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Of the eight voices, by turns soft and hurt, disbelieving and despairing, his came closest to cracking.
"Just ... not my year," murmured Matthew Dumba, clinging to his emotions like a stricken man to the ledge of a building.
"Very disappointing.
"I thought I played all right the first two games. I felt I played pretty good the last one."
It was a walk they'd all come to dread the last few days, in this dizzying whirlwind that constitutes Team Canada's junior selection camp: That short flight of stairs up from the makeshift bad news-department located on the pool/fitness centre/spa/Jasper ballroom level, to the hotel lobby, gear being towed ahead of them, a sharp left turn into a thicket of lights and unfamiliar faces, three or four awkward questions couched in sympathy to struggle through, and then out the back door, into the night, into a car and ... gone.
Of the three locals here in contention for a trip to Ufa, Russia over the holidays, only Portland Winterhawks' right winger Ty Rattie, of Airdrie, in his final spin of the roulette wheel, survived the chop. Calgarians Hunter Shinkaruk and Dumba, both 18, made that dreaded walk up the short flight of stairs, the final two of the eight to do so.
"Being a draft-eligible guy, it's a little tougher to make it," reasoned Shinkaruk, the Medicine Hat Tigers' quicksilver left winger. "But I wish the team the best of luck over in Russia and hopefully I'll be back here next year.
"Obviously I wanted to be on that flight, but it's pretty cool anytime you have a chance to represent your country. I'm fortunate for that, but I've got a lot of work to do here in Medicine Hat."
When reminded that a number of fine NHLers — Matt Duchene, Tyler Seguin and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins among them — had also failed as draft-eligibles, Shinkaruk smiled wanly.
"Obviously I feel that I did a lot to make the team. So it's a little bit tough. But if guys like that who've gone on to have pretty successful careers, I've just got to keep my head up, keep developing as a player and hopefully I'll be in the NHL, which is where I want to be."
Where Rattie wants to be is right where he is. Getting ready for an overseas flight.
His joy at finally cracking the Canadian roster in his final year of eligibity was apparent, as a group of happy, surviving players filtered into for a team photo op in the Hockey Canada's Hall of Champions in the Markim MacPhail Centre around 6:45 p.m. Thursday.
"Best feeling in the world. I was pacing around my room. I was the only one in that room, so if the phone rang it wasn't for anyone else but me.
"I took the experience I had last year into this year. I played the role I wanted to play and obviously they saw something in me they wanted to keep, so I'm not going to argue with them."
Rattie can certainly commiserate with Dumba, Shinkaruk and the other six that were cut.
"Worst feeling in this world. It's awful. You get that call and you know it's not going this year. But a lot of those guys have another year. I know what that's like. I wanted to take my year experience and I wanted to prove everyone wrong."
Canadian head coach Steve Spott said Rattie richly deserved his place on this team.
"We saw in Game 4 of the Summit Series this summer what he's capable of. He's a game breaker, well coached in Portland and just a tremendous kid. The challenge for Ty is going to be to keep that work ethic up every night. But I think with the opportunity with a Scheifele, a Strome, a Nugent-Hopkins ... boy, that's got to be motivation in itself."
The whole Rattie crew is heading to Russia for this cameo-keepsake moment: Rattie's dad, Rob, mom Shauna, 14-year-old brother Taden, his grandpa Brian ("My biggest fan since I can remember") and grandma Jean.
"This was it for me. There was a sense of desperation, certainly. I needed this. I wanted this. So bad. I didn't want that feeling I had last year."
A feeling Dumba is experiencing, again, this morning. This marks a second failed attempt to crack the Canadian roster. Only an hour and a half earlier, before the Hockey Canada junior braintrust had huddled to decide upon the final eight cuts, the Red Deer Rebels' cornerstone D-man had been brimming with cautious optimism.
"My last game was my strongest," he said, following a tire-pumping 2-0 victory over a collection of CIS players. "I left everything out there. I guess we'll just wait and see now.
"We went through it before, yesterday. I was sweating. I was in my room all alone. Francis (Beauvillier), he took off. It's not going to be fun.
"I don't have Twitter. I'll probably stay off the Internet, watch TV, try to eat and ignore it. I tried to come in here just like last year without all the pressures and whatnot. Being a 17 year old last year I didn't have to face any of that, just go out there and give it my all. This year I kinda felt the pressure.
"It's stressful. It's a stressful three days for all of us. Not just me. It's crazy."
Yes, it is. There is no easy, humane way to rip a teenage kid's heart out of his chest. No anesthetic capable of dulling the pain; no available antidote for diluting the poison. Dumba sort of flinched, almost imperceptibly, when, he was asked if he felt any regrets about his effort here this week.
"Um, no," he stammered, clinging tenaciously to that ledge again. "No. It's tough. A tough team to make. I'm disappointed. At the same time I understand."
But you could tell he didn't. Not really.
They never do. Never can.
And then he was out the back door, into the night, into a car and ... gone.
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In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a federally funded, five-year plan to improve cafeteria food and reduce childhood obesity.
The new guidelines guarantee more fruits, veggies and whole grains on the lunch table; in addition, full-fat milk is off the menu, meaning kids will choose from low-fat or fat-free.
Lauri Erway Nandyal, MD, UC Health primary care physician who sees patients in Wyoming, says this is a good change in order to keep children eating healthier, lower-fat foods, but warns that, whether milk is part of a person's daily intake or not, vitamin D is necessary for healthy bones and bodies.
"Most kids don't do green vegetables, which are a source of calcium, so milk is the best option for vitamins and calcium," she says, adding that white milk is best, omitting the added sugar in chocolate or flavored milks, which may be as unhealthy as soda. "Nutrition in school is so important because some children aren't getting the message about healthy eating at home.
"Schools should be held to higher standards and not reinforce poor eating choices."
But even with milk and veggies on the table, Nandyal says vitamin D is not available through many other food sources.
"We can't expect one or two cartons of milk to do the trick," she says. "It's a fatty fish-based product, so we can eat fish, but we also need to see vitamin D deficiency as less of a nutritional issue and more of a skin issue."
Nandyal explains that our bodies are designed to manufacture vitamin D through our skin and cautious exposure to sun is important, being careful to avoid burning.
"There are vitamin D supplements, which are often necessary in addition to the little we can get from our diets, but in my opinion, we need more public consensus about what amount of sun exposure is safe and necessary to get the amount of vitamin D that we need," she says, adding that during the winter months, the need for supplementation is important, since sun exposure is not feasible.
"We're trying to level the playing field, but saying that the same amount of sun exposure will produce sufficient vitamin D for everyone is untrue.
"No one should spend excess amounts of time in the sun, but depending on the amount of melanin in the skin and the amount of skin a person is willing to show, the amount of vitamin D able to be manufactured differs."
She adds that in an effort to be "colorblind," the same recommendations for sunscreen to pale people are often made for people of color.
"African-Americans are well pigmented and don't need to be slathered in the highest level SPF," she says. "I'm not saying that sun screen should not be used; however, I'm saying that we do need some sort of sun exposure to be healthy and receive some of the vitamin D that we need, and that it isn't a one-size-fits-all kind of solution.
"In fact, someone with a dark complexion needs about four times the amount of sun exposure to someone who has fairer skin."
And when it comes to the schoolyard, Nandyal says that in addition to milk, educators should try to hold outdoor PE classes, to allow some of that natural vitamin D absorption.
