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The Big Picture: An interview with Edward Burtynsky
It's often impossible to fully understand the big picture of industrialized development from the limited perspective of the consumer. Each day most of us in the western world go about our business, driving to and from work, using plastics made from petroleum, enjoying foods shipped in from thousands of miles away, without a thought of the very resource that makes this all possible — oil. The impact of oil has consistently reappeared in the work of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky for well over a decade. Burtynsky's photographs often soar into the air, freeing us from our limited perspective, offering us the ability to better understand the scale and impact that this material has on contemporary life. It is only through this expansive perspective that we begin to understand the magnitude and consequence of our complicit actions. Recently, DailyServing founder Seth Curcio was able to speak to Burtynsky by phone about his current exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, titled Oil. During this conversation, we learn how Burtynsky's research has altered his own relationship to oil, how he uses scale and perspective to shape our understanding of the industrialized world, and what lies ahead of us with the future of oil.
Seth Curcio: In the introduction to your book Oil, you said, " In 1997 I had what I refer to as my oil epiphany. It occurred to me that all the vast man-altered landscapes I had pursued for over 20 years had been made possible by oil…" Since that time you have spent a decade and a half documenting the impact of oil consumption globally. How has this ongoing project shaped the way that you interact with the world, especially in regard to oil consumption?
Edward Burtynsky: At that point, I had spent 16 or 17 years trying to find the largest events possible around mining and quarrying. I was interested in places that we had collectively engaged, and that illustrate scale. I realized that the scale that I'd been photographing could only have been achieved through the combustive engine and a readily available fuel, such as oil.
These ideas led me to consider the things that are around me, from the fuel in my car to the road that I am driving on, to the plastic container that was in my hand. They are all produced with oil. As I started to look around, I asked myself what's not oil? and that became the more interesting question. It was at that point that I began to close the chapter on mining and open the chapter on the oil landscape. That started my research representing the extraction and refinement of oil, the urban worlds and events produced as a result of oil, and the end of the line — the final entropy and physical result of oil consumption.
Through this I was fully aware that I was involved in the consumption of oil too. You simply cannot live life in the modern world without the usage of oil. We are all, in some way, participating in the material and resource. But, I'm always trying to find ways to mitigate my own consumption and impact. I planted a forest in 1985 and have since cared for it as a gesture to offset my carbon usage. I've always been careful to purchase fuel-efficient cars, and each time I fly, I purchase from offset companies. It is always my hope to be able to offset my usage through these means.
SC: As an individual, our limited perspective often prohibits us from seeing the larger picture of our impact on the planet. Literally, shifting our perspective to 1000+ feet above the ground can drastically change how we see the world. For me, this was strikingly evident in the expansive aerial photograph Highway #5, Los Angeles, California, USA. Can you talk a little about perspective and access as it relates to your work?
EB: When you stand at ground level, a real hierarchy begins to form. Everything in the foreground of the picture becomes dominant and hides everything behind it. The middle just becomes irrelevant at eye or ground level. But, then I realized that as you move up a bit, things begin to reveal themselves and you get a real sense of the relationships between the foreground, middle ground, and background. The descriptive power of the elevated point of view becomes so much more interesting than the view from the ground. From this point, you really get the chance to understand the scale of the landscape or how much of something is there, like how many cars are backed up behind you or how many planes are parked together. You get to see and really understand scale from the elevated viewpoint. And for me, that is a way that I can describe the system in which we organize certain things on such a large scale.
EB: I do believe that an image has to be visually compelling to address the kind of landscape that will challenge us and make us ask the important questions. I think that artists don't really have the power to change the world, but we do have the power to raise questions about the world that we are creating. In my heart, I feel that as artists we can hold a mirror up to society and help reflect upon exactly what we are doing and what type of world we are creating. All types of artists have the ability to take on this task. We must take on society and examine the condition of the human experience, and make sense of it as an individual and as a collective society. You are simply not going to get this type of storytelling directly from science. It is the role of the artist to tell this type of story. It's inherent in the creative arts to reflect where we are going in a way that perhaps has not been thought of before. And, aesthetics is a portal though which people will enter to explore these notions. But, if the work is not visually interesting enough for them to enter, then you won't be able to communicate anything at all to the viewer.
SC: Your images are simultaneously seductive and agressive, instantly placing the viewer in the question-asking role. This prompts one to consider their own place within the image, and how one's own culture and daily activities contribute to a much larger problem. Paul Roth has said about your work "the subject is not oil…These photographs are about man, and what he as made of this earth." While the gravity of this resource is certainly evident throughout your pictures, I feel that the effects on humanity are most profound in the portraits found in the group The End of Oil. Since you were on the ground engaging with people whose lives are directly impacted by man's use of oil, I wonder if you connected with humanity in a way that was not possible in your more distant aerial photographs? Did making those portraits change the way you thought about man, and what he has made of this earth, as Roth suggests?
EB: When I went to Bangladesh it was if I stepped back in time and was in the middle of the industrial revolution. Many of the people there were engaging in the most filthily, hard, arduous work that can be conceived. I felt that I went back in time because I could never see this type of work in my culture, as that moment had long passed. These men were working barefoot in a scrapyard, cutting metal with a torch and no eye protection, and inhaling clouds of asbestos with no respirators. They are taking part in the collateral damage of western off-gassing. It's a fifthly job, cutting down massive ships that are technologically obsolete for our purposes. But, to see these people barefoot and still holding a shred of dignity in these types of jobs, I felt that at some point it is important for humanity to enter this project and for viewers to see humans engaging with the end result of our impact, as opposed to those who participated in the beginning of the narrative. I thought it was important to show humanity in a very unfortunate situation, even as they are attempting to better themselves, so that the first world can really see exactly who is doing our dirty work. And, that is why I wanted to have people appear and at that particular point in the narrative.
Overtime, it has become more apparent to me that these aren't as much landscapes, as they are places that illustrate the systems such as how we extract oil from the ground, how we ship it, and how we build infrastructure to move machines around. The work is about trying to find a way to represent all of the systems that we have created to enjoy the benefits that the internal combustion engine and oil have afforded us. The images are not really about the singular place; they are a stand in for the ways that we have changed our landscape to accommodate all of these things — this new way of life.
SC: Absolutely. The impact is so invisible to the western world. There are such small moments where we can see the effects of our culture on the rest of the earth. This brings to mind the times that we do get to see our actions unfold — like with the gulf oil crisis. Considering that you had been working on this project and related projects for well over a decade when the Gulf oil crisis happened two years ago, what went though your mind when viewing those images and video on TV? What is your reaction to the incident and all that has occurred in that region since?
EB: I went and photographed that area right after the situation occurred. I had been working on a project about water and I thought that this is a perfect example of an immediate oil and water event that was loaded with implications that were real and happening right now. I thought this would give me a change to see these all-important liquids in our life in an unexpected and unwanted marriage. It was like the Frankenstein story, where we did something and really didn't fully understand the risks; we drilled to 23,000 ft – 5,000 ft of water and another 17,000 feet of bedrock to get to the oil. And, then to have it all go bad and lose control of the well. It's like when doctor Frankenstein creates life and then it turns on him and becomes a menace. The same scientists are then trying to contain it and get back into the lab, but its not that easy. It really is the process of science over reaching and then losing control. It's a lesson that we keep repeating — not fully understanding the risk and moving forward anyway. Imagine if this repeats itself in drilling conditions in the artic. If there were a spill in the winter, there would be no way of reaching it, it would just gush all winter long and could very well completely destroy the artic. Imagine the mess that we would all be in then. The idea of an error occurring in the artic is a real nightmare. The Gulf has 35,000 wells. They are not new at this, and they have every bit of technology, help, and resources available at their disposal to help solve the problem. Now the artic is a completely different situation. With all of the resources available, it still took 3 months to stop the oil in the Gulf! In the artic, who is there to help? Who is there to save the day? Nobody. So, it is a scary thought that we would advance into this region in our pursuits of this material.
