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Checking in on… the Atlantic 10Posted by Brian Goodman on January 26th, 2011
Joe Dzuback of Villanova by the Numbers is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10.
(ed. note: this post was written before Tuesday night's games.)
A Look Back
Some Early Season Definition to the Conference Race: The teams have played five of their 16 games on their conference slate, and the efficiency differentials are beginning to give definition to the conference standings. While the teams at the top and bottom of the conference produce differentials consistent with expectations — the top teams have the highest differentials, the bottom teams have the largest negative differentials — there are a few interesting anomalies that spice the middle layers.
Eight of the conference members have conference records north of .500, but only six of those teams have positive efficiency differentials. The two who do not (Massachusetts and Rhode Island) were trounced in one or more of their conference losses. Whether their won-loss records will come to reflect their efficiency differentials, or their efficiency differentials will come to reflect their records, may be a trend worth tracking over the next month. While it is too early to draw large conclusions, the separation between La Salle, Charlotte, Saint Joseph's and Fordham and the rest of the conference has to be troubling for fans of those programs. A conference SOS (next week perhaps?) might be helpful when deciding the problem to this point has been tough opponents or significant problems with the teams. But morale problems may become an issue which depresses win totals going forward (and contributes to outbound transfers come season's end) for each of those programs.
Power Rankings
The weekend games, particularly the Xavier-Temple bout, established Xavier and Duquesne at the top of the conference rankings, with Richmond keeping pace. There is a log jam in spots #4 through #8. All five teams have identical 3-2 conference records, and each has suffered at least one loss to someone in the top three. The next group of four teams (Saint Louis, St. Bonaventure, Charlotte and La Salle) has one or two conference wins, but are in danger, should they hit a losing slide, to fall into the lowest reaches of the conference.
1. Xavier (13-5, 5-0)
Last Week: 1/19 @St. Bonaventure 79-65, 1/22 vs. Temple 88-77
This Week: 1/26 vs. George Washington, 1/29 @Richmond
The Musketeers had another 2-0 week as Tu Holloway received his fourth citation as Player of the Week from the conference. Holloway averaged 25.0 points and 7.0 assists in X's wins over St. Bonaventure and Temple. Coach Chris Mack's squad will host George Washington on Wednesday before traveling to Richmond for a showdown with the Spiders on Saturday. Without looking at the weather forecast, I know it will be warm in Richmond on Saturday.
2. Duquesne (13-5, 5-0)
Last Week: 1/19 @La Salle 88-71, 1/22 vs. Charlotte 83-67
This Week: 1/26 @Fordham, 1/29 vs. Dayton
The Dukes ran their winning streak to ten with yet another 2-0 week. Freshman point guard TJ McConnell burnished his Rookie of the Year resume with another Rookie of the Week citation (this one shared with St. Bonaventure's Michael Wright), his third consecutive citation, and fourth this season. The central Pennsylvania recruit averaged 10.0 points, 5.0 steals, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the Dukes' two games last week. McConnell had seven assists to a single turnover in 56 minutes of play. Senior wing Damian Saunders earned an Honor Roll mention for his 71.4% shot accuracy in the two games. Saunders averaged 15.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals last week. If those wins came against two of the conference's lesser lights, they were nevertheless earned in convincing fashion, by margins of 17 and 16 points respectively. Ron Everhart's squad takes another quick trip east on Wednesday, this time to New York City to take on the Fordham Rams. They return home to host Dayton on Saturday in another crucial match-up. Dayton, at 15-5 overall and 3-2 in conference, would like to pull this leader back to the pack.
3. Richmond (15-5, 4-1)
Last Week: 1/19 vs. George Washington 68-58, 1/22 @Massachusetts 84-68
Next Week: 1/25 @Dayton, 1/29 vs. Xavier
The Spiders kept pace with the leaders this week, registering two wins against middle-of-the-conference foes George Washington and Massachusetts. Both games were taken by double digits, and collectively earned senior forward Justin Harper another citation (his fourth, to go with a Player of the Week nod) on the conference Honor Roll. Harper averaged 25.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks over the course of the two games. Chris Mooney's charges head into one of those decisive weeks, as they travel to Dayton for a Tuesday night game, and back to Richmond for a Saturday tilt with Xavier. A sweep this week, extremely difficult, but certainly possible (Ken Pomeroy favors the Spiders in both games), would hand Richmond an advantage over both schools should a tie-breaker be necessary, but more importantly it would bring Xavier back to the pack and Richmond would be poised to leap-frog Duquesne should the Dukes falter.
4. Temple (13-5, 3-2)
Last Week: 1/19 vs. Pennsylvania 73-56, 1/22 @Xavier 77-88
This Week: 1/26 vs. Charlotte, 1/29 @Saint Joseph's
Temple stumbled to another 1-1 week. Guard Khalif Wyatt scored 46 points in 47 minutes of play off the bench, a set of performances that earned him a place on the conference Honor Roll this week. His 19 point scoring outburst, coupled with sophomore Scootie Randall's 28 point, 11-16 overall shot performance was not enough to get the Owls by A-10 rival Xavier on Sunday however. The two combined for 47 of the Owls' 77 points, Noticeably absent however, were junior point Juan Fernandez and senior Lavoy Allen. Virtually neutralized by Xavier's defense, the pair combined for six points on a collective 2-12 shooting, too little to affect the outcome. That lack of production from Temple's twin offensive engine was fatal.
This week should be easier for the Owls, as they host up-and-down Charlotte on Wednesday and hike over to City Line Avenue for a game "at" Saint Joseph's on Saturday. Those two games, which Pomeroy projects as wins, should, worst case, have the Owls keep pace (albeit two games back) with Xavier and Duquesne, but long term, coach Fran Dunphy will have to address the consistency problems plaguing his team leaders.
