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Dominant U18s far too good for Potters
Posted by nickogs20 on September 27, 2008
|Stoke City U18
|Manchester United U18
|Ajose 30, 32
|Curran 35
|Macheda 69
The Michelin Sports Ground in Stoke-on-Trent was the venue for a masterful display from Paul McGuinness' U18 side this morning, the final scoreline of 4-0 barely reflecting the Reds' superiority over an impressive ninety minutes. Three goals in a clinical five-minute period in the first-half from Nicky Ajose (2) and Chris Curran effectively killed off the game as a contest, Kiko Macheda adding a classy fourth after the break as United cruised to victory.
With his squad hit by injuries and international call-ups and last week's draw with Derby exposing some flaws in a very raw defensive unit, McGuinness took the opportunity to use his full compliment of permitted over-age outfield players. Corry Evans replaced Reece Brown at centre-back, Jimmy Derbyshire took the place of Kenny Strickland on the right of the defence while Magnus Eikrem replaced triallist Lee Askham, whose absence may or may not be telling.
Elsewhere, the goalkeeper rotation continued with Conor Devlin coming in for his second game of the season, and a goal in each of the last two games earned Ajose a starting role upfront alongside Macheda. Chris Curran's fine form so far this season was rewarded with a start on the right flank in place of Cameron Stewart, who dropped down to the bench.
The opening exchanges were fairly even, United looking perhaps the more dangerous in possession but the home side having the better chances, two free headers from corners being notably spurned. Devlin also narrowly avoided an embarrassing moment as a Moult shot caught him on his heels on the goalline and the rookie keeper only just managed to keep the ball out of his net as he juggled with it.
United's back five settled down and the front six started to crank up the pressure. Matty James forced a stunning save out of Potters keeper Hamilton after fine work from Curran on the right, while Ajose served notice of the threat he posed, latching onto an unintended through-ball from Evans and firing just wide of the far post. James and Macheda failed to convert further openings as the Reds built up a head of steam that suggested a goal was coming. As it turned out, goals (in the plural) were coming, and in quick succession.
First, just as the clock reached the half-hour mark, Oliver Norwood picked up the ball, drove through midfield and bisected the Stoke back-four with the perfect pass for Ajose to sprint onto. The 16 year-old needed no further invitation and coolly lifted the ball over the diving Hamilton to give United a deserved lead. Time to consolidate? Not this team, not today. Just two minutes later the hitherto quiet Macheda dummied a pass from Norwood, allowing it to run to Ajose who showed tremendous strength to hold off his marker and let the ball run across his body, setting up a shooting opportunity from 20 yards which he expertly took, curling the ball unstoppably into the top right-hand corner.
The Reds weren't done. The clock had barely ticked on much further before Hamilton was picking the ball out of his net once again. Curran recieved the ball in acres of space on the right flank, from where most would have predicted an attempt to beat the full-back on the outside before whipping in a cross. The Ulsterman shunned that conventional wisdom, shifting inside onto his left foot and drifting past one, two, three defenders before rifling home from 18 yards with his weaker left peg. A goal reminiscent of Andrei Kanchelskis' goal in the 1994 FA Cup Semi-Final Replay against Oldham Athletic at Maine Road, if anyone else is sad enough to recall that strike.
To all intents and purposes the game was over, three points in the bag for the visitors. McGuinness' primary task at half-time would be to get over to his charges the need to avoid complacency, a task that was greatly assisted in the last few seconds of the first period by Devlin's crossbar being rattled. Stoke skipper Nathaniel Wedderburn's shot from range was cleverley re-directed by their top scorer Warwick Alexander, wrong-footing the Reds' Northern Irish stopper but cannoning to safety off the woodwork.
It's fair to say McGuinness successfully got the message across – a confident United eleven cruised through the second half, never looking likely to cede their position of superiority and giving the impression that they could increase the 3-0 lead any time they felt like it. Stoke worked hard but their spirit had been well and truly sapped by United's ruthless first-half display. The United boss took the chance to rest James, Norwood and Oliver Gill, who had played every minute in the Academy League up until that point – Cameron Stewart, Reece Brown and Kenny Strickland their replacements.
What few moments of goalmouth activity there were in the second period were fashioned by those in the white shirts (United in their away attire, for anyone confused or unaware of Stoke's kit colours), the most notable being the fourth goal with twenty minutes remaining that pushed the scoreline up to something more fairly reflecting the overall balance of play. Corry Evans, by now restored to his usual midfield role, played Macheda in down the right channel. The Italian was in behind the defence but the angle meant he still had work to do – no problem for a goalscorer of his quality. A classy finish was duly dispatched into the far corner.
What would have capped the game off nicely would have been a hattrick goal for the in-form Ajose. It didn't come, but it wasn't for want of trying in the last ten minutes, which saw the Bury-born striker first round the keeper only to get the ball stuck under his feet, and then be denied by a brilliant block from Stoke defender Connor. Not to be this time, but the youngster's impressive performance will have surely earned him plenty more opportunities to take home the match-ball (if that even happens at academy level) over the course of the season.
Oliver Norwood and Corry Evans also stood out in what was a fine team performance. Evans added some much-needed 'experience' and leadership to what has been a very raw back four, while Norwood was at the hub of all United's best work going forward whilst still managing to carry out the defensive duties expected of him in an unusual left-sided role. This team continues to impress, 3 wins, two draws, 13 goals scored and just two goals conceded a hugely encouraging return from the first five games, with Crewe Alexandra next up at Carrington a week today.
1. Conor Devlin
2. Jimmy Derbyshire
3. Oliver Gill (12. Kenny Strickland 76)
4. Corry Evans
5. Scott Wootton
6. Matty James (c) (15. Reece Brown 61)
7. Chris Curran
8. Magnus Eikrem
9. Federico Macheda
10. Nicky Ajose
11. Oliver Norwood (14. Cameron Stewart 61)
Subs not used
13. Gary Woods
10 Responses to "Dominant U18s far too good for Potters"
September 27, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Still need height and pace
September 27, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Mr E your off your head – They win 0.4 away from home and all you can comment about is height and pace…….
