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This page is monitored by the OLPC team.
This is a software release.
- Title
- 8.2.1 OS, Release_notes/8.2.1
- Description
- The OS upgrade is to address critical bug fixes from release 8.2.0, mostly found in Uruguay. We also need to include fedora icon in all our releases going forward. We should consider including OFW with touchpad support in the final OS image (if it is ready).
- Date proposed
- 2008-12-15
- Priority
- High. Uruguay wants to deploy in the beginning of January.
- Champion
- Kim/Reuben
- Root Cause
- A regression occurred that broke wireless activation. This feature doesn't have a test case and since we waited so long before we had a signed build to test, we did not find this regression. Other bug fixes in this release are to help Uruguay with their roll-out including their ability to manage their own final build (try to keep OLPC out of the sign-off).
- Effect from the user perspective
- Uruguay had a process that allowed all the laptops to get their activation keys wirelessly from the local school server on a regular basis. Release 8.2.0 broke that process.
- Proposed Fix
- Address bugs and small features listed below
- Reviewers
- triage team
- Testing: 1 hour smoke
- Special testing required
- specific test cases for each bug fix; create a wireless activation test case
- Discussion
- Checklist
- ECO 8.2.1 checklist
- Rollout
- Uruguay, others
Relevant Trac items
Canonical source: Trac report #38
- ticket #8976: Wireless activation
- ticket #8745: Translation - software update control panel
- ticket #9044: Translation - Journal full message
- ticket #9045: Uruguay key generation
- ticket #8982: Etoys mp3 player
- ticket #8155: related to Journal copy patch (from Sayamindu)
- ticket #8767: Boot and Sugar need to include Fedora logo
- ticket #8451: OFW Touchpad support
- ticket #8942: X Touchpad support
Other bugs:
- ticket #8667, ticket #8799: wireless fixes for mbletsas.
Description of the patches applied to the new RPMs in this build
Firmware Changes
Update to at least q2e22 which has many fixes and support for the new keyboard. All thought new keyboard support is not stirctly required, (new KBC machines from the factory will already have the the latest firmware) its going to be helpful for them if all their machines are at the same firmware level after the upgrade.
q2e18->q2e22 change list
- trac 8451 - Fixed test-all crash after touchpad test.
- Multicast NAND updater test version included
- trac 8737 - Better wlan scan output from APs with malformed data
- Support for new keyboard controller
- Handle ramdisk location changes required by new Linux kernels
- Turn on serial console for secure boot
- trac 8818 - fixed spurious memtest error reports by turning off USB when running memtest.
- trac 8811 - fix booting Linux with no ramdisk.
- trac 8785 - fixed NAND partition creation bug
- fixed ftrace regression
- trac 8451 - Handle "test /mouse" issues raised by comment 9 of that ticket.
- trac 8451 - further improvements in mouse/trackpad robustness.
- trac 8897 - EMACS was leaving cruft at the end of files.
- scan-nand was misclassifying erased-without-cleanmarkers blocks.
- trac 8940 - fixed glitches in trackpad selftest
- trac 8932 - fixed non-secure OFW reflash from NAND
- Added "stream-poll?" and "adaptive-poll?" mouse methods for client OSes.
- Increased the size of args-buf to 256 to handle long Linux cmdlines.
- Removed some unused legacy keyboard controller commands.
- Support for new ENE keyboard controller
View the test plan at Test cases 8.2.1.


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Tuesday, March 6, 2007
coach KKK: Cowardly Hides Behind Shabazz' Warriors
The face of a rat. Wrinkled and rodent like. Beady eyes jutting in every direction. Black hair combed over the cranium that hosts the devil's cerebellum. Always looking as if he has just picked your pocket. Constantly ready to complain. A body boasting replaced hips, worn from years of feigned indignation when referees did not follow; he as pied piper, they as lemmings.
Next to him on the bench, the cadaverous bodies of two of the three whiniest point guards to ever humiliate themselves by wearing and crying in a Duke uniform. Two anemic gargoyles, lapping up the grotesque offerings of The Prince of Darkness as if they were jackals on a corpse.
And next to them, possibly the worst of all. A soul condemned to an eternity of stagnation and castigation. But how can the soul be condemned, if the soul is clearly lost to begin with? The leader of coach KKK's first evil inclusion in the once pristine Final Four. A man that teamed with Satan before he truly revealed himself to the world. We give him the benefit of the doubt, that at the time, he didn't know. But when Lucifer unveiled his evil tidings and preparations, the lost son of Shabazz followed. He should have run. Or better yet, as close as he was to the undead cross bearer of Dukatory, he should have driven a stake through his heart. But he followed. Now, he is lost forever. Both to himself and to the Tribe of Shabazz
He works as the agent of the godless ones. Smoothly convincing, on behalf of soul-less coach KKK, young Negroes to sign their souls away to the devil. Everyone he touches, turning a lighter of shade pale.
And this weekend, he sat by and watched as coach KKK sent a deceived young Negro into battle to do the devils work.
While we applaud Gerald Henderson for bloodying the face of the poster boy of white basketball (the plodding, nonathletic, "hustling" and "working the boards" type of basketball that bores the original human), we feel regret that it was not done in the name of Shabazz. It was done in the name of Kryshivisikizoswki (Satan's earthly name can't even be spell checked).
The evil spirit is guilty of once again sacrificing a young Negro soldier for his and his lurid legions entertainment and delight.
A bench full of scrubbish, blanch-skinned pine riders; and he uses the most viable athlete on the roster to carry out the fiendish assault. The motive is clear.
Rather than tarnish the pristine reputation of Duke basketball by using one of his entitled, trust funded, alabaster skinned walk-ons; coach KKK decided to use the Negro. Certainly the evilshness that makes up his support base in Dukatory would easily separate the dark faced Negro from the white face that is Duke basketball. Send the Negro with orders to maim. Then act like he did it on his own accord.
They say an injured animal is the most dangerous animal. We must carry that sentiment over to Satan. An injured devil is the most dangerous devil. On Sunday, we saw a devil injured by the tables turning. A devil mortified and without answer for the friendly forces wearing Carolina Blue. A devil watching the tide turn and slowly drowning in the waves of righteousness.
A rat faced devil turning a fine, upstanding young Negro into a thug.
That's what happens when you dance with the devil.
71 comments:
You folks are some crazy bastards...bloody the face of a white man and it's okay?! Are you kidding?!
I guess since blacks are the face of the NBA, it's time to send some folks out to bloody them too huh?
Here's where you HYPOCRITICALLY call ME a racist...
BTW-How are things going for you all since you killed Malcom? Oh yeah, that's what I thought...
Let's see if you have the balls to post this.
- March 7, 2007 at 9:10 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"bloody the face of a white man and it's okay?! "
Sir, be reasonable. It sends a message that his game is not up to the standards of the original human. It's boring to watch.
"it's time to send some folks out to bloody them too huh?"
Why do that, they play an exciting brand of basketball. You should sit there and appreciate that they are doing something that your genetic limitations preclude you from doing. Be a fan. It's what you are best suited for...
"Here's where you HYPOCRITICALLY call ME a racist..."
You've said nothing we'd consider racist. Please try harder if you wish to offend.
"BTW-How are things going for you all since you killed Malcom?"
About the same as things for you since you killed JFK.
"Let's see if you have the balls to post this"
Indeed, it would take iron balls to post an anonymous attempt at a vitrolic diatribe, that misses the mark.
Get more angry. This didn't effectively communicate your indignation. Although it did wonderfully portray your ignornance. At least you have that part down.
- March 7, 2007 at 10:14 AM
"You folks are some crazy bastards...Let's see if you have the balls to post this."
What a Doushebag!
I'm not as articulate as NOISB so I'll stick with my Jr. High approach. It's worked well for me in the past.
- March 7, 2007 at 11:33 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"What a Doushebag!"
Douchebags serve a necessary and useful service. They cleanse.
Our misguided friend is useless and in dire need of cleansing.
- March 7, 2007 at 1:32 PM
Wait just a doggone minute, mister!
White people didn't kill JFK.
Cuban people killed JFK.
Arab people killed RFK.
White people killed MLK.
Billy Packer killed Koach K.
From the inside.
- March 7, 2007 at 1:40 PM
- Unsilent Majority said...
Well played.
