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Dror's congenital vision loss began to accelerate rapidly in his forties, and now he is almost completely blind.
The high-tech professional in Israel used his loss of sight, though, not as a limiting factor in his life but as an entry point for examining and improving his health across the board.
Answering JDC's Israel Unlimited advertisement seeking facilitators for the Peer-Led Healthy Living Workshop, a component of the Accessible Health Zone (AHZ) program, Dror made two major changes in his life.
Israel Unlimited is a partnership of JDC, the Government of Israel and the Ruderman Family Foundation. Other partners include The National Insurance Institute, The Academic College at Wingate, and The Occupational Safety and Health Institute.
As part of the program's Friend for Health component, Dror was matched with a regular running partner; he now runs frequently and is training to run a marathon.
And after completing the peer facilitator training, Dror has conducted two workshops encouraging other disabled people to embrace a healthier lifestyle and follow his example.
AHZ aims to promote the health and well-being of people with disabilities by increasing the opportunities for people with disabilities to acquire lifelong healthful habits. The program accomplishes this by: providing support systems for the disabled; ensuring that health programs and infrastructure for people with disabilities is accessible; and building a leadership network of successful people with disabilities.
Between 2012 and 2013, three zones were established in Ashdod, Netanya, and Migdal Haemek. In 2014 and 2015, each zone will be expanded to neighboring localities and additional zones will be established.
Dror says he's proud of a host of people he has helped through the workshop: Ziona, who got into shape and manages to walk without her cane; Mordechai and Masoda, a couple who support each other in making healthy food choices; and Meytal and Roi, a young couple with mental health disabilities who are working together to increase their physical activity.
"The Accessible Health Zone Program holistic approach to health has given me what I was missing," Dror says. "My new running partner has contributed to my social health, and my role as facilitator has enabled me to improve my health through meaningful activity."
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GDB 47.0: Here's how you know it's bad
Ryan Lambert
January 21 2012 04:31PM
(Wanye has instituted a new rule when it comes to BoA's: winner of the last game gets to write the losers game day post. Naturally I readily agreed because it benefited my side of the conflict. So for those Oilers faithful wondering why a scummy Flames fan is penning your GDB, kindly refer all complaints to Mr. Wanye Gretz III, Esq. - KW)
Things can't be easy for the Edmonton Oilers these days.
Everyone is hurt (or at least faking injuries) and Taylor Hall is paying teammates to step on his face, all so they don't have to play for the Oilers. And really, given how badly things have gone lo these past every-year-since-they-accidentally-made-the-Cup-final, who can blame them?
They're a bad team with no real future in front of them and it would be too bad if they were at all sympathetic characters, which they are not. By all appearances, they seem destined for yet another 30th-place finish and No. 1 overall pick, which they'll likely squander as they did the ones for Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.
But the worst indignity of all, one supposes, is that the Oilers are not only so bad that players are missing three weeks with skinned knees, but rather that they actually give the Calgary Flames someone they can feel superior to. I hope you understand how embarrassing that is. Entering tonight's game - a tap-in W for the Flames if ever there was one - the visitors had a 12-point lead in the standings over their hosts, which if you'd seen the former play lately, would befuddle you to no end.
And this despite Edmonton starting the season as one of the hottest teams in the league, and Calgary having been sub-mediocre throughout. How depthlessly bad do you have to be to have, at one point, led the Western Conference, only to watch the Flames, who have no players under the age of 46, blow your doors off around mid-November?
The answer, obviously, is "as bad as the Oilers are, were and will continue to be in perpitude." This is a hockey team in a province full of them that sets the standard for abysmal. From the ice, to behind the bench to the front office. Just because they're dressed like Gretzky and Kuri doesn't mean they're going to score like them. And I mean as a team.
Oilers notes
Okay so I'm supposed to follow the format of the previous Flames-fan-written GDBs because that's just what happens but I have prepared very little in the way notes for the Oilers because who wants to waste their time reading about how ugly Taylor Hall is these days? (Very.)
But just because it's you, I will go to the Edmonton Journal's website and see what's what.
"Lander, most of his teammates struggling offensively"
Well who could have seen this coming? THE Anton Lander? Struggling offensively? It's unbelievable is what it is. How is it possible that a player who has never played pro or junior hockey in North America before, and never come close to cracking a point a game overseas, could struggle to the tune of two goals and five points in 42 games on a team with no scoring depth? It defies logic.
And as for the rest of his teammates, that too is shocking. Beyond the Nuge, Taytay and Ebs, the Oilers have no one to do things with the puck that are good for offense and thus I am incredulous that having all of them out injured for lengthy periods would have been a drag on the team's scoring.
Moving on...
"Hall's stitches could be face of change in NHL"
Taylor Hall has a scary black eye and a scarier gash on his forehead after he got his face good and stepped on earlier this week and people wonder whether that might force the NHL to start requiring players to wear visors in warmups.
A lot of guys in the league are mad about it, because they're also mad about the threat of having to wear visors and are therefore obviously not very smart. But any conversation we have about this kind of uptick in player safety measures are good ones.
So hey, at least the Oilers have done something positive for once. And you'll notice it's because one of them stepped on another one's face. And not because they're good at hockey. Because they're not.
"Blues solve Khabibulin puzzle"
To be fair it was one of those ones for toddlers that has like eight pieces. But TJ Oshie isn't that bright.
Of course what that headline ignores is that the Oilers scored zero goals in that game, but that probably goes back to the first point, doesn't it?
Flames notes
Please, don't interpret the above as my believing that the Flames are somehow in an enviable position for this game, this season or probably this decade. They are, of course, not.
This has been in no way helped by the team's injury situation, which isn't quite as severe as the Oilers in terms of the players affected, but certainly has taken its toll on what was already a shallow, mediocre team. Alex Tanguay and Brendan Morrison both skated this morning but the former won't play tonight and the latter is a gametime decision. This is in addition ot Curtis Glencross being out between six and eight weeks.
The good news for the Flames, if you want to call it that (and I don't, particularly) is that Mike Cammalleri has been playing pretty well — largely because I think he's been real effort-y in ways that he had not been in Montreal — since coming over in trade for brickhead Rene Bourque.