SC: There is so many issues with the inevitability of another spill at the magnitude of the gulf oil crisis. But, the western world is so detached from the actual production of oil that it can seem out of touch. We just know that we still need it, and therefore, another site will be built. Another type of technology will be invented to reach another pocket of oil. This brings me to the lanscape pictures that you made under the umbrella of the End of Oil. They are so striking and haunting. These images really get to the essence of not only the impact of our consumption of oil, but also the waste we leave behind. However, we know that now matter how many of these sites are used and abandoned, inevitably another will open to satisfy out needs. So, seeing these images actually makes me consider the future of oil. I'm curious about what your discoveries have led you to think about the future of the man-made world in regard to this material? What do you see on the horizon?
EB: I see it in terms of peak oil. It is not a question of if, it is a question of when. Its not like peak oil is going to stop. It's just like the 1974 peak oil problem, it crests and no matter how much you pump it can't keep up with the public demand. All of the sudden you see supply go in one direction and demand go in the other. Then, you get market adjustment; the prices go up to help reduce demand. Its like playing ping pong on a moving train, the price goes up and down, but really its always moving up and going forward. When we average it out, it will move from $100 to $200, $300, $400 per barrel, and that is what it will look like at different price points. As the price goes higher more people will be left behind. Less people will be able to drive, fly in an airplane, and oil consumption will be left for those with more capital, while the rest of us deal with massive inflation. And, third world countries could be completely out of oil, leaving them with huge amounts of social unrest. In countries like China, you can see them purchasing oil fields and natural resources from anyone that will sell, as they know that they don't have many of their own natural resources. They are stock piling from locations around the world in preparation of their expanded development. And, there is going to be a lot of tension globally as we begin to hit peak oil again.
But, there is something that we here in the west can do. It is called losing our addiction to oil. I feel that we could reduce our consumption by 30% through conservation – raising the fuel average to 50 miles per gallon in cars, producing alternative energy, and reducing the huge tax cuts to oil companies and giving them to green energy developers. There just hasn't been the right emphasis put in the right places yet. Historically, big infrastructure changes have to come, in part, from the government. Just like it did with when we needed to add telephone lines, highways, and hydro development – it all came from the government. And, if we are going to make these changes in relationship to our oil consumption, if we really want sustainable alternative energy, the government has to be there. It has to create a level playing field. It's got to put oil in the same place as alternatives, and quit giving benefits to oil over alternative energy. Tax people for carbon consumption, and alternatives start looking really good. We all play a part in this.
The exhibition Oil, by Ed Burtynsky, will be on view at the Nevada Museum of Art from June 9, 2012 – September 23, 2012.


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Award highlights success of innovative strategic partnership at 22nd Annual Partnerships in Clinical Trials conference in Orlando, FL
Boston, Mass., April 24, 2013 – PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL), a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced it has been named a recipient of the 2013 "Partnership Pioneers of the Year" award in recognition of its innovative strategic partnership with Pfizer and ICON. Given by the advisory board of the Institute for International Research and Partnerships in Clinical Trials, the award recognizes two or more companies engaged in a partnership that moves beyond the traditional transactional model to further drug development.
"PAREXEL is honored to receive the 'Partnership Pioneers of the Year' award in recognition of our successful collaboration with Pfizer, which has ushered in an innovative approach to clinical trial execution," said Josef von Rickenbach, Chairman and CEO of PAREXEL. "We are proud of our ability to utilize PAREXEL's global resources and worldwide technology infrastructure to implement high-quality clinical trials with greater efficiency. We will continue to apply lessons learned from this relationship model to drive value creation and improve outcomes-focused partnerships across our entire portfolio."
PAREXEL announced a five-year strategic partnership model with Pfizer in May 2011. The goal of the strategic partnership model is to increase the speed and efficiency of clinical development programs, while ensuring that quality, innovation and global reach are central to improving predictability of clinical trials.
"Our new Alliance Partner Model is providing a solid foundation for integrated quality clinical services," said Dr. John Hubbard, SVP of Development Operations for Pfizer. "ICON and PAREXEL's clinical expertise and innovative technology continue to set the standard for best practices in their field. This award recognizes progress toward our goal of creating a common culture dedicated to improving clinical trial implementation. We look forward to deepening our relationship with ICON and PAREXEL, to achieve our partnership's full potential, and ultimately deliver medicines to patients in need more quickly and efficiently."
The Partnership Pioneers of the Year award comes on the heels of a new PAREXEL research report titled, Strategic Partnerships 2013, which was issued earlier this week. The report explores the current outsourcing landscape and examines the value that strategic partnerships provide to biopharmaceutical companies of all sizes.
Pfizer, ICON and PAREXEL accepted the honor during an award ceremony at the 22nd annual Partnerships in Clinical Trials conference.
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NEW YORK — They say that every game in a playoff series has its own personality. And a couple of rotation changes should give Game 2 of the Knicks-Celtics' series (Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET, TNT) a new look.
The Knicks hope to have Pablo Prigioni back from a sprained ankle for Game 2. And if they do, he will start and join Raymond Felton in the backcourt. The Knicks went 15-1 with the two point guards starting together in the final month of the regular season.
The Knicks have been incredibly efficient offensively, scoring almost 120 points per 100 possessions in 298 minutes, with Felton and Prigioni on the floor together. And after a game in which they scored 85 points on 88 possessions, they could certainly use an offensive boost. After assisting on just 13 of their 32 buckets in Game 1, the team hopes that Prigioni will bring better ball movement.
But the lineup change could have an adverse effect on the other end of the floor. Woodson said Sunday that if Prigioni is back, Felton will guard Paul Pierce to start the game (the original plan had Prigioni been healthy in Game 1), with Iman Shumpert defending Jeff Green.
Shumpert was guarding Pierce to start Game 1, and the Celtics posted Pierce on three of the first four possessions. When the Knicks doubled the post, the Celtics got a jumper for Kevin Garnett and a layup for Avery Bradley.
Mismatches on Pierce were a big part of the Celtics' offense all day Saturday. Later in the first quarter, they ran the same play several times to get J.R. Smith switched onto Pierce at the foul line. And they had some more success with Pierce posting Jason Kidd on a few possessions midway through the second.
With their lineup change, the Knicks will be handing the Celtics a mismatch from the start. And Boston will obviously go to Pierce in the post early and often. New York will send double-teams, and it will be up to Pierce's teammates to make them pay.
Green was a pretty good corner 3-point shooter (45.7 percent) in the regular season, but didn't attempt any shots from the corners on Saturday. As a team, Boston was just 1-for-5 from the corners, an obvious area for improvement in Game 2.
Doc Rivers plans on making some rotation changes of his own. He went only eight deep in Game 1, using just three guards — Jordan Crawford, Courtney Lee and Jason Terry — off the bench. The trio combined to shoot 0-for-7.
Rivers said Sunday that we could see a big man off the bench — presumably Chris Wilcox or Shavlik Randolph — on Tuesday. If it's Wilcox, it will be the first playoff appearance of his 11-year career.
