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23 June 2010
Win and In
27 comments:
- Craig 1st said...
Another goal called back. Amazing.
- Wed Jun 23, 08:34:00 AM MDT
- lucia said...
Is this one of those things where we are supposed to vote who is cuter? I vote for the guy on the left.
- Wed Jun 23, 09:23:00 AM MDT
- Craig 1st said...
- Wed Jun 23, 09:49:00 AM MDT
- Gerard Harbison said...
These guys are going to shorten my lifespan by five years.
Great to see Landon get the goal, though. He started it and then finished it off. Hard to believe he can run like that after 91 minutes. I was going to say "especially given his age" but I see he's only 28. It just seems like he's been around forever.
The US wins its group and France goes home in abject, humiliating shame. What a great tournament so far!
- Wed Jun 23, 10:03:00 AM MDT
- Mark B. said...
Now that France has lost for the last time possible, I've lost all interest. Do you think they could be sent to the next round, so they could lose some more?
- Wed Jun 23, 10:19:00 AM MDT
- gt said...
Lucia #2
LOL... Roger, please replay Rooney's pic with Steve Gerrard's and ask Lucia to vote again :)
- Wed Jun 23, 10:20:00 AM MDT
- Roger Pielke, Jr. said...
Well done USA!!
Congrats also to England for finishing 2nd in the group!
How fun it is to write that ;-)
- Wed Jun 23, 10:22:00 AM MDT
- Bishop Hill said...
Some of us are just grateful to have got through!
- Wed Jun 23, 12:08:00 PM MDT
- lucia said...
Ok. I googled. The guy on the right seems to be this Rooney fellow. He has a nice bod, but his face is nothing to write home about. Not terrible-- but not exactly Pierce Brosnan or Brad Pitt, if you know what I mean.
Is the guy on the left Steve Gerrard? He doesn't look like online pictures I found of Steve Gerrard. Pictures of Steve Gerrard suggest his face is also not in the Brosnan / Pitt league either.
Yes. This is how I evaluate sports figures. I decides which of the guys is cute and which aren't. Other than hoping a Chicago team gets into the playoffs in any sport at all, I mostly don't care about who wins in any sport.
- Wed Jun 23, 12:12:00 PM MDT
- Barba Rija said...
Lucia, the guy on the left is Donovan, usa attacker. The guy on the right is Rooney. Rooney is top player, while Donovan is a curious wannabe.
Congrats to both teams. Hope they play good football for my appreciation.
- Wed Jun 23, 02:57:00 PM MDT
- gt said...
Lucia (#9), my comment (#6) was not intended to be mocking or denigrating, so I hope it didn't come across that way. It's just a random comment while I was still enjoying the great victory by the US team, so please don't take it too seriously. Which btw, I lived near Chicago a few years ago, so I also follow their sports. I still remember the wild celebration in my neighborhood after the Sox won the World Series in 2005. Too bad I wasn't there this year for the Blackhawks.
- Wed Jun 23, 03:06:00 PM MDT
- gt said...
Barba (#10) I am not too sure about that... so far in the Cup:
Donovan 2 goals in 3 games
Rooney 0 goals in 3 games
- Wed Jun 23, 03:17:00 PM MDT
- eric144 said...
This is a perfect result for members of the Anyone But England Club. Germany in the next round. Bring it on !
I genuinely don't care who wins the world cup, but the English football media are scary. If they won, life would be unbearable (and I don't have a TV or radio).
That is the real reason for
Anyone But England
When Dunblane-born Andy Murray, now Britain's tennis number one, said that he would be supporting anyone other than England in the 2006 World Cup, he faced a furious backlash from English Wimbledon fans who wondered why they, in turn, should be expected to support him.
Well done to the USA !!!
- Wed Jun 23, 03:24:00 PM MDT
- Barba Rija said...
"Barba (#10) I am not too sure about that... so far in the Cup"
gt, no one in his sane state will compare two players by the goal counts of three games.
Rooney will perhaps never even make a single goal in this tournament. He still kicks Donovan ass. (and I'm not a fan of him)
- Wed Jun 23, 03:54:00 PM MDT
- Boris said...
Congrats to USA and good luck with with the though task up ahead in the game against the African Champions.
- Wed Jun 23, 04:18:00 PM MDT
- Craig 1st said...
and good luck to The Three Lions in their epic battle with the Huns.
- Wed Jun 23, 05:19:00 PM MDT
- Sharon F. said...
Lucia- thanks for providing context. I now find this much more interesting!
- Wed Jun 23, 05:23:00 PM MDT
- eric144 said...
A friend and I went with two women to see my local team playing against some of the world's greatest footballers, including Johan Cruyff and Ruud Gullit (Feyenoord).
Traditionally, not many women went to football, to protect their delicate ears from colourful language. The situation was reversed when the Dutch ran on the pitch with their athletic physiques and tanned legs. They hadn't seen anything like that before !!
A very young Gullit won the game almost single handed, and scored the only goal.
An aside. When he retired, Gullit said that game was the worst racism he had experienced in his whole career, anywhere in the world.
- Wed Jun 23, 05:57:00 PM MDT
- lucia said...
