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Hispano-Celtic languages
Hispano-Celtic is a hypernym to include all the linguistic varieties of Celtic spoken in the Iberian Peninsula before the arrival of the Romans (in c. 218 BC, during the Second Punic War):[3][4]
- a more easterly, inland language attested at a relatively late date in the extensive corpus of Celtiberian.[2] This variety, which Jordán Cólera[3] proposed to name northeastern Hispano-Celtic, has long been synonymous with the term Hispano-Celtic and is universally accepted as a Celtic language.
- a more westerly variety of the Atlantic zone (to the west of an imaginary line running north-south and linking Oviedo and Mérida), which Jordán Cólera [3] proposed to name northwestern Hispano-Celtic, where there is a corpus of Latin inscriptions containing some linguistic features that are clearly Celtic (Gallaecian). Western Hispano-Celtic is a term now used to group this western Atlantic-side spectrum of dialects.[5] As part of a theory that claims an Iberian origin for the Celtic languages, John T. Koch has added the earlier inscriptions of Tartessian as a form of archaic Celtic and Lusitanian as a para-Celtic language, forming a language continuum with the other western Iberian Celtic languages. Few researchers have accepted his classification of these languages.[6][3]
The Western Celtic varieties of the Iberian Peninsula share with Celtiberian a sufficient core of distinctive and probably innovative features to justify Hispano-Celtic as a term for a linguistic sub-family as opposed to a purely geographical classification.[7] In Naturalis Historia 3.13 Pliny states that the Celtici of Baetica (now western Andalusia) proceed of the Celtiberians of Lusitania, since they shared common religions, languages, and names for their fortified settlements: Celticos a Celtiberis ex Lusitania advenisse manifestum est sacris, lingua, oppidorum vocabulis, quae cognominibus in Baetica distinguntur.[2] However, the Celtic of the western coastal Iberia, especially in those areas under Phoenician influence, appear to have participated at an early date in linguistic innovations taking part in various parts of the wider Celtic-speaking world as a result of the rapid economic and social development of the 10th-6th centuries BC. Such a situation favored the mixing of dialects and acceptance of some innovative features within the resulting lingua-franca.[2]
As part of the effort to establish an Hispano-Celtic dialect continuum,[2] Lujan[8] (2007) attempted to differentiate the Vettonian Hispano-Celtic dialect from the neighboring Lusitanian language using the personal names of the Vettones to describe the following sound changes (PIE to Proto-Celtic):[9]
- *ō > ā occurs in Enimarus.
- *ō > ū in final syllables is indicated by the suffix of, e. g., Abrunus, Caurunius.
- *ē > ī is attested in the genitive singular Riuei.
- *n̥ > an appears in Argantonius.
- *m̥ > am in names with Amb-.
- *gʷ > b is attested in names such as Bouius, derived from *gʷow- 'cow'.
- *kʷ in PIE *perkʷ-u- 'oak' appears in a lenited form in the name Erguena.
- *p > ɸ > 0 is attested in:
- *perkʷ-u- > ergʷ- in Erguena (see above).
- *plab- > lab- in Laboina.
- *uper- > ur- in Uralus and Urocius.
- However, *p is preserved in Cupiena, a Vettonian name not attested in Lusitania; also in names like Pinara, while *-pl- probably developed into -bl- in names like Ableca.
See also[edit]
- Celtiberian language
- Gallaecian language
- Continental Celtic languages
- List of Galician words of Celtic origin
- List of Spanish words of Celtic origin
- "Tartessian" language ("South-Lusitanian" or Southwestern language)
- Celtic languages
- Paleohispanic languages
- ^ Meid, W. Celtiberian Inscriptions (1994). Budapest: Archaeolingua Alapítvány.
- ^ a b c d e Koch, John T (2010). Celtic from the West Chapter 9: Paradigm Shift? Interpreting Tartessian as Celtic. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK. pp. 292–293. ISBN 978-1-84217-410-4.
