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it depends on why we are collecting the data and what type of understanding we are trying to reach from the data.
in order to make any observation using the data as a whole, we need to collect them in a similar manner. if we know that playing with the string will move the stabilized point, we should avoid lumping the used and unused data into the same bucket.
it does look like that after a bit more than 24 hours, the string tension do stabilize. so i think it ok to do that, given that the racket is unused.
so my suggestion would be collect the data both right after stringing and after 24 hours. this will be meaningful coz it will tell us if some stringer's stringjob loses tension faster than another.
it would also be useful to compare, with the same stringer/racket/tension, how different string loses tension differently.
Interesting points...
A few thoughts:
For the average player like me who don't string ourselves, there are a few goals I had in mind when I first started the thread.
1. To have a general consensus as to what a stringbed with a certain string at a specified tension should feel and sound like, as measured by the stringbed frequency, assuming that this correlates well with tension. (And I think you've shown that it does, at least within the 20-30 lbs range of tension that we're interested in.)
2. Why? It's because when someone says that they're playing with 26 lbs tension, it may not mean 26 lbs to me, especially if their stringer does a lousy job or uses an uncallibrated crank machine. So, when they ping it and get a frequency way lower than the general average for that string at that tension, then we'll both know why.
3. To monitor the tension fall off with use over time, so that as a player we can understand where our individual optimal tensions are, especially in regards to power and feel of the stringbed. Personally for me, once my stringbed drops more than 50 Hz from my stablized optimal, I lose both power and touch, and then it's time to cut the string. (The only few times I didn't have to cut the string was when I was using zm62 at more than 23 lbs, and we all know why... )
4. The first 24 hrs data: the average player who doesn't string their own won't be able to measure as they'll probably pick up their rackets at least a day or 2 after it's strung. And for a stringer, they're too busy stringing other rackets (making money ) rather than to spend more time measuring frequency decays every few hours on the numerous rackets they string.
5. Re how different strings lose tension differently, I think most of us know at least anecdotally or from experience the two extremes, ie. zymax strings vs. bg65/vs850. Hence, all the other strings fall within that range. One problem though is that the variation in power shots (ie. hard smashes, clears, etc) between different players' styles can affect how the rate of tension loss. And it'll be difficult to take this variable into account.Last edited by visor; 03-04-2013 at 01:49 AM.
i think we are starting to converge to an agreed goal and procedure here.
1./2. totally on that. too many machines and stringers/flows and they all produce different "25lbs". there are a few standard apps on smartphones which allows players to check their tension.
3. agree.
4. that's a good point. as a stringer i have access to earlier data than my customers on their rackets. so the 24hr+ data is more realistic one for players to obtain and that's what they will see. however, from a technical point of view though, that's a decayed data. so if i string something 25lbs, give it to my customer in 24 hours, technically it is not 25lbs anymore. but that's the way it is.
5. agreed also.
it seems that we need to do some more detailed investigation for our understanding purpose and to further the goal of this whole exercise.
1. we need to characterize different strings and how their tension decay over time. we need more data points than just 0hr + 24hrs. perhaps every 2 hours so we can get a feel of how each type of string lose tension over time.
2. we need to standardize on the number data points to gather. obviously we cannot have all. some of us are stringers, and some of us have or do not have data point of the racket after it is being used. so we will end up with sparse data, but it should still be valuable.
i have some rackets in the pipeline to be strung and i have downloaded a frequency tuning apps for my phone which seems to work pretty well on testing so i can definitely help data gathering.
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Awesome kwun. We're counting on you to help generate some data!
If you guys are looking at time-lapsed data, won't you also need to take into account things like consistent weather conditions that actually vary from place to place as much as 20C or more?
03-04-2013, 09:33 PM #40Originally Posted by cobalt
Most stringers string at a comfortable room temp, say 18-25C. Most homes are around that too, which is when we do the measurements. And most places that we play at are also in that range, with the exception of Malaysia, Singapore, Se Asia where it can go up over 30C.
Nevertheless we need to check out the significance of temp on frequency(tension).
Has a frequency vs temperature graph been done before?
If not, I guess one of us will have to do one...preferably from 0 to 30C.Last edited by visor; 03-04-2013 at 09:36 PM.
there are theories. but actual measurements?
it is hard to do.
1. where to find a environment where we can achieve such temperature variation? we need some sort of temperature controllable oven / fridge.
2. how to do the experiment so it is fair? hard to describe but let me describe this scenario. if i string a racket at 25lbs at 30C. i move it to 0C. we know that will increase the tension. and then afterwards, we move it back to 30C. will it still be at 25lbs? the increase in tension will more effectively stretch the string and modify it's property. so how is it possible to make such measurement? do we start cold? start hot? start somewhere in the middle?
imho, temperature is a orthogonal variable to this experiment / data gathering. as long as we keep the temperature relatively close, ie. the racket is strung in Canada and used in Canada, strung in Singapore and used in Singapore. then it will be good enough.
the temperature experiment can be done independent of this experiment and will take a lot more thoughts to plan it in such a way to make it reliable and accurate.
Yes agreed. we must indicate the countries when we post the data. So that members who are living in a country with the same weather condition should be able to use that data as a reference.
