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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND (September 17, 2010) – It is no surprise that Newport, RI is the epicenter of the 12 Metre "world" this week. It is also not shocking that Ted Turner and his former America's Cup Tactician Gary Jobson, USSAILING's current President, revealed that they still have their sailing skills after 33 years. The team and their able crew showed their expertise during the 3 day 2010 North Americans, earning 5 bullets in regatta and winning their division. The many on-the-water spectators included a whale. This was the perfect kickoff to the 2010 America's Cup 12 Metre Era Reunion presented by Rolex and hosted by New York Yacht Club which extends through Sunday, September 19 at New York Yacht Club's Harbour Court.
The NAs took place out on Long Island Sound with the social events held at New York Yacht Club's Harbour Court. The PRO for the regatta was America's Cup veteran Sam Wakefield. Watching the Twelves sail out brought back old memories of the America's Cup which was raced in 12 Metres in Newport from 1958 to 1983. There were 11 of these classic boats in four divisions competing in the regatta.
In the oldest Vintage Division (also known as Division D consisting of 12 Metres built between 1918 and 1937), Northern Light ~ US 14 triumphed. She is owned by Elizabeth Tiedemann was and sailed by Kip Curren. The second place boat was Onawa ~ US 6. These beautiful wooden boats were built in 1938 and 1928 respectively. They showed that classic boats can still be super competitive.
The next oldest class, Division C, is the Traditional Class made up of boats built from 1958 to 1970. The winner was American Eagle ~ US 21, owned by Herb Marshall, chartered by Carol Swift with Ted Turner as the skipper. 1958 America's Cup winner Columbia ~ US 16 and Easterner ~ US 18 followed closely.
Division B, Modern is made up of boats built between 1974 and 1983. The winner, Courageous had previously won the America's Cup in 1974 and 1977 (with Ted Turner as the skipper in '77). In the 2010 NAs, Courageous was followed by Freedom ~ US 30, Victory '83 ~ K 22 and Intrepid ~ US 22.
Grand Prix, the newest Division A, is made up of boats built for the 1983 America's Cup. USA ~ US 61, with owner Guy Heckman at the helm, dominated the regatta with 7 bullets…one in each race. The other competitor in this class was America II ~ US 46.
The 2010 12 Metre North Americans concluded with the famous Candy Store Cup where the entire fleet (boats in all four divisions) raced from the Sound past Castle Hill and Ft. Adams into Newport Harbor to finish at Bannister's Wharf. This is a spectacular race to see and the winning boat enjoys a magnum of champagne as they cruise around the harbor (known as the "harbor burn") while they celebrate their victory. The victorious boat this year was Courageous.
The 2010 12 Metre NAs enjoyed fierce competition and great camaraderie as these big and beautiful boats sailed across the royal blue waves of Narragansett Bay. It was not just a great photo op; it was a perfect example of the "class slogan"…12 Metres…still elegant, still racing.
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While history didn't quite repeat itself today, it came pretty close. The final races of the 2009 12 Metre World Championships were sailed on a sparkling Rhode Island Sound as helicopters buzzed and spectator boats jockeyed for front row seats to the action – evoking memories of 26 years ago to the day when the longest winning streak (132 years) in sporting history ended with the loss of the "Auld Mug" to Australia. On this day, however, instead of just two Twelves there were 17 making their way around the old America's Cup stomping grounds off Brenton Point and with many of the same spectators there to pay homage as the helicopters droned above.
Notable for traveling the furthest to be part of this largest gathering of Twelves since the Cup left Newport: Challenge 12, which William Borel (Paris, France) had shipped from Europe early in the summer, and Australian Skip Lissiman who was onboard the Cup-winning Australia II in 1983. "It's fantastic to be back in Newport," he said. "I wanted to be back in particular for the anniversary and [to celebrate] I will be going down to O'Brien's Pub where they have the original boxing kangaroo flag. We're going to exchange it with one that the entire crew signed last year when we celebrated the 25th and take the original flag back to the museum in Australia."
For the final act of the world championships, two races were sailed in all four divisions – Grand Prix, Modern, Traditional and Vintage – before The Candy Store Cup was re-run after being abandoned on day two of racing. Bill Koch (Palm Beach, Fla./Osterville, Mass.), on Kiwi Magic-KZ7, won the Grand Prix division after adding finishes of 1-3 for a net total of seven points. Lexi Gahagan (Wilmington, Del.), driving Wright on White-KZ3, finished 3-2 to place second overall in the division standings, one point back.
