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When such information is compromised—whether by determined cyber criminals or individuals within the organization by accident—the consequences, in terms of reputational damage and monetary losses, could be significant.
Traditionally, investment banks have always been highly aware of the importance of safeguarding customer and transaction data and have taken all the steps deemed necessary to do so. In the current environment, however—with organized cyber criminals running industrialized hacking operations and freely selling and/or sharing information about institutional vulnerabilities—investment banks may be dealing with forces that cannot be addressed exclusively by internal resources.
Proactively run inward-directed attacks and intentional failures to test their systems on a regular basis
Believe the likelihood of an attack is "very" or "extremely" high
Believe there is a high likelihood of privacy breaches of personal data
Source: Accenture Research
In this environment, cyber security becomes not only a major challenge for investment banks, but also a key responsibility of their boards of directors and senior management teams. Boards and management need to consider:
For investment banks, effective cyber security begins at the top with the board of directors and senior management. Firms need a structure that recognizes the business issues connected to cyber security, while providing the expertise needed to deal with specific and ever-changing threats. Security models and tools are proliferating, creating complexity and potentially compromising security, so an integrated approach is needed to make the best use of new solutions.
A 2015 study conducted by Accenture and Ponemon Group found that firms that displayed leadership in cyber security shared certain characteristics, including immediate reporting of security incidents to the CEO and board of directors, clear definition of responsibility and authority pertaining to security, and effective communication of security requirements to all employees.1 At leading companies, the CISO is more likely to report directly to a senior executive, set the security mission by defining strategy and initiatives, and have a direct channel to the CEO in the event of a serious security incident. They also provide sufficient resources for cyber security teams to deal with existing threats, while researching and preparing for new types of attacks.
New technologies—particularly those in the area of mobile communications—are opening new horizons for investment banks and their clients. Transactions are no longer limited to landline telephones or desktop computers; mobile phones and tablets now serve as effective platforms for many activities. However, the functionality of such devices has often outpaced the ability of investment banks and other financial services firms to protect customers' privacy and prevent unauthorized access to their accounts.
Investment banks that provide secure mobile applications could differentiate themselves, but few have the technological sophistication to do so today. Innovation often takes place at the tactical level, without the benefit of a high-level, holistic view of security concerns. Investment banks, like other financial services firms, need to find a balance between maintaining security and providing an optimal customer experience.
Enable business growth and secure operations
Defend the business from hostile adversaries
|Enabling business resilience and brand trust by interlocking security strategy with business strategy
|Addressing boardroom and C-Suite concerns about the security breaches on shareholder value, revenue and compliance
|Reinventing security to be "digital friendly" by supporting user centricity and Internet scale, and addressing digital concerns such as big data, Internet of things and commerce
|Gaining security-situational awareness across expanding business boundaries and developing a rapid-response capability
|Developing solutions to manage technology and process security risks outside of direct organizational control while leveraging security "as a service"
|Testing environmental robustness and implementing security automation to offset staff shortages
Source: Accenture Research
Some players have begun exploring promising new technologies to identify and prevent cyber incursions. Following in the footsteps of retail banks that are using biometric authentication at automated teller machines in certain countries, some investment banks are piloting voice biometrics for added security and a better customer experience during telephone transactions. Others are exploring new authentication methods, such as social log-ins and risk- or content-based identification. Although still in very early stages, such services may soon represent a competitive advantage for firms with tech-savvy clients.
Investment banks can benefit from important features of new security technologies, including the ability to identify anomalies in network traffic, prioritize threats and provide advance warnings of possible breaches. Whether business is conducted on an in-house legacy platform or through the cloud, investment banks should regularly evaluate their vulnerabilities. They can apply threat monitoring to understand potential problems and leverage threat intelligence to understand when cyber criminals (or rogue individuals within the organization) are attempting to take advantage of such vulnerabilities. In some cases, data visualization may help identify problematic behavior—not only by cyber criminals, but also by customers, counterparties and employees.
For investment banks, the need to bring technology to market quickly to maintain a competitive advantage—along with the ever-evolving sophistication and boldness of cyber criminals—has left cyber security struggling to catch up. Investment banks can benefit from applying several "big-picture" principles to cyber security. In addition to a "top-down" view starting with the board and senior management, these include:
Accenture's research and experience suggests that investment banks should take a proactive approach toward cyber security, continually monitoring, testing and experimenting with new technologies. Reactive cyber defense is no longer sufficient to maintain an effective security program and regulatory compliance.
Cyber risk should be considered alongside traditional enterprise risks to more effectively inform risk management decision making. In the Accenture 2015 Global Risk Management Study, nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of financial services executives surveyed said that cyber and IT risk would have an increased impact on their business in the next two years and that they are making talent and organizational decisions accordingly.2 Demand for cyber security skills is escalating quickly.
Investment banks' internal cyber security teams may have been capable of dealing with yesterday's threats. In the current environment, however, investment banks will need not only outside expertise, but also effective collaboration with cloud and other service providers to deal with emerging threats. Investment banks may also need to increase their willingness to share information regarding such threats with governments and industry groups, including the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC).
