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After one game, there's no reason to think the Red Wings are anything but a threat. Pavel Datsyuk scored with 3:01 left in Friday's Game 1, finishing from the left side through a screen, and the Red Wings stunned the Bruins 1-0 at TD Garden to take the series lead.
BOSTON — David Krejci is used to playing with the puck in the Bruins' grasp.
Krejci and linemates Milan Lucic and Jarome Iginla can transition quickly into the offensive zone with Krejci spearheading the attack. When quick strikes don't emerge, Lucic and Iginla go to work, cycle and exert their strength, turning defensemen into toothpicks. Even if the goal is not scored then, it pays off later, tired legs leading to a white flag.
That never happened Friday night in their playoff opener.
"The one issue for tonight is, we didn't have the puck enough," coach Claude Julien said after a 1-0 loss to the Red Wings at TD Garden. "And when we had it, we didn't start putting pucks in areas we can get it back. We've got to hang onto it and tonight I didn't think we played as much with the puck as we wanted to."
The Bruins were among the top-five teams in the league with generating over 60 percent of attempted shots in close games, a strong barometer of puck possession. On Friday at TD Garden, they attempted just 42 shots to 54 for Detroit, meaning they had less than 44 percent of the shots.
Game 2 of this series is Sunday afternoon, and puck possession will be an issue the Bruins will have to address to even it up. Not that they think it's an impossible feat; they controlled the third period, only to see Pavel Datsyuk pop in the winning goal off a rush with 3:01 left.
"We're used to playing tight games, and we've been there before," Patrice Bergeron said. "So we've just got to manage plays and make sure we score when we do have those chances."
It's a challenge to take the puck from the Red Wings, who under Mike Babcock for nearly a decade have turned puck possession into their own art form. The Wings play with pace and structure and have the skilled players to own the rubber rather than rent it.
Detroit never got its offense going much either Friday – "Not a lot of chances both ways and not a lot of mistakes either," Dougie Hamilton said – but the Bruins' best players never got a chance to get going. Krejci's line of three 60-point scorers combined for four shots on net. Patrice Bergeron's unit had four.
The Bruins knew many of their problems were of their own doing. Their game collapsed in the second period, breakout passes falling off and possession becoming non-existent. The Red Wings clogged the neutral zone, and the Bruins' punishers along the boards could never go to work.
"It was tight, so we have to find a way," Krejci said. "I feel like we have to go really deep [as forwards] and we hold onto the puck, then we will have some more time on the breakouts, but we didn't do that. [The forwards] have to come down on the breakouts. Forwards will get it and come up the ice as a line, all three guys with the same speed. I don't think we did that."
It didn't help that they had four newcomers to the lineup, after injuries and the flu bug ravaged the roster in the last week. Chris Kelly, Daniel Paille, Matt Bartkowski and Kevan Miller were all absent. Julien is hopeful some will return Sunday, with Bartkowski perhaps being closer than Miller.
In their place, defenseman Corey Potter was playing just his fourth game in 81 days. Potter and call-up Justin Florek were making their Stanley Cup playoff debuts.
The Bruins recovered from the second with a solid third period. After Tuukka Rask (23 saves) brilliantly kicked out Darren Helm's rebound chance in the opening minutes of the period, the Bruins found their legs. Krejci drew an interference penalty and the Bruins got their only power play of the game, putting several bids on Jimmy Howard, who made 25 saves for the shutout.
Just before Datsyuk's goal, Iginla put a shot on Howard with Lucic driving the net. The puck slipped through Howard's pads, but hit his glove and knocked away.
Moments later, Datsyuk's wrister in transition went through the traffic of Dougie Hamilton and Justin Abdelkader. Rask never saw it.
"It was a tight, checking game, but nonetheless, I think everybody's got to find a way to create more and that's going to be the challenge in this series with two teams playing really tight," Julien said. "So it's about everybody working a little harder and then gaining your space and doing what you have to do here."
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If you have missed a period and recently had unprotected sex, you may be pregnant. Pregnancy tests are most reliable from the first day of your missed period.
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You can carry out most pregnancy tests from the first day of a missed period. If you don't know when your next period is due, do the test at least 21 days after you last had unprotected sex.
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You can also buy pregnancy testing kits from pharmacists and some supermarkets. They can give a quick result and you can do the test in private.
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All pregnancy tests detect the hormone human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), which starts to be produced around 6 days after fertilisation.
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All these services – including community contraceptive clinics – are confidential. If you're 13 or older, the staff won't tell your parents. They'll encourage you to talk to your parents, but they won't force you.
If you're under 25 and would prefer advice specifically for young people, the sexual health charity Brook provides a range of services for young people. The Brook website contains information on pregnancy choices. You can also use the Ask Brook 24/7 service.
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The continuation of our double world-champion driver line-up, further consolidation of our championship-winning engineering team and a subtle, yet deep-reaching technical update of our car all underpin the world-class strength, experience and ambition that exists at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ahead of the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
This morning's technical presentation of the MP4-27 at the McLaren Technology Centre showcased a natural evolution of last year's six-race-winning car and underlined the message that the new season is very much one of growth through strength and continuity. After finishing second in both the drivers' and constructors' championships in 2011, our aim for the new season is to fight for both world titles from the very start of this year's campaign.
Evolutionary design of MP4-27 masks overhaul of all major systems
While the all-new Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-27 closely resembles last year's multiple race-winning car, the 2012 chassis has been substantially revised from the ground-up, with all major systems updated or re-designed for the new season. The most evident visual differences include more tightly waisted rear bodywork, developed to improve flow to the rear of the car, and a revised cooling system, which re-directs the gearbox oil-cooler. Last year's U-shaped sidepods have also been re-designed – a legacy of the FIA's new exhaust regulations that redefine the shape of the rear bodywork.
Best driver line-up in Formula 1 retained for third successive season
Maintaining the belief in the validity of strengthened continuity, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is the only team in Formula 1 whose driver line-up consists of two world champions: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. Between them, they have scored 22 grand prix victories for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and are the strongest and most consistent driver line-up in the sport. Maintaining the partnership into a third successive season was merely a formality.
Strength drawn from consolidation of engineering and race teams
On the technical front, our exemplary engineering trio Tim Goss (director of engineering), Paddy Lowe (technical director) and Neil Oatley (director of design and development programmes) once more remain at the forefront of the drawing office. For 2012, they will be joined by sporting director Sam Michael, whose arrival coincides with the re-organisation of our trackside personnel roster to ensure both growth and development within the group.
Off-track: the most complete team in Formula 1
Away from the track, the team continues to develop, too: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes last year became the world's first carbon-neutral Formula 1 team, efficiently managing its carbon footprint and purchasing carbon credits to completely offset its emissions.
