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The United States on Friday blasted the "brutal crackdown" this week by the government of Sudan against protesters in Khartoum, calling it "heavy-handed" and "disproportionate."
Friday saw a fifth consecutive day of protests against fuel price hikes that have seen scores of demonstrators shot dead by government forces.
"The United States condemns the government of Sudan's brutal crackdown on protesters in Khartoum, including the excessive use of force against civilians that has reportedly resulted in dozens of casualties," US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
"Such a heavy-handed approach by Sudanese security forces is disproportionate, deeply concerning, and risks escalation of the unrest."
Activists, who have called for the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, called for more demonstrations later Friday and again on Saturday.
Washington issued an appeal that the government allow "peaceful protests," as Sudan's interior ministry announced Friday that 600 people had been arrested for taking part in the anti-government demonstrations.
The US government is "alarmed by reports that the Sudanese government has arrested or detained civil society activists, shut down independent media, and restricted access to the Internet and cell phone networks; activities such as these inhibit peaceful expression of citizens' grievances," Psaki said.
"The United States condemns violence by government forces and protesters, and urges restraint on both sides."
She added: "We also call on the government of Sudan to respect the universal rights of its citizens, including the freedoms of speech, assembly, and peaceful protest."
Psaki urged the Khartoum government "to provide the political space necessary for a meaningful dialogue with the Sudanese people about the political and economic challenges facing their country."


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We knew Rivercenter Mall owner Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. had big plans for the former Joske's building but this exceeds the expectations by far.
They are proposing building a 24-story tower on top of the Joske's building at 106 Alamo Plaza to accommodate a hotel/timeshare. The plans go before the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday, April 3 — Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is listed on several of the drawings.
Chris Oviatt, general manager of Rivercenter Mall, was not immediately available for comment.
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Scott Carpenter, a member of the HDRC's design committee, was quoted as saying that the scale is off from the other buildings on Alamo Plaza, according to the agenda. But one graphic makes the case by showing the tower's proximity to the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter hotel.
Michael Guarino, another committee member, said such an addition could set a precedent for future infill in the downtown area.
Ashkenazy is likely to apply for tax exempt status for the project, because the Joske's building is considered historic, as well as other incentives from the city.
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Vladimir Putin has said that Russia finds the Kosovo authorities' decision to create their own army regrettable and sees it as another risk of destabilization of the situation in the Balkans.
"Regrettably, Kosovo's authorities took a series of provocative steps lately, thus greatly aggravating the situation. In the first place I have in mind their decision of December 14 to form a so-called army in Kosovo," Putin told a news conference. "It goes without saying that this is a direct violation of the UN resolution, which does not allow for the creation of any paramilitary forces except for the international UN contingent."
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1. Pope John Paul's beatification delayed, Italian newspapers say (June 2)
2. Pope to meet Obama July 10 during evening audience (June 23)
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CARSON, Calif. -- We're just hours away from the decisive CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal second leg between the LA Galaxy and C.S. Herediano.
Below are selection of links, match-ups and predicted lineups to get you to kick off.
*Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena offered his thoughts on the CCL Quarterfinal Second Leg following Tuesday's practice.
*Marcelo Sarvas has traveled up from Central America to The Home Depot Center before and the Brazilian midfielder knows what to expect on Wednesday from Herediano.
*Could we see a forward partnership of Jose Villarreal and Robbie Keane? Possibly.
*LA will be focused on stopping two of Herediano's danger men Elias Aguilar and Ismael Gomez.
*LAGalaxy.com preview Larry Morgan provided this preview of the game.
*Lastly, my Three Points to the match.
Marcelo Sarvas vs. Elias Aguilar
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Robbie Keane vs. Pablo Salazar
Pablo Salazar enjoyed a strong game in the first leg against the Galaxy by making a team-high 10 clearances down at Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, but he'll need another strong game against Robbie Keane in Southern California. Keane made several dangerous runs during the first leg, but routinely saw his guile disrupted by an unruly turf surface that stymied the Irishman. Following the Galaxy's final practice on Tuesday, Keane stated that had the conditions, not been substandard, he might have had more opportunities. Well, he'll get those chances at The Home Depot Center on Wednesday.
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Referee: Walter López (Guatemala); AR1: Gerson López (GUA); AR2: Ronaldo de la Cruz (GUA); 4th: Óscar Reyna (GUA)
*Lopez last handled an LA Galaxy game in 2011 when LA defeated C.D. Motagua 1-0 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to advance to the 2011/2012 CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals. He awarded two yellow cards.
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Crystal Bowersox - Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney) - Ellen DeGeneresLee Dewyze - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) - Simon CowellCasey James - Daughters (John Mayer) - Randy Jackson / Kara DioGuardihttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2010/05/top-3-song-choices-revealed.htmlHmm. I thought that Simon would pick for Crystal. And I wonder why did he choose a song that's been sung previously in this season for Lee. Interesting choice, I hope Lee will really shake it up!
I loved the fact that Ellen Degeneres gets her own pick! Kara still gotta share with Randy!!!!
It's no brainer that Casey is going home. American Idol has been pretty much easy to predict when it comes to the final 3 elimination. The less deserving one will always not make it.But.. i seriously hope Crystal wins. I'm about halfway done, giving up with the show. And Crystal not winning will not help.And... LEE is the new VFTW PICK!!! Yay for them recognizing CRYSTAL'S TALENT!!
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Ladies and Gentlemen. Good morning. Watched the episode.
It started out with a friendly discussion between Hiyori and Hitsugaya. It ended with enough ammunition to build my own ship: Hitsugaya + Hiyori, and set sail. Lisa joins in to complete the threesome so they can combine their expertise against the lovely Halibel whose moist sense of irony is always lost on me. Huh? I didn't care to remember what transpired next until Hachi started to erect large construction around Barragan. Alas! Barragan kept yapping about the power of aging. blah blah blah blah and a lot's of blah blah blah later... Hachi decided to build an elaborate construction to isolate Barragan. He also pleads with feisty, flat chested Soi Fon to lend her flashy missile of a bankai that suspiciously takes the shape of giant metallic peni.. er... Soi Fon, like the true lady she is, is still reluctant. After a bit more negotiation, Soi Fon grows her erect missile and launches it through the tiny opening accessible to Hachi's construction which confined Barragan and forced its way in to finish the job. I like Soi Fon.
