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Wellington will be out to put their 32-0 drubbing to Bay of Plenty behind them when they make the trip to Napier's McLean Park for Friday's crossover match against Hawke's Bay.
The Lions play their second Hurricanes franchise partner team of the season (the other was Taranaki - which Wellington won 23-5), with both teams looking to bounce back from humiliating defeats.
As well as Wellington getting blown away by the Steamers, the Magpies were upstaged at home by previously winless Tasman 21-19 on Tuesday.
This leaves the Lions four points adrift of second-placed Taranaki on the Premiership ladder and Hawke's Bay two points behind new Championship leader Manawatu after four completed rounds of the 2011 competition.
Despite a three-day turnaround since their last match against Tasman, the Magpies will be fired up for this traditional match against Wellington. With a set of big, physical forwards they will bring a direct and confrontational style to this contest.
The Lions will be eager to quickly recapture the form that saw them run out convincing winners over Canterbury in Round 3, which - after their dire performance against BoP - seems like ages ago.
It's no surprise then that Wellington go into this must-win fixture with several changes to the playing 22 from that which suffered at the hands of Bay of Plenty on Sunday.
In the starting XV, Neemia Tialata replaces Whetu Henry, Michael Hobbs moves in one place to fly-half to make way for Shaun Treeby - his first appearance for his province this season after being side-lined with a knee injury in Super Rugby - and scrum-half Frae Wilson trades places off the bench with TJ Perenara.
That means there's no place for axed Lima Sopoaga who drops out of the matchday 22 altogether.
The last time these two teams met, the Lions beat Hawke's Bay 17-13 at Westpac Stadium. In two games played at McLean Park, the Magpies prevailed 8-6 in 2007 and the Lions finished on top 21-13 in 2009.
The teams:
Hawke's Bay: 15 Mark Jackman, 14 Richard Buckman, 13 Tua Saseve, 12 Andrew Horrell, 11 Gillies Kaka, 10 Kahn Fotuali'i, 9 Isaac Paewai, 8 Karl Lowe, 7 Adam Bradey, 6 Trent Boswell-Wakefield, 5 Bryn Evans, 4 Kane Thompson/Brodie Retallick, 3 Anthony Perenise, 2 Hikawera Elliot (c), 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Danny Logan, 17 Hikairo Forbes, 18 Ashton Johnson, 19 Hugh Reed, 20 Brad Weber, 21 Ryan McLeod, 22 Sinoti Sinoti/Tino Nemani, 23 Ben Tameifuna.
Wellington: 15 Jason Woodward, 14 Lote Raikabula, 13 Alapati Leiua, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Michael Hobbs, 9 Frae Wilson, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Mark Reddish, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Jacob Ellison.
Replacements: 16 Motu Matu'u, 17 Whetu Henry, 18 Brad Shields, 19 Dean Brunsdon, 20 TJ Perenara, 21 Lima Sopoaga, 22 Apoua Stewart, 23 Reggie Goodes.


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Now that designers are live-streaming their new season catwalk presentations, you can finally see for yourself just how much fun Grazia has at the shows. In fact, thanks to designers like Isaac Mizrahi, Twenty8Twelve, and Ralph Lauren putting live footage of their shows online, you get all the best bits (awesome views of the clothes and front row schlebs) without any of the bad bits (2 hour delays, fashion students stealing your seats, achy feet etc).
But earlier this week, Burberry took live-streaming to a whole new level. Not only could Burberry fans worldwide watch the catwalk show in real time, they could also write feedback on the comments board – essentially reviewing the collection as it happened.
It is well known that fashion writing is one of the most difficult jobs in the world, right up there with brain surgery and astro-physics. And so, Grazia took a peek at the comments (no longer available on the Burberry website, although the video of the show can still be viewed). Here, we review the reviews….
It's good to set the scene. Well done, Matthieu (France) 'The Olsens are front row! Just spotted them,' and Ey (Spain) 'I love this song!' [The Kooks' Sofa Song was the online soundtrack] At the best shows, the soundtrack makes you as happy as the clothes.
While we also covet many of the pieces we see, we suggest trying to maintain an air of professionalism when writing. We're talking to you Simone (Amsterdam) 'I want that bag'. Ditto Dru (Los Angeles) 'I love the quilted jacket. I want it.' And sometimes it's a thought, not a report, Karan (California) 'I will look so hot with those shoes.'
Of course, it is important to highlight the standout pieces, Chic chic Chic (Paris) 'That white trench is IT', Laura (Belgium) 'cute purple dress'. Styling details may reinforce the collection's themes inikin (let the music begin) 'socks and sandals looking so hot!' and so can the show's beauty template Michael (San Antonio) 'The model's hair adds that perfect effortlessness'.
Know your models Cynthia (New York) 'Chanel Iman looking very clean and fresh with that make up', but try to stay focused monbrielle (Mexico) 'that guy was so handsome.'
Be prepared to make bold, sweeping statements, Boots (London) 'the new minimalism', or even go totally OTT DeGants (London) 'the radiant metamorphosis of the female trench.'
Put the collection into the context of what's currently happening in fashion, Michael (San Antonio) 'Burberry's interpretation of the big shoulder trend', as well as the label's previous collections, Marie Germany 'great modern Burberry.'
If you love the collection, do let the designer know, Styleoracle (New York) 'thank you Christopher! Wonderful!' But if you really love it, try and hold it together, Raphael (t.w. Taipei) 'I am going to cry.' It's just not a good look for the FROW, darling…

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The son of a career army officer, Bennett led a nomadic life, attending ten different schools before graduating in 1980 from the University of North Alabama with degrees in Art and History. After brief stints as a staff artist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Fayetteville (NC) Times, he went on to serve as the editorial cartoonist for the St. Petersburg Times (1981-1994) and The Christian Science Monitor (1997-2007), before joining the staff of the ...
