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It is the policy of Emmanuel College to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Federal law (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) established the rights of individuals with disabilities. Emmanuel College shall comply with all applicable federal laws and regulations regarding reasonable accommodations needed to provide equal opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Each year more high school students with disabilities are planning to continue their education at institutions of higher education, such as Emmanuel College. As a student with a disability, students entering college need to be well informed about changes in their rights and responsibilities as well as the rights and responsibilities afforded by the College. A student who is well informed will help to ensure a full opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the postsecondary education experience without confusion or delay. Prospective students with disabilities are encouraged to contact or visit Emmanuel College Disability Services in their junior or senior years in high school in order to find out more about disability services at the college level.
There is often a misperception by students entering college and their parents that postsecondary schools and school districts have the same responsibilities in regard to the provision of academic adjustments for students with disabilities. This is often not the case; the responsibilities of postsecondary schools are significantly different from those of school districts at the secondary level. Also, the responsibilities of students with disabilities are significantly different as well. As a student with a disability enters the college setting, it is in their best interest to know their rights and responsibilities and the rights and responsibilities of the postsecondary schools under Section 504 and Title II. Doing so will improve the opportunity to succeed in postsecondary education.
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Influenza virus vaccine preservative free - intramuscular
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Afluria , Fluarix , Flublok , Flucelvax , Flulaval , Fluvirin , Fluzone
Generic name:
Influenza virus vaccine preservative free - intramuscular
Brand name(s)
Afluria , Fluarix , Flublok , Flucelvax , Flulaval , Fluvirin , Fluzone
This vaccine is used to prevent infection by the influenza ("flu") virus. It is also called the seasonal flu shot. Influenza can cause serious illness (rarely death), especially in people at high risk from the infection (such as young children, the elderly, and people with chronic health problems). Vaccines work by causing the body to produce its own protection (antibodies) against the virus.
Vaccination is the best method for preventing infection and decreasing the seriousness of illness if you become infected. The brand and dose of vaccine you receive depends on your age. Influenza vaccination is not recommended in infants less than 6 months old.
As with any vaccine, it may not fully protect everyone who receives it. Since different types of flu viruses cause infection every flu season, usually a new vaccine is produced and given for each flu season.
This flu vaccine does not contain live virus, so it cannot cause the flu.
Read all vaccine information available from your health care professional before receiving the vaccine. If you have any questions, ask your health care professional.
The vaccine is usually given by injection into a muscle by a health care professional. Some brands may also be given by deep injection under the skin. Adults and children usually receive the injection in the upper arm, and infants receive it in the upper thigh.
The vaccination is usually given in the time from September to November when the number of cases of influenza virus begins to increase (the start of "flu season"). Only one dose is required for people aged 9 years and older. Children under 9 years of age may receive a second dose depending on when the first dose was given. Discuss the dose schedule with your health care professional.
Soreness/redness/swelling/bruising at the injection site may occur and may last for up to 1-2 days. Fever, muscle aches, headache or weakness may also occur. If any of these effects continue beyond 2 days or become bothersome, tell your health care professional.
Rarely, some people have symptoms such as fainting, dizziness, vision changes, or ringing in the ears just after getting a vaccine injection. Tell your health care professional right away if you have any of these symptoms. Sitting or lying down may help, since these symptoms usually don't last long.
Remember that your health care professional has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
Tell your health care professional right away if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur:
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including:
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your health care professional.
Contact the health care professional for medical advice about side effects. The following numbers do not provide medical advice, but in the US you may report side effects to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) at 1-800-822-7967. In Canada, you may call the Vaccine Safety Section at Public Health Agency of Canada at 1-866-844-0018.
Before receiving this vaccination, tell your health care professional if you are allergic to it; or to any other vaccines; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients (such as latex, eggs/chicken products found in some brands), which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your health care professional for more details.
Before you receive this vaccine, tell your health care professional your medical history, especially of:
During pregnancy, flu vaccination is usually recommended. Discuss the risks and benefits with your health care professional.
It is unknown if this vaccine passes into breast milk. Consult your health care professional before breast-feeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your health care professional. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
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Vaccination may be given to anyone wishing to reduce the chance of getting the flu. For optimal protection, the vaccine must be repeated each year since it may contain different strains than previous years.
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Store in the refrigerator. Do not freeze. Protect from light. Keep all medications away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company.
HOW TO USE THIS INFORMATION: This is a summary and does NOT have all possible information about this product. This information does not assure that this product is safe, effective, or appropriate for you. This information is not individual medical advice and does not substitute for the advice of your health care professional. Always ask your health care professional for complete information about this product and your specific health needs.
Information last revised March 2020.
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Selected from NATIONAL DRUG DATA FILE (NDDF) data included with permission and copyrighted by First Databank, Inc., 2019. This copyrighted material has been downloaded from a licensed data provider.
The above information is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgment of your health care professional. You should consult your health care professional before taking any drug, changing your diet, or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.

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Danielson Famile
The Danielson Famile's carnival of soul is deeply rooted in American folk and gospel music. Having been raised on their own father's gospel songwriting in Clarksboro, New Jersey, the Famile were raised with a reverence for a deeply personal and spiritual song form, one that relished not only the song itself but also the relationships which formed around that song. And the result of a few decades of the siblings absorbing such a family practice -- as well as an ample supply of post-punk, new wave, mid-80's to early-90's independent rock, and all the Dylan and Beatles along the way -- is something like if the Carter Family and the Jackson 5 were invited to collaborate for a Sun Session with Black Francis sitting in on lead vocals during a slightly overcast Sunday afternoon. It's a strange and fascinating collision of sounds and contexts, but that's what's so incredible about the Famile; their unashamed display of all things under the sun in their travelling family circus can be so many things to so many people, but all the while being the singular vision of one truly inspired mystic by the name of Daniel. Fact: the Danielson Famile is really and truly comprised of three brothers and two sisters whose actual surname is Smith, as well as three "adopted" family members. "I'm gonna give you something that's already yours." And so opened their debut full-length A PRAYER FOR EVERY HOUR from 1995. It came out of nowhere and was recognized for its gall to be so original and without precedent. "Rarely has such purity and wholesomeness been so successfully combined with clarity of vision, sense of purpose, and sheer enthusiasm," reported John Fortunado of BUZZ magazine. As perfect a debut as the four-tracked 24-song opus was, it was with their second record TELL ANOTHER JOKE AT THE OL' CHOPPIN' BLOCK that Danielson Famile really established themselves as premier album-makers. Recorded partly in a funeral parlor in South Jersey by Shimmy Disc guru Kramer, the album stands as a potent and surreal testament to eldest brother and chief songwriter Daniel's revisionist take on the daily moral struggle we all wage. He does so with conviction and commitment, while still maintaining a sense of humor without falling into the trap of over-ironizing. "He worries about 'fleshly' matters, dreams of making babies, recalls his own birth and calls his mother 'Mommy,' and plays it all as a family pageant," said CMJ magazine. Their next two full-lengths, TRI DANIELSON!!! (ALPHA) and TRI-DANIELSON!!! (OMEGA) were recorded together and released separately as sister albums. An experiment in album form, they attempted to push out in three opposite directions from one source without a unification attempt. They proved that the Famile was a band who could translate the intensity of their increasingly famous live performances -- in which the band dons nurses uniforms that act, according to Daniel, as "visual reminders of the spiritual and emotional healing taking place" within audience members -- onto record. With these two records, the Famile's highly choreographed, yet still quite improvisational, songs showed a kinship with the bombastic theatricality of Queen and ABBA, the serrated and damaged edge of Captain Beefheart and early Talking Heads, the child-like perspective and uninhibited sense of adventure of Half Japanese and the Shaggs, and the deep spirituality of Washington Phillips and father Lenny Smith. Secretly Canadian is proud to announce the world-wide re-release of TELL ANOTHER JOKE AT THE OL' CHOPPIN' BLOCK, TRI DANIELSON!!! (ALPHA) and TRI-DANIELSON!!! (OMEGA). Release date: 01/22/01read more
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District 9 director Neill Blomkamp remains interested in helming a Halo movie, but would only do so if given control over the project.
