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Fine brick detail, gabled rooflines and an arched window give this home plenty of class and distinction, and though it looks like a ranch home, it's actually a two-story! Inside, a tiled foyer directs traffic into the formal areas of the dining room and bayed living room. The U-shaped kitchen offers a snack counter into the sunny nook. At the front of the plan, a bedroom/study awaits with a cathedral ceiling. Located away from the family bedrooms, the master suite finished out this level with plenty of amenities. Downstairs are two bedrooms--each with a private bath--and a spacious family room. Note the abundance of unfinished space for future use. Please Note: Total Square Footage with Finished Basement is 2783 square feet
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She is an L Graduate with distinction, and continues to work towards the next step in becoming a ï¿½rï¿½ judge. So far, Amy has earned her bronze medal and while an unfortunate injury to her horse left her two scores away from her silver, she has competed successfully in Region 9, qualifying and competing at championships.

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Douglas County is a county located at the northwest corner of the state of Wisconsin. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 44,159. Its county seat is Superior.

Douglas County is included in the Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Etymology - Origin of Douglas County Name

Douglas County was named in honor of Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois (1847-61), and Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1860.

[Source: Kellogg, Louise Phelps. "Derivation of County Names" in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for 1909, pages 219-231.]

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Douglas County History

The early history of Douglas County is a story of the Indian. The first known inhabitants of what is now Douglas County were Mound Builders. These were an advanced group of people that appeared on the shores of Lake Superior sometime after the last glacier receded. They mined copper in the Minong Range and at Manitou Falls on the Black River. They pounded this metal into weapons, implements, and ornaments which were later found buried in mounds with their dead.

The next major group of Indians were the Mascoutins, "People of the Fire", a branch of the Potawatomi. They were forest hunters, who lived by trapping beaver, harvesting wild rice, spearing whitefish, and hunting deer. They remained until about 1400 when the Dacotah (Sioux), who were forced westward by the Iroquois, drove them out. From this time on, there were successions of Indian tribes from the northeastern United States invading and inhabiting this region, until 1490 when the Chippewa's built a settlement on Madeline Island.

The first known white men to visit the area were the French. In 1618, Stephen Brule, a voyagers for Champlain, coasted along the south shore of Lake Superior where he met the Ojibwa. Upon returning to Quebec, he carried back some copper specimens and a glowing account of the region. In 1632, Champlain's map appeared showing "Lac Superior de Tracy" as Lake Superior and the lower end shore as "Fond du Lac". Soon after, fur trading companies established settlements, while missionaries came bringing the first touches of civilization. Names and dates of some of those who pioneered in exploring the Douglas County areas were Father Menard (1653), Radisson and Grosseilliers (1655), Father Claude Allouez (1668), Nicolas Perrot (1671), Sier Randin (1673), Daniel Greysolon Du L'Hut (1679), and Pierre Charles Le Sueur (1693).

Douglas County lies on one of the major water highways used by early travelers and voyagers of inland America. This water trail, the Bois Brule-St. Croix River Portage Trail, was the most convenient connecting link between Lake Superior and the Mississippi River. The Bois Brule and St. Croix River systems were only separated by a short portage over the Continental Divide near Solon Springs. The northward traveler used this water trail to take him to Lake Superior, while the downstream traveler could use it to go southwest to the Gulf of Mexico, unhindered by portages, by using the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. This waterway was also an important route in the Wisconsin fur trade, particularly when the French War with the Fox Indians closed the more southern routes. This territory was transferred to British rule by the treaty of Paris in 1763 at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. It was explored by Capt. Johnathon Carver in 1767 and came under the flag of the United States government in 1783 under terms of the Treaty of Peace of that year.

Indian control of what is now Douglas County began to diminish in the early 1800's and in 1847 the Chippewa signed a treaty giving up all rights to the region. White settlers began to pour into the region to cut timber and prospect for minerals. In 1852, the government survey of townships in the county was completed. That same year, the first settlers founded the City of Superior.

A law enacted February 8, 1854, separated Douglas County from the larger County of La Pointe. Superior was immediately selected as the county seat; however, it wasn't incorporated as a city until 1887. St. Louis was actually the first name proposed for the County; however, R.R. Nelson submitted an amendment to change the proposed name to Douglas County after Nelson's friend, Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois Senator, who was financially interested in the new settlement.

The opening of the Federal Land Office at Superior in 1855 marked the beginning of the white man's transformation of this area. Some notes from the census of 1860 show the population of Douglas County as 812 souls.

The first courthouse was built in 1871. It was a two-story frame building built near 25th Avenue East and East Fifth Street. The present courthouse was built during the year 1919 and was occupied in March, 1920. It is considered the finest courthouse in the Northwest. The construction consists of selected Bedford blue cut stone and Pavanazza marble.

After more than a quarter of a century of patient waiting and many disappointments, on the 17th day of December, 1881, (the most memorable one in its history) the Northern Pacific Railroad formally opened to Superior. This marked the boom for Superior's industry and growth.

From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
pg. 64-68

This County was formed from La Point in 1854. A few surveys have been made along the shore of Lake Superior, and settlers are rapidly directing their course to that point. Though the most Northern county of the State, the winters are represented to be mild and pleasant. The present communication with the outer world is through Lake Superior or down the St. Croix River. A road is now building from Superior, near the mouth of the St. Louis to a point on the St. Croix River. The Bay of Superior, at the head of the Lake, is said to be the best harbor on the Lake. Superior is a rapidly growing place. The first settlement being made in 1853, and in the fall of 1855 numbered about 700. A newspaper is now published there. Prospectively this occupies an important point. It is the head of the chain of inland Lakes on the north-west. It is the north-western terminus of the Wisconsin system of Rail Roads. It is the point, and the main point, from which the Pacific Rail Road is to leave the Lake Navigation, and from this point the road is to be built.

A road is opening from Superior striking the St. Croix, and following down the Minnesota side which will be ready for use the coming winter. The land along this road is reported good, timbered with maple, lynn, clm, ash and white oak, interspersed with pine.

The head of Lake Superior is about twelve miles wide, and forms two semi-circular points. The Southern, or Wisconsin point, is four miles long, and the northern, or Minnesota point, is eight miles long. The St. Louis and Left Hand Rivers meet and discharge their waters into the Lake between these points. Inside of the points the river forms a bay eight miles long, and from one to two miles wide, with from six to twenty-four feet of water. The points are from twenty to sixty rods wide, sandy grounds, covered with yellow pine and an undergrowth of whortleberry. These are the great summer camping grounds of the Chippewa Indians, and here large quantities of the Siskawit, Trout and Whitefish are caught in the Lake and around the entry to the Bay. The St. Louis River is navigable for Lake steamers for eighteen miles to the American Fur Company's post, sometimes called Fond du Lac, and is a succession of bays, islands covered with blue joint grass, bayous, and channels, among which a stranger would easily be lost in the at-attempt to navigate it without a guide. The Left Hand river is a narrow, deep stream, and can be navigated with keel boats for a distance of ten miles. These rivers abound in the Muskelonge, Pickerel, Pike, Bass, and other river fish.

