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bragsie wrote:i have taken the essence of what you said in the other forum and broke it down to laymans terms, its still an all out war just reduced the games so that clans make only home games which is 9 home games a round and 9 away games per round per type, this would save time and energy plus make for some interesting tactical play
bragsie wrote:Welcome!
This is a 4 clan grab ya neck-watch your back-fest!!
bragsie for Magnificent Bastards
Keefie for The Headless Horsemen
benga for One Step Ahead
TheCrown for The New Crusade
Games to be made as follows:
- 3 home games per round per clan giving total of 9 home games per round or 18 games total per round
- round 1 are quads only
- round 2 are trips only
- round 3 are dubs only
- for the whole event: 54 games per clan or 108 games total
- no freestyle, speed, nuke, beta maps
- same map to be used only once per round
- player to be used only in 30% games per round=>6 games per player per round!!
- once a player plays for one clan in the tournament they cannot later play for any other clan
- most wins
- better head to head score
- tiebreaker
Tiebreaker for 2 clans:
- best of 5=classic trips, escalating, chained, sunny
- no player restrictions
Tiebreaker for 3 clans:
- would be played like round robin
- 1 point per 3 wins against the same clan
- in case of tie-more wins, if still tied then one more round, etc.
- best of 5=classic trips, escalating, chained, sunny
- no player restrictions
Tiebreaker for 4 clans:
- would be played like normal tournament bracket-semis and then finals
- best of 5=classic trips, escalating, chained, sunny
- no player restrictions
- round 1 on January 28th
- round 2 on February 11th
- round 3 February 25th
freakns wrote:sounds like it could be interesting, but more likely it would be messy
and whats the point of 4 clan war? i mean, overall you will play 1 clan against 1 clan...
you shouldve put some 8 man doubles in there, every clan put one team in, that couldve been something different then standard format
bragsie wrote:agreed no clan jumping, alot better looking than my first post. will amend it to look more like yours benga.
looking good though
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Authorities in eastern China announced a ban Tuesday on live poultry sales following a spike in the number of people infected with the H7N9 strain of bird flu, with the busy Chinese New Year travel period already under way.
So far this year, the virus has killed 20 people in China out of 96 known infections, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The deaths were in eastern Shanghai, neighboring Zhejiang province and southern Guangdong province. A week ago, more than 50 cases had been reported. The virus remains hard to catch and most cases have been linked to contact with poultry.
The jump in cases comes during the 40-day travel period around Chinese New Year, a period that concerns health authorities because of the volume of people traveling in crowded trains and buses, often with live chickens aboard.
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From 16-18 November 2010, NATO conducted a cyber defence exercise "Cyber Coalition 2010" that tested cyber incident response, inter-agency collaboration, and the strategic decision making processes of NATO and 13 NATO member states.
Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, more organised and more costly in the damage that they inflict. In order to address this threat, NATO is carrying out a number of initiatives in this field. One of them is Cyber Coalition
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Stealing the Throne
Ever-brilliant Web comic The Oatmeal has a great piece about piracy and its alternatives. (The language at the end is a bit much, but it is the character's evil Jiminy Cricket talking.) It mirrors my opinion about Major League Baseball's unwillingness to offer any Internet access to the postseason, which is hard on those of us who don't own TVs (or subscribe to cable). Even if you don't agree with my moral claims, it's obvious that as the price of lawful access diverges from the price of unlawful access (which is either zero, or the expected present value of a copyright suit, which is darn near zero), infringement goes up.
So, if you want to see Game of Thrones (and I do), your options are: subscribe to cable plus HBO, or pirate. I think the series rocks, but I'm not paying $100 a month for it. If HBO expects me to do so, it weakens their moral claim against piracy.
Unconvinced? Imagine instead that HBO offers to let you watch Game of Thrones for free – but the only place on Earth you can view the series is in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. You're located in rural Iowa? Well, you've no cause for complaint! Fly to LA! I suspect that translating costs into physical costs makes the argument clearer: HBO charges not only for the content, but bundles it with one particular delivery medium. If that medium is unavailable to you, or unaffordable, you're out of luck.
Unless, of course, you have broadband, and can BitTorrent.
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It being Wednesday, we will start with the singing of our national anthem, led today by the hon. member for Saint-Jean.
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House of Commons Hansard #130 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was human.
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
It being Wednesday, we will start with the singing of our national anthem, led today by the hon. member for Saint-Jean.
[Members sang the national anthem]
The HolocaustStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Peter Goldring Independent Edmonton East, AB
Mr. Speaker, 70 years ago, the duly elected leader and government of a modern country, known for its contributions to the arts and culture, edicted mass murder of an unimaginable scale. The world was shocked to learn of meticulous state records documenting millions who perished, horrendous evidence that evil resides everywhere when left unchecked due to apathy and indifference. The goal was genocide, to obliterate Jews in all countries under Nazi control.
As the storm clouds of rhetoric and denial gather against Jews throughout the world, we stand together to remember those whose lives were annihilated in the Holocaust. We stand to condemn those acts of genocide and those who would deny the very atrocities that caused millions to perish at the hand of their fellow man.
We stand as one people, under the banner of humanity, united in our support to solemnly pledge, this day and forever, never again.
Bring Back the SalmonStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Chris Alexander Conservative Ajax—Pickering, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recall a wonderful event. On April 11, on the shores of Duffins Creek, in the city of Pickering, I had the pleasure to support, with the hon. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Bring Back the Salmon, which brought the community together to restock Duffins Creek with Atlantic salmon yearlings.
It was an inspiring day for all of us: for Mayor Dave Ryan, for the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters' Executive Director Angelo Lombardo, Ontario Power Generation employees, Sir Sandford Fleming College employees, and provincial fish and wildlife officials to see students from Holy Redeemer Catholic School and Pine Ridge Secondary School release Atlantic salmon into the wild.
French explorers dubbed Duffins Creek the "Rivière au saumon". For centuries before that it was home to large aboriginal settlements dependent on fish. In the late 1800s habitat destruction and overfishing sent these stocks into decline. Today, since May 2006, Bring Back the Salmon has put 2.5 million young Atlantic salmon back into Duffins Creek, Cobourg Brook and the Credit River.
This is another great example of our government's dedication to the principles of conservation and real action to preserve Canada's natural habitat.
Patriotes de Longueuil 1999 Soccer TeamStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Pierre Nantel NDP Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to rise in the House today to speak about the Patriotes de Longueuil.
As members are aware, Longueuil was hit with extremely heavy rains yesterday evening, but that did not stop the Patriotes de Longueuil 1999 soccer team from holding its first wine, cheese and sushi tasting at Christie's in Boucherville.
This extremely successful event helped the team raise $5,610. Thanks to the support of a number members of the community, the boys' team will be able to live its dream of competing in the prestigious Mediterranean International Cup from March 26 to 31, 2013, in Catalonia, Spain. A number of major professional soccer players have made a name for themselves at this event in the past.
Congratulations to Guerline Déodat on her involvement, without which yesterday's event would not have been possible.
Good luck to the Patriotes de Longueuil.
I know that your dedication will bring you to new heights in 2013.
Royal Canadian Air CadetsStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
Mr. Speaker, to learn, to serve, to advance. These words are the motto of the young Canadians who I met this past weekend. On Saturday, I had the great privilege of meeting many remarkable Royal Canadian air cadets in my riding during the #3 Striker Squadron's 8th annual inspections and awards presentations in Strathroy.
These young men and women are Canada's future. Marksmanship, first aid, survival, music, aircraft identification, navigation, aerospace, communication, meteorology and airport operations are only some of the skills that these young men and women learn. This program is not only training air cadets, but is shaping our future CEOs, leaders and entrepreneurs.
I would like to applaud the many young cadets in Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, and all across Canada, for their hard work and dedication to our great country.
