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The Best of Spitsbergen
* Subject to availability.
- Outings and shore visits in Zodiac® inflatables with a team of experienced naturalist guides.
- Hiking opportunity.
- Sailing in Spitsbergen's fjords and towards the ice floe.
- Landscapes: ice floes, jagged mountains, icebergs, ice caps, steep-sided valleys, sheer cliffs, huge glaciers.
- Wildlife: polar bears, Arctic foxes, Svalbard reindeer, Arctic terns, walruses, whales, puffins.
- Staterooms & Suites
- Port of call & excursions
- Formalities
- Theme
- Important information
- Pre/Post & Overlands
Staterooms & Suites
Superior Stateroom $8,050 Not Available Deluxe Stateroom $8,690 Not Available Prestige Deck 4 $9,710 Not Available Prestige Deck 5 $10,190 Not Available Prestige Deck 6 $10,690 Available Deluxe Suite $14,910 Not Available Prestige Deck 5 Suite $20,240 Not Available Prestige Deck 6 Suite $21,250 Not Available Owner's Suite $24,420 Not Available
Like her sisterships, Le Boréal embodies the subtle alliance between luxury, intimacy and wellbeing which is PONANT's signature. The elegance of her exterior and interior lines and her intimate size (only 132 staterooms and suites) make this a rare and innovative yacht on the cruise market.
Interior Design
Superior materials, discreet elegance and a tasteful décor reflect a nautical mood subtly revisited. Aboard, soothing neutral grey tones are enlivened by splashes of red, our signature theme linking tradition and innovation to create personal touches in the spirit of a "private yacht".
Port of call & excursions
Longyearbyen, SpitsbergenEmbarkation 27/06/2020 from 16H00 to 17H00 . Departure 27/06/2020 at 18H00 .
Longyearbyen is the capital of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, located on Svalbard's main island, and is the northernmost territorial capital on the planet. With winter temperatures dropping to below 40°C, the landscapes of this mining town are simply breathtaking. The glaciers, the mountains stretching as far as the eye can see and the untouched nature, make you feel like you're in completely unexplored territory.
28 June 2020 – Lilliehöök GlacierArrival 28/06/2020. Departure 28/06/2020.
Welcome to Cross Bay's décor of plutonic rocks and tundra. Admire the immense expanses of flowers that cover the mountain slopes, amidst 14 alpine glaciers plunging majestically into the sea. In this setting of wild beauty, which endemic wildlife has chosen to call home, set off to discover the sublime Lilliehöök Glacier. Located in the fjord of the same name, it forms a kind of circle and its front is 7 km wide. As you approach it, you will fall under the spell of the icebergs floating around it, like jewels bedecking the magical waters of the Arctic. Walruses, sea birds, seals and Svalbard reindeer will perhaps accompany as you explore these unique places.
28 June 2020 – 14th July Glacier, SpitsbergenArrival 28/06/2020. Departure 28/06/2020.
At the entrance to Cross Bay, between tundra, plutonic rocks and mountains covered with a surprising endemic flora, set off to discover the 14th July Glacier. It was thus named by Prince Albert I of Monaco, following an expedition that he led there at the beginning of the 20th century. The glacier's surroundings are frequented by numerous birds (Tridactyl gulls, thick-billed murres, barnacle geese, common eiders, Atlantic puffins…), as well as Arctic foxes and reindeer. As you arrive in front of the glacier, admire the impressive wall of ice and the reflection of the cliffs in the water. It is quite common to see a section of ice come loose, or a bearded seal lounging on an iceberg.
29 June 2020 – Magdalenefjorden (Magdalena Bay), SpitsbergenArrival 29/06/2020. Departure 29/06/2020.
Nestling in north western Spitsbergen, Magdalena Bay is one of Svalbard's unmissable sites. In a spectacular landscape of snow-topped Alpine mountains, deep fjords, beaches and majestic glaciers, it offers multiple opportunities for wonderment. We will not be surprised to observe whales, walruses, seals, common eiders, terns, polar bears and Arctic foxes there. The site of Gravneset, located in Magdalenafjorden, is home to the remnants of a former whaling station used during the 17th century, as well as the graves of many sailors buried here up until the end of the 18th century. Not far from here, the Gully Glacier offers a magnificent view, a delight for photographers.
29 June 2020 – Virgohamna, SpitsbergenArrival 29/06/2020. Departure 29/06/2020.
Welcome to a land of rich history! Virgohamna, or Virgo Bay, to the north west of Spitsbergen, was home to a whaling station in the 17th century. Above all, though, it is known as the staging area for many attempts to reach the North Pole by balloon. In 1896, Swedish balloonist Andrée set up camp here and lifted off a year later with two team members on a trip that would cost them their lives. A few years later, the American explorer Wellmann also attempted this crazy adventure, without success. During your visit, you will be able to see a pile of planks, rusty cans, pipes, debris from earthenware and all kinds of waste on the ground. Visitors are asked to respect these historic remnants, in homage to the conquerors of the poles.
30 June 2020 – Sailing among icebergsArrival 30/06/2020. Departure 30/06/2020.
Your ship carefully weaves in and out of the icebergs. These ice giants, which at times are more than 60 metres high, come from the glaciers and the ice cap. Whether grounded or floating, pure white blocks or in eroded form, sparkling or blue-tinged, this is always a magical moment to experience on board the ship or on a Zodiac® dinghy. Each iceberg, sculpted by the waves, takes on diverse colours and shapes that have fuelled the imagination of the peoples of the Arctic.
1 July 2020 – Texas Bar, LiefdefjordenArrival 01/07/2020. Departure 01/07/2020.
Despite the name given to the place, we are neither in Texas nor in a bar; it is actually an unusual place in the High Arctic. Texas Bar is a former trapper's hut that was used by Arctic fox and polar bear hunters in the past. The hut, still in place, has a rudimentary interior with bunkbeds and kitchen utensils. Located at the entrance to Liefdefjorden (the "fjord of love"), it stands peacefully in a landscape of hills covered with moss, lichen and flowers. The cliffs with their changing colours, very frequented by birds, complete the beauty of the panorama. Take a little hike up the slopes and admire the superb view over the Monaco Glacier, which is further south.
1 July 2020 – Monaco Glacier, SpitsbergenArrival 01/07/2020. Departure 01/07/2020.
Located to the North-West of the Svalbard archipelago, the Monaco Glacier is probably one of Spitsbergen's most beautiful and majestic. Named in honour of Prince Albert I of Monaco, a sailor, it stands as an impenetrable, blue-tinged jagged wall, the last glacier before reaching a latitude of 80° North. Imagine the sound of the ice cracking as it breaks free and crashes into the transparent water. And to make the magical landscape even more perfect, you might be lucky enough to spot bears and whales, as these two animals have a special fondness for this area.
2 July 2020 – Ny-Alesund, SpitsbergenArrival 02/07/2020. Departure 02/07/2020.
During your cruise, discover Ny-Ålesund, a former mining town that has been transformed into a scientific base. Founded in 1916, this small town was the departure point for many Arctic expeditions, including those of the famous explorer Roald Amundsen. Don't miss a visit to the museum and its famous post office, considered to be the most northerly in the world!
2 July 2020 – Kongsfjorden (King Bay), SpitsbergenArrival 02/07/2020. Departure 02/07/2020.
Very close to the former mining town of Ny-Ålesund, set off to discover Kings Bay. Your ship will sail in one of the most beautiful fjords in Svalbard: Kongsfjorden (the fjord of the King), a gateway to grandiose landscapes. Here, the snow-capped mountains are reflected in the water where superb icebergs try to outdo each other in their beauty, a delight for photographers. Bearded seals, reindeer, barnacle geese and black guillemots frequent these places that have a unique atmosphere. Once you arrive at the end of the fjord, admire the Kongsbreen (glacier of the King) and its three characteristic rocky points, which take their names from three Scandinavian countries: Svea (Sweden), Dana (Denmark) and Nora (Norway).
3 July 2020 – Alkhornet, SpitsbergenArrival 03/07/2020. Departure 03/07/2020.
At the northern entrance of Isfjorden, there is a small paradise for bird lovers: the Alkhornet Cliff. It is home to a very rich avifauna, made up of thousands of birds frolicking in a joyous tumult: gulls, guillemots, pink-footed geese, terns, seagulls, puffins, Arctic skuas… The Alkhornet Cliff, easily recognisable by its rhinoceros-horn shape, is also frequented by reindeer, which are not overly timid. Attracted by the tundra that covers the foot of the mountain, they come to graze in peace in a verdant setting covered with grass and moss. With a little luck, you will perhaps have the opportunity to see some seals and Arctic foxes, who are also regular visitors.
