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This '57 Will Shake as Much Street as you can Find
Think back to the late '50s when Chevrolet had just introduced the ever-so-popular 1957 Chevy Bel Air. It was an iconic car to most and a dream car to so many little boys who got bit by the car bug at an early age.
As the years flew buy, Kevin Kaiser of Derby, Kansas, fed his automotive addiction by working at gas stations. Eventually he turned his nitch for working on cars into building custom exhausts for hot rodders. On Kevin's 16th birthday, his grandmother delivered on her promise and handed over her keys to her '57. Now the next question is pretty easy to answer for most of us. What does a 16-year-old do when he his handed the keys to a '57 Chevy? That's right; take it out for a run to see what it needs to make it faster.
With a tweak here and there, Kevin had his '57 prowling the streets to show off his workmanship. Then, the unthinkable happened, the car was wrecked. After searching all around for the parts needed to bring his car back to driving status, a car was located on an Indian reservation. With its red rusted-out body, no motor or transmission, he used its spare parts along with what he could salvage from his grandmother's car to rebuild. Hours turned into days and days turned into weeks, and Kevin put forth extra effort to make things right. This was not only a valuable lesson for a teenager to learn, but one that has stuck with him his whole life.
During the first part of the rebuilding phase, Kevin decided to swap out the old stock motor with a 427 big-block. The motor was sent over to Mike Schill-Saum Engineering to have it bored 0.060 over to bring its displacement up to 439 ci. Once the short-block was back from the machine shop, the motor was then handed over to Doug Botkin for its re-assembly. The stock steel crank was married up with a set of 6.385 steel Eagle rods then mated up to a J&E forged piston. That combination brought this big-block breather down to a compression ratio of 9:00 to 1.
Going into the center of the block, a COMP Cams hydraulic roller cam with 0.660-0.690 lift and 0.296-0.306 duration was installed to give the whole combination a beautiful heartbeat. To exhale the exhaust gases away from those massive pistons, Kevin chose a set of Po Topline 0.320cc Aluminum heads with stainless valves and COMP Cams triple springs. On top of those heads resides a beautiful set of Harland-Sharp rollers. To complete the long block, a Weiand intake manifold and 8-71 Weiand blower was mounted up to a set of 850 Demon blower carbs. All being topped off by a BDS blower scoop with K&N air filters. To ignite this lively package, a Mallory Unilite distributor with MSD6BTM box feed the spark though a set of MSD wires to each spark plug. Up next was Kevin's domain, the exhaust system, and he wasn't just going to use any over-the-counter system. He built his headers out of 2 1/8-inch primary tubes with 4-inch collectors flowing down to a custom 4-inch mandrel-bent tubes coupled with a set of SpinTech mufflers.
Kevin knew that not just any stock transmission would do. His plan was to have the wizard known as Rucker Massey at Massey Transmission perform his magic on the Turbo 350 transmission. It was then time to mate up a Marty Chance 2,800-stall converter and a TCI Automotive flywheel, all before mounting the combination back in between the car's frame.
The rear section of the frame was narrowed 10-1/2 inches per side to be able to fit massive-sized wheels. Then stretched 1-1/2 inches over stock in the rear to center the tall tires in the wheel openings. The 12-bolt rearend was taken from a '70 Impala, narrowed and stuffed with 4.10 gears topped off with Moser axles and a US Gear Posi-Track. The 30-inch modified supper slapper bars married up to the stock leaf springs in the rear. The frontend now sits lower thanks to having one coil removed from the Moroso drag springs. A set of four-piston Wilwood disc brakes at the corners brings this horsepower beast back to halt.
Budnik was called up to make Kevin's car stand out with a set of their Teardrop-style rims; 18×7 up front and a jaw-dropping 20×15 out back. Mickey Thompson Sportsman 26-8:00-18s and 313/18-20s beautifully wrapped over the rims to give Kevin the perfect look he was after.
It was time to send the body over to Bruce Philbrook, Gerry Heinrich, and Jay Cheever went to work on this once-rusted-out body. A unique body mod was ordered up by making a custom two-piece hood. This allowed the '57 to keep its unique design in the front while allowing the blower/scoop to be displayed to anyone who wanted to know just what was going on in the engine bay. A beautiful coat of Sherwin-Williams two-stage black paint was laid over the now ever-so-smooth body. The final touch to the exterior was the treatment of the freshly polished stainless pieces by Bryan Cushenbery.
With the body all finished up and mated up with the chassis, the interior was next in line. Kevin took his car to the experts Scott and John at Downey's Auto Upholstery. The first order at hand was to fabricate an eight-point rollcage. The dash had the speaker grille shaved and painted gray. Pete's Fabrication polished aluminum panels were inserted into the dash. A set of '88 Ford Thunderbird seats were recovered with gray leather while the floor was covered in dark gray cut pile carpet with gray leather spider web accents around the rollcage bars. The choice of a steering wheel was a no-brainer; the Budnik Teardrop leather half wrap gave Kevin the perfect piece to hold onto while his right foot did the talking. A stereo system was kept out of the mix because who needs a stereo when you have an 8-71 big-block making all the music one would ever need?
With the '57 all back in one piece, Kevin was amazed over how it all came together. He would like to thank his wife and everyone who had a part in bringing this car to life once again.
COMP Performance Group Tech Tips
COMP Cams
The Importance of Suction
If you want to run a Thumpr cam on a street rod and have air conditioning and power brakes you will have to run a vacuum pump. Thumpr cams are not big vacuum-producing camshafts.
Making Sense of Sensor Mounting
The FAST Wide-Band O2 Sensor should be mounted at 20 inches from the last exhaust port at an angle so that no condensation will collect in it. Twenty-four inches of pipe is also needed after the sensor so the reading will not be diluted. The exhaust system must also be free of any leaks.
The Importance of Filter Positioning
Be sure that Inglese Snap-In Stack Filters are properly secured in the stacks. They are designed specifically to not restrict airflow, but may not reach their full potential if not installed properly. You should feel some resistance as they snap snugly into the snack, ensuring that they are positioned correctly.


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These were the days before [[Sauron]]'s dominion in [[Middle-earth]], and the friendship between Elven and Dwarven kingdoms was a rare and special event. During this peaceful time the Doors stood open, allowing unfettered trade, but with the beginning of the [[War of the Elves and Sauron]] the Doors were sealed shut. When Khazad-dûm was abandoned in [[III 1980]] the way of opening the Doors was forgotten.
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The Doors of Durin, also known as the West-gate or West-door of Moria, were built into the Walls of Moria in the dark cliffs of the Silvertine, and formed the western entrance to the great Dwarven city of Khazad-dûm.
The Doors were constructed in cooperation with the artificers of the Elven Kingdom of Hollin, sometime between Second Age II 750 and II 1500. The two greatest craftsmen of the Second Age, the Elf-lord Celebrimbor and the Dwarf Narvi, built the Doors in order to aid the two people meet and cooperate, since Hollin was on the west side of the Silvetine.
