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Rugby Union is a game where large men run at each other and then stomp on each other with spiked boots for 80 minutes.In league you have six tackles (think downs) to make it to the end zone. In Union, you have as long as you can keep hold of the ball. Imagine Grid Iron played like that. There would be a lot of running the ball up the gut. Ladies and gentlemen, Rugby. The idea is you get the ball and run with it. You are then tackled. Then a variation upon the following happens:
— Cracked
* You fall to the ground, and release the ball.
* Your mates run in and play stacks on.
* The other team runs in and plays stacks on.
* This is called a "ruck".
You then try to get the ball out with your feet, assuming you are not already paralyzed from the neck down, and then throw it to your mate and keep playing.
Simple. Only not really. Strangely there are many different ways of playing the game. You can
a) Throw the ball around and run fast. This looks cool. You can score lots of points, but it is risky. If you're not skilful enough, you'll get a neat impact crater in your sternum from someone else's shoulder. Like playing Spread Offence in the NFL.
b) Run the ball up the gut with your forwards (traditionally, the fat guys. Nowadays, they generally look like they could eat a power lifter alive and run fast enough to catch them). Not so entertaining, but it works.
c) Either kick field goals (known as drop goals), or rely on the other team messing up and kicking penalty goals.
d) Kick for field position by kicking the ball into the other end of the ground making the opposition play the ball out, and hope they cough it up for you. This may not sound like much, but there are quite a few philosophical approaches to the game which can produce many different results. For newcomers, it can be quite difficult to understand, but no more so than watching NFL for the first time. Rugby Union is a version of football supposedly started at Rugby School in Warwickshire when a player picked up the ball and ran with it. It's played in Britain, France, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, a good proportion of the south Pacific, South Africa, Japan, and even (a little) in the U.S. note However, Rugby Sevens, a shortened form of Union will be returning to the Olympics in 2016. Neither Fiji or Samoa have ever won an Olympic medal at any sport, and both are among the strongest sevens nations, so they will be amongst the most ferocious competitors in Rio de Janeiro. The differences from Rugby League (the football code based on it) are mostly subtle to outsiders. Union has 15-player teams; League has 13-player teams. Union is traditionally the gentlemen's game (though it can be played by women); League is the working-class game. This distinction is only (if ever) true for certain regions (specifically the North and South of England, with the North being a traditional stronghold of Rugby League and Union dominating across the South, and the North and South of France, where it's inverted) and the accusation is commonly used by League fans as an insult. It's also averted in Wales and New Zealand, among other places. However, in England at least, it holds true at International level. In 2013, 12 of the 24 members of the England squad were privately educated, while 12 were state educated (while one player, Ben Foden, managed to be both). Only 7% of the entire British population is privately educated. By contrast, 6 of the 33 man Rugby League Squad were privately educated. This is still disproportionate, but less obviously so. Players can and do cross codes from one to the other (usually from League to Union) and some, like legendary England winger Jason Robinson are very successful. Others, not so much. The differences between both versions of Rugby and American Football are much greater: players wear no body armour beyond a gum shield, and play continues without interruption and time-outs for much longer. Also, no forward passing under any circumstances, you're not allowed to tackle someone not holding the ball and to get the points for a try (think touchdown) you must be holding onto the ball when it is placed onto the ground. (There have been numerous instances of amateur players forgetting about this and spiking the ball.) This applies to both codes, which tend to share a disdain for the perceived softness of American Football and delight in mocking it to that end. Rupert Giles sums it up by saying, with a hint of mockery, "I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby." However, things aren't quite that simple - a good rule of thumb is that Rugby has almost no protective gear and fairly strict rules about what you can do to people, and American Football has a lot of protective gear and almost no rules about what you can do to people. It is also one of the few sports that the English can claim to be genuine world beaters at, with their making appearances in three out of seven finals and winning it once, with that famous drop goal from Jonny Wilkinson in 2003. The England rugby team is renowned both for the poshness of the players, as mentioned above, and for the sheer power of the forward pack (think linemen and linebackers). Whatever state the rest of the team is in, the England Scrum is generally a thing to be feared and always a force to be reckoned with. That said, they do still sometimes prove that they are very much an English sports team with a spectacular redefinition of Epic Fail - specifically, failing to get out of the group stage of the 2015 World Cup, which they were hosting. Admittedly, this was thanks to there being only two spots to get out of the group and that group included superpowers Wales and Australia and potential wild cards Fiji. However, with Wales racked by injuries and distinctly off-form going into the tournament, England were expected to comfortably progress. Not so much - Wales came back from behind, despite losing about half their team to injury (some were carried off on stretchers) to pull off a last minute win. That said, a change of head coach worked wonders and England responded by winning the Grand Slam at the 2016 Six Nations, and followed that up by winning a Test series in Australia for the first time ever. Also one of several proofs of the non-wussiness of the French, who love the sport and on their day, dominate, challenging the likes of the All Blacks. When it isn't their day, the Home Nations tend to roll straight over them. Interestingly, it surpasses even (association) football in popularity in the southern part of the country (particularly the région of Midi-Pyrénées, which despite being cobbled together from disparate provinces to create a région for Toulouse to call its own has developed a strong identity around rugby). Naturally, matches between England and France are quite violent even by rugby standards, though these matches are eclipsed by the England/Scotland match. The Italians, meanwhile, were until recently the Butt Monkey of Europe, with each of the other teams in the Six Nations regarding their match against Italy as a chance to rack up points and have a bit of fun. However, after years of pushing and patiently developing a formidable forward pack, they finally beat Scotland in 2015 and ran (an admittedly very off-form) Wales close in a World Cup warm-up match later that year. That said, even their own players admit that they lack strength in depth and in the last two years of the Six Nations, the Welsh have beaten them by an aggregate score of 128-35. In Wales and New Zealand, it is something close to a national religion, with both nations dominating their regions note despite their relatively minuscule populations. Wales are perennial favourites for the Six Nations title (though in a good year, there are at least four serious challengers for the title) and completed the Grand Slam, defeating all five other teams, three times in seven years (2005, 2008, 2012). New Zealand extend this dominance worldwide, and the All Blacks have long since developed a global reputation for invincibility which is only rarely challenged. They are unique in international sports in that they have a winning record against every single team that they have ever played. It is considered a major achievement for one of the Northern Hemisphere superpowers (England, France, Ireland and Wales) to even run the All Blacks close: France have won the most encounters with New Zealand with 12 from 55. England have won 7 from 40, Wales 3 from 30 (and they haven't won since 1963...) and Ireland have never won one at all. The Southern Hemisphere teams tend to have nicknames: South Africa are known as the Springboks, Australia as the Wallabies, Argentina as the Pumas and New Zealand, most famously, as the All Blacks. The Northern Hemisphere teams, however, don't, save for the French team called Les Bleus, and the Italians, the Azzurri (confusingly, both teams' names translate to "the blues", though for entirely unconnected reasons). Note that the official symbol of the All Blacks is a silver fern, while Les Bleus are supposedly designated by a Rooster. However, all the British teams are commonly associated with a flower - a red rose for England, a leek/daffodil for Wales, a thistle for Scotland and a shamrock for Ireland. Major international competitions
- The Rugby World Cup Held every four years in the year before the Summer Olympics, this is the sport's highest prize for national teams. The victors receive the Webb Ellis Trophy, named for William Webb Ellis, apocryphally credited with creating the game. New Zealand are the current holders of the trophy, having won it at home in 2011 and in England in 2015. The next World Cup, in 2019, will be hosted by Japan.