This may work if the objective is to prevent violence at Coolidge park by moving it elsewhere. What about a plan to get at the root cause and prevent it from happening any place. Could drug use and distribution be one root cause? Is a lack of responsible parenting a root cause? Does the education systems lack of discipline and authority contribute? Does the mayor and council view the latest tragedy another "flash crowd" event?
I guess it could have been worse. They might have opted for a "Full Body Scanner." Better still, take a page from the Tennessee Legislature and have them 'card' anyone who doesn't look at least 60. Oh wait..I'm over 60 and still get 'carded' for beer purchases..but not when I buy my favorite 'single malt'. What's up with that??
Go figure..Woody
Three straight cartoons with no discernible national political message. How will the neo-nazi-cons manage to twist this issue into proof that all libs are satanic communists? Hope nobody stirs them up. Oops.
Oh My God...I did'nt know we were at war.I sure as hell can't tell! Every one on this site had rather talk about that sand pit sh.. hole than whats happening right in their own backyards.Its really easier talking about LIBYA!I personaly don't give a damn. My concerns are... Job,Gas,Electric bill,Water, House Payments and if any things left, something to eat.
Why did I leave Chattanooga (East Lake) for North Dakota 30 years ago. Let's see: I never look behind me walking in parks at any time. I never see gang-bangers or wannabees. I leave my doors unlocked and the car running in the parking lot when it's really cold. I trust my neighbors. And yes, we have running water and electricity. I feel sorry for you guys.
"neo-nazicons"? you lefties come up with the best labels ....i simply call you lefties anti-americans, that's says it all. it's a given that you're all either communists, socialists or authoritarians. you have no problem sacrificing freedom to further your agenda.
not all libs, dude, just extreme lefties...like the ones who have taken over the democrat party.
there's no need for that type of scanner...simply profile and go after them. just like you need to do with terrorists. we're too politically correct to say it the way it is. if someone robs a bank and they're indentified as either black, white, hispanic..then that's what they look for...so why not in this case? 100% of the people causing the violence and shooting in coolidge park are young black men, probably with some gang affiliation...so why punish a few teenage girls who want to ride the carousel and shop on frazier avenue....without their parents around?
here's some good ideas for bennett.... if he were really an editorial cartoonist and not just a prop- agandist/democrat party loyalist. ...
obama returning his nobel peace prize......
joe biden threatening impeachment for bush for bypassing congress on iraq..which was a lie.....then being mute when obama truly does it with libya
the horror shows in the congo and sudan being ignored, yet we go into libya.
obama unable to to admit it is about oil in libya..and not just "humanitarian"...
obama encouraging brazil to export oil to the u.s...and to drill off shore there, while doing everything he can to stop us from using our natural resources.
the abu graib -like situation in afghanistan now with the soldiers and photos and how it's being ignored by the white house and the white house controlled liberal media...double standard and hyocracy....
and so on and so on...so much out there for a "real" editorial cartoonist to sink his or her teeth into.......but if you're only interested in propping up one party then all you get is propaganda and no brainer cartoons like the one today
harp3339 said...
"What about a plan to get at the root cause and prevent it from happening any place. Could drug use and distribution be one root cause? Is a lack of responsible parenting a root cause? Does the education systems lack of discipline and authority contribute?"
I'm not sure what the short term solution is, but I can almost guarantee that whatever makes the headlines will be "political" in the sense that it will be directed toward legal restrictions, and will not address the root causes to which you allude. The answer lies with individual citizens 1. who frequent the park and 2. who have the courage to interact with the responsible parties. It reminds me of Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn's criticism that the west has lost its "civil courage" …
from "A World Split Apart" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"… Any conflict is solved according to the letter of the law and this is considered to be the supreme solution. If one is right from a legal point of view, nothing more is required, nobody may mention that one could still not be entirely right, and urge self-restraint, a willingness to renounce such legal rights, sacrifice and selfless risk: it would sound simply absurd. One almost never sees voluntary self-restraint. Everybody operates at the extreme limit of those legal frames. …
"I have spent all my life under a communist regime and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either. A society which is based on the letter of the law and never reaches any higher is taking very scarce advantage of the high level of human possibilities. The letter of the law is too cold and formal to have a beneficial influence on society. Whenever the tissue of life is woven of legalistic relations, there is an atmosphere of moral mediocrity, paralyzing man's noblest impulses. And it will be simply impossible to stand through the trials of this threatening century with only the support of a legalistic structure …"
Anything short of addressing parental responsibility, education, and spiritual self-sacrifice (love), will fall short.
Whatsnot, you are kidding right! You would have to literally force me at gun point to give up TN. for North Dakota.I don't know where in North Dakota you live but from what i have seen and read lately its not what you are describing. I saw a good documentary on the Rose Bud Reservation in South Dakota and it was really dreadfull. North Dakota is having a boom on gas drilling and with it every kind of Vice one can think of. I will take Tennessee any day.
Unfortunately, the sadness of this cartoon is the reality of the situation. There is no shortage of people to point a finger at for this problem. If we expand security at a public park, that will pass on a bill to the taxpayers. On the other hand, if we do nothing proactive (which is our current plan) the problem will continue to swell and we will lose Coolidge Park to lawlessness and gang activity. In finding solutions, there are examples for us to follow.
