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How To Root Sony Xperia Neo V MT11i Running ICS 4.0.4 Firmware
Now Rooting Can Be Done On Sony Xperia Neo V MT11i Running Latest Firmware of ICS 4.0.4 (4.1.B.0.431). But You Must Be Noted Rooting Device Running Any Firmware Voids it's Warranty Provided By The Manufacturer.So Please Root Your Device At Your Own Risk (Warranty Can be Retained by Flashing Official ICS Firmwares). Over The Period of This Article We Will Be Checking That How Can You Root Your Device Running ICS 4.0.4 Firmware.
Let Us Head To The Rest Portion of This Article Where We Will Be Checking The Following Things :
- Essential Steps Before Rooting Xperia Neo V.
- Procedure To Root Sony Xperia Neo V MT11i Running ICS 4.0.4.
Disclaimer: We Have Made This Article Covering Each And Every Part At Our Level Best.In Case If Any Damage Happens to Your Device (It Should not Be), Neither We nor Sony will Be Held Responsible For It.
Essential Steps Before Rooting Xperia Neo V :
- You Must Enable USB Debugging By Checking the Box in your device by Following the Path Below:
Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging
- It will highly Recommended to Backup all Your data Stored in your phone So as to Restore it back just in case If You Lose or Corrupt the Data During this Process.
- Your Device Must be Charged up to 70% or Above Battery Level to Ensure that Your Device should not be Turned Off During this Process.
- It will be Recommended to Temporary Disable Security Tools as well as Antivirus Installed on your Computer as This might Interrupt the Process.
- Your Device Must Have Unlocked Bootloader.
By Assuming that you have followed all the instructions mentioned in Essential Steps Before Rooting ICS 4.0.4 Firmware, You are Now Ready to Move to Rest Part of The Article Where We Will be Checking That how to Root Xperia Neo V Running ICS 4.0.4.
Procedure To Root Sony XperiaNeo V MT11i Running ICS 4.0.4 :
For Simplicity We Have Divide This Article Into 2 Simple Steps.
Step 1 : Installation of Kernel From ICS 4.0.3 Firmware
- To Be Able to Root Your Device You Must Install ICS 4.0.3 Kernel As Uptil Now There is No Method of Rooting ICS 4.0.4 Firmware. Since Separate Flashable ICS 4.0.3 Kernel File is not Available, You Must Download The Whole ICS 4.0.3 Firmware Package & Then Need To Install/Flash Kernel From The Same.
- Download Flashtool & ICS 4.0.3 Firmware (4.1.A.0.562) Mentioned Below :
- Install Flashtool Which You've Just Downloaded In Your Computer (For You Convenience, It is Recommended To Install Flash Tool in C: Drive).
- Extract Xperia Neo V ICS 4.0.4 Firmware Update Package in Your PC, You'll Get .ftf File.
- Navigate C: –> flashtool –>firmwares Directory.Delete All The Data in That Directory If It is Present Over There.
- Copy/Move The Extracted Firmware Package File (.ftf File) In The C: –> flashtool –>firmwares Directory.
- Now We'll Proceed To The Actual Firmware Updating Procedure In Our Further Tutorial.
- Open Xperia Flashtool Which You've Just Installed.Select Flash Option From The Top Corner of The Tool.(Refer The Image Below).
- You'll Be Ask To Select Either Flash Mode Or Fastboot Mode.Select Flash Mode & Press Ok.
- After Selecting Flash Mode, Firmware Selection Window Will Appear.In The Left Side Select MT11i (Version 4.1.A.0.562).
- In The Right Side, Tick The Following 3 Options Only.
- Exclude system
- Exclude baseband
- Exclude Fota
- Press Ok. Wait For Flashtool To Prepare.Now It will Ask You To Connect Your Mobile, Follow The Steps Carefully & Connect Your Phone.(While Connecting The Device To The Computer, Turn Off Your Xperia Neo V. Press & Hold The Back Key.Now Connect It To The PC).
- As Soon As Connect Your Device To PC, Flashing Process Should Now Start.Once You See The Flashing Finished Message In Flashtool.Remove/Detach The Device From PC & Wait For It To Reboot.
- After Device Gets Rebooted, Again Connect It To The PC.Before Connecting To The PC Ensure That You've Install ADB Drivers.If You Have Not Installed It Yet, Click Here To Download Now (ADB Drivers Are Installed Along With Flashtool, Download It Just In Case If You Want Reinstall Them).
Step 2 : Root Xperia Neo V
- Now Its Time To Actually Root Your Device Running ICS 4.0.4.
- Download Rooting Package For Your Device From The Link Given Below :
- Extract It In Your Computer You'll Find 2 Items After Extracting viz., install.bat & "Files" Folder.
- Simply Run runme.bat File & Follow The onscreen Instructions Given Over There.
- In This Process, Device Will Reboot Couple of Times.When The Script Finishes It Will Give You Message "ALL DONE".
- Now Again Flash Kernel From ICS 4.0.4 Firmware By Following The Method Given Above (Step 1).
And Yes.. By This Time You've Successfully Rooted Your Sony Xperia Neo V Running Latest Firmware Update of ICS 4.0.4 (4.1.B.0.431). In Case If Anything Goes Wrong During This Process, Do Let me Know In Comments, I'll be Happy To Help You There As Early As I Can.


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Chelsea's owner, Roman Abramovich, and the Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, are not, as far as we know, Facebook friends or following each other on Twitter. Were they regularly engaged in cyber-small talk – aside from "favouriting" each other's firings – they might well have turned the chat this week to their respective managers.
Abramovich has installed Madrid-born Rafa Benitez, against supporters' wishes, and seen him serve up two turgid goalless draws in his first two games; while Perez has Jose Mourinho in charge – the most popular manager in Chelsea's history but increasingly unpopular with Real Madrid's supporters and potentially 14 points behind the leaders Barcelona by midnight Saturday.
Perez has seen how Abramovich canned Champions League winner Roberto Di Matteo – he did the same to Vicente del Bosque in the cruellest of his seven sackings – and knows the pressure will be on for him to show the same ruthless streak should things go wrong in tomorrow night's Madrid derby.
Real have already dropped 13 points this season – only one less than in the whole of last season and while it's acceptable to concentrate on the Champions League – it's not acceptable to be out of the title race by November. Only six managers have ever fallen this far behind Barcelona so early in the season and all were sacked.
Last season Perez is understood to have had an agreement in place with Benitez that meant he would take over should Mourinho leave his post mid-season. There were even suggestions that the agreement involved Benitez being paid by Madrid not to take other jobs; which would explain him turning down Chelsea when first approached.
Now there is no such plan B in place for Perez who, aside from wishing to avoid the potential €20m (£16.2m) compensation package, still believes Mourinho is the man most capable of delivering him the club's 10th European Cup next May.
His problem is that there are almost three months before the competition starts again and the pressure on him to remove his man would intensify should Real, currently not even the best team in Madrid, let alone Spain, slip further away from the top of the table.
Real Madrid have not looked like potential Champions League winners in the group stage in amassing what will be their lowest points haul since 2005. But then neither did Mourinho's Inter in 2010 when they struggled in a group that included Barcelona before going on to win the final against Bayern Munich at the Santiago Bernabeu.
