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The 27th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC.
- 2700 BC-2660 BC: Early Dynastic (Archaic) period ended in Ancient Egypt (according to French Egyptologist Nicolas Grimal). This period includes 1st and 2nd Dynasties.
- c. 2700 BC: Merit-Ptah is world's first female physician mentioned by name.
- c. 2700 BC: Old Kingdom started in Ancient Egypt. 3rd–6th Dynasties.
- 2686 BC: Egypt: End of Second Dynasty, start of Third Dynasty. Pharaoh Khasekhemwy died. Pharaoh Sanakhte started to reign.
- c. 2685 BC: Bull lyre, from the tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) was made. It is now in University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- c. 2681 BC – c. 2662 BC: Reign of Djoser, Pharaoh of Egypt, Third Dynasty.
- 2668 BC: Pharaoh Sanakhte died.
- c. 2667 BC: Pharaoh Djoser starts to rule (other date is 2681 BC).
- c. 2648 BC: Pharaoh Djoser dies (another date is 2662 BC).
- 2630 BC – 2611 BC: Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser
- 2613 BC: Egypt—End of Third Dynasty, start of Fourth Dynasty. Pharaoh Huni died. Pharaoh Sneferu started to reign.
- c. 2613 BC – 2494 BC: The Great Sphinx at Giza is built. Fourth Dynasty.
- c. 2601 BC – c. 2515 BC: Great Pyramids at Giza are built for Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu. Fourth Dynasty.
- c. 2697 BC: The Yellow Emperor starts to reign in China.
- c. 2640 BC: The cultivation and weaving of silk starts to be a closely guarded secret in China.
- c. 2685 BC: Bull lyre, from the tomb of Queen Puabi, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) was made. It is now in University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- 2627 BC – 2000 BC: Construction of the Caral metropolis in Peru
- 2600 BC: Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole of Pakistan, much of northern India, and parts of Afghanistan and Iran, covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also had superior urban planning and sewage systems. The civilization began using the mature Indus script for its writing system.
- 2600 BC: End of the Early Dynastic II Period and the beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period in Mesopotamia.
- 2700 BC: Mesoamericans begin to plant and domesticate corn.
- 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
Significant persons
- Djoser, first Pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt
- Imhotep, Vizier of Egypt and architect
- Merit Ptah, chief physician in Egypt
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I'm trying to find the name of the cemetery that Mathilda (Martllie) Warn and/ or Charles Lee Warn is buried. All the family knows is that Mathilda Rebecca Pankey born March 26, 1894 in Pritchett to Leroy and Mary Pankey, married Albert Warn in 1913.
They owned A. Warn Meat Market Produce and Grocery in Hawkins in August 1918. A fire broke out and destroyed the building owned by Mrs. Minnie Cobb and having no insurance, they apparently never reopened (newspaper said "the A.Warn restaurant)
They had three children: Helen Louise, Fawn Jeanette and Charles Lee Warn. Charles died in November 1919 and Martillie died Dec 10, 1918 in Hawkins. The kids were taken from Albert and were raised by relatives.
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Prospect Pitch: Petricka works in thirds
White Sox right-hander relies on fastball, changeup, slider mix
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | March 20, 2012 6:00 AM
Armed with a mid-90 mph fastball that most deem to be a "plus" offering -- scouting jargon for beyond big league average -- the White Sox's No. 5 prospect shrugged and said he believed it to be only average. OK, he relented, maybe slightly above average.
Despite receiving an invitation to Chicago's Major League camp this spring, it's clear the 23-year-old right-hander is wary of becoming a one-pitch pitcher destined for the bullpen. He's intent on improving his secondary pitches -- a changeup and a slider -- necessary ingredients for a future in the rotation.
"I am working on throwing both at any given time so that hitters can't get too comfortable on two pitches; I'm trying to keep all three of them in their mind," the 2010 second-round pick said of his repertoire. "Once I master all three, I might look into developing a curveball or maybe a split or something, but that will be years down the road, once I get the grasp of these pitches."
Petricka finished 2011 in Class A Advanced Winston-Salem's starting rotation. He went 7-8 with a 3.65 ERA over a career-high 113 1/3 innings across three lower levels before working exclusively as a reliever in the Arizona Fall League. Impressing others, if not himself, in either role this month likely would lead to a spot with Double-A Birmingham.
MiLB.com asked Petricka to describe and grade each of the three pitches he employs, fastball included. (His grade is based on a scout's traditional 20-80 scale, 50 being Major League average.) Here is Petricka, in his own words:
Pitch one: Two-seam fastball
Origin: It's the only fastball I've ever thrown. It felt right going with the two seams as opposed to across the horseshoe -- I just grabbed the ball that way -- and I just always stuck with it. When I was in Little League, they accused me of throwing a breaking ball because it would always break the other way, but obviously, it wasn't; it was just a two-seam.
Purpose: I try to work it to both sides of the plate and use the movement to my advantage. The main thing for me is building off my fastball; the fastball is my best pitch and, until I establish that in any game, my other stuff just won't be any sharp.
Grip: I go with the two seams; I don't go across.
Speed: Anywhere from 90-94, 95. In shorter stints, it can get a little higher.
Grade: It's in the 50-55 range because it's already hard and it has the two-seam movement. My location with it could be better; that's what brings it down some.
Pitch two: Changeup
Origin: I learned it at [Iowa Western Community] College, when I was rehabbing from Tommy John in [2007-08]. We were talking amongst a couple teammates and we all agreed on what seemed like a good grip to go with it to make it look the most like a fastball.
Purpose: It's not a swing-and-miss pitch. It's a pitch you want them to hit but not hit well because they think it's the fastball and get the end of the bat on it and nub it out into the infield.
Grip: Circle-change. I grip it deep rather than letting it sit in my fingers and then throw it with the same arm action [as my fastball] and turn it over a tiny bit at the top.
Speed: I like it in the low 80s, especially if the fastball is in the low 90s because I want that speed difference. Sometimes I do get a little bit too much behind it, which, as long as I keep the same arm speed, can work. I just have to be careful with the location.
Grade: Maybe a 40, and that might be generous. I critique myself pretty hard.
Pitch three: Slider
Origin: It's been on and off the last couple of years. I had a bunch of coaches, and we were always trying to rotate the grip to find something that was comfortable, and I found many grips that would work for a little while, but then I would try and make it do too much. This past season in the Fall League, I found a slider that I'm very comfortable with. I'm just going to keep throwing it. I know it can be good at times, but I'm not consistent enough with it right now.
Purpose: I'd like to have the ability to purposefully throw it just below the zone, but I'd also like to throw it in any count; just 'cause until you can throw it for a strike, you shouldn't be trying to throw it for a ball.
