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Expectations may have hurt the Mercedes-McLaren SLR more than its actual performance. With two iconic names such as SLR and McLaren in its name, people expected the rules to be rewritten and the game to be changed, as the original SLR and McLaren F1 did when each was introduced. The problem was the supercar playing field had leveled by the time the McLaren SLR was released and it seemed like everyone was in on the game, from low-volume specialists to manufacturers with deep pockets.
When it was released in late 2004, the SLR had to compete against cars such as the Enzo, the Pagani Zonda, the Koenigsegg, the Carrera GT and the Bugatti Veyron, all mid-engined, many of them lighter, packing more heat or both. Statistically, it did well by lapping tracks within a second or two of its competitors, and, on occasion and depending on the track, beating them. Despite that, it was rarely considered the pick of the litter, nor did it instill the kind of fear or respect as the others did.
Mercedes tried to up the ante a few years later with a mildly tweaked SLR 722. Then came a roadster and a racing version named the 722 GT, and a speedster version called the Stirling Moss. The plan was to build 3,500 SLRs, but they stopped at roughly half that mark, ceasing production in 2009.
Stylistically, the SLR's long, Pinocchio schnoz, steeply raked windshield and small canopy left it unbalanced and disproportioned, especially when viewed from profile. Sleek, no doubt, but the designers took few risks and many complained that it didn't differentiate itself enough from the SL.
Tuners soon got involved and a handful of companies have taken a stab at making it look and perform better. The results have ranged from the incongruous (Mansory) to outright travesties (ASMA Design). The Hamann Volcano featured here is somewhat arresting at first glance, but one that grows on you as the details start to make sense. Definitely not for those who shy away from attention, many of Hamann's Volcanoes come in bold colors like yellow and the red you see here.
Not merely an exercise in slapping on carbon bodywork, these parts were designed and then tested in a wind tunnel. Although exact figures weren't available, Hamann claims increased downforce for both the front and rear.
The front fender flares, which extend past the fenders and above the exhaust gills, perhaps in a nod to the SLR 722 GT's graphics, are the first things the eyes gravitate towards as they elegantly and smoothly blend with the deeper, more pronounced lip spoiler. Both the front and rear fender flares allowed Hamann to stuff wider 21-inch wheels (9x21 fr., 12.5x21 rr.) and tires (255/30ZR-21 fr., 345/25ZR-21 rr.) under them. A pair of side skirts bridge the fender flares and a gigantic fixed rear wing sits on top of a carbon-fiber trunk lid. The hood was modified with a naked carbon midsection that runs from the pointed nose to the windshield. The moveable airbrake system on the trunk lid has been disabled. Under the rear bumper is Hamann's carbon-fiber diffuser.
Up top is a roof scoop, which, along with the carbon pieces on the C-pillars, don't seem to add much in terms of function and actually distort the lines. All in all, you could say Hamann achieved their goal of creating a meaner, more menacing SLR. The front fender flares add visual weight and help reduce the perceived length of the front end.
The interior gets a carbon-fiber makeover with new panels on the center console, dashboard and air vent covers. Each car gets a small, numbered plaque affixed to the center console. The car featured here is number three of the nine that have been built so far. Hamann plans to only build 15 in total. Many of the interior surfaces have been covered in Alcantara or leather that's been color-matched to the car's body color.
Under the hood, Hamann remapped the ECU to coax an extra 75 hp to bring power up to 700 hp and bumped torque up from 575 lb-ft to 612 lb-ft. They also replaced the stock mufflers with a pair of three-pipe units that protrude just behind the front wheels, instead of the twin pipes on the standard car. The soundtrack from the pipes dominates the experience of being in the car, as they're so close to your ears. Upon start-up, the exhaust emits a snarl and as the revs build, it sounds like a rabid dog straining at the end of its chain, eager to pounce.
As it uses a five-speed autobox and has a seemingly endless supply of torque, it gives the impression of having long legs. It doesn't take much throttle to get the car into its stride, and large swaths of roadway are gobbled up between gearshifts. With the big 21-inch wheels and tires and retuned suspension settings, the ride is firm and its reflexes quick.
Being that this was a car that was going to be shipped off in a few days, seat time was limited. There was, however, no doubt that Hamann created a monster that could instill the kind of respect the standard car sought. Back-to-back comparisons haven't been done between the stock SLR and the Volcano but it's safe to say that Hamann's Volcano is the sharper of the two. And being that there'll only be--at most--15 built, exclusivity is ensured.
Hamann Volcano
Longitudinal front-mid engine, rear drive, two-door coupe
5.4-liter V8, sohc, 24-valve, supercharged, modified ECU, Hamann 6-pipe Sports mufflers, carbon-fiber air intake cover
5-speed automatic
Double wishbone A-arms, coil springs, tube shocks, high-mounted antiroll bar, (f). Double wishbone A-arm, coil springs, tube shocks, (r)
14.6-in. vented discs (f), 14.2-in. vented discs (r), ABS
Wheels and Tires
9x21 (f), 12.5x21 (r) 255/30ZR (f), 345/25ZR (r)
Carbon-fiber front spoiler, fender flares, side skirts, inner wheelhouse liners, C-pillar, roof scoop, trunk lid, rear wing and rear diffuser.
Eleven-piece naked carbon-fiber instrument panel, center console and air vent covers. Leather/Alcantara headliner, A-, B- and C-pillars, sunshade, Hamann Sports steering wheel. Headrest with Hamann logo, carbon-fiber door sill trim, Hamann aluminum pedal and foot rest.
Peak Power: 700 hp @ 6600 rpm
Peak Torque: 612 lb-ft @ 3300 rpm
0-62 mph: 3.6 sec.
Top Speed: 216 mph


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"I thought it was a very good day for us," Lipscomb coach Bill Taylor said. "There were a lot of impressive performances.
"We grew tonight and really stepped up to another level. It was a very fun evening."
