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As conductor, organizer and composer, Felix Mendelssohn played a key role in resuscitating the traditions of J. S. Bach for the nineteenth century. Elijah — once a yearly staple of American musical life, and still popular — and Paulus helped to redefine the oratorio genre in ways that affected British as well as German music for generations. In this very attractive if quiet release, Laurence Equilbey leads her substantive but rather hushed chorus Accentus and the capable Ensemble Orchestral de Paris through a tour of the (mainly) lesser-known fragmentary and short choral cantatas.
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Like several works here, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" (O head covered in blood and wounds) utilizes in reworked and reharmonized from extant Lutheran chorales ( including "A Mighty Fortress") that Bach also incorporated into his works. The Dresden-based Kavalierbariton Butter, a fine singer, brings style and a pleasant, slightly dry sound to the central aria, written by Mendelssohn for Eduard Devrient, the multitalented baritone whom the composer used as Jesus in his revelatory 1829 revival of the St. Matthew Passion (and brother-in-law of the creatrix of Adriano, Senta and Venus). Rushing strings introduce the comparatively well-known Christmas cantata "Von Himmel Hoch" — with texts by Martin Luther himself — also from 1831. A five-part chorus and timpani mark this score, and there are solos for soprano and baritone. Equilbey's well-tuned choral forces let loose with abandon, but Piau's beautifully focused, straightforward aria "Sei willekomm, du edler Gast!" ("Be welcome, noble guest") marks this pleasing CDs radiant high point.
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Discussion in 'College Tennis Talk' started by jaggy, May 17, 2012.
Florida/Duke down to #5 singles, UF up 5-3 in the 3rd
Alex Cercone to the friggin rescue. What a finish ladies. Kudos to Duke, wish we could both play for it tomorrow. Much respect.
Both UCLA and UF are gonna be gassed for the 1PM start tomorrow. Two total slugfests. Battle of attrition. Wish I were there.
you've got quite a team there floridatennisdude - duke fought awfully hard today and had some chances for sure (8-7 serving at 2 dubs, and i always like clayton's chances in a 3rd set since she's the most experienced singles starter on the team and a heck of a fighter) - but i think the better team won in the end
very glad the duke ladies put it all on the line when they could have been deflated going into singles (like i was haha) - i think today's match is much more indicative of what they have to offer than that beating they took down in florida - they didn't get the revenge they wanted, but should walk away from this one with their heads much higher
good luck to your team in the finals
Florida recap...
Crazy! Mather was serving 4-0, 40-30 in the 3rd set. She hit a first serve fault and then ran to her bench. She threw up Gatorade and then ran back and hit her 2nd serve. She went on to bagel Mar in the 3rd set 6-0. Great effort!
Here is match point of the USC/UCLA women's match.
These girls are fighters and Roland is such a good coach. They all repect him a great deal. Let's get another won girls!
MCcall Jones, a transfer from BYU is proving that she made a right decision. She is a tough player mentally. and Lao ran out of gas. it happens.
Florida taking on UCLA now.
Video is choppy. does georgia cam people know this ? this is very annoying. i think it can be fixed
There is volume and commentary if you click the women's final coverage link below court 6. Video is just ok but in this HD age anything other than HD looks poor.
Also is ESPN covering this ? or is it tape delay only ?
i am not complaining about quality. It is choppy and keeps on freezing for 2 seconds and going. it is only doing this on top 6 courts. but Lower courts where the other semis were played on is working great. so it has to be a technical issue.
TopDawg. Thank you so much. that commentary video is working perfectly. Is this the ESPN coverage ?
LOL. these guys are funny. they are giving bunch of tips on what the UCLA girls should or shouldn't do in doubles and it is all basic stuff. and JP Mcenroe is the best volleyer in history of tennis, he saids.
#1 dubs in the books for the Gators. 2 and 3 are tight.
Gators take the dubs pt - some darker clouds rolling in; hopefully they stay away
As expected a Gator crowd - probably 200 Gators and about 20 Bruins. Tickets half price today to try and get the locals out; of course they skin you up charging $5 to park which is a ripoff.
Anderson (UCLA) gets a netcord winner on set point to take the first from Will.
Embree (UF) up a break on 2
Montez (UCLA) takes the first set off Mather at 3 and are on serve in the 2nd
Oyen (UF) took the first set on 4, on serve in the 2nd
Cercone (UF) took the first set on 5, up 3-0 in the 4th
Seguso (UCLA) serving at 6-5 for the first set
Cercone up 5-0 in the 2nd now for UF. Looks like she won't be last on the courts today!
Gators go up 2-0
#6 first set goes to UCLA in a tiebreak
Oyen wins 3 & 2 at #4 to put the Gators up 3-0.
I'm feeling confident with Mather and Embree still on the courts!
Embree is rolling...looking like it could be a sweep!
Good job Florida. Love to watch UCLA go down in anything. Impressive!
Gator faithful feelin it - serving for the championship at 2
Allie Will calls a injury time out since she is about to lose the match down 5-2 in the 2nd set against freshman Anderson. Why does the Umpire allow this ? This is such poor sportsmanship and is pathetic.
Because Will is allowed one MTO and officials can not dispute if a player is injured or not, mainly due to liabilities issues, even if the official may believe it is a stalling technique.
Very classy Miss Will
Same reason Jones from UCLA took an injury time out down 5-0 to Embry in the deciding match. It happens all the time in college tennis. Just the way it is.
Sportsmanship is dead in college tennis. Not news really.
So proud of the lady Gators! Great job girls!
she only did it to give Anderson a chance to close out her match.
Show me in the rules why the umpire shouldn't allow it?
It's not that the umpire shouldn't allow it (it would be quite the chore to determine whether players are taking a legit MTO), it's that the players shouldn't do it unless actually injured. Only they know.
We can robotically dismiss any behavior with "it happens all the time," as someone said previously.
Shades of John Isner against Somdev Devvarman in the team match about five years ago. I cannot remember if it was a medical time out, or just excessive stalling between points.
Obviously, but the good Doctor indicated that the umpire shouldn't allow it, so I an wondering what he is basing that on.
They did make a good step by limiting the players to one MTO per match instead of one per injury a couple of years. It seems like the amount of MTO's for what appear to be gamesmanship reasons has cut way down.
wow quite a beatdown of UCLA in the finals - great job and congrats to the Gators
Duke will have everyone back trying to get some revenge and block the three-peat next year - looking forward to some more exciting matches between those two teams
The 4 teams in the semi finals as well as Stanford return a high percentage of starters and have solid recruits committed. I see 4 out of these 5 teams again being in the final four next year.
This guy knows how to get it done
It would be nice if that other guy in the picture was having the same kind of success as his partner.
Jackson could and should be having the same success as Roland. Same wonderful facilities and support staff, same strong state to recruit from, same popular university that everyone wants to attend. The reason Jackson has not (and never will, in my opinion) won a National title is his own coaching issues. There is no player development going on with the men and the top players leave the program because of this. Case in point, Spencer has signed a release and is transferring next year. Another huge loss for the Gator's. Several other players on the team are very unhappy with Jackson and his coaching style. Do you think Foley will fire him if the whole team transfers or quits?
I don't think Foley will fire Andy. He just went Elite 8 with a group that shouldn't have gotten out of the round of 16. I think it would take booster revolt to get Andy out right now.
He surely has a bad trend of transfers. However, if he still wins with all those issues Jeremy will just nod and move on to football. He isn't the highest paid AD in the country because he sweats a few transfers in men's tennis.
Shame about Spencer. I found myself watching his matches more and more as the season went on. Great heart on that kid.
I hate that this is detracting from the lady's thread.
Congrats Lady Gators! Get it done in singles tonight!
Ps...for those paying attention, it will be like a Lady Gator dual match tonight with Will, Embree, Mather, and Oyen all taking the courts at nearly the same time.
Yes, UCLA and USC both had 3 freshman in their line up.
that is what UF had three years ago and it worked out well!
Duke also has 3 freshman in their singles lineup
Anyone know if Denise Dy won today? Having trouble with the scoring pages at work.
Here is the video of Lauren Embree serving to give Florida its 2nd straight National Title.
Anybody watch that epic match today between Nicole Gibbs and Mathers of florida ? very tough 3 setter. Mathers had so many chances to win that match but couldn't close it. This could be the year for Gibbs to grab that NCAA title and get the wildcard to the Open.
Didn't watch it, but impressive comeback from Gibbs. Jo is hard to overcome when she gets on a roll, especially seeing as she was playing in front of many friends and family. Hope she takes a shot at the pros this summer. She actually has a unique game that could work well against the bigger hitters out there.
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Allen, 29, was accused of a 2010 spending spree using the neighborhood association's credit card. His expenditures included a down payment for a BMW roadster, trips to Hawaii and Mexico and other vacations, and hair transplants.
Under a plea deal, he will receive a six-month sentence in county jail and must make full restitution of the total amount he took from Greenmeadow within one year.
The jail term will be stayed while he works to pay back the debt. But if he does not make restitution within one year, he must serve the sentence, Rob Baker, Santa Clara County supervising deputy district attorney, said.
The exact sum that Allen embezzled will take several months to compile, Baker said. Upon completion of restitution, the judge will reduce the conviction to a misdemeanor, and Allen would be on probation for three years, he said.
His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 18.
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While other Peninsula cities are preparing to merge or outsource their public-safety departments, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos are pursuing a less drastic idea — a "virtual consolidation" of their emergency operations.
The three cities have been working for the past three years on upgrades that would allow each department to effortlessly communicate with the others and provide backup service as needed. Currently, the cities' respective dispatch systems can't communicate with one another.
The project would also boost the cities' ability to respond to incidents along their respective borders and provide redundancies for each dispatch system — a useful measure in the event one of the dispatch systems becomes inoperable, said Charles Cullen, director of technical services at the Palo Alto Police Department.
Cullen, who updated the City Council on the effort Monday night, called virtual consolidation "an important and groundbreaking project" that will allow the cities to leverage the benefits of consolidation without the "upfront cost of a brick-and-mortar facility." By pooling their resources, Cullen said, the three cities were able to bid together on a common dispatch system that each would not be able to afford on their own. Last year, they selected the company Intergraph Corporation to design and install the new system, Cullen said.
The upgrade will cost the three cities a little more than $3 million, with Palo Alto and Mountain View each contributing roughly $1.3 million and Los Altos (which has a smaller population and no fire department) chipping in $740,000. The mutual-aid channel would be partially funded by a grant from the State Homeland Security Grant Program.
South Palo Alto housing proposal shot down
After seeing hundreds of housing units pop up in their part of the city over the past decade, dozens of south Palo Alto residents breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday night when the City Council shot down the latest residential proposal.
The 23-home proposal for 525 San Antonio Road, near the Mountain View border, wasn't nearly as massive or dense as housing complexes that have been built around East Meadow Circle and on El Camino Real, at the former site of Hyatt Rickey's. Applicant SummerHill Homes, Inc., argued that the modest development — six one-story homes and 17 two-story homes — would provide a perfect transition between the small Eichler community in the Greendell neighborhood to the west of the site and the apartment buildings to the east.
SummerHill had also agreed to reduce the number of houses from 26 to 23 and to position its one-story homes between the new two-story homes and Greendell's one-story houses.
But after hearing from dozens of residents, the council voted unanimously to deny the application, arguing that SummerHill's application is not consistent with the city's Comprehensive Plan and that the project's site doesn't have enough amenities to warrant more housing. In doing so, the council followed the recommendation of its planning staff, the Planning and Transportation Commission and about 30 residents from the Greendell and Greenmeadow neighborhoods. Project opponents cited overfilled schools, insufficient public facilities and a lack of good transit service in the area as reasons for rejecting the plan.
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|Oracle® OLAP Reference
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10334-02
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CWM2_OLAP_PC_TRANSFORM package contains a procedure for generating a SQL script that creates a solved, level-based dimension table from a parent-child dimension table. .
After running the script and creating the new table, you can define OLAP metadata so that OLAP API applications can access the dimension.
See Also:
This chapter discusses the following topics:
Before running the
CWM2_OLAP_PC_TRANSFORM.CREATE_SCRIPT procedure, ensure that the RDBMS is enabled to write to a file. To specify a directory, you can use either a directory object to which your user ID has been granted the appropriate access, or a path set by the
UTL_FILE_DIR initialization parameter for the instance.
A parent-child dimension table must exist and be accessible to the
CREATE_SCRIPT procedure.
A parent-child dimension table is one in which the hierarchical relationships are defined by a parent column and a child column. Since the hierarchy is defined by the relationship between the values within two columns, a parent-child dimension is sometimes referred to as having a value-based hierarchy.
Sample Parent-Child Dimension Table Columns
The following example illustrates the relationships between the values in the child and parent columns. A description column, which is an attribute of the child, is also included.
CHILD PARENT DESCRIPTION ------------- ----------- ------------- World World USA World United States of America Northeast USA North East Region Southeast USA South East Region MA Northeast Massachusetts Boston MA Boston, MA Burlington MA Burlington, MA NY Northeast New York State New York City NY New York, NY GA Southeast Georgia Atlanta GA Atlanta,GA Canada World Canada
If you choose to create OLAP Catalog metadata to represent a parent-child dimension, set the
solved_code for the hierarchy to
'SOLVED VALUE-BASED', as described in Chapter 12, " CWM2_OLAP_HIERARCHY ".
Note:You can create OLAP Catalog metadata to represent value-based hierarchies, but this type of hierarchy is not accessible to applications that use the OLAP API.
The script generated by
OLAP_PC_TRANSFORM.CREATE_SCRIPT creates a table that stores the values from the parent-child table in levels.
The resulting level-based dimension table includes the full lineage of every level value in every row. This type of dimension table is solved, because the fact table related to this dimension includes embedded totals for all level combinations.
If you want to enable parent-child dimension tables for access by the OLAP API, you must convert them to solved, level-based dimension tables. The OLAP API requires that dimensions have levels and that they include a GID (Grouping ID) column and an Embedded Total (ET) key column. GIDs and ET key columns are described in Example: Creating a Solved, Level-Based Dimension Table.
The following example illustrates how the parent-child relationships in would be represented as solved levels.
TOT_GEOG COUNTRY REGION STATE CITY DESCRIPTION -------- ------- --------- ----- ------- ---------------------- World USA Northeast MA Boston Boston, MA World USA Northeast MA Burlington Burlington, MA World USA Northeast NY New York City New York, NY World USA Southeast GA Atlanta Atlanta, GA World USA Northeast MA Massachusetts World USA Northeast NY New York State World USA Southeast GA Georgia World USA Northeast North East Region World USA Southeast South East Region World USA United States of America World Canada Canada World World
When creating OLAP Catalog metadata to represent a solved, level-based dimension hierarchy, specify a
solved_code of
'SOLVED LEVEL-BASED', as described in Chapter 12, " CWM2_OLAP_HIERARCHY ".
Assuming a parent-child dimension table with the
PARENT and
CHILD columns shown in , you could use a command like the following to represent these columns in a solved, level-based dimension table.
execute cwm2_olap_pc_transform.create_script ('/dat1/scripts/myscripts' , 'jsmith' , 'input_tbl' , 'PARENT' , 'CHILD' , 'output_tbl' , 'jsmith_data');
This statement creates a script in the directory
. The script will convert the parent-child table
input_tbl to the solved, level-based table
output_tbl. Both tables are in the
jsmith_data tablespace of the
jsmith schema.
You can run the resulting script with the following command.
You can view the resulting table with the following command.
select * from output_tbl_view
The resulting table would look like this.
GID SHORT_DESC LONG_DESC CHILD1 CHILD2 CHILD3 CHILD4 CHILD5 --- ----------- ------------ ------ ----- -------- ------ ------- 0 Boston Boston World USA Northeast MA Boston 0 Burlington Burlington World USA Northeast MA Burlington 0 New York City New York City World USA Northeast NY New York City 0 Atlanta Atlanta World USA Southeast GA Atlanta 1 MA MA World USA Northeast MA 1 NY MA World USA Northeast NY 1 GA GA World USA Southeast GA 3 Northeast Northeast World USA Northeast 3 Southeast Southeast World USA Southeast 7 USA USA World USA 7 Canada Canada World Canada 15 World World World
The script automatically creates a GID column, as required by the OLAP API. The GID identifies the hierarchy level associated with each row by assigning a zero to each non-null value and a one to each null value in the level columns. The resulting binary number is the value of the GID. For example, a GID of 3 is assigned to the row with the level values World, USA, Northeast, since the three highest levels are assigned zeros and the two lowest levels are assigned ones.
CHILD1 CHILD2 CHILD3 CHILD4 CHILD5 ------ ----- -------- ------ ------- World USA Northeast 0 0 0 1 1
The script automatically generates columns for long description and short description. If you have columns in the input table that contain this information, you can specify them as parameters to the
CREATE_SCRIPT procedure.
If you do not specify a column for the short description, the script creates the column and populates it with the lowest-level child value represented in each row. If you do not specify a column for the long description, the script simply replicates the short description.
The ET key column required by the OLAP API is the short description column that is created by default.
Table 17-1 CWM2_OLAP_PC_TRANSFORM
|CREATE_SCRIPT Procedure
|Generates a script that converts a parent-child table to an embedded-total table.
This procedure generates a script that converts a parent-child dimension table to an embedded-total dimension table.
CREATE_SCRIPT ( directory IN VARCHAR2, schema IN VARCHAR2, pc_table IN VARCHAR2, pc_parent IN VARCHAR2, pc_child IN VARCHAR2, slb_table IN VARCHAR2, slb_tablespace IN VARCHAR2, pc_root IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, number_of_levels IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL, level_names IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, short_description IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, long_description IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, attribute_names IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);
Table 17-2 CREATE_SCRIPT Procedure Parameters
|The directory that will contain the generated script. This may be either a directory object or a directory path specified in the
UTL_FILE_DIR initialization parameter.
|Schema containing the parent-child table. This schema will also contain the solved, level-based table.
|Name of the parent-child table.
|Name of the column in
pc_table that contains the parent values .
|Name of the column in
pc_table that contains the child values.
|Name of the solved, level-based table that will be created.
|Name of the tablespace where the solved, level-based table will be created.
|One of the following:
|One of the following:
|One of the following:
|One of the following:
|One of the following:
|One of the following:
Usage Notes
If a table with the same name as the solved, level-based table already exists, the script will delete it.
You can reduce the time required to generate the script by specifying the number of levels in the
number_of_levels parameter. If you do not specify a value for this parameter, the
CREATE_SCRIPT procedure calculates all the levels from the parent-child table.
To define additional characteristics of the solved, level-based table, you can modify the generated script file before executing it.


