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Glossary of Licensing Terms
Applications Software
This category includes end-user programs such as word processors, spreadsheets and database software. These programs can't run without an OS and associated system utilities.
Client Access License (CAL)
The companion to a server license, a Client Access License must be in place for every authenticated user on a given network. This license enables client applications on personal computers or workstations to access the server and its program(s) in order to perform operations on the local computer.
Company-Wide Option
The Company-Wide Option is a part of the licensing program from Microsoft that offers savings of up to 10 percent by licensing all qualifying desktops with any of several enterprise products including Microsoft® Windows® Professional Desktop, Microsoft Office Professional and Microsoft Core CAL.
Competitive Upgrade
This term describes a migration from one software title to a competing title from another software publisher.
Concurrent Licensing, Concurrent Use or Concurrency
This type of license enables a defined number of users to access a piece of software at the same time. See also Per Server Licensing.
Contractual License Program (CLP)
This type of program offers discounted pricing if you commit to purchasing a defined amount of software within a specific time period (generally two years).
Core Client Access License (Core CAL)
Core CAL is a package license from Microsoft that covers basic server components across desktop computers, including Microsoft Windows Server®, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Systems Management Server and Microsoft SharePoint® Portal Server. Microsoft replaced the BackOffice® Server CAL with the newer Core CAL. It provides the same platform discounts and benefits that the BackOffice Server CAL did.
Cross Grade
This term describes migration from one software title to another title from the same publisher.
Certified Software Manager (CSM)
Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)-sponsored designation for Dell | ASAP account managers that shows they have demonstrated Volume License Agreement (VLA) expertise exceeding industry standards
This term describes the use of purchased software products in keeping with software publishers' end-user license agreements.
Database (DB)
Like an electronic filing system, databases collect, organize and save information (or data) that can then be retrieved by users as needed using various database "queries" or search techniques.
The items shipped with software licenses. Examples include media (CDs or diskettes) and documentation (user manuals). Deliverables vary by publisher.
A user manual that accompanies software; available from the software publisher or a third party.
End-User License Agreement (EULA)
A legal agreement between a customer and a software publisher providing a license to use software according to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Enterprise Agreement (EA)
A Microsoft licensing agreement in which the customer and its qualified affiliates may standardize on one or more of the Microsoft Platform Enterprise Products at discounted prices. These agreements apply in cases involving large numbers of machines (typically 250 or more) and are based on a 3-year term.
Enterprise Software Advisor (ESA)
Under the Enterprise Agreement and Enterprise Subscription Agreement, the customer may engage a Microsoft authorized third party to provide pre and postsales assistance.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
An automated data management system for ordering, invoicing, pricing and electronic fund transferring (EFT). Our EDI Services can accommodate the requirements of almost any EDI system to help you improve accuracy, increase data processing speed and reduce operational costs.
Electronic Software Downloads (ESD)
In the event that software delivery is needed quickly, we offer ESD to customers who have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Dell | ASAP. Products available for download are limited to those covered under the EA contract.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
ERP is an industry term for the range of application software-supported activities that help an organization manage critical parts of its business, including product planning, purchasing, maintaining inventories, interacting with suppliers, providing customer service and tracking orders. We can integrate with a variety of ERP systems for your ordering convenience.
Used to calculate anticipated volume discounts at the beginning of a licensing agreement or to set minimum required orders for the length of the agreement, the forecast is an estimated number of users for which the customer will need to acquire software licenses over a specified period of time (typically 2 years).
Software that is offered to users without charge. Unlike public domain software, freeware is copyright protected. Users are restricted from using the software in any way that is not expressly allowed by the author. For example, users are not allowed to sell freeware to others.
Sometimes called workgroup productivity software, groupware helps teams of workers attached to a local area network (workgroups) coordinate their activities.
A 25-digit string of numbers and letters that must be entered in order to install many Microsoft programs.
Large Account Reseller (LAR)
A Microsoft designation given to resellers that allows them to sell Microsoft Select Licensing and Enterprise Agreement.
Software purchasing thresholds that provide increasing price discounts based on point totals.
The right to install software on one or more computers or servers. The EULA determines how a licensee is entitled to use the software. There are various types of licenses, some of which include concurrent, perpetual and named user. See also end-user license agreement (EULA).
License Certificate
A document received postpurchase that specifies the product licensed and quality of license.
Maintenance is purchased in addition to a software license, giving you the right to receive the newest version of the software program for a designated period of time. This is also known as upgrade protection.
The CD or diskettes that enable you to install licenses purchased. Media is typically sold separately from the actual license.
Media Kit
A starter kit provided by the software publisher to the purchaser of a piece of software. Kits typically include media containing one copy of the software, as well as any documentation for that software product.
Microsoft Software Assurance (SA)
A Microsoft maintenance program aimed at business users of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and other server and desktop applications. The core premise behind SA is to give users the ability to spread their payments for the software over multiple years while allowing upgrades to newer versions in that time period.
A Microsoft concept development framework that incorporates applications, a suite of tools and the internet to provide a new level of access for businesses. From a software licensing perspective, .NET is significant in that it is rented as a hosted service rather than purchased outright. The internet houses all applications and associated data so that users can access it from anywhere. .NET is built on four internet standards: Hypertext Protocol (HTTP), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI).
Network Operating System
A piece of software that connects computers and peripheral devices, such as printers, to the local area network (LAN).
Any computer or peripheral device on the network that processes data and has a unique network address.
Open License Program (OLP)
A licensing program that provides pricing discounts based upon the highest volume purchased in a given time period based on defined discount levels.
Open Licensing
A Microsoft volume licensing program that can be used for organizations that need as few as five licenses.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
A document format that enables easy sharing of electronic documents among users. PDFs preserve the look of the original document without requiring a user to open the document with the software that created it. A proprietary format from Adobe®, PDFs can be viewed using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader®.
Per Processor Licensing
A part of Microsoft's licensing program that requires one processor license for every processor within the server being licensed. This type of license is available for the following Microsoft server products: Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) Server, SQL Server®, Host Integration, Commerce, BizTalk®, Application Center, Operations Manager and Content Manager.
Per Seat Licensing
With per seat licensing, each user connecting to a licensed server must have a client access license (CAL). The CAL also enables access to any other licensed server within the network.
