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Northern Ireland Coursework
Posted 13 January 2007 - 12:53 PM
I need help to find out what diferent political parties thought and said about the disadvantages the catholic comunity faced during the Troubles. I have searched the web but i always end up on the political parties' official website which doesn't give me much help! this is a coursework question so I would just like to know if you happen to have any websites that would help me.
thanks a lot
Posted 15 January 2007 - 11:49 PM
I'm afraid I don't know of any links myself as I don't teach the topic, and a quick web search hasn't produced anything of much help.
I have posted a message on the teachers forum to ask someone who does teach the subject to come and give you some help. In the mean time, have you checked with your teacher if there are any websites or books that they recommend?
Posted 16 January 2007 - 12:43 AM
Gerrymandering - this is aimed at teachers but you might find it useful. The diagrams in this lesson plan show how the electoral boundaries were manipulated and aim to develop an understanding of why people were angry about this. It's really designed to be done as a session with a whole class but I think you should get the gist of it.
You could do with reading about NICRA. This page on wikipedia covers its history, aims and objectives.
For a detailed account of the issues, try this site.
This google search returned many useful results.
Remember to cite these in your coursework and to acknowledge the use of the forum in your bibliography.
Thanks also for your politeness when asking. Hope this has been of use.
Posted 19 January 2007 - 09:08 PM
Posted 12 February 2007 - 08:31 PM
I am doing my History GCSE coursework on Northern Ireland and require some help please!
There are three questions:
1)Describe the disadvangtanges faced by the Catholics in Northern Irealnd in the mid-1960s (15)
2)How did Protestant politicians explain the social, economic and political differences between Catholics and Protestants? (15)
3)Why were the British troops sent to Northern Ireland in August 1969? (20)
I have answered these questions already, however i just require some more information and guides lines on what i should be looking to add.
Thanks in advance
Posted 13 February 2007 - 10:20 PM
Certainly, you MUST cite any help you get here in the credits/bibliography at the end of your essay.
And, whereas teachers might well help you clear up any final details/ questions you might have, I suspect you will find that no one is prepared just to wade in and give you advice on the original questions, as you have posted up here.
Sorry if this seems mean, and best of luck with your essays.
In the meantime, why don;t go go and chat with your teacher, who IS able to give you reasonable help and advice, such as he would give any pupil.
I think I can tell you that there are web-based materials on Northern Ireland at: BBC Bitesize
Posted 19 March 2008 - 07:03 PM
I'm in a bit in a ruck as I'm trying to finish off my northern Ireland c. 1960s coursework, however my teacher didn''t buy any school books for this topic giving us only sheets of paper here and there with info on. I'm stugglling to answer the question "how did protestant politicians exaplin the social, econoic and political differences between catholic and protestant?" as I have only one source which could explain this and thats from Lord Brookeborough. How can I find more sources for this... who should I look up as I don't know who the politicians of Nothern Ireland in the 60s were.
Would appreciate any assistance, thanks xx
Posted 19 March 2008 - 09:45 PM
Posted 20 March 2008 - 10:00 PM
Fear of committing supposed sins ... unhappy marriages arising from the inferior position given to women ... and many other social and personal handicaps, seem to make citizens of the Irish Republic unhappy and inadequate.
A major evidence of this is the extent to which citizens of the Republic seek to drown their sorrows in alcohol...
Many of us Ulster Protestants regard the Irish Republic as a very sick country ... the irish epublic is the place of origin of many extremists, people unable to settle down to any form of stable, public-spirited and responsible living.'
Rev W Martyn Smith, Sectarianism - Roads to Reconciliation (1974)
Mellowing of Protestant opinion in the 1960s, just prior to Civil Liberties:
If you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house they will live like Protestants because they will see neighbours with cars and television sets. They will refuse to have 18 children. But if the Roman Catholic is jobless and lives in a most ghastly hovel, he will rear 18 cildren on National Assistance ... If you treat Roman Catholics with die consideration and kindness they will live like Protestants in spite of the authoritative nature of their religion.
Prime Minister Terence O'Neill, speaking on the radio in May 1969.
And the view from the other side of the fence...
An Irish Nationalist speaks:
The unemployment in our bones
Erupting in our hands in stones
The thoughts of violence a relief
The act of violence a grief.
Our bitterness and love,
Hand in glove.
Seamus Deane: Derry (1974)
and again:
We were never taught to hate Protestants. Rather we were taught to accept that it was fir the best that we did not know them. [When taunted], we told one another to 'just ignore them'.
Eamonn McCann, War and an Irish Town (1974)
Posted 20 September 2009 - 11:55 AM
i need some help with my history course work,the question is
Why is lasting peace so difficult to achieve in northern ireland??????
im not sure how to start it,could you help me!!!!!
Posted 20 September 2009 - 08:22 PM
Don;t forget to say please, Megan - everybody does on this forum.
i need some help with my history course work,the question is
Why is lasting peace so difficult to achieve in northern ireland??????
im not sure how to start it,could you help me!!!!!
This is a VERY difficult question.
If you can understand it, this chapter gives an excelent explanation of why peace in Northern Ireland was so hard to find.