Grip: I go to the long side of the horseshoe and then I bring my thumb up a little bit on the side vs. the bottom. I need to trust the grip and trust the pitch that I'm making and not force it.
Speed: It just comes out how it comes out. It's been a wide range. I can't even put a number on it because it's a new pitch.
Grade: Probably a 40. It shows promise, but the consistency is not there to be a big league pitch yet. And, hopefully, soon I can turn it into a big league pitch.
Andrew Pentis is a contributor to MiLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @AndrewMiLB. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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On the last day of the Winter Meetings is the Rule 5 draft. The Rule 5 draft is an exciting time because it is essentially free major league talent. However, since the rules have been changed to add an extra year of protection the talent available has dropped steeply. The Rule 5 draft still offers two main types of players, the first are low upside players who can fill the last spot on a roster for very cheap, the second type are higher upside players who likely have not been above A-ball that will need to be hidden on a roster for at least a year. The Phillies have had mixed success over the year with their most recent selections who have stuck of Shane Victorino, David Herndon, and Michael Martinez.
Phillies Select Ender Inciarte (22) CF from Arizona Diamondbacks:
Inciarte, a 2008 Latin American signee, finished up 2012 on the Diamondbacks Hi-A affiliate. He has shown good plate discipline without high strikeout rates (some can be attributable to repeating a level and then the Cal League). At the plate he has a small bit of power, enough to have it above a 20 tool but not a ton. He is quick on the bases with a good base running instinct. In the field his speed plays up allowing him to be a very good defensive CF. He will be overmatched at the plate so his chance of sticking depends on his ability to be a defensive replacement in all three OF positions. His ceiling is likely as a 4th OF if everything breaks right.
No Phillies were selected in the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft
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The player pool that the Phillies could look at is immense but I am going to stick to five players that have piqued my interest. Looking at the Phillies' roster there are some places that do not make sense for a Rule 5 pick. Of the potential picks there are a good amount of 1B/OF players, however with Darin Ruf it is very unlikely the Phillies would carry a redundant player. There is little chance that the Phillies take an outfielder at all in the draft, if past experience is an indication of the future the Phillies take players who will fit a certain need and role on the team.
Jason Haggerty – Catcher – San Diego
A month ago there would be no chance that the Phillies would bring Haggerty in, but with Ruiz's suspension there is a chance that the Phillies choose to get an extended look at Haggerty for the first month of the season. Haggerty is ok behind the plate but he is not a liability. At the plate Haggerty has a good approach with some good pop but did not show his full potential in 2012 while slowed by injuries. It is unlikely that Haggerty is even available at the Phillies pick but this is a pick that might make sense with Ruiz out.
Jefry Marte – 3B – Mets
Marte is limited to an infield corner but is passable defensively at third base. He was once a highly touted prospect, he regained some of his former allure in 2012. He is only 21 years old and to this point as mashed left handed pitching making him redundant with Kevin Frandsen, but if the Phillies were looking for a different platoon partner at third base they could give Marte a look as someone who could platoon in a few years with a player like Cody Asche.
Kenny Faulk – LHP – Tigers
Faulk is a lefty specialist who's fastball sits in the low 90s, he has good a slider, and usable changeup. He has held lefties in check but he has been hit around by righties. If the Phillies think that Diekman needs time and they would like a LOOGY they could do much worse than giving Faulk a chance.
Josh Fields – RHP – Red Sox
Fields is a 27 year old fireballing reliever who has a fastball who runs it up to 97 mph. He is a polished product who has pitched in AAA. He is on the old side but he is a major league ready middle reliever, the Phillies could take a look at him if he is still on the board as another arm to have in camp to compete with their collection of hard throwing right handed relievers.
John Keck – LHP – Royals
Keck is a power throwing lefty with a fastball in the mid 90s and a pair of breaking balls of which the slider is a better pitch. He has some command issues but he does attack hitters rather than nibbling. He likely has less upside than Diekman but the Phillies could bring him in to see what he can do in big league camp.
5 Phillies who could get picked:
The Phillies often have a player picked in the draft, often a raw reliever from the lower minors. Here are five Phillies prospects not named Leandro Castro or Jiwan James that could have their name called and why they could be selected.
Julio Rodriguez – RHP
Up until 2012, Rodriguez had some of the best numbers in the system. Rodriguez's fastball is poor, rarely topping 90 mph, but he has a good change up and a big loopy curveball that misses bats, his best pitch though is a plus cutter that has below average velocity but great movement. Rodriguez has been able to miss bats, even when he was struggling, but he is not a prototypical soft tossing control pitcher. A team could see Rodriguez has a #5 starter, but more likely a team thinks that they can get his stuff to play up in the bullpen and that he can continue to develop there.
Austin Hyatt – RHP
If you need a 5th starter or long man with no upside and want to pay him to minimum than Hyatt is your player. Hyatt has a below average fastball that sits 88-92, he pairs that with a plus change up and a passable breaking ball. He has a good feel for pitching and can miss bats. If a non-contending team (like the Twins) is looking to fill out their rotation without spending money or prospects than they can count on Hyatt to make his starts.
Juan Sosa – RHP
Sosa fits the profile of a low minors reliever who has a great arm. His fastball sits plus throwing anywhere from 94-97 with a plus curveball and he has a good idea of how to use them. There is a good chance that a team with a bullpen spot takes Sosa and hopes that they can have his stuff play against big league hitters. For the Phillies he is behind their host of right handed relief pitchers but it is never good to lose an arm like Sosa.
Edgar Duran – SS
Teams are always in need of players who can stick at shortstop long term. Duran is not much right now but there is a chance that he may be able to be average at the plate based on the flashes he showed in Clearwater and has been showing in Winter ball and a shortstop who is average in the field and at the plate is a major league regular. Even if a team has to hide him for a year and then send him back down for a year or two, he could be worth it if he develops. The reason that Duran is likely to go unselected is that he would not provide anything in 2013 and there is a chance that a year without regular reps will permanently derail his development.
Colby Shreve – RHP
Shreve is the relief version of the low upside back end starter. Shreve has a relativity low floor and he can generate a large amount of ground balls, but his ceiling is mitigated by his lack of strikeout stuff. Shreve could be selected if a team is desperate to fill out a bullpen with a minimum salary player.
At the end of the day the Rule 5 draft does not win a championship but it can provide a useful piece that can save a team money down the road. Not every player is a star but serviceable major league player is a very valuable commodity. That and it is fun to speculate.


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There was a best-of-an-average -lot feel to the Scotland squads selected by Gordon Strachan last week. Disturbingly, the ambivalence over the quality of the personnel selected for the friendly double-header away to Czech Republic on 24 March and at home to Denmark five days later seemed to extend to the national coach himself.
