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Aussie Boozers Still Winners
THE great Willie John McBride talks fondly of his time as a player when "sex was safe and rugby was dangerous." In those days it wasn't unheard of for the Ireland players to have a pint or two in a Dublin pub the day before a game.
They famously even met the England team in a pub on Baggot Street less than 24 hours before they were all due to do battle together at Lansdowne Road in the early 1970s.
That story will cut little ice with the new Aussie coach Ewen McKenzie, who suspended six players on Monday after he discovered they had taken the aptly named Guinness Series to heart and engaged in a few pints too many before their win over Ireland on Saturday.
The Aussies, by the way, went drinking on Tuesday of last week, four days before the game. They'd never have lasted in the Willie John McBride era.
As for Ireland's performance against the same Aussies, it doesn't say much that they fumbled their way to a heavy defeat against a team of drinkers!
The fact that New Zealand are next up at the Aviva on Sunday, seeking to close 2013 with a perfect 100 percent record from 14 games, won't do much to settle the nerves of the Irish fans or even the players as they adapt to life under new coach Joe Schmidt.
Maybe Joe should go back to the future and bring his players out for a few beers in the build-up to the game. It certainly didn't do Australia any harm now, did it?
Sideline Views
GAA: We can only hope the new Cork football boss Brian Cuthbert doesn't suffer from paranoia. No fewer than six senior county players have announced their retirement since he was appointed to the job, and another has left for life as an Aussie Rules player. It's good so that Cuthbert knows the under-21 and minor scene in Cork inside out. He's going to need all the good young players he can find next season.
RACING: Hurricane Fly set a new world record of 17 grade one winners at Punchestown on Sunday with the brilliant Ruby Walsh aboard, but we all know the horse will really sit up and take notice at Cheltenham next March. That's when the action really counts and all the signs are encouraging for an Irish banker at the 2014 festival.
SOCCER: Great to see Roddy Collins back in management with Derry City. Whatever else, the great one will bring a touch of color and excitement to the Brandywell and, like the fans and his new number two Peter Hutton, he will wear his heart on his sleeve. That much is always guaranteed with the Rodmaster!
RUGBY: The Irish government wants the island of Ireland to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 and why not – by then the recession should be over, the emigrants will have returned and the border will be gone. And pigs will be flying alongside Ryanair jets!
GAA: Pity the poor footballers of Cratloe in Clare. No sooner had they won the Clare senior title for the first time on Saturday than they had to go out and win a Munster club game on Sunday. I'll bet that beer tasted good on Sunday night.
The GAA kicked the weaker hurling counties in the teeth with their decision on Saturday not to change the format of the National League for next season. Carlow are one of the lesser lights that will suffer from the status quo decision, so wasn't it ironic that their club champions Mount Leinster caused a major shock on Sunday with a provincial club SHC semifinal win over Ballyboden of Dublin. They won't win the Leinster final against Oulart the Ballagh, but their mere presence there will embarrass the powers that be. And that's always a good thing.
It's not even a contest this week, not even with the Aussies who went on the beer before they hammered Ireland at the Aviva. Our old Twitter connection James McClean was at it again on Sunday when he slaughtered The Belfast Telegraph newspaper and labeled it both sectarian and staffed by "bigots." He's been in trouble on social media more than once before and really needs to throw the phone away and concentrate on what he's good at – playing football. James needs to leave the words to those who know what they are doing, even the bigots!


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By Rose Cuison Villazor
The New York Times
September 15, 2011
Although it seems contradictory, equal protection law allows the use of blood quantum to give preferential treatment to members of American Indian tribes. Specifically, in the 1974 case of Morton v. Mancari, the Supreme Court held that a federal agency's hiring preferences of American Indians who met particular blood quantum requirements did not violate equal protection principles. According to the Court, the adoption of the blood quantum rule was not racially discriminatory. Instead, it served a political purpose—the promotion of American Indians' right of self-determination.
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This was a pivotal year for the tall building industry, with dramatic projects making headlines around the world. Not only did skylines grow taller, skyscrapers were often at the center of debates about how cities should evolve and develop as efficient urban centers.
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To the Editor,
Luis Quiros' harangue, "Student summer school charges unfair," in the Aug. 23 edition, totally misses the point about summer school. First of all, the taxes paid for the Mamaroneck School District and the Rye Neck School District come from totally different taxpayers.
After the passage of the Taylor Law in 1967, school districts rapidly dropped their summer school programs. The tax burden was simply too great. Home district students were prohibited from paying tuition and teachers had to be paid according to union scale. Mamaroneck was extremely fortunate to have a group of people who formed a not-for-profit corporation to provide continuing education, which districts also dropped from their school budgets; yet another victim of escalating costs.
The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Center for Continuing Education offered to run summer school when it was dropped from the Mamaroneck school budget. To that point, all students paid a fee to the corporation, with a slightly larger fee for out-of-district students. In its wisdom, the New York State Education Department refused to allow Mamaroneck students to pay any fees to attend summer school in their home district. As a result, in order to continue to provide any summer school, fees for out-of-district students increased.
If Mamaroneck were to drop its summer school program, local students would all be obliged to attend evening classes in New Rochelle and all the students would pay out-of-district fees to New Rochelle.
In a letter like Mr. Quiros,' the facts should accurately reflect the situation. Rye Neck does not oblige students to pay fees. The opportunities for kids to attend summer school, which many students need to graduate, are becoming fewer and fewer. Look to the New York State Department of Education to help remedy the situation. And in Mamaroneck's case, thank the people who established the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Center for Continuing Education and the dedicated volunteers who have kept the program going for more than 40 years.
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Definition of glareshield in English:
Entry from British & World English dictionary
A screen attached to the cockpit canopy of an aircraft to reduce the effects of glare.
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- He turned and faced front but then collapsed over the cockpit glareshield and instruments.
- The first ships off the assembly line did not have glareshields on the instrument panel, creating a hazard at night.
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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — The sentencing of a Waterloo man convicted of second-degree murder has been continued until March.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports (http://bit.ly/ZiNs9d) that 22-year-old James Farnsworth II was to be sentenced Feb. 26 in Cerro Gordo County District Court.
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HAGERSTOWN — The 7-Eleven convenience store was robbed by a man with a subcompact semi-automatic handgun early Saturday morning.
The robber entered the store at 3:05 p.m., went to the bathroom and waited until all the customers left the store, according to Maryland State Police. He then immediately approached the cashier, brandished the gun and demanded money from the cash register.
He received an undisclosed amount of cash, left the store and fled in his vehicle — a silver hatchback subcompact that may have Maryland tags, which was parked on the south side of the story.
The robber is about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weights 190 pounds. He was wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, light blue jeans, a black knit hat and eye glasses.
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SIKESTON - Taylor Barnett, son of Shaun and Teletia Cole Barnett, died shortly after birth Oct. 29, 2003, at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis.
Survivors in addition to his parents include: one sister, Taydrianna Barnett of Sikeston; one brother, Malkia Barnett of Sikeston; maternal grandparents, Norman and Portia Cole of Sikeston; paternal grandparents, Joe and Lessie Barnett of Sikeston; maternal great-grandparents, Evelena Herrion and Elsie Cole of Essex; paternal great-grandparents, Joe and Almeter Marshall of Sikeston; and five uncles.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden with the Rev. James Tuck officiating.
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SIKESTON -- Connie Channell Daniels, age 50, died May 13, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston after an extended illness.
Born Sept. 15, 1961, in Lilbourn, to the late Rase Lee Channell and Josephine Black Martin, she was a receptionist at Montgomery Bank until ill health forced her into retirement.
She is survived by: ten brothers, Stanley (Barbara) Channell of Sikeston, Malcolm Channell of Mississippi, Jeffrey (Victoria) Channell of Clarksville, Tenn., Randall (Sherry) Channell, Joe (Sharon) Channell, Jim (Cheryl) Channell all of Paducah, Ky., Don (Peggy) Channell of Mayfield, Ky.; Dana Martin of Phoenix and Pat and Gary Martin of Glendora, Calif.; four sisters, Denise (Alan) Hopper of Sikeston, Sheila (Rick) Dillingham, Dianne Channell and Vickie Channell all of Mayfield, Ky.; two grandchildren, Violet Daniels of Matthews and Liam Blaylock of Sikeston; her best friend, Nina Cumins of Risco; and her dog, Conner.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Tiffany Daniels; and one sister, Sherry Kerns.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.
Online condolences may be sent at www.ponderfuneralhome.com.
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December 17, 2011
Jinka Arunodaya Cinema banner is coming up with Tupaki. It is produced and directed by Jinka Harish Babu. Regular shooting will begin from 29th onwards. After conducting pooja at Yadagirigutta, the producer said senior artistes will be working with newcomers too, the shooting will take place in Chhattisgarh. The film talks about the necessity to take up a weapon.
