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Giovanni Matteo Asola
c.1528 - 1609
Giovanni Matteo Asola (c.1528 - 01/10/1609), an Italian composer (born in Verona). He composed three settings of the requiem mass.
Missa pro defunctis
This mass in plainsong melody is for TTBB choir (4 voices equal). The polyphonic treatment illustrated by Asola and Pitoni's requiems is traced in Liszt's Totentanz.
This Missa pro defunctis contains:
- Introitus: Requiem aeternam.
- Kyrie: Kyrie Christe Kyrie.
- Gradual: Requiem aeternam.
- Tractus: Absolve Domine.
- Sequentia: Dies Irae.
- Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe.
- Sanctus: Sanctus & Hosanna.
- Benedictus: Benedictus & Hosanna.
- Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei I, II, III.
- Communio: Lux aeterna.
Asola is a representative of the Roman/Italian school like: Palestrina (1525-1594), Anerio (1560-1571), Vecchi (c.1550-1604). He was a pupil of Vincenzo Ruffo (1510-1587).
Of course in this small Missa pro Defunctis, in the title we saw Messa pro Defunctis, probably written in 1574, Asola made use of the plainchant in a short variety of forms. But there is by this Asola already other treatment of the text due to the Council of Trent as we normally saw, the style is close to the late works by Palestrina (1525-1594). Contrary to his Netherlands colleagues sizable proportions are written in homophonic style or even chordal style or very sober polyphonic style. Most of the movements in this Missa pro Defunctis are written for four male/equal voices, some The Gradual and Tractus for three equal voices (TTB & TTTB).
In the first movement the Requiem aeternam, Asola quotes parts of the Gregorian Plainchant in an uni sono way, and this movement contains 53 bars.
A smaller part - the first part of this Requiem - is written in a modest polyphonically way. This part of the Requiem finishes with a firm homophonic part in: et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalam up to caro veniet. Here you see already clearly the change in technique compared to the brilliant polyphonic style of his Netherlands colleagues. Imitation, independent rhythms, almost all contrapuntal devices have been nearly stripped away. Asola helps himself all through this Mass with homophonic and canonic passages, larded with brief sections of non-imitative texture.
The clear presentation of the text governs all through this Missa pro Defunctis and is characteristic of a certain end 16th century Mass-style.
The Kyrie contains 38 bars and is written in a modest polyphonic style and starts in a canonic form. The Christe and last Kyrië start briefly homophonic and changes into polyphonic manner up to the end. The Gradual in this case is used the text Requiem aeternam and not the Si Ambulem and is set for three equal voices TTB, contains 27 bars and is written in homophonic style. The same applies for the Tractus, Absolve Dominum set either for three equal voices TTB and contains 35 bars.
The Gradual and Tractus are since 1570 official part of the office of the Dead.
The Sequence, Dies irae is used by Asola like for instance Jacobus de Kerle (1531-1591 ) did in following the orders and the concluded implementation of the Dies Irae in the Office of the Dead by the Council of Trent. The Dies irae contains 149 bars and is written for alternating use uni sono and TTBB. The strophe with the odd numbers will be performed uni sono with the Plainchant. The straight numbers will be sung by several varied voices TTBB.
In Ingemisco tanquam reus, Culpa rubet vultus meus;Supplicanti parce, Deus; translattion: I groan as one guilty, my face blushes with guilt; spare the suppliant, O God, Asola follows the text in severe full homophonic style so he did the opposite in Confutatis maledictus now in a very delicate and gracious fluent polyphonic style.
In the phrase Pie Jesu, Asola uses long notes to accentuate the merciful Jesu! and is set following a conclusion ending with Amen in great E major.
The Offertorium is set for four equal voices TTBB, contains 99 bars and Asola quotes parts of the Gregorian Plainchant. The Offertorium is due to the dramatic text - written in such an equal style in using a lot of sharps and flats. The first part has a modest polyphonic style; from tu suscipe pro animabus Asola uses a vast homophonic style. Asola omitted in this offertorium the normally used last sentence Quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus.
The Sanctus and Benedictus are very short respectively 26 and 17 bars and are based on modest polyphonic style with some independent rhythms and polyphonic movements in the beginning of the Sanctus/ Benedictus and Hosanna. Contrary to that the Pleni sunt coeli is homophonic ending with a short polyphonic Hosanna. The Sanctus starts with a short plainchant phrase.
The Agnus Dei I, II, III - 35 bars - start in each with a plainchant phrase, followed by homophonic style with some independent rhythm, nevertheless each dona eis requiem has polyphonic style.
In the Communio: Lux aeterna, Asola alternates in 45 bars with the plainchant uni sono followed by modest interesting polyphonic movements for TTBB. The Et Lux perpetua is vast homophonic ending up in a fluent polyphonic style. This Missa pro defunctis is published in Venice in 1574 Venetia : appresso li figliuoli di Antonio Gardano, 1574 and in 1576 by Gardano, Venezia, Missa pro defunctis aquattro voce pari (1576) and in nel 2.° libro delle messe a 4 voci pari.Ven. 1580.
Of course all the Missa pro Defunctis composed in the Renaissance period we saw are works written with deep devotion and painful hope, but in music terms they seems unbeatable most impressive. Nevertheless contrary to that Asola was really a prolific composer of sacred music, but mostly in a conservative style.
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Johnnie Walkers' Android is probably one of the best TV ads I've seen lately. It only started playing in Greece a few days ago, but it has quickly gained admiration by many. For those interested, there's also the Making of (link found on Panos.gr)
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Did you know your thoughts affect your health? Really impact you physically? You've heard it said we live in a mental world. The indications that support this statement are many.
Case in point:
In the post Your Birthday Can Kill You Newsmax Health shares interesting details from research published in the Annals of Epidemiology. "Overall, the research revealed a 13.8 percent greater probability people will die on the day they were born, said the report."
If fixating on your birthday causes stress and/or readies you "for a possible major life event on that day," can't you assume your thought is a key factor to your health?
As well, Russ Gerber in a Huffingtonpost article The Next Big Decision on Health Care May Be Your Own, relates that:
- Approximately 70 percent of medical students experience the symptoms of the diseases they are studying (known as "medical student's disease").
- Study after study has shown the physiological effect caused by a patient's belief — the expectation of improvement (placebo) or harm (nocebo) — in an inert substance.
- Similar symptoms appear in an individual when he or she sees or learns of the sickness of another, also known as psychogenic illness, or mass hysteria.
- Ruminating over the heavily-promoted expectation of danger (fear) can be hazardous to your health.
Isn't it in fact a mental world if unhealthy thinking causes illness? And, if unhealthy thinking causes illness, even death, but healthy thinking can promote and protect your health, then shouldn't you, by all means, think healthy?