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The Celtics weren't very good defensively, allowing 104.7 points per 100 possessions, in 396 regular season minutes with Bass and Wilcox on the floor together. And the Garnett-Wilcox pair played just 73 minutes.
Rivers also wants to see a bigger role for Crawford. Amazingly, Crawford didn't take a single shot in his 10:46 on Saturday. And it surely goes without saying that it was the first time in the gunner's career that he's played at least 10 minutes without taking a shot.
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I just went through the process of planning, designing and opening a hotel's spa. Once again, I was reminded that small details are important but can also drive you crazy. At the beginning of the project, the owner/client selects the "team," which usually consists of the designer, architect, consultant, contractor, mechanical and engineer consultant, and the hotel general manager (at times the list is even longer). Everyone has their own agenda, but at the end of the day, you're the one who has to live with the results. That means you need to be asking questions along the way. Once you have developed your concept statement and you're in the process of space planning and reviewing schematic drawings, ask yourself the following questions:
How will you get the laundry out of the treatment rooms discreetly?
How will staff get to the treatment rooms without going through the locker room or relaxation area?
How will the therapist greet the clients in the respective waiting areas, especially if you have single sex waiting areas?
Do you want the phone to ring at the reception desk?
Do you have room for a separate reservation area in the back of the house?
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In how many treatment rooms do you want a separate prep area or a second check-in screen?
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Who is selecting the door hardware and what type do you want? Do you want closers on the door?
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Are the electrical outlets for your treatment tables located underneath them?
Are your soiled linen bins large enough?
Have this list of questions in front of you while you are looking at your plans, especially when you start securing equipment bids. You need to separate each room and provide the vendor with the equipment you are looking for. Once you have your final equipment list, place the icons on your drawings. If you don't have that capability, mark up the rooms with different colored pencils representing each piece of equipment. Then make sure you have the correct specs for each piece and that you've met any electrical/plumbing requirements. Don't forget ADA requirements.
You must think about so many things when opening a spa that one page isn't enough room to discuss it. Sometimes you cannot even address it in one book because the industry as well as customers' needs and wants change so quickly that you would have to write another one as soon you finish the first.
So, as they say, "the devil is in the details." Make sure you have the right team, and do sweat the small stuff. That is what will make the difference in your spa.
Glenn Colarossi is the president of Colarossi Spa & Health Club Consulting & Management. He has worked on projects throughout the world for five-star clients. He can be reached at 203-357-7555 or at www.healthclubandspa.com


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
A bevy of Hollywood's leading figures over the weekend attested to the utter failure of the attempted cultural boycott of Israel when they signed a statement blaming Hamas for the current violence in and around the Gaza Strip.
Championed by the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Minnie Driver, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Rogen, and Sarah Silverman, the letter read:
"Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage. Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for learning, not for launching missiles. Children are our hope, not our human shields."
It also blasted Palestinian groups that maintain "ideologies of hatred and genocide which are reflected in Hamas' charter, Article 7 of which reads, 'There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!'"
In that particular clause, the Hamas charter is actually quoting from the Hadith, an authoritative collection of Mohammed's post-Koranic teachings, deeds and sayings.
The statement was signed by no fewer than 187 actors, directors, writers, agents, executives and other Hollywood personalities. It was the initiative of the Creative Community for Peace.
David Lonner, a representative for the group, told Deadline Hollywood, "There's been a lot of confusion in the media of what's actually going in the Gaza Strip, but for those of who go to Israel, it's not complicated at all. So, there's been a feeling for a while now of how to get a message across and un-complicate matters, and we think this (statement) is a step in the right direction."
Earlier in this summer's Gaza war, a spattering of international celebrities issued personal statements that appeared to be backing the Palestinian side, only to quickly retract their words following harsh criticism. Married stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem put their signatures to a letter accusing Israel of genocide, but later admitted they were not well versed on the conflict.
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31243, Hymns, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, no. 211
1. While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
"Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind."
2. "To you, in David's town this day,
Is born of David's line
The Savior who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign:
The heav'nly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid."
3. Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song:
"All glory be to God on high
And on the earth be peace.
Goodwill henceforth from heav'n to men
Begin and never cease."
Text: Nahum Tate, 1652-1715; based on Luke 2:8-14
Music: Yorkshire carol, ca. 1800
Luke 2:8-14


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November 20, 2013
To showcase who is talking about Riak and Riak across the world, we recently overhauled the Riak News Page. This News Page showcases some of the top stories about Riak and the distributed systems industry. It also highlights recent announcements from us, ranging from releases to partnerships to speaking engagements.
Currently on the News Page, check out stories from:
- ComputerWeekly – Angry Birds Roost Grows with Open NoSQL Riak
- 451 Research – Riak Previews Distributed Database Update Following Major Deal with UK's NHS
- The Register – What Do We Want? Strong Consistency! When Do We… Oh, It's In Riak v2
- ProgrammableWeb – Seagate Releases Open Source API to Eliminate Data Storage Complexities
- Computing – NHS 'to Benefit from Agile Development' with Selection of Open Source Database Riak for Spine2
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It is important that children read "just right" books in what is called the Zone of Proximal Development. Once you have that zone figured out — here's the ZPD conversion chart by grade level— use our Reading List to choose Just Right books. This list is drawn for the abundant teaching experience of Gemm staff, books that over the years have been shown to be "the one" that sparked a love of reading. They are sorted by level of difficulty with indications of suitability gender-wise where appropriate, and by subject matter.
Reading List by Grade Level
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Hamilton County Courts
Daily Call-In Message
Telephone Standby: All trial jurors are on standby and report to the courthouse when instructed to do so by means of a recorded message. The recorded message will refer to you by juror number. Please report promptly at the time indicated in the message. The telephone call-in number is (518)648-5018.
Parking: Free parking is available in the vicinity of the courthouse.
Absence/Emergency: If an illness or emergency prevents you from reporting, please call (518)548-3211. If is it prior to the day you are scheduled to appear, please call (518)648-5018.
Court Hours: Court normally operates from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with a lunch recess. There are brief recesses throughout the day based upon the discretion of the Judge. Court sessions do not often continue beyond 5:00 p.m., except for extraordinary circumstances.
Court Security: All persons and packages entering the court facility are subject to magnetometer and x-ray screening. Weapons of any kind and all sharp or dangerous instruments, including knives and scissors, are not permitted. Any use of video/audio recording equipment, including video/audio capable cell phone/smart phones, is strictly prohibited.
Dress Code: Please dress in a manner respectful to the Court. No shorts, cut-offs, halters, tank tops, etc.
Meals: All meals are your own responsibility. You are free to bring your own lunch. Soda machines are located in the courthouse. No food or drink is allowed in the courtrooms.
Verification of Attendance: Upon request, a voucher will be provided. The voucher will provide information regarding the date of appearance and times of appearance and dismissal.
Jury Pay: By New York State Law, the daily pay rate for jurors is $40.00. Jurors who are employed and who receive regular wages while they are serving as jurors are not entitled to payment from the Court system unless they serve on a regularly scheduled day off.
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Spurs supremos charmed me - Eriksen
Christian Eriksen has revealed it was the personal touch of Daniel Levy and Franco Baldini that persuaded him to sign for Tottenham.
Eriksen's Tottenham career may just be 71 minutes old, but the playmaker is already a fans' favourite following his impressive debut in the 2-0 win over Norwich.