These were the days before Sauron's dominion in Middle-earth, and the friendship between Elven and Dwarven kingdoms was a rare and special event. During this peaceful time the Doors stood open, allowing unfettered trade, but with the beginning of the War of the Elves and Sauron the Doors were sealed shut. When Khazad-dûm was abandoned in III 1980 the way of opening the Doors was forgotten.
Appearanceithildin, which can only be seen in starlight and moonlight. When visible, the fine silver-like inlay showed a hammer and anvil (the emblems of Durin), a crown and seven stars, two trees surmounted by crescent moons, and a single star (the emblem of the House of Feanor). The inscription on the archivolt read:
"Ennyn Durin Aran Moria. Pedo Mellon a Minno. Im Narvi hain echant. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant. I thiw hin."
"The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter. I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs."
The inscription was a riddle. The answer was a password that would cause the Doors to swing open. Merry Brandybuck eventually solves the riddle with the word "Mellon", which means "friend" in Sindarin. Shortly thereafter, the Watcher in the Water attacked the Fellowship and shut the Doors behind them.
The name Moria means "Black Chasm" and was a derogatory description of the place which the Dwarves did not like much; it was given after the Durin's Bane took over the city. It is therefore a mystery why that name appears on an inscription made in the Second Age, and made in consent with the Dwarves.


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"What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, single-forever, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds … a lump in her breast?" This is the tag line for the graphic novel Cancer Vixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto, an American cartoonist. The book relates the experience of her eleven-month, successful fight against breast cancer, from diagnosis to cure. A percentage of the profits from the book are given to the Breast Cancer Research Fund and the Cancer Vixen Fund. The book is now being made into a film. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common cancer – after lung cancer.
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Rebelution Seeks Deeper Connection On 'Notice Me' (Song Premiere)
California band Rebelution is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with the release of its fourth album, "Count Me In." The roots-reggae quartet today premieres new song "Notice Me" today on Speakeasy.
The song has an easygoing feel with tendrils of guitar and accents from horns ebbing and flowing over a laid-back beat, while singer and guitarist Eric Rachmany addresses a love interest with sincere, slightly mystical lyrics.
"This song is about finding a connection with someone without any words spoken to each other," Rachmany says. "Something can be said about looking into the eyes of someone you simply want to get to know better. I think many of us have a common dream to find that certain someone you can love eternally and 'Notice Me' hints at that connection beginning with a stare across the room."
"Count Me In" is due June 10 on the band's own 87 Music, in conjunction with reggae label Easy Star Records. Before releasing the new album, and starting a summer tour June 12 in Boston, Rebelution will perform as part of the fifth-annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival, happening May 23-25 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey. The lineup also includes Ziggy Marley, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, 311, Soja, Steel Pulse and more. This year will mark Rebelution's third time playing the festival as a headliner.
"Cali Roots is a festival that has been steadily growing every year," Rachmany says. "It represents how far this new-school reggae sound has come."
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This HOWTO is designed to help you move a network from many different clients speaking different languages, to many different machines that speak a common language. The ultimate goal is to help differing architectures and technologies, come together in a productive, happily coexisting environment.
Following the directions outlined in this HOWTO should give you an excellent step towards a peaceful cohabitation between Windows, and virtually all known variations of *nix.
This HOWTO originally started not as a HOWTO, but as a FAQ. It was intended to explore the functionality and power of the Gentoo system, portage and the flexibility of USE flags. Like so many other projects, it was quickly discovered what was missing in the Gentoo realm: there weren't any Samba HOWTOs catered for Gentoo users. These users are more demanding than most; they require performance, flexibility and customization. This does not however imply that this HOWTO was not intended for other distributions; rather that it was designed to work with a highly customized version of Samba.
This HOWTO will describe how to share files and printers between Windows PCs and *nix PCs. It will also show you how to mount and manipulate shares.
There are a few topics that will be mentioned, but are out of the scope of this HOWTO. These will be noted as they are presented.
This HOWTO is based on a compilation and merge of an excellent HOWTO provided
in the
There are a several other guides for setting up CUPS and/or Samba, please read
them as well, as they may tell you things left out of this HOWTO (intentional or
otherwise). One such document is the very useful and well written
After presenting the various USE flags, the following list will outline all of the topics covered as they are presented:
We will need the following:
The main package we use here is
Before emerging anything, take a look at some of the various USE flags available to Samba.
kerberos acl cups ldap pam readline python winbind
Depending on the network topology and the specific requirements of the server, the USE flags outlined below will define what to include or exclude from the emerging of Samba.
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A couple of things worth mentioning about the USE flags and different Samba functions include:
First of all: be sure that all your hostnames resolve correctly. Either have a
working domain name system running on your network or appropriate entries in
Hopefully now you can make an assessment of what you'll actually need in order to use Samba with your particular setup. The setup used for this HOWTO is:
To optimize performance, size and the time of the build, the USE flags are specifically included or excluded.
# echo "net-fs/samba readline cups pam" >> /etc/portage/package.use # emerge net-fs/samba
This will emerge Samba and CUPS (if CUPS is not already emerged).
# emerge net-print/foomatic
You only need to emerge this if you use an HP printer.
# emerge net-print/hplip
The main Samba configuration file is
# Replace MYWORKGROUPNAME with your workgroup/domainworkgroup = MYWORKGROUPNAME # Of course this has no REAL purpose other than letting # everyone knows it's not Windows! # %v prints the version of Samba we are using.server string = Samba Server %v # We are going to use cups, so we are going to put it in here ;-)printcap name = cups printing = cups load printers = yes # We want a log file and we do not want it to get bigger than 50kb.log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 # We are going to set some options for our interfaces...socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # This is a good idea, what we are doing is binding the # samba server to our local network. # For example, if eth0 is our local network deviceinterfaces = lo eth0 bind interfaces only = yes # Now we are going to specify who we allow, we are afterall # very security conscience, since this configuration does # not use passwords!hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24 hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0 # Other options for this are USER, DOMAIN, ADS, and SERVER # The default is usersecurity = share # No passwords, so we're going to use a guest account!guest ok = yes # Now we setup our print drivers information![print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /etc/samba/printer # this path holds the driver structureguest ok = yes browseable = yes read only = yes # Modify this to "username,root" if you don't want root to # be the only printer admin)write list = root # Now we'll setup a printer to share, while the name is arbitrary # it should be consistent throughout Samba and CUPS![HPDeskJet930C] comment = HP DeskJet 930C Network Printer printable = yes path = /var/spool/samba public = yes guest ok = yes # Modify this to "username,root" if you don't want root to # be the only printer admin)printer admin = root # Now we setup our printers share. This should be # browseable, printable, public.[printers] comment = All Printers browseable = no printable = yes writable = no public = yes guest ok = yes path = /var/spool/samba # Modify this to "username,root" if you don't want root to # be the only printer admin)printer admin = root # We create a new share that we can read/write to from anywhere # This is kind of like a public temp share, anyone can do what # they want here.[public] comment = Public Files browseable = yes public = yes create mode = 0766 guest ok = yes path = /home/samba/public
Now create the directories required for the minimum configuration of Samba to share the installed printer throughout the network.