The most interesting part about this episode was when Hachi said, "I give the King of Hueco Mundo my deepest condolences." Well, that was the extent of my enjoyment. I'm also glad Hiyori found her playmate, finally. I guess Hitsugaya liked what he saw too for he couldn't keep his hands off the goods.
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You know, I just realized that Barragan is really stupid.
1-Oh look, they've erected a giant barrier to stop me from getting to them. What should I do, it's not like I can just...fly around it, you idiot.
No, I'll just let them formulate a plan to kill me. The battle will be funnier that way.
2: After Barragan noticed Soi Fon's Bankai, half a minute passed before she actually shoot. Thirty seconds that he could have used to rot it away. Instead he just looks at it.
Well, at least Harribel is still awesome (she seems to be the only one giving us some decent swordplay at the moment) and the interaction between Soi Fon and Hachi was very interesting.
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Suprisingly that was a really good episode, looks like next one is the last for me.
I always thought that Hachi's barrier is orange, not green...
The Hiyori/Hitsu interection was funny, those two should stick together.
Liked the edit moments of Halibel's fight, it actually makes her look worthy in comparison to manga where she seemed to be completly trashed.
Soi Fon needs tp lessen her pride a bit though... but I also would be annoyed if I knew that the guy I hate is spying on me... but still her desicion at first was wrong...
But still liked their interection, it is actually a bit strange that Hachi actually remembers her when she back then was basicly no one.
Can't wait to see a trapped Urahara
Also Soi Fon's evil smile before she shot was aweasome, liked how she was shining as well.
Hachi pwns!
It is sad that Kubo had to make a complete idiot out of Barragan in order to defeat hi... Barragan alone coud kill almost everyone there.
Lol at special, poor Hisagi
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hm. none of this makes me wanna see the ep. Hyori and Hitsugaya sounds mildy funny, Hachi showin of some kido might be ok. The rest of Monir's summary kinda made me think...oh well ... whenever I feel I have nothin useful to do ... maybe
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lolz Hisagi in the special
|2010-07-20, 12:16
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Anyways know it's 3 vs 1, but would have thought we'd see that trio get a bit more serious. Hallibel is still in her resurrection state while neither vizard has released their swords nor used their masks and Hitsugaya hasn't used his bankai again. Guess since the main focus was on taking down Barragan that they didn't want to make things too serious.
Yeah I couldn't help thinking about why Barragan didn't just fly around the wall floating in the air instead of just standing there. I guess seeing his opponents as weak is the excuse for him getting owned. Kind of sad though that they needed to bribe Soi Fon into attacking again.
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And what is UP with Stark and Lilynette's butt?
Not to mention: awwwww at Hiyori and Toshiro, and LOL at Lisa
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barragan has always been my favorite espada....and i think he's probably got the potential to be the most powerful or one of the most powerful characters in all of bleach. his arrogance and laziness and underestimating his enemies is his downfall though.
i mean...in his unreleased form he was able to touch soi fon without her even knowing and without much effort (maybe a combination of time warping and sonido)....and then there's his respira and we never really got to see what gran caida could do. if he only would use his super speed and actually bother to move....he could've really killed aizen i think.
as for stark and lilinette....well they're one being so he's really just playing with himself....i mean honestly...if you were a lonely guy stuck in a lonely place and could do one thing....it would be to get a girl asap.
hiyori and hitsuguya was funny lol....and lisa's explanation was equally funny.
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recommend me some prog?
i like dungen and amon dull II and os mutantes and king crimson and that sort of guff.
The Polite Force by EGG
is a really good prog album . or try some Mahavishnu Orchestra (The Inner Mounting Flame), bit more jazz, but still prog.
some live Floyd
and Gong - 'You'
and Hawkwind - 'Space Ritual Alive'
of the early Amon Duul
Fuck yes
"Yeti" is one of my favourite albums of all time
this band are me fave...
Cardiacs....proggy math punk messed up time signature all over the shop stuff....go read about um on Wiki which is a decent write up(for wiki that is) then go check stuff out on the ol y'tube.
seen um 20 odd times....amazing live.
not the right thread but yeah they're the best band ever
Ach, who am I kidding, every thread is the right thread
What do you mean 'more' you ungrateful, demanding little scrote.
Try 'please' next time, there's no need to forego politeness just because it's a web forum...
calm down big man
i was just giving it a little bump
This post is so great.Loui_Tacceh this'd this
More Swedish prog
gösta berlings saga
and Three Trapped Tigers pretty proggy and good!
this is good
yes it is
it's fucking great is what it is
buy their 2 CDs of their website - you won't regret
new band, '70's pastiche
Astra - the Weirding
thanks all but can we stop with the rapidshare?
thread'll get deleted :(
Do yourself a favor
and give the albums "Octopus" and "Three Friends", by Gentle Giant, some close attention.
Soft Machine
Any of the first four albums are best but as with Mahavishnu, pretty jazzy in places. Still ace though.xheathenx and Loui_Tacceh this'd this
Moon In June off Third is the greatest thing* to have graced my ears
Not even analogous to a religious experience. It is the Holy itself, the Divine Energy, the Confirmation
*a few Cardiacs songs possibly notwithstanding
In The Court Of The Crimson King
Yes - Fragile (even just for Heart Of The Sunrise!)
Can (if you describe them as prog!)
i was going to make a thread asking people to recommend me some prog
but then i realised i already did that 3 years ago so i'll just bump that thread then. ok.
gosta berlings saga are so good. well done anschul from the past.
Some super prog albums
Frances the Mute
Selling England By the Pound
Everyone Into Position
always though mew were post rock or something
cheers, will have a look
Also add Foxtrot to that list
Bloody superb album.pichaelmarker this'd this
if someone could just takes all the violin tracks off inner mounting flame i'd be well into it
mclaughlin is brill but i don't want to ever hear a distorted guitar harmonising with a violin. my brain wont cross that line.
too bad.
if you're braver than i you could try the maclaughlin/santana album but i really can't stand the latter.
aye i proper love that record
the drumming on life divine is untouchable
Here's some stuff you might like
I fear and distrust the prog tag (my dad's fault for making me listen to jethro tull at an impressionable age) and as a result I have to slide around the edges of the genre for fear of being tainted by cape and beard, so these might not be what you're looking for.
Helios Creed
Emperor Machine
Turing Machine (their latest one at any rate)
A New Silent Corporation
120 Days
Wooden Shjips
Most stuff Gavin Russom works on (Crystal Ark, Black Meteoric Star)
cheers, not heard of many of these
just so everyone else knows though, i am entirely willing to go full cape.
ooft. full cape...
you've probably heard of most of these.
