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Vasquez Ties Football's Development to Militaryby Gabe Watson '13 • November 12, 2010 Share:
In honor of Veterans' Day, the Carnegie Museum welcomed Dr. Paul Vasquez, assistant professor of political science at Wabash College and U.S. Army veteran. In this first lecture ever held in the Museum, Vasquez gave his talk "Field Generals and Trench Warfare: The Relationship between College Football and the American Military."
Surrounded by appropriate Wabash football artifacts from the early 1900s, Vasquez explained not only the ideological connections between football and the military, but how they helped physically shape each other.
Expanding after its inception at a game between Princeton and Rutgers in 1869, collegiate football remained most popular at universities like Harvard, Notre Dame, Wabash, and DePauw. Football was considered a high-level gentleman's game. In fact, what became the Big Ten Conference was started in 1896 to restrict the eligibility of amateur players from lower institutions.
But the sport took off as a result of the draft for World War I. Recruits of all ages began playing the sport in military camps, and its popularity soon exploded. Before long military bases like West Point began altering their entrance requirements to allow heavier men who could be more competitive on the football field during their training.
With growing competition came strong rivalries. The Army vs. Navy game was even banned for a time after threats of a duel between two players stopped a game. But football continued to grow in popularity, and the positive aspects were considered to override any intra-militaristic rivalry.
During World War II conscription continued to move collegiate athletes away from their universities of choice and towards military bases that in turn produced outstanding football teams. Experimentation with the game even occurred, once even resulting in a disorderly and short-lived game called combat football with sixty players on the field at a time.
Interestingly, radio broadcasts helped football flourish. While the prestigious private universities charged radio broadcasters for the rights to broadcast their football games, military games were considered public and were free to broadcast. The added publicity developed football as a common man's sport, bringing it to homes around the country every weekend.
Vasquez even recalled recalled playing on his military base during his training for Vietnam. "Football reached its apex during war years," he explained. Of course football and military forces shared a need for teamwork, communication, physical fitness, and team cohesion, but even more synthesis occurred between them.
Military football programs at institutions across America promoted a war mentality on the sport that remains today. Collegiate football coaches have rarely been known to tell their teams to enjoy playing the game, but rather that there is no substitute for a victory. Vasquez argued that such intensity can be traced back to the militaristic atmosphere in which football developed.
While these direct connections between collegiate football and the military have somewhat faded in the absence of recent military drafts, modernity still maintains their relationship. As Vasquez pointed out, a recent television advertisement for the Army depicts a young man in football pads talking to his father about the military.
Vasquez revealed that beyond the obvious combative elements of football, it is a game with deep roots in the American military. Great Britain experienced similar development with its rugby teams during WWII. But truly American football is a sport unique to the American people and our military that shaped it.


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Skechers Shape-ups: Why the FTC called company's studies deceiving
(CBS News) Skechers USA, Inc. is finding itself in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the government agency determined that claims about the company's "toning shoes" were false.
You may have seen the advertisements in question for Skechers' "toning shoes," which include Shape-ups, Resistance Runner, Toners and Tone-ups, and claim added health benefits. The curved shape of the sole supposedly made the wearer exert extra physical effort, which in turn toned muscles, improved posture and led to weight loss.
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Despite his status as the head of the often behind-the-times Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican sure are modern in the embrace of social media. The Pontiff joined Twitter only recently and has already started a social media "feud" with Bieber, who, btw, has millions more followers. But that doesn't impress the Catholics.
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A pivotal moment in the World Bank's history
These Spring Meetings will probably be remembered for the capital increase – the first in 20 years – and the historic changes to the voice and representation of developing countries within the Bank. They are important milestones, and deserve to be recognized. But something much more profound is happening within the Bank, something that historians will look back on and regard as a pivotal moment in the organization's evolution.
The key to understanding what is underway is Mr. Zoellick's speech to the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 14. This was probably the most important speech by a Bank president since McNamara's Nairobi speech of 1973 – even more important, I would argue, than Mr. Wolfensohn's 1996 speech on corruption. For the first time in many years, the Bank is at the leading edge of thinking about global trends. Mr. Zoellick's blunt declaration that the era of the Third World is over and a new, more complex arrangement is emerging, challenges everyone at the Bank and everyone working in development to think and act differently. It sets in context why the reforms underway across many areas of the Bank are really necessary, why we need a new approach to investment lending, to knowledge, to our location and operation as a global bank.
The end of the Third World does not mean that there are no poor countries, or that all countries are equally advantaged. It means the landscape has changed so much that our thinking and behavior must shift. To think of China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Malaysia as developing countries seems anachronistic. Yes they have poverty and challenges, but… "developing"? They play a regional and global role of real significance. They have civil servants, academics and businesspeople as skilled as (and many more skilled than) World Bank staff. Developing just doesn't capture it.


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1. Shoulder to Shoulder Math Equations
Anyone who claims tattoos are for idiots should take up their issues with Joe, a molecular biophysicist/biochemist. While there are plenty of math tattoos out there, this one is special thanks to the sheer quantity of space given up in prime tattoo real estate. In case you were wondering, the first line is the Born Oppenheimer Approximation, the second is the same equation in the form of a 3-Dimensional Schrödinger Equation, and the final line is the solution in the form of a Schrödinger Equation.
2. Blue Screen of Death
Yes, this particular blue screen text, from a Windows 98 OS, may already be outdated, but Paul, the tattooee, wanted to reflect how fleeting technology can be in our modern lives. And with that in mind, the tattoo is perfect.
3. Pandora's Viruses
It's not just that this tattoo incorporates Greek mythology or pathogens, it's that it has managed to seamlessly blend the two in such an utterly perfect manner. In case you were wondering who would get a tattoo covered in viruses, the bearer is an immunologist.