That night, sat in the visitors' dug-out, remains Mourinho's greatest to date at a stadium where once again in midweek the singing of his name was drowned out by jeers from supporters, despite the fact that the team were in the process of winning the second leg of their Spanish Cup game by a three-goal margin. Add that to the same magnitude of victory in the first leg and it was the first time they'd achieved such a feat since 1978. A happy crowd, then? Not entirely.
Mourinho, as ever, has his potential exits planned. He is close friends with the Paris St-Germain president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, who employed him as a pundit during Euro 2012, in his capacity as head of Al Jazeera Sport. PSG will test Real Madrid's resolve to retain Cristiano Ronaldo this summer. If the Portuguese ends up in Paris alongside Zlaten Ibrahimovic, then a strong coach with experience of handling both men will be required and agent Jorge Mendes, representing both clients, would be the man to make it happen.
In the build-up to Real Madrid's Champions League meeting with Manchester City, Mourinho met with his old friend Sir Alex Ferguson and if the United manager has any say in who replaces him then Mourinho remains the strongest candidate for the Old Trafford job. Mourinho has also gone enthusiastically on the record to say he would have no problem working for Abramovich again.
His suitors are less fickle than those who have never warmed to him in the Spanish capital. The press that feeds their disdain has already dubbed tomorrow's encounter "judgement day". He has won all six of his Madrid derbies to date but they warn the end will be nigh if his team become the first Real Madrid side to lose this fixture in 13 seasons.
On form Atletico will provide a huge test. They have won 11 of their 13 games this season, losing only once. They also play the style of football that least suits Real Madrid, who lost last week to a Betis team who decided to let them have the ball, denying them their greatest weapon – the counter-attack.
Diego Simeone's side is likely to employ the same tactic. Atletico are the third-highest scorers in the league but are 11th in the table in terms of minutes in possession of the ball.
If Mourinho comes out a winner tomorrow then planning will continue unhindered for the Champions League last 16. If the club can finally offload Kaka, who has been given just 360 minutes to so far this season, then there may even be room to bring in a January reinforcement.
Perez went down into the dressing room after that defeat last weekend, though his mere presence served as a chilly reminder of how serious things had become rather than a warm show of support. Players have also publicly stood up for their coach.
The captain, Iker Casillas, said: "Maybe people are being unjust with Mourinho – a large part of the success we have had over the last two seasons has been down to him. He's the best coach in the world so maybe too much is asked of him. In the dressing room we have 100 per cent faith in him."
At such a politically charged club a vote of confidence from the players can be as ominous as one from the board and Mourinho will discover tomorrow the real extent of his players' desire for him to stay.
Hired in June 2010, Mourinho is now the longest-serving manager in the league. For a president who wants a Champions League it would be madness to lose a man who has won it twice, but a 14-point gap between Madrid and Barcelona would be a real test of Perez's sanity.
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January 23rd, 1974, fell on a Wednesday. It was day 23 of 1974. The decade was the 1970s.
46 years, 10 months and 4 days have passed since January 23rd, 1974.
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The date is January 23rd, 1974 and it's a Wednesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Aquarius. In America, the song You're Sixteen by Ringo Starr is on top of the singles charts.
Over in the UK, Tiger Feet by Mud is the number one hit song. Richard Nixon is currently the President of the United States and Edward Heath is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Because it's 1974, the music charts are being dominated by the likes of Carl Douglas, ABBA, Mud, the Steve Miller Band, George McCrae and Terry Jacks.
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Between the 11th of January, 1973 and the 6th of December, 1974, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost over 45% of its value. The U.K. stock market fared even worse, with the FT 30 losing over 70% of its value.
The Billboard Charts in 1974 were dominated by Barbra Streisand, Elton John, The Jackson 5, The Steve Miller Band, Terry Jacks, Ray Stevens, The Stylistics, Dionne Warwick and The Spinners.
The King of Saudi Arabia, King Faisal, was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1974. This was in acknowledgment of his role in the oil crisis of 1973 - 1974.
Movies released in 1974 included Blazing Saddles, The Towering Inferno, The Trial of Billy Jack, Young Frankenstein, Earthquake, The Godfather Part II, Airport 1975, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The Longest Yard, Foxy Brown, Murder on the Orient Express and Benji.
"The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand would go on to win a Grammy for 1974's Song of the Year.
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The "PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer" exam fully meets the requirements of the PECB Examination Certification Programme (ECP). The exam covers the following competence domains:
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• Domain 7: Preparing for an ISMS certification audit
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Candidates are responsible for their own study and preparation for the exam. No specific set of courses or curriculum of study is mandatory as part of the certification process. The completion of a recognized "PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer" course or program of study can significantly enhance your chance of passing a PECB certification examination.
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Candidates must complete the exam application form here. Candidates will be required to register for a password-protected account where they can then create, manage, update, and submit their application.
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We already know that Blizzard is tweaking arena rules to make it much tougher to artificially inflate your rating by win trading or buying high ranked teams in Season 4, but it looks like they're starting to take it one step further, by cracking down on people who indulge in it.
Reports are coming in from the official forums and from other spots around the web of people getting bans or suspensions (generally 72 hours in length) and having their Season 3 arena gear stripped. The bans are even permanent in some cases, such as that of Sinther of Stormscale, whose account was permanently banned when his friend used it to do some win-trading, with the win trading given as the specific reason for his banning. You can read many of these stories and reports in this forum thread.


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AP source: Suspect didn't leave burning cabin.
Photo: Los Angeles Police
This undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows suspect Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles officer. Seeking leads in a massive manhunt, Los Angeles authorities on Sunday put up a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)


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"This is a GRAMMY moment that millions of us have been waiting for," Beyonce said. "This performance marks the return of a man that was born to make music."
She wasn't lying. Justin Timberlake took the stage and gave his fans just what they were looking for: a sultry performance and long awaited new music.
Donned in an appropriate suit and tie, Timberlake's performance of new single "Suit & Tie" embodied an old soul feel that suited his Memphis roots. The stage was set to mirror a throwback to the 1920s jazz band style. Meanwhile, JT and his band The Tennessee Kids surrounded the stage with horns and later a string orchestra.
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Jay-Z pranced up the GRAMMY stage steps from his seat in the audience for his rap spot as Timberlake joined in, with a few choreographed dance moves that recalled his N'Sync days.
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"Are we ready? Here we go!" Timberlake announced to the audience before he debuted a new track off his forthcoming album The 20/20 Experience. The soulful "Pusher Love Girl" featured Timberlake's familiar falsetto complete with backup singers and sexy lyrics, "Hey, lil mama are you gonna ask me if you wanna?"
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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Kicks Off Department's Summer Reading Initiative: "Read to the Top!"
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Kicks Off Department's Summer Reading Initiative: "Read to the Top!"
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today kicked off the Department's summer reading campaign--"Read to the Top!" --with the children's classic books "Clifford the Big Red Dog" and "Where the Wild Things Are." The Secretary read to young children, including his own, on the plaza of the Department's Lyndon Baines Johnson headquarters building. The initiative is in response to President Obama's "United We Serve" national volunteer campaign that calls for all Americans to serve in their communities over the summer.
