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Programming Contest Knight Moves
For all those who haven't participated in the contest please read the FAQ
Given a position on a chessboard, list all available positions that a knight can move to.
For example, if I input G1 then the program should output:
Code:H3, F3, and E2
C, C#, C++, F#, Java, JavaScript(musts include HTML and CSS, but markup/styling will not be graded), LUA, Perl, Python, and VB.Net
August 4th, 2017
Rules for Contest
The rules followed will be specific to the contest and not the game.
- You must submit the source code and include a fiddle(ideone, dotnetfiddle, codepen, etc.)
- Allow the user to enter the String in the following format: E2(where E is the column name and 2 is the row index)
Each entry will be judged on the following things.
- Accuracy - Does the program follow all of the rules?
- Length - How concise is the submitted code?
- Execution - How quick did the code execute?
- Efficiency - How efficient is the algorithm(s) you chose?
You will get to brag that you won a VBForums contest and I'll also include a special avatar!
Please submit all entry's to the forum below with the title in the following format "Contest 12: Knight Moves - [User Name]"
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Sundhage Names Squad for September WNT Training Camp
CHICAGO (Aug. 25, 2009) – U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has called in 26 players for a 12-day training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., running from Sept. 21-Oct. 2. This will be the first U.S. Women's National Team event since the end of the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer season.
Twenty-three of the players on the roster come from WPS clubs while three are currently seniors for their college teams in UCLA forward Lauren Cheney and a pair of North Carolina Tar Heels in midfielder Tobin Heath and goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris.
Sundhage named 18 players from the roster that defeated Canada twice in mid-July, but is also giving looks to several players who put in some quality work during the WPS season. Los Angeles Sol utility woman Brittany Bock gets her second call-up of the year after also making the U.S. roster for the match against Canada in Toronto on May 25. She was denied the opportunity to earn her first cap due to a heel injury suffered in training the day before the match.
Sundhage also named FC Gold Pride midfielder Tina DiMartino (5 caps/1 goal), Washington Freedom midfielder Lori Lindsey (1/0), and Sky Blue FC midfielder Yael Averbuch (2/0), as well as uncapped Chicago Red Stars midfielder Brittany Klein and Sky Blue FC defender Meghan Schnur. All five are veterans of the USA's youth Women's National Teams. The roster also features the return of Sky Blue FC midfielder Kacey White (17/0), who has not been called up since the Algarve Cup last March.
The camp marks a long awaited first call-up for Harris, who was the starter for the USA at both the 2002 and 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Cups, playing every minute of all 12 games during those tournaments. The 5 feet 9 inch Harris, who played a key role in helping the USA win the 2002 FIFA U-19 WWC when she was just 16 years old, was on the fast-track to the full national team before a series of major injuries – including two ACL surgeries – set her back. The 23-year-old will train alongside regulars Hope Solo and Nicole Barnhart.
Veteran U.S. midfielder Lindsay Tarpley will miss her first camp in years as she is out 8-10 months after suffering an ACL tear during training with the Red Stars at the end of the WPS season. U.S. captain Christie Rampone is pregnant and will miss her first camp since her last pregnancy in 2005. With Rampone out, forward Abby Wambach and defender Cat Whitehill are the most capped players in camp with 130 each.
Sundhage will use this camp to select a roster for the USA's trip to Germany in October when the Americans will face the reigning Women's World Cup champions on Oct. 29 at Impuls Arena in Augsburg, one of the nine venues that will host matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The U.S. women currently sit atop of the FIFA Women's World Rankings and have compiled a record of 6-0-1 in 2009, having scored 11 goals while allowing just one, that coming in the championship game of the Algarve Cup where the USA eventually succumbed to Sweden in penalty kicks.
Training Camp Roster
Sept. 21-Oct. 2
The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.
