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In a recent interview with the Austrian newssite derStandard.at, GNOME designer Jon McCann talks about GNOME OS, the consequences of Canonical leaving GNOME behind, the purported removal of features and the future role of Linux distributions. "I think there was a time when GNOME had kind of a crisis, we didn't know where we wanted to go, we were lacking goals and vision - that was the end of the GNOME2 cycle. So we pulled together and formed a vision where we want to go - and actually did something about it. And now we have been marching on that plan for quite some time."
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I was born, raised, and married Catholic, as was my wife. I have since become an out of the closet atheist within the last 3 years.
My youngest daughter-- 7 years old, (out of 5 kids) is not baptized.
We have been approached by the church to baptize her.
Wife sez yes, I say no. I have my reasons, she has hers.
I don't want it to happen, but if it does, I don't want to be there at the altar.
(Being in the church wouldnt kill me though.)
Can I ask for opinions/advice for this situation?
Please remember the questions they ask of the parents at the baptism:
1: Do you reject satan and all his works?
2: Do you accept god, his son and the holy ghost?
3: Do you promise to raise your kid in catholicism?
I DO NOT want to stand there and say "NO", but otherwise I think it's a harmless ceremony, and the kid could use a party(money!)
But if I go thru with it, How could I look in the mirror and call myself an atheist?
Others have said for me to LIE, but I will not.
ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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To be perfectly honest. You shouldn't do it because she will see odd ceremonies as something normal when people throwing water and making weird cross gestures shouldn't be something normal(Not to mention the singing). The last time I did was like 2 years ago before that I haven't attended any church for like 3-4 years. Seeing people with all the weird rituals made me feel like I was in the land of the crazy. I seriously felt very uncomfortable. That something that should be normal if you look at Catholicism(or any religion) from an objective point of view.
Doing for the sake of tradition is stupid. I hate that argument. Its the same argument for banning gay marriage, putting god on money, forcing us to say god in the pledge and for national prayer day. That argument doesn't cut it for me and any self respecting rationalist would agree with me on that. You don't believe in catholic teachings. No reason to have to put the stamp of approval for a baptism. If your wife becomes even more pushy and goes along with it. I wouldn't attend the ceremony because at least then you are sending a message to your daughter that you don't have to believe in that stuff.
Really I hate treating people like propriety even little kids. Let her decide when she gets older. At least like 12. I don't think its alright to force a child into doing that. Its your child and you don't need my permission to do anything with her. If you want an opinion from someone part of the community you just got it. Alright I am done with my rant.
I myself was kinda raised in a deist home that was loosely catholic. I was n
"Why do you need to say 3 variations of prayers 4 times in 2 minutes, or however long it takes. After 15 minutes of that it was too much."
Indoctrination. If you say it over and over again it just burns in. For a rational thinking person there you acutally feel the burning feeling.
"My son was raised in an atheist and agnostic home,"
I don't know exactly why I have such a problem with this but I rather say my child was raised in a religion free home and they chooses to be atheist. That is just me.
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His breakout performances came against Holy Cross in the season opener with 24 points and seven assists; against William & Mary with 19 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer in triple overtime to go with nine assists and five rebounds; 30 points, nine rebounds, three steals, three assists and two blocks at Connecticut; 25 points and four assists in a win at Boston College; 17 points, eight rebounds, five assists and seven steals against George Washington; 21 points and four steals at Seattle and nine assists at Santa Clara.
All told for the season, Lin averaged 16.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 52.3 percent from the floor overall, 35 percent from 3-point range and 76 percent from the free throw line (144-190).
He made nearly 60 percent of his 2-point field goal attempts during the season (115-192, .599).
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Proclaiming that the city cannot "just cut our way out of what is in essence a $150 million hole," Mayor Nutter today proposed a budget that would instead close the gap with two major new tax programs: one levying a two-penny-per ounce charge on sugary drinks, and another that would charge property owners $300 per-year for trash collection.
If approved by City Council, the two new revenue sources would raise $146.6 million next year, and $185 million in future years, the Nutter administration said. And unlike the temporary penny-per-dollar sales tax hike approved last year, the new tax programs would be permanent, administration officials said.
The mayor's $3.871 budget — which he will formally present to City Council tomorrow — proposes just $33 million in spending cuts, principally in the prison system. There will be no significant spending reductions in recreation, libraries or public safety, administration officials said.
"The budget is designed to avoid more service cuts," said city finance director Rob Dubow, noting that the administration has already cut spending by over $200 million a year.
City departments were asked to prepare for cuts of up to 7.5 percent, but the administration determined that the service reductions such cuts would have required were too severe, Dubow said.
Raising existing taxes — like wage, real estate, or the business privilege tax — presents a host of political and legal obstacles. So the Nutter administration opted to "look for other revenue options that might also help us reach other long term goals," Dubow said.
For instance, while the tax on sugared drinks would raise plenty of money for the cash-strapped city, administration health experts also hope it will help reduce childhood obesity in Philadelphia. That assumption is untested, however, as no other city has come close to taxing sugary drinks as heavily as Nutter proposes.
Billed by the administration the "Healthy Philadelphia Initiative," up to $20 million a year of the proceeds generated from the sugary drinks tax will be dedicated to anti-obesity programs, said Health Commissioner Donald Schwarz.
Similarly, the garbage levy — which the Nutter administration is calling the "Keep Philly Clean" service fee — will provide enough revenue to fund $10 million worth of enhanced community cleanup programs, in addition to funding the entire sanitation budget.
Both proposed revenue measures are sure to encounter stiff opposition. Many property owners will no doubt voice disapproval of the garbage fee, which could complicate its passage in City Council. The beverage industry is already gearing up to fight the tax on sugary drinks. And low-income advocates are claiming that the two measures will hit the poor harder than the wealthy, though a lower $200 annual trash fee is available for low-income households.
But elected officials in Philadelphia have little appetite for a fresh round of budget cuts. As the economy collapsed in 2008, tax collections plummeted. That forced the city to pare $1.7 billion from its five-year spending plan through a combination fo spending cuts and delaying planned wage and business tax reductions.
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Species AbstractThe Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is one of four species of marine mammal in the family Balaenidae, part of the order of cetaceans. The bowhead whale is the second largest whale in the world, second only to the blue whale. Bowheads live in icy Arctic seas. To insulate against the cold Arctic waters, bowhead blubber may be 70 centimetres thick and the whales can break through ice of a foot deep to make breathing holes. They were hunted to the brink of extinction during the 1800s, and have been slow to recover. There are likely 20,000 to 40,000 bowheads alive today, living in four or five populations. Amazingly, this whale is known to live to over 100 years of age, a fact established by the discovery of stone harpoon heads (out of use since the late 1800s) in the flesh of specimens. If this high longevity is correct, the bowhead whale may be the longest living mammal.
