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Tuesday's announcement of Wichita State baseball head coach Gene Stephenson's firing from the Shockers program didn't completely come as a shock.
Before this year, the Shockers hadn't made an NCAA tournament appearance since 2009 (which was the last year Wichita State had won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament) and hadn't been regular season champions since 2010.
However, considering the Shockers' success in 2013, it seems like Stephenson ended up getting the "raw deal" by the athletic department for all of his work in building up the program. The Shockers were able to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament title and return to the NCAA tournament, where they traveled to Manhattan and lost to nationally-ranked Kansas State and Arkansas in back-to-back games.
It wasn't enough as the coach and the athletic program had, by all accounts of those in attendence, as a very far from amicable split. Not much of a thank you if Monday's reports saying Stephenson was told to either resign or be fired.
Thirty-six years of literally building a dormant program from the ground up to a national powerhouse is Stephenson's legacy. He never had a losing season with the first team he coached finishing 43-30-1 and won his first league title and earned his first NCAA tournament bid two years later. The closest he came was in 2009 and the Shockers still won the tournament title and earned an NCAA bid.
A record of 1,837-675-3 (more wins during his tenure than any other Division I coach); 20 MVC regular season titles; 18 MVC tournament titles; seven College World Series titles and the 1989 NCAA Division I title (national runner-up in 1982, 1991 and 1993).
Fifty-four All-Americans including brother, Phil, the baseball head coach of Dodge City Community College; perennial Major League All-Star Joe Carter; former major league catcher and manager Eric Wedge; reliever Braden Looper and current Minnesota Twins pitcher Mike Pelfrey.
"I remember watching video of that place when he got there and it was nothing," Pelfrey said in an interview with the Associated Press. "I grew up in Wichita and that was the place to be and the place to go. When you think of Wichita State, you think of Gene Stephenson. To hear that they are turning their back on him is shameful."
I have read some media stories hinting the game had passed Stephenson by and that he wasn't able to get the prime recruits like he did in the past. I have to say from a distance — and in my time when I was in Augusta and El Dorado — that it probably was tougher to get the prime recruits; but only because other coaches in the league sat by and just copied Stephenson's ingredients to success.
It's tougher now to stay above .500 and Stephenson was able to keep the Shockers with the winning record, especially with the schedule the team had in 2013. Wichita State finished 39-28 in Stephenson's final season.
They way the Shockers athletic department decision on how to handle their decision of sending Stephenson on their way — almost like throwing the baby out with the bath water — showed little respect for the person who built the nationally-recognized program and all of the improvements not only with players, but facilities as well.
"We have reached a decision to go a different direction with the leadership of our baseball program," Sexton said in the press release. "Following an evaluation of the program as a whole and a presentation of the options, the decision became clear that this is the proper time to move into a new phase of Shocker Baseball.
"We thank Coach Stephenson for his years of service and the efforts he has made in his life's work building this program from the beginning."
…I'm guessing with a unstated "don't let the door hit you as you walk out" ending.
If the season was a "do-or-die" situation for Stephenson with a Shockers club with only two seniors, there are only two aspects that would even warrant any thought of a departure considering how well the Shockers players overall to earn the tournament and NCAA bid.
One is how the Shockers played in Manhattan, but you have two teams there that have been buzzsaws all season — the Big 12 baseball regular season champions in Kansas State and the team that was the top-ranked squad before the season started in Arkansas.
The Wildcats' offense has been the baseball version of he 1990's Loyola Marymount basketball team and showed that early. Arkansas has had one of the strongest pitching staffs in the nation.
The other involves their overall record against teams that had made it into the tournament. If you count the two tournament games, Wichita State lost all seven games to NCAA teams (three to Kansas State, two to Oklahoma State, and single games to Arkansas and Central Arkansas). They also lost both games to the Kansas Jayhawks.
Stephenson had one more year on his contract and had 17 players with three years experience in the Shockers' program under the released coach.
If anything, how could one more year where you have a stronger ballclub with your chief rival (Creighton) leaving the league where firing the coach could be beneficial? This decision of going a new direction may have made more sense if this were the 2014 with an underperforming team, but not at this time.
Even then with everything Stephenson has done for the program, Pelfrey said it right when he stated: "He deserves to go out on his own terms. This guy is a legend and forcing him out is not right at all."
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Tuesday's announcement of Wichita State baseball head coach Gene Stephenson's firing from the Shockers program didn't completely come as a shock.


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Asalamualilkum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu. Why is Qalqala classed under Ghair Mutadada? Couldn't there be an opposite to it i.e. not having the echoing sound when the letter has a saakin? Jazakallah Khair.
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The early scholars of the science of tajweed put together the characteristics of the letters in to two groups: the characteristics which have opposites, in which there is one characteristics and and opposite and every letter is one or the other, and the second group of characteristics which have no opposites, meaning only a few letters or only one have a particular characteristic, with no opposing characteristic.
