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Wole Soyinka (wō´lā shôyĬng´kə), 1934–, Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, essayist, and political activist, born Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka. Educated at the universities of Ibadan and Leeds, England, and at London's Royal Court Theatre, he writes in English, fusing Western and Yoruba traditions. In Nigeria, he founded the Masks amateur theater company and the professional Orisun Repertory, both of which presented plays in English that incorporated the traditions of Nigerian music and dance. He has taught at the Univ. of Ife, Nigeria, and at Cornell. Imprisoned (1967–69) for political activism during Nigeria's civil war (see Biafra, Republic of), he wrote his prison notes, The Man Died (1973). In 1986 Soyinka became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Again under threat of arrest from the Nigerian government in 1994, he fled abroad. After the death of Nigeria's military dictator (1998), Soyinka returned home, where he resumed his political activism and has been an outspoken critic of Nigeria's government.
Soyinka's works are concerned with the tensions between spiritual and material worlds, with beliefs as the underpinnings of social relations, and with individuals' dependence on one another. His widely performed plays often highlight the problems of daily life in Africa; best known are Death and the King's Horseman (1975) and A Play of Giants (1984), a satiric attack on contemporary Africa. His novels include The Interpreters (1965), which considers the plight of young Nigerians in an increasingly corrupt society, and Isara (1988). His essay collections—such as Art, Dialogue, and Outrage (1988, 1994) and The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness (1998)—discuss a variety of African cultural and political issues. He has also written memoirs memoirs: Ake (1983), which outlines his early life and offers insights into Nigerian culture during the late colonial period, and You Must Set Forth at Dawn (2006), which covers his adult years and focuses on his political activism in opposition to Nigeria's corrupt regimes.
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Senators press Obama to stand firm on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators called on President Barack Obama to reiterate that the United States will not accept a nuclear-capable Iran and that crippling economic sanctions on Tehran will continue despite Iranian President Hasan Rouhani's recent overtures to the West.
In two separate letters, top Democrats and Republicans said Obama should use his speech to the U.N. General Assembly this week to restate longstanding U.S. policy that it will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. Iranian officials have said their nuclear work is for peaceful purposes.
"Iran must show it is serious about reaching a legitimate diplomatic solution accompanied by full and verifiable compliance. Talks cannot be merely a stalling tactic, while Iran continues to move forward with aggressive enrichment of uranium," Sens. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and John McCain, a Republican, wrote in a letter to Obama.
The two said the U.S. should not relent on sanctions.
"Now is not the time to let up on this pressure," Schumer and McCain wrote. "Removal of any existing sanctions must depend on Iran's halting of its nuclear program. Conversely, the continuation or expansion of its nuclear activities will only lead to more sanctions led by the United States and our friends and allies."
Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat and chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican , also sent a letter to Obama pressing him to restate U.S. policy toward Iran.
"Like you, we viewed the election of Hasan Rouhani as an indicator of discontent among the Iranian people and we have taken note of recent diplomatic overtures by Iran," Menendez and Graham said. "However, whatever nice words we may hear from Mr. Rouhani, it is Iranian action that matters."
They argued that only a verifiable agreement with Iran over its disputed nuclear weapons program would be credible.
"Iran is not a friend whose word can be taken as a promise," Menendez and Graham wrote.
Obama arrived in New York on Monday and will address the U.N. on Tuesday. No meeting between Obama and Rouhani is scheduled, but U.S. officials have left open the possibility that the two leaders might talk during the annual international gathering. If it happens, it would be the first meeting of U.S. and Iranian leaders in more than 30 years.


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Vidal has been heavily linked with a switch to Old Trafford this close-season, with new United boss Louis van Gaal reportedly keen to take the Chile international to the Premier League.
The 27-year-old is an integral part of the Juve team who have won three successive Serie A titles since his arrival from Bayer Leverkusen in July 2011.
Juve are sure to want to keep Vidal in Turin, but the player himself - who helped his country reach the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup last month - appears to be keeping his options open.
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Two weeks down, 15 to go, and as much movement as ever in the league ...
That's the five-second logline for Week 2 of the 2012 season. Or, in non-Hollywood speak, that sums it up. All of us in the NFL Network/NFL.com studios are actually located in Culver City, Calif., which is about as sexy as Seattle or St. Louis might be in some fans' hearts. But how about those wins Sunday? Not to mention, Arizona with the road upset of the week? And of course, San Francisco closing off every Matt Stafford throwing lane? Every NFC West opponent on Sunday was handed its first loss of the season.
Greg Schiano's Tampa Bay Buccaneers also suffered their first defeat, blowing it late in New York before getting a little chippy with the Giants in victory formation. For his part, Schiano appeared, well, not contrite afterward, or as our tweep Mathew Aiken points out:
@harrison_nfl Schiano was like Phil Hartman in Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer after game..'My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts'— Packer4Life (@mathewaiken) September 17, 2012
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Circling back to the Bucs, despite the loss, Tampa didn't take a welt in this space. Tough to say that about some other teams below.
Thus, let all dissension come forth.
(Note: Arrows reflect change in standings from last week's Power Rankings.)
PREVIOUS RANKINGS: Week 2 | Week 1 | Preseason
49ers' two goals
on Sunday night:
1. Handle Megatron: Check.
2. Don't make Alex Smith do it himself: Check. (Running game: 148 yards.)
Houston won big again, but the Jacksonville Jaguars are a team the Texans should sweep. Wade Phillips' defense manhandled Blaine Gabbert and company, limiting Jacksonville to a paltry 117 total yards. This after forcing four turnovers in Week 1. After facing Ryan Tannehill and Gabbert in successive games, let's see what this group does against Peyton Manning next Sunday.
Chicago's awful pass protection aside, Green Bay's defense looked a lot closer to the 2010 installment on Thursday night. It appears Charles Woodson's move to safety is paying off. How about Clay Matthews having six sacks through two games? He had six all of last season.
Atlanta looks formidable, and certainly not like a team that went down 24-2 with barely a cross word delivered to the Giants in the last January's wild-card round. On a franchise history note, the fact that Atlanta has never blown a game where they were up by 20 points in the fourth quarter is remarkable. Eighty and Oh.
Baltimore only falls one spot due to several teams in the top 10 struggling in Week 2. The Ravens narrowly lost to the Eagles on the road, and had plenty to gripe about after the loss. (That offensive pass interference call on Jacoby Jones sure did loom large ...) Of bigger concern was Joe Flacco's inability to handle pressure, as well as his propensity to just throw the ball up for grabs. A 22-for-42 performance with statuesque mobility? Feels very Bledsoe-esque.
Dropping four ticks is enough for one of the best teams in the league, even if it did really just lose to Kevin Kolb at home. Consider: A) The Patriots made a myriad of mistakes yet were still able to be in position to win the game at the end; B) the Aaron Hernandez injury means Tom Brady only has three great targets to target instead of four; and C) street cred. Oh, let's not fail to recognize that New England outgained Arizona 387-245. Who really thinks this club won't win at least 10-11 games? The defense is still better than in 2011, and the Patriots will still win the AFC East (even if they lose in Baltimore on Sunday night).
Pittsburgh was effective if not spectacular at home Sunday. The defense severely limited the New York Jets' passing game, while Ben Roethlisberger (24-for-31 for 275 yards and two TD) was exactly what this team needs him to be. One wonders how much more effective the offense would be with a healthy David DeCastro and Rashard Mendenhall.