The Dane became the seventh and final signing of a busy summer for the north London club when he completed an £11.5million move from Ajax on the Friday before the transfer window shut.
Levy has become renowned for his love of a last-minute deal, but the Tottenham chairman resolved to get his squad in tip-top shape early on in this transfer window to offset the damaging loss of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid.
Gone are the days when Levy would launch last-gasp raids for cheap signings, such as he tried to do with Phil Neville and Charlie Adam in the Harry Redknapp era.
This time, he and technical director Baldini sought to wrap up Eriksen's signing quickly by flying to Amsterdam to negotiate with the Dutch club and the move paid off.
"I talked a little bit with the manager but I had more to do with the chairman and the director Baldini. They were they guys who really had the right words," Eriksen said.
"The first contact was with my agent and then my agent talked to me and I said, 'Go on, I really want to hear what they have got to say'.
"The day after my agent was (in London) to look around and see everything and talk with the big men, then the day after, they all went to Amsterdam to negotiate with Ajax.
"The next day, I was here for a medical. It went really quick. Just four days.
"It really impressed me that they wanted it so badly and wanted to do it so quickly."
The "right words" that came out of Levy's mouth centred around Tottenham's ambitions.
"The club wants to be in the Champions League next season, for sure, and then we have, of course, to become champions," the 21-year-old said.
"That is why he spent so much money on good players and that is just the sort of thing I want to be part of."
Although the season is still in its early stages, the early signs are that Tottenham are well-equipped for their assault on the top four.
Eriksen's ability to link play between midfield and attack has given Spurs something they have been lacking since the departure of Rafael van der Vaart.
Roberto Soldado's ratio of four goals in five games has been encouraging while Erik Lamela is yet to start a game following his £26million move from Roma.
Arsenal sat above Spurs at the top of the Barclays Premier League table on Sunday night, but Eriksen hopes that will soon not be the case.
"We will have to turn that around for a start," he said.
"Overall our chances look really good. It is different. We are in a new squad and still have to learn about everything and everybody, but, we have had a good beginning."


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Creative recreation was officially launched in orange county, California in the fall of 2002. The three founders of creative recreation noticed a huge void in the foodwear market. Everyone was offering either dress shoes to be worn with a suit or athletic inspired sneakers that were not acceptable at most functions for our lifestyles. No one was offering footwear to young professionals with styles. Three long time friends who were already enjoying a prosperous career in the footwear industry decided they would be the ones to change the game.
With these inspirations behind them, creative recreation set out to fill this void. The three founders simply set out to design shoes that they wanted to wear. By sampling the best aspects from other footwear categories they have incorporated the comfort of an athletic sneaker combined with the materialization of a dress shoe to create the ultimate crossbreed.
Many people have difficulties understanding what category creative recreation footwear falls into. that has been the best compliment to the founders. "We don´t want to be put into any category, we´re a footwear company! We make shoes for our lifestyle, rather we make shoes for life with style".
Our definition
Creative recreation: characterized by originality and imagination, a refreshment of one´s mind or body through activity that amuses and stimulates play.


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There may be a Chinese-led attempt to cement the impression that both sides of the Taiwan Strait are working in tandem on the issue of sovereignty over the disputed Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), a source said in a recent tip-off to Taiwan's national security agencies.
According to the source, World Chinese Alliance in Defense of the Diaoyu Islands (世界華人保釣聯盟, WCADDI) executive director Huang Hsi-lin (黃錫麟) has made a habit of raising funds in China prior to launching any protests related to the Diaoyutais, which are known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.
Huang, who is also the secretary-general of the Chung Hwa Baodiao Alliance, reported to Chinese officials after each protest, the sources added.
National security officials said that Huang was planning a trip to China today that would last eight days and that Huang's group, numbering 36 in total, only had to pay US$6,090 per person, suggesting someone was subsidizing their trip. The officials added that they suspected China's Taiwan Affairs Office was involved in a Diaoyutai talk the group is supposed to give on its fifth day in Beijing.
Coupled with the fact that Huang brought the Chinese national flag to the islets during his group's protest and that three Chinese ships appeared near the islands during another protest earlier this year, it is evident that China is working at bolstering the impression that both sides of the Strait are working together on the Diaoyutais issue, the source said.
On the morning of June 4 last year, Huang and two other WCADDI members set off for the Diaoyutais to protest against Japan's claim and reiterate Taiwan's claims of sovereignty. The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) mobilized three ships to protect Huang, but although the CGA ships successfully barred the Japanese from boarding Huang's ship, Huang said that he forgot to bring the Republic of China flag and instead threw the People's Republic of China flag on the waters around the islands in a gesture of defiance.
According to national security officials, although Huang boasted that several Chinese netizens had donated a total of 150,000 yuan (US$24,100) in three days after they had heard of his protests, the information provided by the source and from other data showed that some of the donations had come from official Chinese channels.
At the end of January, Huang embarked on another protest about the islands with the blessing of the CGA, which mobilized four ships to protect him.
The ships encountered eight Japanese ships and three Chinese ships, which prompted the CGA ships to both maneuver against the Japanese ships while asking the Chinese ships to leave the territorial waters of the Republic of China to prevent the assumption that both sides of the Strait were collaborating on the issue.
The "chance" appearance of Chinese ships the moment CGA ships and protesters arrived around the Diaoyutais was "too coincidental," national security officials said, adding that it was hard not to suspect some sort of Chinese attempt to forge the impression of both sides of the Strait working together on the issue.
In response, Huang said that the source was fabricated and that he was innocent of all the insinuations made against him.
Huang said that a friend in China had invited him to China in June last year, adding that he was unable to make good on the journey until this month due to unforeseen delays.


text: Kamran, My first approach would be to call up the application manufacturer directly and ask them how their licensing works. Explain your situation, and get their recommendation. After you find out the deal on that piece of software, start talking about bulk pricing. A lot of companies, especially ones with specialized software, are willing to give good bulk discounts to universities. If that fails, find a VAR (Value Added Reseller). Typically a good VAR can get you discounts on anything they sell of 25-45% off of the manufacturer's price. You'll get even better discounts if you can purchase say the 50 pieces of software, as well as some servers, or some other software, or some support licenses through the var. I always try to make my purchases large, and combined. If I know I'm going to need to spend $250k in a quarter on software & hardware, but I won't need a portion of it until the end of the quarter, I'll let my vendor know what I plan on ordering, and how much I want to order initially, and they will almost always offer me extra discounts to do the entire purchase at once. >Hi, > >I am working as an IT Manager at NED University of Engineering & >Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, and currently managing a Linux based >Cluster of 50 nodes. I just wanted to ask you that how to manage >licensing issues on a beowulf cluster. Lets say, if you want to run an >application software on 50 nodes then will you purchase 50 licenses of >that software or if there is any other alternative to handle this >licensing issue, because purchasing such a huge number of licences >will definitely be very expensive. Actually, I also want to purchase >different software for my 50 noded cluster but purchasing 50 licences >of each software costs me alot, thats why I am in need of your >guidance and kind suggestions. > >Regards, > >Muhammad Kamran Mustafa >I.T. Manager >Centre for Simulation & Modeling, >NED University of Engineering & Technology, >Karachi, Pakistan. >Tel: (9221) 9243261-8 ext 2372 >Fax: (9221) 9243248 >_______________________________________________ >Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- ------------------- BitPusher, LLC http://www.bitpusher.com/ 1.888.9PUSHER (415) 724.7998 - Mobile


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The Burger Bistro (Park Slope)
- Expired
- Park Slope
- Burgers
Burger Bistro continues to do what they do best: making incredible burgers with the freshest ingredients, treating customers kindly and giving everyone who walks the through the door the chance to create the exact combo that they want.After winning the hearts of burger fanatics in Brooklyn and Manhattan, the folks at the Burger Bistro have set their sights on another borough to woo with their popular build-your-own ethos. Since opening up their first shop in Bay Ridge, they've made their way to Park Slope, the Upper East Side, and most recently Astoria. Though the new location has only been open since December, they're already doing the things that earned them fame in the first place: making incredible burgers with the freshest ingredients, treating customers kindly, and giving everyone who walks the through the door the chance to create the exact combo they're craving.