- The Six Nations Championship Europe's premier national competition, currently involving the Northern Hemisphere's six top teamsEngland, France, Ireland,note Italy, Scotland, and Wales. The event grew out of a competition informally known as the Home Nations Championship, involving the British and Irish sides only and launched in 1883. France joined in 1910, creating the Five Nations, but were kicked out after the 1931 edition. They were invited back after the 1939 edition, but World War II ended international rugby in Europe until 1947. The competition became the Six Nations with Italy's entry in 2000. England clinched the 2016 championship with a round to spare and in their final match completed the Grand Slam - done by defeating all 5 other teams. The bottom team gets the so-called 'wooden spoon', a tradition that goes back to the 1890's, if not before. These days it's usually held by Italy, but both Wales and France have held it before (once each) and it used to regularly be held by Scotland, leading to the mocking song sung by English fans, 'O spoon of Scotland...'
- The Rugby Championship Created as the Tri Nations Series in 1996, shortly after the sport became professional, and initially involving South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. In 2012, Argentina was invited to join and the competition adopted its current name. The governing body is SANZAAR, a joint venture between the governing bodies of the participating countries (originally SANZAR until Argentina became a full member in 2016). Australia are the reigning champions, having won an abbreviated tournament in the World Cup year of 2015.note
- Rugby World Cup Sevens Traditionally the top prize for national sevens teams, it was first held in 1993. The winner receives the Melrose Cup, named after the Scottish town where sevens was first played. When sevens was added to the Olympic program for 2016, it was initially decided that the World Cup Sevens would be scrapped after 2013. However, it was later decided to retain the World Cup; the next event will take place in the USA in 2018, with future editions every four years thereafter. New Zealand are the current holders, winning in Moscow in 2013.
- World Rugby Sevens Seriesnote An annual series of tournaments for national sevens teams conducted since 19992000. In the just-completed 201516 season, the tour had 10 stops, up from nine in 201415: Dubai, South Africa (Cape Town), Australia (Sydney), New Zealand (Wellington), Canada (Vancouver), the USA (Las Vegas), Singapore, Hong Kong, France (Paris), and England (London). Each tournament except for Hong Kong involves 16 teams competing for four distinct trophies, plus points toward the overall series championship. Fifteen of these teams are "core teams" that compete in each event during a given season. The Hong Kong event incorporates a separate 12-team tournament that, since the 201314 season, has been used for core team qualification for the following season. The winner of this tournament is assured a core team place in the next season, replacing the core team that finished with the fewest points at the end of the series. Fiji have won the last two titles, but New Zealand have dominated this series, winning 12 times in all.
- The Lions Tour - a quadrennial tour by the British and Irish Lions (generally abbreviated to simply 'the Lions'), a squad composed of the best players in the British Isles, of one of the three traditional Southern Hemisphere nations (i.e., not counting Argentina). Traditionally, the Lions play several warm-up games against provincial sides or top club teams before taking on the national team in three matches. The results are generally fairly even, with the last two tours (of South Africa and Australia respectively) in 2009 and 2013 both ending with a series score of 2-1 in the winning team's favour. The Lions won the last tour, with the first two test matches being extremely close (23-21 to the Lions and 16-15 to Australia), before the Lions handed out a crushing 41-16 defeat to the Wallabies.
ExamplesAnime and Manga
- One episode of Full Metal Panic! has Sōsuke putting the once mellow and wimpy school Rugby team through some extreme training that turns them outright murderous.
- The manga No Side is centered on a terrible university rugby team that has just picked up a girl as its star player. She's the reincarnation of their old captain (sorta).
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life has a Rugby game with students vs teachers.
- Invictus is pretty much about the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
- Rob from Get Fuzzy is a Rugby Union fan, despite being American.
- Blackout Rugby is an online rugby union management game.
- Rocket Power featured a New Zealander boy named Trent teaching rugby to Otto and his friends.


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Why not just sleep with whoever you want regardless of race? Isn't it just as racist to say that all whiteboys are racist or using women of color to be racist? WTF? Plus, regardless or race, some men will continue to call females whores if they sleep around or put-out. If you're gonna be called a whore, does it matter who calls you that?
Women deal with sexism enough as it is. No need to throw rascist guilt into the mix.
I wonder if this post will get to the illustrious "100 comments status" by the end of the day. My guess is yes. Well played Megan.
Looks like Ling's mom just found out about what Seth has been slipping to her daughter behind her back.
To quote my corner man, Drew Bundini Brown:
"But white girls, God damn!"
Wait so am I racist if I have sex with Asian boys or does it only work for straight people?
Just a piece of racist garbage. The handwriting suggests someone who is mentally disturbed wrote this little diatribe.
I blame crack. And/or meth.
Wait, does that say "ECB" in the lower left corner?