Big Blue still didn't play its best game, but Eli Manning overcame himself to deliver in the clutch for the umpteenth time. The touch on late deep balls to Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks delivered the win, and the G-Men avoided the death knell of an 0-2 post- Super Bowl hangover. By the way, if you're wondering how close Eli's 510 spot was to being an NFL record ... Hall of Fame quarterback -- in both skill and curmudgeonry -- Norm Van Brocklin still holds the record with 554 yards passing yards in a game, set way back in 1951.
While Philadelphia is 2-0, we can't in good conscience put a team with nine turnovers and two one-point wins any higher than ninth. Still, that was a resilient performance from Michael Vick with the game on the line late in the fourth quarter. Let's not forget how well the secondary is playing, too; kudos to Juan Castillo for putting those parts ( Nnamdi Asomugha, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and mediocre safeties) in better positions to succeed.
What an ugly loss. Lance Briggs, you gotta catch that ball in the first half. Brandon Marshall, you gotta catch that ball in the second half. Bears running backs, you gotta learn how to pick up a blitzer. Chicago gets the vote for most disappointing Week 2 performance.
A gut feeling here is that 11th feels high for this ball club. And yet, San Diego has won two games quite handily. The surprise is how effective the defense has been, allowing just 24 total points and only six first downs on 26 third- and fourth-down conversion attempts. On another note, about 155,000 people just tried to pick up Dante Rosario off the waiver wire as you were reading this.
Monday night's game was underwritten on the first three drives, when Peyton Manning tossed three picks. While brother Eli pulled off a comeback after three first-half picks of his own, he wasn't on the road against one of the NFC's best teams.
Detroit got trapped, whammed, off-tackled and completely out-muscled Sunday night. So much for the dominant defensive line.
Mark Sanchez came down to Earth against Dick LeBeau's defense, going 10-for-27 for a measly 138 yards (5.1 yards per attempt). The Sanchize-led offense couldn't get inside the Pittsburgh 30 on their last eight possessions.
Another nice win for the pesky Cardinals, thanks in large part to Ray Horton's defense, which consistently pressured Tom Brady. Despite the 2-0 start, the offensive production (or lack thereof) is still a HUGE concern. Through two games, Arizona is averaging 249 yards of offense per game and over 70 yards of penalties. Let's see if that will work against the Eagles next week. (Remember, though, Arizona did beat 'em last year.)
Dominant performances delivered by the special teams and defense on Sunday, but particular mention must be made of the Seahawks' secondary, which balled out against the Cowboys. When Dallas receivers weren't dropping easy catches or being completely unreliable (ahem, No. 88), Seattle's back four played brilliantly. That Kam Chancellor will hit you, man.
Dez Bryant might not be a bust, but he hurts his own guys as much as the other team's guys. Speaking of giving Tony Romo no help, the Cowboys' offensive line gives Tony Romo no help. Dallas simply isn't good enough to fumble kick returns, have punts blocked, have starting receivers drop multiple passes and still expect to win on the road -- much less a tough place to play like Seattle.
Despite the loss, you have to like the way Tampa is competing these days. This is a different team than the one that dropped 10 in a row to close out 2011. Then again, the Bucs blew coverages all around the park on Sunday. Everyone in Tampa's secondary got toasted, and the club paid for it with a loss.
Everyone panicking about Cam Newton's performance in Week 1 probably needed to chillax. There were times the guy tried to do too much in Tampa Bay, but in the home opener, he looked poised and executed a savvy game plan by offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski. The double-fake, throwback screen to Jonathan Stewart for 17 yards and a touch was just sweet play design.
a win, Cincy remains at 20 -- for now. Here's why,
Bengals fans: The defense is reeling, and it's nature's fault.
Jamaal Anderson is gone for the season with a torn quadriceps ... and that blow came after
Marvin Lewis's defense lost linebacker Thomas Howard last week. Cincy has allowed 400-plus yards in successive weeks for the first time in Lewis' tenure with the
Before we forget: Nice game, Andy Dalton.
Football Gods are like those found in "Clash of the Titans" (the original, not the awful re-CGI-make). They whimsically toy with teams -- or Harry Hamlin -- almost indiscriminately. Take the Ford Field clock operator doing in Jeff Fisher's Rams on the season's opening Sunday ... only to karmically spin their Week 2 fate by influencing Josh Morgan to throw Sunday's game away. St. Louis deserves this hike in rankings, too, as we thought the narrow loss to the Lions might've been a fluke. Evidently, it was not.
The Redskins are a shade behind the team they lost to, and a shade ahead of the team they beat -- and better than people might think. Unfortunately, Brian Orakpo and Adam Carriker are out for the season. If you're a Washington fan and are ticked off, try throwing a football at someone.
It's tough not to feel for Drew Brees right now. There's no getting around it: The defense appeared outschemed and confused on some snaps in the loss to Carolina.
Buffalo jumps four spots on the strength of a team victory at home. "Team," as in all three phases of Chan Gailey's ballclub. So where was this in Week 1? Either way, Fred Jackson is watching his status as the Bills' lead back go the way of Brendan Fraser's career. It's not Jackson's fault, as he's on the shelf, but C.J. Spiller has played like a Hall of Famer in the season's first two weeks. The key with Buffalo is consistency. The secondary is still giving up a lot of big plays, although Dwayne Bowe's two touchdowns were, in a word, garbage time. That's two words.
Call the win and subsequent jump in rankings a little ROI -- return on investment -- on the Andrew Luck pick. While Robert Griffin III garnered all the headlines back in Week 1, Jim Irsay's favorite subject of tweets engineered a game-winning drive with just seconds to go. Luck completed two 20-yard balls on the possession to set up Adam Vinatieri for the game-winning field goal. On the first, Luck rolled out of the pocket, showcasing his mobility and poise to throw the ball on the run. Then the kid calmly beat the blitz by putting the ball 20 yards downfield right on Reggie Wayne. Great stuff, and a big reason why the Colts move up. Thank you much, Game Rewind.
Minnesota ran out of luck in Indy on Sunday. Bad pun. But not as bad as all of us league analysts completely overlooking Christian Ponder's fine play through two games. His decision making has been mostly solid, and he's completing over 75 percent of his passes at eight-plus yards per throw. Those numbers are good enough for the Vikes to be 2-0. But they're not.
Give the Chiefs credit: If they're gonna lose, they won't shortchange you -- the 2012 Chiefs make sure to look like absolute crap in the process. A team many thought could compete in the AFC West is getting killed on the defensive side of the ball. Ironic, considering it was a monster defensive performance against the 13-0 Packers last season that cemented Romeo Crennel's promotion to permanent head coach.
Put Reggie Bush's ridiculous game on the backburner for a sec. Much of this win was about Miami's defensive front seven, as well as the D-line rotation employed by coordinator Kevin Coyle. While the pass rush got nary a sack, the Dolphins hurried Carson Palmer repeatedly. Palmer put up gobs of yards, but it was one of the emptiest 373-yard performances ever. Bush's 197 total yards and two scores were not.
You want the biggest indication of why Tennessee is getting hammered? How about an offense that's generated 58 yards rushing in two games with a tailback who eclipsed 2,000 in 2009. Jake Locker's accuracy = problematic.