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The Traditional Division saw the only real upset of the championship as Charlie Millikin and Carol Swift (both Newport), on American Eagle-US21, fought back from a three-point deficit with a 1-2 today to tie Weatherly's Clay Deutsch (Newport) who finished 2-3. With eight points apiece, the tie-break went in favor of American Eagle earning Swift a surprise swim off the dock at Bannister's Wharf courtesy of the crew. In the Vintage division, Einar Sissener (Oslo, NOR), on Gleam-US11, was one point out of first when the day began and placed first in both races to win by three points over Kip Curren (Middletown, R.I.), on Northern Light-US14.
"In the Modern fleet, on any given day any boat can win, they're all that close," said Dennis Williams (Hobe Sound, Fla./Mashpee, Mass.) after winning that division on Victory '83-K22. He explained that it was Courageous who was their biggest competition after they had "two good races today and in conditions that were really pretty crazy. They had a first and second and I think we were two points apart with one throw out, so very close. The wind was shifting left and right and the velocity was up and down …it was a very crazy day, it was not predictable. Everybody worked hard trying to keep the boat on track with the shifting winds."
In addition to winning his first world championship title, it was "nice to put a little icing on the cake," said Williams about winning The Candy Store Cup which gave a single start for all divisions and sent them on a course back from Rhode Island Sound, past Castle Hill Light, and into Newport Harbor for a finish off Bannister's Wharf where champagne was awaiting all the teams. "It was great," said Williams of the 2009 12 Metre World Championship. "Everyone on the boat enjoyed it, we had a great time, great crew. It was just fabulous. The competition was great."
2009 12 Metre Worlds Final Standings
Place, Boat Name-Sail Number, Skipper (Hometown), Finish positions, Total Points
Division I – Grand Prix
1. Kiwi Magic-KZ7, Bill Koch (Palm Beach, Fla./Osterville, Mass.) 2-2-1-1-1-(3), 7
2. Wright on White-KZ3, Lexi Gahagan (Wilmington, Del.) 1-1-2-2-(3)-2, 8
3. USA-US61, Richard Matthews (W. Mersea, GBR), 3-3-3-(3)-2-1, 12
4. America II-US46, Michael Fortenbaugh (New York, N.Y.), 4-4-DNF-4-4-4, 20
Division 2 – Modern
1. Victory 83-K22, Dennis Williams (Hobe Sound, Fla./Mashpee, Mass.), 1-1-2-1-3-(3), 8
2. Courageous, US26, Stephen Glascock (New York, N.Y.), 3-2-(DSQ)-2-2-1, 10
3. Freedom-US30, Ernest Jacquet (Boston, Mass.), 4- 5-1-4-1-(5), 15
2. Intrepid-US22, Jack Curtin (Toronto, CAN), 2-3-4-5-(5)-2, 16
5. Challenge 12-KA10, William Borel (Paris, FRA), (DSQ)-4-3-3-4-4, 16
Division 3 – Traditional
1. American Eagle-US21, Charlie Millikin/Carol Swift (both Newport, R.I.), (4)-2-2-1-1-2, 8
2. Weatherly-US17, Clay Deutsch (Newport, R.I.), 2-1-1-2-2-(3), 8
3. Columbia-US16, Alain Hanover (Weston, Mass./Palm Beach, Fla.), 1-3-3-3-3-(DNS), 12.5
4. Nefertiti-US19, Sears Wullschleger (Nantucket, Mass.), 3-4-4-4-4-(DNF), 19
5. Easterner-US18, Paul Callahan (Ft. Meyers, Fla./Newport, R.I.), 5-5-(DNS)-5-5-1, 21
Division 4 – Vintage
1. Gleam-US11, Einar Sissener (Oslo, NOR), (3)-1-2-1-1-1, 6
2. Northern Light-US14, Kip Curren (Middletown, R.I.), 1-2-1-2-3-(3), 9
3. Onawa-US6, Morten Kielland (Geneva, SUI), 2-DNF-(DNS)-3-2-2, 13
More Photos Of The Action Can Be Seen HERE
There were no surprises in the finishes posted by the 17 Twelves who completed only a single race today at the 2009 12 Metre World Championship. After sailing out to the old America's Cup racecourse off Brenton Point, the wind speed took a nosedive as it changed direction from WSW to NNW, leaving the competitors drifting for close to two hours. With one race completed, the four divisions were given a combined start for the Candy Store Cup, sending them on a course back into Newport Harbor to the finish line at Bannister's Wharf. The wind, however, continued to be uncooperative and the race was abandoned when the Twelves were unable to make the time limit for the race.
