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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 6, 2012) – The ETSU women's soccer team will conclude the home portion of its non-conference schedule this weekend, as it hosts Western Carolina and Winthrop at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
ETSU (4-1-0) begins the weekend with WCU (2-2-0) on Friday at 7 p.m., followed by a Sunday afternoon meeting with Winthrop (1-2-0) at 1 p.m.
The Lady Bucs will be looking to rebound off their first loss of the season last Sunday, dropping a road game to MTSU. Prior to that, ETSU had opened the season with four straight wins to tie the best start in program history.
Junior Ramey Kerns (Kings Mountain, N.C.) heads into the weekend leading the Lady Bucs and the Atlantic Sun Conference in both goals and points. The ETSU striker has scored five times this year, adding one assist, to total 11 points. Freshman Sarah Zadrazil (St. Gilgen, Austria) leads both ETSU and the A-Sun in assists, tallying five through the first five games.
Western Carolina is on a two-game winning streak, having defeated SUNY Albany and Winthrop in its last two contests. The Catamounts hosted the Great Danes last Friday, winning 3-1, after traveling to Rock Hill, S.C. and coming away with a, 2-1, win against Winthrop.
The Catamounts are led by Kimberly Sullivan, who has scored two goals to head the team with four points. Both of Sullivan's goals came in the first half against Albany.
Winthrop comes off a, 2-1, loss to Clemson. In that game, the Tigers scored less than five minutes after the first whistle, and later added to the lead in the 62nd minute. Winthrop did get on the scoreboard, netting a goal in the 82nd minute before the final horn.
The Eagles are led by Devin Puckett, who has scored two goals and registered one assist to this point in the season. Other goal scorers for Winthrop this year include Lia Gorden and Ashley Herndon.
Winthrop plays Wofford on Thursday at 6 p.m. before its Sunday match with ETSU.
Live stats and free live streaming video will be available for both games. Live stats will be provided through ETSUBucs.com, with free video on ASun.TV. New for the 2012-13 season, all games streamed on ASun.TV will be available free of charge.
In celebration of youth soccer month, there will be free admission on Sunday for kids ages 12 and under.
For more information on ETSU women's soccer please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's soccer links.


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i'm just giving you the benefit of my experience from a similar situation in the uk where it was the web forum content that fucked us in the end, not the misdemeanour.
if you can't see that good advice for what it is because of your own bias towards shannon or best or whatever, then there's not much i can do to help you.
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The Dow and broad S&P 500 continued climbing Tuesday after reaching their highest levels since 2007 last week as traders mulled earnings, data and central bank headlines.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 62.4 points, or 0.46%, to 13712, the S&P 500 rose 6.5 points, or 0.44%, to 1493 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 8.5 points, or 0.27%, to 3143.
American markets were closed Monday for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Last week's positive sentiment carried into the new week despite mixed data and earnings.
The National Association of Realtors said sales of previously-owned homes fell 1% in December from November to a 4.94 million unit annualized rate, missing estimates of a 5.1 million unit annualized rate. The inventory of homes for sale also dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade.
"While today's report was below consensus, we remain convinced that the housing recovery is well underway and should continue through 2013," Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG wrote in an email. He also notes the overbuilding seen during the housing bubble could be correcting itself given the drop in inventories.
Several major companies are up on the day. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) posted mixed results, with adjusted profits topping Wall Street's forecast, but revenues and full-year outlook trailing expectations.
DuPont (NYSE:DD), the biggest American chemical maker, saw its earnings beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. Travelers (NYSE:TRV), the blue-chip insurer, also weighed in with a beat on profits and revenues. The same can't be said for Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), which reported a profit that widely trailed expectations, but sales that came in slightly ahead of the Street's view.
Results from IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) are on tap for after the closing bell.
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Lately I am finding that my genealogy interests are running to the creative type of thing. Besides genealogy, I really enjoy crafting and miss it when I can't find the time.
Here's an easy demo: How to decoupage a light switchplate.
Have fun, and please send me photos of your results!
I thought I'd share these beautiful switchplates with you. I did not create these, but have done others that are in my home. These were created by my friend Ann, of the Harford County Public Library Genealogy Discussion Group. Ann is quite a multi-talented crafter: paper crafts like these, jewelry, cards, scrapbooking, she does it all, and very well.
At our group's Christmas party, she offered as door prizes very plain wall switchplates that she had decorated beautifully with genealogy-themed scrapbooking paper. Can I tell you, I was thrilled to be the very lucky recipient of these items. Here they are before I hung them in the hallway. Let me tell you, they dress up the place!
A project like this is easy enough to do. You could even make copies of photos and use those. Just make sure that the light toggle comes through in an acceptable place in the photo.
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The Last Ride of James Gandolfini
The call came suddenly: Your best friend, the world-famous actor, has died in Italy. The press is everywhere. Time is short. You have to come and get him. This is how Tony Soprano came home
When people saw me on the news in the days that followed James Gandolfini's sudden death, standing in front of a podium, flatly stating facts, I know they wondered why a German-born watchmaker seventeen years the actor's junior would be speaking on his behalf. The answer is simple enough: He was one of my best friends.
I'd met Jim by fortuitous accident, pretty much the only way anyone ever met him once he was famous. He loved acting, but fame for him wasn't even a necessary evil; it was something to be evaded at all costs. Once he was Tony Soprano, the most popular character on TV, Jim retreated as much as he could. Off the set, and especially once The Sopranos ended, the thing he wanted more than anything was to not be that guy. Playing that character took him to dark places; it also forced him under an incredibly bright spotlight after a career of much smaller parts. Eventually he started to seem like a recluse.
Our connection was watches. I make them; he loved collecting them. And one day in 2003, my phone rang. He'd seen an ad for my company, Kobold Expedition Tools, a tiny brand operating out of an even smaller room in Pittsburgh, and the number in the ads rang straight through to me. The voice on the other end was gruff and had what I assumed to be a New York accent. (Turns out it was Jersey.) In my mind, this meant he was probably a cop. (My watches were most popular with military guys, adventurers, and police.) But when I offered him my standard 10 percent law-enforcement discount, the guy laughed. I'm not a cop, he barked. I'm an actor.
Oh, I replied. Have you done anything big in your career? He said he was on a show called The Sopranos, and being an expat with no TV and a huge blind spot for pop culture, I asked if this meant he was in a musical.
Basically, he said, it's a show about a fat guy, and I'm the fat guy.
A few days later, I drove to New York to hand-deliver the watch and wandered the set asking for James Gandolfini until I finally asked the right person. He was slumped in a chair with a scowl. You found him, he said. Who are you?
You told me to look for a fat guy, I answered, and he fell into hysterics. Any awkwardness that might have existed was swallowed by a laugh that sounded like a roar.
We clicked, almost immediately.
It started with dinners out during my regular trips through New York—always one of a few places around his apartment—and grew into weekends, when I slept at Jim's Tribeca loft, usually on the bottom bunk in his son Michael's room. To avoid confusion, he usually called me Kobold, unless he was being sincere, in which case I was Michael, or giving me shit, when he liked to call me Buttercup.
I was the exception to an informal rule: Jim's close friends all came from his life before fame, and I think he let me in because I hadn't known who he was. That, and I was basically his opposite. He slept in and woke grumpy. I'd never had a drink before, nor did I smoke. I wake early and my natural disposition is cheerful, even at 6 a.m. I understand how this can be irritating, especially if you're not a morning person. And Jim sure wasn't.
Michael Kobold and his family celebrate James's fiftieth, as Gandolfini's son, Michael (center), holds Kobold's daughter
I'll never forget one morning I stayed with him. His longtime assistant gave me a warning. Be careful in the mornings, he said. He can be very grumpy.
I'd been scanning The New York Times for hours when Jim shuffled out, grumbled at me, and sat down to read the New York Post. For five minutes or so, we had a one-sided conversation as I happily chatted away about some British sailors who'd been kidnapped by the Iranian navy, receiving only grunts in return. Jim's grip on the paper began to tighten until he was practically crumpling it.
