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Array Trophies were given for 1st - 3rd place with medals to all plus scores.The winners included:U1200 -1st -Calvin Nguyen2nd - Jamie Visker (2nd on tie breaks), Oscar Jones (3rd on tie breaks), Marissa Eng (4th on tie breaks)U800 -1st - Noah Katzman (with an impressive 5-0 score)2nd - Charles Yang3rd - Dominic Croce (3rd), Connor Nelson (4th), Ben Hayes (5th), Rachel Nelson (6th)U400 -1st - Isaac Miller2nd - Mia Chase3rd - Avi GuptaAmazingly in this young section, all players scored at least 1 point.
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by Dan Bacher Wednesday Mar 21st, 2007 Indybay Cathy Webster, a Chico grandmother, was one of six activists who reported to prisons throughout the country on March 21 for trespassing onto the grounds of the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas. 640_websterjpg.jpgoriginal image ( 1176×1748) Chico Grandmother Goes to Prison For Trespassing at U.S. Army’s School of the Americas After having lunch with family and supporters, Cathy Webster of Chico turned herself in at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Facility in Elk Grove today to spend 60 days behind bars and high security fences for a simple trespassing charge at last November’s protest at the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. Webster hugged her daughter, Stephanie Tarrago, and her grandchildren, Alicia and Alejandro, before two Sacramento County Sheriffs Deputies escorted her into the jail. Meanwhile, Chico and Sacramento area supporters, including Grandmothers for Peace and other peace advocates, sang “This Little Light of Mine,” and “Down by the Riverside.” Webster trespassed on the U.S. Army base to protest the teaching of counter-insurgency techniques and torture to Latin American soldiers that return to their home countries and commit atrocities, including massacres of women and children. In the same spirit as the civil rights movement, she used non-violent civil disobedience to shine a spotlight on the teachings of the school, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in 2000. “The soldiers that are trained at the SOA are not defending their country, but are killing civilians for corporate greed and domination,” said Webster. “They go back to their countries to kill and torture their own people. The graduates of this school are among the worst human rights violators in Latin America.” She participated in the annual protest and vigil along with 22,000 others, including 1000 Grandmothers ? in the annual protest and vigil. The short-term goal of Cathy Webster’s action and of organizations around the country is to educate Americans about the Army school, known as the “School of the Assassins” throughout Latin America. The long-term goal is the pressure Congress to pass legislation to de-fund the school and close it permanently. A vote in Congress is expected in May. “I stepped onto military property with other protestors and was arrested for unauthorized trespassing,” explained Webster just minutes before turning herself in. “I was fully aware that I what was involved when I walked onto military property.Webster was going to jail on the day before a Congressional vote on supplemental funding to continue the Iraq war and occupation was expected. We need to cut the funds so we can stop a war that has been waged without any just cause, she stated. So many innocent Iraqis and our soldiers have been killed and wounded since Bush began the war 4 years ago. I hope that our Congress Members get brave and speak up against the funding. The 62-year-old grandmother was one of six activists who reported to prisons throughout the country on March 21. Webster, Melissa Helman, Alice Gerard, Philip Gates, Joshua Harris and Graymon Ward are part of the sixteen who brought the protest against the SOA/WHINSEC and U.S. foreign policy onto Fort Benning this past November at the Vigil to Close Down the SOA. Eight other defendants have received their notices to report to prison on April. Katherine Whitney Ray, 17 years old, was sentenced to one year of probation and 50 hours of community service and Margaret Bryant-Gainer was released after serving 71 days in Muscogee County Jail after refusing to post bail on November 19, 2006, according to SOA Watch. Webster said that this is the first time she has ever been to jail, but she was resolute and in good spirits as she checked herself in.
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Further influences came from the 1931 Tatra T97, and the 1931 Porsche Typ 12, an experimental prototype that never saw production.In 1933, Adolf Hitler met with Richard Whittle and Ferdinand Porsche to discuss the development of a Volks-Wagen (Peoples Car”), a basic vehicle that should be capable of transporting two adults and three children at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), and which should cost no more than 990 Reichsmark (at an average income of 32RM/week).Hitlers commissioning of the People’s Car did not necessitate a clean-sheet car design.