Per Server Licensing
With per server licensing, terms are based on the number of machines hitting the server at one time. In this case, the number of machines allowed to hit the server at once is restricted to the number of CALs owned by the organization. If there are 100 machines within the organization, but only 50 hit the server at any given time, only 50 CALs would be needed. See also concurrent licensing.
Perpetual Licensing
An agreement in which the customer owns the most recent version of the product available at the time that the license agreement expires.
An illegal installation of a software program, therefore violating a publisher's end-user license agreement.
A numeric value given to each software title and used to determine eligibility for a pricing discount.
A numeric value given to a group of software titles and used to determine eligibility for pricing discounts.
Public Domain Software
A category of software that is free to the public is not copyright protected and can therefore be used without restrictions. This does not include freeware, which is free software that is copyright protected. See also freeware.
Product Key Codes
Codes used to install purchased software programs, usually included on the license certificate.
Readme File
A text document that may be included in the media provided for installing the software, readme files typically provide additional information that was not included in the official documentation.
Select Licensing
A licensing program from Microsoft designed for organizations with 250 or more desktops that are able to forecast software licensing needs over a 3-year period.
Software that is distributed without restriction based on the idea users will pay for it based on the honor system. Users can usually get the software for free. If they actually use it, they are asked to pay a small fee. The fee may also entitle the user to receive service assistance and updates. Shareware can be copied and shared with other users, but those users are also expected to pay the fee if they use the product. Unlike public domain software, shareware is copyrighted. Users cannot sell a shareware product as their own.
Shrink Wrap
Software in a retail box that usually includes media (CD-ROM), manual and license.
Site License
This type of license gives you the right to purchase software for multiple locations based on one overarching agreement.
Software Asset Management (SAM)
A process of recording and maintaining software licenses across an organization.
Software Assurance
This is Microsoft's newest version of maintenance, which includes 2 years of Open Licensing and 1, 2 or 3 years of Select Licensing. Software Assurance is automatically included in Enterprise Agreement.
Subscription Licensing
A software licensing model in which agreement terms apply for a specific period of time. Once the agreement term has expired, it must be renewed or the software must be removed. McAfee® is one example of a publisher offering a subscription licensing program.
Systems Software
An OS and utility programs such as compilers, loaders, linkers and debuggers that manage computer resources at a basic level.
Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
An international IT industry trade association that unifies businesses providing software and information for the digital economy.
Terminal Services
Services used to access applications or data residing on a server.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
The figure representing how much it actually costs to own a piece of software, PC or other device. Typically, this includes the original cost of the item plus accessories or associated hardware and software, upgrades, maintenance, technical support and training.
Transactional License Program (TLP)
A licensing model in which discounted pricing is based upon each transaction in which individual software license are purchased at various discount levels.
Transactional License Agreement (TLA)
A license agreement in which the discount level for purchases is calculated per order.
True Up
A process used to license new and incremental PCs above the commitment of your initial volume license agreement (VLA). A single payment for licenses added throughout the year is due at the end of each year of your VLA. Reporting online makes it easy for you to track and report true ups.
A new version of a software program intended to replace the old version you own. Typically, upgrades are purchased at a discounted cost.
Upgrade Protection
Grants the license holder the right to receive new software version upgrades for a given time period (generally 1 or 2 years) for a discounted, prepaid price; also known as maintenance or Software Assurance. Also called Upgrade Insurance (UI).
The person who uses a piece of software by running the application on a computer.
Version Upgrade
This enables you to change from one version to the next version released of a particular software title.
Volume License Key (VLK)
Usually shortened to "keycode," it is a 25-digit string of numbers and letters that must be entered in order to install many Microsoft programs.
Volume License Agreement (VLA)
A license agreement that makes purchasing multiple software licenses efficient and economical. Discount levels are determined by the number of licenses acquired. VLAs usually allow continued buying at a specified discounted level for a period of time.
Volume License Program (VLP)
Formalized program that offers discounted pricing for software licenses purchased in volume.


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The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is encouraging teachers, classmates, parents and others to nominate students for the 2014 Young Environmentalist of the Year Awards.
Nominations must be based on actions or projects which have taken place between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014.
Winners will be honored in a ceremony on Governor's Day at the Delaware State Fair on July 24.
Nominations will be accepted until June 20.
For more information: dnrec.delaware.gov/Admin/Pages/YoungEnv.aspx.
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Does Israel resort to war crimes, and then lie about it, to gain its ends? It has in the past. Which is why I have a hard time believing Israel's claims now that it isn't targeting schools and hospitals, which are UN-observed civilian refugee sites. That would be a clear and horrific war crime under international law and the Geneva conventions. I also have a hard time believing what they also in the same breath say (see previous link), that they actually are targeting those sites because they are storing rockets for Hamas. (Yes, those two claims directly contradict each other; yes, it's absurd to think sites observed by UN personnel are storing rockets–in fact, they clear any rockets found at sites set up as refugee centers).
To get up to speed on this, read this and this and this.
Hamas, of course, is evil and insane, if ever those words had meaning. They lie and kill all the time, in vile ways and without any rational sense. They also try to manipulate the public with false claims. But this isn't a claim coming from Hamas.
There is a difference between responding justly with necessary force to legitimate terror and danger, and using that legitimacy as cover for trying to get away with evils even greater than those achieved by the enemy you are answering. Because of the Christian Armageddon Lobby, Israel does get away with quite a lot, and getting a free pass is a form of power, and power corrupts. If Israel is beyond all criticism, then it can slip in any evil and play the same get-out-of-jail-free card. If they are allowed to get away with anything, then they will in the end do anything. (So do we. Consider Tuskegee.)
Why am I doubtful that Israel is telling the truth this time? Because neutral observers confirm it. And Israel has done this before. In the most appalling way. And I want to share with you the example I mean. You can't understand the world without it.
As a historian, I wonder at all the things people don't know about our own history, and yet history repeats itself when we don't. So let me recount something you probably have never heard about. It will sicken you. Especially the most patriotic, ra-ra, pro-military folk among you. Yes, especially you. [Read more…]


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Career Services Alumni and Friends
Wabash alumni are welcome to utilize all our job search services at no charge and you are also encouraged to use your talents and experience to assist our current students. Keep in mind that the value of your Wabash degree is directly related to the current standing of our College and the outcomes of our current students.
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Women's Hockey Team Skates to 3-3 Tie at Colgate
HAMILTON, N.Y. (11/3/12) - The Princeton women's hockey team rallied from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to forge a 3-3 tie at Colgate on Saturday afternoon. Sally Butler's second goal of the game midway through the third period drew the Tigers even in the deadlock.
