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Senior Mariam Kurdadze and the Green Wave will enter the 2012 C-USA Championships as the No.3 overall seed and earned a first round bye.
April 16, 2012
2012 C-USA Championship Bracket
NEW ORLEANS - Fresh off one the best seasons since the program was re-launched in 2008-09, the 53rd-ranked Tulane women's tennis team has drawn a No. 3 overall seed and a first-round bye in the upcoming 2012 Conference USA Women's Tennis Championships and will face the winner of the Houston/Southern Miss match in the quarterfinals on Friday, April 20 at 2 p.m. in Memphis, Tenn.
Tulane completed the regular season with an 18-5 overall record and enters the 2012 C-USA Championships riding a five-match win streak. The Wave has defeated both Houston and Southern Miss in previous action this year. The Wave downed the Cougars, 5-2, at home and topped the Golden Eagles, 7-0, on the road earlier in the year.
"Coming in at the No. 3 seed in our conference is a very exciting moment for us as this was one of our goals this year," Tulane head coach Terri Sisk said. "Playing a challenging schedule has definitely prepared us for the upcoming tournament but it has also rewarded us with receiving our first seed since we restarted the program in 2008. With this honor, it also means that we have a target on our back and opponents will give us their best shot but this team is battle tested and I know the level of tennis this team is capable of and to be honest, we haven't reached it yet this year. Tournament time is fun and i am looking forward to a strong finish for what has already been a record breaking year."
Tulane's No. 3 seed is the best for the program since it was re-launched and marks the first time the Wave has drawn a first-round bye since TU entered the 2005 C-USA Championships as the top overall seed en route to its third straight C-USA crown. Tulane has won four C-USA titles.
The Green Wave posted a 5-1 record against C-USA opponents this season with its lone loss coming at the hands of No. 2 seed Rice, 5-2, back on March 25, which also currently remains as the team's last loss.
Individually in singles, Tulane comes armed with three players with 20+ wins and has one player that has reached the 30-win plateau. Junior Caroline Magnusson sports a 30-7 overall record and is tied with Tulsa's Samantha Vickers for the most singles wins this season among C-USA players. Along with Magnusson are junior Emma Levy and senior Mariam Kurdadze with 25 victories apiece and senior Lindsay Dvorak with a 20-13 record.
The Wave has won 69-percent of its singles matches this season, including 75-percent in dual play.
As dominant as Tulane has been in singles, the same holds true for the Wave in doubles, as the team as combined to win 76-percent of its matches this season, including nearly 80-percent of its contests this spring.
All three of Tulane's doubles combinations have logged 20 or more victories, including its No. 2 team of Magnusson and junior Caroline Thornton with a team-best 26-4 overall record and its top tandem of Kurdadze and Levy with a 25-8 mark. TU's No.3 team of Dvorak and junior Hila Elster is 21-5 overall.
FIRST ROUND - Thursday, April 19 Morning Session Match 1: (8) East Carolina vs. (9) UAB - 10 a.m./B Courts Match 2: (5) Marshall vs. (12) UTEP - 10 a.m./A Courts
Afternoon Session Match 3: (7) UCF vs. (10) SMU - 2 p.m./B Courts Match 4: (6) Houston vs. (11) Southern Miss - 2 p.m./A Courts
QUARTERFINALS - Friday, April 20 Morning Session Match 5: (1) Tulsa vs. winner of Match 1 - 10 a.m./A Courts Match 6: (4) Memphis vs. winner of Match 2 - 10 a.m./B Courts
Afternoon Session Match 7: (2) Rice vs. winner of Match 3 - 2 p.m./A Courts Match 8: (3) Tulane vs. winner of Match 4 - 2 p.m./B Courts
SEMIFINALS - Saturday, April 21 Match 9: winner of Match 5 vs. winner of Match 6 - 12 p.m./A-B Courts* Match 10: winner of Match 7 vs. winner of Match 8 - 12 p.m./A-B Courts*
CHAMPIONSHIP - Sunday, April 22 Match 11: winner of Match 9 vs. winner of Match 10 - 10 a.m./A Courts * The highest remaining seed will play on the Bank A Courts. Central Time


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The seven-time World Champion started the Austin race from fifth on the grid but lap after lap was overtaken by faster drivers as his W03 ate through his tyres.
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"I can't find any words other than ironic ones for the race today - there was a lot of action around me but unfortunately in the wrong direction," he said.
"To say that the race was a real struggle would be an understatement.
"I couldn't get any grip from my first set of tyres, and there must have been some kind of damage for them to perform so badly.
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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE; 21 January 1831; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18310121-TC-JAC-01; CL 5:212-217.
Craigenputtoch, 21st Jany, 1831—
My Dear Brother,
Last Wednesday came your Books, all safe; no Parcel of Montague's; and what we grudged very much no scratch of a pen from yourself. The last two Letters also hurried, and half-full; communicating little, except perhaps that you were in bodily health, and felt yourself bound to write to us. Does your fraternal conscience say nothing on this point? For me I think it wrong and unfriendly in several respects. You are there in the focus of British activity at a great era in the world's history, at a great era in your own; I am here in the dead silence of peat-moss, yet warmly interested in all that pertains to both these eras; and you take the trouble to tell me very little. Some half hundred things you might throw great light on for me; indeed scarcely anything you could write would not instruct me: nevertheless you will not so much as fill your paper, no matter with what. Depend upon it, dear Jack, all this is not right. But what remedy have we? A man's Letters are his Letters; you must accept them as such, or cease to correspond with him, and then you get justice! Therefore I will say no more on this point. But one thing more especially grieves me, my dear Brother: that in these hasty scrawls of Letters, I trace some perturbation of mind diligently hidden from me. O this, be sure, is not right. Speak of your cares, man, to a heart that loves you: they will grow lighter by your very speaking of them; Order arises out of speech especially out of writing. Attempt to explain what you do know, and you already know something more. But with this too I have done. As was said, your Letters are your Letters; and I, or any man, have no right to complain of them, but only to take thankfully what you give.
