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The 429 Mustang II put up a good fight in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll, but only a French or Italian car really stands a chance against a Triumph GT6 when it comes to true Project Car Hell. Still, every so often you need to let a PCH underdog take on one of the superpowers. We're going to try it again today, with a British machine squaring off against a German-American mashup, only this time the theme is much different. One thing I've noticed with the cheaper PCH cars is the Super LeMons Potential many commenters observe in the entrants, and so today we're going to look at a couple of cars that would immediately bestow Legend In Their Own Time status upon any team entering either one in a 24 Hours of LeMons race. Each is priced below the $500 mark, each could (in theory) be a credible race car, and each would leave onlookers stunned with a potent mixture of awe, fear, and pity.
When you're showing up at the track with your $500 race car, four cylinders under the hood is ho-hum. Six is a little better, and eight will get you some respect. But when you pop the bonnet and reveal a V-12 beneath, the resulting shocked silence in the pits will be gratifying indeed. Now, there's no way in hell you'll ever get a German V12 machine for under $500 (well, no way that will convince the LeMons judges, at any rate), but folks have this
completely justified totally irrational fear of the V12-equipped Jaguar XJ-S... and that means it's deal time! Say, a deal such as this 1991 Jaguar XJ-S (go here if the ad disappears) with an asking price of $500 (which smells like an actual price of more like $300, or some "game room things"). It comes with two V12s, so you have to figure you can make one runner, right? Hell yes! Then you're sure to be able to sell off plenty of unneeded parts on eBay (hey, if I can sell $350 worth of parts off an '84 Volvo, anything is possible) after you've gutted the half-ton of leather and wood from the car. Now, since it's a '91 you'll need to deal with some of the Lucas electrics if you want the engine ECU to function, but maybe all those Prince of Darkness jokes have no foundation in real experience! Get a rollcage in it, put some Cherry Bombs on that sweet-sounding V12, and get ready to leave those peasants in their lesser cars in your dust at the race!
Roaring onto the track in a V12 Jag would get you some respect, all right, but you wouldn't appear to be a total madman with that choice. Sure, your team would look like the greatest mechanics who ever lived if your Jag managed to finish 25 laps under its own power, but where's the Lunatic Factor? That's why you need to consider a car with a 5/95 weight distribution, primitive suspension, and a flimsy fiberglass body. Something, for example, such as this VW-based dune buggy with Olds Toronado transaxle assembly (go here if the ad disappears), which has an asking price of only $450 (or a "NEW OR NEWER HIGHER END LAPTOP"). It doesn't come with the 455 engine, but that's no problem. You see, that transmission has the BOP bolt pattern, which means a huge range of Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac V8s- all available in $50 junker cars in a location near you- may be bolted right in. Oh, and did we mention that Cadillac V8s also used the BOP pattern? No? That means the 500-cube V8 out of the Eldorado will bolt right onto this baby! Just imagine it, if you can: a spindly VW dune buggy with a five hundred cubic inch engine hanging off the back! You might have some oversteer problems at the race, not to mention interesting handling characteristics when you pull the front wheels off the ground under hard acceleration, but you'll have the advantage of a wide berth from all the other drivers on the track. We recommend a really good roll cage, and even better life insurance!


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Regular well-child examinations are an important part of keeping kids healthy and up to date on immunizations against many serious childhood diseases.
A checkup also is an opportunity for your doctor to talk to you about developmental and safety issues and for you ask questions you might have about your child's overall health.
At yearly exams, your child will be weighed and measured, and these results will be plotted on growth charts for weight, height, and body mass index (BMI). Using these charts, doctors can see how kids are growing compared with other kids the same age and gender. The doctor will take a medical and family history and perform a complete physical examination.
During the visit, your child's blood pressure, vision, and hearing will be checked. Your child may be screened for anemia, lead poisoning, tuberculosis, or high cholesterol.
Other vaccines might be needed if the doctor determines that your child is at risk for conditions like meningococcal or pneumococcal disease.
The doctor will check for crossed eyes and any vision and hearing problems, and also check the teeth for tooth decay, abnormal tooth development, malocclusion (abnormal bite), dental injuries, or other problems. In addition to the doctor's dental evaluation, your child should be making regular visits to the dentist.
During this visit, the doctor also will check behavioral and social development, asking questions to see if your child's everyday behavior is age appropriate, how well your child does in social situations, and how well he or she communicates.
Developmental milestones for 4-year-olds include being able to:
Developmental milestones for 5-year-olds include being able to:
Child safety is another topic of discussion. Your doctor will cover the importance of using car seats, supervising kids around swimming pools, using bicycle helmets and other protective gear, not smoking around kids, and using sunscreen. In homes with firearms, guns and ammunition should be stored separately and kept locked at all times.
Parents often can tell if their child is ill by his or her appearance, but certain symptoms warrant a call to your doctor. Though they may represent a minor illness such as a cold or ear infection, some symptoms also can signal a more serious infection or a chronic condition, such as asthma.
Significant symptoms include:
Problems often found in this age group include enuresis (bedwetting) and sleep disturbances, such as nightmares. Kids also might have growing pains in their calves at night.
Your doctor's office can answer questions about these and other common concerns and can be a helpful resource and support.
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This change has consequences
Assuming President Barack Obama means what he says Americans are about to get a lot less for the tax dollars they send to Washington.
That cliff-drop of a loss in government services may well be felt at the local and state levels.
Before he presented his State of the Union speech, Obama made his agenda for the next three years perfectly clear. If Congress does not do what the president wants, he will do some of it himself, White House aides said.
He will start big. Obama will sign an executive order increasing the minimum wage that must be paid by companies with new federal contracts. The current $7.25 minimum wage will be blasted into the stratosphere, to $10.10.
Ponder for a moment what that means: Companies with federal contracts will have to pay their entry-level employees nearly 40 percent more than they do now. As any employer understands, that will affect all workers. Those making more than minimum wage will demand that 40 percent increase, too.
The cost of labor, which often is most of the price tag for a federal contract, is about to explode. Unless Obama plans to increase deficit spending drastically – also not beyond the realm of possibility – Americans will get much less for a substantial amount of what the government spends.
But the impact may be felt directly in towns and cities, counties and states, even school districts, throughout the country.
Much of the grant money Washington doles out to local governments, including school systems, comes with strings attached. Much of it involves contracts which use both federal and local or state money. The logical, perhaps unavoidable, extension of Obama's plan is for his minimum wage edict to extend to contracts local and state entities enter into using federal money.
Government at all levels may accomplish much less with taxpayers' money.
It is inconceivable that Obama, in deciding to issue his executive order, was not made aware of the consequences. Knowing that, he still plans to go ahead.
In effect, he is daring Congress to stop him.
Lawmakers should take him up on that, for the good of every American.


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McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Outgained but not outplayed, third-ranked Linfield turned away No. 14 North Central time and again, producing seven turnovers on the way to a 30-14 victory in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs Saturday at Maxwell Field.
Cornerback Michael Link intercepted a pair of passes inside Linfield territory, Dominique Forrest returned another pass 73 yards for a touchdown, and the Wildcats withstood a 192-yard, two-touchdown rushing performance by North Central's Nick Kukuc.
Linfield (11-0), representing the Northwest Conference, advances to a Dec. 1 quarterfinal matchup against Wisconsin-Oshkosh, a 37-14 winner over Bethel. Official quarterfinal host sites will be confirmed and announced Sunday by the NCAA. Kickoff will be at noon local time.
North Central (9-3), tri-champion of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, saw its season come to a close. While reaching the national quarterfinals for the fifth time in 10 seasons, Linfield extended its home winning streak to 25 games.
Wildcats quarterback Mickey Inns passed for 305 yards and two scores, and though he completed 24 of 39 throws, the senior was sacked four times by a Cardinals defense that surrendered just 331 total yards. Lucas Jepson caught a game-high eight passes for 132 yards and a touchdown.
The Cardinals appeared to take a 3-0 lead with just over two minutes left in the first quarter, but the NCC bench called timeout just as the ball was about to leave kicker Nick Dace's foot. As play resumed, Dace's 37-yard attempt was wide left and the game remained scoreless.
Linfield fed off the early momentum, marching 80 yards in nine plays for the game's first points. Inns hit Charlie Poppen for a 17-yard strike, and Josh Kay booted the extra point, the Wildcats led 7-0 with 14:22 left in the second quarter.
