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Князь Михаил Фёдорович Голицын (1800—1873) — полковник русской армии; шталмейстер и . Привлекался по делу декабристов. Младший брат А. Ф. Голицына. Владелец родовых поместий Петровское и Бучалки.

Биография
Происходил из рода Голицыных. Родился в Москве  года и был пятым сыном в семье князя Фёдора Николаевича и Варвары Ивановны Голицыных.

8 апреля 1819 года поступил на службу юнкером в лейб-гвардии Конный полк. В 1819 году получил звание эстандарт-юнкера, в 1820 году — чин корнета, в 1824 году — поручика.

В 1825 году привлекался по делу декабристов: был арестован и шесть месяцев провёл на гауптвахте при полку. Был признан невиновным и освобождён с «высочайшей» резолюцией: «Освободить без всякого дальнейшего взыскания». Следствие установило, что князь Михаил Голицын о существовании тайных обществ знал, но членом их не был. В «Алфавите Боровкова» было указано:
При допросе он показал, что в октябре или ноябре 1825 года Одоевский между прочими разговорами, склонив речь к положению России, заговорил о существовании какого-то общества людей, желающих распространением либеральных идей достигнуть до ослабления деспотического правления. Не подозревая ничего, слова сии оставил он без всякого внимания. Одоевский на вопрос Комиссии отозвался, что Голицын на вышеозначенные слова его отвечал, что это глупость. 13 членов, равно спрошенные, удостоверили, что он не принадлежал к обществу и не знал о намерениях оного. Из сведений, доставленных командующим гвардейским корпусом, видно, что Голицын, будучи одержим долговременною болезнию, присягал поутру 14 декабря на своей квартире и ни в чем не замечен. 23 декабря был арестован и содержался в полку.
Согласно Высочайшему повелению 2 июня 1826 года был освобождён без всяких взысканий и продолжил службу. В ходе Польской кампании 1831 года был адъютантом генерала Алексея Григорьевича Щербатова. В январе 1832 года в чине ротмистра был назначен адъютантом к А. Х. Бенкендорфу. Оставил военную службу 6 декабря 1835 года в чине полковника.

В 1841 году был избран богородским предводителем дворянства; с 1843 года неоднократно выбирался звенигородским предводителем дворянства (до 1854 года). С 1859 года, после смерти князя С. М. Голицына, стал попечителем и главным директором московской Голицынской больницы.

Был пожалован придворным званием «в должности шталмейстера» (1856), шталмейстер — с 1859 года. В 1847 году произведён в действительные статские советники,  1859 года  в тайные советники.

Умер  года в Москве. Похоронен в Донском монастыре (могила не сохранилась).

Награды
 Польский знак отличия за военное достоинство 4-й степени (1831)
 Орден Святого Владимира 4-й степени с бантом (1831).
 Орден Святой Анны 2-й степени с императорской короной (1836).
 Орден Святого Владимира 3-й степени (1840).
 Знак отличия за XV лет беспорочной службы (1843)
 Орден Святого Станислава 1-й степени (1851).
 Орден Святой Анны 1-й степени с мечами (1857).
 Орден Святого Владимира 2-й степени (1871).
 Прусский орден Святого Иоанна Иерусалимского (1835).

Брак и дети
Михаил Фёдорович был женат на статс-даме графине Луизе Трофимовне Барановой (1810—1887), дочери влиятельной при дворе Юлии Барановой. В браке родились:
 Николай (1833—1836)
 Иван (26.04.1835—1896) — крещен 27 мая 1835 года в Симеоновской церкви при восприемстве князя И. Ф. Голицына и Ю. Ф. Барановой; с 1861 года супруг Александры Никитичны Трубецкой (1836—1891), дочери князя Никиты Петровича Трубецкого и Александры Александровны Нелидовой; брак был бездетен.
 Фёдор (1836—1840)
 Александр (1838—1919)— был не женат; управлял всеми Голицынскими имениями.
 Михаил (1840—1918) — супруг Матильды Николаевны Мадаевой (1842—1889); их единственная дочь, Надежда (1866—1920), замужем не была.
 Владимир (1847—1932) — супруг Софьи Николаевны Деляновой (1851—1925).

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Литература

Ссылки
 М. Ф. Голицын на сайте «Хронос»
 М. Ф. Голицын на сайте «Музей декабристов» (Декабристы. Биографический справочник / Под редакцией М. В. Нечкиной)
 Михаил Федорович Голицын

Михаил Фёдорович
Привлечённые к следствию по делу декабристов
Участники подавления Польского восстания 1830—1831 годов
Конногвардейцы
Полковники (Российская империя)
Богородские уездные предводители дворянства
Звенигородские уездные предводители дворянства (Московская губерния)
Обладатели звания «в должности шталмейстера»
Шталмейстеры (Российская империя)
Похороненные в некрополе Донского монастыря

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El , también conocido como  o , era un dominio feudal japonés o han en la provincia de Kii. El dominio abarcaba áreas de las prefecturas actuales de Wakayama y el sur de Mie, y tenía un ingreso de 555 000 koku. El dominio fue administrado desde el Castillo de Wakayama en la actual Wakayama, Prefectura de Wakayama. Los jefes del dominio fueron extraídos del clan Kishu-Tokugawa, uno de los Gosanke, o tres ramas del clan Tokugawa. El dominio fue fundado por Tokugawa Yorinobu, el décimo hijo del shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, cuando se mudó del dominio de Sunpu en la provincia de Suruga y a la provincia de Kii. El Kishū vino a controlar los dominios adyacentes más pequeños de Tanabe y Shingū. El Dominio Kishū se destacó por su producción de Kishū mikan, salsa de soja, laca y carbón de roble de alta calidad durante el período Edo, y la producción de cuero y algodón por la Restauración Meiji en 1868.

Bajo la abolición del sistema Han en julio de 1871, los dominios de Kishū, Tanabe y Shingū se convirtieron en la Prefectura de Kishū, la Prefectura de Tanabe y la Prefectura de Shingū respectivamente, y en noviembre del mismo año se abolieron las tres prefecturas con la creación del presente. día prefecturas de Mie y Wakayama.

Cabezas
Kishu-Tokugawa (Shinpan) (550 000 koku)

 Yorinobu - fundador
 Mitsusada
 Tsunanori
 Yorimoto
 Yoshimune - luego se convirtió en shōgun
 Munenao
 Munemasa
 Shigenori
 Harusada
 Harutomi
 Nariyuki
 Narikatsu
 Yoshitomi (más tarde se convirtió en shōgun Iemochi)
 Mochitsugu