For example with the characteristic -which is running of breath and its opposite which is imprisonment of the running of breath due to relying on the articulation point. Every letter in the Arabic alphabet has either running or imprisonment of the breath (air), and both of these characteristics are found and apparent in proper recitation of the letters.
In the category of characteristics without opposites, it is a specific characteristic found in a few or only letter and there is no opposing characteristic to be described or heard. It is either a particular characteristic preset or not present., such as -spreading the sound only found in the letter
In the case of the qalqalah, not only is it only present with a small group of letters with no opposing characteristic, it is only found in the state of the particular letters having no vowel. The mistake of making a qalqalah on a letter outside of the group of qalqalah letters is meaning you are applying a characteristic not found in the letter.
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|Globonautes macropus (Rathbun, 1898)
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|Bott (1959) treated this taxon as Globonautes macropus macropus, while Cumberlidge (1996, 1999) regarded Globonautes to be a monotypic genus and treated this taxon as Globonautes macropus. This species is one of only five species in two genera that belong to a rare group of freshwater crabs endemic to the upper Guinea forest block of West Africa. This genus was recently transferred from the Gecarcinucidae and reassigned to the Potamonautidae: Deckeniinae: Deckeniini: Globonautina by Cumberlidge et al. (2007).
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|Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii); C2a(i) ver 3.1
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|Clotilde-Ba, F.-L., Attipoe, F.Y.K. & Darwall, W. and McIvor, A.
This species was originally known from only a single specimen collected in Liberia in 1898, and was not collected again for 90 years until it was rediscovered in 1988. This species is still known from only a few specimens from less than ten sites, and four of which are closely localised and subject to the same threat and hence are considered to be one locality, making a total of five locations. Because of this, the extent of occurrence for this species in Liberia and Guinea is revised upward to an estimated 5,000 sq km (EN B1a) with an estimated area of occupancy of less than 500 sq km (EN B2a) due to its restriction to water-filled tree holes in closed canopy rain forest. Because of the discovery of new populations of this species in 1988 and 1989 (and the promise of finding other populations), its conservation status is downgraded from CR to EN. Available information on population size and trends and on the number of mature individuals is insufficient to estimate actual population size (for criterion C), but the specialized habitat and scarcity of specimens implies a small population size (estimated to be fewer than 2,500 mature individuals) with no subpopulation estimated to contain more than 250 individuals i.e. C2a(i). There is a likely trend towards declining numbers due to increased deforestation relating to several years of war and political unrest in Liberia. No quantitative analysis of the probability of extinction has been carried out to assess the species under criterion E.
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|This species is endemic to the Upper Guinea rain forests of western Liberia (Bong, Lofa, and Mesurado Counties) and Guinea, and is presumably also found in the forested parts of Sierra Leone which lie between these two populations.
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Two men are wanted in a shooting that left a man instantly paralyzed in east Baltimore, police said.
City police said officers were called to the 2000 block of East Chase Street just after 4 a.m. Thursday, where they said two men tried to rob Gary Johnson at gunpoint.
Police said the 49-year-old victim tried to run, but was shot in the back and instantly paralyzed.
Police said the two men fled in a dark blue, four-door car westbound on East Chase Street.
Investigators described the two men as black, in their late 30s or 40s and both are shorter than 5 feet 11 inches tall and both have slim builds.
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A 69-year-old Seward man died Monday when the boat he and two friends were riding sank in the water.
Three friends — Ronald Cone, 55, of Anchorage; Nathan Cone, 29, of Anchorage; and Harold Moore, of Seward — were boating on the Twentymile River near Girdwood when the 16-foot aluminum boat's propeller hit and stuck on a log, according to Alaska State troopers.
The current pushed the idle boat backwards into a logjam, and the boat's rear filled with water, sinking the boat, troopers reported.
Ronald and Nathan Cone swam to the river's shore. The friends told troopers they last saw Moore floating down the river. Ronald Cone and Moore were wearing life jackets, and the younger Cone wore no flotation device, troopers reported. The men had planned to go moose hunting, having obtained a moose draw permit for the area, troopers' spokeswoman Beth Ispen said.
Soldotna dispatch received a call at 5:08 p.m. from Nathan Cone about the accident. Two troopers and a U.S. Forest Service officer responded to the location about 4.5 miles upriver from the Seward Highway. Responders retrieved Moore's body downstream then picked up the Cones, Ispen said.
Medics evaluated the surviving father and son when the group reached the highway, but the Cones refused additional medical attention, troopers reported.
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Release Date: 12/99
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As you trudge up the snow-covered mountainside somewhere in Tibet, you have little sense of the mysterious mission that awaits you. If only you knew that, if successful in accomplishing the arduous tasks that lie before you, you will not only restore the balance of order to the world but find a very unexpected kind of personal peace and pleasure.