This show is never going to get on the road unless Jacksonville's outside playmakers actually start making plays and the defense generates a pass rush. Both issues have been the hallmark of the Gene Smith era as general manager. In Sunday's loss to Houston, the Jags defense went sack-less and the offense produced just over 50 net yards passing. Fifty yards.
Yes, Brandon Weeden looked better, passing for over 300 yards and no picks (after logging four last week). Unfortunately, Andy Dalton carved up Dick Jauron's secondary, which was one of the better back fours in football last year. For now, Cleveland is what it is: 0-2.
Despite missing a ton of picks (like Cardinals-Patriots), this hack actually called Miami beating this lackluster Oakland team. The Raiders had the ball for just 25:19, as the Dolphins ran inside, outside and every which way on a defense that Dennis Allen was supposed to fix. Darren McFadden couldn't find a seam (22 yards on 11 carries). In two games Run DMC is more like Keith Sweat ... slow and not overly good.
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President Barack Obama's speech for the 2013 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery and provided by the White House.
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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens:
Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task," he said, "to report the State of the Union – to improve it is the task of us all."
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Tonight, thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, there is much progress to report. After a decade of grinding war, our brave men and women in uniform are coming home. After years of grueling recession, our businesses have created over six million new jobs. We buy more American cars than we have in five years, and less foreign oil than we have in twenty. Our housing market is healing, our stock market is rebounding, and consumers, patients, and homeowners enjoy stronger protections than ever before.
Together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger.
But we gather here knowing that there are millions of Americans whose hard work and dedication have not yet been rewarded. Our economy is adding jobs – but too many people still can't find full-time employment. Corporate profits have rocketed to all-time highs – but for more than a decade, wages and incomes have barely budged.
It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth – a rising, thriving middle class.
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It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country – the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or who you love.
It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation.
The American people don't expect government to solve every problem. They don't expect those of us in this chamber to agree on every issue. But they do expect us to put the nation's interests before party. They do expect us to forge reasonable compromise where we can. For they know that America moves forward only when we do so together; and that the responsibility of improving this union remains the task of us all.
Our work must begin by making some basic decisions about our budget – decisions that will have a huge impact on the strength of our recovery.
( Also on POLITICO: Rubio response: Obama bad for middle class)
Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion – mostly through spending cuts, but also by raising tax rates on the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. As a result, we are more than halfway towards the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that economists say we need to stabilize our finances.
Now we need to finish the job. And the question is, how?
In 2011, Congress passed a law saying that if both parties couldn't agree on a plan to reach our deficit goal, about a trillion dollars' worth of budget cuts would automatically go into effect this year. These sudden, harsh, arbitrary cuts would jeopardize our military readiness. They'd devastate priorities like education, energy, and medical research. They would certainly slow our recovery, and cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs. That's why Democrats, Republicans, business leaders, and economists have already said that these cuts, known here in Washington as "the sequester," are a really bad idea.


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Rand Paul Files Lawsuit Against The NSA While Peter King Questions His Party's Loyalty To The Surveillance State
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Shortly after the first Snowden leak back in June of last year, Sen. Rand Paul threatened to file a class action lawsuit against the government for its surveillance of American citizens. This move, while interesting, seemed to be less useful than actually trying to reform the NSA using the legislative process. Nonetheless, Paul was apparently serious and has officially filed his lawsuit in the DC federal court, naming President Obama, NSA head Keith Alexander, ODNI Director James Clapper and FBI Director James Comey as defendants.
"There's a huge and growing swell of protest in this country of people who are outraged that their records are being taken without suspicion, without a judge's warrant and without individualization," Paul said at a news conference outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…It seems like a simple enough requirement. Targeted warrants have long been used for investigations, and there's no reason to believe they simply don't work anymore. The nation's investigative and security agencies have just become accustomed to circumventing this aspect of the Fourth Amendment.
"I'm not against the NSA, I'm not against spying, I'm not against looking at phone records," Paul said. "I just want you to go to a judge, have an individual's name and [get] a warrant. That's what the Fourth Amendment says."
Rand Paul and an untold number of others will be represented by Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia attorney general, who explains why Paul's lawsuit is different than the dozens of others that have been filed in the wake of Snowden's leaks.
"This case is, first of all, the only case that is strictly challenging the Fourth Amendment elements of the telephone metadata gathering," Cuccinelli said. "Second of all, this will be certified later in the case as a class action, on behalf of all Americans. The other cases thus far are on behalf of individual plaintiffs … that does not provide relief for every American using telephones. This case will."This filing has prompted angry comments (of course) from terrorist appeaser (and current Congressman) Peter King ([sigh] of course.)
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) expressed anger Wednesday that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is slated to file a lawsuit against President Obama and other officials over National Security Agency surveillance…King went on to question whether his party should have Snowden sympathizers in its ranks.
"I think that has really hurt the country," King said of the leaks on MSNBC. "That is why I am so angry that Rand Paul is bringing this lawsuit today."
"And let's just say as Republicans ... do we really want people in our party somehow saying they don't know whether he is a patriot or not? ... Who actually put him in the same classification as the director of national intelligence?"These questions presumably received no answer other than a saddened headshake from King himself. It looks as though there's only one way to be a Republican these days, and that's to be in total servitude to the surveillance state. Even questioning King's assertion that Snowden is a traitor is bad for
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Whether the mood is jovial, tragic or tender, Bernstein makes the music seem immense. When "Lenny" was alive, I was a bit dismissive of his conducting; hearing these CDs makes me think again.
The remasterings are clean, the packaging handsome, and there is a lot of essential interpretations nicely gathered together. The "Americans" box is particularly interesting . . . more than just another compilation.
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At the Terrapin Invitational this past weekend in Landover, Md., Smith outran the field in the 800m run, finishing in a time of 1:54.66. This time qualifies the junior for the IC4A meet at the end of the season and it currently stands as the fastest time in the America East this season. In addition, Smith's time ranks in the top-50 in the NCAA.
Smith is the fifth Retriever to win a weekly conference award this season after sophomore Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) started the team off by garnering an accolade after the season-opening Bison Opener on Dec. 1. Since then, seniors Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone), Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Prep/St. Francis) and Amanda Deller (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen), as well as freshman D'Nique Phillp (Elkton, Md.), have all been honored.
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Posted by dan in Dan in Real Life on July 1, 2010
Rejoice! The moment has arrived!
Subway Sandwich Shops officially began tessellating their cheese today, so instead of their previous overlapping stacked cheese triangle pattern, the triangles are supposed to be arranged to never overlap and to offer more complete sammich coverage.
So I visited my local Subway today in celebration of this blessed event, armed with my secret planetdan-cam. At first I was concerned, because the female Sandwich Artist was stacking the cheese the old-fashioned way for the patrons ahead of me. My face got hot as I mentally prepared a reproachful speech for when she would inevitably flub my pepperjack. Fortunately, there was a last minute employee switcheroo, and I got a pinch hitter.
As you can see, I was overjoyed to see that my new Sandwich Artist was heeding the new cheese placement directive. But my happiness soon faded as I realized that this also resulted in getting less cheese. I am almost certain that previous six-inchers were given three pieces of cheese, not two. Am I wrong?
ps. Forgive my big fat wide face in the video. It's due to the camera angle, and not any sort of excessive Subway consumption.
