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U.S. Soccer Wire: 2001 MLS Cup Finalists to be Decided Wednesday, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final Less Than Two Weeks Away
GAME 3 WINNERS TO MEET OCT. 21 AT CREW STADIUM LIVE ON ABC AT 12:30 ET: Both MLS semifinals come down to dramatic Game Threes on Wednesday, as the Chicago Fire need a win at home against the Los Angeles Galaxy, and Miami and San Jose both need a win to move on after splitting the first two games in the series. The Fire and Galaxy drew 1-1 in the series opener in Chicago last Wednesday, before L.A. rebounded for a 1-0 win in Los Angeles on Saturday. Both of the first two series games have gone into overtime. A Chicago win would leave both teams level with four points, and a mini-game would follow as part of the new "First to Five" MLS playoff system. Miami and San Jose can both advance with a win, or a mini-game will follow if the match ends in a draw. The Fusion edged the Earthquakes on a lone Preki goal last Wednesday, but fell in San Jose 4-0 this weekend as midfielder Manny Lagos provided two goals and an assist. The two series winners will then head to Columbus, Ohio, where they will meet just four days later for the 2001 MLS Cup on Sunday (Oct. 21) at Crew Stadium. The championship match will be televised live in ABC at 12:30 p.m. ET.
GALAXY MEET REVS FOR OPEN CUP FINAL AT CAL STATE-FULLERTON ON OCT. 27: The 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, which will pit Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy against the New England Revolution, is less than two weeks away. The Oct. 27 championship match will be played at Titan Stadium, on the campus of Cal State Fullerton, in Fullerton, Calif., and televised live at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET) on Fox Sports World and Fox Sports World Español. The Galaxy-Revs showdown will crown a new Open Cup Champion as both MLS squads are making their first appearance in the tournament final. Los Angeles earned their berth to the 2001 final after battling to a hard fought 1-0 semifinal victory in sudden-death overtime over last year's Open Cup Champion Chicago Fire on August 22 in Fullerton, Calif. In the other semifinal, the surprising New England Revolution blanked the 1996 U.S. Open Cup champion D.C. United 2-0 at Foxboro Stadium on Aug. 22, where the team played four straight matches en route to the final. Tickets for the 2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final are priced at $30 for VIP Midfield, $20 for West Sideline Bleachers and $15 East Sidelines and are available through the Cal State Fullerton Athletic Department at 714-CSU-CSUF (714-278-2783). New England fans can also purchase tickets through the Revolution by calling 508-384-9143.
SIGN UP AT USSOCCERFAN.COM FOR PRIORITY WORLD CUP 2002 TICKET LIST: As a member of ussoccerfan.com, soccer fans can receive exclusive information and other offers available only to U.S. Soccer's registered on-line fan base. For the first time ever, FIFA has complete control over ticketing and has not delegated the ticket sales to an international Tour Operator Program, instead opting to supply the maximum number of tickets to the domestic and international public. The ticket number for fans in the United States has not yet been determined. FIFA has stated there will be approximately 3.2 million tickets available for sale, with those numbers being broken down as follows: a) 1.5 million tickets to be sold in Korea and Japan; b) 1.5 million tickets to be sold internationally (with 880,000 being distributed to the public), with a majority of those going to the 30 finalists; c) 620,000 to be distributed to FIFA partners and Host Broadcast Services); and d) 200,000 tickets to be distributed to FIFA Executives, officials, media personnel and other guests.
WORLD CUP-BOUND U.S. MNT TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA FOR DEC. 9 FRIENDLY: The World Cup-bound U.S. Men's National Team will play an international friendly against 2002 World Cup co-host South Korea at Jeju Stadium in Seogwipo, Jeju Province on Dec. 9, at 3 p.m. local time (2 a.m. ET). The USA is coming off its record-setting performance, in which the team qualified for its fourth consecutive World Cup finals. By virtue of defeating Jamaica 2-1 at Foxboro Stadium on October 7 and both Honduras and Mexico failing to win the same day, the U.S. earned the second of three CONCACAF qualifying berths for 2002 Korea/Japan. The United States will play its remaining match of the final round hexagonal away to Trinidad and Tobago on November 11 (live on ABC at 2 p.m. ET). The United States has never defeated South Korea, holding a 0-2-1 lifetime record in three previous meetings. The teams last met in a prelude to World Cup USA '94, drawing 1-1 in Fullerton, Calif., in March of that year. South Korea will be making its fifth consecutive appearance in the Finals, having qualified for every tournament since 1986 and receiving a berth in next year's tournament as a host country.
UPDATE ON EUROPEAN-BASED MNT PLAYERS: Goalkeeper Brad Friedel had an easy time in goal on Sunday, as Blackburn resumed play in the English Premiership with a huge 7-1 win against West Ham. Friedel has only allowed 11 goals in nine league matches, while posting one shutout. The win propels Blackburn to eighth in the Premiership, with 12 points from nine matches. U.S. captain Claudio Reyna started and played the first 83 minutes in a 3-1 win against Kilmarnock on Saturday. Reyna has now started the last two matches for Rangers, after missing a month of matches with an injury. Rangers are in second place in the Scottish Premier League, four points clear of third place, but trailing leading Celtic by seven points. Forward Jovan Kirovskiscored his second goal of the year in the 41st minute of Crystal Palace's 4-0 home win over Wimbledon, their fifth straight league win. Palace (21points) is now in fourth place with two games in hand on second-place Burnley (22 points). Midfielder John Thorrington played all 90 minutes as Huddersfield Town lost its second consecutive match, falling to Brighton & Hove 2-1. Since making appearances off the bench in Town's first three matches, Thorrington has become a regular in the Huddersfield line-up, playing 90 minutes in each of the last 11 matches. Earnie Stewart made two substitute appearances for NAC Breda this past week, coming off the bench to play the final 22 minutes in a 2-1 win against bottom-dwellers Roda JC on October 9, just two days after helping the U.S. secure a place in Korea/Japan 2002. Stewart again came off the bench this weekend, playing the entire second half in a scoreless draw with FC Den Bosch. Defender David Regis returned to the field for the first time since his inspiring performance against Jamaica, playing 90 minutes in a 2-0 loss to Marseille on Saturday. Metz are in 15th place, sitting just above relegation zone. Tony Sanneh played all 90 minutes in Nurnberg's 3-0 loss to Werder Bremen on Saturday. Sanneh has started all 10 games for his Bundesliga side this season. With the loss, promoted Nurnberg sit at 16 in the 18-team top division. Cory Gibbs played 90 minutes again for FC St. Pauli, playing the entire match for the fourth straight game. St. Pauli drew 2-2 with SC Freiburg and still sit at the bottom of the German Bundesliga with four points from nine matches. Defender Steve Cherundolo scored his first goal of the season in Hannover's 6-1 romp against SV Babelsberg. Cherundolo, who played all 90 minutes, scored his squad's second goal in the 27th minute. Unbeaten Hannover (6-0-3) stands in second place in Germany's second division, just one point behind Mainz. Joe Enochs went 90 minutes VfL Osnabruck's 1-1 draw with Fortuna Dusseldorf. Enochs has started in all 13 matches for Osnabruck this year, playing all 90 minutes in all but one of games.
