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Nine Inch Nails offer free tracks on BitTorrent, double album for $5
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has made the first section of a four-part album available as a BitTorrent download. The rest of the 36-track album is available on the band's website or on Amazon.com, without copying restrictions, for $5. Reznor has been a constant critic of record labels and the music industry for years. Last year he admitted that he frequently pirated music himself. He included this statement in the upload notes for the album, Ghosts I:
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Hello from Nine Inch Nails.
We're very proud to present a new collection of instrumental music, Ghosts I-IV. Almost two hours of music recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I-IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.
Now that we're no longer constrained by a record label, we've decided to personally upload Ghosts I, the first of the four volumes, to various torrent sites, because we believe BitTorrent is a revolutionary digital distribution method, and we believe in finding ways to utilize new technologies instead of fighting them.
We encourage you to share the music of Ghosts I with your friends, post it on your website, play it on your podcast, use it for video projects, etc. It's licensed for all non-commercial use under Creative Commons.
We've also made a 40 page PDF book to accompany the album. If you'd like to download it for free, visit http://ghosts.nin.com/main/pdf
Ghosts I is the first part of the 36 track collection Ghosts I-IV. Undoubtedly you'll be able to find the complete collection on the same torrent network you found this file, but if you're interested in the release, we encourage you to check it out at ghosts.nin.com, where the complete Ghosts I-IV is available directly from us in a variety of DRM-free digital formats, including FLAC lossless, for only $5. You can also order it on CD, or as a deluxe package with multitrack audio files, high definition audio on Blu-ray disc, and a large hard-bound book.
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Someone at US Weekly has apparently been watching the baseball playoffs, or at least noticed that the television ratings for this year's postseason have been through the roof. It's not the kind of reality programming they're used to covering, but they'll make exceptions for things that are popular. But how to tie into the normal Hollywood comings-and-goings that they cover?
Through Kate Hudson's relationship with Alex Rodriguez, of course. That puts Rodriguez right into their wheelhouse, and they came up with a doozy of a story to capitalize on the Yankees star's breakout postseason play. It seems they spoke to a former girlfriend of A-Rod's who spilled the beans about the decorative stylings found in his boudoir.
A former Rodriguez fling remembers seeing portraits of the slugger, 34, as a centaur hanging over his bed.
"He was so vain," his ex tells Us Weekly. "He had not one, but two painted portraits of himself as a centaur. You know, the half man, half horse figure?"
Adds the ex, "It was ridiculous."
What's ridiculous about that? What kind of aesthetically challenged dolt doesn't have a portrait of themselves as a mythical creature from Greek mythology? It's common knowledge that Chase Utley's entire house is decorated with pictures of him as a nymph, but he's not dating a movie star so no one cares about that.
Of course it's ridiculous, as is the magazine's breathless reporting that A-Rod has been rocking Hudson's world as hard as he rocked the pitchers from Minnesota and Anaheim through the first two rounds of the playoffs. It's silliness, but it is well timed silliness. Since A-Rod is so prominent on the sports landscape guarantees it will be picked up in places where Us Weekly stories rarely gain any traction. Like here, for example. Well played, Us Weekly.
It's also a well-timed reminder of the bad old days. You remember those days, don't you? It wasn't even a year ago that you could hardly go a day without reading a takedown of an aloof, egomaniacal A-Rod making a fool of himself and it was just six months ago that a whole book of assaults on Rodriguez was published to great fanfare. It was quite nice to spend a summer without hearing any of the normal tabloid silliness about A-Rod, even if it did lead to a copious amount of "What's changed about A-Rod" theories but it was probably naive to think that they were gone for good.
Those were the same bad old days when Rodriguez was a playoff choke artist who couldn't stay out of his own way when the games got more important. We've had a reminder of those days as well this week thanks to Rodriguez's back-to-back three-strikeout performances against the Phillies. He's hardly the only Yankee hitter who has struggled over the first two games, but he's the one he garners the most attention which is why another bad game will give rise to a return of people wondering why A-Rod chokes, no matter what Kate has to said about other clutch performances.
He's not going to be able to do anything about the tabloid life, it's an occupational hazard, but he can kill the choker label once and for all with a big weekend in Philly. That may make him even more appealing fodder for the gossip rags, but it's certainly better than going back to the way things were for his first five years in New York.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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The LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake are a pair of the premier club's in MLS and in the Western Conference, but their approaches to success are drastically different.
I took part in this "Point/Counterpoint" segment with RealSaltLake.com's Sam Stejskal on the approach that the two teams have.
LA Galaxy Insider Adam Serrano
ARGUMENT: LA may target stars, but aren't afraid to build from the ground up.
Yes, the LA Galaxy are the team of Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez, Robbie Rogers and, formerly, David Beckham. But if you think that the Galaxy are simply a team of glittering stars then you're missing the point.
All MLS teams, including LA and Real Salt Lake, operate within the same salary cap constraints and roster limitations, but it is how a team manages those rules that will prove how successful they are. RSL's prudent spending approach has worked for them, but Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena's own method is a tad more complicated, but just as balanced.
The Galaxy does boast two Designated Players in Keane and Donovan, and if reports are to be believed then they may be after a third in Mexican star Giovani Dos Santos. Signing talented marquee names has been a major pillar of the team's mission statement since the league's inception, but it doesn't stop there. LA's squad is also littered with young players as just eight of the club's 29 players are over the age of 25. At the forefront of this youth movement are LA's four Homegrown Players (Jack McBean, Jose Villarreal, Gyasi Zardes and Oscar Sorto), each of whom have made the game day roster this year.
Yes, investing in marquee names is important to the Galaxy as they look to stay at the forefront of the league, but as important to LA's master plan is developing the young talent rich soccer hotbed of Southern California. This season, the Galaxy have given significant opportunities to McBean, Villarreal, and Zardes, who in turn have shown flashes of the talent that may make them successful in the professional ranks.
This balance of youth and star power has been on full display this year as Arena has thrown most of his Homegrowns as well as his recent draft picks into action as LA look to win an unprecedented third straight MLS Cup. Whether or not this approach will pay dividends come the winter months remains to be seen, but LA's youngsters have already tasted success in 2013, after all, they did defeat RSL 2-0 during their last trip to Rio Tinto using a youth-laden lineup.
Will the Galaxy ever stop signing Designated Players or being linked with some of the game's biggest names? Not a chance. However, just as unlikely is LA's willingness to invest in young talent and polish a few hidden gems along the way.
After all, you need a complete squad to win a championship, not just few big names.
Sam Stejskal of RealSaltLake.com
ARGUMENT:RSL's model is more nuanced than LA's star-driven roster development
On Wednesday, a report surfaced that the LA Galaxy have offered 24-year-old Mexican national teamer Giovani Dos Santos an $8 million contract to sign with the team this summer.
Regardless whether or not that report is true – and there are signs that indicate it isn't – it's not hard to imagine the Galaxy offering Dos Santos that kind of dough. They've certainly splashed that sort of cash before – see David Beckham and Robbie Keane, amongst others – and giving that big money to Dos Santos would make sense. The Barcelona product is young, has an impressive pedigree and would be a big draw with the millions of Hispanic fans in Southern California.
The fact that a report like that is at least somewhat believable is a good marker of the different worlds that Real Salt Lake and the Galaxy operate in. Yes, both teams have won MLS Cups since 2009, both have been fixtures near the top of the Western Conference table over the last five years and both deal with the same salary cap and roster constraints as every other team in the league.
But you'd never see a report claiming that RSL offered Dos Santos – or anyone else, for that matter - $8 million to come to the Wasatch Front. For better or for worse, the Claret-and-Cobalt has to do things differently than the Galaxy. There's just not as much money to play with. In order for RSL to enjoy the sustained success it has since before it won the 2009 Cup, the technical staff has had to create and maintain an innovative – at least for MLS – tactical system. They've had to find diamonds in the rough in the domestic and international markets. And when Jason Kreis, Garth Lagerwey and Co. pays big money – though not "big" by LA's standards – for a player like Javier Morales or Alvaro Saborio, they can't afford to miss.
