40 people have lost their lives in New Zealand, where terror attacks have been committed in two mosques in the city Christchurch today, according to the country's government.
Radio New Zealand's news portal reports that the tragic events have taken place on Friday, March 15.
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated in a press conference it was now clear that this could only be described as a terrorist attack and New Zealand's threat level had been raised from low to high.
«Ten people have lost their lives in this act of extreme violence at Linwood mosque … a further 30 have lost their lives at the Deans Avenue Mosque. (..) It does appear to have been well planned. Two explosive devices attached to suspects' vehicles have been found and they have been disarmed,» said New Zealand's Prime Minister.
Four suspects have been arrested, three of which were connected to the attack, according to Ardern.
British public broadcaster BBC has later reported that the death toll has risen to 49 people killed and not less than 20 wounded.


In conjunction with Family and Community Services, Basketball NSW are providing our member associations the opportunity to apply for funding in order to assist in the facilitation of Walking Basketball Pilot Programs.
The funding will support our affiliate members as endorsed providers in running a six week introductory pilot program. In the first round, a number of associations were awarded the funding to launch Walking Basketball, with a further five associations being offered to begin in early 2019.
Originating in Victoria, Walking Basketball is a fun, social way for participants to be remain active. It offers a low impact alternative to exercise for participants of all abilities. For our associations, it is a way to connect to the broader community through social inclusion, increase members and greater overall enjoyment.
"On the back of it's great success in round one, we are more than excited to offer the opportunity to a further five associations to register their interest in the program and begin Walking Basketball to help engage local community groups in fitness, social engagement and in the fostering friendships," Inclusion officer, Rachel Herrick.
The sessions last for 60 minutes and are made up of warm up, skill based drills and 'game play'. Sessions are designed to be adaptable based on the participants skill level, fitness and mobility. Following the sessions, morning tea is provided to make it an enjoyable social outing, rather than just exercise.
– A coach – prior coaching experience in this space is not required. Training will be provided. A an open mind, and a good sense of humour is a good start !
– A full acquittal of the funds, evaluation from coaches and the association. Feedback from participants.
– Six week program to be completed by 21st December 2018.
Expressions of Interest (linked below as PDF) needs to be filled out and forwarded to Rachel Herrick at [email protected] by COB Friday 14th December 2018.


This page represents the following Surnames: Canuel. Campbell. Camuel. Camel. Cammel.
This name is not intended to represent the Scottish origin of Campbell, but rather the French origin that lost almost all traces of it's French connection after immigrating to North America. This is by no means meant as insult or omission to the Scottish Campbell Clan, but rather an exploration of the descendants of Canuel who have lost all trace of their ancestors because of the name confusion.
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam 'crooked', 'bent' + beul 'mouth'. The surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo 'of the fair field', which led to the name sometimes being 'translated' into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp.
In New England documents, Campbell sometimes occurs as a representation of the French name Hamel.
French: nickname from a diminutive of canu 'old, gray-haired man', an old or dialectal form of chenu (from the Latin adjective canutus).


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Glen Echo - Missouri - USA
Glen Echo Golf Club,
3401 Lucas and Hunt Road,
St. Louis,
Missouri MO 63121,
13 miles NW of Kansas City
Members and their guests only.
Tim Grossman
James Foulis, Robert Foulis
Michael Herbig
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There are only three golf courses that can claim to have hosted the Olympic Games (until Kasumigaseki Country Club finally gets its due post-COVID), and only one in the United States. That course is Glen Echo, designed by 1896 U.S. Open champ James Foulis and built along with his brother Robert. George Lyon would win the first major competition, which leaves Canada tied with England and the United States for individual gold medals in men's golf. The course also hosted numerous LPGA events throughout the '50s, '60s and '70s.
The club also bears distinction for allegedly being the first golf club west of the Mississippi River, and is certainly the longest-running golf club west of the Mississippi. The Scottish Foulis brothers made note of Manifest Destiny with the No. 12 hole, named "Westward Ho" (also a tribute to Royal North Devon Golf Club).
The club remains largely unchanged across the years, and a Pete Dye testament in regard to Glen Echo explains why: "I wouldn't change a thing, even if I wanted to, they wouldn't let me build a course like this today. It's a classic."
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Description: Designed by James and Robert Foulis, the course at Glen Echo Country Club was where the gold medal at the 1904 Olympics in St Louis was won, with Canadian George Lyon beating Chandler Egan in the match play final. Written by: Top100 Aggregated Rating Rating: 5 out of 10 Reviews: 1
Jeff Kissel
Olympic golf! Many scholars of golf history are well aware that such a competition existed before the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, but for the less-well versed, there were two previous golf events in the Games – in 1900 and 1904. The former was held at the Club de Golf Compiègne near Paris, which… doesn't appear to exist anymore. Nevertheless, as it was only nine holes and evidently built in the center of a small and flat horse racing oval, it must not have been that exciting anyway (no offense, Musselburgh). The latter, on the other hand, was held at the Glen Echo Country Club near St. Louis, a newly-built 18-hole course that couldn't have been more different than the host of the previous Games. Brothers James and Robert Foulis laid out the course on about as hilly a site as you'll find in the region, with some rather substantial elevation changes that must have been even more brutish in the days of cleeks and mashies.
The overall routing of Glen Echo – one of what feels like at least a dozen courses to claim the "oldest course west of the Mississippi" distinction – is remarkably close to that which hosted the Games in 1904 based on my research. The only major changes are the combination of two holes to become the existing hole #3, and the creation of the new par three #6 (with slight adjustments to #7 tee location as well). Other sources have indicated that #1 and #18 are "new" (e.g., circa 1920) holes as well, but I can't confirm that. Either way, a large majority of the course routing remains from what was played during Olympic competition, as well as the club's subsequent hosting of the 1906 Western Amateur.
The competition itself has proved to be the stuff of local legend. While the 1900 Games competition was purely 36 holes of stroke play (and only 9 holes for the women's competition, which was not staged in 1904), the 1904 Games was contested via a five-round match play bracket following 36 holes of qualifying to narrow the 75-player field. In addition, teams from several notable amateur golf associations at the time competed in a team event over the qualifying rounds, though due to travel issues most did not attend and a third team had to be thrown together from individual competitors to fill the medal stand. (The Western Golf Association team won.) Notable names in the field included two sons of USGA founder Theodore Havemeyer, prominent local amateur brothers the Stickneys, aviation pioneer and namesake of St. Louis's airport Al Lambert, brother of the course designers Simpson Foulis, and reigning U.S. Amateur champion H. Chandler Egan. Egan made it through the bracket to the finals, only to lose to Canadian former cricketer George Lyon 3&2, with his costly errant drive into the pond on the ultimate hole #15 commemorated by a plaque near that tee.
As for the holes themselves, there are a few memorable ones: #2, a long, straightaway par four with a significant left-to-right slope the whole way to the green, #5, quirky drivable par four with trouble all around the green; #7, a long par four that plays over two valleys; #8,a short par five that plays back over the same two valleys and is nearly indistinguishable from #7 (I would argue that it's easier to make 4 on #8 than #7); #11, a very long par three with its green on a plateau; #15, the historic par four that ended the Olympic match, featuring a pond on the left and a fairway sloping toward it; #16, a long, dogleg left par four with a multi-level green - easily the toughest hole on the course; and #18, another long, slight dogleg right par four with ample bunkering around a smallish green.
Glen Echo will always hold a special place in my heart, as it was where I worked my first summer job in high school – briefly as a caddy, then as a bag room attendant. Needless to say, I made sure to take full advantage of open play on Mondays when it was available. Despite the hills, it's a very walkable course, which was great for a high school kid who loved to walk. It's hard to say that Glen Echo is the best course in the St. Louis area by any stretch – I can think of at least fifteen others in the area that I'd definitely rank higher – but it's a fun old golf course from start to finish that is in typically excellent condition with bentgrass greens, zoysia fairways, and bluegrass roughs. It's certainly worth playing if you're a sucker for history and turn-of-the-century architecture.
Played 15 times between June 30, 1997 and July 31, 2018
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Mesothelioma Court Room Battle Goes to Another Level- Are the Lawyers Going too Far?
By: chris.placitella @ Aug 02, 2012
The following article appeared in today's Legal Intelligencer. This demonstrates clearly the level of acrimony reached in modern product liability cass when the individual takes on corporate America. You decide if the battle has gone too far.
"A Philadelphia senior judge said she declared a mistrial in a hotly contested asbestos case because the defendants sent a copy of their motion for her recusal to the administrative judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas' trial division.
When Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Esther R. Sylvester entered an order granting a mistrial June 28, her order did not give detailed reasons for granting a mistrial, only stating in a one-paragraph order that "based upon the serious appearance of impropriety that occurred during trial, and post-trial, which is a matter of the trial record and of public record, this court hereby declares a mistrial."
Sylvester's opinion, dated July 26, said one of the reasons she was granting a mistrial was because "the overreaching courtroom tactics of defense counsel reached their apogee in an attempt by defense counsel to intimidate the trial judge and improperly influence the outcome of the trial by writing to the administrative judge of the First Judicial District in the middle of the trial to complain that the trial judge was 'biased against defendants,' despite a number of rulings favorable to the defense."
Sylvester said there was a "murky dispute" over whether the letter to Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge John W. Herron, the administrative judge of the trial division, was ex parte, although it now appears that plaintiffs counsel Robert E. Paul, of Paul, Reich & Myers in Philadelphia, had received a copy of the letter in an email.
Herron wrote in a letter to the editor published March 12 in The Legal that he did not know if the motion was sent ex parte. But the administrative judge wrote that he did receive a copy of the defendants' disqualification motion involving Sylvester, but he "promptly discarded it as I have nothing to do with such matters."
Whether the letter was sent ex parte or not, it was improper, Sylvester said in her opinion.
While defendant Honeywell International said in its motion for recusal and mistrial that "'Honeywell respectfully submits that the Honorable Judge Sylvester has improperly exhibited feelings of bias and prejudice toward defendants, and in favor of plaintiffs … such that her impartiality is now justifiably and reasonably eradicated,'" Sylvester wrote that the court "at all times conducted itself appropriately, indeed with restraint, during trial, especially given frequent intentional provocation bordering on contempt."
While defendant Ford Motor Co. filed an appeal on behalf of itself, Honeywell International and Pneumo Abex LLC from Sylvester's order granting a mistrial and Sylvester's order quashing the final judgment docketed by the defendants' praecipe, Sylvester said in her opinion that an order declaring a mistrial is interlocutory and non-appealable in nature.
The senior judge also said plaintiffs counsel were not provided notice of their attempt to enter judgment.
Paul said in amended post-trial motions filed March 22 that the defendants in Webber v. Ford Motor Co. sought to "intimidate" Sylvester by writing to Herron and Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Sandra Mazer Moss about their motion to recuse Sylvester and also by asking Sylvester to adopt a proposed verdict sheet used by Herron when he tried an asbestos case.
Earlier this year, Herron presided over an asbestos case as part of his review of asbestos and other mass tort protocols.
Paul's post-trial motion was filed in the wake of a defense verdict in favor of Ford, Honeywell and Pneumo Abex, and in the wake of a motion by Honeywell, joined by the two co-defendants, seeking Sylvester's recusal as well as a mistrial.
"Having sought to intimidate Judge Sylvester by writing to Judges Herron and Moss during the trial, defendants then sought to intimidate her again to adopt their proposed verdict sheet which had been used, they claimed, by Judge Herron in another case," Paul said in the amended post-trial motion. "No court official or supervisor was involved except to receive, discard and disregard the letters transmitting the motion to recuse and to disregard the motion to recuse itself. Any other interpretation is not supported by the facts."
Paul originally wrote Feb. 27 that "the adoption of this form of verdict sheet was the direct result of the intimidation of the court by defendants. Defendants communicated ex parte to Judges Herron, [Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Allan L.] Tereshko [supervising judge of the trial division's civil section] and Moss falsely complaining about illusory favoritism toward plaintiffs in a letter never sent to plaintiffs counsel. Adoption of this verdict sheet was at direct ex parte instigation by defendants."
In Paul's original motion, he continued, stating that "the court made clear when it noted that the supervising judges had proposed the verdict sheet in response to the ex parte contact at a meeting convened by the supervising judges after the ex parte letter from defendants."
Herron said in his March 12 letter to the editor: "There was no meeting of the supervising judges. There was no effort to influence Judge Sylvester nor would there be. I was not involved in the case. None of us were involved in the trial, the verdict sheet or the jury's decision in favor of the defendants."
Ford's counsel, Sharon L. Caffrey of Duane Morris in Philadelphia, said in court papers that "defendants never attempted to intimidate the court regarding the verdict form, nor was the court intimidated. Rather, Honeywell, joined by the other defendants, presented the court with a verdict form recently used by Judge Herron in an asbestos case, just as plaintiffs proposed a verdict form recently used by [Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Victor] DiNubile. Plaintiffs' contention that Judge Sylvester allowed herself to be intimidated into adopting the verdict form because the form previously had been used by Judge Herron is both preposterous and insulting to Judge Sylvester. Further, the verdict form actually used in the Webber case differs from the verdict form that Honeywell had proposed, because changes were made as a result of the discussion of the issue before Judge Sylvester. Therefore, plaintiffs' argument is not only preposterous, but also irrational."
Honeywell's counsel, Peter J. Neeson and Scott F. Griffith of Rawle & Henderson, wrote in response to Paul's amended post-trial motion that the allegations that the defendants tried to intimidate Sylvester "are not supported by the trial record and are so outrageous, and without any evidentiary support whatsoever, as to warrant the imposition of sanctions against plaintiffs' counsel. Honeywell admits that it joined with the other defendants in proposing to the trial court that it use certain portions of a jury verdict form that Judge Herron had recently used in another case."
Robert N. Spinelli, Catherine N. Jasons and Thomas P. Hanna, of Kelley Jasons McGowan Spinelli Hanna & Reber, are counsel for defendant Pneumo Abex.
Paul, Hanna, Caffrey and Griffith did not respond to requests for comment.
The plaintiff, George Webber, and his wife said in court papers that his peritoneal mesothelioma was diagnosed in October 2010. The plaintiffs argued that Webber was exposed to asbestos from brake linings and clutches used in Ford vehicles, from Bendix brakes and brake linings, and from Abex brake linings. Honeywell is the successor to Bendix.
Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that arises in the lining surrounding the abdominal cavity known as the peritoneum.
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Transtrack International has been acquired by Giesecke & Devrient
Transtrack International, a provider of a comprehensive range of specialized cash supply chain software solutions, has been sold to Giesecke & Devrient (G+D).
Transtrack International is a developer and provider of standard software solutions addressing the control and management of the end-to-end cash supply chain and enhance efficiency, transparency and security. Transtrack International is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is active in 14 different countries around the world. The company's modular software solutions are offered to central banks, commercial banks and cash-in-transit companies.
Based in Germany, G+D is a global security technology group that develops, produces and distributes products and solutions for secure payment, connectivity, identities and digital security.
Oaklins' team in the Netherlands advised the selling shareholders in this transaction.
Frederik van der Schoot
Oaklins Netherlands
Mobile Vikings has been acquired by Proximus
DPG Media NV has sold Mobile Vikings to Proximus. The transaction is still pending Belgian Competition Authority clearance.
E&E News has been acquired by POLITICO
E&E News, the essential news source on energy and the environment, has been acquired by POLITICO, the dominant source of news on politics and policy for a global citizenry. The deal will substantially expand POLITICO's footprint in the energy news space and is part of a bigger move to grow its professional news business. E&E News has some 65 reporters in nine offices around the country, adding to POLITICO's existing 17 editorial staffers focused on energy and environmental news.
The Village Voice has been acquired by Street Media
The Village Voice has been acquired by Street Media, the parent company of LA Weekly and Irvine Weekly.


