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In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, President Barack Obama on Tuesday night said that he expected Russia to welcome gay and lesbian athletes to the 2014 Sochi Olympics because the country has "a big stake in making sure the Olympics work." The conversation stemmed from a question Leno asked about the treatment of the LGBT community in Russia, which Leno characterized as a place where "homosexuality is against the law."
A top Russian government official recently stated that, even during the Olympics, the country would enforce a new law that prohibits "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations around minors." The law, signed by Russian president Vladimir Putin in June, also bans public events that promote gay rights and public displays of affection by same-sex couples.
The International Olympic Committee has stated publicly that athletes and visitors attending the 2014 Sochi Games in Russia will not be affected by the anti-gay legislation. "I mean, this seems like Germany," Leno said. "Let's round up the Jews, let's round up the gays, let's round up the blacks. I mean, it starts with that. You round up people who you don't — I mean, why is not more of the world outraged at this?"
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Leno then followed up and asked how the President thought this would affect the Olympics. "I think Putin and Russia have a big stake in making sure the Olympics work," Obama said, "and I think they understand that for most of the countries that participate in the Olympics, we wouldn't tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently.
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For close to two weeks now, NASA has been waiting for just the right moment to launch its Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (aka ATREX), a mission that will help us better understand the mysterious, high-altitude jet streams located at the edges of Earth's atmosphere. Early this morning, that moment finally came — and hot damn, was it cool looking.
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• Cisco IPS AIM and IPS NME have dedicated CPU and DRAM to offload IPS processing, whereas Cisco IOS IPS shares router resources with other processes.
• Cisco IPS AIM and IPS NME support both inline and promiscuous mode, whereas Cisco IOS IPS supports only inline mode.
• Cisco IPS AIM and IPS NME can support all Cisco IPS signatures that are not retired by default, whereas Cisco IOS IPS can support only a user configurable subset.
• Cisco IPS AIM and IPS NME run Linux-based Cisco IPS Sensor Software, whereas Cisco IOS IPS runs a Cisco IOS Software-based IPS code.
• Form factor: The IPS NME is a different form factor from the IPS AIM and is externally accessible. You can insert the IPS NME into any of the available NME slots without removing the cover.
• Performance: The IPS AIM supports up to 45 Mbps, whereas the IPS NME runs up to 75 Mbps.
• Module and card support for integrated services routers: The IPS NME slot(s) is supported on Cisco 2811 and higher 2800 and 3800 Series models. The IPS NME module requires a jacket card to be installed on on Cisco 2911 and higher 2900 and 3900 Series models . The IPS AIM is supported on Cisco1841 and higher 2800 and 3800 Series models only.
• Online insertion and removal (OIR): OIR is supported with the IPS NME on the Cisco 3945 only; it is not supported with the IPS AIM. OIR is for replacement of like-to-like modules. Addition of a new module requires the platform to be rebooted.
• Management port for the IPS AIM and IPS NME: An external Ethernet management port is available on the IPS NME for all configuration, management, and monitoring of the module. The IPS AIM uses the internal interface for all network and management traffic. There is a difference between the numbering of the management interface for the IPS AIM (Management0/0) and that of the IPS NME (Management0/1). And when you issue a show interfaces command, the output identifies the IPS AIM with IDS-Sensor0/X, where the X indicates the AIM slot. The IPS NME is identified with IDS-SensorY/0, where the Y indicates the NME slot.
• Cisco IPS Sensor Software version support: The Cisco IPS NME supports Cisco IPS Sensor Software Version 6.1(1) and later. IPS AIM support began with Cisco IPS Sensor Software Version 6.0(4) and later. Both support Clobal Correlation based IPS solution in Cisco IPS Software 7.0 and later releases in line with those of Cisco IPS 4200 Series Sensors.
Installation and Configuration
A minikernel is used to read an IPS sensor image indicated by the boot-loader configuration file off the USB flash memory device and execute the image with the specified parameters. The minikernel is called automatically by the runtime boot loader when the card is configured to run in normal mode.
With fail open, the traffic that cannot be inspected is sent without being inspected. With fail close, the traffic that cannot be inspected is dropped. Fail open is the default.
• Session into the sensor.
• From the sensor prompt, enter the configure terminal command.
• From the sensor config prompt, enter the service interface command.
• From the sensor config-int prompt, enter the bypass off|on|auto command. The Off option turns off inline bypassing. Packet inspection is performed on inline data traffic. However, inline traffic is interrupted if the IPS analysis engine is stopped. The On option turns on inline bypassing. No packet inspection is performed on the traffic. Inline traffic continues to flow even if the analysis engine is stopped. The Auto option automatically begins bypassing inline packet inspection if the analysis engine stops processing packets. This option prevents data interruption on inline interfaces.
Service and Support
Cisco Services for IPS for Cisco IPS AIM or Cisco IPS NME includes Cisco SMARTnet support for the module but does not cover the Cisco SMARTnet support for the host platform. You must purchase Cisco SMARTnet support for the Cisco 1841 and Cisco 2800, 2900, 3800 and 3900 Series Routers separately. Also, the service level of the two Cisco SMARTnet service contracts must be the same. For example, if you wish to order the Cisco 2811 SEC bundle and Cisco IPS AIM with a service level of 8x5 next business day (NBD), you need two service contracts: their part numbers are CON-SNT-2811SEC (Cisco SMARTnet support with Advanced Replacement parts delivery 8x5 Next Business Day for the Cisco 2811 with Security bundle) and CON-SU1-AIMIPSK9 (Cisco Services for IPS contract that includes both Cisco SMARTnet support with Advanced Replacement parts delivery 8x5 Next Business Day for AIM-IPS-K9 module and subscription license for Cisco IPS signature updates for AIM-IPS-K9 module).
Note: You cannot purchase the signature subscription by itself; you must also purchase Cisco Services for IPS support .
More information, including a step-by-step guide, is available at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6076/serv_group_home.html.


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Apple's iPad 3 is rumored to have retina display, or so many pixels per square inch that the naked eye can't see them -- but if it follows the iPhone 4S formula of 326 pixels per inch -- no display manufacturer has ever created such a dense tablet display.
The closest manufacturers LG and Samsung have come is 264 ppi, which is about twice that of the current iPad 2, according to CNET. Many would argue that a higher density is unnecessary because few people hold an iPad closer than 12 inches from their face. But even at 264 ppi, producing millions of them for a company like Apple (as well as for their own product lines) is probably not going to be possible, an unnamed source told CNET.
"They have production plans for 2,048x1,536 displays. Starting in November. But those are only plans at this point," said the source, referring to LG and Samsung. "It's not a question of making just one. That, of course, can be done. The challenge is making lots of them," the source said. "This is a quantum leap in pixel density. This hasn't been done before."
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The only other possibility is for manufacturers to create an interim option with less pixels per square inch. But we have a feeling that Apple won't find that an appealing option.
