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It is customary on MeritBadgeDotOrg to periodically archive old discussions on a talk page when it becomes too large. Bulky talk pages may be difficult to navigate and may contain obsolete discussion. Large talk pages could be a burden for users with slow Internet connections. On the other hand, there may be circumstances where it benefits discussions to keep older sections visible on the talk pages, so that newly visiting editors can see what has been discussed already, and so they can avoid bringing up topics again that have already been addressed.
The decisions when to archive and what is the optimal length for talk pages are made according to the MeritBadgeDotOrg policy of consensus among the editors on each particular talk page.
If possible, archive talk pages during a lull in the discussion to avoid archiving in the midst of an active discussion so that the full context of the discussion is together.
Regular articles are not archived because previous versions may be seen in the history tab.
There are two main methods for archiving a talk page, detailed below. Regardless of the method you choose, you should leave current, ongoing discussions on the existing talk page. It is helpful to label archives with dates and a brief summary of the main discussions. The most common useful method is the cut and paste procedure.
You may wish to consider refactoring discussions when you archive them.
Archiving one's own user talk page is optional and is preferred over deletion so that past discussions can be easily searched.
Subpage archive method
Using a subpage is the most popular method for archiving a talk page. There are two alternative procedures which can be used to create a subpage: Cut and paste or move. Whichever way you prefer, you should generally stick to one procedure or the other on any given page, since mixing the two may cause confusion.
Archive pages should be named as follows: take the name of the talk page, and add "/Archive #", where # is the number of the archive. Note that the word "Archive" has a capital A, there is a space before the number, and there are no leading zeros.
For example:
- the 20th archive of Talk:Earth would be named Talk:Earth/Archive 20
- the first archive of User talk:Example user would be named User talk:Example user/Archive 1
Remember to use the correct namespace – the part before the colon (:) – when archiving your own user talk page. It should start with "User talk:" not "Talk:".
Cut and paste procedure
- Click on edit this page for the talk page you wish to archive.
- In the edit box, highlight all the text you want to archive, right-click (Windows/Linux) or command-click (Mac); alternatively, left-click above the text you wish to move, and then scroll down and shift-click below it; and then select cut. The text will then be copied to your clipboard. Note that any WikiProject header templates should remain on the main talk page and should not be cut and pasted to an archive page.
- While still in the edit window, make a link to the archive name you plan on creating – you can link directly to a subpage by putting a slash (/) in front of it.
- If you're making a topical archive, use the name of the topic, for example [[/Place of birth debate]].
- If you're just archiving old discussion, use the next available number; so if the last archive page was Archive 3, call it [[/Archive 4]].
- If there are no archives yet, call it [[/Archive 1]].
- Archive links can be conveniently placed in an archive template (How to do this is described in the archive box section below)
- Save the page. You should now have a page of recent discussion with a red link to your archive at the top.
- Open the newly-created subpage by clicking the red link. Paste the old discussions from your clipboard into the edit box.
- Add {{talkarchive}} to the top and bottom of the page. This adds a notice explaining that the page is an archive, and links back to the main talk page.
- If this is a numbered archive, you can add a navigation template to make it easier to navigate through to other numbered archives. See the section navigation templates below.
- Save. You have now created an archive.
Advantages of cut and paste
- Discussions can be archived by topic, rather than chronologically. This may be appropriate on talk pages where certain topics have a tendency to come up again and again, and it is convenient to have all past discussion on an issue in one location. Archiving by topic is usually less appropriate for personal user talk pages.
- Unlike the permanent link archiving method, the archive can be edited for clarity. For instance, headers can be renamed to be more helpful, unsigned comments can be noted, irrelevant comments can be moved to a more appropriate place, chit chat can be removed, etc. (However, this kind of editing might be considered a mild form of refactoring.)
- The links used throughout the discussions remain indexed within MeritBadgeDotOrg. This may also be a disadvantage, as 'what links here' is often clogged with archives and user talk pages.
- Editors who have the article on their watch list will not have the archived talk page put on their watchlist, which happens when talk pages are archived by moving them.
- Unlike the move procedure it does not reset the history of the page.
Disadvantages of cut and paste
- Unlike the permanent link archiving method, new users may accidentally reply to inactive discussions, and the page is open to vandalism.
- This method assumes good faith edits by the person creating the archive. When that trust breaks down, without the edit history on the archive page, it can be very complicated to prove that the archive is a genuine copy of the information being archived from the current talk page. Example.
- Unlike the move procedure archives are not automatically added to the watchlists of the editors already watching the main discussion page.
Automated archival
MiszaBot and ClueBot III can automatically create cut-and-paste archives for any discussion page (one that has "talk" in the namespace), by moving sections to a subpage when they have received no comments for a specified period of time. See User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo or User:ClueBot III#How to archive your page for instructions on setting this up. Note: Make sure to establish consensus before setting up MiszaBot or ClueBot III on an article talk page.
Move procedure
- Subpage archives can also be created by moving the talk page to a subpage.
- Add {{talkarchive}} to the top and bottom of the archived page. This adds a notice explaining that the page is an archive, and links back to the main talk page.
- If this is a numbered archive, you can add a navigation template to make it easier to navigate through to other numbered archives. See the section navigation templates below.
- Alter the redirect link on the now empty talk page into an ordinary link so that the Archive can be found by clicking on the link. It is probably best to place the link into an archive template (How to do this is described in the archive box section below).
- Cut and paste any WikiProject header templates from the archive page back to the new talk page.
- Copy discussions that are still active back to the original talk page. If the active discussions are large, as an alternative, copy the section headers of the active discussions onto the new page and provide a link to the same section in the archive eg:
Archive standards See MeritBadgeDotOrg talk:How to archive a talk page/Archive 1#Archive standards for earlier discussions on this topic
Advantages and disadvantages of the move procedure
In moving the page history, this method leaves user contributions displayed as being to the archive rather than the original page, and makes it difficult to search for past edits to the talk page by a certain user. But moving the history to the archive does make it easier to prove that the archive is a true copy of the talk page before it was archived, and it makes it easier to trace changes to the new talk page as the current history only covers the period from the archive to the most recent edit.
Navigation templates
If the archive page is a numbered archive page ("Archive #" where # is the number of the archive), you can add a navigation template to make it easier to navigate through to other numbered archives.
- {{archive-nav}} needs the archive number as a parameter – for example {{archive-nav|3}} on Archive 3.
- {{archive nav}} similar to the above, but a dynamic list of links, – for example {{archive nav|33}} on Archive 33.
- {{atn}} is similar, but doesn't need a parameter.
- {{talkarchivenav}} combines {{talkarchive}} and {{atn}}, adding navigation features to the standard notice.
Archive box
On regularly archived talk pages, it is useful to have an "archive box" template. Common usage is to place the archive box below other header templates and before the first section heading so that the box appears to the right of the table of contents.
If the new archive has been created through the cut and paste procedure and if the page already has an archive box, add the link to the new archive page to it.
If the new archive has been created through the move procedure and if an archive template already exists, copy the archive template from the newly created archive page to the talk page and add a link to the new archive page to it.
If there is no archive box yet, you may want to set one up:
- {{archive box}}
- generates a floating box for the archive links. Just place your link as a parameter, for example {{Archive box|[[/Archive 1]]}}. Multiple archives can be named, linked and labeled in various ways. See the example archive box to the right. The wiki code used in the example box is: {{archive box|[[/Archive. Old page|Old page]]. [[/Archive 1|Archive 1]]. [[/Archive 2|Archive 2]].}} (the example links are red because the pages they link to do not actually exist). Detailed instructions are on the template page.
