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Colorado Head Coach Linda Lappe
"It was a great game throughout. These were two teams that played hard and well. There were a lot of great players on that court. I was pleased with a lot of what we were able to do in the second half and it was physical down low. This game was not for the faint of heart. We stayed together and it was great to keep our players fresh. A lot of our players had energy towards the end of the game. We knew they were going to make a run late in the second half. I loved how we responded. Our depth is a big key for us."
On If This Was The Program's Best Nonconference Win Since She's Been Coach
"I think I'd probably have to agree with this as the best win. We knew it was going to be a hard fought game. I really enjoyed seeing our team step up to the level I know they can play tonight."
On Team Responding To Early Struggles.
"It was [great how the team responded]. It took us a few minutes there when we were putting them at the free throw line a lot. Our team never panicked [even though we were] down early. When you're down 8-10 with 35 minutes left on the clock, it shouldn't put you in a state of panic. The way we closed out the first half and opened the second made the difference in the game."
On Colorado's post play
"Our post got beat around tonight. It was very, very physical. They took on the challenge and excelled. Offensively and defensively, [the post players] were the difference makers for our easy baskets and stopping San Diego State from getting easy baskets."
On what this win means for the team's confidence
"It gives us confidence; it shows us that we have a good team and what we need to do to beat a good team and how we're going to have to play. If you don't play good teams, you don't know exactly where you stand. It's just going to help us to be able to know what level we have to play game in game out."
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On Not Winning MVP For Third Time
"I'm not mad at all. Arielle [Roberson] came out and played a great game. We are just happy to have her back. Anybody that gets the MVP I'm happy for. We got the win and that's all that matters. She played a heck of a game so she earned it."
On How Big This Win Is
"It means a lot but it's still early on. Like coach said, we still have a lot of basketball to still be played, but that win is going to be nice for people to see. Because they [SDSU] are going to be in the tournament again, they are a good team and that was a quality win for us. We played incredible and if we continue to play like that we will be a contender ourselves, so I think that win was good for us."
On Where The Teams Confidence Stems From
"We can put any mix of players on the floor and I don't think our energy or amount of scoring will drop. We are a great team and we have great players. We have players that can make plays and I love that we have more of a post presence now with Arielle [Roberson], Jen [Reese], Jamee [Swan] and Rachel [Hargis]. It's huge for us. I think that is going to take us a long way because some teams like to take away the best player. But, when you have a variety of players that can do a lot of different things and put the ball in the bucket, then what are you going to take away? So, I think it's great."
On Not Letting SDSU Come Back
"That's what we have to learn to do, stay consistent. Sometimes we get up and then get down and it's like a roller-coaster. So, when we are up we try and focus on not letting teams come back or allow them to get their confidence back. We don't ever get comfortable, I don't think in that game we ever got comfortable in that game, we play all the way until the clock hits zero."
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On The Slow Start
"I think I was just trying to force things that weren't there. I don't know if it was the nerves or whatever, but we just had to get ourselves composed and get on the same page. I guess it was miscommunication on my part."
On Having To Battle Back
"I think coming from behind showed us who we really are. Like coach says we are a tough team and also they are a tough team. In order to be tough you have to show who the best is. I think tonight we really pulled it out and for our future games this really sets the tone."
On Winning Tournament MVP
"It's a really big honor. I couldn't have done it without my teammates, obviously; I felt like we all worked hard. I was really happy for the team and for me to get the award was the icing on the cake."
San Diego State Head Coach Beth Burns
"I really want to credit Colorado. We really fuel everything through our point guard who we wouldn't trade for the world. Colorado did a terrific job taking us out of our element. We had a lot of foul trouble and trouble with people being in positions that they aren't necessarily accustomed to being in, it made it really difficult. The credit goes to Colorado. They had a great defensive game plan that we couldn't overcome.
"It was really difficult at first because I kept singing the fight song. They started playing it and I started singing it and I said to myself, 'What am I doing?' Boulder will always be one of my homes. I loved it here. It was my first real grown up coaching job. I will always cheer for the Buffs, except when we are playing them of course."


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Nestled in the hollow of an estuary, Pont Aven is famous for it�s contemporary art school and biscuit (galette) making. The school of painting is well represented through exhibitions at the Pont Aven museum in Place de l�Hotel-de-ville. You can walk to the Bois d�Amour, the wood of love, it�s scenery inspired Symbolist painters in the 19th C. The walk also leads to the marina, once a fishing port, and a few of the preserved remains of local flourmills.

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The Decorative Clipboard Set ($36) from decorativeinstincts includes three memo size clipboards decoupaged with iconic Fornasetti images. Natural curiosity within us is triggered by this wide-eyed woman - we see ourselves in her. Think of the kick started imaginative brain power these clipboards would spark...
Who is Fornasetti, you ask? Piero Fornasetti is an Italian artist and fashion designer, most famous for his beautifully dimensional engravings featuring operatic soprano, Lina Cavalieri, as his leitmotif (quite the muse!). His distinctive work uses collage-esque combinations of images with different points of view, often referencing classical Greek and Roman architecture.As a fashion designer, Fornasetti found success in featuring provocative details of women. If you're itching for more, click around the official Fornasetti site.
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Crimean Tatars, hundreds of thousands of whom Stalin deported in the 1950s, make up between 15%-20% of Crimea's population and have historically been suspicious of Russian rule. The pro-Russian Crimean Parliament voted yesterday to secede from Ukraine, join Russia and hold a referendum on the issue on March 16. The Crimean population is majority Russian, a large number of whom are enthusiastically supporting annexation to Russia. In the city of Lviv on Friday, March 7, 2014, across Ukraine from the crisis gripping Crimea, a group of Tatars fleeing the troubled peninsula disembarked on a train platform looking for security away from Russian forces.
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I just transferred to a new server. HELP!
Index loads. Search works and loads posts (meaning the DB is fine).
I just transferred to a new server. HELP!
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Just post your root password and I'll connect to the machine and we'll fix it for you!
Note for the humor/common sense impaired: do NOT really do that!
Change your Permalinks back to Default. Now do links work?
Have you visited the Using_Permalinks page in the WordPress codex? Lots of trouble-shooting tips.
In particular, confirm with your host that mod_rewrite and AllowOverride are both on and enabled. (peek in your httpd.conf)
Check the apache logs and give us some info.
Until then this question is of a type: "It doesn't work. Get me an answer why from a crystal ball"
I've seen that happen with poorly written plugins installed. You could try disabling some plugins and see if things start working and if so then put them back one by one.
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ANNOUNCE: hoodle : Pen note-taking program written in haskell
Ian-Woo Kim <ianwookim <at> gmail.com>
Hi, Haskellers! I am happy to announce hoodle : pen note-taking program written in haskell. Hoodle is a continuation of the development of hxournal. I renamed it to hoodle, apparently meaning Haskell + doodle. It has undergone many changes and bug fixes. Hopefully, this program is now useful to users. See how it works in action : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2wzpyxsVSU Hoodle has been uploaded on hackage and is installable using cabal. After the installation of gtk2hs, you can install it by simply typing > cabal install hoodle As a default, pdf annotation is turned off, but if you have installed poppler, then you can install hoodle with pdf-annotation function by typing > cabal install -fpoppler hoodle-render hoodle-core hoodle Hoodle Homepage is http://ianwookim.org/hoodle Have fun with hoodle! Thanks. best, Ian-Woo Kim


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I'd like a little help. Nothing big - just a bit of data collection. As I bring more people on board, particularly people other than authors, it would be very useful to give them an idea of the kind of compensation they can expect for their services.
To do this, I need to a) figure out how much the book will sell for, and b) around how many copies will be sold. I've created a couple of polls for you all to fill in (links and details below).
How much would you pay for the Words of Fiction book? whothehellisthat.deviantart.co…
Remember - the profits will be split between all people involved, and CreateSpace, the printer, will be taking a hefty chunk of the overall price. $10 for example would only produce $2.50 profit at best (without paying extra for their "Pro" package).
Once I've got the price figured out, then I can start to plan roughly how much people will get er book sold.