The iPad 3 is supposed to come out early next year, but if suppliers are already pointing out logistical problems, Apple may have to delay its new device so it can create a product that exceeds consumer expectations.


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483 - The Great European Shouting Match
If Europe has one defining cultural characteristic, it is that it has none. This may sound like too neat a paradox, but it's not that far from the truth. There is not a single state, language, religion or ethnicity that even comes close to dominating the continent as a whole - although at least one in each category at some point in history had the pretension to try (1). Europe's war-torn history demonstrates that such diversity is, well, divisive. The European Union was designed to supersede the continent's internecine past, and its continuing appeal (at least to those European countries still outside the EU) is the degree to which it has succeeded, inaugurating an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity (2).
But that does not imply that cultural diversity has been neutralised. The EU, lacking a unifying cultural paradigm similar to the US's 'melting pot', has ended up celebrating a rather bland version of multiculturalism. One example: the buildings on the euro notes are imaginary, in part to avoid fueling national chauvinisms, either of the slighted or boasting variety.
This lowest-common-denominator kind of multiculturalism might actually be the least bad solution. In the kaleidoscope of cultures that is Europe, no matter from where you look at it, you're always surrounded by 'the Other'. It takes but a few small steps thence to paranoia, xenophobia, and worse. I remember speaking to a European about the neighbouring ethnicity, literally living up the road. "Oh yes, but they're all racists," she said, apparently undefeated by her own logic.
Another solution to dealing with the potential divisiveness of diversity, and if done in good humour at least a lot funnier, is the great European Shouting Match. Let it all hang out! Air that mistrust! Calling each other names establishes three things:
(1) that nobody is exempt, neither from feeling superior to others nor from being looked down upon by others. At least in this, everybody is equal. In the Republic of Mockery, we are all both givers and takers.
(2) that familiarity breeds contempt. Most often, the deepest disdain is reserved for the closest neighbours, from whom distant strangers would have a hard time distinguishing us. Inversely, those distant and/or obscure members of the European family are damned with faint put-downs of the who-the-heck-are-they-variant.
(3) that the sum of these insults says equally much about the nationality doing the shouting, or at least the perception we have of them: Germans are materialistic and utilitarian, the French still dream of la gloire, the British cherish their splendid isolation, etc.
The last map in the order as they are shown here seems to have been created by in June 2009 Yanko Tsvetkov to accompany an editorial in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the others apparently are variations on that same theme by the Bulgarian-born, London-based designer of the first one. Some of these maps also recently featured in the Daily Mail, at which point they appear to have gone viral, as testified by the large number of readers sending them in (see below). Even though a grain of truth might be mixed in with some of the descriptions on the maps, this blog in no way endorses any of the sentiments they express (3).
Europe seen by the Germans
Quite insidiously, the colour toning of this map binds Germany to its linguistically related neighbours, i.e. Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria. Since World War Two, any such hint at territorial ambitions beyond the borders of the Bundesrepublik is a definite nein-nein. The Swiss are labelled Schokolade ('chocolate'), the Austrians Schnitzelreich ('escalope empire'). Reducing other countries to their (perceived) national dish is a very ancient type of put-down (compare the age-old French moniker for the English: les rosbif). Another colour tone difference, this time in Germany itself, is between the former West and East Germanies, the former labelled Sparkasse ('savings bank'), the other called Proletariat. It reflects the fading, but still powerful division between the prosperous west and the poorer former German Democratic Republic in the east, which has been the beneficiary of billions of euros of government support after Unification in 1990.
Other examples of the culinary dismissive jibe include Belgium ('waffles'), Hungary ('goulash'), Poland ('vegetables'), Ireland ('whiskey') and Bulgaria ('schnapps'). Russia is simply seen as a gas vault, the Ukraine and Belarus as 'gas transit land'. A crude portrayal perhaps, but not far from the larger, geopolitical truth. Russia is the largest single supplier of natural gas to Europe. Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder now sits on the board of Nord Stream, a company piping Russian gas into Europe.
Apart from eating and heating, Germans are also shown to be quite obsessed with Freizeit ('holiday' marked across Slovenia and Croatia, 'cheap hotels here' in Greece and Spain, its islands transformed in 'Balearic Germany'). Italy's label 'pizza and museums' acknowledges that country's culinary and cultural attractions. The Czech republic and Slovakia are referred to merely by the names of their capital cities (Prague and Bratislava), perhaps to reflect their popularity as a citytrip destinations.
Most of former Yugoslavia is labelled 'uncharted', while Turkey is reduced to its role as 'workforce source' (there are about 4 million Turkish Gastarbeiter and their descendants living in Germany). Of all the other labels, two stick out: 'Enigma code breakers' (UK) and 'old neighbours' (the Baltics) - two oblique references to the Second World War, the former suggesting some residual resentment, the latter a form of nostalgia. The rather neutral depicition of France as Eiffelreich ('empire of [Gustave] Eiffel, he of the Eiffel Tower) on the other hand reflects the non-animosity between France and Germany that has become the cornerstone of European good neighbourliness and integration.
Europe seen by the Italians
The Italian view of the European continent is alternately ignorant and harsh, with Eastern Europe dismissed as dominated by 'porn stars' (Hungary; no doubt a reference to La Cicciolina), 'thieves' (Romania), 'babysitters' (Bulgaria), 'women with braided hair' (Ukraine) and 'Other Slavs' (Slovakia). Other latin countries are merely seen as extensions of Italy (France is the 'Bruni Empire', Spain is full of 'Italian dialects') or of other countries (Portugal is 'Brazil'). The British Islands are reduced to popular sports ('Rugby' for Ireland and 'Wembley Stadium', the home of soccer, for the UK). Switzerland is the land of '(cuckoo) clocks', while the Germans pay for their reputation as hard workers with the put-down 'clock addicts'. Poland still is the land of Karol Woytila, the previous Pope, while Russia, again, is nothing more but a source of natural gas. Turkey is the land not of guest workers but of belly dancers.
Just like Germany, Italy itself is also split in two, also reflecting a dichotomy between a richer half (in this case the north) and a poorer half (the south, labelled 'Ethiopia' - Sicily is even called 'Somalia').
Europe seen by the Bulgarians
From a Bulgarian perspective, Russia is not the land of natural gas, but of natural alliances (i.e. 'Big Brother'). Reflecting some theories on the origin and migrations of the Bulgarian people, Ukraine is named their 'Urheimat'. The Serbs next door have earned a reputation as 'loose cannon', while Albania is (expressly?) mislabeled 'Kosovo', and Montenegro 'South Serbia'. Macedonia is called 'Greek Slavs', while the Greeks are 'dish breakers'. Germany and France are reduced to some of their best-known export products (cars and cheese), while Belgium is seen as the home of the EU, a generous provider of subsidies (hence 'God'). Poland, bizarrely, is the land of 'sexy fembots'.