Many breaches occur as a result of human error, negligence or failure to follow security protocols. Privileged access management is a top risk in this area. Investment banks should have organized and integrated programs to raise awareness of security issues, encourage proper procedures and assign responsibility when individuals are at fault. Insider threat networks should be enhanced and user behavioral analytics should be deployed to manage the human components, whether malicious or accidental.
1 https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insight-cybersecurity-research-report
2 https://www.accenture.com/us-en/global-risk-management-research-2015
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Free of their contract with EMI, Radiohead released their album In Rainbows as a pay-what-you-want download in the fall of 2007. While the majority of fans decided to download the album for free, In Rainbows generated more money for the band than their previous album with their record label, Hail To The Thief. And that was even before it was eventually released as a physical album and subsequently taken offline as a pay-what-you-want download.
Although Radiohead wasn't the first pioneer of pay-what-you-want downloads, the prominent band did seem to spur a movement for musicians all over the globe to attempt to make money based almost solely on the generosity of their listeners. Apparently, the success wasn't enough for Radiohead, however, as the band decided to release their follow-up album, The King of Limbs, for a set price of $9 for the MP3 download.
With digital sales surpassing physical album purchases for the first time ever in 2011, and the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas wrapping up, Digital Trends reached out to some forward-thinking music professionals about where the industry is headed in 2012. Can pay-what-you-want downloads save an industry many say is failing due to out-of-date business practices?
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The pay-what-you-want model as proven to be an excellent way to raise money for charity through the gaming project Humble Bundle, and the idea of people deciding how much to contribute to a product is becoming something so trendy even a Williamsburg restaurant has tried adopting the system. But, as Radiohead's shift in distribution may have signaled, banking on the goodwill of consumers may not be a sustainable practice for artists or record labels.
Several young entrepreneurs have attempted to provide independent music directly to fans, however, not all have survived. Patronism, for example, launched last year to some acclaim, providing a subscription based model where fans connect through an online portal with their favorite band, paying on average $10 a month for exclusive material. Currently though, the service is still in beta and hosts a seemingly small base of musicians who are relatively unknown.
The music aficionado website Daytrotter recently changed from a free-download system that was supported by advertisements, to a private and ad-free subscription model starting at $2 per month. According to a statement on the organization's website, the costs of recording and distributing music for free could not be sustained by hosting ads. Whether or not the new subscription model will be enough for Daytrotter to continue recording and releasing music remains to be seen. Site founder Sean Moeller declined to talk about the financial success or failure of the new subscription program when reached for comment.
San-Francisco-based pay-what-you-want music service Kroogi (translated means "circles") boasts over five hundred artists under its creative umbrella with a focus in Russia, and is looking to expand into South America and beyond. But according to the site's founder Miro Sarbaev, only 20 percent of the music downloaded on the site is paid for by customers, and the average given to an album is only $3. Plus, 15 percent of any payments made to an artist through the website go to Kroogi for hosting the service.
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Called "sea grasshoppers" by ancient Assyrians, "prawn killers" in Australia, "the tiny death" in Russia, and now sometimes referred to as "thumb splitters" by modern divers — because of the relative ease the creature has in mutilating any appendage — mantis shrimp sport powerful claws that they use to attack and kill prey by spearing, shredding, stunning, lacerating, mangling, or dismemberment. Mantis shrimp can break through aquarium glass and bone with a single strike from this weapon. The punch of the mantis shrimp is also said to be the only thing that can penetrate the beard of Chuck Norris, other than Chuck's own roundhouse kicks. Norris has refused to comment on this, however.
The mantis shrimp is also the national bird of Punchoslavia, where its powerful strikes are a source of inspiration for the pugilistic populace.
Mantis shrimp are the only animals with hyperspectral colour vision and naturally occurring biomechanical mechanisms in the eye. Their eyes (both mounted on mobile stalks and constantly moving about independently of each other) are similarly variably coloured, and are considered to be the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom/avionics world. They permit both serial and parallel analysis of visual stimuli, automatic target acquisition and tracking and ranged target designation using both infra-red and ultra-violent emissions.
Mantis shrimp appear to be highly intelligent, are long-lived and exhibit complex behavior, such as ritualized fighting and human sacrifice. Scientists have discovered that some species use fluorescent patterns on their bodies for signaling with their own and maybe even other species, including extra-terrestrial life forms, expanding their range of behavioral signals. They can learn and remember well, and are able to recognize individual neighbors with whom they frequently interact.
It is widely rumored by military historians that the signaling behavior of the mantis shrimp was the inspiration for the original TADIL-A/Link 11 targeting protocol used by the US military and NATO forces for ship to ship(s2s) tactical communication. While any proof in the R&D documentation is highly classified, the unaccountable disappearances of navy marine biologists on the project has yet to be adequately explained.
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To its great credit, the Monty Python musical "Spamalot" is a comedy that's not afraid to be a comedy.
What: "Spamalot," with book and lyrics by Eric Idle; music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle. Based on the screenplay for the film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Presented by City Stage.