As well as continuing relationships of record-breaking length with partners such as Hugo Boss (31 years), TAG Heuer (27 years), Kenwood (22 years), ExxonMobil (18 years), Mercedes-Benz (18 years), Hilton (eight years) and Vodafone (six years), our new strategic partnership with GlaxoSmithKline continues to gather pace. Development and planning continue on the McLaren GSK Centre for Applied Performance, while GSK's Lucozade scientists are busy developing a groundbreaking cockpit drinks formula to hydrate our drivers during grands prix in 2012.
Finally, in a year when the world's spotlight will shine on London and the 2012 Olympics, we're proud that equipment and technology pioneered at the racetrack by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and developed by McLaren Applied Technologies will be used by Team GB's athletes in their quest for Gold this summer.
Following a one-day private shakedown, Jenson will begin track testing of the MP4-27 at Spain's Circuito de Jerez on Tuesday February 7.
Age 32
Date of birth January 19 1980
F1 highlights
Titles 2009 world champion
GPs 208
Wins 12 (five for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes)
Poles 7
FLs 6
Points 811
Websites www.jensonbutton.com
Twitter @jensonbutton
Jenson Button joined Vodafone McLaren Mercedes as the newly crowned world champion at the end of the 2009 season and re-signed a new multi-year deal with the team last autumn.
His runner-up position in the 2011 world drivers' championship, including victories in Hungary and Japan and a career-best last-to-first final-lap win in Canada, along with nine further podium finishes, underlined his credentials as one of the most respected and complete drivers in Formula 1 history.
The 2012 season will mark his 13th season in Formula 1.
Jenson said:
"With the regulations remaining relatively stable, we've really been able to focus on the detail with this year's car. I still think we had a very fast package last year – it was very strong in certain areas – and our race pace was almost always fantastic, but we're hoping for a further step forwards in 2012. With Mercedes-Benz, I think we also had the best overall engine and KERS Hybrid package in the pitlane.
"We were also able to continuously develop throughout the year to match Red Bull – and that shows that we have the knowledge, effort and resources to sustain our efforts across the course of a whole season, which can be crucial.
"I know that the whole team is extremely proud of the MP4-27. It may look like a direct evolution of last year's car, but we've analysed every area of performance over the winter and the whole car has benefited from lots of fresh thinking and new ideas in every area. I'm really looking forward to getting behind the wheel in Spain next week.
"I know that everyone will be watching us very closely to see what progress we make during the pre-season tests, but I genuinely believe we have every reason to feel optimistic about the progress we've made and our competitiveness this year."
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Date of birth January 7 1985
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Titles 2008 world champion
GPs 90
Wins 17 (all for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes)
Poles 19
FLs 11
Points 723
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Lewis Hamilton, 27, made his Formula 1 debut with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in 2007, immediately making headlines for his supremely assured blend of speed, wisdom and sheer audacity on the racetrack.
A world champion at the age of 23 and, uniquely, a race winner in all of his five Formula 1 seasons, Lewis remains one of the fastest, most gifted and compelling drivers in F1 history.
At the end of 2011, he threw himself into a series of intense preparations ahead of the new season, training at high altitude in Colorado and at home in Switzerland.
Lewis said:
"The winter has been a great opportunity to recharge – I got away into the mountains, spent a lot of time hiking and running, improving my fitness and starting to prepare for the new year.
"It's always great to get away from everything; change the scenery. And what's great about Formula 1 is that you start each season with the baseline completely reset – everybody starts again from zero – and that always makes me so hungry.
"I've been keenly following the development of MP4-27 over the winter and I've been really encouraged by the results and the data that the engineers have been showing me. I think we already had a very strong base to build upon: Jenson and I won six races with MP4-26 last year and I think we've been able to retain all the strengths and the reliability of that design while also incorporating lots of improvements and new ideas into the new car.
"Of course, the biggest changes for 2012 are the modifications to the exhaust regulations – that will reduce the downforce and grip that we had last year, but it just puts the emphasis on the designers to try and claw some of that back in other areas.
"I get the feeling the MP4-27 is going to feel very new and exciting when we get to drive it for the first time."
Team principal, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
"The 2012 season will be an important one for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: having finished second in the constructors' championship for the past two seasons, we're determined to mount a sustained, hard challenge for both world titles.
"Our engineering team continues to develop and grow: while the key names who head the department are well known – Tim Goss, Paddy Lowe and Neil Oatley – it's the strength in depth within the department that continually impresses. I'm extremely proud of our efforts to invest in and recruit young graduate engineers and to develop and school them in the ways of Formula 1.
"We have a fantastically committed team of individuals, and MP4-27 is the fruit of their labours – it's a beautiful car, and one we feel is the perfect platform from which to launch our assault on the world championship. While there are clear visual changes to this year's car, there's greater change beneath the skin, with lots of fresh thinking applied to every major system. The car is pleasingly complete.
"I don't think we want for anything from our drivers, either: in Jenson and Lewis, I believe we have the very best line-up in Formula 1 – the perfect blend of experience, speed and aggression. They complement each other perfectly.
"For 2012, we are well aware that Red Bull remains a very powerful and capable operation, and that both Ferrari and Mercedes AMG are ramping up their operational capacity. We have no room to be complacent – what you see today only scratches the surface of what we're planning to deliver to the track both from an engineering and operational point of view throughout 2012.
"I'm pleased and confident that we've left no stone unturned in our quest for performance. Now, our focus invariably turns to the track as we evaluate MP4-27 ahead of the start of the 2012 season in Melbourne on March 18. These will be a fascinating three weeks."
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Vodafone is the world's largest mobile communications company by revenue, providing a wide range of services including voice and data communication.
Vodafone is the title partner and Official Total Communications Provider of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. This partnership is Vodafone's major global sponsorship and is part of an ongoing commitment to the Formula 1 World Championship, a sport that continues to deliver massive global television coverage and which has significant appeal for Vodafone's consumer and business customers and racing fans around the world.
The title partnership, including the team name 'Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' and 'Official Total Communications Partner' of the team, continues to give Vodafone dominant title sponsorship branding on the new 2012 cars, drivers' and pit crews' overalls and helmets. Into the sixth season of this partnership the associative rights acquired provide unique opportunities that will continue to build brand value and raise brand awareness.
The team partnership delivers an innovative, powerful and integrated marketing platform enabling Vodafone customers to get closer to the action through unique experiences, innovative content, experiential events, advertising, offers and promotions. Innovative products and services allow Vodafone to bring our customers closer to the passion of Formula 1, empowering them to live the experience through our sponsorship programmes.
- In October 2010, Vodafone and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes announced the extension of their title partnership.
- The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes title partnership has been hugely successful, in both sporting and marketing terms, and the extension is testimony to Formula 1's enduring global marketing appeal.