Princeton earned its first point of the ECAC season following the tie after dropping its first three league games of the campaign. Princeton is now 2-3-1 overall and 0-3-1 in the ECAC.
Colgate's Brittany Phillips gave her team a 2-0 lead with a power-play goal late in the first period and an even strength tally early in the second period. The Tigers got on the scoreboard at 12:03 of the second period when Denna Laing netted her first goal of the season with an assist from Corey Stearns. The Tigers drew even just 31 seconds later when Butler scored at 12:34
The teams headed into the third period even at 2-2 but Mirian Drubel gave Colgate a 3-2 lead with a shorthanded goal 49 seconds into the third period but an unassisted power-play marker from Butler at 9:55 turned out to be the game-tying goal. Butler now has four goals this season.
Colgate outshot Princeton 25-24 in the game. Kimberly Newell made 22 saves for the Tigers, including four in overtime, while Ashlynne Rando stopped 21 Princeton shots.
The Tigers visit Rensselaer and Union next weekend.


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Photographer Injured in Istanbul Protests
On Sunday, June 2, photojournalist Antonio Bolfo of Reportage by Getty was injured in Istanbul after police forces fired tear gas canisters into a crowd of protesters and press. Bolfo was in the Besiktas neighborhood, covering demonstrations, when one of the tear gas canisters struck and broke his leg.
Bolfo says he and photojournalist Nicole Tung had been covering the protests for two days and that during that time they "had numerous close calls of getting shot with gas canisters." He adds, "The police were not always lobbing them at the 45 degrees as they are supposed to, they were shooting line drives at us. They were aiming at people and using the canisters as a weapon."
Tung had already left the demonstration to file her images when Bolfo was struck. However, photographer Patrick Tombola, one of several photographers and reporters covering the event, had stayed behind with Bolfo and helped him to a triage station at a local mosque. Bolfo and Tung later flew back to New York City for his recovery.
Bolfo happened to arrive in Istanbul on Friday, May 31, the same day that police began violently cracking down on demonstrations. The protests had begun in Istanbul a week earlier, sparked by an announcement that a public park in Taksim Square was being turned into a shopping mall. The movement has now grown into civil unrest focusing on the Turkish government.
Prior to arriving in Istanbul, Bolfo had been covering the civil war in Syria for several weeks, and hoped to use the visit to Turkey for rest. Instead, he and Tung spent two days covering the demonstrations.
There have been reports of police targeting members of the press during the protests, which Bolfo found was the case on the ground. Bolfo, who is familiar with police force tactics after documenting the New York City Police Department in his series "NYPD: Operation Impact 1" and "NYPD: Operation Impact 2," says that police are often following orders from higher level government officials. "I think officials in the U.S. are more willing to let peaceful protests run their course," Bolfo explains. "They understand, from history, that using force against a peaceful demonstration usually causes trouble for any government … Once violence is unleashed, it is very hard to cap. In this case, I think the police violence towards a peaceful sit-in is wrong. But I also understand that the police then need to react aggressively towards violent protesters to protect themselves and people's property. It becomes a vicious cycle that is very hard to end."
His advice to photographers planning on covering the protests in Turkey: "Once projectiles start flying, get to cover. It sucks being taken out of a story because of injury, or worse."
*Update: Reporters Without Borders reports that photographer Mathias Depardon was injured in Istanbul on June 11 while covering police attempts to clear Taksim Square of protesters. Depardon said a projectile fired by police (he said he was unsure what the projectile was) struck his mask.
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2013 PDN's 30 Photographer: Nicole Tung
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Bebe plays
Can we just hurry up and buy the vastly overpriced Brazillian 19 year old please
Luca Moura (26 million) and Shinji Kagawa (12 million) - two internationals for total 38million.
Just think.....they could buy Andy Carroll for that.
And I think Kagawa is a good bit of business for Man Utd.
Master of prescience
The agent for the vastly over priced Brazillian is obviously holding out for more share of the pie. Apparently the club, player and United have agreed a fee, but there is a clause that kicks in in August that up's the agents fee (who owns 20% of the player at the moment), so he wants to delay it so the transfer gets into this period.
And agents wonder why they are detested by the fans.
Interesting.Alex Ferguson: The Spin Doctor Will See You Now
Posted on Jul 24, 2012 in Features, Main Features, Manchester Utd | 15 comments
by Daisy Cutter
There is a suspicion amongst many that had Sergio Aguero's 94th minute shot against QPR on May 13th struck the post or side-netting then Sir Alex Ferguson would have retired as a champion. After a quarter of a century spent knocking a liver bird off its perch and mostly besting Le Professor of North London this would have represented arguably his greatest achievement yet – the shushing of his 'noisy neighbours' – but the canny dark Lord would have been acutely aware that on this occasion it had taken every reserve of experience and manipulation at his disposal to hold back the inevitable blue tidal wave engulfing the English game. Even Moses only attempted a similar nature-defying trick the once (and he wasn't forced to coerce a geriatric ginger out of pasture to do so) and I share the belief that Ferguson would have revelled in the immense pain dished out to his Manchester rivals and got out while the going was good with records smashed and a point duly proven.
Furthermore, as the champagne sprayed around the Sunderland dressing room, a 70 year old with one eye now on his legacy would have spied an opportunity not to be wasted, a chance to corrupt reality through the means of success.
Let us imagine for one moment how this summer would have differed had that one strike from an Argentinean's boot been scuffed inches to the right. Ferguson would have justifiably been venerated from the media rooftops for hauling and cajoling what was – by United's imperious standards – an average side to their twentieth league title while City spent their close season licking wounds in hibernation. This would have allowed Ferguson free rein in the press to further propagate the myth that it was all achieved with youthful esprit in comparison to City's moneybags mercenaries and with a vast number of their readers casual reds the newspapers would have opted not to question the validity of this. Thereupon the 'Fergie's Fledglings' fallacy would have taken flight forever.
Following United's Champion's League exit to Basle last season I debunked this myth that was fast gaining momentum by an apologist media and United fans who were desperate to seek solace in their then failing team. I pointed out that the average age of the Manchester United squad of 2011/12 was 25.20 while City's was a slightly more acne-troubled 25.04. Additionally the notion that here was another batch of talented homegrown kids coming through the youth system in a similar vein to Beckham, Scholes, Giggs and the Nevilles was fanciful in the extreme. Of the few young players United did possess most – namely De Gea, Smalling and Jones – were purchased at a substantial cost.