3 July 2020 – Pyramiden, SpitsbergenArrival 03/07/2020. Departure 03/07/2020.
This port of call will definitely make an impression on history enthusiasts. A real ghost town, Pyramiden was founded by Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century before being sold a few years later to the Soviet Union. Constructed at the foot of a mountain in the form of a pyramid, this former mining town, abandoned in 1998, has conserved all the buildings from its glory days, when it lived off coal mining. During your visit, you will be able to walk past a swimming pool, swings, a football pitch and a cinema. Even more unusual: reindeer like to wander the deserted streets of this dead town, the only companions for the handful of men who still live there in summer.
3 July 2020 – Nordenskiöld Fjord, SpitsbergenArrival 03/07/2020. Departure 03/07/2020.
In the Billefjorden, one of the three branches of the Isfjorden, you will approach the majestic Nordenskiöld Glacier, right opposite Pyramiden, a former Russian mining settlement. This wall of ice with turquoise blue reflections, whose name is a tribute to the Finnish geologist Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901), is 25 km long and 11 km wide. You could be lucky enough to see a polar bear walking along the coastal ice or the surrounding rocks.
Longyearbyen, SpitsbergenDisembarkation 04/07/2020 at 07H00 .
Longyearbyen is the capital of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago, located on Svalbard's main island, and is the northernmost territorial capital on the planet. With winter temperatures dropping to below 40°C, the landscapes of this mining town are simply breathtaking. The glaciers, the mountains stretching as far as the eye can see and the untouched nature, make you feel like you're in completely unexplored territory.
The information below is current but subject to change at any time without advance notice from government authorities. Please consult your respective government agencies for visa and health information.
Passport valid for at least six (6) months beyond the completion of your trip. Passport must contain at least two completely clear, blank, unused visa pages for each visa required, not including any amendment pages. Visa pages with stains or ink from other pages in the passport are not usable. Guests who deviate from the scheduled embarkation or disembarkation port should research the foreign entry requirements for the port country. Due to government regulations, regrettably, Ponant will have to deny boarding to any guest who fails to obtain the appropriate travel documentation for this trip.
Warning about the use of drones: the use of drones aboard PONANT ships, whether they are sailing at sea, at a port of call or anchored, is strictly forbidden. The use of drones on land in the Arctic and Antarctic regions is also strictly forbidden by international polar regulations. In other regions, it may be possible to use drones on land if permission has been obtained from the relevant authorities of each country and each region travelled through, as well as a pilot's licence that should be obtained from your home country. Passengers are responsible for obtaining these permits; they should be able to present them at all times. Passengers who do not obtain these authorisations expose themselves to the risk of legal proceedings.
Polar Expedition
Discover the unique concept of PONANT polar expedition cruises: explore the world's extreme regions while enjoying luxurious comfort and service.
A luxury expedition voyage
Choosing a PONANT expedition cruise means choosing a state of mind: the alliance of elegance and authenticity, of exploration and comfort, of adventure and refinement… The comfort of your ship and your stateroom, personalised and attentive service, refined gastronomy: a very special atmosphere that we take great care to maintain. In the heart of the ice floes of the Arctic and the Antarctic, our luxurious services will ensure that your expedition cruise is an unforgettable experience.
PONANT, polar specialists
With almost 20 years of experience in the extreme regions, PONANT, the world's number 1 polar cruise company, is a real polar specialist. PONANT will take you to the most remote regions in total safety: our Captains and crew are professionals, specially trained to sail in icy waters. Our latest-generation fleet has the most modern technology to guarantee both your safety and respect for the regions visited. The size of our ships means we can get as close as possible to areas that are difficult to reach, offering a privileged access to preserved sites. Our flexibility enables us to adapt to the surprises inherent to these expedition itineraries.
Professional expedition teams, varied activities
After scouting missions in the field, our Expedition Leaders and their teams of naturalist guides design exceptional itineraries in the polar regions. During the cruise, they organise daily outings and shore visits in Zodiac® dinghies and hikes on land so as to get as close as possible to nature and wild fauna. In the Arctic and in Alaska, the close relationships that our teams have been able to build with the local communities will enable you to understand the life of these peoples of the Far North, and to share it for a few hours. On board, the naturalist guides will share their knowledge during various conferences on fauna, the history of the great explorations, geology and climatology…
Important information
Expedition programmes include activities such as Zodiac® outings and landings (sometimes with "wet landing"), moderate walks to more active hikes, all accompanied by your expedition team of naturalist guides.
Ports of call, visited sites, outings and landings will depend on weather conditions, position of ice, winds and the state of the sea. These can force a change of plans at any time. The Captain and the Expedition Leader may at any time cancel or stop any activity, or even modify the itinerary. The final itinerary will be confirmed by the Captain, who will take into account the touristic quality of the sites and above all, the safety of the passengers. His decision will be based on advice from experts and authorities.
Travelling to polar/isolated regions is an exhilarating experience in remote areas: please remember that you are far from modern hospitals with full medical facilities, thus evacuation is extremely expensive. Without adequate medical coverage, all expenses will have to be immediately paid with your personal funds. We urge you to subscribe to full coverage insurance, choose your insurance company very carefully, be extremely vigilant and ensure your insurance is fully comprehensive, especially if you are insured by your credit card. PONANT offers an insurance contract with extensive guarantees, please contact us for more information.
Clothing tips:
- A PONANT polar water-resistant parka is offered on board for all departures with the logo "Free Parka" (no children sizes, in case of consecutive cruises, only one complimentary parka).
- Half calf rubber boots with non-slip soles, which will allow you to go ashore in 20 cm of cold water, keeping your feet dry for walks and visits on steep paths. Boot rental will be offered onboard (for adults only) on Expedition cruises where the logo "Free Boot Rental" appears
- Comfortable trousers: classic Winter trousers, warm cotton tracksuit, wool leggings
- Waterproof and windproof over-trousers – MANDATORY
- Winter trousers with waterproof over trousers are the ideal combination: water-resistance and comfort of trousers are essential
- Pullover, sweat-shirt or fleece jacket
- Woollen or thermolactyl Thermal underwear
- A warm hat, woollen ear muffs or fleece ear muffs, fleece or woollen neck warmer (avoid scarves that do not stay in place)- MANDATORY
- Wool or silk glove liners, water-resistant and supple gloves
- Thick warm socks (ideally woollen)
- Small waterproof backpack (to protect your camera from water).
- Binoculars (strongly recommended for wildlife viewing).
- Highly protective sunglasses.
- Walking poles (highly recommended).
Do not hesitate to visit the online PONANT store which offers a selection of equipment and accessories adapted to our destinations, at the following address: https://boutique.ponant.com
Benefits of the PONANT store:
- Advice on equipment from our experts to help you prepare for your polar expedition
- A wide range of technical equipment for polar expeditions, approved by our experts
- Two delivery options: delivery to your home or directly to your cabin on board the ship
- Duty Free shopping for cabin delivered items
Pre/Post & Overlands
Before your cruise
24/06/2020 – PARISIAN ESCAPE (3 NIGHTS)For your comfort and serenity, this programme benefits from a PONANT accompaniment***.
The escort, mandated by the company, accompanies you and remains at your disposal during your stay.
His mission: offering you assistance and facilitating the organisation to ensure the full success of your stay.2220.00 $ **
** Prices per person, based on double occupancy


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Cocktail Sales Climb Up, Well Drink Desires Decline
Bars and restaurants notice a resurgence in the cocktail culture, ordering a tasty drink to sip on after a long day of work. One bar says they are shaking up more sales. WSJ's Sonia Talati joins Simon Constable with the details.
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I think it's rather obvious that the title of my comic isn't terribly amazing, or descriptive....or unique...(there's at least one other webcomic and a very famous manga- neither of which I knew about beforehand or even 40-50 pages in(
I'm toying with the idea of a name change. Don't know how serious I am about it, but I am considering it.
I, of course, have no idea what else I would call it.
Maybe something would have to actually happen before I could figure one out. Or maybe it could be music related, or SF related, or something.


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The Grammys are on Sunday night (I sure did). There will be "rappers" there, even though they'll be broadcast on CBS.
- Author: Kate
- Published: Feb 9th, 2012
- Category: Stupid Things
- Comments: None
In Case You Forgot
- Author: Kate
- Published: May 15th, 2011
- Category: Curmudgeon Says
- Comments: 1
TTMMW: Weather Is A Fickle Mistress
Where will the boats go?! I'm really, really worried.
Preston Sturges: The finest director most people don't really know about. My favorite is The Lady Eve, and Netflix Instant has a whole bunch to choose from.
