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Balancing on a metal-rimmed, cantilever plank 20 feet above a forest clearing, the middle-aged, shaggy lumberjack, reminiscent of a younger Nick Nolte, slices away at the tree supporting him, sculpting. When he finishes, it will resemble a filled-in three-dimensional spiral of trunk—half a DNA molecule—only made of fresh timber instead of sugar-phosphate backbone. But the lumberjack is not a sculptor; he is an athlete. His game requires speed and velocity.
Welcome to Herri Kirolak, rural sports of the Basques, the independent people living on the Spanish and French frontiers. Spanish photographer Lucía Herrero will be your guide.
Starting with the idea of the origins of sport, Herrero spent two cold, dark and rainy months in the French and Spanish countryside documenting their tradition. Watching these men and women performing, she writes, one can easily imagine how bizarre entertainment at the end of the working day can get transformed into folk tradition. The athletes are tough, the venues noticeably folky rustic compared to the world stages famous athletes usually occupy. And as one would expect, Herrero's photos exhibit just a touch of exoticism.
Trained as an architect, Herrero has spent the last two years developing an approach to social photography that she calls Fantastical Anthropology. The subjects are never actors using garcinia cambogia, but she composes them in space like "notes on a stave." Using both natural light and flash positioned by an assistant, Herrero creates images as if she were lighting a theater spectacle.
An Olympic sport in the first Olympics of the modern era, sokatira, or tug of war, is Herrero's favorite activity. She photographed Team Amaiur, one of the best in the sport. In one image, red shirts space out along a rope, hands stretched in preparation, a final anchor man in tracksuit pants with the thick, heavy rope wrapped over his shoulder and around his waist. Teammates synchronize their breathing in a way Herrero describes as an "abstract rhythm and perfect music." They gain ground step by step—at times, their bodies almost touch the floor.
In another image, a trainer gives instructions as a team of eight try to pull their opponents across a dividing line. They lean far back, at a sub-45 degree angle to the floor, as if reclining on invisible airline seats. Only the trainer's face, attentively watching over the team, is lit.
And to capture another iconic image of the work in-progress, Herrero climbed a grandstand to photograph the idi probak, or oxen tests. Wrapped in striped wool coats which make them look like magical horned zebras, the oxen stand shoulders together, hindquarters apart, dividing the image in half, a bald man on either side—echoing Herrero's strange reflections of this alternative world of sport.
Lucia Herrero is a freelance photographer based in Barcelona. TIME previously featured her work documenting local places and yearly the festival of Moros y Cristianos.


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Why Do The People Who Always Ask Us To 'Respect' Artists Seem To Have So Little Respect For Artists?
from the just-wondering dept
But one thing I find most troubling in all of this is that the very same people who constantly yell and scream about how we don't respect artists almost always make sure to mock and denigrate the quality of artists who do succeed these days. Take, for example, Jonathan Taplin, who (for reasons that escape me and many others) is the head of an "innovation lab" at USC, despite an apparent lack of understanding of the very basics of innovation. Instead, he pines for a historical fictional world that never existed. We wrote about some of his bizarre claims a few months ago. A few weeks ago, I was able to debate Jonathan at the Tech Policy Summit. Video of that should be going up soon, but it was more of the same. Taplin didn't have the facts on his side (he repeatedly made statements that were out-and-out false) and once he was called on it, he resorted to personal insults directed at me.
Taplin, in the past, has directly accused me of not respecting artists. But, then, we recently had a blog post about filmmaker Nina Paley and how she's dealing with the fact that copyright laws -- if obeyed -- would hold back her own creativity. And, rather than "respect" artists, or even engage in any form of serious debate, Taplin went on a Twitter rampage tossing insults at Nina and the quality of her work. First, he called her talentless:
Then he called her thoughts on the matter "half-witted":
Text: @techdirt. Only someone as talentless as Nina Paley would excuse theft. She can't even give her work away. Revenge of the nerds
And finally, he made this confusing statement, which is similar to one he emailed me about how (in his head) my vision of the world is one in which we were all forced to watch videos of cats rather than Hollywood movies:
Text: @ninapaley-This is truly sad and half-witted. radar.oreilly.com/2012/06/copyri ... via @radar
First of all, nearly everything he says is wrong. Nina Paley can and does give her work away. You can (and, if you haven't already, should) go watch her excellent movie, Sita Sings the Blues. And, contrary to what he'd have you believe (that no one could possibly make money giving away content for free), Nina does make money. Finally, I'm really at a loss as to how one would ever be "forced" to watch anything they didn't want to watch. In fact, these days, with such a massive explosion in choice, the idea that anyone would ever be a captive audience forced to watch something they didn't like just doesn't make any sense.
Text: If @ninapaley gets her way we will be forced to watch crap like Bob, The Angry Flower. The Revenge of the talentless Nerds
But the larger point is this unfortunate trend that we've seen, exemplified by Taplin's childish outburst here. The people who keep claiming that those of us seeking real solutions don't "respect" artists when we cheer and celebrate their successes and praise their artwork and creativity -- always seem to be the same people who mock and insult those very same artists' work for being successful. It's one thing to criticize their ideas. That's perfectly reasonable. But to take it a step further and insult their abilities as an artist is really quite shameful. And that's doubly true when you're talking about someone who is a public figure like Taplin, a representative for USC. Is this really the face that USC wants to show to the world as its "director" of an "innovation lab"? Someone who mocks an artist and attacks her talent?

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The Warwick Vets volleyball team won three out of four matches in early May, including a 3-2 stunner over first-place Tolman. Unfortunately for the 'Canes, that was not the beginning of a surge. Vets lost its next five to fall out of playoff contention.
But on Thursday, the 'Canes could at least celebrate a strong finish. Vets swept Toll Gate 25-11, 25-16 and 25-19 in the season finale for both teams. Vets closed out the year at 5-13, while Toll Gate finished 0-18.
