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On a day filled with drama and intrigue, party leaders Prakash Javadekar, Shahnawaz Hussain and Ravishankar Prasad took turns to defend Gadkari by calling the income-tax probe politically motivated, while top party brass Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu, Ram Lal and Ananth Kumar went into a huddle late in the evening in the capital.
BJP POLL: Has Party shot itself in foot, or scripted a triumph?
Singh, however, was conspicuous by his absence.
The two other key leaders, Gadkari and L K Advani, were in Mumbai participating in an event that was also being attended by the RSS number two, Bhaiyyaji Joshi. The three are also learnt to have discussed their next course of action.
After the meetings in the two cities managed to zero in on a name, the leaders in Delhi called Singh and informed him about their decision. Gadkari, on his part, issued a statement saying he would not contest Wednesdays election.
I have committed no wrong or any impropriety either directly or indirectly. Yet the UPA government has been making an effort to spread disinformation about me in order to hurt me and my party.I do not wish that this should in any way adversely affect the interest of the BJP. I have therefore decided not to seek a second term as the president of the BJP, Gadkari said.
Subsequently, party general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal, who is the RSS pointperson in the BJP, drove down to Singhs house for a meeting. Following this, Singh was seen taking calls from party leaders and accepting congratulations.
A formal decision, however, will be taken Wednesday morning at the meeting of the parliamentary board, after which Singh will file his nomination papers. The results are likely to be announced by early afternoon.
Earlier in the day though, the entire script appeared to be in favour of Gadkari with his confidantes preparing to file his nomination papers. The first indication that Gadkaris fortunes were changing came when the BJP corrected a statement it issued on the income-tax action, dropping a reference to Gadkaris re-election.
The original statement, released by the BJP on Gadkaris behalf, read: Coming as it does on the eve of his re-election as BJP president for a second term, the I-T departments action smacks of the ruling UPAs nefarious designs to create confusion in BJP ranks. This was changed to, Coming as it does on the eve of election of BJP president....
While Gadkaris supporters still remained unfazed, the final twist came when the chief electoral officer for the party elections, Thawarchand Gehlot, went public and announced that senior party leader Yashwant Sinha, who had demanded Gadkaris resignation weeks earlier, had taken nomination papers for the election. This was another indication of the unease in sections of the party over Gadkaris decision to contest the elections.
It was only after this that the partys senior leaders went into a huddle and decided to push Singhs name. Singh, who will preside over the party during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, told reporters that he saw the responsibility as a great challenge and he would try his best.
3 PM: Shahnawaz Hussain defends Gadkari; Prakash Javadekar did the same after I-T inquiries against investing firms in Gadkaris Purti Group in the morning
4 PM: Gadkari slams govts politically motivated action against his re-election
4.45 PM: BJP corrects statement, replaces re-election with election
5 PM: Chief Electoral Officer Thawarchand Gehlot reveals Yashwant Sinha might contest
7 PM: BJP brass goes into huddle in Delhi
9 PM: Rajnath is informed
10 PM: Gadkari announces he is pulling out. Gen Secy (Org) Ram Lal visits Rajnath at home. BJP parliamentary board meets at 9.30 am on Wednesday
Now it is clear, 2014 elections will be centered on Corruption issues and definitely BJP has an edge over UPA. It will strengthen democracy.....
BJP has found a leader who can match Cong's new leader - both lost UP heavily and are absolute duds when it comes to a national vision !
It is not sufficient if head alone is replaced. Sri.Rajnathji should concentrate now on real cleansing the party by eliminating all those who are involved in any of the acts like corruption,nepotism,murder etc., even if it means reduction in the no. of leaders in the party and ultimately, who so ever remain in the party,are honest ones.
Definitely - a right decision taken at right time - this will surely refurbish and give a fillip to the image of BJP !
The B.J.P. Cadre is committed towards its Head . The Party with a difference is committed to fulfill its Vision 2014 . As now the name of Mr Rajnath Singh Former Minister has sparked in the Front runners for the post of National President in Place of Nitin Gadkari but one thing is Clear that B.J.P. Cadre stands with the Head of the Family .


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An expert in civil procedure and federal courts, Professor Dodson has authored more than thirty articles, appearing in Stanford Law Review, Michigan Law Review, California Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, and Vanderbilt Law Review, among others. He has published a coursebook on civil procedure and is currently under contract with Oxford University Press to write a monograph on civil pleadings. His writings have been cited by the Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits. Professor Dodson is a frequent commentator in various news media and has blogged at SCOTUSblog, Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog, and PrawfsBlawg. He also has authored or joined numerous amicus briefs before the Supreme Court.
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Bullitt (1968)
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Based on: The play 'Mute Witness' by Robert L. Pike
Story: Steve McQueen stars in this classic action movie about Frank Bullitt, a San Francisco detective who has become hardened to crime. He is assigned by an over ambitious politician Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) to protect a key Mafia member who is due to appear in hearings that would catapault Chalmers into the public eye. But the safe house is ambushed, his friend is murdered and the witness is critically injured. Bullitt decides to search for the origin of the leak and the killers himself, despite Chalmers trying to interfere and shut down the investigation in a bid to keeping the hearings going. The film features one of cinema's most famous car chases, and expert driver McQueen performs all his own stunts.
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland, Robert Duvall, Norman Fell, George Stanford Brown, Carl Reindel, Felice Orlandi, Justin Tarr, Robert Lipton
Directed by: Peter Yates
Music by: Lalo Schifrin
Produced by: Philip d'Antoni
Written by: Alan R. Trustman, Harry Kleiner
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Google Finally Markets to the Masses
0A few months ago I wrote a post about Google's lack of mass-marketing prowess. Just the look and feel of most of their products has that "built by engineers, for engineers" vibe. Android is a great example, even with the advances in Honeycomb. Same with Gmail, Google Analytics, Google Docs, and on and on. Now don't get me wrong: I love Google products. I'm an Android nut and I've totally given my digital life over to Google's cloud services. I live in Chrome across multiple devices and I love it (for the most part). But even the new Chromebooks, which I think are killer products (I love my Cr-48), are getting trashed by both mainstream and techie reviewers (I'll skip the rant on their obvious Apple bias…). I do have an engineering background, which maybe aligns my thought process and helps me "get it" with respect to their usability. Sadly, however, nearly all of their products don't pass the parent test: Would my mother be able to use this?