Several years back, Lake Winnie was the scene of a "flash-mob" and a near riot involving over 200 teenagers. Their solution involved not allowing anyone under 21 admission into their park without a parent or guardian. This all but eliminated their problem. Hamilton Place Mall has instituted similar policies that yielded positive results. Even nightclubs, Chattanooga Drink comes to mind have instituted policies aimed at restricting access to unsupervised minors. The new policy at Coolidge Park is a fresh start. In a world where parents want to be their child's friend and not their parent, we as society will have to control the youth for them. This park is a integral part of our city and as such we should do what we can to protect the sanctity of the area. Those seeking problems and disorder will simply find another location to conduct business and leave the park to those who intend on enjoying it.
of course you don't like those ideas, ollie, because it would reveal the hyopracy of the democrat party and your liberal agenda and it exposes bennett for the pure propagandist that he is.
you just like it the way it is, don't you.....having bennett put on his cute cheerleader uniform and cheer the team on. no questions asked.
when glaring hypocracy is ignored, that begs to be commented on...then you know you just have a political hack instead of an editorial cartoonist.
regarding the shootings.....we're dealing with criminal activity in coolidge park over the last couple of years. shootings, drugs and fighting....parental involvment is a nice topic..but this is beyond that.....when gangs or gangster wannabe's take guns into coolidge park, the root causes don't matter.....it's criminal.
the facts are guns are being brought into coolidge park and citizens trying to enjoy the park are in dangers....that's all that matters.....
sorry..profile...profile...if a bunch of black teens come into the park with their pants hanging below their asses..and the rest of the standard outfit.. search them and question them...since they're the ones doing the shooting, they pay the price. it's criminal and treat it it as such
black families, white families..everyone is being threatened..black children, white children..etc..etc.
I think Clay just enjoys getting Francis'/Seamonkey's dander up. Maybe Clay should draw Francis an Avatar?
actually, hambone..obama has a lot in common with the thug/gangsta mentality....he tried it because it worked for him in chicago..but the nation rejected it on nov. 2nd 2010....and not just republicans, hambreath, but democrats and independents to.
you libs have to think beyond party loyalty.......i can think of dozens of cartoons i would do blasting republicans for their lack of backbone and contribution to the mess we're now in.....so why can't bennett do the same with democrats........?...the answer, of course, is that he's a party hack.
After all that shooting and folks acting a fool like they did this cartoon has hit it right on the mark. Something should be done before somebody with some big money who is a tourist speanding some money in that area gets hit by one of those stray bullets. Then the city will be in a big fat lawsuit over the death of that person.
Ron Littlefield is just waiting until somebody gets killed and then he'll annouce a big plan to curb the crime in that area but not until somebody gets killed that has big money.
Francis/SeaMonkey/BoreMeToTears wrote;
"obama has a lot in common with the thug/gangsta mentality"
Yep, those are the ones you have to watch out for, alright ..... those Harvard-educated gangsters .......... (insert eye roll here)
independentlighthouse said... Some of these people in the south can not drive worth a lick.
lighthead... the above comment (pertaining to a man killed while trying to warn fellow motorists of danger) makes me sick. Please change your name so that every time I see your posts I don't visualize an ugly, cynical, bitter, heartless wretch.
There is nothing law enforcement can do about this situation on the front end. Does anyone remember the initiation "rushes", usually for female service clubs in high school, and usually after football games, that were the place to be and unannounced (you had to be connected to find out where/when)? I recall the in-crowd mentality that is the base of this flashmob stuff. They can flit around like flocks of birds and land wherever they choose. I assume the vast majority are not thugs, just observers. There is no quantitative solution for this game. A peripatetic party stops when it feels like it. It is the cause celebre. Reminds me of the t-shirt emblazoned "I dress this way to annoy you." Just wait until the thugs figure out what 10 mac-10's on 10 motorcycles could do. Pretty scary.
i have been told by matt dillion that i must go away. this is ur man not mine. to hell with the first amenment. when we cant say what we want then to hell with you libs. i might not say what you want to hear but i do have a right. you also have a right to speak but not to stop my word. people, look at this, i dont like or believe what most of you say but i do have the right to speak my mind. clean up your back yard
If the kids can't behave themselves at the park I'm all for it. If they need to search them like they do at the airport, do it. Why not if it keeps them from killing each other or some person just trying to enjoy the beauty of the park. I say take the park back from the hoods.
Clamping down on this park only changes the location of bad acts. People that dress weird with tattoos all over, piercings and pants hanging below their crack having to hold them up to keep them from falling off are probably weird. When we started criticizing police for using common sense by calling it profiling we lost something.
Parents are so used to "dropping the kids off" and abdicating their responsibility they object to requiring kids to be accompanied by an adult. They fail to realize some of us don't like the spoiled brats and prefer they behave properly when in public instead of annoying the hell out of others around them.
Some places are avoided by a lot of people because of "rug rats" with parents that don't insist on them behaving or taking their leave with them. I will immediately leave any place where the parents of a screaming youngster can't get them to quieten down and don't take the kid out of the place.
Other parents are so irresponsible they don't know and possibly don't care where their kids are. Then, when the kid gets in trouble they are on the news crying about how poor little Johnny is being mistreated and his behavior is the fault of someone else.
Too bad we can't restrict gang members to certain areas, assure they are well armed then instigate gang wars so they take each other out.
I do believe when you "spare the rod, you spoil the child". When teachers can't punish kids for disruptive behavior it is harmful to kids that want to learn and participate in their education. The education system can't rid itself of bad teachers or bad kids, not a winning combination.
"Day Two" of this very profound 'toon' has reminded me there are certain undeniable facts of life we are doomed to live with...
We were all teens once ourselves (some of us held on a little longer than some others) and that teens, like the cockroach, have always been around and will likely be "...the death of us all...."
Get used to it..learn to deal with it..or find yourself a nice dark hole and crawl into it and pull it in nice and snug over your head.
Removing tongue from cheek now..Woody
I don't buy the argument that preventing crime or violence in one place automatically just makes it happen in another. It isn't a zero sum game. It's not like there is a set amount of crime and violence that has to occur every day, and you just have to decide where. Don't use that kind of thinking to give over any amount of turf to criminality. Police the park if necessary. Adults and families should continue to use the park and set norms of behavior that we want to see. Google "broken window theory."