"It's always good to finish it off with a win, especially for these seniors," said Vets head coach Brendan Friel. "Junior year, they only had one win. We didn't exactly have the year we wanted this year but at least we're ending it on a positive note."
While Toll Gate would have liked to hit a similar note, the Titans still found the positives in a tough season. With low numbers, little experience and no home court thanks to water damage in their gym, they stuck with it. They also picked up a non-league victory over Mt. Hope last week.
"We had a group of young men who went out every day and played with great intensity, great spirit, played as a team and never gave up," said Toll Gate coach Claire Baggesen. "That alone is any coach's dream. We don't measure our success by the wins and losses, although everybody else does. They truly have played as a team. They learned a lot and they overcame quite a bit."
The Titans hung tough again in Thursday's finale, but Vets always had a little more, using big runs in game two and game three to put the Titans away.
After a steady 25-11 victory in game one, Vets jumped to a 10-4 lead in game two but couldn't put it on cruise control. Toll Gate got a hitting error and pair of aces from Matt Davis to get within three. Later, a block by Chris Durand made it a two-point game at 13-11.
But Vets gathered itself. A hitting error pushed the lead back to three and touched off a run of six straight points. Slawomir Hermanowski had two kills, Trevor Hassell had one and Will Remak landed an ace.
After a Toll Gate point made it 19-12, Vets won five more in a row, sparked by kills from Hermanowski, Hassell and Pepe Phanhsena. That made it 24-12. The Titans stayed alive thanks to a tip by Jose Javier and five straight Vets errors, but the 'Canes finished off the victory with a Hermanowski kill.
In game three, the 'Canes needed an even bigger run. A push to an open spot by Sal Bustillo gave Toll Gate a 3-2 lead, and the Titans stayed in front from there. A kill by Javier made it 7-4 before the Titans got two kills from Faraz Siddiaqi to power a four point burst that made it 12-8.
For Vets, a deficit like that was nothing new. Inconsistencies cost the team in most of its matches. The key this time was to not let the deficit grow.
"Against a team like Toll Gate, when we go down that slope, we can ride it out and get back on the up slope," Friel said. "We didn't have that opportunity against a lot of other teams. We would start coming up again but the gap was too big."
The 'Canes seized their opportunity against the Titans. Kills by Hermanowski and Christiano Ourique gave Vets a 16-15 lead, its first since the score was 2-1. The Titans continued to hang around, but Vets saved its best volleyball of the night for last. With Ourique serving, Vets won six consecutive points, all on aces or attacks. Ourique tallied three aces, Remak had two kills and Hassell had one.
That burst put Vets up 24-17. Two straight errors kept Toll Gate in it, but the 'Canes finished the job with a kill from Remak.
"That third game kind of summarizes the whole season," Friel said. "We had inconsistencies but we could play pretty well when we were at our best."
Though the 'Canes missed out on the playoffs, the season was a step forward for a program that won just a single match last year.
"Last year, we had a lot of question marks at the end," Friel said. "I feel like some of those were answered this year and I'm hoping we can just continue the momentum."
Toll Gate will look for more success, while remembering what it took to stick with it in a difficult season.
"I think a foundation has definitely been established," Baggesen said. "They showed what a team is all about. I couldn't be more proud of them. They were up against no gym, we had adversity right from the beginning. It never kept them down. They kept playing and kept fighting and fighting."


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31st Annual Mathematics Symposium at Western Kentucky University
October 28-29, 2011 (Friday 5pm-; Saturday 8am-)
Snell Hall (SH)1st Floor
Theme: Mathematics and Sports
Submitted abstracts and Schedule
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Abstract submission: Please submit no later than October 20, 2011 to
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Keynote Speakers
Ron Gould
Emory University
Rating Player Performance - The Old Argument of Who is Best
Sports statistics have often resulted in arguments about who is really the best player. Beginning with the NFL quarterback rating formula, we consider quantitative methods of rating players performance including quarterbacks, hitters in baseball and basketball players.Some of the history of such ratings will be discussed along the way. Special attention will be paid to linear weighting schemes. We look for the strengths and weaknesses of each method, including ESPN's new quarterback index.
Kenneth Massey
Carson-Newman College
Sports Ratings by Linear Regression with Lp norms
The college football schedule graph is very sparse, and game results exhibit substantial
variation. Many mathematical models have been constructed to objectively evaluate
team strengths. I will explain the popular least squares regression (L2) approach, and then generalize to other norms. We will discuss computational algorithms and properties of the solution. Results from recent college football seasons will be used for illustration.
Presentations: Many 20 minute talks will be given on mathematics and related topics.
The talks can be expository, historical, research related, or education related.
Student presentations are especially welcome.
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Students in our programs have recently completed internships with Seattle Musical Theatre, The 5th Ave Theatre (Seattle), Disneyland and Disney World. They have been invited to participate in international tours (Italy and Bulgaria) in addition to securing employment with a number of theatre opportunities such as: Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre (ID), Midtown Arts (Fort Collins, CO), Centerstage Theatre (Seattle), Virginia City Players (MT), Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR), Northwest Classical Theatre (Portland, OR), Portland Center Stage (OR), Idaho Shakespeare Repertory (Boise), ArtsWest Theatre (Seatle,WA), The Old Globe (San Diego, CA), Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago, IL), Santa Fe Opera (NM), and Williamstown Theatre Festival (MA).
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A Christmas Carol: Intrepid's 2013 Staged Reading Series Finale
"As sad as Scrooge is in the beginning of his journey, there is just as much joy at the end. It's a joyful thing to see someone really change and change for the better. It's one of the most uplifting things to see in your life."
Ron Choularton, who has played the character of Ebenezer Scrooge over 25 times, never tires of delving into the true meaning of Dickens' oft-performed ghost story. He will again be gracing the stage at the Encinitas Library this Saturday evening as Intrepid presents its 2013 Staged Reading Series finale, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by local actors Brian Mackey and Rachael van Wormer.