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U.S. LEGEND MICHELLE AKERS ENDS FINAL CHAPTER OF STORIED PLAYING CAREER: Michelle Akers, the most decorated woman in soccer history, announced last week that she has decided to end her soccer career after more than 15 years as a pioneer and legend with the U.S. Women's National Team. Akers, an Olympic gold medalist ('96), a two-time World Champion ('91 and '99) and recently named "Player of the Century" by FIFA, retired from international soccer in 2000 due to injuries. After spending the Inaugural Season of the new Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) on the Injured Reserve list, the 35-year-old native of Orlando, Fla., was hoping to return for the 2002 season, but her fourth and fifth shoulder surgeries in 2001 have made it impossible to return to the game. Akers finished her spectacular international career among the all-time WNT leaders in caps (153 - 7th), goals (105 - 2nd), assists (37 - 7th) and total points (247 - 2nd).
HEINRICHS TO HOLD ALL-WUSA TRAINING CAMP FROM OCT. 23-31 IN SAN DIEGO: U.S. WNT head coach April Heinrichs will bring 20 players to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., from Oct. 23-31 to work with the best and brightest young talent in the WUSA. Aside from the 33-year-old Joy Fawcett, who is still coming back from the birth of her third child, the oldest player in camp will be 26-year-old Shannon MacMillan. The other eighteen players range in age from 21-25 and all played in the WUSA during the inaugural season. Forward Danielle Fotopoulos, a member of the 1999 Women's World Cup Team who finished tied for fifth in the league in scoring with nine goals and five assists, gets her first call-back to the national team since having a baby in November of 2000. Her teammate on the '99 champions, Tiffany Roberts, also got the call-up. The following is the complete 20-player roster, listed by position and with WUSA club in parentheses:
Goalkeepers: Lakeysia Beene (San Jose CyberRays), Jamie Pagliarulo (San Diego Spirit);
Defenders: Kylie Bivens (Atlanta Beat), Staci Burt (Carolina Courage), Joy Fawcett (San Diego Spirit), Kelly Lindsey (Bay Area CyberRays), Heather Mitts (Philadelphia Charge), Tiffeny Roberts (Carolina Courage), Kate Sobrero (Boston Breakers), Lindsay Stoecker (Washington, D.C. Freedom);
Midfielders: Shannon Boxx (San Diego Spirit), Lorrie Fair (Philadelphia Charge), Jen Grubb (Washington Freedom), Shannon MacMIllan (San Diego Spirit), Nikki Serlenga (Atlanta Beat);
Forwards: Mandy Clemens (Philadelphia Charge), Deidre Enos (Philadelphia Charge), Danielle Fotopoulos (Carolina Courage), Tara Kolseki (San Diego Spirit), Cindy Parlow (Atlanta Beat).
U.S. UNDER-19 WOMEN'S TO CONDUCT CAMP AT OTC FROM OCT. 20-28: U.S. Under-19 Women's National Team head coach Tracey Leone will bring 24 players to an eight-day training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., from Oct. 20-28 as she continues preparations towards qualifying for the first-ever FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championships to be held in Canada during the summer of 2002. All of the players called in are currently in high school as Leone's college-aged players in the pool are all competing for their universities. Following is the roster with positions and hometowns:
Goalkeepers: Kim Bingham (San Ramon, Calif.), Ashlyn Harris (Satellite Beach, Fla.), Kate Taylor (Menomonee Falls, Wis.);
Defenders: Rachel Buehler (Del Mar, Calif.), Kendall Fletcher (Cary, N.C.), Kelly Hammond (Bowie, Md.), Heidi Hollenbeck (Hartland, Wisc.), Christie Shaner (Ambler, Pa.), Amy Steadman (Brevard, N.C.), Allie True (Alamo, Calif.);
Midfielders: Lori Chalupny (Chesterfield, Mo.), Brittany Cooper (Albuquerque, N.M.), Shannon Foley (Rancho SM, Calif.), Allison Graham (Fayetteville, Ga.), Manya Makoski (Trumbell, Conn.), Jill Oakes (West Hills, Calif.), Heather O'Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J.), Kacey White (Arlington, Texas);
Forwards: Ali Andrzjewski (Lutherville, Md.), Jenny Farenbaugh (Reseda, Calif.), Noelle Keselica (Gaithursburg, Md.), Katie Rivera (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Lindsay Tarpley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Kristin Weiss (Brecksville, Ohio).
MEDIA ACCREDITATION NOW OPEN FOR 2002 WORLD CUP FINAL DRAW IN BUSAN: FIFA announced last week that press (print and online media, as well as photographers) interested in covering the Final Draw of the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan can now apply for accreditation online at www.FIFA.com. The Final Draw ceremony will be held on Dec. 1 at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center in Busan, Korea. The application can be found in section "Various Announcements" section on the home page or in the "Media Services" are in the 2002 FIFA World Cup section. Broadcasters will have to apply for accreditation via the rights-holding agency Prisma Sports at www.prismasports.com.
ISRAEL-AUSTRIA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING MATCH RESCHEDULED FOR OCT. 27: In consultation with the national associations of Israel and Austria, FIFA announced last week that UEFA Group 7 qualifying match between the two countries that was scheduled for Oct. 7 will now take place on Saturday, Oct. 27. The match was originally postponed after a flight from Tel Aviv crashed into the Black Sea on Oct. 4.