5. Rhode Island (12-7, 3-2)
Last Week: 1/19 @Saint Joseph's 64-59, 1/22 vs. La Salle 75-76
This Week: 1/26 @Saint Louis, 1/30 @Massachusetts
Rhode Island beat a struggling Saint Joseph's team Wednesday, but then negated their unexpected win versus Richmond with an equally unexpected, one point loss, to La Salle Saturday. The 1-1 week translates into an ever-shrinking post season prospect (even an NIT bid would be a stretch at this point). Senior forward Delroy James earned his seventh Honor Roll citation as he averaged a double-double (15.0 points and 12.5 rebounds) through the two games. Another Wednesday road game (it worked last week) at the Hagan versus Saint Joseph's, and then Rhode Island returns to Kingston to host La Salle. Both the Hawks and Explorers are struggling right now, the Rams can move higher in the standings and create some daylight for themselves.
6. Massachusetts (11-7, 3-2)
Last Week: 1/19 @Charlotte 73-54, 1/22 vs. Richmond 68-84
This Week: 1/26 @St. Bonaventure, 1/30 vs. Rhode Island
The Minutemen had a 1-1, "bi-polar" week. After trouncing Charlotte by 19 at Charlotte on Wednesday, the Minutemen returned home to lose by 16 to Richmond on Saturday. Senior guard Anthony Gurley earned his fourth Honor Roll citation this season for his 23.5 point scoring average over the two games. Gurley dropped 30 points on the Spiders in the Richmond loss, a scoring blitz that included a career-high six three pointers. Massachusetts will take to the road for a game against St. Bonaventure Wednesday, and then will return home for an important test against Richmond on Saturday.
7. George Washington (10-9, 3-2)
Last Week: 1/19 @Richmond 58-68, 1/22 vs. St. Bonaventure 49-62
This Week: 1/26 @Xavier, 1/29 vs. Saint Louis
The Colonials logged an 0-2 week, both games in conference play, to extend their losing run to three games. They followed a 10 point loss on the road to Richmond last Wednesday with a 13 point home loss to the Bonnies. Expect the losing to continue at least one more game, as Karl Hobbs' troops go to Cincinnati to take on the Musketeers on Wednesday. The telling game will come Saturday as they host the Billikens. George Washington will need a win to stay above 0.500 for the season and in conference play. Saint Louis enters this week on a two game winning streak, and may well have another win on the record before coming into Amherst to play this Saturday.
8. Dayton (15-5, 3-2)
Last Week: 1/22 vs. Fordham 91-57
This Week: 1/25 vs. Richmond, 1/30 @Duquesne
The Flyers finished a 1-0 week, picking up a 24 point win versus Fordham on Saturday. Transfer guard Josh Parker earned his first Honor Roll nod from the conference for his contribution off the bench against Fordham. The junior pont scored 27 points in 24 minutes as a substitute for freshman point guard Juwan Staten.
This is "Statement Week" for Dayton, as the Flyers host Richmond on Tuesday and travel to Pittsburgh for a rendevous with conference Cinderella Duquesne on Sunday. Dayton's rebounding will probably not be an advantage in their game with Richmond, as they will need perimeter defense to throttle back a red hot three point shooting Spider squad, ranked #7 in Division 1 for three point conversions (41.3%). Making Chris Johnson Justin Harper's "second skin" and finding a way to throttle Richmond's guard squad (Kevin Anderson, Darien Brothers and Cedric Lindsay) which collectively has converted three point attempts at a 43.3% clip would go a long way, but the would still have to find an answer for Dan Geriot. Not an easy task.
9. St. Bonaventure (10-8, 2-3)
Last Week: 1/19 vs. Xavier 65-79, 1/22 @George Washington 62-49
This Week: 1/26 vs. Massachusetts, 1/29 @Fordham
Coach Mike Schmidt's Bonnies dropped a third consecutive game (a 14 point loss to Xavier) before breaking their fall complements of George Washington (a 13 point win). Freshman guard Matthew Wright shared Rookie of the Week honors (with TJ McConnell) for his two double digit scoring games. The Toronto native came off the bench to score 10 against Xavier, and followed with a career-high 18-point outburst that helped end St. Bonaventure's 21-year winless run at George Washington. Senior point guard Ogo Adegboye paced the Bonnies with 16 points while two others, wing Michael Davenport (12) and center Andrew Nicholson (13), along with Wright, chipped in double digit points in the losing effort versus Xavier. The Bonnies led or tied in that game for the first 24 minutes. The Bonnies host a Massachusetts squad coming off of a loss on Wednesday, and then have a possible trap game at Fordham on Saturday (they travel to Dayton first thing in February). Two wins at this point would be very good, as the Bonnies have a two game road trip to start February that takes them through Dayton, then Duquesne, before returning home.
10. Charlotte (9-10, 1-4)
Last Week: 1/19 vs. Massachusetts 65-73, 1/22 @Duquesne 67-83
This Week: 1/26 @Temple, 1/29 vs. La Salle
Charlotte broke their losing run in conference play at mid-month, but started a new losing string with back-to-back loses to Massachusetts and Duquesne. Sophomore center Chris Braswell earned an Honor Roll citation from the conference for his 14.5 point, 9.0 rebound average in the 49ers' two games. Braswell shot 50% from the floor, shooting 9-18 overall (1-4 from three point land, 8-14 from inside the arc) and 10-13 from the line. Braswell's shot efficiency (eFG%) was 52.8%, while his PPWS was 1.20. Coach Alan Major's squad will find the road does not get much easier as they travel to Philadelphia for a game with Temple Wednesday, then return to host a resurgent La Salle team Saturday. So far the 49ers are 1-1 at home in conference play.
11. Saint Louis (7-11, 2-3)
Last Week: 1/19 @Fordham 68-55
This Week: 1/26 vs. Rhode Island, 1/29 @George Washington
The Billikens added another conference win to their total with a trip to the Meadowlands and a win over Fordham on Wednesday night. Kyle Cassity earned a nod from the conference for his team-leading 13 points in the road win. Kwamain Mitchell was "DNP — pending clearance" again. Rumor is he should be re-instated "shortly".
A two game "Sort Out Week" for the Billikens is in store. Both games pit the Bills against fellow "middle of the conference" opponents. Should the Billikens sweep (a 31.5% chance per Pomeroy, Pythagoreas & log5), they will vault themselves over the 0.500 mark in conference play and into the tier just below the conference leaders. Wednesday will feature a mini-showdown with the Runnin' Rams who have faltered after upsetting Richmond at home in early January. Saturday's road game is in Washington DC versus the Colonials, a team like St. Louis stumbled out of the gate this season, but put on a push early in the conference season. The past week has also seen the Colonials "settle" into the middle of the conference.
