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Louis van Gaal presented his Manchester United philosophy to the world and set his sights on the Barclays Premier League title.
The Dutchman was greeted by a hail of flashbulbs as he made his public debut as United manager with a press conference at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal appeared determined not to state too firm expectations for his first season but, asked whether simply making the Champions League would be adequate, he made it clear he is aiming for top spot.
"First I have to see how quickly the players can pick up my philosophy," he said. "I haven't worked with most of them and it is very important that there is a click between the players and the manager.
"For me, the challenge is always first and not fourth."
Van Gaal arrived in Manchester on Wednesday only four days after guiding Holland to a third-placed finish at the World Cup.
The former Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Ajax boss posed for pictures alongside assistant manager Ryan Giggs and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward before being officially unveiled to the media on Thursday.
Van Gaal's principal concern after his first 24 hours in charge appears to be satisfying the commercial demands that will be placed upon him.
On Friday he will fly out to the USA with the players who are not on a post-World Cup break for a pre-season tour comprising matches against the Los Angeles Galaxy, Roma, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
Van Gaal said: "It's the biggest club of the world. In two days I know already how important Manchester United is.
"I have to prepare a team and I have to adapt to this big club. I will do my utmost. It will not be easy, but when you see my career, you can see what I have won. The future will show if I can do that again.
"I have met a lot of people and when you see that kind of people who love the club, it's a big family. They expect a lot of me, they are very excited to meet me, but can I fulfil that expectation?
"I think I can but because of the greatness of this club, it's also much more difficult than at another club.
"This club is also guided in the commercial way, and we have to fulfil that also, and it is not always possible to fulfil the commercial expectations and the football expectations. That is my big challenge I think."
Many pundits believe United's squad needs a major overhaul after the disappointment of last season's seventh-placed finish, which cost David Moyes his job after less than a year.
They look especially short of authority at the back after the departures of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, with left-back Luke Shaw and midfielder Ander Herrera the only signings so far.
A number of players are likely to be playing for their futures on the US tour, but Van Gaal insisted he would give all his current squad the chance to prove themselves.
"My method is always the same," he said. "I want to look at the players. In the first three or four weeks I want to see what they can do.
"Maybe I shall buy other players. The players that we have bought now, Shaw and Herrera were already on the list, so I gave my approval because I like them. First I want to see the players performing my philosophy."
Another issue Van Gaal will take time over is deciding who will be his captain.
Robin van Persie has been heavily linked with the role after wearing the armband for Holland, while Van Gaal also confirmed he wants to find backroom roles for Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes and Phil Neville.
Almost exactly a year ago, Moyes was sat in the same room giving his vision of a future with United, but on Thursday his duties extended to watching the Open not far away at Hoylake.
It was impossible not to note the contrast between the two men.
Van Gaal insisted he is not the egotist he is often presented as but he was quick to put journalists in their place during a generally good-spirited 22 minutes.
"I'm a democratic and empathetic human being," he said. "Of course I have a strong personality but the other characteristics are more important.
"The media wants to show (the autocratic) part of the personality but that part is (very small). When it is repeated always then everybody thinks like that.
"Autocratic and a strong personality is not the same. I have a strong philosophy and every year I have trained it is confirming that philosophy.
"Sir Alex (Ferguson) also has a strong philosophy and it was always confirmed because he won a lot of titles with Manchester United. I hope I can do that."
Moyes was never able to step out of the shadow of Ferguson, the Scot an ever more looming presence from the directors' box as the season went on.
That seems unlikely to be the case with Van Gaal, who said of his fellow managerial great: "He called me to congratulate me and we have talked.
"We know each other very well and I will drink coffee and drink wine with him - maybe the best wine."
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2011 Eurobike: Component highlights from Ritchey, Hope
Also shiny new bits from Deda, Syncros, Tune, AX Lightness, KCNC
Heaps of new products from Ritchey for 2012
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Ritchey's elves have been hard at work with scores of new products for the 2012 model year.
We'd already shown you the clever new C260 stem but one related surprise was the new MonoCurve integrated cockpit based on that design. Ritchey has essentially taken one of its Carbon WCS Logic Curve bar and joined it to a C260, wrapping it all in carbon fiber for a 353g final package that may be heavier than the two individual bits on their own but is supposedly stiffer thanks to the more robust joint.
The new Ritchey MonoCurve integrated road bar and stem uses the company's EvoCurve bend
Ritchey has also thrown its support behind Selle Italia's Monolink saddle rail interface with two new compatible seatposts – one in alloy, the other in carbon fiber. The upper-end WCS Carbon Link FlexLogic model is also designed with extra flex as compared to the company's other carbon posts for extra ride comfort and both seatposts can be adapted for use with standard saddle rails as needed.
Most of the rest of Ritchey's cockpit components carry over into 2012 unchanged except with the addition of a fetching Wet Red finish for several models.
Ritchey has greatly expanded its collection of complete road and mountain bike wheelsets for 2012, though.
Ritchey's new WCS Apex carbon clinchers use Reynolds-built rims laced to cartridge-bearing hubs
Highlighting the road range is the new WCS Apex carbon clincher with Reynolds-made 46mm-deep rims and forged alloy hubs fitted with German SKF bearings. Ritchey joins the two with a mix of Sapim CX and CX-Ray spokes with the rear utilizing a crow's-foot pattern for extra lateral stiffness. Claimed weight is 1,537g for the pair.
Ritchey also caters to the 29er crowd with the new WCS Vantage II Carbon 29" wheelset, complete with tubeless-ready, 21mm-wide (internal) carbon rims and Center Lock compatible forged alloy hubs fitted again fitted with German SKF cartridge bearings. Claimed weight is 1,537g a set.
Ritchey's WCS Vantage II Carbon 29er hubs are fitted with German SKF bearings
New lightweight XC hoops and other bits from Hope
Hope moves further into the lightweight realm with its new 1,295g mountain bike wheelset built with Stan's NoTubes Crest rims, Sapim Super spokes and the company's own Pro3 XC6 hubs. Hope says it will produce these wheels in limited numbers and in just two colors: blue and red. Also coming is a comprehensive range of 29" wheels.
Hope also previewed the latest development of its 1x10 drivetrain concept, which centers around its clever integrated freehub and cassette system that's not only lighter but also allows for a tiny 9T cog that still retains a usably wide gearing range. Hope still complete systems are still a ways off but a six-speed downhill-specific unit is expected to be ready by spring.
Hope are also continuing development of their mountain bike crankset, as well as working on some low-profile aluminum flat pedals that are machined from billet.
Hope's aluminum flat pedals are still in prototype form but they're looking good
Hydraulic brake systems get an overhaul, too, with revised pivot placement in the master cylinders that are said to improve power by 15% while boosting feel, too.
Hope says the new pivot placement on its hydraulic brake levers yields better feel and more power
Deda adds lower-cost 35mm bar options, Monolink-compatible seatposts
Deda certainly stirred the pot with the introduction of its 35mm-diameter handlebar clamp standard last year but it's sticking to its guns, even adding a lower-cost M35 alloy bar option for 2012. Weight creeps up to 278g as compared to the M35 Carbon's 210g but the shape is nearly identical.
As has Ritchey and others, Deda has also developed its own Selle Italia Monolink-compatible seatpost to work with the increasingly popular narrow-format saddle fitment standard. Deda's Mnlink head is nearly identical to the original Selle Italia design with a cylindrical cradle and separate bolts for fore-aft and rotational adjustments. Claimed weight is 188g for a 31.6x350mm size.
Deda is adding fuel to the Selle Italia Monolink flame with its own compatible seatpost for 2012
It's not often that a company proudly flaunts one of its product as not conforming to UCI technical guidelines but that's just what Deda has done with its most interesting piece at Eurobike, the Bandito integrated aerobar. Though decidedly impractical – the straight extensions aren't adjustable in any way and there are no proper armrests – it certainly is striking with its sleek shape and very broad base bar depth that's upswept at the rear like wings on a Formula 1 car.
Curiously, Deda has also left the giant stem's face open to the wind instead of adopting a presumably more aero shape. Where is that incoming air supposed to go? Apparently out the ports located on the side of the stem – what benefit that might serve is a mystery to us but it's certainly intriguing.
Deda showed off this Bandito aerobar concept - which they readily admitted was very much non-UCI-legal
Syncros adds carbon mountain bike wheels in both 26" and 29" diameters
Ritchey sister brand Syncros digs deeper into the carbon bin with two new FL Carbon mountain bike wheelsets, both using tubeless-ready, 19.5mm-wide (internal) rims and dual-row Enduro cartridge bearings in the company's own six-bolt hubs with 9mm quick-release or 15mm thru-axle front fitment options. Claimed weight is 1,492g for the 26" set and 1,558g for the 29ers.
