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SANCTUARY – Entire Sacramento Show Posted.
In the video below check out Sanctuary's complete March 7th show in Sacramento, CA at Ace Of Spades. Continue reading →
By capitalchaostv • Posted in Live Video, News	• Tagged sanctuary
Igorrr plot debut North American tour for 2018
France's Igorrr have confirmed that they will embark on a brief tour of North America in early 2018 in support of their latest album and Metal Blade Records debut, Savage Sinusoid. The shows include stops in Montreal, New York, Mexico City, and more. The complete listing of dates can be found below.
Igorrr spent their summer on tour with performances in Israel and Turkey, as well as shows all over Europe in clubs and at notable fests: Dour Festival, Hellfest, UK Tech Fest, Brutal Assault, and more. For a preview of the group's unique brand of sonic maelstrom, check out their Dour Festival performance in its entirety below.
Igorrr's Gautier Serre comments on the upcoming tour: "This will be our first time in America and we have no idea how people will react to our music, this is very exciting, we cannot wait to blast some harpsichord and accordion in the American continent!"
Due to high demand, more vinyl has been pressed and made available for Savage Sinusoid. European imported pale blue marbled vinyl is available in limited quantities at Indiemerch here:indiemerch.com
Igorrr tour dates
w/ Spotlights
Jan. 31 – Montreal, QC – Petit Campus
Feb. 1 – Toronto, ON – Mod Club
Feb. 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Voltage Lounge
Feb. 3 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Feb. 4 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
Feb. 6 – Chicago, IL – Reggies
Feb. 9 – Mexico City, MX – Circo Volador*
Feb. 10 – Guadalajara, MX – C3 Stage*
Feb. 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex*
*=no Spotlights
By capitalchaostv • Posted in News, Tour Dates	• Tagged igorr, Metal Blade Records, tour dates
Abe and Frank From Deftones' Guide To Sacramento
As a guide for those visiting Sacramento for this weekend's Monster Energy Aftershock, Revolver teamed up with Abe Cunningham and Frank Delgado from Deftones to highlight some of the great restaurants and gay bars that their hometown has to offer. Tickets still available here.
By capitalchaostv • Posted in News	• Tagged aftershock 2017, deftones
New Video Of Hed PE Live In Sacramento, California
G-punk innovators (HED)Pe teamed up with Industrial Metal Veterans DOPE for their The Monster High Tour 2017 with metal rockers Ill Niño on select dates. Video from the Sacramento stop can be found streaming below.
"I'm really excited about this tour" says Edsel Dope. "We have never done a proper USA Tour with (HED)Pe, or Ill Niño, so this should be a really cool experience for the fans and for all of us…Me and Jared from Hed Pe are already talking about doing some collaborations before and during the tour…
"We've continued to add to our production to each and every tour" Edsel says with a smile.. "The show is almost out of hand at this point"
"I am anticipating that this will be the last Dope tour for a little while" says Edsel…"Once it is over, I want to focus on finishing up the next Dope album before we hit the road again…I am looking forward to seeing of our fans and friends out there this Fall…"
"Hell yea brother! Me and Edsel are gonna bring one hell of a party to your city, so y'all can bring the weed" Says Jared Gomes..
Remaining dates are…
10/14 @ The Machine Shop – Flint , MI
10/15 @ The Agora – Cleveland, OH
10/16 @ Diesel – Pittsburgh, PA
10/17 @ Evening Star Concert Hall – Niagra Falls, NY
10/18 @ Fish Head Cantina – Halethorpe, MD
10/19 @ Whiskey Barrel – Laconia, NH *
10/20 @ Claddagh – Lawrence, MA *
10/21 @ Fete Ballroom – Providence, RI *
10/22 @ The Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ *
10/23 @ The Reverb – Reading, PA *
10/24 @ Arizona Pete's – Greensboro, NC
10/25 @ 1904 Music Hall – Jacksonville, FL
10/26 @ The Abbey – Orlando, FL
10/27 @ Kelsey Theater – West Palm Beach, FL
10/28 @ Orpheum – Tampa, FL
10/30 @ Scout Bar – Houston, TX
10/31 @ St. Fitzgerald's – San Antonio, TX
11/01 @ Trees – Dallas, TX
11/02 @ Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
11/03 @ The Coliseum – Lawton, OK
11/04 @ Sunshine Studios – Colorado Springs, CO
11/05 @ Top Deck – Farmington, NM
11/06 @ Marquis Theatre – Tempe, AZ
11/07 @ Adrenaline – Las Vegas, NV
11/08 @ The Regent – Los Angeles, CA
11/09 @ Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
* Ill Niño Appearing
By capitalchaostv • Posted in Live Video, News, Tour Dates	• Tagged dope, hed pe
Finding Joseph I: The HR From Bad Brains Documentary
Paul "HR" Hudson is the voice of punk/hardcore pioneers and Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame nominees Bad Brains, one of the most influential bands to rise out of the 1980's. With Bad Brains, HR harnessed the fiery potential of melding punk rock, reggae, dub, jazz-fusion, metal, and funk into a kaleidoscopic art form centered around his faith in Rasta. HR's uplifting ethos – P.MA. (Positive Mental Attitude) – has cast a light amidst dark defiance, and inspired everyone. From the start, HR shined with charisma and positivity. His vocals were soulful and tribal, hitting us deep in our spiritual core. In performance he gave it all, from stage diving off monitors to his signature back flip. He is a punk prophet, and his legacy resonates today as it was nearly four decades ago. Finding Joseph I, The HR From Bad Brains Documentary chronicles the life, career and struggles of this iconic living legend.
This is a complex picture of a complex man. It shares his explosive artistry as well as his uphill battle with ailing mental health. In this revealing documentary, HR's peers and fellow musicians share their stories and firsthand experiences with the tumultuous singer. HR's own interviews find him digging deep to discuss his life, philosophies, and career. Directed By James Lathos and produced by Small Axe Films with Executive Producer Jay Mohr, Finding Joseph I features never-before- seen archival footage, photography, and exclusive interviews with HR, Earl Hudson (Bad Brains/Brother), Ras Michael, Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat/Fugazi), members of Sublime, Deftones, Fishbone, Cro-Mags, The Wailers, Living Colour and more. It also features original music from Miguel Happoldt (Sublime / Long Beach Dub All Stars) and Aaron Owens (Hepcat).
10/12 & 14 – Seattle @ Grand Illusion
10/17 & 18 – New Orleans @ Zeitgeist Arts Center
10/28 – Los Angeles @ Regent Theater ***HR and Lathos in attendance***
10/18 – London @ Komedia Picturehouse Brighton
10/19 – London @ Tramshed Cinema – Cardiff
10/21 & 22 – Switzerland @ Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival 2017
10/22 – Washington D.C. @ Lincoln Theater
10/26 – Chicago @ Brew View
10/27 – Barcelona @ IN-EDIT Festival
11/25 – Philadelphia @ PhilaMOCA
TBD – Brooklyn @ Nitehawk Cinema
Pre-order the DVD at MVDshop.com or on Amazon
ABOUT THE FILM MAKER
James Lathos is a film maker and author living in Florida. He makes his documentary debut with Finding Joseph I: The HR From Bad Brains Documentary. Previously, he wrote the definitive tome, Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. From Bad Brains with co-author Howie Abrams (Lesser Gods). This oral history is the first fully authorized biography of the enigmatic front man.
By capitalchaostv • Posted in News	• Tagged Bad Brains, Paul "HR" Hudson
RAM releases video for new single, "On Wings Of No Return"
Swedish heavy metallers RAM will release their striking new album, Rod, on November 3rd via Metal Blade Records! In anticipation of this release, RAM have now unleashed a full production video for the 2nd single, "On Wings Of No Return."
RAM comments: "We assembled the same team that worked on the 'Flame of the Tyrants' video, to present this macabre tale of unhealthy fandom, the countryside, digestion of biohazardous waste, chainsaws and family! The song is another RAM neckbreaker that we are certain will become a live classic!"
RAM comments about Rod: "We are very proud to release our fifth studio album entitled 'Rod'. On this album for the first time ever we wrote a conceptual story over 6 songs, something that we always wanted to do but never got right. This album contains probably our most epic moments to date but it is still definitely Heavy Metal Tyranny!"