When: 8 p.m. Jan. 3-5 and 10-12, 3 p.m. Jan. 6
Where: Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St., downtown Wilmington
Tickets: $25 and $23, $20 on Thursdays
Details: 632-2285, www.ThalianHall.org or www.CityStageNC.com
To its great credit, the Monty Python musical "Spamalot" is a comedy that's not afraid to be a comedy.
In telling its tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table's error-filled quest for the Holy Grail, it doesn't water down its aspirations by being tempted down the path into romance. There's no presumption of using comedy to get at something deeper (unless it's to mock musicals that purport to be about something deeper). It's just pure, unadulterated silliness on a grand scale, cleverly crafted and skillfully delivered.
I don't know if that makes "Spamalot" brave, exactly, but it does make it funny.
City Stage is currently running the Tony-winning Broadway hit at Thalian Hall under the direction of Justin Smith; it's the local debut of "Spamalot." The show's formidable cast certainly gets into the spirit of the material, committing fully to the grade-school-level humor that somehow transcends inanity by, to paraphrase the movie "Spinal Tap," being clever and stupid at once. Despite a couple of brief lulls, it's a laugh-a-minute good time.
There was definitely some opening-night sloppiness on Saturday. (I try to avoid reviewing opening nights, but this one just couldn't be avoided.) Still, most of the problems were of the missed-mark variety – locked castle doors left open, costume cues telegraphed, killer bunnies thrown short – something that seems likely to fix itself with repeated performances.
Basically, the show adds music to the cult film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," and all of the best bits are there. There's Arthur's man, Patsy (Jason Aycock, nailing the part with hunched-over physicality and understated humor), using coconuts to create horse sounds as Arthur prances along; the hyper-annoying Knights of Ni; and the whole "I'm not dead" sequence, which gets snappy, sing-along treatment with the song "I Am Not Dead Yet" thanks to the spry Steve Coley as Not Dead Fred and a spot-on chorus, making the blackly humorous tune one of the evening's highlights.
"The Holy Grail" movie basically stared the revered Arthur legend directly in the face and called it out on its total ridiculousness. "Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government!" the commoner who will become Sir Galahad (Max Korn, awesome) tells Arthur after the king reveals that he derives his nobility from the Lady of the Lake, who bestowed the sword Excalibur upon him. The musical adds more contemporary targets, like Las Vegas and Broadway musicals, to its repertoire, skewering long, dull, romantic ballads in "The Song That Goes Like This" and even the beloved "Fiddler on the Roof" in "You Won't Succeed on Broadway." (Director Smith throws in some local humor, inserting a couple of references to poke fun at embattled New Hanover County Commissioner Brian Berger.)
Still, if the main strength of the show is its material, its secondary strength is its cast, which is led, as it should be, by Troy Rudeseal as King Arthur. Essentially, he's the show's straight man, reacting with incredulity, exasperation or alarm to the nuttiness going on all around him, and Rudeseal is pitch-perfect in playing Arthur as a kind of pompous ass you can't help but love. That he also has a rich, deep singing voice, makes his performance all the better.
In several roles, but mainly as the meek Sir Robin (who "bravely ran away," as chronicled hilariously by a group of minstrels led by Erik Maasch in "Brave Sir Robin"), Ashley Grantham rocks his part and manages to add some comic depth to the show's somewhat outdated and stereotypical treatment of gays.
Likewise, George Domby is great as the fey Prince Herbert (his romantic songs "Where Are You?" and "Here Are You" are both hysterical), who's locked in a tower by his brutal father (Bryan Cournoyer, very funny in several roles) and is rescued by Lancelot (Adam Poole, oozing masculinity and, later, fabulousness).
Caitlin Becka goes way over the top as The Lady of Lake, making it work at times and struggling to find her footing at others, but her fabulous voice never lets the audience down.
The ensemble shines consistently – Shane Kindley stands out as a dense castle guard while Anna Gamel proves to be a killer rabbit puppeteer – and Judy Greenhut raises the bar with some slick, and sometimes effectively silly, choreography.
Even musical director Chiaki Ito gets into the act, knockin' 'em dead with a band that runs the gamut from medieval sounds and Broadway bombast to Finnish folk tunes (I'm no even kidding).
So, like I said, "Spamalot" is worth checking out. Sometimes, funny is as deep as you need to be.
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Kimbrel stands alone as new gold standard of closers
CHICAGO -- Long before he established himself as baseball's most dominant closer, Craig Kimbrel was assigned to write about his career ambition. When he wrote about his desire to play for the Atlanta Braves, his third-grade teacher made him redo the assignment, because she did not believe he should've viewed becoming a big league ballplayer as a realistic goal.
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CHICAGO -- Long before he established himself as baseball's most dominant closer, Craig Kimbrel was assigned to write about his career ambition. When he wrote about his desire to play for the Atlanta Braves, his third-grade teacher made him redo the assignment, because she did not believe he should've viewed becoming a big league ballplayer as a realistic goal.
"My mom laughs about it all of the time," Kimbrel said. "I don't know if my mom has the paper or not. But it would be pretty cool to find it to see what I said back then."