Europe as seen by the French
France is portrayed as still recovering from its early 19th-century ambitions of dominating the continent. Hence the labelling of both Belgium and Switzerland as 'semi-France', Russia as 'Napoleon's dream', Austria as 'old archenemy' and Portugal als 'English allies'. Other countries are labelled to reflect possible alliances, i.e. Ireland ('catholics'), Romania and Moldova ('poor brothers' and 'poor cousins'). The faintest praise is reserved for the Germans ('best friends' - one can almost hear teeth gnash), while Algeria is still seen with nostalgia: 'France woz here'. Reflecting a political attitude not shared by some other major European powers, France sees Turkey as 'definitely not Europeans'. Hungary for once is not seen as a country of pornstars, but as 'Sarko's land', the ancestral country of France's president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Europe as seen by gays
A hilariously different perspective is offered by this map of Europe as seen by the gay community. Sweden for once isn't the land of Volvo, but of trashy dance music (does that include Abba, though?) Catholic Ireland is 'in denial', while Catholic Poland is the 'Bible Belt'. Slovakia and Hungary respectively are the source of 'military porn' and 'non-military porn' (what is it with those Hungarians? Or those Slovakians, for that matter). Not all is well in the 'Federated Holiday States of the Mediterranean', as they are adjacent to the lands of 'straight homos' (Italy), homophobic tribes (most of the Balkan) and 'sexy homophobic men' (Turkey). Even on a gay map, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland are still the countries of waffles, hash and snow, respectively.
Europe as seen by the British
The United Kingdom is famously ambiguous about its European affiliation, let alone about its membership of the European Union. Three elements combine to reinforce Britain's euroskepticism: its geography as an island nation, the legacy of its overseas Empire and its heroic role as the sole holdout against a continent dominated by the Nazis. Margaret Thatcher tried to steer the European Community in the direction of a purely economic alliance of sovereign nations, but the drive towards 'ever closer union' (as mandated by the EU's own founding texts) has proved inexorable - and very ominous, from a British perspective.
Europe is therefore not seen as a collection of states, but as an 'Evil Federated Empire of Europe', producing all kinds of goods that may or may not be good to get into the UK (statues, cake, beer and soup, but also drugs, pest, dirty porn and immigrants). The Russian exiles, outrageously wealthy even for London standards, have given Russia the reputation of 'big spenders'. Iceland, reflecting its dubious role in the recent financial meltdown, is labelled 'Las Vegas'.
Europe as seen by the Americans
This map offers an external, and even more unidimensional perspective on European diversity. Americans apparently still see Russia (and Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova) as thinly veiled communists, and the Scandinavian countries as one big 'socialist union' (it must be a relief for the Danes to be called something other than Vikings, for the Finns not to be reduced to their mobile phone industry and for the Swedes to be linked to something else than Volvo, Ikea or Abba). The Netherlands, soft on drugs, are 'Sodom', the Iberian peninsula is dominated by Brazil and Mexico, Italy is simply 'godfathers' country, France is full of 'smelly people' and the UK is affectionately called 'mummy'. Ex-Yugoslavia is 'resident evil', while Turkey is 'thanksgiving dinner'.
European stereotypes, a composite map
This map seems to be a composite of European stereotypes. Nobody is left out. The EU, in view of its massive agricultural budget, is seen as the 'Union of Subsidized Farmers', Russia is a 'Paranoid Oil Empire', Ukraine is a country of 'gas stealers' and Norway (outside of the EU because independently wealthy) is 'Selfish Fisherman Land'.
Many thanks to all those who sent in these maps: Anthony Argyriou, Kevin Axe, Michael B, Roel Damiaans, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson, Patrick Chevallier, Stefano Cirolini, David Clarke, Patrick Dea, Kathi Dubach, Vincent Frietman, William Grewe-Mullins, Lars Haefner, Lee Jones, Charlie Kaupp, Jonathan Leblang, Christine Lohr, Katrien Luyten de Zurrita, Jim Mannheim, Alex Meerovich, Benjamin Miller, Kasper Nijhoff, Ivan Plis, Maria Popova, The Brigand's Republic, Fabian Schmidt, Mikael Schulman, Tom Schuring, Teddy Sherrill, Marcin Siehankiewicz, Tobi, Jon Worth.
The maps can be seen in their original context at [this page] on Mr Tsvetkov's website Alphadesigner.
(1) Examples? Off the top of my head, and in corresponding order: the Soviet Union, French, catholicism, the so-called 'Aryan' race. These examples are of course non-limitative and debatable (esp. in the case of religion, where it could be argued that Europe was/is overwhelmingly christian, but also that the devastating wars between its sects suggest otherwise).
(2) No armed conflict has ever been fought between member states of the EU (or its predecessor, the European Economic Community). On the other hand, the organisation has proved embarrasingly powerless to stop armed conflict in its own backyard - the Yugoslav wars in the mid-1990s ended only through US-led NATO intervention.
(3) Except where they pertain to Icelanders, those credit-crunching, volcano-firing, cod-hogging, elf-worshiping, Bjork-exporting bastards.
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"Outta Here!"
Playing much of the game in a light rain, the Phillies closed the door on the 65th year of spring training in Clearwater this afternoon. Let the record show the official ending came at 3:41 p.m. and 69 degrees.
As Harry Kalas would have said, spring training is "outta here!"
Dallas Green, a real veteran of spring trainings in this city, said the weather was the best he's even experienced. Suppose the rain today can be attributed to the Clearwater baseball gods' tears.
Team was scheduled to leave on a Delta charter this evening for Philadelphia. Three buses left Bright House Field at 4:40 p.m. during a big league thunderstorm.
Next is the On-Deck Series at Citizens Bank Park against the Pirates, 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday and 4:05 p.m. on Wednesday.
Season opens at 1 p.m. Friday against Houston. The Astros played in Clearwater today, travel to Oklahoma City on Tuesday for a night game against their AAA club, fly to Houston for a Wednesday game against the Red Sox and then fly to Philly on Thursday following a workout at Minute Maid Park.
Phillies set a new Bright House Field attendance record: 157,201 for 16 games. Total is second-best to the Yankees in Florida . . . 20 wins for the Phillies is another spring training record (19-11 in 2006 is the old record) . . . Doc finished the Grapefruit League season with a 0.42 ERA, a number that seems as it is from outer space . . . LHP Juan Perez, C Dane Sardinha, RHP Michael Stutes will go north with the Phillies as extra players . . . Deadline for the 25-man opening day roster is 11 a.m. on Thursday . . . INF Brian Bocock (wrist), OF Domonic Brown (wrist) and RHP Brian Schlitter (elbow) will remain on rehab in Clearwater . . . Before today's game, the Phillies announced three annual spring training award winners: Bill Giles Award (SS Troy Hanzawa), Larry Rojas Award (C Francisco Diaz) and John Vukovich Award (Greg Legg) . . . Pat Gillick, who will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in July, will be in Toronto to throw out the first ball for the Blue Jays season opener on Friday. Phillies will honor Pat after his Cooperstown induction.