Strachan exhibited brutal candour in assessing what Scotland has, or rather has not, as the lead-in begins to the World Cup qualifying campaign for a tournament that will take place 20 years after the country last contested a major finals.
The paucity of central defensive options is a problem not in Strachan's gift to solve. It was notable that, while cases were made for players in every other position who did not feature in the two players lists for the forthcoming fixtures, there was no clamour that identified a shamefully overlooked Scottish central defender. Equally, there was no questioning of the inclusion of Leeds United centre-back Liam Cooper, a la the decision to pick striker Tony Watt.
The selection of Gordon Greer, 35 years old and without an appearance for Brighton in two months, might have raised some eyebrows but Strachan offered up an unabashed riposte.
"I think we're the second oldest and the second smallest after Spain. And people say 'well, Spain can do it' – do us a favour," Strachan said. "Gordon Greer is still there at 35 because there's nobody to put him under pressure. There's no right centre back who can put him under pressure. He can still pass the ball, he can still read the game. If we could get someone who could run quicker than Gordon and jump higher he would be in. But we've not got that. It's quite simple: be better and you'll get in."
Strachan was able to throw out some alarming statistics about why Scotland's footballing fortunes seem in terminal decline. "Since 1957 the male birth rate has gone down 45 per cent. The pool of players has gone right down," he said.
Other nations have been bolstered by large immigrant populations. Scotland doesn't have the variety of gene pools that that has underpinned the recent success of mainland European countries.
"Belgium have a lot of first or second generation Africans to choose from. If you look at France when I played against them in the 80s, they had two in [Marius] Tresor and [Jean] Tigana. But the team who won the World Cup in 1998 was completely different due to the first and second generation Africans in the side. We don't have that pool, it's just us. We have the same pool – or even less, in fact – than we had 200 years ago. There's been an improvement in a lot of international teams due to first and second generation Africans."
There isn't any individual Scotland player capable of making a huge difference – and there are no early teen "superstars" on the horizon. The last time there was excitable chatter over an up-and-coming Scots player was when Darren Fletcher was coming through the ranks at Manchester United. Now revitalised at West Bromich Albion after courageously overcoming a career-threatening illness, the 32-year-old is acknowledged by Strachan. Yet he offers "no guarantees" when it comes to giving him game time. Fletcher became a peripheral figure in the failed Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
"He's one of the four or five who are playing regularly in a top league for their club," Strachan said. "In fact, he's probably playing at the highest level of anyone in the squad. And West Brom aren't a team who are challenging for Europe."
Challenging times against European opponents seem guaranteed even before the World Cup qualifiers that will start in September and pit Strachan's side against England, Slovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Malta.
The friendlies to come against Euro 2016 finalists Italy and France in May and June could offer a sobering week. Again, Strachan doesn't shy from that fact. "It seemed a good idea at the time to play Italy and France next," he said."The teams we've played against recently have great players: Serbia, Poland, Croatia, Germany, England. We have to find out if our boys can play at that level and feel comfortable with it. So you might as well face decent opposition. We might need to take a few slaps to find out but it's worth it. When I was at Aberdeen, before we started beating Hamburg and Bayern Munich, we got beat off Eintracht Frankfurt and the like. We had to take a few hits to find out what it's all about. We won't experiment with the system in these games but we'll tweak it."


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Mini cushions of towel.
My computer table is small, so I have to put my forearms on the edge of the table. These cushions soften a touch of the edge.
Also they absorb sweat.
By the way, blue one is the rest of a towel cat.
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This worn-out T-shirt is bound to be junked.
Its neckline is tattered. It has lost stretch. The embroidery on the breast is also fraying.
But I would put it on for the time being.
I have exchanged the trimming of the neck and sleeves for stretch lace. And put a new applique.
If dyeing it will be better.
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Pitman, N.J. - The New Jersey Athletic Conference announced its Week 9 NJAC Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week selections on Monday, February 25th.
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Palestine: CODEPINK calls for Women's Day 2009 to be dedicated to Women of Gaza
With international pressure and the determination of the women in the delegation, CODEPINK is confident the Egyptian government will let the aid through.
"The Israeli attack came after 18 months of a crippling blockade that had already left the Palestinian population hungry, sick, weak, and suffering from a catastrophic situation," co-founder Medea Benjamin said. "We must not only provide massive humanitarian aid, but lift the blockade that is keeping the people of Gaza under siege."
For more information and interviews, please call Jean Stevens, CODEPINK media coordinator, at 508-769-2138 or Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK co-founder, at 415-235-6517
The Israeli attack that began on December 27 left over 1,000 dead, including 412 children and 110 women, and over 5,000 injured (1855 children and 795 women), according to the United Nations Children's Fund. But that but that attack came after 18 months of a crippling blockade that had left the Palestinian population hungry, sick, weak, and already suffering from what UN officials called a catastrophic situation.
Women now have to care for the physical and emotional wounds in their families and communities. They have to attend to the physical needs of their families in the face of shortages of water, electricity, food, medicine, heat, fuel, and shelter. Some neighborhoods have been almost totally destroyed, with over 100,000 people displaced from their homes.
According to the United Nations, "Children are hungry, cold, without electricity and running water, and above all, they're terrified. Women are at greater risk of maternal death and or injury as maternity wards are being used as surgical facilities to treat the wounded."
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Buttered bun with shredded pork, $1.50 from Cocobun in Alexis Nihon Plaza
At the high-carbohydrate culinary crossroads that is a Hong Kong bakery, your tongs hover over self-serve displays of Portuguese egg tarts, sausage danishes, chicken teriyaki buns, red bean paste brioche and winter melon jam cookies. The diverse selection has roots in Hong Kong's history as an international trading hot spot and its colonization by the British, explain Paul Li and May Giang, owners of Cocobun and Chinatown's Patisserie Harmonie.
"People from all over Europe brought their food. Chinese people were fascinated and modified it into the fusion that you see in Asian pastry today," Giang says. Best known is the barbecue pork bun, but this buttered bun with dried shredded pork and seaweed (also known as A22) is an example of what she calls the "modern funky evolution" in Hong Kong bakeries. It's also, for my purposes, the most sandwichy item on offer.
The bread: Li and his team developed the recipe for sweet brioche dough that is the basis for many of the baked goods at Cocobun. The formula used at Harmonie was tweaked to make the bread softer, moister and longer-lasting on the shelf. For this application, the squishy bun is sliced down the centre and a mixture of butter, margarine and mayo is applied – for flavour, but also to keep the fluffy filling from flying away.
The spread: The shimmering mound of pork filaments scattered over this sandwich is called rousong in Chinese. It's an old preservation method, in which meat is marinated, dried and then finely shredded (it's a ready-to-eat product, not made in house). The dark spots are flakes of Japanese nori, a Cocobun twist. It's not surprising to hear Giang say customers were skeptical at first. The sweet, salty pork floss has an almost cotton candy consistency, the seaweed brings a fishy, marine note, and they mingle with the fresh, soft, sweet bread. My eyebrows were definitely raised over this perspective on luncheon meat, but I was glad to have satiated my curiosity.
