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Mexican court frees Frenchwoman in kidnapping case
FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2005 file photo, French citizen Florence Cassez is shown to the press during a police reenactment for the media of her arrest, a day after her detainment, on the outskirts of Mexico City. A Mexican Supreme Court panel voted Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, to release Cassez, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping. Cassez was arrested in 2005 and convicted of helping her Mexican then-boyfriend run a kidnap gang. The five-justice panel voted 3-2 to order Cassez released because of procedural and rights violations during her arrest. (AP Photo, File)FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2005 file photo, French citizen Florence Cassez is shown to the press during a police reenactment for the media of her arrest, a day after her detainment, on the outskirts of Mexico City. A Mexican Supreme Court panel voted Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, to release Cassez, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping. Cassez was arrested in 2005 and convicted of helping her Mexican then-boyfriend run a kidnap gang. The five-justice panel voted 3-2 to order Cassez released because of procedural and rights violations during her arrest. (AP Photo, File)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Frenchwoman who had spent seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges was flying back to Paris on Thursday after Mexico's Supreme Court ordered her freed because of flaws in her trial, bringing a close to a case that had strained relations between the countries.
Florence Cassez's arrest, trial and 60-year prison sentence made her a cause celebre in France, where two consecutive presidents called for her release. Anti-crime activists in Mexico vigorously opposed the Wednesday decision to free her.
Cassez's flight left Mexico City's international airport at 9:25 p.m. local time (03:25 GMT) and was expected to arrive in Paris about 10 hours later.
Relatives of kidnap victims angrily shouted "Killer!" as a police convoy with sirens flashing escorted a sports utility vehicle out of the Mexico City prison where Cassez had been held.
The family and supporters of the 38-year-old Cassez, who was arrested in 2005 and convicted of helping her Mexican then-boyfriend run a kidnapping gang, celebrated the decision, saying she was innocent.
"I'm crazy with happiness, I can't say anything else," her mother, Charlotte Cassez, said in France. "I'm still struggling to believe it."
Earlier on Wednesday, a Mexican Supreme Court panel voted 3-2 to release Cassez because of procedural and rights violations during her arrest, including police staging a recreation of her capture for the media. The justices pointedly did not rule on her guilt or innocence, but said the violations of due process, the right to consular assistance and evidentiary rules were so grievous that they invalidated the original guilty verdict against her.
One justice originally proposed on Wednesday asking an appeals court to review her trial, omitting the tainted evidence; however, most justices on the panel indicated they would oppose that, and they then voted to simply release her.
"If she had been turned over to court custody promptly, if she had been allowed prompt consular assistance, this (raid) staging couldn't have taken place, and the whole affair would have been totally different," Justice Arturo Zaldivar said during discussion of the ruling.
Because the case was mishandled, the truth remains unknown, said the president of Mexico City's Human Rights Commission, Luis Gonzalez Placencia.
"In this country we can no longer ignore police obtaining evidence by tampering with it, by using torture, by staging raids," Gonzalez said. "We will never know whether Florence is guilty or innocent, but we know for certain there are specific people who violated due process."
Wednesday's ruling put another spotlight on Mexico's historically corrupt justice system and drew reactions from both countries' presidents.
"I want to recognize the Mexican justice system because it put the law first," French President Francois Hollande said on television. "That was the trust we put in it. And today we can say that between France and Mexico, we have the best relations that it is possible to have."
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in a statement that he will "absolutely" respect the court's decision.
Agustin Acosta, an attorney for Cassez, called the ruling "a resounding message in favor of justice and respect for human rights." Police torture and fabrication of evidence have long been tolerated in Mexico.
Mexican police acknowledged they staged a raid on a ranch outside Mexico City to depict the hostages' rescue and Cassez's detention. After Cassez was detained and held incognito for a day, Mexican police hauled her back to the ranch and forced her to participate in the raid staged for television cameras, a type of display for the news media not unusual in Mexico.
The Frenchwoman said she had lived at the ranch, but did not know kidnapping victims were held there.
Cassez ultimately spent seven years in prison and became the center of a vigorous debate between Mexicans who say she was abused by the criminal justice system and those who say setting her free would only reinforce a sense that crimes such as kidnapping go unpunished.
The wife of one kidnap victim showed up on Wednesday as reporters gathered outside the Mexico City prison where Cassez had been held. Michelle Valadez said her husband, Ignacio, was kidnapped and held for three months by Cassez's boyfriend's gang in 2005.
"We paid the ransom, but they killed him anyway," she sobbed. "It's not fair what they've done to us, it's not fair they're freeing her."
Mexico has one of the world's highest kidnapping rates, and there has been increasing public pressure to halt what is seen as widespread impunity for criminals.
At least one victim identified Cassez as one of the kidnappers, though only by hearing her voice, not by seeing her.
It was not immediately clear how the ruling might affect the case against Cassez's ex-boyfriend Israel Vallarta, who is charged with allegedly leading the gang and is being tried separately.
But the ruling provoked a backlash from Mexican anti-crime activists, including Isabel Miranda de Wallace, who led a successful decade-long fight to bring her son's kidnappers to justice even though his body was never found.
"Today, they opened the door to impunity, today a lot of people are going to go free," Miranda de Wallace told news media. "We already live without public safety, now it's going to be worse."
Ezequiel Elizalde, a kidnap victim who testified against Cassez, told local media that the ruling discredited the Mexican justice system. "Get a weapon, arm yourself, and don't pay any attention to the government," he said.
