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Creating A Niche
The musicians familiarise themselves with the concert hall's technical equipment. Singer Donia Massoud tests the mike. Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Mahmoud Radaideh and Zeid Hamdan get out their instruments: a long-necked lute, a standard lute, an electric guitar and a synthesiser.
Two hours from now, they'll be giving their last concert in Beirut. The next stops on the tour are Alexandria and Cairo. The group calls itself KazaMada and has only been playing together for a short time. Their music is the product of an intensive five-day workshop organised by Eka3 (Arabic for "rhythm").
The artists have long years of assorted experience behind them. Massoud, from Egypt, made a name for herself as a folk singer, while Zeid Hamdan was one of the founders of the famed Lebanese electronic music group Soapkills and the band The Government.
Mahmoud Radaideh belongs to the Jordanian group Jadal, one of the first Arab rock bands. The Palestinian Abu Ghazaleh is an Eka3 founder and songmaker who has already released three CDs.
On this evening, the strains of the electric guitar, synthesiser and oud accompany the powerful voice of Donia Massoud. It sounds like an oriental, experimental electro-mix. Some pieces are new, others are classics presented in daring new arrangements.
Giving Arab music a new identity
Kinda Hassan, Eka3's representative in Beirut, calls KazaMada an experiment – an attempt to create something new, to give Arab music a new identity. Hassan reflects for a moment, then adds: "What we're doing is contemporary Arab music – I think that's the simplest and most accurate way to describe it."
Eka3 was founded in Amman in 2007. "We are Arab artists who were active in the region long before Eka3," says Kinda Hassan, who works for the initiative from her base in Beirut. She studied video art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Beirut: "I found out that many artists were turning into application submitters. In order to get financing for their projects, they filled out applications all day long. They hardly had any time left over for their own work. The only way out is to create something of your own, to immerse yourself in your art."
It is important, she continues, to generate continuity, something that is not possible with foreign financing: "Europeans might be interested in our music one minute and then lose interest the next. Then we'd be left high and dry."
Eka3 is producer, agency, experimental workshop and concert organiser in one. It works regionally, producing albums with original covers, creating new sales channels, trying to place artists with festivals and selling the licences for their music.
The key prerequisite for artists wanting to join Eka3 is "that they have something to say and an artistic identity," says Kinda Hassan.
The list of releases to date provides a glimpse of today's diverse Arab music scene beyond the pop mainstream. Well-known names appear alongside up-and-coming artists. For example, there's the renowned Palestinian oud player Khaled Jubran; I-Voice, a rap group from the Palestinian camp Burj Al-Barajneh in Beirut that already has a local fan community; and the new Jordanian group Sharq with its first album.
Difficult music market
People in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria do not have much of a chance to listen to the above-mentioned artists and many others playing new Arab music on TV music channels or radio stations. The music market is monopolised by powerful entertainment conglomerates, such as Rotana, which is not only the biggest Arab label, but also runs various satellite channels and radio stations, and publishes glossy magazines.
Eka3 is trying to create a niche for itself on this difficult music market and is already making some progress. Since last year, an international chain with stores in Dubai, Beirut and Amman now stocks its CDs.
In addition, Eka3 is trying to reach its target audience directly, which Kinda Hassan estimates is between the ages of 18 and 40. In selected cafés and music/DVD stores, small stands have been set up sporting the yellow-and-black Eka3 logo and displaying its products.
In Egypt, this sales option is not available due to censorship regulations. And distribution in Syria is not worthwhile because of the frequency of pirated copies.
KazaMada's concerts in Beirut received mixed reviews. Some critics were irritated by the experimental style, but others praised that very aspect. Kinda Hassan is optimistic: "I am looking forward to the future – without having to force myself to think positively."
Mona Naggar
© Qantara.de 2011
Translated from the German by Jennifer Taylor
Editor: Aingeal Flanagan/Qantara.de
Music Scene in Beirut
Nostalgic about the War
"Everyone longs to return to his childhood, and my childhood simply took place during the war", says Mazen Kerbaj, a pioneer of free improvised music in Beirut. Thomas Burkhalter takes a look at how years of war have influenced the sound of Lebanese music
Arabic Rock Music of International Caliber
Rock music in Lebanon reached a low point in 1997 after the suicide of one of its fans. One of the most promising young bands then broke up. It is now celebrating a brilliant fresh start under the name Blend. By Christina Förch
Musical Worlds
The Islamic world and Europe are home to a longstanding independent, modern music scene that transcends belly dance and folk music clichés. In this dossier we present some of its most important figures, styles and encounters.


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What is intentcasting?Here's a good definition from The Free Dictionary:
Intentcasting is broadcasting a goal over the Internet in order to make it happen. The intentcast can be very general in scope in order to inspire people to respond with solutions, or it can be very specific such as wanting to find a product that does something at a certain price point.
What makes a good intentcast?In short:
A good intentcast reaches the right people and provides enough information to generate useful responses.
Let's look at this in detail...
Reaching the right peopleIf an intentcast is published somewhere on the Internet but nobody reads it, then it's not going to generate any responses at all, let alone useful responses. Therefore, it's essential that any intentcasting technology has suppliers who are listening and ready to reply. Moreover, it's essential that APPROPRIATE suppliers are listening, and ideally quite a lot of appropriate suppliers so that there's a good chance that one of them will be able to satisfy the buyer's needs.
Providing enough information to generate useful responsesAs a minimum, an intentcast should provide information about what is wanted, where it is wanted, and when it is wanted.
Ideally there will be further information to allow suppliers to decide if it is a good opportunity for them, such as an indication of the buyer's available budget and other factors that the successful supplier will need to meet.
In addition, ideally there needs to be a "call to action". That is, suppliers should be given an indication of how to respond.
Example of a good intentcastHere's an example of an intentcast that covers all the aspects described above:
I'm looking for: House Cleaner in Melbourne, Australia
Further information: Hi there, I am looking for a weekly cleaner for my flat in Melbourne. Please can you let me know your availability and pricing. Thanks, Steve.
The what, where and when aspects are all covered in an unambiguous way. Also, the further information (it's a weekly flat clean that is required) allows suppliers to qualify themselves in our out. Finally, there's a good call to action because they buyer is asking the supplier to reply with availability and pricing.