This is the final night of a three-game road trip and to say the Oilers are their worst competition on it is like saying Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system: It's very, very obvious. The previous games were an shootout loss to the Sharks and a shootout win over the Kings, who are first and second in their division, respectively and, unlike the Flames or Oilers, comfortably in the Western Conference playoffs.
What does that mean? That the Flames are actually playing well enough to get points in games, which you can't say about Edmonton.
Because Edmonton sucks.
And finally...
For those who want lines and such, Pat Steinberg has you covered.
I don't know how to make a chat window appear at the top of this post but I'm assuming one of my editors does so I leave that to him (indeed I do - ed.). Have a good night. Or don't.
In fact, you probably won't.
January 21 2012, 04:32PM
Go Oil.
January 21 2012, 04:35PM
Go Oil.
I'll hitch myself to this wagon.
Get it done, Oil.
January 21 2012, 04:38PM
Two flamer trolls in one day....great.
January 21 2012, 04:42PM
Two flamer trolls in one day....great.
I guess that's what would be considered a great news day in Edmonton eh?
January 21 2012, 04:46PM
Get it done, Oil.
Disappointed... I was looking forward to one of your creative "FIST's", maybe with a BoA Theme??
Check out the best picture in the world :-D Eat your heart out Oiler Fans.
Try and tell me that Bulldog Doesn't rock? You can't because its mine all mine!
Sure wish there was a way to post pictures in the threads.
The previous games were an shootout loss to the Sharks and a shootout win over the Kings
---AN shootout loss?
given how badly things have gone lo these past
Glad i dont have to read the flamesnation blogs, cause i couldnt wade through the grade 6 grammer and spelling mistakes every day.
Yeah "Squadering" another 1st Overall pick is going to suck! How could a team ever rebuild and get good by taking several first rounders year after year (Quebec Nords in late 80's early 90's...then terrorized the league for a decade)...I guess if this winner thinks Edmonton has no future, well then it just must be true. At least he has a clear view of how hopeless this Flames team is for a long, long, looooong time. Flames will probably win, and at that end of the day, that will help land another star or at least a very good player to the stack of young studs that is the edmonton oilers. I Love the Oil, but want a shot at Nail Yakubov....so go Flames! Have fun winning in the short term, cause Once Edmonton gains traction, Calgary will be soiling themselves, and Vancouver will still be good.
I hope the next episode of Oil Change opens with a shot of Tambellini on a train out of town with a hobo stick.
If the Oilers are going to suck forever, wouldn't it be nice if they just prepared for every BOA and not worry about the other 76 games. I'd be happy with a 6-76 record if it meant 6 wins against the Flames.
January 21 2012, 04:55PM
Sure wish there was a way to post pictures in the threads.
I just put it on Twitter.. To your credit of course.
January 21 2012, 04:57PM
Well, what an exciting ride it must be, Ryan Lambert. "Hey, we're sOmewhere between 8th and 12th place! Look out Western Conference, we're the archetype of the lower middle class!"
Perhaps you're one of these fellows who can't help but live in the here and now, Ryan Lambert. Perhaps when the psychologists ran the test on your 5-year old self you couldn't help yourself and you gobbled down the marshmallow, unable to wait for the better payoff.
Your criticism of our vision only serves to underscore your lack thereof. But then again, you live in a city where prosperity was served to you on a platter, and all you did was congest it with F-250's and sausage parties in July while you herd those kitchy rancher hats of yours into the Saddledome to once again wish that you were just a bit taller, just a smidge faster, so that one fine day ...
January 21 2012, 04:59PM
@Vintage Flame
Thanks buddy! I felt that poo-poo humour was appropriate in this situation.
January 21 2012, 05:08PM
@John Chambers
Well, what an exciting ride it must be, Ryan Lambert. "Hey, we're sOmewhere between 8th and 12th place! Look out Western Conference, we're the archetype of the lower middle class!"
It beats being in 29th or 30th place John and being the laughing stock of not only Alberta, but the NHL when you keep drafting top 5 and still can't do anything with it.
Tell me John, are you going to popping the corks on the champagne when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins gets up to the podium and says in his squeaky pre-pubescent voice a sweaty palms...
With the 1st pick over all the Edmonton Oilers proudly select, from the Sarnia Sting, Nail Yakupov!
And then realize, no one is clapping because everyone except Oilers Management really knows the Oilers don't need another high energy, yet injury prone forward to solve their problems.
Enjoy! *Rimshot*
Your criticism of our vision only serves to underscore your lack thereof. But then again, you live in a city where prosperity was served to you on a platter, and all you did was congest it with F-250's and sausage parties in July while you herd those kitchy rancher hats of yours into the Saddledome to once again wish that you were just a bit taller, just a smidge faster, so that one fine day ...
Man that was funny... You should save your "A" game though. Ryan lives in Boston buddy... Next?
January 21 2012, 05:19PM
GDP: Kippersoft blows a knee, Flammers take a dive down to fight it out for top puck with the Oilers, Feaster realizes his team really does suck and puts the team into rebuild mode sucking for the next bajillion yrs while the Oilers win 10 more cups with the help of Hall,Eberle,RNH and this yrs top pick.
Bazingaa flammer fans, bazingaa!
Funny how fighting for 8th was cool & en vogue when the Oilers were doing it, but now that the Flames are doing it, its dumb.
Saw the Hockeybuzz picture and while I appreciate your poo-poo humour let me tell you the story from an Oilers perspective.
You see a Bulldog taking a crap on an Oilers logo.
I see your typical hairy bitch wearing a flames Jersey (just like the 1000's of other ones in the lower bowl of the dome on a game night) who craps herself whenever they see an Oilers logo coming there way.
Go Oilers!!!
Courtesy of David Staples at Cult of Hockey, You Know You Are A Flames Fan If...
There's some good, some bad, some funny.
Anyway, the Flames have injuries in their "secondary" where they can at least absorb some of the shock (with the possible exception of Glencross). While the Oilers have injuries in their defense and first-line centre, an area in which they presumably cannot make up the difference.
So on paper it looks like Flames should win. That said, who knows which version of either of these teams shows up to play tonight.
Go Oilers, and best of luck in the playoff hunt to Flames fans (after this game, though).
@John Chambers
lol at the comments at this thread. I am more dumb for having read most of them.