Africa DayStatements By Members
May 30th, 2012 / 2:05 p.m.
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, Africa Day is an annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union.
The 53 member states work together to address common challenges. They have dedicated themselves to creating an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena.
On Africa Day, we pause to recognize the people and the promise of Africa. By 2020, fully 70% of the African population will be under 20 years old. Inspiring and empowering young people is thus critical to Africa's future.
Today we are celebrating Africa Day at the Government of Canada Conference Centre. All of my colleagues in the House and the Senate who are members of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association are invited to attend this event after 6:00 p.m. or immediately after the votes.
You will be able to taste African dishes and meet members of the diaspora and African ambassadors, all while helping Africa build its future.
Birkdale Art in the ParkStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Roxanne James Conservative Scarborough Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this Saturday, June 2, the Midland Park Community Association is hosting its second annual Birkdale Art in the Park, 2012. This outdoor art show and sale showcases many of the talented artists of Scarborough. It is held outside the Birkdale Community Centre in the lovely Midland Park area of my riding of Scarborough Centre.
This event allows artists to connect with the community. It is a terrific afternoon for anyone looking to browse fine art and crafts such as paintings, mixed media, jewellery and sculpture. As an artist myself, I look forward to seeing all of the work on display. I hope to speak with each artist personally about the pieces. I would also like to encourage our youth to explore their talents and creativity. That is why I am inviting parents to drop by my table with their children to sit down and paint their own individual works of art.
Lastly, I would like to thank Mr. David Barnes and the Midland Park Community Association for organizing this terrific community event. I look forward to seeing everybody out this Saturday.
Veterans AffairsStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a red-letter day for 6,500 disabled veterans in this country. After a five and a half year legal challenge, Dennis Manuge and his legal team of Peter Driscoll and Dan Wallace of McInnes Cooper in Halifax finally won what was rightfully theirs.
In 2006, the NDP moved a motion to eliminate the SISIP clawback. Unfortunately, the Conservatives at the time voted against it and told these veterans to go to court. That is what they did. Thankfully, the government realized that it would not win that case and now these disabled veterans will get the money they so rightfully deserve.
I personally want to thank Dennis Manuge from my riding, the lead plaintiff in this, for being the hero for those veterans across the country. I also want to thank all of the individual members of Parliament who convinced the government not to challenge this decision. Sadly, it had to go to court in the first place. Hopefully, this will be a lesson to all members of Parliament, now and in the future, that disabled veterans should never have to go to court to get the benefits they so rightfully deserve.
National Anaphylaxis MonthStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Bob Dechert Conservative Mississauga—Erindale, ON
Mr. Speaker, I stand today to bring attention to national anaphylaxis month. Many Canadians live with a severe allergic condition that causes them to pay constant attention to what they eat and even sometimes what they touch. They live every day with the worry of being only one mistake away from a potentially life-threatening accident.
To raise awareness for this cause, four Mississauga MPs recently had the privilege of taking part in the Take Action Against Reactions five kilometre walk in Erindale Park in my constituency. Funds generated from the walk went toward research and education for anaphylaxis, allergies and asthma. There is much we can and should do to support those who have life-threatening allergies, but we can all start by learning how to recognize the early signs of a reaction and how to administer an EpiPen.
I would like to thank all of those involved who made the walk a success, including Debbie Bruce, who continues to raise awareness of this important cause. I urge all Canadians to learn more about anaphylaxis and special dietary needs.
Penn TorahStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Joyce Bateman Conservative Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, May 27, I was honoured to attend the dedication of the Penn Torah at Temple Shalom in my riding of Winnipeg South Centre. Temple Shalom is the only reform synagogue in Winnipeg and it is celebrating its 25th year in its current building in my riding.
The Penn Torah is the first Torah scroll ever written in Winnipeg and the first ever written by a female Canadian soferet or scribe. Irma Penn dedicated the last two years to this painstaking endeavour, ensuring that every letter is accurate and readable, that there is equal weight to the black lettering on the white parchment, black fire on white fire. The soferet must have a keen eye, strong intellect, incredible focus, great discipline and tremendous patience, and she did.
Today, we congratulate Irma Penn and Temple Shalom for this new creation, the Penn Torah, which symbolizes a renewal of dedication to Judaism and to our community.
Laure Frappier and Raymond PoissonStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Sana Hassainia NDP Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to salute the work of an exceptional woman in my riding. Sixty-year-old Laure Frappier has been an super-volunteer since the age of nine. Even losing her sight in 1998 hardly slowed her down.
After a complicated rehabilitation process, she embraced new challenges, eager to serve her community. She went back to university in 2003 and earned a bachelor's degree in psychosocial intervention. In 2007, she founded Contact'L, an organization that helps women in distress.
I would like to congratulate Ms. Frappier on her dedication and generosity. Thanks to her, many women find their way to a life with dignity.
I would also like to congratulate another of my constituents. On May 1, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI appointed Raymond Poisson as auxiliary bishop. Father Poisson was the rector of the Sainte-Anne of Varennes Basilica and the pastor for Varennes, Verchères, Contrecoeur and Calixa-Lavallée. I am delighted for him, but at the same time, we will be sad to see him go.
I wish Father Poisson continued success on the other side of the river.
Restoring Rail Service LegislationStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Wladyslaw Lizon Conservative Mississauga East—Cooksville, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the leader of the third party has not learned a thing since his time as premier of Ontario. As premier he had a proven record of failure when it came to the economy, with large deficits, high taxes and record unemployment. It seems that he wants to see Canada go down the same dark path.
Last night the House of Commons stayed late into the night to pass legislation to get CP Rail running again. A strike halting the trains at CP Rail could cost the Canadian economy over $500 million a week and put thousands of Canadian jobs at risk. We have pulled out all the stops to protect these jobs and Canada's economy, but the leader of the Liberal Party is threatening to delay the bill at the next stage.
We urge the leader of the third party to do the right thing for the Canadian economy and promise that the Liberals will not delay this critical bill.
Aboriginal AffairsStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Niki Ashton NDP Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, today the Native Women's Association of Canada and Justice for Girls released a report that documents the impacts of intergenerational residential school trauma on criminalized women and girls.
The cross-country consultations entitled, "Arrest the Legacy: From Residential Schools to Prisons", included over 300 first nations, Métis and Inuit women who have been in custody, as well as community and justice sector workers.
Aboriginal women are over-represented in the Canadian prison system due to poverty, violence, mental health issues and multi-generational abuse.
This report includes several recommendations to improve the lives of aboriginal women and girls, such as alternatives to incarceration, increased support for community-led healing, and supportive housing.
The first step for the Conservative government is to listen to the research that comes from organizations such as the Native Women's Association of Canada. The second step is for the government to act to stop the devastating impacts of Bill C-10, to reverse the cuts to research and healing programming and to eradicate poverty among aboriginal women.
The Canadian government is leaving aboriginal women in the cold. It is time to respect first nations, Métis and Inuit women instead of criminalizing them.
New Democratic Party of CanadaStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, the leader of the NDP had no choice but to visit the oil sands after he described this resource as a "disease". He clearly stated that he does not support the oil sands and would like to see their development halted, which would mean the loss of thousands of jobs.
Those comments followed others made by other obstinate NDP members, calling for a moratorium on oil sands development. Their opposition to resource development is harmful to all regions of Canada and will hurt Quebec's Plan Nord, for instance.
While the NDP is trying to quietly advance its anti-development agenda, there remains no doubt that it wants to shut down an industry that brings in billions of dollars for the Government of Canada and pays for important social programs, such as education and health care.
We will let him visit the oil sands, but we will not forget that he wants to impose a carbon tax, shut down development of the oil sands and kill thousands of jobs.
MarkhamStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Markham town council on its decision last night to become a city, effective Canada Day, 2012.