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In just four days, officers have made five arrests in Juniper Valley Park alone -- Sun., July 27 to Tue., July 29 -- including four drug offenses and one weapons charge, according to reports.
Meanwhile, police say dozens of other arrests have also been made with the help of community involvement and their regular enforcement from the precinct.
On Sun., July 27 at approximately 5:40 a.m. two suspects – Christopher Villa, 24, and a 17-year-old male from Brooklyn – were arrested for numerous motor vehicle offenses in front of 59-39 54th St., according to police.
Officers charged the two with grand larceny auto (motorcycle), criminal possession of stolen property, auto stripping, possession of auto tools and the unauthorized use of a vehicle.
Carlos Soto, 21, of Glendale was arrested in front of 62-51 60th St. on Tue., July 29 at approximately 2 a.m., after police say he was found removing the tire off a stolen car.
After he was found hiding inside when officers arrived, he was then charged with grand larceny, criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property, auto stripping, possession of burglary tools and the unauthorized use of a vehicle, they said.
Just 20 minutes later, police found Pedro Cordero, 40, of Brooklyn breaking into and ransacking a vehicle near the intersection of Jefferson and Wyckoff Avenues, according to police.
Officers said the man stole a car radio, platinum ring, iPod, Nintendo DS and a Samsung Galaxy cell phone and charged him with grand larceny, criminal mischief, auto stripping, possession of burglary tools and the unauthorized use of a vehicle.
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Scientists: Genes Determine Intelligence
March 21, 2016 by TNO Staff Science
Yet another scientific studythis time in Australiahas proven that intelligence is genetic and has nothing to do with environment, confirming that the liberal worldview of human equality is built on a deliberate lie. The new study found that math and reading skills are at least 75 percent genetic, writing skills are 50 percent genetic, and the school environment only contributes less than 5 percent of any persons abilities.
As reported by Australias public broadcaster, SBS (Special Broadcasting Service), the new research has definitively shown that genes are more important in explaining differences in academic performance than teachers and schools. The study was based on wide-ranging research into the academic performance of twins mapped out in the Australian Department of Educations National Assessment ProgramLiteracy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests.
NAPLAN is made up of tests in the four areas (or domains) of reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar, and punctuation), and numeracy, and is run at the direction of Australias Education Council.
Professor Brian Byrne. The research has been conducted by Emeritus Professor Brian Byrne and colleagues at the Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders, and the University of New England.
The research will shortly be published in full, with much of the peer review process complete, SBS reported, although some parts of the study were published last year (Validity of large-scale reading tests: A phenotypic and behaviourgenetic analysis, Australian Journal of Education, April 2015 vol. 59 no. 1 521). That report said that Performance on large-scale reading tests and individually administered tests was moderately to substantially heritable and the same genes contributed to performance in both types of test.
The SBS said that Byrne and his colleagues were allowed access to around 3,000 sets of twins and were able to look at their academic performance in literacy and numeracy NAPLAN tests in school years 3, 5, 7, and 9.
The results were surprising, SBS reported, Families, teachers, and schools had a much more modest contribution when explaining the difference in academic performance of children in the same grade or class, and the majority of difference between students abilities in literacy and numeracy were instead attributable to their genetic make-up. Byrne said the involvement of twins in his research has been incredibly important. They are the perfect natural experiment. We use their data to extrapolate across the wider population. Because twins share a large portion of their genesand almost always share the same environment growing up, a comparison of their differences and similarities reveals whether certain behaviors and abilities are the product of nature or nurture. For example, he found that twinswhether identical or fraternalperformed equally similar to one another even when they were in different classes and schools. In other words, people with high intelligence have high abilities, and people with low intelligence have low abilitiesand these traits are directly inherited from their parents, and not caused by the school which they attend or any other social factor. Writing skills were the least influenced by geneticsonly about 50 percent, SBS continued, adding that genetic influences on reading, spelling, and mathematics abilities were found to be between 5075 per cent. Genes are the things that are, for the most part, driving differences among children, and not different teachers, or even different schools, Byrne told SBS Insights Jenny Brockie, during filming of a television show feature on twins. Byrne told SBS that his findings undermine the idea that a really, really big player in how well children are doing is teacher qualifications and a teachers education.
He added that the findings were important for the education system to understand that genes matter. Approached for comment by SBS, Chris Watt, Federal Secretary of the Independent Teachers Union, said Byrnes research confirms what teachers have known for a long time: that some children are born with advantages, when others are not, and there needs to be greater resources that allow them to factor those differences into their teaching. At the end of the day, a school can only do so much, he said. The findings, SBS pointed out, backed up earlier research done in the UK, where academics looked at the end of year General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exam results of pairs of identical and non-identical twins. The nationwide study included a sample of 11,117 16-year-olds and found that their genetic makeup may matter more than their teachers, schools, or home environments.
RECOMMENDED READING: IQ and Race: The Complete Overview
Featuring the work of Henry Garrrett, Arthur Jensen, J. Phillipe Rushton, Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray, Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen, and others. The April 2012 discovery by an international team of scientists of the gene HMGA2 which determines brain size and intelligence, has firmly established the supremacy of the nature or racial-determinant view of intelligence and achievement over the leftist nurture argument. This book reviews and summarizes all the major and influential works on IQ and race published since 1980. Starting with the full text of Professor Henry Garrets classic IQ and Racial Differences, the remainder of the book is given over to summaries of:
Harvard psychologist Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murrays bestseller The Bell Curve;
Professors J. Phillipe Rushton and Arthur Jensens ground-breaking Thirty Years of Research on Race Differences in Cognitive Ability as published by the American Psychological Association;
Professor Rushtons book Race, Evolution and Behavior;
Professors Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanens IQ and the Wealth of Nations with its global IQ charts; and Full details of the 2012 HMGA2 gene discovery report.


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No one wants to be offseason champions. The Washington Redskins have more imaginary free agency trophies than any team over the last decade, and it hasn't done them any good.
Offseason titles sell tickets, but they usually don't translate to wins. That won't stop us from asking our crew on this slow July day for their pick. We present our choices for the first annual ATL Offseason Championship. (We'll call the BCS to help break the tie.)
