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Ellen Wilson First Spouse Gold Coin Available December 9
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the Ellen Wilson First Spouse Gold Coin on December 9 at noon Eastern Time (ET). Pricing will be based on the United States Mint's pricing structure, available at http://www.usmint.gov/catalog.
The coin's obverse (heads side) was designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Frank Morris and executed by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles Vickers. The design depicts Mrs. Wilson's portrait and the inscriptions ELLEN WILSON, IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY, 2013, 28th, and 1913 - 1914.
The coin's reverse (tails side) was designed and executed by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart. The design features an image of roses with the White House in the background, a tribute to Mrs. Wilson's creation of the White House Rose Garden. Inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, $10, ½ OZ., and .9999 FINE GOLD.
First Spouse Gold Coins are available in proof and uncirculated qualities. Maximum mintage is set at 10,000 across all product options. Customer demand will determine the ratio of proof coins to uncirculated coins produced within the total maximum mintage.
The United States Mint accepts orders via its online catalog at, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order at 1-888-321-MINT (6468). A shipping and handling fee of $4.95 will be added to all domestic orders.
The United States Mint was created by Congress in 1792 and became part of the Department of the Treasury in 1873. It is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The United States Mint also produces numismatic products, including proof, uncirculated, and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. The United States Mint's numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to the taxpayer.
Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, orders placed prior to the official on-sale date and time of December 9, 2013, noon ET shall not be deemed accepted by the United States Mint and will not be honored. For more information, please review the United States Mint's Frequently Asked Questions, Answer ID #175.
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The chickens have come home to roost................
October 13, 2009
RIYADH — Saudi authorities killed two suspected Al-Qaeda members carrying explosive vests in a shootout Tuesday, the government said, in a sign the group is plotting new attacks in the kingdom.
A police official was also killed and a third suspect arrested in the firefight near Saudi Arabia's southern border with Yemen, interior ministry spokesman General Mansur al-Turki said.
The early-morning shootout took place at a police checkpoint about 120 kilometers (72 miles) from Jizan on the road to Asir in southern Saudi Arabia.
Two of the three men, who had been on board a vehicle, were wearing women's clothing with explosive vests underneath and carried grenades, according to Turki.
"More grenades, automatic weapons and bomb-making materials" were also found in the vehicle, Turki added.
It was the latest in a series of incidents, including the August 28 attempt to assassinate the country's top internal security official, that suggest Al-Qaeda is plotting attacks in the country, at least some from the group's resurgent Yemen-based wing.
The shooting broke out when the vehicle was about to undergo a security check on the basis of "information on the planning of terrorist acts by the deviant minority," said an interior ministry statement, using the standard Saudi phraseology for Al-Qaeda.
Turki said that when a policewoman wanted to check the identities of two people in the vehicle dressed in women's robes the suspects began shooting at security forces, who returned fire.
He said the hail of bullets resulted in "the deaths of two passengers in the vehicle and the arrest of a third."
Turki said one police officer was killed and another wounded in the exchange of fire, and added that no further details would be given for the moment "so an inquiry can get under way."
It was not immediately known if the policewoman was among the casualties.
On August 28, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the powerful deputy interior minister responsible for the kingdom's anti-terror fight, escaped a suicide bomb attack in Jeddah.
A wanted Saudi member of the Yemen-based "Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula" (AQAP), ostensibly turning himself in to the prince, detonated an explosive reported hidden in his rectum inside the prince's Jeddah palace.
Aside from killing the bomber himself, however, no other serious injuries were reported in the incident.
But it underscored the determination of Al-Qaeda to undertake attacks in the kingdom, after a three-year campaign of assassinations and bombings in 2003-2006 was halted by a severe crackdown and thousands of arrests.
That attack followed the arrest in Saudi Arabia earlier in August of 44 Al-Qaeda suspects, including one foreigner, and the discovery of arms caches used by the group.
Police found around 70 machine guns, as well as ammunition and 280 electronic detonation devices in Riyadh, and another 96 similar devices hidden in the desert in the Qassim region north of the capital, SPA said.
It said some members of the group have received training to use arms and explosives both abroad and inside the kingdom, the birthplace of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Riyadh is especially concerned about the resurgence of AQAP in Yemen, where the weak government has been ineffective in cracking down on the group.
Last month Michael Leiter, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, said the group has gained a dangerous foothold in Yemen.
"We have witnessed the reemergence of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, with Yemen as a key battleground and potential regional base of operations from which Al-Qaeda can plan attacks, train recruits and facilitate the movement of operatives," Leiter told a US Senate hearing.
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Tags: Al Qaeda, Islam, Saudi Arabia, terrorists, suicide vests
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Die pigs! Al-Qaeda will soon be defeated.
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Check their asses before burial. I bet they have GIANT ANAL IED's hidden there.
You know how queer those islamic terrorist are!
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That's got to be embarassing getting caught with a dress on and then getting cut down in a hail of gunfire. I wonder if they shaved their beards before they put their dresses on.
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If you are Martyred dressed as a Woman, do you get Male Virgins upon your arrival in Paradise? Or are you treated as a Woman and are just sold off to the highest bidder?
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Dresses,children,retarded kids,women,bum-bombs? I think they're trying to tell us something.
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muslim pigs, it's the only reason for women to be dressed the way they are, military reasons not religion.
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muslim extremists killing muslims?
who cares.....
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stupid bitches.
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Exactly what kind of virgins do you get if you die dressed as a woman????????
Oh right, their religion allows them to have boys and girls of any age..........I forgot.
As long as you are a man!!!!!!!!
If a Woman suicide bomber dressed as a man......SHE SHOULD BE STONED TO DEATH!!!!!!!!!
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Explosive vests can be very sexy in a "macho"... but frankly, women dresses with moustaches certainly do not combine. Who is the Al-Qaeda fashion adviser? Ive saint Leurant?
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We must all try to be more tolerant of suicide bombers. End the Nazi fascist Zionist discrimination against suicide bombers, NOW!
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They're on the ropes. The Kingdom is so restrictive you probably can't take a dump properly. Our dubious allies will not submit to Al Quaeda ever.
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.... and when they got to paradise, they were both greeted by 72 lady boy virgins. Allah was confused when he placed the order...
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I suppose the women would get 42 rapists in paradise haha
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Bull Market's Five-Year Anniversary, in Five Charts
With the bull market's five-year anniversary less than a week away, it's time to take stock of the rally and how much longer it can continue on its recent trajectory.
The S&P 500 surged 173% from the bear-market bottom on March 9, 2009 through Monday's close (it rose again Tuesday and is poised to close at another record high). When compared to other bull markets at their five-year points, the current rally is the second-best performer since World War II, according to Jeffrey Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial.
As Mr. Kleintop's chart below shows, the only rally that performed better was the S&P 500′s 228% surge from August 1982 through August 1987, which ended that year on Black Monday.
Considering the magnitude by which stocks have rallied over the past five years, the big question confronting investors is how much longer will the bull market continue. For clues, Mr. Kleintop looks at a variety of measures, including to fund-flow data and valuations, which suggest the S&P 500 could keep rallying in the years ahead.
Investors tend to buy stock funds when they feel confident in the rally. As the chart below shows, inflows picked up last year, but they still have a long way to make up for all of the cash that poured out of the market from 2008 through 2012.
Then there's the phenomenon known as performance chasing, which could add further fuel to the rally. The five-year trailing annualized return for the S&P 500 had been weak up until the second half of last year, Mr. Kleintop said.