Cassez was originally sentenced in 2008 to 96 years in prison for four kidnappings. The sentence was reduced to 70 years a year later when she was acquitted of one charge.
The case caused diplomatic tensions between France and Mexico. In 2011, Mexico said it would not participate in France's yearlong festival celebrating Mexican culture, after then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the festival should be used to draw attention to the Cassez case.
The trial underscored delays and irregularities that have long plagued Mexico's legal system.
Mexico in 2008 implemented a judicial reform that called for open trials and reinforced the principle of innocence until proven guilty. The old system, still in place in much of the country, was blamed for fostering corruption and confessions extracted by torture.
Associated Press writers Olga R. Rodriguez in Mexico and Sarah DiLorenzo in Paris contributed to this report.


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Liberty wins Flamethrower, earns return trip to nationals
March 9, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
Devin Swartz was the overall singles champion and teamed with Luke Laubscher, Lance Brown, and Tyler Andrick to post the lowest score in doubles play, helping Liberty University's disc golf team torch the competition in Saturday's second and third rounds of its second-annual Flamethrower invitational.
The event, held on Liberty's 20-hole East Campus course, was one of the last qualifying tournaments for the April 4-7 National Collegiate championships in North Augusta, S.C. The Flames trailed UNC Charlotte after Friday's first round, played in windy conditions, before rallying with an exceptional performance under picture perfect skies on Saturday.
"We had an incredible second day of disc golf and took home all the trophies," Liberty head coach Steve Bowman said. "We were four strokes down after the first round of singles on Friday and picked up three strokes in the doubles round on Saturday."
Andrick, Brown, Laubscher, and Swartz, who each competed at last year's nationals, all played on one card and fired a 61.
"In the last singles round, the guys picked up nine strokes to really secure the team title," Bowman added.
He said playing on their home course didn't help the Flames as much as he'd hoped on Friday, but it definitely did on Saturday.
"Friday was really windy, with very big gusts of wind," Bowman said. "To us, we were at an advantage because we practice in it all the time (but) we weren't able to cut through the wind and keep the discs low.
"On Saturday, mentally, they were ready to go," he added. "I told them, 'Hit your shots that you know you can hit and play the safe ones when you need to,' and we ended up faring really well."
The Flames earned the automatic national qualification with a first-place total of 452. They beat UNCC (460) and defending champion East Tennessee State (466), which had already qualified for nationals after placing in the top 16 in North Augusta last year.
Individually, Swartz (65-58-123) shot a 58 on Saturday, dropping seven shots from Friday's first round to finish at 123 and edge UNC Charlotte's Bryan Hoffman (65-59-124).
Laubscher (67-62-129) tied ETSU's Matthew Holt (68-61) for third overall and second for the Flames with Jared Lebo (54-68-133) rounding out the team score and taking sixth overall.
Andrick (74-65-139) improved his score on Friday by nine strokes to best Brown, who had an off day Saturday.
"Lance had a good round the first day and Tyler had a good round the second day," Bowman said.
Liberty's B team, playing in place of Massachusetts which couldn't make the trip, finished fourth with a score of 497.
"When we go to nationals, they'll be playing on the B card in the first flight tournament (while the others compete in the national tournament field)," Bowman said. "There will be 25 teams that play and the winners get an automatic bid to nationals for the 2014 championships."
The Flames have three weeks to prepare for this year's national tournament, a four-day event that features 40 teams on the A card. The top 20 teams after the first two days will play a total of seven rounds, three singles and four doubles.
"We're definitely prepared for it mentally and we're physically ready, too," Bowman said, noting there will be one round of doubles on Thursday and Sunday sandwiched around two rounds of doubles on Friday and three rounds of singles on Saturday. "That's a lot of disc golf, with a lot more doubles competition, which is good because our guys are really strong in doubles."


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Associated Press BOSTON - A pharmacy connected to a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday and said it was seeking to set up a fund to pay victims.
Contaminated steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center have been blamed for 39 deaths and 620 illnesses since the outbreak began over the summer. The Chapter 11 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court shields the company from the threat of creditor lawsuits while it establishes the fund.
The company said in its filing that 130 lawsuits have been filed against it and 270 other people have claimed injury from the tainted drugs.
'The number or lawsuits and demands is rising on a daily basis,' the filing read. 'The sheer volume and wide geographic distribution of cases - bringing the prospect of chaotic, conflicting and value-destroying pretrial orders and remedies - has necessitated commencing this case at this time.'
NECC, based in Framingham, just west of Boston, said it has hired accountant Keith D. Lowey to lead the effort to set up the compensation fund.
'The Company's goal is to provide a greater, quicker, fairer and less expensive payout to its creditors than they could achieve through piecemeal litigation,' the filing read.
In a statement, Lowey said, 'Many families across the U.S. have been impacted by this great tragedy, and it is difficult to comprehend the sense of loss so many people have experienced.'
'Everyone associated with New England Compounding Center shares that sense of loss,' Lowey said. 'We recognize the need to compensate those affected by the meningitis outbreak fairly and appropriately.'
Attorney Kimberly Dougherty, whose firm represents 30 plaintiffs, said NECC lawyers have said they intend to 'do the right thing' for outbreak victims.
'We are hopeful the defendants mean what they say,' she said. 'If they do mean that, we can all work together and resolve these things as quickly as we can.'
