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Jackson Hole Might Be a Big Disappointment Sandwich For Markets
The annual Fed confab in gorgeous Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is happening next week, and everybody's hoping that, just like last year, Ben Bernanke will respond to market turmoil by unwrapping a big, shiny present for the market in the form of some kind of stimulus.
The market might get its heart broken, according to a handful of economist notes today.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch economist Michael Hanson writes:
Markets are heavily focused on the Kansas City Fed Symposium at Jackson Hole on August 26-28, expecting a big policy announcement from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke is likely to review the policy options still available, but this is neither the time nor place for a significant change to the Fed's policy stance, in our view. We thus see a high risk that Bernanke disappoints the markets and reiterates, rather than augments, the recent FOMC statement. That said, if the markets continue to tumble, Bernanke may choose to offer more explicit guidance on further Fed support, in terms of tools and conditions.
Mr. Hanson thinks the market has put too much importance on last year's Jackson Hole speech as a significant turning point for policy anyway:
Bernanke's speech at Jackson Hole in 2010 is widely seen as turning point in Fed policy, but a re-reading of the speech reveals that while he kept open the door for additional easing, he was not definitive at the time and emphasized both the costs and benefits of such action. Rather, FOMC support for more asset purchases evolved over time, with key Fed presidents throwing their support behind QE2 by early October (Charts 1 and 2). Unless growth and inflation collapse, we think there could be an even longer period of policy deliberation in 2011 than 2010 before further easing is put in place. However, just as multiple dissents were no impediment to easing back in 2008, opposition from the hawks is unlikely to prevent the Fed from providing more policy support if judged necessary.
Fair enough, but the market took the mere hint of QE2 and ran with it. It's possible that any such hint next week could cause a similar reaction.
Capital Economics thinks markets could be in for a long wait for QE3:
The further sharp falls in equity prices last week will have boosted hopes that in his speech at Jackson Hole (Friday) Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will pave the way for more policy stimulus, just as he did last year. We think the markets will be disappointed. Bernanke will probably emphasise that the Fed has the tools to boost the economy if deemed appropriate. But the big difference between now and last year is the higher rate of core inflation. That means more policy stimulus will probably be a story for next year, once core inflation has fallen back, not this year.
Barclays Capital rates strategists agree that inflation will probably give the Fed pause, as will the outlook for fiscal policy:
Further, the uncertainty with the fiscal policy outlook (such as an extension of the payroll tax and unemployment benefits, the proposals of the Joint Committee) may also give the Fed pause. Given the steps the Fed already took at the August FOMC meeting, we believe that it will disappoint those looking for additional asset purchases or an extension of duration of the securities portfolio at the Jackson Hole conference.


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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Lord of the Flies Chapter 12 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still. (12)
From Ralph's perspective, Jack is a terrifying, painted chief; from the adult's perspective, he's a strangely dressed little boy. But which perspective is true?
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The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. (12)
At the end, Ralph weeps. Does this make him more of a kid? You might think so, since the naval officer looks away to give him time to collect himself. But maybe it actually shows his maturity: he understands just how hopeless the whole situation is.

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The Pa. Judicial Scandal: A Closer Look at the Victims
We've written a lot over the past year or so about the two former Pennsylvania judges awaiting trial on 48 charges for an alleged $2.8 million "kids-for-cash" kickback scheme. The pair, Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella, arranged to sentence thousands of children to private detention centers, sometimes for lengthy stays, in exchange for cash kickbacks from the centers. Click here, here, here and here for previous LB posts.
The Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday takes a closer look at the fallout from the situation, specifically at the litany of juveniles affected by the judges' rulings. The story opens:
There's the 16-year-old boy charged with driving without a license and presenting false identification to police in 2007. He was jailed for eight months, and during that time the court garnisheed a $598 Social Security survivor's check he had been receiving since his father's death.
There's the 14-year-old boy who stole loose change from unlocked cars and was sent away in 2007 for a year; when he was released, he was so anxious and depressed he had to drop out of school and now receives homebound instruction.
There's the 14-year-old girl who was jailed for more than a year in 2005 for punching another girl in school; she was emotionally distraught by the incarceration and today has permanent scars from self-mutilation.
The litany of children and teenagers affected by the judges' decisions is lengthy and sad. Advocates from the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, which has filed civil suit against the judges on behalf of children and their families, say that "many of the teenagers suffered emotional damage, were unable to attend school, lost scholarships, were refused military enlistment, or attempted suicide. In addition, they and their parents were forced to pay probation fees and evaluation costs and had their wages garnisheed by the court. Some still owe the court money."
As we've written, whether the civil plaintiffs will be able to recover is an open question. A federal judge earlier this month ruled that Conahan and Ciavarella are immune from civil suit for rulings taken from the bench. However, liability might still stem from actions taken while off the bench, like arrangements made to set up the scheme.
Still, the harm is, in all likelihood, hard to quantify. One final tale of woe chronicled by the Inquirer:
In 2003, the mother of a 13-year-old boy who was misbehaving at home called police "to scare him." But the boy was arrested against his mother's wishes and, after a two-minute hearing before Ciavarella, was taken away in shackles to a detention center for three months. His mother was assessed several court costs plus $480 a month that was garnisheed from her wages.
She was forced to take money from her retirement plan, incurring taxes and penalties for early withdrawal. Her son was forced to repeat the ninth grade because he had missed too much school time.


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Area accomodations
The show producers offer these lists of hotels & restaurants conveniently located near the GardenScape site. (Acrobat PDF format)
Traveling to Rochester to attend GardenScape? The Upstate NY region welcomes you, and we hope you can sample other regional activities and attractions during your visit. The best resource for events is the Greater Rochester Visitor's Association.
Horticultural Attractions
- Some of the many interesting horticultural destinations in the Rochester region include the following sites. Contact them to identify what each offers to visitors in March (at GardenScape time), as well as in other seasons.
- Highland Park, a Frederick Law Olmsted design, is best known for the annual Lilac Festival, but has four-seasons interest. In the park's center the Lamberton Conservatory offers seasonal exhibits along with permanent rooms of exotic and desert plants.
- The nearby Warner Castle is the home of the Rochester Civic Garden Center, with its horticultural library, and a sunken garden designed by Alling S. DeForest.
- Mount Hope Cemetary is a Victorian treasure in a natural setting with many rare and specimen trees.
- George Eastman House is the former estate of George Eastman, founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, with terrace garden designed between 1902 and 1904 by Alling S. Deforest in the Italianate style. Estate gardens have gone through a restoration process, surrounding the mansion and the buildings of the International Museum of Photography and Film.
- Strong National Museum of Play in downtown Rochester has its Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden, the only year-round indoor butterfly garden in Upstate NY.
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Ralph McQuarrie Concept Art Reveals A Different Kind of Star Wars Universe
In the wake of his passing earlier this month, many art lovers and Star Wars fans alike have spent time reflecting on the work of concept artist Ralph McQuarrie. McQuarrie, who died at the age of 82, was best known as one of the guiding hands behind some of the sci-fi genre's greatest franchises including the original Star Wars trilogy, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Battlestar Galactica.