- March 7, 2007 at 1:45 PM
Some people don't deserve a sense of humor. Obviously "Anonymous" is one of those non-recipients.
- March 7, 2007 at 2:05 PM
- Christopher said...
I will not discuss your feelings, thoughts, or laughable conspiracy theories regarding Coach K.
I will say that your characterization of Hansborough's play is downright ignorant. Unathletic? What do you see about his play that is unathletic? Just his color, I imagine.
Also, the NBA is an awful brand of boring basketball. Take a look at today's ratings and ticket sales and you will see my opinion is that of the majority of fans.
Please add some more "hustling" to the NBA and so I can enjoy it again. Really? Hustling and getting rebounds somehow degrades the game? Wow.
- March 7, 2007 at 2:08 PM
Funny you reference Coach KKK's puppet Dawkins. When the evil Devil retires, who do you think will get the head spot: the loyal negro or the hotshot "brilliant" Wojo or Collins?
- March 7, 2007 at 2:35 PM
Tyler Hansbrough is not plodding and unathletic. Watch basketball. That is all.
- March 7, 2007 at 3:02 PM
- Daniel said...
is this not satire?
- March 7, 2007 at 3:13 PM
You can use as many big words as you want, but that will not make you seem more intelligent or make up for the lack of facts or sense in your argument. Your ad hominem attack is devoid of facts about one of the greatest coaches, greatest people, to ever
become involved in sports on any level, ever.
First of all, Coach K has never been accused of ordering his players to hurt opposing players. His teams have never been known for that. Look it up. And in the case of Gerald Henderson, it is no different. Whether or not Henderson hurt Tyler Hansbrough on purpose rests with Henderson, not Krzyzewski.
"While we applaud Gerald Henderson for bloodying the face of the poster boy of white basketball… we feel regret that it was not done in the name of Shabazz. It was done in the name of Kryshivisikizoswki (Satan's earthly name can't even be spell checked)."
That's a great message, condoning violence. Your disgusting rhetoric only serves to perpetuate stereotypes of the "violent negro." But of course your "argument" then turns hypocritical.
"A rat faced devil turning a fine, upstanding young Negro into a thug."
On one hand, you applaud the player for the use of violence, of being a "thug," then you condone his actions because Coach K apparently turned "a find, upstanding young Negro into a thug."? Now I'm confused.
I am a graduate student earning my degree in Integrated Language Arts/English and I will be a teacher in a couple years. I will be going back to my predominately black, lower income neighborhood to teach, hopefully to make some kind of impact on my community. I graduated undergrad with a B.A. in journalism. I am black and I am a Duke fan. So I know a few things about education, and the fact that Coach K has said that college students-athletes come to college first and foremost, for an education and a degree, is a very important statement. College is not a proving ground for players wanting to go to the NBA after their freshman year. That's why he stresses that his student athletes, both black and white, stick around the full four years to get their degree. This is a message that is lacking in sports, and as an African American male, it is a refreshing and welcome approach to any college sport. Most college programs do not care whether or not you will stick for your degree. All they care about is that national championship appearance in the spring. According to the Academy of Achievement, "While other schools may be willing to sacrifice their academic criteria for the sake of a winning team, 'Coach K.' holds his players to the highest standards on and off the court. In so doing, he has won the accolades of his peers and the affection of the entire Duke community." http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/krz0pro-1
And according to the Hoops King, "…Krzyzewski has accomplished all this with a program that turns out real-deal scholar athletes — kids who go to class, graduate and don't mind telling everyone about it… The term 'student-athlete' is used over and over in college athletics, but the Duke basketball team truly exemplifies the ideal. During Krzyzewski's time with the Blue Devils, all but two Duke players that played four seasons have graduated." http://www.hoopsking.com/hoopsStore/Drills/duke_basketball_coach_mike_krzyzewski.asp
That stat was from 2001, so it has changed, but not very much. Coach K stresses the importance of earning a degree to his players, what these players do with the curriculum is totally up to them.
Do me a favor, check out this link: http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/402153.html
It will direct you to a story about the community center the Krzyzewski's opened up in Durham, the Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center. This center is for the benefit of black, lower income and the growing immigrant population in this neighborhood: http://www.emilyk.org/
Now I pose the question to you. What are you doing for the black community? Writing a sub-par, racist sportsblog that no one reads? Not only writing untruths about a great coach, but a great person who has done more for the black community in one week than you will ever achieve in your lifetime.
- March 7, 2007 at 3:13 PM
- Unsilent Majority said...
- March 7, 2007 at 3:41 PM
HaHa, that one dude felt like he needed to list his credentials to be creditable.
He can't have those mean bloggers that he'll never meet thinking he's not qualified.
Another Doshebag!
On another note, you mention coach K should have sent the trust fund walk-ons? Come on, Coach K isn't stupid and everyone knows those boys can't fight. Who else, Paulus? That's laughable, and McRobers shits on himself every time Hansborough looks at him. It had to be the brotha, that's just good coaching.
- March 7, 2007 at 3:49 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"I will not discuss your feelings, thoughts, or laughable conspiracy theories regarding Coach K."
Sir, we didn't mention a conspiracy. He is the devil. Plain and simple.
"I will say that your characterization of Hansborough's play is downright ignorant. Unathletic? What do you see about his play that is unathletic? Just his color, I imagine."
Sir, it's not that we see anything unatletic; we just don't see anything athletic. Watch any team from the MEAC. Their centers make Pyscho Pedicure look like he is playing in mud.
"Also, the NBA is an awful brand of boring basketball. Take a look at today's ratings and ticket sales and you will see my opinion is that of the majority of fans"
Yes, the player's ungodly salaries reflect this as well, don't they?
"Please add some more "hustling" to the NBA and so I can enjoy it again. Really? Hustling and getting rebounds somehow degrades the game? Wow"
Interesting, a white guy "hustling" on the court excites you; but a Negro hustlin' on the corner makes you call the police.
We'll give him some credit: he's a hustlah, baby!
- March 7, 2007 at 4:00 PM
- Hooks said...
anonymous...relax, bro.
- March 7, 2007 at 4:05 PM
- plink said...
"You can use as many big words as you want, but that will not make you seem more intelligent"
I was impressed. Honestly. With the big words.
"Coach K has never been accused of ordering his players to hurt opposing players"
He was. In my reading, it happened just above. Like in the thing you're commenting about. Right there!
"Now I'm confused."
Finally a point of agreement.
- March 7, 2007 at 4:29 PM
Some blather from above defends the Evil One with: "It will direct you to a story about the community center the Krzyzewski's opened up in Durham"
How many similar "good deeds" by multiple terrorist organizations would this fool require my listing before seeing that "spending money" does not mean "good person"?
- March 7, 2007 at 4:31 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"First of all, Coach K has never been accused of ordering his players to hurt opposing players. His teams have never been known for that. Look it up. "
Sir, we looked it up and found a clip of Christian Laettner jumping on some Kentucky players face.
"That's a great message, condoning violence."
WOA! We ONLY condoned violence against non-athletic white guys. Not against EVERYONE. Calm down.
" I am black and I am a Duke fan."
Well, this stopped us in our tracks and we didn't bother reading further. Enjoy your stay in hell.
- March 7, 2007 at 4:45 PM
- Jess Nevins said...
Now, now--why bad-mouth a rat like that? Rats aren't smart--they're just animals, and are being true to their nature. They really don't deserve to be compared to the Duke coach.
- March 7, 2007 at 4:45 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"When the evil Devil retires, who do you think will get the head spot: the loyal negro or the hotshot "brilliant" Wojo or Collins?"
Sir, is that a rhetorical question?
- March 7, 2007 at 4:46 PM
"Well, this stopped us in our tracks and we didn't bother reading further. Enjoy your stay in hell."
...AKA, worst rebuttal to an argument ever
- March 7, 2007 at 5:06 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Tyler Hansbrough is not plodding and unathletic. Watch basketball. That is all. "
Sir, his most athletic move of the night was when he popped up and pretended he wanted to fight.
- March 7, 2007 at 5:09 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"is this not satire? "
Sir, shhhhhhh. The commentators that have told us their live's stories and written their thesis on here will feel stupid if you tell them.
- March 7, 2007 at 5:10 PM
Well, thanks for killing my Coach K erection the first time I read this blog post. I am a Duke fan, remember?