How many copies will you be getting? whothehellisthat.deviantart.co…
Please include in this amount any copies you think your friends or family may buy (those that won't be fill out this poll).
This will also help me figure out costs, profits, etc.
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Malanna Verdi attends the Academy of Our Lady Catholic High School where she just completed the eighth grade.
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I am a Reader in the Cancer & Genetics
I am a key member of the Cardiff CLL Research Group which studies chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. We benefit from funding from Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research and the Leukaemia Research Appeal for Wales.
I am also the Director of Post-Doctoral Studies and Chair of the Post-doctoral Development at the School of Medicine
I am deputy chair of the Athena SWAN Initiative Self Assessment Team.
I lead and contribute to a variety of teaching modules including:
- Cytokine Therapeutics - an Intercalated Degree module.
- Science in Practice - a Year 5 Medical Degree module.
- Cancer Biology - an Intercalated Degree module.
- Year 2 Student Selected Components - part of the MBBCh
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Germany based architecture, Christian Hahn has designed the building to accommodate pedestrian traffic. He seeks the lively flow of people in the building's core so that it feels alive.
The skyscraper design placed at Battery Park, Manhattan. The structure itself is a series of thick geometrical shapes arranged into a cohesive tall tower.
Each individual honeycomb is a parcel with several horizontal slats as floors that can hold different units. The massive tower has enough space to essentially act as its own city, with parcels being used as residences, offices, parks, retail space. The building will even house a police station, a fire station and a school.
Between the geometric shapes are vertical, angular streets that provide connection between the different floor plates. In designing the building, Hahn discovered that in designing streets for the structure, a series of hexagons provided the best flow.
Therefore, the building's individual parcels are all roughly hexagonal in shape.
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New and slim: Xbox 360 S - loudness and power consumption put older models to shame
Microsoft has started to sell their new Xbox 360 S and PC Games Hardware took the new model dubbed Valhalla to the test and tells you exactly how much loudness and power consumption were improved.
Xbox 360 S impressions (15) [Source: view picture gallery]
The new and slim Xbox 360 S is way smaller than its predecessor and Microsoft promised a lower power consumption and reduced operating noise. As soon as the black Xbox 360 Slim hit our testlabs, PC Games Hardware took the console to see if it measures up on these two points. At this point we directly start to the facts you want to know.
Our measurement of loudness shows it clear: the Xbox 360 S ist way quieter than our comparison model, a rather oldish model codenamed Falcon. 0,6 sone or 24 dB(A) is the value given by our gauge on the dashboard. In comparison, Falcon reaches 1,2 sone or 32 dB(A) and thus comes in twice as loud. The distinction gets more pronounced while gaming. Valhallas loudness is measured with 0,9 sone or 28 dB(A) while theFalconmodel is molesting you with 3,4 sone or 43 dB(A). There is just one small thing, which Microsoft did not improve. There is a fan in the power adaptor and this little guy is whirring along unpleasantly loud.
Next we measured the power consumption of the Xbox 360 S which was lot improved. Valhalla needs 67 watts at the dasboard and 80 watts while gaming. For comparsion Falcon needs 88 watts in dashboard and 109 watts while gaming. Older Xenon-models take easily 150-180 watts from your outlet.
Due to the onboard WLAN, the new Xbox 360 S starts a bit slower when it's activated. 30 seconds elapse heading for the dashboard, the old white Xbox needs 21 seconds to show the operating system.
You can read the full
test of the Xbox 360 S
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google-translated version
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Rod Austin—a former Army Ranger and Iraq War Veteran—brings to his new position over 20 years of extensive experience in the underground construction industry.
Does the move mean a job action is inevitable, or is a resolution still possible?
The American Public Works Association announced 2015's volunteer leaders during its annual convention in early August.
California leads the American Public Works Association's annual list of exceptional managers with four winners. Two are from Florida; the rest from Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Anyone you know?
The announcement was made by the IMSA Board of Directors after a nationwide search to replace Marilyn Lawrence who retired after eighteen years as the IMSA executive director.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Board of Directors voted to elect Rhode Island Transportation Director Michael Lewis as the association's president for the next year.
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Governor Pat Quinn, who recently signed new legislation, said he did so to strengthen education in Illinois.
The new laws support early childhood education funding and make it easier to give incentives for teacher excellence. Today's action is part of Quinn's agenda to give every child the opportunity for a high-quality education.
"The period from birth to three years of age is the most critical time in a child's development and we must do all we can to give our youngest residents the education they need to succeed in life," Quinn said. "We should also let our top educators know how much we appreciate their efforts, especially when those teachers serve the areas of our state with the greatest need."
House Bill 4440, sponsored by state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora) and state Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood), will increase the percentage of Early Childhood Education Block Grant program funds that must be set aside for children ages 0 to 3-years-old. The bill raises that percentage from 11 to 14 percent in fiscal year 2015, and to 20 percent by fiscal year 2016. The block grants are distributed by the State Board of Education. The legislation is effective July 1, 2014.
"There have been numerous studies that have shown the importance of early childhood education for our children," said state Rep. Chapa LaVia. "This stage is vital to the growth and development of young minds, and we must do all we can to expand funding for these crucial programs. In doing so, we can help put our children on the path towards a brighter future."
House Bill 5393, sponsored by state Rep. Emily McAsey (D-Lockport) and state Sen. Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake), will streamline the requirements to provide a $1,500 annual incentive to teachers who achieve Illinois Master Teacher certification through the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. Priority for the incentives will be given to teachers in low-performing schools or those in districts with high poverty rates. The legislation is effective July 1, 2014.
"Teachers are responsible for educating the leaders of tomorrow, so it is important they have the most effective training available," state Rep. McAsey said. "This program allows highly qualified educators to continue sharpening their skills and provides for greater student achievement."
"Quality teachers are key to student education," state Sen. Bush said. "This both incentivizes and rewards teachers for getting their masters' certification."
Quinn said he is also committed to properly funding education in Illinois in order to give every child the opportunity for success. The governor's 5-year budget blueprint includes a historic $6 billion increase in classroom spending over the next five years, doubling the investment in college scholarships for students in need and increasing access to higher education through dual enrollment and early college programs. Over the next five years, Quinn's plan would bring classroom funding to the highest levels in Illinois history.


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place was being redecorated while I was there, TV did not function in room, beds filled up the rooms. quite small B&B. but once the skirting boards are refitted and its redecorated, it may be good
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Los Angeles, Calif. - The Drive For Five ended in the Pauley Pavilion garage, as the UCLA women's gymnastics team stuck to its year long motto and took home the school's fifth gymnastics championship and 91st NCAA title overall. The Bruins scored a 198.125, a new NCAA Championship meet record. Georgia placed second with a 197.2, and Alabama and Stanford placed third with a 197.125.
Twelve schools made the trip to Westwood, with six making it to the finals Friday Night. The Bruins were joined by Utah, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Stanford.
The entire event was kicked off by a freshman, as Ashley Peckett got the Bruins started with a solid 9.85 floor routine. On a night when the Bruins began on one of their strongest events, Peckett's score was dropped for an opening round score of 49.575. Jeanette Antolin, Jamie Dantzscher, and Yvonne Tousek each scored 9.9, while Kristen Maloney had a 9.925. The Bruins were led by Kate Richardson's 9.95.
Alabama kept it close early with a 49.375 on the vault, led by a pair of 9.9s by Jeana Rice and Ashley Miles. Stanford also hung around, nailing down a 49.250 on the balance beam. Lindsay Wing paced the Cardinal with a 9.925.
Georgia had a solid 49.45 after one round. Marline Stephens' 9.9 on the floor set up a thrilling 9.95 by Chelsa Byrd.
Utah put itself at an early disadvantage, counting a fall on the uneven bars for a first round score of 48.325 when Dominique D'Oliveira and Veronique LeClerc were unable to hit their routines. Florida seemed to succumb to a case of shaky nerves as well as it had a fall and four scores under 9.8 for a total of 48.8 on bars in the first round. Erinn Dooley led the Gators with a 9.875.
