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Gotthard Graubner
"Chapeau, mon ami"
May 1969 - May 2009 | 40 Jahre Galerie m
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Galerie m in the seventies
Galerie today
Gotthard Graubner
is dedicating his exhibition "Chapeau, mon ami" to the 40th anniversary of Galerie m Bochum and to its founder, his friend Alexander von Berswordt.
With unerring consistency and impressive intensity Graubner allows color to become an autonomous force in his paintings, continually taking fresh approaches to exploring its qualities and its irrational power to influence us. Released from its servitude as a mere means of representing other things, color is a fundamental pictorial element in Graubner's works, unfolding in manifold rich nuances a fascinating inner life that goes beyond the flat surface of the canvas, radiating out to create its own
color space
. In the course of his investigations, especially during the process of creating his object-like color space bodies, he becomes entangled deeper and deeper in an "adventure, [...] that never ends."(Graubner)
"My pictures compose themselves in the waxing of the light [...]"
Graubner places great importance on light and space in installations of his paintings. In the spacious, light-flooded rooms of Galerie m, he stages a symbiotic dialog between the pictures and the space. The color-saturated plane breathes, and the positioning of the color space bodies in turn makes the whole gallery start to breathe.
Max Imdahl called Graubner's color spaces "sensation spaces." Just how apt this description is can be seen plainly in the color space bodies from the 1980s to today. The cushion paintings with their intense, contrasting color schemes elude the viewer's rational faculties with their color-dominated brand of reality. The inner liveliness of the painterly gesture is further heightened in these works by their volume, making them literally seem to reach out into space. Paint and ground meld to become a tangible
color body
, a "painterly organism." The foam cushion pictures covered in Perlon fabric from the 1960s and 70s are by contrast delicate pictorial objects that harbor the immaterial manifestation of colored light within. Graubner likes to call them
light trampolines.
Graubner's works interact with each other, with the space and with the viewer. The colors pulsate and change – and the artist is still involved today in investigating the "varying effects of color layers."
May 1969 - May 2009 | 40 Years of Galerie m Bochum
For the past 40 years, Galerie m has developed its program in close cooperation with the artists.
Founded in 1969 by Alexander von Berswordt and housed since 1972 in spacious galleries set in the grounds of Haus Weitmar, Galerie m has always set its sights on a progressive program of exhibitions. The gallery has worked closely over the years with artists such as François Morellet, Lee Ufan, Richard Serra, Arnulf Rainer and Gotthard Graubner, to whom it has been indebted since its inception. While in the early days the focus was above all on the New Concrete Art, Susanne Breidenbach also developed an additional specialization in photography in the early1990s: artists including Lucinda Devlin, Thomas Florschuetz, Evelyn Hofer, Dirk Reinartz and Aino Kannisto can be cited in this context.
Susanne Breidenbach has been the owner of Galerie m since 2003. She devotes one of four exhibitions each year to a new artistic position, embracing extremely diverse media. In past years, works by Carla Guagliardi, Sybille Berger, Melanie Manchot, Jan Wawrzyniak and Laura Letinsky have given visitors to the gallery an exciting look at the contemporary art scene.
The gallery is celebrating the occasion
40 years of Galerie m Bochum
with an exhibition trilogy, thus highlighting the art that is at the center of all its activities. The program was kicked off in November with the exhibition
M back to m
, featuring the latest works by François Morellet (France, *1926). A new artist at Galerie m, Peter Wegner (USA, *1963), will be on view from February to May 2009 with a show entitled
. As yet unknown in Europe, Wegner's art carries on the tradition of Concrete Art or Minimalism, but reflects these roots from a certain distance, with Wegner developing completely new artistic formulations.
"Chapeau, mon ami,"
an exhibition mounted by Gotthard Graubner (born 1930 in Erlbach im Vogtland), includes works spanning 40 years. On 15 May we would then like to celebrate our anniversary together with the artist – and with you, the friends of the gallery, collectors, curators and critics – who have accompanied us through the past 40 years!


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Gold's Gym International, Irving, TX, continued with its growth strategy last month as it acquired 11 Spectrum Athletic Clubs in San Antonio.
Gold's declined to offer financial terms of the deal, but during the past two years, Gold's has invested close to $75 million in acquisitions and club improvements, Gold's Gym President Jim Snow tells Club Industry. The growth includes the Gold's Gym Express model, of which seven corporate clubs are open, including the newest one just outside of Austin, TX. Snow says that 10 corporate express clubs are in the letter-of-intent stage and 25 franchise express clubs will close over the next 60 days.
"We're making a lot of progress," Snow says. "We really just turned the express [club] sales back on. We kind of turned it off for a little while so we could really wrap our hands around the express process. We feel like we've nailed it at this point. They're performing at a very high level. We couldn't be more excited about where it's at right now."
In addition to building new gyms, Gold's is seeking to acquire small companies and groups of clubs, although Snow declined to give details on acquisition possibilities.
The Spectrum acquisition makes sense, Snow says, because the systems for both companies are similar and the two companies competed against each other in the San Antonio market.
"So everybody's got a pretty good understanding of what each other's gyms look like," Snow says. "I think everybody's going to be pretty satisfied with the turnover."
The Spectrum clubs will be converted to Gold's over the next 60 to 90 days as signage and branding are completed. Gold's also plans to hire most of the associate base from Spectrum.
El Segundo, CA-based Spectrum Athletic Clubs, which is owned by private equity firm Brentwood Associates, Los Angeles, will continue to operate its 12 clubs in Southern California. The two companies did not discuss a sale of Spectrum's Southern California clubs, Snow says, adding that Gold's has no interest in those clubs at this time.
Spectrum CEO Bud Rockhill did not return messages seeking comment, but he did tell the Los Angeles Times last month that the San Antonio market was becoming saturated and had limited potential for growth.
"This transaction has only a positive impact on our clubs in California," Rockhill told the Times.
One source tells Club Industry that it makes sense for Gold's to acquire the San Antonio Spectrum clubs, saying, "It's a hand-in-glove fit for them. It's a great opportunity for them to expand their brand in Texas where they're very strong. Those are a really nice set of clubs there."
