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Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies (Totosy-Vasvári eds.)
This volume of essays on Hungarian studies, published as part of the Purdue University Press monograph series in Comparative Cultural Studies, consists of twenty-six essays written by scholars from various academic fields (literature, sociology, linguistics, anthropology, psychology, gender studies), working at academic institutions both in and outside Hungary. The essays are grouped in five parts according to their topics: history and theory; literature; the arts; gender studies; and cultural studies on contemporary Hungary.
Part One (addressing history and theory) starts with a programmatic essay by the two editors, both distinguished scholars of Hungarian background whose work has greatly contributed to the dissemination of Hungarian literature in the English-speaking world. In their essay, Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek and Louise O. Vasvári outline a theoretical framework for comparative Hungarian cultural studies. The editors claim that a comparative cultural approach has hitherto been only rarely applied to Hungarian and Central European studies, for several reasons, some ideological – the intellectual legacy of dictatorship, the supercilious attitude of some Hungarian scholars towards American scholarship and the resistance towards being treated as a postcolonial society –, others material, such as the lack of resources due to financial strictures in Hungarian academic life. András Kiséry's (The City College of New York) article is an excellent example of how enlightening and novel such an approach can be at its best. The article discusses the work of two Hungarian scholars, the literary historian Tivadar (Theodor) Thienemann and the historian István Hajnal, both of whose work anticipated much later scholarly interest in the materiality of the text: the technological and social aspects of literature and history as central to their textual meaning rather than as mere extrinsic factors. In discussing Thienemann's and Hajnal's work as well as two letters written by Thienemann to Marshall McLuhan, Kiséry shows that these Hungarian scholars' socio-historical perspective resulted in a much more nuanced view than the rigid binary structure of orality and literacy in McLuhan and Walter Ong, to whom Thienemann and Hajnal are frequently compared. David Mandler's (Stuyvesant High School, New York) article outlines the career of the eminent and intriguing scholar, Arminius Vámbéry (1832–1913), who was born in a poor Jewish family in Hungary, and rose to the status of a well-respected authority on the Ottoman Empire in London. Mandler focuses on how Vámbéry's Jewish origins influenced his views on the Turkic peoples, on the Eastern origin of the Hungarians and on his conviction that Hungary's future depended on ethnic inclusivity. He also discusses the influence of Vámbéry's persona on Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula. Steven Jobbitt (California State University Fullerton) discusses Ferenc Fodor's monumental work, The Geography of Hungarian Existence (1946), an attempt to apply a "geo-psychological" and nationalist approach to geography, informed by the need to re-imagine the nation after the cataclysm of the Treaty of Trianon and the two world wars. Jobbitt emphasizes that Fodor rejected the positivist approach, which he perceived as devoid of spiritual and moral elements, but was at odds as well with the conservative-nationalist project. Louise O. Vasvári's essay on Alaine Polcz's Asszony a fronton (translated as One Woman in the War and as A Wartime Memoir: Hungary 1944-1945) takes a new approach to this important work by a writer who is also a clinical psychologist involved with the terminally ill about her wartime experiences, which included repeated mass rape by Soviet soldiers – a traumatic experience for a whole generation of Hungarian women, suppressed and silenced to this day in Hungarian society. Informed by a feminist reading, Vasvári examines the treatment of the body in Polcz's text "as both produced by and productive of ideology", and arrives at the conclusion that contrary to current reading, in its fragmented representation of public vs. private body and its narrative of victimhood rather than agency, Polcz's novel is closer to spiritual autobiography than to feminist writing.
Part Two (addressing literature and culture) begins with an essay by Györgyi Horváth (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) in which she maintains that discourses and theories of literary criticism reflecting upon political and social conditions of literature tend to be silenced or marginalized in present-day Hungary. Arguments used against such discourses include the charge of Marxism or Western thinking, regarded by some as a threat to 'authentic' Hungarian culture. Horváth, however, sees this tendency as rooted in the socialist past: a continuation of the depoliticized, purist, formalist attitude to literature prevalent in the 1980s as a strategy to avoid political conflicts in the age of Communist rule. Lilla Tőke (Rochester Institute of Technology) offers a new interpretation of the Central European absurd as a form of realism. Analysing works by István Örkény, Jenő Rejtő and Lajos Parti Nagy, among others, Tőke shows that as the 20th-century experience of political, economic and social reality in this region was characterized by fragmentation, incoherence and nonsense, the absurd is a fully sensible reaction to this reality. Peter Sherwood (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), himself an eminent translator of Hungarian literature, discusses the German and English versions of Sándor Márai's Embers. Translated into English from German, Embers became an instant success in the English-speaking world. The double translation, normally frowned upon by critics and translators, seems to have contributed to the success of the novel in this case, claims Sherwood. By eliminating the mannerisms of the original Hungarian text – a feature of Márai's style that some readers like, but others loathe – the English translation became, in his view, the most readable of the three versions. In the final essay of Part Two Ilana Rosen (Ben Gurion University, Israel), relying on the oral lore of veteran Israelis of Carpatho-Rusyn origins, analyses narratives of Central and East European Jewish communities and the strategies employed by Jews in exile to cope with their ever-changing borders and their Rusyn, Ruthenian and Hungarian neighbours.
Part Three, addressing "other arts," starts with an essay by Éva Federmayer (Eötvös Loránd University) in which she discusses the "ragtime culture" of millennial Budapest, particularly the appearance of internationally acclaimed black American vaudeville stars in orpheums and their racialized and gendered descriptions by contemporaries. Ivan Sanders (Columbia University) discusses Viennese operetta at the beginning of the 20th century, focusing especially on hidden Jewish-themed subtexts. Although musically, composers of Jewish origin tended to draw upon Gypsy music, they did not use Jewish folk music as inspiration; as assimilated Jews it was "too close for comfort" for them. However, Sanders demonstrates that their Jewishness surfaced on a thematic level, for example, in figures who resembled the stereotype of the parvenu. Catherine Portuges (University of Massachussets) draws a portrait of the Hollywood film director Michael Curtiz (1888–1962), from his little-known Hungarian career to his work as a director who left a strong mark on American film and directed such masterpieces as Casablanca, Mildred Pierce or Yankee Doodle Dandy. Debra Pfister (University of Texas, Dallas) explores the life and work of the painter Imre Ámos (1907–1944) in terms of a "struggle between the need for commercial success and self-expression", in which eventually the need for self-expression prevailed as Ámos turned towards Hasidic myths and dreams of his childhood. Megan Brandow-Faller (Brooklyn College, City University of New York) discusses the ideological struggle around Art Nouveau (Ödön Lechner's buildings, Vilmos Zsolnay's ceramics and József Rippl-Rónay's paintings) in the context of a search for a genuinely Hungarian visual culture. In this context, Art Nouveau was deemed by conservatives as conflicting with Hungarian tastes, and celebrated by its proponents as just the opposite: a uniquely Hungarian national style, conceptualizing art and life as an organic whole rather than a motley assembly of eclectic, borrowed and decontextualized motifs, as well as being a style that drew inspiration from the Hungarians' Eastern origins rather than merely imitating the West.