But for the moment, you have been "summoned" to meet with an old Shaman, who sits in an old Atlantean airship waiting for your arrival. You are Ten, a descendent of Seth, the original hero of Atlantis: The Lost Tales (the first Atlantisadventure game from Cryo). What happens next is that the old Shaman will explain to you what has transpired in the centuries that have passed since the time of Seth and the halcyon days of the Atlantean culture under the rule of Queen Rhea and how your destiny is linked to the past.
It seems that the development of the civilization of Atlantis with its unique technologies and skills can be attributed to a power that came from outer space and was represented by "the Cube." At some point in the distant past, the people divided the power of the Cube into two parts, one "the Light" and the other "the Dark." Subsequently, a war between the two partisan camps resulted in the conquest of the Dark, which was then captured and locked away in a metal head. The people decided to keep the Dark and the Light separate. While the majority went to live on the island of Atlantis, a smaller group bearing the Light portion of the Cube settled in Shambhala.
Centuries later on Atlantis, Queen Rhea's royal consort, Creon, did the unthinkable: he freed the Dark from its containment and unleashed the struggle between Light and Dark once again. It was at this juncture that Seth, the hero ofAtlantis, took the Light within himself and vanquished the Dark once more. The people of Shambhala would have liked to have joined together the Light and the Dark halves of the Cube, but they were afraid that the Dark might overcome the Light, so they chose to keep the two halves separated. The people of Shambhala then became the keepers of the Dark, hiding it away, while the Light passed down from Seth through the generations until it now resided with Ten, who became the "silent" Bearer of the Light.
Now ... the Super Nova of the Crab, a bright star that shines day and night, has appeared in the sky and has awakened the Light half of the power of the Cube. Has it awakened the Dark half also? Will the balance of order and chaos that was established hundreds of years ago be upset?
It is here that the old Shaman explains to Ten his destiny as the Bearer of the Light and teaches him about how to use triangular stones and the power of a crystal ball to embark on journeys that will take Ten on quests filled with mysteries, enigmas and revelations which, when accomplished, will build a road to Shambhala and ultimately provide the opportunity for the Bearer of the Light, Ten, to confront and capture the Dark, which turns out to be a vastly different experience than you might suspect.
Thus, the journey and the story begins ...
The Story's the Thing
Once you have acquired the knowledge that the Shaman imparts to you and have located three triangular stones along with the crystal ball, you are ready to embark on one of three journeys that you will need to take in order to ultimately reach Shambhala.
Along the way at each of three journey locations, you will uncover mysterious events from the past which have links to the unusual happenings that are occurring around you. You will take on the identity of someone from the world and time period that you have journeyed to and meet interesting and sometimes bizarre characters and strange creatures that will either help you or hinder you in your quest to resolve the problems that are before you. For only by solving the puzzles that you are presented with can you restore order to the lands that you are visiting and ultimately capture the next triangular stone that will allow you to progress down the road to Shambhala.
The three worlds that you must travel to are:
Now that you have the six triangular stones that are needed to travel to Shambhala you may think that your journey is nearly ended, but actually you still have a long way to go and many difficult trials and puzzles to solve. In fact, I found that the game becomes quite abstract at this point, and what had been a very logic-based game becomes somewhat illogical.
Suffice it to say that I do not deal effectively with abstract story-telling, so I will admit to needing some assistance in getting through the rest of the story. The purpose and use of the markings on the crystal ball, the escape from the Lotus Flower, the gathering of articles from the places that had been previously visited in the three worlds, the underwater search for Atlantis, the encounter with the octopus, and the travel through celestial bodies all seemed very abstract to me, so I suffered through those parts of the story right up until the end.
The ending itself, however, was most enjoyable and somewhat of a surprise, so I'll not say anything more except that I think that you will appreciate the interesting conclusion to what, by this time, will have been an entertaining and very challenging series of arduous journeys.
On the whole, I think Atlantis II is better than the first Atlantis, and the story kept me involved and interested in the characters except for the abstract parts near the end, which accounts for some deduction in my rating. The story receives an A-.
The Gameplay
When the game starts, the start-up screen appears and you can select to play as one of up to five players who can be playing the game simultaneously. Embedded beneath the start-up screen is the general menu, which contains three detailed sub-menus:
The game uses the familiar point-and-click interface, where you find hot spots identified by a change in the cursor icon, then use the left mouse button to move to another area, speak to a character or pick up/manipulate an object. The movements of the mouse are used for rotations within the scenes in Omni-3D, which I found to be a very comfortable system for exploration. The move to icon (arrow) sometimes moves to the next location/scene instantaneously, and sometimes the movement is accomplished by walking to the next place in the same scene.
When an object is picked up or taken, one click of the right mouse button will open the inventory and place the object in it. To use an item from inventory, simply right-click to open the inventory screen and then left-click on the desired item to select it and to close the inventory screen. Very simple and convenient.
Dialogues with characters in the game are initiated by left-clicking on the character. The character then may speak directly to you or pictorial icons will appear that will suggest certain topics for discussion. Left-clicking on these icons will start the appropriate dialogue for that icon.
