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For the streusel
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
pinch salt
For the batter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon fresh grated orange zest
2 large eggs
1/3 cup fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups 1/4" diced fresh rhubarb
To prepare streusel
In a small bowl, add sugars, flour, butter, cinnamon and salt - stir until mixture is moistened.
To prepare the batter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, sugar and zest until very creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing until well combined after each. Mix in orange juice and vanilla - it will look curdled, but that is ok. Add dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Fold in rhubarb.
Scoop half of the batter into an 8" x 4" loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Scatter half of the streusel mixture over the batter, gently pressing down to adhere. Scoop remaining batter on top. Scatter remaining streusel over the top, gently pressing down to adhere.
Place pan into the oven and bake until a wooden skewer placed into the center comes out mostly clean with a few moist crumbs attached, about 60 to 70 minutes. Remove and set pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, then remove bread from the pan and let cool completely.
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The birther movement is alive and well, and even has someone to sing for them: Pat Boone.
The 1950s idol and staunch conservative said he believes President Obama was born outside the United States and that the long form birth certificate the White House released last summer is a phony, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
"I was in Kenya about a year and a half ago and everybody said, "you know he was born here,'" Boone said. "Why else would he be hiding all his records? He is spending millions of dollars so we do not have his records..And experts have already looked at and been able to verify that this long form document is a fraud.
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Government Discovers Unreleased Duke Nukem Game
The gaming sleuths at the Library of Congress have unearthed an interesting bit of gaming trivia; a copy of an unreleased Duke Nukem game for PSP.
Duke Nukem Forever is the game that got most of the attention, but a few month before Forever's release, Deep Silver and Frontline Studios put out Duke Nukem: Critical Mass, a platforming shooter for Nintenodo's DS handheld, but the DS wasn't the only system schedule to get that title. While performing an inventory of recently acquired video games, a moving image technician at the Library of Congress discovered the original source disc for the PSP version of the game that was never released.
"Since 2006, the Moving Image section of the Library of Congress has served as the custodial unit for video games," technician David Gibson wrote on the Library of Congress' website, "In this capacity, we receive roughly 400 video games per year through the Copyright registration process, about 99% of which are physically published console games.
"Several months ago, while performing an inventory of recently acquired video games, I happened upon a DVD-R labeled Duke Nukem: Critical Mass (PSP). My first assumption was that the disc, like so many others we have received, was a DVD-R of gameplay. However, a line of text on the Copyright database record for the item intrigued me. It reads: Authorship: Entire video game; computer code; artwork; and music."
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Re: Were there Dutchmen in Indian Territory?
In Response To: Were there Dutchmen in Indian Territory? ()
WHO WERE THE BLACK DUTCH ? ? ? Your answers ran a spectrum from family tradition through encyclopedia citations and because your findings may assist others who find this tradition in their family here are some responses:
DUTCH according to Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia: — a term which originally referred to ANYTHING of GERMAN derivation thus High Dutch signified the High German language and Low Dutch the Low German.
In modern usage however the term Dutch may be CORRECTLY applied ONLY to the peoples and the language of the Netherlands. The phrase "Pennsylvania Dutch" referring to the speech and origin of the inhabitants of certain sections of Pennsylvania dates from the time when DUTCH SIGNIFIED GERMAN.
The War of Spanish Succession 1704-1714 fought by Austria England the Netherlands and Prussia - against France and Spain arose over disputes over the succession to the throne of Spain on the death of Charles II of Spain.
Spanish soldiers married Dutch (Holland) girls and their children. whose coloring was olive with black hair were called "Black Dutch". Their Holland neighbors were fair skinned and blond. This explanation seems to have come down in several of your families who claim "Black Dutch" descent.
Another reported that the WILHITES who were imported to VA by Gov. SPOTTSWOOD as part of the Germana Colony of Iron workers were "Black Dutch." They came from Alsace-Lorraine an area of contention between France and Germany. They had black hair "china blue to purplish blue eyes" fair skin and tall. "The Black Forest" was mentioned as their home.
No doubt some of the German-speaking immigrants to the colonies WERE descendants of some of the darker races.
How we may have warped the meaning of "Black Dutch" becomes apparent in both a newspaper article and a letter. At a time when it was not fashionable to have Indian blood here is what might happen:
"It used to be that if you had Indian blood in you and someone asked you what you were you'd say 'Black Dutch' but now more and more of our people are coming out " said Morning Star wife of Chief Neal McCormick chief of the Eastern Creek Indian Nation.
Another writer descendant of a Creek Chief wrote "the term Black Dutch is used to refer to one that has Indian Blood and most particularly with CREEK INDIAN BLOOD. Although there were a few German/Swiss in the Creek Nation they were in the minority. The term acutally does not refer be have any connection to this nationality. The Creeks preferred the Scotch English or Irish in that order as far as marriage was concerned. There is no explanation as to why they preferred the Scotch." So you see the term used to distinguish and describe progeny of Hollander-Spanish marriages was later the disquise used by Indian white descendants to cover their red heritage.
We must hope that our "enlightened age" will see a renewed value placed on heritage be it from red-white-or black.
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Looking forward to 2012
2011 has been a great year for ultra running in general with fantastic races all over the world, amazing performances by so many people and obvious growth in the numbers involved in the sport. Personally, I've had the chance to meet so many runners, including many who I'd only seen in magazines and have had my belief reaffirmed that there's no other sport like it in terms of friendliness and camaraderie. So I'm very thankful to everyone who's helped me do the races and been part of the experience.
In terms of reflections on the year gone by, Rocky Raccoon 100 was obviously a high point and I didn't expect to have such a near-perfect race there, with a 12:44 Course Record and the chance to race against some great runners. In many ways it just made the rest of the season a disappointment as I set my sights so high for Comrades in May that I raced too much in trying to get fast enough. But I still had a lot of fun along the way at some great events. Then I basically only ran trail ultras for the rest of the year but played catch-up on the recovery so am looking forward to a little time off right now that the season has ended.
Next year I'll be racing less but still want some road races in there as I found I really missed them in the last six months. They're also great for providing the speed work that can sometimes be put by the wayside when trail running.
