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Injuries are but speed bumps to Larry LaGesse, Sue McCarthy
Larry LaGesse and W50 sprinter Sue McCarthy, who live in Illinois and Maine, respectively. I like how they deal with injuries. Larry says: "I have to mention the people at Accel Rehabilitation in Bourbonnais. I was fighting a pulled left quad muscle and (therapist) Jarek Mategewski showed me how to stretch it out at home and prevent more training delays." Sue says: ""I have a better understanding of what my body is doing and what I'm capable of. You have to be aware that you just can't run through injuries. You have to stop and take care of it." So what's your philosophy? Injuries inevitable? Avoid at all costs? Or grin and bear 'em?Local papers have done nice stories on M65 multi-eventer


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Police looking for missing 71-year-old
Aug. 05, 2014 @ 05:49 PM
Durham police are looking for a 71-year-old man who was reported missing Monday afternoon.
Police investigators believe Kent Torrey Hinkson was last seen around 3 p.m. Monday at his home in the Woodcroft community in southern Durham.
Hinkson is a white male about 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build. He has blue eyes, gray hair and a gray mustache and goatee. He wears prescription glasses and may also be wearing a black leather hat.
He was last seen driving a red 2011 Hyundai Sonata with North Carolina license XZA-4259.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Investigator M. Richards at (919) 560-4440, ext. 29335 or the main police desk at (919) 560-4427.

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Few individuals appreciate packing or moving. This time intensive, exhausting, frustrating errand might be made to a degree less demanding by taking a breather to get formed heretofore and taking after a couple of basic guidelines as you go. You can make the moving process itself less demanding by either discovering a gathering of companions to help or hiring somebody to move for you.
- Pack your items carefully, using different techniques for different things. Case in point, wrap delicate items in bubble wrap. Then again, you don't have to take after such precautionary measures with pots and dish. Pack books in little boxes since they have a tendency to be overwhelming.
- Label every box carefully as you pack. A straightforward label like "Toys" is not successful in the event that you have a few youngsters. Be that as it may, "Bobbie's Room: Toys" gives you a chance to know precisely what is in the box. Label the boxes with a dark marker so it is effortlessly recognized. The point when loading the truck, place the box with the label confronting the truck opening so you can see where it goes before you even pick it up.
- Pack the truck with the intention that boxes for the private alcoves in the new house are the first to be taken off the truck. This avoids boxes from stacking up close to the front of the house and making obstructions to whatever remains of the moving process.
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What better way to mark Halloween than a pumpkin carving competition? This year, we decided to invite a selection of talented creatives to carve their own spooky Jack shell.
Pumpkin 'Jack-o'-lanterns' are as synonymous with Halloween as broomsticks, black cats and faux blood. They derive from a folklore tale about a wild trickster called Stingy Jack, who struck a deal with the devil that he would never take his soul. Jack eventually died and due to his devious life was forbidden entry into heaven. However the devil stuck to his word and did not allow him into hell either. Instead, he carved a turnip and placed the flames of hell inside for Jack to walk with for all eternity.
Last year specialist pumpkin artist Ray Villafane set the record for the largest pumpkin to go under the knife, whittling down the 1,872 pound pumpkin into an oozing zombie attack in the New York Botanical Gardens. Which is your 2012 winner?...
Fashion director Katie Shillingford: "Halloween is my favourite celebration of the year and although I'm not expert in pumpkin carving, I do like to try! I had lots of different ideas with what to do but I was perhaps a little impatient and ended up making it up as I went along. I wanted him to be really scary and have a big terrifying grin so I carved one side with sharp teeth and the other side with stitches as if his mouth had been slashed and stitched back together, a little Jack Skellington. The eyes are supposed to look like flames – I think this might have been subconsciously linked to thinking about the Prada 50s flames from S/S12."
Animator Quentin Jones: "I liked the idea of painting some of the pumpkin black- to do the opposite of carving it, to make the light shine out less from that area. Then I thought against this it could be great for the bit that was visible to seem liquid, dripping into a dark void."
"I wanted him to have a big terrifying grin so I carved one side with sharp teeth and the other side with stitches as if his mouth had been slashed and stitched back together"
Make-up artist Alex Box: "The heart has its reasons which reason knows not."
Hair stylist Alex Brownsell: "I have created an inner pink pumpkin with a funky tint hair style. One of a kind In the pumpkin world as they are usually bald, he is going to make others very envious."
Artist Julie Verhoeven: "Unlucky Pumpkin – boil in a bag roadkill."
Manicurist Marian Newman: "I've never carved a pumpkin before so felt I had to take on the challenge! My obvious choice was hands with 'light up' nails. My pumpkin is meant to be a pair of witchy hands with long red nails holding the light (for the polish obsessed I used CND Scarlet Letter!)."
Fashion designer Dominic Jones: "The point of the pumpkin lantern is to scare away the undead... I think this one is defiantly scary enough for the job"
Set designer Rhea Thierstein: "I have had a lifelong fascination with the insect world, so what better design for Halloween than the 'Ogress' of their species..."
'A long time ago, in the days of ancient Greece, this insect was named Mantis, or the Prophet. The peasant saw her on the sun-scorched grass, standing half-erect in a very imposing and majestic manner, with her broad green gossamer wings trailing like long veils, and her fore-legs, like arms, raised to the sky as though in prayer. To the peasant's ignorance the insect seemed like a priestess or a nun, and so she came to be called the Praying Mantis. There was never a greater mistake! Those pious airs are a fraud; those arms raised in prayer are really the most horrible weapons, which slay whatever passes within reach. The Mantis is fierce as a tigress, cruel as an ogress. She feeds only on living creatures.'
— Taken from Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques"
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Haryana Government Hospital Jobs for Physiotherapist Post – Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati, Haryana Government Medical College issued a latest naukri notification for recruitment of Physiotherapist post. Eligible job seekers who are willing to work and have required eligibility with Diploma in Physiotherapy shall apply on or before 15/10/2013.
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Police warn of Derby street mugger on bicycle after robberies spree on one night
Posted: April 25, 2014|
A STREET robber who is carrying out attacks while on a bicycle is being hunted by police in Derby after a series of incidents happened on the same night.
Detective Sergeant Chris Richmond, from the specialist street robbery team, said the spree of three robberies and two attempted robberies over a six-hour period on Tuesday evening.
A 15-year-old boy was the first victim as he walked along Gladstone Street.
A man on a bicycle pulled in front of him, blocked his path and asked him for the time.
The victim took out his iPod to check the time and the offender grabbed it. During the struggle, the offender punched the victim and then rode off, with the iPod.
DC Richmond said later the same night, at about 11.40pm, a 26-year-old man walking along Werburgh Street was also approached by a man on a bike who again asked for the time.
The victim was then threatened with a metal bar and made to lie on the ground.
The offender stole his mobile phone and wallet and cycled off.
Earlier in the evening, at 9.30pm, a man on a bike cycled up behind a 23-year-old woman on Walbrook Road and grabbed her bag as he passed her, causing her to fall. The offender rode off.
Two attempted robberies also took place on Tuesday.
Between 9pm and 9.15pm a man on a bike tried to grab the handbag of a 35-year-old woman as she walked along London Road, Alvaston.
The victim kept hold of her bag and the offender cycled away.
And at 8.30pm, a 17-year-old girl was walking along Canal Street in the city centre when the offender cycled up behind her and attempted to grab her bag.
The victim was pulled to the floor but the offender left empty handed.
Latest figures show there were 574 street robberies in Derby last year compared to 466 the year before – an increase of 23%.