With the Utes safely in the rearview mirror and Florida well behind, the meet became a four-way contest after one round between UCLA, Stanford, Alabama and Georgia.
The Bruins extended their lead with a 49.525 on the vault for a two-round total of 99.1 before heading into a bye. Maloney's 9.95 set the pace for Jeannette Antolin, who followed with a 9.975, earning a perfect score from two of the four judges.
Alabama struggled a little on bars in its second rotation, but still stayed close, tallying a 49.050. Rice had a team high 9.9, giving the Crimson Tide a two-round score of 98.425. Stanford's 49.325 on floor kept the Cardinal in the hunt with a total of 98.575, good for third place after two rotations. Caroline Fluhrer and Lise Leveille each scored a 9.9, while Natalie Foley had a 9.875.
It was the Georgia Bulldogs who maintained the most pressure on the Bruins, staying on track with a 49.425 on the vault. Byrd and Stephens each nailed a 9.95 to keep Georgia within striking distance and just .225 behind UCLA with a two-round total 98.875.
The drama built in the third rotation, as UCLA pounded out a 49.425 on bars for a three round total of 148.525. Antolin and Maloney scored 9.9 and 9.925 respectfully, and Dantzscher capped the effort with a dramatic 9.95 that brought the crowd to its feet.
Stanford turned in an impressive third rotation on the vault, with four scores of 9.9 or higher. Leveille and Jessica Louie turned in scores of 9.925, but the Cardinal had to count a 9.7 to hold them to a three-round total of 147.925.
Alabama bounced back on the beam with a team score of 49.225. Rice's 9.925 kept the Tide in fourth place after three rotations with a team total of 147.650.
Georgia finished its third event in second place with a 148.0, forcing the Bruins to hit all of their final-rotation routines. In their fifth rotation, UCLA was given the challenge of closing their meet on beam, widely considered the least desirable closing rotation.
With the unenviable position of finishing the meet with a bye, the Bruins knew they had to score high on the balance beam before heading to the locker room. They did that and more, tallying a meet high 49.6 and leaving it mathematically impossible for anyone to top their 198.125. Lori Winn kicked things off with a 9.875, and the Bruins never looked back. Antolin stepped up with a 9.95, tying her career high. Richardson followed with her own 9.95, earning a 10 from one judge. Tousek had a 9.9, and Maloney closed the door with a 9.925.
The rest of the final rotation was a mere formality and a battle for second place, as Georgia edged out Stanford and Alabama by scoring 197.2.
A UCLA gymnast had the highest score on each event, though Byrd tied Richardson on the floor with her 9.95. The Bruins were never seriously threatened, tallying the highest team total on each apparatus. In fact, no other team scored higher than 49.5 on a single apparatus, while the Bruins did it on floor, vault, and beam.
Overall it was the 15th National Championship won by a Bruin athletic team inside Pauley Pavilion, the last coming in 1996 when the men's volleyball team took home the title. This marks the first time the UCLA women's gymnastics team has won a championship in Pauley Pavilion, with their previous best finish being runner-up in the 1984 competition.


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An upstate dog is looking for a forever home after the death of his owner, Facebook: Holly's Haven Pet Rescue reported February 9.
Aragon isn't just any dog. He's a three-year-old Ridgeback.Shar-Pei mix who's experienced the trauma of watching his owner take his own life. Aragon's owner took very good care of him. He's healthy, loves everyone and is totally house broken.
Aragon is also well behaved around cats, and enjoys a good ride in the car. In other words, this gentle 96 pound giant will make someone special a wonderful companion.
Aragon was turned in to Greenville County Animal Care Services, which is a high-kill shelter. Aragon became sick and sick hold was full. Without Holly's Haven Pet Rescue, he would have been euthanized due to health issues.
Aragon has been in foster care, where his foster mom has taught him to sit and to speak. He also believes he's a lap dog, and will attempt a cuddle and a face licking any chance he gets.
Aragon has been neutered, micro-chipped and is current on his vaccines. He's also heartworm negative.
The rescue believes he would make a great companion, whether he's brought to live in a house, an apartment or a town home.
Right now Aragon needs a loving home, so he can get on with his life. He needs someone to fill the empty space in his heart that his master once filled. Are you that special someone?
More information about Aragon, or if you have questions, please contact Holly Hamlett at 864-361-7102 or by email at email@example.com.
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PHOENIX – Rookie phenom Yasiel Puig might be helping the Dodgers win games. But he is not winning many friends.
Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero gave voice to a growing sentiment among opponents that Puig's approach to the game is unprofessional and won't be tolerated for long. Montero was upset, in particular, by the look Puig gave him after the two collided at the plate during Tuesday's game. Puig was tagged out. But Puig's disdainful bat flips after two walks Tuesday and his demonstrative reactions on the field have also grated on opponents.
"Does he have talent? Of course. Does he have the tools? Of course," Montero said Wednesday. "He's got so much talent, it'd be really bad if he wasted it doing the stupid things that he's doing. You have to respect to earn respect. If you don't respect anybody, you aren't going to earn respect.
"If he's my teammate, (I am) probably trying to help him not be hated in the major leagues. That's where he's going right now, creating a bad reputation throughout the league."
After the June 11 brawl between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, the Diamondbacks were upset Puig didn't receive one of the eight suspension handed out by Major League Baseball – a stance some of Puig's teammates privately shared.
The Diamondbacks were also apparently upset by Puig's reported snub of Luis Gonzalez, a former Diamondback and Dodger who works in the Diamondbacks front office. Gonzalez, whose family has roots in Cuba, tried to introduce himself to Puig during batting practice Tuesday and the Dodgers rookie ignored him.
Puig has also come under criticism for his uncooperative approach with the media, particularly national reporters sent to chronicle his exploits but left with unrevealing interviews (or none at all).
"It's immaturity," Montero said. "It's part of his confidence right now that everything is going his way. Everything is right for him, he feels pretty good about himself.
"This game pays back though, he's going to have his bad moments out there and then he's going to realize he needs to change. When you go 0-for-20 or 1-for-50, then you realize it. ... He'll learn, he's just got four weeks in the big leagues and is having a great time now. The game will humble you, for sure. The game doesn't need you, we need the game."
Montero rejected Puig's limited exposure to American culture as a possible explanation for his behavior.
"Why does that matter?" Montero said. "I came here from Venezuela. I came here when I was younger (than Puig). I came here when I was 17 years old."
Montero offered that Puig, who was roundly booed by fans in Colorado, San Francisco and Arizona on this trip, "might get in trouble, not with the Diamondbacks, but with somebody else." Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy, who hit Puig in the nose with a pitch during that June 11 game, offered that Puig "plays with a lot of arrogance."
Puig had some incidents during his brief minor league career that pointed to his immaturity. But Dodgers manager Don Mattingly dismissed any concerns about the impression Puig might be making on his MLB peers.
"Honestly – every team has guys that get under your skin," Mattingly said. "They've got a few of them over there, too. That's just talk, to me. I don't think he's doing anything that's any different than what other guys do to get under your skin. I think it's just something you see when you play them 19 times (within the division).
"I don't mind him playing with a little attitude. I played with Rickey Henderson and he irritated a lot of people. But he was a pretty good player. I've seen a lot of guys irritate the other side."
Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson was, no doubt, one of those players for a lot of opponents during his career and he rose to Puig's defense when told of Montero's comments.
"He's just playing," Gibson said. "For people to say he doesn't know any better – why would he know better? How much baseball has he played? He hasn't been in the major leagues that long. He hasn't been in the country that long. Give him a break. He's not Mickey Mantle yet.
"He's kicking everybody's (behind) so some people are jealous. They're going to pop off on him. I'm just thinking about how I'm going to get this guy out tonight. I'm not offended by any of that. I think the way he plays is awesome."
Right-hander Carlos Marmol made his first appearance for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga – and gave up a home run to the first batter. That was followed by a single and a throwing error by Marmol on a pickoff attempt before he settled down and retired the side, getting a called third strike for the last out.