I have been busy for three weeks, have finished Taylor, and send it off tomorrow: it cannot appear till the Number following the first. Taylor is a clever old Philister, and I have salted him according to ability; there is also something about Welt-Litteratur [world literature]:1 on the whole, a baddish Article, not without some particles of worth, and may help a little to guide our German studies from some aberration. In writing to Napier, I mentioned the possibility of his receiving a Paper from you: he was to try it, and accept or reject quite freely, according to his judgement. I hope and trust, it will do. There is no Periodical so steady as the Edinburgh Review; the salary fair, the vehicle respectable. Whether Diet may be a quite popular subject I do not know; but I calculate with some confidence that you will make a reasonable story out of it. Are you apprised that some three years ago, there was an Article on that subject; the poorest of Articles; which Jeffrey too interwove with a constant running thread of contradiction, almost every alternate paragraph was his, and the whole looked laughable enough. I fancy these artists will hardly have trenched on your ground: nevertheless look at their work. I cannot direct you to the Number more nearly than so: that it was the one published immediately before our leaving Edinr,2 perhaps therefore, that of March or April 1828. You should try to be new, and above all to give new facts. Are there any Dietetic habits peculiar on the Continent; any public Regulations or approaches to such anywhere: some notices of these or the like would be very interesting. I have surely heard that some Governments do take a certain charge of the People's health, as all should. Public Lectures on Regimen would be next to Public Lectures on Morality. Will you touch on this? Can you tell us accurately how Boxers and the like are dieted in England? If so explain it satisfactorily; for it will be new to many. Will any of your Germans tell you how the old Athletes were trained? Can you state any curious particulars about the various diets of nations generally? Say thus much at least: Man can live on all things, from whale-blubber (as in Greenland) to clay-earth (as at the mouth of the Orinoco, see Humboldt).3 Then you have all the Passions &c influenced by eating; madness itself lying in the stomach: one can go mad at any time one likes, by laying a cupfull of alcohol to the walls of that organ. Excuse these shoulderings at the wheel: I have no force to help you, but if I had—! On the whole, dear Jack, do your best; and exceed not twenty pages; shorter if you can; brevity for this time will be a great recommendation to you. Looking at what you have done, I should say there was no fear: but ill-luck has so pursued one in these matters, one knows not what to think. Nay when you have done your best, stand resolutely up, and say to yourself, I have done it, ich kann nicht anders [I cannot do otherwise].4
But by this time dear Brother I suppose you are getting wiser as to the true charms of a Life of Literature, and looking with some earnestness for a deliverance into your profession. God send it! But in the meanwhile, Patience! Perseverance! unwearied Diligence! Man has not and cannot have other armour, stand where he may. [I] read your Demonology and a Paper on St J. Long, the only thing by you in that [al]most quite despicable Magazine.5 Will you tell me Jack how you have lived, or where you get money, my poor Boy? In this Magazine I see scarcely £15 worth. Above all, how did you get me £30, when for all they have yet printed, I could scarcely claim the half of that? Explain, Explain dear Brother, that I may see where both of us are standing.— Certainly that Fraser's Magazine gives the most scurvy remuneration of any Periodical extant, and shall have no more stuff of mine at that rate, barring worse fortune than I have yet seen. Solid well-thought writing such as yours for example will not yield a man existence. "Come out of her my Brethren, come out of her!"6 It is also a frothy, washy, punchy [flabby], dirty kind of Periodical, I fear: "Come out of her"—and altogether out of that craft, thou that canst.
But I have a serious commission for you (trouble, as usual) grounded on these facts. Will you go to Fraser and get from him by all means my long Paper entitled Thoughts on Clothes:7 I would not for above half a dozen reasons have it appear there so long as I have potatoes to eat. Get it from him, unless it is absolutely printed: the rest he can keep, they will surely pay him: but of this (in addition to the above reasons) I have taken a notion that I can make rather a good Book of it, and one above all likely to produce some desirable impression on the world even now. Do thou get it, my dear Jack, read it well over thyself, and then say what thou thinkest. I can devise some more Biography for Teufelsdreck; give a second deeper part, in the same vein, leading thro' Religion and the nature of Society, and Lord knows what. Nay that very 'Thoughts,' slightly altered wd itself make a little volume first (which would encourage me immensely) could one find any Bookseller, which however I suppose one cannot. Whether it were worth while to show Fraser the Manuscript (for I think he has not read it) and take counsel with him; or still rather to show Edward Irving it (whose friendliness and feeling of the True, widely as it differs from him, I know) do thou judge. I fear perfect anonymity is now out of the question; however swear every one to secrecy, for I mean to speak fearlessly if at all. Basta! Basta! [Enough! Enough!]—I have taken up the whole blessed sheet, and not one word of news. We are well; Alick and his spouse do bravely, he seems fully happier than his wont. They two were at Scotsbrig last week, and brought up favourable reports of all—except our Father who had heedlessly caught cold, and was 'no better hardly' last wednesday, when Jean wrote us. They had got your letter but did not send it. They are in great spirit for reading Newspapers, and joy over the Examiner. M'Diarmid is the Dud of Duds. They can 'meet him,' impudently8 yet with a struggle: what is to come [to] Alick whether to flit or not is still in the womb of Time; who brings Roses,9 and also Thistles. Let us us [sic] be thankful and submissive & love one another
T. Carlyle
Can you tell me anything about who the Conductors of the Examiner are?10 The head one is a fine figurative fellow, devoid of belief, yet not incapable (if under 45) of receiving such. They spoke lately of the St Simonians (whom I love and pity and dissent from):11 I had positive thoughts of sending up my Ms. Translation to him (the 'Conductor'), and requesting him to find a Publisher for it. I clearly think it might do good, especially in these days. I expected no profit. Tell me what you think. I suppose you know no Bookseller (I meant it as a Pamphlet, which it is in the original, not an 'Article'). Had I any money, I would have a look at London soon, and see what I could see. Wait till my Book is done, then will I come up with it!
Can you tell me what is becoming of Charlie Buller? He voted for Wellington (filling us with weender!12): what is he meaning now. Say, when you see him, that I have still a fatherly remembrance of Arthur and him, and hope much of them.— Is not Maginn13 a good-natured good-for-little? He has fun, no humour; and talks horribly of drink[.]
The Lord Advocate sends us his first frank: they tore his garments at Forfar, and 'rubbed' him, that is, hustled. The scandalous dogs: the worthiest public man in all broad Scotland.—14 O Jack! Jack! be steady, be manful: the Devil is busy, but he is not omnipotent—
Cruthers and Johnson is a dud, a palpable dud; but too good for the place it stands in.15 Thank Fraser for his Spectator, I do like him— I have not paid your Dumfries Tailor, but will take charge of it: by rigorous care we may hold out till Macvey come, and then— I meanwhile writing at my BOOK!
Can you get me a Schiller's Life (for 2/6) from my Bookseller, Taylor of Gower-street? I rather want one.
William Graham is not at Burnswark; we hear it surmised that his affairs are again wrong or going wrong: poor, worthy man!


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We debated having a party, attending a party, or staying home. Then somehow we ended up at the Lakers game.
We wore the gold hats that they passed out when you entered the stadium and we ate garlic parmesan french fries and cheered the home team to victory. Afterwards we walked over The Palm for a 10pm lobster dinner and champagne.
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WASHINGTON STATE OPENS FINAL ROAD TRIP FRIDAY AT COLORADO: Washington State University opens its final road trip of the regular season Friday at No. 20/23 University of Colorado in Boulder. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m. (PT)
COMING UP: WSU wraps up its regular season road slate Sunday against the University of Utah before returning home to host No. 6/6 University of California, Thursday Feb. 28 and No. 4/5 Stanford University, Saturday March 2 at Beasley Coliseum.
FOLLOW ALONG: Fans can follow the Cougars during the regular season on Pullman's KHTR (104.3 FM), KQQQ 1150 AM or go to WSUCougars.com and listen to with a subscription to Cougar All Access. Steve Grubbs will be calling the play-by-play for the Cougs this season. Every WSU home game will be webstreamed on Pac-12.com during the 2012-13 conference season.
COUGAR ATHLETICS ON THE WEB: Connect with Washington State University Athletics on the web at WSUCougars.com, the official website of Cougar Athletics. Fans can follow along on the Cougars Gameday page at http://www.wsucougars.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/gameday.html.
