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By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: The Human Rights Watch has recently released an 81-page report on the situation on India-Bangladesh borderlands in West Bengal where both the countries have deployed border guards to prevent infiltration, trafficking, cross-border terrorism and smuggling etc. but the misuse of power by the security persons is rampant.
Numerous cases of indiscriminate use of force, arbitrary detention, torture, and killings by the security force, without adequate investigation or punishment have been reported in this region by civil society group like MASUM. Based on over 100 interviews with victims, witnesses, human rights defenders, journalists, and India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles' (BDR) members, the HRW report portrays a pattern of grave abuses by BSF against both Bangladeshi and Indian nationals in the border area along India's 2,000 km-long international frontier with Bangladesh in West Bengal state.
Indo-Bangladesh border near Mahendraganj, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya
The India-Bangladesh border extends to a total length of 4095 kms. Of this, West Bengal has a border length of 2216 kms, Tripura 856 kms, Meghalaya 443 kms, Mizoram 318 kms and Assam 262 kms. The border with Bangladesh is also fenced though in some places the fencing construction is yet to be completed.
Abuse of power in West Bengal
'Several survivors and eyewitnesses of attacks allege that the BSF engaged in indiscriminate shooting without warning,' says the HRW report. Let's have a look at some specific cases in West Bengal.
Case 1:
The deceased person- Manjur Molla aged about 23, son of Mr. Jabbar Molla and husband of Ms. Ajimon Bibi (20 years) of village Uday Nagar, Atarpara, post office- Chilmari, Police Station- Daulatpur, District- Kusthia of Bangladesh. The deceased person- Dilwar Majhi, son of Mr. Hanif Majhi and husband of Ms. Amirjan Bibi (19 years), of village- Digreer Char, post office- Chilmari, Police Station- Daulatpur, District- Kusthia of Bangladesh.
Both of them belonged to lowest strata of socio-economic identities and with minors as dependents and compelled them to indulge in cross border smuggling of cattle as courier. The persons were involved with this illegal trade having nexus with posting guards of both sides of the border and politically influential ones.
(Source: Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, (MASUM)
Case 2:
On the fateful day the villagers of Purbo Jaynagar heard four gunshots but as usual out of sheer fear of posted Border Security Force jawans, they did not come out of their houses. They not even were willing to share their experience. Next day on 24.08.2010 at about 4.00 am, the 'C' Company of 47 Battalion of Border Security Force from Purbo Joynagar informed Baduria police station about the incident. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mondal, SI (Sub-Inspector of police) of the Baduria police station rushed to the spot and found one body was lying. Mr. Mondal further narrated that the said BSF personnel told as 'while he was in his routine duty on previous night, he saw 8-10 persons were engaged in cattle smuggling, while he asked them to stop, most of them fled from the scene but one of them attacked him with a large sharp weapon and in his self defense he fired and if he had not fired, he might have been killed by that person'. Mr. Mondal, SI, brought the body to Baduria police station after an inquest done by him at the place of incident. No doctor was called to examine the body. Mr. Mondal himself declared the body as "dead". Then he initiated an Unnatural Death Case vide Baduria police station U/D (Unnatural Death)case no. 29/10 dated 24.08.10 and later registered a specific criminal case vide Baduria PS case number 232/10 dated 24.08.10, under sections 147/148/149/186/353/307 of Indian Penal Code against an unknown upon the complaint received from BSF. In this course he seized a sickle from the place of incident. According to Mr. Mondal, the bullet entered through right ribs and exited through right hand. On 24.08.10, Dr. Dipak Maity conducted Post Mortem Examination over the body at Basirhat Sub Divisional Hospital vide PM No.352. Till date none claimed the body and still the body is lying in Basirhat SD Hospital's morgue.
(Source: Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, (MASUM)
Stories from Meghalaya
Some stories of similar gravity have come from the West Garo Hills border in Meghalaya. The West Garo Hills district bordering Bangladesh is an area of 3714 Sq. Km. and population of 5,18,390 as per the census report of 2001. Though primarily tribal district, West Garo Hills has about 15% non-tribal population, mostly comprising Bengali speaking Hindus and Muslims.
Borderlanders shared several incidents of abuse of power in the border of Mahendraganj in West Garo Hills. Gumeljaan Bewa of Nandichar, Mahendraganj lost her lone earning member of her family, her son. 'My son went to share a bidi with the boys working on the other side. How could he say no to them when they invited him to share a bidi? One day BSF arrested my son as he was crossing the border. He was taken to the camp and then brought near the fencing and was shot dead. What can we do? There are eyewitnesses but no one spoke due to fear. We were told that my son was trying to run away and was killed while stopping him. The local MLA gave Rs 1500 and asked me to keep silent.'
Arfina is only 15 years old now but she remembers her father being killed. 'My father Mujhahar Ali, 32-34 years old [as he was], son of Lt Nabu Hussain and Lt Haliman was killed by the BSF 14 years ago. I was one year old then. My mother, Ameena could do nothing as she is illiterate and afraid of BSF. My father was a fisherman and daily wager. He went to the nearby shop on the fateful day. He was killed during an argument with the shopkeeper.'
The international India-Bangladesh border in Mahendraganj area is fenced and concrete fencing work completed this year. The fencing also caused loss of agricultural land and hence affected the income of the farmers to a large extent. It is also difficult for many borderlanders to work in their farming land that is situated outside the fencing wall and cultivate their land. Many have stopped cultivating their land altogether. Farmer Ayub Ali of Nandichar, West Garo Hills, said that he has shifted his residence twice and has stopped cultivating the farmlands that fall outside the fencing wall. 'I lost good plot of land where I used to grow vegetables,' he said.
Another farmer said: 'Sometimes BSF allow us to go, sometimes not, depending on their mood. Sometimes they ask us to show our identity card. We don't carry identity card all the time and this creates problem for us'.
Afaruddin Sheikh, 75 years old now, waiting for adequate compensation for his agricultural lands taken away by the 124 Bn.BSF long back
Inadequate compensation for the land taken away by the security forces to construct their camps is also reported. Afaruddin Sheikh is now 75 years old and he belongs to Tungrur Char, Mahendraganj, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. He remembers, 'My agricultural lands were taken by the 37 Bn. BSF (now 124 Bn.BSF) for the construction of Tungrurchar BOP but adequate compensation is still pending. Few years back they offered to give me some compensation but I declined to accept it as it was very less than the actual cost of the land. I am still waiting for justice as I lost my land, which has affected my income a lot'.
The border represents a regime of control and has affected people's life tremendously. Poor access to the mainland world, remoteness and poor communication infrastructure deter borderlands in raising their voice for better life. The recent initiatives of opening of border haats in the borders of West Garo Hills are most welcome as this may solve some issues of livelihood and better trade facilities to some extent and bring prosperity to the borderlanders in the region.


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Restaurants stock up for lent, seafood prices high
PRAIRIEVILLE - Lenten season, the 40-day period leading up to Easter is observed by Catholics as a time to reflect and repent. It's also a time to fast from certain luxuries and meat on Fridays.
Restaurants are busy preparing specials to accommodate those observing, and stocking up on supplies.
"We probably double or triple our orders," said On the Half Shell owner Beau Dicharry. "It's all hands on deck. Generally, the first Friday of lent is the biggest day for us."
This year, the cold weather has made seafood prices higher than usual. Crawfish season got off to a slow start after many farmers report they're slow moving, small and not plentiful.
Henry Knieper at Tommy's Fish House says up until two weeks ago, he didn't have much crawfish.
"We were able to get the right size crawfish and we have them now," said Knieper.
Tommy's Fish House says they are not offering any live crawfish right now, because the supply is still pretty low. They're selling them boiled them for $5.99 a pound.
"It's just rough because even though the people want the crawfish, it kind of makes them back off a little bit," said Knieper. "This is probably the highest prices on crawfish and probably shrimp in at least 20 years."
Restaurants say as the temperature continues to rise, the cost of crawfish will drop.
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Christmas came early last week for 12-year-old Cole, who enjoyed a special visit to Melbourne Museum. He was greeted by Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre Manager Caroline Martin and one of Victoria's best didgeridoo players, Ron Murray.