# mkdir /etc/samba/printer # mkdir /var/spool/samba # mkdir /home/samba/public
At least one Samba user is required in order to install the printer drivers and
to allow users to connect to the printer. Users must exist in the system's
# smbpasswd -a root
(If another user is to be a printer admin)# smbpasswd -a username
The Samba passwords need not be the same as the system passwords
You will also need to update
# nano -w /etc/nsswitch.conf
(Edit the hosts: line)hosts: files dns wins
This is a little more complicated. CUPS' main config file is
ServerName PrintServer
# your printserver nameServerAdmin root@PrintServer # the person for printer-related hate-mail, e.g. youAccessLog /var/log/cups/access_log # probably doesn't need changingErrorLog /var/log/cups/error_log # doesn't really need changing eitherLogLevel debug # only while installing and testing, should later be # changed to 'info'MaxClients 100 # I've had to set this to 1000000000 or so because some time back, # there seemed to be a bug in CUPS' controlling of the web interface, # making CUPS think a denial of service attack was in progress when # I tried to configure a printer with the web interface. weird.BrowseAddress @IF(eth0) # Change this to your internal net interface<Location /> Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 192.168.1.* # the addresses of your internel network # e.g. 192.168.1.* will allow connections from any host on # the 192.168.1.0 network. change to whatever suits you</Location> <Location /admin> AuthType Basic AuthClass System Allow From 192.168.1.* # same as above, allow any host on the # 192.168.1.0 network to connect and do # administrative tasks after authenticatingOrder Deny,Allow Deny From All </Location>
(The following line is found near the end of the file. Uncomment it)application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0
(The following line is found near the end of the file. Uncomment it)application/octet-stream
CUPS needs to be started on boot, and started immediately.
(To start CUPS on boot)# rc-update add cupsd default (To start or restart CUPS now)# /etc/init.d/cupsd restart
First, go to
Now you have a PPD file for your printer to work with CUPS. Place it in
# lpadmin -p HPDeskJet930C -E -v usb:/dev/ultp0 -m HP-DeskJet_930C-hpijs.ppd # /etc/init.d/cupsd restart
Remember to adjust to what you have. Be sure to have the name (
You should now be able to access the printer from the web interface and be able to print a test page.
Now that the printer should be working it is time to install the drivers for the Windows clients to work. Samba 2.2 introduced this functionality. Browsing to the print server in the Network Neighbourhood, right-clicking on the printershare and selecting "connect" downloads the appropriate drivers automagically to the connecting client, avoiding the hassle of manually installing printer drivers locally.
There are two sets of printer drivers for this. First, the Adobe PS drivers
which can be obtained from
This HOWTO uses the CUPS drivers for Windows. Install them as shown:
# emerge -av cups-windows
Now we'll use the script
# cupsaddsmb -H PrintServer -U root -h PrintServer -v HPDeskJet930C
(Instead of HPDeskJet930C you could also specify "-a", which will "export all known printers".)# cupsaddsmb -H PrintServer -U root -h PrintServer -a
Here are common errors that may happen:
This should install the correct driver directory structure under
Pending no errors or other complications, your drivers are now installed.
Lastly, setup our directories.
# mkdir /home/samba # mkdir /home/samba/public # chmod 755 /home/samba # chmod 755 /home/samba/public
We will want to test our configuration file to ensure that it is formatted
properly and all of our options have at least the correct syntax. To do this we
(By default, testparm checks /etc/samba/smb.conf)# /usr/bin/testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[printers]" Global parameter guest account found in service section! Processing section "[public]" Global parameter guest account found in service section! Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions ... ...
Now configure Samba to start at bootup; then go ahead and start it.
# rc-update add samba default # /etc/init.d/samba start
It would probably be prudent to check our logs at this time also. We will also
want to take a peak at our Samba shares using
# smbclient -L localhost Password:
(You should see a BIG list of services here.)
Despite the variation or distribution, the only thing needed is CUPS. Do the equivalent on any other UNIX/Linux/BSD client.
# emerge cups # nano -w /etc/cups/client.conf ServerName PrintServer
# your printserver name
That should be it. Nothing else will be needed.
If you use only one printer, it will be your default printer. If your print
server manages several printers, your administrator will have defined a default
printer on the server. If you want to define a different default printer for
yourself, use the
(List available printers)# lpstat -a (Sample output, yours will differ)HPDeskJet930C accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00 laser accepting requests since Jan 01 00:00 (Define HPDeskJet930C as your default printer)# lpoptions -d HPDeskJet930C
(Specify the printer to be used)# lp -d HPDeskJet930C anything.txt (Use your default printer)# lp foobar.whatever.ps
Just point your web browser to
Now is time to configure our kernel to support CIFS. Since I'm assuming we've all compiled at least one kernel, we'll need to make sure we have all the right options selected in our kernel. For simplicity's sake, make it a module for ease of use. It is the author's opinion that kernel modules are a good thing and should be used whenever possible.
Then make the module/install it; insert it with:
# modprobe cifs
Once the module is loaded, mounting a Windows or Samba share is possible. Use
(The syntax for mounting a Windows/Samba share is: mount -t cifs [-o username=xxx,password=xxx] //server/share /mnt/point If we are not using passwords or a password is not needed)# mount -t cifs //PrintServer/public /mnt/public (If a password is needed)# mount -t cifs -o username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD //PrintServer/public /mnt/public
After you mount the share, you would access it as if it were a local drive.
That's just a bit of point-and-click. Browse to
That should be it. You should now have a successful printing enviroment that is friendly to both Windows and *nix as well as a working share!
These are some links that may help you in setting up, configuration and troubleshooting your installation:


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Jennifer Akerman has loved home decor since she was a child.
"I've been surrounded by interior design my whole life. My mother and grandmother had antiques, so I learned to enjoy traditional and classic design," says Akerman, 36.
This appreciation for fine home furnishings led Akerman to study interior design at Texas Tech University and make it her career, yet not in the expected way. Rather than join an interior design firm or open a studio, she opened a home decor store, DesignTen1 Interiors, in McKinney.
"I wanted a store to be an extension of interior design, to bring beautiful things to McKinney. The square is really fun, and I wanted to bring some things to the downtown area that it doesn't have."
To find unusual items, Akerman shops trade shows and markets in Dallas, New Mexico, California and along the East Coast.
"It's fun to go to market. We're constantly trying to bring new items to the store, some one-of-a-kind pieces. I like to offer something different."
Although an admirer of classic design, Akerman's taste in decor has become eclectic. "I like traditional, but I like to add a modern edge to it. I call it 'modassic.'"
Not surprisingly, the hole-in-the-wall store craftily displays unusual items, from pig and cow head sconces on the wall to brilliantly colored pillows and upholstery. Contemporary oil and acrylic paintings from local artist Ashley Bruegel dot the walls.
