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Burgundy is the most northerly of France's fine red wine producing regions and also its most complex. Situated between Champagne and the northern Rhône its traditions date back many hundreds of years. Burgundy produces some of the greatest red and white wines anywhere in the world. Historically many Burgundian vineyards were owned by monasteries, their walled boundaries reflecting this fact, but the French Revolution together with Napoleonic inheritance laws led to vineyards becoming increasingly divided into ever smaller parcels of land. Although the charitable foundation the Hospices de Beaune and some of the larger negociants have fairly large vineyard holdings much of wine-producing Burgundy comprises small-scale growers with scattered plots in a range of appellations.
As is the case in the rest of France the more precise the origin of a Burgundy wine the higher its classification; hence grand-cru wines made exclusively from either Pinot Noir or Chardonnay are potentially the very best wines and Coteaux Bourguignons, until 2011 designated Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire, can be made from a range of grapes grown anywhere in the region. In between, in descending order, are premier cru wines, village wines and so on, all governed by France's strict wine regulations.
Another factor in Burgundy's seemingly unfathomable complexity to the non-expert is its diversity of sub-regions. There are five main ones all producing wines that are clearly differentiated but the best of which are made from just two grape varieties, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In the northern department of the Yonne lies the outpost of Chablis, closer to Champagne than to Dijon. Chablis is well-known for its crisp, mineral-edged white wines the best of which are made from grapes grown on the grand-cru hill to the north-east of the the town. South of Dijon lies the Côte-d'Or (literally the golden slope) with its twin centres of Nuits-St.-Georges in the Côte de Nuits and Beaune in the Côte de Beaune.
The Côte de Nuits is famous for its red wines and the villages of Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St.-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Nuits-St.-Georges and Vosne-Romanée among others are world-renowned. Out of the total of fourteen communes six have one or more vineyards with grand-cru status, the highest accolade in Burgundy. These grand-cru plots are some of the smallest in the whole of France and are typically divided up between many growers. The most famous of all, La Romanée has an area of less than one hectare. So closely do these communes identify with their top grand-cru vineyards that they append their name to that of the village, hence the many hyphenated commune names in these parts. The majority of vineyards here have easterly and south-easterly aspects over the plain of Beaune stretching eastwards to the River Saône. Frost can be a big problem in the spring as can hail storms in early summer and yields can suffer greatly as a result. In addition the Pinot Noir is a notoriously capricious grape variety yet it is in Burgundy, more so than anywhere else in the world, that it achieves true greatness. In a good year a red Burgundy from a conscientious grower can be a heavenly experience – a light, silky texture, fine fruit definition with good acidity and tannins and, with a degree of maturity, a perfume that is both seductive and captivating. The best exude aromas of red fruits, pipe tobacco, leather, a fungal richness and flowers such as violets all overlain by a hint of the farmyard. These wines are able to stimulate the intellect as well as the palate but, sadly, the very best, made in tiny quantities, are sold for stratospheric prices.
A bit further south lies the Côte de Beaune, an area that, although producing many very good red wines, is most famous for its white Burgundies. In the northern part the names of Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, Pommard and Volnay are the best known and it is here that this sub-region's best red wines are produced although the grand-cru Corton-Charlemagne is a white wine of great pedigree. Further to the south are the "holy grail" of white Burgundies made in the communes of Meursault, Puligny and Chassagne, the last two appending the name of (Le) Montrachet, the most famous white wine vineyard in the whole of Burgundy if not the world, to the name of the commune. One fact about Burgundy that is constantly surprising is the ability to wander into some of the most famous vineyards in the whole world.....and dream.
Continuing south beyond the red wine village of Santenay is the Côte Chalonnaise. Here the communes of Rully and Montagny produce white wines with Mercurey and Givry the centres of red wine production. There are no grand-cru wines made in the Côte Chalonnaise but premier-cru vineyards abound. The "lesser" grapes Gamay (red) and Aligoté (white) are also grown in some volume. The sparkling Crémant de Bourgogne is made in this sub-region, principally in Rully. The best of both the red and white wines enable the average wine drinker to enjoy a good bottle of Burgundy which doesn't require either an extended period of cellaring or a large bank balance.
Further south still is the sub-region of the Mâconnais, a source of predominantly white wine production. The weather is warmer here in the summer than further to the north, with the grape harvest beginning at least a week earlier than in either the Chalonnaise or the Côte-d'Or, but late spring frosts can still wreak havoc amongst the tender young vine shoots. Two thirds of plantings in the Mâconnais are Chardonnay and the white wines display the best quality. In fact in the north of this sub-region lies the village of Chardonnay itself which is thought to have given its name to the grape variety. Most famous are the wines of Pouilly-Fuissé the best of which are compared with some wines from the Côte de Beaune but more reasonably priced. Pinot Noir and Gamay are also grown although the former makes wine here that in no way compares to those made further north and, likewise, the Gamay wines often lack the softness and charm of those made in Beaujolais to the south.
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Claudie Jobard, Rully Rouge La Chaume, 2010
Somewhat unusually a red wine from the appellation of Rully, more well-known for its white wines. An appealing wine made with Pinot Noir grapes it has typical perfumes of delicate red fruits with a refined elegance with more finesse than one normally expects from this appellation.
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La Pucelle Domaine Roux, Saint-Aubin, 2011
White Burgundy from the Côte de Beaune with tropical fruit, peach and a hint of cinnamon spice.
Details Colour White Wine Grape Variety Chardonnay Country France£20.99 As low as: £18.47
Maison Nicolas Potel, Auxey-Duresses Blanc, 2006
A light gold white Burgundy boasting citrus, orange and fresh almond with a stylish bouquet. The good attack on the palate develops delicious floral, nut and mineral flavours.
Details Colour White Wine Grape Variety Chardonnay Country France£19.49 As low as: £17.55
Maison Nicolas Potel, Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains, 2007
A big, complex nose of black fruits, red cherries, raspberries and minerals characterise this wine. With a clean yet concentrated palate this wine creates an immediate impression.