MLS TO ANNOUNCE YEAR-END AWARDS FOR 2001 SEASON THIS WEEK: With two MLS Cup Playoff Semifinal Series remaining to determine the participants in MLS Cup 2001, Major League Soccer unveiled the finalists for 10 of the league's prestigious end-of-season awards last week. The winners will be announced daily from today through Sunday's championship game. Listed alphabetically by last name, position and team are the three finalists for each of the respective 2001 MLS end-of-season awards:
2001 Honda Most Valuable Player
Jeff Agoos, D, S.J. Earthquakes
Alex Pineda Chacon, M, Miami Fusion
Diego Serna, F, Miami Fusion
MLS Defender of the Year
Jeff Agoos, S.J. Earthquakes
Carlos Llamosa, Miami Fusion
Pablo Mastroeni, Miami Fusion
Goalkeeper of the Year
Joe Cannon, S.J. Earthquakes
Tim Howard, MetroStars
Zach Thornton, Chicago Fire
Coach of the Year
Bob Bradley, Chicago Fire
Ray Hudson, Miami Fusion
Frank Yallop, S.J. Earthquakes
Rookie of the Year
Rodrigo Faria, F, MetroStars
Santino Quaranta, F, D.C. United
Ryan Suarez, D, Dallas Burn
Goal of the Year
Brian Maisonneuve, M, Columbus Crew
Clint Mathis, M, MetroStars
Peter Nowak, M, Chicago Fire
Comeback Player of the Year
Troy Dayak, D, S.J. Earthquakes
Brian Maisonneuve, M, Columbus Crew
Eric Wynalda, F, Chicago Fire
MLS Fair Play Award (Individual)
Marcelo Balboa, D, Colorado Rapids
Alex Pineda Chacon, M, Miami Fusion
Mark Chung, M, MetroStars
RHINOS WIN THIRD A-LEAGUE TITLE IN FOUR YEARS WITH 2-0 WIN OVER WILDCATS: The Rochester Raging Rhinos won their third A-League title in the past four seasons and extended their club's domination with a 2-0 shutout of the Hershey Wildcats at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y., this weekend. The Rhinos, who became the first team in league history to repeat as champions, have now won three titles in six seasons of existence. Rochester defeated Minnesota 3-1 in last year's final, two seasons after downing the Thunder by the same score in 1998. The Rhinos also won the 1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, giving them a major title in each of the last four years. Midfielder Stoian Mladenov provided all the offense in the Rhinos' win, scoring first in the 69th minute, beating A-League Goalkeeper of the Year Jon Busch to the left post. Mladenov, who was named MVP of the final, then dashed any dwindling hopes the Wildcats may have had when he netted his second goal of the night with less than three minutes left in regulation.
PRO TEAMS IN NEW YORK, D.C. JOIN TOGETHER FOR "UNITY GAMES" BENEFIT SERIES: The four Division I professional soccer teams in the New York/New Jersey and Washington D.C. areas, the MetroStars and D.C. United of MLS along with the New York Power and Washington Freedom of the WUSA, will join together to raise funds for those affected by the Sept. 11 tragedy by hosting the "Unity Games," to be held on Oct. 28 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey and on Nov. 3 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Tickets for both double-headers will be $20, with all proceeds going to the relief and recovery effort from the tragedies in New York City and Washington, D.C. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets in the New York/New Jersey and Washington, D.C. areas. Tickets will also be available in New York by calling the MetroStars ticket office at 1-888-4-METROTIX, the New York Power ticket office at 1-866-POWRTIX, or by visiting www.metrostars.com or www.nypower.com.
PEAK PERFORMANCE: Midfielder Stoian Mladenov was "the man" in the middle for the Rochester Raging Rhinos this weekend, scoring both goals in the team's 2-0 win over the Hershey Wildcats in the 2001 A-League Final at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y. The Bulgarian star, who picked up final MVP honors, came to the Rhinos in mid-season via a trade with the Minnesota Thunder and was selected to the A-League First Team after leading Rochester in assists (eight) and finishing second in points with 22.
MARQUEE MATCH-UP: With both MLS playoff series being decided by the deciding Game Three, Wednesday night's twin bill threatens to be more exciting than Sunday's MLS Cup at Columbus Crew Stadium. No matter what the outcome of the semi-finals, the championship match will pit a MLS Cup rookie (San Jose or Miami) with a team that's been there before (Chicago or Los Angeles). Tune in Sunday on ABC at 12:30 p.m. ET to see whether it will be the newcomer or the veteran who will be crowned champion of Year 6.
SOCCER SHOCKER: Real Madrid fell to 16th in La Liga after a scoreless draw with Alaves over the weekend. The Spanish giants have just eight points from their first nine games, and have already lost three matches. While winning the title in 2000-2001, Madrid lost just six times in 38 matches opposite 24 wins. Many observers handed over La Liga title when Madrid purchased Zinedine Zidane in the off-season for a record sum of more than $60 million dollars, just one year after breaking the bank for Luis Figo.
"We heard the things that Landon (Donovan) said about how he's going to have a great celebration when he scores. I didn't see Landon's celebrations tonight. I must have missed it."
- Miami midfielder Jim Rooney, after the Fusion's 1-0 win in their playoff opener. Donovan would go on to open the scoring in the Earthquakes 4-0 route in Game 2 on Sunday.


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The original Heidi's Brooklyn Deli will close this month in Highland
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The original location of Heidi's Brooklyn Deli, at 3130 Lowell Boulevard, will close on Monday, November 26, due to an unresolvable dispute with the landlord. Owners Heidi and Steve Naples are currently looking for a new space in the area, but plans are still tentative. See also: - Tavern 13 reopening in former Heidi's space on South Broadway - Venue Bistro closes in Highland - Historic Save: The Oriental Theater comes back to life
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Sam Bradford and the St. Louis Rams offense won't be facing "vanilla" when the Arizona Cardinals come to town for Sunday's season opener. Todd Bowles, Arizona's new defensive coordinator, will bring the pressure early and often in an attempt to rattle Bradford and allow his defensive playmakers to make something happen.
While Bowles is new as the defensive coordinator, he inherits a group of talented defenders who are capable of disrupting opposing offensive schemes. Calais Campbell and Karlos Dansby anchor a front seven that can get after the quarterback while Patrick Peterson and Jerraud Powers, acquired during the off season from Indianapolis, give the Cardinals two of the best cover corners in the league. Tyrann "Honey Badger" Mathieu should also see plenty of snaps in nickel situations.
Bowles history has been one of bringing pressure. As a player, he learned under Joe Gibbs, Larry Peccatiello and Richie Petitbone, and has coached with both Ryan brothers among others.
Under Bowles, the Cardinals will bring pressure from a variety of directions, all out of a base 3-4 defensive set. They'll blitz from the outside with Campbell, from the inside with Dansby, and bring safeties and corners as well. Their defensive goal is to get into the offensive backfield and disrupt the offense's rhythm. This is something Sam Bradford knows the Rams have to be prepared for.
