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The lack of scoring certainly wasn't from lack of opportunities, however. The teams combined for 34 shots.
Yale goalkeeper Bobby Thalman was again solid. He made seven saves to post his fifth shutout of the season.
It was the third scoreless tie for the Bulldogs so far this season.
Yale (3-4-3, 0-0-1 Ivy) had the better of the play early, getting five of the first seven shots of the game.
"We played well in the first half. I thought our passing was good, and we created some danger," said Yale head coach Brian Tompkins. "In the second half, we had to withstand a lot of pressure from Harvard, but I was proud of the way we regained our composure in overtime."
The Crimson outshot the Bulldogs 13-4 in the second half.
Yale's best pressure in the second half came with a little more than 10 minutes remaining. Kevin Michalak got off a shot that Harvard goalkeeper Joe Festa saved. Moments later Avery Schwartz also had a chance, but Festa was again there to make the save.
The Bulldogs managed one shot in the two 10-minute overtime periods. It came from Tony Wilbar early in the second extra period but was blocked by a Harvard defender. The Crimson had three shots in the overtimes, two of which Thalman stopped
Harvard (1-5-2, 0-0-1 Ivy) had 20 corner kicks in the game.
"Obviously we would have preferred to win, but this could prove to be a valuable result as the Ivy season unfolds," Tompkins said.
The Bulldogs are back on the road next Saturday when they play at Dartmouth. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.


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The UT Health Science Center Libraries' popular One Community/One Book program will continue in the months ahead with reading and discussion of Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child, by Elva Treviño Hart. The Libraries are pleased to announce that One Community/One Book 2012 recently received the support of Humanities Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities in the form of a community projects grant award.
The Health Science Center's 4th One Community/One Book selection is a book with deep roots in South Texas. Author Elva Treviño Hart tells stories of growing up in Pearsall, Texas as the youngest child in a family of migrant farm workers who traveled north to Minnesota and Wisconsin over several summers in the 1950s to work in the beet fields. The book details her family's struggle to make a living and to overcome prejudice and poverty through education. She also explores her family's roots in Mexico, and the historical events that carried her father and his family north to Texas and beyond. Barefoot Heart encourages reflection on a number of themes including the importance of family and community, education as a way out of poverty, cultural diversity in our own South Texas communities, and the promotion of cultural competence and empathy as we train tomorrow's health care professionals.
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One thing I hate to do is act as teacher to the clueless. But it's clear, after the speaker of the Kansas House, Republican Mike O'Neal, forwarded an email with pictures making fun of first lady Michelle Obama's appearance and calling her "Mrs. YoMama," that school is once again in session.
You would think these folks — including Wisconsin GOP Rep. James Sensenbrenner, with his unhealthy obsession with what he called the first lady's "large posterior"; the South Carolina Republican activist who once compared her to a zoo's escaped gorilla; and all the other offenders — would have at least learned self-control. But since they can't seem to help themselves, some lessons bear repeating. Read and learn.
1. When people who aren't black use slang that purports to be "black," it just makes them look incredibly foolish. To all who thought the email O'Neal sent was hilarious, you need to know that black people don't go around saying "YoMama" in conversation. (After holiday visits with family, I can report that the term did not come up once.) Use the term around anyone, particularly your actual mother, and random black people within earshot will make that circle-around-the-head motion and slowly back away. (Hint: Black people call other black people by their names.)
Words such as "YoMama" are used by people who don't know anything about black people to mock them. It's how they imagine black folks speak, and the fact that they spend so much time imagining such things is something they probably should discuss with a doctor. Either that, or spend some time with black people.
2. The cartoon in O'Neal's email showed Mrs. Obama's hair blowing in the wind and compared it to an image of Dr. Seuss' Grinch. Hair is hair. A black person's hair is no exception. It comes in all different textures and styles. We wash it, dry it, curl it, straighten it or leave it be — and sometimes it even blows in the wind. Our hair is not a secret weapon or a hiding place for one.
In a statement, O'Neal said, "I've had bad hair days too … To those I have offended, I am sorry. That was not at all my intent." Did you write that statement — the one that repeats one part of your insult before implying that anyone who had a problem with the email might be too thin-skinned — with a straight face, Mr. O'Neal? No apology at all would have been better.
4. No woman likes to be insulted and demeaned or compared to cartoon characters. Just because black women are used to such treatment (and worse) in America does not mean they think it's OK. Would your wife or mother, daughter or sister, like it? What would you do to the guy who spread insults about them? Keep it up, and even no-drama Obama might be tempted to punch you in the mouth.
5. A little history and geography lesson is also in order for those who continue to grumble that the president and first lady took a Hawaiian vacation on the taxpayers' dime. All presidents take well-deserved breaks; many Americans, for that matter, return home for the holidays. For me, that meant seeing hubby's mom in New York and my family in Baltimore. President Bush loved to clear brush in Crawford, Texas.
President Obama returns to Hawaii because he was born and mostly grew up there. (Yes, it is a state.) It's where the grandmother who helped raise him lived until her death in 2008. He can't help it if his home has beaches, warm weather and killer optics.
In November 2012 there will be an election when all those who want a new family in the White House will have the chance to make their dreams a reality. It's how America works. Until then, the first family we have is the image the United States presents to the world. Some respect, or at least good sense, is in order.
And one final lesson: When you receive a nasty email, "delete" works so much better than "forward."
Mary C. Curtis, an award-winning Charlotte, N.C.-based journalist, is a contributor to the Washington Post's She the People blog, The Root, NPR, Fox News Charlotte, Creative Loafing and the Nieman Watchdog blog, and she was national correspondent for Politics Daily. Follow her on Twitter.
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Harvard dipped to 0-3-1 in Ivy play after a 2-1 defeat to Princeton Saturday (Gil Talbot).
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Harvard men's soccer team had a response for a late Princeton goal, but a second strike from the hosts in double overtime was the deciding play as the Crimson dropped a narrow 2-1 contest to the Tigers Saturday on the road. Harvard moves to 2-8-3 on the season and 0-3-1 in Ivy action, while Princeton ups its record to 6-5-2 and 2-0-2 against Ancient Eight opponents.
The first overtime period saw the Crimson turn away a number of good looks by the home team. Princeton earned four corner kicks in the first extra session, but the Crimson defense held true, not allowing a shot on goal in the frame. The hosts were finally able to crack the Crimson defense in the second overtime session, as a throw in rattled around in the Harvard box and Alex Wettermann headed home the game-winner for Princeton just 1:42 into the frame.
After a quiet first half, the teams upped the offensive pressure, combining for 18 shots in the second 45 minutes. With less than 10 minutes to play in regulation, Princeton made two substitutions and the move paid off as the hosts netted the game's first goal late in the contest. Mark Linnville hit a long arcing shot that evaded Harvard goalie Evan Mendez for a 1-0 lead at 83:52.
The lead was short-lived as the guests mustered a quick response to the Tigers' strike. After Kyle Henderson drove a corner kick into the Princeton box that was turned away, Matt Sheeleigh ripped a shot on net and Zack Wolfenzon put home the rebound to knot the score at 1-1 just 2:02 after the Princeton tally. The late offensive burst proved to be the last of regulation, as the teams ended the opening 90 minutes tied 1-1.
