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South Africa yesterday began preparations to host US President Barack Obama and other world leaders eager to pay their respects to former South African president Nelson Mandela during 10 days of mourning for the anti-apartheid icon.
On Friday, South African President Jacob Zuma announced the mourning period for Mandela, the founding father of modern South Africa and its first black leader, after he died late on Thursday aged 95, surrounded by friends and family.
Obama is to travel to South Africa next week, the White House said, joining a raft of world leaders for a huge memorial service on Tuesday.
Mandela's body is to lie in state in Pretoria for three days before he receives a state burial next Sunday in his boyhood home of Qunu in the rural Eastern Cape.
The logistics are daunting for hosting the great and the good who plan to fly in from around world to honor the universally respected statesman.
Memorial events begin today, with South Africans invited to visit churches, mosques, synagogues and other places of worship to pay their respects.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said the Obama family would "participate in memorial events," without giving details.
In a tribute shortly after the revered statesman's death was made public, Obama mourned Mandela as a "profoundly good" man who "took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice."
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will also be among those flying in next week, her office said.
On Friday, South Africans across the country poured out onto the streets in a riot of color, dance and song to celebrate the life of their beloved ex-leader, known affectionately as Madiba — his clan name.
In Cape Town, a crowd of thousands from all races and ages gathered for a multi-faith celebration at the site where Mandela made his first public speech after nearly three decades in apartheid jail.
"Tonight we stand in solidarity as the people of Cape Town — black, white, colored, Indian, all the religions together," Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille said.
South Africa's archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu, a fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner, praised Mandela as an "incredible gift that God gave us."
Mandela spent 27 years in an apartheid prison before becoming president and unifying his country with a message of reconciliation after the end of white minority rule. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with South Africa's last white president, F.W. de Klerk, in 1993.
Palestinians and Israelis, Beijing and the Dalai Lama, Washington and Tehran all paid heartfelt tribute to Mandela, describing him as one of the towering figures of the 20th century who inspired young and old with his fight for equality.
North Korea, in its first official reaction yesterday, sent its condolences to South Africa, praising Mandela's "struggle against racism and for democracy."
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe paid tribute to Mandela as "a champion of the oppressed."
Even beleaguered Syrian president Bashar al-Assad paid homage on his official Facebook page, calling Mandela "a torch for the resistance and liberation from racism, hatred, occupation and injustice."
India declared five days of mourning for a man the premier labeled "a true Gandhian."
A Paris summit of about 40 African leaders was overshadowed by Mandela's death. An old associate, African Union Commission President Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, said Mandela "was a son who became larger than the continent."
South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said the best way to remember Mandela was to free the African continent of poverty, unrest and disease.
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Ender's Game Movie Review
The plot was focused primarily on the training aspects of Ender's adventure and really makes you think about the qualities of a perfect war leader. In 2086 an alien species called the Formics attack Earth. Ben Kingsley's character "Mazer Rackham" halts their advance by blowing up the control ship and disabling the enemy's entire fleet. Harrison Ford's character Colonel Graff is then set on a mission to find the perfect leader for a new invasion fleet that is going to be sent to the Formics home world to defeat their army once and for all.
There are a lot of really fine performances in the movie, particularly Bonzo Madrid played by Moises Arias. He killed the role of a bully squad commander. The first 30 seconds he appeared on screen you hated him and he made you absolutely hate him during his entire time on screen. Haielee Steinfeld played Petra Arkanian Ender's love interest and best friend. She takes him under her wing and helps him learn some key skills during the initial part of his phase 2 training.
There are some folks that think the characters are rather 2 dimensional. I know a guy that didn't like the movie because Ender didn't experience any growth during his training. I disagree, the growth wasn't about his strategy and skill he was brilliant, the world's best… that was the point. His growth involved life experience, and his personal ability to contain the struggle to balance his emotions (like his potential for violence, which is the reason he feared he was becoming his brother). There could have been a little more character development on some of the other cast members, but there wasn't a lot of time left for that kind of thing as the movie was 114 minutes as is. Perhaps they could have had 6 minutes of character growth for cast members but I'm not sure that would have accomplished anything.
All in all this is an excellent film, I don't want to get into what happens too much and spoil the film but it is absolutely the best science fiction movie I've seen this year. You should run out and see it.


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Such honest words / words brimming with vitriol,
I give to you, my heart and soul/ pricked by a venomous demonic snake,
I leave you, all my virtue true/ virtue could cure the poison invading;
But you don't believe in honesty/ to be rid of such hatred, such turmoil, such rage;
You've a game you call 'secrets and lies'/pain incinerates, but you play on.
No one understands your game/ betting against yourself always, you incriminate.
You've set the rules/ I cannot win; I'm the pawn, I'm the fool.
You always score, each game, each set / you judge me; achieving a win, you're guaranteed not to lose.
You don't understand your character flaw / why shouldn't I try to fight steadfast for your love?
You've hubris; I'm afraid of your poetic downfall / the Bard wrote of love, can't you read those poems?
Words reaching out as if they were / syllables of glass, shattered and splintered;
Creeping vines, ensnaring you / as if they were words, lavish with ardor, enchanting.
Trapping you until you cannot move / safekeeping your person; holding you dear.
Putting you in a sleeping spell, brier rose / I brush back your hair, as the drugged lethargy falls.
With benevolent sorcery, you're reclaimed / you remain mine; unharmed and kept safe.
Asleep but a moment; complicated lies as clouds drift away / I, wondering why you chose deceit?
I offered you truth, the elder twin first / honesty is all I want to hear,
You chose deception, the younger sibling / I offer us both new life;
Your wicked lies entrap us both / hoping the only lies I hear from you again are white.
I can never concede to a life of falsehood/ there is compromise in honesty to be found.
My vines hold you tight / I'm guiding you, untangling you, from your web of lies.
Until honesty is the only breathe in your lungs/ until we both, only breath the truth of you and I.
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My name is Joseph. I'm 56, and I was diagnosed in 1995. I track my illness back to 1986.
Where are you originally from?
Chicago, Illinois.
Do you live in San Francisco now?
