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CLEVELAND -- The Indians returned to Cleveland last week and discovered that the sky was not falling. By Thursday afternoon, the sun was out, shining on a ballclub that was searching for a way to swiftly turn the page on a disappointing April.
The Tribe took a major step in that direction over the past seven games, a stretch that was punctuated by a 9-4 romp over the Twins at Progressive Field. That wrapped up a 5-2 homestand that was powered by starting pitching and bookended by a pair of offensive outpourings.View Full Game Coverage
CLEVELAND -- The Indians returned to Cleveland last week and discovered that the sky was not falling. By Thursday afternoon, the sun was out, shining on a ballclub that was searching for a way to swiftly turn the page on a disappointing April.
The Tribe took a major step in that direction over the past seven games, a stretch that was punctuated by a 9-4 romp over the Twins at Progressive Field. That wrapped up a 5-2 homestand that was powered by starting pitching and bookended by a pair of offensive outpourings.View Full Game Coverage
It was the perfect way to forget about the recent 0-6 road trip through San Francisco and Anaheim.
"What road trip?" Indians infielder Mike Aviles said with a grin. "I forgot about it already."
In the finale of the four-game series against Minnesota, sinkerballer Justin Masterson continued Cleveland's recent run of strong outings by working into the seventh inning. The Tribe's lineup matched a season high with 15 hits -- left fielder Michael Brantley (3-for-5) and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera (4-for-5) each fell a triple shy of a cycle -- and set a season high with nine extra-base hits.
Over the past seven games against the White Sox and Twins, the Indians' rotation combined to go 4-0 with a 1.94 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 46 1/3 innings. The offense, which enjoyed a 12-run showing on Friday before the nine-run feast on Thursday, poured out 34 runs on 60 hits -- including 26 for extra bases -- during the stay at home.
On the winless six-game trip that preceded the trip back to Progressive Field, Cleveland's starters posted a 5.05 ERA and the lineup managed only 13 runs on 35 hits.
"We're still inconsistent in some things," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "But we're doing a lot of things better than we were. This whole homestand, we played with a lead [a lot]. The two games we lost, we lost late.
"I think we're playing with a little more confidence, a little more purpose."
That is a good way for the Indians to now head into a six-game trek through Tampa Bay and Toronto.
"We needed this homestand. That's exactly what we needed," Masterson said. "Hopefully, that will help carry into this next series, because there's a lot of momentum with the guys at the plate and guys are still pitching pretty good, too."
Masterson (2-1) needed only 36 pitches to breeze through the first four innings, and he sidestepped a two-on, one-out jam in the fifth. In the sixth inning, the Twins finally broke through against the Indians' rotation leader, who slipped in light of a couple missed chances on defense.
Minnesota's two-run sixth began with a chopper back to the mound off the bat of Danny Santana, who reached safely when the ball skipped through the pitcher's legs for an error.
"I thought it was going to hop up," Masterson said. "It didn't. It just trickled back behind me. That was a little disappointing."
Later in the frame, with two outs and runners on second and third, Chris Colabello grounded a pitch to the left of the mound in Cabrera's direction. The shortstop charged and attempted to grab the roller with his bare hand, but he lost his grip and the ball bounced behind him. Colabello was rewarded with an infield single, and the bobble created an opening for the Twins to score two runs to cut the Indians' lead to 4-2.
Masterson exited the game with runners on second and third base with one out in the seventh, when Cleveland was clinging to a 5-3 lead. Reliever Scott Atchison retired the next two hitters in order -- one run scored on a groundout from Eduardo Escobar -- to avoid a big inning for the Twins.
Masterson was charged with four runs (two earned) on four hits in 6 1/3 innings, in which he struck out seven and walked four. Over his past five starts, the big righty has posted a 2.70 ERA to go along with a 1.09 WHIP across 36 2/3 innings of work.
"He was so in control the first five," Francona said of Masterson. "He stayed in his delivery really well. He was really tough on right-handers. We saw some awkward swings. He never really got hit hard."
The same could not be said for Twins righty Kevin Correia, who was chased before the end of the fifth inning. David Murphy contributed an RBI double in the first inning, Cabrera launched a leadoff homer in the second and Brantley belted a two-run shot off Correia in the fifth. Brantley then chipped in a run-scoring fielder's choice off Caleb Thielbar in the sixth.
After the Twins pulled within one run in the seventh, Cleveland continued its push.
In the bottom of the seventh, Murphy and Cabrera connected for consecutive doubles, Ryan Raburn collected an RBI single and Michael Bourn added a sacrifice fly for a three-run showing. One frame later, Cabrera drove Murphy in again by pulling a pitch into the right-field corner. The shortstop sprinted all the way to third, but the official scorer deemed it a double, ruling that Cabrera advanced an extra base on the throw to the plate.
"He had a cycle. They took it away," Francona said. "I'm not really sure. I have to look at the rules, but he never broke stride. I'm not sure that really isn't a triple."
When approached by a group of reporters, Cabrera declined comment after the game.
One thing that was certain was Cleveland was happy with how things went at home.
"It's good to come home and get that home cooking," Aviles said. "Be back with the families and the home fans and just put those white uniforms back on. It's definitely a good thing. It's something we needed."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.


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Philips Koninck (Dutch, Amsterdam 1619 - 1688 Amsterdam)
The Raising of Tabitha, late 1650s
Pen and ink with wash
7 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (18.2 x 25.1 cm)
Gift of Robert Lehman, 1943
Although Philips Koninck is best known for his panoramic landscape paintings, drawings such as The Raising of Tabitha are clear reminders of his close relationship to Rembrandt. Both the Old Testament subject matter and the bold draftsmanship are indebted to the master's work, yet distinctively Koninck's own.
Horst Gerson was the first to identify the subject of the Oberlin drawing as the Raising of Tabitha.1 Distraught over the death of Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a Christian woman praised for her good works, the disciples of Joppa summoned Saint Peter to her deathbed. After hearing of her charitable deeds, Peter dismissed the mourners and knelt by the body to pray. He commanded Tabitha to rise, and accordingly she opened her eyes, sat up, and returned to the living (Acts 9:36-41). Sumowski has suggested that Koninck's sketch represents a slightly earlier moment in the narrative, specifically Saint Peter and the Christians of Joppa at Tabitha's Deathbed (Acts 9:39).2 The presence of a crowd of figures around the bearded Saint Peter (and the additional figures in the distance) supports this idea, but the minimal detail in the sketch precludes certain confirmation. The subject of Tabitha at her Deathbed, or the Raising of Tabitha, is rare in Netherlandish art, although it was treated twice by Rembrandt. His drawing of about 1654-55, representing the Raising of Tabitha, shows the saint kneeling alone at the deathbed;3 the other drawing, datable to 1662-65, depicts Peter sending the mourners from the room before beginning his prayers.4
Koninck's drawing contrasts spare, angular pen lines and delicate layers of ink wash. The summary, economical treatment of form is found in several related drawings, which have been dated by Sumowski to the late 1650s. Within this group, the Oberlin drawing is closest to two versions of Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (both in Dresden),5 Haman Before Ahasuerus (Boston),6 and The Good Samaritan and the Wounded Man on a Mule en route to the Inn(Paris).7 The signed version of Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery(Dresden, inv. C1379) is slightly more worked up than the Oberlin drawing, but shares the distinctive simple, sloping pillar-like delineation of figures. Stechow proposed a date for the Oberlin drawing of the early 1660s,8 but documented drawings by Koninck from this later period are more detailed, less rigidly angular than works of the late 1650s.As intimated by earlier attributions of this characteristic work by Koninck to Rembrandt (see Provenance), the style of The Raising of Tabitha is loosely related to Rembrandt's drawing style of the mid-1650s, although the sharply attenuated figures and their rather blocky hands are uniquely Koninck's.