I'm glad somebody is finally brave enough to address this problem realistically, objectively, and head-on. We should print flyers, maybe have a rally. I'm gonna go silk-screen some tee-shirts!
thank god someone has had the courrage to speak out! i myself have been "putting out" (as it were) for white boys since i was 9-ish. what a mess. now i only sleep with black men, and very tan asains. it's very confusing.
sell it to the 30 year old asian girls who can't get dates with asian guys because they don't conform to stereotypes of 'submissive' women - they have jobs, lives & personalities.
this was someone with a specific grudge.
Having sex with everyone and anyone, regardless of race, class, religion is the only way to beat racism! If we were all fucking each other we'd stop hating each other! I recommend inter-racial sex, as often as possible, as the best antidote to race hatred.
Commenters, realize that, like every other posted piece of paper on light poles on the Hill, no one's going to read that and take it at all seriously. So chill.
I try not to listen to lightpost advice. I figure if I am taking it too seriously, I must be too inebriated to be thinking cleary.
what's the reverse of jungle fever? prairie chills? those hos got the "prairie chills"!
Whew, disaster averted. Those of us who have spent our morning cobbling together a March For Interracial Fucking down Broadway would have looked pretty stupid if Gomez hadn't swooped in with his sober assessment of the situation.
@10, Sounds like you have a specific grudge against "asian guys."
Wow, just, wow! What kind of hypocritical douche writes this sort of racist garbage? Anybody remember when it was illegal for biracial couples to marry? Wasn't that racist on the part of whites? How is this not the exact same thing?
Hey, I think I recognize that handwriting. Is that -- yes, I believe it's the handwriting of the guy who does SEATTLE POLICE IS COMMUNIST!!!
#15: Was this a March down Broadway in support of Interracial Fucking, or a March in support of Interracial Fucking Down Broadway?
White boys are so lovely
Beautiful as girls
I love to run my fingers
And toes through all their curls
Looks like someone is pissed because a white guy got to their friend before they had a chance. Life sucks, I've been there. Get over it and move on.
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I was wondering if anyone has come across this sequence and if so if they have a formula for it. $$\frac{1}{2},\ \frac{1}{6},\ \frac{2}{30},\ \frac{8}{210},\ \frac{48}{2310},\ \frac{480}{30030},\ \frac{5760}{510510},\ \frac{92160}{9699690},\ \cdots$$
This sequence arises in the context of a search for the proportion of nonprimes on intervals of length $p\#. $ The sequence is consistent with the terms of the series:
$S = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2\cdot 3} + \frac{ 2}{2\cdot3\cdot 5} + \frac{2\cdot 4 }{2\cdot 3\cdot 5\cdot 7} + \frac{}{}...$
The sum of this series is equal to $S = 1-\prod(1 - 1/p_k).$
So the series (and sequence) is very well known but the product lends itself to calculations.
The sequence, as it stands now, seems to be (starting from $n=1$) $$a_n = \frac{\varphi(p_{n-1}\#)}{p_{n}\#}$$ where $\varphi$ is Euler's totient function and $p_{n}\#$ is the $n$th primorial (with $p_{0}\#= 1$).


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March 21, 20126:02 pm 6 Comments
It's March, and you still haven't made use of the TIC box this year. Why not this month? As they do every couple weeks, our friends at the TIC box are here to let you know about upcoming arts events on- and off-campus, as well as some best-sellers of yesteryear. All shows can be accessed on the CUARTS website.
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January 16, 20121:22 am 6 Comments
The year is young, and any work that is assigned in January can pretty much be put off until February, so take advantage of the opportunity to get the hell out of Morningside Heights and enjoy yourself. Columbia's only sketch comedy group, Chowdah, is performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on Saturday January 28th. They are competing in the "Back Yard Brawl" against another upstart sketch comedy group. Reservations are required, and the theatre is small.
Bwog caught up with Charlie Dinkin from Chowdah for a quick chat:
Bwog: So, uh, what in the world is this?
Chowdah: As comedy geeks our favorite (and only…) date spot is the UCB, where you can see great comedy fo' cheap or free every night of the week. This particular show we'd all heard of but never actually seen, but Charlie found out that NYU had been doing it for 8 months, got jealous and sent an email application with a sample sketch. We were only accepted last week so we don't have much time to prepare…but we're so excited and ready to do our best!
Bwog: NYU-envy. Cool. So, why are you worthy?
Chowdah: We sent a sketch and said a prayer…each week a team is eliminated so the turnover rate was probably in our favor. We didn't have to battle any dragons, so we're suspicious that the hard part is yet to come…
Bwog: Who are you matched up against? What are your odds? What's the master plan?
Chowdah: We're going to be 'brawling' against Dinner for One, which is a team of Emerson graduates. They're great, so we need to bring our A-game, but we're using some of our biggest and best sketches and we're going to have more than one rehearsal. As model Columbia students we're obviously there to WIN, but also we just want to have fun, give as many members of the group a chance to perform in this special theater, and share the evening with our friends and community.
Bwog: Alright. So the most important question: Why should we get off our of asses and actually LEAVE Morningside Heights?
Chowdah: Well, this is the best way to demonstrate some actual school pride for a Columbia team that doesn't suck…it's more fun than Butler, only $5, there'll be a great atmosphere, you can look like you know all about fringe comedy in New York, and you can drink with Chowdah afterwards!! The winner is decided by a vote so you'll be directly contributing to Chowdah's landslide victory and exercising your democratic right. Also we'll give you free tickets to our next (free) show!!! What a deal!!!
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November 22, 20115:28 pm 6 Comments
Tonight may be dreary, but that's no reason to spend it in your room pining for Thanksgiving Break. Not when some of Columbia's funniest comedians will be at tonight's Improvapalooza! To get a taste of the laughs they have in store for us, we asked some of the groups in the show a series of questions. Their answers appear below, but first: tonight's full set list!
What makes your group special? Music! Shit, Bwog, do your research.
Why are you excited about Improvapalooza? I'll no longer have to be planning Improvapalooza! Also: the Improv Jam, when members from all the groups will be performing with volunteers from the audience.
Who's your favorite comedian? God. He has this hilarious bit where humans still subjugate and kill each other despite millennia of technological progress enabling a post-material existence that you should definitely check out.
What's the funniest thing about Columbia? The quadruplicate forms used whenever you make a purchase. Get me every time.