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"Countering the Culture" is AiG's ongoing examination of how, from the book of Genesis, the Bible's authority speaks with relevance to many of the hot button news and events of our day. For Christians, Countering the Culture seeks to help them become better informed believers and to embolden them to be more effective in engaging our culture with biblical truth. For non-Christians, we seek to proclaim the authority of the Bible and the gospel message with boldness.
Get a biblical perspective on recent news, from cultural issues to global sociological events to discoveries that "confirm" evolution. As Christians, we must have answers to the questions of modern society, and looking at the news—if done in balance and with the right attitude—is an important way to understand the questions people have and will have.
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A review of the NOVA TV program on the Glacial Lake Missoula flood, PBS Television, United States. This program aired the week of September 19, 2005.
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BBC London 2012 Olympics – Stadium UK
The BBC has unveiled "Stadium UK", its marketing campaign and title sequences for the London 2012 Olympics. The animated trail shows the landscape of the United Kingdom transformed into a giant sporting arena inside the Olympic Stadium. Designed to be used across all the BBC's television, radio and digital Olympic content, it features the specially commissioned music First Steps by Elbow.
In the integrated title sequences and marketing campaign the UK is seen as a giant stadium with Olympic athletes preparing and competing in quintessential British landscapes showing how every corner of the country is involved in hosting the world's greatest sporting event. The ident ranges from swimmers in Scottish lochs, sprinters in terraced streets, a BMX rider on a cliff top, a weightlifter preparing dock side, track cyclists racing around quarries, and long jump on beaches, to gymnasts on the streets of London.
The 'Stadium UK' animation will be used throughout the BBC's London 2012 marketing campaign, online at www.bbc.co.uk/olympics, as well as being used for the BBC's London 2012 television title sequences and providing digital imagery for desktop, mobiles, tablets and connected TV content. The full two minute forty second version of the trail premiered at 7.30pm on Tuesday 3 July on BBC One, with 60, 40, 30 and five second versions used throughout the campaign.
Stadium UK Credits
The BBC Olympics Trail campaign, including the concept for trails, title sequence and digital imagery, was developed at RCKR/Y&R, London, by executive creative director Damon Collins, creatives Jules Chalkley, Nick Simons, Ted Heath and Paul Angus, music supervisor Dan Neale, account directors David Pomfret and Charlie Smith, working with BBC 2012 Marketing team Louisa Fyans, Karen Potterton, Nick Farquhar, and BBC 2012 production team Jonathan Bramley, Dave Gordon, Paul Davies.
Production at Red Bee Media was by producer Sarah Caddy and production manager Jane Hunt.
Animation was created at Passion Pictures by director Pete Candeland, executive producer Andrew Ruhemann, executive producers Michael Adamo and Hugo Sands, producer Lottie Hope, project development producer Anna Lord, art directors Mario Ucci and Rick Thiele, CG head Jason Nicholas, CG coordinator Helen Lord, VFX supervisor Neil Riley, character modelling team Mario Ucci and Cesar Nunes, environment modelling team Ian Brown, Florent Rousseau, Ander Gutierrez, Gary Newman and Mattias Bjurstrom, rigging team Chris Dawson, Jorge Bellot and Francois Pons, textures team Ellie Bond, Emma Berkley, Nikki Newman, Florent Rousseau, Ian Brown and Gabriel Loques, previs team Xavier Zahara, Mark Brown, Martin Parissenti and Richard Perry, animation team Cath Brooks, Wes Coman, David Sigrist, Florian Mounie, Conor Ryan, Chris Olsen, Mark Brown, Rodrigo Torres and James Farrington, VFX team Jamie Franks, Augusto Lombardi, Ciaran Moloney, Paulin Cointot and Michael Sofoluke, lighting and rendering team Mario Ucci, Rick Thiele, Cesar Nunes, Quentin Vien, Patrick Krafft and Christian Mills, matte painting and concept art team Form Language, Max Dennison, Roger Gibbon, Kim Frederiksen, Diego Goberna, Lukasz Pazera, Daniel Cacouault and Giles Dill, compositing team Niamh Lines, Johnny Still, David Lea, and editing team Anne Monnehay and Jamie Foord.
First Steps was written and performed by Elbow, alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the NovaVox gospel choir. The music will be used across all the BBC's Olympic coverage and marketing campaign for television and radio. First Steps by Elbow will be available as a digital only download from 27 July with all profits going to BBC Children in Need and Sport Relief. Elbow has waived all fees and royalties from the digital download and the retailers have waived all profits from the release.
Filed under: 2012 Olympics, BBC, Commercials, Olympics
Tagged: Elbow, Passion Pictures, Pete Candeland, Red Bee Creative, RKCR/Y&R, Y&R London
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This archive contains all documents published by cep over the last few years:
cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues.
cepPolicyBrief: Concise 4-page reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including a brief summary and economic and legal assessments.
cepInput: Impulse to current discussions of EU policies.
cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy.
The initial steps by the EU towards regulating remote-controlled drones – provisions on design, production, maintenance and operation – contribute to aviation safety and increase legal and planning certainty. The European Commission should also submit similar proposals for autonomous aerial drones.
Disruption to the gas supply in the EU should be prevented by better regional coordination. To achieve this, Member States would, under plans put forward by the EU Commission, have to draw up binding risk assessments and develop preventive action and emergency plans, no longer nationally, but jointly with other countries in their region.
EU regulations on the type-approval of motor vehicles will be implemented more effectively and the market surveillance of motor vehicles already in service will be improved. For this purpose, the European Commission has proposed a Regulation. Nevertheless, it will give rise to additional costs both for consumers and manufacturers.
By way of a Directive, the requirements under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be implemented and the internal market strengthened. This is necessary because some Member States have already adopted diverging national regulations thereby restricting the free movement of goods and services.
The European Commission wants to remove barriers to cross-border retail financial services and has submitted a Green Paper on the subject. The portability plans set out therein, particularly for life insurance and private health insurance, are, however, in cep's view, unrealistic.
The EU Commission wants to strengthen the European aviation sector in international competition. It therefore proposes relaxing the rules on the ownership and control of air carriers in future aviation agreements, realising the Single European Sky and increasing the efficiency of EU airports.
Subscriptions to films and other online content will also be available for use during temporary stays in another Member State. This is provided for under a EU Commission proposal for a Regulation on the cross-border portability of online content. Until now, this has been prevented inter alia by national copyrights and licences.
With new ecodesign rules, the European Commission wants to avoid the creation of waste or else enable it to be re-used in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way. In addition, EU quality standards for secondary raw materials will be developed.
The EU Commission's proposed Regulation on the creation of a European deposit insurance scheme has sparked heated debate. Although the European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) is initially only intended to apply to the eurozone, in the future it will also apply to Member States who will join the common banking supervision by the ECB. The main component is the creation of a joint Deposit Insurance Fund to provide payouts to depositors and contributions to resolution.