Players Pos. Ht. DOB Hometown WPS Club/College Caps/Goals
Averbuch, Yael M 5-10 11/03/86 Upper Montclair, N.J. Sky Blue FC 2/0
Barnhart, Nicole GK 5-10 10/10/81 Gilbertsville, Pa. FC Gold Pride 2/0
Bock, Brittany D 5-7 04/11/87 Naperville, Ill. Los Angeles Sol 0/0
Boxx, Shannon M 5-8 06/29/77 Redondo Beach, Calif. Los Angeles Sol 117/20
Buehler, Rachel D 5-5 08/26/85 Del Mar, Calif. FC Gold Pride 30/0
Chalupny, Lori D 5-4 01/29/84 St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Athletica 91/8
Cheney, Lauren F 5-8 09/30/87 Indianapolis, Ind. UCLA 19/4
Cox, Stephanie D 5-6 04/03/86 Elk Grove, Calif. Los Angeles Sol 55/0
DiMartino, Tina M 5-2 11/06/86 Massapequa Park, N.Y. FC Gold Pride 5/1
Harris, Ashlyn GK 5-9 10/19/85 Satellite Beach, Fla. North Carolina 0/0
Heath, Tobin M 5-6 05/29/88 Basking Ridge, N.J. North Carolina 19/2
Hucles, Angela M 5-7 07/05/78 Virginia Beach, Va. Boston Breakers 109/13
Klein, Brittany M 5-3 10/29/86 Arcadia, Calif. Chicago Red Stars 0/0
LePeilbet, Amy D 5-6 03/12/82 Crystal Lake, Ill. Boston Breakers 26/0
Lindsey, Lori M 5-5 03/19/80 Indianapolis, Ind. Washington Freedom 1/0
Lloyd, Carli M 5-8 07/16/82 Delran, N.J. Chicago Red Stars 84/19
Mitts, Heather D 5-5 06/09/78 Cincinnati, Ohio Boston Breakers 103/2
O'Reilly, Heather M 5-5 01/02/85 East Brunswick, N.J. Sky Blue FC 115/25
Osborne, Leslie M 5-8 05/27/83 Brookfield, Wis. FC Gold Pride 61/3
Rapinoe, Megan M 5-7 07/05/85 Redding, Calif. Chicago Red Stars 11/4
Rodriguez, Amy F 5-4 02/17/87 Lake Forest, Calif. Boston Breakers 37/6
Schnur, Meghan D 5-6 04/1/6/86 Butler, Pa. Sky Blue FC 0/0
Solo, Hope GK 5-9 07/30/81 Richland, Wash. St. Louis Athletica 84/0
Wambach, Abby F 5-11 06/02/80 Rochester, N.Y. Washington Freedom 130/100
White, Kacey M 5-4 04/27/84 Arlington, Texas Sky Blue FC 17/0
Whitehill, Cat D 5-7 02/10/82 Birmingham, Ala. Washington Freedom 130/11
Roster by Position
GOALKEEPERS (3): Nicole Barnhart (FC Gold Pride), Ashlyn Harris (North Carolina), Hope Solo (St. Louis Athletica)
DEFENDERS (8): Brittany Bock (Los Angeles Sol), Rachel Buehler (FC Gold Pride), Lori Chalupny (St. Louis Athletica), Stephanie Cox (Los Angeles Sol), Amy LePeilbet (Boston Breakers), Heather Mitts (Boston Breakers), Megan Schnur (Sky Blue FC), Cat Whitehill (Washington Freedom)
MIDFIELDERS (12): Yael Averbuch (Sky Blue FC), Shannon Boxx (Los Angeles Sol), Tina DiMartino (FC Gold Pride), Tobin Heath (UNC), Angela Hucles (Boston Breakers), Brittany Klein (Chicago Red Stars), Lori Lindsey (Washington Freedom), Carli Lloyd (Chicago Red Stars), Heather O'Reilly (Sky Blue FC), Leslie Osborne (FC Gold Pride), Megan Rapinoe (Chicago Red Stars), Kacey White (Sky Blue FC)
FORWARDS (3): Lauren Cheney (UCLA), Amy Rodriguez (Boston Breakers), Abby Wambach (Washington Freedom)
Team Staff:
General Manager: Cheryl Bailey (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Head Coach: Pia Sundhage (Charlotte, N.C.)
Assistant Coach: Hege Riise (Charlotte, N.C.)
Assistant Coach: Marcia McDermott (Chicago)
Goalkeeper Coach: Paul Rogers (St. Louis)
Fitness Coach: Ken Vick (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer: Julie O'Connell (Chicago)
Athletic Trainer: Greg Banks (Charleston, S.C.)
Athletic Trainer: Elizabeth Lopez (Atlanta)
Massage Therapist: Scott Street (Virginia Beach, Va.)
Massage Therapist: Allison Griffith (Charleston, S.C.)
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Let's put Engineering back into Fracture Stimulation!
Oklahoma Geological Society –Shales Moving Forward
Norman, Oklahoma; 21 July 2011The Company President asking his staff ................ How are we going to "Frac" this well?