Yet the fiction would have soon mutated into an unchecked truth because the history books are always written by the winners and any text that subsequently follows is usually penned by those wanting to be associated with the winners. This is an axiom that has served Ferguson very well down the years. It has given him carte blanche to propagate any number of untruths through the media from referees persecuting his team to papering over the cracks during the rare lean spells. It has also seen him bestowed with the entirely false reputation of being an arch Machiavellian figure; a master of the mind games.
Success gives you the microphone and sometimes the truth can barely be heard from the cheap seats.
This week the United manager gave an interview in which he made several ludicrous comments that has seen him ridiculed in many quarters. It was a stream of nonsensical claims that was supposed to illustrate that here was a man and club back on the offensive after the extreme shell-shock that inevitably followed City winning the league not only in his lifetime but in his time. Fergie-time. The main thrust of his claim was that United 'buy the right way' by investing in youth and the long-term whereas City does not. He also stated that he could play a Premier League team of under-23s if he so wished. Rather fabulously he then laid out this side including a player in Jesse Lingard who has not yet made a first-team appearance nor is likely to in the near future ('He will become a player when he's 22') and best of all three players who are older than his self-imposed age bar. Johnny Evans isn't young Fergie; he just plays like he is.
Now I could pick gaping holes in these claims all day long – and believe me I'm very tempted – but what I found particularly interesting about the interview was not what was said but how it was received. There is nothing remotely new or newsworthy about Ferguson making outlandish, falsified claims. Far from it. The media and United supporters not swallowing them wholesale however is a novel development that has potentially far-reaching implications.
The Sun for one took great glee is picking out the erroneous ages attributed to his examples of youth and when that organisation calls you a liar you really are in trouble.
As regards to his comparisons to City there was also this on a well respected website yesterday –
"We can play 18-year-olds because it's part of our history. City won't do it. They definitely won't play any young players who have come up through the system. Their buys are all 25, 26, 27-year-old established players with a good maturity, experience and good ages."
It's an argument that would, of course, have more weight had City's average player age not been two years lower during the Manchester derby last April. Or if the young United players that started the game – the ones who 'came through the system' – weren't Ryan Giggs, 38, and Paul Scholes, 37.
Was this published on a City or Liverpool forum? No, it was the superb and very red United Rant.
To a large extent Ferguson brought this in-house criticism on himself by also stating in the interview that 'real fans' will view the Glazer's debt-crippled ownership of Manchester United since 2005 fairly and conclude that it 'has not effected the team'.
So now we have the bizarre intimation that United are somehow an ethical Crewe Alexandra of the Premier League (thereby making Ferguson himself a Dario Gradi figure which, considering the regularity United have poached the talent from such nurturing clubs over the past decade in order to compensate for a failing youth system is quite frankly insulting) and needlessly alienating a large portion of the club's loyal fan-base all in one short interview alone. Impressive work and perhaps it's no surprise then that Manchester City fans responded with a collective and gleeful suggestion that the aging Glaswegian is indeed 'cracking up' after all.
But of course he's not and the twaddle he's currently peddling is born out of necessity with Ferguson merely toeing the new party line. With $500m of shares to flog in New York and United desperately trying to rustle up investors a large amount of smoke and mirrors is required to hide the true stricken state of their finances brought about by the Americans saddling the club with a £425m net debt. Just like their forlorn chase of Sneijder last summer United must be seen to be pursuing the world's elite so they make unrealistic bids that have no chance of getting through. They then utilise every media contact they have under their influence to make it appear as if they're seriously in the running then, once reality strikes and the player signs elsewhere, they 'pull out' claiming ethical reasons.
It's all quite sad really; like a bankrupt millionaire pawing a Ferrari in a car showroom he can no longer afford feigning disgust at the emissions it churns out before loudly declaring to anyone who'll listen 'Well I'm going down the road to buy a Prius instead because I value this planet of ours'.
The erroneous Hazard hunt is a perfect case in point. In Ferguson's own words – "The agent's fees are getting ridiculous now. I mean Hazard, Chelsea paid the agent £6m. Seems absolutely ridiculous doesn't it?'
Yes it does Fergie, but no more ridiculous – in fact significantly less so – than your £34m capture of Rio Ferdinand in 2002, of which £5m was pocketed by the player's agent. Using football inflation we can conservatively double that for today.
But those were pre-Glazer days when United could afford to pay such 'ridiculous' figures.
It really does take some front to attempt to disguise your failings as a moral crusade and though some degree of hoodwinking is necessary for the reasons I've stated above where Ferguson has erred is mistakenly thinking he can still show blatant disregard for the truth and expect the media and fans to suitably fall into line.
When City snatched the title in May they also grabbed hold of the microphone and for a supposed master of media manipulation to fail to realise he is currently dwelling in the proverbial cheap seats is a serious misjudgement on his part. The aura of success that has afforded him the opportunity to bully, spin, and accuse with little-to-no scrutiny is fast fading and there are sections of the press – and swathes of his own club's supporters – who are no longer seeing an intimidating manager of the biggest and best club in Europe but rather an old man telling porkies.
Will he realise his propaganda days are over before it's too late? Or will be become a noisy neighbour banging on the wall demanding that the celebrations are toned down because his kids are trying to sleep?
Are you *still* looking at this shit?
Bebe. Pt Deux?
From today.
"The star of the second half, however, was undoubtedly Bebe. United's hero in Cape Town, he caused havoc down the left wing and one shot, a rocket from distance that swerved wickedly at the last moment, may have broken the net but for Qui's intervention."
You never know.....?
Tolerance is not a Sapiens characteristic.
Oh we do know. It's one thing being good against rather poor opposition and another in the EPL.
He'll score 20+ goals this season now
Cleverley apparently had a good game for Team GB
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I've watched 20 minutes of each GB game and it was a poor standard, really.
The swamp people (the Glazers), seem to be propping up their other failing businesses with the float money (£200M of which £100M will go to failing shopping malls in the USA). God I hate them, no wonder they don't visit Manchester much, as they'll get lynched.
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Giggs gets a new car for his retirement...
2012/2013 kit will be gash
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Worse still LFC have just signed up to the same Car company so are we ging to see Anfield covered at half time in cheap poorly made US cars ? I rather suspect we are and they will appear as if from nowhere on very picture , personal appearance from now.
