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|MBA Students Open CrossFit Pallas Gym
|Passionate about physical fitness and their Ithaca College education, two School of Business graduate students open up a business, CrossFit Pallas.
"No business – no small business, anyway – is successful without a passion for what you do," said Tim Paulson '12. "I've had a few professors at Ithaca College that oozed with passion in the classes they taught, and I took that enthusiasm and applied it to my own pursuits.''
Eamon Coyne '10 has been involved with CrossFit athletic training for nine years, "living and breathing it," he said. "I am just excited to share that with other people."
In March 2012, Coyne proposed the idea to Paulson. They would open a gym in Ithaca affiliated with CrossFit, a company which defines itself as "that which optimizes fitness: constantly varied functional movements performed at relatively high intensity." A pair of veteran athletes, they had each played scholastic ice hockey and for the IC club team and liked the idea of working out at their own CrossFit gym.
Paulson, who received his bachelor's in accounting, is studying in the MBA-PA program for professional accountancy. A self-described nontraditional student, Coyne graduated from high school in 1999, played one year of Division III hockey and joined the Navy in 2004 to become a communications specialist. A combat veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, he was discharged in 2008 and entered IC to study business management. In the MBA program, he's concentrating in management and organizational development.
Coyne wrote the initial business plan – estimating equipment costs and initial revenue projections, identifying vendors and contacts, describing Ithaca's demographics and proposing a marketing plan. Paulson analyzed the initial financials to determine whether staff would be independent contractors or employees and to draw up more accurate membership and revenue estimates for the first months. He also set up the pay structure and depreciation schedules.
"The overarching concept that I applied to CrossFit Pallas was conservatism," said Paulson. "Ithaca College helped to engrain in me that revenue and expense estimates, membership growth rates and equipment budgeting should all be done with a conservative perspective in mind."
A real estate broker located 711 W. Court St. in Ithaca, and negotiations between the broker and property manager gave the businessmen a low rent and option to buy out the lease after one year. Accounting professor John McKinley, also a lawyer, advised them on the lease.
Paulson called McKinley his mentor: "John has been of great assistance from the start, helping us write our operating agreement, looking over the tax forms I prepared and providing general business wisdom whenever we need assistance."
Paulson utilized what he learned in McKinley's individual and corporate tax classes, as well as in core accounting classes.
"These classes helped in the formation of the business. Deciding between an LLC and an S Corp. was a much easier task since I had plenty of background with each form of business and their respective benefits and drawbacks," Paulson said.
Coyne credits his Navy service with teaching him leadership skills, the basis of project management, operations management and organizational behavior.
"What Ithaca College gave me was a context and the confidence to continue to develop these skills," he said. Management lecturer Heather Lane, MBA '10 – the owner of Purity Ice Cream – "served as a mentor to me and gave me the confidence to go for it." And management professor Linda Gasser's Organizational Development class was vital, Coyne added.
"The creation of CrossFit Pallas by business students Eamon Coyne and Tim Paulson is an excellent example of how our students use the skills and knowledge they learn in classes, get mentoring from our professors and are encouraged to build on their own interests and experience," said Dean Mary Ellen Zuckerman. "We're very proud of them."
In addition to their full MBA course load, both owners say they spend 25 to 30 hours a week at CrossFit Pallas. Having completed an audit internship in asset management at KPMG in Philadelphia, Paulson plans to start working there full time in October. He'll handle the gym's accounting and finance from afar, while Coyne takes over day-to-day operations. That is, unless Coyne accepts an offer as a project manager for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program. If that happens, the owners will promote one of their trainers to general manager.
As he chooses between his options, Coyne said, "What lets me sleep at night is knowing that I have a very marketable skill-set that has been strengthened through my formal Ithaca College education and informal personal experience."


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The Canisius men's basketball team jumped out to a 43-22 lead at the half and was able to withstand a strong second-half effort from the host Saint Peter's Peacocks to post a 67-63 victory Saturday afternoon in the Yanitelli Center in Jersey City, N.J. The win improves Canisius to 9-5 overall and 3-0 in MAAC play, while Saint Peter's slipped to 4-9 overall and 0-4 in conference play.
Canisius senior Billy Baron scored 25 points to lead the Griffs to their third-straight conference victory, the first time the Blue and Gold has opened league play with three-straight wins since 1994-95. Senior Chris Manhertz had 12 points and seven rebounds while fellow senior Chris Perez chipped in 11 points and four boards. Senior center Jordan Heath was good for eight points, seven rebounds and three blocks and freshman Zach Lewis scored eight points to go with two rebounds and two assists in 26 minutes off the bench. For the game, Canisius shot 44.4 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point land and 90 percent from the free-throw line.
In the game's second half, Saint Peter's out scored Canisius 41-24 thanks to the efforts of Marvin Dominique, Desi Washington and Chris Burke. That trio combined to score 39 of the Peacocks' 41 points, led by Dominique, who had 16 of his game-high 26 points in the game's final 20 minutes. Saint Peter's trimmed Canisius' cushion to just two points at 62-60 with 47 seconds left, but the Griffs secured the win after Lewis hit an NBA-range 3-pointer from the left wing with two seconds on the shot clock and 15 seconds left on the game clock to make the score 65-62.
"That was a huge shot there from Zach [Lewis] with the shot clock running down," Canisius head coach Jim Baron said. "We came out firing and executing our offense in the first half and in the second half, to their credit, Saint Peter's came back at us. That's a good league win for us on the road. Nothing is going to be given to you in league play, and our guys did a good job of stepping up and taking this one today."
Canisius came out of the gate on fire, opening the game with a 12-0 run through the game's first 5:01. The Griffs took a 22-point lead with 11:20 left before the break on a 3-pointer from Lewis and moments later the Blue and Gold advanced its margin to 23 at 30-7 on a jumper in the lane by Perez. Baron drove the ball to the bucket and laid one off the glass for two of his 18 first half points to give the Griffs' a 24-point lead at 41-17 with 3:38 left in the first half. Canisius went into the locker room at the break with a 21-point lead, it's largest halftime lead of the season, after the team shot 50 percent from the floor and 53.3 percent from 3-point land.
In the second half, Saint Peter's used a 17-6 run in the first 6:04 to cut Canisius' margin to 10 points at 49-39. The Peacocks were able to whittle Canisius' lead down to just one at 57-56 after Dominique went 1-for-2 from the free-throw line with 4:46 left on the clock, but five-straight points from Manhertz, highlighted by a traditional 3-point play on a dunk and a made free-throw, pushed the Griffs' margin back to six at 62-56 with 1:49 left to play. Dominique and Washington scored the game's next four points for Saint Peter's to make it a two-point game at 62-60, but Lewis' deep trey on the Griffs' next possession capped the game for the Blue and Gold.
In the second half, Saint Peter's shot 50 percent from the field and 63.6 percent from 3-point land. The Peacocks won the rebounding battle, out rebounding Canisius 34-32 for the game, led by Dominique, who had 10 rebounds to lead all players.
Canisius will close out its three-game road stretch Monday, Jan. 6, when the team plays at Marist. Game time in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is set for 7 p.m.Game Notes: This marks the second time since 1989-90 where Canisius has started conference play 3-0, the previous occasion came in 1994-95 when the team started MAAC play with a 5-0 mark… Saturday's game was the 71st all-time meeting between Canisius and Saint Peter's, with the Griffs leading the series 40-31… Canisius swept the regular-season series from Saint Peter's for the second-straight year… The Griffs improved to 3-0 this year in games decided by five points or less… Baron has now scored 20 or more points in nine times this season and 24 times in his college career… The game was the 99th career contest for Manhertz and the 105th career game for Perez… Lewis has now hit two 3-point field goals in four-straight games, dating back to the team's win at Holy Cross Dec. 16… Heath's three blocks gives him 80 for his career in 45 career games as a Griff.

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The 4th Baltimore Area Repair Symposium (BARS) was held at Sheppard-Pratt Conference Center in Baltimore, Maryland on March 18th, 2010. The Symposium is jointly sponsored by the NIA IRP, The University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University. The program serves as a forum for spotlighting the most exciting local research efforts in the area of DNA damage and repair and its impact on cancer, virology and the diversity of the immune response. NIA IRP Participants included Drs. Vilhelm Bohr, Michael Seidman, Patricia Gearhart, Weidong Wang, David Wilson III and Robert Brosh Jr.
A one day meeting, jointly sponsored by the NIA and Sanofi Aventis was held on April 21, 2010. The goal of the meeting was to identify potential collaborative research opportunities related to the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and other special problems and needs of older people. NIA IRP participants included Drs. Josephine Egan, Edward Lakatta, Luigi Ferrucci, Huaibin Cai, Nigel Greig, Cathy Wolkow and Irving Wainer.
