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Microsoft will not outsource Longhorn
According to the Inquirer, software mammoth Microsoft has denied reports that it is outsourcing any of the development work for its future operating system, codenamed Longhorn.
The industry was all abuzz with rumours that Vole planned to send some of its prized code to be developed in India. The rumours came from WashTech, which is trying to unionise Vole workers against the dark forces of CEO Steve 'sound of one hand clapping' Ballmer.
WashTech claimed that Mcrosoft had doubled the number of people working for the company in India to 2,000, of which 900 are Microsoft employees while the rest are contract workers.
However a spokesVole has said while WashTech's numbers are correct, only testing of its next generation software will be carried out in India and perhaps the development of a few tools. However core Windows development work will be carried out by God fearing US employees in the good old US of A.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Teaching English in Serbia/BiH? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Teaching English in Serbia/BiH? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Macedonia and the Balkans View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Floki27Joined: 24 Sep 2007Posts: 8 Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject: Teaching English in Serbia/BiH? Is there anybody out there that has information or contacts for English schools in Serbia or BiH? I am interested in coming to this region to teach English, but need some guidance as to how to apply for such a position? Thank You Back to top AleksandraJoined: 21 Mar 2007Posts: 4Location: New York City Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: Zdravo! I am going there to do the same thing, but unfortunately have no such info or contacts. My family is from there, so hopefully I will find out more when I get there (next Thurs!) I will keep you updated! Good luck! Aleksandra Back to top Floki27Joined: 24 Sep 2007Posts: 8 Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: Cao Aleksandra, I was in Serbia/Bih for 3 months this summer, but unfortunately it was a lot of partying and not much searching regarding teaching English. It would be good if you could send me your e-mail so we can exchange information on this subject. Hope to hear from you soon. Best Regards, Branko Back to top AleksandraJoined: 21 Mar 2007Posts: 4Location: New York City Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject: Zravo Branko, For some reason, they are not letting me PM today. So I will just post my e-mail here for the whole world to see. It is [email protected]... if anybody else wants to write me regarding teaching in the Balkans, they are welcome to do so. Ay, I have been here about a week and still getting used to life here again. I am going to Montenegro this weekend to visit more family and then when I get back I plan on seriously start looking for work, cause I really need it! I am kind of surprised by how expensive everything is here...and I am from New York! I heard the club scene was awesome, but I havent really hit that yet. Thanks for the message, love to write with you more about the subject, so feel free to write me!! Cao cao, Aleksa Back to top qwertyatozJoined: 08 Dec 2009Posts: 6 Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:27 pm Post subject: Interesting Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Macedonia and the Balkans All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China

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This is a Maternity Monday post by guest blogger and arts educator Jess Levey. This series appears almost every Monday on Beccarama.com
Yesterday we received an email from my mother in law in Israel who relayed an emotional story about my sister-in-law's race from the playground to the bomb shelters while she struggled to carry both her children with sirens blaring above. I think one of the reasons that this image was so terrifying aside from the obvious, is that my sister-in-law is not exactly someone who you would call anxious or fearful. My husband's siblings, like him, have an incredible way to brush away worry, knowing deep down that everything will always be just fine. While traveling back from our honeymoon in Costa Rica in a tiny commuter plane while in a storm, I was sure we were done for, but my husband just assured me of our safety by merely telling me, "don't worry, I'm not dying in a plane crash, I am sure that's not the way I am going to go." Somehow this made me feel better. And, when he went to Israel a few years ago during Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" in Gaza, I decided not to join him, and instead sat at home worried (until I managed to get my ass to an ashram in the Bahamas to chill out). He assured me, once again, that nothing will happen to him, that he is not going to go that way either. Now, all this confidence about his own mortality is one thing, but when you have a child, how do you find the tools to truly believe that they will always be as safe from harm as you. When my mother in law met my sister in law at the bomb shelter and asked her how she was, she replied that she had been scared. My mother in law explained to her that when they were constantly running for shelter during the first Gulf War when she was only 12 years old she was never scared, and she replied, "that was before I was a mom."
That got me thinking (and crying!) about the relationship between motherhood and anxiety. For the past two weeks, as our baby grows extremely close to full term (it is now beginning it's 33rd week), I have begun to experience a feeling that is all too familiar to me, fear. I have always been a worrier, the kind of child that never slept before the first day of school. But, through the years, I have been given tools to help ease this innate emotion, and now I have methods to detach myself from any irrational or convoluted nightmares that I imagine in my mind. Over the last three weeks, however, beginning with Hurricane Sandy, new anxieties have risen up, all having to do with the health of our growing baby. There was the sore throat and chest cold after volunteering in the hard hit Rockaways that I was convinced was caused from post hurricane toxic air that would in turn affect the baby, then there was the hot bath that I took in order to allow for a relaxing, sleep filled night that only left me completely wound up and anxious that the water was too hot and I had cooked the baby, and then this past weekend I suffered an asthma attack during a child-birth class because I had forgotten to ask the teacher if she owned any cats (super allergic!) before settling down on a mat on the floor. Was I ever scared for my own well being during these physically trying experiences? Of course not, the only thought I had was, "I just hurt the baby, and now it will be damaged forever." Of course, this is all a bit insane, especially considering how healthy baby and me have been throughout the pregnancy. I am sure all this new anxiety has been exacerbated by my restless sleep, but, from what I have heard, I won't be sleeping much for the next 18 years or so anyway (wait, then he/she gets a driver's license!, so make that the next 30 years?), so I better just get used to it. If being anxious plays a big role in motherhood, I guess I will be a super mom! Especially, if we ever move to Israel (oh no, I better not say that here, my mom may be reading this!).
I always envisioned myself as a mom who watches with ease as her child climbs alone to the top of the monkey bars, or who can introduce led feeding at 6 months, or who is fine with my kid licking the city streets (germs are good immune boosters after all!). It is not these actions that actually scare me, it is the fear itself. I know that being a fearful mom will in turn affect my child. Just like being fearful during labor restricts oxygen to the uterus and tightens muscles causing more pain, being an anxious parent can be very hurtful to a child since they are so sensitive to their mother's emotions. I am sure I will try my best not to show my anxiety, and when all else fails, well, at least there's dad.