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One of six sons of the Rotterdam goldsmith Aert de Koninck, Philips studied with his elder brother Jacob (1614/15-after 1690) in Rotterdam from about 1637 to 1640. In 1640 he married Cornelia Furnerius, sister of the Rembrandt pupil Abraham Furnerius (ca. 1628-1654). Following his move to Amsterdam in 1641, Philips Koninck also joined the circle of artists closely associated with Rembrandt's atelier, although he was more of a friend than a pupil of the master. In addition to his artistic activities, Koninck operated a successful shipping line between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. He died in Amsterdam and was buried there on 6 October 1688. Philips and Jacob Koninck were also related (cousins?) to the Rembrandt follower Salomon Koninck (1609-1656).
Philips Koninck painted portraits, biblical and mythological scenes, and several genre scenes in tavern settings, but is best known for his daring and innovative panoramic landscape views. His drawings encompass the same range of subject matter, but more clearly show Rembrandt's influence in their style and technique.
General References
Gerson, Horst. Philips Koninck. Berlin, 1936.
Sumowski, Werner. Drawings of the Rembrandt School. Vol. 6. New York, 1982, pp. 2945-3404.
Sumowski, Werner. Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler. Vol. 3. Landau/Pfalz, 1983, pp. 1530-1626.
Collection Jonathan Richardson, Sr. (1665-1745), London (Lugt 2184)
Collection Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), London (Lugt 2432)
Collection Earl Spencer (Honorable John Spencer [1708-1746]; first Earl John Spencer [1734-1783]; second Earl George John [1758-1834]), Althorp (Lugt 1530)
Sale second Earl Spencer, London (Philips), 10-17 June 1811, lot 666 ("Rembrandt. A death-bed, with sympathising figures, fine pen, Indian ink, and bister--producing a piquant effect"; Frick Art Reference Library, ex. ms. note: Koninck 7-6)
Collection Robert Lehman, New York (1933), by whom given in 1943
Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1956. Drawings and Watercolors from the Oberlin Collection. 11 March - 1 April. No cat.
Gerson, Horst. Philips Koninck. Berlin, 1936, pp. 70, 157 no. Z 198 (with erroneous reference to this drawing having been in the Houlditch and Roupell collections), pl. 47.
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Allen Art Museum." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 26, no. 1 (Fall 1968), p. 20.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1976, p. 45, fig. 160.
Broos, Ben. Oude tekeningen in het bezit van de gemeentemusea van Amsterdam, waaronder de collectie Fodor, vol. 3: Rembrandt en tekenaars uit zijn omgeving. Amsterdam, 1981, p. 155, n. 6.
Sumowski, Werner. Drawings of the Rembrandt School. Vol. 6. New York, 1982, pp. 2956, 3156-3157, no. 1418x ("St. Peter and the Christians of Joppa at Tabitha's Deathbed [Acts 9:39]").
Technical Data
The drawing is executed on antique laid paper; no watermark is visible. The reddish-brown ink used for both wash and line is probably iron-gall ink. Marks of the collectors Jonathan Richards, Sr. and Thomas Hudson (see Provenance) are stamped in black on the recto, lower right and lower left, respectively. The sheet is mounted on heavyweight laid paper with framing lines applied in brown and gold; inscribed on the mount in brown ink (center bottom, recto): Rembrandt; (verso): EE 15./R.6./X.4./0.
1. Horst Gerson, Philips Koninck(Berlin, 1936), p. 157.
2. Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, vol. 6 (New York, 1982), p. 3156.
3. Pen and wash with white body color, 19 x 20 cm, Bayonne, Musée Bonnat, inv. L1714; Otto Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt, vol. 5 (London, 1954), no. 949.
4. Pen and bister, 19 x 27.3 cm, Dresden, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. L1647; Otto Benesch, The Drawings of Rembrandt, vol. 5 (London, 1954), no. 1068.
5. Pen and brown ink with brown wash, 18.2 x 32.4 cm, Dresden, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. C 1378; pen and brown ink with brown wash, 18.8 x 29.2 cm, Dresden, Kupferstich Kabinett, inv. C 1379; Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, vol. 6 (New York, 1982), nos. 1419x and 1322, respectively.
6. Pen and brown ink with brown wash, 17.6 x 20.8 cm, Boston, collection George S. and Maida Abrams; Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, vol. 6 (New York, 1982), no. 1416x.
7. Pen and brown ink with brown wash, 14.1 x 17.5 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins, inv. 22957; Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, vol. 6 (New York, 1982), no. 1417x.
8. Wolfgang Stechow, Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College(Oberlin, 1976), p. 45.

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SEMI International Standards Program Forms 3D Stacked IC Standards Committee; Call for Task Force Volunteers
3DS-IC Standards are Key to the Success and Early Adoption of TSV Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif. — December 7, 2010 — SEMI announced today the formation of a Three-Dimensional Stacked Integrated Circuits (3DS-IC) Standards Committee. 3DS-ICs are composed of a stack of two-dimensional die, and are viewed as critical in helping the semiconductor industry keep pace with Moore's Law. Current integration methods like wirebond and flip chip have been in production for some time, but the next generation of 3D integration incorporates through-silicon via (TSV) technology as the primary method of interconnect between the die. While TSVs are one of the most rapidly developing technologies in the semiconductor industry, cost-effective high-volume manufacturing will be difficult to achieve unless manufacturing standards are developed.
3DS-ICs promise a fundamental shift for current multi-chip integration and packaging approaches. 3DS-ICs are already in production for CMOS image sensors; high-volume manufacturing for Wide Input/Output Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (IO SDRAM) is expected in 2013. Widespread use of 3DS-ICs would result in increased performance, smaller footprints, and reduced cost and power consumption. However, multiple manufacturing challenges must first be solved because 3DS-ICs' increased design and mechanical complexity can lead to signal interference, increased manufacturing defects, and thermal management issues.
To gather industry input and identify potential standardization topics, SEMI worked with SEMATECH to report recent progress, identify areas of concern for 3D TSV integration, and identify the gaps between existing technologies and future solutions. SEMATECH represents companies including GLOBALFOUNDRIES, HP, IBM, Intel, Samsung, and UMC. Other companies supporting the formation of a SEMI 3DS-IC Standards Committee include: Amkor, ASE, IMEC, ITRI, Olympus, Qualcomm, Semilab, Tokyo Electron, and Xilinx.
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Small companies, big impressions
How Jones Soda, Wawa Dairy and Hirzel Canning outmaneuver the giants in their categories
In the biblical story of David and Goliath, the small boy slays the giant. Our story today has small heroes, but nobody dies.