Jethro Tull
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Tangerine Dream
you might like Chrome Hoof, Chrome (helios creed's original band), Faust, Neurosis, Kong, Shipping News, Sinaii, The God Machine.
That's a bit over the place tbh, but there's prog influences or the bands are from similar genres (krautrock and kosmiche).
this latest batch are awesome
Neurosis and the lamentably-ignored Chrome Hoof especially. Fuck was their last album a lost classic
i had to think a bit sideways about what constitutes prog
due to being a big pansy about genre definitions and ting
and really prog, psych, krautrock, kosmiche, stoner and a bunch of other stuff crosses over. or at least enough.
i stopped short of going full synth and flinging names of wierd disco shit at him though.
GOBLIN! Get some of that down you.
oh go nuts
tomorrow I'm posting about thirty completely different things, prog as a maximalist embrace of the musically restless
I'll look forward to that.
synth (wierd disco shit) edition.
Roland Sebastien Faber
Alden Tyrell
Antoni Maiovvi
Kalson (digital baroque is a particular favourite)
Mogg & Naudascher
Aaron Hedges
Craig Peyton
Brassica (in particular the track Ballo dei Morti)
Peter Visti
Cerrone (the Supernature album, Cerrone 3 especially)
just to clarify, that's not the Space who did that awful
female of the species track. i wouldn't ask ANYONE to listen to their dire guff.
It's this act here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_%28French_band%29 Start with Magic Fly.
Van Der Graaf Generator all the way baby
If you want some Prog with some fire in its belly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asPDvjUYFy4Loui_Tacceh and Oissin_ this'd this
Oh these posers
They're only the second-best band of all time, the TWATS
Pawn Hearts, Still Life and Godbluff, in that order, are *motherfuckers*
Some starting essentials for you:
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Yes - Close to the Edge
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Rush - Hemispheres
Camel - Mirage
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Soft Machine - Third
Wishbone Ash - Argus
These ones aren't strictly 'progressive rock', but you'll probably did them if you like Amon Duul II:
Faust - Faust IV
Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Embyro - Embryo's Reise
Avoid anything by Tool, Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree 'cause they're all really mince.Loui_Tacceh, xheathenx, and Oissin_ this'd this
this is this thread's Ground Zero
good work
tool are great you punk
(I endorse purty much everything else in this post tho)
was thinking of saying this
but I'm not a huge fan so figured someone else would put it better
sorry no
i can confirm tool are old old balls.
i'll be checking out popol vuh and magma
ta very much.
Magma are one of my favourite bands
Very good list, Puds wins the threadheartworms this'd this
thanks peps
hahah can't believe i wrote amon dull II up there. stupid bastard.
don't worry about it.
advance warning
I'm on my phone right now so I have to be concise, but just you wait
Has anyone mentioned Gentle Giant yet?
Some of the Cardiacs stuff is quite proggy.
Prog punk!
did we just open the gates for full cape
and then start talking about Neurosis? Wtd, DiS.
in the name of balance
and i also had to de-tull myself. :D
if you're that clenched about genre boundaries, the synth stuff i recommended will make you have an anyeurism.
ok give me 1 more day
the wife and i have just had a night of the 'funny videos' thread, although the best one has quite a prog soundtrack
OK pal.
The Proggle Has Landed
OK, first outta the gate is some sick shit from Norway with designs on restructuring yr face
Shining - In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster (their most perfect composition): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xze30kh6q3k
Shining - Blackjazz Deathtrance (fucking hell): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7JcovhZtY8
Cardiacs had some progressive songs but weren't really prog
Their ex-keyboardist and 'other' compositional genius, however, was prog as BUTTONS!
William D. Drake - Homesweet Homestead Hideaway (just the loveliest thing, joy n tears all at once): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3uoARaBrMk
Who wants to bet that a prog-as-fuck song can't be three minutes long?
Lapsus Linguae - The Terse Crimp (four Scottish boys' strict religious upbringing is exorcised in a single outrageous wrestling-combination (oh look, I did the first comment saying exactly the same thing, fancy that)): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmT871PkLyM
Working For A Nuclear Free City - Do A Stunt (in the greatest possible world, this is every TV news theme; it's UNDER three minutes and will prog you into a cocked hat): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rssnmlh1Vdw
not the only heartbreakingly exquisite electroprog odyssey WFANFC have composed either
here's Nancy Adam Susan to leave you wide-eyed and wonderin'
What do you call a prog band disguised as an indie band?
You call them 'of Montreal, sometimes'
No Conclusion (nine-minute break-up prog-out that will move you to PROGGY TEARS): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw1D1NYVyuM
Ye, Renew The Plaintiff (nine-minute mental-breakup prog-out that will move you to INSANITY): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FruCLjy7ZFQ
see also THE FIERY FURNACES
Blueberry Boat (the album) has to be heard to be believed; it's pop as performed on the flying trapeze. The albums Bitter Tea and Widow City are also brilliant but less prog (still pretty prog)
The best cut is debatable but I usually go for Chris Michaels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INOF67PMvjw or Chief Inspector Blancheflower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qTkqFvftcE which are both exhilarating mindblowers with complex lyrical narratives and alternate male/female vocals OH IT'S SO PROG
s Bark
hell, <3 all of that.
I haven't heard their solo stuff yet, however.
this is the first time i've actually listened to them
it's a bit of a revelation, as i'd written them off as just another hyped indie bellend band.
they've just released their best album
nobody thinks it's their best album because it's totally off-the-deep-end completely-mad prog-as-all-hell clusterfuck-mayhem-insanity
might be album of the year, actually. just stunning, stunning music
and as for British prog bands disguised as indie
well it's Oceansize and Youthmovies innit. Both exceptional, both deceased, and both so beloved on DiS that I don't think any Youtubes will be necessary (although I could be persuaded otherwise)
Oceansize - Saturday Morning Breakfast Show
I could have chosen any one of about 15 songs but this is probably their proggiest, which is the criterion this thread must ultimately be judged by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4e6SEHBq30
...and Youthmovies - Last Night Of The Proms, which is by no means the longest song (it's like the second-shortest actually) on their superb, exquisitely-crafted album Good Nature which you all must hear if you haven't, but is just so ludicrously prog that oh come on man just LISTEN to it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIsTVDJ-m2k
no wait, Massive Bereavement is probably O'size's proggiest
well it's great too. find it. listen to the whole first album. then the second, the third, the EP and some of the 4th. yay.