- Gregg Rosenthal ATL editor
Eagles accomplished more by doing less
The Philadelphia Eagles smartly re-signed their best core players: Trent Cole, Todd Herremans, DeSean Jackson and Evan Mathis. They consolidated and clarified the front office by saying goodbye to team president Joe Banner while giving Andy Reid more power. The trade for DeMeco Ryans filled a big need at linebacker, and the draft should give the defense immediate contributors. I even like the continuity of keeping defensive coordinator Juan Castillo. The Eagles withstood public pressure to "blow things up" and should be rewarded. (Just a year later than everyone expected.)
- Dan Hanzus ATL writer
The Bills have to be your winner
I don't see how this could be anyone other than the Buffalo Bills. No one else combined a legitimately strong stretch of talent acquisition (defensive ends Mario Williams and Mark Anderson, cornerback Stephon Gilmore) with breathless hype from all corners. Ryan Fitzpatrick's mechanical renaissance! A defense that will make the 2000 Baltimore Ravens look like a JV squad! Still only one home game in another country! The Bills won the offseason. The next step will be harder.
- Marc Sessler ATL writer
Eagles show maturity with their patience
The Eagles get my vote because they didn't panic after a down year. For all the abuse Philadelphia absorbed last season, this team finished fourth on offense and eighth on defense. Taking a page from the New York Giants, this team continues to add fire to the defensive line: Fletcher Cox won't disappoint inside. DeMeco Ryans and Mychal Kendricks should fix last year's mess at linebacker. To our delight, the DeSean Jackson drama -- at least from a contract angle -- is over. Finally, Juan Castillo is another year wiser at defensive coordinator. Aggressive moves minus desperation. I see a big year in Philly.
- Brian McIntyre ATL writer
Bills won when they switched to 4-3 D
Even before the Bills started acquiring players, they made the smart decision to blow up the move to a 3-4 defense. That alone makes defensive tackles Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus, as well as inside linebacker Kelvin Sheppard, more effective. Then, the team re-signed No. 1 receiver Stevie Johnson without having to use the franchise tag, freeing up cap space to add defensive ends Mario Williams and Mark Anderson, improving a pass rush that had the third-lowest sack total (29) in the NFL. To cap it off, they added a shutdown corner in Stephon Gilmore and much-needed offensive line help in Cordy Glenn before taking care of running back Fred Jackson's contract. It may not be enough to overtake the New England Patriots in the AFC East, but it's hard not to like the moves that Buddy Nix and Chan Gailey made this offseason.


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A new $17 million research center dedicated to identifying medical countermeasures for neurotoxic chemicals that cause seizures in humans has been established by the U.S. National Institutes of Health at the University of California, Davis. The research also is expected to yield findings that could improve medical treatment for people with seizure disorders.
The new UC Davis CounterACT Center of Excellence is part of the NIH Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Research Network. Professor Pamela Lein, a developmental neurobiologist and neurotoxicologist in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, will direct the new center.
"Neurotoxic chemicals have the sobering potential to cause massive disabling and even lethal seizures among a civilian population," Lein said. "It's imperative that new and improved antidotes be developed so that emergency responders and medical professionals have the tools to not only protect themselves when responding to an emergency involving these chemicals, but also to minimize the neurological damage from such chemicals in individuals who survive the exposure, whether those chemicals are released intentionally or accidentally."
The research program will focus on a group of chemicals known as organophosphates and on TETS, which stands for tetramethylenedisulfotetramine. TETS is a powerful neurotoxin once used as a rat poison but now banned in most parts of the world.
Organophosphates, many used in pesticides like parathion, can cause seizures by inhibiting the enzyme that normally would regulate muscle contractions and critical pathways of communication in the brain. Inhibition of this enzyme causes overstimulation or over-excitation of the downstream cell in the circuit, and this increased excitability triggers seizures.
Although the mechanism by which TETS induces potentially lethal seizures is not fully understood, the chemical, in effect, releases the biochemical "brake" that would normally control electrical signals between brain cells.
Lein said that the chemicals studied in the center's research projects will be used in very small amounts in experimental models. The studies will be conducted in existing campus laboratories.
The research program is expected to produce additional benefits including a better understanding of the biological mechanisms that cause seizures, new neuroimaging techniques and biomarkers for monitoring neurological damage following chemically induced seizures, and novel approaches for medically controlling seizures in people who have epilepsy.
The new center, which is funded for five years, consists of three research projects. One of the projects, to be led by Lein, will focus on developing drugs and treatment procedures that will minimize brain damage in patients who survive seizures.
Another project, led by Michael Rogawski, a professor of neurology in the UC Davis School of Medicine, will focus on identifying improved treatments for preventing seizures. Rogawski, an authority on drugs for treating epileptic seizures, also serves as associate director of the new center.
A third project will be led by Isaac Pessah, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Biosciences in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. The project will focus on developing new rapid-throughput tests and high-resolution imaging techniques to be used in screening compounds for potential anticonvulsant and anti-inflammatory activity. Pessah is an expert on calcium signaling in neurons, which is thought to be involved in neuronal damage triggered by organophosphates and TETS.
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- Patriotism - American eagles are associated with the United States. That is why eagle tattoos are mostly worn by military servicemen. The eagle is also thought to represent a noble nature. So, eagle tattoos are considered as symbols of loyalty and dedication to the country.
- Power and Strength - Eagle tattoos are popular with the brave and courageous firefighters, police and military personnel as well. This design inspires them to lend their power and strength to serve their countrymen, just as the eagle stands for power rising above the earth. Biker guys also like wearing this design because it can make them look tougher.
- Wisdom, Pride, Freedom and Spiritual protection - Eagles were worshipped in Greece as well as by many cultures during ancient times. They were even used as ensigns by ancient kings of Persia, Babylon, and other empires. Eagles were believed to bear spiritual protection because of their special connection with both men and the gods since they were high flyers and can reach the sky. For the native American culture, eagles represent wisdom.


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This grep command tutorial is not about the theory of UNIX grep but the practical use of grep command in UNIX and here I am sharing my experience on the use of grep command in Linux with an aim that this would serve as quick guide or tutorial for using grep in UNIX for new beginners and help them to understand the grep command better and its thoughtful usage in UNIX or Linux.
Many people use grep just for finding words in a file and missed the real potential of grep by not using all its powerful command-line options and its regular expression capability which could not only save a lot of time but also works as a great and powerful tool while analyzing a large set of data or log files.
