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The year 1967 marked a turning point in American soccer history. The first professional leagues since The Great Depression formed, inadvertently ushering in a new era for the US Open Cup; an era defined by the North American Soccer League's (NASL) refusal to partake in the tournament; an era bookmarked by the league's existence.
With the emergence of the National Professional Soccer League and the United Soccer Association in 1967, professional soccer returned to the United States for the first time since the original American Soccer League folded in 1933 creating two alternative national championships alongside the historic US Open Cup. Due to the haphazard construction of these two professional leagues and their internecine battle for professional legitimacy, both leagues spurned America's oldest soccer championship during their first year of existence.
In 1968 the two leagues combined to form the NASL, but their initial eschewal of the Open Cup continued throughout the new league's existence and came to define this era of the Open Cup's history leaving the tournament in the hands of semi-professional and amateur clubs dedicated to competing in the tournament who became involuntary caretakers of the historic competition ensuring the Cup's survival for another generation.
Similar to the era that followed World War II, this period of the Open Cup was dominated by clubs that many would define as "ethnic," though many of these clubs were cosmopolitan in their makeup and only amateur in name.
The NASL's refusal to enter its clubs into the tournament did not stop professionals from taking part in the tournament. Many of the semi-pro and amateur clubs fielded professional players. The San Pedro Yugoslav-Americans of the National Soccer League (Los Angeles) are but one example: San Pedro featured Novak Tomic and Felipe Ruvalcaba, both World Cup veterans representing Yugoslavia and Mexico respectively. Other professional players and former NASLers featured in the tournament as well with Karl Minor, Tony Douglas, and Leif Aaroe among them.
Every championship won during this era was won by a club from either California or the New York Metropolitan area. The two coasts exclusivity began with New York Greek Americans' run of three straight championships from 1967-1969. The Greeks became just the third club in history to three-peat, and the first to do it since Stix, Baer & Fuller of St. Louis won (under various team names) from 1933-35.
Another defining feature of this period is the emergence of championship caliber clubs on the West Coast, namely Maccabee AC (Los Angeles) who reached the final seven times during this period winning five titles, tying Bethlehem Steel as the club with the most Open Cup titles in the process.
Despite the growth of the game nationally and the emergence of a sustained professional league, the attention that the Open Cup tournament garnered remained meager with most newspapers across the country neglecting to dedicate any coverage of the tournament. The tournament was completely overlooked. As the NASL grew in popularity, some of the media found more time for the tournament. Club participation remained small with only 183 clubs of 2500 eligible entered into the 1982 tournament, and waned further after the dissolution of the NASL in 1984 abruptly ending this era of the Open Cup.
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Note: 1968 marked the last time the tournament's champion would be decided over a two-leg format.
1967 | Greek American SC | 4:2 | Orange County SC | Eintracht Oval | New York, NY | 2,500 |
1968 | Greek American SC | 1:1 | Olympic SC | Hanson Stadium | Chicago, IL | N/A |
Leg 2 | Greek American SC | 1:0 (2:1 agg) | Olympic SC | Eintracht Oval | New York, NY | 4,000 |
1969 | Greek American SC | 1:0 | Montebello Armenians | Rancho Cienega Stadium | Los Angeles, CA | N/A |
1970 | Elizabeth Sport Club | 2:1 | Croatia SC | Downing Stadium | Randall's Island, NY | 2,000 |
1971 | San Pedro Yugoslavs | 6:4 (AET) | New York Hota | Rancho Cienega Stadium | Los Angeles, CA | 4,700 |
1972 | Yugoslav-American SC | 1:0 | Elizabeth Sport Club | Farcher's Grove | Union, NJ | 2,000 |
1973 | Maccabee AC | 5:3 (AET) | Inter-Italian SC | Rancho Cienega Stadium | Los Angeles, CA | 2,500 |
1974 | Greek American SC | 2:0 | Croatian SC | Metropolitan Oval | Queens, NY | 2,000 |
1975 | Maccabee AC | 1:0 | Inter-Giuliana | Murdoch Stadium | Torrance, CA | 2,152 |
1976 | San Francisco AC | 1:0 | Inter Giuliana | Metropolitan Oval | Queens, NY | N/A |
1977 | Maccabee AC | 5:0 | United German Hungarians | Rancho Cienega Stadium | Los Angeles, CA | 2,125 |
1978 | Maccabee AC | 2:0 | Vasco Da Gama | Giants Stadium | East Rutherford, NJ | 1,000 |
1979 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 2:1 | Croatian SC | Winnemac Park Stadium | Chicago, IL | 1,000 |
1980 | NY Pancyprian Freedoms | 3:2 (AET) | Maccabee AC | Metropolitan Oval | Queens, NY | 600 |
1981 | Maccabee AC | 5:1 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Daniels Field | Los Angeles, CA | 1,200 |
1982 | NY Pancyprian Freedoms | 4:3 | Maccabee AC | Hanson Stadium | Chicago, IL | 1,200 |
1983 | NY Pancyprian Freedoms | 4:3 (AET) | Kutis SC | Delmar Stadium | Houston, TX | 800 |
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Right now, I'm most looking forward to Brutal Legend, Trine, MadWorld, Alpha Protocol, Flower and Outrun: Online Arcade!
2009 could be the year of the underdog...
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2009 could be the year of the underdog...
I've been doing some Trivia today, and it's a great idea. It works pretty well, but there are some definite issues...
First is that many of the questions are geared towards Americans, so anyone else will struggle with things relating to, say, North American sports. I simply don't have a clue which of these five basketball players has never had a game named after them.
Second is that there appears to be a lot of detailed questions referring to Tales of Vesperia. I know someone may be enthusiastic about their game, but damn, there's no need for a billion questions about parts of it that even people who have played it may not have seen.
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It's been no secret that since the beginning of the century, the length of the average game's single player has taken a nosedive. This is most likely due to the speedy rise of online gaming, with many developers placing a greater emphasis on the social component of a given title than the solo campaign. At first, many bemoaned this trend, cursing the likes of GRAW, Darkwatch and King Kong for their truncated efforts back in the latter stages of 2005 through early 2006. By the time Gears of War hit the shelves that Christmas, there was a small backlash regarding its length. Last November, with Call of Duty 4's 6 hour blazing salvo of constant set pieces, nobody batted an eyelid. Five years ago, gamers would have demanded a futher few months of development time if they could ace a game at anything under a day's work (possibly because they needed to be amused if they pulled a sickie).
How things have changed. Now we accept it without question, rarely even mentioning time spent nailing through a single player mode. It's seen as heresy if we aren't able to beat a game the day it comes out so ludicrous amounts of time can be poured into fragging our friends, and this has become the norm. However, I'm not lamenting the loss of some of the solo experience to multiplayer, far from it. Although I always have and always will prefer playing alone to tolerating twelve year olds insult my mother during a game of Halo, of late I've increasingly been searching for games that I can finish in a week or so without trying too hard. I simply don't have the time to become invested in massive RPGs anymore, so I'm perfectly happy with a five hour experience if it means I don't need to pour all of my leisure into it and lose sleep just to complete it before next Summer. Length may still be an issue for some, but the landscape has changed as the gaming demographics have grown older. There's nothing wrong with a short game, and with the wealth of releases we're being treated to this month, for me they're perfectly welcome.