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Van Persie - £24m
Good news on Fletcher as well-
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£24m for a 29 year old in his final year of contract? complete lunacy, not to mention his injury record.
I don't see any logic to this other than it stops City from buying him.
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Last season he remained fit for the first time through a season and scored 30 PL goals . This is with a team that did not create anyhting like the number of chances that Man Utd did and have done most seasons .
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News & Notes - Coast Guard officer receives award; aquarium recognizes volunteers
Published: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 10:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 10:23 p.m.
Capt. Wilbert receives award
WILMINGTON | Capt. Mark Wilbert, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center received Navy League Wilmington Council Awards on behalf of MK1 Lawrence Blanton, Reservist of the Year; and BM1 Erich White, Person of the Year.
N.C. Aquarium recognizes volunteers
KURE BEACH | The N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher recently celebrated a group of individuals who make a world of difference to the facility and its nearly 434,000 annual visitors.
Aquarium volunteers were recognized for their hard work and dedication at the annual volunteer appreciation and awards dinner. The evening featured the presentation of 10 awards for outstanding volunteers in various departments.
Linda Davenport of Wilmington won the top honor of 2012 Volunteer of the Year. Davenport was also recognized for contributing 604 hours to the aquarium, the most of any volunteer in 2012.
Davenport spends the majority of her time at the aquarium as an education volunteer, talking with visitors about animals, from sea urchins to American alligators. She also jumps in to help at special events, community outreach and camps.
Of her work with the aquarium, Linda said, "We have to treasure all the animals, no matter how small because everything is connected."
In 2012, 474 volunteers donated their time and talents, contributing more than 27,128 hours.
Additional winners include 2012 Departmental Volunteer of the Year recipients: Paulina Capar, aquariology; Ken Rebeck, dive; Mufaddal Lukmanji, education; Tom Stapelfeld, horticulture; Jerry Mayer, operations; Sharon Sandberg, outreach; Rusty Burrow, special events; Rick McLean, special activities; Byron and Judy Moore, volunteer couple.
"The accomplishments of our many volunteers can't be measured in hours alone," said Aquarium Director Peggy Sloan. "Their work and dedication positively impacts all areas of the aquarium and the overall visitor experience."
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A 21-year-old man was driving drunk, without a license and on the wrong side of the road when his van struck a tanker trailer on U.S. Route 301 on Tuesday morning, according to police.
The crash forced the closure of Route 301 for several hours and sent both drivers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said Yuni Gonzalez was driving a 2002 Chevrolet van north in the southbound lane of Route 301, about 500 feet north of the intersection with Warwick Road, at about 2 a.m. when his vehicle struck a 2006 Peterbilt towing a tanker trailer carrying latex paint.
The collision forced the tanker trailer onto its side, across both lanes of the highway, according to Delaware State Police spokesman Cpl. John Day.
The driver of the tanker, 49-year-old David Strang of Elmer, N.J., was wearing seatbelt and suffered only minor injuries.
Day said it is unknown whether Gonzalez was properly restrained. Police also had not determined where Gonzalez lives as of 10:45 a.m.
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2013 Princeton Softball
Princeton at Georgetown (Game 1)
Mar 19, 2013 at Washington, D.C. (Guy Mason Field)
Score by Innings R H E
Princeton........... 001 000 0 - 1 3 0
Georgetown.......... 021 000 X - 3 6 1
Umpires -
Start: 4:00 p.m Time: 1:23 Attendance:
Weather: Sunny, 55 degrees
Princeton starters: 5/2b Rendina; 12/cf Pierce; 9/rf Button; 10/1b Peyton;
17/dp Viggers; 7/ss Chu; 15/3b McGowan; 19/lf Roberts; 30/c Jerpbak; 3/p Kuhn;
Georgetown starters: 23/ss GIOVANNIELLO; 19/lf GARQICEVICH; 11/c LOWE, S; 12/rf
ANTTILA, A; 20/1b GIAQUINTO, M; 8/dp HYSON, M; 14/2b SLOVACEK, H; 17/3b HENRY,
T; 3/cf GRAZIANO, E; 33/p O'LEARY, L;
Princeton 1st - Rendina singled to shortstop. Pierce
walked; Rendina advanced to second. Button popped up to p, bunt. Peyton struck
out swinging. Viggers struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
Georgetown 1st - GIOVANNIELLO popped up to ss.
GARQICEVICH struck out swinging. LOWE, S popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Princeton 2nd - Chu struck out looking. McGowan
struck out swinging. Roberts struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Georgetown 2nd - ANTTILA, A hit by pitch. GIAQUINTO,
M singled, bunt; ANTTILA, A advanced to second. HYSON, M grounded out to 1b
unassisted; GIAQUINTO, M advanced to second; ANTTILA, A advanced to third.
SLOVACEK, H singled down the lf line, 2 RBI; GIAQUINTO, M scored; ANTTILA, A
scored. HENRY, T reached on a fielder's choice; SLOVACEK, H out at second 2b to
ss. GRAZIANO, E flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Princeton 3rd - Jerpbak struck out swinging. Rendina
lined out to 1b. Pierce walked. Button doubled down the lf line; Pierce
advanced to third, scored on an error by lf, unearned. Peyton struck out
swinging. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Georgetown 3rd - GIOVANNIELLO singled to left
center. GARQICEVICH grounded out to c, SAC, bunt; GIOVANNIELLO advanced to
second. GIOVANNIELLO advanced to third on a wild pitch. LOWE, S singled, bunt,
out at second c to 2b, RBI; GIOVANNIELLO scored. ANTTILA, A grounded out to 3b.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Princeton 4th - Viggers struck out swinging. Chu
struck out swinging. McGowan struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Georgetown 4th - GIAQUINTO, M flied out to cf.