Template:Archive box collapsible
- is a visual modification of {{archive box}}, which generates a collapsible box that can be opened with a click. See the example to the right. It works with the same parameters as {{archive box}}. Detailed instructions are on the template page.
- {{archives}}
- may be a good idea for pages with a very large number of archives (such as Talk:Main Page); this uses a separate subpage to list the archives.
Automatic archive box
Both {{archive box}} and {{archive box collapsible}} can automatically list links to archives. Instructions are on both of the template pages.
One example is {{archive box|auto=yes}}. It will automatically create an archive box of links to archives labeled "Archive 1", "Archive 2", etc.. For an example see Help talk:Archiving a talk page. Archives with other names can be added as parameters. (See Talk:Iraq War for an example).
Archive indexing
HBC Archive Indexerbot can create an archive index page based on a set of archives. This index makes finding old discussions on a given topic easier, particularly in pages with many archives, on when the archives are of considerable size. See the bot's instructions for details on how to set up archive indexing.
Permanent link archives method
With this method, instead of copying discussions to a separate page, you simply provide a link to an earlier version of the page. Caveat: it is not possible to link to an earlier version of a page with a Wiki-style link. You have to supply the full URL. These pages do not show up in search engines, as they are dynamically generated.
- Go to the talk page you wish to archive and click on permanent link in the toolbox section of the left sidebar. Alternatively, go to the page history of the talk page and select the revision you want to use.
- Copy the complete URL from the navigation bar of your web browser.
- Edit the talk page and delete the text you want to archive. While you're still in the edit window, make a link to the URL you copied at the top. Keep in mind that syntax for full URL links is different than for Wikilinks. Here is an example:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:How_to_archive_a_Talk_page&oldid=1709131 Archive 1]: June 2004 – May 2005
- Save. You have now archived a talk page.
You can make the link shorter, and hence keep the wikitext of the page more readable, by replacing the path to the page with a {{fullurl}} link, leaving the "oldid" section at the end. For example, the link given above could be replaced by this:
- [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|oldid=1709131}} Archive 1]
which would display as Archive 1. If you wish, you can also prevent the "external link" icon from appearing (since this isn't an external link anyway) by enclosing the link with tags like this:
- [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|oldid=1709131}} Archive 1]
which displays as Archive 1.
Advantages of this method
- It is simpler and requires fewer resources.
- There is some guarantee that the discussions have not been altered mistakenly or by vandals.
- This strategy can be particularly useful for summarising discussions; you provide a succinct overview of the various points of view and a link to the complete, unadulterated discussion.
- Unlike the move procedure it does not reset the history of the page.
- Searching for past discussions is not possible, as the discussions archived by this method do not show up in search engines or MeritBadgeDotOrg search.
- You cannot organize topics into one place, although you can list links to sections within the page history that are relevant to a particular topic.
- Archives cannot be easily repartitioned and recombined as with the subpage method. If you later wished to divide up the archives in a different way, you would need to paste all past archives to the talk page, save, and then rearchive (note that when this is done, the revision history becomes muddied).
- An edit of the archive by mistake (and ignoring the warning) would overwrite the current talk page.
- It is the least common of the two methods and may cause confusion even for experienced editors who are not familiar with "permanent link" function in the toolbox.
- It does not show up in special:whatlinkshere/page_title of the linked pages.


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Machine readable codes - Printed codes on book and serial covers that can be read by machine. Such codes may identify ISBN, ISSN, or price. See also Barcodes, Dumb barcodes, and Smart barcodes.
Machine readable codes - Printed codes on book and serial covers that can be read by machine. Such codes may identify ISBN, ISSN, or price. See also Barcodes, Dumb barcodes, and Smart barcodes.
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Machine readable codes - Printed codes on book and serial covers that can be read by machine. Such codes may identify ISBN, ISSN, or price. See also Barcodes, Dumb barcodes, and Smart barcodes.
Macroform - A generic term for any medium, transparent or opaque, bearing images large enough to be easily read or viewed without magnification. Compare with Microform. [ALA Glossary]
Magazine - A periodical for general reading containing articles on various subjects by different authors. See also Journal and Periodical [ALA Glossary, modified]
Magnetic Disk - On magnetic disks, data is encoded as microscopic magnetized needles on the disk's surface. You can record and erase data on a magnetic disk any number of times, just as you can with a cassette tape. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com)
Main entry - The complete catalogue record of an item, presented in the form by which the entity is to be uniformly identified and cited. The main entry may include the tracings. See also Added entry. [AACR2, rev., modified]
Management report - In libraries, a term used to describe various statistical and informational reports either produced locally by libraries or for libraries by vendors. Management reports typically are used in acquisitions and collection development and measure such functions as acquisitions work load, types and costs of materials ordered, and vendor performance.
MARC - Machine-readable cataloging.
MARC 21 - (Formerly USMARC and CANMARC) The MARC 21 formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form. The MARC 21 formats are maintained by the Library of Congress in consultation with various user communities. (The British Library: http://www.bl.uk/services/bibliographic/exchange.html)
MARCXML schema - The Network Development and MARC Standards Office has developed a framework for working with MARC data in a XML environment. This framework is intended to be flexible and extensible to allow users to work with MARC data in ways specific to their needs. The framework contains many components such as schemas, stylesheets, and software tools developed and maintained by the Library of Congress. Conversion utilities between MARC (ISO 2709) and MARCXML are also available. (Library of Congress – Network Development and MARC Standards Office: http://www.loc.gov/marc/marcxml.html#marcxml)
Mark-up Language - See DHTML, HTML, SGML, and XML.
MARL format - A communications format developed by the Library of Congress for producing and distributing machine-readable bibliographic records on magnetic tape. [ALA Glossary]
Marking - 1. The placing of call numbers, location symbols, marks of ownership, etc., on books and other items in a library collection. 2. In serials work, the placing of a mark of ownership and indication of destination on each number or part as it is entered on the check-in record. [ALA Glossary]
Masthead - The statement of title, ownership, editors, etc., of a newspaper or periodical. Although its location is variable, in the case of newspapers it is commonly found on the editorial page or at the top of page one, and, in the case of periodicals, on the contents page. [ALA Glossary]
Medium - The physical material or substance upon which data can be recorded or stored; for example, paper, film, magnetic disk, punched tape, and magnetic tape. [ALA Glossary]
Member rate - The price paid by a member to a society or association for a subscription to one of its publications.
Membership - 1. The state or status of being a member. 2. Libraries may join a society or association to take advantage of discounts on the organization's publications or because the organization requires membership to obtain its publications. Frequently different subscription rates prevail for individual and institutional members. See also Institutional subscription price, Nonmember rate, and Personal subscription price.
Memory - Internal storage areas in the computer. The term memory identifies data storage that comes in the form of chips, and the word storage is used for memory that exists on tapes or disks. Moreover, the term memory is usually used as shorthand for physical memory, which refers to the actual chips capable of holding data. Some computers also use virtual memory, which expands physical memory onto a hard disk. Every computer comes with a certain amount of physical memory, usually referred to as main memory or RAM. You can think of main memory as an array of boxes, each of which can hold a single byte of information. A computer that has 1 megabyte of memory, therefore, can hold about 1 million bytes (or characters) of information. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/m/memory.html)
Merger – A new serial resulting from combining two or more existing serial titles.
Methods journal - A periodical devoted to dissemination of information on new scientific research techniques and refinement of existing ones.