In fact, it was thanks in part to McQuarrie's artwork that Star Wars was given the green light early in production. He even designed many of the series most well-known characters including Chewbacca, Darth Vader and the droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO in addition to many of the set pieces that make up the Star Wars universe and while some of his designs naturally evolved – as often happens in a collaboration of that scale – it's always fascinating to look back at an artist's original vision. Here's to you, Mr. McQuarrie, may the Force be forever with you.
Rondal Scott III is an illustrator and graphic designer who tackles each day with Red Bull-induced enthusiasm and is a self-professed Twitter addict. He's illustrated several independent children's books and in 2009 his obsession with horror movies and pop culture inspired him to establish the Strange Kids Club, a virtual clubhouse for geeky, pop culture nostalgia.


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The Lyons Rod Company
I have been making fly rods for over 20 years and making bamboo rods for 5 years. I make traditional six sided bamboo rods the hard way by making the blanks from a single culm of heat treated bamboo whose moisture content has been reduced to 7% or less. I make the blanks by hand with traditional planning forms and extremely sharp block planes.
I have been extraordinarily fortunate to have been mentored by John Bradford, who is arguably one of the finest bamboo rod makers alive today. John once told me that his secrets of building rods would cut 50 years off of the learning curve. I'm sorta glad, as I don't probably have 50 years to give to learning the art of rod making. I will be forever grateful to John for sharing his knowledge and process of making rods with me.
All of the culms I use have been aged and then "cooked" in an oven for 90 minutes at 360 degrees. That process produces a beautifully colored culm that is more responsive and can produce a faster action rod with the right tapering. All of the rods use a staggered node pattern and the rod tips are matched to have identical node patterning.
While time is a factor, others have said that there are more than 1400 steps in the making of a bamboo rod (I'll take their word and not count them), I am of the opinion that an owner would rather have quality than a quick build. Since each of the rods I build will bear my name and be fished by the owner, I really don't cut corners. I will produce somewhere between 20 and 30 rods a year and I firmly believe that a customer's satisfaction is far more important than a quick delivery. No rod that isn't of the quality that I insist on leaves the shop. Sections that are not of that quality are destroyed.


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This lovely two bedroom apartment is one which retains much of its original features of this lovely terraced building. The apartment consists of living area, two double beds, bathroom and well equipped kitchen.
The living area has a comfortable corner sofa, coffee table, large flat screen TV with free view package, DVD player and complimentary wireless internet access. There are two cosy double bedrooms, the first with one double bed plus one single bed and the second with one double bed. All bedrooms have bedside tables, reading lamps and storage. The kitchen has modern applicances such as an oven, hob, fridge, microwave, washing machine and all the pots, pans, crockery and cutlery that you will require during your stay.
The bathroom is fully tiled with a bath with shower, a WC and handbasin. A hair dryer is also provided for your convenience. An iron and ironing board will be provided during your stay and a weekly cleaning and linen change will be provided.
This apartment is perfect in ensuring that you have the most relaxing and enjoyable stay in one of the busiest cities in the world.
This apartment is on the 1st floor. Lift is available.
Key Collection: Foundation Estates, 7, Spring Street, Paddington, London. W2 3RA. UK.
This is less than a 5 minute walk away from Paddington station/Lancaster Gate station & the Apartment. Please call us on 0044 207 706 1122 or 0044 75 0055 4444 and we will inform you the arrangements for the collection of keys.
Security Deposit: On arrival your card will be authorized to cover against incidental breakages and damages.
Studio's and One Bedroom - £200.00
Two Bedrooms - £400.00
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Große Wohnung mit kleinen Mankos (kleines Badezimmer, keine Kaffeemaschine). Ausgezeichnete Lage, ruhig gelegen. Sehr gute Verkehrsanbindung, fussläufig zum Hyde Park und zur Paddington Station. Viele Läden in der Umgebung. Insgesamt recht empfehlenswert
It is really a very small but nice apartment. Expect a small hotel room with a kitchenette and a lovely balkony. It is close to Paddington Station so in the middle of everything.
If you don't need too much space it is a good place to stay.
We wouldn't recommend this studio. Too small. In a basement. Shower mixer broken. Bathroom not really clean. Only the location was ok. 5 minutes from the tube.
Reasonable option. Very good location. Very small, but I guess that's normal in london city centre. Good balance price-quality
Good location and to visit London. No cleaning during our week-stay
Wonderful location very close to Lancaster Gate and even closer to Paddington Station.
The flat is underground but it did not matter to us as we were often away visiting the city.
The flat was very clean and towels were even changed during our 5 days stay.
Will highly recommend this address.
very convenient location, Paddington station with train to heathrow, underground and many restaurants arround . the flat was clean and good for a few days. we may use it again in our next jouney to london
Great location! First impression of the apartment was positive, seemed newly renovated and had large rooms and so on. A closer look showed a few things not so positive: Completely clogged sink in the bathroom, we had to open up and remove lots of hair, toothpicks and other disgusting stuff - uaææh! With guests coming and going, this is really an important matter to look into - I really don't think we should be charged with any amount for cleaning after this, I still will vomit just by the thought of the mess. And there was the toilet seat, totally loose and really unpleasant to sit on - I know I never would have rented out an apt without checking things like this. Easy to fix but really annoying to come to. So this was the first and last time in Leinster Gardens :-(
First of all - good location! But then, well, the apartment was too expensive for that size, very small. The kitchen/livingroom very tiny for 4 adults. AND the whole apartment was not especially clean. Would recommend the owner maybe to check upon the cleaning once in a while. I feel I must mention the lift as well, extremely small and not very reliable I think. We had to use the stairs, not too funny with suitcases and stuff. Bottom line: next time we will look for something else in London.
Stayed there for a full week. The location is very central - close to tube, but in a quiet neighborhood with a lot of dining opportunities close by.
The room is a good size and kept clean.
Would definitely come back.
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Vocational school chain WyoTech today announced its eighth WyoTech campus in Long Beach, California.
WyoTech is the Official Technical School of the NHRA and a sponsor of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Steve Johnson. Its programs include the fields of automotive, diesel, collision refinishing, motorcycle, aviation and marine technology. In addition, the company offers advanced training programs in applied service management, advanced automotive diagnostics, street rod and custom fabrication, motorsports chassis fabrication and high-performance power trains, and trim and upholstery technology.
Members of the Long Beach and Torrance chambers of commerce as well as representatives from the Los Angeles Unified School District and several area employers attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the campus.
A public Grand Opening is planned for Aug. 4 and will include a car show with celebrities from automotive television programs, special displays and a career expo with representatives from area employers.
WyoTech is a division of Corinthian Colleges Inc., one of the largest post-secondary education companies in North America.


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Control Your House Anywhere, Anytime by David Bello
Have you ever wanted to hack a Roomba, find an easier to answer the
buzzer to your apartment building, or turn lights on and off remotely?
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LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. -- Betty Barger Bunker, 84, died Jan. 29, 2006, at her home.
