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Cockney Rebel
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The Cockney Rebels are a political and paramilitary group which has been waging a campaign of secession againt the predominant Estuary English group who have settled their traditional homelands. Their main aim is push this group, the Mockneys, back into their original Suffolk and Essex heartlands.
The Rebels have a number of additional demands, which include:
- Total cessation of faux-London accents within Guy Ritchie films.
- Official recognition that Jamie Oliver is indeed "a kant".
- Provision of Cockney Rhyming Dictionaries for all comprehensive schools in the UK.
- Recognition of "Sortin' You Aht" as a valid sport by the International Olympics Committee.
Formed in the early 1970s by revolutionary leader Steve Harley. Mr Harley had been a Cause Célèbre when he killed a Mr Soft in an unprovoked attack. He later said of the incident "I just went Psychomodo. Somebody called me Sebastian, and I just lashed out." Steve Harley spent two years in Wandsworth Prison, which he described as a "Human Menagerie".
During his sojourn in prison, Steven Harley developed an interest in both his native culture and politics, setting up the Cockney Sliming Gang in 1973. He stood as the Candidate for Bethnal Green during the election of 1974, and secured his release later that same year.
His focus remained firmly political until 1977. The events which led to a change in focus, and directly to the birth of the Cockney Rebels, revolve around the death of Harley's good friend and fellow Londoner, Marc Bolan. His murder at the hands of the Mockney Group's femme fatale Minnie Driver, has been cited as the primary reason for the emergence of the Cockney Rebels.
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In an interview made in 1997 the founding father and leader of the Mockney Group, Dick Van Dyke stated "Wha' y'gunna do abou' i'?", when asked about recent attacks by the Cockney Rebels. Within two weeks his bloated remains were recovered from the Thames, where it was reported that a chimneysweeps brush had been inserted into his rectum (although that is not confirmed as the cause of his death).
Clashes continued between the Rebels and Mockney forces, often under the pretence of Football Hooliganism. In 2001 Cockney Rebel insurgents invaded South Kensington, and further attacks have resulted in pushing the Mockneys as far as Chelsea.
The Cockney Rebels' inclusion by the Labour Party's current leader Jesus Christ in the Anaphylaxis of Evil caused controversy after he claimed that the Mockneys are suffering from ethnic persecution. The Cockneys called this claim "rabbish" and said that Mockneys "are abaht as fackin' East Lahndan as that geezah off..." - a statement which, because of the Cockney's short attention span and lack of brain cells, remained tragically unfinished.
The 2004 Cockney Rebel propaganda film The Football Factory, which featured Danny Dyer getting floored at least thirty-four times, was given the Seal Of Approval by Prince Philip for its candid depiction of the working classes knocking the shit out of each other. In his statement accompanying the award he said, "It has always been a great pastime of mine to squeeze as much blood out of the serfs and peasants as I can, and I welcome this valiant attempt to save me some of the trouble."
Shortly after this Steve Harley was arrested again for attempted rape after he visited upon the Prince in his Kensington home to politely thank him for the support. Prince Philip was said to be "aroused" by his ordeal.


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From soothing sunburns to fixing cracked china, milk does more than just a body good. Networx looks at 11 "nifty" uses for milk, including:
- Thaw frozen fish in a milk bath. Milk acts as a natural moisturizer to restore hydration and flavor back to frozen fish. Real Simple magazine suggests leaving a submerged piece of frozen fish in a milk bath in the refrigerator for 24 hours. One commenter suggests that it works on frozen scallops, too.
- Create a milk powder paste for a gentle facial mask. Mix milk powder with enough water to make a paste, gently massage into your face and let it sit for 10 minutes before rinsing, as suggested here.
- Polish tarnished silverware with sour milk. Soak tarnished silverware in sour milk for 30 minutes and wash in soapy water to both polish and brighten the silverware.
- Repair fine china. Put a piece of fine china with a hairline crack in a big pot, cover in milk and simmer the milk for 45 minutes. The proteins in the milk bond with the clay in the china, thus sealing the crack. Some readers of the blog "apartment therapy" warn that it doesn't work with every crack or chip, but "when it does work, the fix is permanent."
- Soothe itchy skin. Combine enough milk powder and water to create a paste that can treat bug bites, sunburns and irritated skin. Yahoo! Shine points that the enzymes in the milk powder help neutralize insect-bite venom and can relieve sunburn pain. Milk powder can also be added to pulverized oatmeal, corn starch and baking powder for a chicken pox-easing oatmeal milk bath.
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- Cool a spicy mouth. The "Mythbusters" even busted the myth that water or beer worked as well as milk when it comes to soothing a burning mouth after eating spicy food. Thanks to casein, a fat-loving compound found in milk, the spicy capsaicin oil found in chilies binds with the casein to lessen the burning pain.
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Charles Emery Rosendahl was born on May 15, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Oscar and Johanna Rosendahl, née Johnson.
Throughout the First World War he served on a number of cruisers both in the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean in the latter theater to escort troop convoy ships. Six month before the Armistice, Rosendahl reported to duty at a Fuel Oil Testing Plant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then became an Engineering Officer on various destroyers in that function until he was detached on July 30, 1919. He received his designation as Naval Aviator for Airships in November of 1924 and was a navigator on the USS Shenandoah at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey.
He held the rank of a Lieutenant Commander on navigation watch when the Shenandoah crashed because of a storm near Ava, Ohio in September 1925. With six of the surviving crewmen, Rosendahl was able to land the forward section of the dirigible safely on the ground. In 1926, Rosendahl was Executive Officer and later became Commanding Officer on the USS Los Angeles. In the second half of that year, Rosendahl assumed additional duties in the preparation of the World Flight of the Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst as a U.S. Naval Observer and also being a guest of Captain Hugo Eckener. In June 11, 1934 Rosendahl assumed command of the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey. During that time he continued being a U.S. Naval Observer on board the Hindenburg flying in the Atlantic Ocean. The Naval Air Station was under his command, when the Hindenburg fatally crashed over Lakehurst on May 6, 1937.