At lunchtime throughout the summer, the Department's weekly reading campaign, which runs through Sept. 11, will feature various children's books read by the Secretary, other Cabinet members and top Administration officials. The Department, in collaboration with the Corporation for National and Community Service, is partnering with libraries and other community organizations nationwide to combat summer reading loss.
"The road to academic success begins early, which is why early childhood learning and reading are so important," Secretary Duncan said. "When we read to our kids, it helps them become better readers and develop a love of reading on their own."
Research shows that reading achievement can drastically decline over the summer, particularly for low-income children who rely solely on their school libraries for books to read. Scholastic, a global children's publishing, education and media company, and a sponsor of "Read to the Top!" states that research shows that the key to stemming summer reading loss is finding novel ways to get books into the hands of children during the summer break. Thanks to a generous book donation from them, children will be able to take home their own books to read during the summer. Scholastic has donated more than 1,700 books for the Department's "Read to the Top!" campaign.
"Kids need books in their schools, communities and homes, not just during the school year but in the summer months, too," Scholastic CEO and Chairman Richard Robinson said. "We are proud to support 'Read to the Top!' with books that kids can take home, read and share with their families and friends."
In addition to Scholastic, Target enlivened the plaza's reading area with colorful rugs and beanbag chairs to create the feeling of a public library or classroom. "Target is committed to enhancing educational opportunities for kids and giving them the tools they need to succeed," Laysha Ward, president of Community Relations, says. "One of these opportunities is through our partnership with the U.S. Department of Education's summer initiative, 'Read to the Top!' which gives Washington, D.C. area families a fun way to explore reading together in a unique setting."
In addition to the Department's efforts to stop summer reading loss through "Read to the Top!" it also awards Striving Readers grants aimed at raising the literacy level of adolescent students and building a strong, scientific research base for adolescent literacy instruction. This year's competition is underway, and the deadline is Aug. 10. Striving Readers grants were first awarded in March 2006. To date, the Department has awarded approximately $120 million for projects aimed at helping struggling readers. When this year's grants are awarded, State Education Agencies will receive approximately $7.2 million to implement and evaluate supplemental literacy programs for struggling readers in middle and high schools. For more information about these grants, log onto www.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders/applicant.html.


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Information technology staff members recognized with IT Impact Awards
Information technology staff members recognized with IT Impact Awards
Staff members from across Penn State IT were presented with IT Impact Awards at the May 5 IT Matters Breakfast Speaker Series event in recognition for their great work throughout the past year. Kevin Morooney, vice provost for information technology at Penn State, presented 26 staff members with awards for categories covering collaboration, innovation and resource responsibility.
IT Collaboration
The IT Collaboration award goes to a group at Penn State that is leading a cross-administrative area initiative that benefits the University as a whole.
This year, the award was presented to the 2014 Benefits Open Enrollment team, which includes Hazel Weaver, Heather Duty, Vicka Pevzner, Galen Lentz, Greg Larrimore and Stanley Oputa from the Office of Human Resources and Vicki Smith, Steve Savard and Carl Seybold from Administrative Information Services.
The team was recognized for the extensive modifications it made to Penn State's benefits, payroll and accounting systems to help contain health care costs. According to the nominator, the team used hard work, discipline and open communication to complete the project with professionalism and urgency.
Out of the Box Innovation
The Out of the Box Innovation award goes to an individual or group that solved an IT issue in an innovative way. This year, there were two awards given.
The first was awarded to the One Button Studio (OBS) team, which includes Ben Brautigam, Justin Miller and Sherwyn Saul. The team was recognized for developing the innovative OBS, which has nine locations across Penn State, five more underway and a free app on the Apple App Store that has been used by more than 100 institutions globally.
The second went to the Application Development and Reporting Services team, consisting of Cyndi Carey, Wade Claar, Jennifer McCauley, André N'guettia, Gaurav Puri, Eric Rook and Christy Taylor. They were recognized for planning and implementing a new developing process in a single development environment, a life cycle process and quality programming.
Resource Responsibility
The Resource Responsibility award is given to an individual or group across Penn State IT that significantly helped reduce or consolidate resources needed to deliver an IT service. This year, two awards were granted.
The first went to the Smeal College of Business's Research, Instruction and Information Technology group multimedia team, which consists of Ian Nalepa, Jonathan Beightol, Wallington Del Castillo, Chad Fuller and Matthew Ross. They were recognized for developing a new portrait service for Smeal students, who can have professional portraits taken to use in their LinkedIn profiles at little cost to the University. The process allows students to register for a photo session, visit a kiosk and then receive their head shots by email after they're taken.
The second went to Emily Martell and Jody Harpster from the College of Education. They were recognized for streamlining the process of delivering, procuring and delivering systems in the college. By using an existing ticketing system, no new costs were incurred.
To learn more about the IT Impact Awards and more ways to thank colleagues across Penn State for their IT-related work, visit https://it.psu.edu/connects/it-recognizes. For more stories about IT at Penn State, visit Current at http://current.it.psu.edu.


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Lucky Number Slevin (or "The Wrong Man" it's one of my favourite movies.
It stares Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley ...
I Like everything about it, it has one hell of a twist, and it is the kind of movies where there is no car fire gun action etc , yet it keeps you waiting till the end.
I really liked Josh Hartnett in this movie, he really did a good job.
I give it a 9/10 easily.
I recommend it, i've watched it alot of times, and i still do because it has alot of details I can't notice all at once in one view, and you will have to watch it more than once to find out about every detail in it.
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Big Fish !! it's the best film ever!!
i recommend everyone to watch it! it has an amazing story ......i give it a 10/10!!!
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big fish is a great movie, it includes:
a father son relation
friendship for life...
an eternal love...
dreams,hopes for a better future...
the movie goes when a sick father telling his story before his death the good moments and the bad moments...he was the big fish,the father mix his reality in his imagination the son was there beside him but he thought that his father is 5erfen that's why he use his imagination...but when the father died the son understood...
Lot and Lot of great movies...what about "love actually" ? many love stories in one movie each represent a cause...
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The Rock (Sean Conray and Nicolas Cage)
one of the greatest action movies I have ever seen, these two work gr8 together it about an army trying to get money (4 million $ I think) by threatning the USA gouverment to launch a rocket into the city if they didnt.
This army base's is in prison called The Rock, and no one is able to get in and out of this prison onther than Mason (Sean Conray) who is a prisoner, the authoritys needs to do whatever it takes to stop this launch even if it means working with Mason....
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The Resident Evil Trilogy
Since I'm a huge fan of apocalyptic movies it's not a surprise that the Resident Evil trilogy is on the top of the list.
Each of the movies has it's own style, the first took place underground, the second in a city and the third was in a much wider area.
I would rate the first 9/10, since my favorite part about apocalyptic movies is empty cities, which was not shown here at all, the movie lost a point.
The second gets 10/10, the movie was just amazing...
The Third also gets 10/10, Las Vegas buried in sand is just an amazing scene.