In Part Four, in which questions pertaining to gender studies in the Hungarian context are discussed, Erzsébet Barát (József Attila University, Szeged) draws upon feminist scholarship, in particular Judith Halberstam's concept of 'kinging', applying it to an analysis of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and lesbian billboards promoting participation at the 2002 elections in Hungary. Barát shows how difficult it is "to subvert and critique the dominant logic of sexualization of women's bodies, clothed or otherwise". Katalin Medvedev (University of Georgia) discusses the economic, social and ideological aspects of women's clothing in the US and in Hungary in the 1950s, and arrives at the conclusion that "while in the US, social and political forces, as well as economic development helped turn women into clotheshorses, in Hungary the same forces turned women into workhorses." Psychologist and literary critic Anna Borgos (Institute of Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) examines the case of Sándor/Sarolta Vay, a cross-dresser in fin-de-siècle Hungary, who was born a woman but lived her life as a man. The case of Vay fascinated the psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing, who devoted a lengthy study to him/her in his Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), and most recently Hungarian writer Zsuzsa Rakovszky, who wrote a novel on Vay entitled VS (2011). Nóra Schleicher's (Budapest College of Communication and Business) article examines language use, especially the use of swear words and English borrowings, by women managers in Hungary, analysing the message the users intend to convey – honesty in the former, expertise in the latter case.
Part Five contains essays on various aspects of contemporary Hungary. John Joseph Cash (Herman B. Wells Library of Indiana University) discusses the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution in Hungary, an event that is still largely contested and appropriated by various groups for various reasons. Cash considers the 2006 commemoration a failed attempt by the then current government. Kata Zsófia Vincze's (Eötvös Loránd University) study throws light on the causes of the Jewish renaissance of post-1989 Hungary by placing contemporary phenomena in a historical context, and thus explaining the frustration of many parents – who strove to hide their Jewishness in post-Holocaust, communist Hungary – at seeing their children reintegrating into various, religious or cultural Jewish communities. Vincze discerns two waves of renaissance: the first centered around "coming out", whereas the second as part of a larger, hip trend of the "cult of being different". Ryan Michael Kehoe (Rice University) analyses a Hungarian cult film, Antal Nimród's Kontroll and László Krasznahorkai's novel War and War as representing acts of resistance and subversion against 'necropower' – a notion introduced by Achille Mbembe for technologies of domination resulting in the creation of death worlds and in conferring upon people the status of the living dead. Kehoe also discusses to what extent post-1989 Hungary can be considered as a postcolonial nation, caught between a past dominated by the Soviet Union and a future determined by Western powers, and involved in a struggle of regional identification (as a 'Central' vs. 'East European' nation) – a status that warrants a transitological approach to Hungary. Erika Sólyom's (Eötvös Loránd University – Corvinus University, Budapest) article will be appreciated by any non-native Hungarian speaker who has ever tried to address Hungarian people of various ages and coming from various social strata. The article gives the uninitiated reader a glimpse into the complicated address system of Hungarian (English you has six equivalents in Hungarian, three pairs of two indicating the singular and plural number as well as various degrees of formality) and analyses the transition from formal to informal from the socio-linguistic point of view. Sólyom contrasts informal address patterns of the communist and the post-1989 era, with the former being manifestations of a forced egalitarianism and the latter due to a shift towards a Western-style democratic political system. László Kürti (University of Miskolc) analyses Hungarian media images of the Roma, focusing on a "moronic mockumentary" broadcast on Hungarian TV featuring Roma musicians and a show featuring Győzike, one of these musicians. Kürti shows how Hungarian pop culture is increasingly dominated by ethnocentric and sexist elements and how ethnic stereotyping is used for profit maximization. Lajos Császi (Institute of Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Mary Gluck (Brown University) discuss the reception in Budapest of the Cow Parade, an exciting event of twenty-first century cosmopolitan life and participatory art. Sadly, they note that the Budapest exhibit "was one of the smallest among metropolitan centers, a clear sign of a lack of corporate interest". Agata Anna Lisiak analyses the official city websites of Budapest and Prague and focuses on the strategies these two cities employed in reinventing themselves after 1989. The concluding essay of the volume was written by one of the editors, Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, and it is the one in which the ideological commitment that the editors posit in the introduction is most strongly felt. Discussing the attitude of Hungarians and Austrians towards Jews and the Roma, Tötösy condemns the essentialist discourse of Hungarian media and of certain parts of the population.
Reading this collection of essays of high academic standard, yet only rarely making use of overly technical academic language, was both thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable. Although the topics are highly divergent, many of them seem to come back to the same problems and challenges of contemporary Hungarian society, addressing them from different angles and placing them into perspective. The volume comes complete with a very useful selected bibliography for Hungarian studies. I have only two minor criticisms: some of the essays had an inordinate number of spelling mistakes that a quick reading would certainly have been able to detect and correct. Also, it is an unusual and (to me) somewhat annoying practice that the paragraph about the author at the end of each article begins with a full reference to the article one has just read. These small imperfections apart, this volume is by all means a valuable and unique contribution to Hungarian studies.
Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies
Edited by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek and Louise O. Vasvári
West Lafayette, Ind: Purdue University Press, 2011


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Standard is in a weird place right now. Midrange is ruling the game, and the variations are so strong and diverse that it's tough to build a deck that goes way underneath them or way over them. There is little room for dedicated aggro like Mono-Red to flourish when naturally efficient cards like Siege Rhino, Courser of Kruphix, and Sorin, Solemn Visitor are everywhere. Pure control doesn't nearly have the tools it once did with Jace, Architect of Thought and Sphinx's Revelation, and it seems like only control-playing masters have been capable of winning matches with U/B, Esper, or U/W Control in current Standard.
It seems that the answer to the format is simply to play a midrange deck that can go bigger and better than the opposition. More copies of Duneblast are showing up in Abzan Midrange, and I wouldn't be surprised to see green-based devotion make a comeback as well. As long as people aren't playing Mono-Red, there's nothing to worry about. Even so, people have been packing the necessary number of Drown in Sorrows and/or Anger of the Gods to have reasonable game against it. As long as I keep seeing the hate cards in sideboards, I'll keep Boss Sligh shelved, but be sure that I'll pick it back up if it's not given the due respect.
Of all the Khans wedges, Sultai is regarded as the king of the three-color midrange strategies. With the ability to go longer with Whip of Erebos, Pharika, God of Affliction, and Soul of Innistrad, you rest assured that with every passing turn your deck's inevitability will eventually bury the opponent. Take John Farrow's winning Sultai Reanimator deck from the Open Series in Atlanta for example.