Joining those new wheels are the new Flavor tires, which feature an angular, low profile knob design reminiscent of the Tetris video game. Tubeless-ready beads promise easy conversions and dual density rubber suggests good traction mixed with reasonable durability in hardpacked conditions. Claimed weights are 570g for the 26x2.1" size and 620g for the 29x2.25" version.
The Syncros Flavor tires feature a fast-rolling low-profile tread and are available in both 26x2.1in and 29x2.25in sizes
More carbon fiber is found in Syncros's new FL Carbon 15mm seatpost, built with (surprise) 15mm of offset in the twin-bolt head. The extra-long aluminum lower cradle can be flipped around for better rail support depending on saddle position. Syncros will offer the FL Carbon in three diameters and two lengths with the lightest option hitting the scales at a claimed 199g.
Finally, there's the new FL Carbon saddle, which reportedly weighs just 180g with its carbon-reinforced nylon shell and carbon fiber rails but is still fully padded with a microfiber cover for all-day comfort.
The new Syncros FL Carbon saddle uses carbon rails on its way to a 180g claimed weight
Tune continues to push the weight envelope
As usual, Tune's Eurobike booth was jam packed with shiny lightweight bits – and lots of people.
Highlighting the range for 2012 are a number of new wheels, including the 40mm-deep Schwarzbrenner carbon fiber road clinchers at 1,618g per pair, the incredibly light Tune AX carbon tubulars at an otherworldly 886g a set, and the 1,185g Tune Skyline RR aluminum tubulars.
Also new for 2012 are Schwarzbrenner MTB carbon tubulars weighing just 1,163 per pair and the redder-than-red Fire Brigade 29er aluminum clinchers at just 1,409g.
Tune had new seating products on display as well, including a 79g carbon fiber seatpost with Alcantara edging and a 110g seatpost built with a carbon shaft and lower cradle matched with aluminum upper clamps and titanium hardware.
Tune's KOMM-VOR+ saddle reportedly weighs just 79g with its bare carbon fiber shell and rails plus Alcantara applied to the rear edge
New frame and second-tier component line from AX Lightness
AX Lightness showed off a brand-new carbon fiber road frame at this year's Eurobike show. Naturally, it was very light – 785g (claimed) for a 57cm size – but supposedly also very rigid, particularly up front, owing to the extra-wide BB386 Evo bottom bracket shell, the giant multi-sided down tube, and the tapered head tube.
AX Lightness also built the new frame with asymmetrical stays throughout while 3T provides the matching tapered carbon fiber fork.
Though AX Lightness is best known for its German-made ultralight carbon fiber bits, it has now launched a sub-brand called Engage that features Asian-made carbon fiber components plus other machined aluminum bits milled off-site but still in Germany.
The new Engage Pelton alloy mountain bike crankarms are built with an interchangeable 30mm-diameter alloy spindle that will work with either BB30 or BB386 Evo bottom brackets
The new Engage Pelton crankset features milled aluminum arms shaped in an I-beam profile and interchangeable spindle and spider configurations that will work for two-ring or three-ring road or mountain bike drivetrains along with a wide range of bottom bracket standards. Claimed weight for the arms, spindle, and bottom bracket is 430g.
The Gavial carbon fiber brakes are single pivot front and rear but specific geometry lends more power to the front stopper for shorter braking distances and a more balanced lever feel. Despite the ultralight 145g claimed weight (without pads), the deep-profile cross-sections and symmetrical loading design (akin to Campagnolo's old Monoplanar calipers) promise reasonable stopping power.
Rounding out the Engage collection are two road drop bars, a mountain flat and riser bar, and a two-bolt setback seatpost – all in carbon fiber.
AX Lightness's new Gavial carbon fiber road brakes – part of their new Engage line – feature front/rear-specific molded arms arranged in a single-pivot setup
KCNC's stunning cassette and intriguing clipless road pedals
Taiwanese component maker KCNC is always looking to push the envelope in terms of CNC machining and 2012 looks to continue the trend with some interesting cassette offerings that includes – of all things – an 11-speed mountain bike option and a 12-speed road variant.
Gearing options are very wide – up to 11-38T for the mountain bike cassette – using titanium cogs all attached to a star-shaped aluminum carrier milled to within microns of its life.
The back of KCNC's new cassette shows off the intricate machine work
But about that 11-speed and 12-speed spacing?
KCNC didn't have any of the bits available at Eurobike to see but its 2012 catalog has rendering of the company's own shifter and derailleur designs that may presumably see the light of day sometime in 2012.
KCNC did show its new aluminum road bike clipless pedal system, however, which uses a Speedplay-like single-sided retention spring and a matching machined aluminum cleat. A novel three-sided mountain bike pedal is in development as well.
KCNC unveiled these CNC-machined road pedals (and cleats!) at this year's Eurobike show. Claimed weight is 73.5g per pedal
This article originally appeared on BikeRadar
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- "Uncle Vernon was pointing at what looked like a large rock way out at sea. Perched on top of the rock was the most miserable little shack you could imagine. [...] As night fell, the promised storm blew up around them. Spray from the high waves splattered the walls of the hut and a fierce wind rattled the filthy windows."
- —Description of Hut-on-the-Rock.[src]
The Hut-on-the-Rock was the name Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry gave to the hut that Vernon Dursley somehow managed to rent, in an attempt to move out of the reach of the letters Hogwarts was sending to Harry Potter, Vernon's nephew by marriage.[1]
The hut smelled strongly of seaweed, had only two rooms, a damp and empty fireplace, and was perched upon a rock way out to sea. The hut had only two pieces of furniture: a moth-eaten sofa and a lumpy bed. It was a rather rickety wooden structure which had filthy windows, and wind blew through the many cracks in the walls.[1]
Vernon Dursley had hoped that being on a rock out to sea, in the middle of a storm, would be enough to prevent the letters — which were inviting Harry to attend Hogwarts — from reaching his family. Out of a mistaken belief that wizards could not cross water, Vernon chose to resort to isolating Harry via the island, taking an old rowboat to get there. Vernon and Petunia Dursley despised magic and did not want their nephew, who was the orphaned son of a wizard and witch, to enter the wizarding world and thus increase their exposure to it.[2]
In spite of all their efforts, however, Rubeus Hagrid, Hogwarts' groundskeeper, was able to reach the hut by flight. He forced his way inside, dealt with Vernon's gun and gave Harry his acceptance letter. While there, he gave Dudley Dursley a pig's tail in response to Vernon insulting Albus Dumbledore, whom Hagrid respected and admired greatly. It was on this occasion that Harry first learned he was a wizard, the truth about his parents' deaths, and of the existence of Lord Voldemort.[1]
Harry and Hagrid then, in the morning, escaped the hut using the same vessel that Harry and the Dursleys had used to reach it, leaving the Dursleys to return to the mainland by other means.[1]
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Antiquities of the Jews
Antiquities of the Jews (Latin: Antiquitates Judaicae; Greek: Ἰουδαϊκὴ ἀρχαιολογία, Ioudaikē archaiologia) is a 20-volume historiographical work, written in Greek, by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in the 13th year of the reign of Roman emperor Flavius Domitian which was around AD 93 or 94.[1] Antiquities of the Jews contains an account of history of the Jewish people for Josephus' gentile patrons. In the first ten volumes, Josephus follows the events of the historical books of the Hebrew Bible beginning with the creation of Adam and Eve.
The second ten volumes continues the history of the Jewish people beyond the biblical text and up to the Jewish War, or the First Jewish–Roman War, 66 to 73 CE. This work, along with Josephus's other major work, The Jewish War (De Bello Iudaico), provides valuable background material for historians wishing to understand 1st-century AD Judaism and the early Christian period.[2]
In the preface of Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus provides his motivation for composing such a large work. He writes:
Now I have undertaken the present work, as thinking it will appear to all the Greeks worthy of their study; for it will contain all our antiquities, and the constitution of our government, as interpreted out of the Hebrew Scriptures.[3]
Josephan scholar Louis Feldman highlights several of the misconceptions about the Jewish people that were being circulated in Josephus' time. In particular, the Jews were thought to lack great historical figures and a credible history of their people. They were also accused of harboring hostility toward non-Jews, and were thought to be generally lacking in loyalty, respect for authority, and charity.[4] With these harsh accusations against the Jews fluttering about the Roman empire, Josephus, formerly Joseph ben Matthias, set out to provide a Hellenized version of the Jewish history. Such a work is often called an "apologia," as it pleads the case of a group of people or set of beliefs to a larger audience.
