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Zetterberg, Leclaire and Iginla named NHL 'Three Stars' for October
Nov 1, 2007, 12:24 PM EDT
NEW YORK -- Detroit Red Wings left wing Henrik Zetterberg, Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Pascal Leclaire and Calgary Flames right wing Jarome Iginla have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for October.
FIRST STAR -- HENRIK ZETTERBERG, LW, DETROIT RED WINGS Zetterberg video
Zetterberg tallied points in each of Detroit's 13 games and led the League in scoring with 22 points (10 goals, 12 assists) as the Red Wings (10-2-1, 21 points) finished the month atop the League's overall standings. He recorded seven multiple-point games, including three-point efforts against Chicago Oct. 6 and Los Angeles Oct. 14. With a point tonight at Calgary, Zetterberg would tie the Red Wings' longest season-opening point streak (14), set by Norm Ullman in 1960-61. Zetterberg has recorded points in 19 consecutive regular-season games dating to 2006-07; he last was held scoreless Feb. 8, 2007 at St. Louis.
Longest Season-Opening Point Streaks Since 1993-94:
Games Player Club Season
22 Dany Heatley Ottawa 2005-06
15 Jaromir Jagr Pittsburgh 1999-00
13 Henrik Zetterberg Detroit 2007-08 (active)
13 Ron Francis Pittsburgh 1994-95
SECOND STAR -- PASCAL LECLAIRE, G, COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Leclaire video
Leclaire posted a 6-2-0 record with a 1.25 goals-against average, .953 save percentage and four shutouts in eight games as Columbus posted the best start in franchise history (7-3-1). The Blue Jackets' first-round draft pick (eighth overall) in 2001, Leclaire allowed one goal or fewer in six of eight games, including shutouts against Anaheim Oct. 5, Phoenix Oct. 10, Buffalo Oct. 19 and St. Louis Oct. 25. Leclaire already is one shutout from tying the single-season franchise record, set by Marc Denis in 2002-03 and 2003-04.
THIRD STAR -- JAROME IGINLA, RW, CALGARY FLAMES Iginla video
Iginla ranked second among NHL scorers with 19 points (eight goals, 11 assists) in 12 games as Calgary (6-3-3, 15 points) finished the month second in the Northwest Division. The Flames captain recorded six multiple-point games, including three-point efforts Oct. 16 in Colorado, Oct. 20 against Edmonton, Oct. 24 versus Minnesota and Oct. 30 against Nashville. Iginla recorded points in nine of 12 games and figured in 45% of the Flames' 42 goals.
Quite an honor for a star on the rise in the NHL. LeClaire was almost unconscious this first month of the season. If he can keep this up throughout the campaign, the Jackets may well have something more to look forward to come April aside from their first tee time.
And keep in mind...he only turns 25 next Wednesday.


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3 reasons the new 'Catching Fire' trailer pumps me up for Hunger Games sequel
Here are three reasons the new Catching Fire trailer is pumping me up for the second movie in The Hunger Games trilogy (set to be made into four films in all):
1.Francis Lawrence, the new director on the series, is hitting the political battle hard and true, very much in the spirit of the Suzanne Collins' books. Which is a thrill to all of us who worried that the movies would give into the temptation to trade in on the popularity of the young stars, particularly Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence (who looks as if she's about to turn in another gritty, strong performance).
2.Donald Sutherland gives increasing weight to the role of President Snow and how he manipulates the people and spins the truth to support his power. This is one area where the films are providing more depth and detail into Snow — a character that was more of a sketch from a distance in the book where everything and everyone was seen from Katniss' limited point of view.
3.Looking good. The movie amazingly looks like the world the books have conjured. They pick up on the look Gary Ross painstakingly stitched together for the first movie and then take it to a dynamic new level with fresh contrasts between the haves and have-nots — a highly combustible mix.

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Sound team Asseeeeemblllle. Right, on the 22nd of August I am putting on another Unique Beats event which will last from 1pm until 3am...14 hours of electro madness with a mix of experimental sounds, hip-hop, drum'n'bass and everything in between. We will be giving out free CD's of Unique Beats artists as well as free demo's etc from the lovely companies such as Ableton , Reason, Pro Logic etc etc.
Does anyone have a list of the equipment that the Forest has for the main cafe area stage.? Need to know what cables, how many mixers, how many DI boxes, do we have monitor speakers?. Yeah I know I'm being a pain in the bum but we have a lot of acts and an eclectic amount of instruments all needing inputs etc. Also what lighting is available? Do we have a projector available to use and how long are the leads for this etc. Been trying to phone Nix about all of this but his phone is not on. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I really struggle to find any time to come in to the Forest at the moment.
Here's the line-up:
!KUNG (World Exclusive!!! Full of surprises, new identity of the recluse electro genius...all will be revealed)
Alex Tronic (rare live appearance from Alex tronic Records head honcho)
Engine7 (Chilled and upbeat tunage from weegie land....back by immense demand!)
1SP (French hip-hop dans la maison y'all)
no !i input - Live A/V set (will blow your face off!)
Chief of Belize (dirty sounds and big beats)
Brainstormer(drum'n'bass jumpy jumpy music)
Freemoore (experimental electro)
Asthmatic Astronaut (big big beats from former Underling maestro with possible special guest Lifeshows)
B Burg (smooth hip-hop/jazz dancefloor noodlings from former LiveSciences guitarist)
The Amazing Rolo (music with a Wii remote..ace!!!)