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Trust. It's the hardest thing to do in a relationship, especially if you have been betrayed. Now imagine if that betrayer is your god.
That's how Christian singer/songwriter Jeremy Camp felt when his wife, Melissa, died of cancer at age 21, just four months after their marriage in 2000.
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That was 11 years ago, a long arduous journey that has taken Camp full circle. He's now married to Adrienne Liesching, with two little girls – Arie, 5, and Isabella, 7 – and a little boy on the way in August. His career is on the fast track, with four RIAA gold albums, 22 No. 1 radio hits, along with being named Billboard's No. 3 Christian Artist of the Decade (2000s).
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Rodgers, who made the switch from the Liberty Stadium to Anfield to replace Kenny Dalglish this summer, confirmed his interest in the Welsh international after admitting he is also interested in Fulham's Clint Dempsey.
Allen signed a four-year deal with Swansea last year but Rodgers is keen to bring him to the north west.
Rodgers said: "I have a great relationship with Swansea but if there is a market for any of the players, I would like to be in that market.
"They respect that. He is a very talented player, which everyone knows but there is nothing more at the moment. When players come to a club such as Liverpool, it's never straightforward.
"There are always other barriers and difficulties. At this moment, there are ongoing negotiations on a few targets."
Rodgers has already signed former Swansea striker Fabio Borini in a £10 million deal with Roma and is keen to wrap up some more early business.
Rodgers said: "We hope we're close to some deals. I need to evaluate the players we have and assess the squad and bring some in to bring freshness to the group.
"As a manager you want them in sooner rather than later but the main thing is to get them in before the beginning of the season. If we do that, our job will be done."


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Jacinda at Prudent Baby shared this re-use of an empty wine rack a while back. The rainbow of yarn colors is absolutely gorgeous, and I'd definitely want my crocheting chair and lamp nearby, so I could contemplate future projects while working on current ones.
I couldn't help but chuckle at the last line of Jacinda's post – haven't we all been here?
"Of course, as soon as I finished my happy little display I found another GIANT tub of yarn. I have a vice, y'all and it isn't wine."
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Ways you don't want your body found
Thank you, M!
14 comments:
- Mingle said...
Ummmm...That sounds like questionable circumstances to me...He asked people to tie him up and then told them to leave? Wait, maybe I'd rather not know the answer to that.
I like the puns people made in the comments though, as horrible as it sounds :P
- July 13, 2011 at 9:51 PM
- Thatgirl said...
How traumitizing for the teenager that found him! Yikes! :-O
- July 13, 2011 at 10:29 PM
- bobbie said...
Dear lord in heaven!!!
- July 13, 2011 at 10:56 PM
- terri c said...
I think the headline is as bizarre as the rest of the story!
- July 13, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Don't you hate it when they use a generic term like "sex toy" and leave it to your imagination whether it was a dildo or a vibrator or a butt plug or a rubber fist or a fleshlight or a string of anal beads or an inflatable Tiger Woods doll or a Tickle Me Elmo or...?
- July 14, 2011 at 7:19 AM
Cleveland, huh? Now, if it had happened 40 years ago while the Cuyahoga was burning and he was found in a shack by the river . . . yeah - stuff like this does tend to overshadow ones' lifetime achievements.
- July 14, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- Just a little snarky said...
Lol. Did anyone read the comments on the article. Hilarious.
"The death seems a bit GRIZZLY."
- July 14, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- Packer said...
Weirdness has taken on a life of its own.
- July 14, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Sounds like Mazzola needed some Crisco.
- July 14, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- Officer Cynical said...
My first question as investigator: How do the bears figure into this?
- July 14, 2011 at 9:24 AM
I guess he was hung like a bear.
- July 14, 2011 at 9:27 AM
He asked to be tied up like that, okay. But tied up and left ALONE? Riiiiight. Maybe he couldn't say the safe word because his mouth was full.
Something's very fishy about this.
- July 14, 2011 at 2:14 PM
- Chris said...
Assistant. Murderer.
Tomato, tomahto.
The fact that he was left alone is kind of important here, don't ya think?
- July 14, 2011 at 2:44 PM
"What's that you said? Nope, the safe word isn't mmprrrhhfmmn, try again!"
- July 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM


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Happy Halloween to you all! Halloween customs originated from Celtic Harvest Festival. People in the United States and other countries celebrate Halloween on 31st October the eve before the Christian sacred days of All Hallows Day and Reformation Day of Western Christian. The Halloween is also known as All Hallows Eve, Allhalloween, or All Saints Eve. The Halloween means the evening before All Hallows Day. The Allhallowtide is a three-day ceremony, and the day is dedicated to remembering the dead, including martyrs, saints and all those close ones departed.
Halloween started as a celebration of Samhain. The ancient Celtic belief in Britain and other areas of Europe use to celebrate this festival. These ancient Celts used to believe that in the month of October the day before November 1st, the wall between the human world and the ghosts world or spirit world get really thin. Gradually, the event of Samhain was Christianized as Halloween. However, some reports show that the Halloween has started independently as a Christian holiday.
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Halloween, initiated by the pre-Christian community, and they celebrated the Celtic festival of Samhain that was celebrated on 31st October, and these Celts lived over 2,000 years ago in the regions, now it is known as the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Northern France. They believed that on this Samhain day the dead people return to the earth. On Halloween day some Christians will not eat meat, and they also avoid eating certain foods on this day, including potato pancakes, apples, and soul cakes.
Halloween is a festival of fun for kids as it includes activities like trick-or-treating, Halloween costume parties, lighting bonfires, carving pumpkins and making jack-o-lanterns, playing pranks, divination games, apple bobbing, telling scary stories, visiting haunted attractions, and watching horror movies. In various parts of the globe, the Christians observance of All Hallows Eve includes attending services at the church and visiting the graves of the dead and lighting candles; it is continuing still but, in some places, the festival has become more secular and commercial. Halloween has become the favorite festival among young as well as old people. Enjoy Halloween every year on Octobers 31st.