Rod track-listing
1. Declaration of Independence
2. On Wings of No Return
3. Gulag
4. A Throne at Midnight
5. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 1: Anno Infinitus
6. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 2: Ignitor
7. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 3: The Cease to Be
8. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 4: Voices of Death
9. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 5: Incinerating Storms
10. Ramrod the Destroyer, Pt. 6: Ashes
RAM line-up:
Oscar Carlquist: Vocals
Morgan Pettersson: Drums
Harry Granroth: Guitar
Martin Jonsson: Guitar
By capitalchaostv • Posted in Music Videos, News	• Tagged metalblade records, ram
New Video Of Exodus Live In Sacramento, California
Bay Area thrash metal kings Exodus have collided with the Florida death metal godfathers from Obituary for another epic "Battle of the Bays" this fall. The two American legends went to war in Europe last year and are currently bringing the Battle to America this time with support from Power Trip and Dust Bolt.
The co-headlining tour kicked off September 14th in Durham, NC and ends on October 15th in Baton Rouge, LA. Tickets are still on sale and a listing of remaining dates is available below.
Oct 08 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
Oct 10 Tucson, AZ The Rock
Oct 11 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
Oct 12 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls
Oct 14 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger *
Oct 15 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity Theater +
^ Obituary, Exodus, Dust Bolt ONLY
* Obituary, Power Trip, Dust Bolt ONLY
+ Obituary, Dust Bolt ONLY
Exodus perform their classics Deranged, Fabulous Disaster, A Lesson in Violence, Blacklist, War Is My Shepherd & Bonded by Blood @ Ace Of Spades in Sacramento, California 10/03/17 with openers Obituary & Dust Bolt in the video steaming below.
By capitalchaostv • Posted in Live Video, News	• Tagged dust bolt, Exodus, OBITUARY, POWER TRIP
Enslaved Unveil Stunning Music Video For "The River's Mouth"
In exactly one week from today, black avant-garde Norwegians ENSLAVED will finally unleash their new album E and prove that for a band with more than 25 years of history, they are still reinventing themselves. While the 10-minute-long opening track "Storm Son" gave fans a taster of what to expect from the new album, the single "The River's Mouth" reveals a heavier and more harsh side of the 14th full-length release. Watch the official video for "The River's Mouth", which was once again created byJosh Graham (SOUNDGARDEN, NEUROSIS).
Songwriter and guitarist Ivar explains: "'The River's Mouth' is a quite heavy track, drawing both on our rock roots and of course the foundation of everything awesome: mid-80s, mid-paced Bathory. It also includes some odd space-rock in the choruses and the end part – finally BATHORY and HAWKWIND met. I like the energy of this song a lot – both Cato and new-kid-on-the-chopping-block Håkon is doing such a great job with the psychedelic parts, the chorus and the ending. What a drive! The end sounds like travelling at insane speed through wormholes. The theme here is your relationship with the "future", as we describe it: The sensation of time moving along is a construction of our brains – physics claims all time to already have been "rolled out"; try wrapping our brains around that one! So the future would be, speaking in tabloid; a piece of land we just haven't arrived at yet. But it is already here. The song is about acting in tandem with your future self which already arrived at this "future island" – do not sit and wait, make sure you lay the ground for what is to happen in the future, now!"
By capitalchaostv • Posted in Music Videos, News	• Tagged Enslaved
Junkyard Tour Dates and New Music Video
Junkyard's third full length studio album, High Water (released April 21, 2017) made huge waves upon release, selling out of initial pressings and cracking Billboard's Top 25 Hard Rock Album Sales Chart. Fans and critic's agree the album, the band's first in full length 26 years, is among the strongest rock records released in 2017. Just as Festival and club dates in the UK and US wrapped in August, Little Steven's Underground Garage snagged the first single, "Faded" as the Coolest Song in the World (week of Sept. 17).
JUNKYARD's upcoming tour dates:
11/24 – Santa Ana, CA @ Diegos (ALL AGES w/ Mink Daggers & Cornfed Project)
11/25 – Las Vegas, NV @ Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill
12/29 – Seattle, WA @ Venue TBA
12/30 – Portland, OR @ Venue TBA
2/11-16/18 – Miami to Jamaica @ Monsters of Rock Cruise
2/16/18 – Cocoa Beach, FL @ 80's in the Park Festival
2/17/18 – Atlanta, GA @ 37 Main (18+)
The music video "CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH", shot in various locations in US and UK, can be viewed below.
By capitalchaostv • Posted in Music, News	• Tagged CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH, JUNKYARD
Cavalera Conspiracy Unleash 'Insane' Lyric Video
The brothers Max and Iggor Cavalera formed the legendarily trailblazing heavy metal band SEPULTURA as teenagers together in 1983. Across six studio albums the Brazilian punishers perfected the art of darkness and extreme music with thrash classics such as Beneath the Remains, Arise andChaos AD, while exploring the underbelly of third world political issues and broadening the genre's horizons with an exploration of indigenous culture, culminating with the landmark Roots album in 1996.
A decade after Max left SEPULTURA and meanwhile released seven successfull records with SOULFLY, the two brothers got back together in 2006 to form CAVALERA CONSPIRACY: A bold testament to the talent and power these two possess together. An invigorating mixture of speed and aggression, finest thrash power and the fiercest riffage!
Now it's time to get ready for one of the most heaviest and hotly anticipated metal records of 2017, when the mighty CAVALERA CONSPIRACY will strike back this Fall: 'Psychosis' will be coming out on November 17th on Napalm Records!
By capitalchaostv • Posted in Music, News	• Tagged cavalera conspiracy
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On Sept. 1, security industry start-up Silver Tail Systems held an in-depth online seminar for its bank and e-commerce clients that examined the stealth and sophistication of Zeus, a data-stealing Trojan horse program that organized thieves have used in a string of lucrative cyber heists this year.
A week later, Silver Tail learned that Zeus had infiltrated its own network defenses.
Silver Tail founder Laura Mather said she believes her company was targeted by criminals wielding Zeus specifically because of the recent webinar, which spotlighted the myriad ways in which Zeus can defeat online banking security measures. Still, she said the incident shows this family of malware can be a threat to any business - even security companies.
"Luckily, we were vigilant enough and had things locked down to a degree that the attackers weren't able to get anything of value to them," Mather said.
Silver Tail makes software that it licenses to other companies to use in detecting anomalies that indicate a customer's account (and by extension his or her PC) may be compromised. Oddly enough, the first signs that an internal Silver Tail system was compromised by Zeus came from some fairly "noisy" network activity not typically associated with the normally stealthy Trojan.
Mather said about a week after the webinar first aired, some of her technicians noticed that Web traffic to and from the company's data center had slowed to a trickle. It wasn't long before the engineers zeroed in on the culprit: A machine inside the data center that belonged to a former employee who had provided quality assurance testing on Silver Tail's software had been infected with Zeus.
Turns out, the unknown intruders caused the local network congestion when they started using the former employee's Zeus-infected system to run powerful password-cracking programs against administrator accounts on the internal network, accounts that had the ability to make vital system-wide security changes and access proprietary company data.
Normally, to reach a server from outside Silver Tail's network, an authorized user would need to know a user name and password, as well as a private encryption key, Mather said. Mather didn't know it at the time, but the former employee had disabled the encryption requirement on the server he routinely accessed remotely.
"The big mistake we had was not having auditing in place of people turning of security functionality," Mather said. "But what's scary is this was an employee sitting 10 feet from me and we didn't know he was doing this."
Mather, formerly director of fraud prevention at eBay, said the attack shows the challenges banks face in protecting their customers against fraud.
"Even when everything is under your control, there can be gaps, you're never going to be able to be really sure that all of your customers are hardened," she said.
Mather said Silver Tail scanned the former employee's system with three different anti-virus tools, yet none of them detected any suspicious or hostile files. Company technicians only located the malware by conducting a manual search for telltale files most commonly associated with different Zeus variants.
The Zeus-themed webinar that Silver Tail believes prompted this attack is long, but well worth a watch for anyone involved in defending networks. The ThreatExpert blog also recently published an excellent (yet far more technical) deep-dive on Zeus.
Brian - thanks for the great article. If anyone is interested in learning more about this, we're having a webinar to go through the details of this on 10/13 at 10am Pacific time. You can register here: tinyurl.com/ydm3mw3.
I clicked on the link "telltale files most commonly associated with different Zeus variants." but Firefox told me it was a risky link and asked me if I wanted to connect anyway (I am currently working from a non-English based computer, so the wording I am giving is my translation). I did not.
