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The Storyteller of Livingstone
One of the most popular people at The Royal Livingstone Hotel is the official storyteller, Edward Minyoi.
Edward will most likely be the first person you meet at the hotel, as he will greet you in his colourful dress, waving his arms and singing.
He hails from the Lozi tribe in western Zambia, a people who, strangely, have a bond with the Scottish.
"We wear a dress like the Scottish. But the difference is we put something on underneath, whereas the Scottish men don't. It became part of our tradition in the 18th century," he says.
Having started as a barman at the hotel in 2001, Edward quickly discovered that he loved to talk with the guests and tell them his stories.
It wasn't long before guests from as far as Europe and America were booking at the hotel and asking about the famous storyteller they'd heard about.
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Conspiracy For Good nominated for awards
Conspiracy For Good that was played last summer in the streets of London, and before that all around the world online and with mobile phones, is nominated for some of the top prizes in interactive media.
The media festival South By Southwest (SXSW) gives out awards every year for interactive works, and Conspiracy For Good has been nominated in the mobile category. Cool! SXSW takes place in Austin, TX, March 11.-20., and the award gala will be March 15th.
The last time The Company P won an International Interactive Emmy was a few years ago with Sanningen om Marika at MIPTV in Emmy. That award was for Best Interactive Tv Service. Now we're nominated for the same award again. The name is no the Interactive Digital Emmy, though, and the category Digital Fiction. The lightning-winged Emmy goddess might end up in our hands on April 4th in Cannes.
Exciting! 🙂
PS. If you missed Conspiracy For Good, here's a great video that explains the whole giant of an experience in a few minutes.
The Golden Dragon!
The main event of the roleplaying year, Ropecon, is just behind us. For seven years this is where the lifetime award Golden Dragon has been given to roleplaying luminaries, people whose games I've played as a kid, whose stores I've frequented and whose magazines I've read. In other words, I have quite alot of respect for these Grand Old Men of Finnish roleplaying.
Therefore I was both proud and humbled to receive the same recognition. In my thank you speech I was very touched but managed to speak for the future of the hobby.
A summary of the Finnish press release:
Mike Pohjola has been influential in the field since the mid 90s. His live roleplaying games have been played in cultural centers and art galleries. His publications include the roleplaying games Myrskyn aika (2003), Star Wreck Roleplaying Game (2006), and Tähti (2007). In addition Pohjola has published Sanaleikkikirja (2008), and the YA novel Kadonneet kyyneleet (2008).
Pohjola is also a founding member in The Company P, that won the International Emmy for Best Interactive Tv Service in 2008 for Sanningen om Marika. Right now he's working on The Conspiracy For Good mega-project that premiered last Saturday in London. The Nokia-sponsored Conspiracy For Good is a project that combines participatory storytelling and gaming and lets players search clues with new mobile technology to progress in the story and help charities. The creative visionary of the project is Tim Kring, the showrunner of the tv show Heroes.
Thank you so much! It's a really great feeling to be recognized by your own people in such a way.
The story of the Conspiracy For Good has begun…
The Conspiracy For Good is a combination of participatory storytelling, gaming and attempt to support real-life NGOs and charities. The story has now begun in earnest, so you can go check out the latest videos on the blog daily. Our story begins in Zambia:
Conspiracy For Goodin website has lots more videos, discussions and riddles… What is Blackwell Briggs doing in Zambia and can we stop it? Where are Missä David, Nadirah, and Ann Marie now?
Recapping the Conspiracy for Good
Here's a three-minute recap of the Conspiracy for Good so far. Join the movement, become a nonmember! Remember, this is just the beginning…
The Conspiracy for Good
What is this I'm Not a Member thing? It's all to do with The company P's, Tim "Heroes" Kring's and Nokia's new game/media/activism project, where we want to create a conspiracy for good. It's a balancing force to such well-known villains as the mega-corporation Blackwell Briggs. Tim Kring explains the concept:
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Knutepunkt, day four: Saturday
I may have forgotten several key details about last night, including a strange improvised midnight quest with one master Daniel Krauklis. Also, I met a man with long fingernails and long blonde hair, whom the Norwegians had dubbed "The young Mike Pohjola." Nice fellow, so not exactly like me.
I had signed up for lots of programme Saturday morning, but slept through most of it, only waking up in time to attend the end discussion of Jiituomas Harviainen's lecture where they talked about the differences and similarities between ritual and larp. A shame I missed it, but fortunately there will be articles coming up on the topic.
I woke Martin up, dragged him to lunch, and we started rigging up for our presentation. I'm not often hungover, but for some unknown reason that curse afflicted me this day. Head aching, nausea, confusion, all that good stuff.
The Knutepunkt practical arrangements were well taken care of, but I often noticed problems with the tech department. Sound cables missing, extension cords nowhere to be found, video projectors not set up in time, and so on. The guys working the tech were doing the best they could, but I think they simply didn't have enough gear. Later in the evening I ended up borrowing my laptop to Erlend and Katri Lassila so they could show their films, that were apparently unplayable on the equipment at hand.
After everything was set up, we did our hour-and-a-half presentation, starting with Sanningen om Marika, and moving on from there. We created a sort of narrative around the fact that after last year's Solmukohta we were just getting ready to fly to Cannes for the International Emmy Gala.
When we told the little tale of us sitting there in the gala, applying nail polish and flipping the passive media off, and winning the damn statue… people started applauding. That was a real nice, warm moment. We, both of us, had spent so many years being the annoying guys in black, making outrageous claims and being accused for destroying the hobby by taking it in all the wrong directions, this was a great sense of community. No bitterness, no envy, just joy. (And rightly so, since we strongly feel this is the Nordic larpdom combining with traditional tv.)
Then we talked in length about Dollplay, and very, very, very briefly about two projects in the pipeline: The Artists and TEVA. To summarize: "We can't really say anything about these." "But maybe we can say which country it will begin in?" "Well, it may begin in some individual country, or perhaps not."
The last programme for me, apart from Erlend's film, was a jeepform game in the style of talk show. The idea was to do a sort of "This Is Your Life" kind of show with the audience improvising/roleplaying key points in the person's life. It's nice to make these kinds of experiments, but I didn't really think it worked. It was just over-long impro theatre with no unifying plot, and no point.
After the programme there was plenty of hanging out, and visiting strange parties. The Czechs held a party in their cabin, serving foul tasting alcohol which I countered by bringing them some salmiakki. People sang songs from their native countries, which was surprisingly nationalistic for Knutepunkt, so I introduced myself as coming from the klingon homeworld. I was asked to sing klingon opera, but opted out playing a scene from the tragedy of Khamlet. (Jaakko approved, saying it's much better in the original Klingon.)
Jukka and Hakkis ran two drinking workshops this year, instead of just the one. One was a secret drinking workshop, so I can't really talk about that. The other one was a fifteen-minute port wine workshop (porttivartti) where we were joined by a really drunk and young Faroese first-timer, whom I dubbed Junior. He didn't know who anybody was, which we found hilarious. Had we been less arrogant and drunk, we might've told him, but such was not the way of the Knutepunkt Saturday night.