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LIVONIA, Mich. -
Trish Wiltsie described what she sees almost every day near JayCee Park in the neighborhood at Farmington and Seven Mile roads.
"Cars whizzing by. They don't stop. I walk my dog and I have to watch every time I cross the street because I don't know if they're going to stop," she said.
Not only that, residents say hundreds who go to the park every week to play and practice are noisy. They sometimes leave behind trash, and even trash talk.
When the president of the Michigan Wolves and Hawks Soccer Club called for a neighborhood meeting Thursday night to discuss expanding, he got an earful.
After hearing numerous complaints about noise, unsafe driving and objections to expanding the field to include concessions and lights, the soccer club is pulling back on its plans to expand.
"This has certainly caught me off guard," said Ed McCarthy, president of the Wolves and Hawks Soccer Club.
As to current issues, Livonia city leaders will now address the problems.
"We were totally taken by surprise on this," said City Council President Laura Toy.
Wiltsie wants action.
"I don't know what the solution is but something's got to be done about that," she said.
Toy said the issue will be addressed at the next City Council meeting. Some of the solutions already kicked around include installing speed bumps and posting signs warning drivers to slow down.
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Ian Donald (1910-87)
Ian Donald was a British obstetrician who pioneered ultrasound for medical diagnosis.
Donald began medical school at St Thomas's Hospital in London in 1937. His studies were interrupted by the Second World War, during which he served with distinction in the Royal Air Force medical branch. After the war, Donald returned to St Thomas's. He qualified as an obstetrician in 1947. In 1954 he was appointed to the Regius chair of midwifery at the University of Glasgow.
As a child, Donald was fascinated by machines and electronics. He became familiar with radar and sonar during the war, and in Glasgow investigated using sonar for medical diagnosis. At the time, ultrasound was mainly used for detecting flaws in metal. In 1955, Donald visited a boiler-making company that was using the technique. He took a collection of tumours and lumps and scanned them with ultrasound. Soft-tissue tumours beneath the skin were difficult to find using X‑rays.
In 1958, Donald and an engineer called Tom Brown built the first successful ultrasound diagnostic machine. Donald's idea of using ultrasound to diagnose humans was ridiculed. However, after a large ovarian cyst was diagnosed in a female patient, practitioners took the technology seriously. Alice Stewart's research demonstrated X‑rays during pregnancy were dangerous to the foetus, which also led to ultrasound being accepted as a safer imaging technology.
Donald pioneered using ultrasound to measure foetal development. He later became known for opposing abortion and experiments on embryos. He campaigned against the 1967 Abortion Act, which he saw as an 'attempt to eliminate an evil by substituting a different evil'.


