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Despite the unhappy ending of her 14-month marriage to Russell Brand, Katy Perry hasn't given up on marriage.
"I still believe in love and marriage," the pop superstar said in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "I've just learned lessons along the way. I regret nothing."
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Learning love lessons included grieving the loss of her relationship, and Katy bravely allowed cameras to capture an emotional backstage moment for her new concert film, "Katy Perry: Part of Me."
"What was going on in my personal life was so overwhelming that I had to bend over to let those tears fall straight out of my eye sockets and not my false lashes just as I'm about to go up on that ramp and sing 'Teenage Dream,'" she said. "I had to smack myself across the face and say, 'These problems are my problems, they are not my audience's problems, learn to separate that.'"
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With hits like "Waking Up In Vegas" and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)," some may assume the 27-year-old singer like to spend her nights on the town. However, Katy said she prefers to spend her nights at home, rather than going out and getting "twisted," as she will "probably have to wake up and work in the morning" and now has "a lot more to lose."
For the full interview with Katy, pick up a copy of THR – on newsstands today.
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MARIETTA, GA — Large, multipurpose fitness facilities aren't where the market is right now. Instead, the market is in the smaller, neighborhood clubs, says Chuck Spencer, CEO of American Bodyworks. That's why he and four partners opened American Bodyworks, a franchise that takes all the cardio and strength equipment of a big club and puts it in 6,000 square feet. It all fits thanks to the deletion of some of the other elements of a big club — most notably, group fitness classes and child care.
American Bodyworks had four franchises as of mid-April, with two more in presale. By the end of the year, Spencer plans to have 20 franchises open in the Southeast. Next year, the company plans to expand throughout the country.
The club's first franchise went from almost going out of business in 2004 (before becoming an American Bodyworks facility) to earning about $700,000 in 2005, says Ray Groover, CFO of American Bodyworks and one of the partners in the company. Revenue increased another $150,000 in 2006.
Groover attributes much of the success to the personal training offered at the franchises. Although the key card clubs operate with small staffs — generally a full-time manager and two part-time employees — many of them contract with an average of three personal trainers.
"That is the mainstay of many of the facilities — the personal relationship between the staff and the members," he says.
The franchisor takes a percentage of the profits rather than a flat fee from franchisees, a way of doing business that ensures the franchisor is interested in the success of the franchisee, Groover says. The franchisor also manages the back end of the franchisee's business, something that keeps them from making mistakes that many new clubs make, Spencer says.
"What we want from the franchisee is the front end — someone who will sell memberships, get results for members and represent the club," he says.

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Former transport minister Michael Portillo will take part in special anniversary celebrations in Settle tomorrow.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the saving of the Settle-Carlisle railway line, a special locomotive will travel from Leeds to Carlisle, via Settle.
Aboard its nine carriages will be hundreds of people, including many who campaigned to keep the railway open.
Mark Rand, former chairman of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Railway Line, said church bells would ring in the town and flags would fly – as they did 25 years ago.
"It is hugely important that today's generation remember that this magnificent railway was once doomed to disappear forever."
Mr Rand said the aim was for Settle to make a big impression on all those on the train, which is due to arrive in the town at just before 11am.
"We are asking parents and children to come to Settle station for 10.55am tomorrow and to bring with them something red to wave at the train – Railway Children-style."
For all the children taking part, there will be a souvenir keepsake from the station shop.
The announcement on April 11, 1989 that the line would not close followed years of campaigning. Since then, the line has prospered beyond all expectations.
Richard Morris, current chairman of the Friends, said: "Even the most optimistic in 1989 could not have imagined how successful the line would be.
"If success is measured in passenger numbers and the volume of freight traffic, then the figures speak for themselves."
The Settle-Carlisle is recognised as one of the world's greatest railway journeys.
Most of the intermediate stations have re-opened and the Victorian station buildings have been renovated. The iconic Ribblehead viaduct, once condemned, has been restored and is the highlight of the journey for many.
Route managing director for Network Rail Dyan Crowther said: "The line is one of the most beautiful in Britain and will continue to be an important part of the railway in the north of England."
Alex Hynes, managing director of Northern Rail, added: "The Settle to Carlisle line is a vital part of the bustling and vibrant towns and villages that stretch across the Pennines and along the Dales – and they're growing. We're now carrying 1.3 million passengers every year. It's hard to think what could have happened to these communities 25 years ago if the proposed closure had gone ahead."
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"Inception" is many things – a heist film, a visual spectacle – but according to Leonardo DiCaprio, the Christopher Nolan-directed film is also a love story.
"This is a love story in a lot of ways," he told Access Hollywood at the film's LA premiere on Tuesday. "It's a love story in different states of the human subconsciousness and different dimensions.
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"Marion Cotillard's character, Mal, and I… we've existed in parallel worlds and had a relationship," he further explained, without giving away too much. "I think that will suffice."
The film may be mysterious, but Marion herself told Access that working alongside her handsome leading man didn't take a lot of thought.
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"It was one of the best experiences I've ever had and I mean it," she said. "I would love to work with him again."
She also hinted at how her and Leo's characters connect.
"Sharing dreams is something that was totally created out of Christopher Nolan's imagination," Marion said. "So we really had to create their past and to talk about this relationship and this very special thing they share."
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Celebrator pours extremely dark brown almost black in the glass with a short khaki colored head.
Smells very malty with brown sugar sweetness, hints of dark fruits in the background, figs and dates mostly. The alcohol is noticeable in the smell but very subtle, the malts mask it pretty well.
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Detached from all these developments in the West, Sikkim preferred to live a secluded life even after its contact with British India. The then society of the former Himalayan Kingdom had never imagined about such kind of "flying machine" which was by now witnessed by the contemporary West. At that time, our society was for ever and a day guided by the mythologies which do not put up with any judgment in today's perception. The people had a great faith on their mythological stories written in their religious books which always lacks logic and scientific standards to get fit in the modern perspectives. Accordingly, they might have a conception that an enormous religious person or the creator only can fly and take a round of sky.
Such a social set-up of Sikkim was able to witness the huge "flying machine" nearly after five decades of its innovation by the Wright Brothers. This rare photograph is preserved by the Alley Family of Gangtok which was taken on the day when the unimaginable flying object landed at Palzor Stadium then known as Polo Ground. We do not have a clear idea about the event but, the huge crowd behind the helicopter suggests us that how curios were the Sikkimese commoners to see the "flying machine" in front of them. It arrived at Gangtok at such an age when just to see a vehicle was not less than a great fortune to a commoner.