Harvard ended the game down 11-20 in shots, and the Tigers also held a 13-5 edge in corner kicks. Mendez ended the game with seven saves, while his counterpart Seth MacMillan compiled five stops on the day.
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Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Clifford Taylor has a 10-to-1 campaign contribution advantage over challenger Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Diane Hathaway, according to the latest filings with the Secretary of State.
Taylor reported more than $1.5 million in contributions so far. Hathaway reported just under $150,000 for the period between Sept. 3 and Sept. 26.
These are not trivial sums, but both are a far cry from $20 million. Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young speculated last fall that's how much it might take to re-elect Taylor. And that's how much Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer said he would spend to defeat Taylor.
With less than a month before the election, it's not realistic to expect either candidate will come close to raising $20 million in campaign contributions.
But will $20 million actually be spent on Taylor and Hathaway's behalf?
Not likely, says Michigan Campaign Finance Network Executive Director Rich Robinson.
If that kind of money is spent on the supreme court contest, "it will come from soft-money issue ads. These can appear out of nowhere," said Robinson.
Robinson said in the last election for governor, Jennifer Granholm and Dick Posthumus were spending $2 million per week in the closing weeks of the campaign, and "that was for total saturation of all the markets."
If a similar "food fight" (Robinson's phrase) were to erupt in this year's MSC campaigns, there simply isn't enough time left before election day to spend $20 million, according to Robinson.
Robinson said that MCFN recently "made the rounds" at television stations across the state.
"Taylor has ads cued up to go over the last three weeks of the campaign," he said. The ads will begin to air Oct. 16 in the Detroit area, Lansing and Grand Rapids.
Robinson said that he didn't see any Hathaway media buys when MCFN conducted its research.
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Precinct 6 Constable Joe "QB" Stevenson will turn over the keys to his office a little early to his successor.
Stevenson, who ran unsuccessfully against Jefferson County Sheriff Mitch Woods in the Democratic primary this spring, Monday handed in his resignation, effective Nov. 30, to Commissioners Court.
However, he said he would be available to assist Constable-elect Dana "Big" Baker in getting a good start in serving the community he served for 29 years.
Baker ran unopposed for the Precinct 6 office.
Stevenson said he has no immediate retirement plans except to spend more time fishing.
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Yesterday a chief NASA scientist predicted that we would have evidence of life on other planets in the next 20-30 years, just in time for the next hard aspect in the Pluto/Uranus cycle. This prediction was also made as the Moon was entering Sagittarius and its ruling planet, Jupiter, was turning direct. A good image reflecting back and forth from the stars and planets to the collective consciousness.
Because although most people believe, or know in their guts, that life exists on other planets, that the universe is in fact teeming with life, it's not yet a "scientific" truth that's penetrated the collective psyche. Even though evidence now exists that there are "life hospitable" planets and moons, we've yet to see an actual picture of a strange little animal or fish existing on some other planet's beaches or waters. When this kind of discovery occurs, and I'm in agreement with the NASA scientist that it isn't far off, even though it might seem like a simple and obvious discovery (bound to happen eventually), it will still rock the intellectual and spiritual foundations of a huge amount of people on our planet.
Of course many religiously minded people will still say, "The same god created all of it," but it's just as likely that huge populations of scriptural literalists will have to free their minds to consider the archetypal or mythic nature of stories like the ones found in the book of Genesis. That kind of shift, alone, will create waves of new intellectual and psychic freedom on our planet.
Sometimes we point our thoughts in the wrong direction. It's worth considering...that the discovery of alien life forms, even if it's just an odd looking mammal swimming in some distant ocean, could teach us more respect for diversity, more respect for the "other," the marginalized, or the outcast or minority, than any amount of marching, protesting, or political campaigning.
A little over ten years ago when I began seriously devoting myself to the study of altered states of consciousness, ayahuasca in particular, the subject of alien life became a simple truth..as simple as the air I breathed. In my first ayahuasca ceremonies I spoke to dead ancestors, time traveled, moved through parallel dimensions and multiple selves, and communicated with a huge variety of different non material beings. Flashy as all those things may sound, the real take aways were simple truths...that we are not alone, that the universe is a billion times stranger and bigger than I thought it was, that who I am is a tremendous mystery, and that eternity isn't a destination, it's a reality.
Can we imagine what might happen if massive amounts of the global population were exposed to similar ideas, through the unavoidable realization that life extends far beyond our planetary turf wars? It's exciting to think about, but maybe it's also something we don't think enough about.The original spirit of astrology is the same as the true spirit of science. A spirit of discovery, courage, pioneering, and pushing the limits of the known. Not for the sake of destroying god or becoming god, but for the sake of discovering MORE gods and for the sake of growing new relationships.
With new relationships, to new life, it's harder to stay stuck in the same old battles here on earth and within ourselves. So is it possible that our greatest prayer at this hour of Jupiter and Uranus, Jupiter and Aries, is the prayer for the discovery of life beyond ourselves, beyond even our societal conflicts? Is it possible that our notion of "otherness" could grow exponentially as we congregate around the collective human finger pointing to the stars...pointing toward a host of beautiful creatures swimming curiously in some distant ocean?
Prayer: help us to find evidence of distant life, so that we might be kinder to each other and more curious about our earthly differences
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Well....now this is somethin i'd really wanna write about after not having written a personal post since quite some time. And this one was really an experience thats made it worth writing here.
We had been planning it out since a long time ,but i guess sometimes we were too lethargic to execute the plan and sometimes it just didnt work out .Ohh,u must be wondering who else comes under "we" ...well since this post is about the song that I sung ,the other guy was the guitarist ,Daryll and quite obviously ,the plan was none other than singing the b'ful and soulful You Raise Me Up during the Sunday Service
Lets rewind a bit to the time when this scheme was originally conceived .It was way back in January when Daryll played this really cool song at the church and later while talkin to him ,i harmlessly suggested -"Hey dude,why dont u do You Raise Me Up someday?" ... "hey yeah i think its a beautiful song and i've heard it too..but i dont remember the lyrics ...can u sing it for me once!!"...I heartily obliged and he started strumming efficiently coz he did remember the tune...and so i was on my way to the 'crooning glory' .Now just as I ended giving a sample of the song ,the guy suddenly out of nowhere ,popped in with -"Why dont u sing it??I'll blend with you!!" . I know i'm pathetic bt he was so excited and seeing that naeveity in his eyes made me fall in to his request . And from that day onward every Sunday when we used to meet ,he'd say-"we'll do the song definitely next week ...I'll probably call u someday for practice" .But i guess this world's a busy place and none of us could find the time.
Time passed without any progress and here we are 6 months down the road and a lot had already changed,including our determination which suddenly became rock solid .Last week we took an oath that we'd surely do it next Sunday and i was supposed to come 15 mins before the service so that we could finally have a dry run!!