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BILL O'REILLY: 'American Graffiti' 40 years later
On Saturday nights at my house, I often trot out classic movies and force the urchins to watch them. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but I think it's important to teach kids about American culture, and films certainly are a big part of it. Actors like John Wayne, Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn are worth seeing and remembering.
So, the other night I trotted out "American Graffiti," a film released 40 years ago. The movie was directed by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas and chronicles one night in the lives of some California teenagers in the year 1962.
The first thing the kids noticed was Harrison Ford playing a young hood driving a hot rod. That got their attention. The movie features other great actors such as Richard Dreyfuss and Charles Martin Smith, along with Ron Howard and Cindy Williams, who turned the "Graffiti" success into the television hits "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley."
About 20 minutes into the movie, which is heavy on dialogue and light on explosions, the urchins pulled out their iPads and began typing away. Dismay enveloped me.
"So you don't like this?" I asked the 14-year-old.
"It's OK. I'm listening."
"But you're playing with that machine!"
"I can multitask!"
A few minutes later, the 10-year-old demanded popcorn. I told him we'd get some halfway through the flick.
"Do they ever get out of the cars?" the urchin wailed.
"That's the culture in California. They cruise around in cars, listening to the radio."
"But there are so many cars!"
I was losing them.
So I paused the movie and brought in snacks. I demanded they shut off the machines while eating.
"Why?" the 14-year-old asked.
"Because you can't text, eat and watch a movie at the same time."
"Yes, I can. I always do that."
"They're still in cars," the 8-year-old said.
We got through the movie, but just barely. Their interest peaked when The Pharaohs, a gang of juvenile delinquents, forced Dreyfuss to vandalize a police car. Finally, some destruction!
After "American Graffiti" concluded, I asked for their reviews. I got them while their heads were down looking at their iPads.
The consensus: It was OK. Too many cars.
These days, the machines and awful films that blow things up every 10 seconds are delivering heavy blows to American culture. The graffiti is on the wall. The attention spans of young people average about 30 seconds. Baseball? Forget it. Chess? Are you kidding me?
We live in a time where machines that deliver instant gratification rule. But I will continue to fight the cyberspace power. Coming attraction: Hitchcock's "The Birds."
Let the texting begin.
Veteran TV news anchor Bill O'Reilly is host of the Fox News show "The O'Reilly Factor" and author of many books, including the newly released "Killing Jesus."


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South Boston rooftop farm raising its first crops
It is more than an acre of prime real estate on the Boston waterfront, with sweeping city views and a nice, if sometimes strong, sea breeze. But instead of luxury condos, this development has 25 tons of dirt, sprouting tomatoes, basil, and arugula as the city's first rooftop farm finally takes root.
After three years of planning, the Higher Ground Farm planted its first crop in July atop the Boston Design Center in the city's shipping terminal in South Boston. For now, farmers Courtney Hennessey and John Stoddard are growing crops on a portion of the roof, using 1,400 milk crates as planters, until next spring, when they expect to have a more developed system that will resemble a long, unbroken farm field.
"I'm looking at what it is now, and just imagining the potential," Stoddard said as he surveyed the vast expanse of roof space. "I'm excited for what it's going to be."
At full build-out, the Higher Ground Farm will be 55,000 square feet, which would make it the nation's second-largest rooftop farm using soil, after the two-and-a-half-acre Brooklyn Grange in New York City. Hennessey and Stoddard have gotten this far with minimal money — they raised $25,000 through a Kickstarter campaign — but still need another $250,000 to finance the larger farm.
Then there was the permitting system. Because Boston regulations essentially prohibit rooftop farms, Hennessey and Stoddard had to undergo a laborious process to win variances from the city, and get permission for such elements as the irrigation system. Now the Boston Redevelopment Authority is going through a rezoning process to allow more urban agriculture projects that would include rooftop farms.
"They've gone through so many obstacles to get where they are today," said Mark Winterer, director of operations at Recover Green Roofs in Somerville, which is building the roof system for Higher Ground. "They've really been resilient."
Hennessey and Stoddard have been friends for about 15 years, and after working in both the food and farming industries, decided to go into business together creating a sustainable, local food source. Stoddard has advised on food sustainability in both the health care and restaurant industries; Hennessey has restaurant management and commercial and urban farming experience.
"That's why we work well as a team," Stoddard said. "We don't have that learning curve."
Even so, the pair is already looking back on the delays as a blessing in disguise, with the much smaller plot serving as a convenient testing period to get the business off the ground.
"Can you imagine if we started with the whole thing?" said Hennessey. "However stressful it was to decide to do the pilot project, it would've been really overwhelming to do it all at once."
Their first harvest is expected in two or three weeks, when the arugula will be ready, with the tomatoes coming in in late September. So far, Higher Ground has signed up several neighborhood restaurants and markets, such as Tavern Road and American Provisions, as customers, and is recruiting more among the Innovation District's busy nightlife scene.
Depending on the yield, Hennessey said she expects Higher Ground to make about $5,000 to $7,000 from this first crop. Once the larger planting system is in place, they expect to start a Community Supported Agriculture farm share program and open a farm stand outside the Design Center.
Founded in 2009, Recover Green Roofs works with commercial and residential clients to create rooftop farms, as well as creating green spaces on roofs for schools and homes. The company created the complex planting-and-drainage system for the 17,000-square-foot rooftop farm at the Whole Foods in Lynnfield, which is scheduled to open soon.
The rooftop system for Higher Ground, meanwhile, is a combination of a "built-in- place" system — the part of the farm that will stay put year-round — and a modular system of planters, which can move around on the roof, depending on snowdrifts. The 40-pound milk-crate planters, for example, will be relocated to the perimeter, while the built-in-place system takes up the bulk of the roof.
The two-pronged approach is important in such a large space, when structural issues come into play. Before a speck of dirt made its way to the farm, structural engineers evaluated the Design Center, suggesting how Recover should tweak its design so the roof would not cave in when Higher Ground added tons of soil and plants. Another layer of structural support will be added to the roof in the coming months, as well as a waterproof membrane and drainage system.
