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"I'm doing a philanthropy event that benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation through my Fraternity (Phi Delta Theta). The event (The Backyard Run) coincides with the Backyard Brawl. We run a football the complete journey between WVU and The University of Pittsburgh the weekend prior to the Backyard Brawl.
We did get clearance from the University of Pittsburgh to use this logo but we couldn't use PITT or Panthers anywhere in it.
The game is on November 26 so we'll be running on the 19th."
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Christian Friedrich Hebbel (HEHB-uhl) was born in Schleswig-Holstein to a poor mason who was hostile to his young son's ambitions. "Poverty," Hebbel wrote of him years later in his interesting diary, "had taken the place of his soul." When Hebbel was fourteen, his father died, and the future dramatist was recommended by a teacher to a local magistrate, whom he served as secretary for eight years. During this time, he read widely, wrote verse and drama influenced by Johann Ludwig Uhland and Friedrich Schiller, and participated in amateur theatricals.
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The Springtime of Robins
By Ann Finkbeiner | April 13, 2012 | 6 Comments
The granddaughters came to visit for the weekend. They're hitting puberty hard. One of them suddenly has a throaty voice, long magenta hair that she wants to cut all off, just leave the bangs, and is currently grounded for injudicial actions. The other one's glasses slide down her nose; she's wearing white cut-off leggings with a turquoise blue tutu. They both sit curled on the couch reading, completely inert; and then for no reason, they rocket up and charge around. I walked with one of them to the mailbox up the hill; by the time we got there, I was out of breath; she sprinted the last twenty feet because she couldn't help herself. They're cheerful, surly, truly helpful, want to be left alone, need to tell you everything they know. I can't tell if they're happy or not, because they're so intense.
Meanwhile, outside is a Baltimore spring, all pink poufy cherry trees and golden green grass. The birds are bug-nuts and among the worst are robins. They're rocketing around too and if you don't duck, they'll smack into you. They land with more energy than a landing needs; they bop around in the grass, stick out their chests, and act important. They sing like they want to be heard 40 acres away. I mentioned all this to a neuroscientist. "Oh yes," he said. "They're going through puberty. They do it once a year." Isn't puberty once a lifetime enough?
Not for birds. Mother Nature wants babies and doesn't care how she gets them. Her strategy for birds like robins is to have them breed only once a year, to have them be photosensitive, and to trigger breeding with the amount of light per day. When the days are long and the amount of light high, robins' brains get flooded with hormones, their gonads grow, and the males start singing their heads off. The song centers in their brains are actually making new neurons; in fact, the song centers double in size. The females notice the songs, it's full-on high school out there, and a little later, babies occur.
Then summer ends, there's less light per day, and the robins eventually stop responding to light. The hormones turn off, the gonads shrink and so do the song centers. The males don't sing as much, and everybody returns quietly and calmly to childhood, hanging out together in flocks.
Until the days lengthen and puberty hits all over again; by now they can hardly tolerate each other and start acting out, then pairing off. Robins live a few years and as many as 11, so they go through puberty several times. Say a robin lives four years, that's four puberties; at maybe 20 human years to one robin year, a robin could be 60 years old and still wearing blue tutus and racing around. How do their hearts stand it? Annual puberty or not, surely their bodies are aging, metabolisms are slowing, joints are seizing up?
I need answers, Science. Meanwhile I say Nature is one hard, ruthless mother.
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Tags: granddaughters > passiforms > photoperiods > puberty > robins > seasonality
6 Responses to "The Springtime of Robins"
April 13th, 2012 @ 5:56 amNeither a robin nor a scientist…I'd say Ms. Robin can distinguish between older rocker and hip young youngster.Anyone throwing research money at this? (I'd be looking at [listening to]sound variation.)
Ann Finkbeiner
April 13th, 2012 @ 10:52 amDinahmow, I hadn't thought of that. Ladies select. Surely they'd know and songs would be a good place to look for what they know. Not to mention sleepy old sperm. Let me see if I can find a neuroscientist somewhere.