- Under the new agreement, Vodafone will remain title partner and becomes official total communications partner of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes. Covering fixed, mobile and broadband networks, content and communication services and associated devices, the partnership will continue to drive forward the relationship with a particular focus on empowerment and technical innovation by: bringing Vodafone customers closer to the passion of Formula 1 through its services, events and experiences
- Supporting the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team's on-track success through greater technical integration of Vodafone's total communications services.
Team principal, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Martin Whitmarsh graduated with a degree in engineering before joining the aerospace industry, holding a variety of positions in research and development before running an aerospace structures business. In 1989, he moved to McLaren to lead design operations, becoming managing director of McLaren Racing in 1997.
He has been instrumental in assisting McLaren's growth and diversification as a group as well as overseeing the F1 operation. In 2004, Martin was appointed chief operating officer of McLaren Group, and at the beginning of the 2009 Formula 1 season he took over as team principal of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and became chief executive officer of McLaren Group.
Under his stewardship the team has continued to grow and prosper, attracting the services of two of the best drivers in Formula 1, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, winning six grands prix during the 2011 season and finishing second in the constructors' championship.
Director of engineering
Tim Goss entered Formula 1 with Cosworth in 1986 before joining McLaren as a design engineer in 1990. He has held many roles within the team, including stints as chief test team engineer, head of vehicle dynamics and chief engineer powertrain – a role in which he oversaw the introduction of the sport's first-ever seamless-shift gearbox in 2005.
Outgrowing his role as chief engineer, he was appointed director of engineering in January 2011. He oversees all aspects of car specification, top-level target-setting and priority engineering projects.
Technical director
Paddy Lowe graduated from Cambridge University in 1984, joining Williams in 1987 where he took charge of the active suspension project, which directly contributed to Nigel Mansell's 1992 world championship. He joined McLaren in 1993 as the team's head of research and development: through this role, he was instrumental in introducing a number of key technical innovations to McLaren's cars and organisation, including power steering, brake-steer and the F1 simulator. His remit continually broadened and he was appointed engineering director in May 2005 – a role that gave him responsibility over all the engineering departments within McLaren Racing.
In January 2011 he was appointed to the position of technical director, from which he continues to manage all of the engineering functions in McLaren Racing, defines the technical strategy for the team's development and racing activities as well as representing Vodafone McLaren Mercedes on the FOTA and FIA technical boards.
Director of design and development programmes
Neil Oatley arrived in Formula 1 during an era in which designers also had to turn their hands to practical race engineering. He joined Williams as a draughtsman in 1977, moving on to race-engineer Clay Regazzoni and Carlos Reutemann, and working alongside world champions Keke Rosberg and Nigel Mansell.
He returned to the drawing office as chief designer for the short-lived Haas Lola team before moving to McLaren in 1986, where he played a key role in the creation of a succession of legendary championship-winning cars.
Recently celebrating 25 years at McLaren, Neil's brief as director of design and development programmes enables him to deploy the experience gleaned through over three decades at the cutting edge of motorsport into the specification, design and build of each new Vodafone McLaren Mercedes car.
senior management
Managing director
Graduating from Nottingham University in 1984 with an honours degree in physics, Jonathan Neale began a lengthy career in the commercial and defence aerospace industry. Beginning at Philips Defence Systems, he became a chartered electrical and electronic engineer and went on to lead the advanced development group within the electronic warfare division. He moved to BAE systems in 1991, working as a project design engineer leading major systems projects for commercial aircraft.
Promoted through the company, he became director of operations and support operations at the Manchester and Prestwick Sites and was responsible for aircraft production, customer support and training. He returned to defence systems and aircraft, taking charge of the Hawk Fast Jet Programme as managing director 1999. He gained his MBA during the 1990s and participated in the government cabinet office's prestigious Top Management Programme working with public and private sector colleagues.
Jonathan joined McLaren Racing as operations director in 2001 to oversee the race team's operations and engineering processes. He was appointed the company's managing director in 2004. Jonathan is currently a fellow of the Institute of Directors and occupies a principal role within the organisation, managing overall technical and operational strategy for the whole team.
Sporting director
Graduating from the University of New South Wales in 1993 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Sam Michael travelled to Europe and immediately began his Formula 1 career with Lotus.
Over the following 17 seasons, he benefited from the tutelage and experience of Gary Anderson at Jordan Grand Prix and Patrick Head at WilliamsF1. Promoted through both teams, he has worked in and led design, R&D, vehicle dynamics and race engineering departments, as well as achieving company director and board-member level at Williams. He became the team's technical director in the spring of 2004.
He joined Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in November 2011, officially taking on the role of sporting director at the start of this year. He forms part of our senior technical management team, primarily responsible for trackside operations.
Operations director
A rich background in mechanical and automotive engineering – including roles at BMW's powertrain division – perfectly prepared Simon Roberts for McLaren Racing. Joining the team in 2003 as general manager, he became operations director the following year.
For 2009, he was seconded to the Force India F1 team as chief operating officer but returned to McLaren Racing ahead of the 2010 season.
Commercial & financial director
John Cooper qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in 1994 before joining Avis Europe as group financial accountant. He quickly progressing through the organisation to hold a number of key financial roles within Avis UK. He soon began working at board level within a newly acquired subsidiary in Greece and held two further overseas roles in Italy and Spain. John was also a member of the team who purchased the Budget Car Rental companies from administration and subsequently became their finance director in 2003.
John joined McLaren Racing as finance director in January 2005 and has subsequently taken on more responsibility, becoming commercial & finance director in 2010.
Team manager
David Redding took on his first motorsport role in 1988, working in the Benetton Formula 1 team's gearbox department. In 1995, he became number one mechanic at McLaren, before leaving at the end of 1996 to help set up the fledgling Stewart Grand Prix team.
When he rejoined McLaren in 2000, he moved to the team's engineering department, working as a systems engineer before becoming assistant race engineer alongside Philip Prew.
After engineering the third car at races, he became more involved in the team's operational side, and was appointed head of race operations in 2009. He became team manager in 2009 and is also Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' sporting representative within FOTA and on the FIA's sporting board.
Q&A with technical director Paddy Lowe and director of engineering Tim Goss
After a successful 2011 season, what were your main aims with the development of the MP4-27?
Paddy: "Our main objectives for the 2012 season were to optimise downforce despite the changes to the blown floor, and to improve our understanding and utilisation of the Pirelli tyres, which were new to us last year.
Tim: "Although you can't see it, there's a lot on this car that's changed. However, this year has seen more of an evolutionary set of rules, so there's less of the unpredictability that comes from balancing resources between seasons during a time of greater regulatory change."
Paddy: "Every year, we sit down and want to design a race-winning car. We didn't have the quickest car at the start of last season, but we're doing everything possible to build the quickest car possible."
What are the key visual differences between the 2011 and 2012 cars?
