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Just read this here that the Centre will infuse additional equity in Air India.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Air India
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Online ahoy
Got via Aaman Lambas list, this post from Ajay Shahs blog...
Almost every single thing that requires a queue can be moved online. Employment exchanges, tax payment (BBMP Bangalore actually had an option to pay online this year), RTO records, passports - every single thing can go online. Indeed, the government can go online, UID or no UID.
But points worth nothing - 33% transactions of NSE are online and about 34% transactions of Indian railways are online. I disagree a bit with Ajay though on the conclusion seeing the similar numbers - because a lot of the IR bookings would also be happening through 'authorised agents', people book for family, friends etc. on the web - so it may not be representative. Whereas, in trading, by and large (excluding those who trade in their grandparents names), people trade themselves and for themselves...
I love the fact that I never have to meet my bankers - everything is online. I hate standing in queues and wasting my time patiently in banks (RTO, government offices, anything) where instead of an idol, you have a teller who you have to await your turn for darshan and then hope that he fulfils your wish. Online is the way to go for everything. And yes, there is a lot more scope out there as Ajay says...
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Great snakes
Yesterday, we found a snake in our apartment and like most apartments in Bangalore we have our own groups - hosted on yahoo - created well before Google groups came into existence. And given the fact that a snake shows up once in a few weeks, someone in the email group had shared a note on snake catchers some time back.
And when I tried to search for "snake" - the great search engine did not return any relevant result and then I had to trawl manually. For me, the engine failed...
Point being, you can test all you like, but I am not going to search on Yahoo anytime soon with results like this...(and btw, it also asked me if I would like to move the message group to the new search engine they are testing - no thanks - I would rather move the group out...)
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Communication and revolution
Er, umm, if the Naxalites are well and truly interested in getting their people out of poverty, why the F would they do this - blow up mobile phone towers? Why? Because the darkness of ignorance reduces with the light of communication and the more those poor people know, the lesser the chances of the naxals being supported. Any more illusions as to what the objective of these guys is or about those people who are calling it a mass movement? Get the army, clean the disease once and for all - we have bigger things to fight...
This is also the same reason why there was a new item on how some random groups in Kashmir were banning TV (of course, this turned out to be exactly 4 chaps breaking up exactly one television set)...
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Labels: terrorism
Bomb proof world
The MCD wants bomb proof dustbins...
I demand bomb proof buses, ganpati mandaps, markets, trains, temples, hotels and even people. I mean, where will it all end? And then the terroristas will send one person infected with some flu of some kind. No guns required. At all and all those dustbins are a waste...
Now, obviously, I am not saying don't bomb proof the dustbins, but the fact that a market exists for stuff like this is the sad depiction of the times we live in. Can someone try to solve the problem instead of applying some balm here and there...
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Labels: India
Monday, August 24, 2009
Forum Value mall and Mega Mart
Had been to the Forum value mall recently at Whitefield. The value proposition seems to be on the lines of outlet shopping - on the lines of similar malls in the US, but the outlets do not seem to have got the message. Certainly not all of them - and we did not find discounts on offer in qutie a few outlets. Also, the mall is not yet fully open - many outlets are still readying themselves for opening. It is also located a little further than usual malls - and they hope that the discounts offered would be tempting enough to pull people there...So the idea is a smart one.
But what took our breath away was the mega sized Megamart (as readers of this blog will know, I am a fan of Megamart). Megamart, once a brand that would sell only Arvinds products has now expanded itself into a separate business, if I am not mistaken. In this space, it probably competes with Pantaloons Brand Factory. And the range on offer and the discounts offered there were pretty good.
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Labels: retail
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Small is the new big
No, this is not Seth Godins book I am talking about, but the average Indian shirt size getting smaller.
Traditionally Indian men float in their shirts - lately, fitting is in. And perhaps, a few men now know their real sizes and the stores which had barely any space for 38s and 39s, now, have a market and hence stock them. (Coincidentally, I found more than the usual 39s at a store I visited recently.) It is also possible that as companies started introducing more of 39s, people too began to buy them.
And then again, maybe "business casual" is driving the trend...
Aggarwal thinks the move towards smaller shirt sizes has also to do with ties no longer being seen by many to be a mandatory part of formal, including office, wear. "When one wears a tie, one generally prefers to go for a bigger collar size," she says.[TOI] The article also says that globally men are getting fitter. Well, I dont know - we leave that for the women to mull over.
Well, all I can say is, not everybody can fit into a slim fit. If you are one of those who does, why not flaunt it...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Rise of the rest...
Found this video here, as part of a long post (worth a read).
The key ingredients of the video are a generous dose of India and China. Very interesting. The oil revenue part ought to shock us all...
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I love e-cash. Indeed, I hate paper money.
About 55 thousand crores went through electronic means in the first two months of this year.
Paper money is too dangerous to carry, but it is a necessary evil. But thanks to plastic and e-money, you don't need to carry it everywhere like you once did. I remember how my dad used to carry money on our long trips. Today, on most days, my wallet has barely a hundred odd bucks - almost regardless of where I am travelling.
And then , writing cheques is a pain - standing in queues is a pain. Why waste time when it can all be done online. And then to send money here and there and everywhere - e-cheques are simple, fast and effective.
And then again, nobody can duplicate e-cash. Muwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahha
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The largest open source movement
Finally got around to reading this piece in Newsweek - much tweeted about.
And the more I think of it, the more I am inclined to believe that it is THE natural state of mind - and perhaps this is how the world was before the "discoveries of truth" happened. I had written about this some time back and perhaps thats what makes Hinduism perhaps, the largest open source movement in the world.
Loved this from the piece:
Stephen Prothero, religion professor at Boston University, has long framed the American propensity for "the divine-deli-cafeteria religion" as "very much in the spirit of Hinduism. You're not picking and choosing from different religions, because they're all the same," he says. "It isn't about orthodoxy. It's about whatever works. If going to yoga works, great-and if going to Catholic mass works, great. And if going to Catholic mass plus the yoga plus the Buddhist retreat works, that's great, too." [Newsweek]
Well, pause for a moment and reflect on that. There is no single truth in the world (including this one!). The entire article is worth a read. And if you scratch the surface, I guess, most of us are like that - though we may not be Americans.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Hiring in the slump
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
4 adjectives
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Ugly Indian
Caution, you are not going to like this post.
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Labels: culture
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
If the metro were a road...
Heres some fodder to the argument going on over whether cities need the Metro - given that trees are being cut etc. Heres some perspective.
Turns, out, you'd need the equivalent of a 228-lane Brooklyn Bridge to move all those people into Manhattan during Monday morning rush hour.
At best, it would take 167 inbound lanes, or 42 copies of the Queens Midtown Tunnel, to carry what the NYC Subway carries over 22 inbound tracks through 12 tunnels and 2 (partial) bridges. At worst, 200 new copies of 5th Avenue. Somewhere in the middle would be 67 West Side Highways or 76 Brooklyn Bridges. And this neglects the Long Island Railroad, Metro North, NJ Transit, and PATH systems entirely.
What would it take in Mumbai if all those trains did not exist? Don't even ask...
And the trees we are trying to save in Bangalore is a future insurance to the many other trees that would need to be cut for future road widening if there were no Metro...
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India in design
I saw myself nodding in agreement over many of the points Aadisht made in his post on Incorporating heritage.
I guess everybody "wants" to be "international" (including airports and malls) and seen as such rather than as a 'local' mall - which is also part of the whole story. Now, clearly, you can incorporate India into a design in US and be called exotic, but in India, well, to be called India and yet sound posh may be a stretch (this IS an assumption) - someone like a FabIndia or the Design store though can show you how. But this is clearly a stretch, so building those glass and silvery structures with artificial palms often works...
But, there are some brave guys, IMO which have incorporated some 'Indian' or 'heritage' aspect in their design. Now, I don't mean putting an odd Taj Mahal here or an odd mango design there or a Rajasthani mural on the wall or upholstery - I mean a little more than that. I am also unsure whether to include things specifically adapted for India under the same head as 'designing with Indian heritage in mind'. Here are a few which I think have done well...
The Titan heritage series incorporates India and its heritage beautifully in its watches. What are the sales of this range compared to the Aviator series (another equally well designed folio) - I don't know.
A lot of restaurants do this theme thing rather well. Bombay post - with the moustachioed doorsman in hunter uniform and the tented look of the place is uniquely Indian (almost British Indian). And they play mostly 70s songs for good measure. And in any case restaurants are not guilty of not using India or its heritage...
Funskool has some neat Indian games. Again, don't know how well they are doing...(I need to pick one or two up and play for starters).