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Twitter/Photo: Dara (@krungy21) – "Cotton candy…. They bought two but shared one"
So cute! ^^ It seems that Dara is watching Korean Drama, "That Winter, The Wind Blows" with Song Hye Kyo and Jo In Sung.
Cotton candy…. They bought two but shared in one cotton candy tgt.. Seems delicious, I want…
RJ: ㅋㅋ I'll buy 3 and eat alone ㅋ
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The future was then: Hideyo Okamura channels El Lissitzky
All good feuds must come to an end. The United States and the former Soviet Union. The Hatfields and the McCoys. The Hook art writer and the University of Virginia Art Museum.
I decided to climb down from my arty high horse when I learned what the Museum was planning for its current exhibition, "El Lissitzky: Futurist Portfolios." For two weeks in September, contemporary artist Hideyo Okamura occupied the Museum's south gallery– a.k.a. the "Pine Room"– and transformed it into a modern work of art designed to showcase El Lissitzky's visionary prints.
Russian-born Lissitzky's heyday in the 1920s was brief but forever changed art. Lissitzky leapt through a window of opportunity when the Russian Revolution lifted restrictions on Jews. Trained as an architect and engineer, he turned his back on figural art to envision a new technological world in the abstract, exploring geometric constructions that played off perceptions and expectations of spatial relationships. His futuristic compositions were so radical that Lissitzky coined a new word for them: "Proun."
Hobnobbing with like-minding artists in Europe, Lissitzky met German artist Kurt Schwitters, who introduced him to the modern art-supporting Kestner Society. The association enlisted Lissitzky to create two portfolios of lithographs for its members.
The first portfolio, Proun, comprising a cover, a title page, and six plates, hangs in the south end of the transformed Pine Room. The geometric compositions are spare and deceptively direct. Yet Lissitzky manipulates the circles, lines, and angular objects so they appear to shift between two- and three-dimensions, sometimes defying gravity.
Plate number 6 depicts an interior that elides art and architecture, an idea Lissitzky attempted in several German shows. It also serves as the basis for Okamura's surrounding environment. Using similar wall compositions, Okamura adopts Proun's sober palette of black, grey, and dark taupe for this end of the exhibition, while progressively introducing more color as the space moves north, where the second portfolio, Victory Over the Sun, hangs. Reflecting Lissitzky's embrace of the rule-breaking freedom of geometric abstraction, Okamura liberates Lissitzky's elements from their frames, letting them range around the room in carefully constructed visual moments.
The interplay between Lissitzky's prints and Okamura's space is dynamic. Each enlivens the other. Without Lissitzky's portfolios, Okamura's exquisitely detailed room would lack context. Likewise, Lissitzky's 1920s prints gain new vitality from Okamura's staging.
Stellar both visually and intellectually, "El Lissitzky: Futurist Portfolios" is not to be missed. I'm glad the past didn't keep from me seeing the future.
"El Lissitzky: Futurist Portfolios" is on view at the University of Virginia Art Museum through December 28. 155 Rugby Road. 924-3592.
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Congrats Justin, You deserve it! Look forward to seeing you on stage:)
Congratulations Justin...Come and see us and maybe we can find some berries!! Hope to see you soon, its been a while since we seen you last.
Congratulations, Justin. Sounds like things couldn't be better. We're all very proud of you.
WoW Justin, You've done great things, just like I thought you would back in second grade!!!
Justin saw you at Pink, you are a fantastic guitar player, and so so lucky to be doing what you're doing. Good Luck with everything.
congrats justin from down under. great guitar player
i love your guitar playing! you are like my guitar hero !!!!!!!!
haha yea you actually helped me become better on the guitar nhaha x fun x
Hi Justin, just watched your performance on Pink's DVD. You have a gift. Hope to hear your name more often. Cheers...
Dear Justin,
Not since since first seeing Vai live have I heard such a phenomenal player. What you have goes beyond all those hours of practice and cheesy as it sounds, into the realm of a musician that was born to as a gift to music. I will gladly support you by buying anything you release. You deserve guitar legend status, and I hope you get it. Thanks for the tunes dude.
Dear Justin,
I am a big fan of P!nk. I went to go see her in Boston on Oct.2 at the TD arena for the 2009 Funhouse Tour and was absolutely blown away by your guitar solo!! I want to congragulate you for this awesome opportunity to be able to tour with her and for us to hear your music. I was captivated by your playing and I hope that you make a record of your own someday too. You serve as great inspiration and I hope that our paths will cross someday in the future so that you can hear my music too.
Saw you play in Chicago for P!nk Funhouse and the first thing I said to my sister when the show began was "he is really an awesome guitar player. I mean really great." My mom made me take lessons as a kid for two years and never could get it. Maybe because I was left handed playing right. You really are a natural and a pleasure to watch and listen. Great show. Very entertaining. Keep it going and rockin.
I love you Justin!
U're the best & my favourite!!
Good luck for everything!!
I heard you play for the first time at The Garden a few weeks ago. Mesmerizing is far too soft a word to describe your playing. I wanted to see, hear, feel and touch.Transcendence. Thank you,Monica
I love U Justin!
U're the best &my favourite guitar player!
Good luck for everything!
I love U Justin!
U're the best & my favourite guitar player!
Good luck for everything!
hey man, watched the dvd of the australia tour with pink, then saw you in sainsburys in folkestone the next day! what a coincidence! i was with my sister and we had a sk8board with us, i dont know if you remember, but we were really hapy we had met you haha! we loved the dvd hope you carry on rocking! x jazz :)
oh my god... you rock!


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The Tigers found themselves down 20-10 early in the fourth quarter as EKU (4-2, 2-1) kicker Luke Pray hit a 30-yard field goal, his second of the game, with 13:49 left.
Ward finished with 113 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown. He is now fourth on the all-time TSU rushing list with 1,816 yards, passing Eugene Bowens and Dante Thomas
The Tigers' defense stepped up and turned Eastern Kentucky over on downs as the Colonels failed to convert a fourth and nine on the TSU 32. TSU had 68 yards to go with 2:32 left to keep their perfect season alive.
The TSU offense converted a pair of third downs to sustain the drive as well as a fourth and one play from the EKU three-yard line. German's number was called as he picked up two yards to give the Tigers the ball at the one with 12 seconds remaining and no timeouts to set up his game winning touchdown on the next play.