I just thought you were trying to say the guy on the left was Steve Gerard, and/or that the guy on the left was not better looking than the guy on the right.
I've now googled Donovan and seen several pictures. He is a cutey pie. I nominate him for Dancing with the Stars, where I hope to see him win the coveted disco ball trophy, like the very cute Helio Castroneves!
- Wed Jun 23, 06:59:00 PM MDT
- Tom G said...
After watching all three games for the US, and for England, here is a question:
Who would you rather have on your team, Landon Donovan or Wayne Rooney?
Who would you rather have on your team, Clint Dempsey or Wayne Rooney?
Who would you rather have on your team, Joze Altidore or Wayne Rooney?
You can tell from my questions than I have strong opinions about Wayne Rooney, in part because he didn't seem to be able to even trap a ball in the England - Algeria game without having a grateful Algerian disposes him.
- Wed Jun 23, 07:38:00 PM MDT
- eric144 said...
Tom G
Wayne Rooney is a fabulous talent who seems to have left the fabulous part back in England.
- Wed Jun 23, 07:58:00 PM MDT
- Craig 1st said...
Is Wayne related to Mickey?
- Thu Jun 24, 08:31:00 AM MDT
- Zer0th said...
Wayne's usual nickname is Shrek... all you need know.
Checkout his part in the hilarious Nike advert on youtube... and while you're there, observe the little football button they've added to the video player controls. I'm sure you can guess what happens when clicked.
- Thu Jun 24, 09:13:00 AM MDT
- nanodots said...
Roger, my son has been reading soccernomics and it sounds like a book you might like. Here is a taste suited for the England vs. USA debate in this thread.
- Thu Jun 24, 09:19:00 AM MDT
- nanodots said...
Maybe you should post a picture of a shirtless Renaldo for Lucia. Nevermind I will. Here Lucia this is for you.
- Thu Jun 24, 09:35:00 AM MDT
- lucia said...
nanodots-- Very cute! If all the soccer players looked like that and played without shirts on, I'd probably watch!
- Thu Jun 24, 11:18:00 AM MDT
- Craig 1st said...
Speaking of shirts off here's a pic of Bill, Bocanegra and Budweiser: http://deadspin.com/5572041/
- Thu Jun 24, 04:20:00 PM MDT


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Heiberg organized the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, which stood out for the colorful atmosphere generated by passionate Norwegian fans.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- After a 13-year-old boy reported in 1979 that a priest raped and threatened him at gunpoint to keep quiet, the Archdiocese of Chicago assured the boy's parents that, although the cleric avoided prosecution, he would receive treatment and have no further contact with minors.
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The documents, posted online Tuesday, cover only 30 of the at least 65 clergy for whom the archdiocese says it has substantiated claims of child abuse. Vatican documents related to the 30 cases were not included, under the negotiated terms of the disclosure.
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Cardinal Francis George said in a letter distributed to parishes last week that the archdiocese agreed to turn over the records in an attempt to help the victims heal. `'I apologize to all those who have been harmed by these crimes and this scandal," George wrote.
Officials in the archdiocese said most of the abuse detailed in the files released Tuesday occurred before 1988, none after 1996, and that all these cases ultimately were reported to authorities.
But victims' lawyers argue many of the allegations surfaced after George assumed control of the archdiocese in 1997, and some of the documents relate to how the church handled the cases more recently.
"The issue is not when the abuse happened; the issue is what they did once it was reported," said Chicago attorney Marc Pearlman, who has represented about 200 victims of clergy abuse in the Chicago area.
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Accused priests often were quietly sent away for a time for treatment or training programs, the documents show. When the accused clerics returned, officials often assigned them to new parishes and asked other priests to monitor them around children.
In one 1989 letter to Bernardin, the vicar for priests worries about parishioners discovering the record of the Rev. Vincent E. McCaffrey, who was moved four times because of abuse allegations.
"Unfortunately, one of the key parishioners ... received an anonymous phone call which made reference by name to Vince and alleged misconduct on his part with young boys," wrote vicar for priests, the Rev. Raymond Goedert. "We all agreed that the best thing would be for Vince to move. We don't know if the anonymous caller will strike again."
When the archdiocese tried to force accused clergy into treatment or isolate them at church retreats, some of the priests refused, or ignored orders by church administrators to stay away from children.
Church officials worried about losing parishioners and "potential priests" over abuse scandals. "This question I believe is going to get stickier and stickier," Patrick O'Malley, then-vicar for priests, wrote in a 1992 letter.
Then, in 2002, a national scandal about dioceses' failures to stop abusers consumed the American church. U.S. bishops nationwide adopted a toughened disciplinary policy and pledged to remove all guilty priests from church jobs in their dioceses.
But for many victims, it was too little and too late.
"Where was the church for the victims of this sick, demented, twisted pedophile?" one man wrote in a 2002 letter to George about abuse at the hands of the Rev. Norbert Maday, who was imprisoned in Wisconsin after a 1994 conviction for molesting two boys. "Why wasn't the church looking out for us? We were children, for God's sake."
Associated Press reporters Jason Keyser, Don Babwin and Michael Tarm contributed.