This is a very good summary of the historical background, but you will have to infer the reasons why peace was prevented by yourself.
This document is very detailed and difficult, but if you read the second half on 'the current situation' and esepcially the last section on 'disputed issues' it will give you a lot of ideas.
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 01:49 PM
Introductions are tricky aren't they? What you say depends to some extent on exactly what the question is, but the most important factor is what your answer is going to be. In other words, if the question was something like 'How far is today's Northern Ireland influenced by events from 1969-1979', your introduction might begin something like this:
'There are many factors which have influenced Northern Ireland including Ireland's history from at least the 1600s, economic factors and the recent peace process. However, in my view the most important influence has been the events of the decade from 1969.'
'Although the events of the decade from 1969 are important in influencing Northern Ireland today, they are only a part of the historical influence which began in the 16th century and has carried on until the present day.'
So, what I am trying to say is that a good introduction needs to show that you are clear which way your essay is going, that you are aware that there are a variety of factors to consider and that you have already chosen one factor as more important than the others. Don't make it too long, save that for your analytical argument.
Hope that this helps: let us know if you have any other questions.
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ANAHEIM -- A's pitching coach Dave Duncan knew Bob Welch could get a little hyper when he was on the mound, so before Welch was to start Game 3 of the 1988 World Series against the Dodgers, Duncan handed him a piece of paper with a single word written on it.
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Duncan and the other members of the A's family reacted with shock Tuesday at the news of Welch's passing. Welch, 57, died at his home in Seal Beach. No cause of death was given, but the Dodgers, the team with which Welch broke into the majors, said it was a heart attack.
"It's a terrible shame,'' Sandy Alderson, who as the A's general manager engineered the trade that acquired Welch in 1987, told this newspaper. "He was a big part of our success in the late 1980s and 1990s and a terrific person to be around. It's a tragedy to see someone like that pass so early in life.
"He was so positive and fun-loving and a very talented baseball player.''
A mainstay with the Dodgers for a decade and then with the A's teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Welch left a deep impact on A's baseball both as a Cy Young Award-winning pitcher and as a minor league instructor.
A's coaches Mike Gallego and Curt Young were so broken up about the news that they couldn't talk about it. Manager Bob Melvin, whose relationship with Welch dated to the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks when both were coaches, couldn't talk about Welch long without walking away after saying "there are a lot of heavy hearts in here today.''
The A's had hoped to see Welch later this summer at a Coliseum reunion of the 1989 World Series championship team. Welch won 17 games that season. He was supposed to pitch in Game 3 of the World Series in San Francisco, but that got derailed by the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
"He will be there in spirit,'' four-time 20-game winner Dave Stewart said of the July 19 get-together.
Stewart and Welch came up together in the Dodgers system, and both reached their peak with the A's. They were workout partners, they ran together, they even owned twin cardio workout machines they used year round.
"I've just lost one of the best guys I've ever been around in my life,'' Stewart said. "I talked to him two weeks ago. From what I heard, everything was all good. That was common for Bobby. He always sounded great.
"We were teammates through the minor leagues, then the big leagues, first with the Dodgers, then moving on to Oakland. Bobby was always trying to teach me how to play golf. Every time I tried to give it up, he said, you've got to keep playing. That was Bobby, a glass-half-full guy. I never heard him say a negative word about anyone.''
Talking about the 1989 reunion that will go on without Welch, former A's closer and Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley said from Boston, "maybe we can make it about Bobby.''
"I am totally moved; I didn't realize how affected I'd be. He was an incredible guy, and we had a special connection. So now there's so much sadness. He touched me, and I'm touched now. I loved the guy. He was one hell of a guy. Bobby connected with everybody.
"You hear people talk about guys being good teammates. Bobby was. He was a top-step guy. He had major energy.''
It wasn't just the old-timers who saw that. Welch had been an instructor with the A's for the last few years, and as such he helped current A's closer Sean Doolittle make the transition from hitter to pitcher.
"He was so positive and upbeat, even when he was working with players at Single-A," Doolittle said. "You could see the passion Bob Welch had for the game by the way he loved working with young pitchers. I was one of those, and I soaked it up. I only knew him a few years; I can only image how the guys he played with feel.''
Welch, who broke in with the Dodgers in 1978, reached the summit of his game in 1990 when he won 27 games and the Cy Young Award in his third year with Oakland.
"It's hit me real hard,'' A's batting coach Chili Davis said. "He was a special person. I can tell you though that (as a hitter) he wasn't a bundle of joy to face.
Welch, who went 61-23 in his first three years after leaving the Dodgers for the A's, last pitched in 1994. He'd spent some time as the pitching coach for the Diamondbacks but in recent years was working for the A's as a minor league instructor. He was with the A's in spring training in Phoenix.
Welch first garnered national acclaim by striking out Reggie Jackson with two on and two outs in the top of the ninth inning of Game 2 of the 1978 World Series when Welch was just 21.
"That was a seminal moment, against Reggie,'' Stewart said. "When it came to the game of baseball, he would come at you with everything he had.''
After a prolonged battle with alcohol, Welch wrote a book, "Five O'Clock Comes Early: A Ballplayer's Battle With Alcoholism," in which he was frank about his drinking and his efforts to quit.