What is healthy thinking? Believe it or not, in my Christian and mental healing practice, I've found that the less you think about the body the better. When overly concerned with the body, you may not be recognizing the real you.
The prescription of a master healer some 2000 years ago was this: Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on." This radical-care plan of Jesus' never ignored anyone's physical or mental problems. Just the opposite; the Bible indicates that Jesus had a stellar track record when it came to caring for the sick.
Perhaps Jesus' success centered on his ability to focus on the spiritual selfhood of those needing help. Could this mean that a more spiritual focus allows God's love and spiritual laws to govern you mentally and physically?
Research seems to indicate that spiritual awareness does promote health.
For example, Jeff Levin, in his book God, Faith, and Health: Exploring the Spirituality Healing Connection, writes, "The best study conducted to date on the topic of religious attendance and health found the most amazing results. It showed that the protective effects of frequent participation in church can last a lifetime. … Published in the American Journal of Public Health, [one] study found that frequent religious attenders had greater survival rates — that is, lower mortality — that extended over a twenty-eight-year period. Frequent religious attendance in 1965 was still reducing the risk of dying in 1994."
Another health explorer is finding thought to be an important key to your health:
Lissa Rankin, MD, in a blog post You're Healed If You Think You Are, writes, "As research for my upcoming book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself, I have been digging deep into the medical literature, going back as far as the 1920's into medical journals in order to find cold, hard science to prove what I have long believed – that we hold within us self-healing superpowers that are stronger than any chemotherapy and more effective than any surgery. …Your state of mind greatly affects the state of your body."
Since it appears that your thought is a key factor to your health, it may benefit you the most to contemplate the body less and health and happiness more. Consider recognizing yourself as healthy because spiritual facts declare that you are. Your spiritual thinking just may be that healing superpower.
– Keith Wommack is a Syndicated Columnist, Christian Science practitioner and teacher, husband, and step-dad. He has been described as a spiritual spur (since every horse needs a little nudge now and then). Keith's columns originate at: KeithWommack.com
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TONGEREN, about 20km southeast of Hasselt, is a small and amiable market town on the border of Belgium's language divide. It's also – and this is its main claim to fame – the oldest town in Belgium, built on the site of a Roman camp that guarded the road to Cologne. Its early history was plagued by misfortune – it was destroyed by the Franks and razed by the Vikings – but it did prosper during the Middle Ages in a modest sort of way as a dependency of the bishops of Liège. Nowadays, it's hard to imagine a more relaxing town, quiet for most of the week except on Sunday mornings (from 7am), when the area around Leopoldwal and the Veemarkt is taken over by the stalls of a vast flea and antiques market, one of the country's largest.
Shadowing the Grote Markt, the mostly Gothic Onze Lieve Vrouwebasiliek (Basilica of Our Lady) towers over the town with an impressive, symmetrical elegance, its assorted gargoyles, elaborate pinnacles and intricate tracery belying its piecemeal construction: it's the eleventh- to sixteenth-century outcome of an original fourth-century foundation, which was the first church north of the Alps to be dedicated to the Virgin. Still very much in use, the yawning interior, with its high, vaulted nave, has preserved an element of Catholic mystery, its holiest object a bedecked, medieval, walnut statue of Our Lady of Tongeren – "Mariabeeld" – which stands in the transept surrounded by candles and overhung by a gaudy canopy.
At the back of the church is the Schatkamer (Treasury), one of the region's most interesting, crowded with reliquaries, monstrances and reliquary shrines from as early as the tenth century. Three artefacts stand out – a beautiful sixth-century Merovingian buckle; a pious, haunting eleventh-century Head of Christ; and an intricate, bejewelled, thirteenth-century Reliquary Shrine of the Martyrs of Trier, celebrating a large group of German Christians killed at the hands of the Romans in the third century AD.
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sarahfimm necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 308 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
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I am an artist/musician and performer from Woodstock, NY. I am heavily influenced by the music of the 60's ie..Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, ..but I am also deeply into other groups such as A Perfect Circle, Nine inch Nails, Muse, Alice in Chains, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Lisa Gerrard, Massive Attack, Annie Lennox...
In 2005 I toured both the US and Europe with Peter Murphy, and in 2008 my band and I returned out in the road with Delerium through the US.
Since then, I have been recording the seventh album in the mountains of Woodstock with Producer David Baron (Edison Music). The musicians on this album include but are not limited to: Josh Freese, Jerry Marotta, Peter Murphy, Gail Van Dorsey, Sara Lee, Paul Bushnell, Elaine Caswell, Leigh Nash, Fames Macedonian Orchestra, Tawatha Agee and many more.
Influences include: Grace Slick, Chris Cornell, Annie Lennox, Layne Staley, Bill Hicks, Janis Joplin, Henry David Thoreau, Lao Tzu, Harry Houdini
Visually with this project, I would like the art associated with this record to reflect the many different facets of the subconscious that often go unaddressed thus leading to various forms of mental illness.
some new song titles include: Soul Let Swim, Morning Time, Invisible Satellies
Fans of : Muse, Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Muse, Peter Murphy, Tori Amos, Massive Attack, The Cure, Nico, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Imogen Heap, Sigur Ros, Fiona Apple, Pat Benatar....
70% are ages 16-48. musically diverse, Smart, tech-savvy/large internet base, cerebral but emotional freethinkers..
I'm looking for mock-ups of 3-5 pages for the new site. Here are some basic things to keep in mind:
Not too girly
No music notes, guitars or microphones
Artful and Original
Consistent visually
Consistent navigation
Music player on every page
Visually inspired
No pink please
Here are pages I'll need. Feel free to start with one or two pages for a basic design.
1. Home page
Some type of intriguing imagery and latest news
2. Music page (w/ full 7 album discography and samples of each with lyrics and links to purchase)
3. Gallery page (photos of sarah artwork, personal photography and portrait gallery
4. Video page (gallery for live and produced videos)
5. Contact page (a way for fans to contact me or join my mailing list+street team)
Attached below are some logo images and other useful bits you might want. Use any of them you like. Also on my existing website (http://sarahfimm.com) you can find a lot of other images of me to use.
If anything is unclear in any way, please ask me. Thank you!


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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's Terrible Naked Pregnant Pose
Of all terrible naked pregnant poses, man hand bra is my least favorite. The problem is that, when a man puts his hands on his wife's tits, he automatically makes a grabbing motion. See how Nick's fingers are tensed, his thumbs outstretched and gripping? That is the source of the awkwardness. This is not an elegant nude. This is a virile man getting to second base with a lady he recently knocked up.
Mariah describes her fetuses' personalities:
You can tell the personalities a bit. In viewing our ultrasounds, our boy is all ready like Nick, like, 'Here I am, take my picture or don't, and our girl is coyly facing the other way, like, 'No pictures,' waiting for a proper debut.