It would indeed for difficult for a Jones Soda to knock off Coca-Cola or Pepsico. Ditto for Wawa Dairy and Hirzel Canning in their respective categories. But being small has its advantages. You can be a lot more fleet of foot, take more risks, get excused for making some mistakes. But that doesn't mean you can't hit some home runs.
All three of these companies have pulled some firsts in their categories. Hirzel was the first company in North America to use a reclosable steel can. Wawa Dairy is quick to try unusual flavors in both milk and other drinks -- getting both pre-launch input and immediate feedback from its convenience store customers. Jones Soda makes such a strong connection with its customers that more than 4,000 of them have contributed photos that have been turned into product labels.
They are three very different companies in three very different businesses. Each category has its quirks, from the stodgy milk industry to the easily commoditized canned vegetable business to the two-company category of carbonated soft drinks. Each category has seen its share of consolidation, with clear leaders emerging. But as the top guns got bigger, they also turned into battleships: unassailable at what they do best, but incapable of sharp turns. That leaves a lot of room around the edges.
For instance, Pepsico made headlines back in March when it announced it would unveil a mid-calorie cola, Pepsi Edge, sometime this summer. (Those fair-weather dieters among you who have been mixing regular and diet Pepsi at home are entitled to a "duh.") Coke, in a marketing stroke of genius, claimed to have had one in the works, too, and would beat Pepsi to market. Jones Soda, suspecting there was at least some short-term hay to be made, promised nothing but quickly launched a mid-calorie soda. "It's not rocket science," says CEO Peter van Stolk.
Despite their differences, our three Davids also have some things in common. Product development in all three is a multifunctional and somewhat casual affair, from salespeople bringing back ideas from grocers to voting for new soda flavors on a web site to sampling customers at convenience stores. Hirzel and Wawa also tightly integrate manufacturing into the R&D process; both have surprisingly sophisticated manufacturing processes for their size and their categories. While Jones outsources its bottling, it has forged especially close relationships with both its copackers and its ingredient suppliers, who play important roles in product development. All three companies admit to making some mistakes, but regard errors as inextricable parts of ideation.
All also have a strongly entrepreneurial spirit, which is particularly refreshing in a industry that, despite claims to the contrary, still keeps score in 13-week increments. "We don't have the budgets our competitors do, so we have to take risks and move quickly," says van Stolk.
Far from walking in the shadows of the giants, these small companies are leaving some pretty big footprints of their own. Their stories follow.
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Common sense and gut feel still drive Hirzel Canning
When the salesman came calling on the Acme grocery chain in Philadelphia 30 or so years ago, the buyer said he wished he had an "Eastern" style of stewed tomatoes, a formulation a little sweeter than what he was getting with the "California" tomatoes of his current supplier.
The comment could have been brushed off with "we don't make that," or at best forwarded to a corporate hierarchy or inflexible product development department. In fact, the salesman's company, Hirzel Canning Co. and Farms, made just about every kind of canned tomato product but stewed tomatoes. But this salesman was also the company president, as well as one quarter of the research and development department. All it took was a little tinkering and a new store brand of stewed tomatoes hit the shelves of Acme stores along the East Coastfollowed later by Hirzel's Star Cross brand.
"That was kind of crude R&D, but it was how a lot of our products were developed," says Karl Hirzel, the third generation to be running the Toledo, Ohio, company. "Up until five or six years ago, almost everything was done by trial and error and by keeping our eyes and ears open. We'd ask our [grocery] customers what they wanted, we'd look at what was in the market and especially what was doing well and we'd think of ways we could improve on that. A lot was common sense and gut feel."
The 67-year-old Hirzel admits the market has gotten a little more sophisticated, so the R&D department has ballooned to two dedicated professionals, as well as "anyone else who needs to be in on the development of a new product. We're doing R&D at all levels. Every plant manager does R&D, every production manager, every salesperson who tells us what their customer wants," says Hirzel.
In fact, he says, product development usually starts with the salespeople. "They're our front line. They see what's already out in the market, what's doing well and what the retailers want," Hirzel says.
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Motorists reminded to watch speed
Motorists are reminded to watch their speed to prevent serious crashes on Ohio roadways.
Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) officials this week warned that excessive speed reduces reaction time and increases the severity of traffic crashes.
OSHP Lt. Anne Ralston said they are urging all motorists to obey posted speed limits and drive within their abilities.
"It is important to follow the posted speed limit because they are set after numerous traffic safety studies, which consider traffic patterns, volume and average reaction time," OSHP Wapakoneta Post Sgt. Kristina Bennett said.
She explained areas where the speed is reduced from 55 miles per hour is due to residences, business, foot traffic, schools, and other considerations, where the potential for a collision becomes greater.
"At 55 miles per hour you are traveling 80.7 feet per second," Bennett said. "Increasing your speed to 70 mph puts you at 102.6 feet per second. The average stopping distance after you figure in reaction time for a passenger car at 55 mph is 216 feet (288 for semis) and at 70 mph it is 329 feet (444 for semis). These are tests on drivers who are paying attention, not distracted by cell phones, GPS units or other distractions, so it will only increase from there."
In 2011, 30 percent of all fatal crashes — resulting in the deaths of 479 people and injuring 72, 536 more— in Ohio were caused by speed-related factors, according to OSHP statistics.
"We want drivers to remember that with a higher rate of speed, the greater the risk of serious injury or death in a crash," Ralston said.
The second leading cause of fatal crashes in 2011 was improper lane change, improper passing, and driving off the road, which accounted for 13 percent of all fatal crashes.
"Excessive speed greatly reduces a driver's ability to negotiate an unexpected curve, to stop within an assured clear distance ahead, or to steer safely around a hazardous object," OSHP Superintendent Col. John Born said. "Speeding drivers put themselves, their passengers and other drivers at tremendous risk."
Because troopers with the Wapakoneta Post don't normally do a long speed work up on a crash, they don't generally label them as speed-related. Bennett said instead, crash reports usually indicate that the motorist went off the roadway because they were speeding and lost control or they went off the road after losing control in a curve.
She said most of the crashes troopers here marked as speed related are ones that occur in winter and the motorists are going too fast for road conditions.
"We had 107 unsafe speed crashes last year, 33 were injury crashes and one fatal," Bennett said. "We usually average two speed-related fatals a year."
While speeders can come from any demographic, Bennett said locally, motorists under 35 years of age are the most likely offenders.
Statewide, motorists 16- to 25-years-old caused 37 percent of the 124,948 speed-related traffic crashes in 2011. This same group of motorists received the most speeding citations — 29 percent of the total 289,554 speed citations issued by the Highway Patrol.
The Patrol, in partnership with the Ohio High School Athletic Association, in 2012 formed a teen driver safety program known as "You Are in Control," which aims to educate young drivers about the consequences of dangerous driving habits and to reinforce safety, responsibility and awareness.


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Glastonbury 2013 Lineup Announced
Glastonbury 2013 Lineup Announced
The big news has been all about the Rolling Stones headlining the Saturday night but that's not to overlook festival favourites Mumford & Sons and the Arctic Monkeys, also at the top of the bill.
Possessing a bit of a one track mind we're particularly looking forward to getting our gear goggles on and seeing what the great and the good are making sweet music with. To tide us over here's a rundown of who's playing with links to any previous gear news.
