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Since its inception in 2004, US#12 York (Kroy) High School from Illinois has qualified for every Nike Cross National meet. They are the only male or female team to achieve this feat.
It's definitely two of the three aforementioned qualities that make Kroy one of the greatest high school teams in America (hint: It's not luck).
The high school cult-classic film The Long Green Line should be able to provide any and all explanations for their current success. The film features their tumultuous 2005 season as they attempt to win their 25th Illinois state title and defend their Nike Team National (now called NXN) team title.
The goal of every team is to establish a mentality that success should carry over from year to year. If a squad is able to accomplish this, then the hard part is over. Then it's just a matter of waiting until the postseason each fall to see if the winning tradition can be passed to the next generation of runners.
Think of it in terms of physics. The equation to calculate momentum is mass multiplied by velocity. If mass = the team and velocity = the culture of success, then momentum = the actual winning tradition. It's the science of cross country.
Science rules.
York High School has possessed the combination of front and pack running that keeps most coaches awake at night because this type of team is only in their dreams. Below are the results from the Illinois State Meet and the NXN Midwest Qualifier.
Illinois State Meet - 82 points
Name | Grade | School | Place | Time |
Scott Milling | SR | Elmhurst (York) | 3 | 14:21.00 |
Kyle Mattes | JR | Elmhurst (York) | 13 | 14:47.00 |
Alex Mimlitz | SR | Elmhurst (York) | 14 | 14:48.00 |
Alex Bashqawi | JR | Elmhurst (York) | 17 | 14:50.00 |
Chris May | SR | Elmhurst (York) | 35 | 15:05.00 |
Jack Libert | SR | Elmhurst (York) | 43 | 15:08.00 |
Matt Plowman | SO | Elmhurst (York) | 115 | 15:41.00 |
NXN Midwest - 95 points
Name | Time | Place | School |
Milling, Scott | 15:45 | 3 | Elmhurst (York) |
Mimlitz, Alex | 16:03 | 11 | Elmhurst (York) |
Mattes, Kyle | 16:05 | 15 | Elmhurst (York) |
Bashqawi, Alex | 16:14 | 22 | Elmhurst (York) |
Libert, Jack | 16:28 | 44 | Elmhurst (York) |
May, Chris | 16:39 | 65 | Elmhurst (York) |
Plowman, Matt | 17:08 | 135 | Elmhurst (York) |
Senior Scott Milling has twice lead the way for Kroy at the Illinois State Meet and NXN Midwest Qualifier. The team has been equally as impressive in their two performances. Their #1 - 5 spread at the State Meet was 44-seconds. They managed to slightly improve on that spread at NXN Midwest with a time gap of 43-seconds.
It is not a surprise that Kroy has qualified for yet another NXN race. Others schools, like Kroy, possess a similar mentality: Our goal each season is to qualify for [insert name] meet. Whether it's their regional, county, or state meet, the mindset is the same. The team has been there before (or is still trying to get there) and they have to work just as hard (if not harder) to maintain that success.
Kroy is simply on another level. It's not very common that a team has the goal of qualifying for NXN every year. It's so uncommon that only one team has ever done it.
Although the streak is impressive, it's not the most mind-blowing streak in presdent-day cross country. That accolade belongs to the girls of Fayetteville-Manlius, who are gunning for their seventh consecutive national championship. If Kroy's team goal is in a different ballpark compared to other teams, then FM's isn't even in the same sport.
If we had to compare Kroy's nine consecutive NXN qualifications to another popular streak, it would probably be Edwin Moses' 122 consecutive win streak in the 400m hurdles. For 9 years, 9 months, and 9 days, Moses did not lose a race in the 400m hurdles.
If you're a 400m hurdlers and this picture isn't hanging above your bed, my question to you is "Why?"
In that span of time, Moses set the world record two more times, won three World Cup title, a World Championship goal, two Olympic gold medals (he would have won three if the U.S. did not boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games), and was selected to take the Olympic Oath. Not too shabby for a guy who's college didn't have a track.
This is the second most impressive streak in sports. Therefore, the title rightfully belongs to Kroy for their nine consecutive appearances as it's the second most amazing streak in high school cross country. The most incredible streak in sports history, Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive games played, belongs to the Fayetteville-Manlius girls.
There was more than one streak that continued in Terre Haute. The US#1 Carmel High School girls qualified for NXN for the third consecutive year. When we discussed the Carmel squad two weeks ago, we mentioned their impressive pack running at the Indiana State Meet.