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RUSSIA, IRAN CRITICIZE TEHRAN SNUB FOR SYRIA TALKSTuesday, 21 January 2014 09:38 Published in National News
GENEVA (AP) — Russia and Iran on Tuesday criticized the U.N. chief's decision to withdraw Tehran's invitation to join this week's peace conference on Syria, as diplomats said a new report on Syrian regime atrocities underscored the urgent need to try to end the country's brutal civil war.
The last-minute U.N. invitation for Iran to participate in the so-called Geneva conference threw the entire meeting into doubt, forcing U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon to rescind his offer late Monday under intense U.S. pressure after Syria's main Western-backed opposition group threatened to boycott.
After Ban withdrew the invitation, the opposition Syrian National Coalition confirmed that it would attend the talks, stressing the goal should be to establish a transitional government with full executive powers "in which killers and criminals do not participate."
That cleared the way for the conference to open Wednesday as planned in the Swiss resort city of Montreux, with high-ranking delegations from the United States, Russia and close to 40 other countries attending. Face-to-face negotiations between the Syrian government and its opponents — the first of the uprising — are to start Friday in Geneva.
Expectations for a breakthrough at the conference are low. The front lines of the war have been largely locked in place since March, and despite suffering enormous losses, neither the government nor the opposition appears desperate enough for a deal to budge from its entrenched position.
It's also unclear how the opposition coalition, a weak and fractured umbrella group with almost no sway over the most powerful rebel groups inside Syria, could enforce any agreement reached in Geneva.
The determination to hold the talks anyway is a reflection of the urgency felt by the international community to find a political resolution to end the civil war that activists say has killed more than 130,000 people and unleashed a humanitarian crisis.
For some of the more than 2 million Syrian refugees scattered around the region, there is little hope that the peace conference can deliver a solution to the conflict, and scant interest in a settlement with President Bashar Assad's government.
"We lost our faith in the international community. We don't care about the Geneva conference and whether it takes place or not," said Ibraheem Qaddah, a former rebel fighter now holed up in Jordan's sprawling Zaatari refugee camp.
"We have lost a lot of relatives and friends and family members in the fighting and we've lost Syria. We are not looking for reconciliation with Bashar Assad," said Qaddah, whose left arm was amputated after he was severely wounded in the war.
In the latest report of atrocities, three prominent international war-crimes experts said they had received tens of thousands photographs documenting what they called the systematic killing of some 11,000 detainees by Syrian authorities. The images, which were smuggled out by a defector from Syria's military police, showed victims' bodies with signs of torture and maltreatment.
David Crane, one of the three experts who examined the newly revealed images of slain detainees, told The Associated Press that the cache provides strong evidence for charging Assad and others for crimes against humanity — "but what happens next will be a political and diplomatic decision."
"These photographs, if they are real, they reconfirm what we already are thinking and so we hope that the talks in Montreux and further on will produce results," said European Union President Herman Van Rompuy. "We don't need more evidence. If there is other evidence, all the better, but we don't need more evidence on the humanitarian tragedy that is happening there."
Assad's family has ruled since 1970, and Iran is Assad's strongest regional ally. The Islamic Republic has supplied the Syrian government with advisers, money and weapons since the uprising against his rule began in March 2011. Iran's allies, most notably the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, have also gone to Syria to help bolster Assad's forces.
Iran's role has infuriated Syria's opposition forces, which accuse Tehran of in essence invading their country.
The controversy over Iran's participation in the talks highlighted the fundamental differences over Syria between the United States and Russia, which has shielded Assad's regime from U.N. sanctions and continued to supply it with weapons throughout the civil war.
In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Ban's decision to rescind Iran's invitation was a mistake, but that the Kremlin would try to make the Geneva negotiations work.
"There is no catastrophe, we will push for a dialogue between the Syrian parties without any preconditions," Lavrov told reporters Tuesday.
At the same time, Russia's top diplomat took a jab at Ban, saying his decision on Iran "hasn't helped strengthen the U.N. authority," and that recalling the offer looked "unseemly."
Lavrov reaffirmed Russia's stance that the presence of Iran was essential for the success of the talks, saying Tehran's absence "isn't going to help strengthen the unity of the world's Muslims."
Iran's Foreign Ministry also sharply criticized Ban's diplomatic about-face and called on him to explain the "real reasons" for withdrawing the invite.
"From our point of view, the withdrawal is deplorable," ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said, adding that the U.N. chief must have done so under immense pressure.
Syria's civil war has unleashed sectarian hatreds that have rippled across the wider region. It also has developed into a proxy war between Iran, the region's Shiite Muslim power, and Saudi Arabia, the Sunni heavy weight.
In the latest evidence that the unrest is spilling over Syria's borders, a car bombing in the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs early Tuesday. The explosion struck a Shiite area that is a bastion of support for Hezbollah, killing at least two people.
Lebanon is deeply divided by the war in Syria, and Lebanese Sunnis and Shiites have lined up behind their brethren in Syria on opposing sides of the war.
The last-minute flap over Iran's participation set a chaotic tone for the run-up to the conference.
In another bizarre twist, Syrian state TV said the government delegation stopped in Athens but couldn't leave because Greek authorities weren't allowing them to refuel the plane. It said the delegation, led by Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, would be delayed several hours and could miss meetings.
Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Constantinos Koutras said the delay was caused by a procedural issue, and that the plane had been cleared to depart.
Associated Press writers Ryan Lucas in Beirut, Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow, Omar Akour in Zaatari Camp, Jordan, Elena Becatoros in Athens, and Ali Akbar Dareini in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
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"It is a strange experience for a literary scholar… to research actual garments and to literally read dress," reflects Katherine Joslin in Edith Wharton and the Making of Fashion. But this exactly what the professor of English does by examining turn of the century gowns at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.
Most studies of Wharton, celebrated for her intricately detailed novels of Gilded Age New York such as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence, banish fashion to the footnotes, if not ignoring it altogether. "Scholars live in a world that valorizes the mind and looks askance at a well-clad body," Joslin explains. "Perhaps that is why we have shied away from the glamour of fashion." She argues that moving fashion to the foreground gives us a more complete view of Wharton and her work. The writer loved clothing, painstakingly dressing herself and her characters. Her novels were often concerned with society's unspoken codes and rules, and clothing was essential to her portrayal a character's social position and inner being. As Joslin puts it, Wharton recognized that "the choosing of fabric, the draping of a dress, and veiling of a hat reveal more than they conceal… Wharton sees the subtle shades of fabric and fabrication."
Alongside the wardrobes of Wharton's heroines (who often examine themselves in mirrors, allowing the writer and reader to join in the character's evaluation), Joslin investigates her treatment of seamstresses and textile industry in lesser-read stories. Joslin puts Wharton's writing into context by providing condensed histories of the French couture houses and American department store culture, two revolutionary forces in the fashion of the time.
What makes Joslin's study stand out is her use of non-traditional primary sources such as illustrations, photographs, and items of clothing. She links the illustrations that originally accompanied The House of Mirth with the era's famed Gibson Girl, whose active lifestyle was never hindered by a tight corset, an incongruity that bothered Wharton. Joslin observes that "the heroines of her fiction suffer the misconception that a culture that would tightly lace the body would offer freer social movement."
Photographs of Wharton herself are also analyzed, such as one of the author at her desk, supposedly writing in an elaborate evening gown, and these are contextualized with anecdotes from her life. We learn of her failed attempt to befriend fellow writer Henry James by arriving at a party in a pretty gown "of tea-rose pink, embroidered with iridescent beads." Ultimately, it was her writing, not her clothing, that sealed their life-long friendship.
Close examinations of Wharton's contemporaries' clothing allow Joslin to make the kind of detailed observations that had this reader continuously flapping back to previous pages for second looks. Although none of Wharton's own clothing has survived, detailed photographs of outfitted mannequins help the reader visualize Wharton running her hands along Venetian lace, or selecting the perfect pointed shoe.
Having only read half of the novels discussed, I can say that a prior knowledge of Wharton's writing is not required to enjoy this book, and those interested in 19th and early 20th century fashions will find much of interest. Most importantly, by showing us a Doucet evening gown, a tweedy riding jacket and a hat adorned with an entire stuffed bird, Joslin demonstrates that material culture should have an acknowledged place in literary criticism.
Edith Wharton and the Making of Fashion by Katherine Joslin, University of New Hampshire Press, 2009
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Feb 24, 2013, 1:27 AM EDT
The old Patrick Division could be getting back together
after all, along with two more teams. The Players' Association vetoed a realignment
proposal over a year ago, but the NHL has come back with a revised plan according to CBC's Elliotte Friedman (via Puck Daddy). Hope
you don't have a thing for symmetry.
The biggest change to the old proposal: in addition to the
Winnipeg Jets joining the Western Conference, the Detroit Red Wings and
Columbus Blue Jackets would also move into the East. For you math majors out
there, that's 16 teams in the East compared to 14 out West. More to the point, that's
the opposite of the previous presentation.
The Flyers' division – or conference, as the league is
referring to the four of them – would feature all of the current Atlantic
Division clubs plus the Washington Capitals, who were members of both the defunct
Patrick Division as well as the Atlantic at one time. The Carolina Hurricanes are
set to join them too, all of which is the same as the previous arrangement.
New to the party this time around are the Blue Jackets, while
the Red Wings head over to the other grouping in the East.
From a pure geography standpoint it makes sense. It's somewhat surprising the league
would willingly move the Red Wings, abandoning many long-standing
rivalries in the process, particularly with Chicago. Detroit isn't
really any further west than Columbus however, and it's said both franchises would
prefer to make the jump for travel reasons.
From a fair competition standpoint, unbalanced conferences
never make much sense. Technically the odds of making the tournament will always be better
in the West, although Friedman indicated there might be some sort
of "wild card" for the East. Who knows what that means, but will that really correct any injustices?
The league eventually expanding to 32 teams is also on the
table believe it or not (maybe they should worry about the 30 they have?), so
theoretically the unbalanced look may not be permanent. One of the expansion
teams would almost certainly be in Quebec City though, and the other could be Toronto,
so that's one if not two more for the East.