Your suggestion is: "turkey." What's your next move? I used to be really uncomfortable with America killing so many turkeys every year, but then I learned in freshman bio that turkeys are genetically coded to be EXTREME RACISTS. Problem solved.
Read on for Fruit Paunch, Control Top, and more!
February 13, 20115:00 pm 6 Comments
On Friday evening, Alex Jones learned some manners at Chowdah's latest offering, Miss Chowdah's Guide to Proper Etiquette, in the Lerner Black Box.
Columbia improv comedy group Fruit Paunch opened the show riffing on the word(s), "battle axe." The audience learned several life lessons, such as: never wave a gun around in hope of intimidating somebody, and that hippies will chain themselves to just about anything.
Chowdah then took the stage and presented eight different sketches for the remaining 50 minutes. "The Other A.A.," about an Afrin addiction support group, was the best of the bunch. Also notable were the hilarious one-liners from "Under the Seazy" which documented the career change of a Little Mermaid on Ice actress played by Lori Goldman. Lil' Mermaid Ariel, channeling Nicki Minaj, attempts to bring her character back to her tough roots in the hood (Didn't you hear that "Under the Sea was rough, yo?") All the sketches got laughs, and the enthusiastic audience really buoyed the performance.
The show was narrated by the playful elderly duo of Ms. Chowdah and Margaret, played by Rami Levi and Reni Calister. Perhaps I have a thing for men in drag, but Rami was particularly entertaining when scolding youthful indulgence or recovering from a tumultuous costume change. However, their senile banter was at times difficult to follow.
Overall Chowdah was moderately entertaining, but the troupe still remains, in this reviewer's opinion, secondary to Fruit Paunch or Late Nite. This is not to say that their next performance should be missed, but it would definitely be enhanced by the company of a few friends (and a few drinks beforehand).
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February 09, 20113:15 pm 0 Comments
Another alternate Wednesday, another QuickTix! This week: Etiquette, Vaginas, and Athena.
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February 15, 201010:01 am 10 Comments
Former City Council candidate Peter Gleason accuses the J-School's Wayne Barrett of working for a "Publishing Pimp." (NYPost)
Premed students may have more options by the time they graduate. (NYT)
Feeling generous and a fan of Chowdah? Why, you're in luck! (eBay)
But not nearly as lucky as this grad student who was hit by the 1 train and only suffered minor injuries. (Spec)
Celebrating the start of E-Week, ESC recently pranked CCSC and Bwog's own Sean Zimmermann caught on camera all the phases of a good engineering project: design, implementation, and damage control.
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As Valentine's Day approaches, Columbia celebrates Love in all its shapes and forms. Today, Bwog's bawdy buffoonery expert Hannah Goldstein reports on Chowdah's tribute to the all-too-familiar awkward sexual side of Cupid's holiday in the comedy club's latest show, Sextravaganza.
At least among college students, sex humor never really gets old. (If you don't agree, try turning to the numerous snow penises on campus after yesterday's storm.) As far as comedy goes, sex just happens to make for a pretty dependable source of laughs. It should come as no surprise, then, that the most successful sketches at Chowdah's Valentine's Day Sextravaganza all revolved around hypersexual setups and easy one-liners: there were strangers at a bar exchanging embarrassingly bad pickup lines, dogs mating in bizarre tantric positions, and couples engaging in a very literal sort of role play. "There's a lot of sex," said Lily Feinn, BC '10, who happened to play some of the funnier parts in these sketches. "[In the show,] I have sex with a lot of people." (more…)
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Society, Toleration, and the Jews: Ira Katznelson, professor of political science and history, will discuss toleration "as an alternative to persecution." Sounds good to us. 6:15 PM @ Low Rotunda.
Brinkley, Foner, and Stiglitz: Capitalism is in crisis. How will it affect our politics? Probably the same way every other economic crisis has: protectionism. 7:30 PM @ 309 Havemeyer.
Indian Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati: Interpreting the country's relatively new constitution in favor of broad human rights. 5:00 PM @ 101 Jerome Greene Hall.
New York City at 400: Representations of the island through time; part of a year-long celebration of a really old city. 7:00 PM @ Deutsches Haus 420 W. 116th St
Free screening of Defiance: Hosted by Ferris Reel. 7:30 @ Roone Cinema.
Unexpectedly Dancing in Boise: A CC senior's thesis has gone off-broadway. TRF, 8:00 PM @ The Producer's Club Theatres, 44th St. between 8th and 9th Ave.
Chowdah: Brand new, sexy material. 9:00 PM @ Wien Lounge.
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Bwog Comic Curmudgeon Jon Hill caught Chowdah's fifth anniversary last night in Lerner.
If you're reading this now and haven't seen Chowdah's fifth anniversary show, you're unfortunately too late. The show closed Saturday, so given the time constraints, this review won't be able to convince you whether to buy a ticket.
Rather than call the whole thing off, though, perhaps instead this space can best be used to figure out where to go from here. Chowdah's show this weekend was by no means perfect, but the "best of" collection of 14 sketches did offer three valuable lessons on how to execute a successful comedy show. Other performance troupes on campus would do well to follow Chowdah's lead.
Keep Scenes Short: Chowdah was smart to limit its sketches to lengths of fewer than 10 minutes. This way, even if the concept behind the sketch isn't resonating with audience, at least they won't be long suffering. Timing is crucial to short-form comedy, and though an editor's blue pencil might have been useful in tidying up a few of the sketches, the vast majority of the vignettes felt cozily concise. The emphasis should be on "felt," too — no matter what the actual run-time is, if the audience perceives a sketch is dragging, the sketch is dragging. Sitting among the sold-out Black Box crowd, though, one never got the sense of a jaded audience. Chowdah's snappy pace kept everyone fresh. (more…)
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In spite of this busy time of year, Bwog did manage to get away for a few moments and witness Chowdah and Sweeps' self-proclaimed "Very Special Holiday Special" in Furnald Lounge tonight. Sweeps performed a domino chain of improv skits complete with reference to broken families, broken chia pets, peanut butter blasphemy, and linear references that would have put The Geometer in fits. Hilarity also ensued in Chowdah's performance, which joyously embraced the arrival of Comikkah season. While the show included an array of candy-addict rabbits, Bad News Bears and partial nudity, in the end the troop proved that no holiday sketch is complete without the arrival of Charlton Heston in his magic sleigh — quite possibly in the likeness of Moses from The Ten Commandments.