Dougherty said NECC has made it clear it doesn't have enough money to fully compensate victims 'to the level and degree of their injury.' She said her firm inspected the pharmacy before the bankruptcy filing and believes it has discovered other parties that might be liable, but she said she couldn't name them.
'We're looking for additional people who are responsible here for the compromise that occurred,' she said.
New England Compounding Center was founded in 2006 by brothers-in-law Barry Cadden, the company's chief pharmacist, and Gregory Conigliaro. Compounding pharmacies custom-mix medications in doses or in forms that generally aren't commercially available.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord. The fungal meningitis outbreak was discovered in Tennessee in September, though Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say the earliest deaths tied to the outbreak date back to July.
Health officials say as many as 14,000 people received the steroid shots, mostly for back pain. In early October, the company issued a nationwide recall of the steroid and ceased operations. Later that month, Massachusetts moved to permanently revoke the company's pharmacy license after inspectors found unsterile conditions at its Framingham facilities.
State officials charge the company with violating its state license, which permitted the company to make drugs only for individual patients based on specific prescriptions. Instead, state officials say, the company made large batches of drugs for broad distribution.
NECC had said it always strove to follow the laws in the states it operated in.
According to Friday's filing, the bankruptcy court has granted the company extra time to file its schedules of assets and liabilities and statement of financial affairs.
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What a start to LAARC Lottery! Big thanks to all of those that have been suggesting shelf numbers. Here's the results:
First up we've a classic object type probably found on every archaeological site. Thanks to @omatopopi for suggesting shelf 3553 which had a box of clay tobacco pipe from 1988's excavations at Wardrobe Court
Then we had a look at one of the lowest shelf numbers in the archive, shelf 8, as suggested by @WulfgarTheBard. Here we found a box of Roman Flagons from 1972 excavations at Brockley Hill
This was particularly lovely and suggested by @alitorlo and found on shelf 2014. A pipkin from Foster Lane, dug in 1982
The next one's really cool as I can pin point it to an exact date. Thanks to @IndianaHannah for suggesting shelf 102 which had this piece of Metropolitan Slipware from Nonsuch Palace with '1671' glazed on it
The Empress of #DayOfArchaeology herself, the lovely @lornarichardson, predicted that her shelf 5478 would have some CBM. She was right of course but hey, we still found this decorated brick pretty sexy. Comes from the PCA site at Kings Road
A couple more for this round. One of LAARC's recent volunteers @TinctureOfMuse has our favourite discovery. Low numbers produce old sites = things that need a bit better packaging. Here's what we discovered on shelf 12 (another Brockley Hill excavation)
This was inside though!
Here's how we discovered it: Opening the boxes
Finally in this round, Thanks to @TheHeronEC2 for suggesting shelf 26 which produced a couple more bits of Roman samian pottery, excavated at Noble Street way back in 1949. These two bits however should really fall into part two, our registered finds. So thanks @TheHeronEC2, you're contribution has helped us discover objects that should be in another part of the archive! And these objects have a pottery maker's stamp on (left) and a bit of etched roman graffitii 'Bii' (right)
Next up it's our Registered finds: objects assigned an individual number (akin to an museum accession number) because they are of particular interest. The stamp and graffiti are examples as well as something obvious like a coin. Tweet using #dayofarch #LAARCLottery or #LAARC, or message us below, picking a number between 1 and 815 to discover, completely at random, what that shelf holds… – and we'll post back our results at 1pm


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Hoff, though, knew better.
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"I've been scared to take it out fast, ever since I had problems with it when I was 14 or 15," Hoff said. "It's just been a mental block I've had to cross, and tonight was my best 200 split, so I'm pleased. ... I know some of my competitors in that event take it out fast, and I'm not going to be in the race if I don't take chances."
Michael Phelps also won the 400-meter IM last night, swimming a respectable 4:13.73. It was his only event of the day, because Jon Urbanchek, one of his Club Wolverine coaches, decided to scratch him from the 400-meter freestyle after Phelps fell asleep on one of the diving platforms during the morning.
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New Asia-based Team Champion System has big goals
Veteran racer Jaan Kirsipuu will captain Team CS in 2011 while the company's cycling-crazy founders look to the future.
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (VN) — In a few short years Champion System has gone from a start-up performance apparel company to the owner of a pro road team. And if the four founders of the company have their way things won't stop there.
In mid-January the new 15-member squad held a team camp in the town of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. Registered as a UCI Continental Team in Hong Kong, Team Champion System's multinational riders will race primarily in Asia, with forays into Europe and North America in 2011.
The squad — made up of Chinese, Estonians, Germans, Austrians, Swiss and Australians — is built to sprint, and accentuating that is Champion System's signing of veteran Jaan Kirsipuu.
The 41-year-old Estonian sprinter will bring his credentials — four Tour de France stage wins, wearer of the yellow jersey for six days in 1999, holder of the green jersey, 120-plus UCI wins — to the team and work as a mentor.
"My main role is help the young riders make the right decisions in the races and just to keep the team together," Kirsipuu said. "And of course I don't mind to travel around the world, especially in Asia at the same time racing."
Champion System bikes?
Team CS will race on its own Champion System frames developed by the company. The frames are molded in Uni-Directional (UD) carbon fiber and boast all the standard features such as tapered head tubes and press-fit BB30 bottom brackets. For the 2011 season, Team CS bikes are trimmed in SRAM Red, Reynolds Attack 32mm all-carbon clincher wheels, PZ Racing stems, bars and seatposts.