Linfield's defense accounted for the next score on the Cardinals' ensuing possession. On fourth-and-2 from the Linfield 31, NCC quarterback Spencer Stanek was intercepted by Forrest, who returned the errant throw 73 yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals' turnover woes were just beginning. Michael MacClanathan recovered a bad snap at the NCC 39, giving the Wildcats their best starting field position of the half. When the drive stalled, Kay trotted out for a 44-yard field goal that pushed Linfield out in front 17-0.
North Central advanced the ball to the Linfield 3, aided by a 43-yard bomb down the right sideline to Nick Kukuc, but Stanek fumbled a handoff and Brynnan Hyland recovered at the 6.
Kukuc had 105 yards by intermission and the Cardinals controlled the ball for nearly 20 minutes of the first half. NCC outgained Linfield 208-152 during the opening two periods, but it was the Wildcats who made the most of their opportunities.
Midway through the third quarter, Brandon Funk intercepted Stanek at the Linfield 36 and two plays later, Inns stepped away from pressure in the pocket and found Jepson streaking down sideline for a 64-yard touchdown.
Stanek committed NCC's fifth turnover of the afternoon on the ensuing drive and the Wildcats again turned the miscue into points. An eight-play, 53-yard drive was capped off by Chad Coburn's 4-yard weave into the end zone. Kay's extra point was blocked but it mattered little as the 'Cats enjoyed a 30-0 advantage over the visitors from Illinois.
Kukuc finally broke free with 2:32 to go in the third quarter, avoiding two tackles on the way to a 32-yard touchdown romp. Kukuc again found his way into the end zone on the first play of the fourth quarter, pounding 15 yards for the score to cut the margin to 30-14.
The Cardinals kept the pressure on in the late going. A personal foul penalty after Linfield had stopped the Cardinals on third down at midfield kept a drive alive. Facing on third-and-10 from the Linfield 29, Stanek's deep pass into the end zone was batted away by Link. A fourth-down pass was picked off by Link at the Linfield 12, silencing a 12-play drive.
NCC outgained Linfield 416-331 for the game, including a whopping 181-26 disparity in the rushing column. But seven turnovers, including five interceptions by Stanek, proved to be the Cardinals' undoing.
Forrest led all tacklers with 12 stops, including six unassisted. Kyle Wright contributed seven tackles, two of which were for loss. Link produced six tackles and three pass breakups to go with his two interceptions. Linebacker Quinn Haas paced the North Central defense with 10 tackles, including two sacks and a fumble recovery.
'CAT SCRATCH: Saturday's paid attendance was 1,304. . . the Wildcats are 14-3 at home in the playoffs since becoming full-fledged members of the NCAA. . . Linfield's last home loss came in the next-to-last game of the 2008 season, a 17-9 nonconference defeat to Western Oregon. . . Wildcats coach Joseph Smith raised his career record to 60-13, including 42-4 over the last four seasons. . . Inns became only the fifth Linfield quarterback to surpass 3,000 passing yards in a season and 6,000 yards for his career. . . he now stands at 3,041 passing yards for the season and 6,035 for his career.


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I just got word that Macy's will not be carrying Les Khakis de Chanel Nail Collection. The trio of khakis can be purchased on Chanel.com, Chanel boutiques and select Bloomingdale's, Saks and Nordstroms beginning on September 10th – mark your calendars!
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August 19, 2010
Introducing Les Khakis de Chanel Nail Collection
I just got this in my inbox and almost jumped out of my chair. Yes, I was once known to wear tips with airbrush designs and animal print nail art. Now, I'm opting for neutral, short, natural nails and the new collection, Les Khakis de Chanel, is right up my alley.
The trio of Khakis was created by Chanel Global Creative Director of Makeup Peter Philips to celebrate Vogues' Fashion's Night Out. Each Khaki has a hint of a color: Khaki Rose, Khaki Brun and Khaki Vert (rose, brown and green respectively). The colors can be worn alone or combined to create an urban camouflage.
I adore these colors and I cannot wait for them to release on September 10th. I've been wanting an army green nail polish for quite some time and now I can finally have it – in fact, I will definitely be getting all 3! Les Khakis de Chanel nail collection retails for $25/bottle and will be available at Chanel boutiques, Chanel.com and select department stores (waiting to find out which ones -will update when I know!).


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YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president said on Sunday he wanted peace talks with all ethnic rebel groups in the country, but government troops again attacked rebel positions in Kachin State in the northeast despite his order to cease fire, rebels and a local source said.
President Thein Sein had issued the ceasefire order on Friday to troops in the La Ja Yang area of Kachin State near the border with China, where fighting has been fiercest.
It was due to take effect on Saturday morning, but Colonel James Lum Dau, Thai-based spokesman for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), told Reuters the army had continued to attack over the weekend, both in La Ja Yang and elsewhere in the state.
Thein Sein denied that the army, known as the Tamadaw, aimed to capture Laiza, where the KIA and its political arm, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), have their headquarters.
"Now the Tamadaw members are an arm's length from the KIA/KIO headquarters in Laiza but I have ordered them not to occupy Laiza," he said at a meeting with non-governmental groups in Yangon, the commercial capital.
"In order to gain sustainable peace all over the country, there is no other way but to hold talks at the negotiating table as soon as possible," he added.
A 17-year ceasefire with the KIA broke down in June 2011 and fighting has been particularly intense in recent weeks.
Twenty months of fighting has displaced tens of thousands of people and, for some analysts, raised doubts about the sincerity of all the political and economic reforms pursued by Thein Sein in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
On Saturday, addressing a development forum attended by donor countries and international aid organizations, Thein Sein had invited the Kachin rebels to a "political dialogue" with the government and ethnic rebel groups from other states. No date was given.
Ten other major rebel groups have already agreed ceasefires.
The KIA's Lum Dau said an offensive in La Ja Yang from about 8 a.m. on Sunday morning (8:30 p.m. EST Saturday) had involved artillery and infantry.
A local source in Kachin, who did not want to be identified, confirmed the army attacks on Sunday, including one on a rebel position about five miles (eight km) from Laiza. Fighter jets had flown over the area but had not attacked, the source said.
New York-based Human Rights Watch last week accused the army of indiscriminately shelling Laiza.
Loud explosions were also heard by residents of the town of Mai Ja Yang who felt the vibrations, the source said.
Lum Dau said the KIA had sent the president a reply saying it would not attend talks until there was more evidence of goodwill on the government side, involving a ceasefire in the whole state, or at least a big reduction in fighting.
"We already agreed to a ceasefire in 1994 and look at where we are now ... We didn't break any agreement," he said, expressing KIA mistrust of central government that has persisted even after Thein Sein took office in 2011 at the head of a quasi-civilian government after half a century of military rule.
The KIO said in a statement that "the government should reduce offensive operations all over Kachin State instead of suspending operations in La Ja Yang region". Further clarification of its demands was not immediately available.
Lum Dau said the government was simply buying time and would use any ceasefire to prepare another assault on rebel positions.
He argued that it had only agreed to the partial ceasefire in response to diplomatic pressure from the United States and others, including China, which called for a halt to fighting on January 15 after a shell landed on its side of the border.
There was no immediate response from the government to the accusations of continued attacks in La Ja Yang but it said rebels were responsible for violence elsewhere in Kachin.
Presidential spokesman Ye Htut said rebels attacked Kamine police station in the Phakant area early on Saturday, killing two policemen, wounding five and setting the building on fire.
He also blamed rebels for setting off mines that wounded about 20 people in cars on the road from Bamaw to Lwejei on Saturday.
Writing and additional reporting by Alan Raybould; Editing by Nick Macfie and Daniel Magnowski


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After a monthlong dead period, college football coaches hit the road recruiting again Thursday.
Kansas University coach Charlie Weis sent assistants to various parts of the country, but they all figure to be back in time for this weekend's home basketball game between 15th-ranked KU and No. 9 Oklahoma State, slated for 3 p.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Around 12 football recruits will be in town for official visits this weekend, when the showdown between the Jayhawks and Cowboys will be a focal point for the visits.
Weis has said in the past that he believes Allen Fieldhouse is one of the best recruiting advantages KU has because it allows athletes to experience the love and support KU students and the community have for Kansas athletics.
A handful of the players in town this weekend already have committed to Kansas (Joe Dineen, Tyler Patrick, Kent Taylor, Apa Visinia, Traevohn Wrench) and are simply taking their official visits to get one more look at their future home. But the others remain undecided. With KU still having around a dozen open spots in the Class of 2014, these next couple of weekends will be big for Kansas football.