Organic lamb burger with smoked gouda and portobello mushrooms? Grilled ahi tuna steak with frizzled onions and jalapeno mayo? The options are endless, and will all be served with a smile. But after picking out the proper patty, there's one choice that's incredibly easy to make. Just say yes to the Buffalo Tater Tots. Or, for the truly adventurous, keep an eye on their specials – they've been known to offer up one of their beefy burgers sandwiched between two fluffy halves of a fresh doughnut. Of course, for folks who don't mix their sweets with their savories, there's still a way to sneak in some dessert. The restaurant's homemade ice cream sandwiches are also known for stealing hearts across NYC. Choose between three decadent options: Oatmeal Cookies with Buttercream Ice Cream, Snickerdoodle Cookies with Cinnamon Ice Cream, or Chocolate Crackle Cookies with Peppermint Ice Cream. Talk about a Sophie's Choice-esque love triangle...
Menu Highlights
Buffalo Tater Tots, $8.25
Deep Fried Corn on the Cob, $8.25
Fried Artichoke Hearts, $8.25
Build Your Own Burgers, $8 to $10
Monday to Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Saturday, 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday, 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.


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Companies in Austin That Offer Casual Dress
List of Companies in Austin with Casual Dress
205 Companies
Security • Software
With Rapid7 technology, services, and research, organizations around the globe can break down barriers, accelerate innovation, and securely advance.
150Local Employees
Cloud • Healthtech
ClearDATA is the market leader for healthcare cloud computing and information security services for healthcare providers and software and service companies, and is 100% dedicated to the healthcare field.
125Local Employees
A Cloud Guru
Cloud • Edtech
We're a company founded by engineers, comprised of engineers, building the world's largest cloud learning and transformation platform with a bold mission – giving individuals and businesses the chance to change their trajectory. Our fun, engaging (and quirky) courses have helped 800,000+ engineers learn to cloud, and we're just getting started.
27Local Employees
Procore Technologies
Cloud • Software
Procore Technologies provides cloud-based construction management software to clients across the globe, helping them more efficiently build skyscrapers, hospitals, retail centers and more. You'll work with an open and optimistic team where you can have a concrete impact on the way our world is built.
230Local Employees
Fintech • Real Estate
Amherst is a leading real estate investment and advisory firm with a long track record in helping our clients understand risks and opportunities through data-driven solutions for investing, trading and analysis. We leverage data and quantitative modeling to operate complex vertically integrated businesses.
350Local Employees
Sales • Software
Signpost is a smart CRM that helps businesses to know, grow, and strengthen their local customer base. Mia automatically collects and analyzes consumer data from every touchpoint, including email, calls and transactions. Armed with this data on new and existing customers, she intelligently manages customer relationships.
50Local Employees
NSS Labs
Security • Software
NSS Labs, Inc. is recognized globally as the most trusted source for independent, fact-based cybersecurity guidance. Our mission is to advance transparency and accountability within the cybersecurity industry. We empower enterprises by providing them with timely, relevant information on which to base their decisions.
80Local Employees
HR Tech • On-Demand
Adia brings together employers and flexible workers in the hospitality, events, warehousing and retail sectors through a simple and easy to use app. We leverage technology and AI to eliminate inefficiencies in the world of work. Founded in 2016, we have a short company history but one that spreads across Switzerland, UK, Germany and now the US.
20Local Employees
Fintech • Software
ScaleFactor is the smart finance software that is changing the way modern businesses operate. By automating complex bookkeeping tasks and translating financial information into usable business insights, ScaleFactor is enabling business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs to focus on what they love: running and growing their business.
95Local Employees
AdAction Interactive
AdTech • Mobile
AdAction is an innovative mobile app media company partnering with leading app developers, Fortune 100 brands, and quality publishers to create successful performance marketing campaigns across iOS & Android platforms. Since 2013, AdAction's had one of the highest client retention rates in the industry and averages over 8 million monthly installs.
18Local Employees
New Knowledge
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning
New Knowledge is a fast-growing information integrity company on a mission to help our clients understand the internet. We use AI and machine learning to alert brands to potentially damaging online campaigns, and we are revolutionizing the way companies and industries make sense of disinformation, echo chambers, and filter bubbles.
48Local Employees
Big Data • Marketing Tech
TrendKite is defining the way for digital PR. Our platform transforms the way the way we look at earned media through all stages of the storytelling process, so PR professionals can do their most meaningful, effective, and targeted work.
200Local Employees
Spreetail is an ecommerce company dedicated to making customers' lives better and easier through a high-quality shopping experience; great home, garden, & backyard products; and best-in-class service. Founded in 2006 in Lincoln, Nebraska, Spreetail is proud to now house offices and fulfillment centers in 8 cities and 6 states.
86Local Employees
Enterprise Web • Productivity
Optimizely is the world's leader in customer experience optimization, allowing businesses to dramatically drive up the value of their digital products, commerce and campaigns through its best in class experimentation software platform.
23Local Employees
eCommerce • Travel
HomeAway, a world leader in the vacation rental industry, is the place to book beach houses, cabins and condos with more than two million places to stay in 190 countries. The site makes it easy to find and book the perfect vacation rental for any getaway, often for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations.
1700Local Employees
AdTech • Marketing Tech
With OutboundEngine, you get a team of marketing experts who go to work for you every day. We create original content for our clients, automate their email campaigns, update their social media profiles, and ultimately help them grow their businesses and drive long-term value for their customers.
200Local Employees
Smarter Sorting
Greentech • Hardware
Smarter Sorting helps companies maximize the salvation of unwanted items. We achieve this through our Point Of Reversal Decision Engine. It is the best and only one of its kind.
31Local Employees
Square Root
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Square Root unlocks potential for some of the world's leading brands. Our enterprise software, CoEFFICIENT®, breaks through organizational silos, uncovers stores' unique needs, and helps achieve business goals to improve customer experiences.
43Local Employees
Opcity Inc
Real Estate
More and more home buyers & sellers are starting their process online, but most brokers aren't set up to consistently turn online inquiries into transactions. Opcity's platform delivers close rates 3-5x the industry average. Our executive team and investors combine expertise to uniquely position Opcity to disrupt this $500 billion market.
280Local Employees
Vyopta Incorporated
Big Data • Software
Vyopta is on a mission to turn UC into a competitive advantage for enterprises. Our product is a SaaS monitoring and analytics platform that helps IT teams at some of the top global enterprises improve the performance and efficiency of video, voice, messaging technologies and web conferencing. Vyopta serves leading financial, technology, healthca
58Local Employees


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Take the time to Challenge #73 is...
Share a book with someone you love.
