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Monet and Basquiat tomorrow at Sotheby's… Over $40 million each? [11/05/2021]
On 12 May in New York, Sotheby's will be hosting two evening sales: one dedicated to Impressionist & Modern art, the other to Contemporary art. The two most expensive works – a Monet and a Basquiat respectively – could each exceed $40 million. An important painting from Claude MONET's Water Lilies series and one of […]
Hergé, comic strip legend, starts the year with a new record [15/01/2021]
Artcurial kicked off 2021 with a sale dedicated to comics that included what Artcurial described as one of the most evocative and enigmatic book covers in the Adventures of Tintin series… a rare drawing that was expected to fetch around 3 million dollars. So how did Tintinophiles react? The patience of Tintin enthusiasts has been […]
London. Year's first results… and upcoming sales [05/03/2019]
With the value of sterling contracting against the dollar over the last two years in reaction to Brexit, buying art in London has become slightly more attractive for a market whose principal language is the dollar. While Sotheby's is claiming that its latest Impressionist & Modern Art sale attracted the most international list of registered […]
Egon Schiele's superstar status [10/07/2018]
For better or for worse, Egon Schiele enjoys an almost rock-star reputation in the art world. Scandalous subjects…models from the Vienna slums… a Bohemian lifestyle frowned upon by bourgeois morality… time spent in jail… and an early death. A hundred years later, Egon Schiele is still a controversial artist. This year the death of Egon […]
Top 10 auction sales by city [12/01/2018]
It's Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we look at the results of 10 cities involved in the art auction market. Observing in detail the best sales of each city speaks volumes regarding the current dynamics of the art market… The gap between the most attractive cities […]
The Austrian Top 10 [27/10/2017]
It's Top 10 Friday! Every other Friday, Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. Let's focus this week on the Top 10 results obtained in Austria in 2017, which is ranked eighth in the world. Less in the spotlight than Paris, London, New York or Hong Kong, the Viennese marketplace is nevertheless among the most dynamic […]
Flash news: Impressionist and Modern Masterpieces – Ross Lovegrove – Magdalena Abakanowicz [12/05/2017]
Impressionist and Modern Masterpieces in New York This is one of the most anticipated auctions of the year: the prestigious sale of Impressionist and Modern artworks at Christie's and Sotheby's in New York takes place on May 15th and 16th, 2017. The giants of Modern art are represented in a hundred lots, of which artprice […]
The Alicia Koplowitz Collection [14/02/2017]
A superb exhibition is about to open at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris from 3 March to 10 July 2017. The exhibition is not exceptional for the volume of work presented but rather for its exquisite quality and particularly for the artistic dialogue over four centuries of art history that it highlights. Few collections (except […]
Flash News: Olafur Eliasson – Dada – Egon Schiele [12/02/2016]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: Olafur Eliasson – Dada – Egon Schiele.
Mixed results at London's first major sales of the year [09/02/2016]
Christie's and Sotheby's kicked off their 2016 London programmes with sales of Surrealist, Impressionist and Modern art on 2 and 3 February 2016.
Flash News: Schiele – Sotheby's – Picasso – Jim Shaw – New Museum [13/11/2015]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: 24 drawings by Schiele at Sotheby's – One Picasso may conceal another – Jim Shaw at New Museum
Flash News: The Schieles of November – Christie's in Shanghai – A Giacometti masterpiece at Sotheby's [31/10/2014]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news: The Schieles of November – Christie's in Shanghai – A Giacometti masterpiece at Sotheby's
The Top Ten of the 1910s [12/05/2014]
Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the top ten sales of works from the 1910s.
2013: Top Ten in Drawing [28/02/2014]
Friday is Top day! Every other Friday, Artprice publishes a theme-based auction ranking. This week: the ten top bids in 2013 for drawing.
London, Impressionist and Modern Art sales [12/02/2013]
In London on Tuesday 5 February 2013, Sotheby's took a gamble on its sale of Impressionist and Modern Art, and achieved an outstanding total of £92 million ($144.7 million), with a particularly low unsold rate of 15%. This was the second-highest total for a sale of Impressionist and Modern Art.
The best of New York: Picasso, Kandinsky, Monet [30/10/2012]
The art world's biggest collectors will be gathered together on 5 and 7 November for the prestigious New York Impressionist & Modern Art sales.
Art Market News in Brief! [05/10/2012]
Every fortnight, Artprice provides a short round up of art market news.
September sales: French collections [18/09/2012]
In a few days the Paris branches of Christie's and Sothey's will each be hosting sales of important art collections of French art. On 24 September, Sotheby's will be offering 100 works from Marcel Brient's Contemporary art collection and three days later Christie's will be selling Hélène Rochas' carefully selected collection.
The major London sales [19/06/2012]
Impressionist and Modern
On 19 and 20 June 2012, Christie's and Sotheby's will be holding their evening sales of Impressionist and Modern Art, followed, the day after, by sales of more affordable works from the same periods.
Munch's The Scream raises market ceiling and overturns art media hierarchy [04/05/2012]
Wednesday, May 2, the art market acquired a new all-time record for the sale of an artwork at a public auction when Sotheby's New York sold of MUNCH's The Scream for $107m ($119.9m including fees).
11 figures for 2011 [07/02/2012]
The last page in our review of 2011 crystallises the art market's main trends in 11 key figures.
Best auction results in H1 2011 [22/07/2011]
Our Friday TOP! Every other Friday Artprice posts a theme-based auction ranking. This week we present the ten best auction results in the first half of 2011.
The first summer sales of London [27/06/2011]
In two days (21 and 22 June 2011), Sotheby's and Christie's posted more than £207m vs. £233m in 2010, £61.5m in 2009 and £246m at the market's peak in 2008.
Prices rise in London [21/06/2011]
All the indicators are in the green before the London sales. Sotheby's and Christie's prestige Impressionist and Modern Art sales will compete on 21 and 22 June
A wave of optimism at the London sales [08/02/2010]
Christie's and Sotheby's have won their gamble. The Impressionist & Modern Art sales on 2 and 3 February in London generated one global all-segment record and 29 results above £1m out of 87 lots offered. Christie's managed to sell 87.5% of its lots for £61m (est. £48m-69m) plus the £8.5m from its special session devoted to surrealist art.
Impressionist and Modern sales in London – unabashed confidence! [25/01/2010]
Since the peak in January 2008, the price index of Impressionist art has contracted sharply: down 39.3%. But for Christie's and Sotheby's – judging by the high estimates in the catalogues for their upcoming London sales – the price deflation is now over.
The New York sales at new highs [28/10/2007]
On 6 and 7 November the two key sales of the auction season will take place in New York. Sotheby's and Christie's have assembled for the occasion a selection of important works by Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Cézanne and even Franz Marc. To date, pre-sale estimates from the two auction houses have never been so high.
Top 10 artists [13/03/2007]
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Christie's turns over USD 491.4 million from one sale [08/11/2006]
As expected, Christie's auction of Impressionist and Modern art has confirmed that the art market is running at historical highs. In a single evening session involving a total of 78 lots, the auction house generated the astonishing figure of USD 491.4 million, the highest ever turnover at a single sale, far higher than Sotheby's previous global record of USD 286 million notched up in May 1990.
Sale of the year… [02/11/2006]
The impressionist and modern art sales are the centrepiece of the New York auction season. As ever, Sotheby's and Christie's catalogues include some exceptional pieces.


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est l'un des sept arrondissements de la ville de Kitakyūshū, au Japon. Il est situé à l'ouest de la ville.

Géographie

Démographie
En 2016, sa population de Yahatanishi était de  pour une superficie de  (densité de population : ).

Climat

Histoire
L'arrondissement correspond à la partie ouest de l'ancienne ville de Yahata qui a fusionné avec quatre autres villes en 1963 pour former Kitakyūshū.

Transport publics
L'arrondissement est desservi par la ligne principale Kagoshima de la JR Kyushu.