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Posted by dan in Birfday, Dan in Real Life, Totally Random but Decidedly Awesome on June 10, 2010
Little baby K-Mack/C-Minus/Kroggy is here. Her name is Lily and she's almost as super cute as her uncle danny. She will make a good accessory.
It's really strange. There was no baby, and now there's a baby. Weird. I can't really wrap my head around it or fathom the transition. I love holding babies, but I was a little more concerned with the condition of the mommy, and maybe a little too infatuated with asking about the condition of her tored-up hoo-haw. Sometimes I'm blissfully unaware of the ettiquette in certain situations.
But that's not the only reason to celebrate. Did you hear?
As of July 1st, Subway will officially start tesselating their cheese.
I think it goes without saying – and without hyperbole – that this is the biggest victory for sandwich enthusiasts in all of recorded sandwich history. I will definitely be ordering a 6-inch BMT on July 1st with a big beaming smile across my face.
And for that reason, and without any power invested in me, I declare Thursday July 1st to be Tessellated Cheese day, and I encourage everyone to celebrate with their own favorite 6-inch, or even a five dollar footlong if you really want to relish in all the tessellated glory.
Victory is ours! See you at Subway!
Oh, and congratulations to the Kroggys. She really is almost as cute as me, and much better than a 6- inch Subway.


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A Moreno Valley, Calif.-based RV company that partnered last year with a foreign car maker, expects to begin building the more diminutive vehicles by the second quarter.
Brad Williams, CEO of MVP RV, said Jan. 14 that he expects to finalize a funding agreement in the next 30 to 60 days that would allow him to retrofit his current RV factory into a plant to build electric vehicles, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Williams was in Detroit last week to meet with an investment group and also watch as CT&T, the company's foreign partner, unveiled new electric vehicle models at the North American International Auto Show.
MVP RV and South Korean-based car maker CT&T partnered last year to form MVP-EV to build the foreign company's brand of small electric vehicles in the United States. At the time, officials had said they hoped to have the first vehicles rolling off an assembly line by January, and employing 120 people initially.
Williams will continue to build RVs in a separate building on the MVP campus.
Williams acknowledged that announcements like his cause excitement, and perhaps impatience, among the community. But he said deals like the one he's been seeking to pay for his factory's makeover take time.
"Once the funding occurs, we can pick up more speed," he said. CT&T has a partnership in place with another factory in South Carolina, Williams said. If MVP can get the final amount of funding it needs within the next two months, it could be the first U.S. factory making the cars, he said.
Williams said that a contingent of CT&T executives who visited the Moreno Valley factory recently noted that they would need more space to eventually build electric buses.
"I think the electric car is here to stay," he said. "I'm glad we're getting our foot in the door."
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels seized a strategic air base in northern Syria on Friday after months of fighting, activists and insurgents said, further weakening President Bashar al-Assad's grip on the region.
Rebels had fought for the base used by military helicopters in Idlib province for months, but it only fell after Islamist units reinforced them earlier this month.
The Syrian military struck back hours after fighters captured the base, launching air strikes on the area, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"Taftanaz base is being bombarded by Syrian war planes, which are trying to destroy the airport after it was seized by fighters," it said.
These came from several Islamist battalions strong in northern Syria such as Ahrar al-Sham, the Islamic Vanguard and al-Nusra Front, which has links to al Qaeda.
The United States has branded Nusra a terrorist organization although it enjoys wide support in Syria for its combat skills.
Rebels from the Islamic Front, an alliance of several Islamist units, said Taftanaz is the largest helicopter base in northern Syria and the second largest in the country.
They posted an online video showing armed men in camouflage jackets tearing down posters of Assad and shouting "Allahu akbar (God is Greatest)" at what they said was the Taftanaz base.
The videos could not be verified independently. The government has imposed strict curbs on foreign media access.
In another video, men climbed atop a helicopter, hoisted assault rifles in the air and displayed a black Islamic flag. At least four corpses, said to be government pilots, lay in a dirt hole in another video.
Since the summer, rebels have been surrounding and attacking government air bases to ground warplanes and helicopters that have pounded their positions and made it harder to take and hold ground.
The Taftanaz base had been used to attack areas in the north and supply other bases in the Idlib area, the Observatory's director Rami Abdelrahman said
"Loss of the base could make it hard for the army to hold on to any control in Idlib," he said, adding all the helicopters in the base were broken and working aircraft had been moved to three other locations.
Yezid Sayigh, senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut, said Taftanaz's capture would help the rebels as they try to secure a continuous area in the north.
But he played down the broader military significance, pointing out it had taken the rebels months to take a base the government already could not use because of the fighting.
"This is a tactical gain rather than a strategic gain," Sayigh said.
Despite capturing territory across the country's north and east, the rebels have been plagued by divisions, a lack of equipment and disorganization.
They have also seen their support from civilians erode in some areas because of poor discipline, looting and bad living conditions.
The United Nations says at least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria since peaceful protests began in March, 2011 and then developed into an armed revolt after a security crackdown.
Reporting by Alexander Dziadosz and Erika Solomon; Editing by Alistair Lyon


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New York's visit to LA was billed as a marquee match-up, the so-called "Showdown in Tinseltown," a battle royale between the league's big spenders, both of which happen to be in the hunt for the Supporter's Shield.
For once, the game lived up to its billing in terms of intensity and pace. But, as often seems to be the case, it wasn't the marquee players who decided the outcome.
Formations: The Red Bulls were without two starters in forward Thierry Henry and right back Chris Albright. As a result they lined up in a modified version of the 4-4-2 they've been playing much of the year. The side ended up looking more like a 4-4-1-1, with Mehdi Ballouchy floating just underneath Juan Pablo Angel, similar to their game last week in Dallas in which Ballouchy played underneath Henry.
The Galaxy went with a straight 4-4-2 with one free winger in David Beckham and one inside-out winger in Landon Donovan. This basically meant that Beckham drifted back to the right on defense, but roamed freely offensively, providing space for right back Sean Franklin to overlap. Donovan was also somewhat free, but he stayed wider and higher in an effort to force Dane Richards, New York's speedy right midfielder, to play more defense than he's accustomed to.
On the backline, Bruce Arena had to send out two inexperienced central defenders in Yohance Marshall and Leonardo, replacements for regular starters Omar Gonzalez (suspended) and Gregg Berhalter (injured). Predictably, perhaps, Marshall and Leonardo were to be the goats on the night.
First Half: New York are, in general, more comfortable in possession than the Galaxy, who are much more dangerous on the counter-attack. That meant the game playing out in a pattern: The Red Bulls knocked the ball around the back and the midfield while the Galaxy stayed compact and tried to force turnovers.
One of the things the Red Bulls did successfully was occasionally drift into a 3-5-2 with Rafa Márquez sweeping between Tim Ream and Carlos Mendes while newly drafted right back Carey Talley and left back Roy Miller pushed up the flanks. This created a ton of width and numbers.
The danger of the three-man backline, however, especially a fluid one, is that it allows space on flanks and puts defenders into 1-on-1 situations. The Galaxy realized as much and attempted to capitalize on it, but they were foiled by their own lack of pace in the build-up out of the back and by difficulty playing quickly through the center of the pitch.