Actually, on that note, there's nothing so great as a prog band disguised as NME bait
You all know about Mansun's Six so I'll just leave that one unYoutubed, but what about My Computer? Anyone remember THEM?
They did these two songs, both (hey guess) nine minutes long and both fucking in-credible, guitary singersongwriterness meets rave meets heartbreak meets proletarian struggle, all crashing ultimately into beautiful despair...
All I Ever Really Wanted Was A Good Time (one of the great song-titles, plus the first track on their first album): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhdoIAmP0eU
Pulling Myself Together (this should have basically ended all Britpop right there): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMnvZ6_gBg
and who can forget The Cooper Temple Clause?
they tried really hard, nearly did it too. but not quite, so no youtubes (their best two songs, Did You Miss Me and Murder Song, are more post-indie than prog)
oh and THE WILDHEARTS!!!
Briefly big in NME circles, it's important to remember that they were also an extremely brilliant prog* band with delirious 11-minute odes to alien invasion called Sky Babies up their sleeve
*meets classic metal, in a bar, during a fight
we're listening to this right now and my wife says I should get into Iron Maiden
she's probably right yknow
oh shit there's an incredible example of this I forgot
Silent To The Dark by The Electric Soft Parade - a 3-minute bubblegum Britpop song gone terribly, terribly astray
...or HAS IT?
Thomas White wrote this when. he. was. blithering. sixteen.
Right, who's ready for a 16 and a half minute meta-metal fuckabout called The Mighty Masturbator?
If I told you it was one of the most glorious musical experiences of the last few years...(hails to Devin Townsend for EVER!!!!!!!!)
is the video not the song :/
didn't check
Oh no, it is
I was just doing a big sad face 'cause it's Devin Townsend
just listen to it, might convert ya, dude's got more compositional talent in his farts than Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater combined
the music is all kinds of awesome. it reminds me of the bits in Metalocalypse where they'd have the mad mythology stuff unfolding.
and i'll be looking into buying that game.
whats the drama with devin townsend then puds, im totally ignorant, but incredibly nosey?
Ahhhh, it's just not my sort of thing really.
Used to be a fan of SYL and his earlier stuff back in the day, and I can see why he's so massively popular, but nowadays his music pretty much encapsulates everything I seek to avoid within my metal/prog, haha.
It's all just a bit too wanky (yep, I know this is a prog thread) and overly polished for my liking. There also seems to be this air of slightly sinister, forced wackiness that lingers over everything he does like some sort of distinctly unsettling odour.
you cant expect to like everything.
as for wackiness, i can see what you mean, i've just got to the french singing bit with the sock puppet in the above video. i'd just edit that bit out like ive done with a few pieces of music which are more suites of music than 'just a song'. :D
this song goes through the self-knowingly-wacky looking-glass and comes out flaming majestic. i don't really like the ziltoid album myself, but trust me, this is a different kettle of fish, it's almost like a grand personal confession, a labour of self-love and self-contempt, an Apotheosis. and it's messy as hell, the opposite of polished!
OK, but what's ACTUALLY my favourite song of the last ten years?
It's Whateley by the incomparable Thumpermonkey, of course.
Is it prog? (Is it doom? Is it art-rock? Is it slow-motion modern-classical played on guitars?)
You tell me.
The greatest record of the last decade, now. All of it. 45 minutes of micro-engineered psychological mania and Gnostic foresight. Although you can turn off after the opening track, if you decide you don't like that sort of thing. Or if your shattered brain causes you to die and then faceplant your computer, thus logging you out. FOREVER.
Who likes abstract American prog-metal?
I mean, Kayo Dot. Might be a bit TOO far, this, but worth a shot if you can dig 18 minutes of calculated sonic destruction entitled '___on limpid form': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmx7ayXS6LU
Oh and there's the superb Extra Life too. Here's something brilliant (Blinded Beast) from this year. Naturally, it's their longest song, but what can you do? Slow as molasses at first. It stays that way. Honest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeXDFxetVmc
Ah," but you say, "I've heard of all these
Well, you have, you cheeky scamp, and just for that, here's something you won't have heard of, even if it's by a dude who's in Spiritualized and features all of Coil. It's a...a...a...um...nightmare. The best kind - an analogue-synth industrial electro-prog nightmare, if you dare.
Thighpaulsandra - Optical Black
All very well, you add, but where's the old-school, the 70's shit?
OK well most of the really good stuff's been recommended anyway, but a little-known American gang known as Captain Beyond slipped the net. They did a self-titled debut record in 1972 that sounds like a classic str8-up rock'n'roll record for a short while until you realise that the tracks are all flowing into each other in increasingly cosmic ways and your mind is...kinda...expanding? One of the finest sequencing-jobs known to music, then, and a sign that prog can leap out of almost any corner...
^^^it's an album but it's only 35 mins, have a heart yo
Anyone like Mercury Rev?
They did Holes and Goddess On A Hi-Way and other limp shit like that!
Oh, and they did this. Open the video and gawp at the perfect title, the slightly diverting album-cover and the giggling descent into the sun that is the song itself...
and regarding Yes, their greatest song is one you probably won't have had thrown your way
namely Awaken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-iBpbEbNk
tho Gates Of Delirium ain't far behind along with And You And I, Starship Trooper, Perpetual Change *ok nuff*
yeah he's pretty much the world authority
altho he skews MUCH more cape n wizard than I do (having just posted some Yes, the cheek of it!)
stop me before I go totally mad and start posting Autechre
a prog band disguised as an IDM duo :D
Well, they ARE! Or were for a couple of albums. Draft 7.30 foreverrrrrrrrrr
Warning: contains the universe, and is called Surripere, which might not be a Latin verb in the infinitive for 'to disintegrate the mind'
prooooog progprogprog
Last one for now!
Oh, fuck it :D
STROOOKE ANNNNND PRAIIISE HIMMMMMOissin_ this'd this
Late to the party as usual.
Start with a few of older ones:
Univers Zero - the best thing thing to come out of Belgium since the saxophone. The only 70s prog band that can top Van Der Graaf Generator in terms of darkness (though being largely instrumental, they aren't quite as 'visceral') and like VDGG are still going strong today. Much of this is less like 'prog' and more like menacing, brooding modern chamber music. While they remain obscure they are nowhere nearly as dated as much of the bands of their era.
