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Festive Fun - A 60 question football and general sports quiz
PUBLISHED: 12:33 24 December 2012
Following the success of the 12 Sports at Christmas Quiz we have produced a quiz of 60 questions.
Half of them (the first 30) are football based and the other 30 are general sport.
Once again we suggest you copy and paste and then print off as many as you need and pass them round family and friends to see who the Sporting Buff is in your household this Christmas.
Here we go -
1. Name the SIX players to have worn the Everton Number NINE shirt during the Premier league era?
2. Which two Arsenal players later managed Tottenham Hotspur?
3. Which Tottenham player later managed Arsenal?
4. Name the four players to wear the Liverpool number five shirt during the Premier League era?
5. Who is the only Swedish player to score a Premier League hat-trick to date?
6. Name the five Manchester United players to wear the number seven shirt in the Premier League era?
7. What do footballers Mike Trebilcock, Nigel Martyn and Matthew Etherington have in common?
8. Which 6 clubs have finished a season in the Premier League Top 3 but never won the Title?
9. Which two players have both scored away Premier League hat-tricks twice at the same ground?
10. Which five players are Brazil's all-time top international goal scorers?
11. How many South Americans have managed Premier League clubs?
12. How many clubs starting with the letter B have featured in the Top Flight of English Football?
13. How many of the current 20 Premier League clubs have never finished in the Top Flight's top three?
14. Which five players have worn Arsenal's number five shirt during the Premier League Era?
15. What connects Dixie Dean (Everton), Bobby Moore (West Ham United), Duncan Edwards (Manchester United), Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur) & Sir Matt Busby (Manchester United)
16. Name a player that have had their name on the front and back of their shirts, i.e. the sponsor is the same as their name.
17. Four teams have won the European Cup and their own domestic league and cup double in the same season. Can you name them?
18. Name 5 English players who have been transferred for over £7m but have never played for England ?
19. Name two players to have won the European Championship, Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League with their respective teams?