- ^ a b c d Jordán Cólera, Carlos (March 16, 2007). "The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula:Celtiberian" (PDF). e-Keltoi 6: 749–750. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 481.
- ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S (2010). Celtic from the West Chapter 11: The Problem of Lusitanian. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK. pp. 360–361. ISBN 978-1-84217-410-4.
- ^ Koch, John (2009). Tartessian: Celtic from the Southwest at the Dawn of History in Acta Palaeohispanica X Palaeohispanica 9 (2009) (PDF). Palaeohispanica. pp. 339–351. ISSN 1578-5386. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ Koch, John T (2010). Celtic from the West Chapter 9: Paradigm Shift? Interpreting Tartessian as Celtic. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK. p. 292. ISBN 978-1-84217-410-4.
- ^ Lujan, E.; eds. P.-Y. Lambert & G.-J. Pinault, Geneve, Librairie Droz. (2007). "L'onomastique des Vettons: analyse linguistique". Gaulois et celtique continental: 245–275.
- ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S (2010). Celtic from the West Chapter 11: The Problem of Lusitanian. Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-84217-410-4.


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In 1952, Sanders and 10 other former Raytheon engineers moved their fledgling defense contracting firm into the top two floors of an abandoned textile mill in Nashua.
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"He was a genius, creative as blazes," Goulder said.
From the get-go, Sanders Associates followed its young leader in making a mark in technological research.
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Sanders Associates moved to Nashua in 1952. It renovated the top two floors of the old Textron mill, where blankets were woven, and kicked up a storm of dirt, as Royden Sanders recalled in a 1999 interview.
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"One of the things that really impressed us was the fact that the people we hired really gave you a day's work for a day's pay," he said in the interview.
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"The whole concept of countermeasures, which was his idea, saved thousands of lives," Higgins said.
That creativity expanded to radar and underwater technology. But Royden Sanders left the company in 1975, believing its size--peaking at 8,000 workers in the 1980s--had created a thick layer of bureaucracy.
"He was an engineer running an electronic company," Baer said. "Today, they are run by bookkeepers. There's no loyalty to the troops anymore."
Starting with the 1986 sale to Lockheed, the company changed ownership several times, but for several years left "Sanders" in the corporate name in some form or another.
Now BAE Systems, the company continues the vision Sanders had in the 1950s: creating cutting-edge defense technology.
Sanders started several other companies after leaving his namesake firm. Almost until the end of his life, he refused to settle in the past.
He instead talked about the inventions of his last company, Sanders Design International in Wilton. One such creation was a machine that allows companies to quickly produce prototypes.
"He had a very fertile mind," Higgins said. "He was absolutely two generations ahead of himself in technology. Nobody was going to upstage him, from a technology standpoint"
Last month, Sanders was the guest of honor at an informal gathering of Sanders retirees, who meet occasionally at Bickford's restaurant in Nashua.
He told a reporter who attended the function: "We were all inventors back then ... in the early days, we invented a lot of very important things. It really was fun, and a very challenging, life."
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Hi guys,
So from what we have heard from multiple beta testers is that SWTOR seems to be on track to be a great solid Theme Park MMO. However, one concern that many beta testers share is that people may get disappointed due to unrealistic/hyped expectations. Yet it is never very clear what are players' expectations for SWTOR, especially from those more reasonable supporters. So I would like to hear what is your expectation for SWTOR in the following areas:
1. Customization (including character creation, UI, ship and companion customization)
2. Re-playbility & Unique story content (amount of unique story quests per class)
3. Exploration
4. End Game PVE
5. End Game PVP
To give an example for comparison, let's say the worst case scenario for each area is as follows (Note: I am not saying the game will be like this, just something serves as a low bound, even then the game will still be fun):
1. Limited character creation, almost no UI and ship customization, and very limited companion customization (e.g. you can choose 1 out of 3 preset skins for companions)
2. Each class has 20-30 hours of unique very cool class quests where choices matter, the other 80% of levelling consist of the same world quests/side quests you will need to repeat on replay for each faction. The world quests/side quests are fun but not affected by choices.