Gottiparthy Bhaskar Goud, Aleru division convener of Telangana JAC, lyricist Rampaka Nagesh, actor Rayagiri Umapati participated in the programme.


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Marco Rubio's rebuttal to the State of the Union address was remarkable for being unremarkable—it contained much of the same warmed-over pablum we heard from the stage in Tampa Bay at the Republican National Convention six months ago. President Obama "believes [the government] the cause of our problems" and that "More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back." There was even a Solyndra reference.
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My Papa's Waltz
by Theodore Roethke
Analysis: Calling Card
Writing About His Father
Even though all of Roethke's poems aren't explicitly about his father, the poet's childhood spent following his father around his Michigan greenhouse had a huge influence on his writing. When Roethke's father died, he was devastated. But Roethke's father lived on in his son's writing. Roethke even published a book of poetry called The Lost Son and Other Poems, which included "My Papa's Waltz."
When Roethke's father is not mentioned specifically in his poetry, the nature, plants, and insects that Roethke encountered alongside his father usually appear. In this poem, we don't see too much of nature, but we do see the father's work in his rough hands.
Regardless of what controversy there is about the father-son relationship in this poem, "My Papa's Waltz" is one of many Roethke poems that commemorate his dad.


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In an Interview with ET NOW, Dodge O Dorland, CMT, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, Landor &, discusses global markets. Excerpts:
ET Now: Do you think the risk-on trade is now getting challenged?
Dodge O Dorland: Yes, it is getting challenged. Short term, there are some warning signs that the rally is not growing, increasingly vulnerable to a pullback. We have been looking for reasons to take a break, which certainly has had quite a move across the different markets and the different size of companies that are participating.


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Barons Baseball begins season with two wins
MOUNT VERNON—A full helping of rain overnight couldn't spoil opening day for the Brewton-Parker College Barons as Edward Waters College ended up on the wrong end of two well played games Saturday afternoon in Mount Vernon, said Barons Baseball Head Coach Greg "Boo" Mullins.
Game one went to the Barons 16-1. Drew Parker took the hill for the Barons in game one, and he never struggled, said Mullins. His final line for the evening was five innings, one run, on two hits with six strikeouts, and no walks.
A solid pitching performance, to say the least, but the offense stole the show in this one, as the Barons combined for 16 runs on 13 hits including four for extra bases. Kale Lewis led the way for Brewton-Parker going 3-3, with a double, four RBI, and two runs scored.
Valdosta State transfer Robby Kuzdale also played well in his Brewton-Parker debut, going 2-3, with a walk, and a double, two RBI, and two runs scored.
Game Two was more of the same, as the Barons continued to pile up runs, and ended the evening with an 11-2 victory. Ricky Rogers got the start in game two, and in 5 and 2/3 innings of work, gave up two runs (both unearned) on two hits, and struck out eight while walking none.
Joey Delgado finished the sixth, and Delgis Soto struck out the side in the seventh to clinch the victory for Brewton-Parker.
The Barons will travel to Daytona Beach, Fla., to take on nationally ranked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in a three-game series Feb. 5-6, with a single game Friday beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday's doubleheader begins at 1 p.m.
A full schedule can be found at bpc.edu/athletics/baseball.
Brewton-Parker College is the only accredited four-year Christian college in south Georgia. Affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention, BPC's main campus is located in Mount Vernon and has an external learning site in Newnan.


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Building on the principles developed during her long career as a licensed therapist, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Laura shows readers how to survive enemies—traitors, backstabbers, and saboteurs—at work and at home.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger has helped countless men and women become better husbands, wives, parents, and people. Now, Dr. Laura turns to an emotionally explosive subject that has touched all of our lives: betrayal and the desire for revenge. And for the first time, she shares her own personal experiences with betrayal, humiliation, and pain, which have led her to powerful and thought-provoking ideas and strategies. Surviving a Shark Attack (on Land) gives readers the emotional defenses they need for overcoming the worst life can throw at them.
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Will the UN's West Bank probe be Goldstone all over again?
Israel would be better off cooperating with the UN Human Rights Council and possibly avoiding a similar palaver to the Gaza war probe, writes Raphael Ahren in the Times of Israel.
Jerusalem did not learn any lesson from the Goldstone saga. The fact is that the United Nations member states are determined to write a report about the settlements. It will undoubtedly be very unflattering, to the settlers in the red-roofed villages of the West Bank and to the politicians in Jerusalem. But ignoring the problem is not going to make it go away.
Obama Hearts Turkish Leader Erdogan As He Oppresses His Own People and Stabs America in the Back
Barry Rubin of PJ Media has harsh words for President Obama over his alliance with Turkey's Prime Minister.
And how can Obama use Erdogan as his intermediary with Iran when the Turkish ruler made an unauthorized–according to administration officials!–deal with Tehran in 2010 that sabotaged the delicate U.S. drive to toughen anti-Iran sanctions? Indeed, Obama gave Turkey a waiver on implementing the sanctions and Turkish trade with Iran keeps growing, in direct contradiction to Washington's supposed strategy! For Obama to use a man who is, in effect, in cahoots with the Iranian regime, who has said that he doesn't believe Iran is building nuclear weapons and stressed his friendship toward that dictatorship, is remarkable.
Benjamin Weinthal and Thomas Joscelyn of the Weekly Standard report from the German trial of an al Qaeda member accused of plotting a devastating attack in Europe.
In testimony before the court, Siddiqui described how he and his co-conspirators planned different travel routes in order to avoid suspicion beginning in early 2009. But their travels had a common theme: Iran was their principal gateway to jihad. According to Siddiqui, two of his co-conspirators—Rami Makanesi and Naamen Meziche—traveled from Vienna to Tehran in order "to not get caught." Their trip was booked in a Hamburg travel office by an unknown Iranian.
The Coming Out: Can Iraq Finally Make Friends With Its Neighbors?
Writing in the Atlantic, Kenneth M. Pollack anticipates the upcoming Arab League summit, held for the first time in post-Saddam Baghdad.
t seems clear that the Sunni Arab states are far from believing [Iraqi Prime Minister] Maliki has actually changed his spots. Most believe he remains more committed to Iran and Syria than to the rest of the (Sunni) Arab world, and so they are likely to press the Syria issue and try to force Maliki to pick a side. They rightly see his dismissal of the charge that Iran is flying arms to Syria through Iraqi airspace as an effort to placate Iran and make up for his mildly more critical public stance on Syria. Thus, Maliki will have to walk a very narrow tightrope all through the summit to avoid being pushed by the Sunni Arab states or pulled by the Iranians to declare for one side or the other on this critical issue. In recent years, Maliki has shown himself to be a skillful political tactician, but appeasing both camps without alienating either will be quite a feat.
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My husband and I were on holidays at the lake and the weather had been miserable for more than a week, so we decided one morning to pack up and head to Prince Albert and the casino. We went to The Prince Albert Inn, as we could see it had a skywalk attached to the casino.
The lobby is very nice, and I was rather impressed. We walked up to the front desk and were greeted right away by a young woman with a smile. She was very friendly, and we found out it was just her third day on the job. There were two others there to help her, and all were very nice. We checked in with no problems.
We got a king room on the main floor. Walking down the hall from the front desk, the first half of the hallway is tile and is very loud when rolling your suitcase or a luggage cart across the floor. I was glad we weren't in a room that had the tile in the hall in front. The tile turned to carpet, which had big bumps in it. It looked as though there had been a flood and the carpet had been dried and needed to be stretched.We got to our room and it was a mixture of - this is pretty nice to yuck. When you first walk in, there is ceramic tile and an area for the coffee pot with a nice sized stainless steel fridge. Bathroom was okay. Step farther into the room and then it's carpet. The filthiest carpet I have ever seen in a hotel. It seems as though they've remodelled the first 5 ft. of the room, and left the rest. The first thing I did was turn down the blankets on the bed to check the sheets. There were yellow stains ( I hope they were stains) and hair in the sheets. I went to the housekeeper we had passed in the hall and asked if I could get some new sheets for our bed. She brought them right away and I remade the bed - minus the blanket and comfortor. I was very grateful we had brought our sleeping bags with us from the lake. There was an armchair in the room, and the arms on it were so greasy and dirty my stomach rolled. I said to my husband that if they don't want to purchase new chairs for the rooms, they should at least take them out! I would've rather had no chair in there than that filthy thing.
This is a nice property with an excellent location. It's a shame it feels so grungy. The rooms are decent size, have a really nice fridge and the bathroom is okay. It doesn't matter to me that the curtains and comfortor (which btw, had a big hole in it) are from the 70's, but I do expect clean. The staff were all friendly, and if you're there for the casino, you can't find a better location. That is why I am saying I would recommend this hotel, but I recommend taking slippers and bedding.
