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The following essay was first published in the regional daily Stavanger Aftenblad in Norway. Parts of the text were taken from Peder Jensen's (Fjordman's) book Vitne til vanvidd. This book is now available for a Scandinavian audience in Norwegian as both e-book and printed book. For a limited period of time, the printed book can also be ordered signed by the author. A shorter version of this book, which deals with the Anders Behring Breivik case and Muslim immigration to Europe, will later be published in English with the title Witness to Madness.
Many thanks to Liberty DK for the translation.
The New Migration Period
by Peder Jensen
It is totally unrealistic to solve social problems through the migration of billions of people. Most social problems in southern countries must be resolved locally.
Before the Neolithic Revolution began 10,000-12,000 years ago, we were all hunter-gatherers. The number of people on this planet at that time has been estimated to between five and fifteen million human beings. A single major city such as Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Karachi, Mexico City, Lagos, Mumbai or Cairo now has more inhabitants than this.
The global population reached one billion people for the first time around the year 1800. From the time of the Neanderthals, it took all of the Earth's peoples hundreds of thousands of years to achieve this population size. Since the Industrial Revolution, the global population has, over the past two hundred years, grown dramatically.
"The world's population is now growing at around one Roman Empire every year".
In the coming three decades, it is expected that Africa's population alone will increase by more than one billion people. Combined with a huge population growth, modern means of transport are now creating the largest and fastest human migrations the world has ever experienced since our species first came into existence.
Population estimates for the Roman Empire at the beginning of our era range from 45 million to over 100 million people. A relatively common estimate is 60-80 million. Various estimates suggested a global population growth of between 70 and 80 million in 2015. The world population is thus growing at a rate of roughly one Roman Empire every single year. Today's migrations are much larger and faster than the Migration Period we associate with the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
"The population growth in Egypt in less than a generation is thus larger than the population of all the Nordic countries combined."
200,000 more per day
Let us stipulate that the global population increased by 73 million people in 2015. This corresponds to a global population growth of over 6 million people per month, around 1.4 million people per week, nearly 200,000 per day, more than 8327 per hour, almost 139 per minute and 2.3 per second. If you spend 30 seconds on grabbing a cold drink in the fridge, the planet's population will have grown with perhaps 69 people during this time. If you spend half an hour on eating lunch, there will be around 4,164 more human beings on Earth after your lunch break.
[Photo caption: The population of Nigeria is now approximately 182 million, compared with 89 million fifteen years ago, an increase of approximately 2.5 percent per year (CIA, The World Factbook). And four out of ten would move to a Western country if the opportunity arises. George Osodi, AP / Scanpix]
In the year 2050, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is expected to have joined Nigeria and Ethiopia as one of the world's ten most populous countries. Despite stagnating population numbers in Europe and East Asia, analysts expect that the world population will increase by billions of people during this century. Demographers believe that the Earth's population may grow to between 9.6 and 12.3 billion people by 2100, perhaps more. Africa's population could grow tremendously to between 3.5 and 5.1 billion people. By 2050, it is estimated that four out of ten of the world's children could be an African.
In 1897, there were 9.7 million Egyptians. In 1996, Egypt's population numbered 59 million people. The country surpassed 87 million in 2014 and could have 137 million inhabitants in 2050. This huge population growth contributes to political instability. Between them, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland had, at the beginning of 2015, a population of about 26 million people, including recent immigrants. The population growth of a single Arab country in less than one generation is thus larger than the population of all the Scandinavian and Nordic countries combined.


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It is not that Martha Coakley is doing the work that Maura Healey won't do; it just seems that way.
The work is dealing with the sexual harassment of women at the Statehouse, particularly in the Massachusetts Legislature, of which there have been numerous reports.
Coakley is the former attorney general who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014. She was succeeded as attorney general by Healey, who worked in the office as an assistant attorney general.
Although anonymous, the charges from unnamed women against unnamed men — particularly as reported in the Boston Globe — that they have been sexually molested and mauled by men, mainly legislators, has rocked the Statehouse.
As a result, House Speaker Robert DeLeo last week hired Coakley, who is in private practice, along with several other lawyers to launch "a comprehensive review of sexual harassment policies" in the House and recommend changes.
It is not known how much the study will cost Massachusetts taxpayers, but it is something that Healey could have done, and should have done, for nothing.
The Coakley appointment has all the earmarks of a bureaucratic CYA study. A report will be filed and nothing will change. What is needed is a criminal investigation, if the women making the charges are willing to come forward, file a complaint and name names.
Massachusetts law prohibits discrimination in the workplace. The Legislature is a workplace. Women at any time can file a complaint with the attorney general or the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination regarding unwanted sexual demands or physical contact.
The attorney general is the state's chief law officer or, as the occasion demands, the chief law enforcement officer.
In addition, the attorney general can launch an investigation on her own, as Healey did over the scrubbing of the State Police drunken-driving arrest of the daughter of a district court judge.
Reports of sexual harassment have been condemned by Gov. Charlie Baker, DeLeo, Senate President Stan Rosenberg, and nearly everybody else.
Yet Healey, who has not been shy about commenting on just about anything when it comes to President Donald Trump, has been strangely silent on the issue.
Now the impression is that Coakley will act where Healey failed to do so, even if Coakley has no legal law enforcement standing and Healey does.
"Maybe she's too busy suing the president," one Statehouse lobbyist said of Healey.
Indeed, there is some truth to that.
Healey, with her suits against Trump, as well as her strident attacks, has turned the once largely nonpartisan attorney general's office into an extension of the Democrat National Committee. Hillary Clinton, a fellow attorney, would be quite at home there.
Healey has filed or has joined some 20 lawsuits against President Trump, ranging from immigration, health care, gas emissions, fossil fuel, student loans, the travel ban, clean water and so on.
It is not clear if Healey has won any of her suits, but that does not matter. Being a process Democrat, it is the process that counts, not the result. It is important that you grab the headline and appear to be doing something, even if it is meaningless in the end.
Hardly a week goes by — or a presidential action taken — that Healey does not file a suit against the president or say nasty things about him.
The attorney general is the most powerful figure in the state, more powerful than the governor. The governor can cut your budget, but the attorney general can destroy you.
As such, there is — or was — a time when a certain amount of judicial restraint, legal decorum and judgment was expected of the person holding the powerful office. At its best the office was above politics.
Not now.
Just witness the less than judicious remarks made by the state's chief law officer in reaction to the Trump administration announcement that it will end the "temporary" residence status granted to Haitians seven years ago.
Displaced by a hurricane in 2010, some 60,000 Haitians were granted temporary residence in the U.S. for 18 months. Former President Barack Obama extended the time limit several times, turning months of "temporary" residence into years. Now they don't want to go back. Who can blame them?
Rather than appeal the decision, Healey launched another shrill, all-out assault on Trump. At a Thanksgiving luncheon honoring immigrants at the Statehouse, Healey called Trump's decision "cruel, reckless, illegal, unconstitutional and un-American."
The last time that phrase was thrown around was when right wingers, led by Senator Joe McCarthy, were chasing Communists in the 1950s.
Too bad Healey can't be as tough on sexual predators at the Statehouse.
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Hegel and the Arts
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Hegel and the Arts
That aesthetics is central to Hegel's philosophical enterprise is not widely acknowledged, nor has his significant contribution to the discipline been truly appreciated. Some may be familiar with his theory of tragedy and his (supposed) doctrine of the "end of art," but many philosophers and writers on art pay little or no attention to his lectures on aesthetics. The essays in this collection, all but one written specifically for this volume, aim to raise the profile of Hegel's aesthetic theory by showing in detail precisely why that theory is so powerful. Writing from various perspectives and not necessarily aligned with Hegel's position, the contributors demonstrate that Hegel's lectures on aesthetics constitute one of the richest reservoirs of ideas about the arts, their history, and their future that we possess.