A smooth back with no dorsal fin, a blowhole placed in a high crown at the top of the head, and a thick layer of blubber for insulation equip them for this icy environment.
Bowheads skim-feed tiny crustaceans. A whale draws a huge amount of water into its mouth, then raises its tongue, which forces the water back out through baleen filters. The tongue then sweeps the trapped food back toward the throat. The diet consists of planktonic crustaceans, which are filtered through the baleen plates. Bowhead whales often skim-feed on the surface of the sea but also gather food from the sea floor.
Bowheads are social animals, and communicate through long-distance vocalizations, some carrying five to ten kilometres. Males become involved in showy bouts of breaching and fluke-slapping, probably because they are competing with one another for access to females. Bowheads are slow breeders, and sexual maturity may not be reached for 20 years. A single calf is born every three or four years after a gestation period of about 13 months.


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Phoronix: Ubuntu Considering Switch To Rolling-Release Model
Starting with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS next year, Canonical may switch Ubuntu Linux to a rolling-release model whereby package updates the bi-annual Long-Term Support releases would be the official images with rolling package updates for those releases...
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Originally posted by Thaodan View PostA problem will be there patches cause their packages are often heavy patched.
They shoud push their changes to upstream or remove them or they will get big problems.
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Originally posted by [Knuckles] View PostCombine that with keeping a few older versions in the repository (so if Firefox 18 breaks my font hinting I don't have to go hunting for computers where my /var/cache/apt/archives still has a copy of FF17), and it's definitely doable.
Maybe they should wait with a rolling release until 'apt-btrfs-snapshot' is integrated and supported well, and an option to rollback is included in the rescue menu.
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This should definitely be the way to go. When the LTS is released, fork the LTS into a rolling distro and keep it rolling till the freeze period 1,5 year later or so. Then every developer should enter bug-fix mode and release the LTS. Rinse and repeat. The only tricky part is upgrading core-components.
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Part of the success of ArchLinux is based on AUR : never found the same in Ubuntu
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Originally posted by n3wu53r View PostDidn't read I see?
They will have an LTS every 2 years, just like normal. Instead of all the 6month release in between, they have a rolling release which will become the next LTS.
The LTS releases every 2 years are not rolling. Just the releases in between are.
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Originally posted by EvilTwin View PostSounds a bit like the Half-Rolling Release Model of the Chakra-Project
I defenitly enjoy this Release Model
- Stable core (but still slowly-rolling)
- Bleeding-edge applications
If Chakra wasn't soley KDE based, I would seriously consider switching to it (even though I love my Arch)
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Ubuntu should defiantly use Rolling Release.. if not for the Kernel and Core software, at least for the User-Software.. The reason I I switched from Ubuntu/Fedora distro's to Arch Linux (which I love) is because I'd have to:
a) Use outdated versions of software.. Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, etc. Or have to hunt down hard-to-find PPAs. On Arch, I get the latest versions of these software automatically.. just like on Windows or Mac, I can go download a simple installer the day they're released. EVERY user wants this, don't be in denial.
b) I'd have to upgrade my entire system every six months (backup.. reformat.. install.. reload data..) OR brave the often buggy "auto-updater". That simply isn't an option for casual users.
I think Ubuntu should still have some Major releases... only do it every 2-4 years (like Windows) which have updates to major components that would otherwise take a lot of effort to upgrade users to. For instance, when Arch switched from InitV to systemd, there was a lot of files and settings that needed to be switched over. However, during those 2-4 years the project is active, all the user-application software and packages should be on a rolling-release cycle. Even the kernel and friends could mostly be upgraded without issues (albeit much slower).
If Ubuntu was rolling-release, I would seriously consider switching back (there's a lot to maintain on Arch that Ubuntu just makes easy), but I'll never switch to a system where the main software I use is months behind.
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Originally posted by pdffs View PostRolling release would be suicide for server installs - you can't deploy stable code on a rolling platform. It's insane.
On the news now, the main reason i refuse to use Ubuntu as my Desktop OS is exactly its release model. I hate it when even minimal minor updates don't happen, and you end up with bugs too. And of course you are required to wait for months to acquire the latest functionality.
For example, Libreoffice: I do not know what is the official version at the moment, but Ubuntu 12.10 shipped with version 3.6.2, and to my knowledge hadn't updated it until 3.6.4 was out(i switched back to ArchLinux after that time). Now from what i recall 3.6.3 and 3.6.4 solved hundreds of bugs and where drop-in replacements of 3.6.2: No need for new configuration or anything extreme. So, why Ubuntu didn't update them? Is it because "they need the stability"? Don't make me laugh...
Another example is Netbeans. On Ubuntu repos there is Netbeans 7.0.1(a 2 year old version) from what i remember. But the latest version was 7.2.1 (which is reasonably improved).
Another example is Transmission torrent client. I don't remember its exact version but was several versions behind. And newer versions solve bugs too except introducing new features.
Of course i could add ppas to keep up-to-date and/or install manually. I tried actually. Installed a ppa for Transmission. Couldn't find an updated ppa for Libreoffice or i didn't try hard enough. For Netbeans i didn't find a ppa but actually installed it manually.
Now, what is the point of using a "just works" distro if in order to install bug-fixing updates and newer than 2 years software you have to create a repo-hell and maintain manually some of your packages?
So i switched to ArchLinux (again) and voila: An up-to-date distro, actually more stable than Ubuntu, and for my use cases actually less maintainance than Ubuntu...
Ubuntu should have changed -at least for the Desktop and Application Software- to a rolling release model YESTERDAY! It seems those people at Canonical maintain some actual common sense after all for thinking about it. I had lost faith in them...
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Meeting the complex health needs of children and their families often requires special assistance in the form of care coordination. The Care Coordination Program through Children's Special Health Services (CSHS) helps families access services and resources in their community, and when needed, across multiple service delivery settings. Although the primary focus of the care coordination program is on the health care of the child, this program also attempts to meet the needs of the family.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 20, 2013) - Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU) (NYSE:AGU)
As previously announced, Agrium will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 9, 2013 in Calgary, Alberta. Shareholders of common shares of Agrium Inc. as at the close of trading on February 25, 2013 (the "Record Date") will be eligible to vote their shares at the Meeting.