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Your brain is made up of cells. Each one does its own, cell thing. But remarkable behavior emerges when lots of them join up in the grey matter club. You are a conscious being – a single neuron isn't.
Find out about the counter-intuitive process known as emergence – when simple stuff develops complex forms and complex behavior – and all without a blueprint.
Plus self-organization in the natural world, and how Darwinian evolution can be speeded up.
- Randy Schekman – Professor of molecular and cell biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2013 Nobel Prize-winner
- Steve Potter – Neurobiologist, biomedical engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Terence Deacon – Biological anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley
- Simon DeDeo – Research fellow at the Santa Fe Institute
- Leslie Valiant – Computer scientist, Harvard University, author of Probably Approximately Correct: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World


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This is presumably in reference to something Stephen A. Smith predicted during First Take today, regarding the Packers defeating the Bears on Thursday Night Football. I hope so, because this video message, when considered in any other context, is honest-to-God nightmare fuel. See you in the morning, Skip!
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Ten patients into the shift and not a single one of them "needed" to be in the ER. Foot pain x 3 months. Chronic neck pain (no significant changes -- just got scared). Homeless & got nowhere to go. Ingrown fingernail. Etc.
Sigh. It's going to be a long day.
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Least Emergent Chief Complaint of the day
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I live with someone who went to the ER 13 or 14 times one year because of "chest pain." Every single time, the nice doctors explained he was having an anxiety attack and they didn't really have the treatment he needed.ReplyDelete
He recently had his blood sugar tested because he thought his fatigue was from diabetes. Turns out, his blood sugar is fine and his fatigue may be related to spending every waking moment either at work or lying on the couch.
I'll let him know that if he has any more bouts with insomnia he should head on down to the ER.
- Bethany7/05/2007 1:04 PM
You are a gem.
- The House Whisperer7/05/2007 6:19 PM
I especially like the insomnia complaint at 3am. My thought: "Yeah, I'm sleeping great too, bozo."ReplyDelete
I once had a patient ask for something like crank, because every time he stopped crank, he got a headache. I curbsided the psychiatrist, who quipped, "No, crank will be fine."


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The answers for the crossword puzzle published in Circuit Cellar 259 (February 2012).
With GPS technology and audio radio interfaces on his personal fleet of bikes, Circuit Cellar columnist Ed Nisley's family can communicate to each other while sending GPS location data via an automatic packet reporting system (APRS) network. In his February 2012 article, Ed describes a project for which he used a KG-UV3D radio interface rigged with SMD capacitors to suppress RF energy. He covers topics such as test-fixture measurements on isolated capacitors and bypassing beyond VHF.
Ed writes:
Repeatable and dependable measurements require a solid test fixture. Although the collection of parts in Photo 2 may look like a kludge, it's an exemplar of the "ugly construction" technique that's actually a good way to build RF circuits. "Some Thoughts on Breadboarding," by Wes Hayword, W7ZOI, gives details and suggestions for constructing RF projects above a solid printed circuit board (PCB) ground plane.
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The Trojan Horse seemed like a great idea — that is, until it led to disaster. After a butt-numbing five hours, I thought the same thing about the Met's revival of "Les Troyens."
Hector Berlioz's sprawling saga follows the hero Aeneas from the doomed city of Troy to Carthage, where he falls in love with Queen Dido. But destiny drives him onward — to found the city of Rome — leaving the abandoned monarch to heartbreak and suicide.
Musically, it's a masterpiece that deserves far better than the slapdash performance it received Thursday night, even with divas Susan Graham and Deborah Voigt sharing star billing.
The company's busy principal conductor, Fabio Luisi, showed little feeling for Berlioz's romanticism, offering accuracy but not a flicker of passion.
Worse still was Francesca Zambello's 2003 production, a jumble of running, jumping and spear-waving in front of Maria Bjørnson's tatty set, which made both Troy and Carthage look like an explosion in a Venetian blind factory.
Of nearly an hour of Doug Varone's clodhopping ballets, the nadir was a listless dance-off between boys in hammer pants and girls in yoga pants that dragged the fourth act to a screeching halt.
To be fair, there were bright spots, notably Graham's elegantly sung Dido. After a timid opening aria, her lyric mezzo gradually gained heat until her final scene of rage and remorse throbbed with rich, molten tone.
Among the vast supporting cast, Karen Cargill stood out, her wine-dark mezzo bringing dignity and pathos to the role of Dido's sister Anna. Another highlight was the little song for the homesick sailor Hylas in the last act, a perfect miniature of legato singing from tenor Paul Appleby.
Less consistent was Marcello Giordani's Aeneas, whose tenor rang out like a trumpet in the many high B-flats of his last act scene "Inutiles regrets." Unfortunately, he belted out the delicate love duets with Dido in the same barnstorming style.
Voigt, one of the Met's favorite sopranos, hit a career low point with her small-voiced, tremulous singing as Cassandra. As the clairvoyant princess, her onstage manner was anything but grand — more like a peevish substitute teacher.
Greeks bearing gifts get a bad rap, but the real danger this season is the Met bearing "Troyens."


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11 Best Drinks from Tales of the Cocktail 2013
It'd be impossible to calculate how many drinks I sipped at Tales of the Cocktail last week, because something new ends up in your hands at every turn.
It's perfectly normal to turn the corner and see snowflakes falling—from a snow machine, in the middle of a steamy New Orleans July day—and have a bourbon-laced snowcone handed to you. Or walk down the street at 10am and find yourself with a hopped vodka Bloody Mary. Or go out to dinner expecting three drinks and end up with eleven. And that's before you even get to the parties, where thirty mixologists might be shaking up thirty drinks at a single event.
But from seas of nearly indistinguishable cocktail memories, there were a few undisputed highlights. Here are my eleven favorite drinks from Tales this year. Did anyone else attend? What were your favorites?
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The Kennedy report examines key developments, trends, forecasts, and providers for the Financial Services Consulting marketplace. The research also features The Kennedy Vanguard assessments of the management consulting, financial consulting, IT consulting, and financial services consulting marketplace overall. The Vanguard assesses depth, breadth of capabilities, and momentum of the provider relative to others in the marketplace.
'The multiple leadership rankings that Deloitte received in this report, for both Financial Services and Management Consulting, is truly a testament to the quality of work produced by the people of Deloitte's Financial Services practices,' said Chris Harvey, Global Financial Services Industry Managing Director, DTTL. 'Deloitte will continue seeking ways to further progress the Deloitte network's breadth and capabilities in this space.'
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This piece was written by Lauren Johnson for Mobile Marketer I have rescooped this from my other topic, Mobile Marketing Strategy and Beyond because I think there are some suggestions that B2B content marketers might want to think about.