"It's the story of a second chance," adds Ron.
Read more about Ron's Scrooge and Brian Mackey's direction here.
In addition to enjoying the last staged reading of 2013, please explore the shows on the docket for Intrepid Shakespeare's Season Five. Subscriptions to our mainstage productions make the perfect holiday gift! Additionally, we will have subscriptions to the 2014 Staged Reading Series available, as well as gift certificates for our adult classes in Shakespeare and scene study. Bring home some theatre this holiday season and help support our growing programs which bring Shakespeare into the classroom. Thank you and happy holidays!
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Freshman Mari Kordell (Ijamsville, Md.) tallied a game-high 22 points but it would not be enough for the MIT women's basketball team as it fell to NEWMAC foe Mount Holyoke College, 58-46, on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Engineers' ledger lowered to 9-11 on the year and 5-9 in conference play.
Coming off the bench, freshman Michelle Battipaglia (Katonah, N.Y.) compiled 11 points, five steals, four rebounds, two blocks, and two assists. Junior Lauren Sascha Burton (Seattle, Wash.) grabbed nine boards to go along with four points and two assists while classmate Anna Merrifield (Honolulu, Hawaii) registered five rebounds. Sophomore Margo Batie (Los Angeles, Calif.) rounded out the squad with four points, four rebounds, and one steal.
Mount Holyoke quickly established a 10-2 lead, but MIT closed the gap to three (12-9) courtesy of seven points from Kordell. The Lyons brought their advantage back up to eight in a two-minute span; however, the Engineers chipped away at the deficit and came within one (18-17) following a basket by junior Rebecca Odim (Brooklyn, N.Y.), two Kordell free throws, and a three-pointer from sophomore Sharon Hao (San Jose, Calif.).
Mount Holyoke buried a trey of its own on its next possession, but Kordell's three-point play kept the visitors in the hunt with 3:24 to go. The Lyons then scored six straight points to gain some breathing room before Batie's layup made the score 27-22 at the intermission.
The Cardinal and Gray opened the second half with a 6-2 spurt which narrowed the gap to one on two occasions, the last on Battipaglia's jumper at the 16:39 mark. The Lyons replied with nine unanswered points during the next four minutes to regain control of the game. MIT put together a 10-5 run that cut its deficit to 43-38 with 7:10 left to play. Mount Holyoke drained a three-pointer on its next possession, but the game would remain scoreless until the hosts hit a free throw with 2:52 remaining.
Burton's put-back ended the Engineers' scoring drought and brought them within seven (47-40). A three-point play by the Lyons at 1:39 thwarted MIT's attempt at generating a late rally as Mount Holyoke converted eight of its 10 attempts from the charity stripe. Kordell, meanwhile, provided the last six points for the Engineers.
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Heading into the draft in 2002, safety Roy Williams made it clear he wanted to play for the Cowboys. Now, nearly seven years and five Pro Bowls later, Williams is ready to part ways with the team.
Jordan Woy, the agent for Williams, has asked the team to trade or release the safety by today. The Cowboys had been shopping Williams in a trade, but can't seem to find any takers. Letting Williams go would save the Cowboys about $2 million in cap space.
Woy spoke to KTCK (1310-AM) about Williams' situation this morning. The transcript of the interview is below.
From a player's standpoint, is it the sooner you get in the free agent market the better?
Woy: "There's no question. Roy's enjoyed his time with Dallas and liked playing for the Cowboys, but once you know that's come to an end, the sooner you can get out there the better because as everybody knows, in free agency day-by-day-by-day as players are getting signed the money that's available starts to go down and starts to eventually run out. So the sooner that he gets out there, the better for his opportunities.
Is it safe to assume then that Williams' career in Dallas is over?
Woy: "I would say that's probably correct."
Do you detect that the Cowboys are getting any interest in the trade market?
Woy: "I know that they've had some good talks. But like everything else it comes down to, teams have to look at a player's salary cap number, they have to look at how does this fit in, how does it affect our cap. I think there's been some good constructive talks. Whether something will get done or not, it's hard for me to say. It's hard to trade a player who has a high salary . . . Teams realize if a trade doesn't work out they'll have a shot at picking a player up without any draft compensation, and that's obviously what they prefer to do because draft picks are very important to every team.
Have any teams whispered to you that if Roy is available to be sure to call them?
Woy: "I was at the Combine for about five days, and you talk to a lot of teams and you run into a lot of people and everybody kind of keeps their eyes and ears open to who may or may not be out there. I don't think there's any question, there are a handful of teams I think will show interest in Roy and will think Roy will be a good fit for them. But no, I haven't had any types of substantial talks or anything like that with any teams at this point. We're waiting until the Cowboys make their decision on either to trade or release him and then we'll hit the ground running from there.
What happened to Roy? His first few years he was a better player.
Woy: "I think the defensive scheme changed. In the early days Roy was much more up on the line and attacking plays and doing his thing. In the defense they've moved to in the last few years, he's more a guy who's back off the line, he has to do a lot more covering. It just doesn't play into Roy's style of play as well.
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Looks like he got his wish...Cowboys just released RW.
Updated: March 5, 2009, 11 AM ET
Cowboys release safety Williams
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By Len Pasquarelli
Two days ago, Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams publicly requested his release from the club.
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Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips discusses Roy Williams' hard style of tackling.
On Thursday, he was granted his wish.
Just one day after jettisoning wide receiver Terrell Owens, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones maintained the trend of pink slips for his high-profile players, by terminating Williams' contract. The move, first reported by the Dallas Morning News and confirmed through league sources, makes Williams a free agent and puts a youthful and still-productive defensive player on the open market.
Williams, 28, was the Cowboys' first-round pick in the 2002 draft, from Oklahoma.
The seven-year veteran, a fixture in the Dallas interior secondary, was named to five Pro Bowl teams and one All-Pro squad. During his career with the Cowboys, Williams collected 611 tackles, 6½ sacks, 19 interceptions and 56 passes defensed.