DS Richmond's street robbery team were set up in response to the increase.
He said: "All victims gave a similar description of the offender. We believe them to be linked.
"He was white, of slim build, in his late teens, with short blonde hair, wearing a grey cap and dark jacket. The bike was possibly purple."
Anyone with information should call the street robbery team on 101.
"I would also ask people to consider personal safety when out at night.
"Do not have expensive items on show and stick to well lit, busy areas."


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Group seeks senior citizens art show entries
RIO GRANDE, Ohio -- The Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. invites people age 55 and older to participate in its 31st Annual Senior Citizens Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest.
This year's event will be held May 20-24 and May 28-31 at the Esther Allen Greer Museum and Gallery located on the campus of the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio.
Anyone who is 55 or older and a resident of Ohio may participate. The Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. requests no more than three entries in the Art Show per participant, and one entry per person in each category for the Essay/Poetry Contest. The event's official application form includes a list of the rules and guidelines that have been established.
Examples of art categories that may be entered in the contest include acrylic, charcoal, counted cross stitch, mixed media, oil, pastels, pencil, and photography. Judging themes include abstract, animals and birds, cartoons, floral, landscape, portraits (humans), seascape, and still life.
Artwork can be submitted through your local Senior Citizens Center in the 10 counties included in the AAA7's District (Adams, Brown, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Vinton) up until Monday, April 15, or the AAA7 Administrative Offices, located on the campus of the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio, by Monday, April 22, 2013.
Essay and Poetry entries should be no more than 1,000 words in length and, if possible, should be typed. There is no subject for entries and participants are asked to be creative. Essay and Poetry entries must be submitted to the Area Agency on Aging District 7 Office no later than April 22. If interested in submitting an entry, participants are asked to mail two copies of their entry to: Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc.; Attn: Jenni Dovyak-Lewis; F32-URG, PO Box 500; Rio Grande, Ohio 45674.
Those who are interested in either submitting an artwork or essay/poetry entry must obtain an application and rules form which is located on the Agency's website at www.aaa7.org. Once at the site, click on the "AAA7 Information" link. Once there, then click the "Special Events" link followed by "Art Show and Poetry/Essay Contest." Here, you will find a flyer and application form for the event. You may also call the AAA7 toll-free at 1-800-582-7277 to request a hard copy form mailed to you.
Winners for the Contest will be announced the day of the Tea Reception from 1-3 p.m. on Friday, May 31, at the Esther Allen Greer Museum and Gallery. All participants, their guests, and Museum and Gallery visitors will be welcome to attend.
For more details about the Art Show and Essay/Poetry Contest and/or to request an application form, please call toll-free at 1-800-582-7277 or email email@example.com.


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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Chestnut Hill College will be the host of a training
camp for the Philadelphia Independence, the new Women's professional soccer team
in late June.
The College's
impressive academic, sports, and student facilities will be home to the 32 local
soccer players from June 23-25, as they attempt to impress the Independence
coaches enough to get a developmental player contract for the 2010 WPS season.
The mini-camp will begin with check-in on Tuesday, June 23rd, 8:30-9:00AM at the
College's Fitzsimmons Hall. Training sessions and scrimmages will go until
Thursday, culminating in evening games to showcase the talent.
In a show of its commitment to the fans to build a
team that represents the tradition and work ethic of Philadelphia and its
surrounding communities, the Independence will run a mini-camp in hopes of
finding its first player to be signed. This event will complement the WPS
expansion draft and international draft in August, and the WPS college draft in
January -- at which the Independence has first pick. From this series of player
selections, the Independence will build its roster.
A unique feature of the mini-camp is the fact that the
Independence organization, in partnership with Chestnut Hill College, is
covering all costs for the participants. The 32 players will need only to
provide their own travel to and from the area. Unlike most other combines and
team tryouts, this arrangement is intended to make certain training camp costs
do not prevent a talented player from pursuing the dream of playing women's
professional soccer. "The WPS has the absolute best female soccer players
in the world," says Coach Matt Driver, "and I know that this talent-rich
Delaware Valley region has quality, world-class players right here amongst us
who deserve a shot at the big leagues.... I see them in the Independence minor
league programs. If we sign our first player from this mini-camp, that's a super
story of a local kid making good; if we don't see the play we are hoping for, it
will be a fun event for the players and coaches nonetheless." Newly-selected
team General Manager Terry Foley added, "Since launching this franchise, we have
focused the organization on bringing the best female athletes in the world to
the Independence, and on serving this city's communities through a grass-roots
partnership. What better demonstration of that grass-roots commitment than to
open our roster to local players that have a history in these schools,
neighborhoods, and soccer clubs."
As an expansion franchise starting play in the spring
of 2010, the Philadelphia Independence is permitted under WPS league rules to
hold this camp in order to exercise its option to obtain pre-draft rights for up
to two domestic players. Within the mini-camp rules, participants must have
played youth, high school, college, or adult soccer in this Delaware Valley
region. Players must also have been on the previous draft board and must not
have their rights held by any other WPS team. If selected, the player(s) are
guaranteed a development contract on the Independence 2010 roster. Top talent
already signed up to attend the mini-camp are several Philadelphia Independence
youth development/WPSL minor league players, such as: Tara Davies, Penn State;
Mandy Moraca, UNC; Kelly Rowland, Florida State University; and Dani Collins,
College of William and Mary.
"I love the idea of this training camp!" said
Independence Assistant Coach and Olympian Staci Wilson. "It will allow the
determination and persistence of a local female to elevate herself in pursuit of
her dream to play professional soccer. There will be no agents, no international
players, and no politics in a setting like this. Everyone gets a fair look.
Skill and work ethic will be thoroughly evaluated, allowing us to pick players
who have the tenacious attitude and confidence that will be the stamp of the
Philadelphia Independence." "We are looking forward to hosting the women's
professional soccer league (WPS) at Chestnut Hill College," says Lynn Tubman,
Chestnut Hill College's newly appointed Director of Athletics. "The camp will
bring elite women soccer players from around the country to our campus. In
addition, it is exciting to be involved in bringing professional women's soccer
back to Philadelphia."
Team President/CEO David Halstead added, "The
Independence has an exciting few months ahead. The mini-camp may provide this
team's first player, then we will be unveiling our team logo right around
Independence Day and our club affiliation program shortly thereafter. Then in
August, we begin the much-anticipated player draft and selection process.
Finally, on the heels of all that action, we launch our ticketing program and
kid's membership program in early-September. Luckily, we've got a great staff
that will ensure we deliver the best players and the best fan experiences
About Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) The mission of Women's Professional Soccer
(WPS) is to be the premier women's soccer league in the world and the global
standard by which women's professional sports are measured. Play kicked off on
March 29, 2009, with WPS teams based in the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Los
Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. The league's
eighth franchise, Philadelphia, will begin play next season with Atlanta
expected to join as the ninth team in 2010, as well. For more information, visit
Please join the Division of Teacher Education and Leadership and the Council for Exceptional Children in participating in the Seventh Annual Walk for Lily's Hope Foundation on October 5th from 2-3 p.m.
All donations are contributed to the foundation, which assists premature babies and their families.
More information is available on their website, www.lilyshopefoundation.org.
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Well thank you Starbucks, you have quenched my thirst. I hope you can tell I'm being facetious. Although I get the point of them not wanting to waste their time with petty requests that don't make them any money…and attempt to get you to actually purchase something but seems like this would just cause further work.