12. La Salle (9-11, 1-4)
Last Week: 1/19 vs. Duquesne 71-88, 1/22 @Rhode Island 76-75
This Week: 1/26 vs. Saint Joseph's, 1/29 @Charlotte
The Explorers redeemed a 17 point home loss to Duquesne with a one point 76-75 road win in Kingston, RI, versus Rhode Island. Sophomore center Aaric Murray earned an Honor Roll citation for his game-winning shot with 28 seconds left in regulation at Rhode Island, which broke La Salle's four game conference losing streak. Coach John Giannini's squad plays Saint Joseph's in a Big 5/A-10 match on Wednesday night at the Palestra. The game may well earn La Salle their second conference win and insure they finish no worse than third in Big 5 play this season. The Explorers then hit the road for a Saturday game in Charlotte. The 49ers and Explorers have identical 1-4 conference records to this point, a two game sweep of the week could put La Salle back into the middle of the conference standings going into February.
13. Fordham (6-11, 0-5)
Last Week: 1/19 vs. Saint Louis 55-68, 1/22 @Dayton 57-91
This Week: 1/25 vs. Duquesne, 1/29 vs. St. Bonaventure
Another 0-2 week for the Rams, as the percentages that they will finish the conference season without a win grew from 6.5% to an ominous 18% per Ken Pomeroy. More unsettling however, is the offensive/defensive differential (see Conference Differentials Table at top) that is starting to drift seriously behind the rest of the conference. This happened last season, as Fordham finished their conference season with a -0.213, nearly twice the negative differential as the nearest team (-0.08 — Saint Joseph's…). Coach Tom Pecora needs a win or two to reverse the tide and maintain the morale of his squad, as lack of improvement has been one of the elements that can influence squad members to stay and recruits to come. The best win opportunity of the week may be St. Bonaventure, a team that has lifted itself out of the conference cellar recently. The Bonnies visit on Saturday for a game that will pit front courts which feature junior Andrew Nicholson against sophmore Chris Gaston.
14. Saint Joseph's (5-14, 0-5)
Last Week: 1/19 vs. Rhode Island 59-64, 1/22 @Penn 61-73
This Week: 1/26 vs. La Salle, 1/29 vs. Temple
The Hawks' slide numbers six consecutive games, as of last week. Five of the six are logged on their conference record, but the latest, a 12 point out of conference "road" loss to Penn in the Palestra, the most devastating so far. Wednesday's game versus La Salle is a Big 5 "must win" for Saint Joseph's. Having lost to Penn, the Hawks are in danger of going 0-4 and finishing last in Big 5 play for 2011.
A Look Ahead
This is "Statement Week" for Richmond and Dayton. The two are featured in a Tuesday night match that will have the loser fall another game behind conference leaders Xavier and Duquesne. Richmond will then host Xavier while Dayton will travel to Duquesne. The Flyers have a unique opportunity to single-handedly scramble the rankings and inject themselves right into the thick of the conference race should they win both games. On the other hand, should Richmond sweep the week, the Spiders would drop the X-men into a second place tie, push the Flyers back into the conference pack, and position themselves for season-ending showdown (last game of the regular season) with Duquesne. A winless week for either would be devastating, and most likely limit NCAA scenarios to those which include a conference tournament championship. (ed. note: Richmond won Tuesday, beating Dayton 70-61)
Wednesday will feature games between Rhode Island versus Saint Louis and Massachusetts versus St. Bonaventure that will either mash up the middle of the conference, or create an even greater separation between the upper and lower division.
The featured games this weekend, Xavier at Richmond (Saturday) and Dayton at Duquesne (Sunday) have the same potential to either mash up the top four-five teams or else separate the two top teams from the cluster immediately below them.


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The first event of the 2009 Kiteboard Pro World Tour came to an end yesterday, and with five out of six days with enough wind for competition it was a big success.
A double elimination in Freestyle was completed, as well as a single elimination in Wave Masters, plus nine course races. Only the Kiteloop competition could not be completed.75 competitors from 18 nations were welcomed by the crowds at Brandenburger Strand in Westerland, Sylt. Besides the top competitors from the international pro scene, a lot of local riders had made their way up to Germanys most northerly island.
In the mens freestlye competition, two germans ended up on the first places, both finals in single and double elimination were held between Stefan Permien (GER, Kitefactory) and Mario Rodwald (GER, North), and both heats were won by Mario. Peter Tyushkevich (RUS, Flexifoil) in third, defeating Vincent Tiger (FRA, F-One) who made his way through the double elimination back to the loosers finals.
A similar situation in the womens freestyle competition, with Gisela Pulido (ESP, Airush) winning both finals against Kristin Boese (GER, Best). Hannah Whiteley (GBR, JN) won the loosers finals agains Helen Thompson (GBR, Naish)
The Wave Masters event was held in good conditions, with the strongest wind of the whole competition and waves of approximately 1.5 m, which allowed for nice surfing style and even tube rides. Mitu Monteiro (CAV, F-One) showed his extra-ordinary class against Jan Marcos Riveras (DOM) in the final, Jesse Richman (USA, Cabrinha) in third ahead of Abel Lago (ESP, RRD).
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A test drive of Amazon's new Fire smartphone. Is its "dynamic perspective" 3-D effect a must-have?
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Now that the middle of October is here, we have finally reached the start of peak foliage time in Cashiers! Everywhere you turn, the trees are awash in bright reds, oranges, yellows and purples. Fall is really one of the prettiest times of year in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Now is the perfect time to book an autumn getaway to experience fall's favorite hues. Our special packages help put a mountain vacation easily within reach!
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Foursquare just raised $41 million in debt. Most of it is a loan from Silver Lake, a private equity firm. But some of the money is something called "convertible debt," raised from existing Foursquare investors Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and Spark Capital.
In the following post, Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson explains the logic behind the deal.
Reading between the lines, it sounds like if Foursquare had had sold equity, its valuation would have been lousy – or at least down from a previous valuation of $600 million.