Addressing a range of important topics, the essays examine the conceptual bases of Hegel's organization of his aesthetics, his treatment of various specific arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and tragedy), and several of the most famous issues in the literature--including the "end of art" thesis, the relation between art and religion, and the vexed relationship between Hegel and the romantics. Together they shed light on the profound reflections on art contained in Hegel's philosophy and also suggest ways in which his aesthetics might resonate well beyond the field of philosophical aesthetics, perhaps beyond philosophy itself.
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Happy New Year. This is the final installment of my month-long postings of holiday recipes that are old traditions in my family. December 4 was my uncle's penuche, December 11 was my mother's fruit cocktail cake, December 18 was my sister-in-law's boiled chocolate oatmeal cookies. To start the year off right, I'm ending with my mother-in-law's cinnamon roll recipe.
My late mother-in-law was universally recognized as a world-class cook, and like most world-class cooks, she didn't use recipes. She could tell by the look, feel, and smell of a dish if it was thrown together right. This quality makes for some good eatin', but it makes it hard on family cooks of later generations to duplicate the dishes they so loved growing up. I got this updated version of the original from my sister-in-law Lorraine, who as you can see, also cooks on the fly. I'll reproduce Lorraine's instructions, then let you know what I discovered when I tried to make the rolls.
a loaf of Rhodes frozen bread
brown sugar
more butter
raisins (optional
Thaw the bread for two to three hours. Let it rise a bit. Roll the dough out into a 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick rectangle. Spread about 1/2 stick of butter over the dough. Spread brown sugar over the top of the dough. Shake cinnamon over the brown sugar. Broadcast a package of pecans (and raisins) over dough. Roll the dough up and pinch shut the edge along the side of the roll. In a sauce pan melt some butter and a handful of brown sugar along with some cinnamon and a little cream to make about 1/4 to 1/2 cup mixture. Pour the sauce pan of butter and sugar mixture into a cooking pan. Cut the long roll of dough into slices and place the slices onto the butter and brown sugar mixture in the cooking pan. Dribble cream on each cinnamon roll. Let the rolls rise in the pan for about 20 minutes. Cook at 375 degrees.
Here's how it went:
I did okay up until I rolled up the dough. I let the butter soften for a couple of
hours which made it easier to spread over the dough. I covered the top of the dough with about brown sugar about 1/4 inch thick (I'm guessing around 2/3 cup), and sprinkled enough cinnamon to completely cover the sugar (@ 2 TBSP). I used 1/2 cup of pecan pieces, and about the same of golden raisins. Mistake no. 1: I rolled up the dough from the short end of the rectangle instead of the long end. This made eight thin rolls. Mistake no. 2: I used way too little brown sugar and way too much cream in the liquid mixture. The idea is to create a caramelly topping, and as you can see in the bottom of the pan, it should be much more caramel colored and a lot less cream colored. She said "a handful of brown sugar". Use two good handfuls, 2 tablespoon of butter, a tablespoon of cinnamon, and just enough cream to make the mixture the consistency of a runny caramel. Mistake no. 3: the pan I used is too large. The rolls should touch each other and the sides of the pan. The pan in the picture is 9"x13". RESULT: You've no doubt noticed that the cooking instructions do not include time. I preheated the oven and baked the rolls for 25 minutes, which was just right. However, my too-thin topping mixture made the bottom of the rolls soggy and the too-large pan made the rolls loose and not very tall.
This time I had figured out how to roll the dough. The long thin roll, when cut into eight equal pieces, makes much thicker cinnamon rolls. I also melted the butter and brushed it over the dough in step one. This was a lot easier than trying to spread it. However, dotting lots of little chunks of butter around makes the rolls very rich. Mistake 1: I adjusted the liquid mixture for the bottom of the pan, but not enough. It was still too creamy. Mistake 2: This time the pan I used was too small - an 8"x8" glass baking pan. I crammed all eight rolls into the pan. They rose like a mushroom cloud over the top of the pan. RESULT: I ended up with something rather like monkey bread with a soggy bottom.
My problem was that I don't own the right sized pan. So this I put six of the rolls in the 8"x8" baking pan and the two remaining rolls in a six-inch ramekin. I used a lot more sugar and a lot less cream in the liquid mixture. I also used dark brown sugar instead of light brown, as I had in the first attempts, which made for a richer brown caramel. RESULT: when I turned these rolls out onto the plate, they were well risen and covered with sweet, gooey brown sugar caramel. By the time I retrieved my camera to take the picture, two of the rolls were already gone.


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Over the past 35 years, Life Healthcare has built a strong brand anchored in quality healthcare delivery, a quality patient experience, efficient operations, strong partnerships and making a meaningful contribution to society and the communities they serve
Dr Shrey Viranna, the Group CEO, discusses their world-class facilities, innovative technologies and treatment techniques and the importance of patient quality and safety measures.
Life Healthcare is one of the largest private hospital operators in the country. Please could you take us through Life Healthcare's journey by telling us about its formation, growth and how, over the years, it has built its trusted reputation?
We recognise that trust is earned through consistent delivery and throughout our journey, we have focused squarely on putting patients at the centre of everything we do, and have strived to embed our core values in all our territories, across all our business lines and partners. We respect our traditions and roots, and we also recognise the importance of continually innovating and challenging assumptions to remain future-fit and deliver on our aspiration of improving the accessibility and affordability of quality healthcare.
The Group's story starts in 1983 when it was founded as the hospital's division of African Oxygen Limited (Afrox) through the acquisition of four hospitals.
Over time, we have expanded our South African operations through acquisitions and the construction of new hospitals.
In 1997, Life Healthcare expanded operations outside of South Africa for the first time with the acquisition of Gaborone Hospital in Botswana. A year later, we began our diversification into complementary health services with the acquisition of Afrox Occupational Healthcare, followed by the opening of Life Healthcare's first rehabilitation, mental health and renal dialysis units in the major centres in South Africa.
The Presmed hospital group was acquired in 1999 in a transaction structured as a merger and reverse listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). We later acquired 55% of Lifecare (now Life Esidimeni) and the Amahosp Group in Durban.
In 2005, the Group delisted and sold to a private consortium led by Brimstone and Mvelaphanda and changed its name to Life Healthcare. We listed on the JSE in 2010 and our diversification continued with the acquisition of Careways, an established health and wellness business.
Life Healthcare now operates a network of 65 hospitals and facilities situated in seven of South Africa's nine provinces and Botswana. The hospital business is complemented by mental health, acute rehabilitation, renal dialysis, oncology and employee health solutions.
While Life Healthcare's history is steeped in a rich tradition of improving patients' lives, what really excites us is the future of healthcare and how we can positively impact the lives of many more people and help deliver on new healthcare models to benefit population segments we don't currently serve.
Your purpose is to make life better and to improve the lives of others. Please could you elaborate on this purpose? What are your values, vision and mission and how do they work together to achieve that purpose?
Life Healthcare is driven by a simple, but powerful purpose, making life better, underpinned by our vision to become a market leading diversified international healthcare providerand mission to improve the lives of others through the delivery of high-quality cost-effective care.
Our core values are a passion for people, qe—quality to the power of 'e' (ethics, excellence, empowerment, empathy, energy), performance pride, personal care and lifetime partnerships. Our core values are the cornerstone of our culture and guide the behaviours that support our purpose. Caring for patients goes beyond healing and recovery—it also involves building a thoughtful and empathetic connection with our patients. We, therefore, strive to instil these values not only in our employees but also in our partners through our CARE and iShift programmes.
Life Healthcare has 65 excellent hospitals to choose from—what makes your facilities excellent? What are some of the innovative technologies and treatment techniques that are utilised and how are you able to offer the appropriate scope of healthcare services?
Life Healthcare is continually expanding, renovating and upgrading its hospitals and facilities to ensure that the treatment offered is world-class.