This will in fact only make me want to be more of a nuisance and continue to ask for refills on my water (drop) until they buckle and give me a bigger size. In all honesty…I think this is pretty darned funny and shows that they've got a good sense of humor. Score another point for Starbucks.


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Lipid Metabolism During Pregnancy and its Implications for Fetal Growth
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More glucose crosses the placenta than any other substrate, but correlations between its concentration in maternal plasma and fetal growth are not found consistently. The accumulation of maternal fat depots and hyperlipidemia are the two principal changes in lipid metabolism during pregnancy. Although lipids cross the placenta with difficulty, maternal plasma triacylglycerols (TAG) and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) correlate with fetal lipids, fetal growth and fat mass under certain conditions. In intrauterine growth restriction, impaired placental transfer of lipophilic compounds (long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and lipophilic vitamins) seems to underpin metabolic dysfunction and decreased birth weight. In gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), maternal TAG and NEFA levels correlate with neonatal anthropometric measures. In GDM, adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein in fetuses correlated with neonatal fat mass; changes in maternal or cord blood leptin, retinol binding protein 4 and adiponectin concentrations have been related to neonatal fat mass or birth weight, although their importance remains to be investigated. The angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL-4) is secreted from adipose tissue, liver and placenta, and irreversibly inhibits lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity. Maternal plasma ANGPTL-4 is decreased in GDM, and it has been proposed to be responsible for an increase in placental LPL activity, which would facilitate a greater fatty acid placental transfer, contributing to the higher fetal fat accumulation. Thus, while evidence suggesting major involvement of maternal lipid metabolism in fetal adiposity and growth exists, the precise mechanisms remain to be elucidated.
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More Than Just Talk: Get Hands-On Coding Experience at GPU Tech Conference
http://blogs.nvidia.com/wp-content/u...nologyconf.jpgOur GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, Calif., next week has something for everyone: game developers, scientists, software engineers, automotive designers, and movie-makers. Here's a sneak peak at one of the conference's highlights ' be sure to drop by our blog next week for complete coverage.
Mad scientist? Would-be James Bond villain? Or do you just have a lot of research you need to get done in a hurry? Whatever your project, GPUs can help you do more compute work, using less power.
This year's GTC will offer more than just great conversations. Thanks to the cloud, we're also planning to give more attendees than ever the opportunity to sit down and crank out some code.
For the first time ever, NVIDIA will offer attendees the ability to use their own laptops to tap into a powerful CUDA Cloud Development Platform hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
If you're not a software developer, the story here is that GPUs are being used to solve a wider-array of general computing problems than ever before. And their power is becoming more widely available thanks to offerings such as AWS and our own NVIDIA GRID technology.
If you are a developer, what this means is that you can take advantage of powerful GPU accelerated systems in the cloud to develop and deploy your applications, explains Will Ramey, our product manager for GPU Computing.
Using Amazon's Cluster GPU Instances with two powerful NVIDIA Tesla GPUs and 22GB of memory in each system, Ramey hopes to attract nearly a third of the conference's more than 3,000 attendees to one of the 17 hands-on lab sessions that are scheduled over three days at the conference (many of them are already sold out, so reserve your seat today).
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The landscape along Yarnell Road in western Knox County remained scarred Thursday afternoon following a violent car crash Wednesday night.
Three female students from Hardin Valley Academy were traveling in a Volkswagen Beetle on Wednesday when it went off the side of Yarnell Road, hit a utility pole, crashed through a fence, rolled several times, and eventually landed upside-down in a field. All three students were transported to UT Medical Center.
One of the students injured in the crash was 17-year-old Aundrea Tolliver. Tolliver's mother, Thereza Barnett, told 10News her daughter was in stable condition as of 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Barnett said Tolliver suffered broken facial bones and doctors are working to save her right eye which has completely lost its vision.
The families of the other two students injured in the vehicle have asked that their children's identities and physical status not be revealed.
The Knox County Sheriff's Office said the final crash incident report should be available Friday. KCSO spokesperson Martha Dooley stated the crash remained under investigation as of Thursday night, but said speed was a factor. There were also apparently conflicting reports from witnesses as to whether the car went off the road avoid a large oncoming truck.
Barnett said her daughter recalled the car going off the side of the road to avoid a "cement truck."
"The most important thing is we want anyone who might have information about the truck that caused this accident to come forward," said Barnett.
Truck Traffic
Wednesday night some residents along Yarnell Road told 10News that truck traffic is heavy along the narrow two-lane route. One neighbor said he believes transfer trucks utilize Yarnell Road to avoid the weigh station on Interstate 40 between Watt Road and Campbell Station Road.
Sgt. Randall Martin with the Tennessee Highway Patrol acknowledged heavy truck traffic on Yarnell Road, but said it was not frequently due to drivers dodging the scales.
"We've had some instances of trucks taking side roads to avoid the scales on I-40, but they usually take 70 on Kingston Pike. You have to take a small road to get to Yarnell Road and then the route is very narrow. That road is very difficult for a large transfer truck. We sometimes have patrols check for trucks dodging scales and have not had any reports recently on Yarnell Road," said Martin.
Martin said heavy truck traffic on Yarnell Road is overwhelmingly local.
"That is a rapidly growing area with a lot of development and dump trucks are moving a lot of earth," said Martin.
The quantity of dump trucks traveling on Yarnell Road is due in large part to a local landfill. A dump site is located just off Yarnell Road about a half-mile east of the intersection with Campbell Station Road.
Crash Aftermath and School Support
Although crews had already repaired the broken utility pole, Thursday splintered wood and debris from the crash remained scattered throughout the roadside on Yarnell Road. Among the visible wreckage were a hubcap, a headrest, and handwritten flash cards from a high school Spanish class.
One flashcard stood out in the littered pasture. Written on it was the word "remember."
The injured girls were anything but forgotten on Thursday at Hardin Valley Academy. Students passed out "Pink Out" fliers asking classmates to wear pink as a visible sign of support. Knox County Schools also made counselors available for any students or staff members who wished to talk.


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I'm gonna start with a puzzle for you...there are 3 light switches outside a room, one of the switches turns on the light inside the room, the other two do nothing. There is a door to get in to the room and you can only open it once, you can't flick any switches with the door open, but before opening the door you can flick as many switches as you like. So how do you figure out which switch turns on the light inside the room?
OK so we'll come back to that a little later. At the moment I'm reading a book called 'The Drunkard's Walk' by Leonard Mlodinow, subtitled How Randomness rules our lives. It's a really interesting book with some great anecdotes and examples for the lay person to understand the science he explains. Before I get on to the great examples here's why I chose to read the book. It was an Amazon recommendation. No, just kidding, I'm fascinated by how we see patterns that don't exist. E.g if we toss a coin 10 times and get heads, what is most likely to be the 11th time?.....in reality we often make assumptions based on what it has been; e.g. the previous 10 coin tosses have helped us to know the 11th coin toss. No it hasn't, not really. When you toss a coin you have a 50:50 chance of heads and tails. Eventually, as long as the coin is not weighted it will likely balance out, but that might take 100, 1,000, or even 100,000 coin tosses to get to that 50:50 ratio. The 11th coin toss is completely independent of the other 10. You might think that works against the following initial example but remember that we have no idea how many tosses we need to see to get a balanced result, and 10 coin tosses is potentially not enough.