20. Who is the only person to captain England and manage a team in a European Cup Final?
21 How old was Pele when he scored in his first World Cup final?
22 In which city was the first match of the 2002 World Cup played?
23 Which nation lost in the final of successive World Cups in the 1980s?
24 Who presented the Jules Rimet Trophy to the 1934 World Cup winners?
25 Which country hosted the World Cup in 1982?
26 In which World Cup finals was the greatest number of goals scored, 171 in total?
27 Who scored for England after just 27 seconds of a World Cup match in 1982?
28 Which player holds the record for the most goals scored in a World Cup tournament?
29 Who is the only player to play in three World Cup winning sides?
30 Name the five African countries that took part in the 2002 World Cup finals.
31 Which sport would you play if you were a toxophilite?
32 Which sport's playing area must be exactly nine feet long and five feet wide?
33 Which sport do the Chicago Bear play?
34 Which sport involves stones and a house?
35 With which sport would you associate David Bryant?
36 In which sport might you see the two teams defending different size goals?
37 Chris Boardman is famous in which sport?
38 In which sport do players take long and short corners?
39 Which sport has a finish line that no competitor will ever cross?
40 In 1990 which item of kit was made compulsory for all footballers by FIFA?
41 From what material is a snooker cue tip made?
42 What is the white bal in bowls called?
43 A cricket bat is traditionally made of which wood?
44 In which sport might you come across blue, red, white and yellow dots?
45 What colour is the centre scoring zone on an archery target?
46 Which position is played by the number 10 in rugby union?
47 How many players are there in a hurling team, 11, 13 or 15?
48 How many days does the Tour de France last?
49 In which court sport do you wear gloves and hit the ball against a wall?
50 What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer may use in a round of golf?
51 How many balls are on the table at the start of standard game of pool?
52 How many tuggers are there on each side in a 'tug of war'?
53 Which sport are you not allowed to play left handed?
54 In snooker what is the penalty for going in-off the yellow?
55 What are the three types of swords used in fencing competitions?
56 How many times can a volleyball be touched by one team before it must cross the net?
57 How many players are there in an ice-hockey team?
58 How many hurdles will a runner jump over in a 110m men's hurdle race?
59 How long is a ten-pin bowling lane? 60ft, 80 ft or 100ft?
60 How many players are there in a Rugby League team?
Answers: 1. Tony Cottee (1993-94), Duncan Ferguson (1994-98, 2005-06), Kevin Campbell (1998-2004), James Beattie (2006-07), Louis Saha (2008-09) and Landon Donovan (2011-12). 2. Terry Neill & George Graham played for Arsenal and managed Tottenham Hotspur; 3. Herbert Chapman played for Spurs and managed Arsenal. 4. Mark Wright (1993-98), Steve Staunton (1998-2000), Milan Baros (2001-05) and Daniel Agger (2005-12). 5. Fredrik Ljungberg for Arsenal against Sunderland, 11th May 2003. 6. Eric Cantona (1993-97), David Beckham (1997-2003), Cristiano Ronaldo (2003-09), Michael Owen (2009-11) and the current number seven Antonio Valencia. 7. They were all born in Cornwall; 8. Liverpool, Newcastle United & Aston Villa (all runners-up) and Leeds United, Norwich City & Nottingham Forest (all 3rd place). 9. Wayne Rooney for Man Utd at the Reebok (28th Oct 2006 & 10th Sep 2011) & Luis Suarez for Liverpool at Carrow Rd (28th Apr 2012 & 29th Sep 2012); 10, Pelé (77 goals), Ronaldo (62), Romário (55), Zico (52) and Bebeto (39); 11, A: Two - Luis Felipe Scolari (Brazil with Chelsea) and Ossie Ardiles (Argentina with Tottenham Hotspur). 12, A: 12 clubs: Barnsley (1 season), Birmingham City (57), Blackburn Rovers (72), Blackpool (28), Bolton Wanderers (73), Bradford City (12), Bradford Park Avenue (3), Brentford (5), Brighton & Hove Albion (4), Bristol City (9), Burnley (52) and Bury (22 seasons in the Top Flight). Season 2012-13 is the first in the Premier League without a club starting with the letter B; 13, Five clubs have never finished in the Top Three: Fulham, Reading, Stoke City, Swansea City & Wigan Athletic; 14, A: Andy Linighan (1993-95), Steve Bould (1995-99), Martin Keown (1999-2004), Kolo Touré (2006-09) and Thomas Vermaelen (2009-12); 15, They have all featured on Great Britain postage stamps. 16 Leigh Sharpe when he played for Manchester United and they were sponsored by Sharp. 17. Glasgow Celtic (in 1967), Ajax (1972), PSV Eindhoven (1988) and Manchester United (1999); 18. Dean Richards, Carl Cort, Kevin Davies, Dean Ashton, Nigel Reo Coker; 19. Peter Schmeichel: European Championship - Denmark 1992, Premiership, FA Cup, Champions' League – 1999 and Nicolas Anelka: European Championship - France 2000, Premiership, FA Cup - Arsenal 1998, Champions' League - Real Madrid 2000. 20. Jimmy Armfield. 21 17, 22 Seoul, 23 West Germany, 24 Benito Mussolini, 25 Spain, 26 The 1998 World Cup in France, 27 Bryan Robson, 28 Just Fontaine, with 13 goals in 1958, 29 The great Pele again, in 58, 62 and 70, 30 South Africa, Tunisia, Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal; 31, Archery, 32 Table Tennis, 33 American Football, 34 Curling, 35 Bowls, 36 Water Polo, 37 Cycling, 38 Hockey, 39 Swimming, 40 Shin pads, 41 Suede, 42 Jack, 43 Willow, 44 Squash, 45 Gold, 46 fly-half, 47 15, 48 22, 49 Fives, 50 14, 51 16, 52 8, 53 Polo, 54 4 points, 55 foil, epee and sabre. 56 3, 57 6, 58 10, 59 60 feet, 60 13.


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Jamie Barnard may feel like a lab rat for the next six months as she gives herself weekly interferon injections that she hopes will keep her hepatitis C virus in check for the rest of her life.
Earlier this month, specialists hovered over Barnard as she pulled the trigger on the first injection pen in a conference room at Salt Lake City's Fourth Street Clinic, a health care center that caters to the homeless population and people who have recently transitioned into housing.
"Sometimes even with the best attitude and best intentions, there are tough side effects [from the treatment], and we'll help you get through those," said Robert Keller, a retired gastroenterologist who volunteers at Fourth Street Clinic.Those side effects can run the gamut from constant flu-like symptoms, muscle aches, paranoia, anxiety, depression and anger. They can be harsh enough to force some to abandon treatment.
Even sticking with the 24 weeks of interferon injections and oral doses of the companion drug ribavirin, Barnard stands about an 80 percent chance of being "cured," which means the virus lies dormant in her body unless her immune system is compromised.
"I'll be all right," Barnard said optimistically. "I've handled a lot of other things, I think I can handle this."
At age 19, Barnard contracted hepatitis C from intravenous drug use.
"I didn't care," she recalled. "The opportunity to change my mood, to get high, came along and that was what mattered."
Unaddressed, hepatitis C is a slowly progressive disease that wreaks havoc on the liver, Keller said.
Hal Cole, a retired gastroenterologist and Fourth Street volunteer who is also part of Barnard's care team, said that hepatitis C can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, which according to the National Institutes of Health, is the 12th leading cause of death by disease.
Now 31, Barnard suffered bouts of homelessness and drug addiction for more than a decade. She frequently found care at Fourth Street Clinic, one of the only options the homeless have with the exception of being rushed to hospital emergency rooms if they experience a medical crisis.
In October, Barnard was able to get into her own apartment and now works two jobs as she works to finish
a court-ordered sentence through the state's drug court program. "Am I going to get ornerier?" Barnard asked Cole and Keller during the recent session where she received her medication.
"The answer is yeah," Cole said. But, he assured her, if irritation and anger levels go off the charts, Sam Vincent, a nurse practitioner and Fourth Street volunteer, is available to take her call.
"He's our psych nurse, he can diagnose and prescribe," said Jennifer Hyvonen, the clinic's external affairs director.
The hepatitis C treatment can be costly. The clinic's patient assistance coordinator, Verthanial Benally, has worked to get a wide array of prescription medications at free or reduced costs for the clinic's steady stream of clients. Drugs are also donated, said Cole, enabling the clinic to provide hepatitis C shots to patients at no cost. Without the donations, one shot alone can cost $500.
"We'll spend $53,000 on drugs and vaccines and we'll dispense $2.7 million annually," Hyvonen said.
With an army of 450 volunteers, the Fourth Street Clinic operates on an annual budget of $7.2 million, Hyvonen said, with over $3 million of that total coming from donations.
The Fourth Street Clinic began administering hepatitis C treatments in April 2009. Within three years the clinic had screened 137 patients and accepted 22 for treatment.
Of that number, 11 completed their treatment course, Cole said, and five were considered "cured" in tests given six months after stopping treatment. Two showed recurrent virus at 6 months, and four still await their six-month follow-up blood test. Four more have started treatment since the end of April.
To Hyvonen, such milestones signal progress in the war she wages every day on behalf of clients transitioning out of homelessness.
"There can be a lot of residual effects of homelessness that people need help processing through to succeed in their new life hepatitis C is one of them," Hyvonen said. "The interferon clinic is one example of how by healing disease, you can heal homelessness."
For Barnard, the care and support she's received from Fourth Street Clinic over the years has been life-changing.
"It was really helpful just to have more positive reinforcement," Barnard said of the clinic's assistance and encouragement. "It was like a family away from family."
