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DOVER — When Abby Harte dreamed about playing high school volleyball, it never involved her wearing a Dover uniform. Especially when her three older sisters played for Spaulding.
"We always used to talk about going to play at Spaulding," said Harte, a senior setter for the Dover High School volleyball team. "I used to watch them and want to play so bad. I never imagined it and it's so weird to think about it now. I didn't even go there."
Since Dover did not have a volleyball program while Abby's three older sisters played for the Red Raiders, it's nevertheless a little strange to see Abby playing for the Green Wave with her older sister Caitlin on the sidelines as an assistant coach.
"I used to watch them and want to play so bad," said Abby about her older sisters. "I never imagined it. And I didn't even wind up going there."
Abby is the last of the four Harte sisters to play high school volleyball. Cori, Caitlin and Kelly all stood out as setters for the Red Raiders.
A family move to Barrington about five years ago enabled Abby to attend Dover, but there was one problem — no volleyball team. So Colleen Harte, Abby's mom, worked to get one started. Her first team attracted 32 players and dwelled in the basement of Division I. Five years of steady improvement saw the Green Wave make the playoffs for the first time last season, and entered 2012 as a serious threat to contend for the D-I championship.
Colleen herself comes from a strong volleyball family. She is a former high school star herself at Nute, and won the 1978 state championship. Her younger sister, Karen Pearson, was the longtime head coach at Nute. winning the D-III championship in 2006 and 2007), and helped Colleen get the Dover program started.
Naturally, Harte's four daughters immediately took the sport.
"It was something my sisters and I played in high school," Colleen said. "When Cori was in middle school in Rochester, Steve McEntire started a program at the middle school. They started playing, which I thought was great, because I liked the sport anyway. Steve also encouraged them to play with a club program, and once they got into that, it was a whole new level for me. I just loved it, and fortunately all my kids did too."
All four sisters achieved all-state status as setters, and Caitlin was the heart of the Spaulding team that won the 2001 Class L championship. The three oldest daughters all played in college and continue to be involved with the sport — Cori (now Cori Schult) is the junior-varsity coach at Moultonborough Academy; Caitlin is a former assistant at the University of New Hampshire and currently assists Colleen at Dover and Kelly coaches at Barrington Middle School, where she works as a behavior coach.
All four sisters made their marks as setters. A far less glamorous position than hitter, the setter is a vital cog in the machine that is a volleyball team. It's a supporting role that suits the Harte family well, especially as they make the transition from player to coach.
"You have to be confident," said Schult, who played her college volleyball at Slippery Rock (Pa.). "You have to be able to direct people and be the strategist. You have to figure out what is the best way to make your team win. You're the heart of the game the whole time."
Caitlin, who played college volleyball at UMass-Lowell, compared the setter position to that of quarterback in football, because of the responsibility to distribute the ball, and to a catcher in baseball, because of the knowledge one must possess of the tendencies of each player on the floor.
"You definitely have to know the game better than all the kids on the team," said Caitlin. "You have to know the opponent you're playing and be able to kind of be the mediator on the team. Every player has a different personality and it's up to the setter to kind of manage everyone's personalities and make sure that everything works smoothly on the court."
Kelly starred as a setter on the Spaulding team that fell to Concord in the 2005 Class L championship, then went on to play at UNH. Because her size was not conducive to playing setter at the Division I college level, Kelly moved to defense, but said her time as a setter helped her make the transition from high school to college volleyball.
"When you get to a higher level, you're running the floor," Harte said. "You have to know what's going on at all times. It's a really important position. Having my older sisters play it, I knew that early on. We all take pride in being in that position and having control of the game."
Colleen said to play the position well is akin to being a second coach on the floor.
"The girls struggle with learning their rotation, learning the spots they have to be in," she said. "Well, as a setter, you not only need to know where you need to be, you need to know where everybody else is supposed to be too."
For now, Colleen, Caitlin and Abby are focused on earning Dover its first state championship in the sport. The Green Wave are off to a 6-2 start, and Abby provided 36 assists in a loss at Salem last Wednesday.
"Winning a state title would honestly be the best thing ever," Abby said. "That's our goal for the season. As seniors, this is our last chance."
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CARLSBAD – He laid flat on his back atop a large, padded table, his wheelchair in the distance, when Project Walk specialists fitted his torso inside a parachute harness.
With straps over his chest, beneath his arms and around his slender waist and skinny thighs, Cory Hahn was buckled up and Velcro-fastened snug.
"I can't breathe. It's tight," he said before the specialists raised him to his feet, attached the harness to the device's overhead beam and suspended him over a treadmill.
Hahn hung like a Christmas ornament, limp and twisting. But then his eyes found the mirror on his left. He saw himself and couldn't keep from smiling handsomely and proudly, his eyes glistening with the beginnings of tears.
Hahn, 21, the former Mater Dei All-America center fielder who was paralyzed from the neck down in a February 2011 base-stealing collision while playing for Arizona State, was standing again.
Soon the belt below his sneakered feet began to move. He couldn't feel it. But he saw his motion as specialists lifted, pushed, pulled and positioned his legs and feet into a comfortable gait.
Step by aided step, Hahn was walking again.
"I remember this," said an emotional Hahn, even though some of his muscles don't yet. "I try to visualize this all the time. But seeing myself walk, that's the best."
Even if the best lasts for just 10 fantastic minutes.
His father, Dale, stood nearby for this exercise, the highlight of these intense three-hour, full-body workouts. They've driven 90 miles each way from their Corona home to this spinal cord recovery facility, twice a week, all summer long, for this chance to hope.
"It was pretty cool the first time I saw him standing because I hadn't been eye-to-eye with him," Dale said. "I told him, 'Dude, I think you got taller!' It's special every time."
With each day, Hahn has been growing stronger, working toward a renewed independence that continues when he returned to ASU to start his senior year last week and live, for the first time since the accident, on his own.
Someday, without his body rigged to a machine and his steps guided by others, Hahn is determined to walk on his own. Never mind running or playing baseball again, though the Arizona Diamondbacks drafted him in the 34th round — in honor of his jersey No. 34 — in June.
Ever since he fractured his C-5 vertebra on that fateful head-first slide into second base in only his third collegiate game, Hahn has pushed himself toward recovery.
At play is the same all-out competitive nature that once made the smallest kid on the team become the 2010 Orange County Player of the Year and California's Mr. Baseball and land him the starting center fielder job on a Team USA roster that included future big-leaguers Bryce Harper and Manny Machado.
At Project Walk on a July morning, Hahn happily shed his wheelchair, took to the table for flexibility workouts and then transferred from station to station.
He reclined into a Total Gym, grabbing pulleys for weight training on his arms. He stood on a vibrating platform for several minutes, using his arms and abs to find balance. He received electrostimulation to a dozen spots around his midsection.