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Date(s) - April 01, 2020
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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• What we'll do
Urban Swing Dance (Detroit Ballroom) Lessons
This may be your first dance class but it won't be your last. Detroit Ballroom (or whatever swing dance class you take with Who Dat Steppers) is only the format we use to teach you, using the proven scientific techniques of the Universal Unit System created by Swing Dance Legend, author & instructor of champions, Skippy Blair, how to dance, not just how to Detroit Ballroom. Upon completion of this class you will know the basic fundamental principles common to all dance forms. No partner. No problem. You'll be paired up with someone else who didn't bring a partner or you'll share someone else's. (If you or your partner are immature, jealous or insecure, this is not the class for you. Grown & Sexy only please!!!) Both leader & follower learn the patience, mutual respect and non-verbal communication skills that or so lacking in our culture today. More importantly, you'll have a good time doing it!!! Chivalry lives in the Urban Swing Dance Community!!! Men are expected and required to be Gentlemen and Women are expected and required to be ladies. In addition to the mutual admiration & respect found in the Urban Swing Dance community, you'll never have more fun doing any other form of aerobic exercise. It's a low impact, self-paced, lifelong physical activity. There's no age or gender limitations or restrictions. Studies have found that partner dancing prevents the onset of Dementia or the extreme form of the disease, Alzheimer's. We travel and get Steppers Sharp to attend local, regional & national Urban Swing Dance events. None of us get to choose our parents, gender or ethnicity at birth. Everything else is the result of, or is influence by, culture. You can choose, create and define the values, principles and ethos of any culture you are a part of. Urban Swing Dance is not just a dance, it a life style, a way of life. That's culture in a nutshell, the way you chose to live your life. If you want to change the world and have a good time doing it, learn how to urban swing dance.
• What to bring
Leather sole or dance shoes. No rubber sole, tennis, sandals, flip flop or flats. (Need to be able to move across the floor with minimal resistance.) Recommend ladies where at least a 1 inch heel (or whatever length heel you where when you go out) so you can get used to dancing on the balls of you 1st 3 inner toes.
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Be on time. Participate. (There's no sitting in dance class.) If you are not actively involved in class you will be asked to leave. Use your cell phone to record moves to practice when you get home. Practice, Practice, Practice!!!


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Reversal of fortune: Reds fall on walk-off slam
After Phillips' go-ahead HR, Mets benefit from replay, pounce on J.J.
NEW YORK -- A first-time manager, the Reds' Bryan Price has just been introduced to the sting often felt when sitting in the skipper's chair following a bad loss -- and the second guessing that comes with it.
It's only five games into the regular season, but the Reds' 6-3 defeat to the Mets on Saturday hurt more because it all came apart during the bottom of the ninth before culminating in a walk-off grand slam by pinch-hitter Ike Davis against reliever J.J. Hoover.
"It's not going to be an easy night to get a good night's sleep, that's for sure," Price said. "J.J. has been a reliable performer for us. He will continue to be. It was just one of those days."
Without injured relievers Aroldis Chapman or Jonathan Broxton, the Reds' closer-by-committee's first save opportunity of the season came to Hoover. He was on to protect a 3-2 lead that was gained by Brandon Phillips' two-run home run in the top of the eighth. Sam LeCure, used for the first time this season, worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth with only 11 pitches.
When asked if there were any thoughts of giving LeCure a two-inning save chance, Price replied succinctly.
"Nope," Price said.
The Mets' ninth began when Juan Lagares drew a leadoff walk from Hoover before things unraveled.
"That leadoff walk, I didn't give myself any chance, really," Hoover said. "Then the game got a little quick. I tried to slow it down. I got outside of my strengths. I didn't really give myself a shot walking the guys."
Anthony Recker followed with a sacrifice-bunt attempt toward the first-base side. Joey Votto did not think twice before fielding and turning a one-hop throw to second base, where Lagares beat the ball to the base but was called out by umpire James Hoye.
Mets manager Terry Collins challenged, and after a review that took 2 minutes and 14 seconds, the call was overturned to put runners on first and second base. Had the new replay rules not been in place for this season, the Reds would have caught a break.
"At least we've got one out and a runner at first. It doesn't mean that we win the game, but it certainly would have helped us," Price said. "They're trying to do everything that they can. I would have been upset if the shoe was on the other foot."
The less risky play for Votto would have been going to first base for the sure out.
"He bunted hard. Typically, when a hitter bunts the ball hard to me, I'm thinking about throwing to second," Votto said. "It's a no-hesitation play. I made the decision to throw to second, and I was wrong."
Ruben Tejada was next and, after a 2-0 count, he fouled off two bunt attempts. Hoover's trouble then compounded when he walked Tejada to load the bases.
In an 0-1 count, Hoover threw Davis a hanging curveball, and it was pulled to right field for a no-doubt homer.
"Anytime you can get a game-winning hit, it's always a really good feeling," Davis said. "I just happened to hit it a little better than a single. It's always good to come back when you're down in the ninth. It's a good momentum swing. They're always fun."
It was quite the contrary for Hoover, who has allowed four grand slams during his career. The last time the Reds were dealt a walk-off loss on a grand slam was May 20, 2010, at Atlanta, where Brooks Conrad -- also a pinch-hitter -- cleared the fence against Francisco Cordero.
"He put a good swing on that," Hoover said of Davis. "That doesn't really happen too often to my curveball."
The Reds have dropped four of their first five games of the season, and once again Johnny Cueto came away empty after a strong performance. Cueto pitched seven innings, allowing two earned runs and five hits with three walks and nine strikeouts. That gave him three earned runs over his first 14 innings, including a 1-0 defeat vs. the Cardinals on Opening Day.
"It's certainly a silver lining in a tough loss the way Johnny has thrown the ball," Price said. "He has done a terrific job."
It was a scoreless game until the fifth inning, when Ryan Ludwick led off and pulled Dillon Gee's 2-0 pitch inside the left-field foul pole for his first homer of the season.
That gave Cueto his first lead of this young season, but he could not protect it. In the top of the sixth, with a runner on first base, Cueto threw a 2-2 pitch to Curtis Granderson and drew a check swing. It looked like he went around, and the Reds appealed to third-base umpire John Tumpane without success.
On a 3-2 pitch, Granderson drove a two-run homer into the right-field upper deck -- his first long ball for the Mets.
Gee, the Mets' starter, was still pitching with one out in the eighth, when Phillips drove a 1-0 pitch into the left-field seats for his first homer of the season and a Reds lead.
All four of the Reds' previous games were decided by one run. For the first time in franchise history, it looked like it would happen a fifth time.
"Things just didn't work. Nothing worked," Price said. "We had scratched to take the lead there, and Brandon had the big home run. We just weren't able to close it out."
Instead, the team will return to the hotel recounting all that went wrong.
"Any time you get left on the field, it's never ideal," Votto said.


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Cano belts first homer as Mariners drop Texas finale
Back-to-back homers highlight six-run third in Ramirez's rough outing
ARLINGTON -- Robinson Cano launched his first home run for the Mariners on Thursday, but the Rangers won an 8-6 shootout as Seattle lost its third straight at Globe Life Park.