What are the other Operators doing on their wells?
How much is it going to cost?
Why's it cost so much?
Do we really need to do all that stuff?
What stuff can we leave out?
Do you think it will work if we don't do all that stuff?
Who's going to figure it out if it doesn't work?Fig. 10 - Log kh vs. 6 Month Oil CumulativeR2 = 0.6994020406080100120-5,00010,00015,00020,00025,0006 Month Oil Cumulative, BOLog Derived In-Situ Permeability-Thickness, md-ftTrendline
Un-EngineeredCompletionsWell Response @ 12 Months - Greater Than 300oF0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,00012-Month Cumulative Production (MCF)Cumulative Frequency (%)OtherHES
1) Perforate
2) Pump
3) RepeatkXwKFcd ffFig. 10 - Frac Finding Costs for Project Wells$-$0.10$0.20$0.30$0.40$0.50$0.60$0.70$0.80135791113151719212325272931Well ListFrac Finding Costs, $/EUR mcfPre-Reservoir Description UsageAverage = $0.21 STD Dev = $0.18Post-Reservoir Description UsageAverage = $0.10 STD Dev = $0.054
Eagle Ford Shale -Background
OilDry GasGulf of Mexico
•Depth Range: 4,000' –14,000'
•BHT Range: 150°F -350°F
•PresGrad. Range: 0.55 –0.85 psi/ft
•Can produce Dry gas @ 8000' andHigh Liquids @ 13,000' , Oil @ 5000'5180'120'
TOC and
Raw Data
Eagle Ford Shale -Petrophysics6
Frac Design in Horizontal: Run Sensitivities
•Injection Rate
•Fluid Volumes
•Fluid Viscosity
•Prop Volume
•Prop Concentration
•Prop Mesh Size
•OthersNear Wellbore Restriction (tortuosity)
Issues with Proppant Placement
•Transverse fracture initiation in perf cluster that is to long c...can create multiple fractures (SPE 19720).
•Multiple fractures can create tortuosity (SPE 35194).
•Limit perf interval to 4 times the ID of the casing (SPE 86992)
•Use Acid Soluble Cement in Horizontal (SPE 137441)
Image from SPE 19720 by El Rabaa, 1998and SPE 102616 by Soliman, 2006Impact of Perforation on the Formation:Perforation Damage -Crushed, Compacted, "Onion-Skin" ZonePerforation TunnelCementBlue-DyedFractureOnion-SkinUn-fracturedHalo around compaction zonePipe
Work by Norm Warpinski, 1983
FormationCompactionZone (Halo)9
Frac Design Considerations
700 m
400 m
300 m
Embedment Core Tests
Eagle Ford Shale
0.35 –0.77 mm @ 10,000 psiSPE 136801SPE 135502
40/80 Mesh
Lightweight Ceramic
Haynesville Core Sample10200 cp
50 cp
Bauxite80 md-ftRCP25 md-ftSand5 md-ft
Non-Emulsifiers needed for Oil
Proppant Conductivity
Multi-phase flow
"Hybrid" Frac Fluid
kX KwF fffcd500.001md *ft 500 ft-md 25
Frac Design Considerations
950 cp
35# Polymer
Dimensionless Conductivity (Fcd)11
Frac Design Considerations: Basic Definitions (SPE 136183)
Water Frac or Slick Water Frac:
•Frac fluid is very low viscosity
•Chemicals or gelling agents are used for friction reduction, not prop transport
•Velocity (not viscosity) used to place proppant
•Injection rates tend to be high
•Typically have alternating stages of proppant followed by fluid "sweeps"
Conventional Frac:
•Frac fluid is high viscosity (from foams to crosslinked fluids)
•Chemicals used to generate viscosity for proppant transport
•Viscosity (not velocity) used to place proppant
•Injection rates can vary greatly (not depending on velocity to place prop).
•Typically have "pad" fluid followed by continuous proppant-laden fluid.
Hybrid Frac:
•Anything in-between a water frac and a conventional frac.
•Typically, a hybrid frac is a combination of the two.
•They tend to begin with a low-viscosity fluid (at a high rate)
•May have alternating proppant volumes with fluid "sweeps"
•Tail-in (sometimes at a lower injection rate) with proppant high-viscosity fluid.