Once again, these ladies did not disappoint as they had a 23-second spread between their #1 and 5 and a 27-second spread to their sixth girl.
Carmel Distance Project - 91 points
Name | School | Time | Place |
Welch, Kelcy | Carmel HS | 19:02 | 11 |
Genco, Gina | Carmel HS | 19:03 | 12 |
Harris, Haley | Carmel HS | 19:04 | 14 |
Schmitz, Ellen | Carmel HS | 19:16 | 21 |
Dauby, Samantha | Carmel HS | 19:25 | 33 |
Schmitz, Anna | Carmel HS | 19:29 | 39 |
Harris, Kelsey | Carmel HS | 20:02 | 73 |
When we talk about a team's mentality and culture, that is not limited to just the boy's or girl's team. The Carmel High School boys took second and also qualified for NXN with an outstanding execution of pack running. Their spread between their #1 - 5 runners was 19-seconds (it was only an 8-second spread from their #2 - 5).
Carmel Distance Alliance - 162 points
Name | School | Time | Place |
Browning, Bobby | Carmel HS | 16:06 | 16 |
Veatch, Ben | Carmel HS | 16:21 | 32 |
Watson, Charlie | Carmel HS | 16:22 | 35 |
George, Michael | Carmel HS | 16:24 | 38 |
Anderson, Ben | Carmel HS | 16:25 | 41 |
Turner, Corey | Carmel HS | 16:29 | 45 |
Wilson, Jaedon | Carmel HS | 17:03 | 120 |
High school cross country always heats up just as the weather cools down. There have been regionals, state meets, and even some NXN qualifiers so far, but the big question is what teams will get to the big dance (no, I'm not talking prom)? Nike Cross National does have an individual race, but if your team wants to send all seven boys or girls, it's going to come down to the depth of your squad.
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Shawn Hargreaves Blog
Shipping software is a strange thing. First you work hard on something for a year or two. Then things get crazy as deadlines loom, the pressure mounts, and last minute bugfixes zoom around like a five year old on a sugar rush. And then one day you are done! The product goes to the test team for final signoff, and the development team goes on vacation. It can feel something of an anticlimax by the time that final T is crossed, I is dotted, and the bits are released to our customers.
I'm sure all my readers are smart enough to pick up the hint: Game Studio 4.0 shipped this morning.
This time around, things were complicated by API changes that broke all our old samples. I've been busy upgrading samples this last few days, and am nearly finished with them all (only 3D Audio still to go, plus the avatar samples which Dean is taking care of). Thanks to an incredible effort from the people responsible for reviewing, testing, and propping content, we managed to get many 4.0 sample upgrades on the website today. The rest will be arriving Sometime Soon™. For now, just check whether the sample you are interested in has a _4_0 zip available (and ignore the mislabelling where the website claims some _4_0 zip files are for earlier framework versions: we'll get that fixed once the dust settles).
Ship day is a good time to be nostalgic, and ideally a little silly. Which reminds me of a couple of weeks during the most stressful heat of battle, when for some reason I decided my Team Foundation Server checkin comments should be written as poetry instead of conventional boring prose. In celebration of being finished, here are some of my favorite Game Studio 4.0 bugfixes:
Drag Games for Windows LIVE between Your first and second screen This should be routine Device reset should be unseen We should continue to render the scene Without hanging your machine
When decoding double you em vee For aich dee tea vee The why ewe vee to are gee bee Conversion must be fast, you see It's too much work to be entirely free But after my optimization spree Seven twenty pea Now screams like a banshee
I hate to be a naysayer But Windows Media Player Can be unreliable That's undeniable While loading a game We were calling put_name Too fast, with no lull So it dereferenced null We now cache the name Which is somewhat lame But it at least it avoids Dereferencing voids
I hate to be a naysayer But Windows Media Player Can be unreliable That's undeniable
While loading a game We were calling put_name Too fast, with no lull So it dereferenced null
We now cache the name Which is somewhat lame But it at least it avoids Dereferencing voids
When resetting the device The decl tree must stay precise If we wipe the root we'll free them twice Clearing the children will suffice
When depth is discarded It would be retarded To take in the usage But then disregard it To avoid the disgrace Of wasting space We no longer assume That we must allocate room
When depth is discarded It would be retarded To take in the usage But then disregard it
To avoid the disgrace Of wasting space We no longer assume That we must allocate room
Firstly, congrats on the release :) The XNA framework is shaping up nicely. It was encouraging to read that you had some fun with your comments. Looking through some of my old code I realised I litter my comments with mostly questionable language :P
Anyways, many thanks for the new release, enjoy any well deserved time-off you might have!