Like many other young boys who grew up in the Southeast over the past two decades, Kimbrel had visions of becoming the next Chipper Jones. But the Huntsville, Ala., native never dreamed he would actually become the man the baseball world now widely recognizes as the next Mariano Rivera.
As Rivera bids adieu to his illustrious Hall of Fame career, Kimbrel stands as the most likely candidate to spend the next decade-plus as baseball's premier closer. Through the first 228 appearances of his career, the hard-throwing Braves right-hander has notched 138 saves and surrendered just 122 hits.
The saves-to-hits ratio is just one of the many ridiculous stats Kimbrel has created during the early years of his career. His 1.40 career ERA stands as the lowest mark produced by any Major League reliever with at least 225 appearances.
"He's one of the most dominant pitchers I have ever seen," third baseman Chris Johnson said. "He's amazing. It's weird. He's like one of those guys when he gives up a hit, you're thinking, 'What happened?'"
There was certainly a feeling of disbelief last week when Kimbrel squandered a two-run ninth-inning lead against the Nationals and suffered his first blown save in more than four months while surrendering three runs in an appearance for the first time in his career. Of course, it should be noted that the only ball that left the infield during this outing was the game-ending grounder that slipped under Andrelton Simmons' glove, allowing two runs to score.
"Any time I go out there and don't do my job, it's a tough one to swallow," said Kimbrel, who enters the regular season's final week with a Major League-leading 49 saves.
Fortunately for the Braves, those instances when Kimbrel has blown a lead have been few and far between. Since becoming Atlanta's closer at the start of his rookie season in 2011, the hard-throwing reliever has notched a 90.1 save percentage. Over the past two seasons, he has blown just seven of his 98 save opportunities.
Kimbrel spent much of the 2010 season at the Minor League level and then became a key cog in the Braves' bullpen once September arrived. He proved effective enough to be used in each of the four games they played against the Giants during that year's National League Division Series.
"Getting the chance to pitch in the [2010] playoffs and have that adrenaline and the need to learn to pitch with that kind of pressure after having completed just 20 innings in the big leagues, I think that is why I have been able to handle myself a little better," Kimbrel said.
Along with having a high-octane fastball and a knee-buckling curveball, Kimbrel possesses the stoic mindset that allows him to deal with the cruel nature of his role.
Pitching coach Roger McDowell first recognized this mindset when Kimbrel issued two walks and committed an error to load the bases with no outs in what was just his eighth career appearance, on June 20, 2010. The young reliever proceeded to strike out the next two batters -- David DeJesus and Mike Aviles -- he faced and then got Billy Butler to pop up to keep the game tied and give his teammates a chance to beat the Royals.
"Closers have a different personality," McDowell said. "It's just a different mentality that I don't think can be taught. Either you have it or you don't."
After blowing a one-run ninth-inning lead in the must-win regular-season finale against the Phillies that ended the Braves' September collapse in 2011, Kimbrel showed he has the mental resolve to handle the closer's role from a mental perspective.
All Kimbrel did was come back last year and produce one of the most dominant seasons by a Major League reliever. Along with becoming the first pitcher to strike out more than half the batters he faced (116 of 231), he converted 42 of 45 save opportunities and compiled a 1.01 ERA. The .186 on-base percentage he surrendered ranked as the third-best mark in a season by a reliever. The only two better marks were notched by Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley in 1990 (.172) and '89 (.175).
"Looking back on some of those numbers from last year, it's still kind of hard to believe," Kimbrel said. "Luck and good timing play a part."
While Kimbrel has not been as utterly dominant as he was last year, he is approaching the postseason in the midst of an impressive stretch. Three of the five runs he has surrendered in his past 51 appearances scored during that forgettable inning against the Nationals last week.
During this 51-game stretch, Kimbrel has posted a 0.71 ERA, converted 39 of 40 save opportunities and limited opponents to a .240 on-base percentage. This impressive run began immediately after he allowed the Reds to hit back-to-back two-out homers in the ninth inning on May 7.
"What he has done is just incredible," catcher Brian McCann said. "He's doing stuff that has never been done before. He just keeps getting better."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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JT2 to JT3: Georgetown Needs More ThugsPosted by rtmsf on January 12th, 2009
We're old enough to remember the mid-80s, when Hoya Paranoia ruled the national college basketball scene. Back then, the word Georgetown was synonymous with high-flying, athletic but brutish players who liked to get in an opponent's face and let him smell what he had for breakfast. The Hoyas under John Thompson were intimidating. They were brash. They were physical and they let you know it. In some hushed circles, the Hoyas were even called "thugs."
Image was part of it. Maybe it was the unique grey t-shirts under their uniforms or the way-before-its-time shaven head of hired gun Michael Graham. Maybe it was the bombastic style of their oversized coach with his towel and militaristic type of discipline. More likely, it was the superior size, skill and power of players like Patrick Ewing, Charles Smith and Reggie Williams. We remember watching teams simply wilt when faced with another patented Georgetown blitzkrieg. A few woofs, a couple of wailing chin-ups on the rim, and you could literally see the fear develop in the eyes of the opponent. John Thompson, of course, enabled and facilitated this mentality – it was gasoline to fuel his "us against them" paradigm, and it worked. The Hoyas went to three title games from 1982-85, and won the whole shebang in 1984.