Jeff Bridges is returning to his Crazy Heart roots, to which I say, good job and now can you please just do a sequel to The Fabulous Baker Brothers?
The creator of Dilbert is…not very smart.
Howard Dean continues to the the biggest badass. DEAN 2018!
Ricky Gervais is the world's most articulate atheist. Or at least the funniest.
The Grammys are cutting over 30 award categories. Editing really does help, kids!
This interview with Fred Willard is just too good to excerpt.
Discussing the anniversary of Penguin's 75th anniversary, art director Paul Buckley talks about how its okay to judge a book by its cover.
The Mona Lisa was real, and there will be bone proof. This does not make the painting any less overrated.
Should Alcoholics stay Anonymous? David Colman makes a compelling argument for coming out of the closet.
Get over yourself Will Smith: His 1100 sq. ft. trailer, plus a second one for his gym, is angering SoHo residents. I would feel worse for them if it wasn't SoHo…
Annie Liebowitz might be broke and stuff, but she still takes good pictures of beautiful famous people.
I just want brass knuckles, but not brass, ever.
What if you lived at Ikea? I wish.
Or here. Please and thank you.
This house is one part FLW, one part Little House on the Prairie (Banks of Plum Creek/sodhouse days).
The differences between Mac and PC people are not quite what you'd think they'd be.
Ketchup and stain removal in one interactive ad campaign. Consider me sold.
RollingStone is streaming Stevie Nicks' newest album "In Your Dreams." I like to imagine her yelling this phrase at people.
Elvis Costello covers. Laura Cantrell does "Indoor Fireworks."
I love Jello.
Some people are very very very good whistlers. It took other people a long time to just fake it.
The weather has not been good to Chicago this week; in fact, it's been the definition of a fickle mistress. That's not related to this video, it's just to say that things have been better and I look forward to them being so again.
I haven't made it through all of these interviews with Matthew Weiner, but here's more information about Mad Men than you always wanted to know.
I appreciated the power of Robert Ebert's words before, but somehow, they've become more moving now that he can't speak.
The Beast File – Apple (HUNGRY BEAST) from Elmo Keep on Vimeo.
Apple isn't always so nice, unfortunately.
Linda Ronstadt sings "My Boyfriend's Back." She also dated California Governor Jerry Brown. Oh wait, I'm sorry, she was his "occasional companion."
- Author: Kate
- Published: Feb 20th, 2011
- Category: Curmudgeon Says
- Comments: 3
TTMMW: Uncle Leo Was Really Creepy, Wasn't He?
This week, we're going to do a train of thought, connect the dots Thelonious Monk Memorial Weblog. Try to spot the connection between each post! It's like a game for your brain.
In news about Seinfeld, Uncle Leo (Real name: Len Lesser) died this week. Yo La Tengo does a little Seinfeld too:
When it comes to other Leo's, Leonardo da Vinci's lover may have been the model for the Mona Lisa. Since he was a big homo, this makes sense.
If you'd like to look at some art that actually is good, check out this detail work.
Want real real art? These arches take the cake.
Also I love rainbows! Maybe I should have grown up in the 70s when it was okay to walk around in tie-dye. Except the only tie-dye I have ever really loved was that one creamsicle shirt I made myself that always prompted my dad to go out and buy sherbert.
Along the dessert train, tere is an entire website devoted to the care and keeping of Crème brûlée. Flan is better. I made flan this week. Discuss.
In things that you'd think wouldn't be around anymore but they are, here is a computer playing Jeopardy. The one thing i liked about this show was that it was basically gimmick free. Why'd they have to go make it all new wave?
I will say that I'm not consistently into these videos where people inspire us to love the gays, but this one is actually super cute and it's about IOWA and proves that it is a state full of lots of different types of people.
Justified if back on the air, but not back on Hulu. Tears of a clown. Still, it's pretty good. Elmore Leonard's books really do translate amazingly to the big and small screens; just watch George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight. Do it. Really.
Roseanne is coming back to TV! "The program, from 3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA (The Biggest Loser), will look at Barr's recent newfound life managing a fully-functional 40-acre macadamia and live stock farm on Hawaii's Big Island alongside her long-time writer-musician boyfriend Johnny Argent and son Jake." It's The Biggest Loser cred that's got me hooked, not the fully-functional 40-acre-macadamia farm, in case you were wondering.
I love Tootsie. There may have been one afternoon that Jessie and I biked along Lake Michigan, which was exhausting because I was out of shape and I had borrowed KB's bike which was very rusty and then promptly lost the key somehow which I never do (lose things) and her bike remained locked to our back gate for approximately six months before I paid a very cute, awk young man too much money to saw it off and then she got it all fixed and it was stolen like two weeks later. What gives universe?
Anyway, that one day, we also got amazing sandwiches at Z&H before they were close to campus and were more of a luxury item and then came back to her apartment and ate them while watching this movie. It was perfection, summer-style. Tootsie has some "interesting feminist themes" according to Tony Scott. What doesn't, Tony. What doesn't. Also Teri Garr plays another lovable ditz (see Phoebe's biological mother in Friends).
The Gehry building in downtown Manhattan is actually okay, though I don't know why they couldn't have made it seamless and had him design the school below as well.
For architecture that actually tells the test of time, look no further than this book The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan. When I took the AP Art History test in high school, they totally had a Sullivan building on it and you had to identify the architect, but it was a really unfair question, because it was a completely nondescript building. Okay, it might have actually been the Schlesinger and Mayer Department Store, but it was a bad angle and I am certain basically no one got that right. I went on to rock that thing, in case you were wondering and you consider a 4 "rocking."
Pixar again! Can't get enough. I would sell my right, non-animating arm for a chance to go back and rewrite my history to be good enough to animate for them. Also, does anyone else have a feeling that Melena Ryzik sticks out like a sore thumb in California? "What's up Michael Cera?"
Michael Moore is an idiot and is trying to get more money from the Weinstein's off of Fahrenheit 9/11. While I will say that I did sob silently during that movie, it was definitely due to the footage and not the film. It's good to know that a dude who made an film entitled Capitalism: A Love Story is asking for an increase in his due profits. America at it's finest.
Between Two Ferns is back, this time with perfectly paired Tila Tequila and Jennifer Aniston. Dad always said she was the most talented Friends cast member, and despite my soft spot for Ross (and Chandler in the early years) he may be right.
Lightening never strikes the same place twice, but it does strike the same general area repeatedly.
This photo from French Photographer Lucien Clergue reminds me of one my dad took of me when I was probably around eight. Though obviously the one of me is a little more SFW.
Been trying to get into Raymond Chandler for some time.
Listen to David Oshinsky discuss his Pulitzer Prize–winning book Polio: An American Story, because Jonas Salk was incredible and I once made a highly realistic looking clay sculpture of him in fourth grade.
Computer Rosie the Riveters are not what you think they are, but are still very very cool, and show us that women can rock it in tech.
Unfortunately, the South Street Seaport Museum, one of the only indications that the South Street Seaport Historic District is an actual neighborhood, has fallen on some hard times.
Dylan performed at the Grammys, which some people liked and some people didn't. I say, just remember the old days:
Like father, like son: Two interviews with Teddy Thompson and Richard Thompson. The best part of Teddy's interview is when he says, "I would never like to be compared with Michael Bublé. Ewww." And here's a good duet of the two of them:
New Paul Simon is pretty bomb, I'll say. Stereogum is saying the Vampire Weekend fans will like it, but maybe it's more historically accurate to say that Paul Simon fans might like Vampire Weekend?
Listen to Jame Blake's cover of Case Of You, one of the best love songs ever.
This piece on not drinking and dating is actually nice, honest and not total bullshit.
Let's leave it with James Dean and Brigette Bardot, who said it best when he said "If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man."
Playboy, July 1964.


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On a breezy October night two years ago, Frank Mugisha was having a beer with friends in Kampala, Uganda's capital. They had gathered at a gay-friendly bar called Tcozy, in a congested area full of pubs popular with students from Makerere University. Over the sound of screeching karaoke, Mugisha heard his name and turned to see a friend holding up a newspaper. It was a local tabloid called Rolling Stone, and the headline on the front page, next to photographs of Mugisha's friends David Kato, a gay activist, and Christopher Senyonjo, a human-rights advocate and former Anglican bishop, read "100 PICTURES OF UGANDA'S TOP HOMOS LEAK." The tagline was "Hang Them." Mugisha opened the paper to an article featuring his name, along with that of his boyfriend, Ronnie, and those of several friends. In some cases, their addresses, including Ronnie's, were also listed, and there were photos clearly taken from Facebook profiles. The paper had made up quotes, and said that those named were using money and gifts to "recruit" new homosexuals, and were hosting orgies and infiltrating schools to enlist children. Mugisha, fearing a violent reaction from the public, worried for his friends.