Tucker Peabody led the way in style, breaking his own school record in the men's 200 meters, with a new personal best of 21.89, and winning both his heat and the men's 200m event. Tucker also ran a new personal best of 7.06 in the men's 60-meter dash, winning his heat and qualifying for Saturday's finals in the event.
"Tucker looks better every week and had an outstanding day," Lipscomb coach Bill Taylor said. It was vy exciting to watch him win races like that. He's very good."
Tessa Hoefle and Catherine Beals both ran faster than the school record for the indoor 3000-meter run, running times of 10:22.13 and 10:24.45. Tessa's time broke Carolyn Latham-Yates previous school record of 10:27.20, set in 2009. Ashley Lehman also ran strong, finishing just outside the previous school record with a 10:32.44.
Dani Walker continued her record breaking freshman campaign by taking down the 600-meter school record with a 1:33.17, breaking Sara Stephens record of 1:37.48, set last year. Then Dani anchored the women's 4x400-meter relay that broke the school record. The relay of Katie Bunker, Amanda Twigg, Sara Stephens and Walker ran 3:55.76, to break the previous record of 3:59.29 (Anika Piorkowski, Valeria Winkler, Twigg and Stephens), set last year. Dani has already set indoor school records in the 600 meters, 800 meters, mile, Distance Medley Relay and 4x4 this season.
"Our middle distance women continue to impress and grow," Taylor said. "Dani is always impressive. Katie keeps getting better.
"Finishing the day with a nice big school record in the 4x400m relay was a nice ending."
Katie Bunker ran a season best and indoor best time of 2:16.35 to win Friday's sections of the 800 meters. Alyssa Miller ran 2:21.35 and Jaimie McFarland ran a season best and indoor best of 2:22.28.
Emily Longden ran a big mile personal best of 5:18.31.
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Alex Jerkins set season bests in the shot put (48 feet, 6 inches) and weight throw (39 feet, 10.75 inches).
Andrew Jones ran a season best 1:57.24 in the 800 meters to finish second overall in Friday's heats.
"Andrew Jones had his best race of the year and ran a very exciting 800m race," Taylor said.
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Iyaric, Livalect, Dread-talk or I-talk is a consciously created dialect of English in use among members of the Rastafari movement. African languages were lost among Africans when they were taken into captivity as part of the slave trade, and adherents of Rastafari teachings believe that English is an imposed colonial language. Their remedy for this situation has been the creation of a modified vocabulary and dialect, reflecting a desire to take language forward and to confront what they see as the confusion of a corrupt and decadent society they call Babylon. This is accomplished by avoiding words and syllables seen as negative, such as "back", and changing them to positive ones.
Some if not most Rastas choose not to use certain words in the English language as they have Babylonian and devil-like connotations. For example, the word "hello" is not used because they see it as containing the words "hell" and "lo" (i.e., "low"). Instead, expressions such as 'wa gwaan', 'yes I' and 'cool nuh lyah' (or 'cool alyuh'. 'alyuh'-all of you) are used because they uplift people. If at a Rastafari church, they would use their formal church greetings. For instance, the Rastafari branch known as the Twelve Tribes of Israel would say, "Greetings in that Most Precious and Divine Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who has revealed Himself through the wonderful personality of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie the 1st of Ethiopia"[1]
Iyaric is sometimes also referred to as Wordsound — a name derived from the Rastafari principle of "Word, Sound and Power", which several scholars have compared to West African concepts regarding a power or essence being encapsulated within the pronounced sound of a name or word. Iyaric sometimes also plays a liturgical role among Rastafari, in addition to Amharic and Ge'ez.
I wordsEdit
- I replaces "me", which is much more commonly used in Jamaican English than in the more conventional forms. Me is felt to turn the person into an object whereas I emphasises the subjectivity of an individual.
- I and I (also spelled I&I, InI, or Ihi yahnh Ihi) is a complex term, referring to the oneness of Jah (God) and every human. In the words of Rastafari scholar E. E. Cashmore: "I and I is an expression to totalize the concept of oneness. 'I and I' as being the oneness of two persons. So God is within all of us and we're one people in fact. I and I means that God is within all men. The bond of Ras Tafari is the bond of God, of man." The term is often used in place of "you and I" or "we" among Rastafari, implying that both persons are united under the love of Jah. Also in the Twi language (in which patois uses a lot of Twi loan words) of Ghana, Me ne me is also said, which literally translate to "I and I".
- I-tal or Di food fula itality is spiritually blessed food that has not touched modern chemicals and is served without preservatives, condiments or salts. Alcohol, coffee, milk, and flavoured beverages are generally viewed as not I-tal. Most Rastas follow the I-tal proscriptions generally, and many are vegetarians or vegans. Even meat-eating Rastas abstain from eating pork, as pigs are scavengers of the dead, as are crabs, lobsters, and shrimp (whose banning coincides with the restrictions of Kashrut).
- I man is the inner person within each Rastafari believer.
- Irie refers to positive emotions or feelings, or anything that is good. Specifically it refers to high emotions and peaceful vibrations. This is a phonetical representation of "all right".
- Ites derived from English "heights", means "joy" and also the colour "red". It can also be short for "Israelites".
- Itesquake replaces "earthquake".
- Irator replaces "creator", and Iration replaces "creation".
- Idren or Bredren and Sistren refer to the oneness of Rastafari and are used to describe one's peers (male - "bredren", female - "sistren").
- Itinually replaces continually. It has the everlasting/everliving sense of I existing continuously.
- Inity replaces "unity", demonstrating a general pattern of replacing "you" and similar sounds with "I".
- Iya (higher): Rastafari vocabulary is full of references to the "iya man", "stepping higher and higher", etc. It is not a reference to the "high" normally associated with cannabis, but to stepping into higher realms of reality, as in higher awareness. Iya is also used to refer to a friend. As in "Yes Iya", or "Cool (no) Iya".
- Iyaric is the self-applied term for Rastafari language. It is formed by a combination of Iya (higher) and Amharic, the language spoken by Haile Selassie I.