Bunjilaka manger Caroline and Cole in the Forest Gallery.Source: Museum Victoria
A keen didgeridoo player, Cole took in some valuable tips from Ron as they jammed together in the Forest Gallery. Ron was impressed with Cole's didgeridoo playing skills, claiming he has "good, strong cheeks" to master the traditional Aboriginal instrument.
Cole and Ron jamming on didgeridoos.Source: Museum Victoria
Cole has cerebral palsy and is able to walk independently in his Hart Walker, which has been life-changing for him. 'Exploring the museum and walking through the Forest Gallery are something other families may take for granted. For me it's a reminder of how far Cole has come since he received his Hart Walker,' said Cole's mum Darise.
'Seeing Cole enjoy playing his didgeridoo with Ron Murray has made this one of the best days of the year for me', said Caroline Martin. 'I'm so glad that Bunjilaka is able to provide these experiences to children who are passionate about Aboriginal culture. I think Cole loved this special early Christmas gift'.
Cole and Ron with their instruments.Source: Museum Victoria
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LONDON (Reuters) - Millionaire art dealer Charles Saatchi told a British court on Friday he had no proof that his celebrity ex-wife, TV chef Nigella Lawson, ever took drugs.
Earlier this week, two of Lawson's former personal assistants alleged that she was a regular user of cocaine and other drugs as part of their defense in an ongoing fraud trial.
Lawson, often nicknamed the "Domestic Goddess" after the title of one of her best-selling recipe books, is a cookery author who is popular in Britain and the United States.
Saatchi and Lawson ended their 10-year marriage in July, and he accepted a police caution after newspapers published pictures of him with his hands around his ex-wife's neck at a London restaurant a month earlier.
"I have never, never seen any evidence of Nigella taking any drug whatsoever," Saatchi told Isleworth Crown Court in west London, where the two assistants are standing trial.
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Spinach and Bean Enchilada
I know I just commented on how I didn't pick an enchilada recipe for SRC because I already have three recipes but I have to add another. There is a Mexican restaurant near us that serves these amazing Spinach & Cheese enchiladas and I had to try recreating them. I switched out the cheese for beans since I'm on a low-cheese diet and greatly increased the amount of spinach. I also made the sauce from scratch, deviating from the original entree again by preparing a red sauce instead of the sour cream verde sauce normally served on them. The end result is a delicious spicy sauce that goes perfectly with the beans and spinach, probably because they got their fair share of spices before being stuffed in the tortilla shells.
2 tbsp EVOO
3 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp cocoa powder
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper powder
3/4 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp oregano
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup onion, diced
1 tbsp flour
1 14oz can tomato puree (or 2 cups fresh)
1 cup vegetable stock
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
- Heat the EVOO in a medium saute pan over medium heat, add all the spices and toss for 1 minutes. Add the garlic and onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Turn heat to medium-high and add the flour, puree, stock, and vinegar. Bring to a boil then cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15minutes.
and the enchiladas themselves:
1 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups black beans, presoaked
3 cups spinach, well washed and roughly torn
1/2 onion, diced
1 jalepeno, diced
2 roma tomatoes, diced
1/2 cup vegetable stock
1/2 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper powder
1/2 tsp salt
8 corn tortillas
2 cups enchilada sauce (divided)
1/2 cup shredded Mexican Cheese
sour cream (optional)
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat. Add all the ingredients and allow to simmer, stirring frequently. Cook for 5-7 minutes, adjusting spices as needed.
- Meanwhile preheat oven to 400.
- Line the bottom of a 9x9 pan with 1/4 cup of the enchilada sauce.
- Once the beans are hot and soft, start rolling the enchiladas. Each enchilada should get just under 1/4 cup of filling. After the pan is full, pour over the remaining sauce and add the shredded cheese evenly over the dish. Cover with foil and bake for 25minutes, cheese should be melted and sauce should be bubbling.
- Eat topped with sour cream , fresh cilantro, or avocados!
The next step will be making my own tortillas, but I'm still more than a little nervous about that. It took long enough for me to conquer bread in my bread machine, but eventually I'll have to do it!


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Here are my most common ways I carry.
OWB - The Slide...
IWB - Double Clip
This is a discussion on Pictorial: How You Carry Concealed within the Reference & "How To" Forum forums, part of the Related Topics category; My G19...
Here are my most common ways I carry.
OWB - The Slide...
IWB - Double Clip
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking" - George S. Patton.
Sorry for the crap quality. Taken real quick with a camera phone.
I will also carry with a Dickies overshirt and a light T if its warmer outside.
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Very cool that Tanke can conceal the big 97B.
I have been wearing a Slide Guard holster from High Noon Leather. I don't care for IWB holsters.
Covering garmnet is a vest. Columbia titanium or fleece vest. Carhart for winter. Hideout is a Beretta model 21 .22 lr.
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Here is the lastest form of carry with my new Crossbreed holster, (thanks Crossbreed for the fast service) carrying my PT111.
I also carry owb with a don hume with the PT111, or my 1911 owb with a bianchi but those two forms require a cover vest or summer untucked shirt, or iwb same possition with my bersa thunder with a desantis tuck this.
Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.
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Depending on the mission, need, or wardrobe.
XD 9mm SC in a Gould & Goodrich OWB holster
Colt Defender .45 cal in a DeSantis IWB holster
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I gave them to the naked Pigmy's in New Guinea
Washington...technically...is an open carry state. I might just do this in the eastern portion of the state...but we carry concealed in the western portion. I simply detest IWB. I do carry a 642 in a Mika pocket holster most of the time. When I do carry the .357 mag...I use a FIST Basic #9 OWB. 5'8" tall...174lb. One really must be in "revolver" shape to carry the GP100 on a daily basis with comfort. I am always working toward this...nothing like having a good revolver on your side.
One of my favorite carry methods is my XD45 Service IWB in a Brommeland Max Con V. Excuse the stained Longhorn tshirt. I was out working on my tractor and needed a break so I came in and found this thread while scanning the forums.
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20 Feb 2012
• Fleet of 390 buses and coaches for Scotland, England and Wales
• New coach model for megabus.com budget services in UK
• Extra buses powered by 100% biofuel on world's longest guided busway
• More than £370m invested in new vehicles over past five years
Stagecoach Group today (Monday 20 February) announced it is to invest around £60million in hundreds of new greener vehicles for local communities across the UK.
The Perth-based transport group has placed initial orders for 390 buses and coaches for the 2012-13 financial year for its regional bus networks outside London. Further orders will be placed later in the year.
It follows an annual competitive tendering process and brings Stagecoach's total investment in new vehicles for its regional bus operations over the past five years to more than £370m.
The first of the new vehicles will be delivered from May 2012. All of the new vehicles meet the latest Euro 5 emissions standards, further driving up the quality of bus travel for local people in Scotland, England and Wales.
Included in the fleet are the UK's first orders for new 15m state-of-the-art interdeck coaches, which will run on Stagecoach Group's growing megabus.com budget coach operations in the UK.
The new orders come only weeks after independent research again officially recognised Stagecoach as Britain's best value major bus operator. Transport specialists TAS found weekly travel with Stagecoach was on average 17.5% cheaper than other bus operators.
Recent research by Stagecoach also found that travelling by bus instead of commuting by car could save drivers around £150 a month1
Les Warneford, Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Bus, said: "This latest multi-million-pound investment is part of our commitment to give local communities high-quality, good value bus travel. With sky-high fuel prices and the increasing cost of running a car, it makes more sense than ever to switch to greener, smarter bus travel."
The latest orders include:
• 11 Volvo B11 Plaxton Interdeck coaches, a new model for the UK. The 72-seat coaches are designed to allow level access wheelchair boarding. The coaches will be introduced on Stagecoach's megabus.com services in the UK, which carry more than 3million passengers a year.
• 8 more vehicles for the highly successful Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - the longest in the world - which has now been used by more than a million passengers since it opened in August last year. The new buses – three ADL 400 Scania double-deckers and five Wrightbbus Eclipse Scania single-deckers - will run on 100% recycled biofuel on the transport link between Huntingdon, St Ives and Cambridge.