Details Colour Red Wine Grape Variety Pinot Noir Country France£41.99 As low as: £37.80
Maison Nicolas Potel, Santenay 1er Cru Clos Rousseau, 2006
A mature 1er cru Santenay which is a deep red in colour with a complex nose of violets, gooseberries and black cherries. It is a complex wine which has great fruit concentration and a long finish.
Details Colour Red Wine Grape Variety Pinot Noir Country France£37.49 As low as: £33.54
Chapelle Chambertin, Domaine Clair-Dau, 1978
Chapelle Chambertin is well-known for producing the most delicate, fragrant and lightly-coloured of all the Chambertin Grand Crus.
Details Colour Red Wine Grape Variety Pinot Noir Country France£399.99 As low as: £387.99
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Charles Thomas, Gevrey-Chambertin Champfranc, 2005
2005 was a great year in Burgundy for Côte de Nuits reds and this example, which is still evolving, is available at an excellent price.
Details Colour Red Wine Grape Variety Pinot Noir Country France£18.30 As low as: £16.10
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Charles Thomas, Gevrey-Chambertin Champfranc, 2006
The 2006 vintage was less heralded than the more famous 2005 but nevertheless produced good reds in the Côte de Nuits. This is drinking nicely now.
Details Colour Red Wine Grape Variety Pinot Noir Country France£13.99 As low as: £12.31
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Claudie Jobard, Rully Blanc Montagne La Folie, 2010
This Rully Blanc is delicately floral and provides delicious drinking in its youth mellowing and becoming richer and more complex after a few years in bottle. Great value for a white Burgundy.
Details Colour White Wine Grape Variety Chardonnay Country France£18.49 As low as: £17.38
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Clotilde Davenne, Bourgogne Côtes d'Auxerre, 2010
Red Burgundy from a little-known appellation in the north of Burgundy having a light colour and somewhat peppery fruit with a hint of grapefruit acidity. Made from the fruit of 50 year old vines grown in the 'lieu-dit' of Les Rosiers, a south facing slope lying parallel to Irancy itself.
Details Colour Red Wine Grape Variety Pinot Noir Country France£14.49 As low as: £13.62
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Up to 500 people could lose their jobs as work at two coal mines is suspended in NSW's upper Hunter Valley, a union says.
Workers at Glennies Creek underground and Camberwell open cut mines, near Singleton, were warned about the looming cuts on Friday, with a final decision set to be announced this coming week.
The mines are owned by Integra, a subsidiary of Brazilian mining giant Vale, and have been a major source of local employment for years.
Peter Jordan of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) said workers were told that the mines will be put under care and maintenance – essentially suspending them for the foreseeable future.
Staff at Glennies Creek were ordered to stop work immediately until next Friday, when a full announcement on their future is expected.
Miners at Camberwell continued working but were put on notice that their jobs are under threat.
The CFMEU is meeting with Integra on Wednesday.
"The workers are all in shock at the moment and the anger is starting to set in, there's no doubt about that," CFMEU district secretary Peter Jordan told AAP.
"Integra's telling the employees that it's due to lower coal prices and the high Australian dollar.
"We've got 350 members engaged at both the mines and when you add support staff to that you're talking about 500 Integra jobs."
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Court Theatre, the longstanding Equity company in residence at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, will stage the Chicago premiere of Katori Hall's Broadway play about Martin Luther King, Jr., "The Mountaintop," as part of its 2013-14 season, along with Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water by the Spoonful," the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Court's 59th season, notably smaller in scope than the current season, also includes new productions of August Wilson's "Seven Guitars," David Henry Hwang's "M Butterfly" and a reprise run of its 2011 smash hit, "An Iliad."
Artistic director Charles Newell is to helm "M Butterfly" in the spring (and restage Lisa Peterson and Dennis O'Hare's "An Iliad" in the fall, replete with Timothy Edward Kane repeating his acclaimed solo performance). Ron OJ Parson will direct "The Mountaintop" in September and "Seven Guitars" in January. Henry Godinez will direct the Hudes drama, opening in March. Court, acknowledging the presence of a reprise, said Wednesday that subscribers will be able to buy packages of three, four or five productions.


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The original iPhone introduced the world to Multi-Touch, forever changing the way people experience technology. With 3D Touch, you can do things that were never possible before. It senses how deeply you press the display, letting you do all kinds of essential things more quickly and simply. And it gives you real-time feedback in the form of subtle taps from the all-new Taptic Engine.
The world's most popular camera is more advanced than ever. The 12-megapixel iSight camera captures sharp, detailed photos. It takes brilliant 4K video, up to four times the resolution of 1080p HD video. iPhone 6s also takes selfies worthy of a self-portrait with the new 5-megapixel FaceTime HD camera. And it introduces Live Photos, a new way to relive your favourite memories. It captures the moments just before and after your picture and sets it in motion with just the press of a finger.
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Innovation isn't always obvious to the eye, but look a little closer at iPhone 6s and you'll find it's been fundamentally improved. The enclosure is made from a new alloy of 7000 Series aluminium - the same grade used in the aerospace industry. The cover glass is the strongest, most durable glass used in any smartphone.
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Brenda Blethyn has revealed how a director told her he wanted her in his film because she is "so very ordinary".
The actress - who has been Oscar-nominated for downtrodden roles in Secrets And Lies and Little Voice - has been shooting Western movie Enemy's Way in New Mexico with Robert Duvall and Forest Whitaker. The film will reunite her with the French director Rachid Bouchareb with whom she worked on the independent film London River.
Brenda revealed: "When I was working with him, he said [puts on a French accent], 'Brenda what would you like to do?' I said, 'I'd like to do a Western'.
"A month ago he rang and said, 'Brenda, we are going to make movies. I want you in my Western!' I asked if he was sure and he said, 'I want you in my movie because you are so, so... very, very ordinary!'