"They do have a tendency to blitz, especially when they stay in their base personnel group. Some of those are only five man pressures, but when they stay base I think, in the preseason, it's been over 50% blitz. So, that's something when we're in '12', '21', '13' (-personnel sets), we've got to be prepared to stop those blitzes."
If the Rams can pick up those blitzes, the Cardinals are susceptible to big plays off of double moves. Last season, as defensive coordinator in Philadelphia, Bowles' defense allowed 11 plays of 40 or more yards, fifth most in the NFL.
The Rams certainly have the personnel in Chris Givens and Tavon Austin to beat the Cardinals with the big play. To do that, the offensive line and running backs will have to give Sam Bradford time to execute those routes.
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We provide a proof of correctness and security of a two-party-computation protocol based on garbled circuits and oblivious transfer in the presence of a semi-honest sender. To achieve this we are the first to combine a machine-assisted proof of correctness with advanced cryptographic primitives to prove security properties of Java code. The machine-assisted part of the proof is conducted with KeY, an interactive theorem prover.
The proof includes a correctness result for the construction and evaluation of garbled circuits. This is particularly interesting since checking such an implementation by hand would be very tedious and error-prone. Although we stick to the secure two-party-computation of an n-bit AND in this paper, our approach is modular, and we explain how our techniques can be applied to other functions.
To prove the security of the protocol for an honest-but-curious sender and an honest receiver, we use the framework presented by Kuesters et al. for the cryptographic verification of Java programs. As part of our work, we add oblivious transfer to the set of cryptographic primitives supported by the framework. This is a general contribution beyond our results for concrete Java code.


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Nexus 5548 to Flex Fabric
I have been tasked with connecting up 2 x Nexus 5548's to an HPc7000 Blade Chassis with a Flex Fabric card, and also to a Netapp 3240
I want to run FCOE and am just looking for info on how to configure this.
Can anyone provide any pointers on where to start looking for this info?
I am going on a Nexus course in a few weeks to get up to speed on the technology, but need to start making some progress on the connectivity.
We already have all the ports populated with SFP's so will be using fibre for connectivity
My experience with Nexus is nil
A typical Flexfabric with Nexus 5548 setup would looks like this.
Summary steps would be
1. If you have 5548UP (unified port) then you need to choose the range of port which you want to make is as ethernet OR fc port followed by reload of switch.
2. Configure virtual port channel domain, peer link and peer keepalive link between two nexus 5548.
3. Configure port connected to flexfabric module as virtual port-channel.
4. Configure SAN A and SAN B (VSANs) on each switch and configure fc interfaces connected to flex fabric modules as E_ports.
Configuration guide can be found here


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Most white people I know have some form of rhythm, although I see a LOT of white people clap on the off-beat when listening to one form of music or another...
As for that stereotype, I never really thought of it, let alone understood it. I've been swimming since I was about 3 and quit at around age 14 because I just felt like it wasn't going anywhere. Although, most black stereotypes don't even come near to applying to me.
That's what i'm saying. Last time we we're surfing on Bondai it's a huge beach. We spent about 8-9 h on the beach I saw 0 black in the water and when I was asked... I couldn't remember if I ever seen.. def there are black people swimming but very rare. It's like Asians are avoiding the sun.. but there's a reason to it.. every race has theyr stereotypes but me as white person I don't know them.
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Eric Cockrell
Speak With Kindness (Or Do Not Speak At All) - Poem by Eric Cockrell
speak with kindness,
or do not speak at all.
speak not of judgement,
you are not the judge.
speak not of salvation,
let your living be your scriptures.
speak not of scriptures,
let your actions be your holy book.
speak not as apostle or teacher,
speak as a human being.
speak not of god,
then god will speak through you!
speak not as a man,
for you are woman too.
speak not with hateful malice,
for love does not work that way.
speak not as a prophet or seer,
speak as compassion made flesh.
speak not of morality,
speak of connection.
speak not of authority,
the tree and the leaf have just as much.
speak not of holiness,
for all that lives be holy.
speak with kindness...
or do not speak at all!
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Vermont has the highest level of sexual health in the nation, according to a new study. The study, called Sexual Health Rankings, was conducted by the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health, and by Variance, a limited liability corporation formed in New Hampshire. Results were released Jan. 2.
Sexual Health Rankings assign a score to all states and the District of Columbia using a composite index of 26 indicators. Indicators range from intuitively related factors — rates of sexually transmitted infections, teen births, and sexual violence — to farther removed indicators — proportion of seats held by women in state legislatures and the D.C. Council.
Vermont's score was enhanced by laws on the books that give gay couples marriage equality, prevent barriers to abortion and emergency birth control access, and address bias crimes related to sexual orientation or gender identity. Vermont also has the lowest rates of AIDS diagnoses and cervical cancer, and the second lowest rates of gonorrhea and syphilis.
Other Northeastern states claimed the next five spots in the rankings — Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maine. Mississippi finished 51st. Complete rankings are listed here: http://sexualhealthrankings.com/rankings/
The study relies on the World Health Organization's definition of sexual health: "… a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence…"


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When I was in LA this past July on my book tour, I had the honor of meeting Rachel Ashwell who attended my signing and mood board event at Anthropologie. It was surreal to meet her for a second time, the first was in 2005 when I went to one of her warehouse sales and shyly asked for an autographed copy of one of her books. It was amazing to have the table turned and I felt a huge shift inside when she was at my signing… so much HAS happened in my life since 2005 that even I can't believe it sometimes.
Rachel, who most of you know as the founder of Shabby Chic and who created the Shabby Chic decorating style in the first place, has had a very full career as a designer, author, television personality and so much more. Currently, she's celebrating the launch of her latest book, Rachel Ashwell: Shabby Chic Inspirations and Beautiful Spaces (which is lovely) and hosting book signings in these locations. In this post, I've snapped photos from my visit in her home and shop, including her inspiration journal that I kept peeking at while she spoke over tea and sweets. I am forever inspired by handmade books packed with collected images and things – loosely curated but always a theme when those doing the collecting have a good sense of personal style. Below are more photos from her home in LA…. This one is from the tabletop where I sat with Rachel discussing her new book, my book, blogging, social networking, her roots, business in general… It was a very full and memorable discussion that I'll never forget.
In addition to products, Rachel is also enjoying these girly gorgeous retreats that she sets up for creative ladies in her ranch in Texas called The Prairie, decorated in her signature style, of course. Her successful Simply Shabby Chic line at Target is still going strong and she has an online shop and four boutiques called Shabby Chic Couture located in London, New York, Los Angeles and on her property at The Prairie B&B in Texas. Despite the peeks and lows of being such a massive brand with a huge cult following for over 20 years, Rachel has found her comfortable landing spot after lots of change in her own company and is completely at ease being smaller but better than ever. My kind of lady.