La Faulx
Les Kobolds (actually this one's kind of chipper)
listening now
my dog is whining, hiding his face. he knows.
awesome stuff :) and it's reminded me of another one I failed to post earlier...
will have to give 'heresie' a full listen soon
This Heat
Only tangentially prog, perhaps, influenced mostly the krautier side of things, and sometimes categorised as experimental post-punk. I don't know what they were apart from fucking awesome. Way ahead of their time.
Makeshift Swahili (check out the proto-vokills :DDD)
Health and Efficiency
Shame they were so short-lived
oh hell yeah
I already know This Heat and for fucking sure - what an awesome set of ideas they had!
Moving onto the 80s (it wasn't ALL shit like Marillion)
Thinking Plague - An American band sometimes heavily indebted to Univers Zero in terms of instrumentation and mood, though there is much greater emphasis placed on vocals and guitars.
Behold the Man
link is for this heat fwiw
gonna have to search for Thinking Plague - Behold The Man MYSELF, oh the HASSLE
oh wait no i don't, here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO85cTFgI_k
wasn't that lucky
as for how it sounds, holy shit! bringing the gorgeous tendrils of dissonance AND the rock. approve. that is some manic heart-of-darkness robot-abuse
A band that's been going forever despite the fact that no fucker's ever heard of them. They have a pretty huge sprawling discography, much of which is pretty hard to obtain. Their 90s work is mostly like a proggier take on the math-rock of the time, they have often (and increasingly) made attempts at making eccentric pop records, the results of which are sometimes pleasing sometimes a bit rubbish. Practically none of the songs I would have picked are on the 'Tube, so I'll post a song from probably their most 'prog' album and an example of their early weirdness:
Blue Cheadle
Theme from Shaft
holy shit @ Blue Cheadle
what a song!!!!!! yesssss, gotta hear that whole album now
god that was beautiful, have heard that 'introducing lemon' and 'enduring the american dream' are both worth it too...but yeah, give me cheer-accident or give me death
Finally a couple of more modern endeavours
Time Of Orchids - I have nothing to say except that these guys were utterly brilliant, toiling away in obscurity before finally breaking up in 07 :(
maybe tomorrow
needs to be digested in a relaxed state, yo, but the kayo dot comparisons are extremely encouraging
Fucking hell, only just got round to listening to Time Of Orchids now
This is fucking transcendent stuff...
Combat Astronomy
Industrial Avant-Jazz(???) with a downtuned fretless bass getting the everloving shit beaten out of it? Yes, ta. All of it can be found here:
oh very very nice
kickass, even
dunno about avant jazz
but the second track on there is real good.Loui_Tacceh this'd this
- Loui_Tacceh and Oissin_ this'd this
your contributions look amazing
a few people have told me cheer-accident would be one of my favourite bands (also nomeansno)
How could I forget Sleepytime Gorilla Museum?
The Donkey-Headed Adversary Of Humanity Opens The Discussion........
(certifiably insane, fairly thespian dulcimer-metal-prog-fusion from America that sounds like Mr. Bungle if they were from the 22nd and 17th centuries simultaneously)
oh shit and why didn't I post any Mr. Bungle? Have a Stubb (A Dub) while I'm about it:
definitely the greatest song about the mortality of dogs ever written. meanwhile my own dog has just recovered after a univers zero-inspired tug-of-war fit
you should never listen to Stubb (A Dub)
without listening to My Ass Is On Fire immediately afterwards
^^^possibly the most jawdropping prog-metal song of the 90's? actually yeah, no, it just is. REEEEEEDUNDANT REEEEEDUNDANT REEE... DUNNNNNNDANT REEEEDUNDANT
Cheer-Accident remind me of nobody so much as Camp Blackfoot
Oxford's finest. This shit should come with a HEALTH WARNING, amirite?
^^^contains thorns
course the Japanese know how to sail straight off that edge
and so I leave you tonight with Koenjihyakkei - Grembo Zavia
like you're inside a computer game that is actually one giant glitch
oh yeah
i like sound of animals fighting.
OK, this one's been bugging me for a few days
theShipment has dismissed it as a Led Zeppelin rip-off. Yeah, well it's a COSMIC Led Zeppelin rip-off. Set a course for the Beyond...
Danava - One Mind Gone Separate Ways
oh yeah that PM you sent
on it
Amplifier (especiall the self titled debut)
Give Panzer or Airborne from the debut a listen
Oceansize - Effloresce (One of the greatest debuts ever IMO)
Try Catalyst, One Day All This Could Be Yours or Massive Bereavement
Pure Reason Revolution (I can recommend all 3 albums)
Try Deus Ex Machina, In Aurelia, Bullitts Dominae, The Bright Ambassadors Of Morning, Black Mourning or Open Insurrection
Long Fin Killie
I'm not really sure if they were "prog" as such, but they certainly fit with some of the other stuff posted in this thread, and are utterly brilliant and deserve to be much more well known...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl55AFCtqKc (this one feature's Mark E. Smith)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ0Bp6avemIincandenza_ this'd this


text: I hope there's good coverage of the event as I won't be able to make it due to other commitments. But the lineup of attending artists ensure that it will be a great event. I really hope to see some nice large photos posted here of everything else that is there.


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LONDON (AP) On the first Wednesday at Wimbledon in 2013, Sergiy Stakhovsky shocked seven-time champion Roger Federer in the second round, then did ''like, 355 press conferences'' and proceeded to lose his next four Grand Slam matches.
On the first Wednesday at Wimbledon in 2014, the 90th-ranked Stakhovsky pulled off another surprise, using the same serve-and-volley style that worked against Federer to beat 12th-seeded Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) and get to the third round at the All England Club.
Agreeing to a whole bunch of media requests last year after one of the most unexpected results in Wimbledon history - 17-time major champion Federer had reached at least the quarterfinals at the preceding 36 Slam tournaments - ''was a huge problem and huge mistake,'' Stakhovsky said Wednesday. ''Today, this is the only press I'm doing.''
Stakhovsky was recently re-elected to his spot on the ATP Player Council, and he was asked whether he still thinks male tennis players should be paid more than their female counterparts. All four Grand Slam tournaments award equal prize money to the genders.
''Look, my position is never changing. ... I don't think that equal prize money is in the right place,'' Stakhovsky said. ''It's not about the physical and anything else. It's just the value of the product is different. That's it.''
Thinking back on what happened 12 months ago, when he was ranked 116th, the Ukrainian said he went into his next match with ''just emotional emptiness.''