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I've managed to resist the urge to setup a blog, until now. A good friend and colleague of mine convinced me to do this based on a discussion we had over a beer the other night (and, let's face it: that's always the best place to have such ideas). So, Martin, thanks for that. I think.
So, the point of this blog, you wonder anxiously? What a great question for a segue into an introduction!
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Even more exciting is the fact that such databases existed. For those of us who understand (or at least know about) graphs, I think it's safe to say that we can all appreciate the representation of social networks, semantics, and other relationship-driven data, as graphs.
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In ACL2 we have adopted Common Lisp as the basis of our modeling language.
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click here for an exceedingly brief introduction to
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In Common Lisp it is very easy to write systems of formulas that manipulate discrete, inductively constructed data objects. In building a model you might need to formalize the notion of sequences and define such operations as concatenation, length, whether one is a permutation of the other, etc. It is easy to do this in Common Lisp. Furthermore, if you have a Common Lisp ``theory of sequences'' you can run the operations and relations you define. That is, you can execute the functions on concrete data to see what results your formulas produce.
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RENTON, Wash. (AP) When Reggie Bush got his chance to face Pete Carroll in the NFC playoffs two seasons ago, he couldn't wait. It was the opportunity to show off before his former college coach when injuries in the New Orleans backfield left Bush as the featured back.
Then Bush carried the ball just five times and was left watching Carroll celebrate the Seahawks' upset victory of the then-defending Super Bowl champs.
Sunday will be Bush's first chance at getting even when Miami hosts Carroll's Seahawks.
``We had a lot of games together and played a lot of football. It's always great to go against our old guys, and nothing different than this one,'' Carroll said. ``We'll try and tackle the heck out of him if we can corral him, but he is a very special football player and it still shows.''
Bush and Carroll will always be linked for their time at USC when the Trojans were the most dominant team in college football. Bush was the speeding blur that couldn't be stopped and Carroll the buzzing leader on the sideline.
They'll also be forever linked by the subsequent NCAA probe into improper gifts Bush's family received during his time playing at USC, and the eventual decision Bush made to return his 2005 Heisman Trophy.
Since Carroll returned to the NFL before the start of the 2010 season, the contact between the two has been limited. The Seahawks played New Orleans twice during the 2010 season - Bush missed the regular-season game - and this will be the first time the pair will face off since that playoff game best remembered for the running of Seattle's Marshawn Lynch and not anything Bush did.
``I'm looking for getting a win. That's what I'm looking forward to,'' Bush said. I'm not so much worried about who's on the other side of the field.''
Bush is being used in a far different manner than the last time Carroll schemed against his former star. When the Seahawks prepared to face the Saints in the playoffs, they saw formations specifically designed to get Bush available in open space, trying to get him in as many one-on-one situations with linebackers and safeties as possible.
With the Dolphins, Bush has been the featured back, being asked to use his speed on the perimeter but also to run between the tackles. Bush's season started strongly, but in the last three weeks he has a combined 24 carries for 82 yards during the Dolphins' three-game losing streak.
``Everybody is staying upbeat. Guys know we still have a lot of football to play and we're not out of this thing yet,'' Bush said. ``I haven't seen anybody falling off the map. Everybody has been pretty upbeat.''
Carroll believes Bush has matured as a runner, no longer just rushing as fast as he can to the line of scrimmage, but displaying more patience for running lanes to open up.
``Reggie has really found his tempo coming to the line of scrimmage and seeing things and using his quickness and darting and using his quickness into open spaces. He looks like a more mature runner now,'' Carroll said. ``He used to run it up in there as fast as he could and hit it hard and it wasn't to his advantage all the time in his career, but he's really on it now.''
This might not be the best week for Bush and the Dolphins' struggling run game to try and get restarted. Seattle is third in the NFL in total defense and 10th in run defense, giving up just 100.6 yards per game on the ground. Only San Francisco, with Frank Gore, and Minnesota, with Adrian Peterson, have been able to top 100 yards rushing as a team against the Seahawks this season.
And Seattle will have back versatile outside linebacker K.J. Wright after he missed most of the last two games with a concussion.
``Defensively they bring a lot of pressure and exotic fronts and create turnovers, and making plays when they have to, and winning games when they have to,'' Bush said. ``That's kind of coach Carroll's signature.''
AP Sports Writer Steven Wine in Davie, Fla., contributed to this story.
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The Human Revolution mod adds five new races to Distant Worlds and edits one. The standard human race is edited to reflect the background story of this mod, and five more interesting races are also added. This was done because I personally found the human race in DW quite plain and boring. It did not provide for good gameplay, in my opinion, and as an AI adversary seldom proposed any resistance either. That is about to change - the Humans have got company.
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| This article is about the Boy Scout Troop Bugler position.
Also see Bugling Merit Badge.
|Serving as Bugler can apply towards Positions of Responsibility requirements for Star and Life but not Eagle.
Position description
The Troop Bugler should be able to make appropriate bugle calls, as requested, at troop activities.
Reports to
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
- Make appropriate bugle calls, as requested, at troop activities.
- In many troops the Bugler plays a trumpet instead of a bugle.
- Serving as Bugler is a requirement for Bugling Merit Badge.
- Being able to play a bugle or trumpet can be used towards requirement 1 of Music Merit Badge: Sing or play a simple song or hymn chosen by your counselor using good technique, phrasing, tone, rhythm, and dynamics.. Read all the signs and terms of the score.
See also
|Scouts BSA portal
Troop Positions of Responsibility
(Youth Positions)
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Toulouse, March 31st 2009, the IGE+XAO Group announces:
In the first half of 2008/2009, IGE+XAO reports a 4.8% growth in turnover, with the figure of 10,964,826 euros as compared to 10,465,904 euros the previous year. The growth is all the more impressive as it was achieved in a tight economic situation and, in addition, the contribution from contracts for the Group's PLM offer (Product Life-cycle Management) dedicated to Electrical Engineering, so far has remained stable from one year to the next.
