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Home Page Chess Life Online Archives Mixed Doubles in Madison: US Open Update
|Mixed Doubles in Madison: US Open Update
|June 10, 2013
Annual U.S. Open starts in less than seven weeks in Middleton, Wisconsin. This Chess Festival will have many side events and other National Championships including the Women's U.S. Open, the Denker Tournament of HS Champions, the Barber Tournament of K-8 State Champions, the National Girls Invitational, the U.S. Open Scholastic Tournament, the U.S. Open G/15 Championship and much, much more! The festivities also include many seminars and workshops as well as the Delegates Meeting. Many of our top players are expected to participate and, since this is a National event, GMs and WGMs receive free entry for the main event.
The 114th
There is a prize fund of $50,000 based on 500 paid entries, with $40,000 guaranteed. In addition to the prizes listed on the tournament announcement, we are adding a special category: Mixed Doubles! There will be four prizes for the Mixed Doubles -- $800 for the couple, $600, $400 and $200. These special prizes are in addition to the prizes already announced!
A team is composed of a male and a female player. The average rating of the team must be under 1800. A player may be rated over 1800 as long as the team's average is under the limit. Team composition must be submitted to the tournament staff prior to the start of the first game of the 4-Day Schedule. So, bring another player and form a team!For details, registration, advance entries and updates please visit the tournament website, http://uschess.org/tournaments/2013/usopen/ .

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You say you want some evolution?
On my shelf is a treasured 1973 paperback copy of "Football: Learn It, Watch It, Enjoy It," by Troy Winslow, forward by Frank Gifford, by Crescent Publications in L.A. Winslow was the former Inglewood High star who became, as the back photo says, a "record-holding University of Southern California quarterback, former professional football player, now head coach at Long Beach Polytechnic." Actually, he was now my typing teacher at Hawthorne High. He signed the book for me in class one day and wrote: "The sequel will be out in about 10 years!"
I don't think that ever came, unfortunately.
His record, by the way: An 11-for-11 passing day against Washington in 1965. He got the Trojans to the 1967 Rose Bowl as well. Post-Garrett, pre-O.J. Look him up.
Wrote Gifford in the forward: "There has long been a need for a football handbook written not for the use of coaches, players and others with an intimate knowledge of the game, but for the use of the average fan who likes to watch football but finds many aspects of the game hard to understand … Winslow is unquestionably qualified to write such a football handbook."
And Troy — a name perfect for USC, given to him by a father who also played at the school — did it in 110 pages.
For years, that was my go-to book for backup information on why things happened, if they had to be explained to someone, somehow, in some awkward situation.
How much easier could it be to learn the game?
In 1997, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football" arrived, authored by Joe Theismann (linked here), with co-author Brian Tracy. Theismann, whose picture is on the cover twice, kept it to 328 pages, with 29 chapters. We actually found it available on eBay.com for $1, plus $3.99 shipping and handling (linked here).
But really. Did we need to be called a complete idiot?
In 1998, "Football For Dummies," authored by Howie Long (but probably more written by John Czarnecki) rushed the audience (linked here). On the cover were a bunch of girls apparently playing flag football. Chased by a guy in a yellow tanktop. It looks like the opening to "Three's Company." And not afraid to think that more is more, Howie pushed the attention span of the readership with 407 pages.
Again, calling us a dummy wasn't so endearing.
In 2001, the second edition of Theismann's "Idiots" (linked here). Joe, in his Redskins' jersey, is still on the cover. But he's limited it just one action shot. And he pushed it to 360 pages.
Here comes the sneak: A fourth edition of something called "Football Made Simple: A Spectator's Guide," by Dave Ominsky (linked here). Just 129 pages. Just $11. Call us dumb, but this makes more sense. Even if Dave never played the game.
In 2003, the second edition of Howie's "Dummies." It raised the bar to 432 pages, got rid of the girls and put a football up on a tee.
In 2005, another reprieve. Rodney Peete's wife, Holly Robinson Peete, came out with "Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game: A Women's Guide to Loving Pro Football" (linked here). Her definition of tight ends was a bit different than Howie or Theismann. But at least we weren't called stupid.
In 2007, the third edition of Howie's "Dummies" managed to keep it to 432 pages, but the cover changed again — it was just a green gridiron, with the yellow goal posts. This issue was necessary, the publisher said in their blurb, because, since edition two, "new stadiums have been built, new stars have ascended, and records have been broken. .. new rules … new stadium technologies .. a revised list of greatest players … new advice on training …"
(By the way, somehow through all this, the K.I.S.S guides (Keep It Simple Series) has managed to do a book related to golf, fishing, weight loss, pregnancy, photography, child care, home improvement, feng shui, massage, raising a puppy, guitar, kama sutra, planning a wedding, gardening, wine and the paranormal, but nothing about football. Yet.)
This leads to what landed on the doorstep this week: "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Football," 334 pages by Mike Beacom, a "veteran pro and college football editor and writer" with Football.com and ProFootballWeekly.com.
Did we learn anything flipping through it? In the list of words in the glossary, there's no listing for "muff." Where does that get us?
The publishers of this one are asking $18.95. And it's paperback. Easy to recycle. Even easier to use as a wedge under the old TV back in the den that still tilts a little to the left no matter how we try to fix it.
With the 2010 version of football now having blindsided us — Can anyone explain the BCS again? Has the NFL figured out its overtime rule? — we're more puzzled than ever.
What does this digression of football primers say about our need to be informed? Are there that many people around us who still don't get it?
To make it more illogical, the Amazon.com listing for this book poses the question: What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item? Three percent, they say, also buy "U is for Undertow," a Sue Grafton mystery novel.
Maybe we're caught in the undertow of this, not smart enough to figure any of this out. We just know that, had we spent the cash every other year to have someone else tell us how little we knew about the game, we'd probably just give up on trying to keep up with it.
It can't be the complicated, can it?
Paging Troy Winslow.


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Enjoy friendly, hands-on encounters with a variety of animals, including goats and sheep, at this open-air petting zoo.
Meet and greet friendly animals at the only petting zoo in Disney's Animal Kingdom park.
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Guests are encouraged to cleanse their hands before and after making contact with the animals at the washbasin located near the entrance to the petting zoo.
Accessible by the Wildlife Express Train, Affection Section is located at Rafiki´s Planet Watch.
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So far, Doctor Who Series 7 Part 2 has been going really well, although with a few bumps and scrapes here and there. The 6th episode this "segment" entitled The Crimson Horror is written by regular writer Mark Gattis, who was most recently responsible for the popular Cold War episode.
|Strax has a more vital role
|The closest way Moffat can cameo
|Aka "The Hammer to the Face"
I did, however, like the "Doctor-lite" aspect of the episode. Many people do not like Doctor-lite episodes, but I do enjoy them. Let's face it, Doctor Who has been about for almost 50 years. We've had a lot of The Doctor. We don't need him in every second of every episode, and more than once we have seen the effect of him that left behind on others. This episode was a fantastic mix of this. Not too little, but enough of him to not remove this fact. it worked really well.
|Clara first sees the screen
|The "boyfriend"
The pace, however, was brilliant. I can say, without a doubt, that I found the pacing of this story one of the best among all of series 7. The climax of the story was not rushed to the point of "a few button presses and done" and had some good old action scenes and that didn't come at the cost of the rest of the story being too fast or too slow.
|"Your Nuts"
Murray Gold and the sound editing team have redeemed themselves in this episode from the previous episodes this series, with new musical pieces, such as the action piece. The flashback, with constant flashes annoyed me on the first watch, however I grew to like it on later re-watches.
Overall, I would rate this episode 4/10. It had promise and I did like some elements to it, but the balance between funny and serious, it not always keeping my attention and a couple other things let it down.