So if I'm racing less I have to be a little more selective, although it means missing out on some great events that I'd love to return to, including Boston, Comrades, Mt Hood 50 and Waldo 100k. Luckily there're lots of top class races left and I had a look at http://www.ultramarathonrunning.com/ to help me decide (and to make sure I didn't miss out on anything I might not have heard about).
Below is what I've decided on so far, based on what I know I'm able to fit in logistically. I'm looking forward to seeing you all out on the trails and roads, so please say hi if you read this and can recognize me out of a costume. In particular it's difficult to choose which 100-milers to run since these take the largest commitment and Hardrock and UTMB, in particular, will have to wait for another year (maybe never for Hardrock if the lottery odds keep increasing).
4 Feb - Rocky Raccoon 100, TX (including a talk in Austin post-race)
4 Mar - Napa Valley Marathon, CA (Elvis Guinness World Record attempt)
31 Mar - Badger Mt 15k, WA (including a talk the day before at the 100 mile pre-race dinner)
29 Apr - Eugene Half Marathon, OR
5 May - Miwok 100k, CA (no costume this time)
23 Jun - Western States 100, CA
31 Aug - CCC 98k, Italy/Switzerland/France
29 Sep - UROC 100k, VA
Oct - Tri Cities Marathon, WA
Dec - TNFEC Championship, CA
It doesn't look like enough as I prefer to race most weekends, but sensible Ian is prevailing over tired-legs Ian. I'm also really looking forward to the Bad to the Bone All-Star Running Retreats starting in Feb and coaching people to some great results at races that include Western States.
On a lighter note, here are some general ultra predictions for next year:
1. Mike Wardian will win at least one really major trail ultra, finally proving that he can find his way through the woods as well as run fast.
2. Several people will run under 14 hours for 100 miles on various surfaces and at least a couple will break 13 too.
3. Western States will be run on the normal course and won't be as fast as the past two years.
4. Some men you've never heard of will win big ultras in the US but you'll have the same names for the women at the front of the top races.
5. China will join the ultra bandwagon, train up some marathon runners and send them to races to make them the 'Salomon' of 2012. These runners will then run away at the finish line and claim asylum.
6. North Korea will try to copy this 'success' but their runners will run away before the starting gun even goes off.
7. Races in the Euro area will become very cheap (to the rest of the world) as the currency becomes monopoly money.
8. In the quest for lighter and more minimalist shoes, one company will come up with the idea of injecting shoes with helium, which will lead to hilarious accidents on course as people with squeaky voices limp into aid stations.
9. Ultra beards will go out of fashion.
10. A tribe from the Amazon will be discovered who run all day and night in Hoka-like shoes and have done for centuries. A book will be written and Scott Jurek will race them.
Then something that probably won't happen (unlike the things above):
1. Hardrock's RDs will love having a fast field so much they'll change their entry criteria for 2013.
Bring on 2012! Assuming the world doesn't end.
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Nice ian. Congrats on a great year- enjoyed reading your plans ahead but just interested in what made you choose the CCC over the TDS at mont blanc this year? I'm entering one but can't decide which yet!ReplyDelete
No TNF attack at MDS 2012??ReplyDelete
Looking forward to catching a glimpse and running Rocky Raccoon with you in February. I'll be the dork in the yellow hat. Congrats on a strong showing on 2011 and cheers for a stellar 2012. Good list of predictions too.ReplyDelete
Nice job Ian. Number 10 is my favorite prediction, with 8 a close second. I can't wait to watch all the minimalists convert to maximalists. I bet you could stick a helium bladder in those Hokas.ReplyDelete
BTW, what's the current Elvis marathon record?ReplyDelete
Yeah Ian, Colin beat me to it. No MDS? You need to get your Uk record back from Cracknell.ReplyDelete
Ultra beards will never go out of fashion Grow one.ReplyDelete
Richard - CCC is more competitive so that appeals to me a lot. Purely for fun, I'd have more difficulty choosing between the 2 races.ReplyDelete
Colin/Damian - no, plans changed unfortunately so no MdS for the foreseeable future. One day...
Brian - current Elvis Guinness Record is just under 2:43 - http://sharmanian.blogspot.com/2009/11/seattle-marathon-elvis-record-attempt.html
Oli - your ultra beard never was in fashion :)


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I find it hard to believe Freel would be any worse at SS then Hairston is, I'd prefer Janish there and batting leadoff over both of them if the CF/SS must bat leadoff rule is in effect.
Go Gators!
BTW, the Reds have now moved on to Hairston as the new leadoff hitter, he of the career 320 OBP and 685 OPS.
Things are looking up!!
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
so will Bruce get a platoon job to get Freel some ABs? Hell, maybe he'll sit Dunn. Otherwise Farney might go on a rampage.
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
The lineup won't be fixed until Griffey gets out of the 3 slot.
Go Reds!
Im a normal guy blessed with the ability to hit a baseball. - Sean Casey
Bruce spelling Junior in RF against lefties makes sense for a number of reasons -- would be great to see.
And you know, as Junior discussed when he was reluctant to leave CF, it might be easier on him to concede playing time in RF to Bruce than any of the other in house options.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
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The media horde swooped into the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse early Tuesday and catcher David Ross looked over his shoulder and said, Jay Bruce doesnt catch, does he?
No, he doesnt, but Bruces arrival rivals that of another J.B. - Johnny Bench. Benchs arrival happened with far less folderol, pomp and circumstance.
It was August 29, 1967 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Bench caught that day and was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts. He was 19 years old.
And he never looked back - focusing himself right into the Hall of Fame.
Now we have outfielder Jay Bruce, just turned 21. The clamor for his promotion was as loud as the Liberty Bell before it had a crack.
Asked if he knew about the fans and media demanding his promotion, Bruce smiled and said, Yeah, I read and saw a few things.
What should be of major concern to the Cicinnati Reds is that fans consider Bruce the savior, the Messiah, the man to lead the Reds from last place to first place in about a day-and-a-half.
He is not the savior, said manager Dusty Baker. We just want him to be himself. Just let him play and be himself - no labels on him, no comparisons. Lets just let him play, you know? You cant help what people put on you and what people say.
There is not doubt Bruces make-up - and it has nothing to do with Revlon or Cover Girl or Mary Kay.
He is a confident young man and he is a bright young man, said Baker. And very competitive.
Im going to protect him some, but not a whole bunch. Hes going to play most of the time, Baker added. Maybe not against some tough lefty, well see. Right now, it is, Go play.