The long-term plan is to offer the bikes to the public in customizable colors and stickers. The caveat is that any profits will be poured back into the team.
"We opted against any of the title sponsorship offers we received and instead decided to form a new company to produce Champion System frames," said Scott Kaylin, co-founder of Champion System. "All the profits will go towards maintaining and growing our own pro team and hopefully additional Champion System teams. This puts us in a position of not worrying about finding sponsors every few years to keep the team going."
The first big test for Team CS will be the Tour of Langkawi in Malaysia next week. The team will contest, among other races, the Tour of China, the Tour of Qinghai Lake and Tour of Hainan. With its ownership ties in the United States, the team is working on a multi-week race schedule along the East Coast, but as of yet hasn't confirmed particular events.
The company
Champion System was started five years ago by four men who, along with experience in the apparel and cycling industries, share a passion for cycling. The company specializes in custom cycling clothing ranging from shorts, bibs and jerseys to triathlon kits and other technical clothing for sports as varied as rugby, rowing and auto racing.
Hong Kong-based Louis Shih and T.S. Tang are the most involved with the new team while New York City-based Scott Kaylin and Morry Edelstein handle business and the more than 150 pro athletes and teams worldwide.
Along with exposing young Asian racers to the world of elite road racing, particularly in Europe, the company is looking to make its brand more recognizable beyond the 23 countries in which it has offices. The ultimate goal, though, is the Tour de France.
"For me and my partners, our dream was to have our company with our own cycling team," Shih said at the camp in Thailand. "We are cycling enthusiasts and we can speed this up and make it happen."
Shih said Champion System's founding-four want to field the first Asian pro continental team, and do it on their own line of bike frames (see side bar).
"We have a common dream," Kaylin said. "It's to see our team and jersey on the podium of the Tour de France."
Jamie Bate is the editor of VeloNews.com's sister site, Singletrack.com.


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BRIAN SCIARETTA - Monday, May 9, 2011
With the Gold Cup roster expected to be named in just a few weeks, it is becoming clearer what the US National Team will be like now that most European seasons are winding down and the MLS is fully underway.
So now is as good a time as ever to offer up a prediction as to who will make the team and who won't for the 23 coveted roster spots.
1) Tim Howard
Just one word: obvious
2) Brad Guzan
His loan to Hull City gave him some much needed playing time and preserved his number two status. There were some reports that his upcoming wedding was going to prevent him from playing in the tournament but he should be with the team this summer.
3) David Yelldell
As a starting keeper getting valuable minutes in Europe, he has a good chance to be the number 3 keeper this cycle with a shot to maybe take the #2 spot
4) Oguchi Onyewu
He struggled in his last few appearances but his presence and experience are needed. His ball distribution remains a weakness but he will continue to see important minutes for the USMNT.
5) Carlos Bocanegra
Is the USMNT captain and can be the team's starter at either left back or central defender.
6) Steve Cherundolo
Coming off a great season for Hannover and is aging like fine wine. At some point this cycle he may get replaced at right back but it won't be by this summer.
7) Clarence Goodson
maybe the best US central defender right now and his move to Brondby has been one of the better moves recently for a USMNT player.
8) Timothy Chandler
The newcomer of the year for the USMNT will be a welcome addition but it's unclear if he will be primarily used as a right back or right wing.
9) Tim Ream
Will likely be consistently involved with the USMNT for the foreseeable future as the number of young central defenders in the player pool is thin. His play in MLS has been great and his passing out of the back gives the US team more options.
10) Eric Lichaj
While the strong seasons of Cherundolo and Chandler in Germany make it tough for Lichaj to get time at right back, his emergence at left back for Leeds makes him an obvious pick. He may also see time on the right as backup to Cherundolo if Chandler moves to the midfield.
11) Jermaine Jones
has done very well for Blackburn so far this season and he is likely to start in key games for BobBradley
12) Michael Bradley
while his loan to Aston Villa has not worked out well, Michael is still important to the USMNT and his performances in the last two friendlies were solid.
13) Landon Donovan
Obviously still a huge part of the team and his play in MLS has improved in recent weeks.
14) Clint Dempsey
Is having yet another stellar season for Fulham but it is very interesting to see where Bob Bradley will continue to play him. It is very likely that Dempsey could move to forward thereby reducing the need for four pure forwards on the roster.
15) Maurice Edu
While he struggled a little bit in the last two friendlies and his play for the Rangers in recent months has been uneven, Edu is still a very important piece of the puzzle for the USMNT even if he comes off the bench.
16) Benny Feilhaber
It will be interesting to see how Feilhaber's move to MLS will help him in the coming months but the level of play is higher than the Danish second division. Feilhaber's career with the USMNT has been wildly inconsistent with extreme ups and downs. Still, he has sometimes brought a great spark when coming off the bench.
17) Alejandro Bedoya
Has been off to a very strong start for Orebro and while he was considered a bubble player just a few weeks ago, he has probably done enough to force Bob Bradley's hand be included on the Gold Cup team
18) Sacha Kljestan
After many years, Kljestan still remains a mystery to the USMNT. His performances for club and country have been uneven but his coaches still believe in him and he does see important minutes for Anderlecht.
19) Jonathan Spector
A move to the midfield for West Ham has seen Spector get more playing time for West Ham but it's tough to standout at club struggling on so many levels. Spector's problem is that he has not put in a good performance for the USMNT since 2009 Confederations Cup but his versatility makes him an important backup option at many different positions.