Over the last half century, probably no place in Canada has changed more than Markham has. From a small, agriculture-based town, Markham has emerged as Canada's high tech centre and is the most diverse community in the country.
With a population of 300,000, it is time for Markham to become a city, not only for reasons of population, but also to attract investment and jobs.
Markham is also a very well governed town. The town council has managed to keep property taxes virtually flat for the last four years.
Markham is also one of the greenest communities in the country.
When asked which community I represent in this Parliament, as of Canada Day, I will be very proud to say, the city of Markham.
New Democratic Party of CanadaStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
Mr. Speaker, in an effort to save face after attacking Canadians who work in resource industries as a "disease", the NDP leader is going to do a tour of Canada's oil sands. This politically motivated trip is something the NDP should have done before attacking large sectors of Canada's economy.
Sadly, the NDP leader's attack on the resource sector as a "disease" is not the first time he has shown Canadians his ideologically driven opposition to these jobs. In December 2007, the NDP leader said that Canada's "very balanced economy that includes a very strong resource sector" is a "problem".
Unlike the NDP which opposes job creation, our government recognizes the importance of Canada's resource industries. It is clear to us and all Canadians that the only disease is the belief in the NDP that attacking hard-working Canadians is somehow acceptable. It is not on this side of the House.
Mailing of Human RemainsStatements By Members
2:20 p.m.
Randall Garrison NDP Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canadians were horrified to hear of the senseless and cowardly mailing of human remains to Conservative Party headquarters, and the interception of a second package at Canada Post's Ottawa sorting centre.
Our sympathies go out to the staff at the Conservative Party offices who opened the package. Our thoughts are also with Canada Post employees who had to deal with the second package containing human remains. They were all victims of an outrageous and reprehensible act. We encourage anyone with information on this crime to contact police immediately.
On behalf of New Democrats, and I think all members of the House across all party lines, we stand in solidarity with postal workers and especially the Conservative Party staff. We condemn these acts and stand united together against these crimes.
Restoring Rail Service LegislationStatements By Members
2:20 p.m.
Paul Calandra Conservative Oak Ridges—Markham, ON
Mr. Speaker, CP Rail, the company whose trains carry over $500 million for the Canadian economy, has been on strike for almost a week. The trains have stopped, products are sitting on cars and Canadian jobs are at risk. Our government is acting to protect these jobs and the Canadian economy.
The House of Commons sat late last night to pass this critical legislation, but now the leader of the Liberal Party is threatening to delay the bill at the next stage. The other place has a long tradition of dealing with urgent legislation in one day.
The member for Wascana has once again turned his back on the western Canadian farmer and now the Liberals will have to explain to Canadians the loss of over $75 million a day to the Canadian economy. If they choose to delay, will the Liberals pay back this $75 million, and if they will, will they also finally pay back the $40 million that they stole from Canadians?
The EnvironmentOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Commissioner of the Environment offered disturbing testimony before the parliamentary committee that is studying the Conservatives' Trojan Horse bill. According to the commissioner, because of this bill, the number of environmental assessments is going to plummet.
This is huge: 99% of environmental assessments will disappear.
Why does the Prime Minister want to attack our environment and our economy?
The EnvironmentOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, our objective is to ensure clear environmental assessments. A thorough job will be done by a certain deadline. However, in the end, a decision must be made.
The EnvironmentOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, the question is clear. Why is the government cutting environmental protection for Canadians?
The environment commissioner testified that environmental screenings will be reduced from as many as 6,000 per year to as few as 20 or 30. Ninety-nine per cent of the projects that are now screened will not have any screening at all and will, in fact, be rubber-stamped by the government. Some of these are major mining projects, oil sands projects and even some offshore drilling projects, all of which will be rubber-stamped by the government.
How can the Prime Minister justify these reckless attacks on our economy and our environment?
The EnvironmentOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Of course, Mr. Speaker, there is no such thing. What the government is doing with these changes to environmental assessment is ensuring that there will be a single review rather than duplicative reviews.
It also ensures that the focus and attention will be obviously on the biggest projects, and as well, that decisions will be rendered within a reasonable time period. That will be up to two years.
It is still a very thorough assessment, but it is important that we not duplicate our work, and that we are able to give certainty to investors about the timeline for decisions.
Employment InsuranceOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canadians will judge the Prime Minister on his destructive actions, not his false assurances.
Conservatives are also slashing the employment insurance program, which does not belong to them but to the workers who paid into it, without consulting businesses, without consulting workers, without consulting the provinces and without even the integrity to mention this even once in the last federal campaign.
The reality is these changes do not connect people with jobs. They connect people with provincial welfare programs.
When will the government acknowledge that its cynical scheme targets the very businesses, communities and workers upon which our economy relies?
Employment InsuranceOral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, it is completely the opposite. Far from ending employment insurance, employment insurance will very much be there for people who cannot find jobs within their qualifications and within their region.
There are, however, as we know, growing labour shortages in this country. We want to make every effort we can to make sure that people can find jobs within their region and within their qualifications. In every case, the way these rules have been structured, they will be able to find work that would pay them more than EI.
Employment InsuranceOral Questions
2:25 p.m.
Nycole Turmel NDP Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, with the employment insurance reform, the Conservatives are attacking communities that depend on seasonal industries, the film industry and the construction industry—in short all Canadians who do contract work to pay the bills.
The Conservatives are penalizing Canadians for their career choices. They are penalizing entire communities of workers because they chose atypical or seasonal occupations.
Why did the Conservatives decide to destroy Canada's economic diversity by attacking workers?


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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - For the first 15 minutes on Saturday afternoon at Franklin Field, Yale hung with No. 5 Penn. But with the game tied at one, the Quakers reeled off six straight goals over the course of 10 minutes to take a commanding 7-1 lead. And on a day where Penn won all 14 draw controls, the Bulldogs simply could not mount a comeback. So even after the Yale defense buckled down and held the Quakers scoreless for nearly 25 minutes at one point midway through the game, the defending Ivy League champion Quakers still came away with a 10-2 win.
After winning the opening draw, Penn (5-0, 1-0 Ivy League) had the ball in Yale's end for nearly three minutes before a caused turnover by junior defender Michele Fiorentino ended the possession. But the Quakers were able to get the ball back, and attacker/midfielder Courtney Lubbe got the first of her four assists on the day by feeding midfielder Giulia Giordano for a goal at 26:25.
After an offside call against the Quakers with 20 minutes left in the half, the Bulldogs had an extended possession that ended with senior midfielder Jenn Warden scoring an unassisted goal at 17:55 to tie the game. Less than a minute later freshman goalkeeper Whitney Quackenbush denied a low shot attempt on a free position by attacker Becca Edwards.
The Quakers gradually started claiming control of the game over the course of the rest of the half. Lubbe drew a double team before feeding midfielder Ali DeLuca for Penn's second goal. En route to their dominating performance in the circle on the day, the Quakers won all nine draw controls in the first half. That enabled them to string together six goals in a 10-minute span, including three from DeLuca.
Quackenbush ended the half on a high note, denying attacker/midfielder Erin Brennan's attempt to stuff in a pass off a free position attempt by DeLuca with eight seconds left. Quackenbush, who finished with seven saves, also stopped a DeLuca free position shot with 21:55 left in the game and came right back to make another save on a low shot by DeLuca 40 seconds later.
Warden, the only Yale player with more than one shot for the game, pulled the Bulldogs within 7-2 with another unassisted goal at 15:22. Quackenbush came up with another big save to turn aside a shot from DeLuca, who had dodged her way through the Yale defense, two minutes later.
But Penn goalie Emily Leitner (three saves), who had come on in relief of Emily Szelest (one save) after the first half, made back-to-back saves on a Yale possession that started with a free position shot from sophomore midfielder Ariana Papier and ended with Leitner grabbing a shot from Warden in her crosse after senior midfielder Taylor Fragapane had chased down a ground ball. The Quakers then ended their scoring drought, which had lasted 24:41, by getting a goal from Edwards, assisted by Brennan, with 10:04 to play.