One of the most obvious is, if brands are using Pinterest, they need to have two main focuses - mobile and search.
Is your site optimized for mobile? Is there a way you can repurpose your content to keep your audience engaged, wherever they are and keep them coming back for more?
Pinterest is quickly becoming a social media star for brands and retailers to showcase and share their products with a reported tenfold increase in traffic over the past six months.
Here are some highlights that caught my attention:
**Given the site's value on sharing content one-on-one relationships is an example of how a retailer can tie an in-store experience to Pinterest
**"Brands need to set an example for users to engage with them while they are experiencing the brand" Kerri Smith iProspect
**Once a user pins something, they can tap on it to view more infomation about it via the web, making a mobile-optimized web site crucial to keep mobile Pinterest users engaged with content.
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From "The Young and the Restless," soap star Jessica Collins, a classically-trained chef, shows co-hosts Julie Chen and Sheryl Underwood how to cook the perfect romantic summer meal for two as part of THE TALK's month-long summer food festival, Thursday, July 11, 2013 on the CBS Television Network. Sara Gilbert, from left, Regis Philbin, Sheryl Underwood, Jessica Collins, Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne, shown. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2013 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Medical students are "not taught activity benefits" BBC News has reported, based on a survey checking how many UK medical schools provided their students with information on the health benefits of physical activity.
This led The Daily Telegraph to claim "Doctors are failing to advise patients on the benefits of exercise because its teaching is 'sparse or non-existent' in medical schools".
The survey assessed the provision of physical activity teaching in the curricula of all UK medical schools. The survey results uncovered what the authors call "alarming findings", showing that there is widespread omission of basic teaching elements, such as the guidelines of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) on physical activity. The survey found that just under half of the schools (44%) did not teach the CMO guidelines to their students.
The current study follows an earlier article by two of the same authors, in which they presented the exercise recommendations given by 39 national guidelines. The authors argued that medical professionals have a duty of care to promote exercise as inactivity is a known risk factor for many chronic diseases, such as heart disease. They suggested that one of the problems may be a lack of education on exercise in medical schools, which seems to be a valid criticism given the results of the survey.
The authors conclude that there is an urgent need for physical activity teaching to be adequately included in medical school education.
While this is a worthy call to action for doctors and medical educators and highlights the need for further research into the best ways of promoting physical activity, it is not exacting evidence that standards of medical education are poor or that doctors are neglecting to offer sensible and straightforward exercise advice to their patients.
Where did the story come from?
The current study was authored by professionals from University College London. No sources of funding are reported.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed British Journal of Sports Medicine.
The news is generally representative of this research, although the Telegraph's headline rests on an unproven assumption that doctors are failing to communicate the benefits of exercise to their patients. The survey only reviewed the provision of exercise education in medical schools and was not designed to look at the care provided by doctors.
There is also no acknowledgement that people can gain information on the benefits of exercise from a wide range of sources (such as the NHS Choices website), and not just their GP.
What kind of research was this?
This research presents the findings of a questionnaire issued to 31 medical schools in the UK to assess the content, form and timing of key aspects of education on physical activity promotion according to current national guidelines. As a cross-sectional survey it is representative of current practice within the assessed UK medical schools.
This survey follows an earlier non-systematic narrative review in which two of the authors of the current study had presented their viewpoint on the duty of care of medical professionals to promote exercise. In that review the authors discussed where they felt that education on exercise might have been lacking in medical schools. As part of their review they had presented the exercise recommendations given by national guidelines, including those published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), in addition to supplementary articles including Department of Health recommendations, medical policy, exercise education in medical schools and physical activity in the UK.
The authors suggest that low levels of physical activity may contribute to the high levels of chronic disease in the UK and elsewhere.
How was the research conducted?
The researchers contacted 31 medical schools by telephone to introduce the study and to confirm who was the curriculum director for medical studies. A questionnaire and cover letter were sent by email to each curriculum director. The questionnaire quantified the amount, number of years and total time devoted to teaching about physical activity within the full undergraduate curriculum of each medical school. The questionnaire was designed to see whether future doctors were taught the basic knowledge and skills they would need to promote physical activity effectively to patients. Questions were also asked to see whether the current CMO guidance for physical activity featured in the curriculum, and to see in which specific teaching modules exercise education was contained. Information on any future plans for physical activity education was also requested.
What were the basic results?
All 31 medical schools responded to the questionnaires, though response rates for individual questions varied. The main findings were that:
- Five medical schools did not include any specific physical activity teaching within their curricula.
- Four medical schools taught physical activity within all five years of the curriculum.
- The average number of hours devoted to teaching physical activity throughout the entire curriculum was 4.2 hours, though this question was only answered by 12 schools.
- Fifteen medical schools taught the current CMO guidance for physical activity.
- Two common themes emerging from free text responses in relation to physical activity teaching were that the curriculum was 'integrated' (12 mentions by 8 schools) and that it is 'difficult to quantify/assess' (five mentions by four schools) the teaching of physical activity within these curricula.
- The modules within which physical activity teaching featured varied greatly between medical schools (for example, public health teaching, cardiology, respiratory teaching).
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The authors say that only 15 medical schools in the UK (56% of those who responded) taught the recommended CMO guidance for physical activity to future doctors. They say "there is an urgent need for physical activity teaching to have dedicated time at medical schools, to equip tomorrow's doctors with the basic knowledge, confidence and skills to promote physical activity and follow numerous clinical guidelines that support physical activity promotion".
What did the previous review say about duty of care and medical education?
In their earlier review, the authors said that doctors have a 'duty of care' - a legal obligation that their actions conform to the standards recommended by a responsible body of professionals. In the UK, such standards are set in guidelines, such as those published by NICE and royal colleges. They discussed the fact that numerous responsible bodies of professionals have recognised the extensive evidence base and cost-effectiveness of supporting physical activity promotion as a way to prevent and treat various diseases, and presented the physical activity recommendations of 39 national guidelines, including disease-specific guidelines. They had considered that if a doctor managing a patient does not advise appropriately on physical activity when it is relevant, then it could be considered medical negligence.
On medical education, the previous narrative said that guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) on "good medical practice" suggested that doctors should "protect and promote the health of patients and the public". However, it said that in many medical schools exercise is not part of the core curriculum. Currently, the GMC is reported not to include physical activity education as a curriculum requirement for medical schools. The GMC, the authors said, is in a position to ensure that future medical practice begins to focus on preventive medicine and health promotion as ways to treat illness. They said that the GMC also has a duty of care to the public and is in a position to review medical school curriculum requirements relating to the promotion of health and prevention of disease, providing greater emphasis and guidance for physical activity education.