The debt deal increases risk/reward for common shareholders, including employees. It increases risk in that if Foursquare can't find a home run, they walk away with nothing. But since debt isn't dilutatitve, it also also increases reward if they can hit that home run.
I've written about convertible debt a few times on this blog, most notably here and here. My general take on convertible debt is that its very good for the founders and not very good for the investors in seed and early stage investments and a much better solution in late stage financings, which I mention at the end of the second linked post.
We have a good case study on late stage convertible debt today and I thought we should not miss an opportunity to talk about it. My partner Albert blogged about the $41mm Foursquare financing on the USV blog today. You will note that the investors bought convertible debt. And this is a classic situation where convertible debt was the optimal solution for everyone.
In the Foursquare situation, the convertible debt was purchased by a group of insiders led by USV and Andreeesen Horowitz. Both of our firms have been investors in Foursquare for several rounds and both of us own a meaningful stake in the company. Valuation is somewhat immaterial to us as our stake in the company is not going to increase much in this round of financing. But valuation is very material to the Foursquare management team because $41mm of capital is going to be dilutive at any valuation that would make sense here.
So the optimal structure is convertible debt. That means this round is not dilutive to the Foursquare management at this time. But it will be dilutive when the debt converts into equity, most likely at the next equity issuance. For the investors, we get the comfort of knowing that eventually our investment will become equity and we will not have to price it. Someone else will.
In Foursquare's specific situation, it makes even more sense because the company has just released an entirely new iOS version which gets iOS to parity with Android and completes the transition toward social search and curation which we all believe better positions the company in the minds of consumers. Also, the revenue model is in its early stages and will be much more developed in the next year. In situations where a valuation inflection point is on the horizon, convertible debt can be an excellent structure for everyone involved. And that is very much the case here.


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Accounting Research
Issued by the Committee on Accounting Procedure, American Institute of Accountants,
13 East 41st Street, New York, N. Y. Copyright 1942 by American Institute of Accountants
THIS BULLETIN deals with financial statements of contractors or sub-contractors who are affected by the provisions of the War Profits Control Act.
In the financial statements of contractors or subcontractors who are subject to the provisions of the War Profits Control Act indication should be given of the possibility of renegotiation thereunder of gov-ernment contracts or subcontracts. In some cases a reserve, shown as a deduction in the income account, may be desirable, but probably in most cases, particularly at the present stage, a footnote to the finan-cial statements will accomplish the purpose of disclosure.
September, 1942 No. 15
The Renegotiation of War Contracts
In dealing with the problem of accounting for special reserves arising out of the war 1 the committee on accounting procedure em-phasized the necessity of providing, by charges in the current income statement, properly classified, for all foreseeable costs and losses ap-plicable against current revenues. In so doing the committee recog-nized the limited significance of income statements prepared currently to cover comparatively short periods of time and pointed out that the tentative character of such statements is accentuated under war condi-tions. Various kinds of war reserves were considered and accountants were urged to encourage their establishment, not only in the interests of the business enterprise, but in the interests of the national economy as a whole. It was further suggested that the government might well give consideration to the necessity for such reserves in its fiscal policies generally, and particularly in respect of taxation.
War Profits Control Act
The tentative character of current financial statements has been further accentuated as a result of the "renegotiation" or "war profits
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As preparations gear up for the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress, we take a look at what impact these events have on international nature conservation.
Held every four years, the IUCN Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development. Each event produces a series of decisions and recommendations, known as resolutions, which guide conservation efforts.
IUCN's Members have issued more than 1,000 resolutions since the organization's founding in 1948. These have been the Union's most effective means of influencing conservation policy at all levels, from local to global. They have helped set the international conservation agenda, for example, through supporting the preparation of the World Conservation Strategy and contributing to environmental treaties such as CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, World Heritage and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Through its resolutions, IUCN has been a steadfast supporter of indigenous peoples, gender equality and the recognition of conservation as part of human rights. It has also focused attention on conserving endangered species and protected areas, helping to design effective approaches that are now global standards. The resolutions process has helped IUCN to be a leader in promoting sustainable relationships between people and nature.
You can find here a report outlining the impact these resolutions have had, and continue to have, over the years.


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Cotton Family
Cottar, the founder of the Cotton clan, was born some two hundred years before the War of the Ring. It was his grandson, Holman, who was the first to take the surname Cotton. 'Long Horn', as Holman was known, is also the first of the Cottons to be explicitly connected with the village of Bywater, which remained the seat of the family from that time on. Indeed, the name 'Cotton' means 'cottage town', and may actually be a reference to Bywater village.
Holman's son Tolman farmed the lands to the south of Bywater, and it was he who made the family one of the most important in the Shire. He played a significant part in the decisive Battle of Bywater, the most important step in the recovery of the Shire from Sharkey's Men, and his daughter Rose married Sam Gamgee in the following spring.


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 9, No. 1 Spring 1982
Richard P. Brief NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Abstract: Whenever income and capital maintenance concepts are discussed at the conceptual level, a reference to Hicks is likely to be found. These references are misleading since Hicks himself believed that the proper basis of valuation in the financial statements of a firm is historical cost. He also argued that accountants should not make price-level adjustments. Hicks' views on accounting, which are scattered in his writings over a period of 35 years, are reviewed in this paper.
J. R. Hicks viewed accounting from a statistician's perspective and he emphasized the need for objective accounting data. Hicks also was concerned with the principles of account classification which he once called "the canons of orderliness."1 The need for objectivity and order, together with a very strict interpretation of how accounts should be framed to monitor management, led this 1972 Nobel Prize economist to defend the practice of valuing assets at historical cost and to argue, as a corollary, that accountants should not make price-level adjustments.
This short description of Hicks on accounting differs sharply from the popular view. The misconception is due to the pervasive in-fluence on accounting thought of Hicks' definition of a man's income as "the maximum value which he can consume during a week, and still expect to be as well off at the end of the week as he was at the beginning."2 This income concept was introduced into accounting literature by Alexander in 1950 and, by the early 1960s, Zeff re-ported that the definition "recurs with remarkable frequency in economic and (especially) accounting writings."3 Today, whenever the income concept is discussed at a conceptual level, a reference to Hicks is likely to be found.