September 28, 2008 at 1:35 am
Wow….we must have really played Stoke off the park today. I am expecting a great match report later on. I don't know whats's up this year,but I just feel a renewed excitement and confidence in the reserves and youth team for this season.
September 28, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Has that first poster watched any of these players play? They are a great set of lads and at this level it's all about bettering their ability
September 29, 2008 at 10:47 pm
How does Curran play?
October 1, 2008 at 1:51 am
what a performance! Anyway, just wondering where I can get news from the lower age group performance. Dying to follow the next batch of the fergie's fledgings group of 92…
October 1, 2008 at 12:50 pm
This is directed at the most knowlegable man on everything UTD. Mr Nickogs20
i'm from Namibia, Africa – i dont know the whole academy football setup in england, and so i want to find out the following from you;
1. how many over age players are allowed in the under 18s
2. can a first teamer be selected as well say e.g v/d Sar
3. how does the Utd setup look like i.e, the other youth teams, is P, Mcguinnes also incharge of them?
Lastly, About womens football, is there a womens team closely linked with Man Utd – we need to knock those Aresnal Ladies of thier perch as well.


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Underdog is here...
Dion obviously never watched the TV series... Although it does describe him quite well.
Underdog almost always caused collateral damage. Whenever someone complained about it, he would reply:
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Monday, September 08, 2008
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2 comments:
- ABFreedom said...
This is strange ... How many total idiots run for Prime Minister in this country ... sheeeeesh ... decades of this crap...
- 9/9/08 6:44 p.m.
- Tim said...
About 5 too many...
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8 Earthquakes and Earth's Interior 232
9 Volcanism and Other Igneous Processes 270
10 How Old is Old? The Rock Record and Deep Time 302
11 A Brief History of Life on Earth 334
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13 Where Ocean Meets Land 394
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15 Global Circulation and Weather Systems 456
16 Global Climates Past and Present 488
17 Earth's Place in Space 516
A Periodic Table of the Elements 553
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The cards you will be seeing for the next few posts are cards made for a Christmas Card Class I am teaching at the end of the month. It uses X7115a Level 1 Jingle paper packet from CTMH and some stamps. The level 1 paper pack has pre-printed papers as well as printed and solid paper.
The Level 1 paper packs come with 2 sheets of stickers. The card on the right above uses part of a border sticker and the present is a sticker that was with the pack. The scallops are Nesties. the card on the left has stamps from C1378 Heartfelt Christmas. I love this stamp set.
The card above on the left uses a sticker from the Level 1 kit and the card on the right uses a border sticker and stamps from D1383 Santa's List and a saying from D1388 Card Chatter.
The card uses an image from D1383 Santa's List Stamp set. I used coordinating markers to color in the image. The background paper is from one of the pre-printed pages in X7115A Jingle Level 1 scrapbook packet.
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As Nada once said, "I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick some ass... and I'm all out of bubble gum." But even though I'm in a hurry, I did plan ahead with the following updated image of Eraserhead. I mean, what with Hollywood going remake crazy, aren't we overdue for an Eraserhead remake with Tim Robbins in the lead? Am I right, people? Okay, on to the movies.
lice in Wonderland with martin short... what is this one? Molded whitefish?
The Politician's Wife (2010) - It's the 90s all over again. Dave, Absolute Power, Murder at 1600... except, from the wife's point of view. Bore-ring!
In The Cut - I hate to think what the adult-film version of this is called...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Let me put it this way... Oh, Jack N. Green, how far you've fallen. How far from Clint Eastwood's good graces. How did it happen?
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D - Where to begin...
Rescue Dawn - Steve Zahn is a revelation
Strange Wilderness - Steve Zahn... not so much of a revelation here.
Happy, Texas - Or here
National Security - Or here
Lawrence of Arabia - Nope! Haven't remade it yet, but it's coming. And when they do, let me just say: no offense. I know it's an epic and a classic and all, but man! That music gets just a tad monotonous, no? If I may be so bold...
Lions for Lambs - With Tom Cruise as John Edwards.
The Last Song - If only. I'm sorry, I guess I should call it Nicholas Sparks' The Last Song. If Stephen King is the Big Mac of literature, Sparks must be the rice cracker. Why can't he take the long hiatus that John Grisham took? Aren't we overdue? Haven't we earned that?
The Runaways - Personally, I think Debi Mazar would've been a better choice to play Joan Jett, don't you folks?
Little Miss Sunshine - With Bryan Cranston as Stan Grossman
Fargo - With Larry Brandenburg as Stan Grossman
The Women - With Meg Ryan as Sally Struthers
Dolores Claiborne - Tortured sister of Liz
See Dick Run - Oh, Kel. What happened, man? You and Kenan were such a pair on Nickelodeon all those years. Now Kenan's the new black Farley, and you're reduced to dreck like this. Good thing I stopped by Hollywood Video before they went out of business; otherwise, I might never have looked it up on the IMDb!
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The Bazaars
After the historical, contemplative visits of this past couple of days, it was time for something a bit more vibrant: I went to the Grand Bazaar!
I wasn't sure at first whether it was within walking distance or tram distance, looking at the map, so let me save you the trouble: it's a mere 15 min walk from Sultanahmet tram station. It's all the same street until Çemberlitas, the Burnt Column, and then up north for a short while.
The entrance to the Grand bazaar looks like that of a pedestrian tunnel, but once inside I found myself in a bustling, sprawling, labyrinthine network of covered streets and galleries. The only way to really appreciate the age of the place is to look at the roof, where aged and faded paintings remain from times past, because there are no walls to be seen anywhere: every square inch of surface is being used to display merchandise. It's like a Muslim Akihabara: just as seizure-inducing, except with touts everywhere.
I began by wandering around, getting lost on purpose, to get a feel of the place. It wasn't even that crowded, but there were just as many touts peddling stuff as actual customers, so it added up. They aren't more aggressive than, say, the restaurant touts here in Akbiyik Street, but it does mean that if you want to stop and take out your map to get your bearings (something that I do constantly) then you have approximately 0.5 seconds to find your position and get going before you hear a voice say "Hey what are you looking for my friend this is my shop", like that, all in one sentence. Normally I have zero problem ignoring tiresome strangers, but it gets taxing after an entire morning...