Eckersley walked the same path. He, like Welch, had to fight his way out of alcoholism. And that formed a link that still endures.
"I look at what a brave dude to do what he did about his alcoholism and write about it,'' Eckersley said. "We had such a bond being alcoholics. Man, this news hurts.''
Bob Welch was 61-23 in his first three seasons with the A's, winning a Cy Young Award.
Team Years W L ERA
Dodgers 1978-87 115 86 3.14
A's 1988-94 96 60 3.94
Career totals 211 146 3.47
All-Star games: 2 (1980, 1990)
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The 29-year-old brings another dose of youth to the council, joining newly seated Councilmen Moses Zapien, 31, and Michael Tubbs, 22. At 39, Mayor Anthony Silva is the oldest of the new crop of councilmembers.
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Compact, Shock-Resistant SD Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom, Pre-Record Function, Quick Start, Easy DVD Copying & Viewing, and MotionSD STUDIO, Records to SD Memory Card, Silver
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- Recording Format MPEG2 (Motion Image)
- Image Sensor (Total) 1/6" CCD (680K pixels)
Image Sensor (Effective)
4:3 -- 340K, 16:9 -- 300K (Motion Image)
4:3 -- 350K (Still Image )
- F Value F1.8 (Wide) / F2.4 (Tele)
Optical Zoom10x Variable Speed Zoom
Digital Zoom10x - 700x
Focal Length2.3 - 23 mm
- 35mm Film Camera Equivalent 43.9-439 mm [4:3], 43.9-439 mm [16:9][Motion Image], 43.7-437 mm [4:3][Still Picture]
- Lens Type Panasonic
- Image Stabilizer Electronic Image Stabilizer (EIS)
- Still Picture Recording VGA
- Shutter Speed: Motion Image 1/30-1/8000 (Motion Image)
- Shutter Speed: Still Image 1/30-1/500 (Still Picture)
- Minimum Illumination 2 Lux (Magic Pix®)
- Focus AF/Manual
- White Balance Auto/Indoor/Outdoor/White Set (with IR Sensor)
- Iris Auto/Manual
- Backlight Compensation Yes
- LCD Monitor 2.7" Wide (123,200 Dots)
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- MagicPix Images Yes
Stereo Zoom Mic
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- On-Screen Display Language English / Canadian French / Spanish
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- Battery Pack Lithium-Ion
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- USB Cable Yes
- Included Software Motion SD Studio 1.3E
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- Dimensions (H x W x D) 2.3'' x 1.6'' x 4.0''
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Irish Innovation and User Experience: The CNGL. Beyond Translation
By Ultan O'Broin Oracle UX-Oracle Paas4SaaS-Oracle on Nov 14, 2010
I attended an "innovation showcase":http://www.cngl.ie/localisationinnovationshowcase.html of the work being done by Ireland's Centre for Next Generation Localisation.
The Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) is a dynamic Academia-Industry partnership with over 100 researchers developing novel technologies addressing the key localisation challenges of volume, access and personalisation.
Localisation, or localization, is generally conflated with good, culturally-sensitive translation for a target domain (quite reasonably) and the code support for date, time, currency and other regional settings in your software. However in the enterprise software space the term is used to refer to functionality that meets the needs of businesses to comply with different statutory requirements for financial reporting, employment law, and so on. Essential for global operations. Oracle applications localization support is either built in or added on to the base product (example).
Oracle E-Business Suite provides localized payroll so that you can manage local inputs such as earnings, statutory deductions, time and labor, flexible work rules, and taxes. With regular jurisdictional-tax-rate updates from Oracle, your organization is always in compliance with local regulations.
The showcase was extremely impressive. Besides the compelling case made for the use of machine translation in the customer support arena by Chris Wendt of Microsoft, I was really impressed by how the CNGL have taken on board the importance of personalization. But, what really got me was the richness of the demos of technologies in the customer support area so that users can create, find and relate themselves and others to the information they really need, regardless of language.
There are, of course, enterprise-level constraints to generalized research. For enterprises in the ERP and CRM applications space, the issue of personalization on mobile devices is one thing, but there are others relating to extensibility that must be accommodated, such as data security, user roles, and so on. So too in the area of customer support; there are differences in how different enterprise communities react with the enterprise, far beyond loyalty - for example, there are issues of authenticity, reputation, complexity, revenue generation, and others.
It's important that enterprises work with bodies like the CNGL so all that research finally comes to fruition as a product or service that a range of enterprises can actually use. One thing is clear: localization, oops translation, needs to move far beyond the simple source-target translation paradigm if it wants to survive as a business and add real value to users. Localization is a user experience issue. If the CNGL comes to a site near you soon, please visit. In the meantime, check out the CNGL website.


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Girls basketball previews: Berkshire League
Head coach: Gerry Hicks (2nd season)
Last season's record: 1-19
Key players: Jr. Nicole Nash; Jr. Amanda Root; Jr. Aleigh Valickis; So. Shelly De La Paz.
Outlook: The 'Jackets only had Nash (13.5 ppg) and Root for half the season last year due to knee injuries. Gilbert will definitely be better, providing its top players stay healthy.