Pyramid stage
Arctic Monkeys; the Rolling Stones; Mumford & Sons; Dizzee Rascal; Primal Scream; Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds; Vampire Weekend; Elvis Costello; the Vaccines; Kenny Rogers; Ben Howard; Rita Ora; Rufus Wainwright; Jake Bugg; Professor Green; Laura Mvula; Billy Bragg; Rokia Traoré; First Aid Kit; Haim
Other Stage
Portishead; Chase & Status; The xx; Foals; Example; The Smashing Pumpkins; Alt-J; Two Door Cinema Club; PiL; Tame Impala; Alabama Shakes; Editors; Azealia Banks; Of Monsters and Men; the Lumineers; Enter Shikari; I Am Kloot; The Hives; Amanda Palmer
West Holts stage
Chic ft Nile Rogers; Public Enemy; The Weeknd; Seasick Steve; Major Lazer; Tom Tom Club; Maverick Sabre; Lianne Les Havas; Toro Y Moi; Ondatrópica; Sérgio Mendes; Dub Colossus; the Orb & Indigenous People; The Child of Lov; Alice Russell; Goat; Badbadnotgood; The Bombay Royale; Matthew E. White; Riot Jazz
The Park stage
Cat Power; The Horrors; Fuck Buttons; Django Django; Rodriguez; Dinosaur Jr; Calexico; Steve Mason; Palma Violets; Devendra Banhart; Michael Kiwanuka; Solange; King Krule; Stealing Sheep; Tim Burgess; Melody's Echo Chamber; Ed Harcourt; Half Moon Run; Josephine; Teleman
John Peel stage
Crystal Castles; Hurts; Phoenix; Bastille; Everything Everything; James Blake; Johnny Marr; The Courteeners; Jessie Ware; Tyler, The Creator; Frightened Rabbit; Miles Kane; Local Natives; The Strypes; Savages; Tom Odell; Peace; Daughter; Villagers; Toy; Jagwar Ma
Silver Hayes
Nas; Hot Natured; Disclosure; Rudimental; The Family Stone; Skream & Benga; Sub Focus; Charles Bradley; SBTRKT; Netsky; Dogblood; The Congos; The 2 Bears; Aluna George; Julio Bashmore; Wiley; TEED; Gold Panda; David Rodigan
Avalon stage
Ben Caplan; Beverley Knight; Crowns; Evan Dando; Gary Clark Jr.; JJ Grey & Mofro; Josh Doyle; Lucy Rose; Mad Dog Mcrea; Molotov Jukebox; Newton Faulkner; Oysterband; Penguin Café; Shooglenifty; Stornoway; The Destroyers; The Staves; The Urban Voodoo Machine; Vintage Trouble; Xavier Rudd
Spirit of 71
Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3; Slim Chance; Simian Mobile Disco; Terakaft; System 7 vs Eat Static; Don Letts; DJ James Monro; Gypsy Hill; Electric Swing Circus; DJ Tristan; Mixhell
Plus Arcadia; The Common; Croissant-Neuf; The Field of Avalon; Green Fields; Green Futures; Greenpeace; The Healing Field; Kidzfield; Leftfield; The Pilton Palais; Shangri-La: The Afterlife; Strummerville; The Unfairground
Introducing: The Arctic Dome; Blues; Genosys; Glasto Latino; The Glastonbury Free Press; Gully; Sonic; The Summerhouse; William's Green


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Quality of service (QoS) is the overall performance of a telephony or computer network, particularly the performance seen by the users of the network.
Above is the Quality of Service definition from the Wikipedia. Performance metrics can be bandwidth, delay, jitter, pocket loss and so on.
Two Quality Of Service approaches have been defined by the standard organisations. Namely Intserv (Integrated Services) and Diffserv (Differentiated Services).
In this post I will not explain each method or special tools used in each method. Instead, which method makes sense in particular design and which Quality of Service Tools can solve user needs without compromising the network design goals.


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Just about everybody and his brother has run over the old farmland called Galeville in the rural, rolling hills of Shawangunk.
Police chase cars, military aircraft trainers, you name it.
But it's now a 590-acre haven for migratory birds called the Shawngunk National Wildlife Refuge, which means you can't shoot the birds. You can't even bother them.
It's perfect for threatened and endangered birds like short-eared owls, whose huge yellow eyes and moth-like flight draws hundreds to the refuge each year.
Spring brings declining grassland bird species like hundreds of nesting black, buff and white bobolinks, singing their hearts out after migrating here all the way from Argentina.
Threatened grasshopper sparrows and elegant upland sandpipers raise families in the runways of shadowy, grassy tunnels honeycombing the refuge.
Which is why so many people come here to simply watch them.
People such as New Paltz naturalist Tom Crepet.
"Sometimes," he says with relish, "the threatened northern harriers (hawks) get into that's-my-mouse tiffs with endangered short-eared owls."
The annoyed owls, he recalls, "can make a sort of bark."
You get the idea. The area has migratory birds galore.
And that's why birdwatchers are on the warpath – again – to save the refuge from losing ground.
Shawangunk town officials are seeking a special state permit to "take" or possibly kill some of the refuge's endangered or threatened birds while constructing what they insist is a much needed, enhanced sports field in the existing town park that neighbors the refuge. They need 9.3 acres from the refuge to do this.
Local birdwatchers and big umbrella environmental organizations are up in arms.
All seek denials of a state permit to "take" habitat from the refuge. And they want public hearings, plus more comment time.
"Our 1,800 members urge that an environmental impact study (in detail) be required," writes Joanne Steele, chairwoman of the mid-Hudson Sierra Club chapter.
That's just one of "about 100 comments" received so far, says state Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Wendy Rosenbach.
Audubon NY's 50,000 members weighed in, along with many local bird clubs.
So what's the big deal? Kids want more sports fields and they don't have enough, says Shawangunk Supervisor John Valk, who says he's been angling for this project "for a very long time (more than 12 years)."
He's providing many givebacks, says Valk, such as bathrooms for the refuge, which doesn't have any; maps; observation posts; nature trails; and a 31-acre replacement plot that's near but not on the refuge. Also, dogs would not be allowed in the area, as is the refuge rule.
But this is dangerous toe-in-the-door stuff that's ruined other grasslands, say environmentalists. That's why they battled model-airplane enthusiasts who went to the mat to be able to launch their models at the refuge years ago. The model-airplane folks lost.
It's the kind of peaceful kingdom all kinds of people love because its quiet, huge, teeming with life and you can make contact there with species you may never see elsewhere – including rare plants like spiky Bush's sedge, discovered long ago by Kansas City, Mo. mailman botanist Benjamin Franklin Bush.
Wayne's World: Rare birds find refuge in Shawangunk
Just about everybody and his brother has run over the old farmland called Galeville in the rural, rolling hills of Shawangunk.


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It gives us great pleasure to announce that Patrick Milott has been awarded the 2012 Sandra P. Zemm Labor Law Prize. The prize was established in 2009 at Chicago-Kent by the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw to honor the memory of Sandra P. Zemm, who died in September 2008 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
The Zemm Prize is awarded each year to a graduating senior in the certificate program who exemplifies the qualities that Ms. Zemm possessed: "a commitment to pursue a career in labor and employment law, a pioneer spirit and willingness to take the initiative wherever possible, and a gracious and generous attitude toward helping those in need." Recipients are selected by the Chicago-Kent faculty who teach in the law school's program in labor and employment law.