Tim: "I think the most obvious change is the loss of the U-shaped sidepod, which we pioneered on last year's car. We reverted to a more conventional sidepod shape for this season because the U-shape was less suited to the new exhaust geometry restrictions. For 2012, the exhaust tailpipes now have to exit along the U-channel – so that particular feature was no longer really viable due to the new geometry restrictions. As a result, we decided to adopt a different approach to the way we feed the rear of the car. We have cleaned up the roll-hoop area and now have much tighter rear bodywork."
Were there any particular challenges in adapting to the new 2012 regulations?
Tim: "The regulations around the exhausts are very prescriptive: the exhausts must now exit within a very tight space at the rear of the car in order to minimise their aerodynamic influence. The final 100mm of the exhausts must be cylindrical – so they can no longer be oval, or flattened – and must be sited at a particular vertical and horizontal angle – between 10 and 30 degrees upwards. That's to direct the exhaust exit away from the floor."
Paddy: "One of the more satisfying challenges was being able to develop and expand our knowledge of the Pirelli tyres. It's our second season with Pirelli – 2011 was very much a learning year. We have used our experience from the past 12 months to design the car's layout, aerodynamics and vehicle dynamics around improved tyre utilisation."
Have there been knock-on effects to the design of the car due to the exhaust restrictions?
Tim: "They have the inevitable impact on the flow-fields around the rear of the car, yes. In previous years, the exhausts exited directly into the rear corner of the floor; we can't do that any more so, as you'd expect, that changes the flow characteristics at the rear of the car. The knock-on effect is that all of the aerodynamic devices at the rear of the car have had to be re-designed."
There have been a few departures from the technical team over the winter – are you comfortable with that?
Paddy: "I always say this, but Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is an extremely broad organisation. Bear in mind that we have 200 engineers working here – and, if those people all stayed in their job for 10 years, then we'd lose 20 engineers a year.
"Actually, we lose far fewer than that. It's easy to focus on those leaving, but we have just as many people arriving here. Also, we pride ourselves on bringing on new, young and clever guys, helping them get into the business. Inevitably, at some point, a few of those feel the need to fly the nest and join the competition – it's not something you can avoid. But we've got a very strong group of fantastically committed individuals here and we're proud of the work we've all done on MP4-27."
MP4-27 technical specification
Monocoque McLaren-moulded carbonfibre composite incorporating front and side impact structures
Front suspension Inboard torsion bar/damper system operated by pushrod and bell crank with a double wishbone arrangement
Rear suspension Inboard torsion bar/damper system operated by pullrod and bell crank with a double wishbone arrangement
Electronics McLaren Electronic Systems. Including chassis control, engine control, data acquisition, dashboard, alternator, sensors, data analysis and telemetry.
Bodywork Carbon-fibre composite. Separate engine cover, sidepods and floor. Structural nose with integral front wing
Driver-operated drag reduction system
Tyres Pirelli P Zero
Radio Kenwood
Race wheels Enkei
Brake callipers Akebono
Master cylinders Akebono
Batteries GS Yuasa Corporation
Steering McLaren power-assisted
Instruments McLaren Electronic Systems
Paint solutions AkzoNobel Car Refinishes using Sikkens products
Type Mercedes-Benz FO 108Z
Capacity 2.4 litres
Cylinders 8
Maximum rpm 18,000
Bank angle 90°
Piston bore maximum 98mm
Number of valves 32
Fuel ExxonMobil High Performance Unleaded (5.75% bio fuel)
Spark plugs NGK racing spark plugs specially designed for Formula 1
Lubricants Mobil 1 – combining greater performance, protection and cooling
with increased economy and lower emissions
Weight 95kg (minimum FIA regulation weight)
KERS Hybrid
Type Mercedes-Benz
e-Motor Engine-mounted electrical motor/generator
ESS Integrated energy storage cells and power electronics
Power 60 kW
Gearbox McLaren-moulded carbon-fibre composite
Integral rear impact structure
Gears Seven forward and one reverse
Gear selection McLaren seamless shift, hand-operated
Clutch Carbon/carbon, hand-operated
Lubricants Mobil


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Random DWTS Trivia: Len Goodman Was Young Once???!!
Another slow news day, kids, so I thought I'd continue my little "Random DWTS Trivia" series in hopes of entertaining you all while we wait for some real news to break 😛
One of our readers (can't remember who) requested a month or two ago that we hunt down some pictures of Len Goodman in his youth…perhaps to prove he hasn't always been the crotchety ol' coot we see on DWTS. I made a mental note to do it "someday" and then didn't really give it much more thought, but for whatever reason, the mood struck me last night to go a-googling – and these are the results 🙂
Here we have a 12-year-old Len at home in London. He's apparently pretty amused by something off-camera. Not gonna lie – at first I totally thought this was a girl with an ill-conceived Audrey Hepburn pixie cut. But alas, it is, indeed, our pal Len…I think the teeth & the eyebrows give it away.
Here we have Len & his dance partner/first wife, Cherry Kingston. Anyone else think he looks vaguely like Captain Kangaroo here? I'm just thankful that dance fashion & hair styling for ladies have improved quite a bit since the days of yore!
Here are Len & Cherry again, looks like some sort of competition. Couldn't tell you what dance they're doing – jive, maybe? Hard to tell, since the look of a lot of the Latin dances has changed so much from back in the day. Watch that leg, Cherry! You might hit Len in that "old sausage" he's always yammering on about.
Here's Len with his 2nd wife, Lesley, likely sometime in the late 70's-early '80s. He looks like he belongs on a golf course in Boca Raton, with that getup!
I culled most of these pix from an article I dug up from the Dailymail from back in 2008 – it was written by Len himself, and he related the saga of his 3 marriages and the lessons he learned from each. It's sometimes sad, it's sometimes uplifting – but you can really see that Len has gained a whole lot of wisdom over the years, and like the rest of us – he's human too, and has made some mistakes. It's a good read 🙂


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Let's all get together again this year and enjoy the food, fun, and camaraderie that we all enjoyed last year.
Bruce Leininger will be MC once again this year.
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Saturday April 27th
6->8pm raffle ticket sales
6pm Social Hour – No Host Bar
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Dinner purchase not required to participate in the raffle.
Deadline for RSVP: April 20, 2013
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There will be a very limited number of dinner tickets available at the door if you do not RSVP by the deadline.
Contact Bruce if you decide to attend the dinner at the last minute.
Raffle proceeds will be donated to the support of Project Valour-IT of Soldiers Angels. You may purchase raffle tickets without attending the dinner. You or a delegate must be present during the raffle to win.
"Every year we have soldiers from Fort Lewis come to Boomershoot to help teach people marksmanship. Some of those soldiers have been wounded and killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers Angels helped Joe Huffman's nephew who lost an arm and an eye in Iraq. This is a worthy cause for all of us to support this year through our raffle proceeds."
Raffle tickets will sell for $1.00 each, 12 for $10.00, & 25 for $20.00.