- Iwa replaces "time" or more accurately, "hour": "Inna this ya iwa."
Other wordsEdit
- Dreadlocks describes the locks commonly worn among Rastas, now universally called dreadlocks in English. The 'dread' component refers to the fear of the Lord, as well as the fear inspired when Rastas first began to grow locks in the 1940s in Jamaica. To Rastas, dreadlocks can be a deeply spiritual part of their identity. The Nazirite vow in the Torah and the story of Samson are commonly cited: "And she made a vow, saying, 'O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head'." 1 Sam 1:11. [1][permanent dead link] Rastas see this as the most natural way to grow one's hair, as well as a symbol of defiance of Rome and Babylon.
- Dreads can refer to the dreadlocks, or to those who wear them.
- Persons without dreads are sometimes called baldheads (somewhat derisive) or lack (more respectful); however as a common Rasta refrain points out, "It's not the dread upon your head, but the love in your heart that makes you Rasta..." meaning that many Rasta faithful themselves lack dreadlocks, while some non-Rastas, wolves inna sheeps clothes, may wear dreads solely for fashion. Dreads that were induced artificially or with additives, rather than allowed to take their natural course, are known as bathroom locks.
- Babylon is an important Rastafari term, referring to human government and institutions that are seen as in rebellion against the rule of Jah (God), beginning with the Tower of Babel. It is further used by some to mean specifically the 'politricksters' who have been oppressing the black race for centuries through economic and physical slavery. In a more general sense, Babylon refers to any system that oppresses or discriminates against all peoples. Rastafari is defiance of Babylon, sometimes also called Rome — in part because of the 1935 Italian invasion of Ethiopia, then ruled by Rastafari's 'Living God,' Haile Selassie I, and partly because as the head of the Roman Catholic church (the Pope) is considered an opponent of Selassie I and Rastafari. Babylon the Great and Whore of Babylon are apocalyptic terms from the book of Revelation that may have been used to describe the pagan Roman Empire, which often persecuted Christianity. Babylon is also sometimes used by some Rastas with the more specific meaning of "police", insofar as they are seen as executive agents of Babylon's will.
- Politricks is a Rasta term replacing English "politics", because so many politicians, etc. turn out, they say, to be more like tricksters. Politrickster n.
- Everliving replaces "everlasting", particularly in the context of Life Everliving. The "last" in "everlasting", although actually implying survival (to "last" is to "survive" or "bide through"), is seen by the Rastas as implicative of an end (as in the term "at last"), and as the life the Rastas have will never end according to them, they being immortalists. Often used in the phrase "...I and I is Everliving, Everfaithful, Eversure. Ras Tafari."
- H.I.M. (His Imperial Majesty), pronounced him, and referring to Haile Selassie I.
- Downpression replaces "oppression", because oppression holds man down instead of keeping him up (pronounced op in Jamaican patois.) Similarly "downgression" = "violence" (from aggression). Downpressor n.
- Livication replaces "dedication", to rid itself of a connotation of death. adj. Livicated. v. Livicate.
- Outvention replaces "invention", because mechanical devices are seen as outward; it is the inner experience of being Rastafari that is invention.
- Overstanding (also "innerstanding") replaces "understanding", referring to enlightenment that raises one's consciousness.
- Apprecilove replaces "appreciate" because of the similarity to hate.
- Amagideon/Gideon is a Rasta theological concept meaning the general state the entire world is in now, and has been getting progressively deeper in since 1930, and especially since 1974. This is a slight mutation of Armageddon, a name appearing in Revelation.
- Zion refers to either Ethiopia or the whole continent of Africa, after the Day of Judgment, as well as a state of mind one can enter through Rastafari.
- Know replaces "believe". Rastafari would not say they "believe" Haile Selassie is Jah and that they, the Rastas, are the chosen people. They would say they "know" these things.
- Whore of Babylon is the Revelation character sometimes considered to be Queen Elizabeth II, who is still the Head of State of Jamaica; or the papacy; or both.
Popular impactEdit
Several Rastafari words have migrated into mainstream English usage, or even widespread global usage. The term dreadlocks, for example, is used worldwide for the hairstyle that was popularized by the Rastafari. Rastafari usage of words like Zion and Babylon also the term "overstand" and "politricks" have entered hip hop culture through Caribbean-American and Caribbean-British rappers/musicians. In Europe, perhaps influenced by popular culture depictions of or actual encounters with Afro-Caribbean "rude boy" gangs, the term Babylon is sometimes used to refer to the police.
- ^ Barnett, Michael (2018). The Rastafari movement : a North American and Caribbean perspective. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN 9781138682146. OCLC 985268340.
- Johnson, Ken (1972). "The vocabulary of race". In: Rappin' and Stylin' Out: Communication in Urban Black America. Thomas Kochman, ed. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, pp. 140–151.
- Levine, Robert M. (1980). Race and Ethnic Relations in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Historical Dictionary and Bibliography. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press.
- Mills, Jane (1989). Womanwords: A Dictionary of Words about Women. New York: Free Press.
- Pollard, Velma (1982). "The Social History of Dread Talk". Caribbean Quarterly. 28 (4): 17–40. JSTOR 40653574.


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I'm on this kick where one word from reading my bible one day, spurs me to think about another word, which then leads me to yet another word. I've been trying to write each day about a word from the Word (see what I did there?!?!). Yesterday, my focus was on "help me overcome my unbelief" and so then I started to really zone in on that word OVERCOME.
I searched for OVERCOME in the bible and it took me to Psalm 119:133 NLT – "Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil." I liked that… but it just didn't quite connect with me. I needed a bit more clarification. So, I pulled up The Message translation. (A lot of the time I have to take the bible and sort of put it into my own words to really and fully understand it, but if I just don't have the brainpower to do that then I go to The Message. Just to get a different feel.) And that version grabbed my heart and mind. STEADY MY STEPS with your WORD OF PROMISE.
Oh. heck. yeah.