Just did a simple test re temp vs freq... racket (RKEP XP70 with zm62 at 22x23lbs) was placed indoor and outdoor for at least 2 hours before measuring.
1077 Hz at 20C
1075 Hz at 5C
1077 Hz at 20C again
Does that make sense? So there is no difference, and even so, the freq dropped with lower temp, meaning that the string loosened instead of contracting? Huh? I would have expected the freq to rise with lower temp due to string contraction...
In any case, if there's not much significant freq difference with a 15C drop, then can we safely assume there won't be much difference going in the other direction, with a 15C rise? Anyone in Malaysia/Singapore want to measure that?
Hmmm... I should also test vs850 tomorrow night.Last edited by visor; 03-05-2013 at 12:58 AM.
The string probably didn't loosen as much as the metal on the frame would have contracted...
A lot of places in Malaysia/Singapore/Indonesia etc etc do away with air conditioning (or limited a/c) so the temperature is probably consitently above 25C... prolly 30C in some places. Now, if a racquet was strung at say 26/28 and remained at the same temperature for a couple of days, would it return a significantly different frequency to one (same racquet preferably) strung at 26/28 in say, Edmonton in winter?
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Last time I checked my racket frame is not made of metal. Perhaps you're still using an old Yonex B500.
But in any case, the frame whether metal or graphite is a closed loop of an oval... there's no room for it to expand or contract. In other words, the surface area remains the same, whether it's hot or cold, whether it's under 36 lb tension or 0 lb tension.
Now your second part is where I want people with accurate tensions to provide their frequency readings from all over the world, at different temperatures. My guess is within 15-35C, there's not much difference...Last edited by visor; 03-05-2013 at 02:17 AM.
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the temperature experiment is interesting and reveals something that we didn't take into account and that's the expansion and contraction of the frame due to temperature. if the rate of expansion and contraction of the frame is similar to the string, then there is nothing to worry about. however, it looks like the rate of contraction is actually higher on the frame resulting in a almost negligible change in the observed frequency.
There is a lot of good info and insight here. I also notice the relationship between the frequency droppage vs time elapsed after stringing. It seems to me that there is few consensus among our observations.
1. Frequency loss is the greatest during the 1 week. It will stabilize after 1 week if unused.
2. Frequency loss will further deepen with use even after 1 week.
3. Factors such as strings, stringers, temperature, humidity may play a role in affecting frequency loss but it is hard to quantify at the post with our scale or set up.
If the object of this exercise is to fine the best tension for our string, one can ignore all other factors and just focus on the frequency. It is best to test your new tension after 1 week when it is stabilized and test it again after use. Or, use the Carltune the measure the frequency of the racquet at the session that you feel you have the best tension. Use the frequency to determine the tension you need to achieve and the time you need to wait for it to achieve that frequency.
For example, for your racquet and string, you best frequency is 1000 Hz. The string will achieve that 1000 Hz at 24lbs after 1 week OR at 26 lbs after 1 week and 1 or 2 session of play. Then we should only judge our play with the same frequency every time to find any subtle differences with other changes in our game (etc, changing to a different string).
This may explain the psychological feelings that new string is better only the 1 week and it degrades after 1 or 2 sessions. Just measure the frequency to confirm.
Use the frequency as a guide can give us an objective measurement and tell us if the 2 racquets are identical in tension even if they are stringed by different stringers, machine, etc. (ie. if they have the same frequency)
By keeping the one factor constant (frequency/tension) stable, it enables us to perform a better judgment if we are going to alter any other part (ie. racquet, string type) in our equipment.
I won't be surprised if Yonex engineers also possessed a complete data for all the strings.
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Streaks collide as Medlen takes on Padres
Medlen (5-1, 1.86 ERA) broke a club record last time out as the Braves won for the 16th straight time when he started. On Tuesday night here, he'll look to keep that streak going against the red-hot Padres, winners of a season-high eight in a row.
"I've left about three or four of those starts with little freak accidents where I didn't even finish my job, really," Medlen said, downplaying the streak by noting a couple of occasions in which he had to leave with an injury. "The offense just kept scoring runs. I try to set the tone of the game and attack hitters."
Medlen was born in Artesia, Calif., and attended Gahr High School, less than two hours north of Petco Park. He said he'll have about 25 friends and family members in the crowd, including a handful of friends from high school.
With seven shutout innings in Washington his last time out, Medlen has now tossed 21 consecutive scoreless frames.
"Staying on the corners, really," Medlen said when asked for the key to his recent success. "It's helped me not to get into too much trouble. Being aggressive but being smart and careful at the same time."
With their loss on Monday, the Braves sit 1 1/2 games ahead of St. Louis for the first Wild Card and four ahead of Los Angeles for a playoff berth. They face Padres left-hander Andrew Werner, who is making his second career start, after he held the Pirates to two runs in six innings.
"As a competitor, you want to face the best teams," Werner said of making his second straight start against a team in the thick of the Wild Card race. "It shows you what you're made of. It's a lot of fun."
What has Werner learned from his first week in the big leagues?
"The biggest thing is that it's still baseball," Werner said. "Just try and stay away from doing anything that you're not capable of. Pound the strike zone, let them put it in play and your defense can make some plays."