To be clear, both RSL's and LA's models work. The two teams have won three of the last four MLS Cups and one method isn't necessarily any better than the other. But one model – and I trust you know which one I'm talking about – does require a little bit more work, a little bit more thought and a whole lot less room for error.
Who do you agree with? Which approach is best?
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#1 Suspected Anonymous Hacker Busted By FBI Thanks To A Racy Photo04-15-2012, 03:56 PM
HOUSTON (CBS Houston) - The evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigations gathered against an alleged Galveston hacker didnt come from a techno-chase through the expansive Internet. Instead, the FBI used the information embedded in a photograph of his girlfriends breasts.
Higinio O. Ochoa, 30, is a Linux administrator by day, but by night hes accused of being part of the group CabinCr3w, an affiliate of the hacktivist organization Anonymous.
According to Gizmodo, Ochoa allegedly used the Twitter handle @Anonw0rmer to link to a site boasting personal information on law enforcement officials, along with a picture of a young women in a low-cut shirt that read, PwNd by w0rmer & CabinCr3w.
The FBI found the image in February and checked the exchangeable image file format, or EXIF data, for evidence. EXIF data is information that a digital camera imprints onto an image.
This particular images EXIF data revealed that it came from an iPhone near Melbourne, Australia, which then led the FBI to Ochoas Facebook page.
The page featured other images of the girl, who turned out to be his girlfriend.
On March 20, the FBI stormed Ochoas apartment and arrested him. He was held at the FBIs Houston branch a $50,000 bail was posted.
The FBI alleges that, in addition to the violation of police officers privacy, Ochoa also hacked the County of Houstons website.
[He] created fake events on their online, posted images representing Anonymous and CabinCr3w, deleted the entire administrator accounts except the one created by the attacker, the FBI detailed to Gizmodo.
The FBI also said that Ochoa also leaked personal information of Goldman Sachs executives last September.
I'd know that pair anywhere!Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
They are going to lock him in a room and force him to talk. I'd pay to watch that. He should be treated the same as any other terrorist including incarceration at Gitmo.Deplorably Proud To Be An American
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What's next, making suspected shoplifters fight to the death on public television?
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Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
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Outside of Stephen King, anyone know of any writers who are open about pot enhancing their process?
Outside of Stephen King, anyone know of any writers who are open about pot enhancing their process?
I know of none still living. I am interested if anyone can contribute more but I suspect that they are afraid that publishers will give them a hard time. Music seems to have a different standard.
i was gonna say if stephen king aint smokin,i dont know who is ,he writes some freaky stuff,,,i read once where he scared himself so badly writing "pet cemetery' i believe,that he had himself checked by a shrink, thats pretty spooky when you scare yourself. quentin tarrentinos stuff is out there too, i imagine he's blazin
Theres a clip of him being interviwed (Quentin Tarrentino) in the Late Night Show with connan of him openly admitting he blazed with Brad pitt during a movie shoot. I'll try to youtube it.
I f'ing love Tarantino. I would blaze with him anyday. I'm not sure of any other writers that smoke though. When I find out I'll def post.
Hunter S. Thompson would smoke...along with just about every other type of mind-altering substance he could find, even experimental stuff. Of course he's dead, but not from that stuff. Peace!
I love to smoke and write lol.
Tom Robbins! Wonderful stuff!
Most of the Beat generation who are practically all dead [the main three: Jack kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg]
I imagine that quite a few sci-fi writers have/do, Philip K Dick [also obviously dead]
What I'm most interested in, is what writers pre- 1940s smoked pot!?
hmm did anyone see the christmas episode of the simpsons? Otto shovels pot into the polar express to make it fly! Hmmmmm.
"Give a guy a bud and no bong and he becomes MacGyver real fast!"= Tommy Chong
I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?
-Willie Nelson
The only drawback to the "expansive" breed of weed is that I become a bit too expansive, especially with my ramblings here on this site. It is frequently to my embarrassment and the reader's amusement.
do bands, comics, etc. count? lol...
cuzz that list can go on and on. we are always shocked at the guests that actually smoke alot of pot when they come on our show. pot just helps calm the other senses down enough to focus on certain stuff...


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Though revenues are still well below the highs of over a decade ago, total US music industry revenues showed a second year of stabilization relative to the steep declines of prior years. Overall recorded music sales revenues for 2012 were $7.1 billion, down 0.9%, after a slight increase from 2010 to 2011.
Industry revenues from digital formats continued to grow, and in 2012 surpassed $4 billion for the first time ever, up 14% versus the prior year. Overall, digitally distributed formats comprised 59% of the total US market by dollar value in 2012, after crossing the 50% threshold for the first time in 2011.
Digital growth was driven by large increases in revenues through what can broadly be referred to as "access models", where users can choose to listen from large libraries of music rather than purchasing individual songs or albums. This category includes revenues from subscription services (such as Rhapsody and paid versions of Spotify, among others), streaming radio service revenues that are distributed by SoundExchange (like Pandora, SiriusXM, and other Internet radio), and other non-subscription streaming services (such as YouTube, Vevo, and adsupported Spotify, which this year are included for the first time in this report).
These types of services have quickly become significant revenue contributors for the industry. Collectively, they went from just 3% of total industry revenues in 2007 to 15% in 2012, totaling over $1 billion for the year. Distributions for digital performance royalties from SoundExchange, which include payments to performers and copyright holders for webcasting, satellite radio, and other non-interactive digital music services, increased 58% to $462 million in 2012.
Revenues from subscription services and streaming services that do not fall under a statutory license were $570.8 million in 2012, up 58.9% from $359.2 million in 2011. Note these figures include retail revenues for paid services, as well as wholesale revenues for services like adsupported streaming that do not have a retail price. The number of digital subscribers to paid on-demand services also reached a new high at 3.4 million.
Digital downloads, including albums, single tracks, videos, and kiosk sales were up 8.6% by value, from $2.6 billion in 2011 to $2.9 billion in 2012. Digital albums continued to grow, from $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion (12.5%) in 2012. Digital album volume of 116.7 million marked the second year in which the total exceeded 100 million. Digital albums accounted for 35% of all album sales by volume, up from 30% in 2011. Digital tracks also grew but at a slower pace, up in total value 6.7% from $1.5 billion in 2011 to $1.6 billion.
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It looks as if zonealarm pushed an update this morning.
I had the update error (one one xp machine) but this morning my client downloaded an update, I was asked to reboot and now av updates work again. Am I the only one who got this update ?
It looks as if zonealarm pushed an update this morning.
I had the update error (one one xp machine) but this morning my client downloaded an update, I was asked to reboot and now av updates work again. Am I the only one who got this update ?
After several weeks of problems on a desktop and Netbook i too am getting updates.
My version is still ...250.
At least we are now up to date!
Yeah I'm still getting the same error (even after a restart). My versions: ZoneAlarm Security Suite version: 10.0.246.000 vsmon version: 10.0.246.000 Driver version: 10.0.217.000 Anti-virus engine version: 126.96.36.199 Anti-virus signature DAT file version: 1061569696 ZoneAlarm Browser Security: 1.5.311.0
Please be sure to report to ZA technical support (link in my signature, look for live chat link) since they do NOT monitor this board. Its free for registered users. You should however first update to the latest official build what you are using is old.
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Just restarting your PC does not fix the issue.
You need to receive the update first, then after the update installs it will specifically tell you to apply the update you must reboot.
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I am also having problems with this update error and it is telling me my computer is unsafe. I have tried re-trying the update, rebooting etc and nothing is working. I am at a loss as to what to do to fix it.
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Thank you George, I have followed your instructions and all is working correctly now
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I can't believe that only 7 days after I downloaded the new version of ZASS, exactly the same thing has now happened as before and it is now stating that there is an error with the anti-virus update!!!
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Having read your sticky about a new version released 2 days ago, does this now mean I have to go through the whole rigmarole that I followed before or can I just install the new version, as it seems to imply on the sticky? It has just done a quick scan and has only been switched on for 20 minutes since the update was overdue.
