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NHIAA Roundup: Exeter beats Pinkerton for 33rd straight win
The Exeter High girls' soccer team faced some adversity Thursday, but extended the program's winning streak to 33 games by beating Pinkerton Academy 3-1 in Derry.
After Pinkerton's Katy Ann Grochmal tied the game 1:17 into the second half, Exeter received goals from Katie Day and Casey Estey in the final 11 minutes. Anna Vogt also scored for the Blue Hawks, who are ranked No. 1 in the current National Soccer Coaches' Association of America national poll.
"It was a close game and we had some pressure situations we hadn't been faced with this season and I thought we responded well," Exeter coach Megan Young said. "This is the first time we've been tied throughout the year, so to respond that way was good to see."
Exeter, which improved its Division I record to 9-0-0, has outscored its opponents 36-5 this season. Estey, a junior, has 18 of Exeter's 36 goals.
Like Exeter, Pinkerton entered the game with an 8-0-0 record.
Exeter is seeking its fifth consecutive Division I title.
Londonderry 2, Salem 0: At Salem, Kassie Moore and Emily Crocetti scored for the Lancers (6-4-1). Salem dropped to 0-7-2.
Epping 5, Portsmouth Christian 0: At Epping, Ashley Krenzer scored three goals and Epping raised its Division IV mark to 4-6.
Manchester Central 5, Spaulding 0: In Rochester, Central (7-3) was led by Sara Swetland, who scored in each half. Central goalies Lindsay St. Pierre and Julianna Andersen combined on the shutout win.
Pembroke 3, Merrimack Valley 2 (OT): At Penacook, Pembroke's Stef Tumasz scored the game winner.
Boys' soccer
Hanover 3, Pinkerton 1: At Derry, Xavier Tchana scored twice as Hanover raised its Division I record to 10-0-0. Hanover's Sam Carey headed in a corner kick from Tomas LaPorta to cap the scoring. LaPorta assisted on two of Hanover's three goals. Pinkerton's Andrew Dorci scored on a rebound to make it a 1-1 game in the first half. Pinkerton is 6-3.
Exeter 4, Nashua North 1: At Exeter, Ahmed Abdelaziz scored in the first half for North (3-7-1). Trinity 2, West 0: At Manchester, Nate McCormack and Ian Brenner scored for Trinity (3-5-1). West is 2-7-0.
Londonderry 1, Salem 0: At Londonderry, Lewis Carroll scored with just over three minutes to play as Londonderry moved its Division I record to 4-5-1. Londonderry received four saves from Bobby Krause. Colton Burnham made 10 saves for Salem (6-3-0).
Hopkinton 1, John Stark 0: At Weare, Doug Fleury scored the game's only goal to help Hopkinton improve to 9-0-0 in Division III. John Stark is 4-5-1.
Central 5, Spaulding 0: At Manchester, Sam Binigono collected a goal and three assists to help Central (7-2-0) stretch its Division I winning streak to seven games. Keegan Laberge scored twice for Central, Salem slipped to 0-8-0.
Raymond 4, Sanborn 1: At Raymond, the Rams (8-1) have won seven straight games. Tucker MacPherson, a junior, scored all four goals, running his total to 29 on the season.
Pembroke 4, Merrimack Valley 1: At Pembroke, Parker Heath broke a 1-1 tie in the 24th minute and two second-half goals from Justus Turk sealed the win for the Spartans.
Merrimack 3, Salem 1: On Wednesday, Merrimack (7-2) defeated Salem (6-3) 25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 25-21. Merrimack was led by Christie Roy (10 digs, 10 kills). Jen Coffey (10 digs, nine kills) and Jo Coffey (32 assists).
Nashua North 3, Hollis-Brookline 2 (25-14, 22-25, 25-17, 22-25, 15-11): Wednesday at Nashua, Hollis-Brookline (3-6) was led Savannah Werne (12 kills, seven aces). North is 7-3.
Trinity 3, Wilton-Lyndonborough 1 (25-18, 11-25, 25-15, 25-12): Trinity was led by Amanda Cole with 14 assists. Irean Ali had 11 service points and Kayla Tremblay had four blocks.
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AT ST. ANSELM COLLEGE (Tues.)
Boys' meet
Londonderry 27, Bedford 40, Keene 80, Concord 91
1. Winship (Bedford) 15:55; 2. Kilgore (Londonderry) 16:13; 3. McAulliffe (Londonderry) 16:24; 4. Daily (Bedford) 16:33; 5. Zayno (Londonderry) 16:35; 6. Smith (Concord) 16:41; 7. Dee (Bedford) 17:02; 8. Leach (Londonderry) 17:07; 9. Kissell (Londonderry) 17:08
Girls' meet
Concord 23, Bedford 65, Londonderry 72, Keene 75
1. Winship (Bedford) 18:42; Boesch (Concord) 19:23; Waters (Concord) 19:44; Shea (Concord) 19:46; Van Wezel (Keene) 19:49; Willette (Concord) 19:55;


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After a short stay in New York, where Jennings assembled material for a country project, he returned to L.A. and put together a second band -- this time with solid country roots -- which he named the .357s. Jennings, and the band holed up in the studio, eventually emerging with a rambunctious country album called Put the O Back in Country, which was released in 2005 on Universal South Records. Following in his father's footsteps, but with his own feisty, scrappy sense of country, Jennings placed himself in a fine position to both explore that legacy and carve out his own. A second album, Electric Rodeo (which was actually recorded before Put the O Back in Country), appeared in 2006, followed by a live set, Live at Irving Plaza, later in the year. Jennings' third solo effort, The Wolf, was released in October 2007, featuring a cover of Dire Straits' "Walk of Life" (whose composer, Mark Knopfler, had been a longtime family friend). A month later, Jennings became a father. His girlfriend, actress Drea De Matteo, gave birth to Alabama Gypsy Rose in November. He proposed to De Matteo in 2009 on-stage in Utica, New York. He renamed his backing band Hierophant for his fourth studio album, Black Ribbons, a concept record produced by Dave Cobb. It appeared early in 2010. Later in the year, the album was re-released in a special edition entitled Black Ribbons: The Living Album. The second version was sold on a USB flash drive in the shape of a Tarot card. It featured the studio record and live performances by Hierophant. In early 2011, Jennings and blogger Adam Sheets came up with the idea of creating XXX, a new radio format that would focus on insurgent country, rock, and hybrids of both, from new and established artists, that fell far outside the narrow conceits of mainstream radio and were thus ignored. It gained traction, and a channel on Sirius/XM where both men served as program hosts. Jennings also moved to New York City with De Matteo. He and pianist Erik Deutsch formed a new band called the Triple Crown, and he became a father for the second time in April, to Waylon Albert "Blackjack" Jennings.
In urgent fashion, Jennings and the Triple Crown began recording; they released the video/download-only single "Outlaw You," his screed against the country music establishment. It reached the top spot on CMT's daily audience request competition and stayed there until a dispute with his former label dictated it be removed. The first official single from the forthcoming album, "The Deed and the Dollar," again reached the top spot in the daily CMT request competition. Jennings' fifth album, Family Man, followed soon after in March of 2012 -- minus "Outlaw You."
His next album, The Other Life, was released a year later on his own Black Country Rock label; it featured guest appearances from Patty Griffin, Scott H. Biram, and Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas. The Other Live, Jennings' second live album, recorded during his 2013 tour and featuring many of the songs from The Other Life, appeared early in 2014, again from Black Country Rock. In 2013, BCR also released an EP in which Jennings performed a dark and atmospheric reworking of "You Are My Sunshine" with Jamey Johnson and former Marilyn Manson guitarist Twiggy Ramirez that was originally recorded for the television series Sons of Anarchy. 2014 saw the release of an EP, Don't Wait Up (For George), a tribute to his longtime friend George Jones.