Braves: Jones recognized
Fans at Petco Park gave Braves third baseman Chipper Jones a standing ovation on Monday in a pregame ceremony celebrating his career.
Jones, who will retire at the end of the season, is playing his final series in San Diego. Though Petco Park is generally referred to as a pitchers' park, Jones has thrived there, hitting .315 with a .567 slugging percentage in 29 career games.
Before the game, Jones was presented with a customized surf board by former Padres reliever Trevor Hoffman.
Padres: Season over for Hundley
Padres catcher Nick Hundley was placed on the 60-day disabled list Monday with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Hundley is scheduled to have surgery Wednesday to repair the meniscus -- an issue he said he has been dealing with since April.
"As long as I was able to play physically, I was going to play," Hundley said. "There's no excuses about the way I played."
Hundley batted just .167 this season for the Padres, before he was sent down to Triple-A Tucson, where he also struggled, hitting .190 in 13 games.
Hundley inked a three-year, $9 million contract extension in March.
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Hitters on the current Padres roster have 37 total plate appearances against Medlen and have mustered just six singles and a walk for a .167 average.
Medlen's scoreless streak may be at 21 innings, but Padres reliever Luke Gregerson has done him two better. The right-hander hasn't given up a run in 23 frames, the second longest active streak in baseball, behind Tampa Bay's J.P. Howell.
Jason Heyward is hitting .379 with two homers and nine doubles in 17 games lifetime against the Padres.


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Each semester, the Reinert Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning awards Innovative Teaching Fellowships to faculty selected to teach in Saint Louis University's Learning Studio through a competitive application process. Applications are solicited at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters, for course (re)design work in the following semester and for teaching in the following year.
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ANOTHER set of school exam results and yet another row over marking.
Every summer we hear complaints over GCSEs – usually that the exams are not hard enough because pass rates keep going up.
This year, just to make a change, we hear that markers have been too strict because pass rates have fallen.
It is probably the case that neither is true.
It is worth noting that those who usually do the complaining sat their own version of exams some 20, 30 or perhaps even 40 years ago.
Those were different times with different requirements and different expectations.
Yes it may be true that today's youngsters know little about Latin, logarithms or the Battle of Naseby, but then do they need to?
Those grey-haired critics with an intimate knowledge of Cromwell and the New Model Army may not find themselves at the top of the class when it comes to HTML, Voice over Internet Protocol or modern languages – but does that make them failures by today's standards?
School exams are what they are – a method by which the youngsters of each year are measured one against another – and against those a year or two older or younger than themselves.
GCSEs are not meant to compare today's 16-year-olds with their parents, grandparents or even their future grandchildren.
So forget about whose exams were tougher, whose schooling was more rigorous or whose markers were most strict.
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Mumbai, Aug 23 : A 23-year-old photojournalist was allegedly gangraped by five men and her male colleague was assaulted while on an assignment at a deserted factory in Mumbai on Thursday evening, said police.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh told reporters on Friday: "The victim and her colleague were taking photos at Shakti Mill in Parel area last evening around 6.30 pm. Two men came and asked her if she had permission to shoot."
"Other men joined in and the photographer, in her 20s, was gangraped."
"We have detained 20 people for questioning," he said.
The woman's colleague was reportedly tied to a tree and beaten up.
Meanwhile, the police have released sketches of all five accused.
A case of gangrape has been registered at NM Joshi Marg police station.
According to police sources, the woman, who works with an English magazine, has named two of the five suspects - Rupesh and Sajid.
The victim has been admitted to Jaslok Hospital with multiple internal injuries.
"The medical bulletin will soon be released. We are doing everything possible to save her," said Dr Taran Gyanchandani, acting CEO of the hospital.
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said, "The case will be investigated very seriously. The culprits will be caught very soon."
The incident brought back the memories of the Dec 16 brutal gangrape in New Delhi.
On Dec 16, six people gangraped and brutalised the 23-year-old Delhi Braveheart or Nirbhaya with an iron rod on a moving bus in NewDelhi. The victim succumbed to her injuries at a Singapore hospital on Dec 29.
The incident triggered nationwide outrage against rising cases of crime against women in India with people pouring into the streets of NewDelhi for days and demanding a change of law and strict punishment of the accused.
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New Wm. Paul Young novel, "Cross Roads," thrusts African American woman into spotlight as a leading character
Nashville, TN -- Cross Roads, a new novel by acclaimed author, Wm. Paul Young, portrays an African American woman, Maggie Saunders, as a Portland nurse whose inner soul is visited by Tony Spencer, a white man on a spiritual journey to right the wrongs in his life as he nears death.
Hachette Book Group will publish Cross Roads on November 13, 2012 in hardcover by the FaithWords imprint, with a first printing of one million copies. Audio, eBook, and foreign editions are also planned.
The significance of the book for African Americans, as well as other readers, is that once again Mr. Young helps our society break down racial barriers. By portraying Ms. Saunders as a smart, hard-working American, the extraordinary platform presented by a likely bestselling book helps to dispel negative stereotypes about blacks. In his first book, The Shack, Mr. Young does the same thing by portraying God as a black woman.
Moreover, without any overt discussion of race, Cross Roads also promotes racial harmony. For most of the novel, Mr. Spencer inhabits Ms. Saunders. Thus, the story promotes friendships between blacks and whites, as these two characters bond and help each other with the complexities of life and relationships. In fact, they grow to love each other like family members.