Coach's take: "While there are no seniors, everyone got plenty of playing time and experience last season."
Head coach: Frank Hadsell (2nd season, 6-14)
Last season's record: 6-14
Key players: Sr. Lindsey Olownia; Jr. Heather Kearns (9 ppg, 5 rpg); Jr. Hailey Nelson; Jr. Katie Heacox (8.2 ppg, 8 rpg); Jr. Abby Wilson.
Outlook: Housy is young, and plenty of freshmen and sophomores could see court time. The Mountaineers have size, and experienced scorers in Kearns and Heacox.
Coach's take: "If all goes according to plan we should end up with a better record than we had the year before. Our goal is to make the states. If we can be in the top half of the BL, that would be a good season for us."
Lewis Mills
Head coach: Joe Capitani (2nd season, 8-13)
Last season's record: 8-13
Key players: Sr. Hope Shevchuk (8 ppg); Jr. Teagan Dunn (11.9 ppg); Sr. Cassidy Lockwood (4.5 ppg); So. Natalie Rule.
Outlook: The Spartans will depend on a BL all-star in Dunn and the return of a healthy Shevchuk, who missed the last half of last season with a knee injury. It is a good blend of experience and young talent.
Coach's take: "The girls are working hard to learn a new system this season. It looks to be Thomaston and Nonnewaug at the top of the league. Northwestern and Mills will battle for a top two spot this year."
Head coach: Jessica Zenowitz (2nd season)
Last season's record: 6-14
Key players: Sr. Isabelle Binstadt (9.7 ppg); Sr. Sierra Markelon; Sr. Kaylee Cappello (6.3 ppg); Jr. Tara Shakley; Jr. Shelby Elwell; Jr. Marissa Cosgrove; So. Zoe Weik.
Outlook: Litchfield will most certainly improve on last season's record, and look to be among the BL leaders. There is experience, size, and better overall team speed this year.
Coach's take: "We look to improve last year's record and have the personnel ready to jump into action, with a good mix of returning talent and young learners. We look to be a contender in the league. With senior experience and skill in Binstadt, Markelon, and Cappello we look to be a force."
Head coach: Adam Brutting (1st season)
Last season's record: 19-4 (Class M quarterfinal)
Key players: Sr. G/F Katie Burke (14.7 ppg); Jr. G Erin South; Jr. G Allie Rescsanski; Jr. F Ally Charette; Jr. G Megan Mitchell; So. G Jess Fengler.
Outlook: The Chiefs lost a lot of star power to graduation and transfer, but as always, brings back plenty of talent and is clearly a top contender in the BL. If you can't stop Burke, it will be a long evening when you play Nonnewaug, and she is not the only player to worry about.
Coach's take: "They are an experienced group that is motivated and willing to put forth their absolute best in order to help the team continue to grow and succeed every day."
Head coach: Fred Williams (35th season, 534-239)
Last season's record: 14-9
Key players: Sr. Rasa Hamel (13.1 ppg); Jr. Liz Newkirk; So. Emma Beltrandi.
Outlook: The Highlanders lost six key players to graduation. Hamel can score and is one of the BL's better inside threats. Newkirk opens the season on the injured list.
Coach's take: "We are looking to have players step up to fill the void left from graduation. Kathleen Wysocki at guard will help to fill those openings. Also looking to Maura Ryan (guard) and Arielle Oemcke (forward) to play significant time. As stated, we have to have players step up, and those that do will play."
Head coach: Rico Brogna (1st season)
Last season's record: 13-7
Key players: Sr. G Kate Dewitte; Sr. G Brooke Parker; Sr. PG Bridget McCarthy; Jr. F/C Veronica Winthrop; So. F Kelsey Johnson; Jr. F/C Kailee Munson; So. G/F Kailyn McGrath; Fr. G Samantha Moravsky; Fr. C Caroline Kelly.
Outlook: The Spartans graduated all five starters, but new coach Rico Brogna believes the returning seniors gained valuable varsity experience off the bench. Shepaug will need contributions from freshmen and sophomores to succeed.
Coach's take: "There is a nice mix of veterans and youth in the program, and that is something that will help us build a consistent, competitive team year in and year out. There are a few younger players that will see varsity action."
Head coach: Damian Coggshall (3rd season, 11-29)
Last season's record: 5-15
Key players: Jr. Bailey Doran (7.9 ppg, 5 assists); Jr. Olivia Pilarski (6.9 ppg); Jr. Julia Pilarski (8.9 ppg); Sr. Liz Klopp.
Outlook: Terryville brings back most of the team, has considerable depth, and the Kangaroos believe they can not only make a run at a state tourney berth, but compete with the best of the BL.
Coach's take: "We have a very positive attitude at the start of the season, having most of our players returning from last year. We have good depth, with about eight players that will really contribute and will see the floor for a significant amount of time. I am very pleased with the amount of work this team has put in during the off season."