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Their View | New EPA rules are a strong and overdue response to perilous challenge
The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald June 6:
Faced with the prospect of either bypassing Congress or doing nothing about America's poisonous greenhouse-gas emissions, President Obama made the right decision. He set a goal of cutting carbon pollution from power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
The most important aspect of the Obama plan is that it represents, at last, a concrete response to an undeniable challenge. Doing nothing is not an option when facing the dire consequences of climate change. Human beings are not helpless when it comes to protecting themselves, their planet and the future.
Predictably, the president's decision kicked up a ruckus. To judge from the negative response by the coal industry and his political opponents, one would think the president had put forth a radical proposal with impossible goals.
Nonsense. The Environmental Protection Agency rules are modest by any fair measure. Plus, they offer maximal deference to states.
The regulations assign each state a separate pollution-reduction target and allow the states to find their own way to meet the goals. And each state and utility would have 15 years to devise its own solutions in a way that causes the least amount of disruption. The idea is to let states tailor strategies that best fit their economies and mix of energy sources.
Although the plan is the boldest step by the Obama administration in using executive authority on global warming, the EPA's targets are readily within reach. Emissions have already fallen 10 percent since 2005 and were heading down even without the latest rule.
Beyond the flexibility and feasibility of the plan, there are many other things to like about Obama's proposal:
• Health benefits. "Power plant pollution makes people sick and cuts lives short," said the American Lung Association, one of many health organizations that applauded the administration's action.
• Clean energy. It offers growth incentives for businesses and innovators eager to devise new and better ways to generate electricity. Jobs that might be lost in coal country will be more than made up by new jobs created in expanding cheaper alternative-energy sources and bringing old, inefficient coal plants up to date.
• Natural gas. It allows the U.S. to capitalize on abundant North American natural-gas supplies, furthering a renewal of the energy business that has seen deliveries of imported oil plunge in the past few years.
• Leadership. It puts the United States on track to meet the targets set forth in a U.N. accord in 2009, when Obama pledged in Copenhagen that this country would cut its greenhouse-gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. By itself, this action will not stop climate change, but it gives the United States the moral authority to goad and encourage other nations to act responsibly.
The coal industry and its representatives immediately pounced on the plan and called it Obama's "war on coal." Wrong. Coal is losing the battle to natural gas and other alternatives in the marketplace.
If anything, this is reality's war on coal. To survive, the industry must adapt to what needs to become the new normal.


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Bitcoin was wobbling around the $1,000 mark Thursday, with a couple of high-profile suspects apparently to blame for knocking the wind out of the virtual currency.
Overnight, the People's Bank of China not only warned of bitcoin risks but barred the country's financial institutions from offering services linked to the virtual currency. Bitcoin isn't a real currency, the central bank said, so it shouldn't be used as one by the market. The note was issued jointly with bank, insurance and securities regulators and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The PBOC separately warned of speculative trading risks and money laundering linked to bitcoin. One of the biggest boosts to bitcoin has been last month's blessing by U.S. federal authorities. Bitcoin was trading around $600 just before that mid-November meeting and shortly afterward topped $1,200, fueling speculation it could soon surpass the price of an ounce of gold .
But by Thursday it looked to be coming back to Earth. In addition to an unblessing by China's central bank, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan may also have played a role in the bitcoin backup. In an interview published late Wednesday, he warned prices are unsustainably high:
"It's a bubble," Greenspan told Bloomberg News. "It has to have intrinsic value. You have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of bitcoin is. I haven't been able to do it. Maybe somebody else can."
Expanding on just how befuddled he is, Greenspan said this:
"I do not understand where the backing of bitcoin is coming from. There is no fundamental issue of capabilities of repaying it in anything which is universally acceptable, which is either intrinsic value of the currency or the credit or trust of the individual who is issuing the money, whether it's a government or an individual."
In any case, neither China nor Greenspan was doing any favors for bitcoin, which recently traded around $978.62, touching a session low of $870. And adding some insult to injury, officials from the land that birthed tulip mania, the Netherlands, have also been sounding off about bitcoin.
Harkening back to that 17th-century floral phenomenon, Nout Wellink, the former president of the Dutch central bank, told students at the University of Amsterdam that bitcoin is mainly "hype" and is a "building that sooner or later collapses."
"This is worse than the tulip mania. At least then you got a tulip [at the low end]; now you get nothing," said Wellink, who is now a commissioner at the state-run Bank of China. A day earlier the Dutch central bank itself was warning consumers be cautious of bitcoin and its clones.
Even Ron Paul got in on the act.
As did tweeters:
Due to strong fundamentals, bitcoin has nowhere to go but up pic.twitter.com/agTvjJxapQ
— bitcoin.txt (@bitcoin_txt) December 5, 2013
Ok, China doesn't like #Bitcoin. But isn't the whole point that Bitcoin doesn't need to be liked by any government? http://t.co/1QnWX1eja0
— Peter Dalmaris (@futureshocked) December 5, 2013
Hang on. This from the guy that said cannot spot bubbles ex-ante: Greenspan Says Bitcoin a Bubble http://t.co/y8PLJsvQQl
— Simon Smith (@simonsmithy) December 5, 2013
Also read:
Bitcoin's uncertain future vs. its meteoric rally
Why aren't you up as much as bitcoin?
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As both a social and a natural science, the geography major provides a strong background in the discipline and a substantial foundation for a liberal arts education. Students who major in geography develop a fuller understanding of our world through critical thinking, problem solving, writing, mapping, public speaking, information literacy and teamwork, using methods that range from ethnography and archival research to field and laboratory work, and tools such as GIS (advanced computer mapping).