Gail Finkbeiner
April 13th, 2012 @ 12:03 pmThis helps explain why I find robins so obnoxious. So the ones that start out their relentless, obnoxious doodot, doot, doot at 3 AM are the sex obsessed males. Maybe I should be more tolerant, but I wish they would just shut the f*** up. They remind me of the bird equivalent of Jersey Shore, and I sure don't welcome them into my back yard at 3 AM.
Middle School Teacher
April 14th, 2012 @ 1:45 pmThat first paragraph deserves a Nobel all by itself.
Ann Finkbeiner
April 14th, 2012 @ 2:17 pmAnd if you're a Middle School Teacher, you deserve a Nobel all by yourself too.
Jill U Adams
April 20th, 2012 @ 10:46 amI agree with Middle School Teacher about that first paragraph. Truth.


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Gibsonburg is based on the true story of a high school baseball team that had a regular season record of 6 wins and 17 losses in 2005. During the regular season they lost 13 games in a row, were mercy ruled 7 times, and lost the last game of the season by a score of 17 to 0. In a magical way, their first year coach got this same team to win 8 post season games in a row which took them to the State Championship. No team, in any state, has ever won a State Championship with a losing record. Although baseball is the backbone of the film, Gibsonburg is actually more of a coming of age film that deals with the many trials and tribulations facing high school students today. Along the road to the State Championship a romantic love story unfolds as well as a mystery that rivals any discovery that has ever taken place in the Midwest. Full synopsis


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Ornate bichir and black ghost knifefish
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I am planning a 520US gallon predatory fish tank. I am planning on putting in a ornate bichir and a black ghost knifefish and then maybe add a few more fish if the tank is looking empty. Would the two be aggressive to each other. I am pretty sure they require the same contortions so I think I would be good on that front. Another thing I heard bichirs need a sandy substrate so they don't get hurt. Is this true. I would also like to put in a few plants to create a natural look. I was thinking about putting an elephant nose fish and an African butterflyfish but I'm worried they might get eaten by the burchir. At help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Also what should I feed. I was thinking ghost shrimp and feeder platys that I would raise myself in a 50 gal and a few feeder worms you would normally feed to snakes and scorpions. Would my idea work?
0The knife and birchir should do fine. You would be best off using sand substrate. Elephant nose and butterfly fish are a bit small though, 500 gallons is a lot of water to fill.
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0what about something like a larger schooling fish, would the birchir bother them, say a school of larger silver dollars? I honestly don't know so just guessing on an idea
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0I'd advice anyone considering this to have a good look at monsterfishkeepers as well.
My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
0honestly i think with a tank this size the typical "behavior" of fish does change because there is so much more open space for a natural feel.
IE. You typically would want a bichir alone, but in a tank this size smaller fish may work since there is so much more room, really they would just need to be faster than the bichir
ALSO, +1 to monsterfishkeepers on this oneThe Dirty 75
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0It's my opinion that a lot of these ideas that surface here are largely driven by a certain coolness aspect. It's mixing predators and that's always tricky.
Somehow we never get the "I want a 550 gallon tank, can I house 1000 neon tetras in there".
Anyway, excuse the rant. Monster if only for the practicalities like filtration and heating and the supports for big tanks.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
0supports and filtration aren't the hard part in my opinion, to be honest lighting and heating are the major killers to me... Supports just need more wood and a concrete floor, filtration can be done with a nice big sump and a overflow with some powerheads to move the water well.
Heating is a tough part (at least economically) and same with lighting if you want plants or to be able to see the fish wellThe Dirty 75
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0Yeah, you'd be looking at 8, 10 ft of tank length I'd say. That's a lot of T5 tubes and a few big heaters or some inlines. Let's say you don't overdo the lights and use twin T5HO you'd still be looking at 2 watts per inch of tank length. Want decent growth? Double that! Setup like this you'd be drawing at least 800watts continuously with the lights on, more if the ambiant temp drops. At our prices of about 30 dollarcents per Kw/h I wouldn't want to have the electricity bill for this.