The entry to the bay is sixty rods wide, with nine feet of water on the bar--is a hard gravel bottom, and does not shift.

The country to the north and south, and nearly parallel with the Lake, rises into lofty ranges of primitive and trappean rocks. That to the south lies about six miles from the lake or bay. Native Copper in regular and well defined veins--some of them ten feet wide, with distinct walls of clay and traceable to any distance--have been discovered on this range, and will be opened and worked the coming summer. The conglomerate and sand-stone have the same relative position to the trap that they have on other parts of Lake Superior. There is another range ten miles south from this, and running parallel with it, forming a beautiful valley between, and meandered by the American river,, along the banks of which are meadows of blue joint grass, and well timbered with pine, spruce, maple, birch, red oak and cedar. The country on the north side of the Lake is bold, rugged and mountainous; and the coast from the mouth of the river to the Canada line, and beyond is what a sailor would call iron bound--precipices several hundred feet high, extending along the shore. The water is very deep and but few places where a vessel could anchor. There are three good harbors on this shore, in Minnesota--"Camp Harbor" forty-five miles from the head of the Lake, forming a bay about one mile wide, with an island in front, "Grand Marias" fifty-five miles farther down, is a circular inland bay, three-fourths of a mile in diameter, with a good entrance from the westward--and "Grand Portage Bay" and Island, near the mouth of Pigeon River, and between that river and Fort Williams, in Canada, are several fine bays completely land-locked, with good entrances, deep and spacious inside, and full of siskawit, trout, and sturgeon.

Isle Royal is visible here, about twenty miles to the south. Pie Island and Thunder Cape rise about one thousand feet above the water, and stand facing each other like the Russians and Allies, now and then throwing several hundred tons of rock from off their bald pates down to the bottom of Lake Superior. All of the streams except Pigeon river, and the river at Fort Williams are small, and fall rapidly from the mountains several hundred feet, in beautiful cascades, some of which are over a hundred feet deep. These streams contain speckled trout of a large size, and weighing sometimes over ten pounds. Numerous small lakes lie inland, around which on beaten trails roam herds of Red Deer, together with rabbits and partridges.

The ranges of mountains are of various kinds of rock, coarse granite of different colors, and stone, grey and red trap, amigdaloyd, greenstone, and slate--the latter sticking up edgewise--with spar veins of the sulphuret of copper and iron from ten to twenty feet wide, some crossing the regular formation of rock, and others running with it. Native copper, also, in smaller veins is found.

Geography: Land and Water

As reported by the Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,480 square miles (3,833 km2), of which, 1,309 square miles (3,391 km2) of it is land and 171 square miles (442 km2) of it (11.54%) is water.

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  • Sawyer County - southeast
  • Washburn County - south
  • Burnett County - southwest
  • Pine County, Minnesota - southwest
  • Carlton County, Minnesota - west
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That Khan episode is worthy of a little bit of deconstruction.

As everyone knows, The Mayor of London – certainly Labour’s most important politician elected to public office, and one of the most senior non-white and Muslim politicians in that part of the North which comprises Western Europe and America – put out a Tweet this morning. He said he was going to say some things to Scottish Labour’s conference in Perth today. Most controversially, and stupidly, this included:

“There’s no difference between those who try to divide us on the basis of whether we’re English or Scottish and those who try to divide us on the basis of our background, race or religion”.

This statement is so wilfully ignorant and so blatantly seeks to deploy Khan’s status as non-white and Muslim in order to equate wanting Scotland free of English Toryism to racism, that there’s already plenty of justified condemnation across the media. There’s little point saying more of the obvious here.

Instead, it’s worth, just for a moment, looking at the other parts of Khan’s tweet.

The first thing to note, chronologically at least, is that Khan’s purpose is to attack the notion of independence – not simply the SNP. So in the first paragraph, he’s telling Scots that supporting independence is essentially a matter of right-wing, narrow nationalism. See again, by the way, how The Independent also conflates Scottish independence with the SNP).

In the second and third paragraphs, notice that Khan uses the word ‘country’ only once in the part of the text he tweeted. He wants us to know that there’s only one country, the UK, and in that country London and Scotland are on the same side. But of course, all London Mayors have argued for the interests of already overwhelmingly-powerful London over the other parts of the UK, including Scotland. Ken Livingstone then Boris Johnson both regularly demanded more for London and less for Scotland. And  here’s Sadiq Khan putting out a press release ‘demanding more autonomy for the capital’ so that his electors, in the richest part of the UK, can use such power to screw more out of the UK public purse at the expense of, er, Scotland, Wales and the regions. Where could the money come from otherwise? Not so much on the same side after all, then, mate.

The fourth paragraph says that if you live in Scotland and you’re unhappy that English Tory MPs are set to spend the next decade or two taking Scotland’s social democratic underpinning apart and want to stop that via independence, then you’re no difference from a racist. Enough said.

The fifth paragraph tells Scots that the antidote to Brexit is not to push our neighbours away. This is a line which confuses England with the UK, as so many English politicians do these days. For Scots, the antidote to Brexit is not to leave the EU. And of course it’s the English who have voted for all of us to push our European neighbours away, not Scots. ‘The Right Direction’, by the way, is just terrible writing when it’s a line from a Labour politician talking about his direction of travel.

The rest is just hackneyed rubbish. These pre-released speeches always have printed upon them; “check against delivery” so that the speaker isn’t, theoretically at least, constrained by lines put out in advance. That doesn’t work when the politician himself puts the lines out, obviously. Still, we know Khan inserted; ‘hey, guys, I’m not saying people who support independence are racists’, or some such. But, really, so what? He’d already put his own lines out, so he can hardly deny them credibly now.

If Khan’s operation is as bad as it seems from this episode, then this balls-up will be the least of it – there’ll be plenty bigger ones to come. Far more likely, though, the whole thing was produced in Scotland because Khan’s an able politician and his folk aren’t dummies.

In general, UK Labour-minded folk are sympathetic to Scots moving from No to Yes. They don’t conflate support for independence post-Brexit with support for the SNP. They don’t blame people in Scotland for wanting to take control of their own destiny faced with long-term UK government made up entirely of English Tory MPs with right wing, English Tory imperatives.

No, in order to find Labour folk whose hatred of today’s SNP dominates their thinking on every subject, trumping Scottish dignity and social democratic values, you really do need to come to Scotland.

Khan’s speech was made in Scotland all right. But the good news for independence-minded folk is that by saying regular Scots looking rationally at what’s before them are no better than racists, in a single day he’s likely managed to shift Scotland a couple of points towards independence.

When Scots vote Yes next year, we must all remember to thank Sadiq Khan’s Scottish Labour speechwriter.

“The World is becoming an increasingly turbulent and divided place. We’ve seen Brexit, President Trump elected in the United States and the rise of right-wing populist and narrow nationalist parties around the world.

It’s up to us – whether in Scotland or London – to fight this trend.

The last thing we need now is to pit different parts of our country or sections of our society against each other – or to further fuel division or seek separation.

There’s no difference between those who try to divide us on the basis of whether we’re English or Scottish and those who try to divide us on the basis of our background, race or religion.