Hi- thanks so much for hosting! This week I posted The Dandelion's Story, my Cornbread Recipe and a post on the importance of getting outside as much as you can with your kids. Enjoy a great week. Rebecca @ Natural Mothers Network ( Seasonal Celebration)
I'm happy to be here again this week, thanks for hosting!
Visit Make the Scene Monday going on now at Alderberry Hill
Thank you so much for featuring my cookies :) and for hosting such a lovely party every week!
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Prince Charles "Shaken" After Car Crash At Balmoral
Photos surfaced yesterday of Queen Elizabeth driving the Middleton family around her Balmoral estate, but it seems Her Majesty wasn't the only one getting up to high jinks behind the wheel.
Prince Charles reportedly found himself in a spot of both while driving through his Royal mum's Scottish residence over the weekend when a deer jumped out in front of his Audi.
While the Prince of Wales was unhurt, the same can't be said of his ride; according to The Mirror, the car was so badly damaged that a specialist repair service was required to attend the scene.
It's unknown how the deer fared in the smash.
"Red deer are a hazard on the roads up here and most drivers have had a brush with them at some point," a source revealed.
"Charles is a careful driver but sometimes they dash out on the road and there's little you can do. He'll have got a hell of a fright."
Red deer are a constant hazard in the Scottish Highlands
A spokesperson for Clarence House refused to comment on the incident, which occurred during a Royal family break to the Scottish Highlands.
As well as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - accompanied by Prince George and Princess Charlotte - Kate Middleton's parents have also been invited to enjoy the end of the summer with Queen Elizabeth, Princess Anne, Charles and Camilla.
It's believed Prince Harry will join the gathering when he returns from his most recent charity trip to Africa.
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- Nov 18:
- Deadline for flood victims to apply for relief in Superior extended to Dec. 9
- Nov 14:
- Sunshine Canyon Drive, Flagstaff Road to reopen to all users Saturday
- Nov 6:
- Superior Chamber establishes relief fund for residents affected by floods
- Oct 15:
- Boulder County homeowner haunted by mysterious concrete block
- Oct 5:
- Boulder area car buyers warned how to avoid flood-damaged autos
- Boulder Reservoir draws 300 volunteers for flood clean-up, repairs
- Oct 4:
- Vail Resorts to put 150 employees to work fixing flood-ravaged Coal Creek Trail
- Oct 3:
- Superior launches Flood Buster program to match volunteers with victims
- Oct 1:
- Superior to hold rescheduled flood repair volunteer project Saturday
- Superior to hold flood impact public meeting tonight
- Sep 25:
- Superior to host volunteer project day Saturday to repair flood damage
- Sep 22:
- Boulder County flood victims facing housing crunch
- Sep 21:
- Boulder ceremony honors memory of couple lost in flood
- Boulder begins inspections of flood-damaged properties Monday
- Sep 18:
- Collection for flood relief at final Art Night Out on Friday in Lafayette
- Sep 15:
- 'Camp Erie' to provide activities for kids during flood-related school closure next week
- Sep 14:
- 234 people remain unaccounted as rescuers gain ground
- Residents, officials: We will come back.
- Road closures in Boulder, east county and surrounding area
- Closings, cancellations and re-openings post flood
- Boulder area canyons remain isolated
- Boulder County's major reservoirs holding steady, despite week's deluge
- Fifth-graders stranded at Cal-Wood near Jamestown return to Louisville
- Officials: Extensive road damage still being assessed
- Boulder County to provide community dumpsters for flood cleanup
- 234 remain 'unaccounted for', rescuers slowly gain ground
- Boulder remains under flash flood watch through Sunday afternoon
- Sep 13:
- St. Vrain schools closed until Thursday, BVSD officials still deciding when to reopen
- In the mouth of Boulder Canyon: The aftermath of a 100-year flood
- Football: No make-up date yet as CU postpones game against Fresno State because of flood
- East Boulder County emerges from a tough night of evacs, road closures
- Boulder to see some relief, but more rain in forecast
- U.S. 36 reopened in both directions between Denver and Boulder
- 181 'unaccounted for,' at least 3 dead in Boulder County
- Flood-related closures in Boulder County for Friday, Sept. 13
- List of Boulder County road closures due to flooding
- Boulder police chief tours flood damage, says 'things are looking better'
- Eldorado Springs residents ordered to evacuate due to high waters, mudslide risk
- Sep 12:
- Surge of water carrying cars, other debris flattens in Boulder Canyon
- Evacuations ordered for 4,000 residents along Boulder Creek
- Flooding claims at least 2 lives in Boulder, Jamestown
- RTD suspends numerous bus routes in Boulder
- 2nd Boulder flooding fatality was recent Centaurus grad Wesley Quinlan, friends say
- 100-year-flood: Boulder rainfall records swamped in dueling weather systems
- Louisville, Lafayette open shelters as creeks swell; downtown Superior under evac order
- Homeless people turned away from Boulder flood shelter
- Flooding prompts evacuations near Erie; community center to serve as shelter
- BVSD: Students at Jamestown's CalWood Education Center are safe
- Closures: Host of area roads closed, as well as CU, Naropa, Boulder Valley, St. Vrain schools
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Left Hand Creek became so swollen with rainwater Friday that it crested over U.S. 36, flooding nearby houses and stranding residents.
Lefthand Fire Protection District spokesman David Miller, who moved to the area in 1989, said the overflowing creek was the "craziest" he'd ever seen it.
"Two nights ago, Left Hand was a small little creek," he said. "But with all the rain and water we've had, it just cluttered up. Debris jammed up and overflowed the creek. It came across the road and turned into another creek and captured some homeowners between two rivers almost."
Rescue crews from Summit County helped Suzanne Sophocles and her two dogs out of her house on Streamcrest Drive, just south of Lefthand Canyon Drive.
Sophocles tried to leave her home Thursday afternoon when water levels around her house went down slightly, but she wasn't able to evacuate. Water flooded onto her deck and eventually, into her home.
"My whole yard is gone and I have a river surrounding the house on all sides," she said. "I don't know, maybe the river will choose to be there for good. I don't know if it's ever going to go away."
When Sophocles saw rescue team members approaching, it felt like a "dream," she said, holding back tears.
The rescue crew surrounded her on four sides in a diamond shape and slowly walked her across the thigh-high rushing waters to safety. They also rescued her two dogs.
"They knew it was a serious situation and they stayed right by my side and kept me company and comforted me," Sophocles said.
Fiona Havlish and her daughter Michaela Havlish, 15, were rescued along with their three dogs and one cat. Even after spending Thursday night without electricity, stranded in her home, Fiona Havlish was able to make light of the situation.
"I now have creekfront property," she said.
Fiona Havlish said she debated evacuating Thursday morning, but ultimately decided not to. By Friday, her cell phone battery was at about 40 percent and she was grateful for the rescue crews.
"It was really hard to make up our mind as to what to do and what not to do," she said. "I've never been in a flood."
Fiona Havlish said Left Hand Creek was flowing at least 20 feet wider than normal, and she had more than three feet of water in her basement. Her driveway looked like a river, she said.
"It feels so good to be on the other side," she said. "It feels a lot better than I thought it would."
Sandi and Jim Fitzgerald, who have lived near Lefthand Canyon for 40 years, watched as rushing water demolished their yard, several decorative ponds, a shed and tennis court. Their basement is full of mud and some water.
When Sandi Fitzgerald, 65, looked upstream Friday, she saw something that brought a smile to her face.
"Someone's rocking chair is just sitting right there in the middle of the stream," she said. "I thought maybe it's an angel here to watch over us."