The Company P now works with Tim Kring
The Company P is not resting on its laurels after Dollplay with Joss Whedon, but moving forwards. Tim Kring and The Company P are joining up to create the massively participatory experience TEVA. The first part is launching in the UK.
It's still super secret, but there's slightly more information on the P blog…


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Former assassin turned intelligence operative.
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Without Remorse : Although he is good at fighting and an excellent marksman, Augustus tends to turn a blind eye to any innocents harmed as a result. When lining up a shot Augustus may be so focus he forgets about his own physical well being.
- Academics: 6 (German, Russian, Czech.)
- Athletics: 7
- Perception: 5
- Sneak: 8
- Ranged Weapons: 7
- Melee Weapons: 4
- Physical Defense: 5
- Mental Defense: 4
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- Mind: 4
- Action Points: 3
- Load Limit: 12
- XP Held: 1
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- Subcutaneous Tracker - Augustus autofails any stealth roll to sneak up on personal while on base.
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He caught the attention of the Foundation during the containment of SCP-████ where he had managed to sneak onto the containment site and kill Dr.██████ . The security breach had gone unnoticed until Augustus was seen leaving the office, when he was caught by security staff. Several classified files were found on his person, but he would not admit to who had hired him.
Despite several problems with his psychiatric assessments, Augustus was later hired by the Foundation for his ability to remain hidden and gain information.
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Opened 6 years ago
Closed 14 months ago
#12537 closed enhancement (duplicate)
Perhaps BridgeDB should supply decoys
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|bridgedb-email, sql-injection, XKEYSCORE, forthelulz
|isis, phw
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The opposition would like to enumerate bridges and does stuff like this:
// START_DEFINITION requires grammar version 5 /** * Identify clients accessing Tor bridge information. */ fingerprint('anonymizer/tor/bridge/tls') = ssl_x509_subject('bridges.torproject.org') or ssl_dns_name('bridges.torproject.org'); /** * Database Tor bridge information extracted from confirmation emails. */ fingerprint('anonymizer/tor/bridge/email') = email_address('email@example.com') and email_body('https://bridges.torproject.org/' : c++ extractors: {{ bridges[] = /bridge\s([0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}):?([0-9]{2,4}?[^0-9])/; }} init: {{ xks::undefine_name("anonymizer/tor/torbridges/emailconfirmation"); }} main: {{ static const std::string SCHEMA_OLD = "tor_bridges"; static const std::string SCHEMA_NEW = "tor_routers"; static const std::string FLAGS = "Bridge"; if (bridges) { for (size_t i=0; i < bridges.size(); ++i) { std::string address = bridges[i][0] + ":" + bridges[i][1]; DB[SCHEMA_OLD]["tor_bridge"] = address; DB.apply(); DB[SCHEMA_NEW]["tor_ip"] = bridges[i][0]; DB[SCHEMA_NEW]["tor_port_or"] = bridges[i][1]; DB[SCHEMA_NEW]["tor_flags"] = FLAGS; DB.apply(); } xks::fire_fingerprint("anonymizer/tor/directory/bridge"); } return true; }}); // END_DEFINITION
(from http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/xkeyscorerules100.txt)
If some of the bridge IPs they managed to scrape in this fashion were randomly generated decoys, they would have to do more work to explicitly test them.
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comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by
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comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by
As I see it, the user requesting the bridges can't tell the decoys apart from the actual bridges or the extracting adversary would be able do to the same.
(I was expecting China to do this extraction, but not the USA. China might still do it, too.)
What's the clients (probably only relevant for TB) current behavior for entering decoys (as well as working bridges)? Like, will there be a warning to the user that 3 out of 6 bridges didn't respond?
Some of the randomly generated addresses (most in IPv4 will, in IPv6 not so much) will be actually in use. Is it nice to put the machines (and operators/owners) behind those IP addresses in a database?
Considering the adversary is adapting its filter by only keeping entires in the database that get repeatedly extracted, since the real addresses aren't changing all that often, but random addresses are possibly random all the time, I think that BridgeDB should generated decoys at random and send the same decoys to multiple users. It shouldn't refresh the decoys too often.
End of ticket related content.
(The NSA and whoever else might watch me for posting to the Tor mailing lists, or running bridges, which got my name attached to them, or just for connecting to the network or simply visiting this website, but that's what I put myself into.)
(I don't want to open another ticket, because I think it's not worth it, but it is related. Since Tor users are expected to check the signature of their Tor (or TB) copy with PGP, bridge requesting users could provide their public-key in the message body or as attachment and BridgeDB sends an encrypted email to them. It's not worth it in my eyes, because PGP has to be deployed on the server and fed with user-provided input, in normal case the key, which has to be stored at least temporary, what's not making me that sad since the adversary would be able to extract the key from the email in the first place. The major downside is that if it is optional, the adversary will get the bridges from those that do not make use of this feature. And if it is forced, this makes it much more difficult for people to get bridges. EDIT: Found #12536)
comment:3 Changed 6 years ago by
The VPN Gate folks do something along these lines, and apparently it also frustrated the GFW people who were scraping the distribution page (and ended up blocking several fairly large websites). I have heard from people that bridgedb did this in the past but does not anymore, but I do not recall the reasons for this.
See section 4.2 of https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/nsdi14/nsdi14-paper-nobori.pdf
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Errata Security
Advanced persistent cybersecurity
Friday, July 04, 2014
Jamming XKeyScore
Back in the day there was talk about "jamming echelon" by adding keywords to email that the echelon system was supposedly looking for. We can do the same thing for XKeyScore: jam the system with more information than it can handle. (I enumerate the bugs I find in the code as "xks-00xx").
For example, when sending emails, just send from the address "bridges at torproject.org" and in the email body include:
bridge = 0.0.0.1:443
bridge = 0.0.0.2:443
bridge = 0.0.0.3:443
Continue this for megabytes worth of bridges (xks-0001), and it'll totally mess up XKeyScore. It has no defense against getting flooded with information like this, as far as I can see.
Hi. I maintain and develop BridgeDB.
For what it's worth, the released XKS rules would not have worked against
BridgeDB for over a year now. I have no knowledge of what regexes are
currently in use in XKS deployments, nor if the apparent typos are errors in
the original documents, or rather typos in one of the various levels of
transcriptions which may have occurred in the editing process. If these typos
were at some point in the original rules running on XKS systems, then *no*
bridges would have been harvested due to various faults. None.
Ergo, as Jacob has pointed out to me, the regexes which are released should be
assumed to be several years out of date, and also shouldn't be assumed to be
representative of the entire ruleset of any deployed XKS system.
I am willing to implement tricks against specific problems with them, mostly
for the lulz, because fuck the NSA. But it should be assumed that the actual
regexes have perhaps been updated, and that highly specific tricks are not
likely to land.