By the way, if you are new to Linux then I also suggest you go through a comprehensive Linux course to learn some basics commands and fundamentals like Linux file system, permissions, and other basic things.
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10 ways to use Grep command in Unix - examplesFollowing examples of grep command in UNIX are based on my experience and I use them on a daily basis in my work. Grep command is also part of any beginners UNIX command tutorial as it is an essential command to learn in order to work efficiently in any UNIX environment e..g Redhat Linux, Ubuntu, IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris or BSD.
Anyway, these examples are by no means complete so please contribute you're own grep command tips or how you are using grep in Linux to make it more useful and allow all of us to benefit from each other's experience and work efficiently in UNIX or Linux.
Example 1: How to ignore some words while doing a search using grep in UNIXFinding relevant word and exclusion of irrelevant word. Most of the time I look for Exception and Errors in log files and sometimes I know certain Exception I can ignore so I use grep -v option to exclude those Exceptions
grep Exception logfile.txt | grep -v ERROR
This grep command example will search for word "Exception" in logfile.txt and print them but since we have piped out of first grep command to second grep command which will exclude all lines which match world "ERROR". To make this grep example more concrete let's see another example, here we have a file which contains three lines as shown below:
$ cat example.txt UNIX operating system UNIX and Linux operating system Linux operation system
Now we want to search all lines in file example.txt which contains word UNIX but same time doesn't contain world Linux.
$ grep UNIX example.txt UNIX operating system UNIX and Linux operating system
$ grep UNIX example.txt | grep -v Linux UNIX operating system
Example 2: How to count the occurrence of a word in a file using grep commandIf you want to count on a particular word in the log file you can use grep -c option to count the word. Below an example of command will print how many times the word "Error" has appeared in logfile.txt.
$ grep -c "Error" logfile.txt
If we apply this grep command on our example file to find how many lines contain word e.g. UNIX has occurred in the file:
$ grep -c UNIX example.txt 2
Example 3: printing lines before and after of matching word using grep
$ grep --context=6 successful logfile.txt
Show an additional six lines after matching very useful to see what is around and to print the whole message if it splits around multiple lines. You can also use command line option "C" instead of "--context" for example
$ grep -C 2 'hello' *
Prints two lines of context around each matching line.
Example 4: How to search pattern using egrep and regular expressionstands for extended grep and it is more powerful than grep command in Unix and allows more regular exception like you can use "|" option to search for either Error or Exception by executing just one command.
$ egrep 'Error|Exception' logfile.txt
Example 5: How to do case-insensitive searching using grep in LinuxIf you want to do case insensitive search then use -i option from grep command in UNIX. grep -i command will find an occurrence of both Error, error, and ERROR and quite useful to display any sort of Error from the log file.
$ grep -i Error logfile
Example 6: How to search patterns in gzip files using the zgrep commandzgrep is another great version of grep command in Unix which is used to perform the same operation as grep does but with .gz files. Many times we gzip the old file to reduce the size and later wants to look or find something on those files. zgrep is your man for those days. Below command will print all files which have "Error" on them.
$ zgrep -i Error *.gz
Example 7: How to search the whole word in a file using grep commandYou can use grep -w command in UNIX to find the whole word instead of a just pattern, as shown in the following the example. This example will only print lines from logfile.txt which contains full word ERROR.
$ grep -w ERROR logfile.txt
Above grep command in UNIX searches only for instances of 'ERROR' that are entire words; it does not match `SysERROR'.
For more control, use `\<' and `\>' to match the start and end of words. For example:
$ grep 'ERROR>' *
Searches only for words ending in 'ERROR', so it matches the word `SysERROR'.
Example 8: UNIX command to display files names which contain given wordAnother useful grep command line option is "grep -l" which display only the file names which match the given pattern. Below command will only display file names which have ERROR?
$ grep -l ERROR *.log
grep -l 'main' *.java will list the names of all Java files in the current directory whose contents mention `main'.
Also, find command in UNIX can be used in place of grep at many places. If you want to leverage the full potential of grep, then using Grep pocket reference is not a bad idea, an ideal grep reference for system admin, developers, and security professionals
Example 9: grep command option to display lines numbersIf you want to see line number of matching lines you can use the option "grep -n" below command will show on which lines Error has appeared.
$ grep -n ERROR log file.
Example 10: How to do a recursive search in a directory using grep in UNIXIf you want to do a recursive search using grep command in Unix there are two options either use "-R" command line option or increase directory one by one as shown below.
$ grep -R store *
This command will search for directory or file with the name stored in the current directory and it's all sub-directory.
Bonux ExamplesNow I have two bonus examples of grep command in UNIX:
11) grep command in UNIX can show a matching pattern in color which is quite useful to highlight the matching section, to see matching pattern in color use below command.
$ grep Exception today.log --color
You can also create alias grep='grep --color' in your bash_profile file to avoid typing --color every time.
12) There are three versions of grep command in UNIX "grep, fgrep, and egrep". `fgrep' stands for Fixed `grep', `egrep' Extended `grep'
And, here is a nice summary of all the grep commands you have learned so far. You can take the print out of this slide and Julia Evans diagram I have shared earlier to keep these grep commands handy.
These examples of grep command in UNIX are something which I use on a daily basis; I have seen the most sophisticated use of grep with a regular expression. I will list some more examples of grep command in UNIX as I come across and find useful to share.
As per my experience having a good hold on grep and UNIX find command with knowledge of regular expression will be great for your day to day life if you need to look log files or config files or need to do production support on electronic trading systems or any other kind of system which is running on UNIX.
This list of grep command in UNIX is by no means complete and I look forward from you guys to share how you are using grep command in UNIX.
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There's a time for the diaphanous neckerchief, but winter is not one of them. For winter's trials and tribulations, there is the more-than-a-foot wide Braided Rib Wrap, long enough to loop around your neck a couple of times, or drape around your body like the cocoon you want to be in when the mercury drops.
Our Braided Rib Wrap is knit up in our new Understory, a 50% baby alpaca, 25% baby yak, 25% silk blend that we find so infatuating for its beautiful depth and, of course, its coziness. In the color Pink Earth, the whole things just exudes warmth!