Group CEO Christine Owens said the increases after years of frustration are achieved by hard-working, lower-income Americans.
"Workers are struggling to pay their bills, but they see that it's the companies and the wealthy CEOs who receive tax breaks, it's just not right," Owens said.
"The American people believe in the value of work – and that workers deserve appreciation, so there is such strong support for raising the minimum wage."
The minimum wage workers from Maine via Missouri to Arizona will see bumps in their paychecks. But even if some states increase their minimum wage, the minimum wage in the US since 2009 is $ 7.25.
Pet shops in California will no longer be able to sell cats, dogs or rabbits from Tuesday unless they come from shelters or non-profit rescue groups.
While Abandoned Pets and Overcrowded Shelters Are As California's nationwide problems, California is the first state to pass such legislation.
The new legislation is not only a "big win for our four-legged friends," said Patrick O "Donnell, the state's deputy who introduced the bill.
It's also a win for California taxpayers who spend "more than $ 250 million a year to house and kill animals in our homes," said Donnell.
California-based companies must have at least one wife on the Board of Directors by the end of 2019.
And by the end of 2021, companies must have at least two or three female board members the size of the board.
Violations of this new law can be punished with $ 100,000 to $ 300,000.
The new law is not only good for justice – it's good for the economy, say supporters.
The law cited a study by the MSCI research group in 2017, which found that US companies that had at least three female directors at the beginning of the period 2011-2016 had a 45% increase in earnings per share achieved as companies that had no female directors at the beginning of the same period.
If you like to hunt, but wear bright orange, lawmakers in Illinois have turned your back. Governor Bruce Vincent Rauner approved House Bill 4231, which extends the color options for hunting from the standard blaze orange to the equally bright blaze pink.
Young people who want to buy cigarettes in Massachusetts must wait until they are 21 years old.
"Increasing the age of purchase of tobacco products in the Commonwealth is an important step in preventing addiction for young people and promoting healthy choices," said Republican Governor Charlie Baker.
The new law also prohibits the use of tobacco products for elementary, secondary or vocational education.
In Illinois, new mothers, who are already busy, have one less concern. According to House Bill 5745: "Any mother nursing her child will be released from the jury service on request."
The state of New York wants you to return the remaining prescriptions.
When the opioid crisis continues to demand more lives, the state of New York announced a drug-taking program to fight the epidemic.
Under the "Drug Take Back Act" With effect from January 6, drug makers will be responsible for the costs of collecting, transporting, and destroying any remaining medicines.
The new law also requires pharmacies to provide collection options in chain and mail order businesses, including drop-box and prepaid return envelopes.
"It is well known that the first offering of opioids is often a family member or drug remnant friend and did not use" a summary of the billing conditions. "To stop this offer, we need to make the return and disposal of these drugs more prominent and accessible."
The program should not only prevent drugs from falling into the wrong hands. It is also intended to prevent patients from flushing leftover medication into the toilet, which can damage the water supply and the aquatic life.
Tired of dodgy officials making money with massive severance packages? Legislators in Illinois seem to feel the same way.
According to Senate Bill 3604, government employees can not receive compensation for misconduct. For other government employees, the compensation may not exceed 20 weeks.
CNN members Susannah Cullinane and Nadeem Muaddi have contributed to this report.