Cause let me just say that this journey, while the first year was relatively "easy", since then I have felt like I'm just tripping and stumbling through my own life. I get up for a bit and then I fall again. I get up and then I fall AND I scrape my knee. I'm just not… steady. And as much as I don't want to admit it to myself, I know… I KNOWWWWWW that it is because I have not relied on His WORD OF PROMISE to STEADY MY STEPS.
So again today, I remind myself and the rest of us… go into that Word. Search in that Word. Look for the verse that you need. Use bible.com to search. Use www.openbible.info/topics to find verses on particular topics. We are seeking a WORD OF PROMISE.
And then we pray:
"Oh my Jesus… I smile as I think of you. As I think of your love. As I think of how you loved ev.er.y.one. As I think of the miracles you did for the weak and the beat down. Oh you just ARE LOVE. And you are my promise. Your Word is my promise. Please God, as I read your Word, STEADY MY STEPS with your WORD OF PROMISE. Help me to remember how to keep my feet steady with You as my support and my guide. You are my Hope. Amen."


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Ryan Braun, Ben Sheets and Corey Hart are in New York for the 2008 All-Star Game. Braun and fellow outfielder Hart (.289, 26 doubles, 15 home runs, 58 RBIs) are making their first All-Star appearance and Sheets will make his fourth appearance in the Midsummer Classic.
And now…on to the questions!
Now that the Brewers acquired CC Sabathia, do you think they will be able to sign him to a long term deal?
CC will be a free agent at the end of the year and, I'm sure with the possibility of losing Ben Sheets to free agency, the Brewers would like to have at least one of them back. But it is my understanding that CC is going to test the market and once he or Sheets test the market, we will probably not see them in a Brewer uniform next year.
What about Corey Hart, will the Brewers try to sign him now that he is an All-Star?
The Brewers made an offer to Corey before he was an All-Star, and he turned it down. But it was an offer just to get both sides going. I look for something to happen, not so much now, but probably in the offseason. The Brewers would certainly like to lock up Corey for 3-4 years. He continues to grow and shine as a Major League Player. The Brewers realize that they have a special player in Corey Hart and want him around for years to come.
When Jeff Suppan comes back from the disabled list, is Seth McClung the odd man out?
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Albany, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's soccer team defeated The Sage Colleges, 5-0, in their Skyline Conference opener on Saturday afternoon. The Rams improved to 5-5 on the year, while the Gators are now 1-6 and 0-2 in conference play.
Freshman forward Alena Gannon (North Babylon, N.Y.) scored off Deborah Gilwit's (New Rochelle, N.Y.) pass to break the scoreless tie with 21:20 remaining in the first half. Only 1:16 later, Farmingdale State took a 2-0 lead on a goal by sophomore forward Ashlee Thompson (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.). The Rams outshot Sage 15-1 and held a 2-0 advantage at halftime.
Early in the second half, Thompson tallied her second goal of the game and eighth of the season to increase the lead to 3-0. Sophomore midfielder Shannon Murphy (North Babylon, N.Y.) and freshman midfielder Amanda Khare (Deer Park, N.Y.) each added scores for the Rams in the Skyline victory.
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The Food Bank of Delaware is hoping to collect more than 75 tons of donated food during its annual holiday food drive
The Food Bank of Delaware is hoping to collect more than 75 tons of donated food during its annual holiday food drive, which kicked off Monday.
"Gallup recently released information indicating Delaware ranks third in the nation for the highest percentage of residents who cannot afford food," Food Bank President and CEO Patricia Beebe said. "This holiday season, I encourage all Delawareans to take a stand against hunger and help make the holiday season bright for our struggling neighbors in need."
With donations in 2012 down more than 700 tons from 2011, the Food Bank is asking individuals, businesses, schools, faith-based organizations and other community groups to organize food drives so no Delawarean goes without a holiday meal this winter.
Donations of fewer than 20 boxes/bags of food can be dropped off at the Food Bank's Milford location at 1040 Mattlind Way between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Donations of more than 20 boxes/bags can be picked up by calling the Food Bank at (302) 424-3301.
Food collected from the holiday food drive will be distributed through the Food Bank's network of hunger-relief program partners. Households in need of food assistance are asked to call the Delaware Helpline at 211 or (800) 464-4357.


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(New Haven, CT) - The Sacred Heart University Men's and Women's Track & Field Teams opened their indoor seasons at Yale University on Sunday the same way they have for the past 14 years: That is, both teams brought home the team title in the annual Collegiate Track Conference (CTC) Indoor Relay Carnival. In actuality, the women won their 15th consecutive team title in the relay meet, while the men recorded their 14th consecutive CTC Relay victory.
With the top five relay teams in all events scoring points on a 6-4-3-2-1 basis, both Pioneer teams topped a field of 13 other schools to secure their wins. The women racked up 79 points to outdistance their nearest rival by 38 points, while the men overcame the runner-up team by a score of 63-26. Both teams scored in all 15 relay events, with the women winning 10 relays and the men seven.
The team performances were fueled by an abundance of stellar individual performances. The day's bounty included 4 ECAC or IC4A qualifying performances, 13 New England qualifying performances and two school records by senior captain Ashley Matakevich.
While relay meets of this nature are a fairly common occurrence at the high school level, they are nearly extinct at the intercollegiate level. "The CTC Relays are unique," stated Head Coach Christian Morrison. "We love opening our season with this meet. "It's fun, exciting, and the relays are great introduction to college track and field for our freshman," Morrison continued. "We have more competitive meets on our schedule, but it's pretty hard to do anything for 14 or 15 years in-a-row, so we're very pleased with the victories."
Summary of Top Relay Performances
1st Place: Women's Weight Throw Relay – Athalia Smith (55' 9") and Chantaul Smith (52' 8"). The senior twin sisters both surpassed the ECAC qualifying standard of 52' 6", while individually placing 1st and 3rd. Additionally, sophomore Kolbi Smith placed 5th with a New England Championship qualifying throw of 51' 3".