And that's all just related to using their products. The marketing for their products and brand has been virtually non-existent. While commercials and advertisements may be what you think of when I say "marketing," I'm also talking about their product marketing: colors, logos, designs, instructions, user guides, help pages, usability, screen flow and layout, etc.
But things seem to be taking a turn for the better. The Cr-48 came in a neat package, with a clever design, but it still wasn't mainstream. Now, a few months later, Google seems to be jumping on the consumer marketing bandwagon. Maybe it's the frequent slamming of the usability of their products, or maybe it's their attempt at competing directly against Apple. Whatever the reasons, I'm glad that they've finally hired some humans, at least in their marketing department.
Google's new Music Beta product is a great example. (Although they need to stop beating the "beta" label, which I'd bet that 80% or more of consumers outside of the Bay Area have no clue as to what that means.) Here's the icon for Google's old Android music app: a simple, bland speaker. I know that it's a speaker. Most people would get that it's a speaker. Some may think that it's a wheel, but it's probably obvious that it's a speaker, right?
Below is Google's new music app icon and the imagery from the product's landing page.
Look at the colors! Look at the clear meaning of the icon – headphones! Look at the background! Wow, now there's some consumer marketing by someone who knows consumer marketing. Finally!
Another great example is Google's ad for the "It Gets Better" Project. Just their simple participation in such a wonderful and progressive movement is fantastic. Honestly, I challenge anyone to watch the Google Chrome ad for this project and not come away moved by it's message and the deeply personal stories and emotions conveyed by the people in the video.
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As a geek and gadget nut, I'm looking forward to my next Android phone and maybe even a Honeycomb tablet. But, as a marketer, I'm glad that Google is finally getting their act together and focusing on the average consumer, not just the tech, geek, engineer. To compete against Apple's amazing products and incredible marketing machine will take more than Google Labs and highly-innovative but complex features. I just hope that these few examples are the beginning of a new page for Google, not just random one-offs.
In the meantime, Google, how about creating a "movie beta" and allowing me to purchase and download movies to my phone? Apple's been doing that for years…


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The release this week of the video Kony 2012 and a viral social media campaign by the American NGO Invisible Children has jacked awareness of the vicious Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army into the stratosphere. It's also provoked a significant backlash from experts who say the film is simplistic, manipulative, and that it narcissistically focuses on the filmmakers themselves over their African subjects. Invisible Children has responded to some of that criticism, and debate over the film and its prescriptions continues across the web, much of it under the Twitter hashtags #Kony2012 and #StopKony.
In this post, which first appeared at National Geographic, my friend Anywar Ricky Richard, a former child soldier of the Lord's Resistance Army, and director of the northern Ugandan organization Friends of Orphans, responds to the clamor: Continue reading »


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2012 Maryland Softball Virginia at Maryland (Game 2) Apr 14, 2012 at College Park, Md. (Taylor Stadium)
Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Virginia............ 050 000 0 - 5 7 1 Maryland............ 001 500 X - 6 11 0 -----------------------------------------
Umpires - Start: 3:35 pm Time: 2:03 Attendance: 515 Weather: 76 degrees, breezy
Virginia starters: 13/cf G. Cipolloni; 5/ss Skinkis; 26/2b E. Cipolloni; 1/3b Bowdren; 12/1b Martinez; 14/p Gillen; 23/rf M. Harris; 16/c Hawkins; 18/lf Williams; 20/dp Mitchell; Maryland starters: 33/ss McLaughlin; 22/lf Galindo, V.; 7/1b Hanafin, B.; 16/2b Maier, N.; 15/c Bustillos, S; 32/dp Carroll, L.; 2/rf Acosta, S.; 55/cf McCann, A.; 21/3b Mancuso, M.; 6/p Schmeiser, K; Virginia 1st - G. Cipolloni popped up to ss. Skinkis grounded out to ss. E. Cipolloni walked. Bowdren hit by pitch; E. Cipolloni advanced to second. Martinez fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Maryland 1st - McLaughlin singled through the left side (0-1). Galindo, V. popped up to 3b, bunt (0-0). Hanafin, B. struck out looking (0-2). Maier, N. flied out to cf (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Virginia 2nd - Gillen doubled to left center (2-1). M. Harris out at first p to 2b, SAC (0-0); Gillen advanced to third. Hawkins hit by pitch (2-0). Velk pinch ran for Gillen. Hawkins stole second. Williams struck out swinging (1-2). G. Cipolloni tripled to left center, 2 RBI (1-0); Hawkins scored; Velk scored. Skinkis tripled to center field, RBI (1-0); G. Cipolloni scored. E. Cipolloni walked (3-0). Johnson pinch hit for Bowdren. Johnson singled through the right side, RBI (1-0); E. Cipolloni advanced to second; Skinkis scored. Knight, K. to p for Schmeiser, K. Martinez doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-0); Johnson advanced to third; E. Cipolloni scored. Gillen to p for Velk. Gillen flied out to lf (1-1). 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Maryland 2nd - Bowdren to 3b for Johnson. Bustillos, S flied out to cf (1-1). Carroll, L. struck out looking (3-2). Acosta, S. flied out to lf (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Virginia 3rd - M. Harris struck out looking (1-2). Hawkins struck out swinging (3-2). Williams lined out to ss (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Maryland 3rd - McCann, A. singled to third base (0-1). McCann, A. advanced to second on a passed ball. Mancuso, M. grounded out to ss (3-2); McCann, A. advanced to third. McLaughlin singled to right field, RBI (2-1); McCann, A. scored. Galindo, V. singled through the left side (0-0); McLaughlin advanced to second. Hanafin, B. flied out to rf (1-2); McLaughlin advanced to third. Galindo, V. stole second. Maier, N. walked (3-1). Bustillos, S popped up to ss (1-1). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Virginia 4th - G. Cipolloni flied out to lf (1-1). Skinkis walked (3-1). E. Cipolloni struck out swinging (1-2). Skinkis out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Maryland 4th - Carroll, L. grounded out to ss (1-0). Acosta, S. singled to right field (1-1). McCann, A. singled to second base, bunt; Acosta, S. advanced to second. Beards, C. pinch hit for Mancuso, M.. Beards, C. singled to right field (2-2); McCann, A. advanced to second; Acosta, S. advanced to third. Mancuso, M. to 3b for Beards, C.. McLaughlin singled up the middle, RBI (3-2); Mancuso, M. advanced to second; McCann, A. advanced to third; Acosta, S. scored. Galindo, V. singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); McLaughlin advanced to second; Mancuso, M. advanced to third; McCann, A. scored. Hanafin, B. singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (0-2); Galindo, V. advanced to third; McLaughlin scored; Mancuso, M. scored. Gillen to dp. Mitchell to p. Maier, N. hit by pitch (3-2). Bustillos, S flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-1); Galindo, V. scored. Carroll, L. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (0-2). 5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Virginia 5th - Bowdren fouled out to 1b (0-0). Martinez hit by pitch (2-1). Martinez out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Gillen walked (3-2). M. Harris grounded out to ss (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Maryland 5th - Acosta, S. lined out to ss (2-2). McCann, A. grounded out to ss (1-1). Mancuso, M. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Virginia 6th - Hawkins doubled to center field (3-1). Williams popped up to 3b, bunt (3-1). G. Cipolloni grounded out to 2b (1-0); Hawkins advanced to third. Skinkis hit by pitch (1-1). E. Cipolloni struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Maryland 6th - McLaughlin grounded out to 2b (0-1). Galindo, V. singled to left field, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf (0-1). Hanafin, B. flied out to cf (1-1). Maier, N. out at first 1b to 2b (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Virginia 7th - S. Harris pinch hit for Bowdren. S. Harris singled to center field (0-0). Martinez out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; S. Harris advanced to second. Gillen struck out looking (1-2). Byxbee pinch hit for M. Harris. Byxbee grounded out to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.


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Everyone loves a Rock band from the 80s - it's all that crazy hair that does it. Sadly, Queensryche have said good-bye to their buffount hair styles and said hello to a 'short, back and sides.' Despite their modern image, their music is still as brilliant as it used to be. Queensryche's most recent album is called Take Cover. It was released in Novemeber 2007.
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Speaker: Prof. Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University
Title: "Exploring new frontiers of quantum optical science"
In this talk we will discuss recent developments involving a new scientific interface between quantum optics, many body physics, nanoscience and quantum information science. Specific examples include
quantum manipulation of individual spins and photons using atom-like
impurities in diamond and control of light-matter interactions using sub-wavelength localization of optical fields. Novel applications of
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Speaker: Dr. Neal Dalal, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto
Title: "The handwaver's guide to dark matter halos"
Dark matter halos are the endpoints of cosmological structure formation. They play a crucial role in many areas of astrophysics and cosmology, and are host to most of the `interesting' objects that we see around us, like galaxies and quasars. Our understanding of halos is based almost entirely on numerical experiments in N-body simulations, with relatively poor theoretical understanding of what determines halo properties. In my talk, I will try to give a simple way to understand many properties of halos, including their internal structure and their abundance. I will show how this approach opens new avenues for exploring our cosmology, with a focus on physics beyond the standard (cosmological) model.
Speaker: Dr. Brad Johnson, NASA
Title: "Revealing the History of the Universe with the CMB"
The CMB is an image of the universe, as it was 380,000 years after the Big Bang, that spans the entire sky. Details of the physical processes that operated in the early universe are captured in the angular intensity and polarization anisotropies. The "primordial anisotropies" encode information about the universe when the CMB formed. In particular, the primordial "B-mode" polarization anisotropy could contain a detectable gravity wave signal produced during the first second after the Big Bang. Experimental research now focuses on searching for and characterizing the forecasted B-mode signal. The "secondary anisotropies" are distortions in the primordial CMB signal that are produced by matter in the universe, so they contain information about the state of the universe between the observer today and the surface where the CMB photons last scattered. CMB photons traveling through the hot plasma in galaxy clusters are inverse Compton scattered, which produces a detectable signal called the thermal Sunyaev Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. The SZ signal can be used to study galaxy clusters and constrain the values of a collection of cosmological parameters. My talk will focus on three experiments. PIPER and EBEX are two balloon-borne experiments under construction that are designed to search for the B-mode polarization of the CMB, and APEX-SZ is a ground-based experiment that has detected approximately 40 galaxy clusters via the SZ signal.
Speaker: Prof. Igor Klebanov, Princeton University
Title: "String Theory and Strong Interactions"
String theory was originally invented to describe hadrons, but soon after Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) emerged as the precise theory of the strong nuclear force. A quarter century later it was understood that string theory and certain gauge theories akin to QCD are in fact different descriptions of the same physics. I will review some of the basic relations between gauge theories and strings, and will motivate the exact gauge/string dualities by studying coincident D-branes. I will also discuss applications of these ideas to theories at finite temperatures and to theories which exhibit color confinement. The colloquium will also cover some of the recent progress, including calculation of the quantum entanglement entropy, understanding the exact dualities involving Chern-Simons gauge theories, and modeling of the cosmological inflation.
Speaker: Prof. Rene Ong, UCLA
Title: "Particle Astrophysics at the TeV Scale"
Our understanding of the TeV universe has progressed rapidly during the last few years as a result of new instruments and exciting discoveries. In particular,ground-based telescopes, such as VERITAS in southern Arizona, have discovered many astrophysical sources of TeV gamma rays, while at the same time carrying out sensitive searches for the annihilating particle dark matter. This talk will describe what we know about the TeV universe, as revealed by recent results from VERITAS. The future prospects for high-energy gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy will be summarized.