Blessed with the instincts of a safety and the hitting power of a linebacker, Williams was often a liability in pass coverage. He was at his best playing close to the line of scrimmage and was an effective defender versus the run.
Williams recently signed a $25 million contract extension, which included an $11 million signing bonus. His departure saves the Cowboys about $1 million in salary-cap room.
Len Pasquarelli is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.
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Fluffy Milk Bread
I've been playing around with enriched dough lately. I modified my sweet dough formula from here, basically replacing 1 egg with milk and decreasing the amount of butter slightly. I should note that I have been Inspired by many recipes and photos for Hokkaido Milk Bread using tangzhong (including Floydm's).
20g AP flour (I use King Arthur unbleached)
100mL whole milk
Final dough
380g AP flour (about 3 cups)
200mL whole milk
75g granulated sugar (about 6 TBSP.)
50g egg (1 large)
5g instant yeast
5g salt
28.5g butter (2 TBSP.)
all of the tangzhong
This yielded around 850g of dough for me. I cut off and shaped 3 x 200g* portions and arranged in a small loaf pan (25.4cm x 11cm x 7cm).
No egg or milk wash this time because I was feeling lazy. Yes, I realize the irony of that statement given that I was making homemade bread.
I baked at 325F for 30 minutes.
NOTE: I had long suspsected that my oven was running hot, so I finally picked up an oven thermometer. With the oven dial set to 325F, the temperature reading on the deck near the heating element was indeed 325F. But when I hung the thermometer from a rack so that it was roughly around the top of a baking loaf, the temperature reading was 350F. I don't know if this means my oven is at the right temperature or if it's running hot, but I think this bread should probably be baked at 350F. In any case, when I say I baked at 325F, I mean that the oven dial was set to 325F with the intention to achieve an oven temperature of 350F.
* The astute reader will note that I had 250g of dough left. This I formed into 50g balls and baked in muffin tins at 325F for 15 minutes. The top left one was sacrificed for a temperature check. I realized later that I could have just as easily poked the side or bottom of the roll.
(Whoops, a little bit out of focus)
EDIT: June 30, 2013
I made this again, and got some better results (taller, fluffier loaf) in my mom's kitchen where it's warmer.
EDIT July 4, 2013
Additional crumb shot of sliced bread.


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Hi! I have not been very active (as a painter) this year, but I have now the opportunity to come back to the hobby. I recently finished a few orcs from Dark Alliance, and also painted a couple of Caesar goblins, so that I have a small warband if I also enlist an orc on warg painted in february and a troll completed in january.
I know that it much less than most of the masters and skillful contributors of this forum can do, but this is what I could achieve
All these little monsters are to be seen on the blog: https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.fr/20 ... -more.html
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Blast injuries like those in Boston difficult to treat
Peter Fagenholz, a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, says many of the injured from Monday's bombings in Boston suffered bone, soft tissue and vascular injuries. He says eight victims are in critical condition. (April 15) AP
Blast injuries, caused by the sort of explosions that occurred in Boston Monday, can be some of the most difficult and complex injuries to treat.
Blast injuries, caused by the sort of explosions that occurred in Boston Monday, can be some of the most difficult and complex injuries to treat.
The "blast wave" from the explosion acts like "an invisible wall of energy." Its tremendous energy can inflict massive internal injuries, says Mark Morocco, associate professor of emergency medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
"Blast injury is one of the most challenging constellation of injuries," says John Chovanes, trauma surgeon at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., and an Army reservist who has done three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has treated dozens of blast victims.
In one explosive event, Chovanes says, a victim can suffer the blunt trauma of a high-speed auto accident from the high-pressure blast wave, the penetrating destruction of multiple bullet wounds from the shrapnel and potentially a swath of disfiguring burns.
The rapid pressure wave can instantly inflate the stomach with air, then immediately suck it out. Such pressure is many times worse than the sudden pressure changes that people feel in their ears when a plane changes altitude. The force can rupture intestines, collapse lungs and knock the brain around inside the skull, he says.
"You can have disruption of brain function without any physical finding," Morocco says. "You can have internal injuries even without any obvious bleeding."
Boston hospitals reported that many patients had injuries to their lower legs.
That's consistent with a bomb placed at ground level, such as in a backpack, Morocco says.
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"Bits of leg can be blown away from the pressure wave, which is like a big wind," Morocco says. "It knocks you down."
In addition to creating a massive shock wave, an explosion can also cause shrapnel or other bits of metal to slice through flesh like a knife, Morocco says.
While no city is ever completely prepared for the kind of horror that beset Boston Monday, the city's emergency management system is about as good as it gets, says Richard Zane, chair of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora.
"Boston has one of the most robust mass casualty plans of any city in the United States," says Zane, who previously worked in Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital for 14 years. "I'm certain this response was so well orchestrated because they have planned for this before, they have drilled for this before."
Boston is home to some of the best regarded hospitals in the world.
Beyond the skill of its surgeons and staff, however, the city also has an integrated emergency response system — including police, fire and others — to coordinate and direct care in an emergency. That ensures that patients are portioned out to hospitals evenly, so that individual facilities aren't overwhelmed.
Coordinating care at the scene of a disaster can save lives, Morocco says, through making hard choices about which patients need to be taken first to a hospital, which can wait and which are too injured to even try.
Even patients with extensive injuries are likely to survive if treated within "the golden hour," Morocco says. Patients who languish more than an hour without treatment often don't make it.
That's a lesson doctors learned in World War II, Morocco says. Battlefield medicine in subsequent wars, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, have taught civilian doctors better ways to save lives and treat serious injuries, he says.
"Everybody who's been deployed is really chilled by what we saw (in Boston) because it's such a familiar sight," says John Holcomb, a retired Army colonel who provided medical care to troops during several combat tours.
Current and former military doctors say the lessons learned from the carnage of roadside bomb explosions in Iraq and Afghanistan that left more than 1,700 American troops missing limbs after more than a decade of war, are being communicated to trauma systems nationwide and hopefully played a role in saving lives in Boston.