"I'm flattered because I know what he means. He wants 'real' people. I just like characters who aren't pretending to be someone else."
Meanwhile, as part of the run-up to Comic Relief's Red Nose Day, Brenda is starring in a one-off drama about the deadly effects of malaria.
She said: "It's a remarkable story of the courage, dignity and humour of two very different women in their effort to make the world a better place. Just the number of children! More than half a million die every year and it's so affordably preventable. Comic Relief supplied thousands of nets to badly-affected parts of Uganda and the deaths went down by a third."
:: Mary And Martha is a one-off drama airing on BBC One on Friday, March 1. Comic Relief's Red Nose Day is on Friday, March 15


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Battleswarm: Field of Honor is a Chinese-developed war game that blends both real-time strategy and first-person shooter genres. The catch is you have to pick which genre you can win with.
Another catch to Battleswarm is its pay-to-play system called MetaTix – the latest endeavor of former Atari headman Nolan Bushnell, plus Mark Hood and Mike Williams of Reality Gap. It's basically a microtransaction system that uses small payment increments (i.e. pennies instead of dollars) that supposedly lowers the gamer's natural aversion to entering credit card information and reduces the risk for developers to try new and weird ideas.
Like Battleswarm – it's kind of new and weird.
What Is It?
Battleswarm: Field of Honor is a war game where two factions fight for control of various maps. The human faction functions like an FPS with an alternate third-person shooter view. The insect faction works like an RTS with the ability to zoom in to almost third-person action view. On each map, players can accept missions (like kill x amount of y) to win special items that they can then use or sell in the consignment shop (which costs MetaTix) and the overall goal is the level up and graduate to the expert server.
What We Saw
Christopher Mahnken, Senior Producer at Reality Gap gave me a crash course on MetaTix, the store system and both factions before turning me loose for a rookie match. I chose the insect faction because I heart RTS games.
How Far Along Is It?
The game will enter open beta next week and go live sometime in September.
What Needs Improvement?
Steep Learning Curve For The RTS Faction: Not to knock on the complexity of shooters, but strategy games typically have a steeper learning curve. This is especially true in Battleswarm because the RTS faction doesn't function the way many contemporary RTS games do – there's no base to level up, no resource points to whore and the map is entirely visible to both factions at all times, so scouting is a waste of units. The only constraints to work around are the unit number caps (e.g. 200 on the field at one time) and the geography of the maps which sometimes creates good choke points. It takes some getting used to even if you are an RTS buff.
Concept of Ownership: You don't buy weapons and keep them in Battleswarm – you lease them and then customize them with chips that you find or earn in the game 9which revert to you when the lease on the weapon is up). Something about this bugs me because even though I have proof leveling through the chips, I don't feel like I own my equipment. That could just be a weird nuance of mine, however; and there may be some merit to a system where you can rent only what you need for a certain map. Time will tell.
What Should Stay The Same?
Crazy-Intimidating FPS View: The human faction plays like a typical first person shooter, but there's something to be said for having an entire horde of insects around you, battering you and shooting you with green slime. The screen turns red and a blood splatter effect obscures the screen the closer you get to death – and still the bugs keep on coming and the satisfaction of killing on is hollow because you know it's not your opponent. It's just a piece of his enormous horde. The overall effect is visually overwhelming and somewhat different than dying in other shooters.
Interesting Concept That Could Go Somewhere: It seems to me like the developer deliberately kept the RTS and FPS gameplay on the shallow side so that every gamer could go back and forth between the two factions. Also, it probably helped them balance the factions by not giving the RTS faction too much to babysit and not giving the FPS faction too many ways to kill. However, it would be interesting to see what would happen if a higher level RTS faction where bases and resources points were in play fared against a more complex shooter faction that had a cover system and so forth.
Final Thoughts
Microtransactions make me uncomfortable only because there's an assumption with pay-to-play games that the richest gamer will automatically be the best. Mahnken heard as much from playtest users and even gave one a ton of MetaTix to see if that user would prove the point – but he says it's just not true of Battleswarm. The smarter players are the better ones, he said, and there's nothing in the game you can't buy with gold as well as MetaTix.


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That's a very slick bit of interface design.
However, firm presses don't sound great for stability, especially when hand holding- I like to take a lot of pictures in rubbish light and hate tripods, so that would worry me.
The other thing that would worry me is if you're expected to chimp off the back screen while using it- one of the things that most represents a tradeup for me with a DSLR over my compacts is being able to use the viewfinder, and top LCD, and have nicely laid-out physical controls. That's actually half the value of the format for me- being able to do 99% of the things that I need without having to turn the rear LCD on, which messes with battery life terribly, and is extra-nasty on sunny days.
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In a visit to your friend's home, but seeing a huge runny nose fixed on the bathroom wall, you are ready to rush out from the bathroom and scream for help. However, a laughing flies into your ear. Your friend just stands aside and couldn't help laughing out. What happened? Don't be too nervous about it. It is just a bathroom product–soap dispenser.
Calm down and see it clearly, you may find the interesting sides of it. Squeeze the nose, the gel will be squeezed out from the right nostril. There are 3 suction cups and a hole on the back for easy installation. You can refill the gel from a hole on the back side of the nose. If you just have a baby who doesn't like bathe and even cry out when you are preparing the water, this hilarious dispenser will attract her or him attention and create more fun on bathing.
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Simon values well developed communication skills for all graduate applicants. We seek self-motivated individuals who believe that graduate study will significantly enhance both their technical and personal skill sets. Additionally, the Admissions Committee seeks evidence of team experiences and leadership skills, shown through extracurricular experiences and/or on-the-job projects. The committee uses the admissions interview, combined with your résumé and essays, to assess these qualitative aspects of your application.
When making admissions decisions, Simon Business School considers work experience to include both internships and/or post-baccalaureate experience. The quality and quantity of working experience, combined with career goals, are equally evaluated. Your decision to pursue graduate study should be consistent with the career goals typically offered for this program.