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About WVA Wisconsin Visual Artists (WVA) is a not-for-profit membership-based organization made up of visual artists working in a wide variety of media and also supporters of Wisconsin Art. WVA is the oldest art organization in Wisconsin.
The purpose of the WVA is to promote, develop and encourage the creative visual arts in Wisconsin. WVA produces a quarterly magazine that features two Wisconsin artists in each issue. WVA sponsors the Wisconsin Artist Biennial, an exhibit open to all artist over 18 living in Wisconsin. This is a showcase of some of the best contemporary art in Wisconsin. WVA manages this website, where artist members and gallery/museum members may post their exhibits and events. WVA is one of the co-sponsors for the Wisconsin Visual Artist Achievement Awards. WVA has a growing endowment that will help to preserve our future.
The WVA artist membership is divided into three chapters: Southeast (SE) in the Milwaukee area; South Central (SC) in the Madison area; and Northeast (NE) in the Appleton/Green Bay area More About WVA.
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Decompose Constructive Solid Geometry into minimal regions
dl = decsg(gd,sf,ns)
dl = decsg(gd)
[dl,bt] = decsg(gd)
[dl,bt] = decsg(gd,sf,ns)
[dl,bt,dl1,bt1,msb] = decsg(gd)
[dl,bt,dl1,bt1,msb] = decsg(gd,sf,ns)
This function analyzes the Constructive Solid Geometry model (CSG model) that you draw. It analyzes the CSG model, constructs a set of disjoint minimal regions, bounded by boundary segments and border segments, and optionally evaluates a set formula in terms of the objects in the CSG model. We often refer to the set of minimal regions as the decomposed geometry. The decomposed geometry makes it possible for other Partial Differential Equation Toolbox™ functions to "understand" the geometry you specify. For plotting purposes a second set of minimal regions with a connected boundary is constructed.
The PDE app uses
decsg for many purposes.
Each time a new solid object is drawn or changed, the PDE app calls
decsg to
be able to draw the solid objects and minimal regions correctly. The
Delaunay triangulation algorithm,
initmesh, also
uses the output of
decsg to generate an initial
dl = decsg(gd,sf,ns) decomposes
the CSG model
gd into the decomposed geometry
The CSG model is represented by the Geometry Description matrix, and
the decomposed geometry is represented by the Decomposed Geometry
decsg returns the minimal regions that
evaluate to true for the set formula
sf. The Name
Space matrix
ns is a text matrix that relates the
columns in
gd to variable names in
dl = decsg(gd) returns all minimal
regions. (The same as letting
sf correspond to
the union of all objects in
[dl,bt] = decsg(gd) and
= decsg(gd,sf,ns) additionally return a Boolean
table that relates the original solid objects to the minimal
regions. A column in
bt corresponds to the column
with the same index in
gd. A row in
bt corresponds
to a minimal region index.
[dl,bt,dl1,bt1,msb] = decsg(gd) and
= decsg(gd,sf,ns) return a second set of minimal regions
dl1 with
a corresponding Boolean table
bt1. This second
set of minimal regions all have a connected boundary. These minimal
regions can be plotted by using MATLAB® patch objects. The second
set of minimal regions have borders that may not have been induced
by the original solid objects. This occurs when two or more groups
of solid objects have non-intersecting boundaries.
The calling sequences additionally return a sequence
msb of
drawing commands for each second minimal region. The first row contains
the number of edge segment that bounds the minimal region. The additional
rows contain the sequence of edge segments from the Decomposed Geometry
matrix that constitutes the bound. If the index edge segment label
is greater than the total number of edge segments, it indicates that
the total number of edge segments should be subtracted from the contents
to get the edge segment label number and the drawing direction is
opposite to the one given by the Decomposed Geometry matrix.
The Geometry Description matrix
gd describes
the CSG model that you draw using the PDE app. The current Geometry
Description matrix can be made available to the MATLAB workspace
by selecting the Export Geometry Description, Set Formula,
Labels option from the Draw menu
in the PDE app.
Each column in the Geometry Description matrix corresponds to an object in the CSG model. Four types of solid objects are supported. The object type is specified in row 1:
For the circle solid, row one contains 1, and the second and third row contain the center x- and y-coordinates, respectively. Row four contains the radius of the circle.
For a polygon solid, row one contains 2, and the second row contains the number, n, of line segments in the boundary of the polygon. The following n rows contain the x-coordinates of the starting points of the edges, and the following n rows contain the y-coordinates of the starting points of the edges.
For a rectangle solid, row one contains 3. The format is otherwise identical to the polygon format.
For an ellipse solid, row one contains 4, the second and third row contains the center x- and y-coordinates, respectively. Rows four and five contain the semiaxes of the ellipse. The rotational angle (in radians) of the ellipse is stored in row six.
sf contains a set formula expressed
with the set of variables listed in
ns. The operators
`+', `*', and `-' correspond to the set operations union, intersection,
and set difference, respectively. The precedence of the operators
`+' and `*' is the same. `-' has higher precedence. The precedence
can be controlled with parentheses.
The Name Space matrix
ns relates
the columns in
gd to variable names in
Each column in
ns contains a sequence of characters,
padded with spaces. Each such character column assigns a name to the
corresponding geometric object in
gd. This way
we can refer to a specific object in
gd in the
set formula
The Decomposed Geometry matrix
dl contains
a representation of the decomposed geometry in terms of disjointed minimal
regions that have been constructed by the
decsg algorithm.
Each edge segment of the minimal regions corresponds to a column in
We refer to edge segments between minimal regions as border
segments and outer boundaries as boundary segments.
In each such column rows two and three contain the starting and ending x-coordinate,
and rows four and five the corresponding y-coordinate.
Rows six and seven contain left and right minimal region labels with
respect to the direction induced by the start and end points (counter
clockwise direction on circle and ellipse segments). There are three
types of possible edge segments in a minimal region:
For circle edge segments row one is 1. Rows eight and nine contain the coordinates of the center of the circle. Row 10 contains the radius.
For line edge segments row one is 2.
For ellipse edge segments row one is 4. Rows eight and nine contain the coordinates of the center of the ellipse. Rows 10 and 11 contain the semiaxes of the ellipse, respectively. The rotational angle of the ellipse is stored in row 12.
The following command sequence starts the PDE app and draws a unit circle and a unit square.
pdecirc(0,0,1) pderect([0 1 0 1])
Insert the set formula
C1-SQ1. Export the
Geometry Description matrix, set formula, and Name Space matrix to
the MATLAB workspace by selecting the Export Geometry
Description option from the Draw menu.
Then type
[dl,bt] = decsg(gd,sf,ns); dl = 2.0000 2.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 0 0 -1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 0 0.0000 1.0000 -1.0000 0 1.0000 -0.0000 -1.0000 1.0000 0 0 -1.0000 0 -0.0000 0 0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 bt = 1 0
There is one minimal region, with five edge segments, three circle edge segments, and two line edge segments.
NaN is returned if the set formula
sf cannot
be evaluated.
The algorithm consists of the following steps:
Determine the intersection points between the borders of the model objects.
For each intersection point, sort the incoming edge segments on angle and curvature.
Determine if the induced graph is connected. If not, add some appropriate edges, and redo algorithm from step 1.
Cycle through edge segments of minimal regions.
For each original region, determine minimal regions inside it.
Organize output and remove the additional edges.
The input CSG model is not checked for correctness. It is assumed
that no circles or ellipses are identical or degenerated and that
no lines have zero length. Polygons must not be self-intersecting.
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We did the ''In Alaska's Wildest Kitchen" trip and had a great time. Learned some good recipes for salmon and halibut then went out to the grill where we cooked and ate our fish. Nice presentation by the host.
Took the Dog Sled and Musher's Camp tour and were extremely disappointed. $139 each for a ride around a "track" in a wheeled cart behind some dogs. Had a couple pups to play with but we could not see the dog camp or anything related to the training. NOT worth the money.
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Nice ride looking at the scenery. They pulled up a couple crab pots to let us all see what it was like. Back at the lodge the crab feast was fantastic. Plenty of great tasting crab followed by cheesecake.
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They hope you can help them put the suspect behind bars.
Lt. Stewart Walker with the London Police Department says he hopes someone from the community recognizes the man on the surveillance video will lead to a break in the case.
Surveillance video shows a man inside the Flea Land Flea Market off Highway 229 in London on the night of July 1st.
Police describe the suspect as a white man with short hair, between five foot ten and six feet tall and weighing 175 to 200 pounds with a mustache and partial goatee.
London police say this is the prime suspect in their on-going burglary and theft investigation.
"After reviewing the tape there had been some merchandise approximately a thousand dollars worth of jewelry and things that had been taken from a vendors booth inside the Flea Land Flea Market," Lt. Walker said.
So far police say the investigation has not produced any leads and now they are reaching out to the community for help.