The first drive of the game for TSU stalled in Colonel territory, but Jamin Godfrey pinned EKU inside their own 10-yard line. The 16th ranked Colonels would put together a 13 play, 91-yard drive that took nearly seven minutes to go up 7-0 on a one-yard run by quarterback T.J. Pryor.
TSU took advantage of a fumbled punt by Justin Bell at the EKU 24-yard line. Freshman Andrew Dale recovered the ball at the 20 to give TSU great field position.
TSU got on the scoreboard with 7:15 left in the half when German found A.C. Leonard in the end zone for an 11-yard score to tie the game at seven.
German was 17-of-27 for 228 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He also rushed for 18 yards. Leonard led all receivers with five receptions.
Just like last week, TSU would go into the locker room after a Godfrey field goal, this one from 46 yards out as time expired to give the Tigers a 10-7 halftime edge.
Eastern Kentucky started the second half off just like they did the first, with a lengthy touchdown drive. Matt Denham ran in from four yards out to put EKU back up 14-10. Denham had 33 carries for 114 yards and a touchdown.
The Colonels had their third 70-plus yard scoring drive of the game as Pray hit a 21-yard field goal to put EKU up seven.
Defensivley, linebacker Nick Thrasher had a game-high 12 tackles, including his first sack of the season. Redshirt sophomore defensive back Harold Watson also had the first interception of his career on the final play of the game as EKU threw a hail mary that was caught by Watson at the TSU 30 yard line
The Tigers go on the road next week to take on Southeast Missouri State. Kickoff is at 6 p.m.
GAME NOTES: Tennessee State has now won three of the last four meetings between the two teams. Two of those three victories have been by three points ... Ward's 31 yard reception in the first quarter is the second longest of his career. His career long catch of 49 yards came last season on Oct. 22 last season at Eastern Kentucky ... EKU started this years game on a 13 play, 91 yard touchdown drive that last 6:53. Last season vs. the Tigers, they started the game on a 14 play, 6 minute 30 second drive that resulted in a missed field goal. The 91-yard drive is also the longest vs. TSU since Nov. 20, 2010 vs. Murray State when the Racers went 95 yards before turning the ball over on downs ... WR Travis James moved into 9th on the all-time TSU receiving yards list passing Patrick Jenkins (1999-2002) ... Tennessee State and Bucknell are the only two FCS teams to have not given up more than 20 points in a game this season ... Eastern Kentucky scored just two touchdowns on five red zone possessions.


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Almost 800 Chrysler dealers will lose their right to sell new cars as early as Tuesday and they need to unload the remaining cars on their lot or face getting stuck with the inventory.
The car company has filed for bankruptcy protection and dealerships will soon not be able to take advantage of manufacturer's incentives so they'll be non-competitive.


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ZAGG's line of popular mobile keyboards has just grown by one with the new release of the ZAGGkeys Flex Keyboard. Like the recent ZAGGkeys Solo, the bluetooth enabled Flex not only works with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, but also Android smartphones and tablets. Unlike its predecessor however, the Flex is significantly more compact (almost 30% smaller in width) and lighter in weight. With the new design, the keyboard's case transforms into a stand, which can prop up a multitude of smart devices. Think of it as Apple's Wireless Keyboard, but with an accompanying cover and stand. It also comes with customized key functions that's found on the original ZAGGmate – home and search buttons, volume and playback controls etc. The ZAGGkeys Flex is now available for $79.99 and can be purchased on ZAGG's website. More photos and video demo right after the gap.


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Soaked in a strong spirit and then sweetened, currants transform into crème de cassis—an irresistible fruit liqueur essential to cocktails like the Kir Royale and El Diablo. This recipe, inspired by the house formula at Washington D.C.'s Black Jack bar, combines black and red currants, neutral spirit and rich syrup for a sublime liqueur that bottles up fresh-fruit flavors you can sip long after summer has passed.
1 heaping cup red currants, picked over and rinsed
2 heaping cups black currants, picked over and rinsed
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Adapt this recipe to your tastes and the ingredients you have on hand. You can use all black currants, swap in thawed, previously frozen fruit, or adjust the level of sweetness by adding more or less simple syrup. Also, you can adjust the recipe depending on the amount of currants you have—simply infuse for a shorter period of time if you have more, and a longer period if less.


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Beat the Streak Report: Tuesday, April 6
Tuesday's recommended picks
Joe Mauer, C, Twins
.365 AVG in 2009
Stephen Drew, SS, Diamondbacks
.400 AVG (4-for-10) lifetime vs. Padres starter Chris Young
Pablo Sandoval, 3B, Giants
.330 AVG in 2009
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
Hitters reigned supreme on Opening Day, bringing an abundance of offense that made it a pleasant day for BTS participants.
Fourteen of the 15 Top players selected collected at least one hit, with only Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee (0-for-3) showing up empty-handed to the party. That output allowed a huge chunk of fans to extend their season-opening streaks to two games.
That may not seem like much, but remember, the Roman Empire was built one brick at a time, so keep those picks coming.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 14.5%, 1-for-4
2. Chase Utley (PHI): 9.9%, 1-for-3
3. Albert Pujols (STL): 8.4%, 4-for-5
4. Joe Mauer (MIN): 8.2%, 1-for-4
5. Matt Kemp (LAD): 6.8%, 2-for-5
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Can anyone explain why Joe Mauer would be one of the Kings today? He is 0-8 against the lefty Saunders. Clearly there are plenty of other better choices, no?
Hi entel,
Last year I commented OFTEN that the King's at the Plate choices for the day vary TREMENDOUSLY. You have advanced information from your research that illustrates my point very well. Take a daily look at the Kings each day – but do not rely on them as information that you can count on as "gospel." My belief is the guy who updates the blog each day spends about 40 seconds to put together the Kings at the Plate each day.
I had Ryan Braun yesterday and I had a 2 day streak going into last night. However my streak never updated and it says under Braun "not yet scored" even though he went 1-4. Can somebody tell me what time MLB.Com updates the stats for beat the streak? I just wanna make sure I'm getting credit for my players.
Thanks much appreciated!
They usually have it updated within 30 minutes of the game going final.
Occasionally, I have seen there being problems of it lagging by a few days, but they usually end up fixing it eventually.
Worst case scenario, if you win, it would not be hard for you to prove your case.
And I agree with the King's picks being random.
One time I saw him pick a hitter that was hitting .160! just because he was 6 for 6 in his career off a starter.


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Josh Duhamel on improvising, dancing in 'Safe Haven'
It would be easy to hate Josh Duhamel, what with the perfect body, the acting career, the superstar wife -- Fergie, of the Black Eyed Peas.
