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The 16 Hole Boots seek talented drummer + bassist... LONDON
We're the 16 Hole Boots looking for a new drummer and bassist (under 30).
We've been together since the spring and have about 15 songs at various stages of completion. You can listen to rough tape recorded stuff here: soundcloud.com/16holeboots - they're just acoustic demos but we wanna be a rock band
We live in Kentish Town.
Our influences include Velvet Undergroud, Suede, The Who, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Smiths, Pink Floyd, Julian Cope, New York Dolls, Magazine, The Damned
...but the main aim is to do something original.
Good ability, lots of ambition and commitment essential. We wanna start playing gigs ASAP so come on!
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Visionary College President Stephen Mulkey Puts Higher Education on Notice Over Climate Change
Jan 29, 2013, 03:30 ET
UNITY, Maine, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Visionary Unity College President Stephen Mulkey has put higher education on notice over climate change: stand up and do what you know is right.
Mulkey's message is pointedly focused on calling out those within higher education who have remained silent about the developing global disaster of climate change, uncritically siding with conventional wisdom and political dictates, while enjoying the largess of life on manicured college campuses. He demands more of scientists, educators, and higher education as a system than to sit idly by while those with a stake in the organized denial of climate change are allowed to profit with virtual impunity at an incalculable cost to humanity.
An investment in fossil fuels for short term profits is not a smart investment, Mulkey says. For every dollar generated by investments in fossil fuels, many more dollars will be required to mitigate the damage done from man caused climate change, or to clean up from weather events like Hurricane Sandy.
Mulkey will soon join the ranks of luminaries such as Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times Columnist; former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; and a variety of heads of state who will participate in one of the most heralded conferences in the developing world. He will serve as a presenter at the 13th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.
The summit will address the global challenge of resource-efficient and low carbon development and will take place from January 31 – February 2, 2013, at the Hotel Taj Palace in New Delhi, India. The event will also explore the diverse dimensions of promoting resource-efficient development and attempt to strengthen the global momentum for green growth as raised at the Rio+20 Conference.
Mulkey's presentation will appear on day three of the conference, February 2, when he will serve on a panel considering sustainable development and a new knowledge economy.
In December, 2012, Unity College became the first college in the United States to divest from investments in fossil fuels. The move touched off a growing nationwide movement on college and university campuses.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:36 am
Post subject: Compulsive exerciser + NOSDIET = freedom!
Hello nos community,
I'm not the kind of person who usually posts anything on bulletins because I'm too lazy and shy but I think it's time for me to start contributing considering how much I've gained from free information that has been shared by others.
You see, I thought I was different. A special case. Outside of space and time.
I simply wash't able to categorise my disordered eating as anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, binge eating, or food addiction. It was more like exercise addiction which caused me to binge eat (carb loading!!) but quickly led to an obsession with what I was eating, how much, whether it would be appropriate for my vigorous training etc. And then I got an injury and I couldn't really stop binging on carbs, but I also couldn't exercise like I used to, so I stopped eating in between binges to try and 'balance' out my calorie intake. As you can probably imagine I ended up in a right old mess: fill of fear and utterly obsessed with my calories in/calories out.
What the nosdiet has given me is a structure that ensures I don't over-consume calories, which means that I have no choice but to exercise and train less. And in light of the recent injury this is most probably exactly what I needed to be doing.
I'm not going to lie, it's been a bumpy start and I haven't been using the habitcal properly yet because almost every day there has been a minor fail and I don't want to put myself off trying. It's progress not perfection in my books.
The fails occur because I have been so used to under consuming calories at meals and I still find it hard to eat enough to get me through to the next, especially considering I still do exercise quite a lot (in a good way - I'm a little hyperactive so this is just a part of my lifestyle and always will be) which has led to the odd snack, which has led to the odd, mild binge because I've done the 'screw it, I've failed now so what's the difference if I go all out?!' I've addressed this issue with a mod for the time being: 'No snacks, no sweets' is my current system. If I want to have seconds that's fine because I probably didn't put enough on my plate in the first place. In fact, I can eat as much as I want at a meal, as long as it is definitely in one sitting and doesn't contain sweets (I'm quite strict also, as even dried fruit can set me off on a binge).
This is working! I'm finally eating enough at meals because I know it has to last. And I'm giving my digestive system a break in between as opposed to grazing all day. Most importantly, I'm not obsessing over what I eat and when and how much. I've stopped looking up the calorie expenditure of my runs and swims and bike rides, which allows me to appreciate them for exactly what they are.
I think my favourite aspect of the diet is that I'm 'consuming' far less packaging (snack food is criminally over packaged) and I'm not feeding into the vast, expanding 'health food industry' which I used to do by buying endless sugar free gluten free dairy free fun free snacks. Which are all just dried fruit and nuts anyway. Now I just eat enough at meal times. So simple!
I love the way it feels as if this is a 'diet' for life. A wholesome, slow way of being that can allow me to appreciate the exciting things in life without thinking so much about what I'm eating.
Good luck to all of you starting out (like me) and thanks to the old timers for sharing what helps you.
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Rejoicing with you in your good success! Thanks for posting!
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:48 am
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sounds like noS is a great and healthy relief for you!
that is so awesome!!
Body Fat %: 17.6
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Congratulations and thank you for this thoughtful post!
I love it how No S works both for people on both ends of the spectrum -- those who under-eat as well as those who overeat. Further confirmation of its fundamental elegance and sanity, I like to think.
You're no-no-seconds mod sounds very reasonable under the circumstances.
It's amazing how powerful this old and obvious idea of "eating meals" can be in terms of ridding us of all our diet obsessions. Amazing too how similar the "diet head" of even very fit people can be to that of people who more obviously struggle with it.
Anyway, congratulations again, and thank you for surmounting your "shyness and laziness" to share this very interesting perspective.
Best of luck going forward, and looking forward to hearing more,
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So delicious to read your post. And I love the "they're just dried fruit and nuts anyway." so they are!
and I esp. love that you are exercising for the vitality of it!
Such nice changes. Long may they live.
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Thank you for sharing your perspective with us, the mod sounds suitable for your situation, I hope it goes well for you
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Hitchin is a small enough town that the opening of a new eatery gets plenty of attention (yes, I really used the word 'eatery', and yes I'm turning into Daisy Steiner). More often than not though, it's not so positive attention…..Adam and I are always moaning as more and more chains open up and there's uproar about the licensing application for the planned Wetherspoons. We've been getting more and more frustrated with the lack of places serving decent veggie options, and us-friendly meat doesn't seem to interest any of the restaurateurs around here. Not so in the case of Hitchin's newest establishment, The Groundworks though.
The childhood dream of two local boys, Tom and Ben, this place is about as independent as you can get and is breathing fresh air into what we had thought was a rather disappointing local offering. Curious about the brown-papered windows concealing the old cafe on the corner of the church yard, I snooped around to find you what was planned and soon came across the new website and Twitter feed. The teaser menu was most interesting and exciting, and when I got in touch to ask about the meat they planned to use I was yet more excited…..finally a local place we can get a good meal out!
Keen to find out when we could taste the artisan coffee and home cooked tasties the website boasted of, we had another snoop as we passed the cafe last weekend and found ourselves being invited in. The boys have totally refitted the place, and the reclaimed wood they've lined the walls in and made their tables from make you feel rather like you're walking into a sauna, just without the awkward avoidance of eye contact and strategically placed towel. It's beautifully fresh and tidy, yet still cosy and bustling. There's a lovely big sharing table in the window, a reclaimed slate bar that came from a snooker table, and each table is centred with a pretty kilner jar filled with fresh garden flowers.
Not having planned the visit we ordered just a couple of flat white coffees, which were delivered to our table by a friendly Groundworker in no time. Tom explained how he was still playing with the coffee grinder, so to let him know if they weren't right, but our coffees were just perfect. Soon finding another at our table to try, I commented on how pretty the micro foam pattern on the top was, and next thing I know Tom is giving me a lesson at the coffee machine!