In August 2013, the difference between stocks and bonds with regard to their five-year annualized performances was only about 2%, Mr. Kleintop said. By November, that gap widened to double digits and recently ballooned to about 20%, "reflecting not only a strong recent gain in the stock market, but the dropping off of much of the horrific declines in the fall of 2008, when the financial crisis took hold," he said.
So, what's next? "Many investors who avoided stocks during much of the past five years did so because they thought stocks may not ever again produce gains like they did in the 20th century," Mr. Kleintop said.
Based on the chart below, he forecasts the S&P 500 will continue rising at a mid-to-high single-digit annualized pace over the next decade, not including dividends.
"Even though this is likely to come with volatility including a possible recession and bear market along the way, this performance would be substantially better than the next 10 years of low single-digit gains of 2% – 3% suggested by current values for bonds," Mr. Kleintop says.
"New investors in the stock market and those that have participated for many years can take heart. While a great five years of stock market performance is now behind us, we have the potential for a good 10 years to look forward to based on predictive relationships that have withstood the test of time," Mr. Kleintop added.


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So remember how I was nuts and said we were driving to WDW from New Mexico? I wanted to drive for a few reasons. #1 airfare for a family of 5 is ridiculous! Seriously, you have to have the finances of a small country to get the privilege of being vigorously frisked by TSA only to be stuffed in an airtight tube with the rest of the passengers like traveling sardines. #2 I feel every kid should experience a good old fashioned road trip, the good, the bad, and the ugly. It allows the kids to actually see parts of the country they couldn't see from the air, and appreciate the size of the states. Plus, it makes for some fond family memories! (Maybe some of them more fond than others…) So I was dead set on driving which I'm sure gave my Dad a few extra gray hairs, he is a worrier.
After making all of our Disney shirts, packing said shirts, making a plan of travel and loading everyone up in the car we were off on our adventure on May 12th. I had planned 2 days of travel for the 1,700+ miles to Mickey's House. We wanted to leave at 4am but Brandon needed to make a stop at the bank before hand, so we had to wait for it to open. So we actually left a little after 9am. So after that we were officially on the road!
The plan was for Brandon and I to switch driving and I was doing the 1st leg of the trip. The weather in New Mexico was overcast and very windy. I was doing ok driving until we were on I-40 near Edgewood, NM where the canyon winds were in full force. It was scary driving with those winds especially with the semi's on the road with me that were swerving all over. In fact, we seriously almost got into a major car accident not 30 minutes outside of Albuquerque! A semi swerved into my lane and I instinctively swerved to the shoulder. The little road bump things on the side caused my van to swerve right into the middle of the road. I almost hit that damn semi! Then I was trying to correct and I swerved back into the median. Seriously, the van almost flipped! I was able to control the van to finally straighten out and I parked on the median. Holy BLEEEP!!!! All of us were freaking out. I was shaking and on the verge of tears! Still having PTSD from my accident last August didn't help! Brandon and I decided that we would switch drivers and he got behind the wheel and we headed back out. Of course when we caught up to the stupid truck I gave him a dirty look. Idiot was on his cell phone while driving.
We made it to Amarillo, Texas where we made a pit stop to potty and fill up the van. I grabbed the sandwiches I packed for lunch while the boys watched Titanic. Riley had learned about it in school and wanted to watch the movie. Of course I missed fast forwarding the part where Jack is drawing Rose so the boys got an anatomy lesson too. Oh well, there are worse things for them to see!
Then the worst part of the trip. Driving across Texas. Holy Moly does it have to be so dang big? We saw miles and miles of wind farms which kept the boys interested for exactly 30 seconds. Other than that it was flat land and farms. Until we got into Dallas. It was already dark out by the time we got there so it was hard navigating the freeways. The boys enjoyed seeing all of the huge buildings especially lit up at night. Then we made another pit stop at a gas station that we soon realized was in a bad part of town. I made Riley stay in the stall with me turned around while I went to the bathroom, that scary! We hauled butt out of there and continued on. Once we got to Tyler, Tx Brandon was getting tired so I started looking for places to stop. I originally thought about Shreveport but many of the hotels near the freeway didn't have the greatest reviews, dirty and unsafe. So I made Brandon drive further up to Bossier City where I booked us at Ramada Inn right off the freeway. Poor guy was exhausted and the last 30 minutes of the trip I was singing silly songs to him trying to help him focus and not be sleepy. We pulled in shortly before midnight where we grabbed what we needed and crashed. I was smart enough to pack us a bag of clothes and toiletries we could just pull out instead of dragging out all of our suitcases for the whole trip. I don't think any of us slept very well. They had 2 double beds so I slept with Riley and Brandon slept with James, and Joseph slept on the floor with his camping mat and sleeping bag. Riley kicked me all night and I woke up several times with his feet in my face.
But the next morning we loaded up, ate from the continental breakfast and we were off again. Brandon and I had sneakily planned to head to Monroe, La. The boys and him are obsessed with Duck Dynasty and we wanted to go to their store. As soon as we pulled up Joseph recognized it immediately and started almost hyperventilating. He was so so excited! Riley was in a grumpy mood for whatever reason and was being such a pill. Probably tired and tired of being cooped up in the car. But Joseph and James couldn't wait to get their picture in front of the iconic sign!
When we got into the store the boys were in awe. They were like kids in a candy store! Joseph had to look at everything and couldn't decide what souvenir to get. The big boys decided on bobble heads and Duck Commander dog tags. Riley got a duck call cross necklace. We spent more time in there than planned but we were out of the car for a bit. No, we didn't see the Duck Commander guys, but the boys didn't seem to mind!
Then we were off again! Brandon was still driving and I was the navigator. Which worked out better anyway because the love of my life couldn't read a map to save his life! We were planning on making our way to Mississippi before the next stop. We were making pretty good time and made it to the river in the early afternoon. When Brandon and I pointed out we were crossing the river the boys didn't believe us! They were used to the Rio Grande River of ours that is more like a stream than a river. Riley insisted it was a lake! We stopped at the Welcome Center for a potty break and to take in the scenery.
It was a lovely Welcome Center and I recommend it for any of your road trips. So then we were back on the road heading up to Jackson, Ms. Either it was the Benadryl or Riley stopped fighting his grumpy sleepiness and finally fell asleep! Ah, nice and quiet! The boys watched a gazillion movies on the way. I had planned all of these activities, books, etc and the thing that kept them entertained was the DVD player. Thank you kind sir or madam who came up with this glorious invention!
We made our way into Mobile, Al where the boys got their 1st tiny glimpse at the ocean! We saw a cruise ship and some other barges nearby and they thought that was pretty cool. After one little wrong turn snaffoo we were back on track and made our way across the bridge heading towards Daphne, Al which is where by best blogging buddy Mandi lives! I had been updating her through text and let her know we'd stop by on the way back. We were so close to Florida now! Riley was beside himself with asking when we were gonna get there! Finally not long after we made it!
So we got here at about 5:30pm. About 30 minutes after the Welcome Center closed, so no freshly squeezed Florida orange juice for us. So we just had a little pit stop and headed back out again. About this time my mom called and said she was in Orlando and at Caribbean Beach. I was really wanting to make it there tonight so she wouldn't be there by herself. By my calculations we'd make it in about midnight. So we were trucking along when about 2 hours later Brandon was exhausted. I tried to drive but I was exhausted too. We decided to be safe and pull into the next town. Which was Chipley, Florida. Remember this town, we will be talking about it later… We decided to stop at Quality Inn for the night. When we 1st got to the room we were happy to see Queen beds! But after Riley being a sleeping ninja the night before no one wanted to sleep with him! So he got his own bed, Brandon and I in one bed, and the big boys on the floor in their sleeping bags.