Aside from the elite few, gamers don't reap any discernible, real-life rewards from play. Infact, in many cases it has an adverse effect on social lives, fitness levels, relationships and in extreme circumstances, can be a cause of death (as demonstrated by the unfortunate and/or moronic Korean man who played Starcraft online for fifty hours straight); yet still we play. Is it to achieve a sense of victory, to progress a compelling story, or to explore new and interesting ideas through a medium ripe for experimentation? Is it all three or is it something different entirely?
Perhaps the deceased Korean demonstrates the most obvious answer to the reward we receive from games. His unfortunate example simultaneously alerts the gaming hardcore to the dangers of overdoing it and provides the first of the reasons for play: winning. Whether it's finally getting the better of that boss in Zelda, sniping that noob in Halo, or nudging your friend off the cliff in Mashed, we love to win. This is possibly why serious gaming is perceived as such a seemingly male dominated interest; the whole basis of most videogames, from Pong right up to Crysis, is besting an adversary and that is something that we with the Y-Chromosome have excelled at, for better or worse, since the dawn of time. Arm wrestling is uncomplicated and can be played anywhere, yet we still experience a euphoric sensation in the knowledge that we're better at something than someone else. In the context of videogames, this has been most evident when coupled the phenomenal rise of online gaming. Now we can win on a massive scale, co-operatively or competitively, with other human beings; the traditional goal of videogaming taken to a level that we couldn't comprehend fifteen years ago (Achievements being the meta of this, the overarching quest to triumph over others). There is no doubt that many play games exclusively to win, particularly the swathes of alpha males that populate the servers on Madden and Call of Duty, gamers who would never venture into uncompetitive or more cognitively challenging territory. This isn't necessarily a criticism, we all need to disengage our thoughts from time to time; blockbuster shooting games and annual installments in sports series' are equivalent to reality television and typical Summer Hollywood fodder, not exactly clever, but enjoyable for the instant sugar rush they reward you with.
However, I digress. Shadow of the Colossus is technically a game you can "win" at, but upon playing it one realises it wouldn't sit comfortably with the description. Did you really feel a sense of victory when you defeated the colossi in turn? Who is the villain of the piece? It isn't as black and white as Mario versus Bowser, and the game attempts, rather successfully, to challenge the player, to question their motives, to feel remorse for their actions. This is another type of reward for playing games, those emerging as leaders of the "Games as Art" debate that demand something more of the player. In this instance, Killer7 can be cited as an example. It asks questions that Shadow of the Colossus never could; the gameplay is obscure and stilted, often requiring the player to second guess the events and consider it as less of a game than an artistic experience that enriches the mind, packed with bizarre and utterly inspired artistic content. Of course there are those who don't "get" it, but it wasn't produced to satisfy everyone's tastes. These examples and their ilk reward the player through enrichment of the mind and inspiring them to think or create, like many a good album, film, or piece of art or fiction. They are there to be appreciated by those who wish to do so, and it's refreshing to see quite a number of such titles emerging in today's often bemoaned sequel strewn landscape.
Shenmue was mindblowing on its release. Sega's epic created a believable world with interesting characters and sumptuous production values and is oft considered an early proponent of gaming as an art form. Although there is a crossover to an extent, it is largely a story driven game, unfolding just like a novel, except all the more thrilling as the player literally lived the experience through Ryo. He became more than just a vehicle for gameplay, beyond the standard expectations of an avatar. He may not have had a custom haircut or shoes, but he was the player. Or, more to the point, the player was Ryo. This made Shenmue and its sequel compelling and unique experiences, and two of only a handful of games in which the storyline has engaged the player to such a degree. The reward was seeing it to its finish (something we haven't yet been able to do with Shenmue, and likely will never be able to), savouring each step along the way, interacting, brawling, being kidnapped, searching high and low for Sailors, playing a Sega Saturn, listening through what seemed like hundreds of tapes, collecting figures and becoming so engrossed as to mix up real time with game time. Rarely has a game crafted a situation in which you care so much about the central characters. Some felt a similar sensation playing through this year's Lost Odyssey, one of the better examples of RPG storytelling. Often, an RPG can sink or swim based on its plot and to what degree the player cares about the fate of their characters and the world around them, and this is the reward derived from the hours of level grinding and random encounters, the unfurling of a good old yarn.
Overall, a player's choice of genre can occasionally determine what type of reward they seek from games. Many will pooh-pooh Virtua Fighter, with its complex fighting system, or Ikaruga, for its unrelenting difficulty, but ultimately, those games were not created for them. They were made for players with patience and dedication, who take the hard road to victory. These players on the other hand would look with similar distaste at Tekken for its accessibility, however, rarely do you find gamers who play just one type or grouping of games; it's usually a good spread, showing that a large proportion of us would like to derive different rewards from each game we play. Some games serve to cover all aspects of rewards, for instance World of Warcraft, which accommodates large scale PvP battles alongside story elements and social aspects. The next time you play a game you dislike, try to think about what you were looking to gain from the experience, and who knows, your perception of that game or perhaps an entire genre may change. This isn't a plea for everyone to love all games, that is never going to happen and it's not the point of this article, it's for you to accept that what you want from a game is maybe not what your friend wants and that is perhaps the greatest reward gaming can give, the knowledge that we're unique in our tastes, that if just a single person enjoys the most derided game and gains something for it, then it has served its purpose.


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Anyway, the scientific name for giant pandas is Ailuropoda melanoleuca, which means "black-and-white cat-foot." Nobody really knows where the word "panda" came from, but it might have been from the Nepali word ponya. The red panda was the first animal to be called "panda," and the giant panda was originally called the "mottled bear" or "particolored bear."
In 1901, people decided the red panda and the mottled bear were related, and that's when they came up with the name "giant panda" for the bigger, black-and-white animal. The Chinese have about 20 names for giant pandas, including "spotted bear," "bamboo bear," "large bear cat," or just "bear cat." The reason why people thought pandas looked like cats was probably because the pupils of pandas' eyes have a slit shape, like cats' pupils, instead of being round, like other bears' pupils.
So after telling you all that stuff about names, I will just say that whenever I use the word "panda" in this blog entry, I am talking about the giant panda, and not the red panda. And I will also mention that the panda is a real bear, just like a grizzly or a polar bear is. Except that you don't usually hear about pandas killing and eating people, like those other bears do sometimes. And this is likely because pandas are only interested in eating bamboo, and not humans. But I will talk more about their diet in a minute.
Pandas live in central China, in some mountain ranges in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. A long time ago, pandas lived in the lowlands, but then people came and started cutting down the trees and making farms. So the pandas moved up to the mountains. They live in forests where there is a lot of bamboo growing in the understory, below the bigger, taller trees. Mostly, these areas are 5,000 to 10,000 feet in altitude, and there's lots of rain and mist and thick clouds there.
Since pandas have lost so much of their habitat and also because they have a low birth rate, they are said to be ENDANGERED. In 1958, the Wolong National Nature Reserve was set up by the Chinese government, but people didn't really know much about how to help the pandas back in those days. Which meant that the pandas had to live in cages in kind of icky conditions, and they didn't have very many baby pandas.