Patrick has amply demonstrated a commitment to a career in labor and employment law, a pioneer spirit, and concern for those in need. Patrick earned a bachelor of science degree in philosophy from Illinois State University, where he was an Academic All-American and recipient of a summer research grant. At Chicago-Kent, Patrick's achievements have been significant and of astonishing variety. In addition to numerous appearances on the Dean's List, he managed to study abroad in China, earn the Certificate in Labor and Employment Law, and earn the Dean's Distinguished Public Service Award. His service to the school includes activities ranging from serving as vice president of Lambdas to serving as a teaching assistant for Civil Procedure. His community service covers an even broader range, from volunteering at Legal Aid through interning for the United States Navy, for the Illinois Department of Labor, and for the Governor's Office of General Counsel. Patrick was also a member of the Labor and Employment trial team, representing Chicago-Kent in the ABA Labor and Employment Law regional competition, and authored an article for Professor Henry Perritt's 2011 Employment Update Avoiding Corporate Liability Under International Law in Labor Disputes.
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Bieler lifts Sporting over D.C. United
Kansas City, KS – Claudio Bieler's strike right at the death handed Sporting Kansas City a 1-0 win over D.C. United on Friday at Sporting Park.
Sporting's clean sheet extends the club's shutout streak to an impressive 429 consecutive minutes and they have not allowed a goal since falling to Toronto FC, 2-1. back on March 9.
Sporting KC was on the front foot from the first whistle and its first great chance of the night came in the 19th minute when defender Matt Besler powered one into the penalty area with a long throw-in. Bieler got his head to it, but flicked it just wide of the United net.
The hosts had several more chances to find the back of the net, but almost went down a goal right at the end of the first half as United best chance came in the 45th minute.
United forward Lionard Pajoy controlled a ball on the left wing, worked his way past Sporting KC defender Aurelien Collin and fired a shot toward goal, but it sizzled past the near post and the teams went into the break scoreless.
Sporting KC kept the pressure up in the second half and it paid off in the final minute of regulation when Soony Saad beat his defender to the end line and sent a low cross into the box where Bieler powered it past United goalkeeper Bill Hamid with a first-time, left-footed rocket.
The Sporting KC Designated Player has four goals in his first six matches.
D.C. United sent numbers forward in search of an equalizer as the fourth official's board showed five minutes of stoppage time, but the visitors were unable to produce the goal they needed to come away with a point.
Sporting Kansas City rises to second place in the Eastern Conference on 11 points, while D.C. United drops to ninth place with four points from five matches.


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Date: Nov 04, 2012
Press Release Number: 180-2012
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey invites media photographers and videographers only to take footage tomorrow, Sunday November 4, of the first vessel unloading cargo since the port was closed due to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Photographers and videographers who plan to attend must arrive at Newark International Airport, Short Term Parking Lot A, by 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Attendees should follow signs for the Marriott Hotel. Additional signage will guide them to the location.
The Port Authority will bus photographers and videographers from Newark Airport to Port Elizabeth in Elizabeth, NJ, where they will be allowed to take footage of the first cargo ships unloading.
Port Elizabeth has faced unprecedented challenges as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The storm surge dumped nearly four feet of water throughout the Port. Round the clock cleanup efforts have repaired damaged roadways, moved hundreds of displaced shipping containers and fixed rail lines.
Due to space limitations, reporters will not be accommodated. Media photographers and videographers who wish to attend please RSVP to email@example.com.
Reminder: Daylight savings time takes effect tonight. Please remember to set your clocks back one hour.
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Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where construction crews are building the iconic One World Trade Center, which is now the tallest skyscraper in New York. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the state of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency relies on revenues generated by facility users, tolls, fees and rents as well as loans, bond financing, and federal grants to fund its operations. For more information, please visit http://www.panynj.gov.


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Ok, on to the Mets participation... Josh Satin and Jeff Kaplan are on the Israel squad which also includes 39 year old former Met Shawn Green. Kai Gronauer is on the German team and Hamilton Bennett is on the Great Britain squad. The Canada squad has a former Mets flavor with Shawn Bowman and Jon Malo, joining soon to be minor league free agent Adam Loewen. Other Mets will be participating in the November qualifiers, so far only Ruben Tejada (and Manny Acosta who may not even be a Met at that time) have been announced.
Josh Satin has played both games at 3B for Israel (2-0) and is 2-for-5 with 2 singles, 4 BB and 1 K.
Jeff Kaplan RHP recorded the final two outs in their 7-3 win over South Africa allowing 1 BB. Kaplan missed more than two months of this year on the disabled list with a shoulder strain. The extra activity will be helpful in extending his season and determining the health of his shoulder going into next year.
Israel will play next on Sunday after the rest of the pool is narrowed down to one. Spain at 1-1 will play the survivor of France and South Africa who played to a 2-2 suspended game when rain halted play last night. After the resumption of that game at noon Sat, the winning team will face Spain that night at 7 pm.
Kai Gronauer caught Germany's first game and went 0-for-2 with a walk. Germany beat Czech Republic 16-1 in a 6 inning mercy shortened game.
Adam Loewen was 2-for-4 with a rbi double and 1 K in Canada's 11-1 win over Great Britain, shortened to 7 innings on mercy. Great Britain had a difficult time finding quality pitching, using both the Dodgers LHP Chris Reed who split the year between A+ and AA, and the Angels LHP Mike Roth who pitched for South Carolina U and then in the Angels rookie level.
Hamilton Bennett has yet to appear for GB.
Today in Germany, Germany will take on Canada at 1pm ET while Great Britain eliminated the Czechs this morning, in a 12-5 game and will take on the loser of the Canada-Germany game tomorrow.
Games can be watched on mlb.com for free and more info on these on going tournaments can be found here.


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The Sims 3 Katy Perry's Sweet Treats lets you indulge your Sims with the sweet and vibrant style of Katy Perry. This game pack showcases a vast range of décor items, furniture, and, of course, fabulous fashions and hairstyles! Inspired by Katy's real-life clothing and props, these fun furnishings, décor, and fashions will add a dash of sweet style to your Sims' lives. Packed with more stuff than you have ever seen, your Sims will also enjoy three all-new spectacular venues including a local hangout, a town park, and a neighborhood swimming pool - each decked out in delicious Katy Perry style.
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The Sims 3: Katy Perry's Sweet Treats for PC is one of the most interesting Stuff Packs The Sims 3 Collection has seen. Every item in the Stuff Pack is inspired by Katy Perry herself, a pop artist who is most famous for songs like "Hot and Cold" and "Last Friday Night," which is a song that can be played in game on a stereo system in Simlish, the Sim language.
The items that are available to the player in Katy Perry's Sweet Treats, of course, look delicious. There are sweet-looking hairstyles, along with tasty pieces that can be gained in Buy Mode, not to mention the clothing line. The bathing suit tops/bras for Sweet Treats look like sparkling ice cream. There are glittery dresses with lollipops and other candies going down the sides that come in three colors, but of course, the colors can be altered or completely changed in Create-A-Style Mode.