After that first approach, I got lost for real. I hadn't been so utterly lost since I was in Japan! The Lonely Planet guide includes a map of just the bazaar, which is really helpful, but I realised with a feeling of dread that all the streets look exactly the same and they're all called almost exactly the same, so it takes forever to find points of reference. There are sections of the bazaar that are nominally "themed", like the Silver Quarter or the jewellery street, but in practice they all sell the same stuff... I must have gone through the central crossing like a dozen times!
I was having trouble judging which stores were nice and which were cheap tourist traps. On the steet a glance at a shop's window, interior or even sign can tell you exactly what demographic it's targeting, but most of the stands at the Grand Bazaar don't have any of those three things: it's just product, crammed into every available nook and corner. The guides didn't help much: they recommended Silk & Cashmere, which turned out to sell what I affectionately call "grandma-wear", and a specific jeweller for silver where, to my dismay, everything on display on the window was HIDEOUS. I was on my own!
I ended up trusting a textile shop that looked nice and had amazing shawls and pasminas. I found the perfect silk scarf to bring as omiyage, deep blue with a rich purple design, and I even tried my hand at bargaining for it! From a sticker price just north of 100€, I managed to bring it down to 60€... which probably means it could've gone for 30€ and the sellers flayed me alive, but ah well. The guy even went through a whole routine where he pretended to ask his boss to lower the price for me, it was really amusing. They spoke in Turkish (my interpretation: "Ahahaha this foreign infidel is gonna make our day" "Yes he is eating this up, we're awesome, but seriously what are we having for lunch.") while occasionally code-switching to English for my benefit ("He say for sixty he buy" "Hmmm.").
My dad had warned me that as soon as I set foot on the bazaar everybody would know where I was from and people would spontaneously talk to me in Basque, but in fact nobody's been able to guess where I'm from so far -not even after hearing me speak. I've been asked whether I'm Russian three times (which: hell to the nyet), once German, and one guy even asked me if I was Norse (which: thanks! But between the paleness and the red nose and forehead, I think I look more like a British tourist in Majorca).
Once I had scored some loot and walked along the entire length of the bazaar like ten times over, I left the Grand Bazaar through the north exit and began making my way downhill towards the Egyptian Bazaar, more commonly known as the Spice Bazaar. But before that, I took the chance to visit Suleimaniye Mosque, an enormous and grandiose mosque that sits on top of the hill.
Compared to the Grand Bazaar, the Spice Bazaar seems tiny and sedate with its two crossed streets. It's enough space to sell every type of spice, tea, lokum and baklava imaginable, though. From all the vendors selling an equally varied range of products, I went with Malatya Pazari (mostly on instinct, although I did check that their baklava didn't look oily). I got paprika and cumin for myself, and an assortment of lokum and baklava to take to work. Another success!
When I left the Spice Bazaar, also through the north, I found I was already at sea level, right in front of the New Mosque, another massive construction that I also visited.
Afterwards I took the tram from Eminönü back to Sultanahmet, where I dropped my acquisitions at the hotel and began a draft of this post that the Blogger app must have deemed subpar, because it saw fit to delete it and I had to start over...
I didn't know what to do with my afternoon, because the Archaeology museum closed at four o'clock, and after a frantic search for anything that would be open beyond five I ended up going to the Çemberlitas Hamam. It is noteworthy because it dates back to 1584 and it was designed by Mimar Sinan, the architect who built the Suleimaniye Mosque. As a hamam it was very perfunctory, but the uniqueness of the building adds to the experience.
Lastly, after having sweated my fatigue away I went for dinner at an uninspiring place off Divan Yolu street. I only bring this up because a middle-aged Italian couple sat next to me and the woman proceeded to give the waiter the third grade about the menu -which already had Italian translations. What's going on with the Italians? Later on, that same lady made the waiter take away the bread because it was hot. I'm not making it up.
I left before they finished... I can't imagine what went down with the desserts!


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Oh man, you guys.
Teeth. Still.
To sum up: Houses. Inspections. Starbucks. Packing dates. Loading dates. Moving dates. Plane tickets. Flights. Starbucks. Faux-first birthday parties. Graduate school applications and recommendations. Gymboree. Starbucks.
And snafus. There are also many, many snafus on a daily basis.
But mostly? Starbucks.
My baby walks! And talks! And disobeys! And is still the kid at Gymboree with lightning quickness and early onset ADD. Don't worry; I have vowed to him to post a Nine Month Update before he turns TEN MONTHS OLD - holy shit! - in six days.
He also eats computer cables, and computer batteries. They're delish! I've managed to capture the wheels turning in his head as Mean Mommy scolds him, bless his little heart. Disclaimer: the pouty lip in this video will melt your heart.
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Answer To Quizz Question #18
Started by DanielNegreanu, May 17 2006 06:56 PM
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Posted 17 May 2006 - 06:56 PM
This is a very important Razz concept to understand. Razz is a pretty simple game, so the difference between geing a good player and an average player is getting full value for your hand when you are a statistical favorite. In this case, based on your opponent's board you are certain that your four card draw is better than his. He is drawing to a 7-6, while you are drawing to a 7-5. True, you could both double pair and the Queen low will win, but that won't happen often enough to worry about. In the end, this hand is pretty elementary. Your hand will make the best hand almost 55% of the time. Razz is a game of small edges, so since we are absolutely certain that we are a favorite on fifth street, anything less than a raise would be a very big mistake.
Posted 17 May 2006 - 07:25 PM
You totally cheated off my answer.
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Posted 17 May 2006 - 09:48 PM
:lol:this was pretty elementary, but hey, i'll take a razz question however i can get one.
Posted 18 May 2006 - 04:27 AM
Pretty sure there are a ton of players out there that didnt get the correct answer, myself ALMOST being one of them (I think that was the first correct decision Ive ever made in Razz...lol)I am curious how we KNOW we are the statistical favorite in situations like this during the play of the hand, as we can't be punching in values into a "calculator" on some website...