Head coach: Bob McMahon (10th season, 131-75)
Last season's record: 20-4 (BL champion, Class S quarterfinal)
Key players: Sr. G Maggie Eberhardt (12.3 ppg); Sr. G Sydney Keith; Jr. G Abby Hurlbert (10 ppg); Jr. C Bryttnie Thomas; Fr. G Morgan Sanson; Jr. G Sarah Guay; Fr. G Nicole Schaffer; Fr. G/F Gabrielle Hurlbert.
Outlook: The Bears are the team to beat again in the BL. Their strength is in guard play, where they're experienced, and bolstered by the savvy play of Eberhardt and the scoring touch of Hurlbert. Thomaston will work to re-establish interior play, the area hardest hit by graduation. BL coaches can only lament to see that many Bears' key players are promising freshmen.
Coach's take: "The league is as wide open as we've seen it in quite a few years. A handful of teams could hold the trophy at the end, and we feel we're in that group. Our younger kids will have to step up."
Head coach: Kevin Crowley (12th season, 182-81)
Last season's record: 18-7
Key players: Sr. G Hannah LaBonne; Sr. G Jessica Binkowski; Sr. F/C Jenna Lopardo; Sr. F/C Jillian Nichols; Fr. G Brooke Neller.
Outlook: The Warriors lost a lot of talent to graduation, but still look to be an experienced team. Wamogo will have good size in the post, experience on the perimeter, and will throw an aggressive and athletic defense at you. Yes, there are questions surrounding the Warriors, but they could still be a top BL team.
Coach's take: "After four seniors, we are very young and inexperienced, and we lack a proven scorer."
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This week we finally hear from an old friend, Jo Sharp.
For years this Australian designer was the toast of the town, and then she unexpectedly grew silent. Many wondered, in fact, if we'd ever hear from her again.
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PULLMAN, Wash. -- Cal point guard Justin Cobbs takes pride in getting his teammates involved in the offense. At crunchtime, however, Cobbs takes pride in getting just a little bit selfish when it's time to make plays.
Cobbs, who did not take a shot or score a point in the first half, poured in 22 points the rest of the way to spark Cal to an 80-76 overtime victory at Washington State on Wednesday night.
"My whole life, I've been a winner and a leader, doing what it takes to win," Cobbs said. "I think I did a great job of that tonight."
Cobbs scored seven of Cal's 11 points in overtime, including the final seven on 5-for-6 free-throw shooting and a thunderous, breakaway dunk at the final horn. He also scored the Bears' final 10 points in regulation, though he missed a last-seconds, 17-foot jumper that would have prevented overtime.
"Justin Cobbs was really, really good," WSU star DaVonte Lacy said.
Lacy, a junior guard who scored a career-high 39 points, forced overtime by sinking two free throws with 16.2 seconds left in the second half. Lacy finished the night 10 for 20 from the field, including 8 for 15 on 3-pointers, and he sank all 11 of his free throws.
"We were giving him a bit too much space," Cobbs said, "and great shooters knock down shots."
The victory pushed Cal (16-8, 7-4) into a third-place tie with Arizona State and Colorado in the Pac-12, a half-game behind UCLA.
"This game was critical," Bears coach Mike Montgomery said.
"Any road win you can get ... it means a lot in this conference," Cobbs said. "Teams are just beating up on each other."
A 10-0 run gave the 11th-place Cougars (9-15, 2-10) an early 19-10 lead, but the Bears led 39-30 at the half after finishing with a 14-2 run. Cal's lead grew to 10 early in the second half, but Lacy sank six 3-pointers in the first 10:05 of the second half to help the Cougars take brief, small leads.
"Washington State did a really nice job," Montgomery said. "I mean, you've got to give those kids credit. They've had a tough time, but they battled. They shot the daylights out of it."
The Cougars, who have struggled on offense, shot just 40.4 percent from the field. However, they were 13 of 28 from 3-point range and made 21 of 25 free throws.
Richard Solomon had 15 points and 11 rebounds for Cal. David Kravish added 14 points, and Jordan Mathews scored 12.
WSU senior forward D.J. Shelton had 18 points and a game-high 19 rebounds.
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llama: they came out guns blazing. it was promising... trey sounded pretty with it on this one. i like to hear them come out fast-paced and rocking though. good llama. not '94 good but good none the less
batr: not my favorite, but i feel like they always play something i love right after....
bt gin: and my theory holds another day! this was a very good gin, especially for the 03-04 era. this gin jam seemed to be a little more rocking and they changed tempo with relative ease. they really brought the house down when they brought an end to this one.
yamar: this was a nice mid set cool down on a lovely indiana summer night. page did a few nifty things in this one.
pebbles and marbles: this is one of the few round room songs i liked, so i was happy to hear this one. it was a pretty decent version. not bursting with energy like the one i saw in hampton in 03 but still pretty solid.
army of one: i love page, but this song doesnt quite do it for me.
soa melt: they didn't get too weird on this one, but they sure kept the rocking vibe going. trey had some pretty good licks throughout this melt jam. straight forward but very strong.
set 2:
halley's comet: this got the crowd back in the game in a hurry. they burned through this halley's pretty quickly, and then they just slammed into..
cross eyed and painless: it was like a wsp segue. sure it was a little sloppy, but you can spring ce& p on me anytime. as for this cross eyed, it rocked. this was my first taste on this run of how fishman's and gordon's talents were now on display. gordon especially really blazed on this jam. after a very intense jam, they petered out, and page led them into...
slave to the traffic light: page really drove the bus on this one. it was a very good slave, especially for the times. trey came out when he needed too, but page was the star on this one. very good playing by the man on keys.
nothing: i went to take a leak and grab a much needed beer.