Regrettably, you will need to get used to disk swapping during the game play and you can only start the game with disk 1 in your drive, all of which can be a little annoying. The game comes on four disks, which load reasonably fast.
Overall, the game interface should be comfortable for any novice or experienced adventure gamer and all of the features seemed to function well with no problems or bugs, so I will give gameplay a rating of A.
The Graphics
This is a Cryo game, so you know that the graphics will be the strong point of the game presentation. In this case, the graphics for Atlantis II are simply stunning with beautiful, vibrant colors and the best use to date of the Omni-3D modeling system to provide gorgeous scenery and locations coupled with life-like 3D character presentations and magnificent animations.
The reconstruction of the Tibet, Mayan, Ireland, China, and Shambhala worlds, right down to the most minute detail, is always breathtaking and realistic. You are in for a real visual treat when you explore the scenes that make up the worlds that you will visit and travel through. As for the animations, there are so many beautiful representations to experience and remember that I had to think about my favorite for a few minutes, but I'll select the exhilarating ride on the white horse across the water to the Birdman's island and back again which, by the way, you get to do several times during the game.
The movements of the characters are reasonably good and seemed even better to me than what I had seen in the recent Cryo game, Aztec.
The new Cryo technology used for the synchronization of every character's facial expression and speech, called Omni Sync, is excellent and perhaps among the best that you will experience in a typical adventure game.
The graphics are indeed the strength of any Cryo game, and Atlantis II shows that Cryo has continued to focus its efforts on improvement in this area and continue to succeed, which makes it appropriate for me to give the graphics a score of A+.
The Music, Sounds, and Voice Acting
Sometimes, it may seem to be most appropriate that the best thing you can say about the music is that it supports the evolvement of the story without distracting your attention away from the enjoyment of the game play. The music compositions for Atlantis II always seems appropriate and supportive of what was happening in the story and the environment (worlds and events) in which the characters are interacting. I was able to experience the music in a way that not only developed the proper moods and feelings for the interactions that were taking place in the story, but also enhanced the overall experience and enjoyment of the game.
In a very similar way, the sound effects are very good and provide just the right balance of sound and effects necessary to give me a more complete feeling of immersion in the game environments. For example, the realistic sounds of various animals, running water and the celestial movements in the sky all contribute to the game's presentation in a very positive manner.
The voice acting, which has not always been a strength of Cryo's games, this time is excellent. Atlantis II seems to have used trained, English-speaking actors and actresses that were able to convey the right emotions at the right time and use English-language expressions that are appropriate for the English-speaking gamer.
The disappointment that I had experienced in this part of the gameplay in Aztec was not evident in Atlantis II, which was a very pleasant surprise, although not up to the extremely high standards set by Faust in this category, perhaps becauseFaust also involved Arxel Tribe. But for the reasons mentioned above, the music, sound effects and voice acting deserve an A.
The Puzzles
Simply put ... Atlantis II has some of the best puzzles that I have ever experienced in an adventure game. Except for the puzzles that accompany those "abstract" portions of the story that I described earlier in this review, the vast majority of the puzzles require logical thinking to solve and are integrated nicely into the progression of the storyline.
However, because there is such a wide variety of the traditional puzzle types, even though they may be presented in some unusual formats, I'm certain that you are likely to encounter your least favorite puzzle type in this game. For instance, for you maze haters, there is the trek through the jungle paths in the Mayan world. Not to be left out, for you music puzzle types, there is the Birdman puzzle on the island in the Ireland world, and for you math freaks there are the Mayan number system puzzles.
In the category of unusual puzzles and among the most memorable for me are the Rainbow Bridge puzzle that provides you with access to the Mayan jungle (this one is a slider-type puzzle, but a really fun challenge) and the Spider Web puzzle, also in the Mayan jungle, where you will need to outwit big, bad "Mama Spider" (again, loads of fun) in order to obtain an important object.
In general, the puzzles are moderate to difficult, and you will not breeze through too many of them. But the challenge will always be rewarding both in your ability to sustain your progress in the game and in your enjoyment of the chance to apply your best thought processes and put some strain on the old gray matter.
If puzzles are an important reason why you play adventure games, then you will rejoice at the logical, thoughtful, and often complex puzzles that you will find throughout Atlantis II. I know that the puzzles were a highlight for me. The puzzles get a rating of A+.
My overall rating for Atlantis II is an A.
As one who appreciates the commitment that Cryo has made to the proliferation of the adventure game genre. and as a believer that Cryo is making strong efforts and investments to continue to improve the development of their total adventure game package (story, interaction, graphics, music, sound, acting, and puzzle elements are all included), I am putting Atlantis II on my list of the five best adventure games of 1999 along with Faust, which I reviewed earlier.
This is a relatively long game in terms of the time that it will take to play, especially if you minimize your use of a walkthrough, but if you enjoy traveling to ancient civilizations and becoming immersed in an engrossing storyline supported by excellent graphics, and integrated, logical puzzles, then you will be both thrilled and challenged by the mysteries of Atlantis II.