Regression to the mean
This essentially means that "in any series of random events an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due partly by chance, by a more ordinary one". Mlodinow uses an aeronautical example but I'm going to provide a different one:
Consider a basketball player who on average is shooting 50% from the field, if he has a game where he shoots 60+% he will likely get praise from the coach.Another player averaging the same 50%, shoots <40% but he gets (let's call it..) 'less positive feedback'. Often in this situation in the next game the player receiving positive feedback shoots closer to their average, but so does the player receiving negative feedback. The coach giving positive feedback thinks; "great when I give positive feedback he get's worse". And the coach who gave negative feedback thinks "Jeez, when I chew this guy out, he performs better". In reality neither coach is right, the player's performance simply regressed to their average. If they performed particularly badly, or particularly well then next time out they were likely to perform closer to their average.
Confirmation Bias
This is a phenomenon where someone with preconceived ideas/theory is more likely to see the evidence that supports their ideas/theory. I find this a common occurrence in sport science as well as every day life. And don't for a moment think that you don't have pre-conceived ideas, because we both know that you do. So here's the example that Mlodinow gives; Here is a sequence of numbers that follow a rule. 2, 4, 6. As the budding scientist you are trying to find the rule so you can test it by giving me a sequence of 3 numbers to check the rule, and I will tell you whether or not they fit the rule. Have a think about your sequence of numbers.......
....I'm waiting....
...OK then, so you said 8, 10, 12.....or 18, 20, 22....or 16, 20, 24. And I tell you that yes, it fits the rule. So what's the rule? At this point I am betting (and you will probably deny it) that it was something to with even numbers or multiples of two. If this was your theory, then your test has proven the rule, right. So it the rule correct!? No. The rule is simply that each successive number in the sequence must be higher than the previous. You chose to test your hypothesis, you tested your theory, or preconceived ideas. And because it fitted you assumed you were right. If you had chosen to test your rule by looking for something that would have given a negative result to your theory e.g. 3, 6, 9, or 11, 12, 13, (which wouldn't have fitted in to your even number theory) then you would have found it did still fit the rule and had to ask more questions, or revise your hypothesis.
Back to the Puzzle
OK then so back to the puzzle we go. How did you get on? Did you get it?
So there are 3 light switches outside a room. And a light behind a closed door. So the solution;
Let's call them Light switch (LS) 1, 2, and 3. You flick LS1 and leave it a few minutes. Then you flick it back. And flick LS2 and open the door. if the light is on, then it was LS2, if the light is off then you know it was LS1 or LS3 right. Is the bulb hot? If so then we can pretty safely assume that it is LS1, if the bulb is cold then we have a good idea that it is LS3.
OK so that's not hugely relevant to the discussion of probability and randomness, my tenuous link is that perhaps your preconceived ideas of how you tell if a light switch works is built solely on whether the bulb is illuminated.
Anyway, now you can go try it on someone else.
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Belen softball edges Academy in seventh inning
The Lady Eagle softball team finished in third place at last weekend's Lady Sundevil Invite at Sandia Prep in Albuquerque with a thrilling 8-7 win over Albuquerque Academy on Saturday.
"This is only our fourth win and it was for third place but it felt like we won the World Series," BHS head coach Eddie Candelaria said. "It was a real thrill for everyone."
The win makes Belen 4-4 on the season, as they are idle during spring break. They'll travel to Moriarty for a game Tuesday, March 22. The Lady Eagles are set to travel to the Lady Dog Tournament in Artesia on Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26.
The Lady Eagles earned a trip to the third-place contest after going 1-1 in pool play on Friday, with a 10-5 win over Grants and a 12-4 loss to Valencia.
Belen 8,
Albuquerque Academy 7
The Eagles were down 7-3 as they took the field in the bottom of the fifth inning of Saturday's third-place game, but held the Lady Charges scoreless in the next three innings, and rallied in the seventh to take the lead.
The seventh inning started with a quick out for the Eagles, and a win looked out of reach until Belen took advantage of two base hits and a handful of errors.
Andrea Gabaldon scored on an error during the Lady Eagles' last at-bat, giving them an 8-7 lead. Belen held the Lady Chargers scoreless in the bottom of the seventh to claim the third place finish.
"This is our second win that came in the seventh inning," Candelaria said. "Two of our four wins have been come-from-behind wins, so that shows a lot of true grit."
Candelaria said the win was a total combined effort, with every player on the roster getting a chance at the plate.
Belen's Maria Montoya went 1-for-2 and scored three runs while Jessica Yeomans contributed two doubles for the Lady Eagles.
"Sometimes, after a win like that, they can come out flat the next day, but we don't play again until (next) Tuesday so we have a lot of time to reflect on this feeling," Candelaria said.
Belen 10, Grants 5
In their first game of the tournament, a seven-run fourth inning put the Lady Eagles up by five. Grants put together a three-run rally in the top of the sixth, but was unable to score in the seventh.
The Lady Eagles had nine hits in the contest, while the Lady Pirates managed seven.
Belen's Sierra Aroz went 2-for-4 at the plate and scored twice for the Lady Eagles and teammate Bethany Martinez was 2-for-4 as well.
Valencia 12, Belen 4
The Lady Eagles were unable to stop the Lady Jaguars of Valencia on Friday afternoon after allowing the first four VHS batters of the game to score.
A flyout stopped the bleeding, but the next three Jaguars to the plate scored as well, putting Belen down 7-0 after the top of the first inning.
Base hits by Belen's Bethany Martinez and Sierra Aroz started the Lady Eagles off in the right direction. Both runners scored for BHS before a double play on an attempted stolen base ended the Eagles' first at-bat.
BHS didn't score again until the bottom of the sixth inning, and it wasn't enough to overcome Valencia's early 10-run lead, giving Belen a 1-1 record in their three-team pool.
Belen pitcher Hailey Morgan went 2-for-3 in the contest with two doubles, while Aroz went 2-for-3 and scored two of the Eagles four runs in the game.


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Controversial YouTube Video "180″ Compares Holocaust to Abortion
Eleven months.
Despite being 33 minutes long, "180″ reached over one million views in less than its first month on YouTube. The extremely engaging video consists of a Jewish man asking people on the street whether or not they would have killed Adolf Hitler if they had the chance. Then he follows up by asking if they would have killed Hitler's mother while she was pregnant with him.
Eventually the people are asked to finish the sentence, "It's okay to kill a baby when…".
"180″ shares the interesting comparison that over 11 million people (not just Jews, but also homosexuals and children with Downs Syndrome) were killed under Hitler's direction, while over 53 million babies have been aborted since abortion was made legal in the United States back in 1973.
Back in August, I published my most controversial (and 2nd most popular) Dadabase post to date, entitled "The Half Abortion: Only Keeping One Twin." Since then, it has received comments on a nearly daily basis. Why? It asks some deep, yet relevant questions.
We all like to think of ourselves as good people; that if there is a Heaven, we will be good enough to make the cut. By asking these deep, difficult, and controversial questions, it makes it easier to decipher the differences between "good" and "evil." If Hitler is the obvious worst person who ever lived, then who's with him?
Is it legitimate to compare the Holocaust to legalized abortion in America?
I am very curious to hear your thoughts on this. Of course, it will be pretty hard to take your comment seriously if you haven't actually watched the entire video. So now I invite you to go deep into some serious stuff here with me today.
In 33 minutes, leave a comment to let me know your thoughts.
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President Obama's approval ratings are at an all time low.
That's the latest from a new NBC Wall Street Journal Poll.
The survey, which came out Wednesday night, indicates that just 42 percent of people think the President is doing a good job.
This comes after the troubled roll-out of the healthcare law.
However President Obama is not the only one with a dismal approval rating.
Just 22-percent of those surveyed see Republicans in a positive light.
The poll also gives some insight into the public's feeling about the government shutdown.