"There shouldn't be an expectation that milk will solve vitamin D deficiencies," she says. "In fact, milk isn't a natural source of vitamin D either. However, I think the nutrition push in schools is fantastic, and I'm glad to see these efforts under way.
"I tell my patients to not think of food as fuel, but instead to think of it as data—information being used to tell your body how to process and fix problems. We want to be sure that we're putting in the right data—through our mouths or our skin—to achieve the best possible health."
Media Contact: Katie Pence, 513-558-4561
Patient Info: To schedule an appointment with Nandyal, call 513-821-0275. To learn more about vitamin D and its benefits, visit www.vitamindcouncil.org.

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It took a few tries, but it seems as though the flagship food, cocktails, wine & beer event of our city's flagship publication may have this Labor Day weekend on lock. So head on over to Paramount Pictures this upcoming 3-day weekend for a celebration of delicious consumptions and libations. Tickets cost $65 per event and come with unlimited bites and swigs. See below for a preview of dishes, cocktails & people you'll have to look forward to:
Field to Fork: Saturday, 9/1 • 11 am- 3 pm (21+)
Times Food Editor Russ Parsons and Chef Ray Garcia of FIG host this session inspired by fresh, local ingredients in celebration of seasonal dishes. Look forward to cooking demos, a conversation with local farmers and a chef's challenge. You'll experience tastes from Cook's County, Sunny Spot, Picca, Mo-Chica, M.B. Post and Canele, who will be plating their Shelled Bean Salad.


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In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester chronicles the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who turned his eccentric genius on the study of China.
In 1937 Joseph Needham fell in love with a visiting Chinese student. He soon became fascinated by China, and his mistress persuaded him to travel to her home country. Thus began his undying passion for the world's most populous nation.
Needham tackled one of the great, unanswered historical questions: Why did a nation that had invented so much and had enjoyed 5,000 years of flourishing civilization fail to undergo an industrial revolution, and instead spend so many modern years mired in poverty and racked by instability and revolution?
By the time he died, Needham had produced 17 immense volumes on China, marking him as the greatest one-man encyclopaedist ever.
Both epic and intimate, The Man Who Loved China tells the sweeping history of China through Needham's remarkable life. Here is an unforgettable tale by one of the world's inimitable storytellers.
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- David Ewing
- 09/10/2008
Great for Winchester Fans
This is my third Simon Winchester book and I enjoyed it immensely. However, if you've never read (listened) to a Simon Winchester book, this is not the one to start with. You will appreciate this book far more after listening to "The Professor and The Madman" because it will help you "get" the Winchester perspective on great works of scholarly importance and the characters in Madman are far more endearing than here.
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- Chris
- 06/10/2008
This guy knows how to tell a story
This is not a topic I would normally have much interest in. I've never heard of Joseph Needham or the book he wrote. But Simon Winchester can make things interesting. It is the story of another eccentric Brit, not unlike the subjects of The Professor and the Madman or The Map that Changed the World. The format is straight biography, but there is an awful lot to learn about China in the story.
I guess the take home message is that China went into a slump for a few centuries while Europe managed to take over the world. Now China is regaining its place as a center of innovation and scholarship. How the future plays out is still open, but Needham made it clear that if the past is any guide, the West has a lot to worry about. A fun listen.
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- Andy
- 22/05/2008
turn your watch back 70 years
Turn your watch back 70 years and let Simon Winchester guide your mind through Joseph Needman's life and times. Beyond his work in China, Winchester brings you up close to all of the unique and interesting aspects of Needam. Beyond the wonderful way Winchester writes, the English accent is just great.
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- Sarah
- 05/03/2011
I would give this 10 stars if I could. I have read three other books by Winchester and was honestly rather disappointed with them. But in this work, he has exceeded all his other efforts put together. I was transported into Joseph Needham's world of Cambridge in the first half of the twentieth century. This brilliant man reached the pinnacle of achievement in science, languages, and history. After a remarkable career in biochemistry, he switched to the history of science in China in his late thirties. He not only mastered the Chinese language, but became the world authority on the history of science in China. He recognized that the Chinese were often far ahead of the rest of the world in science. His objective was to write "a" book about the topic, but it soon grew to some 17 major volumes that took 5 decades of his life to complete.
I relished every word of this wonderful work and can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be equally enthralled by this tale. An absolute winner.
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- Geoffrey
- 03/09/2010
Not Book, Bomb, Compass
The UK and International title of this book is BOOK, BOMB, AND COMPASS, describing Francis Bacon's choice of three inventions which most greatly affected the history of mankind. All three were invented in China. For the US version the title of this book was changed to THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA, and this is a much more apt title. It is a biography of Joseph Needham, not a summary of his work on the history of science in China.
Problem is I wanted to hear the latter, not the former. Only the first 1/3 of the book was interesting to me - his discovery of interest in China and his travels there. The rest about college life and cold war politics I could have skipped. Nevertheless, as an American living in China, it is humbling to hear about the early scholars who helped bridged the gap between China and the West with none of the modern aids we have today.
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- B. Wilson
- 22/04/2014
A Worthwhile Book About China
If you could sum up The Man Who Loved China in three words, what would they be?
A book about a book (though lengthy and multivolume, the Science and Civilisation of China remains a unitary work) about China through the lens of Joseph Needham. Eminently approachable for the western reader. Relatable as well, through the fusion of eros and logos in Needham.
What other book might you compare The Man Who Loved China to and why?
The Age of Wonder, Holmes.
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- Alfred
- 27/03/2009
The future is foreshadowed by the past.
This is a terrific book which all educated people should read to correct what they were taught. Teachers and historians need this information to pass on the truth. Government and business people need to know this information in order to deal in China. This is not to elevate China to some lofty level or to fear China. It is to understand China, deal with the Chinese people, understand them personally and how they will proceed in the future.
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- Doug
- 12/04/2016
Maybe too long!
Perhaps a bit too much info on this man, who indeed had an interesting relationship over a long period with China. Still, I listened to the whole audio, so it is not too bad as I can be impatient. Good vocal performance. You can always send it back to Audible if you really dislike it. I kept it as I got enough enjoyment that I could not in good conscience return it.
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- Tony Lambert
- 11/08/2019
Exceptional story
Wonderfully told and read. I did not know anything about it and I was fascinated. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in the history of science and/or China.
- Jeff H.
- 10/02/2019
Fantastic Listen, Story and Author!
Everything about this book was a joy to me. I have loved listening to this author read his works since starting with his newest book.


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If you believe something is evidence... ask yourself is this really proof? Is this scientific proof? Would this hold up in court? Or is it just a photo that could be faked? An idea that could be misrepresented? Or information that is just hearsay?
Ask yourself these questions... Do you like the concept of being innocent until PROVEN guilty? Then RESPECT IT.
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You aren't giving very clear indicators of sarcasm here.
sorry, i'll try harder next time!
I don't believe that the government did it. I believe that the government had knowledge of the event in advance then decided for political reasons to not only allow it, but to take steps to ensure the mission's success.
I do believe that explosives, mainly thermite, were placed in all three buildings and after the impacts of the and demolition of the first two towers, i believe that a decision was made to blow the 3 building because events took place that prevented the last plane from hitting its target and they would be unable to remove the explosives unnoticed.