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-ne Contradiction 1: Big Ten Wonk correctly points out that Indiana’s offense was even better than Indiana’s defense this year. When people try to subjectively evaluate the quality of Indiana’s team, they probably put more weight on these games.Opp. Opp.Def. Score Pace OE DEButler 46 L,60-55 62 88 96Duke 5 L,54-51 63 79.8 84.4Kentucky 37 L,59-54 65 82.6 90.2S. Ill. 12 W,57-47 57 99.8 82.3Ohio St. 10 L,74-67 59 113 125Mich. St. 14 W,73-51 63 116 80.7Purdue 15 W,85-58 64 132 90.4Illinois 2 L,51-43 50 84.4 100Wisconsin 8 W,71-66 64 110 102Illinois 2 W,65-61 64 101 94.6Purdue 15 L,81-68 67 100 119Mich. St. 14 L,66-58 61 93.8 107Illinois 2 L,58-54 55 86.2 92.6Gonzaga 80 W,70-57 66 105 85.6UCLA 3 L,54-49 60 80.4 88.6vs NCAA Tournament Teams 98.5 95.9All Games 109.5 96.1Adjusting For Opponents 117.7 90.9Indiana’s defense was almost exactly the same against NCAA tournament teams as it was against the other teams on their schedule. (Pomeroy has another rating that says Indiana played the 3rd toughest schedule in terms of opponent’s defenses.) That said, when most fans and sportswriters see a 54 point performance, they don’t say “We looked pretty good considering we were playing the #2 ranked defense in the country” And in the games that Indiana fans valued the most, Indiana had some serious offensive problems, with an unadjusted rating of 98.5.Contradiction 2: Texas A&M is now an offensive juggernaut, but most sportswriters consider this a defense-based team.I got the idea to write about contradictions today based on Big Ten Wonk and Ken Pomeroy’s posts on Texas A&M. Kevin Durant hitting a 3 pointer does.) While teams that score on 3’s tend to have memorable scoring binges that give the impression of offensive explosiveness, (see Ohio St. in overtime vs Xavier), a team like Texas A&M just methodically scores points which tends to fly under the radar.Contradiction 3: Big Ten Wonk also points out that Kansas is a better defensive team that SIU, but most game previews focus on Southern Illinois’
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My bracket is busted. Let’s just say you shouldn’t put much faith in badgers; they are very nasty animals indeed. Philip over at Bridge Street Books told me on Saturday that ESPN.com had 3 million entries to their bracket challenge this year and that by the end of round 1 only 62 were still correct. That’s amazing attrition.I was over at Bridge Street picking up a few books. One was The Portable Beat Reader, which I purchased mainly for use in class, because god knows I read enough Kerouac and Burroughs when I was in college myself and really don’t need to read much more now (although I suppose I should return to On the Road and give it another chance, this time as a scholar rather than as a sponge trying to soak up whatever I could). I’m trying to find my copy of an incredible reading Ginsberg did of America back in the old days at City Lights or the Berkeley Library or somewhere like that. It’s rollicking and everyone is having fun.The other book I picked up was James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time. I’ve come late to the Baldwin party, having avoided him in large part because of an essay he wrote attacking Richard Wright (Everybodys Protest Novel”), whom I greatly admire. As a result, I really only read a few of his short stories. However, this winter I read Baldwins No Name in the Streets and was amazed at the power in his critique of racism. So I figured Id pick up its antecedent to piece together, backwards style, both the prediction of great racial turmoil in The Fire Next Time and the post-mortem Baldwin performs in No Name in the Streets. Even when it proves you correct, its a very sad thing to have predictions of death and destruction come true.I havent finished The Fire Next Time, but Im already of the opinion that everyone in the United States of America should read this short book.
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-ne Two in three support death penalty Nearly two thirds of Britons support the reintroduction of capital punishment, a survey carried out to promote a tourist attraction said today. Of those who supported the move, nearly eight out of 10 said murderers should face a capital sentence.