And you thought everyone at Columbia was Jewish!
More photos after the jump.
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September 12, 20067:45 pm 10 Comments
Publicity-whoring Bwog tipster Justin Grace writes:
Just so you happening kids know, Chowdah is going to be doing a reading of children's classic Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret on the sundial starting at 8:30 AM and ending at 6 PM. It's in celebration of our first night of auditions, which start at 7 PM that night in Hamilton. Also, training bras.
Kisses and hugs,
Update: The event hasn't gone exactly as Chowdah planned. They were unable to secure the right permits, and were thus kicked off the Sundial twenty minutes after beginning. Chowdah members are now wandering around Low Steps reading from Judy Blume, presumably avoiding capture by Columbia Public Safety. God is dead.
Update: (2:28 PM) Chowdah has reached the part where Margaret declares her desire to have a bra.
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OK but not a five star
Stayed at the hotel 25-27 Feb. It was a romantic weekend away I had planned for my boyfriend and I, so I thought I'd pay a bit extra and go for a 5* hotel, with a deluxe suite. From the photos I'd seen when I booked it I was expecting some kind of amazing room with plenty of space. The "suite" was dark, and I felt quite claustraphobic in it, not at all like the pictures, and I would say no where near the 550sq ft as promised on the website. I even phoned reception to double check we were in the right suite (room 403), they said yes it was a deluxe, no Jaccuzi as hoped either, or fluffy bathrobe, or bulvgari complimentary cosmetics, couldn't work out either what was complimentary and what wasn't, as not clearly labeled.
I think I might have upset the hotel before I went as I enquired about having champagne waiting in the room, but they wanted 100 euros, so I decided not to bother, maybe that offended then so they gave us a rubbish room... who knows?
Cafe Bogner was OK, but again not amazing, choice of food was very poor. I wanted a bit of wow factor from this hotel, and it failed to deliver miserably.
I wish I had just gone for a 3* or 4* now and not got my expectations up.
The location however was fantastic, word of warning though, get your bearings in the daytime before you go out, we left the hotel 8pm, had some lovely cocktails in a great place called the "U Prince" we spent 3 hours walking around in the cold and couldn't find the hotel, you could quite literally walk past it without realizing. Worse still no-one seemed to have heard of it. At the time we decided there was something wierd about the hotel, as people seemed to go quiet when you mentioned it, but maybe I've watched to many movies! Would be interested to hear if anyone else experienced this.
Also in our room, you couldn't sit up in bed and watch TV, due to sloped ceilings, and my poor fella had to do the limbo to use the toilet as the wall sloped inwards, and the shower was positioned about 4ft up the wall?? Anyway I have included a photo of the "suite" for you to make up your own mind.
To summarize, great location but nothing special.
Fantastic 26-28 February
What an excellent hotel, we were a party of 5 with 3 rooms, each room was different but each had character and fully equipped for all our needs. Excellent location 2 min walk to Old Town Square, we booked the hotel Mercedes transfer's and the driver acted as tour guide, which was an unexpected bonus but very much an appreciated one.
The staff were extremely friendly and helpful and went that extra mile. The cafe bognor staff (where you also have breakfast) were brilliant, everybody just seemed to want to please even the room service guy.
Would recommend this hotel to anybody and everybody and will be returning soon. (We stayed in room 315, beautiful room)
Cosy , Lovely and Gorgeous
We stayed at the Iron Gate for 3 nights at the end of Jan and absolutely loved it . The location was excellent, the staff very friendly and kind ,it was
a joy to stay there.
I think the set up they have there is the way forward for hotels . The building is beautifully restored, the rooms were very spacious ( we had a royal studio ) , our friends` had a suite and that was lovely too.
The little kitchenette is ideal and the fact that you can choose DVD`s at no charge is lovely. We have previously stayed at the `Amethyste `and the `Palace Hotel `but this was our favourite a little more private and just had that something special that you just can`t put your finger on .
The only improvement I can think of would be to have a Sauna/steam room
that would make it even more desirable .
We will definitely be going back and I would recommend this hotel to anyone - it makes other places feel alittle bit boring
Can`t wait to go again next year
Good but not Five Stars
For location this hotel is excellent - you are literally a minute from Stare Mesto and no more than two or three minutes from Charles Bridge. The staff were friendly and accomodating and the building itself a gem as it retains many original features. However, I felt that the quality of accomodation (excluding the architecture) was a little bleak and basic. I am not entirely sure why this hotel rates as five stars. The Amethyst which is four stars has far more facilities, although it is not so central and the City Moran was equal to the Iron Gate when it came to friendly staff and slighty better in terms of quality (food, furniture etc). Other niggly faults were a very meagre mini-bar (not that it was used) and and incredibly poor exchange rate at reception - even the tourist exchanges were giving a better exchange rate at no extra commission.
Great Hotel
Just returned from the Iron gate yesterday, read reviews before we went and was looking forward to it. landed in Prague airport to the place covered in snow really was a beautiful sight.
Arrived at the hotel in a mini-bus, and it really looked nice, situted in a very narrow cobbled street (bus driver very skilled to manage to get the mini bus down there) ans were welcomed into a lovely warm lobby, greeted at the counter by some very nice staff, we had arrived early 11:30am so unfortunetly our room wasn't ready until 2pm, so we had to head off for a couple of hours, town square less then 2 mins away, and its really nice, specially at night with it all lit up.
Breakfast was great, what a choice, scrambled eggs and sausages, fruit, cereal, toast, sweet desserts, lots of fruit juices, herbal teas and coffee, really good to set you off on a day of sight-seeing. The restuarant as well was fab steaks were melt in your mouth. The crepes in Cafe boegner wow, the choco one, you can feel the weight piling on but definetly worth a try.
A walk up the hill to the parks is definetly a must the views were great, also the change of gaurds at mid-day is well worth it.
Everything was in 25mins walk at the most, the palace and charles bridge.
The beer is great too, tescos have really cheap beer EURO 0.07 a pint bottle and my boyfriend said it tasted fine, like any other beer.
One more great thing was the DVD's which you could get a reception free of charge, and the bell boy brings them up to the room for you, what a service.
