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As many fans already know, beginning today One Life to Live begins showing "Prom Night: The Musical," where all your fave Llanview teens experience that quintessential of all rite of passages: PROM! Many of us will remember our own proms with fondness, embarrassment, maybe a little of both.
But for the teens in Llanview, you can add a little musical theatre to the mix. Running through Wednesday, "Prom Night: The Musical " will feature songs like "You're the Freak," "The Cheerleader is Always the Bitch" and the already popular "Together."
As described on OLTL's Web site: Prom's supposed to be fun, but the only person excited for it is Britney--and she's a bitch. Cole's agreed to go with her, but all he can think about it how he'd rather be going with Starr. Starr's agreed to do the platonic date thing with Markko, and her best friend Langston is a bit too adamant about not caring. Over the course of four episodes, couples will split, others will come together and destiny takes over as the magic of prom night may just touch Starr and Cole. And, of course, Britney will be a bitch.
Starr Manning is the daughter of two of Llanview's most masterful manipulators, Todd and Blair, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. She's met her match in alpha bitch cheerleader Britney Jennings. Britney wants Cole Thornhart, Starr's ex but Cole wants Starr back. Only problem is, their parents hate each other (dad tried to strangle Cole), so dating isn't exactly easy. Starr's best friend Langston Wilde knows Starr and Cole are the real deal, but remains a cynic about love herself. She thinks Markko Rivera is a egotistical jock wannabe, while he thinks she's trying a little too work the hipster/goth look. Their arguments are a little too passionate. Hey, they say enemies can make the best lovers.
I spoke with Kristen Alderson about these special episodes and here's a snippet of what she had to say:
When you first found out that OLTL was going to be filming musical episodes, "Prom Night: The Musical," what was your reaction? Since you come from a musical theatre background, it must have been exciting for you.
I was extremely excited, but I was curious as to how they were going to do it. I didn't know whether it would be the actual play that the students were rehearsing for, or whether it would be a fantasylike scenario. Either way, I couldn't wait to hear the music and to get started. Especially since it would be something completely different from the usual. I thought it was an amazing idea.
How was it to film the episodes? You all must have had a lot of fun.
It was incredible, and took a lot of time. We had a blast, especially since all of us teens are so close in real life. We worked every day with long hours, but because it was so much fun, it went by very quickly. The rehearsals and the recordings were really cool because we never really work outside of the studio, and this was a breath of fresh air and a great experience.
What can you tell me about Starr's journey throughout the course of the four-episode story arc, without giving too much away, of course?
Well, there are definitely extreme amounts of drama and problems. No one goes to prom with who they really want to except for Britney. Starr and viewers will have to tune in to see if Starr and Cole are really meant to be.
Friday, June 15, 2007
OLTL Goes Musical
As many fans already know, beginning today One Life to Live begins showing "Prom Night: The Musical," where all your fave Llanview teens experience that quintessential of all rite of passages: PROM! Many of us will remember our own proms with fondness, embarrassment, maybe a little of both.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Possible Passions and Days Pre-emption
Due to NBC's coverage of U.S. Open Championship Golf, Days of Our Lives and Passions might be airing at a special time in your area on Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15.
Please check your local listings for details.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Days of Our Lives Now Available for Purchase at the iTunes Store
CULVER CITY, CA – June 12, 2007 – Sony Pictures Television today announced that episodes from the popular daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" are now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com).
The new offerings on iTunes begin today with the June 11 episode and new episodes will be available the day following the broadcast airing five days a week. Episodes will be priced at $1.99 each and a multipass for 20 episodes will be available for $9.99.
The fictitious town of Salem is the backdrop for the dramatic events of the Horton, Brady and Reed families in the long-running daytime drama, Days of Our Lives. A leader with women 18-34, the series follows the turbulent lives and lost loves of many of daytime television's favorite cast of characters and has received more than 40 Emmy nominations throughout the past decade.
Days is produced by Corday Productions, Inc., in association with Sony Pictures Television. Ken Corday is the executive producer, Steve Wyman is co-executive producer and Hogan Sheffer is head writer.
SPOILERS for B&B, Passions and Days!
Monday, June 18
* Fancy and Sheridan race to find the identity of the Blackmailer.
* Spike digs a grave for Jessica!
* Kay casts a spell that makes Tabitha's house shake.
Tuesday, June 19
* Jared warns Ethan to steer clear of Theresa.
* Fancy and Sheridan discover the Blackmailer has killed a doctor.
* Spike is going to bury Jessica alive!
Wednesday, June 20
* Ethan is being followed.
* Kay casts a spell to find Jessica and releases a demon elf!
* Julian realizes he might have been better off staying with Ivy.
Thursday, June 21
* Gwen returns to Harmony.
* Kay makes a deal with the demon elf to find Jessica.
* Ivy and Julian find their way back to each other.
Friday, June 22
* Theresa could be losing her hold on Ethan.
* Jessica panics when she realizes she and her baby are going to die.
* Valerie tells Eve that her son wants to meet with her and Julian.
Sami and Lucas find a disk in the ticking Alarm clock.
Belle and Philip are reunited with Claire.
At the DiMera family meeting, Stefano announces that Colleen was killed
by the Bradys.
Stephanie grills Jett about whether or not Jeremy is cheating on her.
VCR Alerts
Thursday - During the Brady Family meeting, Sami brings in none other
than Anna DiMera.
Friday - Stefano learns that EJ can not be trusted.
Today - Bridget receives a dire warning.
Ridge meets his new attorney.
Tomorrow - Rick has a hard time believing Ridge when he tells him a secret from the past.
Constantine sings a special song, "A Girl Like You," for Phoebe.
POLL: Who Is Passion's Man/Woman Blackmailer?
Monday, June 11, 2007
SPOILERS! Week of June 11th
AMC: Time is running out for Adam as he frantically tries to come up with JR's ransom.
ATWT: Someone from Alison's past returns to Oakdale.
B&B: Taylor uses her professional expertise to try to help Rick remember Grant's shooting.
Days: Colleen's identity is revealed, and she bears a striking resemblance to a current Salem resident.
GH: Elizabeth faces her worst nightmare after a family outing at the park.
GL: Billy finds proof that Jonathan is alive. Can Reva explain her way out of this one?
OLTL: Blair tries to seduce Miles, believing he is the key to finding Todd.
Passions: Tabitha tutors Kay in the art of witchcraft.
Y&R: Sharon and Phyllis team up to get even with Nikki.


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A Round-Up of the Holy Hip Hop Squabble
Thabiti Anyabwile:
It's entirely possible you live in a twitter circle completely independent of my own. If that's the case, you might have missed something of a internet-age equivalent of strong rebuke of several men participating in a National Center for Family Integrated Churches panel discussion. The segment making the rounds includes a question about holy hip hop and whether it's appropriate. The panelists shared what can only be described as statements of escalating idiocy and implicit (at least) cultural superiority. Following the NCFIC panel segment on Christian/Reformed hip hop, a number of thoughtful brothers responded. If you missed any of it, here's a round-up.
If you're looking for a really good book on the subject, check out Does God Listen to Rap? by Curtis Allen (and look for a review later this week).
Why Celebrate Advent?
Timothy Paul Jones:
As early as the fourth century A.D., Christians fasted during this season and ended their fasts with celebrations either of the arrival of the wise men or of the baptism of Jesus. For many Christians today, the most familiar sign of Advent is the lighting of candles—two purple candles, followed by a pink and then another purple—on each of the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.
Advent has fallen on hard times, though. In the Protestant and free-church traditions, the loss is somewhat understandable; we Baptists in particular tend to be quite suspicious of anything with origins in ancient or medieval tradition. Yet, even in congregations that closely follow the rhythms of the church year, the meaning of Advent seems in danger of being misplaced. By the closing week of November, any sense of waiting has been eclipsed by the nativity scene in the lobby, the tannenbaum in the hall, and the list of Christmas parties in the church newsletter.
Delayed Adolescence in the Church
Erik Raymond:
But I am not a sociologist. I am a pastor. My concern is with the attitude and culture of delayed adolescence in the church. More specifically, I am not here thinking primarily about the evangelical culture that tends to awkwardly squirm away from and therefore curiously mute the conversation of male leadership in the church. I am thinking far more broadly than even this, to the philosophy and theological vision of churches that cultivate and promote a delayed doctrinal adolescence in the church.

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Diocese of Batumi and Skhalta
This eparchy includes ancient Georgian region – Adjaria.