63 percent of people surveyed say they want to replace their own member of Congress.
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After meeting at least twice with the Seattle Seahawks in the past two weeks, veteran defensive end Jared Allen has signed with the Chicago Bears, the team announced Wednesday. Allen, 31, reportedly had an offer from the Seahawks on Thursday and was finalizing a deal with the Super Bowl champions, but wanted the weekend to […] [Read More]
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Though most NFL pundits were expecting a decision from star free agent Jared Allen by the end of the weekend, the five-time All-Pro defensive end could very well still end up with the Seattle Seahawks. "I don't think the door's closed by any stretch of the imagination," Seahawks GM John Schneider told NFL.com on Tuesday. […] [Read More]
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The Seattle Seahawks lost yet another key contributor off of their Super Bowl-winning squad on Monday with the departure of guard Paul McQuistan to the Cleveland Browns. McQuistan started 40 games for the Hawks over the last three seasons, including 14 games for the Super Bowl XLVIII-winning squad last year. Never considered a top-flight starter, […] [Read More]
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A deal could be imminent as free-agent defensive end Jared Allen returned to Seattle on Thursday to meet with the Seahawks for a second time. Allen, 31, spoke to the Seahawks last week but then went to Dallas for a visit with the Cowboys. However, after the Cowboys signed DE Henry Melton on Tuesday, it […] [Read More]
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The Seattle Seahawks continue to make moves as the NFL's new year concludes its first full week. Here's what's going on with the defending Super Bowl champions: Adam Schefter reported via Twitter that the Seahawks are interested in bringing in free-agent receiver Kenny Britt. Who could have called that? Oh yeah, we did. Backup quarterback […] [Read More]
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Just now figuring out that joy and suffering are all tangled up together and to avoid one is to miss out on the other. Trying to grab hold of joy where ever it is found and hold on tight.
Fortunately they don't just kick you out for being stupid.
Well, I will have to file with immigration again. It will cost another $400 on top of the $1500 we have already spent on paperwork this year, and I have a week to fill out ALL of the forms and reassemble all of the required documents. But if I get this done it should work out all right, and no removal proceedings will begin. It's lousy timing, the GH is between jobs, we have a lot of other things to pay for this month, like our life insurance policies, so it really hurts to realize that I basically flushed almost a thousand dollars down the toilet from the last time I filed. But we will get through it, and after walking a good 20 miles, that he's still limping from, my husband came home and forgave me. To say that this week I am grateful that I'm married to him is and understatement. He is steadfast even when I disappoint. I can't really ask for anything more.
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people probably aren't expecting me to write non-technical book reviews, but since i've had the pleasure of reading some fiction recently i figure i would share it with you guys. i don't normally read fiction, i'm normally more interested in history or other non-fiction. however, i found myself in need of a good book and these met my needs admirably.
beth picked up a copy of
Little Children
on our way through o'hare this weekend. it's the story of several suburban couples as they struggle to deal with aging (well, as much as you age from college until your early 30's, along with the normal fears of life in general) and their lives. at this time a convicted child molester moves to the neighborhood, and he's a focal point for events in a few ways. in some aspects this is akin to the scenario if faulkner's
a light in august
in similarity of a single character's entrance acting as the catalyst in the story. at some points you feel for the characters, and in others you detest them or don't much care about them. however, perrotta efficiently and effectively creates a world which i found i could easily slip into as i read the story. the story moves at a decent pace, and you find it easy to keep turning the page. before i knew it the story was over, it had a somewhat predictable ending, but all the same it was enjoyable. not a bad summertime read. perrotta wrote
(which was made into a movie starring reese witherspoon and matthew broderick) and explores similar themes: affairs, shells of marriage, and bittersweet endings.
a couple of weekends ago i received a copy of
, a very hip and delightful short novel. in this particular story we find our characters, scat, six, and sneaky pete all work in the world of corporate advertising. they're all in their mid-20's, more successful (even before the story really gets going and they find employment) than you or i were at that age, and before you know it it's a dream/nightmare life for them. barry creates a world where satire attacks corporations, the job world, and sexual ethics, all deftly told. definitely for the younger crowd, for people who view marketing with a strange mix of contempt and glee, and for people who enjoy a fast-paced story this summer.
both are bound to be hits, the kinds of things you'd share with friends.
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Moderated by Greenway Vice President of Marketing, Industry and Government Affairs Justin T. Barnes, the Atlanta ACO Forum featured Wil Yu, special assistant of Innovations and Research, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Vincent L. Frakes, federal policy director of the Washington, DC-based Center for Health Transformation, along with area doctors, health system, university and legal healthcare experts addressing the formation of care coordination strategies beneficial to patients and addressing rising healthcare costs.
Barnes, who also co-chairs the chamber's Bioscience Leadership Council, along with other co-sponsors of the event, has also formulated a national Accountable Care Community of Practice (AC CoP) organizing similar events around the country.
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Some great news on a rather grey, wet, wild and stormy Cornish day. The indoor cycling video production company The Sufferfest has just licensed two tracks from Aardvark Records: The lush Ambient track "Big Swell" from Staedler & Waldorf (album: "No Way Home") and the upbeat Nu Jazz track "At The Sloane" from Torso (album: "naked came the she squid"). [clcik link to read more]
The duo's follow up to their 2005 seven-track project "Percolatin' with Lucifer" is more upbeat and is quite accessible. The 12 tracks don't stagnate or merge into one sound. It's a journey to please from start to finish. Overall, the disc is danceable in the right surroundings and comes off as being not at all cheesy mall background filler. I envision this crew continuing to release quality music in the future.
Torso however is far more experimental, if Radiohead is the purveyors of experimental rock in the modern era, then Torso are likewise with jazz music. Thats not to say jazz is the only influence on Naked Came the She Squid, there are subtle African beats and flutes that are reminiscent of nature documentaries. Even DJ-esque scratching appears from time to time. ..Torso's effort is perfect for relaxation, a nice car ride through the wilderness or when in the mood for something different but not sure what, then Naked Came the She Squid is perfect.
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This is Scott. He was dying of liver disease and was not expected to make it much longer. He also had Down Syndrome. His nephew decided to post a little bit about him online - some of his interests and what he enjoys doing - not for pity or sympathy, but just to let the world know about his incredible uncle and what he was going through. And that's when literally thousands of people from all around the world decided to make the end of Scott's life something very, very special.
Scott used to love writing. He would write down notes, thoughts and more. This thank you is the last thing he wrote.
What strangers did for him brought out the happiness inside of him, no matter how sick he got.
He was sent literal piles of mail from people who wanted to show how much he was loved.
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Users on Reddit.com sent him these to keep him happy while his health was failing.
Scott received letters, but also gifts from companies. Sony Music even sent him CDs.
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They brought happiness to him when things were looking grim.
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He loved it!
Scotty loved wrestling, so someone made him a custom wrestling mask.
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He was always a bit camera shy...
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video from our recent gasshuku
this was the Pacific Northwest Gasshuku hosted at our dojo at Western Washington University. We had some big names there teaching amazing technique. I love this armbar! sensei here is bert mackey from the Budokan in seattle
(the place where we are at is not where we usually practice, our normal room is far smaller..i wish we could practice here!)
Given that its Bert, though, I'm pretty confident that he only did the 'wrong roll' to illustrate the turnover process being done over uke's head. Rather than to denigrate the Adams style figure 4 dependent turnover.