Yale (2-4, 0-1 Ivy League) called timeout, but the Quakers got the draw and eventually extended their lead to 9-2 on a goal by Brennan. The score stayed that well until the final minute, as Yale was plagued by an inability to hold on to the ball (18 turnovers, 8-for-17 on clears). Giordano's free position shot with 26 seconds left hit the post, but the Quakers were eventually able to get the ball back for attacker Hannah Rudloff to feed midfielder/defender Samantha Bird for a goal with one second left to make the final 10-2 Penn.
Yale hosts BU Wednesday at 4:00.
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15 comments:
- Jessica said...
These are stunning! I do think they'd be great with patterned appliques as well. Love them!
- May 1, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- Beth said...
I think the aqua is my fave! Gorgeous!
- May 1, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Rosali said...
I think the pink is very nice.
- May 1, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- Natalie said...
Beautifully done! Love 'em...
- May 1, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- MafiosaGrrl said...
ohh, love these!!
- May 1, 2010 at 2:11 PM
- june at noon said...
Love them. They're a teeny bit similar to a series I started last year with silhouetted ladies with various hairstyles and button necklaces. (Great minds think alike, no?) I thought it was so much fun to create the different styles. I think yours are really fantastic, love how you went the wig direction, and with all those great colors! :)
- May 1, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- The Curious Pug said...
wow these are amazingly gorgeous! so pretty and inspiring :)
- May 1, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Meaghan said...
These are incredibly perfect. My friend owns a hair salon in Baltimore that is very beehive-flip-retro-chic and I think these would be the perfect complement to the shop! You are so inspiring.
- May 2, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- Funky Finds said...
these are so fantastic! well done!
- May 2, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- jan said...
Hi! I found your blog through Mrs. Lacer's post on Feelin Stitchy. Love the wig girls!
- May 2, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Glenda said...
Those are so cool, Corinne!! The blue beehive is my favorite, but all three have so much flexibility in how the hair could be stitched. Very fun :).
- May 2, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- SaraChung said...
Love them! Very original! I will definitely have to get this pattern from you in the future when I have time to do some more stitching :)
- May 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Maria Dryden said...
I really love this idea! I also love how you incorporated applique with your pattern-fantastic!
- May 9, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Kara said...
These are fantastic! I found a box full of embroidery hoops at a thrift store (for a quarter a piece!) and planned to just stick some fabric in them... but I definitely have a new plan now. YAY!
- December 25, 2010 at 8:58 PM
how did you do this, did you create the design on a comp and printed it out on the fabric? im new to needle work and think your work is amazing, please tell me! if you did do it on the comp what program did you use, is there a special ink and cloth you have to use???
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A series of protests in Turkey against the government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has rocked that country since May 28, rattling investor confidence and hurting the country's currency.
The protesters, a loosely organized group of political liberals, secularists, students and professionals, have accused Erdogan and his AKP party of adhering increasingly to the demands of the party's conservative, religious elements. However, Erdogan remains popular in Turkey as a whole and has vowed not to back down from the protesters whom he variously labels as terrorists, vandals or saboteurs.
Many of the following images come from part-time photographer Charles Emir Richards, who posted them on June 2 on his Facebook page, with the message, "You don't need my permission to share the photos. I think it is especially important that people outside of Turkey share them to let it be known what is going on here."
Here, a protester with a slingshot stands behind a protective barrier from police. Click ahead for more scenes from the Turkish protests.
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L. Neil Smith's
Number 337, September 18, 2005
"Prison Time For Gun Confiscators!"
The Flood of Sympathy
Special to TLE
It's impossible to turn on the television, read a newspaper, or visit an Internet news portal without seeing myriad photos and stories about the disaster that is America's Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans has, in large part, been obliterated. So, too, have smaller and less famous towns in Louisiana and Mississippi. The cost in material goods and property is staggering; the cost in human lives is even more so.
People in those areas affected by the storm are clamoring for aid and complaining they're receiving too little too late. There is more than a little truth to their contention that help has been delayed or, in some cases, denied all together. Some, including politicians in Louisiana, are chastising the federal government for its inept rescue efforts. But who is really to blame? I personally only experienced a small piece of Hurricane Katrina as she blew herself out over a sizable portion of the rest of the eastern and midwestern US, but my own little trauma serves to illustrate one of the two things that's really wrong with our handling of this natural catastrophe.
Every week throughout the summer, a few of us get together at a friend's house for a casual backyard barbecue. We usually spend the evening in the back yard enjoying the garden and each other's company while we eat and chat. As Hurricane Katrina put in her much weakened appearance, though, the wind and rain sent us indoors to enjoy our food. After dinner, we were enjoying a few drinks and some card games when there came a sudden loud crash. The house shook. We all cast startled looks at each other, then dropped everything and ran outside to see what on earth had just happened.
We stood in the driveway and stared. A large willow tree, rooted in a neighbor's yard, had finally given in to Katrina's wind gusts after withstanding years of other storms. The tree crash landed across the garden, smashing several fences on its way down and flattening almost the entire back yard. We were lucky it missed the house; if it fallen just a few degrees further in one direction, the tree would have crashed into the roof directly above our heads. We were even luckier that the rain had kept us inside.
As soon as the initial shock wore off, my friend started thinking aloud about just how and when the tree might be removed. One of the other guests immediately piped up, "Oh, just call the city. They'll take care of it." No, my friend said, they won't. This happened on private property, and the city won't do a thing. "What?" exclaimed the guest. "What do we pay taxes for, then?"
Despite my own best efforts and those of my friend (who is not, by the way, ignorant of all of the inroads the government has already made into our personal lives), the guest remained adamant that he thought the city should come to the rescue. The longer we talked about it, the more unhappy he was that the city wouldn't be taking care of the problem. He didn't care that the tree had been rooted on private property; it didn't matter to him that the tree fell on private property. He simply couldn't understand why the government wouldn't make it all better and alleviate my friendand her neighborsfrom the chore.
That the willow tree fell was something of a surprise, yet the neighbors had insurance for just such unplanned damages. The tree, once dried out, was removed promptly by the neighbor and the homeowner together. This is how such things ought to work. We each weigh the risks of what we do, and how and where we live, and make plans accordingly. Well, we ought to, anyway! Meanwhile, because we're responsible for the choices we make, the government (in general) doesn't tell us where we must live or what kind of trees we can or can't plant.
Now let's go back to New Orleans for a moment where the damage is far, far worse than anything that could be caused by a mere falling tree. Homes and businesses alike are severely flooded, otherwise damaged, or both. Some structures are nothing but rubble or kindling. Fires have resulted from damaged gas lines; sewers have backed up and into the roiling floodwaters; levies are broken and bridges destroyed. But here's the thing: New Orleans is seven feet below sea level, protected from the Gulf only by a series of levees that some have suggested for years have needed improvement. (Many are blaming the federal government for its failure to fund those improvements, yet why should the tax dollars of those who need to protect against tornadoes in Kansas pay for levees in Louisiana?)
Storms as severe as Katrina don't occur often, but they do show up on occasion. New Orleans and many other coastal cities in that part of the country essentially have targets superimposed on them. Eventually, one of those storms is going to hit that target, and there will be hell to pay. In fact, emergency scenarios discussed and rehearsed by various emergency agencies in the New Orleans area turned out to have been closely predictive of the actual event. The truth is that there can't possibly be an adult on the Gulf Coast who doesn't know that he or she lives in hurricane country and what that might prove to mean.