The secret: Montreal has more carbs to come. Adding to its stores at Atwater and Guy-Concordia métro stations, Cocobun is opening a third outlet this spring, in the Carrefour Industrial Alliance downtown.
Cocobun, at the entrance to Atwater métro station, 1500 Atwater Ave. in Westmount, 514-906-2626, www.cocobun.com


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Photo Coverage: Opening Night of THE HEIRESS - Party - Glitz & Glamour!
The new Broadway production of the Tony Award winning play The Heiress defied Hurricane Sandy and opened last night, November 1. BroadwayWorld was there to bring you all the excitement of the night. Scroll down for photos from the opening night party!
The Heiress stars Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner David Strathairn, the leading man of "Downton Abbey" Dan Stevens, and Tony Award winner Judith Ivey. Written by Ruth & Augustus Goetz, The Heiress is directed by Tony Award nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman.
Additional cast members include Molly Camp, Kieran Campion, Virginia Kull, Mairin Lee, Ben Livingston, Dee Nelson and Caitlin O'Connell.
The design team includes Tony Award winner Derek McLane (sets), Academy Award winner Albert Wolsky (costumes), Tony Award nominee David Lander (lighting), Peter Golub (original music) and Tony Award nominee Leon Rothenberg (sound).
The Heiress is produced by Paula Wagner, Roy Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Luigi Caiola/Rose Caiola, Jim Herbert, Ted Liebowitz, Stacey Mindich, Jill Furman, Ricardo Hornos, Jon B. Platt, Eric Schmidt, Margo Lion/Rachel Weinstein and Jujamcyn Theaters.
This is a strictly limited run through February 10, 2013.
Photos by Walter McBride
'The Heiress' - After Party
Dan Stevens & Jessica Chastain
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text: Frank Isola and Mitch Lawrence of the NYDN report that the first month of the season will be canceled on Tuesday. Already the first two weeks have been canceled and David Stern had said if no deal was reached next week that he felt the Christmas Day games would seriously be in jeopardy of being canceled. I think this is a good thing in this aspect: While it sucks that games are being missed, I think the more checks the players miss the closer they will come to folding. As I have said the whole time, the players will lose and they will fold at some point. It is just a matter of when. Last weeks talks really showed me that the owners are totally willing and able to play hardball and this move further indicates their willingness.Follow @tarmosino


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Famous beaches in New Zealand
Being a island country, New Zealand is literally surrounded by long shorelines. Here you will find all kinds of beaches for swimming and surfing.
New Zealand is literally surrounded by beautiful beaches. It has more than 9,000 miles of coast plus hundreds of pristine seashores. You can find all kinds of shoreline here from jagged rocky shores to hidden black and white sands. With major cities located near the water, there are plenty of beaches to choose from in the land of the kiwis. Whether you are looking for adventure or relaxation, you will surely find a stretch of coast to explore and enjoy.
If want to soak up the sun in New Zealand, we'll guide you to the best stretches of coast found in the country.
Karikari Peninsula's Beach – This beach was made famous by the 1993 film, The Piano. It is vast and still-empty paradise with black sand and craggy cliffs with a 100-foot Karekare Falls tucked just inside the forest. It is famous for its annual beach race day every month of April with local ponies and horses race in order to raise money for a cause.
Hot Water Beach – This gorgeous beach is located in Coromandel Peninsula. If you arrive 2 hours before or after low tide, you can experience a natural spa without paying a cent. Tourists came here with shovels to dig holes at the tide line then wait for the natural hot water to seep up through the sand. You can enjoy sea water that is full of healthy minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium. But beware of the notoriously strong rip tides near the outcrop.
Piha Beach in West Auckland – This is the country's most famous surfing beach. It is found on the west coast and a half-hour drive from Auckland. Rugged cliffs frame the sea and the lush bush of the Waitakere Ranges provides opportunity for exploration, walks and picnics. This beach is definitely not for swimming and sun bathing but best for surfing.
Kaiteriteri Beach in Nelson – This beach has golden sand and receives the highest rate of sunshine hours in the country. Although not expansive, it is perfectly formed and has all the prerequisites for an idyllic seaside experience. The place has a busy vacation atmosphere with pack campgrounds and vacation homes. Do not forget to bring your camera as penguins, seals and dolphins are common seen here.
Wainui Beach – This beach is near the city of Gisborne and surrounded by reserves and protected lands. The beach is huge and offers plenty of recreational activities from idyllic picnic spots, walking and jogging tracks to swimming and sun bathing.
If you love beaches and the lifestyle that comes with staying on a beach, then go to New Zealand. Here you will find long sandy beaches, turquoise lagoon, ideal surfing spot and natural seaside hot springs. New Zealand offers a beach for every temperament.


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Sorry mate.
I actually think it's a reasonable idea, although it's difficult for me to imagine who would be interested in such a book apart from ourselves. It could be an entertaining read really.
Mind you, it might be a great idea to back up some of the really useful hints and advice accumulated here over the years, just in case the forum goes t*ts-up again.


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LeTourneau University will present Christian singer and songwriter Matthew West's "Hello My Name Is" tour at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21, in the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. Mobberly Ave., in Longview.
Tickets are on sale for $15 to $30, plus applicable fees, based on seating. Tickets may be purchased at www.BelcherCenter.com or by phone at 903-233-3080.
The "Hello My Name Is" tour is an acoustic tour that aims for an intimate setting. West tells powerful, true stories and sings his songs inspired by them. The event will also include videos of everyday people sharing their stories that inspired his songs.
West has released five studio albums and was nominated for five Dove Awards in 2005. He won the 2013 American Music Award for Best Contemporary Inspirational Artist. Also, his single, "Hello, My Name Is," from his "Into the Light" album was number one for a record-breaking 17 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs chart. He has served as a songwriter for various Christian and country musicians and bands, including Natalie Grant, Casting Crowns, Rascal Flatts and Billy Ray Cyrus.
The show is sponsored by 89.5 KVNE radio station.