Lets get back to the present scenario now. I fathom u already have a bird's eye -view of the situation (not that wer'e birds and can see things frm that perspective...its just an idiom dammit!!!) ,and so u can imagine me ,on a Sunday evening quite relaxed and walkin up to the church to reach well before 15 mins. But ,nahh...i have got so habitual of last moment running that uptil 5.20 that day ,i was in a completely surreal world and that it was Sunday,leave alone the fixed meeting at the church had completely slipped out of my mind. But then dont know with what divine intervention ,everythin came back to me and I looked at my watch at horror only to find that i had less than 15 mins to bath ,get ready ,write down the lyrics,pray to god(oh thats a daily routine....but u might wonder why i wanna pray before reaching the church...see the point is I aint no christian ,and I have this small vestige of responsibility to the God that we Hindus call our own,to who i have prayed ever since i learned to walk ,and in whose name I define my religion ...now u might be think if I do beleive in my God ,then why church..,.well,the only answer I can produce is -I have faith in God,not religion ) and cover the distance between the church and the hostel!!! But then theres always this training one gets at an IIT of getting up late and still managing to make it to class that comes in handy when all other contingencies fail!!! And so,i rushed with whatever speed i could summon and voila ,i was ready exacty at 6.45 . I picked up my cycle and rushed ,and thankfully reached at 6.50!!!
After practising a bit and when a considerable crowd had arrived ,the service began as usual with the prayers and I sat down on a second row bench. Surprisingly all the songs chosen that day were particularly lively and somehow that half an hour singing session that day was extraordinarily fun. Now this is where I come in. As i was invited on to the mike and just as i turned to face everyone, I was quite taken aback, more so coz i'm not used to seeing such a large gathering usually and to a lesser extent ,also wondering how fate had played its part and delayed my song only to be sung on this day with so many new faces and such a large no. of people.
My first reaction was-tightening of fists.Dunno why but i suudenly felt nervous. What if I let down all these new faces and what if I sang so unbearably that they'd never come to the church again!!! What if the mike failed in between ,what if the world came to an end!!!?? lol
Finally ,i tightened my sinews and said-"This is my first time here . My voice might not be bearable but i just wanna tell u -whatever i sing will be from the heart .And i hope i dont end up breaking any window panes today!!" With this I started my song ,and everythin thereafter went quite well
I was flattered with all the adulation that i received in the end -and some from the new faces too .I dont care if it was just to keep my heart .Maybe ,they enjoyed it and so would wanna come back again next week .As of now ,all i know is it felt really good to finally sing after so many years and after having selected and then shunned by the music section .And i definitely rose from obscurity to a known face even among the regulars. Hope they see a lot more of me on the mike now . And who knows i might up doing a Tu Ashiqi hai a la Jhankar Beats!!!!! :D
PS:If ure curious enough ,i'm putting that song here...do listen to it...its really gud..
PS2: Comments are always welcome...the more the better ;) :D
Well....now this is somethin i'd really wanna write about after not having written a personal post since quite some time. And this one was really an experience thats made it worth writing here.
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Labels: Moments n memories
When September Ends...
Wrote this one fighting with myself...so it shouldnt be surprising why i'm so confused...
Its been a long tym
since i've given a moment for myself
This is my life
and these are my dreams
and i'm living 'em up
But there's still this thought
which rings at the back of my mind
This is my life
It is not what it was before
These are my dreams
that i've never lived before
somebody break me,shake me
coz i must be sleeping
The pace at which my life's running
is tearing me apart
pulling at every end and every corner
fate is playing its part
I think I dont need nobody
to talk to ,to talk with,to laugh with
coz thats the way it is
Without anybody to care about,
everythin becomes so easy
Its me,my life and my dreams
They say u've changed
I can only ask-"Didnt u change me?"
They say ur'e rude
I can only ask-"Did it pay to be otherwise?"
They used to ask who are you
and I used to say-"whoever you want me to be"
They still ask Who are you
and I say-"it doesnt really matter"
coz i'm not ashamed to be the person i am today
Its bin a strange life i know
All those mistakes it contained
I always wished i could let go
But now as i sleep over them
They finally start to go away
And i know still, that i can face the day
These are my words
that i've never said before
I think I'm doing ok
And this is the smile
that i've never shown before
somebody,brake me,shake me
coz i must be sleeping
Yesterday, a boy afraid
locked deep inside,my place to hide
lost in himself,cryin for help it's safe to stay
i learned to live without a pride
and now all it is-
just a shell with me stuck on the inside
a prison,not a place to hide
So i want to wake up
want to wake up when september ends
i'm so afraid of waking
please don't shake me
afraid of breaking
please don't shake me
But i'd rather not chose to be this way
Summer has come and passed
now i wanna see it through your eyes
i wanna see the wind change
These are my words
that i've never said before
I think I'm doing ok
And this is the smile
that i've never shown before
somebody wake me up
wake me up when september ends
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Labels: Life, Seasons in the sun
Hey m back,and after a long hiatus frm blogging( well, the reasons are very diverse this tym and surprisingly have to do evrythin wid academics!!).. and me too ,like many others ,have got completely besotted with the new Cricket format -The twenty 20...and why not ,its the World Cup after all,and India has just beaten Pakistan in an edge-of-the-seat game played a couple of days ago!!!
I'm not really writing this to elaborate on what exactly the new format is about ,rather to share with you some interesting observations that i made as we watched the match ,and secondly,ofcourse, since i couldnt think of nething else to write (and ,hey dont cast aspersions on the monotony of my life, coz i'm enjoying every bit of it these days ,and its left me so exaggerated that therez no time to luk bak and wistfully wonder about the meandering course of my life )!!
So here we are in the TV room at my hostel ,and its jam-packed with almost every1 giving their attendane for the Indo-PAk match (as usual)... lemme make u abreast with the state of things as the match progressed :
1.The Pakistani players were given the best treatment by our proud IITians...after all theyre our neighbours and deserve due respect ..and oh,i forgot to tell you what due respect means in this context ... urrr....actually ,do i need to mention....stating the fact that its the TV room of an iit should suffice i suppose :P
2.The slogans of chak De India reverberated in the TV room,what with the success of the movie and its approbation by every one whoz watched it here!! It kinda instilled in me that once-in-a-blue-moon patriotic kinda feeling ...though its still sad that the shouts got somewhere lost among the love bestowed by the ppl on the Pakistani cricketers...lol!!
3. Whenever a four or a six was hot by the Indian team or whenever a pakistani wicket fell,there was a huge uproar ,whistles ,shouting ,cheering,and drooling!!!!!
Now u may ask ,whats so unique about this whole cheering and jeering stuff ..doesnt it happens whenevr India plays ...i mean obviuosly one is spposed to cheer when a certain Tendular or Dravid hits a six....but hey, then i'd say u missed out on that world which was innocuosly hidden among the many verbs that i used -"drooling"...