20) Mix Diskerud
Is on the very edge of the bubble but can probably make it as the last player on the team. He will be in midseason and should be at peak fitness in time for the Gold Cup. He can gain valuable experience in the group stages of the Gold Cup but probably won't see the field in the later stages.
21) Jozy Altidore
He has not been producing as much for the USMNT has he should be and his play for Bursaspor has been uneven. In the last series of friendlies, he struggled when playing as a lone striker but a partnership with Juan Agudelo or Teal Bunbury is exciting.
22) Juan Agudelo
He makes the team and is one of the brightest young American players around. All of his performances for the USMNT so far have been successful.
23) Teal Bunbury
It's unfortunate that he missed the last two friendlies with an injury, but Bunbury's first two USMNT caps and his play in MLS make him a safe bet to make the team. His energetic partnership with Agudelo has been very fun to watch.
A few notes on the key omissions
Edson Buddle
has never quite found his way for Ingolstadt but he still gets time with the club which has improved ever since his arrival.
Jay DeMerit
looked soild at times in the last two friendlies but his presence on the USMNT does not make the team younger. One established central defender willl have to make way for a younger Ream and the best bet is DeMerit.
Charlie Davies
is a popular choice to make the team but he is probably best staying with DC and continuing to play. He has done well in his comeback but with Dempsey's ability to move forward, the need to take a fourth striker is unnecessary and Altidore, Bunbury, and Agudelo are ahead of Davies at the moment. Even if Bradley were to take a fourth striker, Davies would be in a battle with Gomez, and Buddle.
Herculez Gomez
continues to be one the streakiest players in the USMNT pool and taking him is simply a gamble because you never know if he is going to be hot or cold.
Jonathan Bornstein
continues to get frequent callups to the USMNT despite erratic play for club and country. This speaks largely due to the lack of options that are at left back than it does for Bornstein's positive play. He still remains in contention as a backup left back but Eric Lichaj's recent play on the left for Leeds pushes Bornstein out.
Jose Francisco Torres
has played better in recent months for Pachuca but it's tough to see him cracking into the team at its deepest position.
Marcus Hahnemann
Is still a good keeper, but at 38 years old, it's time to break in younger players.
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Saturday June 4, 2011 8:28 pm
José Francisco Torres ... "it's tough to see him cracking into the team at its deepest position." - I do not understand this comment. Torres is a very intelligent and experienced (despite his young age) midfielder that has proven himself to be a player that is composed on the ball and clearly deserves another look. Bradley is either blind or he just has zero respect for the Mexican League. It's incomprehensible that BB has left him off. On Freddy Adu, he clearly deserves a look because Adu has abilities that no other US player has. Hopefully, he will show these abilities and prove to all that he's the talent we all know he can be. I'm rooting for him.
Tuesday May 17, 2011 7:44 pm
I agree with the calls for Whitbread. In all likelihood, he'll be starting in the Prem next season, and with Gooch's form being inconsistent at best, we aren't exactly deep in central defense.
Monday May 16, 2011 2:26 pm
Freddy Adu just had another good game, assisting on his teams first goal,playing 90 and helping his team beat the league leader! His team may not be in second division for long, but the first division Turkish league along with Jozy's team. Hope coach bradley is taking notice. Excuse my last post about most of the USMT players playing in the MLS. I meant alot of them have gotten their start in the MLS.
Saturday May 14, 2011 1:04 pm
You have some good points, but I dont think you giving him a fair shot. Freddy was very young in europe and made mistakes any teenager would have. Like so many others ya seem to love to hate him. If its like NASA recruiting community college students what the heck is the MLS? Surely its also a junior college with a couple of past their prime european stars sprinkled in. Most of our team are MLS players!! Im fine with agreeing to disagree. But when our team keeps losing to top twenty national teams and everyone cant figure it out, its gonna be because we need QUALITY in the Midfield and from killer strikers to put the ball in the back of the net! Check out our upcoming game against the best team in the world to see what an offense really looks like. I hope Im wrong and we beat Spain!
Saturday May 14, 2011 11:10 am
Muchadu about nothing,
You need a history lesson and I will give it to you. Freddy played only a handful of games for Benfica but eventually the coaches came to the conclusion that he wasn't very good. The coaches then reached the same conclusion at Monaco where he barely got off the bench the whole season. He then went to Belenenses who were having a terrible season and Freddy wasn't seen as good enough there. He then went to Aris in Greece where the coach played him a little bit at first but then benched him because he was bad. Now he's in the second division of Turkey after four straight moves downward. Again, this is a terrible league that the national team shouldn't even touch. It's like NASA recruting elite scientists at a community college.
Again, you watch too many youtube videos and that is the worst way to judge a player. Freddy's videos consist of a couple of games many years ago against teenagers. They are also only highlight clips. They don't show you how bad he is the other 89 minutes of the game. He isn't fast, he can't play defense, he can't move into space. He tries to dribble into tight spaces instead of making good passes and keeping possession. For every one cool step-over there are 19 times when he losses possession for his team. He has no right foot and just about everywhere he has gone there are reports that he likes to party way more than play soccer.