• 19 hybrid-electric vehicles, as previously announced, which are due to go into service in Perth and Aberdeen this summer. The ADL Enviro E350 single deck hybrid buses, which are also a new model to the UK, have been purchased through the Scottish Government's Green Bus Fund at a total cost of £5.3 million, including a grant of £1.8million from the fund.
Vehicle manufacturers ADL, Scania, Plaxton, Volvo, Optare, Wrightbus and Van Hool will supply a total of 95 double-deckers, 87 single-deckers, 141 midi-buses, 11 mini-buses, 37 coaches and 19 Hybrid vehicles. All of the new vehicles are expected to go into service by January 2013.
Details of the new orders are as follows:
• 19 ADL Enviro 350H single-deckers (9 for Perth, 10 for Aberdeen)
• 38 ADL Enviro 400 Dennis Chassis double-deckers
• 57 ADL Enviro 400 Scania Chassis double-deckers
• 54 ADL Enviro 300 Dennis Chassis single-deckers
• 28 ADL Enviro 300 Scania Chassis single-deckers
• 5 Wrightbus Eclipse Volvo single-deckers
• 140 ADL Enviro 200 midi-buses
• 1 Optare Versa midi-bus
• 11 Optare Solo mini-buses
• 9 Plaxton Elite Volvo B13R coaches (15m)
• 10 Plaxton Panther Volvo B13R coaches (15m)
• 11 Plaxton Interdeck Volvo B11 coaches
• 7 Van Hool Astromega coaches
Stagecoach is already the UK's biggest investor in green hybrid electric buses, which produce 30% less carbon emissions than standard buses. In the past year, Stagecoach has purchased 123 green hybrid electric buses at a cost of £23.5million to go into service at its operations in England, with a further £11million of funding coming from the Government's Green Bus Fund.
A total of 26 ADL Enviro E400 hybrid buses are in operation in Oxford with a further 30 already serving passengers in Manchester. In addition, 21 of the state-of-the-art vehicles are in service in Sheffield, and 26 now operate in Newcastle. An additional 20 ADL Enviro E400 buses have also been ordered for Manchester and are due to go into operation in March this year.
For further information about Stagecoach bus services, visit www.stagecoachbus.com
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• Stagecoach is a major UK rail operator, running the South West Trains, Island Line and East Midlands Trains networks. It has a 49% shareholding in Virgin Rail Group, which operates the West Coast inter-city rail franchise.
• Stagecoach also operates the Supertram network in Sheffield.
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Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Published: Oct 31, 2011
Category: Memoir
Orson Welles?
Or Michael Lindsay-Hogg?
When I met Michael in l985, the possibility that he was the son of the genius who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in "Citizen Kane" was of very minor interest to me.
Nor — though I was pretty much addicted to music — did I care that he was among the pioneers of the rock video, making promo films for the Rolling Stones and The Beatles (he also directed their breaking-up film, "Let It Be") or that he had just come off the triumph of the incendiary "Normal Heart" at the Public Theater. Only one of his credits jumped out at me: the movie of Athol Fugard's play, "Master Harold…and the Boys." That year, I was obsessed with the idea of filming — as a Western — J.M. Coetzee's allegorical novel, Waiting for the Barbarians, and I wanted Michael to direct it.
We never got the movie made. But there were dinners that were almost as satisfying, with Michael talking, talking, and the rest of us listening, listening. He was a great storyteller, and although the stories were about famous people, you never thought he was name-dropping, because his mother was Geraldine Fitzgerald, who was so sensational in "Dark Victory" and "Wuthering Heights," and her friends were Hollywood and theater royalty, and, in a rock and roll way, so was Michael.
And now, all these years later, we have his memoir, "Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond." It's a curious book. On the surface, it's an exploration of Michael's paternity, about which his mother had persistently lied. His father, she insisted, was Edward Lindsay-Hogg, an English baronet who was tall and dark and thin and lived in Ireland. Michael was to ignore all rumors to the contrary. "We [Orson and I] would go out for dinner together," she told her son. "And you know how people can put two and two together and make three."
Well, they did make three, as Michael learns at the end of the book from his mother's friend and his own sometime lover, Gloria Vanderbilt. I spoil nothing by telling you this, for the link is everywhere in the reviews and publicity. But the frame of the book that reviewers are praising obscures its real charm, which is Michael Lindsay-Hogg, talking, talking for 272 pages. [To buy the book from Amazon, click here. For the Kindle edition, click here.]
Picture a Brit, cigar in his fingers, a glass half full of some golden liquid, the meal finished, the night getting on. He is slim and elegant now, but he is telling you about his childhood, when his nickname was Pudge Hoag. Then, when he is fourteen, his mother takes him to a play rehearsal. He meets an actor, Roddy McDowell. And the director, Sidney Lumet. "A few days later, I, Michael, was back at school and was again Pudge Hoag, but it didn't matter because I knew where I was going."
The next year, his mother is Goneril in "King Lear," directed by Orson Welles. Again she takes her son to a rehearsal. And here…well, let me quote:
As he passed behind the seat I was sitting in, my left arm over the seat behind me, Orson stopped.
I felt a quick aware tension with him behind me, unmoving in the dark.
A moment. Then, as if to clarify his presence, he laid his right hand on my shoulder and squeezed it, kneading it twice, the second pressure stronger than the first, and then he continued on.
I was not used to being touched by male family members. My stepfather had taught me how to shake hands and look the other person in the eye, but he had not been brought up to be a hugger of males and this was in the middle of the five-year period when I was not to see Edward Lindsay-Hogg at all.
A space break. Then: "I suppose I longed for a father."
Could you listen to that voice a little longer? I could.
Sixteen. Michael leaves school and goes to work at the Shakespeare Festival. A brief bit of Oxford. A few encounters with Welles. ("He finished his main dish and looked down balefully as though the plate, now empty, had somehow deceived him.") And then, at 24, the big break — directing the English TV show, "Ready Steady Go!" with guests like the Stones, The Who, the Everly Brothers, Otis Redding, James Brown, Paul Simon, the Supremes — you get the idea. And the occasional phone call: "Mr. Welles wanted to know if you could join him and Marlene Dietrich for dinner at Le Caprice tonight at eight."
The middle of the story is milk and cookies:
With Mick Jagger, I'd suggest, he'd question, I'd clarify, and he'd agree, usually. But with The Beatles, that evening, I found an idea was something to be mauled, like a piece of meat thrown into an animal cage. They'd paw it, chuck parts of it from one to the other, chew on it a bit, spit it out, and then toss the remnant to me, on the other side of the bars.
"Rain." "Paperback Writer." "Hey Jude." "Revolution." He did them all for The Beatles. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" for the Stones. And their concert film, "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus," which didn't see the light of day for 28 years. And "Brideshead." And, and… Scott Fitzgerald said personality was "an unbroken series of successful gestures." Well, for a few decades there, Michael Lindsay-Hogg defined personality. And has the stories to prove it.
As for Orson Welles and the lost father theme, it's secondary, for me, to his love for his mother, who worked to keep him in school and married to assure his security. Near the end of her life, she suffers dementia, and Michael weeps for her and for himself:
I never got her. Not when I was a little boy, she was always earning the rent; . . . not when she'd married my stepfather; . . . and now that Boy [his stepfather, Stuart "Boy" Scheftel] is dead, I could have had her. We could have gone to the theater, or for a walk, or out for a meal together, and I could finally be with her, the two of us only. And now I'll never have her, to myself, alone.
Yes and no. Missed her in life, got her here.
It's the rare memoir you finish and think you really know the people because the writer really knows the people. And more, that he's taken their measure, done the necessary tabulation of flaws and weaknesses, and then decided that the "lies and deceptions" miss the point. The point — and every tell-all memoir that crosses my desk misses this — is that he loved them. And, in the process, learned to love himself.
Great story. Beautifully told. Would that there were an audio book so you could hear the voice.