1st Place: Women's 5000 Meter Relay – Brittney Lane (17:31.67) and Michelle Navarro (18:37.74). Lane, Navarro and Brianna Castrogivanni (18:41.86) placed 1-2-3 individually in a 17-athlete field. Lane opened up her sophomore campaign by recording a new personal best and an ECAC Championship qualifying performance. Her time topped the ECAC qualifying standard of 17:33.64.
1st Place: Men's 60 Meter Hurdle Relay – Jeremy Rosado (8.22) and Drayke Jackson (8.79). Rosado placed 1st individually and qualified for the IC4A Championship with his performance. The redshirt junior snuck just under the IC4A standard of 8.25 seconds.
1st Place: Women's Long Jump Relay – Ashley Matakevich (18' 5 ¼") and Joselyn Henry (16' 8 ¾"). Matakevich and Henry placed 1st and 3rd individually, and Matakevich broke her own indoor school record of 18' 4". Matakevich also mastered the automatic New England qualifying standard of 17' 8 ½", while just missing the ECAC standard of 18' 8 ¼".
1st Place: Women's Triple Jump Relay – Ashley Matakevich (38' ¾") and Joselyn Henry (33' 6 ½"). Matakevich placed 1st individually again and leapt to her second indoor school record of the day. She beat her own record of 37' 10 ¼", while topping the New England qualifying standard of 36' 7".
1st Place: Men's High Jump Relay – Drayke Jackson (6' 7 ½") and Cory Lutkus (6' ½"). Jackson was also the individual winner. His personal best performance beat the New England standard of 6' 6 ½" and just missed the IC4A standard of 6' 8 ¼".
1st Place: Women's 60 Meter Dash Relay – Ashia Wright (7.75) and Julianne Cappadona (8.28). Wright placed 1st individually in a field of 25 athletes, to record her first collegiate win. The freshman easily beat the New England qualifying standard of 7.97 seconds, and narrowly missed the ECAC standard of 7.68 seconds.
1st Place: Women's Shot Put Relay – Lindsay Aponte (43' ½") and Chantaul Smith (39' 3 ¼"). Aponte and Smith place 1st and 3rd individually, and Aponte easily beat the New England qualifying standard of 41' ¼".
1st Place: Men's Shot Put Relay – Chase Petrucci (48' 11 ½") and Phillip Miccio (46' 1 ½"). Petrucci was also the individual victor in a field of 27, along with bypassing the New England qualifying standard of 48' 8."
1st Place: Men's 5000 Meter Relay – Jeffrey Lusignan (15:10.35) and Richard Marcello (16:00.65). Lusignan was also the individual winner, defeating a field of 16 other runners.
1st Place: Women's Distance Medley Relay (12:49.36) – Emma Bolduc, Alexandra Smith, Brigid Paddock, and Brittany Llobell. Llobell ran the 1600 meter anchor leg in a split of 5:22.8.
1st Place: Men's Distance Medley Relay (10:36.35) – Patrick Peterson, Colby Jennings, John Ahern, and Andrew Houghtalen. Houghtalen ran the 1600 meter anchor leg in a split of 4:22.9.
1st Place: Women's 4 x 1600 Meter Relay (22:24.69) – Stephanie Messier, Alyssa Selmquist, Teresa Gagliostro, and Elizabeth Hutchins. Selmquist recorded the fastest split with a clocking of 5:24.6.
1st Place: Men's 4 x 1600 Meter Relay (18:35.11) – Ryan Bezner, Stephen McNicholas, Jeffrey Benesch, and Aleksandr Morin. Morin brought the team from behind for the win with a 4:28.8 anchor leg.
1st Place: Women's Sprint Medley Relay (4:21.12) – Karlie Dean, Shay Cronin, Emily Isch, and Brittany Llobell. Llobell ran the 800 meter anchor leg in 2:23.1.
1st Place: Men's 4 x 800 Meter Relay (8:06.65) – Jeffrey Lusignan, Ryan Bezner, Aleksandr Morin, and Andrew Houghtalen. Lusignan ran the lead-off leg in 1:59.7, and Houghtalen anchored in 1:58.9.
1st Place Tie: Women's High Jump Relay – Sarah Wallis (4' 11") and Chelsey Parks (4' 9").
2nd Place: Women's 60 Meter Hurdles Relay – Sarah Bell (9.36) and Lauren Pettinelli (10.19). Bell place 2nd individually and cleared the New England qualifying standard of 9.46 seconds.
4th Place: Men's Triple Jump Relay – Gregory Hazell (46' ¾"). Hazell's relay teammates both fouled each of their jumps. Not only was Hazell's mark good for a 4th place relay finish with no partner mark, but he was also the individual victor, recording his first collegiate win. Additionally, Hazell beat the New England qualifying standard of 45' 5".
2nd Place: Men's Weight Throw Relay – Philip Miccio (51' 2") and Matthew Wagner (49' 10"). Both Miccio and Wagner threw personal bests with Miccio falling just shy of the New England standard of 52' 0".


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Filmed in and around Los Angeles, the crime drama stars Academy Award Nominees Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine, The Notebook) and Carey Mulligan (An Education, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps) alongside Golden Globe Winner Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy), Emmy Nominee Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Oscar Isaac (Body of Lies, Robin Hood) and Academy Award Nominee Albert Brooks (Taxi Driver, Broadcast News).
Drive is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day (Ryan Gosling), a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan). When the job goes dangerously awry, the only way he can keep Irene and her son alive is to do what he does best - Drive!
Drive Release Date
In Theaters September 16, 2011
Drive Credits
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, and Albert Brooks
Written By: Hossein Amini
Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn
Produced By: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
MPAA Rating: [ R ]
Distributor: FilmDistrict
Running Time: 95 min.
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For David Young, information technology program director at Geisinger Health System, it was about improving the customer experience. For Steve Siress, network systems manager for Enterprise Bank & Trust, it was driven by compliance. For Charles E. Christian, director of information systems at Good Samaritan Hospital, it was about increasing the quality of patient care and reducing tedious documentation.