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Is it just me or is this the GREATEST COVER EVER?!?
25 November 2009
Words Absolutely Fail Me
Is it just me or is this the GREATEST COVER EVER?!?
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- pdx rn11/27/2009 11:52 AM
Thanks, but linked it last week!
My kids were laughing at Animal saying "Momma!" My husband and I were just laughing throughout.ReplyDelete
Very very tangentially related (per mention of Jim Henson), but WELL worth a read!ReplyDelete
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Dr. Edythe Abdullah, Dr. Terry Bowen, Mr. Luther Coggin, Ms. Toni Crawford, Mr. O'Neal Douglas, Mr. Steve Halverson, Ms. Ann Hicks, Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez, Ms. Wy Kendrick, Dr. Bruce Taylor, Mr. Kevin Twomey.
Mr. Hank Rogers.
Chair Ann Hicks convened the meeting at 12:00 p.m.
Minutes of the Finance and Audit Committee's December 10 meeting and the Educational Policy Committee's December 11 meeting were approved as circulated.
President Kline explained the reason for the joint meeting is due to scheduling issues with some of the members. Today's main topic, Union Requests for Certification, will be discussed in preparation for an upcoming conference call.
President Kline reported that an orientation for new Board members was held on February 3 in the President's Conference Room. Everything went well. Karen Stone will be meeting with the new trustees soon to discuss the Sunshine Law.
Dr. Kline reported the hiring freeze he issued three weeks ago in anticipation of budget cuts proposed by Gov. Bush would be lifted later today. A number of possible responses to the proposed budget cuts were considered; the vice presidents submitted plans for their divisions, taking the projected budget reductions into account for the next fiscal year. Dr. Kline was confident that a workable plan had been developed that would meet the reductions for next year.
The budget was cut $4.1 million. Revenue from the increase in tuition will be used to offset the cut. The actual amount of the cut will come to $2 million. President Kline said he would offer more details on this at a later time. Dr. Kline did include a 2% salary increase in the budgetary plan.
President Kline stated that UNF exceeded the 7,869 FTE target for the 2002/2003 academic year, instead meeting the target enrollment for next year at 8,294 FTE. Because the Governor's proposed budget does not allow for any additional enrollment growth, the University is not planning to seek any additional FTE.
Based on the information provided at the new board member orientation, Trustee Abdullah understood that universities could keep their tuition dollars. She asked if these dollars would allow UNF to add more courses. Dr. Kline responded that because tuition dollars pay only a portion of the cost of a course, they would be insufficient to cover the total instructional cost.
The nursing program was briefly discussed. UNF has 48 slots for nursing training and received 380 applications for these slots this year. Dr. Kline suggested that the Board might benefit from a visit from Pam Chally, Dean of the College of Health to discuss the nursing program and ways to increase the number of nursing slots available for students. Dr. Kline explained that the issue was not the number of applicants to the nursing program but the availability of supervised positions in hospitals for nurses-in-training to complete their clinical experiences. Trustee Gonzalez suggested we might try NAS Jacksonville and the naval hospital. Dr. Kline noted the suggestion. The group decided that Dr. Chally would be invited to give a briefing.
Dr. Kline also spoke on the subject of teachers. The University and the region have a different sort of dilemma with teacher education. Teachers-in-training often change their minds about becoming a teacher after their first two years. Dr. Kline explained that a study was being conducted to determine ways to encourage them to pursue a teaching degree. He will invite Dr. Kasten to discuss the teacher shortage at the March meeting.
The UFF has asked the Board of Trustees to voluntarily recognize the union as the faculty representative and as representative for other professional employees at UNF as the five SUS collective bargaining agreements expired at midnight on January 7, 2003.
Dr. Campbell and Ms. Sheppard presented the information requested at the last Board meeting on the employee unions and their demographics.Packets were distributed outlining the previous bargaining units on campus: AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees), FNA (Florida Nurses Association), PBA (Police Benevolent Association), and UFF (United Faculty of Florida).
Ms. Shepherd reported on the status of each union in regard to possible future representation of UNF employees. She reported that dues deductions have been suspended for law enforcement officers, whereas, UNF and UFF have reached an agreement to reinstate dues deductions for faculty members who submit new authorization cards.
On January 13, the Truckdrivers, Warehousemen and Helpers, Local Helpers 512 filed a petition with PERC to represent the twenty-one in-unit police officers employed at UNF currently represented through the Police Benevolent Association. The petition included twenty interest cards from in-unit members.
On January 28, the Fraternal Order of Police filed a petition with the PERC to represent 21 in-unit police officers employed at UNF currently represented through the Police Benevolent Association. The petition included ten interest cards from in-unit members. There will be a meeting on campus in the near future. Whoever gets the most votes will be the police union on campus.
AFSCME requested from Human Resources the names and addresses of current in-unit AFSCME employees and is currently distributing signature cards on campus. On December 12, the union filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief against the FBOE seeking a temporary injunction to maintain the status quo of system-wide bargaining until the court can determine the effect of Amendment 11 on the issue of public employer. The request was denied. A motion to dismiss has been filed on grounds that the individual university boards of trustees were not named in the action. A hearing date has been set for February 26. On January 7, AFSCME filed petitions to amend the current certification by substituting the Florida Board of Governors for the Florida Board of Education.
On January 29, UNF received notice from the attorney retained to inspect the UFF signature cards that 62% of the faculty had signed cards indicating that they authorized the UFF to be their exclusive representative for the purposes of collective bargaining.
In light of this finding, President Kline stated that he did not see the purpose of going through an election process. It would only delay things. Rather, President Kline recommended that the Board recognize UFF, but that it limit membership to faculty and stipulate that negotiation of a new contract would be required. President Kline further discussed the pros and cons of voluntary recognition.
Trustee Bowen made a motion that the committees recommend that the Board recognize UFF as the faculty bargaining unit. The motion was accepted. Trustee Bowen further stated that the Faculty Association voted to change tenure guidelines. He asked if there could be a policy statement that these guidelines would be used in the contract, as it appeared union collective bargaining could have set guidelines for tenure and promotion that could override policies passed by the Faculty Association.
Trustee Twomey asked if it would be possible to get information about who would bargain for the next meeting as well as a history of the current contract. Dr. Campbell said she and Ms. Shepherd could provide that information along with a list of provisions.
As one mechanism for judging the quality of its programs, the University has been examining its own performance on some of the measures used in the U.S. News and World Report rankings in comparison to the performance of a set of institutions with which UNF shares a number of characteristics: enrollments, mix of academic programs, urbanicity. President Kline proposed the term "surface analogues" for these institutions. In most of these comparisons UNF performed well.
Additionally, President Kline and Ms. Brayton will examine UNF's performance in comparison to the performance of a set of institutions chosen as aspirational peers. President Kline indicated that two institutions were not on the list, UNC and Wayne State, which he felt were very good models. He was particularly impressed with their mission statements. He and Ms. Brayton will get copies of mission statements and develop comparison models for aspirational peers to present to the Board.
As part of the University plan to provide routine communication with trustees, Dean Serwatka prepared a profile of UNF's student body. The profile tracked enrollments and demographic and academic characteristics of students over the past ten years. It also provided a framework for ongoing discussions about the future profile of the University's student body ten years from now.
The profile presented the challenges faced by UNF, including the balance of growth with quality, the need for increased minority representation, and the necessity to meet the requirements of more traditional, full-time students.
Dr. Serwatka stated that in three or four months another report on UNF's faculty will be provided for the Board.