''Just spent so much energy on different interviews and articles and everything that I was empty when I went on the court,'' he added.
He wound up losing in four sets to Jurgen Melzer then delivered this assessment: ''I just played stupid.''
That was followed by first-round losses for Stakhovsky at last year's U.S. Open, and this year's Australian Open and French Open, where Gulbis reached the semifinals.
But back at Wimbledon, where the grass suits his attacking style, Stakhovsky found his touch again, and he won the point on 32 of 45 trips to the net against Gulbis.
''The surface is fast. It's no bounce. It's speedy. It's exactly what I need. So pretty much I have the chance of finishing that volley if I have it,'' Stakhovsky said. ''On other surfaces, not so easy.''
He is now 2-22 for his career in matches against top-10 players, with the only two victories at the All England Club, against Federer and Gulbis.
''That's why he beat Roger last year on grass,'' said Gulbis, who is ranked 10th. ''The guy has a good game plan. He comes in; he chips the ball; he takes out the pace.''
Bothered a bit by soreness in his right shoulder and back, Gulbis hit nine double-faults. He said he'll probably take time off until heading to the U.S. Open hard-court tuneup tournament in Toronto in August, ''because my body needs rest, and my mind needs a little bit (of) rest.''
Stakhovsky, meanwhile, now faces 42nd-ranked Jeremy Chardy of France with a chance to reach the fourth round at a major for the first time.
Asked whether he thinks he can deal with what the second week of a Grand Slam brings, Stakhovsky replied: ''Well, for the moment, I want to handle the next match. If I handle the next match, I'll be in the second week.''
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Critical to his vision was developing a strong corporate culture that ensured that all Zappos employees were aligned with the company's purpose. Hsieh tied customer experience and employee empowerment directly to profits: "Happier employees," he avowed, "lead to strong, nurturing relationships—and a more profitable business."
In 2006, Zappos announced it was adopting 10 core values. Many were based on research about the factors that contribute to worker productivity and efficiency. For example, Hsieh encouraged managers to spend 10 to 20 percent of their time socializing with other Zappos employees outside of work. All of the core values were designed to build a culture of near obsessive customer service and camaraderie. The core values framed Zappos' expectation that employees "create fun," "be adventurous and open minded," "build family spirit," and "be passionate, determined and humble"—and that they would be evaluated on their willingness to embrace the Zappos culture.
In the meantime, Zappos had reported $370 million in gross revenue in 2005—incredible growth that attracted the attention of the business community. That year, Amazon approached Zappos to suggest an acquisition, but Hsieh felt the timing was not yet right. In 2008, Zappos reached Hsieh's goal of $1 billion in gross merchandise sales—two years ahead of plan. On net sales of $635 million—an increase of 20.5 percent from 2007 net sales—Zappos reported net income of $10.8 million, up from $1.8 in 2007.
In 2009, the company reached Hsieh's second milestone—Fortune's Best Companies list, debuting at number 23. Amazon came courting again, and now, the timing was perfect: Zappos was acquired by the online retail giant for $1.2 billion in cash and Amazon stock, marking the end of its rite of passage from entrepreneurial up-start to large enterprise.
Hsieh credited the Zappos culture with much of its growth and success. Employees were loyal and committed. As a result, Zappos enjoyed an unprecedentedly low rate of voluntary turnover—0 percent in 2012.1 But as the company's payroll neared 1,500 employees, he became concerned that culture alone might not be sufficient to counteract the entropic forces of growth. Like every other enterprise at its stage of development, the company faced the risk of declining productivity, and Hsieh wanted to ensure that as Zappos grew, bureaucracy would not get in the way of "actual work."
Could technology play a role in driving growth without sacrificing intimacy? John Bunch, a Zappos team leader guiding the company's adoption of holacracy, thinks so. "We're adopting [holacracy] to try to scale agility," says Bunch. "As a company," he adds, "we've [grown] past where we can be like a small family and really adapt our business to real-time environments."2
Zappos sees holacracy as an operating system (see figure, above). "[Holacracy itself] is not a technology in the traditional sense. [W]e use it to organize around the work we need to do," notes Alexis Gonzales-Black, who works on the implementation team. Holacracy is a social technology that distributes decision-making by using self-organized teams, called circles, to complete tasks. According to Gonzales-Black, "It's up to [the teams] to figure out how to break the work down into roles and accountabilities to energize that purpose."
The teams operate through two types of meetings: Governance and tactical. Bunch explains: "Governance meetings just capture all of the work, authorities and accountabilities. But in tactical meetings, it's about getting work done."
Employees known as "lead links" replace managers. They are chosen based on their performance and their interest in increasing their level of responsibility and accountability. Employees are empowered to make decisions around tasks for which they are accountable.
"It's not leaderless," Bunch is quick to point out. "There are certainly people who hold a bigger scope of purpose for the organization than others. What it does is distribute leadership into each role. Everybody is expected to lead and be an entrepreneur in their own roles." He goes on to add that "anybody, throughout the company, whether that be Tony or anybody else, can give you ideas, thoughts and data points on decisions they think you should be making in your role. But ultimately it's up to you to make that decision".3
To support holacracy, Zappos employs Glass Frog, software that serves as a meeting archive and coach, storing and tracking meeting results, organizing roles and "visualizing" the organizational holarchy. The platform, accessible to all Zappos employees, allows teams to solicit, document and act on rich information and peer feedback. In earlier times—the heyday of QWL in the US auto industry, for example—such information would have been hidden or simply too difficult to find. Now, according to Bunch, "You can capture projects in Glass Frog, and other people in your team or in the company, can log in and see, 'What is John Bunch's role, what are the major projects he's working on?' The organizational structure is completely visible."
Though some teams, like human resources, finance and legal, can keep data private, most do not. Bunch insists that "unless you have some really good reason to make something private, it should be public, up to and including the leadership team," which is known as "the internal board"—Hsieh and his direct reports, who are responsible for overall business strategy and integration. Any employee can "follow" a circle's work—including that of the internal board. Followers receive email notifications each time a circle meets or publishes changes to roles, authority, policies or domains.
Hsieh serves as the lead link for the internal board, which is one of the most followed circles. "Anyone can click on 'internal board' and see [the circle's] purpose, the current strategies they're using, all the roles that are being filled and by whom. Then they can see what policies [the circle] passes, its meeting history and meeting notes," Hsieh explains.