Pandacetamol (ethereal organic atmospheres)
4ward Play (smooth and mellow)
7VWVVW (multi keyboard analogue mayhem-possible special guest "Kyon")
Gerry Mawhinney (in your face, you.will.dance!)
Kenny Breaks (Leith FM RSI)
Darrell Harding (Leith FM Vinyl Club)
So there it is, it's gonna be hectic but amazing, and this is one of the reasons we need to know well in advance about the tech side of things so we can have everything in place prior to the event, and know what we need to hire, borrow, buy.


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Brief Summary
Smilodon is a genus of felid cats in the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae. The genus contains three recognized species: S. gracilis, S. fatalis, and S. facilitator, all which lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene era (between 2.5 mya–10,000 years ago). Probably the most widely known of the saber-toothed cats, Smilodon species are often referred to as saber-toothed "tigers," a misnomer as they are not closely related to modern tigers. Their fossils were found in abundance in the La Brea Tar Pits, in Los Angeles, California, which has one of the largest collections of Smilodon fatalis fossils. Smilodon fatalis was designated the California state fossil in 1973.
Smilodon cats had a robust build, well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long, saber-like upper (maxillary) canines. The habitat where they lived, forest and bushlands, would have provided cover for ambushing prey, which included bison, giant ground sloths, horses, camels and possibly young mammoths and mastodons. The jaws of Smilodon cats had a larger gape than modern cats and their upper canines were slender and fragile, suggesting that rather than grappling with or restraining their prey using their teeth these predators fatally stabbed their prey and waited for them to die (DeSantis et al. 2012 and references within). Examination of wear patterns on their teeth indicates that Smilodon cats utilized the carcass of their prey less than modern felid predators, and avoided eating bone. DeSantis et al. (2012) found this feeding preference consistent throughout the Smilodon fossil record, at least at La Brea, refuting the idea that declining prey resources (perhaps due to competition with humans) was a primary cause for the extinction of Smilodon, as this idea would predict increased tooth wear and breakage due to greater carcass utilization. Another theory for extinction of the Smilodon is climate change.
There is ongoing debate about whether the Smilodon cats were social animals. Their large numbers (relative to other species) in the La Brea Tar Pits and other fossil sites as well as the prevalence of healed bone injuries, suggest that they were social and might care for sick individuals (Carbone et al. 2009); on the other hand, their small brain size and highly vegetated habitat, and evidence of large numbers of modern, non-social animals at kill sites support the idea that Smilodon were solitary (McCall et al. 2003; Kifner 2009).
(Heald 1989; McCall et al. 2003; San Diego Zoo, 2009; Wikipedia 2014)
Smilodon's range
The Smilodon was a very successful genus that had a very large range. Their success was partly due to their large range and the fact that they were very opportunistic carnivores.
The Smilodon was distributed across the Americas. Over 1200 specimens of Smilodon were discovered in Los Angeles, while a sizable collection of Smilodon fossils was found in Peru, suggesting that Smilodon ranged from North America to South America. They were usually found in large groups of all ages dating to the same time in one place or another. This piece of evidence is also used to support the theory that Smilodon lived in packs.Individual Smilodon fossils were and are being found across the Americas, from the US down to Patagonia.
Smilodons most likely lived in woodlands, brushy plains and the margins of woodlands. This is because Smilodon was a predator that stalked and killed animals, and it required cover. These three habitats offered plenty of it.
Smilodon /ˈsmaɪlədɒn/ is an extinct genus of machairodont felid. It is perhaps the best known saber-toothed cat and lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya–10,000 years ago). One of the largest collections of its fossils has been obtained from the La Brea Tar Pits. Three species of the genus are known; they vary in size and build.
Overall, Smilodon was more robustly built than any modern cat, with particularly well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long upper canines. Its jaw had a bigger gape than modern cats and its upper canines were slender and fragile, being adapted for precision killing. These attributes likely made Smilodon a specialized hunter of large herbivores, such as bison and camels.
Smilodon likely lived in closed habitats, such as forests and bush, which would have provided cover for ambushing prey. Its reliance on large animals may have been the cause of its extinction; Smilodon died out at the same time that most North and South American megafauna disappeared, about 10,000 years ago. Scientists debate over whether Smilodon had a social or a solitary lifestyle; analysis of modern predator behavior as well as of Smilodon's fossil remains could be construed to lend support to either view.