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Price Range: $124 - $313 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
Hotel Class:3 star — The Colony Hotel 3*
Number of rooms: 48
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He was out there promoting his new shoe for $14.98, the same ones he's gonna rock on the court...
Talking about the knicks - 42 different starting lineups was the cause of last season's poor record.
Saying isiah and all the players are gonna be on the same page


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As far as sales figures go, the Call of Duty franchise is the biggest thing to ever happen to gaming. In fact, its moneymaking potential is making Hollywood blockbuster films blush with their inadequacy to compete. So I think it's pretty fair to say that there are a lot of people who like Call of Duty.
So why is the series so popular, and why do people spend so much time with it year after year?
Same reason everyone returns year in year out to play pokemon. It's just fun.
It's a fun, pick up and play, fast-paced shooter. It managed to find the right balance between realism and arcade so that people can recognize the weapons and the technologies used, while still remaining forgiving enough so that you don't die without having a chance to fight back.
The campaigns are short, but full of set pieces and never really have the player go through an extended period of time without action.
Call of Duty is basically like a Michael Bay movie; it's simple, action-packed and a lot of people will buy it. It might not be the best game of the year, but it certainly is entertaining.
it's really fun, despite what awesome cool "core" players say on here. COD4 was a masterpiece to core players, until it got popular, then they didnt get to feel different and cool for playing it. same sad story with the sudden hatred for WoW. If a franchise becomes successful, it gets hated on by "core" players.
COD is really fun, in my opinion the black ops franchise is more fun that MW.


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Yahoo SportsThere is at least one player who could significantly help the Mavericks quest for a championship: Toronto Raptors forward (and Dallas native) Chris Bosh(notes).
There has been speculation Bosh could be moved before the trade deadline if the Raptors feel they have no way of re-signing the coveted free agent next summer. An NBA source with knowledge of Torontos plans told Yahoo! Sports that Raptors officials are still hopeful the team will improve enough to convince Bosh to re-sign. That didnt stop Nowitzki from chatting up Bosh when both visited South Africa with the NBAs Basketball Without Borders program.
I was like, So, you coming back to Dallas? Nowitzki said. He just said he doesnt know and everything was so wide open to him.