"We are asking anyone in the community if they see this video that maybe they can recognize the person the male person in the video and notify the London Police Department.
Walker says there is also a vehicle of interest in this case he says a witness told him there was a green suspicious CRV in the parking lot of the flea market around the same time the crime occurred.
"171 is the first three digits of that tag of this dark green Honda CRV," Lt. Walker said.
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Do we all remember Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust? Different, wasn't it? Icelandic post-rock giants Sigur Rós essentially abandoned all that had propelled them into the sights of pop music and adopted, ironically, a much more pop-oriented sound. The minimalistic beauty of Ágætis byrjun and the rich, thick musical layers present in ( ) were left behind for playful melodies, acoustic guitars, and (get this) tempos above 80 bpm! In a Sigur Rós album! Heresy! This shift was first noticeable to observant listeners in Takk… , but it was really Með suð that embraced their new mentality. And then they went on an indefinite hiatus. I mean, I liked Með suð, but I never wanted to see it become their swan song. This is the band that released ( ), the best album of the century so far (in my opinion, obvs), and they sign out with an album shows the band members naked on the cover? No thanks.
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"Watch The Throne" (2011) by Jay-Z & Kanye West
Riding on the success of Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, two of the most critically and commercially successful rappers of all time have come together to record a collaborative record, Watch The Throne. But where the former succeeded, this album falls flat on its face. Gone is the flow and cohesion that poured out of Dark Twisted Fantasy; gone is 95% of the emotion and 100% of the killer verses.
Watch The Throne has ambition. It is blatant that Kanye is trying to carry over his trademark highly dense production style to this collaboration. Samples from all sorts of genres are flying in from left, right, and centre as Kanye and Jay-Z lazily rap over the top of them. The production is brilliant, no doubt. But the problem, unfortunately, is the rapping. Unlike the clever, intricate rhyming structures that we know both rappers are capable of, Watch The Throne seems to be constructed of boring monosyllabic rhymes and effortlessly (not in a good way) written lyrics, for the better part of the album with no deeper meaning to them at all. Both Kanye and Jay-Z have become complacent – on this album we have two of the greatest rappers in music, and all they can do is talk about how brilliant they are, which is a shame.
There is never really any true chemistry between the two, either. Jay-Z and Kanye both have their own verses and songs, but very rarely do they rap together, playing off each other's rhymes. The final product is an album which sounds mostly like Kanye recorded some songs, Jay-Z record some songs, and someone mixed them up and put them in random order.
Props go to a few songs, such as "Otis", but for the better part Watch The Throne is what happens when two of the most famous and successful musicians in the world get together and let their egos absorb them, resulting in a complacent, self-righteous mess.
"Green Naugahyde" (2011) by Primus
Primus are… different. After not releasing a single album in the last decade, they're back with their distinctly Primus sound in Green Naugahyde – and again, if you like Primus, you'll like this. If you don't, then, quite simply, you'll hate it.
Les Claypool and company have always had a reputation for being the weird folk of the music industry, labeled alongside the Residents and Frank Zappa/the Mothers. Green Naugahyde breaks no new ground, but sees Primus embrace what they (and only they) know best – creepy melodies, an abundance of slap bass, chanted vocals and satire of Western culture.
A recurring theme that runs throughout Green Naugahyde is childish humour, delivered by Claypool's nasally voice such that it truly becomes unnerving. Don't let it put you off, though. Primus have always been respected as one of the most musically gifted rock groups around, even if they are best known for the South Park theme. Claypool in particular is widely recognised as one of the best electric bass players in the world.
Green Naugahyde plays out like a twisted carnival – loud, terrifying and dark. Primus' return to music has filled a void in the rock scene could only ever be filled by Primus themselves. And what a glorious return it is.
Don't let this positive review fool you. You either love or hate Primus. If you have given them a good go before this, and couldn't stand it, then there's really no point in bothering with Green Naugahyde. If you are a fan, however, or haven't listened to them before, then this record comes highly recommended.
"I like it. I really really like it. I think I'm gonna buy it cause I really really like it."
"Megalomania" (2011) by Aqua
Aqua will forever be remembered for their albums Aquarium and Aquarius. I'm the first person to admit that I genuinely enjoy their first two records. Who could forget "Barbie Girl"? "Lollipop (Candyman)"? And what about "Doctor Jones", "Heat Of The Night", "Cartoon Heroes", "Roses Are Red"… the list goes on and on. But despite the abundance of subtle sexual innuendo, Aquarium was as much an album for kids as for adults, perhaps even more. Their songs were about fairytales and action heroes. They were mentioned in the same breath as other 90s "Bubblegum dance" groups seemingly aimed at children – Vengaboys, S-Club 7, Eiffel 65. So what happened?
Let me introduce you to one of the singles, "Like A Robot". If you recall Aqua's past work, you will remember that they would never, ever be explicitly sexual – but how about this line: "Even after 1, 2, 3 tequila shots you still leave me high and dry, thanks a lot … So why do you still fuck me like a robot?" I can just picture the collective jaw of mothers around the world dropping when they buy their kid an album that they assumed was harmless.
Strangely, as they are usually considered one of the classic groups of the genre, Aqua have abandoned the idea of "Eurodance" and are now, simply, dance. No longer are they the cutesy Danish pop group with spiky hair and bright clothes. Just one look at Lene's new outfit on the cover would hint towards this. No more songs about fairy tales, siestas or Indiana Jones – Megalomania is about sex, fame and nightclubs. Is this a bad thing? As a longtime fan of Aqua and condemner of contemporary pop, I'd have to say yes. They were once a group suitable for everyone – pure, unadulterated, bubblegum pop music. They used to be able to do subtle sexual innuendo, which you'd listen to as a kid only to think "that's what that means?" fifteen years later. Now they're playing dry, bland – and worst of all, generic – club music.
I have to admit, though, it's not all bad. Lene's voice has only improved with the ten years since we last heard it on a record. Additionally, the bass-heavy songs are definitely suited for club play, which I'd assume is exactly what they were going for. I guess it's alright, especially if I hadn't heard an Aqua album before – but I have, and because of that, it's just disappointing.
Megalomania is going to polarize both Aqua fans and pop critics. In closing, I have one last comment, which also applies for every album ever released by everyone: MORE RENÉ DIF.
"Relax" (2011) by Das Racist
When three middle-class college students from New York City released "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" in 2008, their immediate rise to fame on the Internet went hand in hand with their dismissal as a novelty rap group – one of the worst things that can happen to a band after a debut single. In 2010, Das Racist countered these labels with two highly respectable mixtapes, Shut Up, Dude and Sit Down, Man; the former bravely including the aforementioned song that gave them the novelty label in the first place. Inevitably, however, the question that has lingered around Das Racist since 2008 still remains – are they for real?
Let's take track 8 as an example. "Booty In The Air". Horribly catchy synthesizer hooks and hand claps provide backing to such insightful lyrics as "She got her booty in the air like her booty was a cloud/And when her booty clap, you know the booty clap loud." Then follows what I can only assume is a reference to the infamous "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" with the chant "Booty in the air! Booty in the air! Booty in the air! Shake it all around!" Are they for real? Or is this an almost-too-conspicuous critique of pop music?
Exhibit B: "Punjabi Song". This begins with a Punjabi chorus courtesy of Bikram Singh, which is followed by "Get fucked up, get bud … Move it out, move it in/Okay, let me do it again". Again, the question must be asked: Are they for real?
Personally, I would have to say that the majority of the songs on the record are pure satire, saturated with obscure references, absolutely magnificent rhymes and questionable segues. But it has to be asked: does it matter? Regardless of whether Relax is a satire, serious, or simply the product of a few too many THC-filled weekends, it stands as one of the freshest (albeit, not best) hip hop albums I've heard in quite a few years. If nothing else, Das Racist unquestionably have endless potential.
"Collapse Into Now" (2011) by R.E.M.
Generally, when an old band starts to slump, that's the end of them. All it takes is that one bad record and their music will start getting worse and worse. For R.E.M., the band that produced masterpiece after masterpiece up until about 1992, this slump began with the departure of Bill Berry in 1997 – the band's main reason to continue after this was Berry's own request that they stay together.
In 2008, R.E.M. made their return to commercial and critical success with their minds set on their I.R.S. years, "Accelerate". A year later, R.E.M. released "Live At The Olympia", highlighting their newfound appreciation for both their '82 debut EP "Chronic Town" and the 2005 critically panned "Around the Sun". Now, in 2011, R.E.M. have released their best record for the last 15 years: "Collapse Into Now".
Collapse forges a perfect balance between R.E.M.'s three distinct eras – the I.R.S. years, the early '90s, and the post-Berry years. Here is a band who have finally re-found (is that a word?) their feet, their confidence, and their enjoyment of what they do. Where "Accelerate" was made up of mostly Murmur-esque jangle pop (which by no means is a bad thing), "Collapse" sees the band embrace their entire history. Despite the cringe worthy album art.