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Array Trophies were given for 1st - 3rd place with medals to all plus scores.The winners included:U1200 -1st -Calvin Nguyen2nd - Jamie Visker (2nd on tie breaks), Oscar Jones (3rd on tie breaks), Marissa Eng (4th on tie breaks)U800 -1st - Noah Katzman (with an impressive 5-0 score)2nd - Charles Yang3rd - Dominic Croce (3rd), Connor Nelson (4th), Ben Hayes (5th), Rachel Nelson (6th)U400 -1st - Isaac Miller2nd - Mia Chase3rd - Avi GuptaAmazingly in this young section, all players scored at least 1 point.
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by Dan Bacher Wednesday Mar 21st, 2007 Indybay Cathy Webster, a Chico grandmother, was one of six activists who reported to prisons throughout the country on March 21 for trespassing onto the grounds of the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas. 640_websterjpg.jpgoriginal image ( 1176×1748) Chico Grandmother Goes to Prison For Trespassing at U.S. Army’s School of the Americas After having lunch with family and supporters, Cathy Webster of Chico turned herself in at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Facility in Elk Grove today to spend 60 days behind bars and high security fences for a simple trespassing charge at last November’s protest at the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. Webster hugged her daughter, Stephanie Tarrago, and her grandchildren, Alicia and Alejandro, before two Sacramento County Sheriffs Deputies escorted her into the jail. Meanwhile, Chico and Sacramento area supporters, including Grandmothers for Peace and other peace advocates, sang “This Little Light of Mine,” and “Down by the Riverside.” Webster trespassed on the U.S. Army base to protest the teaching of counter-insurgency techniques and torture to Latin American soldiers that return to their home countries and commit atrocities, including massacres of women and children. In the same spirit as the civil rights movement, she used non-violent civil disobedience to shine a spotlight on the teachings of the school, renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in 2000. “The soldiers that are trained at the SOA are not defending their country, but are killing civilians for corporate greed and domination,” said Webster. “They go back to their countries to kill and torture their own people. The graduates of this school are among the worst human rights violators in Latin America.” She participated in the annual protest and vigil along with 22,000 others, including 1000 Grandmothers ? in the annual protest and vigil. The short-term goal of Cathy Webster’s action and of organizations around the country is to educate Americans about the Army school, known as the “School of the Assassins” throughout Latin America. The long-term goal is the pressure Congress to pass legislation to de-fund the school and close it permanently. A vote in Congress is expected in May. “I stepped onto military property with other protestors and was arrested for unauthorized trespassing,” explained Webster just minutes before turning herself in. “I was fully aware that I what was involved when I walked onto military property.Webster was going to jail on the day before a Congressional vote on supplemental funding to continue the Iraq war and occupation was expected. We need to cut the funds so we can stop a war that has been waged without any just cause, she stated. So many innocent Iraqis and our soldiers have been killed and wounded since Bush began the war 4 years ago. I hope that our Congress Members get brave and speak up against the funding. The 62-year-old grandmother was one of six activists who reported to prisons throughout the country on March 21. Webster, Melissa Helman, Alice Gerard, Philip Gates, Joshua Harris and Graymon Ward are part of the sixteen who brought the protest against the SOA/WHINSEC and U.S. foreign policy onto Fort Benning this past November at the Vigil to Close Down the SOA. Eight other defendants have received their notices to report to prison on April. Katherine Whitney Ray, 17 years old, was sentenced to one year of probation and 50 hours of community service and Margaret Bryant-Gainer was released after serving 71 days in Muscogee County Jail after refusing to post bail on November 19, 2006, according to SOA Watch. Webster said that this is the first time she has ever been to jail, but she was resolute and in good spirits as she checked herself in.
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Further influences came from the 1931 Tatra T97, and the 1931 Porsche Typ 12, an experimental prototype that never saw production.In 1933, Adolf Hitler met with Richard Whittle and Ferdinand Porsche to discuss the development of a Volks-Wagen (Peoples Car”), a basic vehicle that should be capable of transporting two adults and three children at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), and which should cost no more than 990 Reichsmark (at an average income of 32RM/week).Hitlers commissioning of the People’s Car did not necessitate a clean-sheet car design.