Creatures (27)
- 2 Elvish Mystic
- 4 Hornet Queen
- 4 Satyr Wayfinder
- 1 Soul of Innistrad
- 4 Sylvan Caryatid
- 4 Courser of Kruphix
- 3 Doomwake Giant
- 4 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
- 1 Pharika, God of Affliction
Lands (23)
Spells (10)
- 3 Reclamation Sage
- 2 Negate
- 4 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
- 1 Liliana Vess
- 2 Drown in Sorrow
- 3 Thoughtseize
In a world of Mardu Midrange, Abzan Midrange, and whatever else midrange, it's easy to see why John's deck full of heavy hitters came out on top. It's the preferred deck of many of the top pros at the Magic World Championship this week, and as expected, their format is full of midrange decks capable of at least doing "decently." In a metagame that small and with multiple formats, it's even tougher to pull the trigger on something that could be viewed as high variance like W/U Heroic or Mono-Red. For me, this is the perfect time to jam aggro down the throats of players playing safe decks.
As far as playing control to go over the top of your opponents, there is one combination still yet unexplored. Control really needs a good sweeper to fill the void that Supreme Verdict had and End Hostilities is a touch slow in many matchups. Drown in Sorrow is reasonable but doesn't hit as many creatures as one would like, and Bile Blight isn't nearly hitting as many double creatures as it used to. U/R Control with Anger of the Gods may be the control deck that the format is looking for.
Creatures (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (26)
Spells (29)
This build of U/R Control features a gimmicky but strangely effective combo kill with Pearl Lake Ancient and Master the Way. Since burn is your primary way of removing creatures, you often end up with a few spare Lightning Strikes and such as the game goes long and an end of turn Pearl Lake Ancient into untapping and returning six or nine lands will fuel a huge Master the Way. There's a little concern over a resolved Siege Rhino, but that's primarily what Fated Conflagration is for. With your card advantage pointing a Magma Jet and a Lightning Strike at it for the one-for-two, isn't all that bad of a play.
I really like how Steam Augury pairs with Dig Through Time to fill your graveyard. The pioneer Jeskai Aggro decks used to play both before cutting the Steam Augury - not because the combo was bad but because it doesn't really work with what Jeskai wanted to be doing on its turn 4. U/B Control and U/W Control have to be satisfied playing Divination or Jace's Ingenuity, and Steam Augury is a better card draw spell than either of those. It nearly feels like you're playing eight copies of Dig Though Time in the deck. When you pass with four mana up, your opponent has to respect a counter or burn spell and often lead with one of their weaker spells into you regardless if you actually have the Dissolve or not. If the spell isn't too scary, you can let it resolve and fire off your Steam Augury.
The sideboard is a bit transitional in the sense that you change your gameplan to focus to Haunted Plate Mail. The card is hard to interact with, and you control the terms which your opponent is allowed to use their creature removal. Haunted Plate Mail combos particularly well with Stubborn Denial to have a really efficient counterspell on the turns that they're tapping out for a planeswalker or trying to kill your 4/4. The rest of the sideboard is rather straightforward, with Magma Sprays as cheaper removal against the smaller creature decks and Keranos and Negate for the slower and more grindy matchups.
However, there is something to be said about just playing all of the strongest cards. Brad Nelson has recently approached the Standard format with the idea that a four-color manabase isn't very much different than a traditional three-color one. When you play all best cards and in the format, the power level of your deck has a way of leading to game wins even if most of the time you're just casting the most efficient card mana-wise every turn. Heck, even running Chained to the Rocks isn't out of the question with all the fetchlands.
Creatures (17)
Planeswalkers (5)
Lands (25)
Spells (13)
What if we took the strategy one step further? If four is the new three then five must be the new four, right? The tri-lands from Khans of Tarkir work wonders fixing mana, and when you also have access to painlands, fetchlands, ten Temples and Mana Confluence, it's not a question of if five-color is possible - it's a question of how to build it. The last real five-color iteration that was successful in Standard was of the control variety that played Cryptic Command, Cloudthresher, and Cruel Ultimatum in the same deck. Midrange is all the rage at the moment, and I think that a sweet midrange deck that takes the best cards from the full buffet available in five-color could be where Standard is moving. Introducing five-color midrange...or as I like to call it: U/G Crackling Doom.
And oh yeah… Chromanticore!
Creatures (26)
- 4 Fleecemane Lion
- 4 Rattleclaw Mystic
- 2 Sagu Mauler
- 4 Siege Rhino
- 4 Sylvan Caryatid
- 4 Chromanticore
- 4 Courser of Kruphix
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (24)
Spells (8)
Yeah Chromanticore... and it is insane. It's the most over-the-top of all over-the-top cards and bestowing it is as awesome as it sounds. The references to Baneslayer Angel are real and indeed bestowing it on a creature that dies (the plan is to not give your opponent that option) leaves a Baneslayer Angel after they've dealt with your bestowed creature with something rude like a Hero's Downfall or Elspeth. Chromanticore wasn't good when it was printed in the previous Standard where Mono-Black Devotion was supreme, but now that midrange is rampant, it's the time to dust off copies of this forgotten mythic from Born of the Gods.
Chromanticore is a like a pair of shoes that goes great with anything. This is what it feels like to cast one.
It dies to Stoke the Flames and other removal, but whatever. They likely have to spend their first Stoke on Courser of Kruphix. Chromanticore matches up well against Wingmate Roc and brick-walls an entire offense by itself. The bestow aspect give Chromanticore pseudo-haste, and the rest of its abilities complement each other nicely. Vigilance is one of the big things missing from Baneslayer Angel, and now you don't have to worry about dying to a crackback when you start attacking. Trample comes into play against everything from Vampire tokens to Mantis Rider. Even Stormbreath Dragon doesn't halt your offense when you bestow it on a creature, even if it's on a white one like Fleecemane Lion.
While it's good to cast for five mana as soon as turn 4 and goes well on basically any creature whether it's a Rattleclaw Mystic or Courser of Kruphix, the full blown unbeatable combo is bestowing it on a hexproof creature (probably not Sylvan Caryatid). Fleecemane Lion is already a decent creature in an Abzan deck and plays well in here as well, especially once it goes monstrous to assemble a sweet target for Chromanticore's bestow. Sagu Mauler makes an appearance as well to have a 10/10 monster that's better than even Progenitus. The fact that Rattleclaw Mystic also morphs helps create a mini-guessing game the times that you need to play Sagu Mauler earlier for three mana.