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The Bangles have announced the set list for Ladies And Gentlemen . . . The Bangles, which will become available on Thanksgiving Day. Those of us who have followed The Bangles from their earliest days (I first saw them on the syndicated video show MV3 somewhere between 1982–1984) might already have some of these rare tracks, but for fans who came along later, this digital-only collection provides an essential puzzle piece in the development of the band. Plus there are four previously unreleased demos and two live performances.
The surf rock instrumental "Bitchen Summer" originally appeared on the West Coast compilation Rodney On The ROQ: Vol. 3, alongside the hardcore punk of Red Scare's "Street Life" and CH3's "Separate Peace." The Bangles rose up through the Los Angeles cutting-edge music scene and anyone who has seen the band recently can attest that those wild instincts still resonate within remaining members Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, and Vicki Peterson. "Getting Out Of Hand" and "Call On Me" are the A Side and B Side respectively of the first single put out by the band (then known as The Bangs) and "No Mag Commercial" was a radio ad The Bangles recorded for a local rock publication.
Ladies And Gentlemen includes all five catchy songs from The Bangles' self-titled 1982 EP, as well as "The Rock And Roll Alternative Program Theme Song," recorded that same year. The previously unreleased material is particularly promising, with covers of the Warren Zevon-penned "Outside Chance" (which had been recorded earlier by The Turtles), and Paul Revere And The Raiders' "Steppin Out." The Bangles' long-standing fascination with 1960s rock will also be evident on a live performance of "7 And 7 Is" by Love.
To learn more about the dawn of The Bangles, check out a Q and A video the band will present on its Face book page on November 19th.


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Population (Sociology)
population, the inhabitants of a given area, but perhaps most importantly, the human inhabitants of the earth (numbering about 7.5 billion in 2017), who by their increasing numbers and corresponding increasing needs can seriously affect the global ecosystem.
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In response to customers' needs for larger amounts of protein from automated procedures, QIAGEN has adapted the Ni-NTA Superflow 96 BioRobot protocol to enable processing of larger culture volumes and purification of milligram amounts of His-tagged protein per well. Increasing the amount of Ni-NTA Superflow resin used in the procedure to 200 µl per well and an optimized lysis buffer formulation enables up to 25 ml (purification under native conditions) or 15 ml (purification under denaturing conditions) cultures to be processed (high-yield protocols). Cell cultures are transferred to 24-well blocks for processing. The corresponding increase in biomass can deliver in some cases up to 10 mg of pure His-tagged protein per well (see table and figure Milligram amounts of His-tagged proteins per well) allowing multiple assays to be carried out on the same batch of protein and reducing the total number of protein preps required, see also figure Automated expression clone screening. The single-step purification provides highly pure proteins over a wide range of yields, and purification of large protein complexes is possible.
The QIAexpress Ni-NTA Protein Purification System, including the Ni-NTA Superflow 96 BioRobot Kit, is based on the remarkable selectivity of patented Ni-NTA (nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid) resin for proteins containing an affinity tag of six or more histidine residues — the His tag. This technology allows one-step purification of almost any His-tagged protein from any expression system under native or denaturing conditions. NTA, which has four chelation sites for nickel ions, binds nickel more tightly than metal-chelating purification systems that only have three sites available for interaction with metal ions. The extra chelation site prevents nickel-ion leaching and results in a greater binding capacity and protein preparations with higher purity than those obtained using other metal-chelating purification systems. The QIAexpress system can be used to purify His-tagged proteins from any expression system including baculovirus, mammalian cells, yeast, and bacteria. (See figure Protein purification with the Ni-NTA protein purification system).
The purification of His-tagged proteins consists of 4 stages: cell lysis, binding, washing, and elution anfd is the basis of the Ni-NTA Superflow BioRobot Kit (see figure Ni-NTA Superflow 96 BioRobot Kit). Purification of recombinant proteins using the QIAexpress system does not depend on the 3-dimensional structure of the protein or 6xHis tag. This allows one-step protein purification under either native or denaturing conditions, from dilute solutions and crude lysates. Strong denaturants and detergents can be used for efficient solubilization and purification of receptors, membrane proteins, and proteins that form inclusion bodies. Reagents that allow efficient removal of nonspecifically binding contaminants can be included in wash buffers (see table). Purified proteins are eluted under mild conditions by adding 100–250 mM imidazole as competitor or by a reduction in pH.
The Ni-NTA Superflow 96 BioRobot Kit is for use with BioRobot 3000, 8000, or 9600 workstations. .
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A source close to the fighter today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the UFC, DREAM and Affliction vet is expected to take on Hayato Sakurai (35-11-2 MMA, 4-3 DREAM) on New Year's Eve at "DREAM Dynamite!! 2010."
Fewer than 30 days later, High flies back to the U.S. to take a booking against Rudy Bears at "Titan Fighting Championships 16: Duffee vs. Wagner." Additionally, he is expected to fight in March against an unnamed opponent at Maximum Fighting Championships.
First, though, is the year-end DREAM event, which features a welterweight title bout between champ Marius Zaromskis and MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba, as MMAjunkie.com earlier reported.
High turned things around later this year after a two-fight skid in which he was knocked out by a Zaromskis high-kick in the finals of DREAM's 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix, then released from the UFC after losing a unanimous decision to Charlie Brenneman at UFC Fight Night 21 in March. He now enjoys a two-fight win streak in regional Canadian competition.
High trains for fights with veteran Antonio McKee at the Bodyshop Fitness Team in Lakewood, Calif., though he currently resides in Kansas City, Mo.
Sakurai, meanwhile, is badly in need of a win. The Japanese veteran and onetime UFC welterweight contender is on a three-fight skid that includes a head-kick knockout at the hands of Zaromskis in the semifinal round of DREAM's 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix and back-to-back armbar losses to Akihiro Gono and, most recently, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz in May's DREAM 14.
