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For more than a decade, Tori Hogan has traveled the globe as a researcher, filmmaker, and educator dedicated to improving the effectiveness of international aid. She published a memoir on the subject in 2012 called Beyond Good Intentions: A Journey Into the Reality of International Aid. The book follows her return to East Africa in search of the refugee boy who first opened her eyes to the inefficiencies of the development industry. Since the release of her book, Hogan has spent her time circumnavigating the globe as the communications coordinator on Semester at Sea, speaking worldwide on the topic of aid effectiveness, and launching new projects to help college women uncover their authentic selves.
Hogan's prior projects include a ten-part documentary film series on aid effectiveness (also called Beyond Good Intentions), which she shot during a yearlong journey around the world and released to the world in 2009. Hogan has also had the privilege to work as a polar photographer on numerous expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica. Her curiosity about the world has led her to spend time on every continent and in more than 80 countries.
Hogan received her BA from Duke University, served as a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt, where she received a diploma in forced migration and refugee studies from the American University in Cairo, and obtained an MEd degree in international education policy from Harvard University. Born and raised in the Washington D.C. area, Hogan now calls San Francisco home.


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"Campbell's book offers a rich sampling of the epistemological plethora of this age. She surveys narratives of "other worlds," both factual and fictional, written in English or French in the period from 1550 to 1700. Her readings of the texts are subtle and morally engaged, her own prose in consistently delightful, and the volume is attractively illustrated."Jan Golinski, Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, 2003
"Campbell's book Wonder and Science . . . is precisely the kind of book that continues to provoke thought long after you have closed the cover. . . . I have nothing but praise for Campbell's beautifully produced and written book. . . . Like a modern-day Cavendish, Campbell's language joins together the "two worlds" of scientific study with a rapturous and pleasure-ridden prose to produce a book, Wonder and Science where style reflects content. This book has been exhilarating to read; it will, in my opinion, make a genuine difference to the history of scientific culture as we understand it."Claire Jowitt, Studies in Travel Writing, 2003
"Wonder and Science analyzes colonial reports, works of natural history and travel, and popular writings to gather details on how concepts and worlds were challenged and remade. Chapters cover some great authors and thinkers in England and France: individuals who made their marks on a changed world."Reviewer's Bookwatch, February 2001
"Wonder and Science is filled with a love for and a display of cornucopian texts: the wondrous multiplicity of other cultures, natural phenomena, language, and metaphor clearly thrills Campbell, and she in turn thrills us."Peter Platt, Bryn Mawr Review, Fall 2001
"Wonder and Science is a tremendously learned account of the pleasurable yet uneasy coupling of fictional and scientific discourse in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. The book traces the evolution, and the interrogations, of the epistemological category of "wonder" in a dazzling array of scientific and quasi-scientific texts, both English and Continental. . . . Wonder and Science masterfully illustrates this disciplinary fluxand refluxof the early modern era, and the book's greatest strengths lie in its sustained focus on the formal and rhetorical synthesis of scientific and nonscientific texts during the period."Jessica Wolfe, Journal of Modern History, June 2002
"Mary Baine Campbell offers us a remarkable tour of writing culture and the cultures of knowledge in the early modern period. By juxtaposing works that we have traditionally identified with distinctive forms of knowledgeliterature, science, and anthropologyCampbell persuasively argues that we need to read and understand these texts in their predisciplinary formulation. The result is a fascinating and enjoyable exposition of the science of literature and the literature of science."Paula Findlen, Stanford University (History)
"In Mary Baine Campbell's dazzling account, wonder is not only 'broken knowledge' (in Bacon's phrase), or the mystified residue of an emergent scientific method, but a sensational plenitude, upwelling in all the historical junctures of discipline, domination, pleasure, and narration in early modern Europe. At both molecular and global levels, Campbell profoundly resituates the history of the 'Two Cultures' as she demonstrates the flows and magnetisms they continue to share and exchange. Alive with wit and delight, polymathic as it is original, and visibly impelled by a historical and ethical exactitude that entirely disallows the pedantic or moralistic, Wonder and Science is itself a wonder."Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, author of A Dialogue on Love
"In this remarkable and wide-ranging study, Mary Baine Campbell explores the early modern literature of worldmaking, as the seedbed not only of a modern notion of culture, but also of the modern genres of prose fiction and scientific report. Her lucid, lyrical account of early ethnographic, travel, and utopian writing maps the wonder-filled territory on the border between observation and invention that is of equal concern to literary scholars, cultural historians, and historians of science."Katherine Park, Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of the History of Science and Women's Studies, Harvard University


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The critical issue, from your description, is finding related/similar proposals. Have a look at this visualisation: force directed layout, which could cluster your documents, giving you the kind of periodic table you are looking for, that can then be explored. The UX advantage here is that instead of requesting each group of related proposals with a ...
