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Charles de Gaulle
Charles-André-Joseph-Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970), in France commonly referred to as le général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. During World War II, he reached the rank of Brigade General and then became the leader of the Forces Françaises Libres ("FFL" — the "Free French Forces"). Between 1944 and 1946, following the liberation of France from German occupation, he was head of the French provisional government. Called to form a government in 1958, he inspired a new constitution and was the Fifth Republic's first president, serving from 1958 to 1969.
Most famous[edit]
- All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
- Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France.
- Opening sentence of his Mémoires de guerre.
- I have understood you!
- Je vous ai compris !
- Said before the population of Algiers after they had called upon him to take power, June 4, 1958.
- Long live free Quebec!
- Vive le Québec libre!
- Said in 1967 on the balcony of Montréal City Hall. It caused a diplomatic uproar with Canada and inflamed the Quebec sovereignty movement.
- France has no friends, only interests.
- Clementine Churchill: "General, you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies"
- De Gaulle (in English): "France has no friends, only interests." (De Gaulle did not speak specifically of France, but of all nation-states, including Britain. This remark was in line with his saying "Men can have friends, statesmen cannot",*Les hommes peuvent avoir des amis, pas les hommes d'Etat., in Interview, December 9, 1967).
- Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.
- Oui, c'est l'Europe, depuis l'Atlantique jusqu'à l'Oural, c'est toute l'Europe, qui décidera du destin du monde.
- 23 November 1959, Strasbourg. The phrase shown in bold is the most often quoted excerpt. De Gaulle was expressing his vision of Europe's future.
- Now she is like everyone else.
- Maintenant, elle est comme les autres.
- Spoken at the funeral of his daughter Anne, who had Down Syndrome, February 1948
World War II[edit]
- France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war.
- La France a perdu une bataille, mais la France n'a pas perdu la guerre.
- Poster À tous les Français (To All Frenchmen), August 1940.
- À tous les Français was designed and displayed in London to accompany the Appel du 18 juin (Appeal of 18 June) following defeat at the Battle of France. The pair are considered to be the founding texts of the Résistance.
- At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.
- A la base de notre civilisation, il y a la liberté de chacun dans sa pensée, ses croyances, ses opinions, son travail, ses loisirs.
- Speech, November 25 1941.
- Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.
- Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé.
- Speech, July 14 1943.
Fifth Republic and other post-WW2[edit]
Supported General Douglas MacArthur during his row with President Harry Truman by saying MacArthur was:
- "A foreign military leader whose daring was feared by those who profited by it." De Gaulle said that MacArthur's critics should "pay deserved tribute to the legendary service of a great soldier".
- from William Manchester's "American Caesar".
- I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
- Je suis un homme qui n'appartient à personne et qui appartient à tout le monde.
- Press conference, May 19 1958
- Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator ?
- Pourquoi voulez-vous qu'à 67 ans je commence une carrière de dictateur ?
- Press conference, May 19 1958 (De Gaulle was changing the constitution to make government more efficient, after decades of impotent parliamentary regime, and he mocked journalists who claimed he was establishing a dictatorship).
- Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
- La politique, quand elle est un art et un service, non point une exploitation, c'est une action pour un idéal à travers des réalités.
- Press conference, June 30 1955
- No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
- Il n'y a pas de politique qui vaille en dehors des réalités.
- Televized speech, June 14 1960
- How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?
- Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux cent quarante-six variétés de fromage?
- Les Mots du Général, Ernest Mignon, 1962
- I am not ill. But do not worry, one day, I will certainly die.
- Je ne vais pas mal. Mais rassurez-vous, un jour, je ne manquerai pas de mourir.
- Press conference, February 1965, denying rumours that he secretly had a terminal disease
- Of course one can jump up and down yelling Europe ! Europe ! Europe ! But it amounts to nothing and it means nothing.
- Bien entendu, on peut sauter sur sa chaise comme un cabri en disant l'Europe ! l'Europe ! l'Europe ! mais cela n'aboutit à rien et cela ne signifie rien.
- Interview on a presidential campaign, December 1965 INA archive of the video (De Gaulle meant that he wanted to build a European Union on realities, i.e. the existing nation-states with their respective interests – not on slogans and abstractions)
- Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!
- Vive Montreal; Vive le Québec! Vive le Québec libre!
- From a balcony at Montreal City Hall, with particular emphasis on the word 'libre'. The phrase, a slogan used by Quebecers who favoured Quebec sovereignty, and de Gaulle's use of it, was seen by them as lending his tacit support to the movement. The speech sparked a diplomatic incident with Canada's government, and was condemned by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, saying that "Canadians do not need to be liberated."
- Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
- Les hommes peuvent avoir des amis, pas les hommes d'Etat.
- Interview, December 9 1967.
- The future does not belong to men...
- L'avenir n'appartient pas aux hommes...
- Speech, December 1967
- Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
- Recalled on leaving the presidency, Life, May 9, 1969
- The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur cannot be divided.
- L'épée est l'axe du monde et la grandeur ne se divise pas.
- in Vers l'armée de métier.
- Nothing great is done without great men, and they are great because they wanted it.
- On ne fait rien de grand sans de grands hommes, et ceux-ci le sont pour l'avoir voulu.
- in Vers l'armée de métier.
- France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
- La France fut faite à coups d'épée. La fleur de lys, symbole d'unité nationale, n'est que l'image d'un javelot à trois lances.
- in La France et son armée.
- The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.
- Le désir du privilège et le goût de l'égalité, passions dominantes et contradictoires des Français de toute époque.
- in La France et son armée.
- Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
- Rien ne rehausse l'autorité mieux que le silence, splendeur des forts et refuge des faibles.
- in Le Fil de l'épée.
- It is better to have a bad method than to have none.
- Il vaut mieux avoir une méthode mauvaise plutôt que de n'en avoir aucune.
- in Le Fil de l'épée.
- Character is the virtue of hard times.
- Le caractère, vertu des temps difficiles.
- in Le fil de l'épée.
- Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to honour and honesty can end up, at the end of the line, as a good political decision.
- Tout peut, un jour, arriver, même qu'un acte conforme à l'honneur et à l'honnêteté apparaisse en fin de compte, comme un bon placement politique.
- in Mémoires de guerre.
- The leader is always alone before bad fates.
- Toujours le chef est seul en face du mauvais destin.
- in Mémoires de guerre.
- Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
- La difficulté attire l'homme de caractère, car c'est en l'étreignant qu'il se réalise lui-même.
- in Mémoires de guerre.
- The cabinet has no propositions to make, but orders to give.
- Le gouvernement n'a pas de propositions à faire, mais des ordres à donner.
- in Mémoires de guerre. (Secretary of State De Gaulle so replied, in early June 1940, to Admiral Darlan, whom he was asking to transfer what was left of the French army to North Africa)
- France cannot be France without greatness.
- La France ne peut être la France sans la grandeur.
- in Mémoires de guerre.
Appeal of June 18[edit]
Background Information[edit]
General de Gaulle was the de facto leader of the Free French Forces which had escaped to London in World War II. Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, a hero of world War I, had signed an armistice (agreement to end fighting) with the invading forces of Nazi Germany, and led the Nazi-collaborating government of Vichy France in the south. The Nazis had occupied the north of France. De Gaulle was opposed to surrender and had left France on June 15, 1940 after Pétain made clear he wanted to do so.
Three days later, de Gaulle obtained special permission from Winston Churchill to broadcast a speech via BBC Radio over France, despite the British Cabinet's efforts to block the broadcast. In the speech, de Gaulle reminded the French people that the British Empire and the United States of America would support them in an effort to retake their land from the Nazis. On June 18, 1940, at 19:00, de Gaulle's voice was broadcast nationwide.
Speech of June 18[edit]
- "The leaders who, for many years, were at the head of French armies, have formed a government. This government, alleging our armies to be undone, agreed with the enemy to stop fighting. Of course, we were subdued by the mechanical, ground and air forces of the enemy. Infinitely more than their number, it was the tanks, the airplanes, the tactics of the Germans which made us retreat. It was the tanks, the airplanes, the tactics of the Germans that surprised our leaders to the point to bring them there where they are today.
- "But has the last word been said? Must hope disappear? Is defeat final? No!
- "Believe me, I speak to you with full knowledge of the facts and tell you that nothing is lost for France. The same means that overcame us can bring us to a day of victory. For France is not alone! She is not alone! She is not alone! She has a vast Empire behind her. She can align with the British Empire that holds the sea and continues the fight. She can, like England, use without limit the immense industry of United States.
- "This war is not limited to the unfortunate territory of our country. This war is not finished by the battle of France. This war is a world-wide war. All the faults, all the delays, all the suffering, do not prevent there to be, in the world, all the necessary means to one day crush our enemies. Vanquished today by mechanical force, we will be able to overcome in the future by a superior mechanical force.
- "The destiny of the world is here. I, General de Gaulle, currently in London, invite the officers and the French soldiers who are located in British territory or who would come there, with their weapons or without their weapons, I invite the engineers and the special workers of armament industries who are located in British territory or who would come there, to put themselves in contact with me.
- "Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London."
- Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.
- Attributed to a news conference (27 November 1967) the earliest occurrence of this statement yet located is in The Cross and the Flag, Vol. 27, (1968) by the Christian Nationalist Crusade (In De Gaulle's mouth, these words were certainly not a criticism. He was justifying his decision to end the military support that France had given to Israel since 1947)
- I am Joan of Arc. I am Clemenceau.
- Reportedly misattributed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in January, 1943, in communicating his impression of de Gaulle's arrogance in assuming the mantle of leadership of free France. Reported in Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions (1990), p. 33-34.
- The evolution toward Communism is inevitable.
- Reported in the National Review (November 1962) as a misattribution created by extreme rightists. See Paul F. Boller, John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions (1990), p. 33.