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Arrondissement de Kitakyūshū

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A child's mind
Unfinished, unpolished and not even tested "Completed" game
sawworm
Game: A child's mind
Review version: A child's mind - save crystals
Playtime: 1 hour (most of my time went to fixing the bugs)
~Story~
Oh... But my character looks older than me!
So... Your main character Adal is in a coma and surrounded by HIS nightmares? Oh my! That's horrible! To be honest, story... What story? You are on a journey to uh... That's messed up, you somehow go into a random town and get guided by an overpowered character to visit the King.
Your king just commands you to go to that specific location because I say so! Suddenly on the way, you fight with archangel, demons and vampires... again for no reason. Even if that's a nightmare it makes no sense.
THIS GAME IS A NIGHTMARE!
When you get a point where it's supposed to be the last map. You get into a fight with a girl in your dreams. She gives you two options, one is "game over" and the other one is supposed to teleport you to Sky City, which YOU CAN'T TELEPORT IN BATTLE. It does nothing.
So I again fixed that issue and got teleported to there... And the last map is the loop point for the first map, so it returns you to the start...
Wow, at least give me a cutscene for my efforts :(
~Combat~
It's a standard RPG Maker VX ACE battle. But how can you even mess that up? Your main character got one skill, that skill is not even working! So you had to use auto attack through the entire game. It's super unbalanced and your first slime encounter is even harder than the last boss. Yup, not just the last boss. All bosses are weaker than a slime. What a waste.
~Mapping~
This game's developer not even tried when creating the maps. First few maps are 17x15 scaled empty maps with only one dialogue in it. After then you go into premade RPG Maker Ace maps, there are even worse than the developer's maps. I mean have you ever walked a map like that one:
A 70X70 MAP WITH 10 STEP ENCOUNTER RATE?
Now, this is evil, every step you get into an encounter, you'll get so frustrated but the maps keep coming and coming and all of them are the same, 10 step encounters with huge premade maps! OH NO!
Also, some maps are literally hilarious for the first-timers.
Can you guess where is the exit?
IT'S ON THE BOTTOM LEFT! CONGRATS! NOW YOU CAN EXIT THE GAME!
~Events~
I believe I'm the unlucky one, I decided to download the last version and believed that this is probably a polished version. Nope! When you boot the game you'll be stuck in the entrance and can't even move. So, I got curious and check out the events... Oh no! All those maps have the same issue (How?). And I gotta get rid of them. Otherwise, it's impossible to play this game without deleting those stupid autorun events.
Oh look, you never tested your last version!
Because of Change Save Access events, you can't even use "Save Crystals". What a nice feature! Eventing is done pretty lazily and it's not even funny.
~Overall~
A child's mind is an untested game with so many issues. The combat, lazy mapping, broken events, weird dialogues, non-sense story it's a mess. Unless the developer comes back and fixes the game stay away from it. It's nowhere complete as the game page says. I wish I could give it lower than 0.5 stars.
FINALLY, I'M FREE FROM THIS TORTURE!

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Neptune UK Mid Cap fund was launched in December 2008, in the midst of the global financial crisis. In the first three months, newly promoted fund manager, Mark Martin, saw his fund fall by 8.85%* before the stock market bottomed on 9 March 2009.
The fund had lost 3%* more than the FTSE 250 benchmark, but 7%* less than the wider market. And, by 19 March 2009 – a mere ten days later – Neptune UK Mid Cap was back in the black. In the intervening decade, the fund has returned just shy of 340%** for its investors, compared with 312% for the FTSE 250 index.
We sat down with Mark to talk about the ups and downs of the last ten years and the challenges that could lie ahead.
Are there any companies that you've owned for the whole decade?
"Yes, a couple. Consort Medical, the medical devices company, is an example. It has had consistent revenues and, amongst other things, it manufactures the valve that goes into respiratory inhalers. The product is regulated by the FDA which, in investment terms, is a positive as it's a barrier to entry. The company has a very strong management team that has consistently reinvested some of the excess profits into research and development. Consort Medical is exceptionally good at what it does and it's got that particular market pretty much sewn up.
What would you say has been your best investment over the decade?
A very good one was Dechra Pharmaceuticals, which just so happens to be another healthcare company. Dechra specialises in products for farm animals and pets. It plays nicely into the long-term theme of protein demand in emerging markets (more farm animals will be required for their meat) and the fact that people are spending more and more on their pets. Dechra has a very strong management team and has been gradually growing the business. The company is no longer a holding in the fund, as it reached the price target we had set, but it was a very successful investment.
What's been your biggest challenge over the ten years?
The biggest challenge has probably been Brexit and the uncertainty it has caused. I enjoy analysing companies, meeting with management and many other aspects of the job. What I find more difficult is understanding exactly what impact a soft Brexit or a hard Brexit could have on the stocks within the portfolio. Obviously I've been asking company management teams about the impact on their businesses for the past two and half years, but no one really knows still.
What reassures me to a large extent is that valuations in the market are currently assuming we will have a pretty hard Brexit and also that a hard Brexit will be significantly negative for the UK economy. In other words the stock market is pricing in a 'worst-case' scenario.
I think there is a chance we won't have a hard Brexit, and I also think there's a bit of chance that we if do have a hard Brexit, in the long-term it won't be quite as bad as people expect.
What are some of the most important lessons you have learned over the decade?
One important lesson is that, the way you make the most money, with least amount of risk, is to identify and invest in good companies, with trustworthy management teams, and then monitor them closely. If there is some kind of wobble in their performance, get to the bottom of it quickly and decide how to move forward.
Another lesson I learned is to be patient both with your entry point and your exit point – when you buy and sell the shares of a company. For example, I first bought into an animal genetics company called Genus in 2011/2012 – around the time when there was a horrible virus going around among pigs and cattle in the US and China. In the short-term it hit Genus profits, because farmers who usually buy their product were focusing very much on this virus and weren't interested in trying to maximise their yields or anything like that. It is a very good company, but for one year their earnings dipped very significantly. It was fairly obviously a one-off, and it may have lasted for a second year, but it wasn't going to last for five or ten years.
The final lesson I have learned is that need to be humble and admit to your mistakes – otherwise you won't learn from them – but you also have to have a degree of confidence in your own abilities and stick with your process, especially when times are tough.
*Source: FE Analytics, total returns in sterling, 15 December 2008 to 9 March 2009, performance figures relate to Neptune UK Mid cap fund, FTSE 250 (ex IT) index and FTSE All Share index.
**Source: FE Analytics, total returns in sterling, 15 December 2008 to 26 November 2018.