•Large part of job may be crosslinked or just Tail-in fluid may be crosslinked. 12Production Comparison: Slick Water vs. Hybrid/Conventional1 10 100 1,000 10,000 050100150200250300050100150200250300350400450PressureRateDays on ProductionRate vs TimeOil Rate [bopd]Gas Rate [mcfpd]Water Rate [bwpd]FTP [psi]Migura A#1
1styear production
150,000 bbls oil 1styear
518,000 mscf(0.5 bcf)
(Hybrid Frac/Conventional )
1styear production
5,500 bbls oil 1styear
16,900 mscf(0.017 bcf)
(Slick Water Frac)
1 10 100 1,000 10,000 050100150200250300050100150200250300350400450PressureRateDays on ProductionRate vs TimeOil Rate [bopd]Gas Rate [mcfpd]Water Rate [bwpd]FTP [psi]Migura A#11 10 100 1,000 10,000 05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000050100150200250300350400450RateDays on ProductionRate vs TimeOil Rate [bopd]Gas Rate [mcfpd]Water Rate [bwpd]FTP [psi]Krause Unit 1 #1Pressure
7000 psi,
3 MMscfd,
1000 bopd
400 psi,
0.15 MMscfd,
25 bopd
Choke Sizes: 10-20 first 140 days13
Frac Mapping: 700'4,000'4,700'TargetAustin ChalkUpper EFLower EFBudaPilot hole
Good Zonal
Rosetta Resources –Gates Leases
Well PlanningLateral Placement
Good Well Direction
Good Well Spacing
SRV –Stimulated
Reservoir Volume14
Frac Mapping for Frac Model Calibration:
ViewFrac Match withMicroseismic EventsInitial Frac DesignDivide 6-160 S2SConc (PPG) - BHConc (PPG)1.02.03.04.05.06.07.08.09.010.0SRate (BPM)10.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0WHTP (psi) - BHTP_C (psi)10002000300040005000600070008000900010000Time (min)10.020.030.040.050.060.015
Post Frac Hydrocarbon Flow Profiling
Information provided by TracerCo
A hydrophobic tracer is added to each frac stage.
Each of the hydrophobic tracers dissolves within reservoir hydrocarbons.
Surface flowback samples are analyzed for the different tracers.
Analysis verification of stage flow and its relative contribution to production.16
Post Frac Hydrocarbon Flow
0510152025Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Stage 5Stage 6Stage 7Stage 8Stage 9Stage 10Stage 11Stage 12Stage 13Stage 14Stage 15Stage 16Relative % of Production FlowStage Production FlowInitial ProductionProduction after Choke ChgProduction during Frac Monitor WellAfter Frac ProductionProduction after restart
No Tracer Pumped
No Tracer Pumped17
Production Analysis -1/Rate vs. Cum Prod
The slope is proportional to the system perm and fracture length
A constant slope indicates "stabilized" fracture conductivity (after clean-up)
First trend: must have a non-negative intercept
Intercept is a qualitative measurement of conductivity of the fracture network
Zero intercept = infinite conductivity Positive intercept = finite conductivity
Second trend: influenced by boundaries
Either drainage boundaries or interference between fractures
Normalized by Length
of Lateral Stimulated
Dr Jeff Callard,
University of Oklahoma
2500 ft Lateral with11 frac stages300, 000 lbs per stage5000 ft Lateral with14 frac stages300,000 lbs per stage18
The Company President asking his staff ................ How are we going to "Frac" this well?
What are the other Operators doing on their wells?
How much is it going to cost?
Why's it cost so much?
Do we really need to do all that stuff?
What stuff can we leave out?
Do you think it will work if we don't do all that stuff?
Who's going to figure it out if it doesn't work?You Are! And you can because you have Data!19
Neil Stegent, P.E.
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LAS VEGAS -- Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday after the car of Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran out of fuel on the final lap.
Earnhardt entered the last lap with the lead and Keselowski on his bumper. When Earnhardt's No. 88 Chevrolet began sputtering on the back straightaway, Keselowski's No. 2 Ford shot past him for the victory in the Kobalt 400.
It was a weekend sweep in Las Vegas for Keselowski, who also won Saturday in NASCAR's second-level Nationwide Series.
"We needed to put pressure on Dale and not let him into fuel-saving mode," Keselowski told a television audience. "We're very happy."
Earnhardt, who won the season-opening Daytona 500, knew he was in danger of running out of fuel. During a caution period with 47 laps left in the 267-lap race, his team opted for him to stay out of the pits and not refuel.