This type of thing is what makes me think about going back to a Cash / Money Order method of bill payment, and having nothing online that really matters. But even then checking or savings accounts can be accessed thru the bank itself. And my social security number is in a few government systems. Using the net is starting to feel like walking down a street in a bad part of town, without a cop in sight.
@observer -- that's because Zeustracker uses a self-signed encryption cert, and firefox treats sites that do with extreme prejudice. you just need to add an exception, and then click through several times. There's nothing dangerous about Zeustracker, except maybe dangerous to the bad guys.
Firefox will do the same thing if you Visit https://www.gmail.com with Firefox 3 for the first time and you'll encounter the browser's warning page. The same goes for https://mail.yahoo.com and https://www.us.army.mil, to name just a few.
There's a cheesy TV ad running these days that talks about the "Human Element." Until we eliminate the human element from these security activities, I guess there will always be these gaffes.
What is equally disturbing to me is that the detection had to be done manually. I know that mal-ware like Zeus constantly change their signatures, but if the techs used manual methods, the anti-virus suites, updated, should have been able to do it also. Does anybody know if Microsoft's malicious software removal tool would have detected it?
Man, this blog sure is making me feel paranoid lately. Is any company taking the proper steps to secure its networks as much as possible, and we just don't hear about it? Some good news would be nice for a change.
Regarding the certificate error: Gmail's cert is signed by Thawte, yahoo's by Equifax, and the Army's by DoD. They are not self-signed. Firefox 3 comes with all these certificate authorities. A self-signed cert is not something to blithely click 'ok' to if you intend to have secure and valid data transmissions. If I redirected traffic to zeustracker.abuse.ch through DNS poisoning or other method, I could create a cert on my web server, sign it, and all the people who trust Zeustracker to be who they claim to be would send info to and from ME. But I wouldn't be able to have a cert signed by a trusted authority for that domain. There's a reason why browsers show such a warning.
That said, I don't really understand why zeustracker bothers with SSL since no personal data appears to be provided by the client.
Self-signed certs are for testing and development purposes.
@hitpoints: nobody said gmail or the dod's site uses self-signed certs. what i said in the comment was that firefox users will see the same behavior when visiting https://www.usarmy.mil for the first time.
if you haven't already added an exception for that .mil address in FF, try it for yourself and see what I mean. the point of my comment was to say that just b/c a site is flagged this way doesn't mean you automatically can't trust it.


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In the mid-1990s, one of the original Sailormoon fanfiction archives was supported by Sailor Skuld. named "Artemis and Luna's focal Command," the site collected Sailormoon fanfics and provided them to visitors via zip files that were posted weekly. As the archive became statesman popular, the site denaturised names, changed hands, and soon became known as "A Sailor month Romance," with resonant updates and a PHP structure similar to systems utilized by many an archives today.


Civic Solutions is pleased to announce that Jean Ward, AICP, has joined our senior consultant team as Community Planning Services Manager. Jean will provide project management and community planning services to public sector clients throughout California.
As a planning consultant and project manager with over twenty years of experience, Jean has managed, prepared and implemented a variety of urban planning and design projects, all of which included a significant public engagement process. These comprehensive plans in both downtown and undeveloped areas address creative and practical approaches to land use, sustainable development, mobility, urban design and open space, as well as approaches to implementation and economic strategies. Several of Jean's projects have won recognition by local and state American Planning Association chapters and other regional agencies. Her recently adopted and award-winning Downtown Hemet Specific Plan facilitates sensitively scaled transit-oriented development and increased pedestrian connections around the site of a future transit mobility hub, while also providing detailed design guidelines to preserve the City's historic downtown core and residential neighborhoods. This plan, which was developed with active public involvement, fosters and supports the long-term plan for rail transit via the extension of the 91/Perris Valley Line, and provides the framework for Downtown Hemet to become a vibrant community hub in the San Jacinto Valley.
Jean is an active member of the American Planning Association, and has moderated sessions and made presentations at local and state conferences in both California and Oregon. She holds a Master of Arts in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.


E-commerce provides an exciting opportunity for business owners and marketing teams with an imagination. Unlike print collateral that cannot be changed once it is out there, your website and AdWords campaigns can change whenever you feel like it.
Google is releasing a new algorithm that will have a significant impact on who shows up in a mobile search. If you still have an old (non-responsive) website, you need to redesign it and fast. The new algorithm, that targets mobile-friendly sites, is set to release on April 21st and is expected to have more significant effect than anything that happened with Google Panda or Penguin.


The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of three-axis control, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium. This method became standard and remains standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds. From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers focused on unlocking the secrets of control to conquer "the flying problem", rather than developing more powerful engines as some other experimenters did. Their careful wind tunnel tests produced better aeronautical data than any before, enabling them to design and build wings and propellers more effective than any before. Their U.S. patent 821,393 claims the invention of a system of aerodynamic control that manipulates a flying machine's surfaces.
They gained the mechanical skills essential for their success by working for years in their shop with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and other machinery. Their work with bicycles in particular influenced their belief that an unstable vehicle like a flying machine could be controlled and balanced with practice. From 1900 until their first powered flights in late 1903, they conducted extensive glider tests that also developed their skills as pilots. Their bicycle shop employee Charlie Taylor became an important part of the team, building their first aircraft engine in close collaboration with the brothers.


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SIXTH FORMER GRACE SHAW SPEAKS AT 1525 LUNCH
On Saturday, Grace Shaw (R, L6) was invited to speak to Old Sedberghians at the 1525 lunch in Queen's Hall.
The 1525 Society has more than 220 members and is probably the largest legacy society of any independent school in the country. Two lunches per year take place in Sedbergh and London – 50 people attended the lunch in Sedbergh and another 50 will attend a lunch at Kew Gardens this week.
Grace Shaw, an academic scholar, here studying AS Geography, Biology, French and Maths, was invited to talk by Headmaster Andrew Fleck. She talked about the new perspective that being at Sedbergh had given her and how meeting members of the society, and seeing how the spirit of comradeship was still so evident, had made her feel honoured to be part of such an inspiring community.
Grace is from New York and came to Sedbergh at the beginning of the academic year from her school in the United Arab Emirates. She said: "I heard about Sedbergh from a fellow pupil who had already made the move and I wanted to come to explore my talents, benefit from the opportunities available and to explore a different environment.
Coming from somewhere dry, with cloudless skies, everyone here thinks I'm crazy when I run outside to feel the rain on my skin! The culture shock extended beyond the weather and scenery though – I had no idea until I came here that a Yorkshire Pudding is not a pudding at all!"
Grace talked about the change of coming to live in a valley, where pupils at the school run the ten-mile Wilson as if it's nothing, and remarked on the welcome she had from teachers. "What strikes me is the spirit of involvement here – it's all about exceeding the minimum. I now feel equipped for the future and that I can face it wholeheartedly."
Headmaster Andrew Fleck said: "I invited Grace to speak because she is new into the school and retains a degree of objectivity, and also because she has come to Sedbergh from the USA via Al Ain in the UAE. Therefore she has a real breadth of experience. She has also thrown herself into a wide range of activities; as a musician and actress and on the sports field, so she has fully embraced the Sedbergh ethos. She is also delightful company, an excellent conversationalist and a good speaker.
I was delighted with the event, it is always good to hear Old Sedberghians' stories and their reflections about the influence of the School on their lives. Grace spoke well and gave a very real insight into the life of a busy pupil. They were delighted to listen to her – she certainly upstaged me!"
Norman Berry, former President of the 1525 Society, said: "As an overseas pupil from the US and with no previous experience of boarding, it was particularly interesting to hear how Grace had managed to settle in and establish herself in a relatively strange environment. Of course, one was delighted by the enthusiasm with which Grace had evidently taken to life at Sedbergh and to its surroundings. Equally it was apparent in some of her remarks that Grace finds the rigour of academic opportunities at Sedbergh stimulating; 'great minds talk of ideas, while the mediocre talk of events and the weak-minded talk about people' she asserted (or words to that effect). Speaking with just the odd note to refer to, Grace spoke with confidence and with a feeling for Sedbergh that could not fail to touch the hearts of Old Sedberghains present."
Grace concluded by thanking the benefactors for their on-going support and said that seeing the comradeship amongst Old Sedberghians, and how strong it still is after so many years, rubbed off on her. "It is truly inspiring."