The Braided Ribbing Stitch is a cable stitch that you work right on the needles (so put away that cable stitch holder), and we have a new video tutorial that shows you exactly how to do it. But that's not what you'll be thinking about when your Wrap is draped around your neck. No, you'll just be glad you made it.
Up close, you can see just how you make the Braided Rib Wrap: hearty ribs are created by alternating delicately entwined cables with a couple of reverse stockinette stitches. It's surprisingly intricate looking but not at all complicated. And did we already mention how warm you'll be?
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To make your Wrap a different width, cast on any multiple of 5 + 2 stitches.
For a demonstration of how to work this stitch pattern, please watch our Braided Ribbing Stitch video…
Cast on 102 stitches.
Row 1 (right side): P2, *k1, insert needle from back to front between 1st and 2 nd stitch on left-hand needle and knit the 2nd stitch, then knit the 1st stitch and let both stitches drop off the left-hand needle, p2, repeat from * to end of row.
Row 2 (wrong side): K2, *p1, skip the 1st stitch and purl the 2nd stitch on the left-hand needle, then purl the skipped stitch and let both stitches drop off the left-hand needle, k2, repeat from * to end of row.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until piece measures approximately 66 inches, ending with a right-side row.
Next Row (wrong side): Bind off in pattern. Here's how…
K2, bind off 1, *p1, bind off 1, skip the 1st stitch and purl the 2nd stitch on the left-hand needle, bind off 1, then purl the skipped stitch and let both stitches drop off the left-hand needle, bind off 1, [k1, bind off 1] two times, repeat from * to end of row.
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The teams change, but the hype stays the same.
The next two weeks of Super Bowl buildup will include every angle imaginable on the Colts and Saints, then every angle repeated twice for safety.
But before the hype washes over us, let's acknowledge this is a dream matchup for any football lover. Here are eight storylines we are looking forward to not getting tired of.
1. The Quarterbacks
In a quarterback's league, these two are the very best. Peyton Manning and Drew Brees finished as the top two vote getters in the MVP race, and now get to settle things with a championship at stake. Manning and Brees raise the level of the players around them, and they will raise this game. We respect both defenses, but no lead will be safe in Miami.
2. Brees gets his closeup
Brees, now 31, is clearly one of the premier quarterbacks of his era. But with only one playoff win before this season, he's never really earned the headlines. That's about to change.
Brees is an easy guy to root for. Maybe it's because he looks like the guys paid to write about him. Maybe it's because he's the genuine article; a leader who "gets it." Brees is the rare quarterback that can match Peyton Manning from the neck up, and he's got more weapons around him. He's embraced New Orleans from Day One and the city has embraced him back.
3. New Orleans
It's one of America's greatest cities, just starting to bounce back from one of the country's greatest tragedies. The storyline of the Saints lifting the spirit of New Orleans is easy to write in many ways. Many reporters will abuse that ease. And cynics will pick on the media's manipulation without realizing how true all the clichés are.
The Saints victory really does mean that much to the city; just ask anyone that lives there. Just look at the cathartic celebration after the win over the Vikings.
Forget Hurricane Katrina for a moment; A New Orleans Saints Super Bowl after 43 bumbling seasons in a forgiving and football-mad region would have caused bedlam regardless. More than the fans, Katrina made the players feel different. It's a small town, and the players are part of the fabric of the place, like in Green Bay. Saints players feel part of something bigger, a genuine connection. That's pretty rare.
4. A battle of Pierres
The two greatest Pierres in NFL history in one game! For the Colts, wide receiver Pierre Garcon has emerged from a small school curiosity into a consistent big play threat. Garcon's 151-yard performance in the AFC Championship allowed him to proudly wave the Haitian flag on the winners' podium in honor of his parents' birthplace.
Saints running back Pierre Thomas was just as crucial to the Saints' victory with 99 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns. Reggie Bush will make more money this season in playoff bonuses than Thomas will make in salary, but Thomas is twice the player and has been for years.
5. Caldwell's redemption
We've heard the jokes: Peyton Manning is really the coach of the Colts. We find them insulting. Most analysts expected this to be a down year for Indianapolis. If there was any slippage, Caldwell would have been blamed.
Instead, the Colts have improved without Tony Dungy. They are different than before, and they are tougher. That has a lot to do with Caldwell's leadership and the changes he made to the team's defensive staff. Caldwell could be the third African-American coach in four seasons to win the Super Bowl, and that won't even be a story. Pretty cool.
6. Colts defense
This isn't the soft group of years past. They stuffed the Ravens and Jets on the ground after a strong regular season. They attack more and have become far less predictable under coordinator Larry Coyer. These Colts are defined by their ability to finish out close games, and it's often been the defense that makes the big play, not Peyton Manning.
7. The architects
Bill Polian is arguably the greatest general manager of his era and one of the most accomplished in league history. The way he's constructed the Colts with replaceable parts that orbit around the team's superstars is fascinating. No one finds cheap talent that perfectly fits the team's system better than Polian. His cantankerous attitude with the press always makes covering him interesting. The Saints have also done an excellent job under G.M. Mickey Loomis of finding the right players for their offense, and improving their talent base on defense.
8. Explosive Saints offense
The Championship game performances will skew memories about how these teams played in the regular season. It was the Saints that were the top-ranked team in points and yards. Instead of big skill position stars, the Saints have Drew Brees, wide receiver Marques Colston, and roughly seven other players that can step up on a given night. Throw in the most underrated guards in football — Jahri Evans and Carl Nicks — and there is a lot to talk about.
On the other hand, here are some stories we will get tired of …
Archie Manning
Oh, the divided loyalties! The longtime Saint and New Orleans resident will watch his hometown team go against his son. Archie is the early Vegas leader for most radio row interviews of the week. Here's a preview: He's rooting for his son. He's happy for the city.
Peyton Manning is from New Orleans, won a Super Bowl in Miami.
Now he's playing against New Orleans, and he's back in the city where he finally won a title. What are the odds? Alright, next subject please.
What if the Colts were undefeated?
Get ready to cringe at this line of questioning that will come on Media Day. Can we let the Colts players enjoy making the Super Bowl? The decision by Colts management to rest their starters in Weeks 16 and 17 was frustrating, but we can't have it both ways. They would have been crucified if they didn't make it this far. We can't kill them now that they've made it.