His core muscles have gotten stronger from hundreds of tosses of a medicine ball. This is the closest he gets to throwing.
His shoulders have gotten stronger from hundreds of reps with a long stick, much like a mop handle, which he held horizontally and used to strike back a soccer ball and basketball. This is the closest the former slugger gets to hitting.
"I think about the game all the time," said Hahn, who often talks baseball, mainly his favorite Angels, with the specialists during the sessions.
He was back on the table one morning when a specialist asked that he roll over onto his stomach. It's simple, like something a baby would learn, but something Hahn is having to teach his body to do all over again.
It took all of Hahn's power and momentum built from swinging his arms from side to side over his chest to do it. And, on this July morning, he did. Then he pushed himself onto his back and did it again and again, each time smiling and laughing a little more.
"This is the first time he did that!" said Dale, watching from 10 feet away. "That's huge."
These Monday and Wednesday workouts — plus Fridays at the Goodwill Rehabilitation Center in Santa Ana — were Hahn's summer school before he returned to Tempe, Ariz., to begin his senior year at ASU.
"Getting my degree will be a big accomplishment for me and for my future," said Hahn, who took online classes in the 18 months after the accident to stay on track for a 2014 graduation.
"I could've just quit everything after I got hurt, stayed home and felt sorry for myself. But I won't do that."
His greatest education has been learning how to live with his disabilities. He needed to accept what he couldn't do right now. He needed to adapt in nearly every way.
He needed to learn to accept help, particularly from his father, who quit his Orange County sales job to become his son's full-time caregiver.
"When Cory talked about going back to school after it happened, I wasn't keen on it at the time," Dale recalled. "I worried. What if he went there and he failed? What would that do to him mentally, emotionally?
"But he didn't fail. I was so off-base. I underestimated the boy. That was when I realized he was right, he can do more."
Hahn has fought to reclaim his independence, setting goals in doing the things that used to be normal and easy.
Like eating. He refused to eat at restaurants until he could feed himself. He spent a day practicing how to intertwine the handle of a fork between his fingers and lift food into his mouth. Because his fingers can't fully extend, he learned to hold glasses and drinks with his knuckled fists to quench his thirst.
"I can eat everything, except buttery corn on the cob," he said, "because I'd probably drop it like 900 times!"
He still needs his father to help him with showering, shaving and dressing. But he can brush his teeth. He can text, type, use his iPad to read his coursework with ease and sign autographs on bats and baseballs that look much like the hundreds he used to sign when he was a major league prospect.
He spends about four hours a night studying and has a 3.1 grade-point average. School has taken the place of sports, "giving me something I can still compete at," he said.
With assistance from the ASU Disability Resource Center, Hahn gets tutors, note takers and an aide who will fill in his oral responses to exams because he can't always apply enough pressure and control with a pencil to bubble-in answers.
If he can reach the microwave, he can zap his own meals. With the donated, fully adaptive Toyota Sienna van with hand controls for the gas and brake, he has been able to make the 350-mile drive from Corona to Tempe, take himself to see friends and even order drive-thru burritos.
Last year, Hahn, who remains a student coach with the ASU baseball team, shared an off-campus home with Sun Devils James McDonald, Trevor Williams and Kasey Coffman.
His father would arrive each morning to wake him up and help him get ready for school. He'd bring Cory breakfast — a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a cut-up apple — that he would eat on their 10-minute drive to campus.
Then the father would lift him from the passenger seat of his pickup, sit him in his wheelchair and send him off to class.
"Cory would say, 'I got this,' and push himself down the sidewalk on his own," Dale said. "He always wants to do as much as he can. He knows that when he was able-bodied, he could do whatever he wanted athletically.
"Now he knows that doesn't happen. He has changed his outlook. He has changed his goals."
Two weeks ago, Hahn moved into a one-bedroom, third-floor apartment — "Don't worry, it has an elevator," he said — in a new complex on campus.
"I'm excited because I wanted to challenge myself and try to be on my own as much as possible," he said. "It's another step in independence."
This is his first test in living alone. His former roommates were drafted in June and have since left campus to begin their playing careers.
Once Hahn graduates, he too will have a major league job, one waiting for him with his new hometown team, the Diamondbacks.
Front office staffers and scouts had known of Hahn since his Mater Dei days and the 2010 draft in which he was a 26th-round selection of the San Diego Padres. Then-Padres general manager Kevin Towers and then-USC scout Doyle Wilson, now with the Diamondbacks, got to know Hahn in February when the Sun Devils played in the Coca-Cola Classic at the Diamondbacks' spring training facility in Surprise, Ariz.
Those relationships led the club to select Hahn in what would have been his (junior) draft year.
"It's a very humbling experience … something that the Diamondbacks didn't have to do," Hahn said at the time. "It shows that there is more to life than baseball. The biggest thing is that people still think of me as a baseball player."
In the week after the draft, Hahn got the treatment befitting a top-round pick: new Diamondbacks jersey, a news conference with beat reporters, an interview with MLB Network's "Intentional Talk," a one-on-one meeting with Manager Kirk Gibson and a tour of Chase Field.
While headed to the ballpark, a vendor spotted Hahn waiting with his parents and younger brother, Jason, to cross the street. The man said, "Way to go, Hahn. I'm glad you're a Diamondback."
He has already spent time with the Diamondbacks' player development, video, scouting and media departments, learning more about the areas where he might like to work someday.
"I'm not sure yet," Hahn said. "I'll get my degree first and then decide what's next."
He's taking one step at a time.
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Although it's been wet, rainy and just too darn cold for spring to feel like it's really here, it hasn't stopped all the beautiful green things from breaking ground. At last week's farmers' market, amongst the cold cellar apples and farm fresh eggs, there was spring bounty to be had: asparagus big and fat and firm, sandy ends still damp; fiddlehead ferns, tightly coiled and emerald green; and that most fleeting and prized of spring greens: wild ramps, the leek's kissing cousin.
Like all things fresh and green, simple is best: a steam, a sauté, the earthy flavours enhanced and set off by doing less with more. For a rainy and chilly Saturday night dinner, nothing could be simpler than this pasta dish: hearty enough to stave off the cold and made deliciously seasonal with those wonderful greens. But hurry…summer is almost here, and those wild green things that are spring's harbingers will once again disappear.
Orrechiette with Fiddleheads, Wild Ramps and Spot Prawns
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When I was searching for a recipe to use my greens, a quick internet search led me to one of my favourite blogs: Marc Matsumoto's No Recipes, with fabulous simple-to-make recipes and even better photography. His take on this pasta dish calls for lots of freshly grated cheese. Instead, I chose to use wild spot prawns and give the dish a bright briny flavour, perfect to complement the deep green of fiddleheads and wild ramps, and added some of my house cured pancetta for extra complexity.