Yesterday, racing in the Modern division was quite contentious, with the outcome of numerous protests resulting in Challenge 12 and Courageous each picking up a DSQ when the jury decisions did not go in their favor and causing a complete shake up in the results for that division. Unscathed by the protests, Dennis Williams (Mashpee, Mass.) at the helm of Victory '83 is reaping the benefit of having assembled a crew that includes several who have sailed together for close to 30 years, including Heart of America veterans Wally Henry (San Diego, Calif.) and Jim Gretzky (Storrs, Conn.), along with three father and son pairs – Jerry and Rome Kirby, Bill and Randy Shore (all Newport, R.I.) and Larry and Matt Mialik (both Madison, Wisc.), making for a well-oiled effort as evidenced by the 1-1-2 they posted on day one.
Peter Stalkus (Newport, R.I.), navigator aboard Victory '83, has the distinction of having been navigator with four America's Cup campaigns ('80 Clipper, '83 Defender, '87 USA 61 and '97 Young America). His take on Victory '83's impressive performance here is that Dennis Williams, its owner, has been meticulous in his approach. "The boat is well prepared and it shows," said Stalkus after the team picked up their third win in four races. "It has good speed and we've practiced ahead of time."
While the fallout from the protest decisions catapulted Intrepid from fifth into second and Freedom from fourth to third, today's result did not do much to help either. Intrepid added a fifth-place finish today and dropped back to fourth overall, while the Freedom's fourth-place finish held them in place. For Courageous, who had slipped from third to fourth overall after the protest, their second-place finish today moved them up to second overall. Challenge 12, dropping from second place to fifth after the protest results, was third in today's race and did not move in the overall standings.
Bill Koch (Palm Beach, Fla./Osterville, Mass.), on Kiwi Magic, leads the Grand Prix division, while tied on points – six each – with Lexi Gahagan (Wilmington, Del.) on Wright on White. In the Traditional division, Clay Deutsch (Newport, R.I.) on Weatherly leads with six points, three ahead of American Eagle being driven by Charlie Millikin and Carol Swift (both Newport, R.I.). Kip Curren (Middletown, R.I.) on Northern Light is leading by one point over Gleam, driven by Einar Sissener (Oslo, NOR), in the Vintage division.
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Legends Forums – The Legends Forums are a unique sidebar to the 2009 12 Metre Worlds, bringing together the biggest names of the America's Cup 12 Metre era for question-and-answer sessions moderated by Gary Jobson (Annapolis, Md.), who won the America's Cup with Ted Turner in 1977 and went on to become the voice of sailing for television. Held after racing each day dockside at Bannister's and Bowen's Wharves, with a finale forum planned for Sunday, as well, at the awards ceremony at Harbour Court, the forums are designed to include representation from a varied – and knowledgeable – group of personalities in the categories of Syndicate Representative, Crew, Design, Journalist and Other Notables. On opening day, the panel included Skip Lissiman (AUS), Gianfranco Alberini (ITA), Russell Coutts (NZL), and Americans Charlie Hovey, Harry Anderson, Dave Pedrick, Andy MacGowan, Bill Koch and Dick Enerson. The questions ran the gamut from "Who was the best 12 Metre skipper?" (all of them who won, it was decided in consensus) and "What was the best Twelve ever?" (Intrepid for being the biggest departure, changing all future designs) to "What will win the next America's Cup, a trimaran or a catamaran?" (that one was a toss-up). Clearly, the audience was enjoying the up close-and-personal encounter, and they lingered to talk about the exchanges long after the luminaries had left, some even discussing what questions would be best to ask a different group tonight.
Racing resumes tomorrow, Friday, September 25, and concludes Saturday, September 26.