The 8th Annual Nathan W. Shock Symposium on Aging will be held on September 13, 2010. This year's symposium entitled, "Aging and Stress Responses: Modern Views of Homeostatic Dysregulation," will be held at the Asthma and Allergy Center Auditorium on the campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Speakers will include
- David Sinclair, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School)
- Judith Campisi, Ph.D. (Buck Institute)
- Brian Kennedy, Ph.D. (University of Washington)
- Valter Longo, Ph.D. (University of Southern California)
- Andrew Feinberg, M.D. (Johns Hopkins Medical School)
Past Meetings
An Integrated Genetic-Epigenetic Approach to Alzheimer's Disease
June 7-8, 2010
Bethesda, MD
The Division of Neuroscience, NIA, convened an exploratory workshop that brought together ADGC (AD Genetics Consortium) investigators funded through the Roadmap Epigenomics RFA, other leading epigenomics experts working on related diseases and conditions, and NIA's leading geneticists involved in the major AD genetics initiatives such as LOAD (Late Onset AD Family study). The purpose of this workshop was to explore synergies between these two approaches and to facilitate interactions between leading experts in AD genetics, leading epigenomics experts, and review the current state of AD genetics and the emerging epigenetic approach to AD. An extensive report of the conference was featured on Alzforum: Alzforum: Bethesda- Dawn of the Epigenetics Era (For further information, contact: Dr. Suzana Petanceska, DN, Ph: 301-496-9350; email@example.com).
Aging Rapidly in an Economic Storm—June 10-11, 2010
BSR supported a National Academy of Sciences two-day expert meeting on the Challenges of Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly to respond to the need for more information on the potential consequences of economic downturns and economic recession on older Americans. This exploratory meeting brought together a group of expert researchers to help delineate the nature and dimensions of potential scientific inquiry in this area, to review existing research, and to highlight the contribution that empirical work could make to policy formulation in this area. The outcome of the meeting was a meeting summary, which highlights potential areas of future data collection and research within this general area. (For more information, contact Ms. Elizabeth Hamilton, BSR, 301-496-3138.)
CIRCADIAN CLOCKS AND THEIR ROLE IN AGING: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS (June 18, 2010; Bethesda, MD)
It is now widely recognized that many aspects of circadian rhythms are impacted by age, and that biochemical pathways implicated in the aging process have a role in circadian rhythms. Importantly, there is evidence to suggest that a decline in circadian function contributes to deficits associated with aging. Therefore, the Divisions of Aging Biology and Neuroscience co-sponsored an exploratory workshop to bring together experts in circadian clocks, genetic and epigenetic regulation, metabolic control, and aging biology to address the interconnections of the various cellular processes controlled by clock genes and to explore new avenues for research on circadian research and aging. The Workshop explored how molecular components of the central and peripheral clocks change with age, and assessed a link between age-related disruption of clock and the central nervous system and periphery physiology in health and disease. The workshop reviewed the current status of research on the interactions between aging and circadian rhythms, and developed a set of recommendations for future research directions.
(Contact Dr. Jose Velázquez, DAB, 301/496-6402 or Dr. Mack Mackiewicz, DN, 301/496-9350).
NIA/NAS Meeting on Research Progress on Elder Mistreatment – June 22, 2010
NIA and NAS organized an exploratory meeting to assess the state of the science on Elder Mistreatment. It has been seven years since the NIA sponsored an NAS Panel resulting in the landmark publication Elder Mistreatment. Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America. Since then NIA has funded nine projects resulting from Elder Mistreatment RFAs, funded several unsolicited projects on this topic, and worked with other funders (e.g., Department of Justice/National Institute on Justice). The resulting funded research addresses problems identified by the NAS panel on Elder Mistreatment. This meeting assessed the scientific knowledge gained in that interval and further clarified the direction of future research on Elder Mistreatment. State-of-the-science papers assessing scientific progress and knowledge gaps remaining after the collective investment of these various agencies in Elder Mistreatment research were written by 14 extramural investigators and nine agency representatives (AoA, DoJ, CDC, ASPE, American Bar Association, and the Wilson Center). (For more information, contact Dr. Sidney M. Stahl, BSR, 301-402-4156.)
Progress and Gaps in Osteoarthritis Research at NIA (July 23, 2010; Bethesda, MD)
The Division of Aging Biology sponsored an exploratory workshop to highlight recent advances in osteoarthritis research and identify gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed in order to accelerate the pace of research in this disabling age-related disease. The primary focus of the workshop was on the potential uses of cartilage stem cells for treatment of OA. The workshop was held July 23rd, 2010 in Bethesda, MD.
A summary of the workshop highlights will be available at a later date.
(Contact: Dr. John Williams, DAB, 301/496-6402)
Inflammation, Inflammatory Mediators and Aging (August 2-3, 2010; Bethesda, MD)
An exploratory NIA-sponsored workshop was held on August 2 and 3rd, 2010 in Bethesda, MD. The purpose of this workshop was to have awardees from RFA AG-05-011 present their findings and to have other investigators working in this area of research also participate to discuss recent research advances and future research directions. The RFA on Inflammation, Inflammatory Mediators and Aging was funded in FY 2006 by three different divisions within NIA. Since that time, there has been much research published on the role of inflammation in the development and progression of various age-related pathologies such as osteoporosis, kidney fibrosis, sarcopenia, lung inflammation and fibrosis, among other conditions. At the recent Biology of Aging Summit, the need to further explore the source of inflammatory cytokine production and the role of adipose tissue and cells of the innate immune system in triggering inflammation was discussed. Therefore, DAB organized this workshop to discuss recent progress as well as to identify gaps in our understanding of the role of inflammation in the aging process.
(Contacts: Dr. Rebecca Fuldner, DAB, 301-496-6402).
Retirement Modeling Second Generation – August 4, 2010
In 2007, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) initiated a call for applications to solicit research projects to develop comprehensive models of retirement that integrate health and disability, wealth, and family structure. The initiative was cosponsored by the Social Security Administration (SSA), and four awards were made to the most meritorious projects in the competition. While each project was distinct in approach, it was clear that synergies between projects could be exploited to move the science forward more efficiently. Further, the potential for these projects to inform SSA modeling efforts was seen as particularly valuable. In order to take advantage of these opportunities, NIA and SSA co-sponsored this exploratory meeting at which researchers presented their progress on the next generation of retirement models, which integrate the components of wealth, health, disability and family structure. (For more information, contact Dr. Partha Bhattacharyya, BSR, 301-496-3138.)
Sensory and Motor Dysfunction in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
August 9-10, 2010
Bethesda, MD
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among older adults at the age of 65 or above. Currently, there is no cure for AD; early detection of the disease is primarily based on neuropsychological assessment. In the past two decades or so, studies have begun to suggest that changes in sensory and/or motor function are associated with AD, in particular at the early or even pre-symptomatic stages, and that examining sensory and motor changes in the context of AD may provide us with fresh perspectives regarding the etiology, early detection, assessment, and treatment of AD and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases. DN held an exploratory workshop in Bethesda, MD on August 9-10, 2010 to explore 1) the relevance of sensory and motor dysfunctions to the understanding, detection and treatment of AD and aging; 2) knowledge gaps in understanding sensory and motor dysfunctions in the context of AD and aging; 3) scientific, technological, and other barriers in advancing the understanding of sensory and motor dysfunctions in the context of AD and aging; and 4) strategic suggestions to advance this area of research. Participants included experts from the fields of sensory systems, motor systems, cognitive aging, and dementia research. (For further information, contact: Dr. Wen G. Chen, DN, Ph: 301-496-9350; firstname.lastname@example.com).
Expert Panel Discussion on Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain in Older Adults
September 14-15, 2010
Rockville, MD
NIA co-sponsored an exploratory workshop titled, "Expert Panel Discussion on Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain in Older Adults" on September 14-15, 2010, in Rockville, MD. This workshop is convened under the aegis of the NIH Pain Consortium, with direct support from NIA, NINR, NINDS, and NIDA. The goal of the meeting is to receive expert recommendations on research priorities for improving pharmacological management of chronic pain in older adults, often the latter phase of the stepped approach to pain management, by comparing the effectiveness, efficacy, and safety of various pain management paradigms in different clinical situations or conditions, with particular emphasis on appropriate uses of opioids and NSAIDs.
(For further information, contact: Dr. Wen G. Chen, DN, Ph: 301-496-9350; firstname.lastname@example.com or Dr. Basil A. Eldadah, DGCG, Ph: 301-496-6761; email@example.com
LAG 2010 and Beyond: Comprehensive Analysis of LAG Signaling Pathways and Crosstalk and Downstream Targets of LAG Genes (September 16, 2010; Bethesda, MD)
The one-day exploratory symposium brought together a select group of LAG investigators and their progeny (young investigators trained in the laboratories of members of the LAG Interactive Network who have made major research contributions to expanding the field of longevity research as independent researchers) to highlight the scientific advances in longevity research for the NIH community and to define future research opportunities to advance this field of basic aging biology.
(Contact: Dr. Anna McCormick, DAB, 301/496-6402)
Future Meetings
The Cognitive Aging Summit II
October 4-5, 2010
Washington, D.C.