Cano and Corey Hart put some punch into the Mariners' offense with back-to-back home runs in the third inning, but that wasn't enough to overcome Erasmo Ramirez's third straight poor start.
The loss dropped Seattle below .500 for the first time this season at 7-8 as Texas (9-7) took three of four in the series.
Cano hit a three-run shot off Rangers starter Tanner Scheppers to get Seattle back in the game after Texas had taken a 4-0 lead on Ramirez. Cano's first home run came in his 15th game for Seattle and his first at designated hitter as manager Lloyd McClendon gave him a day off from his second-base duties.
"It feels good, not so much because it's my first one, but at least I hit the ball in the air," Cano said. "The last four games I hit in the air twice. Most of my swings, I've been hitting ground balls. Hopefully I'll start getting better pitches to hit.
"I don't want to sound cocky, but I've just been hitting whatever they give me because they pitch me in and out, in and out," said Cano. "I'm not getting many pitches over the plate. You have to deal with whatever and just be ready and patient."
The $240 million free agent went 1-for-5 with three RBIs and is now hitting .271 with eight RBIs on the year.
McClendon said he didn't think Cano had been pressing to get his first homer in a Mariners uniform.
"You look at his track record and numbers, I think he figured out a long time ago that he could hit," McClendon said. "I don't think he was panicking after 14 ballgames."
Cano didn't hit his first home run until his 12th game in 2012 with the Yankees and went on to post a career-best 33 bombs that year, so indeed he wasn't counting off the days this April.
"I don't really worry about it," he said. "There's five more months in the season. Most of the good hitters hit a lot of their homers in two months out of the six. The first month they'll hit three or five and then in June and July they'll hit eight each month. Sometimes you want to rush to get where you want, but you have to be patient and play the game."
Hart immediately followed Cano with a solo blast of his own to left field in the third inning as his fourth home run of the year tied the score at 4. And things were looking up for the Mariners when Dustin Ackley made it 6-4 when he greeted reliever Hector Noesi with a two-run double after Scheppers was pulled three batters later.
But that six-run inning turned out to be the only scoring for the Mariners as they couldn't cross the plate against five Texas relievers.
Scheppers, the Rangers' Opening Day starter, went 2 1/3 innings with six runs, six hits and three walks as he fell to 0-2 with a 9.82 ERA in four starts.
But Ramirez wasn't any better for the Mariners as the right-hander lasted just two-plus innings with six hits, five runs and two walks before he got the hook from McClendon following a leadoff double in the third.
"Obviously I'm very disappointed," McClendon said. "I thought he'd shown signs of coming out of it, then he just reverted back to lack of command and quality pitches. When he did throw strikes, they were in the middle of the plate. It's very concerning and something we'll have to continue to work through and try to get him right."
Ramirez wound up with a no-decision and is 1-2 with a 7.50 ERA. The 23-year-old has allowed 18 hits and 13 runs over 11 innings in his last three outings after a strong opening debut against the Angels.
"I put stress on my team," Ramirez said. "I know I'm better than that. I can do it. I know it. I feel it. I just have to realize what I did and keep pounding the strike zone and find the right mechanic when I get ahead of hitters. If I need one pitch or two pitches, just go do it and don't be thinking too much about strikeouts. Just make them swing the bat and get ground balls or popups."
The Rangers knotted the game back up at 6 with a pair of runs in the third, knocking Ramirez from the game and tacking the tying run off rookie reliever Dominic Leone, who now has allowed one run in 8 1/3 innings in his first five appearances.
Veteran southpaw Joe Beimel took the loss after he replaced Leone and surrendered the lead with two runs in the fifth as Texas kept taking advantage of every opportunity, including a wild pitch with a runner on third for the second run.
McClendon said the bullpen has been taxed by some starting pitching hiccups and injuries are affecting the rotation with Hisashi Iwakuma, James Paxton, Taijuan Walker and Blake Beavan all on the disabled list, but he liked the way his club battled back after a walkoff loss Wednesday and then falling behind 4-0 in Thursday's finale.
"We've been dealt a tough hand, no question, but you deal with it," McClendon said. "We'll be OK. We're only 15 games into the season. I like the resiliency I saw today. We really battled back and never gave up, and that's a good sign. I think there are good things to come. I know this was a tough one and this series was tough for us, but it's not my first rodeo. I've been through it before. This club will be OK."


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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has cut four games off the 25-game suspension given to Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres during the playoffs.
The NHL announced the decision Monday, reducing the suspension after Torres filed an appeal of league disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan's original ruling.
Torres was suspended April 21 and missed the Coyotes' final 13 playoff games after he left Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa with a concussion following a high, hard hit. He will sit out the upcoming preseason and the first eight games of the 2012-13 regular season.
Torres will forfeit roughly $170,731 in salary during the suspension.


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U.S. Women's Update - Feb. 15
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 15, 2009) – The current edition of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on Feb. 15 includes briefs on national team players competing overseas, U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryouts, trivia questions, how to purchase replica national team jerseys, updated list of United States players competing professionally overseas (including non-National Team members) and much more.
For the complete PDF document that includes the international transfer list, trivia questions and other fan interaction sections, click here. Below are selected sections from the update.
McCUTCHEON IN STAR-STUDDED CLINIC LINEUP: U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand), who led the U.S. Olympic Men's Team to a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games before switching roles in December of 2008, is one of seven speakers at the 2009 Nebraska Volleyball Coaches Clinic set for March 27-28 at Lincoln, Neb. Cost for the clinic is $100 per person. McCutcheon will be joined by former UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist. She coached UCLA for 27 years guiding the Bruins to an 887-171-1 record with 11 national titles. Other presenters will be Nebraska Head Coach John Cook, Nebraska Assistant Coach and former Olympian Erik Sullivan, Nebraska Assistant Coach Lizzy Stemke, Papillion LaVista South High School Head Coach Gwen Egbert and Piux X High School Head Coach Jake Moore as presenters. For more information, contact the NU Volleyball Office at (402) 472-2399 or click here for the clinic brochure.
BERG LAUNCHES PERSONAL WEB SITE: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), a two-time U.S. Women's National Team setter and the 2008 U.S. Women's Female Player of the Year, has launched her own Web site found at clicking here. The site introduces readers to both of her worlds – on and off the court. Browsers can read up on her volleyball career, learn about her camps and private lessons, sponsorship and speaking engagement opportunities and her lifestyle section.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. In addition to volleyball, what other sports did Stacy Sykora letter in while attending Texas A&M University? 2. Which U.S. Women's National Team player was her school's first-ever player to reach 1,000 digs and 300 blocks in a career? Answers can be found on page four in the full PDF version (click here) of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
OPEN TRYOUTS FOR U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM: USA Volleyball will hold its annual open tryouts for the U.S. Women's National Team and Associated Training Programs Feb. 20-22, 2009, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. As part of the tryout, athletes will compete for spots on the USA Women's Volleyball National Team program, USA Women's Junior National Team or the USA Women's Senior A2 Teams. The tentative roster, which could change depending on late adds or drops due to injury, includes 44 outside hitters, 41 middle blockers, 36 liberos, 30 setters and 12 opposites. A total of 64 different colleges are represented on the roster, including four non-NCAA Division I institutions. For the complete press release, click here.