In order to accomplish this goal, Josephus omitted certain accounts in the Jewish narrative and even added a Hellenistic "glaze" to his work. For example, the "Song of The Sea" sung by Moses and the people of Israel after their deliverance at the Red Sea is completely omitted in Josephus' text.[5] He does mention, however, that Moses composed a song to God in hexameter—a rather unusual (and Greek) metrical scheme for an ancient Hebrew.[6] Josephus also writes that Abraham taught science to the Egyptians, who in turn taught the Greeks, and that Moses set up a senatorial priestly aristocracy, which like Rome resisted monarchy. Thus, in an attempt to make the Jewish history more palatable to his Greco-Roman audience, the great figures of the biblical stories are presented as ideal philosopher-leaders.
In another example, apparently due to his concern with pagan antisemitism, Josephus omitted the entire episode of the golden calf from his account of the Israelites at Mount Sinai. It has been suggested that he was afraid that the biblical account might be employed by Alexandrian antisemites to lend credence to their allegation that the Jews worshiped an ass's head in the Temple (cf. Apion 2:80, 114, 120; Tacitus, Histories 5:4).[7]
Josephus' Judean Antiquities is a vital source for the history of the Intertestamental period and the Jewish war against Rome.[1]
Josephus also adds a short account of his personal life, Vita, as an appendix to the Judean Antiquities.
The extant copies of this work, which all derive from Christian sources, contain two disputed passages about Jesus. The long one has come to be known as the Testimonium Flavianum. If genuine, it is an early extrabiblical record of Jesus, and as such is sometimes cited as independent evidence for the historical existence of Jesus. The earliest complete Greek manuscript of the Antiquities dates from the eleventh century,[8] the Ambrosianus 370 (F 128); preserved in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
One of the best known translations of this work was provided by William Whiston in 1737, which has been in print continuously since then.[9] However, the Loeb Classical Library has a more recent translation by Henry St. John Thackeray and Ralph Marcus, normally preferred academically. A cross-reference apparatus for the Works of Josephus and the Biblical canon also exists.[10][11]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Freedman, David Noel, ed., The Anchor Bible Dictionary, (New York: Doubleday, 1997, 1992).
- ^ Stephen L. Harris, Understanding the Bible, (Palo Alto: Mayfield, 1985).
- ^ Ant. 1.5. Trans. by William Whiston, A.M., 1895
- ^ Louis Feldman, Josephus' Interpretation of the Bible (Berkeley: University of California, 1998), pp. 132-162.
- ^ Exodus 15
- ^ Ant. 2:346
- ^ "Encyclopedia Judaica: The Golden Calf". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Clare K. Rothschild, "Echo of a Whisper": The Uncertain Authenticity of Josephus' Witness to John the Baptist, in David Hellholm, Tor Vegge, Ayvind Norderval, Christer Hellholm (editors), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, page 273 (Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2011). ISBN 978-3-11-024751-0
- ^ A new updated version of Whiston's translation was published by Hendrickson Publishers in 1987.
- ^ Clontz, T.E. and J., "The Comprehensive New Testament", Cornerstone Publications (2008), ISBN 978-0-9778737-1-5
- ^ Bennett, Rick (30 November 2011). "New Release: Comprehensive Bible Cross Reference". Accordance Bible Software. Retrieved 27 November 2017.|
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- Whiston translation of Antiquities of the Jews
- Loeb Classical Library Josephus Volume 4 Antiquities of the Jews Books 1-4
- Loeb Classical Library Josephus Volume 5 Antiquities of the Jews Books 5-8
- Loeb Classical Library Josephus Volume 6 Antiquities of the Jews Books 9-11
- Loeb Classical Library Josephus Volume 7 Antiquities of the Jews Books 12-14
- The Judean Antiquities at PACE
- Antiquities of the Jews at Project Gutenberg
- The Antiquities of the Jews public domain audiobook at LibriVox
- Complete works of Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews, Volume One, Books I-VIII
- Complete works of Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews, Volume Two, Books IX-XVI
- Complete works of Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews, Volume Three, Books XVII-XX


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Kristin School offers a coaching programme on Tuesdays in the Roy Munn Gymnasium. Students may also Fence at various clubs within Auckland although 'team' selections are made through dedicated Kristin School training dates that are made available each year.
Local club information
JF Fencing School can offer Kristin students classes for beginners and advanced fencers in Year 3-13 on Saturday mornings throughout Terms 1-4 in the Roy Munn Gymnasium. There is also a Thursday evening class from 6.00 - 8.00pm for those fencers who have been fencing for a while and ready to take fencing to the next level representing Kristin School on the Secondary School events.
Judit Fliszar
Email Judit
09 415 9566
Registrations are completed online via our sport registration forms.
View our list of current registration forms >>
Students to wear comfortable sportswear, court shoes are required for trainings. Students attending competitions representing Kristin are required to purchase a Kristin tracksuit. Every fencer is required to purchase their own gloves and chest protectors at the start. Kristin Fencing Club provides Jackets, Masks, and Foils.
Note: Fencers who are planning to compete are required to purchase their own equipment.
Trainings are held on Saturday mornings in the Roy Munn Gymnasium. Sessions are from 8.30-9.30am for Year 3 and 4 students and 9am-10.30am for Year 5 and up.
Club fees (Thursday and Saturday) costs are paid directly with JF Fencing School. Kristin School Training (Tuesdays) and competition fees and costs will be managed through school accounts. For further information please email Judit.


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Darwin Deez may at times seem exactly like the kind of quintessential loser Beck once sang about (baby), except he seemingly has no desire to have anyone shoot him, figuratively or otherwise.
Then again, Deez is perfectly capable of shooting well-aimed existential barbs at himself (and the women who spurn him), in the form of the snarky couplets in many of his songs.
(Quick clarification: Darwin Deez is a four-man band led by Darwin Deez, a Wesleyan graduate whose real name is Darwin Smith. Some of his band mates have been know to use Deez as their surnames, a la the members of the Traveling Wilburys and The Ramones. Darwin Deez and, um, Darwin Deez play at the Casbah Saturday. For brevity. we'll refer to both as DD from here on.)
Now back to the aforementioned snark. In "The Suicide Song," a peppy number from DD's 2009 debut album, DD sings: Oh you can laugh now, 'cause it's over / Have one last laugh, watching me go to waste.
Some listeners may take this as woe-is-me, "feel my pain" self-pity (or a droll parody thereof). Others, present company included, may detect an undercurrent of malevolence, as in: "I'll show you all! You'll miss me when I'm gone! Except that I'm bluffing to make you feel guilty, so I can get the upper hand. Hah!"
Who knows?
Maybe Deez was sincerely depressed when he wrote those lyrics and felt ready to leave this mortal coil. But his vocals on "The Suicide Song," which is set to a snappy, three-chord garage-rock progression, fall somewhere between early David Byrne and early Tom DeLonge, which is as good a recipe as comes to mind for musical irony meets musical snark at a tongue-in-cheek marathon.
Then there's "Free (The Editorial Me)," from DD's new album, "Songs for Imaginative People." Each time DD declares: "I'm free," the weight of DD's angst becomes increasingly pronounced, and -- for those with a lower threshold for irony -- amusing, in a droll kind of way.
On "Good to Lose," DD thumbs his nose at more ambitious types, proudly declaring that he's on: A career track / To the fridge and back.
DD's also adept at directing angst at others, with amusing results. Witness "Bad Day," on which DD sings: Every day ought to be a bad day for you / If you drop your keys, I hope they're in the sewer somewhere.
Better yet is "You Can't Be My Girl," in which DD tries to have it both ways by pretending to not really want the young woman he so badly wants to have. In addition to declaring in a couplet: "I think I love you are horrible" (take that, David Cassidy and the Partridge Family!), DD rhymes the name of a former Soviet leader, Gorbachev, with, well, nothing, making it a very dangling modifier of a sort.
"Girl's" last verse concludes: You're sweet but you're messed up / Your best friend is a red cup / You're obviously not the one / But you remind me life can be fun / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / You can't be my girl.
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Stylistically, DD is an adept musical sponge, absorbing such influences as The Strokes, Marshall Crenshaw, Death Cab For Cutie,
On stage, DD adds levity with "Napoleon Dynamite"-inspired dance moves. Who would expect less from a guy who looks (and, at times, acts) like Weird Al's nerd-core-turned-quasi-hipster nephew?