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Winnipeg's roster was pretty much filled out by mid-July with the Wellwood signing, but there might still be one or two more spots up for grabs at forward. A Twitter discussion this morning not only reminded me about how a couple of potential candidates for those jobs were perceived by the public at the end of last season, but had me wondering how grounded that perception was in reality.
I don't doubt for one second that a poll of Jet fans asking them to choose between Spencer Machacek and Eric Fehr would be won by the younger man in a walk. Machacek finished the year with 9 points in his 13 game cameo, while Fehr tallied 1G and 1A in a season largely scuppered by injury. Fehr's poor year lead to him not being qualified at 2.2M by Winnipeg, and as of today, he doesn't have a deal for next season. Machacek's much cheaper QO was tendered by the club, but he's also unsigned, since he might well want a one way contract. Again, I'd bet most would prefer signing Machacek over Fehr, even at similar dollars, simply based on the numbers Machacek posted during the run-in to the year.
It's always worth remembering, however, that differentials in scoring performance between players aren't exclusively caused by one player simply being better. Circumstances, such as quality of competition or Zone Starts, can all have at least a mild effect on output.
So, how do they match up when we look at Qual. Comp and out-shooting? The Corsi Rel. Quality of Comp. rankings are based on Jet forwards that played at least 10 games:
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The numbers from Behind the Net suggest that both men played against roughly analogous 4th line competition during the year, but Fehr is a mile ahead by these metrics, and Machacek's lousy numbers compiled with the benefit of cushy Zone Starts against soft opposition hint at the reasons why he's a player that's spent over 200 games in the AHL with limited NHL exposure.
Since the underlying numbers favour Fehr by a wide margin, how did Machacek manage to outscore him so handily in a short period of time? That's where something that does more to drive outlier seasons than anything else reared its head.
The one factor that appears to do the most to boost or suppress point totals outside expected ranges is variance, or as it's more commonly referred to, good old luck. It's that element of fortune that came up in my back and forth with Cam Charron and Timothy Bonnar, and what compelled me to examine the two gents in question a bit more closely.
In the course of my noting to Cam that Nino Niederreiter had an on-ice EVSH% of 0.84(?!?!?!?!), Tim suggested that Eric Fehr was likely in that same sort of range last season, and that turned out to be so, since Fehr's on-ice EVSH% was nearly as bad at 2.74%. To flesh things out, when Eric Fehr was on ice at EV last year, the Jets had 146 shots on goal, and scored on precisely 4 of them. That figure was the 6th worst for any NHL forward that played at least 30 games, and struck me at first blush as being utterly out of line with his past performance as a roughly competent 3rd liner with the Capitals.
A quick trip to Behind the Net confimed this in explicit fashion. Fehr's worst season before last year, 10/11, showed him sporting an on-ice EVSH% of 6.12. That's a bit low for a top nine forward, but not especially noteworthy, and his other two seasons in Washington showed him at 7.73 and 12.2%. That latter number is really high for a regular player, and is almost certainly as unrepresentative of Fehr's true talent as the lousy figure he posted in 11/12. I don't think that an average number in the 7-8% range would be out of line for him in future years, with the caveat that on-ice SH% often fluctuates year to year in the manner that his has in the past.
At any rate, lousy percentages were a large part of Fehr's underachievement, and his personal SH% was a putrid 3.7. Given that his next-worse season was 8.3%, he's likely due for a bounce back of some sort when hockey resumes again. His shoulder issues were likely at the heart of his poor individual shooting percentage and would have to be completely cleared up, but presuming he's healthy, resuming his career as a decent NHLer doesn't appear too far-fetched.
While Fehr battled injury and terrible luck en route to a horrid season, our other subject rode Fortune like a mule during his month in the bigs. Spencer Machacek's on-ice EVSH% while with the Jets was a smooth 26.32. By way of comparison, the best figure for a NHL forward that tallied at least 30 games played was posted by Steven Stamkos, at 12.93. The best figure for any player managing 30 games in any season of the Behind the Net era is Derick Brassard's 15.06% in 2008/09, and Brassard has turned out to be a notable example of a player that was over-valued based on pucks going in at an inflated pace.
At any rate, I'm sure Spencer Machacek is a nice young man, kind to animals and children etc. etc., but there's no way that he's twice as good as Steve Stamkos at driving shooting percentages for he and his linemates. I'm absolutely convinced that even a hopelessly mismanaged outfit like Atlanta might have found a roster spot for him along the way if he was any good at all, because cheap young guys that can play are fairly valuable commodities the last time I checked. If last year's percentage-driven spree was indicative of who Machacek really is as a player, burying him in the AHL would have been equivalent to having a talking frog and ignoring the potential. Even Don Waddell isn't that dim.
The truth of the matter is that his underlying numbers don't show him as much more than just another fringe NHLer that had a nice streak, and there's every possibility that the Jets' reluctance to sign him by this point of the summer means they see him that way as well. If so, good on them. Machacek will be 24 this year, and to be blunt, if he was anything more than a good AHLer/fringe big-leaguer, it's quite likely that fact would have been established before his ELC expired.
In terms of a course of action for management, I wouldn't object to Machacek getting a 2-way deal, since the team isn't that deep at the AHL level, and if he makes the big team coming out of camp on merit, fine. If not and he's plucked off waivers, at least he can get some shot at playing elsewhere, and losing him isn't likely to affect Winnipeg's future in any meaningful way. There's not much of a case for a 1-way, though, even accepting the fact that Paul Postma's deal serves as a potential example suggesting the team doesn't mind cheap 1-way deals for players that aren't locks to make the NHL roster.
Fehr might have a tough time getting a deal anywhere this summer, since GMs like flashy boxcar numbers to justify expenditures, but given that Fehr is living in the neighbourhood and probably wouldn't mind staying close to home, offering him a tryout and a proper chance to make the club might not be a bad idea. As I mentioned, if he's in reasonable health, his pedigree would lead one to believe that last year was a blip, and that he's still likely a legitimate NHLer.
A training camp invite would offer him the chance to prove his shoulder's well, and if it is, the underlying numbers would lead me to believe that he's quite likely to be a better player than Machacek. It's also unlikely he'd be get a contract much beyond 700-800K even if things went perfectly at camp, so he'd be exactly the type of cheap player that could add to Winnipeg's depth within their budgetary constraints.
I'll never try to make the case that signing either of these guys will be the move that ensures a successful season for the Jets, but general managers in a cap system need to make choices based on probability of potential outcomes, and a mid-market team like the Jets needs to be even more cognizant of what really drives results, since they might be less willing to bury mistakes in St. John's than some of their more well-heeled brethern.
It's also clear that Winnipeg doesn't have the elite players that a few of their division rivals sport, so it seems to me that their best chance to win over the course of a long season is to establish a better overall depth of talent than they iced last year. I doubt that this would be a widely shared view as of this afternoon, but on the off-chance camp starts more or less on time this fall, Eric Fehr could well be a low cost addition that could outplay a cheap contract, and no team can have too many of those guys.