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NEW CUMBERLAND - Coming into Friday's match up with Oak Glen at the Bears' Den, Indian Creek head coach Andrew Connor knew his team's biggest challenge was dealing with the big, physical front of the Golden Bears.
After a one-sided 41-9 victory, the Redskins showed the valley they were up to that challenge.
"Credit goes to our offensive line and defensive line because I thought that was where the challenge of the game was tonight, and I thought they responded well to that challenge," said Connor. "Last week we came off a gut-check win, this week we maybe we answered some critics that thought we couldn't play as well as we could.
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GETTING YARDS — Indian Creek's Logan Woods gains yardage during the first half of Friday's 41-9 victory over Oak Glen at the Bears Den. Woods scored three touchdowns.
-- Jamie Olmstead
TRYING TO GET YARDS — Indian Creek's defense stops Oak Glen's Trey Smith during the first half of Friday's 41-9 victory over Oak Glen at the Bears Den.
-- Jamie Olmstead
"I thought we played well today."
With Indian Creek up 7-3 after one quarter, the Redskins proceeded to run off 34 straight points, including a three-touchdown second stanza.
"I feel we came out flat, and they blew us off the ball," said Oak Glen head coach Ian Whittington. "I think we also got outcoached."
Fact Box
Indian Creek 41, Oak Glen 9
Indian Creek 7 21 7 6 - 41
Oak Glen 3 0 0 6 - 9
IC: Woods 4 run (Young kick)
OG: Weltner 43 field goal
IC: Kamarec 14 pass from Young (Young kick)
IC: Woods 5 run (Young kick)
IC: Roar 7 run (Young kick)
IC: Woods 15 run (Young kick)
IC: Huynh 1 run (Conversion kneeled)
OG: Tropeck 86 run (Run failed)
RUSHING: Indian Creek 49-256-5 (Woods 13-94-3, Huynh 11-65-1, Roar 11-35-1, Puorro 3-32, Young 3-(-9), Goodrich 2-12, Gribble 2-6, Sinsel 2-1, Ludewig 1-12, Lawrence 1-8); Oak Glen 36-102-1 (Haddox 14-7, Smith 5-16, Campbell 4-(-3), Tropeck 3-82-1, Steed 3-16, Hitt 3-6, Staley 2-(-11), Swiger 1-2, Weltner 1-(-13)).
PASSING: Indian Creek: 6-12-74-1TD-1INT (Young 6-10-74-1TD-0INT, Lawrence 0-2-0-0TD-1INT); Oak Glen 7-20-59-0TD-2INT (All by Haddox).
RECEIVING: Indian Creek (Kamarec 2-30-1, Goodrich 2-20, Brandon 1-13, Roar 1-11); Oak Glen (Weltner 3-17, Flowers 1-20, Staley 1-12, Campbell 1-9, Smith 1-(-1)).
FIRST DOWNS: Indian Creek 17, Oak Glen 8
PENALTIES-YARDS: Indian Creek 8-81; Oak Glen 10-95.
FUMBLES-LOST: Indian Creek 1-1; Oak Glen 1-0.
After Logan Woods scored from 4 yards out for the Redskins and Josh Weltner blasted a 43-yard field goal for the Golden Bears, the Redskins began their onslaught.
They went up 14-3 with 9:05 left in the second quarter when Alex Young rolled right, avoided pressure, and hit Frankie Kamarec for a 14-yard score. Young also punched through the extra point 11-play, 72-yard drive that was helped by flags against Oak Glen for pass interference and for a horse collar.
Later in the quarter Indian Creek went on a 4-play, 41-yard drive after making Oak Glen punt from its own 6-yard line. Woods scored his second touchdown of the game, this one from 5 yards out with 2:04 left in the half, and Young knocked home another point after. On the score the ball popped loose to Justin Stivason of the Golden Bears who appeared to be destined for a 100-yard touchdown return, but the whistle blew and it was ruled Woods crossed the plane of the end zone.
"There were a few plays, if they would have went our way, that would have change the first half, but I can't dwell on that," said Whittington. "We had to go with the had we were dealt."
Creek got one more before the half with the help of some defensive magic. Tyler Lathem picked off Oak Glen quarterback Bub Haddox's pass at the Redskins 45 and returned it to the 9. A 5-yard penalty against the Bears pushed the ball to the 4-yard line and three plays later Blake Roar scored from the 7 and Young had his fourth P.A.T. of the game for the 28-3 halftime lead.
"I think the basic thing it comes down to is you have to play physical and play fast, and we were able to do both tonight," Connor said of his team's defensive play.
Woods scored for a third time on his team's first possession of the second half, this time from 15 yards. Young's fifth point after was true and the Redskins led 35-3.
From there it was cruise control for Indian Creek as Connor was able to go deep into his bench for playing time.
"It feels good because we were able to get some of our young kids in during the third and fourth quarters tonight," he said. "Anytime you can get kids with a lot of experience during the season it benefits you down the road."
Both teams found the end zone one more time with Tran Huynh scoring form a yard out for Indian Creek and Cody Tropeck busting an 86-yard scoring run for Oak Glen to make the final 41-9.
The Redskins rushing attack grinded out 256 yards on 49 carries. Woods led the way with 13 carries for 94 stripes and three scores. Huyhn added 11 for 65 and a touchdown.
"Basically just lined up and told our kids if you want to be a good football team, even if the other team puts 9 or 10 guys in the box, you have to be able to run the football," said Connor. "I thought our kids responded well to it."
The usually potent Oak Glen run game was held to 102 tallies on 36 plays. Tropeck had three carries for 82 yards and a score in the fourth quarter to bolster those numbers. The Golden Bears had minus 16 yards on the ground in the first half.
"We lost on the offensive line," said Whittington. "We were blown off the ball. We won on the offensive line in our last game, and they beat us off the ball in this game."
Indian Creek (3-0) begins Buckeye play Friday when it hosts undefeated St. Clairsville. Oak Glen (2-1) travels to John Marshall on the same night.

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I don't think the feedback thread is necessarily sufficient enough and I'll just preemptively answer that right here, it's that I believe there should be restrictions, some guarantees but with better restrictions.
The fact is huge golders have already spent loads to get skills up and the difficulty keeps things in check. In Dirtyer's thread, rangerone expresses some degree of concern I have with the patch: "Well, the way I see it is, there will be an outburst of golders at first getting these lvl 10 skills before many will realize everyone has them! and I mean EVERYONE =P Then the game will die. So is PM going for one last income bang?". The difficulty before would have pushed it back for a much longer time but things are going to get faster. For golders.
Now to give some input on the post since the thread was closed:
"The change isn't really doesn't have huge impact and really only helps when someone is running into bad luck. Mathematically it reduces average required amount of books across all upgrades by about only 1/3."
Yes, except now the barrier of gambling is reduced and makes it more likely for skills to jump.
"While it might allow non-golders to average a slightly higher on skills, it will still take years before getting enough books from spinner/coupons to upgrade all hero skills to lv10. "
Are we acknowledging right now that level 10 skills are normal? Really?
Don't get me wrong, I like the concept of the recent patch, I really like the reduction of gambling but I think it's too hastily done and might make this game dull with heavy proliferation of skills. I would've rather seen some mechanism of gradually improving odds in a slower fashion to an eventual guarantee rather than this just to keep things in line.


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Montreal-born producer Thomas Arsenault makes his MapleMusic Recordings debut as Mas Ysa with his 'Worth' EP. The album's first single 'Why' received Best New Track from Pitchfork ahead of the hockey-themed & self-directed video featuring his brother Nicholas Arsenault. Mas Ysa (pronounced MAAS ee-sa) will head out on a West Coast tour with Lawrence Rothman in February and comes to Toronto for NXNE in June.
Everyone's favourite story-teller Les Claypool has paired with his old buddy Bryan Kehoe as Duo De Twang to release their debut record 'Four Foot Shack'. Featuring covers ranging from the best of the Primus catalogue ('Jerry Was A Racecar Driver' & 'Winona's Big Brown Beaver') to Bee Gees 'Stayin' Alive' and Alice In Chains 'Man in The Box' all recorded in the signature foot-stomping Americana style. "It was very live," admits Les. "In fact, it was a little difficult, with all the bleed of the stomping and the bass and the vocals. Every now and again you can hear the studio refrigerator come on or the dog barking at something outside in the background. Once it was there, you had to kind of leave it." Duo De Twang tour the U.S. in March along with a stop at the SXSW festival that month.
Mas Ysa 'Worth EP' iTunes
Duo De Twang 'Four Foot Shack' iTunes CD Vinyl