In early January 2016, Jennings announced a February release for Countach, a collection of songs written and/or inspired by legendary producer Giorgio Moroder. The nine-song set featured guest appearances from Marilyn Manson, Brandi Carlile, Steve Young, and video game pioneer Richard Garriott de Cayeux. 2016 also saw Jennings collaborating with Billy Don Burns on the EP A Night in Room 8, while he also reissued Black Ribbons in recognition of that year's presidential race. ~ Steve Leggett & Thom Jurek
Selected Discography
Track List: Don't Wait Up (For George)
Track List: The Other Live
Track List: The Other Life
Track List: Family Man
Track List: Bad Magick: The Best Of Shooter Jennings & The .357's
Track List: The Wolf
Track List: Shooter Jennings And The .357's Live At Irving Plaza 4.18.06
Track List: Electric Rodeo
Track List: Put The O Back In Country
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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
International touring orchestra features 105 of Sweden's top classical musicians. Established in 1914, the orchestra's home stage is in Stockholm's central concert hall, Konserthuset. Tel. 46 8 50 66 77 88. www.konserthuset.se
Regina Stockholms Operamathus
Live opera and dinner in beautiful harmony. Singers move among the tables to serenade you as you dine. For around $108-116 you can get a full meal and the performance. Drottninggatan 71 A; tel. 46 8 411 63 20.
Royal Dramatic Theatre
The place where playwright August Strindberg, Ingmar Bergman, Darth Vader's mom Pernilla August, and a whole bunch of Swedish actors you've never heard of cut their teeth. If it's a chilly day, you can warm yourself by hugging the heated statue of actress Margaretha Krook outside. It's on the left corner when you're facing the entrance. Nybroplan; tel. 46 8 667 06 80. www.dramaten.se
Bounce Streetdance Company
"Fun and upbeat dance performance with an added benefit—language is not an issue."—Doug Lansky, Stockholm-based travel writer. The most exciting dance group to come out of Sweden. Your kids will love it. Irregular shows at Dansens Hus on Norra Bantorget. Barnhusgatan 12-14; tel. 46 8 508 990 90. www.bounce.nu
Royal Swedish Opera
National stage for opera and ballet. Tickets $6-87. Lunch concerts are $30 including salad and coffee. Opera House, Gustav Adolfs Torg; tel. 46 8 791 44 00. www.operan.se
"It's a tight squeeze, but as long as you're not claustrophobic it's a really good place to mingle if you're over 30."—Ann-Charlotte Jönsson, manager of press and information, Stockholm Visitors Board. Swedish food, crowded after the bar DJ cranks up the volume. Scheelegatan 8, Kungsholmen; tel. 46 8 650 98 09
"One of the tackiest nightspots in town but the fact it's on a boat and always packed with a party crowd makes it an unbeatable magnet."—Alannah Eames, Stockholm city guide editor, Scanorama magazine. Stadsgårdskajen 152; tel. 46 8 743 05 70. www.patricia.st
Saddle & Sabre
Small saloon with great steaks and an impressive bourbon collection. Saddle bar stools and Western knick-knacks attest to a welcoming insensitivity to trends. Tegnérgatan 9; tel. 46 8 20 30 34. www.saddleandsabre.com
Spy Bar
A modern classic. Only a disco ball's throw from Stureplan—the nave of Stockholm's party scene. Open Wednesday-Saturday, 10 p.m.-5 a.m. Birger Jarlsgatan 20; tel. 46 8 545 037 01. www.spybar.nu
"This outdoor venue with a thousand seats, all with a great view of the water, is a summer favorite."—Ann-Charlotte Jönsson. Sub-lit palm trees add a Mediterranean touch. Neighbor to the Vasa Museum. Open March through December. Galärvarvsvägen 10; tel. 46 8 664 10 04. www.josefina.nu
"A restaurant of two halves. Lunch draws an easy-going working crowd upstairs for Swedish/French classics. The basement bar offers arty locals, smooth DJ grooves, cold beer, and damn fine meatballs."—Rob Hincks, owner of Stockholm-based publishing company. A classic on Odenplan, comfortably off the tourist trail. Odenplan, Karlbergsvägen 14; tel. 46 8 527 281 00. www.tranan.se
Stockholm Jazz & Blues Festival
Mid-July. One of Sweden's oldest and most famous festivals; Celebrated 25th anniversary in 2008. Attracts some of the world's top musicians. Past performers include Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Lauryn Hill, and Herbie Hancock. http://www.jazzfestival2012.com/stockholm-jazz-festival/
Mid-August. "Days and days of high-quality entertainment on scenes, streets, and squares. There's something for even the most picky culture vulture."—Ann-Charlotte Jönsson, manager of press and information, Stockholm Visitors Board. www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
Late September. For mass physical culture, nothing beats this 18.6-mile (30-kilometer) sweat- and mud-fest. The world's largest cross-country foot race attracts 30,000-plus runners to the suburb island of Lidingö. Shorter races for kids. Entry fee. www.lidingoloppet.se
Midsummer's Eve
Late June. In stubborn keeping with a pre-Christian tradition, the longest day of the year is celebrated with a vengeance. If you can, go to the countryside, where the real parties are held.
Crayfish parties
August. Swedes put on silly hats and engage in sing-alongs under the guise of eating crayfish. Some get the horrendously expensive Swedish ones, but most get the regular Chinese or Turkish varieties.
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"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes — and his work so far shows — that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert.
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Lady Gaga Brings Her Unique Style to Brazilian Concert
Giving yet another crowd-pleasing performance, Lady Gaga hit the stage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday (November 9).
The Mother Monster sported a wide range of her crazy and eclectic ensembles, including structured dresses and large headpieces, while sporting her new pink do.
Eager to get the show started, Gaga tweeted, "Stadium show tonight in RIO. GALERA ARE YOU READY!?!?!?!?! Im so excited! i can't wait to show you all my love through the music!!"
Judging by her social media page, the "Bad Romance" songstress enjoyed the 35,000-person crowd just as much as they enjoyed her, tweeting, "Tonight, the love we made set Rio in Flames. I'll never forget that show Brazil. You ARE the City of God"
Lady Gaga's Monster Ball tour will make two more stops in Brazil, before heading to Argentina on November 16.
Enjoy the pictures of Lady Gaga performing live at Parque Dos Atletas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (November 9).
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WBB Earns 73-64 OT Victory Against Detroit Mercy
MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State's women's basketball team tallied a 73-64 overtime victory over Detroit Mercy Thursday night in Worthen Arena. With the win, the Cardinals improved to 3-6 overall, while the Titans fell to 4-4.
The Cardinals had four player in double figures with freshman guard Nathalie Fontaine and teammate senior guard Shannee' Jackson leading the way with 18 points apiece. The 18-point performance from Jackson was a career high. Sophomore guard Brittany Carter ended the night with a season high 17 points while classmate guard Shelbie Justice had 10.
In a game that consisted of eight ties and 10 lead changes, Ball State trailed by eight (57-49) with 1:25 left in the game. The Cardinals would then put together an 8-0 run after baskets from Fontaine, Carter and Jackson to knot the game 57-57 with six seconds left to send the game into overtime.
Justice opened OT with a layup, soon after that Detroit Mercy would tie the game twice with the last time being at the 2:33 mark after the Titans Audrey Matteson hit a three pointer to make the game 62-62. Ball State would then lead the remainder of overtime which included some clutch free throws from Justice, Carter, Jackson and Woody. Jackson sealed the overtime victory after making the last two charity shots of the contest.
Carter opened the contest with a trey to give Ball State the early 3-0 edge over Detroit Mercy. The Titans would then put together an 8-0 run allowing UDM to take the 8-3 edge over the Cardinals.
After that the Cardinals orchestrated an 11-6 run to tie the game 14-14 with help from Fontaine with 8:58 remaining in the first half. Both teams traded baskets for the next few minutes, Ball State would then take back the lead at the 6:54 mark to go up 18-17 after a fastbreak layup from Fontaine.
Both teams continued to trade baskets the remainder of the half with the Cardinals earning the 28-25 halftime advantage over the Titans.
The Ball State women's basketball team will continue its two game homestand Saturday at 4 p.m. in Worthen Arena against Northern Kentucky.


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There are a variety of mobility scooters available that can help you or your loved one get out and about independently. Similar to power wheelchairs, mobility scooters require little to no manual effort for propulsion. However, mobility scooters have come to signify greater freedom than power wheelchairs and are popular with people who have mobility limitations but are still able to walk for short distances.
Mobility scooters come in several different configurations. There are three-wheeled mobility scooters, four-wheeled mobility scooters and personal mobility vehicles (PMVs). Which one is right for you depends on where you want to use your scooter and how.
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The three-wheeled variety are well-suited to indoor use, have a tight turn radius and are easy to maneuver. The four-wheeled variety is more stable, suitable for tougher outdoor terrains and can usually accommodate more weight. Personal mobility scooters are designed for rugged outdoor use and are capable of traveling for miles without needing to be recharged.