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Shehadi's 28 keeps BBA unbeaten
MANCHESTER -- Even though they didn't guard each other, Burr and Burton Academy junior Joey Shehadi and Rutland senior Pat O'Rourke were basically in a individual battle.
Shehadi would make a three, then O'Rourke would come down and do the same on the next possession.
In the end, Shehadi won the battle and his team won the game, 66-54, as BBA remained unbeaten at 13-0.
"The kid can play, he loves it and he puts the work in," said BBA coach Dave Shehadi. "Just like O'Rourke who was fabulous, Joey's our guy and he's a handful."
Shehadi scored a game-high 28, including 16 in the second half, while O'Rourke had 26 to lead the Raiders.
"It was a hell of a game and we came out firing," Joey Shehadi said. "It's such a great rivalry, this is the first time we've beat them [in years], we had nothing to lose, we came to play and the intensity was there."
Ahead by 10 at the half, Rutland started to chip away into the Bulldogs' advantage, pulling to 42-35 after O'Rourke scored on a three-point play. Two more empty trips for BBA opened the door for O'Rourke again, who hit a jumper with 1:47 left in the third to make it 44-40.
But Shehadi quelled the flow, knocking home a three from the wing after some nice ball movement from his teammates, then he hit a two with 35 seconds left in the third to make it 49-40.
On the next possession, Rutland was called for a charge as Cody Gilbert stood his ground and forced a turnover to give BBA the momentum back heading into the fourth.
"We countered the run, we were making some shots and getting stops at the other end," Joey Shehadi said. "We did a good job of rebounding and keeping them off the boards."
In the fourth, Shehadi kept the run going, hitting another two and then another three with the capacity crowd roaring to push the lead to 14 and force Rutland to take a timeout.
"It was loud in there, wasn't it?" coach Shehadi said. "Home court advantage is great -- you don't ride a bus, the crowd is behind you, shooting at rims you know."
A 6-0 run by the Raiders quieted the crowd as they pulled back to within single digits, but smart ball movement in breaking Rutland's press let BBA keep a sizable advantage.
"We work on breaking the press, we know where the spots are to break it," Joey Shehadi said. "We got some easy buckets at the end there with that, it helped us extend the lead to 10 and keep it there."
While the high-scorer, Shehadi wasn't the only BBA player to have a major effect. Tyeshawn Gadson added 13 points, while Conor Harrington pitched in with 9.
"Ty played well and Taylor [Muench] rebounded the best he has all season," coach Shehadi said. "Conor is a force in the middle, Ryan is solid, unselfish, they have to play well to get where we are."
BBA has two more Division I games next week, against Mount Anthony on Monday and Brattleboro on Friday.
"We're halfway through our D-I stretch," Joey Shehadi said. "We have to keep working hard. Being 13-0 is great but its just another accolade."
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We speak to the President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli about how the debt crises in the U.S. and Europe are affecting his country, and how Panama is continuing to grow. Reporter Mitchell Hartman shows us one place that was shaken to its core by the housing crisis. And what does the OWN network need to do to succeed?


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Miley Cyrus models Chanel onesie: 'Don't hate. Appreciate.'
Miley Cyrus has a bold message for all the naysayers: "Don't hate. Appreciate." The former Disney star posted a silly shot of herself wearing a Chanel-brand onesie on Twitter on Wednesday in a bold fashion statement.
But despite her childish outfit, the button-pushing singer, 20, has been growing up and determinedly pushing back against her wide-eyed Hannah Montana image in recent months.
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Just last week, the "Party in the U.S.A." singer released her latest collaboration, with rapper Snoop Lion, called "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks." The lyrics for the reggae-tinged track are a huge departure from Cyrus' previous works of mild teenage rebellion.
"Now my buzz is gone, and I need to re-up on reality/ Can't let them see me weak I need to pause on it/ Is there any possibility that everyone feels like me?" she sings on the single.
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On April 5, the singer (engaged to fiancé Liam Hemsworth) joined pal Pharrell Williams for his 40th birthday celebration in Miami, wearing baggy black shorts and a tight black crop-top that showed off her toned midriff.
"So many peeps I love birthdays are today!" she tweeted on Friday. "Gotta celebrate."
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Here's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. We've got about four or five major PR agencies/showrooms here in New Zealand (Auckland specifically). As far as I can tell, they're all very good at their jobs. So good, in fact, that you can't pick up a magazine or a newspaper without seeing one of their clients in print. But does all this press correspond to increased stockists and sales for the labels? Most of the young designers I know are dirt poor, yet they're constantly being interviewed by the media, their collections forever being lauded. It's an odd phenomenon. In other much written about industries like acting, a lot of press would generally come as a result of a lot of work. You don't often see out of work actors on the front pages of weekend pullouts.
So I guess the questions I want to ask are:
Is this a situation where the publicists are actually too good at their jobs and don't have the clients to back it up?
Is it a case of lazy media/stylists always being spoon-fed stories and clothing from very good PR agents?
Is it a case where the public likes reading about New Zealand designers but when it comes time to go shopping they still choose international imports?
Are the designers' clothes too expensive for what they're selling in comparison to international (probably made in China) labels?
Are the fashion media only writing about who they want to write about regardless of the tastes of the general public?
And, finally,
Does the New Zealand fashion media have the power to sell clothes to the public?
This is a theoretical debate, so I don't want a whole bunch of "X label shouldn't be getting any press at all, they suck," or "This fashion journalist is a sellout."
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Hi there,
This moth was found in a garden in Sussex. I can't seem to find anything that matches it - on any UK database anyway. What is confusing things is the markings on it's head that look remarkably like bird eyes and the flattened antennae also giving it a 'bird-like' head. My guess is this species is not native to Britain?
Any help is appreciated.
Hi Max,
Looks like a Hummingbird Hawk Moth Macroglossum stellatarum
Your right about it not being native its a migrant species and it is often mistaken for a bird
Great shots of it btw!
Aah cool. Thanks for the help!
Glad you like the pics :)


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George Lucas, Mellody Hobson throw huge wedding party in Chicago
Double the party! "Star Wars" creator George Lucas celebrated his June 22 nuptials to businesswoman Mellody Hobson with another star-studded party on Saturday, June 29, at the Promontory Point in Chicago.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, guests including Prince, Robin Williams, Mark Hamill, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Al Roker, Gayle King, Jesse Jackson, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson and Ne-Yo were among those in attendance for the once-in-a-lifetime bash.
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The site reports that Prince performed with a 22-piece band under a huge tent, which was set up in the Hyde Park neighborhood. In a previous report by DNAInfo Chicago, crews reportedly built the 100,000 air-conditioned tent to cover a newly-constructed platform, as well as a $60,000 lighting rig. The platform was reportedly going to be torn down July 4, and the couple's lavish affair required special permits to raise the temporary structure at the park.
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As Us Weekly reported on June 25, Lucas, 69 and Hobson, 44, a Chicago native, wed at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, Calif., on Saturday, June 22. According to a source, 200 guests including Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro, Glenn Close, Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart, Quincy Jones and Rashida Jones were present.
The pair announced their engagement in January following a seven-year courtship. The "Indiana Jones" creator was previously wed to film editor Marcia Griffin from 1969 to 1983.
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The series will conclude with a doubleheader set to begin at 1 p.m. today. The game can be heard online at athletics.atu.edu and radio station KCAB 980 AM.
Abreu scored on an error in the first inning, but OBU's Duncan Collins hit a two-run single in the second to put the Tigers ahead 2-1.
Abreu knotted the game in the fifth with an RBI single, and the Wonder Boys reclaimed the lead when Josh Johnson scored on an error. ATU extended its lead to 4-2 after a sacrifice fly by Thomas Biocic later in the inning.
The Wonder Boys continued the offensive onslaught in the sixth inning, as Josh Johnson's RBI bunt single and a two-run triple by Abreu pushed the lead to 7-2.