However, its worth pointing out that I have seen in person and on the interwebs countless examples of the 'wrong roll' being passed off as the Neil Adams Juji roll. If you're doing the Neil Adams Juji roll without securing the figure 4 control before rolling you're doing it wrong and need to read this thread:
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Theory of genetics[edit]
Def. a "branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA"[1] is called genetics.
Evolutionary genetics[edit]
Def. a "science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits"[2] is called optogenetics.
Population genetics[edit]
Def. the "study of the allele frequency distribution and change under the influence of the four evolutionary processes: natural selection, genetic drift, mutation and gene flow"[3] is called population genetics.
Quantitative genetics[edit]
Proof of concept[edit]
Def. a "short and/or incomplete realization of a certain method or idea to demonstrate its feasibility"[4] is called a proof of concept.
Def. evidence that demonstrates that a concept is possible is called proof of concept.
The proof-of-concept structure consists of
- background,
- procedures,
- findings, and
- interpretation.[5]
Control group[edit]
The findings demonstrate a statistically systematic change from the status quo or the control group.
Cavia porcellus may be derived from Cavia tschudii.
See also[edit]
- ↑ "genetics, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. April 16. 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ↑ "optogenetics, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. January 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ↑ "population genetics, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. August 18, 2009. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ↑ "proof of concept, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. November 10, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ↑ Ginger Lehrman and Ian B Hogue, Sarah Palmer, Cheryl Jennings, Celsa A Spina, Ann Wiegand, Alan L Landay, Robert W Coombs, Douglas D Richman, John W Mellors, John M Coffin, Ronald J Bosch, David M Margolis (August 13, 2005). "Depletion of latent HIV-1 infection in vivo: a proof-of-concept study". Lancet 366 (9485): 549-55. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67098-5. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673605670985. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
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Danny Ainge: No plans to trade Rajon Rondo
Dec 1, 2011, 2:20 PM EDT
Okay Celtics fans, you can stop now with plans for your 10-team trade where the Celtics send out Rajon Rondo and get back Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard and Rudy Gay.
Rajon Rondo is going to stay a Celtic, Danny Ainge said Thursday, reports A. Sherrod Blakely at CSNNE.com.
Danny Ainge says he has no plans to trade his All-Star point guard, Rajon Rondo, – or any of the Big 3 for that matter – this season….
"Rondo will be fine," Ainge told reporters Thursday morning. "Rondo knows that we love him. He knows that we like him. He's excited to come back and play basketball; that's my opinion."
Will Rondo be fine? His play slumped when the Celtics traded his friend Kendrick Perkins last year. All these rumors are not going to be good for his psyche. When camp opens, the Celtics brass needs to tell Rondo that he is the future of he franchise and pump him up.
Boston should not trade Rondo — unless what comes back in that trade is one of those true handful of NBA cornerstone players. Chris Paul is one, Dwight Howard is another. (And I read the comments, those of you who think Rondo is as good as CP3 need to watch them both play more. He's not.)
Those trades are not going to happen (CP3 does not want to come to Boston, apparently). So Ainge is playing it smart, "We love Rondo, we don't want to trade him." Well done.
- savoirlaire - Dec 1, 2011 at 3:32 PM
And I would say thank god…not only is Rondo a unique talent, not only does he still have big offensive upside, not only is he a really humble and good kid, but also remember that this is the type of player that will help draw offensive talents and scoring threats to the Celtics. What upcoming offensive star wouldn't want to team with a pass-first guy like Rondo? The Celtics clearly need a couple of years of transition, but they will reload, and when they do, Rondo will be an even bigger star.
- boston25rocketman - Dec 1, 2011 at 3:42 PM
No plans to trade him… Unless CP3 changes his mind about Boston.
- bozosforall - Dec 1, 2011 at 5:36 PM
He won't. Sorry, Charlene.
- baboushka - Dec 1, 2011 at 5:11 PM
The Celtics would be nuts to trade Rondo for CP3. That is not what that team needs. It won't upgrade that team at all. Okay, CP3 is a better shooter. Rondo is a better defender. And both are equal at distributing the ball to the Celt's current personnel.
My humble advice to Ainge is re-sign Big Baby immediately. Lock up Jeff Green long term. And get what you really need in free agency. A Center. Greg Oden is a restricted free agent in Portland. Sign him! And give up high draft choices to Portland to keep him. When Oden is healthy, he's capable of playing Center at the very highest level. He is a prodigious shot blocker, rebounder and defender on the mold of Bill Russell. He has decent offensive skills. He is a good free throw shooter. He would be the perfect starter in that Boston lineup with Rondo. WIth Jermaine O'Neal coming off the bench. Their Bench would be awesome with O'Neal, Bradley, Green and Big Baby. If Oden escapes that obviously jinxed & bad building in Portland he will be fine in Beantown. just like Bill Walton was. That Portland arena has wrecked the legs of every great Portland player it had. And the knees and legs of all of its centers in its history! Something strange happens on that floor.
But you team up Rondo with Oden, Green, Big Baby and Bradley for the future, while riding out the string on KG, Allen and Pierce, you could have another monster team and championship or 2. Especially if Pierce can hang around as a pure gunner for 4-5 more years ala Ray Allen.
- bozosforall - Dec 1, 2011 at 5:40 PM
You guys all openly rooted for your team to tank games before the Draft when Oden came out in a lame attempt to get him then. You losers didn't get him then and you won't get him now (unless McHale is named the GM in Portland suddenly, that is).
You idiots had your center in Perkins and stupidly let him go. Face it, your team is slowly sinking into NBA irrelevance, hastened by the aging of your best players. It will be awhile until they are relevant again. Much like the Red Sox and shortly thereafter, the Pats.
Suicide watches in New England will be up in the next few years. LMAO
- baboushka - Dec 1, 2011 at 7:59 PM
They lose nothing by bidding up Oden. Sure the Blazers can match or exceed the offer. But it is a big risk for them. Because Oden doesn't want to stay up there. He wants a fresh start, in a new market, with a good point guard. He prefers to go home to Indiana, or join his best friend in Memphis (Mike Conley). Indiana could trade Roy Hibbert to get him. But Memphis won't part with Marc Gasol. Boston would be an ideal market, where Oden could start over anew on a known team with a lot of Championship "Cred". And big potential to win a title with the Big 4 (with him in it).
Oden is a free agent. Albeit restricted. There is huge risk for Portland keeping him, while discarding solid options to build their team with the expendable young players the Celts drafted last spring, along with 1-2 draft choices. And the "C's" would lose big if he truly is a fragile flower with injuries that won't heal. IMO it is a risk worth taking for both teams. Portland doesn't need him at Center. They have all of their other injured Centers back this year. They need a young, shooting, PG stud like the kid Bradley appears to be. Bradley could be better than Rondo Long term. And he plays PG more like Deron Williams. At any rate, I would part with him or Rondo to Portland to seal an Oden deal.
So pull your Boston hate mask off dude. Legendary NBA Sport Towns that are always in the Championship mix like Boston and LA know how to make deals like this happen and keep on going. There is no suicide watch in NE anytime soon. Tell me what city your teams are in and I'll know the rest of the story.
- stayhigh_247 - Dec 1, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Oden, really? You'd be better off grabbing Kwame Brown at least he'll play the whole season and some productivity beats none at all! Oden's skillset could be tremendous, but his body has betrayed him, not to be harsh, but it's a wrap!
- 00maltliquor - Dec 2, 2011 at 4:26 AM
Ainge is a dirty lil' liar! Haha! Who's he fooling? He only said that after CP3 sad he wouldn't sign an extension to get traded to the C's!
Ainge would trade his own mama for a bowl of spaghetti oh's if he was hungry enough!