SeaMonkey I normally read your comments and laugh them off but I can not sit back and let you post such garbage about profiling. First let me start by saying by advocating profiling you are contradicting everything this country stands for. Some of the founding principles of this country are innocence until proven guilty, equality, and freedom of speech. By profiling black males in the park you are infringing on their civil rights when you approach/ search them for no reason other than having sagging pants or baggy clothing. No matter how tacky it may appear their clothing is a form of expression and I know you of all people wouldn't recommend doing anything that could hinder our amendments. Searching people (without probable cause other than for being a group of black males) is not where this needs to go. Search one, search us all when entering into the park. With your "guilty first, questions later" approach you risk sending this country down a VERY slippery slope and we've seen in the past where that has lead. SeaMonkey you never have realistic solutions to contribute. Do you have another solution that wouldn't send us all back to the Jim Crowe era? Here's my solution: why don't we all ACTUALLY get involved with Chattanooga youth programs (yes, even the inner city youth programs) and educate/mentor our young people instead of ranting with our keyboards. For the one's that already gone astray then they deserve punishment but as a society we can't fail young people (mainly starting with the lack of a better/equal education system for all) then wonder why they cause havoc in the community. Even if, God forbid, profiling became the standard of when/where to apply our laws we wouldn't have the funding or police power to implement it and it would surely require some sort of tax increase on citizens which then would make you cry socialism!
As far as the complaints about the new curfew, I think it's marvelous!The curfew is 10:30 p.m. on school days for children 16 and younger and 11:30 p.m. for those 17 and younger. The curfew is one hour later on weekends. I don't know about you but I personally wouldn't want my 16- child in a park at that time of night alone anyways, REGARDLESS OF RACE. Also your comment that "100% of the people causing the violence and shooting in Coolidge park are young black men"…where exactly are you getting your statistics? You're taking certain incidents and painting a very broad picture about the black youth in Chattanooga and the last time I checked the suspects were all underage so no photos were released, how do you know all the suspects were black?
Lastly, to everyone else THANK YOU for not turning this into an "us vs. them (mainly inserting race above criminality)" like SeaMonkey (aka Francis) has attempted multiple times.
Littlefield has Saturday Night Specials at Cooliage Park:
leaf... if upping police presence at any location lessens the likelihood of crime occurring there, then by extension it would leave other areas that much more vulnerable to crime. So your solution actually calls for more police, period, and we know that won't happen. I'm afraid the only thing we can do is stay home and dislike SeaMonkey.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone---insert warm fuzzy hugs here---would get together and support the youth programs in this city?
I was wondering...how many shootings have occurred when large crowds of predominately white people gathered in Coolidge Park?
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I hadn't thought about the incident involving black kids until I read your post, still not sure. Are you assuming they were? I was thinking about the white kids I see with pants they can't keep up, tattoos and piercings by both sexes. This indicates to me parents that don't care, are irresponsible or have no influence with the kids. This is not ethnicity limited, some gangs are very diverse.
Education opportunities with parental like support where it is missing and youth groups will help but there is an element that will have to be dealt with by authorities.
Be as liberal as you want to be but quit borrowing money to support all those social agendas. Borrowed money has to be paid back and governments are about to hit the wall. Tax everyone enough to pay as we go but quit increasing the debt, we are rapidly approaching the worst dilemma this city, state and country has ever known. Taxes should be increased or decreased annually based on what is spent, no credit cards.
"I hadn't thought about the incident involving black kids until I read your post, still not sure. Are you assuming they were?"
-- The only reason why I mentioned race is because that was the main argument SeaMonkey was making in his post. I did NOT assume they were black, I was addressing his blatant assumption that the perpetrators were black. Sorry, I'm too smart to fall for that one so don't try and turn this around on me to make it look like I'm the one that brought up race. And I am aware that a lot of gangs are very diverse so thank you for furthering my point to SeaMonkey.
"...there is an element that will have to be dealt with by authorities."
-- I welcome the authorities getting involved, the point I was making AGAIN was that SeaMonkey is calling for action that is very unlikely, dangerous, and frankly irresponsible. I am a peaceful non-violent person as well so I have no problem with criminals being punished but his approach is "criminal first, possible innocence later" and that is not right. What ever happened to the golden rule?
"Be as liberal as you want to be but quit borrowing money to support all those social agendas..."
-- This is where you lost my attention.
I agree with your position about the limits and methods of enforcement. It is not "all of them" whoever "all" is. There are multiple needs and as many approaches required to effectively address the issue.
My comment regarding borrowing money refers to the national debt. I would prefer adjusting the tax tables to collect whatever is to be spent plus 3% to reduce the debt. If we want it or if enough people want a federal program we should pay as we go. Why ask future generations to finance our benevolence. Conservatives don't want anything good or bad and liberals want things but don't want to pay for it but have someone else pay more.
If your being liberal refers to socially I am good with that. Pro-choice, gay marriage, equal opportunity for an education and jobs, the behavior of two consenting adults, I have no problem with these. I view these as no business of any politician unless there is a government expense that we need to pay for.
Thank you for clarifying, and yes my position as a liberal is socially :)
:) I think we may be more realist than liberal. Are you willing to quit using credit cards and help me pay as we go. Require anything you desire but let's quit going in debt and pay as we go. Do you already have plans for the evening, Dutch treat pay with cash of course? LOL, just kidding, thanks for the response, have a great day.
No, I like the sound of liberal better haha. I have only one credit card sir and that's just about paid off. I think credit cards are acutally a wonderful thing in the hands of proper consumers such as myself that make regular payments, pay more than the minium monthly balance, and they can help in building positive credit scores (again when used properly). I actually wouldn't mind an evening out (sorry, I carry debit, no cash) but I would worry that we'd aruge the entire time. Adding more info to your profile anytime soon?
When I figure out how to do the anwar and profile thing I will add to it. I also have only one credit card, have never paid interest and have no plans to. I like the 1% rebate on purchases. I admit I use it for anything I can and I track it on line and as you say pay a little more than due.
Please, we may debate, I refuse to argue. On second thought if not too aggressive perhaps we should argue. Making up can be fun to do, remember that song? I may be revealing my age without a profile?