Darwin Deez, with Caged Animals and Emerald Rats
When: 9:15 p.m. Saturday
Where: The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd.,
Tickets: $10 (advance); $12 (at the door)
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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled seqlock: Don't smp_rmb in seqlock reader spin loop to the 2.6.38-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: seqlock-don-t-smp_rmb-in-seqlock-reader-spin-loop.patch and it can be found in the queue-2.6.38 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <firstname.lastname@example.com> know about it. From 5db1256a5131d3b133946fa02ac9770a784e6eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Milton Miller <email@example.com> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 04:13:54 -0500 Subject: seqlock: Don't smp_rmb in seqlock reader spin loop From: Milton Miller <email@example.com> commit 5db1256a5131d3b133946fa02ac9770a784e6eb2 upstream. Move the smp_rmb after cpu_relax loop in read_seqlock and add ACCESS_ONCE to make sure the test and return are consistent. A multi-threaded core in the lab didn't like the update from 2.6.35 to 2.6.36, to the point it would hang during boot when multiple threads were active. Bisection showed af5ab277ded04bd9bc6b048c5a2f0e7d70ef0867 (clockevents: Remove the per cpu tick skew) as the culprit and it is supported with stack traces showing xtime_lock waits including tick_do_update_jiffies64 and/or update_vsyscall. Experimentation showed the combination of cpu_relax and smp_rmb was significantly slowing the progress of other threads sharing the core, and this patch is effective in avoiding the hang. A theory is the rmb is affecting the whole core while the cpu_relax is causing a resource rebalance flush, together they cause an interfernce cadance that is unbroken when the seqlock reader has interrupts disabled. At first I was confused why the refactor in 3c22cd5709e8143444a6d08682a87f4c57902df3 (kernel: optimise seqlock) didn't affect this patch application, but after some study that affected seqcount not seqlock. The new seqcount was not factored back into the seqlock. I defer that the future. While the removal of the timer interrupt offset created contention for the xtime lock while a cpu does the additonal work to update the system clock, the seqlock implementation with the tight rmb spin loop goes back much further, and is just waiting for the right trigger. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <email@example.com> Cc: <email@example.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <firstname.lastname@example.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <firstname.lastname@example.com> Cc: Nick Piggin <firstname.lastname@example.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <email@example.com> Cc: Anton Blanchard <firstname.lastname@example.com> Cc: Paul McKenney <firstname.lastname@example.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <email@example.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/%3Cseqlock-rmb%40mdm.bga.com%3E Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <email@example.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <firstname.lastname@example.com> --- include/linux/seqlock.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from firstname.lastname@example.com are
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George Graber was unemployed for three months this year after the shutdown of an RV plant in Elkhart County, Ind. Now, he's building $15,000 travel trailers at startup Heritage One RV Inc.
His job-hunting luck reflects a rebound in RV demand that may signal the end of the worst U.S. recession since World War II. In the last four domestic cycles, Winnebago Industries Inc. and other RV makers foreshadowed the economy's decline and heralded its recovery, government and trade-group data show, according to Bloomberg.com.
"The RV industry is always the first in and the first out, and there's already been a noticeable beginning of it coming out of the current recession," said Dave Hoefer, 66, an adviser to Earthbound Recreational Vehicles, which was founded this year on the site of another bankrupt maker in Middlebury, Ind.
Elkhart County builds more than half the RVs sold in the U.S., making it the center of a $14 billion domestic market. Evidence of a turnaround is showing up in new companies like Heritage One sprouting from the remains of failed manufacturers, and in no-vacancy signs at a motel favored by RV-hauling truckers.
Analysts watch RV sales because motorhomes and travel trailers are discretionary purchases that consumers defer in an economic slump. Industrywide deliveries may rise in 2010 to end a three-year decline, said Richard Curtin, director of consumer surveys at the University of Michigan.
Sales in July, the latest available, ran at the strongest annual rate since October, according to the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). By year's end, those shipments should show their first monthly gain since October 2007, predating the onset of the recession in December of that year, said Curtin, who analyzes data for the Reston, Va.-based trade group.
Rise and Fall
Wholesale deliveries to dealers averaged 355,000 over a six-year period that ended in 2007, then tumbled to 237,000 last year as the recession took hold, according to RVIA data.
Showroom visits and consumer-loan approvals now are rising for the first time in more than a year, said Steve Smith, a Heritage One partner who recently drove 5,000 miles through the Midwest and South as part of a company sales call.
"Customers' interest is obviously rising, which is making the dealers feel better," Smith, 47, said from the 30,000-square-foot building in Nappanee, Indiana, where Graber and about a dozen other workers were assembling so-called "stick and tin" trailers of metal sheets over wooden frames.
Three Obama Visits
Elkhart County needs that kind of news. Located along the Michigan border and home to about 200,000 people, the county has a jobless rate of about 17%, the worst in Indiana. President Barack Obama has visited the area three times to talk about economic hardship.
Ron Muhlenkamp, whose Muhlenkamp & Co. in Wexford, Pa., has invested in RV makers coming out of past recessions, said he isn't yet buying the stocks in this cycle.
"We think the consumer might be slower to return this time," he said. U.S. joblessness reached a 26-year high of 9.7% in August, the Labor Department said on Sept. 4. The so-called underemployment rate, which includes part-timers who would prefer full-time work and job seekers who have stopped looking, rose to a record 16.8%.
Before coming to Heritage One, Smith worked at Travel Supreme Inc., a maker of $160,000 trailers that shut its plants in January after another company bought out the operations. Nearby sit two vacant buildings owned by motorhome maker Monaco Coach Corp., which went bankrupt in March.
Betting on Recovery
Earthbound, the company advised by Hoefer, is on the site of Pilgrim International Inc., which went out of business in September 2008. Earthbound has been working on $42,000 lightweight trailers since January and is betting on a recovery in time for a sales push in early 2010. Heavier trailers cut fuel economy for their tow vehicles.
"We feel the industry has a strong future," said Bill Hughes, 58, an Earthbound investor who was a Pilgrim vice president of service and parts. In the past year, 15 new RV makers have begun operations, according to the RVIA.
Another sign of recovery is bookings at the Red Roof Inn in Elkhart, said General Manager Beth Ronzone, a 24-year employee. The motel is filled again on some nights with truck drivers who move RVs, a reminder of the industry heyday two years ago when rooms were sold out five or six times a week.
'Seeing a Pickup'
"We started seeing a pickup in late April," Ronzone, 57, said Aug. 24. By that evening, most of the parking lot was occupied.
Hiring is starting to pick up, too, said Dorinda Heiden-Guss, president of the Economic Development Corp. of Elkhart County
Keystone RV Co., a Goshen-based unit of Thor Industries Inc., the largest U.S. RV maker, announced last month it will add 200 workers to expand travel-trailer output, Heiden-Guss said. Jayco, in nearby Middlebury, is also recruiting, she said.
Among the investors betting on the industry is Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Berkshire's Forest River Inc. RV unit paid about $42 million for the RV business of Elkhart- based Coachmen Industries Inc. American Industrial Partners bought the motorhome unit of bankrupt Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. of Riverside, Calif., in June for $53 million.
Winnebago and Jackson Center, Ohio-based Thor are the only large, publicly traded RV makers still in the business and not in court protection.
Shares of Forest City, Iowa-based Winnebago and Thor have almost doubled this year. Since the recession began, Winnebago has tumbled 45% and Thor has fallen 26%, compared with a 31% decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Coachmen still operates its bus and manufactured-home business.
Horses, Humans
At Sierra Motor Corp., a 22-year-old maker of interiors for horse trailers, 2008's record-high fuel prices helped spur expansion into human transport.
The Bristol, Ind.-based company added a line of travel trailers weighing less than 1,750 pounds. They include amenities such as toilets, which aren't common on models that small, President Michael Greene said.
That move also meant that Sierra Motor, which has about 45 workers, could keep about a dozen employees who would have been laid off as orders for equine vehicles flagged, Greene said. The labor force has exceeded 100 in busier times, he said.
"They are like family, you hate to have to let people go," said Greene, 52, who was one of the company founders.
For Graber, 45, who had to sell his pickup for a cheaper model and take other belt-tightening steps after losing his purchasing job at Travel Supreme, the Elkhart recovery can't come fast enough.
"People I know personally, a couple of them will get back every week now," he said. "Three months ago, everyone was just down and they weren't even taking applications."


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Sonnet 130 is a blazon, a lyric poem cataloging the physical characteristics and virtues of the beloved, in typical English or Shakespearean sonnet form—three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter rhymed abab, cdcd, efef, gg. The first-person voice of the poem should be understood as that of a dramatic persona; even if William Shakespeare means it to represent himself, he nevertheless has to create a distinct personality in the language, and from this distance, the reader has no way of knowing how accurately this might describe the man. The speaker describes his beloved in comparison with, or rather in contrast to, natural phenomena. In the love poem tradition, as it emerged in English poetry in imitation of the sonnets of fourteenth century Italian poet Petrarch, poets often compare their beloveds to the elements of nature. In this sonnet, Shakespeare takes the opposite tack by describing his beloved as "nothing like" the beautiful productions of nature or art.