So help me God, if you ask me one more fucking question, I will get you deported, you fucking German! he yelled. Jim's temper could run hot, but it also passed quickly. Ten minutes later, after some coffee, he smiled at me. I'm sorry, Kobold, but you can be so fucking annoying in the morning.
I'll try to be less happy tomorrow, I told him.
No, don't do that. Just don't direct all your happiness toward me.
Mostly what we did was talk, and mostly what we talked about was my family, my company, and my love life. Jim took great pleasure in giving unsolicited advice. If I was having difficulties with a girlfriend, Jim's apartment was a place of refuge, sometimes for a few days and on other occasions for several weeks or more. When I nearly got engaged for the first time (I'm now married, happily), he had a gut feeling about the relationship and helped talk me out of what would likely have become a terrible marriage. Near the end, he refused to let me leave New York to go back to Pittsburgh until I agreed to stop seeing her.
Jim was the only non-industry person I ever consulted on prototypes, and when none of my watches really fit his oversize wrist, he designed his own: It's called the Seal, and he's wearing it in an ad that sold me a lot of watches. It's a shot of Jim smirking while flipping off the camera—really, he was flipping me off because I was bugging him—and ran with the line, Even James Gandolfini thinks Kobold is No. 1. The ad, the most expensive I'd ever run, appeared in The Economist, and it got me some angry phone calls, including one from a concerned father who was upset that his 7-year-old had seen it. Jim decided to reply personally. Dear Mr. Smith, he wrote. If your 7-year-old son reads The Economist, you have nothing to worry about. Regards, James Gandolfini.
As the filming of The Sopranos' last season drew to a close, Jim bought 450 Kobold watches, including forty made of gold, for the cast and crew. The retail value was more than $2 million.
Our friendship continued in the years after The Sopranos. Then, this summer, I woke at 5 a.m. Frankfurt time and learned the news: Jim had passed in Italy while vacationing with Michael. By 7 a.m., I was on a plane.
If you have a choice in the matter, don't die overseas. Dying abroad is complicated. And dying in Italy, where the red tape is always knotted, is infinitely more so.
The initial news in Rome wasn't good: Patricia Hill, the U.S. vice consul at the embassy, told me it would be as long as a week before the body could be cleared. Jim had passed on a Wednesday night and was already at the morgue by the time I got to Rome the next morning. After an autopsy, he would be held until we could get his remains repatriated. But in the near term, progress was looking grim.
By luck, Jim's sister Leta had been on her way to Rome and was already at the hotel with Michael when I arrived a few hours later. I assumed the hotel would take me first to see them, but when the head of security slipped a card into a lock and pushed open a door, it was immediately clear that he'd taken me instead to Jim's room. It looked basically like any other room housing two messy guys.
I knew that if it was this easy for me to get there, it was only a matter of time until a reporter or photographer managed to get in—already someone in the hotel was leaking details to the press—so I cleaned the scene, documenting every inch with photos to prevent anyone from faking pictures in the media. Then I packed my friend's last suitcase and vacated the room. On my way out, I even photographed the room number. A few days later, the Daily Mail ran a story with shots of the room where Jim died; they had the wrong room.
Jim's Hollywood team arranged for a few security guys, retired Italian commandos, to protect Michael and Leta from the media that were building outside. The hotel manager asked me what to do about the swarm, and I told her to say nothing; then I called Jim's family. The only way to de-froth the media, we decided, was to give them something, anything, to report, and the family asked if I was comfortable doing a press conference. I said okay, thinking it would be, like, six journalists. They told me exactly what to say.
Koboid, as family spokesman, keeps the media at bay during a press conference in Italy
The minute that door opened, it was like stepping into a movie scene: There were probably ten TV cameras, twenty still photographers, and so many journalists that every seat in the small meeting room was filled. The spillover was standing along the walls. If you watch the tape, I seem cold and wooden—the prototypical German!—but I was basically frozen with fear, capable only of reading a prepared statement. Today, we received the results of the autopsy, which stated he died of a heart attack, of natural causes, I read. Once we have the clearance, we will put him on a flight to America. It is up to the Italian authorities to decide how quickly. I took no questions. And then I had to do it again the next day and the one after.
Press conferences, though, were better than the other mundane and necessary tasks required when you're trying to repatriate the body of someone you care about. There's a mortician to pick, various local bureaucrats to meet with, even a passport to cancel. There was also lobbying to do, and I called in every favor I could think of, pestering three ambassadors, a close friend inside the State Department, and even Bill Clinton's office in New York for help. I'm not sure who pulled what strings, but the wheels of bureaucracy began to turn more quickly; within two days, the Italians agreed to let him go.
Gandolfini's funeral, in upper Manhattan.
Once it was clear that Jim would be released, his family and I agreed that we couldn't use a commercial airline to bring him home. We didn't want photos of the casket splashed across newspapers. But he was a big guy, and a big guy requires a big casket. Once that casket is inside the protective outer casket necessary for transport, it's downright massive—too big for your typical Gulfstream. We had to find another plane, and I frantically called everyone I could think of who might help—HBO, wealthy clients—until finally a solution appeared: an Irish billionaire's Airbus A319 was available and could land in Rome in less than a day. Refueling it was its own complication. (You can't just pay at the pump for jet fuel). But after United Airlines guaranteed the refueling payment, all that remained was to fly home.
Once the plushly appointed jet, which had a bedroom and felt like someone's luxury apartment, was ready for takeoff, I had one final task to complete. The authorities needed me to verify that it was, in fact, James Gandolfini. While I'd seen his lifeless face a few days earlier at the morgue, there was something even more horrible about seeing the casket in the shadow of the plane's open cargo bay. I felt so empty, and incredibly sad, because I knew how much Jim had planned for his future. He was only 51. He had just started producing a new show for HBO. Back in L.A., his daughter wasn't even a year old.
I had been going for three days basically on adrenaline, sleeping maybe two hours a night and focusing, in German fashion, on working as efficiently as I could, marking the hours, ticktock, ticktock. Jim needed to get home, and it was my job to get him there. But when that cargo door clunked shut, the clock stopped. My good friend, one of the greatest influences on my life, was gone, and he wasn't coming back.
michael kobold is a watchmaker who lives near Pittsburgh. josh dean (@joshdean66)_ is a regular contributor to_ GQ.


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Well fellas. I enjoy the games and my last Clan folded. I'm pretty much a lone wolf (Clan wise) except when my brother (Stealthy Goat) gets off the porn and plays a round or two. I promise to be fair, impartial and get hummers under my desk like Clinton if I am selected.... I mean....
I've talked to most of you since I've been around about 2 years, and only hate a few of you <cough> *Gummie* <cough>. I will never make the clan look bad and ummmm....... Ah Who am I kiddin! I just want a piece of Moose's mom!!!!
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Hamburg: Second largest city of Germany, situated in the north at the river Elbe, because of the seaport well known as a city of merchants. Because of the nearby sea, you will always have some fresh breeze while you are walking through the streets with nice private town-houses or while you are floating along aboard an "Alsterdampfer" on the river Alster.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Twitter Inc. extended its rally on Tuesday to trade at record levels as investors became more confident about the social media company's effort to monetize its 230-million-strong user base.
Shares of Twitter TWTR, +1.74% jumped 5.8%, at one point hitting a record $52.58. The company went public in November at an IPO price of $26 a share.
Twitter recently unveiled a new tool that would allow for more precise ad targeting, helping advertisers find and send ad messages to "existing and potential customers" on the social network.
General Motors Co. GM, +0.91% shares fell 1.2% following reports it has named Mary Barra as its new chief executive to succeed Dan Akerson when he steps down early next year. Barra will be the first female CEO at a major U.S. auto maker.