Here's a quick look at some of the players expected in this weekend:
l WR Darious Crawley, 5-11, 191, Cypress Ridge High, Houston. Three-star prospect seems to be locked in on Kansas, Michigan State and TCU as his finalists. Has been used all over the field but is being recruited by Kansas as a wide receiver. He'll make the trip by himself.
l LB Josh Ehambe, 6-3, 230, Prime Prep Academy, Arlington, Texas. The versatile two-star prospect also has offers from Colorado State, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico, SMU and Washington State.
l DE Kapil Fletcher, 6-4, 255, Hartnell C.C. Two-star prospect drawing interest from Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi State, New Mexico and others, has just two years of football experience but finished 2013 with 45 tackles, six sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss.
l DT Lay'Trion Jones, 6-3, 285, Garland (Texas) High. The Jayhawks began recruiting Jones in December and quickly liked what they saw. KU is by far the biggest name on his offer list.
l RB De'Andre Mann, 5-10, 205, Hartnell C.C. Three-star juco All-American is seeking the best fit in terms of system, teammates and coaching staff. Also has offers from Colorado State, Georgia State, Hawaii, Purdue and others.
l WR Derrick Neal, 5-10, 155, Lincoln High, Dallas. Three-star prospect who originally committed to play football at Texas Tech but then changed and committed to play basketball at UT-Arlington is back in football mode, with KU and New Mexico as his leaders. Baylor and TCU also may be in the picture.
D-end picks Kansas
Daniel Wise, a 6-foot-2, 244-pound defensive end from Hebron High in Lewisville, Texas, gave an oral commitment to KU on Thursday.
Wise, a two-star prospect who made an official visit to KU last fall, had offers from Colorado, Louisiana Tech, Missouri and Texas Tech. According to Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com, Wise committed to Kansas on Thursday night and canceled an upcoming recruiting visit to Missouri.
Wise is the 14th commitment in the current class, leaving KU with room to add up to 12 more.
Sorry Matt, but I've never seen any mention of a football player by the name of Kent Taylor verbally commit to play football for the Kansas Jayhawks. Not or Rivals, 24/7, Scout, etc......
Can you fill us in on who Kent Taylor is?
He is a tight end who is transferring from University of Florida to Kansas. This happened back in December.
Yep, I forgot about that article. Thanks for reminding me.
By the way, if people don't like the ranking of players on Rivals.com. Perhaps, they should start looking at Kansas 24/7 site. After all, the people who run 24/7 started Rivals.com site. The originals pretty much all left around the time that Yahoo purchased Rivals.com site. Bill King was the last defectee to leave and taking his Rivals Radio show to 24/7 on Sirius. Daniel Wise is a 3 Star Player at 24/7.
Where are the O-Line recruits? We need some big nastys that can come in and play immediately to give Heaps time!
Offensive line players are rarely ready to play out of high school. They usually need 2-3 years to physically develop to even be strong enough to compete at the Big 12 level.
What follows is my interpretation of the recruiting reports on some of KU's current o-line commits.
Jacob Bragg is in my mind the top recruit we've landed so far. His power and athleticism are off the charts compared to all other centers in this class. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/157991/jacob-bragg
Apa Visinia has a huge upside, but will definitely take a couple of years to get into prime BCS shape. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/184528/apa-visinia
Keyon Haughton needs some work with his technique, but he has good bulk that he leverages well. He should compete from day one. http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/evaluation/_/id/190194/keyon-haughton
Devon Williams needs work with both body composition and technique. However, he is gigantic. While he most likely won't contribute much until his senior year he should provide a good body to throw in if needed. http://insider.espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/evaluation/_/id/189412/devon-williams
Look out! Derrick Neal commits. Could start next year. Good receiver with great hands.
Just got a reciever that was getting looks from Tech, Oregon State, Nebraska.. Plenty of time this class might just round out decent
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This is a thorough introduction to the fundamental concepts of functional programming.The book clearly expounds the construction of functional programming as a process of mathematical calculation, but restricts itself to the mathematics relevant to actual program construction. It covers simple and abstract datatypes, numbers, lists, examples, trees, and efficiency. It includes a simple, yet coherent treatment of the Haskell class; a calculus of time complexity; and new coverage of monadic input-output.
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Played in 13 contests ... Scored two goals and handed out three assists for five points, while grabbing 13 ground balls during rookie season ... Collected a ground ball and caused a turnover against Vermont (Feb. 25) ... Picked up a ground ball against Hofstra (March 3) ... Snared a ground ball at Georgetown (March 10) ... Scored a goal, dished out an assist and grabbed a career-high four ground balls at Cornell (April 7) ... Added a goal and an assist, while collecting four ground balls and causing a turnover at Penn (April 14) ... Picked up two ground balls against Princeton (April 21) ... Caused two turnovers at Yale (April 28).
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Ranked No. 46 incoming freshman by Inside Lacrosse ... Three year starter on defense for the lacrosse team at Delbarton … Also bowled and played football during his high school career … Named first team All-Gibbs and second team all-state for lacrosse during junior year … Named first team all-county, first team all-state, All-American, New Jersey Defenseman of the Year, and Morris County player of the year during senior campaign … Led team to MCT and Non-Public A State championship during senior season.


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Riverdale High is getting its first gay character.
Archie Comics announced Thursday that in an issue out Sept. 1, the long-running comic will introduce its first "openly gay" character, Kevin Keller.
The strapping blond will defeat Jughead in a burger eating contest, win the affection of Veronica and wrestle over how to gently rebuff her flirtations.
Jon Goldwater, co-CEO of Archie Comics, says the introduction of Kevin is "about keeping the world of Archie Comics current and inclusive."
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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
IRIVINE, Calif. – The Georgia College men's cross country team finished ninth among 10 competing teams in the ASICS/UC Irvine Cross Country Invitational Saturday afternoon.
Senior Daniel Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.) paced the Bobcats with an impressive 24th place finish. He completed the 8K race in 27:11, two minutes off the leader.
Classmate Colin Conroy (Dacula, Ga.) also ran an impressive race, finishing in 27:45 which was good for 47th place. Sophomore Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.) came next behind Conroy with a time of 28:30, putting him in 54th.
Rounding out the scoring for GC were sophomore Tucker Forbes (Lilburn, Ga.) and senior Travis Knight (Oxford, Ga.), finishing 57th and 62nd, respectively. Forbes ended the race in 28:53, while Knight crossed the line in 29:22.
The Bobcats finished with 244 team points, just five behind Glendale Community College (Ariz.). California Baptist won the team race.
The Bobcats will look to continue to shave off time as they travel to nearby Mercer University to compete Saturday, Sept. 17.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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The user wants to promote a particular piece of content in a community pool of submissions. This promotion takes the form of a vote for that item, and items with more votes rise in the rankings to be displayed with more prominence.
Use this solution when:
- Users in the community have the ability to submit content to a 'pool' of resources.
- Some democratic form of judgment is needed, to allow the community to compare the subjective quality of one submission to another.
- A sizeable-enough community is required. Ideally, popular submissions in the pool should receive significantly more (dozens, hundreds?) votes than non-popular ones, in order to make comparisons meaningful.
- Provide a voting mechanism, attached to each candidate item in the community pool. Clicking this mechanism counts as a vote in favor of that item's promotion.
- User gets only one vote per item.
- Display a user's vote back to them, so they can tell what they've voted for.
- Users may change their vote after it is cast.
- Highlight popular items
- Display them on the property's Main Page
- Display them first in Search results
- Prominently display the number of votes that an item has received
- Try to ensure that users are voting on items that they have actually consumed (read, watched, listened to.)
- On article pages, place vote controls after the article.
- Consider withholding the vote mechanism on high-level listing pages. Make readers click down to an article page before voting.
- Provide a stand-alone voting mechanism that third-party publishers can include on destination sites.
Items with fewer votes are not punished for their lack of popularity - they merely fall into obscurity, and disappear into the long-tail of the popularity-ranked pool.
You may want to consider a moderation control that let's the community decide to remove an item altogether, but don't make this control prominent. The emphasis for this pattern is on promoting the good, not punishing the bad. You should downplay the down-vote.
This pattern has come to popularity recently (most notably on link-popularity sites Digg, Reddit, Newsvine, among others).