FOLLOW THE COUGS ON TWITTER: Follow Washington State women's basketball on twitter @WSUWomensHoops and head coach June Daugherty @CoachJuneD.
ABOUT COLORADO: Colorado enters the week ranked No. 20 by the Associated Press and No. 23 by the USA Today Coaches' Poll with a 20-5 overall record and 9-5 in conference play after posting a road sweep over the Arizona schools last weekend. Colorado leads the all-time series with Washington State, 2-1 after taking last season's only meeting, 57-56 in Pullman. Guard Chucky Jeffery paces the Buffaloes with 13.4 ppg and 8.5 rpg. Head coach Linda Lappe is in her third season at CU.
RECAP: LAST SEASON'S MEETING IN PULLMAN: Colorado sank a free throw with 11 seconds left and Washington State's Jazmine Perkins' potential game-winning jumper bounced off the front of the rim just before time expired, allowing the Buffaloes to claim a 57-56 victory at Beasley Coliseum last January. Perkins led all players with 15 points, all in the second half and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Rosetta Adzasu chipped in with nine points and made six steals while Brandi Thomas added nine points. The Cougars were held to 25.4 percent shooting including 1-for-10 from behind the arc while the Buffs shot 40.4 percent from the field and just 1-of-13 from three. WSU made 14 steals while forcing 22 turnovers and Colorado tallied 20 second-chance points.
SCHEDULE RANKED AMONG TOUGHEST IN COUNTRY: Washington State enters the week having played the No. 45 toughest schedule in the country. Earlier this season, the schedule ranked the ninth-toughest after the Cougars went on the road to face nationally ranked Louisville, Big East Conference member Syracuse, Minnesota, Gonzaga and a neutral site game against South Dakota State. WSU has posted home wins over nationally ranked Ohio State and WCC-preseason favorite BYU.
YOUTH MOVEMENT: Washington State owns six freshmen on its roster and has received more and more from its first-year players as the year as gone on. Guard Lia Galdeira paces the team and is seventh in the Pac-12 in scoring (15.0 ppg), she also leads the team in rebounding (5.2 rpg) and steals (73) and has scored in double figures 23 times including four 20-point efforts. In conference games, forward Mariah Cooks and guard Taylor Edmondson have produced while coming off the bench with both averaging 5.8 ppg. Dawnyelle Awa started at point guard in place of Presley the last seven games and averaged 4.0 apg and 2.3 spg during that span. In her first career start, Awa delivered seven points, four assists, six steals and zero turnovers in the overtime win over Oregon State. She later tallied 11 points after hitting three 3-pointers in the win over USC.
GALDEIRA NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK FOR A THIRD TIME: Following another impressive weekend, Lia Galdeira picked up her third Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor of the season, Feb. 4. Galdeira averaged 20.5 ppg and 7.0 spg for the Cougars who beat Arizona State University and the University of Arizona over the weekend. It's WSU's first road sweep of the Arizona schools since 1994-95. The freshman guard scored 20 points, grabbed eight boards and recorded seven steals in the 54-43 victory over Arizona State Friday before posting 21 points and seven steals in the 60-50 win at Arizona, Sunday. Galdeira scored 12 points in the second half against the Wildcats, including six straight that sparked a deciding 19-4 run to give WSU its first win in Tucson since 2009. It is the third weekly accolade for Galdeira this season after earning Freshman of the Week honors on consecutive weeks in December. Galdeira's three weekly honors matches the most in a single season by a Cougar since Jenni Ruff did so during the 1995-96 season.
NOYES SETS SCHOOL RECORDS: Carly Noyes capped her climb up WSU's career blocks list after blocking one shot at Washington to break Holly Zapel's career blocks record of 147 and now owns 155 career blocks. The Moses Lake, Wash. native also made career start No. 111 against UCLA Jan. 10 to become WSU's all-time leader in career starts, breaking Katie Appleton's previous mark of 110. Noyes opened conference play with three blocks against Arizona before matching a career high with five blocks in the win over Arizona State. Noyes is also closing in on Jazmine Perkins' record for career games played of 122. Noyes enters the week with 119 career games played, 113 career starts and second among the Pac-12's active leaders in career blocks.
COUGAR DEFENSE MAKING ITS MARK: The WSU defense has turned some impressive performances this season and enters the week second in the conference in steals (252, 10.1 spg). This season, the Cougars have made 15+ steals in a game three times, forced 20+ turnovers 11 times, allowed less than 60 points eight times (Wisconsin, BYU, Ohio State, Gonzaga, at Arizona State, at Arizona, USC, at Oregon State) and held 15 teams under 36.0 percent shooting (vs. South Dakota State, Monmouth, Wisconsin, BYU, Ohio State, at Gonzaga, Arizona State, at USC, at Washington, Oregon, at Arizona State, at Arizona, USC, at Oregon State, at Oregon). The Cougars also enter the week leading the Pac-12 in steals during conference play at 146, 10.4 spg.
PRESLEY OUT FOR SEASON WITH KNEE INJURY: Tia Presley will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a torn ACL in her right knee in the final minutes of the Jan. 25 loss to Oregon. The sophomore guard was second on the team in scoring at 13.3 ppg and in steals with 41 and owned a team-high 52 assists. During Pac-12 play, Presley was eighth in the conference with a team-best 15.7 ppg and was shooting 47.7 percent through seven games. Presley scored in double-figures 12 times this season including 20+ performances against Monmouth (21), at UC Riverside (22), Arizona State (27) and at USC (25). The Spokane, Wash. native did a little bit of everything in the win over Ohio State, recording eight points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Last season, Presley scored in double-figures five times and made 15 starts before a foot injury kept her out of the final 12 games.
FIVE CONFERENCE GAMES TELEVISED: Five of WSU's Pac-12 Conference games will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. The game at UCLA, both games against the University of Washington, Jan. 15 and 20, the Feb. 17 game at the University of Oregon on the Pac-12 Networks Oregon/Washington and the regular-season finale at home against Stanford University, Feb. 26 on the Pac-12 Networks.
COUGARS KNOCK OFF No. 20/19 OHIO STATE: Washington State's 62-55 victory over Ohio State Dec. 15 was the Cougars first win over a ranked opponent since beating No. 22 Arizona 93-86 in Pullman Feb. 10, 2001. Its was the first win over a top-20 opponent since upsetting No. 18 Oregon 67-64 in Pullman just less than a month prior, Jan. 20, 2001.
COUGARS TAKE DOWN GONZAGA ON THE ROAD: Tia Presley scored a game-high 15 points and Mariah Cooks added 12 off the bench as Washington State posted a 57-51 victory over Gonzaga in front of a sold-out crowd at the McCarthey Athletic Center Dec. 29. The Cougars held Gonzaga to 25 percent shooting in the second half and forced the Zags into 15 turnovers. Washington State received 20 points from its bench while Gonzaga went 7-of-17 at the free throw line. Lia Galdeira brought down a team-high eight rebounds and notched 11 points while hitting three from behind the arc including a big one in the final seconds. Cooks connected on 6-of-8 free throw attempts including four in the final four minutes.