2009 12 Metre Worlds Results for Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
Place, Boat Name-Sail Number, Skipper (Hometown), Finish positions, Total Points
Division I – Grand Prix
1. Kiwi Magic-KZ7, Bill Koch (Palm Beach, Fla./Osterville, Mass.) 2-2-1-1, 6
2. Wright on White-KZ3, Lexi Gahagan (Wilmington, Del.) 1-1-2-2, 6
3. USA-US61, Richard Matthews (W. Mersea, GBR), 3-3-3-3, 12
4. America II-US46, Michael Fortenbaugh (New York, N.Y.), 4-4-DNF-4, 17
Division 2 – Modern
1. Victory 83-K22, Dennis Williams (Mashpee, Mass.), 1-1-2-1, 5
2. Courageous, US26, Stephen Glascock (New York, N.Y.), 3-2-DSQ-2, 13
3. Freedom-US30, Ernest Jacquet (Boston, Mass.), 4- 5-1-4, 14
2. Intrepid-US22, Jack Curtin (Toronto, CAN), 2-3-4-5, 14
5. Challenge 12-KA10, William Borel (Paris, FRA), DSQ-4-3-3, 16
Division 3 – Traditional
1. Weatherly-US17, Clay Deutsch (Newport, R.I.), 2-1-1-2, 6
2. American Eagle-US21, Charlie Millikin/Carol Swift (both Newport, R.I.), 4-2-2-1, 9
3. Columbia-US16, Alain Hanover (Weston, Mass./Palm Beach, Fla.), 1-3-3-3, 10
4. Nefertiti-US19, Sears Wullschleger (Nantucket, Mass.), 3-4-4-4, 15
5. Easterner-US18, Paul Callahan (Ft. Meyers, Fla./Newport, R.I.), 5-5-DNS-5, 21
Division 4 – Vintage
1. Northern Light-US14, Kip Curren (Middletown, R.I.), 1-2-1-2, 6
2. Gleam-US11, Einar Sissener (Oslo, NOR), 3-1-2-1, 7
3. Onawa-US6, Morten Kielland (Geneva, SUI), 2-DNF-DNS-3, 13
Some of the competitors at the 2009 12 Metre World Championship are certainly experiencing déjà vu as a veritable "Who's Who" of sailing walked the docks at Bannister and Bowen's Wharves this morning as the first day of this long-anticipated event got underway. From current America's Cup poster boy Russell Coutts (Auckland, NZL), who is sailing on Kiwi Magic with Cup patron and skipper Bill Koch (Palm Beach, Fla./Osterville, Mass.), to Dawn Riley (St. Clair Shores, Mich.) who broke ground as team leader of the first women's entry in the Cup, to noted British sailors Harold Cudmore (Cowes, GBR) and Andy Green (Lymington, GBR), there is a surfeit of recognizable faces. Twenty-six years ago when the America's Cup was won by Australia (in 1983) in Newport, it ended the longest winning streak in sporting history (132 years). Four years later, two more milestones in the event's history were marked: Dennis Conner became the first person to lose and then win the Cup, and the Twelves were sailed for the last time as the America's Cup yacht of choice after 29 years.
"It's wonderful to wander about the docks at Bowen's and Bannister's Wharf and see the 12 Metres here again, where they were in '83, many of them with their same crews from then," said Robin Wallace (Newport, R.I.) who was a member of Race Committee for the Challenger Series in '83 and is the Principal Race Officer for this event. "With the current legal squabbles going on, people have become disenchanted with the America's Cup, but this is like a re-awakening of the class, a reinvention of a competition that celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the 12 Meters first being used in the Cup."
Divided into four divisions – Grand Prix, Modern, Traditional and Vintage – the 17 competing yachts sailed three races today, all in different wind levels in the Twelves old stomping grounds off Brenton Point. The southwesterly breeze went from light, increasing to 12 knots for race two, and into the mid-teens for the third race, with a relatively flat sea state until race three.
We broke a couple of sails," said Dawn Riley who came to the event to participate in the Legends Forums and wound up racing on America II. "But, we're kind of a slower boat in the Grand Prix so we were happy to beat one of the boats to the top mark and almost to the bottom mark. And, we improved from the first race to the second race and everybody on board had fun. The bad news is you break sails and you can't race, the good news is it was full-on physical, athletic, screaming, swearing . . . and everyone came out with smiles."