The Tigers came back in the bottom of the sixth and scored three runs to cut Tech's lead to 7-5. However, the Wonder Boys responded once again, as an RBI double by Drew Stanton and a two-run pinch-hit single by Jay Johnson extended ATU's lead to 10-5.
But OBU exploded in the bottom of the seventh and scored eight runs on four hits with two errors to claim a 13-10 lead. The Tigers bullpen shut down the Wonder Boys down in order in the eighth and ninth.
Zac Johnson, Jonathan Finnegan, and Josh Johnson all had two hits for the Wonder Boys in the loss. Zach Skelton suffered the loss in relief, falling to 2-2 on the season after allowing four runs, two earned, on one hit.
Tennis: Suns can claim outright GAC crown today
Arkansas Tech's Golden Suns tennis program seeks to win its second consecutive regular-season outright championship today when it hosts Southern Nazarene at the Chartwells Women's Sports Complex. The match is slated for an 11 a.m. start.
ATU will face UAPB on Tuesday in their final tuneup for the upcoming Great American Conference championship in Bentonville on April 19-21.
It has been a tumultuous season for the Golden Suns, who started the season 1-3 in dual competitions. However, since March, ATU has posted a 9-1 record and is on a five-match winning streak entering today's match with SNU.
"This season started out kind of rough, but we bounced back well," Golden Suns head coach Abby Davis said. "It's been an up-and-down season at times, but we're ready."
Making matters more difficult, particularly in the early portion of the season, was Arkansas Tech's abbreviated fall schedule. Weather forced the cancellation of several fall events and allowed the Suns to compete only once before the spring season.
"Having a short fall season was tough," Davis said. "We only got to play one fall tournament and we added a new player in January. Historically we've had good doubles teams, and it's very important, particularly in (NCAA) Division II to have good doubles teams. It was maybe two weeks before we started playing in January that I had to make a decision about our doubles lineup. I felt like we were pretty far behind in doubles, and it showed against some really good teams those first few matches. But we've been able to tell, as our season has gone on, that our doubles teams have been what has set us up to win matches. When you go into singles ahead 3-0 or 2-1, that's a huge advantage."
Despite the up-and-down nature of the season, Davis is confident in her team's focus and attitude going into the final two matches of the regular season as well as the GAC championship.
"What has surprised me the most on this team is how well they get ready to play," Davis said. "They mentally get ready for competition. That's so huge in individual sports. They want to get out and compete, they enjoy competing, and they go out there with the attitude that they are going win. They know that they won conference last year and they know they are the favorites this year, and they act like that when they are on the court. They rise to the challenge. We know we have a target on our backs, and we are the team that everyone wants to knock off, and they just get ready to play. I know what I'm going to get when I put them on the court."
Volleyball: Suns host tournament today
Spring workouts continue for the Arkansas Tech volleyball program, and the Golden Suns will once again face outside competition this weekend when they host a six-team preseason tournament beginning at 9 a.m. today. Admission to the tournament inside Tucker Coliseum is free.
"We are looking forward to playing at home this spring against some quality competition," ATU head coach Kristy Bayer said. "It is a good opportunity for our fans to get a glimpse of our progress this spring."
The Golden Suns will compete along with the Arkansas Tech Alumni volleyball team, Harding, Lyon, East Central and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Matches will be played from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a 50-minute time limit.
9 a.m. — Harding vs. Tech Alumni (Court 1)
10 — Tech vs. Harding (Court 1); Lyon vs. Tech Alumni (Court 2)
11 — Lyon vs. Tech (Court 1)
Noon — Harding vs. East Central (Court 1); UAPB vs. Lyon (Court 2)
1 p.m. — UAPB vs. East Central (Court 1)
2 — Tech Alumni vs. Tech (Court 1); East Central vs. Lyon (Court 2)
3 — East Central vs. Tech (Court 1); UAPB vs. Alumni (Court 2).
Dover peewee football, cheerleading registration today
The Dover youth football and cheerleading programs will host registration for the 2013 season from 10 a.m. to noon today and April 20 at the Old Gym on the Dover school campus.
Sign-ups are open to children in Dover schools going into grades 4-6. Participates also must not turn 13 before Nov. 10. New players must submit a copy of birth certificate. Registration costs are $50 for one child, $95 for two children and $135 for three children.
For more information, contact football commissioner Joseph Brown at (479) 692-9820 or cheerleading commissioner Amber Baggett at 747-0408.


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Discussion in 'Old's Cool' started by edfetz, Oct 13, 2011.
Those springs were a known fault on some early guzzis.
New gaskets...check
Carb kits..check
Split boot..check
Good used gastank...check
Get my ass in gear and pull the junk and get to it!!!!
Split u-joint boot? Wouldn't recommend it. Better to pull the rear drive and swingarm and do it right. Gives you a chance to grease the splines and have a good look at the condition of everything.
yes, indeed.
repack the swingarm tapered bearings. the centering and pre-load are easy to do.
add about 2oz of gear oil at the boot before clamping it as i stated before... works.
they ain't tapered.
I'm not sure what your plan of attack is;
she'll fire up easy for you I'm sure.
But if you plan to do some miles,
put some love into the running gear.
Lube those splines,
scope out the u-joint,
replace that carrier bearing,
and give your RD a going over....
I shattered one of those pretty good.
Above all, listen to MZrider
Swingarm bearings on loops and tontis are tapered. If you need to replace them, you'll need a blind bearing puller to get the race out of the swing arm. Greg Bender has a cross-reference:
item 18
just sayin'.....
OK, well mine and 2 other loops i know of aren't.
also a long bolt and some clever washer placement works well.
edit: scuze me, I've been referring to the carrier bearing, not swing arm bearings.
Tapered or not, I'll be repacking the swing arm bearings!
Onward! Into the Fog!
Pull the motor/tranny
Clean the greasy dirty thing up...
Clean the dirty greasy frame up...
Pull heads - send to Aldo (machinist) for for testing/inspection. Repair/refresh if compression low.
Pull cylinders for Gilardoni replacement
Inspect crank/cam bearings
Replace seals front rear main
Carbs rebuilt
I don't even know yet if it's got a chain or gears but check and refresh as necessary
Improve generator mounting bracket
Replace clutch springs
Inspect plates for wear
Crack tranny/inspect for wear and replace shifter return spring
Keep cleaning the dirty greasy bitch up
Fix whatever else looks bad
Clean the greasy dirty thing up
Pull rear swing, grease bearing and head yoke
Inspect repair driveshaft/UJoint/spline
Replace boot
Replace carrier
Inspect rear drive for operation
Brakes front and rear
Inspect/refresh shocks
New Cables
Check refresh harness
Keep cleaning the damn thing up
New tires
New battery
Fresh gas lines
Sparky wires
I'm gonna throw two little Uni filters on the carbs for now
Then I was gonna put fresh oil and gas in it, start it up and take it for a ride....
Did I miss anything?
#16 on the pic above has a very fine pitch thread for its large diameter.
These are known to get rusted inplace but not often. They should have had a light lubing of grease when installed.
I have had luck with one that was frozen inplace on a Tonti frame. Like a bicycle seat post that gets rusted in.
I heated the #16 not the frame, this will cause it to expand crushing corrosion, let it cool, then remove.
This way the finish on the frame is little damaged.
Three chemicals are on my bench.
Nuts-Off... the best penetrating oil ever. Works a treat on salt water outboards. Hard to find & inexpensive.
Rapid-Tap... one of the best all purpose cutting agents. I even use it on files for a real nice finish.
DeOxit... google it, buy it, use it. Put a touch on all electrical connection.
Only in recent years have Italian m/c wiring looms not had issues with corrosion at the wire end & crimp connect. Must be strange alloy.
DeOxit will go inside these connection & do wonders. Keep this in mind.
I doubt the swinger bearing will need changing, just cleaning & repack. New rubber seals might be needed however.
Adjust pre-load on the swinger bearings with the engine mounting bolts torqued and the rear shocks off.
Some pre-load is needed and moving the swinger it can be felt when there is too much.
There might be a spec on this. Like zero + 1/2 turn but IDK.
BTW, i'm 65 soon and have been wrenching since age 10.