The nickname "saber-tooth" refers to the extreme length of their maxillary canines. Despite the colloquial name "saber-toothed tiger", Smilodon is not closely related to the tiger (or any other living felid); the latter belongs to the subfamily Pantherinae, whereas Smilodon belongs to the subfamily Machairodontinae. The name Smilodon comes from Greek: σμίλη, (smilē), "carving knife"[1] and ὀδoύς (odoús), "tooth" (whose stem is odont-, as seen in the genitive case form ὀδόντος, odóntos).[2]
The genus Smilodon was named and described by the Danish naturalist and palaeontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund in 1842. He found the fossils of Smilodon populator in caves near the small town of Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[3] It is grouped with several species of saber-toothed cats in the subfamily Machairodontinae within the family Felidae. An early ancient DNA analysis suggested that Smilodon should be grouped with modern cats (subfamily Felinae)[4] However, a 2005 study found that Smilodon belonged to a separate lineage.[5] Another study published a year later confirmed this, showing that the Machairodontinae diverged early from the ancestors of modern cats and were not closely related to any living feline species.[6]
The skull and mandible morphology of the earliest saber-toothed cats were similar to that of clouded leopards. The lineage further adapted to the precision killing of large animals by developing elongated canine teeth and wider gapes, in the process sacrificing high bite force.[7] Smilodon belongs to the tribe Smilodontini, which is known as "dirk-toothed cats". These cats were defined by their long slender canines with fine serrations.[8]
While a number of Smilodon species have been described, today usually only three are recognized.[9]
- Smilodon gracilis, 2.5 million–500,000 years ago; the smallest and earliest species, estimated at 55 to 100 kg (120 to 220 lb) in weight[10] was the successor of Megantereon in North America, from which it probably evolved. This species reached the north of South America in the early Pleistocene, along with Homotherium, as part of the Great American Interchange.[11] The other Smilodon species are probably derived from this species. As its specific name suggests, this species is the most lightly built of the genus.[3]
- Smilodon fatalis, 1.6 million–10,000 years ago, replaced S. gracilis in North America and invaded western South America.[12] It was intermediate in size between S. gracilis and S. populator.[9] It ranged from 160 to 280 kg (350 to 620 lb).[10] and reached a shoulder height of 100 cm (39 in) and body length of 175 cm (69 in).[13] Sometimes two additional species are recognized, S. californicus and S. floridanus, but usually they are considered to be junior synonyms of S. fatalis.[14]
- Smilodon populator, 1 million–10,000 years ago; occurred in the eastern parts of South America and was larger than the North American species.[15] It is perhaps the largest known felid, with a body mass range of 220 to 400 kg (490 to 880 lb).[10][16] It stood at a shoulder height of 120 cm (47 in).[9] Compared to S. fatalis, S. populator had a more elongated and narrow skull, higher positioned nasals, more massive metapodials and slightly longer forelimbs relative to hindlimbs.[12]
Description and anatomy[edit]
Smilodon was around the size of a modern lion or tiger, but was more robustly built. It had long canines, a reduced lumbar region, high scapula, short tail, and broad limbs with relatively short feet.[9][17] The brain of Smilodon was relatively small compared to other cat species.[18] In reconstructing the facial appearance of Smilodon, Miller (1969) proposed that it looked very different from a typical cat: having a lower lip line (to allow its mouth to open so wide without tearing the facial tissues), a more retracted nose and lower placed ears.[19] However this is disputed, and Antón, et al. (1998) write that the facial features of Smilodon were overall no different than that of other cats.[20]
There is some dispute over whether Smilodon was sexually dimorphic. Some studies of Smilodon fatalis fossils have found little difference between the sexes.[21][22] Conversely, a 2012 study found that, while fossils of S. fatalis show less variation in size among individuals than modern Panthera, they do appear to show the same difference between the sexes in some traits.[23]
Smilodon had shorter and more massive limbs than other felids. It had well developed flexors and extensors in its forearms, which enabled it to pull down and securely hold down large prey so it could deliver a killing bite without endangering the vulnerable elongate canines. Analysis of the cross-sections of S. fatalis humeri indicated that they were strengthened by cortical thickening to such an extent that they would have been able to sustain greater loading than those of extant big cats, or of the extinct American lion. However, the thickening of S. fatalis femurs was within the range of extant felids.[24] The heel bone of Smilodon was fairly long which suggests it was a good jumper.[9]
Teeth and jaws[edit]
Smilodon is most famous for its relatively long canines, which are the longest found in the saber-toothed cats, at about 28 cm (11 in) long in the largest species Smilodon populator.[9] Those of S. fatalis reached their full size in 18 months at a growth rate of 7 mm/month.[25] These canine teeth were slender and had fine serrations.[8] They were fragile and could not have bitten into bone; thus, these cats did not use their long teeth while taking down prey, due to the risk of breaking. Only when their prey was totally subdued did they use their teeth to slash the throat.[24]
Despite being more powerfully built than other large cats, Smilodon actually had a weaker bite. Modern big cats have more pronounced zygomatic arches, while Smilodon had smaller zygomatic arches which restricted the thickness and therefore power of the temporalis muscles, and thus reduced Smilodon's bite force. Analysis of its narrow jaws indicates that it could produce a bite only a third as strong as that of a lion.[26] There seems to a be a general rule that the saber-toothed cats with the largest canines had proportionally weaker bites. However, analyses of canine bending strength (the ability of the canine teeth to resist bending forces without breaking) and bite forces indicate that the saber-toothed cats' teeth were stronger relative to the bite force than those of modern "big cats".[27] In addition, Smilodon's gape could have reached almost 120 degrees,[28] while that of the modern lion reaches 65 degrees.[29] This makes the gape wide enough to allow Smilodon to grasp large prey despite the long canines.[20]
Paleoecology and paleobiology[edit]
Smilodon was perhaps the most recent of the saber-toothed cats and lived during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya–10,000 years ago).[9] Fossils of the genus have been found throughout the Americas.[30] In particular, numerous specimens have been discovered in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California and the Talara Tar Seeps in Peru.[13] Smilodon likely lived in "closed" habitat (forest and bush).[31]
