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1. Charlotte Gooskens,
The Intelligibility of Closely Related Languages
Message 1: The Intelligibility of Closely Related Languages
Charlotte Gooskens <c.s.gooskens
The Intelligibility of Closely Related Languages
Full Title: The Intelligibility of Closely Related Languages
Date: 02-Apr-2007 - 03-Apr-2007
Location: Groningen, Netherlands
Contact Person: Charlotte Gooskens
Meeting Email: c.s.gooskens
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Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2006
Meeting Description:
The theme of this workshop is the intelligibility of closely related languages.
Focus will be on the relevance of different linguistic factors. The workshop
takes place at the launch of the research program Linguistic determinants of
mutual intelligibility in Scandinavia, which is funded by the Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The workshop intends to bring
together researchers studying intelligibility from the perspective of second
language acquisition, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, phonetics and
dialectometry to get an overview of the experience acquired with different
methods and to exchange ideas on fruitful avenues for future research. Questions
to be addressed are the following:
How can intelligibility between closely related languages be measured?
Which linguistic factors determine intelligibility?
How can these linguistic factors be measured quantitatively?
Most individuals have to invest considerable time and effort to master a
language other than their mother tongue. However, some genetically related
languages are so similar in terms of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation that
speakers of one language can to a certain extent understand the other language
without prior instructions. Speakers of such languages are able to communicate
without a lingua franca or without one speaker using the language of the other.
This type of interaction, which is referred to with terms such as
'semicommunication' (Haugen 1966) or 'receptive multilingualism' (Braunmüller
and Zeevaert 2001), has many advantages, in any case on the production side.
People usually find it easier to express themselves in their mother tongue than
in a later acquired second or foreign language. Research into receptive
multilingualism has a long tradition and different methods have been applied for
measuring the degree of intelligibility. However, the study of linguistic
factors that determine the level of understanding has received little attention.
What, for example, is the relative contribution of consonantal differences
versus vocalic differences? Are insertions of consonants more disruptive than
deletions? Do lay people have clear intuition of the plausibility of various
sound correspondences? What is the effect on intelligibility of prosodic
Workshop format:
The workshop will begin on Monday before lunch and end in the late afternoon on
Tuesday. The number of papers will be limited in order to leave plenty of time
for discussion. On Monday evening there will be a conference dinner.
Important dates:
Submission of abstracts: 1 October 2006
Notification: 15 November 2006
Final programme: 1 February 2007
Workshop dates: 2 and 3 April 2007
Workshop organizers:
Renée van Bezooijen (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Gerard Doetjes (University of Hamburg)
Charlotte Gooskens (University of Groningen)
Sebastian Kürschner (University of Freiburg)
Jens Moberg (University of Groningen)
Anja Schüppert (University of Groningen)
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i bought the ape rampage board for my etek 3 thinking that it would make it shoot better. but it doesnt its always chopping and it uses a lot of air. air is blowing out the back of the bolt and into my face. and the funny thing is when i put the stock board in it shoots wonderful, it never chops and is very efficient. i also fine tuned all the setting for the ape board and still is not working. im thinking of returning it or selling it. please help
Ape rampage board for etek 3 problem
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 11:09 AM
What dwell is ot
I pay for all my gear...Im 13.If your under 18 and pay for your gear, put this section in your sig
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 11:25 AM
A board doesn't make a blind bit of difference to any operations in the gun, its just for the modes. Return it if you can.
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 02:58 PM
What dwell is ot
my dwell is at 12.5 and im using the stock bolt. the stock board shoots better than the ape board
A board doesn't make a blind bit of difference to any operations in the gun, its just for the modes. Return it if you can.
im gonna see if ans gear can give me a refund. Hopefully
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peeker643 wrote:mattvan1 wrote:EOD it's 9-23.
No argument there.
Question- Replace Shurmur with Fox tonight. How relevant is agent issue then? How much of a data point?
See, my issue is both were available when one was chosen. It has nothing to do with clique. It has to do with what can only be described as a shitty decision (and one you were right about when it went down).
But switch 'em. Change anything?
Sub in Jon Gruden for Shurmur if ya want. Still an agent discussion here? Is it still a symptom/data point?
Valid points. Not sure Fox was on the radar at all - no WCO, D minded guy and all that. Dude did make the playoffs with Tim Tebow at QB, so I'll give him some props. An improvemnt over Shurmur, but not by a lot.
Gruden would have been a dumster fire, but far more entertaining on the sidelines and at pressers than Shurmur. Same record, but more fun.
So yes, at this point a combo of Paul Brown, Vince Lombardi, and Chuck Knoll probably couldn't squeeze 8 wins outta this crew.
I am starting to wonder if the game has passed Holmgren by. That he is clutching to a blueprint (WCO, hire your buds, build only through the draft) that no longer works. It's tremendously frustrating, as you look at the pedigree and add Heckert and wonder why it just doesn't work. Sometimes shit gets invented as a rationalization for another season down the toilet. "Of course the guy sucks - he let his agent pick the new HC"
Of course I can see how specious my reasoning seems - had Holmgren landed RGIII I would be first in line to kiss his ass.


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BREAKING NEWS (11:52 a.m.) Suspicious Van Incident In White City
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office reports two incidents of a white or beige van attempting to make contact with a middle school-aged girl, the latest occurring this morning.
At 8:15 a.m., authorities were notified about an older beige-colored van. The driver is described as being in his 40s, with a bald or shaved head. The girl was walking to White Mountain Middle School in White City. The van slowed down and the driver started trying to ask the girl questions. The girl ran in the opposite direction. The van took off and was last seen traveling north on 24th Street, headed towards Avenue "G."
A similar incident occurred on May 1, at 7:40 a.m., near Highway 62 and Avenue "H." A driver in a passing vehicle noticed a white or beige van pulling alongside a middle school-aged girl. By the time the driver could get back for a better look, the van and the girl were gone. The van driver was described by the witness as being a white male in his 40s, with a large build, and scruffy salt and pepper hair.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (36 votes).