Born Dec. 29, 1921, in Sikeston, Mo., daughter of the late Euell Harrison and Myrtle Emma "Tot" Gresham Barger, she was a retired secretary for Chicot County Sheriff's Office and had previously been a bookkeeper for Bunker Gin Company, owner/operator of The Finishing Touch Gift Shop and was a member of Lakeside United Methodist Church.
Her husband, Nelson Waldo "June" Bunker III, preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in death by two sons, Nelson Waldo Bunker IV and Jack "Jed" Bunker; Jack Barger; and a grandson.
Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, William W. "Bill" and Claudia Dee Bunker of Lake Village; one daughter and son-in-law, Sarah Jane and Philip A. Farr Jr. of Guatemala City, Guatemala; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bishop Funeral Home in Lake Village.
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This award recognizes sustained and continuing commitment to women's advancement in higher education, either in colleges and universities or in national positions.
The award was presented on March 12, 2016 at the Women's Leadership Dinner, during ACE2016, the 98th ACE Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Nominations for the 2017 ACE Donna Shavlik Award will open Fall 2016.
This award was established by ACE in 1999 to honor the long and outstanding service of Donna Shavlik, past director of ACE's former Office of Women in Higher Education. The award honors an individual whose leadership demonstrates a sustained commitment to advancing women in higher education through actions or initiatives enhancing women's leadership and career development, campus climate, and mentoring of women at both the state and national levels.
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July 4 2012 at 12:36 PM
Dear PNGSCAPERS,
I purposely posted the following article from the daily postcourier (04/07/2012) because contain some very important message for everyone of us about the mystery of our beautiful country, PNG.
Lets make intelligent critics about it please.
See the attached article below.
There will be broken hearts, but we will benefit
A NATION is established upon prophecies, the prophetic Word of the Lord.
Papua New Guinea is no different.
There have been various or many prophecies declared and decreed upon this wonderful nation of ours and what is a better time than this year where there is certain to be fulfilment of some of these prophecies or a start to fulfilment of these prophecies.
A lot of leaders are claiming they will do this and that but the people who are praying and fasting for this nation have a clear view of the destiny or future of Papua New Guinea.
Very few people of this country know or have received prophecies for this country being released by many prophets from around the globe.
Most recently this year, Papua New Guinea was blessed by the visit of two very distinguished man and woman of God.
However a lot of Christians in the country received them as just ordinary evangelists, even the host churches.
They left having released prophecies upon this nation.
Dr Pat Francis from Canada came in February and Dr Myles Munro of the Bahamas visited this country in March and April.
Both of them promised that they will be back meaning they saw something unique about this nation.
They were simply not satisfied by that visit.
They promised to come back again.
One of them wanted to establish a school for leaders and to joint venture in kingdom business with people from this nation.
Dr Francis prophesied and declared that Papua New Guinea will be having a brand new Prime Minister.
Dr Munro also declared that the vision for this nation is somewhere with an individual and that the country need to identify the person with the vision and make known the vision to the citizens.
A vision is always given to an individual and not a group.
God is committed to fulfilling these prophecies and this is the right time.
There will certainly be a lot of broken hearted political leaders and supporters after this very strategic national election; however the outcome will be better for Papua New Guineans.
God bless our nation - Papua New Guinea.
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Photos of the Day: Nov. 23
NOWHERE FAST: Palestinian children inspected a car outside a destroyed house in Gaza City Friday. (Majdi Fathi/APA Images/Zuma Press)
TO MARKET, TO MARKET: An Indian herder walked with his camels along a sandy path near the camel fairgrounds on the outskirts of Pushkar, India, on Friday. Each year, thousands of livestock traders from the region come to the five-day fair where livestock, mainly camels, are traded. (Roberto Schmidt/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
READY FOR CHRISTMAS: Dozens of Santas marched through Midtown Manhattan Friday during the Volunteers of America's 110th Annual Sidewalk Santa Parade. The sidewalk Santas hit the streets of Manhattan the morning after Thanksgiving to raise money for the needy. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
A DROP TO DRINK: A woman fetched water from a pond near the village of Hamedan on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Friday. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)
WHEE: A competitor headed down a practice run Friday ahead of the Alpine Skiing World Cup, which holds its women's giant slalom and slalom race events in Aspen, Colo., this weekend. (Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency)


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Jennifer Diamond, 35, sued the city in June 2006 after the City Council overruled a Planning Commission recommendation to scale back the project. Diamond and her neighbors at 2080 S. Delaware St. argued that the development would block sunlight.
But after 14 months of legal wrangling, Diamond agreed to drop the suit, which claimed the council violated the California Environmental Quality Act, if the developer scales back the size of the 111-unit building.
The settlement is contingent on the council's approval of the new, smaller design at a meeting Monday.
Diamond, who works in technical sales in San Mateo, said the revised project isn't perfect, but it's "better than what the City Council approved" in 2006. The settlement does not include any compensation for Diamond's attorney's fees.
Diamond said the majority of the residents of Ironwood homes, a 28-unit complex consisting of three-story lofts and two-story cottages, opposed the original vision for Delaware Place, which will be erected on a property southwest of Ironwood.
"We wanted a development that wouldn't infringe on our quality of life so much," said Diamond, explaining that Delaware Place will stand directly in front of Ironwood's afternoon sunlight.
City Attorney Shawn Mason said that rather than reduce the number of units in the building to 104, the landowner, Delaware Place LLC, will make some adjustments to fit 111 units into a smaller building that is just two and three stories tall on the north side of the property.
Bertha Sanchez, a former planning commissioner who is running for City Council in November, was on the commission in April 2006, when it approved a smaller building with 104 units. Sanchez said she was dismayed when the City Council, led by Councilwoman Carole Groom, reverted to the larger design at a meeting a month later.
"We thought we hammered out anagreement that appeared to us to be acceptable to the Ironwood people as well as the developers," said Sanchez, who said she thought the council was too focused on the interests of future residents.
"I felt they really did not consider the existing residents, the people who live here now, in terms of their experience and their quality of life," Sanchez said.
Groom said she pushed for the larger version of the building because reducing the number of apartments to 104 would have meant dropping a below-market unit, which she wasn't willing to do, given the strong demand for affordable housing.
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Groom added that she feels strongly about the transit-oriented development plan, a long-term endeavor to encourage the construction of housing near the Hayward Park and Hillsdale Caltrain stations.
Sanchez noted that the development plan requires city officials to have consideration for existing neighborhoods.
The council will consider the new design for Delaware Place at its meeting 7 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers at 330 W. 20th Ave.
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How To Deal With Missing A Workout
- By Chris Carmichael
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You missed a workout—it happens. Here's what to do to get your training back on track.
It's a common scenario: You have your training plan completely mapped out for the week and one of your kids gets sick. Or your boss springs a must-get-done-now project on you. So, what do you do now? Double up? Go on like nothing happened?
There's no one-size-fits-all response to missing a workout due to a schedule conflict. How you respond depends on what type of workout you missed, how much training you missed and where you are in your training plan.
You missed an endurance workout. Most triathletes really look forward to their long workouts, if for no other reason than to have a little "me" time. But in the big picture, endurance is rarely the limiting factor that prevents athletes from achieving their goals, and missing the occasional endurance workout has only a minor impact on your progress. Let it be and move on with your training schedule as planned.