The antidote to Brexit and the rise of right-wing populist parties is not to run away, break away or push our neighbours away. It’s to lead us in a different direction – the right direction.

Now is the time to build unity, create a more United Kingdom and ensure everyone has the opportunities they need to succeed”.


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Gravitational waves: ‘dents’ in spacetime

Gravitational waves are fundamentally different from, for example, electromagnetic waves. The acceleration of electric charges creates electromagnetic waves, propagating in space and time. However, gravitational waves, created by the acceleration of mass, are waves of the spacetime ‘fabric’ itself.

According to Newton’s theory of gravity, the gravitational interaction between two bodies is instantaneous. However, Einstein’s Special Relativity says nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. If an object changes shape as a result of a mass pulling on it, the resulting change in the force field would spread outwards at the speed of light.

In 1805, Laplace said that if gravity propagates with finite speed, the force in a binary star system should not point along the line connecting the stars, and the angular momentum of the system must slowly decrease with time.

Proof of gravity waves found

Albert Einstein, 1879 - 1955
Albert Einstein, 1879 - 1955

Today’s scientists would say that binary stars lose energy and angular momentum by emitting ‘gravitational waves’. In the late 1970s, indirect proof was found for the existence of gravitational waves by observing the binary pulsar PSR 1913+16. The first direct detection of gravitational waves, emitted by a pair of coalescing black holes, was obtained with the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in 2015, and the discovery was announced on 11 February 2016.

Forty years after Einstein’s work on gravitational waves, relativity theorists like H. Bondi proved that gravitational radiation was physically observable, that gravitational waves carry energy, and that a system emitting gravitational waves should lose energy.

General Relativity implies accepting that space and time do not have an independent existence, but rather are in intense interaction with the physical world. Massive objects produce ‘dents’ in the fabric of spacetime. Other objects move in this curved spacetime taking the shortest path, like billiard balls on a springy surface. So spacetime is an ‘elastic medium’.

Elastic but stiff!

If an object changes shape asymmetrically, the spacetime ‘dents’ travel outwards like ripples in spacetime called ‘gravitational waves’. Gravitational effects that are spherically symmetric will not produce gravitational radiation. A perfectly symmetrical collapse of a supernova will produce no waves, but a non-spherical one will emit gravitational radiation. A binary system will always radiate.

Gravitational waves distort spacetime: they change the distances between large, free objects. A gravitational wave passing through the Solar System creates a time-varying strain in space that periodically changes the distances between all bodies in the Solar System (this strain changes distances perpendicularly to the direction in which the wave moves).

However, the relative change in length due to the passage of a gravitational wave is extremely small. For example, in the case of a typical white dwarf binary at a typical distance of 160 light-years, it is only 10–10 m. Measuring distances this small between objects far apart presents a challenge.

Although a supernova in a distant galaxy would bathe Earth with gravitational radiation as strong as several kilowatts per square metre, the resulting length changes will always be very small. Spacetime is an elastic medium that remains stubbornly stiff.

Galactic binaries and massive black holes

Gigantic black holes

As far as a LISA-like mission is concerned, gravitational waves arise from two main sources: galactic binaries and the massive black holes (MBHs) which are expected to exist in the centres of most galaxies.

Observing binaries is limited to our Galaxy. LISA-like missions will be able to detect several types of galactic sources. Some galactic binaries are so well studied, especially the X-ray binary 4U1820-30, that it is one of the most reliable sources.

If a LISA-like mission does not detect the gravitational waves from known binaries with the intensity and polarisation predicted by General Relativity, it would shake the very foundations of gravitational physics.

Searching for gravitational waves with LISA

Learning about the formation, growth, space density and surroundings of MBHs is also very important. Scientists suspect that there are MBHs with masses of one million to 100 million times the mass of our Sun in the centres of most galaxies, including our own. Observations of signals from merging MBHs in distant galaxies would test General Relativity, and particularly black-hole theory, to unprecedented accuracy.

Last update: 12 February 2016

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[Editor’s note: This story, originally published on April 14th of this year, was our #5 most popular story of the year. The countdown continues tomorrow with #4, so be sure to check back!]

It’s no secret that new teachers sometimes struggle to feel empowered in their positions as educators. In fact, a lack of support, experienced teacher mentors, and resources lead many new teachers to leave their profession within the first three years.

While technology can be a great tool, finding the right technology or tool often proves challenging and time-consuming.

During an edWeb webinar, Shannon Holden, assistant principal at Republic Middle School in Missouri and a longtime educator, offered a list of websites to help new teachers find online resources quickly and easily.

“With the internet being what it is, you don’t have to re-invent the wheel every time you want to teach a concept,” Holden said.

Searching for educational materials online can reduce work time, Holden said, because many other educators have already produced the same exact resource another educator might be searching for. That resource can be tweaked or edited to meet individual educator or class needs.

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Gunner Kiel visits Cincinnati

When Gunner Kiel elected last month to transfer from Notre Dame, there was wide speculation that a number of Mid-American Conference programs could be possible destinations for the former four-star quarterback prospect. But Kiel spent his holiday weekend near one of Brian Kelly's old stomping grounds.

Kiel was spotted Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium taking in the University of Cincinnati's scrimmage, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer's Tom Groeschen.

The Bearcats had about 25 prospects in town Saturday for junior day, Groeschen notes.

One of the better pro-style quarterbacks coming out of the Class of 2012, Kiel would fit in nicely with new coach Tommy Tuberville's offense should he elect to transfer there.

It is unknown what other schools Kiel is looking at.

Kelly said March 19 that it was his understanding that Kiel would finish his spring semester at Notre Dame -- though not with the football program -- to maintain his eligibility.

Kiel will have to sit out next season regardless, meaning he will go two full seasons without any game action, this after redshirting this past fall at Notre Dame.

Kelly had said that Kiel made an extensive list of regional and national programs as potential destinations, with the Irish giving him fair leeway about where he could go.

"I don't think it was a restriction as much as we had an open conversation about the schools," Kelly said March 19. "Again, I think the schools that he was looking at were in line with the schools that I thought were appropriate relative to who was on our schedule."


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Notre Dame making its mark

With less than two months left until national signing day, it's time to take a look at the recruiting classes of a few high-profile schools not in BCS conferences -- Notre Dame, Boise State, Utah and TCU.

Boise State Broncos

What's happened: A move to the Mountain West has lost a lot of steam with the defections of Utah, BYU and TCU, but Boise State continues to expand its recruiting base and is finding lots of interest everywhere it goes.