In short: exquisite torture and great atmosphere in a beautiful setting - thanks due to the organisers once again!Date of review: July 7, 2014
In short: Awesome hilly race in the Surrey hillsIn full: This race has moved to a new slightly shorter course this year but is still excellent and run by a friendly team of organisers.The scenery is great.Glad I did the 21k option even though it was hard on the second loop. The small field were the friendliest I have ever met at a race with everyone offering encouragement as you made your way round and a good post race atmosphere.The climbs are tough, but as everyone ends up walking them it is nothing that is not conquerable. I agree with the the other review that trail shoes are a must.The bountiful amounts of free brownies at the finish is a great touch.Date of review: July 7, 2014
In short: Best trail race I have doneIn full: Really great race, fantastic organisation, stunning course and really good marshals. Did the 10k option and wished I'd picked the 20. There are 3 tough climbs but the rest is well runnable. Trail shoes are a must. Probably the best trail race I have done. Date of review: July 5, 2014
In short: Punishing but funIn full: Expect to ache in unfamiliar places after this race. Mostly runnable with a few sizable ups and fun downs. Trouble free registration, well marked and marshaled - and even a bonus extra waterstop :)Looking forward to the next one.Date of review: July 9, 2013
In short: Brilliant race, you must do it once!In full: Pre Race - Quite nicely everything is now at the start area of the race rather than being at the car park.Race - Hard course (there are 7 hard hills that will sap your legs - double if you do the 24k), however amazing scenery, amazing marshals, amazing other runners. And some of the downhills and flats are rapid. I posted a 02:38 but can normally easily run a 24k in 02:15.Finish - A nice medal, and as much fruit, water and cake as you can handle. And great post race feeling and camaraderie with other runners.Conclusion: Great race, which if you are a trail runner you must do once. After this race your legs will hurt but you will never fear a hill again.Date of review: July 9, 2013
In short: Great event but too much climbing to call it a runIn full: The second of a series of three. A good event very well organised; the brownies and flapjacks at the end are a great touch. The atmosphere is good and friendly too, certainly not elitist. The only issue is that quite a few of the climbs are so steep and narrow that they can only be walked and it's diffcult to pass anyone. The G3 series is better.Date of review: July 8, 2013
In short: An exceedingly tough outing on a sunny Saturday morningIn full: I did the 24k run this morning, and the second lap was tough. It got hotter and the uphills (just walking up, mind you!) were sapping. The marking was excellent and all stewards cheery and helpful. Good to have gels and jelly babies at each water station, but the gels did taste like mud! A great race but one that hurts in funny places. After the Meon Valley Plod the toughest I've done in this part of the world. Judging by the results, anyone who can do that lap under 1 hour is quite a runner!Date of review: July 6, 2013
In short: Awesome race with great scenery and a great atmosphere with the other runnersIn full: This is an awesome race. Can't believe more people don't do it. The scenery is superb on the Surrey hills with some great views as you run. The marshals were all really friendly and encouraging. They were also excellent when the route crossed a road. I can't fault the organisation really other than a really minor point with the arrows in one place, but that is more my fault than theirs - I should keep my eyes open. It is all off road and the hills are real beauties.At the finish there were loads of excellent brownies, flapjacks, bananas, oranges and plenty of water. The friendliness of the organisers and other runners at the end was better than any other race that I have done. Also noted that everyone was cheering the competitors as they finish.Ignore the PB potential of this race as the attraction of this race is the scenery. Also the odd distance of 24k should not put you off.I will definitely be doing the next one.Date of review: July 6, 2013
In full: I must have done hundreds of races in my time and I've only walked once before. A marshall told me even the winner had walked up one hill. So if you like running instead of hill-walking, like me, this isn't for you. Still, good for fitness and I suppose the clue was in the name! Great cake at the end! Date of review: July 14, 2012
In short: Beautiful scenery, varied course, very steep hills, good atmosphere and great brownies at the end!Date of review: July 10, 2012
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(Oct. 19, 2011) A musical African-American holiday tradition, "Black Nativity" by Langston Hughes, is taking shape in rehearsals at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
The university's drama society will perform the "gospel song play," as Hughes described it, Nov. 3-5, at 7 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts.
This is the first time in its 35-year existence that the society has performed a Christmas play.
"The cast relays the birth of Christ according to the Gospel of St. Luke through song, dance and poetry," said Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, director of the drama society. Traditional Christmas carols are sung "gospel-style" along with contemporary songs and some written by Hughes for the original play, she said.
"It's different from anything we've done before," said Janae Wonsley, a junior English major and drama society member from Brooklyn, N.Y. "There's a lot of old-school gospel." Wonsley, who has several solos in the production ("Joy to the World," For Every Mountain," "We Shall Behold Him" and "Packing Up"), said she likes the church scene in Act II, because that is where most of the contemporary songs are sung. "I get to wear a suit and a big church hat," she said. "It's more me."
Dameron-Johnson predicts the audience will enjoy "the comic relief in Act I, when Mary and Joseph encounter a group of shepherds watching over their flock by night."
UMES' Gospel Choir will lend its talent to the production. As is the play's tradition, local political figures or pastors are being sought to play the non-singing parts of the three wise men.
"Black Nativity" was first performed on Broadway on Dec. 11, 1961, one of the first plays written by an African-American to be performed there. The play is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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Photo caption: Drama Society and Gospel Choir members, from left, John Kahler, Jamar Hickman and Janae Wonsley, look over the script for Lanston Hughes' play "Black Nativity" with Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, (center), director of UMES' Drama Society.
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History of Celibacy: From Athena to Elizabeth I, Leonardo da Vinci,
Florence Nightingale, Gandhi, & Cher, by Elizabeth Abbot (Scribner,
2000). Throughout world history celibacy has been a key element of human
existence. This overview of the religious, social, and political forms of
celibacy provides necessary background for contemporary discussion and the
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The Wildest Place on Earth: Italian
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concept of wilderness and its enduring influence in art, literature, and
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SING! A New Creation (CRC
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First you'll notice the little things. And we mean that literally. The console itself is smaller – so it'll fit neatly on the shelf. Because Style matters we're busting out the gloss black with chrome accents.
Wi-Fi in the house.
These days, everything is wireless. The new Xbox 360 is the only console with 802.11n Wi-Fi built in. You'll fi nd an unfettered connection to the ever-expanding entertainment possibilities of Xbox LIVE - including a fast and easy way to stream HD films and TV and play games with friends around the world.
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While making the outside smaller, we decided to give a pretty serious boost to the inside - from huge to massive in one fell swoop. The built-in 250 GB drive has a ton of room to store films, games, saves, add-ons, photos, music and anything else that you can think of. And it's removable too, just in case you ever want to take it to a friend's house.
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Connect more accessories and storage solutions with added USB ports. Now with a total of 5 ports, (3 back/2 front) you'll find more places to plug and play. Plus, in addition to the standard HDMI output, we've added an integrated optical audio out port for an easier connection to the booming sound of your A/V receiver.
A touching development.
It might not seem like a big deal, but the cool factor of capacitive touch buttons cannot be over stated. Everyone has grown accustomed to the non-button buttons on fancy smart phones, so we've added that functionality to the power and eject buttons.
Sounds like…
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March 19, 2008
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It's spring — wind, dirt, feed wagons, skies filled with brown clouds instead of rainclouds — and new baby animals.
The new babies are cute, and it's fun to watch them play when they're several days old and have sorta learned how to handle those legs that seemed so unmanageable the first day.
One of my granddaughter's 4-H ewes had twins a couple of weeks ago. The babies were born with no problems, but they needed a little help getting under way and locating the grocery store. The mama turned out to be a good mother, even though it was her first time, so we all mostly stayed out of the way except for administering some colostrum, and making sure they had plenty of straw bedding and protection from the cold.
They are frisky now, and my granddaughter is hoping they'll be fine specimens by fair time this fall.