Board Chair Victor J. Zaleschuk today issued the following statement in response to JANA's latest press release:
"JANA has been running its campaign for over eight months now. We are holding our Annual General Meeting a month earlier than usual to bring this matter to a close. We remain confident that we have overwhelming shareholder support."
"Agrium's Board has given JANA's ideas due and thorough consideration and we have rejected them. JANA's analysis is flawed, and its ideas would destroy shareholder value."
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In 1970, ANDRES SARDA presents his first beachwear collection, translating the same values and style from the intimate world of lingerie into the outer sphere of swim and sunbathing. The aim is to make women feel secure and attractive inside out. The new line meets an immediate success, which is immortalized by British photographer David Hamilton who shoots the campaign images.
The Hamilton Age 1976 - 1979
Andrés Sardá asks David Hamilton to interpret his intimate fashion campaigns. The result is spectacular: a series of portraits in pastel tones full of delicacy and sweetness, using waning light to underline feminine traits. This intimate and fragile aesthetics surprises and exceeds the brand's expectations.
Family Tradition Continued
Núria, the daughter of Andrés, joins the creation and design team. A close collaboration between father and daughter begins.
2008: Barcelona Extends to the World
The multinational lingerie group Van de Velde acquires ANDRES SARDA to complement its brand portfolio.
Creation is maintained in Barcelona, under Núria Sardá's supervision while synergies in the supply chain allow the brand to gain scale and expand internationally.


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There was no mistaking where the throngs of girls - and boys dressed as girls - were heading on Saturday night, as the path to Vector became a sea of neon, tight frocks, outlandish wigs and insanely high shoes.
Yes, Nicki Minaj's "Barbz" (the name she gives to her fans, short for Barbies) were out in force to see their idol's Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour, and were dressed to the nines in tribute to the Trinidad-born, Queens-raised, potty-mouthed rapper/singer.
Local house DJ Tim Phin whipped the crowd up with a set of top 20 tunes before Minaj's opening graphics showed a cartoon pink rocket hurtling through space, then landing.
The curtain came up to reveal a real pink rocket among the stage's pyrotechnics and plumes of dry ice, from which Minaj spat out her first rap, Come on a Cone, on her glittery microphone, quickly followed by Roman Reloaded.
Fans didn't have to wait for hit song Super Bass for rib-shaking bass lines: the booming bottom end of the show was relentless from start to finish.
Minaj emerged from the rocket in an all-black outfit, her first of six.
Her stage was a two-storeyed manor which showed changing graphics on its facades, moving between a graffitied street scene to a nightclub, to Minaj's bedroom, through which the singer emerged - once in a glittery silver bath and later in an inflatable pink car.
Of course, there were two poles, which her seven dancers made the most of during some of the raunchier tracks like Dance and Whip It.
Minaj proved her hard-rapping chops when she slipped into her Roman Zolanski alter ego in among her crowd-pleasing hits Va Va Voom, Beez in the Trap, Fly, Turn Me On, and big club bangers Pound the Alarm and Automatic.
The singer met a few of her devotees in the front row, and told the audience to "keep their goodies nice and tight." She wanted to "hug you and kiss you and eat you for breakfast".
What she loved about New Zealand, she said, was that the crowd was so diverse, with so many nationalities, which "makes such a beautiful blend".
She changed for the last time for the single-song encore, Starships, which concluded the show with a spectacular curtain of golden sparks.
Those costume changes may have added to the spectacle, but the time they took led to entire songs where the stage was deserted, causing a drop in energy.
And sometimes that brain-shaking bass drowned out her clever raps, which is probably just as well considering their explicit content and the age of some of the Barbz present.
But overall, Minaj delivered an almost perfect pop show, high in theatrics with excellent stage effects - including some alarmingly large fireballs - and dripping with diversity and talent.
Though we're pretty sure she's not a real blonde...
Who: Nicki Minaj
Where and when: Vector Arena, Saturday


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The Nissan Skyline GT-R is a legend and a dream all rolled into one. Due in part to its absence from U.S. shores as much as its performance capability, the GT-R and its fabled history only further drives its popularity. We've made due with its closest cousin, the Nissan 240SX, tinkering with upgrades on every subsequent generation. But with the 240SX saddled with the less than inspiring KA24DE engine, many 240SX owners have found one of their first major modifications to be an engine swap. The Silvia-inspired SR20DET swap is still incredibly popular, and a few intrepid souls even attempt to stuff the GT-R's 2.6L inline-six RB26DETT twin-turbo engine under the hood of a 240SX. But very few have ever attempted to meld the GT-R's entire soul to the 240SX, creating an all-wheel-drive, twin-turbo monster in the process.
Louie Liu, a member of Southern California's own Team OverRev, attempted just such a build. Together with fabricator Tony Wei, Liu drew up plans to create the most insane project ever to emerge from the Nissan parts bin. The build called for plenty of experimentation and custom fabrication in order to create a race and time attack ready 240SX that would be, in all essence, a home-brewed Skyline GT-R.
The recipe began with a chassis. A 1996 Nissan 240SX was purchased and then promptly torn apart. With two extra cylinders in place, the inline-six RB26DETT requires much more space under the hood than the stock inline-four KA24DE engine. Custom mounts hold the engine in place, while a swap of the stock radiator and fan shroud for a GReddy aluminum radiator frees up some extra space up front. An Odyssey mini battery and custom battery tray are a necessity, with barely any room under the hood to house a standard-sized car battery. Liu even had Wei bend up some custom hard brake lines, which lend a much cleaner, more professional appearance and allow proper routing due to the new engine clearance.
The stock Garrett T28 turbochargers are still in place, although a custom downpipe and 4-inch exhaust system were mandatory upgrades in order to properly funnel exhaust gases out past the 240SX's rear bumper. On the inlet side, a pair of HKS Megaflow air intakes breathe into custom-fabricated intake piping, bent and welded up specifically to clear this Nissan's sheet metal. A Blitz front-mount intercooler kit is used to cool down the intake air charge, with custom-modified piping and mounts welded on for two Blitz blow-off valves.
With this Nissan fully painted and cleaner than a surgery room floor, it's hard to pick out the custom work behind the scenes. But look closely and you'll find the telltale signs of the addition of the Skyline GT-R front shock towers and floor panel. In order to make his 240SX a fully functional all-wheel-drive GT-R, Liu had to be able to fit every single bit of powertrain from his donor car, a R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R. A R33 rear differential was fitted, along with custom mounts for the R33 all-wheel-drive transmission. A custom driveshaft connects the power to the rear wheels and GT-R axles are used all around. The R33 GT-R also donated its 5-lug hubs, suspension arms and links. The only problem then was interfacing the Ksport R33 GT-R coilovers to the 240SX chassis, a task accomplished with a swap of the front shock towers.