So far, farming is not the sole occupation for either Hennessey or Stoddard, even though they have been spending 10-hour days working the crops. Each has another job: Stoddard at a nonprofit, Hennessey as a bartender.
"I'm definitely feeling overworked, but I'm happy," Stoddard said. "It's all worth it to see it coming together."


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He arrived at the emergency room diaphoretic, hypotensive, and with substernal chest pressure. The patient was brought immediately to an emergency room care area and a stat EKG disclosed classic ST segment elevation in the inferior leads. The cath lab team was immediately summoned as the ER team worked to stabilize the patient. Within minutes, the attending cardiologist was on the scene, reviewed the EKG, examined the patient, and explained to the hoardes of family members with the patient what was taking place. In the interest of being expeditious with his consent process as the team was arriving to take the patient to the cath lab, the attending said:
"There is a 1% risk that anything bad that you can think of could happen with this procedure. If you'd like me to detail those things, I can."
The patient didn't want to hear, and off to the cath lab they went to open the patient's occluded right coronary artery to great relief of the patient and family.
Later, in follow-up, the attending cardiologist was making rounds and asked the patient his occupation.
"I'm a malpractice attorney."
Smiling, the cardiologist immediately asked, "How was my consent?"
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How To Simplify Consents
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Dr. Wes,
Hope you get a chance to read the newest lies from the NYT.
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- Jim said...
Great post! It's always interesting to hear it from the patients view!
- Sun Jun 09, 09:50:00 PM CDT
- Sandra Dotch said...
Awesome story! I feel it's always important for a doctor to know the proper but easy way to get a consent I've heard a lot of stories about malpractice lawsuits over improper consents.
- Mon Jun 10, 09:31:00 PM CDT
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Jakob Hermann
Born: 16 July 1678 in Basel, Switzerland
Died: 11 July 1733 in Basel, Switzerland
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Jakob Hermann's father was German Hermann, the headmaster of a school in Basel and the author, with Balthasar Kisselbach, of Assertiones mathematicae ex universa mathesi desumptae Ⓣ (1664). Jakob, who had a sister Salome born in 1682, was a second cousin of Leonhard Euler's mother. He studied philosophy at the University of Basel but spent a large portion of his time studying mathematics. He received his first degree in 1695 and defended a dissertation on infinite series for a Master's Degree in the following year. Hermann was taught mathematics by Jacob Bernoulli who, at that time, was working on infinite series. Jacob Bernoulli had a number of pupils at the University of Basel, the first being Paul Euler (1670-1745) who studied theology but also studied mathematics. Paul Euler became a pastor in the Reformed Church and was the father of Leonhard Euler. Jacob Bernoulli divided up his work on infinite series into a number of dissertations and these were defended by his students for their Master's Degrees. Four of these students were Johann Jacob Fritz, who defended his dissertation on series in 1689, Hieronymus Beck who defended his thesis in 1692, Jakob Hermann who, as we noted above, defended his dissertation in 1696, and Nicolaus Harscher who defended his thesis on series in 1698. Slightly later, Nicolaus Bernoulli, a nephew of Jacob Bernoulli, also studied with his uncle and defended a dissertation on infinite series in 1704. It was Jakob Hermann, however, who Jacob Bernoulli considered was the best of his students and he was assigned Theses 36-46 which he defended under the title Positiones arithmeticae de seriebus infinitis earumque summa finita Ⓣ.
Leibniz had published his ideas on the differential calculus in 1884 and, two years later, his ideas on the integral calculus. Bernhardt Nieuwentijt (1654-1718) was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician who was highly critical of Leibniz's differential and integral calculus and, in 1696, he published Considerationes secundae Ⓣ in which [16]:-
... he argues that there are no gradations in the infinite. The rules of calculating with finite quantities cannot simply be applied to infinite quantities as well. The infinite is by definition the greatest quantity.Basically, Nieuwentijt argues that if a quantity becomes infinitely small, he cannot see that anything remains. Hermann answered Nieuwentijt's criticisms in Responsio ad clarissimi viri Beruh. Nieuwentiit considerationes secundas circa calculi differentialis princip Ⓣ (1700). In this work he answers each of Nieuwentijt's criticisms, in particular arguing that there are gradations in the infinite. In 1701 Hermann became a member of the Berlin Academy of Science, his election being very much due to support from Leibniz who was delighted to see the clarity with which he had defended the infinitesimal calculus. Despite all this mathematical activity, Hermann officially studied theology after taking his Master's degree and he took his final theology examinations in 1701. It was through Jacob Bernoulli that Hermann had become friendly with Leibniz and, following the death of Jacob Bernoulli in 1705, Leibniz asked Hermann to write an obituary notice for Acta Eruditorum.
Leibniz was in Italy in 1689-90 and had met Michelangelo Fardella in Venice. When the chair of mathematics in Padua became vacant, Leibniz wrote to Fardella, who taught in Padua from 1693 to 1709, on 7 December 1704 giving a high opinion of Hermann's abilities. Because of the strong recommendation, Hermann was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua on 28 April 1707. He travelled to Veneto where he spent the summer, arriving in Padua at the beginning of August. As soon as he was in Italy he began to make contacts with other Italian scientists such as Bernardino Zendrini (1679-1747) [3]:-
One of the ways in which Hermann made the Leibnizian calculus known in Italy while he was in Padua was through frequent exchanges, by letter and in person, with Italian mathematicians, scientists, diplomats and scholars.In fact he frequently corresponded with Zendrini until 1716, and many others including Guido Grandi and Jacopo Riccati. He lectured on mechanics in November 1708 and in December of that year he wrote to Grandi giving him a detailed explanation of how to use Leibniz's calculus to deduce the differential equation of the logarithm function. Hermann, who also kept in frequent contact with Johann Bernoulli, published five articles on the inverse problems of central forces between 1710 and 1713 [3]:-
In pursuit of his ambition to promote mathematical research in Italy while he was in Padua, Hermann decided to publish the results he had obtained on the central forces in Italian. This was one of the most topical subjects in the scientific literature of the time, with Newton, Bernoulli and Varignon all studying it, which is why Hermann gladly accepted the invitation of his friend and colleague Antonio Vallisneri, who, "because of his ardent desire to see the deeper sciences promoted", urged him to contribute to the Journal he had just founded with Scipione Maffei and Apostolo Zeno - the Giornale de' Letterati d'Italia.In fact, while in Padua, Hermann lectured on the standard topics of the day, namely classical geometry, mechanics, optics, hydraulics, and gnomonics. However, his work with other scientists was almost entirely devoted to understanding, developing and applying methods in the infinitesimal calculus. It was while he was in Padua that Hermann did most of the work on his most famous book, the Phoronomia Ⓣ, which is a text on mechanics. Although he began writing the book in 1709, it was not published until 1716, three years after he left Italy, and we will delay a discussion of the contents of this important work until a little later in this biography.