With the addition of those 11 clubs, Gold's now has 20 clubs in the Alamo city, making it the second-largest market for Gold's behind the Washington, DC, area. Soon, Gold's Gym will have a 21st club in San Antonio, Snow says, as the company recently signed a lease to build a 38,000-square-foot gym near Sea World San Antonio. The gym will have an outdoor pool and outdoor basketball courts, among other amenities.
With the completion of the Spectrum deal, Gold's will have 75 corporate clubs. The company also has 400 franchise locations in the United States and 225 clubs outside the United States.
"We are on a growth path that we're pretty darn excited about that we think will take us a long way over the next couple of years," Snow says.

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A number of years ago I had a visionary boss, W.D. Penniman, who wanted the AT&T Bell Laboratories Library and Information Services (IS) to become the electronic window to the AT&T world, which today comprises 300,000 people around the globe. He had the IS managers and staff sit down and talk about what could be done. Consequently, the managers did exactly what Rita S. Ayers described in her article at the beginning of this special section: they established a vision. The managers looked at the organization's strengths and weaknesses. Because AT&T participates in the total quality process, the managers also examined what the IS customers said they wanted. This led the managers to the conclusion that technology really was our primary strength and partnering with our research fellows, we found out that we even had resources. Next, the managers prepared a plan and recognized that IS needed funding to back up this vision. This article will describe what has happened as a result of the creation of the vision and collection of the financial resources to make it happen.
AT&T right now is in the process of downsizing and consolidating, reorganizing and reengineering. Typically, when we talk about technologies we talk about what is new. At AT&T, I believe, we have all of these in place in one or another part of the corporation. Many years ago, Bell Laboratories was known to have 2.1 terminals per researcher on each desk. But did those terminals talk to one another? Were they on the same system? Just as in other organizations, the answer was no to both questions. Therefore in the AT&T Library Network we decided to serve as a link to the various parts of AT&T and in our small way have an impact on the rest of its population.
AT&T as a Technical Company
AT&T information managers are a part of the research organization, which gives them a strategic position and enables them to achieve optimal results. They are automatically linked to the information architecture of the company, which they have accepted as a means to an end, not the end. The IS managers have introduced and used new technologies long before they have been adapted elsewhere. In the present organization, IS customers still want physical as well as electronic access. So the service we provide includes physical libraries and electronic access to the desktops. IS has unlimited opportunities to use technology because others in the corporation are in the process of creating it.
What Are the Technological Challenges for IS?
The IS managers are working hard to create innovative products and services that our customers can afford. As we talk about the customer/supplier relationships, budgets are being changed; organizations are coming, organizations are going. Our customers no longer have to buy information services from AT&T and are becoming very savvy in their buying choices. Our customers want us to give them more for their dollar.
Although our focus is on service, we are part of a corporation that still manufactures, and IS must be part of that process as well. Revenue is flowing. Many company acquisitions have allowed AT&T to do well in the market. But it does not give IS endless financial resources. The organization continues to change financially and structurally. Several years ago I realized that downsizing is right sizing and we are still in search of what the right size is. Reorganization will continue.
The major business of AT&T used to be making telephones. Now AT&T wants to be an information management and movement company. What does this mean? It means that AT&T has to divest itself of the businesses that are not appropriate and acquire new ones. With the concern for information management and movement, one would think that AT&T would come to Information Services for everything. But no, we are a content-driven organization. We use technology to drive that content. But the company says, "we haven't thought about that." The company is still channeltransportation vehicle driven as far as communication are concerned.
So What Have We Done?
Like many organizations, the Bell Laboratories IS was traditionally mainframe-based. A couple of years ago, we began to question our ability to manage our computing process when our goal was to drive costs down, but the cost of mainframing was rising. We then went from a mainframe environment to a miniframe environment, and we used equipment from several wellknown manufacturers. Even AT&T had a product we used for a while, but it provided insufficient capacity. The IS, with its libraries providing 24-hour service at most locations, was just too big, handling too many transactions. We then switched to C programming in UNIX, an AT&T product. We have been driven to be ahead of the trends and to be proactive.
So what is happening now? Do we give our customers the access they really want? They want quicker and cheaper access, and they want it at their desk. This year, after many years of planning and much hard effort by my predecessors, we actually implemented a clientserver environment. What does that mean? We talk about using Sun workstations, and still use our C and UNIX to deliver our services. Some people refer to that as an open architecture. This architecture allows us to take a base driver of a system and port it to whatever machine needs to be accessed. We are not hardware driven. We have become content driven.
To get full text to the desktops of the clients, the AT&T Library Network has developed two applications that allow the use of technology to meet the customers' requirements: Right Pages and Ferret Browser. These applications include graphical, bytemapped images a first for the IS network.
Where Do We Go from Here?
Our clientserver configuration is still being implemented and is our immediate future. Other technologies will emerge to make the clientserver outdated. Not knowing what the new technologies will be I must accept what is available today and use it with our current knowledge.
I believe wireless communication is the future. AT&T intends to be a major force in that area. Many of its competitors also intend to drive technological developments for increased customer access. The focus should depend on what clients want and need. In our case, because we view technology as our strength, we will be out there trying out various technologies. Fortunately, when IS has a strategic plan and has the support from upper management it makes one's day-to-day life much easier. In our case, we have the support of management, and IS has utilized all available resources to undertake these activities.
For us the challenge will be to continue to enjoy upper management's support, because just as my peers change from time to time, the managers to whom IS reports also change. In a dynamic and moving organization, it is important to know that the IS customers say they still need and want us.
A clientserver technology permits the IS to improve how it acquires and maintains its serials collection. The information managers are in the middle of the new process improvement for serials, which will cost our IS users when it is implemented. We will then learn if the customers are willing to pay for the new accessibility. The customers say that they want to have serial access at the desk and to know what is in the library. They want to know how and where to find what they need and they want it now.
Despite all the changes, I believe that AT&T's future is bright. The corporation is strong in the markets in which it plays. Wireless technology, will be, I think, just another plus for us.