The rapid advancement of medical technology is also changing the way we deliver healthcare. Stereotactic radiosurgery and robotic-assisted surgery are two examples of cutting-edge technology in use at our facilities. We have also invested in state-of-the-art robotics. Life Kingsbury Hospital is the first hospital in Africa to install the latest version of the robotic surgical system, the da Vinci Surgical System. This system allows surgeons to perform precision surgery, which minimises post-operative pain and reduces hospital stay and recovery times.
What are the various services you offer? Why should people choose Life Healthcare?
Life Healthcare is proud to offer quality services across the full healthcare continuum.
Our hospitals and facilities range from high-technology, multi-disciplinary hospitals, to community hospitals, same-day surgical centres and niche facilities. We are the first and only hospital group in South Africa to be awarded ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification, underlining our commitment to quality care that complies with international standards.
Our acute business is complemented by nine mental health facilities, seven acute rehabilitation facilities and other services.
To ensure that patient-centred care remains our focus, at Life Healthcare, we take a disciplined approach to the ongoing evaluation and measurement of the patient experience. We are committed to transparency, thus, we publish our patient experience scores in real-time on our website, giving insight into the hospital stay and the level of service delivered.Similarly, we are continuously improving on our already high clinical quality measures and on reporting these at a hospital level. Patient centricity and compassion is at the heart of everything we do. This is emphasised through our dedication to wellbeing, clinical excellence, quality service, respect and a spirit of giving to those entrusted to our care.
The importance of choosing the right doctor is paramount? How do you ensure only passionate physicians who are truly committed to caring for the patients' health and wellbeing are partnered with?
Inherent in Life Healthcare's purpose is being a clinically-led organisation, focused on achieving the best possible patient outcomes. We believe a key enabler of world-class healthcare is working in close partnership with medical professionals to deliver clinical excellence and quality.
To this end, Life Healthcare commissioned extensive research to inform how we source and partner with doctors. While our doctors are independent healthcare practitioners, not employees of our hospitals, our partnership model guides the attraction and retention of medical talent to build a sustainable doctor succession pipeline.
Relationship-building with doctors begins during their time as students and registrars at university.Wetest for technical skills, values and a cultural fit. Once we agree to partner with doctors and provide an opportunity to establish their private practice within our facilities, we build a mutually beneficial, long-term partnership with them. To retain doctors, we create an environment in which doctors want to work by providing world-class hospitals, consulting rooms and facilities and market-leading nursing and support services.
At the heart of our mission lies the quest for clinical excellence, which aims to offer the best quality of care at the most affordable cost. We maintain a group quality scorecard, which cuts across patient experience, health safety and clinical outcomes measures. We have also partnered with our clinicians in order to entrench cost efficiency and sustainability in our business. Each clinician receives an annual Doctor Quality and Efficiency report to share his or her practice data. Similarly, we ensure continued clinical excellence through doctor participation in regular clinical review panels.
Please could you tell us about the importance of patient quality and safety measures?
Patient centricity is the foundation of Life Healthcare. As a result, we have very high standards when it comes to patient quality, their safety and experience. The Group has a clinical governance, quality and safety board committee, which oversees all matters related to quality care and ensures appropriate monitoring, improvement and alignment. The clinical directorate coordinates patient care to maintain international standards of medical care and guides doctors and clinical employees in matters related to clinical services.
We are unique in that we are the only South African private hospital group to publish our quality data both on our website and in our integrated annual report. The data is determined by internationally accepted methodologies and allows patients to make informed choices. This demonstrates how seriously we take quality measures.
Tell us about your personal education and career journey. What set you on your current path and prepared you for your role as Group CEO? What inspired your passion to enter into the medical field?
My career has always been rooted in the healthcare industry and my passion for healthcare stems from my childhood. My mother dedicated her entire life to public health, providing healthcare to disadvantaged communities in South Africa and some of my earliest memories are of spending my weekends with her in rural clinics in KwaZulu-Natal.
I qualified as a Medical Doctor from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and then moved out of clinical practice to join McKinsey & Co, where I worked for 12 years. During this period, I led the healthcare and implementation practices, with a particular focus on healthcare system transformation and the implementation of public health strategies in Africa and the Middle East. I also personally supported a number of Ministers of Health in their reform programmes.
This experience afforded me significant exposure to healthcare systems and organisations, both locally and globally. Prior to taking over the helm at Life Healthcare, I served as the CEO for Discovery's Vitality and Card businesses where I helped drive operational and financial performance. I also spearheaded the further enhancement of Discovery's wellness focus to improve measurable health outcomes.


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For those not familiar with Appreciative Inquiry, this approach to organizational change and learning emphasizes the openness of ideas, the importance of feelings and the inclusion of all stakeholders in the change process. Perhaps most of all it turns the traditional problem-centered approach on its head. Instead of asking, "What is wrong?" and "How can we fix it?", participants are encouraged to ask, "What has worked?" and "What kind of future do we want?"
Our workshop facilitators, Sue James and Chris Bennett, did an outstanding job of bringing to life the essential principles of Appreciative Inquiry. Through a series of well thought out examples and exercises, I got to question some of my own assumptions about the power of stories and the unpredictability of the change process. The next workshop is being held on 7th to 8th October in Melbourne, Australia. You can register online here for the next Appreciative Inquiry Workshop.
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Sold his SoulPosted: November 26, 2012 Filed under: Music | Tags: elvi, Experimental, jade, Logic Pro, music, New Song, Sold his Soul, song, tall and tiny, the band 1 Comment
Hello everyone!
The last couple of weeks we've been working on a new song. It's about a young man who feels lost in life, and who decides to go sell his soul in exchange for a -hopefully- better life. Of course, magic doesn't always turn out the way you want it to. We imagine this story to take place in a poor, small, rainy and dirty city around the year 1800. We hope you like the song!
You can also check out what our song looks like on the computer, quite complicated eh? And of course, we couldn't help ourselves and gave the voices colors. The bright pink and red parts belong to Elvi (piano) and Jade's lines are the softer pink ones (main vocals). All the rest is.. well.. All the rest!
And say, who would that yellow track belong to? Well, no one else but our first guest star: Andreas Somville! He's quite the creative whirlwind and on top of that, he has an amazing voice. He has his own youtube channel on which he posts his own narrated versions of popular songs. It's really funny.. Also -for those who are interested in it- he reviews games. Click HERE to go to his channel!
Anyway, without further ado,
here is our new song!
Tall and tiny
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It was 2011 when the UCLA tennis club was last in the Tennis On Campus National Championship final. They won it that year over Florida. Since then, the team has struggled to get back to the final. They have found themselves in plenty of semifinal matches and have had plenty of opportunities, but always seemed to fall heartbreakingly short.
This year was different.
The Bruins started strong, taking out Georgia College and Rutgers with relative ease. They faced Michigan in their third and final round of pool play, and the Bruins did not approach the match lightly. The Wolverines had won the championship in 2017, and UCLA knew better than to underestimate them.
The Bruins went to work and earned wins in the men's doubles, women's doubles, and men's singles sets. They were up five games heading into mixed and were able to pull out a 29-23 win, which secured them a spot in the Gold Bracket.
The first round of bracket play was a walk in the park. The Bruins took no prisoners and beat Maryland 30-9. The quarterfinal match, however, did not go so smoothly.
They faced University of Miami – a team who had earned the reputation of being fierce competitors and playing contentious matches. UCLA came primed and ready, however. The Bruin men's doubles pair of Alex Gaal and Maalik Konop-Defreitas posted a 6-3 win, while Tasia Mochernak and Michelle Hao battled back from a 3-5 deficit to earn a 6-5 victory. The Bruins threw three different players into the women's singles set to try to throw off Miami's former varsity player, but earned only two games. That loss was almost completely negated when junior Garrett Chun took the court in men's singles. He gave up one game in that set, which gave the Bruins a slight cushion as they headed into mixed. If Gaal and his partner Alex Ryan could pull of a win in the mixed doubles set, they would win the match.