Although I have no evidence to support this, i firmly believe, until other facts may be obtained, that the party responsible for actually physically installing the explosives would most likely be contractors working in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is the only US Government agency that is well known for its criminal activities. Murder, trafficking of weapons and drugs to aiding and training of terrorist groups abroad.
There is tons of actual evidence to support the notion of controlled demolition. From photos of support beams being cut off at a downward angle to allow them to collapse in on themselves to the pools of molten lava forming in the lower levels that was reported by rescue wich is a known happening of termite detonations.
But all of that set aside.. I'm willing to judge the events based solely on one event. On the morning of 9/11 our nation's air defenses were crippled. I believe intentionally. On the exact day and the exact time, airplanes were being used as missles to attack this nation, NORAD, or air defences, was running simulations of airplanes being used as missles. When air traffic controllers were calling in reports of hijacked aircraft, NORAD controllers had no idea that they were actual reports rather than just part of the simulation. They have the audio recording where you can hear the NORAD dispatchers saying.. "Is this real world or is this simulation"..
No fighters were ever launched to intercept these hijacked aircraft. On any other day, at any other time, Air Forces would have be in the air, on the wing of those airliners attempting to make radio contact and then visual contact.. and it at any time they thought those aircraft were a threat they would have been taken down by force.
I don't believe in coincidence that great.
I find such coincidences hard to swallow - but I find it a lot easier to explain many of them by assuming the terrorists weren't the bumbling fools that they were made out to be after the fact. A well planned operation, possibly with some assistance of foreign intelligence, or a few domestic traitors, could have found out about the massive air maneuvers that day.
I don't see the advantage of bringing the towers down after they were hit. Who truly benefited from this and how? I realize defense contractors made money off the 'war on terror' - but do you really think they could have pulled this off? Aren't there easier ways for them to fan the flames? If George Bush had direct ties to this, don't you think he would have better positioned himself on an aircraft carrier looking cool rather than reading about goats to school children ffs?
I'm sorry, I don't buy the zeitgeist stuff at all. They run through some great talking points and do a great job of rapidly connecting lots of dots while playing dramatic music - but they skim over the material even faster than the ancient aliens theorists.
If there was explosives in the building as well. Could it not be equally attributed to the planning skills of Al Qaeda?
It's one thing to train a couple pilots. Quite another to carefully plant explosives on hundreds of floors with no one noticing. Planning isn't the problem so much as the execution of the plan.
I look more to who would benefit from a controlled demolition to take the building down. I realize the owner (Silverstein?) got a lot of insurance, but he couldn't know that was going to pay out beforehand. On top of that, he couldn't orchestrate the entire day, and if the day was orchestrated by the 'Illuminati' (smirk) then they certainly wouldn't have wanted him to bring the buildings down because that has caused all sorts of suspicions they wouldn't have wanted. Outside of the owner, there was no gain in bringing the buildings down.
Although I have no evidence to support this, i firmly believe...
And what is the name of this religion?
That was a ghastly audio - I couldn't stomach it - after 5 minutes it had to go.
I think the whole basis of conspiracy theories rests on the assumption that people can keep secrets. Not only has that not been true historically, but nowadays with the internet available, information leaks everywhere, so it is even more unrealistic in today's world. People can't keep secrets. The more people involved, and the longer the time lapse, the more unlikely a secret will be sustained as such.
I think of it as paranoia. Maybe religious people are used to believing impossible things, but I cannot.
Well said... another factor besides the eroding institute of secrecy... is the eroding institute of credible evidence. A photograph 60 years ago was pretty solid evidence. Today... photographs AND video can be manipulated and shopped in minutes reducing credibility. This will only continue.
As well.. shouldn't there be many more sources than one for photographs in today's age if anything spooky happens.
Three can keep a secret if two are dead. --Ben Franklin.
I don't buy the explosives theory because there's simply no way you could wire a building to go demolition kaboom and not have it be noticed by people in the building.
Not to mention the vast numbers of demolitions people required. And they've all kept their mouths shut all these years?


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It's not often that the President of Brazil, the Vice President of Iran, the Chancellor of Germany, the Argentinian Senate, the EU parliament, Burma's opposition leader, 13 Nobel Peace Prize winners, and hundreds of parliamentarians all over the world agree on anything.
But that they all agree with Greenpeace? That's truly humbling, and — as far as I know — unprecedented. I have been doing work with politicians all over the world for many years. But I have never seen such a truly global outpouring of support. For which we say: Thank you.
Let me take you on a small world tour, which illustrates the depth and breadth of the support we have received. Especially when you remember, that this is just a small selection, a snapshot.
Dr. Massoumeh Ebtekar, Iran's Vice President and Head of their Department of the Environment, has described the peaceful actions taken by the Arctic 30 as "an act of compassion" as it was aimed at keeping Arctic oil in the ground. Burma's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has applauded the peacefulness of our activists, while Indian politician Maneka Gandhi has been calling on governments to support those defending the earth, not her destroyers.
In Brazil, every political leader has been supporting the call to free Ana Paula — at 31, one of the youngest of the Arctic 30. President Dilma Rousseff, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, the President of the Brazilian Congress, Senator Renan Calheiros, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Mr. Tarso Genro, and many Members of Congress all have stated their support. In Argentina, meanwhile, the Senate has expressed concern about the Arctic 30 arrest just as much as the City Councils of Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata, and 28 Members of Parliament have signed letters of support. The Mayor of Bogota, Colombia, as well as no fewer than 45 local councillors, have also called publicly to #FreeTheArctic30.
In Mexico, Senators such as Angélica de la Peña, Alejandro Encina or Gerardo Flores have supported us as well as Deputies Gloria Bautista, Aleida Alavez or Ricardo Mejía, who wrote letters of support, and the President of the PRD (the Party of the Democratic Revolution), Jesús Zambrano Grijalba. And while we wish that the Canadian government would act more decisively to free their citizens, Paul and Alexandre, in Canada, too, we have had outspoken support, for example, from MP Elizabeth May.
In Europe, meanwhile, we are grateful for the explicit support by Germany's Chancellor Merkel, UK Prime Minister Cameron as well as France's Prime Minster Ayrault and hundreds of Members of Parliaments — over 100 each in Italy, the UK or Spain for example. The list of Members of the European Parliament who are raising their voice also continues to grow (have a look here). The recent debate at the European Parliament is well worth listening to. In it, EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik reminded the world that "Greenpeace had a message for all of us": we need to act urgently on climate change, if we want to protect the Arctic.
I could go on for a lot longer listing support — from the Mayor of Naples to some 50 MPs in Turkey and over 60 in Sweden or the beautiful support from Desmond Tutu. In some ways I should, as everyone who has supported us deserves a loud shout out, including the more than two million of you who have sent a letter to a Russian embassy (if you have not, please do so now).
If every politician who is supporting the efforts to free the Arctic 30 acted decisively on climate change, we would have a good chance of protecting the Arctic from the destruction my colleagues were peacefully protesting against. Only when we have as broad a coalition of support to implement the energy revolution we need, deliver zero deforestation, protect the High Seas, or produce food ecologically, will the world be the better place that the Arctic 30 were calling for.
I suspect that I — indeed we all— still have numerous heated discussions with many politicians ahead of us, before we reach that goal. There will be a time for that. For now, though, I am just grateful that the Arctic 30 do have so many good friends in high places. And your support!
