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It looks to be shaping up as one of history's greatest political comebacks.
Vladimir Putin, a successful two-term president who stepped aside four years ago in deference to the Russian Constitution, will almost certainly return to the Kremlin in presidential polls next March, propelled by popular demand that even his hapless successor, Dmitry Medvedev, admits is an unstoppable force.
Mr. Putin, whom Forbes Magazine recently listed as the "world's second most-powerful person," appears to be at the height of his game, poised to lead his country out of its long post-Soviet malaise and into its rightful place in the modern world.
Many Russians are delighted, and some say it's a triumph of Russian-style democracy. Putin is coming back thanks to "a political model based on constant confidence [in his leadership]," says Dmitry Orlov, director of the independent Agency for Political and Economic Communication in Moscow. "The purpose of the system is to develop Russia's institutions of political and economic authority ... the course will now be for modernization."
But some prominent critics argue that Putin isn't "returning" to supreme power because he never actually relinquished it. They say his power is based on a stage-managed electoral system, a straitjacketed media, and a Kremlin-promoted public perception that there is no alternative to his leadership.
They say Putin's decision at a conference of the ruling United Russia party in September to terminate his "tandem" leadership with Mr. Medvedev and retake the mantle of presidency was simply a moment of truth, in which the country's reversion to its authoritarian traditions over the past decade became suddenly obvious.
Putin's comeback has thrown a new and potentially ominous light on all other Russian political developments, including the upcoming elections to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, which are slated for Dec. 4. If Russia is no longer even nominally on the path to some version of a post-Soviet democracy, critics ask, then where might it be headed under what must now be seen as the open-ended leadership of Putin?
"The tradition of one-man rule is typical for Russia, and it has hardly ever stopped" except for very brief periods of experimentation, says Roy Medvedev, one of Russia's best-known historians.
"The structure of power we have today looks much more like a monarchy than a democratic regime.... [In his first two terms as president], Putin restored Russian state power, stabilized its institutions, and raised Russian prestige on the world stage. He had become, in effect, the national leader before he ever agreed to share power with Medvedev," he says.
All compasses point to Putin
Since first coming to power nearly 12 years ago, Putin has constructed a system of authority that bears little resemblance to that described in Russia's 1993 Constitution, and looks more like Russia's traditional setup of autocratic one-man rule. For centuries the country has been run by a sprawling state bureaucracy that answered to a single figure -- a czar or a general secretary -- who stood above the political fray, and even the law.
Though Putin has alternated between the posts of president and prime minister over the years, he has increasingly grown into the role that many of his supporters describe as "national leader," or that indispensable man-at-the-top toward whom all bureaucratic compasses point.
The national leader may hold any state position, or none at all, but no Russian will doubt his absolute authority. Joseph Stalin, who ruled the USSR from roughly 1928 until his death in 1953, never held a government post. Though the Soviet Union had several prime ministers and presidents during the Stalin era, few can even remember their names today.
"Stalin was once asked by his mother to explain what his job was," says Mr. Medvedev, the historian. "He thought about it, and then answered, 'well, I'm a sort of czar'.... Putin's system today looks like a kind of cross between an absolute monarchy and the Stalin regime."
Uniting fractious elites
Even his detractors admit that Putin is energetic, intelligent, articulate, and even-tempered, all characteristics that originally helped him unite Russia's fractious elites, marginalize the super-wealthy oligarchs who had infested the Kremlin during the rule of former president Boris Yeltsin, and reverse the country's social and economic decline following the disastrous decade of the 1990s.
But some fear that the familiar drawbacks of one-man rule could come roaring back to haunt Russia as Putin, with his absolute power assured and his contacts with the outside world mediated by a self-interested inner-court circle, settles into the Kremlin for what may likely be another 12 years of unchallenged rule.
"I fail to understand [Putin] anymore.... He is losing contact with reality," says Gleb Pavlovsky, who was a key adviser and political strategist to Putin during his first two terms as president, but resigned after a still murky inner-Kremlin spat earlier this year.
"In the past he was a team player; he wasn't so narcissistic, and didn't consider himself to be a genius," Mr. Pavlovsky says. "Now his sense of humor is gone. He talks down to people. He thinks he knows what you're going to say even before you open your mouth, and whatever part of what you say that he doesn't get doesn't matter to him.... He seems to believe that his great success over the past 10 years means that he understands Russia and the world better than anybody else."
Putin's early success was based partly on the favorable comparison between him and the doddering Mr. Yeltsin, whom he replaced. He also benefited from soaring global oil prices – hydrocarbon exports account for about 60 percent of Russian state revenues – which enabled him to buy social peace and elite solidarity by spreading the wealth around.
"It's a bit of a paradox that Putin is returning at a moment when the system he built is going into decline," says Liliya Shevtsova, author of an in-depth analysis of Putin's political comeback in the October issue of the Washinton-based journal Foreign Affairs.
"The pinnacle of his system was before 2008, the years of the oil eldorado, when Putin was on top, with lots of resources to work with and massive public popularity," she says. "Now, the economy is stagnating, his popularity is sagging, and people are increasingly frustrated.... The Putin consensus is unraveling before our eyes. Today people don't compare Putin with Yeltsin, they compare him with the early Putin, and find him wanting. Now people don't hope for a better life, they just hope to survive.
"It's a totally different atmosphere," she says.
According to a recent survey carried out by Moscow State University's political science department, and reported by the independent Russian news agency RBK, Putin's stratospheric public approval ratings of 70 percent and more during his early years have fallen to just 44 percent in October.
"Our latest data suggests that people are getting tired of the authorities," says Alexei Grazhdankin, deputy director of the independent Levada Center public opinion agency in Moscow.
Public opinion polling is a notoriously dodgy science, especially in Russia, experts point out. Ordinary Russians may vent their fury at mid-level bureaucrats to pollsters, but are usually loathe to criticize the top leader.
Catcalls for Putin
Yet in one tiny sign that things may be changing below the radar screen, Putin faced an unprecedented chorus of catcalls when he appeared last week at a Moscow martial arts match and attempted to give an improptu speech. Many videos of the event have been posted on YouTube, one of which has since garnered well over 2 million hits.
But that does not translate into any immediate threat to Putin, Mr. Grazhdankin adds.
"The system in Russia is embodied in the figure of Putin. TV depicts him as the hero who takes all into his hands, the one who cares for, protects, and aids the average Russian... Our youth know nothing but Putin as the one and only," he says.
"There is a general perception that if Putin were to leave, there would be chaos."