This survey raises important issues. Regular physical activity, in addition to a balanced diet and other positive lifestyle behaviours, such as not smoking and limiting alcohol, is well established as an important part of maintaining good health and a good way to reduce the risk of many diseases.
In a previous non-systematic review, two of the authors of the current survey had presented physical activity recommendations of 39 national guidelines, and considered that one of the reasons why physical activity promotion may not always be given as appropriate by doctors is due to a lack of training in medical schools. This review was primarily an opinion piece based on a literature review, and it is unclear whether other evidence and other viewpoints may present a different case. The current survey lends extra support to their case, finding that only 15 schools (56% who responded) included CMO guidance for physical activity in the curriculum. Five schools gave no exercise education at all.
Together, the two articles present a "call to action" for many professionals, claiming that despite physical activity recommendations in many national guidelines, exercise is still not being adequately promoted within medical practice, and is not being consistently included as part of the curriculum at medical schools.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
'Medical students 'not taught activity benefits''
BBC News, 28 July 2012
'Doctors 'not telling patients benefits of exercise''
The Daily Telegraph, 30 July 2012
Links to the science
Weiler R, Chew S, Coombs N, et al.
Physical activity education in the undergraduate curricula of all UK medical schools. Are tomorrow's doctors equipped to follow clinical guidelines?
British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published online July 30 2012
Weiler R, Feldschreiber P, Stamatakis E.
Medicolegal neglect? The case for physical activity promotion and Exercise Medicine
British Journal of Sports Medicine. Published online June 2 2011


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When it comes to the House of Representatives, Justin Amash is the new Ron Paul.
The Michigan congressman, only 32, sees himself as a leader of "the second generation" of Paulites in the lower chamber. Sen. Rand Paul moved quickly to present himself as his dad's heir to libertarian faithful in recent months, but many in the movement see Amash as even purer than the younger Paul, and he's gotten rave reviews for explaining all his votes on Facebook.
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Now, with the opening of a Senate seat in Michigan, Amash must decide whether to pursue his dream of one day winning a spot in House leadership or to take a chance at winning statewide — and risk losing it all.
Part of his calculus is that the Senate already has Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. While he sees the complexion of the Republican conference becoming more libertarian in the years to come, he knows there are still not that many high-profile, libertarian-friendly representatives.
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President Barack Obama carried his state by 9 points, even as Amash won a second term in his Grand Rapids district — once held by Gerald Ford — by 9 points.
"If I feel like I can make a bigger impact in the Senate, then that's something I would certainly take a look at," Amash said in an extended interview in his House office last week. "But it's gone Democratic in a lot of federal elections, so you have to consider it very carefully."
With the elder Paul's retirement at the end of the year, Amash has taken on a more visible role in the House.
Republican leadership booted him off the Budget Committee in December. The "purge" elevated his stature on the right as a martyr who was willing to stand up to the establishment, even though members of the steering committee said he was not removed because of votes he took but for publicly taking whacks at other Republicans who voted with the team.
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He voted for Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) for speaker over John Boehner. Kentucky freshman Thomas Massie, another libertarian favorite backed by Ron Paul, voted for Amash to be speaker.
Amash is chairman of the House Liberty Caucus. There's no formal membership list, and Amash said about a dozen regular meetings are held in his office. He hopes the group gets big enough someday that they need to move to a bigger space.
"Ron Paul was an educational figure. He was out there really presenting things that others had not been talking about," he said. "This next generation of liberty Republicans, like Rand Paul and Mike Lee and Thomas Massie and Raul Labrador, we're interested in making sure that … we re-brand the Republican Party as a place that is welcoming to people from across the political spectrum and follows the founding principles of our country: limited government, economic freedom, individual liberty."


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I was on the stairs of the church of this typical and beautiful town, when I saw this girl with her little brother, or her child?
Scanned from picture taken 14 years ago with a Nikon N5005
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jadesgran (5433) 2013-12-12 21:21
Hello Pedro
What a sad little face this young girl has.I wonder if the child is hers.
These kind of pictures always touch a nerve with me,but the picture is very powerful and well composed.
No_One (4) 2013-12-13 4:44
hi Pedro,
There is a tremendous sense of sadness in this girls expression, i would have to wonder what thoughts are going through her mind. A beautiful conversation to black and white.
With this being 14 years old, it makes one wonder, where is she today? I hope she is happier than she appears here.
All the best
jhm (186903) 2013-12-13 4:56
Hello Pedro,
As a scanned picture very well done.
I am agree with previous writer, what a sad little face this young girl has.
I think mother and child, but a young mother..
Excellent composition, nice presentation.
Very well done, TFS.
Best regards,
Fis2 (137505) 2013-12-15 8:18
Witaj Pedro!
Interesting photo from your archive.
Curious faces.
Good frame and light.
The black and white increase this emotions.
Well done.
Have a nice day
hello Pedro
We can see that it's not a numeric picture, due to the lack of sharpness and also some dots mainly in the girl's hair. The attitude is great and we feel kind to her and her baby. Some parts are overburnt, and the overall picture seems too light?
I tried to improve your work in a WS
fotka (6265) 2014-01-26 7:40
Hello Pedro,
Great job of scanned 14 years old photo.
Well done double portrait of mother and child.
The sadness on the face of young mother is very touching my heart.
Have a nice Sunday,
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- Genre: 'νθρωποι
- Medium: Μαύρο & Ασπρο
- Date Taken: 1999-06-17
- Categories: Καθημερινότητα
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The exit sign is blinking in Afghanistan. Yesterday, President Obama secretly traveled to Kabul and signed a pact outlining US support for Afghanistan after the troop pullout in 2014. He also spoke to Americans about the war in a prime-time address.
The US focus is, and has been, primarily on security support for Afghanistan. But what about Afghanistan's political transition? The Afghan presidential election is also slated for 2014, but the buzz is that it may be moved up to 2013 to avoid overlap with the planned NATO troop drawdown.
Yet there is still no practical plan for a smooth transfer of political power. Policymakers should be asking what the Afghan and US governments could do to ensure a smooth transfer without leaving behind a looming political vacuum and potential civil strife.
While Afghanistan has traditionally lacked effective national leadership, the Afghan and US governments over the years have failed to develop a mature political class from which the Afghan people can democratically select its leaders.
This failure extends to the civil service, which is largely corrupt and inept and operates under a vast network of political patronage and nepotism. Ten years and counting since the US invaded Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and wipe out its support for al Qaeda, the Afghan civil service is still incapable of delivering basic services to the Afghan people.
Meanwhile, concern is growing in Kabul that Mr. Karzai may attempt to "pull a Putin" at the next election.
As with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2008, Karzai is not eligible to run for a third term. However, it is now speculated that he will hand pick a successor who will serve as president while Karzai retains his strongman status and runs the show from behind the scenes – keeping the seat warm until Karzai's return.