Despite this, state and local agencies appeared largely unready for mass evacuations and are scrambling to handle widespread devastation. At least officials had it right when they saw the storm coming and ordered an evacuation! But some citizens voluntarily decided to defy the orders and ride the storm out. Now, of course, those who survived are demanding assistance. Meanwhile, though anyone living in New Orleans can't be ignorant of the city's high water table and bowl-like shape, some estimates suggest that as many as 50% or more of New Orleans homeowners didn't have flood insurance. Please note that that's homeowners, not poor renters. That, of course, means there's a strong likelihood that the government will be asked to foot loans or even to bear the cost of rebuilding in entirety (never mind that insurance would have meant much the same thing since it's the federal government that provides flood insurance).
A New Orleans newspaper, temporarily working out of offices in Baton Rouge, printed an editorial that strongly criticized the federal government for its slow response. In fairness, the logistics for such a widespread disaster are complex at best. But by the same token, there have been some inexcusable (and just plain stupid) decisions made and delays caused at least in part as a result of putting FEMA under the auspices of Homeland Security and the corresponding concentration on terrorist attacks rather than natural disasters. Still, why is it the government that's responsible for cleaning up the mess created when people voluntarily bought, built, and lived below sea level in an area that would, sooner or later, have a 100% chance of getting hit with a major storm and its accompanying devastation?
That, in fact, doubtless played a major role in Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's comments that perhaps New Orleans shouldn't be rebuilt after all (not surprisingly, the fall-out was such that Hastert later "clarified" his comments to say he was concerned with how the city is rebuilt, not with whether or not it should be). Despite the immediate outcry from Louisiana politicians (and, not surprisingly, Democrats), it seems that most Americans might just be inclined to side with Hastert. In a WorldNetDaily poll that asked whether or not New Orleans should be rebuilt, fully 60% of those responding at the time I last saw the poll said that it should not be. Their rationale? "The city sits 7 feet below sea levelwe could spend billions only to have it flood again in another hurricane."
Let me now and for the record state that I'm appalled at the horrific conditions in New Orleans today. I grieve for the lost history. To a far greater extent, I mourn for those who suffer and who died without a real choice in the matter: the sick and hospitalized, the seriously disabled, the children, and the pets. For all of those others who chose to live in a city with a risk of floods but who failed to plan for such an eventuality, I have little sympathy. For those who saw the weather forecast and got a good look at the wind speeds and chose not to evacuate, well, there's an old saying that goes, "You get what you pay for." (As an aside, those who stayed behind and are looting, shooting, or otherwise using this disaster for personal gain should get what they pay for, too, and be shot on sight.)
For each and every able-bodied person who took welfare paymentsand who is now demanding still more government largesseI give the warning I dearly wish the government would give: It ends here. You get food and shelter for now, but only for now. You pick yourself up, and take responsibility for you and yours for a change. There's going to be plenty of clean-up and construction work in New Orleans shortly if you want to go back; if you'd prefer not to live below sea level any more, this is your golden opportunity to go somewhere else. And wherever you go, remember:
If you stay in New Orleans, this could happen again. Be ready. If you end up in California, get earthquake insurance. If you move to Texas or Oklahoma, be sure you have a storm shelter. Don't forget that fires can happen anywhere as can thunderstorms and their accompanying lightning. And for heaven's sake, if you refuse to make plans, consider risks, and take responsibility for yourself and your dependents, don't have children and don't get pets! Their pain, suffering, and loss is on your shoulders, not the government's, if you do.
If too many people continue to rely too much on governmentwhether it be local, state, federal, or a combination of the threethen the government is going to start imposing still more rules. Forget choosing to have flood insurance or not; you'll simply be prohibited from living near water. Never mind earthquake damages because California will be closed to new building or new residents. Want to live in Kansas? Only if you're willing to live and work underground. (Don't scoff. This is precisely the argument used when many state governments mandated motorcycle helmets, a requirement which many riders abhor as a driving hazard in and of themselves.)
If you'd rather continue to have options as to how and where you live, the sports and hobbies you enjoy, the trees you'd like most to plant near your house, or even the food you eat or the job you hold, you'd best stop relying on government to swoop in to rescue you from your bad or irresponsible decisions, or from your failure to plan according to whatever risks might be involved. For once, I'm going to take the government's side, here: If it has to pay for everything, then it has every right to demand certain risk management from you, and it will likely begin to do so more and more often as advantage of federal relief funding is taken more and more frequently.
The real problem isn't so much that some people would prefer to be as children throughout their lives and taken care of accordingly. It's that, because of those "children," the rest of us are treated as infantile as well. And those of us who do take responsibility seriously are getting mighty fed up with alternately having to playand pay"mama" to the rest of you, or being humiliated, regulated, prohibited, and mandated almost to the complete death of freedom (or adulthood, for that matter) by a government that fears we're as irresponsible as you are.
Note: While I freely acknowledge that I resent the government being made solely responsible for things beyond infrastructure and which are rightly the responsibility of private property owners, I do support those private charities and organizations which are doing all that they can to help those who lost everything as a result of Hurricane Katrina. If you choose to donate funds beyond your tax dollars, there are several worthy groups that could use your help, including my own favorites: The Salvation Army and The Humane Society of the United States.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 15-month-old boy has died after being left inside a car parked in an affluent Connecticut community in sweltering summer weather, police said on Tuesday.
The death, which occurred on Monday in the town of Ridgefield, comes weeks after a Georgia father was charged with murder for leaving his 22-month-old son in a hot car for seven hours in a case that has drawn national headlines.
It was unclear whether anyone had been arrested connection with the Ridgefield fatality, about which police have released few details.
"It was reported to police that the infant was left unattended inside a parked vehicle for an extended period of time," the Ridgefield Police Department said in a statement.
The dead child was discovered at about 6 p.m., police said. A cause of death has not been determined.
Police declined to answer questions surrounding the death, including how long the child was left in the car and whether a window was rolled down. Temperatures in the area on Monday reached 87 degrees by 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Each year, some 38 children die in the United States from heat stroke after being left in hot vehicles, according to the safety advocacy group Kids and Cars.
Many caregivers unknowingly leave sleeping babies inside the cars, the group said.
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Jennifer: Today's recipe is a low-fat, low-sodium, healthy turkey gravy. Store-bought gravy has about 750 milligrams of sodium in it. Ours is going to be healthier.
Richard: Yes, and it's going to taste great. We're going to use some fresh celery that we've washed, and we're just going to cut that into some inch-and-a-half pieces. And we've got some fresh carrots that we've washed, but we're not going to peel them.
Jennifer: OK, that helps retain the nutrients.
Richard: Right, exactly. And then we'll just trim the ends, and we'll cut them into some interesting shapes. We want our pieces to be not too small, not too big. If they're too small, they're going to brown too fast and if they're too big, you won't get as much caramelization or as much flavor.
Jennifer: About the size of a wine cork?
Richard: Yeah, about that. Then we're going to wedge our onion. And we got some nice fresh Roma tomatoes. All we're going to do with those is trim their ends and cut them in half. Jennifer, if you wouldn't mind just arranging those in the bottom of our roasting pan.
Jennifer: Sure, OK.
Richard: Now we also have some shallots that we've minced, some garlic that we've minced, some fresh sage that we've also cut very fine and some thyme leaves that we've just stripped from their stems. Now, we're going to mix our shallots and our garlic with a little bit of freshly ground black pepper, and that's going to be our rub to go on the outside of our turkey. We'll get a lot of flavor from that.
Jennifer: And no salt.
Richard: No salt. We need to prepare our turkey so that we don't add so much fat in the beginning. First thing we'll do is remove the neck from the body cavity, and that's going to be good for our stock. Just put some cold water over the top of that and that's going to simmer while our turkey is cooking. Now we're just going to remove some of the fat from the turkey. There's quite a bit back by the legs, as you can see.
Jennifer: There is a lot of fat.
Richard: Pull that off. And there's also a little bit inside here. You don't have to get it all, but we also want to trim this neck fat. There's quite a bit of fat in here, so we can easily remove that just by taking a knife and trimming it off. We're going to leave the rest of the skin on.