The mana is far from perfect, and the repetitions simply need to be put in to discover the right distribution of both colors and lands that enter the battlefield tapped. I originally played with 4 Mana Confluence and 12 Khans tri-lands but the mana felt "too good". There's very little need for blue mana, and the times that you get up to Chromanticore mana you tend to have a Sylvan Caryatid or Rattleclaw Mystic out helping power it. There ought to be some blue spells in the sideboard so I don't want to dip too low on the blue land count. The sideboard could literally be anything as you have full access to every card Standard has to offer. As a start, it's similar to Brad Nelson's with some Negates and Magma Spray over Anger of the Gods, as you have too many mana accelerants and Fleecemane Lion that die to it.
While I'm not always the biggest fan of attacking a format by going bigger, now is definitely the right time in the current Standard environment. Eventually there will be a bubble that will burst and hyper aggression will come along to reset the balance. We're still a few steps from that happening, and for now, the logical step to fight the metagame is to trump the cards and decks you expect to face one step at a time. If you can't beat them, join them. Just make sure you do it better.
Who needs Falkor when you have Chromanticore on your side?

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GMPV – Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
GMPV1/GD2.1Origin, evolution of Earth's crust and the formation of a habitable planet (co-sponsored by GMPV and AGU-VGP) (co-organized)
|Convener: Bruno Dhuime | Co-Convener: Pierre Bouilhol
GMPV3Late-orogenic potassic mafic magmatism: Archaean to present
|Co-Convener: Vojtěch Janoušek
GMPV8/GD3.8/TS11.9Enigmas of origin and evolution of layered mantle lithosphere in different geodynamic settings (co-organized)
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GD1.2/EMRP4.1/GMPV12/SM6.5/TS11.5Anisotropy and small-scale heterogeneity in the Solid Earth: Observations, models and implications (co-organized)
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GMPV14/GD6.2/SM6.7Materials, evolution and dynamics of the mantle [including Bunsen Medal Lecture and Kuno Medal Lecture] (co-organized)
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SM6.4/GD3.7/GMPV15/TS11.7Structure of the continental upper mantle (co-organized)
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GD5.1/GMPV18/SM5.2/TS6.10Subduction dynamics from surface to deep mantle (co-organized)
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TS6.7/GMPV19Orogeny, continental growth and magmatism across Eurasia (co-organized)
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GMPV38Scientific drilling and geological research in the Barberton Greenstone Belt
TS10.5/GMPV41Structural, metamorphic and magmatic evolution of the margin of Baltica and Laurentia and other Mesoproterozoic orogens (co-organized)
|Co-Conveners: Giulio Viola , Nick Roberts
SM1.3/ESSI2.13/GD8.6/GMPV44/TS9.11Integrated Research Infrastructures and Services to users: supporting excellence in a science for society (co-organized)
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GMPV45Geochemistry-mineralogy-petrology-volcanology open session
|Convener: Nicholas T. Arndt
SSS2.4Novel sorbent materials for environmental remediation
|Convener: Ioannis Manariotis | Co-Conveners: David Werner , Hrissi K. Karapanagioti
SSS1.6Clay minerals and iron oxides
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SSS1.2Element cycling and ecological functions of paddy and wetland soils
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BG1.3Long-term research infrastructures in biogeochemistry
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GD1.0Open Session in Geodynamics (POSTER only)
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IG3/HS12.4Isotope Techniques for Understanding Elemental Cycling in Catchments: Clues from temporal Dynamics and Spatial Resolution
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GI1.4/SSS6.11From Chernobyl to Fukushima: Development of the Geoscientists' Knowledgebase
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ML15Augustus Love Medal Lecture by Michael Gurnis
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ML17Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal Lecture by Catherine A. McCammon
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A Place To Be Free
In The Swim
Kicking Up A Storm
High Country
Above are the ones sold from ABA. As you can see there is quite a variation in genre and subject matter. I'd recommend the site to anyone (British) who wants to sell their art on line.


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Earthquakes, Monterey County, California, 1931-2001
- Author(s)
- Monterey County (Calif.)
- Description
- This point shapefile contains information about earthquakes in Monterey County, California, occuring from 1931 to 2001. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data for Monterey County in California.This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.
- Publisher
- Monterey County (Calif.)
- Place(s)
- Monterey County (Calif.)
- Subject(s)
- Earthquakes and Geoscientific Information
- Year
- 1931-2001
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You could have had a tough time in the 90's if you were an independent software developer for Nokia or Ericsson smart phones.
Little was known about creating applications for GEOS and EPOC (latterly Symbian) and then to make any decent sales the company had to be in the application book that came with the handset.
Nokia tried to expand this with their various partner programmes but the resulting directories unfortunately had little impact despite their best efforts.
Handango stepped into the breach with a market place for small software vendors that at least tries to give vendors an easy to use shop front.
Unfortunately users have to consciously make the effort to search for an application, or rely on word of mouth, leaving many innovative developers without a market.
Then along came the iPhone App store. With many millions of applications sold over the last two months, Apple has single handed redefined how a mobile interface can engage users to buy applications. A swipe and a touch Is all that is needed to find the latest next best thing.
Application snacking is the new game in town. Consumers no longer have to consciously use their PC's or dig deep into their smart phone menus.
Stumbling over software written by new developers has established a new democracy in the market where innovation is lauded.
Apple unquestionably wipes away Nokia's and Microsoft's on device efforts, and now they and Google are running scared.
Caught off guard by Apple's app store success, Google and Microsoft have to think fast about their response.
Android Market, an "open content distribution system" is Google's answer. From the screenshots it appears to be an almost direct copy of Apple's App Store; though by calling it a market Android are claiming their service to be more open, which could mean either a wider range of content or buggier and inappropriate. Eventual users will have to wait and see.
Microsoft has been far slower off the mark having recently advertised for a Skymarket product manager, Microsoft's Store/Market competitor. Perhaps they should change the name to App Mall.
Whatever their intention Microsoft have at least got a mass of programs that theoretically could be added into their shop. Though if Windows Mobile 7 is anything like the upgrade from XP to Vista there could be a lot of broken apps being downloaded in the first few months.
Then what of Nokia? They will be working on their own variant, which will no doubt be part of Ovi. I assume that when an S60 Touch handset is launched that will be the time Nokia announces their new shop front. Though Nokia may delay any launch until after they have absorbed Symbian.
The group that has been left in the lurch are the operators. Having dismissed and belittled software developers for years, they are now seeing a large potential revenue source disappearing into other peoples pockets. What a shame!


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30 Nov 1896 Woodland
3 Dec 1896 Woodland
dau of John William and Matilda Ellen (Lefler) Potts
Other babies buried here:
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Potts, Unnamed female
17 Jul 1894 Woodland
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When hunting tigers, one needs help from a blood brother. Part of our Compadre Series, the Carnales Cruiser features artwork by Dan Christofferson and 60mm Cherry Bombs wheels featuring the same purple as all the soles of Zuriick casual shoes. At 32.375" long with a 14.375" wheelbase, the Carnales is our biggest cruiser that rides like a large skateboard. 7 ply of top quality Canadian maple with one micro ply of exotic wood on the base make this cruiser ride as good as it looks. You and the Carnales will become inseparable as you carve through the streets on matte black Century C60 Trucks with 90a bushings. Hit the streets with your blood brothers on the Carnales walnut cruiser.