The openers, "Discoverer" and "All The Best", are powerful jangle pop songs songs that definitely bring forward memories of "Lifes Rich Pageant" and "Reckoning". From here on, the listener is taken on a trip through R.E.M.'s back catalogue – and even through the catalogues of some of their friends (listen to the closing track. "Fitter Happier", anyone?).
With a voice like a fine wine, Stipe has led his band through the thick of it, and thanks to the realisation that middle age really isn't all that bad, has finally reclaimed his band's spot on top of the music scene. "Collapse Into Now" sounds like a greatest hits record by the R.E.M. of a parallel universe – twelve songs that were each recorded at a different point in R.E.M. history. And with each song, a breath of fresh air. This wasn't the R.E.M. anyone was expecting, but it definitely has what has been wistfully missed for the last 15 years – originality, creativity, and balls.
"I'll have my Oxford comma, whether you like it or not."
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (2010) by Kanye West
I'm sure you've all heard the praise heaped upon Kanye's fifth record since its release. Pitchfork deemed it good enough to be one of 12 records that they've given a 10/10 upon its release. And yes, it's amazing. It truly is. Never before has a hip hop record carried this quality of… well, of anything, really.
Production-wise, it's perfect. Kanye has cemented himself as one of the greatest producers of this generation. Nothing seems out of place or tacked on – even the auto-tune, of which I am usually a passionate and outspoken condemner. Unlike the majority of hip hop records being released recently, Kanye hasn't felt compelled to smother the beats and hooks in layer upon layer of overdone production. His sampling is fitting, emphasizing his wide range of musical influence, from the recurring Gil Scott-Heron sample to King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man".
But it wasn't just Kanye who created Dark Twisted Fantasy. The smorgasbord of special guests all work perfectly in their respective songs – yes, even Drake, though, thankfully, he's not the most prominent performer in the track. Pusha T.'s collaboration in "Runaway" is an early candidate for the best hip hop track of the decade. Even the unusual partnership between Kanye and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver works, without sounding overly like either a Bon Iver song or a typical Kanye song.
Dark Twisted Fantasy just isn't a typical album. It's not your run-of-the-mill, Flo Rida-style, Auto Tune-obsessed, money-hungry, commercial product of some big record producer. Dark Twisted Fantasy is a product of, well, Kanye's own beautiful, dark, and twisted fantasy. Unlike the majority of pop records being released at the moment, the lyrical content is far too deep to be overlooked, even for a second. There's not really any "Stronger"-esque club-pumpers, but there doesn't need to be. Dark Twisted Fantasy brings to mind Warp Records' compilation "Artificial Intelligence". They are two albums, both of a style that contemporary society dictates must be danced to. And both records seem to emphasize that they're not for dancing, but for listening. Properly. If that makes sense, I dunno, it made sense in my head.
No, I wouldn't consider it a 10/10. It's probably not even the best album of the year, in my own personal opinion. But yes, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is, undeniably, brilliant.


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Note from Dan Arp, Dean of the University Honors College (UHC): To our Community College Partners: I want to bring to your attention a new scholarship opportunity for students transferring from a Community College in Oregon to the University Honors College at Oregon State University. This opportunity is supported by a grant from the National […]
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Pre-med/med school Q&AMonday, December 28th, 2009
Since Oregon State is a research university and students interested in the medical professions are on the rise, I thought we could get some information from Chere Pereira, Chief Premedical and Predental Advisor here at Oregon State. I recently threw a few questions Chere's way to see what she had to say. Which medical schools […]
Clackamas/OSU DPP updateMonday, December 14th, 2009
For those of you following the blog looking for Clackamas/OSU DPP information, we have an update! The Clackamas/OSU Degree Partnership Program is now accepting applications for the Spring term 2010!!! Interested in applying? The Clackamas/OSU DPP application can be found here. Thanks to all that have been working so hard to get us here! -bv
OSU and Kapi'olani CC are degree partnersMonday, December 7th, 2009
OSU and Kapi'olani CC in Honolulu will enter into a new degree partnership agreement in a ceremony on Oah'u today. KCC is the third community college in Hawai'i to sign a DPP agreement with OSU. Read the release here. -bv
¡Sà Se Puede! Event at Woodburn High SchoolFriday, December 4th, 2009
OSU le invita a estudiantes de secundaria y su familia a un evento especial para la comunidad Latina. Visite nuestros representantes bilingües y platique sobre: -Cómo OSU le puede ayudar a realizar sus intereses y objetivos profesionales -Becas y cómo solicitar ingreso a OSU -Cómo OSU da apoyo a su comunidad Latina -Cómo Ud. puede […]
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NEW DELHI: Motown is having a blast and the first month of the new calendar offers proof of the party. Car market leader Maruti came in first: total sales were up 30.2% this January.
The company sold a record 49,140 units compared with 37,738 units a year ago. Most of the growth spiral came from domestic sales, which, at 44,309 units, was up 31.4% while exports grew 20% to 4,831 units. Maruti's cumulative April-January curve grew 30% to 3,77,159 units — domestic sales grew 27.6% to 3,37,288 units while exports climbed 58.2% to 39,871 units.


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CHARLESTON - Jessica Diane Mohundro is the mother of her second daughter, born at 10:29 a.m. Sept. 7, 2002, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Leah Kathleen Mohundro weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20-inches long.
Grandparents are Michael and Elisa Smith of Charleston.
SIKESTON - Kristina Wheeler and Terry Wheetley are the parents of their first child, a daughter, born Sept. 8, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Audrey Elaine Wheetley weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and was 19-inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Lisa Sweet and Johnnie Wheeler.
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Two Years After Sarah Aicher Was Killed on Pan Am 103, the Curtain Rises on Her First Play, Heaven
The young couple had giddily fantasized about a dream cast for the play—headed by Albert Finney, no less—and looked forward to a staged reading by the Bristol Express after the holidays, directed by Freeman.
But they were never to see the reading. Their flight to the States was the doomed Pan Am 103, which was blown up by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 aboard. Andy Jordan, director of the Bristol Express, remembers feeling a stunned sense of "total disbelief" at the news. "They were both so attractive, so charming and vital and talented," he says.
The tragedy only deepened Jordan's commitment to Aicher's play, which portrays three homeless men living on the street outside Heaven, a popular gay nightclub in London. "Heaven is enormously poetic and very lyrical," he says. "It is truthful, painful at times, very questioning, powerful and dramatic." For two years Jordan worked to raise most of the necessary $100,000, and now a full-scale production has opened at London's small (202-seat) Lilian Baylis Theatre. Any profits from the play's month-long run will be divided between the social-care unit of London's St. Martin-in-the-Fields church, which serves the city's homeless, and a trust fund, set up in memory of Aicher and Freeman, to aid people and projects connected with the arts.
In the audience the first week were Aicher's parents, Joyce and Paul, who flew over for the occasion and dined with cast members after the performance. "There were many sides to Sarah's conscience, and she put a lot of herself into that play," says her mother. "It was startling for us," her father adds. "We didn't know, as it was Sarah's first play, if her voice would be a struggling one."
What did not surprise them were the religious overtones in Heaven and the anger the play expresses over the plight of the homeless. Deeply religious throughout her life. Aicher had become an evangelical Christian in the Church of England and an energetic volunteer in programs to help the disenfranchised.
"She got involved, and that's where that comes from in the play," says her father, a successful industrialist who sold his company in 1982 and set up the Tops-field Foundation, which funds programs for the homeless and adult education on social issues. "She sees people in a way that's not an abstraction; they're not cardboard figures or statistics."
That compassion sometimes caused Sarah pain, her parents say, a pain reflected in her notes on the play. "It is our incompleteness, rawness, that makes us exposed; our need allows us to be destroyed or loved." she wrote. "It is our need for others that makes us open to destruction."
But the Aichers also remember a less somber Sarah. The youngest of four children, Aicher was headstrong and flamboyant—so much so, her parents say, that her two brothers nicknamed her Sarah Bernhardt. "She was so much fun, always very curious with a lot of questions, and very determined when she settled on something." says Joyce. "She wanted to know about things—about life and religion, and she kept at it."
After graduating from the University of New Hampshire in 1981 with a degree in youth drama, Aicher went to England to study acting, supporting herself with jobs as an au pair, a model, a secretary and a receptionist. She met Freeman through her church in 1986, and they started dating a year later. "He encouraged her enormously," says Jordan, who worked with Freeman in the Bristol Express group. "I don't believe the play would have been written without his support."
London critics have given Heaven mixed reviews, praising the play's passionate earnestness but pointing out flaws that betray a beginner's awkwardness. On the basis of this one effort, wrote the reviewer for the Independent on Sunday newspaper, "it is hard to tell whether the world has lost a hopeful talent as well as a young life."