Birthing — like most important life events — is messy. There's the afterbirth, of course, and blood shows up all over the place even when the delivery is perfectly normal.
Messes are part of all animals' lives. There's vaccination, castration, earmarking, branding. When someone makes a snide comment about all that, it wouldn't hurt to ask, "How was it at your birth? Did your mother not have messy afterbirth or bleeding — or pain? And afterward, did the doctor give you any shots?"
I can see those of you who are mothers smiling about now.
The other end of life is messy as well. Our family lost a horse not long ago. His problem was old age. He could barely get around, and he needed special feed because his teeth were so bad. The veterinarian did his best, but it was the old guy's time. What happens in that case is … messy.
In the old days deceased horses went to what was called the "glue factory," but now it's been decided we can't have that — it's "inhumane." The owner (in our county) must get a permit and figure out a way to transport the body to a certain section of the landfill. That's "humane?"
I, personally, would rather the horse I loved have the possibility of giving life in another form rather than being "dumped" like a chunk of garbage.
Speaking of giving life in another form brings me to the idea of eating. Having seen, smelled and touched all this life and death messiness, I'd just as soon my dinner beef steak be all the way dead — not rare.
We attended a cattle growers meeting once where the caterer miscounted, we were the last table to be served. Our steaks — I swear — had maybe been waved over the grill on the way out. A veterinarian at our table said, "Bring me some combiotic. If I give him a shot he'll get well."
The table had little candles for decoration, so we all took turns cooking our steaks, a bite at a time, over the candle flames.
It was good, but messy.
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Unwinding the whale trade of 2012
On May 11, the US markets closed at 4pm as usual, but what came next was a bit of a shock. In an impromptu conference call, chief executive Jamie Dimon announced that JP Morgan had lost billions of dollars and was on the verge of losing more.
The man who had confidently steered his bank through the financial crisis – and who only weeks earlier had dismissed concerns about the activities of JP Morgan's London-based chief investment office as a "tempest in a teapot" – revealed how trades had gone wrong due to "many errors", "sloppiness" and "bad judgment".
Bruno Iksil, nicknamed the "London whale", had been selling gargantuan amounts of protection on various investment-grade companies using credit default swaps on a range of indices. The main one was CDX IG 9, which offers insurance on 121 US investment-grade companies, including McDonald's and Walt Disney.
Iksil sold so much protection that the net notional volume in the index swelled from $92.6bn at the start of the year to $150.47bn at the end of April, according to Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation data. A lawyer for Iksil did not respond to press enquiries.
But the hedge was "poorly executed" and "poorly monitored", according to Dimon, at the time. Hedge funds, seeing a growing disparity between the cost of buying protection on the index and the cost of buying individual protection on its 121 constituents, had seized the arbitrage opportunity (see chart). A number were thought to have profited, including Saba Capital Management, BlueCrest Capital Management and BlueMountain Capital Management, among others. All three declined to comment.
By the time Dimon held the May 11 telephone conference, JP Morgan had already lost $2bn and estimated it was on the hook for another $1bn. But when JP Morgan announced its third-quarter results, the total loss had more than doubled to $6.2bn.
As Dimon would later say, once the whale trade was identified, it needed to be harpooned, desiccated and cremated.
Peter Tchir, founder of New York-based macro advisory firm TF Market Advisors, believes this was a costly exercise. He said: "It would have cost them far less had they been able to unwind [the trade] without so much scrutiny." JP Morgan declined to comment for this article.
JP Morgan wanted to unwind its position without "losing their shirt", according to one source familiar with the process. He said: "JP Morgan had this position where it was getting squeezed by a bunch of hedge funds, and it wanted to unwind its position quietly in dribs and drabs."
But, unfortunately, JP Morgan's position was already relatively common knowledge in the market. BlueMountain, a hedge fund co-founded by former JP Morgan banker and credit derivatives expert Andrew Feldstein, was drafted in to help unwind the trade in what one person close to the hedge fund described as "purely a business transaction". BlueMountain has experience in unwinding distressed assets. Earlier in the year, the hedge fund took over the remains of Credit Agricole's structured credit marketmaking business, which consisted of thousands of derivatives contracts. Feldstein said at the time that BlueMountain could unwind the portfolio but that it would not happen overnight.
It took several weeks for the hedge fund to extricate JP Morgan from its position. It did this by buying protection on CDX IG 9, thus offsetting JP Morgan's existing bets and then selling them on to the bank. One person familiar with the process said: "JP Morgan got caught with its pants down and BlueMountain helped it pull them back up, and made some nice money on the spread. JP Morgan took less of a hit than if it had sold in big blocks on the open market."
Otis Casey, a director of credit research at data provider Markit, said: "There was a spike in net notional volume in the index in the first quarter but then it slowly came down, and then down again in late June." Net notional volume in the CDX IG 9 index shrank from a yearly high of $150.47bn at the end of April to $118.75bn at the end of June, according to DTCC data. Market participants claim these figures represented the unwinding of the whale trade.
Whale funeral
On July 2, the chief investment office, whose usual function is to invest excess cash, transferred most positions in the synthetic credit portfolio to the investment banking division of JP Morgan, leaving just a $12bn notional position in the CIO, according to the bank's third-quarter results. The bank also applied a new value-at-risk model to both portfolios.
During the third quarter, the CIO finally closed the index credit derivative positions that it had retained. Losses from the CIO totalled $6.2bn by the end of September. JP Morgan has never disclosed the losses, if any, on the portfolio that was transferred to the investment bank.
There is an interesting postscript to the whale trade. Iksil's bullish bet on investment-grade companies appears to be coming back into fashion. Among its top trades for 2013, Morgan Stanley advocated going long investment-grade companies via the same CDX IG index Iksil was exposed to, while also going short high-yield companies via the CDX HY index.
Central bank action has helped reduce some of the systemic risks faced by investment-grade debt, while high-yield debt remains, by definition, more susceptible to default risk, Morgan Stanley said. Those taking up Morgan Stanley's suggestion would be well advised to keep their bets on the modest side.
Clawback in action
The fall-out from Whalegate resulted in the departure of Bruno Iksil and two other traders in the chief investment office, Achilles Macris and Javier Martin-Artajo.
In July, JP Morgan clawed back as much money as it could from the three traders under the terms of the bank's compensation policies. This amounted to about two years of total annual compensation, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal.
Lawyers say that banks have an obligation to consider performance adjustment in certain situations under the Financial Services Authority's remuneration code. Risk management failure is one of those situations.
Andrew Taggart, head of the UK employment team at Herbert Smith Freehills, said that bonus arrangements typically allow for forthcoming bonuses to be reduced and deferred bonuses to be clawed back. He said: "The FSA expects firms to enforce the terms of their incentive arrangements, to discourage excessive risk taking."