The outing was Marmol's first since he was traded to the Dodgers from the Chicago Cubs and spent a few days working with minor league pitching coordinator Rafael Chaves at the Dodgers' training complex in Arizona. The Dodgers are working on some mechanical adjustments in Marmol's delivery they hope will make him throw strikes more consistently but Mattingly said he didn't know how long the project would last before Marmol is added to the major league roster.
"We'll see," Mattingly said. "I thought he looked really good the other day (when Mattingly and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt watched Marmol throw in Glendale). Rick was really excited about the progress he'd made and that was just after three or four days.
"We're optimistic he's going to take to it (the adjustments)."
The Dodgers bullpen has stabilized somewhat since Brandon League was moved out of the closer role. Mattingly said he didn't know where Marmol might fit into the mix.
"We'll wait until that point," Mattingly said. "When he gets here, we'll figure out how to use him."
Meanwhile, left-hander Ted Lilly went to the Dodgers' training complex to throw about 25 pitches to hitters in a simulated-game situation. The Dodgers plan to have him do that again Friday or Saturday in Los Angeles.
Right-hander Josh Beckett underwent surgery in Dallas to address the thoracic outlet syndrome that shut him down for the season. The first rib in Beckett's right side was removed to alleviate pressure on a nerve that had been causing numbness in Beckett's right hand. Recovery time is estimated at 3-5 months and Beckett is expected to be ready for spring training in 2014. ...
Major League Baseball denied Skip Schumaker's appeal of a two-game suspension stemming from the June 11 brawl between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks. Schumaker began serving the suspension Wednesday night and will also be ineligible for Thursday's game against Colorado.
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In an article published in the South China Morning Post, journalist Ian Young reports that a backlog of applications to Canada's Immigration department includes over 50,000 requests from wealthy mainland Chinese through the Investor Immigrant program:
Immigration Department data obtained by the Post suggests there was a backlog of more than 45,000 rich Chinese waiting for approval of their applications to move to British Columbia as of January last year. They are estimated to have a minimum combined wealth of C$12.9 billion (HK$90 billion). – SCMP
According to the Citizen and Immigration Canada website, no further applications for the program are being accepted currently as they are working on sorting through the giant backlog of applications. The government has promised that all of the backlog will be worked through. Typically 96% of applications are approved.
Note: As of July 1, 2012, we are not accepting federal Investor applications for the time being. This is so we can focus on processing the applications we already have and review the program. This pause on new applications will go on until further notice. It does not apply to the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program. – CIC Website
Perhaps this is why Quebec has seen an influx of applications to their own Immigrant Investor Program as of late.
What will this mean for Vancouver…and the pricing of homes in the city? Me thinks we'll continue to see and upward climb in lack of affordability for locals.
Read the entire South China Morning Post article here.
UPDATE: SCMP posts a new article stating that there has been a decline in Investor Immigrant visa approvals for mainland Chinese seeking to live in B.C.by


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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Who will win the French Ligue 1 2013 title? PGS wants to become the Ligue 1 winner and is hoping it could achieve that as soon as possible. PSG vs. Valenciennes 2013 (en vivo live score results below) delivers a critical soccer match for PSG Sunday.
PSG vs. Valenciennes 2013 (start time 12 noon PST) follows a recent impressive run by PSG. The team has three wins, one loss and one draw in their last five matches. PSG is ranked first in the league but only by six points, officials tell news. Valenciennes however is ranked back in twelfth place. Valenciennes has only picked up one win in their last five games while giving up two losses and two draws.
Prior to Saturday, Paris St Germain centre-back Alex told his team's news site the important of the Marseille vs. Bastia game. If Marseille had lost last night against Bastia, PSG could have a title win. But Marseille beat Bastia last night.
Alex had told his team's news site `"Everyone will be watching Marseille's result on Saturday obviously. But for us, it doesn't really change anything because we still have to do our job on Sunday to be champions. Then there will still be three more matches so we are preparing the mind and the body for the four remaining matches." He added "Every player is preparing for this game. Everyone is at 100 per cent. We know this Valenciennes side and we have to show them respect. But we are the home team and we need the three points." For live score results today click HERE.


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The ANC is a national liberation movement. It was formed in 1912 to unite the African people and spearhead the struggle for fundamental political, social and economic change.
The ANC's key objective is the creation of a united, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic society.
This means the liberation of Africans in particular and black people in general from political and economic bondage. It means uplifting the quality of life of all South Africans, especially the poor.
The ANC is in an alliance with the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Each Alliance partner is an independent organisation with its own constitution, membership and programmes. The Alliance is founded on a common commitment to the objectives of the National Democratic Revolution, and the need to unite the largest possible cross-section of South Africans behind these objectives.
Author : Jackson Mthembu
17 November 2012
The African National Congress is disturbed by the oppositional stance of the ANCYL of Limpopo that has decided to adopt the argument and tone of the opposition parties in Parliament on an issue that is under investigation by two public entities (Auditor General and Public Protector)and the department of public works. In a statement attributed to spokesperson of the ANCYL in Limpopo, he has made the assertion that "The ANCYL... is psychologically threatened by the responses and emotional outlook by President Zuma in Parliament, when he claimed to have taken out a bond to finance the Nkandla... development". He further said he following "We are making a humble plea to all branches of the ANC to wake up and start closely monitoring the utterances of President Zuma, because... we are convinced that his incapability to lead the ANC... will be exposed by the man himself." This assertion flies against confidence displayed by ANC members in Parliament in the explanation given by President Zuma.
The ANC, including President Zuma, has registered its support that the matter on Inkandla expenditure be investigated with a view to provide clarity and finality on the numerous allegations. We therefore do not expect any of our structures to show contempt for the investigative processes
ANC structures must guard against adopting prejudiced and uninformed positions that will embarrass them when they are proven wrong. The attitude displayed by the ANCYL in Limpopo is not only divisive but also display lack of discipline and disregard for decisions taken by the ANC. It is our view that the national leadership of the ANCYL will address this unprecedented conduct.
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Linda was born August 8, 1950, in Phoenix, Arizona to Jody Blanton Ewing and Bob Ewing. She died July 8, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore, Oklahoma. She was preceeded in death by her mother Jody.
Linda graduated from Durant High School and attended Southeastern State earning a degree in art and also attended the University of Kentucky where she excelled as an artist, achieving awards in both oils and watercolors. She continued to paint most of her life giving gifts of her work to family and friends for special occasions. Linda taught art classes at Oak Hall, Episcopal School in Ardmore. She was also an accomplished chef with a catering service for many years.
Linda is survived by daughter Addelle Ann Vanway of Ardmore; father Bob Ewing of Durant, and Brother Jim Ewing of Durant.
The funeral will be Friday, July 11, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Durant, Oklahoma on the corner of 6th and Beech Street where she was baptized as an infant and confirmed as a teen, a place she dearly loved. Father Jim Blagg will officiate.
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Sledgehammer Games certainly cannot be accused of playing it safe with most any aspect of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, one aspect catching most players eyes are the exoskeletons and how they'll affect the game overall. Senior Development Director Aaron Halon discussed how the exo will progress with the player, and how players will customize their experience come full release.
The terrifying prospect that exoskeleton soldiers will inevitably be running around the field aside, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's exoskeletons look to deliver new ways to move, dodge, and traverse the entirety of the world. Your exo will progress with you in Advanced Warfare, and your choices will dictate what abilities you unlock and how you influence the battlefield.
"We have an upgrading system in the campaign," Halon said, "It's all through the exoskeleton, so you can improve and trick out your Exoskeleton as the game goes on."
Halon continues to explain that players earn upgrade points by completing challenges, those challenges and points go towards making your exo a more fleshed out battle machine, and extension of yourself. Halon said,
Players really get to decide how they want to improve their character. There are several different challenges and requirements you have to meet in order to earn upgrades.
This progression allows players creative freedom over their exo and the game itself, while it remains to be seen if the unlock tree is able to be fully applied during one play, or if some abilities are exclusive of others, the concept of completing these challenges to unlock points will motivate players to push forward.