System Requirements
Mac OS 8.6-9.1
G3 233 MHz
Minimum 80 MB free hard drive space
8X CD ROM drive
Quicktime 4.0
Pentium 200 MHz processor
8X CD-ROM drive
2 MB video card
65,000 colors
Soundblaster-compatible sound card
70 MB available on hard drive
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The Ravens Draft: Dan Giordano
There are a lot of "highlight" tapes out there of Giordano, but I am using his performance against Pitt and USF. The reason being because Pitt runs a pro-style offense with a drop-back passing attack in Tino Sunseri and USF runs a lot of spread with zone-read elements.
Frankly, I'm surprised not many are talking about Giordano as a mid-round prospect.
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Overall, I think he has some upside, although not a tremendous amount. When I watch him I see a good all-around defensive end in a 4-3 with enough athleticism to be a "Sam" backer in a 3-4, which is what Kruger was supposed to do and what Jarret Johnson did. However, I will say that Giordano has significantly more explosion and quickness than JJ did.
Pass Rushing:
For the purpose of the Ravens, I think Giordano could be intriguing as a mid-to-late round prospect that could compete with Adrian Hamilton and Michael McAdoo for depth positions behind Suggs, Upshaw, and Dumervil. He has a motor that just doesn't quit and I really like that about him. He's strong, he uses leverage really well, and he can dip his shoulder. Purely from a pass rushing perspective, the thing I notice the most about him is that he generates a lot of pressure and forces the QB to get rid of the ball early and/or move up and away from the pocket. He doesn't ever seem to consistently GET to the QB though and I think a lot of that has to do with his closing speed. He just doesn't have that top-end closing speed that elite pass rushers have, so in that regard I don't think he'd ever be an elite pass rusher.
Surprisingly, he's not terrible in space. However he's going to need a lot of coaching regarding pass coverage because at the moment he is very limited in that he is a "north/south" defensive player. Cincinnati had a few zone-blitz plays where Giordano would drop into coverage, but it was more to confuse the QB rather than actually cover anyone effectively. So, dropping into zones may be difficult for him at first. However, I think he'd be fine working his way out to zones in the flat area to cover TE screens and swing passes to the RB.
Run Stopping:
This, IMO, is where Giordano's bread-n-butter lies. In the Ravens defense I think he'd be an outstanding depth player behind Suggs and Upshaw as the "Sam" linebacker. However, I do think that Giordano possesses better straight-line explosion than Upshaw. So, he could be more of a pass rusher than Upshaw, but I think Upshaw just does an outstanding job diagnosing the play and getting to the ball. Giordano stands up OL'men, he rarely gets pushed off the LOS, and he sheds blocks really well to make plays on ball carrier at the LOS or behind the LOS. He does a nice job diagnosing plays and even against Ray Graham (Pitt RB...very quick scat back player) he was able to run him down for minimal gains by setting the edge and forcing Graham outside without a cutback lane.
NFL Player he reminds me of: At best, maybe a Ahmad Brooks type of player mixed with some Chandler Jones. Jones has more closing speed though.
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Great writeup Wicked. Really enjoying everything you've been posting today. I haven't had a chance to look at a lot of these later-round guys and you're knocking it out of the park with your evaluations!
Giordano, along with his teammate Walter Stewart and Quanterus Smith, are guys at DE/OLB that the Ravens should take a close look at in the late rounds and as UDFAs. Giordano is not going to go high because he's not perceived to be an elite athlete and didn't produce gaudy sack totals at Cincinnati, but his motor never quits and that's something you can't teach. Definitely a Ravens type of player.
Re: The Ravens Draft: Dan Giordano
I agree...I really like Giordano. Quanterus Smith is interesting as well.
I'd like to think that the Ravens will scope out at least 1 pass rusher. McAdoo has been injured twice in two years, so I can't see them going into next year without more robust depth.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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While showing compassion, Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has made it clear to Harry O'Brien the club's focus must return to on-field matters, having endured a week of controversy about the premiership defender.
O'Brien, who has had ongoing counselling, has revealed he went to Sydney - and not Port Douglas - to help clear his mind over the weekend after falling out with Buckley last week. He said comedian friend Scott Dooley had done ''a great job of hiding me in Sydney''.
O'Brien returned to the Magpies on Tuesday and trained with the main group, although he left the field before match practice. He was then joined by president Eddie McGuire, with the pair leaving arm in arm and sharing a joke. They had been at loggerheads in recent times after McGuire's racial gaffe.
O'Brien, who also has a floating bone in his ankle, will not play against Adelaide on Friday night but the club believes he could return to face Gold Coast a week later.
He has ceded his spot in the leadership group as he battles ''personal demons'' and looks to regain his place in the team.
O'Brien and Buckley had agreed for the half-back to step down from his leadership role when they met on Monday.
