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Being so-so is so over the Lee's Summit girls soccer team. The Tigers even have the documentation to prove it.
Before this season began, Tigers head coach David Wiebenga had everybody – players and coaches alike – sign their names to a contract detailing what would be expected from the players and from the people calling the shots. And he put it up for display in his classroom.
"We were .500 over the last two years and quite frankly, for our program and for our talent, that wasn't good enough," Wiebenga said. "And we had to own it. Everybody from the coaches to the players.
"And they've responded. I'm very excited about this group.'
Everyone seems to be holding up their end of the bargain so far. After beating Lee's Summit West 3-0 April 4 at Hertzog Stadium, the Tigers were off to a 3-1-1 start. Not bad for a team that went 9-11-1 the season before.
"It's a much more confident start to the season," Wiebenga said. "The girls just have a presence about them. They're really enjoying each other. A big emphasis to this year in preseason was getting back to having fun - remembering why we do this."
The Tigers appeared to be having a good time against Lee's Summit West, a team which the current seniors on their roster had never beaten. Lee's Summit took the game to the Titans early, pressing up front with their offense while aggressively disrupting the Titans with solid back-line defense.
Sophomore Payton Seymour provided most of the Tigers' firepower with two booming goals and several near misses. Courtney Killian had the Tigers' other goal and goalie Alexis Gochnauer recorded her third shutout.
"I can't talk enough about individual players," Wiebenga said. "All of them did their job tonight."
Seymour's first goal came on a breakaway just three minutes into the game. Charging in from the right side of the 18-yard box, she found an easy target when the West goalie was drawn out of the net.
Killian's goal with 8:43 left made it 2-0 before the half, and Seymour struck again with 30:49 left in the second half with a blast from the top of the box that went off the Titan goalie's hands.
"She's pretty quick," Lee's Summit West coach Todd Krey said of Seymour. "I think her speed killed us. We just didn't keep up with their speed. We've got to learn that if they've got speed we've got to win (the ball) initially and not let someone like that get on a run with the ball.
West is making progress, Krey said, in deciding who will fill what role on his young team, which fell to 2-4 with the loss. Still, he was disappointed in how his players didn't match the Tigers' aggressiveness.
"They just seemed to want it more tonight and they just outplayed us," Krey said.
Lee's Summit also displayed some resilience along with its toughness, which Wiebenga said made the win all the more pleasing. The Tigers suffered a wrenching 2-1overtime loss to Blue Springs South the night before, and he was concerned about how they would bounce back.
He didn't have to be. The players just lived up to what they signed on the dotted line.
"They're holding themselves accountable and they're playing really well," Wiebenga said.


text: Politics 31 July 2006 Boys don't cry Cinema loves a tough guy. But directors such as Miami Vice's Michael Mann purvey an outdated, testos Sign up for our weekly email * No living film-maker is more aptly named than Michael Mann. From the moment this macho director left the starting blocks with The Jericho Mile (1979), about a prisoner who trains to be a runner, he has focused on men doomed to lives of noble solitude. In The Insider (1999), Russell Crowe is intimidated and isolated as a tobacco-industry whistle-blower; Robert De Niro, in Heat (1995), is an automaton-like criminal who has pared his life down to its barest essentials. These professionals have been reduced to husks, their lives given over to full-time brooding. It is worrying enough that this image of masculinity has been fostered lovingly by Mann over nearly 30 years, but it is positively depressing that so many people appear to take it seriously. The insularity of these films becomes most apparent when they are gathered together, as in a current season at the National Film Theatre that coincides with the release of Mann's new thriller, Miami Vice - a brash revamp of his 1980s TV series. Individually, most of his works cast a strange, lulling spell with their sizzling urban imagery and por tentous synthesizer scores. These films are executed with a finesse that makes most others look like cookie-cutter jobs by comparison. But this only compounds the paucity of the Mann message: all this care and expertise has been lavished on films that display only the faintest signs of human life. Asked in 1986 to describe the kind of hero that was on the rise in shows such as Miami Vice, Mann came up with a def inition that applies to most of his prota gonists: "He is aggressive. He is hetero sexual. He has a sense of accountability, real individual accountability. If he has something to do that is wrong, he might do it, but he'll know why and he'll know whether there is a price to pay." Professionalism is another crucial element of the characterisation: these men are nothing without their jobs. Rather than looking critically at this careerist model of manhood, Mann seems to revere it. Tom Cruise, as the hit man in Collateral (2004), is a psychopath, but we are asked to approve of his dedication to his work. The safe-cracker played by James Caan in Thief (1981) is emotionally stunted, but the camera looks on fondly as he gets down to business with his drill. This kind of innuendo must be intentional - in such testosterone-heavy territory, sublimated homosexuality is an occupational hazard. The relationships between men and women in Mann's films are never as meaningful as the ones between men, if only because there simply isn't any room for women. Collateral is a three-hander between Cruise, Jamie Foxx and Jada Pinkett Smith, but Mann finds nothing for her to do other than be terrorised in the standard woman-in-peril role. Cruise and Foxx, on the other hand, get no shortage of quality time together. If women are disposable, families fare even worse. Domestic life exists here only as an impediment. Al Pacino, as the cop hunting De Niro in Heat, even complains to his quarry that his third marriage is falling apart because of his job. In the most revealing dialogue in Mann's work, De Niro replies: "A guy told me one time, 'Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.' Now, if you're on me, and you've got to move when I move, how do you expect to keep a marriage?" Mann portrays Pacino's life, with an unfaithful spouse and self-harming stepdaughter, as repellent and chaotic. De Niro, by contrast, has it all. Or rather, he has nothing, which makes him pure. The Mann hero is never more complete than when he is alone. In the 2001 biopic Ali, the fight scenes pack a surprisingly weak punch compared to the sections that detail Muhammad Ali's expulsion from boxing after refusing to be drafted. It is as though Mann can relate to him only in his moments of torment or isolation. Why else does the film begin with Ali jogging alone, his tracksuit hood like a cowl? It would be wrong to lay the blame for this archetype at Mann's feet. The lonesome renegade, the man who has got to do what a man's got to do, has always been a staple figure in storytelling. And it's still the way that men are encouraged to think of themselves today. Even in the age of the metrosexual, being "under the thumb" or not "wearing the trousers" are insults that still smart, which is why male-oriented advertising often flatters its target audience with images of freedom and independence that show masculinity thriving independently of definitions such as "father" or "husband". In cinema, the most insightful portraits