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Academic freedom in teaching and research and the right of freedom of speech for faculty, staff and students are fundamental principles of the UNLV Libraries. The Libraries support of the First Amendment also extends to endorsement of the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, which supports access to information and opposes censorship and/or restricting access to information. This computer resources policy is created in accordance with Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) policy which states:
Nothing in this policy limits or removes the right of free speech or the academic freedom of faculty, staff, and students engaged in the learning process, nor relaxes their responsibilities as members of the NSHE community. This policy seeks to achieve objectives necessary for the legitimate and proper use of computing resources. It is intended that these ends should be achieved in ways that maximally respectthe legitimate interests and rights of all NSHE users. In accordance with NSHE policy, the UNLV Libraries acknowledges its responsibilities to respect and advance free academic inquiry, free expression, reasonable expectations of privacy, due process, equal protection of the law, and legitimate claims of ownership of intellectual property.
UNLV Libraries' computers are intended to support the University's programs of teaching, research, and scholarly/creative production. This includes both formal assignments and informal, supplemental learning and research. Electronic information, services, software and networks provided directly or indirectly by the University Libraries shall be accessible, in accordance with licensing or contractual obligations and in accordance with existing UNLV and NSHE computing services policies.
The UNLV Libraries provide, to authorized users, open access to the Internet for academic and educational purposes. This policy upholds the individual's right to privacy, and at the same time bears responsibility for providing individuals an environment free of sexual and other forms of harassment, in which to work and study. Staff do not monitor content or censor access to material that others may find offensive. University policy prohibits conduct that interferes with an individual's work or academic performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or demeaning employment or educational environment.
Such conduct involves more than merely viewing material that others find offensive. Academic research and study often deals with such controversial material. Behavior that is not academically justified and is targeted toward an individual or individuals, particularly repeated behavior, may be viewed as harassing. While accessing and viewing controversial material is protected speech, conduct aimed at targeting other people is not. Users should strive to be sensitive to the diverse population accessing university computers, and all should treat others with dignity and respect.
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Although there are several mature, high quality distributions available, Linux has had a very hard time breaking through in certain markets, such as the desktop. In addition, the internet, which has already dramatically transformed the environment for other content-creating industries, may now alter the established methods for software packaging and installation.
The activities around Web 2.0 are giving rise to Software as a Service (SaaS). For example, Google claims that more than 100,000 small businesses, as well as a few large ones, have signed up for Google Apps. Of course, Microsoft is trying to build its own SaaS offering, Windows Live. Meanwhile, many categories of Web applications are already mature, including email, social networking, and e-commerce. The next step is the Web OS; a race that, in the end, may go to a startup company.
As I hope to demonstrate in this article, FOSS tools are the right technology to define the post-PC software era, and not merely as a backend platform for someone else's proprietary SaaS suite. Today's typical Linux distribution, however, follows a design that resembles a legacy Unix system with a Windows-style front end bolted on. This is a competitor to products such as Vista, which may actually be the last of its kind, even for Microsoft. It would be unfortunate indeed to suddenly find ourselves stuck with yesterday's business model.
It is important to realize that the current approach to packaging FOSS is not the only possibility. The FOSS universe is by far the most diverse codebase in the world, and a capacity for diversity is the key to resilience as well as innovation. This is true in ecosystems, economies, investment portfolios, and even the skills of an individual. So, let us see how we can rearrange the traditional Linux distribution, to meet the challenge of the emerging new era.
The central purpose of this article is to try and start a genuinely fruitful discussion on the future of the Linux (or *BSD) distribution, a discussion which may help inform the direction of existing projects, and perhaps spawn new ones. Please continue this discussion by contributing ideas, references to other articles, and especially links to anything that includes actual code (even tiny examples).
Above all, I hope we treat this as an opportunity for shared exploration, not a contest about who is the "smartest guy in the room." This is a matter of proper governance (see the "A Note on Governance" section below), which is perhaps of equal importance to the future of FOSS as actual running code.
Here is a list of topics covered in the article.
In addition, two appendices cover important supplementary topics for Linux distribution developers and SaaS providers. The first concerns packaging, hosting and delivery of Linux distributions. The second proposes a strategy to deal with the costly (and environmentally damaging) waste resulting from large server farms.
Now, let us begin our (re)exploration of the Linux distribution.
Before you can build for the future, you must take care of the past. Years ago, a wonderful toolset evolved around Unix. awk, sed, find and others, used together in shell scripts, could accomplish a great deal of work very quickly. Compare this approach to writing everything in C!
Today, however, the state of the art has advanced considerably. High-level languages (of which Perl, Python, and Ruby are the most popular) are far more capable than the old patchwork of small tools bound together with shell scripts. They incorporate elegant programming constructs, supply comprehensive standard libraries, and support rapidly growing communities of extension projects.
Yet, system administration is still tied to the shell and the old toolset, despite the astounding advantages of moving to a modern high-level language. Programming with such languages is faster and less error prone. The code is much more reusable, portable and upgradeable. Developers can write readable programs, which makes collaboration easier. Likewise, finding and training developers is a simpler task. Customizing server farms, clusters, corporate desktop rollouts and even novice tinkering all benefit.
Any one of Perl, Python, or Ruby (as well as a few others) could become the primary system administration tool, displacing the shell. In my experience, however, Python's highly readable, compact and consistent syntax makes it the ideal choice for this sort of work.
Many well-known Linux distributions already use Python in their key tools. Red Hat's Anaconda installer, and Gentoo's Portage package manager are two examples. Ubuntu (the top distribution for the last 12 months, according to DistroWatch) "... prefers the community to contribute work in Python."
The next logical step is to create a complete system administration environment using a high-level language. In large measure, this project is already underway. A relatively recent, highly rated (see review links on DistroWatch) distribution, Pardus, uses Python across many of its core tools. The Pardus team, recognizing that "High Thoughts Must Have High Language", has even written a new init framework in Python. Here is how they explain their choice.
Among the high level languages, Python seemed to be the best choice, since we already use it in many places like package build scripts, package manager, control panel modules, and installer program YALI. Python has small and has clean source codes. Standard library is full of useful modules. Learning curve is easy, most of the developers in our team picked up the language in a few days without prior experience.
Certainly, there exists a requirement for backwards compatibility with the old shell-based code. It is not difficult, however, to make these legacy tools available as optional packages, to ease the transition to the new system. Even here, augmentation with high-level languages provides significant benefits. The IPython project is an interactive Python shell that also retains much traditional shell functionality. In addition, IPython supports the Matplotlib graphing package.
Figure 1 shows an example of what IPython and Matplotlib can do. in about nine lines of code, excluding comments. Each circular patch on the graph represents a single process, larger patches indicate greater virtual memory size (vsz format specifier to the ps command). Percent CPU (%cpu) use is on the vertical axis; you can see that most processes are using little CPU. More red color in a patch indicates a process whose resident size uses a greater percentage of the machine's memory (%mem).


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Materials for roofing project
Materials for the roofing project at Kane High School are stacked outside the building. The Kane School Board in June approved the roof replacement project. Most of the original roof was last replaced in 1987. Money from the capital reserve fund will cover the cost of the project.