Would definetly recommend the hotel to people for a very central location with everything you need near-by.
Superb Hotel!
Spent five nights at the Iron Gate over Christmas - what a find this hotel is!
Location was excellent 2 minutes walk, if that, to the Old Town Square.
The Staff were very helpful, polite and friendly - nothing was too much trouble for them.
Like a previous reviewer we booked a studio but had a suite at no extra cost!
The restaurant was very good as was the breakfast, but be aware that if you order breakfast in your room you do not always get what you asked for (language breakdown we think), but there was a good selection nevertheless.
Only disappointment was no Snow (had looked forward to a white Christmas), but cannot blame that on the hotel!
The Iron Gate is certainly a hotel we would recommend to anyone and we look forward to returning there ourselves - already thinking of booking next Christmas!
Will be back!
We stayed at this hotel for 3 nights and enjoyed every moment of it. I booked a studio but the room we were given was more like a suite. The kitchenette was very handy and great for storing our beer. We even had two bathrooms in our studio which was a great surprise. A bonus which we didn't know about was the DVD player in the room and reception have a stock of DVD's for you to borrow at no cost. The hotel is very conveniently situated - a minute's walk down a small alleyway leads you directly to Old Town Square. All in all, a lovely hotel - one which I am going to make a point of returning to.
A gem of a hotel .....
We spent a couple of nights at the Four Seasons, which was exactly as one would expect it to be. The problem was, as soon as you walked in the door you were no longer in Prague; you were just in a very nice, expensive hotel with zero character. So, after a couple of days in comfortable limbo, we decided to move. The Iron Gate is everything it claims to be and more. It is a lovely old building, carefully and imaginatively renovated and just a stones throw from the Old Town Square. Every room is different and most seem to have little kitchenettes - great for us as we had kids - as well as a mini bar and TV/DVD. Most importantly, the staff were astonishingly nice, helpful and efficient. The plug hole on the brand nw jacuzzi bath in our room did not open properly. Not only was the engineer summoned, but the bellman and the manager came along for good measure. Due to the lack of available spare parts over the Christmas holiday, it could not be properly fixed and had to be operated with a piece of cutlery. Although this was not a major hardship, the staff apologised profusely every time they saw us, anxiously enquiring if we were ok. A deduction was made on the bill at departure. The restaurant in the cellar was first class and we were serenaded by an enthusiastic trio of gypsy fiddlers. The cafe had good cofee and a passable breakfast (Prague is not strong on breakfast). Oddly, there were no corkscrews in the kitchenettes, but the bellman would rush up at a moments notice and cheerfully open a bottle for us when necessary. After we left it was discovered that our son had left a suit behind in the closet. It was immediately mailed and checked on daily by one of the staff until its arrival had been confirmed. We would highly recommend this hotel as a charming place to stay in Prague that offers good value and high quality.
Excellent hotel
We just returned from a 5 night stay at the Iron Gate in Prague. The hotel was superb. The staff was extremely attentive and friendly, and spoke English well. They were very helpful with arranging transportation and giving advice, and really made us feel at home there. The location is terrific, just off Old Town Square and a short walk to Charles Bridge. Especially in the winter I think it is worth it to be close to the sights. The rooms were very nice, sparse decor and very clean. Chocolates on the pillow for the last night of our stay was a nice touch. The hotel breakfast in the Cafe was very good, with fresh-baked chocolate croissants, cereals, bread, fruit, etc.
I'm not sure why there are not more reviews of this wonderful little place, we would definitely stay there again.
Lovely quiet hotel, superb location
Lovely hotel, friendly and helpful staff. Excellent location. Rooms newly refunished and very clean, perhaps a little bare however, very nice. Continental breakfast good, plenty to choose from and the staff leave you to your own devices, so great not to have people fussing around you first thing in the morning!
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In a brief statement Monday, the Army said Bergdahl has been assigned to U.S. Army North at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in Texas.
Bergdahl has been decompressing and recuperating from the effects of captivity since his arrival there from a military base in Germany. Since he was handed over to U.S. special forces in Afghanistan on May 31, he has been debriefed for any possible intelligence he might have gleaned in his time with the Taliban. Otherwise, he has been gently coaxed back into a normal routine and a normal life, both physically and psychologically.
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The public is invited to a recital presented by prize-winning organist, Todd Fickley, on Sunday, June 26, at 4:45 p.m. in Immanuel Chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary. Mr. Fickley is Associate Music Director and Chorus Master of the Cathedral Choral Society and Assistant Conductor and Keyboard Artist for the Washington Bach Consort. The recital, in memory of David R. Curfman and J. Reilly Lewis and in honor of Blanche Curfman, celebrates the occasion of the donation to Bishop Payne Library of the David R. Curfman, M.D. Collection of Sacred Music and Liturgy.
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13 - Messiah Sing-Along Conducted by Dr. Mark Whitmire with soloists and the Washington Philharmonic Orchestra. Bring your copy of Handel's
and sing along with others from the community. A perfect way to get into the spirit of the season! 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Immanuel Chapel
10 - Organ Recital with Janet Yieh, 4:00 p.m., Immanuel Chapel
The public is invited to a recital by organist Janet Yieh. Ms. Yieh began playing organ at the age of 11. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School and is currently a Master's organ student at Yale's Institute of Sacred Music and School of Music. She served for four years as the assistant organist at Trinity Church, Wall Street, and her playing has been broadcast on the national radio program
. Admission is free. No tickets required. Reception to follow in the Welcome Center.
19-22- Storyteller Class led by Donald Davis
21 - An Evening of Storytelling featuring Donald Davis, 6:00 pm, Immanuel Chapel
The public is invited to enjoy an evening of storytelling with Donald Davis and students in the Original Stories of Proclaimation course. Admission is free. No tickets required.
Evening School Course:
Peace-making and Spiritual Discipline
led by the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
February 9 - April 26, 2016, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
More information
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Illuminated Lives:
Silent Retreat with activities led by the Rev. Dawna Wall, D.Min.
Degree and Enriched Evening School Course:
Biblical Storytelling: Sacred Spaces
led by the Rev. Ruthanna Hooke, Ph.D.