Told that the full opening was happening on Monday, we planned a lunch there on Thursday to try everything out. I was due to meet up with the very talented Hilary (a friend of Adam's Mum who also came along) who will be doing my wedding hair and makeup, and so we sat with a very yummy coffee whilst rooting through my Pinterest boards and dress silk samples at the big front table. Adam met us after most of the girl chat was out of the way, and we ordered the pulled pork (one a piece for Adam, his Mum and I) and the Caesar sandwich (for Hils).
Our lunches were brought to us on rustic wooden boards with side salads in the gorgeous white and blue enamel Falconware I love. The salad was fresh, simple and crisps, with no dreaded rocket and just a little light dressing which meant that I actually ate it all (unheard of!). The pulled pork came with a great crunchy slaw in a crisp brioche bun, and was bally delicious. I've never been able to eat a pulled pork sandwich out before because it's so dreadfully tricky to find somewhere that makes them using me-friendly meat, so I enjoyed it even more I think. Hilary's Caesar sandwich was just as impressive and we all left nicely stuffed.
When we returned to The Groundworks later (Adam's Mum left the bottle of sloe gin we made for her in the window!!) it was still buzzing, and the warm tungsten lights that fill the place made it positively glow as we walked towards it. I know we'll be back again and again for the rich, chocolatey coffee, and will more than likely try out their brunch offerings very soon.
I can't believe we've had to wait this long for such a place in our new home town, but I have to say that the arrival of The Groundworks was well worth the wait.
The Groundworks officially opens tomorrow….wishing you all the best guys!
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"Pre-existing Conditions" is the result of a collaborative excavation of various illegal dump sites near Albuquerque. Cecilia McKinnon and Lance McGoldrick have sourced materials for installation, sculptures, and trash readymades from these informal sites, examining cycles of production, consumption, and planned obsolescence. The artists give consideration and new context to common trash, attempting to present […]Find out more »


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Why Do Publishers Treat Customers As Crooks With Scolding Copyright Notices?
from the no-way-to-make-a-fan dept
So, off I went. It was a nice evening, and I had a few minutes before bed. I fire the kindle up, select Last of the Lesser Kings, and start to read. Well, I tried to. Encountered quite a few pages of legal threats telling me how much I would be sued for if I had the sheer audacity of putting this book on more than one device that I owned. Heaven forbid if I lend it out to anyone. The amount of the violation didn't have two, three, or four zeros. Try five or six. I don't remember the exact amount, but I remember the complete shock and impossibility of the average person being able to pay that sum. I'm not going to open my kindle to find out again. It made me mad enough even having to type this out.She then followed that up with another post that actually included that copyright notice along with another random selection of notices. First, here's a snippet of the copyright notice that led to the original blog post, from the book Last of the Lesser Kings by T.L.K. Arkenberg:
After having read the book, I can state with some confidence that this author's book is not worth four or five digits to me, let alone six. If I had bought this book, rather than being presented to it as a reviewer's ARC, (this was a post-publication, so it was exactly the same content a paying reader receives) I'm pretty confident I would have asked for a refund without reading the book, seeing as I wasn't paying to be threatened.
The other copyright notices she looked at were not nearly as threatening, though at least some of them appear to engage in copyfraud by overclaiming their rights and ignoring the possibility of fair use exceptions. Perhaps most interesting is that a few of the books she looked at, including at least one by a "big name player", did not include any copyright notice at all.
Your non-refundable purchase of this e-book allows you to only ONE LEGAL copy for your personal reading on your own personal computer or device. You do not have resell or distrubition rights without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner of this book. This book cannot be copied in any format, sold, or otherwise transferred from your computer to another through upload to a file sharing peer to peer program, for free or for a fee, or as a prize in any contest. Such action is illegal and in violation of the South African Copyright Law. Distribution of this e-book, in whole or in part, online, offline, in print or in any way or other method currently known or not yet invented, is forbidden. If you do not want this book anymore, you must delete it from your computer.
WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: This literary work may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic or photographic reproduction, in whole or in part, without express written permission. All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is strictly coincidental. The Licensed Art Material is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the Licensed Art Material, is a model.
In the end, though, the real point is that this is not how you connect with your fans, by defaulting to assuming that they're all trying to distribute unauthorized copies of your work. Assuming the worst of your fans likely means you're going to have fewer fans. Trusting your fans and not scolding them tends to lead to much better results. It's too bad so many publishers haven't figured that out yet.


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Breastfeeding My Baby with Down Syndrome
Geraldine Kyle
Carlow Republic of Ireland
From NEW BEGINNINGS, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2008, pp. 24-26
My first experience of breastfeeding was not what I had hoped it would be. As a children's nurse who had assisted many mothers in their breastfeeding journey, I was optimistic about my ability to breastfeed successfully. I was also guilty of smugly assuming that I would have no difficulties in dealing with my own small baby as I had looked after so many in the past.
My beautiful firstborn daughter, Emily, put an end to all of that! From the moment she was born, she had very definite ideas about where she wanted to spend her time -- and that was in my arms suckling at my breast. If I dared to place her elsewhere for a moment, all hell broke loose. I spent the first eight weeks of her life in a sleepless blur. I couldn't get comfortable feeding her while lying down and I was worried as she was constantly irritable and not gaining weight in any significant amount. My nipples were sore and bleeding and I seemed to be crying all the time. At that time, I did not know how to access my local La Leche League Leaders and felt quite a failure as far as breastfeeding went. I eventually resorted to formula-feeding my daughter and the guilt was assuaged by the relief of finally getting some sleep.
Two years later, my second beautiful daughter, Abigail, was born. I was wiser in the ways of parenting and had learned to be more relaxed and philosophical this time around. Nevertheless, I was quite overwhelmed when I first looked at my precious child and realized that she had Down Syndrome. I remember wondering, among many other garbled thoughts, if I would ever successfully breastfeed a child of mine. After all, babies with Down Syndrome cannot breastfeed successfully, can they?
This was the beginning of a journey that would last over two years. The experience showed me without a doubt that babies with Down Syndrome definitely can breastfeed. However, my experience was that my daughter did need a little bit of extra practice and assistance in the early days.
Latching on to my breast was tricky for my small girl. Once she was latched on, she had a strong suck, but she tended to let go of the nipple very easily and then I struggled all over again to get her latched back on. In the early weeks, it could take as long as 45 minutes to latch her on in a position that enabled her to have a decent feed. If I had not already breastfed a baby, I am not sure if I would have had the strength to keep trying. I was heartened by the support I received from all of the midwives in the hospital. Without putting on any pressure, they reinforced my knowledge about the good this could do my child in terms of her immunity, nutrition, and muscle tone (babies with Down Syndrome typically have low muscle tone). I can still hear the physiotherapist at our first session telling me that it was the best speech therapy I could give her! What a motivation!
I eventually discovered a hold that suited both of us to get Abigail latched on. I held the back of her head with my left hand, and moved her toward my left breast. My right hand either supported her wiggly little bottom, or sometimes also my left breast. When she finished on the left side, I did the same on the right side. My hold meant that we looked rather awkward together. Both of my elbows stuck out and if I did not have another person to help me to arrange pillows under her, my shoulders got quite stiff and sore. However, by holding her firmly this way, she did not slip off my breast and fed quite happily. By the time she was five months old, her muscle tone was stronger and I was able to hold her in a more conventional way. Interestingly, I never had a sore or cracked nipple while I fed her.
Another challenge lay in her weight gain, or the lack of it. I did spend time anxiously wondering if I might have inferior quality milk because neither of my girls gained much weight in their early weeks. However, I was blessed with support from wonderful LLL Leaders and also my sensible public health nurse (PHN) who pointed out that Abigail was happy and content, slept well (what a luxury after my first baby!), and she had plenty of wet diapers. As far as dirty diapers went, I often had to wait for six or seven days. I was quite concerned about this, as babies with Down Syndrome are more susceptible to a range of intestinal difficulties. I feared that we were heading into a chronic constipation scenario, but after discussing the situation with my LLL Leaders and PHN and reading THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING, I relaxed a bit more. Some babies, it seems, produce minimal waste from breastfeeding with no ill effects. At around six months old, Abigail started pureed fruit and vegetables and lack of bowel movements became a worry of the past!