Sakurai trains at his own gym, Mach Dojo, in Japan but often travels to Seattle to train with Matt Hume at AMC Pankration.
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In honour of the newspaper's 125th anniversary on Tuesday (08Jul14), the Love Story hitmaker was commissioned to pen an essay for a section called The Future of Everything.
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She writes, "(I'm) one of the few living souls in the music industry who still believes that the music industry is not dying... it's just coming alive.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Justin Peters wants the Carolina Hurricanes to believe in him. They say they do — especially after performances like this.
Peters stopped 21 shots in his third career shutout and the Hurricanes beat the Islanders 1-0 on Thursday night.
Radek Dvorak scored a deflected goal in the first period to help the Hurricanes win their second straight following a five-game slide that coincided with a lower-body injury to starting goalie Cam Ward.
Peters has allowed a total of one goal in those victories.
"He's given us an opportunity to win these last two games," coach Kirk Muller said. "He's done his job. We'd like to say we're going to score more than one or two goals, but you know what, there's nights you don't have to. He's given us a confidence that we can just go out and play our game ... and play it the way we want to play it."
Peters, making his sixth straight start, made one of his best saves in the final minute of the second period when he stopped a streaking Michael Grabner after a turnover.
The Hurricanes blocked 13 shots, three by forward Tuomo Ruutu.
Peters finished with the Hurricanes' first shutout of the season and his first since blanking Washington last March 12.
"I want to create confidence in the team. I have confidence in them, and I'm just trying to build that confidence," Peters said. "Every day, we become more confident in each other because we trust each other, because we're playing the right way. When we play the right way ... that's when we get rewarded."
All six of Carolina's wins have come by one goal.
"Games are tight and there's not a lot of room out there," Muller said. "We found a way to win."
Backup Kevin Poulin made 23 saves in his second start in six days for the Islanders. They have lost two straight and four of six, and were shut out for the first time this season.
"It's frustrating to sit here and not even get a point in that game when I felt we deserved a little better," coach Jack Capuano said, "but that's the way it goes."
At the very least, their penalty-kill unit showed improvement. They shut down both of Carolina's power plays after giving up four goals with the man disadvantage in a 6-2 loss to the Capitals two nights earlier.
The Hurricanes, who have made a habit of falling behind early, scored the first goal of a game for the first time since mid-October — and needed a deflection to do it.
"It was a little almost unusual we got that first one," forward Jordan Staal said.
Poulin tried to clear the puck from behind the net but Ron Hainsey kept it in at the blue line, then threw it at the net and Dvorak tipped it in from the side of the net at 6:39.
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Meanwhile, the Islanders gave themselves plenty of scoring chances but too few pucks on net: The Islanders put just 12 shots on goal during the first two periods.
"We gave him an opportunity to make that first save, and our 'D' did a good job of blocking people out in front of the net and preventing those second and third rebounds," Muller said.
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Call two functors two functors $H,H':S\longrightarrow T$ weakly equivalent, or equivalent up to a self-equivalence of the source category, iff there exists a self-equivalence of $s:S \longrightarrow S$ such that functors $H$ and $H'\circ s$ are equivalent.
Can this property "weakly equivalent" be nicely reformulated in the language of higher category theory? or maybe homotopy theory?
Are there theorems claiming that any two functors with certain properties (not involving choice) are weakly equivalent?
That is, for such a theorem to be interesting, the properties should not explicitly involve an arbitrary choice, e.g. it should not say: choose a topology, bijection, self-equivalence and then construct the functor in the following way. Rather, a functor should be described in terms of preserving some structure etc.
Below is the original question which was phrased very confusingly, it seems. I hope now it maybe is clearer.
Say a functor is "well-defined up to a self-equivalence of the source category" by certain properties/definition/construction iff, well, for any two functors $H,H':S\longrightarrow T$ with satisfying these properties/definition/obtained by this construction, there exists a self-equivalence of $s:S \longrightarrow S$ such that functors $H$ and $H'\circ s$ are equivalent.
Is there a nice way to reformulate this property "a functor unique up to self-equivalence of the source category", say in the language of 2-categories?
Are there any interesting examples of properties/definitions/constructions NOT involving arbitrary choice and yet such that the functor is well-defined up to a self-equivalence of source category ?
I am mostly interested to see an "algebraic" definition of a functor between "algebraic" categories which is well-defined up to self-equivalence but not well-defined.


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Adams Co. native lands spot on 'Fashion Star'
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An Ohio native's eye for style has landed him a spot on the season premiere of NBC's "Fashion Star."
Bret Young grew up in Adams County, but he now lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a model and aspiring fashion designer.
His passion for fashion is no surprise to his family and friends.
"When you looked at Bret, you knew that he had, that there was fashion with Bret, the hairstyle was different when he was in high school," said family friend Matt Young, assistant principal at North Adams Elementary School.
Young pursued modeling while he lived in the Tri-state and was featured in many local ads.
After a decade of modeling around the U.S. and internationally, Young moved to California to focus on design.
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Encouraged by last Friday's strong employment report, and seeking a sweet spot between improving economic growth prospects and a potential rise in bond yields, companies are lining up to sell corporate bonds on Monday. The large slate of issuers include Viacom (VIA), which is selling $550 million of bonds, as well as Nissan (NSANY), Enterprise Products (EPD), DCP Midstream (DPM) and Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM).
Treasury yields for their part, are pretty much unchanged on Monday after jumping on Friday following the jobs report. The ten-year note is down 1/32 in price to yield 2.059%, per Tradeweb data, and the 30-year note is down 2/32 to yield 3.257%. Ian Lyngen of CRT Capital Group says the Treasury market has held up well given some renewed upward pressure on yields:
Last week's price action has shifted the technical landscape and the charts are now decidedly bearish with upward pressure on rates across the curve. Moreover, the looming supply suggests that a push toward higher yields in 10s and 30s is the path of least resistance....