50 / 30-10-10 50% to support Soldiers Angels and 30%-10%-10% raffled to three lucky participants.
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There is a limit of 50 people total that may participate in each event. This allows us to limit the number of targets I have to allocate and still give people a chance to get "their fair share".
Shooters are guaranteed a minimum of five targets each there.
If you want to participate in a High Intensity event click a check box for one or both of the High Intensity events when you enter.
New for Boomershoot 2013 will be the opportunity for a few lucky participants to be able to shoot their own private fireball target at an "entertainingly close" distance on Friday evening.
The first four people to sign up for this unique opportunity will get an experience they will never forget. Feel the heat!
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These are the bare minimum rules which you must follow while at the event. You MUST have them memorized. Please read the additional rules and clarifications.
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July 7, 2012
As of 12 noon Boomershoot 2013 entry is open to everyone. There are still a few spots open. Sign up soon to make sure you will have a spot reserved.
June 21, 2012
The schedule for entry into Boomershoot 2013 is as follows. All times are Pacific Daylight time.
Staff: 6/22/2012 6:00:00 PM.
2012 participants: 6/24/2012 12:00:00 PM.
Everyone: 7/7/2012 12:00:00 PM.
June 4, 2012
I am working on changes to the entry software. Some nifty changes are in the works. I expect it to be ready no later than the end of June.
When the entry software is ready entry will first be open to staff, then 2012 participants, then to everyone else. The first two groups will receive a few days to choose their positions before the event is opened up to the general public.
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Pan-frying beef medallion isn't quite the same as grilling it, but oh well - one does what one can. I'm a little bit skeptical about the meat, though, as I'm not sure if it's properly medium. If you don't hear from me tomorrow, you can send someone to knock on my room and see if I'm suffering from food poisoning...
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... you can find scholarly explanations for your weird quirks.
For example, while the prevailing culture here is to go Dutch and many women might even find it insulting if men offered to treat them, I prefer owing and overpaying in a constant back-and-forth, exchanging things that are harder to quantify.
I remembered reading a book that mentioned a culture where exact repayment of debt was seen as a precursor to the end of a relationship, whereas the cycle of debt/overpayment continued it. After a couple of keyword searches, I turned up a related paper.
Schwartz, Barry. 1967. "The Social Psychology of the Gift." The American Journal of Sociology. On p.8:
Distributive justice is particularly interesting in view of the rule which prohibits an equal-return "payment" in gift exchange. This suggests that every gift-exchanging dyad (or larger group) is characterized by a certain "balance of debt" which must never be brought into equilibrium, for a perfect level of distributive justice is typical of the economic rather than the social exchange relationship. It has, in fact, already been suggested that the greater the correspondence in value between gift received and gift returned, the less the sentimental component in the relationship is likely to be.
The continuing balance of debt--now in favor of one member, now in favor of the other--insures that the relationship between the two continue, for gratitude will always constitute a part of the bond linking them. Gouldner, in this connection, considered gift exchange as a "starting mechanism" for social relationships. Simmel likened the phenomenon to "inertia" in his essay on "Faithfulness and Gratitude".
Random Japanese sentence: うちの犬と猫は仲良くやっている。これは珍しいことだ。 My cat and dog get along. It is unusual.
I skipped the HFIG panel (bad Sacha! ;) ) to go to IBM. I had so much fun coding a simple data processor, though, that I didn't feel guilty at all. Another blogger had posted this _totally_ awesome visualization of bloggers and their locations, and the blog entry helped me learn how to determine a person's work location given the e-mail address. Neato. Also, I did some more evangelism work. Whee! =)
I had so much fun hacking that I nearly forgot about the 5:35 bus. Good thing Stephen IMed me. =) I ran to the bus stop and caught it, but that was still pretty scary!
I ended up chatting with Quinn on the way home. I should invite her to a dinner party sometime...
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"How Nights Out End" is the brand new 6 track EP from Glaswegian DIY pop collective GUMS!("Featuring members of The Plimptons, How to Swim, Collar Up and Headless Kross) and the follow up to 2013's "Antipathy" ("think of them as current carriers of the torch. They're doing Glaswegian indie as well as anyone else right now." – The Sound of Confusion). It is available to download FREE now from gums.bandcamp.com.
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Relief agency slimming workforce for long-term sustainability
Regional workers for the American Red Cross received layoff notices Friday.
The agency that provides disaster relief services and handles blood donations in Maryland is eliminating 56 workers from its regional staff of more than 700. The region includes Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and southern Pennsylvania.
WBAL-TV 11 News was told the cost-cutting measures are being made to ensure long-term sustainability.
"We understand this is happening during a difficult time of year and that these changes will affect the lives of our employees and their families. The Red Cross will make every effort to assist those impacted by the reduction in force, including consideration for open positions in the region," Red Cross spokeswoman Donna Morrissey said.
The jobs will be eliminated effective Dec. 28.


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Jews in "The Economist" -- Sightings (Martin Marty)
Jews are often in the news. It can be good or bad, but even though the population isn't large (under 14 million worldwide) they continue to make their presence felt. We who are Christians consider ourselves connected to them -- their Bible is part of our Bible. Our founding figures were Jewish. So, you could say -- I'm interested.
Martin Marty writes in this post about the issues facing the Jewish people and Israel, as recounted in an article in The Economist. I would like to share it and invite comment.
Sightings 7/30/2012
Jews in the Economist
-- Martin E. Marty
Jews receive and merit attention, in this case twelve pages of it in a "Special Report" in the Economist. According to the report, there are 13,580,000 Jews in the world, which is fewer than there are Southern Baptists (15-16 million) in the United States, where there are 5,275,000 Jews. Both of the two "populations" choose to make news and do make news, so Sightings could not overlook them when sighting public religion. Picking out a few high spots in the magazine is difficult, but we'll point to some which have a bearing on controversies in American life. First of all, in the United States Jews currently share the fix or fate of moderate or liberal faith-groups of all sorts; namely, they experience decline. Compare "mainline" Protestantism and non-Mexican-American Catholicism.
All three suffer from membership bleeding into another religious group spotted by demographers, namely "Nones," as in "None of the above." The magazine quotes Stephen Cohen of Reformed Judaism's Hebrew Union College: "The unchurched are growing, the religious surge has peaked. The winds of America are blowing in a more secular direction, especially in the blue [Democratic] states, where Jews live. Blue states are Jew states." Sightings pointed out recently that Southern Baptists and other conservative churches are also seeing some seepage to the "Nones." But the Economist focuses on another topic, especially when it comes to Israel. That is, on Orthodoxy, and especially hyper-hyper-Orthodoxy, nurtured by Russian Jewish migrations to Israel and New York. It prospers in Israel which is suffering economically by the growth of the haredim, most of whom do not choose to be employed, so that they can devote themselves to Torah study, and also from social unease, thanks to growing resentment of the draft-free status of young haredim. The system which allows both causes great stress in Israel, and something has got to and is going to give, Economist writers and others say.