Such systems for collective choice are a good way to promote community participation, and provide a low-cost means for surfacing popular content. Note, however, that popular content does not necessarily equate to quality content, so no promises of content quality should be made.
Special Considerations
Community voting systems do present a number of challenges. Particularly the possibility that members of the community may try to game the system, out of any number of motivations:
- malice - perhaps against another member of the community and that member's contributions.
- gain - to realize some reward, monetary or otherwise, from influencing the placement of certain items in the pool)
- or an overarching agenda - always promoting certain viewpoints or political statements, with little regard for the actual quality of the content being voted for.
There are a number of ways to attempt to safeguard against this type of abuse. Though nothing can stop gaming altogether. Here are some ways to minimize or hinder abusers in their efforts:
- Vote for things, not people. In keeping with Yahoo's general strategy, don't offer users the ability to directly vote on another user: their looks, their likeability, intelligence, or anything else. It's OK for the community to vote on a person's contributions, but not on the quality of their character.
- Consider rate-limiting of votes.
- Only allow the user a certain number of votes within a given time-period.
- Limit the number of times (or the rate at which) a user votes down a particular user's content. (To prevent ad-hominem attacks.)
- Weigh other factors besides just the number of votes. Digg, for instance, does not calculate their Digg-score solely on the number of votes a submission receives. Their algorithm also considers: "story source (is it a blog repost, or the original story), user history, traffic levels of the category the story falls under, and user reports." They update this algorithm frequently. Consider keeping the exact algorithm a secret from the community, or only discuss the factored inputs in general terms.
- If relationship information is available consider weighting user votes accordingly. Perhaps prohibit users with formal relationships from voting for each other's submissions.
While this is currently a popular pattern on the Web, it is important to consider the contexts in which we use it. Very active and popular communities (Digg is an excellent example) that enable community-voting can also engender a certain negativity of spirit (mean comments, opinionated cliques, group attacks on 'outlier' viewpoints).
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by Grant Moser
Looking back at her 20 years in writing, Susan Gregory Thomas, 43, has learned one lesson: writing "is not a glamour career. If you're going to be durable in this kind of business, it behooves you to have a strategy going into every medium and situation."
This lesson of having a plan is at the heart of her course, "Finishing Your Novel: A Complete Manuscript in Six Weeks," at Musehouse: A Center for the Literary Arts, 7924 Germantown Ave. The course "is about setting deadlines; it's about writing outlines; it's about being mercenary in terms of reaching your fundamental goal, which is to finish it — not for it to be beautiful, not for it to have pristine transition, not for it to have the elegant denouement — just to finish it," explained Thomas.
Thomas hadn't planned on teaching a course. She had simply visited Musehouse after she moved to Chestnut Hill from Brooklyn to see if they could recommend anywhere in the area to rent a quiet desk. The Center's director, Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno, asked her to teach a course before she left.
"I feel like if all of this ridiculously complex and arduous experience I've had can be of use to others in some small way, that will make me very happy," she said. "And I like people who are trying to do things that seem impossible, like writing a novel. I like that spirit, and to that end I would like to help them actually do it. If my students at Musehouse complete the 'homework' on time, they can expect to have completed their novels. Pretty cool."
Grabbing opportunities as they come along — and, more often than not, making her own — is nothing new to Thomas. "What happened growing up was a sink-or-swim sort of thing. No wasted genius cliches. I'm willing to do whatever. The one thing my dad relentlessly marketed to me was this idea that grit is more important than talent. I really believe that very firmly."
That grit can be seen in how Thomas helped shape her career. After she graduated from Columbia University in 1991, she went to work for PC Magazine. That lasted a year because all she did "was write reviews of laser printers and felt like I was going to become like Bartleby the Scrivener," she said.
The election of Bill Clinton in 1992 and the new energy she saw in Washington, D.C., took her there. She was relentless in her pursuit of a job at The Washington Post. She kept knocking at the door until they let her in as a news aide, and then she pitched and pitched and pitched until she finally got "a running gig."
She moved back to New York in 1994, just in time for the arrival of the Internet. Many publications were just beginning to create an online presence, so Thomas taught herself HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language, the computer language used to create websites). She landed a job as a features producer at Time Inc., helping to launch new magazines. What she learned from that experience was that the growth of the Internet was going to be a marathon, not a sprint.
She was senior editor at U.S. News & World Report in the early 2000s when she started seeing all this news about "Baby Einstein" (a line of infant DVDs, CDs, books, toys and activity products created to engage and entertain babies and toddlers), "and it smacked to me of utter marketing, and I was like, where's the research? Turns out, it's the biggest snow job of all time. Nothing gets you like your first baby."
Her resulting book, "Buy, Buy, Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds" (published by Houghton Mifflin, 2007), looks at the effect these products have on toddlers, as well as the entire culture that was built around this industry.
Her next book, a memoir entitled In "In Spite of Everything: A Memoir" (published by Random House, 2011), sprang from a hard time in her life. "I was working under extreme duress. I was broke, already had two children, had just gone through a divorce, was pregnant with my third and was having my lights and heat turned off in Brooklyn. It was just awful."
In the book, she talks about her situation and experiences, but in terms of their relationship with the whole of Generation X. "I wanted to say I'm actually not unique; the entire generation is actually unhappy in the same way. We're all miserable in this specific way, whether we know it or not."
Thomas' writing career continues here in Chestnut Hill. Her course at Musehouse has been a success; Thomas is in the middle of her second session now, and has a third planned for this summer. She's also been invited to pitch a journalism course at Drexel, is writing a mommy blog for The Little Treehouse, and is working on a television series for Sundance based on her BrokeAssGrouch blog.
The move to the area has also been a success for her and her family. "It's so great. It's like I can stop clawing my skin out because of stress hives. This feels how Brooklyn should be; this is the utopian Brooklyn, but it's better because people are cool and nice and smart and still salty, and they eat cheesesteaks and smoke cigarettes and have a salty humor. I like that."
For more information on Thomas, visit http://susangregorythomas.com/. For more information about Musehouse: 267-331-9552 or www.musehousecenter.com


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I'm not really sure if my kids pay attention to the things I hang in my home but I certainly hope they do.
Just like any family, we like to joke and play and tease but lately I've been a bit bothered with some of the comments being made. My twins are just at that age that they are starting to toy with sarcasm. This is a scary stage to be in because there is a paper thin line that is easy to cross.
One side of the line brings laughter, the other side brings tears.
So when my older daughter pulled out this sign from our craft storage box for a photography assignment I was all over it. It used to hang in the twin's room and then we moved. Needless to say, it's going back up. And, with any luck, they will pay attention to it. It's a message that matters.
I've made several paintings and signs that I hang in my home but I dare say this was by far the easiest. Here's how I did it...
Step 1: Grab a 6x6 canvas
Step 2: Cut a piece of scrapbook paper to 6x6 and mod podge it to your canvas
Step 3: Add alpha stickers that will spell out your saying or quote
Step 4: Add other embellishments
And that is that! Pretty easy. Now, if it was only that easy to get my kids to speak kinds words to each other.


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"In Part One of McBride's Journey, the Fire striker discussed his international career and the outlook for the U.S. as they enter the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In Part Two, he discusses his Club career, detailing his time at Fulham and his reaction to their recent European success."
Read part one here.
Following a brief return to Columbus, McBride went on a three-month loan to English Premiership side Everton in 2003, joining a familiar face in manager David Moyes. The Scotsman took McBride on a previous loan while heading up First Division side Preston North End in 2001 and looked to the American to provide the same spark on Merseyside as he did at Deepdale. The striker did not disappoint, scoring four goals in eight matches as he helped stabilize the Blues Premiership place.
In a similar move, Moyes swooped in for another American this January when he signed Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan, who also helped the Blues climb the table after a slow start.
"It was good to see Landon go over and succeed the way he did," said McBride. "Moyes is a very knowledgeable coach when it comes to the game and players like to play for someone that communicates as well as he does. Landon did great there and it was nice to see how well-received he was."
McBride's stint on Merseyside went a long way when English clubs began bidding for his services in January 2004. Eventually he ended up in west London with Fulham FC, joined by former Fire defender Carlos Bocanegra in the same transfer window, it was at Craven Cottage where McBride left his biggest mark.
Appearing in 153 matches from 2004-08, McBride tallied 40 goals, leading the Cottagers in scoring during the 2006-07 season, while helping the club stave off relegation on the second to last day of the season. He was named club captain that August, but a dislocated kneecap kept him at the beginning of the season kept him out of action until the following January. With the club wallowing at the bottom of the Premiership table, McBride returned to help Fulham escape relegation again, winning four of their last five matches to stay in the Premier League.