For all of them, single sign-on also helped reduce help desk calls and led to a more positive customer experience.
Organizations have pursued a variety of strategies to simplify, reduce and consolidate multiple application sign-ons, with the goals of improving user experience, reducing costs and improving compliance. Enterprise single sign-on and Web access management systems have become two of the most common and widely deployed solutions in the market today.
The implementation for Young, Siress and Christian were all success stories. But, any rollout can be fraught with setbacks and implementation headaches. Before you decide which approach makes sense for your organization, we'll explain their capabilities and implementation considerations.
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For David Young, Geisinger Health System's information technology program director, using a Web access management solution was a good diagnosis. As a health care provider, the company wanted to improve patient satisfaction and save time and resources by getting patients to update information such as address or insurance changes.
That was four years ago. Today patients can view their medical reports, lab results and schedule doctor appointments.
The original rollout of RSA Security's Access Manager took six to eight months as Geisinger needed to iron out security policies that would be reasonable for an external user (internal policies may not have been applicable). The team included IT staff specializing in Web services, network infrastructure, firewalls and desktop applications, a HIPAA officer and internal auditor, among others.
Initially Geisinger would only sign up people who came to its clinic and could verify their identity with a picture ID. Today Geisinger takes registration requests online, then sends the patient an activation medical code to the address in their file. With this approach, the hospital has been able to prevent fraud and has increased the activation rate from 50 percent to 70 percent.
"[Protecting and ensuring identities] are keys to the kingdom--we're liable for that," says Young.
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Managing workstation interaction
Organizations need to make architectural decisions about how SSO systems interact with the workstation.
The good news with WAM systems is the client is the Web browser, which makes WAM systems interoperable with most workstation operating systems. However, there are some differences with Windows workstations running Internet Explorer because users can access resources protected by WAM systems via their Windows credentials.
The implementation becomes more complicated when it comes to eSSO. The first major question is whether to implement the eSSO client on the user's workstation, thin client, or both. One significant benefit of using the thin client with eSSO is that it minimizes software deployment to the user's workstation. Another potential benefit is that mobile devices may be able to leverage the eSSO system. Organizations with stronger authentication goals will generally have eSSO client software on the workstation, since it may be required for user authentication.
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Enterprise single sign-on (eSSO) solutions have client and server components that log the user on to target applications by replaying user credentials. These credentials are almost always username and password, and target applications do not need to be modified to work with the eSSO system.
The eSSO client interacts with the target application client to authenticate the user. The eSSO wallet stores usernames, passwords and other context information necessary to facilitate SSO into the application. The eSSO client leverages the credentials stored in the wallet to authenticate the user to applications as they are executed on the workstation. The wallet is typically encrypted while at rest, and then opened by the eSSO client after the user successfully authenticates to the eSSO system.
In terms of providing eSSO capabilities, vendors have two approaches: scripting and application wizards.
Scripting eSSO systems uses an interpreter to call up the target application, fill in the username and password fields, and then log the user in to the target application. The development of the scripts may not be a trivial effort due to the number of target applications, use cases (including password changes) and target application interaction complexity. In addition, scripting systems typically require modifying the user's desktop icons to call the eSSO script instead of the target application executable. As compared to application wizard eSSO systems, scripting systems may provide the additional flexibility to tackle more complex target application logins (e.g., multiple nested login or password setting dialogue boxes).
By contrast, eSSO systems that utilize application wizards typically run a service that continually monitors the workstation for login dialogue boxes. The application wizard will initially query the user to identify and populate the necessary sign-on fields for future access. When the service recognizes an application (via the executable and window names and field-control IDs, for example), it will attempt to log the user in to the application.
Some eSSO systems may even combine the two approaches. For example, a scripting eSSO system may run a login monitoring service, but use scripts to complete the login to the target application. The benefit is that the user's desktop icons do not need to be modified.
Under the Covers
eSSO components
With enterprise single sign-on, seven different components interact to allow the user to use one password to access target applications without re-authenticating.
Client: The client is installed on user workstation (or the user's thin client session). The client is responsible for authenticating the user to the eSSO system and managing target application logons.
Engine: The engine is a subsystem of the client. It interacts with the target applications. Engines are either script- or wizard-based.
Wallet: The user's wallet stores target application credentials. The engine replays these credentials to log the user on to the target application.
Repository: The repository stores the users' encrypted wallets, and may be either an LDAP directory or a relational database.
Authentication Service: The authentication service authenticates the user to the eSSO system, either by prompting for the password (or other stronger authenticator), or leveraging the user's authentication to the workstation.
Roaming Service: This service enables the user to use different eSSO workstations.
Auditing Service: The auditing service audits user access to target applications, but will not be able to see user logins to the target application from non-eSSO workstations.
--Mark Diodati
eSSO Policy Management
Some organizations want to enable the benefits of eSSO for personal target applications like Internet banking; others don't want to deal with the potential issues of storing personal information, or have sensitive target applications that must be excluded from eSSO. To accommodate this, most eSSO systems have blacklists and whitelists that enforce which target applications are accessible via eSSO.
During the deployment phase, organizations must decide whether target application passwords should be obfuscated (that is, randomized and hidden from the user), which brings security and usability implications. Target application password obfuscation is important if stronger authentication is used since it helps prevent users (legitimate or otherwise) from bypassing the stronger authentication and accessing the target application directly. Most eSSO systems can obfuscate passwords on a per-target application basis, so that some target applications (for example, Outlook Web Access) can be accessed from home, but applications deemed more sensitive can have obfuscated passwords. Provisioning systems can assist with password obfuscation by setting the password in both the target application and the user's eSSO wallet. A few eSSO systems have a Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) interface, which enables interoperability without deploying a provisioning agent on the eSSO system.