Many American Jews continue to support Israel, but the numbers who are disaffected and critical here as they are in Israel, grows. "As their attachment to Judaism weakens, so does their commitment to Israel," but they find other ways reflexively and reflectively to be and feel somehow Jewish. Meanwhile, strongly pro-Israel politicians command media and political attention. Arnold Eisen of Jewish Theological Seminary: "Honest discussion about Israel is largely shut down. . . Some rabbis will speak their minds, but people don't want to fight and there is a disinclination to argue about Israel."
The editors see reactionary Orthdoxies still winning over moderate movements. No surprise here. In the six-year five-fat-volume study of militant fundamentalisms I co-directed (with R. Scott Appleby) for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,we found everywhere, in all religions, that it was not conservatism that was growing but extremism based less in history-based traditions but in fear, reaction, and aggression. As I read the Economist and other such literature I think of an observation by Harold Isaacs which we paraphrased as we looked at Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Christian and other militancies: "Around the world there is a massive convulsive ingathering of peoples into their separatenesses and over-againstnesses to protect their pride and power and place from the real or presumed threat of others who are doing the same." To its credit, the Economist does justice to the many things in Judaism which are other-than-extreme.
For a rounded picture, read it.
"Who Is a Jew? It's Less Obvious than You Might Think," Economist, July 28, 2012.
Martin E. Marty's biography, publications, and contact information can be found atwww.memarty.com.
Editor's Note: Sightings will be on hiatus in the month of August. We return in September.
This month's Religion & Culture Web Forum is entitled "Give me back my Children!": Traumatic Reenactment and Tenuous Democratic Public Spheres by Mark Auslander. Every year, thousands of Americans re-enact Civil War battles, while tens of thousands more witness these restagings. But recent years have seen the rise of a different type of historical reenactment--the reenactment of "traumatic historical events related to slavery, race and power in American history." Mark Auslander draws from fieldwork to describe three such reenactments: "the annual reenactment of a horrific 1946 mass lynching in Walton County, Georgia; the daily mounting of a 'historical experience' of slavery in Selma, Alabama; and a reenacted slave auction in St. Louis, Missouri." Invoking a distinction formulated by Claude Levi-Strauss, Auslander proposes that traumatic reenactments can be understood as rites, which "produce sameness out of fundamental difference," rather than as games, which produce difference out of sameness. Ultimately, however, traumatic reenactments according to Auslander engage "the classic problem of managing the unquiet dead ... The living must labor to help relocate the wandering interstitial dead--to help move them along towards their proper place." Read "Give me back my Children."
Sightings comes from the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School.


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To say, as Enbridge keeps repeating, the Northern Gateway pipeline and tankers project doesn't go through the Great Bear Rainforest flies in the face of geography every bit as blatantly as Enbridge's advertisements, which "disappear" islands along the proposed tanker route.
With this one statement, Enbridge attempted to remove a First Nation from the Great Bear Rainforest, ignore globally recognized agreements, dismiss coastal ecosystems, and deny responsibility for tankers.
Enbridge may find it convenient to redefine our coast, our geographies and our people in order to best suit their interests, but all of us who live on this coast know better. We — and the islands we live on — are here to stay. The Great Bear Rainforest has been, and will continue to be, defined by those of us who live here.
Where the proposed pipeline reaches Kitimat, it does in fact pass through the Great Bear Rainforest as defined in the 2006 Great Bear Rainforest Agreements. These government-to-government agreements between the province and First Nations resulted in new protected areas, shared decision-making, a commitment to ecosystem-based forestry, and conservation financing. As a result of the agreements, new protected areas were established on the Central Coast, North Coast, Haida Gwaii, and — notably — the southern portion of the Kalum Land and Resource Management Planning (LRMP) area, which is the area around Kitimat. First Nations from these areas have entered into reconciliation protocols with the province, outlining a resource revenue-sharing arrangement and creating a more collaborative approach to land and resource decision-making.
The Great Bear Rainforest agreements resulted in $120 million in conservation financing ($60 million from the federal and provincial governments and $60 million from the private sector) to support the transition to a conservation economy throughout the Great Bear Rainforest, including the area around Kitimat. These areas are clearly outlined in governing documents and the maps of Coast Opportunity Funds, the body that administers the financing.
Yet, the Great Bear Rainforest is much more than a political construct: it is a globally rare ecosystem that for thousands of years has been home to many First Nations. Ecosystems don't follow political or planning boundaries; they are determined by the interactions of plant and animal species in their physical environment. In this case, picture towering trees, heavy rainfall, abundant salmon runs, and the people that depend on them. Regardless of how lines are drawn on a map, ecologically it is clear that the Great Bear, the world's largest remaining intact coastal temperate rainforest, extends to the areas around Kitimat.
And how disingenuous of Enbridge to pretend their project stops at the end of the pipeline. The economics of their entire project depend on transporting the diluted bitumen to markets in Asia and the U.S. via super tankers. By "disappearing" first the islands along the tanker route and now the dangerous tanker route altogether, Enbridge is trying to avoid responsibility for any spills on the coast.
While land and sea have been arbitrarily separated in the Great Bear Rainforest for planning purposes, we know that what happens in the ocean will impact the forest. The salmon that travel up the rivers into the rainforest provide food not just to the people but also the bears, wolves, eagles and remarkably, even the trees. Coastal First Nations have been working for years to develop marine-use plans to guide the sustainable use and protection of our abundant marine resources, resources we depend on for food, culture and livelihoods. In an apparent attempt to undermine our efforts, and the Constitutional rights of our First Nations to decide what happens in our territories, Enbridge successfully lobbied the federal government to cancel its involvement in marine-use planning.
Clearly, the corporate culture of Enbridge is to try to redefine the coast of B.C. for its purposes, and to "disappear" first the planning processes and islands, and now the political agreements, ecological realities, and First Nation geographies that get in their way. What or who will be next?
Enbridge is way off base. The Northern Gateway pipeline would pass through a portion of the Great Bear Rainforest, putting this unique ecosystem at risk of an oil spill. And the tankers carrying diluted bitumen would travel through the Great Bear Rainforest.
Which is why Coastal First Nations declared a ban on tankers carrying crude oil through our traditional territories. We know accidents happen, and there is too much at stake. Regardless of how you define boundaries, we know we live in the Great Bear Rainforest and we will keep the ocean we depend on free from oil.
Art Sterritt is Coastal First Nations executive director.


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A university student suspended for writing an essay called "Hot for Teacher" has no First Amendment right to express his sexual attraction to his instructor, a judge said.
Joseph Corlett's lawsuit was dismissed by US District Judge Patrick Duggan, who ruled in favour of Oakland University in suburban Detroit.