We can't know what would have happened if the Colts had tried to go undefeated. At this point, who cares? The Colts have their hands full just to win another game. There is a great game coming up that's a lot more interesting than those hypotheticals.
Reggie Bush's redemption
Bush's story from college superstar to mediocre NFL player is interesting; we just worry that it will be overplayed. Or that we'll hear of some magical rebirth.
During postgame interviews on Fox, Bush was one of two players to sit down with the broadcast crew. He had nine rushing yards on the day. The reality is that Bush is about the eighth most important player on the Saints offense. But he gets the attention of a superstar because of his pedigree. (And his girlfriend doesn't hurt either.)
Saints as saviors
New Orleans and the uplifting story of the Saints is also in our storylines you won't get tired of. But in the wrong hands, this could get maudlin and overdone quickly. This is a cool story worth telling if done right. But we know that isn't always going to happen.
Is Peyton the greatest quarterback of all time if he wins?
We are witnessing greatness, no doubt. But it seems a little presumptuous to put so much historical meaning into one game. The accomplishments of all the great quarterbacks that came before Manning won't vanish on Feb. 7th. Joe Montana is not leaving the room and Manning is hardly approaching retirement anyhow. Sometimes, it's not all about the quarterback. Manning could play great and lose or vice versa.
A win would certainly help Manning's case as the best quarterback of his generation over Tom Brady, if you are inclined to pursue that angle.


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Tally no! Matthews bans the hunt
To many of us, "Fox Hunt" is the name of a new subdivision. Or was that "Fox Run" or "Fox Ridge"? While the allegedly sly mammal helps sell thousands of acres of real estate, very few Americans actually "fox chase" over the countryside.
That's something they do in England. Er– used to do. There will always be an England, but now it will be a kingdom without that particular tradition. After a vote last fall and support from British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, the British ban on fox hunting took effect February 18.
Could it happen here? Local fox hunters say it's unthinkable that such a time-honored rural ritual– with hounds, horses, and a brass horn– could be in jeopardy.
Yet to packs of animal rights advocates, it's equally unthinkable that chasing an animal with the express aim of tearing it to pieces could be considered sport.
Hunting stateside
"The hounds, they love it," says Bob Satterfield as he waits for the pack to appear. "That's what they're bred for."
These are American fox hounds belonging to Rita Mae Brown. A celebrated novelist who shot to fame after the 1973 publication of Rubyfruit Jungle, Brown has served as master of the Oak Ridge Fox Hunt for over a decade.
In 1993, Brown resurrected Oak Ridge from an earlier club founded in 1887 into one that now counts approximately 50 members. Here, at one of the last hunts of the season, a small group of Oak Ridge stalwarts have gathered for a gallop across the snow-covered fields of her Tea Time Farm in Nelson County.
Brown considers the English ban a wake-up call.
"It reminds us that when city people who know nothing of the country get in the driver's seat, they can do irreparable harm," she says.
She brands Tony Blair's Labour Party "abysmally stupid" and attributes the ban less to humanitarian concerns– its ostensible justification– than to class warfare. Trumping the objections of the House of Lords, the House of Commons outlawed fox hunting in November with a rarely used Parliamentary procedure.
"We don't have any class hate," Brown says of America. "We don't understand that hate."
The biggest difference between hunting here and there? "Well, you don't kill it here," says Brown. "I couldn't kill it if I wanted to. For one thing, they're very sly."
While the red fox, vulpes vulpes, is considered a pest in England (where it's still legal to shoot them), most American hunters say they really just enjoy the thrill of the chase.
"We never get a fox, ever," laughs Gretchen Robb, who has been riding with Brown since 1991. "It's just the hunt and the run and the camaraderie with others."
Robb, the wife of Albemarle Sheriff Ed Robb, says that only one fox has ever been killed at her hunt club. "It was shot because it had distemper," she says. "I certainly wouldn't be hunting if a fox were killed."
Hunters do a lot for the fox that the public is unaware of, Robb and Brown claim, such as putting out heartworm-preventive kibble.
Brown doesn't see here the level of passion– either for or against– that the sport has invoked in England. In September 2002, about 400,000 hunting supporters, including a few from Charlottesville, clogged central London by marching through the streets in one of Britain's largest-ever protests.
"We're such a small sport," says Brown, estimating a total of 15,000 North American fox hunters if Canada's included. "I don't know how interested people are. I think they'd rather hear about steroids in baseball."
But not all hunters follow the call of the mild.
Born again
"I'm a reformed, repentant fox hunter," says Albemarle resident Kay Hooper*, who began hunting when she was five years old. Now 50, she says she had a "horrendous" experience last September when one of the Scotties she raises was chased by a pack of dogs. It took all night for the shivering, traumatized pup to calm down.
"It occurred to me," says Hooper, "that a fox would feel the same way."
Although Hooper is still a member of the Farmington Hunt Club, her former love of the hunt has turned to disdain. She accuses Brown of anthropomorphizing foxes in her novels by portraying them as incredibly smart animals that adore the chase.
"Foxes do not like to be pursued by predators," declares Hooper. "How would you like to be chased by a creature– the hound– more than twice your size who wants to kill and eat you?"
Brown scoffs at the charge of anthropomorphism and points out that the animal's cleverness has been celebrated since Aesop wrote his famous fables. Maybe, Brown jokes, the foxes are "trying to vulpemorphize me."
Hooper jabs at what she calls the hypocrisy of some of her fellow fox hunters, such as the owner of a pet products store who didn't want her name in an article about fox hunting.
And Hooper was particularly appalled that the Farmington club was hunting on Scottsville-area property owned by Dave Matthews. The popular singer is on the Humane Society of America's list of "Animal Friendly Celebrities."
He's certainly friendly in his big-screen debut. Because of Winn-Dixie, a major motion picture released last month, features Matthews as a mysteriously benevolent ex-con who runs a pet shop. In a pivotal scene in the film, the animals have gone berserk after getting out of their cages. Matthews sings a tune to calm them.
Even if Matthews vocally supported fox hunting, he might still be in good standing with the Humane Society.
"Celebrities usually help on a special issue because it's close to their heart," says Michael Markarian, executive VP with the Humane Society of the United States. "They're not obligated to align with us on every issue. They're not under contract."