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Musical Arts Series and Department Events
Given the nature of music, performance is at the heart of out Music programs. Multiple events and series run throughout the year bringing artists from across the nation and across the globe. Take a look at the Music Calendar for student practices, performances, and important dates.
Musical Arts Series – 48th Season
All concerts are free to the public. Thank you to our sponsors and donors, without whom this series would not be possible. Special thanks goes to the National Endowment for the Arts, Oklahoma Arts Council, Steger Piano Institute, and the Clark and Wanda Bass Foundation.
Consider being a part of the Musical Arts Series by becoming a donor. Contact Dr. Catalin Dima at cdima@se.edu or call 580-745-2096 for more information.
The 2020-2021 Musical Arts Series will take place online only. SE Recitals will be live streamed at 7:30 p.m. on Southeastern Musical Arts Series Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SOSUMAS. Please visit www.se.edu/music/musical-arts-series/ or contact the Department of Music at 580-745-2088 for more information.
Contact the Department of Music at 580-745-2088 or Southeastern Oklahoma State University at (580) 745-3090 to request assistance due to a disability. Accommodations cannot be guaranteed without adequate advance notice.
September 15, 2020 - Gustavo Romero, piano Open Close
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September 15th, 2020, 7:30pm – SE Recital
Ruth Steger Piano Institute and Clark and Wanda Bass Foundation Lectureship
"A pianist of genius" – The Washington Post "Mr. Romero has great agility, adequate power and an unusually large repertory of colors and dynamic levels. More important, these virtues evoked a sense of the music at hand rather than mere piano techniques" – The New York Times "The playing is authoritative incontrovertibly Beethovenian in re-creating the composers style, technically immaculate and compelling in the extreme" – The Los Angeles Times
Concert pianist Gustavo Romero is internationally renowned for his exceptional technical brilliance and interpretive depth and has gained an acclaimed reputation for his commitment to in-depth exploration of a wide variety of composers.
A native of San Diego with heritage in Guadalajara, Mexico, Mr. Romero discovered his love and gift for the piano at the age of five and gave his first public performances at the age of 10, when he also won his first piano competition. At 13, he performed with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. Rudolf Serkin recognized his exceptional talent, and at the age of 14 he attended the Juilliard School.
Mr. Romero has won many prizes including first prize in the prestigious Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland, The Avery Fisher Career Grant and The Musical America Young Artist Award.
He has performed with the world's leading orchestras including: The New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Houston Symphony, The Boston Pops Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Honolulu Symphony, New World Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, Radio France Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, New Japan Philharmonic, Shanghai Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic, Russian Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Liège Philharmonic, a concert internationally televised from the United Nations.
For the past twenty years, Mr. Romero has performed a summer series of concerts in La Jolla, California, sponsored by the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library featuring music of one composer each year. He has presented the works of Chopin, Bach, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Händel, Liszt, Debussy, Gershwin, Ravel and Rachmaninoff, the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven and Mozart, the complete four-hand and two-piano works of Mozart and Clementi and piano concerti of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Mendelssohn conducting from the keyboard.
In the 2017/18 season Mr. Romero focused on the piano works of Enrique Granados, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth. Concert tours in 2017/18 include Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Vietnam, Taiwan, South Africa and the United States.
In the 2019/20 season Mr.Romero will present the complete Beethoven Sonatas in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. This complete cycle of 32 Sonatas in seven concerts will be presented in the US, Europe, Asia and South Africa.
October 6, 2020 - Oscar Passley, trumpet Open Close
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October 6th, 2020 – 7:30pm SE Recital
Oscar Passley has served on the faculties of the Elan International Music Festival, University of Kentucky Summer Trumpet Institute, Blast of Brass Summer Festival, Tarrant County College (Northwest campus), Northlake College, Collin College and co-founder/host of the annual Dallas Trumpet Workshop. Currently, Passley is the faculty coordinator of the music department at Eastfield College and Lecturer of Trumpet at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is sought after as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the state and nation conducting clinics and workshops at schools and festivals including the Dallas Music Educators Association Jazz Festival, Tarleton State University Jazz Festival, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jazz Festival, Baltimore County Public Schools High School All Honors Jazz Concert, National Trumpet Competition Jazz Semi-Finals and the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Scholarships Competition. In addition, he has also been a guest artist at numerous colleges and universities throughout the country including Mountain View College, Richland College, Missouri State University, Northeastern State University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma Baptist University, Texas Wesleyan University, Texas A&M University at Commerce, University of Dallas, Texas Christian University and Baylor University.
Equally proficient in both classical and jazz genres, Oscar Passley has performed with groups such as the Price/Wright Jazz Orchestra, Kitchen Sync Big Band, Rizpah Lowe Jazz Quartet, Alexandria's Ragtime Band, Bourbon Street Stompers, Inner City All-Stars Brass Band, Eastfield College Faculty Jazz Combo, Texas Star Brass Band, Dallas Wind Symphony, Las Colinas Symphony, Garland Symphony, Arlington Symphony, New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving, Chamber Orchestra of Denton, Voices of Change, Metropolitan Classical Ballet Orchestra, and was Co-Principal at the 2008 Missouri Symphony Summer Festival. He also has been performing with the Dallas Opera Orchestra since the 2005-2006 season.
Oscar Passley has shared the stage with such notable musicians as Andrea Bocelli, Denyce Graves, Michael Sachs, Scott Hartman, Elizabeth Freimuth, Gladys and "Bubba" Knight, Louis Price (former lead singer for the Temptations), Heather Headley, "Bebe" Neuwirth, B. J. Thomas, Bowling for Soup, Rebirth Brass Band, Steve Lippia, Benjamin Wright, Winard Harper, Regina Carter, Bobby Sparks, Keith Anderson, Brad Leali, Tony Baker, Byron Stripling and Wynton Marsalis.
In June 2018, Passley joined the SMU Meadows new music ensemble SYZYGY on a three city tour of South Africa. He played principal trumpet in the "Wading Home" chamber opera production. Venue performances that took place included Nelson Mandela University, Stellenbosch University and University of Pretoria.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland Passley graduated from Morgan State University with a B.A. in music where he studied trumpet with Melvin Miles. He finished master degrees in trumpet performance (M.M.) and music education (M.M.E.) in 2004-2005, studying jazz trumpet with Mike Steinel and classical trumpet with John Holt at the University of North Texas. Dr. Passley holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in trumpet performance at UNT.
November 10, 2020 - Orphic Percussion Ensemble Open Close
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November 10th, 2020 – SE Masterclass
November 10th, 2020, 7:30pm – SE Recital
Orphic Percussion is a Northern California-based percussion quartet dedicated to the creation and performance of new music. Orphic means "beyond ordinary," a phrase that characterizes the ensemble and its mission: to commission and premiere new works by today's most compelling composers; to broaden the audience for contemporary music; and to present concerts that are vibrantly communicative, musically expressive, and inspiringly virtuosic—or, quite simply—extraordinary.
Orphic's recent highlights include recital tours in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, the world premiere of Stefan Cwik's Relics: Dances for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra with San Francisco's Symphony Parnassus (nominated by the San Francisco Classical Voice for "Best New Music Performance" of the 2017-18 season), university residencies at Southern Nazarene University (OK) and George Fox University (OR), and a return engagement at the Arcata Playhouse (CA). In addition, Orphic has been self-producing an ongoing concert series at University Presbyterian Church (CA) since early 2017, and maintains a close relationship with the Nevada County Composer's Cooperative, having premiered works by Alexis Alrich, Mark Vance, and Durwynne Hsieh.
January 26, 2021 - RADIX Cello Quartet Open Close
January 26th, 2021, 7:30pm – SE Recital
The RADIX Cello Quartet is a newly formed ensemble comprised of cellists: Hasmik Vardanyan, Vyacheslav Dobrushkin, Sonya Matoussova and Hyeok Kwon. Inspired by the cosmopolitan city of Houston and it's range of multicultural diversity, RADIX aspires to promote the many different cultures that are found within the quartet. Their upcoming season reflects this ideology, performing works by Armenian composer, Komitas, on September 22nd at the St. Kevork Armenian Church of Houston, and for the Tallowood Concert Series in their international themed concert, Music: the Universal Language, on October 6th. The quartet is also involved in educational outreach, as they are featured in the Moores School of Music's Tuesday Recital series.
Armenian cellist Hasmik Vardanyan has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in major concert halls around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, the Paris Opera House, Tchaikovsky Music Hall in Moscow, Berlin Opera House, St. John Smith Square in London and the Munetsugu Hall in Japan. Ms. Vardanyan is a top prizewinner in many national and international competitions. She won the second prize at the Aram Khachaturyan International Cello Competition in 2010. In 2011, she received first prize in Schlern International Cello Competition in Italy. In 2012, Ms. Vardanyan received the Presidential Youth Award for the best performance in classical music, which was presented by the President of the Republic of Armenia. She began her international appearances in 2005 as a soloist and principal cellist in the Second Dubai International Festival for Young Virtuosos. The same year, she started working with the Armenian State Youth Orchestra, performing in concert halls across Europe and Russia. In 2009, Ms. Vardanyan was invited to perform with the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. The same year she won the First Prize in the Komitas International Competition.
In addition to her appearances as a soloist and recitalist, Ms. Vardanyan performed regularly as the cellist of the highly-esteemed Komitas National String Quartet of Armenia. The quartet performed in Poland, UAE, Japan, Norway, Denmark, France, Croatia, Moldova, and Russia. In 2010 the quartet recorded Miniatures by Komitas-Aslamazyan which received "The Best Classical Album" in the National Music Awards Ceremony.Ms. Vardanyan has attended masterclasses with Vagram Saradjian, Natalia Gutman, Steven Isserlis, Alexander Chaushyan, Alexander Ivashkin, Mikhail Utkin, Ramon Jaffe, Alexander Rudin. Xavier Phillips. She began her formal cello lessons at the age of nine in Hrazdan. After moving to Yerevan in 2002 she studied at the Tchaikovsky Music School with Armen Mesropyan, principal cellist of the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Committed to chamber music and community engagement, Ms. Vardanyan is a member of the Da Camera Young Artist Program in Houston. Currently, she is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Houston, where she studied with Vagram Saradjian.