The ticket for this, by the way, was created by Andrea this afternoon, it's
#12537: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/12537
Note that the regex only cares about 1 to 3 digit numbers, that means the following will be accepted by the system (xks-0002):
bridge = 75.748.86.91:80
The port number matches on 2 to 4 digits ([0-9]{2,4}). Therefore, bridges with port numbers below 10 and above 9999 will be safe. I don't know if this code reflect a limitation in Tor, or but assuming high/low ports are possible, this can be used to evade detection (xks-0011).
Strangely, when the port number is parsed, it'll capture the first non-digit character after the port number (xks-0012). This is normally whitespace, but we could generate an email with 256 entries, trying every possible character. A character like < or ' might cause various problems in rendering on an HTML page or generating SQL queries.
Interesting. I'm glad someone else is paying that close of attention to these
regexes. I'd totally take a patch which implements the BridgeDB equivalent of
little Bobby'); DROP TABLE Students. https://xkcd.com/327/
Granted, as I said above, it likely won't land. But for the lulz. :)
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comment:5 Changed 6 years ago by
|isis added
|bridgedb-email sql-injection XKEYSCORE forthelulz added
|normal → minor
|defect → enhancement
comment:6 Changed 3 years ago by
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Set all open tickets without a severity to "Normal"
comment:7 Changed 22 months ago by
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comment:8 Changed 17 months ago by
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Moving from Sponsor 19 to Sponsor 30.
comment:9 Changed 14 months ago by
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It sounds like phw has been doing this recently.
- Set up decoy bridge that's handed out to BridgeDB crawlers
17:48:32 <phw> i recently set up a decoy bridge that is handed out to requests that are coming from bots. the only purpose of this decoy bridge is to try and find out what our adversaries are doing with it
comment:10 Changed 14 months ago by
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Yes, this feature was implemented in #31252. I'm closing this ticket as a duplicate.


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More people are being diagnosed with eating disorders, possibly as a consequence of society's emphasis on and preoccupation with thinness. Eating disorders are conditions that involve genetic, biological, psychosocial, and environmental factors. In North America, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common eating disorders. More women than men are affected by eating disorders.
Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric condition in which people restrict their food intake or use behaviours to prevent weight gain, because of an intense fear of becoming fat or obese. In reality, people affected by this condition are almost always underweight or of normal weight when the condition starts. This disorder usually starts in the years between adolescence and young adulthood, with the average age of onset at 18 years. Women are more affected by anorexia than men. Current statistics say that in their lifetimes, 9 in 1000 females and 3 in 1000 males will be diagnosed with anorexia. However, in 2013 the diagnostic criteria were modified to be less restrictive, and by this newer understanding, these numbers are an underestimation.
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by repeated and uncontrolled or compulsive binge eating, followed by inappropriate ways of trying to get rid of the food eaten. Most often, this involves purging by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives, enemas, or diuretics. It's also sometimes called the "binge-purge syndrome." Some people with bulimia don't purge, but will binge-eat (consuming as many as 20,000 calories at one time) and then compensate for binge eating sessions with other behaviours such as fasting or over-exercising. A person with bulimia may secretly binge anywhere from once a week to several times a day.
Bulimia commonly appears in the latter part of adolescence or early adulthood, but it can develop at an earlier or later age. Like anorexia, the median age of onset for bulimia is 18 years. Bulimia also affects women more than men: about 3 times as many women as men will have it in their lifetimes.
Binge eating disorder is characterized by the same uncontrollable binge eating that is seen in bulimia nervosa, but without any purging behaviours after binge eating episodes. This condition is distinct from overeating or obesity. Previously, clinicians used the category "eating disorders not otherwise specified" to capture all eating disorders not meeting the criteria for anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, but in 2013 binge eating disorder was recognized as a unique diagnosis.


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The Benefits of Getting the Best Biker Jewelry
Since time immemorial, bikers have been known to go after chunky and bold jewelry that symbolizes them being powerful and fast. They are just in love with the idea of macabre images that mirror mortality or death. Most bikers are unique in their taste and preference. This is why they even look that much scarier if they wear scary jewelry such as skull rings. Biker jewelry is already something that is familiar to a lot of people. In fact, a lot of people now prefer to wear these dark symbols as well.
The skull has been a classic symbol for bikers from across the world and across cultures. It has become popular once again because of how the recent designs and styles of jewelry in the market have incorporated them. Even fashion designers themselves have paid close attention to the skull symbol where up until this day, it will always be of utmost significance. Since bikers have been admiring and loving skulls, they always make it a point to include them in their logos.
Biker jewelry utilizing dangerous symbols always entice a lot of people given its mystery. Humans have been proven to grow fear when it comes to things that they do not understand. A skull representing death is a symbol of fear. For a long time, several people are easily attracted when it comes to these types of jewelry. With the highly advanced technology, a lot of biker jewelry manufacturers make it their effort to improve their ways.
Biker rings and skull rings have also become very popular. They are not only associated with dangerous subculture but also they have a fascinating aesthetic and a rich symbolism. For those people who are interested in increasing their style level up a notch should decide to go with this type of unique and stylish rings. The materials of biker jewelry are typically 316L stainless steel. In comparison to biker jewelry materials in the past, the new ones are filled with details and are more durable.
People tend to connect riding a motorcycle with dangerous crime and activity because of the many outlaw bikers that associate with it. This is why the skull symbol is always fitting in the biker subculture. This is also why in the many years that have passed, biker clubs consider them as identification and patches. Skull symbols in this subculture may include the grim reaper as well as winged skulls. These modifications and symbols have given a whole new meaning to the skull symbol. This is one reason why they will always remain in the fashion scene for quite some time.
Selling biker jewelry is always of benefit to the seller because clients are easily attracted to their interesting design and unusual style. They also easily go well with other types of jewelry such as cuff links, necklaces, bracelets, and pendants.


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10. Leonardo Da Vinci - There's an old saying that the spit or strand of hair from Da Vinci would be a masterpiece and a timeless collector's item that's priceless to even the richest of modern man.
9. Alexander the Great - They most certainly wouldn't have called him "The Great" for so many centuries till this day if he weren't. King of Macedonia!
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7. William Shakespeare - A man of many talents he was and still is as his name has been preserved for centuries and may even last a lifetime from now too. Most commonly known for his playwrights.
6. Adolf Hitler - The world has known several megalomaniacs who still stands in their test of time and is measured by their scale of global impacting world disruption and high profiled terrorist attacks that have cut a huge scar on the world that cannot be reversed or fathomed to the last grit of its extent, but only to be moved on from.
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Tibet is a country of stunning beauty, vastness, and cultural richness. It is the world's highest region and is located on the Tibetan Plateau. Tibet has many of highest mountains on Earth. With elevations above 20,000 to 29,000 feet, several are among the top 10 highest mountains in the world.
Mount Everest, at 29,029 feet, is the highest mountain in the world, and is located on the border with Nepal. Some call it the "Third Pole." With the mountains and immense landscapes, rivers, mountain lakes, and vast expanse of the blue sky, the air is invigorating and the views are breathtaking.