Most eSSO systems also have logout policies. The system gracefully logs out of target applications upon workstation logout or a specified inactivity period. One benefit is a good audit trail of user login/logout activity, which can assist with compliance initiatives. Another benefit is not locking users out of target applications that have a single login policy (which precludes the access from two workstations at the same time).
Some target applications can be accessed offline (for example, Lotus Notes), so most eSSO systems have offline/ online policies that specify whether the user can locally authenticate without connecting to the eSSO server. Some stronger authentication mechanisms may not work well offline (though this is improving). Those eSSO systems that support offline login frequently have a wallet refresh policy, which forces users to connect to the eSSO server after a specified period of time to update their wallets.
SSO emerging solutions
Federated SSO is a solution in response to the real-world problem of users accessing Web applications across security domains. The development of federation products was initially driven by the Web access management (WAM) vendors. The current market also includes stand-alone federation products and others, including SSL VPNs, virtual directories, fine-grained authorization and XML/Web services security.
Common applications for federation include the following:
- Web SSO to benefits Web sites: Employees at a large corporation can authenticate once when accessing the employee portal and get access to external benefits Web sites (for example, retirement investment accounts).
- Intra-organization Web SSO: Due to subsidiary acquisitions and political issues within large corporations, heterogeneous Web applications are distributed across multiple security domains, but users can get Web SSO to these applications.
- B2C partnerships: Some businesses with common customers can provide "one-stop shopping" with a single authentication and personalized environment.
In the case of the travel industry (airline, hotel and car rental Web sites), the user's destination city and airport, as well as their length of stay, can be shared between the businesses to provide a seamless shopping experience.
Most federation deployments use security assertion markup language (SAML) to facilitate Web SSO. SAML assertions are XML-based documents that are typically digitally signed by the identity provider, who is responsible for the initial user authentication.
When the user arrives at the service provider's site, the service provider retrieves the user's SAML assertion, validates the identity and authentication status and enables access to the local resources without reauthentication.
Federation technologies have coalesced around the SAML 2.0 specification, which unifies the SAML 1.x standard, the Liberty Alliance Identity Federation Framework (ID-FF) specification, and others. SAML 2.0 is not backward compatible with the SAML 1.x specification, which many federation early adopters are currently using. A number of federation deployments leverage Liberty Alliance's ID FF1.2 to support user global logout.
To add to the mix, Microsoft released Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) as part of Windows Server 2003 R2 in early 2006. ADFS does not utilize SAML 2.0, but instead uses WS-Federation. Within the enterprise, ADFS can also be utilized to facilitate cross-forest trust in a firewall-friendly manner. ADFS includes support for a SAML 1.1-based token, but not the SAML protocol.
Interoperability between WS-Federation and SAML-based environments is provided within some federation products. Many federation products can also bridge the gap between the other standards available in the marketplace and provide interoperability between WS-Federation, SAML 1.x, Liberty and SAML 2.0 federation systems.
While federation technologies do a good job of providing Web SSO, some challenges remain.
First, the negotiation of the legal federation agreements between organizations can be complicated due to liability and trust issues. Some of the difficulty with business agreements can be attributed to the industry's lack of experience with this process. But over time, these agreements will become easier. Moreover, the increase in industry marketplaces that leverage federation will help provide all implementers with more real-world examples.
While federation can facilitate user authentication, most service provider Web applications require the creation or mapping of a known user account.
Lastly, PKI permeates federation, as it is the default mechanism to establish technical trust between the identity provider and the service provider. Compared to other PKI models, federation has a simpler approach since digital certificates are not issued to users. Rather, certificates are issued to the federation components, like the identity provider and, potentially, the service provider. Organiza-tions must pay close attention to the certificates' expiration date, or risk interrupting user access to Web resources. Other challenges with PKI exist (for example, secure key storage and trust hierarchies)
--Mark Diodati
Web Access Management
[how it works]
Web access management (WAM) systems provide SSO across heterogeneous Web applications and are a staple in most large enterprises. Unlike eSSO systems, WAM systems typically do not replay usernames and passwords into Web applications; they go beyond eSSO by providing authorization controls to Web resources. WAM systems do not have clients, per se, since access to resources is via the Web browser.
In most cases, the user authenticates once when accessing a resource protected by the WAM system. The WAM issues the browser a cryptographically protected cookie, which maintains authentication state across Web applications protected by the WAM system. The two principal benefits of WAM systems are Web single sign-on and externalization of Web application security. Security externalization typically results in simpler policy maintenance, since authorization and authentication are not maintained within every Web application. Security externalization can also result in improved compliance, as the organization has a holistic view of Web application security for those applications under WAM control.
WAM Policy Management
Unlike eSSO systems, WAM systems can usually enforce authorization to applications. The richer policy model comes with a price--the organization generally spends more time creating a WAM policy than an eSSO policy.
When discussing Web access management policies, it's not uncommon to hear the words "roles" and "rules." Organizations can use a combination of roles and rules to build their WAM authorization policies. The use of LDAP groups to determine access is an example of role-based authorization. Rules are used to both provide fine-grained authorization as compared to role-based access, and to limit role proliferation. With rules, an attribute, which is frequently attached to the user object in LDAP, is used in conjunction with regular expressions to determine access. One example of rule-based authorization is, "If the user's accounts payable signing limit is greater than $50,000, the user can approve the payment."
The WAM system can use both roles and rules concurrently to determine access rights. The use of rule-based authorization should be used with great care, as excessive use can complicate the debugging of authorization policy and potentially slow down the performance of the WAM system.
WAM components
Agent: Agents are installed on Web servers and other resources, and are responsible for enforcing authentication and authorization. Some Web applications may have their own internal authorization that cannot be externalized, and in this case, the agent enforces only authentication. Agents can also be proxy-based, to provide authentication and authorization services to resources without a locally installed agent.
Policy Server: The agent takes its cues from the policy server, which dictates how the user should authenticate, and what resources he or she has access to. The policy server usually has a Web-based administrative interface.