"The best memories at Fulham are avoiding relegation both years. You realize how important every match is when promotion and relegation are at play and how every place in the standings is worth one million pounds. Those last two seasons weren't our best but they were certainly emotional endings that I'll always remember. At the same time, my family and I were ready to come home. We were there long enough to really enjoy the team and being entrenched in the 'football society' that exists there but at that point, it was the right time to come back."
The west London club did not soon forget McBride's contribution, recently renaming an in-stadium bar in his honor. "McBride's" was the place for celebration when the club pulled an upset of epic proportions earlier this month in the UEFA Europa League Round of 16. Trailing Italian giants Juventus 3-1 after the first leg in Turin, Fulham came back to the Cottage, and scored a 4-1 victory over "the Old Lady", with American substitute Clint Dempsey scoring the goal that put the club through to unchartered territory – the Europa League quarterfinals in only their second European appearance.
In a bit of coincidence, the Cottagers drew Wolfsburg in the quarterfinals, the team McBride began his European career with over 15 years ago.
"It's funny how things work out sometimes," said McBride. "Fulham's win [over Juventus] signals the club's spirit and Clint's goal was clutch. I'm looking forward to the quarterfinals."


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It has been a while since we looked in on the Roman Scotland web site (last visited in 2010). I'm afraid that, in the intervening eighteen months, it hasn't gotten any better.
The web site owner, Euan Lindsay, modestly claims that "this is an engrossing read". He flatters himself.
He also claims that his unnamed collaborators "felt the need to share their knowledge of the Roman period in Scotland". Unfortunately, they are not very knowledgeable at all. (The Gods alone know how the web site got an award for "Classical Studies"!) But what they are is opinionated.
In fact -- let's call a dolabra a dolabra -- their web site is slipshod, tedious, peculiarly nationalistic, and anti-Roman. As a grumpy old emperor, that last one hurts.
Off to a poor start
The web site's first section ("Chronology") does not inspire our confidence in Mr Lindsay's self-professed "knowledge". Here are some of his claims:
- In 325 BC, "the Greek navigator and astronomer Pytheas sails the coast of Britain and names the island Pretani". (I've heard of sailing the seas, but never sailing a coast.) In fact, Pytheas (whose work does not survive) probably called the island Prettania, a name which is found in the ancient Greek writers as a variation on Britannia.
- Under 54 BC, we read that Julius Caesar broke off his campaign in southern England "to deal with Vercingoterix (sic) uprising in Gaul". The Gallic chieftain's name was actually Vercingetorix. (Here we first meet Mr Lindsay's dislike of the apostrophe. Surely, it was Vercingetorix's uprising? In fact, he's not very hot on punctuation at all, full stop!)
- Under "43 AD" -- incidentally, if he doesn't know how to use the abbreviation "AD" correctly, perhaps he should use "in the Common Era"! -- we read that "Claudius arrives to receive the southern tribes (sic) formal submission". Mr Lindsay has missed a trick here, as Claudius allegedly received envoys from the Orkneys, too!
- Under "71-73 AD", we read of Petillius Cerialis "smashing Venutius Brigantians (sic) most probably at Stanwick Hill Fort". (Stanwick isn't a hillfort.)
- Under "77 AD", he tells us that "Pliny the Elder (a reliable source) publishes his Natural History", from which Mr Lindsay quotes a sentence. Unfortunately, his translation is not reliable! (The sentence concerns the Roman army reaching the vicinity of the Caledonian Forest, but Pliny doesn't say "nearly thirty years ago" -- which would mean AD 48! --, and we don't know where the Caledonian Forest was, in any case.)
- Under "79 AD", we read that "the over-run (sic) territories are named Vespasiana in honour of the emperor around this time", bizarrely resurrecting a myth created in 1789 by John Pinkerton (who, like Mr Lindsay, claimed "great erudition" for himself)!
- Under "82 AD", we read that "while operating in Strathmore the Caledonians by pass (sic) the main Roman column ...", but why were the Caledonians "operating in Strathmore"? (And what does "operating" mean, anyway? What were they up to?)
- Under "83 AD", we read that the Battle of Mons Graupius was "located at Dunning in Strathearn" -- this is one of Mr Lindsay's hobby-horses and doesn't reflect current scholarship at all.
- Under "84-86 AD", we read that "a new legionary fort is put under construction at Inchtuthill (sic) on the Tay" (the place is called Inchtuthil) and "the Gask ridge road leading ultimately to this post is supplemented with forts, fortlets and regular watchtowers providing defence in depth, Scotlands (sic) second Roman frontier". (I wonder what an irregular watchtower is? And how can a fortified roadway form a "defence in depth"? Where is the depth?)
- Under "87 AD", we read that the new Roman governor was "possibly Metilius Nepos", but this is highly unlikely. Nepos is attested as a departing governor in AD 98, and it is unthinkable that he served in the post for twelve years! (Governors usually seem to serve for three or four years only.)
- Under "88-100 AD", Mr Lindsay's "resurgent Caledonian tribes" are entirely in his imagination; they are certainly not mentioned in any of our sources. "Roman withdrawal from Scotland is from hereon (sic) undertaken in fairly rapid then consolidating stages further south". (Incidentally, Mr Lindsay's arbitrary "stages" are comical, taking no account of the archaeological evidence.)
- Under "105 AD", we read that "Scottish posts are deserted or over-run (sic)" -- presumably Mr Lindsay means the Roman posts in Scotland, which had been abandoned by this date. (This is the first creeping sign of Mr Lindsay's nationalistic agenda, that the Roman forts were not evacuated in an orderly fashion, but were deserted -- a sign of insubordinate and fearful Romans -- or, even worse, overrun!) His statement that "The fort at Newstead is sacked around this time" is not the standard interpretation of the orderly abandonment of this site, but conforms to Mr Lindsay's slowly revealed agenda.
- Under "108 AD", we read that the absence of records relating to the Ninth Legion (or, as Mr Lindsay calls it, "the ninth legion") is "a sure sign of destruction in battle, probably in action in southern Scotland". Readers of this blog know better than that!
- Under "117-119 AD", we read that "Fashionable modern suggestions that the ninth (sic) were transferred elsewhere in the empire for a date with destiny can be discounted as entirely unrecorded and unproven". (How can a "modern suggestion" be "entirely unrecorded"? If it's unrecorded, how does Mr Lindsay know about it? And what makes a suggestion "fashionable"? It sounds as if Mr Lindsay is trying hard to discredit this theory before he even explains to his reader what it is.)
- Under "119 AD", we read that "Roman coin issues records (sic) conclusion of war in Britannia", but the coin in question may not date from this year: we blogged about it here.
- Under "138 AD", we read that "Trajanic expansionism was long gone however a move is made immediately back into southern Scotland and Pausianus (sic) refers to this being the only place in the empire where; (sic) military action had to be taken". (The Greek historian's name is Pausanias and he doesn't refer to Britain.) Mr Lindsay's reference to Trajanic expansionism is ironic, as it was Trajan who oversaw the withdrawal from Scotland! He goes on to criticise "fashionable modern interpretations" (that adjective again) of Antoninus Pius' motivation for his (my!) invasion of Scotland. He prefers to see it as "possible Roman retaliation for 117 which Hadrian evidently failed to do satisfactorily". To be honest, I'm not sure that this is any different from the "fashionable modern interpretations" that Mr Lindsay deplores.
- Under "140 AD", we read that "Ptolemy's (!) Geography, first remaining map of Scotland". (An apostrophe, at last!) I've heard of a "last remaining" this or that, but never a "first remaining" thing. (Ptolemy's Geography is, indeed, dated to around AD 140-150, but -- ironically, for Mr Lindsay's purposes -- the British section is thought to derive from a Flavian map, some fifty years older than Ptolemy!
- Under "140-148 AD", Mr Lindsay lists "Construction of the Antonine Wall between the Forth and Clyde". (I wonder where he got his end-date from? There is certainly no evidence for AD 148 as a significant date.) He writes that "Forts tend to be larger to the western side and may reflect flashpoints of trouble while that part of the wall lies awaiting completion". Ironically, -- and, to be honest, predictably, given the woeful standard of "knowledge" that Mr Lindsay displays -- while the fort sizes are fairly evenly distributed along the Wall, the smallest fort is found near its western end!