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0Thanks guys for he advice. I think I will go with the idea. I'm not very worried about electricity cost. As far as the weight, we have very thick concrete floors.


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Coffee. Hacking. Indonesia: 5 TEDx Talks on Java
When you hear "java," you might think of the pesky window that pops up on your computer desktop every few months, begging you to close all browser windows so you can install vital security updates — or maybe your morning coffee, expertly brewed by your favorite neighborhood barista — or, an image even more lovely, the lush greens of Indonesia's third largest island.
Whatever it is you're thinking of — we've got a talk for you. So pour your cup of joe, save all tabs, and take a break from your vacation planning to watch these 5 TEDx talks in honor of the word java:
All your devices can be hacked: Avi Rubin at TEDxMidAtlantic
Lately reports have been popping up all over on a vulnerability in Sun Microsystem's Java plug-in, which has prompted what PC Mag has called a "Java-based hacking spree." Recent attacks have affected companies such as Facebok, Twitter and, now, Apple, prompting concern over who will be next and how these attacks will be stopped. Computer scientist Avi Rubin is no stranger to hacks, and at TEDxMidAtlantic, he explains how hackers are compromising cars, smartphones and medical devices, and warns us about the dangers of an increasingly hack-able world.
Hacking the city with fun: Irwan Ahmett at TEDxJakarta
Sometimes the smallest things make your day so much better. A funny road sign. Clever graffiti. Free cookies. Part-way through his career, artist Irwan Ahmett realized this and decided to run with it. Using spinning umbrellas, a human monorail, fruit baskets, and a secret lumberyard Internet cafe, he hacked his city, Java's largest, with random acts of playfulness. At TEDxJakarta, he explains the story behind the hacks.
The human cost of food: Rebecca Scott at TEDxCanberra
Rebecca Scott wants you to know what goes into your morning coffee — and that's not just how much cream or sugar you like. She says that when we buy a cup a coffee, we should think about more than just taste; but consider the treatment of the people behind the bean — the farmers, harvesters, packagers, and coffee shop employees involved in providing our caffeine fix. In this talk, she reveals some of the astounding stories behind the things we consume, and introduces her project, STREAT, an effort to create cafes and coffee shops staffed by homeless youth serving ethically-sourced food and drink.
Muljadi Pinneng believes that the biodiversity under Indonesia's waters is an indispensable part of its national heritage, and it's an imperative to visit. At TEDxJakarta, he shares photographs from stunning, surprising and often funny moments swimming in some of the most beautiful coral reefs on the planet.
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Open Source designer of The Nannette Janet submitted her design in 2006. Along with submitting her design, she emailed us long poetic letters about why her boot was a necessity in the world - her first email was titled, simply "Please don't say no"... Read More Moscow, Russia
Open Source designer of The Urban Angel Traffic Nastassia submitted this beautiful casual design in 2004. It was divinely chosen and included in the Fall 2005 line in the Urban Angel Family. Says Nastassia, "I have been Fluevogin' for years - well not just me, but my family also. I took part in...Read More Provo, UT
Open Source designer of The Merrilee Merrilee graced our program with her beautiful design in 2004. It was such a perfect fit with our Hi Fellowship shape & heel, and direction, that is was produced in Fall 2005... Read More Kitchener, ON
Open Source designer of The Hi Choice Vanny We really liked Carrie's ideas and found that it fit something we had already been brewing up in the Fluevog dungeon. The heart-shaped details really worked well with the Hi Choice Vanny we were conceptualizing and took the heart details as inspiration... Read More Coventry
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Buddakan, one of Steven Starr's restaurants, has an exotic menu of modern Asian cuisine. The atmosphere is stunning, from the brilliantly lit communal table in the middle of the restaurant to the ten-foot tall Buddha statue. Buddakan is widely considered one of the best restaurants in Philadelphia, and even in the nation.