Blomkamp signed on to make a Halo movie with Peter Jackson over five years ago, but the project collapsed soon after with Microsoft holding onto the film rights. The South African movie maker went on to create sci-fi hit District 9 and is now promoting Elysium.
But despite the complex nature of working on a Halo project, Blomkamp remains open to the idea.
"I still really love the world and the universe and the mythology of Halo," he told IGN. "If I was given control, I would really like to do that film.
"But that's the problem. When something pre-exists, there's this idea of my own interpretation versus 150 other people involved with the film's interpretation of the same intellectual property. Then the entire filmgoing audience has their interpretation."
He added: "You can really live up to or fail in their eyes. That part isn't appealing to me, but the original pieces are appealing."
Microsoft is understandably protective over Halo, which helped the software firm become a leader in the video game space. The firm's mothering of the IP may prevent a movie ever getting made.
If a Halo movie were to be made, who would you like to see direct it and what story would you like to see told?
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We do this for any written correspondence with the school district about the student and you want to be sure the school puts it in the students Education records. The Family Education Records Privacy Act (FERPA) requires schools to keep and maintain all student records that contain personally identifiable information.
Schools often just toss email messages and letters. Putting the students personally identifiable information in the document prevents that tossing routine.
Personally identifiable information is the students name along with date of birth or student number. Most of the time I use the date of birth and the student number.
Nimrod Griffon. DOB 7/15/2011. Student ID#: 000000
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Trish oversees our human resources, legal, audit and procurement teams as well as our corporate real estate and ambitious sustainability commitments to Building a Better Tomorrow.
She joined JLL in 2012, bringing with her a wide variety of leadership experience. From 2007, she worked for Merck & Co., and Rohm and Haas Co. before that, in a diverse set of roles that have stretched from laboratories to the board room.?
Trish started her professional life as a chemist, working with research and business teams. The challenges chemistry presented – identifying patterns, solving complex problems – are skills she has found incredibly useful throughout her career. She moved into human resources in 1999, and developed a deep understanding of the value that talented people who are given clear opportunities to achieve their career ambitions can have on corporate success. In recent years, she has focused on JLL's strategy to leverage an aligned approach to structure, processes and technology to create efficiencies throughout the business.
Trish earned a degree in chemistry from Michigan State University, a PhD in biophysical chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. in clinical psychology from The Fielding Graduate Institute. Born in Okinawa, Japan, she currently resides in Pennsylvania.
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The revelation a few seasons ago that Hawthorn players were downing pizzas after their matches came as a surprise to many.
In an era where nothing is left to chance in elite sports performance, why would a club sully its finely tuned athletes with greasy takeaway as recovery fuel? Had a run of poor performances driven them to emotional eating? Or had they discovered something about pizza the rest of us didnt know?
Before you reach for the phone to order that thick crust barbecue meat-lovers with extra cheese, allow a food expert to explain what the Hawks were thinking.
Sports dietitian and fitness consultant Lisa Sutherland was behind the scenes at Hawthorn for five years, and explains that the lower fat pizzas with quality, healthy toppings were carefully selected to ensure players optimal recovery.
The key thing is to get some carbohydrates in, plus some protein. And for players, they actually lose a lot of salt in their sweat, so having something thats got a little bit of salt in it after exercise is actually quite a good thing, she explains.
Over the past 10 years, Sutherland has worked with VFL club Port Melbourne and Essendon, Hawthorn and now St Kilda in the AFL. She says the role of an AFL dietitian involves planning, research and preparation to ensure players are getting the most out of their bodies.
Pre-season is always a busy time, assessing new players and conducting talks and cooking lessons primarily aimed at educating the younger players about nutrition. Individual eating patterns are discussed and meal plans developed to help players meet specific goals related to fitness and performance requirements.
Body fat and weight measurements are taken for monitoring throughout the season.
Body composition change is related to both diet and their training, Sutherland says. We monitor that pretty carefully. We also monitor hydration. We get the players to do hydration testing and monitor their fluid loss.
The evolving science of nutrition constantly offers new insights and approaches to peak performance. Recovery techniques are being improved through a better understanding of the effects of different nutrients.
Thats a fairly new and emerging area where a lot of research is being done, looking at micro-nutrients antioxidants and vitamins and minerals and how they can play a part in performance and recovery, Sutherland explains. Thats where the pizzas come in.
But new technology can also present dangers. With a vast array of supplements available ranging from fads and gimmicks through to banned substances, player education is a crucial component to Sutherlands role.
Elite athletes need to be careful in terms of what they take so theyre not going to produce a positive drug test, Sutherland says.
So we need to check anything herbal or supplements that are made overseas, we need to get them checked by the doctor at the club and often run it by ASADA (Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority) as well to make sure everythings okay.
Interstate travel entails working in with flight and training itineraries, and phoning ahead to organise suitable catering options. Sutherland needs to be aware of player food allergies pineapple, kiwi fruit and mushroom are some uncommon examples she has encountered to ensure meals ordered in bulk are not a danger.
The biggest challenge is convincing younger players to adopt the right habits.
A lot of the players coming into AFL clubs now are 17-18, at that age where a lot of their friends are out drinking and eating lots of takeaway and that sort of thing, she says.
But in the past five or six years, Sutherland has noticed a more proactive approach from players looking to improve their nutrition. The increased professionalism of the AFL has left them no choice, as a poor diet will quickly show up on the training track.
Thats where theyll find theyre not getting the results theyre looking for, she says. In the gym, their energy levels arent as good, they wont be recovering as well, so it shows up.


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Carolin Glick The way forward for Israel
Posted by avideditor on April 1, 2011
Carolin Glick is amazing. Wish she is the next president of Israel.
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May 24, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Could be better, could be worse. Keeping head above water. His speech to the US Congress on the 24th of May was outstanding!


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Sugar Rush: Green Tea Ice Cream Sandwich at Miyabi 45th, Seattle
A soba restaurant isn't a place you'd ordinarily consider special for sweets, but you shouldn't consider Miyabi 45th an ordinary restaurant. Chef Mutsuko Soma makes soba noodles from scratch using buckwheat from Washington state, then uses them in a wide variety of cold and hot preparations from zaru soba to soba in soup with duck and leek. In addition to starters and sides like foie gras tofu, uni shots, and beef tartare Gangnam style, you'll find other buckwheat items scattered in the menu, such as housemade agedashi soba tofu.
Buckwheat also plays a major role in a dessert I recently enjoyed at Miyabi 45th: a Green Tea Ice Cream Sandwich ($6). The buckwheat cookies are crisp (though intentionally softer than the small, M-shaped cookies that come with a simple order of ginger or green tea ice cream) and have a pleasantly earthy smell. They're slightly sweet, and have the same subtle nuttiness you'll find in the soba noodles.
A flattened scoop of green tea ice cream fits between two buckwheat cookies. There's a drizzle of molasses-like kuromitsu on top of the sandwich and on the plate, as the touch of bitterness and sweetness in the "black honey" makes it a perfecting pairing with the earthy green tea. A dusting of powdered sugar and kinako powder add more sweet and nutty (soy-based kinako is somewhere between peanut and sesame in flavor) notes to the dessert. A few sweetened (almost caramelized) azuki beans finish the plate.