Halon also described how the exo abilities will recharge and cool down, while some do have a limited use, some are completely necessary to use constantly. Halon explained,
The Exoskeleton can fit in with lots of different abilities like boost jumping, cloaking, grapple rappel lines or magnetic gloves. Some of them do require some battery power to recharge. Other things like in the case of boost jumping, you can do it constantly.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare releases on Xbox and Playstation consoles on November 4, with "Day Zero Edition" grants players a day of early access, bonus XP, and some other goodies.
Suggested Links
- Sledgehammer discusses the benefits of a three year 'Call of Duty' dev cycle
- Where the inspiration for tech in 'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare' came from
- Sledgehammer: 'Our ability to tell a great story' separates 'Advanced Warfare'
- Sledgehammer details PS4 and Xbox One tech benefits for 'Advanced Warfare'
- 'Call of Duty': Spacey's character has a 'special relationship' with players


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Florence + The Machine Stops Concert to Break Up Fight in Audience (VIDEO)
Florence Welch expertly took control of a chaotic situation at the Florence + The Machine concert in Aberdeen, Scotland on Sunday.
The singer abruptly stopped singing "Shake It Out" when she noticed a pair of fans fighting in the crowd, telling them, "I can't have you fight in front of my while I'm trying to sing this song!"
Welch demanded, "No fighting allowed… It doesn't matter whose fault it is… seriously all of you, STOP IT!"
She then spotted a little girl crying in the melee, asking her, "Are you all right, love?" before hopping down from the stage to give the fan a hug.
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REVIEW: 'Killers'
1 star
Action-comedy from the director of Legally Blonde and The Ugly Truth with Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl playing a married couple on the run from hired killers. Now playing nationwide.
One thing you couldn't accuse Killers of is false advertising – the bland poster perfectly encapsulates everything this film has to offer. First-billed Katherine Heigl is gingerly holding a gun and looking surprised – all she really does in the movie is get flustered by guns and gunfire.
Kutcher stands there looking pretty with an exasperated facial expression that seems to say "Come on!", which is all he really does in the movie as well. And his superlative attractiveness is a repeated talking point among the other characters. Did I mention he is a producer on the film?
It's saying something about Kutcher's deficit of personality that he manages to make Heigl seem spirited and full of life – at least she has some relative screen presence – but despite her efforts, the chemistry between the pair falls flat.
The opening half hour in Nice, France is, er, nice to look at. But it promises an international flavour the film can't sustain. Whatever germ of an idea kicked off this project has long since been flattened out and the utterly nonsensical resolution reeks of endless re-writes.
In terms of watchability, I have pretty low standards for comedies both action and romantic, but even I was tested by Killers' gaping lack of a single distinguishing characteristic.


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Giordano Bruno: His Life and Thought
a. A Haven in London
BRUNO landed in England with royal letters of recommendation to the French Ambassador in London, Michel de Castelnau, Marquis de Mauvissière (1520-1592) (Fig. 2). This remarkable man is one of the most attractive characters of the period. Like his compatriot Ambroise Paré, his humanity transcended the religious cleavage of the times. Bruno's period of residence in London was closely bound up with his relations to this humane, tolerant, and intelligent man and was the most fruitful of his whole career.
Mauvissière sprang from a noble family of Touraine. The manner of his first emergence into prominence throws light on the France of that day. The great Cardinal de Lorraine had expressed in his presence regret that he had not heard a certain sermon. Straightway the youth recited the sermon from memory. His fortune was made, and for the remainder of his long life he was in the service of his country, first with the armies but later more often in diplomacy. Probably he first visited England with the Cardinal's niece, Mary Queen of Scots, on her journey back to Scotland in 1561 after the death of her husband Francis II. Mauvissière was subsequently in constant correspondence with the unhappy Queen, who became godmother to his daughter. [1] He was in France again in 1562 serving under the Chancellor, Michel de l'Hôpital, who tried to mediate between the opposed religious parties, supporting the royal power but pleading for religious tolerance. In 1562 Mauvissière, a pious Catholic but known for his human sympathy, was sent by the King to advise the Parlement of Normandy to spare the lives of the Huguenots who fell into their hands. Later he was imprisoned by the English Army occupying Le Havre but was exchanged and sent again on diplomatic missions. During the Civil Wars, he always counselled mercy. Mauvissière was sent more than once to negotiate with Queen Elizabeth whom he reports as uniformly insincere and unreliable. His Mémoires end after the massacre of St. Bartholomew's night with a plea to his son to enforce right religion by example rather than by bloodshed. [2] Mauvissière was again sent to England in 1572 to appease Elizabeth's indignation at the massacre, and in 1575 he became ambassador in London, a post he held for ten years.
England was at this time a natural refuge for such a man as Bruno, especially since he had the opportunity of entering the suite of an ambassador. This gave him access to a brilliant circle in which scientific and philosophical ideas were being canvassed. Discussion on such topics in London was fairly free. Theological regulations were usually enforced there only when political opinions also were suspect. At Court literary interests were active, and it was of advantage to be an Italian. Englishmen of literary, scientific and philosophic taste looked for light from Italy.
Moreover, England and especially London was a recognized haven for foreigners persecuted for their opinions. Thus Flemings were numerous, and their skill in cloth and silk manufacture brought much prosperity to their adopted country. Huguenots also established important industries. A list of foreigners in his diocese drawn up by the Bishop of London in 1567 enumerates 3,760 in London proper, besides 1,091 in "out-parishes," excluding Southwark. [3] Some 3,000 of these were refugees from the Netherlands. France's religious wars were responsible for 512, while 138 were Italians. [4] A certificate by the Lord Mayor to the Privy Council in 1568 shews that the number was rapidly rising. There were then no less than 6,704 strangers in London, the Liberties adjoining, and Westminster. [5] At Elizabeth's own order these strangers were given considerable liberty of worship. The Queen wrote a gracious letter to the French Church promising protection.
During Elizabeth's reign, moreover, many great English nobles harboured Continental refugees in their palaces. Sometimes these were useful for foreign correspondence while some acted as spies or as accredited emissaries in the interminable intrigues that resulted from the disturbed state of Europe.
By the Court circle Italian refugees were specially cultivated. About the year 1580 there were in London some scores of distinguished Italians. The Queen liked to talk their language in public, and extended welcome to them.
b. The Oxford Incident
Before Bruno settled finally in the home of his benefactor in London, he was involved in a curious incident at Oxford. How did he reach the university? It is hard to imagine a less congruous figure in the Oxford of that day, the home of the most conservative Aristotelian study. Bruno may have been invited by the Chancellor of the University, the Earl of Leicester, a great patron of the Italians in England, uncle of Sir Philip Sidney, and a member of the circle in which Bruno was known. Or the introduction may have been through John Florio (Fig. 3), [6] secretary to Mauvissière and tutor to his daughter, and thus a fellow member with Bruno in Mauvissière's suite.
John Florio is one of the fixed points in Bruno's career, and we must devote some space to him. His father, Michael Angelo Florio, was the son of an Italian Jew who had been converted to Christianity. Michael Angelo Florio had joined the Franciscans but had thrown off the friar's habit and had fled his native country. He became a Protestant, and found asylum in England, where he was befriended by Lord Burghley and was appointed preacher to the Italian Protestant congregation. His son John (1553-1625), the friend of Bruno, was born in England and was a well-known London character who produced writings that are important for the development of the English language. John Florio published in 1578 an attractive phrase book in the Italian and English tongues, The First Fruites of Florio. A similar work is Florio's Second Fruites to be Gathered of Twelve Trees (1591), which contains 6,000 Italian proverbs. In it appear two characters, Torquato and Nundinio. These were the names given to the two Oxford doctors whom Bruno held up to ridicule in the first philosophical work which he published in England, The Ash Wednesday Supper (1584). [7] "The Nolan" himself has a Dialogue with Torquato in the Second Fruites. John Florin is best known for his excellent Italian and English dictionary, A Worlde of Wordes or Dictionarie in Italian and English (1598). The second edition of this work cites Bruno as a source. [8]
Florio was probably the original of Menalcas in Spenser's Shepherds Calendar (1579) and is probably satirized as Holofernes in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost (perhaps written in 1591) and as Parolles in All's Well that Ends Well (perhaps written in 1595). [9] He was intimate with Raleigh and Sidney, both educated at Oxford and with both of whom Bruno came in contact.