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Over the last number of years, dear readers, you've seen me take a few pot shots at Paul Levesque, better known to the world as Triple H.
I've cracked on HHH's name (often referring to him as Trippy), HHH's spot on the roster (namely the one on the booking team) and taken other jabs at the double-digit champ.
I don't do this because I hate the man once known to the world as Terra Ryzin; in fact, it's quite the opposite. I've enjoyed his body of work over the years... minus some of the behind the curtains rumour and reality.
Maybe it's for that reason that I was anticipating The King of Kings so much. Unlike many WWE DVDs released today (well, except for the latest Steve Austin release), the two-disc set looks purely at HHH's in-ring career. Come
on, did you really think we'd get a behind the scenes, E! True Hollywood Story-esque expose on the man Vinnie Mac calls "son-in-law"? There's a better chance of me getting in the WWE Hall of Fame.
That's not to say we don't get an inside peek at Levesque. The man himself introduces every match on the compilation, talking about some, but not all, back story moments, including the MSG Incident with the Clique, the introduction
of Chyna into WWE and others. The whole Bret Hart incident, unfortunately, is not mentioned.
The match inclusions are all extremely solid, including the two-out-of-three falls match against Shawn Michaels from Armageddon '02, the Hell in a Cell match vs. Cactus Jack and the always expected Raw debut match (back when HHH was using the Ace Crusher/Diamond Cutter/RKO as his finisher).
Unfortunately, there are a couple omissions, namely anything from HHH's WCW career. Even putting one match on the DVD as a sampler, like what was done with Rob Van Dam, would have been most welcome. The inclusion of a handcam-taped showing of HHH's first-ever pro match though, is a great, great inclusion that I hope can somehow be seen more often on future DVDs.
What burns me most, however, is the included Royal Rumble match from 2002 (that being the one HHH won). I've really enjoyed adding these bouts to my DVD collection and probably re-watch them more than any other (just ask my wife). The included match here, though, is clipped at entry #24 when Hunter enters the fray. This was a major disappointment. Would it really have been that hard to expand this one match and, if need be, add a third DVD on this set? I can come up with a lot more matches from HHH's WWE career that could've been added to fill up the third disc (the match vs. Ric Flair where we all thought Naitch would retire comes to mind immediately).
Leaving that gripe aside though, I can safely say that The King of Kings will be sticking around in my DVD library, and it should in yours as well. There are some great matches included here, which, when watched standalone and without the controversy that has surrounded Levesque for the last decade or so, can be truly appreciated both for workrate and sheer intensity. Go out of your way to pick up this compilation DVD -- you won't be disappointed.
Oh, and before this DVD review closes, I will give a thumbs down to WWE Home Video, but for another reason. You see, the division has yet to establish a packaging format that they stick with. This time around, they put plastic holders
on either side of the single case, allowing the match listing insert to slide around and inevitably get damaged. Top it off with a plastic sheath that again will encounter bumps and bruises, and you've got some of the worst packaging that has ever emanated from Stamford, CT.
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Having played professional soccer in five foreign countries prior to joining the Revolution, Ilija Stolica is well-versed in the process of adaptation
The following story was published in the Revolution's "Match Day" program for the Sept. 4 game against Seattle Sounders FC
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – In some ways, Ilija Stolica's recent move to the United States to play for the New England Revolution has presented him with unique challenges both on and off the field. At 31 years old, he's been thrust into a foreign country thousands of miles away from his home and family in Serbia. Not only is he adapting to a new culture, but also to a new league with a fast-paced playing style vastly different from many leagues around the world.
But at the same time, adjusting to an unfamiliar country is nothing new to the well-traveled Serb, who has now played in a total of six foreign countries during his 14-year career. Stolica began his playing days modestly enough at the age of 18 in his home country but had stints in Spain, Ukraine, Belgium, Greece and Montenegro before landing with the Revs in the U.S.
He first moved to a foreign country when he was just 19 years old, joining UE Lleida in Spain. While Stolica admits adapting to a new culture was difficult at such a young age, he truly believes the knowledge he gained from that experience – and his subsequent travels – has helped ease the process of his adjustment to life in the United States.
"If I came here [as] a young guy, I think I [would] need at least one year to adapt," Stolica said after a recent rain-soaked training session at Gillette Stadium. "That [would] be a longer process. But right now, I have a lot of experience changing countries, traveling a lot, and it helps."
Typically the most difficult aspect of moving to a new country is the seemingly inevitable language barrier. This can be especially important for professional athletes, as they need not only to communicate in their day-to-day lives, but also with their teammates on the field of play and with their coaches when discussing tactics.
As it turns out, speaking English wasn't an obstacle for Stolica, who began learning the language during his elementary school days in Serbia. A typical education in Serbia requires students to learn at least one foreign language and, according to Stolica, most students choose English because of its universal function.
But Stolica's linguistic repertoire goes far beyond English. When asked to give a comprehensive rundown of the languages he speaks, he rattled off a list which would make the world's greatest translators jealous.
"I speak English, Spanish, French, Russian and Serbian," Stolica said matter-of-factly, as if speaking five languages is rather unremarkable. "I (also) understand Italian because it's similar to Spanish and French – it's from the same group of languages – but let's say speaking languages, five."
Despite his proficiency in a multitude of world languages, Stolica was relatively unfamiliar with the United States upon his arrival this summer. He had visited the country just once before – as a tourist 10 years ago during a trip to New York City – but when his contract with his previous club in Montenegro expired and his agent informed him of an opportunity in the U.S., Stolica jumped at the chance to try something new. After all, fellow Serb and longtime friend Marko Perovic – whom Stolica claims has greatly aided his transition – was already playing with the Revolution and had urged Stolica to join him in Foxborough.
As varied as his playing career was prior to joining the Revs, Stolica had never played for a club outside Europe, so crossing the Atlantic to play for an MLS team has been something completely different in that regard. Like Perovic before him, one of the aspects of MLS to which Stolica has had to adjust is the extensive travel, which often includes cross-country flights and multi-game road trips. In fact, his first-ever experience traveling with the Revolution was a recent two-game swing through Chicago and Kansas City.
"To be honest, it's difficult," Stolica said of his newfound travel requirements. "This is a whole new game in a lot of ways for me. [I'm used to traveling] a maximum one hour. Even when I played in Belgium for four years, the longest trip we took was two hours with a bus. We didn't ever fly because Belgium is so small, we didn't have to fly.
"But here, it's a whole different game," he continued. "You fly to Chicago, you have a game there. From Chicago (you fly) to Kansas City. From Kansas City (you fly) to Dallas. I [covered] half of the United States in four days. This is really tough, and I need time to get used to it. In myself and on the game side, I feel those things. But I think it'll be better and better (with time)."
Not only has the constant travel taken a physical toll on the unaccustomed Stolica, but it's also interfered with his ability to get his home life in order here in the United States. The 31-year-old's job as a professional soccer player consists of daily two-hour training sessions and one or two games per week, but the rest of his free time since arriving Stateside has been devoted to sorting out aspects of his life which most take for granted.
In the past few weeks, Stolica has spent countless hours trying to obtain a Social Security Number, open a bank account, find an apartment and buy a car.
"Like in life, it's the same thing in football – every beginning is difficult," he said. "It's different and there really are a lot of things – a lot of administration things – that have nothing to do with football. But those are things you have to do. They are part of life and you have to do it. It's of course hard in the beginning because it takes your attention and your focus [away] from football. It's difficult to stay focused, but this is what we have to do."
Stolica believes it won't be long before he's fully settled in his new home, and he's confident he'll find more success on the field once he can get established in the U.S. Perhaps the biggest pieces to that puzzle are Stolica's wife and two-year-old son, both of whom were expected to join him in America in late August.
"I honestly can't wait for that to happen," said Stolica, lighting up with a smile at the thought of his family arriving. "Now I'm still moving in, buying furniture, preparing the apartment for my family to come. I can't wait to have them here. I really miss them. From that moment, it's going to be much easier for me and I think I will be much more relaxed."
While Stolica claims his game will improve once he's settled, there are those who would argue the 6-foot-1 striker has already proven worthy of a consistent spot in the starting lineup. Included among that group is the man who just happens to make those decisions, head coach Steve Nicol.
"He's just come in and done what he does," said Nicol when asked how Stolica has adapted to MLS. "He holds the ball up, we want him to score goals and we want to give him service. He's shown that if we give him good service, then he'll do both of those things. We just have to try to keep supplying him."
If Nicol wants Stolica to score goals, then he'll be delighted with the performance the striker put forth in his first-ever start with the Revs on Aug. 14 against the Houston Dynamo. Playing in front of the home fans at Gillette Stadium just one week after stepping off the plane from Belgrade, Stolica scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over the Dynamo, lashing home a volley from the top of the box with expert precision.
Still short on fitness, Stolica was replaced in the 77th minute of that game, giving the new signing his first chance to be acknowledged by the hometown crowd. It's a feeling he won't soon forget, and one he hopes he'll experience many times to come.
"That was a great feeling, really," Stolica said. "I think there is no better way to start than to score a goal and win the game. You don't feel so good if you score and your team doesn't win. When you score and the team wins, that's really something.
"That moment when I was going out, the ovation that I had here, I was so very happy," he recalled. "I was telling myself I made a great decision moving here, and knowing people appreciated [me] immediately made me feel like I'd already been here a long time. That's a great feeling."


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SALT LAKE CITY—Ryan Dungey raced to his third victory of the AMA Supercross season Saturday night, and Eli Tomac won for the fourth time to wrap up his first Western Regional Supercross Lites season title.
Dungey, the KTM rider from Belle Plaine, Minn., returned to action last week in Seattle after missing five races because of a broken collarbone.
Ryan Villopoto has already clinched the season title. A nine-time winner this year, he missed the race after injuring his left knee in a first-lap crash in Seattle.
Dungey, knocked to the ground after contact with Jake Weimer on the eighth lap, rallied to take the lead from Davi Millsaps with two laps left in front of 40,548 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Millsaps finished second, and Weimer was third, and Justin Brayton fourth.
"It was great racing out there tonight, and I really dug deep," Dungey said. "I didn't see (the pass) coming and that was my fault. My front wheel got a barrier in the corner and I went down. My focus was to run him down, and I did. I had a tough part of the middle of the season, and I knew I had the speed tonight. I just needed to be patient."
Tomac, the Honda star from Cortez, Colo., held off Jason Anderson.
"It was huge to close out the night with a race win and a championship," Tomac said. "That was some good racing out there. Off the gate I got bumped around and was able to slowly pick guys off and try to pace. I did my best not to do anything stupid. That was the best way to do it."
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Jan. 21, 2008
HONOLULU - The UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team opened its 2008 season with a tough 4-3 loss at the University of Hawai'i on Sunday afternoon.
Despite sweeping the doubles point, UCSB couldn't overcome the Rainbow Warriors. The Gauchos were only able to win at No. 5 and No. 6 singles. At No. 5, freshman Alex Konigsfeldt made his debut with a decisive 6-2, 6-3 win over Hawai'i's Jeff Fitch. Sophomore Josh Finkelstein, the UCSB team captain, defeated UH's Craig Faulk at No. 6, 6-4, 7-5.
At No. 1 singles, sophomore Philip Therp was swept by 25th-ranked Andreas Weber, 6-1, 6-3. At No. 2, junior Bijan Hejazi lost a close two-setter, 7-6, 6-4. At No. 3, senior Jack Hui was defeated 6-1, 6-3 by Sascha Heinemann.
The closest singles match of the day was at No. 4 where Rainbow Warrior Spence Mendoza edged Gaucho senior Anders Dalskov, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
UCSB will return to the courts on Sunday, Jan. 27, when it hosts Santa Clara in its home opener at the Recreation Center Courts.
Match Results
Hawai'i 4, UC Santa Barbara 3
Doubles (UC Santa Barbara wins doubles point) 1. Hui/Therp (UCSB) def. Fitch/Lajola (UH), 8-7 2. Dalskov/Finkelstein (UCSB) def. Heinemann/ Weber, 8-5 3. Hejazi/Konigsfeldt (UCSB) def. Mendoza/Fitch (UH), 8-3
Singles (each match worth one team point) 1. No. 25 Andreas Weber (UH) def. Philip Therp (UCSB), 6-1, 6-3 2. Dennis Lajola (UH) def. Bijan Hejazi (UCSB), 7-6, 6-4 3. Sascha Heinemann (UH) def. Jack Hui (UCSB), 6-1, 6-3 4. Spence Mendoza (UH) def. Anders Dalskov (UCSB), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 5. Alexander Konigsfeldt (UCSB) def. Jeff Fitch (UH), 6-2, 6-3 6. Josh Finkelstein (UCSB) def. Craig Faulk (UH), 6-4, 7-5


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My child is several years out from a successful Chiari Decompression by a well known Doctor. We have been very pleased with his care.
Recently his pain has returned and increased significantly to the point where we've had to add prescription pain medications. He was evaluated for shunt malfunction (he also has Pseudotumor Cerebri) and found to be working fine. An MRI was ordered and the results were abnormal (according to our Neurologist and the Radiologist) There is:
Markedly abnormal sine waves at both level of foramen and C2. (Velocities are 0.46, normal is considered less than 0.14) Low level turbulent flow below cerebellar tonsils. Complete loss of biphasic flow posterior to cervical cord and posterior to cerebellum with decreased biphasic flow ventral to pons, cervical cord and crowding of the posterior fossa with upward towering of the cerebellum.
In his past MRI (a yr ago) he had decreased flow posterior to the cerebellum, but none of the other findings.
Our current NSG does not seem to think there is anything wrong with the findings and wants to re-evaluate his shunt. (even though, it was just done a month ago)
For the first time ever, we find ourselves questioning this Doctor. Is it time for a 2nd opinion?
If so, can anyone share (privately of course) email addresses of well known Chiari experts so that I may ask them if they will evaluate our scans?