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- Exercise for Successful Aging Slideshow
- 18 Secrets for a Longer Life Slideshow
- Advance medical directive facts
- Introduction to advance medical directives
- What is the importance of an advance directive?
- What is the history of advance directives?
- The current situation
- When do advance directives become helpful?
- How can one obtain and prepare living will and advance medical directive forms?
How can one obtain and prepare living will and advance medical directive forms?
Preparing documents for a living will and advance directive can be done at any time during an adult person's lifetime. As one's preference can naturally change during one's life, these documents can also be amended and modified to reflect the changes.
Obtaining medical advance directive documents is simple. Medical offices, hospitals, social workers, attorneys, and even post offices may carry these documents. In fact, hospitals receiving medical and Medicaid payments are required to offer their patients these documents.
A good place to begin this process is an open discussion with a primary-care doctor or other treating physicians. As stated earlier, living wills and advance directives can be very broad or quite specific. Meanings, implications, risks, and benefits of components of an advance directive deserve clear understanding before they are signed in a legally binding document that may be relied upon for end-of-life decisions.
Selecting a person as a medical power of attorney is also an important decision. The surrogate decision maker does not necessarily need to be a family member or a relative. In truth, any person in whom an individual trusts to carry out their wishes on their behalf and in good faith, can be designated as a health-care proxy.
Additionally, because these are legal documents of various forms, appropriate and accurate drafting with the help of an attorney is advised. Furthermore, as regulations may vary from state to state, your attorney can also guide you through how to do a living will and an advance directive.
Although it is highly encouraged, it is often difficult to address issues pertaining to terminal illnesses, end-of-life care, and death with loved ones and caregivers. Despite having proper documentation, it is important for family members and caregivers to have some general knowledge about a patient's preferences. More importantly, family members or anyone close to the individual must know where these documents are located and be able to provide them or refer to them in cases of emergency. It is also extremely beneficial to have extra copies of these documents and to bring them with the patient to the hospital, emergency room, or even doctors' offices.
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Medically reviewed by Avrom Simon, MD; Board Certified Preventative Medicine with Subspecialty in Occupational Medicine
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Hey guys, I'm looking into buying a '51 Chevy 2 door Styline Deluxe & in order to do so I'll have to sell my pride & joy to afford it...so I want to make sure its the right car for me. Its a good rust free body that doesn't "need" any body work, but I'd really like a chop. I don't have the fabrication skills to do it myself so I'll be hiring someone to do it...how pricey & difficult of a chop is this car? Looks like the glass is curved on the windshield & rear glass...so I know that makes a big difference.
A guy I was talking to at a show owns a hotrod shop & was telling me what to look for if I want to chop a car. He said he's chopped every style out there & can give me references, but they don't cut glass so I'll have to have a glass shop do that. He said that getting curved glass cut will be more expensive than the chop itself and he doesn't know anybody in the Atlanta area who can even do it.
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SPrAyCE features an Arduino-connected can that creates virtual spraypaint by tracking the user's movements.
Raphael Dokyun Kim, from MIT MediaLab's Fluid Interfaces Group, has developed SPrAyCE, an Arduino-connected can that is used like a joystick to create virtual spraypaint. The "spray in space" device uses hand tracking to record the user's movements, turning them into 3D graffiti. This can be rotated, explored, and erased easily. The angle of the user's arm can also determine the different colors that are selected. The Creators Project reports that Kim has a few ideas for taking this project further. He said:
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> On May 3, 9:40 am, "J.Jack.J."<jack.j.jep... at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have just downloaded my free trial version of Mathematica.
>> I only need it for one thing (as yet, anyway), and I wonder whether
>> someone can help me in step-by-step fashion to get what I want. I need
>> the solution to the following (I might make amendments to the values):
>> "For any integer k, let r(k) be x such that
>> (x/ln(x))*(1 + 1/ln(x)) = 108.2 + k)
>> product (k = 0 to 3000) (1-1/r(k))"
>> With many thanks in advance.
> Can nobody help me with this? Just for a Newbie?
> As most will realise, the first lines define my function and the
> product (k = 0 to 3000) (1-1/r(k))
> is my desired calculation. I need to know what inputs to use.
> With thanks in advance.
If you press F1, you will enter the help system. Once there, you could
try looking up log and product. The examples will give you the basics of
Mathematica syntax, and you can cut and paste them into your notebook,
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In 1908, the phonograph brought political debate to the masses, but also limited political discourse to two minutes. The 1908 race between Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who his critics called 'the human talking machine,' and William Howard Taft, who was Secretary of War under President Theodore Roosevelt, was brought to the masses courtesy of Thomas Edison's recent invention, the phonograph. In total, Taft recorded 12 tracks (cylinders) while Bryan laid down 10, outlining the candidates' policies, world views, and philosophies.
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"The Good Man" (Nietzsche)
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The greatest weight.— What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: "This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more; and there will be nothing new in it, but every pain and every joy and every thought and sigh and everything unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the same succession and sequence – even this spider and this moonlight between the trees, and even this moment and I myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again, and you with it, speck of dust!"
Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus?… Or how well disposed would you have to become to yourself and to life to crave nothing more fervently than this ultimate eternal confirmation and seal?
–From Nietzsche's The Gay Science.
"In Honor of Friendship" — Nietzsche
I Anti-Review Evan Lavender-Smith's Anti-Novel, From Old Notebooks
The style of this review is probably a bad idea.
In fact, it's such a bad idea that it's probable someone has already done it. Or considered doing it but had the good sense to refrain.
From Old Notebooks as the presentation of a subject through his daily jotting downs.
To clarify: All block quotes—like the one above—belong to Evan Lavender-Smith's From Old Notebooks.
Which I read twice last month.
And am writing about here.
From Old Notebooks: A Novel: An Essay.
From Old Notebooks: An Essay: A Novel.
From Old Notebooks blazons its anxiety of influence: Ulysses, Infinite Jest, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein. Shakespeare.
References, critiques, ideas about Joyce, DFW, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche repeatedly evince in From Old Notebooks—and yet David Markson, whose format E L-S so clearly borrows, is evoked only thrice—and not until page 74 (this in a book of 201 pages):
I count David Markson's literary-anecdote books among the few things I want to read over and over again, yet I have no idea whether they are actually any good. They're like porn for English majors.
And then again on page 104:
If David Markson hadn't written his literary-anecdote novels, would I have ever thought to consider F.O.N. a novel? Would I have ever thought to write such a book?
(I should point out that the page numbers I cite are from Dzanc Book's first edition of From Old Notebooks; Dzanc's 2012 printing puts the book back in print).
Like Markson's anti-novels (Reader's Block, This Is Not a Novel, Vanishing Point, The Last Novel), E L-S's F.O.N. is constantly describing itself.
There may be some question as to F.O.N.'s status as fiction, poetry, philosophy, nonfiction, etc., but hopefully there will be no question about its status as a book.
Is E L-S's book postmodern? Post-postmodern?
Perhaps there is nothing quintessentially postmodern about the self-reflexivity, fragmentation and pastiche of F.O.N., if only because all of it follows from form.
From Old Notebooks as a document constantly performing its self-critique:
If there were a Viking Portable Lavender-Smith containing an abridgment of F.O.N., I would be very interested to read it, because there's no reason that the total value of the book wouldn't be gained, through editorial happenstance, with much greater efficiency.
From Old Notebooks as a document of authorial anxiety.
A reader could make a case that there are a number of elided texts within or suggested by From Old Notebooks, including the one that gives the author the authority to write such a book.
F.O.N. is also a generative text, bustling with ideas for short stories, novels, plays, films, pamphlets, somethings—it is E L-S's notebook after all (maybe). Just one very short example—
Novel about a haunted cryonics storage facility.
F.O.N.'s story ideas reminded me of my favorite Fitzgerald text, his Notebooks.
Reading From Old Notebooks is a pleasurable experience.
Personal anecdote on the reading experience:
Reading the book in my living room, my daughter and wife enter and begin doing some kind of mother-daughter yoga. My wife asks if they are distracting me from reading. I suggest that the book doesn't work that way. The book performs its own discursions.