According to Georgian chronicles St Andrew First-called entered Georgia through Adjaria. First churches were erected in villages near Black Sea. Adjaria had its hierarch even in IV at the reign of King Mirdat III. Later, at the reign of St King Vakhtang Gorgasali (mem. November 30), the diocese of Skhalta (ie Adjaria) was united into diocese of Akhizi.
In XVII c. Ottoman Empire invaded Adjaria and cutted it off from Georgia. During 300 years Adjaria was under Islamic rule. Many Georgians were martyred by Turks (Church comemorates them at Pentecost Day with name "Georgian priests and laymen, martyred by Turks


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A Bolt of Lightning
By Satyen Nabar
This book arrived when I was in the middle of another book. It was pure curiosity that got me reading the first page. Before I knew it, I had breezed through the first 100 pages!
It wasn't easy to read two books simultaneously. But I managed!
The plot overall is funny, engrossing, interesting, unique, relatable, with a fresh perspective.
I don't think I could give a better plot summary than the one on the book: Shiva, 35, hotshot executive, recently divorced, disillusioned with his life and fed up of the rat race in the corporate world, topples completely over the edge after an unexpected tragic incident.
In a hilarious journey from the boardrooms of Bangalore to the hippies, face readers, casinos and rave parties on the verdant beaches of Goa, Shiva attempts to 'escape from it all' till his life suddenly changes in miraculous ways after an electrifying act of nature bestows him with an extraordinary gift. Anchored by the strong bond of friendship with his college mates, Sid and Adi, and propelled by love for Anita his estranged ex-wife, Shiva attempts to make the most of his incredible gift to unravel the secrets of life, death and happiness as the story races to its exhilarating conclusion in the exotic jungle valley of Arambol, Goa. And it is a "bolt of lightning" that somewhat sets things right in his life.
This story is a witty and contemporary take on a midlife crisis story with an unusual twist in the tale. It at once touches the heart and entertains while offering a fascinating new perspective of the world we inhabit.
The language is quite simple (mostly) but at places the author makes splendid sentences that make you smile, giggle, laugh, praise and feel jealous – all at once!
The realities of present day life – building work pressures, haphazard social and personal life, meaningless rat-race, need and desire for introspection, battle to make time for oneself and loved ones, depression, loneliness, and addictions that engulf us at the end of it all – interestingly portrayed and brilliantly connected.
The timeline (past and present) keeps you quite alert and awake. It keeps you hooked. it keeps you excited. The characters have been etched thoughtfully. Though I personally feel the author could've limited their description and habit- since they were bound to be understood / interpreted by the reader during the course of the story. Anyway, that's just my perspective.
There is much more to the story, and its characters, apart from their emotions, actions, deeds, thoughts, and behaviour. A hidden message. The eternal quest. A gripping need to introspect right away. To live in the moment. To live for the day. To follow your heart. And to read more and more!
I would definitely recommend this book to all!


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Everyone who pays income tax — and some who don't —would feel it. So would doctors who accept Medicare, people who get unemployment aid, defense contractors, air traffic controllers, national park rangers and companies that do research and development.
Everyone who pays income tax — and some who don't —would feel it.
So would doctors who accept Medicare, people who get unemployment aid, defense contractors, air traffic controllers, national park rangers and companies that do research and development.
The package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff" takes effect in January unless Congress passes a budget deal by then. The economy would be hit so hard that it would likely sink into recession in the first half of 2013, economists say.
And no matter who you are, it would be all but impossible to avoid the pain.
Middle income families would have to pay an average of about $2,000 more next year, the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center has calculated.
Up to 3.4 million jobs would be lost, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The unemployment rate would reach 9.1 percent from the current 7.9 percent. Stocks could plunge. The nonpartisan CBO estimates the total cost of the cliff in 2013 at $671 billion.
Collectively, the tax increases would be the steepest to hit Americans in 60 years when measured as a percentage of the economy.
"There would be a huge shock effect to the U.S. economy," says Mark Vitner, an economist at Wells Fargo.
Most of the damage — roughly two-thirds — would come from the tax increases. But the spending cuts would cause pain, too.
The bleak scenario could push the White House and Congress to reach a deal before year's end. On Tuesday, Congress returns for a post-election session that could last through Dec. 31. At a minimum, analysts say some temporary compromise might be reached, allowing a final deal to be cut early next year.
Still, uncertainty about a final deal could cause many companies to further delay hiring and spend less. Already, many U.S. companies say anxiety about the fiscal cliff has led them to put off plans to expand or hire.
A breakdown in negotiations could also ignite turmoil in financial markets, Vitner said. It could resemble the 700-point fall in the Dow Jones industrial average in 2008 after the House initially rejected the $700 billion bailout of major banks.
Since President Barack Obama's re-election, nervous investors have sold stocks. The Standard & Poor's 500 index sank 2.3 percent last week, its worst weekly drop since June. The sell-off resulted in part from anxiety over higher tax rates on investment gains once the fiscal cliff kicks in.
Last week, Obama said he was open to compromise with Republican leaders. But the White House said he would veto any bill that would extend tax cuts on income above $250,000.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner countered that higher tax rates on upper-income Americans would slow job growth. Boehner argued that any deal must reduce tax rates, eliminate special-interest loopholes and rein in government benefits.
The U.S. government has run annual budget deficits in excess of $1 trillion in each of the last four fiscal years. A report Tuesday showed the government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit in October, suggesting a fifth $1 trillion annual deficit is likely.
That adds pressure on Obama and Congress to reach a budget deal.
Still, most economists want an agreement that would lower the deficit gradually over several years, rather than a sharp cut that could rattle the still-weak economy.


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Happy New Year Hokies! Fresh off of victories by football to get to 10 wins, men's bball (12-1!), and women's bball (13-0!), VT moves into 2017 with momentum in many sports. Wrestling is also highly ranked with another extremely successful season on the horizon.
Here's to continued success in Hokie athletics!
Let's Go Other Hokies!
mens swimming was ranked #9 and undefeated last i heard too
Yes...Men's swim/dive undefeated, including wins over Duke, Pitt, Notre Dame, Penn State, WVa
Yes indeed
Right now in Hokieland
But...but....Mike's is closed. :(
Has anything taken up the old Mike's space yet?
I'm not sure, I haven't been in downtown Blacksburg since before Mike's closed. Partially because I didn't have a reason to and partially because of the overwhelming feeling of grief I would feel from my favorite burger joint being no more...who's cutting the dang onions?!
I went by last weekend when I was in town for the Duke game. Nothing new is there yet, but I admittedly didn't look close enough to see if there were signs on the door for anything coming.
Wait I thought we only had a football team? My UVA relatives are getting really nervous about us in basketball.
With men's basketball now ranked, David Teel wrote a neat article about the reality of schools having football and both basketball teams ranked simultaneously.
Watch the brief little interview with Whit at the top of that article.
You know what struck me most about it? Whit looks genuinely happy. I think that, in and of itself, says a lot
I vote Olivier Giroud as honorary Hokie for the duration of this comment just so I can talk about that goal again.
brilliant goal, even though he admitted it was lucky. still, goal of the season.
I don't think a scorpion kick goal can happen without some measure of luck, so not surprising he admitted as much.
It's even better that it happened 10 minutes after he missed a sitter and had the scorn of the Arsenal faithful directed squarely at him.
I can't see the (presumably) gif at work, but I know exactly what it is. The goalkeeper one? Yeah, I can agree.
Lady Hokies moved up one spot to #18 in this week's AP poll.
Lady Hokies just finished off UNC 76-68. Hokies now 14-0. Three Hokies with Double-doubles, Cook, Magarity and Hicks. Magarity put up 24 points. Hicks with 10 assists. She also has now moved up to second all time in steals in just her second season. She is averaging FIVE steals per game so far this year.
I look forward to the day when we will debate who the best hire of the Babcock era was - Buzz, Fuente, or Brooks.
It'll be hard to decide after they all win half a dozen national championships.
Babcock, if he counts.
Whit hired himself?
Man, he really *is* good!
this is funny, but technically never said "hired by Babcock"
just the "Babcock Era" which, arguably, could include the hiring of Babcock himself, thus starting the Babcock Era
If you are looking for a way to spend your Sunday supporting the Hokies than you have two WatchESPN options starting at 2pm with the #18 Lady Hokies on the road at Clemson and then at 630pm #6 Wrestling begins ACC play at UNC after a pretty successful weekend.
Wrestling defeated Princeton 30-11 on Friday and then sent 14 wrestlers to F&M Open on Saturday where three Hokies brought home their respective weight classes while two others finished in third place.