I suppose the gentleman/gentlelady or even any1 whoz a cross between the two is readin this post ,he/she or watevr is already of aware of the "cheerleaders" that adorn the ground during every match!!! And hey,the cameramen alwaz show a cute close up whenever sumthin "worth-cheering" happens...and lo!100 IITians and a bunch of sexy girls doin their jig in front of em...do i need to say nethin else as to why the decibel levels sore!!! (hope ure not wondering still!!)....and oh,forgot to mention...the girlz are pretty hot!!! ;)
4.A twenty over match ensured that every dot ball was precious ,and so,quite obviously ,the People couldnt feel less exasperated after the match after having cheered for that zillionth dot ball!!!
5.Well,in a normal ODI, in a scenario where one team chasing a measly target and still reeling under pressure comes back into the game with a certain determined player goin all out to hit the ball to almost every corner of the stadium ,and lands up requring 1 run of 2 balls ...its quite normal to expect the disheartned supporters to lose nerve and abandon their positions ,and thatz exactly hat happened...but hey ,this was no normal ODI ,and not only did India manage to tie the match ,and bring the audience bak to their TV screens, but also made the most outta the newly introduced Bowl-out!!! Though it was so hard to beleive that the burly Pakistanis couldnt evn hit the stumps once!! What a shame....muahaha!!
Now at the end of it,u might be wondering what exactly was i my dispositon in this hullabuloo...i'd say that i had the bad luck of being with arjun chaudhay at that time(weight>100 kg)...and as the match became more exciting ,his weight seemed to be increasing every minute,and i could harldy watch the proceedings overpowered under the tremendous pressure of his hefty body jumping all over and me squeezed against it!!! Gosh!! :D
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So, last month I once again began my search for the first card of the Obama administration. It's been difficult to say the least, and I've found a little art mystery as well that has really challenged my research abilities.
First off….even several days into December the only image I could find was the a picture of the inside of the card showing the sentiment and signatures. I've posted it below.
Of course, I'm a traditional kind of girl, so in keeping with tradition here at History Is Elementary you will have to follow me over to American Presidents to discover more about this past season's card and the art mystery I discovered within the White House walls.
It truly astounds me that a painting has been so grossly misidentified.
Past articles of mine regarding the White House Christmas greetings can be found here, here, here, and I'm still looking for that original Wyeth painting that was used for the Nixon Christmas card from 1971. It's also a mystery…..


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"And that sweet city with her dreaming spires…"
I'm sure by now many of us have at least heard of one Elly Nowell, the A-Level student who sent a 'rejection' letter to Magdalen College, Oxford.
If you haven't yet read the letter, I have reproduced it in full here:
Dear University,
I have now considered your establishment as a place to read Law (Jurisprudence). I very much regret to inform you that I will be withdrawing my application. I realise you may be disappointed by this decision but you were in competition with many fantastic universities and following your interview I am afraid you do not quite meet the standard of the universities I will be considering.
I encourage you to try again for my LLM but re-applicants are at a disadvantage and you are unlikely to succeed unless you become a more progressive university. See below for guidelines for re-application.
I hope you will be successful in finding other capable candidates and I wish you every success in your future as a university.
Thank you for your interest in me
Your sincerely
Elly Nowell
Guidelines for Re-application
1) Whilst you may believe your decision to hold interviews in grand formal settings is inspiring, it allows public school applicants to flourish in the environment they are accustomed to and intimidates state school applicants, distorting the true academic potential of both.
2) Whilst you may believe your traditions and rituals are impressive, they reflect badly on your university. As an institution that preaches academic excellence, teaching your students to blindly and illogically do whatever they are told reveals significant flaws in your education system. Frankly. I feel humiliated for both you and your students.
3) During my time at Magdalen College the obvious gap between minorities and white middle-class students was embarrassing. Whilst I realise you are trying to address these problems within your university, the gap between elitism and discrimination is a narrow one and one that you still do not appear to have adequately addressed.
4) Perhaps offer a glass of water in your interviews next time: it is rude to torture guests.
The first part is slightly amusing, if somewhat unusual approach, to rejecting a college to which you have applied to attend. I imagine that most would be students don't even bother with a letter (I know I didn't).
It is her 'guidelines' however where I feel she has shown herself up.
'Grand formal settings'? We are talking about a college that has been around for 550 years, a college which is part of the oldest university in the English speaking world, in a city that received its chart in 1191, and boasts buildings built in times before concrete, glass and steel constructs become the norm. Described by Matthew Arnold as the 'City of dreaming spires', immortalised on television thanks to 'Morse' and 'Lewis' one has to ask what on earth she expected? Frankly, if she had wanted a 1960s monstrosity then she should have applied to the University of Essex.
With age cometh traditions and rituals and after 550 years I'd be shocked if Magdalen didn't have any. As with all traditions though no doubt some will be good and some will be bad but when the college is one of the best at Oxford (according to the JCRs website) it doesn't seem as though there are that many 'flaws' in their education system.
Bitching about skin colour and class? Why? If someone is good enough to be there then who cares what their background is or what colour they are.
Finally, might I suggest that if someone has forgotten to offer you a glass of water/tea/coffee, you might in future ask? It'll be an odd place that says no!
Sadly through young Elly is not finished. On Thursday she was invited to write a piece for Comment is Free in order to explain why she sent her letter.
Most of the piece though is fluff with the meat coming towards the end.
So, why did I apply in the first place? If you're achieving high grades at A-level (or equivalent) you can feel quite a lot of pressure to "prove yourself" by getting an Oxbridge offer. Coupled with the fact that I grew up on benefits in council estates throughout Bristol – not a type of heritage often associated with Oxbridge interview – I decided to give it a try.
Colleges, even Brockenhurst where Elly went (which is one of the best in the country), like the idea of sending some of their students to Oxford or Cambridge. It is a pat on the back for them as well so they will encourage their brightest to make an application. Perhaps it is not always the best choice but it doesn't preclude prospective undergraduates from applying elsewhere.
It was only at interview that I started to question what exactly I was trying to prove. I was well aware that fantastic candidates are often turned down, and I did not believe that this was a true reflection of their academic potential. It no longer made any sense to me to subject myself to their judgment, and so I withdrew my application.
So you felt, after 'giving it a try', that it wasn't for you. Big deal. You are hardly the first and I somewhat doubt you will be the last. I don't recall anyone else writing a letter about it and getting themselves a column in CiF though.
As to my opinions on the future of Oxbridge, I share many of the views put forward by Owen Jones . Although I take issue with his concern that not going to Oxbridge gives you a "chip on your shoulder", which seemingly makes your opinion less valid. I did not write to Oxford to avoid the risk of being labelled as an "Oxbridge reject": I already am one. Last year I made an (admittedly weak) application to Cambridge and was inevitably rejected post-interview. I am proud of the so-called "chip on my shoulder" and I do not believe anyone's opinion should be invalidated simply because they did not attend Oxbridge.
Sharing the views of Owen Jones? A 20 something, self-confessed fourth generation socialist who himself went to Oxford and whose media resume is so full of 'right-on' organisations I can't read it without laughing?
I fully suspect that at some point after graduation Ms Nowell will, instead of sinking into obscurity, be working in the Westminster Village and shall eventually become a Labour MP, complete with that chip on her shoulder. I, for one, am not looking forward to that day.