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Nandini Bali,omagine receiving a warm welcome at a resort where the reception comprises a traditional Balinese village simply constructed from natural materials and nestling amid the raw nature of forest, rice terraces and banana groves but which conceals an oasis of luxury, exclusivity and sophistication set in the stunning beauty of the river gorge below.
Imagine your five star luxury villa set into a naturally terraced landscape interlinked by winding paths and for added comfort an exclusive monorail to make light work of those slopes.
Imagine a swimming pool excavated from the hillside and elevated 15 metres above the descending forested river gorge beneath.
Imagine a choice of healthy, healing and soothing treatments, massages and spa to enhance your well-being and make you feel at one with nature.
Imagine culinary experiences created by combining the finest local produce with the skills and expertise of our chefs to provide you with the aromas, tastes and sensations of fine dining at its very best.
Imagine a private cocktail party with friends or a romantic dinner for two on the deck of our exclusive outdoor Jacuzzi.


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Governments around the world have adopted policies to protect wildlife, land, fresh water, air and marine resources. With the unprecedented destruction of critical natural resources, however, current policies cannot keep pace with today's environmental challenges.
13% and 17%
CI provided technical input that influenced the proceedings of the 2010 U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, where 200 countries reached a historic accord to increase global protection area goals from 1% to 13% of oceans and from 10% to 17% of land areas.
US$ 15.5+ billion
More than US$ 15.5 billion in U.S. funding was secured in FY11-FY16 congressional appropriations for Development Assistance and the Global Environment Facility, including key programs for forest conservation, wildlife protection, healthy marine ecosystems, sustainable landscapes and adaptation.
US$ 250 million
CI provided scientific and policy analyses to support the inclusion of incentives to protect standing forests through the forest conservation mechanism known as
REDD+. As a result, the government of Guyana committed to a low-carbon development program, and the government of Norway pledged US$ 250 million to support Guyana.
US$ 2 billion
CI and BirdLife International led a coalition of seven European NGOs to increase funding for international conservation and the environment in the European Union's 2014-2020 budget by US$ 800 million — bringing the total investment to US$ 2 billion.
CI helps shape development assistance programs of the United States, Japan, Germany and Norway in order to provide maximum returns on investment in natural resource conservation and human well-being. Development assistance funding provides much-needed support for conservation work by CI and partners in many countries. CI also helps to inform government contributions to the
Global Environment Facility and other institutions that help fund solutions to biodiversity loss, climate change, wildlife trafficking and other key challenges of our time.
Through education, engagement with partners and communication, we work to raise awareness about the importance of natural resources for human well-being. Our efforts help policymakers recognize the direct connection between resource scarcity and global and economic security.


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UPLAND – The Upland High School Pipe Band will join the ranks of numerous other performers during the the 9th annual "Pipes of Spring" concert at 4 p.m. Sunday in the University of Redlands Memorial Chapel, 1200 E. Colton Ave., Redlands.
The Kevin R. Blandford Memorial Pipe Band presents the concert in memory of its founding pipe major Kevin R. Blandford every year.
Attendees can enjoy an afternoon of bagpipes and drums along with special guest organist Jeffrey H. Rickard and uilleann piper Richard Cook.
The concert will showcase traditional bagpipe and drum music along with original and majestic arrangements for organ and bagpipes.
Rickard, known for both his musical arrangements and choral conducting at the University of Redlands, will play the Chapel's Casavant organ.
Cook, Celtic wind instrument musician and instructor, will play the Irish uilleann pipes.
Highland and Irish dancers, Celtic musicians, vocalists and drum majors will also participate in the performance.
Some of the performers are from Celi House Band and Tir Ruaidh Irish Dance Company, according to a news release.
Christina and Seana Thompson, fiddle and cello duo, will perform in the show for the first time.
The concert is the largest fundraiser for the Blandford Band and has become a spring time tradition for Celtic music lovers throughout the Inland Empire. The combination of talent and musical innovation presented on this stage has awed concert goers since 2004, according to the news release.
Blandford founded the R.P. Blandford & Son Pipe Band in 1986.
They won several west coast championship titles as well as a second place award at the 2000 World Championship in Scotland, according to the news release.
After Blandford passed in November 2003, the band changed its name to the Kevin R. Blandford Memorial Pipe Band. From 2004 to 2008,
Blandford's successor, Matt Nonnemacher, led the band to win more titles including a third and fifth-place finish at the World Championships in 2004 and 2007, according to the release.
The band is now under the leadership of Pipe Major Scott Larson and Drum Sergeant Galand Hallowell. They hope to return to Glasgow, Scotland in the next few years.
The band performs throughout the country, Canada and Scotland as well as at local church services, graduations, parties and parades throughout Southern California.


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Alexander Trust needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 42 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
I'm an editor at several online magazines. I already published a novel on demand and I am writing short stories and poetry besides other things. I'm as well interested in sciences, languages and technology.
Target audience are German readers or people who can understand the German language, though I sometimes publish articles on the homepage in English language as well. People who visit my homepage might become customers of my novel.
The logo should play with the letters of the domain name which also resemble to my full name (AlexT -> Alexander Trust). The topleveldomain letters ".de" do not necessarily be integrated into the logo. Maybe it could use some pictograph which connects to writing in general, like a pencil or a typewriter but all in all the logo should not look too classical or old-fashioned. I prefer the modern Web 2.0 style.
Actually I want to redesign the homepage soon, so I would like to have a slight logo consisting of the colors orange and dark grey on a white background.
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Pants or shorts so tight they reveal the shape of the wearer's posterior in provacative detail.
When you first see Ramza in Final Fantasy Tactics, you are at once enthralled by his conspicuous buttpants.
by Stephanie M. December 14, 2003
Those black opaque tights that girls where, mostly in college and in the colder times of the year. They really flaunt the postirier and the crotchal region in the front.
When I go to the college cafeteria, I feel like i could stick a finger up every girls butt through those butt pants.
by RubRocket January 27, 2009
Any pants (usually jeans), most often worn by women but can be worn by men, with no rear pockets, intended to accentuate a person's butt...whether it be big or small.
Ricky: Yo dude, check out that fat ass!
Bobby: EEWWWWW man, that chick does not need to be wearing butt pants!! A few pockets would go a long way in concealing that shit.
Bobby: EEWWWWW man, that chick does not need to be wearing butt pants!! A few pockets would go a long way in concealing that shit.
by J3553 September 21, 2009
Pants which grab a man's ass to the point where you can almost see their balls from the back. Cowboys tend to wear these with cowboy boots and a fuckin' retarded ass hat.
BIlly: Yo ted, you see that cowboy over there wearin' butt pants?
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In 2001, the President had a rare opportunity to lead a truly unified country. All Americans were, for a little while at least, united behind him in our desire to see justice meted out to the perpetrators of that vicious attack, and to see America made stronger and safer. Bush could have led in a manner consistent with that national spirit; he had the opportunity to become one of our great presidents. But we all know that's not what happened.
Now, when I think of 9/11, the first thing that comes to my mind is the way that contemptible little man in the White House has waved the bloody banner of 3,000 dead Americans to demagogue the American citizenry into a state of fearful acquiescence, to impugn the patriotism of the opponents of his policies, to mislead the country into a war of choice, and to justify a continuation of that war long after the strategic objectives have been lost. 9/11 was used as a pretext to strengthen the power of the police at the expense of civil liberties, to arrogate unprecedented and dangerous powers to the executive office, to dishonor our servicemen and women by authorizing torture, and to detain American citizens indefinitely without access to any judicial body.
I feel angry. Osama bin Laden and his followers attacked America. But all the damage they did was knock down a couple of buildings and kill a limited number of citizens. I don't mean to minimize the tragedy and trauma that represents for those who directly experienced the attacks, or the families of the slain. Certainly, their experiences are life-changing and not to be dismissed; my sister-in-law was in NYC on 9/11, and can attest to the suffering that day. But the damage caused that day was relatively contained; America is resilient and will recover from this, as we have recovered from other national traumas. Bush has misappropriated 9/11, and the symbols and emotions linked to it, to inflict deeper and more long-lasting damage to our nation and the constitutional framework of our government. And so 9/11 makes me angry.
And also kind of sad.
And lest you think me callous, I do mourn the lost of 9/11, as I mourn the lost servicemen and women of the Iraq War, Operation Enduring Freedom, and the civilian casualties of the Iraqi people.