Cellist Vyacheslav Dobrushkin was born in Ukraine in April 22, 1989. At the age of seven, he started his studies in the Music School of Uzhgorod. In 1997 and 1999, he obtained the first place in the Regional Competition of Violoncello. In 1998 he earned second place. From 1999 until 2007 Dobrushkin was a student of the University Institute of Fine Arts (UIFA) in Colima University, Mexico. While there, he was invited to play as a soloist with the San Luis Potosi Orchestra (2004). In 2006, he obtained First Place in the Second National Competition "Petrof-Simphony-Pearl River" for young performers. Dobrushkin has participated in several Music Festivals, academic concerts, special recitals, and various other concerts. He completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees at the Moores School of Music, University of Houston. Currently, he is the principal cellist of the Texas Medical Center Orchestra.
A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, cellist Sonya Matoussova now resides in Houston where she is actively involved in the city's music scene as both performer and educator. As a 2015-2016 Da Camera Young Artist, Ms. Matoussova makes regular appearances at the Wortham Center, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Menil Collection, as well as in hospitals and schools in the Houston area.
Since 2014, Ms. Matoussova has held the position of assistant principal cellist of the Symphony of Southeast Texas, and in November 2015 was featured as soloist with the orchestra. She is also the current principal cellist of the Moores School Symphony Orchestra and a member of the newly-formed Bayou City Symphony. A strong supporter of new music, Ms. Matoussova served as the cellist of the Aura Contemporary Ensemble from 2013 to 2015. In addition to maintaining an active private studio, Ms. Matoussova teaches for the Coda Program; a Houston Youth Symphony initiative inspired by "El Sistema".
In 2014, Ms. Matoussova was awarded First Prize at the Schlern International Music Competition in Italy. She was also a first-place winner at the Canadian Music Competition for two consecutive years, as well as a finalist in the Festival de Musique Classique du Bas-Richelieu Competition in Sorél-Tracy, Canada.
Ms. Matoussova has participated in many music festivals, including the Domaine Forget Academy (Canada), Schlern International Music Festival (Italy), Tiberius Week (Romania), Texas Music Festival (USA) and the Orchestre de la Francophonie (Canada). She has performed in masterclasses for Mischa Maisky, Alexander Rudin, and Alexander Ivashkin, among others. Her passion for chamber music has taken her all over the world, with performances in Canada, the United States, Brazil, Italy, Poland, and Romania. In 2008, Ms. Matoussova appeared with I Musici de Montreal as one of the soloists for the premiere of Paul Desenne's Dragoncello for six celli and string orchestra.
Ms. Matoussova holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance from the University of Montreal (class of Yuli Turovsky) and a Master of Music degree and Certificate in Music Performance from the University of Houston (class of Vagram Saradjian).
Hyeok Kwon recently graduated from Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music with a Masters of Music degree and a Performer's Diploma where he studied under Eric Kim. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of David Ying, from the Grammy award winning ensemble- The Ying Quartet. He has participated in numerous prestigious music festivals such as Sarasota Music Festival, The New York String Orchestra Seminar, ENCORE: School for Strings, National Orchestra Summer Institute and Aspen Music Fesival where he served as Assistant Principal Cello for the Festival Orchestra. Hyeok has been awarded first prize in multiple competitions including the Fort Bend Symphony Competition, Houston Civic Symphony Competition, Houston Youth Symphony Competition, and High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Concerto Competition, and was a finalist in the Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition, the George and Peggy Schmidbauer International String Competition, and the Eastman Cello Concerto Competition.
Not only is he a gifted performer but he is also gifted in teaching. During his time at Indiana University, he taught cello as Associate Instructor at Jacobs School of Music. Prior to his time in Indiana Hyeok has taught privately at the Tallowood Academy of Fine Arts.
Hyeok began studying cello at age 11 with Donna Rogers in Houston, TX. Other instructors include distinguished pedagogues such as Timothy Eddy, Ronald Leonard, Clive Greensmith and has performed master classes for Steven Isserlis, Desmond Hoebig, the Ying Quartet, and the Kopelman Quartet. His latest achievement was to perform at the 2013 U.S. Presidential Inauguration as member of The Eastman School String Quartet. Hyeok has been a member of Tallowood since 2000.
February 1-2, 2021 - Gonzalez-Marin Duo Open Close
February 1st, 2021 – SE Masterclass
February 2nd, 2021, 7:30pm – SE Recital
Fabiana González
Puertorican mezzo-soprano Fabiana González is quickly gaining attention throughout the United States and Europe for her "superb combination of tonal warmth and rhetorical directness" (San Francisco Chronicle). She received a bachelor's degree from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and a Master's Degree in Early Music at Yale University under the tutelage of James Taylor. She is currently completing a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree at the University of North Texas where she has worked closely with vocal pedagogy expert Stephen Austin. In the fall of 2015 Ms. González received a research grant from the University of North Texas to study with Bavarian fortepiano virtuoso, Christoph Hammer in Augsburg, Germany. She currently resides in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she teaches voice and vocal pedagogy at the San Juan Children's Choir and at the University of Puerto Rico. In 2016 she sang a series of solo concerts as part of a tour of Finland which included a solo performance in the Aino Acktén Chamber Music Festival. She has performed with the Dallas Bach Society and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco as well as with the Leopold Mozart Zentrum Orchestra in Augsburg, Germany. Several chamber-music highlights include performances with The Rose Ensemble in collaboration with the Minnesota Orchestra and concert tours of Germany, Austria, Croatia, Peru, and Puerto Rico with the Fantasmi Ensemble. She has sung under the baton of Masaaki Suzuki, Andrew Megill, Dale Warland, Simon Halsey, James O'Donnell, Simon Carrington, James Richman, Richard Sparks, and Paul Leenhouts. She has performed with vocal ensembles including Orfeón San Juan Bautista, Yale Schola Cantorum, UNT Collegium Singers, the Thirteen Choir, Choral Pickup, and the South Dakota Chorale.
Luis Marín
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Luis Marín began studying piano at the age of seven. At 20, Luis went on to study at Berklee College of Music, working on his natural craftsmanship with Bill Davis, Ray Santisi and Jeff Covell. During his 30 years on the music scene, he has worked with such talents as Jazz and Salsa icons as Andy Montañez, Cheo Feliciano, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Celia Cruz, Willie Colón, Oscar D'León, Luis Enrique, Fania All Stars, Puerto Rico All Stars, Descarga Boricua, Orquesta del Día Nacional de la Salsa, Juan Luis Guerra, Victor Manuelle, Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, David Sanchez, Justo Almario, Ignacio Berroa, Eddie Gomez, Kenny Werner, Mario Bauzá, Tito Puente, Chick Corea, Dave Valentin, Chucho Valdés, Mario Rivera, Israel "Cachao" López, Eddie Palmieri, Giovanni Hidalgo, Brian Lynch, among others, on both live presentations and musical recordings. In 1999 Luis Marín recorded his first album in the jazz scene, "Inconsolable", which was received by the critics as one of the most important jazz albums in the local scene. In 2003 Luis released a live recorded album " Live at Niuyorican Cafe Vol II" which has been reissued in digital distribution on major outlets around the world. His third release "The One" showcase his talent on a magical trip of diverse musical influences, exciting and introspective rhythms and heartfelt melodic and harmonic messages from the heart. For many years, Luis Marín shared his music and knowledge teaching at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, in which he served as Department Chair and as an active piano jazz, ensembles and Big Band teacher. Nowadays he is a recognized clinician in the Latin American academic circuit, and a sought-after pianist in the popular music market as well. sharing his talent with music students in the U.S. and Latin America.
March 29-30, 2021 - Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet Open Close
March 29th, 2021 – SE Masterclass
March 30th, 2021, 7:30pm – SE Recital
"Stephanie Zelnick is fabulous…bringing her considerable all to focus in a most rewarding performance-hopefully one that will inspire other clarinetists…"-Audiophile Audition
Hailed as "simply sublime" and "exquisite," Stephanie Zelnick is one of the most dynamic clarinetists of her generation. She has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Asia, South America, and Europe to great critical acclaim. She is currently associate professor of clarinet at the University of Kansas and principal clarinet of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. She previously held principal clarinet positions in the Central City Opera, Mississippi Symphony, Prague Chamber Symphony, the Colorado Ballet, and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestras. In addition to her tenured positions, Dr. Zelnick has appeared with various other orchestras including Colorado, Kansas City, Houston, Tallahassee, and Tucson Symphonies, as well as the Johann Strauss Opera in Vienna.
Dr. Zelnick has performed and taught extensively in Italy, France, England, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Costa Rica, Canada, Israel, Slovakia, Germany, and most recently at festivals and residencies in Brazil, Lithuania, Serbia, Romania, Colombia, Costa Rica, the UK, Mexico, and Taiwan. Recent performances and master classes include the Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, Yale School of Music, the Florida State University, the University of Michigan, and Carnegie Hall.
Dr. Zelnick's recordings can be heard on the Innova, Accademia del Clarinetto, and Naxos labels, among others. She has released two solo albums, Diasporaand Diversions: the Midcentury Clarinet. She can often be heard on NPR, international media outlets, and has appeared as a soloist on the Dame Myra Hess Series broadcast live on WFMT Chicago.
With Mariam Adam she is a founder of the AdZel Duo, a group that is dedicated to establishing cultural dialogues through music and outreach for students in developing communities. They were most recently featured on the University of Delaware Clarinet Day, Rutgers Woodwind Day, the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, ICA ClarinetFests, and at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. Their debut album, featuring original works by Mohammed Fairouz, Jason Barbara, and Anne Guzzo, will be available in Spring, 2018.
Dr. Zelnick is a noted scholar and has published numerous reviews and articles for the Clarinet and NACWPI. Her book, The High Altitude Clarinetist, will be published in Fall 2017. She is active in the International Clarinet Association, serving as Wyoming State Chair for the organization, the artistic committee for the 2008 convention, and co-Artistic Director of the ClarinetFest 2016 at the University of Kansas.
Dr. Zelnick previously served on the faculties of the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Wyoming. She received degrees from Rice University, University of Northern Colorado, and the Academy for the Performing Arts in Prague as a Fulbright Scholar. In addition to her performing, She is a member of the National Peer Review Committee for the J. William Fulbright Committee. She is a Buffet Crampon Artist-Clinician.
Master of Music Education
Steger Institute