Cochin airport has some elements of local architecture incorporated into it - any user experiences here? It seems to blend beautifully with the landscape though.
Now, for the marketeers, if India sells, they will market it (Tantra t shirts, Fab India, Any heritage silk or jewellery store).
The Indica, for instance was a cleverly designed car for India - as opposed to incorporating Indian design in its design. And no, I don't buy Kishore Biyanis argument that Indians like crowded spaces in shops - and that is one "design element" that must be got rid of forthwith. That's my thoughts, really scattered, for now. Will keep thinking about it until it comes across as a coherent post....
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Labels: design
Friday, August 07, 2009
Seventy six
76 is the number of firms which want CISF security.
Thank our friendly neighbours for this, also thank the funders for funding them, also thank the brainwashers for running a brain laundry and also thank the government for letting all of this happen. But of course, the friendhly neighbours deserve a thanks for sending terrorists to India and killing and massacring wantonly over the past few (many?) years in different parts of the country. Until recently though, we always thought that this was not going to affect us. But it has. It has visited all the places we visit as shoppers, tourists, commuters, going about our daily chores.
But finally having the CISF around is like having pesticides when cockroaches invade your kitchen. Pest control is a better option or keeping your house clean.
But then companies cannot solve the problem, atleast they can buy pesiticides. So, if you want to live safely or reduce the probability of death on campus by terror, work at any of these firms. Or else work from home...
How far are we from an attack on a high faultin residential complex? Aha, now apply for security for CISF. BTW, Infosys pays in crores for them...
Question: Is India the only country where workplaces seek to be guarded by commandos in "peace time"? (And to qualify that, I mean, non sensitive installations - not power plants, nuke plants, dams and the like...)
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Labels: business, internal security
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Rainwater harvesting bill
The Rainwater Harvesting bill has been passed for Bangalore. This is something that was much needed in the city.
Cutting to the chase,
Both new and old buildings, houses and apartments need to have the system in place within nine months. Existing houses of 2,400 sqft and more, plus all new houses of 1,200 sqft come under the mandatory umbrella. [TOI]
My humble suggestion - even if your house or apartment does not meet these criteria, please go ahead and implement it. It is worth it. Especially for a rainstarved place like Bangalore.
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Labels: Bangalore, environment, government
There is always an alternative
Roger Federrer won the Wimbledon a few weeks back. And if you read the reports, there is one common central theme. The question being asked is, "Is Federrer the greatest tennis player ever?"
For those of my generation, it is nothing but a feeling of déjà vu once again. Why? When we grew up it was the end of a generation. Bjorn Borg was the latest wunderkind in tennis, along with Jimmy Connors. And in came a certain John McEnroe to rule the tennis world. And then there was Ivan Lendl. A man, McEnroe reckoned with as much talent as his little finger, slowly began to gain in ascendancy and began to defeat McEnroe with regularity. And Lendl rose to hold the world number 1 ranking for a record time. And then of course, when he retired, it was the end of an era. Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg took his place without much ado, followed by Jim Courier for a brief while and then Pete Sampras. And about the time I stopped following tennis, Pete Sampras was the greatest.
But to read the recent reports about Federrer and the rivalry of Nadal and Federrer re-kindled my memory. For every single one of these players, their greatness was sung paeans about, reams written about the passing of an era and pages printed lamenting that "there will never be another XYZ". No, this is not a sports report.
Cut to the release of the Google Operating system a few days back. Actually, it was an announcement, not a release. During the days of Borg, IBM was the big daddy of computer companies and Microsoft was the upstart which challenged the old companies' domination. Then IBM went through its own growth pangs and found wings that took to a dominant position at the enterprise level. Apple, the company which built those beautiful machines (supposedly) was found wanting in the face of the onslaught of Microsoft and would have remained confined to a niche market. Until the iPod and later, the iPhone brought them back to everybodys consciousness. Suddenly, Microsoft is the new old company and Google was the upstart. It overtook Yahoo in no time and the search company challenges Microsoft, Apple and IBM. And if you thought this was the end, it is not. Google is building an OS, Apple is a phone and device company, IBM is still god in enterprise and suddenly Microsoft Surface is a happening technology. And out of the blue, Facebook is the threat to Googles internet dominance. And for each of these, their demise has been prematurely written about, they have been alternatively written off and being praised to the skies and each time they have done something different. (There is an element of survival bias here, I agree, but the world is mostly about survivors, is it not?)
Sorry for this rather long winded detour through sports and technology. But do you get the common thread?
One, there is nothing permanent in business (or sports). There is no 'greatest ever' in sports or in business for that matter. If there is something, it is that there is always an upstart waiting in the wings - be it sports, be it business. It could be you, planning one or it could be the old company down the road. But for most persons talking business in those board rooms TINA is the gold standard - There is no alternative. These are those who seek to continue to rule, those who continue to do things in a certain way that they are used to, those who do not want to try out something different.
Once you enter the world of business, you will find yourself surrounded by people who love status quo and are fans of TINA. The arguments for status quo are always the same.
"We have always done it this way."
"You don't know the way business is run."
"This is how we have succeeded all these years."
"Somebody please teach this guy the way to do business."
"Newly minted MBA, keep your ideas to yourself"
"That is different, this is different."
"I have 10 (insert any number) years experience in this industry."
"This is the documented process"
"Changing this will require multiple levels of senior manager approval"
"Everybody else is doing it this way"
If you are not careful or end up with the lifetime subscription to the comfort zone and once fallen, love the comfort of it, you will know that something is going to shake you up soon. Almost everything that we grew up with has been shaken. The radio industry, the television industry, the telephone industry, the dot com boom, bust and resurrection - ever government and governance, even international affairs. These were the guys who did not stop at 'there is no alternative'. They pushed status quo and found a better answer. If TINA was well and truly right, how could they? Therefore TINA is wrong.
And as you have seen, the right standard is There is always an alternative - TI3A. For a long time, we thought Indian cricket had no talent. Post IPL there is suddenly an abundance of talent. Were they born yesterday or did more players just get more opportunity?
But that is easier said than done. As persons who enter or seek to enter the business, if you are the person in the room who believes more in TI3A than in TINA, you will know how difficult it is. At the same time, using TI3A as your benchmark will enable to push the envelope in almost all business decisions. Start believing in it as you progress through your MBA.
(An edited version of this piece was published in Advancedge, Aug 09)
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
National Solar Mission
This article and the idea is obviously good, but like all good things, this is India where we can take a million years to build, just a flyover.
India's plan also proposes reducing the price of solar power to the same level as that from fossil fuels by 2020, according to the draft, dated April 29. Solar power in India currently costs about 15 rupees (20p) per kWh, compared with an average 3.5 rupees per kWh for electricity from the national grid, which is largely produced by coal-fired thermal power plants.
Other targets include forcing all government buildings to have solar panels by 2012 and developing micro-financing to encourage 20 million households to install solar lighting by 2020. The plan also outlines a system — similar to Germany's — of paying households for any surplus power from solar panels fed back into the grid. [Timesonline]
Solar power perhaps has the biggest potential in India - with sunshine nearly all the year round nearly all across the country, if solar power can be made affordable (surely, it can - if NREGS can work why not a National Solar Power Guarantee scheme).
And of course moving away from fossil fuels, means a safer life for all of us...
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Labels: energy, environment, terrorism
Daily dump
As part the steps in reducing waste (or recycling or being more environment friendly) in the household, I finally picked this one up from Daily Dump. (see image)
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Labels: Bangalore, environment
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
The little car that could...
They said it cannot be done. You cannot have a real car within a lakh rupees. It has to be a car with curtains for doors. It may be a three wheeler. It could be an autorickshaw on wheels. It will be unsafe...
And then the little car was launched. They came, they saw, they gawked. (Some even announced their plans for 5 years later.) Many still maintained it was not possible - this even after seeing the car running. It is unsafe they cried (as if autorickshaws and bikes are). On our roads, only a battle tank is safe. It is only for Indian roads, it will never be as safe as our cars, said others.
Many of you may not know this, but a "real" crash test was not mandatory in India, until very recently. (See who did not crash test their car when it was launched in 2003 ) And, by the way, just coincidentally, by a strange quirk of fate, only one manufacturer in India has its own crash testing facility - say TATA to the rest - this is as of 2009.
So, after passing the Indian test, the little car went to a facility abroad, to be tested for European standards, so that it can enter the European market as well. And here are the results of the Nano crash test. The little car is a tough cookie.
So, the little car that could not be built, is in reality the cleanest vehicle on the roads (take that, all you other cars) and is perhaps the safest too.