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In my mind, while it's about micro-lending, you can still make the argument that kiva.org is one of the most successful sites on the web at getting funds to those in need, to help themselves.
Every innovation has been built on the work and experience of others. Even if you think you pulled inspiration out of your hat, you didn't. Your ideas are the product of your experience, both direct and vicarious. The way to have inspiration is to cultivate experience: study what goes on around you the way a scientist studies nature. In the case of user ...
I found Josh Clark's Webstock '11 presentation, Buttons Are A Hack, very inspiring. He's really talking about touch-screen interfaces, but a lot of the general points he's making apply to UI design in general. Hope you enjoy :)
I'm probably a bit messy here; I just have a folder in my browser bookmarks called 'inspire' where I dump links. I browse through it in quiet periods and rename the links to relevant tags so I can refer back to it whenever I need them. Nothing more complex than that for me though. I'm in my browser all the time anyway so it seems the best way of doing it. ...
Here's a great collection of pattern resources by smashing magazin: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/15/40-helpful-resources-on-user-interface-design-patterns/ And one by Yahoo: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/
See this question on Quora: What are some interesting playdecks to get creative/design inspiration? Stephen Anderson posted a long list there of various card decks, grouped by type (creative thinking, psychology/design, design methods, etc) that should be of some use. You may not find what you're looking for. The reason is that I think your approach may ...
my company recently did this https://www.refunite.org/
Here are some good examples for seeking inspiration: Google Chrome: It's simple, fast, almost not intrusive and does not ask for anything Dropbox You should also see how some Mac OSX are installed. Apps like chrome, dropbox, ... usually require you to Download an image file Double click to mount the image as a drive A screen appears with the app icon ...
From the beginning, this will be my ideal install flow: I will come to your website where is nice big "Download client" button with actual filesize (this is important to me, I don't like to start downloading files with unknown size or tiny installers, which actually download X more MB/GB from internet). When I'll run the installer, some nice custom welcome ...
I think the people at fogcreek do a pretty good job given the type of software they develop. Another one that comes to mind is 37 signals because of the simplicity and ease of use. However, in general I have to say that enterprise level software are restricted by many business and technical requirements that will always result in usability put on a lower ...
I capture a screen shot and save it to an Inspirations folder. I browse through it regularly.
I recommend to read design books at first. Steve Krug, "Don't Make Me Think!" Alan Cooper, "About Face" And only after them read guidelines for different mobile platforms, it's not hard to find them. iOS Android Windows Phone 7
How about a simple grid, with filtering and sorting functionality? It's not very sexy, but it's very usable :). I'm suggesting a spreadsheet, basically.
I haven't seen an actual great example, but I think you should be able to add rules dynamically like Outlook's rule mechanism. You can combine that by using a dynamic listbox where to quickly use the keywords to locate rules. So: Enter keyword [__________] When you type 'la' it hints 'laser'. Then you can either select to 'include' or 'exclude': ...
Anders Toxboe has put together a pretty good site for UI-Patterns - http://ui-patterns.com/.
I have a collection of this kind of patterns/inspiration sites at http://profs.info.uaic.ro/~evalica/patterns/ Hope to be useful
Here is another example pretty close to the others. http://www.razoo.com/ (Donations and fundraising for nonprofits and charities online)
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Much is at stake: It was widely thought that the failure of the Argentine rescue would be the final nail in the coffin of the big-bailout strategy. Evidently those who thought so were wrong. But a failure in Brazil would certainly cast further doubt on that strategy and further weaken the credibility of the I.M.F. The Financial Times may have put it only slightly too strongly when suggesting that the I.M.F. had ''bet the house'' on Brazil. Certainly a failure would give greater credence to the arguments of those, including George Soros and me, who believe there are fundamental flaws in the current global financial architecture. In any case, the continuing instability facing emerging markets around the world -- even those with seemingly sound economic policies -- should renew the resolve to understand why the global financial system is operating so poorly.
Within Latin America the effects of a failure in Brazil would be profound. Already there is disillusionment throughout the region with the I.M.F. and the so-called market-oriented reforms of the 80's. The question is repeatedly put: if the top students like Argentina and Brazil can fail, what awaits us? Anxieties are reinforced by the data. The growth of the early 90's appears to have been but a brief interlude between the lost decade of the 80's and the lost half decade of the late 90's, in which per capita incomes have declined. Growth for the decade of the 90's as a whole is only slightly greater than half that of the pre-reform period of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Even when and where there has been growth, the fruits have disproportionately gone to the rich, with many at the bottom actually worse off. Throughout the region, there is a new sense of insecurity.