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The Etowah and Conasauga rivers are known for rare fish and biological diversity. Recent research reveals that the river between them – the Coosawattee – is in the same league.
Last summer, staff from the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division's Nongame and Fisheries sections sampled the north Georgia river from Ellijay to Carter's Lake and the stream's two largest headwater tributaries, the Cartecay and Ellijay rivers. Results included new records for federally threatened goldline darters – documented in Georgia only in the Coosawattee – and field data critical to fleshing out a GIS-based analysis of the watershed.
The work labeled the Coosawattee as one of Georgia's top three rivers for imperiled fishes, part of a Southeastern Fisheries Council assessment aimed at helping prioritize U.S. waterways for conservation. Each participating state relied on a recently published list of imperiled fishes recognized by the American Fisheries Society's endangered species committee. Statewide analysis ranked the Coosawattee third with nine of the listed fishes (including two species last seen in the 1960s). The Etowah led with 14 imperiled fishes. The Conasauga followed with 12.
All three rivers are in the Coosa River basin. The Coosawattee rates data-poor, however, compared to studies of rare species and common threats on its neighbors. The project "allowed us to look a lot more closely at the Coosawattee," said leader Brett Albanese, a senior aquatic zoologist with the Nongame Conservation Section.
Crunching details ranging from aerial snapshots to land-cover statistics marked expected threats such as riverside deforestation for vacation homes and farm runoff. Yet there were also surprises, like the 660 dams in the watershed. Dams block free-flowing stream habitat and fish movement.
GIS specialist Thom Litts of Wildlife Resources' Fisheries Section used GIS and Maxent species habitat modeling software to develop a computer model that identifies stream sections in which threatened and endangered fishes might be found. "We're thinking of this as a probability of suitable habitat," Litts said.
Next comes fieldwork to vet the modeling, plus additional analysis to determine conservation remedies. Albanese lists protecting important populations of goldline darters and state-endangered holiday, trispot and bridled darters as priority.
There is a silver lining. Sampling showed that goldline darters are "doing pretty well" in the Coosawattee, Albanese said.
The challenge: Making sure this river receives the conservation attention its rank commands.
** Researchers identified the number of imperiled fish taxa, or species, in each of Georgia's 52 catalog-level hydrologic units. (Often factored into GIS analyses, hydrologic units and associated codes, or HUCs, are part of a U.S. Geological Survey watershed classification system used to identify and "nest" drainage areas in the U.S.)
** The Etowah had 14 imperiled taxa, the Conasauga had 12, and the Coosawattee, nine (two known only from historic records).
** Of Georgia's 265 native fish taxa, 62 (23 percent) are imperiled. Five are considered extirpated or extinct within Georgia. The last documented records of these extirpated species date to between 1877 and 1953.


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So after seeing how much fun rancer890 was having with Mike Magnum's re-imagined North America structure, I've decided to give it a crack myself.
After looking over the various possibilities, I've decided to "go home" in a way, and take the job at Detroit Arsenal, a semi-professional team playing in the fifth tier All-American Premier League. The squad is suitably crap, we're over the wage budget by about $100/weeks, and we're expected to finish 3rd in the league (board wants a top-half finish).
My ass man tells me we have the slowest squad in the division, so I'll run with a modified 4-5-1 (using SI's 4-5-1 formation where there's a DMC, 2 CMs, and 2 wingers). Really need to find some better players, but our current wage structure may prevent that. Fortunately, I'm a feeder club for Arsenal USA (based out of Chicago) who can loan players to me, as well as Arsenal FC (the London one ). The combined $130K in fees from them should help get us established and hopefully get us to a point where we can expand that wage budget.


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BALTIMORE - When a coach and his players use such words as "inept" and "disgrace" and "whupped" to describe the team's performance, it's safe to say things did not go well.
West Virginia couldn't pluck any positives out of a 37-0 loss to Maryland on Saturday that was every bit as ugly as the score would indicate.
"They whupped us," defensive lineman Shaq Rowell said. "We didn't even put a point on the board today. It's a disgrace to West Virginia and it will never happen again as long as I am on the team."
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Associated Press
REALLY TOUGH DAY — West Virginia quarterback Ford Childress walks off the field after Maryland gained possession of the ball on a fumble by running back Wendell Smallwood in the second half of Saturday's 37-0 loss to Maryland in Baltimore.
West Virginia committed six turnovers and finished with 175 yards in offense in its first shutout loss since a 35-0 defeat against Virginia Tech on Oct. 6, 2001.
"Obviously, offensively, we're as inept as we can possibly be in college football," coach Dana Holgorsen said.
Surely, there had to be one good thing that happened.
"Nothing," Rowell insisted. "We lost on all three sides of the ball: offense, defensively, and special teams."
The Mountaineers appear to be in full-blown rebuilding mode after losing Geno Smith and Tavon Austin to the NFL. Redshirt freshman Ford Childress was 11 for 22 for 62 yards and two interceptions against the ball-hawking Terrapins (4-0).
"Everybody wants to point the finger at the quarterback, but it's tough," Holgorsen said. "We've committed a lot of practice time, a lot of effort, a lot of scheme into being able to run the football. And when they have five people in the box and we can't get a yard, it's going to cause a problem."
West Virginia ran for 113 yards, but 51 of those came on a meaningless jaunt by Dreamius Smith in the fourth quarter.
"Basically, we just had to stop the run, because if they can't get the run going they can't get anything else going," Maryland linebacker L.A. Goree said.
That made it particularly tough for Childress in his second college start.
"We could've had Peyton Manning back there," Holgorsen said. "If you're not able to get any yards in the run game, you're not able to set your feet and throw it down field. I mean, he didn't have a chance."
In the first half, West Virginia compiled a mere 65 yards in offense compared to 61 yards in penalties.
A.J. Hendy returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown and recovered two fumbes for the Terrapins, who ended a seven-game losing streak in the border series.
Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown rushed for a touchdown and passed for a score to help the Terrapins to their most lopsided win in the series since a 54-7 blowout in 1951.
Maryland gets a bye next weekend before opening their final Atlantic Coast Conference season at Florida State.
"Here we are a third through our season and we're 4-0. We can't be better than that," coach Randy Edsall said. "But there's still plenty of room for improvement, and we can get a whole lot better."
Brown and the offense played well, but the defense did most of the damage. Not only did Hendy score, but Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil picked off a pass near the West Virginia goal line to set up another touchdown. The Terrapins also recovered four fumbles.
"When you can't run the ball with five people in the box and you can't pass protect when they're rushing four, you've got issues," Holgorsen said.
Maryland took advantage of a West Virginia miscue to go up 7-0. A bouncing kick went off the leg of Mountaineers punt returner Ronald Carswell, and Hendy recovered on the West Virginia 24 to set up a deflected 6-yard touchdown pass from Brown to tight end Dave Stinebaugh.
On the second play after the kickoff, Hendy picked off a sideline pass by Childress and went the distance for a 14-0 lead.
It began to rain early in the second quarter while Maryland went on a 34-yard march that led to a 50-yard field goal by Brad Craddock.
Another three-and-out by the Mountaineers was followed by a 62-yard march that produced another field goal to make it 20-0, and Craddock added another three-pointer with 1:35 left in the half.
But Maryland wasn't done. Cudjoe-Virgil deflected a pass at the line of scrimmage and fell with it in his hands. That gave the Terrapins the ball at the West Virginia 6, and Brown scored from the 1 with 18 seconds remaining.
It rained hard in the third quarter, and many of the 55,677 fans at the home stadium of the Baltimore Ravens decided they'd seen enough. Only a few thousand were in the stands when West Virginia twice lost fumbles inside the Maryland 25.
The lone touchdown of the second half came on a 3-yard run by Brandon Ross with 4:18 remaining.