With the heart of the beast set in place, work began on the rest of the coupe. The interior was completely gutted and stripped, leaving it devoid of any door panels, sound deadener, carpeting or interior trim. A custom 8-point rollcage was fabricated for the car, which features crossed door bars, gussets connecting critical areas of the car to the cage for chassis stiffness, as well as multiple supports to provide optimal occupant safety should a roll occur. A single seat remains, a Recaro unit plucked out of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII, and is joined with a four-point Sparco harness. Carbon-faced water temp, boost and exhaust gas temperature Blitz gauges are on tap in a custom aluminum mounting panel, but the real deal is the R33 GT-R instrument panel that has been seamlessly integrated right before the driver's eyes. There's no better way to keep up on the heart of a GT-R than with the GT-R's own display unit.
In order to provide the best balance between looks and speed, Liu chose AME's Circlar Spec-M wheels. These blue hued two-piece wheels measure 19x9 in the front and monstrous 19x10's in the rear. Wrapped in Toyo Proxes T1R rubber, the AME wheels cover the ferocious stopping power of Brembo four-piston front-fixed brake calipers. With the ride height adjusted on the Ksport suspension, the AME wheels fill up the fender wells and the 295mm rear Toyo tires push the limits of the stylish AIT Racing B-Magic widebody kit.
With the heart, legs and brain of a R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R perfectly transplanted and fully functional, Liu has succeeded in creating a GT-R with the face of a 240SX. This 240SX has cleaned house at local area Hot Import Nights events and still has a host of competition track events ahead of it. But with this much attention spent on keeping in line with the GT-R's original performance ethic, we know that this 240SX will dominate whatever and wherever it goes.
Specs: 1996 Nissan 240SX
Base Engine: RB26DETT (R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R)
2.6L Inline Six, Twin Turbocharged
Stock Garrett T28 Turbochargers
Blitz SBC-iD Boost Controller
Custom Downpipe
Custom 4-Inch Exhaust
Blitz Front-Mount Intercooler System
Twin Blitz Blow-Off Valves
GReddy Aluminum Radiator
Custom Radiator Hard Piping
Nismo High-Pressure Radiator Cap
Polished Intake Manifold
Samco Sport Silicone Hoses
Twin HKS Megaflow Air Intakes
Custom Intake Piping
HKS Oil Cooler
Odyssey Mini Battery
Custom Battery Tray
Relocated Fuel Cell
Sparco Fuel Door
Custom Fuel Feed Piping
Microtech Engine Management System
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Transmission
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Rear Differential
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Axles
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Shock Towers And Floor Panel
Custom AWD Manual Control System
Exedy Hyper Racing Clutch
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Front Arms
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Rear Arms
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Suspension Links
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R 5-Lug Hubs
K-Sport 16-Way Adjustable R33 GT-R Coilovers
Brembo 4-Piston Front Brakes
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Rear Brakes
Stainless-Steel Braided Brake Lines
Custom Brake Hard Lines
S14 Kouki Front End Conversion
VIS Racing Carbon-Fiber Hood
AIT Racing B-Magic Widebody Kit
Rear Silvia Badge
Custom 8-Point Rollcage
Doorpanels Removed
Gutted Interior
Lancer Evolution VIII Recaro Driver Seat
Sparco 4-Point Safety Harness
R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Instrument Cluster
Sparco Steering Wheel
Sparco Quick Release
Nismo Shift Knob
Blitz Fatt Turbo Timer Blitz Boost, EGT, Water Temp Gauges
Custom Aluminum Gauge Mounting Panel
AME Blue Circlar Spec-M Wheels (19x9 Front, 19x10 Rear) Toyo Proxes T1r Tires (245/35/19 Front, 295/30/19 Rear)


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Due to the large distances involved, flying is a well-patronised form of travel in Australia. Services along the main business travel corridor (Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane) are run almost like a bus service, with flights leaving every 15 minutes during the day.
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Kevin Durant is the NBA's leading scorer and has posted 20- plus points in his last nine games for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who will host the Washington Wizards Wednesday night.
Durant is averaging 28.3 points this season and 27.1 ppg during his recent tear. He logged 24 points and 10 rebounds in Oklahoma City's latest win, a 103-83 besting of the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.
Russell Westbrook scored 21 points and dished out nine assists for the Thunder, who were coming off a 97-89 win at Orlando on Friday and have prevailed in 10 of the last 13 games.
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Serge Ibaka tallied 16 points and five blocks in the win, Oklahoma City's eighth in the past nine tries at home.
The Thunder are 31-5 at home and 3 1/2 games ahead of Denver for the Northwest Division lead. They're also trying to catch San Antonio for the West's top seed and sit 1 1/2 games behind the Spurs.
After hosting the Wizards, Oklahoma City will play six of the next eight games on the road.
Washington has been playing well lately as evidenced by its six wins in the previous eight contests.
The Wizards are coming off Monday's improbable 107-94 victory over the playoff-bound Memphis Grizzlies and were led by John Wall's career-best 47 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. Wall shot 13-of-22 from the field and a career-high 19-of-24 from the foul line.
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Who can use this program?
If you work in a regularly scheduled position, not dependent upon student status, at least 17 ½ hours per week you are eligible to participate in this program. You must also use public transportation or pay for parking as part of your commute to work to participate in this program. You may purchase transit and parking benefits under this program only for your commute. You may not purchase benefits for the commute of a spouse or other dependent.
How does the pre-tax benefit work?
You do not have to pay income or employment taxes on wages committed to purchasing passes or parking reimbursement. With average expenditures of $65 per month, you could save over $200 per year from this pre-tax benefit.
Are there limits on the amount I can contribute on a pre-tax basis?
Yes, for transit and parking expenses, there is a $255 per month pre-tax limit for each benefit. That is a total of $510 that you can deduct on a pre-tax basis for use towards your commuting expenses to and from Suffolk University. If you park and use the T or other public transit, your deductions may include both benefits, up to the limits of each. For instance, you may purchase a T-Pass for $70 per month and $140 worth of parking reimbursement for a monthly pre-tax benefit of $210.
Which transit systems are covered by passes?
The MBTA (bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry) as well as a number of other transit and vanpool systems are covered.
How are my parking expenses covered?