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first, i gotta say that I'm incredibly disappointed in the fact that he's not in this years draft.other than griffin, i do not think their is another player that could turn this franchise around like john wall would.and that's the problem.we probably won't end up with the kid.but a player like griffin or wall is the kinda guy we need.
i personally believe he is the next great guard that will come into the nba.he's just got that "it" factor.i think the kid is going to be a more athletic, and longer cp3 with prime iverson speed.i don't think that trading this years first round pick for a 2010 first round pick (to try to get wall)is a bad thing, cause i john wall is a franchise changing player.they're few players that have the upside that wall has.james,howard, are a few.I'n my opinion, the knicks need to do all(except for tanking, that **** don't work) they can do to position themselves to get wall.
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University Wire, March 27, 2001
WASHINGTON--More than three quarters of a century after the Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tenn., the issue of evolution versus creationism is rearing its head in American school boards and classrooms. The American Institute of Biological Sciences held a town meeting last weekend, bringing together biology teachers from across the country to discuss the current debate in many of our schools over the teaching of evolution.
"It is no longer the deep South and the Bible belt -- now it is Michigan and it's Pennsylvania," said Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education, an organization that works to support the teaching of evolution. "There is an aggressive anti-evolutionary movement out there, it is from the grass-roots level, and now we are seeing it from the top down."
The event, sponsored by the NCSE, featured a panel of speakers, each of whom had dealt with the evolution versus creationism controversy first hand. Dr. Andrew Petto of the NCSE and Brad Williamson, a high school biology teacher from Kansas, joined her. They spoke on the current state of affairs in the creationism debate and took questions from an audience of teachers representing nearly all of the 50 states.
Despite a 1968 Supreme Court ruling making way for the teaching of evolution in the nation's classrooms, the debate continues. At the state and local level, where the curriculums of most high schools are decided, evolution is a hot topic.
Scott said that since January of this year, the center has fought for the teaching of evolution in five states.
"That is more states in the past two months than in the past five years," Scott said.
The argument before educators today is the decision of teaching evolution as a suspect science, highlighting its theoretical nature and also teaching "creation science" or "intelligent design."
The recent revival of the public debate on the origins of life is due to a new wave of mostly Christian scholars like Michael Behe, Dr. Ken Miller and Phillip Johnson, who have found an audience due to their combination of academic credentials and public support.
Creation science has many forms and is highlighted in numerous books as a possible alternative to evolution. In the recent book Darwin's Black Box, Behe argues for creationism in a radical new way. His theory is that some components of living organisms, such as bacteria flagellum, are so complex that their presence could not result of an evolutionary historical progression, but rather "best explained as the result of deliberate intelligent design."
Scott argued that such assaults against evolution are dangerous. "We should teach about religion in schools and we should teach about creationism," she said. "But the proper place for these topics is in a comparative religions classroom, not the biology classroom."
A 1999 Scientific American survey revealed that only 10 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences believed in God. In contrast, Gallup polls showed that 90 percent of Americans believe in a higher power.
Though the scientific community as a whole dismisses ideas like intelligent design, the nation's schools sometimes consider the arguments.
Last Friday, the Arkansas House of Representatives came six votes away from passing a bill that would prevent state funding for textbooks that described evolution as "fact." A change to the Pennsylvania curriculum has been proposed that would allow the teaching of material that contradicts the theory of evolution. A similar bill proposed in Michigan would require the teaching of alternate theories to evolution. Kansas recently debated inclusion of evolution questions on standardized testing.
These and numerous other incidents show that the debate over biology is far from resolved.
"The kids are the easy part," Barry Greenwald, a biology teacher from Minnesota, told U-WIRE. "It is the administrators and the parents who give you problems."
Greenwald said educators tread a thin line when talking to students about evolution.
"We have to make sure that we understand that we are not insulting their beliefs," he said.
The panel of speakers worked through strategies on how to deal with school boards, administrators and students.
"What parents have to understand is that by not teaching creationism we are protecting their children," Greenwald added.
Many religious groups support the teaching of evolution rather than the teaching of one view of creationism. A 1982 resolution by the United Presbyterian Church resolved, "academic freedom of both teachers and students is being further limited by the impositions of the campaign ... which limits the teaching about evolution."
"The student's job is to learn the material," Scott said. "They don't have to believe in evolution."
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would add protections for student athletes with concussions and require additional safety training for some coaches.
The Senate voted 45-1 to keep high school athletes with suspected concussions off the field for at least 24 hours. The legislation also would require high school football coaches and assistant coaches to receive training in player safety and head injuries.
The bill, which now moves to the House for approval, comes just days before the Super Bowl and amid increased scrutiny of NFL players' concussions.
Former Detroit Lions running back Jahvid Best, who says defective helmets and concussions shortened his career, filed a lawsuit against the league Tuesday. And earlier this week, national legislation to fund and implement concussion guidelines in schools and youth leagues got NFL support. The 2008 death of a New Jersey high school football player spurred the national legislation.
The Indiana bill strengthens laws already in place to prevent or better treat concussions. High school athletes and their parents currently must sign a waiver with information about the risk of injury before playing, and athletes pulled for suspected concussions cannot return to play without clearance from a health care provider.
"Football is the most complex sport to play and the most complex sport to coach," said co-author Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle. "I have had more phone calls from head coaches in our high schools saying this is something that we have to have."
Emergency departments treat about 173,285 sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries in children each year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.
Numbers are highest in football, with about 55,000 a year, and girls' soccer, with about 29,167.
Concussions cause headaches, dizziness, loss of memory, and trouble sleeping and concentrating. The CDC says that returning concussed players to the field can lead to a longer recovery and, in rare cases, brain damage or death.
Regulations similar to those proposed in the bill already are in place at schools in the Indiana High School Athletic Association, Bobby Cox, the organization's commissioner said.
"We've been doing that for years," Fort Wayne's Snider High School Athletic Director Russ Isaacs said. "It's pretty common concussion protocol."
But home-school and other teams don't face those requirements, Cox said.
Other coaches for contact sports such as hockey and soccer will face no new training requirements if the legislation passes. Some have called for more expansive action.
"The law is really high school; it doesn't apply to middle school or youth leagues," said Indiana Sports Concussion Network Co-Director Dr. Hank Feuer, who spent almost four decades as a sports medical consultant for Indiana University. "Some states leave coverage more rigid, covering more than Indiana."


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Yes, what Brian just said while I was posting....tried swapping regulators yet?
Some buzz....a person connected to The Sun's food section is now a regular at the stand. A local newscaster from CBS 13 Morning Edition just tried a pizza Sunday and loved it. Got a business card with the relevant contact information on it. Best part of this Sunday was one of my more loyal regulars just revealed he works for Baltimore City and passed on contact information for when I need to get permitting and licensing issues taken care of with the brick and mortar location. Said the person would help move things along "more efficiently". Nice!
I'm not eager to find out, but I'm fairly certain you could put bird droppings on a pizza and it would be tasty if it were drizzled with the Calabrian oil/chiles. That stuff is liquid gold. Thanks Craig! --K
Kelly, could you link me to this "liquid gold" you speak of?
Also, have you considered dough dividers to make for easier extraction? I made these myself from 4" pvc. They work like dream. A nice round pie every time.
Does anyone know if there is any problem using PVC in a foodservice establishment? This is a super brilliant method.
I don't get it. Is the objective in using the PVC merely to get perfectly round dough balls that never touch each other in the dough box?
It's just an idea that works for me. I thought I'd share it. I won't try to talk anyone into using it if they don't want to.
That's cool. Thanks for your insight and sensibility. If I ever open a hi-volume operation, I'll take all that into consideration.


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It had all the surprise of Taylor Swift taking home a Grammy. But the weekend news that MTV has picked up a second season of "Jersey Shore" has the cast in a suntan-inspired lather.
"The situation is, we're all in agreement," Mike 'The Situation" Sorrentino told the "Today Show" Monday morning. "We're all pretty excited."
MTV made the official announcement on Friday. The weekend also showed just how big the reality show has become in the pop and Hollywood community. Backstage at the Grammy awards, "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Sorrentino caused some of the biggest buzz as they moonlighted as television commentators. Snooki was the red carpet correspondent for MTV.
The show has its strong critics who feel the portrayal of Italian-Americans is offensive. But it achieves what a reality show is meant to achieve -- showing the reality of another existence. In this case it is to show a bunch of outrageous 20-somethings enjoying summer in the Garden State. Though season two will be in a new, surprise location, according to the MTV release.
Indeed, Pauly D (Delvecchio) attributed their success to the show's "raw" nature. As the Situation told "Today": "We're all just real people, and whatever you see on TV, you're gonna get [in real life]."


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Preparing a bank robbery? Post office hold-up? Grand Theft Auto-style car jacking? Think carefully, sinister comrade, because The Police (the cops, not the band), have just revealed an official patrol vehicle with a 0-62mph time of 6.5 seconds and a 154mph top speed.
It is of course, a Ford Focus ST estate, and one of Top Gear's very favourite cars. It's a one-off demonstrator, built by the fine and upstanding chaps at Ford Special Vehicle Preparations in Essex.
It ticks all the boxes to be considered as an official 'fast response vehicle', including bits like an LED light bar on the roof, a mobile data terminal on the dashboard, and some cages in the back. Why an ST? Well, we can only assume that The Police enjoy a good bit of torque vectoring and well-sorted chassis pliancy as much as they enjoy chasing down baddies on the run. Plus, the ST's actually quite quick. That's handy in a chase, we're told.
Talk about timing, too. An unmarked Focus ST appeared in The Sweeney not too long ago - featuring a car chase with a little input from Jeremy and Richard, don't forget. Sadly, it won't be available in the Tangerine Scream orange, what with The Police (the cops, not the band) having their own special colour requirements.
Have a click through the pictures, because we've got a little treat for you. Included in the gallery above are classic Ford police cars - stuff like a 2.8 Capri and RS200 - and we want you to tell us which is your favourite. Whichever it is, it's probably a better police vehicle than the ones Jeremy, Richard and James built way back on TG telly…


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COURSE: 53-312 Instructional Strategies and Learning Communities for Adolescents (3)
This course will allow the pre-service teacher to examine several components of teaching and how these components interact to create a positive learning community. Candidates will learn to design lesson plans and explore a wide range of strategies that will best address the academic and behavioral needs of the middle and high school student population. Through field experiences, lesson plan development and micro-teaching, candidates will create alternative learning materials that will enable them to effectively interact with other professionals and provide academic and behavioral support to students with individual learning needs. Prerequisite: Pass Illinois Basic Skills Test; 2.75 GPA; Consent of Education Advisor. Offered: Every semester