Im glad he is here, said Baker. He deserves this opportunity because he earned it. Thats what I like. We asked him (in spring training) to go down and play hard and work on his skills and thats what he did.
I hope he is here for a long, long time and I get to see him play and develop and get better and better, Baker added.
Bruce said all the politically correct stuff about taking until now to get here, but he also said, Im an impatient person and I wanted to be here yesterday.
A lot of people wish he had been here the day before yesterday - or the day before the season opened.
I just want to get things started, he said before the game, spotting his name on Tuesdays lineup card, batting second and playing center field. It is pretty surreal and it still hasnt really set in. Getting sent down after spring training, well, worrying about it wasnt going to help get me here.
As Bruce said, he took care of business at Louisville and waited. And waited and waited and waited.
It is what it is, he said. They had a plan and you have to respect their decisions. Im here now, so . . , he said. I got to work on some little things and it helped me. It certainly didnt hurt me.
It might have hurt the team, though, with Corey Patterson stumbling along in centerfield - batting .201 with a .243 on-base percentage and perpetrating baserunning gaffes against the laws of nature.
OK, why is Bruce batting second?
I dont want to put the pressure on him to lead him off, said Baker. The third spot right now belongs to Junior. The fourth spot belongs to Brandon Phillips. The fifth spot belongs to Adam Dunn.
So you could put him toward the top or put him underneath, Baker added. I thought it would be better to put him up top. I know most good hitters bad third in the minors, but Junior has 20 years at third. Just bide you time and everything will work out sooner or later.
Bruce has doned nothing but bide his time. Now lets see how things work out.
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Tengboche Monastery
Tengboche Buddhist monastery is the largest monastery in the Khumbu region. Tenzing Norgay, the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary was born nearby in the village of Thani and was once sent to Tengboche Monastery to be a monk.
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Many New Zealanders are not getting free prescriptions when they should and these people are likely to include our most vulnerable, new findings from an ongoing University of Otago and Victoria University study into equity in prescription medicine use suggest.
Most people pay $3 per medicine when they pick up their prescription from the pharmacy but after paying for 20 prescription items in a year, individuals or families are supposed to be exempt from this charge.
Using anonymous data from community pharmacy computers, the research team identified individuals who had more than 20 items dispensed to them in a year and found that the majority were from the most socio-economically deprived areas. The researchers' analysis showed that 40% percent still paid the prescription fee for 90% of the medicines they got, after they should have been entitled to the exemption.
Associate Professor Jackie Cumming from Victoria University says "In fact the average amount people paid for medicines hardly dropped at all after they reached 20 items."
PHARMAC data shows that 180,000 people pay for prescriptions after they should be exempt. This costs patients about 2.5 million dollars a year.
Otago's Dr Simon Horsburgh says that these data are likely to underestimate the extent of the problem because the exemption should apply after a family has had 20 items. "Neither our study or PHARMAC can identify families from the data, so these estimates are based on individuals. Because many of these people will have family members who also get prescriptions they should be receiving free prescriptions after fewer than 20 items."
Standard charges for prescription medicines will go up from $3 to $5 in January 2013. This should mean that the maximum that families will be required to pay will be $100 per year.
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You know hybrid and electric vehicles have gained influence when Porsche steps into the mix. Last year, Porsche's announcement of a possible 918 Spyder Hybrid was met with enthusiasm from Porsche fans around the world. Fast forward to this week and Porsche's unveiling of the Boxster E prototype, which was met with similar enthusiasm from its fan base.
The Porsche Boxster E prototype will help the company fine tune its electric vehicle technology for use in a future electrified model. Porsche chief executive Matthias Muller was quoted in an article for the UK-based Expert Reviews website.
"The electrical vehicle is a central challenge of the coming years, and the engineers at Porsche would like to contribute with their usual excellence to help it to be resolved. The Boxster E prototypes will help us, serving as mobile laboratories in solving the practical problems of electric vehicles the way that our customers expect." Source: Expert Reviews
The engine in the Porsche Boxster E comes with approximately 240 horsepower, good for a 0-60 mph time of 5.3 seconds and an estimated driving range of 100 miles per charge. Since the prototype is an all-electric vehicle, the quick trip from 0 to 60 also comes with zero emissions and zero eco guilt.
While Porsche works on fine-tuning its electric engine, the company is also continuing to expand its hybrid vehicle lineup. The Porsche Panamera S Hybrid will be available at dealerships later this year. The four-door hybrid vehicle is also quick, with a 0 to 60 mph time of 5.7 seconds and a top speed of 167 mph. This is obviously a hybrid vehicle designed for the typical Porsche driver. Porsche is awaiting the official EPA fuel efficiency estimates for the Panamera S Hybrid but the vehicle has achieved 7.1 L/100 km (approximately 33 mpg) fuel efficiency in European testing.


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Lupines on lichen-covered ash-flow tuff
The picture, taken the last day of May, is from our central Nevada hiking area on the west side of the Desatoya Mountains.
Love the lupines. We saw mega fields of them on our camp trip. But ours have only started blooming in July.
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It is heartbreaking to see so many pets (well fed, well taken care of) being found - some abandoned and some just wandering.
But with the kindness of folks like the one who submitted this image, they can soon be returned home or found a new one.
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anyone think Canon will bring out MF digital at Photokina?it seems an obivious next step in their domination of digital photography -something like a ZD done properly by canon with double size upgraded 1Ds2 chips should be an amazing machine.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65122\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
But it will also have the option to shoot at a lower MP around 10 or 12 using less of a the chip having to adapt to lens magnification in this mode
I could never see Canon do this... and why would anybody want to have this. Isn't what you are suggesting the exact same thing as performing a crop in photoshop? [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65134\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
The D2x does have such a function, and the difference with a PS crop is the speed of shooting.Since the amount of pixels is lower, the d2x in cropped more (7 MP) can shoot at 8 frames per second. instead of 5 at its full 12.4 MPRegards,Bernard[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65136\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
To keep things on topic, the point is that a 20Mp sensor even with new ultra L lenses is at the absolute limit of 35mm lens optical resolution. Canon are not stupid, and can see where its headed - they *have* to produce an MF (larger sensor) solution if they want to go beyond 20Mp in any meaningful way.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65143\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
From a business point of view, it's ridiculous. Invest p--- pot full of money to develop an entirely new camera to steal market share from their own niche! They would be commiting suicide just when they have a near stranglehold on the digital market.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65125\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Can't see the need for Canon Medium format myself.The IDSII is all the resolution I need, and much easier to use then a medium format.The only real weakness in the system is some of the lenses.I hope that Canon are busy on some new wide primes ![a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65188\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
The Nikkor lenses have absolutely no problem dealing with the resolution of the D2x sensor, even in the corners.