Saturday May 14, 2011 2:56 am
Nepotism is a dirty word and when the coach's son never sees the bench it becomes pretty obvious whats going on. Ive never been into video games but I have watched most of the USMT games over the past few years and although M. Bradley is a solid player, the Dutch league isnt one of the top leagues in the world either. Freddy has played for Benifca and Monaco. He is finally getting playing time and Altidore although he is in the turkish first division is doing nothing.There are alot of Adu haters, but he is ON OUR TEAM! U should give up the playstation and jump on UTube. When your there check out Freddy highlights and check what venue and games he is showing some real offensive skills in and get back to me. The USMT is never breaking into the top ten or advancing far into a World Cup until they find real offensively skilled mids and forwards. Unless of course your excited about beating algeria and losing to ghana all the time. J. Jones although he is probably past his prime, is the type of quality player we need more of.
Friday May 13, 2011 9:48 pm
Wait, didn't Bradley score over 20 goals in the Dutch league one season? pretty sure i saw him score a pretty crucial goal in the World Cup too. always performs against Mexico. But let's dump him for wonderboy in the Turkish 2nd division.
Friday May 13, 2011 8:13 pm
Adu isn't a proven offensive threat at the top level. He's had a nice season in an irrelevant league. All the other players you listed have strengths and weaknesses - i'd rather not go through each one. Nevertheless, our author did not include Adu in a possible gold cup roster. I would imagine he feels the same as I do and would present similar reasons. You make it sound like Adu is the obvious pick, the heir apparent to Pele, and a player who has a proven track record of performance. I think you need to watch a little more soccer, and stop playing FIFA on your playstation.
Friday May 13, 2011 5:00 pm
Wow after seeing the USMT start mids like Kjlesan, Clark,Beasley,Bedoya,Feilhaber and forwards like Buddle, Gomez, Johnson and yes Altidore, you dont think someone who has proven ball handling skills like Adu would help our offense out a lot! Have you seen Bradley be an offensive threat as a midfielder. Like the top ten teams in the world, we need a someone who can literally run at opponents with the ball(no this is not Dempseys skillset) and pick up fouls, make touch passes and sometimes score. If you are relying on Donovan to do this its not happening. He is a good winger lets face it, thats it! J. Jones is the only proven mid who can thread good passess(see EPL). We gotta have another offensively minded mid who has the skill to wreak havoc in opposing defenses. Do ya have anyone in mind, who can do that better than Freddy? Yes Agudelo and Davies can do well, but from the forward positions not midfield.
Friday May 13, 2011 12:51 pm
Wow, if only the real debate about Freddy Adu was as intense as this one....
I have a hard time being optimistic about Adu and I think a lot of people are having a tough time wrapping their minds around just how low a level the Turkish 2nd division is. It would be the lowest level the US national team has ever reached for a player in decades.
Freddy doesn't have a skillset that would help the US team. His creativity is disguised by the fact he is playing against defenders that are fundamentally flawed at the basics of the sport. These players don't close down on players with the ball and they don't mark properly.
Freddy can do some tricks with the ball but his overall game is lacking. It's the same reason that the Harlem Globetrotters aren't in the NBA. They're not good enough. Freddy should just continue to beat up on his own version of the Washington Generals in the Turkish 2nd division and leave the US national team to real players.
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Make sure that the Lightning to USB cable is firmly plugged into the charging case and USB power adapter. Then make sure that the power adapter is correctly plugged into a power outlet.
If you're using a Qi-compatible charger, make sure that the cable is firmly plugged into the charger and that the other end is correctly plugged into a power outlet.
Charge your AirPods
Place your AirPods in the charging case and close the lid. Charge your AirPods and case for at least 15 minutes using the cable that came with your AirPods.
If you have the Wireless Charging Case and you're using a Qi-compatible charger, place the case with the status light facing up. The status light should turn on for several seconds, then turn off while continuing to charge. If the light doesn't turn on, reposition the case. If your case still isn't charging, try charging with the cable that came with your case.
Check the charge status
Open the case lid with your AirPods inside and hold your case close to your iOS device. You should see a charging icon next to the battery icon under your AirPods.
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Just a quick post to show this – did you know you can get ustream.tv, a live video service, on your iPhone? I loaded the app onto my iPhone, then remembered that I had a ustream account… so I did what tends to come naturally to me… I played and experimented a bit!
So the above video is of me doing a live video stream from my laptop, and showing the live video stream on my iPhone.
Anyone using live video stream services like uStream.tv or justin.tv in their library? If so – what are you doing with it? Let us know!


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May 24, 2017
After 20 years of helping set up millions of apartments throughout Spain, it was time that Spaniards helped Ikea set up a very special apartment, one filled with two decades worth of memories.
An apartment on Instagram with more than 20 rooms and around 20 points of interaction that took users on a journey through IKEA's history in a way that no one had ever done before, through the brand's best-known insights and fans' anecdotes over the last 20 years.
Experiential advertisement created by Good Rebels, Spain for IKEA, within the category: House, Garden.
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A thrilling historical fiction set in the WWII setting. Second half of the book is really fast paced with how the event unfold as per and not as per plan. (I wouldn't go beyond and spoil it)
The first half devotes to setting up this plot for the fast paced second half. The first half is like being in the roller coaster on the slow ascent before the thrilling downward ride.
This is an awesome read.
Love most if not all of Jack Higgins. The Eagle has landed may be his best. Great read!