Campbell Soup Co. CPB, -0.81% shares declined 3.7%. The food company's SpaghettiO brand had to recently delete a tweet commemorating the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks that showed its pasta mascot waving an American flag, according to reports. In an apology tweeted on Saturday, SpaghettiO said: "We apologize for our recent tweet in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day. We meant to pay respect, not to offend."
Starbucks Corp. SBUX, +0.64% shares slid 3%. ITG Investment Research on Tuesday forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue of $2.8 billion and same-store sales growth of 5% to 6% for company-owned stores. "Coming off two very strong quarters, our proprietary data indicates the chain's momentum may have slowed this quarter," said Steve West, an analyst at ITG, in a report.
Starbucks was also one of the restaurant stocks that John Ivankoe at J.P. Morgan last week recommended against chasing, in part because its has outperformed.
Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD, +0.77% shares shed 3.2%. Two Gilead executives recently sold more than $23 million in shares via stock options, according to Barron's. The company said last week that the Food and Drug Administration approved Sovaldi, a hepatitis C treatment.
Jabil Circuit Inc. JBL, +2.05% shares fell 3.3%. The tech company is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings next week. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect Jabil to report earnings of 55 cents a share.
Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack PBY, -0.50% shares dropped 7.6%. The auto-care company on Monday swung to a profit in the fiscal third quarter as sales decreased 0.5%, with both measurements missing analyst estimates.
Yahoo Inc. US:YHOO shares added 3.5%. Mark Mahaney, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, maintained the stock's outperform rating and raised its price target to $44 from $38.
WPX Energy Inc. WPX, +2.99% climbed 6.1%, extending gains for a second day. The stock of the natural gas and oil company is up almost 30% year-to-date.
Shares of PVH Corp. PVH, +2.44% rose 3.5%.The clothing company on Tuesday reported its third-quarter profit jumped by 17%, thanks in part to the acquisition of Warnaco Group Inc.
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by Sue Ann Rybak
Thanks to the generosity of Ruth Hoskins and other Chestnut Hill residents, people struggling to put food on their table this holiday can relax. With the help of local resident, Hoskins, a psychotherapist, donated 330 lbs of food and a $150 in checks to Philabundance earlier this week. Hoskins organized the food drive as a way to give back. Last year, the Hoskins' meditation group donated enough food to provide meals for 390 people. The service project entitled "Starseed Service of Light project" is in its second year. Hoskins said her goal is to encourage people to get involved in their communities and neighborhoods.
"As a social worker, I believe its important to advocate for people's needs," said Hoskins, who also volunteers as a disaster mental health worker. "People need basic nourishment and shelter."
Hoskins said its almost impossible for people to find work or "be motivated to do anything" when they don't know where their next meal is going to be.
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By Voterama in Congress
Here's how North Carolina members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 24.
KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE: Voting 241 for and 175 against, the House on May 22 passed a bill (HR 3) to approve the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline between the Canadian border and Steele City, Neb. This usurped authority over the project from the executive branch, which is still weighing approval or disapproval of the so-called Northern Route between Canada and Nebraska. This is the final approval needed to complete a nearly 4,000mile, four-phase Keystone network for shipping crude from tar sands in Alberta to U.S. refineries located in the Midwest and on the Texas Gulf Coast or to U.S. ports for export as crude.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
Voting yes: Republicans Renee Ellmers, Walter Jones, Virginia Foxx, Howard Coble, Richard Hudson, Robert Pittenger, Patrick McHenry, Mark Meadows and George Holding, and Democrat Mike McIntyre Voting no: Democrats G.K. Butterfield, David Price, Melvin Watt BAN ON OIL EXPORTS:
Voting 162 for and 255 against, the House on May 22 refused to prohibit U.S. oil companies from exporting crude oil they receive through the Keystone XL pipeline or petroleum products made from that oil. The underlying bill (HR 3, above) has no requirement that the Keystone oil be used to bolster America's energy independence.
A yes vote backed the amendment.
Voting yes: Butterfield, Price, McIntyre, Watt
Voting no: Ellmers, Jones, Foxx, Coble, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Holding
OIL-SPILL LIABILITY PAYMENTS: Voting 194 for and 223 against, the House on May 22 refused to require firms receiving tarsands crude via the Keystone XL pipeline to pay into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, just as other oil companies must pay a per-gallon fee into the fund. This Democratic motion to HR 3 (above) sought to amend a 2011 Internal Revenue Service ruling under which tarsands oil is exempted from having to support the fund.
A yes vote backed the motion.
Voting yes: Butterfield, Price, McIntyre, Watt
Voting no: Ellmers, Jones, Foxx, Coble, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Holding
STATE DEPARTMENT REVIEW: Voting 246 for and 168 against, the House on May 22 expanded HR 3 (above) to include a State Department finding of no disqualifying environmental problems with the Keystone XL Pipeline compared to rail or truck shipments of the crude out of Canada. The draft finding also downplayed chances of the pipeline inflicting major environmental damage to resources along its route.
A yes vote backed the GOP amendment.
Voting yes: Ellmers, Jones, Foxx, Coble, McIntyre, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Holding Voting no: Butterfield, Price, Watt
CARBON-POLLUTION OFFSETS: Voting 146 for and 269 against, on May 22, members defeated an amendment to HR 3 (above) designed to achieve neutrality in the Keystone XL Pipeline's impact on carbon emissions. The measure sought to require oil companies that refine and produce products from the pipeline's tar-sands crude to offset the resulting air pollution elsewhere in their carbon footprint.
A yes vote backed the amendment.
North Carolina voting yes: Butterfield, Price Voting no: Ellmers, Jones, Foxx, Coble, McIntyre, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Watt, Holding
STUDENT-LOAN RATES: Voting 221 for and 198 against, the House on May 23 sent the Senate a Republican bill (HR 1911) setting variable but capped interest rates for Stafford student loans and certain other education loans. For newly issued Stafford loans, the rate would be set annually at the rate for a 10-year Treasury note plus 2.5 percentage points, with a cap of 8.5 percent for undergraduates. At present, interest on Stafford loans is fixed at 3.4 percent, but will rise to 6.8 percent on July 1 unless Congress acts before then to head off the doubling of loan costs.
A yes vote was to pass the bill.
Voting yes: Ellmers, Foxx, Coble, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Holding Voting no: Butterfield, Jones, Price, McIntyre, Watt
BAN ON TEASER RATES: Voting194 for and 223 against, the House on May 23 defeated a Democratic motion barring lenders under HR 1911 (above) from offering teaser rates, and also requiring lenders to give upfront notification of the true or projected total cost of the student loan.
A yes vote backed the motion.
Voting yes: Butterfield, Price , McIntyre, Watt
Voting no: Ellmers, Jones, Foxx, Coble, Hudson, Pittenger, McHenry, Meadows, Holding
APPEALS COURT JUDGESHIP: Senators on May 23 confirmed, 97 for and none against, Sri Srinivasan, 46, the principal deputy solicitor general at the Department of Justice, to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He becomes the first nominee by President Obama to join what is regarded as the most powerful federal appeals court.
A yes vote was to confirm Srinivasan.
Voting yes: Democrat Kay Hagan, Republican Richard Burr FEDERAL SUGAR PROGRAM: Voting 45 for and 54 against, the Senate on May 21 rejected an amendment to a pending farm bill (S 954) that sought to add free-market reforms to the federal sugar program, which protects growers and producers of cane and beet sugar. The program limits domestic production, restricts foreign imports, puts a floor under growers' prices and requires the government to buy crop surpluses for sale at a loss to the ethanol industry. Its supporters note that the sugar program operates at no cost to taxpayers, while critics say it indirectly taxes consumers by increasing food prices. Debate on the five-year farm bill is to resume June 3.
A yes vote was to add market forces the federal sugar program.