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LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 433 - 15 STREET SOUTH LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA T1J 2Z5 PHONE: (403) 380-5301 FAX: (403) 327-4387 www.lethsd.ab.ca
February 24, 2016
To: Lethbridge School District No. 51 Staff and Parents/Guardians of Students
The Lethbridge School District No. 51 Board of Trustees approved first reading of Policy 502.2 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression at the February 23 Board meeting and would like to take the opportunity to share points of consideration and clarify requirements according to legislation as well as recommendations as outlined in the provincial document Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments that Respect Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expressions.
Prior to first reading of Policy 502.2, the Board gave final reading to policy 502.1 Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe Learning Environments including a new Student Code of Conduct in December 2015. Together, these two policies meet the new legislative requirements of Bill 10 and the School Act, as well as the Education Minister Eggen's request for submission of policies to the province. The Welcoming. Caring, Respectful and Safe Learning Environments policy is an umbrella policy that expresses commitment to the right of all students to be in schools that promote equity of opportunity, dignity, and respect. The needs of students are always our top priority when making decisions and drafting policy, and the Board believes both policies represent our commitment to ensuring school is a safe place for all students and that all students have rights of equality of opportunity, dignity, and respect protected.
The Board collected feedback to draft policy 502.2 including: a parent session held Jan. 19, an online feedback form, emailed feedback, input from the District Policy Advisory Committee that includes representation from District School Council, ATA, CUPE, and the Board, as well as advice from Alberta School Board Association legal counsel. The Board gave the breadth of feedback careful consideration and made seven changes to the draft policy. These changes are outlined in more detail on our website www.lethsd.ab.ca. The draft policy in its first reading form is on the website as well as a description of considerations from the feedback. The Board has provided for further feedback through the website and will once again, carefully review and consider feedback from parents, staff, students, and the public.
The Board acknowledges and gave careful consideration to the request of some community members to not have a stand-alone policy addressing sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression and embed elements required in this policy in an umbrella welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environment policy. The Board made the decision to keep both the umbrella Welcoming, Caring, Respectful and Safe policy and the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression policy in keeping with our belief that decisions must be in the best interest of all students. One of the goals of both policies is to ensure that we create school communities where all members of the community are protected from discrimination. It is not a new practice to provide support to a certain section of the student population if it is determined that they are likely to face discrimination. It is our belief that Policy 502.2 does not jeopardize the rights and safety of all students and does support an identified at-risk population. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mich Forster Jan Foster Keith Fowler Lola Major Donna Hunt Tyler Demers Don Lacey
Statistics indicate that students who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or two-spirited (LGBTQ2) are at a significantly higher risk of being the victim of bullying and abuse and as a result are 3 to 4 times as likely to encounter mental health issues including depression, an increased suicide rate, and homelessness. It is clear there is a distinct need for support within this group and Lethbridge School District No. 51 policy will ensure that all students are treated equally, made to feel safe and welcomed, and that their needs are respected and supported. There has been significant concern expressed about the points in the guidelines that seem to indicate to some that students will be allowed to decide on a whim that they wish to use the opposite gendered change/washrooms. This is not how the Board interprets these guidelines and does not accurately reflect the challenges facing transgender students. Common sense and respect for privacy and dignity has been practiced prior to the guidelines and will continue to prevail when addressing situations in which accommodations are required.
The Board acknowledged some expressed objection to the regulation in Policy 502.2 stating that students have their "confidentiality protected" but kept it in the draft in keeping with FOIP legislation and practice that has been the case for years in schools. Teachers and counsellors have always, and will continue to, work with students' support networks, including the family.
The draft policy has received first reading, but feedback still needs to be gathered prior to the second and third reading of the policy. At the February 23 Board meeting, a petition was presented to the Board calling for a public meeting "to consider this policy and to form a committee with four elected representatives, chosen at that public meeting and two School Board appointees." This petition is in keeping with Section 269 of the School Act. A meeting date will be established and communicated within 21 days and comply with the requirement that the date fall within 90 days of the petition. The role of the committee that is elected at the meeting will be to formulate recommendations to the Board regarding the policy.
The Board is very aware of the complexities that surround these policies and will gather feedback from the public meeting committee as well as the online feedback form. We look forward to continuing to support and respect the perspective of each and every member of our diverse school communities.
Mich Forster
Board Chair
Lethbridge School District No. 51


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Twitch/YouTube Streams + Highlights from the past couple weeks (Oct. 28 - Nov. 4th)/
Been extremely busy lately so I'm late to post these. Also have been having many technical issues but I've just upgraded my equipment so that should change soon! Also, because of quality and content, I've decided not to archive a lot of the streams I've done these past couple of weeks. Here's the one's I've kept. Enjoy!


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I now have a record of 3 viewers. Not that I am bragging.
I have mixed feelings about regular updates. On one hand, it makes me seem more organized and on top of things, even though I am obviously not. On the other hand, I feel like I would freak out from the pressure of having to think of something funny/interesting on a regular basis, instead of having random bursts of either genius or insanity. Or pms.
So, 3 readers that I actually know personally and pressured into reading this, what do you think? Comment, or I will be sad.


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1. Drink beer while waiting for my trade to TP. It was a sudden picture I've seen while I am working at my station, executing an fx request then as I checked the graph of XAU/USD on the other tab of my window there I grabbed my mountain dew drink contained in its long neck bottle. Thus I was able to imagine things to happen when I'm not working anymore and probably just having a good time while the money is working for me. Yay!
2. Refreshed. Go out early in the morning for a walk with my sneakers on as I take a detour through the park near my area while sipping my coffee as I return home.
3. Drive. I think I have nothing to be afraid of by that time and age so I'll have my car for grocery or as we (yes, with my hubby) visit our kids (yes they're now some place working) on holidays for a get together or to work on some errands. And that would be close enough to 2015 Hyundai Tucson!
4. Blog. I still wish to share my stories here. I hope this won't get outdated before I leave you my ashes, Earth.
5. Make LOVE. Oh yeah!!! Love is always something to celebrate! I wish for a marriage that is not troubled by disloyalty. I claim to work on a marriage with love and friendship as its foundation that no man alive can ever break!!! And that the only reason it may lead to disaster is because of our tempers. Just that!!!
But that won't happen to us, and we got no doubt. Too deep in love, and we got no way out. We start and end as one. In love forever... We can ride it together, uh huh~ Makin' love with each other, uh huh. (Credit goes to kenny-rogers-islands-in-the-stream uh huh!)