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Brian Zhang
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Henry M. Gunn High School
Grade: Junior
Tennis and Water Polo, Piano, Math Tutoring, Puzzle Hunts
Math Club, Quiz Kids Club, Tennis Team, Water Polo Team
USAMO qualifier (2007, 2009, 2010), USAMTS first place in 2009, Mandelbrot 16th place in 2008, 9th place in State Mathcounts in 2007, USACO Silver Division
I was born in San Jose, California, moved to a house on Stanford campus when I was 5, and have lived there since. My dad is a physicist, and as a kid I remember going to parties where there were many famous physicists, including taking a picture with C. N. Yang. One day when I was about 8, my dad brought home a superconductor kit and a flask of liquid nitrogen from the Stanford labs. He showed my younger sister and me the famous demo of the Meissner effect, and as we watched with transfixed eyes he explained how superconductors could be used to design Maglev trains. (Afterwards, we used the leftover liquid nitrogen for exploding plastic water bottles.) Preparing for the Physics Olympiad has been a great opportunity for me to have discussions with my dad about his passion, which he has been trying to kindle in me for many years.
While physics is hard for a kid to pick up, I have enjoyed math for a long time. In the summers of '07 and '08, I attended the summer programs Mathpath and Canada/USA Mathcamp, both of which were outstanding experiences. At Mathcamp, I was exposed to the vast horizons of math beyond high school, and took classes on Linear Algebra, Theoretical Computer Science, and Group Theory. My favorite was a class called Math of Music, where we learned about the wave equations for strings, why the same note played on a violin and clarinet sound different, and mathematical theories for why certain chords sound good. A lot of this was a preview of the physics of sound, which I revisited while studying for this year's Semifinal Exam.
I am taking my first physics class this year, AP C Physics. I am amazed at how all the phenomena of the universe can be described by a few simple and beautiful laws, and appreciate the connections between different fields of physics, such as the concept of energy. I also love the creative teaching methods of my teacher, Mr. Dunbar, who dressed up in a suit and played opera music in our classroom to show us how the physics of electricity is really the physics of attraction and repulsion - the physics of romance.
This is my first year participating in the Physics Olympiad, and I would like to thank my parents and teachers for their support in helping me achieve this goal. This is the first Olympiad training camp I have qualified for, and I look forward to making new friends and exploring the wonders of physics. Besides math and physics, I enjoy playing piano and sports, and am very interested in my US History class this year, especially the period of the Cold War.
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Full STEAM Ahead is for campers entering grades 3rd-6th in fall 2020.
Ready, set, build! Together we will learn the engineering design process and complete design challenges using everyday materials. Each session of the camp will have a different focus and be led by professionals in STEAM fields. Teams of campers will present their ideas.
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News from the world of Maths
January 10, 2018
Mathscon is a conference directed at undergraduates, young researchers and science lovers in general, whose mission is to reshape the world's perception of mathematics.
January 5, 2018
Mathematicians are celebrating the new year with a new discovery – the largest known prime number
December 12, 2017
Statistics professor John Aston has been appointed as the Home Office's new Chief Scientific Adviser.
December 8, 2017
Our colleague Becky Warren has been distracting us with her wonderful tiling puzzles...
November 1, 2017
Quantum particles that are both light and matter help solve infamous NP hard problems.
October 12, 2017
Promoting black mathematicians, and talking about building a more representative mathematical community.
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Take part in an exciting new project and help fight future pandemics!
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Master craftsman Richard Klarby is back again to take the world stage with his newest ride. And he certainly deserves very close attention, having created a custom, yet functional, matte-metallic show car of international quality. The builder has struck a balance between show-style and OEM+ that's perfectly passive-aggressive, and was handcrafted by the owner to an impressive degree.
Of course, many would hesitate before taking VW's most powerful production car from the dealer floor and cut it up. But Richard is a bit skewed. His reputation was built on painting a multitude of show cars over the last ten years. He's worked on everything from widebody Corvettes to a range of high-horsepower Supras and top-notch BMWs - most recently a baby blue E92 M3.
Skills don't come easy. And with incalculable time invested in insurance claim restorations, the large workload and long nights away from his family have resulted in an unprecedented level of experience and expertise.
Despite the sacrifice, that's how Richard is always able to deliver something of absolute perfection. And after building a prize-winning Mk4 Golf, he decided to invest in the new VW Golf R for other reasons.
At first, the R was intended as a daily driver, delivering Richard from his home near Nyköping in Sweden the 60 miles to his paint shop in Stockholm and back. It was an excellent choice but we know car builders. They can't leave anything alone for long, and it was perhaps inevitable that the R would be modified.
"It looked like it was wading through cold water," Richard laughs, referring to its stock ride height. "I had to do something quickly, so I got KW coilovers."
The stock 19" wheels were painted bright red to accent the black body, but that was only stage one. Arriving by express delivery from Denmark were a set of ultra-wide 20x10 and 11" Rotiform NUE wheels in shimmering gold.
Fitment issues were expected, and rolling the fenders were the obvious solution, but this didn't resolve the problem. So Richard cut the fenders on his new car, skillfully slapping Audi allroad flares over them, sectioning them to get the correct radius and extending them inward. "Nobody thought the wheels would fit, but I proved them wrong," Klarby smiled.
Having taken such a radical step to fit the wheels, he was now committed to far more work since the fenders would have to be painted, so why not do the whole car?
At his first attempt, everything above the window sills remained factory black, while the body was sprayed in the same Candy Red as the previous Klarby Mk4 Golf.
The R was now a red, black and gold show car, but he wasn't finished. The long Swedish winter arrived and new inspiration came with it.