But nowadays things are much different. There are more than 50 panda reserves, and they cover 2.5 million acres. This is over 45% of what's left of the pandas' habitat, and more than 60% of all the pandas are protected. No one knows exactly how many pandas are still living in the wild, but it might be as many as 3,000. There are over 200 pandas living in captivity inside China, and another 30 or so live in zoos in other countries.
Pandas are classified as carnivores, just like other bears, but 99% of their diet is bamboo. In the wild, pandas will sometimes eat other grasses, tubers, or even birds, rodents, or carrion. Pandas in zoos might be fed honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas, plus bamboo, of course.
It's kind of weird that pandas eat so much bamboo, since their digestive systems are actually meant to digest meat. So when they eat bamboo, they can't get very much energy or protein from it. But during the millions of years that pandas have been around, they have worked out a solution to this problem, which is that they eat lots and lots and lots of bamboo. The average panda eats 20 to 30 pounds of bamboo shoots every day. And this means that a panda might poop as many as 40 times in one day!
Because of their diet, pandas have a very low metabolism, and they are not very energetic. So they are happy just to sit around eating, and they try to avoid having to climb up steep hillsides.
When pandas get to an age somewhere between 4 and 8 years old, they are ready to start making baby pandas. The female panda comes into season for only two or three days, only once a year, sometime between March and May. After she has mated with a male panda, she has to wait 95 to 160 days for the cub to be born. Sometimes there are two cubs, and if this happens in the wild, the mother panda usually decides which one is weaker, and she lets that one die. Scientists think that a panda does not make enough milk for two cubs because she does not store fat in her body. Of course, if two babies are born to a panda in captivity, both of them can be saved.
A panda cub only weighs between 3.2 and 4.6 ounces when it is born, which is really tiny, compared to the size of its mama. The cub is born pink, blind, and toothless. It nurses up to 14 times a day. By the time the cub is a month old, the color pattern of its fur has developed. It takes 75 to 80 days before the cub starts crawling. Then at 6 months, it can begin eating a little bamboo. But mostly it keeps nursing for the first year of its life. A cub weighs about 100 pounds when it is a year old, but it will stay with its mother until it is 18 to 24 months old.
I think pandas are totally cute, especially since they are black-and-white, just like me. I asked Mom if we could maybe get one of our very own, but she said no. She said that since pandas are endangered, they need to stay in reserves or zoos where they can make baby pandas to increase their population. Also she said there is no way she would want to clean up after an animal that poops 40 times a day!


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Lot 545: A romantic inkstand
Auction 60 - Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery - Session II
by Veritas Art Auctioneers
19 October 2016
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English silver of the 19th century
Relief and chiselled decoration with volutes and leaves, four scroll feet with floral pierced decoration
Of oval shape with two cut glass recipients with silver covers, centre with small waste bowl and miniature chamberstick
One cartouche with English coat-of-arms
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The results speak for themselves on the men's side this weekend. Both Del Potro and Davydenko, out for much of last year with injuries, have set themselves up to be respectable threats at the French Open.
Del Potro, playing his first clay court tournament in nearly two years, beat Fernando Verdasco 6-2, 6-2 for the title in Estoril. Nikolay Davydenko defeated Florian Mayer 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to take the BMW Open title in Munich. Though creeping up in the rankings and likely seeded by Roland Garros – Davy's back in the top 30 with this win in Munich – both guys will still be ranked low enough to bump into the Rafas and Rogers of the world before the quarterfinals.
I love how Kolya always gets so affectionate after a big win:
After skipping out on the first few weeks of the clay court season, Novak Djokovic picked up where he left off at the Serbia Open, beating Feliciano Lopez, 7-6(4), 6-2, in the final of the Serbia Open this weekend to stretch his winning streak to an obscene 27 matches.
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The French Open is starting to have more intrigue that usual, as is the upcoming Madrid Open, where Nadal and Djokovic could pick up their rivalry where it's left off, in the finals of Masters events. (Roger is on Rafa's side of the draw, which is probably the preferable, no pressure side for him to be on.)
Even Rafa's starting to wonder what's going to happen:
"Djokovic has a good chance of being No. 1 in the next two or three months," said Nadal, who is the top seed in Madrid, which begins Sunday. "I could lose the No. 1 ranking even if I win nearly everything and this isn't normal. He has very little to defend and I am defending a lot of points through to Wimbledon. For me, what is important, is the points at the end of the year."
So. . .
The WTA tour continues to illustrate Woody Allen's quote: "Eighty percent of success if showing up." World No. 61 Anabel Medina Garrigues won her first WTA title in two years this weekend in Estoril, with a 6-1,6-2 victory over Kristina Barrois in the final.
It's the ninth career clay court title for the Spaniard, tying her with Venus Williams for most clay court titles by an active WTA player. (Though calling Venus an "active" player is a bit of a stretch at this point. . .sigh. . .)
Roberta Vinci of Italy (wearing a lovely Sergio Tacchini kit) won her second Barcelona title in three years, taking out Lucie Hradecka in Saturday's final: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. The trophy's pretty chic, too:
WTA action is already underway at the combined event in Madrid, with Sam Stosur and Victoria Azarenka winning their first round matches. Wozniacki and Zvonareva are seeded Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.


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The family of Oscar Pistorius is distancing themselves from comments made by the Olympian's father about the government not protecting its own citizens from violent crime and the country's atmosphere of fear.
In an interview with the Telegraph, Henke Pistorius said the family has weapons not only for hunting and sport, but for self-defense — and was very critical of the ruling party of the South African government.
"Some of the guns are for hunting and some are for protection, the hand guns. It speaks to the ANC government, look at white crime levels, why protection is so poor in this country, it's an aspect of our society," he said.
"You can't rely on the police, not because they are inefficient always but because crime is so rife."
While Henke said he personally hasn't used a gun for self-defense, he pointed out, "That doesn't mean I haven't been hijacked, attacked. As a family, we value life much too much to produce guns at every opportunity we can use them."
"I have been in positions where I can use a gun but we have been brought up in a way that we value the lives of others very highly."
ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu hotly refuted the claims, saying, "Not only is this statement devoid of truth, it is also racist. It is sad that he has chosen to politicize a tragic incident that is still fresh in the minds of those affected and the public."
The rest of the Pistorius family was quick to distance themselves from the father's comments, likely because of fear Henke's anti-government stance would hurt Oscar's chances in court when he goes on trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
"The Pistorius family owns weapons purely for sport and hunting purposes," family spokesperson Arnold Pistorius retorted in a statement. "Henke's interview with the newspaper was unapproved by our media liaison team. The comments do not represent the views of Oscar or the rest of the Pistorius family."
"We are acutely aware of the fact that we are only at the beginning of a long road to prove that what happened to Reeva Steenkamp was a terrible accident and that Oscar never intended to harm her, let alone cause her death."
"As a family, and Oscar in particular, we will never be the same after the tragic events on 14 February this year. We are still in deep mourning, trying to come to terms with what happened. For this reason and out of respect for the Steenkamp family, the Pistorius family will not grant any media interviews at this time."
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This Would Have Been Cooler in 2006, Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton held up a kind of sassy sign and the world takes note…"
After coming off of an underwhelming press junket for a new fragrance nobody cares about, here's Paris Hilton holding up a sign that says "Queen of F*cking Everything." Yeah, it's not so cute when you're in your thirties and kinda true, so, maybe we can cool it with the lame self-congratulatory photo ops that would have been cute around 2006 when you were flying high on The Simple Life?