The league needs to do something about Winnipeg sooner
rather than later, but this kind of radical realignment seems to create more
problems than it solves, not to mention could be unnecessary with expansion in
the cards. Yet all that matters in the end is whether it has the support of the players, and
if travel is the primary concern, the plan might be received quite favorably.
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November 30th, 2012 12:29 PM║ Posted By: MrSEC.com ║ Permalink
║ Schools: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Tags: Coaching News, MAC, Notre Dame, SEC
1. Butch Jones: Bobby Petrino without the baggage?
2. Mike Herndon: "Bobby Petrino is exactly what Auburn needs. And exactly what it doesn't need."
3. First time since 2004 that the SEC has had as many as four coaching changes.
4. Dan Mullen and James Franklin are just two of the reasons why you shouldn't delete candidates with no prior head-coaching experience.
5. Even when you win 81% of your games, there are going to be some unhappy fans.
6. Is Will Muschamp worried about losing staff at Florida? "This is a great place to work and we've got a good, young football team and we're going to be good for a long time, OK?,"
SEC Championship Game
7. Kevin Scarbinsky: "The odds of the SEC Championship Game turning into a classic are only slightly better than Charlie Brown's chances to kick the ball out of Lucy's hold."
8. Nick Saban on watching Michael Jordan footage, scripting the first 10-12 plays of the game, and Alabama's pass rush: "We don't have a dominant rusher this year."
9. Saban on Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones: "The guy is probably one of the best defensive players in the country in terms of his playmaking ability."
10. Alabama will need to run the ball successfully to keep Jones off balance.
11. Why does Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o get more Heisman buzz than Jones? "Because he plays for Notre Dame."
12. There are several players who could use this game as a springboard to make a run at the 2013 Heisman.
13. These two teams have only met 14 times in the past 47 years. But there have been several memorable moments.
14. The Alabama-Georgia rosters feature seven players from the Memphis area.
15. Fall Saturdays are busy when one son plays for Alabama – the other for Georgia.
16. Where does the loser of this game go bowling? It gets complicated.
SEC/College News
17. Mike Slive on Atlanta as a host city, being "comfortable" at 14 SEC schools, and what tops his to-do list for the coming year.
18. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel making five media appearances today. One year ago tomorrow, Mike Sherman was fired as Aggies coach.
19. Don't ask the barber for a "Manziel" and expect to stay in school.
20. Three SEC teams in play for the Cotton Bowl.
21. Competency hearing scheduled for Harvey Updyke.
22. If Georgia Tech loses Saturday and drops to 6-7, they'll still be bowl-eligible thanks to NCAA waiver and the MAC is not happy about it.
23. Louisville is now 10-2 after beating Rutgers last night and likely earned a BCS bowl bid – either the Orange or Sugar Bowl.
24. Monte Kiffin is leaving USC – wants to go back to the NFL.
25. Happy 50th Birthday, Bo Jackson.
***Update*** – Sheldon Richardson makes it official. Mizzou defensive tackle will enter 2013 NFL draft.
SEC Basketball
26. Notre Dame 64 – Kentucky 50. John Calipari: "What disappointed me was we didn't compete."
27. LSU 72 – Seton Hall 67. 5-0 Tigers storm back from 16-point second-half deficit.
28. St. John's 89 – South Carolina 65. Gamecocks guard Brenton Williams injures his neck – placed in brace. Frank Martin: "I know what my trainers said after the game that he never lost feeling in his extremities and he had movement." Back in Columbia.
29. Florida 82 – Marquette 40. 6-0 Gators get 17 points off the bench from Michael Frazier II.
30. In what's expected to be a jam-packed Bud Walton Arena tonight, the Arkansas Razorbacks host the undefeated and top-1o ranked Syracuse Orange. Students camping out?
31. Tennessee vs. Georgetown tonight is SEC vs. Big East. Expect a Big Ten style game.
32. Auburn hosts DePaul tonight. Tigers have never won in the SEC-Big East challenge.
33. Vanderbilt hosts Villanova Saturday. Commodores need Kedron Johnson to be a consistent scorer.
34. Florida's basketball arena may get a $50 million makeover. UF Trustees voting on $10 million of the price next week.
35. Some minor violations for Mizzou basketball and football
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iTunes is both the system to control as well as the dominant source of noise to combat. Based on the profile of the whistle detected, whether it be increasing or decreasing in frequency, we will skip to the next or previous track in iTunes. To accomplish this, LabVIEW makes a call to a Java program that interacts with iTunes by accessing the Component Object Model (COM) interface of Windows. The JACOB library serves as an intermediary to complete this task. JACOB is a native Java-COM bridge, allowing Java programs to simultaneously run and interact with system applications. Once the COM interface receives instructions from LabVIEW, it then interacts with iTunes and changes tracks appropriately.


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On Friday and Saturday afternoons we will be having activities for those who do not want to be at the track. These will include shopping tours, wine tastings, cooking classes and spa packages.
The 2013 Ferrari Club of America International will be truly international, taking us to Elkhart Lake, WI and Road America for an elegant and exciting celebration. The Meet includes the internationally recognized FCA Concours d'Elegance presented by Zymöl, a road rally, three days of racetrack activities, a vendor market (Mercato di Ferrari), seminars, receptions, charity auction and banquet with award presentations.