I'm sure you are wondering how I was able to get into the private home of Rachel Ashwell. I wondered that through most of my visit, in fact! Well, it was quite easy – she openly invited me and my friend, Leslie Shewring. She's been following my blog and knows of my book because she contributed to Decorate. We also share a connection — one of her best friends, Amy Neunsinger, is someone I know as well – we shot her home for Decorate and if you have the book, you'll see it throughout.
A glimpse into Rachel's home office and mood board
A fireplace mantel with leaning art work and an old, battered wooden cabinet from Texas in soft blue in the living room.
Even her office was loaded with feminine details like this boho style pillow lazily lounging on her office chair and a big basket of ribbons on her file cabinet.
I love how she displayed vintage ceramics on the ledge above her kitchen sink just at the window. It was beautiful to look at them but also to see the garden view outside. I also appreciate details like beads and ribbons adorning cabinet handles. I do this too, so there was a sense of familiarity when I came across them throughout her home.
Her kitchen is a little old and new. I personally love hardwood floors in a kitchen combined with stainless appliances so I think this looks a bit country but also smart.
This corner in her dining area was so pretty, I loved how the light streamed in…
I found mirrors throughout her home, in every room it seemed… I love how they add a sense of space. In this one, you can see the reflection of her guest bathroom. Isn't the wallpaper lovely?
Rachel had a rack of vintage clothing randomly placed in her living room – rather unexpected, but very Rachel. I couldn't stop looking through them, each piece was unique and had some sweet detail from smocking to decorative buttons…
A view of her living room… the ethnic touches on the sofa make it very global, which I like.
More details from adorned handles to rustic finishes and embroidered vintage art work.
Rachel is a very spiritual person, evident throughout her home. All of the saints were represented and even a Buddha. Her en suite bathroom had gorgeous tile on the floor and felt very serene in gray, pale blue and white.
Her bedroom was paired down, simple, pretty…
Another bathroom in her home had some vintage details I had to capture, though I didn't have my DSLR on me and my amazing lens so I had to make due with my old point and shoot. After taking the photo on the left, I grabbed the flower and a necklace from an adjacent room and placed it on a table in front of a window – the lighting was so perfect, I had to capture it somehow.
The artwork in her dining room was particularly pretty and varied. I also liked this golden headboard in a spare room upstairs.
After visiting Rachel at home, we left feeling elated and energized. We grabbed a snack at Le Pain Quotidien and then hit Shabby Chic Couture in Santa Monica. Here are a few snaps of some things in the store that caught my eye…
What a special treat to spend hours chatting with such an inspirational lady in the world of design. I mean, seriously, imagine creating a decorating style that is known around the world? That's quite a contribution and something that will always be associated with the one and only Rachel Ashwell. Thank you Rachel for inviting me into your home.
(images: holly becker, taken with a basic point and shoot)


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Abstracts 2012
Sosiologia vol. 49, 2012, 1
Steven Shapin and the historical construction of scientific knowledge
Jouni Huhtanen,Master of Philosophy, University of Oulu
This article focuses on the methodological ideas of Steven Shapin, an American sociologist of science. In several contexts he has proposed that science studies should separate the statuses of actors and the relations of infl uence between them and thus acknowledge their temporal and social context as a signifi cant part of the research setting. In his research Shapin has supported the principle of symmetry developed by The Strong Programme based in Edinburg, which claims that all scientifi c knowledge is formed, in principle, in similar social processes. In this article the method used by Shapin is compared with the actor-network theory of Bruno Latour. It is suggested that there is a clear epistemological and ideological difference between the methods used by these two intellectuals. Latour stresses the networking and structural unity of various entities that take part in the study, as the principle of creation of scientifi c knowledge. Shapin, on the other hand, is closer to the classical interpretation of the Strong Programme in emphasising the societal interface of the construction of natural scientifi c facts and the intellectual and moral interaction between man and nature. This understanding is discussed through Shapin's research on the history of science while refl ecting on some of the philosophy of science problems related to this method.
Keywords: Bruno Latour, the Edinburg Strong Programme, sociology of scientifi c knowledge, research on science and technology, methodology of the study of science, social constructionism, Steven Shapin
From an environmental problem to the managed risk. A case study of polluted soil in the city of Helsinki
Paula Saikkonen, Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
In the studies of Russian civil society and politics the emphasis tends to be on the lack or defi cit of something in comparison with Western countries. This article analyzes the differences between Russian and Finnish urban activism through the notions of grammars of commonality and regimes of engagement developed by Laurent Thévenot. It draws on the data collected about two movements organized by local dwellers against new building projects at Komendantskii prospekt 40 in the Primorskii district of St. Petersburg, and in the Kumpula district of Helsinki in 2009. Thévenot´s notions give new tools for examining the relationship between personal, intimate attachments and public action.
Keywords: discourse analysis, historical analysis, protests, radicalism, social movements
The gatecrasher demonstrations and the gatecrasher publicity. Societal interpretations concerning a protest event
Samu Lindström, Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
Protest celebrations of the gatecrasher movement consist of demonstrations arranged in the years 1996–2003 and later in 2006 and 2007. These demonstrations provoked a wide public debate especially because of the relatively radical forms of action that were taken. The article examines the publicity concerning the case and assesses its effects on the gatecrasher movement. The different ways of representing the gatecrashers in the public media are described as several perceivable and independent representational systems that could also be called the discourses of the gatecrasher publicity. Furthermore, the article shows, how the publicity, that originally reacted aprovingly towards the protest, transformed subsequently to the assumed escalation of radicalism. After the favourable phase the gatecrashers were represented as threatening, then trivial and fi nally as an institutionally conquered phenomenon without any political signifi cance. The Finnish tradition of calm political action affected to the rejection of the gatecrasher protest. However, even though the gatecrashers imported new forms of protest into the Finnish fi eld of political conduct, their actions were adapted to fi t within that framework. The protestors acted cautiously, refl ectively and in an orderly fashion. The same relatively radical forms of action that gave the publicity to the movement, eventually gained so much general opposition that gatecrashers lost their momentum. The article presents an example of the ways in which societal movements are treated in the publicity by building and by deconstructing their legitimacy.
Keywords: discourse analysis, historical analysis, protests, radicalism, social movements
Sosiologia vol. 49, 2012, 2
What is social theory?