"We work in a small place, but it's fun to put the puzzle pieces together," Akerman says.
Tucked away at the rear of the store is an alcove where Akerman works with interior design clients. Designated the DesignBar, the nook has a counter topped with computers and lined with bar stools.
"We can lay out a room design on the computer and print out a 3-D version showing where the furniture should be," Akerman says. "It's geared toward the do-it-yourself customer. We can spend an hour or two together, and I can give them the tools they need. It can be simple for people on a budget, or we can go as far as they want."
A wall of bookshelves adjacent to the counter houses a library of decorating magazines and glossy coffee-table books for browsing of design ideas.
"I have a lot of people who ask if I can find a certain piece of upholstery or a cocktail table for them. I have books I can show for ideas."
A busy mother of three daughters ages 13, 7 and 1, Akerman says owning a store can be time-consuming. Still, she wouldn't change a thing.
"It allows me to do exactly what I want to do. I like being surrounded by the things I love to show everybody."
Nancy Baldwin is a Plano freelance writer.
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Located at 110 S. Tennessee St. in McKinney, DesignTen1 Interiors is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours are extended until 10 p.m. for the city's monthly Second Saturday event.
Appointments for a DesignBar consultation can be requested at email@example.com or by contacting the store at 972-542-5514. designten1.com
Artist Ashley Bruegel will make a special appearance at DesignTen1 on April 13 in conjunction with McKinney's Arts in Bloom event.


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Engineers took on a unique challenge when they began designing one of the world's longest and heaviest deep-sea sediment coring devices?weighing as much as a trailer truck and stretching three times as long. How could an instrument of such extreme weight and length be launched and recovered routinely and safely from the deck of a swaying ship, even in high seas? The answer is the development of a one-of-a-kind coring support system on board the research vessel Knorr with a variety of unique components to maintain control of the 150-foot corer. (Flash by Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


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The GMU Faculty Handbook defines and describes the conditions of full-time instructional, research, and clinical faculty employment; the structures and processes through which the faculty participates in institutional decision-making and governance; and the academic policies of the University as established by its Board of Visitors.
The provisions of the Faculty Handbook are incorporated by reference in all full time instructional, research, and clinical faculty employment contracts. These provisions are binding on the University and on individual faculty members. The Faculty Handbook governs the employment relationship of individual faculty members, and sets forth the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of faculty members and of the University. Faculty and academic administrators are expected to read the Faculty Handbook and to be familiar with its contents.


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The Mott Haven cocktail is a variation on the Bronx, a blend of gin, vermouth, and orange juice. "Created" early February. I say "created" because I really doubt I'm the first person to vary the recipe in this way. Mott Haven is a beautiful neighborhood in the south Bronx, currently popular with the artist/musician/bohunk crowd.
Jen is allergic to fresh oranges and orange juice, but she can drink margaritas and sidecars. Triple sec, Cointreau, and other orange liqueurs are okay for her in small quantities, provided they're diluted with other ingredients, so I killed the orange and used a combo of triple sec and lemon juice in its place. I added lemon juice because triple sec alone seemed like it might be too strong. Also, because fresh orange juice is such a crucial part of the original Bronx recipe, I wanted the bite of fresh citrus.
Gary Regan's recipe for the Bronx was my base recipe, so if you're a Regan fan, the proportions will sound familiar. Regan uses orange bitters in his drink, and I also "borrowed" the Angostura bitters from the Income Tax cocktail.
Having tried both the Bronx and the Mott Haven, I actually prefer the latter.
Mott Haven Cocktail
- 2 oz. Boodles gin
- ¼ oz. Martini & Rossi dry vermouth*
- ¼ oz. Martini & Rossi sweet vermouth*
- ½ oz. Van Gogh Triple Sec Superieur
- ½ oz. lemon juice
- Regan's orange bitters, to taste
- Angostura bitters, to taste
Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
*No particular reason for the Martini & Rossi. It's just what we had on hand. One near-term goal of mine is to experiment with other brands of vermouth.


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gcc / ld madness
November 7, 2012
So, I started reading [The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor] (again :P), and I thought it would be fun to start with the example guest kernel, provided by the author, and extend it a bit (ye, there's mini-os already in extras/, but I wanted to struggle with all the peculiarities of extended inline asm, x86_64 asm, linker scripts, C macros etc, myself :P).
After doing some reading about x86_64 asm, I 'ported' the example kernel to 64bit, and gave it a try. And of course, it crashed. While I was responsible for the first couple of crashes (for which btw, I can write at least 2-3 additional blog posts :P), I got stuck with this error:
traps.c:470:d100 Unhandled bkpt fault/trap [#3] on VCPU 0 [ec=0000] RIP: e033:<0000000000002271>
when trying to boot the example kernel as a domU (under xen-unstable).
0x2000 is the address where XEN maps the hypercall page inside the domU's address space. The guest crashed when trying to issue any hypercall (HYPERCALL_console_io in this case). At first, I thought I had screwed up with the x86_64 extended inline asm, used to perform the hypercall, so I checked how the hypercall macros were implemented both in the Linux kernel (wow btw, it's pretty scary), and in the mini-os kernel. But, I got the same crash with both of them.
After some more debugging, I made it work. In my Makefile, I used gcc to link all of the object files into the guest kernel. When I switched to ld, it worked. Apparently, when using gcc to link object files, it calls the linker with a lot of options you might not want. Invoking gcc using the -v option will reveal that gcc calls collect2 (a wrapper around the linker), which then calls ld with various options (certainly not only the ones I was passing to my 'linker'). One of them was –build-id, which generates a .note.gnu.build-id" ELF note section in the output file, which contains some hash to identify the linked file.
Apparently, this note changes the layout of the resulting ELF file, and 'shifts' the .text section to 0x30 from 0x0, and hypercall_page ends up at 0x2030 instead of 0x2000. Thus, when I 'called' into the hypercall page, I ended up at some arbitrary location instead of the start of the specific hypercall handler I was going for. But it took me quite some time of debugging before I did an objdump -dS [kernel] (and objdump -x [kernel]), and found out what was going on.
The code from bootstrap.x86_64.S looks like this (notice the .org 0x2000 before the hypercall_page global symbol):
.text .code64 .globl _start, shared_info, hypercall_page _start: cld movq stack_start(%rip),%rsp movq %rsi,%rdi call start_kernel stack_start: .quad stack + 8192 .org 0x1000 shared_info: .org 0x2000 hypercall_page: .org 0x3000
One solution, mentioned earlier, is to switch to ld (which probalby makes more sense), instead of using gcc. The other solution is to tweak the ELF file layout, through the linker script (actually this is pretty much what the Linux kernel does, to work around this):
OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64", "elf64-x86-64") OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64) ENTRY(_start) PHDRS { text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5); /* R_E */ data PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWE */ note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0); /* ___ */ } SECTIONS { . = 0x0; /* Start of the output file */ _text = .; /* Text and ro data */ .text : { *(.text) } :text = 0x9090 _etext = .; /* End ot text section */ .rodata : { /* ro data section */ *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) } :text .note : { *(.note.*) } :note _data = .; .data : { /* Data */ *(.data) } :data _edata = .; /* End of data section */ }
And now that my kernel boots, I can go back to copy-pasting code from the book … erm hacking. 😛
Disclaimer: I'm not very familiar with lds scripts or x86_64 asm, so don't trust this post too much. 😛


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They used to call it Sin City
now it's gone way past that.