When Corlett referred to his teacher as "'stacked' and graphically compared her to a sitcom character he fetishised in a writing assignment, he brought a pig into the parlor," Judge Duggan said.
"Such expressions, while possibly appropriate in some settings, need not be tolerated by university officials," the Judge said.
Corlett, 57, was suspended in 2012 after writing about his writing instructor. He compared her to the sexy starlet Ginger from the 1960s TV series, Gilligan's Island and described her as "tall, blonde, stacked," among other things.
"Kee-Rist, I'll never learn a thing. … I'll search for something unattractive about her. No luck yet," Corlett wrote.
He titled his essay Hot for Teacher, the name of a Van Halen song. Corlett said students in the English 380 class were told to write honestly and that no topic was off limits. Oakland said the work was clearly inappropriate.
"This is a case that never should have been brought, and justice has been served by its quick and decisive dismissal," the university's attorney, Len Niehoff, said.
Corlett, who now lives in Sarasota, Florida, is a home builder who pursued a college degree because of the weak economy. He enrolled full-time in 2011 after earning an associate degree from a community college.
His lawyer, Alari Adams, said she was disappointed by Judge Duggan's decision and was "exploring the next step" in the case.
Corlett's suspension requires him to undergo sensitivity counselling if he ever wants to return as a student.


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October 9, 2011
Los Angeles Modern Auctions' single-owner auction of The Collection of Richard Dorso held on October 9, 2011 set new auction records for De Wain Valentine and Roland Reiss, who were both featured in Pacific Standard Time exhibitions. The sale totaled $1,536,000, more than doubling the pre-sale estimate of $657,000, with 100% of the 417 lots sold.
Born in San Francisco in 1909, Richard Dorso bought his first piece of art when he was 21 years old; he passed away this year at the age of 101. A participant and witness of the explosion of the post World War II Los Angeles art scene, Dorso spent a lifetime collecting art, whether it was visiting galleries on La Cienega on Monday evenings or going to young artists' studios - he just bought what he liked. Highlight pieces from the collection of over 400 works include fine art by John Baldessari, Robert Cottingham, Richard Tuttle, Paul Wonner, John McCracken, and Gustav Klimt. As part of the exhibit, David John of You Have Been Here Sometime designed and styled an interior showcase to present a current view of Dorso's lifelong collection.


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Andrews visit may put Buchholz at ease
BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz will try to ease his mind on Monday, when he visits noted orthopedist James Andrews in Pensacola, Fla.
The Red Sox right-hander hasn't pitched since June 8 because of a neck strain that has also given him discomfort behind his right shoulder.
What Buchholz will look for from Andrews is the assurance that he doesn't have a major injury and that he isn't risking further injury by pitching.
Even in advance of his meeting with Dr. Andrews, Buchholz continued his throwing program by playing catch with one of the Red Sox's trainers.
"I think given all Clay has dealt with -- the stop and start of this process and the rehab associated with the shoulder, neck, all that -- as I've said many times, he's extremely frustrated with it," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "As it seemed like he was turning the corner on the trip when we went through Seattle and the throwing that he was doing, it hasn't [cleared up].
"So, more than anything, this will enable him to get some verification and clarification through Dr. Andrews to put his mind at ease. And that's as important as anything that he's dealing with from a physical standpoint."
The Red Sox's medical staff has been in touch with Andrews and sent him some imaging of Buchholz.
"This is just a chance to get in front of him, for Andrews to examine him physically rather than just viewing MRI images, so until that exam takes place, that's where things are," said Farrell.
This injury has been a tough one for the Red Sox and Buchholz to get a handle on. Multiple times, the right-hander seemed on the verge of a return, only to have to put on the brakes.
"Where the frustration lies is that when he's been able to throw long toss aggressively, there's been no issue," Farrell said. "When he's gotten on the mound, there's been freedom in some of those bullpens. It's been that repetitive and cumulative throwing where he's felt some of the discomfort start to return, and that's where he stopped. If it can be confirmed that he's not going to put himself at further risk, then OK, let's continue on."


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Nice article in Ad Age Digital this week about the pros and cons of gamification and what it means for your company. I personally love the potential of gamification and the interactivity it creates with the user base over something so arbitrary as a badge or level up. Something about collecting items digs into our human need to hoard goods and other worthless crap.
While gamfiication may not be the most important thing for brands to jump on during this avalanche of new platforms, it represents just one area that stagnant brands may fall behind in. Brands that work to create something simple yet engaging in areas like this will dictate the course of advertising innovation in the coming years. While it may seem juvenile, campaigns like the one Best Buy is undertaking with CityVille are absolutely steps in the right direction for what many consider to be a dying business.
And according to the Ad Age article, it looks like many brands are taking steps in the right direction.
"EMarketer projects that social-gaming ad revenue was $368.9 million in 2011, with about 46% of that coming from the U.S. It forecasts that the market will grow to $672.2 million by 2014."


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Varsity Eight and Varsity Four Victorious Over Bucknell
By ODU Athletics
April 16, 2011
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Old Dominion women's rowing team was able to race and beat the rain moving into the Central Susquehanna Valley to take two of three races against the five-time Patriot League Champion Bucknell Bison Saturday on the Susquehanna River.
Both the Lady Monarchs' Varsity Eight and Varsity Four won their respective races against a Bucknell squad that the previous day had won six races against Delaware.
ODU's Varsity Eight had a 9.94 margin of victory over the Bison boat as the Lady Monarchs captured a winning time of 7:12.62.
The Lady Monarchs' Varsity Four meanwhile rowed to a time of 8:24.31 for nearly a 25-second victory.
Bucknell was only able to edge ODU in the Second Varsity Eight race. The Bison won the race in a time of 7:37.92 with the Lady Monarchs crossing the finishing line with a time of 8:09.30.
The Lady Monarch women's rowing team returns to action on Saturday, April 23rd at the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships in Fairfax, Va.
Old Dominion/Buckell Results
Varsity Eight:
1. Old Dominion - 7:12.62
2. Bucknell - 7:22.56
Second Varsity Eight:
1. Bucknell - 7:37.92
2. Old Dominion - 8:09.30
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1. Old Dominion - 8:24.31
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An Egyptian court affirmed the death sentences on seven defendants convicted for their part in producing the anti-Islamic film, "The Innocence of Muslims."
The seven defendants were named by Egyptian news site AhramOnline.
"The seven convicted Coptic expatriates were: Maurice Sadiq Gerges, founder of a U.S.-based Coptic association; Morkos Aziz, a U.S.-based television presenter; Fekry Abdul-Messih, a U.S.-based doctor; Nabil Adib, media coordinator for another U.S.-based association; Nahid Metwally, an Australia-based doctor; Egyptian-born Copt Mark Baccil Youssef (charged with producing the film); and Nader Farid, a commerce graduate," AhramOnline said.