Also, Paris seems to dig white, patterned outfits- as this is pretty close to the getup she wore yesterday.
And one last thing- is she holding a flashlight in her left hand?
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Massachusetts innovation community had reason to celebrate on Tuesday as House
Speaker Bob DeLeo announced economic development legislation that included a
number of initiatives that will help expand our vibrant tech economy. The
announcement is the latest example of strategic investments made by the
Legislature and Governor Patrick in innovation, education, and infrastructure
that have contributed towards making Massachusetts a more dynamic, flexible, and
transformative environment for both starting and growing companies to scale.
provision that jumps out is prioritizing computer science education. Currently
less than 1% of our high school students are taking the Computer Science AP
exam – a troubling statistic that is hampering expansion and job growth in our
tech sector. The bill also includes investments in big data innovation
and workforce as well as initiatives to support the talent and financing needs
of start-ups. Together, these initiatives go a long way towards ensuring that
we continue to grow a strong and vibrant tech community and increase our
competitiveness nationally and internationally.
of the package includes:
Science Education
-- The bill commits $1.5 million in funding for the Massachusetts Computing Attainment Network
(MassCAN), a terrific public-private partnership that works to develop and
implement widespread, progressive computer science education in schools across
the state. This has been a top priority of tech employers desperate for
homegrown talent to fill the growing number of job openings in the field and
this effort will help narrow that talent gap.
Data --
Big Data is one of the fastest growing clusters in the innovation economy and
the $2 million in the bill for the creation of the Big Data Innovation &
Workforce Fund will help promote and grow the big data and analytics industries
by providing tools for related career development and exploring how analytics
can help address problems of public concern like transportation, energy and
public health. Tech leaders have brought the important role of big data
in the Massachusetts economy to the forefront and this new initiative confirms
that policy makers and political leaders have received the message.
Internships, and Start-Up Financing – The legislation's focus on growing and
retaining talent and opening up new paths to financing for start-ups also zero
in on what we need to take our economy to the next level through the following
- The nationally renowned Talent Pipeline does a terrific job of encouraging students and young innovators to get a head start by offering matching stipends for interns at innovative start-ups, and providing mentoring opportunities for new entrepreneurs, and the legislation includes $2 million to support those efforts.
- The bill provides $1 million for the Start-up Mentoring Program to connect early-stage entrepreneurs, technology start-ups, and small businesses with successful, experienced business enterprises and capital financing.
- It also sets aside $1.5 million for MassVentures which supports the innovation economy by funding early-stage, high-growth startups in Massachusetts as they move from concept to commercialization.
- And the bill creates the Angel Investor Tax Credit making businesses eligible for a tax credit on the qualifying angel investments.
and other initiatives are important indications that the Commonwealth can and
will be a partner with the innovation sector as we seek ways to support and
optimize innovation and opportunity in our economy.
are some who were not pleased that the bill did not take up the Governor's
proposal to abolish non-compete agreements. House leadership cited the lack of
consensus on the issue of non-competes and noted that any future resolution of
the issue would likely not result in a proposal that is all for or against
non-competes, but would instead focus on some common ground in the
middle. That is a goal we can embrace as we continue thoughtful dialogue
on this issue in the weeks and month ahead.
in the end, the tech community welcomes investments that help accelerate
innovation and growth in the Massachusetts economy. This economic development
legislation is another opportunity to grow our tech economy, create jobs, and
make Massachusetts a world leader in innovation. Now on to the Senate.


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Grand Isle, Vermont
Brief History
Grand Isle was chartered on October 27, 1779 by the Vermont Legislature. It is one of four towns (Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, North Hero, and South Hero) comprising Vermont's "Lake Champlain Islands."
Originally, North Hero, South Hero and Grand Isle were granted to Ethan Allen, Samuel Herrick and 363 other Revolutionary War veterans as a single town known as Two Heroes.
In 1798, Two Heroes was divided into North Hero (the entire north island), Middle Hero and South Hero, with the last two sharing the southern island and a single representative to the legislature, hence they were not actually separate towns. This arrangement was not entirely satisfactory: in 1810, Middle Hero was given complete autonomy and renamed Grand Isle, which is what the French had originally called the whole southern island.
Grand-Isle and South Hero formed a part of Chittenden County until 1802, while the remaining three towns of Alburgh, Isle-La. Motte, and North Hero, formed a part of the County of Franklin. In 1801, the subject of forming a new county, to be called the "County of Grand-Isle," was discussed and on Nov. 9, 1802, the new county was incorporated. It was not until October, 1805, that the county was organized for the transaction of all legal public business as a county. [1] [2]
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Town Histories
- History of the South Hero Island : being the towns of South Hero and Grand Isle, Vermont, by Allen L Stratton (1980) - find this book in a library.
- A History of the town of Grand Isle, by Jan Bender (1991) - find this book in a library.
Vital Records
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.
Military Records
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Grand Isle Probate Division
3677 U.S. Route 2
PO Box 7
North Hero VT 05474
Phone: (802) 372-8350
Church Records
City Directories
1871 map of Grand Isle and South Hero
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Grand Isle Town. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Grand Isle County, website at this link.
- Grand Isle Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Hoag Cemetery - inscriptions a Find A Grave site.
- Macomber Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Quaker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
Town Records
- Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1799-1897, are available at FamilySearch (browse only images).
- The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Grand Isle Town Clerk's Office. These include: Vital records, Grand Isle, Vermont, 1744-Jan. 2001, and Deeds, 1799-1900; index to deeds, 1799-1949.
Grand Isle Town Clerk
9 Hyde Rd.
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An old favorite in my library of dark ambient drone.
The track Among Icebergs always reminds me of the "electronic realization" music in Carpenter's THE FOG (music when they first show Blake and his men [not on the score release]).
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Novella It's the 1970s at Hogwarts...and the old gang of Lupin, Sirius, James, and Pettigrew are wreaking as much havoc as they can manage. The "future Death Eaters" make quite a lot of trouble, and Snape is horrible. And a certain strange wizard named Tom Riddle is gathering followers. Will anything happen during their seventh year at Hogwarts? Read and find out... Genres: Drama, Romance Era: Marauders Characters: Dumbledore, James, Lily, Lupin, OC, Pettigrew, Sirius, Snape, Voldemort Pairings: Sirius/OC, James/Lily Advisory: Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature Published: 2007.05.04 Latest Chapter: 2007.05.17 Updated: 2007.05.17 Status: WIP (5239 words) |


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Hey! Who cut up my triangle?