Painting the town
and then burning it down
now even that's old hat.
Now there's a choir of angels
at the fall of Rome
singing "Ave Maria"
or "Home Sweet Home"
It's just a heathen town
I hear only evil
as my tongue is tightened.
I used to be god-fearing
now I'm so frightened
'cause the devil will drag you under
by the sharp tailfin
of your checkered cab
And I can't sit down,
I'm going overboard
in this heathen town.
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and ends up as an expensive habit.
With one eye on her place
in debtor's prison
And the other on a girl
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Now you can live forever
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Is the one driven through your heart.


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President Barack Obama on Tuesday asked Congress to avoid deep spending cuts with a stopgap bill and said he is committed to cutting the nation's deficit to manageable levels over the long term.
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Obama said uncertainty over the automatic across-the-board cuts - known as sequestration - has stunted economic growth and has the potential to do further damage.
A round of deep cuts would kick in March 1 unless Congress acts, and the president asked lawmakers to pass a modest bill that would blunt the impact of the reductions for several months to allow time to produce a broader package to address the deficit.
Obama said he remains committed to achieve the full $4 trillion in deficit reduction seen as necessary to bring the nation's sea of red ink under control. But he insisted that deficit reduction come in part from tax reforms.


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Three UCA Theatre majors have won special recognition for their technical theatre achievements associated with UCA Theatre's production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht. The play was under the direction of Rebekah Scallet, Artistic Director of the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre and lecturer at UCA Theatre and was performed on the UCA campus November 7, 8, 15, 16, and 17.
The play was entered in the Arkansas festival of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) and was eligible for a response by a team of respondents from the organization. KCACTF is a national theatre program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theatre in the United States. The production was viewed on November 8 and the cast and crew were given feedback about the production that evening.
The students honored for excellence were Sara Sharos, a junior Theatre major from Bentonville, who won Excellence in Stage Management, Josh Anderson, a senior Theatre major from Lonoke, who won Excellence in Scenic Design, and Haley Tynes, a senior Theatre major from Shirley, who won Excellence in Costume Design.
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Lady Gaga Is Learning How to Drive
Lady Gaga has accomplished so much in her life so far that it's hard to believe there's anything she can't do, but there is: Lady Gaga can't drive. (Yet.) However, the New York City native is actively trying to learn, but one thing is making it tough: the paparazzi!
The news may come as a surprise to many of her Little Monsters, especially considering she shared her body with a motorcycle on the cover of 'Born This Way.' However, she grew up in NYC, so she likely never needed to drive anywhere before hitting it big — she could walk, hail a cab or hop on the subway.
Gaga announced the news on Facebook, writing, "Maybe while I'm learning to drive you don't need to sneak up on me and stick your GIANT camera IN A MOVING VEHICLE." We can only imagine how tough it can be to drive with so many flashbulbs in your face when you already know how, but can you imagine that going in driver's ed? That's so dangerous!
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It has been more than a week now since the Flyers were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils. Somewhere, coach Peter Laviolette and his staff, along with general manager Paul Holmgren, are going about the annual ritual of assessment and reassessment after you lose -- what went right, what went wrong, what needs to be fixed, what needs to be tweaked. It happens every spring -- and in the Flyers' case, 37 springs and counting.
Their analysis does not take place in a vacuum. Teams are still playing. There is a game every night on television, and there is a narrative that is being sold and told and re-told. It is about blocked shots. The New York Rangers are the leading practitioner of the art, and they are in the conference final -- tied at one game apiece with the Devils.
Compared to 5 years ago, playoff shot-blocking is up about 10 percent. That is a real number. The Rangers already have blocked 309 shots in 16 playoff games. The Washington Capitals blocked 308 shots in 14 games. The leader in the 2006-07 playoffs was Ottawa, which blocked 310 shots in 20 games. So, yes, this is happening.
Some of it is better equipment, which makes players more fearless. More of it is tactical. The NHL, like all pro sports, is full of copycats -- and if the Rangers were to win the Stanley Cup, the notion of shot-blocking-as-secret-formula would be debated in every one of the league's outposts.
The short answer, for Holmgren and Laviolette, is to resist the conversation.
The formula, for the Flyers, is to giddy-up and go.
That is not to say that shot-blocking is meaningless. There are times when it matters a lot, such as the night of Game 6 in the first round when the Flyers did, in fact, build a wall in front of goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov and eliminate the Pittsburgh Penguins. In general, though, it is not the metric that matters the most for a team that is best when it is skating aggressively and asking questions later.
True Fact I: The Flyers blocked more shots than the Penguins did in the first round (116-81) and won the series in six games.
True Fact II: The Flyers blocked more shots than the Devils did in the second round (77-65) and lost the series in five games.
Against the Devils, the Flyers were out-blocked -- is that even a term? -- in Game 1 and won anyway. Then they out-blocked the Devils in Games 2, 3 and 4 and lost each time.
Shot-blocking is not the reason the Flyers are currently spectating instead of playing. They had plenty of blocked shots. What they didn't have enough of against the Devils was shots.
It wasn't shot-blocking. It wasn't the goaltender. It was the Flyers' inability to sustain a forecheck and to prevent the Devils from sustaining theirs. It was about an imbalance in time of possession in the offensive zone. It was about not getting enough shots against a 40-year-old goaltender who looked gettable at many points during the series.
If you want to argue that the young-and-overconfident Flyers took a big punch from the Devils in Game 2 of the series and never recovered, there is plenty of evidence to support that theory. If you want to say that the obviously-injured defensemen, Kimmo Timonen and Nicklas Grossman, were not at the top of their games, it is a fair comment.
None of that is about shot-blocking, though. None of that is about style of play. The truth is that the Flyers won games when they skated and possessed the puck and they lost games when they didn't. In the five games against the Devils, when you compare total shot attempts -- shots, blocked shots and missed shots -- and use that as a proxy for effective possession of the puck, this is what you come up with:
The team with the most shot attempts won every game. The Flyers' advantage in Game 1 was 71-47 and they looked great after a slow first period. Their deficit in Game 2 was 70-37 and they looked godawful. In Game 3, the Devils won in overtime and had the 59-46 advantage. Game 4, it was 64-33 and more lopsided. In Game 5, a much more competitive game, the Devils led by 60-55.