Metadata - Structured information used to describe information resources/objects for a variety of purposes. Although AACR2/MARC cataloging is formally metadata, the term is generally used in the library community for nontraditional schemes such as the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, the VRA Core Categories, or the Encoded Archival Description (EAD). Metadata can be categorized as descriptive, structural, and administrative. Descriptive metadata facilitates discovery, identification, and selection. Structural metadata describes the internal structure of complex objects. Administrative metadata aids in the management of resources and may include rights management metadata, preservation metadata, and technical metadata describing the physical characteristics of a resource. For an introduction to metadata, please see Priscilla Caplan's Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians (American Library Association, 2003). Also spelled meta-data. (ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science: http://lu.com/odlis/odlis_m.cfm#metadata)
Microfiche - A flat sheet of photographic film, usually 4 by 6 inches or 3 by 5 inches, containing micro-images arranged in a grid pattern. Most microfiche contain a title or general descriptive data at the top (the header) that can be read without magnification. The header may also be color-coded. The last frame on a microfiche may contain an index to the micro-images. The number of frames on a sheet depends on the reduction ratio and formatting. Microfiche can be produced from strips of microfilm or made directly with a step-and-repeat camera and computer-output-microfilm recorder. Synonymous with fiche. [ALA Glossary, modified]
Microfilm - 1. Photographic film containing micro-images. The term normally refers to roll film sufficiently long to be placed on reels, cartridges, or cassettes and retrieved by manual or automatic means. Images may be positive or negative and rolls may be 8, 16, 35, or 70 millimeters wide and up to several thousand feet long. Rolls can be cut to produce microfiche, microstrips, or chips to be inserted in jackets or used in other ways. Although the term is used generically to include a variety of microformats, it should be contrasted with sheet microfilm (Microfiche). 2. To film originals for the purpose of creating micro-images. [ALA Glossary, modified]
Microfilm exchange - The replacement by a library of the bound volumes of a serial with microfilm as a space-saving measure or as a method of preserving serials subject to heavy mutilation or loss.
Microform - A general term applied to all forms of microreproduction on film or paper (e.g., microfilm, microfiche, micro opaque). Compare with Macroform. [ALA Glossary]
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) - Short for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a specification for formatting non-ASCII messages so that they can be sent over the Internet. Many e-mail clients now support MIME, which enables them to send and receive graphics, audio, and video files via the Internet mail system. In addition, MIME supports messages in character sets other than ASCII. There are many predefined MIME types, such as GIF graphics files and PostScript files. It is also possible to define your own MIME types. In addition to e-mail applications, Web browsers also support various MIME types. This enables the browser to display or output files that are not in HTML format. MIME was defined in 1992 by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). A new version, called S/MIME, supports encrypted messages. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/MIME.html)
Minutes - The official record of the proceedings of a meeting. Minutes are often ordered, received, and cataloged as serial publications.
Mirror Site - A Web site that is a replica of an already existing site, used to reduce network traffic (hits on a server) or improve the availability of the original site. Mirror sites are useful when the original site generates too much traffic for a single server to support. Mirror sites also increase the speed with which files or Web sites can be accessed: users can download files more quickly from a server that is geographically closer to them. For example, if a busy New York-based Web site sets up a mirror site in England, users in Europe can access the mirror site faster than the original site in New York. Sites such as Netscape that offer copies or updates of popular software often set up mirror sites to handle the large demand that a single site may not be able to handle. See also World Wide Web site. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/m/mirror_site.html)
Missing issues - Issues not received on subscription within a specified period of time or after a specified number of claims. Missing issues, typically identified through the check in or claiming functions, are not the same as those issues lost or stolen after receipt and check-in.
Modem (Modulator/DEModulator) - Acronym for modulator-demodulator. A modem is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over telephone lines. Computer information is stored digitally, whereas information transmitted over telephone lines is transmitted in the form of analog waves. A modem converts between these two forms. (Webopedia: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/m/modem.html)
Modification - A change or alteration to the terms of an agreement See Also Amendment. (Licensing Digital Information: Definitions of Words and Phrases Commonly Found in Licensing Agreements: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/definiti.shtml) .
Monograph - 1. In cataloging, a nonserial bibliographic item, i.e., an item either complete in one part or complete, or intended to be completed, in a finite number of separate parts. [AACR2, rev] 2. A systematic and complete treatise on a particular subject. [ALA Glossary]
Monographic series - A group of monographs, usually related to one another in subject, issued in succession, normally by the same publisher and in uniform style with a collective title applying to the group as a whole. Monographic series may be numbered or unnumbered. [ALA Glossary] Also known as Multivolume series. See Publisher's series.
Monthly - A serial publication frequency of every month, with the possible exception of certain designated months, usually during the summer. [ALA Glossary, modified]
Multipart item - A monograph complete, or intended to be completed, in a finite number of separate parts. Synonymous with Multivolume monograph. [ALA Glossary]
Moving Pictures Expert Group - See MPEG.
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) - The name of family of standards used for coding audio-visual information (e.g., movies, video, music) in a digital compressed format. The major advantage of MPEG compared to other video and audio coding formats is that MPEG files are much smaller for the same quality. This is because MPEG uses very sophisticated compression techniques. (MPEG Pointers and Resources: http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/indexhtml)
Multimedia - The set of technologies that permit computers to store, manipulate and display any combination of text (alphanumeric characters), images (still, animated or full-motion) and sound (music or voice). Many computer applications now include more than one form of media.
Multiple-year rate - The discounted price for a subscription placed for a two- or three-year period. The annual cost of a multiple-year rate is usually less than the cost for multiple one-year subscriptions. Multiple year rates are offered by publishers of popular and trade periodicals.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension - See MIME.
Multivolume monograph - See Multipart item.
Multivolume series - See Monographic series.
Multivolume set - See Set.

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The clash of the two Stades
Huw Richards
April 9, 2010
Adolphe Jaureguy, seen here taking on the England defence for France, was on the losing side as Stade took on Toulouse in 1927 © PA Photos
Given that Toulouse and Stade Francais, who meet in the Heineken Cup quarter-final on Sunday, have carried off more than a quarter of all the French championships ever played - Toulouse have 17 boucliers to Stade's 13 - you might expect that they would have a long history of high profile clashes. But they don't, for the simple reason that until the professional era their vintage periods have not collided.
Even a time that has seen them carry off 12 of the last 16 national titles has hardly seem them together on the very biggest days. The Heineken final they contested in Edinburgh in 2005 is added to only one meeting in the national final, the Stade Francais victory in 1998 that ended a four-year spell of Toulouse dominance and sealed Stade's return to the front rank.
By the time Toulouse became serious contenders in the early days of the championship, Stade were already on the slide from the standards that had seen them contest 14 finals, winning eight, in the tournament's first 17 seasons. The last of those 14 finals was in 1908. Toulouse reached their first final, which they lost to Stade Bordelais, a year later. They did clash in the final of the Coupe d'Esperance, introduced as a replacement for the championship during World War One, in 1916. Toulouse won 8-0. Other than that their only meeting before the professional era with a trophy at stake came in 1927.
It was, as Toulouse's centenary history puts it 'an unexpected final - the clash of the two Stades' (while referring to the Paris club as Stade and their rivals as Toulouse prevents confusion, it should be remembered that the full, correct name used by many supporters is Stade Toulousain). Toulouse won a hat-trick of titles from 1922 to 1924, fell to Carcassonne in the semi-final the following year and reclaimed the title in 1926. They had quite a battle to get there in 1927. It took three matches to settle the quarter-final with Carcassonne, Toulouse getting home 6-0 in the second replay at Lyon after contests reckoned brutal even by the standards of the French club game in the late 1920s.