6. Build a community. I don't know yet for what exact reason why I want this to be realized but I think I am able and prepared by then to share my blessings and to lead by example. I'm pretty sure it will be about business affairs where it's too hard to trust someone with finances but I would like to come up with people who are humble enough to build friendship among business partners and potential connections. This will aim to promote good and effective business discipline so as to encourage young entrepreneurs to always never give up too easily on their dreams to succeed. Because there will always be people behind their backs or on their side guiding them how. And I just thought of the answer to my confusion in the beginning of this hopeful attempt. To that I think I can make it happen!
7. Cook. I get the realization that whenever I prepare food even that is for myself I always feel like my appetite is going down or completely gone. So to make it worthwhile, I might as well cook for my family and diet at the same time. But I can only wish that by 50 I already came along way on my cooking skills.
8. Travel. This can't be ignored unless there is an asset to be procured or still need to be paid. I wish to go back to Bangkok or Myeongdong to enjoy shopping with my kids and friends and have some cozy time just like the old days with my backpack on during my 20s'.
9. Sunday is reserved. This should definitely be a non-conditional habit on Sundays that I wish my kids will adapt as well just like how my grandparents and my parents made us realize that no matter how distant you maybe from your family, you should always find a place where there is God because that's the best way to honor Him and your parents'.
10. Profitable business. I'm thinking of an hostel for backpackers where I will be offering "sulit" and pinoy style accommodation to foreigners and local tourists. It has two floors with a cute house at the roof top (I'm ok living there!), the common area will be in the ground floor's backyard with hammocks tied on the opposite corners of the open "bahay kubo" where the big flat screen tv is located.There'll be two big trees shading the rocking chairs and benches. The dirty Kitchen where they can cook their own meals is located as well in the kubo and the one that is clean has the same amenities only that it doesn't have a chimney to direct the smoke of the grilling meat. The room has its own CR and AC. On the 1st floor of the bldg is the information area where there you'll find the coolest CEO (that's me!) looking at the two monitors, one with the xau/usd chart and the other has the guesthouse's home page opened as I answer FAQs by potential guests. Aside from the business itself, I also buy and sell USD, KRW and SGD to Peso so foreigners can save time going to banks or some money exchange stalls outside.The concept of the bldg will be artsy and homey that they just want to extend their stay because of the mark that they can leave soon as they checked out, they can post notes or have their palm marked on the vandal walls of the reception area. Plus, Geum Jan Di or Korean style bikes are available for rent for those who wants to stroll the city anytime of the day. Up top of the bldg is where the guests can feel the breeze as they lay on to the hammocks and on the elevated ground made out of wood, ideal for siesta! Omo! I can already picture myself planning for it!!! Waaaaaaaaaahhh!!! I just made plans for my future, baby!
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Hi there and welcome to Ado's Blog. I am obsessed with nostalgia, especially 1960s & 1970s nostalgia and I enjoy nothing more than reflecting on days and times that have sadly long since gone! So join me, as I take a nostalgic gander down Memory Lane and celebrate all things past and occasional present, both good and bad! (All images used that are copyrighted are copyrighted to their respective publishers and are only used here for review purposes.)
Sunday, 25 March 2012
When Life Was One Big Drag! (More Cigarettes - 1976)
Back to 1976 and long before the advertising of cigarettes became illegal. More cigarettes looked more like liquorice sticks than cigarettes. I remember the Menthol cigarettes because I used to smoke them, before I gave up the ghost!
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We're dipping our toes into home theatre PC cases again, starting with SilverStone's GD09
We talk to Martin Gossner - CEO of California-based Steiger Dynamics about its high-end HTPCs
We take a look at super-premium HTPC manufacturer Steiger Dynamics' LEET PCs
With HD channels now commonplace on free-to-air services, we check our Hauppauge's DVB-S2
Andy decided that forking out tens of thousands for an expensive 'Kaleidoscape' server was simply crackers. So, like any good modder, he built one himself, for less. In this article, he guides us through how you can make your own: from hardware to software.
We revisit the Linux version of HTPC app Boxee with the help of Zotac's latest Ion-F motherboard and Nvidia's GPU video acceleration to see if this is the future low power, truly silent HTPC solution.
All too often we take for granted how long it takes to make something very personal. Mike Krysztofiak forges his acrylic cube over two years as he manually cuts, sands, drills his masterpiece of LEDs, watercooling and classic style.
Asus' Rampage II Gene is small, looks great and boasts top notch overclocking meaning micro-ATX can at last be sexy. Sleepstreamer takes us through his Rampage scratch build that melds acrylic, aluminium and a tasty black and red design.
Old fashioned applicances are rarely considered in modern design but Jeffrey Stephenson's Project: Ingraham is testament to the fact that they go great with modding! Jeffrey explains how it's done.
Steampunk Frankenstein by Dana Mattocks is a water-cooled, eight foot giant of a PC featuring countless antique components scrounged and fitted together in a way only a true modder knows how! The result is an insane mass of brass fittings, cogs and wheels with eerie lighting that looks incredible.
What do you get when you combine a fully featured digital TV recorder, NAS and digital video player with enough outputs to make AV enthusiasts swoon? The AC Ryan Playon! DVR TV that's what! We take a look to see if this jack of all trades device deserves a place beside your TV.
Silverstone's sturdy little Sugo SG04-H is in fact the next instalment to the company's line of portable micro ATX cases. Build quality and portability are both strong points for the SG04 but as ever certain compromises have to make when going small form factor.
Rounding off our short mini-ITX season, we take a look at Intel's tiny G45 based motherboard to deconstruct its build, layout and performance - does Intel's own beat third part manufacturers and is the G45 chipset up to the HTPC task? Read on to find out.
Could this mini-ITX GeForce 9300 Zotac board with integrated HDMI and WiFi possibly be the greatest home theatre board ever created? We drop in an inexpensive Intel E5200 CPU, bolt on a Blu-ray drive and check out this £120 mini marvel.
COMPUTEX 08: Relatively unknown motherboard manufacturer, J&W, has its 780G mini-ITX board with breakout box and other cool features.
Intel's last integrated graphics chipset, G45, is shaping up to be pretty good according to sources inside Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers.
AMD has launched its new 780G integrated graphics chipset today which sees the beginning of a revolution. We take a closer look to see if it's any better than the already awesome AMD 690G.
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- How long have you been blogging? Since Oktober 2008
- Why did you start blogging? In the beginning I wanted to show the creations I did for my store 'LoonAtic Wear' .... but as I didn't want it to be a pure 'Shop-Blog', I added pics and thoughts from/about my daily SL-Life and my mood in general ...