At All Time Medical, we have a huge collection of mobility scooters for you to choose from. Whether you need a scooter to get around the house, one to take to the mall or one to carry you around for hours at an amusement park, you are certain to find the right one for your needs. Our scooters from the industry's top manufacturers can reopen doors for you and restore a lifestyle of freedom and independence without having to sacrifice style, comfort, luxury, ease or any of those good things.


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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger has paid tribute to Patrick Vieira after the Arsenal legend called time on his playing career.
Vieira has retired at the age of 35 and taken up a new position as Football Development Executive at his final club, Manchester City. But he will of course be remembered for his exploits at Highbury after making 406 appearances and winning seven major trophies in a nine-year spell at Highbury.
The Frenchman captained Arsenal to an unbeaten Premier League campaign in 2003/04 and his former manager appreciates what he brought to the Club.
"You can only have lot of respect for what Patrick has achieved," said Wenger. "His career is sensational. He was an exceptional player for us.
"We have classy players in midfield now but Patrick was special. He was a tall player with good technique.
"You do not compare [old players with new players]. We have exceptional players in midfield with their own character. But at Arsenal we will be forever grateful for Patrick's contribution."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Keynote Video: Locating Leaks in Pipe Networks with a Simulation App
Bridget Paulus January 16, 2017
When a pipe springs a leak, it's important to find its location with a quick and accurate method. Engineers at Echologics — a Mueller Technologies Company — use a combination of acoustic sensors and simulation applications to pinpoint such leaks. Sebastien Perrier of Echologics discussed the benefits of this approach and gave a live demonstration of an acoustics modeling app during his keynote talk at the COMSOL Conference 2016 Boston. If you missed Sebastien's presentation, you can watch it below.Read More
Abbie Weingaertner March 14, 2016
Geothermal heat pumps offer an environmentally friendly option for heating modern, well-insulated homes. Oftentimes, many configurations are explored before deciding on the most effective ground heat recovery system. Simulation tools like COMSOL Multiphysics can be used to analyze different iterations to ensure an optimal final design. With the introduction of easy-to-use simulation apps, such modifications no longer require the skills of a simulation expert. Instead, colleagues can investigate design changes, run their own simulations, and evaluate results.Read More
Caty Fairclough October 19, 2015
When flowing through a constricted area of a pipe, a fluid's velocity increases and its static pressure decreases. This principle is known as the Venturi effect. Today, we will take a closer look at this effect, including some of its applications.Read More
Brianne Costa March 23, 2015
Behind the wheel of a car is not the ideal place to discover that the steering wheel is defective. That's why special precautions are taken during the manufacturing process. The carefully controlled cooling of an injection mold ensures that whatever the product may be, its standards are up to par. Here, we use the Non-Isothermal Pipe Flow interface with the Heat Transfer in Solids interface to study the cooling path of an injection mold for a polyurethane car steering wheel.Read More
Daniel Smith December 2, 2014
We just launched a new app for you to download from the Application Library update. This app is a dedicated tool for modeling the flow and pressure distribution inside a network of connected pipes. Engineers in semiconductor processing could use a tool like this to test a given design and ensure it will meet specification before prototyping the physical device. Here, I'll give you some background info and walk you through how this app works.Read More
Niklas Rom November 27, 2014
In earlier versions of COMSOL Multiphysics, it was cumbersome to connect 1D pipes to 3D flow domains. However, did you know that a new feature in COMSOL Multiphysics version 5.0 now allows you to easily accomplish this? Let me demonstrate how this feature works.Read More
Fabrice Schlegel September 26, 2014
There are two aspects of home brewing: the culinary side and the engineering one. Many beer lovers start brewing either to improve a recipe, try to clone their favorite beer, or even simply just to see how it works. After brewing a few batches, however, it turns out that the brewing process can also be very challenging from an engineering point of view.Read More
Phillip Oberdorfer May 23, 2014
The use of geothermal heat for building climatization is a cost-effective and sustainable method. In part three of our Geothermal Energy series, we will have a closer look at shallow tubing heat collectors. An accurate prediction of their thermal performance, considering both the piping layout and local thermal properties, turns out to be an appropriate job for the Pipe Flow Module.Read More
Fanny Littmarck August 27, 2013
Plate heat exchangers have a larger surface with respect to their volume as compared to a conventional shell and tube design, making for an efficient temperature regulation device. As the name infers, these types of heat exchangers consist of layers of corrugated metal forming channels in between. In order to optimize their performance, you need the flow through the channels to be well-distributed. As you can imagine, the flow is very detailed and modeling it can be computationally demanding, if […]Read More
Valerio Marra January 3, 2013
Nature is full of counter-intuitive phenomena; I'm fascinated by everyday examples like the one we talked about this summer, sinking bubbles in a pint of Guinness, but I have to say that engineering has its fair share of such examples too. The concept of heat exchange in coaxial pipes struck me as a student, as it showed me the relentless tinkering attitude typical of engineers wanting to optimize their design. In this kind of heat exchanger both streams, hot and […]Read More
Phil Kinnane July 16, 2012
David Kan has previously blogged very well about the Pipe Flow Module, where he described the fundamentals behind this new product of ours. Now, you can see this module in action at a webinar run on July 19th. Check out the details and registration for the upcoming Pipe Flow Simulation Using COMSOL webinar.Read More


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Every so often in the world of multiculturalism political correctness an issue arises which presents dilemmas that even the most important sages of respecting cultural rights find difficult to resolve. An aboriginal boy in Canada was working at his computer and encountered difficulty seeing due to some bangs which got in the way of reading. A teaching assistant took him into the corridor and cut a few strands of hair off in order to aid his reading. She is now suspended and there is talk of a law suit by parents because the boy lost some strands of hair. Ah, the dilemmas of life!
Everyone agrees the teacher aide simply was trying to help the boy see and was not upset at his long hair, but this misses the point of the modern world. The mother has hired a lawyer who specializes in human rights. After all, we all know that hair length is among the most important human rights of the twentieth century.


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In Malaysia, the rising number of road accident fatalities has been a major cause of concern to the authorities and the public.
Highway Facilities: Safety, Convenience and Comfort
Malaysian highways have set international standards with their first class facilities and high standards for the safety, convenience and comfort of highway users.
Highway Design: Delivering the Best for Malaysia
The majority of highways in Malaysia are designed as four-lane (two lane, dual carriageway) high-speed routes, with most expressways having controlled access, meaning they are designed for high-speed vehicular traffic made for smooth flowing long distance travel.
Highway Economy: Spurring the Malaysian Economy
More than three decades ago, after the first highway was built in the country, a network of interconnecting highways was developed.
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An efficient and good road network is the backbone of a country's economic growth.
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Before the country gained independence in 1957, there were only federal and trunk roads in Peninsular Malaysia, built during the British colonial era to enable the Administration to transfer goods and commodities more conveniently.
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There are currently 30 highways in Malaysia, measuring more than 1,000 kilometres, with total development costs amounted to more than RM38 billion.
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DeAndre Hopkins Scouting Report
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2013 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson
Also goes by the nickname "Nuk" (sounds like "nuke"). A good route runner who loves to make plays once the ball is in his hands. Snatches the ball out of the air. Gets upfield in a hurry and is not afraid to sacrifice his body to move the ball forward. Has adequate height and is in good shape. Worked a lot of short passes at Clemson (screens and hitches). Not a polished route runner and wastes a lot of motion in making his cuts. Does have a nice explosion off the line.
Flashes big play potential. YAC monster. Locates the ball relatively well. Decent downfield blocker, very willing to mix it up. Shows good concentration on goal-line fade and can secure the ball away from his body. Seems to step up against big-time opponents. Above-average speed and accelerates well to create separation. Will need to add more muscle. Very lean through the middle. Not a natural hands catcher.
Had a red flag issue occur at the NFL Scouting Combine. Reports indicated that Hopkins and Rutgers WR Mark Harrison trashed a hotel room and left it in serious disarray. This problem could negatively impact his draft stock.
Hopkins projects as a second round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.
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He is a 1st round talent. I project he goes to Pittsburgh in the 2nd round. Clemson will miss his determination and big play ability. He read defenses well and sets up corners towards his strengths: Speed,Jumping ability,Great hands and toughness. His blocking is phenominal and he doesnt take off plays. In the win against LSU Andre Ellington ran 3 sweeps to his side for 36 yards. His 4th-16 catch in the Chick-fila bowl VS LSU set the tone for the Tigers to end the season enthusiastically. Clemson should rank in the Top #10 this Season. With the anticipation of Clemson Vs Georgia, the 1st game of the season in Clemson, "Nuk" will be sorely missed! Good Luck in the NFL my Alumni buddy!