Hicks himself warned that income and related concepts are "bad tools, which break in your hands."4 However, with few exceptions, most theorists have not only ignored this admonition, but they also have overlooked other work by Hicks which is more directly related to accounting practice.
Hicks' interest in accounting was signalled in 1942 with the publi-cation of The Social Framework. This book is a text on "Social


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"Lift him out," said Squeers, after he had literally feasted his eyes in silence upon the culprit. - Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
He literally glowed; without a word or a gesture of exultation a new well-being radiated from him and filled the little room - Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
And with his eyes he literally scoured the corners of the cell - Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." - Thomas Edison
"It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another." - Madeleine Albright
"I never can understand how anyone can not smoke. It deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally." - Thomas Mann
"For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end." - Hubert Humphrey
"In television, everything is gone with the speed of light, literally. It is no field for anybody with intimations of immortality." - Charles Kurault
Those are good examples, Kalleh, for showing how the "non-figuratively" meaning of literally is alive and well.
Agree, goofy, except if Thomas Mann ever met Mikey Bloomberg...
Hold on, did Thomas Mann write that in English or German?
imo, the trouble with literally isn't that it is used to mean "figuratively". All language is figurative. Why should literally be the only word in the language we're not allowed to use figuratively? Anyway, as Scheidlower says, the "literal" meaning of literally is "by the letter" as in "he copied the text literally." So when we use literally to mean "non-figuratively", we're using it figuratively. Also, how is the semantic shift of literally any different from the shift undergone with other intensifiers like really, truly, very?
My brain hurts, literally.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Hold on, did Thomas Mann write that in English or German?
It is in German from The Magic Mountain.
The original German does not quite match up to the English:
I do not understand how someone cannot smoke; it is still, as it were, the best part of one's life and in any case a very eminent pleasure! When I wake up, I am glad that I will be allowed to smoke during the day ...
No trace of "literally".
I have never understood or sympathized with the anti-literally-qua-figuratively-ists.
So, literally means "by the letter", just like grammatically did etymologically.
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
PS: And I promise never to tell zmježd a joke...
PS: And I promise never to tell zmježd a joke...
Is that a joke?
So literally means figuratively only ironically?
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again.
Nollidj is power.
That figures.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
Knowing you for a scholar, I dare not essay humor because…
[missing text]
PS: Are there words comparably misused/abused? Not "hopefully" and such grammatically, but rather off-kilter on meaning.
[I am terribly sorry, Robert but I pressed the wrong button (and I mean literally literally) and ended up blowing away two or more lines of your text. If anybody gets email notices of posts, and could send the text as Robert wrote, I will restore this post to its former pre-zmj glory.]This message has been edited. Last edited by: zmježd,
Knowing you for a scholar, I dare not essay humor because…
I'd like to think I have a sense of humor, but who knows?
PS: Are there words comparably misused/abused? Not "hopefully" and such grammatically, but rather off-kilter on meaning.
Well one of the meanings of irony (link) is "The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning." And, in my obscurely humorous way I was suggesting that the use of literally figuratively is ironic. So, what's the hubbub?
A similar peeve is that when folks say: "I could care less." they are somehow threatening the very fabric of the time-space continuum. Maybe they mean it figuratively or ironically; I don't know but I suppose context would disclose the intended meaning.
So, Dickens was already using literally figuratively just short of two centuries ago. I guess I simply disagree that a word or phrase cannot be polysemous and still not result in a breakdown of communication. In fact the language is full of redundancy, ambiguity, and polysemy, and yet we get along fairly well.
I have a problem with the whole "say something, mean something else" argument. Sure, if I say "mole" you have no idea really which of the multiple meanings I intend. But, we speak in sentences and paragraphs and stories and such. When I say "I have a mole on my check and I'm worried about it" to my doctor, I would be awfully upset with him if he thought I had a member of the family of Talpidae on the side of my face, or more absurdly yet, on my employee Charles Cheek. So, when somebody tells me breathlessly that they saw a funny video on YouTube yesterday and her head literally exploded from laughter, I would have to be a killjoy to interpret anything but that she found the video hilarious.
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Yes: really, truly, very. At first they were used to indicate the truth of what the writer was saying, later they because general intensifiers. I don't see how "I'm literally starving" is any different from "I'm really starving."
The first is a medical emergency, the second is merely an American late for dinner.
And...of course, I am well known as a "literalist." It has gotten me into lifelong trouble. A sign points to turn, I turn, for example...and sometimes I have turned into driveways! Why put the sign 1/4 mile before the turn?
I'd have to agree with Robert above. I do see a difference.
I understand most of the words, like "moot," "literally," "irregardless" (even though I hate it!), etc., evolving. However, z, the one thing I can't live with is "I could care less." It literally means you really could care less. Is the reason you don't care about it because, while it means that, people know that you're using it wrong so they know what you mean? What if that's not what you really mean, though? What if you really could care less?
Are you sure you're not Proofreader in disguise?
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
Never let vanity get in the way of a good line...
I know lots of people see a difference between "I'm literally starving" and "I'm really starving", but take the long view. Both words underwent exactly the same semantic change and are being used in exactly the same way. If one of them is wrong, then the other should be wrong too.
What if it means "I could care less (but I don't)."This message has been edited. Last edited by: goofy,
Ah...then it makes sense, you are right. Good point!
While inflection isn't a major part of English, it does come into play here. "I COULD care less" fits your suggestion, Goofy; "I could care less" sans inflection fits Kalleh's interpretation - or so it seems to me.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
inflection isn't a major part of English
Stress plays an important role in English, as your post goes on to point out, but so does irony as I pointed out.
I am remind of the story of Professor Sidney Morgenbesser, who was listening to a lecture by Professor J L Austin, wherein he made the claim that in English two negatives makes a positive, but there is no language where a double positive makes a negative. And, Morgenbesser, dismissively, said "Yeah, right."
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Inflection is VERY important.
If I may...
I think that what Geoff meant was that inflection doesn't play a part in English the way it does in, say, Chinese.
It is very important for communication in spoken English because it conveys the mood or intent of the speaker
"Don't do that." can be anything from a polite request to a screamed order.