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The Phillies, Braves and Nationals all have found their starting center fielders elsewhere, leaving the Rockies with a trade chip and few remaining suitors. The Reds stand as a potential location, and while we are told the Rockies have not exchanged names with Cincinnati, Ken Rosenthal put names to a potential deal today:
Two obvious candidates for the Rockies would be right-hander Mike Leake, who is losing his spot in the Reds' rotation to lefty Aroldis Chapman, and center fielder Drew Stubbs, who would lose his job to Fowler.
In other words, the Rockies would be accepting the pieces the Reds don't want anymore, acquiring a home-run prone soft-tossing starting pitcher and a contact-averse center fielder who is basically Dexter Fowler, but worse at everything but basestealing.
Mike Leake has a 14.6% HR/FB rate in his career, better only than Jason Marquis, Tommy Hunter, and Nick Blackburn.
In Troy Renck's piece this morning, the Rockies' beat writer wrote that Colorado needs to be aggressive in the trade market. I agree they certainly need to be more aggressive than they have been in the past, but while Dexter Fowler may be at his peak trade value, they do not need to accept the best deal they are offered.
After Rosenthal's name plug, Renck echoed those names on twitter.
Posted this late last night: Rockies could move Fowler to Reds for Leake and 2 others. Know Rox would ask for Stubbs - bit.ly/SKtAXy
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The Rockies have held firm on wanting monster return for Fowler. Can Reds meet their demands.How about Leake, Stubbs and catching prospect?
— Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) December 7, 2012
Did Renck and Rosenthal land on those names individually? I hope not. That is not the type of deal the Rockies should be looking for in dealing Dexter Fowler.
The Rays could use a center fielder, but at this point, I would be most interested in a Braves deal centered by Julio Teheran or Randall Delgado.
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This school is all about lots of talk and no action. This school does not take parental concerns seriously. They like to say things to pacify you for the moment let you know a situation will be taken care of but they don't follow through. Many incidents in the past 2 years have scared me about the safety of my children at this school. I wish we could choose where our kids can go to school because this school wouldn't be my choice. Unfortunately private school and such is not an option. I wish that it was. We need a better assistant principal and better 5th grade teachers. Shame on them
My child's teacher never responds to my emails or written messages I send into the school. Bad communication by these teachers.
Good school! My kids love attending. Teachers and staff stay in contact with parents on all issues that arises. I've never had adoubt about euchee creek. Great school!!!!!
very unfriendly school, no activities for children like cedar ridge...and the lack of want to teach kids to speak the proper way in very disappointing, just because we are in the south do we have to talk so uneducated?
This is the best school that I have ever been in. All of the teachers are awesome and so is the principal. I could never imagine my children going to a different school. My children love going to school everyday. It is absolutely great:))
Euchee Creek has an awesome faculty and has an environment which is conducive to learning. Each teacher has gone above and beyond our expectations and always acts to promote the best interest of every student. My children love this school! The principals know each child by name and is committed to ensuring that they succeed to their potential. Euchee Creek, you are truly engineering success!
Euchee Creek is an awsome school! I have never felt out of place or not welcome in this school. The teachers that I have delt with truly treat my child as if he is their only student. I have never pulled out of the school parking lot feeling uneasy about leaving my child there. I know that he is in very capable hands. Why this school was on the 'Needs to Improve' list for Georgia schools is beyond me!
Euchee Creek is a very good school. The quality of teachers is one of the best in Columbia County. They really care about the students and want them to excel in acedemics. The principal is concerned about doing a good job in the school, therefore, she is involved in all aspects of the learning process. If more of the parents would get involved in their childrens learning process, the school would be an excellent school. Too many of the children do not have enough input and concern from parents and this is what has put the school on the 'Needs to Improve' list for Georgia schools.