Depending on whom Karzai might pick as his successor, such a move would spark outrage among many in Afghanistan, specifically among members of the opposition group, the erstwhile Northern Alliance.
Several names are in play, including Qayum Karzai, the president's multimillionaire older brother, influential in Afghan politics and security.
However, President Karzai's personal favorite may be Farooq Wardak, the current minister of education. Like Karzai, Mr. Wardak is a Pashtun. The two have a close relationship. If Karzai chooses to publicly announce his support for a potential Wardak candidacy, that could garner widespread public support among Pashtun voters who would likely rally to get him elected. Despite his lack of charisma, Wardak is regarded as one of Karzai's most competent cabinet ministers.
True or not, there is a growing perception in Afghanistan that the US is trying to be a political kingmaker in domestic politics. Recent outreach to Afghan political figures by several members of Congress has emboldened this perception.
Members such as Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican from California, seem aligned with Afghanistan's opposition figures who want to radically revamp the state and decentralize it. Mr. Rohrabacher's disdain for Karzai is well known, and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton personally asked him not to join a congressional delegation in Kabul in April. He did not travel to Kabul, but other members did, and met with opposition figures.
The Obama administration itself does not support decentralization. Such an Afghanistan could involve, among other things, granting the provincial councils legislative power and having provincial governors elected rather than appointed by the president. The elected governors would have considerable power, including the ability to levy their own taxes and make all key provincial appointments.
This may work in America, but Afghanistan is not America.
Giving provincial governors the authority to hire and fire civil servants, and levy their own taxes with no input or control from Kabul risks creating and supporting local "strongmen" and parallel power structures that could be potentially destabilizing.
Such an arrangement also risks turning up the heat on already simmering ethnic tensions. It could create a Pashtun-dominated "Pashtunistan" separated from a confederation of provinces dominated by ethnic Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Hazaras.
Such a strategy of soft partition would open the door for ethnic cleansing. A cursory look at history, including that of India, Bosnia, Palestine, and Cyprus, suggests that the partition of mixed political entities has almost always been accompanied or preceded by ethnic cleansing and/or colossal ethnic violence.
US support in Afghanistan over the past decade has been invaluable and American officials have the right to criticize the Afghan government, but any move toward decentralization or support for one faction over another amounts to meddling in Afghanistan's domestic affairs and must be avoided.
What the Obama administration and Congress can and must do is to begin pivoting from an emphasis on security to one that builds Afghanistan's political and governing capabilities.
Rather than cozying up to insatiable warlords, former jihadi leaders, and other insalubrious characters that the US has supported in the past, America must do all it can to assist the development of moderate leaders in each of the factions – without "taking sides."
Through education and leadership training of young Afghans, as well as foreign exposure, especially in the United States, America must nurture the next generation of dynamic young leaders. Afghanistan and the US have a valuable opportunity to support technocrats, visionary leaders, and capable civil servants who will lead the country into a positive future.
The 2014 election is of crucial significance. Real and tangible steps must be taken toward a smooth and responsible transition of power. Time is running out.
Javid Ahmad, a native of Kabul, is program coordinator with the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, D.C. The views reflected here are his own.


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WHEN: Saturday July 12th, 2014
WHERE: Start/Finish at the Slovak Legion with check points around Thunder Bay
TIME: 12pm-4pm
COST: $10/ticket - pledges/donations/sponsorship are encouraged!
A ticket gets you a poker hand. You can play as many hands as you want and have as many people in your car as you want. We all start at the same location and are given a list of clues to other check points around town. When you arrive at a check point you collect a card. Everyone meets at the finish line location for a set time where you will enter your hand(s). Who ever has the highest poker hand wins a 60" TV donated by Samsung & The Power Centre. There will also be other prizes and give-aways. Each participating car club must provide volunteers to man one of the secret check points - volunteers can still play a poker hand(s) to win. If anyone is interested in being one of the volunteers please post in this thread.
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Nico's Tacos is a restaurant that serves tacos, burritos, and quesadillas. We are inspired by the taco truck and street food movement that offers boldly flavored food in a casual way. We will feature a static menu that offers traditional taqueria fare but also offer weekly specials that are more fusion and globally influenced. The feel of the restaurant is going to be casual, warm, fresh and energetic. For specials, we will rely on twitter and facebook to spread the word.
For those in San Francisco, this restaurant is located in the North Beach area.
I would like the site to convey a clean/crisp feeling while still warmly energetic, playful and fresh.
Restaurant goers, foodies. Tourists looking online for a restaurant to eat at in North Beach. People dining locally in San Francisco. Price point is $12-15 a person.
There is a lot of leeway in this design. Please be creative in the layout and feel of the site. However please stick to the restaurant colors:
Fancy Schmancy Mustard Yellow
Deep Sky Blue
Secondary color white is okay.
Use the typeface Frutiger.
The design is for the landing page of the restaurant.
Included in the design materials are a logo and a photograph of tacos. The photo can be modified, styled, cropped, or resized as needed. Feel free to use any other photos you feel would be ideal in perpetuating the image of the restaurant.
Some ideas of photos that might be used at a later date. Simple provide a space if you think a photo of one of these items would help in the design:
- A general picture of the scenery / street
- A photograph of the inside of the restaurant
Primary areas:
- Logo
- Phone number, address being prominently displayed:
1310 Grant Ave.
San Francisco CA 94133
- Areas for twitter, facebook, flickr, and an RSS feed.
Top header links: Home | Menu | About Us | Catering | Press
Bottom footer area (content to be determined)
No existing website.


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- six designs that put poop to good usePoop happens. The birds do it, the cows do it - we all do it. But nowadays, instead of seeing it as waste, researchers have been harnessing the power of poop and converting the precious substance into energy, building materials and even back into food (talk about circle of life)! Read on to check out some of the most innovative ways that people are processing poo into pure power.1
- LooWattMany developing countries do not have toilets, or even proper sewage disposal systems, which can lead to the spread of bacteria and water-born illnesses. With these issues in mind, designer Virginia Gardiner created a solution to both problems, called the LooWatt. The eco-commode is itself made from poop- molded from 90% horse dung, with a biodegradable lining. Aside from creating a sanitary place to sit and think, when the LooWatt is full, the waste can be turned into energy, with the aid of a biodigestor, bringing sanitation and an energy source to underdeveloped countries.