But talk to the guy... and he seems as laid-back and un-Hollywood as anybody you might meet in, well, Minot, N.D. Duhamel, 40, was born there, and played backup quarterback for the Minot State University football team. His plan was to become a dentist. Yeah, right.
A move to California changed all that. He became a model, then an extra in music videos (Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle"). Then came the big screen, (the three "Transformers" movies) and small (NBC's "Las Vegas," with James Caan).
This Thursday, he hits theaters again in Nicholas Sparks' latest romancer, "Safe Haven." Duhamel plays Alex Wheatley, a widower with two kids who runs a general store in a sleepy seaside town. Enter Katie (Julianne Hough), who arrives by bus with few belongings and a mysterious past.
He recently spoke with us.
So.... North Dakota, huh? My grandfather lived there as a kid, and legend has it he lost part of his ear lobe to frostbite. That's crazy cold.
Wow. I believe it. My last winter there -- I kid you not -- it was 60 degrees below zero. I was soft. I moved.
Had you read any Sparks novels before doing this film?
No. I'm not a huge romantic-movie watcher, either. But I really enjoyed "The Notebook."
This one flashes back and forth between a tranquil seaside town and a criminal investigation in Boston -- two very different worlds.
There's this sweet love story on the one hand, and this ever-impending doom constantly creeping in. You know something's gonna happen, but you're not sure what. People will be surprised -- this is not your typical Nicholas Sparks movie.
I heard your director at times told you to toss the script and improvise.
I saw Julianne after one of her shoots and she said, "You know what? We just improvised." I was like -- what do you mean? It sorta freaked me out at first. I thought, "What am I gonna do?" It forced me to be more prepared, to really analyze each scene, so whatever came at me, I was ready. Most of the scenes on the beach, and in my store -- we improvised.
Hmm... improvising scenes with Julianne Hough, on the beach. There are worse things...
Yeah. Julianne is really special in a lot of ways. There's something disarming about her. It's hard to have honest moments in film. But I trusted her, she trusted me. It was just a really liberating and empowering way to make a movie.
What's it like playing a dad?
It was imperative these kids felt... comfortable around me. And they learned early on that I was just like them. I mean, anybody'll tell ya -- I'm just a big kid. We spent a day at the beach, making sand castles and stuff. It all paid off because they were very comfortable when it came to shooting scenes.
You have a little dancing moment in the film -- did your wife offer any pointers?
It's funny because I didn't want to do that scene. Who just... breaks into a dance? I thought this could play badly. So... I didn't go to Fergie... I kinda hoped we wouldn't do it. But... it works. Look -- I was never meant to be a dancer. If Fergie had been there, I think she'd have been proud. She knows it's not my forte.
As for other projects, it looks like you and half of Hollywood are in "Movie 43."
I'd like to apologize now for my behavior in that movie. I play a guy whose girlfriend has just moved into his apartment. And my cat, this animated cat, like Garfield, doesn't like her at all. He's actually kind of in love with me. It gets interesting.
Then there's "Scenic Route."
That's definitely a departure. Cool story, about these guys stuck on the side of the road in the desert. And they almost kill each other. We shot it in Death Valley.
And "You're Not You" sounds... dark.
Hilary Swank plays my wife suffering from ALS. It's about people finding strength they never thought they had. I'm her caregiver. It's hard, what happens to a relationship like that.


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At the end of the 20th century, only 10 percent of all patents were awarded to female inventors [source: Bedi]. When you compile a list of the most famous inventions of the past few centuries, few women will show up as the creators of those items. It's not that women lack ingenuity or a creative spirit, though; it's just that women have faced many hurdles in receiving credit for their ideas. Take the case of Sybilla Masters, a woman who lived in the American colonies. After observing Native American women, she came up with a new way to turn corn into cornmeal. She went to England to obtain a patent for her work, but laws at the time stipulated that women couldn't own property, which included intellectual property like a patent. Such property was considered to be owned by the woman's father or husband. In 1715, a patent for Sybilla Masters' product was issued, but the name on the document is that of her husband, Thomas.
Such property laws prevented many women from acquiring patents for inventions several centuries ago. Women were also less likely to receive a technical education that would help them turn an ingenious idea into an actual product. Many women faced prejudice and ridicule when they sought help from men in actualizing their idea. And some women came up with ideas that would improve life in their households, only to see their inventions treated with scorn for being too domestic and thus unworthy of praise.
Mary Kies was the first American woman to earn a patent in her own name. In 1809, she developed a way of weaving straw into hats that was an economic boon for New England. By receiving that piece of paper with her name on it, Kies led the way for other female inventors to take credit for their ideas. In this article, we'll salute 10 things invented by women.
Circular Saw
In the late 18th century, a religious sect known as the Shakers emerged. Shakers valued living communally (albeit celibately), equality between the sexes and hard work. Tabitha Babbitt lived in a Shaker community in Massachusetts and worked as a weaver, but in 1810, she came up with a way to lighten the load of her brethren. She observed men cutting wood with a pit saw, which is a two-handled saw that requires two men to pull it back and forth. Though the saw is pulled both ways, it only cuts wood when it's pulled forward; the return stroke is useless. To Babbitt, that was wasted energy, so she created a prototype of the circular saw that would go on to be used in saw mills. She attached a circular blade to her spinning wheel so that every movement of the saw produced results. Because of Shaker precepts, Babbitt didn't apply for a patent for the circular saw she created.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
There is no doubt that many treasured recipes came about through accidental invention in the kitchen, but we must single out one of the most enduring -- and delicious -- of these recipes: the chocolate chip cookie.
Ruth Wakefield had worked as a dietitian and food lecturer before buying an old toll house outside of Boston with her husband. Traditionally, toll houses were places weary travelers paid their road tolls, grabbed a quick bite and fed their horses. Wakefield and her husband converted the toll house into an inn with a restaurant. One day in 1930, Wakefield was baking up a batch of Butter Drop Do cookies for her guests. The recipe called for melted chocolate, but Wakefield had run out of baker's chocolate. She took a Nestle chocolate bar, crumbled it into pieces and threw it into her batter, expecting the chocolate pieces to melt during baking. Instead, the chocolate held its shape, and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
Nestle noticed that sales of its chocolate bars jumped in Mrs. Wakefield's corner of Massachusetts, so they met with her about the cookie, which was fast gaining a reputation among travelers. At Wakefield's suggestion, they began scoring their chocolate (cutting lines into the bar that allow for easier breaking) and then, in 1939, they began selling Nestle Toll House Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels. The Wakefield cookie recipe was printed on the back of the package; in exchange, Ruth Wakefield received free chocolate for life.