Another important work of Florio was his English translation of the Essays of Montaigne (dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney's daughter, the Countess of Rutland). Though this did not appear until 1603, Bruno may well have been introduced to Montaigne's work by Florio. Like Florio, Montaigne had Jewish ancestry. Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) had the advantage of travel in Italy and a leisured life on his estates in southern France. He thus developed a strong vein of individualism as well as tolerance. [10] Though far from the mood of a rebel, he observed the relativity of the findings both of sense and of reason and was therefore led to a philosophy of Nature not entirely remote from Bruno's views:
|But whatsoever shall present unto his inward eyes, as it were in a Table, the Idea of the great image of our universall mother Nature, attired in her richest robes, sitting in the throne of her Majestie, and in her visage shall read, so generall, and so constant a varietie; he that therein shall view himselfe, not himselfe alone, but a whole Kingdome, to be in respect of a great circle; but the smallest point that can be imagined, he onely can value things according to their essentiall greatness and proportion. This great universe (which some multiplie as Species under one Genus) is the true looking-glasse wherein we must looke, if we will know whether we be of a good stamp, or in the right byase. [11]
Florio was in a position to introduce Bruno to Oxford. He had resided there and in 1578 he dedicated his First Fruites to the Earl of Leicester, Chancellor to the University. In 1582, a year before Bruno's arrival, he had joined the staff of Mauvissière.
Bruno's visit to Oxford may also have been facilitated by the most distinguished of the Italian émigrés in England, Albericus Gentilis (1552-1608), "the grandfather of International Law," who reached England in 1580 and settled in Oxford. He had great influence with Elizabeth, and was able to persuade her on one occasion to refrain from inflicting punishment on the Spanish Ambassador. He held strongly to the view that force should never be an instrument of religious conversion. [12] Among his friends were Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Thomas Walsingham, the Earl of Leicester, and Lord Burghley. His friendship with Florio, at least in later life, is attested by his Italian poem to the Queen in Florio's Queen Anna's New World of Words.
A close friend of Florio who was in Oxford in 1583 was Matthew Gwynne (1558?-1627), "il Candido," with whom Florio shared a love of music as well as of letters. This versatile man had lectured on music in the university. Later, having studied medicine, he became one of the earliest professors at Gresham College in London.
In June 1583 Oxford prepared entertainment for a Polish noble, Albert a Laski, who was on a mission to England. [13] This Albert a Laski was subsequently introduced by the Earl of Leicester to John Dee. The Queen herself is stated to have sent money to Dee to enable him to entertain the Earl and his Polish guest at dinner on 31st July, 1583. A Laski became involved in the experiments of John Dee to obtain the "Philosopher's Stone." On leaving England in September 1583 he took with him both Dee and his pupil Kelly. They worked at their chemical experiments at a Laski's castle near Cracow. Ultimately he tired of them, and their subsequent travels to princes who entertained them and passed them on with a gift recall the experiences of Bruno himself. They were able to return to the care of their own monarch, but no such haven awaited Bruno.
Gwynne was among those who made "disputations" at the Oxford entertainment in 1583 in honour of Albert a Laski, and it may have been at Gwynne's suggestion that Bruno was invited to take part. In any event the result was disastrous. It could hardly have been otherwise.
Here is Bruno's impression of the general characteristics of members of the university:
|They spoke Latin well, [were] proper men,...of good reputation ... fairly competent in learning but mediocre in education, courtesy and breeding..., well furnished with tides ... for 'tis yes my master; yes my Father, or my mistress; yes sir forsooth;...elect indeed, with their long [academic] robes, clad in velvet. One wore two shining gold chains about his neck while the other, by God, whose precious hand bore twelve rings on two fingers, had rather the appearance of a rich jeweller who would wrench eyes and heart from the amorous beholder.... Did they know aught of Greek? Aye and also [14] of beer.... One was the herald of the idol of Obscurity and the other the bailiff of the goddess of Presumption. [15]
"Go to Oxford," he says again,
|and let them recount to you what happened there to the Nolan when he disputed publicly with those doctors of theology in the presence of the Polish prince Alasco [sic] and others of the English nobility. Would you hear how they were able to reply to his arguments? How fifteen times by means of fifteen syllogisms, a poor doctor whom on this solemn occasion they had put forward as a very Corypheus of the Academy, was left standing like a chick entangled in tow? Would you learn with what incivility and discourtesy that pig comported himself, and the patience and humanity of him who shewed himself to be born a Neapolitan and nurtured under a more benign sky? Are you informed how they closed his public lectures, both those on the Immortality of the Soul and on the Five-fold Sphere? [16]
"That pig" was Doctor John Underhill, Rector of Lincoln College and Chaplain to Her Majesty. [17] In the Oxford archives there is no record of Bruno's visit, which evidently created less impression on the officials than on himself. It may be that his discourses were given in private. But clearly Oxford was no place for him, [18] and he returned or was returned promptly to his refuge under the more tolerant roof of the long-suffering Mauvissière.
In a little book surreptitiously printed by Bruno in London, probably in 1583, there is a curious brief Epistle addressed by him "to the most excellent Vice-Chancellor, the most renowned Doctors and most celebrated Masters of Oxford University." [19] It sets forth, in Bruno's most bombastic style, both his own claims and the imbecility of those who reject his message. It is he who is "lover of God, doctor in a harder theology, professor of a most pure and harmless wisdom, a philosopher known, accepted and honourably received in the foremost academies of Europe." He is "the vanquisher of presumptuous and persistent ignorance who yet protests that in all his actions there is love of all his fellow beings, of the Briton, no less than the Italian, of women no less than men, of sovereigns no less than prelates." On the title-page of this tactless effusion, issued after the unfortunate Oxford episode, Bruno again prefixes to his name the title Philotheo which he used in the next three works, published in London. [20] Perhaps it is this work, perhaps another, which as "My Mnemosine, hidden under Thirty Seals and confined in the pitchy jail of the Shadow of Tears," is invoked in the first of the important Italian works which quickly followed his return to the kindly atmosphere of the French Embassy (Figs. 4, 5, 11).
c. Bruno's Circle in London
We have now to consider Bruno's circle in London in so far as it can be traced. Like all that concerns his career, the details are obscure and can often be presented only tentatively. Of the closeness of his friendship with Florio we have many indications. In contrast to all other evidence, Bruno is presented by Florio in the Second Fruites [21] as urbane and gentle. In Florio's picture, Bruno's feud with Torquato [22] has melted into something like amused tolerance. The Nolan mildly chaffs Torquato on his late rising and luxurious habits, waits patiently during his robing, and mentions that he himself is an early riser and that he "rarely drinks except at meals." In a later chapter Florio summons up Nundinio, though the Nolan has retired. Could the name Nundinio be a pun on the name of George Chapman (1559-1634)? [23] It is reasonable to think that Bruno may have known the poet George Chapman, author of the English translation of the Iliad and an enthusiastic member of the "School of Night." His friend Matthew Royden (1580-1622) shared his interests. Nor is it very hazardous to suggest that the name Torquato is a pun on George Turner (1569-1610), who in the year 1584 was admitted a "Candidate" of the Royal College of Physicians, occupying successive offices after his election to the Fellowship in 1584. The circumstances of his election as an "Elect" of the College in 1602 suggest an association with unorthodox philosophy, for a letter has survived "To our very loving Friends Mr. Dr. Forster, President of the Physicians in London and to the rest of the Electors" from J. Stanhope and Robert Cecyll,
{QUOTE}to pray you (now at your election) to admytt Mr. Dr. Turner who is now the senior, into that place, and not to exclude him by preferring his junior, seeing we are informed that there is no other exception to be taken but his backwardness in religion, in which he is no way tainted for malice or practice against the State ... seeing he is for his knowledge and practice so well esteemed by divers noblemen and others in this place, and her Majestie herself, as it were to be, wished he might not be so disgraced, especially seeing his election as we are informed is not against the Statute and that it may be God may open his eyes hereafter to see his error, which we do wish with all our hearts. [24]{/QUOTE}
Among those who shewed kindness to Bruno were Sir Philip Sidney and his devoted friend Sir Fulke Greville. The latter appears as the host in Bruno's Ash Wednesday Supper, and two others of Bruno's Italian works are inscribed to Sidney. In the Dedication to Sidney in the Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast. [25] Bruno complains that enemies have interposed between Sir Fulke Greville and himself, but expresses his gratitude and affection for both patrons "before turning my back on your beautiful, fortunate and most courteous country." In the Dedication of the Heroic Frenzies, Bruno exalts the love of philosophy above that of woman, seemingly daring to remonstrate with Sidney's preoccupation with Stella.