The next morning, Mugisha took a copy of the paper to the modest bungalow that serves as the headquarters of Sexual Minorities Uganda, or SMUG, the country's largest gay-rights organization, which he leads. He scanned the article and e-mailed it to other gay-rights activists and lawyers. The fallout was immediate: the house of a transgender man whose name was on the tabloid's list was stoned by a crowd shouting, "We will kill you!" David Kato, at that time Uganda's best-known gay activist, began receiving death threats; he was murdered three months later. Police put the murder down to a random home invasion. But activists think that the killer, who also robbed Kato, was motivated by the common perception in Uganda that gays are sent money and gifts by international donors. Ronnie, Mugisha's boyfriend of five years, was harassed and threatened by his own family and eventually fled to the United States. Ronnie's mother and his father, who owns a major business in Kampala, both learned that he was gay from the article. (Although activists are open about their work and much of their lives, many L.G.B.T. Ugandans I interviewed did not want to be identified by their full names.)
In 2009, a year before the article was published, David Bahati, a Ugandan politician, had introduced an anti-homosexuality bill to parliament. Commonly known as the "Kill the Gays" bill, it included a proposal to impose the death penalty on Ugandans who engaged in what it called "aggravated homosexuality," which means gay sex when one partner is H.I.V.-positive, disabled, a "serial offender," or a minor. Bahati told me that the death-penalty provision has been replaced by one calling for a life sentence, but, even so, any amendment to the bill as it stands has to go through parliament. And the bill remains troubling. If someone is found to be "promoting" homosexuality, he could be imprisoned for up to seven years. The broadly defined category of touching with "the intention to commit an act of homosexuality" can also bring a sentence of up to seven years.
When the Rolling Stone article came out, L.G.B.T. activists, already feeling under attack from the bill, which had not yet been put to a vote, decided to sue the paper for defamation and inciting violence. SMUG led the initiative, and last March I visited the group's headquarters, where eight activists occupy four sparsely furnished rooms. Mugisha's office is the locus of activity. The walls are cluttered with photographs of him at various awards ceremonies and conferences, along with postcards from well-wishers abroad. In the mornings, the office becomes a meeting room, where members strategize on how to design and implement upcoming campaigns, and on how to help out partner organizations. While I was there, SMUG was organizing a seminar to educate L.G.B.T.s in the law and the constitution. The wireless Internet network is named NOFEAR. In the afternoons, there is a steady stream of visitors, including foreign journalists and human-rights workers from other N.G.O.s.
The high court delayed judgment on Rolling Stone three times, and in the meantime the paper published an issue in which it outed more Ugandans and claimed that there was a connection between Ugandan gays and a Somali terrorist group. Finally, in early January of 2011, the court ordered the tabloid to stop publishing the identities of allegedly homosexual people. Soon afterward, Rolling Stone shut down. "We didn't even ask for the paper to close down—just to stop publishing the list," Mugisha told me. "We were asking for the right as human beings not to be defamed in the papers."
Mugisha is thirty years old, five feet three, and weighs a hundred and twenty pounds. He has prominent ears, large eyes, and upturned lips; he is often smiling, even when he is exasperated. His cell phone is protected by a neon-pink case, and the ringtone is Madonna's "Celebration." He came to SMUG five years ago. At the time, he was a graphic-design student. As a new member of the then fringe gay-rights movement, he organized rallies, including SMUG's first coming-out march. Back then, most Ugandans would have looked at him blankly if he had told them about gay rights.
In the past two years, SMUG has documented more than fifty cases of discrimination, harassment, and violence against L.G.B.T.s in Uganda. Mugisha says that law-enforcement officers followed up on seventeen of these cases, but most were not even reported to the authorities, because the victims feared that the police would arrest them on trumped-up charges, like "indecent conduct." Mugisha frequently receives calls from gays he knows, and from many he doesn't, who want to talk, or who have been beaten up or evicted from their homes or blackmailed by policemen looking to score money with threats of arrest or exposure. Mugisha will reassure them, bail them out using SMUG funds, even give them a place to sleep if they need one, at the premises of a gay support group, which Mugisha helped found, called Icebreakers Uganda.
In May, gay-activist groups, under SMUG's leadership, opened the country's first L.G.B.T. health clinic, a room in an office building on the outskirts of Kampala, where doctors and nurses see patients free of charge three days a week. In early August, Mugisha, wearing a sailor's outfit, marched in the country's first gay-pride parade, which was staged in the botanical gardens of the city of Entebbe, on the shore of Lake Victoria. About a hundred Ugandans took part. The space, which was reserved on the pretense of a birthday celebration, had been chosen because it was secluded. Although the activists had asked for police protection, they did not receive it. The fantastical costumes on display—glittery fairies, homemade angel wings—made it look like New York's gay-pride parade, but there were key differences: the signs were pointedly not festive ("Killing Gay People Solves Nothing"), and many bystanders seemed confused by the spectacle. The police shut down the celebration under the orders of Simon Lokodo, the Ethics and Integrity Minister. They claimed, falsely, that a gay wedding was taking place. Three participants in drag were arrested, a photographer was detained, and statements were demanded from others. Still, Mugisha called the event a "great success": after those who had been arrested were released, the police chief apologized. "We explained what we were doing, and had a dialogue," Mugisha said.
Adrian Jjuuko, a twenty-eight-year-old lawyer, who coördinated the SMUG-led injunction against Rolling Stone in the high court, said that it was Mugisha who inspired him to work on gay rights, while he was still in law school. When I met Jjuuko, a nervous, intense man who is unfailingly formal, he shared his first impressions of Mugisha. "We have this idea that gay people are different, and Frank was not different," he said. "When we first met, he told me about his experience of realizing he was attracted to boys, and it just sounded like my own experience with girls." Jjuuko later told me that the Rolling Stone article had come at a key moment for the gay-rights movement. "We were just getting organized and were very eager to make a point," he said. Once Rolling Stone had been stopped, the activists could return to fighting Bahati's bill.
Kampala is a modernizing city, and the wealthier neighborhoods are full of cafés, shopping malls, and lush foliage. Mugisha grew up in a rougher, working-class part of town. When he was seven, his father was shot and killed on the way home from work. Mugisha never found out what happened. His mother brought him and a younger brother up alone. He was an extremely sociable child, who loved theatre, lawn tennis, and handball. When he realized that he was gay, at thirteen, he tried to bargain with God: if he studied hard and got good grades, maybe God would take his desires away. He went to an all-boys school, where the students were humiliated by the headmaster and expelled if they were caught in intimate situations. At fourteen, he told his family that he was gay. Relatives took him to family friends who claimed that they could help him lose his homosexual feelings. His family still wishes that he would stay silent about his orientation. Mugisha says, "They ask me, 'Why does every person have to know you're gay?' "
Ugandans have traditionally been indifferent to homosexuality, as long as it stays in the closet. It is common in Uganda to see heterosexual men holding hands or dancing together. Several gay men told me that their families were not even suspicious when they spent time with their first male lovers in their childhood homes. In 1999, newspapers reported that two gay men held a marriage ceremony in Kampala. In response, Yoweri Museveni, who has been the President of Uganda since 1986, ordered police to look for gays and arrest them. "God created Adam and Eve as wife and husband," he said at the time, "but not men to marry fellow men."
Museveni's rhetoric no doubt encouraged the creation of Bahati's bill, which is particularly chilling because it emphasizes the reporting of the homosexual behavior of others. It allows the government to arrest and punish not just gays but people who knowingly interact with them: health-care workers, counsellors, employers, landlords. For three years after the bill was introduced, it was pushed from one parliamentary session to another, and, with all the delays, it looked as if it might never become law. But, in November, Rebecca Kadaga, the speaker of parliament, announced her intention to put the bill to a vote before parliament adjourned for the holidays. If a vote occurs, the bill looks set to pass.
As soon as the bill was introduced, the government was forced to justify its position to the world. (President Barack Obama has called the bill "odious.") In October, Kadaga sparred with John Baird, the Canadian foreign minister, who attacked Uganda's gay-rights record at an Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Quebec. Kadaga accused Baird of having a colonial attitude.