The Cognitive Aging Summit II, an advisory meeting supported by the NIA and the Foundation for NIH through a generous grant from the McKnight Brain Research Foundation (MBRF), will be held in October 2010. The Summit will bring together experts in various fields of study pertaining to cognition and aging. The goals and objectives of this second Summit are to: discuss the advances made in the field since the first Cognitive Aging Summit in 2007 and what gaps in the body of scientific knowledge may still need to be addressed; explore novel methodologies and technologies to address research concerns; explore avenues for interventions and preventive measures to mitigate the effects of age-related cognitive decline and maintain cognitive health throughout life; and raise the level of awareness both within the scientific community and among the public about the importance of this area of research and its value to society. Updates on grants awarded through two RFAs on cognitive aging research stemming from the first Summit will be presented. (For further information, contact: Dr. Molly Wagster, DN, Ph: 301-496-9360; email@example.com or Dr. Jonathan King, DBSR, Ph: 301-402-4516; firstname.lastname@example.com ).
Economic Phenotypes – October 14, 2010
This exploratory meeting on Economic Phenotypes will occur in October of 2010, in conjunction with the 2010 Society of Neuroeconomics Meeting in Evanston, Illinois. The purpose of the meeting is to integrate approaches from neuro- and behavioral economics with survey research methods for measuring aging-relevant economic behaviors, traits, and outcomes, with the goal of developing a Toolkit for measurement of economic phenotypes to enhance links between laboratory and survey science and provide a foundation for genetic studies of fundamental economic behaviors. (For more information, contact Dr. Lis Nielsen, BSR, 301-402-4156.)
Using Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) to Explore Fundamental Questions about Aging in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Sample — late September 2010
BSR has commissioned the Committee on Population (CPOP) at NAS to organize a two-day expert meeting on potential uses and new directions for research which could result from the introduction of genetic data into the Health and Retirement Study. The ultimate goal of this exploratory meeting is to discuss how GWAS and the HRS can be used to expand behavioral and social research perspectives by focusing on (1) how genetic information can add to existing seminal work coming from the HRS and (2) what new and innovative questions regarding behavioral and social science can be asked now that there will be genetic information in the HRS. (For more information, please contact Dr. Erica Spotts, BSR, 301-402-4156.)
Harmonizing Existing Longitudinal Studies for the Purpose of Genetic Analyses – Fall 2010
It is becoming increasingly clear that genetic analyses of complex traits require larger sample sizes than initially envisioned. To make the most of existing investments in behavioral and social research, strategies for pooling data across existing studies should be explored. This exploratory meeting is designed to bring together existing longitudinal studies of aging to discuss strategies of pooling data and harmonizing phenotypes with the eventual goal of genetic studies of behavioral and social phenotypes. (For more information, contact Dr. Erica Spotts, BSR, 301-402-4156.)
Conscientiousness and Healthy Aging – Fall 2010
The proposed exploratory workshop is designed to determine what new research would further our understanding of the links between personality, health, economic security and aging, aimed at understanding mechanisms and identifying potential targets for intervention. The workshop is designed to focus discussion around four themes: (1) advances in measurement of the conscientiousness phenotype, (2) examination of the role of social context in influencing the prevalence or utility of personality traits, (3) exploration of causal pathways through experiments and interventions, and (4) harmonization and integration of existing lifecourse data on personality and health. (For more information, contact Dr. Lis Nielsen, BSR, 301-402-4156.)
Subjective Well-being and Public Policy: Collaborative Meeting with the UK Economic and Social Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences, Fall 2010
The U.K. Economic and Social Research Council and the U.S. National Institute on Aging, in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences, are hosting an exploratory workshop on application of subjective well-being (SWB) measurement to public policy. The workshop will bring together leading academic and policy personnel from the U.S. and U.K. to examine the potential for measures of subjective well-being to inform the design and evaluation of specific social and economic programs. This meeting will explore research needs and practical challenges surrounding the integration of measures of subjective well-being into the planning and evaluation of policies by local and national governments and agencies. Discussion will focus on (1) Challenges in measurement of subjective well-being at the population level, (2) Successes and pitfalls in applications of SWB measures for policy purposes, and (3) Research and data needs for the field.
Older Workers - Winter 2010
One important aspect of population aging on which NIA has not yet devoted focused attention is the older worker, and the interaction between work and the aging process. NIA cosponsored with NIOSH a 2004 IOM Panel and NRC volume on Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers, and as part of our 2008 NACA Review we began to think about a variety of initiatives in this area. An exploratory workshop is proposed to focus our program development efforts. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which has an interest and growing portfolio on America's aging work force and issues facing employers of older workers, will collaborate on this workshop which likely will be held at NBER in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (For more information, contact Ms. Georgeanne Patmios, BSR, 301-496-3138.)
The Role of Genetic and Environmental Factors across the Life Course: Improving the Rigor of Causal Inference – Winter 2010
There is an established consensus across several disciplines on the need to adopt a lifecourse perspective to understand the evolution of health and the aging process. The aim of this exploratory workshop is to bring together researchers at the frontier of their fields to integrate biological, econometric, genetic and medical approaches to advance our knowledge on the developmental origins of health and aging, and to set priorities for future research agendas. The focus of the workshop is to explore the potential synergies and to combine insights from evolutionary biology and medicine, together with genetic analysis and rigorous econometric modeling to understand: (1) the mechanisms through which genetic endowments and early life conditions affect the evolution of health across the lifecourse; (2) the importance of selection effects in estimating the causal role of social and biological factors relevant to aging; (3) the nature of the selection effects, their evolution across the lifecourse and the mechanisms through which they operate. Particular emphasis will be given to the analysis of interventions, and how to characterize heterogeneity in their effects as function of genetic endowments. Methods will be discussed to analyze both planned interventions (such as behavioral programs or policies) and naturally occurring quasi-experiments; particular emphasis will be given to the mechanisms (both biological and socioeconomic) through which these interventions operate, and translate into outcomes. While the main aim of the workshop is to understand how the effect of environments in which individuals self-select varies as function of genetic endowments, the analysis of the interventions will be instrumental in scaling down the complexity of the problem and in improving the causal modeling of behavioral responses. (For more information, contact Dr. Erica Spotts, BSR, 301-402-4156.)


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The following events occurred in the first decade of the 1900s:
- 1900: Angus Buchanan publishes My Life As A Squib, which instantly becomes a worldwide bestseller, bringing the plight of the Squibs to the wizarding world's attention.[1]
- 1901: The Moontrimmer broom is created by Gladys Boothby.[2]
- 1901: Queen Victoria dies. Minister for Magic Faris Spavin, aged 145, attends her funeral wearing an admiral's hat and spats. In response, the Wizengamot gently suggests he step down as Minister for Magic.[3]
- 1902: A performance of Musidora Barkwith's Wizarding Suite blows off the roof of Ackerley Town Hall.[4]
- 1902: Mr. Spindle's Lick "O" Rish Spiders introduced.[5]
- 1903: Faris Spavin retires from the post of Minister for Magic, and is succeeded by Venusia Crickerly.[3]
- 1904: The seventy-second Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.[6]
- 1907: Tolipan Blemish Blitzer is first produced.[7]
- 1908 or 1909: Newton Scamander starts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[8] He is Sorted into Hufflepuff.[9]
- Unknown Date: Roderick Plumpton leads the Tutshill Tornados to five British and Irish League wins.[10]
- Between 1900 and 1907: Morfin Gaunt to Marvolo Gaunt and his wife
- 1900: Perpetua Fancourt[4]
- 8 October 1900: Paloma Proudfoot [11]
- 1901: Arcturus Black III to Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp[12]
- 19 August 1901: Porpentina Goldstein to Mrs Goldstein.[13]
- between 1902 and 1909: Queenie Goldstein
- 1903: Roland Kegg[4]
- 1903: Tilly Toke[4]
- 1904: Lycoris Black to Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp[12]
- 1905: Tom Riddle Snr to Thomas and Mary Riddle[14]
- 1906: Regulus Black I to Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp[12]
- c. 1907: Merope Gaunt to Marvolo Gaunt and his wife[15]
- c. 1908: Mrs Cole[16]
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Notes and references
- ↑ Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Scottish Rugby" at Pottermore
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 9 (The Development of the Racing Broom)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic" at Pottermore
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (see this image)
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
- ↑ Harry Potter Limited Edition - A Guide to the Graphic Arts Department: Posters, Prints, and Publications from the Harry Potter Films (see this image)
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - About the Author
- ↑ Pottermore
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 7 (Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland)
- ↑ (see this image)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Black family tree
- ↑ See this image of Porpentina Goldstein's MACUSA identification card on display as part of a prop exhibition in Japan.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- ↑ In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 10 (The House of Gaunt), we learn that Tom Riddle was born a year after Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle Snr's marriage. As we know Riddle was born in 1926, this would place the marriage in 1925. In the same chapter, we learn that the incident with Bob Ogden and the imprisonment of Marvolo and Morfin was "a few months" before the marriage (so, it was in either 1924 or 1925). As she was eighteen years old at the time of Marvolo and Morfin's imprisonment, she was born in around 1907.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13 (The Secret Riddle)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (see this image)
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|Just a word of warning on stripping the paint on the plastic bumper,,,,be VERY CAREFULL so you don't go through the paint, primer, sealer, etc.... and into the plastic bumper or you will have deep gouges to fill with filler ...............Go ahead,,, Ask me how I know this
Your going to want to start by stripping off the paint and starting fresh. Old checking and flaking lacquer you want to strip off, or even if it weren't leaving an original lacquer finish on there isn't the best plan of attack for something you plan on holding onto and spending the money that paint and supplies cost today. You don't want to refinish it with lacquer, the least durable of automotive refinishes, and due to government regulations, its not even easy to get today. Modern urethanes won't need nowhere near the amount of upkeep. They do dry dust free pretty quickly, depends on which clear and the activator, reducer used. For an overall though, you are generally best of using a slow activator or reducer or medium, not fast. This will allow more time to get around the car, the clear to lay out nice, and more time for solvents to excape, You do want to have a pretty clean area to paint with a lot of lighting, and don't forget saftey. Modern paints have isocyanates, so you want to wear eye, skin and respiratory protection. And don't forget good ventilation, and not having ignition sources where paint fumes are around.