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Now available for Windows and Windows Phone 8 is a new word game sensation by the makers of the much loved Wordament! Wordament: Snap Attack is basically Scrabble on steroids! It's a fast-paced game where you work with a set of letters and a game board to try and build as many words as possible in a crossword-style grid. Check out the trailer and head past the break to download:
Wordament Snap Attack® is a brand-new, fast-paced word-building tournament that challenges your brain in 2 1/2-minute rounds. Players from around the world compete on the same board, using the same clock, making as many Snaps as possible. At the end of each round, a real-time leaderboard shows how all participants ranked by score.
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Parkes Wilshire Johnson is a leading law firm serving London and is based in Cockfosters, in Barnet, North London
Parkes Wilshire Johnson has strong roots within Cockfosters with the practice serving the area for over 80 year. They pride themselves on their knowledgeable, friendly and professional approach and have received special recognition from the Law society as they have been accredited as a Conveyancing Quality Firm.
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Merger arbitrage investors are braced for a second consecutive month of losses with a string of unexpected upsets leading to a difficult period for the hedge fund strategy.
Arbitrageurs – who invest during takeovers in the hope of capturing the difference between the target's stock price and the eventual value of a deal – finished down slightly in May, according to Hedge Fund Research's global data.
With a week left to run in June, the strategy is down a further 1.38 per cent, leaving it scarcely in the black for the year.
That leaves deal investors facing back-to-back months of negative performance for the first time since late 2008, when the financial crisis hit markets.
Merger arbitrage funds have enjoyed successive quarters of inflows as investors eye a pick-up in deals as the global economy recovers. The sector has more than $18bn under management globally.
However, in recent weeks several transactions have faltered, dealing a blow to those betting on speedy returns. Heightened equity market volatility has also increased fears that discussions will be shelved and parties will find it harder to agree deals.
Last week, Avis Budget's $1bn agreement to buy Avis Europe sent shares in US rival DollarThrifty tumbling almost 10 per cent as hopes of a bidding war between the car hire operator and Hertzevaporated.
Nasdaq last month halted its pursuit of NYSE Euronext, after US regulators threatened to block a deal. Canadian miner Lundin abandoned plans to sell itself after bids failed to impress the board.
"The last six weeks have been very difficult," said one merger arbitrage investor. "There is definitely a de-risking going on ... People get gun-shy."
In Europe, the UK Takeover Panel last month denied an appeal from Kalahari Minerals to let China Guangdong Nuclear Power lower its indicative price in talks with the Aim-listed group. Other deals, including News Corp's bid for BSkyB, are tied up awaiting government approvals.
"If deals break when interest rates and spreads are so low, it really begs the question: is it worth the risk?" said one fund of fund manager.
With inflows of $706m in the first quarter, the strategy has so far remained in favour.
Ric Thomas, head of alternative investments at State Street, has raised his allocation to merger arbitrage in the past couple of years.
"[However,] across the board – not just in hedge funds but the whole world of investing – there are not a lot of cheap, screamingly obvious strategies right now," he said.
Those investing in so-called special situations – usually more speculative transactions – have also had a tough time.
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This College facility located in SI Block offers students breakfast from 8.00am as well as morning tea and lunch. A wide range of healthy food is offered with a special menu for the Junior School.
A range of specials are also available on each day of the week for Senior School students. Examples of meals include:
- Sushi and Fried Rice (Wednesdays)
- Taco Sub
- Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta
- Bacon and Tomato Pasta
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- Chicken and Gravy Roll
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The National Braai Day TV show, Jan Braai vir Erfenis made its long awaited debut on Friday 8 Jule. It will air every Friday at 17:30 on kykNET, with repeats on Saturdays at 13:00, Sundays at 08:00 and Mondays at 03:00. We realise that you might want to do some of the things that we did on the show yourself. As such we will weekly post all the relevant info for each episode, here on www.braai.com
Day 1: Pick & Pay Cape Argus, Table Mountain
This year was my twentieth Argus tour. The Argus was first held in 1978 and goes right around the Cape Peninsula, in other words, it goes right around Table Mountain and thus also passes through large parts of the Table Mountain National Park. It was a fitting start to the tour as I could not only celebrate twenty years on the Argus tour but we could also braai in our first World Heritage Site of the tour, the Cape Floral Kingdom. If you want to enter the Argus tour, go to http://www.cycletour.co.za
After about 3 and a half hours of relaxed cycling I arrived at the top of the last hill of the tour Suikerbossie, where crew member Frans and cameraman Timmy were waiting with a braai. I jumped off the bike for a quick boerewors braai; ate a boerewors roll and then proceeded to the finish line of the cycle tour in Greenpoint.
After the race we went to the top of Table Mountain with the cable car to enjoy the spectacular views. As the sun started to dip we rode down to the lower cable way station where the CEO of the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company, Sabine Lehmann and head of Table Mountain's 7 Wonders campaign Fiona Furey hosted us to a braai. We mainly spoke about getting people to vote for Table Mountain in the 7 Natural Wonders of the World campaign. Go to www.votefortablemountain.com and cast your vote.
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Before leaving Cape Town on the morning of day 2 we braaied with my friend Seth Rotherham, the man behind the hugely popular 2oceansvibe.com website and GQ's best dressed man of 2010. He is the spokesman for the laid-back Cape Town lifestyle and has even had a Butlers pizza named after him. In this spirit we decided to launch the Rotherhamburger. It is a decadent chicken burger topped with feta, bacon, mozzarella and salami. Recipe for Rotherhamburger available here.
Next we headed out to Stellenbosch. It is a place very close to my heart as it is the place where my father taught me how to braai; where I meet up with my friends for a drink at De Akker and where the best wine in the world is made. We celebrated South Africa's wine heritage at De Akker, one of the oldest bars in South Africa, where I had a braai with Valiant Swart. We stuck with a classic braai combination of lamb chops and Boerewors, provided by Eikeboom butchery.
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On day three of the tour we went to Lamberts Bay, or as the locals for some reason call it, the "Diamond of the West Coast". Here we celebrated the Seafood Heritage of South Africa with a braai at Muisbosskerm. And that evening we slept soundly at the Sir Lamberts Guesthouse.
- The awesome Isuzu bakkies we drove in was supplied by Barloworld Bruma.
- Freddy Hirsch was responsible for liasing with all the local butcheries who provided us with meat.
- Klipdrift is the official drink of any real man at a braai and made sure that we could always make ourselves at home, and keep our throats wet.
- All of the clothes worn by me (Jan Braai) on the show can be purchased at Cape Union Mart, and is good quality for money for any traveler, or braaier.


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Are you aging faster than normal? Many people all over the world are complaining about early aging. Not only is the complaint about the early physical manifestations of aging, but also age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, cancer, chronic fatigue, heart diseases and many more.
These diseases in the past were only common with the elderly population but these days more and more younger people are also suffering from them. What can be causing this? Let us try and find out.
People tend to age faster when:
- they eat a lot of sugar
- they are constantly exposed to pollutants in the environment as well as chemical toxins
- their immune system has been weakened because of a compromised digestive system
- they have been exposed too much to UV light
- there's fluctuation in their testosterone or estrogen levels
- they lead a very stressful life
- they don't get enough sleep
All of these things can cause early aging. Why so? The simple answer is inflammation.