Museveni has been a firm U.S. ally throughout his twenty-six-year rule. Bill Clinton called him the head of a "new breed of African leaders." George W. Bush praised him for his aggressive campaign to limit the spread of H.I.V. Rates of infection have declined sharply during his tenure, from eighteen per cent in 1992 to 7.3 per cent today, although in 2008 they started rising again. Perhaps because Museveni sent Ugandan troops to Somalia to support America's war on Al Qaeda-affiliated groups there, he has faced little criticism from the U.S. as he has crushed political opposition, tolerated corruption, and stood by as police committed human-rights abuses against the sizable Muslim minority. At home, he has done little to undermine Bahati's bill. Overseas, he has soothed worried allies with the suggestion that if the bill passes he will veto it, returning it to parliament for another vote. (In U.S. State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks, Museveni is quoted as telling a U.S. official that Uganda is not interested in a "war with homosexuals," and agreeing that the legislation goes "too far.") He will almost certainly follow through on the veto, if only to try to save his dissolving international reputation. Recently, after it was revealed that his administration had misappropriated government funds, six countries cut or reduced aid to Uganda.
International disapproval of the Bahati bill has allowed Mugisha and his fellow-activists to strengthen the Ugandan gay-rights movement; until the bill was introduced, the word "gay" was rarely used. The ensuing conversation has made Uganda one of the most hopeful places for gays on a continent where thirty-seven countries criminalize homosexuality. "There was a lot of blackmail by the police before the bill," Mugisha said. "Before, you could be picked up and taken to prison. Now the police would think twice before doing anything to me."
The activists' resistance to the bill has been controlled and strategic. Instead of organizing street protests (which still pose safety risks), Mugisha has pushed for one-on-one meetings with members of parliament. He knows that any public spectacle could sway politicians further in favor of the bill, which has tremendous popular support. (A 2010 survey by the Pew Research Center found that seventy-nine per cent of Ugandans think homosexuality is morally unacceptable.)
Whereas previously it would have been professional suicide to aid the L.G.B.T. population, there is now a broader array of activists willing to challenge extreme legislation. Fifty Ugandan gay- and human-rights organizations have banded together to fight the bill's passage. Chris Dolan, the director of a Ugandan organization called the Refugee Law Project, is part of the coalition opposing the bill. He told me that his group wanted to get involved so that they could "confront homophobes" with people who aren't gay.
Anti-gay advocates like Bahati claim that they are defending "African values" from neocolonialists. Yet their efforts are also informed by outside forces—in particular, by American missionaries. Pentecostalism arrived in Uganda more than fifty years ago and is now one of the country's fastest-growing religions. Many congregations, orphanages, clinics, and schools are sponsored or funded by evangelical churches in the U.S. To American evangelicals losing ground at home, Uganda offered a new opportunity for a Christianized nation. The First Lady, Janet Museveni, is a Christian fundamentalist and has met with the American evangelical Rick Warren several times; evangelical pastors regularly fill stadiums.
Bahati has said that the idea for his bill grew out of a conversation he had, in 2008, with members of an American organization known as the Fellowship. The Fellowship, whose members include Republican politicians, wants governments to act in accord with Christian principles. Bahati, who is soft-spoken but has a tendency to bombast, was first elected to parliament in 2006, a year after he attended a conservative leadership course outside Washington. He now helps lead the Ugandan branch of the Fellowship, which, by his estimate, counts about a third of parliament among its members. Rick Warren and American members of the Fellowship have visited Uganda repeatedly to speak to political and church leaders, and homosexuality is one of their topics. In March of 2009, Scott Lively, an American evangelical pastor, led a series of talks in Kampala, at which he and two colleagues spoke to thousands of attendees about the abuse of teen-age boys by gay men and the evils of gay marriage. He advised members of the Ugandan parliament that gays should be provided with therapy. Five months later, Bahati introduced his bill, using language that echoes Lively's writings. A draft of the bill's preamble, for instance, says that children are the "most vulnerable to recruitment into the homosexual lifestyle." Martin Ssempa, a prominent Ugandan pastor who supports the bill, told me that he has met with Lively twice, and he praised his book "Seven Steps to Recruit-Proof Your Child." (Lively told me that Bahati had gone too far: "He cares for his country, but the bill is just too harsh. I don't support the death penalty, even for pedophiles." Warren, under pressure, has tweeted that he does not approve of the bill.)
In July, Mugisha agreed to debate Lively in Washington, D.C., for "The Stream," a show on the Al Jazeera English television network. Several months earlier, SMUG had sued Lively in a Massachusetts court over his involvement in the effort to persecute gay people in Uganda, citing his influence on the drafting of Bahati's bill. SMUG, whose members had spent months gathering evidence of Lively's anti-gay teachings, is being represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, in New York. The suit is based on the alien-tort statute, which allows foreigners to file civil lawsuits against Americans for violations of international law, and is the first to be lodged on the basis of sexual orientation. On the set, against a glowing backdrop of laptop screens, Mugisha, in a salmon-pink collared shirt under a dark blazer, sat at a long table. Lively, whose face is framed by a full beard, spoke via satellite, his image projected on a screen. Mugisha's only sign of emotion was an occasional knowing smile.
Lively alleged that there was a "gay agenda" in Uganda. Mugisha responded, "I am talking to people who are being constantly raped by their families because of who they are." He was referring to the practice of "corrective rape," which some lesbians and transgender women in Uganda have suffered at the hands of relatives or other people they know. "I'm talking about people being beaten on the streets. We are speaking about these violations, and you call that a gay agenda?" Lively was undeterred, asking, "Am I the only one who wants to have a family-based society?"
Sometimes Mugisha engages in debates that are surprisingly genial. One morning earlier this year, he was a special guest on "Minibuzz," a show that features everyday Ugandans talking about current issues while riding in a matatu, or minibus. On this occasion, the van was travelling through rush-hour traffic in Kampala. Not knowing how the other guests would react to the topic of homosexuality, Mugisha looked wary. Although he is well known among an educated segment of the population, none of the commuters featured on this episode of "Minibuzz" knew that he was gay.
The air-conditioned van was outfitted with cameras and microphones, and the young hosts, a man and a woman, sat in the back. Mugisha sat in the middle, near a window, with a bemused look on his face as he listened to two men say that they had seen gay people only on television, and an older man explain that men were being seduced into the gay life style "because of wanting to get rich quickly."
A woman next to Mugisha said, in Luganda, "These days, we don't pray, we don't listen to the words in church." The woman said that her college-educated, unemployed younger brother was courted by a "man from abroad" with money and gifts. "If someone has God, you can't do something like that," she said.
"You say that gays and lesbians can't be Christian," Mugisha responded carefully, as he fidgeted with a newspaper on his lap. "Your younger brother had feelings for another guy. Where did his feelings come from? Maybe we can't explain them. If he has faith, do you really want those feelings to stop him from going to church?"
"You sound like an activist," the male host interjected, seeming eager to keep the conversation light. Everyone laughed and started talking at once.
After the show ended, Mugisha said that he felt he had changed most of the other participants' minds a little. Off camera, he had encouraged the religious woman to be more mindful of her brother's feelings. "I think she came halfway around," he said. But he admitted that he sometimes felt frustrated: "On almost a daily basis, I meet very many people of that kind, and it can feel like my activism work has gone back to square one."
Mugisha recognizes that he needs to frame his push for gay rights as a Ugandan effort. "We say that in this country people have always been persecuted for being different, because they're women, because of tribal differences, because of ethnicity, and then people understand it," he says. Rahul Rao, a professor of politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, in London, told me that Ugandan activists have begun to emphasize the ways in which they are distinct. "The term that Ugandan sexual minorities use for themselves is _kuchu—_Swahili slang for 'gays,' " he said. "But the borrowing of identities first cast in the West does make them vulnerable to being seen as Western."
Maintaining credibility in Uganda means keeping a distance from well-meaning American or European politicians and human-rights groups, but some of the progress of the L.G.B.T. movement in Uganda has been due to Mugisha's appeals for international solidarity, and the resulting pressure put on the Ugandan government by Western countries. SMUG was founded by Ugandan activists, but most of its money comes from the Fund for Global Human Rights, an American nonprofit foundation. "We cannot get funded by any Ugandan organization," Mugisha said, a little defensively but not inaccurately. "I would be very happy if institutions in Uganda funded us. They would make our work legitimate."
Mugisha's international reputation continues to grow. In November, 2011, he received that year's Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. In that role, he attended this year's World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, in Chicago, where he was photographed with Sean Penn, who was there to receive a Peace Summit award. The top of Mugisha's head reached Penn's chin. Samuel L. Jackson, who hosted this year's Black Entertainment Television Awards, gave a shout-out to Mugisha during the broadcast, referring to the anti-gay bill and praising him as "courageous." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Uganda in August to present Mugisha and other activists with the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award, calling them "organized, disciplined, and savvy."