1 c fiddleheads, cleaned thoroughly
8 oz orecchiette pasta
1 tsp extra virgin olive oil, plus 1 tbsp
2 oz fresh pancetta, diced
½ lb. wild ramps, white and pink parts only, chopped
10 spot prawns, shelled and deveined
½-1 cup good quality tomato sauce (the thicker the sauce, the less you should use)
Be sure to seek out distinctive - and distinctively flavoured - spot prawns for a real taste of the sea. We get ours from Fisherfolk
1. Rinse fiddleheads thoroughly in cold water and trim any brown ends. In a medium pot, steam until tender-crisp, about 8-10 minutes. Rinse in cold water and set aside.
2. While fiddleheads are cooking, begin cooking pasta according to pasta directions, until just al dente. Drain and reserve 1 cup of cooking liquid. Stir a tsp of olive oil through pasta to keep from sticking, and set aside.
3. Heat oil over medium heat in a medium pot and sauté pancetta until lightly browned. Add the wild ramps and sauté for two minutes. Add the fiddleheads and the prawns, and cook until the prawns are just cooked through and opaque.
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STATEN ISLAND, NY, May 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today urged Governor Brad Henry to sign into law HB 1595, the bill to bar abortions performed solely because of a baby's sex.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
My Video Review of POSSESS...Gone Wrong
Well, here's that something else... As you'll be able to see, nothing went as expected. And a review only kind of occurred.
I know, ridiculous.
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P.S. If you haven't already, go here to check out my full review of Gretchen's POSSESS as well as to enter to win ARCs of DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor, SHIFTING by Bethany Wiggins, and ASHES by Ilsa J. Bick (this one is signed). Reviews of these to follow.
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love it!! you should do more video reviews :DReplyDelete
oh my gosh. I totally love you for this! That was incredible.ReplyDelete
Totally cute! :)ReplyDelete
And this is why we get along so well. I think you missed your calling...Hollywood, baby!ReplyDelete
ROTFL! You kill me! Love that you ventured over to the dark side ;-) Great review. Do we uh... need to call in an exorcist to break the doll's hold over you?ReplyDelete
LOVE it! Great review and totally creepy.ReplyDelete
OMG I love this review! The best I've seen!!!!! OMG you're hilarious! Love it!ReplyDelete
Ohmygosh Carolina you are amazing. I got freaked out!ReplyDelete
This is officially the greatest thing EVER. A fantastic review (so POSSESS is creepy and funny?) and laugh-out-loud hilarious. I think you have a definite future in vlogging. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 10:23 AM
HA! LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
I think this might in fact be the greatest thing I have ever seen. Ever. I <3 you.ReplyDelete
Honestly, you put all the rebels to shame! You need to be a guest vlogger or a back up (who we might use if someone can't make it one week) because you ROCK!ReplyDelete
Amber - Wednesday on the Rebels.
Um, you are the cutest thing ever.ReplyDelete
Writer or actress????ReplyDelete
BEST. REVIEW. EVER.ReplyDelete
OMG. THAT? WAS AWESOME.ReplyDelete
Dolls ARE so creepy.ReplyDelete
But YOU? are simply phenomenal...
Love it. And your shifting pupils.
Pure awesome.
I think you are totally onto something with these video reviews. I would love to see you do more. The tech issues will work themselves out I'm sure.ReplyDelete
I'm a total fangirl...
Well, I am officially lame, I just clapped when I read you had a reveiw posted. I enjoy reading your thoughts on which books rock-we seem to have similar taste. And I love the video blog! Too fun. OH I want your hair, how do you get it so sleek?!ReplyDelete
OMG - LOVE this! Yes, you did miss your calling. You should totally audition for YA Rebels. I was instantly thrown back to Blair Witch Project and Chuckie and...I think I'm scaring myself.ReplyDelete
And what an awesome review - which I did scroll down and read. :) I will definitely, definitely read this one during the day.
Thanks for the awesome giveaways too!
Id like to invite you folks to come to Amish Stories for a recipe for "Famous Pennsylvania Dutch Sticky Cinnamon Buns" along with a book signing schedule for Amish fiction writer Wanda Brunstetter for Pennsylvania and Ohio as well as a contest to meet her. I hope everyone so far is having a great weekend. Thanks everyone. Richard from Amish Stories.ReplyDelete
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Great vid, and awesome review.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a SCARY read!
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 2:35 AM
Love this.. looking forward for more video reviews from you.ReplyDelete
You. Are. Hilarious. (And a little bit scary.)ReplyDelete
WHY are there not more vlogs from you? You could read a takeout menu and make it work.
So creatively creepy! Love it!!!ReplyDelete
I love the dilating pupils at the end. Creeeepy cool!
That scared the crapola outta me! I cant wait to see your reviews of my books, fur realz.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 1:40 AM
Spooky! I can't wait to get my copy, but I don't want my house to act possessed when I read it.ReplyDelete
How adorbs are YOU?!?! LOVE IT. And your review definitely moves Possess up on my TBR pile. CreepyDollsFTW :)ReplyDelete
OMG - that was brilliant! :D Seriously, towards the end, all I could think was "please don't have a snotty nose and be standing in the corner!".ReplyDelete
Loved it, Carolina - great job (and you SO need to do more video reviews!). I'm getting this book if only because of your review...although, creepy doll factor? Yikes. I'm still traumatized by Poltergeist. This could be bad.
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SO funny and awesome (and a bit creepy, too!) Perfect!ReplyDelete
Best book review EVER!!! <3<3<3ReplyDelete
Could it be that your true calling is in the film industry. You RAWK! :)ReplyDelete
You're brave to do a vlog. Then again, you seem to have more stage presence than me!ReplyDelete
This was soo good!!! You have to do more, please!!! I am not beyond begging, haha. Thanks for giving me a laugh and review in one in the middle of studying in year 12, made my night. (: (: (:ReplyDelete
You? Ridiculous? Naw! You are gorgeous and full of confidence, girl! <3ReplyDelete
Can Alex save Winter from the darkness that hunts her?