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Hold on Tight! Earth's Magnetic Field May Be Preparing to Flip!
News story originally written on May 20, 2003
What is the world's largest magnet?
It is the Earth's magnetic field, of course!
Scientists say that the magnetic field has been getting a little weaker. This might be a sign that a magnetic field reversal is beginning. That's when the North and South magnetic poles flip.
The magnetic field does not change overnight. It takes thousands of years. The magnetic field strength decreases slowly. Then, it returns a few thousand years later with the magnetic poles reversed. So the magnetic North Pole is actually in the South and the magnetic South Pole is in the North!
Magnetic reversals have happened many times in the past and did not harm the animals and plants that lived long ago.


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Pizza Obsessives: David Kover, Slice San Francisco Contributor
Slice interviews with folks who are mad about pizza.
This week we're getting David Kover from the San Francisco beat into the Slice hot seat. Let's get to know this Brooklyn native turned Bay area pizza investigator a little better with the hard hitting questions. —MS
Name: David Kover
Location: San Francisco, California
URL(s): Twitter @pizzakover; seriouseats.com/David Kover
Jumping right in, what type of pizza do you prefer?
Either Neapolitan-inspired or New York-style probably represent my sweet spot, but if it tastes good, I'm open to any style.
The Pizza Cognition Theory states that "the first slice of pizza a child sees and tastes ... becomes, for him, pizza." Do you remember your first slice? Where was it from, is the place still around, and if so, does it hold up? On that note, has your taste in pizza evolved over time?
I don't specifically remember my first slice, but the earliest pizza that I remember my family ordering was from Smiling Pizza in Park Slope, Brooklyn. And then I probably ate pizza from Pino's (also in Park Slope) two or three days a week for lunch throughout middle school. I was definitely steeped in NY-style slices as a kid.
I get a slice from Smiling just about every time I visit my folks in Brooklyn. It's not something I plan, but it's right there when I get on or off the F-train and I get pulled in by the tractor beam of pizza-smell. Objectively, their pizza is good enough. It fits the bill for a grab-and-go slice if you happen to be walking by, but I wouldn't direct people out of their way for it. However, for me personally, I find that my Smiling slice makes me incredibly happy. I guess that's support for Pizza Cognition Theory?
My tastes have definitely changed over the years. I specifically remember my first pizza at Grimaldi's under the Brooklyn Bridge (it was called Patsy's then), when I realized that pizza could be taken to the next level. And, as I wrote in my Pizzetta 211 review, moving to San Francisco has certainly freed my mind when it comes to the toppings I find acceptable on a pizza. (Though I still have my limits.)
I'm glad you brought toppings to the table. What's your favorite topping or topping combination?
Well, from the standard pizzeria tool kit, I'm a huge fan of mushrooms and sausage (as long as it's chunks of the good stuff). But since the spectrum of toppings in California is quite a bit broader, I feel like I get to sample something new and interesting every week. Amidst all the pyrotechnics, the combo that stands out in my memory is the Atomica at Gialina, with mushrooms, chilies, and red onions. Actually, I haven't had that pie in quite some time—might be due for a Daily Slice!
That's the spirit! I'm just going to note your dedication down here...yep, got it. Clearly you are always at the ready for you next Slice directive, but where do you go when your off-duty?
I live across the street from Pizzeria Delfina and about two blocks from Arinell, so those are my my regular spots when I'm on my own time (and dime).
Do you make pizza at home? If so, how? What recipes do you use?
I do make pizzas at home, but I'm a pretty harsh critic of my own pies. For a while, I was making pizza because there was such a shortage of places to get something good in San Francisco. It created a horrible cycle of self-loathing, because I would be disappointed with my own pies but then have nowhere to go to satisfy my craving, so I'd try again, and get pretty frustrated. Thankfully, the San Francisco pizza scene has changed for the better in the last three years and so there's less pressure riding on what I can produce with my own hands.
As it so happens, about six months ago, I switched over to Kenji's NY-style pizza dough, and that significantly improved my skills, so now I have better pizza at home as well.
What one thing should NEVER go on a pizza?
Do I have to pick just one? At the top of my list is definitely chicken. It's almost impossible to make it so that it's not either dry, rubbery, or both. And that's before we even get into the issue of flavor. Yet my current gig (ahem!) requires that I try a wide range of pies, so I've been forced into eating it on occasion. Any chance of a special dispensation from the Slice overlords freeing me from the duty of eating chicken-pie ever again?
Beyond that, canned olives are pretty awful.
Forced! Hmm, what did I say about your dedication earlier? Come on, if chicken and olives are the worst of it, then you're eating on easy street, friend. I'm sure you've had more bizarre/questionable toppings on pizza.
The sea urchin pizza at Cotogna was pretty unusual.
Yeah, I'll go for that. What's the farthest you've traveled for pizza?
Well, I get pizza every time I fly to New York, but I'd be doing that anyway to visit my folks, so I don't think it should count. I've biked from San Francisco to Larkspur (over the Golden Gate Bridge) to get pizza at Pizzeria Picco. It's only about 50 miles round trip, but I feel like the physical exertion ought to count for something!
What do your family and/or friends think of your pizza madness?
Well, before some decent pizza moved into town, it was probably pretty annoying, because it mostly consisted of me being a cranky New York Pizza Snob, and that's an act people tire of pretty quickly. These days, I don't have anything to complain about, so the situation has improved. I think my wife sometimes wishes that I would spend a little more time paying attention to her over dinner, and a little less time ogling my slice and then snapping 500 pictures, but thankfully she's a patient woman.
Anything you'd like to get off your chest?
I'm sorry to pile on here, but I simply haven't figured out the whole deep dish thing. I'm not writing it off, because I've never been to Chicago, but every time I've tried one of the places in San Francisco that people have hyped, I'm always underwhelmed. So much sauce! I actually kind of feel guilty about the whole thing, because as a true pizza freak I feel like I should like every kind. One day I will make the trip to Chicago and be able to pass final judgment.
Well before any wars break out, we had better wrap this up. Who would *you* like to see interviewed next?