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Sievers, University of Toronto
Title: "Cosmology from 17,000 Feet: Results from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope"
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is observing the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from high in the Chilean Andes. The CMB provides a snapshot of the universe when it was only 400,000 years old, long before the formation of any stars or galaxies. The nearly uniform density (to a few parts per hundred thousand) means that well understood linear physics describes the physics of the CMB and lets us reliably tranform observations of the CMB into constraints on fundamental parameters of the cosmos. ACT provides a significant improvement to our knowledge of the CMB on small (few arcminute) scales. We present the results from the first full season of ACT data and what we learn from them, including better limits on the number of relativistic species, the initial power spectrum from inflation, early helium density, potential contributions to structure formation from cosmic strings, and the imprint of galaxy clusters on the CMB. We are currently upgrading ACT to have polarization sensitity, and expect it to be on the sky in 2012. We present some of what we expect to learn from ACTpol, including the summed mass of neutrino species to ~0.05 eV, the regime where we expect a detection.
Speaker: Prof. Jonas Zmuidzinas, Caltech
Title: "Submillimeter Astronomy and Cosmology"
Located between the radio and infrared, the submillimeter wavelength band is one of the last to be opened up for astronomical observation and discovery. It is now understood that around half of the electromagnetic energy produced by stars and galaxies since the Big Bang lies in the submillimeter, and that extremely luminous galaxies undergoing huge bursts of star formation may be quite bright at submillimeter wavelengths but invisible to the most powerful optical-infrared telescopes. I will trace the development of the science and technology of submillimeter astronomy from its humble beginnings on the fringes of science in the 1960s and 1970s to the present day, when the largest space telescope ever launched – the Herschel Space Observatory - and the largest ground-based astronomy project in the world – the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) - are both devoted to submillimeter astronomy. The next major step for the field will be the Cornell-Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT), a 25 meter submillimeter telescope equipped with wide-field cameras and multi-beam spectrometers that will enable deep and broad surveys of the submillimeter universe. Boosted by a strong endorsement in the 2010 Decadal Survey report, construction of CCAT is expected to commence a few years from now.
Speaker: Prof. Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study
Title: "Space-Time, Quantum Mechanics and Scattering Amplitudes"
Scattering amplitudes in gauge theories and gravity have extraordinary properties that are completely invisible in the textbook formulation of quantum field theory using Feynman diagrams. In this
usual approach, space-time locality and quantum-mechanical unitarity
are made manifest at the cost of introducing huge gauge redundancies in
our description of physics. As a consequence, apart from the very
simplest processes, Feynman diagram calculations are enormously
complicated, while the final results turn out to be amazingly simple, exhibiting hidden infinite-dimensional symmetries. This strongly
suggests the existence of a new formulation of quantum field theory
where locality and unitarity are derived concepts, while other physical
principles are made more manifest. The past few years have
seen rapid advances towards uncovering this new picture, especially for
the maximally supersymmetric gauge theory in four dimensions. These developments have interwoven and exposed connections between a
remarkable collection of ideas from string theory, twistor theory and
integrable systems, as well as a number of new mathematical structures
in algebraic geometry. In this talk I will review the current state of
this subject and and describe a number of ongoing directions of research.
Speaker: Prof. Dam Thanh Son, University of Washington
Title: "Viscosity, quark gluon plasma, and string theory"
Viscosity is a very old concept which was introduced to physics by Navier in the 19th century. However, in strongly coupled systems viscosity is extremely difficult to compute from first principles. In this talk I will describe some recent surprising developments in string theory which allow one to compute the viscosity for a class of strongly interacting fluids not too dissimilar to the quark gluon plasma. I will describe efforts to measure the viscosity and other physical properties of the quark gluon plasma created in heavy ion collisions.
Speaker: Prof. Elena Aprile, Columbia University
Title: "The Search for Dark Matter with the XENON100 Experiment"
The XENON100 experiment is designed to search for interactions of dark matter Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in a liquid xenon time projection chamber. Featuring a large target mass and an extremely low background, XENON100 is the most sensitive dark matter direct detection experiment in operation today. Located deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, in Italy, XENON100 has recently reported results on the elastic scattering of dark matter WIMPs with nucleons, based on 100 days of data acquired in 2010. The recent findings, the status of the experiment and the work towards the next generation XENON1T experiment will be presented.
**Special Seminar at 1:00 PM in 428 Pupin Hall**
Speaker: Prof. Michael Norman, Argonne National Laboratory
Title: "AdS/CFT - Playing the Devil's Advocate"
AdS/CFT is a conjectured duality between weak coupling gravity in anti de Sitter space and a strong coupling field theory on the boundary of this space. It has been suggested that a variety of phenomena in condensed matter physics might be explained by this approach. We will take a serious look at several of these, including the presence of Fermi arcs in the pseudogap phase, the peak-dip-hump lineshape in the superconducting state, and the origin of cuprate superconductivity. In all of these cases, I will argue that AdS/CFT has not shed much light, nor is likely to, on the basic issues being debated.
Speaker: Prof. Roderich Moessner, Max Plank Institute for Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
Title: "Magnetic Monopoles in Spin Ice"
Fractionalisation is a counterintuitive phenomenon, in which an 'elementary' particle appears to break into two independent entities. A celebrated example of this is spin-charge separation, in which an electron's magnetic (spin) and electric (charge) degrees of freedom appear to become independent.Spin ice materials such as Dy2 Ti2 O7 and Ho2 Ti2 O7 provide a rare instance of fractionalisation in three dimensions: their elementary excitations carry a fraction of the magnetic moment of the microscopic spin degrees of freedom, and they can be thought of as magnetic monopoles.The peculiar nature of these excitations leads to unique signatures in the properties of spin ice materials in and out of equilibrium. These include unusual neutron scattering structure factors, dynamical arrest and long lived non-equilibrium metastable states, as well as a response to external magnetic fields that promotes spin ice as a magnetic analogue of an electrolyte. This talk reviews several of these striking phenomena, and discusses open questions and future perspectives.