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The Week in Parties
Fashion Group International hosted its "Night of the Stars" gala at Cipriani Wall Street last night, where Kate Bosworth, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Prince, Karl Lagerfeld, Ashley Olsen, Anna Wintour, Isaac Mizrahi, Donatella Versace, Allegra Versace, Georgina Chapman and Harvey Weinstein (left), Debra Messing, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, Francisco Costa, André Leon Talley, Stephanie Seymour, Stefano Tonchi, Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, Alexander Wang, Bobbi Brown, Lindsay Price, Tom Florio, Christopher Bailey, Behnaz Sarafpour, Zani Gugelmann, Chanel Iman, Cindi Leive, Julianna Margulies, Christian Louboutin, Peter Som, Philippe Starck, Nina Garcia, Roopal Patel, Glenda Bailey, Tim Gunn, Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan, Ruben Toledo and Isabel Toledo, Justine and Jeff Koons, Jonathan Newhouse, John Varvatos, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Patrick Demarchelier, Linda Fargo, Phillip Lim, Leigh Lezark and Max Minghella, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Mamie Gummer celebrated the industry. [InStyle, Wireimage, PMc]
♦ The Target-sponsored National Design Awards Gala was held last night at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: Honorees, presenters, and guests included Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor, Martha Stewart, Parker Posey, Zac Posen, Dennis Hopper, Jeffrey Chodorow, Padma Lakshmi, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Cathy Horyn, Chip Kidd, David Rockwell, Ralph Rucci, Sigi Moeslinger, Richard Gluckman, and Susan Magrino. [GoaG, PMc]
♦ At Wednesday night's launch for Hugo Boss's meatpacking district store, Theodora Richards and Alexandra Richards DJed and Brooke Shields, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bethenny Frankel, Mena Suvari, Erin Fetherston, Mark Indelicato, Tom Florio, Peaches Geldof, Cory Kennedy and Micah Jesse all dropped by for a glass of Moët. [style file, Wireimage, Teen Vogue]
♦ The opening of French boutique Comptoir des Cottoniers on Spring Street was hosted on Wednesday evening by Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri; they were joined by Ann Dexter-Jones, Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict, Chris Benz, and Jessica Joffe, who were all obliged to avoid cameras unless they wanted to end up on Marie Claire's new reality show Running in Heels, which was filming there. [The Daily, NYO, PMc]
♦ Last night, Hermès on Madison Avenue was the venue of Kelly Klein's party for her book Horse. Friends in attendance included Calvin Klein, Marci Klein, Narciso Rodriguez, Tory Burch, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, Ingrid Sischy, Carson Kressley, Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict, and Peter Davis. [PMc]
♦ Diddy's cover of L'Uomo Vogue was celebrated at 1OAK Wednesday: Franca Sozanni, André Leon Talley, Zac Posen, Eve, Cassie, Rachel Roy, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, and Tracy Morgan all showed up and drank Champagne and Cîroc. [The Daily, style file, Wireimage]
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Not right but correct? Midweek, immediately post-video, Mean Mitt Etch-a-Sketched into Moderate Mitt once again – the second time in two weeks the candidate's lurched from Ryan to RINO in an effort to change the conversation. Romney said in a speech Wednesday, "This is a campaign about the 100 percent." He followed that with "The President says I'm the grandfather of Obamacare. I don't think he meant that as a compliment, but I'll take it." And on gay marriage: "I would like to have the term 'marriage' continue to be associated with a relationship between one man and one woman, and that certainly doesn't prevent two people of the same gender living in a loving relationship together having gay domestic partnership, if you will." You can call it another flip-flop. You can call it desperate. You can even call it too little too late. But if Romney had adopted this tone consistently through the campaign, we'd be looking at different numbers now.
Pressing the advantage. The Obama campaign wasted no time rolling out new advertising assailing Romney on the fund-raising video contents. One of the most effective features a senior saying, "I'm not a victim. I'm sorry he sees me as a victim. He would be a tragic president."
Redistribution of poll numbers? The Romney campaign reached back into the audio vaults, pulling out an Obama speech from 1998 – yes, 1998, a decade before he ran for president – in which the then-state senator advocated finding a plan to "structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution, because I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level, to make sure that everybody's got a shot." Ryan and other surrogates quickly picked up the tactic. It's too early to tell how effective it will be as a campaign theme.
Ryan, road warrior. As Romney's personal campaign activity has been weirdly stuck in neutral (see below), Paul Ryan has done his best to provide the motive force. He clearly relishes the retail politics part of the VP bargain he has made, and he's good at it. He's made many more daily campaign stops than Romney, and he's carried the campaign's fiercest attack lines, with gusto. This is what being a young, energetic VP candidate is all about, and despite some fast-and-loose-with-the-facts tarnishing his image early, he's been effective.
Ann stands by her man. Speaking in Iowa, Ann Romney had blunt words for GOP critics of her husband (see below): "Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring," she said. While those remarks will stop nothing, it was a good PR moment for the campaign as Ann reminded Republicans "how lucky we are to have someone with Mitt's qualifications and experience and know-how." After the groundswell of favorable reaction to her Republican Convention speech, she clearly has some currency with the party and with voters, and she chose this moment to spend some of it.
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Just one video, so many gaffes. The most shocking thing about the fund-raising video wasn't the 47 percent line, or the "I wish George's parents were Mexican" nonsense, or even the Palestinian blunder. It was that Romney was naïve enough to think that he could express not-for-public-consumption views at any gathering. It's the same "bitter" lesson Obama learned in 2008. You'd think that would be hammered into any candidate's brain by now. "They love the phrase that 'he's over his head,' Romney said on the video of Americans' reaction to his preferred portrayal of the President. But the debacle left the impression that it's the challenger, not the incumbent, who's overwhelmed by the difficulties of campaigning, much less governing.
Don't strain yourself, there's no real urgency here: On Thursday, a Romney campaign adviser let it be known that the GOP nominee was planning to campaign more aggressively in critical states like Colorado and Ohio starting next week – even planning as many as three campaign events a day. Whoa, that's radical. Three whole events a day? What makes this news is that it is at variance with what he has been doing so far, which has been unbelievably leisurely, not to say somnolent. Okay, we'll say it, somnolent. The Romney campaign also has been much more tentative than the Obama partisans on booking TV time. What are they saving the money for, Christmas? When the Internet is blowing up with a list of controversial things you've said behind closed doors, it might be time to come out and swing back a little. Particularly when running from behind makes fund-raising all the more difficult.
Wait a minute, we thought you were the change: "I think I've learned some lessons over the past four years and the most important lesson I've learned is that you can't change Washington from the inside." President Obama made this statement in an interview on Univision. It was a big, fat pitch and the Romney camp wasted no time in bashing it into the seats. It was an unfortunate choice of words , only partially mitigated by the Democrats' quick rejoinder that Mitt Romney said precisely the same thing in 2007. The difference: Mitt wasn't president when he said it. Unforced error by Obama.