It might be more of a My Pizza Oven thing, but I'd love to hear what Tony Gemignani has to say about his insane catalog of ovens and pizza styles. And how about Sean Penn—in character as Spicoli—waxing poetic about his love for double-cheese and sausage. That should be an easy get for us, right?
Totally, dude! Sean loves to jaw about pies when we're wearing our matching Vans. Not. We are overdue for some some Oven talk on Slice, though. Thanks for going through the drill, David. You've been a real sport! Looking forward to more reports from Frisco.
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Meet Holographium, the next-generation light painting machine with a twist!
Holographium slices text or images into thousands of luminous 3D cross section scans, and projects them over time on a long exposure photograph.
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Rumors of a revamped MobileMe service have been coming in a steady stream recently, mostly associated with an alleged "iPhone nano." The previous rumors focused on Apple grafting Lala-like streaming abilities onto the service, but a new report on Wednesday suggests that MobileMe will gain mobile video streaming, location check-ins, and geo-tagging, as well as a personal webpage that friends can check and see what you are up to at that precise moment.
An anonymous source told Cult of Mac that Apple's rumored new MobileMe service will combine the e-mail, contacts, and calendar syncing with new social media services, making it a sort of Facebook, Foursquare, Ustream, and Ping mashup. The current focus is on streaming media and location-based services, though the source said that "a lot of their ideas were shelved for a later date in order to focus on a few of them."
MobileMe users would have a webpage that friends can visit, which would include data pulled from your iPhone, such as current location, recent iTunes tracks, Game Center updates, currently used apps, recent geo-tagged photos, and even live-streamed video. Some information would be pulled automatically from your device, while other items could be shared at your whim. The service is also said to have "comprehensive" privacy controls, so you can control who has access to what bits of data.
The service will also reportedly work with a recently patented location check-in system called iGroups. Friends within an iGroup can get automatic notifications when they are within a certain range of each other, and have access to location updates via the new MobileMe homepage.
The combination of features could have some appeal if Apple can offer a unified, simple user interface and can match the reliability of current services. However, Apple will have its work cut out for it transitioning users away from other, more popular services if Ping's tepid uptake is any indication. If Apple offers straightforward integration with other services—MobileMe check-ins automatically post to FourSquare, or status updates automatically post to Facebook and/or Twitter—then an updated MobileMe might stand a chance of catching on.


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In Sex Assault Report, Pentagon Sees Progress — And A Long Way To Go
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Audie Cornish. We've been hearing a lot lately about the problem of sexual assault. Earlier in the week, the White House released recommendations for preventing assault on college campuses. Today, the Pentagon released its annual report on sexual assaults in the military. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the number of cases being reported over the last year jumped 50 percent over the previous year. Today he cast that sharp increase in a positive light.
SECRETARY CHUCK HAGEL: We believe victims are growing more confident in our system. Because these crimes are underreported, we took steps to increase reporting and that's what we're seeing.
CORNISH: But Hagel also says the annual report underscores that the Pentagon still has a long way to go in solving the problem of sexual assaults in the military. Joining me to talk about these new numbers is NPR national security correspondent David Welna. Hi there, David.
DAVID WELNA, BYLINE: Hi, Audie.
CORNISH: So more service members are reporting sexual assaults in the military. Does that just mean that more people are willing to come forward or that more assaults are actually taking place?
WELNA: Well, Audie, you know, it could actually mean both. We do know that more than 5,000 service members reported sexual assaults over the past year. That's up from about 3,400 the year before. But what we don't know is how many cases last year when unreported, although previous years have shown that sexual assaults are vastly underreported. That's based on confidential surveys in which members of the military said whether or not they'd been sexually assaulted. But such a survey was not done this past year, which is why we simply don't know if the numbers jumped because people are now more inclined to report assaults, as Secretary Hagel suggests, or because there were more sexual assaults overall.
CORNISH: And David, for context here, we're talking about some 5,000 cases, right, reported to the military. How did they handle them?
WELNA: Well, you know, actually fewer than half of those cases were under the legal authority of the Pentagon. Others may have been domestic violence or cases that occurred off military bases. Of that fewer than half, only about 500 of those cases actually went to trial. And when they did, about two-thirds did result in convictions and that's a slightly better conviction rate than in the previous year.
CORNISH: Now, after all the attention this has gotten from lawmakers in the last year, what did we hear from Congress on this now?
WELNA: Well, there was reaction on Capitol Hill and predictably, I guess it reflects divisions we heard this past year over whether prosecution of sexual assaults should remain in the chain of military command or be removed from it. One of the most outspoken advocates of keeping prosecutions in the chain of command, the option which did prevail, was Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill.
She called today's report concrete progress because it shows more victims, in her words, have the confidence in the system to come out of the shadows and report these crimes. The chief advocate of removing prosecution from the chain of command was New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. She put out a statement saying today's report should, quote, "send chills down people's spines." Gillibrand said a system where only one out of 10 reported cases goes to trial is a system screaming for additional reform.
CORNISH: And the military has talked about trying to reduce the numbers of sexual assault, but what can you tell us about whether any of this is having an effect?
WELNA: Well, Secretary Hagel said today that he's sent out 22 directives over the past year to strengthen how the Pentagon responds to and prevents sexual assaults. He issued six more today. One of them aims to increase the number of males reporting such crimes. Hagel said it's estimated many men are also the victims of assaults in the military.
Another aim is to do a Pentagon-wide review of policies on alcohol and the risks it poses to others. And there's a series of videos being released this spring that aim to better educate the armed forces about sexual assaults. There's also a training program specifically aimed at junior Marines. It encourages them to intervene when they witness a sexual assault.
CORNISH: And David, these reports of sexual assaults in the military, they come on the heels of what we've been hearing about what's going on on college campuses, where more and more women are also saying that sexual assault is far too prevalent. What are the similarities here?
WELNA: We're talking about basically the same age cohort, both on campus and on the bases. Problems such as excessive alcohol consumption tied to sexual assault are big issues with both of these groups. I guess the most important difference is that in contrast to those in the armed forces, a college student who reports an assault does not have to deal with a chain of command and military justice.
CORNISH: That's NPR's David Welna. David, thank you.
WELNA: You're welcome, Audie.