Today they say, wait for it once it hits the road. There will be complaints. Actually they are not saying it. I would put it as hope. Fervent hope. Well, for one, this blog will be watching.
More media reports.
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Labels: automobile, business, innovation, new india
Greening the apartment
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Labels: Bangalore, environment
Monday, August 03, 2009
Please stop the spam
Dear high end restaurant in Bangalore deriving its name from a brand of music I dont like to hear. I am sorry I made a mistake of calling you up and asking for some details a few months ago. Yes, that was my first mistake. The second mistake was I think I gave you my mobile number. Since then, like a bad medicine twice a day, I have been subjected to spam.
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For 2013, Jaguar has answered some prayers in the form of all-weather capability. While the XJ is probably way more fun with its ability to get sideways and carry all the weight of a big luxury sedan, the new all-wheel drive system brings the 2013 XJ to another level.
Among various subtle changes, a fourth engine option has also been brought to the table; a 340hp supercharged 3-liter V6. Saving gas and not compromising much power is what we love to see, but if your pockets are heavy enough for the XJ, we prefer the 'Go big or go home' mentality, and now you can go bigger than before.
An exclusive XJL Ultimate will be made, just 30 examples, and they represent the pinnacle of the XJ line with a 510hp supercharged V8, private jet-like interior seating and unique finishes, though at $155,000 it's not exactly a bargain.
A great upgrade for 2012, though, is the all-new ZF eight-speed automatic transmission, which replaces the sluggish ratios in the old six-speed auto. Just as in 2012, the Sport & Speed Pack is still offered and includes functional aerodynamic enhancements and exclusive exterior and interior features, as well as unlocking the higher top speed capability, because who doesn't like going 174mph in their luxury boat?
Here's the price breakdown for the US models:
XJL Portfolio: $81,200
XJL Portfolio AWD: $83,700
XJ Supercharged: $89,600
XJL Supercharged: $92,600
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The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. ~ Stanley Gudder
Scale Factors
So, scale factors, what the devil are they? These are the relative value of each stat; in the same way apples, oranges and bananas don't cost the same as each other, not all stats are equally good at increasing your DPS. Spirit is nice to have and gives a decent damage boost but not as good as spell power. Hit typically gives the highest DPS gain of any stat but only until you reach the cap and then it's worthless. You can pick up many opinions on what are the respective values of each stat on any number of forums and websites but none of them are tailored to you -- the scale factors you just generated are.
If, for example, your scale factors showed that spell power had a value of 2 and crit 1 then SP is twice as important to increasing your DPS as crit. You would need to find an item that increased your crit by 20 to be as valuable to you as one that increased your SP by 10. Hit can be somewhat misleading in these things though. By default SimulationCraft considers the DPS gain from a gain in each stat except hit, where it works the value out by considering the DPS loss from losing some hit. This way you can consider swapping out some hit items or gems for SP, haste etc. and know if it's worth doing. You can get the app to not treat hit this way by selecting to "use Positive Deltas Only" in the scaling tab of the options.
If you have reached the hit cap then gaining more is worthless but losing some of what you have could be a bad move. This can be hard to judge with scale factors alone and this is where having SimulationCraft plot a graph of DPS gains for each stat is frankly, awesome. Call me a bookish nerd if you like but I love the DPS scaling chart, it just makes the whole issue of stat importance so simple.
DPS Gains chart
If you find this chart a little daunting take a little time to look at it. DPS is shown vertically, so the higher up the chart the better the DPS. Left to right is either an increase or decrease in each stat with your current value in the middle. So the chart starts on the left with showing what your DPS would be if you lost 200 points of each stat -- not all of them together, just which ever one you are looking at. So if you look at the purple spell power line and see where it is furthest left, that gives an idea of what your DPS would be if you lost 200 points of SP.
If you look at the chart at the top of the page you can see that most of the stat lines are fairly straight. The red one for hit however rises more steeply than all the others and then flattens off. The point at which it flattens is the hit cap -- the point at which gaining more hit (moving right on the chart) doesn't increase DPS (moving up on the chart). You can see that this cap is about 50 points below their current level. Also in that example chart you can see that the steepest line on it is the spell power one - both for gains and losses of the stat. This means that this character would gain the most by gaining SP and lose the most by losing it. Very handy to know when choosing gear upgrades.
One final little tip for helping with gear choices. You may have noticed that links were provided to Wowhead and Lootrank. These links are based on your scale factors and will show a list of gear for each slot and the total value of each item. Both these sites do the job very well, I like Wowhead for it's filtering and tabbing of the slots and I think the way Lootrank allows you to baseline your own gear is fantastic. I would strongly recommend people try them both and see what they offer. Personally I use Lootrank as they attempt to include proc bonuses for trinkets and weapons but you have to be careful here as it assumes they will always proc to the maximum they can, which isn't going to be the case for those that trigger from "your healing spells". Neither of these sites will include set bonuses in their scoring either but don't let that put you off, just factor it into your consideration when reviewing them. Don't forget you can try out upgrades in the Wowhead profiler and then import them into SimulationCraft to try them out -- SimulationCraft does factor in set bonuses.
SimulationCraft offers many more tools and toys to play with and really takes the strain out of number crunching. As Blizzard introduce more proc-based mechanics into the game it is tools like this that will have a better chance of modeling them than static calculators and spreadsheets. It's certainly not a perfect tool and it's definitely not going to magic you into a better player. What it does though is make analysis a whole lot quicker, easier and more measurable.
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Yale vs HOFSTRA (Sep 10, 2010)
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Yale vs HOFSTRA (Sep 10, 2010 at Providence, RI)
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Date: Sep 10, 2010 Attendance: 165
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Yale vs HOFSTRA (Sep 10, 2010 at Providence, RI)
|[00:00] Thalman, Bobby at goalie for Yale.
|[00:00] Cumpstone, Greg at goalie for HOFSTRA.
|[01:29] Shot by YALE Tica, Milan HIGH.
|[03:03] Shot by HOFSTRA Griebsch, Chris HIGH.
|Foul on Yale.
|[04:59] Shot by HOFSTRA Bekas, Thomas BLOCKED.
|[05:23] Shot by HOFSTRA Ahman, Lukas WIDE.
|Foul on Yale.
|[08:34] Header Shot by HOFSTRA Foster, Shaun, SAVE Thalman, Bobby.
|[10:04] Shot by YALE Jacobson, Peter BLOCKED.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|Foul on Yale.
|Foul on Yale.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|[18:01] YALE substitution: Shaw, Frank for Tica, Milan.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|[20:42] Shot by YALE Shaw, Frank WIDE.
|Foul on Yale.
|[27:43] YALE substitution: Fox, Jenner for Jacobson, Peter.
|[28:17] Shot by YALE Fox, Jenner, SAVE Cumpstone, Greg.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|[29:26] Shot by YALE Fox, Jenner WIDE.
|[30:25] HOFSTRA substitution: Watkin, Jon for Popp, Florian.
|[30:25] HOFSTRA substitution: Ehrichs, Steven for Griebsch, Chris.
|[30:57] Shot by HOFSTRA Annarumma, Mike WIDE.
|[33:41] Shot by HOFSTRA Grahn, Johannes BLOCKED.
|Foul on Yale.
|[36:25] Shot by HOFSTRA Grahn, Johannes HIGH.
|[36:36] YALE substitution: Neil, Charlie for Meyer, Eric.
|[36:36] HOFSTRA substitution: Mira, Kevin for Carrington, Brett.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|[38:31] HOFSTRA substitution: Amendolare, Joseph for Grahn, Johannes.
|[42:47] Shot by HOFSTRA Mira, Kevin BLOCKED.
|Corner kick by HOFSTRA Amendolare, Joseph [43:07].
|[44:07] Shot by HOFSTRA Annarumma, Mike BLOCKED.
|[44:13] Shot by HOFSTRA Bekas, Thomas BLOCKED.
|[44:25] Offside against HOFSTRA.
|End of period [45:00].
|Start of 2nd period [45:00].
|For HOFSTRA: #13 Cumpstone, Greg, #4 Foster, Shaun, #19 Barea, Stephan, #20 Annarumma, Mike, #3 Bekas, Thomas, #8 Ehrichs, Steven, #10 Grahn, Johannes, #6 Ahman, Lukas, #21 Griebsch, Chris, #11 Carrington, Brett, #18 Rengifo, Erik.
|For YALE: #11 Dennen, Chris, #1 Thalman, Bobby, #3 Shorten, Andy, #15 Alers, Nick, #12 Hackbarth, Andy, #22 Kocher, Tucker, #18 Fox, Jenner, #19 Jacobson, Peter, #21 Tica, Milan, #10 Meyer, Eric, #24 McKiernan, Max.