Euchee Creek is a great school. The staff is very personable and caring. They know each student and connect with the parents. Not only do they strive to provide the best education for the children but they put out that helping hand to the parents. With more parent envolvement there is no limit to what this school could accomplish.They always have that helping hand extended to the families of the children. My child has attended Euchee Creek since kindergarten and I have always been able to leave him and go to work with a great feeling of confidence and comfort that he will not only be safe but also treated like like he is one of their own. Thank you Euchee Creek. another parent
This school welcomes parents to come in and get involved. The principal is tough but fair. 98% of the teachers are not just good but outstanding. Half of the PTA board is teachers because they care so much about the kids. The only place with room for improvement does not actually lie with the school but with the parents. Even though they are welcomed to get involved too many do not do so. This little school puts on many programs for the parents and children and has won awards for its arts in education programs and last year even gave every child in the school a brand new book as school ended to promote summer reading. They really go the extra mile.
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Seeing the ultrasmall, capturing the ultrafast!We are developing and using advanced optical techniques for investigating ultrafast processes in complex material systems. Experimental techniques that we use include time-resolved ARPES, ultrafast electron diffraction, pump-probe spectroscopy, transient grating spectroscopy, second harmonic generation and time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy. We are especially interested in using these techniques to understand fascinating properties of strongly correlated electron systems and topological insulators. You can find more information about our group by following the links on the left. Recent PapersObservation of Floquet-Bloch states on the surface of a topological insulator. The unique electronic properties of the surface electrons in a topological insulator are protected by time-reversal symmetry. Using time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we show that an intense ultrashort mid-infrared pulse with energy below the bulk band gap hybridizes with the surface Dirac fermions of a topological insulator to form Floquet-Bloch bands. These photon dressed surface bands exhibit polarization-dependent band gaps at avoided crossings. Circularly polarized photons induce an additional gap at the Dirac point, which is a signature of broken time-reversal symmetry on the surface. These observations establish the Floquet-Bloch bands in solids and pave the way for optical manipulation of topological quantum states of matter. Spin-Induced Optical Conductivity in the Spin-Liquid Candidate Herbertsmithite. Kagome lattice Herbertsmithite ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2 is one of the best candidates for the experimental realization of a quantum spin liquid state, but the details of the ground state remain elusive, in particular, the existence of a spin gap. In this work, we probe the optical conductivity of Herbertsmithite at THz frequencies using THz time-domain spectroscopy. We find a power-law contribution to the conductivity whose origin, we conclude, is the highly frustrated spin system. This result agrees with recent theoretical predictions for the low frequency conductivity in a U(1) Dirac spin liquid state on the kagome lattice. Observation of suppressed terahertz absorption in photoexcited graphene. Graphene, a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of carbon atoms, is an attractive material for use in fast optoelectronic devices due to its broadband optical absorption and high electron mobility. It is crucial to understand the mechanisms of electron energy relaxation on ultrashort timescales in order to realize these applications. In this work, we apply optical pump - terahertz probe spectroscopy to study the ultrafast response of electrons to an intense light pulse. We find a transient decrease in the electron conductivity, in stark contrast to the response observed in conventional semiconductors. Fluctuating charge-density waves in a cuprate superconductor. Measurement of intrinsic Dirac fermion cooling on the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Se3 using time-resolved and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. How the surface electrons of a topological insulator interact with bulk electrons and phonons is important for future electronics and computers that may employ these electrons as information carriers. In this work, we use time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy developed in our lab to capture 3D movies of their motion in the energy-momentum space with sub-picosecond time resolution. This technique allows us to observe the interaction between surface and bulk electrons at high temperatures.