One night, Mugisha went to dinner at a restaurant on the roof of the city's biggest mall with his assistant, Richard Lusimbo; Pepe Julian Onziema, a SMUG activist; and Onziema's girlfriend. They discussed a workshop they had run that day with grassroots activists, as Mugisha flipped through e-mails on his phone. He looked exhausted.
"O.K., Frank, time out, time out," Onziema's girlfriend said, gesturing toward Mugisha's phone.
"Two seconds," Mugisha said.
The group ordered ribs and bourbon, and Lusimbo announced that he was worried about his boyfriend, who had missed two days of work and a job interview. Lusimbo believed that he was under what activists call "house arrest," meaning that the family of an L.G.B.T. hold him captive at home and harangue him until he promises to abandon his partners and gay friends. "Sometimes parents can be O.K., then the next moment they can turn on you," Mugisha said. "He won't be locked up forever."
Onziema's girlfriend brought up the fiftieth anniversary of Uganda's independence, to be celebrated in October, and the group debated the merits of the national anthem. Mugisha had told me that he felt he had a responsibility to make the country better. "I've had so many offers to take asylum in other places, but this is my country, and I'm not going to leave," he said.
Lusimbo sweetly sang a couple of verses of the national song. "It's the most beautiful anthem in the world," he proclaimed.
Mugisha nodded. "Exactly," he said.
Two months later, in mid-June, Mugisha led another gathering of activists, on the edge of Kampala. It was stormed by the police under Lokodo's orders. For tonight, though, singing Uganda's national anthem was enough. ♦


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Laura Bellamy has played every minute in goal for the Crimson this season (Gil Talbot).
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The Particulars
After a three-game road swing, the Crimson return home for the first time in 2012, to take on conference opponents Union and RPI. Harvard enters the weekend as the No. 5 team in the ECAC Hockey standings.
Series History
In 16 all-time matchups, Harvard has never lost to Union, collecting wins in every meeting starting in 2003-04. The Crimson has outscored the Dutchwomen 102-3 in the all-time series and has recorded 13 shutouts.
Last season, the Crimson posted a pair of shutouts against the Dutchwomen just 15 days apart. In its first game back after winter break, five different players scored goals as the Crimson blanked Union on the road, 5-0. Josephine Pucci, Jillian Dempsey, Kaitlin Spurling and Lyndsey Fry all scored even-strength goals and Katharine Chute '11 added a power-play tally in the win. In the rematch at Bright, four different players scored with Kelsey Romatoski, Gina McDonald, Kate Buesser '11 and Dempsey lighting the lamp in a 4-0 win.
The Harvard-Rensselaer series is barely ten games old with the Crimson holding a slim 6-4-1 series edge over the Engineers. The teams first played during the 2006-07 season and Harvard went 5-0-1 in the first six meetings. Four of the past five meetings have gone to RPI and two of those games were decided in overtime.
The teams played a pair of physical contests in 2010-11 and each team was able to succesfully defend home ice. In Troy, N.Y., Ashley Wheeler '11 started the scoring but RPI goals in the second and third periods proved to be enough in a 2-1 Engineers win. Harvard returned the favor two weeks later at Bright as Liza Ryabkina '11 and Kalley Armstrong netted second-period goals to claim a 2-1 win for the Crimson. Laura Bellamy made 20 saves and allowed only a power-play goal in the victory.
Last Time Out
The Crimson fought through a tough road trip last weekend, traveling to Princeton and Quinnipiac for a pair of league games.
After a first-period goal was disallowed against the Tigers, the Crimson offense stalled, getting shutout for the first time in over a year. Princeton's Sally Butler potted goals in the first and third periods, and Danille DiCesare's power-play goal with 6:34 to play sealed the 3-0 loss, Harvard's third in ECAC action.
Harvard's resiliency showed the following afternoon in a showdown with league-leading Quinnipiac, as the Crimson fought back from one- and two-goal deficits to force a 3-3 tie. Kaitlin Spurling's tally just 47 seconds into the second period knotted the score at 1-1, but a pair of Bobcat goals in the frame put Harvard in a 3-1 hole heading into the third. Lyndsey Fry brought Harvard to within one 3:41 into the third period and Marissa Gedman's power-play slapshot forced the overtime period. In overtime, Laura Bellamy turned aside six threatening shots to seal the 3-3 final.
Welcome Back
After starting the 2012 portion of the schedule without freshman defender Sarah Edney, the rookie will be back on the ice Friday against Union. Edney was named to the Canadian U-22 development team, and competed in the 2012 MECO Cup in Germany Jan. 3-8. Edney helped Canada earn a bronze medal at the event, putting together a 3-2 record in five tournament games. Edney finished the tournament with one point, scoring a goal in a 6-0 rout of Switzerland in the first round.
The freshman has had plenty of contact with the Canadian Women's National Team, attending a number of training camps and captaining the U-18 team to a silver mdeal at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Under-18 Championship in Stokholm, Sweden. Edney was one of just two ECAC Hockey defenders named to the team for the MECO Cup.
Owning The Empire
A number of teams from the state of New York dot the Harvard schedule year in and year out, and so far this season, Harvard has fared well against Empire State squads. The Crimson kicked off the season with three straight wins against St. Lawrence, Clarkson and Colgate, before suffering its lone loss to an N.Y. team in a 5-3 defeat at Cornell. The Crimson bounced back with two more wins over the Saints and Golden Knights, to push its record to 5-1 in games against New York teams. In the five wins, Harvard has outscored its opponent 19-4.
Sure While Short-Handed
After going 10 games without a short-handed goal to start the season, Harvard has tallied a pair of them in the past five contests. Jillian Dempsey scored Harvard's first of the season in a two-goal night at Providence, and Gina McDonald scored on the penalty kill against Connecticut for her second goal of the evening. Harvard gave up its first short-handed goal of the season last weekend in a 3-3 tie with Quinnipiac.
A Note About Ties
The 3-3 draw with Quinnipiac in its last game was Harvard's first tie of the season. Dating back to Jan. 2010, six of Harvard's last eight ties have been by a 3-3 score. Three of Harvard's four ties last season were 3-3 games, including a Beanpot first-round game against Northeastern, where Harvard advanced thanks to a shootout victory.
Right Out Of The Break
The Crimson proved it was able to carry the momentum it gained before winter break into the 2012 portion of the schedule. The 8-1 pounding of Connecticut represents the biggest win for Harvard in its first game after winter recess since a 9-0 drubbing of Wayne State Jan. 4, 2003. This year also represents the first time since the 2005-06 season Harvard was able to win its last game before break and first game returning from it.
Strong in the Second
The second period has been Harvard's best in terms of goal differential this season. 20 of Harvard's 51 team goals have come in the middle stanza, making it the Crimson's most productive period. Harvard has allowed only 10 goals in the first frame, also a team-best mark.
Feast On the East
Hockey East has become one of the strongest conferences in women's college hockey, but the Crimson has been dominant in three games against Hockey East opponents this season. Harvard downed Providence on the road, 5-1, Dec. 8, and followed with a 5-2 pounding of New Hampshire at Bright the following night. The 8-1 thrashing of Connecticut pushes Harvard's record to 3-0 against Hockey East schools this season. The Crimson is slated to face two more Hockey East opponents in the Beanpot in February.
Ruthlessly Efficient
Rookie defenseman Sarah Edney leads the Crimson in shooting percentage at 23.1%. She has scored three goals this season while taking just 13 shots.
League's Elite
As a team, Harvard ranks among the top of the league in a number of categories. The Crimson boasts the second-best scoring offense in the league as one of just two teams averaging even or better than three goals per game at 3.40 per contest. Harvard has converted on 23.8 percent of its power-play chances, which also ranks second in the ECAC, and its 15 power-play goals rank tied for fourth in the league. The Crimson ranks fifth in the conference with 51 goals on the season, despite playing just 15 games, tied for the fewest among ECAC schools. Harvard has also allowed just 10 power-play goals this season, the second-lowest number in the ECAC.
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Laura Bellamy has played every minute in goal for the Crimson this season (Gil Talbot).


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Handcrafted by master coppersmiths at a family-owned workshop in the Italian Alps, this tin-lined copper fry pan is exceptionally heat-responsive; its riveted brass handle, adorned with sculptural artichokes and their leaves, ensures seamless travel from the stovetop to the tabletop.
- 11" diam., 2 1/2" high.
- Hand-hammered copper construction guarantees top precision and control, allowing the fry pan to respond quickly to changes in cooking temperature.
- Low, flared sides help prevent condensation – and simplify flipping and turning ingredients.
- Interior is lined with durable, nonreactive tin.
- Made in Italy.
- 11" diam., 2 1/2" high.