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Opinion: The Right Way to Save Cyprus
WSJ Europe editorial writer Ray Zhong on the Cyprus bail-in. Photos: Getty Images
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... I ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... Russell's agreed to a bailout of the island nation of Cyprus on Monday and for once ... this may actually be a bailout deal ... so mostly cheer ... Wall Street Journal Europe editorial page writer Ray Jones joins us now from London ... re the first time around Cyprus because this deal on the put ... a slide up and read it for the viewers out there they can to ... can't see this nine point nine percent tax on uninsured deposits a six point seven percent tax on the insured deposits ... IMF EU to give ten billion euros ... that was the first dealer went nowhere then we got this this second deal ... which is a different ... rate one of the key differences ... the main difference is that ... uninsured depositors ... will take a serious deal to bear the brunt of this rescue ... of the main outrage ... including our own following a first deal was that it hit it took a bite out of both insured and uninsured deposits ... you know there's a government guarantee in the year just like there is the US ... on small deposits and you know it's a sort of widows and orphans guarantee ... if you put your money and banking year ... im below a certain are you cover ... the first Dilla ... decided to take a hit on both of these categories ... as a result spurred a lot of anger both with in Cyprus and abroad so why is this ... is this intellectual Stepford to actually put the burden ... on investors ... rather than taxpayers are insured depositors ... it is and and in fairness even the first he'll do that ... than the German parliament had been sort of main ... obstacle to ... sit to imposing higher costs on taxpayers and steel ... if a warrant for the German parliament we we might still be here talking about how ... the euro zone is saving ... investors a taxpayer's expense that done ... definitely this is a step forward in terms of ... making sure that people invest in these bad banks of the ones who pay for the fact that there was some political face saving here one of the two bad banks is going to stay in business ... and we also have capital controls imposed for short period of time I'm not mistaken right ... I'll what do you say to that ... it's not actually clear at the moment how long these couple controls again in place for ... them might actually be in a series of ... one or two years ... this is I mean they're they're they're clearly emergency measures to prevent people from now ... being totally rattled by the ... the the the restructuring of these two banks and ... instead of starting a stampede ... across Cypress ... Semi their emergency measures but it's not really clear what the full effect and how long he's been in place for ... any bank runs are ... among the hardest things for or even economists understand ... not that economists have too too too solid grasp on on a lot of phenomena ... bank runs you know we don't know how they really ... gain momentum we don't know when they are with when they stop with what they respond to ... such Apple controls are probably a necessary price to pay here ... these banks were basically insolvent ... the European Central Bank have been funding them ... basically against its own rules the ECB says it can only find Sullivan thanks ... and by most measures both of these two big banks were were insolvent ... so there's all here is is positive in the fence because it down but it could have really significant effect on the Cypriot economy ... well we do know one thing or a money won't go where it wants to go soak Apple controls or not ... the morning get their money out of Cyprus Russian or otherwise they probably ... will ... Wall Street Journal Europe editorial writer range on joining us from London ... thanks Frank ... thanks man


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If you're brave (or foolish!) enough to install the Developer Channel build of Google's Chrome browser, you occasionally get to see works in progress as new features are tested. For example, last year I wrote about the sudden appearance of a cupcake icon on my installation of Chrome in Windows, which turned out to be Google testing support for multiple profiles.
Here's another one: On Tuesday, I noticed a small icon that looked like a smartphone in the address bar of both the Macintosh and Windows versions of Chrome. When you click on it, you get a popup that offers to send the current page to your Android device.
At the moment, this doesn't appear to be working correctly – or I'm doing something wrong. When I choose one of the phones in the list, I get an error message that reads: "An error occurred while sending the page".
This appears to be Google turning a beta Chrome extension into a built-in feature of its browser. Google has the Chrome to Mobile Beta extension which provides this capability. This extension is not installed in my copies of Chrome.
The extension – and the built-in feature, once it's working – requires an device running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later and the beta version of Chrome for Android. The three phones there are all review units on which I've installed Chrome for Android.
Documentation on Google's support site urges users to "make sure the Chrome to Mobile service is turned on". But I can't find any such service in a Galaxy Nexus review unit to which I'm trying to send pages. I know the phone is communicating with my desktop version of Chrome, because Chrome for Android shows me the tabs I have open on the desktop (which is in itself a very cool/useful feature).
If you're running the Developer build of Chrome (this is 21.0.1145.0) and have gotten Chrome to Mobile to work, please leave some details about how to do it in the comments. I'll update this post once I've got the feature working.


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SOS Children's village Ostuni
SKF Italy supports SOS Children's Village in Ostuni
SKF Italy has initiated a partnership with SOS Children's village stretching from 2014-2016. The SOS Villages' mission is to support the children, their needs, their rights and their family, and starts from the principle that a healthy development is best done in a family friendly atmosphere. The support includes redevelopment of SOS Children's village in Ostuni in the south of Italy, close to SKF's facility in Bari.
"We are grateful for SKF Italy's support to SOS Children's Villages and for its engagement in the redevelopment of the Village in Ostuni. With this support we can continue to respond to increasingly urgent needs of the community, offering hospitality to children deprived of family care or at risk of losing it and helping fragile and vulnerable families. In these difficult times such partnerships are really valuable and fundamental for us. Thanks." says Alverio Camin, President of SOS Children's Villages in Italy.
About SOS Children's village
SOS Children's Villages is an international private, non-political Association which, since 60 years, supports children, their needs, their rights and their family, starting from the principle that a healthy development is best done in a family friendly atmosphere. By networking with institutions and the local community, the Association takes care of children at risk of losing parental care by supporting the families in need and offers a host of family-type to children and young people have been left without right support. In Italy there are more than 40 realities including reception facilities, kindergarten, day-care centres and support services to families.


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When: March 4, 2012 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Where: Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA
Description: NEHGS is a proud sponsor of An American Journey, produced and performed by the Revels Repertory Company. This original musical theater production brings the story of American immigration to life in partnership with Watertown's Arsenal Center for the Arts. The 90-minute production finds Italian, Irish, and Eastern European Jewish immigrants on a passenger ship bound for America circa 1907. Sharing their music and songs, their dances and their dreams, the diverse group of travelers become one, as they leave their hardships behind and steam toward America, the land of hope and promise.
Rhonda McClure, NEHGS Senior Researcher and an expert on American immigration, will give a pre-performance talk at 2:30 p.m. Learn more about starting your own family history journey.
Revels Repertory Co. is the touring ensemble of Revels, Inc., the national performing arts company that presents the Christmas Revels in ten cities across the U.S. The show is appropriate for adults and children ages six and up and includes audience participation.
Tickets: $20 adults ($18 for NEHGS members), $12 students/children 12 and under
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Fashion is a fickle thing. Trends come and go and what was outrageously popular one year could be shunned the next. By the same token, something that barely catches the attention of the fashion forward crowd during its original run, could catch on ten years after the fact when someone labels it as a vintage collectible. When that happens, the same people who had no interest originally, will often push past each other to get their hands on the new fan favorite.
For most people,buying a designer purse or handbag is a rather substantial expenditure. Even if you can find a bargain among the online offerings of (relatively) cheap bags and purses, you know that such luxuries don't come without a fairly hefty price tag.
Unless you're so wealthy that you can afford to buy designer goods without batting an eye, and to replace them casually, it's wise to look at such purchases as in the nature of investments. Of course you want to get substantial use out of these pricey purchases, but it can't hurt to care for them in alignment with the fact that they are designed to be more than functional.