- March 7, 2007 at 5:45 PM
This whitey actually found it kind of funny. Then again, I'm a Terp, so anything against Coach K is fine with me.
But for the record, Hansborough doesn't look all that atheletic, but he'd drop 40 on any of hte centers in the MEAC. THat pains me to say, as a Terp.
Then again, Ekene swatted manicure guys s*** outta there!
- March 7, 2007 at 6:01 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"...AKA, worst rebuttal to an argument ever "
Sir, I suppose it would have been a better rebuttal if we bored you with our life's story and then inanely slobbered coach KKK's knob? Besides, there is no argument, coach KKK is the devil.
AKA, sell out.
- March 7, 2007 at 6:23 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Well, thanks for killing my Coach K erection the first time I read this blog post. I am a Duke fan, remember?"
Sir, we had nothing to do with killing your erection. You're a Duke fan. That explains your fleeting manhood.
- March 7, 2007 at 6:25 PM
Anonymous said...
"Well, thanks for killing my Coach K erection the first time I read this blog post. I am a Duke fan, remember?"
Thanks for checking in, Mr. Packer.
- March 7, 2007 at 6:34 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Hansborough doesn't look all that atheletic, but he'd drop 40 on any of hte centers in the MEAC"
Sir, we don't doubt that for a minute. We never said the MEAC guys were better. Just more athletic. Stylistically and asthetically more pleasing than a plodding white boy who has Korean woman trim his toe nails and likes to get all bug-eyed and pretend to be tough. That's all.
- March 7, 2007 at 6:35 PM
- Josh said...
I, too, am a pale-skinned Maryland fan. I'm not in the least bit conflicted about enjoying your blog. At the very least, your writing is exceedingly clever. The write-up of the pre-dook-UNC buildup was among the best satire I've read since A Modest Proposal. Not to mention that anyone who hates Roach K with the level of virulence you do can't be all bad, even if you'd probably hate me at least half as much just for being Jewish.
- March 7, 2007 at 9:13 PM
Ahhh the worshipers of the 3/4 white devil louis farrakhan and the dis-honorable elijah monkey face hate Coach KKK. I finally agree with you silver- backed,briar heads. Shalloom
- March 7, 2007 at 9:25 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"I finally agree with you silver- backed,briar heads."
Sir, despite your ignorance, petulance and flatulance. This may be your ticket to paradise. There may be room on the mothership for those that denounce the white blue devil.
- March 7, 2007 at 9:46 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"even if you'd probably hate me at least half as much just for being Jewish."
Sir, well, we'll give you a rebate on the hate. Anyone that hates coach kkk deserves it.
We only hate you 1/4 as much..
- March 7, 2007 at 9:50 PM
Just for the sake of playing devil's advocate...your satirical article is funny, who doesn't hate Duke, but your argument that "the original human" is athletically superior to other "humans" shows historical ineptitude, racial ignorance, and worst- a dearth of originality. Which, ironically, puts you in the same racist boat as Coach KKK. I'm assuming the "original humans" you refer to are persons of African descent. No one is going to argue that there aren't a disproportionate amount of African-(insert nationality of your choice)'s at the top of American professional and amateur sports. But, as you know but have obviously overlooked, the athletes that you are referring to are the descendents of African slaves. First, we know African leaders sold their hardiest warriors and most "athletically" gifted during the slave trade (simple economics there). Secondly, add to that 400 or so years of the "survival of the fittest" condition of slavery (during which time the free labor and industrial revolution had Whitey realizing he could sit on his fat ass all day and get rich). Third, only a relatively minute percentage of descendants of African slaves do not have significant amounts of Anglo and/or Latin ancestry as well. Lastly, the proportion of professional athletes that are literally African is no greater, and probably less, than the amount of Europeans or Latin athletes. What this all means is that the "original human" term you use is actually horribly ineffective for its purported use. I might suggest replacing it with "American" and dropping the old bit of trying to draw black lines over the blurry ethnic spectrum. I also wouldn't recommend getting into a game of comparing racial attributes or accomplishments, it merely reveals ignorance of the complex racial ancestry of every person.
- March 8, 2007 at 1:49 AM
- mexican1 said...
- March 8, 2007 at 2:46 AM
- March 8, 2007 at 2:47 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
Sir, "o".
Who's got the next letter?
- March 8, 2007 at 7:50 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
Sir, well, we think they are far removed from weird. But yes, Dukies are a troublesome breed.
- March 8, 2007 at 7:50 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"I also wouldn't recommend getting into a game of comparing racial attributes or accomplishments, it merely reveals ignorance."
Sir, touche, sir...touche.
And THANKS for your comments/discussion/contribution to the game of comparing racial attributes and accomplishments. What is it that getting into such a game reveals again? ;)
- March 8, 2007 at 7:51 AM
- Unsilent Majority said...
The write-up of the pre-dook-UNC buildup was among the best satire I've read since A Modest Proposal.
easy there Josh. I love this blog but I think it's a bit premature to start comparing it to the benchmark of modern satire.
- March 8, 2007 at 9:24 AM
- R. Sherman said...
You don't have to sell me on the evil of the K-one. I'm a Mizzou grad and lived through the infamous Quin Snyder era. The stench still hasn't left the state. Quin was sold as an "heir apparent" to K. That's all the proof you need.
- March 8, 2007 at 9:29 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"You don't have to sell me on the evil of the K-one"
Sir, it sells itself.
- March 8, 2007 at 1:16 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"easy there Josh."
Sir, please let Josh talk. He's making sense.
- March 8, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Anyone who thinks that MEAC centers at athletic and stylist needs to get out to more the Delware St Vs FAMU game. I would guess that the tuba players at FAMU are more athletic that the center on the team. Akini Adkins (6-10 forward) is scoring a tremendous 4.2 PGA with 3.1 RPG. Maybe FAMU should trying recruiting a slow white stiff to rebound the ball more.
- March 8, 2007 at 3:02 PM
i am disappointed in your response to my comment on how little historical analysis you used to make your "original human" references. like i said in that post, racial history means the phrase "original human" makes little sense in relation to athletic ability. care to explain where you are coming from there? just curious to see how that argument goes from your viewpoint...
- March 8, 2007 at 4:38 PM
To clarify my last post - I empathize with your views, although I don't exactly agree with everything the Nation of Islam stands for, but I am very interested to get a serious response to the what I said about how the unique condition of African slaves is really what has produced such superior athletes, and not simply their African descent.
- March 8, 2007 at 4:43 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Anyone who thinks that MEAC centers at athletic and stylist needs to get out to more the Delware St Vs FAMU game. I would guess that the tuba players at FAMU are more athletic that the center on the team. Akini Adkins (6-10 forward) is scoring a tremendous 4.2 PGA with 3.1 RPG."
Sir, thank you for using the stats of a forward to argue about centers. Well done! You need to join your schools debate team.
- March 8, 2007 at 4:55 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"care to explain "
"I am very interested to get a serious response "
Sir, we implore you to make up you mind. You admonish us with this:
"I also wouldn't recommend getting into a game of comparing racial attributes or accomplishments, it merely reveals ignorance "
And bombard us with racial questions.
We get it! You WANT to play the game and reveal your ignorance. Point taken.
- March 8, 2007 at 4:57 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"but I am very interested to get a serious response to the what I said about how the unique condition of African slaves is really what has produced such superior athletes, and not simply their African descent."
Sir, we will indulge you with a quick comment. Do some reading about basketball scouting going on right now in Nigeria. Major scouts are predicting that in the next 10 years 15-20% of the NBA will be "out of Africa". As African countries further develop and athletes actually get proper equipment and training...
- March 8, 2007 at 5:04 PM
Yeah, like basketball did in Scandinavia, western Europe, eastern Europe, and recently China and Africa. That's simply continues a trend among basketball scouts to go to parts of the world where basketball is becoming a more popular sport.
But continuing to ignore my request for you to disprove my "original human" argument or make your own is making me think that you either can't or you agree with it...
- March 8, 2007 at 5:36 PM
"We get it! You WANT to play the game and reveal your ignorance."
Is this a claim that the content of your blog and your "original human" idea aren't an invitation to others to play this "game"?
But for clarification, I don't want to play any "game." I am just curious to see what your real response would be to my first argument.
- March 8, 2007 at 5:45 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Is this a claim that the content of your blog and your "original human" idea aren't an invitation to others to play this "game"?"