3. Couple planets in each faction are huge and fun to explore, other planets are beautiful but linear with limited exploration
4. EV is the only operation and easier than typical WoW raid
5. Three war zones, open world pvp on PvP server, territory control map similar to WoW, fun combat
Using the worst case scenario as an example/bencmark, what is your expectation for each area and how far is your expectation from the benchmark? If there's a difference in expectation and worst senario turns out to be true, which area where you expect differently will be most disappointing and which area you don't care about?
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1. Customization (including character creation, UI, ship and companion customization)
On the character level: Supposedly there is a lot of variation in gear for each class. Added to that there is a color matching system and deep modding options which makes the item itself less of a crucial factor compared to many games as you will be augmenting them with a lot of mods and the item's stats are a relatively small part of the combined strength. In theory that allows people to wear alternative gear and still be effective. Also there is this alignment system with rewards influencing looks which will play a role in this.
Really hoping for spaceship modification as well as actually buying whole new, different spaceships eventually.
2. Re-playbility & Unique story content (amount of unique story quests per class)
This no doubt will be a rich and laureled aspect to Swtor. I'm not much of an alt-herder myself but I can see myself wanting to play all classes just for the epic story ride. I think there will be plenty of people doing so untill they settle on a max leveled main.
3. Exploration
Supposedly its important (with stat enhancing rewards even) but it's content that is going to run out eventually. I hugely enjoyed exploring in WAR (pretty much the most fun aspect in that game) but it lasted me a week or two at hardcore pursuing of objectives with the use of a walkthrough. After that I helped guildies getting their objectives which was fun too.
Some people might not want to cheat like that, but eventually, for everyone on his/her second character, it will become something that you will want to do in the most effective, quickest way: you already did all that content on your previous char anyway.
4. End Game PVE
Fully depends on how hard the hardest flashpoints and operations are. Experienced raiding guilds will throw themselves at this content and if it's to easy or too shallow of a path to reach the final objectives there will be a cesspit of discontent. I don't have a clue, personally. I do think that casual flashpointing for duo's with a few companions will be a hugely relaxing aspect to Swtor's pve, hoping that this is also catered for in endgame worthy content.
5. End Game PVP
Looking forward to this: Curious about the objective based world pvp. If it can't keep us interested in the long run, there's always player organized events and skirmishes in the open world on pvp servers. The warzones and hutball don't interest me so much, personally.
You forgot about crafting!
Hoping that that will be a hugely compelling aspect in the endgame, especially with multiple characters supplementing eachother.
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I think it will be successful. I also think it will be a pretty generic theme park game, and I don't plan on purchasing it.
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That the game will fail over the first year, rund over by games a GW 2, TSW, or prime. And the game is leftover for the fans.
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I have the following expectations
- I expect to be able to log in
- I expect to have virtual intercourse with some female companion so when my GF asks what im doing I can say f****** pixels
- I expect to enjoy the story for the first time in any MMO i've ever played (Like 100 of em)
- I expect people to trash talk the game for no reason
- I expect people to trash talk the game for failures of what lies between the chair and monitor
- I expect people to trash talk the game taking minor stuff to the extreme
- I expect people to post I Quit threads about the game not being PRe NGE SW
- I expect people to post how it's WoW in SWTOR skin regardless to the fact it feels nothing like WoW other than similar controls/UI.
- I expect people to cry about open PvP after saying they joined for it
- I expect to see balance complaints
- I expect to see difficult raids or group objectives to be nerfed into easy mode.
- I expect a population regardless to all the people who are never happy regardless to what game it is all they do is complain.
that's my only expectations as I'm pretty laid back and enjoy everything withotu expecting it.
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1. Customization (including character creation, UI, ship and companion customization)
I expect something akin to Dragon Age, typical sliders for advanced facial customization (PC). I also expect different body types to be an option. For companions I expect a few different outfits and limited racial tweaks, also different roles for combat situations.