Yes, I do.
You were diagnosed in 1995: Where were you and how did you find out you had HIV?
1995 ... I was having a problem eating, I'd eat and I'd throw up every now and then. I couldn't hold down my food, I was starting to lose a lot of weight. When I went to a doctor, they checked up on me, they took blood tests and told me that I was positive.
About Joseph
Joseph rides his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as often as he can. Harley riders don't often discuss living with HIV, Joseph says -- though he guesses that others are infected, since he says there are some in the Harley community who use injection drugs. Diagnosed in 1995, Joseph has a supportive family and friends, and says he's currently experiencing one of the happiest times of his life. "What's funny about it is I have this disease, but I don't think about it, I don't dwell on it," he says. "I take care of myself, I do what I've got to do. ... I'm drug free, I've got my life back and I'm happy."
Do you know how you got HIV?
Yes, it was intravenous drug use. That's why I tracked it down to '86 as well.
What kind of drug were you using at the time?
Coke and heroin.
You were sharing needles at that time?
Not sharing -- they were clean, but it didn't seem like they were clean, you know what I'm saying?
You didn't sterilize them properly?
How long had you been using intravenous drugs?
I had been using them for about 10, 15 years, on and off, nothing really.
You weren't an addict.
Not every day, no.
Were you very shocked when you found out?
Yes, I was.
How long did it take you to get used to it?
I can tell you truthfully, it took a couple years.
What helped you?
Faith, and then knowing that I've always been a person on the go. I left home when I was a young kid. I decided, hey, life goes on. I was traveling all throughout my youth on a motorcycle, working and going new places and just traveling and having a good time. I decided that it was time to keep on with my life and not let life in general destroy me when it came to the illness or anything to do with it.
When you were first diagnosed, did you go to the doctor?
Yes, I did, and I got put on a regimen right away. That's when the cocktails just came out, and a company in New York shipped the doctors the medicine.
I had gone home to die. I couldn't sleep, my body was consuming itself, you know? I went home to die. I finally said, "Oh, no, I'm going to go back to Washington" -- which I consider my home. Sure enough the doctor called me and said, "Joe, get over here, we've got something for you."
I ran and grabbed my brother, he's a police officer, and told him, "Take me to the airport right now." He did, I got on the plane, got off the plane, got on the medications, and kept on going with life.
Were you still using at that point?
No, it had been years since I quit.
You quit cold turkey?
Yes, I just quit.
Who was the first person you told you were HIV positive?
My immediate family.
Can you describe their reaction?
They were kind of awed and shocked. There were some tears -- actually a lot of tears. But there was also a lot of support, from cousins and aunts and my brothers and sisters. They sometimes joke around with me, "Oh, you're lying, you can't be sick because you're always ... " But they know I am and it doesn't bother them a bit.
I mean, there are a lot of people that still have this thing in their mind that you're poison, you're a disease, a walking disease, you can spread it to them casually -- you know what I'm saying? You can't spread it to them just by talking, but there are a lot of people out there in this world that haven't read about it, that haven't really looked into it. They make comments that don't make any sense, whereas my family members and friends, they went and studied about it. They went and got books.
They discovered the truth -- that it's not transmitted casually.
Yes. But there are still people out there today, after all that's been published and printed about HIV, and they just don't want to let go of their old stigma. They don't want to grow out of it.
Do you think it's a particular problem in the Hispanic community?
Oh, it's a big one because of male machismo.
How does this affect you? Does everyone assume you're gay?
Oh, I'm not gay!
I know, but meaning, because it's considered a gay disease by a lot of people.
Yes, a lot of them think, "Oh, then he must be gay." Even since I moved down here, a friend of mine, one of my relative's husbands -- he's that type. I don't have time for people like that.
"I'm for real; I have a disease and I deal with it, and I deal with life the way it should be dealt with, you know?"
Not that I'm trying to be rude or ignorant or belittle anybody, but if I'm going to socialize with somebody, they're going to be at my level with me. Or I'll say, go play your own life, your phony life, whatever it is. I'm for real; I have a disease and I deal with it, and I deal with life the way it should be dealt with, you know? There's only so far you can go with some people, some people just don't want to face the realities of life.
Have you suffered through a lot of stigma?
No, no I haven't. I don't let it bug me, or nothing like that.
How did you find a good doctor?
Through friends.
Did you have health insurance at the time?
I didn't, but I got it pretty quick! At that time, they were giving social security to people that were diagnosed -- they figured I was going to die. So they said, "Let's take care of him" -- and they do. There's no way I can pay for that medication. There's no way even working or anything that I can pay.
It puts you in another catch-22, because now you've got all these medications that you pay for. If you get a job and you work, then you can lose social security and lose your medication. You're in catch-22 limbo everywhere you go. You've got to be really careful how you do things, how you approach them, everything you do, because you don't want to lose your medical coverage. You don't want to lose your medicines or anything like that, because it's important to living a healthy life.
When you first were diagnosed, did you go to support groups?
Yes, I did. In Tacoma, Washington, I went to a foundation there. That's how I met my doctor, a specialist out of Seattle. I've been with him for about 15 years, maybe more.
What's his name?
Robert Killian, Rob Killian. He's not only a doctor, he's a friend! That's how it's come to be. He's a friend. And he cares, you know? It says a lot.
What advice would you give someone who was recently diagnosed with HIV?
"Don't get into a corner and cry and lock yourself up. Come out of that little closet, because if not, it'll consume you. There's a life out there. No matter what you have, there's a life out there."
Don't get into a corner and cry and lock yourself up. Come out of that little closet, because if not, it'll consume you. There's a life out there. No matter what you have, there's a life out there. I love to go hunting, I love go backpacking, I love to travel, you know? That's what I like to do.
So having HIV doesn't stop you from doing the things you like to do?