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I am a huge FSU fan and Hopkins killed us. I am not a huge proponent of individual skills testing but rather use the eye test to evaluate talent. Hopkins will be a star in the NFL. I hope the Rams draft him and montee ball. I would be ecstatic.
gornicz88 04/19/13 04:39 PM
well by him trashing a motel room is already show he immature, that could be a problem, but i see him as a top 30 pick if he puts it all 2gether, good hands, not fast but he could fall 2 the third round, but a safe pick in 2 round.
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click on the eBook tab aat the top of the page , read it then read all of Cboy's other builds. I found some pieces out in the desert, and started on the roadster. I laid out a grid on a sheet of plywood, and use a carpenters square, screwed the pieces to it, make cardboard paterns so both sides would be the same for the sub structure. the other picts are too large to post, I had to make a new trunk lid, upper and lower back, and still need to make the doors. for the doors you might be able to find some wrecking yard truck doors to cut out the pieces, with some contour ... here's a poor pict my son took with his phone when we first started on it. .
Depending on how crude you need to make it, you don't even need a bender. If you use 18ga, you can form it freehand around stuff pretty easy. If you want the rear corners of the tub 'flaired' at the top, then it will get more complicated. If you are ok with the tub being vertical, then a 6-8" PVC drain pipe will work good as a forming buck..
If you want to do it all hand hammered in a more 'formal' shape, you can build a buck out of wood and hammer it out that way.
The way I would do that is to make a framework out of square steel tube and then apply the body panels made of 20 gauge sheet metal..Spend the bucks for a good tube bender like a JD2 for bending and curving the tube and you will be glad you did..
Help! Building a tub for a Rat questions...
I am building a rat roadster using a 1920 Hudson nose, (radiator shroud, hood and cowl,) a 1930 Chevy frame, rear quarters and trunk. A 1969 318/727 from a Winnebago. A 1950's Hudson steering wheel/column with shifter. I'm using a transverse leaf spring with a 4" drop I-beam, split wishbone front suspension, vega style pan-box and a triangular 4 bar with coil-overs on the rear.
I have to make the tub from scratch including fabrication my own doors. I'm at the point where I basically have a rolling chassis and am ready to start thinking about the tub.
I'm wondering the best way to go about this. I would like to use a system that utilizes 6 to 8 rubber mounting points with a 1/4" to 3/8" space between the frame. I plan to weld perches on the frame to accommodate the rubber mounts.
Does anyone know of any videos and or instructions as to the best way to go about this? This is my first car fab project and I want it to be captivating... Please Help!
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By Rob Kelly
Alex Scott says it was a 'no-brainer' to re-sign for Arsenal - and she admits it will be emotional to pull on the red-and-white shirt again.
The 27-year-old started her career in the Club's Centre of Excellence and, after spells at Birmingham City and the Boston Breakers, is a Gunner once more.
Scott will be joined by fellow England international Kelly Smith in Laura Harvey's squad, and she cannot wait to get back to action.
"There was interest from a couple of clubs in Germany and Sweden," she told Arsenal Player. "Arsenal were on the phone quickly though, and every time that I came back home I normally trained with the Club anyway. It was a bit of a no-brainer for me to come back.
"It is a proud moment for me to be back. I have got Arsenal blood running through me, I support the Club and the men's team as well, so it is going to be emotional but a proud day [to pull on the shirt again].
"I think there are more younger girls in the squad than when I was here before, but equally they have the same experience because they are all internationals, whether it is for the Under-23 national team or the senior team.
"They have the hunger and desire to win trophies, so the spirit and winning mentality is still there and that is great."
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unknown I like it good can control but get your 3d straight it is goin all over the place
unknown I like it good can control but get your 3d straight it is goin all over the place
ya, thanks man, i have painted like on some wood at my house, this is my first time paintin like this...it was awesome....the drips suck ahah, i wish i wouldnt have put them, it looked really good without them
i keep trash bags with me.
keep workin it tho and next time dont have the drips if you dont like them
hoodrichsucka is a fuckin toy he bit off cope 2, fag
Hey Ume, end up hitting anything here in Winnipeg on the weekend??
Internet crews are played out.
good start feti keep 3d from one side u cant see it on two make the letters all the same size
clean wall good job
prank call this person 15705733930
Aren't writers supposed to be a united family? We should be, but we're too busy crossing others' shit out. It's annoying as fuck. You must admit. Why fuck over the only ones who actually understand your intentions?
Fuck the little bangers who fuck up graff; the people who bomb without reason. If you throw up a shit ass drip...and for no reason...you aren't a bomber no matter what. I don't care...it's simple as that.
Graff is so fucking over rated. The ones who call themselves writers are the ones who are fake as shit. The ones who fly the huge burners and keep their name underground are the ones who are truly the "Graffiti Artists". The ones with a sense of respect for ones like them...these are the "Graffiti Artists".
well, i was just thinkin about thsi but maybe its because of the angle of the picture, its off a lot ik, but it could partly be the angle....btw, thanks for all the positiv crits guys....its awesome
i keep trash bags with me.
i did a hollow on some hotel on portage..i was doing it and some guy walked by and went in, then this hindu guy that worked there came yelling at me to come back, so i took off, me and my freidns drove by and there was a bunch of security out there looking around...got some stickers and tags out...wish i did more.Originally posted by wreckone.@May 1 2006, 09:37 PM
Hey Ume, end up hitting anything here in Winnipeg on the weekend??
oh if you see it(mostly likely gone by now) wanna flick it?
ur my hero.
dude cope's letters are fuckin generic, don't be so quick to call a biteOriginally posted by eker 203@May 1 2006, 08:20 PM
hoodrichsucka is a fuckin toy he bit off cope 2, fag
I'm a toy from San Francisco.
you get bigger as you go along. also im not feelin the "s" at all try a diff one try taking that blocky thing off the end and make it a smooth one. other thank that it looks good but its really generic sketch it out i know that thats all people tell everyone but it is true it does help. (also please get some more colors ....im gettin sick of red/white ) 3d looks better thank beforeOriginally posted by HoodRichSucka@May 1 2006, 05:37 PM
i kno mines bad ..but i didnt post it to be told that, i posted it for advice, thanks guys. and as for the dude above me with the throw on the trampoline.. keep practicing, but im not good either..
my old throw.
got a newer much much nicer one now.
yeah the m is whack i know. and i knwo that its 2 diff styles....im dumb haha
1st time painting
crits please?
yeah i know someone probably writes fase but its in my backyard and i was bored
fase, thats a pretty cool name man...prolly taken, most good names are, but hey, the piece of wood idea is good...stick to that for a few more times until u get some can control...
i keep trash bags with me.
:unsure: :blink: <_< WTF is ThatOriginally posted by chroni@May 2 2006, 12:53 AM
1st time painting
crits please?
yeah i know someone probably writes fase but its in my backyard and i was bored
AEIOU, either your keen on photoshop, Or you have balls. Stick it up man!
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Nice CarOriginally posted by aoime@May 2 2006, 12:34 PM
dont need crits, I know the many places I fucked up.
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Bringing a girl snowboarding for her first time/Best way to keep her from hating it
And more importantly, whats the best way to keep her from hating me after her first day on the slopes, which will no doubt consist of busting her ass repeatedly.
What do you guys think is the best way of handling a situation where you're bringing a girl snowboarding so that she won't end up hating it and will actually look forward to doing it more in the future? Do you think their first trip should only be for one day on the mountain? I know the first time I snowboarded, my ass was so sore after the first day, I didn't want to go the next day.
Once we've actually bought our tickets and are in the ski resort, should I get her lessons or just teach her on the bunny slope for a little while and then take her to the top of a blue and baby her on the way down? Should I do what I'd do with a guy friend and just let them fend for themselves on the first trip down the mountain and tell them I'll help them after they've made it down for the first time?