Árbol genealógico simplificado

 Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1er Tokugawa Shōgun (1543-1616; r. 1603-1605)
 I. Yorinobu, 1er Señor de Kishū (cr. 1619) (1602-1671; r. 1619-1667)
 II. Mitsutada, 2do Señor de Kishū (1627-1705; r. 1667-1698)
 III. Tsunanori, 3er Señor de Kishū (1665-1705; r. 1698-1705)
 IV. Yorimoto, 4to Señor de Kishū (1680-1705; r. 1705)
 V. Tokugawa Yoshimune, 5.º señor de Kishū, 8vo Tokugawa Shōgun (1684-1751; señor de Kishū: 1705-1716; Shōgun: 1716-1745)
Munetada,  jefe de la línea Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa (1721-1765)
Harusada, 2.º jefe de la línea Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa (1751-1827)
 Tokugawa Ienari, 11.º Shōgun de Tokugawa (1773-1841; r. 1786-1841)
 Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12mo Shōgun de Tokugawa
 Tokugawa Iesada, 13ro Shōgun de Tokugawa
 XI. Nariyuki, 11mo Señor de Kishū (1801-1846; r. 1824-1846)
 XIII. Yoshitomi, 13ro Señor de Kishū, 14ro Shōgun de Tokugawa (como Tokugawa Iemochi) (1846-1866; señor: 1849-1858; Shōgun: 1858-1866)
 XII. Narikatsu, 12.º señor de Kishū (1820-1849; r. 1846-1849)
Narimasa, 4.º jefe de la línea Tayasu-Tokugawa (1779-1848)
Yoshiyori, 8.º jefe de la línea Tayasu-Tokugawa (1828-1876)
Yorimichi, 15.º cabeza de la familia, 2.º Marqués (1872-1925; 15.ª cabeza de familia: 1906-1925; 2.º Marqués: 1906-1925)
Yorisada, 16.º cabeza de la familia, 3er Marqués (1892-1954; 16.º cabeza de familia: 1925-1954;  Marquess: 1925-1947)
Yoriaki, 17.º cabeza de la familia (1917-1958; 17.º cabeza de la familia: 1954-1958)
Takako (n. 1926); m. Tokugawa (Aoyama) Tsuyoshi, 18.º cabeza de la familia (n. 1924; 18.º cabeza de la familia: 1958-1965)
Noriko, 19.º cabeza de la familia (n. 1956; 19.º cabeza de la familia: 1965-presente)
Matsudaira Yorizumi,  Señor de Saijō (1641-1711)
 VI. Munenao, 6to Señor de Kishū (1682-1757; r. 1716-1757)
 VII. Munemasa, 7mo Señor de Kishū (1720-1765; r. 1757-1765)
 VIII. Shigenori, 8.º señor de Kishū (1746-1829; r. 1765-1775)
Matsudaira Yorikata, 6.º señor de Kishū Saijō (1755-1806)
Matsudaira Yoriyuki, 8.º señor de Kishū Saijō (1785-1848)
Matsudaira Yorisatō, 9.º señor de Kishū Saijō (1809-1865)
 XIV. Mochitsugu, 14.º señor de Kishū y jefe de familia, 1er Marqués (1844-1906; Lord: 1858-1869; Gobernante: 1869-1871; Marqués: 1884)
 X. Harutomi, 10mo Señor de Kishū (1771-1853; r. 1789-1824)
 IX. Harusada, 9no Señor de Kishū (1728-1789; r. 1775-1789)

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Ultimate Gear Change For Pinjarra Classic Contender
Ultimate Gear Change For Pinjarra…
It's common in racing for male horses to come out and win after they have been gelded.
Trainer Mark Bairstow is banking on that adage when Reflectance tackles the Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m) on Sunday.
Bairstow lost patience with Reflectance and opted for the ultimate gear change after he was unplaced in last January's Mandurah Cup (1409m).
"He was out of control and wasn't concentrating on what he was doing" said Bairstow on TAB Radio.
"But he was still able to show glimpses after running second to Black Heart Bart one day.
"He was doing little bits and pieces without doing anything together.
"There is no doubt he has a heap of talent but it's a matter of getting everything in order."
Bairstow says it's too early to declare the operation a success but pointed to encouraging signs.
His confidence was boosted after Reflectance crossed the line for an easy 1000m trial win.
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"He has really come on since the gelding.
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The son of Blackfriars is in sparkling form and after commencing his current campaign as a maiden he has strung together five wins.
His tally includes three features in the Carbine Club Of WA Stakes (1400m), the Summer Scorcher (1000m) and Cyril Flower Stakes.
Black Heart Bart and stable mate Dawn Approach form a potent two-pronged attack for in-form trainer, Vaughn Sigley.
Dawn Approach scored a winning hatrick but had his colours lowered when fifth to Black Heart Bart in the Cyril Flower Stakes.
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Bairstow has entrusted Troy Turner to handle Reflectance for the first time.
The experienced hoop is chasing his third win in the race and second in succession.
He was aboard Watermans Bay last year and Kame's Hope in 2003.
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'Cat Tales: Racing to the Finish
Chico State May 8, 2014
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By Quinn Western, social media and photography intern
Three Years to the Finish Line
A team of 15 students gathered three years ago with the idea of building a race car. Now those designs and long hours in Plumas Hall have brought them to a near-finished project with a big competition on the horizon—Formula SAE in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Photos by Jason Yu and Trevor Ryan.
History Students Dominate Regional Conference
Three students won awards at the 2014 Northern California Regional Conference of Phi Alpha Theta for their excellence in research and writing.
Students from eight universities competed in Northern California and Chico State took home three of the six awards.
Rodney Thomson won first prize undergraduate paper for his work titled "Monstrous Opinions: Muggletonians and the Question of Dissent in Restoration London."
Michelle Erstad took home second prize undergraduate paper for "The Greatest Discovery of My Generation: The Disability Rights Movement in 1960s America."
Sean Painter claimed second prize graduate paper for "Custer Died for Our Entertainment."
Thomson, a senior history major, wrote his paper about religious dissent in London during the Restoration period from the perspective of Lodowick Muggleton, the leader of the Muggletonians.
"If I had to guess at how much time I have invested in it, between researching, writing, and editing, 120 hours would be a conservative estimate," he said.
Thomson's winning piece will be published in this year's Chico Historian.
Thomson is confident in his writing skills but was still surprised when he heard about the award because he read the other papers submitted and described the other presentations as top notch.
"Not only does participation in academic events such as the Phi Alpha Theta conference give you something positive to add to your curriculum vitae, it also provides a venue for practicing presentation skills—something many dread, but one which turns out to be extremely useful in many professions," Thomson said. "Plus, conferences are just fun, and a great way to meet others who share similar interests—and what could be negative about that?"
Hundreds Run and Walk to Raise Money for Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic
Friends, family, and peers of Kristina Chesterman gathered on Sunday, May 4 in Lower Bidwell Park to raise money to build a clinic in her name.
Chesterman was a senior nursing student when she was struck and killed while riding her bicycle home from the library by a man arrested for drunken driving.
The money raised from the Live, Laugh, Love… Run! 5K/10K will go toward the Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic in Africa, where Chesterman wanted to travel to through Doctors Without Borders.
After the run was over, there were booths set up with information about the Kristina Chesterman Memorial Clinic, which took donations, sold tiles that will be displayed in the lobby of the clinic, and sold Chico Bags with the clinic logo on them, said Kayla Kriech, a senior nursing student who was friends with Chesterman.
Other booths included
Janice Walker with Project SAVE had a booth with information about how the organization will fill and ship a 40-foot container full of medical equipment and supplies when the clinic is built
Chico Wellness Center had three massage therapists volunteering their time and gave any donations they received to the clinic
Bumpnote Factory designed and printed the T-shirts
Enloe Medical Center had an information booth and an ambulance for people to explore
Lifeline EMS volunteered their time to be the first-aid station
The Black Kettle food truck
Mike G-ride provided the music and transported Susan Vieira, the woman who received Chesterman's heart
Donations can be made toward the clinic at Go Fund Me. Read more about how the way Chesterman lived her life has inspired her family, friends, and community in the Inspiring Seniors edition of Inside Chico State.


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Q: Is this a valid proposition? Consider following two sentences.

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*$x^2 = 1.$

*Today is Thursday.

The first statement can't be a proposition. because the truth of (1) depends on the value of $x$. For some values of $x$ it is true (for $-1$ and $1$) and false for others.
We can apply the same reasoning for (2)  (can we?) and conclude that it is not a valid proposition either as the truth of (2) depends on what day is $\text{Today}$.
A student pointed out that (2) could be a valid proposition if the intention was to state it for just one day i.e. today.
I argued that if it were the case, then the proposition should have been more precise (by including the date may be ?)
My question is that , in the form (2) is currently written can it be considered a valid proposition ?
And if it is not valid, can it be written in a form without removing the word "Today" so that it becomes a valid proposition?

A: Actually, they all can be proposition. The issue lie in what you count any of these as variable.
Look at this:Interpretation
If you let "today" and "x" be constant, then yes both of them are indeed proposition. The fact that they can varies is because of interpretation.
If you don't let them be constant, then they are not proposition.
In other word, whether they are or not depends on what are constant and what are not, which is up to you.

A: Short answer without reference to "first order logic" or "modal logic": Even $P$ and $Q$ are valid propositions in the appropriate context, hence there is no reason why your two sentences shouldn't be valid propositions. Note that I interpret "valid proposition" in the sense of "admissible proposition". You wonder about the value of $x$ here. The typical context in "first order logic" is that $x$ has a fixed value, but this often confuses people (because such a proposition is rarely useful in isolation). In other contexts like equational reasoning, it's also possible that $x$ is implicitly universally qualified (i.e. the proposition makes a statement about all possible $x$).