Liquid Paper
Bette Nesmith Graham was not a very good typist. Still, the high school dropout worked her way through the secretarial pool to become the executive secretary for the chairman of the board of the Texas Bank and Trust. It was the 1950s, and the electric typewriter had just been introduced. Secretaries often found themselves retyping entire pages because of one tiny mistake, as the new model's carbon ribbon made it difficult to correct errors.
One day, Graham watched workers painting a holiday display on a bank window. She noticed that when they made mistakes, they simply added another layer of paint to cover them up, and she thought she could apply that idea to her typing blunders. Using her blender, Graham mixed up a water-based tempera paint with dye that matched her company's stationary. She took it to work and, using a fine watercolor brush, she was able to quickly correct her errors. Soon, the other secretaries were clamoring for the product, which Graham continued to produce in her kitchen.
Graham was fired from her job for spending so much time distributing what she called "Mistake Out," but in her unemployment she was able to tweak her mixture, rename the product Liquid Paper and receive a patent in 1958. The product became indispensable in the days before widespread use of computers. Nesmith sold Liquid Paper to Gillette for $47.5 million in 1979. Sidenote: Her son Mike was a member of the '60s group the Monkees.
The Compiler and COBOL Computer Language
When we think about advancements in computers, we tend to think about men like Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Bill Gates. But Admiral Grace Murray Hopper deserves credit for her role in the computer industry. Admiral Hopper joined the military in 1943 and was stationed at Harvard University, where she worked on IBM's Harvard Mark I computer, the first large-scale computer in the United States. She was the third person to program this computer, and she wrote a manual of operations that lit the path for those that followed her. In the 1950s, Admiral Hopper invented the compiler, which translates English commands into computer code. This device meant that programmers could create code more easily and with fewer errors. Hopper's second compiler, the Flow-Matic, was used to program UNIVAC I and II, which were the first computers available commercially.
Admiral Hopper also oversaw the development of the Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL), one of the first computer programming languages. Admiral Hopper received numerous awards for her work, including the honor of having a U.S. warship named after her.
Colored Flare System
When Martha Coston was widowed in 1847, she was only 21 years old. She had four children to support, but she hadn't a clue about how to do so. She was flipping through her dead husband's notebooks when she found plans for a flare system that ships could use to communicate at night. Coston requested the system be tested, but it failed.
Coston was undeterred. She spent the next 10 years revising and perfecting her husband's design for a colored flare system. She consulted with scientists and military officers, but she couldn't figure out how to produce flares that were bright and long-lasting while remaining easy to use at the spur of the moment. One night she took her children to see a fireworks display, and that's when she hit upon the idea of applying some pyrotechnic technology to her flare system. The flare system finally worked, and the U.S. Navy bought the rights. The Coston colored flare system was used extensively during the Civil War.
Unfortunately, the flare system wasn't the best way for Coston to support her family. According to military documents, Coston produced 1,200,000 flares for the Navy during the Civil War, which she provided at cost. She was owed $120,000, of which she was only paid $15,000; in her autobiography, Coston attributed the Navy's refusal to pay to the fact that she was a woman [source: Pilato].
The Square-bottomed Paper Bag
Margaret Knight didn't invent the paper bag, but those first paper bags weren't all that useful for carrying things. They were more like envelopes, so there was no way they'd become the grocery store staple that they are today. For that, we have to thank Knight. Knight realized that paper bags should have a square bottom; when weight was distributed across the base in this way, the bags could carry more things.
In 1870, she created a wooden machine that would cut, fold and glue the square bottoms to paper bags. While she was working on an iron prototype of the machine to use for her patent application, she discovered that her design had been stolen by a man named Charles Annan, who had seen her wooden machine a few months earlier. She filed a patent interference suit against Annan, who claimed that there was no way that a woman could have developed such a complex machine. Knight used her notes and sketches to prove otherwise, and she was granted the patent for the device in 1871.
That was hardly Knight's first patent, though. At the age of 12, Knight had developed a stop-motion device that would automatically bring industrial machines to a halt if something was caught on them, which prevented many injuries; all told, Knight was awarded more than 20 patents.
You might think that the first dishwasher was invented by someone who spent years washing dishes, bemoaning the wasted time and the dishpan hands. Actually, Josephine Cochrane, who received the patent for the first working dishwasher, didn't spend that much time washing dishes. The real impetus for her invention was frustration over her servants breaking her heirloom china after fancy dinners.
Cochrane was a socialite who loved to entertain, but after her husband died in 1883, she was left with massive debt. Rather than selling off that beloved china, she focused on building a machine that would wash it properly. Her machine relied upon strong water pressure aimed at a wire rack of dishes, and she received a patent for the device in 1886. Cochrane claimed that inventing the machine was nowhere near as hard as promoting it [source: Lienhard]. At first, the Cochrane dishwasher tanked with individual consumers, as many households lacked the hot water heaters necessary to run it, and those that had the capacity balked at paying for something that housewives did for free. Undaunted, Cochrane sought appointments with large hotels and restaurants, selling them on the fact that the dishwasher could do the job they were paying several dozen employees to do. In time, however, more households acquired the device as greater numbers of women entered the workplace.
Windshield Wiper
At the dawn of the 20th century, Mary Anderson went to New York City for the first time. She saw a much different New York City than the one tourists see today. There were no cabs honking, nor were there thousands of cars vying for position in afternoon traffic. Cars had not yet captured the American imagination and were quite rare when Anderson took that trip, but the woman from Alabama would end up inventing something that has become standard on every automobile. During her trip, Anderson took a tram through the snow-covered city.
She noticed that the driver had to stop the tram every few minutes to wipe the snow off his front window. At the time, all drivers had to do so; rain and snow were thought to be things drivers had to deal with, even though they resulted in poor visibility. When she returned home, Anderson developed a squeegee on a spindle that was attached to a handle on the inside of the vehicle. When the driver needed to clear the glass, he simply pulled on the handle and the squeegee wiped the precipitation from the windshield. Anderson received the patent for her device in 1903; just 10 years later, thousands of Americans owned a car with her invention.
Long-distance romantic relationships are often troubled, but Rachel Fuller Brown and Elizabeth Lee Hazen proved that long-distance professional relationships can yield productive results. Both Brown and Hazen worked for the New York State Department of Health in the 1940s, but Hazen was stationed in New York City and Brown was in Albany. Despite the miles, Brown and Hazen collaborated on the first successful fungus-fighting drug.