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Close ties with other departments and programs allow students to pursue complementary studies in such fields as economics, political science, sociology, environmental studies, women's and gender studies and international relations. Many geography students choose to double major.
"What are the sets of events that created this? What are the impacts and implications for the people who live there? And how do we make the world better for people based on this knowledge? For me, that's what geography does."More about Professor Marsh
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Dr. Peter Schakel of the English faculty has been presented the 49th "Hope Outstanding Professor Educator" (H.O.P.E.) Award by the graduating Class of 2013.
The H.O.P.E. award, first given in 1965, is presented by the graduating class to the professor who they feel epitomizes the best qualities of the Hope College educator. Schakel was named the recipient during the college's Commencement ceremony, held at the Ray and Sue Smith Stadium on Sunday, May 5.
It wasn't the first time that Schakel, invited to the stage to accept the award, had stood in front of the gathered class. He had delivered the Opening Convocation address, "A Boy Called Eustace and a Hope Education," when the members of the Class of 2013 were previously together as a group, as newly minted freshmen in August of 2009.
Schakel is the Peter C. and Emajean Cook Professor of English and chairperson of the department. He has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1969, and has held his endowed professorship since 1984.
He is an internationally respected scholar of C.S. Lewis's work. He has published seven books on Lewis, including most recently "The Way into Narnia: A Reader's Guide" in 2005 and "Is Your Lord Large Enough? How C.S. Lewis Expands Our View of God" in 2008.
Schakel has also written and edited books on Jonathan Swift and 18th-century British literature, and has co-authored or co-edited four literature and poetry textbooks with colleague Jack Ridl, professor emeritus of English.
In January of this year, he received the college's "Provost's Award for Service to the Academic Program," and in 2004 Hope presented him with the "Ruth and John Reed Faculty Achievement Award." He has received external recognition including a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship for college teachers during 1979-80; NEH summer seminar support in 1981, 1987 and 1997; and Mythopoeic Society Scholarship Awards in 1984, 1992 and 1996.
Schakel graduated from Central College in Iowa in 1963. He completed his M.A. at Southern Illinois University in 1964, and his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin in 1969.
Schakel's family has also been an active part of the Hope community. His wife of 45 years, Karen, who died in December 2009, served as office manager and editorial assistant of The Van Raalte Institute at Hope. Their daughter Jennifer and son Jonathan graduated from the college in 1989 and 1994 respectively, their son-in-law Timothy Hoffman is a 1986 Hope graduate, and their grandson Jonathan Hoffman was a Hope freshman during the 2012-13 school year.


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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has approved reducing the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor by one day, a move that will significantly reduce the number of legal immigrants who can be deported for lesser crimes.
Federal law lets legal immigrants be deported if they are given a sentence of one year or more. But California law defines misdemeanors as crimes qualifying for jail terms of a year or less.
SB1310, signed into law by Brown on Monday, reduces the maximum penalty for misdemeanors to 364 days to conform to the federal law.
Advocates project the one-day change could affect thousands of immigrants in California.
There was no organized opposition to the bill by Democratic Sen. Ricardo Lara of Bell Gardens.
The law takes effect in January.


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Today is Saturday, April 6, the 96th day of 2002 with 269 to follow.
The moon is waning, moving toward its new phase.
The morning star is Mercury.
The evening star is Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include newspaper editor Joseph Medill in 1823; journalist Lincoln Steffens in 1866; actor Walter Huston in 1884; radio commentator Lowell Thomas in 1892; baseball Hall-of-Famer Gordon "Mickey" Cochrane in 1903; geneticist James Watson in 1928 (age 74); musician Andre Previn in 1929 (age 73); country singer Merle Haggard and actor Billy Dee Williams, both in 1937 (age 65); producer/director Barry Levinson in 1942 (age 60); singer/actress Michelle Phillips in 1944 (age 58); and actors John Ratzenberger ("Cheers") in 1947 (age 55), Marilu Henner ("Taxi") in 1952 (age 50) and Candace Cameron ("Full House") in 1976 (age 26).
On this date in history:
In 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints was founded in a log cabin in Fayette, N.Y.
In 1851, Portland, Ore., was founded.
In 1868, Morman Church leader Brigham Young married his 27th, and last, wife.
In 1896, the first modern Olympics formally opened at Athens, Greece, after a 1,500-year hiatus.
In 1909, Robert E. Peary and co-explorer Matthew Henson reached the North Pole.
In 1917, the United States declared war on Germany, propelling the United States into World War I.
In 1931, nine black youths accused of raping two white women went on trial in Scottsboro, Ala. All were convicted in a hasty trial, but by 1950 were free by parole, appeal or escape.
In 1938, Du Pont researchers Roy Plunkett and Jack Rebok accidentally created the chemical compound that was later marketed as Teflon.
In 1947, the first Tony Awards, honoring distinguished work in the theater, were presented in New York City.
In 1968, federal troops and National Guardsmen were ordered out in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Detroit, as rioting continued over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1991, Iraq's parliament accepted a permanent cease-fire in the Gulf War.
In 1992, science fiction patriarch Isaac Asimov died after lengthy illness. He was 72.
In 1993, testimony concluded in the federal trial of four Los Angeles police officers charged with violating Rodney King's civil rights during his 1991 arrest. (Two of the officers would eventually be convicted.)
In 1994, the presidents of the African nations of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash in the capital city of Rwanda. The incident triggered bloody fighting between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups that ultimately left hundreds of thousands of people dead.
Also in 1994, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who had served on the U.S. Supreme Court since being chosen by President Nixon in 1970, announced his retirement.
In 1996, rioting broke out in Liberia following the arrest of factional leader Roosevelt Johnson on murder charges.
In 1998, federal health officials announced that tamoxifen, a synthetic hormone, prevented breast cancer in women at high risk.