|[46:22] Shot by YALE Hackbarth, Andy HIGH.
|[47:18] Shot by HOFSTRA Annarumma, Mike, SAVE Thalman, Bobby.
|[49:02] Shot by HOFSTRA Bekas, Thomas, SAVE Thalman, Bobby.
|[52:27] Shot by HOFSTRA Annarumma, Mike HIT POST.
|[54:53] Shot by YALE Jacobson, Peter WIDE.
|[56:44] Header Shot by HOFSTRA Barea, Stephan WIDE.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|[60:15] Yellow card on HOFSTRA Rengifo, Erik.
|[60:15] Shot by YALE Tica, Milan HIT POST.
|[60:16] GOAL by HOFSTRA Griebsch, Chris (FIRST GOAL).
|HOFSTRA 1, Yale 0
|*shot from right top of box; beat gk low right
|[61:27] Shot by YALE Jacobson, Peter WIDE.
|[61:33] YALE substitution: Armbrust, Scott for Fox, Jenner.
|[61:33] YALE substitution: DiLallo, Marcus for Dennen, Chris.
|[66:15] Shot by YALE Tica, Milan, SAVE Cumpstone, Greg.
|Foul on Yale.
|[67:44] HOFSTRA substitution: Watkin, Jon for Griebsch, Chris.
|[67:44] HOFSTRA substitution: Popp, Florian for Annarumma, Mike.
|[67:44] YALE substitution: Fox, Jenner for Hackbarth, Andy.
|[69:38] Shot by HOFSTRA Watkin, Jon BLOCKED.
|Corner kick by YALE Fox, Jenner [71:01].
|[71:52] Shot by YALE Armbrust, Scott, SAVE Cumpstone, Greg.
|[73:30] Shot by HOFSTRA Grahn, Johannes, SAVE Thalman, Bobby.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|[74:18] Yellow card on HOFSTRA Foster, Shaun.
|[75:29] YALE substitution: Peterson, Kevin for Armbrust, Scott.
|[75:29] HOFSTRA substitution: Annarumma, Mike for Carrington, Brett.
|[75:48] HOFSTRA substitution: Griebsch, Chris for Grahn, Johannes.
|[76:36] Shot by HOFSTRA Annarumma, Mike WIDE.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|Foul on Yale.
|[81:53] Shot by HOFSTRA Popp, Florian WIDE.
|[85:17] HOFSTRA substitution: Grahn, Johannes for Griebsch, Chris.
|Foul on HOFSTRA.
|Corner kick by YALE Fox, Jenner [89:02].
|End of period [90:00].


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Back to Basics - Success
After my brioche brick disaster I was keen to get back on track with some bread that would be useful and also something that an amateur (as I am), should surely be able to succeed at. I decided to do some soft sandwich rolls and thanks to the tip from davidg618 (Thanks very much for that), I used a Dan Lepard recipe:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/oct/06/recipes.foodanddrink [1]
Simple ingredients and gave the following results:
Ready for the oven
Nice big rolls
They are very moist, perfectly soft and look very inviting. The dark crust is an interesting aspect (maybe because of the sugar in the dough or the high bake temperature?), but a great aspect to the white dough.
Here is the crumb shot.
Now I completely understand there is nothing special to this, but I think the moral of the story is important to myself and other novice bread making colleagues. That is when things go wrong, take a step back and do something easy/easier to regain a little confidence and then dive in again. I now feel sufficiently happy to try my next artisan loaf and hopefully will use a little regained confidence and experience with dough to make more progress.
Happy Bread Making


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Marian Gowan is Dare Ford's right-hand woman.
Both members of the Chocolate Scribblers, a local writing group, Gowan has been helping Ford get her writing onto the page since 2007.
"This girl has been my Earth angel," Ford says. "She hits the floor running once she opens the door — it's an uplifting thing."
For the past 20 years, Ford has been coping with the effects of multiple sclerosis and has gradually lost the use of much of her body.
After losing the use of her right hand, she learned to write with her left.
A friend assisted her with writing projects for a time, but when he moved to Ohio, Ford was left without help.
"I didn't have anyone to do my writing," she says. "It got to where I wasn't able to write with my left hand."
Though her body was not cooperating, the writing ideas kept coming.
"The more you write, the more you want to write," Ford says. "It just grows and grows."
In 2001, Ford took a creative writing class at Blue Ridge Community College, sparking a long-term fascination with the written word.
After the class was complete, about six or seven students would gather weekly at Ford's home in Hyman Heights so they could continue to read and critique each other's work.
Ford and Gowan met in 2003, through the writing group.
The Chocolate Scribblers — so called because they all love chocolate — meet at Ford's home twice a month for support in all types of writing, from poetry and young adult fiction to nonfiction prose and memoir.
"Dare is an active member of our writing group, contributing many good ideas," Gowan says. "Her wit and humor keep us all on our toes."
Ford is author of a book titled "Don't Make Me Turn This Bus Around," which highlights the often hilarious side of her experiences driving a school bus as a teenager.
She has also had numerous stories published in the anthologies of Old Mountain Press.
"It gives me such pleasure, but I couldn't do it without Marian," Ford says.
Ideas on paper
Every Monday morning, Gowan arrives at the Ford home to spend a few hours helping out in any way she can.
Gowan not only takes dictation on a laptop, she helps with paying bills and writing letters — even balancing Ford's checkbook.
Ford laughs about her finances being in better order since Gowan has started helping her.
"Marian does so many different things for us," says Dare's husband, Keith Ford. "�'Marian time' is the highlight of her week."
The Fords have had other friends volunteer to help out at the house, with yard work and cleaning.
"Most of us aren't cut out to do that kind of long-term volunteer work," Dare Ford says.
With 15 years' experience as an elementary school teacher and as a mother of two, Ford has been accustomed in the past to being on the caretaker side of things.
Even so, she is graceful in her attitudes — both about her condition and about the help she receives.
"Dare is a constant encourager and cheerleader … this is who she is, and has nothing to do with her disability," Gowan says. "She refuses to be defined by the disability, and focuses on her abilities."
Keith Ford appreciates the help Gowan continues to give, adding that it has extended at times to sewing on zippers or fixing the cuffs on pants.
Gowan, who has written short stories since 2002, has published the memoirs of her mother — based on diaries and letters — in a book titled "Notes From a Trunk."
She recently won an honorable mention award for her story "Dinner With Dad" in The Fountainhead Bookstore's 2012 Fiction Contest. Gowan has been generous with her love for the Ford clan and has gone as far as making the Fords' grandson a quilt.
"She does more than just writing," says Keith Ford.
"It helps me, as primary caregiver, because there is someone here at the house with her, and we don't have the money for hired help."
Overcoming obstacles
When it comes to writing, the women have spent time working out the best way to get Ford's ideas onto paper.
Gowan says they once gave Dragon Speech Recognition software a try, but it was soon apparent that Ford's native North Carolina accent was too strong for it to work like it should.
"I realized it was just as easy to type," says Gowan, a proficient and speedy typist who worked for 30 years doing corporate writing for Kodak.
For Ford, leaving a legacy for her grandchildren has taken precedence over most of the writing ideas that now percolate in her head.
"The Journey of Little Pea" started more than five years ago, once Ford knew her grandson was on the way.
"I wanted to talk to him from grandma's heart," she says. "When Marian comes every week, I write down the cute things Gavin has done, what he's doing at school.
"I was too busy as a mom to write down these things, the cute details of what (the kids) said," she adds.
Now that she has a granddaughter on the way, Ford has started a new missive of love, titled "To the Tiny Turtle."
Ford would also like to write a history of the racial tensions and riots in the 1960s.
"I think it's important," she says. "Kids today have no concept."
Ford says she did a little writing as a child, but didn't really write until she was retired.
Recently, she and Gowan were preparing a poem that Ford plans to share with the writing group.
"Who would have thought that a six-week writing class at Blue Ridge would lead us all to this?" Ford says.
Writing friends defy physical limitations
Marian Gowan is Dare Ford's right-hand woman.


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Jordan Foley and Katharine Miller are happy to announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
Jordan Foley, the son of Jeffrey and Kathleen (Sommariva) Foley, is a 2012 graduate of distinction, top 10 in his class, from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Katharine Miller, the daughter of Jeff and Karin Miller of Cheswick, is a 2012, magna cum laude graduate of American University in Washington, D.C.