The final was very different, recalled by Paul Voivenel in his Mon Beau Rugby as a model for such occasions, played in a manner which was 'strong, sporting and intelligent'. Voivenel was a romantic and reactionary who was later a leading advocate for the suppression of rugby league under the wartime Vichy regime.
It could have been played in Bordeaux. But Voivenel reports that Stade, in the best quixotic traditions of the gentleman-amateur, insisted on challenging the reigning champions on their own turf. So it was played on a sultry afternoon on May 29 1927 at the Stade Ponts Jumeaux in Toulouse. A 20,000 crowd observed a minute's silence for Aime Cassayet, France's captain only a few months earlier and record cap-holder with 31, who had died of cancer and was buried that day in Tarbes.
The match saw one of France's finest threequarter combinations - centre Francois Borde and wing Adolphe Jaureguy - in opposition as captains. They had also been schoolmates in Tarbes and played together both in Racing Club's losing final of 1920 and Toulouse's victories in 1922 and 1923, before the charismatic Jaureguy returned to Paris and joined Stade.
The only man in his team who had played a final before, Jaureguy was the star - a big, classically quick winger who would equal Cassayet's record for caps, write an early rugby autobiography, Qui Veut Jouer Avec Moi?, and become a selector and vice-president of the French Federation. Bordes, playing in his fifth final for Toulouse and sixth in all, was in playing terms the straight man, the classic enabler at centre. Jaureguy was to write: "I doubt that any winger can have been better served by his centre". Bordes was not, though, entirely unobtrusive, always wearing a beret on the field and going to great pains to ensure that it was never knocked off.
And this was to be Bordes' day, but not before a great struggle. Stade were level at half-time, hitting back with a try by scrum-half Georges Daudignon after wing Clement Dulaurens had opened the scoring for Toulouse. The men who kicked the conversions had distinctive lives - Toulouse centre Rene Salinie would live to within a few weeks of his 100th birthday before dying in 1996 while Stade prop Chaya Leib Herzovitz had a cosmopolitanism usually associated with more recent finals, as a Turkish-born Polish Jew.
It was Herzovitz's dribble that set up the position from which outside-half Andre Verges dropped the second-half goal that gave the Parisians a 9-5 lead. With second row Maurice Latrille playing as an 'auxiliary wing' after refusing to go off in spite of a broken collar bone, Toulouse were effectively down to 14 men. Yet they fought back. Bordes, who had played brilliantly in defence, crossed after a threequarter movement to make it 9-8, then scrum-half Bernard Berges kicked on from a scrum near the line and beat the cover to touch down.
Toulouse continued to attack. Bordes missed narrowly with a drop-goal and Alex Bioussa, a flanker so in tune with his times that he was to be dropped by France for his actions in a notoriously vicious match against Wales in 1930, knocked on close to the line before Dulaurens went over for his second try, taking the score to 14-9. Toulouse's pack had dominated in spite of losing Latrille and they were now further depleted with prop Gabriel Grioterray sent off for punching.
Yet their ascendancy was scarcely affected. Far from having to desperately defend their lead, they further extended it as a dribbling rush was rounded off by Andre Camel - brother of No.8 Marcel - a 22 year old lock destined to win 16 French caps and retain his interest in rugby to the very last moments of his life, dying in front of his television as he watched France play Ireland in 1980. It was a match that left Voivenel with vivid memories of 'the incessant breaks of Berges, the authority with which Jaureguy was contained and most of all the perfection of the championship machine that was Stade Toulousain'.
It was, as he wrote in 1941, the end of an era: "For whatever reason the two great protagonists of this apotheosis of rugby both stopped winning honours." Toulouse, winners of five titles in six years, were not to win another championship until 1947, then had a still longer wait for another, in 1985. Stade dropped out of the France's then highly inclusive First Division in 1949 and were not seen again at top level until Max Guazzini funded their rise under the new professional dispensation in the mid 1990s. Completing the set were seven-time winners Stade Bordelais. Eliminated 34-6 by Toulouse in the semi-final, France's first great provincial club, who won all their titles between 1899 and 1911, haven't been close since.
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Missouri's Kim English impressed once again on Friday. The wiry shooting guard (measured 6'3"3/4 barefoot,190.8 lbs, and with a 6'7" wingspan) found teammate Eric Griffin early on with a pinpoint post entry that led to an easy. English understands angles and spacing well in the half court – he pumped faked before putting the ball on the deck trying to find Griffin and eventually relocated below FT line extended to feed the ball down low, c
Tony Mitchell To Return to North Texas
We previously reported that Tony Mitchell would declare for the draft. Our report turned out to be false. We would like to issue an apology to Tony Mitchell and North Texas.
A source close to the situation told NBADraft.net on Monday that North Texas' forward Tony Mitchell will leave for the NBA Draft this year.
The decision makes sense as within the past few days, head coach Johnny Jones took the LSU job.


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Barry11 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 51 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
SoftDraft LLC
SoftDraft, LLC develops low cost Architectural/Engineering/Construction software applications for 2D and 3D, which work inside all versions of AutoCAD®. Most software applications feature an intuitive graphical user dialog interface, which results in a short learning curve and no expensive training classes to attend. Our software makes the user productive immediately by simply filling in the options on the dialog.
Autodesk, creators of the AutoCAD software, have now added an APP store similar to Apple's App store, where developers can market their software to every AutoCAD user. Therefore, our target market would be anyone who uses AutoCAD to create drawings for the Architectural/Engineering/Construction industry.
We are looking for an App Icon, with a consistent Brand Identity background, and a hand drawn image to represent each software product.
There would be 3 icons similar to apple app icons, one for each major software product, all with the same background/Brand Identity with a different simple hand drawn image on each one as described below.
Our main software website: http://www.softdraft.com
Icon background should incorporate maybe the hand drawn portion of our logo (if possible) and the cross-hairs just above the "o" in the word "Soft".
Or something with the cross-hairs and the 2K as shown in the Steel2K logo in the attached files.
#1 Icon for Steel Detailing Software
Website: http://www.steel2k.com/
Hand drawn image: Steel I beam (see attached file steel_beams.png I-Beam is the larger image in the middle)
#2 Icon for Piping Software
Website: http://www.softdraft.com/EZ_Pipe/EZ…undle.html
Hand Drawn Image: Pipe Tee as shown on website and included in attached file EZ-Pipe.jpg.
#3 Icon for HVAC Software
website: http://softdraft.com/ezduct-bundle
Hand Drawn Image: HVAC Tee one as shown in the HVAC.jpg image
Colors: Use similar to company logo in attached files.
The files we will require are:
Each Icon size 100x100 and 512x512
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo


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CW&T wrote to tell us about their Blockhead stem. It's a big, chunky CNC, stem of boldness that'd take a chunk right out of your knee.
Most interesting is it's open source. They've licensed the design under Creative Commons for personal use. That means you can mill it yourself, make a version of it to mount an iPhone or espresso, but not sell it. We didn't think about open-sourcing the big block of aluminum we milled for the Stokemonkey but hey!
If mill-your-own stem becomes popular, expect an aftemarket on Etsy for padded stem cozies that'll protect you from those sharp edges.
What is cool is that the got this too market (sold two so far). Every few weeks, a cad drawing from an industrial design student makes the rounds of the design blogs, and is usually never seen again.
Open Sourcing a design isn't a first in the bike industry. QBP did it with Xtracycle. Of course that meant, you'd have to deal with QBP and that's a bit of a challenge for their competitors who make their own proprietary longtails or eventually will.…
My daily shooter is Sony a9 with a vertical grip and various Sigma lenses attached like the 14mm 1.4 Art. Find more recommendations on our store page.