Sir, YOU are the one that initially said that engaging the race debate game is a show of ignorance.
And, with every post your prove your point.
- March 8, 2007 at 6:56 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"But continuing to ignore my request for you to disprove my "original human" argument or make your own is making me think that you either can't or you agree with it"
Sir, OR our ignoring your request could be a sign we think you aren't worth a response. It could just be that simple.
Somehow, even with your limited intellect, you are out thinking yourself. (Hmmm...maybe you are just an overachiever)
Amazing how our inaction inspires such deep thinking on your part.
Imagine if we answered?
Your head would explode.
- March 8, 2007 at 6:57 PM
Wow. I guess I half expected that your response would go in the direction that it did. Let's walk through this:
A) You write a satirical article and state your "original human" idea regarding professional sports.
B) I respond with an argument that race has nothing to do with the amount of African-Americans in sports, and in the process regrettably chide you for your historical blindness (now you're responses consist of statements like "Ka-Boom!").
C) I also refute your questionable numbers regarding Africans in basketball and explain a little NBA history in the process.
D) After asking politely several times and ignoring your now desperate attempts to pull me into the type of adolescent internet name-calling typical of the person you are showing yourself to be, you still have yet to provide one single ounce of information to refute my argument...Unless you are counting your last point that I am "not worth a response." By the way how many responses have you now made to my comments?
All this and still nothing relevant to the argument I made that blows your sadly weak example of racial supremacy theory out of the water, in the same way history has always shot holes in any racial supremacy argument. Maybe your own racism has blinded you into thinking that I myself am implying something racist in my argument when actually I am implying that it is the unique historical condition of the African -American that makes them athletically superior and not their African ancestry.
- March 8, 2007 at 7:35 PM
Tariq ali abdur Leroy Jefferson (AKA as the Notorious N.O.I.S.B.)
If you would look at the Men's basketball team roster for Florida A&M, you would see that there are no centers listed. I assumed that the taller player on the team would be the guy playing the middle of the 2-3 zone and would be the defacto center. I made this assumption just like you can assume that the shortest white guy on any NCAA basketball team is the best free throw shooter or that the tallest white guy is the one who fouls out the most.
I also found that even the MEAC basketball has been invaded by the "white devils" just like all of the HBU baseball programs. The starting center for the UMES Hawks is listed as Aleksandar Popovic whose hometown is Novi Sad, Serbia. Of course to uphold the fine academic and athletic traditions of the MEAC, Mr. Popovic is a JUCO transfer.
- March 9, 2007 at 8:02 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Andy said..."
Sir, what facts do you reference? You make your "argument" based solely on your opinions. You have not sited any source other than yourself.
Until you can reference specific sources that your arguments are based, we can't have an intelligent conversation.
Firing back with "well, YOU reference sources for YOUR arguments" is not an acceptable response in this case, as YOU are trying to prove my opinions wrong. And you can't do it just based on your OWN opinion. I will be happy to reciprocate your argument when you have specific sources for me to reference to formulate a response around.
Anything else would just be a simple exercise in a "you are wrong"..."no you are wrong" argument. List historical or academic references (specific points I can go and look up) that your argument is based on...and we can begin a discussion.
- March 9, 2007 at 10:25 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Novi Sad, Serbia."
Sir, we can give this individual some lee way.
The full name of the country is Serbia and Montenegro. The Serbian word for Montenegro is Crna Gora, meaning Black Mountain. And the anglicized version of the word has had Negro in it. We'll give him an NofI pass.
- March 9, 2007 at 10:28 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"Tariq ali abdur Leroy Jefferson (AKA as the Notorious N.O.I.S.B.) "
Sir, I may just change my name. I love that. Many thanks!
- March 9, 2007 at 10:30 AM
lol @ anyone named "Anonymous" talking about having "balls".....
- March 9, 2007 at 4:38 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
We accidentally deleted the following comment (our policy is to approve all comments, occassionally we mess up and hit the wrong button):
(Malik Himmelstein) 10:58 PM
What is the deal with Andy? He sets simultaneous world records in earnestness and obliviousness.
He's the kind of passive-aggressive white dolt Richard Pryor used to do 10-minute riffs on.
This blog is the greatest IQ test of all time. So sweet to see the Duke lovers failing it completely.
- March 9, 2007 at 11:56 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"(Malik Himmelstein) 10:58 PM "
Sir, you had me at Malik.
But you lost me at Himmelstein.
(Don't explain it to the Dookie, let him start the requisite "you're an anti-semite rant)
- March 10, 2007 at 12:13 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"If you would look at the Men's basketball team roster for Florida A&M, you would see that there are no centers listed"
Sir, Rome Sanders is the center and he is averaging 16 points a game.
Akini Adkins is not a starter.
We appreciate your attempt to diminish the stats tho...
- March 10, 2007 at 4:31 AM
I am not going to cite any source for my argument. The reason is twofold - I don't have the time or desire to go in-depth, and I don't think it is necessary. As the humble idiot I have been referred to here, I was merely making a blanket statement based on historical truths that would lead one to logically conclude that African-Americans have essentially been hand-picked and "trained" for 400 plus years to be athletically superior to any other racial or ethnic group (including Africans or other "black people"). I'm not going to claim extensive knowledge of the "original human" idea or of NOI tenets, but I'm pretty sure neither Elijah M. nor Farrakhan refer(red) to athletic ability when speaking on it. That said, I assumed that when you applied that theory to modern day sports (I add here that it's not the first time someone has made such a claim), you did so as a matter of your own opinion. So I did the same from an evolutionary stance.
It's fairly logical that slave traders bought and/or took the most "athletic" African warriors, those that were strong enough to survive the trip were put into a short life of physically strenuous manual labor. Considering the amount of time that these conditions existed, it seems more logical to me that the evolutionary stress put upon African-Americans created such athletic skill. Now I know this isn't as logically convincing as say, a giant Mother Wheel in the sky, but I don't think it takes anything away from African-American achievements. Rather, I think it takes the support for such high natural athletic ability from the level of religious rhetoric to one of logic that, from a NOI point of view, would help you effectively state such a position to someone opposed to your belief system, and possibly make them agree with you (however, I don't want to stop you from attempting to alienate any and all groups that might sympathize with you).
I just wanted you to rationally refute what I was saying, so that I could refine or change my own argument.
I know you assumed so from my first post (my first name kind of gives it away) but I am about as pasty white as they come, short of having flaming red hair. But as a matter of personal morality, I support most movements of the historically oppressed to better their position. But I always try to counter-balance myself and others with the rationale that every ethnic group on earth has been oppressed and their oppressors all had one thing in common - money and power. Modern day is no different and I think is the best support for that claim as ethnic divisions increasingly blur. My family has always been poor and I am lucky for that because I can relate to people that I otherwise would not have any reason to. That's all.
On with the bashing of this "passive aggressive white dolt." I apologize to Malik especially (notice I refer to you in the second person, talking directly to you, to insult you, instead of speaking around you. If you don't get it, look up the meaning of passive-aggressive, that should provide some insight). It's too bad Pryor isn't here to do the bashing for you, at least I could have gotten a laugh out of it. BTW, Malik Himmelstein? Farrakhan's head would explode if he ever heard that one. "Ka-boom" anyone?
- March 11, 2007 at 11:14 AM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"As the humble idiot"
Sir, OUTSTANDING! Even a longer, more drawn out response than we had anticipated.
Now, roll over!
Play dead!
Good boy!
- March 11, 2007 at 2:23 PM
Notorious N.O.I.S.B.
The Washington Post (the bane of Marion Barry) had an article in the Sunday sports section about how the NCAA always places an HBU school in the play-in game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
I guess that they just want to make the HBUs do more work for the same reward. Or maybe they just do not want to have the commentators have to explain what an HBU actualy is.
- March 11, 2007 at 4:35 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
Sir, honestly, we aren't against having an HBCU in the play in game. It gives them a chance to be in an NCAA game on tv on a night when no other NCAA games are on the schedule. Essentially, for that one magic play in game, it's all eyes on them. Not such a bad thing.
- March 11, 2007 at 10:05 PM
first of all all you plagiarized half of the stuff you wrote from a different article and second of all you are comparing a mere basketball coach to the devil. Get a life punk. I am not a duke fan and cannot stand them but I am not an ignorant fool like you
- March 15, 2009 at 12:59 PM
- nation_of_islam_sportsblog said...