No, but then I got into a serious motorcycle wreck two years ago -- drunken driver, three-time DWI [driving while intoxicated], three times on a suspended license, cut right in front of me on my motorcycle. I landed up on a helicopter flight to Harborview Hospital in Seattle because I had a shattered pelvis and I was in a coma for two weeks. I went into hospice and with the help of the nurses, and the hamburgers and food that I brought in in the evenings, I was able to walk again. I pushed it to the limit -- when you come home and can barely move around, you're on your hands and knees through the whole house, it takes awhile to live. I can't hunt anymore, but I can still ride, and get along, and do what I gotta do and go where I gotta go.
You still go on motorcycles, then?
Oh, I got a beautiful brand-new Harley, and I just love to ride it. I get on it and ... Life goes on, and I enjoy it, you know?
What's funny about it is I have this disease, but I don't think about it, I don't dwell on it. I take care of myself, I do what I've got to do, what's got to be done. But it's one of the happiest times of my life.
I'm drug free, I've got my life back and I'm happy. I've got good friends, as well. Some still don't know that I have the illness, because -- they'd probably -- I don't want no pity or any ... . Life goes on.
How friendly is the motorcycle community to people with HIV? Is that a tough world to come out?
Yeah, it would be.
Especially the Harley community!
I think it would be because they're into the -- "It's a gay thing," you know? Some do understand, because some of them have HIV as well, but a lot of people keep it quiet. Not too many people are open about it, because if anybody gets high, they do!
Let me change subjects now: Can you tell me if you have found love since you tested positive?
Yes, I have. Some of the most beautiful girls I've ever been with in my whole life. I'm at a point in my life right now where I want to do more traveling. I'm trying to find somebody that I can travel with and go places and do what I like to do. The only person you can do that with is somebody with the same issues you have.
Are you dating in the positive community?
No -- with negatives. I'm going to see if I can find somebody that's got the same issues I've got, that doesn't mind having a good life.
Are there heterosexual support groups, social groups, in San Francisco?
Hetero support groups up here? Even in Washington State they're disappearing, because a lot of people are undetectable, they're doing better in their life, and they don't want anybody to know, you know? So they keep to themselves. Before, when they were coming out, you had a lot more people in the support groups. Now that life is easier for us, it tends to keep them away from it. That could sometimes be good, sometimes it could be dangerous. I say, sooner or later, someone will pop up there.
How has HIV changed you?
It made me a better person. More open to friendships, and who I am -- being open with a lot of people about certain things in life. Not about the HIV, but I try to help out a lot of people. I'm a giving person. Just being in general a decent human being is what it is.
Why do you think it's important to be public about living with HIV? What gives you the courage to do this?
Because even though I love my life and it's the happiest, it's also been a lonely time.
Why has it been lonely?
You have nobody to really share your problems with, in depth. You know? Somebody that can relate with you, that can understand you.
Because you don't want to tell them that you have HIV?
Disclosure, telling that secret, has been really hard for you.
Yes, because you just can't trust everybody.
You're afraid somebody's going to tell someone else and it'll get out.
It's like a running river.
I've got one good friend that truly, sincerely -- we've been through a lot. He's got HIV. He met a girl he really cares about now, and she knows he's positive. She's negative. They're together. But when we've got problems, we're on the phone to each other. We keep each other's back up, keep our hearts up high.
That sounds great. It's very important to have that kind of support.
Oh, yes.
Are you in the Spanish support group at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation?
That's about the only one I could find! When I did come in, there are more gays here than there are straight people, but I finally came to the conclusion, hey. At one time you wouldn't have caught me around, but -- they're so funny sometimes, they come up with just as good a joke as any other person. We've got some characters there. Just like all my friends say, "You're the character, Joe, you're the party." They're fun to be around every now and then.
So you've become a little bit more gay friendly? It sounds like you didn't start out very friendly toward the gay community, but you've come around?
It's sensitized you to difference.
Yes, well, my niece -- she looks like Halle Berry, even better looking -- they're identical, and she's a lesbian. I'm going, "Oh, no!" [laugh] I say, "Are you sure ... ?" I've got to deal with it.
It's everywhere, right? [laugh]
Why do you think there's still so much stigma, regarding living with HIV? Do you think it's the gay issue? Do you think it's more socially acceptable for a man to have gotten HIV from drug use and sharing needles or from sex with other men?
Truthfully, I don't think it makes a difference. People just don't want to be around someone with HIV because of the fear of catching it. A lot of people really don't read up on it -- they don't have the time, they don't want to bother with it! Instead of educating themselves, they won't do it until something in their family happens, and then they read about it -- when they could have read about it a long time ago and prevented that person in the family from getting it! You get what I'm saying? Nobody wants to educate themselves.
All this money that's been spent on all this HIV education, some places it works and some it don't. But it's up to a person to really dig, to get in there and really read about it. But nothing happens until it happens to them or someone they really care about. Sometimes it's too late.
Are you on treatment now? What's your treatment regimen?
I can't remember what pills they are. I never keep it -- it's a three-pill regimen that I take.
How do you remember to take your treatment every day?
I take it first thing when I get up. I take it once a day, everything in the morning.
You don't have any ambivalence -- you're very committed to doing that every morning?
Yes, and it's good, 'cause I've noted the difference, too.
If you don't keep up with your meds, and you forget one day, forget a few days later, you tend to lose. What do they call it?
You're no longer susceptible to the medications.
Yes, it's important that you keep it up because your body can only take so much, and there are only so many things on the market available now, you don't want to burn your bridges.
Your HIV could develop resistance to the drugs if you don't take them on time.
Yes. That's the one that you don't want to get into, because then if there's nothing else that'll work for you, you're up a creek without a paddle, you know? You don't want to do that. When you get up in the morning, take them first thing in the morning, drink some water and just go from there.
Was this something it's taken you awhile to get used to?
Yes, it is. I was on my first meds for -- gosh, I'd say nine years on the same meds. I could still have taken them.
Did you get resistance?
The doctor wanted me to switch off them because of my body changes and everything else.
Did you experience body shape changes?
Oh yes, it got a lot better than it was. I started to get that buffalo hump, now that's gone down. My stomach is almost flat again, but I jog, I swim. I live in an area where we've got a pool where I'm at, and a gym. So I keep busy.
You're trying to keep in shape. Do you have other side effects from your meds, besides the body shape changes?