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Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2000, 3 races sailed (3 races total)
Place, Boat Name-Sail no., Skipper (Hometown), Finish positions, Total Points
Division I – Grand Prix
1. Wright on White-KZ3, Lexi Gahagan (Wilmington, Del.) 1-1-2, 4
2. Kiwi Magic-KZ7, Bill Koch (Palm Beach, Fla./Osterville, Mass.) 2-2-1, 5
3. USA-US61, Richard Matthews (W. Mersea, GBR), 3-3-3, 9
4. America II-US46, Michael Fortenbaugh (New York, N.Y.), 4-4-WDR, 13
Division 2 – Modern – Protests Pending
1. Victory 83-K22, Dennis Williams (Mashpee, Mass.), 1-1-2, 4
2. Challenge 12-KA10, William Borel (Paris, FRA), 2-4-3, 9
3. Courageous, US26, Stephen Glascock (New York, N.Y.), 4-2-4, 10
4. Freedom-US30, Ernest Jacquet (Boston, Mass.), 5-1, 11
5. Intrepid-US22, Jack Curtin (Toronto, CAN), 3-3-5, 11
Division 3 – Traditional
1. Weatherly-US17, Clay Deutsch (Newport, R.I.), 2-1-1, 4
2. Columbia-US16, Alain Hanover (Weston, Mass./Palm Beach, Fla.), 1-3-3, 7
3. American Eagle-US21, Charlie Millikin/Carol Swift (both Newport, R.I.), 4-2-2, 8
4. Nefertiti-US19, Sears Wullschleger (Nantucket, Mass.), 3-4-4, 11
5. Easterner-US18, Paul Callahan (Ft. Meyers, Fla./Newport, R.I.), 5-5-DNS, 16
Division 4 – Vintage
1. Northern Light-US14, Kip Curren (Middletown, R.I.), 1-2-1, 4
2. Gleam-US11, Einar Sissener (Oslo, NOR), 3-1-2, 6
3. Onawa-US6, Morten Kielland (Geneva, SUI), 2-WDR-DNS, 10
The 2009 12 Metre World Championships are expected to be the largest gathering of these vintage yachts in the 26 years since Newport last hosted the America's Cup (in 1983) is scheduled for September 22-27, and the accompanying reunion of sailing personalities has drawn a great deal of interest and speculation. This will be a homecoming for these sailing legends, many of whom rose to prominence in the sport while racing "Twelves" on Narragansett Bay. The 2009 Worlds are the centerpiece of the Golden Year of Racing, a year-long 50th anniversary celebration of the 12 Metre's debut in the America's Cup, in 1958, which ultimately saw Columbia ~ US 16 defeat the British challenger, Sceptre ~ K17. Five America's Cup winning boats (including Columbia), a winning skipper, and several boats that were in the Defender competition for the Cup will race. International sailors, including the skipper and crew from France's Challenge 12, and crews from Norway (racing on Gleam), Switzerland (racing Onawa) and the United Kingdom (racing on USA ) will up the ante in what should be a fierce competition. In the Grand Prix Division, Kiwi Magic ~ KZ 7 will be skippered by 1992 America's Cup winner Bill Koch (Osterville, Mass./Palm Beach, Fla.), while among the six Twelves sailing in the Modern Division are three (Courageous ~ US 26, Freedom ~ US 30 and Intrepid ~ US 22) who collectively have won the Cup five times. Cup winners Columbia ~ US 16 and Weatherly ~ US 17 will sail in the five-boat Traditional Division and Onawa ~ US 6, the oldest yacht in the American fleet, willcompete in the Vintage Division which will have three yachts racing.