Of course, one was delighted by the enthusiasm with which Grace had evidently taken to life at Sedbergh and to its surroundings. Equally it was apparent in some of her remarks that Grace finds the rigour of academic opportunities at Sedbergh stimulating; 'great minds talk of ideas, while the mediocre talk of events and the weak-minded talk about people' she asserted (or words to that effect). Speaking with just the odd note to refer to, Grace spoke with confidence and with a feeling for Sedbergh that could not fail to touch the hearts of Old Sedberghains present."
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1st post! I just ordered one of these off of Ebay thanks to the comments in this thread. I had a SG2 that I liked but my subscription just expired and thought I would try this since the courses are free and I am selling the SG2 for $150. Figured this is worth the ~$60 for the upgrade. I had been reading about the great customer service but just thought I would share another story. I paid via Paypal at 1:02p (Mountain) and just received shipping confirmation along with tracking number, 20 minutes later!! Now that is great customer service!!
Also go the InvisibleShield for it for less than $6 with the 50% online coupon so thanks for that tip also!!
I requested a course last Friday for a tournament that I have in two weeks and Golf Guru posted it today (3 business days). They still need to get the editing feature up and going but you can not beat their customer service.
You really can't beat their customer service. I have received no less than 10 emails from them notifying me of software upgrades and relevant information on the Guru since November. I have owned a Skycaddie for 2 years, and a Golf Logix for 1 and have NEVER received any information on upgrades, issues, helpful hints, or any other topic from anyone...period. I do get notices when my annual memberships are about to expire $$. If you want continued support after the sale, look toward the Golf Guru. You won't be forgotten!!
Any news yet on the software upgrade to allow updating of courses that they have previously mapped. Also it has somewhat been implied on other threads, but is the AC and car charger basically the same as a Blackberry charger. I have several extra chargers laying around and would not need to buy them.
Still awaiting the Update to allow course (downloaded) editing.
As for charger - I use an IPOD USB charger for the car/home - or just plug into computer (USB) to charge, check for updates. Easily getting 3 1/2 rounds per charge.
Even though I have the downloaded version of my home course, I just went out and mapped the front nine this morning because I don't think the mapping of the greens using aerial photos turned out to be very accurate. It was really easy to do and I was able to map a number of targets that were not included on the original download. I, too, however, am anxiously awaiting the software upgrade as it was one of the determining factors in me purchasing this unit in the first place.
I am really close to pulling the trigger on this device. Is anyone else worried that you do not see them anywhere but on Ebay and their website. I have read every thread on these and it seems that it comes down to the SG2.5 for me versus the Golf Guru. I play out of state on business and the $50/month kills me espscially if the courses I play in NE, OK, and KS go for 12 bucks to walk. I am just a little afraid of the product going the way of the betamax or more recently the HD DVD.
The SkyGolf fee is $50 per YEAR.
Given the inventory of which GPS devices I have seen at the PGA Superstore, I imagine it would take a new company a little time to work their way into retail outlets.
Yeah sorry about the $50/month.
With the ability to map courses to the level of detail that the Golf Guru offers, for courses you play regularly it would still be a good deal even if the company went away and you couldn't download any courses (assuming you have the time and inclination to map courses yourself).
I just emailed them concerning the software upgrade for editing mapped courses. I will post it when I receive their reply.
The course map editing feature for the Golf Guru is in the final stages of testing right now. This is a major software change, and we want to be absolutely sure that things don't start breaking when we release it. We realize that we are running behind our original forecasted schedule, and still can't set an exact date for release, but at this time, we believe we are very close to completing and locking in the software code. Thanks for being patient with us. We know there is a large contingent out there eagerly anticipating this feature. We hope to have good news very soon.
Obviously they are reading this thread.
I have been researching gps units for the past week or so. I just bought the golf guru today. My experience with customer service so for has been top rate. I am looking forward to using the unit and will post some feedback after I have used it a bit.
Our course is closed on Mondays so I went out and mapped it myself, even though it is available for download. One of the things I noticed was that the greens did not seem really true to their actual shape. I think that is a problem with using satellite photos as sometimes it is very difficult to determine the edge of the green. It took me about the time it would take to play a round of golf (4 hours) to map all 18 holes, but I have waypoints customized and meaningful for the way I play the course, and now I know the green outlines are accurate.
The best feature so far is the "marking" capability. Unlike the SkyGolf units and others where you "mark" your starting point and then "mark" at the ball, once you "mark" at the tee, for example, it will give you a running total of yards as you walk so you can go to your buddy's ball and tell him just how far he hit his drive, then go to yours without "marking", adding yardage differences, etc. I do wish there were a way to adjust the contrast.
4 hours?! If you play more than one course, that's a big problem. We play about 10 here.
The best feature so far is the "marking" capability. Unlike the SkyGolf units and others where you "mark" your starting point and then "mark" at the ball, once you "mark" at the tee, for example, it will give you a running total of yards as you walk so you can go to your buddy's ball and tell him just how far he hit his drive, then go to yours without "marking", adding yardage differences, etc.
You are mistaken about the SkyCaddie. You can do this--mark multiple tee shots--just fine with the SG2.5 & 5. I don't know about the older versions. You just hit the mark button to toggle in and out of the distance screen.
I agree! No way would I want to map every course or a number of courses if I played that many on any kind of rotating basis. Golf Guru has 19 courses mapped within 20 miles of my zip code, including the one I belong to, and only one course that I would play is missing so I did not "need" to map my home course. I mapped my home course for the very reason that I do play it probably 85% of the time and I wanted it "personalized" for the way I play it. Also, depending on when the aerial shots were done, 12-13 of our greens were redone within roughly the last year, changing their size and outlines. I am also an impatient person /biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':clapping:' /> and am still waiting for their software upgrade which will allow editing these "professionally mapped courses, software that is supposed to be in final test but was expected to be out by the end of February. Plus, I had the day off and was curious as to how easy or difficult it would be to map a course as I had never tried it with the SG2 I have owned for the last 5 years.
Bought one last night... What I would like to see is if once you map a course, if it could be uploaded back to GolfGuru so that if anyone else downloads it they would have the updated info. If we all did this (like one big Guru Community) we would all benefit from it. Think about it, if the course that you play (even with some frequency) you would take the time to do just a couple of holes at a time, you would have it done after a couple of rounds. This is how this unit would truly stand out head and shoulders above the rest !!!
GOLF GURU .... please take notice of this possible feature.... I'm sure that the people that have already purchased will see the value in this type of "community" and put this unit in everyones bag !!!
C'mon guys, let them know that this would be a good feature, i'm sure we all agree, right !?
You can upload courses that you map back to Golf Guru but they will not be posted on their site at this time. They told me that they are currently working on the software that would convert that file so that they could post it on their website. Hopefully it will be part of the editing software upgrade.
been using the guru for a couple of weeks.
very positive points for size, weight and ease of pocket use. best feature is how fast it works, helps keep you in the flow of a pre shot routine. rainproof is good. self mapping is easy and painless. the mark shot is very intuitive and works anywhere. when the software upgrade allows you to edit a downloaded course this becomes a great GPS unit.
website claims it uses more accurate GPS satellites than the others, i know that the yardage seems to be right on the 100 and 150 markers at the courses i've used it on.
best thing is walking up behind my buddy while he is looking at his sky caddie and telling him the yardage.
Actually, the best way to do it is to premap the course sitting at home, especially if it is one you play all the time. Setup each hole with the targets you want mapped before you go out to the course. Then go out and borrow a cart, drive around the course and complete the mapping. Simple!!!
Golf Guru is getting pretty good at mapping courses though. The first couple they did for me were a bit sparse on targets, but the last two they did for me were really great. Just about every target I needed was included. The guys in my group prefer my Guru distance over the GPS on the carts at the course because you cannot drive the cart on the tee box, and sometimes the cart GPS just do not work because of cloud cover. The Guru works even with heavy cloud cover, and even in my house.
There are several folks at my course that use the Skycaddie and the Guru will beat them every time. We stand side by side inside the club house and turn them on at the same time. Within a couple minutes or sooner the Guru will obtain the satellite and give me distance to the first hole, while the Skycaddie will not even obtain a satellite until they go outside, and it takes a while when they go outside. The Guru receives about 3 to 4 more satellites than the Skycaddie at my course and is more accurate. Try it with your friends that have the Skycaddie and you will really set them to scratching their heads. One fella that had just bought his Skycaddie was mapping the course on the same day I was mapping mine and he wondered why I was walking around the green while mapping it. When I showed him the Guru was drawing the green on the screen he was upset that he could not do that with the Skycaddie that he had paid twice as much for. He could only set the front and back of the green. Our course has not been mapped by Skycaddie so he cannot move the pin on the green to get exact distance. Once folks see what the Guru can do and hear what I paid for it, they opt for the Guru.