"For decades, we have attacked Hollywood and the entertainment industry for the negative stereotypes of blacks, and other people of color, on television and in the movies," said Marc Morial, CEO and President of the National Urban League. "In Cross Roads, we have a black major character that is normal. She isn't violent. She doesn't do drugs. Our society would benefit tremendously if more authors and producers took Mr. Young's approach."
Mr. Morial added that "these types of breakthroughs, which are all too rare, help to mend the racial divide in American society."
Mr. Young said he is "thrilled" that Cross Roads has coalesced as another unique and deeply moving human story, complete with humor and suffering, beauty and brokenness, and grace filling up the spaces in-between."
His first book, The Shack, was published in 2007 and became an international phenomenon with more than eighteen million copies in print (10 million in the United States and more than 8 million in foreign translations). It spent 50 weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into 41 languages.
Mr. Young was born a Canadian and raised in Africa by his missionary parents in the highlands of former Netherlands New Guinea (West Papua) among the Dani, a tribal people with ancient customs. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the "wastefulness of grace" with his family in the Pacific Northwest.
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Critics already were blasting U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for saying the Republican Party's top goal during the next two years should be to ensure President Obama doesn't win a second term. But a recent revelation has some people stating McConnell is guilty of crass politicking and hypocrisy involving American troops.
With just five votes separating them on Election Night, Democrat Connie Pillich and Republican Mike Wilson are both appealing to supporters to help them contact people who cast absentee ballots that have problems.
Pillich, the incumbent in the Ohio House 28th District seat, was ahead of Wilson by five votes when ballots were counted on Nov. 3. But the Board of Elections still is counting absentee and provisional ballots, which could be the deciding factor in the hotly contested race.
After a seemingly interminable campaign season filled with bizarre antics and toxic TV commercials, Election 2010 is finally over. Some people are recovering from partying on Tuesday night, while others might be beginning therapy to deal with what lies ahead for our county, state and nation.
With new computer software programs available to create animated videos, this election cycle has seen several entertaining segments hit the Internet. Perhaps the best known video is one that shows an animated person trying to use reason with a co-worker who is a Tea Partier.
Don't let the innocuous name fool you. The Campaign for Working Families has nothing to do with making life better for overworked or cash-strapped middle-class families.
Instead, the political action committee (PAC) is concerned with electing "pro-family, pro-life and pro-free enterprise" candidates to federal and state offices. Founded in 1996 by evangelical Christian and wannabe presidential candidate Gary Bauer, the PAC has pumped $124,950 into ads helping get Republican Steve Chabot reelected to Congress.
Some critics have alleged Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) doesn't pay enough attention to the needs of his district, a charge he flatly denies. But come Election Night, Boehner won't be celebrating (or drowning his sorrows) in Southwest Ohio.
In the increasingly odd race for Ohio auditor, two local Republicans are making headlines around the state. Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters sent a nasty letter to the Tea Party's auditor candidate while County Sheriff Simon Leis Jr. defended the Democratic candidate from a GOP attack.
It's gone now, but the buzz about it at City Hall and in political circles still is ongoing.
An e-mail circulated this week — presumably among conservative Republicans — referenced the Wikipedia entry for Cincinnati City Hall, which had been changed to include a lie about Congressman Steve Driehaus, a Democrat, implying he was anti-Christian.
In a turnabout from a campaign pledge, Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul is getting help raising campaign money by GOP senators who voted for the 2008 Wall Street bailout.
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Same for me. And yet, I wouldn't demand that it not exist, nor give death threats to people who post much of the content, nor use the fact that many consider it tasteless as a reason to block access to it, etc.TheGrammarBolshevik wrote:Nobody has to visit /b/, and yet I still find much of the content tasteless.
Drawing Mohammed is an innocuous activity. The fact that it is prohibited within their religion is not, I think, a reason that anyone not of their religion ought to follow their precepts. And I am not quite persuaded by overlapping their religious sense of what is sacrosanct with the secular realm of politeness and offense. It strikes me as smuggling a religious decree in under a secular guise (though I doubt there is such intent, this is how it functions).
It's a shame I'm not well-versed in religious doctrines. Or I'd provide some examples of how silly it would be if innocuous activities were prohibited because a religious group took offense at others not submitting to their sense of what is sacrosanct. Like a bizarro-world where a billion hardline jews aren't content to not eat pork, but also demand that others not eat pork, censor sites with recipes that use pork, and declare they take offense with any mention of using pork as a food.