Posted 18 May 2006 - 09:29 AM
Rocketwadster, on Thursday, May 18th, 2006, 4:27 AM, said:
I think a lot of people get confused in Razz and think we need 8-or better to qualify (or, at the very least, simply get mixed up and start thinking in terms of 8-or better)...and in 8-or better, we'd be a "dog" in the sense that we might not make our hand - though if we both make our hand we'd be a favourite.But, in this case you know that almost always you'll both be drawing to better cards than the queen, meaning you are winning until he draws an 9 and you draw a Ten (and even then, you have 14 outs with two cards to come)....basically, for your King to play you'd need to draw two duplicate cards in your final three.You KNOW you are a favourite much the same way you know you are when you hold AA preflop in hold'em, or when you hold top-set on a rainbow board, or an OESD with flush draw and two overs....practice.In this case, you're drawing to 7-5, for sure...he's drawing to 76 at best...he could have a pair, or 98, in the hole, but your WORST case scenario (he has A2 buried) is you are a favourite to win.
Pretty sure there are a ton of players out there that didnt get the correct answer, myself ALMOST being one of them (I think that was the first correct decision Ive ever made in Razz...lol)I am curious how we KNOW we are the statistical favorite in situations like this during the play of the hand, as we can't be punching in values into a "calculator" on some website...
"Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."
Posted 18 May 2006 - 10:44 AM
Daniel called my response "dead on" last night, so here it is.
Based on only that info, the answer is raise. 1. Rarely will the King or Queen play, you would have to pair on both following streets. You really need to be looking at what he could be drawing to. 2. Your 75 draw is slightly better than his possible 76 draw, and you KNOW your down cards are ideal for your draw (not knowing what 2s 4s and 6s are dead, if you both catch a baby on 6th that doesn't pair, he has a very slim redraw to beat you. 3. His bet could be a feeler. He's attempting to define his hand to you. From his perspective, he is representing essentially the same thing you have down, and if you have a 10-Q (or even 9 depending on your history), he may suspect you will throw your hand away having caught another big card. A raise redefines to him that if he is definitely not the favorite.The only sticky situation is if you catch a 6 and he catches a baby. It may have made you a solid low, but it either made him a better low or paired him and it's going to cost you a bet or two to find out.Conclusion: Based on no knowledge of other cards dealt (ie. heads up razz final table), you are in the lead and should raise.
~certified bumhunter~
Posted 21 May 2006 - 05:08 AM
DanielNegreanu, on Wednesday, May 17th, 2006, 6:56 PM, said:
why is razz a particular simple game? this hand seems kind of complicatedhttp://www.howardled...r-article7.html"An analysis of a seemingly regular razz hand at the Bellagio illustrates the complexity behind the game"
Razz is a pretty simple game,
Posted 21 May 2006 - 01:24 PM
When you know how to think, the game is nearly mechanical. The problem is, most people don't know the basic assumptions and how to think.
~certified bumhunter~
Posted 22 May 2006 - 11:03 PM
hoorah! im on a roll for 3 quizz questions in a row correct!.
Posted 26 May 2006 - 12:52 AM
I didn't have a chance to answer this one, but not only would you raise it, but if reraised, you should be willing to cap it.
Posted 04 July 2006 - 08:33 PM
"they call him Haywire Mitsubishi because he drives an Eclipse. they call me baldo becuase i shave my head."
Posted 05 July 2006 - 08:06 AM
goldentglf, on Tuesday, July 4th, 2006, 8:33 PM, said:
Good input, thanks for chiming in. A solid +1
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1. Re: update [Android]KhanMehwish Apr 9, 2015 9:19 PM (in response to chadc48384713)
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Android 4.4 thru 5.0 decided you CAN NOT edit anything on a SD card. I to lost all that when I updated from 4.2 to 4.4. I believe 5.1 restored the SD card file modifying capability. BUT, the new & improved Adobe DC seems to have thrown another wrench in the file access issue. There is NO DOCUMENT TAB, just a recent tab & a "CLOUD" tab. And, since my old PDF's were not viewed recently in the NEW Adobe DC, they were not listed, and I have not yet be able to access or find them on my tablet. All PDF's are not displayed by default now. Even the new file I did find, there seems to be no option to rename it. A complete revision is not a good thing for small business, or anyone - thanks for nothin' Adobe....
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Problem has been resolved. Due to my cloud based program "Smartsheet" the files must be downloaded to the tablet then opened with Adobe DC. The option only appears if you long hold / click the file in smartsheet. Since this wasn't necessary before the update it made the file impossible to edit.
Adobe support was great and helped me figure this out issue throughout the night. This is a temporary work around but the issue should be resolved in the near future.


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The blog of rom-com writer (Cally Taylor) turned psychological suspense author (CL Taylor).
Saturday, 1 September 2007
SuperEd is here!
I've got a 'writers box' into which goes a copy of everything I've had published, award certificates, letters telling me I've won prizes in competitions and any (nice) feedback I've received about my stories. A 'writers box' sounds fancy but really it's just a clear perspex box that I keep everything in so I don't lose or damage it. To most people it's 'just a box of stuff' but it means a hell of a lot to me - it's a visual record of what I've achieved over the last few years and, when I feel particularly shitty about my writing or have received a shedload of rejections, I sort through it and remind myself that yes, I can write and here's the proof. Does anyone else do that or are you more lackadaisical about what you have published/achieved?
Anyway, now I've listen to the CD it's off to the box
Oh yes and I've ripped it to mp3 and you can download and listen to it by clicking here if you're interested. The file is 5MB in size so it may take a few minutes.
7 comments:
- Jen said...
Wow, that is so cool!
Did it seem funny having it read by a man with an accent rather than your own voice??
- 1:04 pm
- CTaylor said...
Jen - it really did! My own accent is a bit non-descript (sort of Southern with no discernable accent I guess) and to hear my story read out in such a thick Cumbrian accent was fantastic. I didn't hear the story like that in my head as I wrote it but I thought it worked really well when read like that! :o)
What's even funnier is the fact that I spoke to the guy who read it on the phone and he actually has quite a posh speaking voice in real life. He's obviously an ace at accents because I thought his Cumbrian accent sounded very credible!
- 1:09 pm
- A. Writer said...
I've just listened to it and I'm well impressed! Well done you!
Great bit of writing and the guy reading it out was fab too.
- 9:11 pm
Terrific story!
- 12:15 pm
- Lane said...