46 days: i came back and they were starting what ended up being a pretty nifty nothing jam. this worked pretty seamlessly into 46 days. it was kind of an odd pairing, but it worked well. gordon had a pretty cool effect going on the 46 days, but other than that, this was somewhat uneventful
scents and subtle sounds: i will never know why they cut the intro out of this song. that was my favorite part...hmmm. this didnt do a whole lot for me.
limb by limb: pretty standard version
cavern: good 'ol fashioned rocking way to end a set that had kind of petered out a bit
waste: really...that's it. hmmm...
the first set had enough highlights to make it worth your while. the 2nd set started in fine fashion, but they seemed to lose steam after slave. the jam out of nothing was somewhat interesting, but it wasn't enough to really carry the back half of the second set. bring back the old first section of scents and subtle sounds!
set 1: bt gin and soa melt
set 2: halley's>cep>slave


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EL CERRITO -- A planned renovation of the El Cerrito High School football stadium has a group of neighbors complaining about health issues and the expected impact of construction on their homes.
The group of 27 residents, who call themselves the Rockway-Colusa Neighbors, say the West Contra Costa school district has so far been unresponsive to their concerns, according to group spokeswoman Sherry Drobner.
The district chose Santa Rosa-based Wright Contracting in November to carry out the $13.5 million project.
Construction is scheduled to begin Tuesday, according to West Contra Costa school board President Charles Ramsey.
Ramsey said Associate Superintendent Bill Fay has been in regular contact with the Rockway-Colusa Neighbors, but he acknowledged that there are outstanding issues that need to be resolved.
"There is going to be an ongoing dialogue, as there are with all our construction projects," Ramsey said. "This project is long overdue and will involve community benefit and community use."
Wright will replace and refurbish bleachers on both sides of the field with a press box and elevator, construct new team room buildings for home and visiting teams, build a new exercise and weight room and a new athletic equipment storage building.
The stadium will also receive a new synthetic turf field, a synthetic surface track and new stadium lights.
The Rockway-Colusa Neighbors live on Rockway, Colusa and Ashbury avenues adjacent to the stadium, and the backyards of about eight Rockway Avenue neighbors are directly across an ivy-covered fence from the stadium, Drobner said.
The residents want the district to maintain the existing fence after they erect a new fence inside it and take steps to minimize noise, dust and diesel exhaust emissions and keep hazardous materials at a safe distance during the planned 18 months of construction.
They also want the district to make sure the construction of a retaining wall next to their properties that will cut into a hillside doesn't kill trees or cause erosion to their yards, and try to prevent rats from fleeing onto their properties, as they say they did when the old El Cerrito High was demolished in 2008 to make way for the new campus.
"There is concern that tall pine trees and redwood trees that reside on the south side of the property line may be compromised, resulting in potential hazards for residents and their property," according to a letter the group sent to district officials.
In a Jan. 6 letter to the neighbors, Fay said contractors will maintain the chain link fence while installing a new fence on district property along the existing fence, and will observe El Cerrito's ordinance on noise and construction hours.
He said the district hired a pest control company that placed bait stations on the site to control the rats.
"It appears that the rodent activity has nearly ceased, with limited activity at the northeast corner of the site," Fay wrote.
However, Drobner said she and other neighbors have been to two district facilities committee meetings, two El Cerrito City Council meetings and a couple of school board meetings since October, with no assurances that all their concerns would be addressed.
"It hasn't been resolved," Drobner said. "We're continuing to try to get answers about why there wasn't an (environmental impact report) and new tree study done, as well as issues with the property line and trees on the line."
Fay said the district is exempt from doing an environmental impact report because the new facilities are going to be on the same site as existing structures and don't increase capacity by more than 50 percent.
Drobner, meanwhile, said a couple of neighbors are renting out their homes, at least for the duration of construction.
"If I knew there was going to be 18 months of this in my backyard, I'd be out of here, too," Drobner said. "I just can't afford to do it."


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"Blissfully Romantic….A strange, terrific, spellcasting story." — San Francisco Chronicle
"Bel Canto…should be on the list of every literate music lover. The story is riveting, the participants breathe and feel and are alive, and throughout this elegantly-told novel, music pours forth so splendidly that the reader hears it and is overwhelmed by its beauty." —Lloyd Moss, WXQR
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Ann Pratchett's award winning, New York Times bestselling Bel Canto balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language. As in Patchett's other novels, including Truth & Beauty and The Magician's Assistant, the author's lyrical prose and lucid imagination make Bel Canto a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance.
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots.
Without the demands of the world to shape their days, life on the inside becomes more beautiful than anything they had known before. At once riveting and impassioned, the narrative becomes a moving exploration of how people communicate when music is the only common language. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.