A grocery bag will carry your make up, keys and other such miscellaneous necessities, but at the expense of style. Carrying a designer item, even if you got a purse for cheap, is a matter of exuding a certain cachet and leaving a good impression on friends and strangers alike.
Some women make a practice of buying cheap bags from various sources, using them for a period of time and then reselling them. Doing this can allow you to have a bag at your disposal for as long as you may care to have it available and then recoup a significant part of the expense. This can be far more financially efficient than merely renting a designer purse.
Most women who engage in such a practice are aware that there's a special niche in the market place for vintage cheap bags and purses. For example, a vintage Bottega Veneta handbag may actually increase in value with the passing of time.
It could even be that someone who acquires a particular cheap designer bag that rises to classic status could actually make a profit on their purchase and sale. That happy result would be in addition to having use of the beautiful item for a substantial period of time.


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Over loud objections from Democrats, Montana's Republican-controlled Senate on Friday voted to put proposals on the 2014 ballot that would tighten voter registration and restrict the rights of third parties to compete in general elections.
The measures, which are expected to be approved by the Republican-majority House, do not need approval from the Democratic governor. They would go before Montana voters in November of next year.
Democrats tried to stall action on the bills through a rarely used parliamentary procedure, demanding that the vote be delayed until a missing Democratic senator was found and brought into the chamber.
But Republicans moved forward anyway, prompting Democrats to leap to their feet, shout objections and pound on their desks with everything from coffee mugs to copies of the Montana constitution.
"We did what we had to do and it's done," said Senate Majority Leader Art Wittich.
"I'm saddened by what we saw today - it's worse than Washington, D.C.," Governor Steve Bullock said. "I'm not embarrassed by men and women demanding a right to speak - I'm disappointed by those who denied it."
The measures would ask voters to eliminate same-day voter registration, and put in place a new primary election system that only allows the two political parties that get the most votes in the primaries to be on the ballot in the general election.
Both are seen as benefiting Republicans. Third parties have acted as spoilers for some Republican candidates in recent elections. Same-day voter registration is considered a plus for Democrats.
Any ballot-measure bills that pass the Montana Legislature with a simple majority of both chambers move right to a public vote, bypassing the governor's office.


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Barry Schwartz:
The paradox of choice
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
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The name Josephine Paget may mean nothing to you now, but the 40 year old French woman is likely the first case of multiple sclerosis to be confirmed by medical science of the day. The problem for the Mlle. Paget is that said confirmation was done in 1841 Paris, postmortem.
The convergence of art and science in those early days of the 19th century became important to Multiple Sclerosis "research" as postmortem examination (and illustration as we'll read) became more and more associated with pathology of symptoms.
The brilliant Scottish artist cum medical doctor, Robert Carswell drew some of the first white-matter lesions of spinal tissue in his 1838 atlas of pathology (which is still regarded as one of the greatest and most beautiful of all medical books). Only a couple of hundred of Carswell's atlas were ever printed so, due to the intricacy of the lithographs, if you have a chance to see the prints online, I'd encourage it for the art as well as the science.
When he drew the spine with what we now expect to be MS disease scars, he didn't know anything about the patient other than he had been paralyzed in life.
Around the same time, a French medical illustrator, Jean Cruveilhier published his version of nearly identical gray-white spinal lesions. Cruveilhier was later given more credit by his countryman and the "father of Neurology", Jean Martin Charcot in his landmark Scleroses en Plaques of 1868. It was Cruveilhier who examined Josephine Paget in the months leading up to her death – diagnosing her with an illness of the spinal tissue - and was particularly interested in autopsy of his patient.
I found it intriguing that Charcot defined MS with several cognitive symptoms of "marked enfeeblement of the memory" and "conceptions that formed slowly". It was only in the past decade or so that such dysfunction was accepted by modern MS clinicians.
I take a moment today and remember Josephine Paget of 19th century France. She slowly deteriorated in her neurologic condition in hospital bed number 16 of St. Joseph ward of La Charite' hospital in Paris. She wasn't hospitalized for "MS", but rather a lung infection which would eventually be her end. She happened to come under the car of a doctor who could (literally) illustrate what had been going on in her body and in "giving" her body to science, helped establish the field of Multiple Sclerosis research vis-à-vis treatment.
Next up, the work of a loving sister…
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
You can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and in our group on MS Connection.org. Also, check out our bi-monthly MS blog for the United Kingdom, and don't forget to check out TrevisLGleason.com.


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Much of this post originally ran in July 2009, but the issue is still on the minds of gamers. We've edited the post to add some thoughts now that the game has launched, and added a section at the end dealing with the rumors of officially supported LAN play. We wanted to revisit the issue again to drive this point home: even if it doesn't directly hurt Blizzard's bottom line, LAN play matters.
When the first stories began to spread about StarCraft 2 not supporting LAN play, the Internet began to grumble with discontent. Sure, there were the usual online petitions and griping on various gaming forums, but there was a sense that something big had been taken from us. Why were people so upset about the exclusion of LAN play? It has much to do with nostalgia, and much to do with why so many of us fell in love with StarCraft in the first place.
Blizzard's reasons for not supporting LAN play boil down to ensuring a "quality multiplayer experience" and enabling additional safeguards against piracy. The solution to the multiplayer problem is "encouraging" everyone to use Battle.net as much as possible to take advantage of things like the advanced communication options, achievements, and other things such as stat tracking. Playing offline, directly connected to other computers, is simply not part of the plan. Keeping the game safe from pirates trumps our love of gaming in smoky basements filled with too much junk food.
StarCraft was one of the most LAN-friendly games on the market when it was first released, giving players the option to install a "spawn" of the game on the other computers using one CD key. This spawned install allowed multiplayer with up to eight players, meaning that if you had one copy of the game, you could invite seven friends over with their systems and no one else needed to buy the game. The new version of this is a seven-hour guest pass we found in our Collector's Edition of the game. That's not quite the same thing.
Blizzard was so loved because it was a gamer-friendly company that gave us more than we asked for, and surprised us with things like a free online service and spawned installs. Now, if you want to hook up a few computers in your basement without an Internet connection, you won't be able to play against each other at all. The LAN party is a dying thing in the world of built-in voice chat and high-speed Internet connections, but it's not dead yet... especially among those who grew up playing StarCraft.
LAN games, which offer the luxury of not worrying about hooking everyone up to the Internet, just aren't seen as important any more. Even Dungeons and Dragons, the table-top game, is using computers for more and more of the role-playing. We old-timers who want our electronic gaming with less... well, technology, aren't happy with some of these changes.