Inflammation is the body's way of protecting itself against harmful invaders and damage. It does the body good however as with anything there is also what we call as bad inflammation. This inflammation happens even when there is no invader. Examples of bad inflammation are seen in atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Inflammation is also to blame for the wrinkles and fine lines you see on your skin. Although inflammation is a part of the body's defense mechanism the free radicals produced in the process can cause collagen to break down and therefore compromising the structure of the skin. Not only can this result to wrinkles, skin sagging and thinning of the skin, this can also lead to slow healing of wounds.
Chronic Inflammation and Intrinsic Aging
Many factors can trigger chronic inflammation. Munching too much on processed food products, eating a diet that is high in complex carbohydrates, having low protein and low fat intake, not eating enough vegetables, not drinking enough water and even too much exercising can lead to chronic inflammation. This will then lead to intrinsic aging or aging of the skin from within.
Chronic Inflammation and Extrinsic Aging
External factors can also cause inflammation. These include too much sun exposure, or too much time in tanning booths. When you constantly expose yourself to UV light the body will have an inflammatory response as its way to protect the skin from the damaging effects of UV rays. The body's inflammatory response then triggers the production of metalloproteinases which are enzymes that break down the skin leading to wrinkles and sagging. There is also a disturbance in the production of collagen and stimulation in elastin production which contribute to the skin's early and rapid aging.
Now that you are aware of the factors that can make you age faster, do your best to avoid them.
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In 2011, Vincent Harding, James and Phil Lawson founded the National Council of Elders to engage leaders of 20th century civil rights movements to share what they have learned with young leaders of the 21st century and to promote the theory and practice of nonviolence. The founders shared a sense of urgency caused by the escalation of all forms of violence and the rise of anti-democratic forces. Their intent was to increase and deepen important story-based dialogue with younger activists who are currently on the frontlines of activism across the U.S. Still active themselves, the Elders would play their part on current frontlines, sharing what they learned from the successes and failures of 20th century civil rights efforts.
From these origins, NCOE has become a council of 35 elders/activists who meet twice annually to analyze the current political landscape and to advance its work. Elders join with younger leaders to confront the escalation of all forms of violence and the rise of anti-democratic forces, using a framework that spans civil and human rights. NCOE embraces co-mentorship that shares analysis, strategies and skills across generations.
The National Council of Elders, as a whole or small groups or individuals, welcomes invitations from younger 21st century leaders to join in dialogue or action. These interactions combine an analysis of what has worked and what has not with the creation of new ideas to advance the work of today. These exchanges can be in person or face to face or through using current video technology. No one among the Elders is retired because of the shared belief that there is no retirement from the freedom movement, which lives in voice and deed.
Statement of Mission and Purpose
We are 20th century organizers committed to the theory and practice of nonviolence, united to engage with organizers of the 21st century.
We are urgently called to this mission by the escalation of all forms of violence and the rise of anti-democratic forces.
We are working toward a United States free of the domination of racism, sexism, militarism, materialism, economic inequality, and the destruction of the natural world.


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April 30, 2014 -- Datakit, a leading CAD Data Exchange Company, will be visiting Stuttgart Control Messe, GE, 2014 May 6-9: http://www.control-messe.de/en/control/.
This is a great opportunity to meet major CMM software vendors and showcase achievements in this domain. Datakit has been supplying and supporting world-class major Control accounts for a decade already.
Datakit has been working on providing valuable assets for CMM purpose. The company is shipping toolkits to extract geometries and Product Manufacturing Information (PMI), directly from native CAD data: Dassault CATIA V5/V6™, including R24 (V5-6R2014) version, SolidWorks™, Siemens NX™ & JT™, PTC Creo™, STEP, without the need of any separate CAD software license: http://www.datakit.com/en/crosscad_ware.php.
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Datakit provides Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) through APIs designed for both semantic and rendering purpose. Valuable tolerancing, surfacing and geometric associativity is supported for various PMI entities:
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This is helping CMM software vendors in their process of identifying critical points of interest and test their 3D measurements against original CAD design geometries.
We would be glad to meet you and discuss these opportunities on the show. Please contact us to arrange a meeting.
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Datakit is a privately held and leading company founded in 1994, specialized in CAD data exchange solutions and services. It offers standalone converters, plug-ins and SDK that analyze, heal and export a large number of CAD formats. Datakit exposes a wide range of geometrical and semantic data (assemblies, annotations, metadata…) through its varied range of products. It also provides support services for the migration of CAD databases to help customers choose the best data transfer solutions. It works closely together with independent software vendors that currently integrate its CAD data exchange solutions to their own software.
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Welcome to rbrander.ca, Rob Brander's personal website
You can find out more at rbrander.com
A simple game where you slide pieces of the image to arrange in order
Demo: Slide Puzzle
Source Code: GitHub
A simple web-based javascript paint application
Demo: Pixel Paint
Source Code: GitHub
A simple breakout clone created using javascript and the HTML canvas
Demo: Bricks
Source Code: GitHub
A mobile-first Progressive-Web-Application that displays a METAR (Meteoroligcal Terminal Airport Report) for a random Canadian airport
Demo: Random METAR
Source Code: GitHub
A simple example of how ray marching works, using circles to trace the path
Demo: Ray Marching
Source Code: GitHub
A simple game, where you attempt to mow all the leafs before the fox catches you.
Demo: Mower
Source Code: GitHub
A simple race car game, where you move the car over a background (race track)
Demo: Race Car
Source Code: GitHub
A demo to test mouse and touch events on the canvas, and a simple animation tween.
Demo: Connectors!
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With Informatica Cloud, Misys is able to migrate management of processes and systems to the cloud and more effectively deliver business services.
With Informatica Cloud, Misys is able to migrate management of processes and systems to the cloud and more effectively deliver business services.
Tinkoff Bank acquires and retains more customers at a lower cost with Informatica Big Data Management.
Advice on how and why the insurance industry can best incorporate data governance for the forthcoming IFRS 17 accounting standard
A story of how one data-driven marketing team tackled today's most critical marketing challenge—to answer the simplest questions about leads and revenue.
To succeed, financial services companies need to take a systematic approach to data quality and data management in their cloud data warehouses and data lakes.
A data management perspective on modernizing these legacy systems, examining the business purposes, benefits, risks, and dependencies of three different approaches.
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Learn how financial institutions are leveraging a repeatable data governance framework that encompasses three key elements – people, processes, and technology – to move data across their organizations.
Brochure overview on how Informatica B2B Data exchange can power IT modernization and B2B collaboration for insurers
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Covéa Rebuilds Its Customer Reference Database with MDM Hub.
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Understanding Data for Smooth Insurance Operations: Automating and Scaling Data Governance, Quality, and Management
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Founded in 2002, Generali China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Generali China Life Insurance") is a joint venture company established by Italian Generali Insurance Company Limited and China National Petroleum Corporation. The company currently has 10 provincial-level branch companies and more than 70 branches.