GALDEIRA EARNED TWO STRAIGHT PAC-12 WEEKLY ACCOLADES: Lia Galdeira tallied consecutive Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Week honors in December. Galdeira earned her first award after scoring a game-high 15 points in the win over No. 20 Ohio State. The Kamuela, Hawaii native also grabbed six rebounds and finished 6-for-6 at free throw line including four that came in the final 20 seconds. She picked up her second career honor after leading the Cougars in scoring in road contests against No. 14 Louisville and Syracuse. The guard scored 13 points and made three steals at Louisville before posting 16 points and a team-best six rebounds at Syracuse while also hitting a pair of threes. It's the first time in program history that a Cougar has won a weekly award in consecutive weeks and it's the first time WSU has had a player receive multiple weekly accolades in a season since Jenni Ruff earned three weekly honors during the 1995-96 season.
GALDEIRA OPENS CAREER WITH BIG NUMBERS: Lia Galdeira made history with her 33-point point performance in the double-overtime season-opening loss at Minnesota, setting a WSU freshman record for points in a game in addition to her five steals. The Kamuela, Hawaii native broke the previous record of 28 points shared by Nikky Mohr (Puget Sound, 11/26/83) and Jazmine Perkins (Northern Colorado, 11/28/08). She was later named to the Best Buy Classic all-tournament team after posting 12 points, six rebounds and three steals in the overtime defeat to South Dakota State. Galdeira followed that weekend with her first career double-double, 11 points and 13 rebounds, to go along with six assists and six steals in her home debut against Monmouth. In her first rivalry game against Washington, she posted a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT MOVES TO SEATTLE: With its new partnership with Force 10 Sports Marketing, LLC, the Seattle Sports Commission and Seattle Center, the Pac-12 Conference will bring the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to KeyArena in Seattle in 2013. The new agreement, which runs through 2015, moves the tournament to the first full week in March to strengthen television windows and maximize national exposure. ESPN2 will televise the championship game, while all other games will be carried nationally on the Pac-12 Networks.


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IT'S ALREADY AFTER MIDNIGHT (English)
Kvar Acharei Chatzot
Od lo kibu et hayareiach
Ki lifnei kubui orot,
Orot shel kochavim
Notnim od rega kat la'ohavim.
Machar y'hieh zeh yom chadash
Uma efshar mi yom chadash k'var l'tzapot
Az ten lanu od rega,
Rak od rega
Af al pi sh'k'var acharei chatzot.
K'var Acharei Chatzot
Od lo hidliku et haboker
Ki lifnei sh'menakim et ha etmol
Min har'chovot
Notnim lanu od rega kat la'ahavot.
Od lo hidliku et hashemesh
Ki lifnei sh'mechalkim
et ha iton v'hechalav,
Notnim lanu od rega sh'nohav.
It's already after midnight
they haven't yet turned off the moon.
Because before "lights out"
star lights,
they give another small moment to lovers.
Tomorrow it will be another day
And what can you expect from a new day?
So gives us a moment,
just a moment,
even though it's already after midnight.
They haven't turned on the morning yet
Because before they clean yesterday
from the streets
they give us another tiny moment for love.
They haven't turned the sun on yet
Because before they deliver
the newspaper and the milk
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5 Things In Washington DC That Exist Nowhere Else In The USWashington DC is one of the most historically significant cities in the country. There are a large number of important buildings, landmarks, and locations in the area that draw thousands of visitors every year. You can find tourist attractions in every city in the world, but there are a few things you can only find in Washington DC. Here are five things that only exist in DC.
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Prove that: $$\lim_{n\to +\infty}\sum_{k=0}^{n}(-1)^k\sqrt{{n\choose k}}=0$$ I completely don't know how to approach. Is it very difficult?
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First note that $f(z)=\frac{\sin \pi z}{\pi z(1-z)(1-\frac{z}{2})\cdots(1-\frac{z}{n})}$ satisfies $f(z)=\binom{n}{k}$ for any integer $k$.
Because $f(z)$ has no zeros in $-1<Re(z)<n+1$,$\sqrt{f(z)}$ (taken as positive at the origin) is analytic there. By the Residue Theorem, we have $ \sum_{k=0}^{n}(-1)^{k} \sqrt{\binom{n}{k}}=\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{C} \sqrt{f(z)}\frac{\pi}{\sin \pi z}dz$, where $C$ is any contour in $-1<Re(z)<n+1$ which winds once about each integer $0,1,\ldots,n$ and never about any other integer.
Suppose we let $C=C_{M}$ be the rectangle formed by the lines $Re(z)=-\frac{1}{2}$, $Re(z)=n+1/2$, and $Im(z)=\pm M.$ Then
$\int_{C_M} \sqrt{f(z)}\frac{\pi}{\sin \pi z}dz=\int_{C_{M}}\frac{\sqrt{\pi}\,dz}{\sqrt{z(1-z)(1-z/2)\cdots(1-z/n)\sin \pi z}}$
and letting $M\rightarrow \infty$, we conclude that
$ \sum_{k=0}^{n}(-1)^{k} \sqrt{\binom{n}{k}}=\frac{1}{2\pi i}\left[\int_{-1/2+i \infty}^{-1/2- i \infty}+\int_{n+1/2-i \infty}^{n+1/2+i \infty}\sqrt{f(z)}\frac{\pi}{\sin \pi z}dz\right].$
Since the integrand is invariant (aside from a $\pm$ sign) under the substotution $z\rightarrow n - z$, we need only estimate the first integral. Now, when $Re(z)=-\frac{1}{2}$,
$|z(1-z)(1-z/2)\cdots(1-z/n)|\ge \frac{1}{2}\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right) \left(1+\frac{1}{4}\right)\cdots\left(1+\frac{1}{2n}\right) \ge \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{1+1}\sqrt{1+1/2}\cdots\sqrt{1+1/n} = \frac{\sqrt{n+1}}{2} $
and so the first integral is bounded by
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}\sqrt[4]{n+1}}\int_{Re(z)=-1/2}|\frac{dz}{\sqrt{\sin\pi z}}|\le\frac{A}{\sqrt[4]{n}}.$
Hence $ \sum_{k=0}^{n}(-1)^{k} \sqrt{\binom{n}{k}}\rightarrow0$ as $n\rightarrow\infty.$
[The problem seems to have originated with D. J. Newman, who posed this as Problem 81-7 in the SIAM Review. A more complicated proof, as well as a discussion of generalizations, appears on pp. 155-156 of Problems in Applied Mathematics: Selections from SIAM Review edited by Murray Klamkin (SIAM, 1990). The proof given above can be found on pp. 151-152 of Complex Analysis (Second Edition) by Bak and Newman (Springer, 1997).]
The terms for $n$ odd are zero by cancelling the binomial at $k$ and $n-k$ since the signs are opposite.
When $n$ is even, the terms do not seem to have a limit.


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Former Top-10 state finisher has competed at each of the past three Sundodger Invitationals.
2007-08: Placed 57th and 12th among UW runners at the Sundodger in his only race of the season ... did not compete during track season.
2006-07: Competed in the 3000 and 5000 meters in the outdoor track season, lowering his personal bests in both events ... competed three times during 2006 cross country season, debuting at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 25:32, 57th overall and 10th among Huskies ... also ran at the Willamette Invitational, finishing fifth among Huskies, and the Mike Hodges Invitational, placing second among Washington finishers.