Observation of a metal-to-insulator transition with both Mott-Hubbard and Slater characteristics in Sr2IrO4 from time-resolved photo-carrier dynamics. Iridates are novel electronic systems in which spin-orbit coupling, electronic bandwidth and on-site Coulomb interactions occur on comparable energy scales. It is important to understand the electronic structure of these Iridates to realize exotic quantum phenomena such as correlated topological insulators. In this work, we use time-resolved optical spectroscopy to study the temperature evolution of the electronic structure of Sr2IrO4. We find a clear change in the ultrafast dynamics across TN indicating a gap opening concomitant with antiferromagnetic order. Control over topological insulator photocurrents with light polarization. Electrons on the surface of a topological insulator have the unique property that their spin orientation depends on their direction of propagation. We show in this work that the the indirect coupling of light and spin in the topological insualtor Bi2Se3 results in current flow confined to the surface. By changing the polarization of the light, the current direction can be controlled.
Observation of a Warped Helical Spin Texture in Bi2Se3 from Circular Dichroism Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy. Topological insulators are characterized by surface states where the electron spin is locked perpendicular to its momentum. We show in this work that performing ARPES with circularly polarized light is a sensitive measure of the spin polarization of the surface states. We discover in n-doped Bi2Se3 that the spin distribution warps from the expected perpendicular spin-momentum locking in both the in-plane and out-of-plane directions. Selective Probing of Photoinduced Charge and Spin Dynamics in the Bulk and Surface of a Topological Insulator. The spin-polarized electrons on the surface of a topological insulator (TI) provide a promising platform for optical and spintronic devices. To achieve this, it is important to understand the dynamics of surface electrons in a TI in response to light while distinguishing this response from that of bulk electrons. In this work, we use time-resolved fundamental and second-harmonic optical pump-probe measurements to selectively distinguish between bulk and surface response. We optically induce a net transient spin density and resolve different relaxation processes for both bulk and surface electrons following photo-excitation. Nonlinear optical probe of tunable surface electrons on a topological insulator. The topological insulator is a new phase of quantum matter that hosts conducting electrons on all of its surfaces that are robust against backscattering. However, isolating the surface electrical response has proven difficult owing to the proponderance of conducting electrons in the bulk of these materials. In this work, we demonstrate that the second harmonic generation of light off the the topological insulator Bi2Se3 is sensitive to the surface crystal structure, surface Fermi level, and time-reversal-symmetry breaking. Band-dependent quasiparticle dynamics in the hole-doped Ba-122 iron pnictides. Iron-pnictide superconductivity exists on five bands, complicating efforts by experimentalists and theorists to gain definitive insight into the nature of pairing. Of utmost importance are the symmetry of the superconducting gap and the interrelationship of the various bands with one another. In this article, we describe how pump-probe spectroscopy can be used to probe relaxation of a photoexcited sample back to its superconducting state with a view towards the separate dynamics occuring in each of the bands. Our results point towards fully gapped hole bands on the inner portions of the Brillouin zone, and either nodal or highly anisotropic electron bands near the zone boundary.
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Patriots slip past Eagles in 2nd round
The Princeton High volleyball team entered the playoffs as the No. 2 seed but ran into the toughest No. 10 seed imaginable, a veteran Liberty Christian squad and lost in a match decided by two points in Game 5.
Liberty won 25-15, 14-25, 25-22, 17-25, 15-13 on Tuesday in Princeton before beating No. 4 Westwood in the semifinals on Thursday to advance to the Northern Section Division VI championship game against their league rival Mercy today in Red Bluff.
The Patriots (17-13-3) dropped to the No. 10 seed because of a tough Five-Star League schedule that featured three of the four teams in the Northern Section Division VI semifinals.
Lacy Asdourian and Hannah Knowles carried the Patriots' explosive attack with 15 kills each and were two of the best outside hitters Princeton has seen in a while, according to Eagles coach Matt Harvey.
"They're outstanding. They attack the court, they make you make plays and they put heat on you. You know, we made a lot of plays but they're going to get their swings," Harvey said.
There was no underestimating Liberty Christian despite the Eagles' much higher seed.
"Every point was a swing point, and that's the way we want it to be, every point matters. I just appreciate how hard the girls worked. They never put their heads down, they kept battling. Getting behind 25-15 you could easily just mail it in but they didn't," Harvey said.