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So just to be clear me and Leon are really good friends. He was the one that told me about this website and I asked if i could advertise on his story.
I hope none of my readers will reflect badly on Leon as he is a cool guy. So after my lesson I still had the thought of McKenzie in my head. I went to meet Lizzy for some lunch. When i meet her she was with all are other friends talking and laughting away. I walked up to her and gave her a kiss and said "Hey babe what we doing for lunch?" She looked at me and smiled she said "I was thinking you could treat me to Subways" I smiled at her and said "Sure come on" So we all walked into the shopping centre and went to the local Subways we ate lunch and went back to college.
On are way back to College some guy was getting on at McKenzie for being gay. Lizzy looked at me as if to say stop them. I walked over to the guy and said "Hey why don't you fuck off before I smash your face in" The guy soon left after i said that but shot me a dirty look before he went.
I asked McKenzie "are you okay?" He looked at me and said "yeah. Thank you" i said "It's cool man" So back in lesson I was really bord so I started listening to some music on my phone. McKenzie asked me if I was listening to Professor Green and I said "yeah.
He's a good Artist" He turned round fully so he was facing me and said "Do you mind if I listen to it too?" I pulled one of my earphones out and gave it to him so class went on and it was finally time to go home. We packed up all are course work and course books and left the class room.
On the way down the stairs I said to Mckenzie "Would you like a lift home?" McKenzie looked at me and said "You sure you wanna give me a lift home.
Remember I am gay" I looked at him with a weird look on my face and said "What that gotta do with a lift home. I have many gay friends so it's cool" So when we got to the car park and I unlocked my car and we both got in. McKenzie turned to me and said "Why haven't we started driving yet?" I turned to face him in the passenger seat and said "We are just waiting for Lizzy" When Lizzy got in my car she said "Hey babe.
Hey McKenzie you getting a lift home?" McKenzie said "yeah I hope you don't mind?" Lizyy laughted and said "Not all all" So I drove Mckenzie home and when he got out I pulled my window down and said "We are having a DVD night tonight with some friend. Do you wanna come over?" He took a few seconds to decied then said "If it's okay with everyone yes please" I said "Great come to my house at 6 i live at.
(the dots are my address)" he smiled at me and for some reason I liked when he smiled at me but I did'nt think much of it at the time.
He said "I will see you both later" So i drove off and Lizzy said to me "That was nice of you." I said "Well I kinda feel sorry for the guy. I havent seen him with any friends all day and I think he is kinda cool" so on the way to Lizzy house it was filled with boring small talk.
When I got to her house we kissed goodbye and I drove home When I got home the house was empty like usal so I made me self something to eat and watched tv until it was 6. All of my friends came over and so did Lizzy and McKenzie.
We was all watching the film and having a good time. When the film had finshed I need to pee so I went to the bathroom and had one. When I got back down stairs McKenzie asked "Can you show me where the bathroom is please?" so I said "Sure follow me" so McKenzie got out the seat he was in and followed me upstair and I pointed the bathroom out to him.
He looked at me and said "I don't need the bathroom really I wanted to get you alone." I looked at McKenzie with the same weird look I gave him at College earlier that day and asked "Why did you want me alone?" McKenzie moved closer to me and said "So I could do this" and kissed me. I broke are kiss a second later and said "O my god did you just kiss me?
What the hell do you think your doing?" I started pacing up and down the hallway and said "answer me!" in a very quite tone of voice so the others could'nt hear us.
McKenzie keep looking at me as I was pacing and said "I think I should go" I grabbed him by the hand and said "It's cool just don't kiss me again" so we went down stairs like nothing had happened and about a hour later everyone left apart from Lizzy. We was talking and I said "Lizzy you know I love you right?" Lizzy looked at me and said "Yes of course I do" I looked to the floor and said "I think we should stop seeing each other" Lizzy jumped outta her seat and said "What!" so I repeated my self and Lizzy said "Well I don't even care because I've been cheatting on you with Mark" I laughted and Lizzy said "What's so fucking funny?" I said "I've known for a long time that you've been cheating on me" Lizzy grabbed her coat and left.
The best part about breaking up with her was the fact that I did'nt have to keep telling my self it's only a thing anymore and I felt free for the first time in a VERY long time.
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Naumburg Mennonite Church
Client: Naumburg Mennonite Church | Location: Castorland, NY | Completion Date: 2011 | Services Provided: Architectural, Engineering (Structural & Civil), Land Surveying
Aubertine and Currier provided space programming and construction documents for a 25,000 sf 2-story addition onto the existing church. The project included a new sanctuary with mezzanine with a total capacity of 1,124 people. The addition also has offices and classrooms for up to 250 Sunday School students. The structure is designed with super insulated exterior walls and roof system. Heat recovery units will be used to condition the fresh air intake and economizers are used to cool the building at night. Design included energy efficient lighting with occupancy sensors and minimum light output in areas that are typically brighter than necessary. The existing building is to be upgraded to current standards and a new commercial kitchen is designed to provide food service for up to 300 people. Aubertine and Currier received a variance to provide additional life safety measures in lieu of a fire sprinkler system. The site design included a parking lot expansion, storm water management, site lighting and a new raised bed septic system. Aubertine and currier provided permitting services and coordination with NYS building code officials, NYS Department of Health, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, as well as NYS Department of Transportation. The total project cost, with demolition of the old school, is projected to be $5.1 Million.
Naumburg Mennonite Church, Naumburg, NY (updated 2011) - The project consisted of a 15,200 SF two story Sanctuary addition to the existing Sanctuary, including Sunday School classrooms. The existing 8,800 SF Sanctuary is to be renovated and converted into the Fellowship Hall. The addition and renovations to the church provided sanctuary space for 1,100 parishioners, seating 275 within the classroom areas, and a 300 person fellowship hall. The project was designed and scheduled for construction in 4 phases of building and site infrastructure construction. Phases included: (1) Partial building demolition, storm drainage improvement and revised state highway access improvements, (2) Parking lot expansion and site earthwork, (3) Sanctuary addition and on-site wastewater treatment system construction, and (4) Fellowship hall and kitchen renovations.


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Hull 0-4 Arsenal
- Olivier Giroud opens the scoring after David Meyler's wayward backpass.
- Per Mertesacker and Gabriel both go off injured
- Giroud doubles the lead from Theo Walcott's deflected cross.
- Walcott scores a late double to put the Gunners through
- Arsenal vs Watford - 1:30pm Sunday 13 March
Full time: Hull 0-4 Arsenal
Arsenal set up a FA Cup quarter-final meeting with Watford after thrashing Hull City at the KC Stadium. Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott both scored a moral-boosting double but it was an evening overshadowed by injury. Per Mertesacker, Gabriel and Aaron Ramsey all went off and we wait to see what the prognosis is on the trio. Interestingly Arsenal leave the leave to a flag shown by the Gunners fans asking for the departure of Arsene Wenger. Hull meanwhile will return their attention to winning promotion from the Championship.