In the appropriate context, both of your sentences can be valid propositions. Let's start with $x^2 = 1$, because it's already stated in a "sugared" formal language. Let's assume its "desugared" formula to be $x\cdot x = 1$. Then it will be a valid proposition for a first-order language containing a constant "$1$" and a binary operator "$\cdot$". Here I interpret "valid proposition" as being member of the corresponding "formal language", i.e. in the sense of "admissible proposition". So the proposition could be false for some interpretation, but it would still be valid.
You wonder about the value of $x$ here. In the context of first-order logic, the value of $x$ is fixed as part of the interpretation. In the context of equational reasoning or universal algebra on the other hand, the equation (we don't usually talk about propositions in this context, only about equations and clauses) is only true (sadly, the correct word in this context would be "valid") if it is true for all possible values of $x$. Anyway, the point is that the formal semantics often allows free variables, and takes care to assign them an appropriate meaning in the interpretation.

Your second sentence "Today is Thursday" would only be used as an example for a proposition in the context of modal logic. In modal logic, we have both an interpretation and a collection of worlds, and we evaluate the truth of a proposition for a specific world. So the interpretation would give meaning to the words "Today", "Thursday", as well as to the connective "X is Y". The possible dates would also be fixed by the interpretation as the possible worlds (and how these possible worlds are related to each other by the modal operators), but the actual date/world where you evaluate this proposition is a part of the evaluation context, and not part of the interpretation. And the propositions are true or false with respect to a specific evaluation context, which includes and an interpretation and a specific world.
One might imagine designating a specific world as the actual world as part of the interpretation, but I don't know whether this is commonly done. From the texts on model logic I read so far, I have seen it once or twice, but it seems more common not to do this.

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Guitar on the Brain
by Bruce Zimmerman
© Copyright - Bruce Zimmerman / Blue Z Production (783707369204)
Blues infused songs of trial and triumph.
Genre: Blues: Blues-Rock
1. Dance with My Zydeco Girl
2. Hard Lovin' Woman
3. Bitter Pill
4. Cut off My Right Arm
5. Cotton Fields
6. Help Me
7. Summertime
8. Where the Good Ones Go
9. Songs About Cadillacs
10. Tobacco Road
11. Back to 67
12. Jump Down Turn Around
13. The List
Bruce Zimmerman is a veteran bluesman and singer/songwriter who has been captivating audiences for decades.
Since picking up a guitar at age five, Bruce's journey has taken him from a first recording session at the famous Sun Studios, though tours that have included 6 countries and 28 states, to a 26 year stint fronting the house band at Port Cape Girardeau.
Bruce's career has seen him share the stage with Rufus Thomas, Lee Oskar (War), Kimberley Dahme (Boston), and "Skunk" Baxter (Doobie Brothers), to name only a few.
Called "the legend," the "elder statesman of the blues," and "a guitar player's guitar player" by the media, Bruce has much to offer his listeners, including the chance to hear blues played by someone who has actually chopped cotton. A half century of musical experience makes him a virtual musical encyclopedia, at home in a variety of genres. Years on the road find full expression in compelling original compositions that have made him a truly unique singer/songwriter. This accomplished vocalist has long since given up trying to sound like anyone other than Bruce, much to the delight of his audiences.