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How did you first get involved with the Salvation Army?
In the fall of 2006, I decided I wanted to do something to help the Salvation Army. Bell ringing seemed to be the best thing to do. So I contacted them at the Salvation Army and they were glad to have me join up with them as a bell ringer. And I was to go back a few days before Thanksgiving. On the way to my lodge meeting, the Saluda Masonic Lodge meeting, it occurred to me it might make a good lodge project. So I presented it that night and several of the guys spoke right up and said they would be more than willing to help. They said, "Yeah, let's do it." So that year, I went up to City Hall and made sure everything was all right with them. When I came out of City Hall, I went to a store there. Charlie Ward's store. I touched base with Charlie about setting up at his store. Charlie was just full of enthusiasm, he said, "Absolutely." He said, "Matter of fact, you can set that bell up right in the front door if you want to." Of course, we didn't do that, but we did set up there. And Charlie couldn't have been more gracious. His wife offered to bring us out coffee from the grill and so forth. His wife, Judy. We had a good year. It was a good experience for us. So last year and this year, we moved. We're down at Mr. Robert Pace's, M.A. Pace's store, there in Saluda. We think of him as our host. And that's how it got started and it's been quite an experience.
What are some of the most memorable stories you have ringing the bell?
I could tell you hundreds of stories. I remember going home that first night and telling my wife, "Let me tell you what happened." I told her story after story about the people I met. I had this crazy idea I should write a book. About 10 minutes later, that idea went away, because I realized every bell ringer could tell the same story that I tell.
But I guess the most memorable story that will always be with me was the little girl and the mother who came down the street last year. The little girl was autistic and her mother gave her the money to put into the kettle. It was a chore, but she finally got it in there. After she did, I knelt down and gave her the biggest thank you I could muster and then wished her a very Merry Christmas. But she was a little bit shy and she kind of backed away. Then, she and her mother went on down the street. A little while later they came back. That little girl kept glancing over in my direction. When she did, and they got close enough, I started waving to her and I thanked her again. She smiled the biggest smile a child can give and then she began to wave back at me. I will always remember the beautiful smile that little girl gave me, because I knew right at that moment I had been blessed with a new friend.
How do bell ringers play a part in the Saluda community?
Well from the very beginning, we realized that Saluda is a little tourist town. All the shops and restaurants and so forth draw a lot of visitors. They tend to draw the visitors on Fridays and Saturdays. Sundays also, but the Salvation Army doesn't ring bells on Sunday. We only go Fridays and Saturdays. Things are quiet in Saluda the first of the week.
How has your lodge contributed to the bell ringing with the Salvation Army?
We, in the Masonic lodge, have an orphanage in Oxford that we support. And we have a senior citizens center in Greensboro. Those are our two charities. We're not the only lodge that rings bells for the Salvation Army. In our lodge, like all lodges, we have honorary members. We have honorary members that come from Rutherfordton, Tryon and Columbus. One of our actual members of the lodge comes from Simpsonville, S.C. And all of these guys come up and serve what we call a two-hour tour of duty in the army, the Salvation Army. So we have good participation. Of course, many of our members have to work and Friday isn't an option for them. They have to work. But many of them will come and ring the bell for us on Saturdays. I might add, for this particular year, even though we ring on Fridays and Saturdays, this year, there will be a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before this Christmas. So we intend to be down in Saluda on Main Street ringing the bell on those days. We're not sure what the foot traffic will be at that time. This will be a new experience, since this is only our third year.
You said you wanted to thank the people of Saluda.
You know, we could not do this without the generous support of the people of Saluda. They have supported us wholeheartedly with their giving, with their words of support. We just can't say enough about our citizens of Saluda.
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Ms. Bakker was awarded a 3-year Investigator-Initiated Research Grant from the Alzheimer's Association and awards from other foundations, including the Helen Bader Foundation and the Retirement Research Foundation, for her current award-winning project, ThisCaringHome.org, a multimedia web tool on best practices in home safety and dementia care.
Other research projects include a lighting study documenting light levels in the dwellings of the homebound elderly, a survey of physicians' understanding of the differences between nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and a study of environmental barriers to wheelchair users traversing an urban hospital. Bakker initiated and managed a New York City Bathing Safety Task Force and designed engineering tests for various products, including grab-bar fastening systems. She has also tested Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for older adults with memory loss.
As a consultant to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Bakker designed an environmental hazard assessment form, which she used to assess five hospitals as part of a study on slips and falls prevention in health care workers.
Bakker has developed an online multimedia course on Environmental Geriatrics for medical education funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
She has conducted numerous presentations on environmental design to diverse audiences, ranging from health care professionals, interior designers, and housing experts at their national meetings to members of Fortune 500 corporations, Centers for Disease Control, the Alzheimer's Association, and the United Nations. For the past few years, Bakker has been an invited speaker at the Evidence-Based Falls Conference in Clearwater, Florida, as well as at the geriatrics grand rounds at major medical schools in the New York area, including Hackensack University Medical University, Bellevue Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Bakker has appeared on CBS, NBC, and PBS and was featured in the Public Lives column of The New York Times (2004).
Bakker is a consultant to the housing, assisted living, and healthcare industries on design projects for older adults and the cognitively impaired. For over two years, she served as the Family Council President for an assisted living residence for older adults with dementia. She is a former member of the New York State Construction Standards Advisory Group for Nursing Homes and a current member of the New York State Construction Standards Advisory Group for Assisted Living Facilities.
Bakker, R., Ioffel, Y., Lachs, M. (in press). Lighting levels in the dwellings of homebound older adults. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 18(2).
Bakker, R. (2003, Summer). Global-positioning technology falls short for locating wandering elders with dementia. Maximizing Human Potential, .American Society on Aging. Vol 1(1), 2-8.
Bakker, R. (2003). Sensory loss, dementia and environments. Generations 27(1), 46-52.
Bakker, R. (2001, November-December). Navigating the Alzheimer's journey: One daughter's story. Aging Today, American Society on Aging, 5-6.
Bakker, R. (2000, November). Facility design: Getting it right the first time. Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management, 68-71.
Bakker, R. (1999, Winter). Elder design: Home modifications for enhanced safety and self-care. Care Management Journals: Journal of Long Term Home Health Care. 1(1), 47-54.
Bakker, R. (1997). ElderDesign: Designing and furnishing a home for your later years. New York: Penguin Books.
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Emmerton collects first career two-goal game in Wings' win
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|Cory Emmerton was one of three Wings' players to have a three-point night in an 8-2 victory over the Kings Saturday. (Photo by Dave Reginek)
That was Cory Emmerton's reward following his second goal, which gave the Red Wings a three-goal lead in the opening period Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings.
"It was after I took the shot when I kind of ran into the guy," said Emmerton, who was the game's Second Star. "It was nothing big, but sometimes it hits you right and you get a little knock there. It's nothing bad, but it's hockey and you're going to get a bump here and there."
Behind the strength of the third and fourth lines Saturday, Emmerton and the Wings crowned the Kings and claimed an 8-2 victory – their 10th straight on home ice at Joe Louis Arena.