There is evidence that Sir Walter Raleigh was a friend of Mauvissière. One of the Ambassador's letters to Florio instructs him to call on Raleigh and present an invitation to supper on the following day. [26] The same letter sends remembrances to Lord Howard of Effingham who was also in relationship with Italians in London. [27] From France Mauvissière wrote again to Florio sending special messages to Raleigh. There were certainly discussions between Mauvissière and Raleigh and other members of what came to be called Raleigh's "School of Night." [28] The setting of Bruno's Ash Wednesday Supper suggests such a symposium. Though he places it in Sir Fulke Greville's house, he afterwards stated [29] that it was under Mauvissière's roof. Doubtless the book was suggested by gatherings in both houses. We have undoubted evidence that Bruno's work was known to Thomas Hariot (1560-1621), the mathematician and astronomer who was the scientific leader of the group. [30]
In La cena de le ceneri Bruno, on his way to Sir Fulke Greville, notes the palace of Lord Buckhurst to whom at the Supper, he is introduced by Florio. This is Sir Thomas Sackville (1536-1608), who became Lord Buckhurst (1567) and later first Earl of Dorset. He was a poet and patron of Florio. Another character in this same work bears the familiar name of Smith. This benevolent onlooker holds the course for the discussion and is ultimately converted to the Nolan's view. He can perhaps be identified with Sir Thomas Smith [31] (1556-1609), Public Orator at Oxford in 1582, Proctor in 1584, and subsequently Secretary to Essex. Can he as Junior Proctor have befriended Bruno in the Oxford episode?
In Bruno's next work, On Cause, Prime Origin and the One, Florio perhaps figures again as the understanding friend under the pseudonym of "Eliotropio," [32] a flower which formed part of his coat of arms. It may be that this figure is partly drawn from Florio's young friend, the poet Samuel Daniel (1562-1619). In dealing with this euphuizing group, it is not extravagant to note that Eliotropio's first long speech opens by calling Bruno's task "La impresa che hai tolta," [33] and to recall that lmpresa (personal emblem) was the title of Samuel Daniel's first published work (1584), a translation from the Italian of Paolo Giovio. Daniel had just left Magdalen Hall, Oxford. [34] A certain N.W. attached a laudatory preface to this work, recalling "that which Nolanus (that man of infinite titles amongst other phantastical toys) truly noted by chance in our schools, that by the help of translations all science had their offspring."
Another contemporary Englishman who appears in the work On Cause, Prime Origin and the One is one Alexander Dicson, "learned, upright, loveable, well-nurtured and faithful friend whom the Nolan loveth as his own eyes." [35] This Dicson or Dickson was Bruno's disciple in mnemonics and published in 1583 a volume On the Shadow of Reason and Judgement, [36] dedicated to the Earl of Leicester and obviously inspired by Bruno's On the Shadows of Ideas of 1582. Dicson's work was promptly answered in 1584 by "Antidicsonus cuiusdam Cantabrigiensis G.P.; accessit libellus in quo dilucide explicatur impia Dicsoni artificiosa memoria." In a dedication to Thomas Moufet, G.P. gives a list of writers on mnemonics "memoriographae ostentatores Metrodori, [37] Rosseli, [38] Nolani, Dicsoni repellantur." Mnemonics were in the fashion in England, for G.P. produced another and similar work later in the year, and we shall notice Thomas Watson's volume on the subject. [39] It is unfortunate that we know no more of this Dicson.
It would appear that not all Bruno's encounters in Oxford had been unfortunate. In the work, On Cause, Prime Origin and the One, two names are mentioned as distinguished for their courtesy. One of these is Dr. Tobie Matthew, the very Protestant Dean of Christ Church who was subsequently Bishop of Durham and Archbishop of York. The other is a certain Culpeper, presumably the then Warden of New College. [40]
Can we identify among Bruno's circle any of the speakers in the work here translated, On the Infinite Universe and Worlds? Theophilo or Philotheo, who appears in all three of the Italian philosophical works, is of course the Nolan himself. "How can I speak of the Nolan? Perhaps, since he is as near to me as I am to myself, it beseemeth me not to praise him." [41] Elpino or Alpino is perhaps a punning name for Thomas Hill, a contemporary who sometimes called himself Mountain. Hill was a voluminous and miscellaneous writer interested in mathematics, astrology, dreams, magic, physical devices, etc., and was moreover an Italian scholar. [42] While treating the theory of Copernicus with respect, Hill does not accept it, but in Bruno's work Elpino is gradually converted to the new views. Of Gentilis and Florio we have already spoken.
If some of the identifications seem far-fetched, it must be remembered that Bruno's cryptic allusion to names was simply "playing the game" as practised by his circle in England. The aim was not secrecy, but rather a display of fancy and "precious" skill in the allusive indication of the familiar members of the Anglo-Italian circle. It was akin to the choice by continental humanists of allusive classical names.
Bruno may have first met in Paris the poet Thomas Watson (1557-1592) who was there in 1581. Watson was deeply influenced by Italian literature. In 1582 he had published Hekatompathia or Passionate Centurie of Love, poems inspired by or translated from ancient classical French and Italian writers; and his Latin poem Amyntas (1585) was based on Torquato Tasso. In 1590 appeared his Meliboeus ... siue ecloga in obitum ... Francisce Walsinghami. Now the name Meliboeus, as well as many of those connected with the Hekatompathia, occurs beside that of the Nolan in Florio's Second Fruites. Watson is also known for his First Sett of Italian Madrigals Englished, which brings him further into relationship with the musicianly Florio and Gwynne. But Watson himself points out a friendly connexion with Bruno. For in the Dedication to the Compendium memoriae localis which bears his name, he writes: "I very much fear if my little work is compared with the mystical and deeply learned Sigillis of the Nolan or with the Umbra artificiosa of Dicson, it may bring more infamy to its author than utility to the reader." [43]
From those known to have had relations with Bruno in London we turn to certain of those who probably met him. Their consideration will help to obtain a picture of the society in which he found himself.
Among Bruno's contacts was probably that delightful Cornishman, Richard Carew (1555-1620), whose gentle wit would soften irate spirits and whose scholarship must have impressed the critical Italian. [44] Carew was an accomplished Italian scholar, and was certainly in London in Bruno's time, since he then represented Saltash in Parliament. He was Deputy Lieutenant for Cornwall when Raleigh was Lieutenant and was a close friend to Raleigh, whose son, born in the Tower, was named after him.
There must have been opportunity for Bruno to meet Sir Edward Dyer (d. 1611), poet, courtier and diplomatist, a close friend and legatee of Sidney and friend also of Edmund Spenser and Fulke Greville. A well-liked man of upright character, though often out of favour at court, he lived a desultory, aimless sort of life and his only publication was a whimsical work, The Prayse of Nothing. [45] He was patron of John Dee and of Thomas Digges [46] and was interested in foreigners and in translation from Spanish and Italian.
Gabriel Harvey (155o-1631), poet and scholar, had scientific interests. He was a very early Copernican, and in his Musarum lacrimae of 1578 he praises Copernicus and Rheticus. His advocacy of the great French anti-Aristotelian Petrus Ramus in the Cambridge controversies extended to the mathematical as well as the philosophical field. [47] He was held to be a man of "paradoxes and strange opinions" of the very type to whom Bruno's wild views would appeal. Moreover, as we have seen, he was probably present at Oxford on the occasion of Bruno's dispute with Dr. Underhill. Perhaps Bruno met Harvey's friend the poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), for there is in The Faerie Queene an echo of Bruno's cosmology. [48]
Another defender of the philosophy of Ramus was William Temple (1555-1627). He had migrated from Cambridge to Oxford in 1581 and there he may have witnessed Bruno's discomfiture. Temple may also have met Bruno in the company of Sir Philip Sidney, to whom he ultimately became secretary, after Bruno had left England.