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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal brought a variety of benefits to the Potomac River Valley, an area that was predominantly agricultural. Construction created many jobs, both skilled and unskilled, but there were not enough workers around to fill them all. As a result, wages went up, and many new workers came from other regions or from other countries.
The building of the C & O helped other people in the region. Landowners profited directly from the sale of their property to the canal company and indirectly because surrounding property increased in value. Others established construction firms that produced good profits because building materials were in high demand. Workers needed food and shelter, which created more jobs local farmers and builders.
The canal continued to help the region's development after it opened. It lowered the cost of transportation, which allowed industries and farmers to ship their goods farther. Cheaper freight rates also made it possible to bring in more goods: farmers, for example, could now import fertilizer and thereby rejuvenate soil that had lost most of its nutrients.
The owners of and workers in the coal mines near Cumberland were among the biggest beneficiaries of the canal. Competition between the B & O and the C & O for cargo reduced freight rates; as costs fell, the profits for mine owners and operators increased. Georgetown shippers who carried the coal to New England textile mills and iron-smelting operations made substantial profits as well.
Other canal-related industries supported many families in the Potomac Valley. Water flowing through the canal powered new grain mills, foundries, and textile factories, all of which produced still more jobs. Some members of the construction teams took on the positions of canal boat captains and crew, while others found jobs as lock tenders and maintenance workers. As boat building and repair became a profitable occupation, dry docks were constructed in various locations along the canal to provide places for these repairs. Many people operated grocery and feed stores along the waterway. Merchants provided provisions for boatmen, their families, and their mules. The pay the workers received from the canal company was usually spent in the neighboring towns and cities along the canal.
Competition from the B & O Railroad and destructive floods eventually put the canal out of business. Although it never provided great fortunes for its investors, the canal did serve the Potomac Valley for nearly a century and stimulated growth in the region.
Questions for Reading 3
1. Who benefitted during from the canal's construction? In what ways were their lives improved?
2. What types of jobs did the completed canal provide the people of the Potomac Valley?
3. The reading describes many benefits that the C & O Canal brought to the Potomac Valley. Do you think anyone in the area disliked the changes that resulted from its construction? If so, why do you think they might have felt that way?
Reading 1 was adapted from the National Park Service's official handbook to the C & O Canal National Historical Park, 1991.


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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The Hambishop.
47 comments:
- TLF+ said...
Very bad pairing with a white set, IMO. That secret sauce guarantees a trip to the dry cleaner and a p.o.'d altar guild.
- October 11, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- pchurcher87 said...
It's the old Joke about Mcdonalds going to the pope and asking to sponsor the church, all they have to do is serve hamburgers instead of bread. The pope says, "Not a chance, my child, we cannot violate the holy sacrament". "We'll double the price and supply all your communion wine for free" they replied. "Well, in that case" said the pope" I'll take the deal, but Hovis are going to be angry!"
- October 11, 2011 at 5:31 PM
Who could ever forget the Venerable Archdeacon McArches? He was replaced in 1971 by the bland and non-threatening Mayor McCheese.
- October 11, 2011 at 6:15 PM
His Excellency, Bishop Q. Pounder.
- October 11, 2011 at 7:15 PM
- cuaguy said...
I will give His Excellency this- as hideous as the chasuble is, at least he knows how to vest... Amice, proper amount of lace on the alb, stole and pectoral cross UNDER the chasuble, and a rather nice crosier...
- October 11, 2011 at 8:13 PM
At first glance, I thought it was a Moonpie. My southern upbringing, no doubt.
- October 11, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Chris said...
cuaguy - crozier in the correct hand, too. But what is that meant to be? The liturgical symbolism of the hamburger escapes me…
- October 11, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- John Bassett said...
Is it a hamburger or a woopie pie?
- October 12, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- Free Range Anglican said...
Bishop can haz cheezeburger.
- October 12, 2011 at 8:33 AM
I suspect the artist meant to suggest the sun and the moon, perhaps in eclipse, or a giant political button the name to be added when he decides for whom to vote. I'm sure any resemblence to a hamburger is purely coincidental but then, manna and quail for the body are as necessary as food for the soul.
- October 12, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- The Underground Pewster said...
The Communion Waferburglar
- October 12, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Klatuu Barrada Nicto!
- October 12, 2011 at 11:30 AM
This photo is making me hungry for some fried eggs with Tabasco sauce ... mmmmmm.
- October 12, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Anthony S. Layne said...
@ cuaguy: Yep, he's got everything going on, and he's handsome to boot. Too bad he's WEARING A FREAKIN' EGG MCMUFFIN ON HIS CHEST! ... sorry, just had to let out my inner Sam Kinison ....
- October 12, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- SherryTex said...
And on Friday, it's the Filet-o-Fish!
- October 12, 2011 at 1:37 PM
This is Bishop Sample, one of the most orthodox mid-western bishops out there. This photo looks like he was visiting at a parish and was put at the mercy of their vestment selection. As he is in the UP of Michigan, it isn't like all the parishes can afford to purchase sets of new vestments from Granda.
Having said all that, the vestment does seem to be dated from a certain period in our recent history. Maybe he was playing a joke on one of his priests.
- October 12, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Joseph K @ Defend Us In Battle said...
I support what Bosco says. The set is poor, but the Bishop is hardcore!
- October 12, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- Séamas Seosamh said...
If you all look carefully, you can see the Sacramentary is being propped up by a plexi-glas book stand thing, and I fairly certain that those green plants are fake.
That microphone ought to go out into the garbage on Tuesday as well. I imagine he has a big boy voice.
- October 12, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Hold the crosier, toss the amice, holy orders without gauntlets all we ask is that your mitres worn on your head. Have it your way at bishop...have it your way, have it your way at bishopping!
- October 12, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- Hidden One said...
It is difficult for me to see how this post promotes virtue and not sin.
- October 12, 2011 at 9:25 PM
It's a Shrove Tuesday (pancake supper) Chausable, of course.
- October 12, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- Angry Jason said...