There is also a heightened sense of resentment at American hypocrisy: free-trade rhetoric combined with increased trade barriers. This question is related to that of I.M.F. policy, which is formed in large part by the United States. It is difficult to deal with a great power that is both schoolmaster and truant. At the very least, it encourages cynicism.
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In the Americas, certainly, something like emergency tariff reduction would be of enormous political and economic benefit to the whole region -- a good-neighbor policy for a new era. And it could help us move away from these battles over international lending and fiscal and monetary policy, battles that have become too frequent and far too costly, for the lender as well as the borrower.


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another meaning for this utterly vile word[edit]
Is "faggot" also synonymous with "pussy"?
I don't know who signed the above (use four tildes (~) to whomever did so), but I wonder if there is a meaning for "faggot" able to be verified to mean, in essence, "a male who makes unwanted passes at other men, whether their target is a homosexual or heterosexual"? [[Briguy52748 02:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)]]
RfV sense, packet of cigarettes[edit]
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faggot - pack of cigarettes[edit]
A pack of cigarettes? - cites please.--Williamsayers79 08:54, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Confusion with UK "fag" (a cigarette) perhaps? — Paul G 09:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- I think so, If we don't get any cites I reckon it would be a safe bet to remove this sense.--Williamsayers79 07:37, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- No cites, quotes, references given so I'll apply the
{{rfvResult}}to the talk page until someone finds any evidence.--Williamsayers79 13:26, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
- No cites, quotes, references given so I'll apply the
It does mean cigarette though! How can no one find a source for that??? —This comment was unsigned.
- You mean a "fag" not a "faggot," right? --Connel MacKenzie 01:49, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
- I believe you mean a "fag" too. I assume you are making some attempt a silly practial joke or are you serious? No cites, no inclusion I'm afraid.--Williamsayers79 11:11, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Faggot: Arguably the term Faggot meaning "an unpleasant woman" (circa 1591) predates the definition of a homosexual man (circa 1914) by a number of centuries.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=faggot Other evidence of this definition can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary. (Including the Oxford Modern English Dictionary 1992,1995.) Also in: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/faggot
There was an rfv on the meatball entry. This was ridiculous - it's a well known term in England. Evidence here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm
- Looks like it got added back but lacks a quote, perhaps one from that 2003 article could be used? 22.214.171.124 16:39, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
To Gather[edit]
I was just reading a translation of Montaigne's Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers and he uses the term faggoting to describe "gathering": "This faggoting up of so many divers pieces is so done that I never set pen to paper...". I'm having trouble finding another source, unless Montaigne means a verb akin to the metalworking definition, but the use suggests that the noun element "bundle" is also a verb element of "to bundle". If whomever notices this can add the verb form, with the note that it is archaic. --TheGrza 19:25, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
- Translation from what? Name sounds French. Only English is here, only verb refers to fagot#Verb which is about tying sticks not gathered people. Sounds interesting though, what year did OTROCTTF come out? 18.104.22.168 16:35, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Add Irish/Scouse definition?[edit]
'Faggot' is also a Irish and Scouse word meaning 'lazy person'. This is the word used in the Irish song 'Fairytale of New York' which caused controversy a few years ago due to British radio stations censoring it, believing it was using the American pejorative meaning. PabloDiablo 15:09, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
- I can't find that sense. There is Irish use of the word as meaning a burdensome, worthless person (as an old woman), but not lazy. See Irish slang and [1]. Do you have any source beside the Pogues' lyrics? The lyrics make it clear that it is a term of abuse, but not much else. DCDuring TALK 11:07, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
(pejorative, US, slang) A male homosexual. Not sure about the UK, but this sense is also heavily used in Australia. Tooironic 23:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Fag slang: Smoke or cigarette[edit]
I was just watching Sons of Anarchy, and Trinity asked Jax if he had a fag, and he nodded and pulled out a pack of smokes. He was in Ireland, so this could just be a British/European thing, but it is a possible meaning.Shane2008 (talk) 07:26, 2 September 2013 (UTC)Shane2008
- Yes - See fag (not faggot). SemperBlotto (talk) 07:28, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Joyce and Lawrence[edit]
From EtymOnline:
- the contemptuous slang word for "woman" (in common with the other possible sources or influences listed here) was in active use early 20c., by D.H. Lawrence and James Joyce, among others
Do not see quotes from them under def 4. Could we locate what works they use it this way in? Sounds like notable historicity. 126.96.36.199 16:42, 10 November 2015 (UTC)