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American pastor Terry Jones' sentence was also upheld, but the judge commuted Jones' sentence to five years in prison.
Islam analyst and writer Theodore Shoebat, son of former Palestinian terrorist turned analyst and peace activist Walid Shoebat, says legally, the action was symbolic, as the sentence will only take effect if the defendants return to Egypt. Shoebat adds, however, that the sentencing process illustrates what is happening to Egypt's legal system.
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"The sentence does reveal how Egypt has become an official Shariah state," Shoebat said.
Shoebat explained though the sentences aren't likely to be enforced, the Egyptian courts have a political and a religious motive for sentencing expatriates.
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"I believe the Muslim world wants the rest of the world to prosecute all the enemies of Islam," Shoebat said, a process he fears could take root in America.
"What I fear is national courts in America and other Western nations becoming universal, and forcing people from sovereign nations to be tried by an international court," Shoebat said.
In a column on the slow implementation of Shariah in America, Shoebat reveals the issue that is being manipulated to achieve the purpose.
"It is not the Muslims in America who will bring the Shariah code of Islam into American courts, but the left," Shoebat writes. "They demand that criticizing Islam should be made punishable under the courts, and thus attack the First Amendment under the pretense of hate speech."
The initial trial leading to the conviction of the Coptic expatriates took place in November, two months following the Sept. 11 attacks on the U. S. Embassy in Cairo and the diplomatic facility in Benghazi.
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An expatriate Egyptian Coptic Christian who asked not to be named has family still living in Egypt. He says his family members observed the process and are amazed at the relatively little attention the court case has received in the media worldwide.
"There was a Cairo tribunal headed by Sheikh Ahmad Al Tayeb, the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar University. He has upheld and approved the death sentences passed on the seven Egyptian Coptic Christians in absentia," the expatriate said.
"The court believed anyone involved in the movie that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed must be punished," the expatriate said. "All the accused, including the director of the movie, are currently living in the United States."
The expatriate says the Egyptian court was simply acting on their belief regarding anyone who criticizes Muhammad.
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"Sheikh Ahmad Al Tayeb said Egyptian courts must hand out the maximum punishment, meaning execution, for any blasphemy against Islam," the expatriate said.
Even though the court acted under the provision of the blasphemy laws in Shariah Law, the expatriate says his/her sources in Egypt claim there was also a political motive.
"Sheikh Ahmad Al Tayeb, now the state's top Islamic scholar, is rumored to have approved the verdicts at the behest of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi," the expatriate said. "Or, Morsi could have faced a backlash from Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood demanding he be replaced. So, bowing to the alleged threats, Sheikh Ahmad Al Tayeb confirmed the sentences.
"The issue received little publicity and passed almost unnoticed given the current turmoil in Egypt with demands for Morsi to stand down and the reenactment of the 1971 constitution," the expatriate said.
He says that the defendants know they will face certain death if they ever return to Egypt, so their return is highly unlikely. He wonders, however, that so little has been said about the fact that Egypt is the only country to take such action.
"One point everyone has missed is why Egypt is the only Muslim country to hold trials over the movie," he said. "No offense occurred on Egyptian soil, and Egyptian laws and jurisdiction do not extend outside Egypt and certainly not to the United States. Furthermore, Obama has said nothing.
"The answer for the silence is that this is a clever ploy by the Muslim Brotherhood government to suppress and intimidate the Copts," he proposed. "The message is very clear that even abroad, Copts will be held accountable subject to Egyptian law."
The expatriate has another concern – the safety of the families of Copts abroad.
"What's worse is that the Egyptian government can harm the defendants or any Copt abroad by directly targeting their families," the expatriate said. "This tactic is decades old and has divided the Coptic communities abroad."


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I need an alternative to Visio for making diagrams (particularly signal processing block diagrams) that includes some kind of custom stencils + connection points. I just spent 2 hours learning bits and pieces of Dia only to find that it has no rotational capabilities, not even 90 degree rotations. Otherwise it's great.
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GitS cyberspace via KinectPosted by Psychochild
Mar 30
Saw a link to this, thought people here might find it interesting. It's a recreation of cyberspace from Ghost in the Shell as a game for the Kinect.
「攻殻機動隊 S.A.C.」シリーズ 電脳空間システム from BMCL on Vimeo.
(via http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/kinect-dives-into-anime-cyberspace-dares-you-to-catch-cute-robo/)
Interesting concept. Still, I think it requires too much activity to be a functional replacement for the good old browser.


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Data access is a large part of most Internet applications. Oracle ATG Web Commerce Data Anywhere Architecture™ provides a unified view of content and data across a business for organizations and their customers. The core of the Oracle ATG Web Commerce Data Anywhere Architecture is the Repository API. Through the Repository API, you can employ a single approach to accessing disparate data types, including SQL databases, LDAP directories, content management systems, and file systems.
With the Oracle ATG Web Commerce Data Anywhere, the application logic created by developers uses the same approach to interact with data regardless of the source of that data. One of the most powerful aspects of this architecture is that the source of the data is hidden behind the Oracle ATG Web Commerce Repository abstraction. It is easy to change from a relational data source to an LDAP directory as none of the application logic needs to change. After data is retrieved from a data source, it is transformed into an object-oriented representation. Manipulation of the data can be done using simple
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Foreign relations of the United States. Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945
United States Department of State
Foreign relations of the United States. Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945
lxxviii, 1032 p., [11] p. of plates : ill., folded maps (1 col.) : 24 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/FRUS.FRUS1945
[Title page] The conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945., pp. [I]-[II]
Preface, pp. III ff.
Contents, pp. V-VII ff.
List of illustrations and maps, pp. IX ff.
Introduction, pp. XI-XX
List of abbreviations, symbols, and code names, pp. XXI-XXIII ff.
List of persons mentioned, pp. XXV-XXXVIII
List of papers, pp. XXXIX-LXXVIII
I. Pre-conference documents, pp. [1]-455 ff.
II. The Malta Conference, pp. [457]-546 ff.
III. The Yalta Conference, pp. [547]-996
Index, pp. [997]-1032 ff.
As a work of the United States government, this material is in the public domain.| For information on re-use see: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Copyright


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A guinea pig that suddenly starts avoiding a certain part the their cage (such as the hayloft) is often referred to as "spooked". The pig acts terrified, and there may not be any sign or indication of what has scared them.
Cleaning the entire cage - including toys, cozies, Pigloos, dishes - often helps. Weighing daily will ensure that the guinea pig is eating properly.
A visit to the vet may also rule out any potential medical problems.
- Henry's spooked.
Henry, a female, is suddenly scared of her hayloft. Cleaning the cage and patience helped her.
- Widget is terrified and we don't know why
Widget, a male, is suddenly afraid to cross the walkway to get to his hay.
- Now I am a bit worried...
Nomo and Moose both suddenly avoid a certain part of their cage.