I shared the tiniest morsel here of my family; E L-S shares everything about his family in F.O.N.:
I know that the reconciliation of my writing life and my family life is one of the things that F.O.N. is finally about, but I can't actually see it in the book; I don't imagine I could point to an entry and say, Here is an example of that.
It would be impossible for me not to relate to the character of the author or novelist or narrator of F.O.N. (let me call him E L-S as a simple placeholder): We're about the same age, we both have a son and a daughter (again of similar ages); we both teach composition. Similar literary obsessions. Etc. After reading through F.O.N. the first time I realized how weird it was that I didn't feel contempt and jealousy for what E L-S pulls off in F.O.N.—that I didn't hate him for it. That I felt proud of him (why?) and liked him.
There are moments where our obsessions diverge; the E L-S of F.O.N. is preoccupied with death to an extent that I simply don't connect to. He:
1) Think always about sex. 2) Have a family. 3) Think always about death.
1) Think always about sex. 2) Have a family. 3) Think always about sex.
But generally I get and feel and empathize with his descriptions of his son and daughter and wife.
And his work. Big time:
Getting up the motivation to grade student essays is like trying to pass a piece of shit through the eye of a needle.
I have perfected my lecture after giving it for the third time, but my fourth class never gets to realize it because my voice is hoarse and I'm so tired from giving the same lecture four times in one day, so their experience of my perfect lecture at 8-9:40 PM is of approximately equal value to that of my students receiving my imperfect lecture at 8-9:40 AM, as well as my students at 2:30-3:55 and 5:30-7:10—and it all evens out to uniform mediocrity in the end.
The novel is not jaded or cynical or death-obsessed though (except when it is).
What E L-S is trying to do is to remove as much of the barrier between author and reader as possible:
Contemporary authors who construct a thick barrier between themselves and their readers such that authorial vulnerability is revealed negatively, i.e., via the construction of the barrier.
Perhaps my suggestion that E L-S tries to remove the barrier is wrong. Maybe instead: E L-S's F.O.N. maps the barrier, points to the barrier's structure, does not try to deny the barrier, but also tries to usher readers over it, under it, through its gaps—-and in this way channels a visceral reality that so much of contemporary fiction fails to achieve.
I really, really liked this book and will read it again.
"Enjoyment and Non-enjoyment of Poisons"
41. Enjoyment and Non-enjoyment of Poisons. —The only decisive argument that has always deterred men from drinking a poison is not that it is deadly, but that it has an unpleasant taste
–Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, Part II.
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"Value of Honest Books" — Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche. From Mixed Opinions and Maxims:
(145) Value of honest books.—Honest books make the reader honest, at least by luring into the open his hatred and aversion which his sly prudence otherwise knows how to conceal best. But against a book one lets oneself go, even if one is very reserved toward people.
Nietzsche's Death Mask
"A Thoroughfare of Learning" — Nietzsche and Teacher Appreciation Week
National Teacher Appreciation Week winds down today. Have you thanked that special teacher in your life? Or at least thought about him or her? No? Maybe your teachers scarred you. Or ruined you. It's possible. But probably not all of them. I'm sure at least one of them was really important to you, right?
Although Biblioklept World Wide Industries brings in the kind of moolah that allows me to literally swim in cash à la Scrooge McDuck, I retain my day job as a teacher of literature in the English language; I do this because, you know, I care. So me waxing heavy on why teachers matter and blah blah blah is sort of like waitresses overtipping other waitresses because, you know, they know. So I'll just say that teachers are generally overworked, underpaid, and perhaps undervalued in our society, and I appreciate all of you–all of you who taught me and shaped me and mentored me and shared your wisdom with me, and all of you who I've worked with over the years who've inspired me to do better and be better. Thanks.
So well anyway, I've been skimming again through Nietzsche's highly-aphoristic volume Human, All Too Human for the past week, and came across this passage, section 200, Caution in writing and teaching. Quoting in full:
Whoever has once begun to write and felt the passion of writing in himself, learns from almost everything he does or experiences only what is communicable for a writer. He no longer thinks of himself but rather of the writer and his public. He wants insight, but not for his own use. Whoever is a teacher is usually incapable of doing anything of his own for his own good. He always thinks of the good of his pupils, and all new knowledge gladdens him only to the extent that he can teach it. Ultimately he regards himself as a thoroughfare of learning, and in general as a tool, so that he has lost seriousness about himself.
Ouch! Did Nietzsche just call me a tool? I think his words are actually quite insightful–teachers do think of themselves as instruments through which they may better their pupils. But I don't think that that is the only end for knowledge as far as teachers are concerned, and I don't think that that makes teachers unserious about knowledge. Knowledge-as-enlightenment and self-improvement is great of course, but knowledge-as-transcendence–that is, knowledge as wisdom and experience that can be passed from person to person, shared, communicated–that's what's really meaningful in life.
Nietzsche's Draconian Law Against Writers
From Human, All Too Human (aphorism 193):
Draconian law against writers. One should regard a writer as a criminal who deserves acquittal or clemency only in the rarest cases: that would be a way to keep books from getting out of hand.


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Dulce de Leche Crispies
For a grown-up twist on the classic Rice Krispies Treats, Marcia Kiesel ingeniously swaps out marshmallows for the Latin American dessert sauce dulce de leche, then adds even more crunch with toasted, sliced almonds. This dessert is caramelly, nutty and amazingly crispy.
Wine Pairing: Madeira. When pairing desserts and dessert wines, it's easy to overwhelm the taste buds with sweetness. Instead, choose a wine that's a touch lighter and less sweet than the dessert.


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I have some code performing (roughly) the following Do Loops:
Do[x[[m,n+1]] = x[[m,n]] + B* y[[n+m-1]]*e[[n]]
{m,M} ],
where y, e are lists (y is data that contains about 30000 elements),
etc. Running a data set takes about 10.5 secs. I wanted to shorten the
time but couldnt figure out how to write it either in Nest or Compile form
so I went thru it piece meal to see if I could find a culprit and from this
I noticed if I replace the Sum term in the denominator by a number, lets say
1, and then perform the calculations it only takes about 2.5 seconds! I
did a sample Sum[expr^2] with a similar Do loop separately and it takes no
time at all.
What is wrong?
thanks. Jerry Blimbaum NSWC Panama City, Fl


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Rise of the Matadors
Greetings Matadors: While the school year has come to a close, 2013–14 will be remembered in CSUN Athletics history for the tremendous successes of 350 student-athletes both in the classroom and in competition. At our annual Varsity N Academic Athletics Honor Roll event, 72 of our student-athletes received recognition for earning at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA in the last year. Our women's basketball and volleyball programs won Big West Championships, while our men's basketball, men's soccer and women's water polo teams each made an appearance in the Big West Tournament Final. Our women's golf program finished second in the conference and was represented at the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004. Our women's 4x100-meter relay team finished 10th at the NCAA Championships after posting the second-fastest time in school history. Our women's water polo program was ranked as high as #7 in 2014, the highest ever for the team. These are just a few of the many accomplishments that Matador studentathletes achieved in 2013–14. Additionally, CSUN student-athletes garnered attention at the national level by winning 42 All-Conference, five All-American and several Academic All-American awards. Unequivocally, these men and women exemplify the true essence of comprehensive excellence. Recently CSUN Athletics announced the "Rise of the Matadors," a pride campaign that ushered in a new visual identity for the Matadors. Our new identity pays tribute to the rich tradition and culture at CSUN. Our new image represents more than a logo or a brand, it represents expectations, memories, relationships and the pride that we all have in being Matadors. Join us in looking back at the 2013–14 successes of our dedicated student-athletes, coaches and staff members for our 19 sport programs. Together, we can take CSUN Athletics to even greater heights in the year ahead. Go Matadors!
Dr. Brandon E. Martin,
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
In alignment with the mission of CSUN: We empower our student-athletes and staff to achieve comprehensive excellence.
We provide a diverse and inclusive educational experience for all members of our department and campus community.
We engage and partner with the greater San Fernando Valley to make CSUN shine.
Six core values guide and govern our actions at all times:
We approach all our relationships with a spirit of service.