Aicher's parents and director Jordan take a different view. "The play believes implicitly in the miraculous, in the metaphysical, in the afterlife." says Jordan. "The irony of the play—of its beliefs and its title and their dying so young—the tragedy of all that was unbearable and still is."
The Aichers remember their daughter's satisfaction when she completed Heaven—how she seemed to have reached a balance between the part of her that sought fame as an actress and the part that wanted to be a good Christian. "You could tell in the phone calls that it was a different Sarah in a way, that she had worked through some things." her father says. "One doesn't know whether that means that she had the good fortune of seeing life at its best at the end—or whether the tragedy was that she had so short a time to have the opportunity."
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For Carla Braccialini, a handbag is not merely an accessory. It's a metaphor for the individual.
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"In your handbag, there's all your life," observed Braccialini, the Florentine founder and chief designer of the 54-year-old handbag brand bearing her name.
Braccialini's whimsical and colorful patchwork designs, often inspired by fairy tales, florals and butterfly motifs, quietly arrived in New York's SoHo a month ago. The family-run business, headed by Braccialini and her sons, Riccardo, Massimo and Lorenzo, will mark its U.S. debut with a private party tonight at MarieBelle.
The 350-square-foot Braccialini shop, situated at 436 West Broadway at Prince Street, has the steel rose logo in the center of the store, black marble floors, lots of mirrors and a tall window displaying a flourish of styles from imaginative artful pieces, such as the $1,300 Farfalla bag in lambskin napa with a vinyl pearl finish and Swarovski crystals, to classic styles such as the Phuket, priced at $470, in lacquered microfiber and "hot pressed" with a taxi design.
Within the tight SoHo space, offerings also include perforated lambskin bags with butterfly patterns, priced at $940; limited edition leather patchwork Cinderella- or Pinocchio-themed bags for $399, as well as heavily detailed leather bags priced at $1,200, and animal key chains priced at $65 to $85. Among the bestsellers is the Puss 'n Boots-themed Cartoline cotton canvas bag embellished with embroidery and appliqué, priced at $331.
Typically, Braccialini works in leather, velvet, brocade, beads, crystals and silk. She refers to the collection as a "hybrid of materials, meanings and aesthetics."
The company has grown through store openings, with 26 operating in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and license agreements with Vivienne Westwood, Warner Bros. Inc.'s Looney Tunes and Mariella Burani. In 2000, the Mariella Burani Fashion Group became the major shareholder, furthering growth initiatives, one of which will be national advertising in the U.S. beginning in the fall.
Without the benefit of any marketing, the SoHo shop has been off to a good start, surpassing its first-month sales objective and generating more than $45,000, according to Emilia Pedulla, who has become the exclusive franchisee for Braccialini in the U.S. and already owns and manages three Braccialini stores in Italy, with a fourth in the works.
She has a cautious U.S. growth plan. "I am looking at other areas, which, like SoHo, are vibrant [and] provide iconic design offerings, and where you have affluent local and international clientele who enjoy life from different points of view, not only fashion." Specifically, she is seeking to open Braccialini shops in Miami, Los Angeles and Washington within three years.


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The city of Balch Springs will host a ribbon cutting for the completion of the Pioneer Road project with Mesquite at 10 a.m. Friday.
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For the purposes of this exercise, let's go ahead and exclude Cy Young from my list of debut rookie pitchers who have absolutely murdered the Cubs. After all, the man has an award named after him, and he was born, pitched, lived, and died well before the start of my lifetime. Fortunately for me, there are PLENTY of pitchers who fall within the parameters of the T79 who qualify for this honor.
I submit, for your consideration:
- August 6, 1978: Rookie Expos pitcher, Northbrook resident, and later BELOVED Cub Scott Sanderson makes his MLB debut against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Though the Cubs would rally with three runs in the bottom of the 8th to beat the Expos 4-3, the Expo loss was not because of the heroic efforts of Sanderson. The kid pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing 6 hits, 3 walks, and a measly 1 earned run for a miniscule 1.69 ERA. He struck out four Cubs (including Larry Biittner and Manny Trillo!) and even had a base hit off Ray Burris.
- September 15, 1980: A bad Cardinals team sent rookie pitcher Andy Rincon to the mound against an even-worse Cubs team at Wrigley Field. How much worse? Rincon allowed only 5 hits, 2 walks, and 1 earned run on his way to a 5-1 complete-game victory. He fanned 4 Cubs and later went on to become…nothing. He made only fifteen total MLB starts and won eight games over the course of his three-year career. But, holy shit, get this. A year later, Rincon threw the best game of his career, a five-hit, complete-game shutout against the Cubs in St. Louis. Almost exactly one year after that? He gave up only one earned run in a three-hit complete game in Wrigley Field. In his career against the Cubs, Rincon was 3-1 with a 2.33 ERA and ridiculous 0.879 WHIP. I- I probably would have given him his own entry if I'd ever heard of him before today.
- June 2, 1992: The coach was Jim Lefebvre. The starting third baseman was Gary Scott. The center fielder was a young, skinny, speedy Sammy Sosa. There were two Hall of Famers in the Cubs' lineup. And the rookie that completely dominated them was San Diego Padres starter Frank Seminara. It took Seminara only 82 pitches to hurl his way through 6 1/3 innings. He surrendered not a single run on only 3 hits and 2 walks, and he whiffed 3 Cubs. Though Randy Myers would blow the save for Seminara and Gene Harris would suffer the loss, the Cubs could not touch Seminara.
- July 17, 1995: Everyone's favorite eventual closer, Jason Isringhausen, was once a rookie starter. Fortunately for him, his rookie start was against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Dallas Green-led Mets were playing some bad baseball, and the flammable breath of catcher Todd Hundley rolled into town in July. Isringhausen was brilliant, pitching 7 strong innings, striking out 6 Cubs, and allowing only 2 hits and 2 earned runs. Though Isringhausen didn't get the win, the Mets blew the game open late, scoring 5 times in the top of the 9th to win 7-2. The Cubs also committed 4 errors during the game, but THIS ISN'T ABOUT THEM.
- June 14, 1998: When the story is written of Carlton Loewer, the index will have an entry that reads, "Loewer, Carlton, who is." "Who is," indeed, made-up index entry. He's the guy whose career peaked during his 1998 debut against the eventual Wild Card Champion Chicago Cubs. The Cubs faced the Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The right-hander threw only 115 pitches through 9 innings of five-hit baseball. He struck out 8 Cub hitters (miraculously, Jose Hernandez was not one of them) while walking none and surrendering only 2 earned runs. The Phillies won the game 4-2.
- July 23, 1998: How, exactly, did the 1998 Cubs make the playoffs? Oh, right. NEIFI. As long as you were making your MLB debut, the 1998 Cubs could not hit you. Jeremy Powell pitched well enough to earn a win in late July 1998 at Wrigley Field. He gave up only 3 hits and an earned run over 6 innings while striking out 3, but his Expos gave him only a run in support, and he suffered a 2-1 loss against Mark Clark and the Cubs.
- April 9, 1999:In 1999, Pittsburgh Pirate rookie Kris Benson was a bit luckier than Powell. Slotted into the Pirate rotation at the start of the season, Benson's first start came in Three Rivers Stadium against Scott Sanders and the Cubs. Benson gave up 1 earned run on 2 hits through 6 innings to beat the Cubs 2-1. And it took the 24-year-old only 72 pitches to do it. He then went home and filmed six dudes as they banged the foundation off his fiancee. Later, he cried.
- April 8, 2000: On this site, one wouldn't think we'd be talking about a rookie pitcher in a game that featured Tarrik Brock, Julio Zuleta, Roosevelt Brown, and Felix Heredia. But in the first example of rookie Reds pitcher dominance of the Cubs, it was Rob Bell who stole this show. Bell struck out 9 Cubs (including Sosa and Henry Rodriguez twice each) in 7 innings while surrendering only 2 walks, 3 hits, and a lone earned run. Though Bell didn't get the win, Vietnam vet (or something) Danny Graves did in the 11th inning, as the Reds rallied for a 4-3 win.
- August 2, 2001: Certainly you remember this game. Possibly from here. The Cubs were in San Diego, Jeff Fassero came in to the game in the bottom of the 8th to protect a 3-0 lead. Jeff Fassero left the game with the Cubs down 4-3. Ryan Klesko was tangentially involved. What you may have forgotten was that the Padres' starter that night was Junior Herndon. He was making his MLB debut. He baffled the Cubs through 7 2/3 innings, giving up only 4 hits and 2 earned runs. It wasn't enough to get him the win, but Klesko certainly should have bought him a steak dinner after the game if Klesko wasn't such a fucking asshole.