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Nice work on the credit card,you financial guru you :) Glad to know you'll be updating your profile soon, you've peaked my interest which is no easy task so I look forward to reading your comments from this point forward. I don't remember that song my self persay but I've heard my parents playing it before, no pun intended haha. I do fancy that song though so you've got some points in my book, just might have to take you up on that dutch offer.
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Further investigation at the scene found that the babysitter, defendant Andrean Newland, 30, who lives at the same residence, was present at the residence while up to 15 to 25 juveniles drank alcohol in the backyard, police stated.
The defendant was charged with violating the Nassau County Social Host Law and was released on an appearance ticket returnable April 14 to First District Court, Hempstead.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Binghamton volleyball program landed three players on the 2011 America East All-Conference teams. Junior Alex Roland (Austin, Tex./Austin High) and sophomore Xiomara Ortiz (South Setauket, N.Y./Ward Melville) earned second-team honors while freshman Kristin Hovie (Neenah, Wis./Neenah) was named to the all-rookie team, as announced by the conference this afternoon.
Since joining the America East in 2002 the Bearcats have now placed 30 players on all-conference teams. Roland and Ortiz are making their second appearance on the all-conference list, each earning all-rookie selections their freshman seasons (2009 & 2010). Hovie is the eighth Binghamton player to be named to the all-rookie team and the third in as many years.
Typically recognized for her defense during her first two seasons, Roland emerged as an offensive force for the Bearcats in 2011. The middle blocker recorded a total of 272 kills on the season, almost 120 more than last year. She upped her .260 hitting percentage to .307 during conference matches, good enough for fifth in the America East. After recording 97 total blocks in 2011, she now ranks seventh on BU's all-time blocks list. In a pivotal conference game, she had her best match of her career, tallying 23 kills against Hartford on Nov. 11.
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Ortiz, who has commanded BU's backline for the past two seasons, finished the season third in the conference with 4.48 digs per set. Her averaged jumped to 4.68 digs per set during conference play, second to only two-time Defensive Specialist of the Year, Albany's Laurie Gonzalez. She is just the second Bearcat to record back-to-back 400-plus dig seasons (Jaclyn Strader '06, '07) and her 484 totals digs is the second highest mark in BU's Division I history (Strader, 536).
"Xiomara (Ortiz) has evolved immensely since her freshman campaign," Kiriyama continued. "She has grown in confidence and leadership and has developed into the mainstay of our backrow."
In a season where four Bearcats accumulated 200-plus kills, Hovie led them all with 281. She is the first freshman to lead the team in kill since Michelle McDonough in 2007 (274). The 281 kills is the second-most by a freshman in the program's Division I history, only behind Michele Heck's 315 in 2001. Her 2.74 kills per set ranked ninth in the America East and was upped to 2.94 in conference matches. She set a BU freshman record for kills in a match with 24 against UMBC on Oct. 30.
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Binghamton finished the season with a 13-17 record and a 5-7 conference mark, missing the postseason tournament for the first time since 2003. Head coach Glenn Kiriyama recorded his 200th career win in 2011 with a win over Siena on Sept. 7; he now has 210 victories at BU. The Bearcats return five starters plus the libero and 12 letterwinners to the 2012 squad.
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04.15.2011 - 22:11 | BoolooNash I enjoy these a lot but can you make the difference in volumes a bit less severe? It's not as enjoyable when you can't really hear what you're commentating over. Not a lot just a tiny bit would make it perfect. Otherwise good work as usual.
Also don't feel bad about the oven story some things like that just aren't funny but you know what? That totally fucking was and since the kid is ok its not that terrible really. Plus didn't the bitch mom go to jail or some shit? Good fucking job.
04.16.2011 - 00:37 | LikaLaruku
04.16.2011 - 15:19 | TragicGuineaPigActually, it wouldn't be that difficult to fix: a compressor/limiter. While syncing audio, just run the audio through a compressor/limiter, so that overall audio levels match. You can even set the compression amount, so that the overall product still has some dynamic range, but isn't overwhelmingly loud or quiet at any given point. Most audio software either has this feature, or will allow for simple plug-ins to provide this effect.
04.16.2011 - 07:51 | trlklyYou know what would be really cool? Turn it up in the right speaker, and keep your voice mostly in the left speaker. That would match up with the visuals.
@Linka: that's a different problem, but I agree it's annoying. You've got to match audio levels for clips.
The problem here is figuring out how to be loud enough that you can hear it, but quiet enough that you can understand the commentary. My suggestion above should help with that problem, and as a bonus, people can mess with their speaker balance to make it match where they need it.
(You can also try running it through an equalizer that pumps up the treble and cuts out the bass. That's how videos in videos sound on TV, and the bass is what interferes the most.)
04.15.2011 - 23:24 | Grimfang
04.15.2011 - 23:35 | Moon Spirit - I AM A MAN!!!
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04.15.2011 - 23:57 | krazykarl77 - no i know
04.16.2011 - 00:05 | mareshI like these commentary help videos.It would be interesting to see what kind of gear everybody else uses.
So let's see here... Good camera? Check. Good mic? Check. Good premise idea that doesn't blatantly rip off someone else's idea? Um, well, CRAP! Hey Nash, could you cover that in the next commentary, please?
04.16.2011 - 00:17 | Kimarous
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04.16.2011 - 07:55 | trlkly
04.16.2011 - 10:47 | KariI think it's a good thing the infamous story choice happened, because while I couldn't laugh at that story or the accompanying skit, some people evidently could, and while I thought it was more sad than anything, I didn't want to write an angry email berating you for your complete lack of class, or anything. So that's probably a good standard to go by. (Also, one of my major berzerk buttons is people failing to "pick on someone their own size." If children, animals, or the elderly are involved, we will have words.)
I'm actually really glad to see anyone realizing there IS a limit on funny.