Whoever it was, they sure did a professional job. Look at those slices! I don't even get slices like that when I order a pizza! What is that, a rhombus up there? Oh, hang on, that's not actually a rhombus, is it? I guess I should go in the other room and look in a book of geometric solids to be sure what it is I'm talking about. I'll just turn off the light as I leave the room and…
pantpantpant Did you see that? I swear, it was right there! Like some kinda… sneaky little guy! With a sword! He was right here, standing in front of my triangle! Didn't you see him? Really? You didn't see a thing? Wow, that's… wow. Maybe I just imagined it. I guess I have been under a lot of stress lately because of this whole rhombus thing I got going on. Maybe the pressure is just too much. I guess it was all just in my head. Ha ha! Silly me! Okay, well, off to the geometry book, then. I'll just turn off the light again, to save me some money, and…
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Tippi Degree was born in Nambia, where her parents, both French photographers, were stationed for a work assignment. She grew up playing with the wild animals and spent most of her youth among the native tribes that her parents photographed. Many people believe that she had a deep and unique connection with animals as she was able to live and play among even the most viscous predators and remain unharmed. Here are some of the photographs her parents took:
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As part of our new campaign to Save the Tiger, here are eight things you should know about the beautiful Caspian subspecies and its demise:
1. The Caspian tiger was one of the largest sub-species of tiger with strong legs, wide paws and unusually large claws.
2. The Caspian tiger had a range from Turkey in the East to China in the West.
3. Caspian tigers preyed mainly on wild boar, though they occasionally fed on red deer, roe deer and domestic animals such as dogs and cattle in winter months.
4. The tiger was aggressively hunted in the early twentieth century as part of a land reclamation programme initiated by the Soviet Union.
5. The tiger also suffered from a loss of natural habitat and the over-hunting of its usual prey populations.
6. Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, it is believed that the Caspian tiger became extinct in the mid-twentieth century.
7. The animal was declared officially extinct by the IUCN in 2003.
8. Fortunately, according to a study by researchers at the University of Oxford, it has been discovered that the genes of the Caspian tiger live on today in the Siberian tiger.
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Year | 1980 |
Starring | Bryan Brown, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson |
Director(s) | Bruce Beresford |
Rating | PG |
Genre(s) | Drama, History, War |
Runtime | 107 min |
During the Boer War between Great Britain and the Dutch colonists in South Africa, three Australian lieutenants, led by "Breaker" Morant, are ordered to execute a group of prisoners. As their duty demanded, they performed the execution, only to later learn one of the prisoners was actually a German citizen. In order to keep peace with Germany, the powers that be court martial Morant and his fellow soldiers. What proceeds is a short and futile trial founded on trumped-up charges.


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Slayer concert DVD + Halloween = awesome
Those cute munchkins in Slayer have a little Halloween treat for us. Beginning at midnight this morning (naturally), they posted on myspace a concert video of "Eyes of the Insance" from the Unhole Alliance Tour DVD. Check it out here.
The 90-minute DVD was released in stores yesterday and also features performances from Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed. Bonus footage includes backstage, behind-the-scenes and one-on-one interviews, many of which were conducted by the Unholy Alliance artists themselves. Pretty much gets none more evil than that.
Mudhoney schedules tour dates
Legendary Seattle rock act Mudhoney has scheduled a short run of November and December live appearances. These shows will apparently find the band dipping into the entirety of its back catalog, which includes last year's Under a Billion Suns, after the band ran through Superfuzz Bigmuff for a Don't Look Back show back September. Follow on after the jump for Mudhoney's tour dates…
11/2 Chicago, IL – Double Door
11/3 Athens, GA – 40 Watt
11/16 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
11/30 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell's
12/1 New York, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
12/2 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Oasis to begin recording new album
Oasis will enter London's Abbey Road studios on November 5 to record their seventh album. They have already completed work on two songs set for the album, and have demoed the rest.
Speaking to BBC 6Music, Noel Gallagher revealed that the band already began initial recording at the studio six weeks ago, and plan to mix the album after a Christmas break.
"We start in Abbey Road a week on Monday [November 5]," he said. "Then we'll probably work through a couple of months there, have Christmas off, then go and mix it and see where we're at.
"We all write separately, but for some reason all the songs sound like they've got a common thread. We've been focusing round the grooves more this time."
He added: "The last album ['Don't Believe The Truth'] was quite 'songy', if that makes any sense – it was quite a British, retro, '60s sounding album. This [new album] is focusing round the grooves more."
Gallagher went on to explain that he'd been having difficulty coming up with lyrical inspiration.
"I've literally got nothing left to write about," he said. "I've written about being a youth, and I've written about being a rock star, and I've written about living life in the big city."
Elvis tops dead celebrity list; Cobain doesn't make the cut
Kurt Cobain doesn't even show up on this year's Forbes list of top-earning dead celebrities despite being number one last year thanks to Courtney Love selling part of his catalog for a reported $50 million. Instead, he's been dethroned by the King, who returns to the top spot.
Forbes reports that Presley's estate last year generated a total income of $49 million as a result of a massive overhaul of Graceland. Meanwhile, Cobain's estate didn't earn enough for him to stay listed despite the fact that the catalog sale opened the door for future ad dollars. As for other legendary musicians on the list, John Lennon jumped from number four to number two. Here's a prediction: Expect Lennon's position (as well as that of George Harrison, who's now number four) to jump next year if/when iTunes releases the Beatles catalog.
Here's the top ten:
1. Elvis Presley
2. John Lennon
3. Charles M. Schulz
4. George Harrison
5. Albert Einstein
6. Andy Warhol
7. Dr. Seuss
8. Tupac Shakur
9. Marilyn Monroe
10. Steve McQueen
Athlete:: Beyond the Neighbourhood (Album Review)
One of those bands who quietly sell respectable amounts (this is their third album), Athlete purvey gently angsty, pretty, middle-of-the-road rock, in which pianos and mildly glitchy synths twinkle politely, guitars sound about as boring as they can, and bits of melody wisp about in search of something anthemic.
Joel Pott sings like a scuffed-up Chris Martin – still adenoidal, but gruffer – and manages to be a slightly more focused lyricist, though only The Outsiders has a line that makes you sit up. (As a chorus, "I'm away with the fairies now" is so ludicrous, it's almost affecting.) As you listen to Beyond the Neighbourhood, you find yourself spending an awful lot of time asking yourself whether you're feeling anything yet.
(David Peschek)
Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD's Coffin
As counterintuitive as it may seem in this age of iPods and digital downloads, vinyl — the favorite physical format of indie music collectors and audiophiles — is poised to re-enter the mainstream, or at least become a major tributary.
Talk to almost anyone in the music business' vital indie and DJ scenes and you'll encounter a uniformly optimistic picture of the vinyl market.
"I'm hearing from labels and distributors that vinyl is way up," said Ian Connelly, client relations manager of independent distributor alliance IODA, in an e-mail interview. "And not just the boutique, limited-edition colored vinyl that Jesu/Isis-style fans are hot for right now."
Pressing plants are ramping up production, but where is the demand coming from? Why do so many people still love vinyl, even though its bulky, analog nature is anathema to everything music is supposed to be these days? Records, the vinyl evangelists will tell you, provide more of a connection between fans and artists. And many of today's music fans buy 180-gram vinyl LPs for home listening and MP3s for their portable devices.
"For many of us, and certainly for many of our artists, the vinyl is the true version of the release," said Matador's Patrick Amory. "The size and presence of the artwork, the division into sides, the better sound quality, above all the involvement and work the listener has to put in, all make it the format of choice for people who really care about music."
Because these music fans also listen using portable players and computers, Matador and other labels include coupons in record packaging that can be used to download MP3 versions of the songs. Amory called the coupon program "hugely popular."
Portability is no longer any reason to stick with CDs, and neither is audio quality. Although vinyl purists are ripe for parody, they're right about one thing: Records can sound better than CDs.