- Under "154-158 AD", Mr Lindsay writes about "a spree of devastation at the wall being carried further south". He is, by now, in full nationalist swing, with any signs of refurbishment or repair indicating devastation. "Clearly havoc descends from the tribes in northern and southern Scotland". (I'm always suspicious of a sentence that begins with "Clearly".) Mr Lindsay reckons that a reoccupation of Hadrian's Wall at the end of this chronological stage "is highly doubtful". Predictably, he is out of step with current scholarship, which accepts AD 158 as a pivotal year.
- Under "162 AD", he writes that "It is possible that between 162 and 165 Agrippa 'mothballs' the Antonine Wall in the face of yet more manpower crisis (sic) caused by war in Parthia and Germania". Well, at least it isn't Mr Lindsay's beloved Caledonian heroes descending from all parts again. But, as before, he is out of step with current wisdom. "The Roman emphasis is slowly but steadily sliding or pushed in a southern direction towards a reactivated Hadrians wall (sic) by the end of the decade". So, only ten years later than the current crop of Hadrian's Wall experts think!
- Under "169 AD", Mr Lindsay introduces "the two developing tribal confederacies of the north, the Caledonians and a new name, the Maetae (sic)". (The correct tribal name is Maeatae.) He tells us that, although scholars believe that both tribes dwell in the north, "it is more plausible that the now abandoned tribes of Scotland below the Forth-Clyde isthmus coalesce into an identity in the face of large aggressive neighbouring political entities". (How can tribes be "abandoned"? Abandoned by whom? And who are their large, aggressive neighbours? Surely not the Romans? For Mr Lindsay's Romans are cowed and fearful, deserting their overrun posts in the face of the Caledonian horror!)
- Also under "169 AD", we read that "A siege mentality appears in the Romans with the initiative apparently now lying with the tribes of Scotland". (We are surely minutes away from a tsunami of howling barbarians, breaking thunderously like a surf-flecked wave against the shuddering brickwork of Hadrian's Wall!)
- Under "179 AD", we read that "Clearly" -- that word again! -- "the run down (sic) Antonine Wall proved an insufficient obstacle" to the ravening hordes. (This is the wall that was decommissioned twenty years earlier. Of course it was no obstacle!) "Endemic trouble on the northern frontier with Newstead succumbing to the sack (sic!) for the final time". (You're probably tired reading that the abandonment of a Roman fort doesn't necessarily mean that it had succumbed to anybody's sack!)
- Under "Late 180s", we read that "The legions in Britannia embroil themselves in politics and several leading figures were approached with a view to becoming Emperor". (Who are these leading figures? Isn't it really annoying how cryptic Mr Lindsay can be?) This is presumably a reference to the fact that the soldiers in Britain allegedly "wanted to make anybody emperor", other than Commodus, the present incumbent. "The tribes in Scotland appear from records to be left in peace" -- is that the opposite of appearing from the bracken to overrun a fort? -- "while the Roman garrison ferments (sic) political agitation". (Please let's not lose that wonderful verb, to foment rebellion.)
- Under "192 AD", we read that it is "Probable that Hadrians wall (sic) is denuded of troops during this episode" -- the invasion of Gaul by the Governor Clodius Albinus -- "and that the Caledonians and Maetae (sic), who can safely assume to have been in treaty agreement with Albinus, act in concert to take advantage of the situation following the death of Albinus". (There must be a word missing here. Is it the Maeatae who are doing the assuming, or is it someone else?)
- Under "197 AD", Mr Lindsay's nationalism again shows itself: "The remnants of the British legions and auxiliary forces return but it is improbable the forces are in any state to counter the combined strength and actions of the tribes of modern Scotland which will have escalated with the lack of firm response". (And all without a comma. Breathe!) I'm not sure why "modern Scotland" appears in this sentence, unless it's simply to underline the all-pervasive nationalist agenda.
- Under "197-208 AD", Mr Lindsay claims that "So complete is the reconstruction required [on Hadrian's Wall] that the crop of centurial stones recording this work cause many sources from antiquity to antiquarians to believe the wall is originally constructed by Severus". This is another of those occasions where Mr Lindsay is simply dead wrong. The Venerable Bede (8th century) thought that it was the turf vallum that Septimius Severus had built. The early antiquarians, misled by the written sources -- not by Mr Lindsay's "centurial stones" --, thought that the vallum was Hadrian's and the stone wall was Severus'. Predictably, any repairs to the Wall were not occasioned by neglect, but because it "had been thoroughly wrecked by hostile action from the north"!
- Under "208 AD", I was confused by Mr Lindsay's (more than usually) obscure writing: "Work on various installations precedes Severus subsequent landing which is accompanied by substantial army formations aimed to bolster the British garrison. ... Cramond and Carriden forts are reinstated (if indeed as has been suggested they have ever been abandoned)". Some punctuation would go a long way towards making this intelligible (though only a complete rewrite would make it "engrossing"). Similarly obscure: "The suggestion that Severus demand (sic) that all living things should be killed in this campaign is not probably carried through as there is no archaeological record of the effects of this bedridden (sic!) genocidal command". (On occasion, the generally poor standard of writing does raise a smile, as when "Caracalla was attempting to bribe the doctors to hasten the death of the old man and probably loiters at and around the large Severan marching camp at Castlecraig".)
- Under "211 AD", we read that "The Severan bases at Carpow, Cramond and Carriden may have soldiered on into the 220s but are eventually abandoned". (There is no Severan material from Carriden to "soldier on".)
- Under "304 AD", we read that "Simmering trouble on the northern frontier seems to have come to a head with the Picts". How intriguing! So, what happened?!
- Under "306 AD", we read that "A deeply unwell man, an anonymous biographer of [Constantius Chlorus'] son Constantine refers to Constantius: defeating the Picts" (How does Mr Lindsay know that the anonymous biographer was deeply unwell?)
- Later entries from AD 306 to 410 are more laconic, reflecting the brevity of the original sources, so there is less scope for Mr Lindsay to misconstrue any of the evidence.
Wearisome stuff
There is an appended "Chronicle of the Emperors and Scotland", but it, too, is dull, wearisome stuff, ungrammatical and often inaccurate. And trite: "Few ancient figures are more famous than the best known Roman Emperors". Meaningless nonsense.
For further amusement value, there is, however, a "newsbite excert (sic)" where Euan Lindsay tells us that Julius Caesar "invaded Britain in 84 and 85 BC" (sic!) in order to "get his hands on Scottish freshwater pearls or, at the very least, at least (sic) hold a stranglehold on the trade routes and revenues that accrued from them"! (Evidence, please?)
So far, this certainly hasn't made for "an engrossing read". Indeed, sometimes it seems as if English is not Mr Lindsay's first language. Example: "Quixotic Flavian defences underlying or predating Agricolan structures are more commonly being attributed to Cerialis". I'm not sure what Mr Lindsay thinks he means here. (If there are archaeological deposits "underlying Agricolan structures" then they necessarily predate them, so why does he write "underlying or predating"? And "more commonly" than what?)
It's all very poor quality, written with the clear agenda of (a) relocating the Battle of Mons Graupius to a place favored by Mr Lindsay, (b) emphasizing the destruction of the Ninth Legion at the hands of the Scottish tribes, and (c) generally reinterpreting (mostly misinterpreting) Romano-British history along Scottish nationalistic lines.
And that's only the first item on the web site menu! I'm not sure if this old emperor has the stomach for much more ...


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At the heart of advancing human rights
A decade ago, Global Dialogue was formed to promote innovation in human rights funding and practice. Today it is a thriving part of the human rights philanthropy infrastructure. Learn more about Global Dialogue in this Alliance Special Feature (part of the Alliance + IssueLab Special Collection).
Explore research on issues of human rights and civil liberties produced by social sector organizations. Topics include equal rights, discrimination, strategies to improve relations between racial, ethnic, and cultural groups, and more.
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Sanjay Gupta: Balance Is Restored by Weighting the BodyMS patients and others with balance problems find stability by wearing small weights sewn into a vest. Physical therapists admit it works, but they're not sure why.
Steve Ofca of Poughkeepsie, NY was tired of people thinking he was drunk. He wasn't drunk. It was multiple sclerosis that was causing him to sway and stagger when he walked.
Even more distressing for him was the embarrassment he knew his then 12-year-old daughter Alexis was feeling. Children at that age find their parents embarrassing, even when they don't walk like they're drunk.