Luckily for Blizzard, this probably won't affect its bottom line. In a poll in Opposable Thumbs we asked the readers what they thought of this news, and with 4,400 respondents we were able to test the waters. Fifty-two percent said that Blizzard has earned some trust, so they're going to wait to see what the final, new version of Battle.net looks like, and 21 percent said they're going to pick the game up without any concern over LAN play or a three-game campaign. Twenty-six percent (1,165 votes) said they're going to pass on the game completely. Now that the game has launched, the absence of LAN play has proven to be a real concern for our readers. The game is still going to be a hit, but we're hearing from many people that this is the reason they're passing on it, especially if they live in an area with spotty or slow Internet service.
We'll see how many of those people break down and buy the game for the single-player campaign. What's clear is that a large part of gaming's past is being deemphasized. This story isn't over, but for now, LAN gamers are going to angrily shake our canes at the younger gamers and even—amazingly!—Blizzard, the company that used to be so welcome to frolic on our lawn.
Does a version of the game with LAN support exist?
There have been reports of a Korean version of the game with LAN play included, but a story confirming this has since been debunked. "We will be addressing StarCraft II tournament functionality in a post-launch patch to the game, soon after ship. This patch will include features to address the needs of location-based pro tournaments, but we have not discussed any specifics about tournament support beyond that," Blizzard announced.
Will that patch include LAN support? Again, it's doubtful. Will Blizzard allow Korean events to use a version of the game that supports LAN play? That question is a little more open. Such a version of the game surely exists deep in the bowels of Blizzard's headquarters, perhaps to the left of the Ark of the Covenant. Hope may spring eternal, but controlling multiplayer via Battle.net is clearly a priority for everyone involved, and the LAN issue doesn't seem to be hurting sales of the game. Rumors of LAN support coming to the game will nonetheless persist, even if they are made of wishful thinking and blind hope.


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The barren peninsula of Qatar extends into the Persian Gulf, bordered on the landward end by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Its area may be very small, but the independent emirate is exceedingly wealthy, with one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, thanks to its oil and gas resources.
For most of the 20th century Qatar was a British protectorate, gaining independence in 1971, after which it became embroiled in territorial disputes with its neighbours and suffered civil strife, with the Emir being ousted by his son in a coup.
In 1989 the country started issuing tourist visas, heralding a new era of opening its doors to visitors. Tourism, despite the establishment of glitzy hotels, has still to take off in a big way, hampered as it is by the risky security situation in the Middle East. The perception still is that Qatar labours under a high threat of indiscriminate terrorist attacks against western visitors. However, with the awarding of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar, the country is in the process of overhauling these perceptions, as it prepares to invigorate its tourist infrastructure and begin to welcome foreign visitors on a mass scale.
Whether visiting Qatar for business or pleasure, most travellers use the capital Doha as their base. Formerly a quaint and busy pearl fishing village, Doha is today one of the most important cities, and a major trading centre, in the Middle East. It has a large British and American expatriate population (the Al Udeid air base was headquarters for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003), which has moulded the city into an interesting blend of eastern and western culture and architecture.
Tourists tend to spend their time on the Doha Corniche, a palm-fringed public promenade that extends for four miles (7km) along the seafront, lined with five and six-star resort hotels, restaurants, shops, beaches and recreational areas. A short boat ride from the Corniche is Palm Tree Island, a great escape full of fun family amenities and a first-class seafood restaurant. Doha also has its equivalent of Disney World: the Kingdom of Aladdin Theme Park is in the West Bay area. A major attraction for visitors is shopping, whether it is in traditional markets (souqs) or the plethora of massive ultra-modern malls that fill the city centre.
Those wanting to explore outside the city can undertake excursions to interesting towns, fishing villages, beautiful beaches, camel races, luxury resorts and the Almaha Sanctuary at Shahaniya, where the near-extinct Arabian Oryx is being protected. The Oryx is the origin of the legend of the unicorn, and is Qatar's national symbol, flying high on the tails of Qatar Airways jetliners.
Whether it is learning to haggle at the souqs, fine-tuning your dune driving skills, relaxing on the beach or marvelling at the wonders of the Arabian world in one of its cities' museums, Qatar has something on offer for every traveller. Qatar is a shopper's dream, while business travellers will find it equally exciting as Doha is fast making its mark as a regional business hub. With a great selection of amusement parks and the Qatar Zoo, kids will marvel at the many wonders Qatar has to offer. Qatar is the perfect destination for travellers who enjoy their creature-comforts but also crave adventure and some excitement during their travels. A trip to Qatar offers travellers relaxing beaches, world-class shopping, exotic markets and endless vistas of gorgeous, shimmering dunes


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NameMo::option - Allow an attribute to be a chainable, boolean option.
package Foo; use Mo qw'option'; has this => ( option => 1 ); has that => ( option => 1 ); my $f = Foo->new; $f->this->that(0)->do_something; my $this = $f->read_this; # 1 my $that = $f->read_that; # 0 $f->do_something if $f->read_this;
DescriptionThis feature lets an accessor act as an option, that is intended to have a value of 1 or 0. Simply calling the accessor sets the value to 1, and returns the instance so you can chain to the next method. To get the value of the attribute, call the "read_<name>" accessor. Here's a trick to do that when you are not assigning the value to anything:
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Face it, MMOs are for PCs, not consoles. Maybe one day someone will figure it how to get it on a console. EA Mythic creator director Paul Barnett thinks he knows who: Nintendo. Says Barnett, currently working on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning:
You would have to build something very console centric from the get-go. I think probably the best chance of someone doing something like that is Nintendo — doing something crazy that no one expects.
Perhaps Barnett has confused "crazy" with "correct," but hey, who knows? Nintendo's surprised us before.
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I'll be the first to admit that I don't make stuffed foods. Michael makes stuffed pizza, but that's as far as it goes around here. I think I made stuffed manicotti one time and it was not pretty because the pasta tubes kept cracking and spilling the filling out. Too much work, I thought. It's not that I don't enjoy stuffed foods, because I love stuffed pastas and tomatoes and will occasionally eat stuffed peppers as long as there isn't any meat in them, I just find that stuffing requires more time and patience than I have to invest. So when I saw that Cook Sister! was hosting this month's WTSIM and had chosen stuffed fruits and vegetables as the theme, I figured I would have nothing to contribute and I decided to not participate this time around.
But it bothered me. It kept nagging at me. And the more I thought about stuffed foods the more determined I became to create something stuffed that 1) I would enjoy and 2) wouldn't require loads of time and patience. I forced myself to envision stuffed vegetables and fruits, trying to decide what would work for me. The inspiration came at the Wegman's sushi counter. I had picked up my favorite little California Roll plate for lunch, and the boys and I paused to watch some sushi making in progress. As I explained the process of making sushi to my boys, the kernel of an idea formed in my mind. I love sushi, so why not take my favorite sushi ingredients and make some stuffed avocados? The avocados would be appropriate since sliced avocado is one of the main ingredients in California and veggie rolls.