2005-06: Redshirted the 2005 fall season to preserve a year of eligibility ... made unofficial collegiate debut in unattached run at the Sundodger Invitational, placing 49th overall ... redshirted both the indoor and outdoor track seasons ... ran unattached three times indoors, once each in the mile, 3000m and 5000m.
High School and Personal: Born in San Francisco, Calif. ... parents are Patty and Dave ... has two younger brothers, Zack and Sam ... won district meet as senior before placing eighth at state ... set 5000m cross country PR of 16:02 at 2004 state meet ... placed 27th at prestigious Border Clash cross country competition in 2004 ... was named the Mid Valley League's 2004 Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... also earned all-state honors as a senior, and was a three-time first-team All-MVL honoree ... a three-time state cross country championships participant ... earned three top-10 regional finishes during his prep career ... earned six high school letters, and served as cross country team captain in each of his final three seasons ... also lettered in soccer in 2003 ... graduated with a 3.928 GPA.
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My last paragraph is necessarily speculative, an existentialist conclusion of the first three. It would be counterproductive if it belied in any way the nature of the first three paragraphs.
Just for interest sake jump on GoogleEarth and zoom in on Georgia and Grozny. Sometimes obvious things like where countries are tend to clarify media terminology, for example "policing action" translates to "oil concerns" when you look up where/what Kuwait is, the context completely altered. Also search the web for material on the Georgian conflict.
The Russians in Georgia and Chechnya are very much like NATO in the Middle East and Central Asia, there is a lot of terminology floating around for what are basically very simple elements being involved.
Also keep in mind Chechnya is not a nation. The word in Russian means much the same thing as saying "Midwest" in America. It's just a region in southern Russia proper, it is in the foothills on the Russian side of the Caucasus overlooking the Kuban peninsula. Chechnya is a rural area, except for the oil field (Grozny) which was built by the Soviets back during industrialisation. Calling people who live in the Chechnya region Chechens is just like calling some Americans southerners. Giving the "Chechens" the oil field is like giving Texan farmers Fort Knox to the exclusion of the rest of the US. The "war" in Chechnya is like Texan farmers claiming Fort Knox is theirs (I dunno where Fort Knox is, Texas? you get the idea anyway).
That's why the Russian Parliament, even though it takes great exception to the Kremlin's military policies also agrees wholeheartedly they are not partisans, but are just criminals.
Russian Parliament on the other hand considers Tblisi-Georgians to be more partisan than terrorist, whilst the Kremlin regards them as terrorist. Unfortunately the Kremlin controls the CIS militaries.
There is a great disparity on the status of Tblisi based Georgian government in Russian politics, and Georgia is an independent nation, capable of demonstrating a distinct and valid cultural history which is unique and independent of the old Russian Empire of which it was a part (and thus was absorbed into the Soviet Union). Not true of Chechnya.
Georgia would've been a part of Turkey if it wasn't for inherent, culturally biased religious differences, whilst Armenia would've been part of Iran.
In terms of peoples, the Kuban is Cossack, the Caucasus Gherka and the south side of the mountains Turk. Head north or west of the Don basin and you get Slav.
edit. Only after these points are clearly observed, then it can be stated the Chechens have a valid case regarding state welfare and their abandonment in terms of infrastructure and support as a Russian rural region and industrial operation. Chechens live like a third world nation and it is a crime, seriously walking around Chechnya is like walking around Sierra Leone in Africa. Only corruption could leave an entire national region in such a state unless the entire nation was bankrupt, which it isn't.
But part of their problem is actually something most Americans would overwhelmingly support on the Russian side. It is about privatisation of the oil industry, where Chechens are effectively a welfare state who just happen to live where the oil is. Since industry is no longer state controlled, the Chechen local economy has reverted back to pre-industrial rural despite being surrounded by delapidated modern ammenities (I'm not even sure if they have a power station anymore). Under the Soviet system Chechens received community dividends of any production in their region. Simple example, schooling and services were provided by the State with coupon bonuses for being where the oil is; now they have to pay for their own schools and power and the only people mining oil there are private companies who bring their own labour. The Chechens shut this down, the military responded.
If it was in America most yanks would just say, "Get a job," and would stand in line to sign up in the military that shoots the Chechens. Personally I think it is a state responsibility to ensure a minimum living standard of all citizens and regions, which is the Chechen argument. Like you I don't agree that justifies murder, but I'm not there to see just how desperate the situation is for the man on the ground.
People have been talking about Russian atrocities in Chechnya for some time, I don't doubt it.
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This was another great Monkeewrench tale which was fast paced and kept me guessing all the way to the end. P.J. Tracy really make the characters come alive and you can easily relate to them. This is the last book that has been published in the series but another one is due out in June 2015. Looking forward to the release in order to catch up with the Monkeewrench crew again.
Grace MacBride, one of the members of the Monkeewrench computer team, is enjoying her experience on a boat in Key West. It's the first time in years she's lived without fear and without a gun by her side. However, all that changes when two men board the boat and attack retired FBI agent John Smith. Grace takes care of the assassins, but the attacks lead her to question Smith as to why he was a target.
Meanwhile, back in Minneapolis, Homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth find themselves at a crime scene where the body of a young girl lies, her throat slashed. Soon, more bodies, and illegal weapons, are piling up. The next morning, three more men are found dead on the lawn in the same neighborhood. Magozzi and Rolseth find calendars at both houses with the date October 31 circled. They are shocked to learn who the killer is, but they're even more surprised to learn there have been similar killings in LA and other cities. When Grace, Monkeewrench and the Minneapolis police finally put the pieces together, they have a frightening scenario to hand to the FBI.
Monkeewrench is one of my favorite mystery series. It is funny, has engaging characters that I care about and which actually change over the course of the books, and the mysteries are not overly gruesome but are interesting. I'm sorry to say I've caught up on all six of the books and hope the Tracy's are working on a new one. I listened to the audio version narrated by r Buck Schirner, who does a good job.
Monkeewrench is one of my favorite lite murder mystery series. It is funny, has engaging characters that I care about and which actually change over the course of the books, and the mysteries are not overly gruesome but are interesting. The series is written by a mother daughter team and typically most books are situated in Minnesota or northern Wisconsin. Being from the midwest, I love the setting. I can relate to it. Off the Grid is a book that I read, even though I had listened to the audio versions for the first five in this book. And I wish I had waited to listen to the audio book of Off the Grid. I think it is difficult to switch mid-series to print if it is started in audio. Having written that, I will say that I enjoyed the first 1/2 of Off the Grid immensely. I think I even enjoyed it more than the earlier books in this series that I listened to.
The book starts off with a literal bang. Book #5 ended with a complete game changer. Grace decides to make some improvements in her life and she leaves. I don't want to spoil anything if you haven't read #5, so I will just say -- she leaves at the end of #5 and #6 starts off with Grace's new life. But like the entire Monkeewrench series, Grace can't escape from murder and mayhem and so she is immediately fighting for her life and plotting to save the world. Off the Grid is fast paced and changes back and forth between the various characters that make up the series. There is the typical humorous exchanges with Leo and Magozzi. The impressive wardrobe changes of Annie and the funny comments and antics of Harley.