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Losing the arms race
My right arm is hurting. Tendinitis. I took two Aleve at 9:15 a.m., but they don't seem to be kicking in just now.
The NFL Draft begins tonight. The first round gets underway at 7 p.m., and unlike almost every other year, when it was held in New York, it has moved to Chicago this time. It's almost certain Jameis Winston, the egotistical spoiled brat quarterback from Florida State, will be taken first overall by Tampa Bay. Good luck with that.
The Cardinals don't draft until 24th. I have heard at least eight different names in the mock drafts going to Arizona. That the Cards are drafting 24th is a good sign. It's an even better sign when the scouts don't agree; it means the team doesn't have glaring needs and can go for the best player available.
Today marks the anniversaries of two major events which have shaped the world today.
On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler, one of the most evil creatures to inhabit the planet, committed suicide with his bride of one day, Eva Braun, in an underground bunker. The Nazis were on the verge of massive defeat at the hands of the United States, Soviet Union, and the rest of the allies, and Hitler took the coward's way out. Typical for a man who probably had testes the size of BBs.
Thirty years later, South Vietnam surrendered unconditionally to the commies from North Vietnam. Too bad Lyndon Johnson died two years earlier. He should have been forced to take the humiliation alive. Instead, it was good guy Gerald Ford, who had been thrust into the White House because Richard Nixon was the most paranoid politician who ever lived, was forced to answer to America's abject failure in southeast Asia.
I've got things to do after dinner. I hope my right arm will hold out. Two more Aleve before I go to bed.
Posted in History, National Football League, Personal
Tags: 2015 NFL draft, Vietnam War, World War II
I like my baseball plain, thank you
The Orioles defeated the White Sox 8-2 this afternoon at Baltimore in what is believed to be the first Major League Baseball game to be closed to the public.
The decision to bar ticket holding fans from Camden Yards was made due to the rioting which has been going on in Baltimore since the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered fatal injuries when he was in the custody of Baltimore police earlier this month.
I have no sympathy whatsoever for the rioting thugs. There is a major difference between peaceful protest, like Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington in 1983 or the Alabama march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965,and the type of looting and destruction going on in Baltimore right now, or what went on in Ferguson, Mo., last year, or in south central Los Angeles on this night in 1992 following the verdict in the Rodney King beating trial of four Los Angeles police officers.
Enough social commentary. Back to baseball.
The Orioles game was open only to credentialed media members, of which there were about 100, Orioles and White Sox employees, and those who had a legitimate function at the game. The game was televised in Baltimore and Chicago and those with SiriusXM radio like myself (although I didn't listen) could tune in.
The game was played in two hours three minutes. You want to know why?
NO STUPID PROMOTIONS TO SLOW THE GAME DOWN.
As much as I enjoy Major League Baseball and I like going to games, I don't think I could stand going to 81 homes games–or even one-fifth that many–due to all the asinine and inane things which go on in between innnings.
Do we need a pointless trivia question after every half inning? Do we need to have some idiot with a wireless microphone go into the stands to embarrass someone who probably could care less about being on the stadium's big screen TV, someone who probably just wants to be left alone and enjoy the game with whomever he or she came with?
The Royals are among the most egregious violators. Since moving to Kansas, I have never been to a Royals game where there has not been an overabundance of lunacy and promotions which belong at a carnival, not a professional sporting event.
The worst is the hot dog race, which in Kansas City is sponsored by Heinz. This is a ripoff of the dot race which began in 1984 at Arlington Stadium, the old home of the Texas Ranges. I didn't care for it then, and I certainly don't care for it now.
Even worse about Kansas City's hot dog race is KETCHUP is one of the three participants. KETCHUP. That's un-American. I don't care if you're 3 or 103. YOU DO NOT PUT KETCHUP ON A HOT DOG. Period. Cut and dried. If the Royals insist on having ketchup in the race, there ought to be a way that ketchup never wins, much like Teddy Roosevelt never wins in the president's races at Washington Nationals games.
The worst is the kiss cam. Seriously. KISS CAM? Can't people have some privacy?
I worked one summer for the New Orleans Zephrys, a Triple-A baseball team. I loathed the stupid dizzy bat race. I could not stand the stupid race around the bases between a kid and Boudreaux, the nutria which is the Zephyr's mascot.
When I go to a Major League Baseball game, I do not pay good money to park, to get into the gate and to eat mediocre food to watch some idiot with a microphone in between innings. I pay that money to watch BASEBALL. Major League Baseball. The game is more than enough to me.
If promotions departments would eliminate those childish hijinks, I guarantee they will save 25-30 minutes per night.
Sadly, this crap has permeated to the NBA and NHL. Every timeout, every stoppage of play in those sports is time for some fan to make a fool of himself or herself. The NFL doesn't have these bad ideas. Doesn't seem to hurt their crowds.
Posted in Major League Baseball
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals
The Royals won again last night. The Brewers and Indians both lost.
This is starting to look a lot like 1985. That was the year Kansas City won its first–and only–World Series championship, rallying from a 3-1 deficit vs. St. Louis, thanks in large part, though, to a blown call at first base in the ninth inning of game six by umpire Don Denkinger.
Meanwhile, the Brewers and Indians were in a dog-eat-dog race for sixth place in the American League East. The two teams occupied the bottom rungs of the division in 1984, with Cleveland 75-87 and Milwaukee 67-94. Although the Brewers played the entire 1984 season without their future Hall of Fame third baseman and team leader, Paul Molitor, there wasn't much hope for the Wisconsinites even with Molitor healthy in 1985. The Brewers, who won the American League pennant in 1982 and came within one win of a world championship, simply didn't have any pitching, despite Molitor and another Hall of Fame shoo-in, Robin Yount, anchoring the offense.
At least Milwaukee could hit. Cleveland couldn't hit, nor could it pitch.
Sure enough, when the season ended, Milwaukee found itself 71-90 and in sixth place, a cool 25 1/2 games behind division champion Toronto.
As bad as that was, Cleveland was 11 1/2 games WORSE, going 60-102. The only thing which saved the Indians from the worst record in the Majors was the beyond pathetic Pirates, who were 57-104.
Pittsburgh baseball hit rock bottom in 1985. Numerous Pirates, both on the 1985 team and since departed, were addicted to cocaine, and they were subpoenaed by a grand jury in the Steel City to testify about the rampant use of the illicit drug in Major League Baseball.
Although the 2015 season is not a month old, the Brewers and Indians are in free fall. Through tonight's games, they are a combined 10-30 (Cleveland 6-13, Milwaukee 4-17), and not surprisingly, own the worst records in their respective leagues.
The Cardinals and Dodgers, the two teams which played for the National League pennant in 1985, lead their divisions. The Mets, whose 98 victories left them three games shy of St. Louis in the NL East, have the best record in the Senior Circuit right now. 1985 AL East champion Toronto is hovering around .500, but it's early, and the AL East figures to be a mediocre division.
I wasn't quite nine years old in April 1985, but for some reason, several events from that month stick out in my mind three decades later.
The first came on the night of April Fool's Day, when Villanova stunned Georgetown in the NCAA men's basketball national championship game at Lexington's Rupp Arena.
The Hoyas won the 1984 national championship, and with three-time All-American and 1984 National Player of the year Patrick Ewing back for his senior campaign, John Thompson's club was the overwhelming favorite to repeat.
Villanova finished fourth in the rugged Big East Conference, finishing behind Georgetown, St. John's and Syracuse. The Wildcats of coach Rollie Massamino earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, which expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The Wildcats, who had not been to the Final Four since All-American Howard Porter starred for the south Philadelphia Catholic school in 1971, were seeded eighth (out of 16) in the Southeast region.
However, once the tournament began, the Wildcats roared to life. They upended top seed MIchigan in the second round, and won regional games at Birmingham over ACC powers Maryland (led by Len Bias) and North Carolina to reach the Final Four, where they would be joined by conference rivals Georgetown and St. John's, plus Memphis State (now Memphis) from the now-defunct Metro Conference.
Villanova dispatched Memphis State and Georgetown ousted St. John's to set up the fourth meeting of the season between the Catholic schools, separated by less than 150 miles of Interstate 95.
The Wildcats played what has been called by many the best half of basketball in tournament history in the second half. Villanova hit 22 of 25 field goal attempts, an astonishing 88 percent, and won 66-64.
It was the final game before the NCAA adopted a shot clock for all games. Several conferences had experimented with it in the early 1980s, but it was not universally adopted until the fall of 1985.
Less than 48 hours after Villanova's amazing victory, my parents, my brother and I departed for an Easter vacation to Walt Disney World.
Let me just say that trip is not one of the most pleasant memories of my life.
In fact, the opposite.
The first night told me this would be trouble. My father insisted on stopping for dinner at a truck stop off of Interstate 10 in the Florida panhandle, approximately 70 miles west of Tallahassee, the state capital and the city where we would stop for the night before completing the trip to Orlando the next day.
The food was terrible. The service was awful, and we got the short shrift since we were not truckers. My dad vowed never to eat at a truck stop again, the only good thing to come out of this trip.
The next day, it went from bad to worse.
One of the tires on our 1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon went flat on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, home to the Florida Gators. I already was not enamored with Florida, since it was a rival of LSU's in the Southeastern Conferenc,e but the tire blowout gave me another reason to loathe Gainesville.
It wouldn't be the last bad experience with the city.
Since only one tire was damaged, my dad put the spare on and we made it to Kissimmee, where we checked into our hotel.
I found nothing really exciting about the exhibits at Disney World. The lines were way too long. At least a cold front came through central Florida, meaning it was nowhere near as bad as it could have been. However, the Saturday before Easter, we were stuck in the hotel most of the day by rain.
We visited Epcot Center the last full day, which was far better in my estimation than the Magic Kingdom. If I had my druthers, I would have far preferred Anaheim to Orlando.
When we left the Tuesday after Easter, my father got lost and we took a circuitous route back to the Florida Turnpike, which led to I-75 south of Ocala. Gainesville was on the horizon.
And more trouble.
Two tire blowouts on one trip is almost unheard of. To have it happen in the same city must mean we did something very wrong to anger God.
This time, TWO tires were blown out in Gainesville, and we spent almost three hours in a Firestone store in Gainesville while the tires were repaired.
I have not looked at photos from this trip. Ever. Maybe they were flooded by Katrina.
Two weeks after the trip to Disney World, New Coke debuted.
There were rampant rumors throughout the first quarter of 1985 Coca-Cola would be changing its formula in order to combat the rapid rise of Pepsi, which had been a rival of Coke's for nearly a century, yet never could come close to eclipsing Coke's popularity, especially in the South. Coca-Cola's world headquarters are in Atlanta, and in the Deep South, when you say "soft drink", it almost always means "Coke". Pepsi is frowned upon as "Yankee Cola" by many southerners, although it was invented in North Carolina.
April 23, 1985 was the big day. It wasn't a day which will live in infamy, like Pearl Harbor Day was, but it certainly will be remembered as the introduction of one of the great marketing flops in American history.
Less than three months after New Coke hit the shelves, Coca-Cola agreed to bring back the old formula as Coca-Cola Classic. You would have thought cancer and AIDS had been cured in one fell swoop.
Nobody had any idea what was in store for the rest of 1985. But April had more than its fair share of hijinks.
Posted in History, Major League Baseball
Tags: Cleveland Indians, Coca-Cola, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, New Coke, Walt Disney World
Did it rain last night?
Just before 10 a.m. this Saturday morning, the sun is out. You never would have dreamed Russell County experienced severe thunderstorms only 16 hours ago.
Going back to yesterday and the early termination of the track meets at Osborne and Phillipsburg, I can remember a few other meets which were affected by rain:
2006 at Norton–the Bluejays were unlucky that year. The meet was called off on its original date, April 7, due to cold and rain. Believe me, it would have been a miserable day for all. The new date, April 25, also found it cold and wet, so the meet was completely canceled.
2006 at Hill City–the meet got underway at 4 p.m. (way too late) as scheduled. Two hours later, severe weather moved in and forced the meet to be called. I drove as fast as I could down US 283 to I-70 at WaKeeney to beat the heavy rain, which I did. The meet resumed the next day, although I did not attend.
2007 Russell Invitational–meet originally scheduled for April 5, but rained out. Held April 16. Russell has two meets each year, the Russell Invitational in April and the Russell Relays in May.
2007 at Norton–meet rained out on original date, April 6. Rescheduled and conducted April 23.
2007 state meet–Saturday's action was interrupted by over three hours due to heavy rain. I later learned the Kansas State High School Activities Association was very close to calling the meet and sending everyone home. The rain ended just in the nick of time, and the meet lasted until 10:30 that evening. That was the first year the 3,200 meter races were moved from Saturday to Friday, or else it would have been closer to midnight before everyone left Cessna Stadium.
2013 at Smith Center–Redmen Relays scheduled for April 9, but called due to snow. Held April 12 with different field.
2013 MCL at Hill City–several events conducted in the rain. Cold front came through with the rain, and thank God I had warm clothes and my parka to put on.
Yesterday marked six years to the day of a memorable event for me at Osborne.
I found a $50 bill laying on the ground near a gate which led from the bleachers to the track and football field. I did not think twice about bringing the cash to the press box so its owner could be located. Public address announcer Rex Johnston at first only announced he had a Federal Reserve Note to be claimed; not mentioning whose picture was on the bill, or of course the denomination.
Eventually, the unfortunate lady and her money were reunited, and I received $5 for finding her greenback.
If it had been a $1 bill, maybe I pocket it. But $50? I could not in good conscience pocket that much.
It turns out rain was not limited to Kansas.
The Royals-White Sox game in Chicago was suspended in the 9th inning with the score tied 2-2. The game will resume at 1:10 this afternoon, followed by the regularly scheduled game. However, more rain is forecast. If the teams are unable to play, the suspended game will be finished tomorrow, and today's game gets made up on one of Kansas City's other trips to the South Side.
It wasn't until 2007 when Major League Baseball regular season games could be supsended. However, this provision only applies when five or more innings are completed and the game is tied. If the game is not tied after five, the game is over. If the game hasn't reached five, it is scrubbed and starts over. In the postseason, the game is suspended, no matter the score and inning, and nine innings must be completed.
The Royals have the best record in the American League, 12-4, one-half game in the win column behind the Mets, who saw their 11-game winning streak end last night at Yankee Stadium. The worst team in MLB? The Brewers. 3-14. Lovely.
Posted in Hill City HS, Major League Baseball, Mid-Continent League, Norton HS, Russell HS, Track and Field
Tags: Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals
Mother Nature 1, Sprinters 0
Since moving to Kansas, the third or fourth Friday of April has invariably found me in Osborne for the Kaser Relays. This was the very first track meet I covered for Main Street Media in 2006, and frankly, I had no idea what to do. I didn't have nearly the camera equipment i do now, and while I knew what the event were, I had no clue where to position myself and what to look for.
Osborne's meet is one of four I covered every year during my first nine seasons in Kansas. The others are the Russell Relays, which are in two weeks; the Mid-Continent League meet; and the state championships at Wichita. I did not cover a regional in 2013, and I didn't begin covering the meets at Smith Center and Plainville until 2007.
Today, I had one eye on the events, but one eye on my iPhone.
The forecast since Sunday had called for severe weather today, and by time I arrived at Osborne at 2:20, it looked the sky was beginning to stir. The sun would poke out from the clouds, but mostly it was overcast.
I could feel the bad weather coming. It was unusually humid for western Kansas in late April. The dewpoint was 60 degrees, about 25 degrees above where it should be for this time of year. It wasn't a question of if the rain was coming, but when.
Kenny Ubelaker, Osborne's track coach from 2007 through 2014, joked with me that if it waited until 5 to rain, it would be fine with him, since he would be wrapped up with the boys javelin, the event he was managing. Rex Johnston, the public address announcer for the meet, said it would wait until 10 to rain.
When I checked the radar on my phone at 4, I knew Kenny would be right.
The weather to the southwest of Osborne was beginning to stir, and a line of thunderstorms was between Wakeeney and Hays. Twenty minutes later, it got much worse.
A tornado warning was issued for Ellis County. A tornado had been spotted just north of Interstate 70 and looked like it might scrape the northern portion of Hays. Fortunately, the twister did not touch down anywhere within the Hays city limits, but it slowly made its way east across US 183, just south of K-18.
Of course, Russell County is the next county east from Ellis.
Just after 4, I made the decision to leave the meet following the completion of preliminary heats in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and high hurdles. I was in communication with my supervisor, Frank Mercer, who was in Russell. He was supposed to cover the Broncos' baseball and softball games vs. Ellis at Russell, but those were postponed to May 14 due to the forecast.
As the 4×800-meter relays were run, the skies began to darken, and I noticed the rain shield inching closer to Osborne on my phone. I figured it was a good time to leave and see if I could get to K-18 before the bad weather arrived.
Good plan, but Mother Nature had her own ideas.
About halfway between Osborne and Luray, where US 281 meets K-18 for an eight mile jog west, a tornado warning was issued for northern Russell County. Any further driving south would put me in harm's way.
I turned around and headed north, back towards Osborne. Just past the city limits, I turned right onto a county road which I knew would take me east to K-181. I would then get on K-181 and head south towards Sylvan Grove.
I had forgotten just how many twists and turns K-181 has. It was a roller coaster ride up and down the hills, with a couple of very sharp curves, curves I wasn't totally prepared for. I was going too fast, trying to outrun the storm.
I did outrun the storm. I got to I-70, and finally home, without a drop. Just as I pulled into my garage, it appeared as if it would rain hard in Russell, but it stopped almost right away.
It turns out the meet was suspended only minutes after I departed. It never restarted.
Until today, it had been seven years since I covered a meet which was called off early.
The 2008 Russell Relays were terminated following the completion of the field events due to ridiculously high wind, wind which gusting in excess of 60 miles per hour at times. Only three schools–Beloit, Concordia and Russell–wanted to continue the meet.
In 2012, the Beloit Relays were suspended for three hours by severe thunderstorms. That meet ended up resuming, but not completed until after 10 p.m. I left at 1 and went down to Wichita.
I'm beat. That's all for now.
Posted in Main Street Media, Track and Field, Weather
Tags: Osborne Bulldogs
It's got to get better, right?
I have not had it good the last two weeks. Even a day I was looking forward to, the Norton Invitational track and field meet, went to hell in a handbasket.
Maybe today will be better. I'm going to Plainville for its track meet. There will be several schools I'm familiar with at this meet–Ellis, Norton, Russell to name a few–and Peggy Cox is supposed to be there to watch Caitlyn and Conor.
Thank God for Crista Geyer. If it had not been for my therapist seeing me each of the last two Thursdays and calling me twice last week, I might not have made it. I see her again Thursday morning.
The meet at Smith Center last Tuesday went well, but then I had some terrible times at work. I missed a deadline and I felt guilt ridden about it.
I think this week is going to be more about the personal side. I am angry right now at people from Kansas City. Really angry.
I wish I had more time to blog, but I'm going to get organized and out the door.
Posted in Personal, Track and Field
Hello it's me
Yes, I am alive. No, I am not well.
I am very sorry for going quiet on this blog for so long. I will provide an update later.
2015 MLB predictions
Yes, I am well aware the 2015 Major League Baseball season is one game old. However, (a) the season is only ONE game out of 2,430 old, and (b) I made these projections last week. Here goes:
AL EAST-1. Boston 90-72; 2. Toronto 85-77; 3. Baltimore 84-78; 4. Yankees 80-82; 5. Tampa Bay 66-96
AL CENTRAL-1. Cleveland 94-68; 2. Detroit 88-74; 3. Kansas City 81-81; 4. White Sox 78-84; 5. Minnesota 68-94
AL WEST-1. Seattle 93-69; 2. Angels 91-71; 3. Oakland 83-79; 4. Houston 70-92; 5. Texas 64-98
NL EAST-1. Washington 103-59; 2. Miami 84-78; 3. Mets 79-83; 4. Atlanta 74-88; 5. Philadelphia 65-97
NL CENTRAL-1. St. Louis 95-67; 2. Pittsburgh 92-70; 3. Cubs 82-80; 4. Milwaukee 73-89; 5. Cincinnati 70-92
NL WEST-1. San Francisco 93-69; 2. Dodgers 92-70; 3. San Diego 80-82; 4. Colorado 68-94; 5. Arizona 65-97
AL WILD CARD-Angels over Detroit
NL WILD CARD-Dodgers over Pittsburgh
AL DIVISION SERIES-Cleveland over Angels; Seattle over Boston
NL DIVISION SERIES-Washington over Dodgers; St. Louis over San Francisco
AL CHAMPIONSHIP-Cleveland over Seattle
NL CHAMPIONSHIP-Washington over St. Louis
WORLD SERIES-Washington 4, Cleveland 2
Easters past
We are 28 minutes into Easter 2015, at least in the Central Time Zone. Easter arrived earlier today at other points across the globe.
In Rome, it's 7:30 a.m., meaning Pope Francis will deliver his Easter message from St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City shortly. Pope John Paul II could not deliver his final Easter message in person, as he was near death on March 27, 2005; he would pass away six days later.
A few Easters of mine involved LSU baseball.
In 1999, the Bayou Bengals lost 4-3 at Knoxville to Tennessee. We flew back that night, going from Knoxville to Atlanta to New Orleans to Baton Rouge, with the last leg, of course, on a bus. At least all of the luggage arrived with the plane at New Orleans, which was not the case earlier in 1999, when half the luggage on a flight back from Arkansas got delayed and didn't arrive at the Baotn Rouge airport until the next afternoon. Some of my luggage was among that which did not make it.
LSU was supposd to host Mississippi State in baseball on Easter Sunday 2002, but a torrential downpour overnight prompted Ted Stickles, LSU's Director of Game Management, to call off the game at 9:30 a.m. that morning.
Mississippi State coach Ron Polk was happy to get out of town early. LSU coach Smoke Laval was pissed at Stickles for calling the game so early, and with good reason. His team won the second game of the three-game series Saturday and had the momentum going into the rubber match.
Bill Franques and I were equally perplexed as to why the decision was made so quickly to call a Southeastern Conference game. We thought Stickles could wait a little longer, especially since Mississippi State did not have a travel limit and was going back to Starkville on a bus, not flying out.
This was out of the umpires' control. Prior to the beginning of the game, the home team has total control of whether or not to begin the game, call it because of weather, whatever have you. Once the first pitch is thrown, that contorl shifts to the umpires.
The exception in college baseball to these rules are in postseason tournaments, particularly the College World Series. At the CWS, the chairman of the NCAA Division I baseball committee, in consultation with both coaches and the umpires, makes the decisions.
Sure enough, by 11:30 that morning, the sun broke through the clouds.
This wasn't the first time it had happened. In 1997, Stickles gave in to Auburn coach Hal Baird, who wanted to get out after his team lost the first two games of a series in Baton Rouge. Same thing happened: the sun was shining by time of the scheduled 1 p.m. first pitch.
The next year, Easter was in Nashville, where LSU beat Vanderbilt to avoid a three-game sweep against the Commodores. Vanderbilt was playing its first season under Tim Corbin, who has built the only private school in the SEC into a baseball superpower, but at that time, nobody could see it coming.
Most Easters in Kansas were uneventful, until 2013, when I was in Columbia for LSU's baseball series vs. Missouri. The Bayou Bengals swept.
This year, LSU played its serires at Alabama in Birmingham Thursday-Friday-Saturday. Its bus should be somewhere between Hattiesburg and the Mississippi-Louisiana state line on Interstate 59. The Bayou Bengals would have been home by now, but the game went 13 innings, meaning it didn't get over until after 7 p.m., and add in the extra hour of travel from Birmingham instead of Tuscaloosa (Alabama's stadium was torn down and is undergoing major reconstruction), meaning it will be a longer night than expected.
As for me, I'm so wired right now I could probably drive straight back to Russell. Maybe I will.
Posted in College Baseball, History, LSU
Tags: Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ted Stickles
Two days of heartache
These have been two of the strangest days I've been through in 2015.
Yesterday I was dressed and ready to go before 9 a.m. On Good Friday. Why the hell would I get up that early on a day when I had absolutely nothing to do?
My car needed me to be up that early. My oil ilife montior on my Impala was telling me it was time to change my oil. The oil life was down to ZERO. As in get it done now.
I did just that. Got to Morse-McCarthy Chevrolet on Metcalf Avenue just after 9. I had to wait a little longer than usual for an oil change and tire rotation, but that was to be expected, since it was Good Friday and a lot of people took their day off to get their cars serviced. The good news? It was free due to my loyalty to Morse-McCarthy.
I didn't get to Buffalo Wild Wings until 2. Lisa was bartending, and she was on pins and needles, because the regional manager, Tory, was there, which marked the fifth time he had been there in the past three weeks. Brittany and Tori took over for Lisa at 5, but I didn't stay that long.
Dawn and her husband came in for happy hour. I didn't play trivia against them, but I didn't leave, either. Then came two of my favorites (not), DIGDUG and RONDO. Time to get the hell out of dodge.
Not only did I leave, I did so in tears. I was still very upset over what had happened with Liz the previous night, and I wasn't up to dealing with certain people. In fact, it was RONDO playing trivia against me which caused me to snap the day I almost hit that guy in the Buffalo Wild Wings dining room three months ago.
I didn't stop crying until I finally got back to the Marriott. I stopped at Dunkin Donuts at 75th and Metcalf for an iced coffee, went to Hy-Vee for a few things, and then picked up dinner at Outback at Oak Park Mall. Three lobster tails. Outstanding.
Then I did something I almost never do, especially if I am staying in Overland Park–I went back to Buffalo Wild Wings. I'm glad I went back.
First and foremost, I got to see Dan and Pam and their kids, Emily and Parker. I had not seen them since New Year's Night. I had missed them four times in the past three weeks, and each time I got frustrated at missing them. But this time I didn't miss, and it made me feel much better to see them.
I'm glad I came back to see Liz. She had a rough day, and it only compounded her problems. Not only is her mother back in the hospital, but her grandmother and Aunt Loretta, who lives in MIchigan, are also in the hospital. I hate to see anyone going through that, especially someone who is 21 years old and someone I love so dearly like Liz. I'm going to be 39 in October, and both of my parents and my paternal grandfather are still living. I feel guilty about that sometimes.
I had a horrendous time getting up today. I kept falling asleep and falling asleep. At one point, I dozed off in the chair at the desk and had a really weird dream.
I didn't fully wake up until 5, and it was time for the Michigan State-Duke game in the Final Four to tip off. I got in the shower and then went out, going back to Dunkin Donuts and Outback, with a stop at Walgreen's across the street from Dunkin to pick up insulin.
I felt really awful as I ate my T-bone and coconut shrimp. I felt like I had left my friends, especailly Liz and Brittany, in the lurch by not showing up to watch the Final Four games. I felt like I had been a bad friend.
I didn't leave the hotel room until 8:40 to head north. Stopped at Dunkin on 87th Street in Lenexa for another iced coffee, then made my way into Missouri. I got to Buffalo Wild Wings at 10, but at first, I couldn't bring myself to go in. Finally, Liz brought me in.
I still have a little guilt. I shouldn't. I would have been intimidated by the large crowds.
I still haven't decided whether or not I'm going back to Russell tomorrow to eat steak with my parents. Part of me says no way. The other says I don't want to let them down. Decisions, decisions.
Posted in College Basketball, Personal
Tags: Brittany Davidson, Buffalo Wild Wings, Elizabeth Psenski, NCAA men's basketball tournament