Diet and hunting[edit]
Smilodon was an apex predator and primarily hunted large mammals like bison, camels, ground sloths, horses and mammoths. Isotopes preserved in the bones of S, fatalis in the La Brea Tar Pits reveal that ruminants like bison and camels were most commonly taken by the cats.[32] In addition, isotopes preserved in the enamel of S. gracilis specimens from Florida show that this species feed on the pig-like Platygonus and the llama-like Hemiauchenia.[33] Isotopic studies of dire wolf and American lion bones show an overlap with S. fatalis in prey, which suggests that they were competitors.[32] The availability of prey in the Rancho La Brea area was likely comparable to modern East Africa.[34]
Smilodon was likely an ambush predator and concealed itself in dense vegetation.[35] It probably used its great upper-body strength to wrestle prey to the ground. It may have then used its long canines to deliver a deep stabbing bite or open-jawed stabbing thrust to the throat, which would generally cut through the jugular vein and/or the trachea and thus kill the prey very quickly.[24][36] Alternatively, it may have used its canines to puncture the thoracic wall of its prey (a larger, easier target) with a closed-mouth stab, creating a condition of pneumothorax (collapsed lungs).[37] By contrast, modern cats kill large prey with a suffocating bite.[24] Another hypothesis suggests that Smilodon targeted the belly of its prey. However, this is disputed as the curvature of their prey's belly would likely have prevented the cat from getting a good bite.[38] Whether Smilodon generally used its canines to deliver a point-to-point bite, open-jawed stab or closed-jawed stab is unclear.[37] Smilodon probably avoided eating bone and would have left enough food for scavengers.[39] Smilodon itself may have scavenged dire wolf kills.[40]
Social behavior[edit]
Scientists debate whether Smilodon was social. One study of African predators found that social predators like lions and spotted hyenas respond more to the distress calls of prey than solitary species. Since Smilodon fatalis fossils are common at the La Brea Tar Pits, and were likely attracted by the distress calls of stuck prey, this could mean that La Brea S. fatalis were social as well.[41] Critics claim that the study neglects other factors, such as body mass (heavier animals are more likely to get stuck than lighter ones), intelligence (some social animals, like the American lion, may have avoided the tar because they were better able to recognize the hazard), lack of visual and olfactory lures, the type of audio lure, and the length of the distress calls (the actual distress calls of the trapped prey animals would have lasted longer than the calls used in the study). In addition, they note that solitary cats like tigers are known to aggregate around a single carcass.[42] The authors of the original study have responded to these criticisms.[43]
Another argument for sociality is based on the healed injuries in several Smilodon fossils, which would suggest that the animals needed others to provide it food.[44] This argument has been questioned, as cats can recover quickly from even severe bone damage and an injured Smilodon could survive if it had access to water.[45] Some researchers have argued that Smilodon's brain would have been too small for it to have been a social animal.[18] However, an analysis of brain size in living big cats found no correlation between brain size and sociality.[46] Another argument against Smilodon being social is based on it being an ambush hunter in closed habitat which would likely have negated sociality.[45]
Whether Smilodon was sexually dimorphic has implications for its reproductive behavior. Based on their conclusions that Smilodon fatalis had no sexual dimorphism, Van Valenburgh and Sacco (2002) suggest that, if the cats were social, they would likely have lived in monogamous pairs (along with offspring) with no intense competition among males for females.[21] Likewise, Meachen-Samuels and Binder (2010) conclude that aggression between males was less pronounced in S. fatalis than the American lion.[22] However, Christiansen and Harris (2012) find that as S. fatalis did exhibit some sexual dimorphism, there would have been evolutionary selection for competition between males.[23]
In recent years, Smilodon cubs have been found in tar pits close to the Rancho La Brea site, near the bones of larger adults. Unlike the mature specimens, juvenile Smilodon had smaller saber teeth, which were used more for cutting flesh away from bones than killing prey. This likely implies that they were coming in to feed after the adults had made a kill and fed on parts of the kill that were inaccessible to the adults. In attempting to feed, the cubs and subadults would also become mired and starve to death. This behavior was recently revealed in popular culture in the first episode of the 2013 BBC documentary miniseries "Ice Age Giants".[47]
Several Smilodon fossils show signs of ankylosing spondylitis, hyperostosis and trauma;[48] some also had arthritis which gave them fused vertebrae. One study of 1,000 Smilodon skulls found that 30% of them had eroded parietal bones, which is where the largest jaw muscles attach. They also showed signs of microfractures, and the weakening and thinning of bones possibly caused by mechanical stress from the constant need to make stabbing motions with the canines.[49]
Smilodon went extinct 10,000 years ago, along with most of the Pleistocene megafauna, in the Quaternary extinction event. Its extinction may be linked to the decline and extinction of large herbivores, which were replaced by smaller and more agile ones like deer. Hence, Smilodon could have been too specialized at hunting large prey and may have been unable to adapt.[24] However, a 2012 study of Smilodon tooth wear found no evidence that they were limited by food resources. Other explanations include climate change and competition with humans.[50]
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Your body temperature and the amount you sweat can have a major impact on your performance. Here's why it happens – and how you can stay cool as things heat up
Have you ever finished a race in a sweaty, sopping mess, your kit wallpapered to your body and your hair looking like you've just been for a fast spin in a washing machine? Sweating is an inevitable - and essential - by-product of exercise but that doesn't mean you have to like it. Thankfully, there are steps you can take to compete in greater comfort.
The body's normal temperature is around 37°C, but it can rise in summer, during exercise or when we are ill. Our body regulates this via evaporation, in the form of sweat, to cool us down. "Our circulatory system is like a radiator to dissipate heat," says Dr Dominic Micklewright, a sport and performance expert at the British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences. Sweat is mostly water, but also contains sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium and other minerals.