Although CDs have a wider dynamic range, mastering houses are often encouraged to compress the audio on CDs to make it as loud as possible: It's the so-called loudness war. Since the audio on vinyl can't be compressed to such extremes, records generally offer a more nuanced sound.
Another reason for vinyl's sonic superiority is that no matter how high a sampling rate is, it can never contain all of the data present in an analog groove, Nyquist's theorem to the contrary.
"The digital world will never get there," said Chris Ashworth, owner of United Record Pressing, the country's largest record pressing plant.
Golden-eared audiophiles have long testified to vinyl's warmer, richer sound. And now demand for vinyl is on the rise. Pressing plants that were already at capacity are staying there, while others are cranking out more records than they did last year in order to keep pace with demand.
Don MacInnis, owner of Record Technology in Camarillo, California, predicts production will be up 25 percent over last year by the end of 2007. And he's not talking about small runs of dance music for DJs, but the whole gamut of music: "new albums, reissues, majors and indies … jazz, blues, classical, pop and a lot of (classic) rock."
Turntables are hot again as well. Insound, an online music retailer that recently began selling USB turntables alongside vinyl, can't keep them in stock, according to the company's director, Patrick McNamara.
And on Oct. 17, Amazon.com launched a vinyl-only section stocked with a growing collection of titles and several models of record players.
Big labels still aren't buying the vinyl comeback, but it wouldn't be the first time the industry failed to identify a new trend in the music biz.
"Our numbers, at least, don't really point to a resurgence," said Jonathan Lamy, the Recording Industry Association of America's director of communications. Likewise, Nielsen SoundScan, which registered a slight increase in vinyl sales last year, nonetheless showed a 43 percent decrease between 2000 and 2006.
But when it comes to vinyl, these organizations don't really know what they're talking about. The RIAA's numbers are misleading because its member labels are only now beginning to react to the growing demand for vinyl. As for SoundScan, its numbers don't include many of the small indie and dance shops where records are sold. More importantly, neither organization tracks used records sold at stores or on eBay — arguably the central clearinghouse for vinyl worldwide.
Vinyl's popularity has been underreported before.
"The Consumer Electronics Association said that only 100,000 turntables were sold in 2004. Numark alone sold more than that to pro DJs that year," said Chris Roman, product manager for Numark.
And the vinyl-MP3 tag team might just hasten the long-predicted death of the CD.
San Francisco indie band The Society of Rockets, for example, plans to release its next album strictly on vinyl and as MP3 files.
"Having just gone through the process of mastering our new album for digital and for vinyl, I can say it is completely amazing how different they really sound," said lead singer and guitarist Joshua Babcock in an e-mail interview. "The way the vinyl is so much better and warmer and more interesting to listen to is a wonder."
(by Eliot Van Buskirk- Wired)
New version of Zeitgeist available from Best-Buy, Billy Corgan's integrity R.I.P, 2007
You've got to hand it to the man. Billy Corgan is prolific. Really. 5 albums in one year? Are you kidding me? Wait. It's the same album.
Zeitgeist is coming out. Again. For those of you who must (I must stress "must" because one is probably better off writing a check for the same amount and sending it to P.O. Box Your Toilet) the newest version of features bonus tracks Death From Above, Stellar and Ma Bell and is part of a Best-Buy exclusive. To make sure there is no confusion – since the aforementioned tracks already appeared on other versions already released – this Best-Buy exclusive will also be accompanied a (yawn) dvd documentary on the making of the album.
This is the fifth "exclusive" release for the album. Let's count: the regular edition, the iTunes version, the Target, the first Best-Buy and now the second Best Buy. I'm going to buy a new dictionary because apparently it's definition of exclusive is not up to date.
ENON:: Grass Geysers … Carbon Clouds (Album Review)
In the four years since Enon's last studio album, the band has issued a thrilling b-sides and rarities album, logged hours helping out friends Les Savy Fav and Love As Laughter, done commercial work for the Sundance channel and built its own studio. So it's not surprising that Grass Geysers was born out of an impulsive, needy and brief energy. While Enon has previously been guilty of betraying its most energetic moments with a tendency to fall into loping, aimless slow-burners, Grass Geysers never stops freaking out. Whether blistering through the Ramones-like "Those Who Don't Blink," slinking out the grimy back-and-forth of "Mr. Ratatatatat" or crafting loungey psychedelia fit to soundtrack that eerie Leonard Nimoy-hosted show In Search Of…, the band manages to harness the immediacy of being a three-piece without sacrificing sonic depth or complexity. Each track offers thick layers of simply sweet hooks, space-race organ or skronky rave-up guitar, buttressed by deep, slinking bass lines and urged onward by frenetic drumming. John Schmersal and Toko Yasuda trade and share lead vocals, his desperate near-falsetto feeling unhinged while her sexy cooing stabilizes things. Lyrically, Schmersal is as loopy as ever, melding sci-fi nightmares with ambivalent lamentations of love lost or innocence swiped.
Country Legend Porter Wagoner Dies At 80
Country legend Porter Wagoner died yesterday (Oct. 28) in Nashville, just a few weeks after being hospitalized with lung cancer. Wagoner was known for a string of country hits in the '60s, perennial appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in his trademark rhinestone suits and for launching the career of Dolly Parton.
The Missouri-born Wagoner signed with RCA Records in 1955 and joined the Opry in 1957, "the greatest place in the world to have a career in country music," he said in 1997. His showmanship, suits and pompadoured hair made him famous.
He had his own syndicated TV show, "The Porter Wagoner Show," for 21 years, beginning in 1960. It was one of the first syndicated shows to come out of Nashville and set a pattern for many others.
Among his hits, many of which he wrote or co-wrote, were "Carroll County Accident," "A Satisfied Mind," "Company's Comin'," "Skid Row Joe," "Misery Loves Company" and "Green Green Grass of Home."
In May, after years without a recording contract, he signed with Anti- records, an eclectic Los Angeles label best known for alt-rock acts like Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case.
Wagoner's final album, "Wagonmaster," was released in June and earned him some of the best reviews of his career. Over the summer, he was the opening act for the White Stripes at a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden.
"The young people I met backstage, some of them were 20 years old. They wanted to get my autograph and tell me they really liked me," Porter said with tears in his eyes the day after the New York show. "If only they knew how that made me feel — like a new breath of fresh air."
To many music fans, Wagoner was best known as the man who boosted Parton's career. He had hired the 21-year-old singer as his duet partner in 1967, when she was just beginning to gain notice through songs such as "Dumb Blonde." They were the Country Music Association's duo of the year in 1970 and 1971, recording hit duets including "The Last Thing on My Mind."
Wagoner was born in West Plains, Mo., and became known as "The Thin Man From West Plains" because of his lanky frame. He recalled that he spent hours as a child pretending to be an Opry performer, using a tree stump as a stage.
He started in radio, then became a regular on the "Ozark Jubilee," one of the first televised national country music shows. On the Opry since 1957, he joined Roy Acuff and other onetime idols.
At one point his wardrobe included more than 60 handmade rhinestone suits. "Rhinestone suits are just beautiful under the lights," he said. "They've become a big part of my career. I get more compliments on my outfits than any other entertainer — except for Liberace."
While he continued with the Opry, and even had a small part in the 1982 movie "Honky Tonk Man" starring Clint Eastwood, his recording career dried up in the 1980s — until his return this year.