- bknowledge - Dec 3, 2011 at 12:23 AM
Celtics should trade Rondo to the LA Clippers for Kaman, Eric Bledsoe, and Randy Foye or Mo Williams…
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lucian freud Etchings
22 September 2012 - 13 January 2013
This display celebrates a major new gift to The Courtauld Gallery of nine etchings by Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011).
They have been presented to The Courtauld by Freud's close friend and fellow artist Frank Auerbach.
They are the first works by this master of post-war British art to enter the collection and represent a significant addition to the Gallery's expanding 20th-century holdings.
The nine prints were gifts from Freud to Auerbach over a period of several years and many are inscribed with dedications.
The display also includes Auerbach's own portrait etching of Freud, generously given to The Courtauld by The Garcia Family Foundation to complement this group of works.
The Freud prints were produced during the 1980s and early 1990s: the period when the artist returned to etching with renewed commitment to the medium after a hiatus of many years.
The works in the gift range from small, intimate head studies, such as that of his daughter, Bella Freud, to large-scale, monumental male and female nudes, including one of the celebrated masterpieces of his printed oeuvre, Blond Girl, 1985 (pictured).
Freud's etchings have a revered and distinct place as part of his artistic legacy.
He exploited the medium's unique linear qualities to produce works that offer a visual experience that is strikingly different from either his paintings or drawings.
Find out more about the Freud etchings from Dr Barnaby Wright, Daniel Katz 20th Curator of 20th Century Art.


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20 Questions With...Lisa Dillon
Editorial Staff • West End • 21 Jun 2004
Although she only graduated from RADA in 2002, Lisa Dillon has already proved herself as an actress to watch having won the Ian Charleston Award (recognising outstanding performances by young actors in classical roles) and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer as well as Newcomer nominations in both the Evening Standard and Whatsonstage.com Awards.
Dillon's first theatre job was at Sheffield Crucible playing the title role in Iphigenia, directed by Anna Mackmin. She went on to play Hilda Wangel opposite Patrick Stewart in Anthony Page's West End revival of Ibsen's The Master Builder.
Her screen credits are in Hawking and Cambridge Spies on television and Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things on film.
Currently, Dillon is Desdemona, opposite Sello Maake ka Ncube and Antony Sher as Othello and Iago, in Gregory Doran's Royal Shakespeare Company production of Othello. It's now playing a limited West End season at the new Trafalgar Studios (formerly the Whitehall Theatre), following its run in Stratford-upon-Avon and a tour of Japan.
Date & place of birth
Born in Coventry in 1979.
Lives now in...
In London, by the river.
First big break
Cambridge Spies, which was my first job really. I don't know if it was a big break, but it was high profile and I was working with good actors and a good script.
Career highlights
I've been so fortunate to work on projects that have been brilliant and have had the opportunity to work with great actors from Antony Sher to Patrick Stewart and Sue Johnston. When I did the film Bright Young Things, directed by Stephen Fry, I found myself sitting in a trailer with Stockard Channing on one side and Richard E Grant on the other. And there I was in the middle thinking, this is amazing!
Essentially, awards are not important. With something like the Ian Charleson, I felt really proud to have achieved that. But awards are not a driving force, nor should they be.
Favourite productions you've ever worked on
I think The Master Builder. You don't find many female parts like Hilda Wangel, with such depth and such an interesting journey. Being directed by Anthony Page was special, too.
Favourite co-stars
It is lovely working with Antony Sher at the moment. Rehearsals are like having a masterclass everyday – there's so much to learn and absorb from him, he's incredible. Working with people like that brings out the good in you because you don't want to disappoint. I'd love to work with David Tennant - wouldn't everyone? - in something written by Paul Abbot, who did State of Play on TV. That would be great.
Favourite directors
I think I have a special connection to Anna Mackmin because she cast me in Iphigenia, my first stage production. She seemed to inject me with confidence and didn't treat me as the new girl. I was allowed to grow within the role and that's all an actress wants. I'd love to work with the whole National brigade: Nicholas Hytner, Howard Davies, the list could go on forever on that one.
Favourite playwrights
I'm not sure I have a favourite. It's all about good writing, so I could swing from a Leo Butler piece at the Royal Court to Edward Albee and Virginia Woolf or The Goat. It's about brilliant spontaneous insight. I'm very keen to do some new writing.
What roles would you most like to play still?
I'd love to play Nina in The Seagull and Laura in The Glass Menagerie. I want to do something a bit tougher, too, so I want someone to do a Sarah Kane season again and get into that. I'd love to do a season at the Royal Court working on some experimental new work.
What would you advise the government to secure the future of British theatre?
I think they've got far more pressing things to do. Maybe I'm naïve, but I think theatre's here to stay. I don't think it's ingrained enough in our culture, though. I think audiences are still middle class and middle-aged, and I think it's crucial somehow that theatre is available to everybody - and good theatre too. Theatre has another function other than just to entertain. But we live in a fast society and you have to train yourself to theatre, to sit and watch something for two hours that isn't a film. We're beginning to forget how to do that. I've just toured Japan and I went to see some Noh and some Kabuki theatre which goes on for hours and hours. It's incredible, but in this country, we don't have that capacity for concentration as an audience anymore.
What's the best thing you've seen on stage recently?
The Pillowman …. Well, it was actually Assassins on Broadway. Wouldn't every actor want to be in a Sondheim musical? It was brilliant.
If you could swap places with one person (living or dead) for a day, who would it be?
I'm pausing - that's a good sign, obviously I'm quite content where I am. However, I wouldn't mind giving Posh a run for her money and balling Beckham's football socks for a day!
Favourite books
At the moment, I'm into Haruki Murakami. It's the Tokyo experience! I'd read Murakami's stuff before, but having been to Japan, it became even more relevant. I particularly like A Wild Sheep Chase, which is so off the wall. He manages to be wacky and poignant in the same sentence.
Favourite holiday destination
I just went to the Philippines recently and that was divine. I'd go back any day of the week.
Favourite after-show haunts
Because the show comes down quite late, I normally have to go to a members-only club. The Groucho is always good for a nightcap.
If you hadn't been an actor, what would you have done professionally?
I think I'd have trained as an artist, but I don't think I could do anything else other than act.
Why did you want to accept your part in Othello?
Working with the RSC has got to be in the top five on any young actor's list. You do have a huge sense of pride working with this company. Also the play speaks for itself - it is just so accessible to a modern audience and still so relevant today.
Why exactly is working for the RSC special?
Tt's such a unique experience to work for a theatre company where you're just picking up bread for a while and then you pass it on to someone else. You feel its history. As you pad around the Swan, it's all there, all the people who have ever performed there. It's your job to live up to what the RSC should be.
What's your favourite line from Othello?
"I saw Othello's visage in his mind."
What's the funniest/oddest/most notable thing that has happened during the run to date of Othello?
We've been plagued with illnesses. One night in Stratford, during the senate scene, poor Justin Avoth, who plays Cassio, suddenly went green and passed out. None of us knew what to do so we just kept going, hoping the scene would end soon! There's a globe on wheels on the set, and I thought we were going to have to flop Justin over it and wheel him off! We did stop the show eventually, and the understudy had to go on and save the show, which he did.
What do you think about the new Trafalgar Studios?
I think it's very very exciting. It's a brilliant, unique space because you have the audience two feet away from you - you can even see them blinking - but they're raked so steeply at the back that you're having to play up and out. So it's personal and intimate but also epic at the same time. That's perfect for Othello and for many other plays, too, I'm sure.
What are your plans for the future?