In 1999, in the first state referendum of its kind, voters in Missouri voted 52 to 48 percent against a proposal to allow the carrying of concealed weapons. The National Rifle Association reportedly had spent $4 million in support of the referendum.
In 2000, the father of Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez arrived in the United States to take custody of his six-year-old son.
In 2001, the Senate approved a $1.2 trillion tax cut over 10 years, somewhat less than the $1.6 trillion passed by the House and advocated by President Bush.
Also in 2001, a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted an Algerian man on charges stemming from his arrest at the U.S.-Canadian border in December 1999. Prosecutors said Ahmen Ressam was planning to set off explosions during the millennium celebrations.
A thought for the day: Mahatma Gandhi said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."


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The holiday season is right around the corner. For most people, this starts with a big Thanksgiving dinner, followed by days of leftovers and an onset of sugar-filled treats through the new year. If we�re not careful, these treats add up fast.
The holiday season is right around the corner. For most people, this starts with a big Thanksgiving dinner, followed by days of leftovers and an onset of sugar-filled treats through the new year. If we�re not careful, these treats add up fast.
According to the National Council on Strength and Fitness, the average person will gain 1 to 2 pounds during the holiday season. Someone who is obese stands the chance of gaining 5 to 7 pounds.
Here are several tips to help fight �the battle of the bulge� and keep fit this holiday season.
1. Don�t skip the gym. We all know this time of year is busy with holiday parties, children�s programs and other festive activities. Get up earlier or schedule in your gym time. Either way, make it a commitment you can�t break.
2. Walk more. Whether it be another stroll around neighborhood or a few good laps around the office, every step counts. Find 20 minutes each day to do a brisk walk. This could burn upwards of 120 calories.
3. Take part in a festive activity. Take the family on walk around the block to look at Christmas lights or put on some skates to for a fun time on the ice.
4. Sign up for a holiday-themed race. There several races in the area you can take part in. Here are a few to check out:
l Second annual 30A Thanksgiving 10k and 1 Mile Fun Run at Rosemary Beach. It will be Thursday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 a.m. It benefitsDonations 4 Danny, Lighthouse Family Retreat and Food For Thought.
l Third annual Luminaria Run to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, presented by Shelter House. It will take place Saturday, Dec. 7, in Destin at 4:30 p.m.
l 2013 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis. It will be Saturday, Dec. 7, at 9 a.m. in Fort Walton Beach.
5. Drink more water. It�s a great appetite suppressant and will keep you hydrated and feeling fuller, longer. It is also a great way to save some calories throughout the day.
6. Eat smart. This doesn�t mean you have to give up all the good stuff, just be mindful of quantity. Smaller portions allow you to still enjoy the different treats without sacrificing your waistline. If you�re headed to a party, eat something healthy before you go. This will keep you on track and from over-indulging.
I like to think, everything in moderation. Whether it be working out, eating or taking part in the festivities, make a plan and stick to it this holiday season!
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Aircraft Carriers
The Role of an Aircraft Carrier (CVS)
Since the end of the Cold War, the role of the Invincible Class aircraft carriers (CVS) has evolved from one of sea control to maritime force projection. In order to meet the needs of this shift in role, the CVS fleet has undergone a series of modifications and now embarks a Tailored Air Group (TAG). The TAG principle achieves total flexibility and mission focus, the fixed wing element borne from an amalgamated force - known as Joint Force Harrier (JFH) - consisting of aircraft from both Royal Navy FA2 (until OSD 2006) and Royal Air Force GR7/7A Harrier squadrons.
The primary mission for the CVS is to deploy JFH and Fleet aircraft in pursuit of national objectives. This mission can be broken down into 5 key roles:
1. Maritime Strike (MarStrike)
The primary role for the CVS concerns the conduct of air operations against land targets, while minimising the dependence on host nation support. Missions would include: Air Interdiction (AI) of enemy supply routes and lines of communication; Close Air Support (CAS) of deployed friendly ground forces; Defensive Counter Air (DCA) using the FA2 to repel enemy air attacks; and Offensive Counter Air (OCA) in order to render the enemy's air assets useless.
Increasingly, these missions will require the use of precision and discriminatory weapons delivered by JFH aircraft, supported by the Sea King ASaC MK7 helicopter.
2. Littoral Manoeuvre (LitM)
Another major role for the CVS concerns the use of support helicopters in aid of amphibious or other air manoeuvre operations - not dissimilar to how HMS Ocean operates as a Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH).
This role is not compatible for a CVS tasked as a MarStrike platform, however, in times of operational need, a strategic decision to re-roll a CVS as a second LPH could be taken.
3. Optimised Access
In order to succeed in either the MarStrike or LitM role, the CVS will need to operate effectively within the littoral environment (defined as coastal sea areas and that portion of the land, which is susceptible to influence or support from the sea). To achieve this, sea lines of communication between support vessels and the battle area/theatre of operation need to be protected at all times. Integrated with other task group units, aircraft, such as the Merlin HM Mk1 and Sea King ASaC Mk7, will be used to achieve the sea control (or freedom of action to use the sea for our own purpose) necessary to assure littoral access.
Optimised Access is thus a concurrent role and CVS are capable of supporting this task regardless of other activity.
4. Command and Control (C2)
In circumstances where there is a need to reduce the land footprint of allied forces on allied / hostile territory, the capacity to direct and co-ordinate the battle from onboard the CVS may become a priority.
The flexibility of the CVS in supporting Maritime Component Commanders at sea has already been successfully demonstrated, and work to further refine this capability is currently underway.
5. Other
Additional roles for the CVS include wider Defence Diplomacy, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, Evacuation and Peace Support operations. These tasks would be achieved by adapting the CVS and embarked aircraft capabilities to support the required mission.
Although considered to be tertiary roles, any available CVS could be tasked at short notice without specific training, equipment or logistic modification to undertake such a mission.