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Earning Two Majors or Two Baccalaureate Degrees
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Double Majors
Students may complete two Bachelor of Arts degrees or two Bachelor of Science degrees within 120 hours. To do this, students must complete the Core requirements and the requirements of both academic majors.
Completing 2 Baccalaureate Degrees
Students may complete 2 Baccalaureate degrees within 120 hours. To do this, students must complete the Core requirements and the requirements of both baccalaureate degree programs.
Students who complete the requirements for a major leading to a Bachelor of Arts and a major leading to a Bachelor of Science in the College of Arts and Sciences will be awarded both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science.
Students can complete 2 Baccalaureate degrees granted by different Colleges and Schools within 120 hours. This includes but is not limited to: BS/BSW; BS/BBA; BS/BBA; BA or BS/B.Ed; BSW/BBA; BA/BSN
Students whose primary major is in a college other than Business and do not intend to pursue a second Bachelor's in Business are restricted to taking a maximum of 32 hours in Business courses.
In affiliation with various accredited engineering schools, Loyola University Chicago offers a Dual-Degree Program in Physics and Engineering, which enables a student to receive within five years a B.S. degree in Physics from Loyola and a B.S. degree in Engineering from one of the affiliated schools. Students typically attend Loyola for three years of study in the physical sciences and liberal arts, and then complete the program with two more years at the engineering school. For more information see www.luc.edu/depts/physics/currp1.html
Dual Degree Programs
Loyola University offers undergraduate students the opportunity to complete a Baccalaureate degree and a Masters degree within 5 years. These include, but are not limited to: BBA/MSA in Accountancy; BBA/MBA; BBA/MS in Information Systems Management; B.B.A./M.S.I.M.C. Integrated Marketing Communications; B.S. in Biology/MBA; BS/MS in Criminal Justice; BS in Environmental Studies/MBA; BS/MS in Mathematics; BS in Mathematics/MS in Computer Science; BA/MA in Political Science; BS/MA in Applied Social Psychology; BA/MA in Sociology; BSW/MSW.
The Loyola University School of Law, in conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences, offers a 6 year Baccalaureate/Juris Doctor program that provides an opportunity for a limited number of exceptionally well-qualified Loyola students to enter the School of Law after completing their junior year of undergraduate study and taking the LSAT (the Law School Admission Test). Students participating in this accelerated admission program attain their Bachelor's degree following successful completion of the first year of law school and their law degree (Juris Doctor) after completing all of their law school studies. Careful and early planning is needed to achieve accelerated admission. Students should see the pre-law advisor during their freshman year to plan accordingly.


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The World Bank Group has been a development partner in Nepal for the past four decades, providing financing, technical assistance and advice.
Over the years, the Bank's support has evolved in focus and form to meet the changing needs of Nepal. But this partnership has always maintained a primary purpose: the reduction of poverty to raise the living standards of the Nepali people.
The World Bank provided its first technical assistance grant to Nepal in 1964 to finance and organize a transport survey. But the first credit was approved in 1969 for a telecommunications project.
Over the next decade, the Bank's assistance focused mainly on agriculture, irrigation and infrastructure development in telecommunications, highways, power, and water supply and sanitation.
As our partnership evolved, it became apparent that development had to be inclusive to be successful and sustainable. While working to improve the transfer of its extensive development knowledge , the World Bank become an active listener, seeking input from the local people who are the best authorities on their lives and their development needs.
In the following decades it become increasingly apparent that greater investments were needed in its human resources for Nepal to attain its full potential. At the same time, for development to be sustainable, it needed to include measures to protect the country's natural resources.
While Bank assistance in the traditional areas continued, an increasing amount of assistance was provided in education and health, and to support forest management aimed at conserving Nepal's precious biodiversity. Protection of the environment was also given increasing importance in all Bank financed projects.
As the partnership moves into the next decade, the World Bank Group will continue to help Nepal develop the systems, institutions and skills required to ensure that the future Nepali State prospers and deliver the benefits of development to its citizens in an inclusive and accountable manner.
Consistent with national priorities, the Bank Group will continue to support Nepal's efforts at overcoming constraints in terms of productivity, connectivity and the delivery of public services, as well as help disadvantaged Nepalese cope with economic and social vulnerabilities.
The Bank will also continue to bring resources and decisions closer to beneficiaries, where they are likely to be most productively used.


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IntPiPoMo #24 - Goblin corner
November is the month of NaNoWriMo. If a picture is worth a thousand words, and the NaNoWriMo target is fifty thousand words, then Angelya of Revive and Rejuvenate has said, surely we can post fifty pictures and be winners as well - IntPiPoMo! This is part of my contribution to the series.
Goblin towns are always just that little bit tacky with lots of bright lights. And to me, they also seem a little bit dirty... they're always polluting the water with some. The calendars are hilariously tacky, as well as their decor.


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Hello Tomas!
Trying to access the scripts without success, although I am logged in.
Get the following message, both in FireFox and in IE: We are having trouble locating your record, please try again later.
Sounds like a broken connection somewhere.
I was thinking to add the "toggle read, unread" and the "ban domain and delete" scripts.
Any suggestions appreciated.
By the way, I am probably one of the few people who sold his IMAC because, among other things, PocoMail didn't adapt well to that environment.


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Random Thoughts On São Paulo
Whether it's in the wet or the dry, it looks like Will Power has pretty well figured out the streets of São Paulo, Brazil. Against an ominous forecast, the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 was run practically rain-free. This was in direct contrast to the previous two versions that were both heavily affected by rain. It didn't matter. The result was the same. Will Power won in very non-dramatic fashion.
For those that are complaining of Power's dominance on street courses, try taking a step back and appreciate what you are witnessing. At Barber and Long Beach, Power made things interesting because he was starting in mid-pack before he drove to victory. At São Paulo, Power started on the pole and only relinquished the lead during pit stops.
On the surface, this seemed like a boring race because Power led almost all of the laps and he made it look effortless. This isn't just Team Penske giving him a better car; this is a display of talent that is head-and-shoulders above everyone else on the grid. Sure, it helps that he is on the best team in the business and that he has a Chevrolet engine in his car – but those things didn't help his teammates this past weekend. Helio Castroneves qualified twentieth and Ryan Briscoe tenth. Briscoe crashed early in the race, while Helio did very well to finish fourth.
It actually was a pretty good race behind the leader. Mike Conway was fast all day, but caused an accident and got caught up in another on his way to a very disappointing nineteenth place finish. Tony Kanaan was another driver who excelled throughout most of the day, yet only had a thirteenth place finish to show for it. The same goes for Scott Dixon who started third and finished seventeenth – the product of an ill-timed caution for Josef Newgarden hitting the wall late in the race.
On the other hand, some drivers made great strides from the start. As already mentioned, Helio Castroneves went from qualifying twentieth to finish fourth, although he was helped a little by a reshuffling of the starting grid due to penalties to other drivers for various reasons. Ryan Hunter-Reay had a great run. He started fifth and ended up second. After the season Dario Franchitti has had so far, he is probably relieved to be headed home to Nashville with a fifth place finish. Rubens Barrichello is probably not satisfied with finishing tenth in his home country, but he is showing steady improvement. I still expect him to win a race this season. Ana Beatriz started twenty-first and appeared to be headed for a top-ten finish in her homeland, only to be caught up in the late-race pile-up, which dropped her to twentieth.