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Moderators: Three Stars, dagny, pfim, netwolf
Gaucho wrote:Qualified teams:
South Korea
Costa Rica
pfim wrote:Solid win.
Losing F. Johnson at the half was a blessing in disguise, all of the space that Mexico got was in his area. And Bedoya had to do far too much tracking back. Jones covered his bacon quite a bit, which is his job, but he can't carry him for an entire match. So while I understand Johnson belongs further up the pitch, if Cherundolo can't prove his health there's a bit of a hole there.
Once Parkhurst was inserted, Mexico was hardly a threat.
I've always liked Goodson and now he's a very calming influence. I like Besler too, though he had the bad showing against CR. But having two mobile, 6'5" centerbacks is a wonderful, wonderful thing.
Beckerman played well but again, very limited player. Far too often Goodson and Gonzalez were forced to pull the strings...He's on the plane to Brazil I think, but I doubt he plays.
Donovan is a legend.
largegarlic wrote:interested to see how Ozil does for Arsenal
Gaucho wrote:largegarlic wrote:interested to see how Ozil does for Arsenal
Setting up Giroud for a goal seems like a good way to start.
WDWBurghGooner wrote:Özilgasm
Gaucho wrote:WDWBurghGooner wrote:Özilgasm
tifosi77 wrote:Did I just see Barca signed a 9-year old girl?
And a couple of amazing misses by Manchester United.Spoiler:
IamtheWaris wrote:And a couple of amazing misses by Manchester United.Spoiler:
So we can expect John Terry to request a move to Man U in January.
jmh470 wrote:Looks like Jozy picked another Hull. He's a much better player now, but it's still going to be hugely frustrating for him if this continues.
As much as I dislike Donovan's career path, there's something to be said for dominating at a lower level.
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Arona Lago Maggiore
- Houses and Villas
- 230 mq
- 2
- 2
For sale € 350000
Yearly service charges: 0 €
Energy certification
- energetic class G
- Energy performance index 499,7 KWh/m2
- 1
- property surface 230 mq
- Private garden Area 450 mq
- alarm
- 5 rooms
- 2 bathrooms
- 2 bedrooms
- Car places: 1
- Conditions: new
- Fornitures: Empty and unfurnished
- Entryphone
- Video entryphone
- TV-aerial
- satellite system
- Armoured door
- Internet
- Fence
- Conditioned air
- Heating system Autonomous heating
- Heating type Radiators
Arona (Italian pronunciation: [aˈroːna]; Aruna [aˈruna] in Western Lombard) is a town and comune on Lake Maggiore, in the province of Novara (northern Italy). Its main economic activity is tourism, especially from Milan, France and Germany. Archaeological findings have shown that the area of what today is Arona was settled from the 18th–13th centuries BC. Later it was a possession of the Celts, the Romans and the Lombards. In the 11th century the Benedictine abbey of Saints Gratianus and Felinus, Martyrs, was founded. After the siege and destruction of Milan in 1162 by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, many of the exiled took refuge in Arona. Later the city was a possession of the Torriani and (from 1277) of the Visconti families. In the early 14th century the city became a free commune under the suzerainty of the abbey. In 1439 it was acquired by Vitaliano Borromeo and, as a result, the House of Borromeo. Arona's main attractions include: Sancarlone. This giant statue of Saint Charles Borromeo was commissioned by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, and construction began in 1614, completed in 1698. At 35.10 metres (115.2 ft) it was the largest bronze standing statue in the world, still second only to the Statue of Liberty. It is said that the architects behind the Statue of Liberty consulted the blueprints of the Sancarlone when laying out their own. The statue was intended as part of a complex of buildings and chapels celebrating the life of St. Charles, of which only three chapels were completed. Next to the statue are the 17th-century basilica and the former Archbishop's Palace. A smaller version of the statue, the Sancarlino, can be seen in Corso Cavour in the town. La Rocca (


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HyperBees Ltd. brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 21 Designs von 5 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
oquizo – this is the brand of the quiz game
We are a gaming startup company with cofounders sitting in Poland and the UK. We have significant experience in the industry, our previous jobs include: web & software development, web & management consulting and fmcg.
Our first project is oquizo – a skill gaming site that enables player to compete against each other and win cash prizes. To win cash prizes players have to deposit a stake so the game is not for free. Note that this is not gambling, it's a skill game.
What we want to achieve is to become a #1 company on the quiz gaming market.
We're looking for a clever designer who would help us to achieve that. We enjoy being challenged, so if you have a great idea on how to make oquizo site better, we're listening! We are really easy-going (but looking for a quality and timeliness).
In case of most skill gaming site audience is slightly skewed towards women. Our target audience is:
- age: 18-49
- education: college and no college groups above average
- risk taking: tendency to take risk slightly above average, like bingo players but not necessarily 'hard-core casino
gambling' types, casual gamers.
for more info re audience, please have a look at:
- http://www.quantcast.com/king.com
- http://www.quantcast.com/amuso.com
Main competitors:
king.com – king.com offers 100+ games, we will compete directly with Quiz Queen only
mightyquiz.com – to some extent, as they do not offer cash prizes
What we requireis a website design, which:
- should have a light, clean professional and energetic look. Please remember that players put their money at risk here, so the page should be energetic, so let's avoid depressing designs :)
- should make users think the company / site is trustworthy (as they are supposed to risk their money)
- may resemble a tv show studio (think Who wants to be a millionaire)
- have rather darker colour palette, preferably dark blue
- should help us to differentiate from the competitors
Have a look at the attached screenshots illustrating website features. The main elements are:
- main page with direct access to the game, rankings, chatroom, activity feed, sign in & sign up fields etc.
- game screen – with question and 4 answers & 8 players avatars
These two pages are required.
What kind of design we like:
http://www.quizzenistgeld.de (check out those rings in the background)
What kind of desing we do not like:
http://king.com (too many items on the page, very silly colour palette etc.)
All design elements (esp. buttons, icons, boxes, windows etc.) should be reusable.
Please note we're open for discussion, so if you have any other ideas, not necessarily in line with ours, do not hesitate to share. If you think that page layout should be changed, do not hesitate to share your POV.