Jordan and Katie, both Shady Side Academy graduates, were engaged in Vienna, Austria, at the end of June. They lived in Vienna until the end of September, when Jordan finished his duties at the United Nations. They returned to Boston where Jordan is attending graduate school at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The couple is planning a South Carolina wedding in 2015.


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Fresh Pumpkin Pie
A Mouthwatering Recipe
Here's an easy and delicious recipe for pumpkin pie. The secret ingredient is molasses! It creates a wonderfully smooth, thick filling with a richer taste. This pumpkin pie recipe is truly old-fashioned homemade goodness in every bite.
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Cooking Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat milk in saucepan over medium heat until it just starts to bubble around the edges. Remove from heat. Beat eggs lightly in large bowl until frothy. Add scalded milk, stirring constantly. Stir in pumpkin, butter, sugar, molasses, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Whisk until thoroughly blended. Pour filling into prepared crust, bake until center is firm, about 45 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack. When ready to serve, beat chilled cream with mixer until soft peaks form. Serve on top of pie or in a separate bowl for individual serving.
Recipe Summary
Main Ingredients: egg, pumpkin, molasses
Course: Dessert


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In this blog I'll be talking about my Haskell for Maths library - the maths behind it, how the code works, and how to use it. I thought we'd begin with something easy, (simple) graphs. Here are a couple of examples:
Well actually, these are really the same graph - the cube. You see, we're not really interested in the spatial arrangement of the vertices and edges, but only in the pattern of connectivity between them. These graphs have the same vertices (the numbers 0 to 7), and you can check that the edges connect the same pairs of vertices.
So a graph is defined as a pair (vs, es) where vs is a set of vertices, labelled by integers, say, and es is a set of edges - where an edge is a set of two vertices. In Haskell:
data Graph a = G [a] [[a]] deriving (Eq,Ord,Show)
For example (jumping ahead a little), the graph shown above is:
> :load Math.Combinatorics.Graph
> q 3
Although we will often use integers to label the vertices, notice that the Graph data type permits us to use other types. This will turn out to be extremely useful.
Okay, so whenever we define a new type of mathematical object, one of the first things we want to know is if there are any standard families of such objects. Here are a few standard graphs.
(Note that from now on I usually won't label the vertices. When studying graphs, what we're really interested in is the underlying structure of vertices connected by edges. The labels on the vertices are just scaffolding.)
The graph on the left is c 5, the cyclic graph on 5 vertices.
c n = graph (vs,es) where
vs = [1..n]
es = L.insert [1,n] [[i,i+1] | i <- [1..n-1]]
Just a little note about this. For convenience, we insist that the lists of vertices and edges are always in ascending order, and that each edge (list of two vertices) is itself in ascending order. The "graph" constructor checks this for us.
The middle graph above is k 5, the complete graph on 5 vertices, in which every pair of vertices is connected by an edge.
k n = graph (vs,es) where
vs = [1..n]
es = [[i,j] | i <- [1..n-1], j <- [i+1..n]]
The graph on the right is the complete bipartite graph kb 2 3, in which each of two vertices on the left is connected to each of three vertices on the right. Here we have an example where it is useful to be able to use types other than Integer to label our vertices:
kb' m n = graph (vs,es) where
vs = map Left [1..m] ++ map Right [1..n]
es = [ [Left i, Right j] | i <- [1..m], j <- [1..n] ]
kb m n = to1n $ kb' m n
The function "to1n" converts a graph over some other type to a graph over the integers.
> kb' 2 3
G [Left 1,Left 2,Right 1,Right 2,Right 3]
[[Left 1,Right 1],[Left 1,Right 2],[Left 1,Right 3],
[Left 2,Right 1],[Left 2,Right 2],[Left 2,Right 3]]
> kb 2 3
There are a few more standard families of graphs, and some new from old constructions, defined in the Math.Combinatorics.Graph module. See the code for details.
That's about all I've got time for just now. What I'm heading for is to be able to study the symmetries (automorphisms) of graphs. The code is in Math.Combinatorics.GraphAuts, if you want a sneak preview - otherwise you'll just have to wait.


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After losing three weekend games due to the snow storm that came through the area, Charlotte baseball added a pair of weekday games this week to the schedule. The 49ers will now travel to No. 16 North Carolina State (0-1) for a 3 p.m. Tuesday contest before playing the regularly-scheduled Wednesday contest at High Point (2-1). Thursday, Charlotte added a home contest against Pfeiffer (1-8) to start at 4 p.m.
Charlotte lost the Saturday doubleheader and Sunday series finale after winning the opening game of the series and season at home Friday. The 49ers got down early, but scored seven runs in the second inning to beat Delaware State 13-7. The Hornets won 40 games last season and were the first of five teams on the schedule to appear in the NCAA Tournament last year. Three different Charlotte hitters recorded two or more RBI with their first hit of the season in the win.
The countdown to 1,000 program wins is in effect. Charlotte would need to sweep the week to capture the three wins to reach 1,000 in program history in its 35th season of play.
The Wolfpack got in a home game Friday in a loss to Appalachian State, but have not played since. N.C. State is ranked at No. 10 in Baseball America, 13 in this week's Collegiate Baseball News poll and 16 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Senior left hander John Hamilton (Strongsville, Ohio) will make his first start of the season for Charlotte and first since April 14, 2010 against sophomore right hander Logan Jernigan. Hamilton was 2-1, with a 2.92 ERA last season as Charlotte's closer, logging seven saves. Jernigan finished 5-1 in his freshman campaign for the Wolfpack, striking out 57 and posting a 5.71 ERA. The 49ers are 7-21 versus the Wolfpack, winning both meetings and eliminating State from the 2007 NCAA Regionals in Columbia, S.C.
High Point was able to get all three games in at the Citadel Memorial Challenge in Charleston, S.C., over the weekend. The Panthers lost 5-1 to Kansas State before wins of 8-6 over George Mason and 7-2 over the host Bulldogs Sunday. Charlotte will send junior transfer Jason Harris (Austin, Tex. / Barton Co. CC) to the hill on the road Wednesday for his first Division I start. He was 2-3 last season at Barton County, with a 6.35 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 62.1 innings after pitching his freshman year at Division II Abilene Christian. High Point redshirt junior Zach Haile will start for the Panthers in their home opener. Haile has seen action this season, getting the win in relief on Saturday against George Mason. This year, he is 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA and seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings. Charlotte is 17-9 all-time versus High Point.
Pfeiffer started the season on February 1 and has nine games already under its belt. The Falcons started the year off to an 0-7 start, but won last Tuesday against Brevard. The Falcons will travel to Newberry Tuesday before coming to Charlotte for the first time since April 3, 1997. Last Friday's starter for Charlotte, Tyler Barnette (Hickory, N.C.) will make the start for the 49ers Thursday. He has no record and a 4.91 ERA with four strikeouts and six walks after a 3.2-inning debut. Pfeiffer's starter is to be determined following the Tuesday road game. Former Charlotte catch Ross Steedley is in his first year on the Pfeiffer coaching staff. The 49ers have a 16-4 all-time mark against Pfeiffer.
The 49ers are trying to fill the third game lost from the weekend and could have a game pop on the schedule quickly, depending on other weekend action. Follow us on twitter (@Charlotte49ers) or the web site for breaking news.
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Latest Westport property transfers: $4.4M total
Latest Westport property transfers
Photo: Contributed Photo
The following property transfers were recorded by the Town Clerk's office from Dec. 23-27:
11 Keyser Road: J. Peter and A. Liselotte Carlsson to Stephen and Lianne Owen, $975,000.
8 Beachside Ave.: Lorraine J. Witkin to Nicholas Moore and Robin Bates Eisenberger, $2,171,213.
24 Bridge St.: Teresa Leigh Henderson to James S. Ardrey Jr. and Stefanie Lally-Ardrey, $1,212,500.
Total value of the property sales was $4,358,713, generating conveyance taxes of $10,896.78.


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Preparing for the Real World
The hands-on, real-world learning at Isenberg School of Management now includes a corporate boardroom where students can practice making presentations and other activities in a formal, business-world setting. "A key purpose of this new room is to help make students business ready," says Mark A. Fuller, dean of the school.
Open since the start of the spring semester, students say they are eager to use the room and benefit from the experience. "This room helps us enhance our skills so we are better prepared to go out into the workforce," says Jacqueline Judson '16, an operations and information management major. The practice of presenting in a boardroom will make real-world presentations "second nature and you will not feel like a deer caught in headlights," notes Judson. Alex Silva '15, also an operations and information management major, says, "A room like this makes students more comfortable for future encounters."