January 21 2012, 05:28PM
Funny how fighting for 8th was cool & en vogue when the Oilers were doing it, but now that the Flames are doing it, its dumb.
Who ever said it was dumb?
When you file a Census form Ross, do you have to fill one out for each personality?
January 21 2012, 05:33PM
I suppose it was foolish of me to assume that a blogger of the Calgary Flames resided in Calgary. I feel shame.
My two advices to the rest of you pale virgins down highway 2 is to invest in some deodorant and keep aspiring toward mediocrity.
January 21 2012, 05:34PM
Courtesy of David Staples at Cult of Hockey, You Know You Are A Flames Fan If... http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/01/20/you-know-youre-a-flames-fan-if/
Hey.. I'm on that list.. Good find Rex
I must say, my favorite on that whole list was...
I must say I had a good laugh reading all these insults and composing a few of my own. Indeed, my good spirits were so obvious that my wife composed a rejoinder of her own: "You know you're an Oilers fan if the only victories you can count on is zinging Flames fans."
Game Day Prediction: Unlikely as it seems: the Oilers win tonight by a comfortable margin: 5-2 final. Hall and Eberle both score on the powerplay.
Obvious Game Day Prediction: At least one douchebag Flame hits Hall square in the stiches with his glove on sparking a line brawl. Emotion from this event carries the Oil to victory.
Not-So-Obvious Game Day Prediction: Several fans will draw frankenstein like stiching on their faces prior to tonights tilt in an ill advised attempt to honor Taylor Hall. Suter will see some of them tonight on an ESPN highlight package and promise himself to never, ever sign in Edmonton. Two days later Tambellini pulls the trigger on a massive overpay gambling his career on a Suter extension...
I'm all for some ribbing between rivals, but this article is a travesty. It's not funny, it's not interesting, and it's not informative. It' mean-spirited, ignorant, spiteful insulting of real people.
You seem to forget that these players are real people. "Har har, Taylor Hall iz so ugley!" Never mind the fact that a freak accident could have ended his career just as it's getting started.
This kind of post has no place anywhere.
Go oilers. Didn't read the article.
January 21 2012, 05:48PM
I'm all for some ribbing between rivals, but this article is a travesty. It's not funny, it's not interesting, and it's not informative. It' mean-spirited, ignorant, spiteful insulting of real people.
Well, it's not much fun making fun of fake people. #JustSayin
You seem to forget that these players are real people. "Har har, Taylor Hall iz so ugley!" Never mind the fact that a freak accident could have ended his career just as it's getting started.
No one is discounting the injury to Hall, and IF something HAD happened to his career, no one would be making light of it. It's the fact that he IS going to be fine, that people make jokes... It's called irony.
This kind of post has no place anywhere.
Can't wait for the Flames excuse for losing to the Oilers. I'm guessing they will use the injuries as an excuse. " we were down two 40 year old forwards and a third liner ". Kipper has been playing to good and according to the numbers it wont last ( wait that only applied to other teams ). Just finished reading the article typically bad like most reads from two line pass. Like is this supposed to be funny ?
January 21 2012, 05:54PM
This dribble has no business on Oilernation, not even any real substance except biased flame garbage. I guess I will have to go to another websit for game coverage. The nation network should invest in actual writers not ignorant flames fans who bought the right person a lapdance to get the job.
January 21 2012, 06:01PM
Ahh... ye ole cinder in the eye post again!!
There's only one way to describe Oiler feeling for Flames:
Such disdain needs an intermediary.
See you all in the live chat... GOILERS!!!!
I begrudgingly recognize that TLP is a very funny and sarcastic dude. Well done as usual. As for the game. I gave my seats away as I'm confident the highlight package shall fulfill my curiosity just fine.
The previous games were an shootout loss to the Sharks and a shootout win over the Kings
---AN shootout loss?
given how badly things have gone lo these past
Glad i dont have to read the flamesnation blogs, cause i couldnt wade through the grade 6 grammer and spelling mistakes every day.
'I' should be an uppercase pro.
Go Flames!
January 21 2012, 06:08PM
Well Played Sir.
January 21 2012, 06:11PM
Sadly you are incorrect sir the bulldog is a MALE his name is Sullivan so therefore I can not buy your story.:-) Glad there are Oilers fans with a sense of humour though!
* On a side note he is named after my favourite drummer that passed away Jimmie Sullivan of Avenged Sevenfold.
January 21 2012, 06:17PM
Not only will the oilers lose, Kostopolus will beat up some poor failed rebuild victim adding insult to injury. And maybe someone from Edmonton out tonight with a hangnail or bad hair day.
I'm all for some ribbing between rivals, but this article is a travesty. It's not funny, it's not interesting, and it's not informative. It' mean-spirited, ignorant, spiteful insulting of real people.
You seem to forget that these players are real people. "Har har, Taylor Hall iz so ugley!" Never mind the fact that a freak accident could have ended his career just as it's getting started.
This kind of post has no place anywhere.
Cry me a river you baby. Any player who cared would have missed a period tops for 30 stitches. The Oilers stink, the rebuild failed yet again and your not on the payroll so quit acting like someone insulted your mother fan boy.
January 21 2012, 06:23PM
As bad as this losing slump has been,I take comfort In the misguided love the flame fans have for the team of ol' bedcrappers that might finish 9th
January 21 2012, 06:32PM
Sigh...poor Edmonton. First we humiliate your pathetic team; later we satisfy your cold, frustrated women.
January 21 2012, 06:54PM
Clearly this was too much fun to pass up...
First off Wanye.. what the hell are you doing take a bet you can never win man? Have you not looked at their past head to head record against the Flameless ones or what?? :)
That being said, clearly it's good to know that the guy who writes for the Flames lives in Boston as was duely noted. Clearly that would explain his lack of thinking on how one could think Calgary is OH so much better than Edmonton. It seems to me Calgary has made the playoffs what, twice since going to the cup against the Bolts? So I guess if you want to measure the Flames as that much better than the Oilers on that more power to you. Their asses were duely handed to them in the first round both times.. including one were Flames fans were all talk on how there was going to be a Battle of Alberta again and how much they were going to kill the Oilers only to have the Ducks come in and shut them out in game 7 in their own building. Must have stung watching the Oilers dismantle them in the West Final in 5 games eh... ohh but you were going to kill us that year...Right....