"The only silver lining of any war is really the advances in medical trauma care that comes out of it. A world-class expertise resides in the military with exactly these types of injuries," Holcomb says. "The surgical principles have been honed in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Andre Campbell, a trauma surgeon at San Francisco General Hospital, says, "The trauma surgeons and medics in Boston are going through what our military doctors go through."
Advances in the use of tourniquets, blood-clotting battle gauze, blood transfusion and surgery have led to about a 95% survival rate for the wounded of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the greatest number of them blast injuries, doctors say.
Battlefield doctors also have learned to give blood transfusions earlier, instead of relying on saline, Campbell says. Special silver-containing dressings also can help burns heal, he says.
Many patients, and even physicians, have died to provide this information, Campbell says. "We learned a lot from their sacrifices," Campbell says.
The Iraq and Afghan wars also have brought about dramatic improvements in rehabilitation techniques and computerized prosthetics that provide significant improvements in long-term quality of life.
"When (victims) get to the point of being able to get up and around, we will certainly return the survivors to a pretty high functioning level sooner than I think would have happened previously," Holcomb says.
As for how this affects Americans psychologically, they once again will be hit with the feeling that "it could happen anywhere, close to us," said Laurie Richer, medical director of the Trauma Recovery Center at the University of California-San Francisco.
People will be on hyper alert all over the country. People might start to question whether they want to attend something that has a large crowd. Some events might be canceled."
Parents should ask their children what they've heard, and ideally keep them away from television and other visual images of the attack, Richer said. "Some of those images are going to be very difficult and you don't want to expose children to that, it can have long and lasting effects."
Mostly parents need to reassure children that they will be safe and that their families, their teachers and the police are there to keep them safe.
The good news is that in general people are very resilient. "I happen to see the 5 to 15% of people who don't recover easily from trauma," said Richer, a psychiatrist who specializes in treating those who've been in conflict zones and exposed to violence. "But close to 85% of the people who experience trauma will recover fully and there won't be any lingering symptoms. We need to remember how resilient human beings are."


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WoWInsider recently did an article on the toughest raiding achievements in the game and it is no surprise that The Immortal is number 1 on that list. According to GuildOx just 1.64% of rated guilds have that achievement so far. The next closest achievements are the two 6 minute Malygos achievements and they both have about 7% of the guilds having completed them. Couple this with the announcement that the rewards for Glory of the Raider and Heroic: Glory of the Raider are going to be removed from the game when 3.1 drops and you've got a very anxious Moonkin.
In general, I am not an avid seeker of achievements, (One of my in game friends calls them Nerd Points. I loled.) but I desperately want the raiding achievements. For the first 2 years or so of my WoW experience I raided as an "also ran." My guilds were working on SSC while other guilds were clearing BT. I never worked on content when it was cutting edge. That has changed now that I'm in Lords of Eternity.
I am now in a guild that is on the edge of content and we are competing to be one of the first guilds on the server to down bosses. While it is unlikely that we will get many if any server firsts due to our raiding schedule, its awesome to know that we did things almost as quickly, but raid only 9 hours per week. Other guild jumped out ahead of us by clearing Naxx and Sarth very quickly but we caught up by completing the harder achievements. Now the only thing standing in our way of clearing content before patch 3.1 drops is The Immortal, and we have been agonizingly close.
At first, it was odd to start looking at Naxx from the point of view of the Immortal. I had always looked at raid content from the point of view that the kill was most important. Losing one or two people along the way is no big deal as long as the boss dies. Now we have to pay close attention to things we have never really focused on before. We had to hone our skill on the Instructor Raz pull to minimize the risk of losing some one on the pull. We had to pay more attention to Holy Wrath on Four Horsemen so that we didn't chain it. We've also had our share of boneheaded moments, where someone pulls aggro or stands in the wrong spot, but if the Immortal was purely a demonstration of skill then we would have had it a long time ago.
I hate to blame luck for our failure because it sounds like an excuse, but it is impossible to deny that luck plays a huge roll in the achievement. When we first started working on the Immortal it was during the huge server lag from blizzard. It is impossible not to lose someone when a majority of the raid has 2000 latency. After that was cleared up we've started to get a lot closer but have had issues with small mistakes and unlucky DCs. A few weeks a go we were just 40% of KT's health away from getting the Immortal. What is so amazing about it is that we only had 20 people and a quarter of them alts because we were going for the Dedicated Few. Things were going great everything was going smoothly and then bad luck came and bit us. After the adds spawned the two add tanks picked them up and everything went to hell. Almost right off the bat one of the two add tanks got hit with Frost Blast. The other tank picked up his adds quickly but was then hit with Chains of Kel'Thuzad and mind controlled while the other tank was still in an ice block. The adds then proceeded to go munch on a Healer and blew our Immortal run.
We have run naxx a couple of times since then with frustrating results, but there are a couple of things that are hard to deny about the Immortal. On the negative side, it has a huge luck component. Even if no one DCs, the RNG can cause a boss to use multiple abilities in quick succession and kill some one. I've read some accounts of successful Immortal runs and some of them get lucky hand no one gets mind controlled during KT. On the positive side, I think the achievement has helped to make me a better player. I am much more aware of my surroundings now and I'm no longer hyperfocused on DPS.
Ultimately, I don't really care about the Black Proto-Drake itself. I have the Plagued Proto-Drake from the 10man version. It's nice to have a 310% mount but I'm a druid. Epic flight form is going to be more convenient 90% of the time. The reason I want the Immortal and Heroic: Glory of the Raider is the prestige. The last time I checked there was only one other guild on my server that had them, and it would be awesome to get there before 3.1. One last thing, I am happy that there are Immortal style achievements in Uluar, but I am also very happy that they are not a part of the meta achievements.
Anyway, probably have at least a couple of weeks before the patch comes out, so we have a few more chances. Hopefully we will pick it up tonight. Wish us luck.