Men's sweat glands are more active than women's and men generally sweat sooner. "Also, men have a larger surface area," says Micklewright. "The larger the surface area, the easier it is to dissipate heat."Women take note, however: body temperature rises half a degree when you are ovulating or menstruating. This is not a reason not to compete or train, but be aware that you may sweat more, even at rest, than at other times in your cycle.
You may well ask this if you sweat a lot, but the biggest factor, aside from gender, is out of your control: your genes. "There is no formula," says Micklewright. "Drink to your thirst response, and don't drink too much. If you over-hydrate, you dilute the sodium in your body, which can lead to hyponatraemia and, in extreme cases, death."
It's important to become used to racing conditions, even if it's a sprint race in a UK heat wave rather than an Ironman in Hawaii. "It's better to get out there than to hide away," says Simon Ward of www.thetriathloncoach.com. "Be sensible. You should be tapering your training before a race, so walking around in the heat is often enough, combined with light training."
Off-road races may offer more shade and less congestion than city races and coastal races can be breezier, which won't stop you sweating but will make you feel more comfortable. "Whatever the race, it's important to be as lean as possible; the more fat you store the less responsive your body is to high temperatures," says Ward. "Avoid dark colours and wear a white cap to shade your face. There's no evidence that pouring water over your head cools you down, but putting your hands and feet in water can cool the blood being pumped back to your heart." Some triathletes wear an ice vest before a race on a hot day.
"Many people finish a race and say the heat defeated them, but usually they've gone too fast, not hydrated enough or not paid enough attention to replacing electrolytes," says Ward. "Many triathletes I've coached take the sensible approach and perform better as a result."
How the professionals learned important - and hard - lessons about racing in high temperatures
"I did the Marathon des Sables and everyone was scared of the heat - the hottest day was over 60°C. But it was dry heat, so the sweat dried on the skin and cooled us down. It was probably better than running in 30°C heat with the humidity in the UK."
"At the 2005 World Championships in Japan I collapsed on the run through heat exhaustion. The lake was about 30°C, which I didn't take into consideration. Also, the bike was harder than I'd expected and I did not have time for all my energy drink. Lessons learned."
"I once had a problem at the Windsor Triathlon with heat exhaustion - I hadn't drunk enough the day before the race, which was freakishly hot. I felt incredibly thirsty for the whole bike ride and the last lap of the run was a blur. Now I start hydrating three days before a race."
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LINGUIST List 22.2738
Sun Jul 03 2011
Calls: English, Applied Ling, Historical Ling, Translation/Belgium
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Full Title: Facing Present, Past and Future
Date: 01-Dec-2011 - 03-Dec-2011
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Contact Person: Lieven Buysse
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Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Historical Linguistics; Translation
Subject Language(s): English
Call Deadline: 08-Jul-2011
Meeting Description:
The Belgian Association of Anglicists in Higher Education (BAAHE) is organising its fourth international conference from 1 to 3 December 2011 at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (University College Brussels), Belgium. Celebrating the association's 30th anniversary, the interdisciplinary conference 'Facing Present, Past and Future' aims to map the various ways researchers deal with the challenges they are faced with in the research fields of English Linguistics, English Literature, Translation and Interpretation Studies and ELT.
Keynote Speakers:
We are pleased to announce that the following keynote speakers have already confirmed their contribution:
Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, University of London)
'Afterwardness', After Trauma Theory?
Laurence R. Horn (Yale University)
Uncrypting a Cryptotype: Lexical Semantics, Lexical Pragmatics, and the Un-verb
Joybratho Mukherjee (Justus Liebig Universität Giessen)
Mapping Unity and Diversity across South Asian Englishes: Corpus-based Approaches to Postcolonial Identity-constructions
Call for Papers:
The deadline has been extended to 8 July 2011.
Approaches and topics for papers include but are not limited to the suggestions below. Note that contributions that explore interfaces between these disciplines are particularly encouraged.
- Face and politeness from a synchronic as well as a diachronic perspective
- The concepts of face and politeness: from an anglocentric to a global perspective
- The tenses from a synchronic and diachronic perspective
- Resolving old dichotomies by building interfaces: present, past and future approaches to reconciling disciplines and paradigms (e.g. semantics and pragmatics)
- Past, present and future in corpus linguistics: from small-scale written corpora over large multi-media corpora to..?
- Conceptualisations and representations of the notion of 'time' in English (possibly in contrast with other languages)
- Diachronic and synchronic approaches to the study of intersubjectivity
Translation and Interpretation Studies:
- Facing the tradition: role of translations in the development of a literary tradition or canon
- Facing the news: role of transediting in the spread of news in a globalised world
- Facing the unknown: new challenges in Translation and Interpretation Studies (e.g. machine translation)
- Facing the interpreter: role of the interpreter as a neutral conveyor of messages, a(n intercultural) mediator or an involved party in establishing effective communication in various settings
- Face-to-face communication in ELT: from traditional classroom discourse to innovative virtual communication
- Facing each other and facing the other: research on teacher-student interaction and on student-student interaction and collaboration in the classroom both of native speakers of English and of learners of English as a foreign language (e.g. face-to-face communication, (a)synchronous communication via/in electronic environments, chat room conversations between students, peer feedback in its different guises, teacher feedback and student uptake, collaborative learning, etc.).
- Saving and representing face in different forms of student-student interaction and teacher-student communication both in speech and in writing (e.g. politeness strategies, intercultural perspectives).