No, I've never had any side effects yet.
Oh, OK, great!
Not yet. Sometimes dry skin, and that's about it. I use a little bit of Dove soap with cocoa butter and I'm OK. [laughter] Butter up! In the sun, in the summer, I get out to the pool and butter up.
Thank you very much for this interview!
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The Matchup
The Harvard men's hockey team begins its 2013 playoff run with a best-of-three series at Ivy League rival Dartmouth this weekend. The Crimson enters the tournament as the No. 12 seed, while Dartmouth holds the No. 5 seed.
Harvard vs. Dartmouth Series History
As its third-most frequent opponent, the Crimson has seen plenty of the Big Green through the years. The two teams first faced off Feb. 7, 1907 when Harvard skated to a 12-3 victory. In fact, the Crimson captured the first eight meetings between the two teams, and 13 of the first 14, to help claim a 126-61-12 edge in the all-time series. The tide has started to turn recently, however, as Dartmouth has picked up six wins in the last 11 meetings and is unbeaten in the last six matchups.
This Season Against The Big Green
Harvard and Dartmouth met twice within the span of a month and played two tightly-contested games.
The Crimson traveled to Hanover to kick off the season series Jan. 9 and gave the then-No. 12/12 Big Green a scare on its home ice. Jimmy Vesey gave the Crimson a 1-0 lead after one period with a highlight-reel goal, but strikes from Matt Lindblad and Nick Bligh in the second put the hosts up 2-1 after 40 minutes. Petr Placek knotted the score just past the four-minute mark of the third, but Jesse Beamish's shot through traffic stood as the game-winner in a 3-2 Dartmouth victory.
In a game delayed by a powerful Nor'easter, Harvard stayed right with the Big Green in the rematch in Cambridge Feb. 10. Andy Simpson gave the guests a 1-0 lead that stood until the midway point of the second when Marshall Everson netted a power-play tally to tie it at 1-1. Neither team was able to net the go-ahead score, although Dartmouth did have a goal disallowed for having a player in the crease, and the game ended in a 1-1 tie, just the second of the season for the Crimson.
Scouting The Big Green
Dartmouth has had the epitome of an up-and-down season in 2012-13. The Big Green got off to a stellar start, winning eight of its first 11 contests and climbing into the national rankings. A drop off saw it win just two of its next five games, and the Big Green hasn't recorded the same result in back to back games since Jan. 26. A 4-1 loss to No. 1 Quinnipiac in its regular season finale pegged the Big Green for fifth in the final league standings.
Tyler Sikura ended the regular season with the team lead in points, posting 10 goals and a team-best 18 assists. He was also one of just three Dartmouth players (Mike Keenan, Geoff Ferguson) to skate in all 29 games for the Big Green this season. Keenan is the points leader among defensemen on the squad, posting 14 points on four goals and 10 helpers through the regular season.
Junior Cab Morris enters the Harvard series with the edge in overall playing time in net, but rookie Charles Grant has been the go-to goalie as of late, earning the start in the last three games. Morris boasts a .917 save percentage and 2.10 goals-against average to Grant's .912 save percentage and 2.72 GAA.
Crimson vs. Dartmouth: Playoffs
Harvard and Dartmouth have faced each other seven times in the playoffs prior to the 2013 ECAC Hockey Championship. The Crimson holds a 5-2 record in those games but has never faced the Big Green earlier than the quarterfinal round.
Harvard last saw Dartmouth in the playoffs in 2011, when the 10th-seeded Crimson dropped a quarterfinal series to the Big Green, 2-1, in Hanover. Harvard holds a 3-0 all-time record against Dartmouth in ECAC Championship semifinal matchups.
Last Time Out
Posed with the task of taking down the top-ranked team in the nation Friday, the Crimson defended its home turf against ECAC foe Quinnipiac in a dramatic 2-1 overtime victory.
The hosts were un-phased by a first-period tally by Ben Arnt and kept firing shots on one of the nation's top goaltenders, Eric Hartzell. The persistence paid off early in the second when Marshall Everson picked off a clearing pass near the Bobcat bench and fed a streaking Kyle Criscuolo who wristed a shot into the upper netting past Hartzell's glove to level the score in the second. The game stayed deadlocked through regulation, and with just 18 seconds to play in the game, Harvard found the winning combination. Greg Gozzo disrupted an outlet pass in the Quinnipiac zone and Jimmy Vesey controlled the puck back towards the visiting goal. He fired a low pass to the back door where Alex Fallstrom was waiting to tip in the drive, securing the 2-1 upset for the Crimson.
The following night, it was Princeton that had the good fortune in overtime, pulling its goalie with the score tied and manufacturing the game-winning tally. Fallstrom scored again for Harvard, this time on a short-handed effort, but Princeton's Andrew Calof beat Raphael Girard with 37 seconds left in the extra frame.
Trimming The Top
Harvard's 2-1 overtime win over No. 1 Quinnipiac Friday marked the first time since 2004 the Crimson has knocked off the top-ranked team in the land. Harvard's last victory over the country's No. 1 team came Dec. 17, 2004 in a 3-1 win over Boston College at Bright Hockey Center.
A Rare Occurrence
With a win and a loss in overtime last weekend, it marked the first time since the 1968-69 season that Harvard had played back-to-back, non-tournament overtime games that didn't end in ties. Harvard topped Brown, 8-7, in overtime Dec. 14, 1968, and fell to Boston College three nights later, 6-5, in extra time.
Fallstrom's On Fire
Senior Alex Fallstrom is playing his best hockey of the season at the right time, as he enters the Dartmouth series riding a career-long eight-game point streak. The stretch began with an assist Feb. 10 against Dartmouth, and Fallstrom has amassed eight points (4g, 4a) in the eight-game span.
Harvard is 4-2-2 during Fallstrom's point streak, which is the longest such stretch on the team this season.
Postseason Against The Ivies
The Crimson has fared well when facing Ivy League opponents in the postseason, holding a 33-21-1 all-time record in playoff matchups against Ancient Eight foes. In fact, Harvard holds winning playoff records against every Ivy school except Cornell.