If I were a betting man, I'd bet at least one of the following is true:
- that he doesn't like the new, more faithful mass translation
- that people hold hands during the Our Father at his masses
- and gesture with their hands at "and also with you"
- has lots of "extraordinary" ministers
- has missing kneelers in his parishes
- October 12, 2011 at 10:53 PM
Angry Jason, you'd be wrong on all counts. As had been said previously, Bishop Sample of Marquette, MI, is one of the most faithful, orthodox bishops out there. I have personally attended his celebration of the Novus Ordo in Latin. He is also a phenomenal Canon Lawyer and a good friend of Cardinal Burke, even serving on the Board of Directors of His Eminence's Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse. This has to be, as suggested above, some horrible situation at one of the parishes he was visiting in his diocese.
You shouldn't bet.
- October 12, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Hurrah for great Bishops! I'm sure he has a sense of humor, too!
- October 13, 2011 at 12:00 AM
What a silly burger.
Damon Thomson
- October 13, 2011 at 2:31 AM
Angry Jason -
I think you would be surprised if you were to google Bishop Sample of Marquette. As Pax et Bonum and others have said, he is one of the most orthodox bishops we have in our state, and our country too.
- October 13, 2011 at 8:49 AM
What the hell. .
Is the Episcopal Church losing its preeminence? He's orthodox you say.
.. Well only a homophobic, heterosexist, speviesist ROMAN would put a depiction of a slain third gender (steer) bovine on a chasuble because among others it would offend our ecumenical partners the Hindus, Jains, Lady GaGa and the Rt. Rev. Sinead O'Connor.
Our's would be a BocaBurger on an artisanal hard role from Whole Foods.stus
- October 13, 2011 at 11:52 AM
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There's a new systemic sin in that last post I bet you haven't even heard of. Note that it was invented by a straight, white male.
- October 13, 2011 at 11:59 AM
- Anthony S. Layne said...
@ Anonymous: Actually, I'd heard all three before. I wouldn't be surprised if any or all of them had been invented by a straight white male; no political culture can beat Western leftism for institutionalized self-hatred.
- October 13, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- Anita Moore said...
I was afraid that was the faithful and highly orthodox Bishop Sample. But on further reflection, I must respect him now more than ever after seeing him in that get-up, which had to be somebody's idea of a joke on him. Instead of having a temper tantrum about it, he put it on with a smile on his face. Clearly he is a man of humility and penance.
- October 13, 2011 at 12:55 PM
- Brad Miner said...
When you date yourself, how long do you wait before calling yourself back?
- October 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM
My pictures have returned on the blog - seeing this I'm not sure it is a good thing after all!! But it is still compulsive viewing.
- October 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM
Really, does no one but me recognize a pix when he sees it?
- October 13, 2011 at 5:53 PM
BTW, Fr. Deacon Daniel - at least one of us remembers that tune from Burger King years and years ago!
- October 14, 2011 at 10:55 PM
- Brian Delaney said...
I think some of the "anonymous" posters need to get over their anger issues :)
- October 15, 2011 at 5:46 PM
- .....CLIFFORD said...
What? What? I missed the Feast of S'Mores again? I really need to update my Outlook.
- October 16, 2011 at 2:49 PM
any maple syrup to go with those pancakes?
- October 19, 2011 at 1:46 PM
It is a good thing people no longer have to fast before Mass, because otherwise the celebrant might be trampled in the rush to grab a burger.
Sounds like a case of great celebrant, baaaaad vestment.
- October 20, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Dr. Mabuse said...
Reminds me of "MST3K - The Movie":
You're wondering who we are...what we're doing...and why I have a picture of a burger on my chest.
- October 22, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Mark in the Heartland said...
I'm not sure why my previous post didn't make it to the site, but, I'll try again.
This, to me, is a representation of a Pyx - to carry the Blessed Sacrament to the sick and infirmed. I really don't believe it has anything to do with a hamburger. One of the "anonymous" posters said the same thing on 10-13-11.
- October 24, 2011 at 11:51 AM
- October 25, 2011 at 8:21 AM
- DN said...
Gosh I want a McDouble so bad right now.
- October 25, 2011 at 8:00 PM
- Andy said...
- October 26, 2011 at 8:45 AM
The Bishop of Hamburger wishes to remind you that it's free fries when the snow flies, and come check out our new drive through window open late on feast days.
- October 28, 2011 at 6:13 AM
- Archpriest John Morris said...
What is the meaning of the symbol on the front of his vestment? I cannot be what it looks like. No one would wear an image of a handburger on their vestments. What is it?
Fr. John W. Morris
- November 4, 2011 at 6:01 PM
I have been laughing about this every day for about three weeks!
- November 5, 2011 at 8:40 PM
- Generic Lipitor said...
This is a very interesting post.
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Many years ago, in a bar in Seattle, I met two people who were in charge of time. Both of them (a man and a woman) were writers.ReplyDelete
Actually, by the time I met them, they no longer were in charge of time, but they had been for a while.
They apparently had worked for a living for a time in some civilian capacity at a naval base in the Aleutians, and the naval base (among other things) housed the clock that kept the official time for whatever time zone it was where they were located.
When ships at sea were passing through that time zone, and needed to reset their ship clocks (or chronometers) for the correct time, they would contact the naval base by radio and request a time check.
One of the jobs of the two people I met, when they worked at the naval base, was to answer the radio calls and provide the official correct time for the time zone.
Talking that evening in the bar in Seattle, they commented that they could, theoretically, have given out a wrong time (at least a slightly wrong one, where the difference might not be noticed), and thereby they would have changed what time it was in that time zone.
It's not often you get to meet people who were once in charge of time...
Wow - darn it, I could have used this button a few times. :)ReplyDelete
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Zell Miller is my favorite Democrat. I started this long-running series in March 2003 (with this post). In the series I noted Miller's speeches, columns, books and other items that reflect his excellence. I believe I broke off the series with part 21 commending Senator Miller's Atlanta Journal-Constitution column on the CIA's subversion of the Bush administration via Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson.
On Thursday Senator Miller reappeared in an AJC article expressing support for the reelection of Saxby Chambliss next Tuesday:
Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Zell Miller said Wednesday that incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss is the "last man standing" to prevent a "far-left agenda" from sailing though the U.S. Senate.