Now I was on a mission, and I decided to make some sushi stuffed avocados to enjoy for lunch today. I sliced open an avocado, removed the pit, and gently removed slices of the delicious fruit. (Yes, avocado is a fruit.) Then without measuring a single thing, I tossed together my chosen ingredients and gently spooned the mixture into the avocado shells.
If you want the taste of sushi without having to roll it, this is a good way to go. I made a lunch out of it, but you could also make these for some light appetizers. I used jasmine rice because that's what I had on hand, although you could use any type of long grain rice. I think that the traditional glutinous sushi rice is too sticky for this application.
UPDATE: Jeanne has posted the round-up, so be sure to check out the array of beautiful stuffed fruits and vegetables.
small bowl
rice, cooked and cooled
avocados, pitted and cut into small chunks, reserving the shells
matchstick carrots
celery, chopped
cooked shrimp or crab meat, chopped (optional)
seasoned rice vinegar
1. In the small bowl, stir together the rice, carrots, celery, shrimp or crab (optional). Toss with a few shakes of seasoned rice vinegar.
2. Gently spoon the mixture into the avocado shells and serve immediately.


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Our beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend, Jon Payton Alexander, passed away on January 27, 2014 after a valiant and strong battle with colon cancer.
Jon was born in Salt Lake City, UT on November 15, 1966 and was adopted by Doris and LaRay Alexander. He was raised in Blanding.
Jon always stated his parents and family were the family he was supposed to have and loved them all dearly. While in high school, Jon played football, wrestled and played the trumpet.
After high school, he served an LDS mission to Hawaii. Jon loved the people he served and the people loved him in return. He loved Hawaii.
Jon married his eternal companion, Nicholle Auston on April 25, 1998 and adopted a son, Anthony. They were sealed as an eternal family on April 25, 1998. Jon wanted nothing more in his life than to be a husband and a father; the role he excelled at in his life.
Nine and a half years later, Nicholle and Jon were blessed to have a sweet boy, Andrew, come into their family. Both Andrew and Anthony completed Jon. He was so proud to have kids.
Jon served in many callings; ward mission leader, Sunday school secretary and the elders quorum presidency. Jon was a very valiant servant to our Heavenly Father.
He never wavered with his diligence. The Savior was very important to him.
Jon wanted an eternal family and worked very hard at making one and keeping one.
Jon later became a police officer, a job that he loved. He worked for Dixie State University and they became his second family. He loved his co-workers and the students he served.
Jon is survived by his wife, Nicholle, and their two sons: Anthony and Andrew Alexander of St. George; siblings David Alexander, Karen Slavens, Pamela Shurig, and Mary North; mother, Doris Alexander.
He is preceded in death by his father, Laray Alexander. Funeral services will were February 1, 2014 in St. George, UT followed by interment in the Tonaquint Cemetery.
Arrangements entrusted to the care of Metcalf Mortuary. For condolences, full obituary, and funeral listings visit www.metcalfmortuary.com.


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This is a question that has been asked quite a lot since the beginning of time: does its size really matter?
Let's continue and resolve this debate once and for all.
Let's Talk Numbers
To find out if size is important, first, let's outline the average penis size.
You may have heard these numbers before.
For a flaccid penis, the average size is about 3.6 inches. When erect, the average size is 5.16 inches.
However, recently the number has been contested. Actually, the average penis size can actually be close to 7 inches.
Instead you have not pulled out a ruler and checked your size in the past, so you know how you stand compared to those measurements.
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Hayden Hopkins 10 years old 2008 IDC Nationals 1st overall highscore Words by Mandy Shulke We love you Hayden Scarlett
Views: 12,089
Added: October 12, 2008
Event: Dance Spirit Future Star of the Month
Category: Performance
#20 oh wow again
i still cant believe ur ten...its like ur a miracle child who dances like no one else can i also like ur voice thingy.
#19 ...
really good!!!!
#18 great
i loved the dance but the song was weird lol loved it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#17 this is amazing
I loved this !!!! you are an amazing dancer. i loved the "music" i would of never thought to do somthing like that.I think you are an inspration to all young dancers and please keep dancing and posting cause i love watching you dance!!!!!!
#16 Oh My Goodness!!
You are insane! I can't believe you're only 10! That was such an original and precious piece. Thank you for posting it!
#15 that is precious...
i loved the creativness in this :)
#14 You're the reason
hayden! You are a gorgeous dancer. I just wanted to let you know that you are the reason why I officially got an account to comment on videos. I watched this and wanted to tell you how much i liked it! I have really really enjoyed watching your videos and absolutely LOVED the originality of the "music" for this piece. You are sure to go far, keep it up.
You're the type of dancer that inspires me to never, ever, give up dance. You're so talented. Ooooh, I loved it (:
#12 Hayden
You are a true inspiration! You not only have talent, but PASSION! Loved this dance! Keep up the good work!
#11 Awesome Job, Hayden!
This was beautiful! Congrats on winning!!1
#10 Great!
I lvoe to watch you dance!
#9 oh goodness.
alright.. let me tell you, youre amazing. keep on doing what you are doing and keep your passion alive. you have talent, obivously, and you really know how to show it. "song" selection was beautiful and choreography was amazing. you have a great idea. keep going. dont stop. your great.
#8 Thank You!
This was written by Mandy Shulke of Just Plain Dancin in CA. You can see more of her work on their website -amazing. Thank you for the choreography comment - it was by Heidi Gamlieli:)
#7 Awesome!
That was very creative how you made the song a speech about your passion for dance.The choreography was amazing of course.
#6 wow
amazing again wow the song dancing is amazing so talented hayden keep doing what you are doing
Really enjoyed this number!!! You are a beautifully expressive dancer! Thanks for sharing!
#4 wow!
You are so talented! This is an amazing routine. 10???? that's crazy - you have a very mature style. Great extensions and turns.
#3 where?
where do you train Hayden? I want to train there you are amazing and your dances are amazing!! PLEASE let me know.
#2 Lovely!
You are amazing! I love that you are soo passionate! Great Job! =] Ilove it.
#1 Perfect!
This was so good. You're amazing - keep dancing! Congrats on winning, well deserved!


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Jerry Chang (Back row, second from left) with the gold medal he earned in the November men's junior foil event at the November North American Cup this weekend (USA Fencing).
Virginia Beach, Va. – Jerry Chang of the Harvard men's fencing team claimed gold, while teammates Brian Kaneshige and Michael Woo placed 13th and 15th, respectively, out of 161 competitors in the men's junior foil event at the November North American Cup in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday.
The medal marked the second-straight men's junior foil NAC crown for Chang, who stood atop the podium after the NAC in July.
The 2012 Junior World Team Champion did not give up more than six touches to his first three opponents to set up an all-Crimson bout versus Kaneshige in the table of 16. Chang edged Kaneshige in a tight contest, 15-12.