"We just come out flying in the first period and seem to be ready, we seem to have 3-4 goal leads out of the gate," Emmerton said. "It's pretty tough playing when you're trailing by three or four goals."
What wasn't tough for Emmerton was moving from center to a wing position this week, which was made necessary when forward Chris Conner went down with a left hand injury last Tuesday in Pittsburgh. And the rookie from St. Thomas, Ontario certainly made the most of his opportunities Saturday.
It was Emmerton's first points since opening night when he had a goal and an assist in the Wings' 5-3 victory against Ottawa.
"It's one of those things that you're trying to do the little things right, and then when you're fortunate enough to get a bounce or two it gives you that much more confidence or momentum to carry you through," said Emmerton, who now has three goals and two assists in 21 games this season. "As much as you hate to say it, the big thing about hockey is it's all about confidence and comfort level, and I was fortunate enough tonight to get a few."
And though Saturday was his first multi-goal game of his NHL career, Emmerton would be lying, he said, if another possible 'first' didn't enter his mind late in the game.
"I don't know. Obviously it kind of crosses your mind," said Emmerton, about the hat trick that eluded him. "But the way things have kind of gone this year I was just happy to have two, so I wasn't really thinking too much about three."
After Drew Miller gave the Wings a 1-0 lead at 1:45 of the opening period, Emmerton scored 15-seconds later when Jonathan Ericsson's shot from the left point was re-directed off of the rookie's stick and squeaked passed Kings goalie Jonathan Quick.
"It hit the top of my stick there," said Emmerton, about the goal that was originally credited to Ericsson. "I didn't get much of it, but you know you could tell, and there was a little mark in my stick, too. It was enough to change it up a bit, and yeah, I figured they would chance it anyways, but it wasn't really the biggest thing on my mind."
There was no doubt about Emmerton's second of the period that put the Wings up 4-1 at 18:35. Justin Abdelkader made a perfect tape-to-tape pass from the near boards to Emmerton in the low slot, and his one-timer zipped passed Kings backup goalie Jonathan Bernier, who replaced Quick midway through the period.
Emmerton was playing in just his third game – and second straight – since Conner was called up from Grand Rapids at the start of the month.
"The first couple of games that I played the wing, it was kind of an adjustment of getting used to it; I used to play it in junior, actually," Emmerton said. "I enjoy playing it, and tonight was a nice relief. But sometimes you just get fortunate to have the opportunities and chances."
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The club offers a number of opportunities for riding, ranging from time trailing and track events through to social Sunday morning club rides. Click on the headings for more detailed information. All the rides organised through the club are listed in the calendar.
Club Runs
We organise a variety of rides throughout the week that range out across our countryside and are suitable for all levels of riders. We also have a dedicated Ladies ride. Most club runs start from Speedy's Chinese takeaway at the West Heath roundabout in Cove. Non-members are always welcome and it is an ideal way to get to know our club before joining.
Between October and March the club run "chain-gang" sessions as base training. These happen twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday evenings) on a 32 mile circular route.
Ladies Rides
The club has dedicated Ladies rides (although ladies are more than welcome on all club rides). We support the British Cycling Breeze initiative and the club has trained guides.
Road Racing
Between February and the end of October across the UK there are a large number of road races organised by British Cycling and the club supports and encourages members that want to take part.
Sportives and Audax
An Audax is simply an organised long distance ride, with distances between 50km and 1500km. They are not races, but have to be completed at an average speed of between 15kph and 30kph. Sportives are long distance organised events anywhere between 50 and 150 miles, the cycling equivalent of running the marathon and involve completing a set route. Whilst not directly involved in organising and running Sportives and Audax events, the club helps members who do wish to take part and has a trophy for the club member that rides the furthest!
Our nearest track is Palmer Park in Reading and the club is able to offer discounted access to our members. We also organise trips to indoor velodromes in the south east of England.
Time Trials
Time Trials, or TTs, can really provide that extra bit of 'intensity' to boost your training and riding the same course over a season gives a very good way of judging fitness. FCCC runs a series of events of different levels and throughout the year and the TT section has a wealth of detail on our activities.
Details of club rides and routes recommended by members can be viewed and tried!
You ride as an individual with responsibility for your own actions and entirely at your own risk. All members and guests on club rides are advised to consider their own insurance cover. FCCC can recommend the third-party insurance provided to members of British Cycling or the CTC. CTC and BC memberships are available to club members at a significantly reduced cost.
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The "Sacra Infermeria" of the Order of St John, now popularly known as the Mediterranean Conference Centre has a long and interesting history originally built as a hospital by Grand Master Jean de la Cassiere in 1574: this imposing building has a long history and seen many changes over the years.
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4. Use a detailed, progressive approach that follows a logical growth path when creating your self hypnosis scripts. For example, - I am steadily losing weight every day to reach my ideal weight of 115 pounds - is better than saying - I will lose weight. The first case presents a progressive suggestion with a time factor and an end goal as a target. The second case is negative and has no definitive goal.
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Newly Renovated Hampton Inn Oakland-Hayward features an outdoor pool and a fitness facility. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities at this 2.5-star property consist of a business center and small meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
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- Conference space size (feet) - 840
- Conference space size (meters) - 76
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- Number of floors - 3
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot and cold buffet breakfast.
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Political Insanity
As our economy continues to suffer; and as people continue to lose their jobs and struggle to find employment; this administration and the complicit media continue to pursue issues that are not a priority.
Our Primary Political Goals According to This Administration and the Media Are:
Gu1. GunControl
2. 2. Gay Marriage
3. 3. Immigration Reform
While these are certainly political issues, they are not the Primary Issue at this time.
For 5 years now, this President and the Democrats have avoided the necessary deregulation and tax incentives that would lift our economy. They have avoided the discussion, the debate. They have intentionally created political distraction.
In what universe is Gay Marriage more important than a healthy economy and jobs for the millions of unemployed Americans?
In what universe is more gun regulations more important that a healthy economy and jobs?
In what universe does helping illegal immigrants have a better life supersede the importance of U.S. citizens that are struggling to get by?
Our political universe is upside down. It is illogical and insane.
This President must be impeached or politically destroyed. We need to get him out of office and start working on the number one priority, an economic recovery and jobs for millions upon millions of unemployed Americans.


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Bowling Green
Michigan - Bowling Green: Open Thread
Important game for Michigan tonight, taking on Bowling Green at Yost before a short Thanksgiving break. No score half way through the 1st.
Audio: http://www.mgoblue.com/allaccess/?media=336813
MgoArt - Bowled Over
After last weeks game it's nice to celebrate a solid victory. Here's my homage to the game.
Highlights and Postgame Presser videos
Offense every snap video will be up tomorrow morning.
BGSU post-safety freekick
So today after we got the safety today to make it 30-14, bowling green proceeded to kickoff from their own 20 I think. however, I thought (or should I say ncaa football 05 taught me) that after a safety the kicking team had to punt it away. i looked on wikipedia and got this
Resuming play after a safety The various rules books prescribe different methods for resuming play after a safety. In the NFL, the team that gave up the points kicks to the other team from its own 20-yard line. This is termed a free kick: the kicking team has the option of employing a punt or a drop kick. Unlike the kickoff, a kicking tee may not be used (NFL only, college kickers have the option of using a tee on the safety kick). A punt is the most commonly chosen option, whereas a drop kick is virtually unheard-of in modern football.so it looks like it says you can punt or drop kick it. why then did bowling green kickoff normally?