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U.S. Women Outlast Japan 3-2
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 10, 2008) – The U.S. Women's National Indoor Volleyball Team, behind a team-high 22 points from Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) and 20 points from Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), outlasted host Japan 26-28, 25-20, 22-25, 25-20, 15-11 Thursday afternoon on day two of the round robin FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Japan saved two set points in the opening set and benefited from 10 U.S. errors to win 28-26 despite being out-blocked 5-2. Team USA scored five unanswered points to grab an 8-3 lead in the second set and progressed methodically to a 25-20 victory. Japan started the third set with a 7-3 lead and built its advantage to 16-10 en route, but had to withstand a 5-0 run on set point win 25-22. The U.S. held a 21-14 lead in the fourth set, but needed to stop a 5-0 Japan run to win 25-20. Team USA scored three straight points in the tiebreaker to assume a 9-7 lead, then used another 3-0 run to build a 14-10 margin in winning 15-11. The Americans scored five blocks in the fifth set and Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) scored five of her 13 points of the match in the period.
"It was a very hard game today," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach 'Jenny' Lang Ping said. "Even I sweated a bit. The fans are great and cheering mostly for the Japan team. I think it is a great experience for us how you play this kind of hard game when you are behind, especially with Japan ahead 2-1. I think the players worked very hard. Of course there are many technical things we need to improve, but this is the fourth week of the Grand Prix and we are looking a little tired and a little slow and we need to use more technique to make up."
In other World Grand Prix matches played later today, Cuba defeated China 25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 25-16 and Brazil topped Italy 25-20, 25-17, 25-23. Brazil and Cuba lead the World Grand Prix Final Round after the second day with 2-0 records, while Italy and the U.S. are both 1-1. China and Japan are winless in two outings.
The World Grand Prix Final Round is a round-robin format with each team playing five matches in five days. Team USA plays NORCECA rival Cuba on July 11 at 3 p.m. (midnight MT). The Americans challenge Italy on July 12 at 2:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. MT on July 11) before concluding the Finals on July 13 against Olympic Games host China at 11:30 a.m. (8:30 p.m. MT on July 12). Team USA dropped its Final Round opener on July 9 to Brazil 25-19, 25-19, 25-23.
Scott-Arruda reached her 22 points with 17 kills on 25 attacks and a match-high five blocks. Haneef-Park totaled 18 kills on 39 swings and two blocks in the victory. Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) contributed 14 kills, four blocks and an ace for Team USA. She added six digs and a team-leading 21 excellent service receptions on 32 errorless attempts. Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) charted nine kills, four blocks and two aces. Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu) tallied 18 assists on 91 attempts and six digs, while Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) added 14 assists.
Nnamani, who started just the final two sets, totaled seven kills with just one error on 15 attacks, three blocks and three aces. She added 10 excellent service receptions on 18 attempts without an error. Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) rounded out the scoring with six kills on 12 errorless attacks and two blocks. Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) sparked the back-row defense with a team-high 12 digs, while providing 11 excellent service receptions on 21 attempts.
The U.S. started Scott-Arruda and Bown at middle blocker, Tom and Glass at outside hitter, Haneef-Park at opposite and Berg at setter. Sykora is the designated U.S. libero for the Final Round. Ah Mow-Santos started the final four sets after coming off the bench in the opening set. Nnamani replaced Glass in the starting lineup for the fourth and fifth sets after being used a sub in the first and third sets. Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) was a defensive sub in the first and fourth sets. Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.) came off the bench in the second and third sets.
Both the U.S. and Japan have qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games, and the two countries will meet on the opening day of pool play on Aug. 9.
"Japan is getting stronger and it will be a hard game, but our team prepared perfectly today to face a strong Japanese team," Lang Ping said.
"First of all we are very happy to get this win," Lindsey Berg said. "Every game this week is a difficult game. Japan is very strong, a very fast and quick team, and when you play them at home they are even stronger. It is also very important for us because Japan is in the same pool at the Olympics, and the more practice we get against them the better we will be for the Olympics."
The U.S. converted on 45.8 percent of its 155 attacks into kills, thanks in part to a 55.7 excellent service reception perception as a team. Japan was limited to a 41.8 kill percent for the match. Team USA out-blocked Japan 20-8 and held a 6-1 advantage in aces. The American offense held a 71-66 advantage in kills. However, those U.S. margins were used to offset 29 American errors to only 16 Japanese errors in the match. Japan also held a 63-41 margin in digs.
Erika Araki sparked Japan with 18 points on 14 kills and a team-high four blocks. Megumi Kurihara added 15 kills and a block for 16 points. Miyuki Takahashi and Saori Kimura contributed 15 and 13 kills, respectively, in the loss.
"We had a lot of chances throughout the game today, and it was regrettable that we could not get the points," Japan captain Yoshie Takeshita said. "I am sure we have points to revise for the Olympics, and I want to play in the way we know we can."
During the opening preliminary round weekend, Team USA provided similar dramatics in coming back from a 2-1 set disadvantage and an extended opening set. Back on June 22, Japan won the first set 29-27 and the U.S. needed to force a fifth-set tiebreaker to win in five sets (27-29, 25-18, 18-25, 25-16, 15-13).
The 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round has six teams all qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Brazil is currently ranked first in the world by FIVB, followed by second-ranked Italy, third-ranked Cuba, fourth-ranked USA, sixth-ranked China and eighth-ranked Japan. Most teams at the World Grand Prix Final Round will be using the five matches as evaluation tools to select their Olympic Games 12-player roster. In addition, the structure of the tournament makes it difficult for coaches to play the same lineup five consecutive days due to fatigue.
Team USA finished with a 7-2 record and in fourth place in the FIVB World Grand Prix preliminary round. The FIVB World Grand Prix includes three preliminary round weekends with three different sites each weekend hosting round-robin events of four teams. The top five teams in the preliminary round along with the host country comprise the Final Round field.
The U.S. has qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and is using the World Grand Prix as an evaluation tool to help determine the 12-player roster for the Olympic Games. Team USA faces Japan on Aug. 9 to open the 2008 Olympic Games. Other teams in the American pool are Cuba (Aug. 11), Venezuela (Aug. 13), China (Aug. 15) and Poland (Aug. 17).
Japan took a two-point edge in the opening set at 3-1 and extended its margin to three points at 6-3. The teams traded points until Haneef-Park tallied a kill and Tom followed with a block at 12-11. Tom scored consecutive kills to knot the set at 14-all, but Japan answered with two straight points to take a 16-14 lead into the second technical timeout. Japan added to its advantage with a point out of the break for a 17-14 lead. Glass pocketed consecutive kills and a block to tie the set again at 17-all. Japan responded with two quick points to return to a two-point cushion at 19-17. Haneef-Park tallied consecutive kills to tie the set at 21-all. Bown and Tom scored consecutive blocks to yield the American's first lead at 23-22. Team USA had set points at 24-23 and 25-24 before Japan netted its first chance at 26-25. Japan ended the set at 28-26 on its second set point opportunity. Tom led the U.S. with seven points in the opening set. Team USA held advantages of 18-16 in kills and 5-2 in blocks, but 10 errors played a huge role in the loss.