So it was interesting to hear last week that JT the Elder had admonished his son's team on his radio show over Georgetown's current rebounding woes by stating that the Hoyas need more "thugs" on its team. From the AP report:
One of the pitfalls of having a Hall of Fame father with a radio show is that the father-son advice gets dispensed for everyone to hear. Those listening to the John Thompson Show on local station WTEM (DC) this week heard the longtime Georgetown coach suggest that the current team was in need of some "thugs." Not criminals or classroom bullies. But guys who can go get some rebounds. Thompson gave more or less the same advice when he visited practice this week, imploring the players to adopt the kind of get-the-ball attitude that could solve the rebounding woes that have beset the program under John Thompson III.
Of course, we all know what Thompson meant – that Georgetown needs to get tougher – but it was an interesting use of a loaded word by the CEO of Hoya Paranoia, someone who would have defiantly taken umbrage with that characterization of his team (and used it to his full advantage) a generation ago.
Nevertheless, there is truth to JT2's complaint. Georgetown currently ranks a paltry 289th nationally in rebound percentage (47.9%), they have been outrebounded in eight of their fourteen contests, and only Greg Monroe (6.3) averages more than five per game. Even the son JT3 admits that it is a problem. To the Hoyas' credit, in their last two games, they've been +5 (Notre Dame) and +11 (Providence) in the rebounding department, so maybe in taking a page from his motivational playbook, father knows best after all.


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If you're not a King fan, then why on earth go see it??
Good horror movie. Stephen King did a good job representing a disturbing clown.
This why horror movies are.
They are not fairy tells with castles and cute things.
Lol I think the same person who keeps bashing the movie had a childhood issues. Freud would a good person to check on him.
Hoping this person does not pass from posting to a major thing. Like going to who knows to a movie theater.
Seriously a movie should not to take to personal.
A movie as movie.
This one was fiction horror movie. Make characters.
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I am not a King fan to begin with. He has proven he CAN write with The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption etc. But most of his stuff is just gross rather than horror genre. This movie left me cold. The clown was stupid. Usual King stuff. Things that give HIM a sleepless night. But what got to me was the unsaid, implied horror of what a kids home life probably was. (no doubt what his was). And in the case of the girl...it was obvious her old man was an incestuous ped (that goes with the book) and THAT makes me very uncomfortable. The only satisfying moment is when she decks him with the toilet tank lid...possibly killing him. A fitting end for trash like that. In any event, the only horror was the side stories. The rest was just ODD.
Go to see the movie. One person is having issues with the movie and keeps bashing the movie.
Amazing horror movie! A must see!
Although it is not scary, just go and see it
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Wow, a lot of famous actors, don't ask me why, just go to see it
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Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, said the requirement for priestly celibacy is "not of divine origin" and could be reconsidered.
He told BBC Scotland that "the celibacy of the clergy, whether priests should marry — Jesus didn't say that."
He said that "many priests have found it very difficult to cope with celibacy," and while he had never considered marriage himself, "I would be very happy if others had the opportunity of considering whether or not they could or should get married."
O'Brien, 74, will form part of the conclave of cardinals that chooses the next pontiff, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
The cardinal said that the next pope would be free to consider changing church policy on issues, such as celibacy for priests, that were not "basic dogmatic beliefs."
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(WASHINGTON, Pa.) – The 23rd-ranked Thomas More College football team dropped its first game of the season tonight (Saturday, October 12, 2013) as it fell, 45-21, to Washington & Jefferson College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game at Cameron Stadium in Washington, Pennsylvania.
With the loss, the Saints fall to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the PAC. With the win, the Presidents improve to 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the PAC.
Thomas More led 14-7 after one quarter and Washington & Jefferson led 24-14 at halftime and 38-21 after three quarters.
Thomas More took a 7-0 lead when junior running back Domonique Hayden (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Christian Academy) scored on a 28-yard run and senior place kicker Tim Gormly, Jr. (Cincinnati, Ohio/McNicholas) added the point-after-attempt with 11:51 to play in the first quarter.
The Presidents tied the game at 7-7 with 8:25 to play in the opening half when Alex Baroffio scored on a one-yard run Craig Popp added the PAT.
Hayden caught a 49-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Jensen Gebhardt (Kings Mills, Ohio/Kings) and Gormly added the PAT with 6:38 to play in the first quarter and the Saints led 14-7.
Washington & Jefferson tied the game at 14-14 when Baroffio scored on a 10-yard pass from Matt Bliss and Popp added the PAT with 13:11 to play in the second quarter
The Presidents took their first lead of the game with 5:14 to play in the second quarter when Popp connected on a 19-yard field goal.
Washington & Jefferson took a 24-14 lead at halftime when Dion Wiegand scored on a one-yard run and Popp added the PAT with 3:45 to play in the first half.