AH MOW-SANTOS UPDATE: Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu), a three-time Olympian for Team USA, has returned to her professional team in Switzerland as Volero heads into the playoffs. Ah Mow-Santos led Volero to a 25-19, 25-16, 25-22 victory in the second match of the quarterfinals against Tech laser VBC Cheseaux on Feb. 14. The victory allows Volero to advance to the league's semifinal round as it will play a best-of-five series against VC Kanti Schaffhausen. The series begins Feb. 28.
HANEEF-PARK UPDATE: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time U.S. Olympian, is competing for the Pioneer Red Wings of the Japanese V-League. One week after Pioneer lost to Hisamitsu with three-time U.S. Olympian Logan Tom, it answered with a 25-23, 25-21, 25-13 win of its own on Feb. 14. Haneef-Park played a different role in the match, that as a substitute in all three sets compiling four kills on 14 attacks and an ace. She stepped up her play on Feb. 15 as Pioneer captured a 22-25, 25-23, 25-10, 25-19 victory over Okayama. Haneef-Park scored 18 kills on 46 attacks, two blocks and an ace for 21 points. Pioneer, currently in sixth-place in the Japan V-League standings with a 10-10 record, plays top-ranked NEC on Feb. 21 and second-place Denso on Feb. 22 at Yamagata.
TOM UPDATE: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time U.S. Olympian and Best Scorer of the 2008 Olympic Games, is playing with Hisamitsu Springs in the Japanese V-League. Hisamitsu Springs had its six-match win streak snapped by Pioneer 25-23, 25-21, 25-13 on Feb. 14, just one week after it had defeated the same team in five sets. Tom scored 13 points in the loss via 11 kills and two blocks. One day later, Hisamitsu Springs lost its second consecutive match 25-16, 25-16, 22-25, 26-24 to Toray. Tom collected 10 kills, one block and one ace for 12 points in the loss. Hisamitsu Springs, currently in fourth place with a 12-8 record, plays fifth-place Okayama on Feb. 21 and eighth-place Toyota on Feb. 22 at Saga.
NNAMANI UPDATE: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.), a two-time Olympian now playing professionally in Turkey for Galatasaray, played one of her best matches of the season in Turkey on Feb. 10 as she competed against Americans Angie McGinnis and Heather Hughes, both U.S. Olympic Team alternates in 2008. Nnamani tallied 24 kills on 42 attacks with just three errors for a .500 hitting efficiency and 57 percent kill ratio as Galatasaray defeated Belisktas JK Bayan 25-22, 24-26, 25-11, 25-22. She posted a block and ace to increase her total points to 26 for the match.
METCALF, STALLS UPDATE: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), a 2004 Olympian, is playing for Eczacibasi Zentiva of the Turkish professional league along with 2008 Olympic Games alternate Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.). Both players competed for the University of Nebraska during their collegiate careers. On Feb. 14, Eczacibasi Zentiva met Turk Telekom, which is coached by 2008 U.S. Olympic head coach "Jenny" Lang Ping. Metcalf scored 22 points with 19 kills on 43 attacks, two blocks and an ace, only to have Turk Telekom squeak out a five-set victory 19-25, 27-25, 25-17, 10-25, 15-9. Stalls did not compete in the match. Earlier in the week, Eczacibasi Zentiva defeated Turkey's Vakifbank Gunes 25-21, 25-16, 17-25, 25-16 in the Indesit Champions League Playoff 12 Round on Feb. 11. Metcalf tallied 21 kills on 36 swings, one block and an ace for 23 points. Stalls subbed into the third set and started the fourth set tallying an ace and one attack. The two teams meet again on Feb. 18 to conclude its home-and-home playoff series to determine who advances to the Playoff 6 Round that starts the first week of March.
McGINNIS, HUGHES UPDATE: Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), both alternates on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and now competing for Besiktas JK Bayan of the Turkish professional volleyball league, put up decent numbers against Galatasaray on Feb. 10. However, it Galatasaray and two-time U.S. Olympian Ogonna Nnamani proved too much in a 25-22, 24-26, 25-11, 25-22 victory on Feb. 10. Hughes scored 16 points in the loss as she compiled 12 kills on 35 attacks, three aces and a block for 16 points. McGinnis set Besiktas to a 36 percent kill ratio as a team while adding three aces and a block of her own to the stat sheet. Besiktas came back to defeat Gazi Universitesi 25-18, 25-20, 25-11 on Feb. 14. Hughes tallied a team-high 12 points as she scored 12 kills on 29 attacks with just one error. McGinnis set Besiktas to a 49 percent kill ratio and .375 hitting efficiency.
BUSSE, CRIMES, PRESSEY UPDATE: Toa Baja, competing in the Puerto Rico Super League, features three players who trained with the U.S. Women's National Team during 2008. Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) all are sharing a heavy offensive load for Toa Baja. Through the first six matches of the season, Toa Baja has yet to lose and holds a two-match lead in the standings. Busse and Pressey each scored 11 points on Feb. 11 as Toa Baja posted a 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 victory over Mayaguez. Crimes added eight points in the match. On the other side of the court, American Jeanne Fairchild scored 12 points in the loss, while U.S. Women's National Team member Therese Crawford added eight points. Toa Baja ran its record to 6-0 on the year with a 25-18, 25-18, 26-24 victory over Ponce on Feb. 13. Crimes tallied a match-high 18 points with five blocks, while Busse chipped in seven points and Pressey added six. Karen Lawrence scored 12 points for Ponce in the loss.
OTHER AMERICAN STANDOUTS IN PUERTO RICO LEAGUE: Americans Shonda Cole, Lily Kahumoku, Jessica Jones and Allison Daley combined for 71 of San Sebastian's 90 points in a five-set victory over Guaynabo on Feb. 13. Cole led the way with 34 points, while Kahumoku added 21 points, Jones 16 and Daley 12. In the loss, Arrington scored 24 points and Lindsay Phillips added 14… Jordan Larson collected 27 points in Bayamon's four-set victory over Ponce on Feb. 11…Patrice Arrington was credited with 23 points in a three-set victory over Corozal on Feb. 10…Erin Moore tallied 17 points as her Corozal team topped Juncos in three sets. Vicky Brown contributed 12 points for Juncos in the loss… Kylie Atherstone pocketed 16 kills and Erica Short added 13 points in a Carolina four-set win over Caguas on Feb. 13…Brown scored 15 points as Junco defeated Mayaguez in four sets on Feb. 15. Fairchild tallied a team-high 18 points in the loss…For more highlights from the Puerto Rico Super League, click here.