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- EcoFaeBrickBuilding off of poop's molding capabilities, students at the Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia developed the EcoFaeBrick, a lightweight brick made from cow patties. The durable bricks are 20% stringer AND lighter than clay bricks, and since the material is natural and not quarried, their usage would cut down on the environmental destruction that quarrying creates. EcoFaeBricks create a solution for cow waste, while saving local environments, and providing local farms with a new revenue stream. + EcoFaeBrick3
- Park SparkA park near MIT in Cambridge, MA that has a popular dog run has become energy self-sufficient, thanks to a project by Matthew Mazzotta. Dubbed "Park Spark," the project asks dog owners to dump dog doo into Mazzota's special digesters, rather than the trash. Funded by the city and the school, the large drums then convert the natural methane that is given off by the poop into energy, which powers the park's street lamps at night. Park Spark also helps cut down on naturally emitted greenhouse gas.
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- google poo powerBig companies are also recognizing the power of poop. Hewlett Packard, Microsoft and Google have investigated partnering with American dairy farmers, to discuss the possibility of creating poop-powered data centers. The initial equipment investment may be what is holding them back, but the renewable power is great, with the average cow pooping enough power to light a 100 watt lightbulb.
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- GENeco BioBugVolkswagen should also take note- Bristol, UK based waste treatment company, Geneco has converted a cute VW Bug into a bio-fuel guzzling machine. Using the solid waste from 70 homes, the Bio-Bug could drive 10,000 miles a year with a fuel efficient of 5.3 miles per cubic meters f the bio-gas. The Bug can also run on traditional gasoline as well. The Bio-Bug, unlike other bio-fueled prototypes, runs more cleanly, with a comparative performance to petroleum based fuels. + Bio-Bug6
- Mitsuyuki Ikeda shit burgerPoop fuel, poop toilets, poop bricks- how about poop meat? Scientist Mitsuyuki Ikeda at the Environmental Assessment Center in Okayama has developed what has been nicknamed the "poop burger." Created by extracting protein and lipids from "sewage mud" (human poop), the elements are whipped into "meat" in an exploder, then mixed with savory ingredients like soya and steak sauce. Meat eaters and vegetarians alike may recoil, but the faux meat was created with the goal of reducing carbon emissions in mind, as the meatpacking industry contributes 18% of greenhouse gas world wide.
 + Poop Burger And so poop happens, and thanks to researchers happens again and again into useful energy and products. Now that's poop for thought.7


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If you need to do family research, but live hundreds or thousands of miles away from the family homestead, your best offline bet for finding information is a local historical society.
Most historical societies serve as repositories for some of the most eclectic information imaginable. Some have old newspapers, others railroad employment records, and still others own rare and out-of-print local history books. In addition, some societies sell books containing land or cemetery records.
It may surprise you to know that many societies will do a small amount of research for you for free, or for a minimal cost. Others will charge a small hourly fee plus the cost of any copies.
If you're searching for old photos of a specific locale, there's a good chance they are in the files of the area historical society. You can usually get a copy for the cost of duplication.
In addition to local (county or city) historical societies, there are also state historical societies. These are usually larger, and contain volumes of valuable records. You may find pioneer diaries, land records, family letters, photographs and maps.
You can locate most historical societies online; however you will need to contact most of them by phone or mail.
For a listing of historical societies, visit these sites:
• Society Hill Directory: Listing of more than 4,500 societies.
• Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Society Hall: This searchable directory helps you find societies that are members of FGS.


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Texas Brew & BBQ
Texas brewery and bbq joint goings on.
Danny Laurel
May 6, 2015
Danny Laurel
I've lived in Texas all my life and can't express how much I love this state. I found that I was enjoying these amazing bbq spots and drinking fantastic Texas-made beer and wanted my buddies and I to be able to share them with our readers.
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DIXON � Jack Lengyel was sitting at home with his family on Nov. 14, 1970, watching television when he first learned of the tragic airplane crash that killed 75 Marshall football players, coaches and fans a few hours after a 17-14 loss at East Carolina.
DIXON � Jack Lengyel was sitting at home with his family on Nov. 14, 1970, watching television when he first learned of the tragic airplane crash that killed 75 Marshall football players, coaches and fans a few hours after a 17-14 loss at East Carolina.
�My heart sunk,� Lengyel recalled before speaking to the Dixon Football Gridiron Club on Saturday night. �My first thought was, �But for the grace of God there goes I as a football coach, my football team.��
The crash would change lives forever, including Lengyel�s own.
Lengyel, who is now 78 and living in Phoenix with his wife, was the head coach at the College of Wooster, an NCAA Division III school in Ohio. Lengyel applied for the job and eventually got it � after a Penn State assistant turned it down and another, from Georgia Tech, took it, �stayed two days (and) resigned for personal reasons.�
�I got thinking, �Well, maybe I can help.� So I applied,� Lengyel said. �I thought I was maybe the third choice, but I was probably their eighth or ninth choice.�
Whatever�s the case, Lengyel took the job and helped rebuild a program from, as he likes to say, �the ashes to the Phoenix.� More than three decades later the story of Lengyel�s resurrection of the program was turned into a 2006 movie entitled, �We are Marshall,� which starred Matthew McConaughey as Lengyel.
For the most part, Lengyel liked the movie.
�Basically, it was true to form,� he said, although Hollywood did take some liberties with what actually happened on and off the field. �Overall, it was pretty good. (But) my sideburns weren�t that long. I did not have a 5 o�clock shadow, and I did not dress like Bozo the Clown.
�Matthew took some liberties with my persona, but he�s a great actor, and he did a good job and he�s a good guy; little quirky, but a good guy. We get a Christmas card, my wife and I, every year from him.�
These days Lengyel is retired from coaching and being an athletic director, but he travels around the country giving speeches � up to four a month � to various groups, including �a lot of corporations.�
The focus, he said, is �strategic planning� for personal and professional success based on �core values.� Lengyel tries to translate what happened at Marshall and the core values he used there in rebuilding the program into something companies and individuals can use.
�When we did the movie I started getting requests, �Would you come talk to us?�� he said. �So I had to really think about what I wanted to do.�
As Lengyel did when he took over the Marshall program 31 days before spring practice opened with just three varsity players. That trio was supplemented by �about 42 walk-ons, three basketball players playing out their fifth year of eligibility, ex-policemen, Marines, etc.,� Lengyel said.
There was also another problem. Lengyel was a coach who believed in a power running game, which simply wasn�t in the playbook for the Thundering Herd.
�If we�d lined up in the T-formation, they (defenses) would have stunted and we would never have got the length of our nose,� he said.
So he changed. Down the road, Bobby Bowden was running the wide-open, option-oriented Houston Veer at West Virginia. So Lengyel and his staff headed to Morgantown, W. Va., spending the days watching practice and the nights talking to the coaches and watching film until 2 or 3 a.m.
Even then, however, Lengyel had a quarterback who was a drop-back passer who�d never run the option.