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Click the link above to submit your entry. Members with reservations can use the link provided in their contest profile.
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The mind can accurately recall pre-selected areas on an image, even quite a complex image, more reliably than it can a sequence of numbers and characters, or so it is said by the makers of a new password management application, PicturePIN-XP.
With that principle to guide it, PicturePIN is a technology used to secure a password management application by asking the user to pre-select between one and seven target areas on a chosen image, entering them in sequence to gain entry.
A user selects their own image, choosing between one (= less secure) and seven (= more secure) small areas of that image to function as a sort of visual PIN code, which must be entered in the correct sequence to access the database. The image can be any image but the more 'entropy' (complexity) the merrier because it creates a greater number of visual elements from which to construct an easily-remembered image PIN.
The size of the target PIN code areas can be reduced, which increases security but with the trade off of needing to recall which areas of an image have to be clicked with more precision. The user also sets a single area to click if a 'reset' is needed, in case the PIN areas or their order are forgotten. The defence against an attacker guessing the correct areas and sequence (which in theory is as unlikely as guessing the correct sequence and characters of a password) is that a single mistake locks the app, logging the fact that an attempt has been made against it. The returning authorised user must then click the reset point and the correct sequence.
The database app itself is a bit basic, but allows the user to define a series of information fields for every protected entry, piling them up on top of one another. It works quite well for small numbers of entries, but becomes unwieldy if the numbers increase. There is no way to sub-divide the entries into useful categories (ie. 'website logins', 'router logins', misc passwords', etc) nor to launch straight to websites or devices through a browser, as there is with rivals apps. We'd also have liked a feature to asterisk key data to counter shoulder surfing.
In fairness, the PicturePIN password database looks more like a demo application designed to garner interest in areas such as banking or e-commerce, where it might be employed to its strengths. Stuck in front of a password database that could just as easily be protected using a competent password, it is overkill.
As with any access system, PicturePIN stands or falls on the basis of two things. First, is it easy to use? Second, it is easy to crack? Access security is always a balance of these elements; imbalance in either one creates problems.
PicturePIN ticks the second element, that of access security, because it is hard to see how an attacker could possibly choose the right image elements in the right order to break it. It's also unlikely that a user could (or would need to) write down the image elements used to create the picture password, which enhances security further. As to question one, usability, once the slightly fiddly, under-developed setup routine has been overcome, it is fairly easy to work with which is, after all, the point of the system.
A third question hangs over all of this, which is harder to answer. Is it better, worse or much the same as using a conventional secure password? Not everyone, after all, finds it hard to remember passwords. On the whole, it's much the same level of security and usability in a visual rather than alpha-numeric form. Expert users will not see much point in using it, but they are probably not its target market.
You'd suspect that the migration hassle to companies adopting such a system to protect their data Internet resources might outweigh any benefits from their users logging in by clicking areas on an image. Banks might be one market, but banks were reluctant to adopt leading-edge ideas in user-facing technology during the boom years so it's hard to see them bothering now that most of them are being washed down the drain. Inertia rules.
Under-developed and a bit wasted on such a low-key app it might be, but there is the germ of a very interesting idea in PicturePIN that deserves further development. Passwords have failed to secure the Internet age, for a variety of reasons, but including the fact that people can't remember lots of them. It's hard to say whether they would really remember lots of PicturePINs either, but using images instead of long passwords might at least allow the world to migrate to logins based on greater complexity rather than the typical seven-character alpha-numeric formats used today.
Postscript: The 'XP' part of the name refers to the operating system target market, though it officially works on Windows 2000 and Vista. We encountered problems getting the app to work on Vista that we were unable to resolve at the time of going to press.
Password databases such as Password Manager Deluxe or KeePass are better places than PicturePIN-XP for holding large volumes of login and other encrypted data. PicturePIN is better seen as a technology in search of a decent application.


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City of Logan is nestled between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. It's a diverse location of rivers, urban hubs and open space, bringing together natural beauty, heart-pumping adventure, historical sites and unique shopping experiences.
There are pristine regional parks beside the Logan River, walking and cycling trails through wetlands and bushland, and the expansive Daisy Hill Koala Conservation Area (including the Daisy Hill Koala Centre). There are many places along the Logan and Albert Rivers to fish by pontoon, or to launch your own tinnie or jet ski.
For more the more adventurous, there's go-kart racing at Kingston Park Raceway, cable skiing and wake-boarding at bayside Aqua in Carbrook and indoor rock climbing at Cornubia.
Logan is a vibrant and culturally diverse city, offering unique experiences from meditation at traditional Buddhist temples, to bustling Sunday markets packed with produce from Asia, Africa and Europe. The city is also rich in history, which can be best experienced at Mayes Cottage in Kingston, Logan Village and the Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum.
The eastern suburbs are popular shopping destination, with mega homemaker centres easily accessible from the Pacific Motorway (M1).
Logan City is only 35 minutes from Brisbane City and the Gold Coast. It is most easily accessed by car, but is also well serviced by trains and buses.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Star Trek Enterprise Projection Alarm Clock
Shipboard Chronometer
- Let the NCC-1701 tell you what time it is
- Projects the time on wall or ceiling
- Nacelles light up when alarm goes off
Even when you're deployed on a ship out in space where the 24 hour day is a formality, time is still important. You don't start your duty watch on time, your commanding officer and whomever you're relieving are going to be miffed. And you'd better not blame it on the ship's bell, cause based on how frequently we hear those on The Enterprise, they're not the best indicators.
This Enterprise Projection Alarm Clock will ensure you're on time. It projects big red numbers on your wall or ceiling (along with AM or PM, since it's hard to tell in space or when you've been hitting the scotch with Scotty a bit too hard), and plays sounds from the original series. When you receive this clock, we highly recommend you synchronize it by contacting a Federation time beacon.
Product Specifications
- Clock shaped like the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 projects the time in big red numbers
- Officially-licensed Star Trek: The Original Series product
- Projects the time on wall or ceiling
- Nacelles light up when alarm goes off
- Backlit LCD display
- Has 5 minute snooze function
- Features sounds from the show: Red alert, photon torpedos, and Kirk calling from the Bridge
- Batteries: 4 LR44 button cell batteries (included)
- Dimensions: 9" long x 4" wide


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This page is intended as a collection of guides for developers.
Introductory Articles on GNUstep Development
Coding for Portability
Writing code that will compile and then run on different platforms can be surprisingly easy. Writing portable code describes some straight-forward steps to take to make your program easy to port to new platforms.
Using Property Lists
A regular issue that programmers face is storing structured configuration information, and reading it back. GNUstep has a standard mechanism that can be used for this task, amongst others: Property Lists.
Graphical Applications
Document-based Application Design
One of the most common use-patterns of applications on modern platforms is that of document-based applications - applications which can have several active user-controlled contexts.
Some familar examples might be a word processor where the user may have multiple document windows concurrently, or a web browser which allows a user to have a number of different browser windows open at the same time.
Document based applications provides information and tips on how to code this style of application.