4. Cthulhu Monopoly
It's one thing to get a tattoo of your favorite board game or even your favorite Lovecraftian monster, but when you combine the two into an utterly adorable mash up, that's when you deserve a place on a geeky tattoos list.
5. Hitchhiker's Guide: Don't Panic
There are plenty of Hitchhiker's Guide tattoos, but I have yet to see one as perfectly humorous and complexly obscure to those who haven't read the series.
6. Horseshoe Crab Biology Diagram
While any biology diagram tattoo would be pretty dorky, Lauren, a biology grad student, managed to secure her place on this list with an equally geeky explanation for choosing the subject: "Perhaps the most magnificent living fossil of all, the horseshoe crab is the survivor of a lineage that extends back some 445 million years into the Ordovician."
7. Cyborg Lincoln
What could be geekier than showing your love for one of America's greatest historical figures with a tattoo? Mixing that image with a touch of science fiction by making him a cyborg to create your own Abeborgham creation.
8. 8″ Ruler
Not many tattoos are as functional as this 8" ruler on Flickr user Mikeysklar. Of course, if he added a metric measurement to the ruler, it would not only double his measuring efficiency, but it would also provide him with a rather useful metric to English conversion table in the process.
9. QR Code
Barcodes are so 2001. These days, it's all about QR codes, and unsurprisingly, tattoos are following in the same direction. This particular code, as seen on Jully Nascimento of Brazil, reads "hold on" when scanned, a reference to a Good Charlotte song that was particularly meaningful to the wearer's youth.
10. Hello Kitty Meets Boba Fett
It was actually hard to find a Star Wars tattoo that deserved to make this list—there are so many out there, they've neutralized the geek level of each individual piece. Fortunately, when you combine a classic Star Wars icon with the queen of cartoon kitties, you certainly cross the line into ultimate geekdom.
11. Ctrl Alt Delete
This computer scientist believes it's always important to remember that when things are screwed up beyond repair, you should always try rebooting. I think that's a lesson many of us can identify with.
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A few years ago, many of our readers shared their own tattoo photos (see the gallery here). Anyone have any new geeky tattoos?
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The Ridges in Summerlin is where you can create the ultimate expression of your achievement, and live the dream you've always imagined.
Spectacularly positioned custom lots await your vision. We don't just break ground here, we ignite the imagination.
This is your statement. This is your moment. This is your Ridge.
Club Ridges is a 9,000-square-foot state-of-the-art fitness facility open exclusively to residents of The Ridges. It includes five lighted tennis courts,
a family-style resort pool, heated lap pool, tennis lounge, locker rooms and steam rooms.
Club Ridges offers residents exclusive access to a variety of activities and sports programs for adults and children. The club's robust staff includes
personal trainers, tennis professionals and instructors for a variety of group exercise and swim classes.
The Ridges village features superbly designed streetscapes and offers captivating views. Premium custom home sites
offer a one-of-a-kind opportunity to build your dream home in this private, guard gated oasis.
Many neighborhoods in The Ridges village feature homes that are perched along exquisitely etched streetscapes
and border the highly acclaimed Jack Nicklaus-designed Bear's Best Golf Course.
Located along the western rim of the Las Vegas valley and just minutes from The Strip, The Ridges village offer a luxurious lifestyle,
including custom home neighborhoods with private views of the valley.
The exclusive guard-gated Ridges community is a private desert sanctuary for residents marked by beautifully designed streetscapes,
rich and colorful landscaping and stunning architecture.
The Ridges natural topography and elevation along the Spring Mountain range affords some of the best views of the Las Vegas valley
and the glittering Las Vegas Strip.
- Other key amenities in The Ridges include beautifully designed parks and trails. Summerlin is home to more than 150 parks and more than 150 miles of trails – more than any other community in Las Vegas.
Neighborhoods in The Ridges include semi-custom homes as well as lots for custom homes. All Ridges residents enjoy the gated village entry
as well as access to the community's resident-only amenities.
The Ridges is home to many of the valley's most spectacular custom homes reflective of the distinct personalities and tastes of their owners.
At the same time, the community's contemporary design standards ensure a consistent style to blend into the spectacular natural environment
while creating a harmonious look throughout.
The Ridges is home to Bear's Best Golf Course, a 7,194-yard, par-72, 18-hole daily-fee course designed by PGA golfer Jack Nicklaus.
Bear's Best features replications of famous and signature holes from Nicklaus designed courses throughout the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- Architectural elegance is evident in every custom home in The Ridges.
The Grand Collection at Sterling Ridge by William Lyon Homes offers three exquisitely designed and customizable floor plans.
Plan One offers a broad variety of luxury options and upgrades and features a second floor layout dedicated to the master suite.
Contact the sales center at 702.522.9310 for more information.
- Located along the southwestern edge of Summerlin adjacent the Spring Mountains, The Ridges features a variety of neighborhoods comprised of beautiful custom and semi-custom homes, arrayed around Jack Nicklaus' Bear's Best golf course that serves as the village centerpiece.
- Falcon Pointe is the largest custom-build opportunity in The Ridges enclave, offering an ultra-exclusive 3.26-acre lot with private entrance and stunning city views and mountainscapes. The lot is bordered by Bear's Best Golf Course and hovers over tranquil waters.


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Hooker Inn Express is a hotel in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, located in Viceport, near Escobar International Airport. The hotel is distinctive by its brown and terraced facade, and features a swimming pool at the back of the building.
The "Hooker Inn Express" name is a parody of Holiday Inn Express (down to the font style), implying itself to be a place where clients and hookers can have sex, if its "executive in a hurry" slogan is any indication. The name may also be a take on the phrase hook her in.