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30 Oct 2011 6:29 PM #1
doesn't work android2.3
I have a template (Fading Text.anim) tried.
Safari works fine.
But does not work with android2.3.
All characters overlap.
Is it bugs sencyaAnimator?
or What bugs android2.3 for japan?
The terminal samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (android2.3)
Please tell me.
31 Oct 2011 10:59 AM #2
I can't say to much without actually seeing your problem, but in general I have seen issues with the Android browser having bugs and glitches when it comes to CSS3. We're investigating the issue in general to see if there is a good way to work around these browser issues on Android.
15 Nov 2011 7:00 AM #3
hi ichi
i found the same "bug" in android 2.2 (and above) and ios. here is a post with more information:
but in resume the problem come from -webkit-transform: translate3d(78px, 67px, 0px) scale3d(1, 1, 1); where the second function(scale3d()) new browsers cant understand.
it happend for rotate,scale3d and others short functions
they (android and ios programmers) know the problem and i dont know if they will fix it or not but this works fine -webkit-transform: translate3d(180px, 1px, 0px) rotateX(0deg) rotateY(0deg) rotateZ(-360deg);
i will follow this thread so ask all you can :P
PD:thnks arnebech and keep working hard :P
30 Mar 2012 9:04 PM #4
It doesn't work on Android
I know it doesn't work on Android.
Why does Sencha Animator say it works for Android?
It works on chrome.
But, Android's web browser is not chrome.
3 Apr 2012 6:48 AM #5
See this thread for more info on how to work around some bugs in Android.
4 Apr 2012 8:37 AM #6
yeah it doesn't work on Android.It works on chrome and in safari.
But, Android's web browser is not chrome.
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Music pirates: how much do you spend annually on legally purchased music?
The majority of my music is pirated, but I still spend about $300 a year on purchasing albums and concert tickets.
I've heard it thrown around online that music pirates spend the most on music, but I'm curious as to how true that is. So, if you pirate music, how much money do you actually spend on music in a year?
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What is this piracy thing you speak of, people would never think about stealing copyrighted material.
I stopped pirating music (and software) about two years ago. When I was still pirating, I didn't pay for anything. Now I spend maybe $80-$100 a year, all on itunes.
There just isn't that much that I would want that I don't already have. In fact, if I hadn't discovered Vocaloid in 2010, I'd probably spend around $20 per year on music.
I stopped pirating about 2 years ago, decided the risks weren't worth taking.
I am pretty content listening to Pandora (but I don't pay for it so in a sense it is pirating unless you consider me hearing the commercials to be a form of payment). I have downloaded music illegally but if the music is worthwhile at all, I'll buy the CD (I have a few CD's I've bought but never listened to since I already had the mp3's). Usually, this is because the mp3's are available before the CD comes out. I have also downloaded a lot of live music that isn't available on retail CD's. I have gigabytes of music downloaded from further that is supposedly 100% legal (all live concert performances) but only select musicians are available.
A few hundred dollars at least. I go to concerts as often as I can (probably around 20 in the past 12 months) and I almost always buy merch. If I find a CD at a good price or an exclusive digital album/ song fairly priced, I'll go for it.
I'm an unemployed student, so money's understandably tight. Most anything I do pirate, I have some plan to buy in the future. And I've done it before. Back before CD shops were incredibly rare, I'd find a ton of CDs for $5 or under. I'll grab those in a heartbeat. At least 40% of what I bought during those periods (around 300-500 CDs while one shop was across the street) were CDs I had downloaded.
If I had the money, I would happily spend it on music. But honestly, I'd rather go to a show and hand a band member a $10 bill, as opposed to buying a digital version or a physical CD from a third party. Through shows, most bands have a higher profit margin/ item than if I buy it online.
The only thing I would download without buying is something that's long out of print and unreasonably expensive.
For example, I have every Smashing Pumpkins single from the original run. A lot of those either aren't available anywhere, or are around $40+. That's a bit unreasonable in my current stance.
If something is THAT difficult to find legally (and there's tons and tons of other examples), then I'll do what I can. I'll put the effort out there, and my 800+ CDs and my small LP collection would probably agree.
Still, in the end, I buy enough to feel comfortable. I support the bands I like, make my best effort to see them live and buy the music when I can
I used to spend a lot on music, 2-300/year.
But now with Pandora and Grooveshark and SoundCloud, hardly anything. Maybe buy something from a local band but that's it.
I used to pirate while I was in college, now I don't anymore. Like others have said the risk outweighs the reward, not to mention I have more disposable income now.
I purchase most everything through Amazon Mp3. I do use Pandora a lot, but as I come across stuff I really like on Pandora, I purchase the album. So, I guess you could say I use streaming services to expand my artists/genres. If I had to guess, I spend about $100-$200 a year on music.
I pirate majority of my music. Only because I have had so much music stolen from me over the years that I can't justify buying them personally.
I do still buy albums from bands that I know and love. Some bands I will gladly give my money to.
I do go to a ton of concerts though so the bands that I really enjoy get my money from tickets and merchandise. I spend probobly a good thousand a year on concerts, albums, and Blu-Ray/DVD's
I buy one or two cds a year, so about 20 bucks on those, then 30-40 or so shows at an average of 15 bucks each.
So about 500 bucks a year
I spend next to nothing on music.
I have Pandora or the radio when I want to listen most of the time. If I'm looking for a specific song, youtube usually has me covered.
@thedogma: This is a very good point: I make a point of checking Amazon's $5 mp3 albums list every month, and I'll buy any albums I've previously pirated and enjoyed. Outside of concert tix and merch, Amazon mp3 is easily where most of my music money is spent.
I don't buy much music at ALL. I'm not all that impressed with the songs I hear on the radio, to auto-tune-ish. When I hear songs I like, I go to youtube and look for covers. I can usually find covers that are better than the originals. I also really enjoy mashups. For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGEWETWCI1U
You can't buy these, as they are user created.
I feel like artists should make money doing shows and things like that. If you can't sing live, don't ask me to spend my money on your fake voice on a CD, ya know?
As a dj, I used to spend $100-$300 per month on music. I stopped doing that after about 10 years in the biz, when Napster was in it's heyday. Now I buy less than 10 CDs per year, the music industry got enough of my money. I DO attend at leas 2 concerts per year with my wife these days, I prefer to spend money on those.
The ONLY people I feel guilty about ripping off are the song writers.
I pirate quite a bit of music and spend $800 to $1,000 annually on tickets, albums, band merchandise at shows, etc.
I only buy music from artists I really really really support. Other than that, I spend in the 1-2k range on concerts/festivals/merchandise.
Edit: Might even be more than that when you include the travel fees associated with the festivals/concerts, but that doesn't support the music industry.
Wow. 1,000 to 2,000 on concert tickets. I suppose that's not too hard to do at 80 - several hundred dollars for a ticket. Obscene money these days to go see a live act.
@chezteladog: Tickets to Ultra Music Festival this year were what? $400?
I usually only get music when Amazon gives me free MP3 credits.
On shows alone I'd say an easy $500 but I'm a 311 fan and they have at least 1 huge event every year.
I may or may not have pirated music many years ago... Ironically, that was the time of my life when I was spending a lot of money music - probably $200 at the music store, as much or more at the ticket booth.
Now, I don't pirate anything and I spend less than $20 a year on music (almost all of that at amazon mp3). I'm almost always near wifi and I use pandora then (but not enough per month to need a subscription) and when I'm not, I listen to the radio or my old music library.
The music lives! The old recording industry is dead.
I will download and freely share music I am interested in or want to expose others to, but I will also make every effort to support artists that I like. I would much rather buy tickets to see of merchandise from an artist than give money to a record label. The exception here is independent and local labels.
I did just spend close to $200 on these: http://tinypic.com/m/fep8bb/4
Front row center FTW!
$0.00. Haven't spent a penny on music in over 10 years!!!!! Yeah :)
@thedogma: If artists would sell direct instead of through big name stores, itunes or the like, it would be a different story, but then they could charge $2 or $3 for a complete album. Instead you have middle men (people) up the wazoo taking their share and ripping off the consumer and the artists. If would improve bottom lines if they lowered prices across the board because people would have less incentive to copy (pirate) from other people. Corporate greed isn't the only issue. You also have the artists that want their hundreds of millions of dollars also.
Capitalism is an imperfect system, even the mixed system we have isn't much better than pure capitalism. So as long as you have tremendous greed and and ever increasing hourglass society, you're going to have piracy and no long term solution is possible since there is always a way around it.
For those of you that are afraid of being caught, don't. Just be smart and learn how to protect yourself so no one can tell, it's easy.
I spend about $80-$100 a year on music in the form of CDs, never on iAids. For example from February2010-Feb2011 I bought:
Noah and the Whale's 3rd CD
Both Florence + The Machine Albums (Lungs and Ceremonials)
Ellie Goulding - Lights
Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks
2 Oasis Albums (What's the Story (Morning Glory)) + Time Flies
The Chris Moyles Parody Album
I spent close to $100 and plan to get Flo Rida's newest CD, Chiddy Bang's new CD and Ellie Goulding's CD coming out later this year as well as Oasis's Stop the Clocks and Definitely Maybe.
The way I see it is if I pirate a cd and really enjoyed it I would go out and actually buy it or buy merch or something which sometimes costs more than the initial price of the cd. Also i'll go to a concert of the band (whenever they come to my area). So probably about $100 -$300 depending on how many bands come to my town or how much merch I buy
Last year, I gave Beatport close to $500.
Most of my "pirated" music is freebie stuff that DJs and producers post in various sites as promotional stuff. There are tons of really good EDM/IDM doods that are trying to show their work to the public, because making it is something they enjoy and they want to share it. They're not worried about money so much as publicity.
If I do hit Mediafire or Zippyshare or Clubland, it's usually just to check out a few tracks by an artist. If they're good, I'll probably go buy their entire discography. If they're not, I delete the stuff from my computer.