Well that is all we have time for on this live text. We will have all the reaction from this game, including news of Arsenal's injury problems, to come but until then goodbye.
Goal: Hull 0-4 Arsenal (Theo Walcott)
Theo Walcott adds a fourth and in truth it has been coming as Hull throw in the towel. Walcott escapes down the right and via a deflection off Alex Bruce - it may even be an own goal - the ball beats Jakupovic at his near post. Steve Bruce has a face of thunder.
Chances keep coming for Arsenal as Giroud and now Iwobi are denied. Hull haven't really recovered from the first goal and the manner of it. Steve Bruce will hope this does not affect their promotion campaign.
Goal: Hull 0-3 Arsenal (Theo Walcott)
Icing on the cake for Arsenal, with the goal of the night by a stretch. Joel Campbell plays an inch-perfect pass to Walcott who controls and slides the ball past Jakupovic. Only the three injuries to Mertesacker, Gabriel and Ramsey overshadows a decent evening's work.
It is not all good news for Arsenal though as substitute Aaron Ramsey, who came on around 17 minutes ago, goes off injured. Incredible run for the north Londoners.
Goal: Hull 0-2 Arsenal (Olivier Giroud)
The Gunners double their lead with 20 minutes left and that should be enough to see them through. Theo Walcott crosses from the left and via another deflection finds Giroud who puts the ball away from six yards.
Hull contributed to Arsenal take the lead, and the visitor almost repay the favour. Aluko crosses and Ramsey running back gets the first header in and it goes agonisingly wide of Ospina's goal.
Half chance for Hull. The hosts work it well and Nick Powell get the ball 20 yards out but he skews wide. David Ospina barely worked tonight, bar that Meyler shot in the firrst half.
Sony Aluko on for Hull City as Steve Bruce tries to force his side back into this tie and expose that makeshift back four.
Free-kick for Arsenal right outside the penalty area as Aaron Ramsey replace Gabriel. Giroud, who won it, will take it but the ball clatters into the wall.
Gabriel down for Arsenal and it doesn't look too good for the Brazilian who is limping off. Aaron Ramsey coming on it seems, with maybe Mathieu Flamini going to centre-back. That leaves the Gunners without any central defenders or their first choice goalkeeper. Bring on Barcelona.
First genuine chance of the second period. Walcott's free-kick is cleared and Elneny takes the ball on the volley first time and Jakupovic tips the ball over with a fine save.
Really late challenge from Mo Diame on Nacho Monreal and the Spaniard limps away after being caught from behind. No punishment from the official however, which seems bizarre. Wenger can ill-afford to see another of his defenders out injured.
Underway in the second half at the KC Stadium. No further changes for either side.
Half time: Hull 0-1 Arsenal
Not a half to write home about. Arsenal lead in fortuitous circumstances through Olivier Giroud's first goal for 12 hours and David Meyler's hopeless backpass found the Frenchman all along eight yards out. Other than that it has been very stop start, with more blood incidents that chances but Hull will be kicking themselves for the manner in which they have gone behind having committed so much to this tie.
Hull's best chance of the game so far as Powell swings a free-kick in from the right and Alex Bruce flicks a header wide. As it turns out, the Hull centre-back was offside in the build-up so it would not have counted.
Nick Powell off for more treatment on that head wound, which forced Per Merteacker off permanently. Five minutes added on, primarily for that incident.
Arsenal within a whisker of doubling their lead as Kieran Gibbs winds one up from range and curls onto the crossbar, with Jakupovic beaten.
Goal: Hull 0-1 Arsenal (Olivier Giroud)
Olivier Giroud became a father overnight and here is another gift from the gods as Arsenal take the lead. Giroud scores his first goal since January after David Meyler plays a lazy backpass across his own six yard box. After all Hull have given in this tie so far, that is a poor way to concede.
Hull have dealt well with what Arsenal have thrown at them so far in this first half and a combination of Alex Bruce and Curtis Davies snuff out the latest attack as Giroud crosses. The Gunners' first corner comes to nothing in the end.
Per Mertesacker came back on after that clash of heads and he lasts just 32 minutes as he is replaced by Nacho Monreal. A lot swelling around the German's left eye.
David Ospina to the rescue for Arsenal. David Meyler hits one from 20 yards after the Gunners fail to clear a free-kick and the Colombian beats it clear. Arsenal survive as Ospina palms the ball out from the follow-up.
Another blood injury and it comes for a Hull player. Maguire gets a kick to the nose from Giroud and blood is streaming from him. He needs a new shirt but he should be nice to continue. Plenty of stoppages to a game already lacking flow.
Hull sitting very deep when Arsenal get the ball and that means things are very congested in around the penalty area. Arsenal work it down the left channel but the move breaks down when Gibbs' cross goes array.


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LAS VEGAS (April 6, 2019) – Bo Butner's KB Racing-powered Jim Butner Auto Group Chevrolet Camaro has taken a liking to the racing surface at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and proved it by traveling swiftly and consistently down the quarter-mile to land its pilot his second No. 1 of the season. Butner's possession of the pole at the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals marks his 10th time to lead the pack as a Pro Stock driver.
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"Our Jim Butner Auto Group Chevy Camaro is a good car, and it's been a good car since I first sat in it. We're very fortunate to have the KB Racing team, Summit Racing, Jim Butner Auto Group, DENSO, and of course Speed Dawg supporting us. We're just out here having fun, and maybe that's one of the reasons why we have success like this. We enjoy it so much.
"We have a good racecar and went down the track four times in qualifying. Tomorrow, we'll only have to go three to win the race. I'm very happy and can't wait."
Butner was also the No. 1 qualifier in Super Stock driving Jim and Frank Grossi's GT/AA '06 Pontiac Sunfire. On Saturday, he socked away wins in the first and second round of Super Stock, which means that he'll be racing for two trophies on Sunday.
Notably, Butner was a double-up winner in 2012 when he won both Stock Eliminator and Comp in Las Vegas.
"It would be really awesome to double up this weekend [in Super Stock and Pro Stock]. It would be awesome for Frank and Jim Grossi. It would just be great to win here in Super Stock, period. To double up would be kind of like in Gainesville [two weeks ago], when Randi Lyn [Shipp, fiancée and Stock Eliminator racer] and I both won. It's already been an unbelievable start to the season, and we're just blessed."
KB Racing teammate Greg Anderson, driver of the red Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro, made a terrific move in the fourth and final qualifying session. Coming into the round, he was No. 7 in the lineup, but when he powered his way to a 6.664, 206.92, he launched all the way up to the No. 3 position. Anderson's first-round quad will include Joey Grose, Alex Laughlin, and Steve Graham.
"That was certainly an improvement, but we aren't getting to the 60-foot timer like we want to yet," said Anderson, an eight-time Vegas winner. "That will be a focus for us on Sunday. But yes, we're definitely pleased to see the red Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro improve over the course of qualifying. It'll be interesting tomorrow because it's going to be a whole new challenge because it looks like it'll be a hot, greasy racetrack – the first of 2019. When that happens, all bets are off, baby.