HYSON, M popped up to 1b. SLOVACEK, H singled through the left side. HENRY, T
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Princeton 5th - Roberts flied out to rf. Jerpbak
struck out swinging. Rendina flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
Georgetown 5th - GRAZIANO, E singled to center
field. GRAZIANO, E out at second c to ss, caught stealing. GIOVANNIELLO struck
out looking. GARQICEVICH grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
Princeton 6th - Pierce grounded out to 2b. Button
singled to center field. Peyton reached on a fielder's choice; Button out at
second 1b to ss. Bose pinch hit for Viggers. Bose out at first c to 2b. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Georgetown 6th - Viggers to dp for Bose. LOWE, S
lined out to 3b. ANTTILA, A lined out to ss. GIAQUINTO, M struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
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La Monnaie ¦ Opera ¦ Arthur ¦ Intro
based on King Arthur by Henry Purcell
Just as white is a mixture of all the colours, silence consists of everything that no longer exists. In memory of the outbreak of the First World War one-hundred years ago, director Paul Koek of the music theater company de Veenfabriek and author Peter Verhelst visualize the battlefield when everything is over. When only the buzzing of a fly is still to be heard and the first plants cautiously poke their heads out of the ground again. Two women accompanied by a child walk through the uncannily altered, flat land that suddenly boasts previously non-existent hills and ponds full of water which had been concealed underground. One of the women is looking for her husband who came here from far-flung Africa to fight in an incomprehensible war. The other is looking for her country as she knew it, but which is no more. While the young Arthur does what every boy does: fantasize about heroism and courage and long for the joy of victory, until he knows better.
This music theatre production is based on King Arthur, Henry Purcell's famous semi-opera in five acts, supplemented with the work of various contemporaries, that brings together theatre, dance and opera to give pride of place to love and the motherland. The original libretto by the English poet, John Dryden, tells of the quest of Arthur, king of the Britons, to rescue his fiancée, the princess Emmeline, abducted by his sworn enemy, Oswald, king of the Saxons. Our great Belgian novelist and poet, Peter Verhelst, has brought this passionate warrior's legend up-to-date and re-written the spoken parts, injecting the plot with the originality of his own colourful imagination. Moreover, this production will be part of the commemoration to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War. There can be no doubt that this modern rewriting, carried by the musical energy of the Ghent orchestra, B'Rock, will revive the political impact and theatrical strength of Purcell's masterpiece.
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In 1990, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were inducted as Simon and Garfunkel into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by James Taylor. During their acceptance, Garfunkel noted, "And I want to thank, most of all, the person who has most enriched my life by putting these great songs through me, my friend Paul here." Simon was quick to remark, "Arthur and I agree about almost nothing, but it's true, I have enriched his life quite a bit, now that I think about it."
At the ceremony, they performed "The Boxer," a song penned by Paul Simon in 1968. The song was released as a follow-up single to their Number One hit, "Mrs. Robinson," and reached Number Seven on the U.S. charts. The b-side of the single was "Baby Driver," and the song appeared on their last studio album Bridge Over Troubled Water.
The lyrics focus on a person struggling to overcome loneliness and poverty in New York City. It is written in the first-person until the final verse, where it switches to a third-person idea of a boxer, who, despite the effects of "every glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out," perseveres. One of the most memorable pieces of the song – the chorus – is wordless. The refrain consists of a repeated chant "lie-la-lie," of which Simon stated that it was originally only intended as a placeholder, but became part of the finished song. According to Simon: "I didn't have any words! Then people said it was a 'lie' but I didn't really mean that – that it was a lie. But, it's not a failure of songwriting, because people like that, and they put enough meaning into it, and the rest of the song has enough power and emotion, I guess, to make it go, so it's all right. But for me, every time I sing that part... I'm a little embarrassed."
The song was originally written with a "missing" verse that does not appear in the Bridge Over Troubled Water recording:
Now the years are rolling by me / They are rocking evenly / I am older than I once was, but younger than I'll be, but that's not unusual / No, it isn't strange / After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same / After changes, we are more or less the same
This "missing" verse was included on the Live 1969 album, as Simon and Garfunkel performed the full version of the song during their tour in November 1969. After the duo disbanded, Simon would regularly perform the song in its entirety. When Simon and Garfunkel reunited for a Saturday Night Live performance in 1975 and for the Concert in Central Park in 1981, they sang the whole song, as well as on an appearance that same year on Late Night with David Letterman. The duo's 1990 Hall of Fame induction performance of "The Boxer" included the additional verse.
On September 29, 2001, Simon sang the song to open Saturday Night Live, which was the first live SNL following the September 11 attacks on New York City.
Ranked number 105 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time," many artists have covered "The Boxer," including Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Waylon Jennings, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Joan Baez and Chet Atkins. Most recently, Mumford and Sons covered the song on their 2012 album Babel, which includes vocals by Paul Simon himself.
In 2007, "The Boxer" won Paul Simon the inaugural Gershwin Prize by the Library of Congress.


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June 1, 2002
MESA, Ariz. - The No. 2 seed Arizona State baseball team fell 8-4 to top-seeded Houston Saturday afternoon at Hohokam Stadium, putting the Sun Devils in a must-win situation in Saturday's night game against San Diego.
With the win, Houston (46-15) advances to Sunday's 1 p.m. championship game, where it will face the winner of Arizona State and San Diego. ASU will send left-hander Carlos Arguello (4-1, 2.30 ERA) to the mound for his third start of the season against San Diego right-hander Aaron Wilson (5-4, 4.65 ERA).
UH starting pitcher Danny Zell limited the Devils to only three hits and one run in five and two-third innings. He improved his impressive season record to 8-1 and lowered his ERA from 2.16 to 2.11. Four Houston relievers went the rest of the way with Jesse Crain slamming the door in the ninth by recording the final two outs.
ASU starter Mike Esposito (9-6) took the loss in a complete game, his third of the year. He allowed eight runs (six earned) on 13 hits, throwing 112 pitches.
Houston took an early 1-0 lead after its first at-bat with an unearned run. Leadoff hitter Michael Bourn reached on a bunt single and moved to third on a throwing error on an attempted pickoff by Esposito. Bourn scored on a line drive sacrifice fly to center field by Keith Whatley.
ASU scored its first run of the game with a two-out RBI single by right fielder Andre Ethier. The run-scoring single from Ethier marked his first hit of the regional (previously 0-for-7) and extended ASU's NCAA record of consecutive games with a run scored to 431 games.
Two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth staked the Cougars to a 6-1 lead. Crain, the starting shortstop, provided the big blow in the sixth with a two-out, two-strike, two-run double down the right field line.
Houston scored two more insurance runs in the seventh that wound up being a factor in the game. Hyung Cho led off the inning with his sixth home run of the season, and two batters later, Whatley drove home Bourn with a run-scoring single to make it 8-1.