Hermann held his post in Padua until his contract expired on 28 April 1713. While in Padua he had asked Leibniz's advice about moving to a university in another country and Leibniz had suggested a position in Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, but advised Hermann to see out the six year contract he had signed with Padua. Although he had a very successful career in Italy, Hermann seems to have found the fact that he was a Protestant in a Roman Catholic country somewhat difficult and, of course, Germany presented a religious environment much more to his liking. After leaving Padua in April, he went to Vicenza where he lived at the home of Giovanni Checozzi (1691-1756) and Sebastiano Checozzi (1693-1719) until June, after which he went first to Basel and subsequently to Frankfurt-an-der-Oder to take up his new appointment. He spent eleven years in Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, again a position which, as we have explained, was largely due to Leibniz's recommendation. But in 1724 Peter the Great called him to Russia to found, together with a number of others, the St Petersburg Scientific Academy. He went to Russia in 1725, meeting Christian Goldbach in Königsberg while on the journey, and held a chair of higher mathematics in the St Petersburg Academy until 1731. He lived at the court of Peter the Great's successors, Catherine and Peter II. While in St Petersburg, Hermann gave tuition in mathematics to Peter the Great's grandson, Peter Aleksevevich who was crowned Peter II in 1727. Hermann worked on trajectory problems, algebraically squarable curves, and attraction; results on all of these topics he published in papers while in St Petersburg. He also worked on the textbook Abrégé des mathématiques Ⓣ (1728-1730), writing the first volume, Arithmetic and Geometry, and the third volume on Military Fortifications.
In 1726, the St Petersburg Academy began to publish a journal under the title Commentarii Academiae Petropolitanae Ⓣ. The journal was launched with an article by Hermann taking pride of place. Leonhard Euler arrived at the Academy in 1727. This was a difficult time since, following the death of Catherine, Peter II had become tsar at the age of twelve. There was political turmoil which had a serious affect on the work of the Academy which was close to collapse. Hermann worked at the Academy through these difficult years until, with the death of Peter II in 1730, the political situation stabilised. He had wanted to return to Basel, however, and had been appointed to the chair of ethic and natural law there in 1727. He had a substitute carry out the duties involved until his contract in St Petersburg came to an end in 1731 at which time he returned to Basel to take up the chair he had formally held for four years. He had hoped that a chair of mathematics would become vacant in Basel before his contract at the St Petersburg Academy came to an end but this did not happen.
Hermann worked in mechanics and studied the 'inverse problem' where one has to determine the orbit from a knowledge of the law of force. He proposed the term 'phoronomia' in 1716 for the topic which was sometimes called 'rational mechanics' and is now called 'theoretical mechanics'. This appears in the title of his important book Phoronomia, sive de viribus et motibus corporum solidorum et fluidorum libri duo Ⓣ (1716). In [6] Hermann's contribution to dynamics is described in these terms:-
He belonged to the Basel school headed by the Bernoullis and, sharing their methodology, made important contributions to the analytical treatment of dynamics. However, he also leaned towards Newton and, on many occasions, preferred to deal with dynamical problems in terms of geometry.The Phoronomia [6]:-
... is devoted to the dynamics of solid and fluid bodies and covers many problems dealt with by Newton in the first two books of the 'Principia'. In the preface, Hermann declares his intention of adhering to geometrical methods, since these seem to him more suitable for beginners. However, his knowledge of calculus is evident in the way in which he deals with infinitesimals. Hermann's 'Phoronomia' is indeed representative of the process of transition that transformed dynamics in the first decades of the 18th century.An example of Hermann's approach is illustrated by looking at how he proved Kepler's area law. This had been proved by Newton in the Principia by using an intuitive limiting geometrical process. Hermann, however, gave a proof in the Phoronomia in terms of differentials. Although his notation was rather different from modern notation, and not particularly easy to understand, Hermann reworked the same ideas into a notation which is essentially that used today and sent his new version of the proof to John Keill who published it in Journal litéraire in 1717.
In [7] another important innovation in Phoronomia is discussed:-
The beginning of the kinetic theory of gases is usually assigned to the year 1738, when Daniel Bernoulli's 'Hydrodynamica' appeared at Strasbourg. The famous tenth section of this book pursued some of the consequences of the assumption that 'elastic fluids' consist of innumerable tiny particles in rapid motion. [However an] earlier attempt dates from 1716, and is to be found in the 'Phoronomia' of Bernouilli's compatriot Jacob Hermann. .... For us the importance of Hermann's chapter XXIV is that it is, as far as I know, the first attempt to deal mathematically with the relations between heat and motion. The intuition that the speed of the particles must be squared is especially noteworthy, but perhaps not more so than the assumption that their speeds will not all be the same, so that an average must be taken.Hermann's geometrical contributions are discussed in [9]:-
Hermann discussed such topics as finding the radius of curvature and normals to plane curves; the division of an angle or an arc of a circumference into n parts, by the use of an infinite series; orthogonal trajectories for a given family of curves, by the use of differential equations; and the use of polar coordinates in the analysis of plane curves other than spirals. In his work on curves in space, Hermann discusses the spherical epicycloid; the problem of finding the shortest distance between two points on a given surface; and the equations and properties of various surfaces from the point of view of analytic geometry of three dimensions.In 1708 Hermann was elected to the Academy at Bologna and, 1733, to the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris. As to his character, Fellmann writes in [1]:-
Hermann possessed a serious, calm disposition; and through his sympathetic character, objectivity, and learning he won not only the friendship of Leibniz and of Jacob Bernoulli but also the respect of all the leading mathematicians.