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Inaugural NSW Human Rights Award Presentation Ceremony
His Grace Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand, together with His Excellency Consul General of Serbia to Australia, Mr Branko Radosevic, and the Honourable Ms Gabrielle Upton MP, Member for Vaucluse and Parliamentary Secretary for Tertiary Education & Skills, representing the Serbian Community, were among the numerous dignitaries and guests invited by the Honourable Victor Dominello MP, Minister for Citizenship and Communities and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs at the Inaugural New South Wales Human Rights Awards Presentation Ceremony, held on 22 August 2013 in Parliament House in Sydney.
As announced by the Honourable Premier of New South Wales Barry O'Farrell at the NSW Parliament, the founder of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, Andrew Penfold, has been named the inaugural winner of the New South Wales Human Rights Award.
The Australian Indigenous Education Foundation is a non-profit organisation established in 2007 to provide education and career opportunities for young Indigenous people. Mr Penfold stated that he believes awarding scholarships to Aboriginal students can help transform lives. "Education has always been a very transformational tool," he noted. "It just strikes us that in this country the Indigenous inequality is definitely one of our most compelling national challenges."
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Today is Friday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2006 with 345 to follow.
The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto, Venus and Saturn. The evening stars are Mars, Uranus and Neptune.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Harold Gray, creator of the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," in 1894; comedian George Burns in 1896; Italian film director Federico Fellini and actor DeForest Kelley, both in 1920; country singer Otis "Slim" Whitman in 1924 (age 82); actress Patricia Neal in 1926 (age 80); astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, in 1930 (age 76); comic Artie Johnson in 1934 (age 72); director David Lynch in 1946 (age 60); TV host Bill Maher ("Politically Incorrect") in 1956 (age 50); and actor Lorenzo Lamas in 1958 (age 48).
On this date in history:
In 1265, Britain's House of Commons, which became a model for parliamentary bodies, met for the first time.
In 1783, U.S. and British representatives signed a preliminary "Cessation of Hostilities," which ended the fighting in the Revolutionary War.
In 1892, the first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass.
In 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only president to be elected to four terms in office, was inaugurated to his final term. He died three months later and was succeeded by his vice president, Harry Truman.
In 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy began his presidency with inauguration ceremonies on the newly renovated east front of the Capitol.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States. That same day, 52 American hostages were released by Iran after 444 days in captivity.
In 1990, at least 62 civilians were killed and more than 200 wounded when the Soviet army stormed into Baku to end what Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called fratricidal killing between Moslem Azerbaijanis and Christian Armenians.
In 1991, seven men identified as allied airmen captured during the Persian Gulf War were put on Iraqi television in Baghdad.
In 1993, Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.
Also in 1993, Oscar-winning actress Audrey Hepburn died of cancer at her home in Switzerland. She was 63.
In 1995, the United States announced it was easing the trade embargo in effect against North Korea since the Korean War.
Also in 1995, a strike-shortened National Hockey League season opened, with teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84.
In 1996, Yasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, with 88 percent of the vote.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton was inaugurated for his second term in office.
Also in 1997, millionaire Steve Fossett landed in northern India after a record-setting bid to become the first person to circle the globe in a hot-air balloon.
In 2000, Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., warned the U.N. Security Council that the United States would withdraw from the world body if it failed to respect U.S. sovereignty.
In 2001, George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.
Also in 2001, just hours before leaving office, President Bill Clinton issued 176 pardons -- a number of them controversial.
In 2003, Britain said it was sending 26,000 troops to the Gulf for possible deployment to Iraq but France said it would not support a U.N. resolution for military action.
In 2004, President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union address, warned that the threat of more terrorist attacks was still very real.
Also in 2004, jury selection began in domestic guru Martha Stewart's obstruction of justice trial, stemming from her sale of ImClone stock.
In 2005, George W. Bush was sworn in for his second term as president.
A thought for the day: Henry David Thoreau wrote, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."


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In all my years writing about healthcare and technology, I've never seen such a storm of enthusiasm over a new medical device. If the newspaper and blog coverage is any indication, we have no less than a moral duty to give an iPad to every practicing physician, stocked with a variety of the coolest medical apps.
In fact, Apple itself has jumped on the bandwagon, with its most recent iPad2 commercials displaying medical apps.
This, of course, has serious implications for EMR developers. If the iPad is eclipsing even the desktop and smartphone as a primary means of accessing medical information, their focus will have to shift from a traditional client-server model — and perhaps even existing SaaS options — to one which is more modularized. Their assumptions about users' interaction with their interface will need to be different as well.
The thing is, despite all of this discussion, I've seen no stats to back up the notion that even tech-friendly doctors see iPads as indispensable.
Where the iPhone (or at least smartphones generally) are concerned, sure, there seems to be plenty of research documenting that most physicians rely on them. But while there's lots of anecdotes circulating about the iPad's central future in medicine, none of the research firms covering the healthcare industry seem to have documented this trend.
What's more, as a consumer whose family sees a lot of specialists — a few of us have chronic illnesses — I've never seen an iPad in anyone's hands. Walk into a coffee shop in the prosperous D.C. metro suburbs where I live, and sure, at least one consumer will have one. But in DC medical offices, not so much.
Now, don't get me wrong, if I were a product manager with an EMR vendor, I'd create an iPad interface and trumpet its existence to the world — it makes marketing sense if nothing else. One vendor which has already taken this tack is DrChrono, which prominently advertises the iPad version of its free EMR.
Regardless, I'm still waiting to see more evidence that the buzz around the medical iPad is more than just the expertly-crafted legends Apple creates around its products. (Should we sense some Pixar magic here?) Anyway, just because everyone says something's cool doesn't mean it is. I mean, we learned that in high school, didn't we?


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The Chicago Cubs today won preliminary backing from aldermen to push back the exterior outfield walls at Wrigley Field as part of the team's planned $300 million renovation of the iconic-but-aging ballpark.
The right field wall would be moved back 15 feet, narrowing Sheffield Avenue, and the left field wall would be pushed out 16 feet, narrowing Waveland Avenue, under the proposal recommended by the City Council Transportation Committee. Parking would be taken out on both streets, eliminating about 58 spaces, but each street would maintain two-way traffic.