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One of the quiet hits of Gamescom so far has been Wildstar, a freshly-unveiled MMO from NCsoft. While it won't be of much interest to anyone outside the world of MMOs, it does have a great art style, and its blending of fantasy and sci-fi design (along with BRIGHT COLOURS EVERYWHERE) making it very easy on the eye.
In this footage you can see one of the developers kill a lot of space sasquatches. Like, that's nearly all you're going to see: 2:30 of a man killing large animals. So at the very least, you'll get a good idea on how the game's combat works!


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Regular readers (yep, I think I've got a couple!) may have noticed that blog posts have become a little bit sparse over the past few weeks. I know I've tended to have gaps between posting from time to time when life gets a little bit more crazy than usual but on this occasion there's been some even more crazy than usual weeks.
At the beginning of December, we trotted off to Gloucester with Millie for her first ever National Age Groups Synchronised Swimming competition. We had been warned that this was a big comp and to expect a whole different atmosphere than previous comps – even so, we were taken aback by how professional the set up was. Not surprisingly, Millie was really nervous – competing at a national level when you are only 10 and been doing the sport for only 10 months is rather daunting.
We realised (as did Millie) that this was a great chance to see some amazing swimmers and tried not to put pressure on what her results might be. But she did brilliantly! She came second in her age group for individual figures (imagine loads of girls doing slow, silent shapes in the water in front of 4 sets of 4 judges – simply terrifying!), got a silver medal with her 12 and under team routine and gained an invitation to try out for the England Talent Squad.
So last weekend, I found myself driving down to Crystal Palace with Millie, her friend, who had also been invited down for the trials, and her Mum. We dropped the girls off on the Friday morning and had no contact until we were to collect them late on the Saturday when their fate would have been sealed. We had 2 days to ourselves which should have been bliss and we made the most of our shopping/chatting/eating time but we were so on edge wondering how our girls were getting on. Definitely one of the most stressful parenting experiences so far knowing how rigorous the tests were that our girls were being put through.
Saturday came and we counted down the hours until we could collect them – best scenario would be both girls to get onto the squad (Jessie is 2 years older than Mil so looking to get onto a higher level so they weren't even competing for a place against each other). It may be a miserable journey home Up North if only one got through….
4PM and we arrive, just wanting to get our hands on our babies. By this point, we weren't even bothered about the outcome – just wanting to know they had survived. But it was fantastic news, they both got in!
2 happy girls and 2 very relieved mums and one enormous journey home.
And so our next stage begins… we carry on with training in Trafford with added training in London knowing that MIllie is delighted to have been chosen to be potentially a future star of the England Team. Well done Millie, (and Jessie) your hard work has paid off and we are VERY proud of you! xxx