I expect ship options will come later..
2. Re-playbility & Unique story content (amount of unique story quests per class)
As long as it's not an identical experience on my second or thrid play-through I'm content. To be specific about what I expect, each base class story is unique, so that's a unique experience each play through. As for world quests and filler quests, given the option of choices to make in those encounters there are different outcomes to see and different results that can be seen as an aside to those choices. Add to that I may not play through every quest line on my first play through there may be others to do on my next. TOR seems to be hitting the mark in this deparment.
3. Exploration
This I don't want to speculate on too much, though I am holding out hope.
4. End Game PVE
Don't know..
5. End Game PVP
Not big on BG's though these do look fun in TOR, World PVP sounds promising, add to that all the peeps I know who will be playing, looks like fun times are ahead, for me anyway.
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While all the spamming, griefing, trolling 12 year olds stay in WoW, I expect it to be a nice pleasant game to play.
Then when it becomes popular, I expect it to be filled with griefing children. I expect the game to become dumbed down to cater to a "broader" demographic, I expect pvp to become the focus of the game, then I expect it to become a kidfest and the adults will look, yet again for another "more mathy and complicated" mmo to delve into.
The pvp thing: most publishers turn to the pvp route: it's the cheapest expansion content you can get. new tier of gear: BAM! kiddie content!
I hope it develops a niche crowd with detail and depth that takes at LEAST 6 months to cap out. We all know how children behave when they max a game out in a month and then decide to make the game bad for the rest of us...
One more thing: I HOPE...*crosses fingers* they MONITOR and apply DISCIPLINARY actions to trouble makers...but then that would offend children and their parent's money for subs...
Bitter? You bet. I had my favorite game destroyed by a demographic change. I hope to not see that happen again.
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Originally posted by reslinal
It'll be disappointing if the quest content per class would be no higher than 20 hours. Customisation of character is good enough to me when it's basic, what you see in most AAA MMO's.
The ACTUAL size of MMORPG worlds: a comparison list between MMO's
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I don't Forum PVP. If you feel I've attacked you, it was probably by accident.
Originally posted by reslinal
These very likely contradict known details. I only follow this casually.
1. Classes with distinct looking armors. Ship, UI... very little. Companions... no clue.
2. Low level unique content quite high. By mid-levels less. Very little by endgame.
3. Limited. Perhaps large zones, but I expect quest hub hopping.
4. Raiding, maybe some epic level questing.
5. Battlegrounds, Arenas, little to none in quest oriented zones.
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Play TOR for 2 to 3 months then move on.
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If it plays like wow in all aspects and has some new stuff thats all i need.
My expectations for SW:TOR?
KotOR online, that is all.
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Originally posted by Khrymson
You know what? I seriously doubt your assertions as soon as you bring GW2 into it. I don't think you've played SWTOR, I don't think you ever ordered a CE, I don't think you ever cancelled your CE.
I think you're another GW2 fan bent on making TOR look bad.
Second, you just descrbed playing the starting planet and quitting. Did you also play a starting area in every other MMO and quit?
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Originally posted by Xondar123
Just because he didn't like ToR doesn't make him a liar.
It is possible for people to play the game and not actually like it you know. :p
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The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
I hope that TOR does well. I'll be playing from the beginning and would LOVE to finally find a 'home' (game) that will keep me locked for years (I'd be happy with a single year at this point. Time will tell.
I suppose customization, replayability (alts and more alts) as well as PvP both for leveling and end game... oh, and crafting.
I don't like to craft 24/7 but I really enjoy making my little lists of X numbers of this and Y number of that. It is tiresome mentally though to 'grind-craft' with no value in the leveling of the craft e.g. end crafting of one or two items being the only real value. I guess I like to make my own gear as much as possible.
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simple 250 - 300 hours of enjoyable gameplay. That would be about 20 - 25 cents per hour
I miss DAoC
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Originally posted by reslinal
But hey, voiceovers blahblah Bioware blah. And Star Wars.