The Flyers do not need to re-make themselves. They need to learn to sustain their effort, and to hope for (or acquire) healthier defensemen. And for the sake of everyone who likes the game, and who likes speed, and who likes offense, they need to remain the kind of team that values skating most of all.
Nobody ever fell in love with a blocked shot, after all.


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One in four children in Brighton and Hove live in poverty, shocking new statistics reveal. Dulcie Lee reveals how an extra 8,000 children in Sussex fell into poverty last year and how the figures look set to grow
Families are going hungry as an extra 8,000 children in Sussex have been plunged into poverty during the past year.
Figures released this week show an overall increase across the county, with more than 11,000 impoverished children in Brighton and Hove alone.
Across the county, the figure now stands at 58,000.
The children's charity that conducted the report warned millions of children's lives could be "blighted by the corrosive impact of poverty" if the government doesn't change course.
Charities told The Argus that poor families were increasingly reliant on food handouts.
The only warm meal some children get each day is lunch at school.
The economic downturn, stunted jobs market and biting welfare cuts are all blamed for the worsening situation, politicians and experts said.
The report, published by the Campaign to End Child Poverty (CECP), has also revealed a growing gap between the rich and the poor.
In Brighton and Hove, Moulsecoomb and Bevendean remain worst affected, with 1,602 youngsters in poverty – 44% of the children in the ward.
By contrast, Hove Park and Withdean have only one in ten children in poverty, although the number has risen 4% since last year.
If a two-child family earns less than £18,300 a year, or a household with one child makes below £11,300, then the children are considered to be living in poverty.
This figure is calculated based on the national median wage for a household.
Poverty pledge
Simon Kirby, MP for Kemptown, which covers Moulsecoomb and Bevendean, said: "Child poverty is one of the biggest problems we face."
He added: "I spend a lot of time speaking with my constituents in Moulsecoomb and Whitehawk about the concerns that they have over issues like employment and education.
"I want to assure my constituents that I will be working hard ... to eradicate child poverty by 2020."
Almost one in four youngsters in Brighton and Hove are now in poverty, giving a total of 11,278 children – 1,000 more than last year.
Food donations
Brighton and Hove City Mission is a charity that provides food parcels and fuel aid to struggling families. It relies on organisation FareShare and food donations from churches, schools and local supermarkets to help families.
Despite an increase in donations, Tony Smith, coordinator of the mission, said they are still struggling to keep up with demand.
He said: "There has been a distinctive increase in families that have been referred to us. We're working to full capacity.
"It could be a week or a couple of weeks before we can see families in need. We're looking at setting up another food bank in another part of the city to cope with demand.
"We've only got a limited budget on fuel aid. Families have to decide whether they feed the kids or whether they have the heating on. It's quite a major issue."
Employment issue
When asked about the future of child poverty and how families can break the cycle, he said: "Obviously employment is an issue and we need to be doing as much as we can to encourage people to get back into employment. Poverty is going to get worse."
Anne Bickmore runs the ABC Children's Fund, a charity which takes disadvantaged children from Brighton and Hove out on day trips and provides them with treats.
She said the problem of child poverty in the city had been getting "steadily worse" in recent years.
She said: "People don't appreciate how bad things are. At Christmas we made 87 hampers for families in poverty, but it wasn't nearly enough. Many of the children had absolutely nothing.
"A lot of the mums were in tears when we gave them their hampers on the doorstep because they were so desperate."
One hot meal
Mrs Bickmore said many children can only look forward to one hot meal a day – their school dinner. She said: "They are just surviving on whatever the parents can scratch together.
"But part of the problem is that many parents simply don't cook for their kids, either because they don't know how to or because they don't have the facilities. It's terrible."
The Department for Work and Pensions has admitted that the picture appears better than it is.
It says this is due to the fall in median wage and there has been no real change to children's lives. The situation is expected to worsen in April as benefit cuts begin to bite.
Sue Shanks, chair of Brighton and Hove City Council's committee for children, said: "We're providing extra funds to help families struggling with government reductions in council tax benefit, housing benefit, and other welfare changes.
"Unfortunately, and despite our best efforts, we expect to see the numbers of families in need increase as a result of government welfare reforms."
So hard to see my kids go without
Judy Paterson*, 45, is a disabled single mother from Hove. She has four daughters, although only two live with her. They are aged six and nine. The three live in a two-bedroom council flat.
Due to her disability Ms Paterson has very little mobility; she can't take her children to school or stand by a cooker to prepare food.
Disability carers visit her flat each day. Two volunteers from Fun in Action go out with her daughters each week or fortnight.
She said: "Income-wise [my situation] is very, very difficult. It's led to my children not having much of a social life with their peers. We're quite excluded from the community.
"My nine year old isn't very confident and she says she notices all her friends go on holidays. She's not really old enough to go out on her own.
"She was in the community choir but I couldn't get anyone to [bring her back home] so we had to stop doing that.
"[My children] are so aware that they don't have as much as they should have.
Price of food
"Things are a lot worse [than last year]. The price of food has really affected everything. I find [the food] I do get is half of what others have.
"I can't afford organic food, which I know would be much healthier for them. I used to buy vitamin supplements to give them [to make sure they got the nutrition they needed].
"If I'm feeling a bit down or ill I can't just say: 'Let's go out for a pizza'. The funds aren't there to do that.
"[In April, when the benefits changes come in] I'm actually considering where the nearest food bank is and to ask the carer to go down there for me.
"Every parent, whatever their situation, needs a break.
*Names have been changed. An estimated 3,651 children are living in poverty in Hove – a proportion of 19%.
What is the problem and how do we solve it?
Anne McLaren, project manager of Fun in Action, said: Society asks parents living in poverty to be incredibly resourceful all the time without any respite. Because their resources are limited just one small financial setback has a huge impact. This does put them in a position of real vulnerability.
Fun in Action provides a befriending service to children from disadvantaged lone parent families in the Brighton and Hove area.
Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown, said: [Child poverty] is a complex issue which is not just about a lack of money, but incorporates lack of employment, failings of the education system, debt, family breakdown and other socio economic factors.
Kemptown, which includes Moulsecoomb and Whitehawk, has the joint highest child poverty rate of 30% – 5,087 children.
Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings and Rye, said: I have always said that the best way to reduce child poverty, which is proven, is to get families into work.
Hastings and Rye has 6,675 children living in poverty which equates to 30% – the joint highest in Sussex.
Tony Smith, Brighton and Hove City Mission coordinator, said: Obviously employment is an issue and we need to be doing as much as we can to encourage people to get back into employment. A lot of the people are coming [to us] because they don't have any [money] reserves.
Brighton and Hove City Mission is a charity which offers practical support to those with food, fuel aid and basic kitchen and bedding needs.
Warren Morgan, councillor for East Brighton, said: Measures like the Working Families Tax Credit, the Minimum Wage and Sure Start Children's Centres [have] a huge impact [on reducing child poverty]. I'm very worried for households in my ward and across the city who are facing rising bills [and] falling incomes.