What's next: With limited talent available in Idaho, coach Chris Petersen and his staff must search far and wide for the players who will help the Broncos compete at the highest level. California and Texas are popular spots for the Broncos' staff, and the 2011 class has 12 of its 17 commitments from those two talent-rich states. The top-rated player in Idaho, linebacker Cody McCarthy (Boise, Idaho/Bishop Kelly) didn't have an offer from BSU at last check, but the Broncos are keeping an eye on him. Boise has found it tough to breakthrough in Florida outside of signing defensive back Antwan Murray (Lakeland, Fla./Kathleen) a couple of years ago. However, three-star defensive back Jamie Byrd (Dade City, Fla./Pasco) says he wants to visit Boise State despite not having an official offer yet. (One appears to be coming). Another Florida prospect, defensive tackle Chris Jones (Jacksonville, Fla./Raines) doesn't have an official offer from Boise but is considering an official visit in hopes of changing that.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

What's happened: The Fighting Irish were off to a very good start, especially in the trenches, but in October they lost defensive ends Aaron Lynch (Cape Coral, Fla./Island Coast) and Clay Burton (Venice, Fla./Venice) as well as offensive tackle Jordan Prestwood (Plant City, Fla./Plant City). Then last week, running back Justice Hayes (Grand Blanc, Mich.) decommitted from Notre Dame as well. Still, Brian Kelly and the Irish have the 11th-ranked class in the nation. To fill its need of linemen, Notre Dame received a commitment from Matthew Hegarty (Aztec, N.M./Aztec), who is No. 24 in the ESPNU 150 and the No. 4 offensive tackle in the country. Other commitments include Tony Springmann (Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Dwenger) and ESPNU 150 defensive ends Stephon Tuitt (Monroe, Ga./Monroe) and Anthony Rabasa (Miami/Columbus).

What's next: Beating Utah and USC to end his first season in South Bend was critical for Kelly and his staff, particularly with prospects in the class of 2012. It solidified the staff's message to recruits: Although there will be some growing pains, Notre Dame has a plan and will be successful. Defensive end Ishaq Williams (Brooklyn, N.Y./Lincoln), running back Savon Huggins (Jersey City, N.J./St. Peter's), athlete Miles Shuler (Long Branch, N.J.), athlete Christian French (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/John F. Kennedy), tight end Troy Niklas (Anaheim, Calif./Servite), and defensive end Brennan Scarlett (Portland, Or./Central Catholic) are all main targets of the Irish. French likely will announce this week whether he's selected the Fighting Irish or the Hawkeyes.

TCU Horned Frogs

What's happened: TCU's success on the field has carried over to the recruiting trail with a very solid class. The Horned Frogs have 19 commitments (14 from Texas) led by four-star outside linebacker Deryck Gildon (Arlington, Texas/Martin), who is the No. 9 outside linebacker in the country. Three-star quarterback Dominic Merka (Crosby, Texas/Crosby) can make plays with his arm and his legs. This class also is littered with three-star recruits such as offensive tackles Bobby Thompson (Midland, Texas/Midland Christian) and Jamelle Naff (Del City, Okla./Del City), wide receiver Cameron White (DeSoto, Texas/DeSoto) and athlete David Bush (Tyler, Texas/John Tyler). Fourteen TCU pledges are from the Lone Star State.

What's next: TCU coach Gary Patterson has done a masterful job building this program. The Horned Frogs are getting to the point where they are on the radars of the big-time recruits, something that is never easy for a non-automatic qualifier program, and joining the Big East will make things even better with recruiting. ESPNU 150 members Greg Townsend Jr. (Beverly Hills, Calif./Beverly Hills), an Under Armour All-American, and LaDarius Brown (Waxahachie, Texas/Waxahachie) both list TCU as one of their favorites. So does defensive tackle Chuck Hunter (West Monroe, La./West Monroe).

Utah Utes

What happened: With a move to the Pac-10 coming in 2011, Utah continued to battle BYU for the state's top recruits while increasing its profile in California. Of Utah's 18 verbals, 14 are from California. The Utes always have run a quarterback-driven offense and have 6-3 230-pounder Derrick Brown (Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta) as their arm of the future.

What's next: The Utes are in contention with BYU for the top player in the state, running back Harvey Langi (South Jordan, Utah/Bingham), and they would love to get a verbal from the 5-11, 225-pound, bruising back. Schools like UCLA and Cal also might jump into the race for Langi. Not surprisingly, the Utes will go into the junior colleges for players who can make an immediate impact as they upgrade competition. Running back John White (Los Angeles/Harbor Community College) took an official visit to Utah, and the Utes are on the short list with Purdue, Houston, Cincinnati. Another junior college prospect Utah is keeping its eye on is 6-4, 290-pound Miles Mason (El Camino, Calif./El Camino Junior College), a former basketball player who is learning to translate his skills to football. Utah also might get a visit from wide receiver Anthony Denham (East Los Angeles Junior College), a 6-5 200-pounder who has offers from Ole Miss, Arizona and Oregon.


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'Secretariat' begins filming in Kentucky

DOSWELL, Va. -- In an era defined by a dispiriting war and a surreal Washington scandal, Secretariat gave Americans and their bruised psyche something to cheer about when the big thoroughbred captured the Triple Crown in 1973.

The racehorse considered by many to be the best ever and the housewife-turned-breeder who soared in a male-dominated sport are now coming to the big screen.

"Secretariat" has begun filming in Kentucky with Diane Lane portraying owner Penny Chenery and John Malkovich cast as trainer Lucien Laurin.

Mayhem Pictures, with the backing of Walt Disney Pictures, is producing "Secretariat." Mayhem's other uplifting sports-themed stories include "Miracle," about the 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, and "The Rookie" and "Invincible," both Walter Mitty tales.

Randall Wallace, who directed "We Were Soldiers," is directing. A fall 2010 release is expected.

Unlike "Seabiscuit," the 2003 movie based on the undersized thoroughbred who buoyed the spirits of a Depression-era nation, "Secretariat" will focus on Chenery's improbable success in the old money, bourbon-sipping world of horse breeding and the chestnut stallion's stirring, record-shattering run for the Triple Crown. Like "Seabiscuit," the nation's mood -- in this case, the era of Watergate and Vietnam -- is key to the storytelling.

"Really, it's Penny's story," producer Mark Ciardi said of Chenery, who left her life in Denver to take over ailing father Christopher Chenery's faltering horse breeding farm 20 miles north of Richmond in Doswell.

"Her coming into a man's world, learning and rekindling this love she had of horse racing," Ciardi said, shorthanding elements of Chenery's story. "She's this woman in a man's world, just doing what she has to do."

Chenery, now 87 and living in Boulder, Colo., is characteristically low-key about the challenges she faced running Meadow Farm, now the home of the State Fair of Virginia.

"It didn't occur to me that I was a woman in a man's field," she said. "I just thought I've got the best horse."

Secretariat was unquestionably that.

Besides his iconic 31-length win in the Belmont Stakes, "Big Red" set records there and the Kentucky Derby that still stand 36 years later. Others -- including the Daily Racing Form -- insist he broke the track record at the Preakness. The disputed official time ultimately was upheld in arbitration.

"He's the best horse I've ever seen -- and not just close, but by lengths," said William Nack, the retired Sports Illustrated writer who wrote "Secretariat: The Making of a Champion," the book upon which the movie draws heavily. He is a consultant for the film.

Nack, who primarily covered boxing and horse racing during his career, called Secretariat's Belmont win "the greatest sporting event up to its time." He calls it the equal of Muhammad Ali's stunning knockout of George Foreman in Zaire in 1974.