- Corpus-based approaches to ELT: facing 'authentic' language use as an innovative turn
- Facing non-native varieties of English in the classroom
- CLIL: the way forward for ELT?
- Facing the Other: historical representations of otherness in literatures in English
- Representations of time and Janus' double-facedness in literature: theoretical approaches (narratological, psychoanalytic, impact of ritual, forms of commemoration vs. forgetting, etc.)
- Authorial and narratorial reflections on one's own time/age and its relation to the literary and cultural past and future - whence and whither this present?
- Theory today: current problems and challenges of literary theory (incl. trauma studies, autobiography and autoperformance)
- Literature and canon: canon formation, genre mixing, etc.
- Historicist approaches to literature
- Stylistics /use of imagery, figures of speech: defacing the other (forms of satire), deformation (different forms of prosopopeia); interrelations between literature and painting (contemporary and other)
- Facing the Continent: British and Irish literature in a European context (e.g. reception and/or translation of British and Irish authors)
Submission of Abstracts:
Abstracts of up to 500 words (excluding bibliography) should be submitted through the conference website (
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Accepted paper presentations will be allocated 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Notification of acceptance: mid-July 2011.
Selected proceedings will be published in the international, peer-reviewed journal English Text Construction.
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Hardware news tagged Trinity
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Thank You, Consoles: AMD's Posts Good Results Amid Drop of Microprocessor Sales.
[1:40 pm]
Game Consoles Help AMD to Boost Sales Amid Declining Shipments of Microprocessors
Thursday, January 16, 2014
AMD Sued for Overestimating Demand for "Llano" APUs.
[1:53 pm]
Class-Action Filed Against AMD for Overestimated Adoption of Llano
Thursday, October 17, 2013
AMD Returns to Profitability Thanks to Orders for Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4 Chips.
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AMD Posts Profit Despite Sliding Sales of Microprocessors and Graphics Chips
Friday, September 20, 2013
Steam Box Approaches: Valve Software to Make Three Important Announcements Next Week.
[1:02 pm]
Valve Promises The Steam Universe to Expand in 2014
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Valve Vows to Discuss Own Game Console Next Week.
[2:15 pm]
Valve May Announces Gaming Hardware for the Living Room
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Asustek Unveils World's First Mainboards for AMD "Kaveri" FM2+ Chips.
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Asus Releases Industry's First FM2+ Motherboards for AMD "Kaveri" APUs
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Microprocessor Sales Are Up, Graphics Chip Shipments Down at AMD.
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AMD Posts $74 Million in Quarterly Losses, Vows to Become Profitable Next Year


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I've been doing an intense spring cleaning all week long, which basically involved moving all my furniture to other rooms in the house, selling large pieces on craigslist, and buying new furniture and linens. A complete re-decoration. This meant going through all my clothing, shoes, and accessories, and re-arranging my storage. In the process I came across these boots, buried up high on a shelf in the darkest back corner. Clearly I had not been wearing them regularly. So scary.
Guys, I seriously don't know what I was thinking. All I know is they were on sale, and it was the mid-2000s. At that point in my life I probably thought these were a timeless classic.
I wore them once. It should be a known fact that style doesn't come easily to me. I actually don't think of myself as having very good style at all. I'm just a sucker for "things." And "finds."
Anyhow, back to the DIYing. So I was like, what do I do with these ugly boots? I could wait till fall and sell them, maybe? Then something popped into my head. It was this J.Crew ankle boot from last fall. They were nothing special, but looked seriously great in all the catalog shots. I loved them more than you can know in a gray suede. But alas, J. Crew wanted like $300 for them. Too much, I said to myself in the fall time.
But then I looked at this big slouchy boot again. And wait, look at that seam! I shall have my J. Crew boot in black!
So I got to cutting. With my Ikea scissors, because clearly I'm no expert leathersmith.
There is this one little issue I realized. There is a white lining material that might show. So I trimmed the lining a little shorter than the outer.
One boot done!
Not bad, right?
Voila, ankle boots!
I realize that the white lining still shows a tiny bit. It's not that bad. I'm thinking of using some leftover strips of leather to create a raw edged trim to line the opening. I'm not sure yet if I want to. If I do, I'll update you on how that works out. I could also just dye/color the white parts black somehow.
And now, what to do with this extra leather leg warmer that is left over?
In conclusion, cutting up your things can be such a good time. I have some more DIY ideas in store for the summer that don't involve much more than a little cut and sew. I'll be sure to share them all with you! Hope you enjoy!


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Score a slam dunk in your home, office or dorm room! The SKLZ ® Pro Mini-Hoop XL offers the same look and feel of a professional basket. This set comes with a clear polycarbonate shatter-proof backboard, spring-action break-away steel rim and a mini basketball. The easy-assembly foam-padded mounts slide on over a door. Practice your free throws with the SKLZ ® Pro Mini-Hoop XL.
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LINGUIST List 20.4180
Mon Dec 07 2009
Calls: Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition, Phonetics/Netherlands
Editor for this issue: Kate Wu <kate
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Full Title: Dutch Accents in English
Short Title: UITENG
Date: 24-Jun-2010 - 25-Jun-2010
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contact Person: Laura Rupp
Meeting Email: uiteng
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Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Phonetics
Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)
English (eng)
Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2010
Meeting Description:
Utrecht University and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are organising a two-day
symposium on the pronunciation of English in the Netherlands. The symposium is
intended for all language users, including those in the corporate and public
sectors, teachers, students and researchers.