At the time I was considering returning to work, and my husband and I decided to introduce a bottle. I was not managing to express much milk, so we decided that Abigail should have formula in the day time and breastfeeds from me in the morning and evening. Abigail, however, had other ideas. She took a bottle from us on two occasions, but ferociously vomited the contents and needed an afternoon of breastfeeding to settle her back to normal. On the third occasion, I managed to express enough milk to put into a bottle, but by then, she decided she didn't care much for bottles and turned her little button nose up at it. It was breast or nothing!
She wasn't particularly wild about cups either and so, when I returned to work, I fed her in the morning before I left and my husband added my expressed milk to all of her meals during the day. She also ate lots of goats' milk yogurt but drank nothing until I came home in the evening. Luckily, I was job sharing so she did not have to do this every day. We bought every cup on the market until we arrived at one that she learned to drink from. Another hurdle overcome!
When we celebrated Abigail's first birthday, I felt quite overwhelmed that I was still breastfeeding her. I was a woman who could not manage to feed her first baby beyond eight weeks. Along the way, I had learned to release that guilt and let it go. Having listened to countless other mothers, I have come to realize that there is no "typical" breastfeeding story. Everybody's experience is unique. I did the best I could with my firstborn and am grateful that I managed to feed her for eight weeks. Equally, I did the best I could for my second born and I eventually weaned her at two years and three months. Over her second year of life, we dwindled down to one breastfeed at night. One night I needed to go to a meeting so my husband read her lots of stories and put her to bed without a feed. She chatted for an hour quite happily in her crib and fell asleep. And that was that. I felt no sorrow at the end of this part of her life. We had weaned so slowly and gradually that I know that she was ready to move on to her next stage of development and so was I.
When parents of any child discover that their child has a disability, they go through a grieving process that can last for days, weeks, months, or years. This is often accompanied by a sense of helplessness and a belief that all control over the situation is lost. In my personal circumstances, breastfeeding my child who had a disability helped me to work my way through this process. I still grieved -- and still do grieve -- for the loss of the child I thought I was going to have. But learning how to feed her and being so intimately close with her for her first two years was a huge help in teaching me to accept what I could not change and in thinking positively about the rest. I also do believe with all of my heart that breastfeeding assisted her in terms of strengthening the muscle tone of her lips and jaw, as well as providing her with essential nutrients that have helped her to grow physically and intellectually. Like all mothers, I believe that both of my girls are the prettiest and the cleverest in the world!
I did not manage to attend many LLL meetings, but I'm grateful for the support that came from all of the women I met through LLL in Carlow, Ireland. They encouraged and helped me on my way. And most importantly of all, they accepted Abigail and me at a time when I had not fully accepted her myself. Our relationship is stronger because of it and for that I will always be grateful.


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Bryant Park Chess & Backgammon
Thursday, August 14, 2014
11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
This event repeats every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between 5/1/2014 and 9/30/2014.
Please note: This event has already taken place. Please use the Search options on the right to find upcoming events.
Game boards, including chess and backgammon, are available for a small few. Endorsed by the Marshall Chess Club.
40th Street Plaza in Bryant Park
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Chess boards: $3.00 per half hour Backgammon: $4.00 per half hour
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Applied over Fyrinnae PE: Sahara had a bit too much of a gold/yellow gold undertone (albeit very subtle) for my cool, pink skin coloring. Champagne Soire� works better on me because it is more neutral. However, I can see Sahara looking stunning on olive-toned and darker gals :-)
Where did I buy this: Dawn Eyes Cosmetics Web site (http://www.dawneyescosmetics.com/). Shipping is really fast, and there's a unique feature on the site: "raw photos." There's a link under each color that shows photos (in a new window) that are blurred and/or taken in different lighting so you can see all aspects of that particular color's sparkle and other properties! Brilliant help in choosing the right color!
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EW Features Alan Rickman, More from Teen Vogue on Trio
Jun 26, 2007
There are a few mentions of actors from the Harry Potter films in magazines to tell you about.
First, Teen Vogue has posted online some additional quotes from their feature on the trio of Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Among the things posted is this quote from Emma Watson on her role as Hermione Granger:
"Hermione in this one is really about trying to take Harry out of himself. He feels very isolated and alone and he's kind of lost in a big way, so he separates himself from everything he cares about, which is Hermione and Ron because he thinks that's easier. And so Hermione's job is kind of to get him involved again and show him that he does have something really important to offer and that he can do great things. She gives him back his self'worth, really. It's quite an important role."
Also, a new photo of actor Alan Rickman is featured in Entertainment Weekly (you can see it here in our galleries as well). The article, about "The Movie Stars We're Loving Right Now," says the following about the acclaimed actor who so memorably portrays Professor Severus Snape:
Alan Rickman
Most Valuable Player
WHY HIM As the icy, humorless magic instructor Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (opening July 11), Rickman may not be on screen long " but he owns every minute. He's magnificently intimidating, whether jousting with Daniel Radcliffe's Harry or turning a simple retort ("No idea") into a mini-symphony of contempt. A stage veteran, Rickman can go from villainous (Die Hard) to heartbreaking (Truly Madly Deeply).
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a hard-fought battle, No. 4 seeded MIT emerged with a 25-19, 18-25, 25-16, 25-22 victory over No. 5 WPI in a NEWMAC Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament quarterfinal match on Tuesday night. MIT improved to 23-10 on the season and for the second year in a row it will face host and top seed Springfield College on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1:00 p.m. Visiting WPI finished its campaign with a record of 19-10.
With the first set tied at five, MIT mounted an 8-2 run to take the lead for good. WPI countered by scoring seven of the next 10 points, trimming its deficit to 16-14. A kill from junior Trinity Leonard (Mill Valley, Calif.) and a hitting error gave MIT some breathing room; however, WPI narrowed the gap to three on a trio of occasions, the last at 22-19. Strikes by sophomore Kristine Bunker (Falmouth, Mass.) sandwiched an ace by classmate Sharon Hao (San Jose, Calif.) to end the frame.
WPI quickly established a 6-2 advantage in the second stanza, but MIT battled back and captured a 10-8 edge on a kill by sophomore Rachel Hunt (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and an ace from junior Katie Spielbauer (Lakeview, Mich.). WPI's Elyssa Dorenfeld replied with a kill and ace of her own before MIT posted a 5-2 spurt to go up, 15-12. The visitors then generated a 13-3 run to close the game and even the match at one set apiece.
Like the previous set, WPI had a 6-2 lead and the host Engineers chipped away at the deficit, eventually going ahead, 11-10. After a WPI timeout, both squads traded points until MIT put together a 10-1 run to take control of the set at 23-14. WPI posted the next two points, but MIT took the next two for the win.
In the final frame, WPI held a 6-4 edge which was erased by five unanswered points from MIT. Miscues kept WPI within two points; however, an error, a pair of aces from senior Natasha Jensen (Columbia, Md.) and a kill from Hunt increased MIT's cushion to 16-10 and forced a timeout. Following the break, WPI picked up points in bunches and once again found itself trailing by two (20-18). After its own timeout, MIT scored four of the next five points with back-to-back kills from Bunker resulting in match point. WPI responded with a Kim Woodward kill and two aces from Bailey Sarber, extending the contest and prompting another MIT timeout. Once play resumed, Leonard pounded a kill to secure the victory.
Senior Kelly Schulte (Riverside, Calif.) posted 16 kills and four digs while Bunker finished with eight kills and four blocks. Leonard tallied seven kills, six digs, and three aces as senior Cecily Joujon-Roche (Laguna Hills, Calif.) registered five kills, two blocks, and an ace. Hunt rounded out the attack with six kills while Spielbauer collected 18 digs and one ace. Jensen notched five aces and three digs while sophomore Jess Fessler (Shortsville, N.Y.) tacked on four digs. Junior Alyssa Rothman (Plainview, N.Y.) totaled 27 assists and two blocks as freshman Nicole Gagnier (Atlanta, Ga.) dished out 10 assists.