Thomas More cut the lead to 24-21 with 6:36 to play in the third quarter when Hayden scored on a one-yard run and Gormly added the PAT.
On the ensuing kickoff, Wiegand returned the kick 92-yards for a touchdown and Popp added the PAT the Presidents extended the lead to 31-21 with 6:23 to play in the third quarter.
Washington & Jefferson increased the lead to 38-21 with 1:53 to play in the third quarter when Bliss connected on a 59-yard touchdown pass to Baroffio and Popp added the PAT.
Wiegand scored on a one-yard run and Popp added the PAT with 12:03 to play in the fourth quarter to extend the Presidents' lead to 45-21.
Hayden led the Saints' offense as he had 30 carries for 205 yards and two touchdowns and had two catches for 63 yards and a touchdown. Gebhardt was 11-of-22 passing for 159 yards and one touchdown, while junior wide receiver Bobby Leonard (Edgewood, Ky./Dixie Heights) had five catches for 49 yards.
Sophomore defensive back Trey Wells (Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual) led the team in tackles with seven. Sophomore linebacker Nick Pennekamp (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) had six tackles, including one tackle for a loss, junior defensive lineman Will Freibert (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy of Louisville) had six tackles and senior defensive back Adam Rauch (Yorkville, Ind./East Central) had six tackles.
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Volos (Greek: Βόλος) (Population: 123,815 (2001)) is the 5th biggest city (and 3d largest port) in Greece, situated in Thessaly, almost in the middle of the distance between Athens (326 km) and Thessaloniki (219 km).
Modern Volos is built on the area of the ancient cities of Demetrias, Pagasae and Iolkos. Iolkos was the homeland of ancient Greek hero Jason who boarded the ship Argo accompanied by the Argonauts and sailed in the quest for the Golden Fleece to Colchis. Demetrias was established by Demetrius Poliorcetes, King of Macedonia, in 293/92 BC. In 197 BC Romans annexed Demetrias.
To the west of Volos there are the Neolithic settlements of Dimini with a ruined acropolis, walls and two beehive tombs dated between 4000-1200 BC and Sesklo with the remains of the oldest acropolis in Greece (6000 BC), as well as the foundations of a palace and mansions, among the most typical examples of Neolithic civilisation.
During Byzantine empire, emperor Justinian I in 551 fortified Palea hill. In 1423 Ottomans annexed Volos. Volos during the Ottoman empire was a hamlet, build on the hill in Palea district. The hill was fortified with walls. Today just a few parts of the walls can be seen near the Tsalapata building.
After its annexation to Greece from the Ottoman Empire in 1881, it had a population of only 4,900 but rapidly grew within the next 4 decades. Houses were built outside the walls and the main area of Volos by the sea was built up. Merchants, businessmen, craftsmen and sailors moved to Volos from the surrounding area. In the 1920s there was a large influx of refugees in Volos, especially from Ionia, but also from Pontus, Cappadocia and Eastern Thrace. In the 1920 census, Volos had 30,046 inhabitants but according to the 1928 census, its population had grown to 47,892.
Volos, unlike other towns in Thessalian plain, enjoys a mild mediterranean climate with can-be-hot-but-bearable summers (though a little bit humid) and mild winters. Spring and Autumn are the best to visit the city itself, Winter is the time to be on the Pelion mountain villages, and Summer definitely dedicated to the numerous beaches of the region on Pagasetic gulf and the Aegean Sea.
Being privileged to be situated on the foothills of Mount Pelion, the mythical mountain of the centaurs, and bounded by Goritsa Hill to the Southeast, Volos sports a nice weather all year long, with the sea and mountain breezes dominant in all city areas.
Olympic Games
Volos was one of the 4 cities in Greece, other than Athens, where Olympic venues where constructed for the olympic football tournament. Apart from the flashy 22,000 seats "Panthessaliko Stadium" that was built in the district of Nea Ionia, there have been constructed some new roads (like a ring road to the city, making access to Pelion easier for travellers coming from E75 Athens or Thessaloniki) plus a facelift of the waterfront and the city inner districts.
Other athletic events
Approximately 2 years after the Olympic Games, Volos is the first Greek city to host a major sport event on an international level; The Men&Women, Juniors and Seniors Artistic Gymnastics European Championship 2006. The Games took place at Nea Ionia Sport Complex, and particularly at the Indoor Swimming Hall, which was specially transformed for this cause. There was a major works' scheme in the city, with renovation and enlargement of hotels etc, in order to be able to host the Games.
The Artistic Gymnastics Games took place between the end of April and the beginning of May 2006.
Volos, together with neighbouring city of Larissa have filed a common candidacy bid for organizing the Mediterranean Games of 2013 [11].
Get in
By plane
Volos airport [12] (VOL) is situated in Nea Anchialos, about 30 km SW from the city. Air Berlin [13] operate every Monday and every Friday from May to October (Flights to/from Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, Vienna). Ryanair [14] operates flights from April to October to/from Hahn. (Frankfurt), Bergamo (Milan), Rome and Charleroi (Brussels) airport. Belle Air [15] operate to/from Tirana. Lauda Air [16] operate to/from Vienna. Transavia [17] operate to/from Amsterdam.