Our focus on the Minnesota Senate recount occurring in our own backyard has led us to overlook the important race in Georgia. Let us paraphrase Senator Miller to observe that Saxby Chambliss and Norm Coleman are the last men standing to prevent a far-left agenda from sailing through the Senate. Support Senator Chambliss here; support Senator Coleman here.
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I think Titan-Centaur did for its shroud.
Can you say if SuperZip is still in use on Atlas-V Centaur now?
Quote from: strangequark on 11/20/2012 08:00 pmCan you say if SuperZip is still in use on Atlas-V Centaur now?Atlas doesn't use it now or in the past.
Any word as to the likelihood that this was the cause of the GLORY failure too? IIRC, in both cases the PLF didn't separate.
Are you implying that any problem can be solved by using enough explosives
Quote from: kevin-rf on 11/23/2012 02:51 pmAre you implying that any problem can be solved by using enough explosives When the problem is how to separate Part A from Part B, absolutely!
It boils down to whether or not you are content to have both parts reduced to confetti or whether you want one or both parts relatively intact.
Pegaus only uses frangibles for the base ring, not the sep plane between the fairing halves, which eliminates charge holder slumping as a failure mode. If NASA thinks it affects Pegasus, then Atlas V may have some explaining to do too.
1. The only joint on Pegasus is oriented perpendicularly to the axis where charge holder slumping is a concern. If NASA is really thinks it affects Pegasus, it means they think the material's property issue can be a primary cause of failure, rather than just a contributor.
3. Had the Centaur on Atlas used SuperZip, the vendor might be different, but it's still an aluminum extrusion of the same/similar alloy. Some confidence testing, or at least a comprehensive requirements review, would be in order.
What I think Gerst is referencing in the article is that we've also determined, recently, that for some rails the property in question varies pretty dramatically along the length of the extrusion. It's something that you don't necessarily pick up on unless you measure every inch or half inch. Luckily, it is something that can be measured, even for an installed vehicle.
1) Frangible Joint Subsystem failure caused fairing not to separate. It could not be determined if the frangible joint base ring fractured completely as designed. An incomplete fracture could have resulted in the fairing not separating. The MIB looked at the materials used and their characteristics and made the following recommendations: 1. Verify that the Taurus launch vehicle frangible joint (fairing rail, base ring, and Stage 2/ Stage 3) extrusions have a traceable pedigree on future NASA missions. If pedigree cannot be verified, remove and replace the assigned hardware with frangible joints that have a complete pedigree. 2. Establish a single heat treat lot requirement for aluminum used to manufacture extrusion and perform sub-scale tests on the lot. 3. Institute permanent marking (which cannot be removed during processing) along the length of the extrusion at intervals to ensure traceability.4. Implement a common procurement and assembly process for frangible joints used on Taurus similar to Orbitals other programs.


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The markets snapped a multi-day winning streak Thursday after a big earnings miss by search juggernaut Google triggered a selloff in the technology sector.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 8.1 points, or 0.06%, to 13549, the S&P 500 fell 3.6 points, or 0.24%, to 1457 and the Nasdaq Composite slumped 31.3 points, or 1%, to 3073.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both capped a three-day advance on Thursday, while the Dow ended four-day streak.
Traders had several corporate reports to parse through on the day. Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) shocked Wall Street by prematurely posting third-quarter profits that widely missed expectations. The company issued a statement blaming financial printing service RR Donnelley (NYSE:RRD) for the release blunder. The report also yanked down the shares of companies like Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Yelp (NASDAQ:YELP) as well, and weighed heavily on the technology sector more broadly.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and Travlers (NYSE:TRV) both posted third-quarter results that topped analysts' expectations ahead of the opening bell. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) matched Wall Street's forecasts. eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) weighed in after the close on Wednesday, with profits that beat and revenues that came in slightly shy, while American Express' (NYSE:AXP) results came in close to expectations on the top and bottom lines.
After the bell, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) are set to report.
The Labor Department reported weekly jobless claims rose to 388,000 last week from 342,000. Economists expected claims to rise to 365,000 from an initially-reported 339,000. The four-week average of claims, which helps smooth volatility, rose to 365,500 from 364,750. An analyst from Labor told FOX Business' Peter Barnes that an adjustment by "one large state" and seasonal factors has contributed to the swings. The analyst declined to identify the state, but economists believe it could be California.
"Claims at this level are absolutely not indicative of a labor market improving but rather treading water in an economy doing the same," Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG wrote in a note to clients. Ellen Zentner, an analyst at Nomura, struck a slightly more upbeat tone, writing in a note to clients that the data "suggest the level of layoffs remains low."
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's closely-watched gauge of manufacturing activity in the mid-Atlantic region jumped to 5.7 in October from -1.9 the month before. Readings above 0 point to expansion, while those below indicate contraction. Stocks pared losses on the report in choppy trading.
Analysts were also paying close attention to a European Council meeting that begins Thursday and ends on Friday. The group is expected to focus on economic integration among the 17 members of the eurozone, creating a single bank supervisor and probably the situation in Spain and Greece.
In commodities, oil prices fell sharply. The benchmark crude oil contract traded in New York fell $1.07, or 1.2%, to $91.05 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline sold off by 2.4% to $2.716 a share.
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The Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.05% to 2568, the English FTSE 100 rose 0.09% to 5916, and the German DAX rose 0.35% to 7421.
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Hardly anyone could blame Ray Rice if he got a little excited after learning Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Doug Martin had rushed for 251 yards and scored four touchdowns in last Sunday's 42-32 win against the Oakland Raiders – who are the Ravens' opponent this Sunday.
But Rice said he fully expects Oakland to spend this week of preparation fixing the run defense and containing Rice and rookie Bernard Pierce.
"That's a prideful bunch," Rice said Wednesday. "I'm sure they are going to come in here with a high motor. Same way our defense feels when a guy goes for over 200 [yards], they aren't happy with it. … The inside guys are not happy with what happened. We know that their first mode is going to come here to say stop the run. It's going to be our job to execute against that."
Prior to Martin's outburst, the Raiders had been decent against opposing tailbacks, allowing just the Miami Dolphins' Reggie Bush and the Denver Broncos' Willis McGahee to compile more than 100 yards this season.