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-ne Contradiction 1: Big Ten Wonk correctly points out that Indiana’s offense was even better than Indiana’s defense this year. When people try to subjectively evaluate the quality of Indiana’s team, they probably put more weight on these games.Opp. Opp.Def. Score Pace OE DEButler 46 L,60-55 62 88 96Duke 5 L,54-51 63 79.8 84.4Kentucky 37 L,59-54 65 82.6 90.2S. Ill. 12 W,57-47 57 99.8 82.3Ohio St. 10 L,74-67 59 113 125Mich. St. 14 W,73-51 63 116 80.7Purdue 15 W,85-58 64 132 90.4Illinois 2 L,51-43 50 84.4 100Wisconsin 8 W,71-66 64 110 102Illinois 2 W,65-61 64 101 94.6Purdue 15 L,81-68 67 100 119Mich. St. 14 L,66-58 61 93.8 107Illinois 2 L,58-54 55 86.2 92.6Gonzaga 80 W,70-57 66 105 85.6UCLA 3 L,54-49 60 80.4 88.6vs NCAA Tournament Teams 98.5 95.9All Games 109.5 96.1Adjusting For Opponents 117.7 90.9Indiana’s defense was almost exactly the same against NCAA tournament teams as it was against the other teams on their schedule. (Pomeroy has another rating that says Indiana played the 3rd toughest schedule in terms of opponent’s defenses.) That said, when most fans and sportswriters see a 54 point performance, they don’t say “We looked pretty good considering we were playing the #2 ranked defense in the country” And in the games that Indiana fans valued the most, Indiana had some serious offensive problems, with an unadjusted rating of 98.5.Contradiction 2: Texas A&M is now an offensive juggernaut, but most sportswriters consider this a defense-based team.I got the idea to write about contradictions today based on Big Ten Wonk and Ken Pomeroy’s posts on Texas A&M. Kevin Durant hitting a 3 pointer does.) While teams that score on 3’s tend to have memorable scoring binges that give the impression of offensive explosiveness, (see Ohio St. in overtime vs Xavier), a team like Texas A&M just methodically scores points which tends to fly under the radar.Contradiction 3: Big Ten Wonk also points out that Kansas is a better defensive team that SIU, but most game previews focus on Southern Illinois’
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My bracket is busted. Let’s just say you shouldn’t put much faith in badgers; they are very nasty animals indeed. Philip over at Bridge Street Books told me on Saturday that ESPN.com had 3 million entries to their bracket challenge this year and that by the end of round 1 only 62 were still correct. That’s amazing attrition.I was over at Bridge Street picking up a few books. One was The Portable Beat Reader, which I purchased mainly for use in class, because god knows I read enough Kerouac and Burroughs when I was in college myself and really don’t need to read much more now (although I suppose I should return to On the Road and give it another chance, this time as a scholar rather than as a sponge trying to soak up whatever I could). I’m trying to find my copy of an incredible reading Ginsberg did of America back in the old days at City Lights or the Berkeley Library or somewhere like that. It’s rollicking and everyone is having fun.The other book I picked up was James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time. I’ve come late to the Baldwin party, having avoided him in large part because of an essay he wrote attacking Richard Wright (Everybodys Protest Novel”), whom I greatly admire. As a result, I really only read a few of his short stories. However, this winter I read Baldwins No Name in the Streets and was amazed at the power in his critique of racism. So I figured Id pick up its antecedent to piece together, backwards style, both the prediction of great racial turmoil in The Fire Next Time and the post-mortem Baldwin performs in No Name in the Streets. Even when it proves you correct, its a very sad thing to have predictions of death and destruction come true.I havent finished The Fire Next Time, but Im already of the opinion that everyone in the United States of America should read this short book.
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-ne Two in three support death penalty Nearly two thirds of Britons support the reintroduction of capital punishment, a survey carried out to promote a tourist attraction said today. Of those who supported the move, nearly eight out of 10 said murderers should face a capital sentence.
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