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Abstract: The Greek poet George Seferis (1900-1971) spent 10 months in South Africa during WWII as a senior diplomatic official attached to the Greek government in exile. Drawing on his diary entries, correspondence and poetry this article challenges earlier interpretations of his work best described as a 'synchronic panoptic vision' (Bhabha). Beginning with an exploration of the troubled relationship between the 'glory that was Greece' and the failure of its early 20thcentury nationalist, expansionist and modernization projects, the article argues that Seferis tried to overcome alienation from landscape and a crisis of creativity in two ways: he transcribed and commented on Cavafy's poetry, but was unable to resolve his relationship with the latter; by reaching down into the ruins of ancient Greece and back into its mythological past, through a process of negative displacement he transforms these crises into a descent to the world of the dead. Unlike Odysseus, he receives no guidance from its inhabitants, for they speak only the language of flowers and there are none. Accompanying Seferis' dual purpose use of classical mythology as national heritage and ironic device is a more problematic aspect of modernism – the relegation of Africa and its sub- Saharan inhabitants to a primitive otherness that, he felt, limited his ability to express himself, and which generated some of his greatest poetry. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/512 Files in this item: 1
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Wittenberg, Hermann (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Introduction: It would not be an exaggeration to assert that no South African playwright in the 1950s and 1960s received as much international attention and recognition as Alan Paton, until eclipsed by Athol Fugard's emerging career. Paton's own plays and musicals, and the stage adaptations of his novels, had some extensive and successful runs on Broadway in New York, and also played to packed houses in South Africa. Some highly acclaimed artists, ranging from the German avant-garde composer Kurt Weill to South Africa's jazz musician Todd Matshikiza, helped to bring his work to the stage. Yet Paton's theatrical work has received surprisingly scant attention from critics, which is all the more remarkable, given the author's prominence as one of South Africa's most well-known writers. Like his novels, Paton's plays are not simply light human dramas or romantic comedies as much colonial theatre at the time, but serious works that were deeply concerned with the socio-political issues facing South Africa under apartheid. As Paton once put it, he was never interested in "writing a 'jolly good fellow' sort of play." Three of his major plays were written and performed in a crucial period of South African history: the Sharpeville massacre, the implementation of the Group Areas and other cornerstone apartheid acts, the treason trials, and the declaration of the republic. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/744 Files in this item: 1
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Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2011)[more][less]
Abstract: This article first offers a brief overview of the history of what is understood under "natural theology". The contrast between the Barthian critique against natural theology and the dangers of repudiating natural theology as stressed within the context of contemporary discourse on science and theology is highlighted. In response, the author offers a constructive proposal in which the hermeneutic necessity of natural theology is affirmed. This follows from a notion of that which is "natural" which includes human constructs (also ideas). In this sense all theology is by definition natural theology. However, the Barthian critique against natural theology may still be appropriate as a selection of those signs that can express the inexpressible with relative adequacy URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/389 Files in this item: 1
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Bock, Zannie; Gough, David H. (Routledge, 2001)[more][less]
Abstract: The question of the 'great divide' between orality and literacy has been critically addressed by various scholars of literacy, including social literacy theorists. This paper uses the notions of primary and secondary discourse across both oral and literate contexts to examine this 'divide'. Using evidence from the oral tradition of the Xhosa, it is shown that 'traditional' societies have well-established primary and secondary discourse types. Against this understanding, the issue of 'access' to Western academic literacy is examined. It is argued that within the changing context of South African society and as a direct result of former apartheid policies, individuals may have failed to acquire the cultural capital of both oral secondary and literate secondary discourse types. The literate secondary discourse practices of Xhosa-speaking students at univer¬sity are explored through an analysis of student writing. This paper then reports on several projects which attempt to address some of the concerns of academic staff with respect to student writing. In particular, this section argues for a broadening of the notion of 'academic literacy' and suggests some ways in which texts derived from the oral tradition may be used to develop awareness of secondary discourse types. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/266 Files in this item: 1
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Bock, Zannie; Mazwi, Ngwanya; Metula, Sifundo; Mpolweni-Zantsi, Nosisi (Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: The main aim of this research is to evaluate "what has been lost" in the simultaneous interpretation and transcription processes of selected Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) testimonies. The testimonies under consideration are those of two of the widows of the Cradock Four who were murdered by the South African Security Branch in 1985 for their work in mobilising resistance to apartheid. The widows testified in Xhosa at the East London Human Rights Violation hearings in 1996 and their testimonies were simultaneously interpreted into English on the day of the hearing. Using audiovisual copies of the testimonies on which one can hear the original soundtrack, as well as the English voice-over, we transcribed the testimonies in the source language (e.g. Xhosa). We then translated these into English and compared our translation with the official English versions which are published on the TRC website. Our analysis revealed that a significant number of meanings were lost under the pressures of simultaneous interpretation. These meanings related predominantly to the 'emotional' content: for example, to aspects of narrative style expressed through gesture, intonation, repetition and the use of direct speech, particularly the verbatim quotes of the police in Afrikaans. We also noted that an understanding of the culture of the testifier was essential to understanding the testimony and that researchers who did not have access to the testimony in the source language and the cultural codes of the testifier would be significantly compromised when trying to understand the testimonies. In addition, we noted the loss of a number of factual meanings as a result of inaccuracies and omissions both during the interpretation and transcription process. We argued that these losses and omissions detracted primarily from what the TRC referred to as the 'narrative truth' or subjective meanings of the testimonies, and, in some cases, the 'factual truth'. We undertook this research because we are concerned that many researchers only have access to the official TRC record. This record, in our view, is in some cases compromised as the processes of simultaneous interpretation and transcription inevitably led to some loss of meaning due to the pressures and constraints under which the interpreters were working. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/214 Files in this item: 1