But Martin scored his first three touchdowns on runs of 45, 67 and 70 yards before capping his day with a one-yard plunge. After reviewing the game, offensive coordinator Cam Cameron said he couldn't find anything wrong schematically with Oakland's defense.
"The bottom line is, the Raiders missed three tackles and the three tackles that they missed gave them 180 yards," Cameron said Thursday. "Oakland, they had three unblocked guys on all those long runs and they missed the tackle, so they're not looking at their scheme. I read where their coaches were talking about what the bottom line is, they've got to tackle better. It's probably not what everybody thought, but the bottom line is, to be a good running team in this league, you've got to be able to break tackles."
The Raiders would prefer not to repeat that showing against Rice this Sunday, but even coach Dennis Allen was unsure what would unfold at M&T; Bank Stadium.
"We'll find that out on Sunday," Allen said when asked if the team had addressed its problems. "We got a chance to look at the tape. We got a chance to talk about what we need to do and how we need to get things corrected. We have to tackle better. We've got another huge challenge this week because we have another outstanding back in Ray Rice. He's been in this league for a long time. We've got our work cut out for us, not only against Ray Rice, but against the whole Baltimore team."
The Ravens are leery about tipping their hand for Sunday's game, and coach John Harbaugh said he is anticipating a renewed effort from Oakland's defense.
"They can play a lot better against the run. They do play better against the run," Harbaugh said. "There are four or five plays in there that just went big for them. You see all those other players where they do a great job, and they've got a real physical front. They're mammoth. They play really hard on defense."


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In today's On the News segment: Demonstrations are planned across the nation to mark the two-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement; the clock is ticking on the Gang of 12; in Wisconsin, the Republican plot to sabotage the Scott Walker recall campaign is in full swing; Blue Dog Democrats have signaled a willingness to join Republicans in support of a balanced budget amendment; and more.
Jim Javinsky in for Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
You need to know this. Today is a day of action. Several demonstrations are planned across the nation to mark the two-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. In New York City – patriots staged a rally outside the New York Stock Exchange this morning where they endured beatings and mass arrests by the NYPD. Undeterred, there are plans to take the protests to the New York City subway system this afternoon – and then to Foley Square across from City Hall this evening. Similar days of action are planned across the country from Portland to Washington, DC. But police in Dallas decided to mark the two-month anniversary of the movement with another violent crackdown. Following in the footsteps of New York City – Oakland – and Denver – Dallas cops swept into the Occupy Dallas encampment in the middle of the night – arrested patriots – and razed the camp. And in San Francisco – about 100 demonstrators were arrested yesterday after they marched through the city and occupied a Bank of America. It should be quite an interesting day.
With just 6 days to go until the deadlines – chances of the Gang of 12 striking a deal are looking slim. In a last ditch effort to compromise – Democrats last week offered up a plan that cuts $876 billion from spending – including $225 billion in cuts to Medicare and $50 billion in cuts to Medicaid. But since the plan also included $400 billion in new revenue – which was far less than the Democrats' first proposal – Republicans rejected it – with Speaker of the House John Boehner calling it "a step backwards." The clock is ticking on the Gang of 12.
In the best of the rest of the news…
In Wisconsin – the Republican plot to sabotage the Scott Walker recall campaign is in full swing. First – Conservatives bragged about plans to burn recall petitions. Then on Tuesday – the first day of the recall campaign – there was a cyber attack against the United Wisconsin website – the group that is spearheading the recall effort. Then Republicans in the state legislature moved to make it harder for college students to vote in an upcoming election. And now – Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch is getting in the game. She released an ad on YouTube – urging people to not sign recall petitions because of how "expensive" they are. In the video – Kleefisch says, "There might be a day when someone asks you for your signature. Signing a recall petition is like saying you're O.K. with spending $7.7 million on another recall election, 7.7 million that may already be allocated to merit raises for teachers or health care for the poor, or school books for your kids." What Kleefisch fails to mention is that if Scott Walker stays in office – far more than 7.7 million dollars will be cut out of education and healthcare for the poor. The Wisconsin Democratic Party fired back – filing a complaint against Kleefisch arguing she is misrepresenting the office of Lieutenant Governor.
On Capitol Hill – Blue Dog Democrats have signaled a willingness to join Republicans in support of a Balanced Budget Amendment. According to a report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – the Balanced Budget Amendment will kill 15 million jobs – double the unemployment rate – and shrink the economy by 17%. But instead of hanging this devastating economic policy solely around the necks of Republicans – Blue Dog Dems want to spread some of the blame around to themselves. I guess they never listened to the advice of Harry Truman when he said – if voters have a choice between a Republican and a Democratic who acts like a Republican – they'll choose the Republican every time. Truman was right – in the 2010 election – half of the entire Blue Dog caucus of Conservative Democrats was kicked out of office. And by supporting the Balanced Budget Amendment – it could happen again.
The House of Representative passed a controversial "right to carry" bill yesterday. The legislation creates a race to the bottom in gun laws – by allowing people who have a concealed weapons permit in one state to carry concealed weapons in any of the other 49 states – regardless of local gun laws. That means whichever state enacts the most lax gun laws – that state will also dictate the law of the land. So I guess Republicans' support for state's rights doesn't matter when the issue is getting guns into the hands of people even easier.
After a four-day manhunt – the Secret Service finally nabbed Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez – the man accused of firing gunshots at the White House last Friday night. Ortega was picked up in Pennsylvania yesterday – and is described as a mentally disturbed individual who was obsessed with the President and referred to Obama as the "antichrist." According to police reports – Ortega drove his vehicle to Constitution Avenue – fired his rifle at the White House – and then fled leaving his car and rifle abandoned on the outskirts of Washington, DC. Secret Service later recovered two bullets lodged in the White House's bulletproof glass. Unclear of Ortega – like other delusional maniacs who think Obama is the "antichrist" was a a frequent viewer of Fox so-called News.