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Nothing is more cherished than a favorite photo of your children that is really worth framing. Over the years, I have noticed a few things that make kids photos really exceptional. Some of these photographs have been in black and white and some have been in color. If you are trying for some great family photos, here are a few tips.
- When shooting a CLOSEUP, try some shots that are really tight, even going primarily just for the face. Try to get some candid expressions, as we all know, kids tend to over-exaggerate "smiles".
- If doing a FAMILY SHOT, prepare ahead of time and try to dress in shades of a similar color ... this allows more focus on the actual people in the photo. White clothing is something to consider, as it lends a classic look to an otherwise normal photograph.
- Consider the BACKGROUND ... taking a photo of your child or family in a natural setting outdoors, possibly with trees and greenery or a beach shot, is less distracting phot-wise than taking an indoor shot, where you have to maneuver around furniture, doorways and other home decor.
- Take LOTS of SHOTS ... try to take as many as possible as long as your subjects don't revolt!
- EXPRESSIONS. Many times the best photos are when the family or child is looking more serious or pensive, or has a slight smile. Full blown smiles are great if you can get a natural looking smile.
- BE PREPARED as you never know when that great shot will avail itself. with today's small digital cameras, it's quite easy to just drop that camera into your packet or bag.
Best of all, have fun photographing your family and do consider framing those "special" shots. They are memories for everyone and today, with all the digital photos on computers, many are not framed or even seen by other family members.


text: I've posted a plot of Athlon vs P4 performance on our "real" code - in this case, MILC lattice QCD code (quark/gluon simulations). This illustrates well the various points under discussion, I think. See http://qcdhome.fnal.gov/benchmarks/athlon_vs_pIV.html There are four curves - 1 GHz Athlon with DDR (Gigabyte GA-7DX), 1.5 GHz Pentium IV with 800 MHz RDRAM (Dell 330, not sure of the motherboard), and a 1.4 GHz Pentium IV with 800 MHz RDRAM (Intel D850GB motherboard, home-built, about $1100 w/ 128MB memory) shown with and without SSE and prefetch optimizations. The Athlon and 1.5 GHz P4 curves are from binaries built from standard MILC version 5 code (gcc 2.95.2). The 1.4 GHz P4 optimized curve is from a binary built with prefetches added in by hand, and with hand-coded matrix-matrix and matrix-vector multiplies using SSE. Where the lattice size just starts to exceed the P4 L2 cache (256 MB), the Athlon outperforms the P4's running non-SSE code. At very small lattice sizes, assuming scaling with clock speed (i.e., comparing a mythical 1.4 or 1.5 GHz Athlon with the P4's) the Athlon outperforms the P4's. We would likely never run at such sizes, however. In main memory, the higer memory bandwidth of the P4's is evident. STREAMS copy numbers were 723, 1243, and 1264 MB/sec respectively for the Athlon and the 1.4 and 1.5 GHz P4's. Don Holmgren Fermilab On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Mark Hahn wrote: > > Cant vouch for correctness, but seems to have some explanations/info that > > werent mentioned here. Feel free to rebut the content of course. > > the P4 has an awesome combination of hardware prefetcher, > fast FSB, and dram that keeps up with it. for code that > needs bandwidth, this is very attractive. and it's dramatically > faster than anything else in the ia32 world: 1.6 GB/s versus > at most around .8 GB/s for even PC2100 DDR systems (at least > so far - I'm hopeful that DDR can manage around 1.2 GB/s when > tuned, and if the next-gen Athlon contains hardware prefetch.) > > but it's also true that most code, even a lot of computational code, > is not primarily dram-bandwidth-bound. the P4 is not exceptional > when running real code in-cache; this is why on most benchmarks > other than Stream, recent Athlons beat P4's quite handily. > > and that's why AMD is having such an awsome time in the market now, > and why Intel is cutting prices so dramatically on the P4. > > regards, mark hahn. > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >


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Traders Look to New Home Data to Gauge Economy
Matt Jarzemsky explains key data, including new homes data and corporate earnings, that traders will keep an eye on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
I apologize for slacking off. Work's been insane lately and my hours were changed completely around(for the last 16 years or so, I've worked 1:00 PM until 9:00 PM most days; for the last two weeks, I had to work 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM). But things are going to return to normal soon and I've got a backlog of some...interesting selections.
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Why does it seem the bishops are always the worst dressed of them all?
- October 19, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Ego, Gearge, ego.
It is almost like they have forgotten the meaning of their vestments, and for whom they wear them.
- October 26, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Just think - if KJS becomes the TEC version of a pope, she'll be able to dress up with even more flair!
Be well and rested, Chris. You are missed when silent.
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- October 26, 2010 at 6:29 PM
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Another weekend, another delicious breakfast idea from Mollie Katzen's gorgeous and original breakfast cookbook, the Mollie Katzens Sunlight Café. These baked egg and ricotta cheese muffins are loaded with good proteins and other nutrients to get you started on the day, and, with the addition of cayenne and jalapeño peppers, they pack the spicy flavour that I like for kicking off just about anything. Once they cool down a little, they also make portable little snacks. Make sure you use whole milk ricotta.
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"The political community exists, consequently, for the sake of the common good, in which it finds its full justification and significance, and the source of its inherent legitimacy. Indeed, the common good embraces the sum of those conditions of the social life whereby men, families and associations more adequately and readily may attain their own perfection. Yet the people who come together in the political community are many and diverse, and they have every right to prefer divergent solutions. If the political community is not to be torn apart while everyone follows his own opinion, there must be an authority to direct the energies of all citizens toward the common good, not in a mechanical or despotic fashion, but by acting above all as a moral force which appeals to each one's freedom and sense of responsibility (#74).
"It is clear, therefore, that the political community and public authority are founded on human nature and hence belong to the order designed by God, even though the choice of a political regime and the appointment of rulers are left to the free will of citizens" (#74).
"All citizens, therefore, should be mindful of the right and also the duty to use their free vote to further the common good. The Church praises and esteems the work of those who for the good of men devote themselves to the service of the state and take on the burdens of this office" (#75).
"All Christians must be aware of their own specific vocation within the political community. It is for them to give an example by their sense of responsibility and their service of the common good. In this way they are to demonstrate concretely how authority can be compatible with freedom, personal initiative with the solidarity of the whole social organism, and the advantages of unity with fruitful diversity. They must recognize the legitimacy of different opinions with regard to temporal solutions, and respect citizens, who, even as a group, defend their points of view by honest methods. Political parties, for their part, must promote those things which in their judgement are required for the common good; it is never allowable to give their interests priority over the common good" (#75).
Finally, a word on Gaudium et spes. As anyone who knows me will already realize, I am a "Vatican II" guy. I was in high school seminary during the Council, and in college seminary during the early years of its implementation. All of the various ministries I've been involved with over the years, and my own graduate studies, have all been influenced by the study of the Council. This December we will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the solemn closing of the Council, and the jewel in the crown of the Council's documents is Gaudium et spes. Perhaps we could all benefit from an intense re-examination of the teachings of this powerful document and its agenda for reform.


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Published reports have the Met serious about pitching, and have contacted Ben Sheets. They also have interest in former Yankee Chien-Ming Wang, who is coming off shoulder surgery and won't be available until May 1. The team is also reported to be interested in John Smoltz and Jon Garland.
The word is very encouraging about Wang, who has been throwing pain free for seven weeks. Because of the abundance of off-days in April, the Mets can afford to wait until Wang is ready.
Sheets, who missed all of last season following surgery, is also throwing without difficulty. Reports are he could go for $8 million for one year.
I like the idea of Smoltz for the bullpen and buying time for Wang.
Register your top choice in a new poll.
Elsewhere, the Mets are considering adding the often-injured Chad Tracy as well as bringing back Fernando Tatis. The Mets are also looking at bringing back Carlos Delgado, who has played winter ball mostly as a DH, which doesn't answer the basic question about his durability.