�He came down the line and he was like a deer in the headlights,� Lengyel said. �He didn�t know whether to give it or take it or duck.�
Still, Lengyel put together a team that won two games, including its home opener on the final play of the game, 15-13 over Xavier on Sept. 25, 1971. The other was a 12-10 victory over once-beaten Bowling Green on Oct. 30, 1971.
After freshman Terry Gardner scored on a 13-yard pass on a play called �213 bootleg screen� for the game-winning touchdown, many in the estimated crowd of 13,000 poured onto the field to celebrate � just 10 months and 11 days after the tragic airplane crash.
�We get into the locker room and they throw everybody into the showers, including the priest,� Lengyel said, adding that nearly two hours later when the team returned to the field the fans were still there. �People were crying and hugging because everybody had a teammate, a classmate, a friend, a neighbor on that plane.
�So it was a very emotional game, but it gave us hope.�
As he looked back at that time, Lengyel said he thought he was rebuilding a football team, but there was much more to it. Few communities are linked so closely with their college football team as is Huntington, W.Va.
�Their heart beats as one,� Lengyel said. �I�ve been at 15 different universities and never been to one where the community is like that. The town-gown relationship is like a fist.�
So when he arrived he quickly discovered the airplane crash had implications far beyond the football team itself. In all, 70 children lost a parent, he said, and 18 lost both parents.
�So it took a wide swath out of the entire community,� he said.
There were obviously trying times that first year, but there were difficult times in the next few years as well. As Lengyel and his staff bolstered their recruiting, new players supplanted many who had come onboard in the wake of the tragedy.
Some felt betrayed, telling Lengyel he wasn�t giving them a chance and reminding him they were there �when you needed me.� Lengyel tried his best to make the players understand, but it wasn�t always easy, reminding them �football isn�t spelled with an �I,� it�s spelled with team.�
�Some bought into it, some quit,� he said. �And that broke my heart.�
Lengyel said some people ask him why he took such a difficult job. His reply is to cite a Chinese proverb, which he said goes like this: �If you�re ever given anything of value, you have a moral obligation to pass it on to others.�
�I was given a head coaching job at 29. So this was my chance to give back to football what it gave me,� he said. �Marshall�s success had many fathers. I was just the guy that laid the four-year foundation.�


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Nationals erupt late to down Phils
Washington, DC – The Washington Nationals used a five-run seventh inning and a stellar performance from Stephen Strasburg to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-1, and win the three-game weekend series at Nationals Park.
Strasburg (3-5), who continues to pitch well despite his record, threw eight strong innings of one-run ball. He scattered five hits while issuing no walks and striking out a season-high nine batters.
"Just trying to get it going a little," Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said of the series win. "We haven't strung too long of a streak together this year."
At one point, Strasburg sat down ten straight and 15 out of 16 batters.
Steve Lombardozzi went 1-for-4 with a two-RBI double and a run scored for Washington, while Adam LaRoche went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
Cole Hamels (1-8) suffered his fifth straight loss -- the longest streak of his career -- after giving up five runs -- three earned -- over 6 1/3 innings. He let up six hits while striking out six and walking one..
"We're having a hard time scoring for him and it definitely seems like things aren't going his way right now," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said of Hamels.
Zimmerman opened up the seventh inning by beating out an infield single to second. LaRoche followed with a base hit and Ian Desmond moved the runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt.
After Hamels intentionally walked Tyler Moore to load the bases with one out, Jhonatan Solano sent a broken-bat dribbler to third that scored two runs on a Michael Young throwing error. Young fielded the slow-roller cleanly and fired the ball home, but the low throw got past catcher Humberto Quintero, allowing Zimmerman and LaRoche to score.
Lombardozzi drove home two more runs with a double to shallow right and Denard Span added an RBI double with two outs to increase the lead to 5-0.
Hamels retired 11 in a row before running into trouble in the seventh inning. The Phillies continue to struggle with run support for Hamels. Over his last eight starts, the Phillies have the worst runs scored average of, 2.25, for any pitcher in the majors over that span.
The Phillies scored their only run in the eighth inning after Strasburg was called for a balk, allowing Ben Revere to score from third.
Moore added a RBI in the bottom of the eighth to lift the score to 6-1.
Tyler Clippard retired the side in order in the ninth inning.
Game Notes
Kevin Frandsen was ejected in the fourth inning for throwing his bat following a called third strike. He was replaced by Laynce Nix ... The Phillies committed a season-high three errors ... Washington was 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position.


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Construction isn't the only major change going on at Westfield's Horton Plaza. The downtown mall drastically altered its parking plan, effective Monday, Feb 4.
Shoppers will no longer be able to receive free validation for three hours unless they spend $10 within any of the mall's stores. A parking representative will be placed on the first floor of the mall to validate parking with proof of purchase.
The new rules apply to weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and 10:30 to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Thirty minutes of free parking is still allowed from 4:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Monday through Friday.
The cost of parking without purchase is $8 per hour, with a maximum charge of $60.
A new parking rates flyer was placed on cars at Horton Plaza this week to inform drivers of the change.


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Post by Stefan Van Eycken, Tokyo
Hombo Shuzo – the company behind Mars Distillery – produces many kinds of alcoholic beverages at various places in Japan, so it's a bit surprising it took them so long to hit on the idea of using ex-red wine casks from their Chateau Mars winery in neighbouring Yamanashi prefecture to finish their whiskies. For their first project in this field, they decided to use their blended whisky "Iwai Tradition" and finish it for over a year in ex-red wine casks. It officially went on sale today but I doubt it will be around for very long. Why? Well, (a) because it's really good; (b) it's priced at around 2,000 yen for a 750ml bottle (yes, that's 15 EUR/20 USD); and (c) there are only 2,495 bottles… At the same time, they've also repackaged their regular "Iwai Tradition" and that's even cheaper.
With these uncharacteristically low prices (for Japanese whisky, that is), people tend to become a bit suspicious. Rest assured: the quality is there. "Iwai Tradition" is a bit of an oddity among Japanese blends, and not everyone will take to it, but we are very fond of its quirky taste profile, which features notes of rye bread, fresh pasta and baked goods. The interesting thing with the "Wine Cask Finish" is that – while there are obvious influences from the wine casks – the secondary maturation actually seems to have enhanced those grain (not as in 'grain whisky', but actual grains – wheat, rye, etc) notes.
Both the regular and the wine finished "Iwai Tradition" were bottled at 40%abv but because it's a whisky with body and weight to it, it doesn't actually feel like it needs a higher abv. It works perfectly well at 40% abv. We'll do a head-to-head tasting of both new "Iwai Tradition" releases, and throw in one bottled a few years ago for comparison, too. But don't wait for our notes to grab a bottle or six, because by the time we get round to putting our post up, most of it may already have been snapped up by discerning whisky drinkers here.
Read more about Hombo Mars Distillery here.