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Underworld 1 & 2
Vampire movies, I just love them. I'm not talking about the kind of vampires that you kill with garlic and a stake. I'm talking about the kind that you see in movies like Underworld.
The Underworld movies both get 10/10, they have everything you would want in a vampire film. Action, mystery, conspiracy( and of course Kate Beckinsale with fangs ).
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but mainly i like Milla Jovovich, she is such a babe ...
the third part ended with many clones of Alice ... can't wait for the forth part ... imagine thousands of Milla
I just watched "The Bank Job" starring Jason statham ... I so enjoyed this movie mainly since it's based on a true story ...
It included all : bad cops, good cops, intelligence scandals, royal family dirty secrets, robbery that was supposed to be for money ... all mixed up in a great action movie !!!
a short statement that best described this movie is : a robbery where the robbers are the most innocent ones !!!!
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the annoying thing is ::: the damn british accent:P
l7e2et w 3melet post, i watched: Enemy at the gates (2001) starring jude law. ( TRUE STORY (Y) )
i liked the movie very much, it is about a young sharp russian sniper (vesili zaytsev) who's news where spread for propaganda against the german.
but the german decide the send the elite sniper Erwin Konig to eliminate him.. you will see a great duel in this movie.
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Miracle of Water – Glasgow, Scotland
'Miracle of Water'
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The late Dr. Masaru Emoto was a pioneer in the study of water and human consciousness. You may will recall Dr. Masaru Emoto's sell-out visit to the UK in 2013, and then later in 2014 when his close colleague Dr. Nemoto came and presented a talk in place of Dr. Emoto, who was unable due to illness. Sadly, Dr. Masaru Emoto passed on October 17, 2014 and yet since his passing has achieved even more recognition for his work worldwide.
In this exciting evening lecture, Dr. Nemoto, Director of Scientific Research at Office Masaru Emoto in Japan, will be returning once again to present 'Miracle of Water' with Dr Emoto's ground breaking research and photographs of water crystal formations, demonstrating how we can generate compassion through our interaction and relationship with water. Dr. Nemoto will also expand on the Dr. Emoto's work and teachings of HADO Theory by introducing the new connection with the scientific community, and the collaborative work with Professor Pollack who founded the Scientific Water Conference, a leading water scientist and author of the, 'Fourth Phase of Water'.
Through the efforts of OME USA Director, Lindsay Kemp, Dr. Emoto received a personal invitation from Professor Pollack to speak the 2013 & 2014 Water Conference to present his Water Crystal research. Dr. Emoto was in the hospital unable to attend so Dr. Nemoto went on his behalf. Dr. Nemoto will bring forth the worlds leading water scientists who have an insurmountable amount of scientific research that supports Dr. Emoto's theory that water has a memory quality, able to record, store and transmit all information it receives.
Dr. Nemoto will also share Dr. Emoto's mission with the EMOTO Peace Project that he launched in 2005, welcoming those who would like to support the effort of the EMOTO Peace Project by teaching children about water. Children who learn about water, learn about themselves. We are Water.
This special lecture series will include 2 special water ceremonies honoring water and the life and love of Masaru Emoto. Each participant may include their water in the ceremony for a blessing.
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'Who-Dunnit' When Legendary Rock Star Roger Daltrey Guest Stars in a Special
Thanksgiving Episode
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The Residents of "Jericho" Must Protect Themselves From Outside Intruders While the Mayor's Life Hangs in the Balance
A New Twist Jolts "The Amazing Race"(ers) Who Dash Through
Helsinki, the Ukraine and Morocco
A Kidnapping Case Turns Personal for the "CSI: Miami" Team in an Episode
Inspired By the Real Life Crime Story Experienced by the Sister of
Series Star Eva La Rue
FBI Agent Jack Malone is Taken Hostage in "Without a Trace"
Mac Discovers He Has a Stepson; Stella is Stalked on "CSI: NY"
On "How I Met Your Mother," Marshall and Lily Elope But Will They Tie
the Knot? Wayne Brady Guest Stars as Barney's Brother
Charlie's Hot for Jake's Girlfriend's Mom, on "Two and a Half Men"
Stanley Tucci and Mark Feuerstein Star as Top Neurosurgeons in the
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Paget Brewster Joins the Behavioral Analysis Unit on "Criminal Minds"
Alicia Silverstone, Annabeth Gish and Polly Bergen Star in the "Hallmark Hall of
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CBS's hit series will take center stage in November with compelling episodes of the Network's dramas; romance, dating and laughs from its hit comedies; and surprising twists and turns in SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS and THE AMAZING RACE 10, as the two reality series near their finales.
The month will also feature the series premiere of the new drama 3 LBS. and the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation of CANDLES ON BAY STREET, starring Alicia Silverstone, Annabeth Gish and Polly Bergen.
CBS's November sweeps highlights:
Thursday, Nov. 2 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS -- The eighth castaway
is voted off. Jeff Probst hosts.
Thursday, Nov. 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI --When two young boys are reported missing, Grissom
(William Petersen) goes head-to-head with a neighborhood pedophile in order to find them.
Thursday, Nov. 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) SHARK -- Martin (Alexis Cruz) gets Sebastian (James
Woods) to prosecute a case on behalf of the victims of a fatal sweatshop fire. Three-time Tony Award nominee Zelko Ivanek ("Brighton Beach Memoirs") returns as defense attorney Elliott Dasher and Diedrich Bader ("The Drew Carey Show") guest stars.
Friday, Nov. 3 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) CLOSE TO HOME -- Annabeth (Jennifer Finnigan) and
the team investigate the cut-throat world of the local PTA when a dad is murdered during a school function.
Friday, Nov. 3 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) NUMB3RS -- When a series of blackouts occur in power
stations leaving Los Angeles in the dark, Don (Rob Morrow) and his team must determine if it's an accident or the work of terrorists.
Sunday, Nov. 5 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) THE AMAZING RACE 10 -- A new, never-before-seen
twist, shocks the Racers and causes teams to join forces. Phil Keoghan hosts.
Sunday, Nov. 5 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) COLD CASE -- Det. Jeffries' (Thom Barry) rookie
murder case in 1979 is re-opened when evidence is found, including a jacket and a set of car keys not belonging to the victim since she didn't know to drive.
Sunday, Nov. 5 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) WITHOUT A TRACE -- Martin (Eric Close) and the team
search for a young woman who goes missing after a priest performs an exorcism on her. Academy Award nominee and Tony Award nominee Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio ("The Color of Money") returns as Jack's (Anthony LaPaglia) girlfriend and colleague.
Monday, Nov. 6 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER -- When Marshall (Jason
Segel) starts dating a new woman, Ted (Josh Radnor) and Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) try to convince him the girl is crazy. Meanwhile, when Lily (Alyson Hannigan) hears about Marshall's date, it's she who ends being the crazy one.
Monday, Nov. 6 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) THE CLASS -- When approached separately by two very
attractive people at a bar, Kat (Lizzy Caplan) and Ethan (Jason Ritter) fake being their blind dates. Two-time Emmy Award nominee Sara Gilbert guest stars in a recurring role as Fern, someone closely tied to Richie's (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) life.