Anyone else having trouble watching the women's game? It says it's not available at this time
Lady Hokies Basketball beats Clemson to go 15-0 on the season.
Lady Hokies win 78-69! They remain undefeated and move to 15-0. Led by double figures most of the 4th q until the last two minutes.
Have #14 Miami on the road next. If the Miami fans are anything like the Clemson ones (or less), shouldn't have many distractions.
Brooks is turning into a really great hire. Whit has redrawn the coaching landscape in Blacksburg.
They look really well coached, playing to their talents. Fun team to watch. Highly recommend catching a replay on ESPN 3, etc.
Refreshing to see as the Wolf teams were just brutal to watch at times.
I'm certainly not very knowledgeable about bball, but I get the impression Brooks is really good about scheming to fit the players where Wolf tried to get the players to fit the scheme. I would not at all be disappointed if the ladies bring home our first Natty.
There's "oh yay. We're 15-0 and have a legit shot to post an undefeated regular season" good and then there's "we can hang within 20 of UConn." I'm ecstatic to be the former but have no delusions of being the latter
Yeah, I'm certainly not thinking it's a real possibility.
Wrestling is much more likely to get there. For that matter, so is football, and probably a few other sports.
In WBB, there are so few teams that dominate the talent pool that you could be ranked top 10 with a decent shot at a Final Four appearance but not even a glimmer of a hope at a national title.
Yes Dresser has them pointing that way. This year i am worried about 133 and 157. We are thin there Latona @ 133 (Freshman) is the only one on the roster at this time. I'm sure they have a couple that could cut.
Really wanted to watch the NC match to really so how everyone is doing. Of course ACC Access then connection problems. The usual.
BTW, in short with the incoming recruits the future is bright!
Coach Brooks is doing a little of both, to be honest. For those interested, I'd recommend listening to the interview he did on the Dishin & Swishin podcast, which can be found here:
Quick highlights - He's molded the team's offense into one much like how his JMU teams played. Coach Brooks is also pretty candid about how he's adjusted his disciplined defensive scheme to allow Chanette Hicks to do her thing, which is roam and jump passing lanes because she's such a unique player.
Regardless, he's been a home run hire.
#6 Wrestling takes down UNC 28-8 to move to 7-1 on the season.
One hell of an icy hurricane yesterday
Women's basketball up to #15 in the AP after their win
Big game on the 11th against Miami.
Next four games is sort of their Murderer's Row.
They go to #14 Miami
Wake Forest at home
Go to #12 Duke
and then home to #7 FSU.
There are currently 7 ACC teams in the AP Top 25 for the women's side.
#6 Notre Dame
#9 Louisville
#15 Virginia Tech
#23 NC State
Speaking of such. What do we have in NCs? The only one I can think of is some guy (could not pronounce his name) that won an individual NC in the weight throw. That was years ago. What else?
We have several individual NC's in the throwing heavy stuff events in indoor and outdoor track (about 10-12 if memory serves me). Other than that we have a couple oddball unofficial natties in bass fishing and ping pong.
Track and Field:
Spyridon Jullien won the Weight throw in 2005 and 2006 in Indoor Track. He won the Hammer Throw in 2005 and 2006 in Outdoor Track.
Marcel Lomnicky won the Hammer throw in 2009 in Outdoor Track. He won the weight throw in 2012 in Indoor Track.
Queen Harrison won the 60M Hurdles in 2010 in Indoor Track and the 400M and 100M hurdles in 2010 in Outdoor Track.
Alexander Ziegler won the Hammer Throw in 2011 and 2012 in outdoor track. He also won the Weight throw in 2013 in Indoor Track.
Dorotea Habazin won the Hammer Throw in 2011 in outdoor track.
Tomas Kruzliak won the Hammer Throw in 2013 in outdoor track.
Irena Sediva won the Javelin Throw in 2015 in Outdoor Track.
That gives us the Men's Hammer Throw National Title in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013. That's six of the last eleven.
Didn't we have a wrestler win one a few years ago too?
He placed 2nd. Devin Carter
Too bad that's officially a club, not an NCAA sport.
We're one of three P5 schools without a national championship in any team sport. K-State and Miss. State are the other two.
I'd be curious to see how many of those, particularly in football, are subject to opinion. For many years, "we won the Rose Bowl" qualified (in some people's minds) as claiming a national title regardless of rank, or appearing at #1 in any poll, however obscure.
And what are considered "team sports", the NCAA says there are over 90 sports they give out trophys in. How few schools field teams in some of these sports.
My statement is based off of digging through a giant pdf I found on the NCAA website that lists recognized nation champions by sport/school. I'll link what I believe to be the same pdf below. It's been a while since I sorted through it all, so I may be wrong.
Good stuff. Yes Devin Carter had a great year and career. But when it came to the NCAA finals he had nothing for Stieber (tOSU). Well to be honest no one else in the world could challange him.
Just a thought but would anyone else prefer individual threads per sport instead of just lumping all the other sports into 1 thread?
This has certainly been done in the past. The problem is that if a single thread is dormant long enough, it cycles off the Tracker and people don't know it exists. If a thread covers more ground, there is more of a steady stream of comments keeping it in the Tracker.
If there is sufficient content, feel free to start a new thread, but we also don't want to clutter the Tracker with any more "hey, no new information, but let's talk about this one topic here" threads than we already do. So, for instance, if someone wanted to do a quick recap of women's Bball thus far with a little commentary, that would be a great post and would become the de facto thread for women's Bball comments.
Now feels like a good time for a "Oh yeah, Logan switched to TE this season" thread
pssh, yeah right. Next you'll say that Lawson actually transferred.
I have tried that in the past and gotten very little response and as noted above those threads usually cycled way down the thread list and were not easy to maintain especially when we get to the spring sports. I am sure if either Womens BBall or Wrestling are getting close to major milestones, those may generate individual threads, such as winning the ACC or participating in the NCAA tournament, even last year we managed to keep those threads going while they were relevant.
Only four sports outside the Big 2 I believe are in season right now are Swimming/Dive, Women's BBall, Wrestling, and Indoor Track.
Hell, I still remember the days when I would post about Men's basketball and get crickets.
#15 VT Women play at #14 Miami tonight. This would be a huge win for us. Right now, at 15-0, we are one of three undefeated teams in the top 25 but not getting a ton of respect for it. Beating a higher ranked team, away, should take care of that. That said, we still have @ #12 Duke, # 7 FSU, #6 ND, #9 Louisville, and @#23 NC State still on the schedule. Or, as I like to call it, a great schedule for going undefeated and earning the right to not see UConn until the championship game...
Not only are we one of only 3 unbeaten teams in the top 25, but there are no unranked unbeatens. The fact that we're last of the three, by far (UConn is obviously #1, with Mississippi State at #4), really grinds my gears.
I might have to tune in for this one, I assume it's on ESPN3. What time is tipoff?
Yeah, I didn't feel like looking up league wide standings so I just looked at records of the top 25. Looking forward to working our way up the list. I mean, I understand UMd's ranking: they lost by 6 to UConn, which most teams would love to put on their resume, but a 4 loss team ahead of us?
Just looked it up. Their four losses were to the teams currently ranked #1, #2, #5, and #13, so they weren't like other 4-loss teams. However, they did just lose a 5th game, this time to unranked Michigan State, and their best win is over a Syracuse that is atop the list of "Others receiving votes", so I expect they won't stay ahead of us long.
Oh ok, so like losing 6 football games to SEC teams. "Well they were quality losses so let's put them in the top 15"
The basketball polls also tend to have a lot more "inertia", in that it takes more to move a team than it does in football. Ohio State started the year #7, and has (until this week) beaten all the teams they were supposed to beat and only lost to other highly-ranked teams, so they haven't fallen too far.
Winter sport synopsis:
|Indoor Track (M)
|Indoor Track (W)
|Swim/Dive (M)
|Swim/Dive (W)
Indoor track begins on 1/13.
Mens Swimming is #34
Womens Swimming is #27
Womens Indoor Track Preseason Ranking is #41
Thanks for the correction. Where did you get this info (I looked on ncaa.com and cscaa.com)?
Women are down by 1 at the half. Came out strong at first, but Miami had some timely threes to cut the deficit and take the lead. Hope for a dominant second half.
Close game so far. All tied up at 50 with 3:13 left in the 3rd.
Can we get the guys some of these black uniforms?
They're a very sharp look.