Each year the Club holds an international meet in a different location in the United States or Canada. The Annual International Meet attracts 600 to 800 participants and approximately 250 to 300 Ferrari cars. This year, for the first time ever the International Meet has been expanded to 6 days as part of the club's 50th anniversary celebration. We enthusiastically invite you and your family to join us in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, July 30 to August 4, 2013 for this magnificent event.
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CFD Saves the Alewife: Computer simulation helps the Alewife return to its Mt. Desert Island spawning grounds
By John E. Richardson, Blue Hill Hydraulics
A fish ladder built 60 years ago on Mt. Desert Island in Maine to help alewife migrate to their freshwater spawning habitat had been deteriorating for years. Left in disrepair, it might have spelled doom for Alosa pseudoharengus had some engineers not been called in to make repairs.
The damaged weirs at Third Dam on Somes Brook were
surveyed prior to simulations.
The crumbling Third Dam on Somes Brook in Somesville was preventing alewifes from making the springtime trip. To address this problem, the Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary called on Woodlot Alternatives, an environmental services firm in Topsham, Maine, to assess the problem and determine how the fish ladder could best be restored.
Under the leadership of Michael Chelminski, Woodlot's ecological restoration director, the company performed a screening-level study of the flow over the five weirs in the fish ladder. Because analysis of this kind must assume that flow over weirs will conform to empirical relationships that are not necessarily accurate for a given situation, it was difficult to determine whether the proposed restoration would enable alewife to climb the ladder.
Recognizing this limitation, Woodlot asked Blue Hill Hydraulics of Blue Hill, Maine, to complete a 3D free-surface flow analysis to determine water surface elevations and velocities within the fish ladder to validate the proposed restoration design. Engineers used the FLOW-3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package from Flow Science, Inc. of Santa Fe, NM, to simulate flows. The analysis validated the renovation design and was used as part of the grant application for funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Coastal Program.
Migratory Fish
The alewife is a diadromous fish, meaning it splits its lifecycle between marine and fresh-water ecosystems. Because it is one of the most common diadromous fishes in Maine, it is regarded as an important commercial and ecological resource.
Fig 1: The deteriorated fish ladder: The image at left is the calculated
flow configuration, while an actual photograph at right shows
damaged lower weirs.
Each spring, alewife migrate from the ocean upstream through rivers and streams to spawn in freshwater lakes and ponds. After hatching, young alewife spend two to six months in freshwater before migrating back to the sea. Alewife are important to the ecology of the freshwater, estuarine, and marine environments, and both adults and juveniles represent a food source for striped bass, brown trout, eels, salmon, osprey, cormorants, and other fisheating mammals.
Since the early 1970s, more than $12 million of federal, state, and private utility funds have been spent on fish ladders to allow Atlantic alewife and other diadromous fish to return to their historical spawning areas. Fish ladders are typically placed on or around man-made barriers such as dams. Pool and weir "fish passes" enable fish to pass the barrier by swimming up through a series of relatively low steps. The velocity of the water falling over the steps has to be high enough to attract the fish to the ladder but cannot be so high as to wash the fish back downstream, or exhaust them.
The fish ladder at Third Dam is comprised of two lateral walls set perpendicular to the dam spillway with five internal weirs. The two upstream weirs and connecting lateral walls are constructed of concrete with the upstream-most weir set inline with the spillway. The invert of this weir is set below that of the spillway, and all flow passes through the upstream-most weir when water levels are below the spillway invert. The lateral walls of the upstream weirs are set approximately 0.15 feet above the spillway invert so they function as lateral weirs when overtopped, modulating flows that occur in the fish ladder during periods of high flow.
One-Dimensional Flow Analysis
Analysis System (HEC-RAS) hydraulic modeling software was used to analyze 1D flow over the fish ladder under the assumption of hydrostatic conditions. The analysis completed with the HEC-RAS software included flow through the fish ladder and lateral overflow of the concrete walls between the upstream weirs.
Fig 2: Fish ladder designs here show the existing ladder
(left) and the proposed fix (right).
Graphics created with FLOW-3D output and Fieldview
from Intelligent Light.
A limitation of one-dimensional hydraulic analysis is that velocities are assumed to be the same across channel/river crosssections. However, lateral velocities in a fish ladder vary considerably. These variations greatly contribute to the goal of enabling fish to climb them. For example, alewife swim at about 3 feet per second and are able to sense lower velocity zones. So, for a successful fish ladder, a key requirement involves the creation of contiguous pathways where water velocities do not exceed swim speeds.
Woodlot Alternatives hired Blue Hill Hydraulics to perform a 3D CFD simulation of flow through the proposed fish ladder. The results of these simulations provided accurate predictions of water surface elevation and velocity, making it possible for engineers to evaluate the performance of the fish ladder in detail.
Blue Hill Hydraulics elected to use the FLOW-3D CFD software system because of its unique ability to model free-surface flows (e.g., flow through fish ladders and in rivers). FLOW-3D uses the volume of fluid (VOF) method to simulate free-surface fluid motion. The program includes special algorithms that maintain sharp liquid and gas interfaces, and it applies boundary conditions at solid surfaces and at free surfaces. This last feature is essential to modeling the dynamic flows associated with this project.