Monday, Nov. 6 (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) TWO AND A HALF MEN --Charlie (Charlie Sheen) helps
Berta (Conchata Ferrell) confront the man who impregnated her daughter (guest star Sara Rue, "Less Than Perfect"), while Alan (Jon Cryer) indulges an unusual fetish.
Monday, Nov. 6 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE --
Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) wins Ritchie (Trevor Gagnon) a play date with his handsome teacher whom Christine has a crush on. Blair Underwood ("L.A. Law") returns as Mr. Harris, Ritchie's fourth grade teacher. Mary McDonough ("The Waltons") returns as Mrs. Wilhoite, one of the parents at Ritchie's school.
Wednesday, Nov. 8 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) JERICHO --Mayor Johnston Green (Gerald McRaney)
falls gravely ill and it's up to Jake (Skeet Ulrich) and Eric (Kenneth Mitchell) to make the deadly trip to another town to get the medicine their father needs.
Wednesday, Nov. 8 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) CRIMINAL MINDS --The Behavioral Analysis Unit
must help identify and catch a serial bomber terrorizing Seattle. JoBeth Williams ("Poltergeist") guest stars.
Wednesday, Nov. 8 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI: NY --The investigation into the death of a
professional paintball player gets complicated when the team's prime suspect goes missing and the evidence at the scene possibly implicates one of their one. Kyle Gallner ("Veronica Mars") guest stars in a recurring role.
Thursday, Nov. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS --The remaining
castaways are given the opportunity to declare mutiny and leave their current tribe to join the other tribe. The ninth castaway is voted off the island. Jeff Probst hosts.
Thursday, Nov. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI --Grissom (William Petersen) receives a second
perfect miniature replica of a crime scene, leading him to believe that a serial killer is at large in Las Vegas.
Thursday, Nov. 9 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) SHARK --Sebastian (James Woods) hopes that his
current case involving the murder of an 8-year-old girl will result in the exoneration of his former client whom Jessica (Jeri Ryan) helped convict for a strikingly similar murder 15 years ago.
Friday, Nov. 10 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) NUMB3RS --Don (Rob Morrow) and his team investigate
the death of a minor league baseball player to determine if it was an accidental overdose of steroids or homicide.
Sunday, Nov. 12 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) THE AMAZING RACE 10 --Every second counts as the
remaining teams make their way through Helsinki. Phil Keoghan hosts.
Sunday, Nov. 12 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) WITHOUT A TRACE --Jack (Anthony LaPaglia) is taken
hostage working undercover at an illegal poker club while searching for a missing young man. Susanna Thompson ("Once and Again") guests stars as Jack's volatile abductor.
Monday, Nov. 13 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER --Marshall (Jason Segel)
and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) elope to Atlantic City. But will they go through with the wedding?
Monday, Nov. 13 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) THE CLASS --While pretending to be someone else
to impress his beautiful date, Ethan (Jason Ritter) panics when he sees his former classmates at a birthday party, fearing that they will expose his true identity.
Monday, Nov. 13 (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) TWO AND A HALF MEN --Alan (Jon Cryer) seeks a cure
for his insomnia, while Charlie (Charlie Sheen) can't resist from hitting on the mother of Jake's (Angus T. Jones) new girlfriend.
Monday, Nov. 13 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE --
Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) tries to make some sacrifices in order to pay for Ritchie's (Trevor Gagnon) rising school tuition. Wanda Sykes guest stars as Christine's friend Barb.
Monday, Nov. 13 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI: MIAMI -- A kidnapping case becomes personal for
the CSIs when the victim turns out to be Boa Vista's (Eva La Rue) sister. The episode is inspired by the real-life crime story involving Nikka La Rue, sister of series star Eva La Rue.
Tuesday, Nov. 14 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) 3 LBS. -- Stanley Tucci ("The Devil Wears Prada") and
Mark Feuerstein ("The West Wing") star in this new drama about a team of top New York City neurosurgeons who explore the brain --the core of intelligence, the center of emotion and spirit, and the last great medical frontier. (Series Premiere)
Wednesday, Nov. 15 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) CRIMINAL MINDS -- Paget Brewster ("Huff") joins the
cast as Emily Prentiss, a new agent assigned to the Behavioral Analysis Unit. To her surprise, she has to immediately fight suspicions of nepotism (her parents are high-powered diplomats) as she was placed in the BAU without Hotch (Thomas Gibson) or Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) being notifed.
Wednesday, Nov. 15 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI: NY -- The CSIs investigate the murder of a drunk
driver killed in her hospital bed shortly after waking up from a coma.
Thursday, Nov. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS -- Two castaways are
voted off of the island. Jeff Probst hosts.
Thursday, Nov. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI --When identical twins are found dead on the same
night, the CSI team investigates whether or not the two murders are connected.
Friday, Nov. 17 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) NUMB3RS --Kathy Najimy ("Veronica's Closet") joins
the series in the recurring role as Dr. Mildred French, the new head of the physics and math department at Cal Sci and Charlie's (David Krumholtz) new boss.
Sunday, Nov. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) THE AMAZING RACE 10 --The remaining teams
continue their race through the Ukraine. Phil Keoghan hosts.
Sunday, Nov. 19 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) WITHOUT A TRACE --The team searches for a social
worker (guest star Reed Diamond) who disappears after forcibly removing a 7-year-old girl from the home of her physically abusive father and distraught mother. Meanwhile, Jack (Anthony LaPaglia) tells a surprised Samantha (Poppy Montgomery) that he and Anne (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) are expecting a child together.
Monday, Nov. 20 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER --Robin (Cobie Smulders)
covers up a secret from her past when she refuses to go to the mall with the gang. After some digging, Ted (Josh Radnor) and Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) uncover her hidden past.
Monday, Nov. 20 (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) TWO AND A HALF MEN --Ladies man Charlie (Charlie
Sheen) and tightwad Alan (Jon Cryer) go on a double date, leaving Jake (Angus T. Jones) home alone for the first time.
Monday, Nov. 20 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE --
Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) struggles over what to do when Ritchie (Trevor Gagnon) does a lousy job on an important homework assignment that will be put on display at his snobby school.
Monday, Nov. 20 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI: MIAMI -- A young woman is murdered after being
auctioned off as a charity event date. Also, Calleigh's (Emily Proctor) ex-boyfriend, an undercover cop, is on the scene when she is shot in the line of duty.
Thursday, Nov. 23 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS -- The two tribes merge
into one. The 12th castaway is voted off the island. Jeff Probst hosts.
Thursday, Nov. 23 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) CSI -- It's the ultimate "who-dunnit" when Roger Daltrey,
the legendary lead singer of The Who guests stars in a truly unique and surprising role that will keep viewers guessing.
Sunday, Nov. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) THE AMAZING RACE 10 -- The tension mounts as the
remaining teams continue their mad dash through Morocco. Phil Keoghan hosts.
Sunday, Nov. 26 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) CANDLES ON BAY STREET -- Alicia Silverstone
("Clueless"), Annabeth Gish ("The West Wing"), Emmy Award winner Polly Bergen ("Playhouse 90") and Eion Bailey ("ER") star in this new "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation about a spirited young woman who moves back to the small town of her youth with her son after a 13-year absence, creating a whirl of emotions for her formerly smitten childhood friend and his wife.