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Jessica Ordona (in white) disliked the fit of her jeans, so she signed up for a class she says addressed the issue.
Dear inhabitants of planet Earth: If you need a special class to make you like the fit of your jeans, YOU ARE WEARING THE WRONG JEANS.
This obviously is infuriating for all the usual FA and feminist reasons, but what's killing me today is the sheer fucking drabness of a world where people are convinced that instead of thinking creatively about how to dress, they should pay money to sculpt their asses so they can wear the same fucking clothes as everyone else. There is a whole world of creative people out there who look awesome in clothing, and it's not because they spend five days a week doing ass workouts. It's because they use their fabulous minds rather than their six-pack abs to decide what to wear.
Don't like how you look in skinny jeans? For god's sake, wear something else. Someone profited by convincing you to put on the jeans in the first place; don't let someone profit off the fact that they don't fit you now that you have them.


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What happens in Vegas? Packed clubs, glitzy shows and gambling still reign on the Strip, but today's Sin City offers a whole lot more than just sin.
Author Michael Kaplan Photography Brad Swonetz
IT IS 2 A.M. in Las Vegas, but you wouldn't know it from the crowd at Mr. Lucky's 24-7. Inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino's always-open coffee shop, excited-looking twentysomethings chow down on pancakes and omelets on one side, a poker fiend dines on steak fajitas on the other, and a Japanese crowd that just decamped from the Hard Rock's nightclub of the moment, Vanity, tucks into a round of turkey clubs in the back. Many cities claim to be 'round-the-clock. Vegas truly is. But its appeal is broader than that. Yes, L.A.'s glitterati fly in for sleepless weekends of clubbing, but nature-lovers also come to marvel at desert sunrises and luxurious retreats. Gamblers from around the globe enjoy blackjack with their morning coffee, but foodies flock here too, to sample dishes prepared by some of the planet's top chefs. You finish off the last of your Mr. Lucky's Secret Special (an eight- ounce steak and three shrimp, available for $7.77, ordered off-menu) and head to your room to bank some of the sleep that you'll surely be missing over the next three days.
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I love to see posts about Vegas, I've been there so many times myself. I really enjoy eating the buffets at all of the casinos. I think once I ate nothing but buffets for an entire day, and spent around $1,000 feeding my family that way. It was money… well spent. Great post!
@River I agree! The Sterling Brunch on Sunday at Bally's is way too awesome! =)


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This was the first year, in many years, that Hubs and I decorated our tree by ourselves. Our daughters are married and have homes and families of their own. Our son is away at Marine training (but will hopefully be home for a few days near Christmas).
Without the kids around to fight over ornaments or step on each other's toes, the house was strangely quiet, except for the Christmas music playing in the background.
What I noticed when opening our box of ornaments was that several of them needed a bit of TLC. Over the years, I haven't really done much with the ornaments except unwrap, hang, unhang, re- wrap, and re-pack.
I decided that this year would be the time to repair and refurbish some of those little cuties. I put together a little kit to help with the process.
I used my Sparkle Cleaner, a jewelry polishing cloth, super glue, small sharp scissors, and a small paint brush. I also ended up using some clear finger-nail polish which I didn't show in the picture.
The sparkle cleaner and a soft cloth worked well for cleaning glass ornaments. The jewelry polishing cloth polished metal ornaments until they shone. Super glue reattached loose ribbon and trims, re- secured wobbly eye-hooks and wire hangers, and reunited broken pieces of ornaments. The scissors worked well for trimming loose threads and frayed ribbon.
I used the small paint brush to touch up some ornaments, using acrylic craft paints. The clear fingernail polish worked well as a top coat after the paint dried (leaves a shiny finish).
I'm happy to have that little chore finished - it wasn't planned but I feel better that our family ornaments are looking good.


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What was Obama doing on his flight back from Colorado Springs wildfire sightseeing trip?; Update: The White House photo-op gallery
Fund-raising, of course.
On Air Force One.
And frantically:
"The majority on this call maxed out to my campaign last time. I really need you to do the same this time," the president said in a highly unusual (and presumably legal) fundraising pitch from Air Force One on his way back to Washington from Colorado Springs, where he'd been assessing the terrible damage caused by uncontained wildfires. A special phone on the government aircraft is dedicated to political calls that are paid for by the campaign.
"I'm asking you to meet or exceed what you did in 2008," the presidential pitchman continued, speaking to donors who were invited to dial in based on their contributions during the last election. "Because we're going to have to deal with these super PACs in a serious way. And if we don't, frankly I think the political [scene] is going to be changed permanently. Because the special interests that are financing my opponent's campaign are just going to consolidate themselves. They're gonna run Congress and the White House."
The president's 18-minute pleading—a recording of which was provided to The Daily Beast by an Obama contributor—hardly sounded like a man doing a victory lap after Thursday's Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare, as the Affordable Care Act has come to be known. Or, for that matter, like a candidate who has been beating his Republican opponent in recent polls of key battleground states.
Rather, Obama sounded like a dog-tired idealist forced to grapple painfully with hard reality. "In 2008 everything was new and exciting about our campaign," Obama said. "And now I'm the incumbent president. I've got gray hair. People have seen disappointment because folks had a vision of change happening immediately. And it turns out change is hard, especially when you've got an obstructionist Republican Congress."
Never let a wildfire (or a post-wildfire sightseeing trip flight back home!) go to waste.
And…the money-grubbing continues on Twitter:
President Obama on tonight's fundraising deadline: "This is important." Pitch in $3 before midnight: OFA.BO/NNZpqq
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 1, 2012
The White House photo-op gallery of President Obama's visit is up. Funny, they forgot to include any of the Air Force One money-grubbing scenes.
Slide show from the President's visit to Colorado Springs to view fire damage: 1.usa.gov/QDc1pr
— petesouza (@petesouza) June 30, 2012
Horrifying: Entire hot shot crew perishes in Arizona's Yarnell Fire
July 1, 2013 12:06 AM by Michelle Malkin
Colorado is on fire again; scrambling for tankers
June 11, 2013 09:06 PM by Michelle Malkin
Giving Thanks for America's Givers
November 21, 2012 09:11 PM by Michelle Malkin
Democrat global warming blame-ologists demand Capitol Hill hearing
July 13, 2012 01:00 PM by Michelle Malkin
Global warming blame-ologists play with fire
July 6, 2012 09:27 AM by Michelle Malkin
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Linux Loses Flash Player - but Does Anyone Care?
Mar 1, 2012 5:00 AM PT
There's no denying that Adobe has been a fickle friend to Linux in recent times, as well as to mobile users in general.
After all, not only did the company put the brakes on mobile Flash last year, but it also put Linux users on a roller-coaster ride for 64-bit Flash and it pulled the plug on AIR for Linux.
The latest affront? Coming soon, there will be no more standalone Flash Player for Linux. Instead, Linux users who want Flash will have to do it through Chrome -- unless, of course, they happen to choose from among numerous alternative players out there.
Is it the worst of times -- or the best of times? Or does it just not matter? In the Linux blogosphere, there's never any shortage of opinions.