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A Basic Guide to Freshwater Fish Stocking
There are many "rules" one might encounter in terms of stocking a fish tank with fish, probably the most common being the "inch of fish per gallon" rule. Others attempt to do a better job by being slightly more complex, such as rules that use the volume or mass of fish or the surface area of the tank rather than the volume of water it contains. In reality, none of these rules address the myriad factors that come into play when stocking your fish tank. Rather than trying to use a simple and easy to remember rule, one is better off considering the factors themselves. In this article I will list some of these factors and explain how they affect your potential stocking list.
Water Parameters
Different fish require different water parameters. All fish can adapt to a range of water parameters but the extent of this range is quite variable. Some fish prefer warmer water (discus) while some prefer much lower temperatures (goldfish). Fish should only be kept in the same tank if they have temperature ranges that overlap. However, if Fish A prefers a temperature of 70-75 and Fish B prefers a temperature of 75-80, both fish can technically live in 75 degree water but both fish are living on the fringes of their comfort zones so it might not be best for either species to keep both in the same tank. pH and hardness are equally as important; some fish prefer soft, acidic water while others prefer hard, alkaline water. Unlike temperature, which can be regulated with a heater, pH and hardness can be difficult to adjust and even more difficult to maintain once adjusted. pH and hardness swings can kill fish just as easily as temperature swings so it is always better to stock your tank around the pH and hardness of your water source than to try to adjust these levels for the fish you want to stock. It is relatively easy to raise pH and hardness because materials like dolomite or limestone can be added to a tank but it is substantially more difficult to lower pH and hardness as doing so often destroys your water's buffering capacity which leads to wild pH swings. For this reason, your local pH and hardness levels are probably the first thing you should consider when selecting fish.
This is what the "inch of fish per gallon" rule attempts to cover. Fish excrete waste, which puts a load on your aquarium's filtration (hence the term bioload). This waste comes both as solids and as ammonia released in your water. Small fish generally have smaller bioloads than larger fish, but that's only a general rule. Growing fish also produce a disproportionately high amount of waste and certain types of fish (cichlids, plecos, goldfish, etc.) produce huge amounts of waste even relative to their sizes. A fish's bioload can be counteracted by larger tank volume, increased filtration capacity or the addition of live plants and water changes can be made more frequent in tanks with a heavy bioload. However, there is a point where the filtration you'd require on a tank and the number of water changes you'd need to do in order to keep nitrate levels low would become simply unwieldy. Also, there are a limited number of places on which beneficial bacteria can live in your tank, so a large enough bioload may actually produce ammonia faster than your bacteria can process it into nitrate, which would be very bad.
Swimming Levels
Fish often have a preferred level of the aquarium in which they swim. Some fish spend most of their time at the top of the tank, others swim about in the middle, others stick to the substrate and others swim where they please. A 20g tank could have ten corydoras catfish and ten lemon tetras and be just fine; replace the tetras with ten more corydoras (which have a similar bioload) and you'd have a very crowded tank floor. Plus, it's nice to have activity at all levels of the tank as it makes the tank look more active.
Many types of fish live in schools or shoals. Keeping them in groups is paramount to keeping them happy and healthy in your aquarium. Characins, most barbs, loaches, rasboras, danios, many catfish (including corydoras and otocinclus), rainbows and certain other fish all need the safety of a school in order to thrive. In species prone to fin nipping, having a larger school size can cut down on nipping behavior directed toward other fish outside the school and can spread out aggression within the group.
Generally, big fish eat little fish. This is true in most cases but especially true in the case of fish that are particularly voracious piscivores. Cichlids, non-suckermouth catfish and many of the ancient fish are prone to eating smaller fish. Angelfish will surely eat neon tetras. Take fish size and predation tendencies into account when making your stocking list.
Some species of fish are territorial with their own kind or similar species. Generally, this behavior increases during spawning. Cichlids, some catfish, many anabantids, puffers and many other fish are generally territorial. Tanks can be set up to provide multiple hiding places with distinct territories and broken sight lines so that multiple territorial fish can be kept in the same tank but there are limits to what territorial fish will tolerate. Sometimes fish will mistake unrelated species for their own kind. For example, male bettas might mistake flashy male guppies for other bettas and provoke an aggressive response even though the fish are distantly related. Also falling under this category are the "fin nippers." Some fish, including some barbs, tetras and most puffers, are notorious for nipping the fins of other fish which can damage them and cause infection. Nipping can be mitigated to a degree, in the schooling species anyway, by increasing the number of fish in the school of nippers. However, keeping fish with long, flowing fins with fish species known for their nipping is almost always a bad idea.
Fish require different types of foods and have different eating tendencies which can clash with one another. For example, fish that are slow to eat may be very difficult to keep with fish that have big appetites and are pushy at mealtimes. If you keep fish that have strict dietary needs but will eat anything presented to them, it's not a good idea to keep them with fish that eat other types of foods. Carnivorous fish should not be kept with mbuna as the the mbuna (which need a vegetable-based diet) will eagerly eat meaty foods intended for the carnivores.
Water Flow and Oxygen Levels
Depending on the body of water in which the fish lives in nature, fish have preferences for varying amounts of water flow. Generally fish from slower-moving water can tolerate lower oxygen levels and dislike lots of current while fish from fast-moving waters need that current and the high levels of dissolved oxygen associated with it.
Substrate Needs
Burrowing fish or fish that root through the substrate for food require a substrate that won't wear on their skin and barbels. Smooth gravel is good; sand is better.
Compatibility with Plants
Not all fish are plant-friendly. Central American cichlids tend to burrow and uproot plants while African rift lake cichlids will munch on them. Other species of herbivorous fish, notably silver dollars, will eat just about any aquarium plants.