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MEMPHIS, TENN. – June 14, 2016 – Mosaik – who provides network experience software and business intelligence services to 22 of the top 25 wireless carriers in North America, cable MSOs and some of the largest group operators in the world – has announced new updates and improvements to TowerSource, making the industry's largest independent and most robust wireless infrastructure database even more comprehensive.read more »
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MEMPHIS, TENN. – Mosaik – who provides network experience software and business intelligence services to 22 of the top 25 wireless carriers in North America, cable MSOs and some of the largest group operators in the world – has introduced a new approach to managing the Network Quality of Experience (QoE) to provide more granular, consumer perspectives into a constantly changing mobile and Wi-Fi environment.read more »
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Memphis technology company Mosaik has expanded into Europe by acquiring a France-based app that tracks wireless experience quality.read more »
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PARIS and MEMPHIS, TENN. – In a move to improve visibility into global wireless networks, Mosaik today announced it has acquired Sensorly, a crowdsourced coverage mapping service, with a mission to deliver the most comprehensive, useful and unbiased wireless network information to consumers and network operators across the globe.read more »
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Sensorly, a French startup that crowdsources network coverage data about mobile operators, has been acquired by Mosaik, a Memphis-based company that provides network intelligence to telecom companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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MUSIC: THE LOWS; Tasteful Imitations And Sagging Follow-Ups
Published: December 28, 2003
Jon Pareles, Neil Strauss, Ben Ratliff and Kelefa Sanneh listened to a lot of bad pop music in 2003; herewith, their least fond recollections.
PARELES -- My biggest letdown was Madonna's ''American Life.'' It was the perfect opportunity to do something. We're on the verge of war. She poses like Che Guevara, she calls an album ''American Life,'' and it should be a big statement. And it's all about what life is like in Hollywood. It was a complete misfire.
SANNEH -- Yeah, I was surprised the album sounded so much like the last one, had the same producer. And by her standards at least seemed kind of rote. There were a few songs on it I actually did like. But by and large it just wasn't very interesting.
PARELES -- All she could get people talking about was that kiss with Britney, which was strictly show biz.
STRAUSS -- What's amazing about that to me is that something that's totally rehearsed and scripted gets so much attention. It wasn't like they actually kissed out of passion.
SANNEH -- Well, yeah, it was staged. It was a live music video in a sense. And so in that sense it was a totally appropriate moment for the Video Music Awards.
STRAUSS -- My biggest letdown was watching the recording industry deal with downloaders. I just think it's terrible p.r. I don't see any fewer people on Kazaa. The only thing it's encouraged people to do is to take their downloaded files and not share them. But they're all still there trying to get music.
PARELES -- The recording industry keeps trying to build a wall in the ocean. They keep trying to shut down the Internet. And they think they can do it by suing 12-year-olds, when what they need is a great subscription service.
RATLIFF -- I think this was a bad year for jazz records but a good year for jazz in the larger sense. I go to clubs all the time and I hear lots of interesting things. And then I hear tons of records that are just like calling cards and placeholders. The major labels have figured out a way to make more money by signing soul singers and folk-pop singers. The tiny labels are troubled and low budget. A lot of incredibly good groups are not finding a way to represent themselves on record.
STRAUSS -- Did all the Norah Jones Grammys and success help or hurt?
RATLIFF -- I don't think it really had any impact per se on jazz music. But I think it reorganized the priorities of Blue Note, which released her record. They're going to look for more people like her now and fewer dedicated jazz small-group band leaders, the kind of bread and butter of what they've always been doing.
PARELES -- The great hope is that when you have a windfall like Norah Jones, then you can bankroll less popular things.
RATLIFF -- That's the great hope. So far it hasn't happened. And there's a lot of nervous expectation about Norah's next record. Nobody quite knows what it's going to be like.
Did anybody feel disappointment with the Andre half of the OutKast record?
STRAUSS -- That was my favorite half. I thought that it was fantastic.
RATLIFF -- Well, I thought it was in theory. And in practice, I couldn't get with his singing. The fast version of ''My Favorite Things'' was stomach-turning. I mean, the disc was messy and interesting, ultimately just not nearly as good as I wanted it to be. But it seemed to get so much more attention just because of how dynamic he is.
SANNEH -- Well, ''Hey Ya'' is the No. 1 song in the country, isn't it?
RATLIFF -- Well, that's a good song.
STRAUSS -- A) That's a great song. B) I love listening to the whole CD because it's like watching a suspense movie. I really don't know what song or what style he's going to do next or even what he's going to do next within a song. And when you're talking about ''My Favorite Things,'' just the fact that all of a sudden he busts into drum and bass out of nowhere is fantastic.