I use a 8" orbital and either 36 or 80 grit to start stripping, but some may recommend using 36 may put some deep scratches in the metal. I get the bulk off with 36 though and once some layers of paint are removed finish with 80 making sure to sand out any 36 grit scratches in the metal. You could also go over the 80 with 180 if you don't have any bodywork to do (probably not the case) and will only need a few coats of epoxy primer, other then that, with filler primer and blocking, 80 will be fine enough. A 6 inch da could be used too, just will take a bit longer. Actually I use a combination of machine sanding, paint stripper, media blasting and hand sanding when stripping a car, they all have areas where one process works better then others. Once you have stripped the paint then you can epoxy prime and do any body work over the epoxy. What grits from there you use really depend on what you are dealing with, but I normally use filler primer over the epoxy primer and block sand with 180 and reprime. When all bodywork is done, final sand primer with the correct grit for either the paint (usually around 400-600 wet for most basecoats), or if you are sealing, sealer you are using. Get the product sheets for the primer and paint you use, cause grit information as well as a lot of other valueable information will be in them. Giving the complete process of what you should do would take forever to write, as well as being a guess not seeing knowing the exact situation with the car. But that should get you started. The bumper I believe might be urethane. I suggest you spend some time reading through the knowledge base and searching past threads, as many of this has been covered many times. If you have specific questions along the way, just ask. Many intelligent bodymen and painters on this board who should be able to answer questions you have.
81 z-28 repaint need help
recently purchased an 81 z-28 camaro body is decent paint is not .
the paint appears to be org. has alot of flaking and check cracks
using 6in d.a sander what would be best grit to start with . and finish with before primer . front nose has some deep scratches any way to repair this has the ( plastic ) front . or any leads on a used nose in good shape . what paint should i use lacquer or some type of enamel . was going to use lacquer to keep bugs cats etc out of paint does the newer enamel or urethane dry very fast
also looking for good place to buy supplies .
thanks steve
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Obama: 'I deserve a second term'
posted at 5:13 pm on February 9, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
Long before his coronation—I mean "inauguration"—Barack Obama demonstrated an inescapable lack of humility. Even his apologists had a tough time explaining away such baldly egotistical pronouncements as "We are the ones we've been waiting for" or the mock presidential seal that graced his podium at campaign stops during his candidacy.
Obama's arrogance is a facet of his personal makeup that has always been in the foreground, even on occasions where he has attempted to appear humble. In his prayerful comments to the American people following the tragic shootings in Tucson in January of 2011, he was careful to exclude himself from the critique on polarizing discourse, eschewing his favored first person pronouns for the third:
At a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do, it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.
The advice itself was sound, but it was hard to square with its speaker, who a few months earlier had castigated a major cable news outlet, calling it "destructive to [America's] long-term growth."
Yet, I must confess, I had a similar reaction to Splice Today blogger Russ Smith's when I heard Obama tell NBC's Matt Lauer before the Super Bowl, "I deserve a second term." Smith writes:
Americans can, and will, decide whether or not that's true, but the President's sense of entitlement certainly rivals that what Romney is accused of every day. Had Obama, mindful of political manners, said, 'I believe I've earned a second term, but, you know, Matt, that's a decision voters will make in November,' no one could complain. But 'deserve'? Shucks, I could tell family and colleagues that I 'deserve' a best-selling book, say, or better eyesight, a Lotto jackpot or a map leading me to the Fountain of Youth. Such brio would be met by laughter, or scorn, and it'd be, well, deserved.
In his interview with Lauer (the relevant portion of which is captured early in this video clip), the president essays to explain his statement by tossing out a lot of impressive-sounding numbers about job creation. But even assuming all of his boasts are accurate (and there is much to suggest they paint a distorted picture), his hubristic assertion sounds delusional. It flies in the face of his own earlier prediction—made ironically to Matt Lauer prior to the Super Bowl in 2009—that unless he was able to get the economy back on track in three years his presidency would be a "one-term proposition." In point of fact, the unemployment rate is higher than it was when Obama took office, despite his boast that his 2009 stimulus would prevent the rate from rising above 8.5%.
Obama has forsaken his own principles repeatedly. Despite an executive order early in his presidency to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within a year, the prison remains open after three. Obama's pledge to his base to "reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals" has been rendered meaningless by targeted assassinations and drone attacks.
He has failed abjectly to bridge the partisan gap that divides the country, if anything driving a deeper wedge between the two major political factions. He has made a mockery of his condemnation of greedy and evil Super Pacs by agreeing out of expediency to take money from them.
It would be fascinating to hear a frank accounting from the president of why, in spite of these and numerous other false starts and errors, he thinks he is entitled to a second term.
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A Tosa resident since 1991, Christine walks the dog, cooks but avoids housework, writes and reads, and enjoys the company of friends and strangers. Her job takes her around the state, learning about people's health. A Quaker (no, they don't wear blue hats or sell oatmeal or motor oil), she has been known to stand on both sides of the political and philosophic fence at the same time, which is very uncomfortable when you think about it. She writes about pretty much whatever stops in to visit her busy mind at the moment. One reader described her as "incredibly opinionated but not judgmental." That sounds like a good thing to strive for!
DWI: Dining while ignoring
Liz and I stopped at a newish restaurant on the 60th Street Tosa border for lunch today. I'm not going to name it because the charming and talented Karen Waldkirch will probably do a real review on the place, sooner or later. Maybe she already has.
And because while the food was good, the service was not. They get a bye for being new, though. Let's hope they shake out the potentially fatal kink dazed service can be.
We sat next to a table full of kids. Daughter Liz rolled her eyes when I chose that table because, well, she's a waitress, and she knows what a passel of kids can portend--especially if you are somewhere where the service is v-e-r-y----s-l-o-w-----m-a-y-b-e----s-l-o-w-e-r-----t-h-a-n---n-u-m-b-e-r----o-f---c-u-s-t-o-m-e-r-s---d-e-m-a-n-d-s.
Since my Grandmother Clock has been ringing for a long time, I'm as drawn to kids as many are pushed to avoid them, at least in public places, and at least those not made more charming by the fluke of relationship.
The children were very well behaved, not fretting as often as my grown-up kid and I did about where our (water, coffee, utensils, yadda yadda) were. And they'd been there longer.
As we left, I stopped to tell the moms how delightful I thought their children were. They credited the diverting qualities of their iPhones.
"Sorry, Liz," I said as we left. "But you might as well know now: someday you will become your mother, as I've become Grandma." Mom always talked to strangers, who were more often charmed than not, but I remember cringing for a dozen years or so.
"It's okay, Mom. I've already started," she replied. "I almost left them a note. But not because the kids were so good: becasue the moms were paying them attention and not looking at their phones."
Ah yes. How often do we see people in public places ignoring those they are with in favor of those on their devices? And how lucky am I for having children in their 20s who. . . don't do that, at least not when with me?
Whenever I feel sorry for myself for being alone, I find myself seated near couples who, by the look of it, would as soon be alone. Are alone, for all the attention they pay each other. And I want to issue them tickets for Dining While Ignoring.
Kudos, young mothers, for being in the moment with your friends and your pretty darn good kids.
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What helpful information - thank you everyone! Have a great weekend!!
|+1 to hellosailor's comments. Sailing, and "racing" are two separate activities. And they require separate tools to do well.
fishdragon, beware of measuring your old sails to get dimensions. Old sails are stretched out, and the dimensions will exceed the "correct" dimensions for you boat. When in doubt ask the loft if they have the design specs for your boat, or use a steel (not fiberglass) tape measure and also measure the dimensions on your rig. It is an assumption, sometimes wrong, that the correct original rig is on an old boat. When you're ordering sails--you don't want any assumptions.