Jennifer: Leaving the skin on helps keep it moist, right?
Richard: Exactly. Now we got our rub here. We're just going to mix that together. And we're just going to rub it on the outside of the turkey. So we're just going to set that right on top of our vegetables, and those vegetables are going to help keep that turkey off the bottom of the pan to keep it from sticking and it's also going to cook a little bit faster and little more evenly. Jennifer, if you wouldn't mind arranging those Roma tomatoes around the outside.
Jennifer: OK.
Richard: I'm going to wash my hands because I've been handling fresh poultry, and we always need to wash our hands after we do that. Then we're ready to put our turkey in the oven.
Richard: OK, well our turkey is done. We've checked it, and it's reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees. We're going to let it rest while we make our gravy. Now we've also removed our vegetables. You can see how nicely browned those are. That's going to add some great flavor. It'll be a great side dish to serve with the turkey. You see all these bits that are left in the bottom? That's a lot of our flavor. We want to keep all that, but we don't want it stuck to the bottom of the pan. What we're going to do is we're going to deglaze with a little bit of the stock we made earlier.
Jennifer: What is deglazing?
Richard: Deglazing is just a simple method of adding liquid to a hot pan to free up little bits on the bottom.
Jennifer: I see. And that's so much better than using broth that you purchase from the store. Store-bought broth has about 1,200 milligrams of sodium. About half of what the average person should eat for the day.
Richard: So, we're going to add enough to get those bits freed up.
Jennifer: It doesn't matter how much you add?
Richard: No, we're going to adjust that later. We're going to want a total of about 4 cups of liquid.
Richard: But for now, we just want enough to free up all the bits off the bottom. I'm just going to pour that into our separator cup. Now these separator cups are really handy. It's a great way to get some of the fat out. We'll just pour that in. And as that liquid cools, all of the fat is going to come to the top. We'll fill it up the rest of the way with our stock to 4 cups. We're going to speed that process up a little bit. Dump that ice in there, and that's going to cool the liquid off quickly. All the fat is going to rise to the surface.
Richard: I've prepared one of these earlier just to show you. What you normally do at that point is pop it in the freezer for about five minutes. What you'll find is all that fat comes right to the top. You can see how much fat we'll be able to remove through this process.
Jennifer: That looks like about 1/2 cup of fat, Richard, or about 8 tablespoons.
Richard: That's a lot.
Jennifer: That's about 90 grams of fat. [Exact calculation: 1 tablespoon has 15 grams of fat; 8 tablespoons equals 120 grams of fat.]
Richard: Definitely.
Jennifer: Also by removing that fat, you're removing about 800 calories. [Exact calculation: 1 gram of fat has 9 calories; 120 grams of fat equals 1,080 calories.]
Richard: We're glad to get rid of that. If you don't have a separator cup, you can also pour your liquid into a regular measuring cup and then use a spoon to lift that fat off the top after it has cooled. Next we're going to pour our stock into our stock pan. We're going to reduce that liquid by about one-fourth. The reason we reduce it is to intensify those flavors and to give us a little more "full-mouth" feel.
Jennifer: How long does it take to reduce?
Richard: About 15 minutes. Now we have most of our fat removed, and we're going to add about half of our sage now — and save the rest for the end — and about half of our thyme.
Jennifer: Why are you saving some of your herbs for the end?
Richard: That's going to give us a brightness and freshness to our finished product. Adding them now will give us a little bit more depth of flavor, and then we'll finish it with fresh herbs at the end to give us some brightness and freshness.
Jennifer: Great.
Richard: That's going to reduce for about 15 minutes.
Richard: All right, Jennifer, now our stock is reduced; we're ready to thicken it. We're going to use cornstarch and milk.
Jennifer: Most people use flour, Richard. Why are you using cornstarch?
Richard: We're going to use cornstarch for two reasons. First, it's not going to have that raw flour taste. And second, it's going to dissolve a lot better than the flour and we're going to have less lumps. We're going to whip that around real good, and then we're ready to add that to our simmering liquid. You can see that it's actually already starting to thicken up a little bit.
Jennifer: Oh, that's very smooth.
Richard: You want to stir the whole time you're adding the liquid. And we'll just let that come back to a boil. The way you can tell the cornstarch has completed its cooking is it'll turn from a cloudy color, like you see now, to clear in just about a minute. As that's thickening, we're going to add the rest of our herbs — sage and thyme. You can now see that we have a little shine to our gravy and that tells us the cornstarch is done, and we're ready to serve. Our end result is a beautiful, moist turkey, gorgeous roasted vegetables that have done double duty — they've added flavor to our gravy and are going to be a great side dish — and we have beautiful, low-fat, low-sodium turkey gravy. What can be better than that?


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Suzanne Gordon is a journalist and co-editor of a Cornell University Press series on health-care work and policy issues. Her latest book is The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Policy Making and Patient Care. She has won a Special Recognition Award from Disabled American Veterans for her writing on veterans' health issues, much of which has appeared in The American Prospect. Her website is www.suzannegordon.com.


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Your guide to the unmissable art around the UK, brought to you with ArtFinder. This month... London.
New exhibitions:
From Gillian Wearing at the Whitechapel Art Gallery
Gillian Wearing
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (28 March – 17 June 2012)
Tuesday – Sunday 11.00 – 18.00, Thursday 11.00 – 21.00
Full price £8.50, concession £6.50
Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing produces work that explores the boundaries between the private and personal, the poetic and the political. Straightforward yet deeply moving, her photography and films show us clearly the world and the people around us. This exhibition includes her video work of a reenactment of bullying; a victim, now an adult, is finally able to say to his tormenters what he wanted to as a child. Wearing draws on fly-on-the-wall documentary, reality TV and theatrical techniques (such as using masked actors) to explore self-perception and personal identity.
British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
Victoria and Albert Museum, London (31 March – 12 August 2012)
Daily 10.00 – 17.30, Friday 10.00 – 21.30
Full price £12.00, student £9, senior citizen £10
Since London first hosted the Olympic Games in 1948 – known as the 'Austerity Games' – British design has changed dramatically as it responded to economic, political and cultural forces. British Design 1948-2012 traces those changes by exploring significant buildings, objects, images and ideas produced by leading British artists and designers. The tensions between modernity and tradition, and the subversive impulse in British culture are thoroughly explored. What is clear is that Britain has been – and continues to be – a leading innovator in design and creativity.
Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991)
Prudence Cuming Associates
Damien Hirst
Tate Modern, London (4 April – 9 September 2012)
Sunday – Thursday 10.00 – 18.00, Friday – Saturday 10.00 – 22.00
Full price £14, concession £12.20
The first major survey of one of the most influential artists alive today, Damien Hirst at Tate Modern will feature key works from over 20 years, including iconic paintings, pill cabinets, and sculptures such as The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living¸ a pickled shark, and For the Love of God, a diamond-encrusted skull. Since their blockbuster sale on Black Monday in 2007, will these works still shimmer in times of austerity?
Titian's First Masterpiece: The Flight into Egypt
National Gallery, London (4 April – 19 August 2012)
Daily 10.00 – 18.00, Friday 10.00 – 21.00
Free admission
Seen outside Russia of the first time since 1768 after years of skilled restoration, The Flight into Egypt is the first masterpiece by one of the greatest artists in history, Titian. After years of restoration, this ambitious and inventive landscape work will be hung beside contemporary Venetian paintings from the National Gallery and other British collections. As well as demonstrating Titian's signature style and use of sophisticated composition, the exhibition illustrates the influence of other artists upon his own practice (see more).