Maritime Aviation Development
With the creation of JFH and the increasing emphasis on Maritime Power Projection, the previous approach of preformed Carrier Air Groups (CAG) attached to each CVS is now obsolete. Instead, a Tailored Air Group (TAG) is created from JFH, Naval helicopters and other assets, for each operation. The nature of the TAG demands that the CVS is flexible and capable enough to provide the facilities to support the mission.
Recent conflicts in Iraq and the Balkans continue to demonstrate the versatility and importance of the CVS as a national defence capability. Their ability to operate and be sustained indefinitely without host nation support makes a key pillar of Britain's Maritime Strategy.
For more information on the aircraft that are usually embarked on the invincible class carriers please click on the link below.
Tailored Air Group
Fact File
|Pennant Number
|Ark Royal
|22,000 tonnes
|210m / 686ft
|36m / 118ft
|30 kts
|726 Ship's company 384 Air Group personnel
|3 x Phalanx/Goalkeeper (CIWS) 2 x 20mm Close range guns
|A mix (depending on role) of Harrier GR7 and GR9s, Sea King AEW and Sea King and Chinook stores or troop-carrying helicopters and Merlin anti-submarine helicopters.
COGAG (Combined Gas and Gas), 2 Shafts4 x Gas Turbines producing 72MW


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12/19/11 - My Last Minute, Non-Obvious Holiday Gift Guide for 2011 went up at Slashgear over the weekend. I've also filled out my full Slashgear column history below.
@greengart - one of these days I'll get this site off an ancient version of FrontPage and add a "latest tweets" column. Not today.
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As part of a rotating group of analyst contributors I was asked to write a column for RCR Wireless. An index of my 2007 columns can be found here. I was also asked back for a one-off at the end of 2010: Analyst Angle: What to expect when youre expecting consumer devices in the year 2011, December 29, 2010
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Most of my reports on mobile devices are for Current Analysis clients only; however, Current Analysis Spotlights was a report format that was free for all from 2005 - 2007. An Index to my Spotlight reports can be found here.
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UMKC has notified the Summit League of its intention to withdraw from that conference, effective June 30, 2013.
UMKC will be immediately eligible for postseason championship play at both the conference and NCAA level in each of its 16 sports. The WAC holds an automatic NCAA postseason berth in each of the sponsored team sports.
The WAC has a 50-year history of intercollegiate competition and has had tremendous success in the NCAA postseason in all of its sports during this time. In men's basketball, the WAC has sent at least two teams to the NCAA Tournament in 24 of the past 29 seasons. UMKC becomes the ninth member of the Western Athletic Conference in 2013-14, joining California State University, Bakersfield; Chicago State University; Grand Canyon University; University of Idaho; New Mexico State University; Seattle University, The University of Texas-Pan American and Utah Valley University.
"We accepted the invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference because of the strong potential alignment it offers with our strategic objectives related to community engagement and financial strength," said UMKC Chancellor Leo E. Morton.
"We are extremely pleased with the addition of UMKC to the WAC family," said WAC Interim Commissioner Jeff Hurd. "It not only solidifies our membership for the 2013-14 season, but also gives us a strong core of institutions that will help the WAC reestablish itself as a top Division I conference."
"We are excited about this new era in UMKC Athletics," Director of Athletics Tim Hall said. "We look forward to competing alongside the institutions in the WAC and providing a great experience for our student-athletes."
UMKC and WAC officials will discuss the move in detail at a press conference Thursday Feb. 14 on the UMKC Campus. The start time and location for the press conference will be announced at a later date.
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The Settlers of Catan – Something Completely Different
Far too much time has elapsed since my last post. It's a consequence of life inserting its priorities over my own, but fortunately I'm quite happy. That, despite writing far less, working a great deal more, and cutting back on almost anything remotely entertaining.
Notice I said, "almost."
Because if one has children and limited childcare, part of getting through summer involves dropping all non-essential activities and turning attention onto them. And the best way to shower attention is through…games, right?
Well, just like all scientists, the only way to find out is through experimentation. Hence, the segway into TinySci – I wanted to see if a 6 year old could learn to play a challenging game of The Settlers of Catan. And have fun.
This post isn't about the game play itself, of which there's a significant chunk of literature out and about the Internet. Suffice it to say, all you've read is correct:
- Settlers of Catan is fun, novel, balanced, and well deserving of its many awards;
- It's easy to learn and excellent for many people;
- Despite the rumors, its can be tuned for a nice game for 2; and,
- The 4th edition board pretty much sucks.
Rather than reiterate all the praise extolled onto The Settlers of Catan, I'm focusing on the last point – the board. And the fact that it sucks. And what I did to remedy it.
But in case you were wondering, the 6 year old and I had a blast playing it.
When laid out according to the instructions, the 4th edition "board" is one comprised of 15 hexagonal land tiles surrounded by interlocking shoreline tiles. In theory, this implementation is a dream come true, as the shoreline tiles keep the interior hexagonal land tiles in place. In practice, this implementation is a minor nightmare resulting from hexagonal tiles that are ever-so-slightly too large to fit into an interior space that's ever-so-slightly too small.
To be exact, each hexagonal tile is about 79 mm wide. Five of them, end to end, form the longest stretch of land requiring 395 mm of width within the shore tiles. And now, the distance between the shore tiles? About 393 mm. Yup, 2 mm short.
But wait – you're thinking, how could 2 mm over the span of almost 400 mm make a difference? We're talking about a factor of about 1/2 of 1%. The problem is, the stiff tile boards are about 1 mm thin, which means they can give and take under pressure. It also means if you push and shove, you can fit the hexagonal tiles within the shoreline tiles. BUT, since some pressure is required to fit the land tiles within the sea tiles, the inevitable happens: Warping. Warping in a bad way.