We had ordered pizza, took showers and hit the hay. We all slept like rocks. The beds were very comfortable! When we woke up the next morning we all felt better. We got breakfast at the continental breakfast, packed up and were on the road again! We knew we were getting closer and closer when we started seeing Disney billboards! And some not so Disney billboards advertising a very adult establishment that "welcomed couples"!
We finally made it home for the next week at Caribbean Beach Resort a little after 3pm! We made it! All in one piece! We didn't have to tie any kid up on the roof rack! Now we were ready to be immersed in all things Disney! However, in the next post you'll see a big "Oh No!" moment!
QOTD? Have you ever made a long family road trip? What is your favorite memory?


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The descendants of Robert and Myrtle (Barr) Hamner had their 47th reunion on June 29 at Buckhannon Riverfront Park with 110 people registering. Melissa Currence, president, greeted the family.
Deceased family members for the year were Sonny Beeler, Jerry Walker, Glenn Crawford, Kay Exline, all of Ohio; Lora Bunner of Ravenswood; Donna Bunner of South Carolina; John Phillips of French Creek; and Jeff Clouser of Virginia.
Bud and Juanita Meeker surprised everyone by attending from Ohio for the first time.
Robert Hamner asked the blessing and there was a bountiful supply of food and gifts.
The oldest and last surviving member of the Hamner dozen, Maxine Strader, celebrated her 90th birthday the day before at the Strader reunion on her farm above Sago.
New officers for the coming year are Matt and Eddie Hamner, co-presidents; Dianna Strader, secretary; and Amanda Kisher, treasurer.
Edith Casto retired as treasurer after 18 years. She has organized, furnished supplies, completed paper work, registered guests, collected money, distributed tickets for prizes and cleaned up for the reunions.
Vonda Hamner retired as secretary after 26 years, but will continue getting recipes for next year's cookbook and collecting family history. Anyone having recipes or family history may send them to 23 Riley Heights, Buckhannon.
Those attending were Casto, Darrel Morris, Melissa, Kirsten and Kasey Currence, Glenn and Vonda Hamner, Shirley Hamner, Buck and Betty Casto, Eddie, Kathy, Courtney, Stacy Hamner and Katie McClure, Matthew and Terry Hamner, Jean Wright, Maxine Strader, Chris, Amy, Emily, Marley, Michaela, Abby and Austin McCartney, Steve and Sandy McCartney, Julie Hamner, Roger Hamner, Mary Ann, Kimberly Ann and Eric Miller; Ruth and Roger Williams and Jessica Morris; Chelsy Maxwell, Beth Lattimer, Brooke and Kayla Carlyle, Joyce and Gary Hollen, and Randy and Millie Calkins, all of Buckhannon; Wilma Phillips, Scott, Ruth and Adam Ryan, Franklin and Debra Ryan, William, Patricia, William, Levi and Cordell Ryan, Robert and Cheryl Hamner, Steve, Christine and Kati Hamner, Chris, Cassie, Caleb and Cory Hamner, Linda and Lexi Coffman, and Bugs and Liz Hamner, all of French Creek; Dana and Linda Hamner of Tallmansville, Bill, Tammy, Devin, Dani and Gabi Hamner of Bridgeport, Brad and Nancy Bowers of Moyers, Cindy Danley of Fairmont, Ann Clouser of Lumberport, Jerry and Greta Strader of Weirton, Jeff, Bernadette, Jessica, Travis and Holly Strader of Follansbee, Robert, Magalia and Laina Hamner of Gassaway, Les and Sandy Casto, Tina, Casey, Theresa Johnson and Matthew of Fairview, Bud and Juanita Meeker of Londonderry, Ohio, Dustin and Amanda Kisher of Grove City, Ohio, Dan, Nicholas and Jordan Strader of Wilshire, Ohio, Joe and Glenda Hamner of Fredricksburg, Va., David, Dianna and Brandon Strader of Burgettstown, Pa., Justin Strader of Decatur, Ind., and Minter J. Houghton of Fort Pierce, Fla.


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Artist: Katatonia (http://www.katatonia.com)
Album: Brave Yester Days
Release Date: May 4th, 2004
Label: Century Media
Rating: 8/10
Recommended Tracks: Disc 1 - Black Erotica, Love of the Swan, Funeral Wedding
Disc 2 - Murder, Rainroom, Saw You Drown
You know the simultaneous feeling of nostalgia and embarrassment you get when you flip through an old yearbook? You know what I mean, like when you're thumbing through the pages of your old high school yearbook and you see all the goofy clothes you used to wear, and the ridiculous hairstyles everyone had, but you also remember all the good times you had and all the cool things you did. For a lot of metal acts a compilation album is like that - embarrassing but memorable early demo material mixed in among latter-day metal musical gems. Katatonia's comprehensive double album Brave Yester Days (a play on the title of 1997's excellent album Brave Murder Day) features material from their expansive catalog dating all the way back to 1992, when they began as just another bunch of disenfranchised dark-minded teenagers wondering what the hell they were on this planet for (either that or they figured out they could get girls by being in a band and figured what the hell, let's go for it). And like a trip down memory lane in the old annual, Katatonia's album is a mixture of a few "what were we thinking?" musical moments mixed in with a lot of modern metal classics.
The double album is a collection of the band's hard to find EP's and tracks from their earlier albums. Disc one includes 1992's Jiva Elohim Meth EP, two cuts from their debut album Dance Of December Souls, two cuts from 1993's very obscure War Compiliation, Vol. 1, and 1995's For Funerals To Come EP. Disc two features two tracks from the album's namesake, 1997's Brave Murder Day (featuring metal's current top growler Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth on vocals), 1997's Sounds of Decay EP (also featuring Akerfeldt), and finishes with 1998's Saw You Drown EP. The packaging is impressive too, with an attention to detail usually not associated with a compilation CD. The 2-disc set comes in a smooth digipak format along with a booklet featuring haunting artwork and photography as well as lyrics to all the songs. It's clear Katatonia put every bit of their black hearts and empty souls into all aspects of choosing what was on this album.
The music itself is pretty much a grab-bag of their entire career, from their early musings on all things black and gloomy to the tight performances of the doom/death metal-lite they play now. Disc one's highlights include the driving rhythm of "Black Erotica" and the gloomy riffing on "Love of the Swan", but to be honest some of this stuff just isn't very good, as like most mid-grade doom metal the songs just tend to drone on and on aimlessly, searching for their cosmic place in the world or whatever subject matter they happen to be dealing with. The 13-minute "Velvet Thorns" immediately comes to mind as the chief offender, as it just wanders aimlessly over the same couple of riffs for about 8 minutes too long, and the first few tracks sound like a young band struggling to find itself and its sound. That's exactly what was going on back then and is totally forgivable, although not all that listenable. Fortunately the disc closes much stronger than it starts with the For Funerals To Come EP, especially with the excellent drum and bass work on the track "Funeral Wedding".
Disc two, however, is full of heavy hitters from beginning to end, as this disc highlights the part of the band's career where they really began to hit their stride creatively and musically. Having one of metal's top throats sing your songs doesn't hurt matters either, as Mikael Akerfeldt's guest vocals shine on top of the more straightforward melodic death metal stylings the band was beginning to adopt. "Murder" and "Rainroom", off of Brave Murder Day, are simply two of the band's best songs off of any album, and the last four songs featuring clean vocals over driving blackened rock riffs are indicative of where the band's sound is today. In fact there really isn't a weak track on the second disc which makes it a very enjoyable listen, even the 10-minute closer "Scarlet Heavens" has enough interesting switch-ups in drum patterns and riffing to overcome its length and its questionable 80's goth-sounding vocals.