3D CFD Simulation
Engineers at Blue Hill Hydraulics began by modeling flow through the deteriorated fish ladder using a CAD model created by Woodlot Alternatives. The CAD model was based on field survey information and exported in an STL format. These data were imported into FLOW-3D, the grid size specified, and then the 84,000 hexahedral computational mesh was automatically generated. Pressure boundary conditions were specified at the upstream end of the fish ladder and a downstream continuative boundary condition (i.e., free outflow) was applied. The FLOW-3D model results matched observed fish ladder flows closely. As shown in Figure 1, the configuration of flow through the ladder appears to be quite similar to the actual flow configuration in the deteriorated fish ladder. In addition to this, results of the CFD model also provided detailed velocity information, making it possible to determine where changes to the fish ladder's design should be made to improve the likelihood of the alewife's migration.
Designing Fish Ladder Renovations
Fig 3: Renovated fish ladder: Left image shows the calculated flow,
accompanied by a photograph of the repaired ladder showing
confirmation of the flow simulation.
The next step was to develop a design for the renovated fish ladder (see Figure 2) and evaluate its performance over a range of flow conditions. Woodlot Alternatives provided an initial concept design based on the HECRAS and FLOW-3D modeling results. While there were no drawings of the original ladder, the engineers were able to surmise its approximate shape and then make additional modifications with the goal to slow flow through certain parts of the structure in order to provide an easily navigable passage for the fish. To facilitate these improvements, the middle weir was designed to maintain the asymmetrical shape of the two downstream masonry weirs and its elevation was increased to equalize the hydraulic drop between it and the upstream weirs. Blue Hill Hydraulics then updated the original CFD model to evaluate the planned changes.
The simulation results clearly showed how the proposed renovations would affect the flow of water in the fish ladder. The results predicted the distribution of flow, water surface elevations, and velocities in the ladder. Additional results showed velocities at different cross-sections so that water speed at various depths could be evaluated to determine the ability of fish to pass any given area of the fish ladder.
The revised CFD model showed that the proposed design would work as intended and renovations would allow alewife to negotiate the fish ladder. The revised model could also be used to simulate fish passage performance over a range of conditions. This is important because variations in river flows occur throughout the entire fish migration period — spring through fall for adults and juveniles — and we needed confirmation that these variations would not prevent fish passage up the ladder. Renovations to the ladder were completed in September 2006. As shown in Figure 3, flow over the renovated ladder closely matched the CFD predictions.
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ESCANABA - Alma Boggs became the bride of Rev. Joseph Earl Hilton Jr. on March 10 during a 2 p.m. wedding ceremony that took place at Agape Ministry in Escanaba. Rev. Art Kievit officiated at the ceremony.
A reception in honor of the newlyweds was held at the VFW in Escanaba.
Ann Bennett, sister-in-law of the bride, served as maid of honor. John Bennett, brother of the bride, stood as best man.
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Joseph and Alma Hilton
Flower girl was Laci Gagon, and ring bearer was Drew Wery. Both are friends of the bride and groom. The bride was escorted down the by aisle by her nephews, Jameson and Chris Bennett.
Alma is the daughter of the late Phyllis and Fred Lueneburg, and Jack Bennett of Escanaba and Long Beach, Calif. She graduated from Escanaba High School in 1975.
Joseph is the son of the late Joseph Earl Hilton Sr. and Florence Hilton of Palmento, Fla. He graduated from Palmento High School in 1965 and from Notre Dame in 1967 with an associate's degree in engineering. He graduated from Progressive Bible College with a master's degree in ministry in 2004.
A special song was preformed by Winnie Lake accompanied on the piano by Martha Hooper.
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Roger Maris
Baseball's Reluctant Hero
ROGER MARIS may be the greatest ballplayer no one really knows. In 1961, the soft-spoken man from the frozen plains of North Dakota enjoyed one of the most amazing seasons in baseball history, when he outslugged his teammate Mickey Mantle to become the game's natural home-run king. It was Mantle himself who said, "Roger was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was." Yet Maris was vilified by fans and the press and has never received his due from biographers—until now.
Tom Clavin and Danny Peary trace the dramatic arc of Maris's life, from his boyhood in Fargo through his early pro career in the Cleveland Indians farm program, to his World Series championship years in New York and beyond. At the center is the exciting story of the 1961 season and the ordeal Maris endured as an outsider in Yankee pinstripes, unloved by fans who compared him unfavorably to their heroes Ruth and Mantle, relentlessly attacked by an aggressive press corps who found him cold and inaccessible, and treated miserably by the organization. After the tremendous challenge of breaking Ruth's record was behind him, Maris ultimately regained his love of baseball as a member of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals. And over time, he gained redemption in the eyes of the Yankee faithful.
With research drawn from more than 130 interviews with Maris's teammates, opponents, family, and friends, as well as 16 pages of photos, some of which have never before been seen, this timely and poignant biography sheds light on an iconic figure from baseball's golden era—and establishes the importance of his role in the game's history.