Voting no: Hagan, Burr FOOD STAMPS CUTS:
Voting 40 for and 58 against, the Senate on May 21 refused to trim $30 billion from the $800 billion, tenyear authorization for food stamps in a five-year farm bill that remained in debate (S 954, above). Known formally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), food stamps already were cut by $4 billion over ten years in the Senate bill and would be reduced by $20 billion over ten years in a farm bill pending in the House.
A yes vote backed the amendment.
Voting yes: Burr Voting no: Hagan GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS: Voting 27 for and 71 against, the Senate on May 23 refused to give states authority to require genetically engineered foods sold within their boundaries to be labeled as such. This was a bid to devolve powers now reserved to the federal Flood and Drug Administration, which requires the labeling of more than 3,000 ingredients and additives but not those pertaining to genetic engineering. The amendment was proposed to S 954 (above).
A yes vote backed the amendment.
Voting no: Hagan, Burr TOBACCO SUBSIDIES: Voting 44 for and 52 against, the Senate on May 23 defeated an amendment to prohibit federal subsidies of crop insurance for tobacco farmers, a benefit that costs taxpayers $3 million annually. Taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance is available to a wide range of crops, including tobacco, in a pending farm bill (S 954).
Kay Hagan, D-N.C., said the amendment "does nothing to alter the amount of tobacco that will be used in our country. Demand will be filled by foreign imports, probably from Brazil and other countries. It would put our American farmers out of work."
A yes vote backed the amendment.
Voting no: Hagan, Burr A look ahead
Congress is in Memorial Day recess until the week of June 3, when the Senate will complete work on a five-year farm bill and take up immigration reform. The House schedule was to be announced.
Congress roll call: May 26
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If possible I watch anime with headphones and I watch it on my pc screen (since it is a flatscreen). Most of the time I like to watch anime at night with the lights out . . . . .it is more comfortable to me.
And to top it all off, a nice cup of tea doesn't hurt to go along with the show
|2007-08-19, 21:54
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dimly lit
7.1 speaker setup(it's in the basement)
i have 2 19'' screens. so if it's something that's not particularly interesting i surf the web and watch at the same time
if it's something cool, i use dual span mode on the screens
when im not down in my comp room i take my creative zen vision and a pair o bluetooth earbuds and lay on the bed and watch til i fall asleep
great battery life ftw!
|2007-08-24, 00:11
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@ Home: On my laptop connected to the PC input of my Samsung 50" HDTV and connected to the 5.1 surround sound system. H.264 720p releases look and sound amazing.
@ School: On my desktop connected to my Dell 2005FPW and Klipsch Promedia 5.1 GMX speakers.
Lights are on.
|2007-08-25, 10:30
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Age: 28
If I'm at home, usually I watch with headphones, because then you can hear the music and everything a lot better...plus then I won't disturb others in the house.
Anywhere else I usually watch without headphones, though.
I watched most of Death Note in the dark....but for everything else I watch it with the lights on.
|2008-08-27, 03:29
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: The Border of Common Sense
Age: 28
I watched on DVD before, but after my brother kicked me out of his room, I'm stuck with the PC. And when there is some new shows on TV, that I didn't see, then I watch TV. But happens rarely.
|2008-08-27, 19:53
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I watch on the computer. I watch just about everything on the computer, I hardly ever fire up my TV. I'm a big geek, hehe. I used to have a bunch of computers stuffed with hard drives to share out the animes/videos/movies/music I have:
But that was kinda ghetto so I spent about $10k to convert to a rack mount solution and build a newer, larger file server (14tb):
I stream the videos from the file server in that rack to various systems throughout the house. The main HTPC is in my basement. I watch videos with ZoomPlayer and output to a Sanyo HD projector shooting on a 110" screen:
I stood in the pic for size reference.. I'm 6'1" I use a USB-UIRT coupled with Girder for system and component control via a generic RCA universal remote. The projector is nice, but you need good light control. During the day if I open the basement sliding doors the sunlight comes in and the picture looks like crap. I wanna get a decent sized LCD to put in my living room so I can use that instead when I don't feel like watching TV in a cave, lol. That picture above is about as bright as I like it to be max, much more than that and you lose detail in the pic. Good thing about anime, it's real bright so it can tolerate it more hehe.
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WSJ House of the Week: And the Winner Is…
A 1920s home with an interior feel of a "Fabergé egg" and a 1930s Greek Revival-style mansion in Georgia are two contenders for WSJ House of the Week. Jackie Bischof joins Lunch Break to unveil the winner. Photo: Rayon Richards for The Wall Street Journal.
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"Yeah. We're standing by this big ditch here, and I'd just thought I'd give you a call."
There's one man's recent reaction to his first glimpse of one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World - pull out the cellphone.
Others hold their iPads aloft, hoping to capture some of the grandeur of a stunning chasm that measures 277 miles long (we are in America) up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep.
That's one big ditch, all right, and it gets a lot of attention. More than five million tourists come to ooh and aah (or talk on their cellphone about it) every year. While there's no doubt the trek to this vast corner of Northern Arizona is worth the effort, the Grand Canyon is best experienced as far away from the madding crowd as you can get.
For some, that means reserving years or months ahead to raft the floor of the canyon or trek by mule to the bottom. Some will gaze down from a helicopter cabin.
The hardcore adventurers, of course, will hike from the south to the north rim in a test of outdoor endurance - while the Las Vegas crowd will take a break from all that partying for a side trip to the west rim. Some will take the historic train into the canyon-side station.
The rest of us, however, will likely drive to the south rim to catch our first view of the Grand Canyon.
If it's on your bucket list and you've only got a couple of days to spend there, the following could be helpful:
- Some will make a day trip from Phoenix (four hours) or Sedona (two hours), others will find reasonable accommodation in Tusayan, Ariz., six miles south. A better option, if you're overnighting, is to stay right on the rim near Grand Canyon Village.
There are a clutch of lodges in the park, all run by Xanterra.
No, it's not cheap; and yes, reservations can be difficult - but there are cancellations, so check closer to your travel date.
The venerable El Tovar takes pride of place and is the best bet for those who like big, old hotels with a strong sense of place.
The drama of the parking lot across from the hotel veranda can almost compete with the glimpse of the canyon across the lawn.
"You got a parking spot?" the reception desk staff exclaims upon arrival, "you must be living right." (What they don't know won't hurt them.)
Your decision to splurge on this stay is immediately rewarded; the hordes of day trippers and bus tourers trudge away as the afternoon wanes and your view improves. Make sure you make dinner reservations early, then head out on the rim trail for a look at the void, or maybe check out the Hopi House next door for a selection of native arts and crafts.
- Once dinner in the funky old El Tovar dining room is over (check out the Teddy Roosevelt room on your way in), it's time to head west on the rim trail - sunset, baby.
Hopi or Mojave Points about a 40-minute hike away are where you want to be. Here's hoping you kept the wobbly pops to a minimum, however - not only will you have to contend with vertigo-inducing drops inches from your feet, but the elk can be restless. One recent trip up the trail was detoured to the shuttle bus when a herd of the large and frisky critters refused to move on.
Those Hermit Road shuttle buses come in handy for the ride back, but be warned; they can resemble a Translink sardine ride down Granville Street at rush-hour. As long as you don't need to see the very last bit of blood-red sun sink behind the horizon, leaving a bit early helps avoid the crush.
- If you can avoid the rest of the elk outside the El Tovar (it's amazing how many tourists can't enjoy their visit without be chased by a least one harried and angry bull), a swing by the hotel cocktail lounge could be in order. A cozy, slightly ramshackle place to review the day's photos.
Off to bed, then, to prepare for
- Sunrise, in this case around 6: 10 a.m. Even more spectacular than sunset, and less crowded, too. What's more, the El Tovar concierge will tell you to view it from just outside on the hotel lawn.
"Great view, and you don't have to get out of your jammies." (We did.)
And since you're up earlier than your average tourist, there's no wait for a belly-busting breakfast in that atmospheric dining room.