"Running out of gas, that's tough," Earnhardt said. "It's no shock to us that we ran out. We knew we were short."
Still, it was Earnhardt's third top-two finish of the season. After his Daytona 500 win, he finished second last weekend in Phoenix.
Paul Menard finished third Sunday, Keselowski's Team Penske teammate Joey Logano was fourth and Carl Edwards was fifth.


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Angels hit 4 HRs off Colon in 14-2 rout of Mets
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Raul Ibanez hit consecutive home runs off Bartolo Colon in the first inning, setting the tone for the Los Angeles Angels' 14-2 rout of the New York Mets on Sunday in the decisive game of their interleague series.
Hank Conger also went deep against Colon, who won the AL CY Young Award in 2005 with the Angels.
C.J. Wilson (2-1) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings with nine strikeouts and three walks. The Angels have scored 23 runs in the left-hander's last two starts, including a 9-1 victory last Monday at Houston.
Colon (1-2) gave up nine runs and 11 hits in five innings, allowing at least one hit to every batter in the Angels' starting lineup after pitching seven innings of six-hit ball last Tuesday during a 4-0 victory in Atlanta.
The 40-year-old right-hander signed a two-year, $20 million contract with the Mets in December as a free agent after going 18-6 with a career-best 2.65 ERA in 30 starts for Oakland.
The four homers and nine earned runs against Colon equaled a career worst in both categories. It was the fifth time the 17-year veteran allowed four home runs in a game and the first time since June 7, 2009, with the White Sox against Cleveland.
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Mets third baseman David Wright and second baseman Daniel Murphy were ejected in the top of the seventh by plate umpire Toby Basner, one of two Triple-A call-up umpires working the game.
Wright and Murphy were called out on strikes earlier in the game and both took exception with Basner's strikeout call with Travis d'Arnaud at-bat. It was the fourth career ejection for Wright and the first for Murphy.
During the singing "God Bless America" in the seventh-inning stretch, Mets manager Terry Collins stood next to Basner at home plate. The two could be seen chatting.
The Angels came out swinging and got all three of their homers in a span of seven pitches. Trout drove his fourth of the season into the center field trees with one out and Pujols deposited his third into the left field bullpen.
Ibanez, who slugged a tying three-run shot off closer Jose Valverde in the ninth inning Saturday night for his 2,000th career hit, connected against Colon before the Angels added another run with doubles by Kole Calhoun and Ian Stewart.
It was the first time three Angels batters homered consecutively since July 27, 2009, when Juan Rivera, Kendrys Morales and Mike Napoli did it against Cleveland's Carl Pavano.
Colon was the first Mets pitcher to yield three in a row since June 8, 2012, at Yankee Stadium, when Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones connected against Johan Santana.
NOTES: Stewart hit his first home run for the Angels in the eighth inning. Mets pitchers have given up 21 homers in their first 12 games. ... Wilson received double-digit run support in four of his starts last season (3-1). ... Two of the Angels' runs came on wild pitches by Scott Rice and John Lannan. ... Angels RHP Matt Shoemaker, who gave up a game-deciding home run to Anthony Recker in the 13th inning of a 7-6 loss Saturday night, was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake along with RHP Dane De La Rosa. LHP Jose Alvarez was recalled from Salt Lake, RHP Yoslan Herrera's contract was purchased and LHP Brian Moran was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.


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A weekly feature in which author Benoit Denizet-Lewis follows the fortunes of the only BCS school to have sucked so consistently and spectacularly that it has never made the NCAA tournament, Northwestern. Record: 14-6. Tournament prospects: Stranger things have happened.
Last two weeks: Purdue, W, 72-64; @Ohio State, L, 76-56; Illinois, W, 73-68; @Minnesota, L, 65-61
Upcoming: @Michigan State, Michigan
Northwestern (hereto known, thanks to this humble little column, as "America's Team") went 2-2 since we last gathered around this virtual purple campfire, winning at home against Purdue and Illinois and losing on the road to Ohio State and Minnesota.
Here's a quick recap in reverse chronological order, which is the preferred order of snobs who loved Memento:
Minnesota 65, NU 61: My boy John Shurna scored 19 points, and center Luka Mirkovic (have we mentioned he's from war-torn Serbia?) took offense to everyone calling him soft and pulled down 14 rebounds, but America's Team inexplicably forgot to guard lefty three-point specialist Blake Hoffarber, who hit four treys in the last seven-plus minutes to give Tubby Smith's crew an undeserved victory.