In Off the Grid, the entire gang is on the run (eventually). I enjoyed the change of location but ..... I didn't buy into the mystery. I am not going to spoil the what and the who of the story, but I will say I just don't believe in the threat and the scariness to the level it happens in Off the Grid. And yes, I know this is fiction but it was distracting to me. I am guessing it is hard to come up with complicated murder story lines that continue to affect the same characters and need to be solved by computer hackers. These authors have carried this storyline off successfully for multiple books. and they continue to be enjoyable.
So in the end Off the Grid was fun and enjoyable. A definite 3 star book. Nothing to get excited about, but for fans of the series it shouldn't be missed.
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Two Evils, (also known as Off the Grid – a title that makes much more sense) is the sixth installment of mother and daughter writing team, P.J. Tracy's 'Monkeewrench' series featuring Grace McBride and her team of eccentric computer software developers who regularly find themselves embroiled in murder and mayhem, assisting the Minneapolis PD.
Homicide Detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are baffled by a spate of murders in an area of Minneapolis known as Little Mogadishu. At first glance the cases seem unrelated except for a single piece of evidence found at each crime scene, a date, October 31st, circled in red. In the midst of the busy investigation Grace McBride appears after a three month absence asking Magozzi for a favour, one that eventually exposes a shocking plan of nation-wide violence.
Two Evils combines police procedural with action, mystery and a touch of romance. Though the plot is fairly predictable, seemingly separate cases merge in a clever manner to reveal a complex network of terrorists, vigilantes and law enforcement. Tension swirls around the main plot but really comes into its own in the climax, though I thought the ending a bit abrupt, even if the epilogue provides a nice little twist. There were moments I felt the plot was marred by the inexplicable behaviours of some of its characters – for example an experienced retired FBI agent who runs into a forest filled with enemy snipers targeting him.
It was quickly obvious that I was missing a great deal of background that would have connected me to the characters in this story. Grace has a complicated personal background, she and Magozzi have some sort of history and the Monkeewrench team are computer geeks but with a handy cache of weapons available at short notice. Unfamiliar with the finer nuances of personality and relationships, I wasn't very invested in their story which detracted from my interest overall.
I don't think Two Evils is the book to start with if you haven't read any of the previous installments. This series seems to require an investment in the characters to complement the plot and without it unfortunately falls fairly flat.
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On a sailboat ten miles off the Florida coast, Grace MacBride, partner in Monkeewrench Software, thwarts an assassination attempt on retired FBI agent John Smith. A few hours later, in Minneapolis, a fifteen-year-old girl is discovered in a vacant lot, her throat slashed. Later that day, two young men are found in their home a few blocks away, killed execution-style. The next morning, the dead bodies of three more men turn up, savagely murdered in the same neighborhood. As Minneapolis homicide detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth struggle to link the three crimes, they learn that there have been similar murders in other cities around the United States. Piece by piece, evidence accumulates, pointing to a suspect that shocks them to the core, uncovering a motive that puts the entire Midwest on high alert and Monkeewrench in the direct line of fire. Before it's all over, Grace and her partners, Annie, Roadrunner, and Harley Davidson, find themselves in the middle of a shocking collision of violence on a remote northern Minnesota reservation, fighting for their lives.… (more)
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The Sweetest Man We Know
Marco Cossio truly is the sweetest man we know. Literally. As the M's new Executive Pastry Chef, Marco leads our team of pastry chefs whipping up delicious treats from breads and chocolates to sugar sculptures and cakes. A recent USA Pastry Chef Gold Medalist (2011), Marco has been perfecting his craft since he was 18 years old owning and operating his own bake shop and then working at major Las Vegas Strip resorts.
"I fell into the pastry business by accident. I started working as a dishwasher in a bakery shop," said Cossio. "I watched and learned how the chefs decorated the cakes and made the sugar sculptures and I thought it was all very interesting."
It wasn't until a customer came into the shop to find that the cake she had ordered was not finished that Marco got his break. He jumped at the chance to finish decorating the cake, impressed his boss and pleased the customer.
Since then, Chef Cossio has appeared in several leading industry magazines talking about desserts, sugar and chocolate show pieces and his experience in high volume banquet desserts. You can taste his delicious desserts throughout property including at our patisserie Baby Cakes and our award-winning buffet, Studio B.
Several weeks ago we asked our Facebook fans to send us questions for Chef Cossio. Read below for his answers to some your burning pastry questions.
Q: What is the secret to a flaky delicious pie crust? – Kristen Davis
Two things, do not over mix dough after adding the flour and use call water when doing any pie crust recipe.
Q: My baked goods seem to get browned on the bottom way too quickly and then the top portion is under-baked. I even put the cookie sheet on the top rack but that doesn't help. Is it the non-stick pan I'm using? Should I use some kind of liner? Should I reduce the temp? – Judy Bol Van Fossen
Your oven may be too hot. Next time, try lowering the temperature and you may also want to use a nice thick liner to bake your goods.
Q: I love your Italian doughnuts. How about making some with jelly? – Chipper Derosa
We try to be as authentic as we can, and traditional Italian doughnuts are not made with jams; American ones are!
Q: Can we keep the strawberry short cakes on the menu? – Carrie Threatt
We're currently reviewing all our pastries in all our venues and I'll certainly keep that in consideration when we do the next menu!


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I used a different brand and experienced the same thing. Maybe try another brand and see what happens.
My rat wen through four rounds 100mcg of purchase peptides GHRP-6 and never felt hungry once? Does this mean bunk?
solid advice moe.
I have read others who did not respond hungry from using it, so unless they had bunk also, who really knows. My experience with PP, I've used them many times and everything has been legit.
This account and all comments made by account holder are for entertainment purposes only, anabolic steroid use is illegal without a prescription.
Keepin Green.
Well just to set this thread straight. It seems to be working now. Sometimes hungry and very vivid dreams. Definatly doing something.
You have to take it on an empty stomach. You should notice extreme hunger within a few minutes. I'd say it's bunk.


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Tonight is the big season 10 finale of "Deadliest Catch" on Discovery. This show is a great one, but with the finale coming fans want to know if it will be back for another season or not. At this time, they aren't saying much. On Tuesday, EW shared a few spoilers about the big finale that will air tonight.
The finale tonight will be two hours long. There is a big storm coming which will cause problems for them of course. The Cornelia Marie is at the dock when the storm starts. They want to keep the boat safe, but have to find a way to keep themselves safe as well. The winds are up to 100 mph and this is causing all kinds of problems. You can check out a big preview on All Voices.
At this time, it is just being called a season finale. It is not said to be a series finale but there is no news about season 11 yet. Discovery isn't revealing that this show is renewed or canceled. They haven't even made a decision yet or if they have it has not been officially announced by the network.
The show went to their Facebook page teasing the big finale with a picture. The caption on it says, "For every calm day, a sailor must pay." There is no big news about if this show is coming back or not on their Facebook either. Fans are going crazy thinking that the season went by way too fast and saying that they want more of it. They would love to see it renewed.
Don't miss "Deadliest Catch" tonight on Discovery channel. It will air along with "The Bait" which will make for a great night of television for viewers. You don't want to miss these shows. Hopefully news will come out soon that this show was renewed for another season and it will be coming back next year.