But up front, it was Will Power all the way. Unless he was to get caught up in someone else's crazy move on a re-start, there was little doubt from early on that he would win. Yes, that made it boring in a way – but it was good to accept that just to watch an artist perform his craft. His talent on street courses is exceptional. Don't begrudge him for that. Admire it and appreciate it. It may be a while before we see someone else with such enormous talent for these type of tracks comes along again. Of course, his record on the oval at 16th and Georgetown is not quite as stellar. He's decent, but obviously beatable. If he figures that place out – look out!
TV Coverage: First off, NBC Sports Network had little, if any, control over the camera work. They were at the mercy of the Brazilian TV feed. But kudos to Kevin Lee for literally fighting his way through the maze of Brazilian TV personnel at the end of the race in order to get to interview Power first.
Kevin Lee was the only on-air talent that was on-site. The booth trio and Robin Miller all stayed behind and called the race from a studio in Indianapolis. There was some lag-time and some static at first from on-site, but all in all – there were few technical glitches given the distance and logistics involved.
I was a bit perplexed during the intro of the pre-race show when Bob Jenkins said there were three Brazilian drivers hoping to score a win in their home country – Tony Kanaan, Helio Castroneves and Rubens Barrichello. There was no mention of Ana Beatriz. This wasn't the fault of Bob Jenkins – he was simply reading a script. The video that followed along only showed the three mentioned drivers. Someone in production obviously screwed up and omitted Bia. Not good.
One thing that was Bob's fault was when he proclaimed that Bryan Herta Autosport and Dreyer & Reinbold were both leaving Lotus for Honda. Huh? When did I miss that? The last I heard was pure speculation that BHA would be going with Honda and DRR would go with Chevrolet. When was it announced that DRR would also be going with Honda. Fortunately, later in the broadcast – Jon Beekhuis set it straight that nothing had been announced and then restated the rumors that we had all heard.
I have few complaints with the job that NBC Sports Network has done, but I do have one – Please minimize the info bar at the top of the screen. There is a huge chunk of space that is always blank, and then the scroll hangs down way beyond that. I'm probably exaggerating, but it seems like almost the scroll at the top blocks twenty percent of the entire screen. It is very annoying and intrusive. I like the information but graphic artistry should come second when you're blocking the view.
On another note, I hope that NBCSN can sell more ad time before qualifying weekend. I can appreciate the message, but seeing grotesque chest scars and double amputees in the anti-smoking ads is getting a little old. Coverage started at 10:00 am local time. It was just a little too early to be seeing those sights repeatedly.
I keep saying it, but if you haven't seen any of the episodes of IndyCar 36, they are worth seeking out online. They are some of the best-produced programming I've ever seen that involved INDYCAR.
Tough day for Newgarden: I'll admit a strong bias for Josef Newgarden. Not only is he a Nashville native, but he is an exceptionally good guy – and will be good for the series if they can hold on to him. He drove a great race yesterday, but only has a twenty-third place finish to show for it. He was punted by Simona de Silvestro and lost a lap and seemed to be caught up in a lot of incidents throughout the day. Then, he slapped the wall late in the race and ended his day. It's a shame. He drove much better than his results showed. Don't be surprised to see him on the podium before the summer is over.
All in all: This was not a great race, simply because there was not much doubt who would win. At the risk of sounding like a NASCAR fan, thank God there were a few incidents that shook things up and kept things interesting. Otherwise, Power would have completely checked out. Still, when you sit and watch him drive – it's hard to not appreciate it. He has hardly put a wheel wrong all season. At least we now know how this circuit races in (mostly) dry conditions. I like the looks of the track and would like to put it on my list of tracks to visit whenever I win the lottery.
The Month of May: OK, we now have four road courses behind us. As hard as it is to believe, the season is now officially one-quarter over. But starting tomorrow, the Month of May officially arrives. I can't promise that I'll have a post every day in May, but I'll certainly post more than my usual three days a week. There will be a post tomorrow welcoming the month along with an announcement of an upcoming contest for the month. Plus, there will be a couple of other surprises I'll have throughout May. So please make sure to visit Oilpressure.com every day throughout the Month of May. The Indianapolis 500 is almost upon us. I can't wait.
George Phillips
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I know there is a good deal of expense involved in transporting an entire TV vrew and equipment to Sao Paulo, and I get that the number of "eyes" on the series may not be great enough to justify the expense, but it sure seems to me like we're making our own series out to be "bush league" when we only send a pit reporter to cover all the festivites there. Imagine the same thing will be true for Xingdao later in the season, but it just doesn't come off as serious coverage when everyone but Kevin's in an Indianapolis studio.
Bob Varsha said on Twitter the other day that most of Speed's F1 coverage is done from a studio as well. That is actually NBC's call and not IndyCar's so there really isn't anything they can do unless the want to offer to send the equipment, and I'm going to guess in the end that cost would be well into seven figures.
I am very impressed with NBC Sports. The INDYCAR programming, in my strongest opinion, is first class and I am enjoying the NHL coverage even though the Predators are now down 2 games to Phoenix. Also, I am more impressed with the "new" car after this weekend. It comes off as tough and it set a course record this past weekend by Will Power. Speedy.
On to Indianapolis!!
Bia might be the best female driver in the series, I hope she does well at Indy. That would've been a good race if they made Will Power stay in Indianapolis at the studio.
Sorry but I think she is a ticking timebomb in the car. Simona is leaps better than her but loyal to her team so she is eating ribber in the back ot the pack.
After Ana took Will Power out of the title I became a hater. She has done NOTHING to prove worthy of an Andretti ride!
George, I think the NASHVILLE Chamber of Commerce should give you an award or better yet, cash, for continuing to promote the fair city of NASHVILLE. Thanks for reminding us that Dario is returning to his home in NASHVILLE and Josef Newgarden is from NASHVILLE. Aren't those Predators from down that way someplace also?
Seriously, thanks for your usual fine recap job. I enjoyed the race for the most part except that so many of my personal favorites were taken out of contention by accidents. I say out of contention instead of out of the race because these new cars seem to be a good deal tougher than the previous version.
And yes, one really has to give Will Power his due. He is just really damn good on those twisties.
Well, tomorrow is May 1, my bronze badge just came in the mail, and I am stoked. Let the games begin!
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It must be really disheartening to be a race driver or a race team, knowing that no matter how good of a job you do, since you are driving with a Lotus engine, you do not have a chance of even smelling the podium, let alone standing on it….. there are some good drivers that must be hoping for brighter futures some day–even if it is with Chevy hand-me-downs…..
Sad that I overslept and missed everything except the last lap! Sounds like I didn't miss much, though. I am a little tired of Power destroying the field, but on the other hand, he's not a former IRL guy. Penske picked him up, I'm just guessing here, because he showed that he was spectacular on road courses before and after the open wheel merger. So, you put the best road racer in the series on the best team with the best engine, duh, this is what you get. I have a feeling his number is up, though. Indy is looming, and there are about a dozen drivers out there who are better in Speedway than Power. However, if his car somehow gets to skip a pit stop, watch out. Bring on Indy!
Dear George, I didn't see the broadcast in English (actually I watched only laps 35-45 and nothing else). But I agree with NBC Sports: Bia didn't hope for a win, she dreamed about it. No matter she drove for Andretti, she wasn't a serious candidate. Good luck!
she was as serious a candidate as anyone else, excepting Power and four or five others…
Pass, she is a crash waiting to happen!
George, no mention of Sato's 25th to 3rd drive? He even achieved that with a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. I'd call that the drive of the day, especially with the move on the restart where he threw the car into Turn 1 sideways and made it stick. That was an all-or-nothing move if I've ever seen one. I'm happy he made it stick because if he didn't we would have a whole week of "Sato is too agressive and reckless and took out the whole front of the field…". Power had a great drive but it would have been more of a surprise if he hadn't won.