NU 73, Illinois 68: Poor Ill-Annoy. Your basketball team underachieves. Your football program — led by The Zookster, who is 12-28 in conference play but is inexplicably being asked back for a sixth season, because five wasn't enough to truly fuck everything up — is a catastrophe. On the plus side, your men's gymnastics program is quite strong.
Ohio State 76, NU 56: Evan Turner was nursed back to health in time to embarrass NU in Columbus.
NU 72, Purdue 64: Junior Michael "Juice" Thompson (one of the country's most underrated point guards) scored 20 points, and likely Big Ten freshman of the year Drew Crawford hit clutch three-pointers down the stretch to help the Cats upset then-No. 6 Purdue at home. NU plays the Boilermakers only once this year, saving everyone a trip to West Lafayette, the Big Ten's most unfortunate college town.
Next up for Northwestern is a road trip to East Lansing, where the team shocked the Spartans last year. The odds of that happening twice are about as good as Kiefer Sutherland getting blown to pieces ("Dammit!") on 24, so it's likely that when we meet here again next week, the Cats will have closed out the first half of conference play with an unspectacular 3-6 record.
Now, before you give up entirely on America's Team and go back to your regularly scheduled Internet programming (gambling, pornography), realize this: Northwestern had a brutal first half to its conference schedule, with all nine games coming against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year. The going gets considerably easier now, with six of NU's last nine conference games coming against the Big Ten's three worst teams — Iowa, Indiana, and Penn State.
If the Cats go 6-3 in conference the rest of way (and beat Chicago State on March 3) that puts them at 9-9 in Big Ten play and 21-10 overall. Win a game or two in the Big Ten tourney, and the tournament committee will be hard-pressed to say no to America's Team. (Of course, going 7-2 instead of 6-3 would make the committee's decision a whole lot easier.)
Tuesday's home game against Michigan is essentially a must-win, and, even though I'm quite busy, I will be traveling to Evanston to catch it in person. (The last time I spent any time in Evanston, I hung out with supposedly sober frat boys.) The timing of this trip couldn't be better, since my recently revised Bucket List includes a handful of NU-hoops-related items, including hanging out with my boy John Shurna, apologizing to Luka Mirkovic for calling him a marshmallow in an earlier column, solving the mystery of whether 7-foot backup center Kyle Rowley can dunk a basketball, and letting freshman sharpshooter Alex Marcotullio beat me in a three-point shooting contest in an effort to boost his sagging confidence. (For a skinny French white boy, I'm not a bad basketball player. I scored 23 points a game as a high school senior, although that was against other skinny white boys from the not-so-rugged private schools of San Francisco.)
I will be back here next week to tell you all about my winter Midwestern sojourn and to remind you that when the Saints and Colts face off Feb. 7, a Northwestern player is guaranteed to win a Super Bowl ring for the fifth straight year. Stay classy, everyone, and go Cats.
Benoit Denizet-Lewis is a writer with The New York Times Magazine. His latest book is American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life. He can be reached at www.benoitdenizetlewis.com or on Twitter.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The Bethlehem Bible College has issued an official statement regarding the conflict in and around Gaza. The contents of that statement will be unsurprising to those more familiar with the college, but might be a wake-up call to others who believed this institution's agenda first and foremost was spreading the Gospel and teaching others to do so.
The full statement can be read here. We aren't going to parse it point-by-point.
Couched amidst conciliatory language, one finds the typical Palestinian Authority excuse for anti-Israel terrorism in relation the attacks that sparked the current Gaza war.
So long as the "Israeli occupation" continues, the argument goes, what more can Israel expect? In other words, Hamas rocket fire on Israel, while "opposed" by these Christians, is also legitimized as the natural outcome of perceived Israeli crimes, and as such, Israel has no inherent right to respond.
More explicitly, the Bethlehem Bible College endorsed the view that the "root problem" in the region is the aforementioned "Israeli occupation." Amidst the trappings of an institute of higher learning, college officials declined to do even the most rudimentary of historical fact-checks, which would have revealed that Palestinian terrorism against Israeli Jews began long before 1967, as did the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to which they recently pledged allegiance.
The statement also brings up another interesting point, that being that the Palestinians at large have a very strange definition of "occupation" that the Christians at Bethlehem Bible College seem to share.