of the loner are suffused with ambivalence. The key example is John Ford's The Searchers (1956), which subverts the image of its star, John Wayne, to corroborate a piercing argument about the hollowness of heroism. Wayne's character has no family, no place in society, because his experiences of violence have left him damaged. But the film doesn't romanticise his remoteness - he aches for what he is missing, and so do we. Ford's film in turn inspired Taxi Driver (1976), currently enjoying a re-release. Paul Schrader's script, as later with his American Gigolo (1980), cleverly seduces the audience into empathising with a self-deluding hero, so that by the time we realise how dysfunctional he is it's too late to withdraw our involvement. These films are about cold men, but they are not themselves cold - they question the hero's narcissistic image of himself. In a Michael Mann film, there is no sign of that kind of equivocation, no final-reel reversal to prove that Mann doesn't really think life is best enjoyed alone in a minimalist apartment with Tangerine Dream playing on a permanent loop. The wait goes on. Mann's films command more respect than they deserve because they tap into male daydreams. The idea that one could, like De Niro in Heat, simply shrug off your life like an overcoat, is bound to be appealing if you feel anchored by responsibilities. But if Mann is to grow as a film-maker, he should scrutinise these Reginald Perrin fantasies, or else abandon them for good. He has made one significant departure to date, in his tender historical adventure The Last of the Mohicans (1992). It has a self-sufficient, principled hero, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, but it also allows him to fall in love with a woman and to risk his life to defend her, without this noticeably affecting his ability to hunt wild animals or wield a tomahawk. It's one of the few examples of emotional maturity in the history of Mann. "Miami Vice" is released nationwide on 4 August. The Michael Mann season runs at the National Film Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 (020 7928 3232) from 1 to 26 August Top five macho heroesElinor Cook Ethan Edwards (played by John Wayne, The Searchers, 1956)America's favourite craggy-faced anti-hero stomps, drawls and swaggers his way through John Ford's epic western. Crossing the desert on a hunt for the Indians who murdered his family, he indulges in a little soul-searching along the way. James Bond The metrosexual of the macho genre. Bond continues to wage war against an assortment of eyepatched, one-handed and metal-mouthed villains, but always finds time for a sexually charged Martini with a girl with a dodgy accent. Harry Callahan (played by Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, 1971)The film that launched a thousand guttural exclamations of the word "punk". Eastwood plays a rebel cop, prowling across San Francisco with a mad glint in his eye and waving his .44 magnum handgun at the idiots who stand in his path. John McClane (played by Bruce Willis, Die Hard, 1988)One minute this sensitive cop is a needy divorcee; the next he's throwing himself off a burning building, fashioning detonators out of swivel chairs and inspiring men everywhere to buy that tight-fitting white vest. The Terminator (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminators 1, 2 and 3)A cyborg with a heart. The taciturn killing machine discovers his gentler side when he is won over by the goodness of the Connor family. He also reveals an unexpected knack for one-liners. Hasta la vista, baby. Ryan Gilbey is the New Statesman's film critic. He is also the author of It Don't Worry Me (Faber), about 1970s US cinema, and a study of Groundhog Day in the "Modern Classics" series (BFI Publishing). He was named reviewer of the year in the 2007 Press Gazette awards. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 31 July 2006 issue of the New Statesman, Sell-out: Why hedge funds will destroy the world More

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Well, we technically can . . .
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i just realized how i'll never get to meet darth vader and then soap got in my eye - Kylo Ren


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To break a 12-12 tie in the final team period at the end of Tuesday's practice, Coach Carroll found a creative way to determine a victor between the offense and defense.
And everyone loved it.
Realizing rainy days don't come very often, the ever-playful Carroll said the only way to settle the tie was to put offensive line coach Pat Ruel against defensive line coach Jethro Franklin in a slip-and-slide competition on the most puddle-filled part of the field.
So with the players forming a tunnel on either side of the runway where the battle was taking place, the 58-year-old Ruel and 43-year-old Franklin went through two rounds of hilarious sliding before Franklin emerged -- soaked and muddied -- as the champion. The defense was awarded the overall practice victory, but all were in good spirits after the childlike festivities.
Offensive line coach Pat Ruel slides through the puddles on the Trojans' practice field.
Defensive line coach Jethro Franklin dives into the puddles.
Soaked and muddied from his battle with Pat Ruel, Jethro Franklin calls his defensive linemen together at the end of the slip-and-slide competition.


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Food is not just a hot topic in design and cutting edge creativity today but also an enormous industry with changing standards and perceptions. Based upon research by trend analysts Chris Sanderson and Martin Raymond from the London firm The Future Laboratory, crEATe investigates recent trends and visual developments in and around food. The book examines everything from the way we eat, the interiors and furniture of innovative restaurants and shops, industrial design and the packaging of food to branding and consumerism.
crEATe, Eating Design and Future Food, Edited by Chris Sanderson, Martin Raymond, R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, S. Moreno
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Remy Martin has collaborated with Christophe Pillet to launch a limited edition design for Louis XIII cognac. Pillet is well known as a furniture designer and has worked with Philippe Starck and brands like Zanotta, Cappellini, Tacchini and Pallucco.
Louis XIII is made from 1200 different "eaux de vie" (fermented and distilled grape juice from Grande Champagne region in Cognac) aged anywhere between 40-100 years. Pillet has designed a contemporary set to accompany Louis XIII that pays homage to the heritage and artistry of this fine cognac.
Louis XIII, limited edition, by Christophe Pillet, for Remy Martin
With a Graphis Packaging Award, this design for a thanksgiving gift communicates in a simple and charming way.
Gift Package, by Wallace Church
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Laurent-Perrier introduces a limited edition Coffret for its multi-vintage prestige cuvee, Grand Siècle champagne. The set includes a magnum of Grand Siècle and six hand blown Baccarat crystal champagne flutes. The design of the flutes was commisioned in 1965 to mirror the upturned shape of the Grand Siècle bottle.
Grand Siècle, limited edition Coffret, $3,100, by Laurent-Perrier
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Claudio Silvestrin Architects have completed the new Princi bakery in Via Speronari (Duomo), in the heart of Milan. Silvestrin has chosen a sand-coloured porphyry stone that matches the colour of the bread-flour. Slabs of smooth porphyry cover the floor, while rough porphyry is used to texture the wall that faces the stretched 19m-long bronze counter. The mighty impact of this earth-wall is softened by the gentle features of a waterfall.