"Housing is standard in most mmo's."
1. Customization (including character creation, UI, ship and companion customization)
Not impressed at all with the characters I've seen so far. Sorry, but the models look like they're from about 3-4 years ago. This may not matter if the combat and gameplay is smooth.
2. Re-playbility & Unique story content (amount of unique story quests per class)
I don' t have an opinion on this yet since I haven't played it. Only time will tell.
3. Exploration
Exploration. You mean freedom? Hard to answer, again, but my expectations are fairly low becaue of the 'story' driven nature of the game. I imagine I can explore whatever quest or mission zone I'm in, but I expect that most of my movements will be directed where the game wants me to be.
4. End Game PVE
I don't expect this game to offer much in this regard, at least at first. Mostly because of the dev's strong focus on the leveling expereince and replayability. Unless they release some more info on this subject, my expectations will remain somewhat low.
5. End Game PVP
It all depends on balance between factions, classes and rewards. I don't have much of an opinion on this yet.
I'm not negative toward this game, but I'm reserving my excitement. For some strange reason, the more I see, the less interested I'm getting and I'm not sure why.
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BOISE -- Taxes are due one week from today, which means procrastinators still have some time left to figure out if they can get a bigger refund.
Every year thousands of Idahoans rush to file their taxes to meet the deadline. This year it's on April 17. The Idaho State Tax Commission reports that nearly half of individual tax returns have yet to be filed.
Tax preparer Tom Brown says you might want to watch out for a couple things that often get overlooked when doing your taxes. First off, he says there's a credit a lot of people don't know about, called the saver's credit.
I don't think enough people really know that are lower income brackets that they have the ability, even if they are putting money into what is called a Roth IRA, to get a credit for those deposits, said Brown.
Another tax tip: if you're a parent or someone who's made a donation to a school or youth organization, you can check if you qualify for a credit that could save you up to $300.
There are some charitable donations you can get an extra credit for like Idaho Youth Ranch, the Arc, you get an extra credit on your state for that, said Brown.
Alternative energy credits have been reduced over the last year, but if you've had to buy an energy saving appliance around the home, you could still put that down as credit. Things that qualify include furnaces or a new water heater.
Brown says if you don't have enough time to file your tax return, make sure you still pay your taxes on April 17, because if you don't you'll face interest charges on the amount owed.
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She kicked off her incredibly ambitious '777' tour yesterday and it seems that Rihanna was eager to get things going by taking charge of the controls in her private jet.
Chocks away! Rihanna was eager to get her jumbo jet off the runway. [Rex/Getty]
Well, not exactly.
The singer posed by the jet's controls wearing a pilot's cap before take-off.
However, it seems that the singer quickly knew her place and returned to the passenger area of the jumbo jet to kick start the tour in true Rihanna style- by having a party.
We just hope she did her research; drinking at a high altitude means that a person will be affected three times as much by one drink drank at sea level.
In short, the bottle of champagne Rihanna was posing with doesn't bode well.
Talking to the press before embarking on the tour, which sees the singer play seven gigs in seven countries over seven days, Rihanna explained that the jumbo jet would be the ultimate tour bus.
Rihanna kick started the tour with a party on her jet. Like you do. [Rex]
She said: "I am so excited about the 777 tour. We are turning this jumbo jet into our tour bus.
"We are practically living on this thing for a week: sleeping, partying all together. Me, my fans, the press... it's going to be a wild ride."
We don't doubt that.
[Related article: Rihanna gets her boobs out on Twitter. Standard]
[Related article: Rihanna vs Keira Knightley in naked-except-for-a-biker-jacket-battle]
Talking about her motivation to do the tour, Rihanna revealed that her main reason was to do something 'rock 'n' roll'.
She explained: "I wanted it to be a rock 'n' roll adventure, and I think when it's over it will be the coolest thing I've ever done. I'm that excited about it."