Yet another friend of Sidney who may well have met Bruno is Sir Edward Wotton (1548-1626), first Baron Wotton, who had lived in Naples and was an accomplished French, Italian and Spanish scholar. He was in London in 1583 and 1584 but can hardly have been a friend of Mauvissière, who in 1585 defeated him diplomatically at the court of King James of Scotland.
Among Bruno's audience at the Oxford meeting may also well have been Robert Ashley (1565-1641), who proceeded from Oxford to the Middle Temple and later published translations from French, Spanish and Italian, including the work of Le Roy which he entitled Of the Interchangeable Course or Variety of Things in the Whole World (1594). [49]
Sir William Paddy the physician was a friend both of Florio and of Gwynne, and may therefore be presumed to have met Bruno. Bruno may also have met Bartholomew Young (fl. 1577) of the Middle Temple, who had travelled in Spain in his youth and translated both Montemayor's Diana from the Spanish and Stephen Guazzo's Civil Conversation from the Italian in 1586. We shall find good reason to believe Bruno to have had contact with a distinguished contemporary, Bishop Godwin. [50] Another physician whom we may perhaps imagine to have been in contact with Bruno is the versatile Thomas Twyne (1543-1613), one-time master of Canterbury Free School (in succession to his father John Twyne), graduate of Oxford before he studied medicine at Cambridge, a country doctor in Sussex but protégé both of Lord Buckhurst and of Sir Francis Walsingham, and friend of John Dee. His works include translations from the Aeneid, from the Italian of Petrarch and from Protestant theology as well as medical publications.
Again Bruno must have been in close touch with the printers who were bringing out works of Italian origin, especially John Wolfe (1557-1640); his own publisher John Charlewood (d. 1592), [51] Edward Blount, who became freeman of the Stationer's Company in 1588 and who published Florio's writings; and the Huguenot Thomas Vautrollier (d. 1587).
What of the Italian members of this circle of friends? The dominating Italian figure is Florio, and in the work here presented we encounter one Albertino who may well be intended to represent the great jurist Alberico Gentilis. [52]
There is a letter from Gentilis written from Oxford to his friend Hotmann, obviously referring to lectures of Bruno though not mentioning him by name. It reflects the impression of the fascination exercised by Bruno on the groups of scholars who assembled to hear him successively in Noli, in Toulouse, in Paris, perhaps even in Oxford, and certainly in London. "I heard," writes Gentilis, "from the greatest of men assertions strange, absurd and false, as of a stony heaven, the sun bipedal, that the moon doth contain many cities as well as mountains, that the Earth doth move, the other elements are motionless and a thousand such things." [53]
Bruno doubtless came into some contact with the more prominent Italians in London. He could not fail to have met the musicians Ferrabosco, father and son, nor Petruccio Ubaldini (1524-1600?), the prolific writer of both Italian and English prose and verse who dedicated to Lord Howard of Effingham a magnificently illustrated account of the defeat of the Armada. [54]
Besides literary circles, Bruno may reasonably be supposed to have met certain English astronomers and mathematicians. These we consider separately. [55]
The interest of Bruno's wanderings after he left London centre in his writings and philosophy. We shall therefore consider in turn the works which he produced at each of his successive places of sojourn, beginning with the London works.
d. The London Years of Illumination (1583-85)
Bruno is now in his thirty-sixth year. Suddenly there appears the fruit of these long years of study and reflection that he had incredibly combined with his wanderings, his privations and the constant uncertainty of livelihood.
Six works on philosophy and ethics issued from Bruno's pen during the years 1584-85. In them are set forth his thought on the Infinite Universe. All are in Italian. The prose style is sometimes almost uncouth and is full of repetition, but there are noble prose passages, and interspersed in the works are verses in which he succeeds in conveying something of the harmony and beauty which he apprehends in the infinite universe.
It is interesting that Bruno chose the Italian for these works. The use of the vernacular for philosophical writings was in its infancy and in this matter Bruno was something of a pioneer. English had been used for scientific purposes but Bruno confesses that he never mastered that language. The circle that received him in London was familiar with Italian, and that tongue, flexible and still developing, was certainly better adapted than Latin to express the tumultuous flow of his thought. That he had a rhetorical mastery of Latin is well shown by his later works. His Latin philosophical works are to a considerable extent expansions of the three little London volumes and are distinguished by similar qualities -- a rush of language sometimes hardly coherent, sometimes, and especially in the verse passages, attaining true eloquence and exaltation. Some of the Latin chapter headings on the other hand exhibit a remarkable power of epitome. This is especially shown for example in the Table of Contents attached to the Acrotismus. [56] But in many respects the six brief Italian works are Bruno's masterpieces.
The three Italian philosophical works bear the imprint "Venice, 1584," while the three Italian ethical works are all ascribed on their title-page to Paris. Nevertheless, all six works were published in England. In spite of the comparative tolerance that prevailed in England, there is no doubt that too intimate connection with Bruno's views would have entailed difficulties for the printers. So the false imprints were used without printers' names. Not only, however, can the type be recognized as of English origin, but at his trial before the Inquisition at Rome, Bruno admitted that these volumes had all in fact been printed in London. Moreover, two of the Italian ethical works are dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney. Bruno at his trial averred that his printers had advised him that the imprints of Venice and of Paris would increase the sale of his books. [57]
It is noteworthy that all the six Italian works were concerned with Bruno's original thought. While he drew for illustration on his amazing knowledge of writers from the ancients right on to his own contemporaries, we fortunately hear no more of Lull during the remainder of this happy interval. Before we can consider these Italian works written in London, it is necessary to make a preliminary survey of their author's cosmology and philosophy.


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Once again, a 48-hour strike has shut down the London Underground. Pop-up strikes of this nature have been a feature of the oldest rapid transit system in the world for decades. This protest is over the plan to close all the ticket offices located inside tube stations which would mean the loss of hundreds of jobs, possibly up to 1,000.
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Much as Maggie Thatcher used to say, London Mayor Boris Johnson says the 48-hour walkout costs millions of pounds, causes huge disruption for commuters and visitors. All true. But the strikes occur anyway.
The Heathrow Express serving Paddington Station is also expected to have a 48-hour shutdown from early Tuesday morning, April 29. In addition, a second tube strike for 72 hours is called beginning next Monday, May 5 at 9 p.m. London time. Some London Heathrow trains will be running, but with a tube strike, options are limited. A Heathrow shuttle bus does run into Central and West London on a regular basis with stops at hotels.
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LONDON--Sandy Weill's advocacy of breaking up universal banks won an endorsement across the pond from a former top Citigroup executive.
Winfried Bischoff, who served as Citigroup's chairman during the dark days of the financial crisis, said Thursday that he was surprised by Weill's about-face but that he happened to agree. "It came as a shock to me," said Sir Win, as he's known in Britain. "But times change."
Sir Win, who is now chairman of the U.K.'s Lloyds Banking Group, added that the idea of combining retail and investment banks no longer makes sense – an issue that British policymakers are grappling with as they push banks here to insulate their deposit-taking businesses from their riskier investment-banking arms. "The mixture of the two within the same organization might make it more difficult to have the right culture," he said.
This is a reversal for Sir Win, who was an enthusiastic supporter of the all-in-one banking model during his years at Citigroup.
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When Vikram Pandit took the CEO job in December 2007, Sir Win became chairman. He and Pandit made a quick decision to keep Citigroup's financial-supermarket model intact – a controversial move, as financial stresses were intensifying and many outside critics thought the notoriously dysfunctional bank needed a drastic restructuring. By 2009, Pandit was forced to start breaking apart Citigroup, most notably by jettisoning the Smith Barney retail brokerage.
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