Predictably, there's much better material on the second disc than the first, but overall this is a cool collection that showcases the dramatic evolution in sound of what is one of metal's top bands today. Katatonia has come a long way from the angsty youngsters they were back in '92 to the full fledged doom/melodic death powerhouse they are today, and this album is like a growth chart of the band's body of work. While it won't interest those of you looking for another splatter-filled gore grind death-fest, it is definitely a must have for Katatonia fans unable to track down all those tough to find EP's, and fans of metal in general will appreciate how far the band has come in over a decade of service to the metal community. To re-visit the yearbook analogy, you should at least give them a listen for the band daring to show you the musical equivalent of themselves wearing acid-washed jeans and hairspray-drenched long poofy hair on the first disc, but be warned that they will also flaunt musical pictures of themselves standing triumphantly lip-locked on the football field with all the hot cheerleaders on the second disc.
- Greg
Artist: Katatonia (http://www.katatonia.com)


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Kieswetter makes instant impression
Craig Kieswetter cracked a thrilling century on his England debut to set up a 112-run win over a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in the opening tour game in Fatullah.
The Johannesburg-born opener was a last-minute addition to the one-day touring party after some eye-catching displays for England Lions, and announced his senior credentials in the most emphatic fashion with 143 off 123 deliveries.
The innings was not without its good fortune, containing as it did four dropped catches and a botched stumping, but the natural timing he showed surely adds to team director Andy Flower's options at the top of the order ahead of the one-day series.
Vice-captain Paul Collingwood was also in fine form, crashing a carefree 109 off 74 deliveries as England wracked up a mammoth 370 for seven in 50 overs.
Skipper Alastair Cook also prospered - he made a fluent 56 - while off-spinner Graeme Swann impressed with the ball, picking up 4-44 as the home side closed on 258 for nine.
Having set such a formidable target, England were never in any real danger of losing, and Ajmal Shahzad can be pleased with the scalp of Test batsman Shahriar Nafees in the fifth over of the BCB's reply.
Shahzad, who removed both Pakistan openers in the first over of his England debut in the final Twenty20 international last week, burnished his reputation by bowling captain Shahriar for eight.
Things did not improve for the BCB when Swann removed Mahmudul Hasan for 22 in his second over courtesy of a diving catch by Luke Wright.
Nasiruddin Faroq dug in alongside Raqibul Hasan to take his side to three figures, but Swann changed ends and promptly had Faroq lbw for 37, leaving the home side 107 for three.
James Tredwell, hit for a straight six by Naeem Islam earlier, accounted for Raqibul, who made 41, before Swann trapped Naeem Islam lbw and removed Ariful Hoq after twice being lifted over long-on.
Wright took one wicket at the end, while Liam Plunkett picked up two, including top-scorer Sharifullah, in the final over.
It capped a pleasing outing for Cook, leading England for the first time in a 50-over contest.
He had earlier shared an opening stand of 127 with Kieswetter, working the ball around well to make a composed 56 before falling lbw to Alauddin Babu.
Kevin Pietersen was trapped in front by Babu's next delivery, and Wright benefited from three drops on his way to 25.
Tapash Baisya recovered from a poor start to remove Collingwood, who had hit six sixes, and Matt Prior, who made just eight, in quick succession.
But Kieswetter, who qualified to play for England only a week ago, undeniably stole the show: he struck 14 fours and six sixes, five of which were hit over the bowler's head, in a graphic illustration of his immense talent.
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Psyche, Op.32 (Juon, Paul)
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
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Suite of 3 Pieces (Op.32a)
For Piano solo (Composer)
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Berlin: Schlesinger'sche Buch- und Musikhandlung, 1906. Plate S. 9376.
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|Juon, Paul
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|Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra
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Actually, as noted in the worklist, Op.32 is for tenor, chorus and orchestra. Op.32a, the suite published in 1910 (hrm- ok, maybe not, I see the date there is 1906 too- :) ) (a piano reduction of which is above), is for orchestra. If we separate the pages, as we often do, things may be clearer.
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It took just one big storm for floodwaters to reach the crest of Greenhorn Creek, sending boulders and a collapsed trail bridge into the water.
A heavy storm dumped more than 6 inches of rain in Rye overnight, covering basements in mud and water. The rain many people had been hoping for finally came but much quicker than the creek could handle.
"We hope it quits raining and the water recedes and we can start looking if there is any damage and we can get the mud out of some people's houses," said Terry Mabrey, mayor of Rye.
The storm woke up sisters Emily and Kaily Smith, who spent much of Monday afternoon cleaning up the debris from their front yard. "We were also woken up by police officers who were coming to our door to make sure that we were OK," Emily said.
Terry Hill lives beside Greenhorn Creek. He woke up to the sound of boulders crashing onto the water. It's a sight he said he's never seen.
"This is the worst one we've had in over 40 years here so we keep that in mind that it's a pretty rare thing so we're not gonna worry about it too much in the future," Hill said.
The storm destroyed Hill's patio. Thankfully, floodwaters never reached his home.
Aside from a trail bridge between two homes, no other major damage was reported.
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It took just one big storm for floodwaters to reach the crest of Greenhorn Creek, sending boulders and a collapsed trail bridge into the water.
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Persephone, Falling
by Rita Dove
Persephone, Falling Theme of Women and Femininity
We could have just as easily said family, but "Persephone, Falling" is really all about mothers and daughters. Dove is trying to reconcile all the thoughts and desires she had when she was a child with all the fears and anxieties she has now that she is a mom. In the poem, Persephone is a daughter longing to be free of her mother's overprotection, while her mother longs to keep her safe, innocent and childlike.
Questions About Women and Femininity
- What exactly is central conflict between the Persephone and her mother? Are they actually at odds?
- Do you think the mother really only wants the best for her daughter, or is she being a little selfish also?
- How is this relationship different from a father and son?
- Check out the last two lines. Whom do you hold responsible for what happened to Persephone?
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Try on an opinion or two, start a debate, or play the devil's advocate.
Persephone's desire to distinguish herself from her mother chases her right into the arms of a dangerous man.
Demeter's real struggle in this poem is not how to keep her daughter safe, but how to let her go.


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Oh boy. I didn't want to keep this conversation going but I have to respond to this...Moses, it sounds as if you are saying graphic/visual design can be summed up as technical ability. While this misconception has sadly been perpetuated by some mediocre design schools/programs, it is a dangerous fallacy.
Actually I was trying to say quite the opposite. It's the theoretical toolkit I was referring to, but that theoretical tool kit can't be completely divorced from practice. That's why I keep emphasizing the tools. Different tools afford access to understanding design in different ways. In my thinking this goes for any field of practice, and the best thing you can do as a practitioner is to find time to explore new tools because doing so allows you to not only take advantage of whatever snazzy tricks those tools afford, but to reframe your conceptual base by approaching practice from another angle.
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Israels Sharon defies world opinion at UN
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was remarkably candid during his visit to New York last week about his government's continued willingness to push ahead with several policies widely regarded as violations of international law.
Venezuelas Chavez gets UN ovation
UNITED NATIONS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received tremendous applause from world leaders at the United Nations World Summit Sept. 15 after a stirring speech assailing the Bush administration and world capitalism. He then toured New York City, greeted by enthusiastic crowds, and repeated his offer of oil and other assistance to low-income Americans.