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Meetings are alright, really, they are alright if run properly. By properly I mean, people come on time, only required people attend it, there's someone managing it, there's a set agenda and it's followed, and you reach at some logical next steps by the end of it. I can live with all that. But what I simply cannot tolerate is the small talk that precedes these meetings. Especially here in the UK, it's as if the small-talk is a mandatory Step No. 1 in the agenda. You just can't do without it. And it irkes me cause I never seem have much to contribute to it!
It is a Monday afternoon. I have scheduled a meeting with three other colleagues to discuss some issues. Two of them arrive five minutes early and we all proceed to wait for the third person. And it starts.....
Colleague 1: Nice day, innit?Another day. And it's a Friday! And it's a weekly team meeting. Everyone arrives early for the meeting. But you just can't start talking business. You need some warm-up. And we dive right into it.
Colleague 2: Yeah, sunny and bright. Loved the walk after lunch today.
Me: ( notices the weather for the first time in the day and nods along)
Colleague 1: I hope the weather stays put for the weekend. I have a trek planned with some buddies.
Colleague 2: Oh really? I just got back from a trek in the Alps this weekend with my girlfriend. And I proposed at the peak.
Me: Wow, that would have been something. Congratulations.
Colleague 1: Congrats mate. So when's the big day? I hope it's not next Summer. I'm off to Athens on a 20 day tour.
Colleague 2: I am off to Athens this weekend, I'll let you know how it was.
Colleague 1: Thanks! So Priya what you upto this weekend?
Me: Hmm....er....nothing much. I guess I'll do some washing and general cleaning up and maybe curl around with a book.
Colleague 1: Oh ok. Sounds like fun. Have a good one.
Colleague 2: Yeah, I never get time to do my washing!
Me: (If you stay at home some weekends, you might!)
And so it goes on......
Bob : So weekend's here eh? What you upto Rob?After the initial experiences at these warm up sessions, now I have learnt my lessons too. First of all, I am trying to be more active and not be a couch potato over the weekend. A slow but sure start.
Rob : Well, nothing much. I am taking the kids camping on the shores of river Ness. They want to stay up and watch out for the Lochness monster.
Bob: Oh that's sweet. Do take your barbecue kit with you. Nothing like it. We did that last summer.
Rob: Thanks mate, will do. Do you have anything fun planned this weekend?
Bob: Just going cycling. In Wales. Hoping to conquer around 50 miles of a hilly rugged cycling route there. What about you Susie?
Susie: Oh I am going sailing! I have been taking lessons all year now and I just can't wait to try it on my own.
Rob, Bob: Crikey! That sounds brilliant. Have a good one!
Susie: Priya, what about you?
Me: hmmmm....er.....I am off to the library to get some books. And er.....yeah we are driving down to the beach.
Susie: Sounds good.
And secondly and most importantly, I have learnt to cook up creative things to talk about. That makes it much more easier. When I prepare for the meetings, I spend a couple of minutes deciding what I did fun in the last weekend. Especially if the meetings are on Monday or Friday. So I go skiing some weekends, trekking and scuba-diving the other weekends - all in my mind though! But it makes the meetings much more enjoyable now.
Offtopic: Did you know that you lose 82 hours of your life each year if you live in a busy city? All thanks to the dawdlers! If you find yourself without time to exercise or to sleep, blame the dawdlers!


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Let him walk
Resign him and keep him long term
Resign him and trade him January 2013 with Amare
Bu the way, look how fat Carmelo Anthony's doll's head is.
Hmmm, wonder why?
"Winner of the coveted "Chink in the Armor" award!"
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Lin was different. He was always moving, always creating, always trying to make a play for a teammate. He had an uncanny talent for slithering his way into the lane and either (a) converting reverse layups on impossible angles, or (b) drawing shotblockers, then flipping up a lob to a big man for an uncontested dunk. He had exquisite court vision, especially on the fast break, constantly pushing the ball and getting teammates open shots before the defense could set up. His greatest allies were Steve Novak, a sharpshooting journeyman who morphed into a giant-sized Steve Kerr once Lin arrived, and Tyson Chandler, a defensive stalwart who embraced Lin's élan and became more involved on the offensive end than at any point in his career since he played with Chris Paul in New Orleans. In fact, immediately after Lin's tour-de-force performance against the Nets, I fired off an email to four friends who are fellow NBA diehards, quasi-sarcastically comparing Lin to Paul. He was that exhilarating.
He wasn't perfect, naturally, but even his deficiencies doubled as strengths. Defensively, he gave too much ground to penetrating guards, but he also had canny anticipatory instincts (at one point, he racked up 13 steals in a three-game stretch). His jumper was an absurd, Purvis Short-style rainbow, but it had smooth rotation, and he became a reliable closer at the free-throw line (in a game against Philly, he buried 10 consecutive freebies in the game's final six minutes). And of course, he turned the ball over constantly, including a ridiculous six-game span with at least six giveaways. But those mistakes derived from his relentlessly aggressive playmaking, and if I'm choosing a point guard, I'll always take a slightly reckless visionary who consistently generates opportunities for his teammates over a conservative floor general who makes the safe pass and never penetrates. (Trivia question: You know who finished in the top seven in turnovers each of the past eight years, including five different times in the top three? Steve Nash. **** turnovers.)
But truthfully, his weaknesses didn't even matter. Watching Lin was fun. Case in point: Before I wrote that aforementioned email, I'd hardly ever contacted my friends about the Knicks in years except to complain about their ineptitude. Lin changed that, and he changed my engagement with the Knicks' franchise. Rather than merely watching the team out of an inexplicable sense of duty (a concept that only makes sense in the cloistered world of sports fandom), I started eagerly awaiting the games. I was anxious to watch Lin, to see what remarkable, bizarre plays he might make. For the first time in years, I was happy to be a Knicks fan.
And for all Knicks fans, following Lin's ascendancy, one question became paramount: Given the team's precarious salary-cap position, would we be able to re-sign Lin? Mercifully, thanks to an obscure provision in the new collective bargaining agreement dubbed the Arenas Rule, the answer was an unequivocal "yes". So when the Knicks fired D'Antoni after a 2-8 skid that coincided with Anthony's return and replaced him with isolation guru Mike Woodson, I wasn't worried. (Technically, D'Antoni resigned. In reality? He didn't.) When Woodson immediately declared that Lin was "in a learning stage", that rookies should "sit and listen and learn", and that the offense would now run through Anthony and Stoudemire because they're "guys that have done it", I remained sanguine. Even when Lin tore his meniscus in late March and missed the rest of the season (which ended with the Knicks limply losing their first-round series to the Heat in five games), I was at peace. This season didn't matter. I was going to get to watch Lin lead the Knicks for at least the next three years. This was my reward for enduring The Isiah Era: to watch one of the most dynamic players in the NBA run my favorite team. Lin wasn't just a basketball player. He was the future. He was hope.
Fantastic Lin Piece.
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Lmao come on now 8's it was directed towards her being a female.
Repeated posts that nobody paided attention too,then having to insult a current player to get noticed, in my book is an attention whore.
I'd say the same about OBM but he's changed.
forgot his swagger
This is the official Troll Jeremy Lin thread...just post embarassing photos and memes of him.
The Knicks are having a sale on all their excess Jeremy Lin products everything is 85% off
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Lin wanted to retire a Knick. He still can't believe it. I still can't believe it. I'm happy with the team we have now and it looks like the guys knee is still not better yet. But he was all in for the knicks. It just goes to show how much of the decisions Dolan makes are based purely on his emotions. I wonder if we will ever be able to win with this owner....
Also worthy of noting, he had to return all his Linsaity memorabilia except for a few of the Linsanity shirts that fans gave him. That's harsh.
Sorry to bring it up but it was in the post today. I had almost forgotten about it tbh. can't wait to start the season and forget about it all over again.
He should have told Houston that.
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Boston 'hound just returned yesterday from my first trip to South America. As a pescatarian, I wondered what I would eat (though I did try a few morsels of meat here and there). There is growing interest in veggie-leaning food in BsAs (NYT article) and Santiago (more seafood-centric than Argentina). B'fasts were always included in our hotels/hostels and consisted of the usual toast, cereal, fruit, eggs for B. Nothing trail-blazing here but there's not much South American feedback so here's a run-down (quite long):
-Buenos Aires
My three companions want parilla the first night, of course, so we go for the tourist gusto at La Cabrera. They are disappointed - the short ribs and ribeye are both tough and chewy, but flavor of ribeye is ok. Ironically, my housemade fusilli in tomato sauce is toothsomely good - everyone keeps picking off my plate (the portion is huge). All the fun little side dishes of pickles, etc., that come with the meal console us.
As does lunch at Cafe San Juan the following day. We immediately fall in love with this place - wonderful atmosphere inside. Big chalkboard menus brought to your table and patient wait staff. Open kitchen, which looked positively TINY. Tuna empanada is big enough for us to share. It's very different from other fast food-y places we've tried thus far. Fresh tuna, wonderful dough. Big enough for us to share in addition to the chorizo in wine sauce that the others shared. I was urged to try at least the sauce. Dipping the bread (complementary and generous bread basket and olives) in the sauce made me question for a moment my non-meat eating ways! The smoked tomato square pasta with roasted veggies is a little bland initially, but the flavor builds up towards the bottom of the dish. The pasta itself is wonderful. B has a huge ribeye with deliciously crispy papas fritas. My bro has beef cheek fettuccine (again, I relent and try a forkful of pasta with some sauce...another "wow…yum" moment! SIL's salmon is also huge and perfectly flaky. Tons of salad greens and roasted veggies accompany it.
Osaka is slick and fun and pricey. B and I split the ceviche sampler - cherifo, classic, and Indo. Indo was my favorite, but they're all quite distinct from each other. I would be happy eating any one of them. R and J get an ok roll (can't remember). R gets the miso truffle steak - he forces a small piece on me and it is really juicy and cooked well. J's sea grill is equally well-cooked, with wonderful smoky flavors. B and I split the sakana (grilled fish). The kitchen is quite deft with grilled seafood!
-El Calafate (I was bummed we didn't make it to Pura Vida; lunches are mostly sandwiches we made ourselves during our excursions...I ate many tomato+avocado sandwiches!)
After all the fancy meals, we try to stick more to our usual budget (B and I are trying to keep up with the Manhattanites, R and J!). Empanadas at the original La Lechuza were a fine snack while we wait for R and J to arrive. Calzone-like...verdura (greens), choclo (corn), parmesana, and the best one with black olive. All oozing with melting cheese. Beers, wine, fries smothered in cheese and ham sauce, burger for R, grilled chicken for J at La Tablita when they finally arrive late. Drinks, empanadas, and bar pizza at Librobar (cute 2nd floor space - sunny and chill) post-Big Ice tour. Our last dinner is at Don Pichon. The boys see the mixed grills going by and want one. J gets a big, fresh salad. The three of them go to town on the meat. Some things turn them off, like intestine-y sausages, but the winner is the Patagonian lamb. They go crazy for it. I get a comforting veggie soup and a smoked trout (too dry, but I think that is the style of cooking) with a timbale of mashed potatoes and pumpkin.
Las Cabañes del Beagle, owned by Alejandro, are FANTASTIC. I can't stress enough how much we loved the cabin and Alejandro. We could not pass up the small but well-equipped kitchen for dinner in, taken with plenty of red wine. Heated stone floors, a roaring fire, and views of the town below didn't hurt either (veggie soup with brown rice, fresh pasta with lemony+garlicky asparagus sauce, pizza, tomato-y fish stew spiked with plenty of aji are some of the things we made). Alejandro brings a loaf of his own bread, a different one every night - all hearty and made with love. We used the bread to make sandwiches for lunches on the road, too. Terrific with our soup and stew. A fun stop one day at Panaderia La Union in Tolhuin on our way to the east coast on Route a off of RN 3.
-Back in Buenos Aires
Lunch at Origen is just what I craved! My tofu wok stir fry with brown rice is right up my alley – like something I would make at home. B's grilled hake is flavorful and cooked well. Brown rice, broccoli, and mushrooms accompany. Complimentary bread and eggplant tapanade to start and cute, cool space in the warm BsAs afternoon. Plus, Beck on the sound system. We're happy! Los Maestros pizza shop in Recoleta is definitely a local place. B chooses the thick crust pizza (I want thin) and it turned out to be bready, bar pizza. We do the tourist thing again by stopping into El Sanjuanino – empanadas are good (more doughy and chewy, which I prefer to flaky) and B says that the locro reminds him of his mom's Navy bean and ham soup (in a good way!). The house red is horrible.
Dinner at our hotel, Jasy is pizza again. Again, a bit bready but it's tasty (and huge) with slices of hearts of palm, basil, tomato. I love pizza, but I'm really getting carbed out between all the pizza and empanadas I've been eating. Enough leftovers for lunch at the falls the next day. Dinner again at hotel – rather forgettable (non-housemade pasta and grilled chicken). But staff is great and portions are plentiful after a long, steamy day of hiking around the falls.
-Santiago de Chile
Late dinner at Phone Box Pub is fun. A decent veggie sandwich for me (bread nicely grilled and includes green beans, à la Chacarero in Boston), steak frites for B. Pretty good steak for a packed pub at 11 pm on a Friday! He gives me a small piece and it is juicy and flavorful. We should have passed up Sur Patagonia but we were hungry. Muy touristy. It is pricey but HUGE portions. King crab empanadas; giant arugula/olive/tomato/cheese salad; sandwich of pressed beef with avocado and tomato. Dinner at Etniko was by accident – just walking around and B liked the look of the place. A jalapeno ceviche with plenty of pickled red onion and some giant corn kernals is piquant and lively but the sushi is barely supermarket-level quality. The "sushi" rice is horrible (not flavored at all and hard). Pisco sours and Capital IPA go down easily, however, making for a nighty of cheesy fun (definitely not the kind of place we normally end up at). Le Jardin, a jumbled-up resto that I had read about, is closed for renos! I even checked the website before heading over and there was no mention of this. Bummer! The area around is rather desolate so we went into whatever looked ok – Oda Al Mar. It is all locals, enjoying leisurely extended Sunday lunch. It's quite pricey, so we split perfectly cooked salmon, papas fritas, and salad. Amuse bouche of ceviche is, again like all the others, wonderful. Dinner at Tiramisu is a let-down. Someone we met in Iguazu loved this place so much, she went back three times. The place is hopping and fun, but the pizza was yet another rendition of bar pizza. After our trip, we decide that we're spoiled with decent pizza in the States. And the sauce was sickly sweet – how much sugar do they dump into it? But clearly, we are in the minority as the place is perpetually packed with both tourists and locals. Our last meal, lunch at Bar Nacional 3, is fun. We sit at the lunch counter for B's first completo (hot dog with avocado sauce – he says it's got good snap), shrimp empananda (B likes it – his first fried version), housemade gnocchi with pesto for me (a bit salty, but we manage to eat the whole thing).
We hope to return to South America, especially to Chile!