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A TV guide with a sense of humor?
What's next?
Obviously this is completely unrelated to WoW, but my Wife and I have been getting a chuckle out of it, so I thought I would share the silliness.
Our local glossy newspaper, come Real-Estate advertisement (Northern Weekly, Fairfax Community network), also has a TV guide.
Here are some of the gems from this weeks guide.
Two and a Half Men: Smooth as a Ken Doll
Barbie convinces her husband Ken to let her use candle wax during an unconventional depilatory session.
Guerrilla Gardeners:
Tired of veging out, the gardeners embark on a fruitful mission to grow fruit.
Wedding Crashers:
A wedding gets drunk and crashes into a party.
I can Jump Puddles (A classic Australian novel, now kids TV series)
Filmed long before the drought, this real-life drama reveals what puddles were and how much fun children had jumping in and over them. Warning: parents may need to explain the concept of "rain" to their children under the age of 10.
Get a Clue:
A washed up actress learns how to gain notoriety by becoming an celesbian.
Open Season:
Boog, a domesticated grizzly bear with no survival skills, has his perfect world turned upside down when he meets Elliot, a scrawny, fast talking mule deer.
The Elephant Princess:
In need of a mammoth makeover in time for a hot date, the Elephant Princess consults Cheetah, who shows her how to make her ears look smaller by not wearing dangly earrings but has no suggestions for her wrinkles. Later, the princess learns how to pachyderm her suitcase by taking clothes that mix and match well so she does not have to take and entire trunk of outfits on her next holiday.
New Tricks: Old Dogs. (An English detective show about old police)
The old dogs are hounded into learning new tricks such as how to make a rabbit disappear without eating it and how to collect the newspaper without drooling on it.
Room for Improvement:
A woman who is slowly being buried alive by her own rubbish refuses to clean her house, saying it is an experiment in "multiclutterism" in which piles of worthless yet sentimental things, like shopping lists and egg cartons, are allowed to intermingle without fear of persecution.
Go Go Stop: (A kids show)
Fascinating insight into the workings of traffic lights and their secret plan to control first traffic, then pedestrians, and then the world. Stars Amber Light.
Aussie Ladette to Lady: Afternoon Tea:
The girls relish the chance to scone each other in this jam-packed episode.
Well that's it for now… I will keep my eye out in future for good ones and share them.
FYI, I am heading down to Philip Island, to hit the beach for the next few days, so it is unlikely you will see anything from me until Thursday or Friday. Maybe Dave will settle for draft 15 of his current piece and let you know what he really thinks from Death Knights (I think he was scared when he was sapling)
Gnomer and Out!


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- Era: World War II
- Number of Pages: 352
- Subject: Biography & Memoir
- Date Available: August 2013
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From first joining the Royal Navy in 1940 until the end of the campaign against Japan, Ditcham was in the front line of the naval war. After brief service in the battlecruiser Renown off Norway and against the Italians, he went into destroyers and saw action in most European theatres, including off the American beaches during D-day. He ended the war in the British Pacific Fleet preparing for the invasion of Japan.
Tony Ditcham was educated in the Training Ship HMS Worcester before having a distinguished career in the Royal Navy in the WWII, during which he served in destroyers. He attended both Oxford and London Universities.


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Well, I have the old Greneral Grievous from 2005, and it is almost 10 years old. So, by the time, it's torso became like yellow-painted. Tell me what can I do to clean it. Please?
In general, legos can be un-yellowed by soaking in a combination of hydrogen peroxide, oxyclean powder (or sodium percarbonate), under sunlight or UV light. Or use Retr0Bright. Certain colors of painted decorations (such as gold) will not hold up well to the cleaning, but plain pieces and some colors do hold up well.
For regular dirt and grime a little bit of dish soap and warm water and a sponge or soft cloth should get most figures clean. For tough or caked on dirt you may need to use a scrubby sponge or soft brush, but be you run a risk of damaging printing on the figure. Older LEGO pieces can become yellowed over especially with prolonged direct exposure to sunlight. Many have reported success with oxidizers such as hydrogen peroxide or oxyclean, but there is also a possibility of damaging the element. Good luck!


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Historic All-Hands Meeting Will Livestream to Public; Chip Conley, Guest Speaker
Las Vegas, NV – April 22, 2010 – Zappos.com, a leader in online apparel and footwear sales, announced today that for the first time in the company's history, they will allow the world an opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at the Zappos culture in full swing as they livestream its quarterly All Hands Meeting. The event takes place on Monday, April 26, 2010 at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas where they will webcast live from
1:00-5:00 pm PST (4:00-8:00 pm EST). All are invited to attend via webcast—for free.
"We're excited to give the rest of the world an inside peek into our quarterly all hands employee meeting," said Zappos.com CEO, Tony Hsieh. "Each quarter, we invite a different guest speaker for part of the meeting. We're excited to announce Chip Conley as our special guest speaker for our next meeting!"
Chip Conley, author of "PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow," will share his insights and how to apply them to business. There will also be various activities for Zappos employees, including Q&A, culture-building activities, and workshop exercises based on Chip's presentation.
Viewers will witness firsthand several of Zappos' ten core values in action:
1. Deliver WOW Through Service
3. Create Fun and A Little Weirdness
4. Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded
6. Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication
7. Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit
9. Be Passionate and Determined
10. Be Humble
For additional information about how to tune in to this fun and historic event, visit Zappos Insights: http://www.zapposinsights.com/main/zappos-all-hands-meeting/
About Zappos.com
Established in 1999, Zappos.com has quickly become a leader in online apparel and footwear sales by striving to provide shoppers with the best possible service and selection, with gross merchandise sales exceeding $1 billion annually. Zappos.com currently stocks millions of products from over 1000 clothing and shoe brands. Zappos.com was recognized in 2009 and 2010 by FORTUNE MAGAZINE as one of the "100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR".
More information about the company's customer service philosophy, unique company culture, and job openings can be found at http://about.zappos.com More information about the Zappos Insights business membership program can be found at http://www.zapposinsights.com