The set started with some powerful rallies and heated exchanges between the teams. An official stood guard through the whole set. She overruled two of Miami's line calls, which caused an uproar from the Miami bench. She then warned the team that another bad line call and more bad behavior would result in a code violation.
The set continued, and the Bruins found themselves in a set tiebreak. With UCLA up 3-2, Miami made another questionable call, but it was quickly overruled by the official. This would make it 4-2, and with the third overrule and emotional eruption from the Miami team, they were given a code violation and a point penalty. That meant UCLA would then win the tiebreak 5-2, and the match 25-23.
It wasn't the way the Bruins wanted to win, but tournament officials upheld the penalty, and the Bruins advanced to the semifinals.
It was a familiar scenario. A talented team of Bruins one match away from the final. They had been here before. Many times.
Eight times to be exact.
"Entering the final day, I knew to be cautious with my hope because we had lost so many times in past semifinals," Club founder and coach Mark Otten said.
This time, they faced Duke.
The Bruins were energized to start the match. Konop-Defreitas/Gaal posted a 6-0 win in men's doubles, which gave Mochernak/Hao the momentum to finish out their set 6-4. Bruins were up by eight going into singles, and Garrett Chun fought off set points to post another set victory. Women's singles quickly went down 0-2 versus a tough Duke player. Hao subbed in and got the Bruins four more games for their tally. Gaal and Ryan were up seven games going into mixed. They played some nervy tennis to clinch their spot in the final. 28-21, UCLA.
In the championship final, the Bruins faced the Cal Bears. Cal Berkeley is a 4-time national champion, and the Bruins knew they had a tough road ahead of them.
The match started with men's doubles. Konop-Defreitas/Gaal had played incredible tennis all tournament long, but faced a ferocious Cal doubles pair. They stayed competitively, though, putting four games on the board for the Bruins. Next set was women's singles. Cal's singles player, Britney Pellouchoud, had made a name for herself throughout the tournament, and as she had done in so many matches before, she added six more games to Cal's total. Mochernak/Hao brought the energy back to the Bruin bench and put the first set victory on the board for the Bruins. Chun followed, and despite facing two different opponents throughout his match, he pulled out another gutsy six games.
After the first two sets of the match, to some, the finish line looked too far away. However, the Bruins never gave up and never stopped believing they could turn things around. Heading into mixed, the team trailed Cal by only two games.
Gaal and Ryan took the court, and the crowd was buzzing with nervous energy. UCLA would need to win the set by three or more games to win the match outright. A win by anything less than that would put them into overtime or a Supertiebreaker. If Cal won the set, at any margin, they would win the match.
The tension was high, yet all four players held serve before the first change of ends. Cal's male player, Alan Valdez, held serve in game #5, and Gaal gutted out another hold to make the score 3-3.
It was then Pellouchoud's serve, and UCLA got off to a 30-0 lead. Cal stormed through the next point to keep the game competitive. Ultimately, it was Alex Ryan's passing shot that allowed the Bruins to break serve and move one game closer to the title.
Cal almost broke right back. The Bears had two game points on Ryan's serve, but the Bruins somehow managed to fight them off. The Bruins led 5-3, and Alan's serve.
Gaal/Ryan fought through the game, and earned themselves two championship points. Valdez saved one of them with a big serve and tied the game at deuce. Hoping to score another free point, Valdez again served to Gaal's backhand. This time, the Bruin ripped it up the line for a clean winner to clinch the title.
"The team showed incredible courage," Otten said. "The last three games of mixed doubles were so exciting and memorable for both myself and the team."
Three other Southern California teams joined UCLA at the championship. And all three pulled off upsets in their pool play matches.
UC Irvine had earned a bid to the National Championship in their run at the 2018 Spring Invitation. The Anteaters were seeded third in their pool, but managed to take out #1 Oregon State, #2 Texas A&M, and #4 Michigan State. In the Gold Draw, they lost to Washington University in St. Louis in a Supertebreaker.
USC was the runner-up at the 2019 Southern California Section Championship. They were seeded second in their pool, but managed to take out #1 Georgia, who was looking to continue the winning streak, after winning at both the Fall and Spring Invitational. They fell to Cornell in a Supertiebreaker in the first round of the Gold Bracket.
UC San Diego had high hopes coming into the tournament. Though seeded #2 in their pool, they had their eyes set on the Gold Bracket. The team however suffered a loss to Arizona State in an 8 a.m. match on Day 1, which ultimately kept them from advancing. While the Tritons went on to beat the #1 seed in Pool O, University of Miami, the early morning loss put them in a three-way tie. Winning percentage determined which teams would advance to which brackets, and UCSD went into the Bronze Bracket.
It was a great week for Team SoCal. Players gave it their all and fought until the very end. As champions, UCLA will receive a bid to next year's event. They will retain most of their championship team and hope to make another run at the title in 2020.


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Queensbury National Light Heavyweight champion Duane Sinclair is preparing for one of the biggest nights of his league career next month, when he returns to London's iconic Alexandra Palace to defend his title.
The 31-year-old champion will step through the ropes at the historic venue in the capital on Saturday March 14th to make the first defence of his title against dangerous London rival Dwayne "Super" Jones Grant in the main event of the league's first arena show of 2015, and the Thornton Heath teacher will trade the classroom for the boxing ring once again as he looks to hand out another boxing lesson to his ambitious rival.
Sinclair was last in action back in November when he further enhanced his growing reputation as one of the most exciting boxers on British Eurosport with another title victory over Norfolk challenger David Payne to end the season on a high, and the Croydon hot shot will be hoping he can produce the same performance he showed during his last visit to the arena back in July when he stopped fellow challenger Dominic Felix at the end of the opening round to lift his first title in the competition.
Talking shortly after the bout was confirmed in central London the champion told Queensbury TV: " I'm a London boy and Alexandra Palace feels like my stomping ground after my last visit there, and I'm promising Dwayne Jones Grant a tough nights work when we meet.
" I don't really know too much about him as I've only seen him box once before in the league back in October, but from what I did see he looks like a tidy boxer with a bit of speed so I'm going to need to be ready for him.
"Predictions wise I'm always confident that this will be a victory for team hot shot and the rest of my team at the Juggernauts gym, and as I always say I want to give this guy a boxing lesson on the night and come back to Croydon with that belt.
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TUPELO — BancorpSouth Bank, subsidiary of BancorpSouth Inc., has opened a loan production office in Chattanooga, Tennessee, expanding the bank's presence into Southeast Tennessee. BancorpSouth's loan production office is located in downtown Chattanooga at 631 Broad Street and features a team of local lending and support professionals. The office is part of BancorpSouth's Tennessee Metro Division. BancorpSouth Chairman and Chief ...Read More »
BancorpSouth adding to Louisiana footprint with loan production office
TUPELO — BancorpSouth Bank, subsidiary of BancorpSouth Inc., has opened a loan production office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, expanding the bank's footprint in Southwest Louisiana. BancorpSouth's Lake Charles office is located at 4660 Lake Street and provides commercial, real estate construction, and residential mortgage lending, together with a range of related banking services. Russell Pawlowski, president of BancorpSouth's Lake Charles ...Read More »
Two BancorpSouth mergers delayed by federal inquiries
TUPELO — BancorpSouth Inc. has extended its merger agreements with Ouachita Bancshares Corp. and Central Community Corporation. BancorpSouth, Ouachita Bancshares Corp. and Central Community Corporation have determined additional time will be required to obtain regulatory approvals and to satisfy closing conditions necessary to complete their respective mergers. They have extended their respective merger agreements to June 30, 2015. "We continue ...Read More »
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One of Mississippi's banks has a new president. The board of directors of BancorpSouth Inc. has selected Chris A. Bagley as the next president and COO of BancorpSouth Inc. and BancorpSouth Bank. Bagley will succeed James V. Kelley upon his previously announced retirement on Aug. 15. Bagley, who joined BancorpSouth earlier this year as an executive vice president, was previously ...Read More »
End of an era — Patterson retiring from BancorpSouth board
One of Mississippi's iconic bankers is finally calling it quits after more than 40 years of service. Aubrey Patterson, chairman of the board of directors of BancorpSouth Inc. will retire upon the expiration of his current term. Patterson will serve as a chairman emeritus following the expiration of his term. Patterson served BancorpSouth as president and COO from 1983 to ...Read More »
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The LAPL Dodges a Bullet.