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Folks. I have an obligation this weekend I must attend and won't be back until Sunday afternoon.
I'm leaving the Chat Room open throughout the weekend for the Minnesota series and encourage you to post your thoughts when the mood strikes.
I don't like leaving when the team is playing so well, but this is an obligation I can't break.
Tonight, the Mets will attempt to get back to the winning side of the ledger behind Mike Pelfrey, who is coming off a 5-3 loss to the Yankees last weekend.
Pelfrey gave up five runs and a pair of two-run homers in seven innings of a 5-3 loss.
"He's still a young pitcher who, over the course of a season and in his career, will hit small bumps,'' manager Jerry Manuel said. "He just has to look back on them and get better.''
Johan Santana and Jon Niese will start the next two games of the series.
Angel Pagan is expected to miss tonight's game with a muscle spasm in his right side, but should return tomorrow.


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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Course workers added 40 meters (130 feet) to the biathlon track for the Sochi Olympics on Friday because it was too short.
The loop should measure 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles). Even though a 5 percent deviation is allowed by the rules, the track at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center came up short.
"We had an issue with the length but we made a change, which takes care of it," biathlon's technical delegate at the Olympics, Max Cobb, said.
First doubts about the track length came from the Norwegian team, and they proved right after IBU officials measured the course on Thursday.
On the World Cup circuit, most courses are inspected four days before the actual competition though IOC rules are different, leaving organizers less time for adaptions if needed.
"It's much too late and it creates issues," Cobb said. "All of us feel it's the right thing to do and we still have (one) day before racing."
The venue hosted a World Cup biathlon event last year but the shape of the course has been modified since.
The new part of the track will be used in the women's 7.5K sprint on Sunday, and after that in the women's 12.5K mass start, the men's 12.5K pursuit and the three relays.
U.S. head coach Per Nilsson told The Associated Press he was "a little surprised it was a little on the short side."
"It's still the Olympics, so they should have measured that before," Nilsson said. "Five percent (deviation) is allowed but this felt like a 7K (for the women's 7.5K). It was the right decision they corrected it. Everybody is happy with that."
Another change to the track moved the starting line back by more than 30 meters. In the initial course set, athletes were not given enough time to speed up from the start before approaching a steep hill.
Nilsson called the course "super tough. It will be a big fight."
"In some courses on the World Cup you have big climbs and then you have quite some recovery," Nilsson said. "Here you're down to the bottom in a tough downhill, so you don't recover the legs and then you have a long, long climb."


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* China disputes Vietnam's account of incident last week
* China repeats warning against "unilateral" oil and gas exploration
* South China Sea is one of Asia's most sensitive military hotspots
By Michael Martina
BEIJING, Dec 6 (Reuters) - China told Vietnam on Thursday to stop unilateral oil exploration in disputed areas of the South China Sea and not harass Chinese fishing boats, raising tensions in a protracted maritime territorial dispute with its neighbour.
Vietnam had already expelled Chinese fishing vessels from waters near China's southern Hainan province, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news briefing.
Hong's description of the confrontation last Friday was in contrast to the account by Vietnam, which said a Vietnamese ship had a seismic cable it was pulling cut by two Chinese fishing ships.
"Vietnam's statement is inconsistent with the facts," Hong said.
China is in increasingly angry disputes with neighbours including the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia over claims to parts of the potentially oil and gas-rich South China Sea. China, which lays claim to almost the whole of the sea, criss-crossed by crucial shipping lanes, also has a separate dispute with Japan over islands in the East China Sea.
The Chinese fishing boats were in an area where Vietnam's claim overlaps with waters of Hainan province, Hong said.
New Chinese regulations allow police to board vessels deemed to be intruding in waters off the island of Hainan, though details about how this could happen have not been made clear.
"The relevant fishing vessels were in these waters conducting regular fishing activities and they were unreasonably expelled by Vietnamese military vessels," Hong said.
He added that China and Vietnam were currently in negotiations over the waters.
"We hope the Vietnam side will not engage in unilateral oil and gas exploration activities in the relevant waters, cease interfering with Chinese fishing vessels' normal operations, and create a friendly atmosphere for bilateral negotiations", Hong said.
China has made similar warnings in the past about not exploring for oil and gas in waters it considers its own.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department said it was aware of the incident between the Chinese and Vietnamese vessels and said it had expressed concerns to Beijing over the new regulations.
"We call on the Chinese government to clarify the revised regulations and ensure their implementation is consistent with international law," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in an emailed statement.
"All concerned parties should avoid any unilateral actions that raise tensions and undermine the prospects for a diplomatic or other peaceful resolution of differences," he said.
India, which jointly conducts some oil exploration with Vietnam, said this week that it was prepared to send navy ships into the region to safeguard its interests.
Energy-hungry China is also actively exploring the resources of the South China Sea. It aims to produce 15 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year from the South China Sea by 2015, the energy administration said on Monday, raising the possibility of disputes escalating.
State-run CNOOC, China's top offshore oil producer, in late June invited foreign companies to jointly develop nine blocks in the western part of the South China Sea, a move Vietnam said was illegal because the blocks overlap its territorial waters.
The South China Sea is one of Asia's most sensitive military hotspots whose profile has been raised by a newly assertive China.
The mounting disputes come at a time when China is flexing increasing naval might, including the launch of its first aircraft carrier in September and the test flights of its first two models of a stealth jet fighter, one of which is believed to be designed to land on aircraft carriers.


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Our Fitness Blog
4 Diet Myths We Need to Toss
There are many misunderstandings when it comes to dieting. There are a lot of rumors floating around out there that any of us take for truths. Whether we know the real facts or not can cause major havoc in our diets. If we believe these false truths, we could end up sabotaging our weight loss goals. Here we have gathered four of the most common diet myths and help you find different ways to go about dieting that can get you those results you have been craving.
If your aim is to lose weight, then you have to starve. This is not true. You should never starve yourself to lose weight. Instead we need to learn about portion control and eating healthy foods. If you try to eat less, it could cause you to be in a very bad mood and make you eat more unhealthy foods at the end of your day. However, when you eat properly throughout the day, you will feel more satisfied and more eager to follow this type of nutritious meal plan.
Fat in any form is bad. A lot of us think that we have to eliminate all fat from our diets. This is not actually true, as many of us can't seem to believe. There are different types of fat, and some of them are bad for us, (think fried chicken or doughnuts) while others happen to be essential for us. So, if you are opting for fat free items because you think it will fast track your weight loss, then you're missing the mark. Your body has to have a certain amount of fat to process certain vitamins antioxidants such as beta-carotene, vitamin D, and vitamin E. So, do not be afraid to allow the proper amount of healthy fats in your diet. Nut butters, lite cheeses, oils and avocado are great examples. Fats should be 20-30% of your diet daily.
Healthy meals have no flavor. There are multiple ways to incorporate different flavors and tastes into your meal. You do not have to rely on fat and salt to bring you flavor. You could try some new spices, experiment with different herbs and look for healthy types of condiments like BBQ sauce and the like. You may not realize how much they can take your food to the next level and only add a trivial amount of calories to your diet! However, if you are buying ready made spice mixtures, you should check the label for its sodium content just to be sure. Many pre made seasoning kits are so concentrated that you only need half. Try out a few new flavors next time you cook.
You need to go low carb. This is definitely not true! Carbohydrates need to be 50-55% of your diet at each meal! You body actually needs carbohydrates like sweet potatoes, brown rice, or whole wheat pasta in order to burn fat. The low carb fad is still going strong, but we really need to get over it. Carbs don't make you fat, a crappy diet will. Eating clean and balanced consistently is the ticket.
When we follow false truths, it can be a long hard struggle trying to lose weight. This leads to failure and disappointment. 9Round Nutrition is included in your 9Round membership so you really can take all the guess work out of all the contradictory trends you read or hear about. http://www.9round.com/login/what_you_get
Healthy living is fun and can be done for life when you do it right!