The U.S. gained a 2-0 lead in the second set with a Tom kill and Bown ace, but Japan answered with consecutive points to tie the set at 2-all. Scott-Arruda followed a Japan error with a block and kill to push the American lead to 6-3. The U.S. scored a fourth and fifth straight point on a Japan error and Haneef-Park kill to extend the gap to five, 8-3. Team USA pushed the lead to 10-4 with a Haneef-Park kill and Japan error. Haneef-Park and Tom tallied consecutive kill to increase the U.S. lead to 12-5. Japan cut into the lead at 13-8 with two straight points. Scott-Arruda put up a block and kill to extend the lead to 16-9 at the second technical timeout. Japan sliced into the deficit with two points at 17-12. Tom put up a block after a Scott-Arruda block to regain a seven-point, 19-12 lead for the U.S. Japan tacked on consecutive points to trail by five, 20-15. Tom scored an ace after a Haneef-Park kill to return a 22-15 Team USA lead. Japan followed with three consecutive points to move back to within four, 22-18. The U.S. traded points the rest of the way for a 25-20 victory. Haneef-Park scored seven kills in the set to lead Team USA in scoring. The U.S. overcame eight errors in the set while Japan committed just three in the set for six total through two sets.
Japan came out of the intermission with a quick 4-1 lead in the third set, then pushed its advantage to four points at 6-2. Japan doubled-up the score at 10-5 with consecutive points and jumped the advantage to six at 12-6. Japan continued to inch away from the U.S. with back-to-back points at 14-7. Nnamani collected consecutive aces after a Scott-Arruda kill to close the gap to 14-10. Japan answered with consecutive points going into the second technical timeout with a 16-10 advantage. Scott-Arruda scored a kill out of the break, followed by a Japan error to slice the deficit back to four, 16-12. Tom and Nnamani turned in consecutive kills to cut the gap to three at 18-15, only to have Japan score two points back at 20-15. Japan increased its advantage to 22-16. Japan reached set point at 24-17. The U.S. saved four set points with two kills and block from Scott-Arruda, followed by a Japan error at 24-21. Haneef-Park added a fifth straight point with a block before Japan closed out the set 25-22. Scott-Arruda racked up seven points in the third set to lead the U.S. Japan tallied five of its points in the third set on blocks.
Team USA took a 5-3 lead in the fourth set with a Tom kill and Japan error. Nnamani turned in a kill and Scott-Arruda added a block out of the technical timeout to give the U.S. a 9-6 lead. Tom and Haneef-Park scored a third and fourth straight point with kills at 11-6. Japan clawed back to within two at 12-10 with three consecutive points. Nnamani hammered a kill and Bown took the U.S. into the technical timeout leading 16-12 with an ace. Haneef-Park added a block and Scott-Arruda chipped in a kill out of the break to increase the lead to 18-12. Nnamani tallied consecutive kills to extend the Team USA lead to 21-14. Japan scored five straight points to narrow the margin to 21-19. Tom broke the run with a kill and Japan yielded a point on an error to return the gap to four, 23-19. The U.S. scored the final two points for a 25-20 victory on a Haneef-Park kill and Bown block. Nnamani and Haneef-Park each tallied five points in the fourth set.
Japan took the initial two-point cushion of the fifth set at 5-3 with three unanswered points. Team USA tied the set at 6-all with a Nnamani block after a Glass kill. Nnamani added a kill and Glass put up a block at the crossover for an 8-7 advantage. Nnamani added a block to give the U.S. its first two-point cushion of the tiebreaker at 9-7. The U.S. scored three unanswered points on blocks from Bown and Tom after a Scott-Arruda kill to take a 14-10 lead with four match points. After Japan saved a match point, Haneef-Park ended the match with a kill. Nnamani scored five points in the final period, including two the team's five blocks.
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U.S. Women's National Team Roster for FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, College)
1 - Ogonna Nnamani (OH, 6-1, Bloomington, Ill., Stanford)
2 - Danielle Scott-Arruda (MB, 6-2, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State)
3 - Tayyiba Haneef-Park (OPP/OH, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 - Lindsey Berg (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Minnesota)
5 - Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
7 - Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawai'i)
8 - Cynthia Barboza (OH/OPP, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
10 - Kim Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
15 - Logan Tom (OH, 6-1, Salt Lake City, Utah, Stanford)
19 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
Head Coach: 'Jenny' Lang Ping
Assistant Coaches: Sue Woodstra, Tom Hogan, Li Yong (not traveling)
Technical Coordinator: Diane French
Team Leader/Manager: Joan Powell
FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round Standings
Brazil 2-0
Cuba 2-0
Italy 1-1
China 0-2
Japan 0-2
World Grand Prix Final Round: Yokohama, Japan
July 9: Brazil def. USA, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23
July 9: Italy def. China, 22-25, 29-27, 20-25, 25-20, 15-9
July 9: Cuba def. Japan, 19-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-19
July 10: Cuba def. China, 25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 25-16
July 10: Brazil def. Italy, 25-20, 25-17, 25-23
July 10: USA def. Japan 26-28, 25-20, 22-25, 25-20, 15-11
July 11: Brazil vs. China, Noon (9 p.m. MT on July 10)
July 11: Cuba vs. USA, 3 p.m. (12:01 a.m. MT)
July 11: Japan vs. Italy, 6:30 p.m. (3:30 a.m. MT)
July 12: Brazil vs. Cuba, 11:30 a.m. (8:30 p.m. MT on July 11)
July 12: Italy vs. USA, 2:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. MT on July 11)
July 12: Japan vs. China, 6 p.m. (3 a.m. MT)
July 13: USA vs. China, 11:30 a.m. (8:30 p.m. MT on July 12)
July 13: Cuba vs. Italy, 2:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. MT on July 12)
July 13: Japan vs. Brazil, 6 p.m. (3 a.m. MT)
FIVB World Grand Prix Final Preliminary Round Standings
Brazil 8-1 (1.199 Point Ratio)
China 8-1 (1.140 Point Ratio)
Italy 8-1 (1.124 Point Ratio)
USA 7-2 (1.161 Point Ratio)
Cuba 6-3 (1.090 Point Ratio)
Turkey 4-5 (1.015 Point Ratio)
Germany 4-5 (1.001 Point Ratio)
Dominican Republic 4-5 (0.953 Point Ratio)
Japan 2-7 (0.870 Point Ratio)
Poland 1-8 (0.898 Point Ratio)
Thailand 1-8 (0.862 Point Ratio)
Kazakhstan 1-8 (0.761 Point Ratio)
Pool A: Kobe Japan, Green Arena
June 20: Turkey def. USA, 28-26, 25-16, 21-25, 25-19
June 20: Japan def. Kazakhstan, 25-17, 25-13, 25-23
June 21: USA def. Kazakhstan, 25-16, 25-17, 25-19
June 21: Japan def. Turkey, 21-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-19, 15-12