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text: Well, I've got it running all right. But the produced executables crashes or produce wrong results and the debugger crashes immediately on startup (even for a Hello World app). When I requested assistance from Intel's support center I was explicitely told that the compiler was *NOT* supported on Redhat-8.0 due to libs issues yet. Maybe there is a misunderstanding on my site, that the debugger isnt supported but the compiler is. Anyway, thanks for the information. Roland --- Franz Marini <franz.marini at mi.infn.it> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Roland Krause wrote: > > > Hi, > > can anybody here recommend a Fortran compiler for Linux? I have > > Redhat-8.0 installed and I am porting a large numerics code from > > Solaris to Linux. This going to run on a WS cluster in parallel > with > > MPICH. > > > > Intel doesnt run on Redhat-8 since there is no support for it yet. > > Intel *DOES* run on RH 8.0 ... I have it installed on some machines > here > and it works flawlessly, even on a dual AMD system ;) (obviously, if > you > don't try to use the p4-only instructions :) ). > > Just give it a try, you shouldn't be doin anything special to get it > running. > > Regards, > > Franz > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Franz Marini > Sys Admin and Software Analyst, > Dept. of Physics, University of Milan, Italy. > email : franz.marini at mi.infn.it > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com


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MARTINEZ, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) recently released its top-20 games in league history, with Georgia College & State University softball's 2003 win over Armstrong Atlantic State University in the NCAA South Atlantic Tournament topping the list.
Over the last five months, we've counted down the top-20 games in PBC history. Now, we have reached the end and it's time to unveil what was the overwhelming fans choice as the greatest game ever played.
With more than double the number of votes of any other game on the list, the 2003 NCAA Softball regional final between Armstrong Atlantic State and Georgia College & State University is the runaway winner at #1. Georgia College won the game 1-0 in 13 innings to advance to their first World Series.
2003 was unbelievably good year for PBC softball. Four conference teams finished with 40 or more wins (North Florida, GCSU, AASU, CSU). Two teams finished the year with only nine losses (GCSU and FMU). Even the team that finished 10th in the PBC standings won 31 games.
Heading into the season, most of the focus was on the big three of North Florida, Kennesaw State and Armstrong Atlantic State, but that changed quickly as GCSU came out of the gate on fire, winning 26 games in a row to start the season and rocketing up the national poll until reaching #2 in the nation. Then…they went to Armstrong Atlantic State. GCSU was 26-0 when they went to Savannah and 26-2 when they came home, losing a pair of 1-0 games to the Pirates. AASU All-America pitcher Katya Eronina allowed the Lady Bobcats only five hits combined in the two games.
Georgia College finished second in the standings with four conference losses that season and dropped games to Kennesaw State and North Florida in the 2003 PBC Tournament. Still ranked in the top 10 nationally, the Bobcats made their first NCAA Tournament appearance as the No. 2 seed in the Southeast Regional, which was hosted by North Florida.
Armstrong Atlantic State finished in a tie for fifth in the PBC and struggled against the elite teams in the league following their sweep of Georgia College. After getting bounced by Kennesaw in the PBC Tournament, the Pirates lost their first game in the NCAA regional to Longwood 1-0. But, riding the arm of Eronina, AASU turned the corner and beat Wingate, Columbus State and host North Florida to reach the championship game. But, heading into the showdown with Georgia College, the Pirates had a problem: Eronina was done.
After pitching 31 innings in a three-game stretch, including a 10-inning win over Wingate and a 2-0 win over North Florida in the game immediately preceding the championship, the PBC Pitcher of the Year had a dead shoulder and could not go, so the Pirates had to turn to No. 2: Australian Delaney Warrian. Many AASU fans might have been dismayed at the thought of playing their biggest game without their No. 1 pitcher, but Warrian rose to the challenge and pitched all 13 innings of the final.
"Katya had started the whole tournament and pitched every inning until the GCSU game," recalls Marty McDaniel, head coach of Armstrong Atlantic State in 2003 and now an assistant at the University of Tennessee. "She came to me and said 'I don't have anything left.' But I felt good going in with Delaney (Warrian), she threw a one-hitter against GCSU a few weeks before and presented a problem for them. I knew she was a senior, I knew she could handle the pressure."
GCSU countered with all-conference pitcher Jennifer Joiner, who was in the midst of blazing a smoking trail of ruin through the NCAA regional. With her 13-inning shutout of AASU in the final, the California native pitched 26 consecutive scoreless innings as Georgia College shut out every opponent they faced.
"She was tired, but there was never a moment when she showed any weakness, to any of us," said Bobcat catcher Heather Jones, now an assistant coach at Lander. "We didn't know about Eronina being tired and thought Marty was trying to back-door us."
"It had to have been 120 on the field," said then-GCSU head coach Windy Thees, now head coach at the University of Memphis. "We both had great pitchers on the mound and good hitters; it was like playing ourselves, it was such an intense game. Marty and I coach the same way, we have the same methodology, the same approach to pitching and we each knew what the other was going to do."
The game itself was a nail-biter from start to finish. The Pirate fan-base let out a collective sigh of relief as Warrian set down eight of the first nine Bobcats she faced, including six in a row in the second and third. It quickly became apparent that the first team to blink would most likely lose, so each pitch held the potential of a trip to the World Series.
"You learn from games whether you win or lose and I've learned a lot," said McDaniel. "If I get another game like that, I'm going to squeeze to push a run across."
In the sixth, Georgia College's Joni Frei smacked what appeared to be a sure double to right center, only to see Jocelyn Lavendar make a highlight-worthy diving catch to keep the bases empty.
Georgia College got that double to drop in the seventh as Heather Jones sent one to the wall with two out. But Warrian stood tough and got Mandi Jones to ground out to second to end the inning and send the game to extras.
"Both teams were so determined," said Thees. "We never got frustrated or down, we knew we would score the next inning; then, don't worry, we'll do it the next inning. Jenn (Joiner) told the team 'don't worry, they won't score on me' but she was begging, pleading and threatening them to score a run. It was very intense."
AASU also had their opportunities, thanks in large part to Georgia College defensive miscues. The Bobcats made four errors in the game, including one in the eighth that left Pirates on first and second with one out. But Joiner got Carrie Thompson to pop up to second and Jenny Alfirov on a strikeout to end the threat.
"That had been our thing: if you make a mistake, shake it off, someone's going to be there to pick you up," said Jones. "Jenn would look at you and say 'it's ok, I got you. We wouldn't think about the errors, we would look forward instead of backwards."
Georgia College answered in the bottom of the ninth as Kristin Hughes led off the inning by getting plunked by a Warrian pitch and then moving to second on a sac bunt. With runners at first and second with one out, Jones ripped a single up the middle. AASU center fielder Lindsay Phillips scooped up the ball and gunned down Hughes at home plate to keep the game scoreless.
AASU had a runner at second with nobody out in the top of the 10th only to have Joiner retire three straight. Warrian got a strikeout with a runner in scoring position to end the bottom of the 10th.
Another Bobcat error gave AASU runners at first and second with one out in the 11th. Amanda Kort took the first pitch she saw and hit it as hard as any ball was hit that day. Unfortunately, she hit it right back at Joiner, who gloved it and then took out the runner at first for a double play.
"Its probably one of the longest games I've ever played," said Jones, a freshman on the 2003 team. "The momentum back and forth – we'd make some great defensive play, then go three up and three down, then it would kind of shift back."