March 2016
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Organist Marilyn Keiser in Concert
, 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm), Immanuel Chapel
The public is invited to a recital by organist Marilyn Keiser. Dr. Keiser is Chancellor's Professor of Music Emeritus at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington. She has appeared throughout the U.S. in concerts sponsored by churches, colleges, and chapters of the American Guild of Organists as well as playing internationally, and has been heard in performance on NPR. In May 1995, she was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters (honoris causa) from Virginia Theological Seminary. Free admission. No tickets or registration required.
27 - Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill
31 -
The Cathedral Choir, Christ Church, Oxford
, 7:30 pm, Immanuel Chapel
On its USA and Canada Tour 2016, the Cathedral Choir of Christ Church, Oxford will present a concert of sacred choral masterpieces including music by Tallis, Parsons, Byrd, Grieg, and Hadly. Stephen Darlington, director. Free admission. No tickets or registration required.
4-5 Virginia Theological Seminary will honor the legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with commemoration
s on April 4-5, 2016. We will begin with Holy Eucharist on Monday, April 4, 2016 at 7:00 PM. Our guest preacher will be the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church in Manhattan. Free admission. No tickets or registration required.
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, we will have both a morning lecture at 8:15 am in the Chapel and an afternoon at 1:00 pm in the multipurpose room by Dr. Carl W. Haywood. Dr. Haywood is the Chair of Visual and Performing Arts and Director of the Division of Music at Norfolk State University. He has gifted the church with numerous musical compositions, including "Blessed Martin, Pastor, Prophet." Dr. Haywood will guide us as we reflect on the role of music in movements for justice and equality. Free admission. No tickets or registration required.
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Chanticleer: Over the Moon
, 7:30 pm, Immanuel Chapel.
Founded in San Francisco in 1978, Chanticleer is known around the world as "an orchestra of voices" for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices ranging from countertenor to bass and its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music. The Chanticleer tour
Over the Moon
features newly written "Three Moon Songs" for Chanticleer by internationally acclaimed composer Nico Muhly.
22 -
Silent Movie "The Phantom of the Opera"
with live organ improvisation by Dorothy Papadakos, 7:30 pm, Immanuel Chapel. Free admission. No tickets or registration required.
The public is invited to a presentation of the Blu-ray restoration of the 1929 silent horror film masterpiece The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney. Internationally acclaimed organist Dorothy Papadakos will provide the live improvised musical score on Immanuel Chapel's thrilling new Taylor & Boody organ with 2,061 pipes. Audience members are invited to come in costume for this gala event, if so inclined. (This film is recommended for children age 10 and up, as younger children may be frightened by the Phantom's appearance.)
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Created for Abundant Life
with the Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, LPER, Addison Academic Center.
Register here.
We are part of creation, with a particular charge to care for the whole interconnected world that supports all life. What are we learning about more intentional and effective stewardship? How can God's beloved, as followers of Jesus, engage in loving God, self, and all our neighbors more whole-heartedly?
We'll use a variety of learning styles and consider a spectrum of possibilities – the human mind and heart, hands and feet, voice and appetite; the life-giving river, cloud, wind, and sun, kitchen and creative garden around us; the gifts and lives of neighbors near and far, human and not.
Come and see, hear, taste, and imagine how to live the greater love and more abundant life Jesus promised to all.
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Storytelling and/in Sacred Space
, 7:00, Immanuel Chapel, Free admission, No tickets or registration required.
Enjoy the liveliness of God's word and experience the story of the Christian faith as students present stories connected to the theme of sacred space in Scripture.
12 -
Looking Back, Dreaming Forward:
A Conversation with
Frank Griswold and
Katharine Jefferts Schori,
7:30 pm, Immanuel Chapel. Free admission. No tickets or registration required.Life streaming information to be posted:
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Adapted from a recipe featured in "cooking light" many years ago. I prefer to cook my own beans and chop up cumin seeds for extra freshness. I also use both red and green cabbage for extra color.
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Salad:
- 1 cup sliced red or green cabbage
- 3/4 cup vertically sliced red or white onion
- 2 (15 oz) cans of black beans rinsed and drained.
- 1 fresh tomato
- Dressing:
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- zest from 1 lime
- Salad: combine cabbage, onion, black beans, tomato in bowl, toss well. Dressing: combine lime juice, lime zest, sugar, oil, cumin in small bowl, whisk till blended. Pour over bean mixture, toss to coat. garnish with lime slices.
Nutritional Info
- Calories263
- Carbohydrates43 g(14%)
- Fat6 g(10%)
- Protein11 g(22%)
- Saturated Fat1 g(6%)
- Sodium2069 mg(86%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber16 g(65%)
- Monounsaturated Fat4 g


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Magisso Bamboo Cutting Board
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This cutting board has a Z shape to provide two useful functions. The front ridge rests against the edge of the counter to keep the board from sliding forward. The back keeps your knife in place while cutting and may also be used to funnel your chopped veggies into a bowl or pan. And, if that's not enough for you, that same Z shape allows the board to stand upright as well; that little detail should not to be underestimated if your kitchen lacks storage space. If you still refuse to get excited about a cutting board, there's a video below for visual stimulation.
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Uncharted Waters by Justin Rohrman
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From the Cloud to Virtualization, Software As a Service to Web Services, ideas seem to be everywhere all the time. Somewhere, somehow, someone needs to separate the wheat from the chaff. We've asked Matt Heusser to provide his insight and commentary on the prevailing issues for IT staff today.
What does the Apache Kudu say?
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Some software development operations (on the straight up vendor side) have marketing managers, evangelists and product leads. Other software operations have all-volunteer developers, stewards and incubators… and that's how the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) describes its team of happy cohorts …READ MORE
The Appeal of Serverless Computing
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Over 5 years ago, we started The Cloudcast podcast. That show is focused on the trends in Cloud Computing. Several months back, we decided to have a couple shows (here, here, here and here) focused on this emerging trend called "Serverless Computing". Those shows turned out to be some of the most po…READ MORE
Survey says: Be careful what you ask for
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With the ability to quickly conjure up an online interactive survey thanks to software as a service (SaaS) technology, any developer or business can almost instantly start polling potentially hundreds or millions of respondents with dozens of questions. Do you really need all that data?
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Microsoft lets down Windows 10 Pro users
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In theory, anniversaries are a wonderful opportunity for couples to show each other how much they care about one another. In reality they can easily end in disaster if one side of the relationship forgets the special day or lets their partner down.