Moving on... seriously, finishing 30th every year sucks and I do agree but do your history lessons on the Penguins (two seperate times) and the Hawks and do see that between those three different teams (Pens of the early 90's) and Pens and Hawks recently.. 4 Cups between those teams by building via the draft... so there is a history there that suggests building the talent internally is the right way to go. Clearly Calgary's solution of trading for and becoming more of geriatric team year after year at the price of their draft picks is working swimmingly well (see above reference on getting their asses handed to them in the first round of the playoffs for the couple years they actually made it) and then having no draft picks to use in the first round when they don't... thus why they have no drafted talent, no young stars up and coming and thus no future (other than geriatrics).
Everyone knows it takes time for skill to develop.. and while as mentioned, I hate finishing near the bottom for another year. I would rather that for one more season that finishing 9th and having a less quality player to pick (which in Calgary's case you don't even get) cuz your GM is dumb ass who believes in geriatrics and that young prospect players start at age 30.
Mark my words.. Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, and RNH will ALL end up becoming better players than Iggy... and I think Iggy is an awesome player and I would have him on my team any day... but those guys are that much better, and we will need to have this convo again in 15 years to prove that point.
To say that Hall and RNH were wasted 1st round picks is ignorant assine BS on any Flames fan's part and more than likely pure jealousy because you guys continue to have a GM who believes in trading aware the future for more geriatrics.. damn.. I love referring to that. When the rest of the hockey world had them labelled as the number one overall choice, clearly that speaks volumes.
It will be fun in a couple years time when the Calgary Geriatrics down the road are skating on their canes and the young gun Oilers have what will unfortunately likely only be 4 games of Cannon Fodder to eat points from.. but they will be fun because we will be hoisting a cup, looking like the Pens and the Hawks teams by building through the draft, and looking down the QEII and laughing saying... "I Told You So"....
Rock On Oil!!!
January 21 2012, 07:13PM
Stanley Cup Wins Edm 5 Cgy 1
Next Question? Moneypuck We like Moneypuck better lol
January 21 2012, 07:18PM
As much as I hate the Flames, Iginla is/was awesome, and the Oilers would be delighted if they had a guy like him as a #1 Overall pick.
Congratulations Flames fans, you are on pace to join the Oilers in being one of the 29 NHL clubs that WON'T win the Stanley Cup this year... the difference is, we're loading up on picks, and once we pick up a new manager in the offseason, watch out for the next ten years.
January 21 2012, 07:19PM
This post is awesome.
The game, likely, won't be.
Adam Lambert, Ryan's masculine sibling.
January 21 2012, 07:28PM
My dream is that these games will one day be more memorable. Iceberg port side.
January 21 2012, 07:35PM
Hall is soooo game for tonight. Rose coloured glasses but should be good to watch.
January 21 2012, 07:44PM
Must be strange for a Flames Nation writer to get into double digits for comments on a post. Congrats on making the big time.
January 21 2012, 07:51PM
Must be strange for a Flames Nation writer to get into double digits for comments on a post. Congrats on making the big time.
Lets push this baby to 100 and really blow his mind :P
January 21 2012, 07:52PM
Disappointed... I was looking forward to one of your creative "FIST's", maybe with a BoA Theme??
Check out Lowetides post under this one on ON for a good one.


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Commissioner James Nelson and his wife were among the first to arrive at Ghost Rock followed by fire trucks from all over the county. He said, "It is very exciting to see all the new fire trucks in such a beautiful location; even the tourists passing through were stopping to take photographs. It's a tribute to the fire district, the county commission and especially Commissioner Kofford that all the communities have a new fire truck, and the best part is that they are all paid for," said Commissioner Nelson.
Both former Commissioner Gary Kofford and Commissioner Nelson were on hand to witness the arrival of the fire trucks at Ghost Rock. These trucks gathered to be photographed and some of the photographs will be used for the Emery County Fire District Calendar.
Another reason for this event was so the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy of Provo could get a photo for their monthly magazine called the UFRA Straight Tip. Chuck Querry representing UFRA said, "Emery County has one of the more active Chief's organization in the state of Utah. They meet regularly, they discuss items of importance, they arrange for training and not all the organizations in the state do that. Querry said, "To the people of Emery County you are well protected by readily qualified individuals. You should be proud of your fire departments."
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Not at Home is typical of the small-scale enclosed tableaux made by the South Australian artist Ian Mowbray. Amusing comments on the nineteenth-century tradition of decorative glass paperweights, Mowbray's works also allude to the popular convention of the souvenir 'snow-dome', enclosing a miniature cityscape or cultural icon. Not at Home, however, features a simple domestic interior with a table setting for a solitary diner.
Mowbray fabricates his miniature motifs - often a torso, domestic scene or item of intimate apparel - with the same painstaking attention to detail for which decorative antique paperweights are widely prized. In contrast, though, his tiny tableaux are frequently charged with a sense of social critique. Mowbray treats issues of gender and sexuality, as well as light-hearted variations on the theme of contemporary suburban life.


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No Bush complaints
John A. Davis
Slippery Rock Borough
I checked the Butler Eagle archives to see if Rosemarie Badali ("Obama record pathetic," Jan. 1 letters to the editor) had complained about the 1,020 vacation days taken by George W. Bush when he was president — more than one-third of his eight years in office.
However, I found nothing.
Franklin D. Roosevelt posted the second-most vacation days (948) during his 12 years in office.
In 2005, George W. Bush also marked the longest vacation of five weeks that ended when Hurricane Katrina hit.
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UBC, Alberta rematch in women's finalSHERBROOKE, Que. (CIS) – The UBC Thunderbirds and the Trinity Western Spartans gave a great show in the first semifinal of the CIS women's volleyball championship, Friday night, at the Université de Sherbrooke Sports Complex. The Thunderbirds finally booked their tickets to the national final when they took down the Spartans in four sets (22-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-23).
The Spartans had a good start, winning the first set 25-22 against the reigning five-time CIS champions. Coach Doug Reimer's players didn't waste time to come back in force, dominating the second and the third sets 25-14 and 25-20. However, in the last set, the Spartans showed to the T-Birds that the path to the final would not be easy in a hard-fought last set. But UBC scored the most significant points at the end of the set winning it 25-20.