The Twelves will be docked at Bowen's Wharf and Bannister's Warf in historic downtown Newport. Of particular interest to sailing afficionados will be the 12 Metre Legends Forums, sponsored by North Sails, held after racing in the 12 Metre Worlds Village at Bowen's Wharf on September 23, 24 and25. Moderators Tom Whidden (Essex, Conn.) and regatta co-chairs Gary Jobson (Annapolis, Md.) and Jan Slee (Newport, R.I.) will interview the slate of 30+ participants who are skippers, tacticians, crew and yacht designers. They include Gianfranco Alberini (ITA), Richard du Moulin (Larchmont, N.Y.), Halsey Herreshoff (Bristol, R.I.), Ted Hood (Portsmouth, R.I.) , Luigi Lang (ITA), Andy MacGowan (Middletown, R.I.), Lowell North (San Diego, Calif.), Charles Dana, Bill Langan, David Pedrick and David Ray (all Newport, R.I.), Jack Sutphen (San Diego, Calif.) and Sam Wakeman (Cohasset, Mass.). The North Sails Legends Forum Finale will take place before the awards presentation on Sunday, September 27, at New York Yacht Club's Harbour Court. Gary Jobson will narrate and produce a one-hour film for ESPN Classic on the history of the 12 Metres and the 2009 Worlds. Bill Koch is the Executive Producer for the film which will feature racing footage shot during the Worlds and interviews with the Legends. It is set to air Saturday, November 7, at 1:00 p.m. ET on ESPN Classic and will be available in the future on DVD.
The 12 Metre Class competes in 5 Divisions: Status as of September 16, 2009
DIVISION A ~ Grand Prix – yachts built for the 1987 America's Cup
America II ~ US 46 – Manhattan Sailng Club (Michael Fortenbaugh), based in New York City, built in 1986 for the '87 Cup
Kiwi Magic ~ KZ 7 – Bill Koch, based in Newport, built in 1986 for the '87 Cup
USA ~ US 61 – USA-61 LLC, based in Newport, built in 1986 for the '87 Cup, Richard Matthews, Skipper
Wright on White ~ KZ 3 – based in Newport, built in 1985 for the '87 Cup, Lexi, Gahagan, Skipper
DIVISION B ~ Modern – yachts built between 1974 and 1983
Challenge 12 ~ KA 10 – William Borel, based in Antibes, France, built in 1982 for the '83 Cup
Courageous ~ US 26 – Courageous Foundation (Stephen Glascock), based in Newport, built in 1974, '74 & '77 Cup winner
Freedom ~ US 30 – Ernest Jacquet, based in Newport, built 1979, '80 Cup winner
Intrepid ~ US 22 – Jack Curtin, based in Newport, built in 1967,'67 & '70 Cup winner
Victory '83 ~ K 22 – Dennis Williams, based in Newport, built in 1983 for the '83 Cup
Enterprise ~ US 27 – Jan & Caroline Slee, based in Newport, built in 1976 for the 1977 America's Cup
Lionheart ~ K 18 – Harry Graves, based in Newport, built in 1979 for the 1980 America's Cup
Valiant ~ US 24 – Gary Gregory, based in Marblehead, MA, built in 1970 for the 1970 America's Cup
DIVISION C ~ Traditional – yachts built between 1958 and 1970
American Eagle ~ US 21 – Herb Marshall, based in Newport, built in 1964, Carol Swift/Charlie Milligan, Skippers
Columbia ~ US 16 – Alain Hanover, based in Newport, built in 1958, '58 Cup winner
Easterner ~ US 18 – Shake-A-Leg (Paul Callahan), based in Newport, built in 1958 for the '58 Cup
Nefertiti ~ US 19 – Sears Wullschleger, based in Newport, built in 1962 for the '62 Cup
Weatherly ~ US 17 – Geotge Hill, based in Newport, built in 1958, '62 Cup winner, Clay Deutsch, Skipper
DIVISION D ~ Vintage – yachts built 1919 and 1937
Gleam ~ US 11 -, Elizabeth Tiedemann, based in Newport, built in 1937, Einar Sissener, Skipper
Northern Light ~ US 14 – Elizabeth Tiedemann, based in Newport, built in 1938, Kip Curren, Skipper
Onawa ~ US 6 – Syndicate owned (Morten Kielland), based in Newport, built in 1928


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A family emergency left only two hours in which to pack for my current trip, and that was before the sun rose. Packing in the dark did not work well. I arrived at my first destination to find that the only suit in my bag was navy rather than charcoal, which might not have been so bad had all of the accessories I packed not been intended to be worn with charcoal. I will grant you that gray socks with a navy suit are not the end of the world, but when you dislike the combination of black and dark blue as much as I do, a selection of neckties with black grounds is discomfiting.