Crimson Coaches
Head coach Ted Donato has carried on the winning tradition of Harvard coaches in the playoffs. Since the inception of the ECAC Championship in 1962, every Harvard coach has held a winning overall record in postseason action, and has claimed at least one league title. Donato enters the 2013 playoffs with a 20-14 career postseason record and one ECAC title to his credit (2006).
Dialing Up The D
The 2-1 overtime win against No. 1 Quinnipiac marked the first time this season the Crimson was victorious in a game in which it scored two or fewer goals.
Killer Start
Former Harvard great Alex Killorn '12 was recalled to the Tampa Bay Lightning from the Syracuse Crunch Feb. 10 and has made an immediate impact with the team. Killorn has skated in 13 games (through Tuesday) and collected eight points on four goals and four assists. He also has a power-play tally to his credit and is tied for the team lead with two game-winning strikes.
Killorn skated in 44 games with the Crunch this season, recording 16 goals and 38 points to go along with 32 penalty minutes. He ranked third in the AHL for rookie scoring with 38 points. He was also tied for second on the Crunch in assists with 22 and was tied for the team lead with seven power play goals. He ranked first on the Crunch and third in the AHL with 166 shots on goal this season.
Reset The Rankings
With the win over No. 1 Quinnipiac, the Crimson earned its first victory over a ranked team at home this season. Harvard improves to 4-6-1 against ranked teams this season and 1-1-1 against teams in the national polls at Bright Hockey Center.
Tough Stretch
Harvard has faced 11 ranked opponents this season, which included a stretch of four straight ranked foes from Jan. 5-18. The Crimson has squared off against six top 10 teams this year, posting a 3-3-0 record in those games.
Firsts For The Freshmen
Rookies Brayden Jaw and Greg Gozzo picked up the first goals of their collegiate careers in the 6-2 win over Clarkson. Gozzo had a pair of scores in the game, including the game-winning tally, and Jaw's goal also represented his first collegiate point. Their goals mean every position player from the class of 2016 has recorded a goal this season.
They Come In Pairs
For the second time this season, Harvard produced two, two-goal scorers in a single game. Rookies Greg Gozzo and Kyle Criscuolo each tallied a pair of scores in the 6-2 win over Clarkson. Marshall Everson teamed with Luke Greiner (Faribault, Minn.) against BU Feb. 11 to give Harvard two, two-goal scorers in a single game for the first time this season.
Must Be McGregor
Harvard is 3-0-0 when sophomore Ryan McGregor scores a point. He logged an assist in a 4-0 shutout of Rensselaer Nov. 10, and collected a pair of helpers in Harvard's 6-5 comeback win over Boston University Jan. 9. He picked up his fourth assist of the season in the 6-2 victory at Clarkson.
Block Party
The defensive unit for the Crimson has recorded 122 more blocks than its opponents through the regular season with a 524-402 edge in the category. Harvard has had more blocks than its opponent in 21 of 29 games this season including 12 of its last 13 contests. The Crimson recorded a season-high 27 blocks against Boston University Jan. 9, and matched that total in its regular-season finale against Princeton Saturday. Harvard has posted two games with a block differential of +16 (23-7), and has eclipsed the 20-block benchmark in 12 games this season, including eight of its last 13 contests.
Senior captain Danny Biega holds the team lead in blocks with 81 on the season. Dan Ford is next on the list with 60, and Brendan Rempel (Willington, Conn.) has picked up 57 on the season.
Four Score
Harvard is 7-0-0 in games where it scores at least four goals this season and 8-1-0 in games where it scores at least three goals. Four was the magic number for the Crimson last season, as Harvard was unbeaten (9-0-2) when scoring four or more goals in a game.
Century Club
Five members of the class of 2013 have eclipsed the 100-games played mark in their careers. Danny Biega leads the way with 129, followed by Luke Greiner with 120 and Marshall Everson with 116. Alex Fallstrom has played in 110 games in his collegiate career, and Conor Morrison is the most recent member of the group, playing in his 100th game in the 6-2 win over Clarkson.
The last time Harvard had five seniors eclipse the 100-game mark was during the 2007-08 season, led by Jon Pelle '08 with 135 for his career.


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Robert and Kristen Pose Sexy and Talk "Loving" the Breaking Dawn Birth Scene in EW
The big three from Breaking Dawn posed together for their latest sexy EW cover, which is out just in time for the movie's Friday release. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner are currently in the homestretch promoting Breaking Dawn Part 1, including at yesterday's UK premiere and during a group interview with Ellen DeGeneres, which airs on tomorrow's show. The trio talked to EW about the highly anticipated honeymoon sex and Bella's birth scenes, both of which were apparently more graphic before they were edited down to ensure the film's PG-13 rating. We also debuted exclusive behind the scenes pictures of pregnant Bella, but nothing compares to seeing it on the big screen, even if it's a toned down version. Here are highlights from the magazine:
Robert: "There's a version where it was really intense"
Kristen: "Cinematically, cut all together, it's awesome. But we didn't really do that scene."
Robert: "And when we did, they kept telling us to stop."
Kristen: "That's what I'm really disappointed about — and I've talked about it with Bill. It was more sympathetic or something when I played the scene with less energy, and it made it easier for him to tell the story. But in the book, Bella is screaming, 'NOOOOO!' [Stewart stands and demonstrates.] And I did it like that — crazy and Exorcist-like. I was going for this weird mix of turning into the most feral mother you can imagine and also fighting for my own life. I mean, I was a nutcase. I was an absolute nutcase."
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San Jose airport officials are urging the city lawmakers to approve a deal that would allow Google to build an aviation hub so the company can land and service its corporate jets at Mineta San Jose International Airport.
The San Jose Mercury News reports that details of the proposal were unveiled Thursday in a memo to the San Jose City Council.
Google currently parks its aircraft at Moffett Federal Airfield, a former Navy site operated by NASA.
San Jose International Aviation Director Bill Sherry tells the Mercury News that the $82 million project would be a financial boon for the local economy.
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New York City fast food workers are expected to walk off the job this morning in a one-day strike, Josh Eidelson at Salon reports.