04.16.2011 - 11:25 | Axel Osbourne
04.16.2011 - 12:35 | spade75All i have to say is that the prediction of the end of the world in 2012, was based off the I-ching aka dropping three coins on a table. advanced, i know.
also the lemming isn't a suicidal creature, the nature film producers just scared them into doing it and filmed it. so suicide and murder is actually a human nature. one we never discuss and hide with other bullshit because we're to ashamed to admit it.
shame is the worst feeling. one of guilt and vexation. murderer in prison type shit.
I'm spade and It's all in the family.
04.16.2011 - 12:55 | spade75i wish people would go to schools and talk to kids about suicide and tendencies. and why life isn't bad and how to deal with depression. keeping in mind 60% of suicides involve people with depression and that suicide is the second leading cause of death. so lets count, every half an hour a murder happens in america. so if the suicide rate and natural causes rate is higher...lets think.
oh yeah, don't forget those good old cigarettes and drug use. i swear i've seen a million presentations about vandalism and eating disorders in schools. but its all the same shit. also remember most of the school shootings end with suicide and heavy drug use causes brain damage.
I'm spade and have a nice day!
04.16.2011 - 13:06 | spade75oh yeah and 75% of teen suicide involve alcohol consumption. as a bartender i know alcohol is a depressant and only feels happy at first then the depression sets in.
then keep in mind there is no "anti-suicide gang" thats going to try and stop you. i sure wonder why.
the parents are never home and always working. so kids don't know what love is, and cant depend on anything but money for the feeling of security and growth. no one ever talks about there childhood, even though your financial past is the key to your financial future.
I'm spade and drink fucking responsibly.
04.16.2011 - 13:35 | Licantro
04.16.2011 - 18:28 | KariThey've been saying that war never changes from the old days of Fallout, actually.
04.16.2011 - 14:13 | angel85pissed at barking dogs = smash $250 piece of electronic equipment, threaten own family, and threaten destruction of your home and the rest of your worldly possessions? was this guy on fucking METH or something? Though sticking a 4 year old in the oven actually trumps that, even if the burn trauma didn't kill the poor kid the TOXIC FUMES could easily do her in.
04.16.2011 - 14:45 | warriorwhacko
04.16.2011 - 19:18 | sabata2I was a little worried this video would get preachy because of the name of the video, but this was pretty damned good.
And seeing as that's 3/3 of your things I've watched that I've enjoyed... you got yourself another faithful.
04.16.2011 - 21:05 | Fuery87POPEY'S IS BABIES!!!
04.17.2011 - 02:14 | SpotTheShingo - BABY IS SPY!Well, someone had to!
As for the verbal judo, I'd stick to Venusian Aikido myself.
04.18.2011 - 00:12 | DuosAngel
04.22.2011 - 01:00 | GoldenSolitude04
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XenServer provides support for a broad range of storage hardware. The term Storage Repository (SR) is used to describe a particular storage target, on which Virtual Disk Images (VDIs) are stored. A VDI is a disk abstraction that contains the contents of a disk as presented to a virtual machine. XenServer defines an interface to storage hardware that allows VDIs to be supported on a large number of SR types, including local disks, NFS filers, Fibre Channel disks and shared iSCSI LUNs. The SR abstraction allows advanced storage features such as thin provisioning, VDI snapshots, and fast cloning to be exposed on storage targets that support them.
In working with the XenServer CLI, there are four classes of object that are used to describe, configure, and manage storage:
Storage Repository (SR): is a storage target, containing virtual disks. The SR object provides XE with a set of mechanisms to use to manage disks on that particular type of storage, and allows provisioning operations, such as creating a new virtual disk, to be mapped onto a wide variety of storage types. For example, virtual disks may be stored as logical volumes on a local disk, or they may be stored as VHD files on an NFS server. SR implementations provide operations for creating, destroying, resizing, cloning, connecting, locking, and discovering the individual Virtual Disk Images (VDIs) that they contain.
A storage repository is a persistent, on-disk data structure. So the act of "creating" a new SR is similar to that of formatting a disk -- for most SR types, creating a new SR involves erasing any existing data on the specified storage target. SRs are long-lived, and may in some cases be shared among XenServer hosts, or moved between them.CLI operations to manage storage repositories are described in Section Section 5.4.12, "SR commands".
Physical Block Device (PBD): A PBD represents the interface between a physical host and an attached SR. PBDs are connector objects that allow a given SR to be mapped to a host. Importantly, PBDs store the device config fields that are used to connect to and interact with a given storage target. In the case of NFS, for instance, this device config includes the IP of the NFS server and the associated mount path. PBD objects manage the run-time attachment of a given SR to a given host. CLI operations relating to PBDs are described in Section Section 5.4.8, "PBD commands".
Virtual Disk Image (VDI): A VDI is an on-disk representation of a virtual disk provided to a guest VM. It is the fundamental unit of virtualized storage in XenServer.
Similar to SRs, VDIs are persistent, on-disk objects that exist independently of XenServer. CLI operations to manage VDIs are presented in Section Section 5.4.17, "VDI commands".
Virtual Block Device (VBD): A VBD is a connector object (similar to the PBD described above), that allows mappings between VDIs and VMs. In addition to providing a mechanism to attach (or "plug") a VDI into a VM, VBDs allow the fine-tuning of parameters regarding QoS, statistics, and the bootability of a given VDI. CLI operations relating to VBDs are described in Section Section 5.4.16, "VBD commands".
The remainder of this section describes the common types of storage that are supported by XenServer, their type-specific device configuration options, and some best practices for managing storage in XenServer environments.
This section provides a brief description of the common physical storage types that XenServer supports.
By default, XenServer uses the local disk on the physical host on which it is installed. The Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is used to manage VM storage. In this case a VDI is implemented as a LVM logical volume of the specified size.