Although the building itself is roughly same in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, it assumes a completely different name, Beachcomber Hotel, and features completely redone textures. Other changes seen on the game's depiction of the hotel include pillars on the central driveway into the building, as well as a more detailed swimming pool compound (complete with an outdoor bar) and pink neon night lighting. In GTA Vice City Stories, the Beachcomber Hotel serves as the location where Phil Cassidy recruits some assistants in "Truck Stop".
- GTA Vice City
- A rocket launcher at the swimming pool.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- A red balloon.
- GTA Vice City
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Here's another great tall drink for a hot, hot day. We enjoyed this one on a day when Hermes smacked up against 92.
This borrows heavily from the Jack classic, Lynchburg Lemonade, but it's a homemade version with no Sprite or sour mix or any of that other crap. (I'm calling this "Philly" because of the style of the whiskey, not because of where it's currently distilled.)
Philly Lemonade
- 2 oz. Rittenhouse bonded rye
- 1 oz. lemon juice (although a lemon-lime mix might be better)
- 1/2 oz. simple syrup
Technique: Shake over ice and strain into a glass. Top with seltzer or club soda and stir gently.


text: And that quote is taken from the famous G & S operetta "The Pirates of Penzance". What breed is gorgeous Gilbert? I'm thinking a well-loved stunningly handsome orangie! That breed! Stealthily tip-toeing away with what looks like someone's lunch ? With Gilbert & Sullivan you have a duet of COTD stars in your home. Congrats! PS I performed in G & S operettas for many years, so this kitty brings back some great memories.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
It's not only Israeli analysts who fear that even the cold peace between their country and Egypt may be in danger as Islamic forces rise in the wake of Egypt's revolution.
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday told the Washington Post that there is a "very strong possibility" that following upcoming elections, Egypt's new rulers will revoke the Camp David Accords.
That is especially true if the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power. The group is contesting over 50 percent of the parliament seats in the next election, and is currently the only major political party active in the country.
Abdullah said that Jordan will soon be "the last man standing" in terms of nations in the region that have friendly relations with Israel.
There are many who disagree with Abdullah's conclusions, and even the Post tried to qualify his statements by noting that so-called experts (presumably the same who failed to see the 'Arab Spring' coming in the first place) find talk of Egypt ending its peace treaty with Israel wildly speculative.
Those experts insist that Egypt wants to maintain its flow of American financial aid and military equipment, and won't do anything to jeopardize that. However, the Muslim Brotherhood and the many Egyptians who back the group have repeatedly stated throughout the revolution that they have no interest in continuing their nation's reliance on American backing, and that they view adherence to their radical Islamic ideals as far more important than Western money.
"The peace between Israel and Egypt is no longer holy," declared Egyptian diplomat and Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi at a recent rally. "It [peace with Israel] cannot be considered equal to the holy Koran."
Al-Arabi was only echoing what the Egyptian public had been saying for months.
The results of a public opinion poll conducted following the fall of dictator Hosni Mubarak found that the majority of Egyptians want to annul their nation's peace treaty with Israel.
Conducted by the Pew Research Center, the survey revealed that 54 percent of Egyptians don't want peace with Israel, and will support a candidate who advocates annulling the Camp David Accords.
That percentage was the same among both secular Egyptians and those affiliated with Islamic organizations.
A newer poll conducted by the parent company of Egypt's Al-Ahram newspaper tried to skew the numbers a bit by giving respondents numerous options regarding what they would like to see happen with the Camp David Accords.
Only 23 percent said they want the peace treaty with Israel to be left as it is. Sixty-two percent said they were intereted in maintaining the peace treaty with Israel, but only if it was amended to enhance the benefits to Egypt. It was that 62 percent that the media latched onto, ignoring the fact that the majority wants to alter the peace treaty in ways that would no doubt be hostile toward and unacceptable to Israel.
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It is a stated goal of this expansion to allow players to spend more talent points on "fun"/optional talents. In a recent blue post Ghostcrawler said "we just want to see more cookie-cutter builds that say things like 'spend the last 5-10 points wherever you want.'" I understand the goal, but I have doubts about possibility of the goal.
What are Optional Talents?
You don't have to look any further then the Moonkin talent tree to realize that Optional Talents do exist. When new moonkin asked for the cookie cutter raiding build they typically get the answer of "use this spec, and spend the last two points how you wish." So we already have some Optional Talents, but what does it really mean that these talents are Optional?
In all the WoW specs I've played every talent falls into one of three categories:
- Mandatory Talents - If you want be the best DPSer or tank or healer then you have to have these talents.
- Situational Talents - These talents are not that useful most of the time but in some fights become very useful. For moonkin, I would consider Gale Winds and Typhoon situational talents.
- Useless Talents - These talents have little or no impact on a players core function, and if it was left untalented the player would not notice any difference. Though it is very useful for Resto Druids, I consider Genesis a useless talent for moonkin.
Theoretically, if Blizzard didn't change our Talent Trees at all, and just gave us 5 more talent points, we would fit into one of Ghostcrawlers definitions of success. We would hand out the same basic cookie cutter spec and say spend the last 7 points as you wish. If I was in this situation I would put a point in Typhoon because it is needed for Saurfang, and 2 points in Gale Winds because there are a couple of fights where AoE is useful. For the final 4 points I would put 3 in Brambles and 1 in Genesis, but they don't really matter because both talents are largely useless as a raider who rarely PvPs.
What options did I really have in this situation? Currently, I use my second spec to pick up Typhoon and/or Gale Winds if either truly necessary for the fight. With the extra "optional" talent points I would just pick up both by default, and the other 4 points I could care less if I spent or not. To me it doesn't feel like I have any options in this scenario.
How Could it Work?
Despite my skepticism I don't think this is an impossible goal. I just think that Blizzard has to think bigger then we are used to. Here are a couple of ideas I've had.