*** Please note that the Colloquium has been moved to 329 Pupin Hall***


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The Texas Amateur State Championship Show in conjunction with the Big Country Quarter Horse Association is currently holding their annual show in Waco, Texas. The 2012 judges include: Pierre Briere, Scott Neuman, Jessica Gilliam, Liz Haynes, Gary Roberts, Tanya Green, Jerry Erickson (special event) and Rick Meredith (special event).
Michelle Tidwell, who is an assistant trainer for Nancy Cahill, says that it has been a great show so far. "This is a big show for the amateurs and they have the Texas Amateur Year End Award Banquet during the show," she says. "The show is very well run by Carol Moore, and we had excellent trail patterns provided by Tim Kimura as well as other challenging patterns for the showmanship, horsemanship, and showmanship."
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Southeast Arizona is one of the biggest destinations for bird watching and nature studies and on the other side of the mountain from well known birding sites like Ramsey Canyon and Madera Canyon is an isolated spot known as Portal, Arizona. Those of us who live here know that we are some of the most organized people in the US. It's not that we want to be, it's that we have to be. To get to a gas station we have to travel to Lordsburg, NM, about 50 miles north one way or Douglas, AZ about 60 miles one way to the south. That is also where the closest grocery stores are. We make friends and let everyone know when we are going to town because sometimes even the most organized of us need milk or fresh fruit, and the favor will be returned when you only need a half gallon of milk.
Why do we choose to live here? Well, let's start with 14 species of hummingbirds. What, you want me to name them? OK, there is the Berylline, Violet-crowned, Lucifer, Broad-billed, White-eared, Blue-throated, Magnificent, Plain-capped Starthroat, Black-chinned, Costa's, Anna's, Broad-tailed, Calliope, and….Rufous. I knew I could name them if I thought hard enough.
Although it may not be possible to see all 14 types of hummingbirds in one visit, the best time to visit Portal to see hummers is in Mid May during spring migration and then again mid August to mid September during the fall migration. Many of the bird species can be drawn to campsites with hummingbird feeders. Two feeders that we can recommend would be the 8 oz Best 1 and the window mount Nectar Bar. The Nectar Bar is small enough to mount on the window of your RV. (I know–a shameless plug for our site). Many of the local lodging establishments have hummingbird feeders up for you to enjoy.
Two warblers that can be seen each year are the Red-faced warbler and the Painted Redstart in the mountain canyons. Look for Painted Redstart around water (under the bridge as you enter South Fork). The Red-faced Warbler can be seen in lower canyons during migration, but nests at higher elevations (Rustler Park Campground). You should be watching for Sulfer-bellied Flycatchers while walking through the sycamores.
The area is also known for a number of Mexican and Central American species who sneak across the border. (Don't mention this to the Border Patrol!) The most recognized of these is the Elegant Trogon who can be seen from mid April through Mid October. We have had as many as 10 nesting pairs in Cave Creek Canyon in recent years.
Other species include the Aztec Thrush, Rufous-backed Robin, Crested Flycatcher, Fan-tailed Warbler, Rufous-capped Warbler, Slate-throated Redstart and Flame-colored Tanager. These species will test your birding skills! If fact we have moved to Portal to add some of them to our life list. We wish you luck in your bird adventures and if you see the Aztec Thrush let us know!!
We setup our yard with all of these wonderful birding possibilities in mind. Although not all of the birds will come to feeders, all will come to water features. That is how we got the Rufous-backed Robin to stop in and say hola to us. Let us help you attract birds to your backyard by providing the best feeders and bird baths for your area (shameless plug #2). Now if you have stuck with us and read all of this we would like to reward you by offering you a FREE DOWNLOAD – a map of our favorite birding spots around Portal. It will give you a detailed map of the roads in our area (both of them) and let you know a little about each stop.


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XR20 is a portable beat production center loaded with fresh sound library thats designed for making hip-hop and R&B wherever and whenever inspiration strikes. Over 700 sounds cover standard and electronic drums, one-shot hits, bass, and synth sounds to easily create a total mix in next-to-no time.
XR20 includes reverb, EQ, and compression to enable MC s and producers to complete their tracks. Plug in a microphone and mix vocals with your beats. XR20 runs on wall or battery power so its flexible and portable. In Pattern Play mode, you can trigger different patterns from each pad, so you can tailor the beats to flow with the energy on-stage. Bright blue pads light with the beat to illuminate your performances as you light up the club.
With XR20, Akai Pro puts the hip in Hip-Hop.
- Over 700 sounds produced by Chronic Music
- 99 Preset patterns and 99 User patterns
- Backlit LCD
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- Microphone input and Headphone output
- Pattern Play Mode - Different patterns can be triggered from individual pads
- Drum Roll / Note Repeat feature for realism and expression
- Battery Power capability and AC Adapter
- 32-voice polyphony
- One 1/4" mic
- Two 1/4" footswitch
- One MIDI
- One 1/4" stereo pair (main)
- One 1/4" stereo (aux)
- One 1/4" stereo headphones
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What kind of sounds are in XR20?
XR20 has an entirely new sound set that was developed by music producers Chronic Music, containing over 700 sounds that can't be found anywhere else.What are the blue lights for?
In addition to its blue-backlit display, the pads on XR20 light to the beat for a fresh, attention-grabbing stage appearance.What can I connect to XR20?
XR20 has a full compliment of inputs and outputs. You can connect a microphone with the mic input. There are master outputs and aux outs for connection to amplifiers, PA system, or DJ mixer. A headphone output lets you stealthily build beats and monitor your work. MIDI in and out let you connect and interface with other MIDI-compliant gear including a keyboard for programming bass lines. A footswitch input enables remote start/stop or triggering of fills.What is Pattern Play Mode?
Pattern Play Mode enables different patterns to be triggered from each pad directly so you can customize your performance as it happens.Does XR20 have effects?