Do you guys have any experiences like this? Any advice? Thanks
My advise to you is to start drinking heavly
but what you really need to do is not pressure her and let her do her thing
And most importantly, JUST GO HAVE FUN, its the whole point of snowboarding
let me start by saying i am by no means an excellent snowboarder, i have about 20 days under my belt, i can comfortable tackle any black and can hit natural kickers, do tree runs and starting to try double blacks and extremes. I took my wife to NZ for 4 days last year and 2 days here in Aus this year, She had never been to the snow let alone snowboarded. After her first day she was hooked. I put her in a 2 hr private lesson first thing so she could get taught by a professional. once she had the basics of falling leaf, skating and getting off a lift is when i tried to give her some help.
Basically i think the biggest thing is to make sure you are positive in everything you say, encourage encourage encourage!!! if you make her feel stupid or like she is doing something wrong chances are she will hate it. I found that another huge thing that has helped me teach my wife is that if she isnt comfortable doing something no matter how easy you think it may be, dont push her to do it. Different people learn at different rates and in different ways.
I think that the more enjoyable her experience the more likely she is to come back again and again, my wife spent her 4 days in NZ and never made it off the green slope, did i want her to do some blues with me, yeah but i knew if i forced her to take the lift higher she would hate not having full control on her way down. Everyone is different and i find that in anything, if someone is comfortable and not being yelled at or made to feel stupid, they will succeed more than they fail, hope this helps
I went through this with my gf first and only snowboarding trip so far.
1. Let her first experience be a lesson so she starts the learning from someone else but you
2. Make sure she is on the slopes for more than 1 day, a week is probably ideal. That way she will hate day 1 most likely, but will progress during the trip and will enjoy seeing that she is getting better. 1 day trip would be the worse as all she is going to remember was that she sucked at it and couldn't even get down a slope without falling.
3. After day 1 get another lesson for half day, then spend the rest of the day teaching her
4. Make sure you spend enough time boarding with her so she is not left along on the slopes by herself I think is the key as well as progressive encouragement. As she progresses during the first few days, she will start enjoying more and understanding why so many people do the whole snow sports thing whether it be boarding or skiing.
5. Also don't pressure here to do consecutive days if she is broken and sore, that's really not going to help.
That's pretty much what I did, now were about to do a season, and she has only about 8 days on the board behind her. So still lots to learn but remembers the fun bits not necessarily the crap first couple of days.
Most importantly Good Luck, depending on the girl it could go eitherway no matter how good your intentions
Seriously though, get her some lessons, even instructors I know won't teach their significant others. You not only have a much higher chance of her not hating it (and you :p) it also gives you a couple hours to go ride what you want. Meet up after the lesson and cruise whatever she is comfortable riding for awhile to asses if she can keep up with you.
Patience and encouragement.
Fall on fists and make sure she has impact shorts.
These are just thoughts outside of the patience it takes to show her what she needs to know
And know when to leave her alone. If she isn't hurting herself and she finds another noob girl or something, she'll have a blast
make sure shes warm! girls hate being cold, so the fact that she is out in the snow is a miracle. defanitly a lesson so she knows what she is doing before you have to baby sit (also gives you time to go actually ride and get it out of your system) then just hang out on the bunny hill, playing around with her, helping her up when she falls, and doing fancy flat ground tricks like butters 180s and presses to make her want to progress and catch up:D
I don't see the difference between whether the beginner is a guy or a girl, I think it's strange that this differentiation has been made by the OP.
Anyway, I'd suggest the main thing to do is keep her warm and dry. Nothing ruins a new activity more than being uncomfortable while trying to learn it, make sure she has decent enough clothing to protect her from the elements.
I think you have to know the person as well and go with how you think they'd most like to go about the day. Figure this stuff out ahead of time so there's no issue when you're at the hill. An example would how she is taught, some would see you arranging lessons as a helpful start with someone who's knowledgeable and a trained teacher, other might see it as you abandoning her to go have fun by yourself. Really push for the lesson, it'll get her started on the right path.
Encourage her to fall on her butt if she has to fall, that is the best place to take the impact.
If you have a skateboard get her on that for her to somewhat understand the sensation of going sideways and turning.
Go for one day to start with, she may either hate the whole thing or love it but needs to rest her bruises.
If she doesn't want to do it anymore then get of the mountain, let her be the one to call it a day if she's had enough.
I hope that helps.
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James R. "Rats" Varrato, 82, of Blairsville, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, Latrobe.
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Marcel Dzama: The End Game features the artist's film, A Game of Chess, alongside related drawings, paintings, sculptures, and dioramas.
Dzama's work draws from a diverse range of references and artistic influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp. His film features characters based on the classic game of chess. Dressed in geometrically designed costumes of papier-mâché, plaster, and fiberglass and wearing elaborate masks (including a quadruple-faced mask for the King), the figures dance across a checkered board to challenge their opponents in fatal interchanges.
Chess occupied a central role for the early twentieth-century avant-garde, who drew explicit analogies between the game (with its intricate balance between improvisation and predetermination) and artistic practice. Dzama is influenced by German Bauhaus artist Oskar Schlemmer, whose Triadic Ballet from 1922 included puppet-like, costumed, and masked figures dancing across a checkered surface. French film-maker René Clair and painter Francis Picabia were amongst other artists who integrated ballet and chess in their works from the 1920s, employing the special set of rules and moves of the game as metaphors for larger questions regarding free will, destiny, and technological determinism.
Both the filming and the creation of the costumes for A Game of Chess were carried out in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the influence of local crafts and religious traditions can be felt throughout this body of work. Notions of scapegoatism and resurrection blend with the timeless idea of rivalry represented by the game, and distinctions between reality and fiction ultimately become blurred as both costumed and "real-life" characters in the film are killed. In this way, the storyline recalls the Surrealist predilection for dream logic over conventional narrative form—epitomized by Luis Buñuel's films from the late 1920s and early 1930s. However, Dzama still retains a strong sense of a plot, with subtle insinuations to contemporary life discernible throughout.
The exhibition also presents two rotating sculptures based on central characters in the film as well as new paintings created especially for this exhibition. Marcel Dzama: The End Game marks the first solo exhibition of Dzama's work in the Midwest.
Marcel Dzama
Born in 1974 in Winnipeg, Canada, Marcel Dzama's work is inhabited by an expansive cast of recurring human, animal, and hybrid characters. Typically manipulating a distinctive palette of muted browns, grays, greens, and reds, the artist has developed an immediately recognizable visual language that penetratingly explores human action and motivation, often by means of the violent, erotic, grotesque, and absurd. His practice unleashes a universe of childhood fantasies and otherworldly fairytales, drawing equally from folk vernacular as from artistic influences that include Dada and Marcel Duchamp. Widely known for his works on paper, Dzama has in recent years expanded his practice to include sculpture, painting, film, large-scale polyptychs, and dioramas. In the latter, he constructs intricate, complex, three-dimensional scenes using his signature drawings, collage elements, cardboard, and occasionally ceramics. He creates a cast of human figures, animals, and imaginary hybrids to life, and has developed an international reputation and following for his art that depicts fanciful, anachronistic worlds.
Dzama's work has been the subject of several solo exhibitions, most recently in 2011 at Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany. In 2010, a major survey was organized by the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada. Other important solo exhibitions include the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2008); Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England; Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow (both 2006); and Le Magasin – Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France (2005). His work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions internationally, including the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2011 and 2009); Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada (2009 and 2004); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009, 2008, 2006, and 2005); P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (2006); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2006); among others.
Dzama's work is in the collections of major museums and public institutions, including the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Dallas Museum of Art; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Gallery, London; and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Since 1998, his work has been represented by David Zwirner, New York. The artist lives and works in New York.
Works Featured in the Exhibition
The Queen [La Reina]
The Queen, along with The Rook also showing in this exhibition, is one of two sculptures depicting characters from the film, A Game of Chess. As the film progresses, the white queen slays several of her opponents in her quest for victory. In doing so, the main character, who has been transformed into a black pawn, becomes her foe. Later, the black pawn is promoted to become the black queen, setting the stage for a final deadly showdown.
The Rook [La Torre]
One of the white queen's loyal subjects, the white rook also plays a prominent role in the film, A Game of Chess. Made of circular "slices" of varying sizes stacked atop one another, the costume calls to mind the round shape of a traditional rook while retaining its own unique look.
A Game of Chess
These 12 pages of watercolor and graphite drawings comprise a storyboard composed by Dzama during the planning stages of his film, A Game of Chess. Included are sketches and notes for each scene, as well as sketches of the characters in costume. Though not an exact scene-by-scene recreation of the film, the illustrations and accompanying text provide fascinating insight into the artist's creative process.