PARELES -- I'm more with Ben. I like the spirit of it because it's so goofy and light-hearted and lubricious. But I wish he was a better singer, and some of the songs sound incomplete.
SANNEH -- To me that album is a little bit like a sketchbook. And the group is interesting enough and good enough that I love rifling through the sketchbook. But I can't listen to it all the way through.
PARELES -- It's got the classic double-album problem. It's just too big.
STRAUSS -- I know it's long. But I really can listen to both sides all the way through and even play it for people to show them how innovative it is.
SANNEH -- OutKast party at Neil's house!
PARELES -- There's the White Stripes album, which I think is also a couple of bricks short of a load.
RATLIFF -- Yeah, I finally feel that that album has a real problem with maybe the last third of it where the songs just fall off in quality dramatically. And the excitement I felt on first hearing it has kind of dimmed as the year went on.
SANNEH -- I like the album but it does feel a little bit to me like a stunt, where sometimes even when you're listening to it you're thinking about how much you like it in theory. Then there's the Strokes; they put out this album that you could almost have written yourself after listening to the first one, which was depressing.
STRAUSS -- I feel there are some bands like the Strokes that put out one great album and that's all I really need from them. I don't need five or six or seven or eight records.


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High Cotton
Published: Sunday, January 1, 2006 at 3:30 p.m.
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DALLAS Its barely a day before the Cotton Bowl and Alabama is the best-traveled college football team in the nation. Its no wonder the folks at AT&T (who sponsor the Cotton Bowl) wanted the Crimson Tide over the South Carolina Gamecocks; we travel so much better than they do.
Heres the only problem, as far as we can tell from the downtown streets of Dallas: The fans from Alabama or those Alabama fans from across the Midwest dont care to walk outside their hotels into actual Dallas.
On New Years Eve, when most of the Tide faithful arrived in this northeast corner of Texas, there was only one place you could find the Crimson nation. Inside Eddie Deens Ranch in downtown Dallas, Alabama fans waddled into an open auditorium full of Mexican food, Alabama cheerleaders and a five-member band that could have cared less if the Boy Scouts were seated at the tables.
If you can sense the sarcasm, youre following along nicely.
Something has happened to the proud tradition of the University of Alabama, and if it were ever more evident than on the eve of the eve of the Cotton Bowl versus Texas Tech, its hard to believe. There once was a time when bowl games no matter how large or small represented a gathering point for Alabama fans. No matter if the game were in Shreveport, El Paso or New Orleans, Alabama fans, once upon a time, crowded the streets before their soldiers walked onto the football field and defeated another opponent.
Its just not the same anymore. We cant blame the absence of The Bear, because Ray Perkins got a better reception than this. We cant blame the record, because 7-and-4 teams once received stronger support than this 9-and-2 team.
No, the Crimson Nation has deteriorated to something far humbler than the Tide Pride we all grew up following at the foot of our grandmothers sofa on chilly December evenings. Those were days when we didnt care if we were playing Illinois or Oklahoma; we just knew Alabama would win another bowl game.
Its fair to blame this curbed enthusiasm on the faltered fate of the Crimson Tide. The last time we won a bowl game was in Shreveport against Iowa State four years ago when we stormed by the Cyclones 14-13. We may have contended for a national championship a little more than a month ago, but that was before our offense broke with Tyrone Prothros leg. Even then when Alabama flirted with an undefeated record we knew there was no way wed contend for a national title.
Maybe thats the reason the streets of downtown Dallas are empty of Alabama fans. Maybe thats the reason our fans wont show up until game day at 10 a.m., when half of those fans are still asleep.
Most Alabama fans will blame it on the team. Most will say the team hasnt given the fans reason enough to travel 450 miles to Dallas to cheer on a Crimson Tide squad that probably cant put up the offensive numbers to match the Red Raiders two-stepping passing attack.
Alabama fans may want to consider the opposite. Weve accepted for better or worse that Alabama football needs some time to rebuild. Tommy Tuberville and his cronies can hold all the fingers in the air they want, but the Crimson Tide will never have to worry about any team other than itself. We do need time to rebuild and this season has exceeded what any pundit predicted. If were to accept that Alabama football is still a few years away from contention for a national title chase, it seems logical that real Alabama fans would support this team through any bowl that comes after the Iron Bowl.
From the looks of things around Dallas, that isnt happening, yet. If our pride in Alabama football means anything, well do a lot better following our football team next year when we travel to whichever bowl will take us.
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STORRS, Conn. -- Heather Buck might be the biggest David who ever sized up a slingshot, but it wouldn't hurt Connecticut if she could pester Goliath for a few minutes on Tuesday night.