In New York City, Hazen would test soil samples to see if any of the organisms within would respond to fungi. If there was activity, Hazen would mail the jar of soil to Brown, who would work to extract the agent in the soil that was causing the reaction. Once Brown had found the active ingredient, it went back in the mail to Hazen, who'd check it against the fungi again. If the organism killed the fungi, it would be evaluated for toxicity. Most of the samples proved too toxic for human use, but finally Brown and Hazen happened upon an effective fungus-killing drug in 1950. They named it Nystatin, after New York state. The medication, now sold under a variety of trade names, cures fungal infections that affect the skin, vagina and intestinal system. It's also been used on trees with Dutch elm disease and on artwork affected by mold.
It was just supposed to be a temporary job. Stephanie Kwolek took a position at DuPont in 1946 so she could save enough money to go to medical school. In 1964, she was still there, researching how to turn polymers into extra strong synthetic fibers. Kwolek was working with polymers that had rod-like molecules that all lined up in one direction.
Compared to the molecules that formed jumbled bundles, Kwolek thought the uniform lines would make the resulting material stronger, though these polymers were very difficult to dissolve into a solution that could be tested. She finally prepared such a solution with the rod-like molecules, but it looked unlike all the other molecular solutions she'd ever made. Her next step was to run it through the spinneret, a machine that would produce the fibers. However, the spinneret operator almost refused to let Kwolek use the machine, so different was this solution from all the others before; he was convinced it would ruin the spinneret.
Kwolek persisted, and after the spinneret had done its work, Kwolek had a fiber that was ounce-for-ounce as strong as steel. This material was dubbed Kevlar, and it's been used to manufacture skis, radial tires and brake pads, suspension bridge cables, helmets, and hiking and camping gear. Most notably, Kevlar is used to make bulletproof vests, so even though Kwolek didn't make it to medical school, she still saved plenty of lives.
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Policymakers and emergency managers tend to build a conceptual wall between natural hazards and terrorism. The causes of—and remedies for—these two kinds of disasters are seen as separate and distinct. But, in the era of climate change, the wall between the two is crumbling. As climate and weather patterns shift, the resulting environmental crisis is being leveraged as a tool for terror and political violence.
In the Inner Mongolian county of Horinger, Northwestern China, afforestation efforts have transformed a barren, dusty landscape into a pine forest. Planting trees has diminished the sandstorms, boosted biodiversity and improved the environment generally. As the climate emergency worsens, the potential for planted trees to draw carbon out of the atmosphere is being re-examined. What can the world learn from the Chinese experience with afforestation?
As the links between the climate crisis and risks to global peace and prosperity become ever more evident, foreign policy actors are increasingly under pressure to step up their efforts to address climate-related risks. To increase the momentum for addressing climate-related drivers of conflict, the German Federal Foreign Office in partnership with adelphi and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) hosted the Berlin Climate and Security Conference (BCSC) at the German Federal Foreign Office on 4 June 2019.
In this interview, EcoPeace Directors Nada Majdalani (Palestine), Yana Abu-Taleb (Jordan) and Gidon Bromberg (Israel) explain why disengaging from a shared environment can aggravate the region's security challenges.
At the conclusion of the 50th Pacific Islands Forum, Pacific leaders issued a Forum Communiqué and the 'Kainaki II Declaration for Urgent Climate Change Action Now' – the strongest collective statement the Forum has issued on climate change. Pacific leaders highlight the UN Secretary-General's Climate Action Summit, the SAMOA Pathway Review, and 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to the UNFCCC as "global turning points to ensure meaningful, measurable and effective climate change action".
If ratified, the Mercosur-EU trade deal may reinforce the parties' commitment to climate action. Yet, its potential relevance is weakened by a language that often stops short of concrete commitments, as well as political resistance.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) will host the fourth Stockholm Security Conference (SSC 19) on 3 October 2019, under the theme 'Conflict and technology: Now and in the future.' Through plenary and breakout sessions, the conference will look at how the nature of conflict is changing today and how technology impacts conflict.
Climate change and its disruptive impact on water resources are increasingly recognised as threat multipliers that exacerbate conflict in areas around the world. The workshop will gather practitioners from the MENA region to discuss the role that civil society can play in fostering environmental cooperation and increasing the resilience of their communities vis-à-vis climate change and conflict.
A new form of organized crime has recently been emerging in the Amazon: illegal mining. Miners fell trees, use high-grade explosives for blasting soils and dredge riverbeds. But the impacts go beyond environmental damage, bringing with it a slew of other social problems. Peace researcher Adriana Abdenur urges policymakers to improve coordination and argues that diplomacy may help prevent further conflicts, corruption and crime.
To fight illegal coca plantations and conflict actors' income sources, Colombia's president wants to loosen the ban on aerial glyphosate spraying. However, considering the dynamics of organised crime, the use of toxic herbicides will not only fail to achieve its aim, it will have many adverse effects for the environment and human health, fundamentally undermining ways to reach peace in the country. International cooperation and national policy-makers need to account for this peace spoiler.
"Climate Security risks will materialise in very different ways and forms, whether we talk about Lake Chad or about the Arctic, Bangladesh and the Small Island Developing States," said the EU's Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Joao Vale de Almeida, in his opening remarks. "But for the EU, there is no doubt, as underlined in 2016 in our Global Strategy, and reaffirmed by the 28 Ministers of Foreign Affairs, that climate change is a major threat to the security of the EU and to global peace and security more generally," he said.
No country is immune to natural hazards, but for fragile states, the effects are even more severe. Mostly, conflict prevention and humanitarian aid are seen as more pressing priorities to protect livelihoods there. This pushes efforts of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction to the bottom of the priority list and results in compounded pressures.


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"Argo" was the name of a film that was supposedly being shot by a group of Canadians in Tehran at the time of the Iranian Revolution in the late '70s. In reality, it was an undercover operation launched by the CIA to smuggle a half-dozen Americans out of the country. More than 30 years later, "Argo" is now a real movie about their daring rescue.
Ben Affleck directed and stars in "Argo," as Tony Mendez, who was with the CIA for more than 20 years, serving a stint as the agency's master of disguise--his actual title. We were lucky enough to meet Mendez and his wife Jonna, another Agency veteran who served as master of disguise, in 2010, when we took then to see the Angelina Jolie spy thriller "Salt." They were impressed by her disguises, the film less so. You can watch out interview with them below.