"first of all all you plagiarized half of the stuff you wrote from a different article"
We cordially invite you, since you accused us, to direct us to the alleged 'article' we plagiarized from?
No, really. We insist.
In lieu of you actually being able to do so...why not stick your pale white head up your alibaster ass.
- April 10, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- Stephen said...
Black people aren't smart enough to coach basketball.
- August 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- Jake Featherston said...
...And thus, through the sacred power of Nigger Basketball, "Coach KKK" was utterly defeated, and peanut butter-powered rocket ships escorted his carcass to Elijah Muhammad's underwater palace beneath the surface of the Moon!
The sad truth is, I support Black Nationalism, but this blog is just too stupid to refrain from trolling.
- March 27, 2010 at 11:27 PM


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In mid-2010, as the economic recovery began to show its true anemic color, I bemoaned America's grasp of basic financial matters (see: Financial Illiteracy Is Killing Us). The article contained a bunch of arresting statistics, but there's one number that makes all the recent squawking about the $600 billion fiscal cliff---and every other headline-grabbing issue, for that matter---beside the point.
That number is $87 trillion, and it is the present value of America's future financial obligations---in plain English, what the country owes and, as things stand, cannot remotely hope to pay.
The trouble with big numbers is that too many zeroes blur into abstraction. Yet---as Chris Cox, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Bill Archer, senior policy adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers, recently drilled home in an article in the Wall Street Journal---that $87 trillion represents a burden as real as oxygen and gravity. When numbers get this big, they affect you, your kids, their kids and even their kids.
Truth told, this story should be front-page news for the next five years---or at least until we all truly come to grips with it.
To understand why, you need to understand one simple yet wonky-sounding financial concept. From there, the rest will go right into the bloodstream (and quickly bring it to a boil).
The concept is called an "unfunded liability," which is simply an amount owed in the future for which there are no savings or investments set aside to cover it.
Example: Say you generously promised to buy your daughter a car after she graduated from college. You're not in the 1% club, so you have to sock away for a few years. You might even consider investing a chunk of money in the hope that it will grow enough to cover the amount needed to pay for the car down the road. If the markets behave and it appears you'll make good on your promise, your liability is "funded." If it appears you'll fall short, your liability is "unfunded."
There are lots of reasons for falling short. Say you thought you'd earn a higher return on that car fund. Happens all the time---just ask the sharp-penciled pension-fund managers who invest on behalf of retired policemen, firefighters, teachers and sanitation workers. At last count, the total unfunded portion of all U.S. public pension liabilities ranges from $730 billion to $4.4 trillion. Dial back the expected rate of return on those investments by a percentage point or two and those numbers explode even bigger.
Who do you think will ultimately have to eat the tab? Starting to care a little more about this stuff?
Now for that $87 trillion Cox and Archer are talking about.
The U.S. debt is often reported as $16 trillion---about equal to the country's annual gross domestic product (GDP). In other words, debt is now 100% of GDP. By historical standards, that ratio of debt-to-GDP is extremely high: The last time America's debt surpassed annual GDP the country was girding for World War II.
But that $16 trillion tells only a small part of the story. As the authors note: "The actual liabilities of the federal government---including Social Security, Medicare, and federal employees' future retirement benefits---already exceed $86.8 trillion, or 550% of GDP."
The technical answer for this staggering discrepancy is that, while the U.S. Treasury Department lists trillions of dollars worth of liabilities on its balance sheet for all to see, it fails to include various unfunded liabilities---such as those related to so-called entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security.
And those unfunded liabilities are a tad larger than the shortfall on your daughter's car.
According to the most recent Medicare Trustees' annual report, in April, Cox and Archer write, "the [current] value of the unfunded liability of Medicare was $42.8 trillion. The comparable balance sheet liability for Social Security is $20.5 trillion." In short, that means: "Borrowing on this scale…could bankrupt not only the programs themselves but the entire federal government."
Cox and Archer aptly put the numbers in the context of the current philosophical standoff on tax policy: When the amounts that theoretically must be set aside every year to cover future payouts to entitlement programs are tallied, it becomes clear that "to collect enough tax revenue just to avoid going deeper into debt would require over $8 trillion in tax collections annually."
Where to find $8 trillion? Taxes alone won't get us there---not even close.
Consider, the authors continue: "All individuals filing tax returns in America and earning more than $66,193 per year have a total adjusted gross income of $5.1 trillion. In 2006, when corporate taxable income peaked before the recession, all corporations in the U.S. had total income for tax purposes of $1.6 trillion."
Translation: If you confiscate all the earnings of people who make above $66,000 a year, plus all of the corporate taxable income at the height of an economic bubble, the U.S. is still shy $1.3 trillion per year to fund the growth of its future obligations.
Put another way, conclude Cox and Archer: Filling our fiscal hole by taxing all taxpayers, let alone just the upper crust, amounts to "bailing out the Pacific Ocean with a teaspoon."
Think about that. No, really, think about it.
Hopefully, when everyone's done thinking, we'll have enough time left to act.
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If your dad is like most, he's got the innate masculine love for all things gadget-related.
I know my own father was a sucker for anything that promised added success in the garden, no matter how goofy or ill-conceived it turned out to be. Some dads covet golf gear, others want car or motorcycle goodies and some will pretty much salivate over anything shiny.
This year, for Father's Day, let's give the ties and colognes a rest (he hates the ties, and dumps most of the cologne down the toilet) and get Dad something he really wants: toys!
Of course, being big-boy toys, some of these cost a bit more than an Erector Set or a box of Legos, but we're talking about the guy who taught you how drive a stick and bought you your first baseball glove.
Who's Your Caddy?
Radar Golf Ball Finder
If your dad is serious at all about his golf game, he probably spends a fair amount of cash on golf balls. Losing two or three of those beauties per round can set him back $10 or more easily.
That makes RadarGolf's radar golf ball finder a must-have. The balls are comparable to top-of-the-line Titleist or other brands, but each one has a microchip inside that talks to a hand-held finder that will make sure Dad never again loses one in the rough or among the mulch under the trees.
It runs about $250, but over the course of a summer Dad can save that much from not having to replace his supply of golf balls every month. He might even take you golfing with him!
Measure Twice ... Or Just Once?
Digital Measuring Tape
The guys over at ThinkGeek are always good for some great tech gifts, and I've found one that's perfect for any dad who likes to get out in the garage or the work shed on weekends and make stuff out of wood.
Whether he turns out sawhorse reindeer for all the neighborhood holiday displays or makes high-end furniture that looks like it should be on "Antiques Roadshow," the digital measuring tape from ThinkGeek will make his life easier.
For about $25, he can get an exact digital display showing how far out he's run the tape. This works great for gardening dads, too, when it comes time to plan a garden or space out rows of tomato plants.
Sadly, it will make it harder to lie about how long that fish he caught really was, though.
Got A Light?
Flex Neck 2 LED Light
Is your dad a reader? Does he do any sort of crafts that require light focused on a small area? Heck, does he like to cook? The Flex Neck 2 LED light from Great Point Light is a fantastic little gadget that takes the old-fashioned book light concept to new heights of versatility.
It's got a big, sturdy clip that will hang on to anything from a book cover to a laptop to a workbench, and a bright light that will give plenty of illumination for any purpose. The battery lasts for ages, and it even comes with two extras.
At about $15, you can afford to buy him a few, so he'll have one for the toolbox, the tackle box, the office or anywhere else he might need a light source.
Is There An App For That?
Parrot AR.drone
Does your dad have an iPhone? Is he always looking for cool apps?
How about one that comes with its own helicopter? The Parrot AR.drone is a futuristic flying contraption with four enclosed propellers and even two onboard cameras that's easy for even the most fumble-fingered guy to operate. It's got great battery life and the controls are intuitive.
Using a free iPhone app, Dad can fly the helicopter almost silently around a fairly wide range, watching what the cameras see on the iPhone screen. Whether dad just wants to play around, go bird-spotting or hunt for wildlife or see what that woman next door wears when she's by the pool, this is the perfect gift.
OK, maybe that last one might get him arrested.
Care For A Snack?