I'm phyched to get into May now. Hopefully we'll see some teams flip the script, exceed expectations, and stop this Death Star domination.
I think Dixon had the most frustrating day. He seems to be the only guy who has anything for Power and lost a ton of ground for the second race in a row. I hate to say it but the Championship is probably over. Power is king.


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Monday, May 05, 2008
Another So So Sunday
That was it for tournaments but i did play 2hrs of 25nl on fulltilt, finishing up $66.00
Today i played a $3 MTT with 1613 entrants. I just missed making the final table finishing 11th when i reshoved with A9s in the BB vs LP raise with KQo. I was a short stack from the time we got ITM but was able to pick and choose the right spots to get it AI to steal or resteal.
I was pleased with my patience down the stretch and this proves that i can play as both a huge stack and a small stack late in tournies. Although i prefer the bigstack obviously :).
I will spend tomorrow reading, reviewing and watching PXF videos, so i will not be playing any tournaments.I will probably play several hrs of 25nl on Fulltilt.
Good News!
I passed my Stats course with a 78%(B)!!!!
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I often have trouble balancing partying and poker on the weekends, I hear that. Seems like you are doing well with 25NL, keep it up.
Question: do you play 180 man sit and gos much? I was thinking about playing a few soon. Generally the only sit and gos I do right now are 45 person sit and gos. I was curious on the main difference between 45 man and 180 person gos.
- Game101 said...
Hey Mike,
I think i average around 25 180 sngs each month, maybe more...
The level of play is pretty much the same, until you get deep. And even then there are some pretty bad players. Use OPR to judge level of your opponents.
Time is also a factor, the 45s last like 1hr 15mins max? The 180s last around 4.5hrs for a 1st place finish.
-Play tight you will get paid on your big hands early.
-Pace your play based on the blind level and know when its time to get active/shove.
-If you have a big stack.. steal 60%-80% of the time its folded to you in LP with a 3xbb raise.
- Be aware of stack sizes so you're not pot committed when stealing
-have a plan before you play the hand
Just a few quick points i came up with... but anyone beating 25nl should be able to beat these sngs. Its just a matter of adjusting to the changing conditions of the tournament.


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The Big Honking Business-as-Usual IBM-Apple Deal
Jul 17, 2014 7:00 AM PT
The news that Apple and IBM have joined forces sent a shockwave through the Apple-focused world this week, and I admit it, I was surprised. At first glance, the deal seems to be this big group hug with the two companies becoming inextricably entwined.
Yeah, it's not that.
Upon closer inspection -- despite the fluffy and vague announcements put out by IBM and Apple, and some vague-yet-fancy landing pages on their websites -- the scope of the deal, which is characterized by IBM's "MobileFirst for iOS" initiative, is incredibly simple.
In fact, this is the biggest deal that really isn't all that "BIG" that I've seen in a long time. It seems groundbreaking -- and it will pay off handsomely for both Apple and IBM -- but it's really just an extension of business as usual for both companies.
The No Big Deal
So how can a partnership be a big deal but also be business as usual? That is, how can Apple and IBM become partners in this world and not fundamentally change? I'll try to explain how I see this shaking out.
It's a big deal because it will help sell more Apple devices and cement Apple's position in the enterprise. That's it. More sales means less room for Android and Windows encroachment. This deal is a low-risk tactical move to sell more existing products and hammer boards over the enterprise door to keep competitors out.
While Apple is already in the vast majority of the Fortune 1000 companies, it doesn't have a good reputation for playing nice to enterprises or listening to their concerns and demands -- especially when it comes to planning.
I don't think this deal is going to change that; however, this deal will mitigate Apple's lackluster reputation for IT support by letting IBM shoulder most of it. IBM has a great reputation for IT support and for listening to its largest customers. If IBM customers believe they can count on IBM to make sure their Big Data and cloud-based applications function flawlessly on their shiny iPads, it removes one element of doubt surrounding Apple in the enterprise.
As part of the partnership, Apple will offer a special AppleCare for Enterprise support service. How will this differ from existing AppleCare Professional Support services? Probably not much. Why not? The AppleCare for Enterprise service is just 24/7 telephone support. IBM will be responsible for on-premises support services.
So IBM gets to continue to support its customers directly around the world, plus gets to offer a new IBM MobileFirst Supply and Management service that includes device activation for iPhones and iPads -- with leasing options, which is handy for accounting purposes for enterprises. (By the way, nowhere does this offering seem to imply that IBM will service iOS devices exclusively, which means you can bet that IBM will help out with Android or Windows devices if its customers want it to.)
Business as usual.
IBM Don't Need No Apple
In fact, IBM already develops apps for mobile use on iOS. Why does IBM need an Apple deal to continue to do that?
Answer: IBM doesn't truly need Apple. However, a partnership with Apple lets IBM use Apple's name to help market its new line of enterprise analytics. A partnership with Apple lends IBM some sexiness -- some of Apple's mojo.
The C-suite already prefers to use iPhones and iPads. This partnership makes it just a little easier for enterprises to acquire iOS devices through its IBM channel rather than dealing directly with Apple -- or supporting iOS through the original backdoor BYOD channels.
Apple, in fact, has slowly and surely continued to build and improve on its enterprise device management capabilities. Apple has a big reference site for developers called "Reinvent your enterprise with iOS." Where is IBM on it? Answer: Nowhere.
As an extension of the ability to sell its own apps to its enterprise customers, IBM says that its IBM MobileFirst Platform for iOS will deliver the services required for an end-to-end enterprise capability -- from analytics, workflow and cloud storage to fleet-scale device management, security and integration.
Enhanced mobile management includes a private app catalog, data and transaction security services, and a productivity suite for all IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions. In addition to on-premises software solutions, all of these services will be available on Bluemix, which is IBM's development platform on the IBM Cloud Marketplace.
IBM easily could have accomplished all of that without announcing a special partnership that included PR photos of Apple CEO Tim Cook walking beside IBM CEO Ginni Rometty.
The most interesting element of the Apple-IBM partnership is this nugget: The companies will collaborate to build IBM MobileFirst for iOS Solutions -- a new class of made-for-business apps targeting specific industry issues or opportunities in retail, healthcare, banking, travel and transportation, telecommunications and insurance, among others, that will become available starting this fall and into 2015.
IBM has been building these sorts of apps for vertical industries for years. Does the company really need Apple to do it? No. The question is, how much will Apple really collaborate here?
I'm guessing Apple will collaborate only on making sure that Apple builds in the appropriate security and device management hooks needed to make enterprise mobile management a secure breeze.
Apple would have done much of this anyway, eventually, but a formal agreement has the potential to open a door for Apple to hear what large enterprises around the world truly care about.
IBM Is Not Changing Apple's Core
The reality is that Apple doesn't have to do jack to let IBM put more focus on its devices. This deal doesn't mean that IBM is going to change Apple's core operating principles or values as a company.
Apple will be able to build whatever the heck it wants -- and IBM will get to sell it directly and talk about it and market it directly, too. This isn't so different from an iPhone commercial you see on TV that actually was produced by AT&T or Verizon. It's just another revenue stream that comes through a business relationship -- like Apple with cellular service providers.
Business as usual.
The only potential downside is if IBM makes Apple seem stodgy in the process, which seems unlikely since most consumers don't pay attention to IBM marketing anyway. It's targeted at adults who work in businesses.
The best potential side effect of this deal could be that third-party app developers who aren't trying to write the next viral Flappy Bird game actually can create an interesting business app and gain some sales into businesses they might not have been able to get into as easily. Big deal? Not yet, but it has potential.