We are personally accountable for our actions and are thoughtful with the use of our resources.
We are continuously learning and growing. Education is the cornerstone of our decision making.
Diversity & Inclusion
We strive for diversity in opinion and background. We look to include all voices in advancing our department.
We conduct ourselves with character, on and off the field.
We know the right thing to do is the only thing to do.
• 70 student-athletes named to the
Academic All-Big West Team in
• 72 student-athletes inducted into the Varsity N Academic Athletics Honor Roll • Yarden Azulay and Brian Behrad
(men's soccer) named to Scholar
All-West Region Team
• Women's cross country and men's volleyball received the Public Recognition Award for exceptional academic achievement from the NCAA • Men's volleyball and women's cross
country received perfect APR scores
of 1,000
• Casey Hinger (women's volleyball) named 2013 Big West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Azulay named 2013 Big West Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Madalyne Handy (softball) named "Scholar of the Year" by CSUN's Department of Kinesiology • CSUN was awarded a $900,000 grant as part of a three-year pilot program aimed at increasing academic performance among student-athletes. The grant facilitated the grand opening of the Matador Achievement Center in September 2013 • Implemented Northwestern Mutual's "Life After Athletics" Program, educating student-athletes on essential professional skills such as resume formatting, interviewing skills and effective networking • Implemented the "Diamond University" life-skills program, combining lessons from behavioral sciences and academics to provide successful habits for life
• Through MEND Adopt-a-Family, the Student Athlete Advisory Council raised almost $900 for meals and holiday gifts for a family of four in need. • Men's and women's soccer studentathletes, staff and administrators conducted a free clinic for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Marlton School in South Los Angeles. About 95 elementary and middle school students joined together for drills, instructional sessions and games. • The Student Athlete Advisory Council paired with the kinesiology department to raise money for the 100 Citizens of Community Fitness Project. They raised $473.43 in February.
• Matador student-athletes supported local nonprofit organizations through volunteer hours and donations for CSUN's "Unified We Serve" Program.
• A group of CSUN student-athletes committed 50 hours to the Granada Hills Elementary Reading Program.
• Baseball student-athletes committed 300 hours of community service in the San Fernando Valley.
• In the top 50 nationally for sacrifice hits • Won a series against a Pac-12 opponent (Washington State) for the first time since taking 2-of-3 from USC in 2009 • Played in more games decided by two runs or less than any team in the NCAA (as of April 1, 2014) • The Matadors had individual Big West leaders in stolen bases and sacrifice bunts (as of April 1, 2014) • Ryan Raslowsky was the second-toughest batter in Division I to strike out, averaging one strikeout in every 49.5 at-bats (as of April 1, 2014) • The Matadors launched the "Diamond University" lifeskills program for team and community outreach and education • Bryce Rutherford was one of 16 pitchers in the nation to have a quality start (at least six innings, no more than three earned runs allowed) in each outing (as of April 1, 2014)
Men's Basketball
• In the top 100 nationally for team ERA
• Ranked among leaders in fielding percentage in NCAA Division I
• Competed in a school record seven overtime games (5-2) • Won 17 games, the most wins since the 2008–09 season • Advanced to the championship game of the Big West Conference Tournament • Season free throw percentage (.791) was ranked #1 nationally • Led the nation in free throws (765) • Set school records for single season points (2,689), free throws (765), free throw attempts (967) and single game free throw percentage (.969, sixth-best in NCAA history) • Stephen Maxwell named All-Big West Conference First Team • Josh Greene and Stephan Hicks named All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention
• Recorded first home win over UC Santa Barbara since 1984 • Recorded first victory over USC in NCAA era • Posted season sweeps over Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Riverside and UC Santa Barbara • Ashlee Guay named Big West Player of the Year and Big West Tournament MVP • Camille Mahlknecht named Big West Defensive Player of the Year • Janae Sharpe named All-Big West Conference Second Team • Guay, Mahlknecht and Sharpe named to Big West Conference All-Tournament Team • Jason Flowers named Big West Coach of the Year • Cinnamon Lister named All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention
Men's Cross Country
Women's Basketball
• 2014 NCAA Tournament participant
Baseball | Men's Basketball | Women's Basketball | Men's Cross Country
• 2013–14 Big West Champions, both in regular season and Big West Tournament
• Placed a season-best sixth at the San Francisco Invitational • Marcelo Rosales had the Matadors' best finish of the season, placing 34th in San Francisco • Jackson Higgins finished a CSUN-best 55th at the Big West Championships • Julio Mora and Marcelo Rosales were named to the 2013 Big West All-Academic Team
• Finished a season-best eighth at the San Francisco Invitational • Megan Magdaleno finished a Matador-best 38th at the Big West Championships, which was the top finish by a CSUN runner in 2013 • Alexis Pichardo had three top-60 finishes including a 44th-place showing in San Francisco • Pichardo was named to the 2013 Big West All-Academic Team
Men's Golf
Women's Cross Country
• Posted six top-10 finishes and one top-five finish under head coach Jim Bracken • Finished seventh at the windshortened Big West Men's Golf Championship • Senior Kyler Sauer tied for second at the Big West Championship, the best individual finish for a CSUN golfer since 2011 • Sauer, who was named second team All-Big West, finished with a team-low 72.7 scoring average which ranks sixth in CSUN single season history • Sauer was CSUN's low scorer in six of 11 tournaments • Best team finish was fourth at the Anteater Invitational
Women's Cross Country | Men's Golf | Women's Golf | Sand Volleyball
• The Matadors finished second at the 2014 Big West Championship under first-year head coach Gina Umeck, their best finish since winning consecutive team championships in 2003 and 2004
• Guce was named Big West Player of the Year and tied for first at the conference championship, the best finish by a CSUN women's golfer since Beth Allen won in 2004 • Guce set the school record for season scoring average at 73.4, which tops Allen's 10-year-old record of 74.4. The senior from Artesia, Calif., also set the CSUN career scoring record of 76.1 by topping Allen's career average of 76.4 • Newcomer Cesilie Hagen had a spectacular Big West Championship debut as she tied for third with a one overpar 220. Hagen was named honorable mention All-Big West • The 2013–14 Matadors received important contributions from first-year players Arinda Bhanaraksa and Ellen Brantberg along with veteran returners Elisabeth Haavardsholm and Sharon Shin
Sand Volleyball
Women's Golf
• Clariss Guce competed at the NCAA Championship, the first appearance by a CSUN women's golfer since 2004
• CSUN competed in its first-ever season of sand volleyball in Spring 2014 • Won first match March 27 with a 3-2 win over Oregon • Won two of five matches at sixth-ranked UCLA • Team consisted of 14 members of the Matador indoor volleyball squad
SUCCESS • Three players named to NSCAA Far West Region Team • Team earned #15 national seed, earned bye to second round of NCAA Tournament • Lev-Ari named semifinalist for MAC Hermann Trophy, college soccer's highest individual award, first time in school history • Seven players named to All-Big West Conference Team • Second consecutive trip to Big West Tournament Final and NCAA Tournament • Yarden Azulay and Brian Behrad named NSCAA All-West Region Scholars • Four players ranked in Top 100 nationally by Top Drawer Soccer • The Matadors won 15 games for second consecutive season to match team's Big West-era record • Started season 7-0-0 for first time since 1979
Women's Soccer
• Sagi Lev-Ari named NSCAA/ Continental Tire First Team AllAmerican
Men's Soccer
• Ranked as high as #3 in the nation, highest ranking in school history
• Defeated Long Beach State for second-straight year • Chloe McDaniel named finalist for Senior CLASS Award • Five players scored their first career goal in 2013 season • Breanna McCallum scored with one second left in regulation to force overtime against Houston • Brittanie Sakajian and McCallum led the Matadors with three goals and seven points • Seven Matadors named to 2013 Big West Academic AllConference Fall Sports Team
• Matadors won season series with UC Davis for first time since 2008
• Taylor Glover named one of 25 finalists for inaugural NFCA Freshman of the Year award • Glover set new program Division-I record with six triples in the 2014 season • Brianna Elder became CSUN's first 20-game winner since the 2001 season • Defeated Oregon State twice, giving CSUN wins against Pac-12 Conference for secondstraight year • The 31 wins in 2014 are the most for CSUN head coach Tairia Flowers