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Discussion in 'Sports' started by Green Stainz, Sep 6, 2005.
Not any more.
True, I was referring to the Tour.
Ya really think he won the worlds clean?
I guess he loses that, too.
As expected.
Bah. Like some one else said the whole sport at this level is doping and they have been doping for years.
Long before lance even strapped on his first pair of cleats.
I wish the asshat would have come clean since some of the work he did with and for cancer awareness was really good stuff. And his foundation has become something.
Oh well.
From Joe Lindsey's Boulder Report:
"He is left, still, with a list of results that would make him a talented racer by any stretch: two stages of the Tour de France (1993, 1995); the 1995 San Sebastian Classic and Tour du Pont; 1996 Fleche Wallonne; and his standout result, the 1993 world championship."
disgusted by this entire process. USADA should be canned for wasting out tax dollars. WTF did this entire process accomplish?
the entire process was scripted. what are the chances of ALL riders that testified stopping drugs all at same time. sure would like to know what tactics was used in squeezing out confessions out of all riders.
imagine being in their shoes of facing jail time threats from US district attorney vs agreeing to a confession with little to no penalties. you can bet your ass, those confessions/deals didn't come without credible threats.
this abuse of power reminds me of how America has more folks locked up for pot than anywhere on earth. USADA has to justify the 10 million dollars they receive from tax payers each year. just like the DEA has to justify all the millions spend on war on drugs by locking up folks for pot.
I'm beyond caring if Lance doped or not. Not much disputing Lance has done way more good and bad. for all I know he stayed clean while rest of teammates doped to keep up.
what is 100% for sure ... USADA has zero concrete evidence of doping. it's 100% based on testimony. which regardless of how may millions $$ USDA spent to build up. it's still testimony without any hard evidence.
soon as I dig out my old Livestrong rubber bracelet. will be wearing it to show support.
Sooo hey, Jerry Sandusky was convicted of raping little boys. There was no hard evidence, just testimony. However, he was still convicted. You think he's innocent?
I'm not in any way saying that doping in cycling is akin to raping little boys, but it seems that if conviction based on multiple witnesses testifying works in one instance, it should work in another, right?
It accomplishes what the mission statement of the USADA says. To defend clean athletes.
And yea, you'll be showing something wearing the yellow bracelet
the two have nothing in common
what the USADA did in no way shape or form help clean athletes. all it did was waste millions of our tax dollars. what actually cleaned up athletes was more likely changes/advances in drug testing procedures off times. making it all but impossible to escape detection.
yes I'll be proud to wear my livestrong bracelet!!
just a wild guess... but you probably are in the camp that favors keeping pot as class 1 narcotic and locking folks up for pot too.
this has gone beyond if Lance doped or not. who gives a rats ass... if he did this should have been taken care off 10-12 years ago. it's the beyond unfair process reaching back over 12 years that I'm most insulted about.
an 8 year statue of limitations evidently means nothing to USADA when following rules. the same for all the drug tests given to cyclist for the last 12 years. it all means NOTHING when an agency like USADA has an agenda to meet.
My bad.
Both convictions are based upon testimony and circumstantial evidence. Other than that, Absolutely Nothing in common...
Apparently you do give something more than a rats ass with your unreasoned ramblings about the proceedings resulting in a sociopathic cheat being given his just penalty.
A coupla points to ponder:
1. The statute of limitations is not applicable due to the serial nature of the program and the fact that it went on into the past two years. The SofL is based upon the date of the end of violations. Besides that, there is the racketeering nature of the violations that makes the SofL void.
2. Since you don't race and probably don't know anybody that does race at that level, the cheating by LA's team and all those around it, has no affect on your life. For racers that did or do race and chose not to dope, these F*CKING CHEATERS stole their opportunity to compete at the highest levels of bike racing. Imagine if you knew you had the talent to race with these guys but weren't willing to cheat to do it. You'd probably go back to racing in the US like many of my friends or take up another sport like others. I know several guys that were rockstars here but couldn't make it in Europe. These were guys that competed well stateside with the guys implicated in the "Reasoned Decision".
So when you say this is an unfair process, you're absolutely full of shit. The unfairness of it started in the 90's...
bullshit... it's been awhile but I used to race. used to put in 6k+ miles per year training. not claiming to know it all, but do claim to have cycled my fair share.
again ... have long passed caring if Lance cheated or not .. that might have been the issue 10-12 years ago. but good grief the crap USADA dug out happened some 12 years ago. ALL the riders involved are either retired or getting ready to. what part of statue of limitations do you not understand?
again ... it's the process and all the millions $$$ of our taxpayer dollars spent for this horseshit. for what??? who or what did it serve?
if you think USADA's process if fair, then you also think throwing folk in jail for pot is fair and the war on drugs is $$$ millions well spent. which by the way you have not answered???
to justify USADA's spending 10 million dollars a year? this bullshit about cleaning up the sport is total horseshit. what cleaned it up with tighter testing and advancing technologies. NOT anything USADA did 10+ years after the fact.
Those two statements alone pretty much make your "arguments" sound like pointless rambling.
I, for one, think USADA's process was as fair and necessary as it needed to be. I don't mind that it cost $10mil of taxpayer dollars. We waste a BOATLOAD more than that daily in many other ways. I DO NOT think that throwing folks in jail for pot is fair, and that the bogus war on drugs is fair.
By the way, have you pulled your head out of the sand long enough to see all of these other confessed dopers coming out of the woodwork and the major changes happening in cycling as we speak due to this? Do you honestly think any of that would have happened without the USADA doing what they did and releasing the "Reasoned Decision" on LA?
If you think that these guys would have come forth at some point in this kind of numbers on their own accord, you're outta your gourd. There needed to be some provocation -- some jolt -- to shake things up in the peloton and to get people to change their ways. This was that jolt.
Because your hero LA is at the middle of it, though, the entire thing becomes a big bullshit conspiracy for you?
Again, get your head out of the sand and look at the BIG PICTURE of what has been accomplished in the last two weeks alone for cycling. You really think the sport has been totally clean, even recently? Fat chance. I'd say there's a much better chance of cycling getting cleaned up now that all of this dirty laundry is hanging out there for folks to see...and if Pat McQuaid and company at UCI get thrown out in favor of some newer, less corrupt seeming folks, that's even more progress.
I'm not sure cy's head is in the sand though...
to begin with LA is not my hero. but one would have to be blind to not see all the good that he's done. IMHO the reason why a LOT of folks still support LA is our sense of fair play has been violated.
at least we agree on one thing... none of this would have come out without USADA's bullshit tactics. since all of the riders that confessed to the party line. we will not be hearing about all the strong arm tactics used by USADA to force those confessions out of them.
glad to see you are not for the bullshit war on drugs... throwing folks in jail for pot, resulting in a HUGE portion of our jail population. to me what USADA has done is very similar to what the DEA does everyday.
USADA has had zero effect on cleaning up cycling. Nada... nothing... poof ..
what cleaned up cycling is improvements in testing methods and procedures. now top cyclist have to log in on the web to advise tester where they are at any give time. so many misses and you are toast. then factor in improvement in testing for trace amounts. now labs are talking in terms 50 picograms per milliliter (or 0,000 000 000 05 grams per ml). (picograms- per-liter = parts-per-quadrillion). which the Contador case illustrated perfectly.
again... USADA has NOTHING to do with cleaning up cycling. so they've got to nail down a high profile person like LA to justify their existence. like it or not those are facts!
from another adv thread... could not have type it out better!!
I love this thread - all these pasty white dough boys - many who suit up in their matching top and bottom lycra riding outfits each weekend and hop on their $10,000+ TDF replica bikes - getting all self-righteous in their rants about morals and ethics, or the lack thereof - the ones who have wanted Lance's head on a platter for the past 12+ years. Why do all of you hate Lance so much? What has he done to hurt you? Those fuckers on Wall Street cheat and lie to make their millions each year at the expense of so many, yet you choose to hate Lance with such intensity? I know, you're jealous. Lance played in the Big Show and you don't and you never will. The Big Show was watched by millions of people because it had nothing to do with mere mortals like you. Who watches you race? They wanted what they want in any Big Show; special effects and a super hero. Lance delivered. He was the Jason Bourne of cycling. His face is etched in our minds just like Matt Damon's. Those epic mountain stages, grueling time trials, podium photo ops., etc.. The only difference is that Lance didn't have Hollywood's magic to create those special effects; he - and the other members of the cast - had to rely on a different kind of wizardry. Their special effects involved bringing physiology to a level that could make them super heroes. Only Lance was different - he had more talent to start with as well as good looks - a match made in Hollywood/elite professional sports heaven. The fact is, none of us really have any clue what it's like to compete on the world stage at the highest level possible. The stakes are beyond what our little minds could ever imagine including the notion that athletes performing at this level treat their bodies the same as the tools/machines they use to compete with. So, tear yourselves away from the copy machine. Leave your hatred there and return to your cubicles and go back to shopping for the latest and greatest groupo online while on your employer's nickel. Millions of people watched a super hero for seven years. They fell in love with him and they fell in love with professional cycling because of him. That's how the Big Show works. As for you - poor you. They don't know you. You're a nobody - nothing but a spiteful, insecure wannabe.