Harry Mahaffey is the 2005 Under-14 U.S. Champion in saber fencing. He is also a member of the 2006 United States Fencing Association Cadet (Under-16) World Championship team, competing in South Korea. During the past season, Harry has fenced in the U.S., as well as Poland, Hungary, Albuquerque, Italy, and Germany. Harry also won a silver medal at the U.S. Junior Olympics in Hartford, Connecticut.
Harry began fencing in 1998 at the age of eight, and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on April 28, 2003. He had just had his best fencing performance up until that time, a top-8 finish in the national 14-and-under division, and he and his family resolved that diabetes would not keep him from achieving his goals in fencing and in life. In fact, Harry feels strongly that the discipline, knowledge, and body-awareness that he has gained from diabetes has actually helped him become a better athlete and competitor. Harry attends Le Lyc�e Fran�ais de Los Angeles, where French is the language of instruction. He will be a senior in 2006-2007, and plans to apply to college at Stanford, Columbia, NYU, and The Ohio State University. He lives in Los Angeles with his mother, Diane, and his younger sister, Siobhan, and fences at the Los Angeles International Fencing Center.


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Alan Meires: Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, On British TV (1989)
Source:Alan Meires- George Forman, Joe Frazier, and Muhammad Ali. Three real World Heavyweight Champions, from the 1970s.
"Frazier, Ali and Foreman On British TV Show Very Funny. I found this buy luck the British BBC was broadcasting this as a tribute to the late Great Jo Fraziers Death. 18 October 1989"
From Alan Meires
Three giants in the ring and two of the funniest people who've ever lived in Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Without Parkinson's, imagine Big George and Muhammad, doing a two-man comedy routine and show together. Muhammad, going off on all his opponents that he beat and George telling people how fat people can succeed in America. Or at least people with big mouths and appetites.
Joe Frazier, not exactly known for humor, but I don't know of a better heavyweight champion who was under 6'0 at least since the 1960s who was better. He's definitely one of the best 5-10 heavyweight champions of all-time. Even though his time as a world champion or even world championship contender was over by his early thirties.
Unless you want to put Larry Holmes in this group who didn't become the World Heavyweight Champion until 1978, I believe we're talking about the three best heavyweight boxers of the 1970s. Muhammad, won the World Heavyweight Championship twice and was 3-1 against these other two great boxers.
Joe Frazier, was World Heavyweight Champion for what, five years. And it took someone as big and strong as a George Foreman to beat him.
George beat Smokin Joe twice and George also beat Kenny Norton and some other great boxers. And you could even argue that George underachieved in the 1970s and perhaps should have accomplished more. So this is a great group that was on TV together.
Labels: Boxing, Ederik Schneider, Real Life Journal
Lifetime: Jessica Savitch- Intimate Portrait: The Queen of Nightly News
Source:Pearl Guthrie- Intimate Portrait Jessica Savitch.
"This show about Jessica Savitch [1947-1983] aired in 1995.
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Jessica Savitch goes on a tirade. Don't know if she's totally in the wrong though, after all the anchor is the one that ends up looking silly, even if its everyone .
Here's a mostly complete NBC News Digest with Jessica Savitch. This is notable for being one of her last appearances on television before her untimely and .
By request: Jessica Savitch's three appearances on Late Night: 1. February 22, 1982: for three segments. 2. August 11, 1982: for one segment (sorry about the."
From Pearl Guthrie
"Jessica Savitch accomplished her goal of becoming a network anchor by the age of 30, but at tremendous personal cost. A long-term abusive relationship, a brief, loveless first marriage, and a melodramatic second marriage that ended in her husband's suicide are some of the traumas with which she dealt. Meanwhile, she skyrocketed through the ranks of broadcast journalism when women were practically nonexistent in the field. This 45-minute video, augmented by interviews with Savitch's sister, biographer, and several coworkers and by much broadcast footage, makes the argument that Savitch's troubles began long before the start of her landmark career. As Savitch's drug use spun out of control, so did her career, culminating in the famously disastrous footage (included here) that led to her firing from NBC. Her accidental death shortly after ended her unrelentingly tragic trajectory. The contrast of Savitch's broadcasts with early black-and-white home movies makes for a hauntingly visual telling of this pioneer's story."
Source:Amazon- Intimate Portait Jessica Savitch,
Source:Lifetime- Intimate Portrait Jessica Savitch.
Jessica Savitch before she tragically died in 1983, was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News. Only behind Tom Brokaw at NBC News as far as their anchors and when she died was considered the most trusted news anchor in America. Essentially replacing Walter Cronkite with that title. She was both gorgeous and adorable, but very intelligent and worked very hard at her craft. A true news junky, which is what you almost have to be to be a successful news anchor, as well as a political junky. All traits I love as someone who shares these same traits and she picked up these traits very early on in life, as being the daughter of a news and political junky her father, who she was very close with.
I wasn't born until 1975 so almost everything I've seen from her have been old news footage of her, actually a lot of it on YouTube. And she became a star in network news by the late 1970s, a very turbulent time in America. With an energy shortage, a weak economy, with high interest, inflation and unemployment rates, the Jonestown tragedy in 1978, the Iran Hostage Crisis. America seeming to be in decline by the summer of 1979 and Jessica Savitch was covering all of these stories.
Jessica Savitch was ahead of her time, because she made it to the top, or very close to it by the late 1970s. When network news was still dominated by men and when women were still coming up in this business and had she not died in 1983 tragically, maybe she's the lead anchor of one of the network newscasts for 15-20 years. Like Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, or Dan Rather. She was too big and too good to the weekend anchor indefinitely and could've gone a lot further, if she just had the time to do it.
Labels: Erik Schneider, Life, The Daily Press
HBO Sports: George Foreman vs Michael Moorer- World Heavyweight Championship (1994)
Source:HBO Sports- for the World Heavyweight Championship.
"Michael Moorer defends the heavyweight title against George Foreman. Entire HBO program from beginning to end. Hosted by Jim Lampley, Gil Clancy, and Larry Merchant. Recorded on VHS November 1994."
From Sterling Wainscott
This a fight that Mike Moorer would like to have back. This fight reminds me a little of George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali, for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1974 where Muhammad, waited for Big George, to punch himself out while landing enough punches in the fight to stay ahead. But essentially let Foreman land his punches thinking he wasn't built to last and would punch himself out. And that is when Ali went to work on him and knocked him down for the ten count.
This was a little different where Big George, lost almost all the rounds if not all of them and did enough to buy himself time to capitalize on a mistake from Moorer, which is where he hit him with a 1-2 and knocked him out.
Big George, is 45 at this point and in his eighth year of his famous comeback looking to win back the world championship. Weighing in at 255-260 pounds and slow, but still having devastating power and the ability to take great punches.
Mike Mooere, 26 at this point and should have been in this prime and was prepared at least physically to hold on the title for a long time. He beat Evander Holyfield for the championship in 1993. He was 6'2, 215-220 pounds, real quick and real powerful. But perhaps a bit overconfident lacking the work-ethic needed to stay as a world champion. Not that different from Riddick Bowe, or Buster Douglas.
So going into this fight this almost looked like a mismatch. People thinking that Moorer, would pound Foreman the whole fight and be able to avoid Foreman's big jab and win most if not all the rounds. Either wear Foreman out, or win with a landslide decision.
The cliche always has a punchers chance, was never more correct than in this fight. George Foreman, in every fight he ever fought was always 1-2 punches away from winning. Because he could knock anyone out in 1-2 punches. Or nail you so hard with one punch and then pound you with several big blows after that would take you out.
Big George, caught Moorer with one of his huge jabs and then decked him with a punch that Moorer didn't see. And that is how he won the World Heavyweight Championship. Where he trailed the whole fight.
HBO Sports: Gerry Cooney vs Larry Holmes- World Heavyweight Championship (1982)
Source:HBO Sports- Cooney vs Holmes, for the WHC, in 1982.
"Larry Holmes vs Gerry Cooney (High Quality) 11th of June, 1982...............Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada WBC Heavyweight World Championship"
From Katis
Gerry Cooney vs Larry Holmes, was the classic matchup of the power-fighter vs the power-boxer. Gerry Cooney, is one of the strongest and hardest punching heavyweights of all-time. Who was good enough to fight for the World Heavyweight Championship. But was not a fighter who was built for the distance.
Cooney didn't move very well standing 6'7 and weighing 230-240 pounds depending on who he fought. He reminds me a little to George Wepner and if he could get to you early and pound you, he could take you out, because he was so strong and so powerful even for a heavyweight. But the problem he had is he fought a lot of strong heavyweights who could move and take punishment. Larry Holmes, perfect example of that.
Larry Holmes, wasn't a one or two-punch knockout artist, but he was a strong powerful heavyweight who moved very well, who had great boxing skills and simply punished his opponents. Reminds me and a lot of others of the great Muhammad Ali.
This was a fight about who would get to the other first. Could Cooney, take the momentum first, or would Holmes stick and move as he's delivering great punishment to Cooney. That is how Holmes won this fight by attacking Cooney and as a result was able to keep Cooney off him and avoid those huge powerful punches from Cooney.
Holmes, didn't take out Cooney in a few punches, but instead pounded Cooney over several rounds and eventually wore Cooney out.
Reason: Javier Sicilia- 'The Caravan For Peace Calls For an End to The Drug War'
Source:Reason Magazine- covering The Caravan of Peace.
"On August 12, where the wall between Mexico and the U.S. meets the Pacific Ocean, acclaimed Mexican poet Javier Sicilia and busloads of people who are fed up with the drug war launched the Caravan for Peace. Over the next several weeks, the Caravan will travel to 25 different U.S. cities with the goal of starting a serious national dialogue about the failure of drug prohibition.
Javier Sicilia, whose son was murdered by drug traffickers in 2011, described the drug war this way:
"This war's failure is devastating: the 23 million American drug consumers are far from diminishing but increasing instead; in the past 5 years, Mexico has accumulated almost 70 thousand dead, more than 20 thousand missing people, more than 250 thousand have been displaced, along with hundreds of thousands of widows and orphans, and these figures keep rising. The American gun manufacturers arm the organized crime through illegal trade, while the Mérida Initiative legally arms the Mexican army, fostering war. The American jails imprison millions of human beings because of drug consumption. The immigrants are criminalized on this side of the border and extorted or made to disappear on the other side; the temptation to militarize using the police regime emerges on both sides, while setting a deep crisis for democracy and undermining the greatness of open societies."
Imagine if we had a war on junk food, junk drink, coffee, swimming, go carting, sky diving, alcohol and tobacco, steroids, sex, athletics, gambling, all things that can bring people pleasure, but come with certain risk factors. First, we would have a lot less insomniacs in America, because we would be such a dull country. But we would be country of prison inmates, because Americans do these activities everyday. And thats just for the people who would be arrested for having a good time.
We simply don't have enough law enforcement officers to arrest everyone else. We would be arresting people for having a good time and how they live their own lives, not what they do to other people.
Think about it, what are laws for? To protect innocent people from criminals, not to protect people from themselves. Well, the War on Drugs is the opposite of that, because it arrests people for what they do to themselves, not what they do to innocent people. And people who support the War on Drugs, people who I call Drug Warriors, will say we have drunk driving laws. Well, thats obviously true and I support that, but we haven't labeled alcohol a drug thats really a narcotic considering how dangerous it is and the damage that can come from it, if it's abused, illegal at least since not prohibition.
If you don't like marijuana, you don't like the smell of it or whatever, I have some advice for you: don't use it, don't take it, don't use it at all, don't hangout with people who at least do it around you. Congratulations, because you've just made the decision not to use marijuana. And if you have kids, you should keep it away from them as well.
But don't try to force other people not to be able to use marijuana legally. Because for one, just a practical reason, you won't be able to stop them. I mean talk about wasting time, you would be better off trying to pick up a beach ball with a baseball glove. But the other reason being its really none of your business unless they are friends, or relatives and they are abusing it. What you should do instead is mind your own damn business.
Worry about what happens in your own life and what you have control over, rather than what happens in other people's lives. The War on Drugs is about control, overprotection, trying to save people from themselves. Like the overprotected father who tries to lock his daughter in her bedroom until she's 21. For fear she might meet a dangerous guy.
And most of the victims of this War, are the people who Drug Warriors claim they are trying to save people who have experimented with illegal narcotics and end up in the criminal justice system as a result. For what they've done to themselves, rather than what they've done to others.
The Young Turks: Ana Kasparian & Cenk Uygur: Freakin Ridiculous Fine For Swearing
Source:The Young Turks- TYT Baby Girl, Ana Kasparian: freakin ticked off about the Middleborough fine for swearing. LOL
"If you swear in public in Middleborough Massachusetts you can expect to be fined. Is cussing protected under free speech? Should the ACLU get involved? Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss this bullshit on The Young Turks."
From The Young Turks
Warning! To all of you sensitive viewers who are offended by cussing, you may want to close your eyes as you attempt to read this blog. Because it may have language inappropriate for your sensitive eyes and brain.