Friday walkthrough video
Down with OPP: Dave Clawson (Bowling Green)
So I missed last week because I was really busy. So I've picked up the baton this week and am resuming Other People's Pressers. Dave Clawson is the guy for Bowling Green and here are a few notes I took based on the audio (what? no transcripts??) of his 25 min presser. There is also audio of questions to LB Eugene "Champ" Fells and Bryan Wright, but I haven't had time to listen to those.
On our personnel:
- He coached in FCS at Richmond for several years and the closest analogue to Denard is Armanti Edwards. Richmond played Appy St in the FCS semifinals in 2006 and lost. Said Armanti Edwards "had a very good day" against them. (Incidentally, UMass coach said something similar in reference to Edwards when they played in the 2007 semifinals - the year of The Horror).
- Denard is strong for his size, quick, fast, makes impressive throws. Has great arm strength, makes nfl throws, and is accurate
- They have a kid (backup QB Caleb Watkins) "being Denard" in practice, but that it's "hard to duplicate the speed of what they're doing" because DR is so fast. Mentioned that he heard DR ran something like a 4.32 40 in HS and that he's the fastest player on the UM team.
- Defensively, Mike Martin is a big strong guy, and UM has a big DL, averaging something like 290lbs.
- LBs can run, which is a challenge.
On our schemes:
- W/r/t our offense, it's like defending 2 back run game out of 1 back set. A lot of run-pass dilemmas due to ability to run QB. This will be a big challenge defensively for BGSU.
- On our defense, UM struggled defensively last week, but looking at the UConn and ND tapes, solid efforts. If they limit the big plays against ND, it's a blowout.
On their personnel:
- They're very young. Their starting QB (Schilz) is out this week, maybe next. #2 spot has been up for grabs, so both guys there (Aaron Pankratz and Trent Hurley) are pretty similar. All the QB's are young and inexperienced (per roster, all are FR or SO) and whoever starts will be starting for the first time.
- OL is also very inexperienced, which contributed to the injury to Schilz.
- RB Willie Geter is "probably the toughest 5-8 175lb back in the country." Last week vs. Marshall, was able to turn 2-3 yd losses into 2-3 yd gains (reminiscent of Mike Hart in that regard). They knew it was rock (ie, run), but couldn't stop Geter. Doesn't understand why he's not talked about as one of the top RBs in the conference.
- Kamar Jordan is now out of the bag, leading country in receptions. Not surprised that he's breaking out. Expects "cloud or hard corner coverage, safety invert coverage if they try to double him." Can anyone tell me what this means?
- Feel good about the other WRs as well. Lot of good players at that position.
- On Bryan Wright, haven't really talked to him about schemes and plays, they have the tape for all that from last year and this year. It's on the coaches to prep the team, not Bryan Wright to provide information. Did say that he asked about noise, atmosphere, wind, stadium, and if there were better ways to do things at BGSU based on his experience with both LC and RR.
- Said that Bryan Wright spoke very highly of both LC and RR, nothing but praise for both coaches. Reflects very well on Bryan Wright as a person and on the Michigan coaches (sidenote: Wright ended up going to BGSU because his graduate degree program - hospitality management - is not offered at UM).
On the game in general:
- Clawson has "told players they have an opportunity to do something very special for team, program, university."
- "After big loss, need to get refocused. Same after big win. Many new players this year, so need a lot more effort to stay level, not get too high or too low. Didn't practice well yesterday with enough focus. A win doesn't mean a great week. Players can get too high. " (I quoted it, but it's not really verbatim - just didn't feel like retyping)
- On Mizzou game last year, they were up 14 at one point, but lost the game. Said he didn't know if they truly believed they could win. It's 4 quarters. There were missed opportunities in the 1st Q that could've won them the game, just as in the 4th when they let it slip away.
- They get excited about playing in front of any crowd, even the 20k home field. But "how often do they get to play live in front of 110k people in the largest stadium in the country?" They don't play Michigan again. Once in a lifetime opportunity, kids need to be ready to take advantage of it. If they're not excited about it, nothing will wake them up.
- In reference to the UMass "little house on the prairie" remark, said that if the reporter knows how to control 110 kids, he's all ears (these are the jokes, people). Philosophy is that they need to enjoy themselves. This is a unique opportunity for them. If they're not having fun, they're not getting better. Obviously need to put in very hard work, but need to make sure they enjoy it, too.


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This is a discussion on cifs large write performance improvements to Samba - Samba ; Some informal results evaluating the results of new cifs directio mount option and effects of changing the SMB network buffer size. All tests were run at least four times on each configuration and averaged. Command executed: time dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/ofile ...
Some informal results evaluating the results of new cifs directio mount
option and effects of changing the SMB network buffer size. All tests
were run at least four times on each configuration and averaged.
Command executed: time dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/ofile bs=1M count=400
(400MB copy to server with large writes)
MemTotal on system: 905148kB (from /proc/meminfo)
Kernel: current 2.6.10-rc3 from linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.5 bk
SLES9 JFS (and EXT3 on one test). Intel Pentium M, relatively slower IDE
drives (laptop). Kernel compiled for debug memory allocations.
CIFS filesystem version: 1.28
Samba version 3.0.10pre (current svn)
mount over loopback interface to samba server on the same box (to
maximize network transfer speed)
CIFS mount (default): 1 minute 46 seconds (constrained largely by the 4K
writes, due to no implementation of page coalescing and no
implementation of cifs_writepages)
CIFS mount (directio): 35.9 seconds (huge improvement due to now being
able to do up to 16K size writes to server, and reducing double caching
effects since page cache not used on client side). Running with a faster
processor (otherwise the same) this dropped to 20.8 second average.
CIFS mount (directio, insmod specifying larger CIFSMaxBufSize of 65024):
24.0 seconds The larger buffer size (almost 4 times larger) led to
significant improvements (going beyond this to 120K network write size
did not improve performance on this test, actually got a bit worse).
Running with a faster processor (otherwise the same) this improved to
19.3 seconds average (and using the even larger 120K write size
performance dropped slightly to 20.6 seconds)
Additional comparison points -
The older smbfs filesystem: 1 minute 7.04 seconds (note that smbfs read
performance is much worse than cifs in part due to lack of readpages
implementation in smbfs, but the writepage performances differ less
Local performance:
JFS 3.5 seconds
EXT3 12.8 seconds
EXT3 was somewhat slower than I expected.
The does show that cifs directio mounts help a lot for large file copy -
and also that cifs badly needs an asyn writepages implementation (which
has obviously helped NFS on this kind of test). In addition CIFS needs
to reduce some of the CPU (one of the large buf allocs and memcpys in
the write path can be eliminated with some reasonably obvious changes).