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Keywords and subject areas are an important search parameter for visitors on peerwith.expert. The search box on the homepage, has "suggestion" functionality for both, which means if the visitor starts typing, the system will suggest keywords and subjects. And when picked, e.g. http://peerwith.expert/experts?keyword=anthropology, the system lists only experts with that specific subject area/keyword in their profile.
Hence, to ensure your profile page can be found on peerwith.expert, make sure you link your profile to relevant keywords and subjects. You can do that via the "Profile" page / "Basic profile" tab, once logged in on peerwith.com.
In the Basic profile section, you can add both subject areas and keywords. To add a subject area, just click on the field and pick a subject from the subject hierarchy. These subject areas will automatically be listed on your expert page. For keywords, it is slightly different. Click the "add a keyword" and start typing. The system will suggest existing keywords. We recommend to pick existing keywords, rather than adding new ones. We aim to consolidate keywords into a Peerwith "taxonomy" in the near future, in which process we will also clean up the current collection of keywords.
This is where you may organize your subject areas by simply dragging and dropping to change the order. Please give it a go and try how it works. Note that you can pick one subject area to be your primary subject. Click your most important subject area and it will highlight. You will notice that this subject area features quite prominently on your expert page.
Picking the primary subject is especially important, because it plays a role in the expert selection on peerwith.com and our partner sites. We suggest that you pick one subject area as your primary, that best describes you as an expert. Last tip: do not add as many keywords and subjects as possible, just pick the important ones that match your profile and expertise best. Our clients prefer specialised experts, not generic editors who claim to be experts in all areas.
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I have been playing older games without all the extras and bling. They are more challenging and fun to play. I have not liked a CE that has come out in a long time. I have liked the SE's, by other developers, better than the CE's by the same old same old developers. And their older games are better than the newer ones they are releasing.