It seems that the people of Los Angeles have spoken out against library branch closures, budget cuts, staff layoffs, and additional fees, and the book-buying budget has actually been increased by $2 million. Further details here.
Among the LAPL's resources, its marvelous photo collections include, pictured at left, a shot by Cliff Solomon of the exterior of Philip Marlowe's office building, which appeared in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973).
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The faux outrage continues regarding GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump comments regarding theft in Iraq and US troops. We addressed it this morning in "Did the sacred cow moo?" and noted this non-story was sucking up all the oxygen in the room on the topic of Iraq. It continues to do so.
Again, it's faux outrage.
It's not a conversation.
It's partisan spin and crap, it's marketing, don't mistake for truth or thought.
Two exceptions?
Thomas E. Ricks (FOREIGN POLICY) who opens his piece with, "Bottom line: Trump is right, some soldiers did steal money in Iraq. Not only from baskets of cash for compensation, but from Iraqis carrying their own cash." And at the Libertarian outlet REASON, Ed Krayewski explores the topic and notes:
But this is a little bit of a manifestation of Trump Derangement Syndrome. After he made his comments, the Trump campaign insisted Trump was referring to Iraq soldiers. In the speech he didn't specify. But that's irrelevant. The fact is that U.S. soldiers and contractors, indisputably, stole money, up to billions of dollars. Democrats like to fashion themselves anti-war, especially when talking about Republicans and especially when Democrats are not in power. But President Obama made his perceived military toughness ("Osama bin Laden is dead") a cornerstone of the 2012 re-election and Democrats have not been shy to wrap themselves with the flag in a similar manner as Republicans in the service of a partisan, sectarian agenda.
The truth is U.S. soldiers were convicted of $50 million worth of crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Were Trump's comments about U.S. soldiers (and they appeared that way at least to me when reading the initial comments), there would be nothing controversial or inaccurate about them. And it's no more a controversial or inaccurate statement applied to Iraq soldiers, who also participated in thefts of money and equipment.
Near the end of last month, Drew Griffin (CNN) reported:
Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald downplayed Monday the time it takes for veterans to receive medical treatment by comparing the "experience" of waiting for health care to Disneyland guests waiting for a ride.
"When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line? Or what's important?" McDonald told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington. "What's important is what's your satisfaction with the experience?"
American Legion National Commander Dale Barnett excoriated McDonald: "The American Legion agrees that the VA secretary's analogy between Disneyland and VA wait times was an unfortunate comparison because people don't die while waiting to go on Space Mountain."
It was a deeply stupid comparison and ill thought out remark, especially for someone who worked at Procter & Gamble for 33 years, retiring as Chairman of the Board.
The day after making his Disneyland comparison, McDonald issued this statement:
On Monday, I made some remarks on how we're working to improve Veterans' satisfaction with the care they receive from VA. It was never my intention to suggest that I don't take our mission of serving Veterans very seriously.
In fact, improving access to care is my number one priority and the priority I have set for the entire department. For the last two years, the huge majority of VA employees have worked tirelessly to improve the timeliness of the care and benefits we provide to Veterans.
As I've told Veterans Service Organizations, Members of Congress, and myriad other groups of Veterans stakeholders, our goal is to ensure VA becomes the Number 1 customer-service organization in government.
To do that, we are following many of the best practices of private sector health care providers and exceptional customer-service organizations.
At VA we take our mission of caring for those who "shall have borne the battle" very seriously; we have the best and most noble mission in government.
If my comments Monday led any Veterans to believe that I, or the dedicated workforce I am privileged to lead, don't take that noble mission seriously, I deeply regret that. Nothing could be further from the truth.
As we approach the Memorial Day holiday and pay tribute to the sacrifices of courageous men and women who placed the interests of others above their own, we at the VA remain focused on our mission to care for those who bravely served our Nation.
Stupid comments aren't the end of the world.
The outrage in response to McDonald's comments, however, was not solely over the comments.
It had to do with the VA itself and the continued wait times and the continued backlog.
McDonald made a bad analogy and did so at a time when promises are not being met to veterans.
His bad analogy came as many veterans were still outraged over wait times and the backlog. And over the many scandals such as the hiring scandal last fall which led to the resignation of Allison Hickey, undersecretary of benefits at the VA.
And the outrage increases with the growing realization that Hickey and the 'reforms' she touted was mere paper pushing and shell games to put a positive spin on a lack of real progress.
Following up on those issues, or Barack Obama's failed promise to endless veterans homelessness, might serve some real purpose. The continued nonsense over Trump's remarks is about trying to game an election -- nothing else.
Today, the US Defense Dept announced:
Strikes in Iraq
Bomber, attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 20 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq's government:
-- Near Baghdadi, a strike destroyed an ISIL homemade explosives cache.
-- Near Bashir, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL command-and-control node and two ISIL assembly areas.
-- Near Fallujah, two strikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed 11 ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL heavy machine guns and six ISIL light machine guns and denied ISIL access to terrain.
-- Near Mosul, six strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and foreign fighter support facilities including an ISIL operations center, two ISIL headquarters and an ISIL weapons factory and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Qayyarah, six strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical units and an ISIL communications facility and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, four ISIL assembly areas, five ISIL mortar systems, an ISIL mortar position, nine ISIL boats, eight ISIL rocket rails, an ISIL rocket system, an ISIL weapons cache, an ISIL ammunition cache and an ISIL vehicle bomb and suppressed a separate ISIL tactical unit and denied ISIL access to terrain.
-- Near Ramadi, a strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL boat.
-- Near Sultan Abdallah, a strike destroyed three ISIL rocket rails and three ISIL rocket systems and denied ISIL access to terrain.
-- Near Tal Afar, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike.
Let's note the section entitled "U.S. Policy Response to the Islamic State" from the Congressional Research Service most recent "Iraq: Politics and Governance" report (March of this year) by Kenneth Katzman and Carla E. Humud:
The gains by the Islamic State in Iraq in mid-2014 posed a threat to the territorial and political integrity of Iraq, and caused the Obama Administration to resume an active military role in Iraq. President Obama stated on September 10, 2014 , that U.S. policy is "to degrade and ultimately defeat the Islamic State." That statement represented an escalation of the U.S. response well beyond the responses undertaken as the ISIL challenge increased in late 2013. From late 2013 until the ISIL capture of Mosul in June 2014, the United States took several actions:
* Delivered and sold additional weaponry . The Defense Department supplied Iraq with several hundred HELLFIRE air-to-surface missiles for use against ISIL training camps.
* Additional Training . The Department of Defense increased bilateral and regional training opport unities for Iraqi counterterrorism (CTS) units to help burnish ISF counter insurgency skills. By June 2014, U.S. Special Operations Forces had conducted two sessions of training for Iraqi CT forces in Jordan.
* After the Islamic State's capture of Mosul in June 2014 , the U.S. response broadened significantly into a multifaceted strategy to try to degrade and ultimately defeat the Islamic State .
The military component of the strategy, conducted in partnership with several dozen other countries playing various roles, is termed "Operation Inherent Resolve."
* Advice and Training . The United States has deployed over 3,500 U.S. military personnel to train and advise the ISF, peshmerga forces, and Sunni tribal fighters.
* Air Strikes . Since August 8, 2014, U.S. military action in Iraq has included airstrikes on Islamic State positions and infrastructure.