The symposium will be held on 24-25 June 2010 at the Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam. The symposium is organised by Rias van den Doel (UU) and Laura Rupp
Call for Papers
All over the world, proficiency in spoken English is playing an increasingly
important role. Within a European context, considerably more emphasis is now
being placed on effective pronunciation training - one example being the Common
European Framework (CEF) for Languages. Nevertheless, very little attention is
being paid to pronunciation training in the Netherlands, something which could
have an adverse effect on professional and international interaction in English.
In the "Dutch Accents in English" symposium, all involved language users in the
Netherlands will be gathered together for the first time to explore the relevant
issues and propose realistic solutions.
Keynote Speakers:
Beverley Collins and Inger Mees
Priorities for pronunciation training in the Netherlands
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics and Copenhagen Business School
Jo Kim
Pronunciation advice for companies and private individuals
BBC Pronunciation Unit
Pamela Rogerson-Revell
Research into Business English
University of Leicester
Contributions will be welcomed on any one of the following topics:
1. What is the role of English pronunciation in the Netherlands, both in
professional and international exchanges, in the media, and in education?
2. Which English pronunciation models (American, British, Dutch, EIL) are
relevant in a Dutch context? How can these various models be evaluated?
3. What is the best way to conduct pronunciation training? What areas need to be
4. Are there any groups of users with specific requirements and priorities?
Contributions may be based either on research or on practical experience and may
be presented in English or in Dutch.
Each contribution will be allocated a 30-minute slot: a 20-minute presentation
followed by a 10-minute Q&A session. Abstracts (max. 500 words) should be
submitted to uiteng
uu.nl (using MS Word). Please attach two copies of your
abstract, one being an anonymous version and one stating the title of the
presentation, your name, affiliation, and email address.
Registration will start on 24 May 2010. The conference fee will be 50 euros
(including coffee and lunch).
- Deadline for the submission of proposals: 1 March 2010
- Notification of acceptance: 3 May 2010
- Registration: 24 May 2010
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The Heavyset Cheese Ball
Recipe courtesy of Amy Sedaris
- 1 1/4 cups whole natural almonds
- 1 (8-ounce) package of cream cheese
- 1/2 cup real mayonnaise
- 3 crispy cooked bacon slices, crumbled
- 1/2 teaspoon dill weed
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
- Sprigs, for garnish
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Place and spread all the almonds on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan, pushing the almonds around until they turn color, about 20 minutes.
Mix together the cream cheese and the mayonnaise. Add the bacon, salt and pepper, dill, and onion. Chill overnight.
On a serving platter, make 2 pine cone shapes with the cheese. Begin to press the almonds at a slight angle into the cheese, starting at the narrow end of the pine cone shape.
Do this in rows, continuing to overlap rows until all the cheese is covered. Garnish with fake sprigs, or real ones, or with rosemary.
Serve at room temperature and spread on crackers.
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'A Slap In The Face'
A recent proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks to cut funding for services to people with developmental disabilities.
The funding cuts would lower the quality of services provided to individuals across New York state and could potentially cause The Resource Center to close some of its residences, eliminate other services and lay off staff.
The proposal came as an amendment to Cuomo's 2013-14 budget hat would address the $500 million shortfall that has resulted from a reduced amount of federal Medicaid money for New York state. In order to soften the blow of that deficit, the amendment proposes cutting $120 million from the budget for the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities. Courtney Burke, OPWDD commissioner, has stated that she intends to have the $120 million cut in funding to her agency come from the budgets of voluntary service providers such as The Resource Center.
A 6 percent cut would invite a host of problems to voluntary agencies like The Resource Center, including, but not limited to reduced levels of care and a mounting difficulty to attract and retain employees.
"I fear this governor's actions may turn the direction of this caring and successful habilitative-model of service delivery back to the awful days of restrictive institutional settings and warehousing like Willowbrook," wrote Dr. Todd Jacobson, the president of TRC's board of directors, in a letter to state lawmakers.
Willowbrook State School, a state-run institution for the developmentally disabled, was shut down in 1987 following a public outcry over the deplorable conditions at the facility.
In a press release from The Resource Center, it called the state's actions "a slap in the face and a rebuke of a long-standing arrangement whereby voluntary providers have effectively and efficiently supported people with severe disabilities within the community."
According to Paul Cesana, executive director of The Resource Center, the organization had traditionally incurred financial operating losses and assumed operating liability because of an imperfect, but reasonable, reimbursement methodology. In the past, there was a long-standing practice of the state retroactively attempting to cover voluntary providers' justifiable operating deficits.
"This methodology was based on a stated, and often cited, partnership between the state of New York and voluntary organizations such as TRC that could meet the needs of the most vulnerable population in our state in a most cost-effective way," said Cesana. "This partnership and covenant between the state of New York and voluntary organizations such as The Resource Center have been shattered."
The Resource Center has been reaching out to families to make them aware of the proposed funding cut and the effect it would have, and they're urging families to contact lawmakers, Cuomo and OPWDD to tell them how the funding cut would impact Chautauqua County residents with disabilities. TRC plans to hold a meeting March 27 to update families on the issue and the many changes taking place within the current system.