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It's our understanding here at XtGem that our service should not only make creating a mobile website as easy and intuitive as possible, but tools provided shouldn't get in a way of our users' creativity or technical knowledge. That's why we went an extra mile before and implemented a full HTML source editing support. This is also exactly the reason why we're excited to announce PHP support coming to XtGem in the new version.
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cabcall necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 107 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
The product is being developed by Cab Call Communications Ltd. It uses mobile phone technology to connect customers to suppliers. The patented product is called, WINI (which stand's for "When I Need It - Where I Need It"). We are launching this to the taxi industry first with plans to integrate the WINI system to other markets internationally.
The WINI system ensures that you the customer is connected, through your mobile phone, to the next available taxi in your immediate area. No more wait times or callling various taxi companies. It also provides additional security by sending a text message to your phone with the driver's details, registration no. etc.
We are currently right in the middle of the development and are planning to launch December/January.
Our target audience is the entire general public - which provides challenges in itself!
We see this product mainly used for the taxi industry. The logo will be used across cities on cars, buses, bus shelter advertising etc.
The audience needs to identify the following criteria with the logo:
- easy to use
- brand leader in the market
- with a fun feel (not corporate)
We need a simple, fun logo that will appeal to the general public, it needs to be easily identifiable and to stand out if it's on car, advertising etc. Something bold with a strong colour. Nothing complicated.
The logo needs to work in international markets . This is an exciting project for the right designer as the potential of the WINI product has many facets.
You can choose whether you use the letters or not, the important thing is that when the public sees the unique logo they instantly know it's the WINI system. The anagram "When I Need It - Where I Need It" does not need to be used in the logo generation at this time, it can be added during the stationery design stage. You may design along the lines of a wheel or simply an unusual shape. Get your creative juices flowing! Thinking outside the box on this one is what we're looking for.
Please do not use any stock images or clipart in the logo.
The winning logo should be available for use in:
Adobe Illustrator (.ai)
Adobe Photoshop (.psd)
If using any fonts please identify/provide any fonts used.
This is the initial phase, the winning design will have the opportunity to develop further branding work - website design, stationery, etc. We're starting with Winicabs but hope that in the future there will be Winilocksmiths, Winibreakdown service, Winidoc etc.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Oceanfront suites designed to make your stay extraordinary.
The Lemontree is a beachfront hotel directly on the water in the most western part of Puerto Rico. This is not what makes us special. We are a small family owned and operated guest house and we have been welcoming guests home, to their place by the sea, for more than 14 years. For all of our staff the most important part of our day is to make a guest feel welcome and a part of this amazing place. What drives us is to prepare an inviting space and to connect guests with what is unique about Rincon. We take this responsibility to heart.
Our suites are directly oceanfront with expansive terraces, tropical furnishings, free WiFi access, full cable package and limited room refreshment. Each suite has a fully equipped kitchen. We have an expression here "mi casa es tu casa"... my house is your house. We aim to treat all of our guests as if they were part of our family in whom we are trusted to provide a hospitable welcome... and this is why the Lemontree has worked for thousands of guests. Come join us.


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New York Jets coach Rex Ryan told his players Wednesday morning that Mark Sanchez will start at quarterback when his team plays the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
|Take a look back at Sanchez's career.
Sanchez, who has 12 touchdown passes against 13 interceptions this season, was benched in favor of 2011 seventh-round draft pick Greg McElroy during the second half of last Sunday's 7-6 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
The Jets announced the news via their official Twitter account, saying Ryan told his team about his decision during a morning meeting.
"At the end of the day, it's my decision and I'm comfortable with the decision," Ryan told reporters during his Wednesday news conference. "I'm actually really looking forward to watching Mark play. ...
"It's one where, obviously, I have to get this decision right, and I believe I have."
Sanchez's struggles this season have epitomized the Jets' tumultuous campaign, underscored by a Thanksgiving night fumble after he ran into his own offensive lineman's rear end and culminating with his benching last weekend.
"I understand that he has to play better, he has to protect the ball better," Ryan said.
Ryan met with his quarterbacks Wednesday morning, the Jets also tweeted, but no announcement has been made on who will back up Sanchez on Sunday against the Jaguars.
NFL.com's Albert Breer reports, via a Jets source, that the decision on who will back up Sanchez likely will hinge on the health of Tim Tebow's ribs. Tebow was inactive for last Sunday's game against the Cardinals.
Ryan told reporters Wednesday that Tebow will be the No. 2 quarterback "if he was completely healthy."
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After landing head first while filming a fight scene in the series finale of the TV series Dark Angel, cracking three vertebrae, Dumas was forced to the sidelines.
As WWE women\'s star Lita, Dumas had already been a champion, but she suddenly had to come to grips with being sidelined. It was a frustration that also led to some friction with real-life boyfriend Matt Hardy.
\"I would rather go through the physical pain 10 times over than go through that mental pain,\" says Lita. \"I was very alone and in need of a friend. (Matt) was very focused on his career. I wasn\'t like myself. But it\'s great now.\"
She\'s glad to be back, excited to get a shot at the women\'s championship against Molly Holly at next Sunday\'s Survivor Series pay-per-view (8 p.m., Viewer\'s Choice).
She enjoyed her first women\'s title reign -- a championship won in a RAW main event against Stephanie McMahon.
And she hopes to recapture that energy next Sunday.
\"We all know this is choreographed ... you\'re not really holding a person\'s shoulders down to the mat for a count of three,\" she says. \"If you win, it\'s not like you won the fight, you\'ve won an award.
\"But I feel like I owe it to myself ... and to the fans. If (I win), it\'ll be real emotional, especially coming off the injury.\"
There has been talk that Hardy will be moved from the Smackdown! roster over to RAW. That would reunite the dynamic duo and allow them to spend some time together.
\"Vince (McMahon)is still under the mindset that there won\'t be any trades until after Wrestlemania,\" she says. \"When I\'m on the Smackdown! schedule, (Matt\'s) at home ... and when he\'s with RAW, I\'m at home. There\'s a one-day overlap. Hopefully it\'ll be worked out sooner rather than later.\"
She says she\'s had offers to pose naked for men\'s magazines -- but it won\'t happen soon, if ever.
\"I\'ve been approached,\" she says. \"I wouldn\'t rule it out. But when I started, I felt my fan base was really young and that I had a responsibility to them. It\'s not something I\'ll pursue, but maybe later on, down the road.\"
- More tragic news from the world of wrestling: Mike Lockwood, who was Crash Holly in WWE and Mad Mikey in NWA:TNA was found dead Thursday at Steven Richards\' apartment in Tampa, Fla.
- Here\'s the rest of the lineup for Survivor Series: Team Austin (The Dudley Boyz, Booker T, Shawn Michaels and Rob Van Dam) will face Team Bischoff (Christian, Chris Jericho, Mark Henry, Randy Orton and Scott Steiner); Team Lesnar (Brock Lesnar, The Big Show, A-Train, Matt Morgan and Nathan Jones) will face Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Bradshaw, John Cena and Hardcore Holly); The Undertaker vs. Vince McMahon in a Buried Alive match; Triple H vs. Goldberg; Shane McMahon vs. Kane in an Ambulance match. It\'ll be interesting to watch the role of Cena, who\'s replacing Farooq. Line of the year may go to Cena, who referred to Mysterio as \"the Mexican Gary Coleman\" on Smackdown!
- The Total Package is back. Lex Luger will team with Jeff Jarrett to face A.J. Styles and Sting on the NWA:TNA show Wednesday.