I've just spent a very nice few minutes listening to SuperEd. Great story...with a really credible child's 'voice'. Thanks.
That box will be full soon:)))
- 12:17 pm
- JJ said...
I'm so glad to see it up here. I had a sign up on my desk to remind me when it was on Thai time (v. confusing) and of course... I missed it. I shall listen to it tomorrow when I am bright and breezy.
- 4:42 pm
- SallyQ said...
How exciting to have it on CD, Cally! Well done again.
I don't have a writers box, but I do have a special shelf in my display cabinet on which I put all the anthologies, magazines and newspapers I've appeared in, plus my private self-published collection of stories up to 2005. It's nice to see solid proof of all the hard work, isn't it?
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After a short reprieve last week, it was back to the usual winter weather for the majority of this week. Tuesday's run was pretty good, but when Wednesday rolled around the snow came back and made things difficult again. Unfortunately, this meant that my two longest runs (11 and 18 miles) were performed under relatively hostile conditions.
Due to this, I was pretty tired after my Thursday run so I skipped my Friday bike session to help accelerate my recovery for the Saturday and Sunday runs. Regardless, I managed to get all 50 of the scheduled running miles in this week. While it's going to take some time to get my body used to this kind of mileage, I've gone through this before so it's just a matter of time and training ;)
To illustrate the effect that the weather does have on the runs, however, I've posted telemetry from both my Tuesday run (Sunny, clear roads and -2C) and my run earlier today (Heavy snow, 4-6" of groundcover, -6C). In the former, I managed to comfortably complete 10 miles (16.1km) in a little under 82 minutes. The LT portion (5mi/8km) of this run was done at a 4:36/km pace, and the remainder at around 5:00/km (which took a lot of effort not to accelerate beyond).
The latter, however, was a complete contrast to that. I was plowing through 4-6" of snow-cover and it was difficult to maintain a 5:30/km pace. Significant portions were blocked up by drifts and castoff from the roads, which forced me to slow down even more - resulting in an average pace of only 5:48/km. Naturally, the wind and blowing snow didn't help either and made it quite a fight to get to the end.
It didn't appear that the city's sidewalk plows came out at all as I didn't find a single block of dry concrete anywhere along my route despite the fact that the roads were perfectly clear. Unfortunately, with these longer range runs I have to stick to major roads and with the snow drastically reducing visibility I was renascent to spend much time on the asphalt. Either way, I managed to get the full 18 miles in one way or the other ;)
I also took the opportunity to try out a running gel during this session as I figured it may be necessary for this distance. It was certainly a much better experience than the Shot Blox that I tried last year, although it will take some time to get used to their texture. The one downside, however, is that I couldn't get the package open while running and ended up having to stop and take off my gloves to rip off the cap (visible on the plots just after 13km). As such, I'm going to have to work out a better way to handle them in the future.
As for whether or not it was necessary, I'm still not 100% sure. I haven't really run into any problems with energy depletion on my past runs, although this is my first venture into the range where that begins to become a problem. I normally bring about 8oz. of Gatorade (~50 Calories) on my runs, but left it at home this time around in case there were any potential interactions between the two. I burned about 1900 Calories over the duration of the run (largely thanks to the additional effort the snow mixed in), and only took in a single 100 Calorie gel so that would indicate that I should be able to handle an 1800 Cal. deficit.
Weekly Totals:
Running: 81.6km (50.7mi)
Walking: 1.7km (1.1mi)
Cycling: 50km (31.1mi)
Total: 133.3km (82.9mi)
Year to Date:
Running: 538.4km (334.5mi)
Walking: 122.6km (76.2mi)
Cycling: 615.0km (382.1mi)
Total: 1276.0km (792.9mi)
Next week is another step up, totaling up to 54 miles (87km) with my first stab at a 20 miler (32.2km) in a week. The rest of the week is going to be difficult as well, with a 12 miler on Wednesday and another 10 miles (with 6 at LT) on Friday. My legs are pretty tired right now, so this is going to be a pretty challenging week once again.
Upcoming Week:
Mon 50K Cycle
Tue 7mi (11.3K) Recovery w/6x100m
Wed 30K Cycle + 12mi (19.3K)
Thurs 50K Cycle
Fri 10mi (16.1K) w/6mi (9.7K) @ 15K Pace
Sat 5mi (8K) Recovery
Sun 20mi (29.0K) LSD
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BetaCandy (known in offline life as Jennifer Kesler) sought a screenwriting career at the tender age of 19, with one goal: to write strong, female leads in male-dominated action and sci-fi. Unfortunately, she was informed by numerous professors and film professionals she worked with (including women, with one notable exception) that the audience only wanted to see white male leads.
After seeing the talented, award-winning, and rather independent-minded director Bernardo Bertolucci speak impromptu at U.C.L.A., BetaCandy was inspired to use her application to the university's film school as an opportunity to tell the faculty some cold hard truths rather than give them the "oh, please mold me, I don't know who I am" spiel she had been advised to offer. The film school rejected her in favor of fifteen roughly identical boys wearing baseball caps backwards, carrying scripts with them at all times and sharing the middle name ButWhatIReallyWantToDoIsDirect.
That didn't stop her. She continued to work in the film industry and write screenplays for several more years. Over and over, she was told her work excelled: she just needed to redo it so the white guy was the lead, and the women could be strong in the background. So she left the industry and started this site, and the rest is history.
Purteks in general are particularly troublesome sprites in Slavic fairy mythology. This particular Purtek is otherwise known as Sarah Shulist, and she quite frequently finds that her troublesome Slavic nature gets no one into trouble so much as herself.
Once upon a time, Purtek studied Comparative Literature and Linguistics and came to the conclusion that contrary to popular opinion, literature and language are both at least as powerful as sticks and stones. The main use to which she currently puts her graduate level education is in applying 5 dollar words to the analysis of 25 cent television shows and movies (prices in Canadian dollars, so take that for what it's worth).
She has been volunteering as a crisis counsellor and advocate for survivors of sexual assault for about four years now, including public education work making presentations on the legal definitions, prevalence and impact of sexual and domestic violence. She suspects she will never stop being angry about the social system that supports and encourages violence against women, or about the portrayal of rape, childhood sexual abuse, stalking and sexual harassment in the media, both fiction and non.