Follow that up with a visit to any of the historic buildings on the rim, like the Kolb Studio. From there, it's just a few steps for a trip down the Bright Angel trail, just to say you hiked into the canyon. It can be dizzying, however, and remember to always allow double the time you spend going down to get back up. They rescue hundreds of hikers, tenderfoot and expert, every year.
- Just as the sidewalks begin to jam with the next wave of Canyon groupies, you're pulling out of the parking lot and heading east - 26 miles to Desert View, the eastern entrance to the park. Numerous scenic vistas and the ruins of a native settlement await, and it's fascinating to follow the canyon back to its humbler, but no less scenic, roots.
El Tovar Hotel; grandcanyonlodges.com The hotel opened in 1905, and was renovated in 2005. A gracefully rustic place, it has held up pretty well to the hordes that pass through.
Rooms can be small by modern standards, and there is some wear and tear around. Rates can range up to $300 US per night for two. Food is generous and mildly expensive, but hey - you're at the Grand Canyon.
For all things Grand Canyon, visit nps.gov/grca/index.htm


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Paintball Fundraiser This Saturday For Alzheimher's Walk
My good friend Angie from the Sundome is doing an amazing fundraiser for Alzheimhers! And Its paint ball! How much will that be?Pass the word and come on out this Sat. Aug 17th starting at 10 am to have fun playing paintball/laser tag at a great facility. $15.00 for all day if you have your own equipment and $25.00 all day if you need to rent equipment. 1/2 of the proceeds of the fee's will go to the Oct. 5th Alzheimher's Walk. We will also be selling hamburgers, hotdogs & chips for $5.00. Soda, Water, Redbulls along with some sweet stuff. All food and beverage sales go towards the fundraiser also.
Come and out and support a great cause and have fun with your family and friends. Saturday will also be the official practice day for their new Off Road Track.
Location is 15850 Ahtanum Road in Yakima. Only 6 minutes from Ahtanum General Store.


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09.04.12: The CCRI men's soccer team started off their 2012 season Sunday at the CCRI soccer complex in Lincoln, RI by hosting the Vikings of Mercer County Community College from Trenton, NJ. The Knights fell to the Vikings 2-1 in a very tightly contested game. With the loss the Knights begin the season 0-1.
The 2012 CCRI men's soccer team kicked-off a soccer double header at the Flanagan Campus. The noon start on a beautiful day welcomed both teams to perfect conditions. Knights Head Coach Gabe Toro and Assistant Kevin Berthiaume returned to coach the Knights in 2012. With returners that include Co-Captain Manny Alves (Pawtucket, RI), Damon Georgiou (Portsmouth, RI) and Servi Barrientos (Providence, RI) make their return to the midfield and Chris Munoz (Talcahuano, Chili) and Chris Lopes (Pawtucket, RI) return to shape the defensive foundation of the team.
Coach Toro scheduled this game with Mercer because they have a great program and he wanted to start of the year with a tough schedule to challenge his players early. The game started with freshman keeper Rob Gallucci (Coventry, RI) anchoring a strong defensive unit. Coach Toro commented after the game "All four defenders played a solid game and were impressive throughout the match." That unit included: Ian Duncan (Barrington, RI) and Preston Kar (Providence, RI) who played the outside backs with Chris Munoz and Marvin Gutierrez (Central Falls, RI) controlling the center of the pitch. A combination of experience, hard work and execution made the defensive line difficult to penetrate for the Vikings.
The Knights opened up the scoring with sophomore striker Prince Tahyor (Providence, RI) who capitalized on a mistake by the Vikings and sprinted on to the ball and put it passed the Vikings goalkeeper at the 17th minute of the first half to give the Knights a 1-0 lead. The Knights were able to pass the ball and control most of the possession, something that Coach Toro prepares them to do daily in practices. Unfortunately after a questionable call by the official, Mercer was awarded a penalty kick as Knights' keeper Gallucci had to leave the game because the Mercer forward smashed his knee into the Knight goalkeeper during the play and the referee asked him to leave because of blood on his jersey from being hit in the face. Rob was brave in attacking the ball and the referee gave the call to the offense. While trainers attended to Gallucci, Derek Soares (Pawtucket, RI) stepped-up to replace him. Soares' first responsibility once in the game was to block the penalty kick, which is not the best scenario to step into as a goalkeeper. Mercer was able to score the kick and tied the game 1-1.
In the second half the Knights made some lineup changes and also changed their formation towards the last 15 minutes of the game. Despite the good effort and quality of play the Knights gave up another goal on a free kick with four minutes left in the game giving the visiting team the 2-1 victory. Overall, Coach Toro was happy with the team's performance.
The Knights are looking forward to playing their next game when they host the Cougars of Manchester Community College from Manchester, CT for a Region XXI non-league game in Lincoln, RI this Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 4:00pm.
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by Karrar Haidri » Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:29 pm
by Cy Kaicener » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:01 am
by Corax » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:49 am
by Corax » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:48 pm
Corax wrote:As far as I know, no Summitposter made it to any summit in the Karakoram this season.
by Diego Sahagún » Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:48 pm
by Karrar Haidri » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:53 am
Cy Kaicener wrote:New Summitpost member Don Bowie is attempting (or has attempted) the unclimbed East
Face of K2 this summer.
Our small team of three first attempted a new route on the unclimbed East Face of K2 but were turned back at 6700 meters by killer avalanche conditions. The route (up to our high point, anyhow) was fantastic and is feasible with a small team and modern tactics. It's too bad we did not continue. I'd like to try it again, but- I think once on K2 is enough. (Somebody tell that to Billy Pierson)
After 3 summit attempts, we eventually summited on July 20, 2007 via the Abruzzi Spur. All three members climbed without oxygen or porters/sherpas, and without establishing any camps on the route. (We carried only one tent and one set of supplies)
by Cy Kaicener » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:17 pm
by crackers » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:34 pm
by UncleBob » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:42 pm
crackers wrote:Steve House, Vince Anderson, and Marko Pretzl have already done two new routes in the process of acclimitizing at the K6 / K7 base camp. Kelly Cordes, Scott DeCapio, Maxime Turgeon and LP Menard arrived today.
Max writes that "The North Face of K6 is INCREDIBLE!! I have never seen such a huge wall like this. it may be 9000 feet of steep, beautiful rock."
by Karrar Haidri » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:26 pm
by crackers » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:12 pm
UncleBob wrote:
Pretzl ?
by UncleBob » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:30 pm
crackers wrote:UncleBob wrote:
Pretzl ?
Haven't you heard of his incredible golden axe trick?
by Diego Sahagún » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:44 am
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SCENE 1. The Grecian camp
[Enter Ajax and THERSITES.]
Agamemnon - how if he had boils full, an over, generally?
And those boils did run - say so. Did not the general run
then? Were not that a botchy core?
Then there would come some matter from him;
I see none now.
Thou bitch-wolf's son, canst thou not hear? Feel, then.
[Strikes him.]
The plague of Greece upon thee, thou mongrel beef-witted
Speak, then, thou whinid'st leaven, speak. I will beat thee
into handsomeness.
I shall sooner rail thee into wit and holiness; but I
think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a
prayer without book. Thou canst strike, canst thou? A red murrain
o' thy jade's tricks!
Toadstool, learn me the proclamation.
Dost thou think I have no sense, thou strikest me thus?
The proclamation!
Thou art proclaim'd, a fool, I think.
Do not, porpentine, do not; my fingers itch.
I would thou didst itch from head to foot and I had the
scratching of thee; I would make thee the loathsomest scab in
Greece. When thou art forth in the incursions, thou strikest as
slow as another.
I say, the proclamation.
Thou grumblest and railest every hour on Achilles; and
thou art as full of envy at his greatness as Cerberus is at
Proserpina's beauty - ay, that thou bark'st at him.
Mistress Thersites!
Thou shouldst strike him.