Also consider that a loft which is paying attention to business should be willing and able to answer any question you have--and if they don't or can't answer, maybe that's a reason to use another loft, even if it costs a bit more.
You may not want racing sails if you are not racing. Consider that a cruiser may have just two sails (main & fore) or four sails (add two storm sails) while a racer is more likely to have 6, 8, 10 or more. A "light main" for winds under 10 knots, a heavier one, multiple foresails, etc. The weight and shape of the main can be cut for specific wind ranges, and you might want to think about your local winds and ask the loft about cloth weight, etc. Durable usually means heavier, and heavier is not so good if you are in an area that has light winds a lot of the time during sailing season. OTOH if you are in a region with constant heavy winds--you don't want a lighter less expensive cloth.
Don't be afraid to ask the loft. Or to tell them, you're new to this, what other options should you be looking at.
|Check out The Sail Warehouse and National Sail Supply. Both have reasonable prices for cruising sails and are good people to deal with.
Another source to mention is FX Sails.
Sunfish Sails, Catalina Sails, Spinnakers, Hobie Sails, Small Boat Sails from the Sail Store
Just be warned, they get mixed reviews.
I have heard very good things about the quality and the price for new sails usually can not be beat. I have sailed on a boat that uses these sails and for the normal recreational boater, the quality is very good.
The negatives have always been poor delivery time. If you want them new for Spring you should be ok.
Thier on line quote request is very fast and easy.
Those are very good prices for dacron. My boat is a little bigger but was quoted around 1200+ for a mainsail. The main I ended up getting was around $2200.
If measuring worries you, might want to consider hiring a sailmaker to measure your boat. Although, that may be frowned upon, most of the time sailmakers expect to make a sale after doing the leg work.
The 7.5 will be fine. I have a 3000 lbs boat with a 3.5hp motor that moves just fine. Although, when the wind and waves are up, it's just better to sail.
|A 5 hp 4-stroke will be plenty of motor for your boat. One of your main concerns will be shaft length, 15" or 20", referred to as short shaft or long shaft, and is measured from the top inside of the mounting bracket to the horizontal plate, called the cavitation plate, directly above the prop. Measure your Gamefisher; most likely it is a short shaft; I had one. Before you buy, have someone, preferably a little heavier than you, go forward while you are back with the motor. When he is forward at the bow, does your cavitation plate come out of the water. If it does, you should seriously consider the longer shaft option. Check out Onlineoutboards.com for new or Ebay for a used motor.
good advice
You can give them the IJPE info from the site for NOW. But when it comes time to order anything, make sure the sailmaker steps on the boat and measures for themself.
chances are the carb just has some junk in it, easy to clean out with solvent and a screwdriver. there ought to be a small fuel filter in the line to replace as well.
I have been replacing the sails on my 1978 Ranger 22 over the past few years. There are a lot of decent used sails out there, but since I am racing here on Lake Tahoe I opted for a new main from North Direct, and am saving up for racing headsails. The mainsail is good but the purchase experience was less than satisfactory as it had to be shipped from Sri Lanka and did not meet promised delivery dates. In the future I will go with local sailmakers (which may in fact be the North factory in Minden, NV).
|I did run the motor, and it died on me the second time I tried taking the boat out - that's why I know it needs work, or to be replaced. And while I have a few bucks to spend on the boat, I don't "have a lot of money" - if I did, I would have bought a newer and/or better boat. Thanks for your help.
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The University of Utah women's basketball team jumped out to a big lead early and cruised to a 73-47 win over Weber State on Saturday at Dee Events Center in Ogden.
Michelle Plouffe had a team-high 18 points with nine rebounds, Taryn Wicijowski scored 16 points, and Paige Crozon added 10 for the Utes (5-0), who led 22-2 after 10 minutes.
Jalen Carpenter had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (0-5).
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Good Boy! Good Girl ! The Right Praise?
How many times have you told your child Good Boy! or Good Girl! I know I did hundreds of times. It was a mommy reaction to my child's attempt at accomplishment. Hit the ball during a softball game? Good Girl! Create an amazing science project? Good Boy! It was an easy compliment that rolled right off the tongue.
According to a new study, I could have done a little better if I'd praised the actual action instead of just the child. Researchers at the University of Chicago and Stanford University studied the mother-child interactions over several years and discovered that the type of praise you give your child affects their attitudes towards meeting challenges in the future.
Specifically, praise with feedback about the child's behavior and the choices he or she made helped them cope better with difficult experiences five years later, compared with praise focused solely on the child.
This is something we suspected would be the case based on a lot of experimental research, and it's exciting to see it play out in the real world, says Elizabeth Gunderson, an assistant professor of psychology at Temple University, in Philadelphia, who led the study while at the University of Chicago. Praising the efforts, actions and work of the kid is going to be more beneficial in their long-term persistence and [desire] to be challenged and work hard in the future.
Instead of just saying good boy or girl, you might say something like you really worked hard at learning how to hit that ball, or that was a very creative choice for a science project. I like how you built it. This kind of process praise focuses on the child's accomplishment and effort instead of person praise that focuses on the child's natural qualities.
While the difference may seem small, psychologists have made the distinction for years,. However, they haven't known exactly how these two types of praise affect the child's future development.
Researchers visited the homes of more than 50 toddlers between the ages of 1 and 3 years old, and filmed their daily interactions with their parents during multiple 90-minute sessions. Five years later, the researchers followed up with the families, using questionnaires to measure the children's attitudes toward challenges and problem solving. What they found was that the children who grew up with more process praise were more open to challenge and were able to come up with more ways to overcome difficult problems. These children were also more likely to believe they could improve their intelligence with hard work.
While all this is interesting, it's also important to note that the children who received person praise didn't suffer any negative effects. The study suggests that the process praise may teach children that their abilities and talents can be developed and improved instead of being fixed or not easily altered.
This study is monumental, says Carol Dweck, a co-author of the study and a professor at Stanford University whose earlier research laid the foundation for understanding the role of praise in child development. To be videotaping these mother-child interactions and to be interviewing the mothers and children over the years is an enormous undertaking.
The study also revealed some interesting findings about how praise affects boys and girls. Boys and girls received about the same amount of praise, but boys were much more likely to receive process praise about 24%. Girls received only about 10% of this type of praise. Previous research suggested this pattern, but Gunderson says she was surprised by how great the difference actually was. She believes that the inequality could have consequences on how girls gage their progress as they move through school. It may also have some bearing on girl's self"esteem issues that become more prominent among teens and pre-teens.
Next on the list, Gunderson says, is to see whether process or person praise leads to different behaviors. Current data only hints that children with more process praise may be more eager to embrace challenges, but whether they actually pursue these challenges and seek them out isn't clear. Researchers are hoping to continue with their study and follow up with the children again in a few more years to find out if types of praise continue to shape their development.
Whether it's process or personal praise, parents are shaping their child's motivation and attitude beginning at a very young age.
All praise may not be equal, but it does have a positive impact. That's something that all parents and caregivers should remember.
I just want to say, Good parent. I really like the way you praised your child.
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posted at 4:01 pm on April 21, 2010 by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Supreme Court of the United States just issued a rare (these days) 8-1 ruling; even more interesting, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion — and the lone dissenter was Justice Samuel Alito.
The facts are interesting but ultimately irrelevant, as the real issue is freedom of speech vs. propriety and empathy: A man who sold videos depicting animal cruelty, likely for a sick form of pornography called a "crush fetish" — in which viewers are sexually aroused by seeing people crush various inanimate objects, invertibrates, and even live mammals — was arrested under a 1999 federal law that made trafficking in such videos a felony. Robert J. Stevens was convicted and sentenced to 37 months in the stripey hole, but the 3rd Circus Court of Appeals (in Philadephia) struck down the law as unconstitutional in 2008; today the Supreme Court affirmed that decision.
It was a First Amendment case with a very unsavory and sleazy defendant, so it's no wonder the four Court liberals were on board. What is more surprising to veteran court-watchers is that all but one of the "conservative" justices were aboard as well:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the majority in the 8-to-1 decision, said that the law had created "a criminal prohibition of alarming breadth" and that the government's aggressive defense of the law was "startling and dangerous."
Roberts held that the First Amendment prohibited such an over-broad law as this one on grounds of freedom of speech, though he did not rule out the constitutionality of a much narrower and more specific prohibition of crush videos depicting actual abuse of animals.
I suspect that forty years ago, a paleoconservative majority would have reinstated the law, for the very reason that the minority wanted it overturned: The conservatism of earlier decades saw nothing wrong with using government power to enforce traditional morality, customs, and traditions — just as left-liberalism saw nothing wrong with using government power to tear down those same traditions, customs, and "repressive" moral codes.
But Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement and the unexpected death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, followed by George W. Bush's appointments to take their place (Alito and Roberts), triggered a sea-change in the Court's outlook. The four constitutionalist justices (Roberts, Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas) seem to reject "big-government" conservatism, by and large, in favor of a sleeker, "small-government," libertarian vision of America — one where the response to vile and depraved speech is not suppression but commonsensical, ethical, and rational speech:
It has been more than a quarter-century since the Supreme Court placed a category of speech outside the protection of the First Amendment. Tuesday's resounding and lopsided rejection of a request that it do so, along with its decision in Citizens United in January — concluding that corporations may spend freely in candidate elections — suggest that the Roberts Court is prepared to adopt a robustly libertarian view of the constitutional protection of free speech.
Roberts noted that the law was so vaguely written that it could apply even to ordinary hunting videos, since some areas of the country ban hunting. Roberts argues both slippery slope and unintended consequences; his bias is against banning speech of any kind, though as noted, he will accept bans that are very, very narrowly construed and precisely tailored. He opposes the open-ended prohibitions preferred by activist judges and justices.
Thus, the high Court has ruled by an overwhelming margin that freedom of speech covers even repugnant speech, so long as the speech isn't an integral element in the commission of an underlying crime… which sounds obvious but has all too oft been ignored, forgotten, or deliberately stomped into the dust by earlier courts, congresses, and presidents. Under one of President Barack H. Obama's Democratic predecessors, Woodrow Wilson, Congress even banned speech that was merely critical of the federal government.
Alito's dissent appears to be that the videos in question are integral elements in the crime of animal cruelty; but the law as written was so broad it would probably cover even animation, as well as Roberts' example of hunting videos:
The government argued that depictions showing harm to animals were of such minimal social worth that they should receive no First Amendment protection at all. Chief Justice Roberts roundly rejected that assertion. "The First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter or its content," he wrote.
The chief justice acknowledged that some kinds of speech — including obscenity, defamation, fraud, incitement and speech integral to criminal conduct — have historically been granted no constitutional protection. But he said the Supreme Court had no "freewheeling authority to declare new categories of speech outside the scope of the First Amendment."
I very much like the trend. Combined with the Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. ___ (2008) (striking down the D.C. handgun ban) and the Court's acceptance of certiorari in McDonald v. Chicago and NRA v. Chicago (which may "incorporate" the Second Amendment to state and local legislation), along with the aforementioned campaign-finance decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. ___ (2010), I believe we are on the brink of a new judicial era, where freedom, liberty, and personal responsibility supplant the current nanny-state. Under the ancien régime, even the possiblity of injudicious use of liberty led the powers and thrones to ban it in the name of public order.
I say hip hip, chin chin… and about bloody time. But the real test will come when the ObamaCare mandate comes before the Court. Never before has Congress passed a law ordering all Americans to purchase a specific product from a private (but government controlled) entity; I cannot imagine that such a blatantly unconstitutional law would not be found so by the four constitutionalist justices. But the big question, as always, is on which side of the bed Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swingin' justice, arose that morning.
If he agrees with Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and (I am convinced) Alito that there is no grant of rights for Congress to order Americans to buy products — what's next, a federal mandate to buy toothpaste, fruits and vegetables, and Che Guevera t-shirts? — and the mandate is struck down, that's wonderful. But the victory will not be complete unless the decision is broad enough to put actual teeth into Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, "the Powers of Congress": That is, it's only a great libertarian victory for America if the Court finally agrees that Congress cannot legislate in areas where it is not granted authority to legislate, even if it intones the magical spell, "regulate interstate commerce."
Making us buy insurance from companies forbidden from cross-state commerce cannot rationally be "regulating interstate commerce;" if the Left can get away with that sleight of hand, they can get away with murder. (Oh, wait — I believe President B.O. recently ordered the summary killing of an American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, thought to be a member of al-Qaeda. And note that the previous sentence would have earned me a stretch in prison under Wilson's Sedition Act of 1918.)
If tyranny is a mental disorder like addiction — the more you dictate, the more you need to dictate — then the first step on the road to recovery is to strictly limit the authority of Congress and the president to meddle in every state and local issue that bubbles up, as of course the Founders intended when they ratified the Constitution in the first place.
I'm glad that the Court found for freedom of speech in this case, as evil as that "speech" (video) is; I'm certain that Congress can enact a more narrow ban that remains within the constitutional purview. But I'll save my real celebrating for when the Court routinely begins telling Congress, "you've overdrawn your account at the First National Bank of Authoritarianism."
Then perhaps the Court can turn its attention to the activist "beam" in its own eye.
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Bradley was the first President of the Saskatoon Writers, and a founding member of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild. His children's stories were published in The Canadian Children's Annual and his short story "Meet Miss Mullen" was the first recipient of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild Award for Children's Literature.
For a number of years, Alan regularly taught scriptwriting and television production courses at the University of Saskatchewan. His fiction has been published in literary journals and he has given many public readings in schools and galleries. His short stories have been broadcast by CBC Radio, and his lifestyle and humour pieces have appeared in The Globe and Mail and The National Post.
Alan Bradley was also a founding member of The Casebook of Saskatoon, a society devoted to the study of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlockian writings. There, he met the late Dr. William A.S. Sarjeant, with whom he collaborated on the classic book Ms. Holmes of Baker Street (1989). This work put forth the startling theory that the Great Detective was a woman, and was greeted upon publication with what has been described as "a firestorm of controversy." As he's explained in interviews, Bradley was always an avid reader of mysteries, even as a child: "My grandmother used to press them upon us when we were very young. One of the first books she gave me was Dorothy L. Sayers' Busman's Holiday. I was profoundly influenced by it."
Upon retirement, Bradley began writing full time. His next book, The Shoebox Bible (2006), has been compared with Tuesdays With Morrie and Mister God, This is Anna. In this beautiful memoir, Bradley tells the story of his early life in southern Ontario, and paints a vivid portrait of his mother, a strong and inspirational woman who struggled to raise three children on her own during tough times.
In July of 2007, Bradley won the Debut Dagger Award from the British Crime Writers' Association for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009), based on a sample that would become the first novel in a series featuring eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce. As Bradley has explained, it was the character of Flavia that inspired him to embark upon the project: "I started to write The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie in the spring of 2006. Flavia walked into another novel I was writing as an incidental character, and she hijacked the book. Although I didn't finish that book, Flavia stuck with me." The Dagger award brought international attention to Bradley's fiction debut, and Sweetness and the additional novels planned for the series will be published in twenty-eight languages and in more than thirty countries.
Alan Bradley lives in Malta with his wife Shirley and two calculating cats. He is currently working on the third novel starring Flavia de Luce, A Red Herring Without Mustard.
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does anybody know anything about the ebay seller cucblack? he's got quite a bit of stuff up for sale and i was wondering if anyone's ever done business with him. thanks, bert
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does anybody know anything about the ebay seller cucblack? he's got quite a bit of stuff up for sale and i was wondering if anyone's ever done business with him. thanks, bert
cool thanks, that's what i was planning on....his deals seem a little too good to be true.
I've been working with Cucblack over the past week on getting a custom tailored flightsuit and flak vest. He's very good to work with -- responsive and detailed. I also bought his knee armor which looks fantastic in the auction pix. Given production and shipping time from Chile, I won't see the actual products for another week or two, but his eBay feedback is really good. When I get my stuff, I'll update you regarding quality, shipping time, etc. as he does have a lot available (chest armor, gauntlets, etc.). ESB flight suit looked too blue in pix, though, so I went ROTJ with that.
Your better off spending the extra money and getting what you need from someone every one knows and trust. There a lot of "fly by night" places that make prop stuff. Stick with those that are well known.
I don't know the particular seller you mentioned, and not to discourage anyone, but a lot of ebay sellers will be very responsive and polite during the "send me money" phase of the transaction.
After you've paid, it seems like some of the shady ones just drop off the face of the Earth.
It's best to research the seller right here on TDH.
I asked this same question a while back I can't find the thread now but it was here. There were a few people who gave him really good reviews. There were some others though, that said he was associated with some guys who are bad news to this community. I never did order anything from him though. Not because of the bad refs. He just didn't have what I needed listed when I needed it.
I somewhat always avoid ebay unless buying a t-visor from t-visors.com.
Does anyone have an opinion on his flak jackets??
Cheers guys
I actually bought a vest, it urned out to be nice and custom fitted. My only complaint was the LONG wait for shipping. Something like 3-4 week delievery....
i just bought his bucket, chest armor, and cod pieces. i'm still waiting for them to arrive. i'll keep everyone posted. :)
I took a look at his boba auction, he says he doesnt record tracking numbers. If a reputable ebay seller cannot provide me with a tracking number after receiving payment for said item, he will not get my business. That smells of shady business, take money and run. That and his stuff is no where near as accurate as the products you will find here.
Stay local is my 2 cents.