Rihanna is currently en route to her second destination, Canada, after a successful first gig in Mexico.
She tweeted: "thank you Mexico, I love u! #1 down, 6 more to go!!! Country number 2, Canada! Toronto here we come #777tour #HTC"


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I just wanted to check if this problems sounds familiar to anyone. My dad has been having problems playing speciffic Mp3's. The weird thing is, when playing certain Mp3's in Winamp/Mediaplayer/Deliplayer/MediaplayerClassic, it shows spikes in the volume, so there definately is nothing wrong with the MP3 itself, it is playing. But we hear no sound. Even my PSP plays the same MP3's just fine. And in the VLC player, or by loading the MP3's in Goldwave, they also play just fine.
So here is my question. Could this problem be Windows 7 related? He has a legal version with the latest updates. Have any of you experience this problem before? Is Windows perhaps sending the output signal to the wrong place? Or is it some how codec related? We've tried installing an MP3 codec pack, but no luck.


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Episode PremiereMay 08, 2003
DistributorCBS, WBTV, TNT
Show Period2002 - 2009
Production CompanyJerry Bruckheimer TV, CBS, WBTV, Jumbolaya Prod.
Cast and Crew
DirectorKevin Hooks
ScreenwriterHank Steinberg
Main Cast
- Anthony LaPaglia as Jack Malone
- Poppy Montgomery as Samantha Spade
- Enrique Murciano
- Eric Close
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Vivian Johnson
- Roselyn Sanchez as Elena Delgado
Additional Cast
- Betsy Brandt as Libby Coulter
- Steven C. Nelson
- Lisa Gorlitsky
- Scott Mosenson
- Tom Irwin
- Marsha Dietlein Bennett
Sydney Harrison, the owner of an employment agency whose old office was in the World Trade Center, is kidnapped by a man in the elevator on her way to work. Her workmates soon receive an email demanding a large sum of money for Sydney's safe return. The team investigate her employees and clients in a bid to discover the identity of her abductor and it isn't long before they stumble upon the truth. Barry Mashburn, a client of Sydney's, had been increasingly desperate for a job since losing his home and his children. The team investigate the current and past circumstances of Barry's life and discover that he lost his wife, Nicole, in the September 11th attacks, and that Sydney was her boss. Barry orders that Sydney's new assistant deliver the ransom money as he will be able to recognize her, and with the help of Sam, a delivery is arranged at a bookshop. The ransom drop goes badly wrong though, and Barry ends up taking the shop's staff and customers hostage. In an ensuing struggle, Sam is shot with her own gun. After discovering that Sam has been wounded, Jack puts together a desperate plan in order to get medical attention to her. After his pleas for her release are ignored, he impulsively storms into the bookshop, takes Sam out, and exchanges her as a hostage for himself. He negotiates with Barry to release other hostages and during an emotional conversation with the gunman alone, makes some decisions about his own life and where he really wants to be.


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Ipsen, Viola wins diving titles at US nationals
Viola led all but one of the five rounds, totaling 348.75. She didn't have the highest degree of difficulty, but the 24-year-old former Miami diver was consistent throughout.
A year ago this month, Viola was recuperating from a second surgery on her right foot and wondering if she could continue diving. Two bones in her foot had collapsed on each other after years of jumping and pointing her toes doing gymnastics and diving. Doctors later found a torn tendon.
"The Olympic dream has been on my heart since I was 7," she said. "It was in gymnastics first and then transferred over to diving."
Viola gave up gymnastics at 13 because she didn't want to move away from her family to train. Her father Frank Viola was MVP of the 1987 World Series pitching for the Minnesota Twins. The three-time All-Star won the 1988 Cy Young Award.
"He never talks to me before meets," she said. "He gives me my space. I think that's what he liked."
She figured to hear from him later from New York, where he is the pitching coach for the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets' minor league affiliate. Her mother, Kathy, a horse breeder and trainer, and some cousins were on hand to cheer her on.