I don't know yet. I've been having lots of exciting meetings. I may do some screen work to anchor those skills because they're so different from the ones you need for theatre.
- Lisa Dillon was speaking to Hannah Kennedy
Othello continues its limited season at Trafalgar Studios until 17 July 2004.


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Jack Davis was a relentless and often unheralded advocate for underfunded, outflanked, and ignored artists, community groups, social movements, and others shunted aside by mainstream venues and the art establishment.
Davis died Sept. 23 at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was born Nov. 16, 1940, in Phoenix, Ariz., and came to California to attend the University of Santa Clara and San Francisco State University in the late 1950s and '60s. He studied theater arts in Northern California, then was one of the directors and founding actors of the South Coast Repertory in Orange County. He married Judith Watson and returned to San Francisco in 1968.
Well known in the underground art world that he helped pioneer, Davis was a pivotal figure in the growth and public awareness of hundreds of uniquely San Francisco creative projects. For nearly 20 years he was director of the SomArts Cultural Center, which provides classrooms and work space for community-based programs and theater and gallery access to nascent and established artists.
But his contributions went far beyond SomArts. He and Rene Yáñez helped found CELLspace, a unique community and cultural center in the Mission. Davis was an early supporter of Burning Man and hosted its parties, meetings, and large-scale events at SomArts. He also provided technical support and counsel for the Day of the Dead and other San Francisco street events.
Under his leadership SomArts hosted myriad edgy and unconventional troupes and shows. Davis hosted early events by Survival Research Laboratories, which essentially created the machine-and-fire art scene that is now renowned around the world. Davis would often need to run interference with the Fire Department and other authorities who were concerned about the SRL's seemingly dangerous experimentation.
Davis assisted in the evolution of that scene at every step, recently providing support services so the Flaming Lotus Girls could bring their massive Serpent Mother project to the "Robodock" festival in Amsterdam last month. Other SomArts projects Davis facilitated include the offbeat Naughty Santa's Black Market, the Queer Arts Festival, Balinese shadow theater, DadaFest, the SF Electronic Music Festival, and the SF Indie Fest.
Davis also helped win national recognition for the alt-art movement by working with Eric Val Reuther, a panelist for and consultant to the National Endowment for the Arts, to bring many worthwhile (and underfunded) groups to the attention of the NEA. Davis also cofounded the Neighborhood Arts Program National Organizing Committee and helped set up its West Coast office in San Francisco.
Among the community-based groups Davis helped establish were the Bayview Opera House, the Native American Cultural Center, the Mission Cultural Center, and the Western Addition Cultural Center. He helped create a theater at Lone Mountain College, was director of Intersection for the Arts, and organized the San Francisco Blues Festival with Tom Mazzolini. In the summer Davis and his son Hayden and their friend Ernie Rivera built stages and performance areas for street fairs and other events.
As director of Intersection for the Arts, Davis hosted many unknown performers who went on to acclaim in the larger world of theater, including Diane di Prima, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Carroll, Ntozake Shange, Bill Irwin, Paul Dresher, and Rinde Eckert. Other groups Davis supported include the SF Mime Troupe, the Farm, the Pickle Family Circus, Make a Circus, and Dance Mission.


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Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Kayamandi residents were putting out the last of the flames from the fire that raged through the informal settlement outside Stellenbosch on Friday, leaving thousands homeless, others were already putting up frames to rebuild new shacks.
"The time for crying was last night. This is a tragedy, but it is not the end of the world.
"People are very frustrated, because we have been promised decent housing by the government many times. They are channelling that anger and energy into rebuilding their homes," said Eddie Diko, who lost everything in the fire.
"You must understand, this is humiliating for us. To have television cameras here pointing at us when the community is so vulnerable is not a good feeling.
"Look at me – I am dirty, I do not have a job, nor an ID, nor a spare change of clothes. Be honest, would you want to employ me if I showed up for a job interview?" he said as his eyes welled up.
His sister, Babalwa Diko, moved over to comfort him.
With the soles of his shoes melting on the hot concrete where his shack once stood, Nelson Mayezana was one of the first residents to erect the corner poles for a new shack.
His plot was abuzz with activity, with six friends from a gospel choir helping with the rebuilding.
"For me it's touching that people in the community whose houses weren't burned are willing to skip work to help us out. We owe them a lot, but we would do the same if the situation was reversed," he said.
"I think we'll have the roof up tonight. By tomorrow maybe we'll have walls and then we'll just about be finished."
Christa Liebenberg, municipal manager in Stellenbosch, admitted that an aerial surveillance of the area suggested preliminary reports that 600 shacks had burned down were gross underestimations.
She would not put a figure on the extent of the damage, but opinions gleaned from residents suggest that between 2 000 and 4 000 households lost their homes.
Virtually all those affected by the fire worked through the night, salvaging their possessions and battling the blaze.
Sitting alongside a pile of furniture, Bulelwa Masanini said she would not sleep until she knew that her possessions would be safe.
She said she had been told at a meeting that the municipality had promised to provide R1 200, 15 zinc sheets and 10 poles to each of the affected households.
There have been three confirmed deaths – two adults and a baby.
His mother, Elishia Mdoda, sat in solemn silence near where her son's charred body still lay as police secured the scene.
She said the fire had come up too quickly for her son to wake up and escape.
Near where Mdoda had lived, residents had inadvertently hampered the firefighting efforts by packing their possessions in one of the only streets in the area.
This provided a channel for the fire to spread to a section of formal housing, where three cars and six houses burnt to the ground.
The wall of furniture, along with the density of that section of Kayamandi, made it virtually impossible for the 12 fire engines and 50 firefighters to get hoses to many burning areas.
A relief station has been set up by the municipality's disaster management at Strong Yard community hall, where people can register to receive aid, food, and blankets. The hall will also be available to house those who need it, said Liebenberg.
The Department of Home Affairs has started reissuing IDs to those who lost their documents in the fire
"There is urgent and immediate need and I appeal to the residents, students and businesses of Stellenbosch to open their hearts and give in abundance, to help alleviate the desperate need and desolation of fellow citizens," said Stellenbosch mayor Conrad Sidego.
* If you can help by donating non-perishable food, blankets and clothing, contact Shezayd Siegels at the Stellenbosch Disaster Management Centre on 082 050 4834 or email@example.com.


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Electric Wizard: 'Witchcult Today'
Electric Wizard
Witchcult Today (Rise Above)
Metal die-hards can rest easy. Electric Wizard hasn't released anything for three years, but the band is still making epic, brooding, behemoth songs. "Black Magic Rituals & Perversion," for example, clocks in at 11 minutes, and it's more of a stoner fête than the rest of the album's offerings, reminiscent of 2002's Let Us Prey with Jus Oborn and Liz Buckingham's guitars fuzzed out to the nth degree. Electric Wizard is still one of the heaviest bands in the world.
While not as dirty or wondrously sloppy as 2000's Dopethrone, Witchcult Today is still a drone fest, with gloomy, resonant elongations that encapsulate all things cultic and mordantly beautiful. On "Satanic Rites of Drugula," Osborn's eerie echoed vocals affirm the basic tenets of classic doom, the stuff that H.P. Lovecraft would dig.
The drums aren't as prominent or as loud as they once were, back when ex-Iron Monkey member Justin Greaves was behind the throne. The new drummer, Shaun Rutter, can thrash with enough cocksureness to keep things as malignant and foreboding as Electric Wizard should be, but we sure do miss Greaves' methodical stickmanship. Just listen to '95s "Mountains of Mars" and you'll hear the difference.