Sweet Treats allows for many new things that couldn't be done before. For instance, players can now make a gingerbread house with candy canes as decoration on the outside and a fence to go around the house that is in the shape of delicious cupcakes. For the inside, cupcake chairs can be placed next to the lollipop light and sweet guitar underneath a chandelier with light bulbs that look like something to sink teeth into instead.
The Stuff Pack also comes with new venues, hang out locations, and even a local pool that is decked out in Katy Perry's Sweet Treats. These locations and possibilities makes the player feel like their sims are in a Sims 3 version of a game from their childhood, like Candyland. The entire environment can be manipulated and turned into a place where sweet things are everywhere: waffle cones, cupcakes, lollipops, chocolate, gumdrops, candy canes, and more.
Katy Perry's Sweet Treats is one of the boldest and most successful moves of Electronic Arts. EA tends to try to follow in the footsteps of the previous collection, The Sims 2, which also had many successful expansion packs and stuff packs. They went off script and created an entire stuff pack solely inspired by Katy Perry. It was bold, but wildly successful. Not only will players who are fans of Katy Perry enjoy it, but so will players that enjoy different things in their simulation game. When Electronic Arts introduced aliens into The Sims 2, it was a big and wild hit, and people asked for more in The Sims 3. If EA ever created a Sims 4, there will be a lot of requests and demands, one of them being to create a stuff pack that is inspired by another popular icon, whoever that will be at the time.
Katy Perry's Sweet Stuff was a massive hit. Simmers loved it and still love it. The items in this stuff pack are pleasing and most of all were inspired by things that Katy Perry owns. Players could even create Katy Perry themselves if they wanted to. They probably would, too. They probably have.
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Value Line is regarded as the best independent research available. More than just recommendations, Value Line provides the rationale behind its picks for greater understanding.
The investing world is often broken down into two broad camps: growth and value. The growth group looks for companies with earnings that are advancing at a material clip. The value camp, meanwhile, looks for stocks that are trading on the cheap. The desire to find undervalued stocks is both emotionally and intellectually appealing—after all, who doesn't like to take advantage of a sale? Moreover, value investing follows one of the oldest, and most obvious, sayings on Wall Street, "buy low, sell high."
The problem is that everyone is trying to buy low and sell high, even the growth investors. So it's important to properly define "cheap" and have a systematic way of identifying candidates that meet that criterion. Equally paramount is remembering that some merchandise winds up on the sale heap because it is damaged in some way. A fact that is as true for stocks as it is for consumer goods.
To help investors cull through the list of potential investments, Value Line provides weekly screens. One of the more useful screens for value investors is the Bargain Basement Stocks screen. The screen is fairly simple, highlighting companies with price-to-earnings multiples and price to "net" working capital ratios near the bottom of the Value Line universe. The idea is to identify companies that are trading cheaply relative to earnings and to the money that would be "left over" if the company were to be liquidated. Note, that most stocks never trade below their liquidation value, but even trading at two or three times that value is noteworthy.
This screen is available every week in the Index section of The Value Line Investment Survey. Subscribers can access the most recent Index here to see all 35 names on the list. Recent names that may interest bargain hunters, though for quite different reasons, include PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM) and Fuel Tech, Inc. (FTEK).
PulteGroup, Inc.
PulteGroup (formerly Pulte Homes) is one of the largest home builders in the United States. Through three brands, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, and Centex, it offers a wide variety of home designs, including single-family, row houses, condominiums, and duplexes at different prices and with varying options and amenities. The Pulte brand is directed toward the "move-up'' market, while Del Webb targets "active adults'' and Centex the entry-level market. At December 31, 2013, the company operated in 48 markets in 27 states, including the 11 biggest. In 2013, it closed sales of 17,766 homes, up 7.6% from the prior year, with 46% by the Pulte brand, 29% from Del Webb, and 25% from Centex.
In 2013, sales of single-family detached houses accounted for 85% of Pulte's unit volume, and prices ranged from under $100,000 to over $1.2 million, with 86% in the $100,000 to $450,000 range. At December 31, 2013, Pulte was developing 577 housing communities. PulteGroup also offers title search and mortgage origination services, performing these activities for around 80% of its home buyers.
Like its entire industry, Pulte is recovering from the shock of the Great Recession, which saw industry unit volume plummet by around 75% from 2005 to 2009. In 2012, new home sales rose for the first time since 2005, and the trend continued last year, when new unit sales were up 16% from 2012, to 428,000. As the economy has continued to expand, if at a slower pace than we'd like, Pulte and its industry realized price increases last year. Pulte's unit volume slowed a bit in the fourth quarter, but price increases, achieved thanks to the low industry new-home inventory, more than overcame the lower volume. At the 2014 forecast tax rate of 39% and before unusual items, December-period earnings were about $0.37 a share, up from $0.20 in the 2013 time frame. For 2013, on the same basis, Pulte earned around $0.95, compared with $0.40 in 2012. Moreover, thanks to the better times, the company reversed large deferred tax asset writedowns that it took in the recession, which improved its total debt-to-capital ratio to 31%, from 53% at the end of 2012.
Prospects look good for 2014, owing to the steadily gaining economy and job growth, low interest rates, and low new-home inventories. Indeed, in anticipation of better times to come, Pulte plans to invest around $2.0 billion in land acquisition and development this year, up from $1.3 billion in 2013. Margins, too, should widen as the company sells a good many more houses built on common floor plans; 21% of last year's unit sales were built using these less-expensive models, and the goal is 40% this year, on its way to an ultimate hope of 70%. With a broad product line offering a home for most pocket books and $1.6 billion of cash as of December 31st, PulteGroup should get its share and perhaps a bit more of the present upswing in the housing market. And we expect the dividend to grow, too. In terms of the bargain basement screen, PHM's price to net working capital and price to book ratios have improved a bit since the September 30th balance sheet, though its price to earnings ratio has worsened, owing to a higher forecast tax rate in 2014.
Fuel Tech., Inc.
Fuel Tech is a technology-based company that offers products and services for air pollution control, process optimization, and combustion efficiency. Both segments rely on technologies that inject chemical slurries into combustion units in precise concentrations and locations to achieve a desired outcome. Air pollution control (APC) offerings include low nitrogen oxide burners, post-combustion nitrogen controls, catalytic and non-catalytic reduction systems, among others. It has installed NOx reductions systems on over 800 units that use a wide variety of fuels, including coal, fuel oil, natural gas, and biomass, in about 30 countries.
Fuel Tech's Fuel Chem segment's products improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility, and environmental aspects of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, and the formation of unwanted combustion byproducts and particulate matter. Its patented targeted in-furnace injection processes (TIFI) help increase efficiency in units burning a wide variety of fuels, such as coal, heavy oil, biomass, and municipal waste. In 2013, APC contributed 66% of sales and 56% of gross profit, with the balance coming from Fuel Chem.
In 2013, Fuel Tech's sales and earnings increased 12% and 64%, respectively, thanks to success in China/Pacific Rim and in Chile. U.S. revenues slipped 11%, due to continuing uncertainty about the timing of new pollution control rules. In the fourth quarter, though, earnings came in well below our forecast, owing to lower sales as a large APC contract in Chile began to wind down, as well as higher general costs. In 2014, the large APC contract in Chile, the biggest in Fuel Tech's history, is set to be completed by midyear. And APC installations in the United States will probably lag, as well. That said, business should continue to grow in China, where the company has had a presence since 2007 and is well known. All told, Fuel Tech expects the second half to be better than the first.