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Graduate School - Admission
Admissions Requirements
ACU is committed to providing equal educational opportunities for students without regard to race, color, sex, creed, handicap or national origin. Graduate assistantships and other forms of financial aid help to realize this goal. As a private educational institution, however, ACU reserves the right to deny admission to any applicant whose academic preparation, character or personal conduct is determined to be inconsistent with the purposes and objectives of the university.
The purpose of the admission process is to identify applicants who are likely to succeed academically in the Graduate School and at the same time contribute positively to the campus community. To admit students who cannot, or will not, persist until they have accomplished their academic goals is an expensive mistake for both the university and the students.
Admission Criteria
In making admission decisions, the Graduate School works cooperatively with the various departmental admission committees.
To be admitted unconditionally to an ACU graduate program, a student must:
- Complete a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
- Earn a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or a GPA of 3.25 in last 60 hours of undergraduate course work;
- Submit two letters of recommendation that indicate support of readiness for graduate study;
- Submit a writing sample that shows writing ability consistent with the expectations of graduate work; and
- Satisfy program prerequisites and standardized test measure (GRE, GMAT, MAT), if applicable. See program requirements for details.
Individual graduate programs may also have higher standards or additional requirements for admission to their programs. Some programs have higher demand for admission, or are limited in the number of students who can be accepted each semester, so are more selective in admission criteria.
Departmental admission committees make holistic judgments based on their evaluation of an applicant's ability and readiness for graduate work. Occasionally the department may recommend conditional admission for an applicant who does not meet all the admission criteria.
Conditional Admission
Students who do not meet all the above standards will be considered for conditional admission. To be admitted conditionally, the applicant must demonstrate readiness and capability for graduate work by some combination of undergraduate or graduate coursework, standardized test scores, professional experience, writing ability and/or academic reference letters. For conditional admission, graduate admission committees will make a holistic judgment on the applicant's potential for success in the graduate program, and for contributing to the mission of the program. Generally students admitted conditionally must maintain a 3.0 average in the first 12 hours of coursework, and may be asked to complete leveling (undergraduate) coursework, or to retake a standardized examination.
Special Graduate Non-degree Admission
A student can also enter classes as a special graduate, or non-degree student, a situation normally reserved for those who want to take a few classes without any particular program commitment. The process includes submitting a special graduate application along with a fee and an official undergraduate transcript. Then, each student selects the appropriate courses and is registered for classes by the Graduate School.
Non-degree students must fulfill the same quality standards in class as fully-admitted students. Also, some courses require admission to a program before a student is allowed to take a course.
A non-degree student can take no more than 15 graduate hours without being admitted to a degree program. However, there is no guarantee that the hours taken will fulfill degree requirements. Therefore, it is extremely important to seek admission and follow a degree plan within a program.
Admission to a Certificate Program
ACU offers graduate certificate programs in:
• Conflict Resolution
• Gerontology
• Missions
• Social Services Administration
Some students complete these certificate programs in conjunction with a master's degree program. If a student is not matriculated in a master's degree program, he or she must apply for the certificate program. If the student decides to apply any part of the certificate toward a graduate degree, he must apply and be admitted into that degree program.
Application Fee
The application fee is non-refundable. No action can be taken on an application until the fee has been received. The fee is waived for McNair Scholars. No other waiver of this fee will be considered for domestic or international applicants.
Application Date
Unless otherwise specified by a department, applications are accepted year round. Thus, many programs have rolling admissions based on space available. However, because of competition for financial aid, scholarships and assistantships, as well as limited enrollment, the early applicants have better chances for admission as well as financial aid. Thus, it is strongly suggested that applicants submit application material by March for fall enrollment and October for spring enrollment.
Accuracy of Material
All application material submitted must be accurate. Any erroneous, misleading or incomplete information may be grounds for termination.
Official Acceptance
While academic departments and others play a major role in the evaluation of all applicants, official acceptance letters come from the ACU Graduate School. An acceptance letter does not constitute a contract between ACU and an applicant for admission.
Delayed Admission
Students who receive an official letter of acceptance will be informed that the acceptance is available only for the semester or term indicated. Students who wish to change their entry date must petition the Graduate School in writing before the designated deadline. Students taking any graduate or undergraduate coursework between the date of acceptance and the date of first course enrollment at ACU must submit official transcripts for that work before beginning their program at ACU. Students will be governed by the catalog in effect when they actually begin coursework at ACU. The time limit for completing the degree will begin with the first enrollment in the graduate program.
Required Materials
Ordinarily to be admitted unconditionally to an ACU graduate program, a student must submit:
- Application and non-refundable application fee.
- An official transcript(s) of all previous college work (official means an original with the seal that comes directly from the issuing institution to ACU). The transcript must indicate a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Admissions are made on the assumptions that applicants will have the bachelor's degree by the time of matriculation, and if not, the Graduate School admission is void.
- Official test scores come directly from the testing institutions, if required by program.
a. The GRE is scored by Educational Testing Services:
800-537-3160 inside the U.S. or Canada, 609-771-7243 outside the U.S.
or Canada. Check with Sylvan Learning Centers for testing dates.
b. GMAT information is available at 800-GMAT-NOW.
c. If English is not the applicant's first language, TOEFL is scored by Educational Testing Services. Information is available at 609-951-1100.
- Letters of recommendation from two individuals with knowledge of applicant's readiness for graduate study.
- Writing sample according to program guidelines.
- Additional materials may be required by some departments such as additional correspondence, personal interviews or special tests. Please see specific graduate degree program requirements.
Missing any one of these required elements may delay the admission decision.
Upon admission and prior to enrollment, a student must submit health forms indicating immunization record and a tuberculosis test within the last year.
Admission for International Students
Center for International and Intercultural Education
ACU Box 28226, Abilene, Texas 79699-8226
Hardin Administration Building, Room 217
Phone: 325-674-2710
Fax: 325-674-2966
International students applying for admission to the Graduate School must meet the same admission requirements as other students as outlined above.
However, additional requirements also apply:
- A non-refundable application fee.
- Official TOEFL score minimum 213 on the computer version or 550 on the paper version is required of all applicants from non-English speaking countries (official means it must be sent directly from the testing institution to ACU; see No. 3 of the "Required Materials" section for phone numbers).
- Financial admission and I-20. After academic admission comes financial admission. International applicants must satisfy all academic admission requirements before a Form I-20 can be issued and before they leave their home countries. Particularly, official academic transcripts of his or her college or university courses must show evidence of completion of a bachelor's degree.
a. Provide an affidavit of support or a statement from the bank of financial
responsibility for a minimum of $26,112.
b. A deposit is required for students who wish to live in a residence hall.
c. When the academic and financial admission is complete, then the I-20 will be
It costs approximately $26,112 to live in Abilene and to attend ACU for one full year. Unfortunately, the university usually cannot offer financial assistance to international students. However, there are many campus job opportunities. In any case, the student must be able to bear financial responsibility.
Once international students arrive on campus, they are encouraged to meet with their advisors for program details (see other parts of this catalog) and to meet with the international student program advisor. International students are encouraged to join the International Student Association on campus and experience fellowship and fun with up to 300 students and faculty. Welcoming international students is a special part of that process.
Admission to Institute of Intensive English
The Institute of Intensive English is not a graduate program, but is a program that several international post-bachelor's degree students take. Students with a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 425 (or a computer-based score of 113) may apply to the Institute of Intensive English (IIE) to study English and become more proficient in speaking, reading and writing. Sometimes called English as a Second Language (ESL), the Institute is not graduate school. However, if a student reaches a TOEFL of 550 or above, he or she would be permitted to apply for admission to Graduate School under the same guidelines for admission as stated above.
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Madison Square Garden
this wiki
(covers information from several alternate timelines)
Madison Square Garden was an arena in New York City used for boxing, among other things.
In 1930, a boxing event took place there with Mike Mason vs. Kid McCook as the main event over ten rounds, then Manuel Prado vs. Will Bailey over six rounds. Preliminary fights were Gus Lloyd vs. Killer Kidd, Ricky Mason vs. Buddy Sencio, and Charley Mulaney vs. Gus Barnes. General admission cost US$1.25. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
Mason and McCook would later fight again at the Bay Land Garden and an advertisement noted it was "their first rematch since Madison Square Garden". (DS9: "Past Tense, Part II")
In an alternate timeline, Madison Square Garden hosted Adolf Hitler after the city was captured by German forces. (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II")
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In The Big Good-Bye, according to the narrator, the desk lieutenant showed little interest in his fellow officer, Jim Tierney, being in the room. As far as the lieutenant was concerned, Tierney might well have been in Madison Square as in front of his desk for all the attention he would give to him. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye")


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The Kentucky State Police investigated an injury collision involving a Greenville Police Officer that occurred on KY 189, in the limits of Greenville, on Wednesday at approximately 12:01 p.m.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Greenville Police Department Officer Wes Miller was conducting a traffic stop on the southbound shoulder of KY 189. Greenville Police Chief Darren Harvey had pulled in behind Officer Miller to assist with the traffic stop.
Elizabeth Gentry, age 62 of Central City, was operating a 2012 Chevrolet Volt southbound on KY 189 approaching the traffic stop. Nathan Berry, age 41 of Dunmor, was operating a 1995 Jeep Cherokee northbound on KY 189. Ms. Gentry crossed into the northbound lane to distance herself from the traffic stop.
Ms. Gentry's vehicle struck Mr. Berry's vehicle in the northbound lane. Her vehicle spun around and the rear bumper struck Chief Harvey's 2006 Ford Crown Victoria. Her vehicle then struck Chief Harvey in the leg as he standing between the two police cruisers. Mr. Berry's vehicle overturned and came to rest on its passenger side.
Mr. Berry and his passengers, wife Trulie Berry, age 21, and daughter Elizebeth Berry, were transported via ambulance to the Muhlenberg Community Hospital for treatment. Mr. Berry and his wife had to be extricated from the vehicle by mechanical means. Mr. and Mrs. Berry were wearing seatbelts. Their daughter was restrained in a child safety seat. Ms. Gentry, who was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured. Chief Harvey, age 45 of Greenville, did not seek medical treatment. Officer Miller and the subject that he had stopped were not injured.


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Why do all English verbs have to start with "to" and German verbs don't? In English we say "to play" but in German we would just say "spielen". why don't we say "zu spielen"? Why don't we do this in German? Is it just a weird grammar thing we do in English?
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Maybe it's because the infinitive of German verbs is the root + "-en" ("kochen"), or "-ln"/"-rn" ("lächeln", "meistern"), plus they are written in lowercase, so it's easy to see that they are verbs even without a "zu" before.
But in English you have "smile" (noun), "smile" (verb) - likewise for "cook", "beat", "play" etc. - so you need something to differentiate those words. The suffix mentioned above effectively fulfills that function.
First of all, language is an expression of personality.
You can say "Willst du spielen?", "Hast du Lust zu spielen?", shorter and childish "Willst spielen?" or even "Spielen?". All examples are correct but saying more...revealing the personality of the speaker or his intention.
Well this works in English "Play?", "Do you want to play" or "Would you like playing ...".
English provides "to" and "the" which can be use ubiquitously, makes it an easier and predictable language.
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5 Soviet Space Programs That Prove Russia Was Insane
#2. The Moonshot
By 1967, the space race to the moon was neck and neck, and the Soviets were cutting a lot of corners to get there first. And it didn't help that their moon plan was Rube Goldbergian in its complication. The cosmonaut in the Russian program would have to physically go outside the orbiting craft and do a spacewalk just to get into the moon landing craft. And on the way back from the moon, he would have to carry a huge specimen bag of moon rocks. Through the vacuum of space.
So the program had to hit some major milestones to make this crap shoot possible: they had to figure out how to rendezvous in orbit, how to exit and spacewalk between crafts and, oh yeah, how to actually land on the moon. All in about 18 months. And PS, their rockets suuuuuuuuucked.
The design was based off of a bored 7-year-old's math class doodling.
And the cosmonauts knew it.
When Yuri Gagarin inspected Soyuz 1, the capsule that was supposed to eventually get the reds to the moon, he found no less than 203 structural problems with the thing. So naturally, he recommended a postponement of its practice launch. Officials gave a hearty "NYET CAN DO" because they wanted that first space docking in time for 50th anniversary of the Communist revolution.
But it wasn't Gagarin who was scheduled to make the flight, it was his best friend Vladimir Komarov. And Vladimir wouldn't back out of a sure suicide mission because Gagarin was his back-up; if he didn't make the flight Yuri would, and he didn't want to kill his best friend. And Yuri felt the same way. Apparently he showed up on launch day as well, demanding to go in Vladimir's place.
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It was the greatest bromance in Soviet aeronautic history.
But it would be Vladimir who would make the trip, and his problems started the minute he got into orbit. His solar panel didn't work, so the power to his systems failed. His orientation detectors froze, so he couldn't maneuver the craft. His automatic stabilization system died and his manual stabilization system was only partially working. In other words, Soyuz 1 was up space creek without a paddle.
After 13 orbits around the Earth, the mission was aborted and Vladimir was ordered back home. Unfortunately, his parachutes got tangled on re-entry and he never had a chance slow his stupid Soyuz down. And did we mention that he had radio contact with Earth the whole time, where US scientists listening in reported hearing Vladimir and his flight commander crying and cursing, or that his wife was on the call, asking him what to tell their children? If you click here, you can hear his last words and see what remained of him after landing. But only click there if you're already dead inside.
"Sorry our negligence got you burnt to death. Here's a tasteful stamp."
So that was Soyuz 1. Soyuz 5's landing was so hard that it broke the pilot's teeth, and he was so off course that he had to find shelter at a peasant's house before he was rescued. Soyuz 6, 7, and 8 all failed to dock together. But by this point, it didn't matter anymore, because Apollo was already on the moon.
This post card is the closest the Soviet Union ever got to a moon landing.
#1. Planned Manned Flights to Venus and Mars
By this point, anyone with a lick of sense knew that the space race was over and Uncle Sam won. Yet the Soviets figured if they had to go out, they might as well go out with a bang (uh...hopefully not literally). Thus the program to get cosmonauts on Venus and Mars were pursued.
The soviets decided to cut out the middle-man and power the rockets entirely with cosmonaut blood.
You have to hand it to them, the plans had moxy. First off, the three man mission to Mars would take three years. And to keep those cosmonauts alive during the three years, Russian scientists came up with some pretty ambitious systems. Like, "growing 20 to 50% of the crew's food in hydroponic greenhouses" ambitious. And "just hoping for the best when it comes to periods of prolonged weightlessness since no one had gone longer than a few days in space before" ambitious.
Pipe dreams based on uninvented technologies excluded, the mission itself was made of insanity. In one version, the cosmonauts would orbit around Mars, swing back to Earth, bypass Earth to go to Venus, just for fun, then come home. Total trip time: four years. In another version, a six man crew would actually land on Mars and live there for a year as they explored the Red Planet from pole to pole. Also, while there, they'd construct a nuclear powered "Mars Train" for getting around and stuff. Because that sounded totally doable by this point.
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Developing this tiny plastic train model cost fourteen men and eleven dogs their lives.
Shockingly, neither program got past the testing stage. The rocket they were supposed to use went through four flights from 1969 to 1972, and came back in pieces every single time. Turns out the flaw was simply not trusting American methods. Instead of using liquid oxygen and hydrogen like NASA, the Soviets went with the method of mixing benzene with kerosene. While being anti-American, they were also pro-explosion: kerosene mixed with benzene is a dangerous mix that is more combustible than gasoline.
Unfortunately for all involved, the Soviets directed their energies toward their space station instead. We say "unfortunately" because the first three cosmonauts to visit it tragically died before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. Although, considering the alternative was thrusting a nuclear powered disastercraft away from the Earth, we should probably be grateful for the distraction their little space station provided.
We're beginning to think the whole Soviet space program was a diabolical ruse by the stamp industry.
For more on space, check out 5 Retarded Space Travel Ideas (That Might Actually Work) and 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck.