The Queen's Profile or Aux mille tours Revisité
Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York Dzama's muted color scheme is a signature element of his work, both a personal and an aesthetic choice. His preference for a subdued palette is further evident in his choice to film A Game of Chess in black and white. In drawings and paintings like this one, he makes regular use of root beer base as an ink and employs similarly muted tones, including olive green, vermillion, and various shades of gray as complementary colors, drawing inspiration from nature and army textiles.
Detrás de cada cortina or Metete un palo en el culo
A continued presence of Spanish names is seen throughout Dzama's work. Translated, this phrase reads "Behind Every Curtain," which was the title of an earlier exhibition featuring Dzama's chess-inspired works at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York. The film A Game of Chess was shot in Guadalajara, Mexico, which the arist calls "a second home," and is the source of much of his recent artistic inspiration. Many of the visuals—including the papier-mâché costumes and a children's mariachi band—were based upon local artistic and religious traditions.
The Strategy of a Pure Symbolic Order
These collages of notes and images trace the conceptualization of many of the characters in A Game of Chess. Clippings are integrated with Dzama's own sketches, and the two elements seemingly interact with one another. Layered, mixed media works such as these are common in Dzama's body of work,
which includes collages and dioramas. The latter have become a particular Dzama trademark—inspired by displays at natural history museums, he has created large-scale dioramas often inspired by the region of central Mexico where he regularly visits and works.
Impressions of Braunschweig
These 20 pages comprise the largest unique storyboard that the artist has ever created. Dzama incorporates collage elements with text in a composition that creates a fluid narrative of a draft of a script written with a typewriter, using both English and German dialogue. Portions of the text have been made indecipherable after being crossed out using an antiquated stamp historically used as a security measure, obscuring sensitive or possibly confidential information.
A red box for Marcel
Not only did Marcel Duchamp's avant-garde style make him arguably one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, he was also an avid chess player. Dzama often cites Duchamp as a major influence in his work. A red box for Marcel is Dzama's homage to his "namesake's" Boite-en-valise, in which Duchamp created a "museum in a box" that contained miniature versions of his earlier works. Similarly, A red box for Marcel includes items and relics from Dzama's body of work—papier-mâché chess pieces, drawings, photographs and even a vinyl record containing an old BBC interview with Duchamp, yet another indication of the earlier Marcel's impact on Dzama's career.
Chess Game
Dzama became interested in the making and use of ceramics when he visited a ceramics foundry in Guadalajara, Mexico, where A Game of Chess was filmed. Since that time, he has integrated ceramics into his other works, including the life-sized human sculptures within his many dioramas. The pieces of this chess set, which stand atop a painted wooden board, are another example of his use of the medium. Glazed in black and white, they represent the most literal manifestation of the game in the gallery while retaining a unique Dzama twist.
A Game of Chess
This film features characters based on the classic game of chess. Dressed in geometrically designed costumes of papiermâché, plaster, and fiberglass and wearing elaborate masks (including a quadruple-faced mask for the king), the figures dance across a checkered board to challenge their opponents in fatal interchanges. The action occasionally cuts to two men playing chess in a deserted landscape, where two men playing chess appear to be controlling the moves. Distinctions between reality and fiction ultimately become blurred as both costumed and "real-life" characters in the film are "killed." In this way, the storyline recalls the Surrealist predilection for dream logic over conventional narrative form.
The Pawns Move
In addition to Dzama's usual ink and watercolor drawings, the artist occasionally creates acrylic on canvas paintings. This work was created specifically for Marcel Dzama: The End Game.
As part of Marcel Dzama: The End Game, the World Chess Hall of Fame presents a free Audio Tour! Enjoy!
Exhibition Opening Press Release
6/7/12: Riverfront Times — In the Galleries - Marcel Dzama: The End Game at the World Chess Hall of Fame by Jessica Baran
3/14/12: STLToday.com — World Chess Hall of Fame has two shows of note by Sarah Bryan Miller (Review)
3/13/12: Nashville Scene — Art-On: Marcel Dzama's A Game of Chess by Laura Hutson
3/11/12: Columbia Daily Tribune — World Chess Hall of Fame debuts new exhibits by Caroline Dohack
2/29/12: Chess News Blog — Fantastic new exhibits at World Chess Hall of Fame by Harry Benson, Marcel Dzama
2/29/12: USCF — World Chess Hall of Fame Debuts Benson and Dzama Exhibits
2/28/12: Susan Polgar — Benson and Dzama Debut Exhibitions at World Chess Hall of Fame
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I have to post this before msonic shows me up once again on my own event.
First, the official flyer is here.
This will be our fourteenth annual event and it continues to see not only a fantastic turnout (between 75 and 125 through the weekend) but the sportsmanship is top notch. We have onsite retail provided by Bandit Paintball of Saginaw including air, CO2, paint, and miscellaneous. This is a two day event.
Game play takes place in the woods, with many different style games through the weekend. These include our popular D-Day game, capture the flag, attack/defend, etc. The terrain includes a flat main field, hills, swamp, heavy brush, and open grassy area.
Our field is privately owned, but has had extensive excavating work done to it over the years. This isn't a couple pallets thrown up in the woods next to 4-inch trees. We're located near West Branch, an hour north of Saginaw.
Please see the flyer for all the important information. You can also visit our Facebook page for pictures, video, and discussion!
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Nirenberg, Gonzalez Win SA Council Nods
Businesswoman and politician novice Shirley Gonzalez ousted west side Councilman David Medina in Saturday's runoff...making Medina the second incumbent to be sent packing in the low turnout municipal elections.
Medina was endorsed by Mayor Julian Castro, which makes the runoff a rare loss for San Antonio's Mayor.
Medina also led the charge against the proposal adding sexual orientation to the city's anti discrimination laws, prompting gay and lesbian rights activists to actively join the Gonzalez campaign
But, despite her newbie status, Gonzalez was backed by former Bexar County Democratic Party Chairwoman Choco Meza, a long time Cisneros family ally.
On the northwest side, Trinity University employee Ron Nirenberg defeated civil engineer Rolando Briones in a runoff to succeed Reed Williams, who is retiring.
Williams and popular Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff had endorsed Briones.


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Posted by Tom Grant on August 29, 2011
Complexity is the nemesis of application developers everywhere. While software products' complexity may be, to a great extent, unavoidable, we don't have to complicate software development to match it.
That's the conclusion driving many of the new approaches that app dev teams are embracing. For example, Agile breaks down humongous, complex projects into incremental deliverables that are far easier to scope, build, test, and deliver. Lean practices simplify processes, making it easier for teams to achieve a state of flow. DevOps advocates are trying to eliminate the needless complexities that result from throwing software over the wall from one team to the next.
But there's more to Agile, Lean, and DevOps than just a common enemy. It's no accident that practitioners often speak of this trio in practically the same breath. The Kanban board is the symbol of this convergence of practices. Here's an increasingly common use case: an Agile teams uses a Kanban board to manage work with other groups, including the DevOps team.
The evidence for this convergence is more than just anecdotal. When we survey app dev professionals, they report that they're mixing methodologies all the time, including Agile and Waterfall. For a variety of reasons, Agile teams have made the adjustments necessary to accommodate Waterfall. Not every planning activity at the beginning of a project can be handled in a strictly Agile fashion, and not everyone involved at the end of the project (release management, operations, and business users) is necessarily sold on the idea of rapid, continuous delivery. If you work in a regulated environment, you're required to take extra steps at the beginning and end of a project.


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For 15 years, we've wondered what it might've been like if Vince Carter hadn't tried to dunk that pass from Ed Cota too hard.
If you were there, you know what I'm talking about. On Feb. 5, 1998, Cota brought the ball down on the fast break against Duke, lobbed the ball off the Smith Center glass, and perfectly set up Carter for a two-handed dunk. Coming as it did in the middle of a colossal Carolina run, it was a potentially tectonic-shaking play.
But Carter missed. Most of the 22,000 in the building that night were already out of their seats, leaping into the air to celebrate the absolute I-was-there play of our Tar Heel fan lifetimes. But..."I tried to dunk it too hard," Carter has explained.
Still, that moment lives. Talk to someone who was there, and they'll tell you that you've never seen a play like it. And if he had made it...
We'll never know.
Until now. And now, it stinks.