Yes: Reverb, Compression, and EQ are on each drum kit and switchable.Can I take XR20 mobile?
XR20 is designed for portable operation. It can run five hours on average on batteries or the included AC adapter.How do I program bass lines?
There are two ways: you can use the pads directly, or connect a keyboard via MIDI. XR20 even responds to pitch-bend messages via MIDI.How many parts can I program at once?
The sequencer in XR20 is capable of one drum part, one percussion part, and one bass part at a time, and you can program different drum, percussion, and bass parts for Pattern A, A Fill, Pattern B, and B Fill sections in each pattern.
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November 21 2006:
International Model Power Boat Association
November Telephonic Board Meeting
November 21, 2006
7:00 p.m. Central Time
President, Bill Zuber Executive Secretary, John Equi (also Tech Review)
District 1, Randall Thomas
District 2, Tony Jacuzzi
District 3, Glover Jeffcoat
District 4, Garrett Randall
District 6, Brian Nelsen (also IMPBA VP)
District 7, Ed Mest
District 13, Bobby Halliday
District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer)
National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas
National Gas Director, Kevin Sheren
National Record Director, Glenn Quarles
National Scale Unlimited Director, Steve Ball
Past President, Dick Jones
District 5, Mark Bullard
District 12, Tracy Dolphin
National O/B Director, Michael Zaborowski
Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.central time after the roll call.
Treasurer Report: Brian had the attendees refer to the secretary's document, where, at the present time we have $19,771.00 in the checking account. He also explained that there were additional funds in the Lifetime savings account. As IMPBA treasurer, he was very pleased and noted that the reported amounts were as of October 30, 2006. We were carrying a nice balance over into 2007. Bill Zuber requested information about the IRS Form 990. Brian told us that the IRS form 990 has not been filed since the year 2000. The IRS has been contacted and is working with us. We are having our accountant preparing the forms for the past late years. We will have to wait and see what the IRS has to say. The IMPBA secretary has been heavily involved obtaining past data from old records. Bill Zuber commented that the secretary has been busy obtaining 2007 insurance quotes.
Secretary Report: John reported at the close of 2006 our membership was 1176 members, up 100 members from the previous year. The district breakdowns of members & voting power is as follows:
D1 = 126, 2 votes
D2 = 253, 3 votes
D3 = 36, 1 vote
D4 = 125, 2 votes
D5 = 166, 2 votes
D6 = 84, 1 vote
D7 = 89, 1 vote
D12 = 107, 2 votes
D13 = 78, 1 vote
D14 = 95, 1 vote
These were the total memberships. Brian Schymik asked if those numbers were only seniors, John explained those were seniors, family, & juniors, paid members. He also explained that juniors & children do not vote but are counted as members since they receive cards. Bill reminded everyone that IMPBA's family rates are now ten dollars for 2007.
Bill Zuber then expanded the discussion about taxes and quickly mentioned that it was recommended by our tax people to ask Mike Zaborowski to step down from the outboard director position. This is because Mike works for a model corporation. Mike has done a great job with the outboards; he has placed lots of good pictures & articles in several past Roostertails and really raised interest in outboard modeling. Mike recommended James Clegg in South Carolina. Bill had talked with James about the position, and he would like to do the job. Several directors had questions & received answers about Mike & James. Bobby Halliday commented that James Clegg was instrumental in reviving outboards in D13, and now D13 has the biggest tunnel race in the country. Bill called for a voice vote to approve James Clegg as Outboard Director, all approved. As a side note, John Equi reiterated the need for a Technical Review Chairman for IMPBA.
John continued with his report by asking all club members to use the new 2007 membership application form with the ten-dollar family & junior rate. Everyone should also remember that the early renewal is $45.00 & make sure you sign the bottom of the form. If you forget to sign the form, he will have to mail it back to you for your signature. John also explained the savings account certificate of deposit, race sanctions, members applications received & other money matters. John has also started the insurance search for 2007. Another item he discussed was that Mike Nowicki has been shipping the Northern timing system to clubs using his own money. The clubs reimbursed him after the event. I will change our operations in this area by sending Mike $100.00 IMPBA money to stash at his location. He will pull from the cash to pay for outgoing shipments. I will then send him the reimbursement from the $100.00 of club money that they sent to the office. Excess cash from their deposit will be sent back to the club.
John told the board that he had received a request to possibly assemble a third timing set to send to clubs for a timed event. He will discuss this with Glen Quarles and Randall Thomas. John received a few questions on this request and provided answers. John concluded with a report that Bill Zuber was re-elected President, IMPBA and Kevin Sheren was elected District 2 Director.
Bill thanked outgoing D2 Director, Tony Jacuzzi and D5 Director, Mark Bullard for serving in their positions. He also mentioned that Past President, Dick Jones would no longer have a vote but will remain on the Board of Directors for life. Bill knew that Kelly Wilson, new D5 Director was on-line and invited him to say "hello" to the Board Members. Kelly said a few words.
Bill moved on to the upcoming voting ballot in the December Roostertail, which is for the LSG Super Sport Class. Several directors had questions, so Bill had Kevin Sheren briefly explain the ballot and why he wanted the ballot to go to the membership. Discussion ensued for about 10 minutes.
Discussion Item: Tony Jacuzzi discovered that in 2006 we had non-renewed members caught racing. He found five instances of clubs allowing these people to run. He suggested several rules that he would like to place in the rule book to insure clubs understand this action is against established IMPBA regulations. A lengthy discussion ensued with good comments by Bill Zuber, Dick Jones, and other directors. Randall Thomas suggested we change the wording on page E-8 at the same time to remove the one-time wording and stipulate that other boating association members will pay the ten-dollar fee. Dick Jones volunteered to prepare a revised proposal for the Board concerning the individual that violated the rule. Tony's item turned into a proposal and was voted on, each director voted, all districts voted yes. The Proposal passes with Randall's amendment on page E-8; we will need Dick Jones' input for penalties. The rules were to go out in the March update for the rule book including the page E-8 changes. The actual location for Tony's rule was not determined, but John mentioned he would find a place.