If fining people for what they say in public and I'm talking about what people say to each other, we obviously don't have a constitutional right to threaten people, but that's not what this is about, but what people say in public that's not threatening especially when they are angry and have a right to be or are inpatient, if fining people for blowing off steam (to put it mildly) is not a violation of the First Amendment, the constitutional right to free speech, then the First Amendment is useless. And should be thrown out and we no longer live in a liberal democracy, but a police state.
Which perhaps some Americans would like us to be so we can become what we say we are against and get on other countries for being. Fines for foul language, perhaps they make sense on TV, especially for kids who don't understand that language yet. And we don't want them cussing out their parents and teachers and that sort of thing and hopefully vice-versa, all right. I can go along with that, but fining people for what they say on the streets, even when they aren't cussing at anyone in particular, is fucking bullshit. And I already put out the warning so don't get on me for that now.
For someone in my age range and generation, I don't cuss very often. People now judge other people for how much they cuss. You'll have a hard time finding a comedian under fifty today who doesn't fucking cuss their ass off when performing and in general. They do it to sound cool and to be funny. For a lot of people cussing is a way of communication, that's how they talk, you won't find a hit fictional show on cable (and not just HBO) that doesn't have a tone of cussing. A shit load even, (if you prefer) because they want their shows to sound cool.
And that's how you communicate to young people today. For me cussing is a form of expression, I cuss to express anger, or amazement. Like: "holy shit that building is huge!" Or that guy is fat to use as examples. But I'm not one whose blown away by things like that very often and a pretty even-tempered guy and will say what the hell, or get the hell out of here, that sort of thing, instead of what the fuck. So when I do drop F or S Bombs, you know I meant it and not just trying to sound cool.
But just because I don't fucking cuss my ass off on a regular basis, doesn't mean I believe others should be fined when they do. Because that's just plain God Damn fucking stupid! Is your life so fucking boring that you have to regulate what comes out of other people's mouths, when they aren't threatening, or libeling people, or yelling fire in a crowded place? Is your thumb so far of your fucking ass, you don't have anything better to do with your time? And that pretty much sums up how I feel about this Massachusetts so-called public decency law.
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Labels: Derik Schneider, The Daily Journal, TYT
Reason: Lucy Steigerwald- 'What We Saw at The Solidarity Concert for Pussy Riot'
Source:Reason Magazine- Lucy Steigerwald interviewing a Pussy, LOL!
"Amnesty International called Russian punk feminist collective Pussy Riot "prisoners of conscience," after a February 21 anti-Putin protest landed three members of the band on trial for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred." The plight of Pussy Riot has provoked international attention — and pressure for lenience — as the women face three to seven years in prison. On August 10, Reason TV headed down to the Solidarity Concert for Pussy Riot, right across from the Russian embassy."
Wow! I thought Christian-Nationalism was a problem in America, especially when it's involved in politics. But didn't realize how big of an issue it is Russia as well. That their Federal Government is trying to clamp down on pornography and perhaps other forms of adult entertainment. Perhaps that has something to do with the fact that I don't live in Russia, or aren't of Russian ethnicity. You hear stories about Russia as it relates to the Putin Administration clamping down on speech as it relates to the press.
Because Russia does technically have free press over there, with private media and so-forth and the Federal Government gets involved when one of their news networks, or publications report a story that's critical of the Putin Administration. Which is bad enough, but to take it to the next level and it interfere with how people live their own lives and what they do in their own homes, is beyond extreme. Its big government gone wild and is something that the Christian-Right would love to see in America.
I can see one of these groups holding rallies with some of their famous religious leaders in defense of President Vladimir Putin and what he's doing to crack down on immoral behavior as they see it.
I can see it now, Christian-Conservatives holding rallies in favor or what the Putin Administration in Russia is doing as far as it regulates its own people. They would call it something like: "Defending God in the name of morality and decency by trying to eliminate pornography in the Russian Federation." They would be defending a country that just twenty years ago was a communist republic, a country they use to protest against, especially as it relates to religious freedom.
But now the Christian-Right would be coming out in a favor of a country that still cracks down on freedom, but in a different way: people's ability to express themselves and be able to live their own lives and control their own bodies. And perhaps see Christian-Conservatives holding rallies against people speaking out in favor of free expression.
Which is how pornography has been ruled constitutionally protected under the First Amendment in the United States. I could see rallies organized by Christian-Conservatives that would one defend the what President Putin is doing in Russia as it relates to pornography and rallies speaking out against people who are speaking out in favor of people's ability to express themselves sexually. And calling these people immoral and people who should be in prison for what they do in private and what they are speaking out in favor of. Which is a big part of what Christian-Nationalism is in America: restricting freedom to protect what they see as national security and morality.
FORA-TV: 'Political Satirist Will Durst- Takes on Mitt Romney'
Source:FORA-TV - Will Durst doing his Ben Carson impersonation: I mean he's talking about Mitt Romney in 2012. L OL
"Comedian Will Durst talks presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, and satirizes the candidate's "out of touch" election persona."
Source:FORA-TV
The best way to describe Mitt Romney the politician is to use his own gaffes, I mean words his own thoughts. He said he's not a politician, which might be technically true in the sense that he currently doesn't hold public office. But why is that, because he has a very hard time getting elected to anything, except in 2002 when he was elected Governor of Massachusetts.
But that's not the whole story, because Mitt ran for President in 2007-08 in wide-open GOP field and finished third. Despite having the best resources and perhaps organization. And loses a Senate election to a vulnerable Ted Kennedy in 1994.
Mitt, decides not to run for Senate against John Kerry in 1996, against another vulnerable Senator in John Kerry and decides to take a few years off from politics instead . But the man has been thinking about running for public office at least since 1992. He just hasn't found a way to get elected except for 2002 as Governor of Massachusetts.
The reason why Mitt is not a career politician, is because he keeps losing or can't find an election he can win. Not because he's only interested in being a successful businessman. He's been thinking about being President of the United States since 2004 and started running in 2006. It's taken him six years just to win he Republican nomination.
It's not just Mitt Romney's gaffe that he's not a career politician. That takes up a whole paragraph. Then there's the one where he says he doesn't care about the poor. Well, pardon the expression: no shit, Sherlock! Also in he news fire can burn human flesh and people can drown underwater. And concrete is hard, etc, no real news made here.
Here's a good one: Mitt is unemployed, actually he gets paid to run for president with all he money he raised running for President. He was fired from that back in 2008 when the GOP decided not to hire him to be their presidential nominee. He did managed to get another job running for president in 2009-10, in about three months, he'll probably be fired again.
And then of course there all the flip-flops, like not being in favor of his own healthcare law that he singed into law in Massachusetts. He figured out that's not going to fly and has decided he's now in favor of Romney/ObamaCare.
The best way to describe Mitt Romney without using his own words, imagine a slick used car salesmen, who has the attitude: "I need to tell my customers what they need to hear for them to buy a car from me and where I'm wrong, I'll try to fix this in the future." Like saying a car that's supposed to have four doors, but it only has three which will keep you warm in the winter in Wisconsin with only three doors. Thats sums up Mitt's flip-flops. "What do I have to say to this crowd to get their support and how do I change that around to get the support of the next crowd that I'm speaking to."
Mitt is a slick used car salesmen which unfortunately is a great way to describe a lot of American politicians.
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RT America: Alex Wahl & Alex Chance- 'Porn Stars Choose The Next U.S. President'
Source:RT America- RT is at least partially funded by Vladimir Putin's Russian Federation Government-
"As the November elections on the doorstep more and more porn stars are having their say on who they want to be the US next president. President Obama has a whole support team made up of porn actors while Mitt Romney has at least one supporter as well. With porn having a dramatic impact on the US economy it's no wonder so many folks whithin the adult film community have opinions on how it's regulated. Alex Chance, a xxx-rate movie performer joins RT's Liz Wahl from Los Angeles for more."
From Russia Today
As the so-called Family Values Party heads to the adult entertainment capital of America, (which is Tampa, Florida) where the Grand Old Party meaning the Republican Party will hold their convention, (you can have all sorts of fun with this) I thought it would be fun to look at how the so-called porn industry could affect Mitt Romney and his potential Republican vice presidential candidates.
I guess we can drop Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and Michele Bachmann, from the list since they all support a constitutional amendment to outlaw pornography. And since the GOP is the Family Values Party, they're not going to nominate someone for vice president who would outlaw porn. And risk getting kicked out of Tampa. And being forced to hold their convention in West Virginia, or somewhere else in the Bible Belt where they would all have to rent helicopters to get to the convention because there aren't enough roads.
One of my favorite jokes is that you would have better luck finding a prostitute, or some other adult entertainer at a Southern Baptist Convention, then you would see the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series, or Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl. But the problem with that joke is the Republican Party is in Tampa this year and there might be all sorts of adult entertainers at their convention looking for potential clients and showing them a whole new way of living.
Like what it's like checking out women other than your wife, (in public) or what its like to have sex, (with someone other than your wife) that not all women wear long dresses everywhere they go and aren't afraid to show their legs and even butts in public. Tampa, is about as Bible Belt and Christian-Right of a city as Seattle is in the Southeast. A very friendly individualistic of a city where people are free to be themselves.
It's funny enough that today's modern Republican Party is in Tampa in the first place. I guess they'll be in Sin City Las Vegas in 2016, where you'll have thousands of Republicans who perhaps have never seen a casino on TV before let alone actually been to one.
If an adult entertainer endorses Mitt Romney for president in Tampa, it could cost Mitt twenty points in the GOP, even if his approval rating goes up with the rest of the country. And you may see Mitt trying to convince people that he was never endorsed by an adult entertainer, or the person had him confused with another Mitt Romney. Like the Mitt Romney from 2002, or 1994.
I mean a party where you got a certain percentage of its members, maybe 1/3 who believe pornography should be illegal everywhere in the country, having their convention in the porn capital of the country, there's a lot that's ironic about this picture.
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Macdonald, Frances (Scottish illustrator and designer, 1874-1921)
Note: Scottish illustrator and designer; wife of Herbert McNair, sister of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.
Macdonald, Frances (preferred,V,index)
Frances Macdonald (V,display)
MacDonald, Frances (V)
MacNair, Frances (V)
McNair, J. Herbert, Mrs. (V)
McNair, Frances Macdonald (V)
British (modern) (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)
Born: Kidsgrove (Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
member of .... Macdonald family
................ (British family of decorative artists and painters, active 1890s) [500321818]
sibling by marriage (in-law) of .... Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
...................................................... (Scottish architect, designer, and painter, 1868-1928) [500022117]
sibling of .... Macdonald, Margaret
.................. (Scottish illustrator and designer, 1865-1933) [500001450]
........ Macdonald, Frances (I)
(Scottish illustrator and designer, 1874-1921) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British artist, 1874-1921) ..... [WCP]
(British artist, 1874-1921) ..... [WCI]
(British painter, 1874-1921) ..... [BHA]
(British artist, 1874-1921) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British illustrator, 1874-1921) ..... [AVERY]
(British illustrator) ..... [AVERY]
(British artist, 1873-1921) ..... [MoMA]
Frances Macdonald ........ [MoMA, VP]
.................................... Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
.................................... Getty Vocabulary Program rules
MacDonald, Frances ........ [WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred]
....................................... Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
Macdonald, Frances ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, MoMA Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
...................................... Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
...................................... Avery Authority files (1963-)
...................................... BHA, Authority file (1973-)
...................................... Witt Library, Authority files
MacNair, Frances ........ [BHA, WCI]
................................... BHA, Authority file (1973-)
................................... Witt Computer Index database
McNair, Frances Macdonald ........ [AVERY]
.................................................... Avery Authority files (1963-)
McNair, J. Herbert, Mrs. ........ [VP, WCI]
................................................. Witt Computer Index database
Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, MoMA, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
.................... Billcliffe, Mackintosh Watercolours (1978)
.................... Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 26 July 2005
.................... Halsby, Dictionary of Scottish Painters (1990)
.................... ULAN 500023450; Architectural digest 2006 May, v.63, n.5 130
.................... Waters, Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950 (1975)
.................... Witt Computer Index database
.......... ULAN 500023450; Architectural digest 2006 May, v.63, n.5 130