Fuel Tech main appeal is likely its China/Pacific rim business. China is increasing its pollution control efforts, and much more will be needed if that huge country is not to suffer declining food production and other unpleasant consequences of rapid construction of coal-fired power plants, which will certainly continue for a while. In the United States, the Supreme Court is to rule on the EPA's Cross States Air Pollution Rule by this summer; if the rule is overturned, the EPA will very likely propose something as strict to replace it. Fuel Tech has some bigger, better known competitors, such as General Electric (GE -Free General Electric Stock Report), Babcock & Wilcox (BWC), and Foster Wheeler (FWLT), but its APC products cut pollution at a considerably lower cost per unit of capacity, such as megawatts. With respect to the bargain basement scale, Fuel Tech has improved since the September balance sheet on the price to net working capital metric and held steady on the price to book value ratio; its price to earnings ratio, though, has risen as a results of the disappointing fourth quarter results. Longer term, the company should benefit from tighter air pollution standards, and its nearly debt-free balance sheet makes acquisitions possible.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not hold positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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1:7: ἐπειδὴ δέ μοι ἡ μήτηρ ἐτελεύτησε, πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἀποθανοῦσα αἰτία μοι γεγένηται.
Paul Derouda wrote:I don't think Euphiletos is really blaming the mother for dying - he's just saying "it all began when..."
daivid wrote:Maybe the speech is an example of how alien 5th century Athens is to us.
To me it reads like a clever piece of fiction in which the surface appeal of Euphiletos to the jury is undercut by a subtext in which the reader is invited to imagine the fate not of their wife but of an unfortunate sister married off to the likes of Euphiletos.
ἐν μὲν οὖν τῷ πρώτῳ χρόνῳ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, πασῶν ἦν βελτίστη: καὶ γὰρ οἰκονόμος δεινὴ καὶ φειδωλὸς (ἀγαθὴ?) καὶ ἀκριβῶς πάντα διοικοῦσα: ἐπειδὴ δέ μοι ἡ μήτηρ ἐτελεύτησε, πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἀποθανοῦσα αἰτία μοι γεγένηται.
ἐλθὼν δὲ οἴκαδε ἐκέλευον ἀκολουθεῖν μοι τὴν θεράπαιναν εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν, ἀγαγὼν δ᾽ αὐτὴν ὡς τῶν ἐπιτηδείων τινὰ ἔλεγον ὅτι ἐγὼ πάντα εἴην πεπυσμένος τὰ γιγνόμενα ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ: 'σοὶ οὖν' ἔφην 'ἔξεστι δυοῖν ὁπότερον βούλει ἑλέσθαι, ἢ μαστιγωθεῖσαν εἰς μύλωνα ἐμπεσεῖν καὶ μηδέποτε παύσασθαι κακοῖς τοιούτοις συνεχομένην, ἢ κατειποῦσαν ἅπαντα τἀληθῆ μηδὲν παθεῖν κακόν, ἀλλὰ συγγνώμης παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ τυχεῖν τῶν ἡμαρτημένων. ψεύσῃ δὲ μηδέν, ἀλλὰ πάντα τἀληθῆ λέγε.'
Returning home, I bade the servant-girl follow me to the market, and taking her to the house of an intimate friend, I told her I was fully informed of what was going on in my house: "So it is open to you," I said, "to choose as you please between two things,—either to be whipped and thrown into a mill, and to be irrevocably immersed in that sort of misery, or else to speak out the whole truth and, instead of suffering any harm, obtain my pardon for your transgressions. Tell no lies, but speak the whole truth."
Qimmik wrote:Euphiletus is a typical Athenian man speaking to typical Athenian men in a language they understand. The speech was written in the expectation that the jurors would accept him as one of their own, doing what any self-respecting Athenian man would do under the circumstances.
The ancient world was full of cruelty, just like the modern world, but maybe more so. If you want to engage with ancient Greek, you have to accept this, even if it's painful.
Lysias wrote: ἐγὼ δ᾽ εἶπον ὅτι 'οὐκ ἐγώ σε ἀποκτενῶ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ τῆς πόλεως νόμος, ὃν σὺ παραβαίνων περὶ ἐλάττονος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἐποιήσω, καὶ μᾶλλον εἵλου τοιοῦτον ἁμάρτημα ἐξαμαρτάνειν εἰς τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ εἰς τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἢ τοῖς νόμοις πείθεσθαι καὶ κόσμιος εἶναι.'
my translation wrote:It's not I that will kill you but the laws of the city which you violating them considered to be less than your pleasure and you chose to commit a sin in relation to my wife and to my child rather than to obey the laws and to be moderate.
Scribo wrote:It depends on what you mean by fiction, I doubt not it has been edited but the logic and evidence against it being genuine is rather...well insurmountable. The ancients didn't think so, similar tropes are found elsewhere in oratory, this would doubtless have served as a good advertisement of the logographer Lysias' skill and so on.
Scribo wrote:You bring up some interesting points re: psychopathy. I'm actually really bad at picking these things up and just sort of...go with the flow. Hence my recent quip about hanging handmaidens. I'd not do it but I find it not at all surprising. Anyway turning back to that admirable passage, I take it thus (and I suspect the Athenians did too):
ἐγὼ δ᾽ εἶπον ὅτι 'οὐκ ἐγώ σε ἀποκτενῶ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ τῆς πόλεως νόμος,
This isn't grandiose but rather impersonal, the speaker is subsuming himself in the law as a faceless entity. A good shield in the phalanx so to speak. The idea here is that this isn't a personal action but one from civic mindness. The Athenians were terrified of seduction (which came under a graphe hubrews btw, pretty damn series! we're talking death or atimia here...). Cf a statement made by Demosthenes somewhere...something like "we believe the laws have power but if a man strikes you the law does nothing etc, men have to defend them". So this is an admirable statement. Not at all true, ofc, in order to have the right of death of an adulterer you had to catch him strictly red handed.
Scribo wrote:Is it wallowing? It seems very much like he's simply saying "oh do as I bid you or suffer x" with the kind of passive intransigence who knows such things are quite possible. I mean I doubt the kind of stuff that goes on in Iran nowadays is any better and will be said with as much casualness as this.
Scribo wrote:As for the wife not going on, we know it was a sort of cultural meme that women didn't need to go the well to get their own water if they were well off. So in apparently keeping her inside he was advertising to the jury look how high class we are, look how I keep her. In Menander then the playwright could be sending two messages to the audience. Either lol they're poor! (unlikely) or they're rustic and without the pretensions of the city..
Scribo wrote: Although the Thesmophoria thing is a bit weird! There were a few festivals where women were allowed out.
Paul Derouda wrote:I agree with Scribo and Qimmik here. Your "problem" here (in the lack of a better word) is that you want to believe that we humans are fundamentally good. I'm not so sure about that. Maybe it's possible to become better, but I'm not completely sure about that either.
Paul Derouda wrote:That checklist of symptoms of psychopath is basically a list of the traits that make a successful leader (successful at least from the person's own perspective). It's an effective way to transmit your genes to future generations. Many, many great military leaders, politicians, multinational business leaders etc. fit the criteria. But since we live in a peace time world that favors collaboration between peers more than in times past, we have started to call someone with these personality traits abnormal. If Julius Caesar's physician had told him he was suffering from a mental illness called psychopathy, Caesar would just have fed him to the lions and went on committing his genocide in Gaul.