By the 30th minute or so, LA had mostly conceded that ground and gone to a "get it wide early" strategy.
New York weren't doing too much better, though, with their only hint of offense being a 30-yard blast from Ballouchy in the 14th minute.
But the game changed in the 24th minute. Ángel received the ball in stride on the left side of the box with Marshall on his hip. A slight change-of-pace was all the Colombian needed to shed Marshall and get into the box with the ball on his foot and a chance to cross. If Ballouchy had been charging into the box instead of staying rooted to the spot, he'd have had his second goal in two games with the Red Bulls. Instead, the Galaxy were able to cut out the danger.
The seeds of New York's two goals on the night, however, were planted with that play. The game began to open up for the Red Bulls as they focused more on isolating their attackers on LA's raw central defensive duo.
The pay-off came in the 36th minute off a throw-in. Joel Lindpere beat Leonardo to a poor clearance from Marshall. His shot rasped off the post and fell to Richards, who was in the right place at the right time to nudge it in for the 1-0 lead.
The way Leonardo committed to the ball on the original touch by Lindpere basically took the defender out of the play and gave New York a clear look at goal. It was a shocking, all-or-nothing lunge of a challenge that neither Gonzalez nor Berhalter would likely have attempted.
Leonardo would get 10 more minutes, then be substituted at the break for A.J. DeLaGarza as Franklin slid into central defense.
Second Half: The Red Bulls, nursing a 1-0 lead on the road, were more than willing to knock the ball around and make the Galaxy chase.
LA, to their credit, chased well, peppering Bouna Coundoul's goal in the early minutes of the half. A commitment to keeping Beckham higher up the field helped, as did the switch of Donovan to forward, but ultimately the Galaxy were betrayed by a lack of confidence and decisiveness in the box. Whether it was Donovan, Jovan Kirovski or, later, substitute Tristan Bowen, nobody was able to pull the trigger when they found space.
The danger in committing numbers forward is that you leave yourself vulnerable to the counterattack, something Arena was well aware of and mentioned pregame. Even though the Red Bulls aren't particularly good countering as a team, they can be devastating when they get the ball to Richards in space. He effectively serves as a one-man counter in those situations.
It was exactly that scenario which led to the second goal. LA pushed numbers into the attack, and a great sliding clearance from Mendes took the ball off of Buddle's foot and found Richards with acres of space at midfield and only Marshall to beat.
As they neared the box, Marshall actually did a very good job of forcing Richards wide and actually pushing him away from goal a bit. One touch put Richards past Marshall, but still with a bad angle and only Ángel—who was being shaded by Franklin and DeLaGarza—in support.
Marshall decided to end the drama and drag the diminutive attacker to the ground for the easiest of penalty calls.
Ángel converted neatly for his 13th of the year, the Red Bulls stayed compact for the final half hour, and when the final whistle sounded they had their biggest win since 2008's victory over Real Salt Lake in the playoffs.
Final Thoughts: Arena won't have learned much he didn't already know about his team: Marshall and Leonardo obviously aren't Berhalter and Gonzalez, and LA's finishing has been poor since June.
With the rosters frozen there aren't any changes LA can make for the final few games and postseason, so Arena will have to figure out how to get Buddle, Bowen, Kirovski and the other attackers on track.
Hans Backe, on the other hand, will be ecstatic. This win, a month after his team was so listless in a 1-0 home loss to LA, cements the Red Bulls as a legitimate contender.


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Understand Knitting Abbreviations and Knitting Terms
To knit from patterns, you need to know knitting abbreviations and knitting terms. As you work with knitting patterns, you'll get to know the most common abbreviations — for example, RS (right side) and WS (wrong side). Knitting-pattern instructions explain any unusual abbreviations and terms or ones that may vary from pattern to pattern.
Knitting terms (or phrases) can be confusing until you've had some experience with them. Here are some of the more common knitting phrases that you'll come across in patterns. Others exist, but this list should take care of most knitting patterns that you'll come across as a beginner.
- as established: When your instructions set up a series of steps or patterns to work, rather than repeat them row by row, they'll tell you to continue working as established. For example, if you're knitting a cardigan with the center front band knitted in, the stitches for center front band may be worked in a different pattern from the rest of the sweater body. Once the pattern tells you how many border stitches to work in the border pattern and how many stitches to work in the sweater body pattern, it will tell you to continue to work the patterns in the front piece as established.
- at same time: As in "dec 1 st every other row 4 times, at same time, when piece measures same length as back to shoulder, work shoulder shaping as for back." This phrase indicates that two things need to happen at the same time. In this example, the neckline shaping (dec 1 st) continues as the shoulder shaping begins. Be on the lookout for this phrase; it's easy to get going on one task and forget to pay attention to the other. When you see this phrase, it's a really good idea to make yourself a chart of the part of the pattern piece you'll be shaping.
- back of your work: As in "yarn to the back." The back of your work is the side of your work that faces away from you as you hold your needles. Not to be confused with the right and wrong side of your work, which refers to how you will wear the piece.
- bind off from each neck edge: As in "bind off from each neck edge 3 sts once, 2 sts twice, etc." When you shape the neckline on a pullover, you work both edges of the neckline at the same time, but you shape the right side (as you wear it) on right-side rows and the left side on wrong-side rows. Although this instruction may sound tricky, it's quite obvious and simple when you're doing it.
- end with a WS row: When you see this phrase, you're to finish the section you're working on by working a WS (wrong-side) row last. The next row you work should be a RS (right-side) row.
- front of your work: As in "yarn to the front." The front of your work is the side of your work that faces you as you hold your needles. It could be the wrong side or the right side.
- inc (or dec) every four (six, eight, or whatever) rows: Increase or decrease on a (usually) right-side row, and then work three (five, seven, or whatever) rows without shaping. Increase or decrease on the next row. This is how the increases along a sleeve seam are written.
- inc (or dec) every other row: Increase or decrease on the (usually) right-side row, and then work the following row without increasing or decreasing. Then, on the next (usually) right-side row, work the increase or decrease again.
- pat rep: Same as "pattern repeat." When instructions tell you to do something with the stitch repeat, they write it this way. Pattern repeat refers to what's given between an asterisk and a semicolon (* . . . 😉 in written patterns and between heavy black lines in a chart.
- pick up and knit: As in "with rs facing starting at neck edge, pick up and knit 28 sts along right front edge." Use a separate strand of yarn to create a row of stitches on a needle by pulling loops through along a knitted edge, usually a cardigan front or a neckline.
- place marker (pm): As in "join, place marker, and begin round." A marker is a plastic ring or tied loop of yarn that sits between stitches on your needle to indicate the beginning of a round in circular knitting or to mark pattern repeats. You slip the marker from one needle to the other. Sometimes you use row markers, too. But usually your pattern won't tell you to — your common sense will.
- preparation row: Some stitch patterns require a set-up row, which is worked only at the beginning of the pattern and is not part of the repeat.
- reverse shaping: As in "work to correspond to front, reversing all shaping." When you knit a cardigan, you work two pieces that mirror each other. Most patterns have you work the side that carries the buttons before you work the side that carries the buttonholes. Instead of writing a separate set of instructions for each side, the pattern asks you to work the shaping in the opposite direction on the second piece. This means that you'll be working bind-offs and neck shaping on the reverse side of the fabric as well. If you work the shaping on the wrong side in one piece, you'll work it on the right side when you reverse the shaping.