Purtek is also of the opinion that science fiction, fantasy and comic books frequently represent the highest art that current media has to offer, and would really like to stop hearing people who are surprised that she actually knows about such things and start taking her opinion seriously as soon as she opens her mouth (this also applies to discussions of hockey).
Revena (also known as Robyn Fleming, or simply R when she is in a hurry) has a B.A. in English from the University of Arizona, where she focused on literary analysis, biblical literature, classics, and women's studies. This has prepared her admirably for critiquing the portrayals of women on television and in film. Doesn't everyone learn Latin before they go to the movies?
When she's not writing for The Hathor Legacy, she can often be found working feverishly on her latest creative project. She dabbles in poetry, novels, and the occasional short story.
In both her creative and her critical capacities, Revena is particularly interested in portrayals of physically aggressive women (perhaps because she is one - she holds a second degree black belt in ChaYon Ryu), science fiction, and fantasy. Should you wish to read more about any of this, you can check out her website, robynfleming.com, in addition to reading her articles here.
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Scarlett – aka Gabriella Jenchol (and before you try googling me, that's the phonetic spelling of a very obscure European name) – aka Gabbie – went to Murdoch University, Western Australia to study arts and I loved every left wing minute of it. It was there that I discovered Hathor and dumped my narrow-minded , 'traditional' fiancee to be my own woman. I have since met an amazing man who's almost as much a feminist as I am (and, fair being fair, that's a big ask…)I'm a big believe in gender being no barrier, and that men are equal victims in the patriarchy to women. I believe that for every girl looking to throw away her toy oven is a boy looking for one and that for every man feeling the strain of meeting expectations of the libidinous male is a woman feeling the strain of exceeding the expectation of the chaste female. Basically, until we all meet as human beings and say 'frack gender; let people be who they want' we will all be constrained by gender expectations.
For this reason I'm a big believer in Hathor paving the way to that equality. I realise I won't get to live in the House of Equality. I realise I won't even get to contribute a brick. But I hope, if I crusade hard enough, I can contribute to a brick of the house that the likes of my great-grandmother created the foundation for. You can visit me at Scarlett's Legacy.


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As we begin to examine the temptation of Jesus, there are some important questions we must ask ourselves in order to fully understand the drama as it unfolds in scripture. Rather than proceeding to the next verse this week, I thought it would be a good idea to point some these issues out so that we can keep them in mind as we continue to study this section of Matthew's gospel account.
First of all, we should realize that Jesus was tempted in Matthew chapter 4 for the same reason that God allows us to go through trials. In 1 Peter 1:6-7 reads" 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ." In these verses, Peter identifies a kind of temptation that you and I endure. He says that these believers to whom he wrote were experiencing "trails" (Greek-peirasmos). This word is closely related to the word for tempted in Matthew 4:1 (Greek-peirazo). This is not a temptation to sin, but is rather an opportunity for our faith to be proven genuine. Therefore, God was allowing Jesus to demonstrate through His actions that He was in fact the Son of God with whom the Father was "well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). Even so, God allows us to go through temptations (trials) on occasion for His glory so that our faith is shown to be true.
In addition, we should note that we have at our disposal the same means to endure the trials we face as our Lord did. We observe in verse 2 of Matthew 4 that our Lord fasted for 40 days and forty nights. While scripture does not record it, we can be sure that He spent that time in prayer, communing with the Father in preparation for the trial He would face. I'm not certain that we must fast to draw close to God, but certainly there are Christians that practice that spiritual discipline. I believe, however, the most important fact for us to notice is that He spent time in prayer to the Father. If Jesus, Who was the Lord of all creation and the eternal Second Person of the Godhead, spent time praying when facing a trial, we should say to ourselves "If it was good enough for my Lord, it's good enough for me". Further more, we notice throughout the trial that He made use of God's word. In the series I wrote on Psalm 1, I made the point that the subject of the Psalm meditates on the word of God day and night. Now, if you and I meditated on the word of God and quoted scripture in the midst of trials rather than complaining under our breath, we would have greater success in facing these trials. Again, let us look to our Lord as our example.
Finally, we should note the difference in the trial that our Lord endured as compared to the temptations that we face. You and I are prone to sin because we have a sin nature that lives within us. Even once we are born again in the spirit, we are still living in corrupted flesh that doesn't know how to do anything better than to sin. While God does try or test us, the same Greek word can be used to describe a person being tempted to sin. Satan wanted to tempt Christ to sin. However, Christ had no sin nature. Since sin is passed down from father to children (Romans 5) and Christ had no human biological father (Matthew 1) Christ did not have a sin nature for the devil to exploit. As James 1:13-14 reads "13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed." This does not diminish the victory that Christ had over the devil. We simply need to remember that our sinful temptations are different from the temptation that Christ faced in the wilderness. However, we have victory over sin through His precious blood and His Holy Spirit will conform to His image. Therefore, while we will not have total victory over sin in this life, we can become more like Christ and have greater victory over sin. We also, through the same power that was available to Jesus, can stand firm and demonstrate the genuineness of our faith in our trials just as our Lord did in His trial.
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Regardless of What Utopian Ninnies Say
For the record: does this lifelong student of the ways of the Scimitar misunderstand his sacred scriptures, or "get" them, spot-on? The template or O/S of one's anthropological nexus governs one's dealings with one's fellow human beings. And in the case of the Scimitar, its "shining example" (Harris) and founder is its exemplar, par excellence.
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Most people tend to organize their lives in a square, 90 degree fashion. Our TV and computer screens are square, our tables, our parking spaces (okay, a stretched square...), our money, in short, everything has corners. Our homes too almost always are designed with square rooms. This is nice, neat, easy to organize, and BORING. Its too easy to get roped into fitting everything into neat and tidy corners. The problem is that most furniture is not designed to fit into the corners. Even if you do stuff a couch or bookcase into the corner, you waste space, and it tends to feel cramped and somehow, not right.
Thoroughly check each and every room of yours. Remove the unnecessary items present in the decor. Orderly arrange the newspapers & magazines, toys of the children in the bottom drawer of bookshelves, wall shelves or TV units. Start from the bedroom of your home, keep bedside tables to accommodate your daily required products. Moreover, sideboards and chest of drawers will house all your clothes & accessories with ease. Use space underneath the bed, to accommodate some baskets & tubs containing your possessions.