To suggest that chances are Buck will not emerge as the star of the show when No. 1 Connecticut host No. 2 Baylor at the XL Center in Hartford is to suggest that the odds favor Geno Auriemma and Kim Mulkey protesting a call or two at some point during the proceedings. The redshirt sophomore has scored a total of 63 points in 36 career appearances for the Huskies, which is not the kind of record that's going to draw a lot of attention in a game headlined by the two most compelling talents in the college game: Maya Moore and Brittney Griner.
But the 6-foot-3 Buck is the lone returning post player with any experience for the two-time defending national champions, something that is of particular note for a team looking to manage Griner and a role that comes with expectations that exceed her prior statistical résumé.
"She knows there is a role she has to play, there is a certain level that we're expecting from her every day, every game, every practice," senior Lorin Dixon said at the team's preseason media day in October. "I think she understands that, and she's taken that to heart. She's trying to come out and play that way every day now."
Coach Geno Auriemma has been more circumspect when it comes to Buck, adopting what might best be described as a wait-and-see demeanor (not always the best sign of faith from a coach for whom needling and prodding is as familiar as the 2-3 zone is to Jim Boeheim). Nevertheless, when he put his starting lineup on the floor for the regular-season opener against Holy Cross, it included the Connecticut native. She didn't stay long or fill up the stat sheet -- in 15 minutes, she totaled two points and one rebound, although she was credited with a block and two steals -- but she was out there.
The immediate interior future for the Huskies might revolve around a pair of freshmen in 6-5 Stefanie Dolson and 6-1 forward Samarie Walker, with more reinforcements on the way in next season's recruiting class. Still, that doesn't change the present opportunity for Buck now that starter Tina Charles and backup Kaili McLaren have left the building. After losing her first season to illness and failing to make it in the rotation last season, the window is open as much as it's ever likely to be.
"I knew from last year that they were leaving, and that I was going to be the only true post player coming back -- I mean, Maya plays in the post, but Maya plays everywhere," Buck said. "But I definitely felt a greater sense of urgency this summer working out. I had more of an idea that what I did then was directly going to affect what I did later. I think that part of that was the experience of seeing the correlation in previous summers and part of it was knowing that's just the way it needed to be."
It's easy to forget that even the afterthoughts at places like Connecticut and Baylor represent the cream of the basketball-playing crop. Buck might never be a college star, but she was a two-time Connecticut high school player of the year, someone who scored more points in her prep career than all but five players who came before her in the state. She has plenty of pride, but she has talent to go with it.
"I know that I haven't lived up to everything that was expected of me," Buck said. "I don't like letting people down. I don't like having people have a sense that maybe they weren't right. So I definitely have that sense of urgency [this season]. There's no time for me to mess around this year, and I want to show everybody that I really can do what they expected me to do."
Tuesday night, that begins with eating up some minutes, putting a body on Griner, setting screens and generally playing with the kind of energy required to make Baylor's star notice her.
Connecticut's secret weapon? It's unlikely. But if she's another stone in the arsenal, it's a step in the right direction for the Huskies.
Graham Hays is a regular contributor to ESPN.com. E-mail him at email@example.com.


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When two people are laying in a bed under the covers, one person passes gas and puts the covers over the other person head and doesn't let them out until the gases are no longer existent.
Farting under the blanket and putting someone under the covers to smell it. This is a dutch oven, also it keeps you warm.
Por aaaaaahyiggie 24 de mayo de 2009
The act of farting many times under the covers then making your partner stick his or her head under the blanket.
"After me and ann fucked last night i gave her a brutual dutch oven"
Por Astabler 19 de febrero de 2008
While in bed, you fart then pull the covers over the head of whomever is in bed with you. You hold the covers over his or her head until the stink leaves.
Last night in bed, my boyfried pulled a dutch oven on me.
Por Jenn Jo 13 de noviembre de 2006
To trap the person you sleep with under the covers and fart.
Boy: I got you something
Girl: What ?
Boy: A DUTCH OVEN !
Girl: What ?
Boy: A DUTCH OVEN !
Por BaeDrivenInsane💋💔🔪🔫 13 de marzo de 2015
The dark abyss of bed covers in witch there are insane amounts of ass air waiting to suffocate the next nearest victim.
Man I cooked the craziest dutch oven ever and nearly made my friend pass out. :)
Por Schiz 22 de agosto de 2008
When one partner farts while maneuvering the sheets in such a position such that the other is trapped under the sheets and must smell the rankness of the fart. Named after the dutch door, which could operate with the bottom half closed and the top open.