The chains involved are McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, Domino's, Taco Bell and Papa John's.
Why are the workers walking out?
"They're not paying us enough to survive," 21-year-old McDonald's worker Raymond Lopez tells Salon. "This company has enough money to pay us a reasonable amount for all that we do … they're just not going to give it to us as long as they can get away with it."
Strikers are hoping to unionize and get wages raised to $15 an hour, Steven Greenhouse at The New York Times reports.
Lopez, who says he makes $8.75 an hour as a shift manager, also complained about "verbal abuse" and having to work off the clock "all of the time."
"Everything we do needs to be fast, needs to be perfect," Lopez tells Salon. "When you're actually there for eight hours smiling like you're on the Miss Universe contest, it's not easy."
Labor issues have been squarely in the spotlight lately, with the Hostess bankruptcy claiming thousands of jobs and Walmart workers staging a 1,000-store protest on Black Friday.
Strikes in fast food are rare, since the industry is almost entirely bereft of unions.


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Weezer's "Can't Knock The Hustle" Video Stars Pete Wentz As Uber Driver
As fans await Weezer's highly anticipated Black Album, we have just gotten a little bit closer. Coming off the release of the band's Toto "Africa" remake, the guys have returned with another new single, "Can't Knock The Hustle," and it's the first song from their long-awaited The Black Album.
"Can't Knock The Hustle" also comes with an amazing accompanying music video starring Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, and produced by Jerry Media (founded by @F***Jerry).
In the visual, Wentz is a ride share driver who has taken on the longest drive of his life, picking up a young couple who, at first, can't stop making out in the back seat. But, then the two begin to argue when the guy catches an unexpected text on his girlfriend's phone ... and she stabs him with a spork after Wentz stops short.
Think he got 5 stars??
Weezer also announced that they are heading back out on tour with Pixies in the spring (2019) on a 21-city string of North American arena dates. The tour kicks off on March 8th in Louisville, KY, and will stop in cities including Baltimore, Columbus, Kansas City, Memphis, Portland and more, before finishing up the trek in Las Vegas on April 12th.
But before, they head out on tour, on January 19th in Los Angeles, Weezer will perform during the 2019 iHeartRadio ALTer Ego at The Forum, alongside bands including twenty one pilots, The Killers, Muse, Rise Against, and more.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
* Tissue Paper Pulp "Painting" (or making paper without the mess!)
In college I was a printmaker and I loved making my own paper.
This house doesn't have a good junk sink for messy projects
(like paper making) so I haven't been able to do that with the girls yet.
Then... I came across this wonderful technique for
what is basically mess-free paper making
using tissue paper and water. So easy.
Found this wonderful technique from the "Art Is Basic" blog here.
Marcia said she got it at the NAEA conference
(I used to go to those in my past life as an art teacher,
I loved all of the fun ideas I would come home with -
would love to crash one again someday!)
She advises against using bleeding tissue paper.
It was the only kind we had in the house, so we used it
and ended up tie-dying our fingers. The "pictures"
the girls made turned out pretty well and the colors didn't bleed much.
I set up the girls with a piece of artist canvas,
a bowl of water,
and a stack of (bleeding) tissue paper strips.
Then, I showed them how to tear off teeny-tiny pieces
and dip the clump of tiny bits into the water.
Then you smoosh it onto the canvas and press the pieces firmly together-
this helps force the fibers together.
Yes I said "smoosh"that's a technical art-making term right?
We got ours so wet that it bled through the canvas and made a puddle
that had to be mopped up occasionally with a junk towel.
It's important to emphasize (and remind them) to use tiny pieces.
Once the picture dries, the pieces will re-bond and glue together.
Our pictures took 2 days to dry.
"C" made the Very Hungry Caterpillar (one of his eyes fell off)
A few edge pieces fell off of "E"s concentric circle picture
so we're planning to use a little glue or mod-podget to stick it back together.
I think they will look really beautiful framed under glass.
E's planning an installation art wall for her room!
Happy (tissue) Paper Making!
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Labels: Create, Mod Podge, Paper Crafts, Tissue Paper Fun
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
* Homemade Gift: Embroidered Map Going Away Gift
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law are moving out of the state.
They're moving back to my sister-in-law's hometown.
We had a farewell dinner Friday night and I gave them this going away gift.
A homemade gift from the heart, to remember us across the miles
and know that we're thinking about them.
It's also a nice reminder for my niece and nephew about their
Aunt MaryLea, Uncle Geoff, and their crazy cousins!
I started with a frame I found at Michaels.
Then, I printed out a map of Virginia and a map of Ohio
(use whatever state or place is meaningful to you)
from a google images search. I printed the maps on natural colored
vellum paper to make them look more "map like"
If you had real street maps that would be awesome but I didn't so I had to improvise.
I cut out the shape of each state out of the maps
(they're not perfect or accurate and they don't need to be.)
For the state shapes I googled "printable state maps"
as a google images search to find the right shapes.
Because I didn't want the paper to rip when I sewed it,
I pre-punched holes with a straight pin on a piece of folded over felt
(to act as a little pillow behind the paper while I pierced it.)
BTW, this is a map I tried to use but didn't because it didn't look right.
Then, to protect the map from ripping while I sewed it,
I backed it with a small piece of clear packing tape.
I hand-stitched a heart shape on each map with some red embroidery floss.
Here's the back of my messy heart.
When the two states were finished, I mounted them to a piece of blue
scrapbooking paper with some double sided tape.
At a farewell picnic/party last weekend, I asked a good friend to take a
photo of our two families together.
I printed it out and added it to the middle of the frame.
Here's the finished project.
Todd and Darb, we will miss you terribly
but know you're off on a wonderful new adventure.
Here's to new beginnings.
We'll be road-tripping to visit you soon!
Labels: Homemade Gifts, Mixed Media, Paper Crafts, Sewing Fun
Monday, July 23, 2012
* Make Your Own Comic Book - Homemade Comics In The House!
Laughter is very important in our household.
We laugh together as a family daily.
The dinner table conversation is usually full of silly voices,
inside family jokes, impressions, and several potty jokes.