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Punjab Campaign Medal, with bars for Mooltan & Goojerat, awarded to Pvt. Patrick Boylan, 1849Image["Punjab Campaign Medal, 1849"]
Obverse, a bust of Queen VictoriaImage["Punjab Campaign Medal, 1849"]
Reverse, a general on horseback receiving the Sikhs' surrender before a hill topped with a palm tree
Punjab Campaign Medal, 1849 (Second Anglo-Sikh War)
The city of Multan in the Punjab province of India was taken over by the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh in the early 19th century. It thus became part of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab that was brought under British East India Company control in the
First Anglo-Sikh War. It was also the site of considerable Sikh unrest after this defeat, which culminated in April 1848 with the murder of the British Resident in the city.
The ruler of the Punjab at this time was the eleven-year-old Maharaja Duleep Singh, around whom a rebellion rapidly coalesced. The British waited until November to respond but then advanced to recover the situation. Engagements were inconclusive and badly handled on both sides, and only the recapture of Multan in January 1849 allowed enough of a force to be concentrated to overwhelmingly defeat Sikh resistance at the Battle of Gujarat the following month. This was followed by the formal annexation of the Punjab to British India.
This medal was awarded to Private Patrick Boylan of the 1st European Fusiliers, and bears bars indicating his participation in both the siege of Multan and the Battle of Gujarat. Lester Watson purchased the piece at some point before 1928.


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Coalition 'will last until 2015'
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have insisted that the coalition Government will last until 2015, as they promised to go "full steam ahead" with a programme of deficit reduction reform up to the next general election.
Appearing together at a rare joint press conference in 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister said the coalition will deliver on its five-year commitment to deliver "strong, stable and determined leadership".
Over the coming weeks, they promised new policies to help voters with childcare, mortgages, personal freedom, pensions, social care and transport, to provide new momentum as the Government formed in 2010 reaches its mid-point.
And they released a 46-page Mid-Term Review - entitled The Coalition: Together In The National Interest - listing dozens of measures the Government has already taken and action it has promised in the years to come. They made clear that deficit reduction remains at the heart of their agenda, and confirmed that detailed spending plans will be outlined before the summer for 2015/16 - expected to commit Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to a joint plan to extend austerity measures beyond the election.
Mr Cameron dismissed comparisons of the coalition to a marriage, describing it instead as a "Ronseal deal" which "does what it says on the tin" - putting aside partisan differences to form a stable government which can tackle Britain's deep economic difficulties.
"Some people thought our coalition wouldn't make it through our first Christmas, but this Government is now well into its third year, because this coalition was not and is not some short-term arrangement," he said.
"It is a serious five-year commitment to give our country strong, stable and determined leadership that we need for the long term."
Mr Clegg acknowledged that the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have had differences over the past two and a half years, but said that the "big purpose" of the coalition remained the building of "a stronger economy in a fairer society".
They had already delivered "big, bold, long-lasting reforms" that would stand the test of time and their willingness to act in the long-term interests of the country will underpin policy initiatives for the second half of the Parliament, he said.
"It is a source of immense pride to me - and I think everybody in the coalition - that we... have put partisan differences aside to act in the national interest and have acted fast and have acted boldly to deal with the economic challenges that this country faces," said Mr Clegg.


text: This could be an incredible year of REALLY bad teams in the NBA. Everyone wants Wiggins! I think it is time to keep track of of the worst record in the NBA and see if anyone can match the Bulls winning record. Best record (72-10) Da Bulls Lakers 1-0 Pacers 1-0 Miami 1-0 Worst Record (7-59) - Charlotte Bobcats or (9-73) - 76ers during a full 82 game season Clippers (0-1) Chicago (0-1) I'll update this weekly. Who do you think will have the worst record in the NBA this year, and who will have the best?