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My biggest gain productivity (and reduction in stress) came when I embraced the idea of writing everything down. (Thank you, David Allen!) The hard part is managing to always have something handy with which to do the writing.
My Field Journal Notebook works great when I'm at my desks, in a meeting, or even out to dinner, but it doesn't work as well for the odd bits of time during the day when things inevitably occur to me. It's too big to use when I'm standing on the bus during commute and it takes too much time to pack it up for transport when I'm just running to the restroom or stepping across the hall to ask a co-worker a question (and then unpack it when I get back).
How do I have a small, refillable, and secured writing surface (don't want to drop loose pages in the middle of the bus aisle) that includes a pen loop and a shoulder strap?[1] DIY and paper type are highly negotiable; the notes have a half-life of about an hour, so this is definitely about function rather than form.
[1] Yes, a pen loop and a shoulder strap, 'cuz the American fashion industry has decreed that professional women are not allowed to wear anything so gauche as pockets. (Not that I care what the fashion industry thinks, but I can't buy what they don't sell.)


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CGS To Have Another Class Added To Wall Of Fame; Fireworks To Cap The Night Off
By Ben Deatherage
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Cottage Grove, Oregon- Saturday August 2nd will be another special day in the history of the Cottage Grove Speedway. Track historians Curt and Denny Deatherage will once again put on their massive display of photos, articles, and other memorabilia chronicling the long storied history of CGS, which started operating in 1956. Several people involved with the race track from decades past will be there to catch up with some of their old competitors and as well as their many friends.
It is definitely a one of a kind event that will include the induction of the Class of 2014 into the Cottage Grove Speedway Wall Of Fame. Below this article is a list of all the wonderful people that have been put in already and it is quite an impressive list.
Once all the racing is complete a FIREWORKS display will end the night's activities. This is one of the most well attended events in past years so if you have always been curious on what some of the cars used to look like back in the 1960's or who the drivers were to beat in the 1970's be sure and make it to Historical Night. Classes that will be on tap include the Huddle Automotive Repair 360 Sprints, Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Hornets.
Tickets are Adults $12.00, Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-17) $10.00, Youths (Ages 12-6) $5.00, and Children under the age of 5 are FREE and a Family Pass will be offered for two Adults and up to four Youths for just $35.00. Front Gates will open at 4:00 PM and Racing starts around 6:45. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com and click "Fan Info"
Cottage Grove Speedway Wall Of Fame:
Class Of 2013-
Marvin Smith
Dale Smith
John Hagan
Rick Hunsley
Herb Hill
Tom Nichols
Larry Woody
Brett Endicott
Class Of 2012-
Ted Baker
Dave Drake
Don Muth Sr.
Robert Hand
Gene Ashley
Barbara Tennison
Ray Hanke
Rex Kays
Harvey Dolan
Alan Cooper
Class Of 2011-
Fred Lowther
Bill Boyce
Dennis Wilson
Shawna Wilskey
Fred Brownfield
Don Moody
Dick Moody
Turn One Animals
Class Of 2010-
Chuck Cooley
Bob Pate
John Hanna
"Granny" Candy Brown
Joe Evans
Gerald Ray Family
Tom Langan Family
Class Of 2009-
Joe Bond
Larry Bond
Ernie Miles
Gary Metcalf
Walt Sorenson
Lloyd Tucker
Bob McCoy
Larry Horner Family
Dennis Deatherage
Curt Deatherage
Class Of 2008-
Rod Saner
Jack Grimes
Dan Peters
Don Hill
Bob Jeremiah
Bud Adamson
Don Hood
Class Of 2007-
Scott "Woody" Woods
Harold "Pappy" Greenwood
Bill Davis
Doyle Dilbeck
Clint Sessions
Cal Hand
Vern Coop
Class Of 2006-
Archie Rodonski
John Simmons
Dot Crha
Mel Pierce
Marv Martin
Dave Cooper
Mark Howard
Wayne Britton
Mike McCann
Chuck Pendleton Sr.
Larry Roberts
Charlie & Susan DeBuff
Class Of 2005-
Earl Cooper
Vern Cooper
Bobby Etchison
Rex Kelley Family
Wally Morelock Family
Howard Rice
Lowell "Smitty" Smith
Faye Stewart Family
Wally King
Russ Lund
Jim Matthews
Class Of 2004-
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Gene Cutts
Stan Daugherty
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Bud Dix
Bob Hamilton
Tex Jackson
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Wonders of the Western Cape
As European winemakers brave freezing temperatures to finish their winter pruning, more than 12,000 kilometers away South African vineyard workers are battling the heat as they prepare for this year's harvest.
With temperatures rising to as high as 35 degrees Celsius, the first grapes to ripen are the Sauvignon Blanc, then Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, followed by Pinotage, Chenin Blanc and Merlot. The next sweep through the vineyards includes Syrah, Cabernet Franc and finally, as we move into March, Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Three South African wines that are ready to impress.
This trio of bold red grape varieties may be last into the cellar, but any aficionado who appreciates brooding, dark oak-aged red wine will tell you, these are definitely worth the wait. Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah may make up only 22% of South Africa's vineyard plantings but together could represent an entree into the higher echelons of the world's fine-wine market.
In terms of quality, the wines of the Western Cape, in particular, have made great strides in the past decade. Meerlust, Warwick, Kanonkop, Rustenberg and Vergelegen wine estates are just a handful of producers making world-class red wine based on Cabernet Sauvignon. Fairview, Boschendal, Graham Beck and Delheim are doing the same with Syrah.
I have written it before and I will go on writing it because these wines offer some of the best-value reds in the fine-wine category in the world. In the Western Cape, Cabernet Sauvignon—with its dark-blue skins and tightly packed bunches—when blended with Cabernet Franc and Merlot, produces wines of exquisite Old World charm. By which I mean wine that smells and tastes like it comes from Bordeaux, with aromas of cedar, cassis, pencil shavings and mint, while retaining that freshness when it is swallowed. While critics and those familiar with these wines have been seduced, prices haven't risen as much as those of counterparts in California, Italy and France.
I can't think of another region that on a price point of £10-£25 (€12-€30) consistently punches well above its weight. In blind tastings, I have served Stellenbosch's Meerlust Rubicon (a Bordeaux blend) against some of the very best châteaux from the Medoc and found it not only held its own but also outperformed its European counterparts.
Perhaps we should think of South African wines in the context of Europe and the Old World. It maybe a little more than 20 years since the end of apartheid opened up the wine industry to the wider world but vines have been tended in this corner of the globe since the mid-17th century. While the white grape variety Chenin Blanc still remains the most planted in South Africa, its percentage of vineyard area has fallen in the past 10 years. Following apartheid, a generation of South Africans were able to travel and with that has come a wave of well-traveled winemakers who, having seen the potential of both Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah overseas, have returned home with a fresh perspective.
Stellenbosch's Oldenburg Vineyards, bought by equity trader Adrian Vanderspuy in 2003, are a case in point. Having been bitten by the wine bug in 2001 after a taste of Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon, Mr. Vanderspuy, who has a deep-rooted history with Stellenbosch, says he recognized that the region's cool, maritime breezes and varied soils had the potential to make great red wine. In 2004 he replanted the farm with Syrah and Cabernet Franc, which were joined by Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot a year later. The first vintage was in 2007.
He says that both a rise in domestic quality across the Western Cape and growth in fine-wine prices mean that in the next decade an iconic wine will emerge from South Africa. One could argue wines such as Waterford Estate's the Jem; Bruce Jack's single-vineyard Pinotage and Kanonkop's Black Label Pinotage are already gaining traction. But I wouldn't bet against Oldenburg's straight Cabernet Franc joining the fray, either.
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STEUBENVILLE - City Council members have invited officials from the three unions representing city employees to a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. today to discuss cost savings ideas and measures.
City Manager Cathy Davison said Monday afternoon council initially will meet in executive session at 6 p.m. today with attorney Rob D'Anniballe to discuss personnel and then hold the public session.
D'Anniballe is assisting the city in its talks with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 Ohio Labor Council, the International Association of Firefighters Local 228 and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2015.
Davison said 11 lay-off notices were sent out Monday to AFSCME-represented employees.
Jim Marquis, president of FOP Lodge No. 1, said representatives of the FOP Ohio Labor Council will attend the 6:30 p.m. meeting, and he will be at the regular City Council meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Brian Young, president of the AFSCME Local 2015, said he also will attend the 6:30 p.m. meeting.
"We proposed several ideas earlier and will be prepared to discuss those measures again," said Young.
And Chris Blackburn, president of the IAFF Local 228 said his union will keep "an open mind at the meeting."
"We already provided Cathy with our cost savings ideas. But after the knee jerk reaction by the administration to reject a Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grant application, I remain very concerned about the safety of our city residents and our firefighters," said Blackburn.
Davison said last week she will recommend two police department vacancies not be filled and the city not accept a possible renewal of the S.A.F.E.R. Grant, which will mean three firefighters will be laid off in March.
Davison also announced the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center will remain open this winter with three full-time parks and recreation employees replacing part-time recreation aides currently working at the center.
"We are not the evil union. We agreed to concessions in our current contract to help the city. We are trying to protect the residents of Steubenville and we want to go home at the end of our shift. The citizens of Steubenville need to question who is making these decisions. Our citizens should be outraged," Blackburn said.
He also said a cut in fire personnel may prompt the closing of the Pleasant Heights fire station.
The current police union contract expires in May, while the firefighters' contract ends in December 2013. and the AFSCME union contract is set to expire in March 2014.
"It is never easy to make difficult decisions like these. Steubenville is not alone. Communities across the state are facing difficult decisions like this every day across Ohio and the country," Davison has said.
She said several city employees have expressed interest in the $10,000 incentive plan that was introduced at last week's City Council sunshine meeting, "but no one has signed up for the offer. The employees have until Thursday to officially register their interest."
Council is set to officially approve the $10,000 incentive plan at tonight's meeting
Earlier this month Davison requested employees represented by the three city unions to agree to changes in the city health care program as well as a 7 percent pay cut.
"We are asking union and nonunion to share equally to resolve the deficit issue for the future of our city," Davison said last week.
She and the recreation board announced this month the Belleview Pool will not open in 2013.
The city manager also met with the city board of health this month to discuss more collaboration with the Jefferson County Board of Health.
Davison has cited the cuts in Local Government Funding from the state and rising utility costs as the main reasons for the deficit.