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Former college wrestlers went three-for-four at The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday night, with University of Nebraska-Kearney mat champ Kamaru Usman, Oklahoma State All-American Jerrod Sanders and former Iowa State wrestler Trevor Smith winning their matches, while former University of Nebraska-Omaha wrestler Jake Ellenberger was knocked out in the first round of his top-of-the-card fight.
Usman submitted his opponent Hayder Hassan via arm triangle choke at 1:19 of the second round, while Sanders and Smith each earned unanimous decisions over their respective opponents. In the main event, Stephen Thompson KO'd Ellenberger at 4:29 of the first round.
In the welterweight co-main event, Usman -- an NCAA Division II champion in 2010 -- used repeated takedowns on Hayder Hassan throughout the first round of their bout. Early in the second round, Hassan scored an uppercut, but then surrendered a takedown from the former UNK Loper who then advanced to full mount, locked on a choke, and forced Hassan to tap out less than a minute-and-a-half into Round 2. Usman, who has won five straight fights, is now 6-1 overall in his mixed martial arts career, and 1-0 in UFC fights. With the loss, Hassan is now 6-2 in his MMA career, and 0-1 in UFC.
MMAJunkie.com described Sanders as "one of the bigger underdogs" vs. Doane, but "he had great moments on the ground and in the standup game to get the nod with a pair of 29-28s and a 30-27" in their bantamweight bout in the preliminary portion of TUF 21. "A back and forth fight that was a hard call for the judges," reported LowKickMMA.com. "Both men had their moments in another top notch wrestling match. At the end of the day, Sanders won by unanimous decision."
With the win, Sanders -- 2003 NCAA Division I All-American for Oklahoma State at 149 pounds -- is now 15-3 overall in MMA, and 1-2 in UFC competition, while Doane drops to 14-5 in MMA, and 2-2 in UFC.
Trevor Smith, a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American at Highline Community College who later wrestled at Iowa State, earned a unanimous decision over Dan Miller, 30-25, 30-25, 30-26, in a middleweight match-up.
"For the first five minutes of his fight with Trevor Smith, Dan Miller looked like he hadn't missed a beat after two years away from the UFC's octagon," MMAJunkie.com reported."Then reality set in. As the fight went into the second and third rounds, Miller found out just how taxing it is to fight on the world's most competitive MMA stage, and Smith did him no favors."
With the win, Smith climbs to an overall MMA record of 13-6 and 3-3 in UFC, while Miller drops to 14-8 overall MMA, and 6-7 in UFC fights.
As for the main event ... MMAMania.com painted a "Tale of Two Fighters" whose careers are on completely different trajectories, writing, "On one side the rising star of Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson, a fighter with a 10-1 professional mixed martial arts (MMA) record and four fight winning streak, took on Jake Ellenberger, a 30-9 veteran who had dropped three of his last four outings. This fight did nothing to reverse the fortunes of either man as Thompson used his vastly superior stand up to obliterate the normally durable 'Juggernaut' inside of a single round." Sherdog.com completed the picture in its report: "(Stephen) Thompson wiped out Jake Ellenberger with a spinning hook kick and follow-up punches."
With his loss to Thompson -- his fourth in five outings -- Ellenberger, who wrestled one season for the now-defunct NCAA Division II Nebraska-Omaha mat program, is now 30-10 in his MMA career, and with a 9-6 UFC record. By contrast, Thompson is now 11-1 overall, and 6-1 in UFC, and has notched six straight wins in the past three years.