Allow players to fill a secondary role in the same spec. This may be because I have no experience as resto, but I don't feel like I can heal as a moonkin in an emergency. I don't have the proper tools, my heals are weak, and I would go out of mana very quickly.
My thought is if I could place a couple more points in the Resto tree I might be able to become a serviceable (but substandard) healer in an emergency. This could happen by allowing Moonkin to pick up some of the tools like Wild Growth. Another idea would be to have a talent deep in the Balance tree that allows you to heal in Moonkin form for say 30 seconds and increase you're healing in moonkin form by 200%, but has a long cooldown.
Another option may be to have more talents in the Feral tree that allow for more survivability. When ever you need a ranged tank most people think of a Warlock to fill that role. Why couldn't there be some talents in the Feral Tree that allowed Moonkin to fill that role as well?
The big issue with this idea is how it would affect PvP. Extra survivability talents could make moonkin extraordinarily difficult to kill. The extra healing could have a similar impact.
Have more creative minor glyph-like talents. I am having a hard time defining what I mean without stating the obvious. Blizzard needs to create more talents that have value without being purely situational or so powerful that they become mandatory to the players role. For example you don't want to create a talent that makes a tank significantly harder to kill or provides a moonkin with a bunch of DPS. I know this is a difficult needle to thread, and would probably look a lot like minor glyphs.
One thought I had was what if the new talents provided random bonuses that couldn't be counted on but were useful when they procced. For example, there could what if your Rebirth talent had a random chance to put a soulstone like buff on the target when he rezzed. That way if he died again in the next minute or two he could pop back up?
I can understand why Blizzard is making a big push for more choices in the talent trees with fewer mandatory talents. I just have a really hard time seeing how they will do it. If you make a talent to powerful it becomes mandatory. If it is really weak does the choice really matter? Situational talents could fit the design well, but in the end you're just going to pick up what situational talents you can and change specs later if you need something different. Despite my skepticism I do think Blizzard can get around these issues by allowing players to provide more utility in ways that are not game breaking.


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=head1 Pynie - A Python compiler for Parrot
This is a Pynie parser/compiler, an early version (no version numbers yet). It's still very early, only simple expressions and functions are available.
However, even though this is not a complete compiler yet, you can still see how programs are parsed, help us create test cases, and extend/improve the grammar and runtime to cover more of Python.
=head2 Prerequisites
To build Pynie you will need to install Python 2.5 or greater from http://www.python.org/download/.
You will also need to install a copy of the Parrot Virtual Machine available from http://www.parrot.org/download.
=head2 Building and invoking Pynie
To obtain the latest version of Pynie:
$ svn checkout http://pynie.googlecode.com/svn/trunk pynie
Once you have checked out a copy of pynie, build it as follows:
$ cd pynie $ python setup.py build
This will create a "pynie.pbc" parrot bytecode executable in the current directory. Pynie doesn't currently have a "install" target.
To invoke pynie on a Python program from a shell prompt, use:
$ ./pynie foo.py
To run interactively, entering single-line statements:
$ ./pynie
Note that pynie's interactive mode is not yet up to spec with Python's interactive mode (it doesn't handle blocks yet).
To run pynie's test suite:
$ python setup.py test
To display the parse tree, add the "--target=parse" option:
$ ./pynie --target=parse foo.py
Or, to display the abstract syntax tree, the opcode syntax tree, or the generated PIR code, use "--target=PAST", "--target=POST", or "--target=PIR".
=head2 Files
The "top" file for the parser is F<pynie.pir> which is used to create the F<pynie.pbc> file and F<pynie> executable. It initializes the overall parsing system and registers the parser as a Parrot "Pynie" compiler.
The other files needed for the compiler are in the F<src/> subdirectory.
The F<Grammar/Grammar.pg> file defines the tokens, rules, and protos for Python. Much of this has been taken from the "Python Language Reference Manual (release 2.3)" by Guido van Rossum (Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor). PGE's "Perl6Grammar.pbc" compiler is then used to compile the two grammar files into F<include/gen_grammar.pir>, which is included by F<pynie.pir>. (See Synopsis 5 for more details on Perl 6 rules syntax, and F<compilers/pge/> for more details about PGE.)
The F<src/parser/indent.pir> file defines a few special-purpose rules needed to support parsing that are better written directly in PIR instead of using the rules or token syntax.
The file F<Grammar/Actions.nqp> defines the actions that are invoked during the parse. These actions construct the Parrot AST (PAST) nodes. At the end of the parse, the whole PAST is constructed and handed off to the next compilation phases (PAST->POST->PIR)
The PIR files in F<src/builtins> are included as part of compiling F<pynie.pir> to produce F<pynie.pbc> and F<pynie>.
The F<pynie.pbc> file can also be used to compile Python code from within PIR:
load_bytecode 'pynie.pbc' $S0 = 'print "hello world"' # source code to compile $P0 = compreg('Pynie') # obtain the compiler $P1 = $P0($S0) # compile source code $P1() # execute
One can also provide the "target" option to the compiler:
$P1 = $P0($S0, 'target'=>'parse') # obtain parse tree $P1 = $P0($S0, 'target'=>'PAST') # get AST $P1 = $P0($S0, 'target'=>'POST') # get OST $P1 = $P0($S0, 'target'=>'PIR') # get PIR
=head1 Submitting Bugs/Patches
Patches/bugs/suggestions can be sent to <https://launchpad.net/pynie/+filebug>.
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Hey guys! Looking for a delicious way to spice up your snack selection, but don't want to blow four hundred calories on it? Here is a lighter snack, that is full of flavor! Sorry to all my lactose intolerant friends, this recipe is not friendly to you 😦 I tried out this snack, and it only took me two minutes to put together, I mean how hard is it to whip together nachos? You can alter these little guys by adding sliced tomatoes, maybe some light ground beef, and salsa if you wish! I figured I would go the simple route, I used Tostitos Multigrain Scoops, Light Shaws brand Sour Cream, Cabot Reduced fat shredded cheddar, and one Sargento Reduced Fat Cheese stick.