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Posted at 10:31AM Friday 07 Feb 2014Manhattan is getting a little help with getting boozy from apps like MiniBar. It's an alcohol delivery service that brings the drinks to you in under 60 minutes. To order, just download the app and enter your zipcode to see your local liquor store. The app currently provides service to Manhattan south of 96th Street. Delivery is free, but you have to reach a minimum of $25 for the service – easy if you get a bottle.
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Rated 2.5 / 5 stars
is he taking his pants off at the end
You bet he is!
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Very nice!
Can't seem to get the lowest times in some stages, unfortunately.
Sometimes the game doesn't automatically restart when I die, but that doesn't get in the way.
Thank you :) There was some fairly stiff competition with this game when it was released between me and my friend so it might be difficult. Thanks for playing it!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
really, this gaùe is awesome :) The music is good, and the story is so funny... Really, i liked it a lot !
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hard and cool
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Well, the game was itself very well done. Its main flaw was that it was pretty much impossible to beat. I find it kind of stupid to be killed by just falling too low. I don't want realism in video games! I do, however, love the overall format. It's just as good as the previous games.
It's not as good though, because it's so hard. It's interesting to see all the little obstacles you have everywhere. It took real creativity to make this. Too bad I don't know how to use my jumps on the second level. Help?
You can slide down walls by holding down the arrow button pointing towards them- try a running jump at the far right wall, and thanks for the feedback!


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Playwright Miki Bone's Division Avenue is the story of Efraim, a widower in his mid-twenties who has returned to live with his parents, for practical (and perhaps emotional) reasons. He is an Hassidic Jew, living in their cloistered community, and when Division Avenue opens, he has just shaved off the beard and ringlets that identify him as such. Efraim's parents : Gita and Moishe, believe he is being seduced (corrupted) by the secular world, and there may be something to this. But it's also more complicated. The recent tragedy of his losing his wife aside, Efraim has come to appreciate the larger world outside the Hassidic community where fear and restriction do not reign supreme, where goyishe are not considered de facto infidels. Efraim's marriage was arranged while he and his fiancée were still children, and they weren't exactly happy together. Efraim's reasons for wanting to explore the world outside are never explained as such, but gradually we come to understand the depth of disappointment.
Ironically, Efraim's first contact with Sarah (a Roman Catholic social worker) occurs when he must meet his father in the park. Moishe doesn't want to be seen with Efraim, since he recently removed his facial hair. Sarah collapses from a diabetic episode, and Efraim has the presence of mind to phone for help. All Moishe can see is a provocatively dressed shikseh, and yet another cyclist who is impinging upon the parameters of his sacred community. Division Avenue describes this boundary, where some New Yorkers ride bicycles for the sake of efficiency. Of course, Efraim's dad sees them only as interlopers. Moishe seeks legal remedy for this invasion by consulting Pete, a Baptist lawyer who also happens to be gay, and Sarah's lifelong friend and roommate. All Moishe knows that Pete is a Gentile attorney, who is willing to take his case.
A great deal of Division Avenue's charm and propulsion turns on its surprises, so I won't reveal anymore than I already have, or at least, I'll try. The point, it seems, is that Efraim and his father take (more or less) the same odyssey, but perceive it in vastly different ways. Moishe sees their community as a refuge, while Efraim sees it as a prison. Efraim sees the secular world as brimming with possibilities, while his father sees them as perils to the soul. Efraim worries his father will construe rebellion as personal rejection, rather than the necessary step he needs to evolve. Division Avenue is also about the distinction between what we're called and who we are, the underpinnings of intolerance, and the need to seek protection from a not altogether spiritually driven culture. In some ways the Hassidic community might be comparable to other extreme religious denominations, were it not for the long and painful history of Jewish persecution.
Division Avenue is a radiant, humane, funny and exceptionally moving drama, with lots of insight and squeamishly rich, glorious moments. It doesn't seek to resolve all the issues it raises, but rather, to document a turning point in the life of Efraim, a wandering, searching soul, trying to salvage the spark of awe and delight that makes thriving possible. Efraim's courage has a chain effect, blessing the lives of the other characters, and the audience as well. The cast of Division Avenue is impeccable, with special kudos
to Nancy Sherrard, as Gita, Efraim's mother. Rarely do we see such palpable, authentic,
deeply affecting emotion, expressed with such wit and luminosity.
Division Avenue : written by Miki Bone and directed by Dean Nolen. Starring : Jake Buchanan (Efraim) Ian Ferguson (Pete) Marianne Galloway (Sarah) Nancy Sherrard (Gita) Edward Treminio (Lieutenant Bishara) and Ben Westfried (Moishe)
Contemporary Theatre of Dallas presents Division Avenue, playing through December 15th, 2013. 5601 Sears Street, Dallas, Texas 75206. 214-828-0094. www.contemporarytheatreofdallas.com


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Sales and Business Development Leader for Industrial Paint and Coatings
Our client's business is already up 25.3% over last year. They are adding to their team and looking for future leaders.
If you thrive on business development - love to sell without having to worry about the follow up service (because an account management team takes over) - then this position is for you.
In addition to your base salary, the bonus potential is unlimited. You get paid on the very first $ you bring into the company.
Prior to the recession, most bonuses were in the high 5 figures. As we come out of the recession, that will happen again so now is the time to begin building the strong relationships within your customer base.
Additionally, this is a developmental position as the right person will be developed and trained to become the next sales manager.
Our client is a paint and coatings company. This position is in their industrial group which provides a variety of paint & coating products and services for:
So what is the company looking for and, in turn, what is the opportunity for you?
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SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Subprime Fraud (Updated)
Says the firm let hedge-funder John Paulson pay them to structure a crappy CDO, then sold it to clients like it was awesome.
This morning, the SEC filed securities-fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and a vice-president at the company, London-based Fabrice Tourre. In the complaint, they allege that in 2007, Tourre allowed hedge-funder John Paulson to structure a collateralized debt obligation called Abacus, made up of crappy subprime-mortgages securities he handpicked himself, and that the firm then turned around and marketed Abacus to its clients, without mentioning that Paulson had created the CDO specifically in order to buy credit-default insurance against it.
To aid in the deception, the suit alleges, Goldman brought in a firm called ACA Management, an independent company of the sort that firms hire to select assets for CDOs, and told them that Paulson was helping pick the securities because he was investing in the CDO, rather than betting against it. From the complaint:
Tourre allegedly knew of Paulson & Co.'s undisclosed short interest and role in the collateral selection process. In addition, he misled ACA into believing that Paulson & Co. invested approximately $200 million in the equity of ABACUS, indicating that Paulson & Co.'s interests in the collateral selection process were closely aligned with ACA's interests. In reality, however, their interests were sharply conflicting.
Paulson, who has not been charged with anything, made billions of dollars off credit-default swaps when the housing market collapsed. According to the SEC, investors in ABACUS lost more than $1 billion on their side of the trade. "The product was new and complex but the deception and conflicts are old and simple," said Robert Khuzami, director of the division of enforcement. Like the abacus itself.