I wear glasses with bifocals but wear contacts when I play golf. This makes it very hard to read the scorecard without my reading glasses.
Can someone with a similar issue let me know how easy it is to read the golf guru display?
"Although we use a fairly large font on all of our distance views, it depends on just how good your reading vision is. I personally need my reading glasses in order to read many of the screens, except the "big numbers" distance view that gives you distances to the near, center, and far points of the green. I have this problem with any of the gps units on the market today. If your contacts help with near vision, than you might be ok. I hate taking my glasses with me while golfing, but if I want to use a rangefinder, I don't have much choice."
I found this reply to very honest about the limitations of the unit for us with poor eyesight. I now have to decide whether it is more productive to put on my reading glasses or tromp around the course looking for the distance markers. I know taking the glasses on and off will be aggrevating but it has to faster than looking for the markers.
I asked about the software upgrade and there is no implementation date as they have only been testing it for a couple of weeks. I am just glad to hear they are willing to provide a free update versus making you have to buy new hardware.
After reviewing all of the GPS units on the comparison chart on this site and the Golf Guru, I am going to buy the Golf Guru today as it seems to have the features I am looking for in a GPS system and does not (currently) come with an annual subscription. I appreciate all of the comments about the various GPS units on this site as they have definitely helped me come to an informed decision.
I will provide a review after I have used the Golf Guru for a few rounds of golf.
"Tabs" added for "Community Courses" & "My Mapped Courses" under member section now, when you sign in. Glad to see they are moving forward with what appears to be the options all have requested.
They have the one course and driving range that I mapped under the "My Mapped Courses" but it is not available to everyone yet. They are supposed to have the self mapped courses available to everyone very soon.
Just received a Golf Guru in the mail yesterday. I like the design of the unit but beware - I took off what I thought was the protective cover on the Golf Guru logo. Bad idea. Upon removing the thin sheet (it looks *just* like a protective film often found on electronic devices) the logo looked sticky. I scratched to get the gunk off and instead I got the whole design. Check out the pictures.
I wont be contacting the company for a replacement because I didn't get the thing to look pretty. Just need those distances.
I did he same thing. E-mailed them and they sent me two out the same day. No charge.
What kind of turn around on support email has everyone been getting? I picked up a guru earlier in the week, but have experienced a few software related issues that I emailed to their support about 3 days ago, but haven't had any response.
I've heard about the company's great cust. service, but not even getting so much as a canned 'we'll look into the issue' response after 3 days seems a bit odd...especially after experiencing issues with the device.
I'm really looking forward to using the unit this weekend...hopefully the kinks can get worked out.


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New York State's Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.2%, Reaches Lowest Level in More Than Seven Years
Posted on September 20, 2015 in News by Urban CNY News
State Economy Adds 163,000 Private Sector Jobs Over Past Year
The statewide unemployment rate decreased from 5.4% to 5.2% in August 2015, reaching its lowest rate since May 2008, according to preliminary figures released today by the New York State Department of Labor. New York City's unemployment rate also dropped over the month, declining from 5.7% to 5.4%, its lowest level since June 2008.
Between August 2014 and August 2015, New York State's private sector job count increased by 163,000, or 2.1%. The State's private sector job count decreased by 16,000, or 0.2%, to 7,810,300 between July and August 2015. Since the beginning of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's administration, New York's economy has added 700,000 private sector jobs and experienced employment growth in 48 of the past 56 months.
The State's private sector job count is based on a payroll survey of 18,000 New York employers conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly payroll employment estimates are preliminary and subject to revision as more data becomes available the following month. The federal government calculates New York's unemployment rate based partly upon the results of the Current Population Survey, which contacts approximately 3,100 households in New York State each month.
"New York State's labor market has remained resilient, adding 163,000 private sector jobs over the past year. In addition, New York's unemployment rate dropped to 5.2% in August 2015, reaching its lowest level in more than seven years," said Bohdan M. Wynnyk, Deputy Director of the Division of Research and Statistics.
Note: Seasonally adjusted data are used to provide the most valid month-to-month comparison. Non-seasonally adjusted data are valuable in year-to-year comparisons of the same month; for example, August 2014 versus August 2015.
U.S. and New York State, July – August 2015
1) Jobs data (seasonally adjusted):
The table below compares the over-the-month change in total nonfarm and private sector jobs in the United States and New York State in July-August 2015.
Change in Total Nonfarm and Private Sector Jobs,
July 2015 – August 2015
Change in
Total Nonfarm Jobs:
(private sector + government) Change in
Private Sector Jobs:
Net % Net %
United States +173,000 +0.1% +140,000 +0.1%
New York State -13,700 -0.1% -16,000 -0.2%
2) Unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted):
The State's unemployment rate is calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, using a statistical regression model that primarily uses the results of the Current Population Survey, which contacts approximately 3,100 households in New York State each month. In July-August 2015, the statewide unemployment rate decreased from 5.4% to 5.2%. The number of unemployed New Yorkers also declined in July-August 2015 – from 518,900 to 501,800, its lowest level since May 2008.
Unemployment Rates (%)*
*Data are preliminary and subject to change, based on standard procedures outlined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
August 2015* July 2015 August 2014
United States 5.1 5.3 6.1
New York State 5.2 5.4 6.0
New York City 5.4 5.7 6.8
NYS, outside NYC 5.1 5.1 5.4
U.S., New York State and Metro Areas: August 2014 – August 2015
1) Jobs data (not seasonally adjusted):
The table that follows compares the over-the-year change in total nonfarm and private sector jobs that occurred in the United States, New York State and metro areas within the State between August 2014 and August 2015.
August 2014 – August 2015
United States +2,894,000 +2.1% +2,777,000 +2.3%
New York State +162,100 +1.8% +163,000 +2.1%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy +5,500 +1.2% +4,800 +1.4%
Binghamton -400 -0.4% -400 -0.5%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls +10,300 +1.9% +10,700 +2.3%
Dutchess-Putnam -200 -0.1% +100 +0.1%
Elmira +100 +0.3% +300 +0.9%
Glens Falls +1,100 +1.9% +1,100 +2.2%
Ithaca +600 +0.9% +900 +1.6%
Kingston +600 +1.0% +700 +1.5%
Nassau-Suffolk +20,500 +1.6% +21,500 +1.9%
New York City +94,000 +2.3% +91,400 +2.6%
Orange-Rockland-Westchester +12,500 +1.8% +13,100 +2.3%
Rochester +9,600 +1.9% +10,100 +2.3%
Syracuse 0 0.0% +300 +0.1%
Utica-Rome +1,200 +0.9% +1,300 +1.3%
Watertown-Fort Drum -400 -0.9% -600 -1.9%
Non-metro Counties -600 -0.1% -1,100 -0.3%
Job highlights since August 2014:
Over the past year, private sector jobs grew most rapidly in these metro areas in New York State:
New York City (+2.6%)
Buffalo-Niagara Falls (+2.3%)
Orange-Rockland-Westchester (+2.3%)
Rochester (+2.3%)
Glens Falls (+2.2%)
Two metro areas in the state – Watertown-Fort Drum (-1.9%) and Binghamton (-0.5%) – lost private sector jobs between August 2014 and August 2015.
Change in jobs by major industry sector, August 2014 – August 2015
The table below compares the over-the-year change in jobs by major industry sector in New York State occurring between August 2014 and August 2015.
Change in Jobs by Major Industry Sector,
*Educational and health services is in the private sector.
Government includes public education and public health services.
Sectors With Job Gains:
Educational & Health Services* +69,600
Professional & Business Services +29,500
Leisure & Hospitality +19,100
Other Services +18,000
Trade, Transportation & Utilities +17,500
Construction +14,500
Sectors With Job Losses:
Manufacturing -2,000
Information -1,800
Financial Activities -1,100
Government* -900
Natural Resources & Mining -300
Highlights among NYS sectors with job gains since August 2014:
Private educational and health services added the most jobs (+69,600) of any major industry sector over the past year. Sector job gains were mostly in health care and social assistance (+49,300), especially ambulatory health care services (+33,700).
Professional and business services had the second largest increase in jobs (+29,500) between August 2014 and August 2015. Over the past year, sector job gains were mostly in professional, scientific and technical services (+18,300) and in administrative and support services (+10,000).