Your parking expenses may be covered in a couple of different ways. Your per pay period election amount will be deducted from your paycheck on a pre-tax basis, and then will be added to your Discovery Benefits debit card for use towards your daily, weekly, or monthly parking expenses. If you are unable to use your Discovery Benefits debit card to pay for parking you may submit a reimbursement request to Discovery Benefits. Click here for a copy of the form.
How do I make changes and/or end my participation in the program?
- Log in to Workday (user name and password are the same as your Suffolk email)
- Click on the Benefits worklet
- Click on Change Benefits
- Next, at the dropdown screen select Discovery Transit/Parking, and select the date you would like to make the change.
- Click Submit
- On the next screen click open elections
- Enter your elections
- Click on I agree and hit Submit
Note: If this is your first time signing up for transit/parking benefits, Human Resources will need to approve your request after submitting your elections.
All changes will be made on a per pay period basis. For example, if you would like to make sure you have $84.50 on your Discovery Benefits card to purchase a monthly transit/bus pass in March, you will need to make your election in Workday before February 3.
How will I receive my pass?
The material will be sent to your home address via first class mail. It will be mailed to the home address you have on file in the Crosby Benefit Systems website.
If you do not receive your pass by the end of the month, call Crosby Benefit Systems at 1-800-462-2235 or email between the first and third day of the month.
How do I keep my address up-to-date with Crosby Benefit Systems?
You must keep your address up-to-date with the Suffolk University Human Resources Office. If you need to change or update your address and contact information, complete the Employee Personal/Contact Information Form and return it to the Human Resources Office. The Human Resources Office sends a weekly list of eligible employees' mailing addresses to Crosby, which will override any address that you may have changed through Crosby. Since passes are prepared for mailing one month in advance, your address must be correct on the first of the prior month. For instance, your address must be up to date by April 1st for your May pass. If you are moving, you should also notify the US Postal Service of a forwarding address.
What happens if I do not receive my pass?
If you do not receive your pass, you must report the loss to Crosby Benefit Systems by e-mail or telephone no later than the 3rd weekday of the month for which the pass is effective. Crosby Benefit Systems will reimburse you for the cost of a replacement pass upon receipt of documentation of your expense. Required documentation includes: a receipt as proof that you purchased a replacement pass, a completed "Refund Claim Form". Crosby Benefit Systems must receive the documentation by the 10th of the month that the pass is missing or late. Crosby Benefit Systems will reimburse you for a maximum of one pass.
What happens if I lose my pass?
Suffolk University does not reimburse for lost passes. However, if an employee loses a Charlie Card, Crosby Benefits Systems is able to cancel the Charlie Card and re-issue a new one. The employee will be responsible for any transit expenses incurred from the time the Charlie Card is lost, until the new card is received. Employees must contact Crosby Benefit Systems customer service at 1-800-462-2235 or email to be re-issued a Charlie Card.
How do I enroll in the program?
Enroll at the Crosby Benefit Systems website or call 1-800-462-2235 . Instructions on using the enrollment web site follow. You must enroll by the 1st of the month before the month you wish to receive the benefit (for instance, you must enroll by April 1 for the May pass). Once you enroll in the program you will continue to receive your order each month until you end your participation.
Instructions for use of the Crosby Benefit Systems website
Visit the Crosby Benefit Systems website to access forms or account information, update your address, and to enroll, change or cancel your benefit online.
Note: New employees may not be able to gain immediate access to the Crosby Benefit Systems website. Suffolk's Human Resources Office sends a weekly list of eligible employees to Crosby Benefit Systems. If you are a new employee and cannot gain entry to the website after your first week of employment, please contact Suffolk's Human Resources Office at extension 8415.
To get started...
- Go online to http://www.crosbybenefits.com/ - Make sure to turn off pop-up blockers.
- Choose "Transit Benefits" (under the login section on left hand side).
- Click on "New User" and fill out required information (employee ID number)
- Please note that your username will always be your Suffolk email address
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The company came out of nowhere last fall with a stunning phone made of gold and African Blackwood, generating a lot of interest but offering scant details about features and availability. But now it's preparing to release an MP3 player made with similarly rare materials, and Gresso isn't being quite so secretive this time around.
The "Symphonia" line is scheduled for release this spring, made with the same 200-year-old wood as Gresso's phone with accents in 18k white or pink gold, according to Gizmag. Even more distinctive is its shape, a tetrahedral case that measures only about 1.5 by 1.5 inches and less than half an inch thick, with a patented coating that the company says is as hard as diamond.
Now for the price: The four Symphonia models range from $4,000 to $6,500. And that's for just 1GB of memory. But if you think about them as pieces of fine jewelry, it may not be as bad as it sounds.


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I love Howie Post's backgrounds. They are caricatures of the general Harvey house style. You notice right away how interesting the details are-the shapes of the trees, the creative bark textures, the clever and stylish shapes of the leaves.
But details don't make a good picture!
The characters are always clearly framed by the bgs and the negative spaces between the characters.
The empty spaces are just as pleasingly designed as the positive shapes of the characters and objects.
All the details are small and in organic (non-mathematical) proportions. That's so the details don't draw your attention away from the much larger forms that they wrap around.
He has an infinite amount of ways to draw leaves, without having to draw each individual leaf.
Sometimes his foliage looks like it's from another planet.
Post uses hierarchy of forms and spaces beautifully. All those girls running towards Hot Stuff fit within a flowing organic shape. Plus, they are not evenly spaced. That makes it appear natural, even though Howie is completely controlling the image.
Again, besides marvelling at the beautiful cartoony tree, look at how much negative space there is - both:
1) Surrounding the tree
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Each layer of sub forms describes a clear and distinct form, which is in turn subject to the larger form it wraps around.


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mitral valve regurgitation (MR) and do not have
symptoms, you likely do not have to limit your physical activity.
If you do have symptoms or if you have irregular heart rhythms or changes in your heart size or function, you may need to be cautious about physical activity. But regular activity, even low-level activity such as walking, will help keep your heart healthy. If you want to start being more active, talk to your doctor first. Your doctor will help you create a safe exercise plan.
If you have questions or concerns about what physical activities are
appropriate for you, talk to your doctor. Even with MR, you may be able to
develop an exercise plan that suits your lifestyle.
If you have severe MR, you may need to limit your physical
You may need to avoid isometric exercise, which is exercise that
uses muscle contraction to strengthen and tone your muscles. Isometric exercise
usually involves pushing against resistance, as in weight lifting. These types
of exercises can elevate your blood pressure, thereby increasing the force
against which your heart must pump blood. As a rule, avoid
activities that involve sudden physical exertion at a level that is
significantly greater than that required for your normal activities.