The team says that moving the walls back will reduce blockage of sight lines from rooftop clubs that profit from their views into the ballpark. The measure also would allow the Cubs to expand the decks at the rear of the bleachers, where they sell beer and food.
It's all part of the overall Wrigley renovation plan, which includes an additional $200 million to build a nearby hotel, plaza and office-retail complex. Work has yet to start while the team continues to negotiate with rooftop club owners who have threatened to sue if their views are blocked by a large video board planned for left field and a script advertising sign planned for right.
The committee's endorsement, which is expected to lead to a full council OK green light on Wednesday, came despite the objections of local residents and concerns expressed by two aldermen that the city might not be getting enough in return.
At one point in the lengthy renovation negotiations between the Cubs and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration, city officials said the Cubs would have to pay for taking part of each street. But the city now has agreed to accept as compensation already pledged team payments of $3.75 million over 10 years into the so-called Cub Fund for Wrigleyville street lights, signs and repaving in Wrigleyville and surrounding areas.
The Cubs appraised the value of the land they are getting at $3.75 million, plus $250,000 for "air rights" to expand the decks behind the bleachers. The extra $250,000 is coming in the form of other compensation, like free city public service ads on the Jumbotron-like sign the Cubs plan to put up in left field, said Cubs Vice President Michael Lufrano.
Ald. Bob Fioretti, 2nd, faulted city officials for not doing their own appraisal and instead taking the Cubs-funded version as gospel.
"I'm quite taken aback that we did not have an appraiser," Fioretti said. "I want to make sure that when we have compensation, it's fair and just."
Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, also questioned the amount, saying that giving up the public land to the Cubs "is tantamount to a subsidy."
Asked if the street deal amounted to a subsidy, Lufrano said: "I don't see it that way. I think we're paying $3.75 million for the land that's being vacated."
Ald. Timothy Cullerton, 38th, said the city was getting a good deal. "The Cubs organization is an economic engine for the city of Chicago," he said. "I know there are communities that would gladly give this land to the Cubs."
"As far as the residents that live on Sheffield and Waveland, I think they were aware that there was a ballpark there when the moved in there," Cullerton added. "It brings jobs, it brings funds to the city of Chicago. If we didn't have Wrigley Field, if we didn't have the Cubs organization here, the property that we are talking about would be worth nothing."
Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th, who took part in negotiations involving the team and Emanuel administration, said the $3.75 million was part of a "very much negotiated plan to keep the Cubs in Chicago . . . without major public subsidies."
To compensate for lost parking on Waveland and Sheffield, the team is offering free parking in its lot on Seminary Street to local residents on "every non-Cub event day," he added, with another lot on Racine Avenue and Grace Street with parking for days when there are games, concerts or other events at Wrigley.
"This type of economic development — hospitality, tourism and entertainment — as you all know, has been one of the growth engines of our city," Tunney said. "I think it's good for the city. It's certainly good for the neighborhood."
But Chester Kropidlowski, chairman of the East Lake View Neighbors organization, didn't see it that way.
"I want to voice my concern about what is happening to Sheffield Avenue and Waveland Avenue," Kropidlowski said. "There has been no inclusive process by which decisions were made to give away our streets to the Cubs.
"We are going to be losing parking on streets, or the normal use of two streets, for 365 days a year to benefit the Cubs some 80-plus days a year, so they will be able to make money. . . . Our community feels the process and resulting product is an insult to the residents of the East Lakeview community."
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Found out that poor pets really do make poor battle pets.
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Easy to find as secondary pets but hard to find as rares. Been hunting for a rare version for a few days now with no luck.
Got him along with a Humanoid Battle Stone out of the Legendary daily first day. Has some new pet talents that turn out to be a lot of fun in pet battles so he's a good one to level.
Wish I had done like others and picked him up. Hardest of the trainers to down so when you finish all four and get to choose one of the four upon completion choose this one.
Haven't seen any down inside the cavern except the tunnel leading down and outside. Found 5 so far with all five being poor quality. Might be a difficult one to get a rare of.
Can not be done solo with a mage. You can get him to freeze very quickly by just doing blizzard but no way can a mage do fast enough melee attacks to shatter him. Bring a rogue friend if you're a mage.
Will mirror the other comments. East of Tosley Station. Only found one out there when I went for him and was lucky to get a rare.
Easy to get because it seems they battle alone. I killed two. First was uncommon and the second one rare. Looks to be an interesting battle pet.
A number of pet tamers will still give you pet supply sacks as dailies after you complete the battle quests such as Grand Master Trixxy in Winterspring and Lydia in Deadwind Pass.
The drop rate on this pet is listed as 0.3% which is low but if you do all the pet dailies that drop bags every day that gives you a fighting chance and since generally one does those dailies anyway for the chance at stones it's not a horrible grind.
I have to mirror the other comments on how fun this guy is as a battle pet. His stats are a touch lower as you would expect with an uncommon but the fun factor is very high due to the unique battle talents. Will be the first pet I level from an uncommon to a rare when the patch comes out.
Cute but the Bandicoons and their cousins the Tanuki make the worst battle pets. Very weak abilities.
Not part of any of the safari achievements so a lot of people don't know he's about until they check their list of pets still not collected. East to get as he's all over in the Bamboo Wilds of the Jade Forest.
Likes to hang out with the Alpine Hares and other critters in Winterspring. I've yet to see him as a main creature but about 80% of the time I go after an Alpine Hare there I get one of these joining in so he's easy to pick up.
Earned the achievement for this today. Looks like he'll be an interesting combat pet. He doesn't come in the mail by the way. You have to log out and when you log back in he shows up in your collection.
Southern Barrens and you can't swing a cat without hitter them there are so many.
Got this about 10 am. There were about 3 inside the cave in Skull Rock.
Great battle pet against mechanicals.
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Chris Young to Kick Off Liquid Neon Tour With Headlining Show at Ryman Auditorium
Chris Young fans are in for quite the treat this year when the singer hits the road for his forthcoming Liquid Neon Tour. The headlining trek is set to kick off in November, and to make the first night extra special, Young has decided to have the opening performance be at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium on Nov. 15.