I would not buy even if Canon did build a mfd camera . I shot with Canon for several years and also went back to film for a while after using the 10d . Canon needs to get their color to 16 bit and get more accurate color at the same time and stay in the market they are in . Canon has a looong ways to go if they want to get up to the quality level of Leaf . I had to borrow a 1ds from a friend this week to finish up a job with as I needed to shoot at iso 800 and I was reminded of how much more work I had to do with Canon files . Canon does the 35mm digital well and I hope they stay at it and perfect it even more .[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65247\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Unfortunately the corners of a D2X sensor are not the same as the cornersin a full frame sensor.Don't you think the results might flounder a bit if the same lenses were used on a full frame sensor?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65240\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I would also like to see a 4:3 aspect ratio. What would be even better is a 36x36mm square with the same Canon mount. That would be awesome! I use a Nikon D2x, and its been great, but I'd buy a square frame Canon in a second and pair it with their fast lenses. I almost always want to crop the long dimension of my digital captures.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=65253\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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Perspective Views Of The Mars Polar Lander/Deep Space 2 Landing Sites
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Perspective views of the preliminary locations of the Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 Microprobes. The Polar Lander site, marked by a cross near the center of this Viking Orbiter image mosaic, is situated near the mouth of a shallow valley. Regional surface slopes are less than 2 degrees from horizontal. The Microprobes are thought to have reached the surface along a line which crosses through an impact crater 25 kilometers in diameter. Surface slopes within the crater are less than 5 degress while the crater walls have steeper slopes. True surface slopes are much less steep than they appear because the relative heights of surface features have been exaggerated by a factor of 30.
This three-dimension view of the surface was created using topographic data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter aboard the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft and rendered by the NASA Ames Research Center Virtual Reality Team. Grid lines are marked every 2 degrees latitude and at longitudes 192, 196, and 200W. South is toward the top of the image.
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Event List is a very easy-to-use application to list your events. It comes with a secure admin panel where you can add/edit your events information easily. What's more, It is integrated with Google map, so you can show your event's location on map as well. Beyond that, Event List has three theme files(blue/green/red), you can choose your theme depends on your need. And because it is built with CSS, you can as well design your own theme.
Event List is built with an events calendar, and it makes events management super easy.
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Stanley Abe
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley 1989
M.A., University of California at Berkeley 1984
B.A., University of California at Berkeley 1981
Stanley Abe has published on Chinese Buddhist art, contemporary Chinese art, Asian American art, Abstract Expressionism, and the collecting of Chinese sculpture. He is now writing a narrative account of how Chinese sculpture came into existence as a category of Fine Art during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
ExpertiseChinese art, theory & criticism
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114 S. Buchanan Blvd., Smith Warehouse Bay 9, Room A289, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90766, Durham, NC 27708-0766
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Discussant for panel "Revisiting Alexander Soper," Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Honolulu. April 3, 2011
Order and Things: Art History and Chinese Sculpture. Institute of Art History, University of Glasgow. 2010


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I don't think I've ever been so happy about a coat!! The weather here has been so horrible recently that I decided I needed a new raincoat, especially if I'm going to venture outside for any length of time. Normal raincoats are boring so of course I had to make one with cats on it 😀 I'm over the moon with how this has turned out. It took most of yesterday afternoon. I will be putting buttons on it but I haven't been able to find the perfect ones locally so I'm waiting for some to arrive that I bought online. I couldn't wait to share pictures of the coat though!
I used McCall's pattern number M6517 and the fabric I bought from a local shop – Calico
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Derekja necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 76 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
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Mr. Speaker, it is odd to hear this type of question, particularly when we know that two historic issues were resolved over the past year: that of Old Harry, the offshore oil reserve, and that of sales tax harmonization, which was dragging on for 10 years.
It is also odd to hear the Bloc Québécois ask a question about the Senate, when we are proposing to reform this obsolete institution. We are proposing the option of elected senators and Senate term limits because we know that a senator could be in office for 45 years. Most Quebeckers do not agree with that and want us to reform the Senate.


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Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco
His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco was a prominent Orthodox personality through his religious radio programs that were broadcasted to the Soviet Union over a period of forty years in the late twentieth century. He also lectured widely about Russian spirituality and Orthodox Christianity.
Born Vladimir Rodzianko on May 22, 1915, Bp. Basil was from a prominent Russian family. He was born on the family estate in Ekaterinoslav in what is now Ukraine. His grandfather, Mikhail Rodzianko, was the president of the Russian Imperial Duma during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. In 1919, following the Bolshevik coup, his family emigrated to Serbia in Yugoslavia to escape the communist regime. There, the young Vladimir attended Russian schools. His two interests, as he grew up, were the priesthood and the new technology of radio. He continued his education with a course of study in theology at the University of Belgrade from which he graduated in 1937. Also, in 1937 he married Marya Kolubayev. He then continued post-graduate studies at the University of London.
Returning to Yugoslavia, he was ordained a deacon and then a priest in Serbia in March 1941. Fr. Vladimir served as a priest in a number of villages in northern Yugoslavia until 1949 enduring first the Nazi occupation and then that of the communists. His life was more difficult under the communists and, for preaching about the ungodly government, he was arrested. The charge against him was the crime of promulgating illegal religious propaganda. Sentenced to eight years hard labor, Fr. Vladimir was stripped of his cassock and cross and shared the hard prison life with his fellow prisoners, enduring with them a plague of fleas. While forbidden to perform any divine services, with the help of even the non-Orthodox prisoners, he was able to fulfill the requests of the Orthodox prisoners in "blessing of the waters" on Theophany.