"It's a helluva story and I'm glad it's being told," Nack said.

While women could be found on the backside of tracks in the 1960s and '70s, the sport was still dominated by larger-than-life men like Bull Hancock, who ran Kentucky's Claiborne Farm, the top thoroughbred farm of that period. In the film he is portrayed by Fred Thompson, the actor and former U.S. senator from Tennessee.

Chenery turned to Hancock when she needed help. But in keeping with the sensibilities of the era and the sport, she would not be allowed in the breeding pen at Claiborne.

"There were certain cultural barriers she had to break down," Kate Tweedy said of her mother. "She had to establish herself as the boss. She had to understand all the breeding terms."

At Meadow Farm, Nack said, "She ran the show. There was nobody else to do it. She was the only one in that whole outfit to take a strong hand and protect the interests of her dying father."

Secretariat wasn't Meadow Farm's only star. In 1972, Riva Ridge won the 1972 Kentucky Derby and the Belmont -- two jewels of the crown.

Chenery, who graduated from Smith College and nearly completed her studies for an MBA before her marriage to John Tweedy, relished the opportunity to return to Virginia. She didn't view it as a burden.

"I was always pretty well organized and a strong-minded person," she said. "I was just waiting for a chance like this to come along. I was bored stiff being a housewife."

The arrangement, however, didn't sit well with John Tweedy.

"He really was part of the generation that basically thought the man should be making the money and the woman should be staying at home," Kate Tweedy said.

The marriage ended one year after Secretariat's historic Triple Crown run.

Penny Chenery said the divorce wasn't based on her running Meadow Farm. "Marriages don't break up because of external things," she said.

Ciardi, who is producing the film with Gordon Gray, said the horse wrangler who worked on "Seabiscuit" is casting several horses to play Secretariat. Once filming is completed in the Lexington and Louisville areas, the crew will move to Louisiana to reproduce the Triple Crown infields at Evangeline Downs.

Asked how much is budgeted for the film, Ciardi said, "It's not as much as 'Seabiscuit' -- not nearly as much."

Secretariat died Oct. 4, 1989, at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky.


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Spot-fixing controversy January 11, 2011

Tribunal defers verdict till February 5

Three Pakistani players will have to wait until February 5 to discover the eventual outcome of the spot-fixing charges laid on them by the ICC. A six-day hearing in Doha, Qatar failed to come up with a verdict on the various corruption charges that Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir face over incidents in two Tests last summer against England.

The very fact that the Oval Test was also under investigation, in addition to the Lord's Test, provided a late twist to the final day of an ultimately anti-climactic six-day hearing. The players will remain provisionally suspended until they reconvene in Doha to hear the judgement of the ICC tribunal formed to deal with the spot-fixing case.

At the end of a day of fevered speculation that concluded the hearing, Michael Beloff QC, the head of the tribunal and ICC code of conduct commissioner, finally made a statement alongside fellow tribunal members Albie Sachs and Sharad Rao.

"The tribunal has been constituted to hear charges against Butt, Amir and Asif brought under the ICC's anti-corruption code in relation to two Tests played during August 2010 between Pakistan and England, the Oval Test and the Lord's Test," Beloff said.

The tribunal had not arrived at a verdict because, Beloff said, there had been representations made to the tribunal, "to reserve any decision on the charges... until it (the tribunal) has had sufficient time to give the issues careful consideration and until it is able, at the same time as handing down its decision, to provide written reasons." The task of studying the issues at hand, arriving at a decision and issuing an in-depth hand-written reason for its decision, said Beloff, "would not be feasible in the timeframe agreed for this hearing in Doha.

"The tribunal has therefore determined to continue its deliberations and hold a further hearing in Doha on the fifth of February of this year, at which its decisions will be handed down to the parties and any consequential matters will be dealt with. Until that date, all three players will remain suspended from all cricketing activities."

Until today a definitive decision had been expected from the lengthy tribunal hearings. In fact, it is believed that the ICC's legal team was keen on having a verdict out today. But the gravity of the possible sanctions - which range from five years to a lifetime ban - the desire of the players' lawyers to defer a verdict and the sheer weight of a six-day, 45-hour proceeding which featured oral and written testimonies and tapes, video recordings as well as forensic submissions, made a quick verdict impossible.

The ICC's lawyers, though, expressed "happiness with the way hearings have gone," It is understood that in a bid to press for a verdict on Tuesday they withdrew all charges relating to the Oval Test, bar one against Butt.

The hearings began last Thursday and were held behind the firmest of closed doors. There were no official statements were made at all during the hearings, though as proceedings continued, it became clear that differences between the defences of Butt and Asif had emerged, possibly hampering the cases of both players.

An apparent contradiction, however, materialised soon after the tribunal's statement. Though Beloff said that "all charges relating to the Lord's Test remain under consideration," Asif's London-based legal firm said that on one charge relating to that match, Asif had, in fact, been acquitted.

A statement from their office said that Asif was, "delighted to have been acquitted of the charges brought against him under article 2.4.1 in relation to the Lords Test Match, also played in August 2010."

"Mohammad Asif has co-operated fully with the ICC investigations, and is now looking forward to a timely and satisfactory outcome in relation to the outstanding matters brought against him under the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Players Support Personnel."

The particular charge against Asif states that the code "prohibits providing or receiving any gift, payment or other benefit (whether of a monetary value or otherwise) in circumstances that the Player or Player Support Personnel might reasonably have expected could bring him/her or the sport of cricket into disrepute."

The charge, carrying a punishment of a six-month ban, appears a minor one compared to the other charges that Asif is facing. But the acquittal is thought to stem from the fact that no money was found in Asif's hotel room in London during police investigations.

Amir's lawyer, Shahid Karim, who had earlier pushed for the deferment, indicated that the extra time would help his client prepare better to deal with the verdict. "The request we made to the tribunal has been accepted," Karim said. "On February 5th if the punishment is harsh then we will discuss it with them so we will prepare for that. It is a hearing.

"I am happy with the procedure of the hearing. The ICC code of conduct has a clause which points to looking at the player's age and past disciplinary record and Amir is young, so we hope the tribunal will keep this in mind."

Osman Samiuddin is Pakistan editor of Cricinfo


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October 9, 2001

Hasibul and Manjurul put a good show

The unsuccessful pace due in Multan and Colombo captivated everyone yesterday in BKSP by capturing four wickets each against a three-day practice match against Bangladesh-A. The match has already been declared abandoned due to rain, but Hasibul Hussain and Manjurul Islam regained their form a bit.

Left-arm pace man Manjurul claimed 4 for 40 and his partner hauled 4 for 44 to disarray the batting line-up of their youthful opponents. Mohammed Sharif, the diminutive fast bowler, who proved himself good in Multan and Colombo, remained wicket less. He was seen bowling with reduced pace too.

Bangladesh-A was wrapped up for 156 in 51.2 overs despite a good start. Mehrab Hossain scored 25 and Rafiqul notched up 32 to put 57 runs in the opening stand. The next solid knock came from A-team skipper Khaled Mahmood, who made a valiant unbeaten 45. Mahmood fought alone at one end without having little support from the other.