I just laid out 13 multigrain chips, filled them with the shredded cheddar, then sliced up the cheese stick in to disks and put them in the center of the scoop. I placed them in the Microwave, you could substitute this with the oven but ain't nobody got time to preheat, and let them cook for 30 seconds. When they were bubbling I took them out and put a dollop of light whipped cream on top. Trust me these little beauties taste amazing!
If you guys like food posts or recipes please let me know! I can post some healthy dinner recipes and write how to make them with pictures!
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Measures taken from the dummy indicate a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.
Dummy movement was well controlled. The driver side curtain and side torso airbags deployed during the crash. During rebound, the dummy's head contacted the side curtain airbag, which kept the head away from any stiff structure that could cause injury.
How this test is conducted
Driver — Measures taken from the dummy indicate a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.
Passenger — Measures taken from the dummy indicate that a fracture of the pelvis would be possible in a crash of this severity. The risk of significant injuries to other body regions is low.
Driver — The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.
Passenger — The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.
In the test, the strength of the roof is determined by pushing a metal plate against one side of it at a slow but constant speed. The force applied relative to the vehicle's weight is known as the strength-to-weight ratio. This graph shows how the ratio varied as the test of this vehicle progressed. The peak strength-to-weight ratio recorded at any time before the roof is crushed 5 inches is the key measurement of roof strength.
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We've been to Ridley's
Road: lots of changes for aluminium models
Riders who lust after Ridley's recently revamped Noah aero road bike – but can't afford one – will have a less expensive aluminium option for the 2010 model year called Phaeton (our preproduction photo sample was still marked with its earlier working name, Gryphon).
The Phaeton will feature a giant deep-section down tube and bowed top tube like the Noah, along with a deep-section seat tube as well. The cutout on the Phaeton seat tube will be accomplished via a welded aluminium plate though and the Noah's integrated mast is traded for an extended semi-integrated one for the alloy version.
Phaeton will also borrow the Noah's unique split-blade 'R-Flow' fork leg design (similar to Oval Concepts' JetStream fork), which Ridley say diverts air away from the front wheel's churning spokes for reduced drag. However, the new fork will make do with a straight 1 1/8" steerer and the R-Flow treatment will not be used on the seat stays as on the Noah.
Naturally, all that aluminium will add up though: claimed weight for a medium Phaeton is 1565g vs. the Noah's 1,200g but cost will be a much more attainable US$1,150 vs. the Noah's US$3,450.
The new Phaeton mimics the shape of the flagship Noah but in aluminium instead of carbon for a much more attainable price point (this prototype was still called 'Gryphon').
The mid-range Icarus will be reintroduced for 2010 complete with scandium-enhanced and butted 7005 aluminium tubing and a choice of sloping or traditional geometries.
Claimed weight for a medium-sized sloping version is 1320g. Women will also get a new Tempo aluminium road frame but Ridley will otherwise cut most of their aluminium models from the range – the Boreas, Heracles, Triton, Triton S, Triton C, Aedon and Scandium are all gone for 2010.
The 'entry level' Orion carbon road frame will get a new R-Blade fork for 2010 but otherwise all Ridley carbon road frames are unchanged for 2010 save for updated paint.
Bring on the mud!
Ridley will continue their two-pronged cyclocross approach in 2010 with all-new versions of the X-Night and X-Fire carbon frames.
Ridley offer high-end carbon fibre 'cross machines - the X-Night and X-Fire - with two distinct geometries to suit rider preferences
The US$3,000 X-Night frameset features a more Euro-traditional tall bottom bracket height and drops a substantial amount of mass from last year – claimed weight is now just 1,150g with an uncut integrated seat mast.
Even so, stiffness looks to have gone up considerably as well, especially up front with a newly tapered 1 1/8"-to-1 1/2" steerer, bigger crown, and more widely spaced legs on the updated Oryx fork.
In addition, the 2010 X-Night will feature a BB30-compatible bottom bracket shell and internal cable routing for more consistent shifting and braking performance in muddy conditions.
Riders favouring a more conventional bottom bracket height can look to the heavily revised X-Fire, which gets the same tapered Oryx fork as the X-Night for reduced brake shudder and more precise handling.
Ridley look to have taken a page out of their road frame design manual here as the X-Fire's chain stay diameter has gone up considerably while the seat stays are slimmer for a more responsive drivetrain but presumably more comfort on the race course.
Claimed weight for a 54cm frame is a svelte 1192g – just 42g more than the X-Night – and suggested retail price is half that of the X-Night at US$1,500.
As Ridley has done with the Noah and Phaeton, X-Fire will also have an aluminium counterpart in the new X-Ride.
Weight goes up a bit as well (to 1370g for a 54cm frame) but X-Ride will also use the same tapered Oryx fork and cost just US$950.
The Ignite carbon hardtail gets new tube shaping and a slacker head tube angle.
Ridley isn't typically the first brand that comes to mind when it comes to mountain bikes but their Ignite carbon hardtail is noteworthy.
For 2010, the current version's mostly round tubes are replaced with more geometric and angular shapes for additional rigidity and head tube angles are slightly slackened for improved high-speed stability.
Cable routing will now be internal and Ridley will offer versions with conventional or integrated seat masts.


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One of the unfair things in my life is that I did not stumble upon knitting until after I had moved to Florida. When I think of all those years of wasted Ohio winters… sigh. But it's ok. I will knit cardigans and wear them the few days a year I can here with pride. And I will send copious amounts of hand-knits back up north.