Yes - attach video camera. Take pictures. Post so other loopers can enjoy.
Thanks Pete,
...or should I just call you Old....?
Looks like I can get DeOxit Gold at the local Radio Shack...same stuff?
Thanks for the tip. I've never used the stuff, but always wondered if somebody made something like that...
I'll be 58 in October and am past the age of needing to get my Nuts Off, on a regular basis...
I've recently found some gentle massaging heat to be sufficient to get the job done when the time is right!
Tap Magic has been on my shelf for years, seems to work just fine...and I just picked up a new Tap and Die set in anticipation of this project.
I'm all geared up to document this thing.
It helps to slow things down by forcing yourself to take pics, as references are made, and questions can be posed to the peanut gallery... one picture is worth a thousand....
You guys will be peppered with silly questions ad infinitum that will probably get me banned...
Not HIM again!!!
The goal is to make the bike run well...better than new if possible...
I originally was going to pimp this thing up, but I've never been a fan of , "...just another girl on the runway.."
She is what she is...
As Stagehand says, " I love my bike, and she loves me, but I'm sure it's only for my money...!":eek1
Wanna really make it run sweet?
Since you're installing new barrels & pistons... tighten up the squish band (google that).
In the olden days guys would use uber-thick base gaskets to lower compression and stop any pinging.
The real deal is to get what little squish Guzzi offers to a little < 1mm like .7
This increases turbulence in the combustion chamber and really helps stop pinging(detonation).
On the two 948cc Guzzis i built V7 Sport base gaskets were used and they brought the pistons to 1.2mm squish.
email Moto International about this. Dave Richardson is the Guzzi man.
Another sweetener... In an unseen as possible place, install 1/4" hose fittings in the intake manifolds.
Remove any bit that protrudes into the intake tract.
Use a 1/4" neoprene hose between them. Balances the intake at very low speeds & idle.
The carbs still need to be in balance without this hose inplace. So balance them then install the hose..
simple and these fittings can be used for vacuum balancing... clear?
DeOxit Gold? Yes. A tiny drop on a tooth pick is all it takes.
Google reviews of it.
I worked a number of years around deep sea salt water(oil platforms) and nothing works like Nuts-Off.
Believe me the oil patch tries everything. If you ever see it...buy it.
0.7 mm :eek1
One millimeter on a modern big twin is a standard squish measurement on stock con rods.
Maybe 0.7mm is with a 4000 rpm rev limit.
Another thing.
At 46k miles the noisy even new rockers may need service.
rockerarms.com near Redding CA is the place.
The shafts are quite hard and can be flipped if any wear is detectable.
In the late '90s shipping to & fro costs close to the rebush & tip grinding of all four arms.
Most hghly recommend them if you are seeking this.
Moto International did my heads for $150 in the '90s with new guides.
Tip: Drop the push rods one at a time in a horizontal fashion from about a foot onto a hard flat surface.
Does it ring? That's good.
Does it sound like a lead bell? That's bad... means it's full of oil. Buy used as new are laughably funny expensive.
The two places out here are:
Cycle Garden.. not cheap
Moto Guzzi Classics.. Mark is a good m/c guy
In an unseen as possible place, install 1/4" hose fittings in the intake manifolds.
Did I not tell or suggest to him to contact D. Richardson on this?? Mmmmm.
.7mm is the minimum. over 1mm is not the best and both my 948 engines unded up at 1.2mm and i was able to stop using duel spark plugs.
How many engines have you built? My 948 engines saw 7.5k RPM often.
Comments like your's are why most that know will not post in threads of this type.
Lurk & drop turds, is that you?
The lower inside.
You really should buy a current copy of Guzziology.
Got it...signed by the author...
At 400 pages or so, I haven't finished reading them all...
Chapter 7 doesn't have a listing for a manifold to manifold connection to improve idle ability.
Where would I find a reference to that?


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My wife and I rescue and rehabilitate abused golden retrievers. To help us with this work we have four of our own, our core pack. Today we lost our matriarch, Tuppence the Wonderbitch. She was only ten, but had been diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma a few days ago. We've been through this before with others, so figured we had a month at best. I made plans to spend as my time with her as possible, starting this weekend.
But she took a turn for the worse while I was at work today, and my wife called in the afternoon expressing concern. I left early, and got home to the usual jubilant greeting from my three boys: Tadcaster, Barley and Kazoo. Then I looked up to see Tuppence staggering toward me. She made it to within a few feet before falling heavily to her side, so I sat with her on dirt. She scraped forward a few more inches to rest her white muzzle on my thigh, and looked up at me with big brown eyes brimming with love.
A few minutes later she was gone.
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This isnt much of a first post, but im learning and wanted to put together something off the top of my head a "small game"
The problem is that it allways gives me the command like if i pick the number 3, it gives me the words "Your too low, Congrats you win!!"
Am I doing else wrong, why does it display the win command when I didnt win. Also can anyone point me to a way to recycle it so if u dont get the number right it doesnt terminate.
Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { int number; cout<<"Please input a number: \n"; cin>> number; cin.ignore(); cout<<"You inputted: "<< number << "\n"; cin.ignore(); if ( number < 5 ) cout<< " You are too low\n"; else if ( number > 5 ) cout<< " You are too high\n"; else ( number == 5 ); cout<< " Congrats you win!!\n"; cin.get(); }


text: Since several people expressed interest in this ship from my last thread about my movie era Romulan Warbird, I figured I'd make a separate thread just for this. Early sketch image: Upper saucer detail: And here's an angled shot, and some orthos, with the mostly fleshed out saucer (other than the Bridge and lower sections, as well as windows), and the rest still in early sketch form: And lastly, some recent work I've been getting done on the warp nacelles: Obviously, it shares a lot of design elements of the Constitution Refit, but is a bit more compact and "sporty". Here's a quick scale study to illustrate the relative sizes: Please let me know what you think, any comments or suggestions for improvement are always welcome. This is my first serious attempt at doing a Starfleet ship, so I'm learning a lot as I go.


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The right way to do this would be Replace Conditional With Polymorphism… that is, if feasible/sensible, wrap the objects in other objects which all have a
stringify method that delegates to the right method in the wrapped object.
But doing it for just this one instance, of course, is way too much effort.
And I find that
can is often the wrong tool when I'm just trying to do something, regardless of how it gets done. Usually,
eval is better suited to that job, although in this case it is so unw
Courtesy of Matt Trout here is an evil trick to enables a different kind of syntax…
sub try::method {
my $self = shift;
for my $method ( @_ ) {
return \sub { $self->$method( @_ ) } if $self->can( $method );
my $class = ref( $self ) || $self;
croak qq{Can't locate any of the object methods "@$methods" via package "$class"};
return [
map { $_->${try::method qw(string heredoc)}() }
When I wrote App::Pgrep, I chose a different route. I have a hash which resembles this (there are other keys in the hash which I've removed for clarity):
quote => { stringify => sub { shift->string } },
heredoc => {
stringify => sub {
# heredoc lines are terminated with newlines
my @strings = shift->heredoc;
Hmm, I seem to remember muttering something to do with polymorphism on this thread…
sub TokenHandler::quote::stringify { shift->string }
sub TokenHandler::heredoc::stringify {
# heredoc lines are terminated with newlines
my @strings = shift->heredoc;
return join '' => @strings;
sub TokenHandler::pod::stringify {
# pod lines lines are *not* terminated with newlines
my @strings = shift->lines;
return join "\n" =
I was going to change the code when I remembered why I didn't go this route: I didn't want to add code directly to the classes. What if Adam adds a stringify method? What if I forget one and there's some crazy AUTOLOAD method? What if at some point in the future I wanted to swap in a class with an identical interface? By adding just a tiny bit of infrastructure, I can sidestep these issues. I wasn't terribly worried about them in the specific case of PPI, but in the general case, I'm extremely gun shy
What if Adam adds a stringify method?
Huh? What does that have to do with the code I wrote?