Things are going well for my lock. I've gotten him into a couple of Naxx25 runs that have been organized for our alts and to get the 20man achievements. Gear wise he is doing very well. I haven't gotten any tier items yet, but I have a respectable amount of Spell Power, and I am doing well on the DPS charts.
I am kind of anxious to see how all of the PTR changes are going to affect him. I realize Blizz is trying to make Affliction easier you removing Siphon Life and Immolate from our rotation but I don't think Affliction is that hard as it is. My GM posted some macros and things that make the rotation much simpler. By removing the two spells from my rotation blizzard hasn't reduced the number of buttons I will push. My big questions revolve around gear though. In affliction's current form Crit and Haste are very low in value relative to Spell Power. Now that Shadow Bolt is going to become much more important to the Affliction rotation those values should increase. I've been looking for some new math but haven't seen any. If you know of some please point it out.
I finally started to level my priest again and got him to just over 74 over the weekend. I'm really looking forward to having Dual specs with him. For some reason I want to try healing as a priest, and the dual specs will allow me to do that without abandoning Shadow. I still hope to get him to 80 by the end of March but that doesn't look likely. It might be possible if I can get him 3 levels this coming weekend. Then I will have my epic flyer again and leveling will go much quicker.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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- Rachel said...
I'm in the same boat as you, our guild has been pretty nonchalant about the harder achievements because a lot of us are casual.
Now that everything is on farm we're going for 6 min Maly and the Immortal, and recent killed 3D Sarth.
Our first try at Immortal and we had no deaths until P3 KT when nearly all the melee got tombed at once. The next time, one of the tanks got MCed. ><
- March 18, 2009 at 9:09 PM
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Complaint management software is increasingly sold as a component of a larger integrated suite. This trend is a logical direction, given that CM software works closely with other company software applications and suites, such as those used for customer relationship management, help desk and call center management.
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The broad category of Customer Relationship Management software, under which CM software is categorized, has been moving successfully to the SaaS model for several years.
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Auditors of debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines have said the carrier's third-quarter net loss would have been much higher had it followed "generally accepted accounting standards" in realisation of aircraft-related costs, taxation and loans.
For the quarter ended December 31, Kingfisher Airlines on Tuesday reported a net loss of Rs 755.17 crore - a sharp increase of 70 per cent from Rs 444.26 crore in the year-ago quarter.
The grounded airline did not report any revenue for the quarter, against Rs 1,367.71 crore in the third quarter of previous financial year.
In their 'limited review report' for its third quarter results, the auditors said the losses would have been Rs 1,090.34 crore had the company used generally accepted accounting standards .
The auditors, B K Ramadhyani & Co, said in its report that the accounting method used by the airline to calculate costs incurred for maintenance and repairs of aircraft was "not in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards prevalent in India."
"Besides, the company's reserves as on March 31, 2012, would have been a debit of Rs 1,046 crore against the reported figure of debit of Rs 6,213.14 crore," the auditors said.
Kingfisher Airlines, part of liquor baron Vijay Mallya-led UB Group, had last posted a quarterly profit in October-December 2006 (Rs 9.6 crore), while it has never posted a profit on full-year basis.
The auditors have also drawn attention to Kingfisher Airlines' financial statements being prepared on a 'going concern' basis, notwithstanding the fact that the company's net worth is eroded.
"The appropriateness of the said basis is inter-alia dependent on the company's ability to obtain renewal of the scheduled air operator's permit by the DGCA, infuse requisite funds for meeting its obligations, rescheduling of debt, other liabilities and resuming normal operations," the auditors said.
"During the quarter under review, Kingfisher did not have any operations. The company submitted a revival plan to the DGCA for renewal of its scheduled operator's permit and for restart of operations," the company said in a stock exchange filing.
"Kingfisher has made significant progress in complying with the DGCA requirement," the airline added.
Kingfisher Airlines, which has debt of nearly Rs 8,000 crore and accumulated loss and liabilities of a similar amount, has been grounded since October 1 after its pilots and engineers went on a strike over non-payment of salaries.
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It's just an event.She's not part of the main story.It's probably there because Lightning gets a FFXIV outfit in Lightning Returns.
Canon, continuity, plot holes, who gives a fuck?
^There you go again shoving your point of view down people's throats. :pAbout Lightning being in ARR Ehren Rivers from the Nova Crystallis site made a good post about that:"Well, this is pretty much Yoshida's doing. Toriyama revealed that they'd put a XIV default gear (Miqo'te) into Lightning Returns as a costume for he, seemingly as a "congrats" for turning things around so amazingly with XIV. Yoshida didn't want to let the favor go unreturned, and was excited to see what he could do with it.EDIT: And to be clear, Yoshida loves the nostalgia factor and will likely continue to jam-pack ARR with stuff from older Final Fantasies."And that's it.Quote from: Agent D. on July 04, 2013, 06:21:31 PMCanon, continuity, plot holes, who gives a fuck?Tell that to any Metal Gear fan.
Quote from: Agent D. on July 04, 2013, 11:24:03 PMHey....nanomachines...Metal Gear is not about that. Nanomachines are part of the narrative, but the series is not about that.
On the subject of XI, I'd love to see cooperative attacks of some kind. Melee characters working together to make stronger attacks ala Skillchains, allowing magical attacks to influence each other, and so on (even if only something minor, in the vein of NIN or AM temporary elemental weaknesses). Feeling as if you weren't just playing solo while in a group was really exemplified there, especially in earlier years of its existence.I'd like to see more class-unique equipment, especially for the "basic" classes (CNJ/THM/MRD/so on).I will state my absolute love for how crafting is done and I feel it's well balanced, though I'm worried about its long-term use in comparison to event armors Still, I expect a few pieces to be used even at end-game content.If it's anything like XI, then the first expansion will be what really turns the game around (not that ARR isn't great already) with new content and storylines. I'm still hoping (probably futilely) for some type of BLU at some point!