* Weapons Resupply . Since mid-2014, the United States has delivered to Iraq significant quantities of additional weapons, HELLFIRE missiles , and the F-16s previously purchased. In addition to support for the ISF, the Administration has supplied weaponry and ammunition to the peshmerga of the KRG, via the Iraqi government. Under the Arms Export Control Act, all U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) go to central governments, not sub-national forces. However, Section 1223 of the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act ( P.L. 114 - 92 ) grants the President authority to provide arms directly to the peshmerga and to Sunni security tribal security forces if the President reports that Iraq has failed to increase inclusiveness of ethnic and sectarian minorities in governance and in security institutions. The legislation appeared intended to address KRG complaints that their efforts against the Islamic State suffers from Baghdad's slow passage to the KRG of U.S-supplied weaponry although numerous sources say the flow to the peshmerga has improved substantially since late 2015. KRG officials continue to assert that they have a deficiency of heavy weapons --particularly those that can stop suicide attacks from long range.
* Military Aid. The Administration is providing substantial amounts of military aid to help the Iraqi government counter the Islamic State threat. For FY2015, over $1.6 billion in "Overseas Contingency Operation (OCO)" funding for an "Iraq Train and Equip Fund" has been provided. For FY2016, the Administration is providing $715 million for those purposes, supplemented by a request for $250 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Iraq. That amount is provided in the FY2016 Consolidated Appropriation ( P.L. 114 - 113 ). For FY2017, the Administration has requested $620 million in Train and Equip funds as well as $150 million in FMF - OCO.
"The military component of the strategy," it reads.
But search in vain through all the pages of the report for any other component of the so-called strategy.
June 14, 2014, Barack insists the only solution to Iraq's crises is a political solution.
And yet every bit of US energy has been channeled solely through the military.
Nothing has been done to address the conditions that aided the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq.
In other words, the persecution of the Sunnis continues.
Iraqi Sunni woman her Children arrested & tortured by Shia militias without guilt or charge #warcrimes in #IRAQ
#Iraq:Names of dozens of missing persons who disappeared at hands of Hashd factions in al-Azrakiya in NW Fallujah https://justpaste.it/missingnwfallujah15june2016 …


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Tell the Associated Press to take a hike ... these are the only college pigskin rankings you ought to pay any attention to.
By: Jimbo X
This Week's Episode:
When the school you root for beats the crap out of the school you actually attended
The A.P.? The USA Today's Coaches Poll? Whatever jibber-jabber is being puked out over at ESPN and Bleacher Report? Puh-leeze, we all know those alleged "Top 25" countdowns are pathetic jokes penned by homers, Power Five loyalists and Notre Dame nuthuggers. That's why I decided to release my own weekly rundown of the best FBS college football squads in the States, completely devoid of all the usual fanboyism and corporate malarkey that makes lists of the like elsewhere so unbelievably annoying.
Throughout the regular season, a new installment will go up every Wednesday morning, so you may want to bookmark this sucker for future reference ... and to show to all of your fellow NCAA football lovin' chums, so they can know that - at least somewhere out in the tangled, endlessly frustrating World Wide Web - there's someone on the Internet with some goddamn horse sense when it comes to ranking college 'ball teams.
Alabama (2-0)
Next Opponent: Ole Miss (Sept. 17)
In a 38-10 win over Western Kentucky, Alabama showcased their two most dangerous offensive and defensive attributes. While traditionally considered a rushing-based attack, this year's Alabama squad appears to be much more aerial-minded, with QB Jalen Hurts and back-up Blake Barnett teaming up for two touchdown strikes and 351 passing yards on the day. Then, there's the Tide's bruising defense; holding the Hilltoppers to only 216 aerial yards is something to brag about on its own, but holding the same team to just 23 rushing yards on the day? Yeah, this is definitely a team most SEC squads - or squads from any conference, for that matter - desperately do not want to see on their schedule. The big question now? Can the Tide head into Oxford this Saturday and get their biggest elephant of the last two seasons off their own backs?
Houston (2-0)
Next Opponent: Cincinnati (Sept. 15)
In 42-0 blowout that was delayed for about an hour due to lightning, the Cougars absolutely ran Lamar off the field, with no less than three Houston players (Kevrin Justice, Mulbah Car and backup QB Kyle Postma) racking up at least 100 rushing yards on the day and collectively assembling five of the team's six total running touchdowns. And if you think that's impressive, just wait until you look at the team's defensive stats: not only did they prevent Lamar from sniffing the endzone once, they held the Cardinals to an insanely low 58 yards passing and an almost impossibly meager 15 yards rushing throughout the one-sided drubbing.
Wisconsin (2-0)
Next Opponent: Georgia State (Sept. 17)
The Badgers, as expected, battered the Akron Zips over the weekend, pummeling the hopeless, hapless and helpless Mid-American Conference team to the tune of 54-10. Bart Houston looked solid with two touchdown passes and and 231 yards on 15 completions (with receivers Jazz Peavy and Robert Wheelwright teaming up for 199 yards and two scores) while Wisconsin's running game was downright superb: Corey Clement had 111 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries and Bradrick Shaw had one trip to the end zone and 74 total yards on nine carries. Wisconsin's defense also shine, holding the Zip to a scant 136 receiving yards and only 88 yards rushing.
Florida State (2-0)
Next Opponent: Louisville (Sept. 17)
Texas (2-0)
Next Opponent: California (Sept. 17)
The Longhorns steamrolled UTEP 41-7 over the weekend, with QB Shane Buechele tossing four touchdowns and collecting 244 yards on 22 completions. The bigger story? Just how good Texas' defense is. They limited the Miners to just 135 rushing yards on 40 carries and an extremely low 73 passing yards. And just like that, the long-faltering 'horns, all of a sudden, are once again relevant in the Big 12 championship discussion, for what seems like the first time since Barack Obama was elected.
Texas A&M (2-0)
Next Opponent: Auburn (Sept. 17)
The Aggies had no problems at all with Prairie View A&M, absolutely crushing the Panthers in a 67-0 anti-contest. Trevor Knight lobbed three touchdown passes in the blowout, ultimately accumulating 344 yards on 21 completions (just for the lulz, he also ran the ball for 78 yards and collected another score with his feet.) Receiver Christian Kirk also had a solid showing, reeling in the ball five times for 106 yards and two trips to the end zone. Defensively, A&M also looked quite spiffy; at the end of the fourth quarter, they had allowed Prairie View to rack up 173 aerial yards and a minute 32 yards on the ground.
Ohio State (2-0)
Next Opponent: Oklahoma (Sept. 17)
J.T. Barrett had no aerial touchdowns in the Buckeyes' 48-3 win over Tulsa. Then again, seeing as how Ohio State's run game accounted for four touchdowns and 268 yards overall, you can probably overlook his lackluster 149-yard passing day. Also: Ohio State's defense was positively killer, limiting the Golden Hurricanes to just 127 passing yards and only 61 yards rushing. Next stop for Ohio State? A much ballyhooed inter-conference tilt against Bob Stoops' Sooners this Saturday, which naturally, is going to be taxing as fuck tryingto figure out whose uniforms are whose.
Michigan (2-0)
Next Opponent: Colorado (Sept. 17)
Central Florida was no match for the Wolverines, as Harbaugh's boys blasted the Knights 51-14. Wilton Speight lobbed the rock to the end zone four times, ultimately collecting 312 aerial yards on 25 completions. Wide receivers Amarh Dorbah (111 yards on five catches) and Jake Butt (86 yards on seven receptions) posted two touchdowns a piece, while the defense limited UCF to just 56 aerial yards on the day. The downside for the Michigan faithful? They only put up 119 rushing yards of their own, while allowing the Knights to put up 275 on the ground.