I doubt that enough analysis on the Samba server side has been done for
this particular case on 2.6 and that might yield some easy improvements
as well. Also note that there was one case in which cifs to Samba ran
into the expected memory contention deadlock (client writes dirty page
to server, server blocked on memory allocation which is blocked on
client's write).


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by Voltaire
Candide Chapter 19 Summary
- After one hundred days of travel, Candide and Cacambo have lost the majority of their sheep (one hundred, to be exact) and riches. Nevertheless, the two remaining sheep carry more jewels than they could ever need.
- The men encounter a destitute slave in the road, who reveals that his master's name is Vanderdendur (keep that in mind for two minutes or so). His horrid state makes Candide renounce Optimism.
- Candide sends Cacambo with immense riches to Buenos Aires to reclaim Cunégonde. He plans to travel to Venice where he will await their arrival.
- Candide encounters a man (Vanderdendur, incidentally) who agrees to take him directly to Venice. Vanderdendur twice increases his asking price for the trip when he realizes the extent of Candide's wealth.
- Candide pays the fare in advance, and as he is about to board the ship, Vanderdendur sets sail, taking off with Candide's riches.
- Candide complains to a judge, who charges him a fee, but meets his story with indifference.
- Candide pays for a reasonably priced passage to Bordeaux and stages a competition to find the most miserable and downtrodden companion possible for his journey.
- Candide selects a candidate named Martin who is an old scholar (he cannot imagine a worse occupation) and they set sail.


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MUMBAI: Transactions through ATMs have now overtaken those through credit cards. With most cash dealings now taking place through ATMs, banks can leverage their rising ATM networks as a strategy towards customer acquisition, felt speakers at a day-long conference — "ATMs in India, experience and expectations, trends and technologies" on Thursday.
With over 90% of retail cash transactions taking place through ATMs, the industry expects banks to increasingly invest in setting up ATMs. Speaking at the conference, Euronet India's managing director Loney Antony said that he expects over 5,000 ATMs to be installed during FY04, which would work to Rs 750 crore. "With over 400 ATMs added every month, there are 18m cards in the country. In comparison, China has 470m cards. Arguably, we need to have 30-40m cards," he said.


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I saw that coming but that didn�t make watching it any easier. I called it 31-16 in a contest to score one of Bennie McCready�s awesome Michigan football prints on The Fort…Bennie tells me I took second out of over 400 responses. Weee for me.
The team played hard and the defense made hits. All that will be remembered is that we couldn�t handle the heat and took a brutal beating. Maybe it was the green uniforms against the field, but at times I swear there were a baker�s dozen Spartans in the box. It felt like 4th and 48 more than the one time it was really 4th and 48.
What�s next? Another Come to Jesus meeting? JC is Platinum on Delta by now. That�d be #4 in 2013 according to my unofficial count. Feels like splitting the next 4 games would be a great result.
Mood > Battered:
That�s 98% The Blockhams, and 2% MVictors (black eye). That�s a cheerful trend:
Uniforms > Nothing of note beyond Dr. Sap�s concern about the helmets in low light. Clear now that LHS will remain through the season. Uniform Timeline here for your reference.
Bruce Gets a Paul > One Michigan Man took home a Paul Bunyan Trophy and that�s longtime #1000SSS media man Bruce Madej who was honored by the MSU athletic department for his service. Bruce received a replica Paul, an announcement in the press box, and a hearty handshake from Spartan PR man big John Lewandowski (right):
Calendar > A packed day on the Michigan History Calendar on today, November 3:
Happy Birthday to Coach Hoke and LaMarr Woodley. Happy Anniversary to Spartan Bob/Clockgate and Mike Hart talking about younger male siblings. A props Craig of the Hoover Street Rag for pulling this one into the MHC. Today (November 3, 2013) Michigan is officially off probation, according to the penalties set forth in the November 4, 2010 NCAA Public Infractions Report:
Now we can get this thing moving!
Notables > from the game notes:
Michigan State reclaimed the Paul Bunyan Trophy with today's victory. Despite the loss, Michigan holds a 35-33-2 record when the two rivals play for the Bunyan Trophy. Senior kicker Brendan Gibbons converted a 39-yard field goal that banked off the right upright and through to tie the score at 6-6 with 3:22 remaining in the first half. He is now tied with J.D. Carlson (1989-91) for fourth on the all-time FG made list at U-M with 39.
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Russell Latapy
|Personal information
|Full name
|Russell Nigel Latapy
|Date of birth
|2 August 1968
|Place of birth
|Port of Spain, Trinidad
|1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
|Playing position
|Senior career*
|Portmore United
|Dundee United
|Caledonia AIA
|Edinburgh City
|National team
|Trinidad and Tobago
|Teams managed
|Falkirk (assistant)
|Trinidad and Tobago (assistant)
|Trinidad and Tobago
|Boavista (assistant)
|Inverness CT (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Russell Nigel Latapy CM (born 2 August 1968) is a Trinidadian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a coach. In a senior career which spanned more than twenty years at both club and international level, he played in Portugal (eight years with three clubs, most notably Porto) and Scotland (eleven seasons representing four teams, including Hibernian, Rangers and Falkirk).
Latapy gained 81 caps for the Trinidad and Tobago national team, and appeared at the 2006 World Cup.
Early life[edit]
Born in Port of Spain, Latapy was first noted playing organised football at under-10 level. As a youth he played in the Trinidad and Tobago Secondary School's Football League, and was called up to the national under-16 and under-19 teams.
When he was 19 years old, Latapy had an opportunity to attend Florida International University, but he chose to continue with his football career. This decision was supported by his mother despite the fact that in the 1980s very few Trinidadians were noted to have had careers in the sport that allowed them to earn a decent living.[1]
Playing career[edit]
In 1990, aged 22, after playing in his country and in Jamaica, Latapy moved to Portugal and signed for Académica de Coimbra, playing four years in the second division. During his spell in Coimbra, he appeared in nearly 150 official games, and scored eighteen goals in his last two seasons combined, but the club failed to win promotion. He also credited coach Vítor Manuel as one of the coaches he admired the most.[1]
Latapy's performances with Académica saw him signed by FC Porto. Under Bobby Robson, he helped the club to back-to-back national championships, being used regularly in his second year (twenty-six games, five goals). Also, he earned the distinction of being the first Trinidadian to play in the UEFA Champions League.[2]
In summer of 1996, Latapy signed with city neighbours Boavista FC. On 29 October, he scored twice in a 5–0 home win against FC Dinamo Tbilisi in that season's UEFA Europa League (5–1 on aggregate), and was also part of the squad that won the campaign's Portuguese Cup, even though he did not play in the final against S.L. Benfica (3–2).
In the 1998 off-season, Latapy was recruited by manager Alex McLeish to join Scottish First Division side Hibernian. He quickly became a fan favourite at his new club and earned numerous team accolades, including two Player of the Year awards and a Scottish Division 1 Player of the Year award; he also contributed with six goals in twenty-three games in an eventual promotion to the Premier League, as champions.