Before discovering TDH, I bought his knee, shoulder, chest armor and a flak vest and flightsuit. I agree with those who have reported long shipping times. He tries really hard to warn buyers in his listings as customs can hold up things from Bolivia to the US. My order took almost one month from ship date to arrival, but he stayed in constant communication and always replied immediately to my e-mails. Items arrived very professionally packaged.
The softgoods are very well made and, from what I can tell, accurately detailed. However, I ordered the ROTJ flightsuit and the color to me is too dark (not blue, but dark). The flak vest is really nice. Both items demonstrate expert tailoring and the fit was very close to exact (although, as with other custom-made flightsuits I've read about, a little short from the crotch to the shoulders). Flak vest is a little snug, but not bad. I didn't want a sloppy, baggy Fett suit anyway. But if you decide to order, you may want to overstate some of your measurements by an inch or two -- better to have it too big and take it in than wind up too small.
I ended up not using the chest armor or the shoulders as, while waiting for my order to arrive, I bought DM's from TDH. Wished I had found that earlier and saved myself the money. The knee armor looked nice, but came with resin darts that I had trouble attaching. The fiberglass was uncoated and peeled apart like paper, so the screws ended up going through the knee dart attachment holes. Guess I should have used washers. Additionally, the knee armor cracked at its narrowest point during this same failed attempt to attach the knee darts. Paintjob was nice looking, but the yellow had a bit too much green in it so those of you who are particular about accurate color may not be happy.
All in all, I'd say he puts together a decent Fett suit for your average person (Halloween costume). But, for die-hard accuracy folks (like those here), you may find yourself quickly replacing your purchases for more accurate items from the various masters on TDH who excel at certain pieces.
Well guys, against my better judgement maybe, I ordered a flack vest with him this week.
So far I'm happy with the comms, and he has informed me that the vest will take about 4 working days to complete, then I'm looking at about a month maybe for shipping!
Can't really complain, as I'm waiting till probly mid-September for my bucket and I'm still on the way to a clearable Fett. I'll let you guys know when I have something to report!!!
I ordered a flak vest from this guy on August 2nd and it came in today. The measurements he asks for are not standard, so make sure you are measuring correctly (i.e. neck to shoulder and shoulder to shoulder across the back measurements). The vest looks great and appears to be well made. However, I am no expert. My only piece of advice is to add a little play in your measurements. Mine is a little snug, but should work. Also, the color is more of a beige than white.
Second that!!!
My vest's a bit snug,but I'm really happy with it!!
So much so that I've bought an ammo belt and cape from him.
Still awaiting delivery, so watch this space!!!
I've ordered from him with no problems but he does take forever to ship your items. All and all he's trustworthy but he takes forever to ship what you need so if you have no time limit then order from him but if your in a rush then stick to the services here.
I bought his custom flak vest and it is awesome. not 100% movie accurate but then again, who's is??? if you can wait the 4-5 weeks to get it then I highly recommend his stuff. he is a good guy and will work with you towards your custom Fett.


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walmazan wrote:Love it., love the style and loooove the colors!
Terrific work!
That's funny, because I think it turned out kind of similar to your style. It's the oblong head, I think. You like yourself!
DJTweekNYC wrote:vector clipart... fail
nothing here is a vectoe, buddy. i did this all by myself.
maybe ask me first next time before judging me.
Re: Two Queens
Very pretty... it reminds me of the Tales from Wonderland comics :D I like the skirts on them!
Re: King of the Hill
That's some classic Boots isht. +1
Well now I just feel bad for the hill. Love your style, Boots.
Re: royal knightmare
I really think this is quite clever. Don't give up on this one!
Re: I am King of You!
The eyes on the planet are a nice touch. Super cute.
Wizzr wrote:Thanks, good luck with the design. I love the Kraken shirt, waiting for it to come in the mail.
Thanks dude!
Re: The Fisher King
Really nice!
Re: off with his scoop!
You have the chocolate hood, the popsicle scepter, and the crown even has a cherry on top!
Always a fan of your work, and this is one of the best scenarios I've seen you do so far.
This reminds me of the famous Bruce Lee quote "...board not hit back". Easy to conquer indeed.
+1 Internets to fair lady.
kushalm wrote:I always fail to demarcate the pop culture limits but don't fairy tales fall under pop culture as well??
Think of it this way: if the category on Jeopardy! was "Pop Culture" would they have a question/answer about King Arthur? No, if they did, it'd be under "Literature" or "Fact or Fiction?" or something.
cmdixon2 wrote:I love the stance of the pawn. And your technique for metal textures is amazing. I see a print in your future with this one.
That's what I meant by shiny.... just to clarify.
Re: Storybook Castle
This would be fantastic for pajamas. I like it.
Re: And then they kissed.
here's another design. This one was an older design probably one of the first I ever tried doing when the idea of subbing here started for me. I had tried to sub as a daily with no interest and reworked it and subbed it for the derby this week. I hope dig on it. And if you have any crits or feedback please feel free to share. If this designs not your cup of tee tried checking the other designs I subbed this week, links to which can be found in my signature.
and here's a link to a 16x20 jpeg of the design.
joemail11 wrote:Why did he build it out of ice? Adorable bear, by the way.
It's a comment on global warming. Sad & sweet.
Re: Royally Screw'd
Nice to see to shoot up there. Simple, to the point, very wearable. GMV.
Re: Goodbye, My Kingdom
This is touching. A subtle yet powerful message. I love it.
Re: Sacrifice
Want, want, want!
DivineAna wrote:Um... and that's not a pop culture reference...?
It's not even attempting to NOT be a pop culture reference. :\ http://www.in70mm.com/news/2002/lion_king/images/simba.jpg
Re: Seven Princesses
This is great! It's so nice to see a shirt that's more than just a picture smacked in the center of a shirt.
I like a lot of patrickspens' shirts, but I hope this one doesn't print. There are so many great shirts this derby, actual wearable shirts. Sometimes patrickspens shirts come off as anime-store T-Shirts where it's essentially a poster smacked on a t-shirt. Brown, really? Brown for this? I think the brown looks pretty bad, and the design gets so close to the neck. Would YOU wear this shirt, patrickspens?
Re: End of the Line
This is a riot!!!
Re: Hey look! A rat wearing a crown and a guitar!
So I went to Lowe's and got a ladder, came back and you guys gave me 15 more votes. Hell yeah!
That poor hill looks oppressed.
Re: King Me!
Second week in a row with an excellent design. Good job, I think your work has really been improving (or at least you have a better sense of what appeals to the Woot crowd!).
Loving the expressions on the black checkers faces.
That's awesome. I love the little speech bubble.
snookerhands wrote:We all have one. His just happens to be spiders. Spiders, and hot women.
Resubbed this, thanks to all the people for pointing out some flaws/mentioning the rules, you guys rule.
This is my first woot design, I hope you guys enjoy it, and thanks for the votes!
Close-up of the halftone:
Re: chop it down
The beard makes the shirt awesome, let alone the fact that its an Edgar original.
Oh Edgar, your imagination must be one f*cked up place to explore. Don't stop wondering within it's depths.
Spiritgreen wrote:Sweet design, Naolito! Big +1
Yep, that about sums it up.
You do very nice work bootsboots. I think the sun is my favorite part.
I don't get why the pawns are purple. It seems like a odd color. I'd like it a lot more if the pawns were black or white.
This is great all the way down to the details, such as the Knight and Pawn being correctly positioned for the Knight to take out the pawn on the next move. Good job.
Re: Tiara
Simple and pretty.
julejules wrote:Wow. Amazing. I keep coming back to the page to look at it again. I don't know if I'd want it on a shirt, but if it prints I'd buy it. I don't think I could resist. Good job.
Welll...you can always take the shirt, put it on a backing, and frame it, lol.
studio1172 wrote:In the real world the fish would never look him in the face. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
I concur!
Sigh. It was fun being in the fog while it lasted. But as the only non-halftoned design, it was inevitable that it would not last. I appreciate all the great comments on this design- it was a lot of fun in the making, which is what counts most.
Re: Royally Betrayed
this is great artwork!
Re: Regicide
This is hilarious. Though I wouldn't want to wear it in that I would prolly get beaten up by jocks.
CrystallineX wrote:Your portrayal of the Indian variety looks rather tribal, like with facepaint. Nevertheless, G'job ^^
looks about right.
aliceinwootland wrote:Would YOU wear this shirt, patrickspens?
I would.
Re: Tyrant Lizard King
There is so much right about this design. Good color choice and love the feathered dino; would get this in a heartbeat.
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Hannity falsely claimed Obama "abandon[ed] the troop visit because the cameras weren't ... allowed"
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Sean Hannity falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama canceled a visit with wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center "because the cameras weren't ... allowed and the campaign wasn't allowed." But in discussing an ad by Sen. John McCain's campaign that makes the same claim, NBC's Andrea Mitchell stated, "The McCain commercial on this subject is completely wrong, factually wrong." Further, ABC's Jake Tapper and Time's Karen Tumulty both noted that McCain's campaign has provided "no evidence" to support the assertion that Obama canceled the visit because "the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras."