Ann Patchett has written a novel that is as lyrical and profound as it is unforgettable. Bel Canto engenders in the reader the very passion for art and the language of music that its characters discover. As a reader, you find yourself fervently wanting this captivity to continue forever, even though you know that real life waits on the other side of the garden wall. A virtuoso performance by one of our best and most important writers, Bel Canto is a novel to be cherished.
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Woman steals ambulance, leads police on chase
Published: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 6:19 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 6:19 p.m.
A woman being treated at Pardee Hospital swiped an ambulance from the parking lot shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Hendersonville police said, leading officers on a chase that led her to jail.
Police say an intoxicated Stephanie Erwin, 31, of Howard Gap Loop Road, left the hospital, snatched an EMS responder's jacket and then absconded with the ambulance at 12:59 a.m.
Hendersonville Police Capt. Bruce Simonds said two HPD officers were on a call inside the hospital when an emergency responder rushed in to tell them someone had stolen the ambulance. A be-on-the-lookout was issued for the vehicle, which was spotted minutes later by Lt. Mike Vesely at the intersection of Dana Road and Four Seasons Boulevard.
"She refuses to stop and it turns into a pursuit," Simonds said.
Police chased Erwin up Duncan Hill Road to Signal Hill Road, onto Berkeley Road and down Asheville Highway with speeds ranging from 45 to 70 mph.
During the chase, Simonds said they coordinated with members of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office to deploy stop-sticks, a tool with Teflon-coated quills engineered to deflate tires within 20 to 30 seconds. The sticks were placed near the intersection of Butler Bridge Road and Asheville Highway.
"She stops immediately," Simonds said, "and the vehicle lurches forward," sending an officer diving for cover.
Erwin refused to exit the vehicle, but was "extricated" anyway, Simonds said.
The ambulance sat at the Henderson County Rescue Squad Tuesday with a flat tire and broken window.
"This happened the best way it could. It happened late at night with little traffic," Simonds said. "The pursuit ended rather quickly and nobody got injured."
Erwin has been charged with felony larceny of a motor vehicle, misdemeanor larceny, damage to property, DWI and felony fleeing to elude. She is being held at the Henderson County Detention Center in lieu of $26,000 bond.
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ALAMEDA -- The Raiders' signings of defensive ends Justin Tuck and LaMarr Woodley on Thursday do more than improve the team's pass rush from both sides.
It restores some credibility to a wounded franchise.
By adding two accomplished defenders with championship credentials, the Raiders helped lift the mood at the facility a day after offensive lineman Rodger Saffold failed a physical and ended up re-signing with the St. Louis Rams.
Tuck, who had 11 sacks last season and has 601/2 in a nine-year career with the New York Giants, was on board Thursday morning and told reporters in a conference call he was lobbying both Woodley (Pittsburgh Steelers) and Jason Hatcher (Dallas Cowboys) to join him.
A few hours later, the Raiders announced Woodley had signed, as well. Hatcher, whose visit coincided with Tuck and Woodley, announced on his Twitter account he had signed with the Washington Redskins.
Woodley, 29, who has 57 career sacks in seven seasons as a 6-foot-2, 265-pound linebacker in the Steelers' 3-4 defensive scheme, will play defensive end opposite Tuck for the Raiders.
Tuck played a key role on two Giants' Super Bowl winners, and Woodley won a ring with the Steelers. The Raiders got both players for less than it cost the Chicago Bears to sign defensive end Lamarr Houston, who left Oakland as an unrestricted free agent.
"If we can get guys like that who are used to winning and know what it takes to win, that would help us rebuild this thing," Tuck said in a conference call with Bay Area reporters.
According to ESPN, Tuck's two-year contract was worth a maximum of $11 million, with Woodley also signing for two years and potentially $12 million.
Tuck conceded he was surprised to find himself continuing his career on the other side of the country.
"Last week, I absolutely did not see it coming," Tuck said. "It wasn't necessarily on my radar, but everything accelerated pretty quickly, and I'm excited. I really like the direction this team is talking about going in, and I just want to be part of it."
Woodley found himself inundated with messages from Raiders fans on Twitter, and his excitement grew when he learned how he would be used after talking with coach Dennis Allen.
"Here they're going to use me as a defensive end," Woodley said by conference call. "I don't feel it's any different than being a 3-4 outside linebacker where you're still kind of a defensive end. The only thing about the 3-4, you're asked to drop back and cover receivers and you're standing up rushing.
"But you still have to play the run, you still have to get after the quarterback, and that's no different than a 4-3 end except your hand is in the dirt."
The hope is Tuck and Woodley upgrade a Raiders pass rush that hasn't had a player in double-digit sacks since Derrick Burgess had 11 and Warren Sapp 10 in 2006. The team sack leader the past two seasons, Houston, had 10½ sacks in both seasons combined.
Tuck, 30, is convinced he still has plenty to offer.
"Everyone talks about once you turn 30, it's all downhill," Tuck said. "I don't believe that. I don't look at myself in that regard. I feel like I have a lot of great football left in me."