In East Brighton 45% of children are in poverty – the highest in Brighton and Hove.
A spokesman from the Department for Work and Pensions said: We want to take a new approach by tackling the root causes [of child poverty] including worklessness, educational failure and family breakdown.
The DWP predicts the upcoming benefits changes to push another 200,000 children into relative low income poverty.
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES George W. Bush and Al Gore agree that the country's farms and ranches must be supported to assist rural communities and preserve an important American way of life.
Vice President Gore has told the American Farm Bureau Federation that his agenda "goes beyond farming, however, to create opportunity for everyone in rural America, both inside and outside the agricultural economy."
Texas Gov. Bush responded to Farm Bureau by saying, "America has long been the agriculture center of the world, and many just assume it will always be so. But, this will not always be true, unless we support American farmers as they have supported us."
Both candidates recently responded to questions from the nation's largest farm organization. Their responses are posted on AFBF's web site at http://www.fb.org/issues/legact/candidates.html.
Bush and Gore expressed their views on wide-ranging farm and rural issues, from development of the next farm bill and negotiating new trade agreements to the safety of biotech products and the agricultural labor shortage.
"The Republican `Freedom to Farm' law has failed and needs to be replaced," said Gore. "Long-term U.S. farm policy should be based on countercyclical income assistance that attempts to stabilize farm income on a year-to-year basis and complementary federally-backed insurance policies that attempt to achieve revenue stability within the growing year."
Bush said the 1996 farm bill "unleashed U.S. farmers to plant in response to market demand, not government programs." He believes "the government should help farmers adapt to a global marketplace by providing them with a strong safety net and the means to manage the cyclical downturns in the farm economy."
The vice president said he should be elected in order to "help farmers and ranchers keep their farms and ranches in the family, sustain self-sufficiency and preserve an important part of the American way of life."
The Texas governor said farmers and ranchers should vote for him since he understands "clearly the importance of the farming industry to individuals and families all across America."


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The look was relaxed. Very relaxed. I wore baggy boyfriend jeans with my white plimsolls. It's nice to be casual and not so 'done up' all the time.
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Question: Third quarter reports are not all rosy, especially for carriers offering life and annuity products with living benefit guarantees. How should advisors approach sales in the fourth quarter?
"I'm telling my agents that there are several universal life carriers that have not moved yet to reprice their products for the guarantees. So they should pick carriers that will accept business at this year's prices by year end. There are three carriers that I know that are saying agents should send them any business with guarantees this year. They should do that because this is the agent's last chance to get pre-AG 38 rates. As for agents who are discouraged by the news about losses at some of the carriers and the resulting announcements about repricing or scaling-back, it helps to remember that this is the adjustment we've been expecting."
– Doug Jewitt, Director of Marketing, Insurance Designers of America, Woodstock, Ga.
"The agents should think of this period as a fire sale on no-lapse guarantees for universal life. Prices will never be as good again as they are now for life insurance. Once all carriers have repriced their products, agents should try selling other products. For instance, sell combo policies—universal life with long-term care riders. Sales on those products are already up, up, up—at my firm and also for the industry. Part of the reason for that is carriers in the standalone long-term care insurance business have been leaving the market, but consumers still need long-term care protection. Another reason is the perception that standalone long-term care insurance is expensive. By comparison, with the combo policies, people get something back for their money, so they are buying. I also tell agents to stay the course. Life insurance will still be needed; it won't go away because of low interest rates and some discouraging third quarter reports."
-- Michael Smith, President, The Brokerage Inc., Lewisville, Texas
"The agents need to go to work. The markets will do what the markets will do, and the products will do what the products will do, regardless of what quarter it is. If the client has a need, go and find a product. Our job as brokerage general agents is to keep the agents apprised of the changes that are coming out. No agent can keep up with all the changes and products that are out there, and also sell, so when agents come to us with a problem or a need, it's our job to find a solution."
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Ashton's try, Henry's record and the Calder brothers
John Griffiths
November 22, 2010
England's Chris Ashton races away to score against the Wallabies at Twickenham earlier this month © Getty Images
The highest first-class points scorer, England's South African contingent and successive Grand Slams
Welcome to the latest edition of Ask John where renowned rugby historian John Griffiths will answer any rugby-related query you have!
So, if there's something you've always wanted to know about the game we love but didn't know who to ask, or you think you can stump our expert - then get involved by sending us a question.
In this edition John answers questions on Chris Ashton's try for England against Australia, Graham Henry's coaching record, the Calder brothers, James Body and England's recent record at Twickenham.
Where does the distance covered a) by the team and b) by an individual in England/Chris Ashton's recent try against Australia rank as far as Twickenham Test tries are concerned? S Timms, England
England have been playing Tests at Twickenham for one hundred years. The longest team try there at this level was the one initiated by Pierre Berbizier and Serge Blanco from their own dead-ball-line when Philippe Saint-André scored for France against England at Twickenham in the 1991 Grand Slam showdown. England's try against Australia earlier this month was from their goal-line.
Chris Ashton received the ball inside his own 22 before setting off on his long run. Against Scotland in 1965 Andy Hancock, down the other wing but from the same end of the ground, set off from roughly the same position inside his own 25 (pitches were marked out in Imperial units in those days).
Graham Henry is close to winning his 100th Test as a coach of a Tier One nation. Can you give a rundown of the coaches with the most tests coached and most Tests won as coach at this level? Caleb Borchers, United States
New Zealand's defeat of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, on November 20 was Graham Henry's 98th win as a Test coach. He began his career with Wales in 1998 and led them through 20 Test wins - a record for a Welsh head coach - before resigning in 2002. He was also the head coach for the 2001 Lions in Australia (when Lynn Howells acted as stand-in coach for Wales on their simultaneous two-Test tour to Japan).
Henry's record to date reads:
Sir Clive Woodward has the next best record in terms of Test wins. He began his long tenure with England in the autumn internationals of 1997, carried the side through the 1999 and successful 2003 World Cup campaigns and resigned after the summer tour in 2004. In 2005 he returned as head coach for the Lions Test with Argentina and series against New Zealand.
His record read:
Sir Ian McGeechan pipped Woodward by one Test in terms of overall matches as a head coach. His winning record, though possessing neat arithmetic symmetry, was inferior.
His record reads:
In your list of three or more brothers who have played rugby for their country you made no mention of the Calders. We all recall Jim & Finlay but I was sure a third brother toured Australia with Scotland? Kerry Phillips, Wales
Spot on - there was a third Calder brother and he did go out on tour with Scotland as a replacement to Australia in 1982. All of the brothers - Fin and Jim were flankers with John a Number Eight - made that visit, but John never managed to make the Test side and never won his full cap for Scotland, hence his absence from the list given in the earlier column.
John played in the provincial matches against Victoria, NSW Country and ACT on the 1982 tour and was on the winning side each time. The three brothers never actually appeared in the same side on tour.