Except, Might IBM Be a Slippery Slope?
There is a chance, however, that IBM will start to represent a seriously large customer base for Apple. Along the way, IBM may be able to influence Apple to create changes in hardware and software to better serve this large customer base.
At some point, Apple might be weak and build (or not build) something in order to preserve multimillion dollar accounts. It could be a slippery slope for Apple. The competition is getting better, and consumers are fickle.
The business world is littered with companies that struggled to hold onto major revenue streams rather than innovating -- previous tech darling Microsoft tried to hold onto and protect Microsoft Office revenue for years, "enhancing" the suite into a mess that customers started rejecting.
Once you open the door and let a massive company into your house, it's hard to reject all its interests and money. Throw in a pessimistic Wall Street with a failing Apple stock price, and the pressure could become unbearable to ignore -- maybe even for Apple.
But hey, this risk exists only if the integration of this partnership is actually as tight as the initial marketing wants everyone to think. From what I can tell, it's pretty loose and leaves Apple off the hook for delivering anything more real than its logo.


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Last week, five Ohio State football players - including star QB Terrelle Pryor - were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for receiving improper benefits, including tattoos for autographs. Now, another Buckeye has admitted to improperly benefiting from his association to Ohio State football: Brutus Buckeye.
The MZone has learned that the long-time Ohio State mascot received free tattoos at the same parlor as the other busted Buckeyes in exchange for his autograph, the small white Tosu towel he covers his crotch with, and one so-called Akron Steamer. As you can see in our exclusive photos below, Brutus got "sleaved" on both arms and had a "tramp stamp" tattooed on his lower back.
Brutus also sold his trophy for being named one of the eight finalists in the Capitol One Mascot of the Year contest and a urine-colored trinket the once-beloved Buckeye mascot gets each season if he doesn't get his ass kicked by another mascot. He sold the trophy for $63.89 cents and his 2009 urine-colored-jewelry thingee for $11.95 on eBay.
While many Buckeye fans said Brutus should immediately be banned from the OSU sidelines and not be allowed on the field for the team's upcoming Sugar Bowl appearance, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith was quick to leap to the mascot's defense, saying the punishment should be mitigated because of how Brutus used the money he received.
"The time this occurred with Brutus was a very tough time in our society. It's one of the toughest economic environments in our history," Smith said. "The decisions that he made he made to help his family, feed the poor, and cure childhood illness in Somali."
Smith also started to say some other ridiculous shit but was cut off by school officials before he could further make an ass out of himself.
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The Catholics shall fear us. They already feel the tightening of the thumbscrews, they hear the creak of the Iron Maiden closing, and they smell the reek of the spilled beer on the Comfy Chair. And oh, how the Catholics are squealing at their oppression. I have in my hands a list of three, no, four crimes against Holy Mother Church, all horrors that no civilized society should inflict on any of its members, no, not even the ones who rape little children and call it holy.
Oh, wait. Now that I look at them, the torments aren't really that bad.
Catholics are forced to use contraception! Uh, actually, Health and Human Services is requiring that private health insurance plans cover contraception for those who use it. So what they're really complaining about is that they have to pay for coverage that includes something they won't use. Just like I have to pay for an insurance plan that covers diseases of the uterus, or worse, cancer. Cancer is expensive, and I don't have it; I expect to be deaded by heart disease, so why should my money be used for those deadbeats with a horrible disease I haven't got?
Catholics are excluded from government jobs! They cite two things: the first one is in incomprehensibly mangled English, but I think it's something about how doctors assisting refugees have to be willing to give abortions if needed. Homeless women never have life-threatening gynecological conditions, so it's perfectly reasonable for devout Catholic doctors to let them die if they do. The second problem is that USAID isn't going to support HIV/AIDS programs that don't recognized the effectiveness of condoms in preventing the disease. It's all the same nuisance requirement: they're hiring people to do some specific work, and they're unfairly refusing to hire people who say they'll only do half the job.
The government wants to control who the Church can hire! Meddlesome bastards. They actually expect the divine and sacred faith to respect their employees civil rights. Waaaaah!
The Department of Justice has officially called Catholics bigots! It's true. They've come right out and said that the church's efforts to impose their views on all people, including non-Catholics, that gay people are wicked and evil sinners who will burn in hell and do not deserve equal treatment under the law, is somehow bigoted. Civil servants who are Catholic in states that allow gay marriage are facing legal action because they refuse to do their job. Catholic adoption agencies are being squeezed out of business for the innocent act of hating same-sex couples and telling everyone that they are bad, bad parents. Hating people and discriminating against them for their natures isn't bigotry, is it?
You know, that's just pathetic.
Clearly, the Atheist Inquisition needs to step up their game, and do a little research to learn how to do their job. Maybe we should study how Catholics have historically managed any group that disagrees with them? Surely, they wouldn't complain if we were scrupulously fair and only did to officials of the Catholic Church what the Catholic Church has done to heretics in the past, would they?
We'd be doing them a favor. Right now, they look rather foolish sitting there in opulent robes, dandling terrified children on their knees and demanding that we allow vast populations to suffer from poverty and sexually transmitted diseases, all while squealing and crying because someone won't give them money for not distributing condoms, or insisting that doctors ought to be willing to do simple surgeries that save women's (sinners!) lives. They'd at least look like they had good reason to whine if they were on fire, rather than being told they don't get to interfere in people's lives.


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EDGAR ZUNIGA - Friday, December 6, 2013
Well, now-that was truly captivating television.
We all know that initial reaction was one of despair; hands in your hair, shaking your head.
Germany, Ghana and Portugal.
What a draw. So what now? Do we just keep screaming or roll up into a ball and sulk in the emo corner?
Are you serious?
This is what US Soccer is all about. Nothing ever comes easy for Team USA. At some point, whether in group play or in the later rounds, we all knew that the US would have to face someone tough and, for the US, every match will come with a side of intrigue, which is just absolutely perfect for American audiences.
You can bet that ESPN is already drooling over the ratings expected for every single group match.
However, before we delve into the group, there is an interesting and eerie subject to touch upon that is sure to come up with one of the major media outlets but you will see it here first and it will make you get online and see that it is fact.
It's the US World Cup cycle, which has historically predicted how the US fared in previous World Cups. It goes back and forth and can be traced back to the first World Cup, Uruguay 1930, when the US breezed through group play only to get unceremoniously ousted by Argentina in a brutal semifinal game, 6-1.
Still, with the US earning a third-place finish, World Cup '30 was a resounding success.
Four years later, the format of the World Cup was changed to something very similar to the NCAA basketball tournament, including a play-in round between the US and Mexico. Yes, 2002 was not the first time the US and Mexico played each other in a world tournament. Although the play-in game was not officially a World Cup match, both teams had to travel to Rome for the game, and the US won 4-2, which is another way of saying "dos a cero," earning the US two points (a W meant two points back then), so that's another "dos a cero" against Mexico.
What was the reward for the US? On three-days rest, getting to face Italy, who were not only hosting the tournament they would eventually win, but (as alluded to) had been threatened by Benito Mussolini (who wanted to show the world the might of fascism) to go all the way-or else.
The US was crushed 7-1 and took a long boat ride back home across the Atlantic. World Cup '34 was a disaster.
In 1938, with Europe on the verge of World War II and the rest of the world holding its breath, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dutch Guiana, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States all withdrew, so Cuba qualified automatically. Surprisingly, Cuba defeated Romania in the first round, but got obliterated 8-0 by Sweden in the quarterfinals.