"I don't know exactly what the numbers are going to end up being, but it would certainly have an serious effect," said Steve Waterson, community relations director at TRC. "The 6 percent cut to all voluntary providers would cover any facilities that aren't state-run. I wouldn't even want to hazard a guess how many that would actually be, but it's going to have a tremendous effect on the services that are available. We've been having to adjust to funding cuts over the last two or three years already – it's been roughly a 9 percent cut in funding so far. This 6 percent cut on top of that would be absolutely devastating."
Waterson says that the situation is very fluid and dynamic right now, and that the OPWDD has been fortunate that Assemblyman Andy Goodell, R-Chautauqua County, and State Sen. Cathy Young, R-Olean, have listened to the requests from local families that have been contacting them.
"The governor is apparently digging in his heels to keep that $120 million cut in the final budget," said Waterson. "They're trying to get that finalized in the next week or so, but we're grateful for the support that the legislature has given to people with disabilities and their families up to this point."
Goodell, however, says that he's nearly 100 percent sure that the state legislature will be able to restore funds that were cut by Cuomo's proposal. The amount that those funds will be restored is still anyone's guess, though.
According to Goodell, both the Senate and the Assembly enacted their own versions of the budget, called one-house bills, which become almost a wishlist of how the two houses would like to see the budget look in it's final form. Both one-house bills restored full funding for services to developmentally disabled individuals across New York state.
"This is a very high priority for both myself and Sen. Young and it has received strong bipartisan support from across the state," said Goodell. "We believe it's very important to provide a stable and appropriate level of funding. Here in Chautauqua County, both The Resource Center and Aspire provide a tremendous level of service for individuals with developmental disabilities, so we're strong advocates on their behalf."
During budget talks, Goodell was appointed as a member of the Budget Reconciliation Committee and one of its areas of responsibility dealt with this program and its potential loss of funding.
"We met as a subcommittee on Tuesday and all of us spoke strongly about the need to restore full funding for these programs," said Goodell. "Earlier last week, I signed a letter with a majority of assemblymen and women, both Republican and Democrat, so I know it has strong bipartisan support."
On Wednesday of last week, the Republican members of the Assembly met directly with the Cuomo in the governor's mansion, and this possible funding cut was one of the issues that was specifically brought up as a top priority. On Thursday, the oversight committee that coordinates all of the budget negotiations met and allocated how much money was available for each subcommittee to restore. According to Goodell, they only allocated $40 million for mental health restorations, which is not nearly enough to restore the entire $120 million cut. On Thursday afternoon, the Budget Reconciliation Committee met for a second time, and the members were unanimous in their desire to request leadership to provide more funding to restore a larger portion of the cut.
"The big negotiations that occur between the Cuomo and the legislative leaders are ongoing regarding what changes need to be made to create a balanced budget," said Goodell. "Those discussions include issues relating to revenue projections, and the amount of revenue that the state has as a whole will determine how much we can restore."
Goodell said that he's still optimistic that the budget will restore funding to the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities , but at this point it is still a waiting game.
"My subcommittee is unanimous in its desire to regain full funding," said Goodell. "I would urge everyone who is concerned about these cuts to contact Gov. Cuomo's office and let him know how important this money is for the health and welfare of the individuals that rely on these services in Chautauqua County.
For more information, visit www.resourcecenter.org or phone 483-2344.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 6, 2010) – Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) has been named the USA Volleyball Indoor Female Athlete of the Year for 2010 and has been nominated for the United States Olympic Committee SportsWoman of the Year.
Sykora, a three-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's Olympic Volleyball Team, capped her season by earning Best Libero at the FIVB Women's World Championship in which the U.S. finished fourth. She averaged 7.13 digs and excellent receptions per set at the World Championship, which was 0.93 higher than the second-place finisher in the category. In addition, Sykora produced 4.85 digs per set in the World Championship to lead the Best Digger category by over 1.30 digs per set than the second-best digger.
"What an honor," Sykora said. "First and foremost, I would like to thank USA Volleyball for putting up with me all of these years. I honestly believe that individual awards can never be achieved without a great support system. I have been fortunate enough to have had great teammates, coaches, family and friends aside me down this long journey of a career. I feel very honored to be named USA Volleyball SportsWoman of the Year. Thank you very much."
"Stacy had a great season this year," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "She works hard, she's a great competitor, and she makes those around her better. She's becoming the complete package."
Sykora played a key role in propelling the U.S. to the gold medal at the FIVB World Grand Prix held in August. She averaged 2.26 digs per set during five matches played in the Final Round in which the Americans extended their win streak to 11 matches. For the tournament, Sykora aided the U.S. to an overall .300 hitting efficiency in 14 matches and was ranked as the third-best libero.
At the Pan American Cup played in June, Sykora served as the team's libero is six of the seven matches leading to a bronze medal. She averaged 3.32 digs per set helping the team to a .333 hitting efficiency.
For the 2010 season, Sykora played in 115 sets and 31 match starts. According to unofficial DataVolley statistics, she compiled 449 digs for a 3.90 average for the season.
Sykora joined the U.S. Women's National Team in January 1999 and has since competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. Despite earning the Best Digger award at the 2004 Olympic Games, she stepped away from the game for nearly three years only to return in September 2007 and help the Americans qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games by finishing third at the 2007 FIVB World Cup. She and her teammates went on to win the Olympic Games silver medal at Beijing in 2008.
USA Volleyball will announce its selections for Indoor Male Athlete, Beach Male Athlete, Beach Female Athlete, Female Paralympic, Male Paralympic Athletes of the Year and Teams of the Year through Dec. 14.


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