BOWN UPDATE: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time Olympian and middle blocker on the silver-medal winning 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, and her Italian Serie A professional team Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi dropped a heart-breaking 26-28, 22-25, 25-18, 25-18, 15-12 match to Asystel Volley Novara on Feb. 15 after winning the first two sets. Bown did not play in the match. Jesi falls out of a tie for third place with Novara and is now in fourth place with a 12-5 record. In its next Serie A match, Jesi faces Famila Chieri on Feb. 21.
WILLOUGHBY UPDATE: Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medalist, and her Italian Serie A professional team Despar Perugia defeated Riso Scotti Pavia 25-21, 25-21, 10-25, 25-21 on Feb. 14. However, Willoughby saw limited action on the court as she subbed into the match in the third set compiling only two attacks and one serve. Perugia, currently in fifth place with a 10-8 record, takes on 13th-place Minetti Vicenza (2-15) on Feb. 22 in its next Serie A match.
SCOTT-ARRUDA UPDATE: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a four-time U.S. Olympian middle blocker, and her Italian Serie A professional team CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte lost to Zoppas Industries Conegliano 22-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21, 15-11 on Feb. 15. Scott-Arruda tallied 19 points in the loss as she compiled 16 kills on 36 attacks to go with three blocks. Castellana Grotte, now in ninth place with an 8-9 overall record and one point out of eighth place (Conegliano), challenges Scavolini Pesaro on Feb. 22.
GLASS UPDATE: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian playing professionally in Russia with Universitet Belogorie, did not compete in her team's most recent match on Feb. 15. Universitet Belogorie defeated Balakovskaya AES 27-25, 25-15, 26-24. Glass currently ranks 14th overall in scoring with 178 points. Universitet Belogorie, currently in second place in the Russian Super League with a 12-3 record, plays Indesit in its next match on Feb. 22.
JOINES, RICHARDS UPDATE: Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.), a 2008 U.S. Olympian, and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), a 2008 U.S. Olympic Team alternate, are competing for Fakel in the Russian professional league this winter. Fakel lost to Samorodok 25-22, 25-17, 25-15, 25-17 on Feb. 15. Joines scored 11 points in the match with five kills on 11 swings, three blocks and three aces. Richards added seven points, all on kills. Joines ranks 19th in blocking the Russian Super League with 28 blocks. Fakel returns to action on Feb. 22 against Uralochka.
OLYMPIC LIBEROS TO HOST CAMP: Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) and Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), who have occupied the libero position for the last three Olympic Games for Team USA, will host a one-day clinic on ball control and defense for all positions on March 8. The clinic will be held at Grand Canyon University, located at 3300 W. Camelback Road in Phoenix. The session runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Cost for the clinic is $160 per athlete with a cap of 60 participants. Athletes will be broken down into two age groups – 12-14 and 15-18. Sykora served as the U.S. libero at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, then earned a silver medal at her third Olympic Games in 2008 as a defensive specialist. Meanwhile, Davis was the 2008 Olympic Games libero. For more information or to register, click here.
REPLICA JERSEY AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED TIME: Are you looking for a unique holiday gift for your volleyball loved ones? USA Volleyball has the answer with replica jerseys from its 2008 Olympic Games indoor teams being made available for a limited time by clicking here. The U.S. Olympic Women's Team replica jerseys, priced at $65 apiece, are available in extra small, small, medium, large and extra large. Replica jerseys are available for all 12 U.S. players who participated in the 2008 Olympic Games. Each replica jersey will have the Olympian's name on the back with their jersey number on both the front and back. In addition, USA Volleyball has several other 2008 Olympic Games apparel items commemorating the unprecedented indoor and beach volleyball success obtained in Beijing. Products available on the online store include short and long-sleeve T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies in multiple designs.
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE APPRAREL ON SALE: USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Apparel can be purchased by clicking here. Men's and ladies' T-shirt designs are $15, while the youth T-shirt size is $13. Long sleeve t-shirts are $18, crew sweatshirts are $23 and hoodies are $30. Sizes XXL and larger have a slightly higher price. USA Volleyball's success on the Olympic grand stage in Beijing has never been achieved by any other nation since volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, which was named the United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month for August 2008, captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games without losing a single match. Women's Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) and Men's Beach Volleyball (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) both came back from Beijing with Olympic Games gold medals. The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team captured the silver medal in Beijing, as did the U.S. Women's Sitting Team during the Paralympic Games. No other country has ever participated in the gold-medal match of all four Olympic Games volleyball disciplines during the same year. Team USA added a fifth gold-medal appearance at the Paralympic Games.
2009 PAN AMERICAN CUP COMING TO MIAMI: USA Volleyball will host the Eighth Annual Women's Pan American Cup June 26-July 4 in conjunction with the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championship in the Miami area. The nine-day Pan American Cup, which will tentatively have three of the four 2008 Olympic Games semifinalists (Brazil, USA and Cuba), will be played on the campuses of the University of Miami and Florida International University. "USA Volleyball is extremely excited about the opportunity to host one of the largest international volleyball events in Miami and to pair it with the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "It will provide a unique opportunity for our developing young volleyball players to be exposed to elite international volleyball teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. The two events will also generate terrific excitement in the community and lead to greater popularity for the sport." USA Volleyball is hosting its first-ever Women's Pan American Cup, which serves as a qualifying event into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. The event is the largest international volleyball event hosted by USA Volleyball in terms of country participation. Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008).


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"American Masters: Janis Joplin"
PBS' "American Masters" on Tuesday presents a documentary on the too-short life of Janis Joplin, a talented, tortured artist. It has to be among the saddest "American Masters" presentations ever.
"Janis: Little Girl Blue" will air 7-9 p.m. Tuesday on Rocky Mountain PBS. The two-hour film from Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg ("Deliver Us From Evil," "West of Memphis," "Prophet's Prey") chronicles Janis' bullying by schoolmates, her discovery of her vocal powers, her quest for fame and her ongoing apologies to her parents for being something other than what they expected.
The expected clips from the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock are here but so are some unexpected moments: Dick Cavett talking about their (perhaps intimate) relationship, Joplin's sister Laura talking about their parents' difficulty understanding this wild daughter, and Kris Kristofferson talking about the song that he wrote and she made famous, "Bobby McGee." In a series of letters that begin "Dear Family," Joplin expresses her hopes of making it big.
She was only 27 when heroin took her life.
The broadcast features a never-before-seen extended film cut with additional archival performance footage and new interviews with musicians influenced by Janis: Alecia Moore (a.k.a. Pink), Juliette Lewis, Melissa Etheridge and the film's narrator, Chan Marshall, (a.k.a. Cat Power). Big Brother and the Holding Company bandmates Peter Albin, Sam Andrew and Dave Getz, Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), and Country Joe McDonald (Country Joe and the Fish) all weigh in.
She was ahead of her time, out of her depth and sadly self-destructive.