The deciding fifth game was indicative of how the rest of the match went. The Patriots jumped out to a 4-0 lead with kills by Asdourian and Knowles, before the Eagles came back to tie it 6-6 on a block by senior middle hitter Ashley McMartin.
Princeton junior outside-hitter Maryssa Martin capped off a five-point run with a kill, upping their lead to 10-7, but Knowles made a kill and several Eagles' mistakes tied the game 11-11. Amanda Hanson returned the lead to the Eagles with two kills before the Patriots' Asdourian tied the game with a kill.
The Eagles (21-9) attacked the net but their final two kill shots landed less than a foot beyond the line.
"We didn't give up and, you know, that ball is a foot out, a foot in and it changes the game and that's the way it's going to go. It's a game of inches and we made a lot of plays and they made a few more," Harvey said.
Martin led the Eagles with 14 kills, and McMartin and Gaby Rodriguez each added 11.
The Eagles fell behind early in the first game as Asdourian dominated at the net with seven kills.
Princeton went on a 12-0 run early in Game 2 with junior Julia Romo serving, and McMartin took advantage of strong passing with five kills.
"We have good passers and that's what we did, we passed the heck out for the ball and we got some really good swings. That's all we can really hope for," McMartin said.
When Romo served the Eagles were at their best for most of the match, even though she had just two aces. Romo's consistency getting the ball over the net and having two of the team's best passers - Rodriguez and junior libero Marisela Valencia - in the back row helped Princeton weather the barrage from the Patriots hitters, McMartin said.
"We know they can get the ball in the circle so we can get our hitters up and they did that, they accomplished that for us."
Liberty held a slight advantage over the Eagles for most of the third game but won the fourth game with the help of a six-point run while Hanson was serving in the middle of the game
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When you fork Apache, you are forking the entire Apache server, lock, stock and barrel. Not only are you duplicating your Perl code and the Perl interpreter, but you are also duplicating all the core routines and whatever modules you have used in your server—for example, mod_ssl, mod_rewrite, mod_log, mod_proxy, and mod_speling (no, that's not a typo!). This can be a large overhead on some systems, so wherever possible, it's desirable to avoid forking under mod_perl.
Modern operating systems have a light version of fork( ), optimized to do the absolute minimum of memory-page duplication, which adds little overhead when called. This fork relies on the copy-on-write technique. The gist of this technique is as follows: the parent process's memory pages aren't all copied immediately to the child's space on fork( ) ing; this is done later, when the child or the parent modifies the data in the shared memory pages.
If you need to call a Perl program from your mod_perl code, it's better to try to convert the program into a module and call it as a function without spawning a special process to do that. Of course, if you cannot do that or the program is not written in Perl, you have to call the program via system( ) or an equivalent function, which spawns a new process. If the program is written in C, you can try to write some Perl glue code with help of the Inline, XS, or SWIG architectures. Then the program will be executed as a Perl subroutine and avoid a fork( ) call.
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Yes, that SP didn't deserve to put her in the final LP group. Butyrskaya, Suguri, and Sebestyen were all better I believe. I guess being reigning World bronze medalist, reigning GPF bronze medalist, and having defeated both Slutskaya and Kwan at Skate Canada that season had given her a certain high level of street cred with the judges that promoted Hughes hype. Her SP ordinals were all over the place though from 4th to 10th I seem to remember. I would have had her in 7th there.
I suspect the skaters who have competed at the Olympics and those who dream to one day compete at the Olympics totally disagree with your it's-just-one-competition view of the Olympic games.
And so what that the billions of added viewers aren't "real fans". Which do you think the sport of skating prefers: that only "real fans" watch, or "real fans" plus billions of nonfans to watch?