Another RBI single from Ethier made it 8-2 in the eighth, and the Devils trimmed it to 8-4 with two more runs in the ninth, one coming on a Dustin Pedroia single. After an error on Cho at shortstop loaded the bases, Ethier stepped to the plate representing the tying run. But Crain got Ethier to pop out to left field on a 2-2 pitch to send the Cougars into Sunday's title game.


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DON'T CALL IT "IN BED" – Or "sleeping together." Or "making love." You and your mate of 25 years there, you're banging each other. Or, utilitarian-like, having sex. Or hey, you're fucking that dude. (I know, I'm cringing too.)
TAKE OFF THAT NIGHTGOWN (THAT TEE SHIRT, THOSE SOCKS….) – Yeah, I know it's chilly in your bedroom. I realize that ever since you had the kids, you've gotten used to wearing actual nightwear. I know you think you look sexier when you're covered from your collarbone to the middle of your calves. But remaining clothed except for the essential bits when you have sex kind of went out back in the 1840s, in a log cabin on the plains, in a snowstorm, when you likely had your grandmother and a wayfaring stranger snoring beside you.
DON'T YOU DARE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS AND DIVE UNDER THE COVERS – Now that the jammies are on the floor, I can just see you grabbing for the light switch and yanking the blankets up to your nostrils. No, baby. You're nude and you're proud. You are too!
NEVER TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM – You might not even know him! Equating sex with any feeling more intimate than, "Hey! You have a hot ass!," is sooooo analog.
DON'T TRY TO TELL ME IT'S JUST AS GOOD IF YOU DON'T COME – That's totally eighties, girl. Or even forties. Orgasm equality is now considered an absolute right, and if you decide to follow no other of my directives, you must follow this one.
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National dance organization inFluxdance and Brolly Arts are hosting a fundraising event, The Orange Party, on April 28 at 8:30 p.m. in the SugarSpace, 616 Wilmington Ave., SLC.
There is a suggested donation of $15 for patrons who wear orange and a $20 suggested donation to take a peek at the inFluxdance's costume trunk. If you don't own a little orange in your closet, they've got you covered. The dance company will provide a dress-up trunk to help people spruce up their costumes and add a bright touch to any ensemble.are invited to wear their most outrageous orange costumes while enjoying an evening filled with live music, delicious food and, of course, lots of dancing.
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inFluxdance is no stranger to mixing art forms. Since its inception in 2001, this national organization has strived for interdisciplinary presentations, combining dance with everything from video to American Sign Language. The organization is raising money to continue its mission of using dance to accomplish social change.
From dealing with environmental problems to tackling gender identification, the inFluxdance takes its mission seriously. The Orange Party will include a presentation featuring inFluxdance's work on environmental issues and plastic use.
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Kathryn Elizabeth Rogers Zerby Meade, age 91, of Rehoboth Beach, DE, peacefully went home to the Lord in the morning hours of Wednesday, November 7th, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Georgetown, DE, June 11, 1921, daughter of the late Norman and Ethel (Savage) Rogers, the only daughter in a family of 3 brothers (by whom she is predeceased), and a proud graduate of the Georgetown High School Class of 1939.
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Mother Falcon, the customize your own T-Shirt shop in Thornton Park, will be opening an art gallery and bar in about a month.
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I got a sneak peek of the spot when it was open for the Ricky Powell World Famous Slide Show last Saturday night (Powell was an attraction all by himself – here's video of another show). The bar is located right next door to Mother Falcon at 819 Washington Street (at the corner of Washington and Hyer Avenue). The back room was closed off, but there was a DJ, photo booth and Powell's photos on the walls in the front room — a far cry from what it will look like in September when it officially opens.
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The Special Olympics Delaware Bowling Tournaments will be held on Jan. 11.
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Tuesday Coffee Talk - What's your Car Harassment story?
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
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The incident that happened in Longmont as two cyclists were out for a Sunday ride is terrible and unjustified, yet sadly this happens more than you'd guess, especially if you live outside of places like Boulder. Harassment like this makes us frustrated and pissed off, just boiling over enough so when the next jackass does this we overreact and explode, leaving us no better than the driver. Huge congrats to these two riders for keeping their cool (at least what we saw in film), many would not and let's all take a moment and decompress and share our stories. What is the worst thing that has happened to you while out on the roads?
I've had a lot of crap handed to me on the bike over the years and by far most of it happened while not living in Colorado but the worst did happen in Boulder County on St. Vrain Road west of Longmont. This road is mostly dead of traffic and pretty darn straight so one day I was riding, yes, two abreast when a large truck passed us honking and yelling. It passed us slowly and we yelled something back, I think making fun of the female drivers weight. She stopped and got out and it turned into a yelling match for what seemed like 5 minutes over nonsense. I was young then, today I'd just wave and ride on, truly the better route to take than one I had 10-ish years ago.
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Submitted by Craig (not verified) on
This spring I was told by a man at a stop sign at the bottom of Sunshine Canyon that I should ride on Flagstaff and not Sunshine Canyon because his house burned down a couple years ago. I told him it was unfortunate that his house burned down, but this was a public road and I don't really see the correlation he was making between his house and my riding. This continued for about 5 minutes, which culminated in an F-bomb laced tirade and him calling me a "selfish f***ing liberal" several times. I'm not sure why he assumed I was a liberal, other than being in Boulder.
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Submitted by Jeff (not verified) on
I love the assumption that by riding a bike one is liberal. Just like noted mountain biker George Bush. Just recently on national TV a well known liberal (assistant sec of state for Carter, Mondale campaign chair, vocal Obama supporter) stated that "all spandex wearing, euro-trash bicycle riders should be run over." And Obama's former press sec stated that "only doofusses ride bicycles." Hating bicyclists has nothing to do with one's politics.
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when have actual facts ever
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
when have actual facts ever gotten in the way of some nutjob's perceived wrongs at the hands of society?
you can't control other people's perceptions, prejudices or projection, only your reactions to them. now that's not to say you shouldn't work to get this changed systemically, but isolated escalation only serves to reinforce the common-denominator perception that "those damned bikers are the selfish assholes in this equation". Truth has very little to do with it; perception is reality.
look at the simple fact that Dirk's encounter is being treated seriously by the media and the cops; it's because he remained calm, got irrefutable facts and took the high road in this instance and showed the driver to clearly be the unhinged toolbox that he clearly is.
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remaining calm and taking the
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
remaining calm and taking the high road wasn't the key. There have been many instances where one party or the other has remained calm, etc, but the other person can lie and that lie gets published and the calm person becomes a victim also. The key is the video (and that they appear calm in it). It does not lie.