- Dimensions & More Info
- 11" diam.; 2 1/2" high.
- 2 lb. 14 oz.
Additional Information
- Elegant copper fry pan is handsome enough to bring to the table for serving.
- Riveted brass handle is embellished with hand-cast brass artichokes and leaves.
- Made in Italy
- Use & Care
- Ideal for gas and electric cooktops.
- To protect the tin lining from damage, do not heat the pan empty or at temperatures above 450ºF.
- Use wood, plastic or heat-resistant nylon tools to avoid scratching the tin lining.
- Allow pan to cool before washing.
- Hand-wash; dry immediately with a soft cloth.
- Avoid using steel wool, steel scouring pads or harsh detergents.
- Copper will develop a rich patina over time. This will not affect the pan's cooking performance. To keep the exterior looking new, use a copper polish or a combination of lemon and salt.
- The tin lining protects foods from reacting with copper but will become discolored with use. Depending on the frequency of use and types of food cooked, the tin lining may eventually have to be replaced. To prolong the liner's usefulness, avoid cooking acidic ingredients in your tin-lined cookware.
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- More about Ruffoni
Ruffoni was founded in 1962 in Omegna, Italy, a beautiful lakeside town at the base of the Alps that's known for its tradition of metalworking and coppersmiths. The Ruffoni family preserves this history in its private collection and museum, which showcases antique copper cookware and early copper-production processes. The company's skilled artisans still use many of these time-tested, hands-on techniques to craft heirloom-quality cookware as beautiful as it is functional. From hand-hammered exteriors to decorative molded handles and knobs, the famous Italian attention to design shines in every piece.
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Kiefer paced the Harvard fencing team with nine wins on the first day of women's bouts at nationals (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
SAN ANTONIO – After three days of competition at the 2013 NCAA Championship, the Harvard fencing team has accumulated 115 victories and sits in fifth place. Led by junior foil Alexandra Kiefer and her nine wins, the women amassed 40 victories on their first day of bouts to add to the men's 75 achieved over the first two days at Freeman Coliseum.
The sabre was the most rewarding weapon for Harvard on the first day of the women's competition. Sophomore Kara Lee charted nine wins in 15 bouts and freshman Aliya Itzkowitz added six. Lee is in ninth place and Itzkowitz is in 14th.
Kiefer was the lone Crimson in the foil. The Lexington, Ky., native produced nine victories in 15 bouts and a +13 indicator. Kiefer will enter the final day of the championship in seventh place.
Sophomore Emma Vaggo is the Crimson top performer in the epee thus far. Vaggo tallied eight wins and is in 12th place after one day of bouts. Freshman Nina van Loon is in 15th with seven victories and a +3 indicator.
After three days, Princeton leads the team standings with 146 victories. Notre Dame (139), Penn State (138), Ohio State (127) and Harvard (115) round out the top five.
The women's bouts resume Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ESPN3 will broadcast the medal rounds live at 2:45 p.m.


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Pod Versus ElementTo pod or not to pod, that is the question. Having used a drop-in K&N Filter Element for over a year now, I wanted know if there are any noticable improvements in using a Pod Filter versus a Panel Filter. We've gone through the K&N Filter Element in previous articles but let's sum up the results again.
K&N Filter Element
I was extremely impressed with the K&N Filter Element. K&N is a respected American company who manufactures filters for performance cars through to Apache helicopters. I've had no quarms with their product and find it's perfect drop-in replacement for the EXA.
The benefits were:
- Improved torque and power (i've tested this on the road and on the dyno)
- Million mile warranty - You never have to change it. Just wash and re-oil it every 30-40000kms or so.
- Easy installation. It takes about five minutes to remove your old paper filter and slot this straight in. There are no problems with Air Flow Meters (AFM) and you don't need an adaptor.
When I first dropped in the filter element it rocked. I thought "this was the best hundred dollars i've spent so far". My setup included a full 4-1 extractor and 2 1/4" exhaust system, slight port and polish, and the air filter. This combination is good for around 105kw at the flywheel or high sixty something at the front wheels on the dyno. The air filter would've contributed to part of that figure no doubt, how much I can't be sure.
Anyhow, I'm not sure what possessed me to goto a Pod Filter but I decided to go for it and see if it it made a difference.
Pod Versus Element - Pod InstallationSimota Pod Filter
Simota filters are manufactured in Taiwan unlike their K&N counterpart. They look similar to a K&N and are surprisingly a good quality item, but unfortunately they don't include the million mile guarantee. But their winning factor in recent times is their price. I bought mine for $50aud on sale at Autobarn, Adelaide. But with the EXA having an AFM it required an adaptor. I bought a Redline adaptor for $20 from the same place. That's $70 all up! So I figured if it didn't work I'll just put the airbox and K&N back in.
FYI Redline Bracket to fit Nissan
Here's the Stock Airbox with the K&N Filter
Removing the original bracket.
Unscrew the four screws connecting the bracket to the plastic airbox.
Then remove the vacuum pipe (used for preventing backfire) from the airbox.
Disconnect the AFM Plug and then remove the intake completely (this helps with putting the pod on).
You can see our K&N Filter peeking out from the hole.
Remove the screws (two) attaching the airbox to passenger side wall. Then push the airbox towards the motor to loosen.
On the back of the airbox is a metal bracket which holds various plumbing. To remove this bracket there are two screws on either side and one in the centre.
Then it simply drops off.
Now you can completely remove the airbox by wrigglying it around.
You'll notice the bracket containing the plumbing is just dangling around. We just made up a right angled bracket to hold this in place.
Remember how we disconnected part of the intake pipe, well now just give it a clean inside and out with a dry cloth to remove any dirt. And attach the Redline adaptor (it should match up with the four holes).
Then attach the Pod filter on the end of this and tighten using the supplied screw. (Make sure that the center of the pod filter isn't loose, as there has been a problem with cars (esp. turbos) drawing the plastic part of the filter through the intake pipe and causing engine damage!)
Then reattach the whole intake pipe/air filter assembly, and reconnect the AFM.
Notice how the vacuum pipe isn't being used anymore?
Just plug a small filter on it, or in my case a small piece of home air-conditioner filter paper.
All done! Just start her up and test her out.
Pod Versus Element - The Drive & Conclusion
The Drive
Started her up.
Nothing sounded out of place, idle was a little higher than usual but the ECU quickly adapted and brought it back down to 800rpm. Got the car up to normal operating temperature. Shut her down and then started her up again to see if it was simple to start as before. Yep no problems on start-up again, got easier second time. No black-smoke and wasn't running rich. I think it's time to take her for a spin.
On first gear it felt less bogged down! Yep it's true there's more power under 3500rpm. From further testing, I attribute this gain to both improved airflow and the cleaning of the intake pipe + Mass Airflow Sensor + emission plumbing.
Let's see how the rest of the gears go. Third and fourth gears we're solid (more so on third), and by throttling on-off you could actually here the suction noise (it's quite loud actually). This definately made an improvement, more so during colder weather so I'd firstly suggest a cold-air intake as the next modification.
On idle the car is quite a bit noisier. Can't really help that though. Actually I don't mind it too much personally at least I know an air-filter is at work rather than having a suffocating airbox.
Simota or K&N in the end? We've had a few debates ranging from issues such as oil/non-oiled, taiwan-made/U.S. made, pod/filter, etc. Personally I feel that the Simota Pod has made a difference even without a cold-air box. However for a stock replacement without too much hassle the K&N was excellent as it was much better than the factory paper filter.
Having only SOYP (Seat Of Your Pants) testing to go by and no G-tech or dyno read-outs it would be difficult to tell the difference. I would say that science would dictate that the surface to air ratio of the pod style filters make it more efficient than panel filters. However you have to consider the fact that a K&N will probably last a little longer being manufacturered to a higher quality. On the downside it uses oil which sometimes screws up the mass-airflow-sensor on Nissans. Then comes the price. A pod filter for fifty bucks? Sounds cheap and nasty. I can assure you that it's not. But as they say, you do get what you pay for. And if I had the chance to test out a HKS or Trust filter (non-oiled) I would definately give it a try since receiving so many positive comments about their products (especially on highly modified na's or turbos).
In the end though, i'm happy with the Simota setup. I'll leave it for a few more thousand kays and report back to you on whether i'm still pleased that it is doing it's job.


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The Crimson looks for its third title in four years (photo courtesy Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – As defending Ivy League champion, the No. 6 Harvard men's fencing team travels to Providence, R.I., for the Ivy League Round-Robins this weekend. The Crimson looks to capture its eighth Ancient Eight crown at Brown's Olney-Margolies Athletic Center.