Sarber paced WPI with 11 kills while Belinda Nwagbara added seven of her own. Kerrin Beovich had five kills, two blocks, and two aces as Holly Ganser bolstered with front row with two blocks. Elyssa Dorenfeld anchored the defense with 17 digs, followed by 11 from Joan Porambo. Alex Rangel compiled 16 assists and three aces while Woodward distributed 12 assists.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT freshman Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) was named the conference's Rookie of the Year as announced by the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) on Friday morning. He joined fellow freshman Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) on the All-Northern Division Second Team, while junior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) was named to the First Team for the second year in a row.
Rogers has scored a team-leading 73 goals so far in his first collegiate season, which places him atop the list for most goals per season in the MIT record book. The previous record of 72 goals had remained untouched since 1971. Following his performance at the Princeton Invitational in September, where he scored 19 goals in four games, Rogers received the CWPA Rookie and Player of the Week awards.
With his 60 goals this season, Tasman is ranked second in goal scoring among the Engineers. The freshman is a staple on the team, scoring a handful of points at almost every game. In the sudden death overtime game against Iona earlier this month, Tasman scored an impressive seven goals, helping to lead MIT to a well-deserved win of 12-11 over the Gaels.
Cheney has totaled 50 goals and leads the team with 41 steals and 32 ejections drawn in his junior season. He has been an All-Northern Division selection every year he has attended MIT, receiving Rookie of the Year honors in 2009, Second Team honors in 2010 and First Team honors in 2011.
The Engineers will take part in the Eastern Championships from Nov. 16-18 at Princeton University. Their first game of the weekend is against second seed Mercyhurst University on Friday, Nov. 16 at 4:00 p.m.


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NZ dollar tempers gains on RBNZ after S&P eyes slowing Oz
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NZ dollar tempers gains on RBNZ after S&P links slowing Australian economy to mining
NZ dollar tempers gains on RBNZ after S&P links slowing Australian economy to mining
By Paul McBeth
Jan. 31 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar pared gains from a more optimistic Reserve Bank review today after rating agency Standard & Poor's joined the dots between a slowing Australian economy and the possible peak of the nation's mining boom.
The kiwi dollar rose to 83.47 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 83.11 cents just before the RBNZ announcement, but was down from as high as 83.67 cents today and 83.71 yesterday. The kiwi climbed to 80.31 Australian cents from 79.94 cents yesterday.
Central bank governor Graeme Wheeler held the official cash rate at 2.5 percent as expected, flagging a recovery in New Zealand's economy over the coming year and a reduction in spare capacity which will increase inflation. The local currency rallied on the news, even after Wheeler called it overvalued and Reserve Bank figures showed the bank had started selling down its New Zealand dollar holdings.
"The statement was more hawkish than many were expecting – reading between the lines the bank is pretty happy with the recovery playing out," said Mike Jones, currency strategist at Bank of New Zealand."
Those gains were tempered by a drop in the Australian dollar after Standard & Poor's said the slowing resources sector across the Tasman was weighing on the 'lucky country's' economy. The Australian dollar dropped to US$1.0389 at 5pm in Wellington from US$1.0467 yesterday.
"S&P came out and said the obvious really," said Joe Capurso, currency strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney. "That goes to show how much of a slow day it is."
Markets will be watching US employment numbers tomorrow after figures showed growth unexpectedly stalled in the world's biggest economy in the last three months of 2011.
The kiwi fell to 75.87 yen at 5pm in Wellington from 76.04 yen yesterday, and increased to 61.50 euro cents from 61.29 cents. It fell to 52.80 British pence from 53.13 pence yesterday.
The trade-weighted index declined to 75.06 from 75.29.
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Blog for those who are interested in Czech genealogy, who have ancestors in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Immigrants from Hroznová Lhota, Moravia
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My paternal grandmother was Moravian. Her mother was Annie Marie "Mary" (Dudika/Dudik) born 7 June 1867 in Hroznova, Lhota, Moravia. Daughter of Tomas Dudika/Dudik and Evy Chlevestanove. She married Jan "John" Mazac in 1884 in Moravia. They emigrated to USA in 1891 from New York to Texas. She died on 21 March 1939 in Granger, Williamson County, Texas.
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Anton Krivak, his wife Anna (nee Sramek) and their daughter Marie immigrated to the US around 1914. The Krivak family settled in Elmer, MN.
Marie was born on December 10, 1907. She moved to Chicago where she married Jerry Novacek.They lived in Cicero, IL.
Anton and Anna had 2 additional children after they arrived in the US. Their children were Anton (wife Dell Carroll) and Lillian (husband Stan Koblynski). Tony lived in Hood River, OR. Lillian lived in the Milwaukee, WI area.


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2013: Made 23 appearances with 18 starts, all in the outfield … Finished with a .236 batting average (13-for-55) with two doubles, six RBIs and five runs scored … Recorded a .968 fielding percentage with 58 putouts, three assists and two errors in 63 chances … Led Yale with seven sac bunts and was second in stolen bases (6).
2012: Made 39 appearances with 21 starts, hitting .195 (16 hits in 82 at-bats) with three doubles, eight RBIs and 11 runs scored. … Saved his best for the final game of the season, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs, a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in a 13-7 win over Brown. … Went a combined 6-for-13 with two doubles, four RBIs, four runs scored, two walks and two stolen bases to help Yale take three of the four games in the final weekend against Brown.
2011: Appeared in 33 games with 24 starts, finishing with a .313 batting average (30 hits, 96 at-bats), a .385 slugging percentage and a .368 on-base percentage … Tied with Ryan Brenner for third on the team in hitting (.313) … Stole nine bases in 11 attempts … Tied for the team lead in triples (2), second on the team in stolen bases (9) and third in sac bunts (5) and steal attempts (11). … Hit .306 (19-for-62) in Ivy League games with one double and one triple and 10 RBIs. … Earned All-Ivy Honorable Mention Recognition.
2010: Recipient of the 2010 David M. Darst Hustle Cup... Appeared in 28 games, making 16 starts... Hit .354 with one home run and 13 RBI... Tied for the team lead in triples with three.
At Yale: Resident of Morse College. Film Studies major.
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Hey, Guys, it being Christmas and all, I figured I'd give away a Joe book. I moved recently, so I didn't realize I had 2 of these. If you don't mind, I'll get on a small soapbox for a sec. When Hasbro did the GI Joe vs Cobra/Valor Vs Venom lines, they went all out with their marketing, and we got some pretty cool figures and vehicles (and some lame ones, true), and the marketing they did was pretty extensive too. Books, coloring books, sticker books, and all kinds of kiddie stuff to get kids interested in GI Joe. What do we get now? Toys R Us exclusives that the stores might get one case of 2 packs at a time!
But I digress. This book is a GI Joe vs Cobra era book, and it's called the Official Handbook. It's basically an Order of Battle book.
Here's a yojoe link to see a pic of the cover. This book is worth $5.99 or more, and it's yours for free (well, pay shipping)! First one to PM me gets it! I'll calculate shipping once I have your address. Merry Christmas!


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- Makes 4 to 6 servings
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- One 2-1/2 pound veal roast
- 1 pound fresh figs, trimmed and cut in half
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 dried, imported bay leaves
- Fresh flat leaf parsley, for garnish
- 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- 2. Heat the olive oil in a heavy-bottomed, oven proof baking dish over medium heat and when the oil is hot but not smoking, brown the veal on all sides. Remove the veal from the pan and add the figs. Cook until they are golden but not too soft, about 5 minutes. Remove the figs and reserve. Add the onions to the pan. Cook, covered, until the onions are tender and golden, stirring occasionally so they don't stick, about 10 minutes. Return the veal roast to the pan with the onions. Season it with salt and pepper, then pour the wine over all. Tuck the bay leaves around the veal, pushing them under the wine, cover, and roast in the oven until the veal is nearly cooked through, about 1 hour. Turning it once during cooking.
- 3. Remove the veal from the oven. Add the figs to the veal, pushing them gently down under the cooking juices. Cover and return to the oven and bake until the veal is cooked through and figs are tender and melting, an additional 15 minutes.