I wasn't surprised when "E" (my 9 year old) started drawing her own comics
last spring. She had been drawing and designing "fashion sketches" for the past year
and it seemed like a natural evolution for her to jump over into combining her drawing with
her fantastic sense of humor to make her own comic characters and stories.
Remember her "fashion sketches"?
She still has a board of them up in her room.
She draws comics based on real-life experiences - usually ones
that involve some sort of frustration.
This is a comic about the time when mom spent an afternoon
on hold with the insurance company.
She also made one about when the school lunch lady was out of popsicles
and told her to "try again tomorrow" every day for 4 days (see the top comic in this post)!
"E" is so prolific and draws so many awesome comics
that I made her a binder with page protectors to keep them in.
It's her own comic book and she loves to share it with guests
when they come over to our house and tour her room
(we also do a lot of show and tell in our family!)
She made "themed" comic books like this holiday one.
She made up characters that recur in different comics and even
made profiles about each one. This guy is named "Cavey" he's a caveman and not very smart.
Another fellow named "Edward Smelly Bottom" also shows up a lot.
She loves to make drawings and infographics about things she thinks are "creepy"
like vintage "Chatty Cathy" dolls, the "Big Tex" statue in Texas
and "Baby Alive" dolls - for the record her mom thinks those things are creepy and weird too!
Who knows, maybe someday she'll write her own graphic novel,
illustrate a comic strip, or write a book. This could be the start for that idea.
One thing I do know is that she will love this little binder/book of her homemade
comics and enjoy seeing her ideas when she's older (and so will her own kids!)
I absolutely loved this great idea I saw over on Mom's Homeroom.
Jolie Stekly suggests turning your home into a "House of Comics"
by making speech bubbles for inanimate and ordinary objects to express themselves --
What is the kitchen chair thinking? What does the microwave say?
She suggests cutting out big speech bubbles with paper or card-stock
and asking your kids to add words or thoughts, then tape them up around the house.
I think we'll be trying that out next.
How fun is that?!
Keep smiling and laughing.
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Labels: Create, Displaying Children's Art Work, Draw, Homemade Books, Mom's Homeroom, Paper Crafts, Sponsors
Friday, July 20, 2012
* Homemade Erasers With Eraser Clay
My girls have extensive (embarrassingly large) collections of little erasers.
They come from different places and different companies
but they are all basically the same thing --
little erasers in the shape of tiny animals and junk food that pop together
Both girls keep their collections in one of my hand-painted lunch tin boxes.
They enjoy sorting them and acting out little plot lines with them.
They even build little houses out of shoe boxes for them.
We spotted a package of "Eraser Clay" (Sculpey brand) at the craft store
and the girls wanted to try making their own eraser figurines.
This is not a sponsored post.
I'm just sharing the fun we had as a family when we discovered this fun clay!
So we brought home a package and had a playdate with Grandma
to make some figure. Grammy is a bit of clay expert - she helped make
a claymation film (I GO POGO) a million years ago when I was a little girl.
The girls are always impressed with her play dough and clay modeling skills!
Grammy made the tiny pink kitty for "C"
We used some play dough molds to make the carrots -- "C" had fun making them.
"E" made the green frog and the birthday cake above.
It kept the girls (big and little) entertained for part of an afternoon
and it was fun to add some homemade "toys" to our collection.
I just baked them in the oven on a cookie sheet per the package instructions
and they weren't very stinky.
I wouldn't use these as "real" erasers - but they do "erase" a little bit when we tested them.
Happy Crafting!
Pink and Green Mama
Labels: Clay, Create, Homemade Toys, Play
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
* Curvy Board, Waldorf Rocker Board Review
I wanted to introduce you today to one of our favorite new "toys" in the house, my
family was so lucky to have the opportunity to review this product and Etsy shop!
It's a Curvy Board/Waldorf Rocker from a wonderful Etsy shop called Open Ended Creations.
It has been too hot to play in the backyard this week -
we've been under a code red heat and air quality advisory so
my girls have been bouncing off the walls (literally!)
This rocker board has been a life saver for everyone's sanity!
I can not get my kids to get off of it and I've had to start setting the oven timer
to let them take turns playing on it. I'm thinking we may need to order another one!
So what do you "do" with a Curvy Board?
Well...that's up to your kids.
That's the whole beauty of it. It's an open-ended toy.
There is no wrong way or right way to play with it.
You just set it out and let them explore.
They don't need instructions. They'll figure it out.
Action shot of "E" in the middle of a very enthusiastic rocking session!
The board is made out of 9 layers of poplar plywood, sanded smooth,
and finished with varnish. It's handmade so no two are alike.
Ours is the Walnut Finish, they also come in Natural and Golden Oak.
I think it's beautiful. The kids think it's awesome.
Ours has been a great "bridge" as a prop in imaginative play.
They've made Zen gardens with it. Troll Bridges. Barbie Moats.
"E" is fishing with some of our homemade, magnetic bean bag fish
(leftover from "C"s penguin birthday party!)
Both girls enjoy sitting on it as an indoor see-saw.
"E" the tiny rocking sea turtle.
Watch out, your sister will come jump on your back in a minute
and you'll be a human rocking horse if you stay like that!
Turtle on her back!
Homemade "chair"
That troll under the bridge looks pretty cute to me!
What would you do with a Curvy Board?
Go check out at the Open Ended Creations Etsy Shop!
FYI: All opinions expressed are my own.
My family received a Curvy Board to review and play with - we really do love it.
We did not receive any additional financial compensation.
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2004 Media Releases
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today encouraged the community to become involved in the 20th celebration of the Star City Holiday Festival November 28 through December 5. The Star City Holiday Parade, which attracts about 85,000 people to downtown Lincoln, will take place Saturday, December 4. Applications are now available for the 2004 Star City Holiday Parade presented by First National Bank and produced by Updowntowners, Inc., the Downtown Lincoln Association and the City of Lincoln.
"This year's parade theme is 'Our Lasting Treasure,' so we are looking for entries that celebrate the lasting treasures of children and our community," said Mayor Seng. "We are very proud that this family event has become the largest of its kind in a five-state area, so we hope the whole community will get involved in celebrating its 20th anniversary."