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India is a country of religion and spirituality. It has a law against blasphemy.
Section 295A, Indian Penal Code: Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.— Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise], insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
The Indian Penal Code embodied some relics of English medieval ecclesiastical law.
It is high time India changes its penal code as it does not have many safeguards to freedom of speech and expression.
Today The Times Of India, the most prestigious, popular, and the most circulated newspaper in India published my tweet about blasphemy : Everybody has the right to blaspheme.
I believe the editors of The Times of India believe that everybody has the right to blaspheme. I believe they will do everything possible to make India abolish the law against blasphemy. If India abolished it, Bangladesh and Pakistan would be inspired to abolish their anti-blasphemy laws. The subcontinent would be a sane place.


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Lin is a better player than Felton. He suffers greatly from playing with a player as ball dominating as Harden. He could easily average 7-8 assists in a system that played to his strengths.
Felton right now barring injuries has the tools to be better than Lin in most areas. Lin has the advantage defensively because he is bigger and more athletic, if Felton had good footwork however he could match Lin on defense because of his speed, agility and quickness.
I would also put Felton's shooting ability above Lin although he has been appalling as of late. There is no doubt Felton is quicker and stronger than Lin. Lin is more durable and has more potential to improve. Felton has shown his ceiling (2010 Felton) and we can only hope he returns to that level of ability.
To be fair it's pretty even between the two and they are both streaky players. Right now Lin is clearly better. 4 months ago Felton was clearly better. A month from now, next season, only time will tell.
Jeremy Lin is the better PG by a huge margin 70-30 over Felton, especially as a New York Knicks.
The pressure of "LinSanity" did not stop or slow Lin down from complimenting his teammates best strengths.
I have NO-Luv for Tyson Chandler's and JR negative remarks on Lin in the 2012 offseason, both were huggin tight on Melo jock-strap with those remarks.
Melo want the ball walked up court 98% of the time for a halfcourt set of Iso-Melo.
Lin is an uptempo defensive-transition PG that can make all kinds of passes off his dribble while running.
Lin did the impossible running our point, by getting consistent double-diget scoring out of Tyson, Jefferies, Fields, Shump, Novak, and the SG we cut to sign JR. Felton's 8 season career never had those type of qualities in his talent...
One season of "Kidd & Brewer backcourt" would have been the perfect "Tutors" to make a Lin & Shump backcourt into NBA contenders.
Felton & JR are fix in their ways making them Pretenders...
I don't feel Lin faced any real pressure due to "Linsanity" last season in NY.
He was an unknown, had no expectations and didn't have to worry about trying to please superstars or gel with guys like Melo since he was injured when Lin got his shot.
If Lin came in and completely sucked no one would of criticized him at all.....he had no expectations and once he started playing good his hot streak could of ended at any time and the only thing that would of been said was "Wow what a great story, never expected a guy like Lin to make any type of impact! " etc .......
Now fast forward to this season.....if Lin was retained by the Knicks there would be enormous expectations after signing a significant contract and being expected to start and run this offense.
Im not saying Lin couldn't of been capable to handle the expectations if he was still a Knick, but no question the pressure would be very high compared to last season where he had no expectations and everything was just icing on the cake.
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There are a big difference in Linsanity & Felton ....
1) Lin is a pass-first PG with great passing-skills to cutters and moving without the ball players.
2) Lin's court vision is great b/c Lin pass the ball while he is dribbling.
3) Lin's pressure defense is great when u tandem Lin with a defensive SG or SF player.
4) Lin's best talent skills are when he is in a lineup with uptempo transition players (which Melo & JR are not).
5) Melo & JR expose Lin's talent by slowing down the tempo of the game by never running in transition, making Lin's transition become a 1 on 3 fastbreak, with our two peremeter defenders Melo & JR walking back on offense instead of running with Lin.
6) There's no inexperience in Jeremy Lin's performance, he's an uptempo transition PG who will try to make the impossible passes to score. However, with a season tutorship of HOF Jason Kidd the ceiling wouldve been high on Lin's performance .. Melo who? recall the crowd in MSG luv screamin "Linsanity" every minute to pump up who???
1) Felton is a shoot-first PG with mediocre passing-skills, with poor court-vision in a open court offense.
2) Felton is a slow-ballin halfcourt-offensive PG who works best when givin a design play with screens n picks,
3) Felton is the shooter of a fastbreak, not the passer on a fastbreak.
4) Felton defensive-effort is suspect and inconsistent throughout each game.
5) Felton eight season career has yet to find a SG to gell well with in the backcourt,
which makes Felton a 20 minute backup PG.
James Harden is a pure PG/SG that could play point-foward in a 3-guard offense.
Harden played the point when tandem with Westbrook in a lineup.
CP3 would luv to share the point with Harden .. MJ & Pippin or Lebron & Wade
felton - 14.8 ppg 5.9 ast 2.9 reb 77% ft 34% 3pt 40% fg 2.5 to
lin - 12.7 ppg 6.2 ast 3.3 reb 78% ft 32% 3pt 43% fg 2.9 to
Pull out Lin's monthly average numbers and it's trending up in almost every statistical category. A young PG in the league that's continuing to 'IMPROVE'.
Folks said Woodson don't trust Lin? Are you guys out of your mind! There was a stretch Lin was taking technical shots OVER MELO.
I'm glad we don't have to rely on Lin in the playoffs. Prigioni>>>Lin Kidd>>>>>Lin Felton>>>>Lin


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Skip to comments.New York Times tells Supreme Court Liberals to go narrow on gay marriage
Posted on 03/25/2013 2:42:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The New York Times, in its role as the bible of the liberal mindset, instructs the liberal justices of the Supreme Court to avoid a sweeping ruling imposing gay marriage across the nation by judicial fiat. And it cautions its readership to be careful what they wish for from the court. That's the gist of this news analysis article by Adam Litvak, titled "Shadow of Roe v. Wade Looms Over Ruling on Gay Marriage." The word "shadow" gives away the game.
The piece prominently features the ideas expressed by Justice Ginsburg, in essence that Roe v Wade pre-empted the political process, short circuiting a transition already underway, and creating an enduring political movement in opposition to the judicial overreach:
"The Supreme Court's decision was a perfect rallying point for people who disagreed with the notion that it should be a woman's choice," she added. "They could, instead of fighting in the trenches legislature by legislature, go after this decision by unelected judges."
That general view is widely accepted across the political spectrum, and it might counsel caution at a moment when same-sex marriage is allowed in nine states and the District of Columbia and seems likely, judging from polls, to make further gains around the nation.
"Intervening at this stage of a social reform movement would be somewhat analogous to Roe v. Wade, where the court essentially took the laws deregulating abortion in four states and turned them into a constitutional command for the other 46," Michael J. Klarman, a law professor at Harvard, wrote in a recent book, "From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage." Mr. Klarman was a law clerk to Justice Ginsburg when she served on the federal appeals court in Washington.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It's hard to decide which outcome we'd rather have. The outrage in some states generated by a 'sweeping decision' might backfire on Dems just as Roe Vs. Wade has. We're winning that one after all these years. North Dakota down. 49 more to go.
Why bother to impose it when the masses are quickly losing their grasp on the truth? No need to upset people when it's just a matter of time and enough decay.
Roe v Wade certainly corroded the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and the Constitution. The Supreme Court as an institution made possible the killing of 40 million human lives. What's more it has proclaimed over and over again that abortion, the intentional killing of human life is a "constitutional" right. Well how can a decent person respect such an institution and how can a person of conscience take an oath to uphold and defend a constitution that permits such an atrocity? If they make gay marriage a "constitutional right", more people will come to feel this way.
Maybe the Democrats are counting on using the issue in national campaigns in 2014. Can't dangle a carrot if the issue has already been settled by judicial fiat.
Or maybe they are afraid of blowback as the 2014 elections loom.
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We found these bones washed up in the rocks on the beach and wondered whether they are whale bone, what type of whale and where in the spine the bones are from.
Hello Helen,
When did you find this? Perhaps I can have a look on the database we have and find out a little bit more for you? Also if you could give me any more information, such as measurements that would be great. You can email the strandings office at email@example.com if you would like to get in touch with the whale strandings project, and we will do our best to find out what we can.