- right: As in "beginning at right front neck edge." Refers to right as opposed to left. When a pattern specifies a right front, it means the front that would be on your right side as you would wear it. When in doubt, hold your knitting up to you (wrong side to your body) to determine whether it's the right or left front.
- RS: As in "with RS facing, pick up and k . . . sts." Refers to the right side as opposed to the wrong side of the fabric. The right side is the side of the piece people will see when you wear it..
- when armhole measures . . . : Signals that your instructions are about to tell you to do something other than what you've been doing. Measure the armhole not from the edge of the piece, but from the marker you've put near the middle of the row on which the armhole began.
- work as for . . . : As in "work as for back until piece measures 21 1/2″ from beg." Work the front piece the same as the back. This phrase saves writing out the same instructions twice.
- work even: Continue in whatever stitch pattern you're using without doing any shaping.
- work to end: Work in whatever stitch pattern you're using to the end of the row.
- working inc sts into pat: As in "inc 1 st each side (working inc sts into cable pat) every 4th row." You see this phrase when you're increasing along a sleeve. Whether your pattern is a rib, cable, lace, or color work, as you add stitches, work your stitch pattern over them. For lace and cables, you have to have a certain number of stitches before you can begin to work them in pattern.
- WS: As in "with WS facing." The wrong side of the garment piece — the one next to your body.
You may run into other knitting phrases that aren't as clear as they could be, but experience will make you familiar with them. Eventually, you'll be surprised at how understandable this language becomes, and you'll wonder how it ever seemed confusing.
For the most part, if you read your instructions carefully, work each step between commas or semi-colons as a complete step, look at your work, and think about what you're doing, you won't have any problems.


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KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Italian energy company said it reviewed the shale natural gas potential in Ukraine during talks with the country's prime minister in Kiev.
Eni last year signed a deal with state-owned energy companies to serve as the operator in nine blocks of unconventional shale developments in the Lviv Basin.
Eni Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov for "cordial and constructive" talks about the country's energy future.
"Eni's CEO shared with the prime minister the developments of the company's ongoing activities in Ukraine, affirming Eni's positive vision of the exploration potential that the country presents in the unconventional gas," the company said in a statement.
Eni described the Lviv Basin, near the Polish border, as one of the brighter shale prospects in Eastern Europe.
Ukraine is among the Eastern European countries eyeing potential shale gas reserves along with Poland and Lithuania. The Polish government estimates it has as much as 3.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.


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Q&A: In Basketball And Life, Clark Kellogg Is (Broad) Casting A Big Shadow
With the madness of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament still lurking about, executives from CBS and Turner will now crunch the numbers of their inaugural joint broadcast and look for ways to enhance and broaden the platform for fans, players and marketing partners. Highly respected and profoundly articulate, Clark Kellogg, who has been at the forefront of the event with CBS for nearly two decades, has some thoughts and constructive criticism.
By Barry Janoff, Executive Editor
(Posted April 5, 2011)
The just-concluded 2011 Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was the first in a 14-year, $10.8 billion deal that united CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting with the NCAA, marking the first time since 1982 that CBS did not have exclusivity. It was also the first to begin with a field of 68, the first with an opening round called 'First Four,' the first to air games on truTV, TBS and TNT, and the first to include Turner's NBA crew of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson.
However, not everything changed. Jim Nantz, who has been associated with CBS college basketball since 1990, was in the booth along with CBS Sports lead college basketball analyst Clark "Special K" Kellogg, who has been part of CBS' coverage of March Madness either as a studio analyst and commentator or game-day announcer for 18 years.
Prior to joining CBS in 1993, Kellogg, a native of Ohio, had a stellar high school career and then college career at Ohio State (1979-82), then was a first round draft pick of the NBA's Indiana Pacers. After being selected to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1982-83, his career was hampered by chronic knee problems, forcing him to retire after five seasons. From 1990-97, he also served as an analyst for ESPN's regular-season basketball coverage and has worked for the Big East Network and Prime Sports. In addition, he is vice-president of player relations and development for the Pacers and is on the board of trustees at Ohio State, from which he earned a degree in marketing in 1996.
If there was uncertainly about how the public would respond to the added coverage and expanded field for the 2011 March Madness, that has been alleviated by solid viewership numbers. An estimated 99.9 million viewers watched all-or-part of the joint coverage from the First Four on March 15 through the regional finals on March 27, according to Turner Sports and CBS. The 99.9 million viewers represent an 11% increase over 89.6 million for CBS Sports' coverage in 2010 and is higher than any of the all-or-part viewership that occurred in the past 10 years during the first two weeks of the NCAA Tournament on CBS.
The Final Four doubleheader on CBS April 2 averaged 15.4 million viewers, which was the highest for the semi-final games since 2005 (16.6 million). For the NCAA championship game on April 4, according to overnight figures provided by CBS, the Connecticut-Butler match averaged almost 19 million viewers. For those games, Turner's Steve Kerr joined Nantz and Kellogg for the first three-man alignment in CBS' 30 years of covering the Final Four.
Kellogg spoke with NYSportsJournalism regarding the current and future state of March Madness, the broadcast union between CBS Sports and Time Warner division Turner Sports and other areas of basketball and life.
NYSportsJournalism: What you do think about the state of college basketball today?
Clark Kellogg: We already have seen the quality of play in the game decrease a little bit at the pro and college level because the NBA is too young and the college game is not old enough in some cases because of the guys leaving early. You are losing your upper classmen. There is development that takes place in the junior and senior years. Each year is a chance to grow exponentially as a person and a player. All four years. In fact, that is the best time to grow. From the beginning of your freshman year and every year on through the process. And when you eliminate that in the development, you end up with a lot of gaps in your personal life and in your game.
NYSJ: Is this something you are trying to share with people in the NBA?
CK: I work for the Indiana Pacers as vice-president of player relations and development, and I also do games [as a TV/radio analyst and commentator]. I'm seeing it first-hand. But it's not just in the NBA and athletics. Across the board, there are more young people who have deficiencies in their development. They are not given the time to mature because of factors involved to rush them to the next level. It's terrible.
NYSJ: Is being put in the March Madness spotlight part of the problem?
CK: Sure it is. This stuff is being fed to them by their inner circle. It's what I call 'elevator music.' That kind of stuff is going on, and it's crazy. What happened to development? But you know, everything has been sped up. It's a microwave society. We want everything sped up. Technology is part of it. All of the multi-platforms are part of it. Reality TV, all of this stuff that's not really substantive becomes part of our focus and looks as if its life. And the basics are being excused and looked over for the sake of glamour, fame, attention and money. And a lot of kids are stepping out there with a very wrong perspective of the world and are suffering because of that. And our society and our culture also suffers because of that. In a big way.
"[The college athletes] are not given the time to mature because of factors involved to rush them to the next level. It's terrible."
NYSj: You are about as close to the NCAA men's basketball tournament as anyone. What are your feelings about the deal with CBS and Turner?
CK: [The addition of Turner] is exciting. It's always good to interject some changes into what's going on to eliminate the possibility of things becoming stale. So it was great timing. I was actually able to move into the lead analyst position in the studio. I enjoy working in the studio. But it's nice to be at different venues with different opportunities. Obviously, for us at CBS, it was essential that this happened so that we could still be part of it. I don't know if we could have done it solo.