It also operates weekly charter flights during the summer, directly from Amsterdam, the UK and Germany.
There are expansion projects of the airport underway, as well as a rail connection from Volos city to the airport. The new airport building is in use since November 2010.
There is a bus connecting airport and Volos bus station. Buses are waiting to pick up travelers after a plane lands, the cost form the airport to Volos Bus station is 3 €. Travellers of charter flights are transfered to their accommodation by their travelling agency.
By regional coach
Interurban coaches ("KTEL" buses) (KTEL Volou (site in Greek)) are by far the most convenient way to travel around Greece, as well as for intra-regional travelling. There is frequent bus service from Athens Liossion Station to Volos about 15 times a day (cost is about €20), as well as from Thessaloniki bus terminal "Macedonia" to Volos about 10 times a day (about € 12). Volos is also connected with daily direct routes to Patras, Ioannina, Larissa, Trikala, Karditsa and to many more places in continental Greece via Larissa. Interurban Bus Terminal is opposite to "Volos info center" near the City Hall, the Railway Station and the Port, on a major hub.
By train
Trains (OSE) connect Volos to other cities in Greece via Larisa. Travelling with ordinary trains can be cheaper, although a little bit slower, whereas choosing a fancy faster Intercity train will cost the same amount of money, or even more than a KTEL bus.
By Ferry
There are ferry services to Skiathos, Skopelos, and Alonissos.
Get around
By bus
There is an efficient public transport system with 12 bus lines going around the city (ticket price about 1€), detailed info in the regional bus terminal (called "Astiko KTEL"), directly adjacent to the Interurban Bus Terminal ("Yperastiko KTEL").
By taxi
Taxis in Volos, as everywhere in Greece are comparably cheap. You should not pay more than € 3 if you hail a cab (silver colour) on the road to take you anywhere in the city. Note that taxi meters have two rates - rate 1 applies from 5am till midnight, and rate 2, the double rate, from midnight to 5am. Taxi fare fraud is not widespread but it still happens, so make sure the rate is correct. If you feel you have been overcharged, ask for a receipt (they are obliged to give one) and take the plate number, then phone the tourist police to report the driver on 171. Expect to pay € 1 or € 2 extra if you take a taxi from the bus station, the train station or the port, and a surcharge if you call for a taxi service on demand.
By bicycle
Most of Volos is quite flat, that makes it very easy for cycling, and a lot of locals do cycle. Especially the waterfront is the best area for cycling. Generaly, cycling is a recommended way to move around. Volos recently has developed a network of bicycle lanes, however the lines are often blocked with parked cars and hardly anybody use them.
On foot
Several streets at the center of the town have been recently pedestrianized, mainly around Ermou Street and St. Nicolas church. Along the pedestrianized streets there are a lot of cafe places. The waterfront is also an excellent area for walking. When the weather is good it's packed with people walking around and enjoying the sun.
Volos hasn't been lucky to preserve the large number of neoclassical buildings that could be spotted almost everywhere, as a sign of its industrial boom in the early twentieth century. Unfortunately, a devastating series of earthquakes in 1955 destroyed many parts of the old town. The architectural and urban-planning character of Volos is achieved by the layouts of streets and squares. The current urban plan of Volos was fundamentally formed in 1882, shortly after the liberation of the city and was much influenced by concepts of neoclassical town planning. Modern city isn't really interesting architecturally, apart from "Achilleion" cinema on the promenade, Volos railway station (officially described as one of the most beautiful in Greece from Hellenic Railways, once a departure point for the nowadays touristic "Pelion train") and the churches of Aghios Nikolaos (cathedral) and Aghios Konstantinos (basilica, on the promenade). Former brick factory "Tsalapatas" renovated in a museum and leisure area with taverns, bars etc. The University of Thessaly, has preserved a series of old industrial warehouses and other buildings in various places in the city, to use them as academic faculties today, "Papastratos building" on the promenade, originally a greek tobacco company warehouse is the administration building of the university and could be thought as the trademark of Volos. Some typical examples of Neoclassical buildings are: The 3-storeyed Hotel de France, with its impressive decorative murals (1894, Iasonos and K. Kartali streets), The National Bank, formerly the Epirothessalian Bank(1895), The Athens Bank (1903, today the library of University of Thessaly), The Achilllopouleion Hospital (1901), The Archaeological Museum of Volos, Athanasakeio (1909), The Agricultural Bank (1909, formerly the Kosmadopoulos Bank), The Cinetheater Achillion, (1925), The Aegli Hotel, (1927), designed by Kassiopoulos, The Building of the Air-force High officials Club near Agios Konstantinos Park, believed that it was designed by Le Corbusier, The Bank of Greece (1935), The Averofeian courts of Justice, The well preserved Regas house and its singular decorative murals, today the Lyceum of Greek women.
Films shown in original language with Greek subtitles. Cartoons are often translated to Greek.
Winter bars, pubs and clubs, usually close down during summer. Most of them have a different facility for the summer, usually by the sea.