He would pun thee into shivers with his fist, as a
sailor breaks a biscuit.
You whoreson cur!
[Strikes him.]
Do, do.
Thou stool for a witch!
Ay, do, do; thou sodden-witted lord! Thou hast no more
brain than I have in mine elbows; an assinico may tutor thee. You
scurvy valiant ass! Thou art here but to thrash Troyans, and thou
art bought and sold among those of any wit like a barbarian
slave. If thou use to beat me, I will begin at thy heel and tell
what thou art by inches, thou thing of no bowels, thou!
You dog!
You scurvy lord!
You cur!
[Strikes him.]
Mars his idiot! Do, rudeness; do, camel; do, do.
[Enter ACHILLES and PATROCLUS.]
Why, how now, Ajax! Wherefore do you thus?
How now, Thersites! What's the matter, man?
You see him there, do you?
Ay; what's the matter?
Nay, look upon him.
So I do. What's the matter?
Nay, but regard him well.
Well! why, so I do.
But yet you look not well upon him; for who some ever
you take him to be, he is Ajax.
I know that, fool.
Ay, but that fool knows not himself.
Therefore I beat thee.
Lo, lo, lo, lo, what modicums of wit he utters! His
evasions have ears thus long. I have bobb'd his brain more than
he has beat my bones. I will buy nine sparrows for a penny, and
his pia mater is not worth the ninth part of a sparrow. This
lord, Achilles, Ajax - who wears his wit in his belly and his guts
in his head - I'll tell you what I say of him.
I say this Ajax -
[AJAX offers to strike him.]
Nay, good Ajax.
Has not so much wit -
Nay, I must hold you.
As will stop the eye of Helen's needle, for whom he
comes to fight.
Peace, fool.
I would have peace and quietness, but the fool will not -
he there; that he; look you there.
O thou damned cur! I shall -
Will you set your wit to a fool's?
No, I warrant you, the fool's will shame it.
Good words, Thersites.
What's the quarrel?
I bade the vile owl go learn me the tenour of the
proclamation, and he rails upon me.
I serve thee not.
Well, go to, go to.
I serve here voluntary.
Your last service was suff'rance; 'twas not voluntary. No
man is beaten voluntary. Ajax was here the voluntary, and you as
under an impress.
E'en so; a great deal of your wit too lies in your
sinews, or else there be liars. Hector shall have a great catch
an he knock out either of your brains: 'a were as good crack a
fusty nut with no kernel.
What, with me too, Thersites?
There's Ulysses and old Nestor - whose wit was mouldy ere
your grandsires had nails on their toes - yoke you like draught
oxen, and make you plough up the wars.
What, what?
Yes, good sooth. To Achilles, to Ajax, to -
I shall cut out your tongue.
'Tis no matter; I shall speak as much as thou
No more words, Thersites; peace!
I will hold my peace when Achilles' brach bids me, shall I?
There's for you, Patroclus.
I will see you hang'd like clotpoles ere I come any more
to your tents. I will keep where there is wit stirring, and leave
the faction of fools.
A good riddance.
Marry, this, sir, is proclaim'd through all our host,
That Hector, by the fifth hour of the sun,
Will with a trumpet 'twixt our tents and Troy,
To-morrow morning, call some knight to arms
That hath a stomach; and such a one that dare
Maintain I know not what; 'tis trash. Farewell.
Farewell. Who shall answer him?
I know not; 'tis put to lott'ry. Otherwise. He knew his man.
O, meaning you! I will go learn more of it.
SCENE 2. Troy. PRIAM'S palace
[Enter PRIAM, HECTOR, TROILUS, PARIS, and HELENUS.]
After so many hours, lives, speeches, spent,
Thus once again says Nestor from the Greeks:
'Deliver Helen, and all damage else -
As honour, loss of time, travail, expense,
Wounds, friends, and what else dear that is consum'd
In hot digestion of this cormorant war -
Shall be struck off.' Hector, what say you to't?
Though no man lesser fears the Greeks than I,
As far as toucheth my particular,
Yet, dread Priam,
There is no lady of more softer bowels,
More spongy to suck in the sense of fear,
More ready to cry out 'Who knows what follows?'
Than Hector is. The wound of peace is surety,
Surety secure; but modest doubt is call'd
The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches
To th' bottom of the worst. Let Helen go.
Since the first sword was drawn about this question,
Every tithe soul 'mongst many thousand dismes
Hath been as dear as Helen - I mean, of ours.
If we have lost so many tenths of ours
To guard a thing not ours, nor worth to us,
Had it our name, the value of one ten,
What merit's in that reason which denies
The yielding of her up?
Fie, fie, my brother!
Weigh you the worth and honour of a king,
So great as our dread father's, in a scale
Of common ounces? Will you with counters sum
The past-proportion of his infinite,
And buckle in a waist most fathomless
With spans and inches so diminutive
As fears and reasons? Fie, for godly shame!
No marvel though you bite so sharp at reasons,
You are so empty of them. Should not our father
Bear the great sway of his affairs with reasons,
Because your speech hath none that tells him so?
You are for dreams and slumbers, brother priest;
You fur your gloves with reason. Here are your reasons:
You know an enemy intends you harm;
You know a sword employ'd is perilous,
And reason flies the object of all harm.
Who marvels, then, when Helenus beholds
A Grecian and his sword, if he do set
The very wings of reason to his heels
And fly like chidden Mercury from Jove,
Or like a star disorb'd? Nay, if we talk of reason,
Let's shut our gates and sleep. Manhood and honour
Should have hare hearts, would they but fat their thoughts
With this cramm'd reason. Reason and respect
Make livers pale and lustihood deject.
Brother, she is not worth what she doth, cost
The keeping.
What's aught but as 'tis valued?
But value dwells not in particular will:
It holds his estimate and dignity
As well wherein 'tis precious of itself
As in the prizer. 'Tis mad idolatry
To make the service greater than the god - I
And the will dotes that is attributive
To what infectiously itself affects,
Without some image of th' affected merit.
I take to-day a wife, and my election
Is led on in the conduct of my will;
My will enkindled by mine eyes and ears,
Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores
Of will and judgment: how may I avoid,
Although my will distaste what it elected,
The wife I chose? There can be no evasion
To blench from this and to stand firm by honour.
We turn not back the silks upon the merchant
When we have soil'd them; nor the remainder viands
We do not throw in unrespective sieve,
Because we now are full. It was thought meet
Paris should do some vengeance on the Greeks;
Your breath with full consent benied his sails;
The seas and winds, old wranglers, took a truce,
And did him service. He touch'd the ports desir'd;
And for an old aunt whom the Greeks held captive
He brought a Grecian queen, whose youth and freshness
Wrinkles Apollo's, and makes stale the morning.
Why keep we her? The Grecians keep our aunt.
Is she worth keeping? Why, she is a
Whose price hath launch'd above a thousand ships,
And turn'd crown'd kings to merchants.
If you'll avouch 'twas wisdom Paris went -
As you must needs, for you all cried 'Go, go' -
If you'll confess he brought home worthy prize -
As you must needs, for you all clapp'd your hands,
And cried 'Inestimable!' - why do you now
The issue of your proper wisdoms rate,
And do a deed that never fortune did -
Beggar the estimation which you priz'd
Richer than sea and land? O theft most base,
That we have stol'n what we do fear to keep!
But thieves unworthy of a thing so stol'n
That in their country did them that disgrace
We fear to warrant in our native place!
Cry, Troyans, cry.
What noise, what shriek is this?
'Tis our mad sister; I do know her voice.
Cry, Troyans.
It is Cassandra.
[Enter CASSANDRA, raving.]
Cry, Troyans, cry. Lend me ten thousand eyes,
And I will fill them with prophetic tears.
Peace, sister, peace.
Virgins and boys, mid-age and wrinkled eld,
Soft infancy, that nothing canst but cry,
Add to my clamours. Let us pay betimes
A moiety of that mass of moan to come.