UN summit will focus on development goals
UNITED NATIONS — On Sept. 14, over 170 heads of state will descend on UN headquarters in New York for history's largest gathering of world leaders, a three-day World Summit. High on the agenda will be how to reach the "Millennium Development Goals" (MDGs).
Animal advocates decry CAFTA as deadly disaster
Animal advocates denounced the passage of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement as a "deadly disaster" for farmed animals and wildlife.
Haiti: Denounce detention of priest Britain: Gate Gourmet pickets can continue Colombia: Attacks on indigenous communities continue Mali: UN food agency urges more help for children
Growing ties of friendship on Korean peninsula
Based on recent developments and opinion surveys, it seems much less likely that the Bush administration will be able to rely on South Korea, traditionally one of the United States' strongest allies in Asia, to isolate the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea).
UN troops in Haiti aid repression, critics charge
On July 6, 350 soldiers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) stormed the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil, one of the capital's poorest districts and a hotbed of support for ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Anger rises over cover-up on shooting of Brazilian
LONDON — The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian electrician who was shot to death by British police on July 22 in the wake of two terrorist attacks here, have demanded an end to police "shoot to kill" tactics following revelations about the circumstances surrounding the killing.
Festival diary: Venezuelans have big hearts
Erika, 19, a Chicana student from the Los Angeles area, was one of the more than 700 U.S. delegates to the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students, Aug. 6-13, in Caracas, Venezuela. Erika was interviewed before leaving for Venezuela in the July 30-Aug. 5 PWW. Below is the interview during the festival and next week the PWW will publish the last interview and Erika's post-festival impressions.
From Daniel: Welcome to Venezuela!: A day in the life of a social worker
SIMON BOLIVAR AIRPORT, Venezuela — Our very first experience as the United States delegation at the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students here was the warm and excited Aug. 5 welcome of a youngVenezuelan who is a social worker in the steep hill community that faces this airport, Mission Barrio Adentro. His name is Daniel, better known as "the guy in the red shirt" to many of the 700-plus U.S. delegates that journeyed here.


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I got feed up with trying to get this chip to work solderless so i soldered it to the board. I'm having trouble with getting it to work it keeps going through a boot loop. Can someone please tell me if I wired this right? (please excuse the poor wiring representation.)
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CSDL Home IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence 1993 vol.15 Issue No.09 - September
Issue No.09 - September (1993 vol.15)
pp: 943-948
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/34.232081

Projective invariants are shape descriptors that are independent of the point of view from which the shape is seen, and, therefore, are of major importance in object recognition. They make it possible to match an image of an object to one stored in a database without the need for searching for the correct viewpoint. An invariant representation of a general curve is obtained. The calculation is local and does not suffer from the occlusion problem of global descriptors. To make the method robust, differentiation techniques that give much more reliable results than previous ones are developed. These differentiation methods are useful in many other applications as well.

noise-resistant projective invariants; robustness; curve invariants; shape descriptors; object recognition; occlusion; differentiation techniques; image recognition
I. Weiss, "Noise-Resistant Invariants of Curves", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol.15, no. 9, pp. 943-948, September 1993, doi:10.1109/34.232081


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Definition of gynarchy in English:
noun (plural gynarchies)
Rule by women or a woman.
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The East Mills football team totaled 505 yards in a 66-6 victory over Essex in Eight-Man, District 8 action on Friday.
The Wolverines (6-2 overall, 5-1 in the district) used their balanced offense - they finished with 238 yards rushing and 277 passing - to build a 54-0 halftime lead. No varsity players took a snap in the second half.
In its last Corner Conference match of the season, the East Mills volleyball team swept South Page 25-9, 25-12, 25-15 on Thursday.
"We served 92 percent for the night, racked up 19 aces, and our hitting was positive," said East Mills coach Connie Blank. "It was great to finish the regular season with a win which will give us a boost as we begin regional tournament play next week."
Amanda Bazer recorded six kills and served 14-for-15 with nine aces.
The Glenwood volleyball team dropped a five-game decision to Council Bluffs St. Albert 17-25, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 6-15 on Thursday.
"Games two, three and four were played at a very high level and a great tempo for us," said Glenwood coach Kara Huisman. "It was one of our best defensive matches of the year. We just didn't do what we needed to do offensively in game 5. This is a tough loss but we got better tonight."
I guess it was nice to learn that I wasn't being singled out or picked on.
Judging by some e-mails I've received in the past week, I wasn't the only Glenwood resident slapped with a sizeable rate hike on my water and sewer bill this month from the Glenwood Municipal Utilities.
Seventeen bands from western Iowa will perform before judges at Ram Memorial Field in Glenwood at Saturday's Iowa State High School Marching Band Festival.
The Glenwood Board of Directors voted unanimously in approval on Monday to proceed with the purchase of a parcel of land with the intent of relocating the district's bus barn and maintenance facilities.
An outdoor swimming pool being proposed for the city of Glenwood will be the focus of discussion at a public forum Monday night, Oct. 18, at the Mills County YMCA community room. The forum begins at 7 p.m.
The Fremont-Mills volleyball team swept East Mills 25-4, 25-10, 25-19 in the opening round of the Corner Conference volleyball tournament last Monday.
The second seeded Knights (21-3) used its aggressive attack (31 kills) and took advantage of some Wolverine (1-19) errors in the win.
In what head coach Andy Irwin called his team's most "complete" performance of the season the East Mills football team rang up 536 yards of total offense in a 60-18 victory over Nishnabotna on Friday.
In a crowded 21 team field, the Glenwood girls cross country team placed ninth at the Atlantic Invitational on Thursday.
Tri-Center was the meet champion with 81 team points. Dallas Center-Grimes was the runner up with 104 points and Harlan was third with 130.
The Rams' compiled 239 points, 10 points behind eighth place A-D-M.
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Tucker County moved up four spots to No. 1 in Class A for the first time in school history in the third West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission's High School football ratings released on Tuesday.
"The boys are very excited to be where they're at," Tucker County coach A.J. Rapp said. "They have worked really hard in the offseason and it has shown in the first part of the season.
"The coaches have really worked hard with the team and getting them prepared for the beginning of the season. Our defense also has been really strong so far."
The?Mountain Lions (5-0) are coming off a big win over Class AA, No. 14 Philip Barbour last week, 35-14, and will host Southern (Md.) on Friday.
"We have told the kids to take one game at a time and see what happens,"?Rapp said. "You never know what we will have in the last part of the season. We still have a tough schedule with a lot of teams that are currently ranked including, Pendleton?County, Notre Dame and Petersburg."
Other teams locally ranked in Class A are No. 7 East Hardy (4-0), along with Moorefield (2-3) and Pendleton County (3-2), who are both currently tied for 20th.
Greenbrier West (4-1) and Meadow Bridge (5-0) are currently tied for second. Wahama (5-0), Clay Battelle (5-0), Valley Fayette (4-0), East Hardy, magnolia (4-1), Tug Valley (4-1) and Wirt County (4-1) round out the top 10 in Class A.
Two local teams are currently ranked in Class AA - No. 11 Petersburg (3-1) and No. 14 Philip Barbour (3-2).
Philip Barbour travels to Petersburg on Friday for a key non-conference matchup.