Princi bakery, Duomo, Milan, Italy, by Claudio Silvestrin
We like the other bakery too.
Ever have that nagging feeling the the fruit knife should be on the right and not the left? Elise Rijnberg has created a tablecloth with a useful diagram in subtle embroidery. This goes a long way in solving one of the biggest dilemma in western culture.
Cloth, by Elise Rijnberg
Head chef, Izi Ani simply describes his food as 'different'. Indeed, not your usual British dining experience.
Vanilla, London, UK, Link: Vanilla
Bauer in Stockholm's Södermalm district is designed by graphic team, Dizel & Sate, known for bringing street culture to big brands like Diesel, Filippa K and Hugo Boss.
Bauer Restaurant & Bar, Götgatan 15, Stockholm, Sweden, by Designer, for Dizel & Sate
Still Life Series, by Erwan Frotin for Sketch Restaurant, London, United Kingdom
When in Milan, forget the Galleria, visit the Princi Bakery — some of the best baked goods we have had in Italy and produced in a significant work of architecture and design. The elements involved in making bread — earth, water, air and fire are all presented in a meaningful way.
The Princi bakery, Piazza XXV Aprile, Milan, Italy, by Claudio Silvestrin


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Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Washington's point-man in diplomatic efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear programs is visiting the region to seek support for a firmer stance against the Stalinist regime.
Christopher Hill, the administration's new assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, is visiting South Korea, Japan and China, three participants in six-party talks that have sought to resolve the 30-month North Korean nuclear standoff.
At the weekend, North Korea vowed to bolster its nuclear deterrent and said it would not remain passive in the face of U.S. attempts to isolate it. A day later Pyongyang said it would regard any imposition of sanctions against it as "a declaration of war."
Although the South Korean government last week repeated its opposition to referring North Korea to the U.N. Security Council -- a step that could lead to sanctions -- Hill's visit has generated signals that Seoul may be willing to take a firmer line in the effort to disarm the North.
After talks with Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon and other officials, Hill said that the two governments agreed on "the best strategy" for resolving the nuclear issue.
He did not elaborate, but the conservative Chosun Ilbo newspaper quoted an unnamed government official as saying patience with North Korea was reaching its limit.
Hill's regional visit would be used to send Pyongyang the message that "if things stay as they are, we'll have no choice but to take other, stronger diplomatic steps," the official said.
In another sign of a firmer stance from Seoul, Ban told a regional forum debate that any plan by North Korea to conduct a first nuclear test -- as media speculation suggests may be possible, given activity at potential test sites -- would further isolate Pyongyang politically and economically.
"If North Korea imprudently goes ahead with testing nuclear weapons, it would be aggravating its self-isolation, not to mention losing its guarantee for the future," Ban said in an unusually frank warning for a South Korean government representative.
The country's conservative opposition says President Roh Moo-hyun's liberal administration is too soft on the North.
Roh met briefly with Hill, and the Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday that the South Korean leader hoped to meet with President Bush in June to discuss how to resolve the crisis.
North Korea has refused to attend a six-party meeting since an inconclusive third round of talks was held in Beijing last June.
It is also strongly opposed to any move to refer its nuclear activities to the U.N. Security Council.
Speaking to reporters en route to Brazil, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repeated the administration's commitment to the six-party talks, but also said "obviously, we reserve the right to go to the United Nations Security Council at any time concerning the North Koreans."
On Monday, the State Department played down media reports saying the U.S. was considering seeking a resolution allowing countries to intercept suspected nuclear-related shipments leaving from or arriving in North Korea.
Spokesman Adam Ereli said he was not aware of any discussions by senior officials to that effect.
Although the administration continues to stress the issue of a return to the six-party talks, it is also widely acknowledged that the previous rounds of talks achieved very little.
Speaking to reporters before his meetings in Seoul, Hill said: "What we're focusing on is the diplomatic track and the need to get the talks going and -- more importantly -- once they get going, to achieve progress."
Under the 1994 "Agreed Framework," North Korea pledged to freeze its nuclear program in return for U.S. fuel aid. The U.S. and its allies also agreed to provide alternative, civilian reactors for power supply purposes.
But the agreement began to unravel in October 2002, when the State Department said North Korea admitted it was carrying out a covert uranium-enrichment program -- a clear contravention of the Agreed Framework.
In response to the violation, the U.S. and allies suspended fuel aid shipments and work on the civilian reactors. North Korea kicked out U.N. inspectors and restarted a mothballed reactor, withdrew from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and claimed to have reprocessed fuel rods which had been placed into storage under the 1994 deal.
North Korea demanded a non-aggression pact from the U.S. as well as diplomatic and economic concessions, while Washington said it should immediately and verifiably dismantle its nuclear programs.
At the last round of six-party talks, the U.S. offered North Korea "provisional" security guarantees, along with energy aid from other countries, in exchange for a commitment to freeze the nuclear programs.
The temporary measures would become permanent only once the programs were completely and verifiably dismantled.
A fourth round of talks was scheduled for September, but North Korea refused to attend then - and since.
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Under sink leak with PVC
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Hello all. I just bought my first house and am fixing issues here and there. I do not know much about plumbing however. I just noticed something today.
whenever i operate my kitchen sink from the left basin, it will leak. the right basin does not leak. Note the leaking by my beautiful blue oddly-shaped water drops :laughing:
the picture i have attached, i circled where it drips out of. the pvc pipe with the right arrow on it i can shake and it is loose at the connection that is circled (but not the other end), which almost leads me to believe some dinkus used the wrong size. the PVC nut is tightened all the way by hand and that pipe still is loose.
what would you all recommend or where to start?
Go get a new 1 1/2 end outlet waste and install it with the nylon bushings that come with it.
Its the pipe between your 2 vertical ones coming from the sinks... If you have a hardware store you might ask them for a 1 1/2 nylon tubular bushing that goes under the plastic nut.
i would take the joint apart that leaks and make sure there is a slip nut washer under the nut and that it isn't split or broken.
aah ok. so might just be a o-ring or something? i do have a hardware store right up the rad. i will swing by there tomorrow!
ill post back with my success or failure, hopefully not the latter
There is no O rings. It's tapered plastic washers.
Looks like the area on the left has slipped down, just lossen the nut and tap it back up into place and retighten, may well be the same thing on the other end.
If that pipe does not slide up inside the fitting there's nothing to seal.
Often times when I take these apart some DIY has installed the washer backwards.