I'm eating and breathing the new implementation lately and it's a very nicely architectured framework. Love the breaking changes when the result gets so much preatier as is in the case of XNA 4.0. Congrats!
P.S. love the poem, very sharp lines, kudos!
Ok seeing the XNA forum keeps eating my post I'll ask you directly. Is there a full download so that I can install on multiple machines? I don't live in the USA. We don't have 50 bajillion bytes free download at 100 million mbit/s here. I already had to download the initial web installer 3 times because it kept popping up while I was typing and cancelling.
nvm, ZMan and Aaron Stebner to the rescue!
Actually enjoyed reading those bug fix notes. Next, i suggest something more subtle and unnoticeable to the untrained eye like sonnets. You could totally put that to a beat tho GJ guys. Also I downloaded 4.0 yesterday I hope it was the full version LoL.
Thanks ¨Shawn and microsoft for a nice framework
this is how it shood have been from the start 3 years ago
now the phone , please openup for custrum shaders in the near future , so we can make our games stand out from all the othere games , espeacily like the iphone games , let us make better games and overkill looking and quality than iphone
Thanks again for a nice framework,
What is the reason for changing the requirement for Dxt Compression from "a multitude of 4" to "a power of 2"?
This breaks our game since our textures are all made with regards to the first requirement and do not fit the new requirement. The real problem is that without compression our game DOES NOT work anymore on our custom hardware due to low end built-in graphics cards!
Any idea what we can do to make things right without doing complicated dynamic content juggling?
My last comment was regarding the Reach profile. The HiDef profile does not work on our hardware..
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> What is the reason for changing the requirement for Dxt Compression from "a multitude of 4" to "a power of 2"?
HiDef doesn't have this restriction, but for Reach hardware, there are several popular graphics cards that do not support non-power-of-2 DXT textures.
A good way to work around this is to use sprite sheets automatically pack multiple non-pow-2 images into a single larger pow-2 texture. Check out the Sprite Sheet sample on creators.xna.com for a way of automating this packing.
Congrats to Shawn & the XNA team!!
Hi Shawn, congratulations on the release!
I'm having a problem which perhaps somebody here might have some ideas about - I installed the "XNA Game Studio 4.0 Standalone for Windows and Xbox 360" version to save space and since installing it I can no longer run any projects on the xbox.
The previous version was running fine as of yesterday, but when I try to deploy the game now I have two main problems:
1) Often the deployment times out. The tv screen doesn't change from "Waiting for computer connection" and visual studio eventually gives up. Occasionally it works, and then:-
2) I get an "Unable to launch the game" window on my xbox, and visual studio gives me a "The application could not be launched for debugging. Verify that the application is installed on the target device." error message.
I'm running Windows 7 (which the download says it is compatible with) and I installed Visual studio express 2010 before I installed game studio. I'm testing both with my previously working project and a fresh new unchanged xbox 360 project both in Debug and Release builds.
Everything worked fine yesterday on 3.1.
I hope somebody might have an idea what I should be checking!
Oh sorry, I finally found the answer:
What about XNA Game Studio Connect?
The XNA Game Studio Connect Beta, which allows deploying and debugging of XNA Game Studio 4.0 games on Xbox 360, will be arriving very soon. Originally, this release was scheduled for today. We are working hard on getting this ready for you. Until this Beta is launched, Xbox 360 projects created in XNA Game Studio 4.0 will not deploy onto the Xbox 360. Creators using XNA Game Studio 3.1 can continue deploying using their existing XNA Game Studio Connect. Stay tuned to creators.xna.com and this blog for news about the Beta launch.
If only I'd found that before I upgraded! :)
Thanks for the release! Have you guys tested on Intel HD Graphics? I'm trying to get this game to run on a friend's computer. Although his graphics is Intel, it does seem to support DirectX 10. However, it can't run my HiDef profile game and the error box turns up.
Thanks for the reply Shawn. When we turn off compression our games crash completely due to loading of too many texture content. Could you explain how I could make an estimate of how much content I can load based on information retrievable in code about the graphics card?