Monday, Nov. 27 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER -- Wayne Brady ("The
Wayne Brady Show") guest stars as Barney's (Neil Patrick Harris) brother and aside from their interesting relationship, he's just as much of a player as his womanizing brother.


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Our philosophy is simple, our best available rates are always available on line from the Spires website. As our rates improve the longer the stay, it would be impossible to show all permutations in a web tariff. On our check availability system on each page, select your venue and dates, and check best rate and availability for the type of apartment you prefer. Should the apartment of your choice not be available on line, do double check with us (call 0845 270 0090) as we do not always make our whole room stock available on line.
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For payment by credit card, we accept American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Maestro, and Switch. We reserve the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.
Check in is from 14.00. Guests should check out by 10 a.m.
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Avoid long queues at reception – our express Check In service allows you to relax in your suite that bit sooner. Express Check in instructions will be sent to you with your reservation confirmation – these instructions are important if checking in out-with normal reception opening times. (8.30am to 7pm Mon-Fri, 10.30am to 7pm Sat) Please contact us should you not have received these instructions.
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Just turn off the lights, lock your suite door and drop the keys off in the key return box – nothing could be simpler.
Cots and Highchairs
Our apartments are ideal for families with cots and high chairs available free of charge.
Our standard cancellation policy is 24 hours notice. If cancelled up to 24 hours prior to arrival, no fee will be charged. If cancelled later or in case of no-show, the first night will be charged.
Advance purchase bookings can not be cancelled or modified at any time and full payment will be taken at time of booking. This payment will not be refunded if the booking was to be cancelled.
PLEASE NOTE: The Spires cannot accept any direct cancellation of reservations made through third party agents. Any guest who wishes to cancel a reservation made through a third party agent must contact the agent to cancel the booking, The Spires will only deem the reservation cancelled on receipt of the cancellation notice from the agent.
All rates are per apartment per night as applicable and are subject to Government Value Added Tax (VAT) levied at the applicable rate. After 28 days VAT is only applied to 20% of the rate. Rates quoted are based on length of stay (unless otherwise stated in writing), please note that where a stay is shortened your nightly rate will be revised to reflect the new length of stay and will be applied to the whole stay.
Check in time on day of arrival is from 2pm and check out time is 10am on day of departure. Earlier check in times and later check out times may be available subject to prior request and availability.
Guests will be held liable for any loss, damage or personal injury they may cause at The Spires. Guest should note that where appropriate charges for damage will include a charge for the apartment being out of service while the remedial work takes place.
From time to time The Spires may need to contact guests prior to their arrival, The Spires will not accept responsibility for any issue arising from incorrect contact details being provided by guests. We strongly advise all guests to provide contact details that they know they will be contactable on.
All apartments are strictly non smoking, guests who smoke in an apartment will be held liable for a £100.00 deep cleaning charge.
A credit card number is required to secure all reservations, unless a company account has been set up prior to the reservation. In this instance a company purchase order number will be required to convert a provisional reservation to a confirmed reservation. Provisional reservations will only be held for 24 hours.
The Spires will not accept cash or cheque payments for accommodation charges.
The Spires reserve the right to refuse any reservation at time of booking right up to check-in.
No bookings will be accepted from anyone under the age of 21 without prior written consent from the management.
Weekend & Public Holiday Deposits
Please note that all weekend and public holiday stays are subject to a £250 security deposit (or £500 for stays which include 31st December) which will be taken from the payment card on the Friday prior to arrival (in addition to the accommodation charge). This deposit will be refunded to the card on the following Monday (Tuesday on bank holidays) after the completion of an apartment inspection, provided that maximum occupancy and guest noise level terms have not been breached. Please note that cash deposits cannots taken for stays inclusive of Saturday or Sunday night cannot be returned until the reception reopen at 8.30am on the Monday.
Mid week deposit
For stays on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights we will pre-authorise your card a minimum of £50 extra to cover any extra costs charged to your apartment e.g. breakfast, wifi access etc. For longer stays this may be higher.
Maximum Occupancy
Please note that our suites are not intended as a venue for social gatherings, parties or other such events*. The Spires will also not accept reservations for hen or stag parties*. Each suite type has a maximum occupancy level, which if exceeded will result in forfeit of your deposit and may lead to your immediate removal from the premises without further notice and without refund of any accommodation charges.
The maximum occupancy for each apartment type is as follows:-
Studio Apartment:- 2 occupants
1 Bedroom Apartment:- 2 occupants
2 Bedroom Apartment:- 4 occupants
2 Bedroom Deluxe Apartment:- 6 occupants
3 Bedroom Penthouse Apartment: 6 occupants
Where a cot has been supplied the maximum occupancy will be increased to include a child under the age of five.
*without the express consent in writing from management
Guest Complaints Due To Noise
In the event that our duty manager receives complaints regarding noise levels from your suite, you may be requested to leave the building immediately and both your accommodation and deposit charges will be forfeited. In the event that guests refuse to vacate the suite, having been asked to do so by the duty manager, the police will be asked to attend.
Booking from Local Postcodes
We are no longer able to accept leisure bookings made from people who have a local postcode to the location they are staying i.e. anything begining with B,WV and CV in Birmingham, G in Glasgow and AB in Aberdeen.
Out Booking Policy
The Spires will do everything it can to provide guests with the suite(s) they have chosen, however, in the unlikely event that this is not possible, The Spires reserves the right to move guests to alternate suite(s) within The Spires, the total capacity of which will be equal or greater capacity than the original suite chosen.. Please note that when relocating larger apartment types The Spires reserves the right to split these into several suites, however guests will only be charged at the original value for the suites they have booked.
In the unlikely circumstance that we find ourselves unable to accommodate your booking The Spires reserves the right to out book your reservation to an alternate accommodation provider of similar standard.
All reservations are at the discretion of management and The Spires reserves the right to refuse any reservation which we deem may breach our terms and conditions.
Early Departure
Guest are required to give 24 hours notice of early departure to avoid a charge of one nights accommodation.
Pet Policy - Aberdeen Only
The Spires Aberdeen is committed to providing guests and bookers with as many booking options as possible. We appreciate that the ability to accept pets is a great selling point in today's market where it can be extremely difficult to source pet friendly accommodation.
In our efforts to ensure our apartments are maintained to the highest of standards we are introducing a surcharge of £100.00 to all reservations where, it is agreed in advance with The Spires Management, a pet will be accommodated.
This charge will be used to cover the deep cleaning of the following areas within the apartment on departure:
- Carpet cleaning of lounge, hall and bedrooms.
- Dry cleaning of curtains.
- Extra housekeeping involved in making apartments ready for occupancy by the next guest.
In addition to the surcharge the guest will be required to complete a pet disclaimer form. In doing so the guest is agreeing to be liable for the cost of any damages caused by the pet during the stay. If there is an instance where a guest refuses to sign the disclaimer The Spires will reserve the right to cancel the booking with immediate effect.
All guests who have a pet with them must still have prior agreement of The Spires Management and will be required to agree to the terms of The Spires pet policy which can be provided at the time of booking.