Again, it's probably not an issue with the particular example in hand, but if I add methods directly to a class and someone else comes along and adds identically named methods, I have no guarantee that my method will behave the same way their method does. When their other methods try to call the method and get mine, who knows what happens?
Thus, I really don't feel comfortable reaching directly into another package (though traits are OK because you (mostly) get the compile-time safety).
I'm trying to follow what you are talking about. Who else than you would be adding methods to your own classes?
Ah, sheesh. Now I see the disconnect. I skimmed your code (thinking that I had already seen stuff like this before) and I had read TokenHandler::pod::stringify as PPI::Token::Pod::stringify. Just shoot me now, will you? I was surprised that you had suggested this. Now I know why
Ah, now it makes sense.
Yeah, I definitely would not suggest that! (Considering how much I lambast the Ruby crowd for making a mindless habit of it…)
I just thought that, well, you need a dispatch at that point, and your table is static, so why not let Perl do the job? I find the resulting code a good deal less ugly too, although that is certainly debatable.


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Hi, I want a serger and have been thinking about it for over a year but have never used one b4.
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Discussion in 'Former Pro Player Talk' started by 90's Clay, Aug 22, 2012.
pc1, Thanks for your support. Federer had his big problems with Tsonga as well.
Did you see how well Tsonga was serving and how hard he was hitting the ball? No shame in being played hard for 4 sets by Tsonga, Federer pulled away in the fifth. Nadal was given a right thumping by Tsonga at the AO 2008...
Gimeno would have been the favourite in the amateurs to win at Roland Garros for 1963 to 1967 and maybe also for 1961 and 1962.
And don't underrate Gimeno on grass: He reached final of the first Australian Open after a win against Rosewall, he reached, as an old man, Wimbledon SF, he lost at 35 to Smith in five sets in the US Open, he finished ahead of Rosewall in the 1967 Newport tournament, he beat Rosewall in the 1967 US Pro in straight sets and lost to Laver (in Rod's best year) in four...In his peak he was awesome on any surface! Thus he could have won more than 12 amateur majors.
Sorry I don't agree with you. A guy doesn't go from winning absolutely nothing in the pro ranks to winning 12+ amateur slams. This is just your attempt to boost the pro champions of the time.....Laver and guess who, Rosewall!
Dan, Bach in my opinion is one of the top four, Händel one of the top eight but Haydn (the Emerson of music) is not in my top ten: no deep feeling, no moving music, 100 times the same symphony composed...
Dan, I understand.
Phoenix, I don't have an pro scene agenda. I go with facts only.
Gimeno winning absolutely nothing in the pro ranks? He won nine tournaments where he beat both Laver and Rosewall and about 30 more where he beat at least one of them. In 1966 he won both big claycourt tournaments thus being No.1 claycourter of the words. He thrice beat my "darling", Rosewall in pro majors. In the first open year he beat "amateur king" Emerson 6:1 matches...
By the way, Laver and Rosewall won 8 out of the first ten open era majors where they participated even though they were seniors...
I would agree with you with Djokovic. He hasn't accomplished enough yet. Hopefully you're wrong about Nadal and I sure you want to be wrong about him.
Look, Rosewall was well past prime when open tennis arrived, and he won more than his share of Open majors against Newcombe, Roche, Ashe and other younger players.
Rosewall probably peaked in 1958-59, when he ranked third behind Gonzales and Hoad.
Think about it.
Sedgman picked Kramer number one, but on consistency, Gonzales second, but in 1964 he stated that when Hoad was playing well he was "unbeatable".
That is what I mean by "peak", a great player on a hot day.
Sedgman himself had some great days where he could overwhelm Gonzales and Kramer (in Cleveland, for example, the reporter stated that Sedgman played at a much higher level than Kramer that day.)
I don't think Kramer had "hot" days, where he played "above himself", just an incredible consistency.
Riggs stated that he could beat Kramer for a few matches, but that Kramer wore him down in a long series.
Gonzales suggested the same, and seemed to have more respect for Budge.
The first time Roger lost to Tsonga in a major was in Wimbledon 2011, a five setter and then Roger was just one month away from his 30th birthday. He was past his prime.
Yes I know. I have a lot of respect for the old pro because Rosewall proved how strong he was, not only in the early days of the open era, but until the end of the 70's! It is not to please Bobby that I have him in the second place of my list. But to there is a long way between acknowledging the greatness of Ken, Rod and Gorgo, and claiming the greatness of some Trabert, like Bobby does, because he defeated the top guy in a few tournaments. Davydenko won a lot of tournament too (considering the norm of the current era), including some important one, and he defeated the top guys in the process: Nadal several time, Federer, Del Potro, etc.
I can't see Davydenko as an all time great, and it seems to me that Trabert was a kind of Davydenko.
I believe you are wrong there by a mile. Trabert was a tremendous player with a big serve, huge groundies (especially the backhand) and a top volley. He wasn't the quickest player in the world but he had every shot. He was overshadowed by guys like Gonzalez, Rosewall, Sedgman and Hoad although he could defeat them even on some big occasions.
The man won five classic majors and two pro majors over Gonzalez and Sedgman. He was a terrific player on all surfaces.
I'm just comforted in what I think. Davydenko is just an example, but I'm speaking about dozen of players who are really good, who have strong weapons, who were overshadowed by top players, even if they did beat them from time to time. The field of the 1956 french pro is not that impressive by the way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Pro_Championship_Draws#1959
I was trying to think of a player of recent times that comes closest to Trabert. It's tough because players have two handers now instead of one handers. The closest I could think of as a match for Trabert may be Agassi. Trabert like Agassi had a great forceful return. They were strong on backhand and forehand and they weren't the quickest on the court. Trabert was a superior volleyer and had a better serve but Agassi was probably quicker. I do think Agassi's groundies were somewhat stronger.
May not be the best comparison but for now that's the best I could think of.
I didn't mean playing style but playing level. A lot of players deserve full recognition, but a top-10 list have to be a little bit selective, otherwise we can simply list the numerous players who impressed us, played good to great on some occasion, and so on.
I also meant playing level. Trabert didn't have as long a career as Agassi but he was superb. I would say Agassi was perhaps better but at that high level it's debatable.
Maybe Boris Becker would be a better match as far as level and style of play for recent players.
Flash, I can't remember that I was claiming the greatness of Trabert, But in fact he was a great player, as Sedgman, Hoad and Segura also were.
pc1, I think that Becker was stronger than Trabert.
urban and Mustard, I miss your contributions since a while. Hope you are well.
By the way, I'm well now after my long cold.
Of course, PC1 is right, I wish Nadal the best on his return.
I certainly do.
Really? You must have heard some bad Haydn performances.
Try Toscanini, Furtwangler, Bernstein, Davis (Concertgebouw) for the symphonies.
For the Creation, Karajan with Wunderlich (live and studio).
For the piano sonatas, Glenn Gould (I lived and worked a few blocks from him for some years, but never met him).
Consult a book written by my former teacher and friend, Philip Downs, "Classical Music" published by Norton.
Emerson made a good run at Forest Hills in 1969 and Wimbledon in 1970.
Gimeno did what at Wimbledon?
Emerson and Gimeno met at Wimbledon in 1959. No contest.
Andres reached the semis.But peak Newcombe just crushed him.Newcombe is heavily underrated by some of those that worship Rosewall and Gimeno.and maybe those that have in such high esteem minor players such as Nusslein and Segura...
You may be right but I'm trying to find a relative match to Trabert in recent times. Both good serve and volley who had good groundies. I think Trabert was superior on clay. Becker had the bigger serve but Trabert's serve was pretty strong.
For Sedgman I would think the relative match would be Edberg. Both are considered by some to be the best volleyer ever. Both had very good but not great serve and both exceptional movers. Sedgman had a superior forehand to his backhand while Edberg's backhand was superior to his forehand. In this case I could see Sedgman as the superior player.
In 1970, Newcombe crushed Gimeno, but just barely beat Emerson at 11-9 in the fifth in the previous round.
Dan, Haydn has "cold" music without feelings, without highlights...
Gimeno reached SF at Wimbledon in 1970!