And these are the folks on his team: Susana Martinez, the popular, charismatic governor of New Mexico who was such a hit at the Republican convention, ran as fast as she could from the Romney 47 percent comment. So did other big-name Republicans throughout the week. Linda McMahon, locked in a tight battle for an open Senate seat in Connecticut, was perhaps the first to flee, posting a statement on her Facebook page: "I disagree with Governor Romney's insinuation that 47% of Americans believe they are victims who must depend on the government." Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada self-protectively piled on: "I have a different view of the world." Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan then delivered perhaps the most devastating perspective from Mitt's own party: "This is not how big leaders talk, it's how shallow campaign operatives talk," she wrote, adding "An intervention is in order." Even Tim Pawlenty quit as co-chairman of the national Romney campaign for more honest work: lobbying for banks and hedge funds. So long, Captain, and good luck with that going-down-with-the-ship thing.
Bonus babies? It was a wildly inopportune moment for the news from the latest campaign spending cycle to include the fact that the Romney campaign handed out $200,000 in bonuses to senior staff immediately after the convention. The explanation was that the bonuses were for winning primaries, but it certainly had a surreal aspect, coming as it did at the end of the worst two-week stretch for a presidential campaign in memory. Not exactly calculated to encourage donors.


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SYTOX® Dead Cell Stains are bright, easy-to-use cell-impermeant nucleic acid stains for distinguishing dead from live cells. The newly formulated SYTOX® Green Dead Cell Stain, SYTOX® Orange Dead Cell Stain, and SYTOX® Dead Cell Stain Sampler Kit are optimized for flow cytometry.
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Because SYTOX® dyes do not cross intact cell membranes and do increase fluorescence upon dsDNA binding, they are among our most brilliant dead cell stains. Dead cells can be easily distinguished from live cells by flow cytometry by measuring the increased fluorescence signal due to dsDNA binding. SYTOX® Dead Cell Stains can be applied to cells and visualized without an additional wash step because they are nonfluorescent in aqueous media.
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Dead cell discrimination using SYTOX® Green Dead Cell Stain.
A mixture of heat-killed and live Jurkat cells was stained with 30 nM SYTOX® Green Dead Cell Stain and incubated at room temperature for 20 min. Cells were analyzed on the Attune® Acoustic Focusing Cytometer equipped with a 488 nm laser. Fluorescence emission was collected using a 530/30 bandpass filter. Live cells are easily distinguished from the brighter dead cell population.
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Identify Downstream Interferon Signaling Events — ABfinity™ Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies for JAK-STAT Targets
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ABfinity™ recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibodies are available for many targets, including JAK1 [phospho Y1022], STAT1 [phospho Y701], STAT4, and STAT6 [phospho Y641]. JAK-STAT signaling is important in regulating immune responses and autoimmune diseases, especially when interferon-γ signaling is compromised in various viral infections.
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ABfinity™ recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibodies are produced from specific recombinant clones. ABfinity™ technology helps to ensure consistent antibody performance so you don't have to reoptimize your assay with each new lot.
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Phosphorylated STAT1 (Y701) detected in interferon-γ–stimulated HeLa cells.
Cells were stimulated with 100 ng/mL interferon-γ (top right) or unstimulated (top left) and labeled with rabbit anti-STAT1 [pY701] (1 µg/mL). Stimulated cells were preincubated with the phosphopeptide used as an immunogen (bottom right) or with nonphosphopeptide (bottom left), before incubating with Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti–rabbit IgG secondary antibody at 1:1,000 dilution. The signal is prevented by incubation with the phosphopeptide but not with the nonphosphopeptide, demonstrating phosphospecifity of the antibody.
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Transferrin Conjugates
Transferrin is a monomeric serum glycoprotein that binds up to two Fe 3+ atoms for delivery to vertebrate cells through receptor-mediated endocytosis. Fluorescently labeled transferrin has been used to measure transferrin receptor-binding affinity in mammals and parasites, to investigate endocytosis, and to study endocytic recycling pathways. Alexa Fluor® transferrin conjugates are highly recommended because of their brightness, enhanced photostability, and lack of sensitivity to pH.
Fluorescent Low-Density Lipoprotein Complexes
The human LDL complex delivers cholesterol to cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. In addition to unlabeled LDL, which has been reported to be an effective vehicle for selectively delivering antitumor drugs to cancer cells, we offer two classes of labeled LDL probes—those containing an unmodified apoprotein, used to study the mechanisms of normal cholesterol delivery and internalization, and those with an acetylated apoprotein, used to study endothelial, microglial, and other cell types that express receptors that specifically bind this modified LDL.
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Lipid dyes are useful as general-purpose probes for investigating endocytosis and for simply identifying cell membrane boundaries. We offer FM® lipophilic styryl dyes and lipophilic tracers (Dil, DiO, DiD, DiA, and DiR), which fluoresce brightly upon integration into cellular membranes. Both fixable and unfixable dyes are available in various colors.
pHrodo™ Indicators
The pH-sensitive pHrodo™ dye is nonfluorescent at neutral pH and fluoresces bright red in acidic environments. This increase in fluorescence signal at low pH makes it ideal for studying endocytosis and its regulation by drugs and/or environmental factors. The unique pHrodo™ dye–based system measures phagocytosis and endocytosis based on acidification of the particle or protein conjugates as they are ingested by cells.
1. Boucrot E, Saffarian S, Zhang R et al. (2010) Roles of AP-2 in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10597.
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Visualizing transferrin and transferrin receptors. A431 cells were incubated with green-fluorescent Alexa Fluor® 488 transferrin, then fixed and permeabilized. Transferrin receptors were identified with anti–transferrin receptor, mouse IgG1 monoclonal antibody and visualized with red-fluorescent Alexa Fluor® 555 goat anti–mouse IgG antibody. Yellow fluorescence indicates regions of colocalization. Nuclei were stained with DAPI.
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SYTO® Probes in the Cytometry of Tumor Cell Death
Wlodkowic D, Skommer J, Darzynkiewicz D (2008) Cytometry Part A 73A:496–507.
High-throughput screening platforms to analyze anticancer treatments and other therapies are valuable tools in the modern clinical research setting. A recent publication from Wlodkowic and colleagues surveys a few of the patented DNA-binding SYTO® dyes for the detection and tracking of apoptosis in diverse cell lines and in primary tumor samples. Loss of apoptosis is one of the defining parameters of malignancy, and the mode of action of some of the SYTO® dyes makes them particularly suited for monitoring this cellular process. Wlodkowic et al. cite the broad range of visible excitation and emission, high quantum yield upon binding to nucleic acids, low cost, and low toxicity profiles as beneficial in their investigations. They speculate that these probes will be useful as a first-line screening agent for novel therapeutics and that they could be very valuable in multiplexed assays and in microfluidics devices.
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|Transverse Section of Fixed Zebrafish Retina. A transverse section of fixed zebrafish retina was probed with FRet 43, a monoclonal antibody that binds to double cone cells, and visualized using the ELF® 97 Immunohistochemistry Kit.