Fuller says the room will underscore the importance of the event, requiring students to be prepared—from high comprehension of materials to wearing business attire. "This is a way to pressure test our students. We don't want their first boardroom interaction to be in the workforce. We want to try to simulate those experiences as early and as often as possible."
Renovations that turned a general-purpose room into the 20-seat boardroom equipped with monitors and communication technology on the first floor of the management school were completed in January thanks to a generous gift from Arthur '57 and Barbara R. Elkins that helped defray the cost of the project. In addition to student presentations, the room, formally dedicated on March 10 and named the Arthur '57 and Barbara R. Elkins Business Intelligence Boardroom, will be used to host distinguished alumni and will be available to faculty to use for research. The technology will allow a range of activities, from analyzing big data to staging a remote panel discussion.
Fuller, Isenberg dean since 2009, says the improvement in facilities is all part of the school's strategic plan to become a more highly ranked business school. Areas that have been improved are undergraduate and graduate curriculum, career and professional development, and executive and corporate engagement. "These improvements and new facilities will make students more competitive," he says.


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|the range is now on this wall
|over view...oh how i hated those floors! when i washed the floor the
grout would smell like lake water! nasty!
|this wall was opened up and the fridge is now here
|this is now the "butlers pantry" beverage area
|looking into the mud room. this doorway is now opened up
and at the same height as the other doorways
|new mudroom
|opening up the doorway made a huge difference.
|girls artwork went back up!
|mudroom sink
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|bad lighting...gloomy day but the space is so much brighter now!
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|opened up Terry's office. (we need furniture in this room too)
|need wall "shtuff"
|bad picture...but front door.
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|looking from front door. to left is the front room and far right is dining room.
(the chair in the pict. is a 4.99 Goodwill find that I repainted and recovered.)
|we didn't do anything in here....just added new base trim for now. need to paint
(bad photo, the flash went off so there is a funky shadow on the right)
|dining room....need curtains to soften the space.
I didn't take photos of the front living room...we have our old dining room set in there for now, until we sell it.
So, there ya have it. I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out. It's definitely a challenging process to go through. It will test your patience and sometimes your relationship....but it was so well worth it!
Thanks for letting me share this process with you! It's been fun documenting the ups and downs along the way.


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Large hail has accompanied the recent spate of tornado outbreaks across the U.S. including stones 4.5" in diameter in the Abilene, Texas area on April 24 and possible state records for largest hailstone on record in Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia during just this past month. This blog is a revue of the greatest hailstorms on record and the largest individual stones yet measured.
Hailstorms and Hailstone Size in the U.S.A.
There have been a handful of hailstorms that resulted in $1 billion or more in damages in the U.S. The costliest storm appears to be that of April 10, 2001 which cut a swath along the I-70 corridor from eastern Kansas to southwestern Illinois and pounded the St. Louis area. Property damage was in excess of $2.4 billion in 2010 dollars. The hailstorm that struck the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas metro area on May 5, 1995 also caused an estimated $2 billion in damage (adjusted to current dollars). The only other $1 billion dollar hailstorm on record was that which pummeled the Front Range of Colorado between Colorado Springs and Fort Collins on July 11, 1990 causing $1.6 billion damage in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars.
In spite of the enormous crop and property damage that hailstorms have caused only three people have ever been killed by falling hailstones in the United States: 1) a farmer caught in his field near Lubbock, Texas on May 13, 1930 2) a baby struck by large hail in Fort Collins, Colorado on July 31, 1979, and 3) a boater on Lake Worth, Texas on March 29, 2000.
Largest Stones
Mr. and Ms. Clarence Costner proudly display baseball-sized hail that fell on their farm near Norbonne, Missouri date unknown. Photo from Weatherwise Magazine, August 1976.
The largest officially recognized hailstone on record to have been 'captured' in the U.S. was that which fell near Vivian, South Dakota last summer (2010) on July 23rd. It measured 8.0" in diameter, 18 ½" in circumference, and weighed in at 1.9375 pounds. Mr. Lee Scott, who collected, the monster stone originally planned to make daiquiris out of the hailstone but fortunately thought better and placed it in a freezer before turning it over to the National Weather Service for certification.
The largest official hailstone ever collected in the U.S. An eight-inch monster that fell at Vivian, South Dakota on July 23, 2010.
Other instances of 8-inch hail have been reported in the past but not certified. The U.S. Weather Bureau's Climatological Data by Sections Vol. 22, Part 2 April-June, 1935 mentions a hailstorm producing 8-inch diameter hailstones at Ponca City, Oklahoma on April 17, 1935 (see p. 18 in the Oklahoma section).
Below is a list by state of the largest hailstones ever measured. Only a few states maintain an 'official' list of such records which I have listed first and then followed up with a list of 'unofficial' sizes by state that I have gathered from various sources. If any readers could add to this list or correct it, I would be much appreciative!
Bart McCarthy inspects a 5.5"-diameter hailstone that fell near Wisconsin Rapids on June 7, 2007. It is the 2nd largest hailstone on record for the state of Wisconsin. Photo from NWS Green Bay, Wisconsin archives.
Hail Accumulations
Some hailstorms train over the same area (or stationary thunderstorms develop) producing massive hail accumulations. Hail accumulated to over 12" deep on level in El Dorado, Kansas on June 23, 1951 and a storm at Seldon, in northwest Kansas, left an 18"-deep accumulation of hail over a 54 square mile area on June 3, 1959.
An aerial view of a deep hail swath accumulation over Seldon, Kansas. The 18" of hail fell on the town on June 3, 1959. Photo from the Norton Telegram newspaper archives, Norton, Kansas.
Heavy rainfall following a hailstorm causes the hail accumulations to wash into ditches or creek beds and enormous piles of hail accumulate. This was the case during a storm south of Clayton, New Mexico on August 13, 2004 when a 12-inch hail accumulation was swept into a draw by 5" of rainfall. A culvert in the draw became clogged by the flow and the hail piled up to 15 feet deep behind it!
Hail cliffs 15 feet high line the bottom of a creek near Clayton, New Mexico following a deluge on August 13, 2004. Photo by Barbara Podzemny.
Some Notes on Large Hail Around the World
A map of world hail incidence. The most hail prone spot on the planet is Kericho, Kenya that averages about 50 days of hail each year and, in 1965, recorded 113 days of hail. Map by Mark Stroud and from my book 'Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book' p. 162.
Bangladesh and India
The deadliest hailstorms, and perhaps the largest hailstones, in the world occur on the Deccan Plateau of northern India and in Bangladesh. The heaviest authenticated hailstone ever measured was one of 2.25 pounds that fell in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh on April 14, 1986. The stones size was not measured although anecdotal reports claimed the stones were the size of "pumpkins". Ninety-two people perished as a result of the storm although how many of these can be attributed to the hail is uncertain. A hailstorm in the Moradabad and Beheri districts of India killed 246 people on April 30, 1888, the deadliest hailstorm on record in modern history.
In China 25 were killed by hail in Henan Province on July 19, 2002 and a possibly reliable report claims 200 were killed by hail in Hunan Province on June 19, 1932.
In Europe a hailstone weighing 2.14 pounds was measured following a storm in Strasbourg, France on August 11, 1958. The size was not noted. Europe's most catastrophic hailstorm was that which struck Munich, Germany on July 12, 1984. Some 70,000 homes (and 190 aircraft!) were damaged and 400 people injured by hail the size of baseballs. Property damage was estimated at over US$2 billion.
Perhaps the single costliest hailstorm in world history was that which struck the Sydney, Australia area on April 14, 1999. Hailstones up to 3½" in diameter fell for almost 60 minutes damaging 20,000 structures and 40,000 vehicles. The total damage came to US$3 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars and remains Australia's costliest natural disaster.
A hailstorm bears down on Sydney, date unknown. Photo by Carl Ord.
Canada's largest hailstone of record was that collected at Cedoux, Saskatchewan on August 27, 1973. It measured 114 mm in diameter (4.5") and weighed 290 grams (10.2 ounces). Probably the costliest hailstorm was that which affected 130 sq. kilometers in the Calgary, Alberta area on September 7, 1991. It caused $400 million in Canadian dollars damage.
Unsubstantiated Reports
There are many apocryphal or unsubstantiated stories of giant hailstones from many corners of the world including a stone weighing 4.18 pounds in Kazakhstan in 1959; an 11-pound stone in Guangxi Province, China in 1986; and, best of all, a hailstone the size of an "elephant" in Seringapatam, India sometime in the late 18th century! Many of these events are more likely not hailstones but hydrometeors, large chunks of ice that fall from the sky for some unknown reason or source.