Playing the Ryman is nothing new for Young, who has stepped foot on the famous stage several times while playing the Grand Ole Opry, but the performance will mark his very first headlining show at the Mother Church of country music.
"The first time I set foot on the Ryman stage was an unbelievable experience," says Young. "I am so grateful for the support of my hometown crowd all of these years. Saying I can't wait for this show is an obvious understatement."
Joining Young for the tour kick off, as well as the rest of the Liquid Neon Tour dates, will be two of country music's hottest stars on the rise — Thomas Rhett and Young's labelmate, Joanna Smith.
Tickets for the Ryman performance are on sale now through the Ryman box office, website and Ticketmaster.
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Troubleshooting:Filesystem Permissions
Filesystem Permissions
A lot of problems people have with mythtv can be traced back to filesystem permission issues.
Common Issues
It's quite common for the mythtv backend or frontend programs to not have sufficient permissions to read or write some areas of disk. The details vary by operating system and distributor. The examples given here are for Linux.
Some useful questions to ask when troubleshooting:
- What user is the frontend running as?
linux$ ps -fade |grep mythfrontend
- What user is the backend running as?
linux$ ps -fade |grep mythbackend
- If they are different users, are they members of the same user group?
linux$ id <mythfrontenduser> #should return the uid and some gids linux$ id <mythbackenduser>
- Are all the directories mythtv uses owned by those users and are they group-owned by that (shared) group?
$ find /var/lib/mythtv -type d ! -user mythtv -exec ls -ld {} \; $ find /var/lib/mythtv -type d -group mythtv -exec ls -ld {} \;
- Do the log files have any clues as to what is going on?
$ tail -f /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log #now try doing the thing that is not working
- If the filesystems are exported (NFS or CIFS/samba), what are the export permissions?
$ less /etc/exports $ sudo showmount -e
* Do the UIDs and GIDs of frontend and backend users match up across your systems?
Subtle Issues
Unable to record, or watch live TV
You have set wide-open permissions but still can't write to a new disk you just installed:
$ ls -l /media/data/mythtv/ drwxrwxrwx 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 Jun 11 12:08 recordings
On Linux, and possibly other UNIXes, check the permissions of the underlying mount point:
$ grep media /etc/fstab /dev/sdb1 /media/data ext4 defaults 0 2 $ sudo umount /media/data $ ls -ld /media/data drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Jun 10 11:08 /media/data
The fix is to make the mount point owned by the user that needs to write there.
# chown mythtv:mythtv /media/data # chmod g+w /media/data # ls -ld /media/data drwxrwxr-x 1 myhtv mythtv 4096 Jun 11 13:08 /media/data
Also: check the permissions of each step in the mount path, from /.
Also: some distributions use the path /media as a location for automatically mounting removable storage. So you may do better with a different mountpoint path e.g /data.
Reference: MythTV-Users mailing list "Can't watch TV Permission Denied opening recording file despite chmod a+rwx"


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Britney Spears Regains Visitation Rights
The pop star takes her kids out after temporarily losing her privileges
Britney Spears has regained visitation rights of her sons, Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, PEOPLE has learned.
The singer on Saturday was spotted driving with her children in Studio City, Calif., in her white Mercedes convertible, which was decorated with pumpkins on the dashboard.
A presumed court-appointed monitor was seated in the front seat, with her sons in the rear.
On Wednesday, L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon had temporarily suspended her visitation rights. A source close to Spears told PEOPLE the judge removed her rights after the pop star was unreachable by a cell phone designated for court-related scheduling.
On Thursday, Kevin Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, said he expected Spears would get visitation reinstated soon because "she has complied with the part of the order [causing the suspension]."
Lawyers for both sides did not respond to calls for comment.
Spears and Federline are both required to show up for their next hearing on Oct. 26.


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Scottish actor Gerard Butler is suing producers behind his ill-fated film Motor City over allegations he wasn't paid for the failed project.
The thriller, which was set to co-star Adrien Brody and Mickey Rourke, was called off by executives two weeks before the shoot was due to begin last year.
Butler's lawyers have now filed suit against production companies Emmett/Furla Films and Motor City Productions, claiming the actor is owed $5.1 million.
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Kenny Florian fought once at featherweight before getting a shot at champ Jose Aldo's belt. But the retired fighter is not surprised that Anthony Pettis skipped that step.
"I understand very well that this is a business," Florian told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "It does come down to the fights that make the most amount of sense."
That distinction clearly goes to Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) vs. Pettis (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), which is expected to take place Aug. 9, as MMAjunkie.com recently reported.
Pettis becomes the second consecutive lightweight standout to drop weight and try his luck against the 145-pound champ. Former lightweight titleholder Frankie Edgar tried unsuccessfully to capture the belt earlier this month at UFC 156.
"I think that's going to be a very exciting fight, and if we're talking about two guys going at it with styles to entertain, Aldo and Pettis fit the bill," Florian said.
Florian couldn't get past Aldo at UFC 136 and decided to retire when doctors advised him he was risking his health by continuing to fight. Since then, the three-time title challenger and communications major has won a spot on the UFC's broadcast team.
Along with Jon Anik, Florian will be calling the action inside the cage on Saturday at UFC on FUEL TV 7, which takes place at Wembley Arena in London.
Not everyone agrees with Florian's opinion. Ricardo Lamas said he should be first to meet Aldo. However, Pettis texted UFC President Dana White and requested an immediate title shot following UFC on FOX 6, where he earned a highlight-reel TKO of Donald Cerrone. That allowed him to cut the line.
"I've put in the work at 145 pounds," said Lamas, who brutally knocked out Erik Koch one fight prior to Pettis' performance. "I've done everything I need to do, and I should be next in line for that shot."
With four consecutive wins under his belt, Lamas certainly has more accolades at 145 pounds than Pettis or Florian. But Florian said Lamas doesn't have the recognition to make him an easy sell to a pay-per-view audience.
"Sometimes divisions require divisions and certain contenders to step up," he said. "In the 145-pound division, after Frankie Edgar, there are no real big names. Unfortunately for Ricardo Lamas, he doesn't have the big name or the huge following that Anthony Pettis has, and that's why Anthony Pettis is getting the next shot."