Women's Tennis
Men's Soccer | Women's Soccer | Softball | Women's Tennis
• Matadors swept season series with UC Riverside for secondstraight year
• Freshmen doubles team Mickey Hsu and Kristen Poei finished the season 17-2 and earned AllBig West Doubles Second Team honors • Hsu and Poei's winning percentage is the fourth-best in program history • Freshmen Vivian Lin and Hsu earned All-Big West Singles Second Team honors • Junior Criss Rodriguez and Lin received All-Big West Doubles Honorable Mention honors • Recorded notable victories over Air Force, Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Boise State, Montana and New Mexico State • The team's only senior, Lorraine Cheung, won the ITA Southwest Region Arthur Ashe Award for Sportsmanship & Leadership
• Advanced three student-athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Fayetteville, Ark. • Freshman Lohnnie TapeJackson won CSUN's first conference high jump championship since 2011 • Derion Taylor finished second in the triple jump to advance to the NCAA West Preliminary Round • Alex Monsivaiz finished second in the 800 meters at the conference championships after running the third-best time in CSUN history (1:49.69) at the Texas Longhorn Invitational • Jordan Taylor finished third in the 100 meters at the conference championships
Women's Track & Field
Men's Track & Field
• Finished sixth at the 2014 Big West Championships with 63.50 total points
• 4x100-meter relay team of Hafsatu Kamara, Lexis Lambert, Marie Veale and Le'Shel Vines qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. Finished 10th in the preliminaries to earn second team USTFCCCA All-America honors • The relay team ran 44.38 in the preliminaries, the secondfastest time in CSUN history • Advanced 15 student-athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Fayetteville, Ark. • The women's 4x400-meter relay won their ninth conference championship in 13 years • Finished second at the 2014 Big West Championships with 183.33 total points
• Greg Faulkner and Sam Holt were named honorable mention All-MPSF while Bradley Sakaida was named to the All-Freshman Team • Ranked as high as 13th in the AVCA Coaches Top 15 (Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10) • Ranked in the AVCA Top 15 in six of the 15 weekly polls during the 2014 season • Holt was named MPSF Player of the Week on April 7 • Holt had two of the biggest offensive matches in the conference with 37 kills against UCLA and 32 kills against BYU • CSUN had upset wins over #4 USC, #5 UC Santa Barbara, #9 UCLA and #15 Ohio State • Junior setter Travis Magorien moved into eighth place on the CSUN career assists list
Women's Volleyball
Men's Volleyball
• 2013 NCAA Tournament participant • Defeated #12 Colorado State (3-2) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to advance to the second round for the first time in school history • Won 24 matches, the most by a CSUN team since 1992 • Won 13 Big West matches, the most since joining the conference in 2001 • Sydney Gedryn and Casey Hinger were named AVCA honorable mention AllAmericans • Gedryn and Hinger were named first team All-Pacific South Region • Jeff Stork was named Big West Co-Coach of the Year • Natalie Allen, Gedryn and Hinger were first team All-Big West selections while Mahina Haina was named honorable mention all-conference • Ranked as high as 21st in the AVCA Top-25 Coaches Poll (Nov. 11), which is the highest in program history • Allen and Haina each reached 1,000 career kills during the 2013 season • Britney Graff and Hinger were both named to the 2013 Big West All-Academic Team
Men's Track & Field | Women's Track & Field | Men's Volleyball | Women's Volleyball
• 2013 Big West Tri-Champions
• Reached a national ranking of seventh, the highest in school history • Achieved 20 or more wins in a season for the fifth time in the last six seasons
Water Polo
PR • Earned a #2 seed in the Big West Tournament • Lindsy Duncan, Marisa Young, and Jenny Jamison finished in the top 10 in career scoring in school history • Duncan set school records in career assists and career field goal attempts • Set a school record with 23 goals over Whittier • Young named All-American third team and Duncan received honorable mention by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches • Kiernan Davis, Melissa Doll, Duncan, Jamison and Young earned 2014 All-Big West honors
• Greg Moore hired as Head Baseball Coach; Jordon Twohig and Chris Hom hired as Assistant Coaches • Gina Umeck hired as Head Women's Golf Coach • Colleen Augustine hired as Assistant Women's Soccer Coach • Eleazar Hernandez and Steve Laguna hired as Assistant Track and Field Coaches • Winnie Voong (MS, ATC, CES) hired as Assistant Athletic Trainer • John Lockwood hired as Assistant Sports Performance Coach • Dawn Ellerbe hired as the Associate Athletic Director for Marketing, Branding and Fan Development • Lizzie Gomez hired as the Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations • Ryan Swartwood hired as the Assistant Athletic Director for Administration
Greg Moore
• Alex Ackles hired as the Assistant Athletic Director for the Annual Fund
Reggie Theus
• Reggie Theus hired as Head Men's Basketball Coach; Jason Levy and Chris Pompey hired as Assistant Coaches
• Ashlie Kite promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director/SWA • Tom Ford promoted to Senior Associate Athletic Director for Development • Bob Vazquez promoted to Assistant Athletic Director of Strategic Communications • Matt Monroe promoted to Associate Director of Sport Communications/Video Coordinator • Braden Villanueva promoted to Director of Digital Media & Design • Kevin Strauss promoted to Assistant Sports Information Director • Jeff Crelling promoted to Director of Sports Performance • Kelly Korras promoted to Compliance Coordinator
Ryan Swartwood
• Women's Volleyball Head Coach Jeff Stork named Big West Co-Coach of the Year for 2013–14 • Tairia Flowers named head coach of the Team USA Junior National Team for 2015 (second appointment to position) • Baseball Head Coach Greg Moore named an assistant coach for USA Baseball Tournament of Stars • Men's Soccer Head Coach Terry Davila named an assistant coach for NASL Players Combine • Women's Water Polo Head Coach Dr. Marcelo Leonardi was a member of the coaching staff that led the United States Women's Youth National Water Polo Team (18-and-under) to a gold medal at the 2013 UNANA Youth Pan American Championships; also named the Girls National Technical Director for the United States Olympic Development Program in Summer 2013
Tairia Flowers
Terry Davila
• Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach Theo Edwards named assistant coach for USA Volleyball High Performance Select Team in Summer 2013; named assistant coach for USA Volleyball Junior National Training Team in Summer 2014; named assistant coach for USA Pan American Team that will compete in Mexico in August
New Hires | Promotions | Honors
Jason Flowers
• Jason Flowers named Big West Coach of the Year for 2013–14
• Significant increase in attendance for four sports in 2013–14: men's basketball, 65%; men's soccer, 26%; women's volleyball, 15%; women's basketball, 10% • Gate receipt/ticket revenue improved across all sports by 23% • Held 20 special events outside of home competitions to drive fan engagement • Hosted the first Athletic Director 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament for CSUN students • Created the Associated Students Chair for Intercollegiate Athletics to be the liaison between the student body and the athletics department • Retired the number 58 jersey (commemorating the year CSUN was founded) in honor of CSUN's faculty • Implemented VIP courtside seating in The Matadome to enhance the fan experience
• Hosted "Rise of the Matadors" launch event for the new athletics identity and pride campaign that ushered in a new era for CSUN Athletics
• Increased sponsorship revenue 963% during the first nine-month operating period of the 2013–14 season • Entered into a multiyear partnership with Providence Health & Services to be the official health-care provider of Matador Athletics • Entered into a multiyear partnership with Sport Chalet to be the official apparel and equipment provider of Matador Athletics
• Produced 45 broadcasts for BigWest.TV, including 16 women's basketball, 12 men's basketball, 10 men's volleyball and seven women's volleyball contests • All broadcasts were in HD for the first time in Matador history • Continued to set the standard in the Big West Conference for in-game video production
• Produced five team intro videos (men's and women's basketball, men's and women's volleyball, and softball) • Produced a student-run featurette on women's water polo • With student assistance, successfully archived footage of Matador outdoor sports including men's and women's soccer, baseball and softball • Utilized students to film and edit various Athletic Department events including the Hall of Fame, Pete Accardy Memorial Ceremony, Varsity N and Senior Sash ceremonies • Utilized commercial spots and live reads for the first time during broadcasts
• Utilized 33 university students to assist with all aspects of TV production and in-game video presentation