The washer is tapered and the sealing surface is tapered, install it backwards and the seal does nothing.
I would replace it all with glued fittings except for the tailpiece extensions, and the J portion of the trap.
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Less then $5 at the box store- problem solved
i got it fixed. thanks guys! i think the washer was loose or something. just replace the whole damn thing for 6$
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Fresh Jalapeño Hot Sauce
The inspiration for this sauce by chef Abraham Conlon is cafreal, an Indian braise with Portuguese roots. It's a sprightly, all-purpose sauce that's vividly flavored with cilantro, chiles, garlic and lime juice. (Seed and de-rib some or all of the chiles for a milder version.) Conlon recommends stirring the sauce into a green chile stew, using it as a marinade for chicken, or sprinkling it on pork or fish tacos.
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- Servings: 1 1/2 cups
- 6 ounces jalapeño chiles (6 medium), stemmed and thinly sliced
- 4 cilantro sprigs, chopped
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
How to make this recipe
In a blender, combine all of the ingredients and puree until smooth.
Make Ahead
The hot sauce can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
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Sonatina for Two Radio Stations and Small Aircraft
As I drive through the hills of New England I often find myself absentmindedly listening to radio stations that have slipped into the neither/nor realm between Station A (behind me) and Station B (ahead of me). I took it as a challenge to find the most interesting combinations and the best routes for mixing the signals and soon found that I wanted to record the experience and share it with others. Even better, I thought, would be recording from an aircraft. It would allow me to get a better quality signal, move freely among the geographic features that affect FM signals, and move nimbly enough to create a piece of music suitable for the concert hall — effectively the aircraft would allow me to mix the two signals as a DJ would mix two LPs (though somewhat clumsily and with a heavy element of chance thrown in). On the morning of Sept. 17, 2010, I loaded my laptop and USB FM receiver into a four-seater (flown by a bemused friend) and recorded at 91.3 MHz, which corresponds to a mix of WWUH (Univ. of Hartford) and a close-proximity bleed over from 91.1 WMUA (UMass). By directing the plane around the valley [see approximate flight path below] I was able to explore a variety of signal-mixes which changed with location, heading, and with the programming choices down on the ground. From the hour of audio that I recorded I was able to cull a five minute segment that lent itself to packaging in the vaguely-sonatina-shaped box presented here.


text: Playoff plan more good news for WVU By Mitch Vingle June 23, 2012 Story Share WHEN West Virginia unceremoniously split from the Big East, there was criticism from many quarters on the way the Mountaineers bolted. Including from here.Today, however, more than ever, it appears the move - at least from a financial angle - was an outstanding one.We've broken down the revenue sharing for the Big 12, WVU's new home, in the past. For the 2011-12 school year each Big 12 school received $19 million. That was before television contract extensions with ABC/ESPN and Fox kick in.West Virginia had to pay $20 million to exit its old conference, but is expected to make more as a Big 12 50-percent partner in the coming year (shares will rise for the next four years) than as a full Big East member. The Mountaineers' share from the Big East (which the conference will keep as part of a settlement) was expected to be $9 million. A 50-percent share of a Big 12 will be at least $9.5 million.The topic here, however, centers on the news of the proposed college football playoff system, expected to be approved this week by the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee.The announcement was great news for those of us who have been calling for a playoff. Perfect? No, but a very nice first step.Oddly, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced the proposal. (So much for the Fighting Irish being forced to join a conference.) The playoff will only consist of four teams, and schools will continue to bend over backwards to protect bowls. (The semifinals will rotate between the Fiesta, Sugar, Rose and Orange.)But within the announcement bubbled more good news for WVU. (Not the case for Marshall.)The Mountaineers will be winners in the deal because of their alignment with the Big 12. See, the new setup is expected to reap at least double what the BCS leagues earned ($145.2 million) this past year. And the revenue from the new deal, set to begin in 2014, will reportedly be split based on league's past performances based on Top 25 finishes.That should prove a bonanza for the top four conferences - the Southeastern, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 - as well as the ACC.Estimates have each of those five leagues earning in the neighborhood of $50 million per year. As the Big 12 stands, that's an appetizing $5 million slice of pie for each league team.Not only that, more will be earned by conferences that qualify teams in the semifinals. The Big 12 will certainly do that on a regular basis.It's expected to create a wider chasm between the haves and the have-nots of college football. WVU is with the haves. Conferences like the Big East, no longer considered elite, and Marshall's Conference USA might make more money, but the percentage of increase won't be close to that of the power leagues.Keep in mind WVU won't receive a full share of Big 12 revenue until the 2015-16 school year. But that's only a year after the new playoff deal is set to begin. In other words, it was a sound financial move for WVU to move as quickly as possible into the Big 12. The school will recoup the money lost exiting the Big East in record time.And the new playoff deal will certainly help.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Dozens go topless, braless in Charleston to normalize female bodies 2 WV Senate leader sent invites to coalition's event during special session 3 Cross Lane couple sues, says house deed sold without their knowledge 4 Sanders urges Capito to vote against ACA replacement 5 WVU football picks up pair of major-college transfers Former WVC official knows pitfalls of starting new conference Previous Story Putting it all on the line Next Story


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Cleveland ash trees saved
(Cleveland)- Ash trees lining a street on Cleveland's westside are being saved from the Emerald Ash Borer.
Arborjet is injecting 36 trees on W. 50th Street between Franklin and Bridge Avenues with an environmentally friendly treatment that lasts more than two years, and knocks out the ash borer. The treatments are being donated to the city of Cleveland for the next 10 years.
Robert Gorden Director of Urban Forestry with Arborjet says the solution is inserted directly into the tree in one of three ways. One way is through IVs. Their method makes sure nothing goes into the soil or air.
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It's not only better for the environment but treatments also cost less. It's 10 to 20 times less than tree removal and replacement.
Arborjet is doing work around Ohio to fight the Emerald Ash Borer including in Columbus and Dublin.
Arborjet's website describes the Emerald Ash Borer as an invasive pest introduced from Asia. This metallic wood boring beetle was found in Detroit, Michigan and Ontario, Canada in 2002, and has continued to spread into neighboring states and eventually across the U.S. and Canada. The adult is a small, metallic green beetle only 10-15 mm in length and about 3 mm in width. The larvae live under the bark of the tree and feed in the vascular cambium eventually killing the tree. The adults typically emerge around June, leaving d-shaped exit holes in the bark.