Risto Heiskala, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tampere
The article brings light to the question of the title by examining firstly the relationship of social theoretical conceptions to everyday thought and secondly by analysing different types of social theories. Thirdly social theory is examined as a social field among the other fields of society and finally the problem of evidence is discussed in social theory. The article sees social theory as a practice and a province of meaning that has been differentiated in the structure of the societal division of labour. Its particularity lies with its capacity to examine the common sense folk models as well as the theoretical models produced by the differentiated provinces of meaning to systematize and abstract an ontology of society that can either entail or not entail normative statements. As a social theory it has an intimate relationship with the newest results of the social sciences but yet they do not limit its sphere of action. It can observe the social sciences also from the outside and introduce material based on common sense folk models and other provinces of meaning to its theoretical models. Ideally social theory can produce a general vocabulary that is abstract and pruned to be systematic, and thus useful for these sciences and lay actors. It helps with holistic perception and in integrating single facts and research results onto the wider picture as well as in orientating future research and action. Contrary to popular beliefs social theory relies upon claims that can be empirically tested and social theoretical concepts can thus be evaluated, accepted or rejected largely through the same criteria as results of empirical research. However, the element of normative and aesthetic choice cannot be fully abandoned in social theory.
Keywords: social theory, data, evidence, field
From the male ideal to the golden cage of the customer - the contradictions of women's lives in the portrait interviews of the Anna magazine in 1988 and 2008
Vienna Setälä, Licenciate of Philosophy, University of Helsinki
The article examines the way the reader is addressed and what kinds of values are present in the portrait interviews of a women's magazine. The data of the article consists of 36 portraits, i.e. personal interviews of role models from the 1988 and 2008 volumes of the magazine called Anna. The analysis is construed through the contradictions of the women's work-family conflict. The self-understanding of the interviewed persons is analysed through their self-representations and premises. The article examines how the solutions to this conflict, with which the reader is presented, are related to time and what kinds of value judgements on these choices the reader is expected to see as good choices or as selfevident. The analysis is founded in critical discourse analysis and the study of rhetoric. The results are interpreted in relation to psychoanalytical developmental psychology through two biological analogies. The research highlights the fact that values are built upon the vocabulary and time perspective related to the characteristics and ways of being of such role models. In 1988 the address emphasises the ideal of paid employment and presents the life of the role models as a series of choices framed by social policy and their childhood backgrounds. In 2008 the data addresses the balance between the ideals of paid employment, family and leisure so that ahistorical narratives and factual rhetoric justify the unlimited realisation of the self and setting aside responsible consideration.
Keywords: portrait interview, media publicity, portrayal of women, self-representation, discourse analysis
The circle makes a community. Countercultural spirituality and organization in the Nordic ting gatherings
Janne Juhana Rantala, Master of Arts, University of Eastern Finland
This article focuses on a ritual talking circle in the Nordic (neo)spiritual Ting Community, which is constituted in annual summer and winter gatherings. The aim of the article is to describe how the community organizes itself using its circle and how the circle builds strong associations between the participants. Another aim is to locate the community into the social world: on one hand to examine its' relation to the new social movements and on the other hand to the wider society. The research material consists of field material collected between 2003 and 2009 and the info bulletins produced by the community itself. Two empirical cases are represented of two phases of the history of the community. The first is from the construction phase in 1979 and the second describes a circle particularly concerned with current environmental struggle in Iceland in 2007. The article wishes to provoke and initialize a discussion between the sociological research tradition on new social movements and the anthropological theory of liminality. The research shows that spiritual activity in the Ting Community is less target oriented in its' rationality than activities of social movements. However, the actors and thematic turns of the community are connected to the social movements and their thematic turns. Yet the countercultural Ting Community is more liminal than the social movements, since many characteristics observed even in the countercultural social movements that share the mainstream culture's rationality, are absent in the Ting Community. Shared ritual experience, particularly in the circles of the Ting Community, is an essential part of the community's social constitution. However, shared goals and beliefs play a very insignificant role in the reproduction of the community. Based on this it would be highly advisable to focus more on rituality also in the research on social movements.
Keywords: countercultural, liminality, social movements, ritual, spirituality, participant observation
Sosiologia vol. 49, 2012, 3
The precarious labour force and the new hierarchies of work in a metropolis. Foreigners in the low paid service sector
Jukka Könönen, Master of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland
Immigrants play a central role in the dynamics of production in global metropolitan cities. In this article, I focus on the experiences of foreigners working in the low-paid service sector in Helsinki. I examine, how legal status affects their labour market position and precarisation. The article is based on thematic interviews with foreigners coming outside the EU area and who have arrived in Finland either as students or asylum seekers. In the interviews Helsinki appears as a space of both work and freedom. Despite having different life situations and durations of stay in the country, the interviewees have worked either as cleaners or as dish washers. Their employment situation is characterised by lack of choices, income insecurity but also temporal and spatial flexibility. The service sector includes different labour regimes ranging from temporary agency work to full time employment but also to black market work. Precariousness is connected to changes in work, but also to power relations outside the labour market, which increase vulnerability and have an impact on the organisation of work and production. The interviewees have worked under different legal statuses. The insecure residence status and limited social rights change the significance of the employment relationship and increases workers dependency on the employer. The data shows there is evidence of a new kind of legal hierarchisation of the labour markets. The insecure legal position also seems to have long-term negative impacts on the labour market positions of foreigners.
Keywords: immigration, residence permit, precarisation, metropolis, service sector, segmentation, thematic interview, content analysis
In the glocal markets of care work. The recruitment of Filipino nurses to Finland as a post-colonial practice
Lena Näre, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Helsinki
The article examines the glocalisation of care work in the context of international labour recruitment. The case analysed is the recruitment of Filipino nurses to Finland to work as practical nurses in private nursing homes for the elderly during 2008–2010. The data of the article consists of thematic interviews of Finnish nursing sector and recruitment company representatives on the one hand and of Filipino nurses on the other (N=19). International recruitment appears as a solution to demographic care deficit, i.e. the nurse shortage experienced in the aging and retiring Finland. The recruitment practices are constructed according to a post-colonial logic: The Philippines are seen as a country with infinite labour resources, from where Finland can acquire qualified care workers to patch the national nurse shortage. Examination of the recruitment reveals that Filipino nurses are seen as commodities, whose agency is disregarded both professionally and as human beings. The recruitment process is supported by Finnish immigration law as well as the relevant regulations on degree recognition. The article participates in the larger theoretical discussion on global care chains by highlighting the post-colonial logic as the key factor in the processes of creating transnational care networks.