'Adobe Is Throwing It Away'
"The appeal of Flash is cross-platform compatibility, and Adobe is throwing it away," lamented Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza.
"I will never run Chrome (or even Chromium) unless the architecture changes such that NotScripts is as good as NoScript," Espinoza added.
"As long as Chrome's very design makes it impossible to block some types of content, it is unsuitable for use on a real-world internet," he said.
'So Long, and Thanks for the Fish'
"I'm not going to panic," asserted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site. "They've promised security updates until 2017, and by then we'll have been reading 'Netcraft confirms it -- Flash is dead' for years.
"I can't say I blame them too much," Hudson added. "The Linux ecosystem is just too fragmented, and the number of users who run Linux who don't also have access to a Windows, Mac, iOS, or Android device is a rounding error."
Ultimately, "Linux users gained more from Adobe than the other way around, and it made sense back when it appeared that maybe Linux could gain a foothold on the desktop," she opined. "But with Linux desktop use still stuck around 1 percent, and the desktop market itself in decline year-over year, the sad reality is that it's simply impossible to justify expending the resources."
Hudson's parting message: "So long, Adobe, and thanks for the fish. You'll be missed. I just hope this doesn't become a trend."
'The Beginning of the End'
Flash is "struggling to stay relevant in the face of HTML 5," asserted Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project.
"It may be that this is the beginning of the end for that format," Travers suggested. "HTML 5 gives all the benefits of flash without the vendor lock-in."
Still, "I am surprised that it did happen this fast," Travers added.
'Shuffling the Deck Chairs'
Blogger Robert Pogson saw it differently.
"Adobe is a sad company that cannot cope with the reality of GNU/Linux," Pogson told Linux Girl. "They let themselves be locked into using M$'s API, which makes all their software unportable.
"If they cannot decide to do IT the right way making portable code, the world does not owe them a living, and we should let them go onto the sinking ship that M$ operates," Pogson went on. "That other OS is a large vessel, but it is shrinking, on fire and holed below the waterline. This latest move is Adobe shuffling the deck-chairs."
Indeed, "Adobe seems to be going out of its way to kill Flash as a platform," agreed consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack.
'Has the Community Lost Its Mind?'
Last but not least, Slashdot blogger hairyfeet couldn't understand some Linux fans' cavalier reactions.
"Did I miss a meeting?" hairyfeet began. "Was there an episode of the series I missed? Aren't FOSS guys supposed to be FOR freedom?
"Then why are they cheering the slow death of Flash, which is owned by a company that let you redistribute all you wanted, even make an open source knockoff if you liked, when it's obvious it's gonna be replaced by a codec owned by the worst patent trolls on the planet -- a company that will block Firefox and chromium and any other FLOSS that doesn't 'pay their $699 license fee,' to rip off the old SCO meme?"
In short, "has the whole community lost its mind?" hairyfeet wondered.
'X264 Is Illegal'
In the end, "you reap what you sow, and the community is gonna pay what they owe," hairyfeet went on.
"X264 is ILLEGAL in ANY country that has signed the Berne Convention, and that includes pretty much the entire western world," hairyfeet explained. "When the DRM is added, not only will it be patent infringement but it will be a DMCA violation, which means distributing could get you jail time."
That, indeed, is why "BOTH Apple AND MSFT, two companies that traditionally haven't been the best of friends, are supporting H.264," he added. "They know that will divide the entire web between them and Google, who has the money to pay its $699 license fee."
'They'll Have to TiVo Android'
Of course, "to do so, they'll have to TiVo Android, which mark my words will happen within the next two years," hairyfeet predicted. "They'll claim it's because of 'security measures' and that they are protecting the app market, but the reasons don't matter: you'll have code signing and eFuses making sure that Android code you want to modify is totally worthless.
"Why do you think Google has been so careful about not allowing GPL V3 into Android?" he said.
So, "enjoy your Pyrrhic victory, because soon you won't have flash to kick around anymore; instead it'll all be locked behind an H.264 paywall, and how many people are gonna want Linux when it can't even legally play 80 percent of the videos on the web?"
The answer, he concluded, is "nobody, which gives the big three -- Google, Apple, and MSFT -- just what they want: complete control of the web."


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There are many things you know about ESPN analyst and former U.S. men's national team defender Alexi Lalas. There are also many things you don't about the man.
Well in case you missed it, everything and more was covered in Lalas' interview today with Dave Tepper and Jerome Solomon on ESPN 97.5 FM. The men discussed the state of the USMNT, Sunday's Dynamo match, Lalas' music ability and his time working for AEG. And if the Houston Texans don't sign Ed Reed, it won't be for lack of trying on the part of Lalas.


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WILLOWS — The 15th annual 100-mile Nome Cult Trail walk will take place Sunday through Sept. 18, tracing the forced relocation of Indians from Chico to Round Valley in 1863.
The walkers will begin at River Road at 7 a.m., and will follow Highway 32 to the Buckhorn Campground at Black Butte Lake. For the remainder of the week, they will walk across the Mendocino National Forest, following the Nome Cult Trail.
Descendants of American Indians who took part in the original relocation and other supporters will walk from Chico to Covelo to commemorate the 147th anniversary of the trail, camping each night. Participants will descend into Round Valley Sept. 18 to participate in an event sponsored by the Round Valley Indian Tribes at the Round Valley Reservation in Covelo. The theme for the walk and gatherings is "Honor Their Memory … A Path Not Forgotten."
According to a Mendocino National Forest press release, the removal of Chico Indians to Round Valley was one of many forced relocations. For event information, contact Sandra Knight of Chico Mechoopda Tribe, 899-8922 ext. 213 or Alberta Azbill of Round Valley Indian Tribes, 707-983-6126 ext. 11.


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Love your excellent post, Ali and I'm so glad you linked up with #1000Speak this month. 🙂 I touched on this issue of connection via the internet in my Connection post, but was more focused on face-to-face connections so didn't cover this avenue properly. You certainly did. It's a wonderful way to connect with like-minded people (as you said) and we're very blessed in this age to have the advantage to do so. I think time is also a factor. Life is always so busy. We don't always have time to go visit and chat with others for hours on end, to attend parties and other get-togethers. We're very blessed that we can stay up to speed with with friends and family and associates via connections online. It's not as great as actually spending time with the people we value, but at least it helps keep us connected. 🙂
We are so fortunate to live in this digital age; it allows anyone and everyone to be a writer, either through publishing a book, or posting on a blog. We all have a voice. Thus we can be heard all around the world, not just the tiny patch of it which we physically inhabit, and make connections with like-minded people we could never otherwise hope to have met. We are all connected.
Perhaps even more important is our growing awareness of our interconnectedness; the ability to see a universal 'oneness' in all things, that no matter who or where we are, or how different we appear to be on the outside, we are all part of one whole.
Science has taken this idea a huge step further; archaeo-anthropology and archaeo-genetics can now trace our genetic pathway back through thousands of years to the origins of mankind, so determining our common ancestors. It seems we are more interconnected than some of us might like to admit.