Parade entries can include costumed characters, equestrian units, other animal units, floats, unique or vintage automobiles and walking units. The Parade also includes marching bands and giant balloons.
"This Festival would not be possible without the many volunteers, who work on every aspect of the event," said Deb Johnson, Executive Director. "Volunteers are a major part of the parade selection committee, which reviews all the applications. Because the parade is limited to 90 minutes, the selection process has become quite competitive. The entries selected will be those that adhere to the selection criteria and include kid-friendly entertainment that provides a rich exposure of the numerous treasures we embrace." Johnson said the criteria includes the entry's entertainment value, design, adherence to the theme, use of sound, choreography, costuming and props.
Johnson said it takes the entire community to make this major regional event a success. The Updowntowners produce the Star City Holiday Festival through community funding and support. Sponsorship opportunities include balloons, costumed groups, marching bands, floats, awards and the Executive Clown Corps. Those wanting information on supporting the event can contact the Festival Headquarters at 434-6902.
Those planning events the week of the Star City Holiday Festival can also apply to be sanctioned events, which gives them the opportunity to be promoted as part of the Festival.
The Parade begins at 11 a.m. and is televised live on KOLN-KGIN-TV. The Star City Holiday Festival Parade guide, which includes Festival activity applications, Executive Clown information, entry information and application forms, is available from Updowntowners, Inc., 1200 "N" Street, Suite 101, Lincoln, Ne 68508. The deadline for applications is September 24. Those wanting more information can contact Festival headquarters and check out the Festival web site at www.starcityholidayfestival.org.
Rick Koepping, Citizen Information Center, 441-7317.


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France: Arrest in Brussels Jewish museum shooting
PARIS (AP) — A suspected French jihadist who spent time in Syria is in custody over lethal shootings at a Belgian Jewish museum, prosecutors said Sunday, crystalizing fears that European radicals will parlay their experiences in Syria to terrorism back home.
When Mehdi Nemmouche was arrested in southern France on Friday, he was in possession of firearms, a large quantity of ammunition and a video claiming responsibility for the May 24 attack, a Belgian prosecutor said. In a one-minute rampage that deeply shook Europe's Jewish community, a gunman opened fire at the Brussels museum, killing three people and gravely injuring another.
Authorities raised anti-terror alert levels as they searched for the attacker. But it was ultimately a customs inspection in the French port city of Marseille that turned up Nemmouche, as he disembarked from a bus coming from Amsterdam, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said.
The suspect had a revolver and a retractable automatic weapon like those used in the Brussels attack, and ballistics analyses were underway to determine if they were used in the attack, Molins said.
At least one of the weapons was wrapped up in a white sheet scrawled with the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an extremist group fighting in Syria, Molins said.
Nemmouche, a 29-year-old from northern France, had a criminal record, with seven convictions for crimes like attempted robbery — but nothing related to terrorism, Molins said.
He said the suspect became radicalized in prison, and left for Syria just three weeks after his last prison stay in late 2012, going to Syria via Brussels, London and Istanbul. He said the suspect had spent about a year in Syria, though it is unclear why he went and what he did while there.
Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw, in a separate news conference in Brussels on Sunday, said the suspect had tried to film the killings on May 24, but his camera failed.
A video found in his possession shows his weapons and clothes, and includes a voice claiming responsibility for the "attack in Brussels against Jews," Van Leeuw said. He said it wasn't certain whether the voice was that of the suspect.
Belgian police carried out raids in the Courtrai region of Belgium on Sunday morning, where the suspect is believed to have spent time, and were questioning two people there, Van Leeuw said.
The suspect has been handed to anti-terrorist investigators and could be held at least through Tuesday under French counterterrorism law.
"The new elements in this investigation draw attention once more to the problem of the 'returnees' —in other words the people going to Syria to participate in combat and return afterward to our country," Van Leeuw said. "All European countries are confronted at this moment with this problem."
Interior ministers from around the European Union are expected to focus on strengthening ways to stem Syria-related violence when they meet in Brussels on Thursday. Belgium's interior minister, Joelle Milquet, called the returnees "a generalized problem for all of Europe."
The Brussels killings, which came on the eve of European parliament elections in which far right parties had a strong showing, led Belgian officials to boost their anti-terror measures, and raised fears of rising anti-Semitism.
Two Israeli citizens and a French citizen were killed in the shooting, and a fourth victim remains hospitalized between life and death, the Belgian prosecutor said Sunday.
The European Jewish Congress welcomed the arrest in France and urged European authorities to act faster and more aggressively to prevent such crimes.
The suspect has said nothing to investigators so far during his interrogations, Molins said.
Nemmouche's former lawyer, Soulifa Badaoui, described him on BFM television as someone "in difficulty" who went from foster home to foster home and often lived in vehicles. She said he didn't seem like someone capable of such violence, but was an intelligent person with serious family problems.
The attack and the arrest highlight the challenge for European authorities in tracking extremists, often alienated youths from immigrant backgrounds and few job prospects, when they travel to and from Syria.
French President Francois Hollande promised Sunday to "fight" homegrown radicals who come home from Syria with violent plans.
Hundreds of people have left from France alone to fight in Syria's three-year civil war with Islamic extremists. The French government recently introduced new measures to try to stop disaffected youth from leaving in the first place, and better track those who go to Syria and come back.
Hollande said those efforts would be "amplified" in the coming months, without elaborating.
"The whole government is mobilized to follow the jihadists, and prevent them from being able to cause harm" especially when they come home to France or elsewhere in Europe, Hollande said on an official visit to Normandy.
The attack and the arrest revived memories of Mohamed Merah, a Frenchman who trained with extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and then attacked a Jewish school and French paratroopers in southern France in 2012.
He killed seven people, including three children, before dying in a shootout with police. Those killings rocked France, prompting tougher anti-terrorism measures aimed at better tracking French citizens who pursue extremism abroad.
John-Thor Dahlburg reported from Brussels. Angela Charlton contributed from Paris.