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I really have a hate relationship with my feet, wide and high arched…and running doesn't help make them anymore beautiful. Thus, I decided to give them some color to help them feel loved. I think this is first nail polish I've owned in about 5 years. Thanks Karen for getting me a bottle for Christmas. …
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I don't know why, but I just love this song…
Another song that they've been playing on the local stations a lot lately is Norman Greenbaum's Spirit In The Sky. I don't know why, but I just love that song. I don't even feel guilty for liking it; it's just so cool.
It first came out, of course, when the Jesus movement was taking off, about the time songs like Oh Happy Day and Put Your Hand in the Hand were making airplay, as well as George Harrison's M Sweet Lord and The Byrds Jesus is Just Alright (the Doobie Brothers recorded it 3 years later). Theology was not necessarily important at that time; it was just cool to sing about some kind of God.
Spirit in the Sky was not a religious song; Norman Greenbaum wrote and sung novelty songs, his prior hit being The Eggplant That Ate Chicago. Even though he sings "I've got a friend in Jesus," I don't think he meant it. He was, and is, Jewish. According to Wikepedia, the authoritative source for all useless bits of information, the song was inspired by Norman watching Porter Waggoner sing some country gospel song on TV.
Whatever the inspiration, it's a great, catchy tune, with clever, humorous lyrics. Personally, I don't think it makes fun of either Jesus or Christianity, but does poke fun at some ignorant, fundamentalist types, which I'm not beyond doing myself. So, when it comes on the radio – almost daily – I turn it up, and I always smile. Sometimes I sing along.
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Funny you should say that you love this song. My husband and I both really like it and he said that when he was in high school, even his Mom liked this song. (And she didn't like any rock & roll!)


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Arrow's Theorem 2 - Evaluation
Here's the second part...
Since Arrow's impossibility theorem is a proven theorem, we can't say it's wrong. It can be taken as showing that there's no such thing as a perfect SWF or choice procedure[1], if we accept Arrow's four conditions. We can, however, question or weaken these axioms.
Non-dictatorship is also relatively uncontroversial, so long as we are dealing with democracy. Once one person always determines the 'social' ordering – like an absolute monarch – we seem to have left behind the area we're interested in[2].
Arrow's Pareto requirement is so weak that it doesn't seem objectionable. If everyone unanimously prefers x to y, it would be very strange for this not to be society's ordering. This, however, assumes that the only way for a social outcome to be better is for it to be better for the people in it. One might argue a situation can be better, though better for no one – for example, by being more equal or in keeping with desert[3]. It's very hard for a social decision mechanism (as opposed to betterness ranking) to take such factors into account. It would seem to incorporate citizens' 'external preferences' – i.e. those they have over how well off others are. For practical purposes, it seems we must assume if everyone is better off then the outcome is socially preferred, even if it might not be from the external viewpoint of an impartial spectator.
More plausible lines of attack might be found against Arrow's independence or universal domain requirements.
The latter seems obviously democratic. As Riker says, "Any rule or command that prohibits a person from choosing some preference order is morally unacceptable (or at least unfair) from the point of view of democracy"[4]. In fact, however, this allows some seemingly unlikely or 'irrational' preferences. In particular, it permits individual inputs to be intransitive[5], thus it is hardly surprising that we have difficulty producing a transitive social ordering, even if there was total unanimity of preference orderings!
Further, liberals have argued there are normative justifications for excluding certain preferences, e.g. those based on religious doctrines that do not pass the standard of 'public reason' (Rawls), or those over how other people should behave in self-regarding matters (Mill, Dworkin, Sen). Perhaps another possibility is that prior deliberation, bringing out everyone's preferences and concerns, will allow us to reach acceptable compromises and in effect restrict the domain. Greater homogeneity of preferences makes Arrovian results far less likely[6].
The other option is to weaken the independence of irrelevant alternatives requirement, as we spoke about two weeks ago (Borda vs. Condorcet). It might be fair enough to suppose that choice between x and y should depend only on their relative merits not on, for example, z. This, however, rules out methods like the Borda count that use such information as a proxy for intensity. Arrow restricted information to ordinal rankings out of a scepticism about interpersonal comparison[7]. Thus Sen argues, "the impossibility can be seen as resulting from combining a version of welfarism ruling out the use of non-utility information [see above comments on Pareto] with making the utility information remarkably poor (particularly in ruling out interpersonal comparisons)"[8].
I would contend the dogma that interpersonal comparisons are meaningless or impossible is fairly obviously false. Think of someone you know who's happy – who has a job they enjoy, plenty of money, a loving family, etc. Now think of a starving, abused orphan child somewhere in the Third World. Ask yourself who has higher utility… Admittedly, comparisons are to a certain extent subjective, and necessarily vague. You certainly can't quantify how much better off the former is than the latter, but it is still possible to make comparisons.
Sometimes when a small group are making decisions, they can take into account that a certain course has more effect on one than another. This might apply, for example, in a group of three flatmates, or Brian Barry's example of five people in a train carriage, trying to decide whether or not it allows smoking – if one is asthmatic, his interest might hold sway even if numerically out-voted[9]. This is democratic – it treats each equally, but in doing so recognises inequalities between them.
So it seems sometimes egalitarian decision procedures can operate, on the basis of either a narrower range of preferences than Arrow allows, or if there is consensus over intensities. These are not, however, conditions that necessarily hold when it comes to decision-making in a large, heterogeneous democratic state. What can we do then?
Arrow's result demonstrates an impossibility. If we find all his axioms normatively compelling, we will be disappointed to learn that we cannot satisfy them together. The search now is not for a 'perfect' system, but the best we can do.
In this case, I offer lottery-voting. This satisfies U, P and I, as any preferences can be expressed, and the chance of any option winning depends on the number of votes it gets. This could be called a 'random dictator' model, suggesting that it fails condition D. It is, of course, the case that just one person preferring y to x could be picked, yielding such a result against everyone else's opposition (note this satisfies weak Pareto, as that's a unanimity requirement). Such random or changing dictatorship avoids what I think is the serious problem of one person always determining the social outcome, however.