While he staked his claim as No. 1 contender, Lamas (13-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) also said he would be willing to take another headlining fight prior to meeting Aldo. In recent days, he's hinted at doing just that, though his opponent remains unknown.
Meanwhile, onetime featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has inked a UFC on FOX 7 bout with Clay Guida (30-13 MMA, 10-7 UFC), who hopes to make a run at Aldo's belt.
The dance floor is getting crowded, but Lamas still has time to build his name.
For more on "UFC in August: Aldo vs. Pettis," stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Burns can be caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, and sun exposure. They vary in severity from causing minor pain to being life-threatening. First-degree burns are the mildest type, only damaging the top layer of skin, causing it to become red, painful, and tender. Although the skin may swell, no blisters form.
Second-degree burns cause damage to deeper layers of the skin. A second-degree burn looks much like a first-degree burn except that blisters form at the skin's surface. The blisters may be red or whitish and are filled with a clear fluid. Third-degree burns are the worst type of burn, extending through all layers of the skin and causing nerve damage. Because of this nerve damage, third-degree burns generally aren't painful and have no feeling when touched—an ominous sign. The skin may be white, blackened, or bright red. Blisters may also be present.
Only first-degree burns should be self-treated. More severe burns require a doctor's supervision to prevent infection and scarring. Third-degree burns and extensive second-degree burns can cause permanent injury or death.
Scientific Evaluations of Homeopathic Remedies for Minor Burns
One small, double-blind, placebo-controlled study]]> examined the classical remedy Cantharis . ]]>1]]> This trial enrolled 34 people who had sustained a minor burn within 6 hours of admission to the study. The researchers gave the members of the treatment group acetaminophen (non-aspirin painkiller) and one chewable tablet of Cantharis 200c or placebo tablet. On an hourly basis for the next 5 hours, participants recorded their levels of pain.
The results were not promising. No ]]>significant]]> difference was found between the pain levels of the treatment group and the pain levels of the control group.
Traditional Homeopathic Treatments for Minor Burns
In classical homeopathy]]> , there are many possible homeopathic treatments for minor burns, to be chosen based on various specific details of the person seeking treatment.
According to classical homeopathy, lesions that would be described as raw, irritable, and inflamed can be treated with Calendula . This remedy can be taken orally or as part of a homeopathically prepared topical lotion or ointment.
If you are feeling very intense and restless from extreme burning pain, you might fit the ]]>symptom picture]]> for Cantharis .
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For herbs, supplements, and other alternative treatments that may be useful for this condition, see the Minor Burn]]> article.
For a thorough explanation of homeopathy, including dilution of therapies, see the ]]>Homeopathy Overview]]> .
1. Leaman AM, Gorman D. Cantharis in the early treatment of minor burns. Arch Emerg Med . 1989;6:259–261.
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SPRINGFIELD --- Gov. Pat Quinn today stood solidly today behind his opposition to allowing concealed weapons in Illinois even though Wisconsin is on the verge of becoming the 49th state with some form of such a law.
"We must ensure the safety of our neighborhoods, and allowing concealed carry does not advance that goal," Quinn's office said in a statement. "Our streets need to be safer, and a concealed carry law would put first responders and the public at risk by allowing more weapons – hidden weapons – in public places."
But the leading proponent of allowing concealed weapons in Illinois sees the Wisconsin legislature's to approve a concealed carry measure as a boost to his cause.
Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, said Wisconsin will give him momentum for a potential vote when Illinois lawmakers return for the fall session.
"It's embarrassing. We're the last one," said Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg. "Every other state tends to believe this is a right, not a privilege, and they have let their law-abiding citizens do it, and I don't know why we should be any different."
Phelps' legislation failed in the House by six votes in the spring. Phelps said he would consider retooling his legislation, including crafting a proposal that would allow citizens in every county except Cook to carry concealed weapons.
"It's going to be considered even more now because we are the last one," Phelps said. "We've got to do something. We don't want to leave anybody out, but you know what? We've got to start looking at things, and maybe try a different approach."
Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago, said he is willing to search for a middle ground on the concealed weapons issue.
"My belief is that I'm actually open minded," said Raoul, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "I tend to think that both sides of the debate need to, in earnest, look at public safety. This notion that, 'If we allow everybody to carry a gun, the streets are going to be safer,' I don't believe that that is the case. The notion that if we do everything to prohibit anybody from having a gun, the streets are going to be safer,' I don't believe that either. The truth lies somewhere in between."
"Instead of being a battle," he added, "there needs to be a discussion and negotiations and a study of what will actually make our streets safer with regards to gun policy."
But Raoul said he does not "buy the garbage" that every state has a law similar to those proposed in Illinois because some are stricter and others are looser. He said proponents are glossing over the differences in state laws when they argue that Illinois stands alone. Raoul said any comparison of state laws also needs to be done in the light of the different characteristics of the states.
"You can't compare Wisconsin to the state of Illinois, as you can't compare the state of Utah or Idaho or many of those largely rural states with a state like Illinois, which has a metropolis like the city of Chicago, where young people are dying on the streets every day," Raoul said.
In the House, Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago, is a longtime opponent of concealed weapons proposals and said no one is safer by carrying them.
"In fact, by the time they get the gun out, it may well be too late. And to the extent they get the gun out early, they may well be causing pain and harm and damage to a family member," Currie said.
"We have enough mayhem, enough gun violence without the opportunity for people to carry concealed weaponry on their persons," Currie added.
She also opposed any attempt to allow individual counties within Illinois to have different laws.
"I just don't think that it makes sense for anybody to wander the streets with a gun concealed in his or her pocket," Currie said.
Sen. William Haine, D-Alton, is a former state's attorney from Madison County who passed a proposal several years ago that would have allowed retired police officers and prison officials to carry concealed weapons. The measure, which passed narrowly, received support from then-state Sen. Barack Obama, who was campaigning for U.S. Senate at the time.
Haine said he believed the Illinois Senate could pass a concealed weapons proposal but argued the biggest hurdle is in the House.