- 4. Remove the veal from the oven and transfer the veal to a warmed platter. Place the pan with the cooking juices over medium heat and bring to a boil. Boil gently just until the sauce has thickened enough to lightly coat the back of a spoon, 4 to 5 minutes, making sure that the cooking juices don't evaporate too much and that the figs and onions don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
- 5. To serve, remove the strings from the veal roast and slice it. Spoon the figs and onions and the cooking juices over it, garnish the platter with parsley and serve immediately.
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- Calories309
- Carbohydrates18 g(6%)
- Fat12 g(18%)
- Protein27 g(54%)
- Saturated Fat3 g(17%)
- Sodium753 mg(31%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber3 g(12%)
- Monounsaturated Fat6 g
- Cholesterol118 mg(39%)


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The Abolitionists: American Experience "The Abolitionists, Part Two" Frederick Douglass escapes slavery and joins William Lloyd Garrison in the anti-slavery movement. After fleeing to England to escape recapture, Douglas returns to the U.S. in 1847 to launch his own anti-slavery paper. John Brown reveals his radical plan to raise an army, attack plantations and free the slaves. Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. Part 2 of 3G
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Vupal needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Food Rants is a new guerilla Web video show where a team of snarky video bloggers mock the official food of the day on screen in low-fi fashion. We need a logo that underscores the offbeat, irreverent anti-foodie vibe of the show. The logo will inform the design and color scheme of the Web site, which languishing under a surplus WordPress theme right now.
The logo should be funny. And be about food. ANd be loud. It should make me want to come back to the site everyday and see the latest rant. It should be suitable--simple enough--for Web site logos and as the basis for a motion graphics as part of title page to a video.
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Ed Hardy?! Ed Hardy?! I know, I'm not the first person you think of when you hear the words Ed Hardy but I wanted to share with you this gift which is for my 15 year old cousin. Teens LOVE Ed Hardy, it seems.
There are two variations to this scent, in the pink tube and the black tube. I do think the packaging is pretty funky.
The scent, to my largely unrefined nose smells quite fresh, fruity, like strawberry and mangoes, with a musky touch. Would I wear it? YES! Its kinda easy going to wear, doesn't take itself too seriously.
Great Gift For: Teens, Trendies
What You Get: A funky bottle and a rather nice fruity scent
Buy it from:You can browse the range here, but also other stores like Boots.
Since I got this for the teen, I've had a little change of heart…What do you do when a teenager is a little monster? I cancelled some presents I got for her from Amazon:
I gave her a few chances to redeem herself, now I am culling presents (I tend to spoil the under 16s). This scent may very well be living on my dressing table.
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No. 25 Marquette celebrates return to AP poll with a 63-50 win over South Florida
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MILWAUKEE – Vander Blue knows it's his time to lead No. 25 Marquette, and his play Monday night moved the Golden Eagles into a first-place tie with Syracuse in the Big East.
Blue scored a career-high 30 points to lead the Golden Eagles to a 63-50 victory over South Florida.
"I know what I can do," the junior guard said after he made 13 of 20 shots. "I've been playing basketball for a long time. I've played against the best competition pretty much my whole life. I just knew my time was coming."
In his first two seasons, Blue took a back seat to stars like Jimmy Butler, Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom, all players drafted into the NBA from Marquette the past two seasons.
"My first years wasn't really my time," he said. "We had guys like Darius, Jae, Jimmy, Dwight Buycks, guys I wanted to learn from.
"College is a different level than high school, I had to learn that," he said. "Right now, I'm one of the leaders on this team so I get to shoot a little bit more and a lot more is expected of me."
Blue, who came into the game as the Golden Eagles' leading scorer at 13.9 points per game, made 13 of 20 shots from the field and scored 11 points during the big run that spanned both halves. The junior guard repeatedly sliced through the South Florida defense, driving to the basket and scoring on layups.
"Vander is in a really good groove and I don't mean just offensively," Marquette coach Buzz Williams said. "I think he's taking ownership, not statistically, he's taking ownership in how we have to function."
The Golden Eagles (15-4, 6-1 Big East), who have won eight of nine games, returned to the Top 25 on Monday after being out of the rankings last week.
South Florida (10-10, 1-7) opened the season 9-3 but has faltered since conference play began.
The Golden Eagles used a 21-4 run sandwiched around halftime to open a 38-24 lead on Blue's driving baseline layup with 15:18 left. Marquette ended the first half on an 11-4 run and scored the first 10 points of the second half. The Bulls couldn't get closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Marquette held a 38-14 advantage in scoring in the paint.
JaVontae Hawkins scored 14 points and Victor Rudd added 13 for the Bulls.
The game was played two days after a wayward bat in the Bradley Center disrupted the Golden Eagles' 81-71 win over Providence by dive-bombing the court for several minutes. The only disruption Monday night was caused by Marquette's defense, which held the Bulls to 27 percent shooting.
Point guard Anthony Collins missed all seven of his shots while forward Zach LeDay missed seven of nine. South Florida made only 15 shots — only two more than Blue — and missed 40 attempts.
"We were missing a lot of shots and not shooting well," South Florida coach Stan Heath said. "The counter of that was they got too many transition baskets and out hustled us down the floor. And Blue really took advantage of that."
Marquette's Davante Gardner, the team's second-leading scorer at 13.2 points, was ejected after being called for a flagrant 2 foul with 13:46 left for hitting LeDay in the head with an elbow while they were fighting for the ball. Gardner finished with four points, the first time in nine games he didn't reach double figures.
The ejection put into doubt Gardner's availability for the Golden Eagles' game at No. 12 Louisville on Sunday. Big East officials will review the play and decide whether to impose a suspension, Marquette officials said.
Bradley Center officials flushed the bat out Monday afternoon by recreating tipoff conditions with lights and music. Marquette officials said the bat quickly reappeared, flew into an atrium and then outside through a door apparently unharmed.
A special "Batcam" was played during a timeout with a Batman character running through the crowd, and an animal control officer was in attendance in case there was more than one bat in the building.
Blue scored nine points in the first half and Marquette led 28-24 at halftime. The Golden Eagles closed the half on an 11-4 run and took the lead for good at 24-22 on Gardner's tip-in of a missed free throw by Blue with 4:06 to go.
The teams play again Feb. 6 in Tampa.


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Stan Gauss needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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I want this logo to tell the story. I want it to be memorable and have the ability to move from web, to t-shirt to stationary with ease.
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Just decided to make a single thread to dump all of this in, since I do this every now and again and it causes more threads than it's worth.
Going to start it off with me noodling for a bit with a new instrumental idea I've been tossing around. Fairly basic progression, I was trying to find ways to expand it (you can tell where I started making things up, because those are the times where I mess up).
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gokeeffe needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
My client needs a design for a building energy rating website. The website will need to have a professional look and feel. It also needs to have an eco design theme. An emphasis needs to be put on getting people to call for a quotation. We will need the design for a homepage, and 2 other pages.
My client will pay €610 for this design. The contest will be won by the person with the best homepage design. On completion of the contest there will be an opportunity for that designer to code the page if they so wanted. If not, then that is ok.
My client has given me detailed instructions for what they want. You can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com for further information and sample layouts, navigation etc
- The sample layout my client now wants to work off is available to view at - http://www.getabercert.ie/layout.gif
- My client would prefer photos more than a cartoony based website.
- My client has alerted me to one website that she likes - http://www.onetreehill.net.au on this website she likes the colours, text, and the layout. She also likes the timber background effect.
- The colour schemes she likes are White, Brown, Cream, Orange, Green.