I know that reference books show my grandfather (James Body - England 1872-73) as dying in Manitoba, but this is not true - he died in Kent and I have the cuttings of his death from the local Kent paper to confirm this. His call-up letter incidentally is held in the RFU world rugby museum at Twickenham. The Body family, England
Thanks for pointing this out.
James Alfred Body was born in Tenterden in 1846, educated at Tonbridge School and together with several other former pupils of the school was responsible in 1868 for the founding of the Gipsies RFC, which for a dozen or so years was described as one London's top club sides. The club disbanded in 1880.
He won two caps for England against Scotland, playing as a forward in his country's first-ever Test win (at The Oval in 1872) and in the drawn game in Glasgow the year later. A forward, he was described by a contemporary as "a pocket Hercules - energetic and always on the ball."
His obituary in the Rugby Football Annual remembered him as "an old-time amateur who held that no amateur should receive payment for expenses." It is there that reference is made to his long residence in Manitoba and when the late Ross McWhirter compiled the biographies of England's international players for the RFU's Centenary publication in 1970-71 his death was noted as taking place in September 1929 in Canada.
I recall Twickenham as something of an England fortress in the early years of the millennium. How has the record there changed in the past decade? Stephen John, England
In the second half of Sir Clive Woodward's tenure as head coach England won every Test played at the ground between the defeat by New Zealand in the 1999 World Cup and the loss to Ireland in the 2004 Six Nations Championship.
Matters declined steadily since then though the recent performances against Australia (and to a lesser extent Samoa) have shown encouraging signs that perhaps Twickenham is about to regain its fortress feel for home spectators.
England's Test record at Twickenham 2000-2010:
Martin Johnson recently emphasised the value of continuity. How has the size of the group pf players called on for Tests changed during his time as head coach? Mark, England
The figures for the past 18 months support his statement. The details of England's last fifteen full Test engagements (split into three distinct sets of five matches) suggest that he is converging on a settled squad as he prepares for World Cup year:
2010 Summer tour/autumn internationals (up to and including Samoa last Saturday) - Five matches
Backs used … D Armitage, Ashton, Banahan (first used as an experimental outside-centre against Samoa on Saturday), Care, Cueto, Flood, Foden, Hape, Hodgson, Tait, Tindall, Wilkinson, Youngs (13)
Forwards used … Attwood, Chuter, Cole, Croft, Easter, Fourie, Hartley, Haskell, Lawes, Moody, Palmer, Payne, Shaw, Sheridan, Thompson, Wilson (16)
So 29 different players used in the five games up to and including the Samoa match
2010 Six Nations internationals - Five matches
Backs used … D Armitage, Ashton, Care, Cueto, Flood, Flutey, Foden, Hipkiss, Hodgson, Monye, Tait, Tindall, Wilkinson, Youngs (14)
Forwards used … S Armitage, Borthwick, Cole, Deacon, Easter, Hartley, Haskell, Lawes, Mears, Moody, Mullan, Palmer, Payne, Shaw, Thompson, Wilson, Worsley (17)
So 31 different players used in the five games
2009 Summer/autumn internationals - Five matches
Backs used … D Armitage, Banahan, Care, Cueto, Erinle, Geraghty,Goode, Hipkiss, Hodgson, May, Monye,Tait, Vesty, Wilkinson (14) Forwards used … S Armitage, Bell, Borthwick,Chuter, Crane, Croft, Deacon, Doran-Jones, Easter, Hartley, Haskell, Kay, Lawes, Moody, Payne, Robshaw, Thompson, White, Wilson, Worsley (20)
So 34 different players used in the five games
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Kamil is a great guy and I recommend his work to EVERYBODY. Related to what Sarah said, you instantly recognise his work and like band shirts, gives you a good reason to have conversations with people. I was on a ferry back from France last year and one dude had a Kamil piece on his leg!
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I have heard so much about Queen Helen's Mint Julep face mask – good things – that I was happy to finally purchase this to try. (I bought it as part of this order from Pak Cosmetics!).
Queen Helene is like a giant donner kebab – always looks so good and seems like a good idea until you see the ingredients. (Don't know why that kebab has to be giant – but let's just say I have food on the brain).
These days we are so ingredient savvy – I know I check things all the time for mineral oil, parabens, dyes etc. etc.
Anyway, Mint Julep. Mint Julep should be an ice cream, no?
As always Queen Helene is good value – tons of products for a few pounds.
This is an old school mask, apply, and leave to harden. Wait for someone to make you laugh so your face cracks and little crumbs of mask fall all over the bed. Shake a fist at that person.
This mask is very minty and is an interesting shade of pea green. It is most definitely for those with oily and pimpled complexions:
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Mint Julep Masque is the original natural home treatment to help dry up pimples, rinse away blackheads and shrink enlarged pores. After the masque is removed, your skin will feel clean, refreshed and smoothThis mask, in a nutshell, was too much for my skin.
It's not playing ball at the moment, being dry, sensitive and tired looking and as lovely and tingly as this mask it, it was one way to allergy city for me.
Again, I tried this on my mama, and with her oily skin, it sucked up the excess grease and tightened up her pores temporarily.
As for zits, it does seem to dry them up that little bit quicker.
I can see why this mask is popular – it dries up spots, it controls oil but it's too much for dry and sensitive skin. However I would keep this and use it on my t-zone and treat my cheeks with something more soothing.
It's quite a nice mask for the boys too, it works well on Mr C's greasy mug.
This was only £2.49 from Paks…I'm sure it was about £3.99 in Sally's (but its generally out of stock there anyhoo) – but don't make me link to Pak's, please.


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After a sixteen year period in which there were no public presidential debates, the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) sponsored three presidential debates in 1976.
These debates between Jimmy Carter (D), former governor of Georgia and Gerald Ford (R), President of the United States, were the first to be held since 1960. In 1976 the League also sponsored one vice presidential debate between Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN) and Senator Bob Dole (R-KS). The League continued to sponsor the presidential and vice presidential debates every four years through the 1984 elections. Visit our online presidential debates archive here.
Following that election cycle, the Democratic and Republican national parties came together in a decision to move sponsorship of the debates under the purview of the parties. Between 1985 and 1987 the League challenged this move and sparked widespread public debate on the matter. The LWVEF argued that a change in sponsorship that put control of the debate format in the hands of the two dominant parties would deprive voters of one of the only chances they have to see the candidates outside of their controlled campaign environment.
In 1987 the parties announced the creation of the Commission on Presidential Debates. The commission chose LWVEF to sponsor the last presidential debate of 1988, but placed so many rules and restrictions on the possible format of the debate that the LWVEF was finally unable to agree to participate. In a press release at the time, Nancy Neuman, then LWVUS President, stated that the League had "no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public."


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Milanya Maria — Babe of the Day
The word "gorgeous" doesn't begin to describe Milanya Maria, today's babe.
Milanya is a 24-year-old model who loves to seize the day and express her creative side. Here's hoping she keeps on expressing herself all throughout this life and the next.
Height: 5'8 | Weight: 115 lbs.