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Q: gunzip a folder with many files I have a folder with 36,348 files gz files. I want to unzip all of them.
Running:
gunzip ./*

results in
-bash: /usr/bin/gunzip: Argument list too long

What's the easiest way to get around this?

A: The limit is in the kernel and is on the cumulative size of the arguments and environment passed to the execve() system call used to execute a command. You can split it in several invocations.
To gunzip all the .gz files in the current directory:
with zsh:
autoload zargs # best in ~/.zshrc
zargs ./*.gz -- gunzip

With ksh93:
command -x gunzip ./*.gz

GNUly:
printf '%s\0' *.gz | xargs -r0 gunzip

POSIXly (and with gunzip):
find . ! -name . -prune -name '*.gz' -exec gunzip {} +

(beware that one will also uncompress the hidden .gz files)
Or you can raise that limit on some systems. On recent versions of Linux:
ulimit -s unlimited
gunzip ./*.gz

A: Simplest way I have found is:
gunzip -r .

A: Try:
find . -type f -exec gunzip {} +

This assumes that current directory only contains files that you want to unzip.

A: A bit efficient solution would be,
find $PWD -type f -name "*.gz" -print0 | xargs -0 gunzip
But if your find does not have -print0 option and your files/dir does not have space in naming, then you can skip -print0 and -0 arguments.

A: A less efficient ( but long-run very flexible ) process is make a batch file:
ls | grep .gz | sed -e 's/^/gunzip /' | less

shows you what will happen so a simple typo doesn't annihilate your system
ls | grep .gz | sed -e 's/^/gunzip /' | bash

does it right now
ls | grep .gz | sed -e 's/^/gunzip /' > unpack
at 02:00
bash unpack
<ctrl-d>

does it overnight
(note this example does not account for spaces in filenames.)

A: If you want to gunzip the files to a different directory you can try:
$ find <path to gzip files> -type f -name "*.gz" -print | \
xargs -I % sh -c 'echo "gunzip -c % > `basename % .gz`"; \
gunzip -c % > `basename % .gz`'

In the example above, the files are gunzipped to the directory where the command is run.


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A Washington DC bill has committed the US capital to source 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy by 2032 – marking the most ambitious renewable energy policy in the country.
Washington DC has committed to plans to source 100% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2032, as part of its Clean Energy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 which last week signed into law a raft of new clean energy policy initiatives.
The District of Columbia City Council voted before Christmas in favour of passing the Amendment Act, the second of two necessary votes to move the bill forward and placed on the Mayor's desk.
Introduced in July 2018, the bill was first referred to the Committee on Transportation and Environment and then referred on to the Committee on Business and Economic Development, which further strengthened the bill by adding provisions to support workforce development.
"The 'Clean Energy DC Omnibus Act' is a historic piece of legislation that puts the District at the nation's forefront in reducing greenhouse gas emissions," said Council member Mary Cheh in December.
The headline policy initiatives from the bill include a new mandate that will see 100 per cent of the electricity sold into DC come from renewable energy sources by 2032 – doubling the previous target of 50 per cent by 2032.
The bill also doubles the required amount of solar energy to be deployed and includes a 10 per cent solar carve-out from the 100 per cent target, extending it out to 2042.
The bill, which is being described as the most ambitious renewable energy policy in the country, also mandates zero-emissions public transportation by 2045, significant energy efficiency improvements to existing buildings, and funding the DC Green Bank to attract private investment in clean energy.
Currently, in the United States, there are over 90 cities with 100% clean energy targets, I addition to six cities which have already reached a 100% clean energy goal – Aspen, Burlington, Georgetown, Greensburg, Rock Port, and Kodiak Island. A number of these targets are forward of Washington DC's 2032 – such as San Francisco, which is aiming for 2030, or Minneapolis, Minnesota, which as committed to 100% renewable electricity for municipal facilities and operations by 2022, and 100% renewable electricity for community-wide by 2030.
However, Washington DC sets itself apart from most other cities by making its renewable energy commitment a legal requirement, much like that of states like California, Hawaii, and New York.