Obrigado. Gracias. Merci. Danke. Thank you. Please do not waver in your determination and support until the Arctic 30 are back where they belong: with their families.
Daniel Mittler is the Political Director of Greenpeace International
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1) Get support from Russian politicians and other influencers. The supporters you list don't have much control over...
Two suggestions:
1) Get support from Russian politicians and other influencers. The supporters you list don't have much control over the Russian judicial system.
2) Threaten to hold your collective breaths until you turn blue.
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Dierks Bentley! Burning Man Tour On Ice?!
We always knew he could skate, but I was thinking more hockey and less toe pick! Jon Pardi and New artist Tenille Townes join in the fun!
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Former UMBC standout Julia Culotta joined the Retriever staff as an assistant coach in June 2011 and was appointed to a full-time assistant in Jan. of 2012. She serves as the top assistant on head coach Joe French's staff and is responsible for recruiting, scouting, and fund raising in addition to teaching physical education classes and providing ground and field maintenance. Culotta works most closely with the team's hitting and the outfielders.
Over the past two seasons, Culotta has aided Coach French in revitalizing the program on both sides of the ball. In 2014, the Retrievers' pitching staff posted the program's first-ever perfect game and allowed the least amount of walks (78) for a UMBC staff since 1996, while offensively, the All-Conference First Team pair of Taylor Hall and Danielle O'Neill became the first UMBC duo since 2006 to each post 10-plus home runs in a season. Last season, the Retrievers followed by posting its highest batting average since 2007 (.289) and the highest on-base percentage since 2006 (.378), en route to placing three player on the America East All-Conference Second Team and a pair on the league's All-Rookie Team.
During her four seasons with the Retrievers, Culotta has helped guide players to 17 all-conference honors, in addition to America East Co-Rookie of the Year recognition in 2012 for catcher Taylor Hall.
The five-year assistant coach has added to her coaching resume since joining the Retrievers, working numerous camps at UMBC, TNT, Towson and the Florida Rising Star.
Culotta is four years removed from her senior season with UMBC in which she was named to the America East All-Conference Second Team after batting a team-best .384 with nine home runs, 33 RBI and 37 runs scored – all career highs. She ranked in the top five in the America East in batting average, slugging percentage (.645), on-base percentage (.506), total bases (89) and walks (32). In addition, she belted nine doubles and was 10-for-12 in stolen base attempts.
A career .274 hitter, Culotta is tied for seventh all-time at UMBC with 21 home runs in her four years, and she ranks third with 84 walks. She amassed 155 hits, 96 RBI, 25 doubles and 93 runs in 207 career games, and she is one of 14 Retrievers ever to play in 200 contests.
Culotta served as a team captain in 2011, when she was named team co-MVP, and she was recognized on the America East Honor Roll for earning a GPA of at least 3.0 during her competition season three times. As a senior, Culotta ranked in the top-100 in the NCAA for batting average (96th) and walks (53rd), as well as the top-50 in the country in on-base percentage (41st). She was named the America East Player of the Week twice in 2012.
Before coming to UMBC, Culotta was a redshirt freshman at the University of Tennessee in 2007 when the Volunteers were the national runner-up at the Women's College World Series.
A native of Street, Md., who attended North Harford High School, Culotta graduated from UMBC in May 2010 with a bachelor's degree in history, and is working towards her master's degree.


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Lazarus Rising
(Cross-posted from Lady Sabre & The Pirates of the Ineffable Aether)
The wonders of the digital age. I am, as this post goes live, participating at the Image Comics Panel at San Diego ComicCon International 2012. And, roughly as this post goes live, I've announced that I'm doing a new book with Michael Lark and Elizabeth "Bettie" Breitweiser that will debut in 2013, called LAZARUS.
Here's the promo art that Michael and Bettie prepared.
I've been describing the book in shorthand as "The Godfather meets Children of Men," but that's terribly vague. In a nutshell, the idea is this:
Set in a near-future dystopian society where the economic woes of the early 21st century continued, then exploded exponentially, resulting in a world where a handful of Families control everything. Having divvied up the world into their own kingdoms, they now spend their days jealously guarding what they have, and coveting what they do not. But for those living without wealth, collectively referred to by the families as "the Waste," the future is desperate, with day-to-day survival as much the result of the ruling Families as the weather.
Endeavor Carlyle is the youngest daughter of the near-immortal Carlyle Family. She is their Lazarus, a position common to all the Families: part bodyguard to her family, part intelligence director, part military general, she has been genetically modified to defend the Family at all costs, with unwavering loyalty.
But Endeavor Carlyle is beginning to ask questions, and her Family will do everything they can to keep her from finding the answers….
This is called "copy," you see.
Anyway, yes, LAZARUS. Myself. Michael Lark. Bettie Breitweiser. Image Comics. Early 2013.
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I would like to make a sidecar for an older bike for my wife. Has anybody out there got any insight on this. What am I getting myself into.
I would like to make a sidecar for an older bike for my wife. Has anybody out there got any insight on this. What am I getting myself into.
Moved this to motorrad in the Garage. More appropriate forum and will receive better response.
Steve Marquardt
Look through the 'Hacks' forum on advrider.com. You'll find an unlimited source of info from home builds to store boughts.
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Sidecars can be a lot of fun but to do it correctly, it won't be cheap. We have owned seven different rigs over a 26 year period. Three of them were EML kits from The Netherlands. Two were on R100's and required every nut, bolt and screw being removed from the donor bike to a new frame that was supplied with the kit. They handled really well. The other EML that we owned was on a K100 and didn't require as much work but did require a subframe that was supplied with the kit. All came with leading link, front forks and automobile tires. I did all of the work myself which was an adventure since they didn't come with any instructions. My wife got to the point where she rode the sidecar rig almost exclusively while her car sat most of the time. Today, EZS makes a kit that is very similar to what EML used to offer in the USA.
If you just want to hang a sidecar on a BMW, you're going to need a subframe to help handle the extra stress that comes with pulling a hack. Depending on what year/model of BMW you're planning on mounting it to, you may need a leading link front end (not cheap). I would suggest that you go here: http://www.sidecar.com/mbbs22/category-view.asp where you can ask questions and participate in discussions about sidecars with riders who own/have owned them. Then, you can make an intelligent decision as to whether or not you want to get involved. We thoroughly enjoyed our rigs but finally got to the point where I couldn't crawl around on my back like I did when I was younger to do the maintenance/repairs and finding a shop that was willing to work on a rig was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Good luck with your decision.
first, please take a moment to fill in your profile. That way if there is a member here who is into sidecars, and happens to live near you, he may be willing to help.
Sidecar.com has a lot of good info on selling, buying, setting up, etc of sidecars.
Side Car Talk on Yahoo groups has some very helpfull folks. Join that group.
Like others have said, most bikes require a good subframe to take the loads of a sidecar. Fork alterations also make a rig much more drivable. About the worse thing you can do is to buy a Velorex and and clamp on your motorcycle. (I'm not slamming Velorex, just the concept of slapping one on a bike without proper setup) If its not set up properly, Wife will likely hate driving it.
For $10,000 you can get a brand new Ural Sidecar rig, all set up and ready to go. Its fairly easy to spend that much on building a good Airhead rig. The Ural can be good for leisurely rides on back roads. Not really built for speed and long days on the road at USA type speeds.