Earlier in October 7, the National Squad batted for 73 overs to score 207 runs in their first innings. Aminul Islam was the top scorer to reach a fifty. Wicket keeper Khaled Masud assisted him by his handy 40 and Hasibul Hussain by his 33.

The right arm Kowshik, at any rate the fastest bowler of the country reeled the seniors by capturing four wickets giving away 52 runs.

Bangladesh: First innings 207 all out in 73 overs (Aminul Islam 50, Khaled Masud 40, Hasibul Hussain 33; Kowshik 4/52) Second innings 39 for 1 in 10.3 overs (Javed Omar 20 not out, Bashar 13 not out) Bangladesh-A: First innings 156 all out in 51.2 overs (Khaled Mahmood 45 not out, Rafiqul 32, Mehrab 25; Hasibul 4/44, Manjurul 4/40)


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February 17, 2000

Sri Lanka clinch one-day series against Pakistan

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Gujranwala, Feb 16: Sri Lanka took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day international cricket series against Pakistan after winning the second game by 34 runs at the Jinnah Stadium here on Wednesday in front of a capacity crowd.

Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya led from the front with a superb all-round performance which earned the Man-of-the-Match award. He struck a splendid 65 to lay foundation of Sri Lanka's impressive score of 263 for six in 50 overs, and then took two wickets for 30 as Pakistan were bowled out for 229 in 45.1 overs.

The last match of the one-day series, at the Qadhafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday (Feb 19), will now only be of academic interest.

Benefiting from the first use of the wicket when Pakistan captain Saeed Anwar won the toss and opted to field for the second time running, the Sri Lankan batsmen prospered against some wayward bowling.

Besides Jayasuriya, the in-form Marvan Atapattu also scored a fine knock of 57, followed by useful contributions from wicket-keeper Romesh Kaluwitharana (32), Chaminda Vaas (34) and Russel Arnold (36 not out).

Pakistan, who were docked one over because of a slow over-rate, once again failed to cope against the disciplined Sri Lankan bowling, which was backed up by brilliant fielding.

A gallant knock of 68, the day's top score, by Yousuf Youhana was not enough to pull the Pakistan team out of trouble. Even a late charge by Wasim Akram, who hit four glorious sixes to electrify the crowd, proved a futile attempt by Pakistan to level the series.

Wasim Akram hammered 34 off 29 balls and twice in succession hoisted off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan out of the ground. Arnold and Pramodya Wickremasinghe were the other bowlers to suffer at Akram's hands.

The rest of Pakistan batting was disappointing as only Aamir Sohail (23 off 32 balls), Saeed Anwar (17 off 13 balls), Younis Khan (28 off 44 balls), Moin Khan (15) and Abdul Razzaq (14) managed to reach double figures.

Saeed Anwar failed again when he tried to flick Vaas and was caught by Upul Chandana on the long-leg boundary. Imran Abbas was beaten by a direct throw from Muralitharan at the bowler's end.

After being well set, Aamir Sohail fell to a catch at square-leg by Tillekeratne Dilshan off Wickremasinghe. That left the home team in all sorts of trouble at 50 for three.

Youhana and Younis repaired the innings to some extent by adding 68 runs for the fourth-wicket. However, at the total of 118, Younis played across to a sharply turning Muralitharan delivery and was bowled through the gate.

Jayasuriya, who bowls brisk left-arm spin, clean bowled Moin Khan with a full-length ball that hit the base of the off-stump as Pakistan crashed to 143 for five.Thereafter, the wickets kept falling at regular intervals.

With the total on 176, Abdul Razzaq drove at a widish delivery from Vaas and but only succeeded in getting an outside edge. Azhar Mahmood, who was playing in his game of the series, fell cheaply when he spooned an easy catch to Dilshan at short mid-wicket off the bowling of leg-spinner Chandana.

Pakistan's hopes were finally shattered when Youhana's steady knock came to an end when Wickremasinghe, who was brought on for a new spell by Jayasuriya, induced an uppish stroke with the first ball. Chandana, fielding at mid-off, held a simple catch just above his head. Youhana faced 87 deliveries and hit only two fours.

Saqlain was bowled by Jayasuriya for three.

Wasim Akram's dazzling knock proved a final flicker of hope but he was bowled by Muralitharan at the start of the 46th over.

Earlier, Sri Lanka owed their formidable total to brilliant half-centuries by opener Jayasuriya and Atapattu. The Pakistan team captain Saeed Anwar made the mistake of putting in the opposition into bat although the pitch looked tailor-made for batting.

Pakistan's pace bowlers failed to extract any life from the pitch or benefit from the early morning moisture.

Shoaib Akhtar, who was also making a comeback, was forced to leave the field with a groin problem after sending down five expensive overs.

A large crowd enjoyed the stroke-play of the visiting batsmen, especially Jayasuriya, Vaas and Kaluwitharana. All the four Pakistani pacemen, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Abdur Razzaq and Azhar Mahmood, and the spinners Saqlain Mushtaq and Aamir Sohail failed to make any impression on the Sri Lankans.

Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana laid the foundation of the innings by putting on 84 runs for the first-wicket off 93 balls. The Pakistan team's fielding also left much to be desired, although youngsters like Imran Nazir (substituting for Shoaib Akhtar) and Imran Abbas thrilled the spectators with some neat work.

Abdur Razzaq finally broke the partnership when Kaluwitharana was brilliantly held by wicket-keeper Moin Khan, who dived to his right.

In fact, Moin excelled behind the stumps by holding two catches and brought off a stumping.

Jayasuriya departed after adding 37 runs for the second wicket stand with Atapattu, who has been batting consistently during this tour. Jayasuriya tried a cross-bat shot off Saqlain Mushtaq but only got a top edge to give Moin a simple catch. The second wicket fell at the total of 121. Jayasuriya hit nine elegant boundaries in his 115-minute stay at the crease in which he faced 78 balls.

At the total of 147, Mahela Jayawardena (9) was smartly stumped by Moin as the batsman charged at Aamir Sohail but missed the line.

Vaas, promoted in the order to bolster the scoring rate, hit 34 off 33 deliveries which included two sixes over long-on in consecutive overs of Aamir Sohail. The left-hander tried a similar shot on the fifth ball of Wasim Akram's seventh over but mistimed it and the bowler held a brilliant two-handed catch over his head on his follow-through.

Atapattu's composed innings, which followed his unconquered 199 at Karachi, was terminated by a fine catch on near the deep mid-wicket boundary by Youhana off Saqlain.

Indika de Saram struck 12, including a six off Saqlain, in his brief stay at the wicket before he was run out while backing up at the bowler's end. A firm drive from Arnold was half stopped by Akram on his follow through but the ball crashed into the stumps with the non-striker de Saram out of his ground.

Left-handed Arnold also played his part well in the later stages of the innings by lashing an unbeaten 36 off 29 balls.


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Should I learn an instrument?

Many parents wonder whether it is a good idea for their child to learn an instrument. Here are some of the pros and cons of learning an instrument to help you decide.