Scott (5-0)?is currently No. 1 in Class AA, followed by Wayne (4-0), Bridgeport (4-1), Bluefield (3-1), Frankfort (4-0), Robert C. Byrd (4-1), Mingo Central (3-1), Liberty Raleigh (4-1), Keyser (3-1) and River View (4-1).
In Class AAA, Elkins moved up one spot to No. 3 after defeating Fairmont Senior last week, 39-6.
The Tigers will return home Friday night to face Bridgeport in a key Big 10 Conference matchup.
Cabell Midland is the top team in Class AAA at 5-0, followed by?University (5-0), Point Pleasant (4-0), Huntington (4-1), Martinsburg (4-1), Woodrow Wilson (4-1), George Washington (4-1), Morgantown (3-1) and Capital (3-1).
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Monday Profile Narwhal Strike
Somewhat a nu-gaze outfit, this group of young Winnipegers are gaining momentum in the local scene here. Getting a nod from CBC radio3 earlier this year has no doubt given them the confidence to make the move into the studio. Spacey melodic guitars and a heavy emphasis on rhythm makes the listener start to sway almost immediately. Levis' voice is relaxed and inexpressive at times and grungy and loud at others which reminds me a bit of Billy Corgan. I look forward to an album from these guys and I also look forward to seeing them Live at the Festival in January. Listen below.
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Alabama women's basketball faces No. 6 Kentucky
Published: Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama women's basketball team (10-4, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) will host sixth-ranked Kentucky (13-1, 1-0) at 2 p.m. today in Foster Auditorium in the Crimson Tide's first SEC home game.
No. 6 Kentucky at Alabama
When: 2 p.m.
Where: Foster Auditorium
Records: Kentucky 13-1, 1-0 SEC Alabama 10-4, 0-1
Radio: 790 AM
Alabama and Kentucky will be meeting for the 39th time in the series that favors the Wildcats, 22-16. Kentucky had won seven straight against UA before the Crimson Tide beat the Wildcats 77-75 on Feb. 16. The victory was Alabama's first over a ranked opponent since Dec. 21, 2002.
This season, Alabama ranks second in the nation in turnover margin (plus-10.71) and also ranks No. 5 in the country in steals per game (14.1).
The Crimson Tide is led in scoring by sophomore Daisha Simmons with 11.9 points per game. She is followed by juniors Jasmine Robinson (11.3) and Shafontaye Myers (10.9).
Simmons also leads the team in assists (3.9) and steals (3.1) and is second in blocks (1.0). Senior Alicia Mitcham and redshirt sophomore Kaneisha Horn average a team-best 5.3 rebounds per game apiece.
Kentucky's lone loss was at then-No. 1 Baylor, 85-51. The Wildcats have 11 players averaging 10 or more minutes per game, with the highest being senior A'dia Mathies at 27.5 minutes per game.
Kentucky is averaging 77.7 points per game, which is 27.0 more than its opponents.
The Wildcats are ranked in the top 25 in the nation in several categories: first in turnover margin (plus-11.43), seventh in scoring margin, 11th in scoring offense, 15th in blocks per game (5.8), 20th in steals per game (12.7) and 21st in scoring defense (50.7).
Kentucky is led on offense by Mathies, who averages 13.8 points per game, while sophomore Samarie Walker averages a team-high 7.5 rebounds per game.
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The Irontrail fraud
I'll try to be brief, as there is not much to say (or there is?) about the much-awaited Swiss Irontrail…
On Friday 6th, the start of our race (T201, 201 km, ~11,000 m of climb) was postponed for 8 hours due to bad weather around the Pontresina region. Eventually, we started at 4 p.m. instead of 8 a.m. as it was planned and there was a change in the original course, the organizers removed the first 47 km of the course, which included a major climb to the Diabolezza (km 16, 3004 m), a crossing of the Morteratsch and Pers Gletscher glaciers and another climb to the Fuorcla Pischa (31 km, 2837 m). All this because the snow conditions were not "optimal". The resulting course was then 154 km long, which is very similar to what the UTMB was in its first editions.
The start was fine, with runners recovering their psyche after the long delay, and although the weather was not great, at least it was not raining. The first climb we encountered was to the Fuorcla Surlej (58 km, 2755 m), where we encountered some rain during the descent, while enjoying the scenery as we entered the St. Moritz valley. There we arrived to the first big aid station (km 67), where we had left a change of clothes for the original course. We barely logged 20 km of this shortened course, I was feeling great and arrived to the aid station in 48th place, only 3 hours after starting the race. All the time was with Paco, a friend from Malaga that I met in Chamonix last year. Both of us were having a blast and decided to change our shirt and have some food, then departed at full speed towards the next big climb.
We ran around St. Moritz Lake and started climbing some seemingly endless stairs which, after a long time, left us on the trail that climbs towards Piz Nair (81 km, 3022 m), the highest point on the course and which we summited when the night arrived but not yet using our headlamps. There it began to rain again, a bit stronger, so we put on our jackets and headlamps and with the water bladders filled, we ran down the opposite side of the mountain. On either side of the trail several rivers were coming down, which we sometimes had to jump, because they flooded the course. Likewise, there were also some snow patches, but quite short and smooth. Despite the darkness, we passed people on the descent and during this stretch Paco went a bit ahead of me because I made a nature stop.
I got to the bottom of the valley and, after a couple of kilometers along a dirt road, the ascent to the Fuorcla Crap Alv (km 93, 2466 m) began. Some very short zigzags and a fairly steep climb with some mud reminded me of the nocturnal climb to the Tête aux Vents at the UTMB, but a lot shorter than that. At the top of the pass I got to a small aid station, where I changed my soaked short sleeves to something warmer and put my waterproof pants on. Paco must have been there about 10 or 15 minutes before me. While I had some chicken broth, I noticed a strange environment among the other runners, because they had no hurry to leave the station and it was when I managed to decipher a brief sentence in German by someone of the staff: "The race has been canceled!".
My mind couldn't believe what I had heard, so I began asking other runners, who one by one were confirming the disappointing news. Within minutes I met with Jordi and Oriol, a pair of Catalan runners, with whom I immediately engaged in conversation about the situation, and it was then that we decided to send everything to hell and start the descent to the village of Bergün (km 104). We came down the mountain without hurry and trying to elaborate reasons to understand the sudden decision of the organization, meanwhile the rain had stopped. Everything was unreal.
When we reached the road, the staff people told us to continue downhill along the same (instead of the trail alongside the river) and that a bus would eventually get us quickly to Bergün. We were also told that such section was short, with only a few kilometers. In the end, we walked for about an hour until the damn truck passed, which picked us immediately and within a few minutes left us at the Bergün checkpoint. There I met Paco, who arrived some time before and who was also talking with other Spanish friends. I took off my wet clothes, I wrapped myself under a thermal blanket and ate some pasta and bread. Soon the organization told us that another transport would arrive to take us to Chur, the little town where the race would have end originally. It was 4 a.m. or so.
Half an hour later, the bus stopped at Chur and dropped us outside of a building where there was no one to welcome us. We tried to figure out where the entrance was but apparently everything was closed. It was quite disconcerting to see that no one from the organization was waiting for us and apparently we had no place to take shelter. Some runners were almost naked for all their clothing was wet and we had no access to the change of clothes that we had sent to the finish line. After 20 minutes someone gave us notice that we were left at the wrong place and we had to walk to another place half a block from there. We arrived at a small park, where the finish line was with a big tent and supplies. The staff got us into a gym where there were mattresses and blankets so we could catch some sleep. By then it was morning and still no rain again.