The Stance trend was heavily influencing the hearts and minds of Scandinavian tuners and as the snow fell outside, Richard decided it was time to take the next step.
Choosing an Air Lift air suspension system from fifteen52 in the US, he installed Slam Series struts and two chromed Viair 440 pumps with a "shorty" tank. The installation was done with help from a man known only as "The Professor" and the bar was set high - it wouldn't just be lower; it would be slammed.
For maximum impact, the Audi fender flares were cut off and repositioned further out, snuggling up to the wide wheels at the lowest ride height possible. The bodywork was carefully stitched together by Richard, tailoring the placement with millimeter precision.
Once completed, the fitment was truly epic. The 20" forged three-piece wheels had no room to spare. American-made from the finest 6061 T6 aluminum, the concave, deep-dish wheels were slathered in sparkling Candy Red paint and tucked in tight.
The stance also required 245-section tires stretched over the 11" rear wheels with 3.5? of negative camber. It's created an extreme appearance that wins fans and mystifies onlookers in equal measure.
While Richard's Mk4 Golf was finished in an almost nostalgic '60s Candy Red paint, his new flame has a high-tech slant. The painter selected a sparkling, high-grain, matte paint using Ferrari Tungsten Silver on a PPG base, finished with a matte lacquer. In its execution, Klarby displayed his painting prowess with a technically demanding approach. And, of course, it's all laid on top of a serious amount of preparation work. Success starts from the core.
Looking at the body, you'd be hard pressed to see any inconsistencies, yet the matte paint is very revealing. The finish is similar to the anodized aluminum you find on Apple products. It's smooth to the touch, reflecting light like pearl paint, yet in natural sunlight it's almost solid grey like a spaceship. It's certainly intriguing to look at.
"At car shows I bring separate paint samples for people to touch," Richard said. "Otherwise I have millions of fingerprints on the car because people instinctively want to touch the paint. But it's all good; you have to get close to understand it."
Inside, the stock VW black cloth-and-leather combination was substituted for something more eye-catching. Drawing on the red accent of the wheels is a custom interior reupholstered in red and black leather, courtesy of Bilskraddarna.
Up front, red and black Recaro Sportster RS seats have red contrast stitching and painted shells. The matching rear seats are flanked by red door cards with black surrounds and contrast stitching.
Richard's previous Golf housed dual 15" subwoofers in place of the rear seats, so Klarby wanted something more modest for this project. Recruiting friend "Kotten" for assistance, they spent 40 sleepless hours building the trunk the weekend before a big show.
The audio consists of DLS Reference component speakers, RA amplifiers and four 6.5" subs in a custom enclosure. Everything was made to perform, fully insulated as an altar of audio that also highlights the air suspension equipment alongside it in the trunk.
With its wide shoulders and pouncing stance, Richard's Golf R is anabolically enhanced. Yet the body was organically extended to retain factory quality. And in case you weren't sure what passed you on the freeway, a Lamborghini Aventador-style trapezoid exhaust tip sits in a custom valance to confuse you even more.
"It's probably the first widebody Golf R to be built," Klarby proclaimed. "I've looked everywhere and haven't found another."
We believe him. After all, he made a thorough search, traveling 1200 miles to the annual GTI meet in Worthersee, Austria to be sure. Of course, driving the heavily cambered R with his Mk4 Golf tagging along for company made an epic adventure to show off Swedish stance, mingling with the elite German tuners and 120,000 visitors. Naturally, the car was a huge hit and went viral on social media as soon as it was spotted.
Despite the huge amount of work that went into it, the Golf R is currently for sale to summon the next project. However, Klarby won't reveal what he's got in store, but we look forward to finding out.
2011 VW Golf R
Engine 2.0L EA113 TSI inline-four 16v turbo with hand-built stainless steel exhaust tip, painted engine cover
Drivetrain six-speed DSG transmission, 4Motion AWD
Brakes stock
Suspension Air Lift Slam Series front struts, dual Viair 400c compressors, four-gallon steel air tank, remote control
Wheels & tires 20x10" f, 20x11" r Rotiform Concave NUE forged three-piece wheels, Candy Red centers, polished lips, 225/35 R20 f, 245/35 R20 r Nankang NS-II tires
Exterior custom widebody with Audi allroad flares, custom splitters and gloss black rear valance, debadged gloss black front grille, black roundel, carbon fiber rear wing, shark fin antenna, adaptive VW bi-xenon headlights and LED DRL, Dectane V39LSL LED tail lights, underside of hood in Candy Red, gloss black LED mirrors, car painted Ferrari Tungsten Silver with PPG basecoat and matte lacquer
Interior finished in red and black nappa leather with contrast stitching including Recaro Sportster RS seats with R logo stitched in, Candy Red and black seat shells, R Sport steering wheel with grey contrast stitching and perforated leather
Audio/Visual Pioneer AVIC-P9310BT double-DIN head unit, DLS RM6-2 front component speakers, DLS 426 rear, four DLS 6.5" RW6 subwoofers in custom ported enclosure, DLS PowerCap, concealed DLS RA10 and RA25 amplifiers
Thanks My family, Patrick Adel, Uffe at Lycksele Bildemontering, Niclas at DLS, Johan at Pioneer, fifteen52, Eric and Kotten at dialect, Micke at Carsystem, Matte "The Professor", VW-Smurfen, Bilskraddarna, Aker