I had a beast breathin out of my ass so I gave the bitch a "dutch oven"
Por MixMaster Frucus 14 de abril de 2003
Dutch oven is when you fart under the covers and the smell seeps out to your nose as soon as you lift the covers up. Because the smell is concentrated by the time it gets to you, it's ten times worse (or better, up to you) than it normally would be.
I farted under the covers. This is also known as the act of (or creating a) Dutch oven.
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Where ever I travel, I like to visit comic book shops. Something about finding these havens provides an anchor and reference for a new town that makes me feel at home. Well it wasn't until I walked into the comic shop and felt that warm, fuzzy feeling that I realized how much I'd been missing that aspect of London. Even though I spent most of my life in London, it was still extremely enjoyable to visit a couple of comic book stores and and talk shop. Seeing fellow comic book readers looking at books and rummaging through back issue bins is an oddly comforting thing. Under the cold, skies of an English winter, the bright colors of a glowing comic book shop bring me back to myself. The heady mix of art and literature, imagery and language is so much of what I love in one place and it is so innately accessible and enjoyable.
On this recent brief trip to London, I managed to squeeze in visits to two comic shops, the relatively new Orbital Comics in the West End, which I'd never been to, and an old favorite of mine from years ago; Mega City Comics.
Orbital Comics
8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA, United Kingdom
I found this new(ish) comic shop after seeing my optician (and so you know; the LASIK I had a decade ago needs a tweak, so if you see me at Emerald City Comic Con next week or WonderCon next month and I don't see you please come over and say hello.) Anyway, with this sobering news about my vision, I stumbling onto a favorite little gallery of mine, or at least it used to be, but things had changed quite dramatically. I have to admit that one of the things that I liked about The Photographer's Gallery was that it was almost always empty. In retrospect I can see that an overly quiet gallery probably isn't good business since it has now moved… but there is good news. Instead of wandering into a quiet little gallery, i found myself in the middle of a bustling comic book shop.
Apparently thriving, situated in between Covent Garden and Leicester Square, this is quite a big store with loads of space separated into a few different areas, each one dedicated to different activities; Art, signings, back issues, independent books… everything has a place of its own. With the dominant primary colored interior broken up with odd bits of random wallpaper and comic book art, an interesting flow of movement is created which gives the store a playful and relaxed feel. At home near Charing Cross Road and the plethora of used book shops there, this is an appropriate shop for the neighborhood, giving equal prominence to independent and mainstream comic books. When I went in they were about to begin an interview with Paul Cornell and Paul Rainey, and while I couldn't stay for long, I very much enjoyed meeting Rainey and browsing through his work which they had prominently displayed in their event area. If you're interested, you can watch the talk yourself on their website.
Mega City Comics
18 Inverness Street, London NW1 7HJ, United Kingdom
Way back when I lived in Camden this became my local shop. Even though I was too reserved to ever do much more than buy my comics and run, I always liked the lighting and open plan of it.
Going back over a decade later I was happy to see the entire place painted a bold red, (I remember it being white or maybe an acidic yellow, but I could be wrong, it is really hard to remember now…) Whatever the case, I love the the warmth of the scuffed red, and the large space can certainly handle it. Overall the shop exterior and interior had that excellent patina of age, (not dirty, just established) with a firm sense of history appropriate to the neighborhood and proximity to a once-punk/rock environment. You see, Camden was always a tourist location, but over the years it has embraced that role at the expense of many of the more independent and avant garde shops, becoming a kind of Disney-fied version of itself, just like a lot of London and New York has. While I don't dislike this mutation of two of my favorite cities, I still love the old, nasty parts of those cities and that may be one of the reasons that I was so happy to see Mega City still going strong.
It felt like I spent 5 minutes in the shop, but judging by my friends need to go shopping for shoes next door, I can assume that it was closer to an hour. What can I say? I really do love talking comics. Whatever the time, I can say that the people working their were relaxed and friendly, and most importantly, absolutely happy to talk comics with me. On the front counter, Josh told me that he'd started working at Mega City straight out of university and he was very clearly happy to be there. He was enthusiastic and excited about the store and the services that they were able to provide, as well as for the medium in general, with plenty of knowledge and ideas to share. One of the things that I look for in a comic shop is people working there who still have a love for comics and he had it in spades. He was happy to share ideas and swap opinions which made me feel right at home, "In my opinion" Josh said "Mark Waid is the most underrated writer in comics." and later he recommended a book based on my taste; "If you like the Boys, you really need to take a look at Crossed, but only the early issues." I could have spent all day talking with him, but by then my friends had finished shoe shopping and it was time to go in search of tasty lunch nearby (another reason Camden is still a great place to buy comics – proximity to good places to eat and shop.)