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Gough, David H.; Bock, Zannie (Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2003)[more][less]
Abstract: This paper examines the effectiveness of linguistic analysis in developing scientific thinking skills and scientific attitudes. It reports on a project established at a South Africa university in South Africa which engaged students in the analysis of code-mixed data. Students who participated in the project showed gains in being able to analyze linguistic data using problem solving skills. While transfer of such skills to mainstream science teaching was not investigated, the study confirms the effectiveness of linguistic analysis in engaging students in the activities associated with the development of skills for science. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/282 Files in this item: 1
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Moolla, Fiona F. (Sage Publications, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: The scarification in Aké is invested with major significance apropos Soyinka's ideas on African subjectivity. Scarification among the Yoruba is one of the rites of passage associated with personal development. Scarification literally and metaphorically "opens" the person up socially and cosmically. Personal formation and self-realization are enabled by the Yoruba social code brought into being by its mythology. The meaning of the scarification incident in Aké is profoundly different. Determined by the form of autobiography which creates a self-constituting subject, the enabling Yoruba sociocultural context is elided. The story of Soyinka's personal development is allegorical of the story of the development of the modern African subject. For Soyinka, the African subject is a rational subject whose constitution precludes the splitting of the scientific and spiritual which is a consequence of the Cartesian rupture. The African subject should be open to other subjects and the object world. Subjectivity constituted by the autobiographical mode closes off the opening up symbolically signalled by scarification. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/604 Files in this item: 2
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Moolla, Fiona F. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)[more][less]
Abstract: This article compares the representation of African borders in the 14th-century travelogue of Ibn Battuta, the 19th-century travel narrative of Richard Burton and the 21st-century travel writing of Paul Theroux. It examines the mutually constitutive relationship between conceptions of literal territorial boundaries and the figurative boundaries of the subject that ventures across borders in Africa. The border is seen as a liminal zone which paradoxically separates and joins spaces. Accounts of border crossings in travel writing from different periods suggest the historicity and cultural specificity of conceptions of geographical borders, and the way they index the "boundaries" of the subjects who cross them. Tracing the transformations in these conceptions of literal and metaphorical borders allows one to chart the emergence of the dominant contemporary idea of "Africa" as the inscrutable, savage continent. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/605 Files in this item: 2
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Hart, Genevieve; Davids, Marion (University of Kwazulu Natal, 2010)[more][less]
Abstract: The article reports on an action research project to investigate the effectiveness of an information literacy intervention for first year engineering students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). The intervention consisted of two workshops which aimed to teach the students to find information relevant to their essays via the university's OPAC and engineering databases and to reference and cite their sources. The project assessed students' information skills before and after the two workshops with the use of a questionnaire consisting of a set of questions based on some of the American College and Research Library (ACRL) standards. The research provides insight into how information literacy education at CPUT library can be improved. Its major recommendations are that more time in the timetable must be allocated to information literacy education and that lecturers should recognise the educational role of librarians. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/440 Files in this item: 1
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Bock, Zannie (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011)[more][less]
Abstract: This article analyses the function that code-switching plays in selected testimonies given at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which followed the country's transition to democracy in 1994. In a number of testimonies, victims of human rights abuse under Apartheid code-switched into Afrikaans when recalling particularly offensive uses of language by the police. Within the code-switching literature, it is well recognised that a speaker's choice of code, particularly for quoted speech, is a strategy for performing different kinds of local identities which index a range of social meanings and relationships (Alvarez-Caccamo 1996, Koven 2001). Thus code-switching may serve a complex evaluative function although the meanings it generates are very context- dependent. In order to explore this role in the testimonies in this paper, I use the appraisal theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics (Martin & White 2005). I argue that on a number of occasions, code-switching into a particular variety of Afrikaans is used by testifiers as a strategy to invoke negative judgement: it has the effect of associating the police with a particular racist ideology and positioning them for our sanction. Further, it works together with other engagement resources to insert a recognisable historical voice into the text, thereby expanding the heteroglossic nature of the discourse while simultaneously allowing the speakers to signal their rejection of that voice and the ideologies it represents. In the current SFL literature, however, code-switching has not been noted as an appraisal resource. In the light of the examples from the TRC testimonies, I argue that, in multilingual contexts, code-switching has the potential to invoke complex evaluative meanings and should be included in the appraisal framework as an evaluative resource. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/290 Files in this item: 1