Take, for example, the recent exhumation of the body of King Richard III from beneath a car park in Leicester; he died on August 22nd 1485, yet using samples of DNA obtained from his remains 530 years later, it was possible to trace his descendants around the globe who are alive today. Imagine discovering that connection!
All these strands which connect us in the modern world seem as fragile and intricate as spiders webs. They are invisible, blurred by distance, connections we can neither see, nor feel. They are easy to overlook, ignore, deny. Herein lies the disconnect.
Our connections on the web, social media, local radio, tv and so on informed us of the devastation of the two recent earthquakes in Nepal which left over 8500 people dead, and we were shocked. But we are immune, because we are so far removed from such horror. In our part of the world, these disasters rarely happen.
Watching or listening to such events unfold in distant lands to people we don't know arouses only vague senses of sorrow and empathy. A quick donation later, and we've moved on to discussing the weather, or preparing the dinner, and tomorrow there will be new news.
But the disconnect is insidious and sly. It creeps stealthily into our everyday lives, and our immediate community. I know, because I see it and I feel it. I always have.
Every day I battle with my twin demons; connection and disconnection. I disconnect so I can write; so I can avoid large social gatherings, where I mill about on the fringes feeling more disconnected than ever; so I can avoid feeling different, or inadequate, in fact so I can disconnect from my feelings of disconnectedness, which society makes me feel so aware of.
While I'm doing that, I'm connecting via my blog and social media with people who judge me only on my content, on what I have to say, on my voice, on my interaction. No one here finds me lacking. If they do, they just disconnect, unfollow, never comment again. It's a wonderful freedom. No wonder more and more people are joining the blogosphere.
The most precious connection of all, though, is that I share with my children. It's a multi-faceted jewel which is constantly growing and evolving. It's more than words, mere communication; its nurturing, displays of love and affection, sharing, taking an interest in each other, making time for each other, and so much more. I am reminded of this daily, when I lift my non-verbal child from her bed every morning. Lack of communication does not make for lack of connection; her squeals of joy when I walk in the room, and the intensity of her hugs are proof enough of that.


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KCPD releases dashcam video of police shooting on I-435
Police say Todd S. Weber shot, killed after pointing gun at officers
Kansas City, Mo., police released dash camera video of a January officer-involved shooting on Interstate 435 and Front Street.
Todd S. Weber, of Overland Park, Kan., was shot to death after pointing a gun at police officers following a low-speed pursuit, Kansas City police said.
Authorities said Independence police tried to stop Weber near 20th Street and Sterling Avenue about 12:30 a.m.
At one point the driver stopped and put a gun to his head, but then drove off again, investigators said.
The pursuit, which never topped speeds of 35 mph, went from Independence to Clay County and then to Kansas City. Stop-sticks were placed on the highway, where the driver's truck blew its tire.
Kansas City police said the man got out of his vehicle, pointed a gun toward officers and opened fire. That is when officers returned fire, killing Weber, police said.


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The story behind the song seized the spotlight Monday (May 13) at a party celebrating Lee Brice's latest No. 1 single, "I Drive Your Truck."
Jointly hosted by BMI and ASCAP, the performance rights organizations, the event was held at the Country Music Association building in Nashville primarily to honor the song's writers, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary and Jessi Alexander.
However, the focus quickly shifted to Medal of Honor recipient Jared Monti, who was killed in battle in Afghanistan in 2006.
In 2011, Harrington heard Monti's father, Paul, being interviewed on National Public Radio for a Memorial Day feature.
During the interview, the elder Monti explained how he kept the memory of his departed son fresh. "I drive his truck," he said.
Harrington jotted down the phrase and the theme behind it and took it to Alexander. After they started writing the song, they decided they needed to bring in "a guy who writes guy melodies." That's where Yeary entered the picture.
Harrington didn't remember the name of the soldier their song would eventually memorialize. But after Brice recorded the song and it started climbing the charts, the publishers unearthed the original interview and tracked down Paul Monti.
He and his son, Timothy, came to Nashville especially for the celebration.
"The song came from [Lee Brice's] soul," Monti told the crowd. "By the way," he added, "I've never been able to listen to that song through to the end" — a reference to the heartbreaking power of the lyrics.
The diminutive Bostonian — who joked about miniscule stature — flirted with Alexander, called the emotional Harrington "my crying buddy" and embraced Yeary, noting the two of them had become fast friends within about "40 seconds" of first meeting each other.
He then told how his son had died at night on a mountain in Afghanistan trying to save a wounded member of his unit.
"My son was a giver," he said. "He cared not for himself. He cared about everybody else."
In addition to those given to the songwriters, awards were also handed out to Brice, producers Kyle Jacobs and Matt McClure and singer Brad Hill, who sang the demo that was pitched to Brice. It was the 18th No. 1 for Harrington (including those in other genres), the third for Alexander and the second for Yeary.
"I Drive Your Truck" was Brice's third chart-topper as an artist.
Ron Cox, senior vice president and director of Avenue Bank's entertainment division, presented each writer with a certificate stating that the bank had made a donation in that writer's name to the Jared C. Monti Memorial Scholarship Fund.
"We dreamed about his one, didn't we guys?" Alexander said to her co-writers. She revealed that she helped write the song when she was pregnant with twins, and she dedicated her trophy to her mother, who died 10 years ago.
"Connie absolutely cried like a baby at every point in writing this song," Yeary said. When she didn't cry, he continued, they knew the lyrics weren't up to par.
Harrington was so weepy when it came her turn to speak, she asked publisher Rusty Gaston to read her prepared remarks.
"We are our stories," he read. "Our stories are our way to say we were here."
After Harrington gained a measure of control, she turned to Brice and said, "You sang "I Drive Your Truck' and you tore my heart apart — in a good way."
Brice said he had approached Gaston in search of some lighter songs to complete his album. After hearing them, he said he was ready to go home when Gaston asked if he could play him just one more song.
That song, of course, was "I Drive Your Truck." Brice said it was such an obvious hit, he assumed Gaston would be pitching it to a bigger artist.
"This is really more than a No. 1 song," he mused.
Circumstances seem to have confirmed that.


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Stalker Prince 14Submitted by metaphorical_cowboy on Fri, 10/01/2010 - 10:20.
Act 1 Scene 14
Lisonse is shown biking home with shaky balance. Once home, he falls asleep on the floor. Lisonse wakes up around six and bikes to the hub. Mr.Chesney stops him at the door.
Mr.Chesney: "What's your deal? First you're late, and you didn't even show up yesterday."
Lisonse: "Wait, I was here yesterday."
Mr.Chesney: "That was Wednesday. I've been giving you a little lee way on account of your beat downs, but this cuts it..."
Lisonse: "Please don't. I need this job. Well, I'm applicable for welfare, but I like being employed."
Stalker Prince 13Submitted by metaphorical_cowboy on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 18:30.
Act 1 Scene 13
TV: "A full person is aware of their environment. You are full people. Full people are part of The Organization. The Organization's information is for full people only."
The film ends and the youths get up.
Mr.Walson: "I think we'll call it quits for today. Get a good night's sleep."