Her eyes, the poet begins, do not shine like the sun; nor are her lips as red as coral. When compared to the whiteness of snow, his beloved's breasts seem "dun," a dull gray. The "wires" of line 4 refer to gold spun into golden thread, and his beloved's hair, if the metaphoric description of hairs as golden wires is valid, can only be seen as black, or tarnished beyond all recognition.
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Nominees for Song of the Year at the 2012 CMA Awards are similar to those for Single of the Year — with two exceptions. SOTY is given to the songwriters, which are the singers of the song plus one or two co-writers in three cases this year. Each day leading up to the Nov. 1 ABC broadcast, we're explaining how each nominee can win the CMA Award, offering our prediction and looking for yours. Who do you predict to win the Song of the Year award at the 2012 CMAs?
Eli Young Band's hit 'Even if It Breaks Your Heart' tells the band's story while inspiring anyone who listens to chase his or her dream. Miranda Lambert's 'Over You' might be the most emotional lyric written in years. Those are the two new choices in comparison to yesterday's Single of the Year prediction. Vote for one of the five songs in the readers poll below, then expand on your opinion in the comments section.
Eli Young Band, 'Even if It Breaks Your Heart' (Writers: Will Hoge and Eric Paslay): "Poetry set to music" is how we described the song upon its release in Dec. 2011. The second single from 'Life at Best' looks to keep major Song of the Year awards in the EYB camp — 'Crazy Girl' won the trophy at the 2012 ACM Awards in April. 'Even if It Breaks Your Heart' hit number one and went gold for 500,000 singles sold.
Dierks Bentley, 'Home' (Writers: Dierks Bentley and Jon Randall Stewart): Dierks Bentley's 'Home' stands a better chance in the Song of the Year category than the Single of the Year, as the lyrical content is the strength of the single. Writing a patriotic song that doesn't come across as pandering to the country music audience is difficult, but Bentley and Stewart have found that sweet spot that inspires without inducing eye rolls.
Eric Church, 'Springsteen' (Writers: Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell): Eric Church can credit this song for many of the awards he's nominated for at the 2012 CMAs. It's the one lyric that stands above all others on 'Chief,' which says a lot given the strong lyrical content on the album. His love story resonates deep within the hearts of every country music fan.
Blake Shelton, 'God Gave Me You' (Writer: Dave Barnes): Blake Shelton's chart-topper was a hit for songwriter Dave Barnes prior to 'The Voice' mentor's recording of it for his 'Red, River Blue' album. The song — as lyrics on paper — includes a great hook that's easy to hold on to. His best chance may be in the Single of the Year category, however.
Miranda Lambert, 'Over You' (Writers: Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton): This would be the second Song of the Year Award for a Lambert song in three years after 'The House That Built Me' won in 2010. 'Over You' is every bit as emotional and honest as that hit, having come from Shelton's true-story loss of brother Richie when he was just a teenager. The lyrics feel pulled from the pages of a diary.
Our Prediction: Listen to all five songs and vote for the one that leaves you in tears. That's 'Over You' by Miranda Lambert. The song was a pull-the-car-over moment as soon as the album was released one year ago. The powerful backstory and Lambert's vulnerable performance (which technically shouldn't matter, but they do) make this one of very few "locks" at the 2012 CMA Awards. Watching Lambert and Shelton accept this trophy could become the most talked-about moment from the three-hour ceremony this November.
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Renting an apartment smack dab in the county seat of Washington County means you'll have 4.7 square miles of Nebraska territory to call home. Situated in the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan area, Blair will take you back to a simpler time when the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad roared along the plains. Renting in Blair means you're only 25 miles north of Nebraska's largest city, Omaha, and 73 miles from the state's capitol in Lincoln. That means you get the benefits of small-town living with the convenience of two major cities lying just outside your home territory. Plus, the center of town is only 2.5 miles from the Iowa-Nebraska border in case you feel like skipping states.
You'll quickly figure out the benefits of renting an apartment in Blair, but you don't need to wait until you're there to hear why. Scoot on over to LocalTalk page to catch the buzz about Blair from local residents who can tell you firsthand. It won't be long before you'll want to rent an apartment and become one more of the nearly 3,000 households already homesteading in Blair.
Blair is a small town, that's for sure, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a lot to offer the apartment renter. Although 4.7 square miles might seem small, your choices for the perfect apartment are only limited by your imagination. Looking for something on the economical side of things? Blair can deliver. The median household income as of 2000 was $41,214, so renting an apartment won't push your pocketbook into the red zone.
If you're a fan of fowl or an avid admirer of the avian, Blair is the spot to rent an apartment. You'll have your fancy for the feathered tickled by the ornithological offerings of the greater Nebraska area. The tourism project Nebraska Metro Birding has all the resources you need to set out and enjoy the winged beauties who call Blair and the surrounding area home. Out on the prairie or tucked in the trees, you might spot a Harris Sparrow or a black-capped Chickadee, or perhaps you'll encounter a warbler, vireo, Dickcissel, or a Greater Prairie Chicken. If you are really lucky on your birding adventure, you might even spot the United States national bird, the bald eagle. Check out the Nebraska Metro Birding website to find out which months are best for which birds.
The birding trend is supported in part by theSpring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, a breathtaking tall-grass prairie nature preserve that spans 808 acres of Nebraska's untouched grassland. Within its borders are over three miles of walking trails, wetlands, and native wildflowers and grasses as far as the eye can see. These prairie lands are truly one of the great beauties of the American mid-west, and a piece of U.S. history that can be seen in wagon-wheel ruts still visible on the prairie vista. Visitors share the land with over 210 species of birds and 370 plant species and can learn about the prairie's life and history through nature programs, field trips, special events, and a recently added education building.
Every year, the center partners with Nebraska Folklife Network to throw a Prairie Festival that pays homage to this natural Nebraska gem. Visitors can interact with biologists, artists, educators, and writers who look to the prairie as a muse. The event includes all kinds of entertainment, like live music, information booths, and activities such as apple pressing, along with dance performances that go back to Nebraska's Irish roots. The event is a fun-filled occasion perfect for a family outing, and characteristic of Blair's family-friendly attitude. That's why so many families choose to rent an apartment in Blair.
You can be certain that Blair will provide you with a great renting experience, whether you're relocating for work or for play. Renting an apartment in Blair means great prices, beautiful prairies, and access to Nebraska's metropolitan areas without sacrificing the intimacy and convenience that such a close-knit community provides. Blair promises to provide a unique experience with a small-town feel that will leave any renter feeling right at home.
Has the time come for you to get out of the dorm and move into an off campus DC apartment? Perhaps the options available from the Dana College housing office no longer meet your needs and you would like to find a cheap apartment close to the DC campus. If so, you can search for off campus Dana College apartments with MyNewPlace's college housing search.
Although Dana College student housing may be very conveniently close to campus, moving to an off campus apartment can be a great way to save money, put some distance in between yourself and an RA, get accustomed to living in your own apartment and building up rental history.
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We can help you find off campus DC apartments that will best suit your collegiate lifestyle; search Dana College apartments by the number of bedrooms, price, neighborhood or a range of other amenities.
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text: John Ballanfant (1820–1900) of Culleoka, TN, entered the University in 1841, joined the Dialectic Society, and graduated with third honors in 1844. He married Eliza Estes Turner (1827–1903) in October 1844; they were the parents of 13 children. Ballanfant returned to Tennessee, where he became a planter and member of the Tennessee General Assembly. Dusenbery sometimes refers to him as "Fauks." A microfilm of two classmates' letters to Ballanfant and a speech of his for the Dialectic Society are housed in the John Ballanfant Papers #2861, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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Suspect named in Orange shooting
City of Orange police have released the name of man investigators believe to be the shooter in an incident that occurred over the holiday on Monday, Sept. 5.
According to Orange Police Department Capt. Cliff Hargrave, officers were dispatched to 1411 Simmons Dr., the Old School Lounge, shortly before 2 a.m. Sept. 5 in reference to a shooting.
"Upon officers' arrival in the area at 1:56 a.m.," Hargrave reported, "two male victims were located lying outside the business. Both victims had been shot."
Both victims were treated at the scene by Orange Fire Department personnel and were transported to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The next day (Sept. 6), officers announced they had a suspect in the shooting – 35-year-old Alfred Knight Anderson of New Orleans, LA. Two warrants have been issued for the suspect for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.


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The annoying thing about these signing announcements is any presumption of gravitas ; ask anyone who's been through it — actually getting inked to Matador in and of itself isn't actually a significant achievement (though there's a mountain of legal fees over the course of time that suggests otherwise). Existing on your own terms, making mind blowing records that will be remembered for ages, that's the kind of thing that's worthy of celebration. And on that score, Kyle, Hans, Ryan and Jason (above, l-r) fashioned an impossible to ignore resume long before a certain New York record label (ok, this one) began stalking the fuck out of them.