Due to WWII, the World Cup was canceled until 1950, when it was played in Brazil, mostly because Europe had been reduced to smoking craters.
So, if you're keeping score, '30 good, '34 bad. That meant something good was going to happen for the US in 1950.
Alas, the record books show that the US finished last in their group, losing hard games to Spain and Chile. However, Joe Gaetjens.
Yes, this was the year the US defeated England 1-0, thanks to a goal by Gaetjens. It is considered by many as the greatest upset in World Cup history. Sadly, only one American journalist, Dent McSkimming, was at the World Cup, and he had to pay his way there as he was unable to persuade the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
to cover his travel costs. His was the only article in American newspapers detailing the glorious victory and there was barely a whisper across the nation.
How brutal was the loss for England? Despite it being England's World Cup debut, they were reputed as the "Kings of Football" and heavily favored to win the World Cup. The loss to the US prevented England from advancing to the second round, and England's blue uniforms, which made their debut in this game, were never worn again in the World Cup (and probably doused in gasoline, set on fire, and the ashes thrown in a safe and tossed into the mid-Atlantic ridge).
So, despite the last-place finish, that victory over mighty England was pretty damned good. World Cup '50 was okay.
Then, there was that 40-year drought, until Paul Caligiuri's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" miraculously put the US back in the World Cup.
In 1990, the US got raked across the coals. Thrown in the group with host Italy, the US suffered a horrible 5-1 defeat to Czechoslovakia, which drew many pundits to wonder aloud if the US even belonged in the World Cup. However, the US finished in typical gritty fashion, fighting Italy to a 1-0 loss, followed by a 2-1 defeat to Austria.
Three and out. Thanks for coming, here are your parting gifts. World Cup '90 was a learning experience.
Four years later, the World Cup was brought to American soil, which in itself was a huge victory for US Soccer. This act, alone, planted the seed for a new generation of US players, supporters and Major League Soccer.
Led by the charismatic Bora Milutinovic, the US was placed in a group with a tough Switzerland team, World Cup favorites Colombia, and Romania, which was going through a great era, led by Gheorghe Hagi.
Of course, any US supporter that is worthy of wearing their stars and stripes is familiar with what happened in '94. The US not only maintained the tradition of the host team advancing past the group stage, they put up a strong fight against the beast that was Brazil and might have pulled off a shocking upset until Leonardo Araújo delivered a vicious elbow to Tab Ramos' skull, shutting down whatever offense the US could muster.
Advancing to the second round, playing in a World Cup in front of a home crowd, and losing 1-0 to the eventual champions was much better than expected. World Cup '94 was an accomplishment on many levels.
Things were a lot different in France '98. The US team had been thrown into turmoil on the eve of the World Cup when a huge mess involving John Harkes and Eric Wynalda and his wife led to then-US coach Steve Sampson leaving Harkes out of the World Cup after having earlier deemed him "captain for life."
It was an ugly mess that served as a preamble to an ugly showing in the World Cup, where the US lost all three games to Germany, Iran and Yugoslavia, finishing dead last among the 32 teams in the tournament. Sampson was roundly criticized by the media and even his own players and was fired after the US was eliminated.
France '98 was a nightmare.
In 2002, expectations for the US were modest at best. In a group with co-hosts South Korea, hardheaded Poland, and Portugal, among the favorites to win the tournament, many predicted the US would finish last. A respectful loss to Portugal in the opening game was deemed by many as a positive result.
However, Korea/Japan 2002 proved to be unpredictable, to say the least. After tiny Senegal stunned defending World Cup champions France 1-0 in the opening match, anything was possible.
A World Cup run that began with an improbable victory over Portugal, and included the most famous "dos a cero" of all (eliminating Mexico in the round of 16) ended in a legendary battle against 2002 finalists Germany. It took a mighty performance by Oliver Khan and the infamous German handball that was never called to knock out the US.
World Cup 2002 showed progress and that the US was on the verge of a new era.
In 2006, with the popularity of soccer growing, MLS hitting the 10-year mark, increased media attention and a (misleading) no. 4 FIFA ranking for team USA, the outlook was terrific.
A disappointing 3-0 loss to the Czech Republic was a huge blow. Somehow, the US scraped together a 1-1 draw against eventual champions Italy, and was then eliminated by Ghana, 2-1, in what was the first in a series of US losses to Ghana on various levels of world tournaments.
Although Clint Dempsey gave the US some hope after tying 1-1 against Ghana and doing a two-step in celebration, the eventual elimination left the US and fans with bitter memories of that World Cup.
Germany '06 was humbling and embarrassing.
Despite this, there was a sense of optimism going into South Africa 2010. The US felt they could match up well against England, Slovenia and Algeria and that confidence and a great deal of grit carried the US through to the next round.
Yes, Landon Donovan!
However, Ghana.
Just when the US was building up steam and had the complete attention and adoration of an entire nation, Ghana crashed the party, kicking the US out of South Africa and leaving everyone frustrated.
Nevertheless, the US won their group for the first time since 1930, remained undefeated against England in the World Cup, and had to go to extra time before finally succumbing to Ghana, a nemesis in the fullest sense of the word.
Remember that just a few months ago people were toying with the idea of the US playing Ghana in a friendly leading up to World Cup 2014?
Forget a friendly. USA vs. Ghana right off the bat, son.
As if Group G could not get any more fascinating, the US will have to deal with Portugal and their Man O' War Cristiano Ronaldo, who despite looking like a model delivers a venomous sting with his playmaking and amazing goal-scoring abilities.
Both games leading up to the main course, when US coach Jurgen Klinsmann leads the US against his former national team, Germany, one of the favorites to win it all.
To US supporters watching the World Cup draw, it was like a punch in the gut.
Suddenly, the road to the World Cup felt like an invitation to the Red Wedding in
Game of Thrones
with special guests, Emperor Palpatine from
Star Wars
, Gozer the Gozerian from
and Brian Blake, aka "The Governor" from
The Walking Dead
But, hold on, it is not all doom and gloom.
While the US World Cup cycle points to less than satisfactory results in 2014, Klinsmann's US squads have accomplished several firsts since he took over, including: the USA's first ever victory against Italy, in Genoa (the first loss for Italy at Stadio Luigi Ferraris since 1924); earning the first win against Mexico on Mexican soil, in Estadio Azteca, of all places; defeating Jamaica on the road for the first time in World Cup qualifying; beating second-ranked Germany in US Soccer's Centennial Celebration match; earning the first come-from-behind victory on European soil, when the US came back from 2-0 at the half to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-3.
Klinsmann also led the US to a 12-game winning streak, the longest in program history.
It's about time to leave history where it belongs, in the books. Klinsmann just might compel the US to overcome the hex of their World Cup cycle against these fearsome opponents.
Germany, like Emperor Palpatine is very powerful and almost impossible to defeat. However, in Klinsmann we have a son of Germany, who once led the Fatherland to World Cup glory, wearing the colors with pride but now has an opportunity to lead a defiant band of rebels against the full might of Germany.
Ronaldo is Gozer, aka "The Destructor." By himself, Ronaldo has the confidence to conquer the world. Like Gozer, who originally presented itself in the form of a woman, Ronaldo looks fabulous, with a chiseled body you can only find in a museum. However, eventually Gozer takes the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man to unleash its fury on humanity. Portugal, just like Stay Puft, might look fierce and strong, but in the end, even with Ronaldo at its core, it is soft all around. Give the US forwards some proton packs and tell them to cross the streams!
That brings us to Ghana, who have antagonized the US on so many occasions they are practically on the same level of affection with US fans as The Governor. Ghana have been the harbingers of grief time and again, crushing US hearts on several occasions, including three consecutive eliminations in World Cups '06 and '10 and, most recently, the 2013 U-20 World Cup, where they blasted through the US, 4-1, in the final game of group play.