About to close in London:
David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Sunday – Thursday 10.00 – 18.00, Friday 10.00 – 22.00, Saturday 09.00 – 22.00
Full price £14, concessions £13, students £9, children 12 – 18 & income support & unwaged £4, children 8 – 11 £3, under 7 free
IImmerse yourself in the East Yorkshire landscape rendered in a rainbow palette; David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture exhibits works from a 50-year period, including his latest iPad drawings, a series of films produced using 18 cameras and large-scale oil paintings made exclusively for the Royal Academy. His vast serene landscapes project a calming sense of stillness and illustrate Hockney's emotional engagement with the landscape of his homeland as he explores the daily variations in seasonal conditions, rendered in bold colour. The work reminds us why artists continue to reengage with nature.
Alberto Burri: Form and Matter
Estorick Collection, London
Wednesday – Saturday 11.00 – 18.00, Sunday 12.00 – 17.00
Full price £5, concessions £3.50, students and children free
Despite revolutionising the vocabulary of the post-war art world, this is the first retrospective of Italian artist Alberto Burri to be held in the UK. Exploring the artist's powerful use of humble materials, including sacking and tar, this exhibition spans the artist's career over four decades; from his early figuration in the late 1940s to the highly acclaimed later abstract works. Burri's work is expressive and was a major influence upon Italian's Arte Povera movement – not to be missed!
Quentin Blake, from the series Ordinary Life in Vincent Square (2010) © Artfinder © Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake: As Large as Life
The Foundling Museum, London
Quentin Blake: http://www.artfinder.com/listing/uk/london/quentin-blake-as-large-as-life/
Quentin Blake is one of Britain's best-loved and most successful illustrators. Well known for illustrating stories by Roald Dahl, his work combines a raw energy with an understanding for human behaviour, finding subtle humour in places we not would initially think to look. His drawings are honest about human characters and bring to life everyday scenes. This exhibition at the Foundling Museum presents over 60 recent works created for four hospitals in the UK and France, which were designed to have a therapeutic effect on their residents. Prepared to leave with lifted spirits!
Landscape, Heroes and Folktales: German Romantic Prints and Drawings
British Museum, London
Daily 10.00 – 17.30
Free admission
The 18th and 19th centuries were an extremely creative period of German art history, and this exhibition explores attempts to create a sense of national identity through prints and drawing. Artists explored themes such as German landscape and wildlife, mythology, and ancient history, and these are translated into poetic, intricate and beautiful artworks that follow the Romantic aesthetic, inspired by artists such as Raphael.
Awesome prints from all of April's big shows:


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|Assistant Coach
Tom Shields joined the Blue Devil coaching staff in 2014. Shields is a graduate of Leeds Metropolitan University, England, the United Kingdom's centre for coaching excellence. Tom holds a Bachelor's Degree in sports coaching and a Master's Degree in sport and exercise psychology.
In addition he has obtained his NSCAA Advanced National and National Diplomas, both with distinguished passes and his USSF National Youth License. He also holds FA and FA Youth Module certifications.
Shields has been in the United States since 2011 working as a Director of Coaching Education for SoccerPlus FC and Glastonbury Hartwell before joining his current club Sporting CT as their Academy Director. In addition he now also works as part of the Connecticut YPDP program and is a contributing author to the SportInMind website.
While Tom was in England, he acted as a professor on the Coaching Program he graduated from, along with a number of other Sports Science related modules at Leeds Metropolitan. He also worked as a Foundation Phase coach at Bradford City and with the Development Programs at Leeds United and Hull City.
Shields captained both his high school and college teams after playing as a junior for the Cottingham Rangers and Hull City Schoolboys.


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Firth woman trains school board members
FIRTH – Teaching school board members their roles and responsibilities, Liz Killpack is in her fourth year traveling across the state of Idaho. Killpack is a board trainer with the Idaho School Board Association (ISBA).
A few of her responsibilities include teaching board members how to govern without micro-managing, ethics, strategic planning and goal- setting.
"Usually boards don't take time to discuss what's important in their district," Killpack said. School districts want to give students a "total education," but when cuts come, what does that total education look like?
"Total education" may look quite different in one district than in another district, she said.
The definition of education differs from district to district, Killpack said.
"What is the purpose of education?" she asked. "Do school districts want kids to reach their potential? Go to college? Have a career? Lead successful and happy lives?"
"Total education" for students may differ from district to district depending on a board's priorities.
"Boards need to be pro-active rather than re-active," Killpack said.
"It's crucial that boards have a plan for what's important in its district," she said. "If those priorities have not been set, then when you're forced to make cuts, there's not identified areas of what's important in that district—what to save or keep whole or not eliminate."
Without a plan of what's important in their district, when financial problems or lots of cuts come, cuts will be made [to the district's budget] without a plan of what's important to that district, she said.
There are several counties in the state that have been able to pass larger supplemental levies so their education budgets are not hurting, she said. This brings up discrepancy between school districts as the [financial] gap [between districts] becomes larger.
Killpack emphasized the need for open communication between staff, board and superintendent.
"I love being a board trainer with ISBA because I still get to teach," she said.
As far as her personal goals she keeps on "A List of One Hundred."
"My dad heard a motivational speaker challenge everyone to keep a list of a hundred," she said. "My husband and I adopted it after we were married."
The list includes personal goals, goals for family and friends.
"I think there are 130 goals on the list now," Killpack said. "I accomplished one of my goals a couple weeks ago. I wanted to run hard enough to lose a toenail."
"It's a runner's thing," she said. Killpack was part of the Ragnar Relay in Las Vegas. It's a 197-mile race with 12-member teams.
"We ran for 30 hours, right through the night," Killpack said. "I ran three different legs that totaled over 16 miles."
Killpack hails from Missoula, Mont. She is the oldest of six siblings. She met her husband, Todd, while they were students at Utah State University in Logan, Utah.
After graduating, they returned "home" to Todd's family farm near Firth. Liz taught English for three years in Idaho Falls and two in Shelley.
With children came a change of career. Wanting to stay involved in education, Liz was appointed to the Firth School Board after a trustee resigned. She was on the Firth school board from 2003 to 2006.
During that time, she ran for and was elected to her own term of office. She was elected as ISBA Region Five vice-chairman and also served two months as chairman.
She resigned both positions (Firth school board and ISBA) after she contracted West Nile virus. "It was five months before I could walk without barfing," Killpack said.
Killpack recovered from West Nile and is running again. She and her husband are remodeling an old schoolhouse that will become their new home next year.
"My biggest hobby is definitely my kids," she said.
Liz and Todd have five children, Trevor, age 11, Tanner, 10, Kimball, 6, Sophie, 4, and Wyatt, 20 months.


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We've seen him as killer, a cipher, and even as a roided out serial rapist--but I don't think we've ever seen "Sasquatch as Voyeur." Until now! In his 1974 sexploitation/Squatchsploitation mash-up, The Beast and the Vixens (aka The Beauties and the Beast), director Ray Nadeau and writer Gaynor MacLaren envision Bigfoot as Russ Meyer's Immoral Mr. Teas meets Arch Hall Sr.'s Eegah! And the results, my friends, are just about as glorious as that makes them sound.
Allow me to elucidate:
|"It's okay--I'm a SCIENTIST."
It's not the case so much any more, but back in the 70s when Bigfoot Mania was at its peak, filmmakers felt a responsibility to establish their bona fides as solidly as possible, whether they were making a documentary or not. In this movie that happens even before the opening credits, as we join our Very Suspect Narrator*--a Marlon Perkins type whose face the cameraman seems to keep purposefully in shadow, doubtless as part of a Sasquatch Witness Protection program. In a very naturalistic (i.e., unrehearsed and slurring) style, he reads off several reports of cryptid hominid sightings from around the world, while an intern helpfully pushes picture postcards into the lens from just out of frame. Bigfoot reports in Oregon, the Yeti sighted in the "Himmy-Layers" of Tibet, other strange furry creatures in other places--it's an avalanche of HARD SCIENCE. His case proven, the VSN turns more or less directly toward the viewer and intones: "The story you are about to see...COULD BE TRUE!"