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Skyfall Capsule SynopsisIn SKYFALL, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
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UNSPECIFIED. (1998) Nonlocal effects and vortex lattice transitions in YNi2B2C. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 80 (7). pp. 1517-1520. ISSN 0031-9007
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High resolution, neutron small angle scattering studies have been performed to investigate the low field (B < 250 mT) region of the phase diagram for the vortex lattice in the superconducting state of YNi2B2C. The data present clear evidence for a vortex lattice reorientation transition from a state with the diagonal of the rhombic unit cell along a [110] direction to a [100] direction. Above this transition the lattice distorts under the influence of the applied field until the apex angle becomes constant at some higher field. For B parallel to c a square lattice configuration is formed. These experiments confirm qualitatively many of the predictions of a general model based on nonlocal corrections to the London model as applied to this and similar materials.
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At the annual shareholder meeting Wednesday, Arthur Levinson, a co-lead director for the company, said Jobs remained "deeply involved in all strategic matters," although he has "delegated day-to-day authority to (Chief Operating Officer) Tim Cook and his team," The New York Times reported Thursday.
Communication issues surrounding Jobs' health issues have reportedly sparked an investigation by regulators and calls for more transparency on health issues for critical corporate executives.
For some public companies, a top executive's health can affect share prices.
Levinson said, "If there is new information we deem of import to disclose, that will happen."
He also said Apple's board of directors regularly discusses the issue of succession, the Times said.
At the meeting, some said Apple should be more forthcoming with information concerning Jobs' health.
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Webba da Silva, Mateus, Wilds, CJ, Noronha, AM, Colvin, OM, Miller, PS and Gamcsik, MP (2004) Accommodation of Mispair Aligned N3T-Ethyl-N3T DNA Interstrand Cross Link. Biochemistry, 43 . [Journal article]
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The solution structure of the undecamer d(CGAAAT*TTTCG)2, where T* represents a N3Tethyl-N3T interstrand cross link, was elucidated using molecular dynamics calculations restrained by NOEand dihedral data obtained from NMR spectroscopy. The ethyl moiety is particularly well-accommodatedbetween the minor and major grooves. This is an exceptional example of the plasticity along the axisdefined by the stem and a unique finding of an interstrand cross link occupying the area associatingminor and major grooves. The mismatch-aligned tethered bases preserve good intrastrand stacking withflanking bases. Base-pair steps adjacent to the lesion site are overwound. Accommodation of the lesionalso results in an increase in mispair staggering alignment modulated by flexibility because of the tetrahedralgeometry of the exocyclic ethyl carbon atoms. This is mechanically coupled with a small measure ofconcomitant propeller twisting without an increase in intrastrand base-step distance. Both x displacementand sugar puckering are indicative of canonical B DNA throughout the stem. We have thus establishedthat the lesion defined by mismatch-aligned minor groove N3T-ethyl-N3T cross-linked thymine basesproduces very localized distortions in a DNA stem that may be difficult to recognize by repair mechanismsthat are not transcription- or replication-coupled. Thus, this synthetic DNA is a valuable structural probeto study mechanisms of repair.
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Human computing and machine understanding of human behavior: A survey
Pantic, Maja and Pentland, Alex and Nijholt, Anton and Huang, Thomas S. (2007) Human computing and machine understanding of human behavior: A survey. In: Artificial Intelligence for Human Computing. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 4451 . Springer Verlag, London, pp. 47-71. ISBN 9783540723462
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Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Nine: Mazal Tov!
Shouts of protest rang out from the crowd.
"Who is he?" Tevye asked Aharon.
"Dupont – the 'Yaka' manager. The watchdog of the Baron."
"What is Yaka?" Nachman inquired.
"It's the Hebrew abbreviation for the Jewish Colonization Association," Aharon answered.
"Is he a Jew?" Tevye asked.
"He claims he is. But a lot of the Company managers aren't."
Dupont started to walk down the porch stairs, but a horde of new immigrants rushed forward, surrounding him, cursing him, even reaching out to bat him on the head. Not accustomed to such uncivilized treatment, the miniature baron quickly retreated to the safety of the porch. Not being indentured to anyone, the new arrivals had nothing to lose. They were all exhausted from the long journey, thankful to be alive, and here this little knocker of a Frenchman was ordering them to get lost!
"One minute, one minute," he called. "You don't seem to under-stand."
A few of the newcomers followed him threateningly up the stairs.