June 22: Turkey def. Kazakhstan, 25-17, 26-24, 25-15
June 22: USA def. Japan, 27-29, 25-18, 18-25, 25-16, 15-13
Pool B: Ningbo, China, Beilun Sports Centre
June 20: Brazil def. Thailand, 25-22, 25-18, 25-20
June 20: China def. Germany, 19-25, 25-19, 25-11, 25-21
June 21: China def. Thailand, 25-11, 25-16, 25-19
June 21: Brazil def. Germany, 15-25, 25-23, 25-20, 30-28
June 22: Germany def. Thailand, 19-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-22
June 22: China def. Brazil, 22-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 15-13
Pool C: Alassio, Italy, Palavavizza Hall
June 20: Cuba def. Poland, 25-20, 29-31, 25-21, 26-24
June 20: Italy def. Dominican Republic, 19-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-15
June 21: Cuba def. Dominican Republic, 25-22, 25-15, 25-19
June 21: Italy def. Poland, 25-17, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16
June 22: Dominican Republic def. Poland, 25-21, 23-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-11
June 22: Italy def. Cuba, 25-23, 27-25, 27-25
Pool D: Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Hall
June 27: Brazil def. Kazakhstan, 25-10, 25-17, 25-19
June 27: Turkey def. Germany, 25-21, 25-22, 25-27, 25-18
June 28: Germany def. Kazakhstan, 25-17, 25-19, 25-21
June 28: Brazil def. Turkey, 25-23, 25-19, 25-15
June 29: Turkey def. Kazakhstan, 25-16, 25-20, 25-17
June 29: Brazil def. Germany, 25-15, 27-25, 25-16
Pool E: Wroclaw, Poland, Centennial Hall
June 27: Dominican Republic def. Poland 25-22, 19-25, 25-17, 25-20
June 27: USA def. Thailand, 25-18, 25-17, 26-28, 25-13
June 28: Thailand def. Poland, 19-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-23, 15-4
June 28: USA def. Dominican Republic, 25-13, 25-21, 25-20
June 29: USA def. Poland, 25-17, 25-16, 25-20
June 29: Dominican Republic def. Thailand, 25-19, 24-26, 25-21, 25-22
Pool F: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Coliseum
June 27: Italy def. Japan, 25-17, 25-20, 25-22
June 27: China def. Cuba, 25-18, 25-27, 21-25, 25-21, 15-13
June 28: Italy def. Cuba, 21-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 15-13
June 28: China def. Japan, 25-16, 29-27, 25-22
June 29: Cuba def. Japan, 22-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-16
June 29: China def. Italy, 18-25, 25-20, 21-25, 27-25, 15-8
Pool G: Bangkok, Thailand, Huamark Stadium
July 4: Kazakhstan def. Thailand, 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 17-25, 16-14
July 4: Cuba def. Germany, 23-25, 25-21, 25-8, 25-21
July 5: Germany def. Thailand, 25-18, 25-15, 25-16
July 5: Cuba def. Kazakhstan, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-16
July 6: Cuba def. Thailand, 25-20, 25-22, 23-25, 17-25, 15-9
July 6: Germany def. Kazakhstan, 25-15, 25-19, 25-19
Pool H: Taipei, Chinese Taipei, Hsinchuang Gym
July 4: USA def. Poland, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 25-10
July 4: Italy def. Turkey, 25-20, 21-25, 30-28, 25-23
July 5: USA def. Turkey, 25-16, 25-20, 20-25, 25-17
July 5: Italy def. Poland, 23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-14, 18-16
July 6: Poland def. Turkey, 25-21, 25-22, 25-22
July 6: Italy def. USA, 25-22, 25-21, 25-16
Pool I: Macau, Macau Forum
July 4: Brazil def. Dominican Republic, 23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-9
July 4: China def. Japan, 25-16, 25-19, 25-15
July 5: Brazil def. Japan, 25-16, 25-21, 25-15
July 5: China def. Dominican Republic, 25-16, 25-22, 25-21
July 6: Dominican Republic def. Japan, 26-24, 25-13, 25-18
July 6: Brazil def. China 25-21, 25-17, 25-20


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Manufacturers of motherboards will reportedly have to pay Nvidia a fixed sum for every mainboard unit in order to legally enable Nvidia's SLI multi-GPU technology on Intel X58-based platforms, according to a media report.
According to a news-story by Expreview web-site, Nvidia will charge mainboard makers $5 per unit for SLI "license". It is unclear whether the company also plans to charge manufacturers of motherboards for actual "certification" procedures of their Intel X58-based products. $5 per mainboard should not substantially affect end-user price, hence, SLI technology may become available on the vast majority of new platforms aimed at performance-hungry end-users.
At present only Nvidia nForce chipsets enable the company's SLI multi-GPU technology, thus, users, who plan to utilize two or more Nvidia GeForce-based graphics cards to speed up their video games, have to acquire nForce-based mainboards, in spite of the fact that there are no technical limitations for SLI operation on third-party chipsets. Those, who use multi-GPU capable core-logic sets from AMD, Intel or other chipset vendors cannot use SLI technology, but may utilize competing ATI CrossFire array consisting of several ATI Radeon graphics cards by Advanced Micro Devices.
Since Nvidia does not have chipsets that are compatible with forthcoming Intel Core i7 products which promise to become popular among gamers, the company had to find new ways to enable its multi-GPU tech on non-nForce platforms. Even though there are no technical limitations on any chipsets that do not allow SLI technology to work efficiently, Nvidia decided to artificially create them.
Earlier this year Nvidia proposed to sell its nForce 200 PCI Express hubs to enable various SLI configurations, however, additional hubs cost money, up to $30 a unit, and dramatically increase complexity of mainboards, which is why many motherboard manufacturers started to complain about the idea. As a result, Nvidia outlined another plan: it will certify certain Intel X58-based mainboards for SLI compliance and will provide "approval keys that will be integrated into the system BIOS for boards that pass certification". The company said that it will charge mainboard makers for SLI compliance.
Nvidia stresses that such certification is only valid for Intel X58-based mainboards.
Nvidia did not comment on the news-story.
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WRESTLING: 4 Dragons in Fred Bell quarters
ERIE – Four Warren wrestlers advanced to the quarterfinals of the 29-team Fred Bell Tournament held Friday at Grove City High School and several other Dragons wrestlers remain alive in the wrestlebacks.
D.J. Fehlman (126 pounds), Garrett Smead (152), Chris McNeal (182) and Alex Streich (220) will all wrestle for a chance to advance to the semifinals when wrestling resumes at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Remaining alive in the wrestlebacks are 132-pounder Jason Peterson, 160-pounder Cody Gunn and 195-pounder Dan Henry.
Fehlman wrestled two matches on Friday, but spent just over two minutes on the mat while earning two pins. In the pigtail round, Fehlman pinned St. Marys' Brandon Mackie before pinning Titusville's Derrick Bish in the preliminary round to advance to the quarterfinals.