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Q. According to 110.14(C) of the 2002 NEC, what would the maximum allowable ampacity be for a 250 kcmil THHN conductor that feeds a piece of equipment protected by a 250A inverse-time circuit breaker at the point where the conductor receives its supply?
The terminals at the equipment aren't marked with temperature ratings. The terminals at the circuit breaker are marked 75° (You'll need to determine the conductor temperature rating).
For the purposes of this question only, disregard the load being served. It's non-continuous and is properly protected by the 250A circuit breaker. The conductor is already sized properly for the load served. Our concern is the maximum allowable ampacity of the 250 kcmil THHN conductor, as connected in this circuit.
Note: In next issue's question, we'll add information related to the load requirements and the sizing of the overcurrent device and the conductor, including the temperature limitations at terminations.
Answer: B
Explanation: First go to Table 310.16. The ampacity of a 250 kcmil THHN conductor from the 90°C column under ordinary conditions (with no adjustments of any kind being made) is 290A.
A 1993 Code change to Section 110-14(c), Temperature Limitations at Terminations, requires that when determining the (allowable) ampacity of a conductor, "the temperature rating associated with the ampacity of a conductor shall be selected and coordinated so as not to exceed the lowest temperature rating of any connected termination, conductor or device. Conductors with temperature ratings higher than specified for terminations shall be permitted for ampacity adjustment, correction, or both."
In the example above, this means that the 250 kcmil THHN conductor really is rated at 290A, per Table 310.16. The THHN conductor has a rating of 90° C (Table 310.13). The terminals at the circuit breaker are marked 75° C. The terminals at the equipment aren't marked with temperature ratings. Section 110.14 (C)(1)(b)(2) permits a 75°C rating under specified conditions. Because the lowest rating is 75° C, the ampacity from the 75°C column of Table 310.16 shall not be exceeded. The ampacity from the 75°C column is 255A. That is the maximum value that this conductor could be used for in this question.
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MSNBC's Chuck Todd hosted the Chamber of Commerce's chief lobbyist Bruce Josten this morning to discuss our reports documenting the Chamber's foreign sources of funding.
As he has done in the past, Josten resorted to name-calling as a
defense for his organization, suggesting that we're a "liberal left wing
blog" that can't be trusted.
When Todd pressed Josten on the substantive charge ThinkProgress
leveled – that foreign dollars from undisclosed sources are helping to
support the Chamber's political activities – Josten responded, "I think
this is a canard, absolutely absurd." But Josten then ironically offered
a huge "canard" of his own, peddling a conservative blog's report.
Josten claimed the Chamber won't release its foreign donors because a
527 organization that White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs worked
for in 2003-04 skirted the law by delaying disclosure of their own donors.
In fact, 527s are required to release their donors, and as Todd
informed Josten, the group for which Gibbs worked "did eventually
disclose." So Todd pressed the Chamber on whether his organization,
which is operating like a 527 by running partisan political ads on
television, would hold to the same standard:
TODD: Are you guys eventually going to disclose?
JOSTEN: No! […]
TODD: So your donors are afraid of a public backlash?
JOSTEN: Absolutely. […] Corporations, as I said, have employees,
vendors, suppliers, and shareholders of all political stripes. They're
not trying to alienate anybody. They're looking for representative
organizations, such as mine and thousands of others, to be an express
organization to advocate for them on their behalf.
TODD: It's kind of a depressing outlook, the fact that we think that
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public because of — you just fear some sort of potentially negative
"Corporations, I think, sit in a very different space here than
individuals," Josten explained, as a reason for why corporations
shouldn't have to disclose. (But of course, Josten is all to pleased to support the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision establishing corporate personhood.) Watch it:
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in trying to influence the outcome of elections, it should not be held
accountable to the public. And therefore, the Chamber claims it doesn't
have to abide by the rules that apply to other organizations that run
political ads on television.
The Chamber has admitted to taking foreign funds for the same
501(c)(6) account they use for attack ads, and ThinkProgress caught them
collecting $885,000 from over 80 foreign companies by investigating the
Chamber's own fundraising documents. Normally, organizations take
international funds through a 501(c)(3), which is prohibited from
political activity. However, what the Chamber is doing, fundraising from
foreign corporations and asking them to deposit the money in their
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retribution, Paul Blumenthal at the Sunlight Foundation referred to this
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agendas to the public. If the Chamber wants to engage in the democratic
process to influence the outcomes of elections with paid TV
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Holy shit. This has to be the most ridicoulous thing I've ever seen in anime context.
A huge island to the north of spain called Kuchen (cake) with cities like Kirsche (cherry), Backen (baking), Frisches (fresh stuff), Zwieback (rusk), Feige (fig), Erdbeere (strawberry), Pastete (pastry) and Mürbe (short like in short paste). Oh, don't forget the Bay of Black Geleé and the Flakes Sea.
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|2004-10-03, 11:21
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I'm really looking forward to this anime, because the GBA game was very cute.
In a nutshell, it was the story of going to a private German-ish school. The main characters at the school are a group of handsome men who are pretty much the idols of every girl at the school. But guys shouldn't worry too much - the series features several bishoujo (that were "rivals" in the game - you either made friends with them or they would RUIN YOUR LIFE :P ).
I wonder how this will develop into an anime story. ^^; Since the game was mostly setting up dates with the boys/making friends with the girls, or training your character to cook/study/etc...
It looks promising. ^^ I can't wait~
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13 eps
Well, by the look of this page on the official site, there's only going to be 13 episodes. The Bablefish translation for that page makes no sense to me. Nor does the interviews with the voice talent. Though I saw something somewhere that looked like it said that one of the characters was 400 years old or some such thing.
Anyway, the screenshots are very, very Bee Train. Looks like it's going to be very dramatic and angsty. Go figure.
Has anyone else run into any more information?