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Last Time Out
In its first dual match of 2014, Harvard posted a 1-4 showing at the St. John's Invitational at the Taffner Field House Sunday, Jan. 26.
The opponent field was filled with squads ranked in the top-seven of the CollegeFencing360 Coaches Poll. Harvard toppled No. 2 Pen State, 15-12, to snap the Nittany Lions seven-match win streak over the Crimson. The win marked the first time Harvard bested Penn State since defeating the Nittany Lions, 14-13, on Dec. 2, 2006. Harvard fell to familiar Ivy League foe, Columbia, who sits atop the national rankings for the first time in the 14-year poll, 18-9, and No. 10 St. John's, 17-10. The Crimson also suffered narrow defeats to sixth-seeded Ohio State and No. 4 Notre Dame by an identical score of 14-13.
Junior Alexander Ryjik led Harvard's sabre squad that went 24-18 on the day with a 12-3 record. Sophomore Michael Woo's 10-5 mark led the foil team while senior Michael Raynis posted a 7-8 mark in the epee.
Related Link: No. 5 Men's Fencing Posts 1-4 Mark at St. John's Invitational
Crimson Crowns
Over the course of 58 seasons, 76 Ancient Eight champions have been crowned with the Crimson earning the title seven times, including five in the past decade.
Rank and File
In the initial CollegeFencing360.com Coaches Poll, the Crimson men ranked fifth, but have since slipped to sixth. Four Ancient Eight schools earned a spot in the top-ten as Columbia lands atop the list, Princeton ranks fifth and Penn ranks seventh.
Related Link: NCAA Fencing Poll | Women's Fencing Earns Program-Best Ranking at No. 2, Men Seeded Fifth
Since Harvard men's fencing began in 1902 the Crimson has seen 62 opponents on the strip. The Crimson has not dropped a match to 35 of its all-time competitors to hold unbeaten records against 56.5 percent of its all-time foes.
North American Cups
Over the course of three months, 14 Harvard fencers took the strip at USA Fencing's North American Cups to compete against athletes from across the United States and Canada attempting to qualify for both the 2014 Senior and Junior World Championships. The Crimson notched three podium finishes. Jerry Chang and Nina van Loon grabbed gold in the Junior brackets for their respective weapons, while Adrienne Jarocki took home silver in the Division I women's sabre.
Related Links: Ten Harvard Fencers Compete at USA Fencing North American Cup, Chang Captures Gold | Five Fencers Compete at December North American Cup | USA Fencing's January North American Cup Features 11 Crimson Fencers
Bronze Bouts
Foil fencers Jerry Chang and Michael Woo have made a statement on the international strips for team USA this year as the sophomores have captured Junior World Cup Medals. Chang brought back bronze from the Eden Cup Saturday, Nov. 30, while Woo won bronze at the Udine Junior World Cup Sunday, Jan. 5.
Related Links: Chang Brings Back Bronze from Eden Cup | Three Men's Fencers Take Strip at Udine Junior World Cup, Woo Wins Bronze
Red, White and Bronze
Jerry Chang and Brian Kaneshige finished 75th and 86th, respectively, to help the world's top ranked United States men's foil team earn its seventh straight podium finish with a bronze medal performance at the Paris World Cup, the first senior international event of the season, Jan. 18-20.
Related Link: Chang, Kaneshige Help USA Win Bronze at Paris Foil World Cup
Trust in Brand
Peter Brand enters his 15th season at the helm of the Crimson. Under his guidance, Harvard captured its first NCAA team championship in 2006, won a combined four Intercollegiate Fencing Association three-weapon titles, two IFA six-weapon championships and a combined seven Ivy League titles – three by the women and four by the men. He also has coached 37 All-Americans in his time behind Harvard's bench. Brand sports a 146-66 overall record on the men's side and a 39-37 mark against Ivy League foes.
About No. 6 Harvard
The Crimson brings a level .500 (5-5) record into the championships. To defend its 2013 title and capture its third crown in the past four seasons, Harvard will look to junior Alexander Ryjik to maintain his dominance in the sabre. Sophomores Jerry Chang, and Michael Woo and junior Brian Kaneshige look to continue their successful season in the foil while senior Michael Raynis has paced the Crimson's epeeist on the strip.
About Brown
This season has been about firsts for the Bears as it entered the nation's top-10 for the first time in program history at No. 9 in the intitial coaches college fencing poll and will look for their first-ever Ivy League title this weekend. Brown carries a 13-1 record into the round robins with a 37-4 effort from sophomore epeeist Simon Jones. The pair of junior Barrett Weiss (28-5) and sophomore Kyle Kennedy (24-7) pace the Bears' foil fencers. Senior Nick Deak's 18-6 mark paces the sabre fencers.
All-Time Versus the Bears
Harvard owns a commanding 36-2 lead over Brown after opening the series in 1934 with 22-straight victories. The Crimson is currently riding a 12-dual win streak.
About No. 1 Columbia
The Lions bring a 22-1 record into the weekend with their lone defeat coming by the swords of No. 2 Penn State, 14-13, at the St. John's Invitational Jan. 26. Columbia's victories have been propelled by its sabre (22-1) and epee (20-3) squads. Junior Michael Josephs sits at 33-4 to pace the sabre fencers while sophomore Jake Hoyle's 36-12 mark leads the Lions' epeeist. Sophomore Adam Mathieu and freshman Drew Johnson have added 45 wins and 46 wins, respectively, for the foil team.
All-Time Versus the Lions
Harvard and Columbia will meet for the second time this season. At the St. John's Invitational Jan. 26, the Lions defeated the Crimson, 18-9, to snap Harvard's nine-match win streak over its Ivy League foe. The win brings the all-time series, which began in 1903, to 67-33 in favor of Columbia.
About No. 7 Penn
The Quakers enters the tournament coming off a dominant 18-9 performance over then-No. 4 Notre Dame, at the Northwestern Duals, Feb. 1. The duo of senior Michael Mills and sophomore Shaul Gordon have propelled Penn's sabre squad which paces the team's 15-4 effort. Junior Jason Chang and sophomore R.J. Shipp lead the foil and epee fencers, respectively.
All-Time Versus the Quakers
Despite knocking off Penn in the last three meetings, Harvard trails the all-time series with the Quakers, 24-53.
About No. 5 Princeton
Reigning National Champion, Princeton, who currently ranks second, looks for its 15th Ivy League title this weekend. The Tigers' 14-5 performance has been propelled by underclassmen especially sophomore epeeist Michael Dudley. Freshman Jeffrey Chen and sophomore Rodney Chen pace Princeton in the foil while rookie Peter Pak leads the way on the strip for the Tigers' foil fencers.
All-Time Versus the Tigers
The Ivy League foes have met 72 times on the strip since the series began in 1911 with Princeton holding a 22-49-1 edge over the Crimson. Last season, Harvard bested Princeton, 16-11, at the Ivy League championships to earn its eighth Ancient Eight title.
About Yale
Riding a two-match win streak, Yale enters the championships at 6-2. The Bulldogs have seen strong action from the epee and sabre squads. Senior epeeist Peter Cohan has shined while junior Sam Broughton leads the sabre fencers.
All-Time Versus the Bulldogs
In its first fencing dual, Harvard welcomed Yale to Cambridge in 1902. The Crimson earned the victory, but has since fallen to the Bulldogs 64 times, to trail the series, 37-64. Currently, Harvard is on a four-match win streak against its archrivals.
Coming Up
As six-time defending Beanpot champion, Harvard puts its unbeaten Beantown title on the line at MIT Wednesday, Feb. 12.


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Moore Capital Reports New Stake in J.P. Morgan; Big Boost to Citi Position
Moore Capital Management, the hedge fund run by financier Louis Bacon, reported holdings valued at $2.4 billion in a regulatory filing Wednesday, 32% more than the value of positions it reported in the prior quarter.
The New York-based fund's largest holding was in shares of the SPDR S&P500 ETF, with 1.8 million shares valued at $266 million. The largest single stocks the fund reported holding were Citigroup, with 5.3 million shares valued at $174 million, and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., with 3.8 million shares valued at $154 million.
In its prior quarter filing, Moore reported a much smaller position in Citigroup of 575,000 shares, and it reported no position in J.P. Morgan.
Moore cut its position in Johnson & Johnson, one of its largest individual holdings in the second quarter, to 132,600 shares valued at $9.1 million in the most recent quarter, from 302,600 shares valued at 20.4 million in the prior quarter.
The firm also appeared to completely elminate its position in the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino company run by billionaire conservative activist Sheldon Adelson. Moore reported options and shares of Sands valued at $28.8 million in the second quarter, but no Sands holdings in its filing Wednesday.


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