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"Golf," said Mark Twain famously, "is a good walk spoiled." But clearly the old curmudgeon never played Sacramento's public golf courses, which are rich in history, challenges and unspoiled fun. Here are a few of the capital city's courses that might have charmed even Twain.
Alister MacKenzie
One of the greatest golf course architects ever designed this 6,991-yard course, voted the top public course in Sacramento and one of the best in California. The designer was Alister MacKenzie, who also designed Augusta National, site of the Masters, and other choice courses. Opened in 1932, it adopted MacKenzie's name as its own and it is now one of two 18-hole courses at the Haggin Golf Complex.
It features five par 5s, each over 500 yards, and five par 3s including the 16th, MacKenzie's 192-yard links-style signature hole. The other course at Haggin is Arcade Creek, an easier layout for beginners and for those who just want to hit it around. Also on site: a lighted driving range, practice greens and bunkers, bar and grill, pro shop and other amenities. 3645 Fulton Ave., Sacramento. 916-481-4653. Guest rate for MacKenzie: $33.
Bing Maloney
An associate of MacKenzie's, M.J. McDonaugh, designed Bing Maloney, a popular par-72, 18-hole course. (There is a 9-holer as well.) A highlight of the Championship 18 is the par-3 No. 3 hole in which you hit over water onto a green that looks like a bean and seems about as small. Resplendent valley oaks border the fairways, a grace point shared by the MacKenzie and other Sacramento links. 6801 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento. 916-808-2283. Guest 18-hole: $28.
William Land
Another course rich with local history, this 6,018-yard municipal favorite came about due to the largesse of William Land, a Sacramento hotelier who donated $250,000 to the city upon his death in 1911 to be used for the public good. And so it has. Golf is only one of the things you can do in William Land Park, a 200-acre public gathering place with children's rides, pony rides, concerts, theatrical plays, sports fields, fishing lake, ample picnicking and more. This is a good place to spend a sunny afternoon. 1701 Sutterville Road, Sacramento. 916-277-1207. Green fees start at $28.50.
Outside Sacramento
If you have a hankering to test your game beyond the city limits, there are lots of choices. The 6,794-yard par-72 Ancil Hoffman Golf Course in suburban Carmichael derives its name from the former county supervisor who once trained and managed heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer. Thus the bar and grill there is called "The Main Event." 6700 Tarshes Dr., Carmichael. 916-482-3813. Standard rate: $28.
And up in Auburn, about an hour's drive east of Sacramento, the Darkhorse Golf Club is located on a former cattle ranch in the Sierra foothills. You will pull a lot of your clubs out of your bag as you swing around the rolling pine and oak terrain. 7,053 yards from the back tees. 24150 Darkhorse Dr., Auburn. 530-269-7900. Starts at $35.
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Roberta lives in Tokyo where she is coordinating a volunteer program with the Japan Baptist Union by finding places in Japan needing a volunteer, and then finding the right volunteer from American Baptist Churches to fit those needs. She also speaks in churches and conducts Bible and English Classes.
Roberta writes with a prayer request: I have been diagnosed with stage 1 endometrial cancer and after an operation in mid-July will have my enforced "vacation" in the form of recuperation. Another bump in the road but this time and at this point, my heart feels at ease. It is only the Lord who could have cleared my schedule in such a way as to make time for such a serious event in the middle of my busiest time of the year. If the Lord is in charge in this way, then who am I to question, "Why now and why me?"
Between the prayer of close friends and a powerful food supplement, at this point I'm feeling physically well and fully expect to fulfill my busy schedule through the end of June.
I really would appreciate your prayers as I prepare to enter Tokyo's Keio University Hospital around the 9th of July. The Japanese system of medical care is such that it may require quite a lengthy hospitalization of two weeks or more. However, although I'll have no family members present, I have so many Japanese friends and colleagues just waiting to cover me with sugar and honey! One person said, "Settle down now, it's our turn to serve you!" How sweet and meaningful that comment was! As the word gets out, people are approaching me with long, sad faces. It is my chance to shine on them the love of Christ. And, I tell them to save that expression for my funeral, not for now! Then we laugh together.
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Fearful dog eager to please, but boyfriend pushes him over threshhold...
Okay... I have posted here and there about my heeler/shepherd mix's fear aggression.
Brief History (I have had him for about 2 years now, rescued at 3yo):
He resource guards "high value" treats - like himalayan chews - from my boyfriend, but not me. Thankfully, I think the resource guarding can be dealt with separately. When offered another treat - even something not as good as what he has - he drops it immediately with no problem. I always praise him for relinquishing the high value item without a fuss. I hope to eliminate the resource guarding completely.
He is protective of me - growls if people approach me on the couch or the bed. I have my boyfriend or whomever bring treats when they approach the couch/bed, and he will pace anxiously until he realizes "TREAT!" Once the person sits down, he gets the treat, he open mouth "smiles" and visibly relaxes. Seems like this is workable.
My problem is trying to keep him below "growling threshhold." He paces/guards more especially when I am eating (ex: paces under the table, lays under the table). I hardly feed him my table scraps AT ALL - other family members are worse offenders with this. But he never gives my dad's wife any grief, never gives me grief, and only occassionally growls at my dad or brother if he is in a situation that he is uncomfortable in. It is a fear warning - if they back off, he stops. He only shows this level of fear aggression with my boyfriend. I am a bystander to it often, but they say he doesn't do it when I am not around.
Okay... so my boyfriend bothers me A LOT with how he handles Oki... and he is the threshhold breaker.
His basic command delivery is so frustrating. I don't blame Oki for becoming anxious. It goes something like this - *obscure hand signal* "OKI! OKI! OKI! OKI! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" THEN he gets mad when the dog doesn't do what he wants. I told my boyfriend - give a CLEAR HAND SIGNAL. ONE TIME. ONE VERBAL CUE. But he JUST KEEPS DOING IT.
Even worse, when Oki begins to pace/guard me while I am eating, my boyfriend raises his voice and blurts commands, so it becomes, "OKI! OKI! OKI! OKI! OUT! OUT! OUT! NO! NO! NO!" So then Oki's anxiety sets in... he doesn't understand the command, this guy is raising his voice at him, walking towards him, trying to force him out of the room. A FEARFUL DOG. It is at this point that my dog devolves into a barking snarling nightmare pacing quickly around the room trying avoid him but be near me at the same time.