Now, here they are, once again; practically mounted on a tank, staring down the barrel at the US.
How else can this end? How else, indeed?
So, there you have it. There is no reason to get all mopey and curse the soccer gods. No, this is an opportunity.
They say the US got thrown into the Group of Death? What they need to understand is that the US is not locked in there with them; they're locked in there with us.
Despite the great obstacles presented to Team USA, the team does play better when faced with seemingly overwhelming odds. The trademark of this team has always been its grit and there has never been anyone grittier or tougher than Teddy Roosevelt, arguably the fiercest American to walk this green Earth, who once said, "Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow the small ones."
Time to roll up the sleeves and get to work.
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'Tis the season for Oscar-bait and there is no better way to start it off than with Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon. The film is based on the play of the same name by Peter Morgan and stars Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in roles they originated for Morgan's play, which revolves around the five-part 1977 interview between British talk show host David Frost, and disgraced former president Richard Nixon. Read the reviews after the jump.
It also must be emphasized that even though director Howard had all these first-class elements to work with, "Frost/Nixon" wouldn't have succeeded as well as it does without his experience, his professionalism and his skills. He's successfully opened the play up without pushing anything too hard, and he's deftly avoided the sentimentality that, with the exception of the underrated "The Missing," has often been a quality of his films.
The result is involving, engrossing cinema — more thrilling, in fact, than Howard's "The Da Vinci Code" — filmmaking of a type rarely seen anymore and sorely missed.
What Ron Howard gets, to a degree that's astonishing in a two-hour film, is the density and complexity, as well as the generous entertainment quotient, of Peter Morgan's screenplay. (Mr. Morgan previously wrote "The Queen," in which Michael Sheen played Tony Blair, and "The Last King of Scotland.") "Frost/Nixon" does more than dramatize the high points of the TV interviews. In the frantic run-up to the recorded interviews, and during the early videotape sessions, the film gives us the collateral drama of a talk-show host, accustomed to celebrity chatter, trying desperately to play the role of a serious journalist.
But by the time the Frost-Nixon interviews wound to a close — in real life, the 29 hours of taped footage were edited and aired over five nights — Frost, thanks to some wiliness and a little bit of luck, had coaxed his slippery subject into a tacit admission of guilt in the Watergate scandal. And right there, I've gone ahead and given away the ending to "Frost/Nixon" — but this is a story in which what happens is far less interesting than how it happens. Howard has made a picture for grown-ups, a well-constructed entertainment that neither talks down to its audience nor congratulates it just for showing up. That's particularly refreshing around holiday time, when the studios roll out all their big Oscar-bait pictures, bestowing upon us their most boring, stately and somber works — anything that spells "quality" with a capital "Q," even if genuine craftsmanship is sorely missing.
And devour Mr. Langella does, chomp chomp. Artfully lighted and shot to accentuate the character's trembling, affronted jowls, his shoulders hunched, face bunched, he creeps along like a spider, alternately retreating into the shadows and pouncing with a smile. That smile should give you nightmares, but Mr. Howard, a competent craftsman who tends to dim the lights in his movies even while brightening their themes ("A Beautiful Mind"), has neither the skill nor the will to draw out a dangerous performance from Mr. Langella, something to make your skin crawl or heart leap. Unlike Oliver Stone, who invested Nixon (a memorable Anthony Hopkins) with Shakespearean heft but refused to sentimentalize him, this is a portrait designed to elicit a sniffy tear or two along with a few statuettes.
Frost/Nixon's emotional climax is, in my view, the script's weakest moment. On the eve of those last two crucial interviews, Nixon makes a drunken late-night phone call to Frost in his hotel room and feeds him the oldest line in the serial-killer-vs.-cop playbook: Deep down, you and me, we're the same. Langella makes the most of this booze-sodden monologue, but its central premise—that Nixon and Frost shared an insecurity about social class that fueled their drive to succeed—seems more British than American: Wasn't Nixon's persecution complex far too vast to be reduced to class anxiety? If our 37th president has proved such an enduring subject for on-screen fictions (see Mark Feeney's 2004 book, Nixon at the Movies), it's precisely because we can never finally fathom his bottomless pathologies. If we did, we wouldn't have Nixon to kick around anymore.
Howard establishes a mounting sense of tension, interspersing interviews with talking-head-style analyses from each camp. Oliver Platt, Matthew Macfadyen and Kevin Bacon are excellent in these roles.
Morgan seamlessly blends actual interview dialogue and imagined conversations.
The film convincingly conveys how uncomfortable the 37th president was in his own skin.
Happily, director Ron Howard takes a quasi-documentary approach that has the effect of giving Frost more heft on screen — there's news footage, plus behind-the-scenes shots of TV monitors, all conspiring to make it clear that he's better at using this emotionally cool medium than Nixon, especially in the interview's big showdown.
With the transcript as his guide, Morgan explores psychological terrain: how Frost found the chutzpah to land the interviews; how Nixon played cat and mouse with his interlocutor when asked to admit wrongdoing and apologize; how both men of humble beginnings felt stung by the scorn of those born with more privilege; and how both were superb manipulators. But Sheen (who played the very model of a modern British go-getter as Tony Blair in The Queen, also written by Morgan) and Langella (operating at the peak of his powers) are disciplined enough to crop their performances to close-up size. (The sizing echoes the look of the actual interviews.) And Howard is smart to enhance the one-on-ones with journalistic context, weaving archival Watergate-era footage into his fictionalized re-creation.
Mr. Howard and Mr. Morgan have very astutely established Frost's mercurial personality in advance by having him brazenly pick up Rebecca Hall's all-too-willing Caroline Cushing on a Concorde flight from Australia to California. Indeed, the impression is given that Mr. Frost habitually makes passes at any lone and attractive woman on his many worldwide flights.
"Frost/Nixon" offers considerable insight into the Nixon mystery, without solving it; the movie is fully absorbing and even, when Nixon falls into a drunken, resentful rage, exciting, but I can't escape the feeling that it carries about it an aura of momentousness that isn't warranted by the events. Why is it meant to be so important to us whether David Frost revives his career? Frost and Reston did finally goad Nixon into saying that he let the American people down, and that he believed that "when the President does it, that means it's not illegal," and they have extracted a considerable amount of copy out of the broadcasts (including two books). But it's possible that both journalists and playwright have confused a media coup (and a less important one than that of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein) with a cleansing act that forever chastened the Presidency. It was anything but that: after all, twenty-four years later, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney entered the White House.
Langella and Sheen originated these roles on stage, and it's impossible to imagine anyone else playing them. Sheen, who was Tony Blair in Morgan's "The Queen," dazzles as the debonair media high-wire artist holding on for dear life when the slippery Nixon ducks all his early-round punches. More presidential than the real president, Langella gives Nixon a stature and poignancy that the man himself rarely displayed: it's a towering, witty performance that reaches its peak in the drunken late-night phone call he makes to Frost, sizing him up as a man, like himself, with a fiercely competitive chip on his shoulder. The scene is Morgan's invention, but it's an illuminating, inspired fiction. Not everything in "Frost/Nixon" happened in real life, but both sides would probably agree it should have.
A totally mesmerizing battle of the wills between the occasionally charming yet wily Nixon and the increasingly desperate Frost. Supporting roles are bolstered by Kevin Bacon as Nixon's ex-military pitbull Chief of Staff and Platt and Rockwell as the crackerjack researchers dying to crucify Nixon.
'Frost/Nixon' opens today in theaters nationwide.