In 1949, with a change in policies by the Tito government and with the intercession of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Fr. Vladimir was released from prison and reunited with his wife, Marya, and their two sons, Vladimir and Michael. After his release they first traveled to France and then on to England where the family settled. Again functioning as a priest, Fr. Vladimir entered into his passion with radio when he was offered a position broadcasting on BBC services. With the BBC, and other radio facilities, he produced for the next forty years religious programs that were broadcasted to the Soviet Union. He also lectured widely on Orthodoxy and was active with the Fellowship of SS. Alban and Sergius.
The effectiveness of his broadcasts made him a target of the Soviet KGB. This attention would bring tragedy to the family when his teenage grandson was killed in an assassination attempt upon Fr. Vladimir's life. This tragedy was followed by the death of his wife, Mary, in 1978.
Following the death of his wife, Fr. Vladimir was tonsured a monk in 1979, taking the name Basil. After taking his vows in England, Hieromonk Basil was received by the Orthodox Church in America from the Moscow Patriarchate. Then, on January 12, 1980, after his arrival in the United States, Hieromonk Basil was consecrated Bishop of Washington as auxiliary to Metropolitan Theodosius, the primate of the OCA. In November 1980, Bishop Basil became bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco and West. He served the San Francisco diocese until his retirement on April 25, 1984.
After his retirement Bp. Basil returned to Washington, DC where he again began his religious broadcasts to the Soviet Union. As conditions changed in Russia with the fall of the Bolshevik government Bp. Basil was able to present his broadcasts directly over the Russian radio and television facilities. Then, in May 1991, Patriarch Aleksi asked Bp. Basil to lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to bring back to Russia for a celebration commemorating Ss. Cyril and Methodius the holy fire from the tomb of Christ that miraculously ignites each Pascha. Bp. Basil and his pilgrims returned, first stopping in Constantinople for the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch, then traveling through the countries of southeastern Europe where SS Cyril and Methodius preached arriving at the Uspensky Sobor (Dormition Cathedral) in the Kremlin. After the Liturgy, the Patriarch with Bp. Basil led through the streets of Moscow a procession that had not been seen in Moscow for over seventy years.
Bp. Basil remained active among the Orthodox of Washington DC, especially among the new Russian immigrants, until his death on September 17, 1999. He was 84 years old. He was buried with other members of his family at the Novo-Diveeo Monastery Cemetery in Spring Valley, New York.
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Dmitri (Royster)
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In an explosive report set to send shockwaves through official Washington, the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) released a 108-page GAI investigation into the threat of foreign and fraudulent Internet campaign donations in U.S. federal elections (visit campaignfundingrisks.com to download the full report).
Breitbart News obtained an advance copy of the bombshell report which reveals that the Obama.com website is not owned by the president's campaign but rather by Obama bundler Robert Roche, a U.S. citizen living in Shanghai, China. Roche is the chairman of a Chinese infomercial company, Acorn International, with ties to state-controlled banks that allow it to "gain revenue through credit card transactions with Chinese banks."
There's more.
The unusual Obama.com website redirects traffic directly to a donation page on the Obama campaign's official website, my.barackobama.com, which does not require donors to enter their credit card security code (known as the CVV code), thereby increasing the likelihood of foreign or fraudulent donations. The website is managed by a small web development firm, Wicked Global, in Maine. One of Wicked Global's employees, Greg Dorr, lists on his LinkedIn page his additional employment with Peace Action Maine and Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights. According to the GAI report, 68 percent of all Internet traffic to Obama.com comes from foreign visitors.
And still more.
In 2011, Mr. Roche obtained one of the most sought-after pieces of real estate in Washington, DC: a seat at the head table for President Obama's State Dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao. How Roche—a man whose infomercial company hawks fitness equipment, cell phones, and breast enhancement products—landed a seat alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, Sen. John Kerry, former President Jimmy Carter, and Chinese President Hu Jintao remains unclear.
Since 2009, White House Visitor Logs list the name Robert Roche at least 19 times, despite the fact Mr. Roche's primary residence is in China.
Mr. Roche, who is originally from Chicago, is a co-chair of the Technology Initiative for the Obama campaign.
The Obama Campaign has raised a record $180 million in campaign contributions last month, after whinning during the summer about being outraised by Mitt Romney. It would be interesting to know how much of that money came from overseas.
Newsweek, believe it or not, is going to run a story on Obama's foreign fundraising loophole. Will that be enough to get the rest of the Lapdog's attention?


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Moshi Monsters has been a massive success story since Mind Candy unleashed the online social network for kids aged 7 -12. So much so, that it's almost bonkers to think it only launched for real in 2008.
There are now over 50 million worldwide users registered to the site, several hugely popular toy ranges, magazines, stickers, collectables and even a music label dedicated to the British trend. In fact, you can't move for its brightly coloured, cute and cuddly pull - on kids and their parents alike.
It's even safe to say that the craze is fast becoming the UK equivalent to Club Penguin or Pokémon (including aping their global reach) - which is no mean feat considering they are each supported by corporate giants Disney and Nintendo respectively. But, there's one thing that those two brands had that Moshi hadn't, something that helped them reach the next level of International fame... A videogame (or several).
Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo for the Nintendo DS is the first console game that features the characters that form the mainstay of the Moshi world. Or, at least, their pets. It's kind of a cross between Sim Pets and Pokémon, sporting a Tamigotchi hat. And Pocket-lint was invited along to Moshi HQ to have a play.
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The first thing that's worth pointing out is that Moshling Zoo comes across as very different to most DS kiddy games on the market. For starters, where some licensed games are as deep as the paddling pool in an outdoor swimming baths, this Moshi Monsters title has so much to do you can happily imagine a child playing the game well into next year. A pet's not just for Christmas, after all.
This is mainly down to the fact that, while cohesive, the title isn't really just one game or genre. There's puzzle/adventure elements, as you have to figure out what objects you need to capture your Moshlings. There's arcade sections, as there's a stack of mini-games to help you level up those wee creatures. And there's a micro management sim, as you populate your eponymous zoo and treat the inhabitants to bought items through customisation.
In addition, education plays a large part, with a trivia quiz as part of the experience. The questions are almost IQ test-like, but for 7 -12 year olds. And it's while having a demonstration of this particular section that we realised that Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo is an ideal game for adults and children to enjoy together.
That's not to say that you wouldn't let your kid play it on their own, of course you would. But, initially at least, you'll find that it will help to be on hand to aid and advise. It really depends on the age of the player, but it's nice to see a videogame that promotes quality parent/child time.
Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo is out now for the Nintendo DS (and works on the 3DS, without the 3D), priced at around £30. You have to be quick though, as it's already selling out sharpish, and has even made the number seven spot on the UK all-formats game chart, pipping Batman: Arkham City even though its only available for one console.


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Atlas of Howland Island
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Last week, the devastating news of the passage of Proposition
18,000 gay and lesbian couples were married in California during the six months it was legal, before the passage of Prop 8.
In the pages to follow, AfterEllen.com profiles some of the couples whose marriages
Since this is an entertainment site, we're focusing on couples connected to the entertainment industry in one way or another, and therefore relevant to AfterEllen.com's commitment to furthering lesbian visibility in popular culture. But these are just a few of the stories to be told in the fight for legal gay marriage.
For more information on the efforts to legalize same-sex marriage, visit NoOn8.com, (Prop 8, California), SayNo2.com, (Prop 2, Florida) or VoteNoon102.com (Proposition 102, Arizona).
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DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) famously came out in 1997, and de Rossi (Better
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If you or a client has just gotten married or divorced, the last thing you want is for something to further complicate tax returns–or throw a snag into the processing of a refund.
Name changes can do just that, whether it's a matter of taking a new name or resuming an old one. Connubial bliss can suffer if the refund doesn't arrive in time to pay some of those hefty wedding bills–and freedom might not seem so free if finances are impaired when a long-anticipated refund check fails to show up. So here are five suggestions from the IRS that can help you stay out of trouble, whether you're once again flying solo or have just tied the knot.
1. Calling a Spouse a Spouse
So you've taken the plunge and jumped the broom. The IRS' computers won't know, or care, unless you let the Social Security Administration know too–after all, a computer will look at your Social Security number and the name on your joint return and scream "Reject!"–even if you kept your old name and hyphenated it with that of your new spouse.
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Divorced? Same problem. If you went back to your old name, don't forget to let SSA know so that the IRS computers don't have a nervous breakdown trying to figure out where they know you from.
3. A Rose by Any Other Name
When you're ready to notify Social Security, you will need to provide them with proof that you are (now) who you say you are. Make sure you have a recently issued document that identifies you as you wish to be known.
4. Gotta Do the Paperwork
Provide the Social Security Administration with that recently issued document, as well as a completed Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, either by mail or in person at your local SSA office. The form is available online at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/, by phone–call 800-772-1213 to request it—or at those handy local offices. Your new card will arrive with your old number and your new name.
5. But What About the Kids?
Suppose you (or your spouse) adopted the kids, and their names changed too. Social Security needs to know about them as well, even if they don't have SSNs yet. For adopted children without SSNs, the parents can apply for an Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number–or ATIN–by filing Form W-7A, Application for Taxpayer Identification Number for Pending U.S. Adoptions, with the IRS. The ATIN is a temporary number used in place of an SSN on the tax return. Form W-7A is available on the IRS.gov website or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).
See AdvisorOne's Special Report, 22 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2012, throughout the month of March.
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Ease-of-use CAM Software Leader Provides Powerful Solution for Inventor Users
Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM® software for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, announced today that GibbsCAM 2009 has been certified for Autodesk Inventor® 2010 under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Applications Program. Certification is granted only after a product has been thoroughly tested by internal staff at Autodesk. Certified applications meet certain implementation guidelines and have demonstrated the highest levels of robustness, quality, and interoperability with Autodesk Inventor software.
"The timing couldn't be better to be certified under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Applications Program so soon after the release of GibbsCAM 2009, which allows Inventor users to take advantage, with great confidence, of the latest and most recent enhancements made to GibbsCAM," says Bill Gibbs, founder and president of Gibbs and Associates. "Our joint customers can continue to easily and quickly machine parts from their Autodesk Inventor designs, but now using the powerful additions we have introduced in GibbsCAM 2009."
Robb Weinstein, Gibbs' Senior Vice President of Sales and Strategic Planning, adds, "With the ever expanding capabilities of GibbsCAM, Inventor users can drive their simplest and most complex machine tools, from 2-axis lathes to multi-axis, multi-task and Swiss turn machines, from 2- and 2.5 axis mills to 3- through 5-axis machining centers. They will find the recent, advanced 3D, high speed machining capabilities, lathe and 5-axis additions extremely productive, all offered within the same, easy-to-use interface for which GibbsCAM is known worldwide."
GibbsCAM is able to directly read native Autodesk Inventor models and assemblies for process planning and toolpath generation. The Inventor-to-GibbsCAM add-in also allows Autodesk Inventor models and assemblies to be transferred directly from Autodesk Inventor to GibbsCAM. Updates to part geometry and process parameters are easily accommodated by GibbsCAM's full associativity across geometry, processes and toolpaths. GibbsCAM's industry leading ease-of-use allows users to quickly take advantage of its powerful capabilities – from minimizing the time it takes to learn use of the software, to making manufacturing engineering tasks and production machining extremely intuitive and efficient.
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(CNN) -- The promoter for famed Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao says he expects to swiftly resolve a dispute with the country's tax authorities that have led to the boxer's assets being frozen in his homeland.
The 34-year-old Pacquiao, who is also a second-term Philippines congressman, announced Tuesday his domestic bank accounts had been frozen, along with his wife's, over allegations he had evaded paying $50 million in taxes on highly-paid bouts in the United States.
The move has prevented the boxer from following through on a pledge to help victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan on the back of his comeback win over American Brandon Rios in Macau over the weekend.
READ: 'Pac-man' thumps 'Bam Bam' to take title in Macau
Pacquiao dedicated his victory to those affected by the disaster, tweeting after the fight: "Yesterday's victory wasn't about my comeback but a symbol of my people's comeback from a natural disaster and a human tragedy."
The fighter told reporters in his hometown, General Santos City, that he had paid the correct taxes in the United States, and was not required to pay additional tax in the Philippines under a treaty preventing double taxation.
"I am not a criminal or a thief," he said. "The money ... is not stolen... This came from all of the punches, beatings, blood and sweat that I endured in the ring."