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Santa Fe College Entrepreneur Incubator Graduates First Incubating Companies
29 Dec 2009 All News, HR and WellnessAdmin Account Not For Daily Use
Santa Fe College's entrepreneur incubator recently graduated two companies and is planning an open house Jan. 21 to introduce the next round of budding entrepreneurs to its facilities and resources.
Citizen's Co-op, a community-owned natural foods grocery store, joined Santa Fe's CIED incubator (Center for Innovation and Economic Development) in April 2009. By November, the co-op had more than doubled its membership, from 200 to nearly 500, and hosted two community fund-raisers. They have raised $70,000 in seed capital and expect to open a storefront in 2010.They recently moved their offices from the CIED to a more long-term, nonprofit space.
"We're very excited about the rapid success of Citizen's Co-op," said Dug Jones, Santa Fe's VP for economic development. "It's gratifying to have had a role, even a small one, in something as valuable as this is going to be for our community."
Co-founder Gretchen McIntyre said Citizens Co-op initially joined the CIED for access to meeting space for their board of directors. They also needed a place to meet with potential investors and other organizations as they began wider collaborations across the community.
"Having a business address, a mailbox, and just being able to refer to Santa Fe's CIED center as the place where we were developing our business gave us more legitimacy and value to the people in the community," McIntyre said.
In addition, the co-op needed assistance in spreading its message. The team of experienced business resources at the CIED helped them envision how to do that.
"They helped us think of the bigger picture that we might not have thought of on our own," she explained. "We got a nice diversity of perspectives on our business plan and start up."
The co-op plans to continue cooperating with the CIED in the development of a community kitchen incubator, which is a restaurant-quality, licensed cooking space that people can rent by the hour to cook for large groups or use to prepare value-added food products such as bottled salad dressing.
"The CIED incubator isn't so much about moving in there and having other people run your business for you," McIntyre said. "It's about being a peer, being part of a group where everyone is working together and inspiring each other and breaking into new markets and expanding our visions for our own businesses."
Boost to local business and innovation community
The CIED is Santa Fe College's face in the local business and innovation community.
"Supporting an incubator is one of the college's main efforts to have a positive impact on the economy here in our area," explained Jones.
The CIED opened in a refurbished space in July 2007 at 530 W. University Ave., completed renovations in December, and by February 2009 accepted the first incubating companies.
Incubating resident businesses – there are up to four at any given time – pay $285 a month. In return, they are allocated their own office space, including a networked desktop computer, which they have access to 24/7; access to the CIED's entrepreneurship workshops; advice sessions with professionals in accounting, human resources, finance, and business planning and marketing; use of CIED technology such as a high speed copier and scanner; and use of the CIED's meeting and classroom facilities.
Associate businesses, of which there are eight, pay $90 a month for everything above except for committed office space. They have access to the shared areas of the CIED during normal working hours.
At this time, there is space for two new businesses to join as residents and three as associates.
"It's a very diverse group of businesses, but there's a little bit of commonality in the numbers of them that are green-focused, but not necessarily green companies," Jones said. "Two solar companies and Campus Climate Solutions, which does greenhouse gas accounting. Even the ones that aren't directly focused on green business, the personalities of the people involved are very oriented toward sustainability."
In addition to use of the CIED's facilities, incubating companies are expected to enroll in the entrepreneur series offered by Santa Fe's Continuing Education program (tuition is covered in the monthly fee), which includes workshops offered by subject area experts in topics such as accounting, recordkeeping and marketing. Incubator members also meet weekly with their peers to hash over their accomplishments and challenges. This group activity is led and facilitated by professionals at the CIED.
"The access to expertise is perhaps the most valuable component for our companies," said Jones.
Expertise to help avert a crisis
Applied Food Technologies, a biotech company that adresses issues in the food industry, recently graduated from the CIED and moved into space at the University of Florida's Sid Martin Biotech Incubator at Progress Park in Alachua.
Initially, CEO LeeAnn Applewhite joined the CIED to gain access to its facilities for trainings, meetings and conferences. She established her company in 2004, with technical facilities in Blacksburg, Va., so hers was not a start up. Upon joining the CIED, she planned to focus on growing the consulting and grant writing arm of her company, while her partner in Virginia directed their laboratory near Virginia Tech.
But about a month after joining the CIED, Applewhite's Virginia business partner died suddenly of heart failure at age 45. Faced with a crisis, she turned to Jones, who rallied the CIED's resources to assist her in envisioning a new direction for her company. In a short time, she decided the best course of action was to open a local lab. She worked closely with Jones and Bill Dorman, of Startup Fusion, to create a package outlining her new business plan and to tweak her application for the Sid Martin incubator.
"Everyone helped," Applewhite said. "I could not have done that without the assistance of CIED."
While she initially came to the CIED for the facility, which she said was great, the expertise of the staff turned out to be far more valuable to her company.
CIED open house scheduled for Jan. 21
In addition to the entrepreneur incubator, the CIED rents meeting space, coordinates the college's Continuing Education program, and develops workforce and corporate training as needed by area businesses. The CIED is also home to the Employ Florida Banner Center for Construction.
The CIED's next open house, Starting Up or Stepping Out, is scheduled for 7:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. Anyone interested in starting a business or aligning an existing business with the CIED is welcome to attend. Enjoy breakfast and networking from 7:30 to 8 a.m., and then from 8 to 10 a.m., learn about the 10 most common business mistakes to avoid when starting a business.
A full description of services and CIED incubator applications are available online at www.sfcollege.edu/cied or, for more information, call Dug Jones at 352-395-5269 or Business Support Specialist Mary Short at 352-395-5892.
Dug Jones at 352-359-6287 (cell) or dug.jones@sfcollege.edu
Julie Garrett, for help facilitating your story, 352-870-2924 (cell)
High res images of McIntyre and Applewhite are available. Please email julie.garrett@sfcollege.edu.
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Review: Star Fox Command
Funny News: Review: Star Fox Command
September 5, 2006: Review: Star Fox Command
As one of Nintendo's long-running franchises, Star Fox has quite a strong following behind it. Unfortunately, recent Star Fox games have been a little hit or miss. Star Fox Assault, for example, was probably the lowest point for the series, offering up generic, and often boring, gameplay. Now it's up to this new entry for the DS to bring the Great Fox out of the ashes. Star Fox Command is the first handheld title for the franchise, and while it offers up unique gameplay and interesting new concepts, it fails to achieve the brilliance that we saw on the Super Nintendo and N64.
...If you're looking for a tactical strategy game with action elements, Star Fox Command is pretty much the only game in town on the DS. While it doesn't return the franchise to former glories, it's definitely a step in the right direction, offering up a new style of play that utilizes the system well.
Spyhunter 2 E3 2003 Preshow Report FunnyGames, May 13, 2006
Spy Hunter 2 is the follow-up to 2001�s highly popular driving action game SpyHunter, and it will be shown at Midway�s E3 booth this year. The game is set to feature numerous gameplay improvements over its predecessor, as well as a host of new missions, enemies, and weapons. You will once again assume the role of Alec Sects, still fighting the evil forces of Nostra via your technologically advanced Interceptor. Now, however, Alec will have a partner in a sexy female agent whose background is shrouded in mystery. With the aid of this enigmatic agent and Leonie 2.0, an upgraded version of the Interceptor�s online computer, you will take on Nostra�s forces in fast-paced, action-packed driving combat...
Spy Hunter 2 will feature a brand-new G-8155 Interceptor, complete with upgraded transformations, snow and off-road capabilities, and a new advanced weapon and equipment system that allows you to customize the vehicle with weaponry to suit your personal style of play. New, upgradable weapons for the game
Read full story at: www.gamespot.com
Poker king Hachem wins in Vegas FunnyGames, December 20, 2006
Aaustralian poker king Joe Hachem has pocketed nearly $3 million after winning the world's second biggest poker tournament. His victory at the Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, earned him US$2.2 million ($2.8 million), reports The Australian newspaper.
He's very emotional, very humble and over the moon, brother Tony Hachem said.
The 39-year-old from Melbourne shocked the poker world last year by winning the main event of the World Series of Poker, pocketing $10 million.
He's a true-blue Aussie and everyone wants to take him on, his brother said.
But he's beaten the best players in America, some of whom have playing the game for 40 years.
He will play in the $US10 million Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas next week before returning for the Australian World Series at Melbourne's Crown casino.
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Raoul Wallenberg - One Man Can Make a Difference
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In the autumn of 1944 Raoul Wallenberg, secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest, arrived in the Hungarian capital with a mission: to do everything possible to save the persecuted Jews who were trapped in the city. During the period of the Arrow Cross regime and the siege of Budapest he rescued thousands of people from deportation and death. On January 17, 1945 he disappeared from Budapest. It became known only two decades later that he had been abducted by the Soviet authorities and held in the notorious Lubyanka prison in Moscow where, according to the latest version of events, he died in 1947. To this day, the real story of his kidnapping and death remains unknown.
From March 2, 2007 Galeria Centralis in Budapest will host the travelling exhibition about the life of Raoul Wallenberg organised and assembled by the Jewish...