I have a Dnepr sidecar on a R75/5 that is a fun and good handling rig. It has several mods to make it drive good: Stout subframe, modified steering triple trees that reduce trail, and lower gear ratio final drive.
Hank Pfister, Bent Mtn. VA
2014 R1200GS, 1973 R75/5, 1984 R100/Dnepr.
A bunch of fun and adventure. Sidecarist are the best and always ready to give info and help!
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USCA Web Site
Lot's of questions and answers:
Excellent resources. BTW the USCA (United Sidecar Association) Sidecarist magazine is the only general sidecar print publication left in the US. If you'd like a sample copy let me know.
Jim Doyle
Expert M/C road racer and crew chief, owner G-Baby Racing endurance team
2013 ASRA/AMA Team Challenge GTL National Champions
2015 US National Endurance Series LW National Champions
I got my first rig 3yrs ago after almost 30yrs on two wheels. What a Blast!!!
I'm not certain what you mean by 'for my wife'. Is it for her the drive or is she in the tub? If it's for her to ride, I strongly recomend leading link front end ($) or modified triple tree. Steering a rig with no steering mods can be pretty physical. With leading link it's like having power steering.
You can probably buy a rig for a lot less then it would cost to build. Look on ebay, IBMWR or the USCA web sites. Of course don't forget the Flea Market!
My first rig was basic, to see if I liked hacking. I did, so I upgraded to a K100/EML this fall. Now I have all the bells and whistles, at about half of what it would have cost me build it.
Buy and read (3-4 times)... 'Driving A Sidecar Outfit' published by USCA, writen by David L. Hough. It has rencently been updated.
As previous posters have stated, visit the USCA site for unlimited info.
'Once you go hack...you never go back!!!'
In the mail tomorrow!
Jim Doyle
Expert M/C road racer and crew chief, owner G-Baby Racing endurance team
2013 ASRA/AMA Team Challenge GTL National Champions
2015 US National Endurance Series LW National Champions
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This is the new Petman, by our friends at Boston Dynamics, the creators of Big Dog and BigDog 2. It's like a robotic marine that never gets tired. You tell him to give you a thousand and he'll do it.
It was created to test chemical protection clothing for the US Army. It moves and balances itself like a real human — walking, crawling and "doing a variety of suit-stressing calisthenics during exposure to chemical warfare agents". I wonder how much would it take to move it from testing clothes to the battlefield.


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Ever hit a "Java heap space" crash while running Flash's command-line compiler: mxmlc? There are two ways to fix it:
1. Go to your SDK bin directory in a terminal window. (mac with FB: /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder 3/sdks/3.3.0/bin)
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2. edit the 'mxmlc' file, look for the "VMARGS=…" line, and change the "Xmx384m" to "Xmx684m".
2. edit "jvm.config" and edit the line starting with "java.args=…", change "Xmx348m" to "Xmx648m".
3. The "648" is the maximum heap size (in megabytes) that the JVM will allocate for the compiling process. You can change this to suit your needs.
If you're not sure how much memory you'll need, set it to 1024 (a gig) or so, and compile your app with the "-benchmark" arg. That'll tell you how much memory was used to compile your app, and you can adjust the final size to be somewhere above what it used.


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The number of people who have
multiple sclerosis (MS) increases the farther away
they are from the equator.
In areas near the equator, MS occurs in fewer than 1 out of 100,000 people. In areas
farther from the equator—such as northern Europe and northern North America—MS
occurs in around 30 to 80 out of 100,000 people.1 When moving south of the equator, the number of people
with MS is less dramatic, but the same trend is seen.
Some evidence suggests that people who move from a high-risk to a
low-risk area before the age of 15 reduce their chances of developing MS.
But the same is true in reverse. In those who move from a low-risk area to
a high-risk area before the age of 15, the risk of getting MS increases. Those
older than 15 when they move to a new area retain the risk associated with
their old area.1
Most experts agree that this unusual relationship between geographic
location and MS suggests that an environmental factor is partly responsible for
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CitationsRopper AH, Samuels MA (2009). Multiple sclerosis and
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For a character who is 75 years old, Batman still looks pretty spectacular, doesn't he? Like fellow DC superhero Superman before him, the Caped Crusader is getting a year-long celebration for his diamond jubilee anniversary, though I'd expect he want the diamond to be colored black. The special logo design seen above is just the first of many ways that DC will be showing the Dark Knight love this year, in addition to all of the previously planned releases that we already knew were coming in 2014. I feel the need to wear my Batman pajamas while writing this.
Today marks the launch of the anniversary-specific website Batman75.com, which will serve as the hub for activities and releases coming over the next year or so. The first thing you should do is clear your calendar for July 23, which has officially been deemed "Batman Day." (Greeting card companies need to jump on this, and in a hurry.) To celebrate, DC Entertainment is partnering with thousands of comic retailers, book stores and libraries across the nation to host celebrations, complete with a free Batman comic created special for the occasion. The new series Batman Eternal will hit stores in April, so we can probably expect that series to receive heavy promotion that day.
On the visual media front, this year marks the very first time the classically campy 1966 Batman series will be available on DVD for the first time. (Holy what the hell took so long, Batman!) As well, a 25th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman will be released on Blu-ray/DVD. As far as new stuff goes, we can look forward to the animated films Son of Batman, an adaptation of Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert's Batman and Son comic arc as scripted by the ever-awesome author Joe R. Lansdale, as well as Batman: Assault on Arkham, which will take place in the same universe as the popular Arkham video game series. Take a peek at Batman's offspring in the trailer below.
Speaking of those games, we can look forward to the fourth game in that series, Batman: Arkham Knight, which comes out in October. In anticipation for that release, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is tasking fashion designer Asher Levine with creating a cape and cowl based on the game's designs, and a group of contemporary artists will be able to use Levine's prototypes to create their own versions of the iconic costume. These creations will be shown off at Comic-Con in July for a "Cape/Cowl/Create" exhibit. Take a peek at the digital duds below.
And that's not the only good news for convention-goers. SDCC will be the home for a slew of variant comic covers, but the real prizes are coming to Anaheim's Wonder Con in April, where Batman: The Animated Series's Bruce Timm will unveil his exclusive animated short celebrating Batman's 75 years, presumably in the same way that Zack Snyder honored Superman last year. Timm will also be taking part in the 75th anniversary all-star panel on Saturday, April 19. As well, comic book vet and animator Darwyn Cooke will present his own short film based on the fan favorite series Batman Beyond.
So while you're waiting for all of these batty events and releases, which will in some way culminate in the production of Snyder's Man of Steel sequel, go out and buy the recently released special edition of Detective Comics #27 (where Batman was first introduced) or try and find a screening of Brett Culp's inspirational documentary Legends of the Knight. And I don't think I have to remind you guys to keep up with our coverage of Fox's Gotham pilot, which will delve into the early years of Detective James Gordon.
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Recently I had a sojourn to the Lake District with my family and we stayed in the same small, hotel we have stayed in for the last twelve years when we visit our relatives in the north of the region. One of my favourite things about this hotel is the excellent food they never fail to serve.
On our first night at dinner, I was shocked – no, mortified – to discover that fifteen out of the nineteen diners were wearing jeans. Jeans! Denim! I should at this juncture state that the restaurant itself is quite formal (it's not a Harvester). Only at this point did I realise that my brother was also wearing jeans (smart jeans – not ones with rips and holes in, but jeans nonetheless). My family quickly told me to calm down and stop being such a stick in the mud.