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California State University – San Marcos: Disciplinary Investigation of Humor Magazine
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Schools: California State University – San Marcos
Letter from ACLU San Diego to Office for Civil Rights, November 29, 2011
ACLU-SD Calls on OCR Not to Investigate Free Speech at CSU-San Marcos
November 30, 2011
Yesterday we wrote about our fight for free speech at California State University-San Marcos (CSUSM), where several students were investigated for their possible involvement with the satirical campus magazine The Koala. While CSUSM has now suspended all investigations following FIRE's intervention, CSUSM faces the prospect of an investigation by the federal Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), after some students submitted a Title IX complaint about the publication. (OCR refused to share any portion of the complaint with FIRE when we requested it under the Freedom of Information Act.) We wrote to Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali […]» Read More
California State University-San Marcos Suspends Investigation of Students over Protected Speech in Humor Magazine 'The Koala'
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Under pressure from FIRE and the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLU-SD), California State University–San Marcos (CSUSM) has suspended its investigation of several students who might be affiliated with anonymous humor magazine The Koala. Today, in the face of a Title IX complaint about The Koala that the federal Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) refuses to release, FIRE and the ACLU-SD have also urged OCR that it must not coerce CSUSM to investigate, censor, or punish protected expression such as the material in The Koala. On September 27, 2011, Volume 2, Issue 1 of The Koala was published […]» Read More


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An Australian researcher has suggested too much money is being spent on bushfire prevention and more lives could be saved if some of that money goes elsewhere.
Insurance researcher Brian Ashe concedes his findings might upset some people, but says a rational analysis of the $12 billion in annual spending on fire prevention backs his case, Fairfax reports.
If $4.5 billion of the money spent on fire safety was instead returned to businesses and consumers as tax cuts, health and nutrition would improve, Dr Ashe has written in the Australian National University journal Agenda.
His modelling suggests such a tax cut could save between 90 and 225 lives a year.
About 114 lives are lost each year from fire - 14 of them from bushfires.
"This is a very sensitive matter and really what we're looking to get is the best out of our investment," Dr Ashe told Fairfax Media.
"We just have to be careful that we don't put too many resources into one hazard."
But NSW Rural Fire Service deputy commissioner Rob Rogers said anyone who had lost their home in a bushfire would not agree with the study.
"You can't discuss fire safety spending as a simple equation," he told Fairfax.
"It's not just above saving lives but properties and what's in them - the things that can't be replaced."


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U.S. manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector's most sluggish rate of growth since October, a survey showed on Thursday.
Financial data firm Markit said its "flash," or preliminary, U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index fell to a seven-month low of 51.9 in May from 52.1 the previous month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
(Click here to track the U.S. stock market reaction to this economic report in pre-market trade.)
The output subindex slipped to 52.8 from 53.7. The pace of hiring slipped to 52.2 from 53.2, the slowest since October.
"Slower growth could be linked to a combination of fiscal drag hurting demand at home while at the same time many export markets remain in fragile states. The latter led to a renewed decline in export orders in May," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit.
That, he added, suggested manufacturing's boost to U.S. growth in the second quarter would be modest at best.
Overall economic growth accelerated in the first quarter but as since lost some steam, according to recent data, repeating a pattern established over the past two years.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in remarks to Congress on Wednesday, gave no sign that the central bank was ready to retreat from the aggressive stimulus it designed to keep long-term interest rates low and boost growth.
The "flash" reading is based on replies from about 85 percent of the U.S. manufacturers surveyed. Markit's final reading will be released on the first business day of the following month.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - With day two of the 2013 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Swimming and Diving championships completed, the MIT women's team maintained the lead that they had established the day before. The Engineers won six of the seven events, bringing their point total to 718. Springfield College remains in second place with 424 points.
To start of the night, MIT's 200-yard medley B relay touched first in the consolation heat with a time of 1:47.36, finishing over two seconds ahead of Wellesley's B relay. In the championship final, the A relay won with a time of 1:43.89, finishing less than half a second ahead of Springfield. The relay, that was built up of junior Christy Rogers (Bend, Ore.), freshmen Kristen Finney (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Katie Siegel (San Jose, Calif.), and senior Anna Kokensparger (Omaha, Neb.) crushed the NEWMAC meet and open records that MIT had set the year before and earned an NCAA A cut in the process
Junior Katelyn Rossick (Middletown, Md.) touched in second place in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:32.36, easily earning a B cut. Sophomore Taylor Pearl (Solon, Ohio) was fourth with a 4:36.13 and freshman Sydney Hodges (Richmond, Texas) finished in eighth with her time of 4:44.06. In the 100-yard butterfly, Siegel won with a time of 55.56, narrowly beating the NEWMAC meet record of 55.66 that was set back in 2010. Classmates Danielle Garside (Broomfield, Colo.) and Sarah Osmulski (Rumson, N.J.) came in third and fourth with times of 57.78 and 57.95 respectively. Senior Elina Hu (Oshkosh, Wis.) was sixth with a 58.66.
In the 200-yard freestyle, Kokensparger won the event from lane 8 with a time of 1:51.30, breaking the meet record of 1:51.66 from 2010. Freshman Kate Yu (San Jose, Calif.) was third with her time of 1:54.30, sophomore Emmie Ryan (Indianapolis, Ind.) came fifth in 1:54.70 and freshman Margaret Guo (San Diego, Calif.) was eighth with a 1:56.99. Finney secured her first win of the weekend in the 100-yard breaststroke, turning in a time of 1:05.62. Sophomore Michelle Cunningham (Wayland, Mass.) finished in fourth place with a time of 1:06.95.
MIT took the top three spots in the 100-yard backstroke, with Rogers touching first in 57.01, Garside finishing in second with a 57.55 and Siegel coming in third with a 58.23. All three Engineers earned B cuts. Sophomore Eann Tuan (Richardson, Texas) came in fifth with a 59.70.
In the final event of the second day, the 800-yard freestyle relay, the MIT B relay touched first in the consolation heat with a time of 7:52.67. The A relay, that consisted of Ryan, Yu, junior Joanna Yeh (Frederick, Md.) and Kokensparger, won the championship final with a time of 7:36.80, just off the NEWMAC meet record from 2011.
Day three will commence tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. with the preliminary heats of the women's 200-yard backstroke. That will be followed by the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, 400-yard freestyle relay and the 1650-yard freestyle. The consolation and championship finals for these events, as well as the finals for women's 3-meter and men's 1-meter diving, will take place tomorrow night, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Women's Scores Day Two
2. Springfield 424
3. Wellesley 299
4. Coast Guard 220
5. Mount Holyoke 207
6. Wheaton 189
7. Clark 119
9. Babson 103
10.Smith 83


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BOSTON — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said Thursday they likely won't be ready for a planned Nov. 3 trial date.
Tsarnaev's lawyers told a federal judge that prosecutors have given them volumes of evidence – much of it poorly organized – as part of the pre-trial discovery process that they still need to sort through. They intend to formally request a delay in the trial by Aug. 29.
Federal prosecutors countered that they simply complied with the defense's extremely broad evidence request. They maintained that they've provided everything the defense needs for trial but that the defense still has not provided them key documents.
Judge George O'Toole did not rule on the evidence issues. But, in another key matter, he did give prosecutors until Aug. 21 to file their response to the defense's latest arguments seeking to move the trial out of Boston. O'Toole also said he intends to send out jury notifications in September.
Tsarnaev's lawyers requested to move the proceedings to Washington, D.C., or another jurisdiction in June.
They have argued that Tsarnaev, who was not in court Thursday, is unable to get a fair trial in Boston because of the intense media coverage of the case. Last week, they provided more details about the survey of potential jurors in Boston; Springfield, Massachusetts; New York City and Washington, D.C. that they commissioned to bolster their request.
Prosecutors have opposed moving the trial, arguing in part that the defense has not adequately shown examples of potential juror bias. They have suggested the court first try to pick a jury in Boston before deciding on a venue change.
Prosecutors also noted that federal court in Boston has handled other high-profile cases and that the courts have "long recognized the strong public interest in trying criminal cases in the district where they occurred."
Authorities say Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, set off two pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon's finish line in April 2013, killing three people and injuring more than 260.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed during a shootout with police days after the explosion.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges and could face the death penalty if convicted. His next court date is Sept. 18.
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There was a day when broadcast television was the master of entertainment. It regulated our home-based options and dominated what we could see and when. It was our analog overlord, growing and ever expanding as new options in technology begat new options for entertainment.