NYSJ: What do you think about expanding from 64 to 68 and opening the tournament with the First Four?
CK: People paid attention before [to the play-in game], but this made it even more part of the tournament. Now it's the First Round, so it's essential. Nobody knows how the viewing public will respond. But [based on ratings and the increased number of viewers from 2010] it is real. The expanded coverage means an influx of new talent, be it on-air, in production and on the court.
NYSJ: The NCAA tournament has expanded several times before, so at what point is it too much?
CK: When I was in my freshman year at Ohio State in 1980, the tournament had just expanded from 40 to 48 teams. By 1985 here were 64 teams. As it became more popular, people wanted more of it. [CBS] was part of the reason for that.
NYSJ: So if CBS, Turner and the NCAA and all the marketing partners look at the numbers after this tournament, are they going to want the First Eight?
CK: I hope not. I hope we stay with and develop and enhance what we now have.
NYSJ: So when all the numbers are crunched, if the expansion to 68 teams is so successful, should the field expand again?
CK: No. We can't expand again. We can't. It dilutes the field. In my opinion, we are at the max. Now there are 68 teams out of roughly 350 [universities with Division I men's basketball teams], that's about 20%. That makes the invitation special. If you start scraping the bottom, again in my opinion, if you go beyond where we are, that dilutes it. You can always make the case that there is one or two more teams that deserve to get in. But there should be a finite number of teams that earn the right to play in this special championship event. If you take that element away, you lose a lot of the appeal of the event.
NYSJ: How important was it to demographics to have guys like Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller, who cover the NBA, covering the college basketball tournament?
CK: Basketball fans are basketball fans. There are some who are more in favor of the NBA and some more in favor of college. I have friends who are far more passionate about college than the NBA, and friends who are far more passionate about the NBA than college. And I have some, like me, who love them both. [We still have to see] if it will expand demographics or enhance it. The product is a great product, so adding to that will still mean the platform is a star. We want to add more to it, more depth and enhancements, without taking away from what really is the main meal. The drama. The unpredictability. With the [expanded] production, the sights of the tournament, the sounds, adding to it is a plus.
"We want to add more to it, more depth and enhancements, without taking away from what really is the main meal. The drama. The unpredictability."
NYSJ: Is it more challenging for your preparations because of the added production and additional teams?
CK: I prepared the way I always prepared. I expect my commentary to be at the highest level. So even before Selection Sunday [March 13], I prepared as if I was going to be covering the tournament in the studio. I wanted to know enough about everybody. My goal is that when I get to a site, I want to be able to have seen those teams either live or on DVR before I get there. And have in my notebook thumbnail sketches of every team. Part of what helps me do that is the conference championships because that gives me the opportunity to see most, if not all, of the teams that will be in the NCAA tournament.
NYSJ: Is there any way to predict what will happen with the tournament moving forward?
CK: No. But that's part of the excitement.
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The Rider
Perhaps the most intriguing thing about "The Rider" is the soulful contemplations of its filmmaker, Chloé Zhao, who was born and raised in Beijing, yet seems perfectly tuned in to the atmospheric energies of the American heartland. She understands the photographic qualities of her shooting environments, yet is far more interested in the emotional intricacies of the characters within these vast landscapes.
Returning to the Badlands of South Dakota once more (her 2015 debut "Songs My Brother Taught Me" took place primarily on the state's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation), Zhao focuses her cinematic eye on the character of Brady Blackburn, a fictionalized recreation of its actor, Brady Jandreau, whom the filmmaker met on the set of her first film.
Brady, both the character and actor, suffered a devastating head injury after falling from a horse. "The Rider" recreates this incident's aftermath with poignant results, even bringing in Brady's real-life father Tim Jandreau and sister Lilly Jandreau to play his family in the film. As such, the work takes on a documentary-style overlap between narrative fiction and biographical mirroring - the best example of this process I've witnessed since Josh and Benny Safdie's strikingly authentic 2015 heroin drama "Heaven Knows What."
The result is an affecting, meditative film that slowly scrutinizes Brady's search for identity in a world where his truest passion (in the case of the film, rodeo riding) may no longer be feasible as a soul-satisfying pursuit. It's heartbreaking at times, like watching a painter become blind or a musician go deaf - Brady found his place in the world, then had it snatched away from him in an instant.
Much of the film digs into Brady's internal struggle to either reinvent himself or reenter the rodeo circuit and risk an even more life-shattering injury, or perhaps even death. Zhao gives us close-ups of Brady's rugged and rigid hands, crippled by nerve damage, and even more haunting close-ups of the longing in this cowboy's eyes as he searches for meaning in a universe that refuses to give him an easy answer.
Some of the film's most moving scenes involve Brady working with various horses, the duality of man and creature blending in ways that singe into one's psyche via delicate nuances and overwhelming authenticity. A tracking shot of Brady riding his horse against a painterly Midwest vista may just bring you to tears, both in the beauty of its cinematographic compositions and the one-of-a-kind emotional legitimacy that only Jandreau could bring to this role. There are moments in this film that I just haven't been able to shake off. There is an empathetic understanding at play here that is exactly what cinematic storytelling is all about.
The lingering affections that "The Rider" directs towards its setting and characters are admirably grand, but in ways that never once feel showy or strained. As candid as cinema can be, Zhao's film zeroes in on so many of its protagonist's inherent qualities and questions that ultimately exist in all of us. Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? The film may not answer these queries in any clear-cut manner, but Zhao carefully reminds us that we're all God's creatures, staring up at the sky, or in the mirror, or into the eyes of a loved one, demanding unobtainable resolutions to the same damn thing.


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School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Actuarial Science (B.S.)
A new degree in Actuarial Science is being offered in Fall 2009.
Students receive a rigorous mathematical background including all the major courses taken by students majoring in mathematics or statistics. Further, ten courses devoted to finance, economics, applied statistics, insurance and actuarial science are required. Upon completion of this program, a student will have the knowledge and business background necessary to pursue a career as an actuary, as well as to undertake graduate study in actuarial science, statistics, mathematics, economics or finance.
Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science Degree Requirements (120 hours)
I. Core Curriculum Requirements1
- Communication (6 hours)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (15 hours)
- Humanities and Fine Arts (6 hours)
- Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (6 hours)
- Science with at least 1 hour of laboratory (9 hours)
- PHYS 2325/PHYS 2325/PHYS 2125 Mechanics with Laboratory
- or PHYS 2421/2125 Honors Physics I - Mechanics and Heat with Laboratory
or CHEM 1311/1111 General Chemistry I with Laboratory
- PHYS 2326/2126 Electromagnetism and Waves with Laboratory
- or PHYS 2422/2126 Honors Physics II - Electromagnetism and Waves with Laboratory
- or CHEM 1312/1112 General Chemistry II with Laboratory
- or PHYS 2422/2126 Honors Physics II - Electromagnetism and Waves with Laboratory
- And an additional acceptable science course
1 Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed in parenthesis are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
II. Major Requirements: 66 hours
Major Preparatory Courses (21 hours)
- AIM 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting
CS 1337 Computer Science I
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
MATH 2418* Linear Algebra
MATH 2420* Differential Equations with Applications
MATH 2451* Multivariable Calculus with Applications
Major Core Courses (45 hours)
- ACTS 4301 Actuarial Science
ACTS 4302 Principles of Actuarial Models
ACTS 4304 Principles of Actuarial Methods
BA 3341 Business Finance
BA 4346 Investment Management
BA 4354 Insurance and Risk Management
MATH 3310 Theoretical Concepts of Calculus
MATH 3311 Abstract Algebra I
MATH 3379 Complex Variables
MATH 4301 Mathematical Analysis I
MATH 4302 Mathematical Analysis II
MATH 4334 Numerical Analysis
STAT 3355 Data Analysis for Statisticians and Actuaries
STAT 4351 Probability
STAT 4382 Stochastic Processes
III. Elective Requirements: 12 hoursBoth lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives, but the student must complete at least 51 hours of upper-division credit to qualify for graduation. Students may choose two of the following courses:
- ACTS 4306 Actuarial Probability as Problem Solving
ACTS 4308 Actuarial Financial Mathematics as Problem Solving
AIM 2302 Introductory Management Accounting
AIM 3331 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
BA 3351 Introduction to Management Information Systems
BA 3390 Quantitative Methods in Finance
BA 4345 Financial Markets and Institutions
BA 4347 Applied Corporate Finance
BA 4348 Options and Futures Markets
BA 4350 Personal Financial Planning
ECON 4330 Law and Economics
STAT 4352 Mathematical Statistics
All students are required to take at least six hours of advanced electives outside their major field of study. These must be either upper-division classes or lower-division classes that have prerequisites.
Preparation for Actuarial Exams
- Exam 1: STAT 4351 and ACTS 4306
Exam 2: BA 3341, BA 4346 and ACTS 4308
Exam 3 (Life Contingencies part): ACTS 4301
Exam 3 (Financial part): ACTS 4302
Exam 4: ACTS 4304


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Heinlein and poly, please no
I'm in the process of front loading this blog with posts to give people something to read, so it's mostly my voice so far. Others of the household should be contributing — but I must make this clear, especially with this post: the thoughts and beliefs presented here are mine and I don't speak for my housemates. They may have very different, or no, opinions on this. Scifi author Robert A. Heinlein is a huge deal in the poly community. I first encountered this "marriage" of Heinlein and poly when I first discovered the concept of poly around 1999. I've


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NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey can continue to use an alcohol breath test in drunken driving cases that has been the focus of years of litigation and at one point was suspended due to questions over its reliability, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The court's order upholds the use of Alcotest, which replaced Breathalyzer machines more than a decade ago. Twenty people charged with DWI challenged the Alcotest in court and in 2006 succeeded in halting the use of the machine, but a 2008 Supreme Court decision called the test "generally scientifically reliable" and allowed it to be used, with some modifications.
In oral arguments before the court last week, defense lawyers claimed the state didn't comply with the 2008 order to revise the software on the machines and to create a searchable database of test results.
Alcotest "remains scientifically reliable, and generates results that are admissible" to prove a driving-under-the-influence-of-alcohol violation, Justice Jaynee LaVecchia wrote Wednesday. The challengers also didn't prove that the state "willfully refused to comply" with the court's 2008 order.
That order mandated several software modifications and required the state to create a database for access by defendants and attorneys. Defense lawyers claimed the database the state created was merely a collection of data that couldn't be easily searched, but the court on Wednesday ruled that the database was "fully in compliance" with the order.
"I'm stunned," said attorney Evan Levow, one of the lawyers who argued for the DWI defendants last week and urged the court to scrap the test until it can be proved more reliable. "It's disgraceful. The state emasculated the court by ignoring a 5-year-old order and the court ratified the state's actions. DWI should not be exempt from the constitution."
The state has a new version of Alcotest that it hasn't rolled out yet and would take a few years to sync up with the current database, the attorney general's office argued in court last week. Deputy Attorney General Robyn Mitchell also told the justices that New Jersey has already begun looking at a new breath test to use and that the maker of Alcotest has told them the current machines will have to be replaced by the end of 2016 anyway.
Another required modification from the 2008 order pertained to women over age 60, who frequently aren't capable of reaching the minimum breath volume of 1.5 liters. While the 2008 order deemed some of the results in those circumstances inadmissible, LaVecchia wrote in Wednesday's order that no woman over 60 can now be charged with refusing a breath test if Alcotest readings are the only evidence.
Levow said the defendants could next seek to have the case reconsidered by the state Supreme Court, file a lawsuit in federal court or petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.


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In the mobile era, fewer people are typing in urls. But many people are opening their favorite apps.
Google Ventures investor and tech blogger MG Siegler believes the new homepage is the first app you open every morning.
Siegler says that the first app he opens right now is Twitter. It used to be Path and before that, Foursquare. He thinks his behavior is based on which apps his friends engage with most, and which app he's currently addicted to.
You can still save webpages like before, but Siegler believes fewer people are bookmarking pages; instead they're heading straight to Google or social media sites on their desktops.
"I see the first app you turn to in the morning as the new homepage. Some might argue it's your entire homescreen of apps, but I don't think that's right," Siegler says. "It's the one service you care most about, no matter the reason, and want to load immediately upon hitting the web. The delivery device has changed, but the concept has not."


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This spellbinding documentary follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl who is fighting to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her Kazakh family. Through breathtaking aerial cinematography and intimate vérité footage, the film captures her personal journey while also addressing universal themes.
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ReviverSoft necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 39 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Oakland Pirates
The Oakland Pirates are an amature Australian Football team competing in the Golden Gate Australian Football League (GGAFL.COM). The league is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
A few years ago, the Oakland Pirates nemesis team the San Francisco Knights replaced their old jersey's with fancy new ones. However the new jersey's were very close in colour to the Pirates existing jersey's (see photo's). The Pirates sued the Knights for damages and won a six pack of coors light and a bar of soap.
However, the colour clash remains.
We need a new look and we need you to help.
We're men. Manly men. Pirate type men with day jobs. We want a striking but fear worthy look.
Please see the attached photo's for examples of Australian Football Jersey's. They are a sleeveless synthetic exercise top - so all colors and shades are available. The examples are not meant to suggest you stick to certain themes or colors, they are merely a guide. IF YOU USE THE LOGO, USE IT IN AN ORIGINAL WAY. It is not a requirement of the project at all.
PLEASE NOTE: The other teams in the competition have predominantly BLUE, predominantly RED and Predominantly YELLOW jersey's. Don't necessarily avoid these colors entirely, but be sure not to create a brilliant jersey that we must reject 'cause it clashes with another team colors.
See our club photos to get a good impression:
Usually Australian football tops are simple things. Your design doesn't have to be simple, but adding intrinsic detail to the jersey is not recommended.
Reviversoft is a major sponsor of the GGAFL and is hence running this contest for them.
File descriptions of attached files:
Bock.jpg - This is pro football team in Australia
GGVOC Q3.jpg - This is the Golden Gate Roos Vs Orange County
op-Logo.jpg - This is the current Oakland Pirates Logo. You can use, you can redesign it, YOU CAN THROW IT OUT!!
ggafl-logo.jpg - This is the league logo. It will need to appear somewhere on the jersey. If it just won't work, then we'll put it on the shorts.