Louisville (2-0)
Next Opponent: Florida State (Sept. 17)
The Heisman race is over, folks: just two games into the 2016 NCAA football season, Louisville QB Lamar Jackson has already posted 13 touchdowns. Oh, and by the way ... he sat out the entire second half of the Cardinals first game of the season. The phenom continued to impress with a 62-28 win over Syracuse, in which he racked up one aerial TD and 411 yards on 20 completions and scrambled for an additional four touchdowns and 199 yards ... including one facilitated by some straight up NFL Street level hurdling. Up next, Louisville hosts Florida State in their first truly competitive match-up of the year ... and needless to say, the outcome of this one is going to reverberate throughout the ACC landscape throughout the remainder of the season.
Baylor (2-0)
Next Opponent: Rice (Sept. 16)
OK, it may be in poor taste to bring up all of the unfortunate extracurricular activities swirling around Waco in the offseason, but let's face it; Southern Methodist was practically begging Baylor to pound them out 40-13. I mean, look at how they were dressed for the game! Yeah, Seth Russell had two touchdowns and 226 passing yards, but SMU's defenders never told him to stop. I mean, if the contest wasn't consensual, then how come Baylor's defense let SMU rack up 229 passing yards on the day? My thoughts, exactly.
Washington (2-0)
Next Opponent: Portland State (Sept. 17)
All you really need to know about the Huskies' 59-14 win over Idaho? Quarterback Jake Browning tossed the ball for 294 yards, collecting five touchdowns on 23 completions. No less than four Washington receivers had end zone visits, with Dante Pettis (88 yards, six catches) and John Ross (67 yards, seven catches) each punching it in two times a piece. Alas, even in a win so dominant, there are some obvious chinks in the Huskies' proverbial armor; most notably, Washington's run defense allowing the Vandals' underpowered backs to chalk up 218 yards on the ground.
Clemson (2-0)
Next Opponent: South Carolina State (Sept. 17)
Iowa (2-0)
Next Opponent: North Dakota State (Sept. 17)
The Hawkeyes don't play the most exciting game of college ball - eschewing the flashy aerials, they simply go in there, week in and week out, and grind the pigskin into bacon salt en route to another rough and tough W. In Iowa's 42-3 throttling of Iowa State, QB CJ Beathard tossed the rock for three scores and 235 yards, as receiver Matt VandeBerg collected 129 yards and a TD on seven receptions. Meanwhile, Iowa's running back corps posted 198 yards on the day, with no less than three scramblers ... including Beathard himself ... dancing his way into enemy end zone.
Oregon (2-0)
Next Opponent: Nebraska (Sept. 17)
There's no denying who the two biggest stars in the Ducks'44-26 win over Virginia were. Quarterback Dakota Prukop launched three touchdowns and finished the game with 331 yards on 21 completions, while running back hero Royce Freeman churned up the field for 207 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. What is effectively Nike University faces their first real test of the season this weekend, when they go toe-to-toe with unbeaten Nebraska in a game that could have big repercussions throughout the Pac-12 and Big-10.
Florida (2-0)
Next Opponent: North Texas (Sept. 17)
The Gators never took their feet off the throat of Kentucky, as they absolutely creamed the Wildcats 45-7. Luke Del Rio - who is related to Jack, but to the best of my knowledge not Alberto - had a field day against the perennial SEC East bottom-dweller, chalking up 320 yards and four touchdown passes, with top target Antonio Callaway registering 129 yards and a solo TD on five receptions. Florida's defense, believe it or not, was even more impressive: they held Kentucky to only 94 yards passing and a scant 55 rushing.
Stanford (1-0)
Next Opponent: USC (Sept. 17)
The always singular Cardinal took a breather over the weekend, emerging this Saturday to go toe-to-toe with arch rivals Southern Cal in a prime-time throwdown. For those wondering, Stanford has pretty much owned the Trojans over the last decade, having won seven out of the last 10 match-ups (including last December's Pac-12 championshp game.)
Michigan State (1-0)
Next Opponent: Notre Dame (Sept. 17)
Miami (2-0)
Next Opponent: Appalachian State (Sept. 17)
Despite quarterback Brad Kaaya playing like shit (in his 191 yard day, he lobbed two interceptions and no touchdowns), the Hurricanes nonetheless had no problems breezing past Florida Atlantic, as the "U" steamrolled their in-state rivals 38-10. You can thank Miami's run game for that, in particular back Mark Walton, who finished the game with 155 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Alas, the good times for Mark Richt and company may be short lived: this Saturday, they travel to Appalachian State's home turf for a noon match-up that already has many insiders clanging the "upset" bells.
Tennessee (2-0)
Next Opponent: Ohio (Sept. 17)
After a disastrous near-loss against App State in week one, the Vols somewhat redeemed themselves with a solid showing against West Virginia under the lights of Bristol Motor Speedway. In Tennessee's 45-24 victory, QB Joshua Dobbs looked much improved, lobbing the rock for three touchdowns on 10 completions (uh, just overlook the fact that he only had 91 passing yards on the day) plus another 146 rushing yards and two scrambling scores. Still, the Vols D looks porous as fuck; they let the generally offense-averse Mountaineers collect 214 aerial yards and another 186 on the ground.
Georgia (2-0)
Next Opponent: Missouri (Sept. 17)
The Bulldogs almost incurred one of the most shocking upsets in recent college football history over the weekend, as they just barely got past Nicholls State (which I believe is in the college football tier reserved exclusively for special ed players) 26-24. Special teams errors cost Georgia dearly, with return specialist Isaiah McKenzie muffing the ball several times. Furthermore, UGA still hasn't resolved its quarterbacking dilemma, with starter Jacob Easmon, despite his 204 yard day, going a subpar 11 for 20 on pass attempts throughout the contest.
Arizona State (2-0)
Next Opponent: UTSA (Sept. 16)
Don't look now, but the Sun Devils appear to have pieced together one of the most explosive offenses in all of college football. Look no further than standout running back Kalen Ballage, who set a new NCAA record with eight motherfucking touchdowns in their 68-55 win over Texas Tech. Oh, and their quarterback Manny Wilkins (358 yards and two touchdowns on 28 completions) ain't too shabby, neither. Granted, their passing defense is all kinds of terrible (they allowed the Raiders to accumulate 540 aerial yards and five touchdowns over the weekend), but hey - as long as you keep putting up NFL Blitz 2000 offensive numbers, I reckon you can overlook putting up the NFL Blitz 2000 defensive numbers.
Boise State (2-0)
Next Opponent: Oregon State (Sept. 24)
It wasn't easy, but the Broncos nonetheless managed to walk away from their weekend clash with Washington State victorious. In the razor thin 31-28 win, Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien (yes, the son of the former Redskins QB) played like utter dog shit, lobbing three interceptions and wrapping up the game with a cruddy 55.5 QBR (yeah, he got 299 yards, but come on, they always do.) Thankfully, the Broncos' defense managed to negate the Cougars run game, holding them to just 40 yards rushing, as BSU hero Jeremy McNichols collected 116 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries. As for the bad news? This team's secondary sucks about as much as any secondary could ever possibly suck, as they allowed Washington State to rack up an absurd 480 aerial yards and four passing touchdowns in the contest.
Navy (2-0)
Next Opponent:Tulane (Sept. 17)
The Midshipmen didn't rely on quarterback Will Worth's passing to save the day in their 28-24 win over UConn. Indeed, their QB only had 130 aerial yards on the day and no touchdown passes. Rather, Navy let their run game do all the talking (and scoring), with Worth scrambling into the end zone twice while regular running backs Dishan Romine (76 yards, nine carries) and Chris High (44 yards and a TD on seven carries) did the rest of the legwork. As impressive as Navy's 243 rushing yard day was, however, their defense shows some serious flaws - as apparent by Connecticut's 254 passing yard final tally.