But things have changed along with our options. The TV is simply the receptacle, and the means to display the content coming from several mediums. It is the portal to which we pour much of our entertainment hopes and dreams. Perhaps your choice for visual stimulation comes from a digital cable box with a built in DVR that allows you to watch TV programming whenever you like. Maybe it comes from your PC, streaming video through one of dozens of means. Or maybe you are watching a reality show via your PlayStation 3.
That last example is not a common occurrence, but it is one that has shown a decent amount of success. Since the release of the PlayStation 3, Sony has introduced a handful of original entertainment shows designed to be viewed exclusively through its PlayStation Network. The bulk of the entertainment offerings were short, news-like clips covering what was going on in the world of gaming. It was a success, but not a truly compelling one. That's where The Tester came in.
Tonight the third season of the show will air its finale, and a winner will be named. For those that aren't familiar with it, The Tester is a reality competition that debuted and until recently aired exclusively on the PlayStation Network. Each week a new episode would chronicle a group of 12 competitors (11 in the first season) as they competed in events ranging from video game competitions, to obstacle courses, to everything in between. The contestants of the first two seasons had the chance to win cash and prizes, with the champion going on to a job with Sony as a game tester.
"The idea for the show itself came from the testers working at Sony, who have earned a reputation for their passion." Kevin Furuichi, Executive Producer of original programming for the PlayStation Network said. "These guys are diehard gamers, they are dedicated to the product, and they are involved in the culture itself, and there is just some funny stuff with the guys that work there."
"What if we put them in a house and had a camera around them?" He wondered. "What would happen?"
The show got off to a rocky start, as it proved more difficult than initially thought to spread the word of the show and let people know where and how to view it. But even as it began to gain exposure, the naysayers emerged. It wasn't surprising either, especially regarding the nature of the show involving video games, where the winner of a contest received a highly sought after job doing exactly what all the fans of the show were already doing in their spare time. But slowly things began to change.
The first season was a learning experience for The Tester's producers, who then took what they learned and used it to build the second season. The shows increased in length, the production values improved, and the team found a better way to promote the show within the network. In general things just went smoother. By the end of season two, the show had seen a 45-percent increase from the previous year and was a bona fide hit for Sony.
"As the season started to progress, on blogs and forums people started to say things like 'Hey you gotta check it out, this guy isn't going to make it to week three, and I don't like so and so.'" Furuichi said. "All that virtual water cooler talk started to happen in the first season and more so in the second season, which was great."
The viewership numbers have been fairly remarkable, and the second season was downloaded over 3.5 million times, giving it an average viewership of 350,000 viewers per episode. By ratio, considering the number of PS3s in the world compared to the number of cable boxes, that would rank The Tester among the highest rated cable TV shows on air, and would have it competing with shows like The Walking Dead and Justified, among others.
Bolstered by that success, when season three began on February 7, from the start it was obvious that it would be the biggest by far.
As you might expect of any new season of a reality competition, the challenges are more intricate and outrageous, and the guests are bigger names in the industry. But the show will also have a bigger reach, as it will now be available on platforms other than the PS3, including the PSP, the Vita, and most significantly on PlayStation.com.
The winners of the first two seasons were both awarded jobs with Sony as game testers. But beyond the job itself, the position can be an open door into Sony with almost unlimited potential. After working as a tester, season one winner, Will "Cyrus" Powers now works in Sony's Public Relations department, while the second season champ, Matthew "Gaymer" Brown took a job with Sony Pictures as a marketing coordinator.
This season the winner will also receive $5,000, a 55-inch Bravia TV, a PS3, and a 2012 Ford Focus Titanium. But most importantly, the job on the line has changed. Rather than starting work as a game tester, the winner will become a Production Associate at Sony's Santa Monica Studios (the makers of the God of War franchise, among many others).
Everything was bigger this season, including the online casting call. Over 30,000 people registered on the online site, giving the producers the largest possible pool of contestants ever. There was also an online competition where the fans could back a contestant of their own to enter the house.
Once the casting dust settled, the show was left with twelve competitors, six male and six female. Now eight weeks later the final three competitors remain and tonight a winner will be selected. Thanks to the online nature of the program though, you can start from the beginning and watch the season from start to finish at any time.
"For our perspective it was great to see all these gamers–this engaged community–involved early on before we even really talked about what we were going to do with the season," Furuichi said.
Part of the reason for the success of the show has to be attributed to how the producers decided to approach creating a show specifically for a digital distribution platform. They ignored it.
The producers approached the show as they would approach any other show of this nature. That may seem obvious in hindsight, but it is one more step in the continual growth of the industry. Although The Tester is a show steeped in gaming, it wants to be remembered as a good show—not just a good gaming show.
Beyond what The Tester is and the success it has had for Sony, the show is important for what it may be. There is an obvious movement towards turning home consoles into all-in-one entertainment devices. So far Microsoft has led the way on that front, signing numerous exclusive deals with content providers, but few have considered creating content that could compete with a traditional television show specifically for the consoles.
If The Tester can continue to put up the numbers that it has, and continue to find success with the proper demographics, it could be remembered as the first of its kind, and others will follow.
The Tester concludes its season tonight, and a fourth is already all but guaranteed. Tune in/turn on tonight for the third season finale, and pay special attention to the show's medium. You may see it often in the future.


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Visa And Mastercard Ban Anonymizing VPNs... Just As They Allow Wikileaks
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Given all of that, it's quite bizarre that they're now cutting off various VPN/anonymizing services, as it should be quite obvious that there are tremendous perfectly legal and reasonable uses of such services. Personally, I have two VPN services, which I use when I travel, or am working from outside the office to make sure my data is encrypted and safe. It's really just good computing hygiene to use such a service. However, apparently, Mastercard and Visa would like everyone's data to be exposed.
At least one of the VPNs so impacted, iPredator, is apparently looking at its legal options. Given Wikileaks' victory on a nearly identical issue, you'd think that the credit card companies would know better -- but perhaps they think that the VPN providers won't bother with a costly legal battle.
It now turns out that these policies have carried over to VPN providers and other anonymizing services. Before the weekend customers of the popular Swedish payment service provider Payson received an email stating that VPN services are no longer allowed to accept Visa and Mastercard payments due to a recent policy change.
"Payson has restrictions against anonymization (including VPN services). As a result Payson can unfortunately no longer give your customers the option to finance payments via their cards (VISA or MasterCard)," the email states, adding that they still accept bank transfers as deposits.
The new policy went into effect on Monday, leaving customers with a two-day window to find a solution.


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Another Facet of Prog - Change
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Topic: Another Facet of Prog - Change
Posted: April 02 2013 at 18:20
One upon a time, in middle school, a friend and I were discussing Tool. For the both of us, Tool was what introduced us to the world of progressive music. He moved away from progressive music slightly, saying it was a great genre full of artistic merit, but dismissed it as pretentious and unnecessary. I, however, followed this path into a full-on love affair with music that expressed any sort of experimentalism, artfulness, complexity, etc., eventually coming to despise the mainstream and anti-adventure behavior of other music forms.
But, something that friend of mine said stuck with me, something he said about progressive music. Taking the term as an application to the song's form, he told me "Progressive music changes."
Obviously, there are many faucets that make a song progressive, most outlined very well all over this site. However, one which I have been curious about and looking for since that statement hit my ears has been the idea that songs within the progressive spectrum tend to meander and flow in different ways than were expressed by the beginning of the song.
For example: The song "Everyday" by Buddy Holly begins with a simple riff, ordinary time signature, and a sweet, upbeat feel. This feel never changes, the time and tempo never shift, and the riff is the staple of the entire song, all things flowing from it and nothing else.
The prog counter to this shall be, fittingly, Tool's "Vicarious:" Opening with a very post-metal ambient soundscape (in shifting signatures), it unfolds into a hammering riff (also in shifting signatures). This evolves into an entirely different riff and stable signatures and keys for the chorus, but when that's done for, the signatures go insane once more, delving into an entirely different section not echoed before. Throw in a breakdown not forshadowed by anything that came before it which culminates into a vibrant chant, and you get a piece of music which evolves and evolves and evolves again.