"I stopped making records because I didn't like the way they were wanting me to record," he said. "When RCA dropped me from the label, I didn't really care about making records for another label because I didn't have any say in what they would release and how they would make the records and so forth."
The Hold Steady – "Stuck Between Stations" (Live on Letterman)
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Pushes the Envelope Further on the Latest Saul Williams Album Release
Following in the footsteps of Radiohead's overwhelming successful release of In Rainbows through direct web distribution, Trent Reznor and Saul Williams are taking a similar approach with the release of The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! Estimates range from $5-12 million in download revenue that Radiohead has earned so far from their on site distribution efforts. Despite those numbers there is still some skepticism as to how successful lesser known artists will be using similar self distribution methods. The success or failure of The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! will be a major indicator of how the future of music distribution will play out.
The chances of success appear promising given the fact that this is the most involved in a non-NIN recording that Trent Reznor has been in since Marilyn Manson's breakthrough album Antichrist Superstar. For those unfamiliar with Saul Williams music he is a former street poet who has opened up for Nine Inch Nails on several tours across North America and Europe. His music is loosely categorized as rap but is truly a cross genre blend of styles that is not easily pigeonholed into traditional music formats. Mixed by Alan Moulder the album is being promoted as a joint effort between Saul Williams and Trent Reznor. Williams describes the new album as "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! is the lovechild of Trent and me."
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! will be available for download with a choice of choice of DRM-free 192kbps or 320kbps mp3 file sizes November 1 at http://niggytardust.com/saulwilliams/menu. Pre-orders are being taken on the site now with a suggested artist donation of $5 but will also be available for free as well. Saul Williams will kick off world wide tour in support of the release starting with a show at Washington State University November 2.
Happy Friday!! WTF??
THE SADIES:: New Seasons (Album Review)
Neko Case's favorite Canadian band may wear the alt-country tag, but the Toronto twangers have never been standard-issue honky-tonkers, having also collaborated with Jon Langford, Andre Williams and others. The Sadies' sound owes as much to surf and psychedelia as to country and bluegrass, and you can trace a direct line from them back through the sunbaked choogle of the Meat Puppets to the cosmic cowboy twang of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Clarence White-era Byrds. All those influences crop up on New Seasons. The eerie psych-garage of "A Simple Apparition" would fool Lenny Kaye in a Nuggets blindfold test, while classic country instrumentals get their due in "Wolf Tones," which channels the theme music for an imaginary pioneers-and-wagon-trains Western. The Meat Puppets vibe is prominent in "What's Left Behind," featuring virtuoso picking and woozy, overlapping vocals from brothers Dallas and Travis Good. And in the rippling, echoey guitars and insistent rhythmic chug of "Ann Leigh," a tragic tale of a young man being chased by his woman's premonition, the Sadies craft a sonic and narrative masterpiece destined to be covered by many artists (my bet's on Case). As produced by Gary Louris (Jayhawks/Golden Smog), New Seasons is a reverb-drenched, genre-hopping gem, the culmination of a 10-year, eight-album journey that promises to bear even more riches farther down the road.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
arXiv User Survey
It will take approximately 20 minutes, and has plenty of comment options to complain about the new arXiv listing (or the eternal bug in the search field if you search for a tag containing the word 'not').
Other points that I find worth mentioning: the arxiv should allow comments on papers, and a ranking (different from times cited). Comments would be helpful to avoid the increasing amount of 'reply-to-reply-to-reply-to's, ranking I would find a good idea because it's become almost impossible to find a good review or lecture notes if one doesn't know the author (and lecture notes don't usually become top-cites).
9 comments:
- Uncle Al said...
The absolutely positively very best arXiv gravitation paper, ever,
Table at end of paper. Turn a dial and a 60.5 kg lump exhibits 41 kg of buoyancy. WOWSA! - 11:19 AM, June 06, 2007
- Dave Bacon said...
As per your last comments, you might be interested in scirate.com, a little toy of a website I wrote for implementing rating and commenting for arxiv papers.
- 3:29 PM, June 06, 2007
- Lumo said...
Dear Bee, citation counts are imperfect - like everything in the real world - but any style of amazon.com-like system of helpful votes etc. would produce complete garbage.
There is already a huge experience with it. When outsiders get the opportunity to organize campaigns about things they don't know, they will do so. Most of these votes would have nothing to do with the actual content of the papers.
If something like that had to exist, it would have to be a Google-style ranking system including PeopleRank analogous to PageRank that would reflect the power of the voters. Effectively, e.g. Witten should have 1000 times more influence than e.g. Woit as reflected by his own votes or citations - which would ideally give you the same ratio, as a matter of correct calibration of the new algorithm.
Anything that would include votes selected by Witten as less than 1000 times Woit would be bound to lead to complete junk. - 4:36 PM, June 06, 2007
- Bee said...
Dear Lubos:
This would never work in practice. The easiest thing to do is let people comment with their name (say, you need to be registered at the arxiv/spires database) and let everybody decide for themselves if they find the opinion of person x worth reading. a simple ranking of papers would at least show up the papers of interest (whether in the good or the bad sense). I definitely don't suggest something like a quality ranking (nothing could be further off my mind, it would be a disaster) - But it would be handy to find the basic and introductionary papers/reviews in a field more quickly.
B. - 4:51 PM, June 06, 2007
- Arun said...
Simpler solution about classification - let the author add from a set of tags - lecture notes, expository article, Ph.D. thesis, regular research paper, summer school proceedings, etc., and self-classify their papers.
I'm not sure I want my public library catalog either to carry comments by people. It might be nice to have a common independent site where people can comment on papers, and hold discussions. - 4:57 PM, June 06, 2007
- Bee said...
Hi Arun,
I probably didn't make myself really clear, sorry. I don't want a general discussion or comments to a paper. I just want a possibility to submit these comment-to papers directly as a reply to a paper and not as a new paper in the listing. (whether or not that has to be as pdf/ps is another question). It's that I have the impression that it happens more and more often, and it would be better to arrange it in a tree than in an every-day listing.
I actually think there is something like a forum or a blog where arxiv papers are discussed, I was there sometimes (sorry, can't find the link). It seemed to me like a nice try, but didn't really work. I think the problem is basically what Lubos also pointed out: to keep the standard at least at arxiv level, you'll need to have some restriction on the user registration. I mean, everybody can discuss every paper on a blog, or in an arbitrary forum if they like. The question is the expertise of the audience.
B. - 5:09 PM, June 06, 2007
- Arun said...
Ah, so 0705.2630 and its children, all linked together.
Doesn't the "Cited by" help do that?
Anyways, since you're in Rome, hope you're doing as the Romans do. :) - 5:41 AM, June 07, 2007
The ranking system you want should be achieved by talking to your colleagues... private comments are much more useful than public almost all the time.
But nothing substitutes for wading through the arxiv - alas !! - 3:16 PM, June 07, 2007
If you are interested in a blog-like commenting system but
(a) more permanent
(b) a bit more formal / scholarly
(c) integrated abilities to do other stuff that is handy for scientists, like uploading papers, including equations in posts, etc
...then check our nano.org which we've built to do that stuff. It's for any research broadly in the area of nanoscience. Join in if you're interested, we'll happily register any researcher as a 'scholar' so you can contribute -- email: invite at nano dot org - 6:29 PM, June 26, 2007


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Sometimes it's easier to believe a lie.