You see, Israel fully withdrew from Gaza in 2005, leaving the territory independent. Israel only imposed its current blockade on Gaza after Hamas violently seized control of the coastal enclave and began using it to launch rocket assaults on the Jewish state.
But even without (or before) the blockade, the Palestinians were claiming Gaza was still occupied because Israel maintained borders around the territory.
This is where things get a little kooky. The Palestinians demand independence in their own sovereign territories, while at the same time insisting that Israel cannot place guarded borders between itself and those territories.
Someone might want to inform them that's just the way the world works.
Nations and territories have borders between them, they always have. Even America and Canada have a guarded border. Now, Americans and Canadians can enter one another's countries with relative ease, but that's because Americans know Canadians in general are not trying to blow them up, and vice versa. The same certainly cannot be said of the situation in Gaza.
It must also be noted that Gaza has a substantial coastline. Had Hamas used all that money they solicited and extorted to build a seaport - rather than bunkers, tunnels and missiles - then Gaza would be far more open to the world.
Odd that none of these facts seem to matter to some people when analyzing the situation. But, I suppose old habits die hard. After all, it's easier to just blame the Jews.
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So when we last talked I may have forgotten to mention that I was moving. My apologies. Through much stress and resettling I completely forgot to keep on blogging. After much lost sleep over not feeling at home I've finally settled in and am adjusting to new kitchen space and a rebuilding of food supplies. Oh and I can't forget the tiny new stove:
At least it's still gas.
In the wake of moving-ness I had been tending to not eat at home. That combined with gorgeous weather lately has lead to many a grilling experience at a friend's house. Now that the kitchen is up and running I find myself stuck with some surplus. Namely Smart Dogs and hot dog buns. Since I didn't want to get the grill out I thought, "Why not go over the top in a way you could never do while grilling at a friend's house." With that in mind I produced what you see here:
I admit the broccoli was unnecessary. But hey…I try to get as many green leafy vegetables in as possible lest I just gorge myself on soy and starch.
Haha. Reggie & The Full Effect's F.O.O.D. just came on. How appropriate.
Alright, back to it. Here's the quick version (minus steamed broccoli):
– Heat a frying pan/giant saute pan that I looooove at medium-hi.
– Once it's heated put in some olive oil (1 tbsp or a bit more)
– Drop in about a cup of chopped yellow onion and let cook.
– While that's going prepare a bit more than a cup of sliced Baby Bella mushrooms and dice half of an avocado. A tip on avocados: It's nearly impossible to find one that is ripe but not overripe at the cheap kind of grocery stores I find myself at too often. So, either go to the co-op or buy an underripe one and let it ripen under your watch. Keeping it in a paper bag at room temperature works for doing it fast. Otherwise if you just want it stored until needed you can drop it into the crisper drawer and just give it a squeeze every couple days. To prepare I always just cut it in half the long way (think the cover of that one Pearl Jam album) and then stab the pit and yank it out.
-Once the onions are getting soft toss in the mushrooms and a splash of sherry.
– Once those are getting cooked and the whole kitchen smells delicious, add a bit of salt and then put in the smart dogs.
– As the smart dogs plump drop in the diced avocado and stir less frequently to keep it from getting mushed everywhere.
– Once your smart dogs are done (don't overdo them…the realism of them wears off fast when they're over cooked) put them on buns with BBQ sauce (store bought this time, haven't made another batch yet), a healthy dose of your veggie mixture and then put some cheese on top. I used colby, but just about anything would be delicious.
– Then just dig in. You probably want to keep a fork handy, but I managed to eat most of them the tradtional way without too much mess.
And there you are. An update after far too much time. The future looks brighter though. Not only is my kitchen established, but I can now grill without using stairs and I even have a little patch to try gardening in. That's right, you can read about I how I kill poor little vegetable plants through a complete lack of skill. Sounds exciting doesn't it?
Just wait.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Senior Craig Edwards and freshmen Rastislav Racz, Jeff Zhou and Luke Cummings will head to Houston, Texas, later this week, to represent MIT's men's swimming and diving team at the NCAA Championships, which will be hosted by the University of Houston. Edwards will serve as a calming presence for the trio of rookies, as he will be making his third and final trip to Nationals.
The competition will take place from Thursday, Mar. 15 to Saturday, Mar. 17.
All four swimmers will be competing in four relays together, while Edwards, Racz and Zhou will take part in individual events, as well.