Tough going in the fourth quarter. First time I have seen Magarity get pushed around down low
Tech decided to start shooting threes way too late to make up for getting manhandled underneath. Miami got way too many easy layups in the fourth quarter to separate what had been a back and forth one or two point game. Foul trouble certainly didn't help. Tech finished with one starter fouled out and three with four fouls. First loss of the season, close game for the most part on the road against a top fifteen opponent. Nothing to be really worried about.
The press release for this weekend's Va Duals shows David Bergida at 165. I was thinking there was a chance that David McFadden would go this weekend but I am now starting to think he might be redshirting this season. A bit of a bummer in the short term as I think we could get a trophy again with him in the lineup.
I believe you are right about McFadden redshirting, which is tough to swallow considering he has two titles this season wrestling independent. He won his class at the F&M Open last weekend and also took home another at the Cleveland State Open. Hard to understand a redshirt if you are dominating all the independent events you go to.
At least Bergida has done better than Mike Ciavarro, who started the season as their 165 guy. He went 1-4, while Bergida has gone 2-1 so far.
I'm sure there is some strategic reason, but I'm curious to the reason he's redshirting
He tore his ACL at the NCAAs last year. He is rehabbing this year.
"Rehabbing" the season and he has already gone 10-0 wrestling unattached. I do not know much about his weight class from a national perspective but maybe Dresser wants to give him another year to space him out from the competition to have a shot at an individual title?
I'm sure it is a tough coaching decision, he helps out the team more this year but probably helps out his chances more in the long run.
Yeah I don't consider that rehabbing, but maybe Dresser thinks it will benefit McFadden or the team in the long run.
He isn't exactly facing top tier competition while wrestling unattached. I just remember Coach Dresser saying before the season that he would probably redshirt because of the torn ACL from last year.
Whit is at it again. New women's Volleyball Coach just hired. How long until we are ranked?
I don't know where the time goes. The VA Duels are happening this weekend in Hampton. The VT wrestlers took care of Kent St and Lockhaven yesterday (1/13) by a combined score of 76-9. The level of competition will rise today for the Hokies in a semi-final match against North Dakota State @ 2:00 PM. The winner goes onto the finals against the winner of the Arizona St. / Oklahoma match at 8 tonight. Would be nice to win this duel tourney.
I had said that I was concerned about 133 but Gustafson has cut back and is now wrestling at 133.
And on a side note, something we all like to hear; NDSU hammered UVA yesterday 27-13.
More info?
Thanks to USA Wrestling
Our 141, Norstrem was hurt and we had to forfeit his match vs Lock Haven. Hopefully, he can go today. A 6 point swing is a lot in a close match
The Wrestling Hokies had to come from behind against North Dakota State to advance and finish off #15 Oklahoma to win the Virginia Duals and move to 11-1 on the year.
The indoor track team finished up a solid weekend with six first place finishes and over 30 top five finishes.
Men's and womens swimming unfortunately took a close loss on the chin that we never want to see. LOLUVA won both events in Charlottesville.
Lady Hokies basketball plays Monday at 1pm in Blacksburg against Wake Forest. Hopefully the ladies get back on track after the tough loss to Miami.
1PM? On a Monday? I know it's a federal holiday, but many of us still have to work...
At least it's on two different TV stations, better than the boys games sometimes.
Which two TV stations? I am blacked out online but can't find it on TV. (Harrisonburg/D.C. markets)
Fox sports Carolina and YES which is a Yankees station most days here in Myrtle Beach area.
These Lady Hokies are impressive. Coach Brooks has a squad on his hands. What's the ceiling for them Elite 8? There are just so many elite woman's teams like Uconn and Baylor that winning it all will be hard.
Lady Hokies have to stop giving up their leads and letting teams get back into the game with a few minutes left.
Ladies win 72-70, coming back from 13 in the first half, then nearly blowing 16 point 4th Q lead. Got CRUSHED on the boards giving up 25 on the offensive glass.
Rebounding outside of Magarity is going to be a struggle in the ACC. Other problem is foul trouble. Second game in a row where Cook and Magarity were limited by foul trouble. They definitely lack the killer instinct so far in conference play. They allowed 8 offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter that led to 13 points. Still a good win, 12th in a row at home.
Lady Hokies dropped to #17 this week after the loss to Miami. They are lucky to manage anything with the 17 around their neck so even better win today over Wake.
But Miami is ranked what?
Virginia Tech Swimming and Diving saw both teams return to the top 25, even with the loss to LOLUVA.
Men's came in at #25
Women are tied for #23
The Hokies are home at Christiansburg Aquatic Center this Friday against Cincinnati and Rutgers
Latest rankings synopsis:
|Basketball (M)
|Basketball (W)
|Indoor Track (M)
|Indoor Track (W)
|Swim/Dive (M)
|Swim/Dive (W)
* And, by Unranked, I mean, ask ltrepeter. For the life of me I can't figure how to show more than the top 25 ranked teams on ncaa.com.
Womens Indoor Track is ranked #41
Men's Basketball is past #34 in the AP (No votes, nine other schools received votes not in Top 25)
Men's Basketball is past #40 in the Coaches Poll (No votes, 15 other schools received votes not in Top 25)
Men's Basketball is #51 in Kenpom, #50 in RPI (Both of these have accounted for the win over GT)
Woman's basketball in top 20 matchup with Duke. It's on espn app. Of course unranked UNC and Wake women are on actual TV but that makes sense right? Someone with much better writing skill should start a topic devoted to just our lady Hokies basketball team.
Be happy you can't watch it. Losing by 22 in 4th quarter. Got outscored 54-26 in 2nd and 3rd quarters. Ouch.
Our girls had no answer in the third quarter for the Duke Point Guard, now down 76-52.
Telling Stat is Hicks has no steals and six turnovers. Usually those numbers are reversed
I agree that sucks, but for basketball it seems that they set the TV slots before the season starts.
I have watched our women twice. Both were losses. I will not watch again unless they lose when I do not watch, just in case this is not a random correlation. I did think we looked much better against Miami, but we did not box out well in either game.
Wrestlers take on pitt tonight on Watch ESPN @ 7. Fuck Pat Narduzzi!
Something else is happening at 7 tonight. Can't remember what? Oh well.
VT #5 destroys Pitt #23 38-9
And it wasn't even that close.
Here is the summary of the match with other tidbits: Link
A portion of their lineup known as "Murderers' Row."
For Tech, those bruisers are the last four guys to take the mat — Zach Epperly, Zack Zavatsky, Jared Haught and Ty Walz, wrestling at 174 pounds, 184, 197 and heavyweight, respectively.
All four are ranked in the top five nationally, with Christiansburg's Epperly ranked second.
So dominant were the four heaviest Hokies in the 38-9 domination of Pitt on Friday evening that the only points Pitt scored in any of those bouts were by escapes. The Panthers mustered no takedowns, no reversals, nothing close to a fall.
And almost all the escapes were given by our wrestlers so they can score another take down and near fall almost immediately after. They were essentially just playing with their opponents once they got tired. It was comical. If you're in town Sunday, I would urge you to go to the wrestling match in Cassel against UVA at 4.
Another rough start for the women's bball team down 12 to #7 FSU and it's almost halftime.
The wrestlers take on loluva today at 4. Looks like it is on ESPN Watch. Maybe uva won't forefit 2 weight classes like Pitt did. Stomp them into a mudhole.
Lady Hokies with another rough outing, already down double digits at the half, they got completely blown out 27-14 in the third quarter and ultimately lost 82-54 to the Seminoles.
Wrestling just whipped UVA 29-14 including a pin by Haught with :14 left in the 3rd period of the 197 bout.
And it looked like Ty Walz was just playing with his food the entire match.
Haught's move on the pin was awesome.
Looking forward we have some holes at 141 , 149 and 169. I am thinking about the NCAAs.
Looked like about 1000 in attendance. Get behind these guys. They are Awesome. Dresser is the man!
Our starter at 149 was out today. Solomon Chishko. All-American last year at 141. Not sure why he didn't wrestle today.
You are right Chishko is the man. My weights were confused because of the crappy announcers and the latent on screen score board. And WTH can't they put riding time on the screen? Well it is the ACC Network.
Commonwealth Clash now tied
Latest rankings synopsis:
|Basketball (M)
Kenpom: #50
|Basketball (W)
|Indoor Track (M)
|Indoor Track (W)
|Swim/Dive (M)
|Swim/Dive (W)
|Tennis (M)
|Tennis (W)
RPI source: realtimerpi
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Cracks me up that the tag line is "A competition that goes far beyond the football field..." because on the football field is no competition at all.