The third largest employment increase over the past year was registered in leisure and hospitality (+19,100), with sector gains centered in accommodation and food services (+15,000), especially food services and drinking places (+12,400).
Highlights among NYS sectors with job losses since August 2014:
Over the past 12 months, manufacturing lost more jobs (-2,000) than any other major industry sector in the state. Sector losses were focused in non-durable goods (-1,900), especially chemical manufacturing (-1,200).
Information had the second largest decrease in jobs (-1,800). Sector losses were focused in motion pictures and sound recording (-2,600).
Unemployment Insurance Benefits: August 2015
1) Regular Unemployment Insurance (UI):
For New York State, during the week that included August 12, 2015, there were 137,750 people (including 127,024 who live in the State) who received benefits under the regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) program.
New York State residents who received Unemployment Insurance benefits made up 25% of the total unemployed in the State in August 2015.
Note: The responsibility for the production of monthly estimates of state and metro area nonfarm employment by industry moved from the Division of Research and Statistics to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), starting with the March 2011 estimates. More detailed information on the change is available on the BLS web site.
Many economic data series have a seasonal pattern, which means they tend to occur at the same time each year (e.g., retail jobs usually increase in December). Seasonal adjustment is the process of removing seasonal effects from a data series. This is done to simplify the data so that they may be more easily interpreted and help to reveal true underlying trends. Seasonal adjustment permits comparisons of data from one month to data from any other month.
Labor force statistics, including the unemployment rate, for New York and every other state are based on statistical regression models specified by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In New York State, payroll jobs data by industry come from a monthly survey of 18,000 business establishments. Jobs data by industry do not include agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers or domestic workers in private households.
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In Nyquist's view, clearly, this season wasn't good enough — individually or from a team standpoint.
Detroit — You can look at Gustav Nyquist's season in different ways, and come out with different opinions regarding it.
Some Red Wings fans were thrilled with the fact Nyquist returned to being a 20-goal scorer, 21 to be precise the most since 2014-15 (27 goals).
He had a career-high with 213 shots on net, played just under 18 minutes per game (17:51, a career high), and his analytics statistics were among the best on the team.
But, then, there were some downsides, too.
After having a career-high 36 assists the season before, Nyquist dipped to a career-low 19 this past season.
Also a career-low was Nyquist's point total, dipping to 40. His three power-play goals were only one more than the disappointing two power-play goals he scored a year ago.
In all the eight power-play points Nyquist had for the season were a career low.
But in Nyquist's view, clearly, this season wasn't good enough — individually or from a team standpoint.
What irked Nyquist was the goals he felt were there to be had, only to be squandered away.
What pleased coach Jeff Blashill about Nyquist's season was the approach Nyquist brought to the ice.
Blashill met with Nyquist before the previous season and reinforced the need for Nyquist to play with a "relentless" approach.
Watching Nyquist since then, and his work on and with the puck, the conversation worked.
In Blashill's estimation, Nyquist could easily be closer to 30 goals next season given a bit more good fortune.
The Red Wings will need to make a large decision in regard to Nyquist, beyond next season.
Nyquist, 28, heads into the final year of his contract, with a cap hit of $4.75 million — a very reasonable deal for a team looking to add scoring, provided Nyquist lifts his no-trade clause.
It'll be interesting to see whether the Red Wings feel Nyquist is a part of the future on this rebuilding roster, or whether they feel there are young players ready to take his ice time and role going forward.
Not making the playoffs the last two seasons, Nyquist said, has been a disappointment.
"You want to play hockey this time of year," Nyquist said. "All the fun starts (in April). For two years in a row now, it's tough to not be playing, be part of it right now.
"A lot of our young guys took steps this year and became larger parts of our team. We all have to have a big summer here and have to come back better next year.


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Shorter shot clock may affect Virginia basketball
Ken Bosserman
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CHARLOTTESVILLE - Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett was very upbeat Wednesday when he met the media before a packed audience at the John Paul Jones arena.
And not surprisingly, the first topic he addressed for the two-time defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions who finished last year with a 30-4 record was the new shot clock rule.
What has happened is the NCAA has adopted a new regulation, effective this season, that reduces the time a team can have the ball from 35 to 30 seconds. This is the first change since the 1993-94 season, when a possession was shortened from 45 seconds to 35.
What has gnawed many in the NCAA is the lack of scoring offense. Last year, the scoring average all its 351 Division I men's teams dropped to 67.6 points, near a historical low.
While some teams like run-and-gun and high offensive outputs, Virginia is at the other end of the spectrum with its defensive emphasis. Bennett preaches defense and it is defensive minded-players who find his program attractive.
Last year, Virginia allowed the fewest points in Division I at 51.4 per game. San Diego State at 53.9 was a distant second.
It's clear what the NCAA hopes to do by reducing each possession from 35 to a maximum of 30 seconds. That will mean more possessions a game, and according to their thinking, more points per contest.
Not surprisingly, the shot clock was the first topic Bennett addressed at Media Day.
"Obviously, there is the mind flow of the 30-second clock," Bennett said. "I don't think we will know it until we get into the season.
"I don't know how much different it will look right now. But we are certainly trying to look at things with that shot clock in getting the ball up quicker when there are opportunities to get in our offense, or take advantage of transition baskets."
Bennett said the Cavaliers have been working on different strategies in practice to plan defenses.
"Perhaps you will see more containment zones to chew a little more of the shot clock, then fall back into the zone or soft man-to-man. There are different things that people will do with the clock.
"What's important is that you will have to be purposeful on getting the ball up the floor, and try to get in your offense."
Just how good will this Cavalier team be?
Well, Virginia is ranked No. 6 in the nation. But that's third best in the ACC behind Duke and North Carolina.
Overall, it's a veteran team with a great deal of depth.
"The guys have a lot of experience, and that is really important heading into this thing," Bennett said.
Virginia returns three starters in Malcolm Brogdon, Anthony Gill and London Perrantes. Other key returners are Mike Tobey, Marial Shayok, Isaiah Wilkins, Evan Nolte, Devon Hall and Darius Thompson.
All have floor experience and that leads Bennett to believe he has a deep roster of 10 to 11 players who can play.
"I like our size on the perimeter," he said. "We have a good blend of physical guys and athletic mobile guys."
Brogden, who is a consensus all-American, is the team's leader.
"He's a workhorse on how he develops his game," the Virginia coach said. "He brings his teammates with him."
Key losses are Justin Anderson and Darion Atkins. Anderson left the Cavaliers as a junior and is now with the NBA Dallas Mavericks while Atkins is trying to make the roster of the New York Knicks.
The Cavs certainly will miss Anderson, and his long-range game that saw him hit over 45 percent of his 3-point attempts. That has led Bennett to believe that there are more scorers than pure shooters on this year's team.
"We will not be a clone of last year," he said. "In certain things we will look the same, but we have different personnel.
"We will need to take good, opportunistic shots. If we think we can live and die by the three, I don't think we are made for that without Justin Anderson's three-point shooting."
Bennett has not slacked off with an easy non-ACC schedule. There are three top-25 teams in it, including West Virginia, Villanova and California.
"We are trying to play the best nonconference schedule we can find to see where we are," the Virginia coach said.
Virginia basketball fever certainly has caught on. For the 15-game home slate this year, season tickets are sold out. Only a limited number of single game tickets for a few select games are available.


The Youth Exchange 'The Science of Boomerang' was not my first Erasmus+ project, but it was my third project. It was the first time, though, that I participated in another country. We started our journey on 14th October and came back home on the 24th October.
At evening all 50 participants of the project gathered at a meeting point and we drove off to Palmse by bus. I remember me talking to myself: "Oh my god, who are all those people?".
Everybody seemed very excited so we spend our first night with some drinks, talking and singing together. It was the beginning of some awesome nights with a lot of joy and activities prepared by the participants. Now, being back home, I would definitely call them friends.
The next day the first project session started, so I was curious and really wanted to know what the "Science of Boomerang" is. As in any of my attended projects so far we started with some icebreakers and group activities. Pretty soon everybody could feel the awesomeness of this group. I never learned 50 names that fast before!