Formed in 2005 by vocalist/guitarist Hans Zimmerman with the rest of the lineup in place by '07, The Young's early singles for Chicago's Criminal IQ and Austin's Super Secret were followed by an appearance on Matador's 'Casual Victim Pile' compilation LP/CD. Though that modest output was hardly without merit, the subsequent full-length album on NYC's Mexican Summer, 'Voyagers Of Legend' was nothing less than the underground rock revelation of 2010. "There hasn't been a full-length this spot-on with mood and 1%'er hooks in years," declared our good friend Andrew Earles, while the folks at 29-95.com prefered to drop the "P" word, insisting 'Voyagers' was "an implacable psychedelic rock journey.. almost cruelly evocative." Those fortunate enough to have seen their recent shows sharing bills with the likes of Sic Alps and Lower Dens, know all too well their recorded works to date are only skimming the surface of what these guys are capable of. And now that we've put horrible, unfair pressure on them to produce, we'll simply announce The Young have signed to Matador and shall begin recording their second album later this summer.


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An important and fun aspect of being an MSPP student is that there are many opportunities to do volunteer work during the school year. An e-mail was sent out last week asking for volunteers to work at Cradles to Crayons today. Cradles to Crayons (C2C) is an "innovative Quincy-based nonprofit organization that equips homeless and in-need children with the basic essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn and valued. While meeting the immediate needs of low-income children, C2C also sets a foundation for lasting change by providing meaningful, tangible volunteer opportunities to thousands of individuals and hundreds of organizations each year." Unfortunately, I had to work at my internship all day, but I would have loved to do this volunteer opportunity!
If you're a person who loves to volunteer and make a difference in the community, than maybe MSPP is the school for you! Check out some of the other community service projects, such as The Food Project and MSPP CARE. Another bonus is that if there is an organization or population that you are passionate about, you can bring these ideas to the community service meetings and propose a project or volunteer opportunity!


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BALTIMORE – The UMBC women's soccer team looks to build momentum off of Sunday's 2-1 victory against American, as it takes on St. Joseph's and Drexel over the weekend. The black and gold will travel to Philadelphia on Friday, Aug. 30 for a 7:30 p.m. matchup versus the Hawks at Sweeney Field, before returning home for a UMBC soccer doubleheader on Sunday, Sept. 1 at the Retriever Soccer Park. The men open up the afternoon taking on UNLV at 1 p.m., followed by the women battling Drexel at 4 p.m.
Live video is available for purchase for Friday night's game at St. Joseph's, while live stats and video are free of charge for Sunday's contest against the Dragons.
UMBC (1-1) split on its opening weekend of action, falling, 1-0, to Mount St. Mary's on Friday and pulling off the 2-1 victory over American on Sunday afternoon. Junior forward Lilly Rydon (Stirling, South Australia) helped the Retrievers to a big second half by assisting freshman forward Amanda Dailey's (Howell, N.J./Freehold Township/Monmouth) go-ahead goal and scoring the eventual game-winner for her first career goal.
Senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) once again looked outstanding in net, averaging six stops per game over the weekend. Kadet continues her quest of becoming the program's all-time leader in saves, entering this weekend 20 saves shy of the feat.
St. Joseph's (1-0-1) is unbeaten through two games, defeating LIU Brooklyn on Friday night, 1-0, and following with a scoreless affair in Sunday's double overtime tie versus Hartford. The Hawks are outshooting opponents, 34-17, through two games, but have capitalized on just one.
Freshman midfielder Meghan Dipippa has the lone goal for SJU, coming off a free kick from senior midfielder Mo Hawkins in the second half against the Blackbirds. Senior goalkeeper Lauren Jancuska has posted back-to-back shutouts, making five saves in 200 minutes of action.
Drexel, which hosts Villanova on Friday, also finished its opening weekend with a 1-1 record, dropping a 1-0 decision to Rutgers on Friday and outlasting Marist in a 2-1 double overtime victory on Monday night. Junior midfielder Alyssa Findlay's goal off a Civanni Moss corner kick with 1:35 remaining in the second overtime gave the Dragons its first win of the season.
DU was picked to finish fifth in the Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Coaches' Poll after returning three all-conference selections from a year ago, including the CAA Defensive Player of the Year in goalkeeper Eve Badana. Melissa Champman and Sam Greenfield also return to the Dragons' backline.
Weekend Notes
UMBC senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet is 20 saves away from becoming the squad's all-time leader, after averaging 6.5 stops per game throughout her career. She looks to surpass Nadine Henchcliffe (339) (1993-95).
The Retrievers look for their first victory against both of their opponents. UMBC dropped its only meeting against St. Joseph's on Sept. 14, 2011, a 2-1 decision. The Retrievers are winless in four all-time meetings against Drexel, including last season's 1-0 loss on Aug. 27.


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Read about this in a couple of websites and feel that the BCCI has gone crazy again. If Wright wants a break then they should appoint a coach only till he is away. Dalmiya should be replaced instead:!( . Why is he so interested in replacing Wright? It does not get any crazier than this. Here is a report i read in Rediff(Rik read this and don't trouble me that i copied it ). Here are some of the reactions to it. http://mboard.rediff.com/board/board...2003mar06coach
Woolmer to replace Wright?
Faisal Shariff in Cape Town | March 06, 2003_12:27 IST
After John Wright, who?
The Board of Control for Cricket in India_is reportedly talking to former South Africa coach Bob Woolmer to take over from the New Zealander as the team's coach after the World Cup ends.
Woolmer, who was born in Kanpur and took a hiatus as coach after his term as South Africa's coach ended, is now up and running. His name is also doing the rounds as possible West Indies coach.
BCCI joint secretary Jyoti Bajpai, who is also the tour manager here, has denied any move to bring in Woolmer, but the refutation has done little to quell rumours that Wright might not get a second term even if the team wins the World Cup.
Wright's extended term ends shortly after the World Cup.
Wright, who is currently strategizing for the Super Six games, has said that he would like to decide about his future only after the World Cup is over. But he has expressed his desire to spend some time with his kids back home.
A top BCCI official in Delhi refused to confirm the speculation about Woolmer but the news that the BCCI is already thinking of life beyond Wright has sent negative vibes through the team, which has backed Wright to the hilt.
"We will fight to keep him with the team even if we fail to win the World Cup. He has been brilliant," a team-member said, describing the team's support for Wright as one of the toughest off-field moves they have had to make.
Speculation about Wright's future first surfaced in September 2001, when Jagmohan Dalmiya took over as BCCI president after his term as the ICC chief ended and sought to tighten the purse-strings in the name of results.
Replacing Wright, a former New Zealand opener, was one of the moves Dalmiya pondered, but stiff opposition from the seniors -- captain Sourav Ganguly, vice-captain Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar -- scotched the move.
More recently, the team's failure in New Zealand was seen as an ideal opportunity to dislodge Wright, who was Dravid's coach at Kent. Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar launched into Wright in an interview, but later denied he was angling for the job.
A consistent line of argument against Wright has been: why should the Board pay good money to a foreigner if, at the end of it all, the results were going to be no better than those achieved by Indian coaches.
But with the team now in Super Six and more likely than not to make it to the semi-finals, if not the finals of the World Cup, how valid is that argument, argue those close to the team.
As it is, the rumour that Wright is paid more than what is paid to Indian coaches has been exposed as a lie. Wright earns Rs 157,000 per month. His immediate predecessor Kapil Dev was paid Rs 200,000. Anshuman Gaekwad was paid just over a 100,000 rupees.


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Well, after taking a month off for a hiatus, I decided finally to start getting back into the drawing habit. It was hard, one day, after a lot of personal drama, I couldn't draw. Just everything was hard to connect. I had to reteach myself how to draw again and get critiqued till it looked right. Its my fault really for the delay. I'm now even more so behind than I wanted to be. I wanted to get chaptr 4 and 5 done for the new year, but now it is November. Its not going to be happening anytime soon, I'm afraid.
Well, I'm back and drawing. 2 pages already which is what I technically owed. I want to at least have one a week so it doesn't look like I missed so many days.
Thanks for sticking around so long, everyone. Even if no one posts in this forum that much it means enough to me that at least some people out there read this.


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The team Métrologie, Molécules et Tests Fondamentaux (MMT) is also building a national metrological network, in the frame of the Equipex Refimeve+, coordinated by l'Université Paris 13 and is fully involved in the Labex First-TF, national network for time and frequency metrology and its applications.