UBC's solid performance was led by its three star players Lisa Barclay (10 kills), Rosie Schlagintweit (9 kills) and Shanice Marcelle (9 kills). Amber Brown (12 kills) and Amy Ott (10 kills) were the most dominant players for the Spartans.
In the other semi, the No. 7 Alberta Pandas beat the No. 3 Ottawa Gee-Gees in five sets of 17-25, 25-20, 25-11, 23-25 and 15-12 to advance to the CIS women's volleyball championship match for the second consecutive year.
The result sets up a gold-medal rematch between Alberta and the UBC Thunderbirds, Saturday at 4 p.m. Eastern Time. In the 2012 national final against the T-Birds, the Pandas let a two sets to one lead slip away en route to a 3-2 loss.
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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Senior Roy Lang's goal with just over five minutes to play gave No. 4/3 Cornell an 8-7 win over Yale on Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red improved to 4-1 (1-0 Ivy), while the Bulldogs slipped to 2-3 (0-1 Ivy) in the Ivy League opener for both teams.
Sophomore goalkeeper Andrew West made a career-high 13 saves to lead a Big Red defensive effort that saw just three goals allowed over the final 45 minutes to rally from a two-goal deficit in the first half. Cornell limited Yale to 1-of-6 on the extra man in a game that featured 14 minutes of penalties between the two squads. Cornell forced 16 Yale turnovers with Mike Bronzino, Tom Freshour and Jason Noble each causing two.
Chris Langton had two goals and an assist, Max Van Bourgondien notched a goal and two helpers and JJ Gilbane and Connor English each scored twice to lead the Big Red offense. Thomas Keith won five ground balls to lead the team, while Noble won four and Steve Mock claimed three.
Matt Gibson led Yale with two goals and two assists, while Conrad Overbeck notched two goals and an assists and Brandon Mangan tallied a pair of goals. The tandem of Dylan Levings (6-of-9) and Cole Yeager (5-of-8) combined to win 11-of-17 face-offs to repeatedly give Yale possessions, particularly in the first quarter when the Bulldogs won six of the first seven restarts.
In all, Yale had narrow edges in shots (33-30) and ground balls (24-23), but couldn't find a way to snap a losing streak against Cornell that dates all the way back to 1999, now sitting at 14 games.
In a game of attrition, Cornell did just enough to hold on. Lang's score with 5:17 left off a great dodge snuck into the top righthand corner, over the shoulder of Yale's Jack Meyer, who had six saves. Yale won the ensuing face-off and had its best chance with two and a half minutes left, after a patient offensive set, when Oberbeck's shot hit the pipe and bounced away, with Noble winning the ground ball. A 30 second penalty on Yale allowed the Big Red to get the time to nearly a minute to play while trying to salt away with victory. The Bulldogs caused a pair of Big Red turnovers in the final 45 seconds, but only were able to get one shot off and that didn't go on goal.
Cornell scored just 1:26 into regulation when Langton found Gilbane, but Yale quickly answered. English scored his first goal of the contest six minutes in to give Cornell a 2-1 lead, but again the Bulldogs countered. This time the visitors went on a 3-0 run to double up the Big Red at 4-2 heading into the first intermission. Overbeck had a goal and an assist during the run.
A non-releasable illegal stick penalty gave three minutes of extra-man action to the Big Red to start the second, but Cornell couldn't capitalize. Meyer made two of his six saves on the day during that span to keep the Big Red off the scoreboard, with his second giving Yale possession to kill the penalty. Not long after the penalty expired, English capitalized on a tired Bulldog defense to make it 4-3, and 32 seconds later Van Bourgondien equalized after a Yale penalty on the goal to tie it at 4-4.
The lead would trade hands back and forth the rest of the way, with Yale going up 5-4, then Cornell answering with a pair to go up 6-5 after halftime. Yale tied the contest at 6-6 and again at 7-7 with Overbeck knotting the score with 5:49 left on the clock. Doug Tesoriero won the ensuing face-off cleanly to himself and raced it up the field, taking a wide shot that was backed up. Cornell sent the pass into Lang, who dodged two defenders, spun and drilled a rocket shot that proved to be the game winner.
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For Mariano Rivera, a special day at Fenway Park
Mariano Rivera played his first game at Fenway Park on July 16, 1996. He was a setup reliever then and pitched two innings against the Red Sox. Joe Girardi, who manages the Yankees now, was the catcher.
John Basmajian cant remember for sure, but he probably was at the game that day. The guy everybody at Fenway calls Baz has been working at the park for 46 years selling tickets.
In the years since, surely their paths crossed. If you count the postseason, Rivera has walked into Fenway Park more than any ballpark other than Yankee Stadium. Baz? Hes as much a part of Fenway as the Pesky Pole.
On Saturday, the two career baseball men finally met.
Pretty special, Basmajian said. Ive got tears in my eyes.
Rivera will retire after this season after 19 record-setting years and wants to leave the game with memories that go beyond wins and losses. So he is holding small, informal meetings with people at every park he visits.
Yankees media relations director Jason Zillo, who consulted with Rivera on the unique farewell tour, works with teams on finding a representative group for Rivera to spend time with. It can be fans, team employees, or some combination of the two.
Baseball brings people together from all different races and backgrounds and whatever your personal beliefs are, Zillo said. This is a chance for us to come together.
The Red Sox gathered 14 people in a luxury suite three hours before Saturdays game against the Yankees. The eclectic group included four long-time team employees: Basmajian, usher Ken Greenwood, security man Ed Dalton, and vice president of ticketing Richie Beaton. Together, theyve worked for the Sox for 135 years.
There were two youth players, Clifford Guerrero of the South End and Brenna Galvin from Dorchester, and two youth coaches, Aaron Barnes and Sandra Santana.
Jimmy Fund patients Fernando Morales and Harry Clark were there along with their fathers.
J.P. and Paul Norden, the brothers from Stoneham who lost legs in the Marathon bombings, were the last to enter the room.
Im more of a football fan, but I didnt want to miss this, Paul said. Its a nice moment.
The meeting lasted about 40 minutes and caused Rivera to miss some of batting practice, but it was evident this meant far more to him.
After a brief introduction from Zillo, Rivera led a discussion that lasted 40 minutes. He spoke softly at first then a little louder as he encouraged others to join in.