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sharing the road
Submitted by Nicole Drummer (not verified) on
Seems like all the angry drivers are out and about these days! Last Friday the small group I was with got yelled at for taking the lane on a tight right turn. This guy decided to stop in the middle of a lane, roll down his window, and tell us we need to stay in the bike lane. (full description on incident is on my website.) We just smiled and waved, which for most incidents is indeed the best approach these days.
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No need for hostility in most cases
Submitted by City Cyclist (not verified) on
Okay, so these weren't exactly road rage incidents but I have had two extremely close calls in the last two days.
First was when a car pulled away from the curb right in front of me near 32nd and Lowell. I was in the middle of the lane going downhill pretty fast and figured the driver was backing in to the parking spot. Luckily, my brakes are well adjusted. When she saw me, she STOPPED, rolled down her window and apologized. I calmly told her to please just watch a little closer - no need for hostility as it was an honest mistake.
Yesterday's incident was similar when a driver stopped in the middle of a residential street with his right signal on. As I proceeded to go around to his left, he proceeded to TURN left into a driveway. I actually felt my rear tire rub his bumper as I made a b-line for the sidewalk. Luckily I was on my CX bike so the curb impact was inconsequential. He actually started to say something but when I pointed out his signal (still blinking), he apologized.
My point is that even though both of these drivers made pretty serious judgement errors that almost turned me into road pizza, a calm demeanor kept my blood pressure in check, allowing everyone to enjoy the rest of their day. Be attentive, be safe and by all means, be NICE out there!
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I've been lucky as I haven't
Submitted by Joe Clemens (not verified) on
I've been lucky as I haven't had very many incidents with cars. Most of my riding is on country roads with low traffic though. One of the more funny ones I did have was while waiting at a red light on Holly and 128th when a car (on the opposite side of the road) yelled...."Hey (expletive), there's a sidewalk for bikes."
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Not the sidewalk!
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
The road rager has it all wrong, we are for more predictable and visiable on the roads than on the sidewalks.
I have to agree with this writer, get off the sidewalks... but I'm hijacking this thread so please carry on.
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Colorado is WAY better than other places
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
Having started my cycling outside of Colorado I'd say Colorado is a dream compared to there. There were times while living in the midwest that if I didn't get honked or yelled at on my rides than it was a clear sign my ride was too short of training ride that day.
Today I get honked or yelled at maybe once a season.
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Submitted by Shawn (not verified) on
The worst of many unpleasant actions against me by motorists occurred in the early 80's. Three of us were riding along Academy Blvd near T. Gap Rd. (Austin Bluffs Pkwy now, I think), not usually a treacherous road back then. Nevertheless a flatbed semi driver decided that three skinny juniors riding single file took up too much of his roadway. He swerved, forcing us off the road with his trailer. I saw what was happening and rode onto the dirt without any contact, as did one of my buddies. The third rider was pushed off the road by the truck, but stayed up. No road-ragey words exchanged, but his actions were clear to us. We watched the truck turn in to a nearby lot and park. Pretty typical abuse I know, but the worst part is that I called the cops and reported what happened, and where the rig and driver were. They asked if we could identify the driver. Being kinda busy avoiding truck tires, we didn't do a study. That being the case they said nothing could be done! Lesson learned; you're on you own.
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"Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was obedient to them" (Luke 2:51).
Reflection: Though he was conceived of a virgin, Jesus nevertheless lived as a son in a human family. The family is the sanctuary of life. The family, above all, is where life is to be welcomed, no matter how fragile or inconvenient it may be. One of the many reasons why the Church sees abortion and euthanasia as pre-eminent issues is because these crimes are committed by one family member upon another.
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Nothing 'conservative' about this
I'm confused. We have a majority of state legislators who call themselves "conservative." They got elected by advocating streamlining government and reducing its cost, lowering taxes, and promoting business.
Now two such lawmakers, Reps. Rick Catlin and Chris Millis, seem intent on running the movie-making business out of North Carolina.
Assorted others have introduced bills to require photo ID for voters; practically ban certain breeds of dogs; require registration, license and insurance to operate a moped; require drug tests for aid applicants, etc …
Rather than reflecting conservative principles and values, such measures would seem to smack of social engineering and nanny-ism, not to mention the cost required to implement and enforce them.
And, as to taxation, I paid appreciatively more to North Carolina this year on the same income. I would appreciate someone explaining to me just what is "conservative" and "business-friendly" about all this!
Charles Erickson, Oak Island
Keep talking about Titan
Recently, I drove to the site where the proposed Titan Cement operation is potentially set to open up. After turning onto Holly Shelter Road, I passed by Castle Hayne Elementary School, wetlands visible from the road, and beautiful forestland. Then I turned onto Ideal Cement Road. I thought, "How could anyone think that this location is 'ideal' for a cement plant?"
Carolinas Cement Co. is a subsidiary of Titan Cement, and the citizens of New Hanover County know better. This is no local company who just wants to be a "good corporate neighbor" … this is a Greek company (whose owners do not have to live with) the effects of this cement plant on our community. …
This is a company that could put thousands of people's health at risk … to make a profit. Titan Cement is a company that does not belong, and is not welcome in our community.
On April 29, a rally was held outside Tidal Creek Co-Op commemorating the five-year efforts of Citizen Against Titan. We are not going to stop talking about Titan, as some of our county officials would like, until we are assured that Titan will never have a place in New Hanover.
Matthew Duffy, Wilmington
Open Cuba to American trade, travel
What is all the fuss about Beyonce and Jay-Z going to Cuba? We should all be able to go there like we used to when Cuba was one of the famous vacation spots for Americans. At that time, we were doing business with Fulgencino Batista and shared the coffee, sugar and fruits of Cuba. …
Fidel Castro was a guerilla when he fought to evict Batista. He became a communist when we refused to help him. We were comfortable with Batista. Everybody was getting their piece of the pie. Castro knew we were against him. The Russians saw an opportunity to help, and put missiles in our area of the world.
From Key West to Cuba is a little over 30 minutes of flying time. We should have had one diplomat in Washington at the time Castro took power of Cuba, to welcome him and say, "Business as usual … you get your share, we get ours."
This is how you make friends or lose them. The Cuban people used to love us, and vice-versa. They were our closest neighbor and friend, and Washington can't handle a simple thing like that … or anything else.
George A. Saffo, Wilmington
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