Maybe this is adds to their "they only care about football" line
Wrestling is up to #4: https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college/Team
Big match this Friday against #8 Lehigh
Mens tennis is #32 in College Tennis Online rankings
Womens tennis is #34 in same poll.
I saw those rankings, but they are dated April 2016, so I figured they were last years final. I looked at: http://www.itatennis.com/ResultsAndRankings/Rankings.htm, but they don't list full rankings (just teams receiving top 25 votes). I'll keep checking collegetennisonline.
Womens Basketball lost to UVA 76 - 27. I'm not really sure what happened here. I was rather shocked when I saw the score this morning. Did anyone catch the game?
we could not get penetration. When we did, a lot of contact went uncalled or we missed our foul shots. All of our ball movement happened outside the arc and whenever we stepped in, there were two defenders in position immediately and we couldn't find the open man (woman). They had a center or PF (too dumb to know the difference) who was literally head and shoulders above our tallest. They made a lot of shots and drove effectively. We were 7% from behind the line, but still attempted 29 threes. We went entire quarters scoring in single digits. It was ugly.
Our top three perimeter shooters went a combined 0-13 from outside in the first half of the game just as a starting out point. On the season those three shoot about 28% from outside, so normally they would have made about 4, or add another 12 points in the first half.
Tech couldnt even buy a whistle last night. Differential in free throws was Tech shot 1-7 while UVA went 18-20. 17 point differential at the free throw line.
Thats about 30 of the near 50 point differential.
Even when we shot inside, we were a miserable 10 for 35. Cant hope to win with that kind of shooting.
oh my god
Going to the wrestling match at Lehigh tonight VT #5 Lehigh #10 should be a good one!!
Top 10 matchup tonight at 7pm between #10 Lehigh and your #5 Hokies! Follow the link in the tweet. Even if you don't know anything about wrestling, VT is very fun to watch. Coach Dresser preaches an aggressive wrestling style to his players. You will see a lot of takedowns, and very talented Wrestlers. Our last 4 wrestlers (the heavyweights) are very very good. Joey Dance starts it off. Sal Mastriani has been amazing in his last two matches barely giving up even a point which means his opponent cannot even escape. Should be a great match.
The stage is set! We're starting tonight's dual vs. No. 10 @LehighWrestling at 125.TUNE IN https://t.co/42yHy78ovs pic.twitter.com/9wuSI11Lbu— VT Wrestling (@VT_Wrestling) January 27, 2017
12-9 Lehigh heading into our Murderers' Row. Joey Dance lost the first match in a top 8 matchup to close decision. Gustafason won a close decision. Our third wrestler fell in 37 seconds. Chishko is back in the lineup and won an exciting sudden victory with a takedown. Low scoring match with lots of shots taken. Mastriani continued his dominance with continuous takedowns, but sadly could not pull away far enough to get a major decision. Bergida wrestled really well to avoid giving up bonus points to Lehigh and only lost his match by 4 points with a late takedown in the third period. Epperly up now in a top 5 matchup. Turn in now for hopefully a great and exciting ending!
EDIT: Epperly lost in sudden victory. Hokies down 15-9. Down by two regular decisions, we have three wrestlers left all favored to win their individual battles. But that is two of our #2 ranked wrestlers that lost today, which is very disappointing for them. They should be able to bounce back easily in our next match. Zavatsky is up. He can get bonus points here.
VT UP 18-15! Haught with a forfeit after Lehigh's wrestler had to leave with a shoulder injury. Haught was up by 3 and would have had 4 near fall points if the Lehigh wrestler did not get injured. Walz up now to hold the lead.
Thanks for the link. In wish I could have figured out to get the LIVE box from covering the score, but still fun to watch. Great finish.
Hokies win 21-15! Ty Walz with the decision over Lehigh and 100th career win!
.@T_wiggity_walz , always keepin' it CONGRATS on your 100th career win! pic.twitter.com/XDSG5AtTsO— VT Wrestling (@VT_Wrestling) January 28, 2017
Walz is definitely one of the more fun heavyweights to watch. Most HWs are nowhere near as aggressive as he is. The Lehigh HW kept getting stall calls as Walz would run back to the restart only to wait for the Lehigh HW to practically crawl over. Walz could definitely go very far this year in the NCAAs if he keeps this up, just on his quickness and conditioning. It was a great match to watch and a great top 10 win for the Hokies.
Next match is Sunday against Duke in the Moss Arts Center! It should be a great atmosphere and an easy win for the Hokies. We will see a few ranked matchups, but the one to watch will be #3 ranked Ty Walz facing the #5 Jacob Kasper of Duke. It should be on the ACC network on WatchESPN.
I've definitely noticed Ty being a lot more active and aggressive this year. It definitely shows when you look at the scores in his matches. 12 of 17 wins so far have been by major decision or technical fall. Does anyone who follows the sport more closely know if this is just part of his maturation as a wrestler, or is this more of a response to OSU's Kyle Snyder's recent domination of the weight class. It's clear that as long as Snyder is in the field, the stereotypical "shaved bear" heavyweights who tend toward low-scoring affairs don't have a chance at NCAA's.
I've actually watched the last two matches all the way through. Have fun popping up the feed on Friday's and watching us kick some ass.
The sport really is extremely exciting especially in duals with a lot of ranked matches like this one. This one was a little more close than I think it should have been, BUT that has me very excited for the NCAAs if our wrestlers start to peak as it is starting. Lehigh is a very tough team that we beat on the road with two of our #2 wrestlers losing in upsets. I think a top 3 finish is very possible this year.
That dude's shoulder injury looked rough. Really helped give us some breathing room before the heavyweight matchup though. In my very limited time watching wrestling I usually note that the heavyweight class doesn't normally bring it as far as the amount of aggressive activity (probably because it's two massive and strong human beings). With that being said, Walz is an animal who is pretty aggressive in my eyes.
Pretty sure Epperly beat Ramos this year. Bodes well for the ACC tourney.
Yes he did!
174: No. 2 Zach Epperly dec. No. 7 Ethan Ramos, 8-2
Boys have Duke today @ 4 in The Moss. No streaming
Boys have Duke today @ 4 in The Moss. No streaming
Any updates?
They won, I saw that.
From VT Wrestling Facebook:
Hokies beat Duke 26-13!!!!!
What are Tech's chances of bringing home our first team championship in March? Being ranked No. 5 is great, but I know that teams like OkSt, Iowa, Penn St., and anOSU are the real deal. What's the talent drop-off look like?
Slim to none in my opinion. Tech has some big holes in a few weight classes. I see them finishing top 10, but not getting a trophy (top 4).
I think there is a decent chance for a top 4 finish. If, and that's a big if, our main 5 wrestle at their peak and we get a surprise run from Chisko or Gustasffason. Epperly, Dance, and Walz all got their surprise loses out of the way, so hopefully they can refocus and make a stab for 1st or 3rd like they are able to.
If McFadden wasn't redshirting I would say this would have been the year for a serious title run. It may be a season or two until we get back to the level the team is at now.
Top 4 is definitely possible, but it would take us wrestling our absolute best. I see 3rd or 4th as best case scenario. I'm really hoping Dance or Epperly can bring home the individual title. I would be ecstatic with that and a team trophy
Nope. Too many holes like the man said.
Lady Hokies took another loss today 82-72 at home against Syracuse, free throws were the major difference.
Man that train hit a roadblock. 5 losses in 6 games.
Lady hokies vs. Notre Dame. We came out strong but ND just went on a huge run to end the 1st quarter up 19-11. I think it was 8 points in about 2 minutes of game time. Good news is that we got to bonus for fouls so hopefully we keep the pressure up and those fouls ND late.
EDIT: pulled within 5 at halftime, 29-34
And another terrible third quarter has the Hokies facing a huge hole.
Got pulled away and couldn't watch the second half. Just checked the score. Frack.
Hokieball opens their season at USC Upstate in Spartanburg this weekend. Are any TKPers gonna be at the Sat/Sun games? I'm contemplating the short drive from Columbia for one of the games. Tickets are $5.
What team is that?
Softball went out to Las Vegas to take part in the Sportco Kick Off Classic and will leave with a 3-1 record.
They beat Indiana State on Friday 4-3 but followed it up with a loss to UNLV, 2-10 in 6 innings. Their game on Saturday against Southern Utah was cancelled but they got two more wins on Sunday, first against Southern Utah 7-1 and then against CSU Bakersfield 6-2.