- September 4, 2001: I know if there's one thing Cubs fans LOVE talking about, it's former Florida Marlins ace Josh Beckett. If I recall correctly, he pitched in some big games against the Cubs at one point. Surprisingly, however, his best start against the Cubs came in his MLB debut in Pro Player Stadium. The smug little shit bested Cubs starter Jon Lieber by throwing 6 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball. It took Beckett only 85 pitches to fan 5 Cubs and collect his first of 118 MLB wins.
- July 24, 2002: Wives and laser hair removal aren't the only things that Brett Myers has beaten in his career. As a Phillies rookie in 2002, Myers' first MLB start came in Wrigley Field against Bruce Kimm's (holy shit) Chicago Cubs. Another young pitcher by the name of Mark Prior took the mound for the Cubs, but despite his 7 innings and 8 strikeouts, he was outdueled by Myers. Myers took only 90 pitches to get through 8 innings, while striking out 5 and allowing only 1 earned run. Despite putting the tying run on first in the bottom of the 9th, the Cubs couldn't rally against Phillies closer Jose Mesa. Corey Patterson struck out with two men on, and Myers collected his first MLB win as the Phillies won 4-2.
- May 30, 2004: Ah, the loveable 2004 Chicago Cubs. A team so charming, that you were probably rooting for Pirate rookie Sean Burnett when he faced them in his MLB debut at PNC Park. Though the Pirates got clobbered 12-1, it certainly wasn't the fault of Burnett, who gave up only 1 earned run in his 5-inning start. NOTEWORTHY: John Grabow got the loss, Jose Macias led off, and David Kelton made a pinch-hitting appearance!
- May 22, 2005: The first-place White Sox roared up the Red Line to take on the second-place (despite being 19-22) Cubs in May of 2005. The Sox sent their so-called phenom Brandon McCarthy up against not-quite-yet-broken-down former Cub phenom Mark Prior. Prior went the distance and gave up three runs, all on solo home runs. McCarthy went 5 1/3, striking out 6 and allowing only 2 earned runs in his team's 4-3 loss. Somehow, Jason Dubois hit the game-deciding 3-run homer in the bottom of the 6th. What a strange world on which we're spinning around this galaxy.
- June 6, 2009: So begins the Cincinnati-heavy portion of this post. If there's one lesson Dusty Baker should have learned throughout the course of his Major League career, it's "QUIT DESTROYING THE CAREERS AND ARMS OF ALL OF YOUR YOUNG PITCHERS." If there's a second lesson he should have learned, it's, "SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT HANK AARON, ALREADY." But if there's a THIRD lesson he should have learned, it's, "Make sure every rookie pitcher you have debuts against the Chicago Cubs." In 2009, rookie Matt Maloney made his presence known in the NL Central by allowing only 2 earned runs through 6 innings while striking out 4 Cubs and walking only 1. His Reds beat a Cubs team featuring Jake Fox as their 4-hitter and Bobby Scales as their starting second baseman. So, congratulations, Matt Maloney. You beat the fucking Iowa Cubs.
- April 11, 2010: I understand anticipated debuts. I went to Mark Prior's first start. I watched Stephen Strasburg's first start. I know it was a big deal when Reds' starter Mike Leake made his MLB debut against the Chicago Cubs. But that doesn't mean I didn't want to see his ass get lit up. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. Instead, the Boy Wonder survived 6 2/3 innings of one-run baseball, despite walking 7 Cubs. He struck out 5 with 106 pitches, prompting Dusty to say, "Dude, we were trying to get the kid to 175 in his first start." The Reds beat the Cubs 3-1 in the Great American Ballpark, despite a brilliant performance by Tom Gorzelanny and the Cubs' 1-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh. Because that's what the Cubs do. SUCK.
- July 1, 2010: If I told you that the Reds collected SIXTEEN hits against the Cubs in 2010, yet only managed to score three runs, the first thing you'd probably say would be, "I bet Carlos Silva was pitching," and you'd be right. The second thing you'd probably say would be, "Surely they won that game, my smugly-nodding friend?" "NO!" I would reply. "If you weren't such a clod, you'd know the game to which I'm referring is the one in which Travis Wood made his MLB debut!" Then, I would laugh heartily from my throat and my diaphragm, and you'd probably run off crying. To sum up:
You: crying
Me: laughing
Travis Wood: pitching 7 innings of 2-run baseball and winning
Carlos Silva: pitching 7 2/3 innings of 2-run, ELEVEN-HIT baseball and losing
Lou Piniella: sleeping
Dusty Baker: retarding
- May 31, 2011: And now the end is here. And so I face the final rookie pitcher who absolutely destroyed the Cubs in his Major League debut. It happened less than a month ago. It happened, as the story is so often written, in Wrigley Field. It happened with a guy who is, at best, terrible. Who is, at worst, a fart in the wind. Jordan Lyles faced the Cubs in his MLB debut at Wrigley Field. Perhaps you recall this game. Carlos Zambrano was brilliant, pitching 8 innings, striking out 7 Astros, walking none, and giving up only 1 run. Unfortunately for Big Z, his team ran into the UNSTOPPABLE FORCE that is Jordan Lyles. Lyles went 7 innings, struck out 4 Cubs, and gave up only 2 earned runs. As good as the rookie was, he was in line for his first MLB loss after 8 innings. The Cubs led 3-1, when Carlos Marmol came in to close out the game. Carlos gave up 6 earned runs on 5 hits and a walk in just 1/3 of an inning. The Cubs lost 7-3 in the second game of a 3-game sweep by the terrible Astros at Wrigley Field.
Why You Should Hate Them: It's a rookie pitcher making his MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT. If ever there was an opportunity to pound some timid pitching, it would be when a rookie pitcher has to face a far-more-experienced team. Yet the Cubs are BAFFLED by these guys. Hell, I didn't even include the way-above-average-for-a-rookie MLB debuts of Javier Vazquez and Edgar Ramos. And keep in mind, I'm not THAT old. I went back to 1978. Between the time Cy Young threw his 3-hit debut and 1978, certainly there were impressive debut starts against Cubs. Mind blowing.
Did You Know? Looking back, it gets even worse.
I- I have to stop there. So, with those 2,000+ words in the book I leave you, my friends, to drink away the sadness that was the 45th entry to the T79.


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Bounce For Relief
Cocaineblunts.com Bounce For Relief Compilation – REREREREUPPED 8/15
1. DJ Jimi – Where They At? (Soulin, 1990)
2. Lil' Elt & DJ Tee – Get The Gat Gemix (Parkway Pumpin', 1993)
3. UNLV – Another Bitch (Cash Money, 1993)
4. Silky Slim – Sister Sister (Profile, 1992)
5. Juvenile – Powder Bag (Warlock, 1994)
6. Cool D – Bitch Watcha Gonna Do? (Mr. Tee, 1994)
7. Lil Goldie – Act A Donkey On A… (Mobo, 1997)
8. DJ Jimi f/ Juvenile – Bounce (For The Juvenile) (Soulin', 1992)
9. Cheeky Blakk – Lemme Get That Outcha (Tombstone, 1995)
10. Everlasting Hitmen – Bounce Baby Bounce (Mr. Tee, 1992)
11. Sporty T – Sporty Talkin' Sporty (Big Boy, 1993)
12. 2 Blakk – Second Line Jump
13. Magnolia Shorty – Monkey On The Dick (Cash Money, 1995)
14. Partners N Crime – We Don't Love Them Hoes(Big Boy, 1994)
15. MC TT Tucker & DJ Irv – Where Dey At? (Sioul, 1990)
16. Bust Down – Nasty Bitch (Effect, 1991)
To show support for the our folks who have suffered (and are still suffering) down in the NO as well as pay respect to the areas rich musical history, I've put together this little compilation/mix of rare and classic New Orleans Bounce music, perhaps the most underrated/misunderstood of all hip hop offshoots. Now these days most people will refer to anything from the south with triplet hi hats as bounce, but that's not the case, as you'll see when you download this.
Lyrically, it mostly involves not so elaborate vamps announcing elaborate dances (ie: "Monkey/Donkey On The Dick"), demanding sexual favors ("eat my pussy") and repping your hood. All over the omnipresent Show Boys "Drag Rap"/Triggerman loop (you'll recognize it when you hear it). It might seem a bit primitive in comparison to what's coming out of the area now, but bounce was crucial to the development of that sound. Here we got Juvenile's first appearance, early Mannie Fresh & KLC (Beats By The Pound/No Limit) beats alongside a ton of heads that aren't quite as recognizable.
Sure the superstars are accounted for, and many have stepped up to help but who could even guess their current health status of the true local celebs, like many of those listed above,
I was gonna do this whole thing where i'd sell CD-Rs in exchange for donations but I'd imagine you all have no use for hand burnt cds as it is, y'all got ipods and what not. plus it'd be on soulseek in ten minutes anyway, which would totally defeat the purpose. The deeper I got in the project, the less practical it seemed. So understand that by downloadingyou're entering into an agreement that you have or will either Donate or at least bid on the soulstrut string of charity record auctions that the vanguard squad has spearheaded. Just do something, whatever you can. Yadidamean? I shouldn't have to bribe you.