"Fencing Brian was definitely my hardest bout because we fence each other all the time in practice, and you always know what the other person is going do," Chang said.
In the semifinals, Alex Chiang kept the bout close, but Chang recorded two-straight touches to advance to the finals. In the championship bout, the Harvard freshman held off a late rally from 2011 Cadet World Team member Nobou Bravo, 15-12, in the finals to secure the event's top honors.
Chang most recently took fourth in foil in his collegiate debut at Penn State Garret Open, the best finish in the event for a non-Penn State participant.
A week after picking up a bronze medal at the Luxembourg Junior Foil World Cup, sophomore Kaneshige continued his success on the mat with a first-round bye and three wins in table play. He defeated Jonathan-Villeneuve-leroux in convincing fashion, 15-5, in the table of 128 and upended David Kong II, 15-10, in the next table. The 2011 Junior World Team Champion upset 11th-seed Drew Johnston in a close affair, 15-13, but fell to a fellow-Crimson, Chang, in the table of 16.
Woo also earned a bye in the table of 256 and held opponents to single-digit scores in his first three bouts in table play. He lost to Stephen Mageras, who ultimately finished tied for third, in the table of 16.
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Especially considering you insist on repeating the same proven errors over and over again.
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The chances of the Colorado Buffaloes beating the No. 2 Oregon Ducks and snapping their five-game winning streak on there own turf Saturday was small. Very small.
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Family Day for Alanis
It's Family Day today in parts of Canada. Alanis is from Ontario. Ontario observes Family Day. So it all works out then. I'm originally from Ontario too. But now I live in British Columbia. BC does not observe Family Day. F-ck, why not???
Here's Alanis Morissette gloriously happy with her family yesterday in Venice, CA. Son Ever Imre was born on Christmas Day. Look how cute she is as her husband, Mario Treadway, takes iPhone photos of her and the baby. That blanket looks VERY comfortable. Especially the brown side. I've always wanted a baby blanket. At baby showers I've always wondered why they can't make baby blankets for adults. You just use a different print and make it bigger, right? Someone needs to get on this. That's a perfect naptime on the couch blanket. Never understood why people take naps with those scratchy rugs you buy at expensive furniture stores. Make me an adult sized baby blanket, I'll gift it to everyone I know.
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It's the night before Hallowe'en, so our weekly open mic included a zombie named Bob, a linguistics-reading T-Rex and a passable facsimile of Amy Winehouse. But nobody's outfit was as poignant as my friend Sarah's tee shirt:
I didn't even see it until my boyfriend leaned over and said "I want to tell the rhino that he's just fine how he is."
I think it's just possible that we're supposed to be laughing at the poor fellow for his inability to be a unicorn, but I read it as incisive commentary on the fundamental heartbreak and futility of aspiring to an unattainable ideal. Note that the rhino is totally cute, in no way less cute than the unicorn. His only failing is in being a rhino instead. Augh! And my boyfriend wants to tell him that he's fine how he is! Does it kill you or what? I just want to tear that poster down and coax him out to the open plains, where he can run freely, far from the oppressive eye of his impossible aspirational image. (With the speed of a rhino. They're actually pretty great athletes! But you know, oh their poor joints etc. etc.)
Goddamn. I kind of want to commission the artist to draw a happy ending, after the rhino discovers what an awesome rhino he is, even though he's barely a passable unicorn, and finds out how rewarding it is to just munch grass and barrel through the Serengeti. And then we can use it as a mascot or something.
It should be noted here that I have a documented problem with sad anthropomorphic animals and will probably be up all night over this. You should feel free to invent happy rhino scenarios to make me feel better.


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(CNN) -- One of the most cosmopolitan cities in Africa, Johannesburg is multicultural and multifaceted. Make the most of your time there with these tips.
The Apartheid Museum is an often disturbing view of South Africa's troubled past.
Apartheid Museum
It's a disturbing experience, but a visit to Apartheid Museum is essential if you want to understand the city's troubled past.
On arrival, visitors are randomly allocated a pass labeling them as white or non-white, referencing the apartheid pass laws that obliged black South Africans to carry identity passes at all times.
Harrowing multimedia displays and news footage recreate the brutality of the apartheid era, while nooses hanging from the ceiling represent the political prisoners executed under the system.
Less bleak are the tributes to those who fought against the injustice of that era, paving the way for equality and democracy in today's South Africa. The museum is open between 10 am and 5 pm (GMT +2) Tuesday to Sunday. Admission is R30 ($3.20). For more information visit http://www.apartheidmuseum.org/
Meaty treat
The Carnivore is one of the city's more unusual restaurants. A few miles outside Jo' burg proper, on the Muldersdrift Estate, The Carnivore is designed to satisfy your primal meat cravings.
As well as the usual chicken, lamb and beef dishes, this eatery offers an intriguing selection of big game dishes, including crocodile, giraffe and ostrich.
There are veggie options available for those who aren't tempted by the thought of slow-roasted impala, but if you choose the vegetable lasagna you may never find out if crocodile really does take like chicken.
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Day tripping
Jo' burg is well positioned for some interesting day trips. Pretoria is just 50km away, but has a very different to feel to Johannesburg, offering more of an insight into Afrikaans history.
The Voortrekker monument and museum, just outside the city, celebrate the pioneer spirit of the Boer and their "Great Trek" from the Cape to the country's interior.
If African wildlife is more your scene, head to The Lion Park, a small nature reserve about 25km north of Johannesburg. It's not the full safari experience, but you will get to see lions, cheetahs, antelopes, zebra and impala, among other local fauna.
What are your tips for Johannesburg? Let us know below.
Get around
Too big to explore on foot, Jo' burg is a driver's city. Public transport is generally poor and minibus taxis and the Metro train are crime hotspots.
There are plenty of car-hire outlets in the city but if you'd prefer someone else to do the driving City Tours offer minibuses to destinations including Soweto and The Lion Park. The advantage of a tour is that your guides can offer a local's insight into the city's history and culture.
There's no doubt that progress has been made in reducing crime over the last couple of years, but it remains a problem in many parts of the city.
ATMs are a magnet for criminals. Be sure to only use ATMs in well-lit areas and be wary of people offering to help you use them.
If you're driving, keep the car doors locked at all times and don't open the windows too wide. Keep your wits about you when stopped at traffic lights and when you're getting into and out of the car, and keep your valuables out of sight.
Put bluntly, it is not safe to walk around most of Johannesburg after dark.


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Guitar Legend Les Paul Dies - wcbstv.com
Now this isn't necessarily a dig at the MJ fans in the other thread (which after a long absence from this forum I notice is now closed) but THERE was a man who made a mark on popular music. The pioneer of the electric guitar and innovator of many breakthrough recording and producing techniques, including multi-track recording. Is it even POSSIBLE to have left a bigger mark on modern music?