Nüsslein and Segura minor players? Only a minor expert can say that.
You must have heard some cold performances. Listen to Bernstein, Karajon, Gould and hear the feelings.
Gimeno made a poor showing that year against Newcombe, Emmo almost won against Newk.
In 1959, Emmo clobbered Gimeno at Wimbledon.
Correction.Not minor players but slamless ones.
I know, still the semis are better than the quarters.
Dan, I just wonder how many posts about Emerson and Gimeno I and other posters are forced to write before you and others accept that Gimeno was stronger than Emerson...
kiki, This sounds better but you might know that Nüsslein and Segura won some pro majors.
kiki, Yes, and we should consider that Gimeno fared much better generally in open GS tournaments than Emerson: Gimeno reached four SFs while Emerson did not reach any.
Dan, I only have heard "cold performances". And I have heard the best musicians. I can give you the difference between f.i. Schubert (or Beethoven) and Haydn: Schubert's music brings me to tears, Haydn's music brings me to yawn... Robert Schumann once said that Haydn is dull.
No amount of posts would make me rank Gimeno ahead of Emerson. The very thought is just absurd to me. Basically in your view a guy could dominate the amateurs as much as he wanted but he would still not be greater than a guy who never won an amateur or pro major. This is all part of your agenda to make Rosewall's competition look incredibly tough and thus raise his status.
Why would it be absurd when people like Jack Kramer and the Wimbledon seeding committee thought Gimeno was the superior player when Open Tennis started, at least on grass? Gimeno was seeded third at the first Open Wimbledon and Emerson fifth. Kramer thought for much of the 1960's that Gimeno was the third best player in the world behind Laver and Rosewall.
The point is that you may be correct (and you may be incorrect) but the notion that BobbyOne puts forth is not ridiculous. Facts are that Gimeno had a better head to head against Emerson and fact is the during the Open Era Gimeno won a major and Emerson did not.
Emerson was an excellent player but we all know (and I use the word know not believe) that there is no way Emerson would have won 12 majors during a truly Open Era in the 1960's. Gimeno often defeated Laver and Rosewall during the same tournament to win a tournament. You could not have much tougher than that for competition.
Many may say Emerson was the superior player but the notion was that Gimeno was a better player than Roy Emerson is not a notion that only BobbyOne had but many knowledgeable experts in the game. I pointed out just a few earlier in the post.
Here's the seedings for the 1968 Wimbledon below.
At the 1968 US Open Gimeno was dropped to tenth seed but Emerson was dropped to fourteenth seed.
Either way the people at the time who did the seedings thought Gimeno was at least for grass superior to Emerson.
3rd best player in the world in a particular decade could not win a single major tournament - I'm including pro majors - in that decade? Doesn't that strike you as a bit of an odd thought? No matter how strong the top two, the 3rd best should have been able to win majors (I refer you to the case of Djokovic in comparison to Federer/Nadal).
I can only assume the seeding system at that time was not as scientific as it is today. In fact Wimbledon, even until relatively recently, picked and chose their seeding and did not base it on official rankings. Kramer obviously had a vested interest in seeing pros seeded highly.
h2h doesn't mean much when ranking greats IMHO - could have been a match-up issue. I give credit to Gimeno for his FO in 1972 but fact is that's the only major title he ever won, amateur, pro or Open.
Never in a pro major though.
Yes, and I can (sort of) understand why they thought that - but IMHO they were giving way too much credit to the 'lesser' professionals ahead of the leading amateurs. Laver and Rosewall were the only pros who went on to dominate the early years of the Open Era (Gonzales of course put in tremendous performances for his age).
I guess all I'm saying is that, although we should rank the pros well above the amateurs, there has to be some kind of cut-off point, so we can't rank a guy who won 1 Open Era slam above a guy who won 12 amateur slams.
The amateur-pro ranking pre 1968 is one of the biggest problems for proper evaluation. I prefer two separate rankings for each year. Before the internet age and some new books like that one of McCauley, amateur tennis often was regarded as the lone worldwide circuit, while the pros were seen as outlaws, who played only exhibitions at secondary venues. So historically, and we see this still in public polls, pro tennis has been underrated. The level of pro tennis was generally higher than that of the amateurs, all new pros confirmed this. On the other hand, really great amateurs adapted well to the new format and the difficult circumstances and reached the top of the pro game, after dealing with a rough bapstism for a half year or so.
Nevertheless i am not dogmatic in this question and would regard different time periods. In the late 50s for instance, when all top players had turned pro, there was no contest between pros and amateurs. In the early 50s however, the pro circuit was quite a mess (no valid circuit, Kramer often absent, Pancho in and out, few leading tournaments and players), and in some years like 1952, players like Sedgman could be ranked among or on top of the best pros. For the 60s, i think amateurs like Emerson or Santana had real class and would have done well at the pros. If they were better than Gimeno is a tricky question, i would put them technically quite on the same level. I have seen all three quite often on tv, Gimeno and Emmo live. I even saw a Spoga Cup final 1969 at Cologne between these two, with Gimeno winning in two long close sets. The last match i saw from Gimeno was a fine Hilversum final against Okker over 5 sets. My take is, that Gimeno technically and tactically was the most sound and consistent player of these three, but that Santana was more unpredictable and on occasion, when getting hot, more dangerous (like Nastase). Emmo was the most athletic and fit and mentally the strongest. In a big final or Davis Cup tie i would have feared him the most.
That's too bad.
Haydn is vastly under-rated. I'll take Haydn over Mozart in almost any genre.
Haydn is earthier and wittier, and rhythmically more interesting. Mozart is too elegant, too Rococo, too suave, too superficial, too saccharine. (Torture--thy name is Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.) Try Haydn's Symphony No. 92 or No. 88 or No. 45. Try Adam Fischer's performances. Try Haydn's Piano Sonata No. 32 or 42 or 59, or the Piano Trio No. 38. Wonderful stuff!
It's a very good thing that Haydn was Beethoven's teacher and not Mozart.
My latest - ' King Fed/Laver/Sampras/Nadal/Borg/Agassi/Connors/Emerson/Lendl/McEnroe/.
Phoenix1983, Your hate against me makes me tired. You don't have any serious arguments and neglect all arguments I and others have given you.
You are very nasty that you claim I have a Rosewall agenda in praising Gimeno.
Why do I praise also Nüsslein, Segura and Kovacs f.i., all of them certainly underrated? To push Rosewall too???
Emerson did NOT dominate the amateurs as much as he wanted. In fact he only dominated two years and generally lost many majors he should have won.
Gimeno won an open GS tournament while Emerson failed totally in open era.
Gimeno reached four open era major's SFs, Emerson none.
In your ignorance you not only try to blame Rosewall for not winning Wimbledon (even though you are disproved already) but also cannot imagine what was the reason why Gimeno did not win a pro major. Guess what!!!
Phoenix, Gimeno did beat Rosewall in four majors.
Gimeno, Gonzalez, Anderson, Buchholz and Ralston showed in open era how strong they still were.
Haydn ahead of Mozart? I mean to dream a nightmare. ALL composers after them claimed that Mozart was greater. Beethoven admired only Mozart, not Haydn.
Haydn does not have any feelings in his music. He lacks any increasing of emotions and highlights. In fact he does not have any emotions apart from wit.
Eine kleine Nachtmusik is a great work but not one of Mozart's best. Did you ever hear the Requiem or the 40th symphony or the Piano concertos 466 and 491?. They have all what great music needs.
bluegrasser, Emerson ahead of Rosewall????????????
That alone makes your list very doubtful.
Don´t overrate his FO title.depleted fields and a journeyman in the finals, Patrick Proiysy.
They were second fidder although they must have been very good players.
Gimeno fared worse, in my view.
Emmo and Gimeno both lost to Laver and Newcombe at some of those events, but Emmo gave Laver and Newk their toughest matches of the tournament, while Gimeno lost in straight sets.
Gimeno had relatively easy pathways to those standings.
No, Emmo looks better.
Their only meeting was at Wimbledon in 1959, and Emmo crushed Gimeno.