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incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the management of patients
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Krzysztof Stanowski: Poland uses all possible ways to press Lukashenka10
- 11.01.2013, 14:52
President of the Solidarity Fund PL, former Vice Foreign Minister of Poland gave an exclusive interview to charter97.org.
Krzysztof Stanowski told about his oppositional work in the dictatorship, about the time he spent in prisons, and gave his view of why Poland wants to see Belarus in the Eastern Partnership.
- Your father was a well-known oppositional politician in the communist dictatorship in Poland. Did he have any influence on your ideas?
- My father was a strong person. He was devoted to the Christian and democratic values. During the war he was a member of religious youth organizations, of the Polish Armia Krajowa. He even took part in the Warsaw uprising in 1944. After the war, father worked as a secretary of the religious student Sodality of Our Lady, and for that he was thrown to prison for seven years claiming he was making "attempts to change the political order using false arguments".
- It was in the Stanowskis' home in Lublin where Solidarność was born.
- Our home was one of those places where leaders of Lublin's independent organizations met. Firstly, these people were convinced that everyone in the society has equal rights, and secondly, they were convinced that they could and should take responsibility for what was going on around them. In our home, everyone was engaged in some kind of activity. My father was a teacher in the so called "flying university" (Ed.Note: at those times schools were forced to operate underground with no legal premises, and the teaching took place in various hidden locations) and he helped found the Spotkania ("Meetings") magazine.
My mother was a scout instructor first, and then she worked in an amateur puppet theater. And this also influenced me. I studied history at the humanitarian department of the Catholic University of Lublin. By the way, Karol Wojtyła himself taught ethics, and Władysław Bartoszewski held classes in the modern history. Overall, it was the only private university between Tokyo and West Berlin.
- And what did you do after that?
- I joined the independent scout movement. Our goal was to establish the first independent scout organization in the post-war Poland. At the same time, my friends and I organized a group that worked with deaf-mute young people of Lublin. Soon security service agents started to pay frequent visits to our home (at first, because of my father's activity, and then – because of me) and ask questions.
- After the state of martial law was proclaimed, the life of the opposition members became even more difficult. What did you do at that time?
- Solidarność had to move to the underground, and I was a member of the chair of its Lublin office. The trade union didn't stop working, we were protecting the workers' rights, published the magaziine. As a result, I had to go to prison, just like many others.
- How were the prison conditions?
- I spent more than three months in an isolation cell in Lublin, and then I was transferred to an isolation jail in Warsaw. Such political prisoners as me were kept together with real criminals. The cells were full. In Lublin, in a double cell, there were six prisoners. Of course, I cannot compare my imprisonment with the horrifying conditions of prisons in Stalin times. At least my friends and I could hope that we would survive. Moreover, when we were in jail, we knew that our families were safe, that there were people who would help them no matter what. In early 80s, when Solidarność was still operating legally, its activists worked with human rights and prisoners' rights. And during those years we succeeded to improve their life– and ours accordingly - in prison. The prisoners knew it and treated us well. I also remember that when I just got to prison, a mature kingpin came to me, laid his hand on my shoulder and said "It's OK, Pan Stanowski, the first ten years are the hardest." These words left a trace.
- Were you tortured?
- Not physically. I wasn't assaulted or tortured. But as I found out later, they added psychoactive susbtances in my food. However, the prison wasn't something unexpected for me, I realized what I was doing and what could happen. Before my imprisonment, I did my best to graduate fast because I knew that sooner or later I would be arrested.
- Some Polish politicians who also were prisoners in the communist times say that in modern Belarus political prisoners are kept in much worse conditions.
- Any limitation of a person's freedom is hard to deal with. I know that the Belarusian political prisoners are in a very tough situation. I talked to some of them personally, and I heard about others from different sources. However, we should not compare, these are different times and different countries. For example, the hideous conditions that existed when my late father and dozens of thousands of other Polish victims of Stalinism were prisoners cannot be compared to my imprisonment and to the conditions where the Belarusian political prisoners are kept.
- When you were in prison, were you feeling disappointment in what you had been doing?
- No, I wasn't. Right after the release I resumed my activity – I started to publish underground press, took part in independent scout organizations and trade unions. Since 1989, I have been the chair of the independent Scout Union of the Polish Republic. I am also one of the directors of the Education for Democracy fund that supported democratic changes not only in Poland, but even in Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, countries of the Caucasian region and Central Asia, in Mongolia. At that time I spent more than 200 days each year in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. I still remember my business trips to Tajikistan, where the Education for Democracy fund carried out a program called the Tajik Cow where we gathered money to buy cows for women's organizations in the poorest mountain regions.
- And still, let's get back to the martial law in Poland. Many people compare this event with the violent suppression of the peaceful demonstration in Minsk on December 19, 2010.
- We can compare, but only on a person's level. The lives of those who were imprisoned and who suffered have changed and were split in "before" and "after". But the difference is that in Poland the martial law changed the life of the entire country: more than 10 thousand prisoners, tanks in the streets, military posts, curfew. In Belarus, however, the dictatorship is still ruling, but now it rules much more wickedly and openly. I believe that the scale of these two evens is different.
- How did a public activist manage to become a Vice Foreign Minister?
- I have never been connected to a political party or movement. All my life I've been working and leading public organizations. And when Donald Tusk became the Prime Minister his government decided that the people with my experience can be useful. At first I was appointed the Vice Minister of Education, and then – Vice Foreign Minister.
- The Belarusian powers are obviously not interested in cooperation with Europe. Why then has the European Union invited the Belarusian regime to participate in the Eastern Partnership program?
- The European Union invited the Republic of Belarus, not Lukashenka's regime. And even if the Belarusian regime is not interested in establishing proper relationships with its neighbors, Poland and the European Union want that. Belarus is our neighbor, and nothing can change that. The EU invited Belarus to join the Eastern Partnership, but at the same time its attitude to Lukashenka's regime is negative, and the EU keeps reminding that the key terms of the dialogue with Belarus is the release of all political prisoners and organization of democratic elections. Polish and European politicians have repeatedly expressed this demand to the Belarusian regime.
- During the time of Lukashenka's rule the European Union has adopted a range of declaration and memoranda regarding Belarus. When will the EU be ready for more specific actions? What can be a most efficient way to press the regime?