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Downtown choices are:
Other choices are:
There many shops along Ermou street.
English books can be bought at main bookstores:
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People in Greece usually eats late in the evening (21:00 - 24:00), during the day most Taverns, Psistaries and Restaurants are closed. However, Tsipouradika and Fast Food restaurants are open all day long.
Restaurants (Εστιατόριο) and Taverns (Ταβέρνα)
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Tsipouradika (Τσιπουράδικα or Ουζερί)
Most of tsiouradika have a fixed price for tsipouro with meze, the price may vary from 3€ - 3,5€ per 25cl, usually it's the same price in every tsipouradiko. The difference in price comes when ordering extra dishes. Meze vary from tsipouradiko to tsipouradiko also, some serve one meze per 25cl, while some in the center serve one meze per 50cl of tsipouro. Tsipouro is served in open bottles or closed bottles of 25cl, bottled is 0,5€ more expensive but the standard quality may be worth it.
Psistaries (Ψησταριά) (Grill houses)
Psistaries serve mostly meat, salads and french fries. The meat usually is ordered by weight, and the price is per kilo also. One portion is 330gr of grilled meat.
There are many hotels in Volos. Most are in center near the sea. Car parking could be hard to find in the center of Volos.
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Mount Pelion is close to Volos. It can easily be reached by bus or car.
Sporades Islands are famous during summer. Ferries and hydrofoils connects Volos Port with the islands.
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Friday, 29 August 2008
Cake comedy
Have to confess that I've never heard of Jim Gaffigan but anyone who can be this funny about cake is clearly worth paying some attention to. Enjoy!
Posted by The Caked Crusader at 20:40
Labels: comedy
5 comments:
- Patty O. said...
That was GREAT!! I totally laughed out loud. Thanks for sharing.
- 29 August 2008 at 22:03
- trashalou said...
I am sharing this one with the world! Especially the bit about muffins = cake for breakfast, I regularly am on the losing side of just that argument with my husband!
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- Life for Beginners said...
Thanks for sharing, that's hilarious! Cake Comedy from the Caked Crusader? :P
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LOL thanks for sharing enjoyed it :)
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Scripture: Mark 7:6 He (Jesus) replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions." (NIV)
Observation: Jesus was here speaking to people who had the talk, but not the walk. To listen to them talk, they were honoring God. But their actions told a different story. They knew all the prayers to pray and scriptures to quote at the appropriate time, but God was not honored in their daily lives. He was not honored in their heart.
Application: When I honor God from my heart, there is not one day in which I honor God more than any other day. (It is just as important to honor God on Wednesday as Saturday or Sunday.) There is not a job or assignment that I do for more God's glory than any other job or assignment. In serving my boss, or my family, or my customer, or the students on the school bus, I am really serving Jesus.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, help me to honor God from my heart in everything I say and all I do, Amen
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Luke Dennehy, The Sunday Herald Sun, reports
Delta Goodrem is the face of Swisse's new skin care range.
Goodrem, who is back on screens as a coach on Channel 9's The Voice, filmed a TV commercial for Swisse at a private house in Mornington last week.
As well as the advertising campaign that will be launched during The Voice, Goodrem will be officially launched as the face of the brand at a function in Sydney on May 17.
Goodrem is preparing for the live shows of The Voice, which will start next month.
She was in Adelaide this week visiting her brother Trent.
She also had breakfast with the singer who has captured the most attention on The Voice - visually impaired South Australian Rachael Leahcar.


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747-a. Judgments; stays. In the city of New York, in any non-payment summary proceeding in which the respondent has appeared and the petitioner has obtained a judgment pursuant to section seven hundred forty-seven of this article and more than five days has elapsed, the court shall not grant a stay of the issuance or execution of any warrant of eviction nor stay the re-letting of the premises unless the respondent shall have either established to the satisfaction of the court by a sworn statement and documentary proof that the judgment amount was paid to the petitioner prior to the execution of the warrant or the respondent has deposited the full amount of such judgment with the clerk of the court.
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Director Of The Hitler Downfall Movie Likes The Hundreds Of Parody Clips
from the go-forth-and-parody dept
"Someone sends me the links every time there's a new one," says the director, on the phone from Vienna. "I think I've seen about 145 of them! Of course, I have to put the sound down when I watch. Many times the lines are so funny, I laugh out loud, and I'm laughing about the scene that I staged myself! You couldn't get a better compliment as a director." Some of Hirschbiegel's favorites are the one where Hitler hears of Michael Jackson's death, and one in which the Fuhrer can't get Billy Elliot ticketsOf course, as director, and not producer, he probably does not hold the copyright and has no say in whether or not the clips are allowed -- but it is worth noting that he seems to quite enjoy them.


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Thats great Alex. When do you think we should play there?... this weekend maybe?
I would love to but I'm in the original Vancouver in Washington darn it, I would rather be in yours.
Take care and have a great New Year.
Hey Alex.. Im always down for tennis...Im on my break and have lots of free time. Do you know where we can play indoor tennis in this town?
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