The problem with lottery-voting is that it doesn't produce a stable welfare function. One can get different results from the same preference profiles on different occasions, and intransitivities or inconsistencies in results. Shepsle and Bonchek comment that "There is, in social life, a tradeoff between social rationality and the concentration of power"[10]. While this might be an objection to individual rational choice, it's not so clear we should expect such consistency from social choices, as societies are essentially pluralistic, not single actors. As Mueller notes, "Although obviously arbitrary, the general popularity of random decision procedures to resolve conflictual issues suggests that "fairness" may be an ethical norm that is more basic than the norm captured by the transitivity axiom for decisions of this sort"[11].
[1] E.g. P. Samuelson (1977) Collected Scientific Papers IV "what Kenneth Arrow proved once and for all is that there cannot possibly be found… an ideal voting scheme. The search of [some] great minds of recorded history for the perfect democracy, it turns out, is the search for a chimera, for a logical self-contradiction" pp.935, 938. Quoted G. Mackie (2003) Democracy Defended p.10.
[2] T. Pratchett (1987) Mort "Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote" p.176, fn.
[3] Consider, for example, a modification of Larry Temkin's 'sinners and saints' example. In world one, sinners have 2 units of good and saints 10. In world two, sinners have 12 and saints 11. Everyone is better off in world two, but we might all things considered prefer world one.
G. E. Moore's view is that anything intrinsically valuable is valuable independently of human interaction or appreciation. Thus the world would be a better one if there was breathtaking natural scenery on Pluto, even though no sentient creature would ever see it.
[4] Riker (1982) p.117.
[5] See D. Saari (1994) Geometry of Voting p.327.
[6] For the deliberative response, see D. Miller (1992) 'Deliberative Democracy and Social Choice' in Political Studies 40 [reprinted in D. Estlund (ed.) (2002) Democracy]. On homogeneity, see G. Mackie (2003) especially pp.47-55.
[7] G. Mackie (2003) "Historically, Arrow's theorem is the consequence of noncomparabilist dogma in the discipline of economics, that it is meaningless to compare one person's welfare to another's, that interpersonal utility comparisons are impossible" p.8.
[8] A. Sen (1982) p.330.
[9] B. Barry 'Is Democracy Special?' in his (1991) Democracy and Power p.38. This fits Fleurbaey's argument for democratic votes to be weighted according to the interests one has at stake. Note, however, that even if we can agree the relative interests people have at stake, we don't necessarily want to accord with the person who has most at stake. The convicted criminal, for example, may lose more for going to prison than any of us – individually or collectively – gain by his doing so. (But then, this is not simply a democratic decision; it brings in independent requirements of justice).
[10] K. Shepsle & M. Bonchek (1997) Analyzing Politics: Rationality, behavior and institutions p.67. Quoted in G. Mackie (2003) p.14.
[11] D. C. Mueller (2003) Public Choice III p.588.


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Kevin Matthews is the honcho (boss) of this forum and explained a few days ago that the notice of closing was a hoax and that the forum will continue, that's why he deleted that false notice. Seems that some people have nothing better to do with their time than clutter up message boards with hoaxes or lies. This is not a 'registered' board where people must sign-up with verified E-mail addresses which automatically limits one to only one sign-on name and address, but then it is not really an 'open' board which discourages some people from posting, and they might have valuable information. Also, many people don't want to sign-up or otherwise disclose their E-mail addresses (much less their street addresses!) because it IS possible for someone to trace you through your E-mail address if they have enough money and determination. Kevin is wise to keep the forum 'open' for these reasons, even if we must put up with the 'nuts' at times.
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Today was a day of relaxing, unpacking, laundry, shopping, and… The World Science Festival Gala. Even the hotel staff recommended we not use the hotel service because of the cost. They sent us to a coin laundry a couple of blocks away, but just one block away we found a Chinese laundry that provides folding service, which was just what we needed. It'll be ready tomorrow afternoon.
We headed for Teresa's traditional visit to Macy's "The Largest Store in the World". It even has a McDonalds on the 7th floor where we shopped. Teresa got some necessities and a great handbag for the event tonight. Our cab driver back to the W was from Bangaladesh, and lives in Kew Gardens a couple of blocks from where I grew up.
Jennifer had arranged a transportation for us to the Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center and sure enough there was a black car with a WSF sign in the window saying FISTERE. We felt very well taken care of. Once inside, the environment was wonderfully festive and convivial. Anybody we walked up to was ready to have a conversation, and we met a number of interesting people that way. Overhead there was a sea creature looking like a cross between a whale and a porpoise freely flying above. I intend to find out more about how it works.
The Gala was a wonderful event. The hors douvres were excellent, and people very convivial. We found it easy to have a conversation with just about anyone we chose. The view over Columbus Circle was memorable.
We then headed into the performance venue which had a huge glass wall behind the performers. The show was marvelous, and even amazing. James Naughton did a piece called "Stress" which was hilarious, and sold the value of stress, and caffeine, in producing productivity. It was fast, funny, and basically, amazing. Another highlight were two Momix dancer in silver morphsuits and skis who did amazing things on ski flats, heels and tips. It was a step back in time for me when David Hibbard did an excellent rendition of Tom Leher's "Plagiarize" featuring the advice of Nicolai Evanovich Lobachevsky. That wasn't the only Tom Lehrer number, either. Deborah Monk did "When I'm Old and Grey" and she did it very well. Even Tracy Day, in her welcome to the audience, made a Tom Lehrer reference. Brings back memories. There was a wonderful solo, Bach's "Chacone for Solo Violin" performed by Joshua Bell. The other numbers were excellent, too.
Science was on the program as well, the first Gala to do so. Brian Green demonstrated the "double slit experiment" which vividly demonstrates the dual wave-particle nature of light. At the end of the program, Boaz Almog demonstrated Quantum Levitation which is a very interesting phenomenon. http://worldsciencefestival.com/videos/introducing_quantum_levitation
After the show he set it up so we could play with it ourselves and push the disk around thetrack. None of the movies I took were any good. 😦
!And the food was not over! They served heavier hors d'oeuvres and great dessert treats. All in all, it was a wonderful evening.