Twenty-five-years ago, the disappearance of four-year-old Justin Manning rocked the small town of Dove Point, Ohio. After his body was found in a shallow grave in the woods two months later, the repercussions were felt for years.…
Janet Manning has been haunted by the murder since the day she lost sight of her brother in the park. Now, with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Justin's death looming, a detective and a newspaper reporter have started to ask questions, opening old wounds and raising new suspicions. Could the man convicted of the murder - who spent more than two decades in prison - really be innocent? Janet's childhood friend and high school crush, who was in the park with her that day, has returned to Dove Point, where he is wrestling with his own conflicted memories of the events. And a strange man appears at Janet's door in the middle of the night, claiming to know the truth.
Soon, years of deceit will be swept away, and the truth about what happened to Janet's brother will be revealed. And the answers that Janet has sought may be found much closer to home than she ever could have imagined.
©2012 David Bell (P)2012 Penguin Audiobooks
"Avoids all the mystery novel cliches"
This is a great mystery/thriller primarily because it avoids all of the well-worn grooves that most mystery writers fall into. I feel that, in a mystery novel, it's important that the conclusion be plausible, but even more so that the events leading to it are independently plausible and not transparently constructed just to lead to that conclusion. This novel satisfied my plausibility appetite more than most, and the dialog was genuine. I can sometimes live with a mediocre plot if the dialog is right, but never the other way around.
"Excellent overall"
loved the story, loved the narrator (the best I've heard) , performance was great ...touching ...just right for the story
"Better than OK"
This is a more difficult review for me to put into words. It kept me guessing until the end, but I kept waiting for more twists, or something more to happen. I've had this book on my MP3 for months & I've started it several times, but it was slow enough in the beginning that I'd get bored and switch to another book. I finally got to a point where it was keeping my interest, but I expected more - it could have been a better story. As it is, it was better than "just ok", but still below average in my opinion..
I found the story to have a nice little twist at the end which was great. Otherwise it's just another story of someone being wrongly accused.
"Suspense That Keeps You in the Car"
The Hiding Place is the story of two adults that come to terms with a murder of a child that occurred twenty-five years ago when they were seven. Michael, a close, childhood friend of the murdered boy's sister, Janet, returns to the small, western Ohio town where he was raised. Janet and he, along with Janet's teenage daughter and the detective who investigated the murder originally, piece together the events that actually took place that fateful day.
The author, David Bell, interleaves the present and past with a deft hand, gradually revealing the story as it is reconstructed. The reconstruction takes several surprising twists, which provide page-turning suspense.
Bell's characters are attractive and well developed, and the narrator, Fred Lehne, does a great job maintaining the suspense that infuses the novel. I look forward to listening to other books by Bell.
I enjoy listening to great detective mysterie & also great thrillers. I enjoy books also by Vince Flynn, David Baldaci including assasins.
"Great Mystery!!"
Kept you on your seat. Just when I thought I figured it out, whoops another twist.
Yes. Didn't quite know when one would find what that "hiding place" was for.
When granddaughter and grandfather became as should be.
"Not worth the time"
Not a single character I cared about -- all of them completely self-involved, especially the teenager. I had the who-dun-it figured out with his first appearance -- oh, he must be the real killer! The performance was fine, considering the material.


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Radio Africa & Kitchen
Growing up in a small town in Ethiopia, Eskender Aseged lived in the only household in the neighborhood with a radio. The pop songs and soccer matches that fizzled through those speakers brought families together to laugh and listen. After moving to San Francisco, where every car on the road blares its radio, Aseged turned toward cooking in order to bring that sense of community and wonderment to his new neighborhood.
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"I love my body. The curvier I am, the happier I am. I think that's true of most girls. When you've got a lovely boyfriend you just eat cake on the sofa. It's lovely".
"I am lucky, I can eat what I want in moderation and I don't have to exercise religiously. I am just sensible and healthy and I never sit still for long," she said.
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Powerview RCMP pulled over the truck and trailer shortly after 1 p.m. Dec. 20.
A 32-year-old man from Fort Alexander and a 52-year-old man from Winnipeg face charges of possession of contraband tobacco under the Excise Act.
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Ross McCormack has handed in a transfer request and is could leave Leeds United soon.
The club captain has not travelled to Italy for United's two-week training camp and is being chased by Fulham, who were relegated from the Premier League.
The Cottagers had a £5m bid for the Scottish international turned down last month, but McCormack's request will likely see a move pushed through.
The 27-year-old, who has also been linked with West Ham and Newcastle, signed a four-year deal at Elland Road last autumn but has apparently grown disillusioned at the Yorkshire club.
McCormack held face-to-face talks with owner Massimo Cellino last week, but they did not ease his concerns.
If they were to sell, Leeds would want around £10m for the player. McCormack scored 28 goals for United in the Championship last season.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan State University wrestling team will hold it's annual Green and White Intrasquad Scrimmage on Sunday, November 9 at 1 p.m. at Jenison Fieldhouse.
The meet will feature No. 2-ranked 118-pounder David Morgan (Ferndale), as well as three other returning starters: Issac Miller (Flint) at 134 pounds, Greg DeGrand (Ann Arbor) at 158 pounds, and Marco Sanchez (Brooklyn, NY) at heavyweight.
The Spartans begin the regular season Saturday and Sunday, November 15-16, with the Michigan State Open at Jenison Fieldhouse.
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Spring Savoir Faire at David Jones
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I've never heard of him too, so, thank you for the post and the photos.
Simply wonderful.
I'm not really experienced with flowers (all my pot plants died, my own orchid, in contrast to my mom's, survived, but looks like almost dead) so I never thought that you can do such fantastic things with them.
:-)The lavish floral and plant displays remind me of those at the Plaza Athenee or George V Hotel in Paris. Such exciting promotions are seen in many deluxe department stores in Europe, London, Tokyo, or New York, but certainly not in Canada (well Ogilvy's in Montreal is better than most). In spite of the Bay's makeover, they have a long way to go.
ReplyDeleteElena, Each year the creativity and the colours amaze me.
Susan, I am not sure whether economy plays any part of it. Each year they just seem bigger and better. I think it is for the leagacy and tradition.
Joe, I love flowers, you will have to buy some today for your house!
Mr SWF, unfortunately I do agree with you on this one. When I first came to Canada I was surprised that no department store had a food hall!
Nancy, they are always spectacular.
Jon, you are more than welcome!


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The Annapolis Panthers basketball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Annapolis Area Christian by a score of 77-62.
Annapolis Panthers (Annapolis, MD) backers were pleased Wednesday as they saw their basketball squad overcome the visiting Annapolis Area Christian Eagles (Severn, MD), 77-62 in a non-league bout.
With the victory, Annapolis upgrades its record to 2-0 on the campaign. The Panthers host Severna Park (Severna Park, MD) to play the Falcons in a Anne Arundel County bout on Friday, December 12. The Falcons come into the bout with a record of 1-1.
Next up, the Eagles play the Severn Admirals (Severna Park, MD) in a MIAA B - South bout, on Thursday, December 11. Annapolis Area Christian will attempt to upgrade on its 4-2 season record.