First it is probably a good idea to mention that I believe it is possible for anybody to learn an instrument. You may not become the next Mozart, but you will develop a valuable skill that could potentially give you pleasure for the rest of your life. As I say in my book Practice Makes Perfect I have lost count of the adults I have spoken to across the world who regret not continuing with, or taking the opportunity to learn an instrument.

Advantages and benefits of learning a musical instrument

Here are some of the pros of learning a musical instrument. This is just a quick list I came up with, I'm sure you can think of more!

  • You develop a new skill which sets you apart from those that can’t play and don't learn an instrument
  • Learning an instrument teaches you the value of practice - if you work at something in an organized way, you get better at it
  • When you learn an instrument you learn how to practice. Many musicians who have effective practice strategies can apply these to other situations, transferring their skills to other areas of life to assure themselves of success. Look at many successful people and you will find they learned an instrument when they were young.
  • Learning an instrument adds another string to your bow (sorry, couldn't resist that one) When applying for schools, universities, jobs etc., it is something extra you have done and may just give you an edge over your competitors. An employer can see you have the commitment, organisation and tenacity needed to work on a long-term project. In the UK having Grade 6,7 or 8 gives you valuable UCAS points when you apply to university. Click on the image below for more details.

  • Making music is a creative activity and when you learn an instrument it helps your creative thinking in other areas of life.
  • Playing music often helps you mix with different social groups and make new friends. Singers and other instrumentalists often need accompanists, and rock and pop bands are often short of an instrumentalist. Depending on your instrument you could also join an orchestra or other school band.
  • Additional income. If you play an instrument you can often utilize that skill to make some extra money by playing in a restaurant or busking! I remember making almost as much busking in a day as some of my friends did working in a factory or on a supermarket check out till. Think about it: which would you rather be doing, standing in the sun playing music or sitting at a checkout till all day? Of course, it was a bit chilly in the winter, but we tended to make more money near christmas! There is also the option of finding work in a local hotel or other event or getting gigs for a band.

Disadvantages of learning an instrument

Yes, there are a few, but I always think the pros outweigh the cons!

  • Learning an instrument can be expensive once the cost of lessons, an instrument and extras such as music, strings, reeds etc. are added in. Parents often have to budget very carefully to allow their child to have lessons
  • Time: there is no doubt that practice makes perfect, and students of any instrument will need to spend adequate time practicing. This doesn't have to be hours and hours each day, but there is a time commitment and it is good to realise this before you start. However, since you are reading this site you are well armed with strategies to make your music practice more effective, especially if you have read my book Practice Makes Perfect as well!

Should I learn an instrument to make me smater?

There is a considerable body of research to show that learn an instrument it can improve your performance across the board in academic subjects. There is also plenty of pseudo-science around about learning instruments. Yes, Einstein did play the violin as did Donald Glaser, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1960 for his Bubble Chamber invention. Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell both played piano… the list goes on. Even Neil Armstrong apparently plays the baritone horn. Along with these amazing scientists many others didn't play instruments. We also have to look at the time they lived, when many children were taught piano, violin or other instruments as a matter of course. I'm not saying music doesn't help, especially as I believe it does (as did Einstein), but it is important to keep these things in context.

There are many arguments put forward for the fact that playing an instrument helps with thinking and learning skills. When you learn an instrument you are reading, decoding the notes, playing the instrument (exercising gross and fine motor control) and listening…all at the same time. This helps you overcome the 'right or left brain bias' that most people have, and use your whole brain. As you play your instrument more, your brain becomes used to working as a whole, right and left hemispheres together, and consequently works this way in other areas of your life as well.

"Experience with music appears to help with many other things in life, potentially transferring to activities like reading or picking up nuances in tones of voices or hearing sounds in a noisy classroom better"

- Nina Kraus, neuroscientist at Northwestern University

Musicians also learn from an early age that to achieve something needs work and practice. They are able to break larger tasks into sections and complete each section, with a clear vision of the end product. Musicians experience success from learning short pieces early on and this teaches them the formula amount of practice (work) = level of success. This is a formula that many non music students in the 'instant gratification' world we live in today, don't learn.

Music students also learn to organize their time. They have music practice on top of regular school work and any other extra-curricular activities they are involved with. The maxim of if you want something done, ask a busy person tends to apply here. The music student has to be very organized with tasks and time if they are to fit practice in as well as school work and (importantly) having a life!

Here are some links that explain some of the experiments and science behind why learning a musical instrument can actually make you smarter.

Here is a great interactive infographic about how music benefits your mind. You can also read an article from the science pages of The Independent Music has the power to shape a child's mind and an article in Live Science about the way in which learning an instrument can significantly enhance the brain and sharpen hearing for all kinds of sounds, including speech.

The Mozart Effect

There is a whole industry built up around some the misinterpretation of some 1993 research by Rauscher et. al. The research was misinterpreted from a 15 minute slight increase in spacial reasoning, to mean listening to Mozart increases your IQ. Then why bother learning an instrument or doing any other form of study when all you need to do is listen to Mozart? While listening to Mozart is highly recommended, he wrote some of the most beautiful music you are ever likely to hear, (along with Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, Chopin, Schubert…the list goes on) it will not, on itself, give you any long-term intellectual benefit. However, if you learn an instrument it might; and even if it doesn't you'll gain a life long skill that will give you, and many others, enjoyment. The 'many others' will also probably be extremely envious of you too!

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A new report suggests that hackers managed to access an American government server for the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) in Montana. The data breach means that the sensitive personal data of 1.3 million individuals was exposed to the hackers. The details that were accessed included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Furthermore, there was information relating to health assessments, diagnoses, treatment, health condition, prescriptions, and insurance of certain individuals.

The initial findings suggest that it isn’t possible to determine if data was directly removed from the server but a breach did occur. The server was shut down a week after an investigation into suspicious activity started. Officials from the government of Montana have stated that all affected parties will be notified of the breach and offered credit monitoring and identity protection insurance in order to contain the damage. The security of the DPHHS servers has now been upgraded but it is clearly too little, too late for those affected by it.

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« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2011, 08:00:04 PM »
NZ and Australia are what, three time zones apart?  Americans think of them being a quick boat ride away, but I think it's about the same as a coast-to-coast flight in the US.

NZ also has pretty much every biome, just because of the geography.  You can step off the Franz Josef Glacier and a hundred yards later you're walking through rainforest.  (Not exaggerating.)  There are some desert-like sections, too, as well as wet beaches and dry beaches and temperate forest and inland lakes and rivers and everything else.  I can't wait to go back there someday  ;D

As I understand it, New Zealand is one of the few places which has gone the "reparations to minorities" route.  The government paid the Maori reparations a few decades ago and that (plus lots of other factors) seems to make being Maori a difference instead of a detriment.

Reparations are actually ongoing, although the current goal is to have all reparations finished by around 2020; at that point no more claims will be allowed under the Treaty of Waitangi. While we certainly do have a better track record than some other countries regarding indigenous people, there's still definitely an element of "casual racism" with a lot of the population - even though it's mostly just "wah wah wah affirmative action". Some people resent the ongoing reparations (which is why the government has put a limit of claims) and some people resent that Maori get a "free ride" to university etc. Not that they do - that's just how it can be perceived.