Cry, Troyans, cry. Practise your eyes with tears.
Troy must not be, nor goodly Ilion stand;
Our firebrand brother, Paris, burns us all.
Cry, Troyans, cry, A Helen and a woe!
Cry, cry. Troy burns, or else let Helen go.
Now, youthful Troilus, do not these high strains
Of divination in our sister work
Some touches of remorse, or is your blood
So madly hot that no discourse of reason,
Nor fear of bad success in a bad cause,
Can qualify the same?
Why, brother Hector,
We may not think the justness of each act
Such and no other than event doth form it;
Nor once deject the courage of our minds
Because Cassandra's mad. Her brain-sick raptures
Cannot distaste the goodness of a quarrel
Which hath our several honours all engag'd
To make it gracious. For my private part,
I am no more touch'd than all Priam's sons;
And Jove forbid there should be done amongst us
Such things as might offend the weakest spleen
To fight for and maintain.
Else might the world convince of levity
As well my undertakings as your counsels;
But I attest the gods, your full consent
Gave wings to my propension, and cut of
All fears attending on so dire a project.
For what, alas, can these my single arms?
What propugnation is in one man's valour
To stand the push and enmity of those
This quarrel would excite? Yet, I protest,
Were I alone to pass the difficulties,
And had as ample power as I have will,
Paris should ne'er retract what he hath done
Nor faint in the pursuit.
Paris, you speak
Like one besotted on your sweet delights.
You have the honey still, but these the gall;
So to be valiant is no praise at all.
Sir, I propose not merely to myself
The pleasures such a beauty brings with it;
But I would have the soil of her fair rape
Wip'd off in honourable keeping her.
What treason were it to the ransack'd queen,
Disgrace to your great worths, and shame to me,
Now to deliver her possession up
On terms of base compulsion! Can it be
That so degenerate a strain as this
Should once set footing in your generous bosoms?
There's not the meanest spirit on our party
Without a heart to dare or sword to draw
When Helen is defended; nor none so noble
Whose life were ill bestow'd or death unfam'd
Where Helen is the subject. Then, I say,
Well may we fight for her whom we know well
The world's large spaces cannot parallel.
Paris and Troilus, you have both said well;
And on the cause and question now in hand
Have gloz'd, but superficially; not much
Unlike young men, whom Aristode thought
Unfit to hear moral philosophy.
The reasons you allege do more conduce
To the hot passion of distemp'red blood
Than to make up a free determination
'Twixt right and wrong; for pleasure and revenge
Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice
Of any true decision. Nature craves
All dues be rend'red to their owners. Now,
What nearer debt in all humanity
Than wife is to the husband? If this law
Of nature be corrupted through affection;
And that great minds, of partial indulgence
To their benumbed wills, resist the same;
There is a law in each well-order'd nation
To curb those raging appetites that are
Most disobedient and refractory.
If Helen, then, be wife to Sparta's king -
As it is known she is-these moral laws
Of nature and of nations speak aloud
To have her back return'd. Thus to persist
In doing wrong extenuates not wrong,
But makes it much more heavy. Hector's opinion
Is this, in way of truth. Yet, ne'er the less,
My spritely brethren, I propend to you
In resolution to keep Helen still;
For 'tis a cause that hath no mean dependence
Upon our joint and several dignities.
Why, there you touch'd the life of our design.
Were it not glory that we more affected
Than the performance of our heaving spleens,
I would not wish a drop of Troyan blood
Spent more in her defence. But, worthy Hector,
She is a theme of honour and renown,
A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds,
Whose present courage may beat down our foes,
And fame in time to come canonize us;
For I presume brave Hector would not lose
So rich advantage of a promis'd glory
As smiles upon the forehead of this action
For the wide world's revenue.
I am yours,
You valiant offspring of great Priamus.
I have a roisting challenge sent amongst
The dull and factious nobles of the Greeks
Will strike amazement to their drowsy spirits.
I was advertis'd their great general slept,
Whilst emulation in the army crept.
This, I presume, will wake him.
SCENE 3. The Grecian camp. Before the tent of ACHILLES
[Enter THERSITES, solus.]
How now, Thersites! What, lost in the labyrinth of thy
fury? Shall the elephant Ajax carry it thus? He beats me, and I
rail at him. O worthy satisfaction! Would it were otherwise: that
I could beat him, whilst he rail'd at me! 'Sfoot, I'll learn to
conjure and raise devils, but I'll see some issue of my spiteful
execrations. Then there's Achilles, a rare engineer! If Troy be
not taken till these two undermine it, the walls will stand till
they fall of themselves. O thou great thunder-darter of Olympus,
forget that thou art Jove, the king of gods, and, Mercury, lose
all the serpentine craft of thy caduceus, if ye take not that
little little less-than-little wit from them that they have!
which short-arm'd ignorance itself knows is so abundant scarce,
it will not in circumvention deliver a fly from a spider without
drawing their massy irons and cutting the web. After this, the
vengeance on the whole camp! or, rather, the Neapolitan
bone-ache! for that, methinks, is the curse depending on those
that war for a placket. I have said my prayers; and devil Envy
say 'Amen.' What ho! my Lord Achilles!
[Enter PATROCLUS.]
Who's there? Thersites! Good Thersites, come in and rail.
If I could 'a rememb'red a gilt counterfeit, thou
wouldst not have slipp'd out of my contemplation; but it is no
matter; thyself upon thyself! The common curse of mankind, folly
and ignorance, be thine in great revenue! Heaven bless thee from
a tutor, and discipline come not near thee! Let thy blood be thy
direction till thy death. Then if she that lays thee out says
thou art a fair corse, I'll be sworn and sworn upon't she never
shrouded any but lazars. Amen. Where's Achilles?
What, art thou devout? Wast thou in prayer?
Ay, the heavens hear me!
[Enter ACHILLES.]
Who's there?
Thersites, my lord.
Where, where? O, where? Art thou come? Why, my cheese, my
digestion, why hast thou not served thyself in to my table so
many meals? Come, what's Agamemnon?
Thy commander, Achilles. Then tell me, Patroclus, what's
Thy lord, Thersites. Then tell me, I pray thee, what's
Thy knower, Patroclus. Then tell me, Patroclus, what art
Thou must tell that knowest.
O, tell, tell,
I'll decline the whole question. Agamemnon commands
Achilles; Achilles is my lord; I am Patroclus' knower; and
Patroclus is a fool.
You rascal!
Peace, fool! I have not done.
He is a privileg'd man. Proceed, Thersites.
Agamemnon is a fool; Achilles is a fool; Thersites is a
fool; and, as aforesaid, Patroclus is a fool.
Derive this; come.
Agamemnon is a fool to offer to command Achilles; Achilles is a
fool to be commanded of Agamemnon; Thersites is a fool to serve
such a fool; and this Patroclus is a fool positive.
Why am I a fool?
Make that demand of the Creator. It suffices me thou
art. Look you, who comes here?
Come, Patroclus, I'll speak with nobody. Come in with me,
Here is such patchery, such juggling, and such knavery.
All the argument is a whore and a cuckold-a good quarrel to draw
emulous factions and bleed to death upon. Now the dry serpigo on
the subject, and war and lechery confound all! Exit
[Enter AGAMEMNON, ULYSSES, NESTOR, DIOMEDES, AJAX, and CALCHAS.]
Where is Achilles?
Within his tent; but ill-dispos'd, my lord.
Let it be known to him that we are here.
He shent our messengers; and we lay by
Our appertainings, visiting of him.
Let him be told so; lest, perchance, he think
We dare not move the question of our place
Or know not what we are.
I shall say so to him.
We saw him at the opening of his tent.
He is not sick.
Yes, lion-sick, sick of proud heart. You may call it
melancholy, if you will favour the man; but, by my head, 'tis
pride. But why, why? Let him show us a cause. A word, my lord.