When it comes to lubrication, many motorcyclists have come to the conclusion, or perhaps revelation, that motor oil is a living, breathing thing. One could argue that the organic origins of non-synthetic refined lubricants make this a forgone conclusion, but alas we motor nuts and wrench heads have regularly seen these squirmy, slippery golden molecules doing their best to escape the confines of their alloy prisons. If thought about in depth it, this is exactly, what any living entity would try to do, we included. Vintage bike nuts do battle every day, acting as wardens of this crafty adversary, and evidence of a break-out is often found the morning after a hard ride in the form of drips on the garage floor. A casual glance in driveways and parking lots confirms that this phenomenon isn't limited to internal combustion two-wheelers as similar evidence of the great escape from cars and trucks is easily found.
It's not hard to get a bit feisty in response to seeing this imprisoned nemesis leaving the confines of where we've worked so hard to keep it. We can learn to empathize a bit, putting ourselves in its place to better understand. Motor oil has a really hard job, certainly not one any of us would ever want. It gets dumped into a dark, lonely place, full of sharp edges and rotating stuff, getting thrown about by various parts turning at high-velocity, placed under sometimes very significant pressure and often heated to nearly the point of its own destruction. It has to be everywhere, all the time, flowing about bearings, bushings, rings, cylinders, lifters, various shafts, cams, gears, you name it. Then, to top it off, it gets pushed into a weave of material with a potpourri of fibers, squeezed into micro-particles in the name of removing any "contaminants" which may have hitched a ride. Sounds kind-of presumptive, in retrospect, to assume that it be so dirty to mandate a repetitive cleanse. Most of us probably would get rather upset if we were accused of being in constant need of a good scrubbing. So, putting this slave-labor environment into perspective, I bet we'd all be scrambling to get out.
Knowing how hard motor oil works, we can better appreciate its secret life and it is easy to see why eventually, escapes do happen. Like an old building with covertly rotten walls, our elder machines sometimes release its tenacious captive through openings not previously seen. Maybe the prison guards are getting old, with escapees exploiting the breach in security. Every motor has its quirks, with places that are more likely than others for this to happen. How about those blasted camshaft end seals on some vintage in-line 4 cylinder bikes; or, perhaps a cam chain tensioner o-ring, stator cover gasket, output shaft seal, crankcase gaskets, valve covers, neutral switches, just to name a few. Sometimes, it doesn't stop there. Motor oil's bad-boy cousin, lives in the front forks of our bikes and loves to attempt a break-out. It would appear these hooligans often work together by creating a distraction, one raising the alarm and enabling the other to quietly slip away, unseen for the moment. Once an escape has occurred, we owners tend to blame the prisoner and not the prison. "Oh crud, not another #$%&@ oil leak!" This may be our universal call to alarm, with faces reddening, veins popping and heart-rates spiking. Still, we eventually focus and realize that if we had been locked up without any hope for parole, we'd be gone too.
So next time you have a prison break on your hands, don't fret too much. Oil doesn't really like to be where it's at. If it did, seal and gasket manufacturers would be out of business and we would have little reason for spending a big chunk of the spouse's grocery budget on special tools to replace that impossible to get to seal. But a word of caution is in order: this escaped convict has a perchance for revenge. Just track a bit of the dastardly foe onto the carpet and the spouse or significant other will imprison the dastardly violator. About that time, I bet we'd all be wishing for a lonely crankcase in which to hide.


Cupping is the method used by tea professionals to evaluate tea quality, and is a daily practice at the G.S. Haly Company. Maintaining a consistent cupping routine is one of the most valuable skills a tea buyer can develop, as it establishes deep familiarity with the complexities and nuances in the tea itself as well as the global marketplace.
Among the skills one acquires through regular cupping are the abilities to discern the difference between low and high quality, poor and skilled manufacture, and fresh and stale teas. Through broad exposure to many tea types and levels of quality, a skilled cupper learns to not be swayed by price point, tea name, or origin, but instead to rely on the quality of the tea itself.
Arrange teas in order of intensity from light to heavy.
Weigh 2.5 grams of dry tea into each cup.
Display additional dry leaf in a clean white tray.
Bring fresh, filtered water to a boil and pour over leaves. Fill each cup to just below its serrated spout, and immediately cover with a lid.
Steep for 5 minutes. Then tip the cups into the bowls to drain all the liquid out, keeping the lids in place.
Does the dry leaf appear to be broken or whole leaf, twisted or flat, regular or uneven? What about the color of the tea itself—is it dull or glowing, clear or cloudy?
Compare the aroma of the dry leaves, the wet leaves when they're hot and the wet leaves after they've cooled.
Slurp the liquid so that is spreads evenly over the entire surface of your tongue and reaches all of your taste buds at one time.
Most of flavor is smell, and our olfactory sense identifies notes and qualities that our taste buds do not. Slurping the tea draws aroma through the retronasal cavity so the taster can identify floral, herbal, malty or honey-like characteristics.
How does the tea feel on the palate? What is your perception of its texture? Common sensations range from soft to round and buttery to crisp and bright.
A puckery or lively sensation on the palate gives tea its refreshing quality. A tea that is brisk or muscatel has high astringency.
The feeling of thickness or viscosity on the palate; how light or heavy the tea feels. Body might range from delicate and ethereal to heavy and syrupy.
Simply what your taste buds can detect—sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami. Slurping sprays the liquid across your palate so as many taste buds as possible come into contact with the tea.
A way to describe flavor when it has many aspects. Simple teas are straightforward, with easily identifiable characteristics. Complex teas change as you drink them, and do not completely reveal themselves at once.
Describes the aftertaste that lingers on the palate. Dry teas have a lingering finish that continues to persist and change on the palate after the tea has been swallowed. Clean teas are just the opposite with a crisp finish that does not linger.
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Click here to listen to Scott's appearance on "The Eddie Stubbs Show" from March 26, 2012 on Nashville's WSM radio, home of "The Grand Ole Opry." Scott spent two hours in the studio discussing the Red Simpson box set and the Hall of Fame's Bakersfield Sound exhibit. This is an edited version with the commercials removed and the songs shortened into brief clips.
Check out this link to hear Scott and the Country Music Hall of Fame's Michael Gray chatting with Eddie Stubbs about the "Women of West Coast Country" panel in December of 2012.
Click here to listen to Randy Fox's excellent profile of Red Simpson on WPLN public radio, featuring interviews with Scott and Red.
Click here to listen to Scott's hour-long appearance on the "Californian Radio" show on station KERN in Bakersfield from March 6, 2012. Bakersfield Sound pioneers Red Simpson and Tommy Hays were also in the studio with Scott and host Robert Price.
Click here to enjoy Scott's brief appearance on Rod Moag's "Country, Swing & Rockabilly Jamboree" show on radio station KOOP in Austin, Texas from February 23, 2012. Scott and Rod discuss the Red Simpson release.


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Two things have been missing from my blog lately: me and crochet.
Me? That's an easy one.
Crochet? Ah, never assume that the absence of crochet from the blog equals an absence of crochet from my life! I've been working for the past month solely on Heather's graduation present…and since it was in her school colors, I exercised an awful lot of restraint and did NOT post the progress here.
However! Graduation is past, and the gift has been given.
The whole idea of this blanket is to utilize the numbers from an important date to create the pattern. Heather's graduation was on May 16, 2009, or 5-16-09. The numbers I would use to make the blanket, therefore, were 5-1-6-9. I needed four yarns for this; the first would be used for five rows, the second for one row, etc. Voila, a pattern!
It was going well, until I got to the third yarn in my pattern, and I quickly realized that I would run out of my third and fourth yarns if I kept up that pattern. I modified the numbers and ended up with a 5-1-3-6 pattern. I'm not sure if anything important happened on May 13, 2006, but we'll just assume it's around the time Heather decided to move to Virginia for law school and call it done.
I have to agree with Sharon's assessment that this is an ugly, ugly pattern until the very last bit is done. The pattern is worked in dc, ch1 spaces for row after row. It's not very attractive. The magic happens after the crochet portion is done and the weaving begins. Weaving is done in the same row patterns, obviously worked in the other direction. Once the strands are woven through and the tassles tied, the plaid is obvious and incredible. I can't imagine a color combination that wouldn't look great.
I learned an important thing during this process. This pattern takes forever. I mean it. It just goes on and on, especially when you want a blanket of some size, like I did. I really wanted to give Heather something she could snuggle under on the couch. I managed to watch several great miniseries on DVD with Mom and Dad while crocheting this thing. The weaving took a lot longer than I expected, too. Thank goodness for Mom. She spent most of the day and evening last Wednesday working on the weaving, and it saved me a lot of anguish and scrambling.
It was worth it, though. I finished the weaving on the road on Thursday and tied the tassles that night in the hotel room. It's one of my favorite pieces ever.
Here's an idea of the size…Heather says it will be perfect for her office someday. She wants a chaise where she can curl up and read briefs and cases, and of course, she must have a blankie for the space. This one has the added bonus of being very tartan-like, which speaks to our proud Scottish heritage.
She looks pretty happy with it, don't you think?? It even matches her eyes.
That is so awesome! Beautiful work… and grats to Heather, Esq.!
Aimee, I have to agree too on the before/after transformation. Before, meh. After, gorgeous!!! And big congrats to your sister. I'm being the proud sister lately too – mine finished her PhD in April, and got on the Dean's list for excellence 🙂 Kind of a hard act to follow, tho, huh?
Huge congrats to your sis, too!! Aren't our sisters fabulous?
love the way it has worked up, it looks amazing… PLUS of course it is ALL reclaimed… which in my opinion is the icing on the cake!
I realize this is an old post but I came across this Event Plaid idea from another blog (Never Knew) and really would love to try this. I tried to find the pattern from the link you included above but it looks to be no longer active. Would you have any details of the pattern you might be willing to share with me? Please DM at mdmpls@yahoo com. Thanks so much!