In early 2002, Matthews bought several Scottsville-area farms previously owned by John Kluge and donated to UVA. The farms– which cost $5.3 million for a total of 1,261 acres– provided a place for the Matthews family to demonstrate environmental and agricultural stewardship. Among the goals: "preserving a diversity of plant and animal species," according to one Matthews website.
"How does one preserve species by allowing hunting of said species?" demands Hooper.
It turns out that Matthews, who spends much of his time in Seattle, has not taken up hunting, and an associate suggests that Matthews was stunned to learn of the hunts.
"Dave Matthews has never allowed fox hunting on his property," says Matthews spokesman John Vlautin. "Any activity of that kind that happened in the past was done so without his knowledge. He has taken steps to ensure that this will not take place on his farm ever again."
So who gave the Farmington Hunt Club permission to hunt on Matthews' land? Farm manager/Matthews lawyer April Fletcher sits on the Farmington Hunt's board of governors, but she declined comment for this article.
Now that the Farmington Hunt has been banned from Matthews' land, the Humane Society hopes other landowners will follow.
"We are against the chasing and killing of animals for sport," says the Humane Society's Markarian, who notes that some states– Colorado, Oregon, Massachusetts, Washington– have banned hunting bears, bobcats, or cougars with dogs. But not foxes.
However, Markarian notes that the British ban has put a spotlight on an otherwise unheralded issue. "Most people in America," says Markarian, "don't know fox hunting occurs here."
Rita Mae Brown says she works with the Humane Society. "They're a worthy organization," she says. "It's an issue on which we disagree."
Brown sees a bigger threat to hunting than the Humane Society or PETA: development.
Each year, Albemarle County's rollicking real estate developers turn undulating green fields into impenetrable subdivisions. Even on larger parcels, some Albemarle arrivistes may not smile on roving bands of horses, hounds, and humanity.
"People coming from New Jersey to pay $750,000 for two acres have a different mentality," says Brown. "They come here because they like our ways and then don't want to join in. It's hard to understand why people would live in this big mausoleum and object to hounds going across their property."
Faulkner's legacy
Seventy-two-year-old Jill Summers grew up with a pack of hounds. Her father, William Faulkner– besides being one of the world's leading authors– was an enthusiastic fox hunter.
Now serving as Master of Foxhounds for the Farmington Hunt, Summers is aware that Parliament's 2004 Hunting Act reverberates across the pond.
While the English ban may stop a few hunters– and even that's doubtful, given compilations of "ways to hunt legally" and reports that many intend to defy the law– Summers foresees other casualties.
"There's a very well organized effort in California to ban all hunting with dogs," she says.
Dogs are at the heart of the Millbrook Hunt diaries, a 20-year chronicle of one New York fox hunting club that detailed numerous incidents of packs of hounds killing foxes, deer– even pet cats and dogs. "It gave us a look at fox hunting, and we realized it's not just a benign ride through the countryside," says the Humane Society's Markarian.
Summers dismisses with a rural pragmatism the idea that hunting is cruel to the fox.
"It's a very quick death," she says. "The fox is dead as soon as the pack gets it." Which, she claims, seldom happens anyway.
"Foxes are so much smarter," she says. "They can go under the earth, climb a tree, or go through a herd of cows. Hounds go by smell, not sight."
She maintains that a fox is killed "only if it's sick, old, wounded, or stupid."
Critics say the stress of the chase itself can be life-threatening. Cambridge University professor Patrick Bateson found that deer suffer stress from being chased by hounds. In a 2002 radio show, he said the evidence was less clear for foxes, "although it can't be very nice for a fox being chased by a dog. But I mean, nonetheless, it may not be so acute as it is in a stag hunt."
The two sides are unlikely to agree anytime soon on how much the fox enjoys the hunt.
Summers predicts that the British ban will have its own fatal fall-out. For starters, English foxes– considered vermin because they sometimes attack livestock– may still be legally poisoned, trapped, beaten, or shot. 'They're going to be killed and die a horrible death," says Summers.
Foxes aren't the only victims. "Thousands of fox hounds are going to be put to death," says Summers. "All they do is hunt. They're not pets. They're pack animals."
Also threatened are the livelihoods of those who support the hunt: blacksmiths, feed suppliers, and those who work in the kennels and barns. An England-like ban would affect "a lot of people in Albemarle County," she says.
And Summers doesn't doubt that the common perception that fox hunting is "a rich man's sport" contributed to its demise in England. "But it's not," she says.
While keeping a horse is notoriously expensive, Summer says the cost of joining a hunt club isn't. Many people who pony up Farmington's $1,000 initiation fee and yearly dues of $1,200 - $1,500 don't even own horses, going on foot instead, she says. And a large number join just for the social interactions.
Summers is in shock about the British ban on hunting. "I still believe one of these days it will come back," she says.
What would her Nobel Prize-winning father have said about England's reform of its ancient tradition?
His only child doesn't hesitate with her answer: "Probably something unprintable."
"Come on children; come on babies," Rita Mae Brown cajoles her American fox hounds. She gets to blow the horn, too.
A thing of beauty: "It's some of the most gorgeous pageantry," says Rita Mae Brown, who promises that when the hounds "sing," your hair will stand on end.
Attention novices: They're hounds, not dogs.
Gretchen Robb says she wouldn't hunt if Oak Ridge members actually killed healthy foxes.
Master of the Farmington Hunt Jill Summers predicts dire consequences for England's foxes and hounds from the recent ban on hunting.
Was Humane Society hero Dave Matthews outraged to discover fox-hunting on his land?
Meggie was terrorized by a pack of roaming dogs, an incident that turned her owner from avid fox hunter to fox sympathizer.
*EDITOR'S NOTE- Fox hunting foe hides name
Published March 31, 2005, in issue 0413 of the Hook
Regarding last week's cover story about fox hunting ["Tally no: Matthews bans the hunt"], it turns out that the key local critic of the practice was not who she said she was. A woman who identified herself as "Kay Hooper" claimed her pet dog was harassed by a pack of dogs (not foxhounds) and blasted some members of the Farmington Hunt as hypocrites for not speaking publicly about their enjoyment of fox hunting.
After publication of the story, however, the Hook learned that the critic herself had not truly spoken publicly, as she had used a pseudonym when talking to the Hook. A brief investigation reveals that her name is Jane Morley, and according to Master of Foxhounds for the Farmington Hunt, she is a lapsed member of the club.