The youths leave. Lisonse is shown entering his house and placing his personal bike its place. He then eats, brushes his teeth, takes a shower and goes to bed.
Last Flight of the Admiral Stalkforth 8Submitted by Will H.M. on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 06:48.
He tugged at the reeds with both hands, then raised them up and regarded his handiwork. He had fashioned a small crown with the green stone set into its center. He offered it to the Officer, but the other man made no move to take it. Shrugging, he tossed it into the silver pool.
"Why did you really come to Lumina?" the Officer asked at last.
"To escape I suppose, but also because I did not want to live in a universe where war was the sole antidote to barbarity."
"But battle is the only way to keep people honest, it's human nature."
Stalker Prince 12Submitted by metaphorical_cowboy on Wed, 09/29/2010 - 10:24.
Act 1 Scene 12
Lisonse and the others hit the showers. Afterwards they enter the sim room with Lisonse being the first to put on his helmet. The world melts away. He's alone in the middle of the woods. He taps the ground, looking satisfied by the additional senses he's experiencing. Soon enough, the others arrive.
Stalker Prince 11Submitted by metaphorical_cowboy on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 19:06.
Act 1 Scene 11
Mr.Walson and Lisonse are circling each other with Wright and Rob in the background.
Mr.Walson: "Throw your best shot."
Lisonse throws a punch, only to be blocked and then slapped by Mr.Walson.
Mr.Walson: "Fair enough. Give me a kick."
Lisonse kicks only to be blocked and slapped by Mr.Walson.
Mr.Walson: "I said 'hit me'"
Lisonse: "Well, you technically said you'd li.."
Mr.Walson slaps Lisonse hard enough to knock Lisonse over.
Last Flight of the Admiral Stalkforth 7Submitted by Will H.M. on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 06:28.
A rustling sound woke him. He sat up and looked around. Perched on a rock a little ways off was the Admiral, brow creased as he delicately wove together several strands of reeds. The Officer looked down in horror at his mud-stained uniform. The abruptness of waking had shocked him back into his former self, if only temporarily. His entire body tensed up at the state of his hygiene.
"How long have I been asleep?" he asked sharply.
"Some time."
"And how long have you been here?"
"Oh, some time, some time."
Stalker Prince 10Submitted by metaphorical_cowboy on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 17:34.
Act 1 Scene 10
The helmet comes off and Lisonse steps out of the chair, looking confused. He is then shown doing exercises (bench presses, crunches, jogging, etc). Afterwards, Lisonse is shown leaving the locker room when Mr.Walson appears.
Mr.Walson: "You're not about to leave, are you? We're just about to start another movie. Pretty good one. Besides a little more time won't hurt."
Lisonse: "Guess not"
Lisonse follows Mr.Walson into the TV room and finds Wright, Santi, and Rob already watching. Santi nods at him. The movie starts.
Stalker Prince 9Submitted by metaphorical_cowboy on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 13:00.
Act1 Scene 9
Lisonse is in a large white empty room. He moves around a bit, tapping the ground to feel its reaction. Lisonse exits the room to find a large white hallway with several white doors. He opens a few to find large rooms inside. There is no furniture. After running for as long as he can, Lisonse finds that there is no end to the hallway. He has to sit to catch his breath.
Last Flight of the Admiral Stalkforth 6Submitted by Will H.M. on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 00:46.
The path, barely wide enough for one person, twisted between behemoth trees twice the height of the bungalows in the village. All was shrouded in near darkness by the locked-tight canopy, and electrically charged bugs flew through the air in great numbers, breaking apart into a shower of sparks at the slightest contact. The ground sank underfoot but did not break, as if an ocean of mud lay just below a latticework of grass. Faint chiming calls echoed from above and overlapped endlessly, creating a polyphonous chorus.
Stalker Prince 8Submitted by metaphorical_cowboy on Fri, 09/24/2010 - 13:20.
Act 1 Scene 8
Lisonse follows his basic routine but before leaving, he logs onto his computer and checks for routes not bordering dead zones. Lisonse looks at the spot where is work bike used to be and clutches at the sky in bizarrely serious pose.
Lisonse: "Why!" in a growling voice.
He then grabs his personal bike and heads out. Lisonse arrives at delivery hub, grabs his packages and leaves. Mr. Chesney says nothing. Lisonse rides around skittishly for the rest of the day, but delivers all the packages and goes home.


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TMA necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 85 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
The company is a global subsea contractor, as such this should be a fresh design for an International audience (will only be developed in English).
Gulmar Offshore
Our World is Under the Sea
Desired Color Scheme:
Has to work with the red and blue in the logo
Desired Style:
Business Professional, Clean, Modern
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Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
We are looking for a clean and professional design with a somewhat conservative slant. This B-to-B organization services very large subsea and energy companies and it's target audience is mostly "C" level so the design should appeal to executive level.
This will ultimately be a full color 8.5x11(finished), 16-page brochure with 4-page center gate fold.
This contest is for the cover only but, the winner will be offered the opportunity to design the rest of the brochure.
The current branding of the company is NOTHING like what is needed so we really don't have anything to work from. The version of the logo we have is scanned from a business card and we are unclear whether or not we'll be getting another version so it will most likely need to be re-drawn.
This client has contracted us to produce several things, (we currently have a contest for a web design running right now as well) in addition to this brochure.
Good Luck and feel free to ask any questions or let us know if more information is needed. Thanks!!


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So last night I finally got to see the much hyped new Sacha Baron Cohen box-office hit Bruno, which, as a diehard Baron Cohen/Ali G/Borat/Bruno fan from ever since Da Ali G Show first premiered on Channel 4, I was really looking forward to seeing. But, boy, was I let down. To paraphrase Baron Cohen's flamboyantly gay Austrian TV fashionista character, this new movie "ist aus," as in, opposite of "in." And it wasn't that I was shocked in any way, or that I found it offensive to gays, or to redneck Americans, for that matter. I just found it offensive to my sense of humor. I expected a lot more from the great Baron Cohen.
Where was the quick witted Bruno from Da Ali G Show? The one whose hilarious skits included brilliantly manipulating fashion tastemakers into totally contradicting themselves without realizing how ridiculous they looked? Replacing genuine wit and biting satire, post Borat Bruno was merely a barrage of slapstick penis jokes with no real substance or humor to back them up. Even Bruno's encounter with Ron Paul, which could have been the screen magic of such past Ali G interviews with Newt Gingrinch, Andy Rooney, and Pat Buchanan, fell totally flat in comparision.
Of course, the new Bruno isn't a total waste. The movie offered occasional belly laugh moments such as the Paula Abdul encounter. But my advice is don't rush out to theaters to see it. Wait until it comes out on DVD. And speaking of DVDs you should get at Amoeba, I would recommend going back and checking out Da Ali G Show for the far superior Bruno appearances from that missed TV series. Also go back to check out the totally slept on (especially Stateside) pre-Borat 2002 Ali G Indahouse: The Movie about the unlikely rise to fame and political power by the jungle/hip-hop goon from the suburb of Staines that Baron Cohen plays so brilliantly.