Deluxe Digital Mini Fridge/Warmer
Is your dad a road warrior? Does he love old-fashioned driving vacations? If so, he needs the Deluxe Digital Mini Fridge/Warmer.
This nifty critter plugs into any 12V or 110 outlet and can either keep sandwiches and drinks cool for the duration of his trip or keep his favorite road-food entrees warm until he gets to his favorite roadside dining spot.
This is especially great for dads who have been told by their doctors that one more trip through the fast-food drive-through might be more than their Lipitor can handle. Instead of the fat-laden monster burger, they can pack a sack of turkey rollups or other healthy grub.
And when they're out of sight of the house, they can ditch the rollups and keep the monster burger hot and ready.
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Jones still had one year remaining on his rookie deal but was allowed to negotiate an extension for the first time this offseason.
General manager Reggie McKenzie kept a speedster originally picked by late owner Al Davis who emerged as a top special teams player after struggling to make it as a running back.
Jones is a Bay Area native who is active in the community and very popular with Raiders fans.
"I was excited when they came to me about the extension," Jones said. "It is definitely a blessing for a local kid to be part of the Raiders turnaround. I've been an underdog all my life, so I think it's very fitting for me to remain here. I'm definitely excited about it."
Jones was originally selected by Oakland as a running back in the fourth round in 2011 out of Eastern Washington after running a 4.33-second 40-yard dash before the draft. That speed and 2,955 yards rushing and 36 touchdowns in two seasons as a running back in college led Davis to select him.
But Jones struggled with injuries and ball security his first two seasons. He had 22 carries for 94 yards and four catches for 36 yards and averaged 18.7 yards on 10 kickoff returns as he struggled to find a role in the NFL.
The Raiders moved Jones to cornerback last season but he did not play on defense. Jones made his impact on special teams, where he was credited with 13 solo tackles and two assists. Oakland heavily promoted Jones for the Pro Bowl but he did not make the team.
"It's rare to see and to know that my local team wants me to stay home, and it's just a blessing," he said. "I'm glad to be part of it, happy to remain here and there are big things coming that I am happy to be part of it. I feel good about next year. Obviously, I was able to do a lot of good things on special teams last year. Unfortunately, I didn't make the Pro Bowl last year, but that is something I'm shooting for this year."
Jones also got some time at running back last season because of injuries and finished with five carries for 23 yards and two catches for 55 yards.


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Dynaudio's Best - The New BM Studio Monitorsby Danny Edwards
The next generation of monitoring is here. Dynaudio are releasing the new BM mkIII range of powerful studio monitors - for professional music studios around the world, with some compact editions for home studios, we can already tell that the BM series is going to be big.
The new BM series of monitors and subwoofers delivers the superb high quality that you can expect from Dynaudio. Have complete confidence in your mix thanks to the pin-point accuracy sound reproduction. Whatever you need, the BM series ranges from a compact precision nearfield with a 5.7" woofer to a heavy duty precision subwoofer with 12" woofer for complete audio transparency.
Bands such as Depeche Mode and Bring Me The Horizon swear by Dynaudio when working in the studio, with famous studios such as Abbey Road (London), LAFX Studios (Los Angeles) and Engine Room Audio (New York) all praising the predecessors of this BM mkIII series. These really are top quality performers and the next generation looks even more promising.
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So there you have it - an introduction to the new Dynaudio BM mkIII series. We think they are going to be huge in the active monitors market for 2014, and can't wait until they land with us in store. Meanwhile, all you excited music producers can pre-order your set with us from today. If you have any questions about the new Dynaudio BM Studio Monitors, drop us a comment below.


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INCORRECT. While we all want to help students to get good jobs, that request should be sent to the appropriate office.
General Rule
Do not give out student information that pertains to grade point average to anyone without prior written consent of that student. In this case the request should be forwarded to the Office of Admissions, Records, and Registration. ALL outside requests for any information such as President's List or Dean's List must be referred to the Office of Admissions, Records, and Registration. Information about the recruiting firm could be provided to students in the appropriate major, and to the Office of Transfer and Job Placement.


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SaddleA Thoroughbred racing saddle is the lightest saddle used, weighing less than two pounds.
Saddle ClothA cotton cloth which goes under the saddle to absorb sweat. It usually has the horse's program number and sometimes, in major races, its name.
Saddle PadA piece of felt, sheepskin, or more usually, foam rubber, used as a base for the saddle.
Scale of WeightsFixed weights to be carried by horses according to their age, sex, race distance and time of year.
SchoolingProcess of familiarizing a horse with the starting gate and teaching it racing practices. A horse may also be schooled in the paddock.
ScratchTo be taken out of a race before it starts. Trainers usually scratch horses due to adverse track conditions or a horse's adverse health. A veterinarian can scratch a horse at any time.
Second CallA secondary mount of a jockey in a race in the event his primary mount is scratched.
Set Down1) A suspension - The jockey was set down five days for careless riding. 2) When a jockey assumes a lower crouch in the saddle while urging the horse to pick up speed, the horse was set down for the drive to the wire.
Shadow RollA (usually sheepskin) roll that is secured over the bridge of a horse's nose to keep it from seeing shadows on the track and shying away from or jumping them.
ShankRope or strap attached to a halter or bridle by which a horse is led.
ShedrowStable area. A row of barns.
SheetsA handicapping tool assigning a numerical value to each race run by a horse to enable different horses running at different racetracks to be objectively compared.
ShortA horse in need of more work or racing to reach winning form.
ShowThird position at the finish.
Show BetWager on a horse to finish in the money; third or better.
Shut OffUnable to improve position due to being surrounded by other horses.
SilksJacket and cap worn by riders to designate owner of the horse, or at some smaller tracks, to designate post positions (e.g., yellow for post position one, blue for two, etc.).
SimulcastA simultaneous live television transmission of a race to other tracks, off-track betting offices or other outlets for the purpose of wagering.
Sire1) The male parent. 2) To beget foals.
Sloppy (track)A racing strip that is saturated with water; with standing water visible.
SnipSmall patch of white hairs on the nose or lips of a horse.
Soft (turf)Condition of a turf course with a large amount of moisture. Horses sink very deeply into it.
SophomoresThree-year-old horses. Called sophomores because age three is the second year of racing eligibility.
Speed FigureA handicapping tool used to assign a numerical value to a horse's performance.
Spit the BitA term referring to a tired horse that begins to run less aggressively, backing off on the "pull" a rider normally feels on the reins from an eager horse. Also used as a generic term for an exhausted horse.
SprintShort race, less than one mile.
StakesA race for which the owner usually must pay a fee to run a horse. The fees can be for nominating, maintaining eligibility, entering and starting, to which the track adds more money to make up the total purse. Some stakes races are by invitation and require no payment or fee.
Stakes HorseA horse whose level of competition includes mostly stakes races.
Stakes-PlacedFinished second or third in a stakes race.
Starter1) An official responsible for ensuring a fair start to the race, the starter supervises the loading of horses into the starting gate through a gate crew. He/she also has control of the opening the gate. 2) A horse that is in the starting gate when the race begins, whether he runs or not.
Starter RaceAn allowance or handicap race restricted to horses that have started for a specific claiming price or less.
Starting GatePartitioned mechanical device having stalls in which the horses are confined until the starter releases the stalls' confined front doors to begin the race.
State BredA horse bred in a particular state and thus eligible to compete in races restricted to state-breds.
StayerA horse that can race long distances.
SteadiedA horse being taken in hand by its rider, usually because of being in close quarters.
Step UpA horse moving up in class to meet better competition.
StewardOfficials of the race meeting responsible for enforcing the rules of racing.
StirrupsMetal "D"-shaped rings into which a jockey places his/her feet. They can be raised or lowered depending on the jockey's preference. Also known as "irons."
StretchFinal straight portion of the racetrack to the finish.
Stretch CallPosition of horses at the eighth pole.
Stretch RunnerHorse that runs its fastest nearing the finish of a race.
StrideManner of going. Also, distance covered between successive imprints of the same hoof.
Stud1) Male horse used for breeding. 2) A breeding farm.


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During the Nov. 8 regular meeting of the Grand Water and Sewer Service Agency, board members approved a proposed 5 percent rate hike in irrigation water rates for 2013, followed by another 5 percent increase for 2014. In addition, a new $25 per year surcharge is to be added for each irrigation meter, officials said. Previously, there was no such annual fee.