Today Alexis is 16. Her embarrassment is gone, and so are Steve's balance problems.
He still has MS. He can walk more steadily thanks to a weighted vest he wears 6 to 8 hours a day.
"I can't explain it. All I know is that it works," Ofca says.
Ofca's physical therapist, Stephen Kanter, can't explain it either. "It sounds a little hocus-pocus," Dr. Kanter admits. "If I hadn't seen what I've seen, I wouldn't believe it worked either."
The weights themselves are just a few ounces. The physical therapist adjusts their placement on the vest until balance is improved.
"It was something with my left shoulder," Ofca says. "When Dr. Kanter put the weight up there it was amazing."
Today Ofca can walk without the support of a railing or a wall, and he can stand up and sit down without losing his balance. "It has totally improved the quality of my life," he says.
Kanter says it is not a matter of weighting a patient in the opposite direction he is falling. "It was a matter of putting a weight on them to change the way their body perceived being in space," he says.
The vest was developed by a California physical therapist named Cindy Gibson-Horn for patients with balance problems, but not exclusively those with MS. It is marketed under the name BalanceWear.


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George Smith included in Wallabies squad to face British and Irish Lions in do-or-die final Test
George Smith will make a sensational return to Test rugby after being named to start for Australia in the decisive third Test against the British and Irish Lions.
Smith retired from international rugby in 2010 after making 110 appearances for Australia - including all three Tests against the 2001 British Lions - and will win his 111th cap against the tourists at Sydney's Olympic stadium.
The 32-year-old's surprise selection sees incumbent openside Michael Hooper dropped to the bench in the only change to the starting XV from the side that beat the Lions 16-15 in Melbourne last weekend.
Smith says it is an honour to be given the opportunity to add to his Test caps.
"It's been a long time since I played for the Wallabies and played in the international scene but I'm very pleased that I have forced my way back into the starting XV," he said.
Smith admits facing the Lions was not on his agenda when he agreed to play for the Brumbies on loan from his Japanese club Suntory.
"I didn't envisage being in this situation where I am today but very pleased that things have worked out that way," he said.
"I've come out of retirement to play an important part in this series. I've prepared well leading up to this game.
I won't be letting myself or the team down in terms of my game.George Smith
"I'm very fortunate that Robbie has gone my way in the selection process and I won't be letting myself or the team down in terms of my game."
Liam Gill, the third openside in the squad, misses out, a tough call on a player whose late line-out steal played a major role in Australia winning the second Test last weekend.
"The decision to go with George in no way reflects any dissatisfaction with the way either Michael or Liam have played," coach Robbie Deans said.
"But it has been a tough series - the first two games have been rugged, especially at the breakdown, and we feel that the combination of experience and fresh legs that George brings is the right way to go for this week.
"His expertise in the contact zone, where timing, judgment and physicality is everything, is going to be critical.
"Being able to call on George allows us to lighten the load on Michael while retaining the ability to inject him into what is sure to be a fast-paced and highly physical contest."
Battle upfront
Loose forward Ben McCalman is named on the bench as cover for blindside flanker and number eight in the only other addition to the squad.
Coach Robbie Deans has gambled on a 6-2 split in favour of the forwards on the bench with only back-up half-back Nick Phipps and uncapped full-back Jesse Mogg to cover the backline.
Even with three backs on the bench in the 23-21 first test defeat in Brisbane, the Wallabies were left shorthanded after three backs went off injured with Hooper ending up playing in the centres.
Once one of the best openside flankers in the world, Smith stormed back into contention for this year's Lions tour on the back of some brilliant performances for the Brumbies.
He looked like being ruled out by a knee injury on the eve of the initial squad announcement but a remarkably quick recovery saw him called into the squad after the first Test defeat.
"He's class, isn't he?" Deans added.
"To have achieved what George has throughout his career, and return to play at the highest level, after such a long break, is a testament to the quality of the man, both as a person, and as a player."
Wallabies squad:
Kurtley Beale, Israel Folau, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Christian Leali'ifano, Joe Tomane, James O'Connor, Will Genia, Wycliff Palu, George Smith, Ben Mowen, James Horwill (c), Kane Douglas, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, Benn Robinson
Reserves: Saia Faingaa, James Slipper, Sekope Kepu, Rob Simmons, Ben McCalman, Michael Hooper, Nick Phipps, Jesse Mogg
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Unexpected pops of color dominate this family-friendly home
Some clients keep their designers on a short leash to avoid surprises. Then there's Lisa and Brad Weinstock. These Los Angeles homeowners confidently snipped the tethers restraining interior designer Ruthie Sommers and sent her racing into the realm of the unexpected. Their only mandate was a mild, "Surprise us, please."
Built in 1933, the Weinstocks' Spanish Colonial-style home in Hancock Park had had only one owner--remarkable, given Southern California's propensity for change. "It had never been altered," says Lisa, a stay-at-home mom with a background in interior design. "It was terrific because the house was in its original state, but we wanted to bring it up to the present. We wanted to respect the character and age, but we also wanted a surprise here and there. Some unpredictability."
Not too much to ask of Sommers, who's known for her youthful palette, fresh touch with texture, and knack for the uniquely eclectic. "Trust was a big factor," notes the designer, who insists that the remodel and decoration were a team effort with both Lisa and Brad, a real estate and Internet executive, actively engaged. "When you have a real collaboration, the results are better," Sommers muses. "Things I might have resisted as a designer--like the two big swivel club chairs and piano that Brad wanted for the living room--end up making a more livable home, which means a better design."
Livability, in fact, was not negotiable. The Weinstocks have three small children and one big dog. Every room had to be approachable: family-friendly any time, all the time. Add to that Lisa's fondness for French design and the standards of elegance implied by that, and the playing field became oppositional. But Sommers turned that tension to the design's advantage, elevating family function a notch on the fineness chart, while tamping down French style's fussy self-importance.
Mainly, she had fun. No room attests to this more than the breakfast area. Because Lisa wanted this to be a family hub, Sommers hit on a sweet conceit, designing a space that suggests an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. She convinced Lisa that the walls should be slathered with thick mocha-and-white stripes, while the ceiling and lower wall beneath the chair rail would be painted pastel pink. Into this lively backdrop, she centered a simple Saarinen table and surrounded it with a rainbow of chairs, each upholstered in a different cupcake-frosting color. Sommers found the vintage chairs in Palm Beach, then painted them crisp cottage white.
To give Lisa the elegance she appreciates and at the same time deliver a design durable for children and pets, the designer headed to a clothing fabric store. She purchased 11/2 yards of linen for each chair, with each fabric from a different, intensely saturated dye lot. Then she treated the fabrics with a matte laminate to give them the function of vinyl sans the stigma of plastic. Finally, she tufted the tops for a hint of grown-up glam. "I love this room," praises Lisa. "With three small children, spills happen. These chairs can be wiped clean, but they still have nice linen beneath the laminate."
Trying to maintain the original footprint as much as possible while still meeting their family's needs, the Weinstocks gently enlarged the kitchen by extending it to replace a patio. Then they followed the same lines upstairs, capturing new square footage from an old sleeping porch.
"The original kitchen was quite small," reflects Lisa, "and we needed a space that would allow us to see the children when they play outside." They achieved that goal and also improved the kitchen's architecture with a coffered ceiling and symmetrical arches. "To the right of the fridge, we tore out what had been a little phone-booth alcove, arched the opening, and added bookshelves," she explains. The new arch mirrors the original one on the refrigerator's other side, which leads to the original butler's pantry and on to the dining room.
An insouciant attitude is announced upon entering the home. An old bergère (Sommers calls it a "granny chair") morphed from fusty to saucy when re-covered in a bright pink flame stitch and trimmed out in pink welting with nailheads. "The inspiration actually came from a chair Lisa had admired in Traditional Home," Sommers acknowledges.
With a predominantly cool and understated palette, formal symmetrical balance, and a smattering of antiques, the living room has the feel of a traditional tearoom, which was Lisa's desire. But like the other rooms, it packs a surprise. A collection of funky busts and child-art on the mantel, plus warm, rhythmic animal prints on the chairs make it snap. "It also has a big, comfortable sofa covered in an approachable [linen] fabric, and a fairly informal coffee table," points out Sommers.