• Redesigned website to coincide with "Rise of the Matadors" launch event • Development of CSUN Front Row, the official mobile application of CSUN Athletics • Media coverage in top outlets nationwide, including ESPN.com, SI.com, Fox Sports and Los Angeles Times • Total monthly visits to GoMatadors.com have continued to rise. Seven of the top 10 busiest months since September 2011 came during the 2013–14 school year • A record 245,000 visits came during March 2014 (March Madness) • Increased individual feature stories on student-athletes • Online video highlights for men's/women's basketball and volleyball were made available after competitions
Event Management
• Created the Dick Enberg Postgraduate Scholarship • Established the "M-Club," the letterwinners club for CSUN Athletics • Enrolled 57 new members into the M-Club with the class of 2014 • Developed and launched the Matador Legacy Fund • Created the Matador Excellence Fund, an annual giving/priority point program • Restructured sport-specific booster clubs
• Hosted NCAA Tournament Second Round Match for men's soccer • Hosted the Watson Charity Celebrity Basketball Game put on by Floyd "Money" Mayweather • Trained event staff on the importance of customer service and emergency procedures for each venue • Trained event staff on new high-tech equipment (shot clocks, scoreboard, sideline advertising tables, etc.) installed in The Matadome • Coordinated event schedule with public safety and parking services • Events included "March Madness," 54 competitions at CSUN venues in 30 days in March
Development | Event Management
The Matadome
Athletic Conference Room
Matador Achievement Center
Matador Soccer Field
• New spectator seating in The Matadome
Matador Hall
• Redesigned environmental graphics in The Matadome including endwall designs and rail banners • Added entrance banners at the east entrance to The Matadome • Completed construction of the Matador Soccer Field concourse and plaza and installation of graphics highlighting soccer program accolades • Renovation of Matador Pool wall highlighting athletes from each CSUN sport • Addition of environmental graphics to Matador Hall Men's Basketball Locker Room
• Renovated athletic conference room
Matador Pool Wall


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Hey guys. I'm new to the development part of wordpress, but i have been designing for a long time. I trying to read up on how develop my first theme, and i have one question that really bugs me. So i hope some of you can help me understand it
- When writing the code for the theme, lets say the index.php do you actually write in the site content? What i mean is, i would like to "build" the content inside the Wordpress admin panel. How do you guys do it?
The way i kinda want it, is the write the header and the footer.php, and then "build" the rest in the admin panel.
The reason i ask, is when ever i find a tutorial, typically on Youtube, the are coding the actual content, and i want the content to be customizable for who ever is going to end up using the theme. So it should have no content, and then they of cause can upload the demo content which i have build in the admin area.
It's hard to explain what i mean, i hope you guys can understand what i'm trying to ask here
Hi. You will basically insert content for the specific page in the back-end (WordPress admin) and call it with the
<?php the_content(); ?> code.
You should rather search for standard text tutorials when you want to start coding WP.
Thank you for replying LubosVolovar. Yes i'm starting to figure that out now i just find it much easier to understand with video tutorials, but can't seem to find anyone that are specific about this
I think it's hard to get an overview of where to start, and how it all connects. Because the theme i want to build is going to be for other users
But my basic understanding of it, is you create the footer and header files, and import them into every page. And then you create templates, ex. with sidebars, sliders..
Am i totally wrong here?
You are on the right track. Just don't hurry yourself and do some googling for text turorials. This is not something you can learn in few hours. And really forget about video tutorials (at least at the beginning).
You can watch video tutorials. They are more than helpful but be sure to constantly read from the Wordpress Codex as you advance through them.
I strongly encourage you to look through the articles on http://code.tutsplus.com/categories/wordpress
Thank you so much for the responses guys! It's great people are so veiling to help others!


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Mobile lost 5-3
Jared Wells went seven and surrendered five runs, three earned, on seven hits and two walks, losing his second game in a row. The opposition is hitting .312 off him since he joined Mobile but he has limited them to a .214 average against with runners in scoring position. Wells did notch his first pro hit and it came with an RBI attached. He entered the game 0-for-3 before going 1-for-2 at the plate.
Geoffrey Jones has steadily done his job in the Mobile bullpen. He pitched another scoreless inning on Sunday and has not given up a hit in 7.2 innings. It is safe to say he has not given up a run over that time either. His ERA is the lowest it has been, 3.39, since May 13. Since the start of July the opposition is hitting .148 off him.
Lake Elsinore lost 4-2
Clark Girardeau pitched seven innings, allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks. For the second game in a row, he gave up two homers. He has given up at least one in five straight starts and has given up two on three occasions over that time frame. Girardeau has given up four runs or more in nine of his 13 starts for the Storm. The opposition is hitting .308 off him on the year.
Brett Bonvechio is 0-for-7 over the last two games with all of his outs coming by way of the strikeout. The third baseman is in an 0-for-19 slump, striking out 12 times. He leads the Padres' minors in whiffs with 133, a total that is fifth worst among all Minor Leaguers. He is striking out 35 percent of the time that he records an at bat.
Fort Wayne won 12-7
While Josh Alley extended his hitting streak to 12 games, Drew Davidson gets the print for the second day in a row. Davidson homered for the second time in as many days, going 2-for-5 with three RBI's. He has knocked in a run four days in a row and has nine over that span. He is hitting .348 with the Wizards through five games and has scored three runs.
Kelvin Vazquez went 3-for-6 with four RBI's, matching his total number of RBI's through his first 24 games of the year, split between Eugene and Fort Wayne. The infielder doubled twice – his first multi-extra base game of the year. He scored two runs, his fifth multi-run adventure of the year.
Jose Lobaton collected four hits in five at bats, two more than he had all season with the Wizards. He entered play with two hits in 26 at bats as the backup catcher. He is 2-for-7 in throwing out Midwest League runners and has picked one runner off first base. He has three passed balls on the year, one with the Wizards and two with Peoria.
Eugene lost 1-0
Steve Delabar matched zeroes for all he could. He went 6.1 innings and allowed one run on a solo homer – and it cost him the game. It was the only run he would allow on four hits while striking out five. He has surrendered a homer in four straight games but has given up nine runs over the past five games. The opposition has hit just .151 off him with runners in scoring position.
Alfredo Fernandez has settled into his new role quite nicely. He went an inning and two-thirds, preventing one inherited runner from scoring. He did not allow a hit and has given up two hits over his last six innings while striking out seven. He has won two of his last three appearances and his ERA dropped to 1.88 and the opposition has hit just .198 off him.
AZL Padres won 6-2 on Saturday
Trey Johnston was perfect on the day, 3-for-3 with a hit by pitch. Johnston was back on the field at third base after spending the offseason working at catcher. He has trotted out to the hot corner in most of his games with Peoria. His night on Saturday included a double, an RBI and two runs scored. He also committed his third error of the year and was caught stealing. Johnston has four RBI's in his last four games and is 5-for-10 over that span.
Juan Jimenez has been the innings eater down in Arizona. He went 7.2 on Saturday, allowing one run on four hits and two walks while striking out a season-high nine. It is the third game in a row he has gone seven-plus and the fifth time in the last seven he has treaded out to the mound for the long haul. It is the second time Jimenez has gone seven plus and allowed four hits or less – a far cry from the nine hits he has surrendered in four of his last six starts.
Luany Sanchez continues his hot hand with a 2-for-4 night. He also hit his first homer of the year and scored two runs. The homer was his first since August 23 of 2004. Sanchez is tenth in the Arizona Rookie League in hitting and his 33 hits is one shy of team leader Kyle Blanks. Sanchez also nabbed the one baserunner attempting to steal and has caught three of the last five and 13 of 40 overall.
AZL Padres had Sunday off
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