I know I need to be a part of the solution too. I can't just LET him think it's okay to growl at people because I am somewhere. I try to keep him out of my direct path so he cannot guard me from others. I try to keep him good and tired or occupied. I try to keep him in another room when I am eating. I know Oki expects me as the pack leader to "save him" from my boyfriend approaching him that way which Oki interprets as a threat.
But my boyfriend does not help the situation. When I intervene or say anything, then I am "siding with the dog" and "blaming him for everything."
But seriously, the way he is towards him, he is cruising for a bite. And I really don't want that...
/end rant.
*sigh* Any training suggestions to help my boyfriend foster a positive relationship with Oki? Methods to break this to my boyfriend? Ways to bolster my dog's confidence? (I definitely want to buy a starter agility set for the backyard)
I would love to hear anything at this point... I feel like I am taking crazy pills...
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What phase?? Or do you mean what phrase?
Since the Constitution was nowhere near written when the Declaration was written, signed, and published, I'm not sure how you could answer such a question.
And, finally, you need to keep in mind that the phrase "separation of church and state" is not literally in the Constitution. That phrase came from another source:
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This year, for the first time, we decided our Brazilian Black Belt BJJ CAMP will not be in Rio de Janeiro,
but instead we will make it in GREECE.
Both Comprido and I have visited the location and its wonderful.
Located 30 minutes from Athens, something that will allow us to visit all the sight seems and still be steps away from the beach,
just like our traditional CAMP in Rio.
This CAMP will be in September 10, best time of the year to visit this area, perfect weather and warm waters.
The location we have found, allow us to keep the successful program we had in Buzios, everyone stay together the entire time, same place, day and night.
We think this is going to get full fill very fast, which is why Im giving you the heads up, let me know
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Mental health
Mental health research: Falling through the gaps
Priorities for research into mental illness in the developing world are not the same as those in the West, writes Katherine Nightingale. There are 450 million people around the world living with a mental disorder.
Brain drain shrinks mental care
Emigration, he said, was the main reason for the shortage in the public sector, coupled with the loss of psychiatrists to private practice. Roughly one in seven South Africans has a diagnosable mental illness, Allers added. The national director of the South African Federation for Mental Health, Solly Mokgata, said: Without access to services, a lot of people with psychiatric illnesses end up on the street, where they are open to abuse or they end up committing abuses. The national Health Department's policy is to deliver mental care as part of its primary healthcare services, yet professionals this week said these services were often over-extended or simply unobtainable. In the past, psychiatric nurses played a crucial role in managing mental health patients, said Allers. But now the posts for psychiatric nurses have virtually disappeared. Mental illnesses are usually treatable, with only about 10% of patients needing hospitalisation. Dr Sean Kaliski, head of the Forensic Unit at Valkenberg Hospital in Cape Town, said: We constantly have about 40 to 50 people waiting for observation as we only have 15 beds. South Africa has 19 specialised psychiatric hospitals. Allers said suicide rates were rising in black communities and rural areas. A recent study of 30 suicides in the Transkei linked 87% of them to poverty and 23% to alcoholism.(Source: Claire Keeton: The Sunday Times, 24 August 2003)
Mental Health Services Research Review
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South Africa has undergone major changes in the last decade. These have had an impact on health systems and services in the country. Mental Health is an area that has been underdeveloped, under-resourced and lacked priority in the past. With political transformation, mental health has been prioritised and there has been extensive policy development in the field of mental health. There is a concern however, that implementation is lagging behind, and that there are significant obstacles in the way of effective implementation.
Mental Health Services Research Review - Proceedings of the Dissemination Workshop held on 20 June 2001
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BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTIONS: The Health Systems Trust has funded a significant number of research projects related to Mental Health Services since its inception. There was a perception that there was a lot of duplication of research, and that the findings of research projects were not reaching key stakeholders, and thus not impacting on policy or implementation of services. There was also a lack of any systematic review of the field. With this in mind, the Health Systems Trust commissioned a project to review research that has been conducted in the field of Mental Health Services. The objectives of the project are thus: - To compile and communicate the findings and recommendations of existing research on mental health services to all role-players - To identify gaps in existing work - To make recommendations for future research - To identify obstacles or barriers to the implementation of research recommendations - To facilitate the sharing of information amongst key stakeholders OBJECTIVES OF DISSEMINATION WORKSHOP: 1. To confirm a mental health services research agenda for the Health Systems Trust (and possibly also for Essential National Mental Health Research). 2. To make recommendations for good research practices/processes in mental health services research. 3. To make recommendations for a dissemination strategy for Mental Health Services research that will reach all role players. Fifty key role-players in the mental health services field were invited to attend the dissemination workshop. The invitees were selected in terms of their positions and also in terms of their response to previous contact within the context of this project. There were thirty-eight participants at the workshop.
Assembly passes Mental Healthcare Bill
THE Mental Healthcare Bill will significantly change the lives of people with mental disabilities and help improve South Africa's mental health status, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Tuesday. Introducing debate on the measure in the National Assembly, Tshabalala-Msimang said she was confident it captured all the main recommendations of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) 2001 world mental health report.
Towards an Integrated Mental Health Service - A situation analysis of the Lower Orange District
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Since 1994, the direction of national policy has been towards the integration of mental health services into the primary healthcare system, thus ending years of segregation and stigmatisation of psychiatric patients. National policy also envisions the development of psychiatric services so as to reflect a broader definition of mental health, incorporating preventive activities and substance abuse services.