We're open to a further back-up in yields and could see a test of the 2.14% level in 10s, which was the bottom of the range in Mar-Apr 2012. However, beyond simply offering that as a supply concession, we're unconvinced any such move would prove sustainable this close to the Fed unless we see another leg higher in equities. That leaves the market to consolidate between here and the 1.94% 40-day moving-average.
On the bullish side, let us not forget that while the sequestration appears not to have had a devastating impact on the functioning of the government or the economy, the second self-imposed hurdle in Washington is nearing; i.e. the need for a continuing resolution to keep the government funded by March 27.


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Stash dainty items in this tiny hand-woven basket. Keep it on display year-round and hang it as an ornament for the holidays. Each purchase supports artisans in Rwanda working at All Across Africa.
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All Across Africa works with rural producer groups and business partners to supply fair trade products including beautifully hand-woven baskets that we carry. Artisans in Rwanda use locally grown sisal and sweetgrass to make these baskets. All Across Africa is a benefit corporation and gives artisans a "market bundle" including education, materials, finance, and training programs. It is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation and aims to create sustainable income opportunities for its partners, while it is directly connecting artisans and producers to a wider external market.
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Many of the artisans we work with at The Little Market use weaving techniques to create beautiful handmade baskets and bags. In the Bolgatanga region of Ghana, West Africa, artisans weave beautiful and durable baskets from thick, tough elephant grass. Basket weaving around Bolgatanga in Upper East Region serves as an example of the craft skills of women in the north, and each colorful basket can take up to a week to finish.
The process begins by harvesting tall elephant grass from local fields. The straw is bundled together, then dipped into boiling water and natural dye to gain it its vibrant color. The weaver selects the proper pieces of grass for each part of the basket, then weaves from the bottom up. Finally, an artisan applies a tightly wrapped leather handle to finish the piece. A classic icon of African craftsmanship, Bolga baskets from Ghana are known for their durability, unique patterns, and vibrant colors.
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Rwanda is located in East/Central Africa and is commonly known as "the land of a thousand hills." It is home to beautiful landscapes, from rivers and lakes to volcanoes and dense tropical forests. Popular industries include agricultural products and cement, while common agriculture includes coffee, tea, and bananas. The country's primary languages are Kinyarwanda, French, English, and Kiswahili.
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You pointed out that my file path name reads "atahualpa/atahualpa" instead of "/atahualpa3/". it shows a duplicate folder, but i cant seem to rename it or transfer files to eliminate duplicate. this will pose potential issues in the future, how do i change this without losing data? do i need to change using my FTP client or what? and why did it happen? who else could help me solve this issue...
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FIT '65 Alumna Audrey Schilt's Illustrations
Illustrations of Audrey Schilt, a Fashion Institute of Technology alumna who worked closely with Ralph Lauren for 22 years, werer on display at FIT in an exhibition titled Art of the Collection: The Design Spirit of American Fashion Artist Audrey Schilt from December 3, 2009 through January 27, 2010.
After graduating from FIT in 1965 with a degree in illustration, Audrey Schilt started her career as sketch artist for Halston, where she drew several of the hats for which Jacqueline Kennedy became known, including the pillbox, and Halston's first women's collection line. From there, Schilt moved to freelance work, creating fashion ads for such clients as The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Bergdorf . Schilt also returned to school to learn pattern-making and draping. She then worked as a designer for Jacque Bellini for five years, as well as on a children's line of clothing.
FIT's School of Art and Design offers programs leading to both the AAS and BFA degrees, including Accessories Design, the only program of its kind in the country, and two other pioneering programs– Visual Presentation and Exhibition Design and Toy Design. Its most acclaimed program, Fashion Design, was established when the college was founded in 1944.
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Earlier this week the Social Security Administration released its list of top baby names for 2011. Jacob, the most popular name from last year, still reigns as king at the top of the boys' list. Sophia is a new leader for the girls. Take a look at our nation's hottest baby monikers in the slide show from the Chron.com below and for a peek at what's popular in California scroll down.
What are parents naming their babies in the Golden State? In California both Jacob and Sophia are also the leaders of the pack, but after the number one spots things fall a little differently in the national and California state lists. Take a look at the top 10 baby names in California.
California boys
- Jacob
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- Anthony
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- Alexander
- Ethan
- David
- Andrew
- Nathan
California girls
- Sophia
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- Mia
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More forgeries, more duped
Congressman Tom Perriello wasn't the only lawmaker to get forged constituent letters trying to sway his Cap-and-Trade vote, reports Brian McNeill, who broke in the Daily Progress what's become a national story. The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, which hired the D.C. lobbying firm– Bonner & Associates– that sent out the fake letters, says it's a victim, too, and "outraged."
Not since Dems 4 Day in 1995 has such a dubious tactic electrified the political scene, and this one actually goes farther, as instead of concocting a bogus group, it involved forged letters purporting to come from real groups such as the local chapter of the NAACP.
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With the autumnal equinox less than a week away, a months-long night is about to descend on the North Pole. As the sun sweeps lower across the arctic skies, ice sheets that cap the northern ocean are beginning to expand. While this summer's minimum polar ice extent failed to surpass last year's retreat, scientists are not greeting the news with a sigh of relief.
The record minimum set in 2007 caught many by surprise, but this year's observations are equally disconcerting. Experts expected the winter of 2007-2008 to bolster the sea ice and hold the 2008 minimum well above the record low. Instead, the 4.52 million square kilometers of ice recorded on September 12, 2008 was just 10 percent shy of the record minimum. These numbers make for good press, experts say, but the real focus should be on the overall trend towards ice-free summers in the Arctic.
Arctic sea ice minimum extent for 2008.
Average minimum extent for 1979-2000: orange line
"The key thing is the long-term changes," said Walt Meier, research scientist at the US National Snow and Ice Data Center. "No summer sea ice would be a dramatic change," he told Ars. "We're heading towards a new state in the Arctic."