There are hundreds of other examples of this within prog, Dream Theater doing this in pretty much all of their songs, and if you're thinking more towards classics, Yes does this quite frequently as well.
It reminds a bit of a classical way of composing, stringing together multiple different but interlocking sections to form a complex piece, as seen in Holsinger's masterpiece, Liturgical Dances:
The point I am trying to get at here is, do others agree with this? Any counter examples or outliers? Differing points of view? I'd like to know.
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|Posted: April 02 2013 at 18:28
Damn Google Speech Correct! Meant to be saying facet there...
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|Posted: April 02 2013 at 18:48
Another faucet could be something to tap into
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|Posted: April 02 2013 at 20:00
At one time there were no (or perhaps not so much) "boy bands", and then it became a bigger thing in music. There is an argument that if the music market moves from not much about boy bands, to being more about boy bands that's a "progression".
All change--or progressions--are not equal.
From my perspective, there were experimental people from the very beginning of Prog. King Crimson is one, Gong another, VDGG, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, still others. Even Genesis had their Waiting Room escapade into orchestrating noise.
However, In the punk era even the idea that you can do something by venturing out sonically was part of what was labeled "pretentious". Just write some songs people want to pogo to! Just write some songs about what people have in their lives. Just write songs.
To me the avoidance of "pretension" is part of putting an artist in a box. If I think something's pretentious, I'll avoid listening to it. Maybe the artist can find some people who will think it's cream. And maybe that artist is just off in this work. Perhaps he or she will find a way to bring another element into it to loosen it up.
This is an illustration of something: I like the various eras of King Crimson. I've always liked Fripp's work. But I think the disgust he has with the era of music he is closing out, because he "no longer feels it is relevant" places a little too much burden on the "relevance" of any of his music. I think it actually makes him a little more pretentious when it comes down to it. Nobody is going to materialize a ham sandwich in front of starving people with any combination of sound. There is a limited amount of importance or relevance that music can have in the big scheme of things. So to some degree losing the picture that you're producing something for people's enjoyment, is a part of lessening the pretension factor. And when you think that some people still enjoy the album Red, as much as I do, then giving those people something to listen to is part of that too.
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|Posted: April 02 2013 at 21:30
Yes, there are multiple sections in progressive music. This is the main element it takes from classical.
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|Posted: April 02 2013 at 21:46
.... good point. With attention spans growing ever shorter... change may be a key hook for a song. For Example:
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|Posted: April 03 2013 at 19:47
Change has always been a hallmark of progressiveness. Some see this is innovation in terms of creating music, but it is more about how an individual piece undergoes changes throughout its duration. In this way, Prog is similar to Classical. Changes in key, time signature, and timbre (tone) are so common as to be regarded as cliches of the medium. This is how we can get fifteen, twenty, even thirty minute or longer songs - they undergo a lot of changes. It is not about playing the same riff over and over again, not like a 20 minute Buddy Holly song. BTW, I like Buddy Holly a lot. He is one of those innovators in rock who do not qualify as progressive.
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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|Posted: April 03 2013 at 20:21
IMO one of the main qualities of a lot of prog bands (especially progressive metal bands) is to not change.
Opeth, for example, have remained pretty much the same style for decades. The 1996 Opeth heard in Morningrise and Edge of Sanity's Crimson, and the 2008/2011 Opeth in Watershed and Heritage, are very similar. You immediately recognize it as being Opeth.
But it's not about being stagnant, old-fashioned or anything like that. It's about preseverance and consistency. About setting a musical vision and sticking to it. It's symbolic of a man setting a goal for himself, and fighting towards that goal for the rest of his life. He doesn't change midway, 'cos it ain't done yet.
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|Posted: April 04 2013 at 01:30
Opeth are like The Fall, to borrow John Peel's quote "always different, always the same". There are aspects that change (the lineup - they're on their fifth bassist & guitarist, and third drummer; and sound - lack of growling, addition of keyboards, etc)
Pink Floyd changed from R&B to Psychedelic pop to Space Rock to avant garde experiments to stadium rock, and only the drummer is on every album.
As for not changing, that's a main quality of most non-prog bands - you wouldn't call The Ramones or The Pet Shop Boys or Lonnie Donegan prog, would you?
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|Posted: April 04 2013 at 07:49
One of the most enduring aspects of popular music is that it utilises traditional time served structures that we, as humans, seem to find immensely satisfying e.g. the call and response melodic orthodoxy of blues/jazz where what is anticipated is almost as satisfying as what is delivered. Similarly, folk/country forms often exploit the irresistible gravitational pull of the so called '3 chord trick"", where a modulation back to the tonic from a dominant gives us a feeling of closure and resolution. Why therefore do we continue to feign surprise that music which attempts to surmount said devices causes so much resistance and resentment?
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|Posted: April 04 2013 at 08:37
The OP referred to change within a piece of music, not along a band's career.
Yes, changes within one piece of music are one of the defining features of prog, no doubt about it.
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|Posted: April 04 2013 at 10:14
On the videos interviews packaged with the Genesis 1970-75 set, Peter Gabriel explains that change was something they explicitly tried to build into the songs on Trespass. He said they wanted to start with one theme, then move to another, then another without ever going back to the original - they were telling a story with the music.
Ironic then that later Genesis even named one of their songs after a traditional song structure - ABACAB - and then didn't stick to that structure with said song.
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|Posted: April 04 2013 at 13:57
I'm tempted to say that progressive music does what it likes. Why is so important to have to nail it down? Why have rules?
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|Posted: April 04 2013 at 14:18
Without rules there'd be no "insistence" on such things as unusual time signatures, concepts, technical ability, unusual instrumentation, extended duration, and so on. What is prog without all of those things? Might as well be Doo-Wop or Disco, Reggae or Rhumba
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|Posted: April 04 2013 at 14:19
Change is the only constant?
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|Posted: April 05 2013 at 01:44
ok but rules are made to be broken.
So you learn the rules then break them. That what's progressive imo.
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|Posted: April 06 2013 at 01:16
I love this aspect of prog. The OP was interested in counter-examples. I think there are numerous cases. Peter Gabriel's Rhythm of the Heat and San Jacinto are two. On the same album there is Family and the Fishing Net, which goes through lots of internal changes in it's arrangement(s).
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|Posted: April 07 2013 at 11:31
I think you misunderstand the man and his music, and you might consider listening to his other side by himself or with Eno or other experimentalists.
What you don't see, is that the music means so much to him on a personal level, that you can't imagine ... and that each piece is a mere painting of his mind at this moment ... but you are not accepting that painting at all ... and instead say that the man is pretentious. I would question the nature of the comment itself, instead, btw, rather than criticise someone else for something he DID DO, and you didn't ... but you feel the need to COMMENT on his doing!
If there is some anger, and I don't think that his anger is that harsh or vindictive, unlike these types of comments about his nature appears to be, it is rather well founded ... to someone where concentration is important in a piece, it is his very foundation, but nooooo ... you interrupt him for an autograph ... or sto scream "rock'n'roll", and ignore the man on his trip ... and then you get upset that he got touchy with your interruption to his concentration!
The music business itself, is a well known rip off and has been so for years. Sadly, he did not see, understand, or was able to hear the rumblings about owning your own music and company in the mid 70's, in order to make sure you could gain from it ... but most artists at the time did NOT listen to the comments, and still sold out for a quick paycheck, and nothing after it!
It's a two-edged sword, any way you look at it ... you feel the need to concentrate, and get interrupted by emotional things that prevent you from concentrating ... and you are complaining about Robert?
The other part, about "change" ... is that ALL music, forever, has always been abut change ... and chord change, note change, or bs change is NOT what drove what we came to call "progressive" music ... but you continually ignore that and stick to a search for a lost chord in the music -- that you think defines "progressive" ... and that "change" is found in ALL music out there ... but you might not know that?
Edited by moshkito - April 07 2013 at 11:33
... none of the hits, none of the time ... now you know what the art is all about!
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