- How many times a week do you post an entry? It depends ... there have been times when I did several posts a week ... at the moment I hardly do one post ... tho I want to post more again, if my RL releases me now and then ;-)
- How many different blogs do you read on a regular basis? There are maybe 10 blogs I really read ... and maybe 20 other blogs that I look at least at the pics ;-) ... I use Google Reader and I'm already afraid of the time when it closes down in July ... I haven't found a satisfying replacement yet ...
- Do you comment on other people's blogs? I often comment in my head, but then I'm sometimes too shy to really write the comment. So I usually comment only on blogs of friends.
- Do you keep track of how many visitors you have? I use statcounter, but as I don't look at it as often as I used to (it's too depressing to see several days with a ZERO in a row, lol).
- Did you ever regret a post that you wrote? Well ... to be honest ... I once wrote a post when I was very sad and hurt by something that happened in my SL-Life ... but after a few hours I edited the post to be less personal ... cause it's no use in hurting someone, just because you've been hurt yourself.
- Do you think your readers have a true sense of who you are based on your blog? I don't try to be someone else than I am (apart from the fact that Mayala-me is a pixel character) ... and as I write about my RL sometimes, a reader can get a slight idea of who I am.
- Do you blog under your real name? Nope, I blog as Mayala/LoonAtic/Loony ... tho I think I might have mentioned my real first name now and then (at least in some video-clips) ... *grins*
- Are there topics that you would never blog about? I usually don't blog about other people (SL/RL) without their permission. I don't blog heavy/too serious stuff ... and I don't blog about fashion ;-p
- What is the theme/topic of your blog? ... well ... I guess I do not really have a theme, it's more a bit of a mess ... I like to post pics I do for challenges like the Colour Challenge, Single Frame Stories, these memes or stuff I see in SL (tho somehow my time gets less there) ... I love to post my silly machinimas (btw. watch out ... another mad machinima coming soon with a mad hellish race ... *grins* ... ) pictures I do with my RL camera and of course I love to post clips from the concerts I've been too in RL like this clip from last weekend, when my absolute favs, the french PunkRock-Band TOXIC WASTE came over for a visit during their tour (I just LOVE them)
- Do you have more than one blog? If so, why? I actually have 2 more blogs, but both totally neglected ... my pure shop-blog LoonAtic Wear Pure (but my shop is on hiatus ... and so is that blog) and my RL Photo Blog LoonYpix (I have tons of pics for it, but I'm too lazy to upload them)
- What have you found to be the benefits of blogging? I use the blog as a kind of scrap-book ... and love to look at old blog-entries now and then ;-)
- So, why do you continue to blog? It's fun ... and I like to share pics and clips and nonsense with people I don't even know (well and of course with friends too ;-p ... )
Monday, April 22, 2013
Why ... damn it, WHY ... do I BLOG ?!?
3 comments:
- Rudhmellowen said...
I like that you share random stuff with us too... I cant wait to see the new epic Mayala movie, and really I love that your blog is a mixture of all kinds of things! It always makes me smile
- April 23, 2013 at 7:37 AM
- Strawberry Singh said...
I comment in my head often too, lol, I'm trying to actually get the comment out of my head and leave it on the people's blog post more often now though. Thanks for participating!
- April 27, 2013 at 9:09 PM
- Warback said...
Hello, thank you your blog and your sharing, I want to know what equipment you used to record the toxic waste, I find the sound exellent!
Like that I know what to take to their next concert!
And if you could email me or give me a link to your live of toxic waste, I guess you filmed the whole concert because you did a mix on youtube.
Especially if you have ghost!
Thank you so much! A + +
My email: jeandaniel.chomont @ gmail.com
- May 17, 2013 at 10:12 AM


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Match Centre
Full timeWatch Replay
Full Time: The Pies kicked just the 1 goal in the final term but that didn't matter, they set the match up in the first quarter & have run out 62 point winners.
With just over a minute remaining the Eagles are staring at breaking their record for their lowest ever score at the MCG (their previous lowest was 45).
BEHIND EAGLESHill lines up 30 out on a tight angle, the kick looks good but it fades away to the left for a minor score.
Pendlebury & Swan have also been dynamic, they have had 66 disposals between them.
Thomas continues to find plenty of the ball, he has had 35 disposalsa career high- and 7 inside 50s.
GOAL EAGLESMasten takes the grab out in front & he lines up from just inside 50 directly in front & he sends the ball sailing over the goal umpire's head for West Coast's 5th goal.
Selwood with the long kick to the top of the goal square however Shaw is in the best position & takes the grab.
Kennedy lines up 50 out on a 45 degree angle, he unloads with his trademark run up, however his kick goes across the face & falls short with the Pies clearing.
GOAL PIESSeedsman with the inside 50 & Swan takes the uncontested mark, he spots Didak unmanned & goes over the top to him & Didak waltzes into the open goal!
Shaw sends the Pies to half forward but the kick is cut off by Lycett across half back, he kicks the ball into the man on the mark but recovers & sends the Eagles forward.
BEHIND EAGLESWellingham unloads from 45 on a slight angle however his kick is just offline as he narrowly misses to the right.
The Pies lead by 65 points and they have taken their foot off the peddle this quarter.
GOAL EAGLESDalziell picks up the loose ball, off just a few steps he unloads from 47 on a tight angle & it's a beautiful kick off the boot & the umpire does not move as he signals the goal!
O'Brien dodges the tackle & unloads with a long bomb from 50 but his kick misses everything & it goes out on the full.
BEHIND PIESKennedy is 30 out with the high snap from around his body, the kick looks good but it skims the post.
We are underway in the final term & the Eagles win the ball out of the middle, having kick just 3 goals they'll be hoping for a little more in this term, but it's hard to see the Pies allowing that.
3/4 time: West Coast were kept goalless that quarter & the Pies have extended their lead to 70 points.
West Coast run it forward & Cox has it just outside 50 but the siren beats him.
The Pies are under pressure inside 50, it looks like they'll still get out of it as Pendlebury attempts the snap but the kick is cut off by Shepherd & the Eagles are away.
West Coast are unable to get anything going, they are second to every contest & have not been penalising the Pies when they turn the ball over.
West Coast have had 30 inside 50s for just the 3 goals. Collingwood have had 45 inside 50s for 14 goals.
BEHIND PIESGlass is pinged for deliberate out of bounds, Didak takes the free 15 out from the boundary, he plays on & tries to improve the angle but he misses to the near side.
BEHIND EAGLESCox lines up 48 out pretty much straight in front, he unloads but he starts the kick right & it's coming back, but in the end curls back too much & misses to the left.
BEHIND PIESSwan blazes away but his kick is away to the right.
GOAL PIESPendlebury with the quick handball out to the running Kennedy, he accelerates as he runs to 45, unloads & gets his first of the evening.
Swan lines up 40 out on a 45 degree angle, he unloads but the kick goes from left to right & goes out on the full.