Fast Electric Ballot Results: Randall Thomas requested the Directors provide him missing information for the Fast Electric rule changes. He did not receive D3 votes; Glover announced he received none. Several other Directors reported their votes to Randall. The N-2 ballot resulted in 23 yes votes & 2 no votes. The Lithium ballot was 33 yes votes with 18 to split the class and 35 to combine plus one no vote. Randall read the gathered district votes for the N-2 and Lithium Battery ballots. The final outcome for the districts and president voting is approval for N-2 change; approval for Lithium Battery with combined classes.
Bill Zuber called for comments about the minutes of the last meeting, none were offered, minutes were approved as written.
Noise Rule Proposal: Bill moved on to the noise rule change by Brian Schymik that eliminates the db meter and mandates that all boats use only quiet pipes. His rule would not allow add-on muffling devices to be used; only muffled pipes are acceptable. The discussion continued by all directors for over 30 minutes. The final outcome after a vote was to leave the noise rule as is for now. Proposal fails. Bill recommended calibration for the sound meters and will mention this fact in his upcoming article.
2007 Regatta: Bill announced the site for the 2007 IMPBA Regatta as Seville, Ohio with the host club being the Performance Model Boat Club. Several comments, including ones about safety at the site were made; Brian Nelson and Tony Jacuzzi were able to supply answers. The Performance Club bid for the International Regatta was approved by a voice vote.
Noise Measurements at Record Trials: Bill asked Glen Quarles to explain how record trials are run and where the sound meter is currently located. After a detailed explanation, Glen requested that for the Regatta, the sound meter should remain in the same location where it was used during heat racing. A discussion followed concerning various scenarios about the Regatta trophy trials and regional timed events. It is noted that Glen said that any timed passes over the noise limit would not count.
Submitted Proposal: Mark Bullard provided a noise report & accompanying new noise proposal. Mark was not present at this teleconference so the documents he submitted were tabled by a voice vote until a future meeting.
A motion to adjourn by voice vote was accepted at 10:12 pm
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December 6, 2005
President, Bill Zuber
Executive Secretary, John Equi (also Tech review)
District 1, Randall Thomas / Teddy Dauphinee
District 2, Tony Jacuzzi
District 3, Glover Jeffcoat
District 4, Fred Hartley / Garrett Randall
District 5, Mark Bullard
District 6, Brian Nelsen (also IMPBA Vice President)
District 7, Ed Mest
District 13, Bobby Halliday
District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer)
National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas
National Records Director, Glenn Quarles
National Safety Director Brian Nelsen
National Gas Director, Norman Morton / Kevin Sheren
Past President, Dick Jones
Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. central time.
Minutes of the previous Regatta Board Meeting were approved.
Bill Zuber announced the following Election Results:
Gas Director – Kevin Sheren
District 1 – Randall Thomas
District 4 – Garrett Randall
District 6 – Brian Nelsen
District 13 – Bobby Halliday
Fast Electric – Randall Thomas
Bill thanked the outgoing Boardmembers Fred Hartley, Norman Morton and Teddy Dauphinee for their service to IMPBA
District Reports:
D1: Randall reported that by September, all racing in his district was completed. He has 4 active clubs and almost all clubs have submitted their paperwork for races, and it looks excellent for 2006. His Northern Lights Club will sanction a Fast Electric race, and would like to request a name for the event. He and Bill agreed on Canadian National Fast Electric Race. He hopes to repeat the race in 2007 as an official Fast Electric Internats. This would be a 3-day pure heat-racing event. Randall motions to accept the name, Bobby Halliday seconds, Bill called for a voice vote, passes unanimous.
D2: Tony explained that his racing schedule is packed with 16 races from May thru October. He has 12 currently active clubs with a 13th club proposed. There are also 2 time trials. The Internats being in June and the 500-mile radius rule knocked out 2 club weekends. The Cleveland club returns with a race. He commented he has a full schedule, and then Tony compared D2 race dates with D1 dates for Teddy Dauphinees information. Randall requested information on a race date.
D3: Glover reports few new members; no new clubs and has not received any race dates as of yet. Waiting for paperwork. Has 5 clubs in D3 including Fast Electric club that talked with Randall Thomas.
D4: Fred had his district meeting and established the 2006 race schedule. All clubs will return, but had a problem with St. Louis dates, which will conflict with other clubs. Then a detailed discussion about clubs holding events with race sanctions vs. no sanctions took place by Jacuzzi, Zuber, Garrett, Brian Schymik, Brian Nelsen and Dick Jones.
D5: Mark reports 2 of his districts' largest races were cancelled; the Gas Nats & Southern Gentlemen Racing Association (SGRA) November Hydro Invitational event due to Hurricane Katrina. He did receive a date for a March race from SGRA. District scheduling is in progress. He found 6 members of one club that were not IMPBA when he crosschecked to the master database. Discussion about non-IMPBA club members running on insured ponds when club members are on the pond.
D6: Brian Nelsen is working with 2 new clubs in Minnesota in the Southern part of State, Rochester area, but the pond they wish to use is part of a marina. The Twin Cities club has new ponds that may be future regatta sites. He is looking forward to working with the new clubs if the re-districting goes thru. All of his area clubs have sent their paperwork to the main office.
D7: Ed reports 2 clubs registered for the year, the Lone Star and another in San Antonio. The Lone Star Club will host the Gas Nats. Bill mentioned that Norman and Kevin would be happy to help out with details if needed.
D13: Bobby Halliday has 11 races and 2 record trials. Spring Nationals is the largest race. He gained members in 2005, both new and old that came back. Race attendance expected to rise in 2006. Schedule is set for 2006. The CMB Tunnel race is the third biggest race of the year to be held in October, instead of November. Speed week III is coming up in a few weeks, which ends the year. He has a few more clubs to sanction events; he believes 8 more races will be scheduled. He thanked all the other districts for their support this year.