Tuck and Woodley go a long way toward rebuilding the Raiders' defensive line. None of last year's four starters is currently on the roster, with Houston signing with the Bears and starting tackles Vaughn Walker and Pat Sims and left end Jason Hunter are all unrestricted free agents.
"I feel we bring leadership and experience to this defense," Woodley said. "We know what it's like to be on a winning team, and we know what it takes to get there. I think we're both proven guys ... when we're 100 percent and out on the field, we bring it."
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It isn't hard, the first time Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe square off in "Broken City," to see that the two stars are enjoying themselves mightily. Wahlberg is a New York cop asked to resign in the wake of a controversial shooting, and Crowe is the mayor asking for his badge. They meet in the mayor's City Hall office -- it's a tense, tough exchange, with Jeffrey Wright, another formidable actor, off to one side. But there's clearly an amiable vibe mixed in with the brinkmanship, too.
"Russell didn't come on until week six of production," Wahlberg recalls. "And the first day that he walked onto the set, we were going to shoot that big confrontation, and Allen Hughes, our director, was saying, 'You guys want to rehearse?'
"And we both said no. 'Let's just start throwin' down.'"
And that's what they did.
A tale of political corruption, police violence, power, and greed, "Broken City" owes a debt to classics such as "The Big Sleep," "The Maltese Falcon" and "Chinatown." Wahlberg's Billy Taggert leaves the NYPD and sets up shop as a private eye, chasing adulterous spouses and clients who haven't paid him.
When the mayor calls Taggert back a few years down the line and offers the freelance detective a big check to follow his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Taggert thinks he's got everything figured out.
Like Humphrey Bogart's and Jack Nicholson's sorry gumshoes, though, it turns out he doesn't have a clue.
"For sure, those are movies I grew up watching with my dad," Wahlberg says, acknowledging that's one of the reasons he went for "Broken City" -- a film he also produced.
"And that's why we were able to attract the talent, because there were so many well-written parts. People really got to sink their teeth into meaty roles."
Nothing if not industrious, Wahlberg has four films set for release in 2013, and more in the works that he'll star in and/or produce for his company, Leverage. He's also executive producer of TV's "Boardwalk Empire." He also produced "Entourage." (They may make a movie.)
First up, "Broken City." Then in April, it's "Pain & Gain," with Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as bodybuilders caught in an extortion scheme. Michael Bay directs.
In August, Wahlberg teams with Denzel Washington for "2 Guns," about a DEA agent and a Navy intelligence officer investigating a crime syndicate -- and each other. Wahlberg's "Contraband" director, Baltasar Kormakur, is back barking orders.
And then, slated for December, there's "Lone Survivor," based on the true story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, part of an ill-fated 2005 mission high in the mountains of Afghanistan's Kunar province. Four SEALs were caught in an ambush -- "it's the worst tragedy in the history of the SEALs," says Wahlberg. Eric Bana, Emile Hirsch and Taylor Kitsch also star, and Peter Berg directs.
"It was a physically demanding movie," says the actor, who shot "Lone Survivor" in the mountains of New Mexico, which doubled for the peaks of Sawtalo Sar and Gatigal Sar. "And we felt a lot of responsibility in making sure that we did Marcus and those guys some justice ...
"And Marcus was there, and a lot of the team guys, the SEALs guys that trained us, were there. So it wasn't like we could phone it in."
Not that Wahlberg is implying he's phoning anything in.
And beyond this year? Look for Wahlberg in Bay's "Transformers" reboot, in the comedy "Avon Man" and, yes, in the sequel to the over-the-top stoner romp "Ted." Wahlberg proudly declares that the movie he made with Seth MacFarlane and that foul-mouthed plush toy is the biggest original (as in nonsequel) R-rated comedy of all time.
"It was one of those things where, when I first heard the idea, I was hesitant to even consider reading it," Wahlberg says of "Ted," whose central conceit is that a Beantown guy's best friend is his childhood teddy bear, magically come to life and talking up a storm. "It sounded like such a ridiculous idea. My agent was very persistent, but he also represents Seth. So, I understood why. And then I read it, and when I read it, I had the same feeling that I had about 'Boogie Nights' -- that this could either be one of the greats, or this could be completely ridiculous. And I met Seth and I was like, 'OK, I'm going to do it.'
"Everybody that I talked to, that I spoke about it with, thought, 'Oh, you're an idiot.' "


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SunFlower (Public Edition)
The Visual Monitoring Tool
SunFlower monitors web pages for changes. It saves a snapshot of the page and then compares that snapshot to snapshots in the future. You are notified when snapshots are different and can quickly examine the changes.
You might want to know when a company posts an opportunity on their site. You might want to know when that super hip clothing company has some new threads. You might want to know when your favourite indie record label has a new release. You may be interested when an under the radar startup publishes a press release or a teaser page finally changes. These are just some examples where SunFlower is useful.
Required OS: 10.5
Tags: web , page , monitor , web , page , monitor
3 Opinions
How about CoreCompability.
Re: Requires Mac OS X 10.5
The application is built with core data which makes Mac OS X 10.4 a requirement. Future versions will use core animation which requires Mac OS X 10.5.
Requires Mac OS X 10.5.
It seems strange that Leopard is required to monitor a web page... :)