Paul Derouda wrote:Daivid, what I mean is that I find it problematic to call all behaviour we find morally unacceptable psychically abnormal. Instead of saying "bad" or "evil" we now say "insane", but using a medical term doesn't explain anything. The fact is that the majority ancient Greeks thought, in John Wayne's words, that slavery "is a fact of life".
daivid wrote: "Oh yes, you should have heard his squeal when I told him. HAH HAH".
Paul Derouda wrote:I essentially agree what you say here about psychopaths. One problem with calling psychopathy a disease, in addition to the ones you mention, is that the person himself does not necessarily suffer from it. A person with a personality disorder gets himself into trouble, but a psychopath is usually just trouble for other people. I think this is one reason psychiatrists haven't accepted psychopathy as a personality disorder.
Paul Derouda wrote:But I disagree with your last point - this speech is genuinely meant to win over the jurors. Our starting point should be that what Lysias makes a good job in making his client say was supposed to present him in a good light. We may not like the picture it gives of the cradle of democracy and philosophy, but that's the truth and that's what we can learn from this speech. I can't blame you if it depresses you.
Paul Derouda wrote:But whether Euphiletos or indeed Lysias were psychopaths - maybe. In the end, psychopath is just a fancy word for an incurable !&?hole.


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While the Nashville Predators are running out of time to get in the playoff race, the Chicago Blackhawks could have a postseason wrapped up by the end of Sunday's home-and-home finale at United Center.
The Blackhawks, who recorded a 1-0 regulation win Saturday in Nashville, have 60 points on the season and are one point away from becoming the first NHL team this season to clinch a playoff spot. Any result other than a regulation loss on Sunday would do the trick for Chicago, which will be making its fifth straight appearance in the postseason.
Chicago is also closing in on a Central Division title, as it's currently 17 points in front of the Detroit Red Wings for first place.
Nashville, meanwhile, is sitting in 12th place in the Western Conference and four points out of a playoff spot. The Predators have nine games left in the regular season and seven of those contests are against teams above Nashville in the standings, including two against Chicago.
Chicago improved to 3-0 against the Predators this season in Saturday's low- scoring battle in the Music City. The 1-0 decision was the fourth straight win for the Blackhawks in the series and the seventh in the last 11 meetings. The Blackhawks also have won four of the last six encounters on home ice.
The Preds enter Sunday riding a six-game road losing streak and haven't won outside of Nashville since beating Dallas on March 12. The Predators are just 5-11-4 on the road this season, while Chicago is sporting a superb 13-3-2 mark at home.
Ray Emery made Bryan Bickell's first-period goal hold up as the winner on Saturday. Emery only needed to make 20 saves to record his second shutout of the season and 13th of his career.
"Rock solid. He did what he had to do," Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville said about Emery. "I thought he was in control around the net."
Pekka Rinne stopped 29 shots for Nashville, which has dropped two straight and five of its last six overall.
"We had some great chances at different parts of the game, especially late. I don't know how we didn't bury a couple of those," said Predators forward Mike Fisher.
The Preds played their third straight game without forward Gabriel Bourque, who has been sidelined since suffering an upper body injury against Chicago on Monday. Bourque, who is leading Nashville with 11 goals, is considered day-to- day.
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We're already half way into the first season of Hunter x Hunter and it's time to give away some signed merchandise from Japan!
We've started the Hunter x Hunter Scavenger Hunt right now! All you need to do is enter the correct episode # and time code (5 second leeway on each side) for each scene. Click here to enter the contest.
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hooray for once a contest i can enter but a question when is the next badge contest?
edit: finished it right after i posted the original post and im pretty sure i got them right so heres hoping for the best.
haha i remember all of em, anyways i will enter it tomorrow to tired to go find the time. plus its only 6 episodes. agrees about the badge, hopefully it won't be for this until the spider arc.
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Oh man, I am totally gonna do this! Thanks crunchyroll for the awesome prizes!!!
which anime to watch~?
I much prefer these contests over the badge contests (though i like the badges for collection purposes), simply because there's no need to hammer the CR servers with 20+ shows running at once to get those damn rare badges =P
I also prefer this type of contest over badge collecting. Another type of contest Crunchyroll could run is a "spot the difference" kind of screencap comparison challenge. Present two screencaps, one real and one that's slightly altered, and have people check the episode to select the real one.
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haha i remember all of em, anyways i will enter it tomorrow to tired to go find the time. plus its only 6 episodes. agrees about the badge, hopefully it won't be for this until the spider arc.
given the pace of the show i imagine the spider arc will start on the 30s.
well that probably ganna depend on the ratings. they are trying to get new viewers, though i hate how its less detailed compared to the original. actually at this pace the spiders will start around the 40's just like the original started on the 50's i believe.
though since its been years and i don't read the manga, they could decide to slow it down to complete the series with the manga. which may happen withing the next 5 years. i kinda want to start reading the manga now, to see if the series goes hand in hand with the manga or is it made to attract lil kids instead,
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gud luk to all of us i hope i be a winner soon hahhahaha
I'm liking this. GL to everyone I've already sent mine in ^^ This will be a fun little test, and makes me wonder it says you get 5 seconds between getting the right answer but if you get it spot on does that give you a better chance i wonder. ether way its fun to try and find the Exact picture frame they got there. Was fun doing it
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Got my answers in! Fingers crossed
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how big is that poster? anyways good luck to everyone participating maybe I'll join in maybe not.


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Good points. I haven't suggested or at least I did not mean to suggest that DL and non-ABA or lower ranked schools are the equivalent to HYS and other very good 'regular' schools.My point has been that my school and schools like it offer situations that work for their students. It may be that we can't move to a better school, or our LSATs aren't as good or we have to work, or we have familys to care for. I do not expect my legal education to measure up to others. I don't have the time or the opportunities. At the same time, I don't need some of the opportunities that HYS provide. NSL fits my needs and supports my goals. I don't know, but I have read in many places that HYS and others have grave flaws in their programs. That's not my opinion. It's the experts and pundits who say that. If those experts and pundits are correct, there are parts of my education at NSL that will be superior to those schools, but you don't have an argument with me. Your argument is with the experts and pundits. I don't know the first think about HYS and the better schools. I'm not in a position to judge them. Any criticisms I've leveled against them are echoes of those experts and pundits.But I don't think it helps the discussion for some people to abuse those who are in less prestigious and unconvential schools, because we may be happy with our choices. These schools work for us. Will they give us what we want in the future? There's evidence that it will. It will not land us in BIGLAW in Manhattan or a seat on the Supreme Court, but only the unrealistically optimistic among us even consider such things from a seat in a night law school.
I noticed that one poster went too far in praising DL programs.
If you graduate from a non aba jd i think you can still be admitted to st thomas, miami's llm program, the tax llm is online, this will let you into some states the best way to go is to go the the rules of the state you want to practice in, many for example once admitted then you can go to and take their bar exam§ 7. Requirements for admission -- Applicants admitted to the practice of law in another jurisdiction of the United States


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