhang Shuai in 3 sets
Petra Kvitova to beat Varvara Lepchenko in 2 sets
Li Na to beat Bojana Jovanovski in 2 tight sets
Carla Suarez Navarro to beat Lauren Davis in 2 sets


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|The Montseny Massif and the peak of Les Agudes
The Montseny Massif is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal range of mountains. They are the highest Catalan mountains south of the Pyrenees and dominate the plains of Girona. The highest peaks are Turó de l'Home (1,712 mts), Les Agudes (1,703 mts), El Matagalls (1,617 mts) and Puig Drau (1,314 mts).
Montseny is a protected area and UNESCO declared the mountains a biosphere reserve in 1978. The Catalan Government declared the area a National Park in 1987.
These mountains are mainly covered by Beech and Chestnut giving way to pine as you climb and then to bare rock at the very top. At this time of year from mid October to mid November, the leaves are changing colour and the mountains become a popular destination for day trips with the locals and visitors taking advantage of the usual autumnal weather for hiking and biking. We advise to avoid the Park during the weekends when it gets busy. During the week, there will be people around, but for the most part, you will not have problems parking, getting a meal and you will not meet many on the trails. As usual, we suggest that you give people a "Bon dia" (good day) as you pass. More often than not, you will meet new friends and end up chatting for a while :)
|Local children from Girona on a school trip.
From the Villa, head towards Girona and take the AP7 south towards Barcelona. Exit at St Celony de Montseny and follow the signs through the town for the National Park and Santa Fe de Montseny. The road winds its way through the mountains for about 20 minutes until you reach the parking area.
A walk through the woods towards the reservoir at Santa Fe will take about 20 minutes or so and is suitable for small children to get to know the natural surroundings, pick chestnuts and explore the area full of pre-historic Menhirs. For those more adventurous, there is a circular path to the peaks of Les Agudes and Turó de l'Home which will take you the full day and is suitable for any age group that can tackle a 3 hour (each way) hike. The hike to the tops of the mountains is relatively easy and the views from the top are outstanding. Pack a picnic.....
See our blog http://caldominosworld.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/the-twin-peaks-of-turo-de-lhome-and-les.html
At the end of October, the mountain hike can be dovetailed nicely with an evening in Girona city to celebrate the Fira de St Narcis. The firework display from the old city ramparts is spectacular.
|The reservoir at Santa Fe
|Les Agudes from Santa Fe de Montseny.
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About me… I have lived in Calonge (province of Girona) on the Costa Brava since 2003 after retiring as a pilot from the british Royal Air Force. My passions are hiking, biking, skiing, photography and discovering and sharing the hidden cultural treasures of this beautiful country. My day job entails managing a luxury self-catering rental Villa, Casa Cal Domino, and in my search for new and interesting things to do for my clients whilst they are here on holiday, I have been genuinely overawed by the beauty and diversity of this land. I'm not leaving any time soon. I love it here and I hope to inspire you to come and discover this wonderful country for yourself.


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The executives at Universal gathered recently to discuss their choices in hiring a director for their upcoming film, Ouija. Stumped with making a decision they turned to the very thing that was the focus of their film - the Ouija Board. That's when one of the interns brought out his brand new Hasbro Ouija Board and they all gathered around to ask the dearly departed for guidance in choosing a director.
Recently the directorial choices for Ouija were down to Terminator Salvation's McG and The Crazies' Breck Eisner but it would seem the spirits from the great beyond have sent their recommendation and Universal is listening to their advice. Deadline is now reporting the planchette has landed squarely on the letter "G" – so of course this indicates spirits want McG as director. As a result, Universal has entered into negotiations with him to direct their upcoming supernatural action adventure film.
McG joins already hired writers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (whose most recent work can be seen in TRON: Legacy) with Hasbro's Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir along to produce. Deadline is also reporting that Michael Bay's studio Platinum Dunes is attached to produce Ouija as well – although the report wasn't specific to whether Bay would be involved with the project personally.
For those unfamiliar with an Ouija Board, it's a tool first used by spiritualists to contact the other side and help people communicate with their deceased loved ones. Parker Brothers turned it into board game that was marketable to the masses. Hasbro purchased it in 1991.
There's not a whole to playing the "game" of Ouija other than sitting in the dark (for effect) with your friends while everybody places their fingers on the planchette. Then everyone takes turns asking the spirits questions and supposedly they will answer by spelling out words or selecting "Yes" or "No". Inevitably there is always one person in the group who influences the direction of the planchette and ruins the game but everyone swears they aren't moving it. Check out this old commercial for the game below to get a sense of how it works.
Hasbro obviously thinks Ouija will enjoy the same big screen success as their other games and toys although it's not as popular an item as their other properties. Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon is sure to have another blockbuster opening this summer; G.I. Joe did well at the box office and they're also turning the popular board game Battleship into a movie which is now filming with Peter Berg (Hancock) in the director's chair.
Only the spirits know if McG can turn this one-dimensional game into a viable movie franchise but if you have any questions just put your fingers on the planchette and ask – hey stop moving it!
Ouija answers all your questions November 12th, 2012.
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CU's Boyle says men's hoops team will "get mentally tougher"
After defeating Western Michigan in the seventh-place game at the eight-team 5hour Energy Puerto Rico Tipoff on Sunday in San Juan, Colorado men's hoops coach Tad Boyle said the Buffs will learn from the tournament and get mentally tougher.
Colorado lost to Wichita State and Maryland before defeating Western Michigan 81-76 on Sunday to avoid finishing in last place.
"We can learn from (the two losses) and the mistakes that were made," senior forward Austin Dufault said.
Boyle said he obviously would have liked the Buffs to have won more than one of three games.
"But this is the time of year to learn from our team," Boyle said during postgame interviews Sunday. "I'm proud that we won the game. I thought defense won us the game.
"This win gives us confidence, and that's important in college basketball. We're going to get mentally tougher for our upcoming games."
Colorado (2-2) plays Wednesday at Air Force. Next week, the Buffs host Georgia on Monday and play Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Colorado State.
"We'll be physically ready," Boyle said of facing Air Force. "The real challenge is going to be the mental part, considering our travel schedule."
Defeating Western Michigan is a better victory than some may believe. Returning all five starters off 21-13 team, the Broncos are picked to win the West Division of the underrated Mid-American Conference.
Also, Colorado might have learned something about itself by winning despite getting just three points from standout forward Andre Roberson, who was saddled with early foul trouble and played a total of 11 minutes.
"It built character as a team and showed who's going to play tough," said senior guard Carlon Brown, who stepped up with 23 points, six rebounds and four assists.