General Temperament
Some fish are quite active and playful (zebra danios) while others are much more shy and even skittish (discus). Mixing fish with very different temperaments can stress out the shy fish, leading to illness. Fish that are active swimmers (danios, barbs, rainbows, some tetras, etc.) benefit from having longer tanks so that they can have more room to swim.
Fish Size
For large fish, the adult size of the fish has to be considered. Fish stunting is a topic for another article but generally it's best to keep fish in a tank that can comfortably house them as adults. For large fish, the tank should have enough room for them to easily move. If a fish grows to 18" in length, a tank with a minimum width of 18" is needed (although more is always better). For tall fish like angelfish, which can grow to 10" in height, the vertical dimension of the tank is equally as important.
This seems like a lot of information to process at once but after spending enough time in the hobby one learns to keep these factors at hand when making stocking choices. Additionally, the forums here at TFK are a great resource when it comes to asking questions about fish compatibility and are useful for both beginners and those with lots of experience simply looking for second opinions on fish stocking.
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Hedge Fund Industry Assets to More than Double in 5 Years: Citi Prime Finance Survey
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Author: Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch
Institutions Expected to Increase Hedge Fund Allocations
Hedge Fund Firms Set to Compete Head to Head with Traditional Asset Managers in Regulated Alternative & Long-Only Products
Assets invested with hedge fund firms could more than double by 2016, according to a just-released survey from Citi C +4.31% Prime Finance. The study finds that pension funds, endowments, foundations and other institutional investors are increasingly embracing the risk management and diversification that hedge funds offer, and that hedge funds are developing new products that compete with traditional, long-only managers. These trends could contribute to a sharp rise in hedge fund assets over the next few years.
In the third of its annual market-leading surveys of hedge fund industry trends, the newest, titled Institutional Investment in Hedge Funds: Evolving Investor Portfolio Construction Drives Product Convergence, finds that institutional investors are refocusing allocations based on risk budgets rather than dollar-weighted allocations alone. The survey and its findings and forecasts are the result of more than 80 hours of in-depth interviews with 73 industry participants, including institutional allocators, hedge fund managers, large traditional asset managers, consultants and fund of funds managers. Participants represent $821 billion in assets allocated, managed or under advisement in the hedge fund industry.
"We see a second wave of institutional allocations to hedge fund strategies, as well as new allocations to long-only strategies managed by hedge fund firms," said Sandy Kaul, U.S. Head of Business Advisory Services at Citi Prime Finance, which provides trade execution, financing and business services to many of the world's leading and emerging alternative asset management firms.
The first wave of institutional allocations to alternative investments occurred from 2003 to 2007, when institutions poured more than $1 trillion into the asset class. Investors at that time followed the example of Yale University and other leading endowments that were able to significantly outperform traditional 60 percent equity / 40 percent bond portfolios during the 2000 to 2002 market downturn by incorporating hedge funds and other diversified investments into their portfolios.
"While institutions have been allocating to hedge funds for years, such investments were considered to be on the periphery of core portfolio holdings," said Alan Pace, Head of Citi Prime Finance. "That is no longer the case. Today, with investors more focused on risk alignment within the overall portfolio, hedge fund allocations will play a central role in institutional portfolios in the years ahead."
According to the new survey, global assets invested with hedge fund firms could rise from today's record $2.1 trillion to more than $5 trillion as a result of two emerging trends. First, is the potential for market-leading institutional investors to increase allocations to hedge fund strategies by $1.0 trillion in order to better insulate against risk and to help ensure more diversified portfolios.
Second, the survey revealed a "convergence zone," in which hedge funds and traditional asset managers will increasingly compete head-to-head to offer a broad set of equity and credit strategies. The survey observes that there could be an additional $2.0 trillion in new allocations to hedge fund firms in the form of regulated alternatives and long-only products. Supporting this, the survey found that mature hedge fund firms are leveraging their deep infrastructures and resources towards creating these offerings.
Other key findings of the Citi Prime Finance survey include:
-- Know Your Investor - Hedge funds need to better understand how each institution is using alternative investment strategies. Knowing how to present their funds to most effectively address each type of portfolio configuration is becoming a key requirement for hedge funds.
-- New Opportunities in Unconstrained Long Product -- Traditional asset managers are moving away from strictly benchmarked strategies to offer more unconstrained long products. These lower fee offerings may be the area where hedge funds and traditional asset managers compete most directly for allocations.
-- Changing Role of Intermediaries -- The role of intermediaries, such as consultants and funds of funds, is shifting and hedge fund marketing teams are increasingly utilizing these relationships to promote their funds, raise assets and extend their relationships into the long-only areas of their institutional client organizations.
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This giveaway is now closed and the winners have been notified. (P. Kennedy and R. Smith). If a response isn't received within the required time frame, new winners will be selected. Thanks for participating!
I recently returned from the trip of a lifetime…an all expenses paid trip for my family to Universal Studios Resort and the Loews Portifino Bay resort in Orlando, FL. I'm pinching myself that we were even asked to take part in such a great event.
I want to share a few highlights, in the way of a top 10 list, with you but don't worry. There's something in all this for you too! We're giving away EIGHT 2-day passes, which includes tickets to both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. We are breaking this up into 2 so TWO families have the chance to win 4 2-day passes! Each package of 4 is valued at $539.96. All packages together are valued at $1079.92. The prize is to be used by June 11, 2012, or winner will forfeit prize
Without further ado, here are my top ten highlights (in no particular order) from our trip!
1. Butterbeer
If you are a fan of Harry Potter, you've most likely heard of Butterbeer. Let me tell you this… I can't get this stuff out of my mind. They only sell it in the Harry Potter part of Islands of Adventure and we did have to sneak away quite a few times just so I could get my Butterbeer fix. I may have to go back sooner than later so I can satisfy my craving! I attempted to get the recipe from the chef who created all of the recipes in Harry Potter land, but he wouldn't budge. Darnit!