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The story of Martin J. Whitman '49, founder and co-chief investment officer of Third Avenue Management, begins on the hills of Syracuse University. After earning a BS in business administration from SU in 1949, Whitman worked for a string of investment firms in New York City and Philadelphia.
He began his career as a security analyst at Shearson Hammill before working for the Rosenwald family, of Sears Roebuck fortune, where he was able to get his feet wet in investment banking. He earned a master's degree in economics from The New School for Social Research (now New School University), in New York City.
Whitman ventured out on his own in 1974 and founded M.J. Whitman LLC, a full-service broker-dealer. Ten years later, he participated in a takeover of Equity Strategies, an open-end investment company, and became its CEO and president. In 1990, Whitman started Third Avenue Value Fund. Today, Third Avenue Management manages more than $21 billion of assets for private and institutional clients. Whitman has served on the boards of numerous companies, including Nabors Industries Limited, the world's largest land drilling oil service company. Whitman also shares his special brand of investing with the greater financial community in the industry classics The Aggressive Conservative Investor, which he co-authored with fellow Princeton classmate Martin Shubik, and Value Investing—A Balanced Approach.
It's been more than 50 years since Whitman walked the campus of the SU Hill as a student, yet he still finds his way back to the classroom to share his knowledge and expertise with budding businessmen and -women of the future. He has taught as an adjunct professor at the Yale University School of Management and at Syracuse University's School of Management, which today proudly bears his name. The commitment of Whitman and his wife, Lois, reflects their conviction that the American Dream is the promise of opportunity and will be reflected in our graduates' lives, careers, and contributions to society for as far as any of us can see.
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In Kentucky, we are blessed with lots of fresh water.
But much of that water is at risk. The Clean Water Act, intended to protect our waterways from pollution, is under attack from industry groups, which desire to pollute, cover or destroy critical waterways.
Retired Teachers' week will be Oct. 19-25. The purpose of the week is to promote awareness of how retired educators give back to the community.
Each year, the Kentucky Retired Teachers' Association collects volunteer hours from each local association. For the 2013 year, CCRTA reported a total of 877 volunteer hours. The actual number was probably higher because not everyone reports their hours.
With the upcoming General Election on Nov. 4, I would like to reminded the public of a few things:
• Oct. 6, 2014 is the last day to register to vote or to make any changes.
• Oct. 6-Nov. 3, 2014 the absentee machine will be set up in the County Clerk's Office. The machine will be available Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. for anyone who will be out of town on Election Eay.
Oct. 24, 2014 is the last day to file as a write-in candidate.
To the voters of the 15th Circuit, Grant, Owen and Carroll counties: I wish to thank all of you who voted for me in the May Primary election for Circuit Judge. I am honored and grateful for your support. My family and I worked hard, and a special thanks to my daughters, Klaire, Alyssa, Darcy and Lauren, for walking so many miles and knocking on all those doors.
Carroll County Animal Support was started 11-and-a-half years ago with a handful of people who saw a need to help the unwanted, homeless and abused animals in our community.
At that time, we only hoped to be where we are today and to see all the wonderful people who came to our first Woofstock event at General Butler State Resort Park. Their support was, just in a word, fantastic.
There is no way topersonally thank everyone who helped at Woofstock, but we want to try.
I've always been impressed with the people of Carrollton, now even more so. I was having trouble with the ignition key in my car. I was parked in front of Picker's Paradise across from Webster's Drug store. The owner came out to help me and tried several things, but we couldn't get it to work. She gave me the number for Chuck's Lock Shop in Carrollton.
The Carroll County Cattlemen's Association would like to give a special thanks to Jason and Robin Stephenson for hosting the Family Farm Field Day last Saturday, Sept. 20. It takes a lot of work preparing a farm for this event. Their farm looked great, and it was a beautiful day for the event.
This letter is in response to Dennis Webster's letter published Sept. 11, 2014, concerning dirt and gravel left in his drive after Harley Drive was resurfaced.
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|Process and Projects
|Written by Administrator
|Friday, 20 November 2009
Artists Meeting – Process and Projects
Artists Meeting is a group of artists who create interventions and events. Through a series of discussions both online and in regular meetings, the group determines the viability of each project as it comes up and how to proceed. The process is partially by consensus but also depends on different members taking the lead or directing the project as it develops. Some processes demand a lot of hands in a group effort and reflect different ideas, other projects are executed according to a single vision.
Often Artists Meeting projects begin as proposals to a selected venue, such as an art fair, gallery, or festival. This allows the group to imagine different approaches and determine parameters for the work. As the proposals are accepted the project is executed. Other projects remain unexecuted but often resurface as part of another proposal or in work that is in process. In other words nothing is ever lost. Every bit of information and creative energy is retrieved when appropriate.
The group represents a range of creative talents including sculpture and installation artists, computer programmers and hackers, traditional painters, videographers, photographers, musicians, sound and performance artists. Some work is political and some is apolitical, but the assumption is that creating art in the face of all the obstacles facing artists is a political act.
Artists Meeting began with the desire to expand the definition of art and the creative act using digital and traditional tools in a collaborative manner. Over the course of working together, the group methodology and style is constantly evolving.
Getting started--2007
Artists Meeting's first public project was presented in the 2007 Art Under the Bridge festival in Brooklyn. To present the group's collaborative projection piece, Lee Wells secured the loan of two 30,000 lumins projectors from a guerilla marketing firm (name) that allowed sharp focus of two simultaneous projections on the side of the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage. A collaborative video was created using work from Artist Group members and was shown with a text crawl at the base of the video displaying online discussions from the group email list serv. For the other projection, Chris Borkowski created a custom computer program allowing live video mixing and text messaging to be projected as one image. Adding to the projections, a sound swarm was created by a team of six members and volunteers led by Leesa and Nicole Abahuni using mini amplifiers which were clipped to their belts as they carried the projection soundtrack throughout the festival site.