Pairing wine with food brings out flavor in the food and the wine. Whiskey may also be paired with food with similar results, specifically single malt Scotch. The geography of Scotland produces a variety of Scotches in much the same way that specific terroirs produce distinctive flavors in wine. A nation of islands, the rugged landscape of Scotland offers rocky coasts, springs and mountain streams, fields of heather, bogs of peat and the spray of the sea for the crafting of Scotch whisky.
Paul and I recently hosted a a Scotch tasting with our friend Curtis for a group that won a Scotch tasting dinner at an auction benefitting OUTMemphis which included 7 single malt Scotch whiskies with food pairings. We chose Scotch from different regions that present with different flavor profiles.
The robust Laphroaig 10 from Isle of Islay tasted like pepper and then sweet caramel toffee against the sharp English cheddar in my mouth and finished with oily gasoline. The Glenmorangie Quinta Rubin Port Cask 12 from The Highlands conveys the taste of sweet oranges in the palette and in the finish which provides a delicious contrast to rich bleu cheese.
The Balvenie Doublewood 17 from Speyside tastes like allspice and vanilla on the palate and finishes with notes of vanilla and honey. We paired this Scotch with sweetened beets poached in Balsamic vinegar and red wine, creamy goat cheese encrusted with black pepper, peppery arugula and hickory smoked bacon.
The most delicate of the single malts on our menu, the Auchentoshan 12 from The Lowlands, was smooth and sweet with hints of tangerine and lime and finished with ginger and a lingering nuttiness. We paired this with a salty, chilled smoked salmon dressed with fresh fronds of fennel. The sweet citrus of the Scotch complimented the fennel and smoked fish.
We intended to pair the sweet, smokey Clynelish 14 from The Highlands with a Butternut Squash Gnocchi with butter, nutmeg and parmesan. I made the gnocchi gluten-free to honor the request of guests, but learned a hard lesson. Gluten-free gnocchi does not freeze well. I've frozen gnocchi made with all-purpose flour in the past and found that the dumplings respond well when added to boiling water. My gluten-free butternut squash gnocchi disintegrated in the boiling water within seconds. The above picture is indeed the gluten-free gnocchi that I taste-tested the week before. I hoped the sweet squash and fresh nutmeg would pair well with Scotch, but I'll have to try that another time. Our guests were great sports about the calamity in the kitchen.
The smokey, oily and peaty Caol Ila 10 from the Isle of Islay needed something substantial for a food pairing. Grilled or smoked meats do well against such Scotch. I smoked pork spare ribs and baked creamy polenta cakes which everyone raved about. Everyone quickly forgot the gnocchi blunder.
We finished the meal with Chocolate Truffles rolled in cocoa and white confectioner sugar paired with the Talisker 10 from Isle of Skye. Like the previous Scotch, the Talisker is smoky and oily with a peppery bite. Talisker is sometimes used in recipes for the chocolate ganache used to make truffles, but Curtis kept them separate for tonight for a simple pairing.
The possibilities for pairing food with Scotch may be endless but consider a few constraints. Rich fatty foods like cheese, grilled or smoked meats and fish, sweet Fall vegetables, and chocolate really do well with Scotch. While black peppery foods pair well, I would avoid more intense hot peppers; their heat would overwhelm the flavors profiles of most Scotch. We may offer this dinner again at auction. If you've successfully paired dishes with Scotch or other whiskeys, please share your experience in the comments below.


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Аркот — город в окрестностях (ныне в черте) Веллуру, на южном берегу реки Палар, в индийском штате Тамил-Наду. Население 56 тыс. жит. (2011).

С 1692 г. хорошо укреплённый форт Аркот служил столицей набобов Аркота, которые в условиях распада империи Великих Моголов распространили свою власть на юг Деккана. В 1740 г. разорён маратхами.

Благодаря своему стратегическому расположению у «ворот на юг Индии» Аркот в 1750-е годы стал яблоком раздора между англичанами и французами. Героическая оборона Аркота пятью сотнями людей Р. Клайва (23 сентября — 14 ноября 1751) позволила закрепить Аркот в сфере влияния Британской Ост-Индской компании.

Стены красного кирпича были снесены по приказу Типу Султана в 1783 году, после чего военное значение Аркота стало снижаться. Сохранились лишь т. н. Делийские ворота (начало XVIII века), над которыми туристам показывают комнату Клайва. Другая достопримечательность — гробница суфийского святого, в честь которого получил своё имя Типу Султан.

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Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Biochemistry. 1300 words.
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What Everyone Should Know about Flag Day 2017
Created: June 13th, 2017 (08:58)
To honor the adoption of the flag of the USA, Americans celebrate Flag Day annually on June 14. The birthday of the United States Army that falls on the same date adds solemnity and festive mood to this date.
On Flag Day 2017, we are going to commemorate a symbolic historical event dating back to 1777 with greater commitment. In the light of the current political situation in the country, Americans should not only reflect on the history of Flag Day but also remember why we have united under The Stars and Stripes.
Flag Day Facts
To have a happy Flag Day, a true American should be able to appreciate the meaning of this holiday and its impact on our history. In case you need a slight reminder, here are the most important American flag facts for kids and their parents:
It is not an official federal holiday.
It is a part of National Flag Week (June 11–17, 2017).
Few public buildings in Washington, DC fly the Flag of the United States 24 hours a day.
There are 13 horizontal red and white stripes and a blue rectangle with 50 white stars on the Flag. Fifty stars represent all states in the United States, and the 13 stripes symbolize the first 13 colonies of the Union.
Some people call the Flag 'Old Glory,' the name coined by a shipmaster William Driver in 1831 who got the flag from his friends.
When red, white, and blue colors appeared on The Stars and Stripes in 1777, they had no meanings.
The Star on the Flag symbolizes the heavens and the spiritual purpose of humankind whereas the stripe is a symbol of the illuminating sunbeams.
A gold fringe on the Flag is not an obligatory adornment but an optional enrichment on the outdoor flags during flag holidays.
To signal an adversity, one should fly the Flag upside down.
The Flag should not touch the ground or other objects when it is lowered. That's why those who receive it open their arms and hands.
Americans planted six flags on the moon.
Let's see if you can answer these questions about our Old Glory:
What is the only U.S. state that observes Flag Day as a state holiday?
What is the name of the USA national anthem?
Is Flag Day a national holiday?
Which state became the 50th Star on the Flag after being annexed?
Which president established June 14th as Flag Day in 1916?
What was the name of the tailor who sewed the first Flag of the US?
When is Flag Day 2017?
What is the other name of this holiday?
Has anyone ever been honored for cutting the Flag?
How many folds does the military make when folding the Flag?
Check your answers below:
Yes, but not federal.
June 14th (same date every year )
Flag Birthday
Robert Peary planted a flag at the North Pole in 1909. On his way there, he cut off the pieces of another flag and left them along the way.
Thirteen folds.
Also read: What to Write When Signing a Book as a Gift
Flag Day Quotations
Apart from holding parades, flag-raising ceremonies, services, and various school competitions, American Flag days are filled with deep reflections on the liberties and foundations of our nation. During National Flag Week we are being reminded of the principles and beliefs the Stars and Stripes represent.
Check out the compilation of beautiful quotes dedicated to Flag Day:
"We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home... But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done." – Calvin Coolidge
"That piece of red, white and blue bunting means five thousand years of struggle upwards. It is the full-grown flower of ages of fighting for liberty. It is the century plant of human hope in bloom." – Alvin Owsley
"A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the nation that sets it forth." – Henry Ward Beecher
"The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history." – Woodrow Wilson
"Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation." – Joe Barton
Haitian Flag Day
The relationships between Haiti and the United States have been established and developed around the political and economic situation in the Caribbean region. Due to its location, Haiti is strategically important to the USA. Moreover, the United States became home for a big Haitian diaspora.
The nature of American-Haitian ties created a history of rather complicated economic, military, political, and social relations. However, the current policy of the United States toward Haiti aims at providing economic and development assistance to the country in order to improve its condition and fortify democracy.
As a specimen of a modern democratic state, the USA honors cultural traditions of its diverse population. That is why we can observe people celebrating a variety of holidays. Americans enjoy solemn festivities and often share each other's moments of both happiness and sorrow. One such holiday that evokes a mixture of feelings is Haitian Flag Day.
The origin of Haitian Flag Day goes back to 1806. Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led the Haitian Revolution against France, used the French flag to make the one for Haiti. He ripped the white out and asked his goddaughter to sew the remaining red and blue together. Removing the white color meant the end of European reign whereas blue and red represented the people of Haiti, i.e. blue for the Africans and red for the mixed races.
So when is Haitian Flag Day celebrated? Every year, the Haitians hold the festivities for their flag day on May 18. Many of them treat the flag as a symbol of pride waving it around and even tattooing on their bodies. Haitians of diaspora honor the holiday by wearing the flag color around to remind each other and the rest of the world about the notions of independence, unity, and resilience.
We can learn a lot from the history behind a national flag. Since our future is the result of our past, we should know the history and remember its lessons. To move forward and evolve, we are bound to discover the world around and take in every experience.
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