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'Don't focus on hate': World marks 20th anniversary of 9/11
Visitors browse the south pool as flowers and American flags rest among the names of the fallen at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
PUBLISHED: September 11, 2021 at 5:58 p.m. | UPDATED: September 11, 2021 at 5:59 p.m.
NEW YORK — The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, grieving lost lives and shattered American unity in commemorations that unfolded just weeks after the bloody end of the Afghanistan war that was launched in response to the terror attacks.
Victims' relatives and four U.S. presidents paid respects at the sites where hijacked planes killed nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest act of terrorism on American soil.
Others gathered for observances from Portland, Maine, to Guam, or for volunteer projects on what has become a day of service as U.S. Foreign leaders expressed sympathy over an attack that happened in the U.S. but claimed victims from more than 90 countries.
"It felt like an evil specter had descended on our world, but it was also a time when many people acted above and beyond the ordinary," said Mike Low, whose daughter, Sara Low, was a flight attendant on the first plane that crashed.
"As we carry these 20 years forward, I find sustenance in a continuing appreciation for all of those who rose to be more than ordinary people," the father told a ground zero crowd that included President Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
In a video released Friday night, Biden said Sept. 11 illustrated that "unity is our greatest strength."
Unity is "the thing that's going to affect our well-being more than anything else," he added while visiting a volunteer firehouse Saturday after laying a wreath at the 9/11 crash site near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. He later took a moment of silence at the third site, the Pentagon.
The anniversary was observed under the pall of a pandemic and in the shadow of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is now ruled by the same Taliban militant group that gave safe haven to the 9/11 plotters.
"It's hard because you hoped that this would just be a different time and a different world. But sometimes history starts to repeat itself and not in the best of ways," Thea Trinidad, who lost her father in the attacks, said before reading victims' names at the ceremony.
Bruce Springsteen and Broadway actors Kelli O'Hara and Chris Jackson sang at the commemoration, but by tradition, no politicians spoke there.
At the Pennsylvania site — where passengers and crew fought to regain control of a plane believed to have been targeted at the U.S. Capitol or the White House — former President George W. Bush said Sept. 11 showed that Americans can come together despite their differences.
"So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment," said the president who was in office on 9/11. "On America's day of trial and grief, I saw millions of people instinctively grab their neighbor's hand and rally to the cause of one another. That is the America I know."
"It is the truest version of ourselves. It is what we have been and what we can be again."
Calvin Wilson said a polarized country has "missed the message" of the heroism of the flight's passengers and crew, which included his brother-in-law, LeRoy Homer.
"We don't focus on the damage. We don't focus on the hate. We don't focus on retaliation. We don't focus on revenge," Wilson said before the ceremony. "We focus on the good that all of our loved ones have done."
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Joseph a hit!
Date 10th February 2014
Huge congratulations to everyone involved in Joseph! The play was a triumphant success enjoyed by four successive audiences over three days. The two casts were made up of Classes 6, 7 & 8, supported each night by the Upper School Orchestra. The acting, singing and dancing were all of a very high standard as was the music. The energy and enthusiasm of all the pupils was plain to see and they were clearly enjoying themselves as much as the audience.
The amount of effort put in by all was plain to see. Caroline Price and her team did an incredible job and worked tirelessly – they include the lighting and sound team, choreography, costumes, and make-up – it would have been impossible without them. A big thank you also to Maria Walker, Gertraud Soukup and Avril Whitehead, for all their hard work.
We haven't had a Middle School Play for several years so this was a real treat for all involved. The audience reaction was incredible with tears and cheers aplenty. The three classes have loved working together and have grown much closer as a group.
One of the great advantages of Elmfield was also evident though the production. Being a small school every pupil had to get involved and as a result they all got a chance to shine. Some, who had previously thought being on stage was not for them, discovered they loved it after all. In a bigger school they could have stood back and not been involved; instead they have had the chance to experience something completely new.
Life has now returned to normal for the pupils but as you walk around the school you can still hear Joesph tunes being hummed and sung – long may it continue!
Joseph!
Elmfield stays open


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Sex Workers Oppose Northern Ireland Bill and End Demand Campaign to Criminalise Clients
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From The English Collective of Prostitutes
Pushing prostitution further underground will not abolish it nor help sex workers.
It will endanger sex workers' lives and livelihoods.
Consenting sex is not a crime. Criminalising clients will not stop prostitution; it will push it further underground, making it more dangerous and stigmatising for sex workers.
Most sex workers are mothers, mostly single mothers driven into the sex industry by lack of economic alternatives to prostitution: unemployment, poverty, low and unequal wages. Many are young women trying to pay extortionate rents, university fees, debts . . .
Where is End Demand's outrage at UK benefit cuts and sanctions which are hitting mothers and children hardest, at mothers skipping meals to feed their children or having to resort to food banks?
What they say about the Swedish model is misleading and hides the truth: 25% of Swedish single mothers now live in poverty compared to 10% seven years ago; sex workers who are mothers face losing their children; sex workers facing violence are now too afraid to go to the police for protection as the stigma of prostitution has increased.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on prostitution which last year recommended the criminalisation of clients, refused to look at any of that. They have also refused to disclose how many of those who submitted evidence to them actually agreed with the criminalisation of clients. John McDonnell MP has asked to see the submissions but the APPG has been unforthcoming so far. They also refused to look at how decriminalisation was working in New Zealand, and its positive impact of sex workers' health and safety.
End Demand quotes Alan Caton, Suffolk's former Chief Superintendent. But the murders of five women in Ipswich in 2006 were preceded by a police crackdown. So were the murders of three women in Bradford in 2009-2010. Sex workers were hounded and forced out of their established red light areas into bleak industrialised areas, away from the concerned eye of the community.
We are not the only ones to have noticed that crackdowns endanger women's lives. Mariana Popa, a young immigrant mother, was murdered on the streets of Ilford, London, last October, in the wake of a police crackdown against clients. Following her death, senior police officers raised concerns that 'operations to tackle prostitution are "counterproductive" and likely to put the lives of women at risk'.
'Chris Armitt, the national police lead on prostitution in England and Wales, also called for a review of enforcement tactics aimed at prosecuting prostitutes. "We are not going to enforce our way out of this problem. It simply won't work. I feel it would be good to allow a small group of women to work together, otherwise it creates a situation where they are working away from other human support. I think the disadvantages of working alone outweigh the advantages."' http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/19/woman-killed-prostitute-police-blame
While more and more time and resources are being diverted into policing prostitution, rape and child abuse continue on a mass scale despite thousands of victims coming forward. Where were the police when children were being abused in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford, and in children homes all over the country? Where were they when women and their children were killed by violent partners and ex-partners? Where are they now when the same perpetrators continue to avoid prosecution? What is their connection to the perpetrators whose crimes they have aided and abetted?
Increasing the powers of police to deal with prostitution has already resulted in more arrests, raids, stealing and seizing the earnings of sex workers, and other abuses of power and corruption. No one who is calling for the criminalisation of clients has shown any interest in this.
The North of Ireland Assembly has just voted to criminalise clients. But Scotland has refused and so has France. It is time to look at decriminalisation and that's what we are campaigning for.
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Jueseppi B. , October 28, 2014 at 11:57
Thank you Jueseppi.
Always good to see/read your post. Happy Halloween.
The police are woefully unsophisticated when it comes to this issue, and reform (at the very least) is certainly needed.
rootedinbeing , October 28, 2014 at 15:06