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Will Privacy Shield build customer-centric organizations?
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The EU-U.S Privacy Shield data transfer pact is now in effect, and U.S. cloud providers, e-commerce retailers and other companies that want to collect customer data from their European Union counterparts can start signing up to use the laws Aug. 1.
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I can see burnout on the horizon. I'm trying to back peddle, but it is still there.
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Perform a job analysis, and eliminate or delegate unnecessary work.
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XYZ showcases prototype food printer
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3D printing specialist XYZ is experimenting with uses for its printing technology, starting with the potential to print food
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Imagine this. It's the early years of the 20th century. While many people still get around using a horse and trap, cars have become affordable and more and more people are buying them. It's clear to everyone that cars are going to replace horses in the next decade. And it's equally obvious tha…READ MORE
Pokémon Go points the way towards a universal UI for smart cities
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Pokémon Go, the augmented reality smartphone game that sets players collecting virtual animals from real locations around the city, may seem like an ephemeral craze, as cyclical as the trading card game on which it is based … but it might just be the beginning of an AR platform for smart cities, …READ MORE
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General manager of Arch Graduates, Harry Gooding, explains why he went from recruitment to creating the perfect tech workers for the job
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BrackWust Bot grills guest's sausage
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The BrackWust Bot looks like it could become hotter than a hot potato this summer. The Bot was recently used at the 53rd Stallwächter-Party of the Baden-Württemberg State Representation in Berlin to continuously grill German bratwursts on a regular gas grill all by itself.
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Data integration and analytics company TIBCO has released Mashery Enterprise API, essentially a piece of API management software supplied as a SaaS subscription.
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The sad news that outsourcing pioneer Robert Morgan recently died is a great loss to a great many people.I was with Robert a couple of weeks ago so it was a huge shock to hear of his sudden death.Robert is best known as co-founder of sourcing advisory Morgan Chambers, which cornered its market. It …READ MORE
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It is impossible to recover lost time. Once a moment passes, it's gone. Time is especially at a premium in the business world, so end users can't waste it sorting through a sea of mobile data to find the information they need.
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My husband was trying to drive and text via Siri – didn't work out to well for him!
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Christian Kuhl:
January 27, 2013 at 7:59 am
isn`t that dangerous.
Chris Hall:
January 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Watch out for drivers coming in the other direction.
Tristan Alexander:
January 28, 2013 at 2:13 pm
Less dangerous than using your phone in traffic.
Michael Stafon DuLusion Dixon:
January 30, 2013 at 9:27 am
challenge accepted...
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As far as I'm concerned, the plugin works only if the rss footer folder (with its two php files) is downloaded in the plugin directory. Not a php/sql expert but it seems that the single php file we are asked to upload calls the the second one.
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i'm using the wonderful bookmarklet Readability by Arc90, and it's been useful to the point where i almost always load it on pages i intend to read.
I'm using
firefox 3.5 and/or 3.6 (depends if i'm at home or at work) and so far i've been using the following combination of keys to apply Readability:
- (one time only) set up a keyword 'r' to the bookmarklet
- Alt+D to go to the address bar
- Type 'r'
- Type 'Enter'
I'd like to be able to launch the Readability bookmarklet with a keyboard shortcut (for example Ctrl+Alt+R), but at the same time i'd like not to have too complex solutions (i could try and catch the keys with greasemonkey, but i'd like a browser-only solution if possible)
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Nuance Communications (NUAN +3.8%) surges ahead of its FQ1 report; earnings at the maker of...
Nuance Communications (NUAN +3.8%) surges ahead of its FQ1 report; earnings at the maker of speech recognition software believed to be used in Apple's Siri voice-command system for mobile phones is expected to rise 29% vs. a year ago. Discussing NUAN, CNBC commentators say the stock is attractive, sparked by Apple TV as a "game changer."
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Theodore Roosevelt and the ghost of Thomas Edison steal H. G. Wells' time machine to slaughter Nazis on Mars in the future. That's the basic premise of the graphic novel Tales from the Bully Pulpit, written by Benito Cereno, illustrated by Graeme MacDonald and distributed by Image Comics. And it doesn't come close to encapsulating the manly awesomeness that it exudes.Tales from the Bully Pulpit traces Roosevelt (or "Teddy") and Edison's adventure through time into the future, where Teddy discovers that a descendant (and look-alike) of Adolf Hitler has survived, and is planning on creating a new war and a new holocaust on Mars, this time pitting the green-skinned Martians against the blue-skinned Martians.Tales From the Bully Pulpit Volume 2: Legend of the Black Maria is currently in the works.
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- Badass: Theodore Roosevelt. Of course, this is entirely Truth in Television.
- Badass Moustache: Teddy again.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Theoin fact, most of the tropes on the Theodore Roosevelt page apply here.
- Dangerously Genre Savvy: Thomas Edison
- Deliberately Cute Child: The crippled martian boy.
- Man Behind the Man: Hitler is actually a robot controlled by Mussolini, Tojo, and Stalin.
- Nice Hat: Teddy sports one.
- Our Presidents Are Different
- Retraux: The cover and back are designed to look like an old, damaged, comic book.
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Festival of history and broadcasting at BBC Northern IrelandBreaking News
History and broadcasting will come under the spotlight in a series of illustrated talks, conversations and preview screenings in Northern Ireland next week.
The Festival of History and Broadcasting will be hosted by William Crawley and will take place from Tuesday, 21 February to Thursday, 23 February at BBC's Broadcasting House, Belfast.
Tickets for festival events and more information can be obtained on www.bbc.co.uk/tickets
Already confirmed to take part in the three-day festival are writer, historian and presenter, Dan Cruickshank (BBC's Britain's Best Buildings) and Mary Beard, historian, broadcaster and author.
As an accompaniment to The Festival of History and Broadcasting, BBC Northern Ireland asked a cross-section of people from different academic disciplines and backgrounds to consider - Why History Matters.
What follows is intended as a starting point for further discussion, and as a stimulus for the sharing of other views and opinions....
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- The Invisible Labor of Women's Studies
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AXS Lab makes films, new media, and builds technology as tools to raise awareness and advocate for people with disabilities globally.
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