D14: Brian Schymik will be hosting the Regatta with the Unlimited Hydroplane races for big attractions. Series races are scheduled with 8 races, one new club and one new site but losing 2 old races, Polar Bear race and a 1-day race in Fort Wayne. Celina is an Ohio race but run by D 14 club. He has a New Scale Director. Louisville has a new club at a winery. Greenville has a new club. Tony had questions about D14 point's races.
Tech Review: Sport 20 approved with strut under hull or on transom. Timing set is being updated. We owe money to Randall for parts. DSM radio system explanation pertaining to our frequencies. At this time, the DSM channels are outside the normal RC frequencies and will not cause interference when the system is used. Additional research is needed.
Financial Report: Brian explains that though the report shows we ended the year in the red, we actually had monies left over and did not go in the red. Things look significantly better for 2006. Secretary's salary is lower, no mailing of the Roostertail. Explanation of Noel's final paycheck problems and costs we incurred in 2005 that were run up in 2004. $800.00 was left in the bank account at the end of Fiscal Year. Discussion about the $500.00 repayment from Southern Gentlemen. The club was finally contacted about the money repayment after the hurricane. Explanation about how the seed money works by Brian and Bill. Cell phone costs explained by Equi and Zuber, which are very low compared to previous administrations' expenditures.
Lifetime Membership: John explained that 15 members requested the paperwork and 10 were returned with money. Funds were placed in a savings account until a certificate of deposit can be purchased. Additional memberships are expected to be sent in.
Safety Report: Brian Nelsen's report was lost when his hard drive failed. He will get something in the March Roostertail with recommendations about our launch and retrieve areas. He gave a report on the accident involving Steven Enneper and the radio failure of the boat on the pond. He told us about netting that Mike Zaborowski purchased and was evaluated. This particular netting was used at the 2005 Regatta. He also explained that the current orange netting we use is poor and was not able to stop a 7.5 tunnel when ran his boat into the net. If rope netting is utilized, a loose hanging installation is better. He elaborated about several safety violations he has seen. Randall Thomas mentioned a product named "Sil-Tarp" that the Elmira club uses that works very well.
President: Bill mentioned that the December ballot results would be tallied and we may have a phone conference in the early part of February or even send by email to save money.
New Item: Mark Bullard explained the possible use of something like Ron Byrd's database that might be used or modified to use for a database in the IMPBA office to keep track of everything, make our membership cards, and other documents. The office currently re-types some data in 3 locations for every name, so this might help. If Ron can put something together we may be able to offer him a Lifetime membership or buy it.
Records Director: Glenn Quarles wishes records for all hulls. He mentioned that the Gas Super Stock class would not be eligible for records due to the fact that identifying a "stock" engine would be almost impossible. There were questions by DD5 Mark about stock wording as relating to tunnel boats and gas verification problems. Glenn wants to archive the existing record for this class and not permit records. He made a recommendation to archive records for this class. Randall Thomas made a motion to accept Glenn's recommendations, Mark seconded the motion.
Bill called for a voice vote. Motion passes unanimously.
Glenn's second proposal is that restrictions for certain Fast Electric classes be eliminated. He would like all the Fast Electric classes to be eligible for records with all battery configurations. Randall likes the restriction removal as explained by Glenn. Randall will also include new lithium poly battery rules with new class identification, and explained the voltage differences. Proposal by Randall to remove 3 asterisks on page J-2 and associated words at bottom, and also wording on page J-12, as a one year provisional, seconded by Fred Hartley. Unanimous approval.
Randall would like records for 1/5 mile FE SAW course, Glenn will accept 1/5 oval only. The 2007 FE Internats will use the ¼ mile course.
New Timing Set Consoles: John Equi inquired about the amount of money that Randall needed to purchase parts for the new IMPBA timing consoles. Randall will need around $320.00, and will provide the decals, but need connectors and additional parts.
President: Bill would like the Directors to consider reducing the Family & Junior membership to $10.00. Fred Hartley, Glenn Quarles, Norman Morton would like the move. We had about 200 combined Family & Juniors so we would lose $1000.00 income. This move would put IMPBA in a better position when compared to NAMBA for 2007. Brian Schymik likes the idea. Bill and Glenn talked over the $10.00 one-time fee concerning IMPBA and NAMBA. Fred would like us to implement some type of deal that would allow new people a trial membership for $10.00 instead of $50.00. Bill explained that a $10.00 fee would be possible for junior members if we lowered the family rate to $10.00.
Comment: Dick Jones received his membership card in only 8 days. He also asked about "additionally insured". John explained that we are not charged for this, so he dropped the additional fee. John will call the insurance company on this item. Dick inquired if APBA district 17 was contacted about joining IMPBA. Bill gave a good report to Dick that about 37 members will become IMPBA if they approved the move. Randall asked about how the ballots that are sent to people other than the directors would be reported, Bill explained the process to all. Bill thanks Teddy Dauphinee, Norman Morton and Fred Hartley for their service. Bill asked for a motion to adjourn, Fred motions, Randall seconds.
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Round two had larger implications in the big picture of the Mid-State 3-A Conference standings, but turned out similar as the teams battled to a 0-0 tie Wednesday night.
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As the second half started, the difference was night and day for the Warriors as they started to get more looks on goal and continually put pressure on Nighthawks senior goalkeeper James Paul throughout overtime.
"We changed our formation a little bit in the second half," Pardini said. "Once we did that, we got a lot of chances. They just didn't go in."
The one thing that stayed consistent throughout was the officiating. Forty-one fouls were called, with 23 of them coming against
"It's a big game and a tough game to ref in," Pardini said. "The fans are very into it on both sides, and the referees did the best they could and I thought they did OK."
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"I give a lot of credit to our seniors," Pardini said. "Most of our seniors didn't play a lot of minutes for me last year. These boys have done a tremendous job. We had one freshman and five sophomores starting. Our seniors have done an excellent job in cultivating ourselves for the future and really welcomed the young guys."
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