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2017 PC Exclusive Games: Only PC Gamers Allowed
PC is master race! Well, at least for this article it is. Here's a list of games that can only be played on PC. However, some of these will eventually come to console, but for 2017, they will remain PC exclusive.
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Abandon Ship is a sea exploration game with tactical elements. A crew set sails on the savage seas to uncover its secrets and you're the captain. The game has yet to be released but you can check out the trailer here.
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A gory survival horror game brought to you by Mad Mind Studio. This game takes you to Hell, figuratively and literally. Beware of Demons, gore and nudity. Kiddies, this is not your game. This game is unreleased but here's the trailer.
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This is adorable 3D platformer developed by Gears for Breakfast set to be released this Fall 2017. The gameplay was released earlier this year at E3 and it looks great! Smooth gameplay and intense level designs. See for yourself!
Aquanox: Deep Descent
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This game is an underwater simulator with role-playing elements and some deep sea diving action. Here, you play as a pilot to a high-tech submarine. This game does have a co-op mode so grab your friends and let's see how long you can hold your breath. The Aquanox team is looking to release the game this year but have yet to set a date. You can help support them on their kickstarter.
Artika.1
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Artika.1 is a VR shooter game in which you get plunged into a war on an alien-ravaged Earth. But aside from being a PC exclusive, this game is also an Oculus exclusive. So make sure you have the right device before you buy the game. Here's the trailer.
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This game, developed by Harebrained Schemes, is said to be a revolutionary turn-based strategy game. Set in the year 3025 where you're the mastermind and mechs do your dirty work. Check out the trailer, general.
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Amanita Design renowned for their interesting character designs and soundtrack is coming in with another artistic game. This time, it appears to be a confusingly adorable horror game? Honestly, the trailer's got me confused as to be in awe or scared for my life. Maybe both?
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This monster-hunting RPG is one of 2017's most anticipated co-op games of the year. Go on raids with your friends to scavenge for parts that will make you a stronger fighter just so you can do it all over again. But ultimately, why are we doing this? Bragging rights. Check out their website for more information and gameplay footage.
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New Blood Interactive brings us a new first-person shooter retro game to end all retro games. The game is supposedly inspired by all the 90s favourites and I have to say, I'm impressed. Check out the trailer.
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Warfare just got a lot more hardcore with Escape from Tarkov. This first-person action RPG may just be what we needed. But it's not all blood and glory in this game. The developers have woven an intricate storyline to drive this game forward. For more information and game footages, check out their website.
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Steampunk meets the Ice Age in this city building survival game. Frostpunk made from a unique combination of city builder, survival and society simulation. Developer said the game is coming in the second half of 2017, so… anytime now? Bookmark their website to keep yourself updated.
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Strap on your brains because you're going to need it for the release of Frozen Synapse 2. This strategic turn-based game is a sequel of Frozen Synapse. The first game received 'Very Positive' reviews so we've got high hopes for this one. Follow their website for more information.
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This one's pretty exciting because it's by Nexon. But if you don't know who they are, think MapleStory and Counter Strike. Lawbreakers is their newest project set to be released on the 8 August 2017 so mark that on your calendars. This is an arena first-person shooting game set in a Sci-Fi world. There's an anti-gravity feature in the game that makes it fast paced and exhilarating. So… Overwatch on steroids? Yes please. Here's the website.
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It's creepy, horrific and it's cyberpunk. It's perfect. This game is about hacking into the mind and witnessing horrors beyond your wildest nightmares. You are, in every sense of the word, an Observer. The game is already being described as the new Layers of Fear but the cranked up version. Layers of Fear was already pretty heckin' scary, in my opinion. Check out the trailer.
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Overland is an adorably designed post-apocalyptic survival game. This game is more about surviving on puzzles rather than hacking and slashing your way to the top of the food chain. The art is fantastic and that alone is incentive enough to get the game. Visit their website to see for yourself.
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If Dead Space and Alien Isolation had a baby then you would get Routine. This creepy survival horror game injects adrenaline straight in to your veins as you shoot your way to survival or get hunted to death. Routine is developed by Lunar Software, an indie game developer. So you can find the game on Steam Greenlight and here's the release date trailer.
Xenonauts 2
Obviously a sequel of Xenonauts. This is the new and hopefully improved version of the old Xenonauts. It's a turn-based tactics game somewhat similar to XCOM. If you enjoyed XCOM, we think you'll enjoy Xenonauts.
Lastly, we have these games that have already been released but they are also PC exclusive so they've earned a mention: Conan Exiles, Dead Cells, Diluvion, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Endless Space 2, Expeditions: Vikings, Hello Neighbour, Robo Recall, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Total War: Warhammer II, Warhammer 40k: Space Wolf, Warhammer 40: Dawn of War III, Worlds Adrift Island Creator.
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Evan Gordon Coming to IU
With all the news recently of players leaving Indiana, it is nice to see a player coming in. Several sources have reported through social media that Evan Gordon, younger brother to Eric Gordon, will finish up his college eligibility at Indiana.
IndyStar.com had this to say about the transfer:
Former North Central guard and Arizona State transfer Evan Gordon committed to Indiana on Wednesday morning.
Evan Gordon committed to Indiana on Wednesday. The Arizona State transfer will have one year to play.
The 6-3 Gordon, who has graduated from Arizona State, will be eligible to play right away at Indiana. He averaged 10.1 points for the Sun Devils as a junior after transferring from Liberty.
Gordon's older brother, Eric, played at IU in 2007-08 and is now in the NBA with New Orleans. Evan Gordon said he will enroll in the sports administration Masters program at IU.
"There's nothing like an Indiana kid playing for IU," Gordon said. "Coach (Tom) Crean has that program rocking and rolling."
Gordon visited Butler on Tuesday and said he strongly considered the Bulldogs. When he first considered transferring from Arizona State to get closer to home, he said Butler was actually his first thought.
"It seemed like a great opportunity at Butler and it would be a great opportunity," he said. "They have a Masters program where I could have earned my teaching license and it's obviously a winning program that is going into the Big East. That made it a tough decision."
Gordon transferred to Hargrave Military Academy (Va.) after his junior year at North Central. He averaged 12.0 points as a freshman at Liberty and 14.1 points as a sophomore before transferring to Arizona State.
"It's kind of crazy how I ended up back here (at Indiana)," he said. "When I left Liberty the reason was to play on a bigger stage and it was a better opportunity to do that. This chance at IU just kind of came about and was hard to turn down."
Gordon said he is headed back to Arizona for a couple of days before returning home on Friday. He'll start summer classes on June 10 in Bloomington.
On his visit to Indiana on Saturday, Gordon said Crean talked about him providing a scoring punch.
"They have a lack of guards coming back and need somebody with experience who can make an impact this coming season," he said. "He talked about me being a scorer and also being a combo guard who can help out Yogi (Ferrell)."
Evan's younger brother Eron will be a sophomore at North Central this season. He averaged more than 19 points a game as a freshman and has offers from Indiana, Purdue, Nebraska and Arizona State.
December 13, 2012 Leave a comment basketballHoosiersIndianaIndianapolis StarnewsrecruitingTom Crean
I.U.'s Recruiting Class
The Indianapolis Star ran an article today about Indiana Basketball's recruiting class. You can read the entire article on their website, but here's how the article opened. Good news for what Tom Crean is doing with the program.
It has been a month but Indiana coach Tom Crean finally was able to sit down, surrounded by his coaching staff Thursday, and talk about the six members of his most recent recruiting class that signed national letters of intent last month. Collectively, the group is ranked as the No. 3 recruiting class in the nation by both rivals.com and scout.com
By now, every IU fan knows a little bit about the group. Here's a quick synopsis:
*** Devin Davis, 6-6, 200, Forward, Indianapolis (Warren Central)
*** Luke Fischer, 6-11, 215, Center, Germantown, Wis. (Germantown)
*** Collin Hartman, 6-6, 185, Forward, Indianapolis (Cathedral)
*** Stanford Robinson, 6-4, 185, Guard, Fairfax, Va. (Findlay Prep)
*** Noah Vonleh, 6-9, 220, Power Forward, Haverhill Mass. (New Hampton Prep)
*** Troy Williams, 6-6, 190, Small Forward, Hampton, Va. (Oak Hill Academy)
October 24, 2012 Leave a comment basketballCoach KnightHoosier HysteriaHoosiersIndianaIUTom Creanvideo
Sweet Hoosier Hysteria Video
Tom Crean tweeted the link to this video yesterday. I watched it and loved it. It is titled "Then and Now" and features past and current IU players. The creator of the video took photos and videos from the archives and made it appear that past players were alongside current players. You see Jordan Hulls and Damon Bailey side-by-side. One shot has last year's team on the bench as Knight gets ready to toss the chair. Lot of fun to watch. Go IU!
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Hoosiers To Be Part Of ESPNU Midnight Madness
Basketball season is just around the corner. I mentioned in an earlier post that IU was a pre-season #1 pick. While that may have been a little (or a lot!) early in the game, it bodes well for Hoosier basketball. As the season draws closer, ESPNU announced that IU's practice on October 12 will be broadcast as part of their Midnight Madness. That is certainly a long way from the dismal seasons IU had a few years ago.
Here's a portion of what is posted on the Indiana Athletics website:
For the seventh year, ESPNU will tip-off the nation's college basketball season with more than four hours of Midnight Madness coverage on Friday, Oct. 12 beginning at 5 p.m. ET. This year's programming will once again include both the men's and women's defending NCAA National Champions and eight teams in ESPN.com senior writer Andy Katz's Preseason Top 25.
The night begins with an in-depth look at what Katz put as the No.1 team in his super-early rankings last April, with ESPNU Midnight Madness: Indiana Practice at 5 p.m. on ESPNU. For the first time, the network will air a Hoosiers' practice live and in full with commentary from college basketball analysts Jay Williams and Dan Dakich as well as Indiana Head Coach Tom Crean wearing a microphone throughout practice.
Go Hoosiers!
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No IU-UK game this season
News came out today over Twitter feed that there will not be an IU-UK basketball game on this year's schedule. With as much excitement and press this season's game received, you would think it would be a no-brainer. According to the Indianapolis Star, it looks like location was a big part of the discussion.
Here's what was posted on Indy Star today.
I'm not blaming Kentucky for insisting the rivalry be moved to neutral sites to increase revenue.
I'm not blaming Indiana for standing firm in its stance that the games stay in Assembly Hall and Rupp.
But one way or another, this was one of those issues where the two sides needed to lock themselves in a room until they figured out how to get it done.
IU-Kentucky is a rivalry that shouldn't go away. No way. No how. It's good for the schools. It's good for the fan bases. It's good for college basketball.
The excitement from an Indiana perspective that the regular season game last year brought with it is all the evidence you need. That single shot by Christian Watford was the signature image for all of college basketball from Dec. 10, 2011 through the NCAA Tournament. And the rematch was pretty good, too. There were a lot of people that believe that IU-Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen was one of the more exciting games of the 2012 NCAA tournament.
And yet now it's all going away simply because the two sides couldn't reach an agreement on where it should be played.
Here's my opinion: IU and Kentucky need to play next season. I don't care if it's on campus, in Louisville, or anywhere else, but the game needs to be played. Especially considering what happened last season. The 2012-13 IU-Kentucky was going to be the end all game to find out just how good the two teams were going to be a few weeks before heading into conference play. And both teams are expected to be very, very good.
Tom Crean indicated this week that he had spoken with John Calipari and that both coaches want the series to continue.
IU-Kentucky have played every season since 1969. How do you just throw all that away?
While the words in this press release are pretty clear that there won't be an IU-Kentucky game next season, I still have to issue a challenge to athletic administrators from both schools to take a deep breath, take a step back, and then go back to the bargaining and get this done.
This is not the time for Indiana-Kentucky to become a thing of the past.
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IU featured in SI
Sports Illustrated has a story on Indiana basketball in this month's edition. For Hoosier fans, it is a somewhat painful look at what has taken place in the basketball program over the past decade, but also shows the resurgence the program is making.
It's a somewhat lengthy article, but one that is worth reading if you are a college basketball fan or if you are an IU fan. Check it out by clicking the link.
Indiana fans from Albany to Zionsville—and across the – 01.16.12 – SI Vault.
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We Are Hoosier Nation
Sweet video for I.U. fans everywhere!
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Kudos to Coach Crean
I remember reading this article a few weeks ago about Indiana University coach Tom Crean. While it had to do with his role as coach at the school, it really wasn't about basketball. Crean leveraged his influence as a coach to help a young man who needed someone to take an interest in him.
The article originally appeared on csnchicago.com by sports writer David Kaplan.
We too often hear about the negatives in the sports world including celebrities who far too many times fail to lend a helping hand when they are presented with a chance to make an impact on someone's life. However, when someone of note goes above and beyond the call it's important to let people know about it and the impact that it had on someone's life.
Today, I received a call about Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean who is considered to be one of the better young coaches in the game and also one of the most focused and intense. The caller told me the story of a young man who is a freshman at Indiana and was finding his adjustment to college a difficult one. Crean saw the young man sitting in the lobby of the basketball practice facility recently and noticed him a couple of times as he went in and out of the basketball offices. He also noticed that the young man appeared to be very upset.
Crean invited the student into his office and proceeded to hear his story and counseled the young man on how difficult the transition to college can be and encouraged him to stick with it. He also introduced the student to the rest of his staff and he got him an opportunity to work around the basketball program as a member of the athletic department.
The young man had turned off his cell phone after telling his parents that he needed to take a walk and think and his parents were very worried when they were unable to reach him. When Crean inquired as to whether the young man had spoken with his parents recently the young man said no. Crean called the parents, gave them his personal contact information and told them he would look out for their son. After arranging for a job in the athletic department the young man is reported to be doing very well and has adjusted to life away from home.
When I reached Crean today he didn't want to comment, calling it a private matter but he did say that he hoped as the father of three kids that if the roles were reversed that someone would do something to help one of his kids should they be in a tough spot.
Nice to hear that a celebrity who is also a father was there in a time of need and went way above and beyond the call of duty to impact a life. Congrats Tom Crean, the example you just sent should be a lesson to everyone.