- The Smackdown! house show at the Corel Centre last Monday night was decent. The Undertaker, Angle, and Benoit defeated Lesnar, A-Train and The Big Show; Mysterio pulled off an upset win over Cena, who, for a guy about to turn face, certainly took some good jabs at Canada; The Basham Brothers beat Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty and The Self-Proclaimed World\'s Greatest Tag Team; Tajiri beat Billy Kidman; Bradshaw, who was treated to a beer by the Sun\'s own Domenic Fiorenza, beat Chuck Palumbo; Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie shared the win over Sable in the Tiny Teddy Contest with Edge as the master of ceremonies; Johnny Stamboli and Nunzio beat Spanky and Paul London; Rhyno beat Jamie Noble; and Orlando Jordan beat Horshu.
- The Internet Wrestling Syndicate will hold its next show, Payback is a Bitch, Nov. 15, at Le Skratch, 965 Cure Labelle, Chomedey, Laval, Que. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. For more info, visit http://www.syndicatewrestling.com/.


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Steve Clift recently published a thought-provoking article called, "Sidewalks for Democracy Online," part of the Personal Democracy Forum's "Rebooting Democracy" series. Steve is a long-time proponent of "e-democracy" – creating government of and by the people – not just for the people, using the internet. I'm with Steve. Involving citizens in the work of government in meaningful ways is the right thing to do. We should have online forums. We should create online work sessions allowing citizens to interact with their government to define issues and solve problems. We should use social networking options and wikis to bring government and citizens together. We should draw on the energy and ideas and talents of the public to improve the work of their government. But I wonder…are we ready for e-democracy?
Is there enough real interest among citizens – beyond the advocates – in being involved in government to make it worth the cost? Is the government (at least the federal government) ready to take this on – to change its culture - even with a President who is behind it? Is Congress ready to fund it (because we all know that unfunded mandates never last)? Are we ready to do the kind of promotion that it will take to change the skepticism of the American people?
Let's be honest - the current culture of the federal government – like it or not – is very authoritarian. It's, "we know what's best for you." Come on, feds…when was the last time you were encouraged to go out and listen to citizens? Sure, we take comments on proposed rules; but don't we sometimes put more energy into rebutting them than embracing them? Aren't we more likely to pull out that regulation or handbook and tell a citizen, "no" than to talk with that citizen about options?
And on the other side...many citizens want their government to be all-knowing. They want to trust their government to give them the right answer. So – to some – creating e-democracy might cause dissonance. "I'm so glad you listened to and adopted my idea, Government; but that means you weren't completely right in the first place. If that's true in this case, is it true in others? Can we really trust you to be right? I thought we were paying you people our tax dollars so you can solve these problems."
Actually, e-democracy is not a new concept for government. Many agencies made attempts in the past. In the late 90s, we jumped all over the online discussion possibilities at HUD. We had a number of discussion rooms, both for HUD partners and for citizens. Some were around specific topics. Some were pretty much wide open – "let's talk about what citizens can do in their communities to make them better." What we found – nearly across the board – is that we got very little citizen participation; and those that did participate often used the discussion rooms to ask specific questions about HUD programs. There really wasn't much discussion.
The bigger problem was managing the discussion rooms. Though a HUD employee was responsible for each discussion room, too often they didn't visit the rooms regularly. Thus, we'd see nasty comments from people who had asked questions that weren't answered or discover other participants (non-government) giving wrong information. We also saw discussions going way off track; and in a couple of cases, we saw small groups of regulars basically hijack the discussion room for completely different purposes. Managing discussion rooms is a workload item that needs appropriate staffing. Without that staffing – we learned - they fail.
E-democracy could work. What would it take?
- A change in culture. A President who makes it a priority, gets Congressional backing, creates the policies, dedicates the resources, and holds government employees accountable – from top to bottom – for results.
- A change in values. Government managers and staff have to be rewarded for listening and discussing alternatives with the public – involving them in the process. They have to value a new way to do business.
- Planning. Agency executives have to incorporate e-democracy in their management plans. They have to allocate appropriate (underscore "appropriate") staff to engage in online forums, analyze and respond to citizen questions, take action on the solutions that are generated, and follow up to let citizens know what became of their ideas so they'll want to participate again.
For our part, web managers need to think it through. We need to prepare. We need to use our experience to identify potential pitfalls and be ready with solutions. We need to develop practical implementation strategies based on a realistic assessment of resource needs; so if we're asked, we can propose a sound, thoughtful, realistic method for ensuring success. We need to do this as a community - engaging those with knowledge, experience, and ideas - so we all can succeed.
E-democracy is a concept that is gaining attention from both parties. It's a good thing. Are we ready?


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When Deb Johnson called the Journal of Biological Chemistry offices in August 2010, she had a unique request: She needed a few copies of the journal that she could tear up and turn into art.
Although we get occasional requests for copies of the journal for research and teaching purposes, this was the first time I'd ever heard of anyone asking for copies to destroy. But, by just a few minutes into the conversation with Johnson, I sensed that she was a firm believer in the potential of research and that her project had merit. Our fulfillment office made it happen for her.
Nearly a year passed, and I didn't hear from Johnson. To be honest, part of me was a little nervous about what might have become of those journals. But any worry I might have had about the artist's style or tastes was vanquished this summer when Johnson unveiled her work.
For Marjorie Ebenezer, it all started with a small white patch on the right side of her tongue. It was 2005, and the lifelong public health worker promptly headed to an ear, nose and throat specialist. In its first manifestation, so said the pathology report, the lesion was benign. The ENT specialist removed it, and Ebenezer went on with her life.
Two years later, in June 2007, the spot showed up again. This time, though tiny, it was found to be cancerous, officially invasive squamous cell carcinoma, and Ebenezer had it removed again. "I asked the surgeon about chemotherapy and radiation, but he said I was cured and did not need any further treatment," Ebenezer recalls. "The treatment for my tumor size was only surgery, and he did not order any further tests."
Ebenezer dutifully kept her follow-up appointments, and everything checked out, so she started making plans to retire early and move from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where she would be near her young grandchildren. That September, she made one last visit to her local ENT specialist, who gave her the clear but recommended a checkup in six months once she had relocated.
In March 2008, when Ebenezer was settling into life in Columbus, she noticed the lymph node on the right side of her neck was enlarged. Her new primary care physician, aware of Ebenezer's medical history, ordered a CT scan and a needle biopsy, which confirmed that the cancer had spread.
Amid the patchwork of phrases and beneath the bronze glaze of Deb Johnson's mask, there is a quote that has been attributed to Hippocrates: "The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold." Photo courtesy of Joan's Fund.
Johnson was one of 26 artists in central Ohio who spent many months transforming head-and-neck cancer patients' used radiation masks into beautiful things. Fifteen artists from Studios on High Gallery, where Johnson's work is exhibited, participated.
Commissioned by the Joan Levy Bisesi Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology Research, more commonly known as Joan's Foundation, the artists' works of art will be auctioned off in October at a gala being held in Columbus in conjunction with a research retreat for The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, otherwise known as the OSUCCC-James.
Today, the shredded JBC pages lay bonded, overlapped and glossed – deconstructed and reconstructed in a meaningful way. Johnson titled the piece "Ascension: From Research to Treatment to Cure."
"My goal was to create something with presence," Johnson explains, "something that illustrated the significance of this disease and the research to help those affected. If the viewer's eyes ascend from base to mask, the message is of research leading to treatments and at last, finally, a cure."