During the project we learned lots about formal/informal/non-formal learning, Erasmus+ and EVS projects, intercultural learning (ICL) and of course about volunteering. But still I couldn't see what the science of boomerang was... Coming to the end of the project we prepared some volunteering activities, which we were actually doing in Tallinn. 50 people separated in groups were walking with dogs or helping at an animal shelter. Some of us worked with kids like my group. We prepared some dances. At the end we found out, that some of them where awesome dancers. It was a mistake to think that we could teach them something new. After the dancing we all sat down in a circle and talked about our hobbies, dreams and of course about volunteering. Hearing those kids singing, dancing and talking about their dreams was very touching to me. I still think about that sometimes.
So the YE came to an end after this event and I thought about the science of boomerang once again, but this time it hit me. I remembered how many people started to dance with us on the square. I remembered the smiles of the participants when I did some nice things for them. Mostly I remembered the kids we danced with. I knew that all this happiness didn't come by accident. It acted like a boomerang that I threw away at the beginning of this project and it came back at the end but much more powerful than I expected.
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A survey on some native tree legumes for their ability to form root nodules and fix nitrogen in Hong Kong (pdf)
by Angie Y. S. Ng
Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients required by plants but also one of the most deficient nutrients in most ecosystems, particularly on degraded land. Due to increasing land degradation around the world, forest restoration has been a hot research topic over the last decade. Reforestation in Hong Kong was started in the 19th century by the British colonial government (Corlett, 1999). Since World War II in 1945, mainly exotic tree species, for example Acacia confusa, Acacia auriculiformus, and Eucalyptus spp., were planted (Corlett, 1999). More native tree species were tried over the last decade and some more studies on native tree species were conducted. However, no work has been conducted on native legume tree species which should in theory have high potential for forest rehabilitation and restoration. It is because legumes are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen that they may allow them to perform better on degraded soils and improve the soil condition. The aim of my final year project was to investigate the nodulation and nitrogen fixing ability of native tree legume species in the field as well as in nursery conditions.
Eight native tree legume species were investigated in the Native Tree Nursery of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden and in the field (4 of the 8 species only) from September 2003 to early 2004 for their abilities to form root nodules and fix nitrogen (Table 1).
In the nursery study, about 20 nursery grown seedlings (mean height 6.4 - 41.6 cm) of each species were examined for the formulation of root nodules. The ability to form root nodules was measured in terms of presence of nodules, number and size of nodules. In the field survey, 3 seedlings of each species from 3 sites were examined (Table 1). The occurrence of nodules was examined by excavating the roots to 20 cm deep and 30 cm in diameter around the main stem. The activity of the nodules found was determined qualitatively by examining the interior colour of the nodules � effective nitrogen fixing nodules appear to be red inside due to the presence of the nitrogen fixing enzyme nitrogenase while ineffective nodules are white inside (Sprent, 2001). Quantitative methods such as acetylene-reduction assay (Hardy et al., 1968) or N-15 methods (Galiana et al., 2002) were not used due to limitation in laboratory equipment and facilities.
Since two of the studied nursery species formed root nodules in some individuals only, the nitrogen content between nodulated and non-nodulated individuals of these two species were compared by measuring the Kjeldahl total nitrogen in shoots (Bremer and Mulvaney, 1982).
Table 1. Nodulation survey results in the nursery and the field.
No. of nodulating individuals (No. examined)
Field [Site]
Gleditsia australis
Not surveyed
Adenanthera pavonina
Archidendron clypearia
20 (20) 3 (3) [Mui Tze Lam]
3 (3) [Tai Po Kau]
1 (3) [Wu Kau Tang]
Archidendron lucidum
0 (3) [ Pak Ngau Shek]
Archidendron utile
Ormosia emarginata
9 (20) 0 (3) [Mui Tze Lam]
0 (3) [Pak Ngau Shek ]
0 (3) [Wu Kau Tang ]
Ormosia pachycarpa
0 (3) [Shek O]
Ormosia semicastrata
In the nursery study, Adenanthera pavonina and Gleditsia australis did not form root nodules in all samples examined. Archidendron utile, Ormosia emarginata and O. semicastrata nodulated in around half of the samples. Nodules were found in all samples of A. clypearia, A. lucidum and O. pachycarpa (Table 1). Field surveys showed that A. clypearia formed root nodules in all samples examined but no nodules were found in A. lucidum, O. emarginata and O. pachycarpa (Table 1).
Coralloid was the commonest shape among mature nodules while all young nodules were spherical (Fig. 1). Nodules concentrated in the top 10 cm of soil around the main root. Nodule interior colour varied from pale yellow to dark orange among species (Fig. 2). This indicated that most nodules were active in fixing nitrogen. In the nursery, the total nitrogen content in the shoot of nodulating seedlings was not significantly different from those in non-nodulating seedlings in O. emarginata (U=21.5, p>0.5, n=9, 6) and O. semicastrata (U=26.0, p>0.5, n=7, 8).
This study provided preliminary nodulation and nitrogen-fixing data on several native tree legume species in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, quantitative assessment of the nitrogen-fixing ability of these species was not conducted due to the lack of suitable equipment and time constraints. Future studies should include a more comprehensive survey on nodulation status of native legume species in the field. The rhizobia species associated with root nodules in these legumes may also identified. The nitrogen-fixing ability of the legume species should be assessed quantitatively, for example by acetylene-reduction assay or N-15 methods. Finally, the growth performances of the nitrogen-fixing legume species should be assessed by field planting trials. With these studies, suitable nitrogen fixing native legume species can then be selected for forest restoration on degraded land in Hong Kong.
Fig. 1. The six nodulating tree legume species from the KFBG nursery. The circled areas are root nodules. Young nodules are spherical in shape while mature nodules differentiate into variable shapes.
1.1 Archidendron clypearia
1.2 Archidendron lucidum
1.3 Archidendron utile
1.4 Ormosia emarginata
1.5 Ormosia semicastrata
1.6 Ormosia pachycarpa
Fig. 2. Root nodules and their interior colours from the six native tree legume species from KFBG nursery. Pinkish to orange colour (Fig. 2.1 - 2.5, as indicated by arrows) indicates active nitrogen fixing nodules.
Bremner, J.M. & Mulvaney, C.S. (1982). Nitrogen-total. In: Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2. Chemical and Microbiological Properties. (eds A.L. Page, R.H. Miller and D.R. Keeney) Second edition, pp. 595-624, American Society of Agronomy, Inc. and Soil Science Society of America, Inc., Madison.
Corlett, R.T. (1999). Environmental forestry in Hong Kong: 1871-1997. Forest Ecology and Management 116: 93-105.
Galiana, A., Balle, P., N'Guessan Kanga, A. & Domemach, A.M. (2002). Nitrogen fixation estimated by the 15N natural abundance method in Acacia mangium Wild. inoculated with Bradyrhizobim sp. and grown in silvicultural conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34: 251-262.
Hardy, R.W.F., Holsten, R.D., Jackson, E.K. & Burns, R.C. (1968). The acetylene-ethylene assay for N2 fixation: laboratory and field evaluation. Plant Physiology 43: 1185-1207.
Sprent, J.I.(2001). Nodulation in legumes. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 146 pp.
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When I graduated from Taylor University in May of 2010, I was not planning on going back for a long time. I did not want to be that person who returned yearly for homecoming and walked the halls of their old dorms waxing poetic about how they had lived here in this very room. I am that person, often. I love to be nostalgic and sentimental. The truth is, as much as I learned at Taylor, it was a hard place for me. I made wonderful friends, many of whom I still talk with, but I felt like an outsider much of the time. By the end of my years at Taylor, I was ready to come home. I was tired. I wanted to start life and move on. I did that.
I moved back to the Pacific Northwest, got a job, made friends, started a small business. I kept in touch with those friends from school and remembered some of the things I'd been taught in class. I missed people, but I didn't miss Taylor.
This past spring, just before school finished for the summer, I had a lovely phone conversation with a favorite professor. We chatted about life and he asked me, in passing, if I planned on visiting again soon. I told him I might come back at some point when I was married (a very far off prospect). This was, quite honestly, what I thought.
Fast forward to this fall. One very fulfilling thing I did at Taylor was to help found the Adventures in Odyssey club. If you've read my post about Katie Leigh, you might already know this. If not, you need to know that this club has grown from the small group of people who would meet to discuss our favorite radio show, put out by Focus on the Family, into a group who has the connections to bring one of the stars of the show to Taylor to speak in chapel. I wanted to be there, but I didn't really consider it. I didn't really consider it because I didn't want to go back to Taylor. I got texts and messages from the members of the club. The founder was, of course, going back and she lives in California. For the first time, I allowed myself to think about what it might be like to visit Taylor. Not at some far off place in the future, but right now. I decided that I wanted to go. Several things fell into place to make it happen. It was so clear that it was where God wanted me to be. Even my flight, normally a long and grueling journey, was uneventful, dare I say pleasant?