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Science & Electronics Crossword Puzzle
This week's tech-themed crossword puzzle, as is the case every week, contains only words pertaining to engineering, amateur radio, science, physics, mechanics, mathematics, etc. If you want to exploit your knowledge of movie star names, obscure towns in obscure countries, movies, literature, television shows, or clothing designers, then you will need to find yourself an edition of the NY Times or the Boston Herald.
1. Electronics Industry Association (abbr.)
4. Organization requiring 25 years of amateur service for membership, abbr.
7. Numerical prefix meaning 10 (var.)
10. Unit of resistance
13. Additive white Gaussian noise
15. Unit of time (abbr.)
16. Logic gate
18. Stock symbol for Boeing
19. Semiconductor On Insulator (abbr.)
21. Test document for verifying proper function (abbr.)
22. Electromagnetic (abbr.)
23. Newest buzz phrase for ubiquitous remote control and monitoring of everything (abbr.)
25. Positive voltage lead color
27. End of transmission (abbr.)
29. 3 GHz to 30 GHz
30. A listing of the conditions of the Earth's magnetic field as measured at Boulder, CO
32. The lowest region of the ionosphere found approximately 25 to 55 miles above Earth (hyph.)
35. ESD protective apparel
38. Unit of energy
40. Elementary particle
43. Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (abbr.)
44. How number is described if it is equal to the sum of all of its factors, excluding the number itself
48. Military Auxiliary Radio System
50. Snail and E are examples of this
52. The "O" in ROM
56. Point in an revolving object's orbit that is farthest to the body it is orbiting (pl.)
59. Integrated data onto a carrier wave
62. Organization requiring 25 years of amateur service for membership, abbr.
63. Unit of length (abbr.)
64. Chemical symbol for mendelevium
65. Raise a number to the 3rd power
66. Rubber or plastic donut-shaped insert for protecting pass-through wires
70. The "C" in AC or DC
78. 72 Down + ____, the world's best engineering website
79. Type of current flow (abbr.)
81. 12.36 us is called a radar ____
84. Small computer program that performs some very useful function
87. 10E-12 numerical prefix
89. The fourth state of matter, which occurs in stars and fusion reactors
92. A keyboard key
93. Displays a radar target
95. Factor of ten
98. Typical bandwidth of a directional coupler
101. Rádio Nacional de Angola (abbr.)
103. Software engineering tool (abbr.)
104. Gun safety and education organization (abbr.)
105. Cooling device
106. Unit of liquid measure (abbr.)
108. Personal Handy Phone System (abbr.)
109. Imaging device (abbr.)
111. Chemical symbol for gadolinium
112. Unintended frequency product from a mixer
114. Chemical symbol for plutonium
118. Miniature threaded RF connector (pl.)
120. Transformer interwinding connection
121. Million multiply accumulate operations (abbr.)
122. Fourth largest asteroid
123. ELI the ICE ___ 1. Modern battlefield technique (abbr.)
2. A three-terminal power semiconductor device noted for high efficiency and fast switching (abbr.)
3. Automatic network analyzer (abbr.)
4. Ham's code for "Shall I send more slowly?"
5. Dimension from wing LE to TE
6. Chemical symbol for arsenic
7. Ham abbreviation for "distant station"
8. Runge-_____ method in differential equations
9. MS's server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages (abbr.)
11. Amateur radio operators
17. The "D" in DARPA
21. Online service
24. Output intercept point (abbr.)
26. One who DXs
27. Quickly changing portion of waveform
33. Ham-ese for Young Lady
34. Angular speed unit
39. Radio frequency interference (abbr.)
42. Type of logic gate (pl.)
45. Helium, iron, silicon, or uranium, for example
46. Promote the flow of electrical current
47. RF connector type
50. Chemical symbol for molybdenum
51. Chemical symbol for silver
54. Yard (abbr.)
56. Conductor size unit (abbr.)
57. Precision approach radar (abbr.)
59. Science of assuring operation amid dense EM background noise (abbr.)
60. Engineering Change Notice (abbr.)
61. Device under test (abbr.)
67. Switch position
71. Straight line emanating from a point source
72. __ + 78 Across, the world's best engineering website
74. Units of current
75. 1/000 of an inch
79. Logic family
80. Trigonometric function equal to the ratio between the side adjacent to a given angle, and the hypotenuse (pl.)
82. Chemical symbol for lanthanum
83. IC killer (abbr.)
85. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
86. Small representative graphic
90. Akin to EEs, CEs, AEs, etc. (abbr., pl.)
93. Last stage in a transmitter (abbr.)
94. A feedback scheme to level out the receiver audio volume (abbr.)
96. Unwanted 60- or 120- Hz modulation due to poor power supply filtering (2 wds.)
97. 10E1 numerical prefix (pl.)
99. Error checking scheme (abbr.)
100. Radio navigation system (abbr.)
102. Prefix meaning "water"
105. Frequency division multiple access (abbr.)
107. Total radiated power (abbr.)
108. Parts per million (abbr.)
110. Digital storage oscilloscope (abbr.)
111. Global System for Mobile Communications (abbr.)
113. Chemical symbol for platinum
115. Amateur radio abbreviation for the Oceania region (abbr.)
116. Unit for 1,000 watt-seconds (abbr.)
119. Army-Navy specification prefix