Repository: The repository stores information about users and WAM policy. Typically, the repository is an LDAP directory.
Best of Both Worlds
[integrating eSSO and WAM]
It is possible to integrate WAM and eSSO systems. The benefit is SSO to both environments, with a single authentication and robust authorization capabilities for Web applications. In addition, since some WAM systems support federation, an organization can provide SSO to enterprise, Web and federated applications. Organizations can integrate eSSO and WAM via the following methods:
- Use identity management vendors' capabilities to integrate WAM and eSSO. In this case, the eSSO client will typically push its own authentication token into the Web browser as a cookie. When the user visits a Web application protected by the WAM system, the WAM system validates the eSSO authentication cookie, and then issues a WAM authentication cookie. The benefit of this approach is tighter integration of eSSO and WAM policy, and potentially easier management of the user identity.
- Extend the organization's Windows infrastructure to bind the eSSO and WAM systems together. Once the user has authenticated to Windows, he can get SSO to Microsoft Web applications. But, there are some domain trust issues, minimum Web browser requirements and non-Windows Web application issues.
- Leverage the eSSO system's Web authentication capabilities. In this scenario, the eSSO application completes the Web authentication form for the WAM system and transparently logs the user on to the WAM system. This method is generally the least secure because the password is replayed into the Web application. Other methods typically utilize some cryptography to transition the session.
In the Trenches - by Ken Tyminski
A User's Perspective
Single sign-on is about serving customers-- whether they're your employees or paying clients. As a department that provides technology services, it is important to consider the customer experience.
That's easier said than done. To be honest, IT has a hard time understanding what an end user experience is really like. As technologists, technology comes naturally to us, so it's difficult to understand the user frustration and despair.
When I was CISO at a large financial services company, we rolled out an SSO solution to 10,000 remote users a few years ago. Our field force had reached the point where they were using 15 to 25 applications, most of them in disconnected mode with different sign-on requirements. There were not many SSO solutions available that would meet our requirements. After evaluating several, we selected the v-Go Sign-On from Passlogix. It was an easy sell to the business unit CIO, as she was able to clearly see the potential of improved productivity. It was hard to measure ROI, but it was self-evident.
Creating an SSO environment turned out to be a process that needed to evolve in phases. First we started with the applications that would get us the most bang for the buck and then implemented other applications over time.
Lessons learned: Communication is critical. In users' minds, change is always more painful than the status quo. One of the smartest things we did was pre-populate their information so they couldn't wander too far astray. I would also recommend rolling out SSO in phases. Take a few applications that are meaningful and get them up and running. Don't overwhelm users with change.
In the end, we met our goal of improved customer satisfaction. Our users loved it, and we saw a dramatic reduction in the number of help desk calls for password/sign-on related issues.
Ken Tyminski is a former CISO for a large financial services organization.
How to avoid implementation snafus
[six recommendations to help a rollout go smoothly]
- Consider eSSO systems that play nice with your identity management environment. eSSO applications that interact with the existing identity management infrastructure will save time and money. For example, eSSO applications that store information in a LDAP directory can be easier to manage, particularly if the user's wallet is stored as an attribute of the user object. eSSO systems with provisioning interface enable organizations to manage the eSSO system from the provisioning system, minimizing administrative overhead throughout the user identity lifecycle.
- Test the eSSO system thoroughly. eSSO deployment horror stories are legendary; the organization kicks the eSSO system tires, but does not examine all the target applications in its environment. During deployment, several (or dozens) of applications are found to not work with the eSSO system, or require months of custom programming. Some target applications are inherently difficult for eSSO systems, particularly Java Swing applications.
- Integrate WAM and eSSO systems. If you have WAM and eSSO systems, consider integrating them. In doing so, your users get SSO to both desktop and Web applications, and potentially SSO to federated applications at your partner sites. You also get the authorization capabilities that the WAM system can deliver, which can improve overall security and compliance.
- Use stronger authentication. Stronger authentication can reduce security risks. Many vendors have integrated stronger authentication capabilities in their eSSO systems, and most WAM systems work with one-time passwords (OTP) and smart cards (via certificate). Organiza-tions must still address residual eSSO target application password risks with appropriate network security and anti-malware controls.
- Obfuscate eSSO target application passwords. Most eSSO systems can obfuscate the target application password and negotiate the password change with the target system. Provisioning system can obfuscate passwords and update both the target application and the eSSO wallet.
- Accelerate eSSO target application password aging. If the password can be obfuscated, it can be changed more frequently. While password aging policies vary, few organizations force users to change passwords more frequently than 30 days due to the associated user burden. If the organization can change the password more frequently without impacting the user, then the security of the target applications gets better.
If implemented properly, eSSO and WAM systems can improve usability and compliance. Each system has different benefits, and can be integrated to provide enhanced SSO and authorization. While preparing for an SSO project may take some planning and time, it is one of the few applications where the benefits are readily apparent to the user.
"We now have more than 50 applications supported with SSO," says Enterprise Bank & Trust's Siress. "We're really excited by our progress, and the acceptance is there." At Geisinger Health System, 60,000 patients have signed up for the Web-based service, and another 700 are signing up per week, says Young. In the meantime, Good Samaritan Hospital has significantly reduced the time to log in to various applications "Our nurses have told us, 'Don't you dare take this away,'" laughs Christian.
Now that's customer satisfaction.
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200 g Ricotta cheese
1 handful of grated Parmesan cheese
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1 pinch nutmeg
salt and pepper
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Lightly grease an ovenproof dish. Pour over some of the white sauce. Lay the cannelloni on top of the white sauce. Pour over the remaining (bigger half) of the white sauce. Sprinkle over with 3 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese and cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes. The topping should be lightly golden when cooked. Decorate the dish with a few basil leaves. Serve hot.
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Certain headlines seem to re-appear in one form or another on a regular basis, such as "North Korea Threatens Military Action" or "Myanmar Junta Tightens Grip." A leading example from the world of trade is, "Congress Weighs Export Control Reform."
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