Local LVM-based storage is high-performance and allows virtual disks to be dynamically resized. Virtual disks are fully allocated as an isolated volume on the underlying physical disk and so there is a minimum of storage virtualization overhead imposed. As such, this is a good option for high-performance storage, but lacks the flexibility of file-based storage options described below.
In addition to storing disks on an LVM-managed volume, local disks may be used to serve VDIs stored in the Microsoft VHD format. This may be configured through the XenServer CLI. VHD support is described in Section 4.1.2, "Shared Network Attached Storage - NFS".
By definition, local disks are not shared across pools of XenServer hosts. As a consequence, VMs whose VDIs are stored in SRs on local disks are not agile; they may not be moved or migrated between hosts in a pool.
Supported device-config parameters for the local LVM SR type and the local VHD SR type are:
device - The path to the device on which the SR should be stored.
The NFS filer is a ubiquitous form of storage infrastructure that is available in many deployments. XenServer allows existing NFS servers to be immediately used as a storage repository for virtual disks (VDIs). VDIs are stored in the Microsoft VHD format, which is ideally suited to NFS environments. Moreover, as NFS SRs are shared, VDIs stored in them allow VMs to be started on any host in a Resource Pool and be live migrated between them using XenMotion.
Configuring an NFS SR is very easy. You just provide the hostname or IP address of the NFS server and the path to a directory that will be used to contain the SR. The NFS server must be configured to export the specified path to all hosts in the pool, otherwise the creation of the SR or the plugging of the PBD record will fail.
VDIs stored on NFS are sparse by default: the image file is allocated as the VM writes data into the disk. This has the considerable benefit that VM image files take up only as much space on the NFS filer as is required: If a 100GB VDI is allocated for a new VM and an OS is installed, the VDI file will only reflect the size of the OS data that has been written to the disk, typically only a few gigabytes.
VHD files may also be chained, allowing two VDIs to share common data. In cases where a NFS-based VM is cloned, the resulting VMs will share the common on-disk data at the time of cloning. Each will proceed to make its own changes in an isolated copy-on-write version of the VDI. This feature allows NFS-based VMs to be quickly cloned from templates -- facilitating very fast provisioning and deployment of new VMs.
As VHD-based images involve extra metadata to provide sparseness and chaining, the format is not as high-performance as LVM-based storage is. In cases where performance really matters, it is well worth forcibly allocating the sparse regions of an image file. This will improve performance at the cost of consuming addition disk space on the filer.
XenServer's NFS and VHD implementation assume that they have full control over the SR directory on the NFS server. Administrators are advised not to modify the contents of this directory as this may risk corrupting the contents of VDIs.
In considering best practice for NFS performance it is worth considering that XenServer has been tuned for enterprise filers that use non-volatile RAM to provide fast acknowledgments of write requests while maintaining a high degree of protection from failure. For reference, XenServer has been tested extensively against Network Appliance FAS270c and FAS3020c filers, using Data OnTap 7.2.2.
In situations where XenServer is used with lower-end filers, it will err on the side of caution by waiting for all writes to be acknowledged before passing acknowledgments on to guest VMs. This will incur a noticeable performance cost, and may be remedied by setting the filer to present the SR mount point as an asynchronous mode export. Asynchronous exports, however acknowledge writes that are not actually on disk, and so administrators should consider the risks of failure carefully in these situations.
Supported device-config parameters for the NFS SR type are:
server - The IP address or DNS name of the NFS server.
serverpath - The path on the server in which the SR should reside.
In addition to NFS, XenServer provides support for shared SRs on iSCSI LUNs, using the open-iSCSI software iSCSI initiator. Shared iSCSI support is implemented based on the Linux Volume Manager (LVM) and provides the same performance benefits that were provided by LVM in the local disk case. iSCSI-based SRs enable VM agility -- VMs may be started on any host in a pool and migrated between them. However, iSCSI-based VDIs do not provide support for sparse provisioning or fast cloning.
Each XenServer is automatically configured with a single iSCSI software adapter and assigned a random adapter initiator IQN. The initiator IQN is an iSCSI id that uniquely identifies the host when connecting to an iSCSI target. Most targets provide access control via IQN lists and it is therefore important to ensure that all hosts always retain a unique IQN value. The host IQN value can be adjusted manually using XenCenter or via the CLI:
xe host-param-set uuid=[VALID_HOST_ID] other-config-iscsi_iqn=[NEW_INITIATOR_IQN]
Do not change the host adapter IQN while there are still iSCSI SRs attached. It may result in failed attempts to connect to new targets or to connect existing SR entries.
The XenServer only supports a single iSCSI adapter to be configured. The adapter can connect to multiple different iSCSI targets and target IQNs in parallel, however it does not support configuration of more than one host initiator IQN, so all targets must be configured to allow access for the same initiator IQN.
Some iSCSI targets do not provide per-initiator IQN filtering/ACLs. Ensure that multi-initiator access is enabled if any LUNs are intended to be shared between more than one host in a pool.
iSCSI SRs may be created through both XenCenter and the CLI. XenServer hosts are limited to a single source initiator IQN, but may connect to multiple targets. Each individual iSCSI SR must be contained entirely on a single LUN, and may not span LUNs. CHAP support is provided for client authentication, both during the data path initialization and during the LUN discovery phase.
Supported device-config parameters for the shared LVM over ISCSI SR type are:
target - The IP address or DNS name of the iSCSI target.
targetIQN - The IQN (iSCSI Qualified Name) offered by the target that should be used.
LUNid - The bus ID of the LUN on which the SR is created.
chapuser - The CHAP authentication username credential that should be applied when connecting to the target. (optional)
chappassword - The CHAP authentication password credential that should be applied when connecting to the target. (optional)
usediscoverynumber - In rare cases, for multi-homed hosts, a target record may appear more than once. This option allows an advanced user to specify an alternative record number to attach. This option should be used with the scan facility outlined below to help in discovering the record ID. (optional)
In order to aid in the LUN discovery and identification phase, certain scan facilities are provided during the sr-create phase:
If the targetIQN parameter is left blank, the command will fail and return an XML string listing the available targetIQNs on the specified target. Each target will also provide an index value that may be provided as the usediscoverynumber value.