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Anyway, we're digging the "Argo" trailer, which captures the look of the era without feeling schticky, has a vibe reminiscent of a heist film (which it kinda is) and a great cast that includes Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Victor Garber, Zeljko Ivanek, Richard Kind, Scoot McNairy and Taylor Schilling.
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Answers to some of your questions about NFC
What is NFC?
Near Field Communication (NFC) is a method to wirelessly share information on your Nexus 5X. Use NFC to share contacts, websites, and images.
You can even make purchases at locations that have NFC support. An NFC message appears automatically when your phone is within an inch of the target device. Follow the prompts to begin the transfer process.
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NFC transfers are usually faster and easier to perform than most other transfer methods. NFC can be used to make purchases quickly at participating locations. Use NFC tags to send information to your phone with just a quick tap.
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NFC tags are programmable tags that can send information to NFC-enabled device. NFC tags can be found in magazines, posters, and other forms of advertisement.
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Western blot analysis of extracts from HT-29 cells transfected with 100 nM SignalSilence® Control siRNA (Unconjugated) #6568 (-), SignalSilence® IRF-7 siRNA I (+) or SignalSilence® IRF-7 siRNA II #13291 (+). Twenty-four hours after transfection, cells were treated with Human Interferon-α1 (hIFN-α1) #8927 (10 ng/ml, overnight; +) and analyzed by western blot using IRF-7 (D2A1J) Rabbit mAb #13014 (left) or β-Actin (D6A8) Rabbit mAb #8457 (right). The IRF-7 (D2A1J) Rabbit mAb confirms silencing of IRF-7 expression, while the β-Actin (D6A8) Rabbit mAb is used as a loading control.
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Northern soul is a peculiarly British phenomenon, although its sound is predominantly American. Over time, however, songs by British artists began to creep onto club turntables.
Brunetta – with or without her Balubas – is a name few Italians are familiar with. However, she remains a cult star.
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Happy Memorial Day!
I hope you guys all have a super great, relaxing day off today. I'm not at the beach today, but I was yesterday. I know not everyone has the day off from work (both Alex and I worked this morning), but if you do, enjoy it! I'll be back posting recipes soon, I hope. Life is starting to get crazy, with the wedding in less than 2 weeks!
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An exciting new development in the growing treasures made available through the Digital Public Library of America. DPLA, in conjunction with educators, librarians and historians, have started to develop curated sets of primary resources to help faculty encourage engagement with primary resources and cultural heritage items. Selected sets cover the Visual Art During the Harlem Renaissance, women in World War II, Transatlantic slave trade, and more.
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In this addition worksheets 4 you can find 10 questions with 3 options. You can try these questions on the rough paper and you can check the answers.We have given answers for the quiz in the bottom of the page.Before trying these worksheets first let us look in to the definition of addition and its purpose in real life.
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Lindbergh was kept on life support long enough for his father to arrive from Sweden to join Lindbergh's mother, who was already in the United States on a visit, to say goodbye and then make the final decision to donate his organs and end life support on November 12th. Lindbergh was just 26 years old.
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1984-85 Philadelphia Flyers Pelle Lindbergh Jersey
Born on this date in 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden Per-Eric "Pelle" Lindbergh made his debut with Hammarby IF of Stockholm's junior team in 1975 and made his international debut for the Sweden National Team that same season in the European Junior Championships earning the silver medal as well as the award for Best Goaltender. A second season with Hammarby as well as a second European Junior Championship appearance followed in 1976-77, which resulted in a gold medal as well as a second Best Goaltender award at the 1977 EJC.
Lindbergh in goal for Hammarby. Note the
Flyers logos on his mask even then.
His first season with Hammarby IF in Sweden's Division 1 in 1977-78 was highlighted with four games played at the newly promoted World Junior Championships, backstopping Sweden to a silver medal. At the time, NHL players had begun appearing in the World Championships, beginning in 1976. International Ice Hockey Federation officials began to fear that true amateur and younger players were losing their places they traditionally held with teams at the World Championships, so the Under-20 Junior Championships were elevated to full world championship status in 1977.
A second season with Hammarby IF in Division 1 in 1978-79 saw him named Best Goaltender at the 1979 World Junior Championships, where Sweden would win the bronze medal, followed by making his debut with the Sweden National Team at the senior level at that year's World Championships in Moscow, helping Sweden to a bronze medal finish. He was also drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers 35th overall in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft and the second goaltender and second European taken that year.
1979-80 was a breakthrough season for the young netminder, as he would take over the starting role in goal for AIK Stockholm in the Elitserien, Sweden's highest professional level, appearing in 32 games and being named to the 1980 Swedish Olympic Team. Lindbergh would appear in five of Sweden's seven games as Sweden won the bronze medal.
He would make his NHL debut with the Maine Mariners of the American Hockey League in 1980-81, winning the Hap Homes Award, the Les Cunningham Rookie of the Year Award and the Red Garrett Most Valuable Player Award honors after a stellar 31-14-5 record in the regular season and a 10-7 mark in the playoffs as Maine reached the Calder Cup Finals.
Prior to the next season, Lindbergh was named to the Sweden National Team's roster for the 1981 Canada Cup tournament. He would split time in 1981-82 between the Mariners (25 games) and make his NHL debut with the Flyers with eight games, posting a 2-4-2 record.
The departure of Pete Peeters for the Boston Bruins opened up more time for Lindbergh in 1982-83, as he became the number one goaltender for the Flyers, appearing in 40 games, posting a 23-13-3 record and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team and played in his first NHL All-Star Game. Following the NHL season Lindbergh played in his second World Championships for Sweden and yet another medal, this time a bronze, his seventh international medal.
Lindbergh at his first NHL All-Star Game in 1983.
Bob Froese took the majority of the starts in Philadelphia in 1983-84 with 48 games played, with Lindbergh finishing with a 16-13-3 mark in 36 appearances.
The high point of Lindbergh's career came in the 1984-85 season, when Lindbergh saw the bulk of the workload, seeing action in 65 games while going 40-17-7 to lead the league in wins and help the Flyers reach the Stanley Cup Finals. His outstanding play was rewarded with his second NHL All-Star Game appearance as well as being named the recipient of the 1985 Vezina Trophy, the first European goaltender in NHL history to ever win the award.
Lindbergh with the Vezina Trophy.
Lindbergh also became the first goaltender to bring a water bottle with him on the ice during a game to combat severe dehydration that plagued him, a now accepted and regular practice.