Morley did not return phone calls from The Hook, but did email a statement again condemning fox hunting.
It is always the Hook's policy to quote people using their real names or to reveal when a pseudonym is being employed (along with the reason).


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MILWAUKEE — The Tampa Bay Rays have traded right-handed reliever Burke Badenhop to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Raul Mondesi Jr.
The deal was made Saturday.
Badenhop turns 30 on Feb. 8. He was 3-2 with a 3.03 ERA in 66 games last season. He has been a full-time reliever for the last three seasons and is 16-17 with two saves and a 4.08 ERA in his career with the Marlins and Rays.
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Alrighty then. Wow, nostalgic! It's certainly been quite a while, but I suppose I'm ready to return to the blogging world. My troubles since last time have cleared up immensely, something I'm quite proud of. First off, some news and sightings in the baby-naming world:
• Nameberry's post on Lost Names of the 1880s is quite interesting — Lulie, Ara, and Gracia certainly intrigue me, and I'll keep pushing for someone to use Araminta. Check out the Lost Boys' Names, too, and look at Newt, Leander, Sterling, and the disappointing Pink and Oral.
• As you've all heard already, Joel Madden and Nicole Richie have had their second child, a boy named Sparrow James Midnight. But apparently, Madden was influenced by Johnny Cash's A Boy Named Sue, so much so, that he named his son Sparrow with the sole purpose of his son getting teased, and subsequently toughening up. Chalk one up for bad parenting!
• Check out Verity's posts over at Appellation Mtn. for info on Patience, Cohen, Pilar, and Alaric.
• And would you believe that Christmas is just over a month away? How the time flies! 2010 is almost upon us, and that means a whole new year of naming, and, of course, the stats for 2009's most popular baby names! Is it too early to make a countdown?
• And because Christmas is very nearly here, it means the month with Holly as the most popular baby's name is too. I like to call these the Holly-days!
Now, since it's been a while, some of my favorites on my list have been changed and/or revised. Time to list the list!
• My favorites for girls now include Maria, Lydia, Caroline, Susannah, Florence, Evangeline, Clementine (Cleo is now possibly my very-favorite nickname), and Josephine/Josefina.
• James Daniel is still my favorite for a boy, but we have a new runner-up: Leo Michael. Leo is a diminutive of my grandpa's name, Leonard, but with a spunkier quality than the longer form (Or Leopold, Leonardo, or Leonidas, for that matter). Yes, I'm aware that this seemingly negates my whole "No nicknames as names!" stance, but to be fair, Leo sounds like a whole-ish name. Anywho, my still-short boy's list includes Nikolai, and even Jude as a middle name to honor what is quite possibly my favorite song in the stratosphere, Hey Jude.
• And, while we're on the subject, there are some nicknames that, to me, work just fine, like Molly, for example.
• I'd like to take this time to plug one of my very favorite websites related to baby naming: bigbadbabynames.net, otherwise known as Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing. There are some sassy, sassy ladies (and gentlemen) over there who have a few things to say about sparkleigh pryncess tryndee-licious names, and we have annual troll roasts, too! I'm over there as plain Mookie, so come join me and make a bunch of new friends as we squee at the babies in photowhores!
I suppose that's it! Also stay tuned as I change the format of my site, and backtrack on some things I've missed throughout my absence. To my faithful followers who have continually checked my site in vain for updates, I apologize, and I love you dearly. (Well, I'd be willing to give you a cyber-hug and maybe a virtual pat on the back.) Goodbye for now!


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2003 Canadian Road Nationals - Hamilton, Ontario
First of all, the criterium was not a championship event for 2003. Not surprisingly, this limited the number of top riders who participated. In both the men's and women's races the story was the same - the top riders who did attend broke away at approximately the halfway point, and stayed away.
In the women's race it was three - Gina Grain (Victory Brewing-Amoroso's), Anne Samplonius (Equipe Quebec) and Marni Prazsky. According to Samplonius, "we didn't want to go too early, and we were trying to encourage the large number of juniors in the race. When we did go, we didn't really push it, we just wanted to put on a bit of a show."
Everything looked set for a three-up sprint, until Prazsky slid out in the final corner. Grain was first out of the corner, and first across the line, with Samplonius second and junior Quebec rider Emilie Roy third in front of Chloe Black (Ontario).
The men's race started faster, but Svein Tuft was just biding his time. When he went, it was just a time trial to the finish for the prime Alliance pro.
"He is just a machine" said second place finisher Tim Lefebvre (Jet Fuel) afterwards. "What are you going to do? I saw him go, and was waiting for a couple of other riders to bridge, but then it was too late, he was gone."
Lefebvre took the sprint among a group of half a dozen off the front of the main field, just in front of Peter Morse (Midweek).
The main event of the evening was the TimBits Challenge, with 300 youngsters showing up to ride one lap of the course. "This is what it's all about" said Clara Hughes, "watching these young riders participate is the best." We agree.
Full results will be posted when they are available. A small selection of photos will go up shortly; a much larger grouping tomorrow.
Race Notes:
- We had a chance to catch up with Max Plaxton (GearsRacing.com), the mountain biking phenom who is skipping Mont Ste Anne to be in Hamilton. Plaxton was 10th in the Junior time trial, despite it being his first ever ITT and dropping his chain twice during his ride...
- The police and marshals are doing maybe too good a job... The editor came close to being physically removed by police, who decided that, despite a photo credential, he should not be near the course. After a talk with the police superintendent, police were told "leave the guys with photo credentials alone..."
- Clara Hughes spoke with us for a few minutes after the TimBits Challenge. "The ride I did yesterday in the TT (5th) was the best I could do on two weeks training. I came here not expecting to win. Most people don't realize how much pain I was in."
Hughes had physio, massage and chiropractic work ("Pierre Girard in St Bruno, the best") to get her damaged muscles back in shape. However, how does this affect her chances of making the Worlds squad for Hamilton, with national champion Lyne Bessette (Saturn) taking one spot of two?
"I can only ride the best that I can. I think that I showed in Manchester (where she won the Commonwealth gold in the ITT) that I can ride this event well. Right now I am focussing on Pan Ams, and if I win there, then maybe we can get an extra spot."
Hughes will be training and racing at home until Pan Ams in August.
Hamilton, Nationals
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