REFERENCES: The only book I am aware that is solely devoted to hail is Snowden D. Flora's classic Hailstorms of the United States published by the Univ. of Oklahoma Press back in 1956. It is still a great reference.
The best hail-related web site is hail.org.


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In the whole history of the Church, perhaps no age was confronted with the enormous internal and external problems which the 16th century was asked to solve. Never since the days of Arianism in the fourth century had Christendom been threatened with such deep-rooted schism. Never had it been asked to reconcile two so basically different concepts of Christianity. In the second quarter of the 16th century, the old religious unity of Christendom vanished. At the opening of that century, there had been one Church in the Western world. At its close, there were many churches. Large portions of Germany, England and Scandinavia turned from the ancient Church and embraced the new, evangelical faith. Religious division entered every country in Europe. The loss to the Catholic Church was the greatest she had suffered since the collapse of Christian Africa before the Vandals and Saracens. Until the New World embraced the old religion, the loss remained uncompensated. In a sense, the religious history of this period spells a disaster from which Catholicism has never fully recovered.
No Church historian has ever admitted that the explanation of this vast splintering of Christendom is a problem that has an easy solution. Certainly the economic, political and social structure of the late Middle Ages cannot be excluded as a causative factor, for the Church does not develop in a vacuum. In some way, she is influenced by all aspects of space and time. But the undeniable low state of Western Christianity in the 15th century, especially its moral corruption, its decadent theology, its irresponsible administration, were of prime importance in bringing down the House of God. Every indication in the sources of the period points in this direction. The gap between profession of the faith and observance of its precepts on all levels of Christian society was alarming.
Face to face with the new, evangelical Christianity, the Church had to examine and re-examine herself from every viewpoint, human and divine. She had to formulate the doctrines which had been repudiated and correct the abuses with which she had been reproached. She had the enormous task of reforming faith and morals, dogma and discipline. She had to compare what she is with what she should be, what she does with what she believes. This comparison, so painful and humiliating to the most devout churchmen of that day, involved criticism, the faculty of judgment and discernment, the essential of all true reform, the requisite of all true progress.
But, in this respect, the age which saw the Reformation and the Council of Trent (1545-63) is not unique. The pages of Church history give clear testimony to leading figures in all ages who had the courage to speak their convictions to the highest authority in Christendom. The pointed, almost disturbing exchanges between St. Columban (d. 615) and Pope Boniface IV, between St. Bernard (d. 1153) and Pope Innocent II, are well-known episodes in medieval Church history. And from a later period we have the sharp criticism directed against Pope Gregory XI by both St. Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373) and St. Catherine of Siena (d. 1380). These four examples are not isolated. They can be confirmed by other, equally relevant episodes from history. But what is perhaps surprising is that the personalities under consideration here are Catholic saints, devoted servants of the Church, loyal adherents to the Holy See. The mind, common to all of them, despite the candor of their speech, is aptly expressed by the Irish St. Columban: "For we . . . are bound to St. Peter's Chair; for though Rome be great and famous, among us it is only on that Chair that her greatness and fame depend.... Rome is the head of the churches of the world...." The criticism is sincere, responsible, submissive to the authority of the Holy See.
Perhaps the first visible sign that the papacy had really grasped the significance of the new evangelical movement is reflected in the Instructio which the Dutch Pope Hadrian VI (d. 1523) gave to Francesco Chieregati for his use at the Reichstag in Nurnberg in 1522. It is a document which is sharply critical of the Church in both head and members and is keenly aware of the need of self-reform on all levels. The realism of its critical remarks is almost shocking; it can only be understood in view of the fact that Pope Hadrian was close successor to Alexander VI, Leo X and Julius II. He writes:
We know that in this Holy See for some years now there have been many abominations, spiritual excesses-, administrative excesses—in fine, widespread corruption....God has permitted persecution to fall upon His Church because of the sins of men, especially of priests and ecclesiastical prelates....Wherefore, in what concerns us in this matter, we give you our promise that we will use every means that this Curia, whence perhaps all this evil has proceeded, shall be reformed.
The whole tone of this precious document shows clearly that it is the work of a high-minded man, earnest, patient, concerned with finding an honest solution to a vast problem. The character of the universal reform which it demands will set the tone for all the reform activity of the pre-Tridentine period.
Twenty years after Martin Luther had published his famous 95 theses and had firmly taken his stand against Pope and Emperor, against the two pillars of Christendom, the Holy See in the person of Paul III (d. 1549) appointed a special commission of nine prelates, including the great Cardinals Caraffa, Contarini and Pole, to investigate the disastrous situation which had developed in the countries north of the Alps. They were commissioned to examine the Church, diagnose its sickness, prescribe the remedy. Their prescription, the famous Consilium de ecclesia emendanda ("Memorial of the Reform Commission"), dated February, 1537, forms a source of the first order for understanding the mind and the method, the viewpoint and motivation of the most outstanding churchmen of the 16th century as they studied the state of the Church in that distant region.
But the document is also a tribute to the confidence and assurance of the Holy See in this small group of earnest prelates, and it is a monument to the freedom of thought and expression with which they were permitted to carry out their work. If the commission did not succeed in reforming the Church, the cause must be sought elsewhere, in factors beyond its control.
The Memorial, clearly under the influence of Pope Hadrian VI's Instructio, is inspired by the hope of restoration through reform. "For the Spirit of God," it says, "has decreed to restore through you, Paul III, the Church, which is now tottering, almost collapsed . . . to elevate it to its former beauty and revive its former glory." The tone of the whole document is frank, unsparing, without human respect, in listing "the most grave, indeed deadly, abuses under which the Church of God, and especially the Roman Curia, suffer," and in specifying the means to be used in reformation of those areas most in need of reform. Its accusation is universal. No one is spared, neither head nor members. And it sincerely, though perhaps with some exaggeration, grieves that "throughout the whole world almost all the shepherds have deserted their flocks and entrusted them to hirelings." The sharp criticism which it directs against the Holy See is most readily appreciated when we recall the motto which Cardinal Caraffa, the future Pope Paul IV, selected at his election to the papacy: "Judgment must begin in his own house."
In the second session of the Council of Trent, on January 7, 1546, the Fathers were privileged to be addressed by the Papal Legate, Reginald Cardinal Polo (d. 1558). This great English Cardinal was well qualified for the task of delivering what may be characterized as the keynote address of the Council. He was the son of the martyred Countess of Salisbury, kinsman of his persecutor (King Henry VIII), last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, man of the Renaissance, a churchman distinguished for piety and learning. Born in 1500, the Cardinal was in the prime of life at the time the Council opened. He was old enough to have well remembered the Catholic Church in England in the days before the sad events which terminated in the cruel martyrdom of Thomas More and John Fisher. He was, therefore, peculiarly suited to address the Council on the state of the Church and the need for reform, for he could speak from the realistic view point of one who had been personally involved in the events which he discussed.
Reading this speech, known as the Eirenikon, four centuries later and, therefore, very much apart from the historical situation in which it was delivered, one is struck by the admirable humility, candor and piety which dominate its spirit. Where there is question of the grave moral abuses in the Church, the Cardinal's remarks are breathtaking. "'No good is served," he remarks, "by a long inquiry as to who are the causes of these evils, seeing that we cannot even name any other causes but ourselves."
In another place, Cardinal Pole writes of the sad state of the pre-Tridentine Church:
Before the tribunal of God's mercy, we, the shepherds, should make ourselves responsible for all the evils now burdening the flock of Christ. The sins of all we should take upon ourselves, not in generosity but in justice, because the truth is that of these evils we are in great part the cause, and therefore we should implore the divine mercy through Jesus Christ.
That this overwhelming deprecation was pronounced before the Catholic episcopacy assembled in an ecumenical council is hard to believe. But it was only possible to speak this way because of the conspicuous humility of both speaker and audience, and because of the deep religious setting in which these words were uttered. "For in everything," he said, "pertaining to the reformation of the Church, for which purpose we have forgathered, we should imitate Him who first made it."
Much more could be written about Cardinal Pole's Eirenikon. But the central point is already clear, that he envisioned reform in the Church as proceeding from objective criticism, Christian humility and utter selflessness. Because he saw the macrocosm of the Church reflected in the microcosm of the churchman, he pleaded for self-criticism, self-evaluation and self-knowledge as the foundation of reform.
It would be far from the truth to imagine that the Church is facing today a moral crisis which requires a reformation of her membership. The current problem is rather her essential relation to the new civilization which is being born. Her task, as always, is not mere survival in the world, but a vital, influential participation in it. She must, if possible, share in the creation of the world in which she lives. This is not a new task. She has done it before in the course of history, and she has within her the vitality to do it again. Her efforts must bend not merely toward conservation of Catholic culture, but toward creation of a new Catholic culture.