I know the yousendit's gonna go down in like ten minutes. I'll try to update the link periodically, even though i'm not gonna be near a computer most of the weekend. And if you download it and want to throw it back up, either on a free server or your own server, please please do, and post the link in the comments.


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IBM Backs Cloud Counterweight to Amazon
Two tech giants are teaming up to battle Amazon Web Services.
IBM and Pivotal, a company spun out of data-storage company EMC and its VMware subsidiary, plan to announce they will collaborate on Pivotal's Cloud Foundry, technology that allows companies to write software applications to run in the "cloud," a catch-all term for computing services accessed at least in part over the Internet, often shared with many users.
The partnership, slated to be detailed Wednesday, reflects the fight among big companies such as Amazon Microsoft Google, and IBM as businesses begin to rely more on cloud technologies and less on traditional corporate technology that lives entirely in computing centers inside a company's walls. The shift to cloud technologies is an existential threat to tech giants such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.
Among the biggest cloud powers is Amazon.com's Amazon Web Services (AWS), which allows companies such as Netflix to "rent" computing power. Some companies say they use these so-called public cloud services because they are cheaper or more flexible than buying and maintaining a company's own technology like computer servers and pricey number-crunching software.
Executives at other tech companies worry Amazon — and emerging cloud powerhouses such as Google — are changing the ways many companies operate, and as a consequence are threatening to sideline the established corporate tech titans. They have scrambled to set up alternatives to AWS and to Google's cloud offerings for corporations, known collectively as Google Cloud Platform.
Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz said in an interview that he wants Cloud Foundry to be an "operating system" for the cloud, similar to how Microsoft's Windows emerged as the dominant operating system for personal computers.
Offerings like Cloud Foundry, and competitors such as Salesforce.com's Heroku and OpenShift backed by software firm Red Hat, are jockeying to win over developers working on cloud apps and other technologies for corporations. Amazon and Google have a big head start on developer loyalty. But many companies are just getting started in the cloud, giving newer entrants like Pivotal the confidence they can win over developers.
"It's still early days for the cloud," Angel Diaz, an IBM vice president, said in the interview.
At stake in efforts by Pivotal, IBM and others is control over the future of the country's technology backbone. The battle is over whether newer companies like Amazon and Google — or established tech vendors like VMware, or Microsoft — will have a hand in shaping how the Web, mobile phones and digital services like Facebook will work in the future.
Maritz, a former senior executive of Microsoft and VMware, said that software developers want ways to write applications in a "cloud-independent way." Pivotal pitches Cloud Foundry's ability to work with other companies' cloud offerings, including AWS.
IBM and Pivotal plan to announce the partnership Wednesday at a software-industry conference.


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'Justice League Dark' Movie: A Who's Who Guide to Guillermo del Toro's 'Dark Universe'Nick Romano January 9, 2013 @ 11:00 AM
We've been hearing a lot about this 'Justice League Dark' movie Guillermo del Toro is planning, the latest update coming from the director himself confirming he is indeed working on a script to pitch to Warner Bros. Coming off of 'The Dark Knight Rises' and planning its own answer to the 'Avengers' phenomenon (i.e. that 'Justice League' movie), the studio seems committed to the development of superhero movies, especially with 'Man of Steel' on the horizon, so there's is a possibility this project could see the light of day. In the event that should happen, one question needs to be answered: who the hell are these superheroes?


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Jordan took a short pass from Daunte Culpepper late in the second quarter, turned upfield and went down in the arms of Miami Dolphins linebacker Donnie Spragan. The tackler jumped to his feet. Jordan stayed down. For a long time.
Jordan finally was helped to his feet by two Raiders medical personnel and helped from the field, with an arm wrapped around the shoulders of each trainer. He then was placed on a motorized cart and shuttled off the field with a back injury.
"We do not know the severity of it," Raiders coach Lane Kiffin said after the game.
It didn't look good at the time, and it looked even worse afterward. Jordan was on crutches in the locker room and moving around rather gingerly. He declined comment.
Jordan has missed several days of practice the past two weeks with back pain. However, he has recovered well enough to start the subsequent games.
Before his injury Sunday, Jordan rushed 15 times for 74 yards and caught the one pass. His injury leaves the Raiders without a lead back. Fortunately for the Raiders, Dominic Rhodes' four-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy ended Sunday, and he is eligible to be activated today.
Therefore, the Raiders can use Rhodes in place of Jordan and keep Justin Fargas, Justin Griffith and Adimchinobe Echemandu in the roles they have occupied the first four games. Fargas rushed for a career-high 179 yards Sunday.
Sure, Rhodes returns with fresh legs and a body that hasn't absorbed a hit since Oakland's exhibition finale Aug. 30. However, there's also the matter of his being in game-ready condition and in tune with Oakland's new blocking scheme.
Losing Jordan likely would be a severe blow. He entered Sunday's game second in the league in rushing at 350 yards. He has averaged 106 through four games. He also has caught 12 passes for 128 yards.
DOLPHINS FANS GET UGLY: A group of Dolphins fans took out their anger on the Raiders for manhandling their team by pelting the Raiders buses with rocks and bottles as they departed Dolphin Stadium after the game.
A bottle shattered a window on the fourth of six Raiders buses, with the glass falling inside on the occupants, according to a Raiders team official who requested anonymity.
The damage was severe enough that the bus driver deemed the bus unsafe for travel, ordered the occupants off the bus and onto the five other buses. This happened in the presence of a police escort, without the main assailant being caught.
The five buses eventually made it out of the parking lot but not without being drilled by an assortment of objects, the team official said. No one was injured.
PEELLE SHINES AGAIN: Dublin High graduate Justin Peelle has made a habit of tormenting the Raiders, first with the San Diego Chargers and now with the Dolphins. He was at it again Sunday.
Peelle turned a short pass on a fourth-and-3 play in the second quarter into a 35-yard gain and a first down at the Raiders 9-yard line. The Dolphins scored their first touchdown on the next play.
"We had good schemes in a bunch of plays," Peelle said, "but for whatever reason, we just could not put enough points on the board."
Peelle later scored the Dolphins' second touchdown, this one on a 3-yard pass from Trent Green late in the third quarter. Overall, Peelle had three receptions for 45 yards. He entered Sunday's game with only three receptions for 15 yards and one touchdown.
"It was an area where we thought we could expose them, and we did," Peelle said of his touchdown reception. "I got in, but I wish it would have happened in a winning game."
Peelle has made the Raiders his favorite whipping team during his six-year career. In 2003, he recorded his first career touchdown reception against the Raiders. In 2004, he posted the longest-scoring play of his career, a 17-yarder against the Raiders. In 2005, he caught three passes, including one for a touchdown, against the Raiders.
DID YOU KNOW? The Raiders snapped a 12-game road losing streak. Their previous victory away from McAfee Coliseum came Nov. 20, 2005, against the Washington Redskins.
The Raiders (2-2) are in first place in the AFC West for the first time since they were 2-1 in 2004 season.
The 35 points scored by the Raiders on Sunday is their highest total since they scored 38 against the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 23, 2005, a span of 30 games.
LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN: Who says lightning doesn't strike twice? OK, so it doesn't strike in the same place, but it appears to follow the Raiders these days.
On Sunday, the Raiders were forced to the locker room at a road game for the second time this season. Torrential rains started several minutes before the 1:05 p.m. kickoff. Frequent lightning strikes and numerous claps of thunder made their presence felt a few minutes later.
That prompted league officials to order a suspension of play before the opening kickoff, at 1:01 p.m.
The teams retreated to their respective locker rooms and stayed there for 30 minutes, until the lightning and thunder subsided.
"We're used to that," Kiffin said, with a smile. "We did that in Denver."
The Raiders had a similar thing happen to them one play into the second quarter of their Sept. 16 game against the Denver Broncos at Invesco Field at Mile High. That suspension lasted 25 minutes.
EXTRA POINTS: Raiders outside linebacker Thomas Howard recorded an interception for the third straight game. ... Cornerback Stanford Routt notched his second this season. Overall, the Raiders have eight in four games. ... The Dolphins had beaten the Raiders in their past six regular-season meetings before Sunday's loss. The Raiders snuck in a playoff-game victory in the midst of that streak. .. Raiders wide receiver Mike Williams had a touchdown reception negated by his pass interference penalty in the first quarter. He also celebrated in the middle of a Justin Fargas 48-yard run and received an earful from Kiffin as he left the field. ... Quarterback Josh McCown (toe), defensive end Derrick Burgess (calf), linebacker Robert Thomas (hamstring) and fullback Oren O'Neal (hamstring) were among the players deactivated by the Raiders.
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