After a few hours of deep sleep, we opened our eyes to find that Elías, another friend of Malaga, had also arrived to Chur. He was enrolled to the T141, which had started in Pontresina at 9 p.m. the night before and which was also shut down after a few hours for the same reason as the T201. After a short talk, we walked to the hotel where we had reservation for the night of Sunday to Monday, and moved the lodging for one night. Upon returning to the finish area we learned that the organization had also canceled the T71 and T21, two shorter races to be held on Saturday in the region of Chur. Meanwhile, staff people were handing out the "finisher" t-shirts for those who participated in the interrupted T201 and T141. It was worth noting that the midday weather was spectacular and all of this only contributed to an atmosphere of great discontent among runners, especially those of us who came from outside Switzerland.
We settled into the hotel and after a good shower and a nap we went out to get some food and drink. At some lost street in downtown Chur we found the Spanish gang at the terrace of a bar and we joined forces to the massive ingestion of beers. We had a great time making fun of the race situation, of the organizers and talking about new projects where we didn't depend on any regulation or organization. After all, everybody was upset and the only thing that seemed to calm us was a good conversation with friends and rounds of beer. The weather was still very good and we still hadn't heard any official statement by the race organization.
And that is the status for now. Everything seems to be a total fraud…
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A look at the 'keepers: Almunia, Given or Schwarzer? 17 August, 2010Posted by lasagnechef in Arsenal News.
I came across this yesterday from ex-captain Stewart Robson saying that he thinks Manuel Almunia is a better option than both Mark Schwarzer and Shay Given and it got me thinking. It made me look back to not last season, but the one before when Manuel established himself in the Premier League and actually looked like a decent 'keeper. We were very happy with him as a successor to Lehmann and we were even singing for him to take the no.1 shirt for England. However it all went wrong for him last season, a massive drop in confidence affected the whole defence and since then we've been linked with a move for a new goalkeeper. This is what Robson said on Sky Sports News yesterday:
"I don't see that Schwarzer, the player that everybody's talking about, is a better goalkeeper than Almunia – I think Almunia's a better goalkeeper than Schwarzer.
Shay Given is a very good shot-stopper, but most of the criticism of Arsenal's goalkeepers is that they don't come for crosses or haven't been dominant in the air. Shay Given's not that goalkeeper. He's a very good goalkeeper, we all know that, but he's more of a shot-stopper than someone who's going to dominate his penalty area.
It's true that our problem is the organization of the defence and dealing with balls in the air, Almunia isn't a bad shot stopper on his day, not as good as Given but not bad. He went on to say that he thinks we can win the league with Almunia in goal but we have our defensive strategy to sort out, he defends the 'keeper saying our defenders need to up their game too and Almunia really isn't as bad as Arsenal fans make out.
Maybe he's not, but we've seen him make too many mistakes now and I'm afraid being a goalkeeper you get judged by your mistakes. He's made some great saves in his time at Arsenal you cant deny that but the fans have forgotten about that now due to all the dropped balls, missed crosses, bad decision making and poor ball-handling. You could see clearly how badly that affected the defence in front of him, they no longer trusted the 'keeper behind them, they didn't know what he was going to do and it made them nervous and jittery too. I'm afraid it might be too late for Manuel now, he may still have the talent to make it but the damage has been done already.
This is illustrated perfectly by this image of Almunia missing a cross against Liverpool on Sunday leaving Sagna and Clichy bewildered on the line. Pretty funny actually! The image is from an interview with the current no.1 saying he may look to leave if we bring a new goalie in. You can't blame him for saying that but in an ideal world I'd want him to stay, he's a great no.2 goalkeeper – I don't think he's quite good enough to be the permanent choice but can fill in well when needed. However with a taste of first team football now I wouldn't be surprised if he left.
As for the options for his replacements well we all know about Mark Shwarzer and Shay Given. The Manchester City goalie looks to have lost his place as no.1 thanks to the emerging Joe Hart who put in a great performance against Spurs. Given made it quite clear that he's not happy to sit on the bench and will look for first team football elsewhere if not selected. Obviously he's going to be linked with Arsenal straight away but I don't think it's going to happen if I'm honest with you. Why would City allow a rival to strengthen their squad? There's a chance they might let us have him but I doubt it as it looks like they are ruling out a move to Tottenham for Craig Bellamy. It's not like they need the money, they can do whatever they please. I imagine a move to Celtic or a team outside of the Premiership's top six will be more likely for the Ireland no.1.
Given's former team mate at Newcastle, Warren Barton has been misquoted about his future. Typical Sport.co.uk have used the headline 'Barton: Given is going to Arsenal' when all he has said is that he could see him at the club. Many Arsenal fans have seen this and taken it as a given that he's on the way (no pun intended). He could be, but I think this is just a case of Sport.co.uk twisting quotes again.
I think the most likely options is Schwarzer. He's actually handed in a transfer request, Fulham didn't play him at the weekend, he says he wants to come to Arsenal and we are actually interested in him – all signs point towards a move. At the weekend Fulham played second choice David Stockdale against Bolton claiming Schwarzer was 'injured' and the 24-year-old put in a great performance. It has left Fulham fans a bit more relieved about the whole situation. I think the main thing stopping a potential move to Arsenal would be if they couldn't find a replacement for him but they may already have one in Stockdale; maybe Given will even join up with former boss Mark Hughes at Fulham, who knows?
So a move for Schwarzer looks like it could be on the cards. I take into account Almunia's past good performances for Arsenal but as I said I think the damage has been done now. A new, reliable 'keeper would do the defence's confidence a world of good and hopefully bring a bit of defensive stability to the squad. All it takes now is for us to make an acceptable offer and we have ourselves an established, respected Premier League goalkeeper.
This doesn't get away from the fact that we still need one or two more centre backs but one baby step at a time guys…
Thanks for reading.
- 1. wenger - 17 August, 2010
shwarzer is the best option.arsenal has a big problem of dealing with set pieces.when we get teams with big strikers and defenders our defence will definitely struggle, but with the height of shwarzer, we will solve this once and for all.
- 2. 1979gooner - 17 August, 2010
I agree. Strangely just wrote a piece with a few of the same points.
I think Schwarzer is no better, slightly worse possibly, problem is that Almunia has been so undermined this close and pre season, that it's very hard for him to go on.
What Wenger should have done is pretend he didn't want a keeper. He should have backed Almunia 100% and if he could sign a keeper, he would have to backtrack. As it is we face a season with a keeper who has been completely undermined by his manager.
- 3. redanddread - 17 August, 2010
Has anyone analysed Schwarzers performances recently. Maybe we should liase with some fulham supporters and get their views. My concern is that, are we really getting a better keeper. I like Almunia, his handling and shot stopping are great but his flapping at crossess and decision making tend to let him down.
Is Schwarzer really the dominat GK we need? Am open to debate
Given is a world class shot stopper and yesterday I reviewed some you tube action of him and he has an impressive resume of outstanding saves. However, what we need as Robson clearly states is a GK that DOMINATES his area and is BIG (as our defence is short). The big question is does Given provide that? I am not sure but he, Given, is certainly a fine GK.
However, the behaviuor of our fans towards our incumbent is nothing short of disgraceful-a bit like the way some of them behave towards the whole team when we don't get a fluent 4-0 victory-no pleasing some of the retards out there.
As far as I am concerned, whomever we have playing for us I will support…….it's my team and I want them to win.