But this is why I was shocked: when we first stayed at said hotel, the gentlemen wore jackets and ties, whilst the women wore dresses. You were looked upon in horror if you wore jeans (or dared not wear a jacket – although no rule was enforced). Now, ten years later, there has transparently been a seismic shift in standards. I should state here and now that I rolled up on the first night (going by previous experiences) with a jacket, tie and corduroy trousers. People looked at me. They stared.
When sitting in the hotel lounge afterwards I heard a young-ish girl refer to me to her father as 'that odd boy with the tie'. Well. That's the thanks one gets for upholding standards.
Society does change, I accept that, but what shocked me is the speed in which, in this particular instance, it has done so. My fear is that we as a nation are too lazy to make the effort for anything anymore. The chef has made an effort to produce top-notch food, so why should we be so arrogant as to wear the same clothes we were wearing all day to eat it?
Moan over. But for the record, for the next two nights we were there, I made sure I wore a jacket, tie and smart trousers. And if I had had my dinner jacket to hand, I'd have worn that: just to make my point.
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I've been busy with my Facebook Timeline. I didn't plan this. I had planned to regard this upcoming change like I had many others: "Oh no, do I now have to go in and make a ton of privacy edits?" And then I would work things slowly over time. I now have this love/hate relationship with my Timeline, love because there are a lot of great things that make sense, hate because making my timeline work for me is going to take a LOT of hard work up front.
Back in September, GeekMom Lissa had shared the upcoming Facebook Timeline changes that were forthcoming when she discussed the new Facebook ticker and the privacy changes that came with that (which I'm still dealing with over here, by the way).
When I saw two of my friends' new Timeline pages during Christmas week, I was curious. On Christmas Day, I decided to turn on the seven-day test drive and give it a go. And then I basically disappeared into Facebook edit mode for the next two days. Good thing the kids had plenty of Christmas gifts to keep them busy, because I was busy myself.
First of all, with Timeline, Facebook gives us the chance to edit the photo dates. This is absolutely WONDERFUL, but this took a VERY long time for me. I have over 100 older pictures scanned in and residing on Facebook to share with family/friends, that previously were marked with just the upload date. Once you correct the dates, you can then view pictures by date and tie them into other events on the timeline. If you have a birthday, anniversary, graduation, change of jobs or move dates in the timeline, you can now easily tie photos to the events. Here's an example:
Secondly, I got to work on coming up with the perfect Cover Photo. This took another solid day of work. It's important to note that the dimensions of the Cover Photo are 851px x 315 px. A strange size indeed. I had decided I wanted a picture of my three boys as the Cover Photo. I scoured my albums for a recent picture and came up with a great one of them sitting in the stands at Turner Field in Atlanta.
Once I vertically centered the picture and viewed it in Facebook, this is what I got:
Oh Facebook, YOU'RE ON! The day after Christmas was spent perfecting the Cover Photo.
First of all, I tried to shrink and rotate the picture. Since my laptop isn't the one with PhotoShop Elements, I just tried to do what I could with Powerpoint's resizing and rotation tools. Once I shrunk the picture down some, and rotated it about 30-40 degrees, I could fit all three boys nicely, but then I was left with this annoying white space all around:
I browsed a couple of articles featuring creative Cover Photos. This one was particularly inspiring to me, and I had considered one of the ones from this writeup.
After several hours of pondering, I came up with a scrapbook-inspired look. I added two other favorite pictures and then attempted numerous iterations of uploads to perfect things. Most of the edits I made were to ensure I wasn't blocking anyone with the Profile Picture.
I even put 2px white borders around the pictures to match up what Facebook gives your profile picture.
Speaking of which....
I had a good time finding a profile picture that looks as though I'm interacting with the other pictures. At first I tried to use the profile picture to fill in the left hand picture of me in uniform with my boys (you can see that addition in the picture directly above). It made for a funny and clever full Cover Photo, but then that blurb of blue coat was following me all over Facebook, since the profile picture is like your trademark stamp when you're commenting and liking other peoples' statuses and photos.
The profile picture is also the one that is public – if you allow people to publicly search for your profile, even if you make all of your other photos private, this one will be visible. A clip of blue coat would be even stranger than I'm willing to endure on my often-snarky profile.
I came up with the purple dress picture of me, which is a decent picture in general, and it looks as though I'm looking at my boys. I love it!
The end product is the picture you see at the beginning of the post – not super clever, but it pays homage to what's most important in my life. I'll probably come up with something new later this spring, we'll see!
Stay tuned for Part II. My journey through the new – but easy – privacy settings!
How many of you have come to the dark side of Facebook by switching to Timeline already? How do you like it?


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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2012 - HBO Documentary Films continues its commitment to groundbreaking films in the second half of 2012. From an in-depth portrait of Ethel Kennedy by her daughter, to Rosie O'Donnell's DON'T DIVORCE ME! KIDS' RULES FOR PARENTS ON DIVORCE, to a moving look at dyslexia from James Redford, HBO showcases works by top directors who tackle thought-provoking topics.
Upcoming HBO documentaries include (in chronological order):
DON'T DIVORCE ME! KIDS' RULES FOR PARENTS ON DIVORCE (Sept. 20) spotlights children ranging in age from five to ten who have met the confusing, often-painful challenge of their parents' divorce. Combining candid interviews, drawings, songs and photos, this insightful film gives kids a chance to share poignant stories of how divorce has impacted their lives - and offer helpful advice to their parents. Executive produced by Rosie O'Donnell (HBO's "A Family Is a Family Is a Family"), this heartfelt, upbeat documentary shows how children comprehend and cope with the separation of their parents, suggesting ways adults can make this difficult transition easier for their kids. Directed by Emmy(R) winner Amy Schatz (HBO's "Classical Baby").
THE LATINO LIST: VOLUME 2 (Sept. 24) focuses on a remarkable group of Latino notables as they share candid personal stories in intimate interviews with NPR correspondent Maria Hinojosa, offering a unique glimpse into the vibrant and burgeoning culture of Hispanic America. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (HBO's "About Face: Supermodels Then and Now" and "The Black List"), the film spotlights individuals from a variety of backgrounds and professions who have richly contributed to the fabric of contemporary society.
ETHEL (Oct. 18) celebrates the remarkable life of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Robert F. Kennedy, highlighted by revealing and little-known anecdotes from those who know her best: her family. Directed by Emmy(R)-winning daughter Rory Kennedy (HBO's "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib"), this personal portrait is the first film made about the Kennedys from within the family. The film features candid interviews with Ethel - her first extended interview in more than two decades - and her children Kathleen, Joe, Bobby, Courtney, Kerry, Chris and Max, spanning her political awakening, the life she shared with Robert Kennedy, and the years following his death, when she raised their 11 children.
THE BIG PICTURE: RETHINKING DYSLEXIA (Oct. 29), a 2012 Sundance Film Festival selection, tells the moving story of four young people who strive to overcome dyslexia and surpass society's low expectations. Inspired by the challenges facing his son Dylan, who was diagnosed as dyslexic after being functionally illiterate in the fourth grade, filmmaker James Redford includes appearances from such notable dyslexics as Sir Richard Branson, Charles Schwab, Gavin Newsom and David Boies, all of whom confirm what children, experts and families suggest: Dyslexia is as much a gift as a challenge.