The term "head and neck cancer" is used to describe various carcinomas in the nasal cavity, sinuses, mouth, throat or larynx. Most such cancers emerge first in the squamous cells that line mucosal surfaces. The National Cancer Institute estimates that head and neck cancers account for about 3 percent to 5 percent of all cancers in the United States.
For a long time, the disease was seen primarily in men and older patients, and common risk factors were thought to be smoking, chewing tobacco, drinking and exposure to certain environmental elements. Today, more attention is being paid to the occurrence of head and neck cancer among women, particularly younger women, and the role human papillomavirus might play is being explored.
Each radiation mask is molded to fit a patient's face precisely. Plastic screws around the edges fasten to a table, immobilizing the head and neck for targeted radiation therapy. Photo courtesy of Joan's Fund.
Johnson, the artist, says there's something a smidge unnerving about using a radiation mask as the foundation for art, because its original purpose is anything but pretty. Radiation therapy has to be done with precision so that only cancer cells are destroyed and healthy tissues are left unaffected. Each radiation mask is specially fitted to a patient. During the procedure, the patient puts on the mask, which is then screwed into the table, leaving no wiggle room and little room for technician error.
"It's so sad and scary," Johnson says. "You lie on your back, encapsulated, and your head is literally screwed to the table."
Even though the masks serve their immobilizing function well, it's no surprise that patients are happy to be done with them once their treatment regimens are completed. Some people even get creative when it comes to disposing of them.
"Some of these survivors talk about taking these masks and running them over with their cars," Johnson says.
Using such an object as a medium was new for Johnson, who works mostly with textiles, and for most of her gallery colleagues, who are primarily painters and ceramicists, but Johnson says it gave them license to explore.
"There's some kind of twisted, nice irony about having this torture device made into something beautiful and then having money raised to help fund this research."
While there were few guidelines to follow when it came to the planning and execution of the masks, the artists involved were paired with head-and-neck cancer survivors.
Johnson and Ebenezer were matched and had a lengthy visit, during which Ebenezer shared the details of her story. Ebenezer explained to Johnson that she was treated at the OSUCCC-James and that her daughter, who lives down the street and is herself a cancer survivor, dutifully chauffeured her to each treatment.
"My daughter was 25 years old when she was diagnosed in March 1996 with acute promyelocytic leukemia," Ebenezer says. "She received her treatment (at the OSUCCC-James) … By God's grace, she is doing well and has three beautiful girls ages 12, 8 and 6 years old."While illness and radiation therapy took a toll on the elder Ebenezer's body and her relationships, today she is free of cancer and serves as a general practice physician at a free clinic run by her Lutheran church in the Columbus area.
"I am happy to help with the gifts that God has given me and to help those in need," she says.
While Ebenezer's experience heavily influenced Johnson's vision for the mask, the artist already knew all too well what head and neck cancer could do to a person.
Joan's Foundation, the organizer of the mask project, is named after Joan Levy Bisesi, Johnson's distant cousin. In 1996, when Bisesi was just 29, doctors discovered that a tumor in her mouth was cancerous. Bisesi immediately underwent surgery and therapy to battle back the cancer with all her might. But on the eve of her fifth cancer-free year, in 2000, it returned, spurring another round of treatments.
As her treatment neared completion, Bisesi also discovered that she was pregnant. Although her health had taken a beating, she and her husband embraced the possibilities that lay ahead, and they prepared for the arrival of their daughter, whom they already had named Mira.
Meanwhile, Bisesi and her husband also set up Joan's Fund, an endowment fund to support head and neck cancer research at the OSUCCC-James. In an email soliciting donations from friends, she wrote in part, "I love flowers and cards, but I would rather be cured and be able to see the flowers at Mira's wedding than to see them now."
As Bisesi marched onward, the disease that already had taken so much out of her refused to retreat. It returned for a third and final time, spreading to her brain and forcing doctors to take the baby a month early to give Bisesi another shot at surgery that, tragically, couldn't save her anyway. She died in 2001 when Mira was just 10 weeks old.
In May, the re-envisioned radiation masks made their public debut at Studios on High Gallery. The opening marked the first of several shows across the region.
The exhibit is known as "Courage Unmasked," and it is an extension of the campaign by the same name that was founded by Bethesda, Md., resident Cookie Kerxton, who is also an artist and head and neck cancer survivor.
Kerxton conceived of the "Courage Unmasked" concept while undergoing radiation therapy and enlisted more than 100 artists to participate in the first event. The masks were displayed in September 2009 at American University in Washington, D.C.
Melinda Fenholt Cogley, executive director of Joan's Foundation, the fundraising arm for Joan's Fund, says the artists who participated in the Ohio project have expressed "a profound sense of responsibility" while creating the masks.
"They gave us an exhibit that's beautiful, emotional and informative, and I just love watching people as they take in each story and realize what each mask means," Cogley says. "Recently one person told me that we gave cancer a face that's approachable, which was wonderful to hear."
I don't feign to know a lot about art, and my scientific education has been informal and remains nascent. But I do sense that the act of discovery is often as rough around the edges as the paper fragments that constitute "Ascension," Johnson's mask, and I feel honored to have supported the Joan's Foundations' mission, if only by facilitating a shipment of JBC back issues to Ohio.
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Saturday: Scranton W/B Yankees 5, @ Buffalo Bisons 1Sunday: @ Buffalo Bisons 9, Pawtucket Red Sox 3
The Bisons rolled out two good arms, Zack Wheeler Saturday and Jenrry Mejia Sunday and won once.
Wheeler's line in his second AAA start: 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K. He issued two of the walks in his sixth inning. Perhaps he was fatigued, or had trouble gripping the baseball in a sideways rainstorm. On the whole, he again showed off his explosive fastball. It was 96 mph early, and then 93-96 throughout the game according to the velocity calls of the Bisons' broadcast. Both his curve and slider were sharp and produced swings and misses. I don't recall many changeups, I remember he threw one that missed down.
In 10.2 innings in AAA with the Bisons, Wheeler has given up five hits but walked 7 while striking out 11. Triple-A hitters, like double-A hitters are having trouble squaring up his stuff. It's that good. The issue simply is that he still has trouble controlling his weapons.
While I watched almost all of Wheeler's start on Sunday, I never could get the stream to work on Sunday for Jenrry Mejia's start. His line: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K. Consider that in six starts with the Bisons this year, three in his initial rehab from Tommy John surgery and three since a failed move to the bullpen, he has a 0.95 ERA (3 ER/28.1 IP) with a .206 opponents' batting average while in 16 outing out of the bullpen he's run a 5.48 ERA (13 ER/21.1 IP) on a .303 opponents' batting average. That makes it look like he's been clearly better as a starter. And he has. But those numbers overstate the case. Add his unearned runs back into the calculation and his ERA as a starter rises to 3.18 R/9 (10 R/28.1 IP) compared to a R/9 as a reliever of 6.34 R/9 (15 R/21.1 IP). His K/BB ratio was 10/9 out of the bullpen and is 14/9 as a starter - put simply not great in either role.
The WFAN broadcast on Sunday evening discussed the idea that the Mets would bring Mejia and Familia up as relievers when rosters expand in September. Given the control problems each as experience in AAA, they might not offer much more than new bodies.
Lucas Duda missed three games with root canal surgery and subsequent complications, but returned with a vengeance on Sunday, going 3-for-5 with two doubles. He's hit .367/.441/.667 with three doubles and two homers and four walks against six strikeouts in his eight games in August. Sure looks like he's getting comfortable again.


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Diana Athill's books include Stet: An Editor's Life (2000) and Yesterday Morning (2002). For fifty years she was the editorial director of André Deutsch, where she worked with such authors as Jean Rhys, Gitta Sereny and V. S. Naipaul. Her Costa Award-winning memoir, Somewhere Towards the End, was published by Granta Books in January 2008.