Mental Health in South Africa
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Mental health has over many decades acquired the unwelcome reputation of being a pariah or stepchild of the health services. This was partly because it was narrowly understood as psychiatric illness, an area of concern for only psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, patients and their families. However, the past three to four years have seen mental health care steadily moving out of this quarantine, towards mainstream health care. Also, mental health care has begun to address issues that distress South Africans on a day to day basis such as crime, violence and HIV/AIDS. This is starting to change peoples perceptions of mental health as an abstract, mysterious set of interventions, to an understanding that this is a component of health that addresses issues of general psychological well being and problems of day-to-day living. This transformation of mental health has been made possible by a diversity of developments, pioneered by the Mental Health Directorate in the National Department of Health, working in conjunction with provincial departments of health, non-governmental organisations and other interest groups. Some of these developments deserve special mention: * The Draft Mental Health Bill of 1999 which was published for public comment in the Government Gazette on the 4th February 2000. This draft Bill provides the legislative framework for the provision of mental health care in a humane manner, based on the individual rights espoused by our Constitution, and resonant with the times in which we live. Should this Bill be passed in the year 2000, as it is intended, this will be an important milestone. The new challenge that will obviously arise from this is the formulation of pragmatic implementation strategies. * Violence Surveillance Project, undertaken by the Mental Health Directorate in conjunction with the Institute for Health and Social Sciences, as part of the National Crime Prevention Strategy * Training of Primary Health Care Workers in Victim Empowerment * Development of Secondary level studies for Victims of Violence * Development, together with the Centre for the Study of Violence, of the Violence Prevention Project in Schools * Collaboration between the Mental Health and HIV/AIDS directorates to develop policies for pre-and-post test counselling of individuals * Development, together with Columbia University in New York, of interventions to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in institutions for people with intellectual disabilities The above areas of focus do not imply that people with psychiatric illness have been neglected. The Mental Health Directorate has also paid attention to: Development of Norms for Severe Psychiatric Care and Standards for monitoring Quality of Care in institutions providing mental health care. This was done together with the University of Cape Town. De-institutionalisation of people with mental health problems, to provide care in a milieu as close to the family of the patients as possible. This project was done together with the Centre for Health Policy (CHP) (see Research hot off the Press). Identification of barriers to the implementation of findings of mental health research. Areas of focus where more attention is needed include: Integration of mental health care into Primary Health Care (PHC) based on the District Health System. A lot of effort has been dedicated to this, for instance, by the Community-based Mental Health Project (CMHP), attached to the University of Durban-Westville. A scientific evaluation by an external team that could help to identify factors that facilitate and those that inhibit integration would be useful. Identification of barriers to the implementation of mental health research findings, most of which have been hailed as breaking new ground. Strengthening the capacity of provincial departments of health (and welfare) to translate the mental health policies of the national department into workable strategies. Focusing on the issues that affect us a nation on a daily basis such as crime and violence will almost certainly enhance peoples understanding of mental health as an integral aspect of daily living and not as a far-off illness that only affects some people who are hidden away in institutions. Of course, results speak louder than aspirations, and I have begun to see some of the interventions, for instance, the training of health workers in victim empowerment, beginning to enhance confidence and change attitudes. The formulation of the legislation is another important development. The partnership between the Mental Health Directorate and various NGOs, academic institutions and other interest groups, in enhancing the mental health care of the people of South Africa, as already been highlighted, is commendable. So although there is still a long way to go before the mental health system in South Africa approaches the ideal for this country, some important steps forward have been taken and the future looks promising.
Is deinstitutionalisation appropriate?
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Discharge potential and service needs of psychiatric inpatients in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, South Africa. See brief article in HST Update 50


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Lifting day. As mentioned before they go M-W-F.
Nikki Taylor said she's been cleared to run, saying it's 'baby steps.'
There continues to be music played during practice for the first time I can recall. Heavy on the country towards the end.
Afternoon practice spirited and loose. Ah Mow-Santos set one side, Wong the other for a bit during warmups. They went into a scrimmage, pretty evenly matched. Magill and Adolpho are usually on the same team. They started out that way then Adolpho switched to the other to have her matched up with Magill. Good competition there. A number of long rallies.
Asked Shoji if he had a depth chart yet, He said by Friday. Asked how he thought things were going . He said good, they were getting better, and they missed Nikki.


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We had a Las Vegas attorney inthese classe with Jim Neff at Rio Salado in Phoenix. last year.
Then you have to get into the intensive training crowd.
If you can possibly get into one of Mas Ayoob classes that should take priority. massadayoobgroup.com.
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I'm in. It's suppose to warm up later this week. I heard 62 on Monday.
This is a discussion on New Subie owner(north Nj) within the Tri-State forums, part of the Regional Discussion category; I'm in. It's suppose to warm up later this week. I heard 62 on Monday....
I'm in. It's suppose to warm up later this week. I heard 62 on Monday.
May I suggest Mohawk House near Sparta. I think that would be a good place. Decent sized parking lot, weeknights aren't too busy and weekends for lunch aren't either, and an outstanding beer selection (if everyone's of legal age of course).
I'll be moving back up to Bergen CO in about a month. How soon are you guys wanting to get together?
hey, im in bergen county too and deff down for a meet
What nights would be good for everyone. I'd assume weekends would be best for mostly everyone.
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We just need someone to set it up. Im not a good planner.
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Mohawk House. May 3rd. @ 8:30 PM. How does this sound to everyone?
OP sorry for hijacking your thread!
Sounds good to me. No need to apologize someone had to start planning it.
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Mohawk house is in Sparta?
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Its about a 45min to 1 hr drive from Bergen county. This is deff more of a North West NJ meet up https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mo...5af5bacca3d1ee
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A series of programs sponsored by the New York Legal Counsel. The Honorable Arthur J. W. Hilly hosts Legal Problems Explained. Listeners are encouraged to write in with legal questions, to which Hilly gives general legal advice. Topics covered in this episode: property owner's and renter's rights when property has been acquired by the City through Eminent Domain.
Judge Hilly expounds at great length on Court Case 283.US 336 (1931): New Jersey v. The City of New York, about a water supply dispute between NYC and New Jersey. Water use habits, water conservation and climate statistics are all included in this attorney's analysis, as well as praise for the NYC engineers who designed and built the city's water supply system.
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Publisher: arXiv 2012
Number of pages: 279
In these lecture notes we discuss the solution theory of geometric wave equations as they arise in Lorentzian geometry: for a normally hyperbolic differential operator the existence and uniqueness properties of Green functions and Green operators is discussed including a detailed treatment of the Cauchy problem on a globally hyperbolic manifold both for the smooth and finite order setting.
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Newell William Banks never got to play chess games online. He was an American checkers and chess master, and was thought to be one of the finest checker players of all time. Due to a long life of ninety or so years, he spent much of it facing opponents across a checkerboard.
He began playing the game very early in life and it has been noted that Newell Banks played his first game of blindfold checkers somewhere between the age of five and a half and seven years at the Detroit Chess and Checker Club.
The child prodigy obviously would have spent many hours practicing moves and playing checker games with numerous different opponents. A player may possess a natural skill that surpasses ordinary playing, but he would still have to devote serious time to develop the inherent ability and to hone the craft to the next level of expertise. This is best done through countless hours of tireless play across the checkerboard.