Next up is the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in Atlanta where they'll face Iowa on Friday at noon, Penn State Saturday at 10 AM, Iowa again at 12:30, and finish up with Penn State again on Sunday at 10 AM.
Iowa is 2-3 on the young season after the Century Link Classic at Texas State. They beat Abilene Christian 2-1 and Texas A&M Corpus Christi 8-0 (6 inn.) before losing to Texas State 0-2, Texas Tech 4-7, and Abilene Christian 1-3.
Penn State is 1-4 after taking part in the LSU Tournament, losing to McNeese State 1-4 before winning against No. 4 LSU 7-3. They then proceeded to lose against Oklahoma State 0-1, LSU 1-14 (5 inn.), and McNeese State 0-6.
Pretty cool that the softball ACC/B1G Challenge features each team playing 4 games, two each against two different opponents from the other conference. Just looked it up, there are 8 teams from each conference participating, and it takes part at 4 different host campuses (all ACC schools this year).
Men's Soccer just beat #14 Creighton in Omaha 2-0. Big road win to start the season!
I see a big year for both of the Soccer teams
Men's soccer just started @ Michigan State.
Link: https://www.btn2go.com/game/tba-at-michigan-st-on-11192017


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Due to time constraints, I have decided to cease my weekly POLITICAL UPDATES. We had a good run, dating back to summer 2005. Unfortunately, I can't keep up the same schedule any longer. Readers can find good conservative articles by visiting the websites frequently linked to, and reading frequent authors such as Steve Sailer, Gary North, Thomas Sowell, Ann Coulter, and Phyllis Schlafly.
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Jake Bugg- Shangri La
Grade: B
Release Date: 11/18/2013
Jake Bugg has become one of the premiere English artists recently, and on Shangri-La you get a heavy dose of his folk-rock side. The label folk-rock is what probably makes the 'Dylan' label seem so applicable to him as an artist, it's a genre which Bob Dylan single handedly brought to the forefront, but Bugg has heard that comparison many times by now and is on record as saying that he wasn't heavily influenced by the man. Even if neither side probably enjoys hearing the comparison as this point, the label does do a good job of displaying Bugg at what he's best at: being a singer-songwriter who's well-versed in song form.
The lyrics in his works are good but I'm a believer that this is an area where he's going to still improve as an artist, as right now his less meaningful songs sound like wasted efforts among their peers. "A Song About Love" seems like a good example of one of these as the song just asks Bugg's perceived loved one if they want to hear songs about love, before Bugg settles on saying that he just want to learn where she is. There's worse songs out there surely, but in a genre that boasts it's story-telling ability the bar for Bugg should be set higher than that, especially since he can reach it. His Beatles' influence also clearly shows itself at one point on this album, as I wouldn't allow anyone to tell me that the beginning for "All Your Reasons" wasn't created with "Don't Let Me Down" in mind.
Track Picks: "Me and You", "There's A Beast And We All Feed It", "Messed Up Kids"
The Pixies- EP2
Grade: C
Release Date: 01/03/14
The Pixies were probably the most disappointing reunion of last year, as an underwhelming EP1 and a failed attempt to replace Kim Deal with Kim Shattuck has left us with this band which doesn't sound like what it's name promises anymore. A lot of the original appeal of the band had to do with their energy and willingness to shock their audience with controversial topics and stances, but EP2 stays pretty tame throughout and doesn't take advantage of the group's strengths. I won't blame any band for reuniting if they're getting offered good money to play the music that they love, but I think in the long-run these EP releases are only doing damage to the legacy of a band which was set up to leave something great behind. If Deal is already out, then it only makes sense to do the return under a new project: get a new name for the new style of music that you'd like to play.
Track Picks: "Greens and Blues", "Magdelena"
Tennis- Small Sound
Grade: B-
Release Date: 11/05/13
Tennis creates a difficult sound to grade because it has to stay in the back of your mind that their last album Young And Old sounded pretty and melodic on first listen, but didn't prove to be a lasting sound. The reasons for why that happens are ultimately guesses, but I would point to the lack of sophistication in a group which only contains a married couple (Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley) playing pretty basic rhythms. It's indie-pop which is guilty of being overly-reliant on studio tricks to produce overlapped choruses, and ultimately I think that Small Sound fits into the same description as the previously mentioned release. It's fun and nice on the first listen and will fit nicely into any type of 'what's new' playlist, but there's just not enough to actually learn about the songs to justify playing this EP repeatedly.
Finally, it should be stated that it's difficult to trust the creative process in a band composed of a married couple. There are some things which they probably don't feel comfortable saying to each other during recording which artists need to be able to say, and I'd have to guess that the benefit in increased intimateness in the music gets outweighed by this issue.
Track Picks: "Cured of Youth", "100 Lovers"


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Women face enormous risks in conflict-affected settings. Yet they have also proven to be powerful actors, whose interventions sustain economic security or may reduce or discourage violence. Under the right conditions, women can organize to build lasting peace that makes sustainable growth possible in resource-rich countries. These are some of the issues to be explored on Friday, October 11 at a feature panel from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the World Bank (follow on Twitter at #wblive), Blessing or Curse - Making Earth's Riches Work for the Poor and Fragile Countries.
In times of conflict, where extractive resources may be one key driver, women face a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, they may assume a more prominent economic role in the household in the absence of men. Yet their vulnerabilities are heightened as security conditions weaken.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), recent unpublished World Bank research illustrates this paradox. Women living in the artisanal mining zones of South Kivu have deliberately moved to mining areas to pursue economic opportunities. But they are often vulnerable, due to a lack of social networks in these mining areas, coupled with ineffective implementation of protective laws for women's safe work in the mines. In the most extreme cases in South Kivu, this vulnerability leads to coercion, intimidation and sexual violence. Female miners are as such doubly 'at risk': they are rural women in a war zone, and also working outside any legal framework in precarious social, economic and environmental conditions.
Women as peace-brokers
But women's agency also emerges even in these extreme war situations, as resource extraction can prove to be at once a driver to protracted conflict, and equally a potential pathway to development.
In Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (PNG), for example, a poorly-managed mining project became the central flashpoint for a decade-long civil war. Women described their lives between the PNG Defense Force and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army as "life between two guns." But these same women were instrumental in ending the conflict.
They organized prayer meetings, reconciliation ceremonies, and peace marches to advocate for peace. They used their status in the matrilineal society to negotiate for peace both within their communities, as well as with the warring factions. Women's organizations provided humanitarian and emergency assistance to communities on both sides of the conflict. While women did not have as visible a role in the formal peace negotiations, their influence in ending the conflict is well recognized.
This example of women acting as change agents, in this case as peace-brokers, shows the importance of women's involvement throughout natural resource development—from decisions about development of projects, to active participation in the mining economy itself to conflict resolution. And even in non-conflict settings, women's involvement in decisions about community development, benefits sharing, the relationships with extractives companies are critical to avoiding conflict, and promoting sustainable development and shared growth.
World Bank seeks to boost women's agency
The World Bank Group's programs for sustainable development in mining need to address the full range of women's roles and capabilities in and around the sector. Training in literacy, savings, and small-business development can give women the skills to seize economic opportunities beyond mining. Supporting women and communities with health and child care options can be part of a holistic approach to reducing the vulnerabilities of women in extractives communities in fragile areas.
In DRC, the Bank Group has supported the establishment of a national "Women in Mining" association, RENAFEM. It unites women active all along the mining value chain—from small-scale miners to academics, to business women to government officials. Through this national network, provincial focal points work with local women's groups to disseminate laws on the participation of women in mining, to provide technical grants to build ancillary women-led businesses around mines, and support maternal and child care so that women can work freely in the mining sector.
In Papua New Guinea, programs for women in mining and petroleum communities include gender-based violence awareness activities for men and women, literacy and business-development training, and even activities, in partnerships with corporate partners, to help women establish entrepreneurship opportunities around solar-lighting.
A World Bank study underway aims to identify and understand potential conflict-prevention entry points along the Extractive Industries value-chain, from discovery of resources, to their extraction and transport. And a new World Bank Institute (WBI) global online community of practice will include a dedicated focus on women in mining in fragile and conflict-affected areas. (https://collaboration.worldbank.org/groups/gender-issues-in-fragile-situations.)
These activities seek to understand and address how fragility shapes women's experience and opportunities. They also aim to ensure that women are empowered to participate in growing extractives sectors, both as empowered decision-makers and peace builders.