Yesterday's victory wasn't about my comeback but a symbol of my people's comeback from a natural disaster and a human tragedy. God Bless— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) November 24, 2013
Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum of Las Vegas-based Top Rank, said in a statement that Pacquiao had paid the necessary taxes to the United States government from the period under scrutiny, which included Pacquiao's boxing heyday from 2008-9. "Filipino authorities confirmed that Manny is not required to pay double tax," he said.
He said Top Rank had paid monies owed from Pacquiao's earnings -- 30% of fight purses -- to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) via electronic funds transfer (EFT), and had submitted copies of deposit acknowledgments to the Philippines Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as proof of payment.
But the tax authorities had rejected the documents as proof.
"The BIR received the documents but directed Manny to obtain 'certified' documents directly from the IRS itself," he said.
"As I am sure people appreciate, obtaining certified copies of documents from the IRS takes time. Manny made the formal request to the IRS and we have every expectation that the necessary documents will be furnished to the BIR very soon."
Pacquiao's unanimous points victory over Rios was seen as reviving his career following a knock-out loss to Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez in December 2012. The win in Macau raised spirits in the Philippines, where thousands of fans in the city of Tacloban, one of the hardest struck cities, gathered to watch the fight in public spaces.


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This morning when I pried the eyelids up into a semi-state of awake, stumbled over to the Baby Hp and it's nice big monitor and started my day off, email, MOC, Facebook, and of course, a look at how the post today looked (sometimes despite my bestest efforts during the writing stage I find there is something that needs correcting after a post posts, sighhh) - -
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I discovered that I had been blessed with Follower number 100.
I am not much on birthdays (I don't have mine posted on FB, for example). I do the anniversary thing, cause, mmm, it isn't just all about me, now, is it?? Man has a part in that one too and he deserves recognition for making one more year with Moi. It ain't easy putting up with me, I mean, sometimes even I don't like being with me. I don't celebrate my blogiversary date, no yearly reviews, I mean, you can easily see from my Blog Archives list in the right hand column that I wrote 299 posts in 2009, 467 in 2010 and so far in 2011 I am up to 81 posts (those are rather scary numbers to me, by the way) - -
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Wayland to offer Master of Divinity online
PLAINVIEW – Wayland Baptist University's School of Religion and Philosophy is taking
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Wayland's program will be one of the few distinctively Baptist M.Div. programs that is offered completely online. Students may also take face-to-face courses at any of the Wayland campuses where master's level religion courses are offered. Wayland operates campuses in Plainview, Wichita Falls, Amarillo, Lubbock and San Antonio, Texas, as well as Altus, Okla., Clovis and Albuquerque, N.M., Phoenix and Sierra Vista, Ariz., Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK., Mililani, Hawaii, and Kenya, Africa.
Dean of the School of Religion and Philosophy Dr. Paul Sadler said the school has been working for several years to develop the program with the expressed desire to make it accessible to students around the world. He said it was developed from an expressed interest by current students, as well as denominational leaders who saw the need for accessible education and training in ministry.
"Many of these students will be in good church ministry situations already. They will have good employment, or their spouse will have good employment and they prefer not to leave," Sadler said. "Uprooting a family and moving to a campus can really subject a couple or family to stresses and strains."
Sadler also said they have had a desire from military students who want to pursue ministry related careers following their military duty, but they are unable to attend seminary while still on active duty.
Sadler and Dr. Jay Givens, professor of religion for the virtual campus, have worked diligently, along with the rest of the religion faculty, to develop curriculum for the 86-hour program that can be delivered through distance education. Wayland's program will feature a large spiritual formation component.
"Spiritual formation is more about the practice of prayer, devotional and study of the Bible," Givens said. "Some degrees tend to focus on the head and the hands, but this one is trying to help focus on the heart as well."
Sadler said spiritual formation encourages ministers to not only look at Biblical study academically, but also develop personal discipline in prayer, Bible study and meditation. Students will accomplish this through accountability groups that will meet online each semester. Sadler said that while face-to-face meetings will be difficult for all the students involved, online coursework and groups can be very effective in the development of relationships.
"What we have learned through our online program is that if you approach these courses correctly, the level of interaction between instructors and students, and students with each other is significant," Sadler said.
Wayland's program is 86 hours, including courses in Biblical languages that students may opt out of, dropping the coursework to 80 hours. Students already enrolled in graduate coursework at Wayland may transfer those classes into the M.Div. program. Transfer students who have completed or are enrolled in graduate programs at other schools may transfer up to half of the required hours into Wayland's program.
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New: Richmond Activist Involved in Freedom Flotilla Returning Home
Another Bay Area activist who was on board a flotilla of ships that were taken over by Israeli troops last month as they approached Gaza with a shipment of humanitarian aid is returning home tonight.
Kathy Sheetz, a 63-year-old retired nurse from Richmond, is scheduled to arrive at San Francisco International Airport at 7:10 p.m. on American Airlines Flight 1669.
The six ships in the Freedom Flotilla left Greece on May 24 and headed through international waters to bring medical equipment and other supplies to Gaza, according to Gene St. Onge, a 63-year-old Oakland resident who was on one of the ships.
In the early morning hours of May 31, Israeli troops boarded one ship, the Mavi Marmara, and fired on its passengers, killing nine people and injuring dozens more.
They boarded the other ships in the flotilla as well, but took them over with non-lethal force, activists said. After the takeover, the 700 people onboard the flotilla, including Sheetz, were taken to Israel.


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HANOVER, N.H - Freshman Sten Stray-Gundersen's (Frisco, Texas) first collegiate goal stood as the game-winner as the Dartmouth men's soccer team defeated Yale, 1-0, on Saturday night (Oct. 6) at Burnham Field.
In a typical Ivy League battle, Dartmouth (5-5-0, 1-1 Ivy League) weathered a late Yale push at the end of the game to pick up its second consecutive victory and to move back to .500 overall and in Ivy League action.
With the first half winding down, the Big Green made a push into the Yale offensive third and it paid off. Stray-Gundersen, who had just entered the game, connected with a beautiful ball from Brad Jacobson (Larchmont, N.Y.) in the box and put it behind Yale's Bobby Thalman for what was the eventual game-winner.
The game was a tale of two halves for both teams, Dartmouth seemed to control the run of play in the first half, while Yale (3-5-3, 0-1-1 Ivy League) seemed to come on in the second half.