Keywords: migration, glocalisation, care work, recruitment, post-colonialism, the Philippines, content analysis
Personnel reductions as the domesticators of the global recession
Anu Järvensivu, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tampere, Heidi Kervinen, B.Soc.Sc, University of Tampere, and Tatu Piirainen, Master of Social Sciences, University of Tampere
The article discusses the domestication of the global recession in the personnel reductions of Finnish companies. The main target of interest is what kinds of ways of domestication are the personnel reductions: do the layoffs express submission into the global recession causing a need to reduce the numbers of employees or are they based on local corporate strategies? The study is based on interviews conducted in nine companies from the industrial, building and media sectors. 3 to 5 persons were interviewed in each case: representatives of higher management, shop stewards, and employees. Three of the companies employed less than 250 employees, while the rest were large companies. A majority of the interviews were conducted in the spring of 2010. Based on the research it can be concluded that the employee reduction practices of the companies do domesticate global recession, but only rarely through explicit submission. The recession and the personnel reductions are linked together in the strategies of manipulation, compromise, avoidance and defiance that the companies use. The companies examined searched room for manoeuvre for local agency also during the recession as their own layoff strategies were favoured. Also the actions of the Finnish state had an impact on the forms of layoffs and the codetermination procedure was guided by societal and union level regulations as well as the overall development of the business sector in question.
Keywords: recession, personnel reductions, globalisation, strategy, case study
The condensation of time and space. Glocalisation as experienced by corporate leaders in the experiential world of work
Mika Helander, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Helsinki
The article focuses on the experiential world of work of corporate leaders of Finnish-Swedish large companies, namely on the manifestation of glocalisation in their job descriptions and their understanding of the nature of their job. Localised processes that are related to globalisation change the nature of work of corporate leaders and business executives. Due to these changes the leaders are required new forms of intellectual preparedness, skills needed in international and multicultural interaction, willingness to travel more, and the capacity to cope with crises caused by fluctuations of the stock market. The article is based on 17 interviews conducted during my doctoral studies in 2001-2004. The interviewees work in five transnational corporations, the origin of which is in a Finnish-Swedish corporate fusion. The corporate leaders were asked to orally recollect the last ten years of their career. In addition ten interviews conducted with corporate leaders and business actors in 2008-2009 in connection with writing the history of the Hanken School of Economics were utilised. These interviews focused on the new challenges of corporate management and education in the business sector. The study uses qualitative content analysis and the methodological approach is the phenomenological analysis of the experiential world. The article demonstrates that glocalisation leads to a breach in the experiential world of work, where managing the big picture becomes more challenging than before and business leaders experience uncertainty in regard to the adequacy of their skills in the new circumstances. Glocalisation means a diffusion of geographically distant structural circumstances to the everyday action of the leaders in a way that creates new demands to their life and work.
Keywords: experiential world, corporate leaders, transnational corporations, ways of work, content analysis
Sosiologia vol. 49, 2012, 4
Gendered division of domestic work and socio-cultural structures
Anu-Hanna Anttila, Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Turku
Finnish time use research has shown that women work longer hours and spend more time doing domestic work. The argument concerning the 'double burden' that women carry is therefore not an exaggeration. There has been some development towards equality, but focusing on averages does not reveal the whole picture. Building on Hochschild's theoretical model on gendered division of labour Adkins and Jokinen claim that now predominates the fourth shift. It designates, for example, the increase in demarcations between gainful employment, family time and leisure time that blend in with each other, as well as in the emotions that are linked to these activities. In this article I ask: how are different orders visible in everyday negotiations? The time used on domestic work of 62 women in gainful employment has been analysed with the Statistics Finland Time Use Survey's diary data (1999–2000; 2009–2010). The research material includes altogether 398 time use diaries completed by the women and their family members. A micro-level analysis reveals socio-cultural structures and the multifaceted nature of everyday life. In addition to gender, also the nature of one's occupation, social class and life phase affect the division of domestic work. Five forms of domestic work are presented: 1. easily distributed routines; 2. long alternated working days; 3. conflicts caused by the gendered division of labour; 4. mom does alone and 5. the time famine of a single parent. Gender and class, as well as the gendered social order and the social contracts that relate to it, especially, gender-based and class-based habits explain the ways in which activities are construed, how situations turn into crises, as well as avoidance of conflicts.
Keywords: class, division of labour, domestic work, family, gainful employment, gendered social order, social contract, time use, women
Worlds of justification in the arguments for and against university working time management systems
Jenni Koskinen, Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
This article analyses what kinds of claims are used in the public debate concerning the working time management system of Finnish Universities, and to which orders of worth they rely upon. The objective is to specify how different moral justifications are employed to support claims both for and against the new time management system. The data consists of two parts: the administrative texts (Ministry of Finance, University of Helsinki) and public discussion (blogs, articles). The method used is qualitative analysis based firstly on Boltanski and Thévenot's theory of orders of worth i.e. worlds of justification and secondly on governmentality discussions initiated by Foucault. The main results are the following. Condoning gestures are made by combining different worlds of justification. The most radical dispute lies between the industrial world (justification) and the world of inspiration (critique). In the administrative texts it is said and implied that the time management system measures actual work and is an answer to several actors' needs. Central to the public discussion are the claims of time management feeling like control. It is asserted that results should be measured instead of time.
Keywords: content analysis, orders of worth, public justifications, university, worlds of justification
The problem definition of Baltic Sea eutrophication and the politics of scale
Nina Tynkkynen, Doctor of Administrative Sciences, University of Tampere
Problem definition, including framing of relevant scales, is a crucial part of environmental policymaking. The ways in which an environmental problem is defined have implications on the distribution of responsibilities, resources and the relevant level of decision-making. This article examines the problem definitions and scale framings produced by Finnish scientists on the problem of the Baltic Sea eutrophication. It discusses the problem definitions in relation to a number of international and regional policy instruments and to the position of actors and stakeholders outside the scientific community. The main argument of the article is that problem definitions and scale framings produced by the scientific community shape governance efforts substantially. The current way of defining the problem of eutropication leads to the exclusion of actors and stakeholders who do not belong to the scientific community from policymaking, which hampers the integration of experience-based knowledge and application of local solutions in the efforts to prevent the Baltic Sea eutrophication.