My son and I learned and played the game together one late afternoon, we had a blast, but we didn't put it away when we finished. We left it in the land-tile-within-shore-tile configuration until the next morning. And that's when I saw it – the previously flat board had turned into a warped mess. The land tiles had warped slightly, but the sea tiles warped to the point where using them again made the game altogether unplayable. I took the sea tiles and had them sit under a stack of heavy textbooks for 24 hours, but that only helped marginally. I read about how one guy ironed his flat (using low heat and a towel on top), but it wasn't until I saw the warping with my own eyes did I believe it.
Warp happens.
So, how does one rationally reconcile buying a very expensive board game with these results? Well, returning the game wasn't an option – it's too fun. Which meant, going for the gold: Doing something, custom, home-built…but what?
Others have gone this route to varying degrees of success and effort. I liked the solution that involved ditching the board altogether and creating an entire one, a three dimensional one from scratch using a clay mold and tons of time. Wow, the result is amazing. Unfortunately, as I mentioned earlier, I didn't have the time.
I opted for quicker, cheaper, and a smidgen less nice. The result, still incomplete, is wonderful. It consists of a backing made from artist's board, foam board to replace the exterior sea tiles, and rubber cement. As you can see from the picture above, everything sits flush, without pressure, without any bend or warping. The cost of materials? Approximately $12.
In a nutshell, I cut out the land tile form from the foam board and glued the remaining frame to the stiff artist's board which serves as the backing. I also cut out rectangles from the bottom to hold the cards. The result? Carefree enjoyment of the game!
I said I was almost done. The remaining work will occur on the backside where I will create a similar form that will fit the extended 5-6 person game. This isn't the highest priority though, as we're not expecting any company soon. Still, it's great because the same board will serve both versions of the game.
Also, I ordered some cheap hexagonal 79 mm wide 3 mm thick tiles onto which I'm going to adhere the land tiles. Why? Because the ones that come with the set are so thin. After paying so much for the game, I want it to last. Gluing them to engineered fiberboard should do the trick. These tiles should arrive in a week – more about that when they arrive.
For those who are interested, here are step-by-step instructions:
The Ingredients:
- Go to Aaron Brothers and buy a pre-primed engineered guaranteed-not-to-warp artist's board. I got one that's 18 inches by 24 inches for about $8. This will serve as the backing of your custom board. You could go larger if you wish. Smaller, I wouldn't recommend, as you'd have a tough time to squeeze in the outer sea chips.
- While you're there, also buy rubber cement (or other glue of your choice), and foam board. I purchased two pieces of foam board for about $5 each. I also went with black, but you could go for a more "realistic" blue to simulate the ocean.
- You'll need either an Exacto-knife or a box cutter (I used a box cutter with a new blade).
- Tracing paper helps but is not necessary. A ruler and a pencil is required! Tape helps.
- Sand paper.
The Build:
- Smooth out the edges and especially the corners of the artist's board. They're sharp. And, this is optional, you may want to smooth out the edges of the land tiles to remove the "hanging chad" (You'll know what I mean when you see it. I did, but be careful and don't sand away too much of your tile!).
- Cut the foam board to the size of the artist's board. Start by tracing the artist's board over the foam board and use a ruler to help make your cuts. BE CAREFUL AND DON'T CUT YOURSELF. Having access to a cutting board helps.
- If you have tracing paper, lay the land tiles on it and trace its circumference with a pencil. It helps to place a weight over each tile so it doesn't move once you set it down (I used empty water glasses, though, room temperature cans of soda work too). Make sure you lay the tiles adjacent to each other, but not snugly. Give yourself an iota of wiggle-room so that everything lays down perfectly flat without bunching up. Once you have your trace, superimpose it over the foam board and center it as you see fit. I centered mine width-wise but off centered it length-wise. Once you have your tracing paper positioned, tape it in place.
- If you don't have tracing paper do step 3 but directly on top of the foam board. Be sure to center the tiles (or, in my case, off-center them) as you see fit. Trace the circumference of these tiles with a pencil, then remove the tiles.
- Cut out the land section from the foam board. If you have tracing paper, just cut through the paper. It helps to start your cuts on the outside and to work your way into the piece to be discarded. It also helps to use a ruler. And, again, BE CAREFUL AND DON'T CUT YOURSELF.
- If you want, cut out rectangle slots for the cards, but BE CAREFUL AND DON'T CUT YOURSELF. You'll need six slots for the 5 different resource card and the development cards. I spaced my cuts as such (starting at the edge): 0.75 inches, 2.25 inches, 0.6 inches, 2.25 inches, 0.6 inches, 2.25 inches, 0.6 inches, 2.25 inches, 0.6 inches, 2.25 inches, 0.6 inches, 2.25 inches, 0.75 inches for total of 18 inches. While the cards are 2.125 inches wide, I added the extra 1/8th inch to avoid putting pressure on the cards.
- Glue your masterpiece to the artist's board. I used rubber cement because I thought it would make things easy. In retrospect, I may have opted for Elmer's glue, as the rubber cement dried a bit too fast for my tastes. In the end, it worked. Be sure to place a few text books over the foam board for at least an hour to help the glue set. The nice thing about rubber cement is that if you make a mistake, it's very easy to remove the glue and start over.
- That's it – go and play!
As I said, I'm waiting for some sturdy 3mm hex boards to arrive, upon which I'm gluing the land hex tiles. I purchased them from http://www.gf9.com/ – I ordered a "quart"-worth (I know, odd, but hey, that's how they roll) and I'll let you know how many I get, if it's worth it, and if it works within the frame I built. All signs point to an optimistic outcome. Still, even without that, this modified board works like a dream. It's a shame that something similar doesn't come with the purchased product.
And, I'm confident that if anything, we'll get more mileage out of the game. Which, in the end, hopefully implies a more entertaining summer for me and my son.


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