"Who put you in charge?" an angry Hasid yelled.
"He deserves to be lashed and hung from a tree," another asserted.
The mob cheered and pushed toward the porch. Aharon shoved his way through the crowd to come to Dupont's rescue.
"These newcomers are liable to act on their threats," he warned the little Napoleon. "They don't understand the rules of the Company. Let them stay here for the night, and tomorrow I will make the necessary arrangements to help them on their way."
Dupont's confidence seemed shaken. He squared his hat on his head. The uprising was a threat to his rule. But any objections he had were quelled by the jeers of the crowd and the formidable figure of Goliath who strode up the porch steps looking like a walking eucalyptus. Four company workers arrived on the scene carrying rifles. They halted as Aharon raised up his hand.
"Very well," Dupont conceded. "You speak with them. But they can only stay here one evening."
Aharon nodded. He turned to the crowd.
"The manager has asked me to explain that everyone is welcome to stay for the night, and that tomorrow, arrangements will be made for everyone's placement at another Company colony."
The crowd of Jews applauded. Aharon hurried Dupont into the mess hall, and led him to the rear door, where a getaway carriage was waiting to meet him.
"Put them all in the barn for the night and make sure they are back on their way in the morning," the colony manager ordered.
"Yes, sir," Aharon answered.
"What chutzpah!" Tevye said after the carriage had sped away. "Does he think this is Russia?"
"Even in the Holy Land, it isn't always easy being a Jew," Aharon answered.
"Why do you let him pretend he's the Czar? You outnumber them ten to one."
Aharon nodded. "That is true, but we need them to survive. Turning sand dunes and swamps into farmland takes time. The Baron sends us a lot of assistance. In return, he has his rules, his managers, and his J.C.A. company policy. As they say, you can't bite the hand that feeds you."
"I don't understand," Tevye said.
"I'll explain it to you later," Aharon assured him. "But first I want to get everyone settled."
Aharon returned to the indignant new immigrants, and after a brief explanation, herded them off to the barn where everyone was to bed down with the horses and cows. Many of the Jews had a list of complaints, but most of the travelers were so tired, they soon fell fast asleep. For modesty's sake, because of the women, the devoutly religious slept outside under the stars. Once things were organized, Aharon invited the more vocal Jews to his house for a cup of black Turkish coffee and a lengthy discussion. Tevye went with them. Nachman and Ruchel decided to seek out the local rabbi to inform him of their decision to marry. Goliath and Hevedke bedded down near the barn door to watch over the children, and Hava and Bat Sheva sat by Tzeitl's side in the infirmary where she was fitfully sleeping.
Aharon lived in a tiny, cramped cottage whose yard was planted with tomatoes plants, melons, and a strange looking gourd he called dlatt. A vine laden with grapes hung from the veranda at the entrance to the house. Inside, the men crowded around a table and savored the rich, aromatic coffee which Aharon's wife served them. An evening sea breeze blew through the open shutters. Patiently, for more than an hour, Aharon explained the intricacies of the Jewish Colonization Association. Behind him, on a small wooden shelf, was a small blue metal box of the Jewish National Fund, filled with Megidas, Napoleons, and whatever other small coins the family could spare to help purchase land in the country.
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War Like No Other: Maritime Competition in a Mature Precision-Strike Regime
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Publisher: Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA)
This brief speculates on how the growing proliferation of precision-strike weaponry could impact future maritime warfare, including the US Navy's ability to maintain its freedom of action on the high seas. More on «War Like No Other: Maritime Competition in a Mature Precision-Strike Regime» -
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Autonomous Warfare – A Revolution in Military Affairs
Author: Maxim Worcester
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A Russian View on Landpower
Author: Aleksandr V Rogovoy, Keir Giles
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College (SSI)
This paper explains why Russia desires to maintain strong conventional land forces as the mainstay of its military power, despite having seen the United States live through a 'counterinsurgency era' over the last 20 years. More on «A Russian View on Landpower» -
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A Closer Look at Russia's "Hybrid War"
Author: Michael Kofman, Matthew Rojansky
Publisher: Kennan Institute
This paper questions the belief that hybrid warfare, as exemplified by Russia's annexation of Crimea and its subsequent destabilization of Eastern Ukraine, represents a new model for conflict in Europe's borderlands. More on «A Closer Look at Russia's "Hybrid War"» -
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Evolving Army Needs for Space-Based Support
Author: Jeffrey L Caton
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College (SSI)
This monograph examines the past and present of the US Army's space and joint space -based operations as well as how these operations may fit into the congested, contested, and competitive international space environment. More on «Evolving Army Needs for Space-Based Support»
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Are Nuclear Weapons Worth the Cost?