GWSSA General Manager Mark Sovine said that a power surcharge may also be applied, depending on the amount of water used that requires pumping by electrical pumps.
The rate increase comes on the heels of a particularly difficult watering season for many customers. During the 2012 water year, which was characterized by a prolonged drought, GWSSA irrigation users were placed on usage restrictions that limited them to 60 percent of their normal allotment.
Sovine said it's too early to tell whether similar restrictions will be needed next year.
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William Michael Harnett (American, Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland 1848 - 1892 New York)
Meerschaum Pipe, 1886
Oil on canvas
17 1/4 x 12 3/8 in. (43.8 x 31.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: WMHARNETT. (WMH in monogram)/1886.
Charles F. Olney Fund, 1945
This strikingly simple still life exemplifies Harnett's mastery of
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painting and his devotion to the humblest of subjects. Cleverly illusionistic compositions by Harnett, John Peto (1854-1907), and others were especially popular in American painting of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The simple trompe l'oeil formula of the Oberlin painting, with a single object seen to be hanging upon a wood panel, was one Harnett utilized repeatedly during the mid 1880s. Other such compositions feature a horseshoe, a dead rabbit, a plucked chicken, or a pistol: American vernacular objects placed before a commonplace background, yet ennobled through the bold, iconic presentation and refined detail of execution. The humble wood panel that forms the background is as carefully, and as illusionistically, painted as the actual "subject" of the composition; splits and holes in the wood are realistically feathered with splinters, and the green paint is mottled with wear. Harnett frequently reused compositional elements in his paintings; similar, if not identical, meerschaum pipes appear in several other works from the period, most often in combination with newspapers, books, tankards, tobacco, and other attributes of the masculine world.1
The Oberlin picture closely resembles another version of the same subject, now in The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.2 The two paintings are both signed in a similar manner and dated 1886, and are nearly identical in size. The most notable difference is the presence of a small newspaper clipping, affixed to the wall below the pipe, in the San Francisco picture. The pipe in the Oberlin picture is slightly larger, and dangles from a longer string; the pattern of cracks, gouges, holes and traces of chalk markings that enliven the dark green background is different in each piece. Whereas the signature in the San Francisco painting is illusionistically "carved" into the background--a common feature in Harnett's paintings--this effect is not found in the Oberlin work. Harnett occasionally produced other, nearly identical variants of his own compositions; compare, for example, the Toledo Blade (Toledo Museum of Art) and the Philadelphia Times (The New Britain Museum of American Art), both signed and dated 1886.3
M. E. Wieseman
Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, on 10 August 1848, William Michael Harnett moved with his family to Philadelphia in 1849. He was trained as an engraver, and subsequently worked for several jewelry and silver manufacturers in New York from 1869 to 1875. During this time Harnett also studied painting at the Cooper Union and National Academy of Design; he continued his artistic training in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1876-78). In 1880 the artist traveled to Europe, visiting London and Frankfurt before settling in Munich, where he resided from 1881 to 1885. Harnett stopped in Paris for several months before returning to New York in 1886. He died in New York on 29 October 1892. Harnett was almost exclusively a painter of still lifes. He is most famous for his trompe l'oeil paintings, clever illusions that convince the viewer that he is looking at the actual objects, rather than at a painted recreation.
General References
Frankenstein, Alfred. After The Hunt: William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters 1870-1900. Berkeley, 1953; rev. ed. Berkeley, 1969.Bolger, Doreen, Marc Simpson, and John Wilmerding, eds. William M. Harnett. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992-93.
With A. F. Mondschein, New York, from whom purchased in 1945
Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1945. Exhibition of Still Life Paintings, 17th to 19th Centuries. March. Unnumbered cat. (Prior to acquisition).
New York, Downtown Gallery, 1948. Harnett Centennial Exhibition. 13 April - 1 May.
New York, M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., 1954. Paintings and Drawings from Five Centuries: Collection Allen Memorial Art Museum. 3 - 21 February. Cat. no. 62.
Milwaukee Art Institute, 1956. Still Life Painting since 1470. September - October (also shown at Cincinnati Art Museum). Cat. no. 29.
Kenwood, London County Council, 1962. An American University Collection: Works of Art from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio. 3 May - 30 October. Cat. no. 22.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975-76. Extended loan for exhibition with permanent collection. 9 April 1975 - 22 December 1976.
Milwaukee Art Institute. Still Life Painting Since 1470. Exh. cat., Milwaukee, 1956, cat. no. 29.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1967, p. 68, fig. 185.
Frankenstein, Alfred. After The Hunt: William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters 1870-1900. Berkeley, 1953; rev. ed. Berkeley, 1975, pp. 72, 177, no. 101.
Technical Data
The canvas has been lined, possibly in the early twentieth century, and the stretcher replaced. As a result the painting has been enlarged by about 1/4 in. on each side, and these margins have been retouched.4 The background is quite thinly painted in places, allowing the brownish underpaint to show through, particularly in the area to the right of the pipe. Immediately to the right of the mouthpiece, underdrawing (partially visible with the naked eye) suggests that Harnett originally conceived a more vertical position for the pipe.5
1. On specific objects in Harnett's paintings and their connotations, see Roxana Robinson, "Common Objects of Everyday Life," William M. Harnett (exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992-93), pp. 161-67, esp. p. 166 (on pipes and smoking).
2. Oil on canvasboard (now mounted on canvas), 43.5 x 30.8 cm, signed and dated lower left: WMHARNETT. (WMH in monogram)/1886, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, inv. 1979.7.46.
3. Reproduced in William M. Harnett (exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992-93), pp. 228 and 227, respectively.
4. The present dimensions of the canvas are 17 3/4 x 13 in. (45.1 x 33 cm) with about 1/4 in. strip of restorer's paint on each side.
5. On Harnett's use of underdrawing, see Jennifer Milam, "The Artist's Working Methods," in William M. Harnett (exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992-93), pp. 169-75.


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AB-EX/RE-CON: Abstract Expressionism Reconsidered
AB-EX/RE-CON explores both the best known and less familiar practitioners of abstract and gestural painting who dominated the American art, criticism and commentary during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Artists on display include Diebenkorn, J. Ernst, Frankenthaler, Hofmann, Kline, and Motherwell. Through June 16. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum's Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour's monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
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An exhibit of photographs by photojournalist Danny Lyon and visionary pop artist Andy Warhol, culled from the Hofstra University Museum's extensive photography collection. The exhibit connects their works to those in other media by Chuck Close, Jim Dine, and Lisbeth Firmin (the "Which"). Through May 19. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
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A contextualized history that explains the 1920s' increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
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This exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and examines issues of slavery, the abolition movement, emancipation, and American freedom through presentation of historic and contemporary artworks as well as artifacts and ephemera. Artists include Willie Cole, Daniel Chester French, Richard Hunt, William H. Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Howardena Pindell, Betye Saar, and Kara Walker. Opens Friday, April 19, through July 26. Hofstra University's Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
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See the action adventure "Red Dawn," about a group of teenagers who look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers, Friday, April 19, 2:30 p.m.; also "Anna Karenina," the recent adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, Tuesday, April 23, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Film
See the 2013 Best Picture winner "Argo," the dramatization of the secret operation to extract six American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran, Friday, April 19, 1 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Movie Matinee
See the recent Oscar winning thriller "Argo," Friday, April 19, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Author Visit
Humorist and former New York Times columnist talks about his latest book "Be Good: How to Navigate the Ethics of Everything," Sunday, April 21, 2:30 p.m. Tickets required. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Art Talk
Examine "Berthe Morisot: First Woman Impressionist," with art historian Louise Cella Caruso, Tuesday, April 23, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.
Celebration of Yiddish Folk Song
Dr. Dianne Cypkin, accompanied by pianist Lina Panfilova, shares the story of Yiddish music through narative and song, Monday, April 22, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Psychic "Tell It"
Numerologist Lois T. Martin hosts an open forum to discover what's on your mind, Tuesday, April 23, 7-8:45 p.m.; Thursday, April 25, 7-8:45 p.m. Registration required. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Art for Thought
Examine "Contemporary Chinese Art," with Professor Thomas Germano, Thursday, April 25, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Showing
See the 1936 comedy classic "Wife vs. Secretary," starring Clark Gable, Thursday, April 25, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.