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MLS Wrap: Neagle sends Sounders third
Seattle Sounders consolidated their spot in the top three of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS) with a 1-0 win over Chivas USA.
Lamar Neagle scored the only goal of the game at CenturyLink Field in Washington as the Sounders claimed their third straight win.
Real Salt Lake top the conference by five points but have played three games more than Seattle, who are level on points with the Los Angeles Galaxy with a game in hand on the Californians.
Even without star signing Clint Dempsey, who is away on international duty with the United States, and injured former Inter striker Obafemi Martins, Sigi Schmid's side secured another win.
A Marc Burch set-piece found Neagle in the 24th minute and the striker took a touch before volleying past Dan Kennedy from close range.
In Wednesday's other game, Houston Dynamo missed a chance to move into the top five after a 2-0 loss against Columbus Crew.
Second-half goals from Ryan Finley and Justin Meram secured the victory for the hosts, who are eighth in the Eastern Conference.
Dynamo six sixth, equal on points with fifth-placed New England Revolution, after their third consecutive game without a win.
Finley opened the scoring on 47 minutes after a neat team move led to Meram, squaring a pass for the former to tap into an open net.
Columbus had a chance to double their advantage just three minutes later when they were awarded a penalty after Robert Boswell pulled down Dominic Oduro.
But Tally Hall kept Houston in the game, saving Finley's poor penalty which went straight down the middle.
The Crew scored their sealer in the 74th minute as Meram beat a defender before finishing into the bottom corner from inside the area.


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Wiggins scoops SPOTY
BRADLEY Wiggins was crowned BBC Sports Personality Of The Year last night in a massive celebration of British sport's greatest year.
The public named him their favourite after he became the first Brit to win the Tour de France and won his seventh Olympic medal at London 2012.
Where are you now Mrs Kennett, from art
With 1.5million votes cast, last night's runner-up was heptathlon gold medal winner Jessica Ennis, 26, with US Open-winning tennis player Andy Murray, 25, third.
After England legend David Beckham announced the result, Wiggo, 32, said: "I'm not going to swear tonight. I'm just going to say thanks very much to everyone who picked up the phone and voted.
"We've had all that jungle stuff and X Factor over the last couple of weeks, so for people in half an hour to pick up and pay £1.50 to vote, thank you very much."
And he joked: "And to me nan, the cheque's in the post as you pushed that re-dial button God knows how many times."
Wiggins was handed the trophy by Princess Kate, who was making her first public appearance since leaving hospital after suffering severe morning sickness.
Wiggins triumphed over one of the toughest fields the Sports Personality competition has ever seen, with double Olympic track champ Mo Farah, 29, and world No1 golfer Rory McIlroy, 23, also in the running.
An avalanche of gold medals also helped Paralympics gold medallists Ellie Simmonds, 18, and David Weir, 33, attract thousands of votes.
In other categories last night, 15-year-old Paralympic swimming champ Josef Craig was crowned Young Sports Personality of the Year.
Martine Wright, 40, who lost her legs in the London bombings on July 7, 2005, and competed in the sitting volleyball at the 2012 Paralympics, won the Helen Rollason Award for achievement in the face of adversity.
London 2012 stars Team GB and Paralympics GB jointly won the team of the year award, Games supremo Lord Coe, 56, won a lifetime achievement award and Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt, 26, was named Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
In a poignant moment, the stars also paid tribute to people in sport who had died during 2012, including Daily Star football writers Danny Fullbrook and Brian Woolnough.


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The Funhouse
Disobeying her parent's orders, teenager Amy sneaks out to visit a sleazy travelling carnival with her friends Liz, Buzz and Richie. They decide to spend the night in the carnival funhouse and after witnessing a gruesome murder, are stalked by the deformed offspring of the carnival barker.
Tobe Hooper's masterpiece The Texas Chainsaw Massacre needs no introduction. One of the most highly regarded, visceral, provocative and controversial horror films of all time, few films have matched it for its raw intensity: least of all, any of Hooper's own subsequent offerings. Since then the director has wallowed in a mire of increasingly dire output. Few directors have experienced as much critical backlash or seen their career take such a downward spiral as Hooper. His earlier still work retains an edgy grittiness to it though; the intense and unrelenting ferocity of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the sweaty bijou snuff-production values of Eaten Alive and the nasty underbelly of Spielberg produced Poltergeist, all display intensity seemingly only Hooper could muster. Even in the creepy Prime-Time vampires-invading-a-small-town Stephen King TV adaptation, Salem's Lot, Hooper managed to remain true to his horror roots and provide several spine-chilling moments; not least the little undead boy floating outside his bedroom window beckoning to his older brother to open it.
The Funhouse stands as one of his last films of any genuine interest or originality. Released in 1981, it was one of the more memorable in a glut of Halloween-inspired slasher flicks – in fact it was actually released in a double bill alongside Canadian slasher My Bloody Valentine. Like many of Hooper's flicks, The Funhouse exhibits an abundance of grimy, queasy and downright lurid production design (courtesy of Mort Rabinowitz) and a moody atmosphere that becomes more sweat-inducing and off-kilter as events become more delirious and violent. Opening with a double homage to Psycho and Halloween in which one of the characters is menaced in the shower and seemingly murdered by a knife wielding, masked intruder (only for it to be revealed as a practical joke), is telling for The Funhouse; a film that constantly reveals all is not as it seems.
The bulk of the movie is made up of our rent-a-Scooby-gang, Amy (Elizabeth Berridge), Ritchie (Miles Chapin), Liz (Largo Woodruff) and beefcake Buzz (Cooper Huckabee), exploring the carnival, hanging out, going on rides, eating candy floss, smoking pot, drinking beer and sneaking peeks into the strip show – a dank and sleazy sight boasting a plethora of flabby older women with swirling titty-tassles and dour expressions. Characterisation, aside from Amy – who is the final girl, natch – could be written on a pinhead. The characters are stock types simply there to be chased throughout the lividly lit funhouse and murdered in various nasty ways.
Hooper sets about building an uneasy atmosphere of dread that is bolstered by the film's undeniably effective production design – freakish carnies, deformed animals, luridly lit sets. The carnival is depicted as a sleazy, seedy and creepy place; everything about it is just 'off.' The folks who work there are all depicted as sinister, marginalised lugs that couldn't be further from 'normalcy' if they tried.
Eventually the teens decide to spend the night in the funhouse. This is when the film should really kick into gear, but alas, Hooper never seems to be able to up the ante quite enough. The Funhouse does boast one or two memorably suspenseful moments – like when Amy sees her parents outside the funhouse after they are summoned to collect her brother – whose fearful loyalty to her ensures they remain unaware she's inside – and her desperate cries for help are blown back in her face by the giant blades of an air-conditioning fan. By the time we've made it to the end though, Hooper can't sustain the tension carefully created at the beginning of the film and it just sort of fizzles out with the inevitable, though less than protracted, confrontation between Amy and the monster. She is reduced to a pathetic, whiney wimp while the monster gropes, grasps and flails about in her general direction as she backs further towards sparking machinery…
As with many of the director's films, the notion of a 'monstrous family' nestles at the dank heart of The Funhouse – the carnival barker and his hideously deformed son recall the grotesque family of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Our heroine Amy's family is also far from perfect either and depicted in a less than flattering light; with her alcoholic mother, distant, ineffectual father and strange little brother Joey who delights in menacing her when she's in the shower (Erm, paging Doctor Freud!). These elements also lend the film an unsettling edge – there is something oddly unfeeling about it all. Another deeply discomforting moment comes when Joey is 'cleaned up' by a carnival worker who watches, a little too fondly over him while he sleeps. Again with Hooper we have this 'urban' versus 'rural' dichotomy – the rich city kids coming to gawp at the carnie crazies and getting way more than they bargained for.
What is also one of the most disturbing aspects of this increasingly claustrophobic film is the depiction of the monstrous son. He is an unfortunate creature to be pitied as well as feared. His days are spent covered up in a mask and gloves, traipsing around tending to the titular funhouse; his nights spent trying to obtain sex – either by paying for it from seedy old carnival lushes, or, as implied when several characters discuss the 'missing girls' from the last town the carnival passed through – by abducting, molesting and murdering young girls. After the gruesome scene in which the son throttles the life out of the wretched fortune teller (Sylvia Miles) when she ridicules him, his father reacts violently, beating and goading his deformed offspring who cowers in the corner before flying into an inarticulate rage, too. The fact that he hides his hideous visage beneath a Frankenstein's Monster mask is also telling. Both were created and shunned by unloving 'fathers' and both are misunderstood, but ultimately tragic, hulking lugs.
A by the numbers slasher that is redeemed by its creepy setting, vivid production design, eerie atmosphere and utterly deranged killer. Could have been so much better though, had Hooper bothered to ratchet up the tension as much as he does the grim atmospherics.