WITNESS (Nov.) follows a new generation of young combat photographers into conflict zones in Mexico, Brazil, Uganda and Libya. The four-part series chronicles these photojournalists' immersions, their relations with the people on the ground and their closeness in battle - showing audiences why, when everyone else seeks cover, the war photographer stands. Produced in collaboration with Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Michael Mann ("Ali", HBO's "Luck") and acclaimed documentary and commercial director David Frankham.
THE LADY OF RANGOON (Dec.) profiles Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition movement for democracy in Burma, who was under house arrest for 15 of the last 21 years. The film features an interview that was filmed covertly before her release. Directed by Angus MacQueen.


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Eddie Gomez is a brilliant bassist whose flexibility and quick reflexes make him an ideal accompanist (although his own albums tend to be a bit erratic jazz-wise). He grew up in New York and was with the Newport Festival Youth Band during 1959-1961. After studying at Juilliard, Gomez played with Rufus Jones' sextet, Marian McPartland (1964), Paul Bley (1964-1965), Giuseppe Logan, Gerry Mulligan, and Gary McFarland, among others. Gomez came to fame during his long period with the Bill Evans Trio (1966-1977). He has since worked in a countless number of settings, including filling in for Charles Mingus (1978) and with Steps Ahead (1979-1984), Benny Wallace, Joanne Brackeen, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, and in commercial settings as a studio musician. Eddie Gomez has recorded as a leader for Columbia, ProJazz, and Stretch. ~ Scott Yanow


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Former "Gilmore Girl" Alexis Bledel and "Mad Men" star Vincent Kartheiser are engaged.
Bledel's publicist, Meghan Prophet, confirms the news, which was first reported by Us Weekly. She says the couple have been dating about a year.
The 33-year-old Kartheiser plays ad man Pete Campbell on the hit AMC network drama, where, last season, Pete had an extramarital affair with the wife of a commuting friend. She was played by Bledel in a guest-starring role.
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It's hardly surprising that racing fans can reel off the names of dozens or even scores of great horses far easier than they can bring to mind, say, ten great jockeys. After all, no matter how talented, gutsy or just plain good a rider is, there's no way he or she is going to compete with a Secretariat or a Ruffian or a Phar Lap or a Whirlaway for the affections and loyalty of your average railbird. Racing fans admire great jockeys; but they love great horses.
Still, as memorable as great horses are, it's tough to explain how a truly magnificent jockey, who rode so well for so long on so many different mounts, could be virtually forgotten after riding for decades and (incidentally) retiring as the winningest jockey in the history of racing. But that's been the fate of the late, great Johnny Longden — an English-born, Canadian-raised titan who first made a name for himself riding in California and, by the end of his four-decade career, had won the Triple Crown (aboard Count Fleet) and most every important race in the land.
On the eve of the Belmont Stakes and as yet another horse — the wonderful I'll Have Another — makes a run at the prized and elusive Crown, LIFE remembers Longden's life and his mind-boggling career as a rider and, later, as a trainer.
As LIFE magazine put it 60 years ago, in a May 1952 issue:
When wizened 42-year-old jockey Johnny Longden booted home his 3,999th winner, the routine of horse racing at California's Hollywood Park was completely upset. Fans suddenly stopped playing form and, anxious to help Longden get his 400th win, began playing his horses for sentimental reasons. Officials who had planned a big ceremony fidgeted: Longden himself acted coy. "I never give it no thought," he said. "I know it's come, just like night and day." It came seven races later hen, next day, he won No. 4,000, about 1,000 more than any other U.S. jockey.
Famous for getting his horses off to a fast start and keeping them out in front, little (4 ft. 11 in.) Johnny Longden has at one time or another won almost every big race in the country. Despite his age and a fat bank account, he is still the most industrious jockey going, riding six or seven races every day of the week and occasionally flying down to Agua Caliente, Mexico to ride on Sunday. Rising horses, says Longden, is the one thing he really enjoys. And he expects to win 5,000 before he is 50.
In fact, he ended his career with more than 6,000 wins — including his very last race, the 1966 San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap at Santa Anita Park, where Longden had enjoyed so many of his greatest triumphs.
But Longden wasn't merely a Hall of Fame rider who competed as a jockey until he was 59; he is also the only man to ride to victory in the Kentucky Derby, and then train a horse that won the Derby, as well, in 1969 with Majestic Prince. (Majestic Prince won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, falling just short of a Triple Crown as physical problems prevented a win at Belmont. Longden, valuing the health of the horse above all, reportedly tried to pull Majestic Prince from the race — only to be overruled by the owner.)
Johnny Longden was, in many ways, one of the major figures in horse racing for decades. He should be remembered, and celebrated, for even longer. This is a start.
Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethronk.


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Hiya Everyone, I just wanted to share with you what has been made possible using Puppy Linux in our area. At our local community centre weve manged to literally piece together a ten computer Cybercafe and teaching suite with an I.T. budget of a mere �30 British pounds (about 50 Dollars)!!!! Most of this was spent on headphones (1 pound each), printer refills, a few ethernet cables and some 4 way mains adaptors.
The cybercafe has 9am-5pm Monday to Saturday internet access, with free uk landline calls from skype, word processing, spreadsheets, amsn etc etc. The computers range from a pentium 500/128 to 1ghz/256 . All of these have been donated from local companies through freecycle or our local linux user group, a few schools, and even at times the odd skip!!! Weve used MU's supurb icewmultra package to theme them to look like xp. Most people dont even realise they are not running doze, but remark on how fast they are compared to their computers at home. Then they find out theyre using linux...
There is a beginners and intermediate computer class running there which is quickly becoming oversubscribed (we had to double up today!). We are also transferring the system used there onto peoples laptops and distributing Puppy CD's from the centre. Word is spreading quickly around the town about what has been achieved, and now other places want similar setups, even if they already have XP computers!!!
Just wanted to say a big thank you to you the puppy team from us and the people of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. Without you this would not have been possible.
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Cool. Hope they don't have leash laws over there....
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If I won't be reading your post, and just look at the pictures, you almost get me fooled. I thought the computer were running on winblows.
Good job!
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Posted: Tue 14 Nov 2006, 23:09
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Hey, congratulations!
Looking forward to a presentation that we can show teachers and local officials in other parts of the world - say, HTML page with more pictures and text, or a video? With some info about your town...
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Very inspirational story.
Have placed it on the Wiki news for 15 Nov 2006
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Hi all
Were actually holding a presentation at the centre on tuesday this week which will be webcast from our site (thanks to plinej!). We will also youtube the video. The presentation is to the local puppy linux group (LUG), and local voluntary agencies about the advantages of open source in the community/voluntary sectors....riveting stuff!!!!
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That is cool even a screen saver looks like XP. Good work eco.. and the rest of the PLUG
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I would like to have attended but we have the tilers (new bathroom) coming Tuesday.
Let us know of the web cast and other details.
This is what I gleaned from your site:
Riddings Drop in Centre. This centre is open 9-5 Monday to Saturday.
I will try and pop in some time.
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Wow, this is very impressive.
Is it possible to get the ISO of your customizations? I'd like to try it out on some low end systems here for the same purpose.
Do you have any URLs for us?
Nice work! Thanks!