- 4. Ray - 17 August, 2010
I don't think the criticisms of Almunias performances are unjustified, and where is this great season he supposedly had two seasons ago. No one I have talked to since he got the no.1 slot has been comfortable with him there from day 1, we didn't deal with the situation when Lehmann left. He flaps at crosses, is not confident in the air, punches when he should catch (a continental thing granted), and for a "good shot stopper" gets beaten too often on his near post.
Good keepers can always make a mistake, Reina showed that this weekend but he just makes too many.
- 5. davegooner - 17 August, 2010
I don't why everyone keeps saying that Man City won't sell Given to a Top 6 rival. There are prepared to sell Stephen Ireland to Villa and if they took that approach I don't think the Top 6 rivals would sell players to them in the future.
I agree with Stewart Robson's view on Given but judging by the comments made on the Fulham blogs, their fans seem to rate Schwarzer really highly.
- 6. Aziz, KL-Malaysia - 17 August, 2010
I'd go for Schwarzer anytime before Almunia. And Given is even more preferred as he will give us a few years longer stability in the back and there is no need to throw one of the youngsters into the fray too early (this excludes Fabiansky, same nut as Almunia).
- 7. Liam - 17 August, 2010
Bentley 40 yards
Danny Rose 40 yards
Ronaldo 40 yards
Barcelona away (5 shots, 4 goals nowhere near any)
Spurs home (4 shots, 4 goals, nowhere near any)
Champions League final (2 goals through his legs)
ManUtd 2005 (chipped by John O'Shea…..yes John O'Shea)
Birmingham away 2009 (throws ball in FOR NO REASON in 91st minute ending our title campaign)
I mean I could go on?
I cannot believe ANYONE defends Almunia on any level. How many more points are we going to drop as this guy concedes shots Cech, Van Der Saar, Given, Reina, Hart and even Gomes would routinely save? It's not the massive errors, it's the borderline ones like Ngog on Sunday that he ALWAYS let's in.
It's not that Schwarzer is especially great, it's merely that he's competent.
And by the way if Stewart Robson was any sort of sage he would not be stuck talking to a man and his dog on Arsenal TV with that dipstick out of M-People and Lofty.
- 8. Old Gooner - 17 August, 2010
I watched Schwarzer's performances last season in the UEFA Cup when Fulham got to the final – he wasn't very good and made lots of mistakes. Maybe he's better at crosses than Almunia, but he's nowhere near as good a shot stopper. I think replacing Almunia with Schwarzer would weaken our defence further rether than improve it. For me if it's a choice between those two I'd stick with Almunia. However, Given is a different matter and would improve our defence. I agree that I'd like Almunia to stay as he'd be a great second choice keeper. I also think he's been a little unlucky that we don't have a centre half who can dominate in the air and take some of the pressure of him. A lot of the recent criticism on blogs has been very unfair.
- 9. adam truman - 17 August, 2010
Almunia is just a nice bloke who doesn't really have any competition for No.1 and should stay and fight for it with Schwarzer.
Good shot stopper! Aren't all goallies suppose to be do this.
Stats show they are about even on shots stopping and clean sheets, but Schwarzer clears the area much better on crosses, even if he did have a lousy World Cup.
- Zap - 17 August, 2010
i agree with you here, but i dont think you can judge a goalie by the world cup performances the jabulani ball was ridiculous, i am not saying you are though im just saying!
- 10. GoonersProtector - 17 August, 2010
Some fans sound like they are going to kill Wenger if he did not sign a goalkeeper this season and seem like the No. 1 can be anyone ie. Tom, Dick or Harry as long as it is not Almunia or Fab.
I pitied Almunia as he was being criticised and insulted by Arsenal fans all over the world. Imagine a million fans do not like Al, if we are in his shoes, our confidence and mentality will be even worse than Al.
No point asking for his head at this time as his confidence may get worse and letting in more goals. Please show your support to our Arsenal players and less criticism.
- 11. Charlie - 17 August, 2010
I think we should stick with Almunia. I remember the 2008/09 where he wasn't just very reliable but also run of best players. If he can rediscover the form he showed in that season or even the form he showed in the 2007/08 season then that would be brilliant.
I just can't believe how some Arsenal fans are behaving towards him, its an absolute disgrace how some of his critics don't say anything when he performs well but as soon as he makes a mistake they are immediately all over him.
- 12. bob mcnabs cat - 17 August, 2010
you talk shit,
i think you are spending too much time chatting to your imaginary friend……..dick!
- 13. stu-boy - 17 August, 2010
typical arsene leaving everything to the last minute and then maybe not doing anything at all.
unless wenger had a sack over his head for the last 2 seasons he must have known that almunia isnt up to the job. what is wrong with the bloke??
- 14. Zap - 18 August, 2010
bob mcnabs cat..u have nothing better to say..u have nothing decent to say..fuck off, u useless sod.
- 15. Zap - 18 August, 2010
what kind of a name is that anyway, do you really expect anybody to take u seriously anyway
- 16. Zap - 18 August, 2010
you dont know me so dont chat shit like u do. I'm Moroccan, i've seen marouane play for my country for years, i think i should know wether he is good or not, you have no right to judge someone before even seeing them properly. Why arent you at least grateful ur not from portsmouth or wigan, contemplating relegation, or stockport or somewhere like that.. the fact is we are a top 4 side, champions league regulars..there are many things wrong at the club but at the end of the day, we should be proud, not whingeing like a fucking 6 year old. Grow up. You cunt.
- 18. Terence McGovern - 18 August, 2010
YEAAAAA! What ZAP said! Zap u legend don't take shit from any1


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KABUL - An Afghan presidential candidate Abdul Majid Samim quit the race in favor of sitting President Hamid Karzai on Monday, a private television channel reported.
"Presidential candidate Abdul Majid Samim withdrew in favor of incumbent President Hamid Karzai and asked his supporters to cast their vote for his re-election," Tolo aired in its bulletin.
This is the third candidate who quitted the presidential contest to support sitting Karzai.
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Afghanistan's second presidential polls scheduled for Aug. 20 will be held amid tight security as Taliban militants vowed to derail the process.


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Hundreds lined up early outside of Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox load up trucks bound for spring training.
Known as "Truck Day," it's become a fan favorite and tradition.
Workers loaded moving vans with equipment for the nearly 1,500-mile trek to JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Fla., the team's spring training complex.
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ESOMAR will hold its digital dimensions conference, themed '(Online + Big Data + Social Media + Mobile) Research,' on June 15-17 in Stockholm. For more information visit www.esomar.org.
According to ESOMAR:
Big Data conveys big challenges and big opportunities for digital researchers! Data from web-tracking, mobile devices and the analysis of user-generated content on social media networks are vital to answer today's business needs.
The ESOMAR leading digital research conference returns to Europe exploring three thematic dimensions:
1.Online Research and Big Data2.Social Media Research3.Mobile Research
NEW feature! ESOMAR launches "Digital Labs" interactive rooms connected to the programme where cutting edge companies will display tech-demos and speedy presentations. An immersive experience to keep you on top of the game!
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Fifth-seeded Canyon Crest is only 17-11 on the season, but it enters the Division III girls championship game with a four-game winning streak.
The Ravens' opponents are the second-seeded Our Lady of Peace Pilots, which are 27-5 on the season.
Canyon Crest is in Carmel Valley, and the Ravens knocked off neighbor and top-seeded Cathedral Catholic in the semifinals. They are led by Alisha Eckberg (San Jose State) and senior Meghan Brown (15.0).
OLP, which is in the finals for the first time since 1995, is led by sophomore Ashlee Guay (12.1) and senior Ariel Meek (11.8).
Canyon Crest won the only regular-season matchup 48-46.