[Takes AGAMEMNON aside.]
What moves Ajax thus to bay at him?
Achilles hath inveigled his fool from him.
Who, Thersites?
Then will Ajax lack matter, if he have lost his argument
No; you see he is his argument that has his argument -
All the better; their fraction is more our wish than their
faction. But it was a strong composure a fool could disunite!
The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie.
[Re-enter PATROCLUS.]
Here comes Patroclus.
No Achilles with him.
The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy; his legs
are legs for necessity, not for flexure.
Achilles bids me say he is much sorry
If any thing more than your sport and pleasure
Did move your greatness and this noble state
To call upon him; he hopes it is no other
But for your health and your digestion sake,
An after-dinner's breath.
Hear you, Patroclus.
We are too well acquainted with these answers;
But his evasion, wing'd thus swift with scorn,
Cannot outfly our apprehensions.
Much attribute he hath, and much the reason
Why we ascribe it to him. Yet all his virtues,
Not virtuously on his own part beheld,
Do in our eyes begin to lose their gloss;
Yea, like fair fruit in an unwholesome dish,
Are like to rot untasted. Go and tell him
We come to speak with him; and you shall not sin
If you do say we think him over-proud
And under-honest, in self-assumption greater
Than in the note of judgment; and worthier than himself
Here tend the savage strangeness he puts on,
Disguise the holy strength of their command,
And underwrite in an observing kind
His humorous predominance; yea, watch
His pettish lunes, his ebbs, his flows, as if
The passage and whole carriage of this action
Rode on his tide. Go tell him this, and ad
That if he overhold his price so much
We'll none of him, but let him, like an engine
Not portable, lie under this report:
Bring action hither; this cannot go to war.
A stirring dwarf we do allowance give
Before a sleeping giant. Tell him so.
I shall, and bring his answer presently.
In second voice we'll not be satisfied;
We come to speak with him. Ulysses, enter you.
[Exit ULYSSES.]
What is he more than another?
No more than what he thinks he is.
Is he so much? Do you not think he thinks himself a better
man than I am?
No question.
Will you subscribe his thought and say he is?
No, noble Ajax; you are as strong, as valiant, as wise,
no less noble, much more gentle, and altogether more tractable.
Why should a man be proud? How doth pride grow? I know not
what pride is.
Your mind is the clearer, Ajax, and your virtues the
fairer. He that is proud eats up himself. Pride is his own glass,
his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself
but in the deed devours the deed in the praise.
[Re-enter ULYSSES.]
I do hate a proud man as I do hate the engend'ring of toads.
And yet he loves himself: is't not strange?
Achilles will not to the field to-morrow.
What's his excuse?
He doth rely on none;
But carries on the stream of his dispose,
Without observance or respect of any,
In will peculiar and in self-admission.
Why will he not, upon our fair request,
Untent his person and share the air with us?
Things small as nothing, for request's sake only,
He makes important; possess'd he is with greatness,
And speaks not to himself but with a pride
That quarrels at self-breath. Imagin'd worth
Holds in his blood such swol'n and hot discourse
That 'twixt his mental and his active parts
Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages,
And batters down himself. What should I say?
He is so plaguy proud that the death tokens of it
Cry 'No recovery.'
Let Ajax go to him.
Dear lord, go you and greet him in his tent.
'Tis said he holds you well; and will be led
At your request a little from himself.
O Agamemnon, let it not be so!
We'll consecrate the steps that Ajax makes
When they go from Achilles. Shall the proud lord
That bastes his arrogance with his own seam
And never suffers matter of the world
Enter his thoughts, save such as doth revolve
And ruminate himself - shall he be worshipp'd
Of that we hold an idol more than he?
No, this thrice-worthy and right valiant lord
Shall not so stale his palm, nobly acquir'd,
Nor, by my will, assubjugate his merit,
As amply titled as Achilles is,
By going to Achilles.
That were to enlard his fat-already pride,
And add more coals to Cancer when he burns
With entertaining great Hyperion.
This lord go to him! Jupiter forbid,
And say in thunder 'Achilles go to him.'
[Aside.] O, this is well! He rubs the vein of him.
[Aside.] And how his silence drinks up this applause!
If I go to him, with my armed fist I'll pash him o'er the
O, no, you shall not go.
An 'a be proud with me I'll pheeze his pride.
Let me go to him.
Not for the worth that hangs upon our quarrel.
A paltry, insolent fellow!
[Aside.] How he describes himself!
Can he not be sociable?
[Aside.] The raven chides blackness.
I'll let his humours blood.
[Aside.] He will be the physician that should be the patient.
An all men were a my mind -
[Aside.] Wit would be out of fashion.
'A should not bear it so, 'a should eat's words first.
Shall pride carry it?
[Aside.] An 'twould, you'd carry half.
[Aside.] 'A would have ten shares.
I will knead him, I'll make him supple.
[Aside.] He's not yet through warm. Force him with praises;
pour in, pour in; his ambition is dry.
[To AGAMEMNON.] My lord, you feed too much on this dislike.
Our noble general, do not do so.
You must prepare to fight without Achilles.
Why 'tis this naming of him does him harm.
Here is a man-but 'tis before his face;
I will be silent.
Wherefore should you so?
He is not emulous, as Achilles is.
Know the whole world, he is as valiant.
A whoreson dog, that shall palter with us thus!
Would he were a Troyan!
What a vice were it in Ajax now -
If he were proud.
Or covetous of praise.
Ay, or surly borne.
Or strange, or self-affected.
Thank the heavens, lord, thou art of sweet composure
Praise him that gat thee, she that gave thee suck;
Fam'd be thy tutor, and thy parts of nature
Thrice-fam'd beyond, beyond all erudition;
But he that disciplin'd thine arms to fight -
Let Mars divide eternity in twain
And give him half; and, for thy vigour,
Bull-bearing Milo his addition yield
To sinewy Ajax. I will not praise thy wisdom,
Which, like a bourn, a pale, a shore, confines
Thy spacious and dilated parts. Here's Nestor,
Instructed by the antiquary times -
He must, he is, he cannot but be wise;
But pardon, father Nestor, were your days
As green as Ajax' and your brain so temper'd,
You should not have the eminence of him,
But be as Ajax.
Shall I call you father?
Ay, my good son.
Be rul'd by him, Lord Ajax.
There is no tarrying here; the hart Achilles
Keeps thicket. Please it our great general
To call together all his state of war;
Fresh kings are come to Troy. To-morrow
We must with all our main of power stand fast;
And here's a lord - come knights from east to west
And cull their flower, Ajax shall cope the best.
Go we to council. Let Achilles sleep.
Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.


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The new American Athletic Conference will hold it's first men's basketball tournament at the 18,400-seater FedExForum in Memphis, it has been announced.
Home to the Memphis Grizzlies and the University of Memphis men's basketball team, the arena has been specifically chosen to host the event, two weeks prior to the sweet sixteen and elite eight of the 2014 NCAA Championship in the South Regional in March next year.
Running from 12-15 March, each game of the 10-team AAC tournament will be televised on the ESPN networks, beginning with two first-round games on Wednesday, followed by two quarter-final double headers on Thursday, semi-finals on Friday, before the championship game live on ESPN on Saturday.
"We are very excited to have the first American Athletic Conference championship at FedExForum," said Commissioner Mike Aresco. "We received significant interest from many outstanding venues.
"FedExForum is an outstanding facility and it, the city of Memphis, the University of Memphis and the local community will combine to create a wonderful inaugural event that our teams, coaches, administrators and fans will embrace and enjoy."
Memphis athletic director Tom Bowen reflected on the announcement as an exciting day after a collaboration involving the arena, the university and city of Memphis, with approvals from all of the league's basketball coaches that the FedExForum was the best venue for the tournament.
"This is monumental and dynamic for this new conference," Bowen said. "We believe it will be a great tournament for this city, our fans and for Tigers everywhere."