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Packed with whole grains and seeds yet still springy and light, this multi-grain sandwich bread comes together with a minimum of fuss.
While few aromas are as tantalizing as a loaf of buttery white bread emerging from the oven (right up there with bacon frying and coffee percolating; if you do it right, you can have all three at once!) some of us who grew up with health-obsessed parents have a hard time gorging on the fluffy white stuff. But we still crave the chewy compressability of a loaf of tender pan bread.
Pan Breads FTW
Though rustic, artisan-style breads are currently all the rage, pan bread is ideal for making sandwiches from its uniform slices. And although I abhorred the brown stuff my mom used to send in my (paper) lunch bag, wrapped around (nitrate-free) (organic) turkey and (canola oil) mayonnaise, I now find myself packing similar lunches for myself.
For several years I have been searching for a great whole-grain pan bread recipe. The ideal recipe would be quick and simple to put together, bake up tall in the pan, have a decent amount of butter, salt and sweetener to give it flavor, and have a light and delicate texture flecked with a hefty dose of whole grains and seeds.
Here's a brief overview of my search:
Hollyhock bread, from The Hollyhock Cookbook
We ate this at an awesome retreat center in British Columbia. The bread is delicious, but a bit more squat, heavy, crumbly and dark in color than I was after.
Cornmeal Millet bread, from Tassajara, with tweaks mentioned in Bread Alone, A Novel
Perhaps I oughtn't have taken advice from a novel, but this bread was disastrous: leaden and sandy textured from the grains, and bland to boot.
Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread, from Nancy Silverton's La Brea Bakery Breads
This bread tasted great, but was super labor intensive and time consuming, with a bit of sourdough starter, lots of time, and a ton of ingredients. The dough was also a huge amount for the standard sized loaf pan.
Flax Bread, from Rose Levy Bernbaum's Bread Bible
Very close to perfection: light, tasty, quick, but also huge for the pan. I considered decreasing the recipe by 1/3 or so, but my mind boggled at the math required. It didn't actually call for whole grains, but whole rye flour, so it was less grainy than I wanted.
Sunflower Millet Bread, from the Moosewood cookbook
Molly Katzen, you are my hero! This was my favorite thus far, and my recipe is based on its proportions. Millet is steamed, then mixed with salt, butter and honey and allowed to cool. Meanwhile, a sponge is made. The two are combined, more water and flour are added, and the bread does its thing. It baked up soft, grainy, full flavored and golden.
Recipe Testing the Perfect Multi-Grain Sandwich Bread
I had some 10 grain cereal mix in the cupboard that needed using, so I began experimenting with the Moosewood recipe. Rather than steaming the grains, which requires cleaning an extra pot (which you know I don't enjoy doing) I covered the mix with boiling water. I added butter and honey to the mixture and let it cool down to just warm. The grains softened up nicely, leaving enough water to which I added flour, salt, yeast and flaxseed. I kneaded the dough, let it rise, rolled it into a loaf. Another rise and a bake yielded just the sort of bread I was looking for.
I made 5 more loaves, tweaking the flavorings, trying various grains, and using different ratios of white and whole wheat bread flours. This is the version I came up with. I don't want to use the 'p' word, but I will say that I am quite happy with it, and can't stop toasting it for breakfast, layering it with tomatoes, cheese, turkey and sprouts for lunch, or dipping it into soups for dinner.
The bread is mixed using the straight dough method which means everything goes straight into one bowl. You can easily knead it by hand, and you get only a spoon, a bowl and your counter dirty. Grainy doughs can be a bit sticky, so be sure your surface and hands are dusted with a bit of flour as you knead.The softer the dough (i.e. the less flour you add) the more open and springy your bread will be, so use the barest amount you can to prevent stickage. The dough should still be a bit tacky to the touch when you've finished kneading it, but not so wet as to be sticking gooily to your hands and the counter. A plastic bench scraper is my best friend for hand-kneading sticky doughs (or any dough).
You can experiment with using other whole grains or a multi-grain cereal mix in place of the millet, oats and polenta; just grind anything you like to the size of a coarse meal. Try using sunflower, sesame or poppy seeds in place of the flax. I like the way the little yellow flecks of polenta add a splash of color, contrasting with the deep brown ovals of flax and the crust, and the warm beige of the bread itself.
I love using fresh cake yeast, with its bizarre, crumbly texture and rapidly rising nature. You can buy it at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco. Instant yeast is an easy substitute; use 1/3 the volume of the fresh yeast called for. Active dry yeast will need to sit for 10 minutes after being whisked into the warm water/grain mixture, but it can be used as well.
More Yeasted Bread Recipes:
Oatmeal Molasses Bread
Honey Oat Beer Buns
Pumpkin Challah
Multi-Grain Sandwich Bread
This is a straightforward, user-friendly, multi-grain bread recipe, an excellent place to start for the yeast-phobic. If you prefer, you can substitute any multi-grain hot cereal blend for the millet, oats and polenta.
Time: about 4 hours, plus 1 – 2 hours to cool the loaf
Makes one 8×4″ or 9×5″ loaf
1/4 cup millet
1/4 cup steel cut oats
1/4 cup dry polenta
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons (1 1/4 ounces) honey
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon fresh yeast (or 2 teaspoons active dry or 1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast)
1/4 cup whole flaxseeds
1/2 cup whole wheat bread flour
1 3/4 teaspoons salt
2 cups white bread flour, plus extra for kneading
vegetable oil for the bowl
butter for the pan
Soak the grains:
Pulse the millet and oats in a coffee grinder to the size of coarse meal or sand. Dump into a large bowl with the polenta, butter and honey. Pour the boiling water over and let sit, stirring once or twice, until the mixture feels just warm to the touch, about 30 – 45 minutes. (If the water is hotter than this, it could kill the yeast. But don't let the grains sit too long, or they may absorb too much water and throw your ratios off.)
Make the dough:
Crumble in the fresh yeast, stir, (if using active dry yeast, let the mixture sit for 10 minutes) then add the flaxseeds, whole wheat flour and salt. Begin adding the white flour 1/4 cup at a time, stirring after each addition. After about 1 1/4 cups the dough should form a rough, sticky mass. (If it is too dry at this point, sprinkle over a bit more water and continue stirring or kneading until it becomes sticky again.) Scrape down the sides of the bowl, cover with plastic wrap or a large plastic bag, and let the mixture sit for 15 – 20 minutes. (This is called autolyse, and it allows the starches in the flour to absorb the water and swell up, and the glutens to begin unfurling and forming straight lines. All of this makes the dough smoother and easier to knead, allowing you to add less flour and resulting in a wetter dough, which is what we want here.)
Uncover the bowl and scrape the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough, dusting your hands and surface with just enough flour to keep it from sticking, for about 10 minutes. The dough should feel smoother by the end, and should be a bit tacky but not sticking to things.
Round the dough into a boule and place in a large bowl coated lightly with oil. Turn to coat the dough with oil and leave the boule smooth side up. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and leave to rise until doubled in bulk, 1 – 2 hours.
Shape the loaf:
Grease an 8×4″ or 9×5″ loaf pan with butter. Turn the dough out onto a surface dusted very lightly with a bit of flour. (A plastic scraper works wonderfully for this.) Pat the dough into a rectangle roughly 8×14″, with a skinny side facing you. Roll the dough up snugly, cinnamon bun-style,and pinch the seam shut. Tuck the ends under the loafand roll the log a few times, seam side down, to smooth it out. Place the log, seam side down, in the greased pan, and put the whole shebang into a large plastic vegetable bag (or small garbage bag). Tie the end of the bag shut, leaving it inflated to give the loaf room to expand.
Let the loaf rise until doubled in bulk and 2″ above the rim of the pan, 45 – 60 minutes. Meanwhile…
Prepare the oven:
Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 400º. If you have a baking stone, put that on the rack. Place a metal or cast iron pan that you don't care about on the floor of the oven. You will put ice cubes in it to steam the oven, and it will become rusted and nasty.
Bake the bread:
Remove the bag. Fill a 1/2 cup measure with ice cubes. Open the oven and quickly but gently place the loaf pan on the baking stone, and toss the ice cubes into the pan on the floor of the oven. Close the door and don't open it again for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, reduce the oven to 350º. Rotate the pan and bake the loaf for 30 – 40 more minutes, for a total baking time of 50 – 60 minutes. A thermometer inserted into the center of the loaf should register 195 – 200º. Optionally, for an extra-crisp crust, remove the loaf from the pan after 45 minutes and finish baking directly on the stone.
Remove the loaf from the pan and let cool completely before cutting (the internal steam is continuing to cook the interior of the bread) 1 – 2 hours.
Store the bread in a plastic bag or other airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.


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Burns and his wife, Susie, have lived in the same house in Hinkley since 1987.
They raised three boys in the house and have no plans to leave.
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Those neighbors are long gone and the house was demolished as part of the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. buyout program.
The Burns are taking the other option, signing up for the whole household replacement water system, a sophisticated water purification device that PG&E will underwrite for five years. After that, it's uncertain who maintains and pays for the system.
With the neighbor gone, Terry Burns wants to pick up two-plus acres adjacent to his house.
"It will be good to control the property," he said. And he and Susie might want to keep a cow or two on the property.
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I received an email photo the other day that got me thinking about an area of human weirdness that I think is unique to the male side of the species.
About a week ago I got an email message from my son, Matthew, who lives with his glorious family in Eugene, Ore.
In his appropriate role of proud Poppa, Matthew sent me a photo of his oldest son, Jacob.
The not so little guy plays for the Willamette Wolverines Pop Warner Junior Midget division, and there the lad was in a full football uniform with the number 4 on his back.
Seeing a young man with the name Aylworth on the back of his jersey brought a flood of memories back to my gray-haired mind.
Around my family being a football fan is basically a genetic necessity. My Dad, Art Aylworth, was a football star in high school. He played college ball for his one semester at Utah State University and was a dedicated fan of the 49ers from the day they came into being to the day he died.
I never had even a good portion of Dad"s football talent, but I played in high school and loved it, even when I sat on the bench.
In a way that I don"t think women fully understand, otherwise reasonably sane males can develop traditions, rituals, and even superstitions related to the teams and the games we love.
When Matthew and his next older brother, Jared, were in their middle teens, they had already become avid 49er fans.
Before every televised San Francisco game these two had some small toys and other items they had to arrange in a very specific way on the floor. Then the two brothers would lie on the amidst the sacred objects and watch the game. If the ritual was not followed to the letter, the beloved Niners were doomed before the first kick-off.
Should the team win despite the lack of perfect ritual, it was because the lingering mojo was enough to win the day despite the ritual violation.
I always thought their ritual was a little crazy, because I knew what you had to do to insure gridiron success, and it involved a T-shirt.
During my three years in high school ball, I brought a new white T-shirt to the first day of practice. I wore the T-shirt between my skin and my shoulder pads.
Through the season I never took that shirt home. Every bit of grime, every drop of sweat, and even the occasional splatter of blood that landed on the cotton shirt stayed where it landed.
I never really vocalized why it was necessary that the stinking, filthy garment remain both filthy and stinking, but I knew somehow the deities that control the fates of football teams would be offended by any attempt at cleanliness.
By the end of the first month the shirt was stiff with sweated salts and soil. A month later bullets couldn"t penetrate the thing.
The rich, earthy aroma — read that incredible stench ? was enough to knock down an unsuspecting opponent like a physical blow. Since I played center it probably was tough on the quarterback too, but that never crossed my mind.
I can"t point to specific games won or lost because of my shirt because I always had the thing on.
By the end of each season the shirt would in fact stand on its own.
How can a woman ever comprehend the spiritual, cosmic significance of such a shirt?
I know for a fact my Mom never had a clue, at the end of November, the end of the season, when she would find this nearly ceramic piece of apparel in the hamper to be washed.
She never asked me about it. Maybe that was because she was married to my Dad and I had an older brother, and she already knew the truth.
Roger H. Aylworth is a staff writer with the Enterprise-Record. His column appears every Sunday and he can be reached at 896-7762 or @RogerAylworth on Twitter. Autographed copies of his two books can be purchased at the newspaper office.