Other projects completed in 2007 were presented on the Artists Meeting website using rotating banner images. The group created a series of Logos for Artists Meeting and an Anti-Christmas Bad Santa Campaign.
Early in 2008 the group was invited to do a series of interventions for the Conflux '08 Festival which took place September 10-13 during annual 9/11 services, and as if happened the meltdown of Wall Street finance. The festival's premise was loosely basely on the Situationist idea of drift or Dérive and also the idea of Fluxus type temporal art which suited the timing perfectly. The group created a series of interventions in the POPS (privately owned public spaces) of Lower Manhattan to help take back public spaces that were gradually reverting to private ownership in response to post-9/11 hyper-security. Each day during the Festival the group executed interventions in public spaces, notably without prior permissions or permits. During each intervention, the group shot video that was immediately posted on youTube. A search on youTube with the name Conflux 08 or Artists Meeting Conflux 08 quickly pulls up these videos. Individual artworks for Conflux '08 included--
•Lee Wells produced a two-color newsprint 'zine incorporating ideas from other members. It included a map of Manhattan with the locations of the plazas that would feature interventions. James Andrews led the group in renaming plazas with absurd notions of alternate uses such as "Dancing Shiva Plaza (tk Plaza): Appropriate for dancing, socializing and light ritualistic activities." Lee Wells also printed a smiley face poster with the unlikely caption, "Warning" as a very succinct reading of the mood in the public plazas in Lower Manhattan. He posted the smiley face along with a 9/11 memorial poster on numerous barricades in the Wall Street area.
•James Andrews work involved the entire group as he organized the production of over 40 vinyl pillows. The large pillows were put out at various public plazas to make the spaces more comfortable and encourage public use. The pillows were delivered to the selected plazas by a man festooned with pillows head to toe. They were quickly snatched up by passersby.
•Maria Joao Salema's intervention was at the site of the original Dutch New Amsterdam settlement and drew on 17th century fantasy landscapes very popular with early Dutch settlers. Scenes selected by Salema were reproduced on postcards and displayed at the archelogical dig of the original Dutch settlement that features an underground display exposed via a sidewalk vitrine. The cards were also handed out to the public. This action prompted security guards in the building adjacent to the site to get very aggressive, and their reaction can be viewed in Christina McPhee's video.
•Thomas Hutchison and G.H. Hovagimyan used custom-printed barrier tape with the words UNKNOWN UNMADE UNSEEN UNDONE, to cordon off a full block across from the WTC site during the 9/11 memorial services. New York Policemen taking notice were reassured when G.H. told them the artwork was a silent memorial to 9/11 victims.
•Leesa and Nicole Abahuni created a successful interactive sound art work presented in front of the former New York Cocoa Exchange building. Participation required people to be hooked up to a custom device that enabled sounds to be produced when two people touched. People waited in line to participate in this piece with its high level of personal involvement as they saw it demonstrated on others
•Eliza Fernbach created a billboard for commuters in New Jersey driving into Manhattan. The billboard read, "Driving to your death?" which speaks volumns as it was displayed on the anniversary of 9/11.
•Daniel Blochwitz's used customized barrier tape piece printed with the words NOT PUBLIC to completely surround a corporate plaza (name of plaza). It elicited a very funny and heated discussion with the building security guards captured on video by Lee Wells.
•G.H. Hovagimyan used the plazas as a movie set for initial shots of a remake of the Jean-Luc Godard's movie Alphaville. This led to full-length movie project called Plazaville, that was shown at Pace Digital Gallery in April of '09 and can be viewed on web.
•Raphael Shirley's piece closed the weekend taking place during high security meetings with bankers and government officials that resulted in the closing of Lehman Brothers the next week. Her work activated the Deutschbank building at 17 Wall Street with a light and sound installation suitably titled Sunken City.
•Christina McPhee's video of confrontations with guards vividly show the effect of artwork shown in public spaces and what happens when people use public spaces without seeking official approval or permits.
Fall 2008 into Spring of 2009
The group created a series of youTube parties at Postmasters gallery in New York. Postmasters is known as a gallery with a sustained interest in video work and represents a number of video artists The group curated a series of youTube presentations using video projectors with sound to project large scale videos on the walls of the gallery. The informal presentations were billed as parties with Artist Meeting hosting a drinks bar. The first youTube party featured a single playlist and a single projector. Subsequently the group used you3B.com, an internet tool created by Jeff Crouse and Andrew Mahon for Eyebeam, allowing youTube triptychs.
youTube Parties at Postmasters reviewed by Digimag
"An interesting aspect of the event is definitely the "authorial shift" of the final works: "This show mutilates the whole idea of ownership", notes James Andrews in digimag. "You really can't figure out who on earth owns these triptychs: you have one set of people who created the triptych software, then you have three different groups of people who potentially created the three videos, you have the three different YouTube accounts that published the videos – which may or may not be the same people who created them, you then have the curators, then you have Artist Meeting and you then have Postmasters Gallery. And each of the original videos could be removed from the Net at any time…"
In a sense, this project takes to the extreme not only the concept of authoriality, and the fact that new media art often needs team work in order to be produced, but also, says Andrews, "it could simply obliviate the human factor, which I think is even more interesting. No one in particular got credit for anything in the show – it was just something that happened…"
For Raphaele Shirley "this kind of triptych really lends itself to non-linearity: you can't grasp a single image or a single story and follow it through from beginning to end. It's really about cross connections, cross pollination of ideas, like unconscious thinking and the way you create a dream, or the way you connect data…" See the complete discussion in digimag, Feb. 09 http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=1392
The versatility of this project is such that Jaime Jackson, an Artists Meeting member in England presented the youTube party at the Static 3 Festival in Hereford.