Which is to say, of course, that it totally isn't.
*Nota bene: any similarities between this character and the Totally Awesome Narrator from Brad F. Ginter's Blood Freak (1972) are completely coincidental and awesome.
Once we've got that bit of business out of the way, it's time for Serious Sasquatch Action! Nadeau wastes no time, as we see Bigfoot rising from the underbrush like a zombie from his grave, as drawn-on lightning flashes from a clear blue sky! Luckily he's within striding distance of a nice-looking KOA Kampground, where a headkerchiefed hippie lady has just finished an afternoon rowboat excursion and climbed out onto the bank to shed all her clothes and take a nap. Like you do. Overcome by perfectly natural acquisitive desires, the stealthy manbeast quickly lopes up, snatches the hippie, and spirits her off to his woodland abode. To what dark purpose we can only conjecture and fear!
|"Holy crap! Topless babes!"
|*So thirsty...*
Back to Bigfoot in the forest! Where he's hauling another shrieking girl--this one in white go-go boots and a miniskirt--to his surprisingly well-furnished cave. Seriously--he has a hope chest, a Native American blanket, and all the scrub brush you can eat! He sets the girl gently down on the rocks and then leaves her to primp her hair and look sexy and perplexed.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the city, a random smoking stevedore makes a random phone call, telling the random gangster-sounding guy on the other end of the line that "something is up"! No time for that now, though, as Ann--wearing a frankly amazing blue velour jumpsuit--has picked up her friend Mary (Meyer vixen and Marvel of Natural Engineering Uschi Digard) for a weekend trip to the woods. Hold on to your hats though, because now we're back at Chez Sasquatch, where the Big Galoot has just deposited ANOTHER hapless honey into the cave! Lest you think his intentions are unsavory, however:
Girl 1: "I think it's the creature they wrote about in the Times!
Girl 2: "What creature?"
G1: "Some hunters say they saw a being in the woods--this monster fits the description!"
G2: "What does he want with us?"
G1: "Oh Christ, I don't know! He doesn't do anything--he just gives me food and water!"
|Not Go-Going Anywhere
Sub-meanwhile, Mary and Ann have arrived at their cabin in the woods, where random Sapphic sexiness ensues. After half-heartedly lamenting the fact that "ze boys are not here!" Mary starts hitting the brandy hard, using a snifter almost as big as her astonishing, gravity-defying ta-tas. Ann changes into a yellow, crocheted jumpsuit that must be seen to be believed, and Ann reads aloud from a book she finds in the cabin library, All You Ever Wanted to Know About Sasquatch But Were Too Drunk to Ask. Soon they retire to the bedroom, where the girls bunk up and then get down, just as you hoped they would. You're not the only one either, Bucko, because just outside the window, Bigfoot is watching, bouncing on the balls of his big feet in glee and making very suspicious fappy sounds! Which just goes to show, the enjoyment of lipstick lesbian pr0n is innate and primeval.
|Filmed in Cinemascope™, by necessity
The rest of the film is mostly further installments of Sexy Time, with Bigfoot always on hand (foot?) to bear witness. A philandering couple drives out to the middle of nowhere to have their tryst--because despite being 35 years old apiece neither has his or her own apartment, presumably--and what follows is one of the most awkward, hilarious sex scenes imaginable. With the man-ape unable to contain his excitement, the couple suffers from a shocking bout of Coitus Interruptus Sasquatchus, which leads to the male of the couple running naked into the distance, arms waving above his head like a cartoon character, doughy ass-cheeks a-jiggling! The girl passes out from embarrassment and terror, and Bigfoot takes her to a more secluded spot to gaze longingly at her and cop a feel. As far as we know, it goes no further than that.
|NOT a Sasquatch Sex Scene...technically
"Gypsy mountain madnessAnd if you're thinking, "Dear God, I hope we get three verses and a bridge of THAT!"--well, today's your lucky day!
running though my brain
makes me do the things I do,
Lawd it makes me go insane!"
|Also not Sasquatch
Sarah does not react well, shouting abuse at Hank and Ann before storming off into the bedroom. Once the whole group is asleep, Sarah is plagued by sexy conflict dreams, as her astral self confronts Ann in a nude-but-for-the-boots-and-belts old West gunfight! She awakens disturbed, and Hank--first putting aside the squeaky rubber duck he sleeps with (seriously)--comforts her with a hairy hippie sex scene that lasts a good five minutes and twenty seconds--and yes, I timed it. Despite her battle-axe demeanor and Eeevil Demon face, Sarah has quite the nice body, though, so that's nice at least--pity you have to watch Hank's hairy ass thrusting atop it. But life's full of difficult trade-offs.
After this, the random stevedore, Frenchy, returns along with his gangster buddy, and we learn via clunky exposition that they're after the gold treasure the hippies have been hawking at roadside faires. There's a confrontation at gunpoint and a near-rape of Becky by Frenchy, and Mark shows his scrappy side by nearly beating the scrawny Quebecker unconscious before his buddy steps in. Eventually, in a marginally exciting fight, the hippies get the better of Frenchy, and Ann makes a break pursued by the gangster. She's protected by a Grizzled Old Hermit Out of Fucking Nowhere, who has the stash of coins the criminals are looking for (?). Finally, tired of having been forgotten by the film for a good twenty minutes, Bigfoot reappears, crushes the gangster, and walks off hand-in-hand with the Hermit while the girls and their friends live hippily ever after. Fin.
|Not Sasquatch--but nonetheless awesome
So this movie isn't going to win any Palmes d'Ors, but I have to tell you I loved it from beginning to end. The score ranges from Very Dramatic Strings to the Mr. Magoo Suite, the acting is amateur and over the top (most entertainingly from the argumentative Sarah, whose screen credit is sadly unclear), and at 66 minutes, it doesn't hang around long enough to wear out its welcome. There could have been a little more focus on Bigfoot for my money (or at least some answers--what happened to the girls in the cave? Who is his hermit friend? How can he stand out in the open the whole time and still be a mysterious cryptid?), but balanced against a hilarious plot, lots of nekkidity and sexyness, and a winning lighthearted tone, it's really a small complaint.
In closing, The Beauties and the Beast is a fun, sexy little slice of 70s Squatchsploitation that should have fans of Russ Meyer and cryptozoology cheering. I doubt there's a SE DVD/Blu-Ray set coming anytime soon, but if you can find an old VHS or bootleg, I'd definitely recommend the purchase. 3 thumbs up.
|"This iz mah SRS FACE."
|Newsweek's design and layout team has come a long way.
|"Roses are red, violents are blue, My feet are quite big, and my...OH MY GAWD!"
|Blue Velour Hoodie with belt and matching track pants--from this fall's Smurfette Collection
|"It took my grandmother MONTHS to crochet this jumpsuit!"
|Studdy McWangerson: Ready for Action
|"I found these two wrestling under a blanket! What?"
|"Sure, Sasquatch is out there...or so the Germans would have us believe!"
|"So ronery."


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Since people are increasingly using their mobile devices as personal computers, using email, storing corporate and confidential data, the security of these information became a high priority requirement.
However, there is a trade-off between security and usability. It is very easy to protect the (touch) screen to prevent the system to do some undesirable action. But adding a security layer to this mechanism (to avoid curious ppl) sometimes is not a good experience for the user.
I think the Maemo could give to the user the flexibility to choose the way of how to lock or unlock his device. Currently he can use a registered 'pin' number, but for many people, make a gesture on the screen would be faster, easier to decorate and more friendly.
Note: lock screen != lock device
lock screen -> to prevent undesirable actions (touches) on the screen.
lock device -> to prevent malicious or curious people to access the device data.
Discussion thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=354985


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