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Redlands Connection is a concoction of sports memories emanating from a city that once numbered less than 20,000 people. From the Super Bowl to the World Series, from the World Cup to golf's U.S. Open and the Olympics, plus NCAA Final Four connections, NASCAR, the Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500, Tour de France cycling, major tennis, NBA and a little NHL, aquatics and quite a bit more, the sparkling little city that sits around halfway between Los Angeles and Palm Springs on Interstate 10 has its share of sports connections. – Obrey Brown
Clay Brooks raved about Ruth Kleinsasser.
So did Ted Runner.
Brooks, who spent years as the University of Redlands track & field coach, was a true professor of his sport.
Runner, whose presence on that campus as an athlete, coach and, ultimately, director of athletics, was fond of track. He'd competed. For years, he coached. It almost seemed like he kept a closer eye on that sport than he did anything else.
When Kleinsasser (eventually Ruth Wysocki) stepped onto the track at the Los Angeles Coliseum nine years after spending her freshman season at Redlands, the two men – Brooks and Runner – watched with great interest.
The Alhambra-born Kleinsasser, who ran at Azusa High School, was a prized performer at Redlands for one season.
What made Kleinsasser special was her true dedication to the sport. As a track star, she's a lifer.
It started in age-group races in the late 1960s, starting an eventual period of about 30 years, until she became a Masters (over-40) runner in 1997.
As an Azusa High senior in 1973, she ran a 2:16 to win the CIF Southern Section 880-yard championship. She also sped around the track to win the 440 (57.3). That's as tough of a double is in any championship meet.
Since there was no State meet held for girls that year – one would start in 1975, Kleinsasser never had a chance to prove her domination.
By the 1975 season, Kleinsasser was running at Redlands, primarily because internationally-renowned Bulldog coach Vince Reel had come out of retirement. Reel, in fact, met Kleinsasser halfway. He trained her in Claremont.
Reel, who was married to Chinese star Chi Cheng, had international status, especially since he'd lured some top talent – Chinese sprint star Lee Shiu-Chia, middle distance runners Chee Swee Lee, plus Donna Fromme and some dandy runners like distance star Molly O'Neil, hurdler Pam Ashe, sprinters Gloria Kennedy, Lynn Jones and Denise Becton.
Throw Kleinsasser into that mix. If only she'd lasted four seasons.
Reel wrote about his own exploits. Part of his writings were about Ruth, including her season at Redlands.
Admittedly, Kleinsasser dropped out of Redlands. "I realize I had chosen the wrong school. Not that it isn't a wonderful place; it was not just the right place for me."
"That was before the NCAA for women," Kleinsasser told Reel in the days when women's sports were governed by the old AIAW. Truth is, in those days, Redlands' men were part of the NAIA, not the NCAA.
In reality, Kleinsasser wasn't even the fastest half-miler on her own team. That same season, Lee Chiu-Shia ran a 2:05.36 in the SPAA meet at track-rich Occidental College, just outside of Pasadena.
At the Bakersfield Invitational, Kleinsasser posted her 2:07.6.
A more familiar name may well be Ruth Wysocki. That came after she married top national distance runner Tom Wysocki.
What made her a Redlands Connection was the year she spent at the University of Redlands. In 1975, she ran fast – the 2:07.6 in the 800, plus a 56.80 in the 400 at the Long Beach Invitational – but she headed back to Citrus College.
More domination. At Citrus, running as Ruth Caldwell, she scored victories in the State cross country championship for both 1977 and 1978.
During the spring track seasons in 1978 and 1979, she was State champion in both the 800 and 1500.
There was a pattern here. Like many international competitors, she was laying the groundwork for the Olympics. In fact, she ran a 2:03, qualifying for the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials – still under Reel's watch. She was 19. Ruth took eighth in the Trials.
She was on-again, off-again training – seriously, pondering, planning. She'd gone from Ruth Kleinsasser to Ruth Caldwell and, finally, to Ruth Wysocki.
If there was a top-flight moment for the ex-Redlands runner, it might be these:
Wysocki upset highly-touted USA star Mary Decker to win the 800 at the 1978 U.S. Championships in 2:01.99. Wysocki scored another upset victory against Decker (eventually Slaney) at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials, this time in the 1500-meter.
It was huge at that time. Still is … huge, that is.
Wysocki outsprinted Slaney to win the Trials in 4:00.18 – her lifetime best.
It was Tom Wysocki, training for the Trials, that had convinced his wife to train for the Olympics.
Brooks, who was Reel's successor at Redlands and Runner, who were both coming to the end of their Redlands careers, watched with curiosity as the one-year Lady Bulldog star made her way into the L.A. Games.
She finished sixth in the 800 and eighth in 1500.
To veteran observers like Brooks and Runner, it was a Redlands victory. One of their own had reached the pinnacle of the sport.
Who cared if the Eastern Bloc nations had boycotted the 1984 Games?
Remember, these were the games of Carl Lewis' 4-event gold medal.
The women included sprinters Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Evelyn Ashford, plus Flo Jo – Florence Griffith Joyner – plus onetime San Gorgonio High School star Sherri Howard (4 x 400 gold medalist), Jackie Joyner-Kersee, along with marathon champion Joan Benoit.
More men: Britain's Daley Thompson scored his second straight decathlon title.
Hurdler Edwin Moses. Triple jumper Al Joyner.
Adding to the flavor of Redlands connections:
One year before the L.A. Games, Redlands held its annual invitational on its cinder track. Two interested participants were Air Force Academy (Colo.) and Azusa Pacific University, among over a dozen other team entries.
In the meet-concluding 4 x 400 relay, Air Force's Alonzo Babers and Azusa's Innocent Egbunike ran neck-and-neck on the anchor lap. They might have even brushed against one another halfway on the final lap.
Egbunike could be seen turning his head in Babers' direction. Neither runner broke stride.
At the finish, Egbunike prevailed.
One year later, the two met in the open 400-meter – Egbunike for his native Nigeria and Babers for the U.S.
Babers won the gold in 44.27 seconds. Egbunike took last in 45.35.
The two would meet again in the 4 x 400 relay.
Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Babers and Antonio McKay won the gold, prevailing in 2:57.91. Nigeria, anchored by Egbunike, ran third in 2:59.32.
As for Wysocki, that Redlands Connection kept going for years.
Over a decade later, in 1995, Wysocki ran seventh in the 1500 at the Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg.
In 1997, Wysocki set several Masters records at distances from 800 to 5000 on the track, plus 5K and 8K road races.
She was surrounded by distance runners.
Her dad, Willis Kleinsasser, was a successful Masters athlete.
Alan Kleinsasser, her brother, ran a 1:50.5 over 800 meters and a 3:52.2 clocking in the 1500 – both school records at Caltech in Pasadena.
Then, of course, her husband, Tom produced 13:35.33 in the 5000-meter and 28:19.56 in the 10,000.
It wasn't going to be easy. Despite the absence of the Eastern Bloc nations, that boycott led by the old Soviet Union, there was still plenty of international talent.