Author: John J Klein
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This paper discusses the existing security links between the US and the three countries in the Asia-Pacific (Australia, the Philippines and Singapore) that the author contends are the most critical to the future of Washington's strategic pivot to the... More on «A Little Help from Our Friends: Security Partnerships and the Rebalance» -
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Roles of Europe and NATO in the New US National Security Strategy
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Anchors and Antidotes: The Japan-Australia Strategic Partnership
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I have to thank TE for providing a shortlist of good books which I would keep, and pore over when deciding which books I would be reading next year.There are so many good books out there that I it useful to have a list like this to narrow down the choice of books one is likely to buy.
Stopped already at the very first book: "Exceptional People - How Migration Shaped our World".
Calling for other Economist readers to buy 2 copies: keep one for yourself and send the other to, in random order: Mrs Marine le Pen, Mr Geer Wilders, the Senator of Arizona, the creepy Anders Breivik (who has plenty of time on his hands now) or whichever xenophobic politician is nearest to you.
Excellent list TE - keep it up!
Now, if you could just include a button to add the books to my Amazon Wish List! :-)
I would add "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson. Changed a few people's lives along the way...
i am so eager to read the book about Deng xiaoping by a foreign expert.............610
1Q84. By Haruki Murakami.
A wild and wilful romance involving a black cat, two moons and a host of%nocturnal little people—as well as a boy and a girl.
"of%nocturnal"? Is this a typo?
Another amazing book I just read was Gilad Atzmon's "The Wondering Who?" Really informative on the sources of the ME conflicts. Changed my views and influenced my thinking.
Excellent list. This is why I love reading TE.
There're so many amazing books that I can't wait to read.
Indeed. Thanks for a list to start from in terms of narrowing down which to buy.
What a pity that The Economist thinks that the world only writes in English. Excellent books were published in Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese (and these are the ones I know) but none are here. And yet since The Economist has reporters in all those areas, it could have a list of such titles which could then be picked up by bi- or multi-lingual readers, or by publishers for an English-language version.
A bit upset neither Jeffery Sachs nor Thomas Friedman made it here... (but then l only posted this comment to keep track of the article in my comments archive so I could go back to the list later as I love both those listed in the article and those suggested by beloved TE compatriots. Having no luxury to click 'like' in an ongoing crusade to boycott facebook).
An honest spam, really (don't delete me, dear spam parole officer, and then you can consider your Christmas gift mission to me completed.)
I appreciate you the Economist for providing this list. Really, this list shows the increasing ratio of China's influence on this world. Also for me, "Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise." as well as "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China." are excellent for their successfully plain description about the recent 30-year history of open economical power.
Especially, in my opinion, the level of this book "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China", or you can say also outstanding prominence, can be praised as the same masterpiece as that book "Mao: The Unknown History", written by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, famous for the same reason and recommend by many scholars concerned of China Study in United Kingdom in 2006's winter. I have surfed several chapters of this book in Taipei 101's Page One a month ago. "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China" is indeed regarded as the No.1 recommend of the biography.
However, unfortunately, this book, "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China." is banned in China. According to the sayings of relative department, the only reason is that all of books about Deng must be seriously examined; but on the other side, introducing this book to Beijing's fifth generation of China's Communist Party, I am given the contradictory information. These big head show the positive attitude toward this book, saying this book can express the thought and formation of Deng's policy to China. In addition, many figures concerned of book surprisingly find some truth or some "causes" behind some "incident" , which they have yet known for more than twenty years, in this thick masterpiece.
History can be usually expressed through the connection among the big events and short stories one by one, of course, also from one's biography - especially the ruler's- to know the contemporary situation. When it comes to the 30-year open reform history, Deng's doctrine is the basic norm to know the evolution of Chinese Beijing's politics and economy. From this book, readers can realize some difficulties when Communist Party faced the several turning points, such as party's human resource and the inner betray, and how to expand Chinese influence on the world while facing both friendship and confrontation of Japan and United States. (Taiwan issue is few talked of). Furthermore, those who would like to feel the past time read the book talking about not only local figure but also the foreigners such as James Lilley (Lee Jie-Ming's China Hands). As I always talk, Chinese history is interacted with numerous and various stories and beautiful literature.