- The European Union has already done a lot. In 2011 I organized a meeting Solidarity with Belarus where members of governments of 37 countries, including all the EU countries, took part. The purpose of the meeting was to take a decision on how we can help the Belarusian civil society. The meeting resulted in certain economic and visa sanctions, the financial aid for public organizations and independent media was increased. And what means do you suggest? War? Bombs? Completely closed borders?
- Today you are the chair of the Solidarity Fund PL. How long has the fund existed? What purpose does it have? What projects that involve Belarus have you driven?
- Our Fund was established in 2001 on the initiative of the Polish President.
Its purpose is to help countries on their way to the market economy and entrepreneurship, and to support their economic, public and political development. During this time the Fund has driven a range of projects that involve, first of all, public institutions of Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan and Georgia. In 2005 we had to pause the Fund's activity, which was resumed in 2011. We support democracy and democratic changes in the countries whose political systems hinders the civil society from taking crucial social and economic decisions, including the countries where only some elements of a democratic systems function, and where system changes are taking place. Solidarity Fund PL funds joint projects of Polish institutions with Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Tajikistan, and Tunisia, and the purpose of such projects is to support democracy. The majority of the projects involve Belarus and Ukraine. Our plan is to allocate about 8 million zloty to support public institutions in 2013. We get the funds from the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
- In your life you have tested lots of various occupations: a teacher, an oppositionist, an underground publisher, a politician. What is your passion?
- Teaching is my vocation. No matter what I do, what functions I perform, I still remain a teacher. When I talk to my colleagues from Belarus, Tajikistan or Tunisia, I share my experience with them and try to teach them what I know myself. I tried to be pedagogic when I raised my children – we have four children – and when I worked with deaf-mute young people, and during my numerous business trips.
- What do you normally do in your free time?
- I don't have much free time, but when I do, I love to travel with my family by bike, kayak, yacht, or to go camping. We have a tradition: we make decorations for the Christmas tree ourselves. In our souls we are true scouts.
Ed.Note by charter97.org:
Krzysztof Stanowski was an oppositionist during the communist dictatorship in Poland, an activist of the independent scouts. In 1989 he headed the independent Union of Scouts of the Polish Republic, the first independent scout organization in many years. For a long time he was the president of the Education for Democracy fund. Between 2007 and 2010 Krzysztof Stanowski was the Vice Minister of Education. In 2010 he was appointed the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, the post he left in January 2012. Today Krzysztof Stanowski is the president of the Solidarity Fund PL. He is a recipient of the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution (6-14-7, 25 pts.) completes a stretch of three consecutive home games in eight days when the team hosts the Columbus Crew (12-8-6, 42 pts.), at 8 p.m., on Wednesday, September 5, at Gillette Stadium.
Comcast SportsNet will televise the game, while 98.5 The Sports Hub's HD2 station will carry the game on the radio.
Wednesday's match will also complete the three-game, regular-season series with Columbus. The two teams played to a 0-0 draw in the first meeting on June 16 at Gillette Stadium and the Crew defeated the Revs, 4-3, on August 25, in Columbus.
Team Notes vs. Columbus Crew
- Wednesday's match is the 57th all-time regular season meeting, and the 63nd overall meeting, between the two clubs … the overall total also including five MLS Cup playoff meetings and one U.S. Open Cup contest
- Columbus leads the all-time regular-season series between the two teams, 29-16-11 … the Revs are 10-13-5 at home against Columbus, including a 6-7-4 mark at Gillette Stadium since its opening in 2002
- Wednesday's match will conclude the regular-season series between the two teams … the two teams played to a 0-0 draw in the first meeting on June 16 at Gillette Stadium and the Crew defeated the Revs, 4-3, on August 25, in Columbus
- Columbus captured the 2011 regular-season series between the two teams after defeating New England, 3-1, on Aug. 13, in Columbus, and later shutting out the Revs, 3-0, on Oct. 15, at Gillette Stadium
- New England has won just twice in its last 14 meetings with Columbus dating back to the 2007 season … the Revs are 2-8-4 in that stretch
- The Revs' last season-series victory over the Crew came in 2006, when the Revolution went 2-1-1 against Columbus
- Outside of MLS competition, the Revs are 3-0-3 against the Crew, including MLS Cup Playoff (2-0-3) and U.S. Open Cup (1-0-0) matches
Player Notes vs. Columbus Crew
- Benny Feilhaber has one goal and one assist in four career appearances against the Crew … Feilhaber scored on August 13, 2011, in Columbus, and added an assist on August 25, 2012 at Crew Stadium
- Jerry Bengtson has one goal in one appearance against Columbus … his lone goal came when the Revs and Crew last met on August 25, 2012
- Lee Nguyen has one goal – a penalty kick goal – in two appearances against the Crew … Nguyen buried an 81st-minute attempt on August 25, 2012, at Crew Stadium
- Ryan Guy is the only other current Revolution player to score against Columbus … Guy has one goal in two appearances as he struck from distance on August 25, 2012
- Saer Sene has one assist in two appearances against the Crew as he assisted on Ryan Guy's goal at Columbus on August 25, 2012
- Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis has started all but one of his 29 appearances against the Crew, going 7-10-10 with six shutouts and a 1.51 goals against average
- Bobby Shuttleworth has made one career appearance against Columbus, drawing the start on Oct. 15, 2011, and suffering the loss
- After Matt Reis (28 appearances) and Clyde Simms (19), no other current Revolution player has appeared in more than eight games for the club against Columbus
Busy 11-Day Stretch Concludes Wednesday
The Revolution finishes a hectic four-games-in-11-days stretch this season when Columbus comes to town on Wednesday … within the last 11 days, the Revs have lost at Columbus (4-3) on Aug. 25 and played to two draws against Chivas USA on Aug. 29 (3-3) and Philadelphia last Saturday (0-0).
Long Time Home
Following the conclusion of the current three-game home stand on Wednesday night – the Revs also hosted Chivas USA on Aug. 29 and Philadelphia on Sept. 1 - the Revs will play just two more home games this season: Sept. 22 against New York and Oct. 20 against Chicago … in the final seven weeks of the season, the Revs will play on the road four times and have two bye weeks in addition to its final two home games.
Revs Bartend for Charity on Thursday
This Thursday, Sept. 6, Revs stars Benny Feilhaber, Matt Reis, A.J. Soares and Chris Tierney will be joined by Revs legend and current ESPN soccer analyst Taylor Twellman at a special off-field event to benefit Twellman's charity, Think Taylor ... Feilhaber, Reis, Soares, Tierney and Twellman step off the field and get behind the bar at GEM (42 Province St., Boston, Mass., 02108) where they will mix and serve drinks as celebrity bartenders beginning at 6 p.m. ... for more information visit revolutionsoccer.net or thinktaylor.org.