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Syrian President Hafez al-Assad signed a decree Saturday to encourage local and oversees private investment, the official SANA news agency reported.
The new legislation will ease the previsions of the 1991 law on investment, whose shortcomings have often been cited in business circles.
The Minister for the Economy and Foreign Trade Mohammad al-Imadi said in a statement to the agency that the new law authorizes Arab and foreign investors to buy or rent property and allows for a two-year extensions on tax breaks for projects in the area of economic development.
He said it gives foreign shareholders the possibility of repatriating their capital and profits five years after the businesses they invest in are up and running.
The government formed March 13 by Mohammad Mustapha Miro, announced its plan to revive the Syrian economy, which has until now been centrally planned, by introducing more liberal policies.
President Assad has issued another decree allowing individuals to hold onto foreign currency, which has previously been considered a crime with a possible jail term of three to 10 years -- DAMASCUS (AFP)
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Mike Katzer netted a hat trick and classmate Kevin DiSilvestro added two scores to lead the Harvard men's water polo team to a 13-10 victory over Iona to claim seventh-place at the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Eastern Championship at Blodgett Pool Sunday. The Crimson exploded for six goals in the third period, after a defense-dominated first half, to improve to 10-20 overall in 2011.
Harvard put together one of its best runs of the year, scoring on four straight positions, to end the third period. The highlight possession came with 1:57 left in the period when Harvard controlled the ball for a lengthy period of time and fired four shots off of a series of rebounds and deflections before Luka Babic snuck a shot into the cage past a tiring Iona defense.
DiSilvestro capped the third period with a goal from point-blank range after a nifty pump-fake move to get around the Iona goalie to give Harvard a 10-6 lead moving to the final quarter.
The Gaels posted a fight to start the fourth, scoring the first three goals of the frame to get within one, but Harvard answered with three goals, including Katzer's third with 4:11 left in the match, to secure the victory.
Harvard used a pressure defense that forced Iona to take inopportune shots and fight against the shot-clock during multiple positions in the first half. The Crimson forced five turnovers and Alexandre Popp made seven saves in the first 16 minutes.
Iona got on the board first when a Harvard penalty allowed a long lead pass and the Gaels snuck a shot into the cage from the right side of the pool with 3:18 left in the first. It did not take long for the Crimson to answer, as John Holland-McCowan was fouled and Max Murphy converted a penalty with 2:15 on the clock.
The Crimson dominated the second quarter, posting a 3-1 advantage in the frame. A pair of outlet passes let Kevin DiSilvestro and Evan Ramsey get shots past the Iona goalie and Holland-McCowan added a goal with 18 seconds remaining to give Harvard a 4-2 lead going into halftime.
The Gaels scored on its first two positions of the second half to quickly even the score. A back-and-forth battle ensued as the Crimson received goals from Murphy off of a cross pass from William Roller at 6:47 and Katzer at the 4:56 mark, but each goal was answered to keep the score tied at six before Harvard made its deciding charge to end the third.
Harvard finished in seventh-place at its first CWPA Eastern Championship since 2007 with the win. The Crimson rounded out 2011 with a 10-20 overall record.


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4 missing teens found dead in icy creek crash
Authorities said four high school students were killed when their car skidded off a bridge into an icy creek in rural northern Illinois.
Will County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ken Kaupas said the two boys and two girls, aged 15 to 17, were recovered Tuesday from Forked Creek near the city of Wilmington.
Kaupas said the teens had been missing since Monday evening. Authorities don't know exactly when the accident occurred.
He said the driver likely lost control after hitting a patch of water or ice. The car tore through a guard rail and plunged into the water.
Wilmington School District Superintendent Jay Plese said the students' relatives have been notified but that names are being withheld out of respect.
Wilmington is 60 miles southwest of Chicago.


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This Saint was from Sebastia of Cappadocia and , according to the Synaxaristes, became Bishop of Pidachthoa. He and ten of his disciples were tortured and beheaded by the Governor of Philomarchus in the times of Diocletian. There is a second Martyr Athenogenes commemorated today, mentioned by Saint Basil in Chapter 29 of his treatise "On the Holy Spirit"; it is said that as this Athenogenes approached the fire, wherein he was to die a martyric death, he chanted the hymn O Joyous Light in praise of the Holy Trinity (see also Mar. 11).
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the Apostles, O inspired of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of ascent to divine vision. Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of truth, thou didst also contest for the Faith even unto blood, O Hieromartyr Athenogenes. Intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.
Having followed the Lord's teaching, as an eminent shepherd thou didst lay down thy life for Christ's sheep, O Hieromartyr Athenogenes. Wherefore, we praise thee and thy ten disciples who suffered with thee, guided by the fear of God and thy teaching; for the Lord hath crowned you as Saints with His life-giving right hand. Pray, then, to Him in behalf of us all.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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WSJ Contributor Laura Moser has three apps to digitize the pile of paper receipts you need this tax season. Photo: Shoeboxed.
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PANMUNJOM, Korean Demilitarized Zone (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured the Korean DMZ on Monday under the watchful eye of North Korean soldiers and said the Pentagon had no plans to reduce its 28,500-member force in the South despite budget constraints.
"This is probably the only place in the world where we have always a risk of confrontation," Hagel said after visiting a blue, single-story building with a corrugated metal roof where talks are held with North Koreans in the truce village of Panmunjom.
As Hagel walked through the building, which spans the military demarcation line between North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers peered through the windows on the northern side filming his movements.
"There's no margin of error up here," Hagel told reporters after leaving the U.N. armistice commission structure. "It's a very important location that we need to pay attention to."
He also visited the hilltop Observation Post Ouellette in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) where he looked across a valley into North Korea and received a briefing from South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin. The post is named for Private Joseph Ouellette, who won a Medal of Honor in the Korean War.
It was the first full day of a four-day trip by Hagel to South Korea to celebrate the 60th anniversary of a security alliance between the two countries.
Hagel told reporters that while the Pentagon faced pressure to reduce projected spending by nearly a trillion dollars over the next decade, the U.S. military had no intention of trimming the size of U.S. forces in Korea.
"No, there's never been any consideration of changing our force protection or force presence here in Korea or anywhere else in this area," Hagel said, noting U.S. President Barack Obama's desire to refocus on the Asia-Pacific after a dozen years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We'll continue to do what we've got to do to manage those (spending) reductions, (and) at the same time assure our partners ... specifically here in the Asia-Pacific that our commitments still stand," Hagel said.
Addressing a dinner hosted by South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Hagel called his DMZ trip "a chilling reminder of the threat North Korea poses not only to this country but to the region and to the United States homeland as well".
North Korea conducted a nuclear test in February this year and a rocket launch last December that U.S. officials believe was part of its effort to develop a long-range ballistic missile. In response, Hagel said in May the Pentagon would add 14 interceptors to its missile defenses in Alaska.
Park spoke at the dinner about the threat of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons effort, saying that "under no circumstances will our two countries condone a North Korean nuclear program.
"Should North Korea make the wrong choice, we will answer resolutely," she told U.S. and South Korean military leaders.
While in South Korea, Hagel will participate in talks about the future of the alliance and attend a change-of-command ceremony for U.S. forces in South Korea.
Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral Samuel Locklear, the head of U.S. Pacific Command, also are attending.
Army General Curtis Scaparrotti, the former director of the U.S. Joint Staff, will take over as commander of U.S. forces in Korea from Army General James Thurman.
(Editing by Mark Heinrich)