Army (2-0)
Next Opponent: UTEP (Sept. 17)
The Black Knights' run game absolutely murder death killed Rice, as Army racked up 348 yards on the ground en route to their blowout 31-14 victory. Running back Andy Davidson looked especially good, collecting three touchdowns in his 23-carry, 107-yard day. Army's upcoming game against Texas-El Paso will be an especially heart-wrenching one, as starting cornerback Brandon Jackson died in a car accident just hours after the team's pummeling of the Owls.
Pittsburgh (2-0)
Next Opponent: Oklahoma State (Sept. 17)


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Noah (2014): Ten Thoughts
At first I didn't wanted to watch Noah. Because I always have a bad feeling about biblical portrayal in movies. The meanings and messages intended will always get mixed up with the production team's values, and you might end up with a movie that is controversial, which exactly what this year's Noah movie is exactly. But a comment from a friend about how I keep watching movies and Emma Watson spurred me on, and an opportunity presented itself the form of a friend's bible study group.
Because of how the movie ties in to a biblical story, a review of it begs of a comparison between it and the biblical writings but for the sake of those who loathes spoilers, I am going to sum the movie up into a few spoiler free paragraphs just below, before thoroughly elaborating it.
The movie has a lot of things to like and hate as well, but as you progress into the movie, it is not hard to see how the production team clearly has an idea of their own in regards to how God is like and how salvation should be. If you are a person who may be offended by inaccuracies or liberal portrayal, this is not the movie you want to watch. There were many conflicting values given inside in the movie, which I felt reflected more of the movie's worldview rather than a accurate biblical portrayal.
The movie does has its up and down moments in how it captured the world in biblical times and how it portrayed the story of Noah, with some stunning visual effects and cinematography. Russell Crowe is still the same as usual, delivering a not bad performance as the cool and steady Noah, but somehow I just felt that the chemistry in Noah's family was a bit off. There are moment of awkwardness, as well as unequal screen time and character development, which I felt is crucial to the entire tenet of the movie.
The action itself was not entirely disappointing though, but I felt that it would have been good if there was more. The film tried to focus on too many aspects at the same time, as if the production team is trying to send a message, but in the end everything ended up average across the sector.
A 5/10 for me. And now for a more in depth critique.
1. Loved how the theme of rapid environmental degeneration was incorporated into this movie, sort of to tie in with the message of preserving the environment in our current day. Loved how Noah mentioned about not taking more than we need from the world, and how the bad guy said that we should exploit freely because we're the masters of the earth, which caused mankind to be in their dire state.
2. However, the two competing messages gave the impression that this was a green propaganda movie. rather than the real wickedness that was portrayed in the bible. That men were punished for not loving the world enough, rather than any other sin. Felt too hipster-ish and current.
3. Hated how the director started Emma Watson's first scene with her kissing and a flash of her stomach, almost as if he's trying to cash in on her sex appeal solely.
4. Notion gets reinforced when director throws in yet another scene of her getting all "horny" (in the lack of a better word) after getting blessed by the grandfather. Like the f?
5. Not to mention the necessity of creating a character Ham just to torture him and make him look useless. I mean for the entire duration of the movie he has practically no purpose other than to want a wife, and in the end was resigned to the fate of being forever alone because his father chose to be a bastard for a moment. More awkward is when later his father realized his bastard mistake. Heck if I was Ham I would have jumped off the cliff long ago. All this leave no one alive message for nothing? I just lost the love of my life goddammit
6. Noah's life lesson: Some guys will end up with girls like Emma Watson as their partners, while some will end up being forever alone. Sucks to be in the latter, to be honest
7. Unless you choose to marry your niece of course. I have no idea what the writers were thinking when they decided to scrap the original biblical interpretation where all the three sons have their own wife, and replace it with incest. Yes incest. If everyone in the movie was wiped out and that God "provided" with the twin baby girls, you practically have to sleep with your brother's daughters to repopulate earth. Like the f?
8. The inability to comprehend God's will was also a major source of confusion. Noah was so sure that God wanted to kill everyone and it seemed perfectly so, but at the same time God chose to send so many conflicting messages by letting the girl Ham met get killed, but deciding to give twin girl babies to supplement. Like the f?
9. I don't know. The movie just seemed too confusing with all its conflicting values and viewpoints
10. Loved the idea of the fallen angels though, and the fantasy feeling of it. And loved Russell Crowe's acting
Watch Noah if you must, it is visually captivating, but it's certainly not story appealing. At least for me.


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|Messing with your hormones won't help to reveal your abs, ladies!
So if you are wondering, why your menstrual cycle is messed up. Why you cannot get pregnant or why you simply stopped menstruating, ladies, this article is for you.
Needless to say that the same goes for male and female trainers, obviously, for whom the results of a very recent study from the Pennsylvania State University and the Penn State University College of Medicine (Williams. 2014).
Low T3 syndrome is also a result of dieting and a part of the (Female) Athletes Triad.
In other words, the researchers expected that higher energy deficits would incur a significantly greater incidence and more severe disturbances of their menstrual cycle disturbances. To evaluate their hypothesis, the researchers conducted a randomized prospective design that employed controlled feeding and supervised laboratory-based exercise over the course of three menstrual cycles in young, untrained, premenopausal, eumenorrheic women.
The study was conducted with healthy young, weights-stable women, who had not evidence or history of disordered eating were aged 18 – 30 years, weighed 45 – 75kg and had a normal body fat level of 15 – 35%. The women didn't smoke, were not hormones or anti-contraceptives.
"The study was conducted over three years, with yearly cohorts recruited in the fall of the academic year and followed until the end of spring semester. The controlled feeding and exercise training began after the Screening and Baseline periods, each period lasting one menstrual cycle. All phases of the intervention were anchored to subjects' menstrual cycles, and each study phase consisted of one menstrual cycle (Intervention Cycle 1, Intervention Cycle 2, Intervention Cycle 3). A post study period of one week where diet and exercise remained controlled allowed for post intervention measurements. The study design is illustrated in Table 1.
Table 1: Overview of the experimental procedures; MC=Menstrual Calendar | Note: Mid-study Body composition testing occurred during Intervention Cycle 2 for most subjects, but in some it occurred during Intervention Cycle 3 (Williams. 2014)
Group assignments were based on varying levels of energy deficiency created through a combination of caloric restriction and exercise such that one group remained in energy balance and four groups were in different degrees of an energy deficit. Repeated assessments of menstrual status, metabolic status, and body composition were conducted." (Williams. 2014)
So what did the scientists do?
During the Baseline period, subjects were randomly assigned to an experimental group for the Intervention Cycles 1, 2, and 3 of the study. The goal of the subject groupings was to test the impact of varying levels of an energy deficit created by the combination of caloric restriction and exercise on menstrual function.
|Table 2: Baseline demographic characteristics of study subjects categorized by group (top) and energy balance parameters averaged across Intervention Cycles 1-3 for each group (bottom) - directly from Williams (2014)
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|Figure 1: Daily energy deficit (left) and corresponding menstrual irregularities (right) the Pennsylvanian researchers observed during the intervention (Williams. 2014)
Next to the menstrual irregularities, which were obviously what the scientists were actually interested in, the scientists also observed that the 34 subjects lost weight, 3.8 kg in the ED1 and - listen up ladies! - only 2.8 kg and 2.6 kg in the high(er) energy deficit groups ED2 and ED3 (no significant weight loss occurred in the exercise only, i.e. the EXCON group).
|Figure 2: Amount of weight (in kg) the women in the four groups lost over the course of the complete study period (Williams. 2014)
If you look at the "target outcome" of most women's dietary interventions, i.e. the amount of weight they lose (see Figure 2), you will also have to concede that what many women believe would be "unfair" actually protects them from ineffective starvation diets. It was after all not the group with the highest, but the group with the lowest energy deficit that lost the most weight. So, ladies, be sure to remember this and if you are still not convinced that starving yourself is not the magical weight loss solution that will give you the "shape cover model" body you're looking for, take another look at the "9 Rules of Sensible & Effective Dieting" | Comment on Facebook.
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