Update 1: With their stock tumbling (and pulling down the rest of the market with it) Goldman Sachs has responded to the charges in an uncharacteristically sober, non-withering way: "The SEC's charges are completely unfounded in law and fact and we will vigorously contest them and defend the firm and its reputation."
Update 2: SEC Complaint
The Marketing Materials for ABACUS [PDF, via commenter extraordinaire Comfortably Smug]
Update 3: Goldman has released a second statement, noting that they lost money on the trade, ACA did help select the portfolio, there was full disclosure about everything, and they're not mad they're just "disappointed."


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There have been a couple of college coaches who have made a successful transition from a college program into the NFL, two people that come to mind are Barry Switzer with the Dallas Cowboys and more recently Jim Harbough with San Francisco. Switzer did have a dismal start, but turned it around into a three Super Bowl victories and Harbough has re-energized the 49ers fan base and brought the team to the playoffs in his two years, reaching the NFC Conference Championship last year and are the number two seed this year.
There are also a number of situations with highly successful college coaches jumping to the NFL with their mind set on doing things the way they want and thinking they would be the one and only ending terribly, see Steve Spurrier and Nick Saban as examples of these failures. Both felt there systems would work with whatever personnel they had and if it did not, they "requested" new personnel to make it work. After this did not work and the records went downhill, they ran back to the NCAA and plum jobs at South Carolina and Alabama.
Chip Kelly has to examine these examples of both approaches as he goes through interviews for open NFL coaching positions.
He also needs to examine what he has in Eugene with the Ducks. There are very few opportunities as perfect as he has there. He realized that last year when he walked away from Tampa Bay at the eleventh hour.
Just look at the differences between coaching at Oregon and going to any NFL coaching situation
He has the ability to recruit his players, not navigate the draft and free agency, not to mention the salary cap
He has a University that will pay him anything to stay, as he also gets an extension each year with some kind of pay increase.
He has power over the program's direction and coaching, where in the NFL, he will have to work with a GM and the restrictions mentioned above on the draft, free agency and the salary cap
He has one of the best facilities in the country, which is always a great marketing chip for recruits, not to mention the biggest alumni backer of the program in Nike's CEO Phil Knight and his constant donations of equipment, uniforms and exposure
His ability to get the quarterback for high flying spread offense, where there are only a few teams with the personnel to run this in the pros, which are none of the openings currently available.
He also has his unfinished business in winning a National Championship, which only Harbough above did not do.
There are certainly more examples people can come up with why staying is the better choice for Kelly, which outweigh the reasons to move on.
The only things I can think of for going to the NFL
Pride showing he is ready for the next level
Also seeing how his system translated into the NFL
The feeling he had accomplished everything at the college level
The possibility of more money ( I doubt this, but you never know with some of these franchises' desperation for being relevant again)
The one thing he does need to do, is make the decision very soon as his uncertainty is hurting the recruiting efforts of the school as many 5 and 4 start players who had Oregon as a finalist are choosing other schools, which is common when there could be a coaching change.
I maybe some what selfish in my analysis here because I enjoy his style of play, but the program was good before and with the announcement/promotion of Offensive Coordinator Mark Helfrich to Head Coach if Kelly leaves, who has been a Kelly's right side running the offense these past few years will keep the tradition of the high octane offense moving along.
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In the Sundance movie, "Sugar," directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden use baseball as a means to weave a story of coming of age, immigration and the search for the American dream.
"Sugar" focuses on the system that feeds Dominican baseball players into Major League Baseball in the United States. Fleck, an avid baseball fan, was well aware of the Dominicans in the major leagues like Sammy Sosa, the Alou brothers and Pedro Martinez, but never knew what brought them to the United Sates. When he learned that there were training academies set up by every major league team to train and prepare athletes to bring over, he knew there was a story to tell.
"I was fascinated," Fleck said. "I had to hear the rest of the story."
Fleck and Boden are no strangers to the art of sports storytelling. They won the Spirit Award at the Sundance Film Festival two years ago for the film "Half Nelson," which also earned star Ryan Gosling an Academy Award nomination.
The fictional story of Sugar, which is short for Miguel "Sugar" Santos, is unique and poignant one. The young Sugar dreams of baseball lifting himself and his family out of poverty. When he struggles to adjust and his game falters a bit, Sugar begins to reflect on his choices and seeks out a different American dream.
"We could have made the Pedro Martinez story or the Sammy Sosa story, but there are thousands of other Dominicans that come to the U.S.
Fleck said the choice to use the sports genre to tell a story of immigration seemed perfect.
"For us, sports is always a vessel for telling a much more intimate story," Flack said.
The theme of adjusting to new surroundings is another topic that the directors knew would be universal to all audiences.
For the directors putting together a movie with a large Spanish-speaking cast proved to be an interesting and enriching task. Boden speaks Spanish, which helped. But Fleck said that he actually became more familiar with the story line and the background story because of the initial unfamiliarity with the culture.
"It was neat for me not to always know what was being said," said Fleck. "It was not for me to know what was behind the words."
Both directors agreed that the extra research required when working on an unfamiliar topic actually lends to a more thorough storyline than when dealing with a more common story.
The directors spent extensive time in the Dominican Republic researching the culture of both the academies and the villages and became familiar with the life of these young athletes. To find the ideal Sugar character, they auditioned more than 600 actors before discovering Algenis Perez Santos playing softball. They invited the young man, who they felt captured the naïveté and athleticism of Sugar to audition and he got the part.
"I never dreamed of doing something like this," said Santos in a thick accent. " I was nervous. They are my friends now."
In the beginning of the film, a sharp contrast is shown between the structured and manicured fields of the Dominican academies and the simple, pastoral feel of the poor Dominican neighborhoods. Music, family connections and scenic vistas create the sense of comfort and familiarity of Sugar's world.
When Sugar's amazing pitching abilities earn him an invitation to spring training in Arizona, the contrast of the neon lights and commercialism of America flood the screen. Things get even more remote and different for Sugar as the film moves to Bridgeport, Iowa, where the fictional Character has made the lineup for the Single-A Bridgeport Swing. Sugar is "adopted" by a well-meaning and baseball-obsessed older couple who give the film the sharpest change yet. Sugar lives with this host family which leads to exposure to farm life and a rural setting. The family's Midwestern values confuse and sometimes alienate the young Sugar, but he does his best to adjust.
His path towards discovery continues right up until the end of the film.
Fleck said that every baseball player used in the film had played at some level. He said actors were cast on their athleticism, not their acting ability. Former players and real-life coaches were often cast or used in making of the film to increase the authenticity.
As for the other characters that Sugar encounters, Boden and Fleck said that they carefully went through the process of figuring out the different people that a young immigrant player might encounter.
"There's an internal logic to it and these were all characters that were common," Boden said.
The method seems to have worked. Many Dominican players have approached them and told them that they are telling their story.
The directors were pleased with the progression of the film as Sugar makes each transition from dreams to disillusionment to finally finding a sense of place. It may not be the perfect storybook ending in the sense of making it to the major leagues, but it tells the more common story. Boden said that when he finally finds a place that fits, it really is a happy ending.
"It's a story about someone who comes to a new place and is isolated. At the end of the movie he has found a sense of community and home," Boden said.