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Clowes, Lindsay; Shefer, Tamara; Fouten, Elron; Vergnani, Tania; Jacobs, Joachim (Taylor & Francis, co-published with Unisa Press, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: When a 22-year-old University of the Western Cape (UWC) female student was stabbed to death by her boyfriend (another student) in her room in the university residence on 25 August 2008, the entire campus was left reeling. Bringing the stark reality of gender-based violence (GBV) so close to home, the tragedy was a powerful reminder of the limits of more than a decade of legislative change, concerted activism, education, consciousness-raising and knowledge production aimed at challenging gender-based power inequalities. This article reflects on the relationships between violence, coercion and heterosexuality on a specific campus by drawing on data generated by a qualitative study at UWC that explored student constructions of heterosexual relationships in the light of national imperatives around HIV/AIDS and GBV. Involving 20 focus groups with male and female students over the course of 2008 and 2009, the study revealed that unequal and coercive practices are common in heterosexual relationships on this campus. The study underlined the necessity of understanding these relationships as produced through power inequalities inherent in normative gender roles, and also drew attention to ways in which gender power inequalities intersect in complex and sometimes contradictory ways with other forms of inequality on campus – in particular, class, age and geographical origin. While both men and women students appeared to experience pressure (linked to peer acceptance and material gain) to engage in (hetero)sexual relationships, it seems that first-year female students from poor, rural backgrounds are particularly vulnerable to the transactional and unequal relationships associated with coercive and sometimes even violent sexual practices. Alcohol and substance abuse also appear to be linked to unsafe and abusive sexual practices, and again it is young female students new to campus life who are most vulnerable. This article draws on the data from this larger study to explore experiences and understandings of the most vulnerable – young female students – in unpacking connections between (hetero)sexuality and violent and coercive sex in an educational institution. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/724 Files in this item: 1
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Field, Roger (Taylor & Francis Group, 2011)[more][less]
Abstract: Despite his international status, the impact of Constantin Cavafy's poetry on South African letters has gone largely unnoticed. This article draws attention to the range of Cavafy's, influence on the local poets, writers, critics and cultural activists, particularly during the 1970s and 1980s, but directs most of its attention to two early short stories by Achmat Dangor, 'The Homecoming' and 'Waiting for Leila', and his most recent novel Bitter Fruit. In all of these works Dangor refers directly and indirectly to Cavafy's poetry, his sexuality, his evocations of place and his use of Greek mythology, particularly in one of his most famous poems 'Ithaka'. The article also addresses Dangor's ambivalence towards Cavafy, particularly the disjuncture between Cavafy's ironic, apolitical modernism, modernism's appeal to Dangor, his desire to produce accessible protest literature and his need to justify recourse to the classics in Africa. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/521 Files in this item: 1
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Conradie, Ernst (Stellenbosch University, 2010)[more][less]
Abstract: This contribution explores the significance but also the immense complexities of Christian discourse on confessing guilt within the context of climate change. It draws especially on South African discourse on confessing guilt in the context of apartheid. The argument of the essay is twofold: Christians with an enduring large carbon footprint may wish to confess their guilt in this regard, but typically find it difficult to live from God's liberating forgiveness and are therefore prone to rather desperate efforts to save the world themselves. By contrast, Christians with a small carbon footprint may opt for alternative understanding of salvation, namely in terms of redemption from the looming threat of climate change. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/456 Files in this item: 1
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Rhoda, Anthea; Maurtin-Cairncross, Anita; Phillips, Julia; Witbooi, Sally (University of the Western Cape, 2006)[more][less]
Abstract: Although women fulfil and play meaningful roles in the academic life of universities, their contributions have seldom been acknowledged. The voices of women outside of the dominant western context of knowledge production such as women in South African historically black universities(HBUs), remains largely maginalized. Women at these HUBs have indicated a need for mentoring and support to assist with their scholarly endeavours URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/682 Files in this item: 1
WitbooiConqueringPubhishing2006.pdf (821.7Kb) -
Bock, Zannie (Academia Press, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: In this paper, I analyse the testimony of Colin de Souza given before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the mid-1990s.1 My aim is to explore how De Souza projects an identity of himself as 'agentive', as an innovative and flexible individual who is capable of outwitting and outmaneuvering his opponents despite the fact that within the TRC context, he is positioned as a 'victim' of human rights abuse. To substantiate this argument, I use a number of Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) tools to analyse the way in which this agency is encoded in the language of the testimony. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/281 Files in this item: 1
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Sithole, Jabulani (Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal) (Published by History Dept, University of the Western Cape, 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: The key characteristic of the vast amount of literature on the South African workers ' movement in the post-1973 period is the denial that the class and national struggles were closely intertwined. This denial is underpinned by a strong ʻantinationalist current' which dismisses the national liberation struggle as ʻpopulist and nationalist' and therefore antithetical to socialism. This article cautions against uncritical endorsement of these views. It argues that they are the work of partisan and intolerant commentators who have dominated the South African academy since the 1970s and who have a tendency to suppress all versions of labour history which highlight these linkages in favour of those which portray national liberation and socialism as antinomies. The article also points out that these commentators use history to mobilise support for their rigidly held ideological positions and to wage current political struggles under the pretext of advancing objective academic arguments. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/104 Files in this item: 1
SitholeContestations2009.pdf (184.4Kb) -
Zinn, Sandy; Hart, Genevieve (Library and Information Association of South Africa, 2007)[more][less]