The National Snow and Ice Data Center is hesitant to point an official finger at the exact cause of this year's decline, but early evidence suggests ice pulling away from the mainland is to blame. As the polar cap retreats northward, ice shelves that are otherwise sheltered from wave action and warmer sea water are exposed. Massive tracts then tear loose and drift to sea—like the part of the Markham Ice Shelf that broke off earlier this summer. This year's pattern of ice retreat is not a new phenomenon, but it popped up in more locations than experts had expected.
In 2007, scientists were stunned by the Arctic sea ice's rapid retreat. "Last year was kind of mouth dropping in terms of how far it fell," Meier said. "To get that kind of response, you need a real kick in the pants," he said, adding that high temperatures, favorable winds, and particularly clear skies around the summer solstice all worked in concert to reduce the ice to its lowest extent on record.
"In a lot of ways, this year is more remarkable than last year," Meier said. Cooler temperatures and cloudier skies kept the ice from reaching another record, but scientists were looking for those factors to help the ice to regain some of the area it lost last year. This summer's extent, he said, was not the significant rebound he and his colleagues were expecting.
"It's going to take more than a year to turn this around," Meier said. In fact, it would take four to five consecutively cool summers to regain what has been lost in the past two years, he said. "It doesn't seem like that's realistic under current conditions."
Only seven years ago, climate scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were certain that the Arctic would retain some amount of sea ice until 2100. In the most recent report released in early 2007, the panel revised the estimate down to a range from 2070 to 2100. Now, most sea ice experts agree that summer ice may vanish from the North Pole in 2030—some even posit 2012 as the landmark date. Such an extreme prediction would have been mocked only five years ago but today, many scientists acknowledge its possibility.
Two summers of sea ice surprises and constant revision of expectations highlight one glaring trend: the North Pole will soon be free of ice during its sunny summer months. A watery pole will be more than simply evidence of climate change—it will turn into a contributing factor. Gleaming white ice at the pole reflects the continuous summer sun, increasing the Earth's albedo. Without the ice to reduce the sun's heating power, the Arctic Ocean's temperatures will shoot up in the summer, disrupting ocean circulation patterns around world over. And, as ocean currents shift, weather may fall into unpredictable patterns.
"The fact that you have cold water at the pole and warm water closer to the equator, that is a major factor in what your weather patterns are," Meier said. "f you're changing the temperature at one end, it's going to change your circulation patterns. And that's going to affect weather patterns throughout the northern hemisphere."


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Thursday, March 31, 2011
A Good Screw Up Keeps You Humble
Good thing is I still love the quilt and it'll make me smile every time I use it.
So off to eat my crow and fix my mistake. What colors should I use for the next one?
Too bad it's not April 1....I missed being an April Fool by only one day. I guess I only get to be a regular everyday fool.
43 comments:
- Erin @ Why Not Sew? Quilts said...
You could call it your Mercedes Benz quilt, HA! I love the quilting.
- March 31, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Unknown said...
Ok, I really was thinking that it was your interpreted design of a peace sign. Who am I to say your design is a mistake? No mistakes in design...it makes that quilt really special!!!!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Jamie said...
DOH! Gorgeous quilt, regardless!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Dawn S. said...
Just think of it as an Amish style Peace sign. The Amish purposely put an error in their quilts, as only the Lord can create perfection!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Greta said...
I think I like it better this way. I had to google peace signs to even figure out what you were talking about was missing. I think I would keep it. Adding that bottom bar might make it too busy and besides it's really about your own interpretation anyway, right? I love it the way it is!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- KerryQ said...
Wow, I would stash that puppy out of my sight along with my big girl drawers rather than undo ALL of that hard work! I would moan for a while, too!
All the more reason for me to invest in a good, ergonomic seamripper! Hang in there!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Ann Marie @ 16 Muddy Feet said...
I am not sure what you are talking about, I would just leave it alone, especially if no one else noticed but one person.
- March 31, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Natasha said...
I notice it...but assumed I had always drawn peace signs wrong and you finally showed me how it was supposed to be! Oh well. Cute quilt!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- tammie said...
i first saw your post on my google reader this morning and i kept looking at it thinking "isn't there a third bar?" i looked it up on google images because i thought i was going crazy.
but you know what? i love that you shared it with us even though it wasn't what you initially set out to do! and it's a gorgeous quilt no matter what.
- March 31, 2011 at 8:51 AM
- Cathy said...
Don't worry about the mistake because nobody is perfect. I don't think I have ever done a project perfectly anyway. It is beautiful and I am sure you will love it with all its imperfections.
- March 31, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Alissa said...
I too was thinking well, it's a Mercedes quilt... You know I'm a fan of the Mercedes!! ha. The quilting is so great! Hope those allergies get better soon!!
- March 31, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- Suzanne said...
As a math teacher, I think it would be a great math problem for students: how many squares have to shift to include the middle leg of the peace sign? How can you keep the proportions the same but scale it larger?
See, you are just helping curriculum.
- March 31, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- WandaFish said...
But Jacquie, the bottom bar is there only you coloured it the same as the background! It's a great quilt - just rename it if you feel awkward about the 'missing' piece, lol.
- March 31, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- {Leila}Where the Orchids Grow said...
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- March 31, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- {Leila}Where the Orchids Grow said...
Seems like mistakes are in the air sorry about that deleted comment!
I was going to say I need to make one of these quilts for my boy he loves Mercedes so this would be perfect for him :-)
- March 31, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Tracy said...
You could just rename it (much easier)"Ode to Mercedes". :)
- March 31, 2011 at 9:21 AM
- quiltaholic said...
Turn it upside down - and it looks like a Y inside of an O. You could name it "OY!". :)
- March 31, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Poppyprint said...
You've got a great sense of humour, Jacquie. Sorry about the missed missing bit. I'd love to see it done in orange/yellow/grey if you're going to take a second crack at it!