This trip back to London was a good reminder of why I appreciate California. No offense to my homeland, but the weather really is remarkable gloomy a lot of the time (especially considering that this is nearly Spring), it really drove home how I got so involved in American comic books in the first place. When I lived in a city without a lot of bright light and color, comic books provided a glimpse into a much bolder place. I'm glad that so many shops are still in business in London and I can't wait to hit some more of my old favorites (and maybe find a new one or two) next time I'm there.
I love Mega City comics, although it's been a while since I was last there.
Hate to be picky, but it's still winter. Spring starts on March 20th.
If you're ever in New York City, may I humbly suggest Roger's Time Machine? It's the last of the old time friendly comic shops left in Manhattan that has any sort of selection.
Everytime I visit London I must make a stop at MegaCity Comics, the stock on backissues is amazing, everything is well distributed which makes it for easier searches and the people who works there is ultra nice.
I've not heard of MegaCity Comics either, but I LOVE THEM.
Orbital is my shop of choice, friendly, bright and really well staffed
Always get a happy welcome when I come in
And a discount on comics with a standing order can't be knocked
Oh man, I REALLY loved Orbital Comics in the month I spent in London last year. It was the comic shop I visited most often, Their back issue selection is absolutely amazing, and I found 90% of what I was looking for.
I was there for FCBD 2010 as well, and they were kind enough to let me have the store copy of the Dark Horse Magnus/Doctor Solar book. That is EXCELLENT customer service, easily the best I ever had in a comic shop (and I've been to plenty around California, Illinois, and Kuala Lumpur)
In all my years of living in London I never made it as far as them. Bought stuff off them at the old Westminster Central Hall comic marts, I had to admit to not trying to find them recently as I thought they'd gone out of business some time ago. A trip is in order.
I've visited both of the previous Orbitals and am very pleased to hear the new one is on the level so I don't have to try to get downstairs to get in! Must pop in sometime soon.
Both great shops well worth you time but what about Gosh
one of the oldest shops in London
Thanks for the great review Sonia. I'm happy we made your return visit a little brighter than the weather. The red decors been with us right from the start, although we did have aciiiiiiid yellow (or maybe that was Watchmen yellow) carrier bags at one stage. Also good to hear that we are still remembered from the days at Westminster Comic Mart (I personally did a 10 year stint there, prior to us settling in Camden, some 24 years ago) – and yes, we are still here – a little bit older (1 year younger than the good guys at Gosh) – a lot wiser – but still having a ball. If you've never been in, you have been away for too long, or your in every week, pop in and say hi (we'd be delighted if any of you creative peeps wany to scribble your name in a few of our books too Mr Waid sir.
Orbital and Mega City Comics are two of my favourite comic book shops!
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text: TIFF 2010 Colin Firth's birthday serenade Add to ... CP Video Published Sunday, Sep. 12, 2010 12:21PM EDT Last updated Friday, Aug. 19, 2011 3:33PM EDT Some fans helped Colin Firth celebrate his birthday as he walked the red carpet on Friday for the gala screening of "The King's Speech" at the Toronto International Film Festival. Watch More Video: 'Silver Linings Playbook' named Toronto film fest fave Joshua Jackson looked for lightness in the dark James Earl Jones on Garth Drabinsky's 'unusual walk' Octavia Spencer reflects on her 'Cinderella story' Bollywood star Sridevi hits the TIFF red carpet Film fest fan's star encounters Video: Why Joshua Jackson loves TIFF Lainey Lui talks about the TIFF party beat Bill Murray knew he 'had to' play FDR Rachel McAdams on 'the complications of love' Who's Jean Rouch? Director Joshua Oppenheimer gives a classic-film lesson Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts love The Impossible's true story The biggest favour Robert Redford's ever asked for Salman Rushdie gets emotional about Midnight's Children Hugo Weaving on the secrets of male grooming The stars come out for Cloud Atlas Mark Ruffalo on his upcoming AIDS movie Gwyneth Paltrow talks sex addiction on the Thanks for Sharing red carpet Johnny Depp on 'West of Memphis', and what's next The woman who married one of the West Memphis 3 Comments AA Follow us on Twitter: @GlobeArts


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MADISON — Crothersville had 23 aces and 28 kills in Friday's volleyball match at Shawe Memorial, and the Tigers cruised to a 25-12, 25-15, 25-16 victory.
Chandler Nehrt led in hitting and serving, going 24 of 26 with 11 kills and 17 of 19 with nine aces. Whitney Wienhorst finished with six aces and four kills; Jessica Schmelzle had 23 assists, and Sam Spall had 12 digs.
The Tigers (14-6) are 3-0 for the week, and they will look to extend their winning streak today at home against Southern Athletic Conference rival Lanesville.
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