In the dining room, orange Fortuny fabric on the repro Chippendale chairs and a scenic de Gournay wallpaper above the wainscoting honor Lisa's old-world sensibility, but in a youthful, kicky palette of orange and pink. An undressed window outlined with orange tape (an easy DIY-er) and a sisal rug underfoot complete the casual balance needed for a room used every Friday night for family dinner and throughout the week as the gathering place where the children work on their arts and crafts.
The family room features a design that gets up close and personal with the homeowners, particularly the children. "We had each of the three children's initials embroidered on the three back cushions of the big, bright red sofa," reflects Sommers. White welting and polka-dot trim on the dust ruffle spell nothing if not playfulness.
In contrast to the bold, primary colors of the family room, Lisa's home office is soft and pretty, indulging the Francophile with a beautiful green-and-pink toile that covers the furniture and dresses the windows. "The room has its original paneling and stenciled ceiling, but the toile really brings it to life," Lisa says. "It also was my chance to have a more feminine space." (Lisa was less insistent this go-round that every room be infused with French design, having exhausted the style in their last home.)
"Lisa and Brad are very cool, down-to-earth yet sophisticated people who wanted a fresh eye and innovation in their home without seeming too trendy," Sommers summarizes. She gave them what they wanted. Surprise!
Design: Ruthie Sommers, Ruthie Sommers Interior Design, email@example.com.
Photography: Grey Crawford
Produced by Laura Hull
Small 18th-century Italian busts, kid art, a mid-century French mirror, and an Oberto Gili photograph add zest on the living room mantel. Livable linens in cool hues mix with an animal print to balance quiet comfort with youthful energy.
Area rugs: Lawrence of La Brea, 323/935-1100.
Upholstered ottomans (custom): Hollyhock, 310/777-0100.
Sofa (custom); end tables (custom): Ruthie Sommers Interior Design, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pillows (glazed silk, by Suzanne Rheinstein): Hollyhock, 310/777-0100.
Pair of chairs: owner's collection.
Chair fabric (discontinued): Zimmer +Rohde, 866/627-6899, trade only.
Coffee table: Brenda Antin Inc., 310/393-0042.
Chair by fireplace: antique.
Desk; sconces: owner's collection.
Mirror: Ruthie Sommers Interior Design, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Photograph (by Johnny Nicoloro): Nicoloro Photography, 310/657-3529, nicolorophotography.com.
Lamp; vases: Hollyhock, 310/777-0100.
Blinds: Smith + Noble, 800/248-8888, smithandnoble.com.
Drapery (custom): Diamond Foam & Fabric, 323/931-8148.
Paint ("Pale Powder'' #204): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121.
In the entry, Ruthie Sommers upholstered what she calls "a granny chair" in a bright pink flame stitch. The leopard print carpet camouflages the heavy traffic of three kids and a dog.
Chair (custom): Ruthie Sommers Interior Design, email@example.com.
Chair fabric: Schumacher.
Table (vintage, Paris flea market): owner's collection.
Mirror (Collection La Cienega): The Collection Los Angeles, 310/855-0111.
Sconces (vintage): 1st Dibs, 1stdibs.com.
Rug: Melrose Discount Carpets Inc., 310/275-3601.
A chair rail and wainscoting increased architectural interest in the dining room and carved out a canvas for an elegant mural-style wallpaper. A more youthful note is struck with the sisal rug and curtain-free windows outlined in orange tape to accentuate the Fortuny upholstery on the dining chairs.
Table: Pierre Deux, 888/743-7732, pierredeux.com.
Chairs: owner's collection.
Chair fabric: Fortuny Fabrics, 212/753-7153, trade only. Through Keith McCoy & Assoc., 310/657-7150, trade only.
Wallpaper: De Gournay, 212/564-9750, degournay.com, trade only.
Side table (vintage): Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, bonhams.com.
Rug: Melrose Discount Carpets Inc., 310/275-3601, melrosecarpet.com.
The renovated kitchen, enlarged to take in a former patio, displays the attention to detail that characterizes the home's original architecture. A new arch to the right of the refrigerator was created for symmetry.
Tall chairs: Pottery Barn, 800/922-5507, potterybarn.com.
Rug: Lawrence of La Brea, 323/935-1100.
Lights: Circa Lighting, 877/762-2323, circalighting.com.
Cabinetry: Dig It Furniture, 310/392-4583, digitfurniture.com.
Faucet: Kohler, 800/456-4537, kohler.com.
Refrigerator: Sub-Zero Inc., 800/222-7820, subzero.com.
Paint ("Linen White''): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667.
The ice-cream-parlor-style breakfast room is a favorite of Georgie's and her siblings. The children's portraits decorate the walls.
Table (Saarinen): Knoll, 877/615-6655, knoll.com.
Chairs (vintage); chandelier (antique): Sabina Danenburg Antiques, 305/562-2290.
Chair fabric (linen, laminated): International Silks & Woolens, 323/653-6453, internationalsilks.com.
Portraits: owner's collection.
Wall paint ("Mink'' #2112-10, and "Linen White''): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667.
The built-in cabinets are original to the breakfast room, but the backs are painted pink to match the ceiling.
"I love the toile fabric in my office," says Lisa. "It really connects with the outdoors and brings the greenery inside." Yet even this most feminine of spaces isn't too fragile for the kids, as 3-year-old daughter Eden demonstrates. The antique desk was found at an estate sale.
Sofa: custom.
Chair: antique.
Sofa, chair, and shade fabric (by Manuel Canovas): Cowtan & Tout, 212/647-6900, trade only.
Rug: Melrose Discount Carpets Inc., 310/275-3601, melrosecarpet.com.
Desk; desk chair: owner's collection.
Lamps: James &Jeffrey Antiques, 561/832-7987.
The master suite is feminine without being frilly. The headboard is custom made, modeled after one seen in a magazine.
Bed (custom); headboard fabric: Ruthie Sommers Interior Design, email@example.com.
Night stand (custom): Dragonette Decorative Arts, 310/855-9091.
Lamp: Circa Lighting, 877/762-2323, circalighting.com.
Fabric for blinds: Clarence House, 800/803-2850, clarencehouse.com, trade only.
Bedding; decorative pillow on bed: owner's collection.
Paint ("Lamp Room Gray'' #88): Farrow & Ball, 888/511-1121, farrow-ball.com.
The Spanish Colonial-style architecture had remained untouched since the home was built in 1933.
Fountain; bench; large pots: owner's collection
The backyard patio, with an outdoor fireplace. Designer Sommers suggested a diamond-patterned patio with grass in between the pavers to add to the elegance of the fireplace.
The Weinstocks, from left, Julian, Brad, Georgie, Lisa, and Eden.
Sofa; chair: Wertz Brothers, 310/477-4251, wertzbrothers.com.
Sofa fabric: Fabricut, 800/999-8200, trade only.
Monogram: Monogrammit, 310/652-6001, monogrammit.com.
Chair fabric: Diamond Foam & Fabric, 323/931-8148.
Trim: Houles through Brunschwig & Fils, 800/538-1880, trade only.
Coffee table; art: owner's collection.
Drapery: Schumacher, fschumacher.com, trade only.
Wall paint ("Ivory White'' #925): Benjamin Moore & Co., 888/236-6667.
Trim paint ("Club Navy'' #TH67): Ralph Lauren Paint, 800/379-7656, ralphlaurenhome.com.
A year in Paris and an open attitude meant L.A. designer Ruthie Sommers, above, clicked with the Francophile-friendly Weinstocks, who had some ideas of their own. Example: "Lisa found a chair trimmed with pink welting and nailheads that she loved in an old Traditional Home," says Sommers. "We copied it on the granny chair in the entry hall (see slide 3). But instead of using burlap like the chair in the magazine, we used a softer flame stitch updated in a pink colorway."


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We never thought we'd see the day, but an American professional sport has taken steps to detect, punish and deter HGH usage. Effective immediately, Minor League Baseball will test for it. This is big for our friends in the NFL, as well.
Though we've known that baseball was planning this for months, it's still a shock to hear that tonight, some randomly selected baseball players will have their blood drawn and sent off to a lab to be tested.
Doing it in the minors is a dry run for the inevitable inclusion in the bigs, a welcome development to those who are convinced that doping is still rampant. But MLB isn't the only one going to be affected. If this works — and there are certainly questions, as six years of limited testing in European rugby just turned up its first positive result this year — the NFL as we know it could change drastically.
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Dopers and testers play a game less like cat and mouse and more like Tom and Jerry, where the cat doesn't really have a chance. The mainstream science is just now catching up to the reality; dopers will soon just pull away again.