If the LUNid parameter is left blank, the command will fail and return an XML string listing the available LUNids on the specified target and targetIQN.
XenServer hosts can also use Fibre Channel SANs using the Emulex or QLogic host bus adapter (HBA). Logical unit numbers (LUNs) are mapped to the XenServer Host as disk devices /dev/sdx just like physical disks would be.
The Command Line Interfaces (CLIs) for configuring and managing Emulex and QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs are included in the XenServer Host in the following locations:
Emulex: /usr/sbin/hbanyware
QLogic: /opt/QLogic_Corporation/SANsurferCLI
If you are using a Fibre Channel SAN with an HBA that supports boot from LUN, you should do all your boot from LUN setup before installing the XenServer Host. During installation, just select the remote LUNs as if they were local disk drives. Once you complete the installation and reboot, the system will boot from the remote LUN.
Fibre Channel LUNs will appear on the host as scsi devices. Each scsi device is symlinked under the directory /dev/disk/by_id using its unique scsi_id. If you are unsure which scsi_id corresponds to which device, you can query a device with the sginfo command followed by the path. For example: sginfo /dev/disk/by_id/ {scsi_id}.
Fibre Channel disks should always be referenced by this path since it provides persistent device identification regardless of the core device name assigned by the host which may change, e.g. across host reboots.
If you add an Emulex or QLogic HBA to the XenServer Host after installation, you should edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add a line like this:
alias scsi_hostadaptern module_name
where n is the next available scsi_hostadapter number, and module_name is the appropriate module name for your HBA. Emulex cards are supported by the lpfcdfc module and qlogic cards by the qla**** modules, where **** will correspond to the version number. For full compatibility details, goto the online site Hardware Compatibility List for latest information.
For more information on Fibre Channel host adaptors, see the Emulex website and the QLogic website.
The following section provides guidelines on how to create, attach, detach and delete storage types to a XenServer Host. The examples provided pertain to storage configuration via the CLI which provides the greatest flexibility.
Creating a new SR requires the use of the sr-create command. It will create a new SR record in the database and a corresponding PBD record. Upon successful creation of the SR, the PBD will be automatically plugged. If the SR shared=true flag is set, a PBD entry will be created for every host in the pool and plugged on each host. The following steps illustrate how to create a local LVM SR and a shared LVM over iSCSI SR. In each case, a correct host-uuid is required:
Creating an LVM over iSCSI SR is very similar with the exception of being a shareable SR type, causing a PBD to be created for every host in the pool. Additionally, the device-config-* parameters are different, requiring a target, targetIQN and a LUNid parameter to be provided.
Introducing an existing SR to a host requires the manual generation of both an SR record and a PBD record. Furthermore the PBD must be manually plugged to activate the SR on the host:
Destroying an SR will actually delete the contents of the SR from the physical substrate. Alternatively, an SR record can be forgotten, which allows a user to re-attach the SR, e.g. to another host without removing any of the SR contents. In both cases, the SR's PBD must first be unplugged:
The following table summarizes the storage repository capabilities described above:
All storage repositories in XenServer are implemented as Python scripts and stored within the control domain's file system in /opt/xensource/sm. Advanced users may examine and even modify these scripts to adapt storage operations to their needs.
This is considered an advanced operation, and is not supported. However, visibility and customization of low-level storage management is of considerable value to some power users. Note also that new SR implementations may be placed in this directory and will be automatically detected by XenServer. The available SR types may be listed using the sm-list command (see Section 5.4.11, "Storage Manager commands").


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CHICAGO — A 24-year-old man was charged with trying to kill a police officer after a confrontation near a Metra stop Sunday night.
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An amoeba called Naegleria fowleri has been making news headlines recently (see, for example, CBS News, or U.S. News and World Report), where it is being referred to as the 'brain-eating' amoeba. Three deaths have been confirmed in the U.S. this summer due to infections: two people in August from swimming in rivers or lakes and one person in June from using contaminated tap water in a neti-pot. (The amoeba enters the body through the nose via contaminated water and travels to the brain, where it can destroy brain tissue.)
In terms of probability, the risk of infection is small – the CDC says infections are "very rare," with 32 infections between 2001 and 2010 despite millions of exposures. Also, the risk is not new, although it doesn't seem to have made headlines in since 2008 according to a Google News search.
However, there are several factors that make the risk feel 'scary':
- The infection is almost always fatal, and the idea of something 'eating' a brain is particularly gruesome.
- The sources of exposure (lakes, rivers, and tap water) are common, making if feel as though everyday activities are putting people at risk.
- Those killed this summer have been young (all under 30 years old), making it feel as though everyone, even if otherwise healthy, is likely to be at risk.
- Amoebae [the plural of amoeba] are invisible to the naked eye. You can't tell if a body of water you'd like to swim in has zero or millions of amoebae in it just by looking at it.
When a risk feels scary, it can be challenging to communicate information clearly about the risk. In this case, a few key messages (based on the CDC's frequently-asked questions (FAQs)) could likely get lost in the transfer:
- There is no indication that the risk of infection is increasing. An average of three deaths are reported each year in the U.S., mainly during the summer months, and mainly in southern states.
- The risk seems to be limited to warm, untreated, or poorly-treated water, with infections mainly resulting from swimming or diving in warm, shallow, freshwater lakes and rivers.
- Additional factors that may account for the extremely low number of infections compared to the number of people exposed to the same waters are unknown.
- The risk is limited only to exposure through the nose. You cannot be infected with Naegleria fowleri by drinking or touching contaminated water.
For more information about Naegleria fowleri and other recreational water illnesses, see the CDC webpages on the topics.
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