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Editorial board member Steve Moore on how a shale boom is lifting Texas while California sits on untapped reserves. Photo: Getty Images
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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... Texas boom California bust it is a familiar story line these days ... but he really be surprise at the difference in the numbers when it comes to the energy industry ... in those two states ... editorial board member Steve Moore in the center in Washington and here to explain ... I stayed eyewear radio quote from the Texas Railroad Commissioner is also the whale commissioner ... this is sexist could ... double its total production bike twenty sixteen and AAA by the early twenty twenty is how effects is doing this ... but by the way even better news for Texas various they've already doubled their oil production in the last five or six years of ... the state is just going boom with respect to oil production ... and it's happening now I know Aunt mostly in central caddie ... and last accessed by either using fracking and horizontal drilling in new technologies ... to regional areas that they had dried out before that they can get out with these new tech house the great story ... and the amazing thing while Texas ... is going to gangbusters in and get rich awful while ... he got California is actually reduce their ... oil production over the same time there ... G Steven thought it was a crime to get rich in California these days have ... doesn't really surprise me on ... what what what's the about California and they do you have the reserves it got the Monterey Shale ... um I thought it so I've Governor MoveOn out there wanting to tap those reserves of what's holding him back ... let me just that back in and say I think that the fundamental difference between these two states married we see this in today's editorial ... is they owe taxes is proud of being in a while not they're not to say they love it they know they they got pride event ... in California the barest Bilal and they think that oil and gas are dirty fuels so there's a political resistance to getting this done ... and that there are bills moving up and have had in the California legislature in Sacramento as we speak married ... to make fracking a legal that would basically been out all on new drilling the bow ... season in it sounds like New York they're embarrassed to create jobs yet I ... mean I could not be the key fact ... is in the starting gun according ... to jobs are being created here which is dense and unemployment numbers up on the screen California nine point four percent axis ... six point four percent ... on him that's an average when you look at some of these the inland California towns cities and in its fifth CME it higher ... um what ... the political pressure ... going to be levied on these politicians in Sacramento the saying you know what this is the great depression now here in the last ... decorate question you know by the way in Texas this is amazing very four hundred thousand jobs ... engine in the oil and gas industry alone and Mary what a good job uh hundred thousand dollar euro average ... island of wage and salary in the oil gas industry so yes the question why wouldn't California go after where is the political pressure to do and ... I think there will be increased political pressure to do this even Governor AJ's you mention the governor ... of moon Venus and I wanna do this but you've got some radicals in the state legislature and don't forget in California one of the most powerful interest groups other than the teachers unions is the wrap all of our analysts see there is a terrific run in the editorial this morning from Reed and ... I think it's dollar's CEO ... and chairman of the event and a chapter of the Sierra Club who said that ... I'm sure the champagne is flowing ... in San Francisco on the fracking boom ... is this really more of a rich verses ... middle-class and pourer issue you where the rich ... stock the job creation for the other two ... I think it you know that the anti drilling is one of most regressive taxes you can think of because these are jobs that can go to Lauren common middle income ... people aged engineers and scientists in Central are still those are fantastic paying jobs and lower the rates in California with the Hollywood elite and the people made ... millions and billions of dollars in ... Vienna Silicom Bella delightful we don't do this you know we don't do this dirty well so ... I think there is a bit of a leaders of the year and that's really holding back the state action that we are all for making millions and billions we just want


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A judge ruled last week that Savannah businessman Greg Parker may continue his PumpPal discount gas advertising program while his case continues in court.
Chatham County Superior Court Judge Louisa Abbot's order, which maintains the status quo, granted Parker's request for a preliminary injunction and enjoined the state of Georgia from enforcing a new regulation Parker said will harm his business.
"The conveniences of the parties and the balance of harm favor granting the preliminary injunction," Abbot rule in a nine-page order filed Wednesday afternoon.
Parker, whose company operates 25 convenience store/service stations in Georgia and South Carolina, sued Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and the state in a bid to keep his PumpPal program, which the state wants to alter to remove his club member price.
Parker advertises a club price, along with the regular price for his gasoline, usually as a 10-cents a gallon savings, on signs at all but one location.
The state complained the "club price" advertised on Parker's signs was deceptive because the discount price was not immediately available to a customer who was not a club member.
Abbot noted that Parker obtained pre-approval for his plan from the Department of Agriculture and spent about $800,000 to cover costs of the program.
The PumpPal program, launched in February, now has 35,000 members.
The department changed its mind and established rules that, if enforced, would prohibit Parker's stores from displaying the discount club price on roadside signs, Abbot said. She called Parker an "astute businessman" who became increasingly frustrated by the high costs of MasterCard and Visa transaction fees and devised a system to avoid the extra costs — passing part of the savings on to club members.
"Mr. Parker's testimony set forth a detailed and tangible showing of harm to the (Parker's companies) if the status quo is not maintained by enforcing enforcement of the regulation," Abbot ruled.
Parker, in a prepared statement, said he was pleased with Abbot's ruling and looked forward "to an opportunity to prove our case to the court."
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It's the 86th Annual Charity Ball performed by media and print journalists who cover the New York City political scene .
This job came out of the blue in the last year of Mayor David Dinken's term . I've really enjoyed drawing all the local and national characters on the political stage.
This is also the show where Guiliani used to wear a dress. He was playing Rudy/Rudia , from the Broadway cast of Victor /Victoria, with Julie Andrews.
This year's show was a month earlier than usual. The Spitzer affair broke on the Monday before. It didn't really effect me because, the program was already at the printers.
I met David Paterson at the Con Edison Party , but,he left before the Spitzer jokes. I liked him. Then , he had his own problems.
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I put it into the Inner Circle ball as a stage backdrop at the New York Hilton's Inner Circle show. It was in the dress rehearsal performed last night. I love my work blown up that large.
This years show is "Young Mikenstein". It's very funny and well performed by print and television journalist who cover the City Hall Beat.
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Abused and abandoned pets: Will Montreals $23 million change anything?
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In the caption under the picture they suggest this person is helping after a puppy mill bust....THAT's the bigger issue imo.
A shiny new building is a band-aid. Yeah a shiny 23 million dollar building is good I guess....but it won't help Quebec from continuing to remain the puppy mill capital of Canada. Not a thing.
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I do think it's a step in the right direction.
A 23 million dollar building for pets is a good thing.
Hard to say it isn't a good thing as jobs will be created and abandoned pets have a newer place to hang when their owners dispose of them.
But quebec has a problem. it has a reputation for being a terrible place for pets. If you were an abandoned animal you would never choose Quebec as your hope because all of the other provinces are better choices.
We need to EDUCATE quebecers on animal welfare and animal suffering. We need to make Quebecers feel PROUD about being the best province for pets. We need to get Quebecers to be MORE disgusted when they come across the relentless animal cruelty in the form of puppy/kitten mills.
There are many issues that Quebec leads on with regard to social welfare and progressive thinking. The 23 million would have been better spent on education imo.
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Proposed Montreal Bylaw
The city of Montreal needs to call in outside experts from the other provinces and the United States. As long as they don't deal with the source of the problem (selling of unsterilized pets in pet stores and over the internet) this problem of abondoned pets will continue. This bylaw also proposes putting a limit (2 dogs and 2 cats) on the number of pets permitted per private dwelling. Many responsible pet owners are able to handle more than the four pet maximum in their "private" dwellings. If these pets become a nuisance to the neighbors, then this problem can be dealt with under existing nuisance bylaws. The SPCA Montreal is also against placing a limit on pet ownership. Someone has to take in the abondoned stray animals and keep them out of the neighbors' gardens. Then there is the proposed licensing fees for cats. This extra cost will only discourage people from taking in stray cats and may lead to some people abondoning their pets. We, the people, who take in abondoned cats, sterilize them, keep them indoors and provide them with loving forever homes are not part of the problem but rather are part of the solution. The government is part of the problem for refusing to deal with the source of the problem. No mention of whether this proposed bylaw will contain a grandfather clause. Imagine a government official telling you that you have to give up one of your pets. It would be better that they give the twenty three million dollars to local SPCA'S and vet clinics to provide for low cost spay/neuter and trap/release programs in the local municipalities. Now if we could come up with a politician control bylaw to deal with our major corruption problems.
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