The yellow-green–fluorescent double cones stained with the ELF® 97 alcohol precipitate are oriented with the outer segments at the top of the stained configuration and the synaptic pedicles at the bottom. This section was counterstained with tetramethylrhodamine wheat germ agglutinin, which makes the rod outer segments (top left) and the inner plexiform layer and ganglion cell axons (bottom right) appear bright red. Wheat germ agglutinin also binds the region occupied by the cone outer segments and synaptic pedicles, which appear bright yellow because they are double-labeled with both the ELF® 97 alcohol precipitate and tetramethylrhodamine. Although this section has also been counterstained with Hoechst 33342, the blue-stained nuclei are barely visible in this photomicrograph. However, the double cones' inner fibers traverse the region occupied by the rod nuclei, and thus appear light blue. The inner segments, myoids, and nuclei of these double cone cells are labeled only with the ELF® 97 alcohol precipitate, giving them a characteristic green appearance. The image was obtained by triple exposure through optical filters appropriate for DAPI, tetramethylrhodamine, and the ELF® precipitate. Used with permission from J Histochem Cytochem 43:77 (1995).
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Not home computers, computers.
Maybe you are; pretty much everyone else is talking at the consumer level. For instance, I can barely get people in this thread to notice what is going on in the server world and the implications for consumer computing. Since they don't like they answers, they pretend it doesn't count somehow, even though it forms a very nice little canary in the coal mine for the ability of consumers to endlessly consume tomorrow's cycles.
Home computers=!"consumer level"
Or are you saying that consoles are not relevant to this discussion like EH@?


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May 4, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT exploded for 14 runs through the first four innings as the Engineers cruised past Newbury College, 16-1, Friday, at Briggs Field. The Nighthawks (0-12) wrapped up their first season as a Division III program against MIT, which leveled its season ledger at 15-15 following the big win.
After a quick inning for MIT starter Steven Nunez, the Engineers' bats went to work as the first four batters reached base. Senior Jason Witzberger doubled to left center to score Ben Bersanti, who led off the bottom of the first with a single to center. Three batters later, junior Kevin Wheeler capped the five-run first with a two-run double to right center.
Ahead 5-0 entering the second, the Engineers added three more with one swing. Bersanti reached base for the second consecutive inning in the lead-off spot, while Witzberger singled to put runners at the corners. In the ensuing at bat, Thomas Phillips crushed his fourth homerun of the season over the left-field fence.
In the third, senior James Siedlecki put Newbury on the board with an RBI double to left field that scored Brian Fish, although that would be all the offense the Nighthawks would muster against a strong start by Nunez (2-0).
MIT broke the game open with six more runs in the fourth. Wheeler and sophomore Chris D'Annunzio had run-scoring singles during the frame, while Paul Groudas keyed the big inning with a two-run homer that was smoked over the fence in left center.
Wheeler finished the game 3-for-3 with three RBI and one run. Witzberger also collected three hits, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and one RBI. Phillips and Groudas used their bombs to drive home five, while D'Annunzio and David Nole each plated two runners in the win.Witzberger also achieved a significant milestone against the Nighthawks. Already the Institute's all-time leader in stolen bases, Witzberger set the program mark for career hits as his third on the afternoon marked No. 178. The previous record stood for one season as Wayne Duggan established the record last year as a senior.
Nunez earned the complete-game victory, surrendering one earned run and six hits in seven innings on the hill. The sophomore righty also struck out a season-high eight batters.
Newbury's David Carroll (0-2) suffered the loss as the Nighthawks fell behind quickly. Siedlecki and Homas Mathew had two hits to pace the offense, while Mathew struck out three batters and allowed no earned runs after pitching the final two frames in relief.


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Our lives rarely turn out the way we plan. Perhaps it's to counter this pervasive sense of uncertainty that so many people feel compelled to write memoirs of perseverance, reframing the shifts their lives have taken into a sure-footed narrative arc. But confusion is the reigning feeling in James Lasdun's new memoir Give Me Everything You Have (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). A highly regarded, New York-based British novelist, essayist, and poet, Lasdun writes about being stalked for more than six years, unable to do a thing about it. "I'm not so sure of anything anymore," Lasdun tells us early on in the book. His memoir is a portrait not of growth but of paralyzed shock at the Internet's capacity to turn one of his best students into an encroaching virtual monster.
Give Me Everything You Can is Lasdun's last-ditch effort to finally stop his stalker, a former student whom he calls Nasreen, after several failed attempts to involve the police. Every day, Nasreen, an aspiring Iranian-American novelist, sends him a vicious, incessant stream of e-mails that are often anti-Semitic; in one message, she calls him a "fucking faggot coward" and in another she says, "I think the Holocaust was fucking funny." Sometimes, Nasreen writes e-mails to his colleagues in the literary world—editors and writing department chairs—in which she accuses Lasdun of sleeping with his students and selling their drafts to burned-out writers who can't come up with their own ideas. (Her claims are usually ludicrous, but Lasdun, who finds nothing about his situation funny, is vehement when he assures the reader that nothing Nasreen says is true.)
Nasreen was once the star student of the graduate-level fiction workshop Lasdun taught at a New York university he calls Morgan College. In the classroom, Nasreen was pleasantly self-effacing. She was in her early thirties, working on a novel based loosely on her family's experience during the Iranian Revolution, while most of her younger classmates were writing short stories about romantic misadventures in Brooklyn. In person, Lasdun recalls, Nasreen was poised and private. She rarely spoke about personal matters, but during one of their meetings she made quick reference to a fiancé. "There was something novelistic in the attitude to life it evoked," Lasdun writes of her impending marriage. "I approved."
Two years after graduating, Nasreen sends Lasdun an e-mail seeking his advice about publishing her book. Lasdun is reluctant, at first, to respond—while he admired Nasreen's work, he's no longer teaching and he's busy with books of his own, including a travel guide he's co-writing with his wife. Still, they start corresponding. Lasdun, who has turned 50 and is feeling ambivalent about it, writes Nasreen chatty, casual e-mails, fearful of otherwise appearing too avuncular; she addresses him coyly as "sir." As Nasreen breaks up with her fiancé and makes little progress with her novel, her messages become more frequent and desperate. Her attachment to Lasdun appears to be in direct proportion to the number of literary rejections she receives elsewhere; when she's at her lowest, he seems the only tether to her identity as a writer. Ignoring Lasdun's insistence that he is happily married, she professes her love.