While studying the game of checkers, checkers champion Newell Banks also developed an interest in the game of chess, and over the years, he excelled at both board games. Newell Banks learned the moves of chess at home from his father. In 1901, at the age of 14, Banks met a Russian refugee, named Schiffman. Before leaving Europe, he had assisted two aspiring young players, who were called Rubinstein and Salve. When Schiffman saw the potential in Newell, he took an interest in the young boy, who from then on progressed rapidly in the game of checkers.
This is indeed a rare phenomenon, for most chess players would likely favor and eventually choose one or the other sport to play in competitions. Banks seemed to enjoy devoting time to both and challenged many masters with equal time in checker and chess tournament matches.
In 1907, at the young age of 21, Newell Banks won the U.S.A. Championship in a checker match where he defeated Hugh Henderson, a strong Scottish player, now residing in the U.S. During the month of August 1912, the second American Checker Association tournament was held at the Breakers Hotel with a purse of $1000 as the prize fund. The tournament and its purse attracted the interest of forty masters and some checker players of lesser skill.
Missing from this event were the former U.S. champion, Charles Barker, who had died three years prior at age 51, and A. J. Heffner, who was unable to get time away from his position as a railway clerk. Among the contenders of the second tournament were such favorites as two "transplants" to America: the former English champion, Alfred Jordan, and a Scottish competitor for the championship of his native country, Hugh Henderson, who settled in the coal district of Pennsylvania. Henderson believed that he had been unjustly passed over as the fifth member of the Scottish team in 1905 in favor of checker master, James Searight.
The forty checker contenders were divided into four groups of ten each, wherein they played a two game round robin, with the high four from each group advancing to the single knock-out master's tourney.
The sixteen players to advance to the checker tournament finals were: Newell Banks, Alfred Jordan, Hugh Henderson, Harry Lieberman, H.B. Reynolds, Louis Ginsberg, Patrick Whalen, John F. Horr, Julius D'Orio, F. R. Wendemuth, L. J. Goldsmith, A. J. Klinka, T. J. Harrigan, Sunset Bell, H. O. Newcombe, and L. R. Winnemore.
In the second round, Henderson defeated Horr with a score of 3-1-4, Reynolds defeated Whalen, Jordan beat Ginsberg, and Newell Banks was defeated by Harry Lieberman. After this hard checker match against John Horr, Hugh Henderson defeated Alfred Jordan in the semi-finals, and Reynolds in the finals to become the first American Checker Association and National Champion. This was a feat that he had been unable to accomplish in his native Scotland.
Banks Play Chess Game Quotes
In A Chess Omnibus, where he stated that'Draughts is 80% memory, 20% intuition; chess precisely the reverse'. This statement came from an article by Banks that was entitled 'Chess and its Sister Game'.
In the May 1939 issue of CHESS, several other of Newell Banks' quotes on the two sister games of checkers and chess were given:
(1) 'Chess is played with 32 pieces on 64 squares, draughts (checkers) with 24 pieces on 32, so that obviously there must be many more possibilities in chess, and consequently more complications. Complications do not always mean science.'
(2) 'Chess is a game of the opening and middle game; checkers of the ending. Four out of every five games of chess are decided in the first 30 or 40 moves; only occasionally does a player wrest a win out of an originally even endgame. On the other hand, middle game combinations in draughts are rare, at any rate between good players, most games being decided only in the concluding stages.'
(3) 'A chess position is easier to size up. You can often find the weaknesses in one player's game at a glance, he has a bad pawn position or an exposed king, or such like. At draughts a weakness may be most subtly concealed, only to be exploited by one single delicately timed sequence of moves.'
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Valentine's Day is coming! In Japan, only girls give CHOCOLATES to boys or girls. So, if you were a unlcuky boy, this day would be tough, haha. To be fair, there is a day one month later called White day that Japanese made up. Girls are paid back! Anyway, I first time baked Gateau au Chocolat cake. It's sorta chocolate cake but heavier and thick. It's actually easy to make it and it went pretty good. I gave it to my friends and family and my cake definitely made them happpy! yay!
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If you manage an online work schedule and spend a lot of time surfing the internet, there are high chances that you get spam emails every day.
Spam emails directly affect your productivity – you spend quite a few minutes reading the subject lines, the message body and then delete it from your inbox.
There is a simple way to deal with email spam – do not share your email address with people you don't trust.
You must be thinking – "Now wait a second, I can't afford to hide my email address when a prospect walks in, how can I share my email address and yet reduce email spam at the same time?"
Whspr [1] is the answer! It's a site that lets you create email aliases so that you can share an email alias with anyone, while keeping your real email address "private".
The idea is very simple – you use the Whspr service to create an email address in the form of http://whspr.me/XXX. This email alias is nothing but a pointer to your real email address (let's say email@example.com). Whenever you want to share your real email address with anyone, just give him the email alias.
After some days, if you continue to get spam emails from the person with whom you shared your email address – simply delete your email alias. Hence, your real email address is kept private while you can share a contact address with anyone on the internet.
Let's learn how you can create an email alias using the Whspr website:
1. Go to the home page of Whspr and enter your real email address in the text box, as shown below:
2. Enter the expiration time of your email alias in the "Expire in" textbox. The expiry time can be set for any period of time – say one week or 6 months.
3. Now hit the "Create my Whspr" button and you are done! The site will instantly create a random email alias and show you the address, as shown below:
4. Take note of this email alias because you will use this address to share your email address privately.
Whenever you want to share your email address with anyone, just send them the address of your email alias. The person who wants to contact you will see the following interface:
To send an email to you, all one needs is to enter the message and his email address in the respective fields and hit "Send". You will receive the message in your inbox instantly.
The email message which you will receive looks like any other email, as shown below
The sender of this email never sees your real email address.
This is very useful when you are sharing information in social networking sites, forums , blogs or in any other website which is "public". Consider a situation where someone asks for your email address in an open forum thread.
You don't want to expose your email address, yet want to build a relationship with the person.
In such situations, the email alias trick will come in handy. There are no limitations on the number of email alias you can create with Whspr.
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This creamy concoction is a perfect dip for a variety of colorful veggies. Served in a cabbage bowl, it's sure to draw attention on a buffet table. "My guests never notice that this is lower in fat and sodium than traditional ranch-style dips," writes Carol Gaus of Itasca, Illinois.
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- 1 cup (8 ounces) fat-free plain yogurt
- 2/3 cup fat-free sour cream
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
- 1 tablespoon minced chives
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- Assorted fresh vegetables
- In a small bowl, whisk together the first 13 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. Serve with fresh vegetables. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Ranch Yogurt Dip in Light & Tasty June/July 2003
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