- March 31, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- Petit Design Co. said...
he he! we all do dumb things sometimes. I thought there was something off in your earlier post but I didn't notice it :)
- March 31, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Allabitrandom said...
A bit of peace is better than none at all and the quilt is just fine the way it is!
- March 31, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- Laurie said...
It took me FOREVER to figure out what "bar" you were talking about. I NEVER put that bar in a hand drawn peace sign. To me it's PERFECT! I say leave the pattern as is!
- March 31, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Your quilt still looks good. I really like your quilting. I love the look of your blog now.
- March 31, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- ktquilts said...
Heavens, don't be embarrassed. Only people who refuse to admit imperfections should be embarrassed! I like you better for being real!
- March 31, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- teaginny said...
just call it your Mercedes-Benz quilt
- March 31, 2011 at 11:21 AM
- Nell said...
I just love the quilting! Never mind the 'mistake' which I never would have noticed!
- March 31, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- EG said...
It's your Mercedes quilt!
My mom made me some Mercedes socks accidentally at a girl scout event, but luckily it was just puffy paint.
- March 31, 2011 at 12:20 PM
It's a great quilt. If it were my quilt (and I wish it were), I would consider changing the quilting by making it straight line quilting where the bar should be and say "I meant to do that!" Quilting is so forgiving : )
- March 31, 2011 at 12:38 PM
- Vicki said...
I love the quilt, J. And you are not a fool!
- March 31, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- chris baker said...
I love it...in all it's flawed glory. if it was my quilt and my mistake, I would name it Humble and cherish it as a reminder of me....flawed in all my glory!! Besides it's about time the peace symbol gets a remodel, lol.
- March 31, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- Rene' said...
I love your peace sign quilt!!! I thought you left that bottom part out on purpose. I made a peace sign quilt last year for a school auction and I deliberated for a while on whether to include the bottom bar or not and drew it out both ways before deciding. I have seen peace signs with and without so if I were you I would keep it as is. I love the quilting lines on this quilt. It must have taken you forever...well, it would have taken me forever :-)
- March 31, 2011 at 2:33 PM
Hey, our family loves German cars! The Mercedes symbol is great, BUT, VW would be even better!
- March 31, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- Carla said...
The quilt is great Jacquie! I think it happens quite a bit, actually....a few years ago some students at Shawnee Mission East HS printed off what they thought were peace symbols onto tee shirts....turns out the symbols looked just like yours! The press loved it!
- March 31, 2011 at 5:18 PM
To me it looks like the Eiffel Tower! It could be your Tres Chic Quilt!!
- March 31, 2011 at 7:04 PM
- Tammy Vasser said...
I just didn't see what was missing. I finally had to Google "Peace Sign" to figure it out. Now, I get it!
- March 31, 2011 at 7:54 PM
- Marie said...
I'm guessing most of us were drooling over the grid quilting and never even noticed...fabulous job!
- March 31, 2011 at 8:17 PM
- Cheryl said...
I agree -- give it to someone who drives a Mercedes! Or send it to Mercedes themselves. Maybe they'll send you a car as a thank you!
- March 31, 2011 at 9:19 PM
- Feltsey said...
I love your mess-up. Personally, I've been screwing stuff up for over 40 years and trying to fix my mistakes, or at least learning from them. My sister and I once made blouses out of some really mod fabric with cool circles and dots. Guess where the circles ended up? Unwearable.
- April 1, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- Deere Driver said...
The y Chromosome quilt was my first thought. Flip it!
- April 1, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Rebecca said...
I also had to google peace signs to find out what you meant by a missing bar. :)
- April 1, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- Barbara Strobel Lardon said...
Have to say I noticed it but I am a 60's girl! :)
Love that you took it in stride though.
- April 1, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- Regina said...
Too funny. I'm a teacher and there was a peace sign that one class of kids had made in our front hallway at school. Every time I'd pass it, I'd think something was not quite right ~ but I couldn't figure it out. Then one day a music teacher from another school visited and said, "You guys forgot something in that peace sign!" Same thing! And I lived through the peace movement. So don't feel badly!!!!!
- April 3, 2011 at 2:39 PM
Snickered a bit. Makes a noobie like me feel better about attaching my binder from the back to the front instead of the other way around :) But if we were perfect quilts, we'd have nothing to learn :)
- April 4, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- MightyMom said...
that's a great Mercedes quilt!!
- April 12, 2011 at 1:06 AM


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Though RSL head coach Jason Kreis said he hopes the move will give Gil valuable playing time, he said that he doesn't believe it's a completely effective replacement mechanism for MLS' Reserve Division—which was shut down after the 2008 season—and worries about the lack of opportunities that give young players a chance to regularly compete in a professional environment.
"Luis Gil hasn't played a competitive match against professional players yet, and it's been six months," Kreis said.
Real Salt Lake have frequently used similar loan arrangements as a way to help provide young players earn valuable game experience.
St. Louis hosted RSL players Collen Warner and Chris Schuler for brief loan stints earlier this season, though RSL general manager Garth Lagerwey said Gil's arrangement has a special consideration because of the player's young age.
"In this case, the general manager for St. Louis [Tim Owens] agreed to personally house him in his house and to be responsible for his care," Lagerwey said.
"Luis has continued to improve during his time with us," Lagerway added. "The thing that we can't get him here is games. We thought it was a perfect time to go get him some games in [Division 2] and help continue his growth."
Gil's situation is interesting not only for RSL fans, but for US soccer fans, too. As a national-team prospect, his development may be as important to the success of the US senior team as it is to Real Salt Lake. The key is to gain real game experience. RSL have received assurances from St. Louis that Gil will get substantial time on the field.
"In my eyes, it's really good because you're sending them out to kind of get kicked a little bit," Kreis said. "You're sending them out on their own to sink or swim. And these are meaningful matches—they are just like us—they are trying to get points, trying to make the playoffs, and there are fans there that bought tickets. So there is real-life pressure."


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