In addition, Lindbergh was also known for his stark white goalie mask used during a period when nearly all goalie masks were adorned with increasingly elaborate paint schemes to reflect either the team's identity or their individual personality. The mask was a replica of his idol and goaltending coach, former Flyer goalie Bernie Parent.
Lindbergh facing The Great One, Wayne Gretzky
Following his Vezina Trophy winning season, Lindbergh signed a six year contract with the Flyers and bought himself a 565 horsepower, customized Porsche 930 Turbo. He began the 1985-86 season in good form, winning six of his first eight starts, but tragedy struck when Lindbergh crashed his car while driving impaired on November 10, 1985, leaving him brain-dead and his two passengers seriously injured.
Lindbergh was kept on life support long enough for his father to arrive from Sweden to join Lindbergh's mother, who was already in the United States on a visit, to say goodbye and then make the final decision to donate his organs and end life support on November 12th. Lindbergh was just 26 years old.
Lindbergh was kept on life support long enough for his father to arrive from Sweden to join Lindbergh's mother, who was already in the United States on a visit, to say goodbye and then make the final decision to donate his organs and end life support on November 12th. Lindbergh was just 26 years old.
His death stunned is teammates, the city of Philadelphia and the nation of Sweden. Fans then made Lindbergh the top vote getter for the 1986 NHL All-Star Game, the first time a player was chosen posthumously for an all-team in North American sports.
While Lindbergh's #31 was never officially retired, no Flyer has worn the number since.
The Flyers created the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Award in 1994, given annually to the Most Improved Player each season.
For more on the life and career of Pelle Lindbergh, we recommend Pelle Lindbergh: Behind the White Mask.
Today's featured jersey is a 1984-85 Philadelphia Flyers Pelle Lindbergh jersey from the season he recorded his career high 40 wins. The Flyers adopted this modernized version of their classic jersey in 1982-83, Lindbergh's second season with Philadelphia. It featured the addition of more black trim to separate the orange arm coloring from the white of the body and was made by Sandow SK. The following season the jersey remained the same, but was now made by CCM. One season later the Flyers jerseys again were rebranded, this time by Eagle.
This style Flyers jersey was essentially carved in stone, as it remained unchanged through the 2006-07 season after which it was replaced by the Reebok Edge jersey, sadly doing in an iconic jersey after 20 years of service.
Bonus jersey: Today's bonus jersey is a 1979 Sweden National Team Pelle Lindbergh jersey as worn in the 1979 World Junior Tournament which took place in Sweden. Lindbergh was named the Best Goaltender and helped Sweden earn a bronze medal that year.
This jersey is from a period of time in the late 70's/early 80's when Sweden moved away from their traditional three crowns logo and instead sports the phrase "Tre Kronor", which translates to "Three Crowns".
While there are numerous Lindbergh game highlights, news reports and tributes available, we chose to feature this excellent tribute today.
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If you haven't heard the news yet, Seth MacFarlane is hosting the Oscars.
It's a bold, surprising selection, especially since the Family Guy, American Dad and Cleveland Show creator has little to do with films, has no hosting experience and is literally not a famous face. But after you get through the initial shock, MacFarlane is almost an inspired choice by the Academy.
Don't believe us? Here are six reasons why MacFarlane is a good choice to emcee Hollywood's biggest night.
Seth MacFarlane named Oscar host1. He's young and hip: It's no secret that the Oscars has been shamelessly targeting a younger audience. Two years ago, producers quizzically tapped Anne Hathaway and James Franco, which ended in near-disaster (more him than her). Last year, the Academy tried to go edgy with Brett Ratner as producer and Eddie Murphy as host, only for both to bail after Ratner made disparaging comments about gays and Olivia Munn. (Oscar ended up with the tried-and-true, old-school theatrical ways of Billy Crystal.) MacFarlane is a proven favorite among young males with his irreverent shows and will inject the show with a fresh, youthful energy, and daggers at the Oscars themselves. The only question is: Will those fans follow to watch him host? (The Oscars will air opposite his Fox shows.)2. He's hot right now: His characters' kooky voices may be more recognizable than his face, but you can't deny that MacFarlane is having the best year ever: Besides having three shows on the air, his directorial debut Ted has grossed more than $400 million worldwide, his hosting gig (and Ryan Lochte impression) on SNL won raves, and he's dating the Dragon Queen.3. He's versatile: To say MacFarlane is a multi-hyphenate is an understatement. He's an actor, voice actor, producer, writer, comedian, director and singer — nearly all of which he showcased during his thoroughly winning Saturday Night Live hosting gig last month. As such, MacFarlane won't be limited to straight-up jokes (a la comedians like Jon Stewart) or just old fashioned-style parody songs (a la Crystal). And if you're wondering if MacFarlane can do old fashioned tunes, the answer is yes: His album of standards, Music Is Better Than Words, was nominated for a Grammy.major boo-boo while presenting at the Emmys last week, but brushed it off with self-deprecating (and Family Guy-inspired) humor. Who doesn't want to see how he would react to, say, a streaker?5. He's untested: MacFarlane has never hosted any awards show before, unless you count, as he points out, The Roast of Charlie Sheen. Why is being a neophyte a good thing? We don't know what to expect. Don't you want to tune in to see what he will do?6. He thinks so too: "I smoked a lot of pot and clearly don't give a sh-- about this show, so I'm kind of the perfect host for this roast. Or for the Oscars." — MacFarlane at The Roast of Donald TrumpWatch MacFarlane break the news to his dad:Do you think MacFarlane is a good choice?


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Kelly Ripa is expanding her media presence.
The "Live! With Regis & Kelly" star will produce with hubby Mark Consuelos a new TLC reality TV competition for aspiring female entrepreneurs.
"Homemade Millionaire," set to debut on Nov. 19, will follow three women vying for a shot at having their invention sold on-air and online through HSN, the multichannel retailer said.
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"We are super excited to be working with TLC and HSN on this project," Ripa and Consuelos, owners of Milojo Productions, said in a joint TLC and HSN press release. "We're sent so many innovative products from women every day, and to be able to help them get into the marketplace is a dream come true for us. These inventors have worked so hard in this show. We're beyond proud of them."
For each hour-long episode, Kelly will coach "Homemade Millionaire" hopefuls through a series of business tasks and serve on a judge's panel with two HSN execs.
Tingler head massager inventor and author Wendy Robbins, as well as veteran ad man Ed Evangelista have also joined the show as mentors for the budding entrepreneurs.
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