By the way, "the 1Q84" , by Haruki Murakami, is my favourite novel. Also, the cost of this book cannot estimated at any price, like his most brilliant "Norwegian Wood", which once affected me very much in my youth. Besides, both are having the relative movie soundtrack and movie worthy of admiration. The series of "1Q84" containing "Janacek : Sinfonietta" impressed so many Japanese successfully in 2009. And after about one year, the movie soundtrack "Norwegian Wood, movie directed by Chen Ying-Hsiung", product by Jonny Greenwood and CAN, was a fashionable talk in East Asia.
For more than thirty years, Haruki Murakami has constantly been expressing writing style of his unique sense of citizen, already becoming the mutual signal of world's many youths. According to the report on Time Magazine in Aug. 2007 and upcoming ones, Haruki Murakami recently worked hard in the internationalization of his writings by translating these into more and more languages. For example, his most favourite books among his is Great Gatsby, still under work.
An excellent list and one that I for one will be working through this Chrtistmas and beyond. One regrettable ommissions was The Memory of Love (Aminatta Forna: Bloomsbury) which, through fiction, explained many of the reasons for Sierra Leone's descent into chaos and the after effects of that experience. Otherwise, an excellent and complete list - as ever, thank you.
I would add None of Us Were Like This Before, by Joshua E. S. Phillips. I saw the author speak at Oxford last fall, and purchased the book shortly thereafter. After my initial skepticism, I was extremely impressed by the research and prose. I'm grateful that Mr. Phillips produced such a powerful and important book.
Does anyone have a link to 'Books of the year' 2010 and 2009?
Looking around on the site, but struggling. And threw away the print editions unfortunately
"........The Economist thinks that the world only writes in English."
Yes ,Mr Ahmed,very true,not only that ,TE wants posters to write what it approves,TE ,data mining machine,robotic spy master of its kind.
Think of countless censored posts written in response to equally unacceptable ones that remains.
Keep a count up to 13 rubbed out items...stop paying there after.
Where's Caitlin Moran's How to be a Woman?
On the 'Anatomy of a moment', the book of Mr. Cercas, see also 'Las Torres del Honor' from Mr. Gabriel Cardona. Editorial Destino. Mr. Cardona was a Captain of the Spanish Army that day and he tries to explain the facts as an insider. As a matter of fact, all the books of Mr. Cardona are quite good books to help understand Spain.
Does anyone have a link to 'Books of the year' 2010 and 2009?
Looking around on the site, but struggling. And threw away the print editions unfortunately
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Recipes, April - May 2002:
1 5 to 7 pound (2.3 - 3.2 kg) rump
2 cups (473 ml) of boiling water
2 bouillon cubes (beef flavor)
1 teaspoon each: dried marjoram, thyme and oregano
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or more if you like it hot, or use less if you like it more mild
salt and pepper to taste, go easy on the salt because the bouillon is salty!
2 Tablespoons (30ml) Worcestershire Sauce
1 or more garlic cloves, I use at least 6, peeled and mashed
1/2 (120 ml) cup, chopped green pepper
Italian or Vienna bread, French or any hard, crusty
bread, you will need at least 2 loaves, slice down the center, lengthwise,
but not all the way through to the other side, then cut in serving size
Place roast on a rack, in an open roasting pan,
I use an 9" X 13" (230mm x 330mm) baking pan with the rack in it.
Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees (165 C), allowing 25 minutes per pound (55
min per kilo) , roast will be rare. Cool, and slice very thin, I
use an electric slicer to do this. To the drippings in the pan, add
the boiling water, bouillon cubes or granules, (1 bouillon cube for each
cup of boiling water used). Add marjoram, thyme, oregano, hot pepper
sauce, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, garlic cloves, and chopped green
pepper. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add the thinly sliced beef and
cover. Marinate in gravy in refrigerator overnight. Next day,
heat thoroughly, and serve warm on the French bread, along with a
crisp, green salad and plenty of napkins!!!
Note: Our family loves the gravy so much that I usually double the gravy
recipe so there is plenty to dip the beef sandwich into. We also
like to put a lot of gravy on the bread before adding the meat. Sometimes
we add barbecue sauce to the sandwich before eating it, for a different
flavor, not a lot, just a touch, about 1 Tablespoon or less to taste.
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