Republican Sen. Larry Bomke, who represents the Springfield area, said he supported having a broader concealed carry law and has sponsored legislation in the Senate to allow judges to carry concealed weapons. "All the other states can't be wrong and Illinois right," Bomke said. "I think it's time we seriously look at passing some form of concealed carry."


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Bats (蝙蝠, Kōmori) were used by Rinji. Rinji had the ability to use ultrasonic waves to use the Bat Controlling technique so that he could communicate with bats, and they could likewise communicate with him. He was able to give them orders, such as to search the area around him.
Once Rinji took control of his bats, he could command them to produce high frequency ultrasonic waves that affect the mind of the opponent. These bats proved to be an effective counter to the Crystal Release; the ultrasound waves moved at a frequency that broke down the crystal at a molecular level, allowing the dispersion of crystal particles back into the air.
In the Six-Tails Unleashed arc, Tonbee summoned a bat that quickly transformed into a scroll.[1]
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Defending Carolina Challenge Cup champion Houston Dynamo took the first step toward a second title Saturday night, defeating tournament host Charleston Battery of the USL First Division, 1-0. Ronald Cerritos' 74th-minute free kick was all it took in the scrappy affair that saw the Battery bunker in for much of the match.
"They sat in pretty much in their own half, so they made it difficult to break them down," said Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear. "We started getting some balls in over the top. That finally opened some things up for us in the second half."
The Battery, the only non-MLS club participating in the annual pre-season tournament, had only six days to prepare for the opening match of the third annual tournament. Houston, D.C. United, and Red Bull New York had all been training since February 1. The round robin tournament, which runs through next Saturday, is all three of the MLS clubs' final pre-season games before the season opens April 1.
The free kick was the result of one of the searching balls played out of the Houston defense, run onto by Dwayne De Rosario. Battery defender Chris Gores was whistled for a shoulder-to-shoulder challenge on De Rosario as they both chased after what would probably been an otherwise innocuous ball. Cerritos stepped up and neatly lobbed the ball from 22 yards out over the six-man Battery wall into the top left corner, freezing Battery goalkeeper Dusty Hudock on his line.
Despite its defensive stance, the Battery created the first scoring chance of the game. In the 19th minute, Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad was forced to dive through traffic to collect a low-driven cross with two Battery attackers lurking on the far post.
Shortly after, the game was suspended due to a problem with the Blackbaud Stadium lighting. After nearly 45 minutes, play resumed, though neither team was able to establish any rhythm until well into the second half. Not having played a game in more than a week, Kinnear ran out what is effectively his starting 11 for much of the match, missing only Brian Ching, who is in Germany with the U.S. national team, and Brad Davis, who was unavailable due to injury.
Though Houston maintained a good hold on the game, the Battery came close to equalizing in injury time. Throwing everyone forward on a free kick from the right flank, Gores got on the end of well-taken free kick, heading just over the crossbar.
"There are some good things and some bad things we can take from this game," Kinnear said. "It gives us a good indication of what we need to work on."
Houston Dynamo (1-0-0) vs. Charleston Battery (0-1-0)
March 18, 2006 -- Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston SC
Carolina Challenge Cup
Scoring Summary:
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Kevin Goldthwaite (Marcus Storey 75), Eddie Robinson (Ryan Cochrane 15), Wade Barrett, Kelly Gray, Ricardo Clark, Dwayne De Rosario, Brian Mullan, Alejandro Moreno, Ronald Cerritos (Stuart Holden 75).
Charleston Battery -- Dusty Hudock, Chris Brunt, Mark Watson (Brandan Curran 46), Chris Gores, Chris Corcoran, Jeff Mateo, Ugo Okoye (Jordie Huges 80), Andres Perez (Armando Romero 46), Luke Vercollone, Ben Hollingsworth, Alon Lubezky (Gavin Glinton 46).
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Every generation has its "Where were you . . . ?" moment. The Baby Boomers had Kennedy, Gen X had Challenger and the Millennials, 9-11. Though the tragedies themselves transpired in seconds, the duration of the national mourning continues indefinitely.A sign that it's ebbed is when it becomes acceptable to make light of the tragedies with humor. Some will argue that it's never socially acceptable. The fact is, such jokes are inevitable.
Consider the Kennedy-themed analogue to "Does a bear shit in the woods?" that asks "Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress?"; or the schoolyard definition of "NASA" as "'Need Another Seven Astronauts'"; and squinty-eyed comic Gilbert Gottfried's riff that he couldn't catch a direct flight to Hugh Hefner's Friars Club Roast because "they said they have to stop at the Empire State Building first."
The heckle "Too soon" can probably trace its coinage to that particular evening, which came a mere three weeks after the attacks. Famously, after being admonished by the otherwise silent crowd, Gottfried pivoted into his legendary performance of "The Aristocrats," the protracted, super-blue gag that became the highlight of the documentary of the same title. (It's never too soon for scatological humor.)
As Dr. Millicent H. Abel of Western Carolina University observed in her paper "Humor, Stress and Coping Strategies," "humor has been described as producing a cognitive-affective shift or a restructuring of the situation so that it is less threatening, with a concomitant release of emotion associated with the perceived threat."
In this light, humor inspired by national tragedies is an understandable, if awkward, response. It also might be necessary as a means of reframing that which is beyond our control in a manner that lets us confront and disarm it—essentially, to make it laughable.
In 2009, CollegeHumor.com released an expertly rendered sketch featuring a trio of stormtroopers reminiscing about the Death Star as if it were the World Trade Center. Though this may sound like a glib undertaking, the video proved an adept exercise in mapping the phenomenon of 9-11 onto the Star Wars universe as a way to explore the anxieties of a post-9-11 world.
In under two minutes, the flick covers conspiracy theories (Emperor Palpatine planned the attack to "justify going to Hoth"), the notion of rebuilding (lest the "Jedis win") and the frustrating inability to find "one guy hiding out in a cave somewhere in Dagobah." More importantly, it opens a dialogue on cross-cultural understanding. As one stormtrooper opines, "Just because someone believes in the Force doesn't mean they're going to go blow up a space station, all right?"
Yes, it's a silly line. But in its way, it's also true. In some ways it's reductive and patronizing, in other ways it affirms some of our core values. Just because it's funny doesn't mean it's laughable.