On Aug. 6, Romanian Doina Melinte circled the Coliseum track twice to score gold in 1:57.60. USA's Kim Gallagher, whom Wysocki had encountered on plenty of occasions, won silver in 1:58.63. Melinte's teammate, Fita Lovin, won the bronze in 1:58.53.
Wysocki ran sixth (2:00.34).
She also qualified in the 1500, held on Aug. 11.
Wysocki was America's best in that event, but she took eighth (4:08.32), nowhere close to her best mark set at the Trials.
Melinte won the silver, barely nosed out by Italy's Gabriella Dorio (4:03.25), the Romanian a fraction behind in 4:03.76 with yet another Romanian, Maricica Puica winning bronze (4:04.15).
Wysocki had to be thinking if she'd matched her lifetime best – that 4:00.18 at the Olympic Trials – she'd have been a gold medalist.
She told Reel, "Even though the Olympics didn't go really great for me, when I got to Europe after the Olympics, I beat everybody that beat me in the Olympics, including (Dorio)."
It was, she said, some vindication.
Brooks, for his part, sent plenty of half-milers out to do battle in Lady Bulldog colors.
Runner, meanwhile, often reflected on the year that Ruth Kleinsasser ran at Redlands.
"She was," he said, "not just a hard worker." Runner said, observers could easily tell, "she had a game plan in any race she ran."
She even made one last game attempt to qualify for the 1996 Olympics at 38.
That one season, 1975, she was a Redlands Connection.


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One of my technical specialties is high-powered microwear analysis, a method by which the function of chipped stone tools can be determined. Pioneered by Semenov (1964) and refined by Keeley (1980), the high-powered magnification approach has repeatedly demonstrated that variability in polish formation on utilized surfaces is related to tool use on different materials (e.g. soft tissue, hide, bone, wood, etc.). Striations, or the grooves and scratches of varying orientation and dimensions which often result from abrasive forces imparted during tool use are important indicators of intentional and unintentional motion, such as friction between a stone tool and its haft and/or the contact material being worked. Taken together, micropolish and striations provide information on contact material, tool motion, and hafting. In this manner, the identification of distinct surface and edge alteration of tools can be related to prehistoric patterns of activity and raw material use and utilized in the reconstruction of the organization of cultural behaviors.
Today I continue to work on material from three sites. Two sites were recently excavated by a Cultural Resource Management firm as contract excavations. These sites, which date from the Late Archaic and Woodland periods, were investigated to fufill compliance laws prior to disturbance. As part of the data recovery plans, the principle investigators have included a budget for analysis, a part of which is microwear analysis to determine the function of chipped stone tools recovered on site. A range of formal and informal tools were recovered, and so far, results indicate a wide variety of tasks including butchery, hide, and bone and wood working occurred on site.
The third site I am working on is the famous Lindenmeier Folsom site in Colorado. These materials were excavated and/or collected in 1934-40 during work at the site by Frank Roberts. Microwear analysis of a sample of endscrapers recovered from the site reveal that many of them were employed in the later stages of hide working. Edge wear in the form of eroded resharpening scars and heavily rounded edges along with a well formed dull-pitted polish characteristic of dry hide was present (see photomicrograph). During late stage hide working, the edges of the tools are allowed to dull, so that accidental tearing of the hide during stretching and softening is lessened. Some endscrapers were discarded with sharp, fresh edges indicating use during earlier stages of hide working where cleaning and thinning is the object. These discard patterns illuminate the activities that took place on site, and when coupled with an assemblage of worn out, broken and discarded projectile points suggest active hunting and transport of fresh hides for processing at the site was common. Here is a prime example of the value of why collections should be curated, as when they continue to be available for analysis, we can continue to learn from them.


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As jobs go, being an Historic Environment Record Officer (or HERO as we like to be known) is a pretty interesting one, not least because I get to look at maps, aerial photographs and read about archaeology every day.
A large part of the job is maintaining the Cheshire Historic Environment Record (HER), adding new records and updating existing ones. We also carry out searches for archaeological consultants, academic researchers and the public. This does involve a lot of time spent in front of a computer, but occasionally I get to go and look at actual archaeological sites (outside!).
This week, thanks to information from a member of the public, I am making a visit to a possible round barrow, deep in rural Cheshire. Cheshire has 135 round barrows, but in general they are not much to look at on the ground, being mostly ploughed out. Looks however, are deceptive. In 2012 a training excavation for the HLF funded Habitats and Hillforts project uncovered four Bronze Age cremation urns from a de-scheduled round barrow. This barrow (one of a group of seven) was believed to have been completely ploughed out.
It's not only looking at archaeology in the field that can yield exciting results though. We receive regular updates from the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. When we incorporate the new information about individual finds into the HER we can discover some surprises. Most recently we have added a group of around fifty Roman coins found in close proximity and including four radiate coins, over thity nummi, five other copper alloy coins and an Islamic coin. Amongst the group are three unusual coins from the Eastern Mediterranean; a nummus from Constantinople c.AD 348-51; a decanummium of Justinian I from Constantinople AD 542-9 and an Islamic coin which probably dates from the eighth to tenth centuries AD. The coins all display corrosion consistent with exposure to the British soil conditions, suggesting that they are not souvenirs introduced to the site at a much later date. This is a notable concentration of coins from the eastern Empire and may represent a hoard which has been dispersed by ploughing.
In addition to the PAS data, a regular flow of new information into the HER comes from Grey Literature, local society journals, members of the public and research projects.
Today I received two new research and recording reports from the Cheshire Gardens Trust. We have been assisting their volunteers in their work in recording survival of undesignated historic gardens and landscapes. Their reports are full of really useful information about the development of large houses, gardens and designed landscapes and their survival today.
They do a lot of documentary research and we recently held a training day in the HER for their members so we could show them what resources they could access by visiting the HER, in particular the digital aerial photographs and maps.
Visitors to the HER can view our full set of digitised aerial surveys of the county, taken every 10 years since the 1970's as well as the 1940's RAF Aerial Survey. They also have access to the printed source material behind our digital HER records and as much tea as they can drink (and occasionally cake.)
For more information about the Cheshire Historic Environment Record and to visit the online version of the HER visit www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk


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That new A-Team movie looks kind of horrible, right? But hey, that doesn't mean we can't enjoy some fancy online promotional games! Because driving the A-Team van around Google Earth actually looks pretty sweet.
It's got the two main elements you're looking for in any A-Team-themed promotion: the van and the theme song. You use the arrow keys to control the van as it drives around various cities and landmarks, and as you go you can unlock video clips from the movie. But really, this is as close as you'll ever get to getting behind the wheel of BA's van, so that really is incentive enough. [Google Earth Blog via Silicon Alley Insider]


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The class
atg.repository.RepositoryImpl provides the method
invalidateCaches(), which clears all caches from the target repository:
void invalidateCaches()
void invalidateCaches(boolean pGlobal)
If you supply an argument of true to the boolean version, the method is invoked on all cluster repositories.
Two exceptions apply:
If you call the non-boolean version on a repository where item descriptors are set to Distributed Hybrid Caching, a cache invalidation event is triggered for each of those item descriptors, which the GSACacheServerManager distributes accordingly.
The boolean version has no affect on remote item caches that use Distributed TCP Caching.