Enough things go wrong when a man packs in the dark that I am resolved to add more lighting to my dressing room. Consider, for example, the cufflinks in the photo. The center pair is actually one link apiece from two entirely different pair, thrown into the jewelry bag unnoticed, Until it was time to wear the black pair anyway. Fortunately I had the dark red ones as orange links are too light hearted for a solemn occasion.
My advice may be obvious to most of you, but to any man who has not thought about it, take it from one who has learned the hard way. Never pack in the dark. When there is something wrong with your clothing every day it becomes impossible to choose it with care and then forget about it. Which of course is how your clothes should be.


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If the exemption was "be higher ranked in a bcs-like formula then then the 4th ranked conference champion" then that's a pretty high level to hit. Given what ND has achieved in the last 30 years....I don't see them crashing the party much.
Another argument why the conferences wouldn't push ND into a conference corner would be that which ever conference ND does join will get a monetary boost. As all the conferences are trying to keep up with one another, I'm not sure conferences will want to give one conference that bonus.


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I've learned from watching our nurses over the years that nursing is a profession where a significant amount of personal effort is given in terms of skill, dedication, time, emotions, education, and care.
But seldom are nurses recognized for their important work.
There is one great form of recognition, though. Each year the nursing profession in Colorado honors its own by presenting the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Human Caring to the six top registered nurses in the state.
The award was founded in 1985 by the University of Colorado to recognize registered nurses whose performances echo the quality and dedication of Florence Nightingale. The award, now presented by the Colorado Nurses Association, is designed to honor nurses who demonstrate the uppermost levels of leadership, advocacy and innovation.
Florence Nightingale was the daughter of a wealthy British family who entered the nursing field in 1845. She did this despite her family's strong objections.
Today, we can gaze back and say we're fortunate to have had such a hardy, giving person, with such a pioneering spirit, in the medical field. She helped put the nursing profession on track to become what it is today. Thanks to her efforts and insights, hospital sanitation methods were reformed and greatly improved.
Poudre Valley Health System registered nurses have been well-represented at the winners' podium for the statewide Nightingale Award. We also have had many finalists represented on the statewide level.
Our nurses who received the statewide honor in previous years were Jo zumBrunnen, Maureen Fields, Laura Lambird, Nancy Mershon, and Susan Markley Miller.
Their work assignments range from being a nursing director (Jo) and operating room nurse (Laura) to an oncology nurse (Maureen), gastronenterology nurse (Nancy) and cardiac specialist nurse (Susan).
Nightingale honorees are selected by a thorough grassroots process.
Nominations are developed by the colleagues, patients and family or friends of nurses. Nominations are sent to one of the appropriate six regional nurse organizations throughout the state. The nominations consist of essays about the nurse and letters of recommendation, and are reviewed on the regional level.
Each region hosts an awards ceremony where regional winners are nominated to compete for the six statewide awards. Our regional ceremony is held by the Centennial Area Health Education Center, which covers 10 counties in northeastern Colorado. The CAHEC also recognizes licensed practical nurses who are nominated through a similar process. However, LPNs don't compete in the statewide Nightingale competition.
The CAHEC ceremony will be March 9 in Loveland, while the statewide ceremony will be May 19 in Denver.
This year we have 10 registered nurses nominated in the regional competition for becoming a finalist for the Nightingale honor. Here's information on each:
- Tamara Bockman, charge nurse in the Medical Center of the Rockies cardiac unit, was nominated for her team work, caring and ability to motivate others.
- Mona Brower, an emergency room nurse at Poudre Valley Hospital, was recognized by colleagues for the way she provides comfort, compassion and stability for her patients.
- Jennifer Ellis, who works in the PVH resource pool, was nominated for her outstanding care of patients and their families. (A note of explanation: When a nurse works in the resource pool, that means she or he may work in a variety of nursing departments during various shifts rather than being assigned to only one department.)
- Another resource pool nurse, Tonya Gilmore, is known for the kindness and compassion that she demonstrates to MCR patients.
- A PVH operating room nurse, Barbara Hardes, is a nurse educator who diligently pursues excellence not only in patient care but also in helping colleagues improve their skills.
- Sue Larsen has held many patient-care positions during her 36 years in the profession. Recently, she has been a clinical quality specialist for our women and family services and is a strong advocate of quality care.