Buckley said the week's events had been a learning experience, but had overshadowed a superb win over Carlton on Friday night.
''Learning every day, not just about Harry, learning about myself, learning about what the group is capable of. This has largely overshadowed what was a committed and very strong team performance on Friday … when the club was under a bit of pressure and duress,'' he said.
''That's the beauty of what we do. There are plenty of dark days … you need a lot of resilience and strength of character and support to be able to get through those dark days.''
Buckley would not disclose specifics of what was said during the team meeting last week, and immediately afterwards, which led to O'Brien swearing at his coach and other team officials and leaving the club.
It's understood O'Brien had taken offence to being asked whether he approved of a nickname given to teammate Paul Seedsman.
The Brazilian-born O'Brien said on Tuesday that his spat with Buckley was not a major issue compared with the personal issues he faced, revealing depression, sexual abuse and suicide - his father had committed suicide in 2009 - were behind his decision to take personal leave.
A member of O'Brien's family has been sexually abused, but it was O'Brien who witnessed a murder in Brazil on Christmas Day in 2011.
''I'm going through a history … of things for a long time, including a long and very complicated history of sexual abuse, suicide, depression, seeing someone get murdered, knowing who murdered that person and not being able to say anything, knowing that person will probably murder you,'' O'Brien said.
''When the time comes right, I will open up about these issues, but this is my personal experience and I have to do this in the public eye.
''And it's really tough, so if you guys [media] could just give me a bit of space, because I am going through some real stuff … It's really tough, really tough stuff.
''The club has been fantastic in supporting and protecting me and they have tried to do that. I ask you guys to co-operate because I am going through some real stuff here.
''That's the real issue here, you know, my demons that I'm starting to face. I just rattle off those issues and there's even more, even more that I don't feel comfortable in sharing.''
Buckley said he was happy for O'Brien to continue to be outspoken on social issues, but reminded him why he had been able to have a platform.
''But I think Harry needs to understand the reason he has that forum is because of the Collingwood Football Club,'' he said.
''He has a great and healthy respect for this footy club and what it has done for him and … one of the reasons he has a voice is because he has just been a good footballer and done his job very well.
''I think at the moment it's clear, from a welfare perspective, that Harry needs to have that focus on himself and getting himself in good shape physically and mentally.
''I get the impression everyone thinks he is a basketcase. He has been through some things that I couldn't imagine what that feels like. He has carried these things for a long time and he feels by sharing them it shares the load a little bit - that's what a footy club is for.''
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Jon Pierik is a sports writer with The Age, focusing primarily on AFL football, cricket and basketball. He has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.
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by as much as 20% (see Figure 13-2). Romero et al. (1999)
show that the numbers of days with precipitation over the Spanish southern coast
and the Pyrenees region have decreased by 50 and 30%, respectively, in 19641993.
In Italy, total precipitation in the 20th century has decreased by about 5%
in the north and by about 15% in the south (Buffoni et al., 1999; Brunetti et
al., 2001). Analysis of moisture extremes over Europe, using the Palmer Drought
Severity Index (PDSIBriffa et al., 1994) showed strong decadal-scale variability
in drought frequency; the 1940s and early 1950s experienced widespread and severe
droughtsa pattern repeated in 1989 and 1990.
Analyses of trends in extreme weather events in Europe generally have been
limited to national studies, making it difficult to provide a continent-wide
overview of changes in hot/cold day frequencies, precipitation intensities,
or gale frequencies. Gruza et al. (1999) analyzed data over the whole of Russia,
the western third of which falls into our definition of Europe, and found a
slight increase over the 20th century in the Climate Extremes Index (CEI), which
combines daily temperature, daily precipitation, and drought extremes. Analysis
of 85 long-term maximum 1-day precipitation records in the Nordic countries
indicates that there is a maximum in the 1930s and a tendency of increasing
values during the 1980s and 1990sdecades with relatively high regional summer
temperatures. In western Norway, the past 2 decades have been exceptional, with
substantial increases in orographic precipitation during autumn, winter, and
spring (Førland et al., 1998). Elsewhere, daily precipitation intensities over
the UK have increased in winter over recent decades (Osborn et al., 1999), although
not in other seasons. This increase in UK winter precipitation intensities has
been paralleled by a marked decrease in the frequency of cold winter days in
the UK (Jones et al., 1999). Changes in storminess over the northeast Atlantic
have been analyzed by Schmidt et al. (1998) and WASA (1998); they show that
although storminess has increased in recent decades, storm intensities are no
higher than they were early in the 20th century. Wave heights around the shores
of northwest Europe also show large decadal variability, but no long-term trends
One important cause for interannual and perhaps interdecadal climate variability
in Europe, particularly in winter, is the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).