Miami was leading 68-46 midway through the second half on Saturday. They'd been lava-hot for the better part of the half, and were entering the part of the game when they knew they'd get the win and were concentrating more on entertaining themselves than on executing fundamental basketball. Already, 292-pound Reggie Johnson had hoisted one three-pointer just to see what might happen (he was one of the very few Hurricanes to miss from beyond the arc); in a few seconds, he would fire another.
That was the mood when Shane Larkin attacked the Carolina defense after a miss. The sophomore point guard, who is becoming one of the league's best players, flipped the ball off the backboard, where it was received by Kenny Kadji, who authoritatively slammed it through.
It was the only time in my memory of following the Tar Heels that a team has executed the play against Carolina, although I'll admit that therapy took care of the memories of part of 8-20. It was one of the very few times I've even seen it attempted in a game since that 1998 night in Chapel Hill, the one when Carter left us all wondering what it might have been like if he'd done it.
Well, now we know. It would have been demoralizing. It would have left the opponent feeling a little helpless, like they had struggled just to compete on the basketball court and now the opposition was entertaining themselves with circus tricks.
It was unlike almost anything I can remember in my history of watching the Tar Heels. It was like something the Globetrotters would do to the Generals, and isn't one of our birthrights that we are supposed to be the Globetrotters?
Fewer than eight thousand people were inside the Bank United Center when it happened. Somehow, though, the reverberations seem a little louder when you look across from the Tar Heel bench and see LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, who had spent most of their afternoon looking disinterested and/or sending text messages, suddenly standing, cheering and smiling.
It also unfortunately felt rather familiar. It's the fifth time this year (Indiana, Texas, Virginia and NC State were the others, not that you want to remember any of them) that Carolina was the victim of a run just like the one Miami executed on Saturday. Following a James Michael McAdoo post-up that cut the Hurricane lead to 44-29, the home team went on a 15-4 blitzkrieg. Their advantage eventually ballooned to as many as 28 points, and at one point they made an absurd 9 out of 10 three-pointers.
"The more experienced a team is, sometimes they can handle that stuff a little better," Roy Williams said. "They can say, 'Alright, you can enjoy this, but we're going to come get you.' Right now, our team is not at that level."
This is especially concerning because the next stop on the 2012-13 season happens to be Cameron Indoor Stadium, a place that contains both of the traits that have been most vexing for the Tar Heels this year: a very good opponent and a rowdy environment.
"This is another game where a team made a run on us, and we weren't able to be composed on the offensive end," said Marcus Paige, who shot 1-of-9 but finished with four assists and no turnovers. "We tend to turn one bad possession into three bad possessions. We have to do a better job of recognizing that a team is going on a run, and slowing down and being more patient."
That's some astute unprompted analysis from a freshman. He's the player the Tar Heels are most likely to ask to control those moments, and he understands what to do. Now, though, comes one of the tougher parts of being a freshman: understanding it, and then going out and actually doing it against an opponent that might be bigger and stronger.
Some teams are just born knowing how to win on the road. The 2005-06 freshmen--who eventually turned into the 2009 national champions--went 6-2 on the road in the conference, which might be one of the most incredible statistics from their incredible first season in Chapel Hill. However, in Roy Williams's first season back in Chapel Hill, a group that would one day become the 2005 national champions went just 2-6 in ACC road games. The hope is that this loss, the one that will be instantly identifiable as, "Oh yeah, that's the one when Miami threw the ball off the backboard and dunked it," will be something Paige and J.P. Tokoto and their classmates will remember as a learning experience.
It's also true that opponents aren't likely to give you multiple windows in the ACC, and you have to take advantage of any that you get. Miami went through a dismal first-half stretch that saw them turn the ball over on five straight possessions. It was the textbook example of a small segment of a game that allows a mature team to seize momentum, deflate the crowd, and control the rest of the half, if not the game.
Instead, the Tar Heels didn't cut a single point off the Hurricane lead during that stretch, missing all four of their field goal attempts and turning the ball over twice. The lapse from Miami was only two minutes and 54 seconds long. They'd shown a vulnerability, Carolina hadn't taken advantage and now the moment was passed. A new Hurricane run began almost immediately.
Miami is a good team and may have played at the absolute apex of their abilities on Saturday. They scored inside, they scored outside and they ran the floor confidently and precisely. They played so well that they answered a question that has lingered in Chapel Hill for 15 years.
It would be fine if it takes another 15 to see it again.
Adam Lucas is the publisher of Tar Heel Monthly and the author or co-author of seven books on the Tar Heels.


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The first person that I ever met that I was biologically related to, was my birth father, Tim.
He said, "I'm Irish."
I told him what I was, French and English.
Again he said, "I'm Irish."
It finally dawned on me, Holy Crap, I'm Irish! I was 20 at the time, and I sure could have used that information 10 years earlier.
I grew up about 40 minutes south of Boston. It seemed that, with the exception of a handful of kids, everyone was Irish and Catholic. Or Irish and Italian and Catholic. I was none of those things. I always hated St. Patrick's day.
My biggest problem? Those big green buttons kids would wear on that stupid day of green, "KISS ME, I'M IRISH!" At first, I loved those buttons and wanted one, but when I told my best friend this, she smugly asked, "Are you even Irish? I mean at all?"
I told her that I was pretty sure my mother is a little bit Irish. She, knowing my adopted status, pressed me and asked, "Yeah, but are you?" She clearly did not subscribe to the 'everyone's Irish on St. Patty's day' policy.
She knew the truth. I shared my extremely limited, non-identifing, adoption info on my birth parents, with her. They were both of English and French descent (and Protestant to boot). She was letting me know that I was not qualifed to wear the "KISS ME…" button.
It really wasn't about my wanting be Irish. I didn't think I would get a pot of gold or suddenly be blessed with the luck of the Irish. It was about belonging to a larger group. I knew I totally belonged in my family. The problem was their ancestors weren't actually my ancestors. Their story wasn't actually my story, but I really wanted it to be.
When I finally met birth family, I found out a few things. Like being Irish. Like both sides of my birth mother's family are Mayflower descendants. As much as I wanted to, I didn't feel connected to those ancestors either. It didn't really feel like my story.
I have always been interested in the history of my adoptive family. My cousin Gary (who we recently lost, far too soon) was a genealogy wizard. He told me that we are descendants of both Presidents Adams and Samuel Adams. That's cool. But also not exactly my story. My interest is not so much genealogy but stories. I love to know about my parents and their parents and so on. The genetics are not mine to claim, but, the people are. You know, this man and woman fell in love and had this child, who fell in love with this person and had a child who turned out to be my grandmother, who loved and raised my mother, who fell in love with my father who in turn became my parents, who loved and raised me, so that I could grow up and love Kurt and become the parents of our four children and so on.
It took me a while to figure out that that was my story. All of it. Being adopted is part of my story. Not being part of my family's genealogy didn't matter. They are still my people. I am part of their story, like they are part of mine. My birth family is also a part of my story. They were able to fill in the missing pieces for me. All the details make up a pretty interesting story. A good story. Mine to tell. Mine to pass on to my kids.
Turns out I don't need that "KISS ME, I'M IRISH!" button to be part of a group (plus I can't find it anywhere). But if you run into me next March 17th, feel free to pucker up and give me my due.


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Okay I am taking the plunge into photography but need some advice to finalize my decision. I went to an independent camera shop that has classes, sales equip, and does repairs and talked to them for a while to get advice. I will go back and buy it from them as the service was worth giving them my business. I also will start taking their classes as the location is convenient.
I plan on doing mostly outdoor photography and using video for family events. A lot of the pictures I want to take are at pretty good distances of wild birds and game here in AZ. They recommended Canon and told me it was probably the most user friendly if you are just starting out. They had Sony, Nikon, and Canon and the gal I talked to said she uses Sony but still recommended Canon. Please let me know thoughts on this.
Canon EOS Rebel T2i vs Canon 60D, is the T2i sufficient or will I be wanting the faster camera for things like birds in flight?
Costco has a pkg on the T2i w/ 18-55 & 70-300 lenses for $1,350
I was also looking at getting the EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L lens when I can save enough. Any feedback or better options out there let me know.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Slippy, Jun 20, 2012.
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Just watched the highlights, but Drummond looked good. Not too worried about the FT shooting because that is something he can improve as time goes on. It looks like he needs to get proper form. Singler and English were both great, and I hope they can find playing time. With Gordon gone, English will probably get his chance, but Singler is competing with Maggette, JJ, Daye and to a certain extent, CV for playing time behind Prince.