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Courtney Conlogue, a Sage Hill School product, won the Estoril Surf & Music Billabong Girls Pro completed Saturday in Praia do Guincho, Portugal.
Conlogue, who claimed the $4,500 winner's purse, defeated fellow Californian Lakey Peterson in the 30-minute main event final. She has $51,550 in winnings on the tour this season.
Conlogue solidified her No. 1 position in the Assn. of Surfing Professionals Women's Star rankings. She has 11,720 points, well ahead of No. 2-ranked Sage Erickson (7,640).
The tour concludes Aug. 1-6 at the Nike U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach.
— From staff reports
Thornton stands out
Former UC Irvine All-American setter Brian Thornton helped the U.S. men's national volleyball team defeat Brazil, 25-21, 25-22, 16-25, 26-24, Sunday in FIVB World League action in front of 17,846 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
It was the first loss in league play for Brazil, ranked No. 1 in the world.
Thornton played the entire match for Team USA, which lost in four games to Brazil on Saturday.
The Americans are 4-2 in the World League, while Brazil is 5-1.
Team USA, which also includes veteran setter and Corona del Mar High product Kevin Hansen, will face Poland on Friday and Saturday in Hoffman Estates, Ill., near Chicago.
It faces Brazil in Tulsa, Okla., June 24-25, then takes on Puerto Rico in Long Beach on July 1-2.
— From staff reports
Bernatz collects honor
Newport Beach resident Connor Bernatz, a four-year starter for the University of San Francisco baseball team, won the Troy Nakamura Kipono Aloha Deep Love Award given to the Dons' player who best exemplifies commitment to the team and the program.
Bernatz, a right fielder who earned first-team All-West Coast Conference recognition for a second season in 2011, helped the Dons win the WCC title and advance to the Los Angeles Regional at UCLA. They finished 32-25.
Bernatz, who played in every game and started all but one this season, hit .292 with 62 hits, two home runs and 24 runs batted in.
He was successful on seven of eight stolen-base attempts and scored 33 runs. He set a school single-season record with 14 sacrifice hits as a senior.
A Freshman All-American in 2008, Bernatz finishes fifth in school annals in career at-bats (715), sixth in doubles (46), tied for seventh in hits (216) and ninth in extra-base hits (58). He is a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.
— Barry Faulkner
Morrow wins derby
Corona del Mar High outfielder Will Morrow won a $500 gift certificate from a bat company.
The bat he used in the Home Run Derby at the 15th annual Ryan Lemmon Foundation Senior Showcase worked pretty well on Saturday.
Morrow won the home run contest and then went one for one, walked once and scored twice, helping the Pacific Coast League All-Stars defeat the Freeway League All-Stars, 12-3, at Windrow Park in Irvine.
Two other CdM seniors invited to the game were catcher Clark Cashion and center fielder Brian Ford.
Judy Johnson, head of the Sea Kings' parent booster club, said Cashion was unable to play because he is recovering from a broken leg he suffered during the season.
Johnson said Ford declined the invitation because he attended his brother's college graduation.
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Wabash College's Visiting Artists Series and Experience Indiana will present Wilderness Plots and Scott Russell Sanders at 8 p.m., Friday, September 21, in Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
In an evening of American folk music and storytelling, Wilderness Plots is a collection of songs and stories inspired by the history of settling the American wilderness in the time between the Revolution and the Civil War.
In addition to the evening performance, a public workshop with the author and artists will be held Friday afternoon, September 21 at 4:15 p.m. in Salter Hall.The exceptional cast for Wilderness Plots includes singer-songwriters Carrie Newcomer, Tim Grimm, Krista Detor, Tom Roznowski, and Michael White performing songs drawn from tales written by acclaimed Indiana author Scott Russell Sanders, who will also read selections from his work.Sanders spent his early childhood in Tennessee and his school years in Ohio. He studied physics and English at Brown University, graduating in 1967. With the aid of a Marshall Scholarship, he pursued graduate work at Cambridge University, where he completed his Ph.D. in English in 1971. Since 1971 he has been teaching at Indiana University, where he is Distinguished Professor of English, and where he has won several teaching awards. He spent a year as writer-in-residence at Phillips Exeter Academy, and another year as visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received fellowships for writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Indiana Arts Commission, the Lilly Endowment, and the Guggenheim Foundation. His fiction and essays have appeared widely, in places such as Audubon, Harper's, Orion, North American Review, Georgia Review, Missouri Review, Tikkun, and Resurgence. He is a contributing editor for Audubon and a member of the advisory board for Orion and Fourth Genre.He has published 19 books, including eight works of fiction: Wilderness Plots, Fetching the Dead, Wonders Hidden, Terrarium, Hear the Wind Blow, Bad Man Ballad, The Engineer of Beasts, and The Invisible Company. His storybooks for children include Aurora Means Dawn, Warm as Wool, Here Comes the Mystery Man, The Floating House, A Place Called Freedom, Meeting Trees, and Crawdad Creek."The language of these tales is chiseled, spare to the point of folklore: every word carries a lovely weight. Seldom has America's early story been so beautifully told," said Publishers Weekly.
Seating for Visiting Artists Series events will be by general admission, though free tickets are required for Visiting Artists Series programs.Contact the Fine Arts Center Box Office by email at firstname.lastname@example.com; or phone: 765-361-6411. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The box office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Visiting Artists events. Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.For more information on Wilderness Plots visit: http://www.myspace.com/wildernessplots