Anyway, my earlier post was about the added pressure of the Olympics. You lose at Worlds, you can redeem yourself next year. Not so at the Olympics. And, the commentators and background stories inform viewers of the expectations. Nonfans of FS knew in 98 that Michelle Kwan was expected to win the OGM, and Michelle Kwan knew that the billions of people watching knew she was expected to win the OGM.
I suspect that World class skaters/athletes who never get the chance to go the Olympics for whatever reason would also disagree with you. Being the best in the world doesn't mean "Olympics" to all.
I think the sponsors love it, I think the skaters could care less. Do 'non fans' pay to go to a show. Casual fans are casual fans, or they are too lazy to change the channel. Like I said many people want to see the pageantry, then in two weeks they are over it.And so what that the billions of added viewers aren't "real fans". Which do you think the sport of skating prefers: that only "real fans" watch, or "real fans" plus billions of nonfans to watch?
Not everyone can redeem themselves the next year and skater know they can't take that chance. Also the Olympics are not a one time only for many athletes; S/Z have been 4 times and medaled three times with one gold. Many skaters have been twice and even three times.Anyway, my earlier post was about the added pressure of the Olympics. You lose at Worlds, you can redeem yourself next year. Not so at the Olympics. And, the commentators and background stories inform viewers of the expectations. Nonfans of FS knew in 98 that Michelle Kwan was expected to win the OGM, and Michelle Kwan knew that the billions of people watching knew she was expected to win the OGM.
Most of the top athletes who go into the Olympics expect to win a medal. Some people only like to watch to see if so-and-so will choke or rise to the occasion. They could care less about the athlete or the sport. No they are not 'real fans'.
Oh come on! When did I once say best in the world means Olympics? I'm talking about the importance that the Olympic games are to the athletes; that it's the ultimate goal and desire for most, and that there is added pressure when competing at the games.
And, I suspect your dismissive "it's just another competition" view would be different if your favorite skaters won the OGM.
I agree it's the mental pressure that makes a OGM worth more. Usually people only get one chance for Oly's, and the entire world is watching, but World's are lucky to get broadcast on just cable. Subconsciously, the athlete knows they're under more scrutiny at Oly's.
Anyone who can withstand that kind of mental pressure, and put out their top physical performance, seems to have accomplished a lot more, to me, than just Worlds. That's why I give Sarah credit for doing what she did, even though I was pulling for other skaters.
No, the 1994 Oly's were not "worth less" because it was in two years rather than four. The scrutiny and mental pressure was the same as any other Oly's.
The draw of Oly's adds a lot to an athlete's career. Look at how many athletes have held on and kept themselves in shape for another quadrennial so that they could have a second chance, rather than just having to wait a year for World's. So yes, it does have more value than World's.
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Hmm, there may be added pressure because of the increased scrutiny, but I still think that in the grand scheme of things calling an Olympic gold *objectively* more valuable than a World Gold arbitrary. There are just too many factors going into what constitutes a difficult competition. For instance, some think that the '06 Olympics was an easier competition than, say the '07 Worlds where Miki, Yuna, and Mao all turned in great long programs.
I guess my main point is that there is a "pressure" quotient that makes any given skating competition more difficult. But there are also other parts such as how competitive the actual skaters are. To say that the pressure always makes an Olympic gold more of an achievement is inaccurate. Yes, you may be more well known, get more endorsements, etc. but sometimes you don't.
In tennis for instance, the Slams have traditionally attract the biggest names at the top of their game while the Olympics have not, although this is somewhat starting to change. Thus, winning a slam is more of an accomplishment than an Olympic gold in tennis. Basketball and soccer are also analogous.
However, figure skating worlds typically attract the top competitors each year, and should not be universally regarded as a bigger accomplishment, although I understand that it may be more subjectively valuable.
My point wasn't in terms of viewership.
It was said the Olympic medal was considered more prestigious and had more pressure than Worlds because it only happened once every four years. It would only stand to reason the skaters who won their second Olympic medal two years later (in 1994) were less special as the ones who had to wait four years. People can't have it both ways.