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How Twitter Extorted a Desperate City
Twitter, the lavishly funded microblogging service, is bullying its hometown of San Francisco into $22 million in tax breaks even as the city cuts health, police, transit and virtually all other city services. So much for Twitter's bleeding heart pretensions.
In the first of two votes, San Francisco supervisors approved 8-3 the creation of a special tax zone that will exempt Twitter from payroll taxes on new employees for six years. Twitter, which is publicly threatening to move to the dreadful suburb of Brisbane, wanted even more: total exemption from payroll taxes for eight years.
As Twitter's defenders themselves point out, this is being done largely to ensure outsized returns for Twitter's investors—they've showered the company with $350 million, or $1 million per employee, and Twitter has a "fiduciary interest" in meeting their outsized expectations, social consequences be damned. The tax is also being touted as a way to make sure Twitter's staff get super fabulously wealthy on their employee stock rather than merely fabulously wealthy, since the payroll tax would shave a bit off their IPO windfalls.
Large corporations ask for tax breaks like this all the time. Wal-Mart, for example, takes so many state and local subsidies for development of stores and administrative offices that there's an entire website devoted to tracking them.
The difference with Twitter is its relentless posturing as a different, better sort of company. "Young companies like ours are particularly well positioned to build altruism into the corporate culture from an early stage," co-founder Biz Stone wrote on the company blog just last year in a note about donating to education. In The Atlantic, Stone touted the fact that Twitter was suggested for a Nobel Peace Prize by a former national security adviser. And on its "Hope 140" philanthropic bragging site, the company wrote, "At Twitter, one thing that drives us is our desire to make a lasting impact as a company. Being a force for good is at the heart of that mission."
If Twitter wants to be a "force for good" in areas like literacy and disease prevention—both touted as "Causes We Support" on Hope 140—it can start by paying its hometown taxes in full, just like loads of less fortunate small businesses do. Not only is San Francisco's payroll tax less than half the rate of the personal income tax in fast-growing tech hotbed New York City, but San Francisco, like many other municipalities these days, is desperate for the cash. Despite deep cuts in prior years, it's facing a deficit of close to $380 million this year. The city faces the prospect of "more catastrophic cuts—rather than cutting to the bone we will likely have to actually cut the bone of city sevices," says Board of Supervisors president David Chiu, who has become the chief backer of Twitter's tax break in the desperate wake of the company's threats. Chiu hopes winning tax extensions in a June special election will ease the pain, but budget shortfalls are already felt in the police department, health services and transit, which all now face steeper cuts.
Twitter's $22 million break is also just the first domino; since the special neighborhood zone it will relocate to as a condition of the deal is geographic rather than particular to the company, other big taxpayers like Yelp or Zynga may be able to get similar breaks—or convince the city to extend corporate welfare to other neighborhoods.
Of course, with passage of its tax break already halfway done, there is little chance Twitter will simply walk away from the big gift painfully tendered by San Francisco's taxpayers. After all, any company able to chisel a $3.7 billion valuation out of hardened Silicon Valley venture capitalists despite having no real business plan is bound to be, at core, a thoroughly savvy red-blooded hustler of the capitalist system. What's surprising is that Twitter ever pretended to be anything different, and that so many users, bleeding heart Hollywood celebrities first among them, continue to put the company on a sort of pedestal. It must be that cute bird.
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It seems that Threadless is experimenting more and more with mediums not related to T-Shirts. First we saw the release of the Threadless themed Griffin iPhone cases, and now the ubiquitous T-Shirt site has hooked up with another big name – Thermos. Now, you'll be able to find some of your favorite Threadless designs plastered on Thermos branded bottles and lunch bags.
I originally saw these pop on the Threadless 365 Days of Awesome Flickr account, just days before Christmas. I found it a bit weird that they would release such a new product so close to Christmas. I would have definitely bought a couple of these had they been available before I had got all of my Christmas shopping done!
Both the bottles and the lunch bags are priced at $14.95 and are available for purchase exclusively at Target. Yep, that means you can head on down to your local Target store and (hopefully) find a nice stock of Threadless branded Thermos items.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Start spreading the news, Tennessee Tech is hitting the Big Apple. The Golden Eagles are playing in the St. John's Chartwell's Holiday Classic in one of the toughest fields in the country. The field includes previously ranked St. John's University, St. Mary's College (Calif.) and #14/17 UCLA.
Tennessee Tech (5-4) vs. St. John's (4-3)
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
11:00 a.m. CT
Carnesecca Arena - Queens, N.Y.
Tennessee Tech (5-4) vs. St. Mary's (6-2) or UCLA (5-1)
Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012
11:00 a.m. CT or 1:00 p.m. CT
Carnesecca Arena - Queens, N.Y.
The Broadcasts
TV: none
Radio: Fox Sports Radio, 106.1 The Eagle (Brandon Goodwin)
Webcast: ESPN3 (Ralph Bednarczyk, Julianne Viani)
Setting the Stage:
Of the three teams in the St. John's Chartwell's Holiday Classic, the Golden Eagles have only faced UCLA prior to this weekend. In the ever-changing conferences around the country, St. John's has remained a staple in the BIG East. Ranked just one week ago in the polls, St. John's has battled in the first part of the season, but so have the Golden Eagles. Both teams are just one game over .500, but the Golden Eagles are on a two-game winning streak. Tech has the momentum off two very good wins over Samford and Western Carolina.
It's been 11 years since the Golden Eagles have defeated a BIG East team. Tech beat Seton Hall in 2001, but has not had much success since.
Coming from the West Coast are UCLA and St. Mary's College. Tech and UCLA battled last season in the WNIT Preseason tournament when the Golden Eagles flew to California Nov. 13, 2011. The Purple and Gold lost 74-52.
A Glance at the 2012-13 Golden Eagles
The Golden Eagles are 5-4, and on their second 2-0 winning streak of the season. Tech is led by sophomore guard Diamond Henderson. Henderson is averaging 16.9 points per game and, in the win against Western Carolina, scored 10 straight points, changing the game for the Golden Eagles. Jala Harris continues to be Tech's most balanced player, scoring 9.6 points per game and dishing out a team high 3.3 assists per game.
Joining Henderson and Harris around the perimeter are Lashay Davis, and Kellie Cook, each averaging 7.6 and 5.9 points per game respectively. Davis leads the team with 16 three's this season, with Kellie Cook scoring at least two three's in all but four games this season. Kellie's sister, Kylie, is shotting 45.5% from behind the arc this season, and 46.9 % from the floor, making her Tech's most accurate shooter.
In the frontcourt are T'Keyah Williams and Molly Heady. The pair leads the team averaging 11.2 rebounds per game. Williams grabs 7.0 boards, and averages 6.3 points per game.
A Look at the Red Storm
St. John's enters the weekend riding a two-game losing streak. The Red Storm have fallen to Boston University and Duke in the past week. Leading the Red Storm are Shenneika Smith and Nadirah McKenith, averaging 16.7 and 16.5 points per game respectively. Both also lead the Red Storm in rebounds averaging 9.8 and 6.3 rebounds per game.
A Look at the Bruins
UCLA has played a near-perfect season, with its only loss coming against No. 5 Notre Dame. The Bruins have faced three ranked opponents, including #11 Oklahoma and thier most recent win against #12 Texas. The Bruins are led by Markel Walker and Alyssia Brewer. Walker averages 16.3 points with Brewer adding 11.2 points per game.
A Look at the Gaels
St. Mary's has won its last five games, including a win over fellow Tennessee school UT Chattanooga on Nov. 24. The Gaels are led by Jackie Nared, who averages 18.6 points per game. Danielle Mauldin is a dual threat, averaging a double-double this season, with 13.5 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.
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Teen bypasses security to reach top of WTC
NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey teenager who police say bypassed security and climbed a ladder to the spire of 1 World Trade Center in the middle of the night faces trespassing charges.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Joe Pentangelo says 16-year-old Justin Casquejo was arrested early Sunday at the nation's tallest building.
Pentangelo says Casquejo got into the construction site of the nearly completed tower through a small fence opening. He says the teen was able to slip past an "inattentive" security guard on the 104th floor. The guard's been fired.
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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's basketball's freshman forward Sara Tarbert (Delta, Pa./Kennard-Dale) recorded her fourth consecutive double-digit scoring game, but American shot 51.9 percent from the floor in the opening half to defeat the Retrievers, 60-39, and remain unbeaten on Wednesday night at the RAC Arena.
The Eagles (3-0) have won three straight to open the season, while the Retrievers dropped their third in a row and fall to 1-3 on the year.
Tarbert earned her fourth consecutive America East Player of the Game honor as she led all scorers with 17 points and added eight rebounds, two blocks and two assists. Fellow freshman Emily Russo (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) chipped in eight points, five rebounds and three steals.