As the game crossed the three-hour mark, both pitchers were visibly tiring. When the end came, it came suddenly. After AASU stranded their 15th base runner in the top of the 13th, Joni Frei led off the bottom of the 13th with a double down the left field line. Aundrea Baker then stepped to the plate and ended the game with a simple single up the middle.
"We knew Aundrea was fast and could drive to the gap," said Thees. "They pulled their outfield in and she hit it past them. It was scored as a single because the run scored, but the ball was kind of up and she drove it past them. I remember seeing the ball go and didn't believe it until it hit the grass. Joni was running home and I was jumping up and down all the way to home with them."
Georgia College went on to the World Series in Salem, Ore., where they reached the national championship game before falling to UC Davis. Joiner and Hughes were named All-Americans following the season.
"I think about it all the time," said McDaniel. "GCSU did an excellent job and I commend Windy on that game and the national championship. That year I felt that if we could have got to the world series with our pitching and offense, we could have won a national title."
"I talk about it all the time," said Jones. "I try to tell my girls what happened and how we got there. They like to hear the stories. It helps them because they know that I've been there, in a championship game. Not everybody got along off the field. But when we stepped on that field, it was a completely different story. If you can come together and put whatever you have towards a person aside, you will be successful. 2003 was complete proof of that."
"It's rare for a team to stay close years later, but that team has stayed together and kept in contact," said Thees. "That group was such a special group, they go back to Milledgeville every year and have a team dinner. It gets harder to do with jobs and families and children, but they made that kind of commitment to one another, and it's still there to this day."
And, just as quickly as that game ended, the PBC 20 in 20 celebration is over! The conference would like to thank the hundreds of fans who nominated and voted for games. Also, special thanks to the selection committee who whittled down the 83 games nominated to 35 that were voted on by the general public. On the committee were Randy Warrick (USCA), Jeff May (Lander), Michael Hawkins (FMU), Mike Peacock (CSU), Chad Jackson (AASU), John Zubal (Clayton St.) and Paul Higgs (GCSU).
Special thanks to the league SIDs for providing archived photographs and other information and to all players and coaches who were interviewed for this and all 20 stories.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


text: Greg Lindahl <lindahl at pbm.com> writes: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 07:43:19PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: >> As for the daemons, remember that with a proper scheduler, you will >> switch straight from an incoming network interrupt to a high priority >> process that is expecting the incoming packet, and that even works >> correctly on some (but not all) Linux kernels. A user process cannot >> take priority over other tasks, at least not without someone being >> quite deliberate about it. > > You realize that most big HPC systems are using interconnects that > don't generate many or any interrupts, right? Of course. Usually one even uses interrupt pacing/mitigation even in gig ethernet on a modern machine -- otherwise you're not going to get reasonable performance. (For 10Gig, you have to do even uglier tricks.) However, my argument still holds without any change. Until you actually process the packet, which happens in the kernel, userland won't see it anyway, and when the kernel processes it, it is free to switch to whatever userland process it wishes, and (under normal circumstances) it will do the right thing. So, unless you're going to do the computation in the kernel in a tight loop polling driver, it is six of one, half a dozen or the other. The truth is, of course, that if your userland code is so tightly dependent on real time scheduling that any of this makes a difference, you're just not going to get anything remotely like decent performance on Linux on a PC because between scheduling coughs, SMM, processing I/O interrupts, non-deterministic waits for disk I/O, etc, you would lose -- which is why, of course, no real code is that insanely timing critical. Getting back to the original trigger of the thread, in practice, if Postfix is hanging out and wakes up three times at 2am to send a status message, no one is going to notice, not compared to all the all the rest of the things that are going on. > It doesn't seem that you've bothered to read the papers that several > people have pointed you at. Of course! I'm an ignoramus! Utterly foolish, utterly uninformed, not worth listening to at all. I've also got "no experience in the field", as you already explained so gracefully in an earlier message. In fact, I can't even read or write! Perry -- Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com


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House of Crabs
When I first heard the restaurant name House of Crabs, my heart literally stopped. The thought of a place housing my favourite sea creature was just too much to handle, especially when I'm hungry. Turns out this place does stay true to its name. The crabs come out in boiler bags and the whole process is one delicious albeit a bit messy affair. If you're after fresh seafood and tasty seasonings to boot, this place is for you.
House of Crabs is located on Level 1 of The Norfolk Hotel - the interior space is full of vibrant and bright colours. Loved the quirky atmosphere and the crab signage everywhere.
We were seated at one of these booths and it felt like we were at an American diner.
So basically this is how it works - you choose something from the boil and all prices are for per 500gm. You then decide on the sauce you prefer, either
Mexican, Oriental, Cajun or Lemon Pepper.
On the day there were some special additions as well, so make sure to ask what the daily specials are.
What's great is as you contemplate over the menu, you get complimentary popcorn that's spiced with cajun flavours. These were so dangerously addictive that I probably ate most of it before anything else was served.
Lobster Fries ($12)
were just too tempting to resist. Topped with
lobster gravy, bacon and corn -
seriously how could anyone say no to that? Unfortunately I must say they weren't as good as expected. I guess with all that sauce on top of the fries, it was inevitable that they were going to taste slightly soggy. I definitely prefer crunchy fries but these were nice and creamy regardless from all the stringy cheese.
Both M and I decided to go with crab for the night - we are both huge fans.
M's choice of
Snow Crab with Cajun Sauce ($34)
came nicely sealed in a plastic bag and you can see all the sauce floating below. We were nicely armed with all the correct utensils needed to break into these babies. The key is to master the use of the scissors - once you got that sorted, it's super easy to take out the crab meat as a whole. The cajun sauce was nicely flavoured with strong spice seasoning - it tasted a bit like curry to me to be honest. The snow crab was also quite tender but my King Crab definitely trumped it.
My choice of
King Crab with Butter and Garlic Sauce ($45)
proved to be the best decision of that night. The sauce was tasty and creamy, resembling that of garlic bread. I was ferociously dipping the crab meat into the sauce to absorb as much flavour as possible. The result? Deliciously juicy and succulent bites of crab meat with just the right amount of flavour. Simply divine.
The whole idea is to tip everything onto the table (which is covered with paper table cloths) and really dig in to enjoy the crabs to its full potential - which we gladly did. Don't worry you get bibs and gloves but hey it's fun to get messy sometimes.
I must say towards the end we did get a bit tired. It's no easy effort to eat these but trust me it's totally worth it considering how delicious they were. Oh and you also get complimentary bread with the crabs so you can dip it into the sauce - genius.
House of Crabs only has one dessert on the menu and knowing the two of us, naturally we had to order it. The
Neapolitan Ice Cream Waffle Sandwich ($12)
was drizzled with
raspberry, almonds and chocolate sauce
. The ice cream was great but the waffle bits were a bit too soggy. Nevertheless it was quite a unique dessert and we demolished it. Naturally.
Overall House of Crabs was a really unique and fun dining experience for both M and I. The novelty of breaking the crabs and dipping it inside the plastic bag was enjoyable and taste wise...crabs can do no wrong. The meal can get a bit pricey but you are getting quality fresh seafood so it's totally worth it. The staff here are also really friendly, especially the one that was serving us - he gave us some great recommendations. I wish I could've tried more of the dishes from the menu but all good, there's always next time :)
House Of Crabs
Level 1
305 Cleveland Street
Redfern NSW 2016
(Upstairs at The Norfolk Hotel)
02 9699 3177