Stress also has the job of telling you which part of a sentence is important.
John said Mary couldn't come.
Might mean that you think Terry said it and I am correcting you but it might just as well mean that you think he said Kate couldn't come and I am correcting you.
JOHN said Mary couldn't come.
John said MARY couldn't come.
Might sound a trivial difference but will you be angry with John or with Mary?
But while it chanes the intent or the relative importance of parts of the sentence the meaning stays essentially the same.
The big difference is in writing. In Chinese two words which are to me the same sound intonated in two different ways have totally different meanings and, crucially, totally different written representations. Even pinyin allows for tone marking, though it isn't often used.
English has no easy counterpart for expressing different intonations in the written language. Punctuation can play a small part - you know the difference between
No? and
without hearing me say them. Typography can be used as I did in my John and Mary example above but this isn't a standard part of written English and everyone is free to make up their own typographical conventions. (I used caps, but I could have used bold or itallic or a more striking font or odd spacing or anything else).
In this sense intonation isn't as major a part of the language as it might be.
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I agree, Bob, that's what Geoff meant. Inflection isn't as important in English as in some other languages.
that's what Geoff meant. Inflection isn't as important in English as in some other languages.
Well, and I agree with goofy. "Inflection" or in this case tone or stress plays an important part in English. Unlike Chinese, and other tone languages, it does not differentiate between lexical items, but, as Geoff pointed out, it can change the meaning of an entire sentence. Take a declarative sentence like "my brother reads books" and use a raising tone on the word books rather than a falling one and voilà you've got a question.
It's a similar thing with (truly) inflected languages like Latin or Russian. (Inflection being the changing of word forms (i.e., case) as their role in a sentences changes. In word order languages, like English, we can give different meanings to a sentence by changing the word order: e.g., "I despise Proust" vs "as for Proust, I despise him". In Japanese, you can do this by adding particles after words, to change their role in the sentence. The particle wa being one for topicalization.
Whether any of this is better than the other, or prettier, or more appropriate is hard to say.
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Intonation is very important in English. It's not used the same way as it is used in Chinese, but it is still just as important.
Typography can be used as I did in my John and Mary example above but this isn't a standard part of written English and everyone is free to make up their own typographical conventions. (I used caps, but I could have used bold or itallic or a more striking font or odd spacing or anything else).
In this sense intonation isn't as major a part of the language as it might be.
Irrelevant. The traditional writing system for Chinese does not have a typographical way to indicate tone. (It can be indicated in Pinyin or Bopomofo.) There are all sorts of things going on in spoken English that never make it to paper, except in an ad hoc way such as you describe. This does not make it more or less important to the language. The phonological system of English tone is used in a different way than in Chinese and other tone languages.
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
Perhaps coincidence, but I frequently hear Americans from the Northeast inflect the final word of a sentence as if it were interrogative when they intend a declarative sentence. I.e, the voice rises on the last syllable. I hear it much more in women than men for some reason.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
As in "Do you not understand the word 'No'"?
Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again.
Nollidj is power.
Well, since I don't speak Chinese, that's hard for me to say. From what I have read and from hearing from Chinese colleagues, intonation is much more important in Chinese. However, I think you'd have to speak both languages to know for sure, and I do not. So, I won't be adamant about it.
I don't speak Chinese either. I dont think I need to speak Chinese in order to say that in Chinese tone signals a difference between lexical items. In English intonation signals a difference between utterances. Consider the difference between "what are we having for dinner?" with a falling intonation (I'm asking to find out) and the same question with a rising intonation (you already told me, and I'm asking to make sure I know). IMO this makes intonation just as important in English as in Chinese.This message has been edited. Last edited by: goofy,
I'm feeling dense: can you give examples?
It sounds like he's talking about High Rising Terminal or uptalk.
Try saying,
"That's a good thing?" as a question followed by
"That's a good thing!" as a definitate answer.
(Without sound files it's rather hard to demonstrate. )
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Goofy, I agree with you on this. I just thought this was more important in Chinese. That's all.
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Sita Pariyar had barely recovered from childbirth when her uterus slipped out of her body, making her one of hundreds of thousands of Nepalese women struck by a debilitating reproductive condition.
Sleep-deprived and unsteady on her feet, Pariyar was carrying firewood home to her village in the hilly district of Dhading on the outskirts of the capital, Kathmandu, when she felt her uterus collapse.
"It was painful and terrifying. I had no idea what was happening," the 25-year-old mother of four said.
Uterine prolapse, in which the uterus or womb descends into and protrudes out of the vagina, usually afflicts post-menopausal women, but 44 percent of cases in Nepal involve women in their 20s, UN data show.
An Amnesty International report blames widespread gender discrimination in the predominantly rural Himalayan nation for the unusually high incidence of uterine prolapse among young women.
"It's high time it is seen as a human rights issue, not just a women's health issue," said Madhu Malhotra, director of Amnesty's Gender, Sexuality and Identity Programme.
A 2011 Nepalese Ministry of Health survey said uterine prolapse was the "most frequently reported cause of poor health among women of reproductive age," affecting about one in 10 Nepalese women.
Pariyar, whose impoverished Dalit family lies at the bottom of Nepal's caste system, had little rest during or after her pregnancies, as she is expected to do everything from cutting wood and feeding cattle, to farming and housework.
By the time she was 20, Pariyar had three girls and faced unrelenting pressure from her husband and his family to give birth to a son.
"My husband would get drunk, beat me and threaten to marry again, all because I couldn't give him a son," she said.
When she finally gave birth to a boy four years ago, her relief was short-lived, as two weeks later, she experienced heavy bleeding and her uterus prolapsed shortly after.
As the organ descended into her vagina — often leaking fluid, — sexual intercourse became increasingly painful. When she told her husband about her condition, he hit her and called her "a dirty woman," magnifying her anxieties.
Deep-rooted social stigma around the condition makes many women hesitant to seek help.
Binda Dhamala suffered uterine prolapse in her 20s. Since then the 49-year-old villager's condition has worsened to the point where her uterus protrudes so much that it is impossible for her to work, walk or even sit comfortably.