Glass Frog and holacracy are only two components of an even more ambitious vision of employee self-management. Rachael Brown, senior developer, envisions that in the future, Glass Frog and similar apps will function as "journey tools," serving as personal dashboards to provide each employee with a record of their skills, accomplishments, tasks and roles. As employees take more responsibility for self-management, career development and self-evaluation enabled by data through these technology tools, the roles of lead link would become streamlined.
"So say you want a new role, for example," says Brown. "You have all your [performance] information available. You'll be able to see the different skillsets required and sector goals. So if I want to become a software developer working on Java, for example, I should be able to look at that job and those skills, assess the skills that I don't have and find a way to learn them." She and colleague Darshan Bhatt collect performance data on all Zappos employees to create the dashboards so employees could review and assess their skills. "They will have all the information in front of them and it's up to them, as individuals, to help themselves," notes Brown.
Hsieh believes that holacracy and Glass Frog will enable Zappos employees to become more productive as the company grows. Even more important, he argues, employees will benefit from the growing size of the organization because they have better access to data that reinforces the company's core values—which comes back full circle to what is at the heart of the Zappos culture: outstanding customer service.
1. Annie Sunny, "Zappos Holacracy," People's Lab blog, MSL Group, February 27, 2014, http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com/peoplesinsights/zappos-holacracy/, accessed September 29, 2014.
2. Unless otherwise indicated, quotes are from interviews conducted by Accenture.
3. Aimee Groth, "Zappos is going holacratic: no job titles, no managers, no hierarchy," Quartz, December 30, 2013, http://qz.com/161210/zappos-is-going-holacratic-no-job-titles-no-managers-no-hierarchy/, accessed September 29, 2014.
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Hawaii On-Campus E-Commerce and Social Media Graduate Programs
On-campus e-commerce and social media graduate programs may help students develop their knowledge of technology, business, and management—especially as they relate to conducting business online—through in-person interaction. For many students, working face-to-face with classmates and professors in real-time allows for a more dynamic and engaging experience. Plus, many students enjoy the set and predictable schedule of Campus ECommerce and Social Media Graduate Programs and prefer to access campus resources—such as libraries and study groups—in person.
What Might I Learn in an On-Campus ECommerce and Social Media Graduate Programs?
Through on-campus graduate programs in social media and e-commerce, students typically explore electronic business in-depth. Social media, which are tools that help people, companies, and organizations create, share, and exchange information in virtual networks and communities, depend on web-based technologies and interactive platforms to share content.[i] Over time, social media have made substantial and pervasive changes to how businesses, organizations, and people communicate.[ii] E-commerce, one component of social media, includes the electronic platforms and tools that businesses, organizations, and people use to trade products or services.[iii] To varying degrees, graduate-level certificates and degrees strive to teach students how to create, manage, and market social media and e-commerce platforms, tools, and technologies.
Students in e-commerce and social media programs typically have the opportunity to develop their technical knowledge in areas such as computer science and information systems. More specifically, they may explore subjects such as programming, software engineering, and database technologies. Students may also develop their knowledge in areas of business such as marketing,
finance, and communications. Through their studies, students may learn how to apply their knowledge to develop, manage, and grow e-businesses and social environments.
What Types of Social Media Degrees and E-Commerce Degrees Can I Pursue On-Campus?
Students might pursue social media and e-commerce education through any of three primary programs: a graduate certificate program, a master's degree program, or a doctorate degree program. Following is a brief description of each:
Social Media and E-Commerce Certificate Programs
Students typically earn graduate-level certificates within one year of fulltime study. Program lengths vary by school. These four- to six-course programs usually engage students in an introductory study of social media and e-commerce's technical and business components. Courses in certificate programs may cover subjects such as e-commerce, systems architecture, computer programming, client-server computing, and more. Students might also study components of social media management and marketing electronically. Certificate programs generally intend to introduce students to a particular subject or help them specialize their knowledge in a particular area. While many certificate programs in social media and e-commerce are offered online, students may also find on-campus options.
The Master's in Social Media and E-Commerce Degree
Students typically pursue one of two types of e-commerce and social media master's degrees: the Master of Science or the Master of Business Administration (MBA). More specific titles of degrees within these designations include:
- The MBA with an emphasis in social media or e-commerce
- The Master of Science in Information Systems
- The Master of Science in Information Technology
- The Master of Science in E-Business Management
- The Master of Science in E-Commerce with an emphasis on social media marketing
- The Master of Science in Social Media with an emphasis on e-commerce
These are just some of the e-commerce and social media master's degrees you might pursue on campus.
Students typically earn their master's degree in these areas and others through one to two years of intensive or fulltime study, although program lengths vary by school. You can learn more about e-commerce and social media master's degree programs here.
The Doctorate in Social Media and E-Commerce Degree
There are two primary types of e-commerce and social media doctorate degrees: the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The DBA typically emphasizes business as it relates to social media and e-commerce, and the PhD typically emphasizes social media and e-commerce technology, management, and marketing. What you'll study in your DBA or PhD program, however, depends on your particular program.
Both of these doctorate-level programs are likely to be research-intensive and emphasize curricula that teaches students how to develop and manage e-business applications and solutions. Students in doctorate programs may also learn how to use research to evolve and innovate components of e-commerce and social media.
Students typically earn their doctorate degree on campus through four to six years of fulltime study. Program lengths vary by school. In most cases, students conclude their programs by presenting and defending a dissertation and taking a comprehensive exam.
As you're exploring your options for on-campus social media and e-commerce programs, remember that these subjects primarily exist under two broader fields: business and technology. Therefore, many schools offer programs in social media and e-commerce through their business, computer science, and other technological departments.
What Knowledge and Skills Might I Develop in My E-commerce and Social Media Graduate Program?
As you engage in your social media and e-commerce certificate, master's degree, or doctorate degree program, you're likely to have a chance to develop your knowledge in areas such as e-business technology; e-commerce marketing; and e-commerce website design, functionality, and development. Meanwhile, you may develop the skills to write and operate technical strategies, use a broad range of digital management and marketing techniques, and navigate a global digital environment. In master's and doctorate programs, you may develop your abilities to conduct research, write academic papers, and make presentations. The extent to which you develop knowledge and skills in these and other areas depends, of course, on the duration of your program.
Campus ECommerce and Social Media Graduate Programs: Next Step?
Now is a great time to explore your options for earning a certificate, master's degree, or doctorate degree in social media and e-commerce. Through our list of programs below, you can find on-campus programs in various areas of social media and e-commerce. You can also use our search tool on the left to refine your search. Simply select a program level—certificate, master's, or doctorate—to find a list of programs at your preferred level. Good luck on your journey!