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Context: I am currently reading through the freely available lecture notes from Tristan Riviere (here) on the applicability of integration by compensation in the analysis of various geometrically motivated PDEs.
I have attempted to find something in the vast literature to the following effect: suppose $u:D^2\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^n$, $u\in W^{1,2}$, $\Delta u = f(u,\nabla u) = 2H\partial_xu\times\partial_yu$. Then
$$u\in C^{0,\alpha}(D') \rightarrow u\in C^\infty(D''),$$
where $D'' \subset\subset D' \subset\subset D$.
In other words, an interior estimate. With the little regularity on hand, it appears to be very difficult. I find this surprising because most of the time, proving the Hölder regularity of the solution is the 'most difficult' part. I have the feeling that I am missing an obvious reference or a well-known folklore argument.
Showing the Hölder continuity of the solution relies on deriving a Morrey-type estimate with the help of the Wente lemma. In the process of doing this, one also shows that
$$\sup_{\rho < 1/2, p\in B_{1/2}(0)} \rho^{-\alpha} \int_{B_\rho(p)} |\Delta u|$$
is bounded. This implies that $f\in\mathcal{H}^1$. I just include this extra detail in case this question fits into a general framework of optimal interior regularity for Poisson's equation on a disk when the right hand side is Hardy. (This is the reason for the earlier form of my question.)
Can anybody help?


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FILE - In this April 5, 2009 image made from KRT video, a rocket is lifted off from its launch pad in Musudan-ri, North Korea. As international tensions rise over a planned North Korean rocket launch, the U.N. nuclear agency is taking a wait and see attitude on an offer from the North to allow agency experts back into the country, according to a letter shared Tuesday, April 3, 2012 with The Associated Press. In the March 30 letter, circulated internally among the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35 member nations, IAEA head Yukiya Amano expresses thanks for the March 16 overture by North Korean Atomic Energy head Ri Je Son and says "the IAEA will follow up on your invitation in a constructive spirit." (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video, File) NORTH KOREA OUT, TV OUT
North Korea already has threatened of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea is canceling a hot line and a nonaggression pact with South Korea, and reiterating past threats in anger over a UN Security Council vote to impose more sanctions on the North for its third nuclear test.
The statement the North issued Friday, comes after the council leveled tough, new sanctions targeting the North's economy and leadership. North Korea already has threatened of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States.
North Korea says it will retaliate with "crushing strikes" if enemies intrude into its territory. It also says it is voiding past nuclear disarmament statements between North and South Korea.
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1. Announcing the 2011 Mashable Awards Winners
Although we did not take home the Up-and-Coming Social Media Service award we'd like to thank everyone in our great community who voted Summify throughout the competition! Congratulations crowdtap, you win this round!
The votes are in and the results have been tabulated: After two months of nominations and voting by our community, Mashable is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2011 Mashable Awards!
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2. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies 'of heart attack'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died of a heart attack at the age of 69, state media have announced.
Millions of North Koreans were "engulfed in indescribable sadness", the KCNA state news agency said, as people wept openly in Pyongyang. Read More
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Editor's note: Contributor Brad Spirrison is the managing editor of mobile app discovery services Appolicious, AndroidApps.com and AppVee. With this post, he continues an annual tradition of picking the best iOS apps of the year.
It's telling that Apple chose an app that debuted more than 14 months ago, Instagram, as its "iPhone App of the Year" for 2011. This should not imply that there was a shortage of quality and groundbreaking apps released this year. Far from it. Read More
5. Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works
I remember fondly the days when we were all tickled pink by our elected officials' struggle to understand how the internet works. Whether it was George W. Bush referring to "the internets" or Senator Ted Stevens describing said internets as "a series of tubes," we would sit back and chortle at our well-meaning but horribly uninformed representatives, confident that the right people would eventually steer them back on course. Well I have news for members of Congress: Those days are over. Read More
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My feelings about Steve Jobs have always been a little mixed. I long admired his entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen and was in sheer awe of his natural instincts for what appeals to consumers. On the other hand I bristled at what I saw as his — and by extension Apple's — occasionally capricious and even contradictory actions (App store products in or out, inability to get in front of product issues, antennaegate) and super-secretive nature. Read More


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All Lladró are hand painted and figurines have been made in a variety of finishes. Items can be Glazed, Matte, Re-Deco, Goyesa, High Porcelain, Capricho or Gres.
Lladró has made sets of Christmas Bells and also Christmas Balls. We have also created our own sets or collections of Lladró Mermaids, Don Quixote or Sport Professionals, etc. Enjoy clicking buttons to find new and different thematic connections over the many years of making Lladró.


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High Horse
The Party
Forget May gray. And never mind June gloom. Something always happens on San Diego Polo Club's opening day. The clouds never fail to part for this annual rite of passage. Can you say, "Hello, sunshine!?"
The People
For the 28th annual opening day, nearly 3,000 fans came out to the picturesque fields, including 300 in Riviera's VIP tent—decked out in stunning florals and decor by Kathy Wright & Co. Among the schmoozers in the tent was the fine crew from Pacific Sotheby's International Realty, along with Blanchard, Krasner & French. Guests sipped wine from Gen 7 and other libations from Best Beverage Company, and nibbles came courtesy of The Wild Thyme.
Best in Show
With primo people-watching—the ladies dressed in flowing summer frocks and the gents in preppy finery—the divot stomp is always a highlight of the day. The 15-week season runs every Sunday through Sept. 28. Better pony up! –Photography by J. Dixx