Dozens of e-mails begin to arrive from Nasreen each day. Sometimes they're pleas ("why do you deny me???") and other times reproaches ("you're unethical, an 'irresponsible hippy'"); later on, they become directly hostile ("I wish ill health and disaster ... for you and your family"). Nasreen seems to regard the Internet as a place without consequence, a virtual Las Vegas, where different versions of reality can compete for public attention. Online, she is so detached from her own identity that she freely shares her private exchanges and giddily sends articles from other people's e-mail addresses. She forwards Lasdun a series of emails between her and a lawyer concerning another man she is suing for sexual harassment. Nasreen shows occasional flashes of self-awareness, writing, for example, "You are a kind man, James. I don't think you're the caricature of a white man but I'm hoping I've pissed you off. It brings color to the cheeks." In addition to e-mailing Lasdun's colleagues and editors, she posts cruel, verbose reviews on his Amazon page and on other websites where he's mentioned. She's clear with Lasdun about her goal: "I will ruin you."
Lasdun's book makes vivid the permeability of online identities and reminds us how terrifyingly difficult it is to redact what is written on the Internet. One false statement—by anyone—and a legacy is forever questioned. For those of us who don't know code, spending time online carries the risks of traveling to a foreign country where we don't speak the language. Nasreen isn't even a hacker—her tech skills are rather basic—and we wonder after the reading the book how much of our online identities and activities we should expect to control.
The memoir's opening chapters, rattling with tension, are meant to be read with an obsessiveness that recalls the woman we're reading about. Lasdun's background is literary noir; building suspense is his forte, and a thick, early uncertainty around the narrator adds to the sense that anything could happen to him. But then, a third of the way through the book, instead of inquiring into Nasreen's past and further unfurling the perverse mystery he's begun, Lasdun turns inwards. He ponders whether he has done anything to instigate such frenzy. He recalls the first time he received positive feedback on his writing from a professor, and how that experience ended up transforming the student-teacher relationship. "By giving me explicit authorization to think of myself as a writer, he had become entangled in my fate, which in turn had imbued him—or more precisely, caused my mind to flood its image of him—with godlike powers," Lasdun writes.
Lasdun concedes, too, that the attraction had been mutual at first. "If I had not been married, or if I had been less than happily immured in my own domestic existence, things might have developed in a very different way between me and Nasreen. It makes me wince a little to acknowledge this." Lasdun is too well-mannered in these intellectualized passages to delight in his own fecklessness, as Philip Roth would. While he can write about the procedurals of an online relationship in precise, dramatic prose, he seems unsure about how to express one's feelings about the Internet, or whether one's supposed to have feelings about the Internet at all. He's interested less in Nasreen—his once sweet, now clearly unstable former student—than in her terrifying avatar, and it's as if he hasn't quite parsed the connection between the two. "As soon as you reduce human behavior to a pathology," Lasdun writes, "it becomes, for literary purposes, less interesting." If he were to look into Nasreen's medical records, his memoir would quickly turn into a confrontation with mental illness. But this is a book about the Internet.
At one point, Lasdun commiserates with a few friends who have also been victims of stalking. "A writer friend who had judged a literary competition was being plagued with abuse by one of the entrants … A therapist I knew was being sued by a former patient whom she had helped find a job that hadn't worked out." All of these friends, like Lasdun, started out holding more power than the people they consider their oppressors. He points this out not to understate the extent of his victimhood—he truly feels that Nasreen has ruined his life—but to highlight an overriding sense of confusion. His situation with Nasreen is even toying with his political identity, provoking him to set aside his self-conception as a man of good, liberal values and exert power through writing in an uncharacteristically dramatic way. Judging from his many apologetic asides, Lasdun seems slightly uncomfortable with his choice to publish this memoir in the first place.
In the final section of the book, Lasdun travels to Israel and reflects on Palestine, anti-Semitism, and the legacy of his father, a prominent English architect. He muses about Isaac Singer, a fresco by Giovanni Canavesio, and a woman he meets in a hotel elevator and later pretends not to remember. He's flailing, adjusting to a reality in which he's at risk of things he never thought possible. The Internet is still a fairly new frontier, where a degree of power can be claimed by anyone with a Twitter account. Lasdun's diffuse, anxious memoir is in many ways its perfect reflection.


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Interim women's tennis head coach Ben Cabell, on day's results: "It was a great day for us up here. Everyone played really well and we won 12 out of 14 matches which is impressive. I hope we keep up this level of play throughout the weekend."
Cabell, on Myra Davoudi's performance: "Myra had two very tough matches but she showed what she was made of today. She got two great wins and moved on to the quarterfinals. She really stepped up for us."
Cabell, on Meghan Madden's first win: "I am really happy for Meghan. She has been working hard every day in practice and she broke through with two great wins."


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|Big Bash: Class of 60 Memorial Service
At Saturday's Class of 1960 Memorial Service, President Pat White rang Caleb Mills' bell in honor of the 36 men from the class who had died before this year's 50th Renion. Since 1971, Wabash presidents have rung the bell—which Caleb Mills, the College's first faculty member of Wabash, used to call the first class of Wabash students to order in 1833— to welcome incoming classes on Freshman Saturday and bless graduating seniors at Commencement Day.
As he stepped to the podium, President White said, "Gentleman, if you will, stand with me and join me in silence as I take up the bell of Caleb Mills and we together ring out our fallen brothers of the Class of 1960. Men whom we remember young and strong and full of life, men who, like our best imaginations of ourselves, remain always young, strong, full of life, loving and true, good and lively; men who will always be in our hearts and who remain with us forever and always, our brothers and brave Wabash men."
"To hear that bell consolidated every emotion I was feeling in the Chapel," Reunion Chair Dick Kite '60 said following the ceremony. "Three fraternity brothers of mine were on that list they read. And Pat rang the bell so vigorously—I thought he might ring it more mournfully, that it could be maudlin, but it was lively the way he rang it—he captured what we'd imagined when we wanted a celebration of our classmates."
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I have looked at a lot of wine lists lately, in regards to Italian places, but not exclusively. One wine director recently bragged to folks at the bar, "I tried to find things no one would recognize". Really? Is that what I, as an owner, would like a beverage director to do to my wine program? Find things no one would recognize? What am I missing here?
If the consultant, director, whatever we call the person who designs a wine program, is at the restaurant all the working hours, it shouldn't be a problem. But as it was, in the case of the place where the consultant put together a list of "unrecognizables", two out of three times I was there, said consultant wasn't there. So what good was this program?
A good friend recently told me, over lunch, "If you ain't selling, you aren't here for long."
You must have mindshare before you can have marketshare. You cannot have marketshare if you are not there.
Word to those who are listening. Get back to your ship, get in your seat, or your floor, and work it. There are no gimme's, even for master sommeliers. It's all about what you are worth to your boss or your restaurant, right then. Right there. And by the way, if an industry type, whether they are from a large distributor or a small importer, come in, offer one or two of their "unrecognizables" while you are at it. Two words: Expense Account. Three more words: Money to spend. Mix business sense in with your quest for mastery, it will keep the boss happy and the ship afloat.