Viola finished 10th on platform at worlds. While some of her U.S. teammates have dropped out of events this week, citing fatigue, she pressed on.
"It's been difficult," she said. "Each day I felt like I got stronger and stronger."
Viola received marks as high as 8.5 for her final dive, a back 2 1/2 somersault with 1 1/2 twist pike.
It was a close contest for the other placings. Gracia Leydon-Mahoney was second at 306.05, and Amy Cozad finished third at 302.50. Amy Korthauer was another point back in fourth. Cozad and Korthauer teamed to win the platform synchro title Thursday.
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The budget has put focus on the economy once again. The brick and mortar old economy businesses need to come back into play with capacities being put to use, fresh projects taking off and pending ones wrapping up. It's the conversation of all times and places right now -- when can India return to rising growth numbers and just how can it ensure job creation. For that to happen the sparks need to come from manufacturing and core sectors. I caught up with Firdose Vandrevala, vice chairman of Essar Steel, to know about his views.
What do you make of the current steel business environment?
Challenging like a tough golf course with narrow fairways, lots of hassles, water bodies and a tricky curving greens. Demand is yet to pick up and there are cost pressures like increase in iron ore prices (in spite of international prices dropping) increase in freight, etc.
What makes you feel that there is a promising recovery coming for the economy?
There is optimism that makes a big difference with a new government with a clear majority in place, policy paralysis will be history and the economy will pick up.
What prompted you to pick up golf?
Living in Jamshedpur and avoiding golf is a difficult proposition. Working in a steel plant meant you have long hours, six days a week, and Sunday was your only day to do house work, be with family and rest. Irrespective of the time constraints I had to start playing golf because many of my friends were playing golf, and only talked about golf at dinner parties. I felt like a stranger and an outcast on these occasions. Another attraction was the sumptuous Sunday golf breakfast at the golf hut. I felt like a cheat who had the breakfast but not played. So it was more of a pull into golfing than me making a conscious decision to play golf. I am thankful and grateful to my friends who made me start.
How did the game change your business?
Golf is not about hitting a long shot by using force, so is in business. Finding the sweet spot and getting the right timing and following a process 'is the key. Golf teaches you many things -- patience, planning forgetting the bad shot previously, not assuming yesterday's success will be repeated today, and that there is no shortcut.
Did you make friends on the golf course – like who? Corporate India has plenty of people playing these days.
My current golf group in Mumbai are all friends that I have made through golf in the last five years. They include G N Bajpai, Nirmal Bhogilal, Deepak Vaidya, Dr Anand Shah, Ramesh Sobti, Mahendra Parikh, Chakor Doshi, Madhup Vaghani, Mahendra Doshi, Venky Mysore and Rajan Dalal.
Which is the golf course you learnt the game at?
Beldih Club at Jamshedpur
What's the one lesson that teaches you about yourself and your business?
Take nothing for granted. You can mess up even the simplest of shots if you do not concentrate and follow the basic principles. True in golf and true in business.


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My pantry is cluttered with odd ingredients, a reflection of impulse purchases made after seeing recipes for "ultimately authentic" dishes I feel I have to make immediately. As I often don't make these dishes immediately, I end up collecting tubs of tamarind concentrate and palm sugar (purchased for pad thai) and shrimp paste (for satay sauce) and fermented black beans (for mapo tofu).
Often these ingredients sit untouched for months (years), or they get dipped into, stashed in the fridge, forgotten, and ultimately unnecessarily re-purchased when I see that next completely authentic recipe I have to make immediately. It's a vicious cycle.
A few unseasonably hot days last week had me craving chilled soba noodles with dashi, a favorite summer meal I first tried at Morimoto, where they make it with green tea soba noodles — SO good. After scouring my pantry and finding myself making the usual note to self — purchase bonito flakes and kombu promptly — I paused. Certainly I could make something that could satisfy this same chilled soba craving without going down my usual pantry-cluttering path.


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