Fehlman's classmate and teammate, sophomore Alex Streich, also won two matches on Friday, going the distance and beyond to advance to the quarterfinal round. After a quick pin of Cambridge Springs' Josh Ebright in the pigtails, Streich gutted out a 6-4 overtime decision of Stroudsburg's Kevin Hughes to lock up his spot in the quarters.
Smead and McNeal advanced to the final eight in their respective weight classes with just one victory on Friday. Smead earned an 11-2 major decision over Hickory's Shane Beatty and McNeal pinned Jamestown's William Shappee to advance.
In the consolation brackets, Henry received a bye to remain alive at 195 pounds and Peterson and Gunn earned victories. Peterson held off Redbank Valley's Austin Schrecongost, 5-4, to wrestle into Saturday while Gunn decisioned Jamestown's Mathias Shappee, 9-2.
"Probably the highlight of the day was Alex Streich – down two (points) with 20 seconds to go – took the kid down in to tie it up and took the kid down to win in OT," said Warren coach Glenn Baldensperger of his 220-pounders win over Hughes to advance to the quarterfinals.
Baldensperger said a couple of other Dragons had strong finishes late in wins, including McNeal in the championship bracket and Peterson in the consolation bracket.
Youngsville 36, Harbor Creek 24
HARBORCREEK – Youngsville won its second dual match of the week Friday, defeating Harbor Creek, 36-24, in a make-up dual match at Harbor Creek High School.
Three forfeits proved to be the difference in the bout as the Eagles (3-9) took advantage of the free 18 points and used them to it their advantage.
In addition to the forfeits received by Chester Ciukaj (120 pounds), Stone Sivak (182) and Jaykup Durlin (220), Youngsville earned four additional victories over the Huskies.
106-pound freshman Hayden Victor set the tone for the evening with a 5-0 blanking of his 106-pound opponent, but the Huskies rallied to win the next two matches to take a 12-9 lead.
Youngsville got back on track with the efforts of Tristan Gibson at 145 pounds. Gibson wrestled well and held off a late charge from his opposition to give his team three points and an 8-5 decision victory. Two bouts later, Zach Ishman earned a second period pin to again put Youngsville ahead after it had fallen behind.
Trailing 24-18 with four weight classes remaining, the Eagles put the finishing touches on the win with one last flurry of wins. Sivak's forfeit win at 182 pounds tied the match and – after a double forfeit at 195 pounds – Durlin's forfeit made it 30-24 Eagles.
That put heavyweight Austin Slocum on the mat needing to avoid a pin to give Youngsville the win. Slocum did all that and much more, pinning his opponent in 2:50 to give Youngsville the win.
"The kids wrestled hard tonight and this win was a big confidence booster," said Eagles coach Scott Ishman. "Hayden was dominant in his 5-0 win and Tristan Gibson earned us a big win at 145 pounds. The kids continue to bust their butts and are going in the right direction as the post season approaches."
The Eagles return to the mat Tuesday, visiting Strong Vincent.
Youngsville 36, Harbor Creek 24
106: Hayden Victor (Y) d. Kita (H), 5-0
113: No match
120: Chester Ciukaj (Y) wbf.
126: Locco-Nielsen (H) p. Chandler Flinn (Y), 1:37
132: Heitzenrater (H) p. Aaron Hoover (Y), 3:01
138: No match
145: Tristan Gibson (Y) d. Pearson (H), 8-5
152: Newara (H) p. Kris Wilcox (Y), 2:44
160: Zach Ishman (Y) p. Pearson (H), 3:26
170: Kuhn (H) p. Nathan Bickford (Y), 3:30
182: Stone Sivak (Y) wbf.
195: No match
220: Jaykup Durlin (Y) wbf.
285: Austin Slocum (Y) p. Watkins (H), 2:50


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NEW YORK — It's easy to know when you're an "It Girl," according to Alexa Chung, a British model, TV host and girl about town:
Photographers snap at you on the street, designers throw clothes at you and party invitations flow faster than Champagne.
Chung isn't sure, though, how exactly to become one — or even what "It" is.
"It sort of applies to anyone young, having fun and wearing clothes," she said in a recent interview.
She quickly noted: "I didn't pursue that title. . . . I didn't have a famous father, or I wasn't being supported by a huge trust fund — so all the things I associate with that title weren't at my disposal."
She started down that path upon being signed as a model as a teenager.
Now 30, Chung traces her journey in the new book It (Penguin, 192 pages, $30), which isn't quite an autobiography but not a how-to book, either.
Vogue magazine has described her as "preppy hipster meets London scenester."
Her current gig as a co-host of the music-centric show Fuse News on Fuse TV is the one thing that gives her a regular schedule.
Chung had been interested in a book deal for a while, although she envisioned it as a photography book at first.
"I like taking pictures, I like art directing, I like styling."
She has served as a contributing editor to British Vogue and is a front-row fixture at fashion weeks in New York, London and Paris.
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Hi Bellas!
Yesterday I picked up my haul from the Colour Ready collection. I recreated the promo image, it came out awesome! I'm liking the haul so far...I'm still testing out the products so that I can make a complete review sometime next week. Meanwhile, back to my Arabic Wedding series!
Here is day 2 of my Arabic Wedding from a few weekends ago. Day 2 was a lot easier since I just had to do the bride and she was coming to me.
I've set up a mini studio at my place for when clients come over. Everything is organized and out in the open so it makes Makeovers super easy.
For day 2, the bride wanted something a bit different. She was wearing a rose colored outfit and wanted to do pinks. I love the way it came out...super girly and almost pin up like. I did some extra contouring and gave her a darker lip color since we went lighter on the eyes. She's also wearing two pairs of lashes on each eye...va va voom!
I'm trying to remember what I used, here goes!
-silicone primer
-studio finish corrector for undereye circles
-cinema secrets foundation mixed with studio finish corrector (I like to apply concealer and corrector before airbrush so that way the foundation doesn't need to be applied too thickly...I like the airbrush to look flawless yet natural. Sometimes too much airbrush foundation can make one look like a plastic mannequin)
-temptu airbrush foundation 6 & 7
-Bobbi Brown peony blush
-bare canvas paint
-sushi flower e/s
-expensive pink e/s
-jardin aires pigment
-shroom e/s
-bronze e/s
-smolder eye kohl
-Revlon colorstay liquid liner in blackest black
-Ardell demi wispies and 120 demies
-plum cream liner
-jampacked l/g
Stay tuned for day 3!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
Friday, April 3, 2009
Arabic Wedding Day 2
Posted by MakeupByRenRen at 9:05 AM
Labels: airbrush makeup, arabic makeup, bridal makeup, wedding makeup
7 comments:
- Askmewhats said...
Bride looks soooo pretty! the makeup is AWESOME :D
- April 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM
- Erin said...
This is gorgeous! I love the lip color!!