Rivera called all of the participants by name, too. People he had never met before and might never see again were treated with the respect he would show a teammate.
Its an honor for me to be here with you guys. Rivera said. First of all to say thank you. Thank you for all of you who are a part of baseball. I wanted to do something different. I wanted to be able to hear from people that we dont see on the field. We see the people in the clubhouse and we see the people who work on the field, but we dont see everybody who works behind the scenes who make baseball what it is.
Rivera encouraged Clark, a 13-year-old from Wellesley who is visually impaired by an inoperable brain tumor, to share his story with the room. He did the same with Morales, a 19-year-old from Norwood who had to give up his sport, soccer, because of Ewings sarcoma.
In both cases, the room applauded the courage of the two young men.
He told me to always have perseverance and never to give up. Clark said. Ill use that to keep going. Ill cheer him from now on. Well, at least a little one if Im at Fenway.
Greenwood was curious about how Rivera stays so calm on the mound, saying it was something he had admired from the stands over the years.
The higher you go, the harder you will fall, Rivera said. And you cant get too low. You have to have confidence in yourself and have that trust in yourself.
Basmajian asked Rivera what role religion played in his career. The two then spoke at length about their shared Christian beliefs. Rivera said he credits his faith for his success and tries to stay humble.
I wish more [players] had that, Basmajian said.
I wish that, too, Rivera responded.
Rivera would have stayed longer, but Zillo prodded him out of the room to get back to the field. But he lingered, shaking hands and leaning in for whispered conversations.
The man was humble and genuine, Basmajian said. Ive been here 43 years and never talked to a player like that before. That was so sincere. He didnt have to do that.
The Norden brothers, quiet during the meeting, stood to greet Rivera at the end and posed for photographs with him. Rivera also handed out autographed baseballs with the date on them.
Barnes, who had asked Rivera for advice about how to motivate his players, walked out of the suite smiling.
Im a Red Sox fan. Im supposed to hate his guts, he said. But that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Ive got a different view of the man now.
Later on, while sitting in the dugout, Rivera said he has enjoyed his time at Fenway.
Ive been here for so many years. In the beginning no one knew me and I had to earn that respect, he said. Over the years, as Ive become more obvious and notable here, yes, I have received that respect. You definitely appreciate that.
The fans at Fenway gave Rivera a standing ovation when he came out of the bullpen to pitch the ninth inning. He picked up the save as the Yankees won, 5-2.
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This year's James Beard Awards semifinalists — which many consider the Oscars of the restaurant industry — are out with several nods to Denver-area nosheries.
Here are the contenders:
Best Chef Southwest: Alex Seidel, Fruition; Max MacKissock, The Squeaky Bean; and MacKissock's wife, Jennifer Jasinski, Rioja (which should make for some interesting pillow talk).
Rising Star Chef of the Year: Jorel Pierce, Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen (who works for owner Jasinski).
Outstanding Wine Program: Frasca, Boulder.
Outstanding Restaurateur: Frank Bonanno, owner of Mizuna, Luca d'Italia, Osteria Marco, Russell's Smokehouse and more.
Outstanding Bar Program: Williams & Graham.
Finalists will be announced March 18; awards ceremony (a fancy-schmancy affair in New York City) is May 6.
Ski scene seen
If you're a "Today" show watcher, you know that lead host Matt Lauer was absent from the show last week. According to my spy, Lauer and his family were spotted on a ski vacation in Vail.
Meanwhile, over at Avon, another spy reports that Academy-Award-winning actress Frances McDormand and her filmmaker-husband Joel Coen were staying at The Westin Riverfront last week.
I was told that "they are skiing and relaxing."
Art from the heart
The Madden Museum of Art, 6363 S. Fiddlers Green Circle in Greenwood Village, is opening "Inspired by Art: The Building of a Legacy," which showcases the artwork collected by John and Marjorie Madden during their 50 years of world travel, exploration, philanthropy and office building development, with a reception from 6-9 p.m. March 16.
The permanent installation is the sum of 50 years of collecting and is curated by Museum of Outdoor Arts executive director and co-founder Cynthia Madden Leitner. The opening celebration will feature traditional Irish fare, cocktails, refreshments and Celtic-themed entertainment.
John Madden formed the John Madden Company, a real estate development business, in the mid-1960s, which continues to operate today. The Maddens call Denver home. For more information, go to www.maddenmuseum.com.
Limelight for LoDo
The Limelight Awards, LoDo's coveted annual awards and meeting event, takes place beginning at 5:30 p.m. March 14 with a silent auction and cocktail reception at the historic McNichols Civic Center Building at 14 W. Colfax Ave. (on the corner of Colfax and Bannock).
The event recognizes LoDo's notables for their achievements in 2012. Your ticket includes Wynkoop Brewing Company suds, an assortment of fine wines, Ceren vodka cocktails, fine fare, live music and an evening of glamorous networking.
Please RSVP by March 1. Tickets can be purchased online at www.lodo.org or by contacting email@example.com or by calling 303-628-5428.
Wolff quitting Goodwill
After nearly three years as president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Denver, Jesse Wolff has announced he is resigning.
During his tenure, Wolff has made a significant impact growing the venerable nonprofit's mission, building the brand, investing in its employees and facilities and transforming the culture of the organization.
Since Wolff was hired in 2010, Goodwill's revenues have nearly doubled and community donations have increased significantly. Also under Wolff's leadership, Goodwill has created nearly 500 new jobs in Denver and northern Colorado, and the company is now among the 60 largest private employers in the state with nearly 1,400 employees.
Also over the last three years, Goodwill has opened 15 new retail stores, Outlet Worlds and donation centers — contributing millions in economic impact to the state.
"This was not an easy decision to make," Wolff said. "In my time at Goodwill, thanks to the hard work of so many talented, hard-working employees across the company we've accomplished so much — we've increased revenues by more than 40 percent, we've increased the reach of our mission programs tremendously and we added 500 new jobs, just to name a few. The transformation of Goodwill that I envisioned has become a reality and I feel like I'm leaving Goodwill in a really good place.