The men will open up with the 200-yard freestyle relay, in which they're ranked 17th in the nation with a season-best time of 1:24.61. Next up will be the 400-yard medley relay, a race in which the quartet is ranked 11th with a seed-time of 3:26.45. Immediately following the 400-medley will be the Cardinal and Gray's strongest event, the 200-yard medley relay. The Engineers tote a national-ranking of 6th and a season-best time of 1:33.42 into that swim. The 400-yard freestyle relay will then close the competition on Saturday evening, as the team will look to improve upon its 17th-place ranking and seed-time of 3:08.01.
Edwards, a native of Brookfield, Conn., is no stranger to the pressures of the NCAA National Championships. As a freshman, he was MIT's lone representative at the competition and put on a dazzling display, breaking his own Institute record en route to finishing fourth in the 100-yard backstroke before again finishing fourth in the 200-yard backstroke. His efforts earned him All-America accolades in both events. He then topped himself by finishing third in the 100-back and again earning All-America honors in the 200-back during his sophomore year, while also competing in the 400-yard medley relay, 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard freestyle relay.
This year, in addition to the relays, Edwards will once again compete in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events. He carries a national ranking of 8th into the 100 (51.73) and 9th into the 200 (1:52.20).
Racz, a phenomenal freshman from Bratislava, Slovakia, will take his 10th-place national ranking into the 100-yard breaststroke (57.15) before looking to solidify an 8th-place ranking in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:05.07).
Zhou, from Buffalo, N.Y., will compete in the 100-yard butterfly with a national ranking of 22nd and a seed-time of 51.13, while Sturgeon Bay, Wis., native Cummings will only compete in the relays.
Tech finished 49th at last year's National Championships, while Kenyon College won an unprecedented 27th consecutive title.


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If you are wondering if the gaming fitness trend is here to stay, simply do a Google search for Nintendo Wii Fit and read the top four to five links that come up. Shigeru Miyamoto, the diminutive and youth-like cult figure from Nintendo who developed Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda and other successful games, has another hit with Wii Fit. The product has been well received in Japan and Europe and just launched in the United States last month. The New York Times recently reported that many retail chains in the United States are out of stock.
We don't know if this phenomenon will affect behavioral change long term, but we do know that the combination of gaming and fitness is now being funded and developed by perhaps the greatest gaming company in the world. Gaming is not a new conversation in our industry. We've had our share of active gaming products, but when a company like Nintendo gets behind an initiative, it is likely to push the movement forward even further.
The most important thing to take away from the Wii Fit launch is that Nintendo understands gamers, and I would not bet against them in their relentless pursuit of doing the same for the millions of our potential customers who are glued to their games while neglecting their physical health.
Before any of us discount Wii Fit as simply the juggernaut of media buzz for which Nintendo is well known, remember that to grow the commercial business, we must embrace the new generation (18- to 30-year-olds) and others who grew up devouring every game released by companies like Nintendo, EA Sports, Sony and other major players. These companies understand the consumer better than anyone, having spent millions of dollars and human capital to win the hearts and minds of the American gamer.
Active gaming companies already in the fitness industry now have a major competitor on their hands, and other manufacturers in this area will soon follow. This category has become so important that there was even a conference in April on gaming and health. Several start-up companies have received financing and are aggressively moving to create gaming experiences that involve interactive and fun movement. These companies will find niches for both home and commercial customers. Right now, Wii Fit is designed to be used with a personal computer in the home and is aimed at families. I believe that by incorporating Wii Fit and other gaming products into your service-offerings mix, you will quickly find out — with limited investment — whether or not this type of offering is compelling for your members. My bet is that it will be if you provide for proper launch programs and education.
If you haven't already checked into active gaming, Wii Fit's introduction certainly makes it worthwhile to do some research, present active gaming options, and gain feedback from a variety of members and senior fitness staff on whether active gaming is a fit for your market. You, your staff and key members should test the Wii Fit demo along with other gaming/fitness-related products. If the response to these programs is good, you can brainstorm with your staff about how and where gaming technologies might fit into your club and how to market them properly.
During the next six months, companies will look at niche markets like ours and customize products around our needs. With all of the current and future gaming/fitness/health technologies available to you, it is a buyers' market. If Wii Fit is what gets you to finally look at active gaming, then I say good, but don't stop there. There's plenty of other options from which to choose.
Gregory Florez is CEO of FitAdvisor Health Coaching Services and First Fitness Inc., which was rated as the No. 1 health coaching online training service by The Wall Street Journal. Florez can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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