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Im afraid creating an iso is a little out of my league at the moment
How we did this is create a stock pup001 file (Yes were still using 1.09ce!) to which we added Mark Ulrichs icewm ultra, plus rox 2.5, and the standard "Bliss" xp backdrop. We added amsn and skype and we were literally ready to roll.
We cloned the machines by using the smoothwall box as a dhcp server (most 4-port servers will do this). We shared the pup001 file on one machine using betaFTP and a symlink from /root/ftp to /mnt/home/pup001, then opened a console window and did "ifconfig" to find out the i.p. adress on the network that had been assigned to it using the ethernet wizard. We then booted a "new" machine using the "memory only" option and ran the ethernet setup wizard on that. We then went into either firefox and type ftp://192.168.0.xxx of the other machine, downloaded the pup001 file off the other machine into the root directory. We found if we did this with the 2.xx series puppy then we could use gparted at the same time to create swap partition first.
After I had transferred the pup file, I reloaded with 1.09ce and rebooted. On bootup the computer would drop to the command line where I ran "xorgwizard" to set up the graphics. I then typed "xwin" and ran the alsa sound wizard in the the wizard wizard and I had created a clone of the system!!! Average time about ten minutes and I could do several at once.
I really wouldnt know how to create an ISO, but any tips would be handy. A "public access" version of puppy for cybercafes with all of the privacy settings and software already poreconfigured would make an excellent puppy project though! Any feedback welcome. At a push I think I might be able to uploa the 256mb pup001 file to our webservers for interested parties to play with. Let me know.
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You could zip a pup001 file that has no user files in it (that is, the /root is clean of user files) and then upload it - it must be much reduced in size.
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WOW!!!! 80mb zipped up!!!
This is the pup file I created. Im just in the process of refreshing all of the computers in the suite with a fresh cloned copy as Im posting this.
Simply download this file and unzip the pup001 file contained in it t the root directory of any pc, boot with puppy 1.09ce, run 'xorgwizard', then 'xwin' and you should have a copy of the system that we use here.
Please note, the suite has not been operational for long so there are likely to be quite a few oversights. Here is a basic added package list.
-Streamtuner Radio
-Amsn 0.94 with the option for remembering email addresses turned off
-Firefox with cookies set to expire after a day, do not remember form fields or passwords etc.
-Skype Telephony
Heres the link.
Would anyone using it please make a post here with some picture, would be nice to see.
P.S. Have finished cloning the 9 pc's from one "master" pc over a 10mb network, took just 20 minutes!!!!!
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ecomoney: Congratualtions !!!
Good to see that gnu/linux is able to help the community. And to Puppy !
If there is anything i can do let me know.
Heaven is on the way, until then let's get the truth out!
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I just joined this forum mainly to say a big "Well Done" to Ecomoney for the cybercafé project.
One of my main clients is a Postgraduate "Deanery" - part of Britain's National Health Service. I am sickened by the sheer waste I see around me - perfectly good kit being slung in skips because it won't run the latest Windoze.
I constantly have to struggle with dinosaur NHS IT managers whose sense of self-worth seems based more on the size of their budgets rather than the quality of service they deliver. Consequently my attempts to sow the seeds of open source software have often fallen on stony ground. But your project gives us great hope.
Anyway out of frustration, a few like-minded colleagues and I recently set up a site called DEOSS - Development & Education in Open Source Systems. It is a site of many parts including a Moodle section for running distance learning projects, and a magazine called Positive. We really would like to cover this story in more depth and show our "
" how different things could be if they applied a little
open source imagination
@ Ecomoney: perhaps we could arrange a convenient time to come up and see you please? We are based in Southampton/Winchester. Could you email or PM me please? Your project deserves as much publicity as possible!
On a completely different tack, did you know that considering open source software alongside proprietrary products as part of the procurement process
actually UK Government Policy? Not that one would notice, of course!
Check out this document published by the Cabinet Office, 2004-10-28...
Meantime, best wishes to all you puppies from one very respectful goose.
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COLUMBIA — An award-winning composer and former fine arts instructor at a private school in Charleston pleaded not guilty Monday to making child pornography.
Fernando Rivas, 59, also pleaded not guilty to using a computer to send the images across state lines and possessing child pornography images in April 2011.
Federal prosecutors said that in 2010 and 2011, Rivas coerced a person under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of taking pictures.
Also Monday, Rivas posted 10 percent of a $300,000 bond and was placed on house arrest except for work or other court-sanctioned outings, records show. He was also ordered not to have contact with the alleged victim, not to access the Internet or be around any children without supervision.
Neither Rivas nor his attorney immediately responded to messages Monday.
According to police records, officers with the North Charleston Police Department and FBI searched Rivas' Ladson home in April after a person arrested in New Jersey led them to Rivas. On Rivas' computer, officers said they found numerous pictures of child pornography, some of which had been sent to the person arrested in New Jersey.
Rivas also faces state charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, but that case is on hold during the federal action against him, according to a spokesman for North Charleston police.
Rivas worked as a jazz music instructor at Charleston private school Porter-Gaud from 2002 until 2009, when he left because of increasing work elsewhere, head of school DuBose Egleston said Monday. The indictment does not say whether the alleged victim was a Porter-Gaud student or had any connection to the school.
"We are unaware of any connection between the charges against him and Porter-Gaud, but we are cooperating with law enforcement in their investigation," Egleston told The Associated Press in a statement.
According to his professional website, Rivas was born in Cuba and graduated from the Juilliard School of Music. Writing music for television, radio, film and theater, Rivas won Emmys in 1995 and 1996 for his work on "Sesame Street." In 1998, Gloria Estefan recorded one of his songs on "Elmopalooza," a Sesame Street Productions piece that won a Grammy for best children's album.
Porter-Gaud was embroiled in scandal in the 1990s when former students claimed a teacher had sexually abused them. Eddie Fischer, who taught at Porter-Gaud and other area schools, died in 2002 while serving a 20-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sex abuse charges.
Dozens of former students sued Porter-Gaud, alleging administrators did little or nothing to stop Fischer when he worked there in the 1970s and 1980s, and a jury in 2000 awarded $105 million in damages. That case and more than 20 others were later settled out of court for tens of millions of dollars.


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Federal Appeals Court To Rule In Osama bin Laden Death Photos Case
" A Washington, D.C. federal appeals court has agreed to hear the case filed by Judicial Watch to release all 52 photographs of a dead Osama bin Laden and his burial at sea. However, judging from the in-court questioning by at least one of the judges, it is unlikely that the court will overturn the lower court's decision to keep the pictures out of the public domain, safe and secure with the CIA.
Judicial Watch is a conservative watchdog group that argues that keeping the photos secret undermines the Obama administration's transparency claims. In court filings last month, they argued that bin Laden's dead body pictures "depict more than just a bloody mess." The CIA has custody and control of the photos, some of which show what it deems innocuous images of bin Laden's body being prepared for burial while others show the actual burial at sea itself.
Michael Bekesha is an attorney for Judicial Watch. He argues that there is "no apparent nexus" between secret or classified intelligence activities and photos which show bin Laden's burial or preparation for burial. He has stated also that the Obama administration has not satisfactorily shown precisely how the images, even the non-graphic ones, would or could be reasonably expected to "cause identifiable or describable exceptionally grave damage to national security," which is, of course, the government's main objection to their release. "
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