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« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2011, 05:12:05 AM »

Don't Kiwi's talk funny?!  Just kidding!  ;D
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« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2011, 06:27:59 AM »
I know they're different countries - but different how? All I've got is that NZ is smaller, cooler, and wetter than Australia. Other than that, I have no idea what the distinctions are, culturally, politically, and so on. Anyone care to fill me in?

Well, we're definitely cooler 8)

Kiwis do tend to talk a lot "flatter" that Australians ("Nyew Zuhlend", "fush end chups"), and in lower tones.  But a lot of the slang is similar or the same.

I'm a Kiwi currently living in London.  A lot of people here seem to think that it's just a quick jaunt to Australia - I have to enlighten them that it's a three hour flight from Auckland to Sydney (the nearest place you can get to really).  From London, you can get pretty much to Turkey in that time.

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New Zealand - the land of the long white cloud.

Australia - the land on the long weekend!

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« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2011, 08:14:33 PM »
Here are two You tube clips that might help explain the difference

the first is made in NZ by kiwis, and is true to life but tongue in cheek.

the second is made in Australia by two kiwis, to help the All Blacks win the world cup and beat the Aussies.  Please note there is no bad language in the clip, the work is Whaka, which means canoe.  Maori will give you there canoe as a starting point in their genealogy, because that is how their ancestors arrived in New Zealand.  The genealogy is called a 'whakapapa' which as you can see incorporates the word.  Many non maori also arrived by boat and will give their 'canoe' too.  My is the Marconi.

I have heard that the difference between us and the Aussies is that they know they live in God's own country, while we rather hope we might.


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Thursday, October 25, 2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2012) – The ETSU volleyball team wraps up its four-game road swing this weekend when the Bucs take on Lipscomb and Northern Kentucky. The Lipscomb game is set for 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) Friday night inside Allen Arena, while the Blue and Gold square off with NKU Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Regents Hall.

The Bucs head into the critical conference weekend with a record of 16-9, 7-4, and are tied for third with NKU and sit two games behind Lipscomb in the Atlantic Sun standings.

ETSU had its four-game winning streak come to an end last Friday night when the Blue and Gold dropped a five-set (25-16, 17-25, 24-26, 27-25, 10-15) heartbreaker at USC Upstate. After the Bucs rallied back to even the match at two and jumped ahead 3-0 in the fifth, USC Upstate answered with seven straight points and eventually led 11-4. From there, ETSU was only able to pull within four points three different times and the Spartans pulled out the 15-10 victory to claim the match. Junior Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) recorded a double-double after finishing with 23 kills and 16 digs, while sophomore Bethany Gesell (High Point, N.C.) tied a career high with 15 kills. Meanwhile, Jamie Rutledge (Kingsport, Tenn.) recorded her 1,000th career assist after posting 55 against the Spartans and also tallied nine digs. As a team, the Blue and Gold tied a season high with nine service aces and posted 10 blocks, marking the 14th time this season ETSU registered double figures in blocks.

Lipscomb has won nine of its last 11 matches and has a record of 12-10, 9-2. The Lady Bisons – who have won the last three conference tournament titles – are coming off a split last weekend in Jacksonville as Lipscomb defeated Jacksonville (3-1) and dropped a four-setter to North Florida. Lipscomb ranks second in the A-Sun in assists (13.0) and kills per set (14.0), while Kaycee Green and Caitlin Dotson are among the conference leaders in those statistical categories. Green, a senior outside hitter, ranks second behind Devine in kills per set (3.79) and Dotson, a junior setter, is second in assists per set (11.1).

Northern Kentucky has enjoyed the transition to Division I play as the Norse are 20-5, 7-4 in A-Sun play. Like Lipscomb, the Norse also came away with a split in Jacksonville last weekend as NKU defeated Jacksonville in five before falling to UNF in four. Most recently, NKU swept Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday night in Highland Heights, Ky. The Norse lead the A-Sun three statistical categories, and individually Jenna Ruble and Jenna Schreiver are atop the rankings in hitting percentage and assists. As a team, NKU is first in the league in hitting percentage (.248), assists (13.0), and kills (14.1), while Ruble’s .358 hitting percentage and Schreiver’s 11.4 assists per set top the A-Sun.

Lipscomb leads the all-time series, 10-5, including a four-set win over the Bucs back on Oct. 6 in Brooks Gym. ETSU took the opening set from the Lady Bisons, 25-17, but Lipscomb rallied by taking the next three sets to pull out the win. Devine (13 kills/16 digs) and Rutledge (38 assists/10 digs) both recorded double-doubles, while the Blue and Gold out-hit (.266 to .224) and out-blocked (14-5) their in-state conference rival. ETSU snapped its eight-game losing skid to Lipscomb last season with a thrilling five-set win.

The Bucs defeated Northern Kentucky in five on Oct. 5, thanks freshman Khadijah Wiley’s (Columbus, Ga.) .696 hitting percentage, which marked the highest attack percentage by an ETSU player with at least 20 attempts in a single match. Wiley finished with a career high 18 kills on 23 swings, while only tallying two errors and also added four blocks. Devine collected a double-double after totaling 19 kills and 22 digs, and Rutledge quarterbacked the Buccaneer offense by registering a career-best 64 assists and 11 digs. As a group, ETSU compiled season highs in kills (75) and assists (70) versus NKU.

  • The Bucs rank 30th in the nation in blocks per set (2.7), while individually sophomore Meredith Hardy (Kingsport, Tenn.) ranks 25th with 1.4 blocks per set
  • Meredith Hardy has recorded at least one block in 51 consecutive matches
  • Megan Devine leads the A-Sun in double-doubles (16) and kills per set (4.0), while Meredith Hardy and Khadijah Wiley (1.1) rank one-two in blocks per set
  • In her last two matches, Bethany Gesell has tied her career high with 15 kills at Kennesaw State and USC Upstate, and has also posted double digit kills in her last five outings
  • Megan Devine enters Friday’s match six kills shy of moving past Jill West (1987-90) for fourth all-time in ETSU history, while she’s also 42 digs shy of career No. 1,000

Live video for both matches will be available for free on ASun.TV, while live stats will be provided on LipscombBisons.com and NKUNorse.com.

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Drostanolone Propionate (Masteron) is a steroid highly valued by competing bodybuilders. The great popularity of this injectable steroid in bodybuilder circles is due to the extraordinary characteristics of its included substance. Drostanolone propionate is a synthetic derivative of dihydrotestosterone. This causes the Drostanolone Propionate (Masteron) not to aromatize in any dosage and thus, it cannot be converted into estrogens. This distinctive feature is confirmed by the Belgian manufacturer, Sarva Syntex (no more in production), who on the enclosed package insert calls Drostanolone Propionate (Masteron) a steroid with strong, antiestrogenic characteristics. Genesis have production in 10ml bottle 50mg/ml. Since Drostanolone Propionate (Masteron) is a predominantly androgenic steroid, the athlete can increase his androgen level without also risking an increase in his estrogen level.

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