UMBC looked for a fresh start, with five freshmen earning the starting nod for the first time in the Phil Stern era, but American came out of the gate knocking down six of its first eight shots, including three treys from junior forward Arron Zimmerman. The Retrievers battled on the offensive glass, as posts Tarbert and Amanda Hagaman (Manasquan, N.J./Manasquan) combined for four offensive boards in the opening minutes to translate into UMBC's first four points. Tarbert added a trey, but American responded with an 18-2 run over the ensuing 7:52 to open the gap, 30-9.
American connected on eight shots from beyond the arc in the opening period (8-of-20) and shot 51.9 percent from the floor, while the Retrievers hit seven of 26 shots from the field (.269). The Eagles would take a 38-16 advantage into the break.
AU's junior guard Jen Dumiak extended the Eagles lead to 27 points, 43-16, early into the second half, but a Tarbert three-pointer helped to start a 9-0 Retriever run over a 2:15 span to trim the deficit to 47-29, with 13:40 to go in the contest. The Eagles would weather the storm and keep the game out of reach by holding UMBC scoreless for an eight minute span, allowing AU to score seven straight points, including its only trey of the second half from freshman forward Lauren Crisler.
The Retrievers, who outscored the Eagles, 23-22, in the second half, held American to 16.7 percent shooting from beyond the arc in the period.
Dumiak led American in scoring with 14 points, while sophomore guard Ari Booth chipped in 12 points off the bench.
UMBC hits the road for its first of four consecutive games away from the RAC Arena on Saturday, No. 23 when it travels to Robert Morris. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. at Sewall Center.
Game Notes
-UMBC started five freshmen for the first time in the Phil Stern era, with Amanda Hagaman and Abbie Hein each seeing their first collegiate starts on the night.
-UMBC alum Tiffany Coll made her return to the RAC Arena, this time under first-year head coach Megan Gebbia. Coll played for the Retrievers from 1999-2003 and was part of Stern's first season with the Retrievers. The 2002-03 squad clawed its way past the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the Northeast Conference Tournament and made UMBC's first trip to a conference championship game.
-American has won its last three meetings against the Retrievers and leads the all-time series 9-5.
-Sara Tarbert notched double-digit points for the fourth consecutive game and was named the America East Player of the Game for the fourth time.


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A while ago I heard that there was no known triangulation of the Grassmannian of 3-planes in 6-space.
To believe a statement like that, you have to be a little bit ungenerous about what you mean by "known." For instance if something is cut out by some polynomial equations and inequalities in R^n, I think there is an algorithm for writing down a simplicial complex homeomorphic to it. But it is not a very satisfying one, maybe even computationally infeasible in some sense.
Real projective space is easy to triangulate. Complex projective space is of the form (torus) x (simplex) divided by a simple equivalence relation on the boundary, so probably a triangulation can be cooked up from there. And there's a beautiful 9-vertex triangulation of CP^2 which is probably not of this form:
The real Grassmannian of 2-planes in n-space could probably be triangulated by refining the partition by oriented matroids. But for 3-planes and higher, this partition is too crazy.
What are some other triangulations of Grassmannians? Is the claim about 3-planes in 6-space accurate? Is there a reference for 2-planes in n-space?


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Weekly Release Spotlight: Bass Drum of Death
Radio K favorites like FIDLAR, Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall have helped to establish (but not entrench) this code in the past year. Each abandons it when necessary, but certain similarities between them and other garage punk acts cannot be denied. Listening to John Barrett, under the name Bass Drum of Death, map the landscape of his particular garage on his new self-titled LP is instantly gratifying when he adheres and continuously gratifying when he abandons.
It's a funny thing when a band self-titles an album that is not their first. GB City came out two years ago and the music that Barrett has churned up since the debut is apparently more deserving of his band's namesake. It's probably unwise to ascribe symbolic weight to the title of an album that sounds as reckless and off the cuff as Bass Drum of Death, but here we are.
Recklessness is important to garage punk and the album is reckless in the ways we've come to expect from the genre's best. Tracks like "Crawling After You" and "I Wanna Be Forgotten" are blistering and overly noisy. Barrett's unrestrained wails reach impressive heights on "Fines Lines." One of the songs is called "Bad Reputation," either an homage to Joan Jett or a disregard for the song of same name (maybe a little of both).
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Written by: Griffin Fillipitch
There is a pretty stringent, sometimes contradictory code of conduct for anyone making a garage punk album. It needs to have guitar lines that are flimsy and determined at the same time. It needs a sneer from a lead singer that sounds pissed and indifferent at the same time. It needs sonics that are fuzzy and piercing at the same time. It needs to be fast. The rhymes should be easy.
There is a different kind of recklessness here too, though. It comes from the variety of speeds that Barrett can operate at, and the ease with which he slips in and out of them. His brand of garage rock is most notable for being willing to go a little slower. Almost half of the songs on the album last around four minutes, an unheard of figure for bands with similar sounds. "Such a Bore" is loose enough to accelerate to a sprint after two minutes of jaunt, and then slow back down again.
Most of the songs are unhurried in this way, but they never give way to sonic sludge, and they never get boring. A feeling abounds in the album that anything can happen. Anything doesn't happen. Bluesy riffs drift in and out, tempos change, but everything hits super hard. It's a straightforward record that keeps its options open.
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The men's and women's track & field teams had several excellent performances at the Brown Springtime Invitational on Saturday. Sophomore Kelsey Whitaker (Kingston, Mass./Notre Dame Acad.) won her event, and the Judges had four second-place finishes and a slew of top-10 performances.
The meet, held at Brown University, featured a mix of Division I and III runners, as well as several unaffiliated athletes.
On the men's side, junior Mohamed Sidique (Harlem, N.Y./St. Raymond H.S. for Boys) had a pair of second-place finishes in jumping events. He reached 20 feet in the long jump and 46 feet, four inches in the triple jump.
Sophomore Matt Becker (Mendon, Mass./Nipmuc Regional) had the highest track finish on the men's side – he was fifth in 800 with a time of 2:02.72.
Rookie Quinton Hoey (Watertown, Conn./Watertown) was sixth in the 3K, finishing only behind five runners from Brown. He timed in at 9:06.99.
Classmate Nick Wactor (Oakland, Calif./Head-Royce) had a pair of seventh-place finishes. He ran the 200 in 23.27 and the 400 in 52.17. He set a new PR in the 400 and was just 1/100th of a second off of his best time in the 200.
Sophomore Adam Berger (Concord, N.H./Concord) was 17th in the 200, while rookie Jeremy Wilson (Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth) was 18th. Both set new career bests. Wilson was ninth in the 400 with a time of 53.97.
A pair of sophomores both competed in the 400-meter hurdles. Trevor Tuplin (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth) finished 10th, while Brandon Odze (Melville, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills East) was 12th. Rookie Ben Pomerantz (Barrington, R.I./Barrington) and sophomore Eddie Tai (Watertown, Mass./Watertown) were 22nd and 23rd, respectively, in the 100-meter dash.
In the rest of the field events, Berger was fourth in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump, with distances of 19'1" and 41'7"(5.82 and 12.69), respectively. Rookie Mark Franklin (Auburn, N.H./Pinkerton Acad.) was seventh in the long jump and also took third in the high jump.
Junior Jonathan Gilman (Yardley, Pa./George School) placed fourth in the javelin with a distance of 158 feet, four inches. Sophomore Kevin Trotman (Bristol, Conn./Taft School), competing in his collegiate track meet, was ninth in the discus. Trotman is a forward on the men's basketball team.
The men's team had two relays compete as well. The 4x100 team was fifth, while the 4x400 finished third, losing out only to Brown and the University of Connecticut.
Whitaker won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:14.58. It was a career best for the sophomore, knocking 1/3 of a second off of her time at an indoor meet in February. She outran nine Division I runners in the field of 30.
Senior Amelia Lundkvist (So. Portland, Maine/Cheverus) finished seventh in the 800, timing in at a career-best 2:17.52. The field was packed at the top and the race to the finish line was incredibly close: runners 5-8 crossed the line less than half second apart.
Rookie Maddie Dollins (Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park) finished second in the 5K, finishing in 18:01.97, a career best. She was just 1/3 of a second behind the winner, and nine seconds ahead of third place.
Senior Victoria Sanford (LaGrangeville, N.Y./Andover) was second in her event as well. She ran the mile in 5:09.14, 0.17 seconds behind the Brown runner that won the event. Junior Kristi Pisarik (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) was sixth in the mile, shaving nearly three seconds off of her personal best with a time of 5:22.56. Sophomore Molly Paris (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth) placed 17th with a PR of her own.
Both the men's and women's teams are back in action this weekend, competing in the Eric Loeschner Invitational at Fitchburg State.


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