NAO is a measure of the strength of the westerly flow over the North Atlantic;
records go back to the early 19th century (Jones et al., 1997). Over the past
4 decades, the NAO pattern gradually has altered from the most extreme and persistent
negative phase in the 1960s to the most extreme positive phase during the late
1980s and early 1990sa trend that has been responsible for relatively mild
and wet winters during the latter period over much of northwest Europe (Hurrell
and van Loon, 1997) and can help explain the observed narrowing in DTR (Tuomenvirta
et al., 1998). Following its long period of amplification, the NAO index underwent
a sharp decrease to a short-lived minimum in the winter of 19951996, with radical
recognizable changes in the North Atlantic. It should be noted that the NAO
appears to exert significant control on the export of ice and freshwater from
the Arctic to the open Atlantic (WCRP, 1998). Since that temporary minimum,
a recovery toward positive values of the NAO has been observed. NAO certainly
is a more important influence on European climate than the El Niño-Southern
Oscillation (ENSO), although several studies have explored the influence of
ENSO on European precipitation variability, and links between NAO and ENSO are
being sought. Evidence for such an influence is weak and shows phase differences
through the continent (Fraedrich and Müller, 1992; Fraedrich et al., 1992; Rodo
et al., 1997; Price et al., 1998).
The response of human activities and the natural environment to current weather
perturbations provides a guide to where critical sensitivities to future climate
change may lie. Even if adaptation may modify the response, analysis of present-day
sensitivities helps us understand the likely impact of future climate changes
on our environment and lifestyle.
The principal sensitivities in Europe to current climate and weather conditions
are to:
Sensitivities vary across Europe as a result of differences in climate and
topography, as well as the socioeconomic environment, but all of Europe is sensitive
to the foregoing anomalous conditions.
Extremely hot and dry summers were experienced in 1995 throughout much of western
Europe (Palutikof et al., 1997) and in 1992 in CEE (Schellnhuber et al., 1994).
Summer drought conditions can have a devastating impact on the natural environment,
particularly by reducing the availability of water for flora and fauna. Pollution
levels may rise to high levels in the subsiding anticyclonic air, with add-on
effects for human health in terms of increased numbers of asthma attacks and
associated hospitalizations. High water temperatures often lead to algal blooms,
which may make water bodies unusable for recreational purposes.
Agriculture and water supply are the two economic sectors
that may be most severely affected by exceptional heat and drought in summer.
Large proportions of the working populations in Mediterranean countries are
engaged in agriculture, and even in normal years water shortages may be a
limiting factor. These countries, therefore, appear to be more vulnerable to
exceptional summer weather. An increased frequency of hot, dry summers is likely
to reduce tree growth and affect timber yield and quality. Reduced tree vigor
often favors outbreaks of pests and pathogens, and hot and dry conditions trigger
Milder winters exert a major impact on the natural environment. Overwintering
of species is more successful. However, failure to kill off pests and diseases
that prey on wildlife, as well as failure to cull weaker members of the specieswhich
then compete for food in the following springs and summersin the end may
be counterproductive. Cannell and Pitcairn (1993) show that during two mild
winters in the UK, various life events occurred earlierfor example, insects
and other animals moved about and fed more actively, causing widespread aphid
damage on oak and mite damage on lime. Milder winters can affect fulfillment
of chilling requirements in some plant species, which would have an impact on
the formation of leaf and flower buds (e.g., Murray et al., 1989). This could
lead to regeneration failure; some susceptible species are common across much
of Europe today (e.g., Picea abies) (Sykes and Prentice, 1996).
The skiing industry in Europe is vulnerable to variations in snowfallthat
is, too little or too much snow. Many European ski resorts have suffered severe
shortfalls in earnings when snow cover was not sufficiently deep during Christmas
and winter school holidays. If temperatures remain below freezing, a more active
hydrological cycle might lead to more episodes of heavy snowfall; the winter
of 19981999 is a good proxy for this situation. Although the number of cold
spells generally has decreased over the past few decades, cold spells still
have a range of impacts on agriculture, settlements, the built environment,
and transport.
Severe windstorms affected Europe in the 1990s. The January 1990 storm (Daria)
caused insured losses of about US$5.7 billion (at 1997 prices) and 95 deaths;
in the following month, the storm of 26 February (Vivian) caused a further US$3.9
billion in insured losses (Swiss Re, 1998) and 64 deaths. The UK experienced
a severe windstorm at Christmas 1997, causing 13 deaths and losses of US$500
million (Swiss Re, 1998).
The major impact of windstorm on the natural environment is on trees, woodland,
and forest. It is estimated that 15 million trees (5 months production of coniferous
wood and 2 years production of broadleaf timber productionsee Quine, 1988)
were blown down in the UK during the October 1987 storm.
Windstorm associated with tidal surge is a particularly deadly combination
for low-lying coastal areas, as epitomized by the event of 1953. Severe northerly
winds combined with an exceptionally high spring tide caused overtopping in
The Netherlands and much of East Anglia, resulting in more than 2,000 deaths.
Since then the policy has been to keep the sea out at all costs, and in fact
several storm surges of similar size have occurred with no loss of life.