2. The Rides
Oh my… the rides. I've been known to take the chicken exit a time or two in my life. You would be happy to know that I conquered the two terrifying roller coasters (The Hulk and Hollywood Ripride Rockit) pictured above as well as several others. What I loved about these two parks is there are rides for every age. From the rides at Seuss Landing to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, there is something for every age at Universal Orlando and Islands of Adventure! (I don't know if other parks have this, but these two parks have "child swap" areas for specific rides, where you wait in line and then go into a room with child friendly movies. While one parent rides the other watches the kids and then you "swap" places once the ride is over. So cool!)
3. New Friends
This was the first blogging trip I've been on that included my family and it was such a blast. The kids met new friends, my husband and I met new friends, and it was a fun experience all around! I think one of the best quotes I heard was from one of my sons new buddies when he said "This trip is kind of bad because you make all these great new friends and then we have to leave them." I totally get that. It was so hard to experience this and then to say goodbye when the week was over.
4. Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, Orlando
The most luxurious, family friendly resort I've ever stayed at. Kid friendly, pet friendly, adult friendly… this hotel had it all. Gorgeous pools, incredible plaza area with entertainment, courteous staff and more! If you are planning an Orlando vacation, definitley consider checking out Lowes Portofino Bay Hotel! (The pictures above is the view from our balcony, overlooking other parts of the hotel and the plaza)
Short and sweet, but if you get the opportunity to see their show, go. Incredible and like nothing else I've ever been to!
6. The Food
The food… oh my, the food. From the dinners created by the chef at Loews to what we ate while at Universal and Islands of Adventure to our date night at Margaritaville, we ate some good grub. There is a cocktail recipe I am hoping to snag for you… see that straberry cocktail in the pics above? Soooooo good!
7. Luau Fun
I've never been to a Luau before, so being treated to a luau as part of one of our evening activities was a definite highlight. I left there completely beaming. You know when you have those moments, looking around at your family, and things just seem oh so perfect? That was how I felt that night. Things couldn't be any better. Such a fun experience!
8. Flash Mobs
We had the chance to be live at the Universal Studios press conference where they shared some exciting news. Universal Studios is creating a ride based on the hit kids movie, Despicable Me (one of my favorite movies!) After the announcement, we were all outside and witnessed a Minion Flashmob. It's hard not to smile when you witness a flash mob – especially when minion's are involved. You can find the Minion Flashmob at this link.
9. Welcome Summer
Loews Portofino Bay had a wonderful summer kickoff event on our last evening there. Hula hooping, dancing, cup stacking, bean bag tosses, great food and fun. What a wonderful way to end a most amazing week at Universal Orlando and Loews Portofino Bay hotel.
Before I get to #10, I just want to say a huge thank you to the folks at Universal Orlando and Loews Portofino Bay for including us. We are so grateful to have been a part of this amazing group of bloggers. Our family will remember this trip forever…so many great memories were made. If there is such a thing as vacation perfection, this was it. We wouldn't have changed a thing! Our most sincere thanks!
and now…one of the best parts of our Universal Orlando vacation is…
#10. Sharing it with you!!
As I said before, I am so excited to share this giveaway with you! We're giving away EIGHT 2-day passes, which includes tickets to both Universal Studios Orlando and Islands of Adventure. We are breaking this up into 2 so TWO families have the chance to win 4 2-day passes! Each package of 4 is valued at $539.96. All packages together are valued at $1079.92. The prize is to be used by June 11, 2012, or winner will forfeit prize.
If you are planning a vacation to Orlando, I want you to know that I never thought of Universal Studios as a destination for our vacation. I always considered it as something to tack on to after planning a vacation to other Orlando destinations. We were so busy and had so much fun during our week at Universal…between the hotel pools and entertainment, the two theme parks and the City Walk, we still didn't have time to get everything in. Next time we head to Orlando, our family has voted to make Universal Studios our destination!
To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post telling me about your favorite vacation. Receive an additional entry for each of the following:
- Tweet the following: I just entered to win a family 4-pack of passes to Universal Studios Orlando from @dineanddish & @uornews http://su.pr/86c9Hh (Leave a comment on this post letting me know you tweeted)
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- Leave an extra comment on this post letting me know what your favorite color is – just for fun.
Winner will be chosen via Random.org. Entries must be received by midnight CST on Wednesday, June 1st 2011. Winner will be notified via email on June 2nd and will have 48 hours to respond. If there is no response, another winner will be chosen. Thanks and good luck!!
Universal Studios flew my family and I out to Orlando for an all expenses paid vacation and they are providing the prize pack for the giveaway. All opinions expressed within this post are my own.


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Brett Conrad and the Crimson will host Boston University Sept. 28 (Gil Talbot).
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Harvard goalkeeper Brett Conrad stopped all seven shots he faced, as he led the Crimson men's soccer team to a 0-0 tie at Santa Clara Sunday evening. The Crimson moves to 2-4-1 overall, while the Broncos are now 4-1-3 on the season.
In the 32nd minute, Conrad made back-to-back saves to keep the Broncos off the scoreboard. At 31:28, he stopped a point blank shot by Harrison Hanley, and nine seconds later, Conrad turned aside a chance by Wesley Culver.
In the second stanza, Conrad recorded four saves, including one off a free kick by Brandon Zimmerman at 89:02, sending the game to overtime. In regulation, Santa Clara owned a 15-1 advantage in shots, including a 7-1 margin in shots on goal.
Scott Prozeller fired the only shot on target in the first extra session for either team, but Santa Clara's Kevin Klasila snared the ball as time expired on the first overtime at 100:00.
The Crimson earned one its better chances in the 102nd minute, but Connor McCarthy's shot at 101:28 was blocked in front of the net. Harvard had another quality opportunity at 103:42 as Zack Wolfenzon's header was grabbed by Klasila. Wolfenzon mustered another shot on goal at 105:03, but that ball was also saved by Klasila.
The Broncos led in shots, 18-6, including 7-4 on net, and in corner kicks, 13-2.
The Crimson will return home to host local rival Boston University at the Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m.