And finally…Governor Good Hair Rick Perry challenged Nancy Pelosi to a debate next week. In a letter written to the former Speaker of the House – Perry writes, "I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo." Based on his past performances – you'd think Perry would be a bit hesitant about more debates. So far – Pelosi has not responded to the request. Perry is touting a new plan that would create a "part-time Congress" – he thinks it's a good idea for three reasons – and you can probably guess where this joke is headed.
And that's the way it is today – Thursday, November 17th, 2011. I'm Jim Javinsky in for Thom Hartmann – on the news.


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The House of Representatives voted 228-205 on Monday to reject a $700 billion package to bail out the battered financial industry. Earlier, President Bush had urged Congress to act quickly to pass the measure. He was described as "very disappointed" by a spokesman, Tony Fratto, after the vote.
John Boehner, the Republican minority leader, called the measure "a mud sandwich" but urged members to reflect on the damage that a defeat of the measure would mean "to your friends, your neighbors, your constituents" as they might watch their retirement savings "shrivel up to zero."
Sixty-five Republicans joined 140 Democrats in voting for the measure, while 133 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted against it. "The legislation has failed," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference after the vote. Some Republicans seemed to blame Pelosi's speech from the floor, which attacked Bush's economic policies, for the defeat.
Defying President Bush and the leaders of both parties, rank-and-file lawmakers in the House on Monday rejected a $700 billion economic rescue plan in a revolt that rocked the Capitol, sent markets plunging and left top lawmakers groping for a resolution.
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Lawmakers quickly point fingers after bailout fails
... congressional leadership as well as President Bush, failed in the House by a vote of 228-205. See roll call of how House members voted ... President Bush was "disappointed" that the House failed to pass the bailout, saying, "we put forward a plan that ...
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n Sunday evening, the House Republican working group, which stringently opposed earlier drafts of the plan and offered a counterproposal, indicated it would support the bill, and its members are encouraging other Republicans in the House to do the same. "Nobody wants to have to support this bill, but it's a bill that we believe will avert the crisis that's out there," House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters. But the bill did draw some opposition during the morning debate. Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, said the measure would leave a huge burden on taxpayers. "This legislation is giving us a choice between bankrupting our children and bankrupting a few of these big financial institutions on Wall Street that made bad decisions," he said. Other conservative Republicans argued the bill would be a blow against economic freedom. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., said the bill posed a choice between the loss of prosperity in the short term or economic freedom in the long term. He said once the federal government enters the financial market place, it will not leave. "The choice is stark," he said. But there were also Democrats who opposed the bill for not doing enough to help those who taxpayers facing foreclosure or needing unemployment benefits extended, or taxing Wall Street to pay for the rescue package. "Like the Iraq war and patriot act, this bill is fueled by fear and haste," said Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas. The crisis and a proposed fix Banks and Wall Street firms, worried about both their own needs for cash and the condition of other institutions, essentially stopped loaning money to one another in recent weeks. That choked off the money being made available on Main Street in the form of mortgage loans, business loans and other consumer borrowing. The crisis stems from problems in mortgage-backed securities, which saw their value plunge as home prices have gone into their worst slide since the Great Depression and foreclosures have soared to record levels. In turn, the market for trillion of dollars worth of those securities held by major firms evaporated, sending them down to fire sale prices and raising the risk of widespread failures among the nation's major financial firms. Under the plan, Treasury will buy the mortgage backed securities, either directly from the firms or through an auction process. It may also arrange to provide guarantees for the securities up to their original values in return for premiums they would charge current holders of the securities. To make the legislation more politically palatable, the bill calls for the government, as an owner of a large number of mortgage securities, to exert influence on loan servicers to modify more troubled loans to help prevent additional foreclosures. It also provides that the government will take equity in the firms that sell the securities to the government, and limits pay packages for top executives. The legislation comes amid great upheaval in the nation's financial system. On Monday morning, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which insures deposits at failed banks, arranged for the sale of the banking assets of Wachovia (WB, Fortune 500), the nation's No. 4 bank holding company, to Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) for $2.2 billion in stock. That follows three weeks of other shocks: the Treasury Department's seizure of mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae (FNM, Fortune 500) and Freddie Mac (FRE, Fortune 500); Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing; rival Merrill Lynch (MER, Fortune 500) purchase by Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500). In addition, the Fed bailed out insurance giant American International Group (AIG, Fortune 500), loaning it $85 billion in return for a nearly 80% stake. while Washington Mutual (WM, Fortune 500), the nation's largest savings and loan, became the largest bank failure in history.
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The present building was constructed during the "great revival" to replace an earlier log building that stood on the site. The building is stone and as it was originally constructed had eight square windows on two levels that allowed light to enter the sanctuary at the ground level as well as in the galleries that surrounded the inner room on three sides. In 1880 the church was remodeled and eight large Gothic windows were added to replace the square windows and the galleries were removed from the inside.


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Missouri radio station rejects Rick Perry pitch for low-tax Texas
A St. Louis radio station is dropping an ad in which Texas Gov. Rick Perry urges Missouri businesses to consider relocating to his income tax-free state.
KTRS-AM general manager Mark Dorsey says the station was told by a Texas marketing group that the ad was meant to promote tourism in the Lone Star State. Instead, the Republican governor promotes Texas as a "great place to live and work."
Perry is scheduled to visit Missouri next week. He's expected to tout his state's business-friendly environment in an address to supporters of an effort to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an income tax cut.
Dorsey says his station stopped broadcasting the ad when it realized "these commercials were instead focused on stealing locally owned companies away from St. Louis."


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My new role at Susan B. Anthony List
Originally posted June 23, 2015
Dear faithful readers of JillStanek.com:
First, the exciting news: I am honored to have accepted a position at Susan B. Anthony List as its National Campaign Chair! Read more at WorldNetDaily.com. Also read SBA's press release and a a blurb in Politico's Pulse.
I have been a long-time admirer of Marjorie Dannenfelser and the SBA List team, many of whom are friends. I partnered with the group during the 2012 election cycle for a bus tour exposing Barack Obama's abortion/infanticide extremism.
This is a new position, for which I will travel the country on behalf of SBA List, speaking to pro-life activists, donors, and voters to promote SBA List's aggressive campaign strategy to elect a pro-life president in 2016 and advance the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
This will be a permanent position. After the 2016 election there will be the need to conduct another national pro-life political campaign… and another… and another.