Sources: [i] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media | [ii] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media | [iii] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce
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Cross Country Travels To Iowa State Memorial Classic
Oct. 11, 2000
Saturday, Oct. 14 - Iowa State Memorial Classic (NCAA Pre-Meet), Ames, Iowa
Men: 8:30 a.m. (MT), 10K, Women: 9:30 a.m. (MT), 6K
This Week: The Arizona State cross country squads will face their toughest test of the season thus far, as the 14th-ranked women and the 16th-ranked men travel to Ames, Iowa for the 28th Annual Iowa State Memorial Cross Country Classic Saturday, Oct. 14. The men's 10,000-meter 'B' race will start at 7:30 a.m. Mountain Time, followed by the men's 'A' race at 8:30 a.m. (MT). The women's 6,000-meter 'A' race will begin at 9:30 a.m. (MT), while the 'B' race is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. This event is also known as the NCAA Pre-National meet, as Iowa State will host the NCAA Championships Mon., Nov. 20.
The Field: Racing in a championship-style atmosphere, the Sun Devils will meet men's and women's squads from over 50 Div. I cross country programs including nationally-ranked Arizona (No. 9 men, No. 15 women), Boston College (No. 10 women), Brown (No. 21 women), BYU (No. 3 women, No. 8 men), Colorado (No. 2 women, No. 3 men), Colorado State (No. 11 men, No. 17 women), Duke (No. 23 women, No. 25 men), Georgetown (No. 7 men and women), Indiana (No. 22 men), Marquette (No. 20 women), Northern Arizona (No. 10 men, No. 24 women), Oregon (No. 18 men, No. 22 women), South Florida (No. 21 men, No. 25 women), and Stanford (No. 1 men and women).
Sun Devils In the Polls: The ASU women are ranked 14th for the second straight week by the FinishLynx Women's Cross Country Poll, while the ASU men fell from 14th to 16th in this week's MONDO Men's Cross Country Top-25.
Last Time Out: The Arizona State women and the Northern Arizona men's 'B' team captured titles at the 15th annual ASU Cross Country Invitational at Freestone Park in Gilbert, Ariz. Friday, Oct. 6. UTEP's Anita Looper won the women's 5,000-meter race in 18:41, yet the Sun Devil women dominated the pack placing all five of their runners in the top-11. Jen Hurbis led the ASU women reserves, placing third (19:26), while her teammates were not far behind. Megan Laib (20:07.3), Jen Bridgeman (20:17.8), Tiela Cairns (20:20) and Penny Jacobson (20:24.3) placed eighth through 11th. Northern Arizona's Jinny Hanifan placed second (19:16.5) to round out the top three. UTEP claimed its second individual title as Dario Espinoza won the men's 8,000-meter race in 25:44.3. Central Arizona College's Kalid Abdalah (25:51.4) and Nicholas Musyoki from Dine College (25:51.9) finished neck and neck for second and third place. ASU's Phillip Prince led the Sun Devil reserve men, who finished third, with a ninth place finish (26:37.0).
Sharing the Wealth: Whether it be the first-string corps, or the Sun Devil 'B' teams, ASU has been led by a different top individual finisher on both the men's and women's side in all four races thus far in 2000: UC Irvine Invitational - Juan Reyes (9th), Brianna Torres (1st), Roy Griak Invitational - Garrett Jensen (5th), Lisa Aguilera (2nd), Canyon West Classic - David Burke (6th), Candi Criscione (3rd), ASU Invitational - Phillip Prince (9th), Jen Hurbis (3rd).
Head Coach Walt Drenth: Walt Drenth, in his fifth year as Head Cross Country Coach at Arizona State University, has taken the Sun Devils to unprecedented heights. He was named the Pac-10's Coach of the year in 1999, after leading the Sun Devils to their best finish in school history. Under his tenure, ASU has posted the best Pac-10 finishes in school history (Women 2nd in 1999, Men 4th in �98 and �99) and the best regional finishes in school history (both finished 3rd last year). In addition, the men are made their first appearance in school history at the NCAA Championships in 1999 and finished 14th, while the women earned back-to-back berths to nationals, including a 12th-place finish in 1999. Drenth came to Tempe after spending the previous six years (1990-95) at the College of William & Mary and six years at Central Michigan (1985-90). He is a seven-time conference coach of the year and two-time District Coach of the Year and has led six squads to the NCAA Championships.
Remaining Schedule: Following this week's Pre-NCAA meet, ASU will return home to host the Arizona State Open Friday, Oct. 20 at Freestone Park in Gilbert in preparation for the championship season. First, ASU will travel to the Pac-10 Championships hosted by the University of Washington in Seattle Saturday, Oct. 28, followed by the NCAA Regional Championships at Fresno State Saturday, Nov. 11. The Sun Devils will then return to the site of this week's meet for the NCAA Championships hosted by Iowa State Monday, Nov. 20.
2000 Season Recap: With four meets under their belts, the Sun Devil harriers have turned in solid team and individual performances thus far in the 2000 cross country campaign. With the exception of the Roy Griak Invitational, Coach Drenth has rested many of his top runners in preparation for the championship season and even so, ASU has displayed some notable performances:
Men's Team
|Place (out of)
|Top ASU Individual
|UC Irvine Invitational
|3rd (9)
|Juan Reyes, 9th (26:18.8)
|Roy Griak Invitational (Minnesota)
|6th (31)
|Garrett Jensen, 5th (24:35)
|Canyon West Classic (Tempe)
|'B' Team - 2nd (11)
|David Burke, 6th (26:16.9)
|ASU Invitational
|'B' Team - 3rd (11)
|Phillip Prince, 9th (26:37.0)
Women's Team
|Place (out of)
|Top ASU Individual
|UC Irvine Invitational
|4th (11)
|Brianna Torres, 1st (18:30.2)
|Roy Griak Invitational (Minnesota)
|3rd (29)
|Lisa Aguilera, 2nd (21:08)
|Canyon West Classic (Tempe)
|'B' Team - 2nd (7)
|Candi Criscione, 7th (18:41.6)
|ASU Invitational
|'B' Team - 1st (9)
|Jen Hurbis, 3rd (19:26.0)
Up Next: The Sun Devils will return home to host their second meet of the season, the first annual Arizona State Open held Friday, Oct. 20 at Freestone Park in Gilbert, Ariz.
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