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This is the spirit that characterizes most of the women in these local and secluded areas in Africa. They may not have much money, but they don't allow any situation put them under. They are brave and strong, and above all knowing the responsibility they have to provide for their families (kids especially) they must brave the danger as well as be innovative to bring in food and income to face the future.
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It will be interesting to know what happens to young vulnerable girls in fragile and conflict affected areas.


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Fancy going to see the Boca Juniors v River Plate Superclásico in Argentina? Of course you do. It's the one match every football fan must see before they die. Well, how about seeing that match and then staying on in Argentina to capture loads more fanatical fan behaviour on film before moving onto Brazil, South Korea, Serbia and pretty the rest of the free world watching football - sounds alright doesn't it!?
Well, a DVD entitled 'Futbol Fanatico' arrived at EFW Towers a few weeks back in which German lads Jörg Heinisch and Carlo Farsang did just that. This double DVD - that runs for just shy of 3hrs - concentrates on football fan culture around the world and makes for compelling viewing. So if your interest in football extends to events on the terraces then this could well be worth a look.
To find out more about their adventures and delve a bit deeper into the movie about the most fanatic supporters in the world, I dialled up Eintracht Frankfurt fan Jörg and asked him a few questions about 'living the dream'.
Have you found anything that comes close to matching the Boca Juniors v River Plate match in terms of atmosphere? No, it's really a fact that this match I saw in 2006 was my biggest experience of atmosphere in football. There were other matches in Argentina with incredible action that we documented on this double-DVD. The match in Rosario for example between Newell' Old Boys and Boca - what are you meant to feel as you are standing on the roof of the main stand which is vibrating in an extreme way as the crowd is jumping and jumping? You can see it in the movie. This was totally new for me.
I've fallen in love with a few teams on my own footballing journey throughout Europe, any worldwide that you have taken to your heart - aside from Eintracht Frankfurt obviously? My football heart is reserved only for my club. But my skin is prickling if I am able to enjoy a journey in a far away country with great football atmosphere, adventure and breath-taking landscape. To avoid a misunderstanding: for me. I am not a groundhopper! A groundhopper is a fan who is travelling minimum every weekend and has to collect new ground on every holiday. I have a good job, a girlfriend and a fanzine that has to be published every month. So there would be no time for groundhopping.
There must have been one or two hairy moments on your adventure? In Argentina you can't "go for a walk" through the stands, especially whilst filming the crowd. You have to be very careful. When we made shots of the supporter scene at Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires it was said to us very clearly that we have to stop. We are talking about an area where no police go as there could be violence against them. In the eyes of these fanatics you could be a policeman with a video camera documenting something.
On the other side there are lots of districts in Buenos Aires with social conflict potential - some directly near to grounds. You have to open your eyes if you should walk near the ground of San Lorenzo for example. As we tried to get a taxi to a 2nd Division match at the ground of Neuva Chicago the taxi drivers refused to transport us to the ground. It was only at our fifth (!) attempt that we found a driver with enough courage to go to Nueva Chicago.
What sort of response did you get from the locals? We didn't have so much contact with the local when we were in Argentina in 2006: We did ten matches in 14 days. Consequently, we were on tour all the time. And when we had a night in Buenos Aires we had to check our video material and talked about what could be used for the film. My colleague Carlo Farsang (nicknamed "Fari") had a lot of contacts and impressions from his former tours in South America.
You two lads must have spent a small fortune on football. Are your trips self funded or do you have any form of sponsorship? Neither of us has a form of sponsorship. Me, I choose to go on tours with an interesting combination of land, people and football as a vacation or for a kind of report like for the DVD. I have visited football matches in little more than 20 FIFA members only. Fari is another case, a very special case. He is the most popular German groundhopper and started going on tour around 1988. He gave up his job in his home town, changed his lifestyle and sometimes worked in other countries (East-Europe, Argentina). He's been everywhere. Until 2000 he invested all his money in these trips. After that, he started his own service company in his black forest home town which has been very, very successful. Today he goes on tour only two or three times a year as he can't be absent from work for too long. Although he no longer tours every weekend he has visited matches in over 110 FIFA member countries, visiting far more than 1,000 grounds.
These days you learn which is the cheapest way to travel. Booking via travel agencies can be expensive. So for example - going to a match in Armenia: take a cheap flight to Trabzon or Van in Turkey via Istanbul, then a bus to Georgia. Then travel with the locals on mini buses through Georgia to Armenia. That way you get to live great adventures - better than travelling by an expensive scheduled flight directly to Erivan.
Who have been the friendliest club you've encountered? I don't know. It's friendly if it's familiar. This can be a 2nd Division club in Argentina or anywhere in a province where you get invited for a cake or get to meet local people on the terraces.
Your house must be a shrine to football, does it resemble a footballing museum? Not my house but the house of Fari since he is a football photographer and has so much material. Some of his stuff was shown in a Museum in Kiel some years ago. During 2006 he produced an exhibition "The World of Football" with motives from grounds all over the world.
Is Argentina the best country in the world in which to watch football? In terms of atmosphere....yes, together with Chile.
Presumably, you've popped around Maradona's house for lunch, what was he like!? We went passed the block where his family is living and we saw him at the Boca v River match as you see in the movie. It was never a plan to visit "El Dios" though. There is no sympathy for him from me. He is a phenomena and lots of people love him but on the other side Mr "Hand of God" is no fair sportsman.
Those Argentinian terraces look absolutely crazy, how safe is it to watch football there? You shouldn't go in the middle of fanaticism on some of those terraces. This could be a little bit risky. But it depends on the club. You are able to enjoy this atmosphere from everywhere in these stadiums.
Did you see any violence at all? In Argentina the fans are kept apart more than in Europe. The travelling routes near the grounds are separated. But the grounds are very old. We had this match in the 2nd Division (Tigre v Chacarita) where the away fans dismantled their section. There were wooden benches...but after a few minutes there were less benches and a lot of their fanatics had wooden slates in their hands and climbed with them on top of the fences.
During this trip we heard that there was a battle between two groups of different clubs on a highway parking area. One bus of one group was driven in kamikaze style into a bus of the other fans. Sounds like extreme violence eh!?
Is there any game you'd like to see that haven't already? If money was no object then the big derbies in Santiago de Chile and in India (with up to 100,000 fans) could be interesting. Fari's current wish is a 24-hour-trip to Congo, one match in Kinshasa and another on the other side of the River Congo in the other Congo state in Brazzaville.
The fans of your own team (Eintracht Frankfurt) have a tremendous reputation around Germany for the support they give their team. Is that what first got you excited about fan culture? The good reputation of Frankfurt fans started with the foundation of the group of "Ultras Frankfurt" in 1997. As I started a bit of my groundhopping experience by that time, I had some good ideas what a good support could be.
But my first match was in 1979 and I've been to all the home games since 1985 and all away matches since 1990. I was a referee for 12 years and founded a regional supporters club where I organized a big European Supporters Club tournament with up to 28 supporters teams from up to 8 nations every year for 11 years.
My first intensive contact with fan culture was with the Frankfurt fanzine "Fan geht vor" (first published in 1991 and still running on a monthly basis) - I've worked on that since 1994 and have been its editor for many years. It's still only a hobby but a good compensation for my normal job.
Had you heard of European Football Weekends prior to this interview? Yes, I visited your pages whilst working on my third groundhopping book.
And finally, what's next for you? I'm off to Andalusia in January including a match at FC Sevilla or Deportivo Xerez, followed by a tour to the Greek Islands (without a game) and Norway. I'm writing a 4th groundhopping book in 2012 if I have enough good material. I've just finished a shorter travel report to French Polynesia/Tahiti for that book. At the moment however, I've no bigger trips planned as I have a new Eintracht Frankfurt book that has to be finished.
There you go folks, one of the most interesting and informed interviews I've ever had the pleasure of being involved in. I hope you enjoyed it as much as me. I don't know about you but as soon as I can afford it - I'm on the next flight out to Argentina!
If you fancy ordering the DVD then it's available to buy from HERE. If you have any problems ordering one then contact me and I'll try and help get you one. And no, I'm not making any profit from the sales of it, football fans get ripped off enough without me getting in the act.


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But know this: That in the latter days hard times will come: and men will be lovers of
themselves and lovers of money, boasters, proud, revilers, unyielding towards their own people,
deniers of grace, wicked, unloving, addicted to irreconcilable malicious gossips, ferocious,
haters of the good, treacherous, rash, inflated, attached to pleasure more than to the love of
Elohim, having a form of respect for Elohim but wide from the power of Elohim.