But of immediate importance to me, as you know, is passage of the Pain-Capable Act, because as an RN I witnessed the excruciating deaths of 20+ week abortion survivors who would have been saved had a 20-week abortion ban been in place.
Electing a pro-life president is the gateway to enacting this legislation into law. And, of course, a president also wields a tremendous amount of influence in other areas of importance to pro-lifers, such as funding abortion groups and the pro-death agenda, judicial nominations, and other pro-life/abortion legislation.
I witnessed firsthand how devastating pro-abortion legislators can be when I watched then-state Senator Barack Obama vote four times against the Born Alive Infants Protection Act and take a leadership role in seeing its defeat.
Now, the sad news. Because my position at SBA List will be full-time, I have made the difficult decision to grind almost all activities at JillStanek.com to a halt, after 10 years of blogging here. I will basically be keeping the blog open now for archival purposes, posting my own blogs very infrequently.


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By Rick Eymer
Palo Alto Online Sports
Thom Glielmi made some quick calculations as his Stanford men's gymnastics team was about to begin its final rotation inside St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio, last Friday night.
The Cardinal, ranked second in the nation entering the NCAA championship meet, enjoyed a successful meet up to that point However, with teams on different events and scores fluctuating all evening, it was difficult to determine what was needed on the vault, usually the highest-scoring event of any meet.
"I thought if we scored a 64 it would pretty much make it hard for another team to come back," Glielmi said.
He was spot on as Stanford scored a 64.550, the best of the day and enough for Stanford to win the NCAA title.
The Cardinal scored 363.450 points to defeat second-place Oklahoma (361.600) and third-place Illinois (360.150).
It was Stanford's second NCAA gymnastics title in
three years and earned the school its historic 100th NCAA team championship.
"I had no idea the banner was there," Glielmi said of the specially designed banner to celebrate the milestone. "The NCAA has been lugging it around to every championship event Stanford was entered. They finally broke it out. It was a nice thing."
Not that it was a major topic of discussion.
"I never talked about it with the guys," Glielmi said. "I think the guys knew, but they weren't focused on it. With all the great (Stanford) teams this year we were expecting to hit that before now. No one realized it would get all the way to April. The fact it's the men's gymnasics team is a great honor. We are all pleasantly surprised at the fanfare we've received since we returned to campus. It was great to receive all the texts, the phone calls, and the messages."
For seniors Alex Buscaglia, Josh Dixon, Tim Gentry, Ryan Lieberman, Nick Noone and Abhinav Ramani, it is the culmination of the most successful four-year stretch in the program's history.
Over the past four years, Stanford has won two national titles and was the national runnerup the other two times. The Cardinal has finished no lower than third since 2006.
"Gentry was a junior national champion, a real solid guy with solid character," Glielmi said. "You never needed to push him. He's self-motivated. He's gotten to where he is through hard work and dedication."
Gentry, a seven-time All-American, Buscaglia and Lieberman have all been members of the U.S. national team. Dixon is a current member of the squad.
"You could see Alex had some talent as a junior gymnast," Glielmi said. "He was recruited by other programs but no one could have foreseen that he would progress to the level he did. He's business-like. He gets it done. He's surprised people how far he's come along."
Buscaglia earned the NCAA individual title on the horizontal bars, adding to his outstanding season that began with a gold medal at the Pan Am Games over the summer. He is a six-time All-American.
Lieberman was the 2010 national champion on the parallel bars and is a two-time All-American.
"He's a great talent and a great kid," Glielmi said of Lieberman. "Because of his experience he has the ability to help in each event. He sets the stage as a start-off guy in a few events (including vault)."
Dixon was fourth in the floor exercise, earning his seventh All-American honor.
"Josh is another guy who exceeded a lot of people's expectations," Glielmi said. "He had a breakout year to make the national team."
Ramani sustained a broken arm during his junior year of high school and did not compete as a senior. He became a collegiate All-American.
"I encouraged him to walk on," Glielmi said. "I had no idea the quality of person we were getting. He's a great leader on the team. He's like the team mom who checks up on guys to make sure everything is in order."
Noone, a four-time All-American, returned for a fifth season after sitting out his freshman year. He suffered an injury early in the season and was able to recover in time to contribute to the national title.
"We were not sure he would be able to put together a routine," Glielmi said. "He pushed to get back into the lineup and he earned a Master's degree to boot."
The Cardinal won't be left empty-handed next season, with the likes of All-Americans Eddie Penev, Cameron Foreman and Chris Turner. John Martin, Jordan Nolff, James Fosco, Paul Hichwa and Jason Stevens also competed.
"The seniors are still on cloud nine," Glielmi said. "The rest of the team has already started talking about routines they want to construct and in what events they will compete."
Glielmi never discussed winning the school's 100th NCAA title. He remembered Darrin Nelson approaching him minutes before opening ceremonies two years ago and telling him the athletic department was counting on him to extend the streak of consecutive years with an NCAA title.
As it turned out, there was no need to worry.
This year, Stanford took care of both No. 100 and extending the consecutive year streak to an NCAA record 35 years. A banner year, indeed.


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Before she was crowned Miss America at Saturday's pageant, 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska was asked about Wikileaks. She plans to be a politician some day, so of course her answer was well-informed and totally comprehensible.
Here's the text of her response, in case you didn't fully comprehend her nuanced argument:
You know, when it came to that situation, it was actually based on espionage, and that when it comes to the security of our nation we have to focus on security first, and then people's right to know. Because it's so important that everybody in our borders is safe, and so we can't let things like that happen, and they must be handled properly, and I think that was the case.
Keep studying Teresa, and someday we'll crown you president of the United States! (Provided you pass the evening wear portion of the competition.)
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It certainly looks like this 1957 Chevrolet 210 has been sitting in the Wisconsin cornfield where it was photographed for quite a while. Because of the popularity of the '57 Chevy and the fact this one has the right amount of doors we imagine it is only a matter of time before someone takes it upon themselves to save this 210.
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