- April 3, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- JENSMAKEUPBAG said...
wow another gorgeous bride! i'm loving that lip color on her. she rocked that jampacked l/g. great combination of shadows too ren! do you think sushi flower comes off a little sheer on you?
- April 3, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- ChyiX2 said...
So lovely! :) She looks glowy and radiant.
- April 3, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Jyoti said...
Absolutely love makeup on the beautiful bride! You are a very talented makeup artist!
- April 4, 2009 at 12:00 AM
- Sarah said...
Wow this is stunning!! I wish you could do my makeup for my wedding.. now I just gotta get me a groom lol
- April 4, 2009 at 8:24 PM
- ♡ Nic Nic ♡ said...
she looks beautiful :)
- April 5, 2009 at 11:35 PM
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Prep Roundup (1-21-13)
STANDISH-The Alpena boys basketball team travelled to Standish on Monday and won 62-49.
The first quarter saw Alpena up 17-14 while the half ended with the teams tied 31-31.
Alpena took charge in the third quarter by taking a 48-38 lead and kept up strong momentum in the fourth quarter to win.
"The first half saw us playing really good offense but not so good on defense. The difference in the game was when we kicked up the defense in the second half. Brad Styma was really helpful on defense in both halves and kept us going by giving us a lot of energy," Alpena coach John Pintar said.
Top scorers for Alpena included Luke Cordes with 19 points, Kam Fitzek with 14 points and Andy Marwede with 10 points. Standish's top scorer was Joe Mitrzyk with 16 points.
Alpena is now 6-3 overall and 2-3 in the Big North Conference. The Wildcats host a conference game against Ogemaw Heights tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Alpena's JV team also earned a victory over Standish, winning 69-38. Dylan Hoes was Alpena's top scorer with 15 points while Austin Hemmingson had 8 rebounds.
The Wildcats' freshman team lost 67-51. Top scorers for Alpena were Kolin Ghidoni with 23 points and Joe Ayala with 11.
Posen 54,
Au Gres 28
POSEN-The Posen girls basketball team jumped out to a 16-1 first-quarter lead on Monday against Au Gres and never looked back, beating the Wolverines 54-28 in a North Star League game.
Korynn Hincka led Posen (13-0, 8-0 NSL) with 31 points and is within 30 points of tying the school record for career points. Austin Sharpe chipped in with seven points.
The Vikings' clamped down defensively on Au Gres' 6-3 center Cassidy Boensch, who was held scoreless for the first three quarters and finished with 12 points to go along with a lot of blocked shots.
Posen travels to Hillman on Wednesday for a battle between the top two teams in the North Star League.
Hillman 70, Atlanta 16
ATLANTA-Jensen Tchorzynski scored 20 points and the Hillman girls basketball team beat Atlanta 70-16 on Monday.
Alissa Jones added 15 points for the Tigers (7-4, 7-1 North Star) who led 42-4 at the half and got a chance to fine tune some things before a big matchup with Posen on Wednesday.
"We got to run some different sets and work on our zone defense," Hillman coach John Kuzewski said.
Lacey Ferguson led Atlanta (1-10, 0-7 NSL) with 11 points.
Hillman hosts Posen Wednesday in a battle of the North Star League's top two teams.
Alpena finishes eight at Mio Invite
MIO-The Alpena wrestling team finished eighth out of 13 teams on Saturday at the Mio Invitational.
The big winner for Alpena was R.J. Centala who was the champion of the 145-pound weight division.
Austin Weekes was a big contributor in the 189-weight class, earning fourth place. Felix Suszek finished third in the 215 pound weight division while Josh LaFavre was forth in that same class.
"Everybody wrestled hard and we had some good medalers, but we just came up short a few times. It was a good way to build confidence and get pumped about the quad on Wednesday," Alpena coach Jake Stenz said.
Alpena hosts a four-team Big North quad on Wednesday. Alpena and Petoskey will wrestle against Traverse City West and Traverse City Central.


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Gruenebaum Covering Every Base In Injury Battle
The Columbus Dispatch - August 14, 2013 09:25 AM
When I asked Andy Gruenebaum what it means to be listed as having left shoulder soreness on the team's injury report, I expected a quip and lighthearted follow-up joke from the Crew's goalkeeper.
Instead, as I wrote in today's paper, Gruenebaum is as confused and concerned as everyone else.
"I've had an MRI on my neck now and I'm waiting to hear back about that," he said. "Just little things like that, we want to cover every base to make sure whatever is causing this isn't going to cause me to have something happen that's going to affect my life. Not to be on a serious note and make things dark, but you can't be too cautious."
There is not a timetable for when Gruenebaum will be back on the field, but it does not sound like it will be as soon as this weekend. If doing so would not cause long-term issues, Gruenebaum said he would be fine with taking an injection to help him play through the injury.
With the Crew's playoff hopes dim at best, the injury also comes at a difficult time for the veteran. Gruenebaum is in the final year of his contract, and although he said he doesn't think the injury is career-threatening, the situation comes with an extra level of stress.
"It's one of those things that, my biggest concern is missing these games and it being a contract year for me," he said. "It's frustrating because I want to go out. Hopefully I've shown what I can do. I don't want to miss." It's frustrating when you have this history with your hips and your legs and you get that all squared away and everything's good and then you have a shoulder something. It's something that I haven't really dealt with. I had one that I waited to the offseason to take care of, so I've been relatively lucky until now. It's frustrating. I'd like to be out there and contributing in whatever way I can, but I can do that in other ways as well."
Gruenebaum has played with a broken hand and missed the last six matches of the 2009 season and all of 2010 with right hip impingement.
The injury also puts backup Matt Lampson in somewhat of an awkward situation.
"It's difficult emotionally because we have a good relationship and I want him to succeed and he wants me to succeed and obviously there's only a spot for one goalkeeper," Lampson said. "However the cards may fall, that's how it may be, but obviously I don't wish ill will on him. Hopefully he comes through and recovers 100 percent regardless."
Now in his second year, Lampson has credited Gruenebaum for helping him develop as a professional and faces the reality of possibly outplaying him for a job.
"One of the biggest aspects that I need to improve on and he knows I need to improve on is the mental aspect of the game," Lampson said. "He knows that I hold myself to a very high standard, almost to a fault. Young goalkeepers are going to make mistakes. It's how you learn from them and rebound from them. He really helps me stay focused after I make a mistake or be positive so I don't really think about it."
Until he is able to return to action, Gruenebaum said he is channeling his inner Dwight Schrute from NBC's "The Office."
"I'm actually sort of what I'm calling head goalkeeper coach," he said. "I'm pushing (goalkeepers coach) Scoop (Stanisic) aside. Scoop is assistant to the goalkeeper coach.
"I'm just doing whatever I can. I'm still part of this team even though I'm resting. I want to make sure that I'm out there. If they need me to shag balls, I'm shagging balls. Basically working with the other goalkeepers to ensure that they're getting the best training sessions that they can. Any insight I can give them as an older player."


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