Schumann must have heard bad performances.
Again, listen to Karajan with Wunderlich in the Creation, both studio and live, and then tell me that you hear no emotion. Wunderlich was the Haydn singer of them all.
Or Gould in the sonatas.
Furtwangler in symphony 88 (Furtwangler was never dull), or Bernstein in the symphonies (always had passion and a range of emotions).
As an Austrian, you must appreciate these performers.
And get a hold of Philip Downs' book "Classical Music" for an understanding of Haydn's life and compositional approach.
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Knicks @ Detroit tonight @ 7:30pm ET
Just a couple of quick notes on last nights game.....
-Larry Hughes >> Q-Rich
I think Hughes' problem was that he wasnt playing in an open system while he was in Cleveland and Chicago. Once upon a time he averaged 22 points per game with the Wizards. Hes looking like a good player again now that hes in more of an open system. I really like his defense too, hes got great hands (no homo)
-I like the **** (no homo)
Hes a much better defender then I think anyone would have guessed. Hes got good reflexes and very good instincts. I know he didnt score last night, but I think hes a keeper.
-Chris Duhorn is a bum
Turnover prone, and hes an average defender...nothing spectacular, like he was falsely advertised to be. Whys he even in the starting lineup? Duhorn stans will get upset and say stuff like "oh what about when he set that record against the Warriors" shut ya bumba Duhorn is a bum....ba
And one quick note about tonights game....
I believe that Iverson is still out, but Detroit has played better without him. They are a tough team but if we bring our A game and make our shots, we can win. If we play like pansys with no heart, we will lose. Its as simple as that.
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What John Harbaugh did Tuesday was very disappointing.
He clarified something that already was as clear as a spring day. He was right, yet he amended it to, "I was right, but … " No need for the "but."
The "right" was right enough.
The Ravens' head coach told the truth about the tainted legacy of the Patriots and Spygate. Harbaugh didn't create the legacy. He didn't invent it out of nothingness. He didn't force it on anybody. He offered an opinion on it—and the roots of that opinion are firmly anchored in truth.
—Harbaugh backtracks after saying asterisks attached to Patriots' titles
Some people, though, couldn't handle the truth.
But that's not John Harbaugh's problem. It's theirs.
Here's what Harbaugh said, to a Baltimore radio station Tuesday morning, in response to a pretty sharp question, especially from a non-sports host, about whether Harbaugh believed that breaking the rules to gain an edge, as the Saints did in the bounty scandal, was ever justifiable:
"In the end, everything is brought before the light of day, when it's all said and done. What happens, even the thing in New England—no matter whether those things had any impact on whether they won their championship or not, they got asterisks now. It's been stained.
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"To me, it's never worth it."
You know what you should do with a guy who answered that question that way? You put him on the fast track to be the next commissioner.
You know what certain portions of the populace did? They screamed that he was taking "shots" at Bill Belichick, calling the Patriots cheaters and saying their Super Bowls shouldn't count.
Granted, much of the condemnation was based on initial reports of the comments that were, to be polite, very loose with the facts—see the above paragraph. Yet by late morning, Harbaugh's actual words were readily available to all.
By early afternoon, instead of him offering a statement of clarification through the Ravens, he should have been accepting apologies from all the professional and amateur shouters putting him down.
Many challenged what they were sure was the substance of his comments, and insisted, you're wrong, Harbs, there's no "stain" on those Super Bowls.
Sure, there isn't. And facts are just things we make up to make us feel better, and history is another form of fiction, like fairy tales.
It's not even worth the electricity spent on typing it to state, again, that the story of this era's Patriots can't be told without Spygate. You don't have to talk much about it, or even at all, but it's still there. It still happened.
If it didn't happen … Harbaugh wouldn't have been able to mention it on the radio. Or use it as an example of the consequences of a bad decision, if only on the perception of a team from that point on. By definition, that's a "stain."
As for "asterisks," well, America still has a funny relationship with them. Hell no, none for the Patriots, even though the NFL itself punished them. Hell yes, one for Barry Bonds, even though baseball never has taken a single action against him.
All things considered, though, Harbaugh was 100 percent correct in what he said. If the world doesn't like it, that's fine. If it doesn't want to accept it, that's delusional.
There are two things about what Harbaugh said that are great. First: He left nothing open to misinterpretation—proving, as he routinely has during four-plus years with the Ravens, that he chooses his words carefully and doesn't waste a syllable. Go ahead, re-read the quote and find the name "Bill Belichick" in it. Good luck.
Second: The stand Harbaugh took was exactly the one the NFL needs its coaches to take, especially the more prominent and successful ones. If they want this "Wild Wild West" culture to stop, the coaches can stop it. They can't stop it by being deferential to some coach because of his success, power or influence.
Their combined four rings don't protect Belichick and the Saints' Sean Payton from accountability—not even from their peers, who need to remind them more often that they are their peers, not lab rats for their crooked experiments with the rules.
More coaches ought to have the guts to give those reminders, not less.
That seemed perfectly clear from Harbaugh's words to that radio station. None of it needed clarifying.
He clarified it anyway. That's disappointing. What he had done was right. But …


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Dear Hanzze,Hanzze wrote:If I would be playful I would now answer: "IMO, don't use your awareness to judge an arahant awareness."
"Look at the content of that story, he wept when he remembered the experience" ahh, you talk about Ajahn Maha Bua. You might be right, but I don't know what has happened later. Some on there way to Arahantship cry even a lot and sometimes we do never hear stories after such happens and from later on.
Don't worry to much, you not on the wrong lane with your thought but it's somehow a waste of time to indentify Arahants, its good to know and be sure that there are some even not so seen.
I don't want to derail the thread, and I am not worried. Actually I don't know anything about Ajahn Maha Bua. If he was really an arahant and that story didn't happen, I don't care much because I just analyzed an story. If that story really happened then he was not even a sotapanna. And this kind of story shows some insight, the relation between things, cause and effect in the mind. If you can contribute to the knowledge of cause and effect then please continue, just don't fear the name of the monks.


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OCEAN CITY – It's been said that you never know how much you will receive unless you ask nicely, and even in dire economic times, Mayor Rick Meehan gave that notion "a go".
Worries about funding cuts may have prompted Meehan to send a letter to the County Commissioners just weeks before they meet to discuss how much grant money Ocean City will receive this year.
The commissioners asked all departments to cut their budgets by 3 percent and it is expected that the annual money granted to the local municipalities will be at a similar percentage decline. Meehan said in his March 18 letter the town wants to be "part of the solution".
"Our goal in Ocean City is to work with the County Commissioners regardless of the issue and as we continue to try to build that relationship. We want to hold hands with them and get through these tough budgetary concerns that we face as a town, and the county faces as a whole," said Meehan.
Ocean City was granted $4.26 million last year and as a result of the 3-percent dip in funds, Meehan's letter requested $4.17 million spread out over nine categories.
Meehan's letter also requested that the town of Ocean City be granted all of the "pass-through" money received last year ($131,200) and the same funding based on a current spending formula for the emergency medical services and volunteer fire out of town calls ($1.17 million).
The mayor also alluded to the tax differential subject, which provides relief for Ocean City taxpayers for services the town provides outside of the resort. However, County Commissioner President Louise Gulyas said it wasn't the time to talk about tax differential, but remains realistic in hoping that Ocean City's request is granted.
"Personally, I want them to get the same money as last year, but I don't know what's going to happen with this budget," said Gulyas.
Gulyas estimated that the "pass-through" funds and the EMS funds will more than likely stay the same for Ocean City because the formula to disperse those funds is "set in place."
Gulyas also noted that she was notified last Friday there would be a $1.6 million cut in state income tax revenue, leaving the funding for the municipalities even more concerning.
Gulyas also dispelled ideas that Meehan's letter might have been a subtle plea for money while pledging to be a team player. "We don't know if it's going to have to be more than a 3 percent cut, but I don't think that letter was any sort of an olive branch," said Gulyas. "They have always wanted to work with us. I thought it was a good letter with fair requests."