Keywords: Baltic Sea, environmental policy, scale framing, sociology of knowledge


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This decade's post will be the Sarah Butler nude scene from this year's The Strange Within. The Washingtonian actress went from a live-action Belle from Beauty and the Beast at Disneyland, to shitty Syfy channel movies, to getting viciously raped in the remake of I Spit On Your Grave, and now to starring in direct-to-DVD psychological thrillers that need to fill the pre-release trailers with shots of her ass to get people to see the movie. But hey, it ain't my place to question their business practices. That shit did work on me, after all. Funny thing is, for all the emphasis on Sarah Butler's nude scenes in said trailers, she doesn't have a whole lot of screen time in this film. In fact, her nudity, all in all, takes up about half a minute, split between two scenes. They do make a great thirty seconds, though.
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We first see Sarah Butler naked in The Stranger Within when she's lamenting over the size of her breasts to co-star, Estella Warren. To prove a point or something, she pulls her top up to above her boobs and rubs them a bit while looking forlorn. Oddly enough, it's actually more arousing than it sounds. Not as much so as the next nude scene, though. Our sorta-protagonist decides to go swimming, which of course means skinny dipping. She pulls down her dress, revealing her titties once again, and then pulls down her panties. We don't get a full frontal shot here, and I was a bit disappointed at that. However, when I scanned through the scene frame by frame to create the caps, I noticed that I was wrong… kinda.
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While we don't get a full FRONTAL shot, we do get a peek at her meat curtains from the back as she's charging into the water. Unless she's wearing a really intricately-shaped modesty patch, that really seems to be her labia getting flashed as her ass cheeks separate during her jumps. Anyway, if it ain't that, at least we got an epic look at her nice, juicy ass.
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Some of you may have noticed irregularities in the frequency of post over this past month or so. Sorry about that. I know I've made promises a few times to resume a solid schedule, but life just keeps jumping in the way. However, even if posts slow down, it's only temporary, and I aim to get back to regular posting as soon as I am able. So fret not, the site is not, nor will it ever be, abandoned. If any of y'all want to help out your fellow fappers, feel free to share any nude scenes you have over at the forum.
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OK, enough of that. The caps from the Sarah Butler nude scene in The Stranger Within are below. I've cut the two nude scenes into one video to make it easier to download and fap to, both being so short and all. That's all below too. Enjoy.
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Khalil Bedart-Ghani may yet turn out to be a impactful recruit. A rising senior at Los Angeles (Calif.) Loyola High, Bedart-Ghani is a penetrating point guard with a sneakily solid jump shot. He can drive, dish and drain the J, and that's a dangerous trio that most colleges would want to add to their repertoire.
Yet so far, Bedart-Ghani has found his college options less than forthcoming. That's probably largely due to his height, with Bedart-Ghani standing a relatively modest 6-foot-2 (don't believe the height listed in the video on the bottom of the post; Charles Barkley used to exaggerate too).
Being 6-foot-2 could be a limiting factor in college, if it weren't for one thing: Bedart-Ghani can really, really get up. That was never more true than during a recent summer league matchup against national power Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei, where Bedart-Ghani found himself driving the lane against Michael Cage Jr.
In case you're wondering, Michael Cage Jr. is indeed the son of former NBA big man Michael Cage. He stands 6-foot-9, but on this occasion that wasn't tall enough to keep Bedart-Ghani from the rim and a huge, signature dunk.
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OAPS provides online access to the Outstanding Academic Papers written by Students. Initiated by the Library in 2005, it is a project to support outcomes based teaching and learning. The Library has attempted to collect students' outstanding academic papers, preserve them in digital format and make them available online to the CityU community and beyond. This OAPS raises the visibility of our students' works, encourages innovative and quality research, provides long-term access to our students' research output and serves as a teaching resource for faculty. As papers are selected and submitted by academic departments, we invite more academic departments to join the project by submitting your students' quality works.
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He was a Heisman Trophy winner out of Texas who saw a team trade its entire draft for an opportunity to take him.
He was a man who suffered from anxiety disorder and one who would leave the NFL after violating the league's drug policy. A season in Canada would also be on the agenda.
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Admittedly, desperate times call for desperate measures. With the Colorado Rockies last in the majors with a 5.38 ERA, manager Jim Tracy has decided to send opening day starter Jeremy Guthrie to the bullpen and switch to a four-man rotation.
Even more stunning, the team will be limiting those four starters to a maximum of 75 pitches per game.
The idea is to shift more of the workload to the Rockies' middle relievers, whose 4.06 ERA is over two runs per game better than the starters' 6.31.
"I felt we had to do something non-conventional," Tracy tells the Denver Post. "I was given the opportunity to tweak this. We are going to see what transpires as we move forward."
With Guthrie's demotion, none of the five starters the Rockies had to open the season are currently in the rotation. Juan Nicasio and Jhoulys Chacin are on the disabled list, Jamie Moyer has been released and Drew Pomeranz is at Class AAA Colorado Springs.
Guthrie, 33, was acquired from Baltimore in the offseason for pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom. He was supposed to be the anchor of the rotation, but instead of being its foundation he's been nothing more than dead weight. In 11 starts, he's 3-6 with a 7.02 ERA and 1.83 WHIP.
The current rotation now consists of lefties Jeff Francis, Christian Friedrich and Josh Outman and right-hander Alex White, who starts today at Philadelphia.
None of them were even fantasy roster-worthy before the change, so they certainly won't be on a 75-pitch maximum. Perhaps the only ray of hope among Rockies pitchers is the potential return from Tommy John surgery of (yet-another) lefty Jorge De La Rosa ... sometime after the All-Star break.
Now, if we're talking about eliminating a fifth starter's spot, it would be much more exciting to see a different team try it.
Top five teams we'd like to see go to a four-man rotation:
1. Mets (Dickey, Santana, Gee, Niese)
2. Giants (Cain, Bumgarner, Vogelsong, Lincecum)
3. Angels (Weaver, Wilson, Haren, E. Santana)
4. Rays (Price, Shields, Moore, Cobb)
5. Nationals (Strasburg, G. Gonzalez, Zimmermann, Jackson)
Each of these rotations are among the top six teams in starters' ERAs, but each has had trouble getting consistent contributions from the No. 5 slot. How great would it be to see them defy convention?
The Mets have already discussed having newfound ace R.A. Dickey pitch every fourth day, but have so far resisted temptation. The Giants are finally seeing Barry Zito revert back to his usual form; ditto for the Angels and Jerome Williams.
The Rays have Cobb filling in while Jeff Niemann is on the disabled list (and have rookie Chris Archer making his major league debut tonight).
Although the Nationals would have to completely abandon any idea of an innings cap for Stephen Strasburg ... going with just the top four starters in the majors' best rotation (3.06 ERA, .225 BAA) would be borderline ridiculous.
YOUR THOUGHTS: Which team would you like to see try a four-man rotation?
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