With Wallace considering a comeback the roster would be one guy over the allowed 15 and that's not counting V-Mac. Unless a trade is done it looks like the guys fighting for the final spot is Middleton, Daye and Chaz. The Show probably has to put up those numbers he put up in the D-league to even come into consideration. I'm not sure how likely it is for Chaz to be amnestied so I'm guessing the fight is fought between Bette Middleton and Daye (since Daye is invited to the SL as a 8th year veteran probably means he's playing for his roster spot).
Down by 1 at half. Daye is hitting everything and noone else have impressed.
Alec Burks scored 31 today which helps highlight the job English did on him.
Drummond can play......but he doesn't know HOW to play. He's clueless as to how to use all his physical tools on the basketball court to be effective. Brandon Knight's passes are still off target. Yancy Gates should get an invite to camp, I'd keep him over Middleton.
Such an up and down game. Austin - he did what he did best today - score. He played hard; but a bit overmatched strength wise inside, which was to be expected. He had a few mental lapses, but he played solid basketball overall. He scored 24 and was the only guy in the starting five who didn't have an icky shooting percentage. This is the type of play we need from him, and if he can do that, then he should be able to stick around in the league. Kyle's shooting was off, but he's definitely a keeper. He knew where to be and what to do at all times, and fittingly sealed the game with a huge rebound and hitting both free throws when he needed to. He doesn't hold the ball, gets to his spots and does all the little things - in the Pistons' projected starting five of the future, I'd be absolutely fine with him starting at the 3. I get the feeling he'll be the 'new Tayshaun', so to speak - the all-around guy who can do pretty much everything well. He also played nearly the whole game, which may at least partially be due to Middleton's horrid play. Brandon's final shooting percentage was pretty ugly, though he missed a bunny inside and got his shot pinned by (I think) Nicholson at the end (hit those, he's at 50%). He's obviously worked on his handle a lot, and it is much improved; he's more easily able to get in the lane and make moves through contact now. He didn't shoot a lot to start the game, concentrating instead on running the team. In terms of that, he did a fair job, but you can tell he's not used to playing with these guys. He seems to have developed the most chemistry with Kyle (who seems to like the ball in spots similar to where Tay does) and Kim; he got Daye some pretty open looks too. Andre he had more trouble with, but more time playing together should fix that. Andre - he was a complete non-factor. As if to emphasize the point, he was the only guy out of all the starters who wasn't sent back in to end the game. Gates and Macklin, our second unit bigs, both outplayed him. Kyle O'Quinn pretty much had his way with him; he was constantly out of rebounding position and rotated late or not at all a lot as well. For the second straight game, he was out rebounded by his point guard (4-3). His FTs at least hit rim though, and he made one, so I don't think he's completely hopeless there; just needs work. He needs a lot of work overall; if O'Quinn can work him over like he did, the NBA's veteran bigs surely will. The Pistons coaching staff's guidance will be very, very important if he's going to harness that obvious talent. When discussing Andre's weight, Kamla and Scott mentioned needing to come down from his present 285 - I agree. Kid doesn't seem to have a lot of stamina right now, and carrying that much weight will only aggravate that. Kim had a fairly rough game, sometimes looking out of control on his drives and stepping right into charges. His shot was off as well. He bounced back a bit near the end, and played quite well defensively. I still think he'll be a solid 2 coming into this next season. Khris - meh, again. He was either invisible or forcing it today. Ware reminds me so very much of Bynum - especially so when he was in chuck mode in the second quarter (finished 1 of 6 in only 13 minutes). He did far better in the second half, though. Macklin is a far better rebounder than Drummond. Gates was the man in the middle to end the game today, and for good reason. Where Andre struggled with O'Quinn, Gates played him pretty evenly. Of course, given how raw Andre is, a more experienced, crafty big like Gates was always going to do better with a guy like O'Quinn. I liked his play quite a bit.
Watching Austin today I figured out his problem, he's too tall. I've said on many occasions that Austin plays like he's 6'6" not 6'11", and if I'm not mistaken Austin was the beneficiary (or victim, depending on how you look at it) of a late growth spurt. Austin is really a 6'6" SG in a body that's just too long to be effective. Austin has a great handle for a 6'11" PF, and a GREAT jumper for a 6'11" PF.....problem is, he's not a 6'11" PF. He's a 6'11" SG who doesn't move well off the ball on defense or offense and at 6'11" he's got too high of a dribble for a SG. If Austin was only 6'6" tall he'd be a really good player.
Thanks for the update Alexa....I was sitting here on conf calls all day and by the time I remembered to turn NBA TV they were already showing Boston and Brooklyn...Looks like it is the Thunder and Pistons at 10AM tomorrow, so I just set my DVR in case I forget. This is summer league, so not sure if we will get a break out star with some consistency after only 2 games. Seems like all of the good from yesterday was bad today. I was hoping Kim can be the new Aflollo ...and not only make the squad but actually get some meaningful PT. Good assessment of Andre..he will need work and hopefully the Pistons bring in Lanier and even give Laimbeer a part time job to work with him during the summer and then hand him over to Big Ben during the preseason...and beyond
Kim, I think, will have a place. He can play the BG role of shooter off the bench. Maggette will apparently be played at both 2 and 3, but he's not a shooter and will need someone who can space the floor with him. I agree he needs a big man coach, but Roy Rogers seems to be pretty well respected in that field, and he seems to have done pretty well with Greg and Max. His teammates picking him up when he's down will help too, and Brandon and Kim both coming over to talk to him after bad plays or when he had his head down, discouraged, were encouraging.
"Everyday is a new learning experience for me! Soaking up all theses new information to become a great player!" - Andre Drummond, via Twitter. As for Austin Daye - he is the absolute Super Bowl of ecstatic mediocrity. Tearing up the summer league in your fourth year is a disgrace not only to basketball, but to all of humanity as well.
Daye had one bad year that was filled with muscle building. He could be a dead eye again this year.
I think Daye has an adrenaline issue. When he's in his motion or routine, he's close to automatic. But there were times today where a dribble was contested and he was just unable to corral the ball, flailing at it like my one-year-old does with his toys. He's... clumsy when he's forced to be creative, and masks it with well-rehearsed smoothness. His ceiling is a three-point shooter off the bench. I doubt he has the mental makeup to be a shot creator, and doesn't seem to have the awareness to play defense. But put him at SG for a few minutes a game and he'll get some threes off over smaller guys.
I read Drummond had a really good defensive game against Clev - how was his defense in this one? That's mainly what he can do now.
Daye blocks shots at a higher rate than any Piston not named Ben Wallace (and not just for 1 season, but for his entire time with the organization so far). His steal rate is much higher than Stuckey, Jerebko, Knight, and most others. He rebounds at a higher rate than Prince. His real problem is that he went from having the best true shooting percentage on the team in his rookie year at .546 to the 8th best his sophomore year at .518, to the absolute worst on the team last year at .394. You can't lead your team in true shooting percentage over the course of a season and not have some serious shooting talent. Potentially a great shooter with the height to always get his shot off Average rebounder for SF Best defensive attributes are high block rate and decent steal rate Showed ability to handle pressure by being focal point of several last second plays in 2011 season Has already had 26 NBA games with multiple 3-point makes. Over same 3 year period, Prince has had only 18 games with multiple 3-point makes, despite playing 3,400 more minutes.
I wonder if Daye's struggles are because his confidence is being Harringtoned - meaning destroyed by your team's and fans' lack of faith in you. Most pros can go in the gym and hit 80-90% of their shots, but when you're out there and the lights are on and things are happening quickly, that confidence that you have in yourself can make a huge impact on your ability to shoot the ball. His rookie year, Daye seemed like a sure shooter. Last year, not so much. He clearly has the touch, but he seems like a guy that's in his own head. Frankly, he also seems like a guy that thrives under consistency and routine, and just needs to know when he's going to be playing. Give him 10-12 minutes a game, let him get his routine down, and I think the offense will fall into place.
He has the heart of an artichoke.
Daye's confidence went out the (Wallside) window the day that Dumars signed Tayshaun Prince to the extension. Daye thought he was going to be the man at SF. Now he is just 1 of about 20 forwards on the current Pistons roster.
The job was his for the taking..............he just didn't take it. The curse of making millions is that you gotta show up and play............when it counts. You're correct Laimbrane..............some guys just can't do that...........Just ask CV........
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