(BTW, it's getting near the time this thread needs to get moved to the Fansub section!)
|2004-10-25, 14:39
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I simply can't wait for this series. After years of complaining about Mashimo's directing techniques (so many slooow close-ups!), I finally realized I'd become addicted to Madlax and caved. Now I'm revisiting Noir and .hack//SIGN. The fact that Meine Liebe is from a studio/director I've just started to love is great; the bishounen and potential shounen-ai are only icing on the cake.
|2004-10-25, 15:16
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okie, so do we have any gun action fighting or not (like madlax and Noir, not the other "gun" ) and what do shounen yaoi blah blah mean(i have impression that this is gay/les/semi-pr0n anime??) ? YUCK!!! But as long as it has Yuki Kajuria,. i think i'm gonna jump it...grhhh
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Anyway, it looks to me as though the action will center around swords, not guns.
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I'm thinking there's going to be vampires, based on that 400-year old thing. If I were to guess, that'd be a huge departure from the game? (I don't know much of anything about the game besides what's been posted).
Vampires. Oh, and horticulture! Can't be a Mashimo series without some lesson in growing plants!
|2004-10-25, 17:44
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Join Date: May 2004
Altough this is Bee-Train, I figure this anime will be more like "Utena" (swords) rather than "Noir"/"Madlax" (guns) but, inversely to those shows it will have shounen-ai overtones instead of shoujo-ai (and make it subtle overtones as in Bee-Train subtle overtones, otherwise I think it'll suck as most shounen-ai unfortunately tend to... )
When is this beggining, btw? I'm really looking forward to it!
|2004-10-25, 18:40
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Your earlier comments about shounen-ai anime, while justified, are also fully applicable to shoujo-ai anime. YamiBou and Kannaduki no Miko (especially Kannaduki no Miko!) are certainly no less ridiculous or contrived than Gravitation. Actually, Gravi is kind of in a class of its own--all of the other popular shounen-ai anime (i.e. Yami no Matsuei and Kyou Kara Maou) come across as being much more restrained and ambiguous in their portrayal of of m/m relationships. Personally I'll take Maria-sama ga Miteru or Oniisama E over any other shounen-ai/shoujo-ai anime on the market.
It's interesting that you mentioned Utena--the outfits, swords and plethora of pretty boys in Meine Liebe immediately made me think of that series. btw, I'd argue that while shoujo-ai is obviously the focus of Utena (as it should be), the anime isn't totally bereft of shounen-ai undertones either. ^_~
|2004-10-25, 19:44
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Join Date: May 2004
Well, 4 November, it won't take much longer now I've heard it's a 13 episode series... but what I would really like to know is if Yuki Kajiura is doing the music for this, however I doubt it, since she's been kinda busy lately...
|2004-10-25, 23:01
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When you see the red car... I mean, red horse, you know it's time to look out.
I'd like to see if this show actually attains a WTF level of Utena. If it does I'll be a happy fangirl. WTF anime are awesome. WTF anime with bishies are even more awesome. ;D
|2004-10-26, 01:33
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The characters are too androgynous for my taste.
Is this series based on a bishounen game (dating/simulation game)?
I haven't watch much of Mashimo's work, the only one I've watched is .hack//sign, and I think it's pretty boring...
So far, the shoujo ai series that I've watched are Yami to Boushi and Maria sama ga Miteru. Yami to Boushi has too much fanservice, while Maria sama is decent and aesthetically pleasing, but boring plots, and the girls look like sticks...
I hope Meine Liebe will turn out ok.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Taylor Ritzel '10, who stroked the Yale varsity eight to an NCAA championship in May, has been added to the United States roster for the 2010 World Rowing Championships scheduled for Oct. 31-Nov. 7 in Lake Karapiro, New Zealand. Ritzel will sit in the women's eight.
Ritzel has made an immediate impact for USRowing since graduating from Yale. In July, she stroked the women's eight to a gold medal at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Belarus.
At Yale, Ritzel sat in the varsity eight in each of her four years and helped the Bulldogs to three Ivy League titles and three NCAA varsity eight crowns. She earned CRCA All-America honors three times and served as Yale's captain as a senior.
Ritzel will be one of two former Yale rowers in the U.S. women's eight. Jamie Redman '08 was named to the team a few weeks ago. In addition, Ashley Brzozowicz '04 will compete in the Canadian women's eight.
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And i didn't even know him
they guy loved cricket so much, its just really shocking and tragic when someone so young passes away.
It's just so tragic. I feel quite numb. All that potential gone in a flash.
My thoughts go to his family, can hardly imagine what they must be feeling like.
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No way... i didnt really know him that well but its so sad.. gonna miss the guy
February 10th 2009 <3
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Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
its wierd...never knew the lad, enjoyed reading some of the things he used to say, visited the website of the league he played in a couple of times to see if he was 'for real' etc....and yet I feel really sad right at this moment. My thoughts are with his family and friends
Really makes you think about life and stuff!!!!!
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Bob? Dead?
Really shocking and eye-opening, just terrible.
Thoughts with his family.
Same way i feel.Originally Posted by Swervy
how can i feel sad for someone i never knew?
Because anyone with a heart feels sad when a young life is taken that doesn't deserve to be taken?
Really tragic news there - I can't quite believe it. We used to make fun of him from time to time, but we all knew he was a really good guy at heart, and clearly he was a very talented cricketer. A huge shock. Thoughts are with his family. RIP.
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it was probably a rhetorical question really!!!!!
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Mar 23, 2009
March 23, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Rookie Robin Shin posted five victories en route to a 22nd-place finish in sabre at the NCAA Fencing National Championship held this past weekend at Penn State. As a team, MIT tied for 24th place for the second year in a row, this time sharing the ranking with Vassar College.
In her first appearance at the national level, Shin topped Division I foes Kamali Thompson (Temple), Alicia Trigeiro (UC San Diego), Alexandra Heiss (Cornell), and Eva Jellison (Stanford) in addition to Alyxandra Mattison of Division III NYU.