My friend Liz picked me up at the airport and all of a sudden it hit me: I was in Indiana again. I had no idea what to expect.
On the way back to Taylor, we made a stop at that very professor's house (the one I'd told that I might visit Taylor with a spouse in tow) in a town about halfway between Taylor and the airport. He and his family had just welcomed a beautiful little girl six weeks earlier and I was so excited to meet her and the rest of his family. I'd heard much about them, but somehow we'd never met. It became a joke between us.
Liz and I arrived and were welcomed with open arms. Meeting the new big brother exceeded my expectations. I'd been hearing stories about him for so long, maybe that was why it was easy to fall into conversation with him, and once we started talking about Star Wars, all his shyness disappeared. I got to hold the new baby and I fed her a bottle and chatted with her daddy about school and life. It was strange how very at home I felt in a situation that is entirely foreign to me. Somehow, even though the baby's head was floppy, it didn't fall off and I managed to successfully burp her. Right before her mom came home from the store (the final part of the family I hadn't met) she threw up all over me, soaking my back, her entire body and the couch. It was wonderful. Already, my visit was better than I could have expected.
Liz and I drove to Taylor, to the home of a professor and his family that I would stay with. We got close and I caught a glimpse of the bell tower and a few of the dorms. We sped by and headed into a more residential area. My friends were waiting for me, they had dinner waiting to be warmed, big hugs and a glass of wine. As a student, we weren't allowed to drink at Taylor. It took me about 5 seconds not to feel guilty about having a glass of wine in Grant County.
I met new friends that night as well, best friends of the couple I had come to see who had recently moved in right across the street. I hope one day to have friends like them. They have kids close to the same age and they always seem to be in and out of each others' homes. It was a cozy feeling. In fact, they even decided to share me. The spare room was having some work done, so I ended up with my own room and bathroom in the house across the street. Nothing could have been less dorm-like.
Taylor, senior year, was when I began to learn about the liturgical year. It was also when I started attending a church I loved: Gethsemane Episcopal in Marion, IN. This church, and the rector there, gave me a crash course in liturgy and the Book of Common Prayer. It was there that I asked for guidance in finding a church when I went home and my rector passed on the information for the church I now attend. This was a place I had missed. I got to go back on Sunday. Father Jim patted my shoulder during the Eucharist (is that allowed?) and told me it was good to see me. The light came in through the big stained-glass windows, the choir sang and the pews covered no noise. All was as I remembered it. But it was different. There were some things from church that I wanted to forget as well, memories that I wanted to write over. That Sunday, surrounded by people I had come to see, I did.
We had lunch with another dear professor and his wife that afternoon (more wine) and I've never spent a more relaxed afternoon. This particular professor has also moved on from Taylor and now writes full time. He was in his element. The whole experience started to feel surreal. Everything was so wonderful and I felt so full.
Meeting my advisor before dinner and praying together nearly sent me over the edge. She might have been the person at Taylor who was closest to me as I went through my rough spots. She was the one I shared prayer requests with and went to for guidance and encouragement. Even now, as we talked, she offered that still.
I walked through the campus, not a lot, just what I needed to. I saw the new science center I helped fund with my tuition and the giant wind turbines that spin in the breeze. Taylor hasn't changed all that much, but I have. I made some new memories on a campus which held difficult ones, these ones are all good, and they are the ones I plan to think about when I remember Taylor, from now on.
This trip was about reconnecting with people that I love and miss and meeting new people (some very new to the world). I planned for that. I didn't plan for the healing that came with my visit, though God did. Now, I can think about Taylor, close my eyes and picture this latest trip, and smile.


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Anzac Day at Villers-Bretonneux
Today, April 25th, is Anzac Day in Australia. The original Anzacs (Australian New Zealand Army Corps ) served at Gallipoli and on the western front but today we remember all Australian service men and women who gave their lives for our country.
Across Australia and overseas, Remembrance Services are being attended by ever increasing numbers of Australians keen to pay their respects to those who died. These will only increase as Australia begins to commemorate the Anzac Centenary, marking 100 years since our nation's involvement in the First World War between 2014 and 2018. An incredible number of people have already applied for the limited spots to attend the Dawn Service at Gallipoli in 1915.
Last year we attended the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonnuex in France.
The dawn service represents the comradeship that the soldiers experienced as they rose each morning to prepare for another day of military action. As we arrived in the dark, these thought were in our minds.
Floodlights lit our way as we walked pass headstones towards the Australian National Memorial, the mist adding to the solemn atmosphere.
As dawn broke, the service commenced.
The catafalque party arrived….representatives of the army, navy and airforce that perform a ceremonial role in honouring the dead….and took their position.
The Call to Remembrance by the Chief of the Australian Air Force, Geoff Brown was sobering as he described how the men of the 5th Division stood where we were seated on the morning of April 24th 1918 and watched as German forces advanced on Villers-Bretonneux. Australians of the 13th and 15th Divisions were called in to help the British and by the morning of the 25th, Villers-Bretonneux was back in Allied hands.
The readings also included an excerpt from a book written by one of the soldiers who served on the Western Front and was lucky to survive….an amazing account of what they all endured.
Another reading of part of a letter from one soldier's family also bought home the hardship faced by those back in Australia.
"My own darling daddy, we hope you are better but don't go into the trenches again for we want you to come home to us. We always talk about you and pray for you to come home safe again."
The soldier died from a gunshot wound to his stomach in 1918.
Wreaths were laid, the last post played and as the sun rose, we paid our respect to those whose names appear on the walls of the memorial….the names of eleven thousand missing Australian soldiers who died in France.
The service over, we wandered back to the road. I stopped to look at one of the graves that was decorated with a flag, a picture and a red poppy on a cross. A couple nearby spoke to me saying this was the grave of their great uncle and told me how they had travelled from Adelaide to find him.
The footy is never far from an Aussies mind!!
This was the start of a very moving day, a day spent driving through the beautiful landscapes of the Somme Valley and being constantly reminded of the tragedy of war by the outcrops of white crosses in small cemeteries that dotted the hills.
There was also a moving service at Bullecorte, the scene of another battle a bit further north of Villers-Bretonneux. On the way we visited two other Australian War Memorials in the area.
The Australian Memorial at Le Hammel commemorates the part Australians played in the Battle of Hamel on July 4, 1918. This battle, led by General Monash, lasted only 93 minutes and is still being used as a text book battle to teach modern warfare. Twenty information panels at the site give you the full amazing story.
The Australian Memorial at Le Hamel
Adelaide Cemetery at Villers-Bretonneux
This small cemetery that you pass on the way from Amiens to Villers-Bretonneux is where the body of the Unknown Australian Soldier was exhumed in 1993 to be later reburied at the War Memorial in Canberra
The grave of the Unknown Soldier at the Adelaide Cemetery
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
From 'The Ode to Remembrance' by Laurence Binyon. 1914
The Anzac Day Dawn Service starts at 5.30am
The road to the Australian National Memorial is closed to private cars. Well organised shuttle buses run from Amiens and can be booked at www.anzac-france.com.
We stayed the first night just outside Amiens and they came by and picked us up.
Accommodation in Amiens books out very quickly so make sure you book the moment you know you are going!
7 thoughts on "Anzac Day at Villers-Bretonneux"
What an emotional day that would have been Jenny. The first two photos set the scene. I am quite sure I would have lost it with the playing of the Last Post. Absolutely beautiful photos and a lovely tribute.
Rhonda Albom says:
What a beautiful post. I didn't attend the dawn service at the Auckland Museum today as I participated in our local ceremony leading a group of Pippins (5-6 year old Girl Guides). Before the laying of the wreaths we sang both the Australia and New Zealand National anthems.
Beautiful. We went to Gallipoli and it also is a gorgeous site. What tragic stories.
A very moving tribute.
I've been seeing so many posts about Anzac day today and I didn't realize it wasa memorial day, I thought it was Australia Day – but a different word for it… which confused me since I thought Australia Day happened another time of the year. So, thanks for clearing that up for me.
How great that you were able to attend that ceremony. Beautiful photos.
deniz says:
Thanks for sharing the photos with us. I'd like to attend one of these services in person someday.
Pleasure Deniz. It was a moving service and definitely one I'd recommend to go to
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