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Q: How to use variables to represent IP addresses in nginx? My nginx file has several IP addresses hard coded in blocks like this:
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    limit_req zone=login burst=50;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_pass http://123.456.7890:3000;
    rewrite ^/endpoint/(.*) /$1 break;
    proxy_pass_header Server;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Scheme $scheme;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    proxy_read_timeout 864000;
}

I'd like to replace all instances of the IPs (i.e. http://123.456.7890:3000) by some variable defined in an external file. What are the steps to do that?
I have multiple blocks all with different IP addresses, I'ld like to put them all in one file and somehow map the variable names back to the nginx.conf.
Thanks!

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Die Motorschmierung dient der Verringerung von Reibung zwischen beweglichen Motorteilen von Verbrennungsmotoren sowie der Wärmeabführung aus den Lagerstellen und vom Kolben mittels Schmieröl. Darüber hinaus sollen mögliche Verschleißpartikel, Verbrennungsrückstände und sonstige Verschmutzungen in die Ölfilter gespült werden. Für die Ausführung der Schmiersysteme kommen verschiedene Verfahren zum Einsatz.

Verbrauchsschmierung

Gemischschmierung
Bei der Gemischschmierung wird das Schmieröl dem Kraftstoff im vorgeschriebenen Mischungsverhältnis (1:25/1:50 etc.) beigegeben. Das im Zweitaktgemisch enthaltene Öl gelangt an die Schmierstellen und wird mit verbrannt. Die Mischungsschmierung wird heute noch bei kleinen Zweitaktmotoren (wie zum Beispiel in Rasenmähern, Motorsägen oder Mofas) verwendet. Bei Pkw wurde dieses System bis Ende der 1980er Jahre verwendet – am bekanntesten sind wohl die DDR-Zweitakter wie Trabant, Wartburg oder Barkas.

Der Vorteil ist die einfache Zubereitung des Gemisches (einfach Öl zum Treibstoff geben und etwas schütteln). Nachteilig ist die Entmischung der beiden Komponenten bei langen Standzeiten, welche auch durch dem Schmieröl zugesetzte spezielle Additive nicht vollständig verhindert werden kann. Eine Entmischung kann zwar durch erneutes Schütteln oder Durchrühren behoben werden; wird dies aber vergessen oder übersehen, können daraus Start- und Rundlaufprobleme bis hin zu Motorschäden resultieren.

Frischölschmierung
Bei diesem auch in Zweitaktmotoren verwendeten System – auch als Getrenntschmierung bezeichnet – wird das separat mitgeführte Schmiermittel dem Motor durch eine Pumpe zugeführt und anschließend ebenfalls mit verbrannt (Frischölautomatik, zum Beispiel im DKW F 102 verwendet). Vorteile sind die exaktere und bedarfsabhängige Dosierung im Vergleich zur Gemischschmierung, wodurch die Schmierungseigenschaften immer konstant gehalten werden können sowie der Ölverbrauch reduziert und die Abgasqualität verbessert wird. Nachteilig sind die etwas höheren Systemkosten.

Die Frischölschmierung wird auch bei großen Zweitakt-Schiffsdieselmotoren für die Zylinderschmierung angewendet. Die Kurbelwelle und die übrigen Schmierstellen werden hierbei mit einer Nasssumpfschmierung (siehe unten) geschmiert.

Schleuderschmierung
Bei Viertakt-Kleinmotoren wie häufig in Rasenmäher- und Aggregatmotoren kommt häufig dieses sehr einfache Schmiersystem zur Anwendung. Bei Motoren mit vertikaler Kurbelwelle befinden sich an einem separaten Zahnrad, häufig mit dem Drehzahlregler kombiniert mehrere Schaufeln. Bei Motoren mit horizontaler Kurbelwelle befindet sich dagegen am Pleuellager ein 'Finger'. Die Schaufeln oder der Finger schlagen durch die Ölfüllung und schleudern das Öl durch das Kurbelgehäuse, wo durch den entstehenden Ölnebel eine ausreichende Schmierung sichergestellt wird. Nachteilig ist, dass sich hier kein Ölfilter einsetzen lässt und bei den Lagerstellen, vor allem Kurbelwellen- und Pleuellager nur Wälzlager verwendet werden können, was herstellungstechnische Nachteile hat wie geteilte Kurbelwellen oder fliegend (nur auf einer Seite) gelagerte Kurbeln.