Despite his contributions, Latapy was sacked from Hibernian early in 2001 after a night that began with him socialising with countryman and Manchester United player Dwight Yorke, and ended with him being charged by police for drunk driving. The incident represented a breach of the code of conduct for Hibernian players, who were forbidden to drink for 48 hours before a match.[3][4] It was around this time that both players quit international football after being dropped from the starting line-up by national coach Renê Simões, after they failed to show up for a training session.[5]
Following his dismissal from Hibernian, Latapy was signed by Rangers, who were managed by Dick Advocaat. He failed to reproduce his best form at Ibrox Stadium, even when McLeish replaced the Dutchman at the helm of the club – the new manager expressed a desire to field younger players, Latapy was 34; in addition to his age, his partying tendencies also did little to put him in favour with the coach, and he eventually left in January 2003.[4][6]
Latapy finished the 2002–03 season with fellow league team Dundee United. In the summer, he was brought to Falkirk by manager John Hughes, his former teammate at Hibs, who had 'tracked him down' in Portugal.[7] The veteran started strongly, scoring a total of fourteen league goals in his first two seasons, and was an essential component of the team as they returned to the top flight in 2005, as champions. In the process, he was awarded the First Division 'Player of the Month' for April and was again named the league's Player of the Year.
Latapy received another individual award in 2006, this time the SPL 'Player of the Month' for August. The Bairns once again retained their top division status in 2008–09, but he only appeared in three games, leaving the club in January 2009 at nearly 41 after 194 competitive appearances (29 goals), and signed with Caledonia AIA in his homeland.[8] Latapy was inducted into the 'Falkirk Hall of Fame' on 29 November 2008. To mark this occasion the club hosted a 'Russell Latapy Day'.[9] In October 2011, at 43, he came out of retirement to sign for East of Scotland Football League's Edinburgh City, ahead of their Scottish Cup tie against Irvine Meadow.[10]
Latapy's debut for Trinidad and Tobago was on 30 October 1988, in a 0–0 home draw against Honduras for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[11] He was part of the squad known as the Strike Squad whom, needing only one point in its last game to qualify for the finals in Italy, was defeated 0–1 at home by the United States.[12]
In 2005, after four years without one single appearance, Latapy returned to the national team following the intervention of his friend Yorke – who had done the same the previous year – and FIFA vice-president Austin "Jack" Warner.[13] His first match in his second spell was a 3–2 home win over Guatemala in which he scored, and he took part in a further five contests in the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, including both games in the decisive playoffs against Bahrain, with the Soca Warriors qualifying to the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history.
Latapy's input in the finals in Germany consisted of 25 minutes in the 0–2 loss against Paraguay, in an eventual group stage exit.[14] The national team returned to a hero's welcome at Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and, in recognition of their achievements, each member of the team was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's second highest honour, the Chaconia Medal in gold, and TT$1,000,000.[15]
Coaching career[edit]
Latapy became assistant to Trinidad and Tobago manager Francisco Maturana and, following the Colombian's resignation in 2009, was appointed his successor.[16][17] On 13 January 2011, it was confirmed by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association that Latapy would cease his duties as national manager, as the team failed to qualify to the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup after being eliminated before the semi-final stage of the 2010 Caribbean Cup. In his 23 games in charge, he recorded nine wins, three draws and eleven losses.[18]
In January 2014, Latapy was working as an assistant coach for former club Boavista.[19] He then linked up again with John Hughes, becoming his assistant at Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[20][21]
Latapy helped Inverness win the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.[22] He left the club in July 2015, as he sought to become a manager in his own right.[22]
- Boavista
- Porto
- Hibernian
- Rangers
- Falkirk
- T&T Footballer of the Year in 1983, 1985, 1989, 1996[23]
- Scottish Premier League: Player of the Month August 2006[23][24]
- Scottish First Division: Player of the Year 1998–99, 2004–05[23]
- Scottish First Division: Player of the Month April 2005[23]
- Hibernian Player of the Year in 1998–99, 1999–00[23]
- T&T Chaconia Medal Gold (World Cup qualifying squad) in 1989[23]
- T&T Chaconia Medal Gold (World Cup Finals squad) in 2006[23]
- T&T Hummingbird Medal Gold (for Sport) in 1996[23]
- Edinburgh Evening News Sports Personality of the Year in 1999[23]
- T&T Olympic Committee Sports Personality of the Year in 2000[23]
- Nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year in 2000[23]
- Nominated for the BBC Scotland's Off The Ball Overseas Player of the Year in 2004[23]
- Best XI 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
- ^ a b Latapy – the man, his moments, his dreams; Trinidad Guardian, 12 October 2005
- ^ Russell Latapy; FIFA.com Archived 17 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Latapy axed by Hibs; BBC Sport, 22 May 2001
- ^ a b The Russell Latapy story – Part III: The 'lime' that soured Latapy's career; Trinidad Guardian, 7 May 2003
- ^ Yorke and Latapy quit; BBC Sport, 29 June 2001
- ^ "Gers to pay off Latapy". BBC Sport. 14 January 2003. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Falkirk snap up Latapy". BBC Sport. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Latapy to star in Pro League
- ^ Little Magician is to be honoured by supporters; Falkirk Herald, 13 November 2008
- ^ Hardie, David (19 October 2011). "Ex-Hibs ace Latapy returns to Scottish football". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ Russell Latapy – Goals in International Matches; at RSSSF
- ^ The story of our 2006 World Cup success; Soca Warriors, 25 November 2005
- ^ Latapy's back; Trinidad Guardian, 23 August 2005
- ^ Exit, center stage; Planet World Cup
- ^ Prime Minister Manning clarifies rewards to Soca Warriors; Office of the Prime Minister: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 26 June 2006
- ^ "Latapy is Trinidad's new head coach". The Scotsman. 9 April 2009.
- ^ "The rise, fall & future of a T&T football legend". Soca Warriors. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Latapy and technical staff out; Soca Warriors, 13 January 2011
- ^ "Latapy: "Quero conquistar espaço como técnico"" [Latapy: "I want to make room for myself as a manager"]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 July 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Inverness Caley Thistle closing in on deal to appoint Russell Latapy as John Hughes' assistant". Daily Record. 10 January 2014.
- ^ "Latapy arrives". Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Russell Latapy". Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Magician disappears; Trinidad Guardian, 10 May 2006
- ^ Latapy, 38, named player of month; BBC Sport, 8 September 2006
External links[edit]
- Russell Latapy at footballzz.co.uk
- Russell Latapy profile at ForaDeJogo
- Russell Latapy career statistics at Soccerbase
- Russell Latapy at National-Football-Teams.com
- Russell Latapy – FIFA competition record
- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Port of Spain
- Trinidad and Tobago footballers
- Association football midfielders
- TT Pro League players
- Caledonia AIA F.C. players
- Portmore United F.C. players
- Primeira Liga players
- Segunda Liga players
- Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players
- FC Porto players
- Boavista F.C. players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Falkirk F.C. players
- Edinburgh City F.C. players
- Trinidad and Tobago international footballers
- 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Trinidad and Tobago expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Jamaica
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Trinidad and Tobago expatriates in Jamaica
- Trinidad and Tobago expatriates in Portugal
- Trinidad and Tobago expatriates in Scotland
- Trinidad and Tobago football managers
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. non-playing staff
- Recipients of the Chaconia Medal