The Pies lead by 63 points as they continue to march away.
GOAL PIESCloke with the inside 50 & he pinpoints Reid on the lead, he lines up just 30 out on a slight angle & he makes no mistake of it as he splits the middle for his 4th!
GOAL PIESDwyer has the ball on the run just 15 out, he handballs over the top to Cloke in the goal square who goes BANG for his 3rd of the evening.
BEHIND EAGLESHill lines up 45 out just inside the boundary, he unloads & the kick looks good but he narrowly misses to the near side!
SUB EAGLESWest Coast have also been forced to make their substitute, Darling has come off with an injury to his right leg, Dalziell has replaced him.
Cloke on the lead takes the grab, he lines up 50 out on the boundary, he unloads but his kick falls short & Cox takes the uncontested mark deep in defence.
SUB PIESCollingwood have activated their sub with Didak replacing Ball. Ball has not emerged from the changerooms since half-time but there has been no confirmation of any injury.
The long ball comes inside 50 looking for Cloke, he is outnumbered but Swan keeps it alive, he keeps it in close to the boundary line but Rosa eventually takes possession.
We are underway in the third quarter, the Pies lead by 52 pointscan the Eagles salvage something in this second half?
HalfTime: Collingwood continue to control the match- Thomas, Swan, Ball & Pendlebury have found plenty of the ball setting it up for their forwards. They lead by 52 points.
BEHIND EAGLESKennedy with the hurried snap from the forward pocket however his kick misses to the near side.
GOAL PIESIt's far too easy for the Pies as Swan slots through his 2nd for the evening!
BEHIND PIESThomas picks up the loose ball, he has a hurried snap but his kick is high & it misses to the right for a minor score.
Collingwood lead by 46 points and the Eagles are really struggling to work the ball inside 50.
BEHIND PIESThomas with the snap from around his body but the kick is touched in the goal square & through for a rushed behind.
Ball, Swan & Josh Thomas have been pivotal for the Pies tonight. Ball has had 16 disposals, Swan 14 & Thomas a whopping 19.
BEHIND PIESCollingwood win the ball out of the middle & work it forward, Grundy unloads with a driving kick from 50 but his kick is offline.
GOAL PIESCloke receives a free for in the back & 50m penalty after MacKenzie asks are you serious, Cloke lines up from the goal square & goes BANG for his 2nd of the night!
BEHIND PIESCloke is too strong for MacKenzie as he takes the grab, he lines up 20 out hugging the boundary, he starts the kick right & it's coming back, but not enough!
BEHIND PIESBall unloads from 51, the kick falls short but Grundy takes the grab from behind, he lines up just 10m out on a tight angle but his kick goes across the face.
GOAL EAGLESDarling has the ball 55 out on the boundary, he unloads with a LONG DRIVING kick & it is a beautiful kick as he gets the distance & the accuracy!
Hill lines up this time from the right forward pocket, he unloads but his kick falls short & Kennedy flies but can't complete the grab & the Pies clear from deep in defence.
Hill lines up this time from the right forward pocket, he unloads but his kick falls short & Kennedy flies but can't complete the grab & the Pies clear from deep in defence.
BEHIND EAGLESHill lines up from deep in the forward pocket, he unloads but his kick goes across the face for a minor score.
Kennedy looks to send the ball inside 50 but the ball is smothered by Glass, Glass is being held by Kennedy & Glass receives the free.
GOAL PIESReid receives a free for holding right in front of goal, he lines up 15 out directly in front & threads it through!
We are underway in the second quarter, Cox gets first use of the ball but the Eagles can't work the ball past half forward.
1/4 time: It was all Collingwood that quarter, they controlled the play through the middle limiting West Coast's opportunities & made the most of their opportunities. They lead by 37 points.
GOAL EAGLESMasten takes the mark & receives a 50m penalty after receiving a knock, he lines up 40 out directly in front & West Coast register their 2nd goal!
BEHIND PIESThomas unloads on the run from just inside 50, however his kick fades away to the right for a minor score.
GOAL PIESCloke takes the mark out in front, he receives a 50m penalty for the slightest of bumps after taking the mark, he lines up from the goal square & goes BANG!
The Pies work the ball inside 50 & Cloke goes one on one with MacKenzie in the goal square & Cloke gives away the free for holding.
GOAL PIESSwan runs inside 50, he doesn't have possession of the ball but he taps the ball to his advantage & takes possession, he hurriedly has a shot from 40 & drills it!
BEHIND PIESO'Brien with quick hands out to Reid, he attempts the snaps from around his body but his kick misses to the near side.
Kennedy with the long kick to half forward in a bid to send the Eagles inside 50 however the kick is cut off by Shaw across half back.
The Pies lead by 29 points & they are moving the ball far too quickly for the Eagles at the moment. West Coast are struggling to get to the ball first.
GOAL PIESSidebottom with the short kick inside 50 & Lynch takes the mark on the lead, he lines up 50 out on a 45 degree angle & he splits the middle perfectly!
GOAL EAGLESLycett takes the strong overhead grab as he outmuscles Seedsman, he lines up 25 out pretty much straight in front & gets a much needed goal for the Eagles.
BEHIND PIESCollingwood quickly work the ball out of defence & O'Brien has it just outside 50, he unloads & the ball is bouncing goal-ward but it is offline & through for a behind.
BEHIND EAGLESIt's a long kick to the top of the goal square but no one can complete the grab & it is rushed through for a behind.
GOAL PIESSidebottom takes the grab 20 out on the boundary, he spots Thomas unmanned & he centers the ball to him, Thomas lines up 20 out & threads through the Pies' 5th!
GOAL PIESThe score review is complete & a goal has been awarded to Reid, the Pies lead by 23 points!
GOAL REVIEWReid in the goal square on full stretch attempts the soccer off the ground, it goes through but was it touched by Brown before it crossed the line?
The Pies are off to a flying start & lead by 17 points in the very early stages.
GOAL PIESReid receives a free down field for being held, he lines up just 30 out on a slight angle & makes no mistake of it.
GOAL PIESSeedsman on the run & he unloads from 55 out, it's a bouncing ball in the goal square, which way will it go... It bounces on the right side of the goal post & through for a goal.
Darling with the inside 50 however the kick goes straight to Keefe & the Pies are away.
GOAL PIESThe quick handball comes out to Lynch, he has a hurried right foot snap & against his former team splits the middle!
BEHIND EAGLESKennedy takes the grab deep in the forward pocket, he plays on to improve the angle but his kick misses to the near side.
The siren sounds, the umpire goes BANG & Priddis receives the free for holding the ball.
Welcome to the MCG where the in form Collingwood host West Coast. Collingwood have been forced to make a late change with Beams being replaced by Seedsman.
August 23, 2013 10:16 PM