Umlaufschmierung

Nasssumpfschmierung
Die Nasssumpfschmierung, im deutschen Sprachraum überwiegend als Druckumlaufschmierung bezeichnet, wird bei der großen Mehrheit der heute üblichen Auto- und Motorrad-Viertaktmotoren als Schmiersystem verwendet. Hier wird der Schmiermittelvorrat in der Ölwanne mitgeführt, die das Kurbelgehäuse nach unten abschließt. Die Ölpumpe saugt das Öl aus der Ölwanne an, befördert es durch den Ölfilter und von dort durch Kanäle an die Schmierstellen. Die Pleuellager werden durch Bohrungen in der Kurbelwelle mit Öl versorgt. Das Öl tritt aus den Lagern der Kurbelwelle und der Pleuel aus und erreicht als Ölnebel die Zylinderlaufbahn und die oberen Pleuellager. Die Kurbelwelle sorgt durch ihre Drehbewegung für eine zusätzliche Verwirbelung des Ölnebels im Kurbelgehäuse und damit für die Kühlung der Kolben und die Aufrechterhaltung des Ölfilms auf der Kolbenlaufbahn des Zylinders, sofern keine gesonderten Ölspritzdüsen zur Kolbenbodenkühlung vorhanden sind. Das aus dem Kurbeltrieb abtropfende und aus dem Zylinderkopf zurücklaufende Öl sammelt sich wieder in der Ölwanne.

Trockensumpfschmierung

Die Trockensumpfschmierung wird bei Viertaktmotoren angewendet; ähnlich wie bei der Frischölschmierung wird hier das Schmiermittel in einem separaten Behälter (Öltank) mitgeführt und durch eine Druckpumpe (erste Ölpumpe) an die Schmierstellen befördert. Das abtropfende Schmieröl wird jedoch mit einer zweiten Pumpe (Saugpumpe) aus dem Ölsumpf abgesaugt und zurück in den Ölbehälter gefördert. Diese Rückförderpumpe hat dabei grundsätzlich eine höhere Förderleistung als die Druckpumpe, um in jeder Betriebssituation das Schmieröl zuverlässig aus dem Kurbelgehäuse in das Ölreservoir zurückzupumpen. Flugmotoren mit nach unten weisenden Zylindern oder Zylinderbänken (beispielsweise Sternmotoren oder V- oder Reihenmotoren in hängender Anordnung) werden meist mit einer Trockensumpfschmierung gebaut. Der Ölstand muss, anders als bei der Nasssumpfschmierung, meist bei im Leerlauf laufendem Motor am Peilstab des Ölbehälters abgelesen werden.
Manche Flugmotoren, so z. B. der Rotax 912, nutzen die Blowby-Gase aus der Verbrennung, um das Öl aus dem Kurbelgehäuse zurück in den Ölbehälter zu drücken. Hier kann dann die Saugpumpe entfallen.

Vorteile der Trockensumpfschmierung

 Bei Motoren, die im Betrieb starken Lageänderungen oder Beschleunigungen ausgesetzt sind (Geländefahrzeuge, Flugzeuge) kann durch den definierten Pegel im entsprechend gestalteten Ölbehälter eine zuverlässigere Motorschmierung erreicht werden, da das Ansaugen von Luft vermieden wird.
 Es können größere Ölmengen eingesetzt werden, was die Kühlleistung verbessert und Ölwechselintervalle verlängert.
 Die Größe der Ölwanne ist nicht von der Menge des eingesetzten Motoröls abhängig und die Position des Ölsammelbehälters ist beliebig wählbar. Dies ermöglicht eine bessere Raumausnutzung und Gewichtsverteilung.

Nachteile der Trockensumpfschmierung

 Durch mindestens eine weitere Ölpumpe und den separaten Ölbehälter ist die Trockensumpfschmierung aufwendiger konstruiert als eine Nasssumpfschmierung. Daher wird sie meist nur in Flugzeugen, flachen Sportwagen, Motorrädern oder Geländefahrzeugen verwendet.
 Durch die zwei Ölpumpen wird das Schmiersystem komplexer und um eine zusätzliche Störmöglichkeit erweitert, es entsteht jedoch keine Redundanz: Durch den Ausfall einer (egal welcher) Ölpumpe bricht der Schmierölkreislauf zusammen.

Literatur
 Peter Gerigk, Detlev Bruhn, Dietmar Danner: Kraftfahrzeugtechnik. 3. Auflage, Westermann Schulbuchverlag GmbH, Braunschweig, 2000, ISBN 3-14-221500-X
 Max Bohner, Richard Fischer, Rolf Gscheidle: Fachkunde Kraftfahrzeugtechnik. 27. Auflage, Verlag Europa-Lehrmittel, Haan-Gruiten, 2001, ISBN 3-8085-2067-1
 Wilfried Staudt: Handbuch Fahrzeugtechnik Band 1. 1. Auflage, Bildungsverlag EINS, Troisdorf, 2005, ISBN 3-427-04520-X

Siehe auch
 Schmierverfahren

Weblinks
 Briggs & Stratton  (Schmierung von Kleinmotoren, Video in englischer Sprache)

Verbrennungsmotorentechnik
Schmierung

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In 1848, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, the first such convention to call for women's rights. The issue of women voting was the most difficult to pass in the resolutions passed at that convention; all the other resolutions passed unanimously, but the idea that women should vote was more controversial.
The following is Elizabeth Cady Stanton's defense of the call for women's suffrage in the resolutions that she and Mott had drafted and the assembly passed.
Notice in her argument that she alleges that women already have the right to vote. She argues that women are not demanding some new right, but one that should already be theirs by right of citizenship.
I. The specific purpose of the convention is to discuss civil and political rights and wrongs.
Social life, such as making husbands "just, generous, and courteous" and to have men take care of infants and dress like women, is not the topic.
Women value their "loose, flowing garments" as "more artistic" than men's, so men should not fear that women are going to try to change their attire. And perhaps men do know that such attire is preferable -- look at the religious, judicial, and civil leaders who wear loose flowing robes, including the Pope. Women will "not molest you" in experimenting with clothing, even if it is restrictive.
II. The protest is against "a form of government existing without consent of the governed."
Women want to be free in the same way men are, want to have representation in government since women are taxed, want to change laws that are unfair to women and permit male privileges such as punishing their wives, taking their wages, property and even children in a separation.
Such laws as men have passed to control women are disgraceful.
III. Stanton declares that the vote already is a woman's right.
The question is how to get the vote.
Women are not able to exercise a right to vote despite many men who are ignorant or "silly" are able to do so, and that is insulting to the dignity of women.
Women have pledged with pens, tongues, fortunes and wills to achieve this right.
Women shall repeat the "truth that no just government can be formed without the consent of the governed" until they have won the vote.
IV. The times are seeing many moral failures and "the tide of vice is swelling, and threatens the destruction of everything...."
The world thus needs the a purifying force.
Because "the voice of woman has been silenced in the state, the church, and the home," she cannot help man to improve society.
Women are better at connecting with the oppressed and disadvantaged than men are.
V. The degradation of women has poisoned "the very fountains of life" and so America cannot be a "truly great and virtuous nation."
When women are treated like slaves, they cannot educate their sons.
Humans are interconnected so violence against women, degradation of women, affects all.
VI. Women need to find their voices, like Joan of Arc did, and similar enthusiasm.
Women need to speak, even if greated with bigotry, prejudice, opposition.
Women need to oppose entrenched custom and authority.
Women need to carry the banners of their cause even against the storm, with lightning showing clearly the words on the banners, Equality of Rights.


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Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 1 December 2012 after early elections in February 2012 were declared invalid.

In the elections, Shi'as won 17 out of 50 seats in the National Assembly, an increase from the seven won in the February elections. Sunni Islamists were reduced to a minority. Three women also entered the Parliament compared to men-only from the February election, but their number decreased compared to the 2009 election.

Turnout was officially reported to be 43%, the lowest in the Kuwaiti electoral history.

Background
Six weeks before the elections, the electoral system was changed to single non-transferable vote, with voters restricted to voting for only one candidate, having previously been allowed to vote for four under multiple non-transferable vote. The changes resulted in mass protests and an opposition boycott of the elections. Shafeeq Ghabra, professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences at Kuwait University said that, "it's clear that the boycott was very successful." The opposition rejected a unilateral amendment of the electoral law that reduced the number of votes per person from four to one.

Results

Aftermath
On 5 December, despite calls for political reforms, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah was reappointed Prime Minister. In the opening session of the Assembly, Ali al-Rashid was elected Speaker.

In June 2013, the Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the National Assembly and the holding of fresh elections.

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Sakka puede referirse a:

Lugares
 Sakka o Saqqa, localidad cerca de Damasco, Siria.
 Limmu Sakka, una de las woredas de la Región de Oromía, Ehiopía.
 Ras ben Sakka, el punto más septentrional del continente africano.

Mitología
 Sakka o Sakra, deidad gobernante del paraíso trāyastriṃśa de la cosmología budista.
 Sakka, epíteto del dios Indra en la mitología hinduista.


(April 22, 1859-October 9, 1939). B. Altencelle, Hannover, Ger.; to Am. 1875; educ. Conc. Coll., Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Conc. Sem., St. Louis, Missouri; traveling miss. Minnesota and territories of Dak. and Montana (base Odessa, Minnesota) 1880–87. Pastor Lewiston, Minnesota, 1887–94; Hamburg, Minnesota, 1894–1911; pres. Minnesota and Dak. Dist. of the Mo. Syn. 1891–1908; pres. Mo. Syn. 1911–35, honorary pres. 1935–39.
E. A. Mayer, "Dr. Friedrich Pfotenhauer (1859–1939)," tr. F. A. Hertwig CHIQ, XIII, 1 (April 1940), 1–22; H. A. Grueber, "F. Pfotenhauer: The Man and the Leader," CHIQ, XIII, 1 (April 1940), 22–25.