Abstract: Introduction: The first democratic elections in 1994, leading to the end of apartheid education, new educational legislation and a new curriculum, brought fresh optimism to South African school library circles. This was prompted by two lines of thought. First, it was hoped that the merging of the 19 racially based departments and fairer provisioning might redress the unequal distribution of school libraries across previously advantaged and disadvantaged sectors. Second, South African educational reform echoed international trends in its emphasis on developing lifelong learners who are able to compete in the information society. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/698 Files in this item: 1
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Bock, Zannie; Dadlana, Phakamani (University of Stellenbosch, 2002)[more][less]
Abstract: This article aims to characterize typical linguistic and discourse features of academic writing in Xhosa and English among prospective Xhosa-speaking students at the University of the Western Cape so as to account for strengths and weaknesses in the writing and provide possible 'points' for pedagogic intervention. It presents an analysis of a sample of entrance essays written by these students in English and Xhosa. The analysis is in terms of a framework which considers aspects of argument, register and syntax. It aims to highlight strengths and weaknesses in student writing and to ascertain the extent to which these characteristics are language-specific or cross-linguistic. The results of the analysis suggest that the ability to argue coherently in an appropriate register is the defining mark of good writing in any language, and that control over the syntax of the language is particularly important for these students when writing in English. The ability to write well, like certain aspects of style, seems to be a generic ability and affects students' performance in both languages. URI: http://dx.doi.org /10.5785/18-1-8 Files in this item: 1
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Bock, Zannie (Taylor & FrancisUNISA Press, 2013)[more][less]
Abstract: The popularity of digital media networks for socialising among the youth is well documented. Much has been written on the emerging norms of textese, the global shorthand for chatting. However, becoming a proficient user involves more than simply mastering this code: it requires knowing the appropriate genres and registers for chatting. This article aims to explore these conventionalised genres and styles from a discourse analytical perspective. It analyses data collected by first-year students in the Linguistics Department at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) who use an application called MXit for chatting with their friends. The analysis shows how, despite the seemingly unrestrained and non-standard nature of MXit chatting, it is highly conventionalised and structured and requires a particular 'register of intimacy' which relies heavily on evaluative language and affective markers. However, it is simultaneously fluid and innovative thereby enabling users to 'style' for themselves identities which combine elements of global sophistication with local situatedness. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/680 Files in this item: 1
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van Ryneveld, Hannelore; Mentzner, Martina (Association of German Studies (SAGV), 2010)[more][less]
Abstract: The current challenges facing the teaching of German as a foreign language at the University of the Western Cape are outlined. The article includes a brief historical overview and proposes research perspectives for the future. Description: eDUSA is the electronic journal of Deutschunterricht in Südafrika. More information is available from the Assoc. of German Studies website at http://www.sagv.org.za URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/191 Files in this item: 1
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Put the SVT back on the road on 5/23. It had not been driven since October. It got a bath for the first time in well over a year and finally sits clean in the garage. No recent mods. I will need to clear up the headlights to pass state inspection. LGT gets a new fog light lens this month to pass state inspection.
Legacy: um ... well, I crashed the car. Again. Not happy about this. But that's life. full link. Car is at the bodyshop, set to complete ~4/30/09. Despite the damage, the engine still ran and nothing structural was affected. I'm told that this repair is actually easier than the last one was. Worried a bit about straight body lines, but at least I guess the car will drive the same again. Definitely recommend this shop for a ...
If all goes well, my SVT will have a hand-crank from a '96 Mondeo (MKII). I have purchased the parts from eBay. Who knows how long it will take to ship, but it'd be entertaining to have the thing installed before SZ. My moonroof works "okay" for now so I'm keeping the motor as backup in case I hate manual operation.
I passed 30,000 on Wednesday. Goodbye factory warranty! (Glad I purchased the 80k extended!)
SVT: - New head unit: Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X692 - E0 taillight housing - trunk struts (not yet installed) - New windshield washer nozzles. The motor and lines are working fine; the lines finally unfroze after two months! Legacy: - Passes 30K miles


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"We haven't figured out how yet, but eventually, we WILL eat you! What, you want some of this too, pretty boy? I'll nip off your arm!"
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THIS is the perfect mascot for New Orleans...
Pelicans attacking a 2011-12 Honeybee
"We haven't figured out how yet, but eventually, we WILL eat you! What, you want some of this too, pretty boy? I'll nip off your arm!"
The Brown Pelican takes what he wants. In fact, you cannot even use the word "Honey" in referring to a Brown Pelican!
Scott at Guru Design who made a nice Pelican logo did a black, gold and red rendering as well.
I don't care for the color schemes. That shade of red is not attractive.
And just NOT very Christian, amirite?
Wow those look like the Jazz's colors... wait..
2000-2001 Western Conference Finals|2001-2002 Pacific Division Champs |Western Conference Finals| 2002-2003 Pacific Division Champs| 2005-2006 Pacific Division Champs| NBA Champions | 2006-2007 Pacific Division Champs | NBA Finals
Regardless! That logo is badass!!
btw, Those ladies are freaking IDIOTS. Hit the damn thing if it's biting you. Or move away. Jeez
Can I see what that looks like in Creole Blue and Beignet Powder White?
Is that a color? Beignet Powder White, really? What's you're moonlighting job? lol
Lol, I was just mocking the fact that they changed Teal to Creole Blue. lol And Mardi Gras Gold!
I just hope they dont go with black, gold and red as their color scheme. If they aren't going to keep the color scheme, I do like the Mardi Gras color scheme that they wear as an alternate jersey.
Initially in the Dukes camp, I now whole-heartedly support the Pelicans!
I once had some of the worst grits and drippings in the Queen City
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UW-Stevens Point women's basketball is ranked 20th in Division Three are on an impressive run right now.
Winners in 12 of their last 13 games. After beginning the year 5-3 they trail UW-Whitewater by a game in the WIAC.
The team has a renewed focus on finishing-off opponents in close games, considering all four of their losses have been by six points or less.