"The decision of who will replace me will ultimately be made by Goodwill's Board of Directors led by Carrie Mesch. I feel we have one of the strongest boards a nonprofit could ask for, so I am confident they will find someone who will continue to lead Goodwill on its path of increased mission impact, retail growth and employee investment."
Upon Wolff's departure, for which a date has not yet been set, David Brunick, Goodwill's vice president of human resources, will act as interim CEO.
Eat your heart out
5280, Denver's "Mile High magazine" is looking for a restaurant critic who can "build upon the success for their established food coverage." If you think you're the ideal candidate, email a brief cover letter, resume, three clips, and a sample restaurant review to email@example.com. No phone calls!
Penny Parker's "Mile High Life" column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 303-619-5209.


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I would almost kill for a shop the size of yours! The masonry project looks awesome so far.
Here the Powerhouse of Terror crew are working on some easy DIY foam columns for our zombie jail. Let us know what you think!! Have any comments on improvements we could make?Any tutorials about special fx make-up, haunted house room design and build, actor training tips or anything you would like to see let us know!! We would love to hear your opinions!! Thanks for watching!
I would almost kill for a shop the size of yours! The masonry project looks awesome so far.
Hey guys! Here is an episode of Hauntventures where we share some tips and tricks for creating a really cool mouldy effect on the wall panels in your haunted house. Let us know what you think!
Hey guys!! Here is a complete step by step tutorial for the finished brick columns we made for our 2012 haunted house. Let us know what you think and also post some pictures or videos if you did a project similar to this one. We would love to see them!! The foam masonry we were working on here, will be used in our 2012 haunted house as jail cells. These columns could essentially be used in almost any haunted house. Thanks for watching!!!
I did some foam brick walls last season. Was wondering if you are using anything for a protective coating and if so what.
Very nice videos. Do you guys have a website for us to check out?
We don't coat it with anything, any of the coatings I have seen a pretty expensive or add too much weight. Hot foam factory sells a sealer. You can also monster mud the foam or dryloc it. We normally just use a hot gun over the whole surface to create a more distressed look but it also hardens the foam. I also found a fiberglass coating that works with foam (won't melt it) but the name escapes me (you can check out plastic specialty shops). In the end it is still foam so it will only be so strong even with any coatings.
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INDIANAPOLIS – This week, more than 500 educators and law enforcement officials gathered in Indianapolis for the Indiana School Safety Specialist Academy. This readiness program is one-of-a-kind, as Indiana is the first, and currently the only, state to develop such an academy. The first days of the Academy were held on November 19-20, and attendees learned about school safety protocol, legal requirements, emergency preparedness measures, and how to create an effective school safety plan.
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President Obama will meet with several LGBT groups during his trip later this week to St. Petersburg, a move likely to ruffle Russian President Vladimir Putin after the recent passage of a series of anti-gay laws.
The president will meet with human rights activists Lev Ponomarev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva, legal aid NGO director Pavel Chikov, and Coming Out, a St. Petersburg-based LGBT organization, according to a report in BuzzFeed.
The decision to meet with the activists in not unprecedented Obama also met with human rights leaders in 2009 but comes amid a period of heightened tension with the Kremlin.
During his address on Syria from the Rose Garden on Saturday, Obama blasted the United Nations Security Council as "completely paralyzed and unwilling to hold [Syrian president Bashar] Assad accountable" a clear swipe at Russia, which has threatened to block any resolution condemning the alleged sarin attack in the Damascus suburbs.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Secretary of State John Kerry's presentation on the attack "absolutely unconvincing" in a press conference on Monday, according to the Associated Press. He said the U.S. intelligence report included "nothing specific there, no geographic coordinates, no names, no proof that the tests were carried out by the professionals."
And Putin indicated he may send a delegation of Russian lawmakers to lobby the U.S. Congress against any military action in Syria, the Interfax news agency reported.
The skirmish over Syria comes after a summer dominated by a tussle with Putin over Edward Snowden, the former defense contractor responsible for leaking details of top-secret National Security Agency surveillance programs. After more than a month in the Moscow airport, the Kremlin offered Snowden temporary asylum despite protests from the White House.
Russia has also contended with a growing movement to boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi over the new anti-gay laws, which threaten fines and imprisonment for those who stage gay pride rallies or events.
Earlier this summer, Obama said he did not "think it's appropriate to boycott the Olympics" but said he hoped gay American athletes would win medals and change minds.
"One of the things I'm really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which I think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes that we're seeing there," he said.
Yeah, but you don't want to know where that hand has been.
Yes- that's right, the most important thing we have going on is that we need to organize the world's sodomites into a strong lobbying power , so they can change the minds of the old fashioned people, who resist AIDS and disease.
Start the pussy riot!,
Obama is going over the line interfering in the affairs of a sovereign nation.
If I were Putin, I'd ban Obama from entering the country.
"How do they prove that they're gay? Is there some sort of secret handshake?"
ask Reggie Love and Rahm
Sure go ahead and piss off Putin while you're threatening war against Syria. They buy many of their weapons from Russia; except when they're being armed by CIA operatives with chemical weapons that is ...
Guaranteeing the people he meets with will be placed in secret arrest— non-persons. What an idiot!!
Would the US tolerate Putin coming here to meet with, say
... the Tea Party? Imagine.
What kind of malignant narcissist thinks this is OK. Having already lost to Russia his idiotic chaotic Syria "policy". This person is not capable of containing his opinion of himself. There is a great deal at risk, with his dossier being spilled by Russia and/or Mossad. Because... uh, they KNOW about him (kind of like we do but..more from the seamy side of his history).
Oh, this should go down well.... NOT...
Not only is he on the verge of WW3, he's going to stick a sharp object in Putin's eye, while in Russia.
Even Reagan in the darkest days of the Cold War would never have done something so provocative.
he continually promotes the most dangerous Islamoterrorists and he continually promotes his gay friends. All around the world.
One thing those two groups share in is the undermining of Western, Christian civilization
I wonder if Putin is going to come over to the States and meet with disgruntled religious types and conservatives?
With all those hot women in Russia, who'd want to be gay?
Yeah, this is what's really important right now...
I really do think it's THE FRENCH that have the goods on Obama.
Both the Syrian and Libyan Wars were/are in the best interest of FINA-Elf.
I would be the first to welcome him.
Excellent. May Mother Russia give him the welcome that he so richly deserves.