The spirit which is the very life of the four documents we have been considering is instructive. Our age has this in common with the age of Trent, that one great phase of history and culture is terminating, another is beginning. The old is passing, the new emerging. It is the realism, objectivity, honesty, humility and concern such as we find in these documents that transformed the disturbed Church of the dying Middle Ages into the energetic Church of the Counter Reformation. The documents are not face-saving devices, instruments of officialdom, legal formalities. Rather, they represent the work of men who thoroughly appreciated the value of self-criticism and self-evaluation as the essential ingredients of true reform. These men feared neither to ask questions nor to hear the answers. What they heard may have saddened them deeply, but it did not frighten them. What they learned did in fact inspire the Catholic reform.
These documents are relevant today, for they offer us both example and encouragement in an analogous crisis. As the Tridentine churchmen assisted the Church in her passage from the Middle Ages to the modern world, so it is our task to assist the same Church in her passage from the modern world to that new age which has not yet been named. We must facilitate the organic development of the Church, put new ways and means at her disposal, bring to her service the fullness of our talents, make her mobile by pruning away nonessential accretions. This delicate work requires the intelligent, selfless criticism that springs from prudence and love. "As a Church of men," writes Hans Küng, "sinful men, the Church, though of divine foundation, needs criticizing; as the Church of God, she is more than any other institution, worth criticizing."
In the Eirenikon of Cardinal Pole, cited above, there are some lines which well situate the problem:
All the more willingly shall we fulfill this duty of exhortation or of warning because when we exhort you to do what befits so great a gathering, or, on the contrary, warn you, we are exhorting or warning ourselves, who are in the same bark with you and are exposed with you to the same dangers and the same storm.
It is a salutary reminder that the commonweal of the whole Church, its prosperity and its adversity, should be the concern of the whole membership. This is part of the harmonious rhythm of the Mystical Body, whose Head is Christ and whose members are His people.
"It would be far from the truth to imagine that the Church is facing today a moral crisis which requires a reformation of her membership. The current problem is rather her essential relation to the new civilization which is being born. Her task, as always, is not mere survival in the world, but a vital, influential participation in it. She must, if possible, share in the creation of the world in which she lives. This is not a new task. She has done it before in the course of history, and she has within her the vitality to do it again. Her efforts must bend not merely toward conservation of Catholic culture, but toward creation of a new Catholic culture."
Unfortunately, now 50 years later, this same call to action can be made. A new Pentecost does not seem possible in a Church lead by old foggydoggies. clinging to their power by every means available. Only a return of Christ Himself could do the trick, and once again drive out the "money changers"...in our time the power hungry political elites in the Church, and once again make it a house of prayer in the 21st Century.
The article is extremely interesting and educational. Now, in the 21st century, the Church needs to make great changes if they want to keep the members as part of the practicing Catholic Church. For example, it is well beyond the right time that the Church should allow priests to get married as in done in many other religios instituions such as the Anglican, orthodox church, etc. This is much neede if those given advise are part of the regular population living through the same days as we all do; for example, how can a member of the catholic clergy advise on the use or not, of contraceptives if the do not have the problem of procreation to worry about. It is expcted that each and every sexual encounter should be directed to the creation of a new human beign but is such is the case, then couples in which the female member hgad a hysterectomy, regardless of the age, should NO longer be sexually active and that would also apply to menopausal women since reproduction cannot and will not, usually, take place. Would allowing members of the clergy be married decrease the number of pedophiles amongst the members of the clergy? What about nuns, should they get married if they so desire. Are we insinuationg that mariage is not normal? There are so many points on discussion but this are onle a couple. I am catholic but not roman since I am not of italian descent and I do like the anglican church and its teachings, very much.
Thanks for allowing me to express a couple of points.
The article is extremely interesting and educational. Now, in the 21st century, the Church needs to make great changes if they want to keep the members as part of the practicing Catholic Church. For example, it is well beyond the right time that the Church should allow priests to get married as in done in many other religios instituions such as the Anglican, orthodox church, etc. This is much neede if those given advise are part of the regular population living through the same days as we all do; for example, how can a member of the catholic clergy advise on the use or not, of contraceptives if the do not have the problem of procreation to worry about. It is expcted that each and every sexual encounter should be directed to the creation of a new human beign but is such is the case, then couples in which the female member hgad a hysterectomy, regardless of the age, should NO longer be sexually active and that would also apply to menopausal women since reproduction cannot and will not, usually, take place. Would allowing members of the clergy be married decrease the number of pedophiles amongst the members of the clergy? What about nuns, should they get married if they so desire. Are we insinuationg that mariage is not normal? There are so many points on discussion but this are onle a couple. I am catholic but not roman since I am not of italian descent and I do like the anglican church and its teachings, very much.
Thanks for allowing me to express a couple of points.
I hope this article is read by every bishop in the world,
especially the Bishop of Rome
Great article. A bit of trivia: Reginald Pole, at the time of Council of Trent was indeed a Cardinal but was a deacon cleric. Following the death of Pope Paul III, he participated in the conclave for his successor. He himself was a serious candidate for the papacy and declined election by acclamation. He was not ordained a priest until 1556, two years before he died.
The problem, too, is that those of us who experienced Vatican II are over 65. Is Rome waiting for us to die out so they won't hear from us any longer. Ignor us and we'll go away. The younger generation only knows it as an historical event. Our newly ordained priests are of the mindset that "what Rome says is gospel." What happened to the gospel of Jesus?
This hope that I gained by reading this article came one day after I watched and listened to a YouTube video talk by Robert Mickens, the Vatican correspondent for the Tablet given on November 16, 2102 at a meeting of the City Club of Cleveland. His topic was the Implosion of the Church. Mr. Mickens, a Gregorian seminarian by training, has been the Vatican correspondent for this publication for the past 12 years. His humility, candor and expertise was both respectful and replete with realism.
There are many causes of the crisis and implosion occurring in our church. Below are a few of them that are in no order of importance.
1. Clericalism
2. Priest Shortages
3. Fewer Catholics, many leaving the Church
4. A non-married male, celibate priesthood
5. A Vatican Curia that has never held any bishop accountable for the cover-up of the sexual abuse scandal.
6. A Curia that silences any whisper of structural or teaching reform. 7. A Curia that only listens to itself, and not to constructive criticism by clergy, theologians and laity.
8. A Church that thinks anacronsitically, not democratically like most of its membership who are the People of God.
7. A Church that believes that any disagreement with Church teaching is dissent and renounced as the ills of securalism, consumerism, liberalism, individualism and relativism. A Church that believes it is not responsible for any problem, crisis or error. A Church that believes there is no need for the reform of any teaching or the structure of the Church.
9. A hierarchy that proclaims that the magisterium brings the truth to its members, a truth that every Catholic conscience should be able to grasp as the truth. In other words, what the Magisterium says is the truth, is the truth and an individual Catholic conscience that disagrees is in error.
10. The divorced and remarried who are refused reconciliation and Eucharisic reception, spouses who responsibly practice contraception, members with a same sex attraction that must practice a life time of sexual astinence, women who cannot serve as priests or deacons, spouses infected with HIV/AIDS who cannot use a condom, and many others, represent the suffering and disenfrancizement of Catholics. The Church believes the answers offered to these members of the Body of Christ are both reasonable and responsible.
Let's hope that the spirit that inspired Church leaders in the 16th century, inspire the Church leaders in the 21st century.
The fact that members of the church were capable of such inspired wisdom in the face of crisis should enable those in authority in these times to emulate their example. Unfortunately it may take another generation of bishops to do the same, in which case their mea culpas will be de facto in their predecessor's stead, as their forebears will have lacked the courage and the intitiative to act when action was most needed.
As well written and informative as this article is, it ultimately disappoints because within an otherwise inspired scholarly prose is hidden evidence of deial, symptomatic of the crisis world-wide.
Why have not the criticisms of the past, bold and unsparing thought they be, not inspired similar Jeremiads among the clerical elite? I find it appalling that the denial syndrome is so pervaisive as to have infected the ranks of the Jesuits.
Having said that, the article is frank about the church's past, which many Traditionalists have difficulty with. If we can all agree that the church needed reforming, then Luther's reforms were a matter of kind, and not a question of necessity. Would that a new council could find cause to revoke his excommunication on moral grounds. It would be the first step in healing divisions among Christians worlwide.


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Great shot Paul. Which episode was it I guess you werem't turning were you? I've heard that Phil is very much the same off screen as he appears on screen?
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