A decade ago, her daughter, Madhuri Thakuri, also had her uterus prolapse.
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Such stories are familiar to Aruna Uprety, a Kathmandu-based expert on Nepalese public health who has spent more than two decades working with uterine prolapse patients.
"It strikes younger women because they are malnourished, married off early and have babies at an age when their bodies can't handle it. Most of them deliver at home, where traditional birthing practices can also damage the uterus," she said.
Many women in Nepal do not have easy access to healthcare and rarely get time to recover from childbirth before being expected to work in the fields.
In 2008, Nepal's Supreme Court called the high incidence of uterine prolapse a violation of reproductive rights and ordered the government to act quickly. The state responded by promoting and funding hysterectomies.


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Oeuf Couture: How to Dress an Easter Eggcomments (7) April 16th, 2014
I feel certain I am committing a craft crime of some sort when I say this, but I prefer my Easter eggs white, brown, or blue; any hue they wear in nature is good enough for me. Why this should be is anyone's guess. I don't, as a rule, prefer neutral tones, and I am not wedded to pastels. As readers of this post know, I am not afraid of color -and strong color at that-so why this contrary position when it comes to Easter decorations?
I can offer only a feeble defense: nostalgia. Growing up on a small family farm, I have only pleasant memories of the daily trips to the chicken coop where my entrance would be heralded by the mildly indignant whispers of the hens. A pale collectlon of freshly laid eggs, in a basket, in the sunlight, is as close a snapshot of happiness as I can conjure.
Mind you, I have dyed my share of eggs. As a child, I opted for dyeing eggs in bowls of garish Kool-Aid or Paas pellets (using that flimsy, wire egg holder). As an adult, I tried dyeing eggs using vegetable skins and grains. I have painted eggs and rubber-stamped eggs and applied stickers to eggs and used markers and crayons and pencils on eggs. I've wrapped them in fabric and origami papers and even tried my hand at traditional Ukrainian decorating techniques. But my preference remains for the plain old eggs in their natural-colored shells.
Unadorned eggs may be fine for me, but as an uncle of five, I have obligations that extend beyond my preferences. This year, I have decided to keep the eggs white but wrap each one in as colorful a paper container as I can create. The process, I'm finding, can be time-consuming, so I'm getting an early start on the three-dozen eggs I have patiently blown, washed, and dried. Here are my first few efforts for your amusement and, for the more patient among my readers, I have included a tutorial on how to create a modern, single-egg egg basket of your own.
I invite all readers to share an their ideas by posting a picture of one of their egg designs in the gallery. Your creation need not be an egg container like mine, but could be any egg adornment you please, including the traditional dyed variety. My hope is that seeing all of the member contributions will inspire in my efforts to work my way through the remaining 32 designs I have yet to make.
Thank you in advance to anyone able to participate. If you can't share a photo, please leave me a comment and let me know your favorite way of decorating for this holiday. My very best ideas come directly from CraftStylish members, so I'm counting on you for help.
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Your Easter egg also looks amazing. The time, care & love & attention you showed in creating it really shows. I know as a seasoned quiller, i have to dedicate equal time, love & care when creating quilling projects. From my experience, i would add that folk who are going to attempt this, be very careful with the glue! Make sure you use a good quality glue that is appropriate for paper crafts. Also don't apply too much otherwise it could ruin your project. Use one with an applicator so you can easily control the flow of the glue..
I personally use a variety, but clear drying glue like Crystal Effects is usually sufficient.
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Arms Shipments to Bahrain Resume, Despite Continued Repression of Pro-Democracy Activists
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The Limits of Military Intervention in Syria
Though international envoy Kofi Annan said last week that the U.N.-backed peace plan for Syria is "on track," violence is continuing. More than 8,000 Syrians have already died in the fighting since... MORE
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We Already Know the Result of eBook Pricing Lawsuit: Either Way, You Lose
On April 11, 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against six publishing companies and Apple for allegedly colluding to set higher sale prices for their e-books. Defenders of Apple have said... MORE
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The Prelude to a Long Future in Afghanistan
NATO countries and regional allies are tiring of the 11 year occupation of Afghanistan. In February, Hamid Karzai equated American soldiers with Taliban insurgents calling them both "demons." Meanwhile, Pakistan's Inter-Services... MORE
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The bartender motions to a young woman.
She talks to the panda, and they go back to her place.
After having sex, the panda abruptly leaves.
The next night, the woman goes to the panda's house.
"You owe me money," she says.
"For what?"
The woman rolls her eyes and explains, "I'm a prostitute."
The panda pulls out a dictionary and looks it up: "Prostitute: Has sex for money."
The panda says, "I don't have to pay you. I'm a panda. Look it up."
She is about to protest when the panda hands her the dictionary.
The woman looks up "panda" in the dictionary, and it reads, "Panda: Eats bush and leaves."


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id Software and Zenimax have today released the 6th and final gameplay preview video for Rage. This one is called Jackal Canyon: Recover the Decrypter and you can watch it below.
What this final trailer shows off more than anything is the sheer scale the game is played on. A corridor run-and-gun this certainly is not. You travel great distances at high speed in vehicles and then carry out gun fights across large canyons and up multiple-story buildings, all without a load screen in sight. 90% of the enemy fights in this trailer happen at distance, with you having to figure out where many of the enemies shooting at you are hiding before taking them out with a sniper rifle or rocket weapon of some sort.
While I am hoping for some classic close-quarters action too, something the previous gameplay videos have alluded too, I like this departure from the id norm and the embracing of scale because Carmack's engine has allowed it to happen.
The size of the areas you are traveling around, coupled with the quality of the visuals, make it clear why Rage is shipping on 3 discs and needs such a big hard drive install. I also think we're in for a long game in terms of playthrough time as Tim Willits has stated you don't need to revisit areas on those second and third discs.
If this Jackal Canyon video is just part of one mission, you can see how this game has the potential to be huge.
Check out the video below as a reminder why you put that pre-order down for this game. Rage sees a release on October 7.


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Grains traded mixed to lower for most of the trading session until after 1 pm when they got a strong rally to close out the month. July corn finished 8 ¾ cents higher at $6.34 ¼, July soybeans 12 cents higher at $15.05 ½, and July wheat 4 ½ cents higher at $6.54 ½.