"One of the things I'm really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which I think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes that we're seeing there,"
I believe the Russians can see through this line of crap. It's not relevant how good a homosexual athlete is. It's the perverted crap they do to each other, to children, and now the indoctrination of society in general.
And is His going to St Petersburg to rant this nonsense improving relations with the Russians? Or purposely trying to piss them off? Has he considered any consequences?
Ban him? How about arresting him for insurrection?
Oh, good lord.
Good this idiot be more of an embarrassment?
Putin could stop this, of course, but why should he? When the idiot acts like an idiot, let him! (Too bad the GOP leadership doesn't see the advantage in doing so.)
And never the twain shall meet?
The Islamoterrorists are sexually weird, but they don't admit it--and have the gays that are out of the closet for breakfast.
What a stupid POS Zero is. He is alienating the entire world!
United States of America represented by a faggot. What's not to like?
Obama is going over the line interfering in the affairs of a sovereign nation.
If I were Putin, Id ban Obama from entering the country
If was I were putin I would go golfing
Our homosexual activist meets theirs. Ho-hum.
OMG...I NEVER thought I would say that RUSSIA is MORE MORAL than we are, but it is!! And Bammy is going over there to POKE PUTIN in his eye......what a HORRIBLE PRESIDENT WE HAVE!!
Because this is THE most pressing issue facing Russia today?
And he is wasting OUR tax dollars to do it?
He forgets he's president of the whole USA and not king of Hollywood.
Would this be reason enough to have Putin declare him persona non grata? Becausr I would in a heartbeat.
"With all those hot women in Russia, whod want to be gay?"
with a wife like Michelle, would you go straight??
There is a secret shake alright, and Obama knows it well.
Just ask Larry Sinclair. Or Read his book.
Obama promotes Islamists and Gays because BOTH want to DESTROY the LAST of our Judeo-Christian values!!
0bama's getting a promotion from a mere puppet to a meat puppet. greeeaat
i wonder... do you think they'll give 0bama asylum like they did snowden?
i wonder if this is the 'flexibility' he was referring to?
Would Obama meeting with these activists fall in that category?
Obama seems to be doing a whole lot to rile other countries.
He riles, Americans pay the price for his idiocy.
You didn't know? Sheesh, everybody knows!
Are you referring to "Barack - Master Of The World"?
That Obama?
What if Putin visited the USA and made a big deal about meeting with and supporting the Church leaders who are suing the federal government over the Obamacare abortion and birth control mandates?
I can assure you that will happen in the Men's Figure Skating competition.
obozo can sure prioritize what is important, can't he?
I certainly believe it would be prudent for him to bring his tasters with him. I would also think he may want to keep his Secret Service agents from enjoying too much tasty Russian vodka.
Putin just might go out and find the most flamboyant flamers in the country to meet with Obama,and provide plenty of media coverage for the meeting. Obama is too dumb to realize what a propaganda victory this will be for Russia.
Ya think the hockey team has a chance this year?
You think Obama will order a "Black Russian" over there?
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Thank you very much for organizing this consultation on the upcoming SG report on peace building in the aftermath of conflict. The Peacebuilding Commission is the appropriate forum to discuss these overarching peace building issues. I also thank PBSO for their introduction and overview of the upcoming SG report. We welcome the focus on inclusivity, institutional development, mutual accountability and sustaining international support.
I would like to make some preliminary comments on the provided overview. Four points:
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Second, attention for peace building has enormously increased outside the UN itself, including for example by the World Bank in its World Development Report 2011. Also, we have seen a substantial increase in programs and activities on the ground by member states, NGO's and IFI's. The establishment of the G7+ of self-proclaimed fragile states, and the agreement in Busan on the New Deal are also important steps where countries take national ownership for their own development. Exactly as it should be. This is very good news, and should be recognized and supported, also in the new SG-report.
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Thirdly, we would welcome a focus on the UN-system itself as did the previous report. Some important mechanisms have been established, especially the Integrated Mission Planning Processes and Global Focal Points to improve cooperation between peacekeeping and political missions, and UN Country Teams. However, implementation has been mixed in our view and need constant attention.
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Mullin became the museum's chairman last month. With the Petersen's 20-year anniversary set for the summer of 2014, he and museum co-chairs Bruce Meyer and David Sydorick have laid out an ambitious plan to completely revitalize the museum building, its collection, its vision and its standing in Los Angeles. The goal is to turn the Petersen into an Los Angeles must-see, an equal to the Getty or Disneyland.
The exterior of the building will be overhauled by "a major, major design firm that has been responsible for some of the most leading-edge inspiring buildings in the world," Mullin said. Its new shape may be reminiscent of an automobile.
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It's a tall order to accomplish in little more than a year, but "it's doable," said Mullin, a native Angeleno who also serves on the boards of Occidental College and Hospital of the Good Samaritan, is chairman of the Music Center Foundation and president of the American Bugatti Club.
At 72, Mullin took on the Petersen challenge because "L.A.'s standing in the world is important to me," he said.
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The $35 to $40 million that Mullin said is needed to fund the Petersen's ambitious plans will come from various sponsors, "a serious capital campaign," Mullin said, and the estate of Bob Petersen, the magazine publisher and hot rod enthusiast who founded the museum in 1994.
Whether the Petersen's revitalization will accomplish what Mullin intends won't be known until it's done. Like all museums, the Petersen faces multiple challenges, including a wealth of alternate entertainment options in Southern California and major demographic and cultural shifts that impact a museum's ability to draw visitors.
Core museum goers are typically white, well educated and affluent, said Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums in Washington D.C. Transportation museums in particular tend to appeal to older white men, she said, yet U.S. demographics are shifting to a majority minority.
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Mullin said many of the Petersen's current attendees are "young. They're Hispanic, they're people interested in new technologies."
And the Petersen intends to draw more of them in the future.
To that end, the Petersen is likely to benefit from what's happening across the street. The former May Company building, under the guidance of Walt Disney Co. chief executive Robert Iger, is also being transformed into a new museum of film run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Mullin acknowledges it will take time for Petersen fans to embrace and accept the changes that are soon to become a reality. "Change and growth always have different implications depending on who you are," he said.
The new Petersen, however, holds the power "to change the view of Los Angeles in a permanent way."
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