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Subaru Releases New 2013 Outback and Legacy Digital Brochures
Jul 31, 2012 (06:07 PM EDT)
- Digital Brochures now available via newly-launched Subaru Dynamic Brochure Facebook Tab
- 2013 Subaru iPad apps will soon arrive at iTunes store for go-anywhere, interactive experience
CHERRY HILL, N.J., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. has announced the release of its Dynamic Digital Brochures for the 2013 Outback and Legacy vehicles, with the iPad® applications soon to follow. The brochures can be downloaded now at Subaru.com and under a new tab on the Subaru Facebook page. The 2013 Outback and Legacy Digital Brochure iPad® apps will soon join other Subaru iPad applications currently available for free download at the iTunes® store.
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"As innovations change the ways consumers receive information, Subaru continues to provide highly informative and interactive experiences from almost anywhere through the convenience of a desktop PC, laptop or iPad®," said Subaru Brochures Manager Sondra Shiffer.
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They also highlight the new Navigation System features, Symmetrical AWD capabilities, and include vibrant, detailed 360-degree views of the restyled exterior and interior where consumers can experiment with color choices and interior trims.
The 2013 Subaru iPad® apps and Dynamic Digital Brochures continue the commitment of environmentally friendly practices by reducing paper usage, energy consumption, inks and production waste. Beyond the environmental benefits, they offer consumers additional ways to compare models, experience the Subaru brand and share their experience.
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Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 600 dealers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. For additional information, visit Subaru.com.
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I wasn't at this concert but I thought this was a really cool opener:
I like how everyone sings a line in the second verse. Its kind of a cool introduction for the night.
Why Bother! Didn't they open with it for the Across the Sea show in Japan during the MB tour with Brian singing lead? That rocked, especially the cool way Pat was on drums at the beginning...
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I'd like to see a similar performance of Why Bother with Brian on lead and Pat wrecking on drums. That would be great.
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Expert Advice: How Financial Institutions And Their Notaries Can Protect Themselves Against Fraud
Notaries often serve at the frontline of fraud prevention for financial institutions. The Financial & Corporate Services Section spoke with Allan Bachman, the Education Manager at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, who has over 35 years of experience in audit, forensic accounting, and fraud examination, about what companies and Notaries can do to detect, prevent, and report fraud in their workplace.
What advice do you offer Notaries with regards to detecting fraudulent IDs?
Education is the best fraud protection. Notaries have a very limited time in which to look at the ID and verify its validity, which can make the Notary feel a lot of pressure. Notaries should be aware of what the different state licenses look like, and companies should take the time to train their Notary-employees on the telltale signs of fakes. If something looks wrong, or it appears to have been tampered with, you could try asking the person their birth date; if they hesitate, you know something probably isn't right. You'd rather be safe and keep your commission as a Notary than run a risk and agree to perform an act you aren't comfortable with.
What should a Notary do if they suspect or detect fraud occurring in the workplace?
Many organizations have a third party hotline for reporting fraud. In fact, whistle blower programs are now mandated by law for many public companies. You should also bring the issue to your manager's attention. Don't look away if you have a suspicion; report it. Most fraud these days is uncovered by whistleblowers. They have a lot less stigma than they used to, and they're often rewarded by their companies for their efforts to prevent fraud.
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I think this is the best version of "Jane Eyre," perfectly cast and acted and very close to the book. Timothy Dalton creates an excellent Mr. Rochester, and Zelah Clarke was born for the part of Jane. Jane Eyre is an orphan raised by her cold-hearted Aunt Reed (Judy Cornwell) and abused by her cousin John. One day Jane stands up to John; when he hits her, she hits back, letting out a flood of long-suppressed emotions. For that Jane is sent away to Low...
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Location. The Platzl Hotel in downtown Munich, Germany, 100 meters from Maximilian Street, known for its shopping opportunities. The Royal Residence is 400 meters away and the Duetsches Museum is one kilometer from the hotel. Munich Franz-Joseph-Strauss Airport is approximately 33 kilometers away.
Hotel Features. The Platzl Hotel's lobby features caramel-colored marble floors with wrought-iron chandeliers above the wood-paneled reception desk. The multilingual front desk staff offers currency exchange services, and safe-deposit boxes are located at the front desk.
Complimentary buffet breakfasts are served each morning. The Pfistermuhle restaurant is open from Monday to Saturday for lunches and dinners, and serves Bavarian dishes and Ayinger draught beer. Ayingers Inn tavern serves Ayinger draught beers and traditional local dishes. Die Platzl Bar serves draught beer and cocktails. The recreation area features a fitness room, sauna and a solarium. The hotel features wireless Internet access and seven conference rooms.
Guestrooms. The five-story Platzl hotel's 166 guestrooms include minibars. The ensuite bathrooms offer bathrobes and slippers. Select guestrooms are available with views over the famous Hofbrauhaus or the hotel's internal courtyard. Dial-up Internet access is available for a fee.
Expert Tip. The tower at the Frauenkirche Cathedral can be seen from all directions. It will remain a focal point since the city of Munich passed a provision prohibiting the building of any structure over 100 meters. The top of the south tower offers a panoramic view of the city and the Alps.
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- Medical assistance available
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