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Digital Delight
By Matt Hawkins
May 5, 2014
Laughter and smiles filled the Peoria Riverfront Museum as children and adults created videogames, navigated a wave wall and inserted themselves into special effects sequences at Bradley's annual interactive media showcase. The event, Routing, displayed student projects and introduced visitors to the interactive media department through a variety of hands-on displays.
"This is an amazing opportunity for our students because they made something the public interacted with," interactive media department chair Jim Ferolo said. "It provided them an opportunity to get their work into the public sphere. The product is almost secondary to getting them to understand everything they need to do to get the project out the door."
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Students collaborated with faculty, IM alumni and several sponsors to bring the showcase to life. Visitors were greeted by a lighted wave wall that displayed a matrix game operated by a skateboard-shaped foot controller. Seniors in the web and application design track designed the wall.
Guests also created board games from a table of miscellaneous items, learned the basics of animation, drove Sphero balls around an obstacle course and modeled in front of a green screen with special effects.
"I like watching people with their families learn how the experience works," said senior animation and visual effects major Patrick Kelly as he supervised the wave wall. "It's not your typical video game on a screen."
In addition to those activities, animation and visual effects seniors displayed a series of short films in the museum's giant screen theater and game design seniors showed Dapper, a game application designed to teach diabetes patients about the disease. All IM students also showed portfolios of their work.
"It's fun that we got a day to show off our work," senior game design major Jack Stephens said. "It's entertaining to see others get joy out of playing something they've made."
Junior animation and visual effects major Drew Marinelli linked his parkour hobby with digital media for his presentation. The multimedia display enabled him to share his hobby and media production interests.
"It's nice to hear from other people and to see how excited they are about the program," Marinelli said. "The things I'm learning are helping me with side projects as well as a career in interactive media."
Beyond the energy of watching a year of hard work come to life, the day paid long-term career dividends for students in the nationally recognized program.
"A public show that shares what they created is an extremely persuasive way to show employers what the students can consistently deliver," Ferolo said.


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The Better Business Bureau of Central, Northern and Western Arizona has selected Goodmans Interior Structures as a winner of its 2013 BBB Business Ethics Award for its commitment to ethics and trust.
The BBB announced the award during a ceremony on May 2 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa.
BBB selected Goodmans because it is dedicated to creating great lifetime furniture experiences for its clients. Goodmans' organizational culture reflects a mission of serving customers with products and services that create a more productive, efficient, healthy and aesthetic environment. After six decades in business, Goodmans' has a reputation for being family owned and committed to their community.
"Being named a BBB Business Ethics Awards winner is an honor that not only means a great deal to the company, but to the community it serves," said Felicia Thompson, BBB VP of Communications. "Goodmans Interior Structures is being recognized for their commitment to ethical practices in leadership, community and communication."
Goodmans' number one corporate value is, "There is nothing more important than the welfare of our people."
"Every Goodmans Interior Structures staff member, from the newest employee to me, takes ethics seriously," said Adam Goodman, CEO of Goodmans Interior Structures. "Serving our clients' needs responsibly and maintaining solid business practices is top of mind for our family-operated, Arizona-based business. We are incredibly proud and honored by this award."
Goodmans won for the category of 51 to 150 employees. Other winners: Classy Sister Wigs (category of 1 – 10 employees), Guido's Auto Service Centers Inc. (category of 11- 20 employees), Plumbing Masters LLC (category of 21 – 50 employees), Cypress Homecare Solutions LLC (category of more than 151 employees). Click here to read about the winners on BBB's website.
In a separate 2011 award from a different organization called B Lab, Goodmans' ethical conduct, combined with sustainability initiatives and community outreach programs, has earned the company a certification as the first (and still the only) Benefit Corporation in the North American office furniture industry, and the largest Benefit Corporation in Arizona. Certified Benefit Corporations are required to consider the potential impact of their decisions on their stakeholders – including employees, suppliers and consumers – as well as the broader community and the environment.


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Five selectors have been appointed to hone Scottish Rugby's talent identification at age-grade levels. The selectors will work closely with the coaching teams at Scotland under-20, under-18, under-17 and under-16 levels.
Henry Edwards, Scottish Rugby's Head of Coach Development, said: "The selectors have been appointed to support our coaches in identifying suitable players to be part of our national age-grade squads."
Edwards added: "We will also continue to tap in closely to our network of Regional Academy Coaches, working with our schools and clubs around the country, as well as with Exile players via our Exiles structure."
The selectors are:
Scotland under-20/under-20A – Lawrence Black – head national selector; Lawrence has many years of experience as a selector working in Yorkshire and with the Scottish Exiles as a selector/coach/team manager. His son, Alex, is a scrum-half and is one of the Elite Development Players with Edinburgh Rugby.
Scotland under-18/under-17 – Ian Mitchell – head national selector; Ian has been involved in the Caledonia pathway programme as a team manager and coach for many years
Scotland under-18/under-17 – Danny Roussow – regional selector (Edinburgh); Danny is Director of Rugby at Loretto School and has worked as a coach in the Edinburgh pathway programme.
Scotland under-16 – Colin McCulloch – head national selector; Colin has been an international age-grade selector as well as selector and team manager in the Edinburgh pathway programmes.
Scotland under-16 – Jonathan Willis – regional selector (Glasgow); Jonathan has been an assistant coach in the Glasgow pathway programmes.
For full details of age-grade fixtures this season check on this website. Admission to all age-grade games in Scotland is FREE.


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Homeowner confronts burglary suspects in Orange County
According to a news release from the Orange County Sheriff's Office, an armed homeowner confronted two people he caught attempting to burglarize his home.
On June 18, 2013 at 10:40 p.m., Orange County Sheriff's deputies responded to 3200 Lakeview Cutoff in Vidor concerning a burglary in progress. Upon arrival, deputies met with the homeowner who advised he was getting ready for bed when he heard a vehicle driving between his residence and his metal shop. The homeowner said he looked out the window and observed a purple Chevrolet truck drive to the rear of his shop next to his residence. The homeowner dialed 911 and then obtained a firearm and went outside to confront the suspected burglars.
The homeowner confronted the suspects and attempted to hold them at gunpoint until deputies could arrive on the scene. The suspects were identified as Cecil Mitchell, 40, of Vidor, and Sabrina Pantely, 45, of Vidor. When confronted by the homeowner, Mitchell got into the truck and attempted to leave and the homeowner advised that he shot out both passengers' side tires on the vehicle in an attempt to keep the suspect from leaving. The suspect drove the vehicle onto Lakeview Cutoff and fled the scene with two flat tires. Pantely remained at the scene until deputies arrived.
Once Deputies arrived, the homeowner was able to check his metal building and determined that the lock on the south side door had been cut off of the building using a pair of bolt cutters that were found lying on the ground next to the broken padlock. No property was missing from the building as the homeowner confronted the suspects before they were able to remove any property.
Pantely was arrested for attempted burglary of a building and transported to the Orange County Jail. Bond was set at $2500. Mitchell fled the scene and was not yet located. Police say charges are currently pending on Mitchell.


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There was the impeccably coifed former Long Island congressman Rick Lazio, who paid testament to Halloran's bulldog character, as well as former state senator Frank Padavan, who after some recent health issues was looking spry and energetic during his introduction of Halloran,
Padavan even made a joke about the councilman being the only candidate to bring two horses to his or her campaign announcement, referring to Halloran's two enormous dogs which, yes, he did bring along for the party.
There was also Mike Long, head of the Conservative Party, which has endorsed Halloran. Also present was Mike Abel, who years ago used to represent the same district as Halloran in the City Council. They were all surrounded by about 100 supporters and members of the press.
And then there were two people who probably try not to spend too much time together.
The ongoing power struggle within the Queens Republican Party between current chair Phil Ragusa and his supporters and a rival faction have been well documented. That rival faction is led in part by Councilman Eric Ulrich, and both Ulrich and Ragusa were at Bowne Park to support Halloran.
The two stood on separate sides in the group of supporters for Halloran, and for good reason. Ulrich has been highly critical of Ragusa, both publicly and in the press, so their relationship has to be icy at best.
As an example, when the Queens County GOP endorsed George Maragos, the current Nassau County comptroller and a Republican candidate for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's seat, Ulrich took to Twitter to post the message above.
(Incidentally, in case you were wondering, yes, George Maragos was at Halloran's announcement on Monday, too. And Maragos stopped by our offices last week for a chat with folks on the upper floors in the corner offices that make the really important decisions, but we're sure they'll tell you more about that in the future.)
We're sure these type of things happen in politics all the time, and that bitter rivals often find themselves in the same room or at the same civic association dinner and have to play nice. It's all part of the business of politics.
And speaking of political rivalries, did Halloran fan the flames just a bit on one such rivalry that might be brewing in South Queens? In his introduction of Ulrich, Halloran jokingly referred to Ulrich as "the next state senator" before pretending to catch his gaffe.
Halloran was referring to rumors that Ulrich is considering challenging State Senator Joseph Addabbo for his senate seat in the next election. Ulrich took it all in stride.
"This is your announcement, Dan, not mine."
Not yet, anyway.