Can Laughing End an Argument?
Laughing can help end an argument, but it depends on the joke. Three American researchers recently studied humour and its effect on conflict. They videotaped couples while they were trying to resolve a relationship conflict and then rated the following types of humour.
Affiliative - humour that 'lightened the mood'.
Aggressive - humour that was actually a put down.
Self-defacing - humour that put the person speaking down.
Affiliative humour was the safest type of humour during an argument. This type of humour led to more laughing, less anger, and more satisfaction with the argument. It seems this type of humour was particularly effective when the partner was highly distressed.
Aggressive humour was sometimes OK and sometimes not. People could take aggressive humour and see that it was a joke when things were calm. However, this type of humour did not work well when the recipient was actually seeking care.
Self-defacing humour did not work at any time. First, this type of humour was hard on the one telling the joke. It led to less satisfaction with the argument and this type of humour is generally connected with depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Secondly, it focused attention on the person's foibles and left less energy and attention on the other person who needed care.
Humour is important in relationships. Positive humour is associated with relationship satisfaction and inside-jokes are associated with intimacy and belongingness. This isn't surprising, but before looking at these results I didn't think humour would be helpful during a conflict. Looking back now on my own interactions, I realized that humour is often effective in tense situation.
Overall, it seems that humour can be helpful in arguments, you just have to make sure you're both laughing.


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Matt Lauer Brings Up His Infamous Tom Cruise Interview While Talking to Katie Holmes
Entertainment By TooFab Staff | 2/9/2016 6:55 AM PT
In 2005, Matt Lauer and Tom Cruise went head-to-head about psychiatry and anti-depressants in a conversation that became one of "Today's" most heated moments.
At the time, the "War of the Worlds" star infamously called Lauer "glib," while saying "drugs aren't the answer" and adding that all they do it "mask the problem."
Fast-forward 11 years and now Cruise's ex, Katie Holmes, is addressing those same issues in a new interview with Matt about her new film, "Touched with Fire." The actress plays a poet struggling with bipolar disorder in the flick.
"It asks the question, is it beneficial to treat these people with drugs. You and I both remember a heated discussion I got into on that subject here in this studio," Matt said this morning on "Today. "Where do you think it leads the viewer?"
Holmes -- who was in the studio audience when he interviewed Tom -- gave a knowing smile, but kept it safe when it came time for her answer.
"This movie just shows, this is it, these are these two characters, in a love story and puts the question out there for the audience to make that decision," she replied.
Lauer then asked about a recent More magazine interview she did, where she was described as living the "ultimate second act" in her life right now, post-Cruise.
"I think that was what the lovely interviewer gathered on her own," a very PC Holmes added. "I feel very lucky that I've had wonderful creative experiences recently. Doing this movie, as an actor, was really liberating."
Re-watch the original interview below -- we forgot how gooood it was!
#KatieHolmes #MattLauer #TomCruise


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Joe Osheroff's take on theatrical masks
Joe Osheroff, a Grant Wood Art Colony Fellow, will discuss the history and future of theatrical masks at a public lecture tonight.
By Sid Peterson
sidney-peterson@uiowa.edu
Joe Osheroff, a current Grant Wood Art Colony Fellow, will present a talk on theatrical masks today at Art Building West at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to hear the special lecture.
The Grant Wood Art Colony granted the Interdisciplinary Performance Fellowship for the 2017-18 cycle to Osheroff, who resides in New York, where he is involved in theater. He specializes in mask performance at his company, the Homunculus Mask Theater, and is also a professor of acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Each year, the Wood Colony invites three creative people to the University of Iowa as Grant Wood fellows. Three professional artists are granted fellowships in one of three areas of expertise: printmaking, painting and drawing, and interdisciplinary performance.
Each is given a place to live, a salary, a space to focus on their personal work, and the opportunity to teach one course a semester at the UI. This one-year fellowship offers the artists time to focus on their personal art and chance to share their experience with students.
"We want to make sure the relationships are mutual — that the fellows will benefit in their careers as well as the students on campus will benefit with their presence here," Colony Director Maura Pilcher said. "I think that Joe's work is abstract or foreign enough to most people in the area, so it will be an amazing opportunity to have him talk to the broader audience about his practice."
In Osheroff's talk, audience members will be exposed to the historical roots of theatrical masks starting with the Ancient Greeks leading up to modern American theater.
He will also share his perspective on contemporary masks and insight on how his productions are moving forward in terms of mask work. Everyone is encouraged to attend Osheroff's talk to explore the historical context of theatrical masks and how they are evolving.
"I think people should go to gain different perspectives," said Paul Kalina, a UI associate professor of theater and movement. "It is not just theater kids or art kids."
Osheroff is in the process of creating a project called "Visual Mixtape" that will be performed in April. This production will feature 10 students, full-face masks, no dialogue, and interestingly enough, some rock and roll.
"I am sort-of creating a masked music video," Osheroff said. "I want to bombard the audience with imagery, and the work we are doing is all based in classical techniques. But I'm creating rock and roll and not folktales. A lot of the mask work we have been seeing over the past few years is still rooted in mythology, folktales, and commedia. But I want to step out of that world a little bit."
Osheroff noted that while the masks of the past deserve the utmost respect and appreciation, his interests are undoubtedly in innovation and a new kind of mask in the future.
"I am most interested in that transformation of the mask as a thing you can hold in your hands, to a new identity once you put it on your face," Osheroff said.
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