Several devastating river floods, of high severity, occurred in Europe in the
1990s (Kundzewicz and Takeuchi, 1999). Among the flood events to hit the headlines
was the Odra flood in the summer of 1997, during which historic flow records
were broken. The deluge caused more than 100 deaths and economic damage in excess
of US$5 billion (Kundzewicz et al., 1999).
Coastal squeeze occurs when coastal habitats are squeezed between rising
sea level and fixed hard defenses (Bijlsma et al., 1996). It is occurring in
most northwest European countries, and it already is a coastal management issue
(Rigg et al., 1997). It is considered in more detail in Sections
18.104.22.168 and 13.3.5.
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Founding member of the Toronto-based performance collective Birdown and Swanville, Aurora is also the author of 36 Little Plays about Hopeless Girls, which premiered at the Tranzac Club in Toronto in August of 2006, and gained critical praise at the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival.Don't miss Aurora's Docents Gone Wild debut this Saturday at 1pm!
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Use these six cutting-edge tips to avoid the dreaded wall the next time you tackle 26.2.
When Meb Keflezighi and Ryan Hall reached the 23-mile mark of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon as co-leaders of the race, they were on pace to finish in 2:08:34. Keflezighi wound up stopping the clock at 2:09:08, Hall in 2:09:30. In other words, both runners hit a wall — not catastrophically, but enough to have felt it.
The third man to reach the 23-mile mark, Abdi Abdirahman, also slowed down over the last 3.2 miles of the race, as did the fourth- and fifth-place finishers. In fact, you have to go all the way back to 12th place to find a runner — Ricky Flynn — who held pace over the final 5K of the Olympic Trials marathon.
Yes, pro runners hit that imaginary but very real physiological wall, too, but it's not nearly the problem that it is for the rest of us. Roughly three out of every four participants in any given marathon cover the second half of the race at least two minutes slower than the first. Many runners slow down even more dramatically after the 20-mile mark, where the wall traditionally hovers. By contrast, less than one in 10 half-marathon participants slow down by a comparable amount, and in races shorter than 13.1 miles hitting the wall is a rare occurrence.
The most common cause of hitting the wall is muscle glycogen depletion. Glycogen, a fuel derived from dietary carbohydrates, is stored in relatively small amounts in the muscles and liver, where it waits to be delivered to muscles via the bloodstream in the form of glucose. Most runners have enough glycogen in their bodies to run 13.1 miles at a good pace. But the marathon is fundamentally a metabolic challenge. If you run the first half of the race even one percent too fast, you risk depleting your glycogen levels. Finishing a marathon without hitting the wall requires storing and conserving enough glycogen fuel to avoid running out of it somewhere between 20 and 26 miles — which, as the statistics show, is not easy to do.
Good pacing is paramount. You'll burn through precious glycogen stores more slowly if you maintain a consistent pace than you will if your pace is erratic, even if it averages out to be the same. Proper training also helps. A good marathon training plan will increase your capacity to store glycogen and improve your running economy and fat-burning capacity, enabling you to burn through stores at a slower rate.
But pacing and training aren't enough. You must also maintain an appropriate nutrition plan throughout your training process. However, the thinking behind marathon (and half-marathon) training nutrition has shifted in recent years. Follow these six rules to maximize your training and avoid the wall in long-distance races.


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Review of 2562's album Unbalance
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They'll hit the UK and Ireland this November.
Slaves hold open auditions for a new drummer in the star-studded and ultimately heart-warming video for their new single 'Chokehold'.
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GNU Spotlight with Karl Berry: 24 new GNU releases!
24 new GNU releases in the last month (as of March 25, 2014):
New highs for LibrePlanet
What does it mean when, over a single year, the number of people who come to LibrePlanet more than doubles?
Introducing Jaewoo, the Licensing Team's spring intern
Jaewoo Cho recently started working at the FSF as a licensing intern. In this post, he writes about his experience with free software and his goals for the internship.
LibrePlanet 2014: Day one wrap-up
The first day of LibrePlanet 2014 was a huge success, thanks to the work of our tireless volunteers, staff, and speakers.
How I made a video for LibrePlanet using all free software
At last year's LibrePlanet (2013), I had the opportunity to watch much of the footage used in this video being shot. This was my first LibrePlanet and I found that congenial conversations and insightful talks were both available in abundance. A few friendly conversations later, I volunteered to edit the LibrePlanet video using all free software -- something I had been looking for the opportunity to try. I have been producing, shooting and editing videos for the past ten years or so, but using the editing software available at the local community access TV station in Newton, MA (just a short subway ride from the FSF offices in Boston).
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The LibrePlanet 2014 Free Software Directory sprint and IRC meeting!
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Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3369161&forum_id=2#31527029)
If you wanted to design the most beatable GOP candidate possible for Hillary you couldn't do better than Trump.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3369161&forum_id=2#31527098)
Please link to plot from the 1980s(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3369161&forum_id=2#34201496)