"We'll see tomorrow, who best can handle that challenge. Whoever can manage that will be the one that wins, and we want nothing more than to put this Summit Racing Chevy in the winner's circle. We've got those DENSO spark plugs under the hood, and to win the DENSO Four-Wide Nationals would sure mean a lot to us."
Jason Line, driver of the silver Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro, settled into the No. 10 qualifying position with a best time of 6.679, 206.10. His quad will include Jeg Coughlin Jr., Alan Prusiensky, and Erica Enders.
"Four-wide racing is always a challenge, so tomorrow should be interesting," said Line, who comes into raceday with two wins in six final rounds at The Strip. "My silver Summit Racing Chevy wasn't quite as fast as we had hoped, but we made some changes before the last session and we feel like we're on the right track. Tomorrow's hot racetrack will definitely be a factor, but KB Racing has had some good fortune both in Las Vegas and in four-wide racing. We'll see how it works out tomorrow, but our goal is always the same. We want to win the race."
Pro eliminations at the DENSO Auto Parts NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will begin on Saturday beginning at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
Jim Butner Auto Group Chevrolet Camaro
Qualifying position: No. 1
Butner's results:
Q1: 6.677-second at 205.63 mph (No. 6)
Q2: 6.648, 206.67 (No. 1, +3 bonus points)
Q3: 6.655, 207.40 (No. 1, +3 bonus points)
Q4: 6.694, 205.51 (No. 1)
KB Racing, Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro
Qualifying position: No. 3
Anderson's results:
Q1: 19.523-second at 45.66 mph (No. 14)
Q2: 6.688, 205.63 (No. 10)
Q3: 6.670, 205.63 (No. 7)
Q4: 6.664, 206.92 (No. 3, +2 bonus points)
KB Racing, Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro
Qualifying position: No. 10
Line's results:
Q1: 6.706-second at 205.94 mph (No. 8)
Q2: 6.681, 205.76 (No. 8)
Q3: 6.687, 206.13 (No. 10)
Q4: 6.679, 206.10 (No. 10)
Race Info
DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
April 5-7, 2019
Run Schedule (all times local)
Sunday, April 7
9:00 a.m. – Lucas Oil Series Sportsman eliminations
11:00 a.m. – Pre-race ceremonies
Noon – Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro eliminations begin
eliminations for all categories continue
#NHRAonFOX Television Schedule (all times ET)
Qualifying / Sunday – 11:30 AM-12:30 PM ET / FS1
Finals / Sunday – 5:30-8:30 PM ET / FS1
Watch this video for more information regarding NHRA Four-Wide racing: http://bit.ly/2ViAh7n
*Find detailed results throughout the weekend at DragRaceCentral.com*
2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Standings
(after Las Vegas DENSO NHRA Four-Wide Nationals qualifying, race 4 of 18)
1. Bo Butner (2), 345
2. Alex Laughlin, 265
3. Jeg Coughlin, 225
4. Matt Hartford, 224
5. Jason Line, 221
6. Rodger Brogdon, 220
7. Erica Enders, 219
8. Deric Kramer, 199
9. Chris McGaha, 169
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Floor Remarks of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on "The Nomination of Tom Anderson to be U.S. District Judge"
Posted on April 10, 2008
I rise to thank and congratulate President Bush and to thank Chairman Leahy and Senator Specter for bringing to the Senate floor the nomination of Tom Anderson to be a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Tennessee. I would offer three reasons why Judge Anderson's nomination to serve as a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Tennessee is an especially worthy one and one that I hope today will receive approval by the entire Senate. First, Tom Anderson is already a judge. In 2003, the Federal district judges of the Western District of Tennessee selected Tom Anderson unanimously as a U.S. magistrate judge following a merit process that included more than three dozen applicants. I see the chairman of the Judiciary Committee has arrived. I would say to Senator Leahy, I am in the midst of about a 3- or 4-minute talk about the judicial nominee from Tennessee. Mr. LEAHY. Go right ahead. Mr. ANDERSON. As I said before he came, I greatly appreciate the fact that Chairman Leahy and Senator Specter held a hearing which included Tom Anderson, and that the Judiciary Committee sent his nomination to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation. As I was saying, the first reason to support him is that he is already a judge. In 2003, the Federal district judges of western Tennessee selected Tom Anderson unanimously as a U.S. magistrate judge following a merit process that included more than three dozen applicants. Second, Tom Anderson has been first chair on more than 200 cases tried in Federal court and has earned extraordinary respect from lawyers and judges in Tennessee. For example, senior district judge Tom Higgins drove more than 100 miles from Nashville to Tom Anderson's investiture ceremony as a magistrate judge in Jackson in 2003 to commend Anderson's practice as an attorney. Judge Higgins' unsolicited appearance for Judge Anderson was considered by all those in attendance as a great compliment to Tom Anderson's professionalism. I know Judge Higgins very well, as do other members of the bar in Tennessee. If he had thought Tom Anderson would have been a bad judge and had been a less than professional lawyer, Judge Higgins would have driven 200 miles from Nashville to make a speech in the other direction. So it was an enormous compliment to Tom Anderson that Judge Higgins would have driven to Jackson and made such a speech. So impressed was I with that speech of Judge Higgins that I am submitting a transcript of Judge Higgins' remarks from that ceremony on January 16, 2004. I ask unanimous consent that it be included in the Record following my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (See exhibit 1.) Mr. ALEXANDER. Prior to serving on the bench, Tom Anderson spent nearly 20 years in private practice. In addition to his extensive litigation experience, he also served as an administrative law judge for the Tennessee Claims Commission and as an assistant commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Finally, although Judge Anderson has been nominated by a Republican President, he has strong support also from Tennessee Democrats. A number of west Tennessee Democrats wrote to the Judiciary Committee to urge confirmation of Judge Anderson, including State Senator Roy Herron; Charles Farmer, the former mayor of Jackson; James Strickland, Jr., the former chairman of the Memphis/Shelby County Democratic Party; Tommy Green, the chairman of the Tennessee Municipal League; and Mike McWherter, a prominent local businessman and son of former Democratic Gov. Ned McWherter. It is worth noting that Mike McWherter, who lives in Jackson, also had formed an exploratory committee to challenge me in this year's race in the Senate before deciding to spend more time with his family. So Judge Anderson's nomination is one issue that would have united both parties' candidates on the campaign trial if Mike McWherter had decided to be a candidate for the Senate. This deep reservoir of good will for Judge Anderson in Tennessee reflects the fact that he is experienced, fairminded, and well respected. He is also a husband and father of three who has been active in the community, including having served as a board member of the Methodist Hospital in Lexington and the Carl Perkins Child Abuse Center in Jackson, as well as helping to establish the Beech River Branch of the YMCA in Lexington and serving as its first chairman of the board. Again, I congratulate the President, and I thank Chairman Leahy and Senator Specter and the full Judiciary Committee for reporting this nomination to the floor and setting it for a vote this afternoon. I hope the entire Senate will agree with their judgment and confirm him before Chief Judge James Todd, who has served with distinction in this position, takes senior status. I yield the floor.