On the July 29 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity repeated the false claim that Sen. Barack Obama canceled a visit with wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany because he was not allowed to bring cameras along on the visit. Hannity asserted that Obama "abandon[ed] the troop visit because the cameras weren't around -- allowed and the campaign wasn't allowed."
In fact, as Media Matters for America documented, on the July 28 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell stated, "There was never any intention -- let me be absolutely clear about this. The press was never going to go. The entourage was never going to go. There was never an intention to make this political." She later said, "And the McCain commercial on this subject is completely wrong, factually wrong." Further, according to Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass, "We told military officials explicitly that Senator Obama had absolutely no intention of bringing any members of the media or photographers in with him to visit the wounded warriors" at Landstuhl. ABC senior national correspondent Jake Tapper and Time national political correspondent Karen Tumulty both noted in reference to a McCain campaign ad, which similarly asserts that Obama canceled the visit because "the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras," that the McCain campaign has provided "no evidence" to support that assertion. Additionally, after MSNBC's Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough asked why the McCain campaign thought Obama didn't visit the troops on the July 29 edition of that show, campaign manager Rick Davis acknowledged: "I don't know what the truth is."
As Media Matters has also noted, while Obama did not go to Landstuhl, in recent weeks he did reportedly visit wounded troops -- without media present -- at a casualty unit in Iraq and at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
From the July 29 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
HANNITY: So how did Senator Barack Obama's oversea trip resonate with voters? A brand-new USA Today/Gallup poll shows that only Democrats were impressed, with 53 percent calling the trip positive. Republicans overwhelmingly reject -- overwhelmingly rejected the trip, while 41 percent of independents held no opinion at all. The poll also reveals voters are twice as likely to classify media coverage of Obama as unfairly positive rather than unfairly negative, and in the case of McCain, the opposite is the truth, with many more seeing coverage of him as negative.
Joining us now, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Mike Gallagher, former [House Minority Leader Dick] Gephardt [D-MO] campaign manager Steve Elmendorf, and Washington Times columnist Tony Blankley.
Mike, you and I talk about this often on the radio. No big surprises here, especially in light of him, you know, abandoning the troop visit because the cameras weren't around -- allowed and the campaign wasn't allowed. I think this is a net negative for him in the end. Your thoughts?
GALLAGHER: Oh, it has to be. I mean, it's -- it's stunning that he's not -- doesn't have a commanding lead right now in the polls. But even with the fawning media coverage, the kernels of truth slip out.
From the July 29 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
SCARBOROUGH: You say that he's stunned by the truth. What is the truth as you see it? Why -- are -- are you suggesting that Barack Obama does not value the service of our men and women in uniform?
DAVIS: No, I'm sure he does. And I'm sure that the men and women in our uniform would've valued the -- the visit that he had indicated early on that he was gonna make, you know, when he -- when he arrived in Landstuhl. I don't know what the truth is, because out of the Obama campaign themselves and Mr. Gibbs in particular, there have been probably 11 separate excuses for why they didn't visit the troops. Now, if they don't know why they didn't visit the troops, I'm sure as heck not gonna figure it out.
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I will ask my general questions here. I will be edited with every new question.
Is the following list of ''Softparts'' the best to get?
Flight suit & Side Pockets Arkady/ladysewforus
Boots manofwarstudios
Flak Vest & Neck seal BatNinja
Gloves - saint_nasty
Cape, Girth belt & Wookie braids - woodman
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Arson registry launched in Ohio
(Columbus) - People convicted of arson-related offenses in Ohio will have to register annually with local authorities under a new law in effect beginning this week.
Ohio joins the few states that require convicted arsonists to register with authorities. Officials hope it will help solve more cases, deter repeat offenses and prevent deaths and property damage.
"It's not going to solve every case, but it is a tool and we think it will be helpful," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.
The law applies to people convicted of aggravated arson, arson, or arson-related crimes in Ohio or elsewhere. It doesn't include those who already completed their sentences.
"Unless the judge says otherwise you have to register for the rest of your life," DeWine said.
Fire investigators have noted that won't prove who committed the crime, but they say it gives them a starting point.
The registry won't be public record. It will be funded by registration fees.
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Junior midfielder Tim Edwards was named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week after helping the Canisius College men's lacrosse team split a pair of games against Air Force and No. 5 Denver at the Frontier Airlines Face-Off Classic.
Named to the All-Tournament Team, Edwards led the Griffs at the faceoff X during the weekend. The junior won 21-of-30 restarts in the two games for a .700 winning percentage. He collected 10-of-14 faceoffs (71.4 percent) in addition to a career-best nine ground balls in a tight 7-6 victory against Air Force on Saturday. Edwards then followed by claiming 11-of-16 faceoffs on Sunday against the nationally-ranked Pioneers to go along with one goal and seven ground balls.
In three games during the 2014 season, Edwards has recorded five points, two goals and three assists. He leads the Griffs with his three assists, while also dominating at the faceoff X. Edwards currently ranks third nationally by winning 74.4 percent of his restarts (32-of-43) and places 16th in the country with 8.00 ground balls per game.
Edwards and the Griffs return to action on March 4 with a road contest against nationally-ranked Cornell. Canisius and the No. 16 Big Red are set to square off in Ithaca at 4 p.m.


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Several times it has been suggested that we enlarge the race of honey - bees, by giving them larger cells; and some circumstances seem to indicate that something may be done in this direction, although I have little hope of any permanent enlargement in size, unless we combined with the idea of selecting the largest bees to propagate from, as given a few figures back. By making the cells smaller than ordinarily, we can get small bees with very little trouble; and I have seen a whole nucleus of bees so small is to be really laughable, just because the comb they were hatched from, was set at an angle so that one side was concave and the other convex. The small bees came from the concave side. Their light, active movements, as they sported in front of the hive, made them a pretty and amusing site for those fond of curiosities. Worker bees reared in drone cells are, if I'm correct, sometimes extra-large in size; but as to whether we can make them permanently larger by such a course, I'm inclined to doubt. The difficulty, at present seems to be the tendency to rearing a greater quantity of useless drones. By having the hive furnished entirely with worker comb, we can so nearly prevent the production of drones that is safe enough to call it a complete remedy.
Quote from: Michael Bush on May 21, 2012, 11:34:31 PM and the idea that a pound of foundation would save you several pounds of honey because the bees don't have to secrete it. A langstroth box has 1 kg foundations. It is needed 6-8 kg honey to make it. 3 boxes foundations is 20 kg honey.So you get waste wax in beekeeping.How to recycle it? Do you burn it as candles or do you make new foundations. To me new foundation is 4 US dollar/kg when I give waste wax to the foundation maker.If you crush the combs and sieve the honey, or make comb honey, you loose 2 kg wax against 25 kg honey. So in comb honey production you yield is half that of ready combs.It has been shown in researches even if folks do not mind it.
and the idea that a pound of foundation would save you several pounds of honey because the bees don't have to secrete it.
all the foundation the bee companies sell is laced with coumaphos and fluvalinate and I don't want to expose my bees to that, but a small starter strip is at least way less that a full sheet of foundation.Linda T in Atlanta.
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Arsenal will face Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Partizan Belgrade in Group H of the Champions League this season.
Throughout Arsenal's European campaign, our weekly Euro Watch feature will check on the progress of the Gunners' rivals in their domestic leagues.
FK Partizan 0-0 Spartak Subotica
Saturday, September 25
Partizan Belgrade drew 0-0 against Spartak Subotica on Friday night as they warmed up for Tuesday's visit of Arsenal. In glorious weather in Belgrade, Partizan couldn't break down a resilient Spartak side and the game ended goalless. Partizan created numerous chances to score on the night but came up against an inspired performance from visiting goalkeeper Branimir Aleksić. Partizan remain top of the Serbian Super Liga - but only on goal difference after city rivals FK Crvena Zvezda moved level on points with Aleksandar Stanojević's side.
Sporting Braga 3-1 Naval Primeiro de Maio
Saturday, September 25
Sporting Braga got back to winning ways in the Portuguese First Division with a 3-1 win over Naval Primeiro de Maio on Saturday. José Márcio Da Costa scored the opener with a stunning half-volley after 28 minutes and the lead was doubled five minutes into the second half when Orestes Júnior Alves scored a freak own goal. Paulo César Rocha Rosa made the game safe in the 81st minute before Braga conceded in injury time. Braga move to third with 11 points from six games.
FC Metalist Kharkiv 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Saturday, September 25
Shakhtar Donetsk scored an injury time winner as they came from behind to win 2-1 at FC Metalist Kharkiv on Saturday. Taison Barcellos Freda put Shakhtar behind for the second week running after 55 minutes with a stunning long-range effort. A close-range header from former Gunner Eduardo brought the scores level with 19 minutes remaining and Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored the winner in the first minute of stoppage time. The win keeps Shakhtar two points clear at the top of the Ukrainian Premier Legaue.