The Big Green had some really good scoring opportunities in the first half and Andoni Georgiou (London, England) looked liked as if he was going to give Dartmouth the early lead with a shot that just barely sneaked over the crossbar at the 22:35 mark.
Sophomore midfielder Colin Heffron (Upper Brookville, N.Y.) controlled the Dartmouth offense with a team-best three shots, one on frame. In total, eight different Big Green players posted shots.
Yale seemed to be on the offensive in the second half and really made the Dartmouth backline work. Goalkeeper Noah Cohen (Johannesburg, South Africa) made six saves, five in the second half, for his second shutout of the season.
The Bulldogs late charge included forcing Cohen to make three spectacular saves in the final eight minutes of action. Jenner Fox forced Cohen to punch a ball out of the air at the 81:32 mark and Max McKiernan forced him to come out and make a point-blank save to preserve his clean score sheet.
Dartmouth will step out of league action when it travels to Boston College on Wednesday. The Big Green and Eagles will square off at 7 p.m.
Yale (3-5-3, 0-1-1 Ivy) vs. Dartmouth (5-5-0, 1-1-0 Ivy)
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Julianne Hough and her country music cutie, Chuck Wicks, have split, according to several reports.
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Julianne, 21, met Chuck, 30, while on tour with Brad Paisley in 2008, and the pretty singer said their first date was very memorable.
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After their first romantic outing, as the tour continued, the two seemed to live out of each other's pockets.
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And at the time, Chuck told Access he fell for not only Julianne, but her family too.
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A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have been studying how they can make cheap, low-powered, and relatively unimpressive server nodes gang up and do more work than the two-socket x64 server that is the workhorse of the IT industry. They have come up with an approach called FAWN, which is short for Fast Array of Wimpy Nodes.
Last week at the ACM's Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, Carnegie Mellon researchers working with Intel Labs presented a paper (pdf) on the FAWN concept, demonstrating where a combination of wimpy server nodes built on motherboards that usually end up in inexpensive PCs or homegrown media servers can do more of the Web 2.0-style query work per unit of energy than more powerful boxes.
This is actually the second paper that the FAWN project has put out this year; the first one (pdf), introducing the work done by David Andersen, Jason Franklin, Amar Phanishayee, Lawrence Tan, and Vijay Vasudevan of Carnegie Mellon and Michael Kaminsky of Intel Labs.
This is by no means the first time that researchers, hyperscale data centers and IT suppliers have taken a look at clustering low-powered and relatively wimpy server nodes together to aggregate large amounts of computing, memory, and I/O capacity together. But the FAWN project researchers are trying to push the envelope - the power envelope, that is - and push it down as low as it can practically go.
To demonstrate what an array of FAWN machines can do, The Carnegie Mellon researchers say they have created a key value storage cluster that is similar in concept to Amazon's Dynamo and the open source projects Memcached (which is championed these days by Facebook, among others) and Voldemort (a distributed key value storage system, which is a database but not a relational or object database and which is used by LinkedIn). The prototype FAWN machines - the project is in its third generation - are the kinds of things you could build in your living room on a fairly modest budget.
The first generation wimpy nodes consisted of a cluster of eight baby PCs in beige boxes networked with a cheap switch, and the second generation mounted 14 boards together on a bare frame and didn't even bother with a chassis. The picture shown is of the second generation FAWN setup, but according to the paper published at SOSP, the latest cluster has 21 nodes, each using a 500 MHz Atom processor, 256 MB of main memory, and 4 GB of CompactFlash storage.
This is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a powerful PC. In fact, this is wimpy even for a wimpy PC. But according to the CMU researchers, here is the key thing that has Google Network Appliance kicking in money for the FAWN project alongside Intel: Each one of those wimpy nodes consumers under 5 watts of juice as it is running at near peak performance processing queries and retrieving data from the FAWN distributed store (FAWN-DS).
A node can do 1,300 256-byte queries per second, according to the paper and process 364 queries per joule of energy. This, say the techies, is two orders of magnitude better bang per joule than a regular server can deliver.
The second-generation FAWN Project cluster
One of the key factors behind the wimpy nodes doing so well is that on such a node, processing, main memory and flash memory speeds are more in synch than they are on a modern x64 or RISC server. Because CPUs are revving so much faster than the I/O devices that feed them, they are often tapping their feet, waiting for data.
To compensate for this, modern CPUs have layered on all kinds of features - speculative execution, out-of-order execution, superscalar execution, simultaneous multithreading, branch prediction and the like as well as two or three layers of cache - that try to make up for the big gap between CPUs and their I/O. The problem is, these features not only cost money, they also consume a lot of power. So you get the CPUs to do the work, but at a big cost.
Without naming any names, the Carnegie Mellon researchers say that a quad-core superscalar processor running at several gigahertz can process approximately 100 million instructions per joule, but these in-order, relatively stupid chips used in the wimpy nodes can deliver one billion instructions per joule while running at a much lower frequency.
To make some comparisons, the researchers took a single server node based on an Intel desktop quad-core Q6700 processor and put 2 GB of memory on it as well as a Mtron Mobi solid state disk. This machine was set up to run Linux with a tickless kernel (2.6.27) and all of the power management features were optimized. The machine consumed 64 watts when idle, and from 83 watts to 90 watts when it was loaded up doing query work.
The Intel server node was able to process 4.771 random 256 byte reads, providing an efficiency rating of 52 queries per joule. The 21-node FAWN cluster idled at 83 watts, and peaked at 99 watts during puts and 91 watts during gets. This is 36,000 queries against a 20 GB dataset, which is what gives you the 364 queries per joule (including the power drawn from the switch linking the nodes). Nodes based on the desktop mobo that Carnegie Mellon tested using disk drives instead of SSD did awful, as you would expect, delivering only 17 queries per joule.
The techies at Carnegie Mellon and Intel are not nuts. They are not suggesting that there is no place for disk, but rather that you have to have the technology reflect the dataset size and query rate you are trying to deliver, and you have to make choices.
The tradeoffs between queries and data set size
As their research shows, there is a trade-off that seems to be unavoidable for now, because disk drives are more capacious than flash drives, which are fatter than main memory. And that is this: If you want to query large data sets, you need to use disks and that means you can't hit the high query rates of a FAWN array using only main memory (possible if you datasets are really tiny) or flash. That means you will pay a lot more for servers, and they will be a lot less efficient. ®
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