For the month July corn dropped 9 cents, July wheat dropped 19 ½ cents, and July soybeans gained 97 ¼ cents! The "managed money" heavily reduced their net long corn position during this timeframe while slightly adding to their net long soybean position. We also had favorable old crop sales for soybeans during this timeframe. Corn had favorable sales data as well, but with the managed money liquidating approximately 50% of their net long position in corn which made it hard for corn to gain any ground. There is also plenty of hedge pressure above these levels for new crop corn. The May – July corn spread did take the market by surprise last week with a sharp rally to well over +20 cents! When looking at flat price though, it obviously didn't equate to July having a net positive month.
The market obviously started this week out positively but corn may find some resistance on the overnight session as crop progress was ahead of schedule again. It looks like Iowa went from 9% planted last week to 50% planted this week! Nationally corn is now 53% planted while the 5 year average is at 27%. Soybeans are now 12% planted compared to 6% on average, and wheat is 54% headed with a 64% good-to-excellent crop rating.
Favorable rains fell widespread across the Midwest over the weekend bringing moisture to some much needed areas. The forecast is calling for timely rains in the ten day forecast and overall favorable for moisture levels while providing a few dry pockets for more planting progress. The bottom line is that weather is not an issue at this time for the majority of the Midwest.
For now we will continue to watch export sales and announcements for direction in these markets. Today for example we received another sale announcement of 220,000 MTs of new crop soybeans to China and we rallied 19 cents in Nov beans. We obviously can see that the funds have deleveraged corn and are still loaded up with long beans. This will make getting out of that position interesting when the time comes I am sure. To receive a free trial of the EHedger research including hedge recommendations, please sign up using the link below. Thanks and have a great week!
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Genealogists and family history enthusiasts looking for help with Scandinavian research will want to take advantage of Danish and Swedish classes held at the Family History Library in September. A free Danish seminar will be held on Saturday, September 10th, at the Family History Library. The classes will include:
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Harvard is looking to extend its home-opener win streak to eight games (Gil Talbot).
The Games
Harvard opens its 2012 home schedule by hosting Michigan State in a non-conference matchup Friday afternoon, before welcoming Southern Methodist for a 1 p.m. game Sunday. With two road games already under its belt, it marks the first time since 2008 that the Crimson has opened the season away from home.
Lights, Camera, Action
For the first time program history, the Harvard men's soccer team will offer live video streaming for all home games at Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium. Single game access is available for $9.95 a game and a season pass is $29.95. Further information about video streaming for Harvard men's soccer and other Harvard athletic programs is available at GoCrimson.com.
First Time Foes
The Crimson and Spartans will be facing off for the first time ever in Friday's contest. Michigan State represents just the second Big Ten opponent ever for Harvard. The squad last faced a Big Ten opponent in 1991, falling to Indiana, 4-0.
The Harvard-SMU matchup is also a first for both programs. The Crimson has never faced off against a Conference-USA opponent. In fact, this weekend marks the first time Harvard will play a team from either Texas or Michigan.
Holding Court
Home openers have been a specialty for Harvard in recent years. Since 2005, Harvard has gone undefeated in home openers, recording a perfect 7-0-0 record and outscoring opponents 21-5 in those games.
Crimson Captains
A pair of seniors will serve as co-captains of the 2012 Crimson. Midfielder Scott Prozeller is in his second season as captain of the team, and is joined by defender Richard Smith.
Welcome Freshmen
The men's soccer class of 2016 features seven newcomers, including two goalkeepers, two midfielders, two forwards and a defender. Through two games this season, five freshmen have seen field time for the Crimson.
Scouting The Crimson
Harvard enters Friday's contest with an 0-1-1 record on the season. In its season opener, Harvard rallied from a goal down to tie Massachusetts, 1-1, in Amherst, Mass. Sophomore forward Hiroki Kobayashi curled a left-footed shot into the opposite upper 90 from 20 yards out in the 22nd minute to notch the first goal of the season for the Crimson. In its last game, Harvard saw a late goal by host Northeastern prove to be the game-winner in a 1-0 loss to the cross-town rival.
Freshman goalie Evan Mendez has been solid for the Crimson through two games, bringing a 0.90 goals-against average into the matchup with the Spartans. Mendez has recorded eight saves in two games played this season.
Scouting the Spartans
Michigan State brings a 1-2-1 overall record into today's match and will be playing just its second road contest of the season. MSU's lone win came against Bowling Green Aug. 29, where a goal and an assist from senior forward Domenic Barone powered the Spartans to a 2-1 victory. In its most recent action, Michigan State fell to No. 5/1 Connecticut, 1-0, on Labor Day.
Barone leads the team in points with three (1g, 1a), while Adam Montague also has a goal on the season. Goalie Bryce Dobbins has played every minute for MSU and enters the Harvard game with a 0.69 goals against average and 11 saves.
Scouting the Mustangs
SMU enters the weekend still in search of its first victory, posting an 0-2-1 record through three games. The Mustangs will take on Dartmouth Friday before facing off against the Crimson Sunday.
After playing Campbell to a 1-1 tie in its opener, SMU dropped contests to No. 4 South Florida (1-0) and No. 3 New Mexico (3-1). Leobardo Vazquez leads the team in scoring with three points on a goal and an assist while Eddie Puskarich has also tallied a goal on the season. Tyler Engel and Brenden Lee each have an assist so far this year. Jaime Ibarra has played every minute in goal and brings a 1.55 goals against average and 22 saves into the weekend.
Up Next
Harvard wraps up its three-game homestand Sept. 14 as it welcomes No. 4 Connecticut for a 4 p.m. contest. The Crimson will face the Huskies at Ohiri Field, the lone home game at Ohiri on the 2012 schedule.


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Look at Kirk Douglas. He is old. He his hobbled from a stroke. But he is rich. And so on Thanksgiving, he took his own rich ass out and volunteered at the Los Angeles Mission. Am not versed on Old Hollywood smut, am sure he has his skeletons but still… You'd think more of the spry ones could pretend to give a sh*t about those less fortunate. Full Story