Sene Out for Season
Saer Sene suffered a torn left anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in last Wednesday's match against Chivas USA at Gillette Stadium and will miss the rest of the season … the French forward, who is a contender for Major League Soccer's newcomer of the year award, will undergo reconstructive surgery in the near future … Sene leads the Revolution in scoring – and tied for fourth in MLS – with 11 goals, including two in the game in which he suffered the injury last week … the 25-year old also added three assists in 25 appearances … Sene's 11 goals are the team's highest by a single player since the 2007 season.
Third Chance at Changing Course
The Revs host the Crew on Wednesday and it will be the teams' second meeting in 11 days … the mid-week match will give the Revs a third chance this season to snap its recent rut against the Black and Gold … New England has won just twice in its last 14 meetings (2-8-4) with Columbus dating back to the 2007 season … earlier this season, the two teams played to a 0-0 draw on June 16 at Gillette Stadium, before the Crew come back from a two-goal deficit to earn a 4-3 win on August 25, in Columbus.
Elite Save Men Square off Wednesday
Wednesday's midweek matchup in Foxborough features two goalkeepers who rank in the top five in MLS in the category … Revs' goalkeeper Matt Reis made a season-high seven saves on Saturday and ranks fourth in MLS with 84 saves in 25 appearances … Reis' opponent on Wednesday is league-leader Andy Gruenebaum, who has 93 saves in 25 appearances for the Crew … each keeper made two saves when the teams last met on August 25 as Reis conceded four goals, while Gruenebaum surrendered two goals in the first half before subbing out at the half with a back injury.
Winless Streak Hits 10
Saturday's 0-0 draw against the Union extended the Revs' winless streak to 10 games (0-7-3), setting an new club futility record … the winless streak, dating back to July 14, is the league's second-longest winless streak this year after FC Dallas' 13-game winless streak from April 21 to July 7 … however, after snapping a five-game losing streak last Wednesday against Chivas USA with a 3-3 draw, the Revs have picked up points in each of their last two matches and enter on a very modest two-game undefeated streak.
Reis Shuts the Door
Behind a season-high seven saves on Saturday against Philadelphia, Matt Reis picked up his fifth shutout of the season … Reis' shutout was his 60th shutout as a member of the Revolution and the 69th of his 15-year career … with 69 shutouts in 279 career appearances, Reis ranks fifth on the MLS career shutouts list … Reis is seven shutouts shy of fourth place Zach Thornton, who recorded 76 shutouts in his 16-year career … Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman is MLS' career leader with 111 shutouts.
Another Year, Another Handful of Shutouts
With his fifth shutout of the year on Saturday against Philadelphia, Matt Reis has now recorded five or more shutouts in a season eight times in his career, including seven times with the Revs … in fact, Reis has recorded at least five shutouts per season in seven of his last eight campaigns, including each year from 2005 to 2009, and again in 2011 and 2012.
Bengtson Unavailable on Wednesday
Jerry Bengtson will miss Wednesday's match against the Crew while on international duty with Honduras ... Bengtson has been called up to represent Honduras in the squad's upcoming home-and-home FIFA World Cup Qualifier matches against Cuba on Friday, Sept. 7 in Havana, and Tuesday, Sept. 11, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras ... Bengtson departed following Saturday's match against Philadelphia ... Bengtson has scored two goals for the Revs in seven appearances, including four starts at forward.
Alston's Other Right
Kevin Alston has been a familiar face on the Revs' backline for the last four years, but on Saturday he had a different vantage point on the game … with Chris Tierney being rested for precautionary measures (muscle tightness), Alston drew the start at left back against the Union … although he played left back in college at Indiana, Saturday's start was his professional debut at left back … Alston's first 104 appearances for the Revs – all starts – came at right back.
Backline Bouncing Around
After the Revs' customary backline of Chris Tierney (left back), A.J. Soares (center back), Stephen McCarthy (center back) and Kevin Alston (right back) played the majority of the season together, Saturday's backline signified a significant shake up … Tierney (muscle tightness) and Soares (whiplash) sat out, while Alston moved over to left back … inserted into the lineup were Darrius Barnes (center back) and Flo Lechner (right back), while McCarthy was the only player in his usual position … Saturday's foursome helped post a shutout, as Philadelphia sent 17 shots in toward target.
Reserves Return to Action on FridayThe Revolution Reserves (2-3-3, 9 pts.) return to action on Friday in Foxborough against the Toronto FC Reserves (1-3-2, 6 pts.) … Dimitry Imbongo scored the Revs' lone goal in the 45th minute in the Revs' last reserve match – a 3-1 loss to Montreal on August 13 … after Friday's match, the Revolution Reserves will play a final match against the New York Red Bulls Reserves on September 22, immediately following the first-team game at Gillette Stadium.
Matt Reis Celebrity Golf Challenge Two Weeks Away
Revs goalkeeper Matt Reis will host the second-annual Matt Reis Charity Golf Challenge on Monday, Sept. 17 at Butternut Farm Golf Course (Stowe, Mass.) … the Matt Reis Charity Golf Challenge is a special event, overseen by Reis and his wife, Nicole, to raise money for several Boston-area charities … foursomes – and new this year, fivesomes – will square off in a non-traditional tournament including special features on select holes and giveaways from tournament sponsors … golfing and volunteer spots are still available … to sign up, donate directly or get more information, visit mattreisgolf4charity.com.
Youth Teams Resume Training
The Revs' newly-launched Revolution Academy Under-14 team has begun training twice weekly, and will be joined in full training sessions by Under-16 and Under-18 teams this week, starting tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 4 … all three teams will return to a three-day training schedule (Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday) the week of Sept. 10.
Youth Teams Kick Off 2012-13 Season This WeekendThe U14s will travel to Epping, N.H., this Saturday, Sept. 8, to take on Seacoast United in their first-ever match as part of U.S. Club Soccer's Northeast Pre-Academy League … the Under-16s and Under-18s will kick off the U.S. Soccer Development Academy season later next month, playing Oakwood SC at home on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Under-14s to Join Development Academy in 2013-14
Earlier this week, U.S. Soccer announced that the Development Academy will add a U13/U14 division in the 2013-14 season … current Academy teams, as well as a select number of teams from outside the current academy, will populate the U13/U14 roster … this season, the Revs' Under-14 squad will play in U.S. Club Soccer's Northeast Pre-Academy League.