Spring, 2009
Plazaville by G.H. Hovagimyan with Christina McPhee started as a project with Artists Meeting during the Conflux '08 festival. It then won a commission from turbulence.org a new media web site that supports qualified art projects. The commission was for an online presentation of the work and also an installation at Pace Digital Gallery in New York. The piece was shot in HD video and is a remake/redo of Jean Luc Godard's film Alphaville. Artists Meeting members worked on the production and acted in the video. G.H. secured professional acting talent for Plazaville with the help of Raphaele Shirley. The finished work is shown as an installation piece in which all 31 scenes are loaded separately into a computer connected to a projector and sound system. Custom computer software then selects the scenes at random and assembles a movie that plays continually and is never in the same order. The viewer assembles the narrative of the movie as it is randomly revealed. The Godard movie, which can be downloaded from the internet, was deconstructed into separate scenes. The original French dialog was translated to English by members of Artists Meeting. The final piece, Plazaville, is a deconstruction/reassemblage of the original movie.
Raphaele Shirley with several Artists Meeting members created the SBOW (Soap Box Opera Workshop) project. This evolved from a group discussion about the possibilities of an art world soap opera and the drama inherent in the downturn in the art world as a result of the financial crisis and recession. The group's discussion included analysis of Brazilian Soap Operas and other Latin American soap operas in which the actors play with exaggerated emotions. Raphaele advanced that idea with actors speaking art theory in dramatic soap opera style. Lee Wells created a video for the installation that mirrored a 1970's revolutionary discourse called The Freedom Club. The texts Lee used were excerpts from Guy Dubord's Society of the Spectacle and Ted Kaczinski's Unabomber Manifesto.
The videos were installed at OTO in Brooklyn and can be viewed on the Artists Meeting website.
Fall and winter 2009
Part of the development of Artists Meeting is an outgrowth of Lee Wells, Raphaele Shirley and Chris Borkowski's project [PAM] Perpetual Art Machine. In particular, their curatorial expertise and working knowledge of global art fairs are invaluable to the group. Over the summer of '09 the group began to consider projects that would include the group members diverse talents for presentation at art fairs. The discussion started with a playful online exchange about the Japanese mania for vending machines. This led to the development of Artist Meeting -- Art Machine, AM--AM, a complex art vending machine suitable for art fairs. G.H. Hovagimyan's familiarity with construction techniques and enthusiasm for digital controllers, and Olga Lysenko's design expertise inspired the development of a series of coin-operated art dispensers that can be installed in an on-site constructed fascia. Artist Meeting -- Art Machine premieres December, 2009 at Pulse Art Fair which coincides with Art Basel Miami Beach. This is followed by Art Cologne in Germany, spring 2010. Original drawings, packaged underwear emblazoned with the Artists Meeting logos, stenciled t-shirts, artist CD's and DVD's, along with other artworks will be offered and dispensed randomly via a specially designed drop-down machine. Other modules will dispense drawings from a continuous roll of artwork that can be torn off the roll after a length had been purchased. To provide drawings for the dispensers, Lee Wells organized painting/silk screening teams to produce working with on 250 ft rolls of acid free paper. The group presents the vending machine operation as an aesthetic experience to engage the art market in playful commerce.
Artists Meeting members
Leesa Abahuni, Nicole Abahuni, James Andrews, Daniel Blochwitz, Chris Borkowski, Andrew Erdos, Bethany Fancher, Eliza Fernbach, Jon Handel, Thomas Hutchison, G.H. Hovagimyan, Jaime Jackson, Jerome Joy, Olga Lysenko, Christina McPhee, Alan Moore, Mayuko Nakatsuka, Sally Payen, Maria Joao Salema, Lara Star Martini, Raphaele Shirley, Abigail Web, Lee Wells, Edita Zulic
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Rihanna halts show to stop food throwing
Pop star RIHANNA was left furious during her gig in Manchester on Tuesday night (16Jul13) when fans started pelting her with food.
The Umbrella hitmaker took to the stage at the city's M.E.N Arena as part of her Diamonds world tour, but was forced to stop the show after her performance of Rude Boy as several revellers began hurling snacks.
The irate singer told the audience, "This is next level, there is a good crazy and there is a bad crazy, but when you throw s**t up here, that's an epic fail. I swear to God, cut that s**t out. Really? Chips? Chips, though - it's that important? Ok Manchester, for those of you who want to (get) jiggy and have a good f**king time, say my name!"
Rihanna is not the only superstar to scold her fans during a recent concert - Beyonce chastised a gig-goer at a show in Atlanta, Georgia last week (ends14Jul13) for filming her on a cell phone instead of singing along to her track Irreplaceable.


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Ichiro's Walk-Off HR Lifts Yankees Over Rangers
Ichiro Suzuki homered off Tanner Scheppers with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
Suzuki's drive to right-center was the Yankees' fourth home run of the game, three coming off Japanese ace Yu Darvish, and it helped New York improve to 4-3 on a homestand that ends after two more games against the Rangers.
Travis Hafner, Brett Gardner and Jayson Nix each homered off Darvish, who hasn't won in seven starts. Leonys Martin connected twice off Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda.
Mariano Rivera (1-1) worked a scoreless ninth for New York, which ended the Rangers' five-game winning streak.
Scheppers (5-1) pitched a perfect eighth before being touched up by Suzuki in New York's first walk-off win this year.
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BAYPORT, N.Y. — The Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York has launched its new fundraising calendar, Pilots Without Pants 2014. This calendar features 13 of the world's most beautiful antique aircraft with an unexpected twist!
"Our past best-selling calendars have raised the eyebrows of the aviation community, and this one will top last year's reactions and will guarantee you a year of smiles," club officials promise.
Proceeds from the calendars go to help preserve and promote antique aviation. The calendars are available by going to the club's website.