Them who are such, repel from you.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
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Y'shua asks do you love me ______________________? (please use your name to fill in the blank)
Yes I love you my master and King.
Can you love those who hate you and gossip about you and betray you and wish not good things about you?
Can you bless those who persecute you?
Can you pray for those who persecute you?
Yes Abba YHWH.
In your strength I can love those who haven't be so kind.
For those of you who feel that nothing good can be accomplished by dialogue, accountability, transparency between brothers and sisters…I beg to differ, we need dialogue that is conducted with honor and humility. My experience with many Ephraimite Two House leaders could be much better, but it is only my own hopes for meaningful friendship and relationship that caused me to respond publicly on the internet. When I've been thrashed publically, by individuals, leaders and in front of entire congregations and have been denied the opportunity to respond and dialogue I believe the rest of the Body should know about it. Why have I been singled out by some of the Ephraimite Two House leaders? I think I understand why that is to some degree, and I believe the rest of the Body of Mashiyach should have the opportunity to hear my public response. That is equality. That is Torah.
But I also think that internet has limitations and so I've decided to whack a bunch of articles where I wrote about my experiences with numerous individuals and take a different approach.
May YHWH be with you and bless you in your sojourn in Him.
Shalom U'Vrachot,
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I guess it wouldn't matter if there's other colours in there to make up for the unavailable ones?
Would you swap all the black for brown or is there some black that could stay because it may not be wood?
Regarding the brown pieces, what's the best method of getting these? Can you get bulk pieces for bricks, slopes etc or would you have to get specific sets and Bricklink etc the rest?
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deal (one) in
To include one in something. Often used in the imperative "deal me in." The phrase originated in card games, in which cards are distributed among the players by "dealing" them. If you guys are playing poker in there, deal me in! Bobby really wants to be involved in this project, so deal him in too.
deal in something
to buy and sell something. My uncle is a stockbroker. He deals in stocks and bonds. My aunt deals in antiques.
deal in
1. Also, deal with. Be occupied or concerned with, as in Jim deals in generalities, or This book deals with idioms. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from about 1300.
2. Do business or trade in something, as in They deal in diamonds. [Late 1500s] Also see deal with.
3. deal someone in. Also, deal one a hand. Include someone, give someone a share, as in I hope they'll deal me in on this new enterprise. This usage comes from card games, where to deal has meant "to distribute cards" since the 16th century. [Early 1900s]
deal in
1. To include someone in a card game by giving that player cards: Deal me in—I'm just getting up to get some potato chips. The dealer dealt in all the players who sat at the table.
2. To be in some particular line of work or pursuit: She deals in computer hardware. The gangster dealt in stolen goods.


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Using User-defined Types Across Databases
When you create a user-defined type, it is local to a single database. Therefore, a user-defined type defined in one database cannot be used in a column definition of another database. However, if the same user-defined type is registered and can be accessed in two databases, you can convert a user-defined type value from one database for use in another database. This ability is useful when you want to do the following:
- Call a stored procedure that is defined in a different database.
- Query over tables that are defined in two different databases.
- Select data from a database and insert it into another.
For example, suppose that user-defined type u1 is created in both database db1 and database db2. Stored procedure p2 is created only in database db2 and takes a type u1 parameter. You can call proc p2 with an instance of type u1 from database db1.
USE db1
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Another example involves populating a temporary table in tempdb with the results of a query. The user-defined type must be registered in tempdb for this operation to succeed.
INSERT INTO #t SELECT * FROM T
Registering a user-defined type in tempdb is not required when you use a user-defined type in a table variable, or when a cursor uses the user-defined type in a worktable.
When you use user-defined types across databases, you should remember the following:
- The types must have the same name, including the same CLR name, and must be implemented through the same assembly in both databases. Assemblies in two databases are identical if they have the same name, strong name, culture, version, code access permission set, and binary contents.
- You must have SELECT and EXECUTE permissions on each user-defined type column referenced in the query. These permissions are checked with regard to the database in which each column is defined.
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Closing Costs
Buyers need to be prepared with the cash for anywhere from 2% to 4% of the mortgage balance depending on your area.
As a homeowner, you'll need to pay property taxes, which are generally part of the escrow you pay into each month. Remember, even if you have a fixed-rate home loan, your property taxes could go up and increase your monthly housing costs.
Your lender will require home insurance, the cost of which depends on factors including the construction materials of your home and the location. Even if you have renter's insurance, you'll find that home insurance costs more because you are paying for the ability to rebuild your home in addition to replacing your personal possessions. Insurance costs will rise over time, and you will need supplemental insurance if you live in a flood zone.
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If you buy a home within a homeowners' association or a condominium association, you'll be required to pay a monthly or quarterly fee. These fees can rise, or your association may need to charge a special assessment for projects such as repaving the parking lot or repairing a roof.
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Depending on where you live, your costs for electricity, gas and water could be higher when you move into your own home than when you live in an apartment. You may also need to pay for garbage collection along with your Internet, cable and phone bill.
While this is essentially a discretionary expense, most people who move from an apartment to a larger home need to buy at least some new furniture.
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Home maintenance costs time and money. While you may be able to change your furnace filters, clean your gutters and keep your appliances running smoothly yourself, you may also need to hire a contractor to clean and inspect your chimney and to keep your heating and air conditioning system in top shape.
While maintenance tasks can be predictable, the most costly part of homeownership typically comes with unexpected repairs such as replacing or repairing the roof, removing a tree, or paying for mold mitigation in a damp basement. The list of possibilities is endless, so homeowners should set aside savings for an emergency. Experts suggest budgeting for 1% or 2% of your mortgage balance as a yearly maintenance and repair fund.
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The Dialectic between the Development of Consciousness and the Realization of Self: A Brief Look at Ursula in The Rainbow
Ursula Brangwen is one main character in D. H. Lawrence's novel, The Rainbow, which presents to the readers a careful chronology of the progression of the Brangwens' family life. As a surrogate of Lawrence himself, Ursula's experience and mental growth, to a large extent, represent Lawrence's own philosophic concern and artistic pursuit. By investigating the growth of young Ursula, this article explores the dialectic between the development of consciousness and the realization of self from the perspective of Ecocritic approach. The development of consciousness makes one realize his ontological existence. However, to embrace a fully developed self, one has to be ontologically independent and, equally important, to establish a harmonious relationship with "the circumambient universe".
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The halt procedure is used to remove both the application environment and the virtual platform for an lx branded zone. To cleanly shut down a zone, see How to Use zlogin to Shut Down an lx Branded Zone.
You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.
Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
List the zones running on the system.
global# zoneadm list -v
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared 1 lx-zone running /export/home/lx-zone lx shared
Use the zoneadm command with the -z option, the name of the zone, for example, lx-zone, and the halt subcommand to halt the given zone.
global# zoneadm -z lx-zone halt
List the zones on the system again, to verify that lx-zone has been halted.
global# zoneadm list -iv
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared - lx-zone installed /export/home/lx-zone lx shared
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The state Department of Environmental Protection has lifted the water boil order that was put in effect when a water main gave way Monday. Residents can drink tap water.
Samples of water throughout city came back "clean and absent of any bacteria,'' according to Joseph Ferson, DEP spokesman.
"There was never a detection of bacteria," he said.
The boil order has been lifted for Worcester and other communities affected by the break.
The lone exception is the Millbury Industrial Park.
Officials await test results from that area. The industrial park receives its water from Worcester.
Chlorine, a disinfectant added to the city's water supply, was also detected at all sampling sites, indicating the water supply is adequately protected, according to the city.
The city's announcement said: "With the lifting of the boil order and full restoration of water system pressures, residents and businesses in Worcester and surrounding communities can resume normal activities relative to the City's water supply.
Air in the water, discolored water and poor pressure due to plugged water meters may still be a problem for some individual homes and businesses.
Residents should continue to check their water before doing laundry to prevent staining of clothes. If any water problems persist, residents should call Worcester DPW&P Customer Service at (508) 929-1300."
Worcester State University resumes classes tomorrow.
The school had been closed since the break, which occurred on Chandler Street, at the edge of campus. One building and some of the school grounds were flooded.
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If you have experience within retail and a passion for customer service then we would love to hear from you.
Please note all of our roles are on a rolling shift basis, therefore the days do change every week.
We also have a wide range of benefits to support and help you when you work with us, please take a glance at them here: http://www.worlddutyfreejobs.com/about_wdf/your-benefits/