- Another long-time nurse, Cheryl Milner, works in PVH's surgical services and is highly respected for her grace and commitment to patients and improving health care.
- Alene Nitzky, a PVH outpatient oncology nurse, is known for her passion for writing and giving presentations on health topics, particularly cancer, for the public. Alene also runs ultramarathons (100+ miles) to raise funds for our campaign to build a regional cancer center.
- Susan Webster, a nurse in our health system for 24 years, has been a leader in improving emergency services for the survivors of sexual assault. Susan championed an effort to start the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program within PVHS.
- Karen Wikholm, an extremely talented nurse who works in general surgery for Poudre Valley Medical Group.
Each nurse is known for specific personal qualities and professional commitments. But that is only part of the story. Each is highly educated. Each has had extreme success in caring for patients.
And each is the type of nurse who provides the high-quality care, compassion, dedication, advocacy, and innovation that any person with a healthcare need would want.
I wish each of the nine nurses the best of luck in the Nightingale competition. Each one is a Florence Nightingale in her own right!


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David Clarkson registered two goals and an assist, while Martin Brodeur stopped all but one of the 25 shots he faced, to help the New Jersey Devils earn a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers in a rematch of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday at Prudential Center. Adam Henrique also lit the lamp and Patrik Elias added a trio of assists for the Devils, who have won two straight on the heels of a four-game skid. Chris Kreider scored the lone New York goal and Henrik Lundqvist was charged with all three goals on 22 shots in the setback, the Rangers' second in their last three games.
Final Score: Pittsburgh 4, NY Islanders 2
Uniondale, NY (Sports Network) - Brandon Sutter and Pascal Dupuis tallied in the third period as Pittsburgh held off a New York Islanders' rally to post a 4-2 victory at Nassau Coliseum. James Neal and Simon Despres also scored for the Penguins, who won their fourth in a row and fifth in their last six. Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 stops for the victory. Michael Grabner and Brad Boyes scored in a 35-second span for the Islanders, who have lost two straight and four of six. Evgeni Nabokov allowed three goals on 25 shots in defeat.
Final Score: Toronto 3, Washington 2
Washington, DC (Sports Network) - James van Riemsdyk netted two goals as the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Washington Capitals, 3-2, at Verizon Center. Korbinian Holzer also scored, while Ben Scrivens stopped 24 shots for Toronto, which snapped a two-game slide. Marcus Johansson and Mike Ribeiro lit the lamp for the Capitals, who have lost two straight and four of their last five. Michal Neuvirth made 18 saves in defeat.
Final Score: Los Angeles 4, Columbus 2
Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Mike Richards had a goal and an assist, while Justin Williams added three assists to help the Los Angeles Kings take a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. Anze Kopitar, Slava Voynov and Jeff Carter each added a goal for the Kings, who had dropped their previous two coming in. Jonathan Quick made 18 saves in the win. Derick Brassard and Derek MacKenzie scored for the Blue Jackets, who have dropped three of their last four. Steve Mason gave up all four goals on 31 shots in the loss.
Final Score: Ottawa 4, Buffalo 3
Ottawa, ON (Sports Network) - Chris Neil's second-period goal proved to be the difference, as the Ottawa Senators held off the Buffalo Sabres, 4-3, on Tuesday at Scotiabank Place. Erik Karlsson, Chris Phillips and Daniel Alfredsson each scored once, while Peter Regin added a pair of assists for the Senators, who snapped a two-game skid. Craig Anderson saved 20 shots in the triumph. Jordan Leopold registered a goal and an assist, while Tyler Ennis and Jason Pominville also lit the lamp for the Sabres, who have lost three straight and seven of their last eight since opening the season with back-to-back wins. Jhonas Enroth allowed four goals on 24 shots in the setback.
Final Score: Philadelphia 2, Tampa Bay 1
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Tom Sestito recorded his first career two- goal game and Ilya Bryzgalov made 21 saves, as Philadelphia nipped Tampa Bay, 2-1, on Tuesday. Jakub Voracek, Brayden Schenn, Max Talbot and Ruslan Fedotenko added an assist each for the Flyers, who posted back-to-back wins for the second time in the 2013 campaign. Benoit Pouliot registered the lone score for the Lightning, who have lost two in a row since winning five straight. Anders Lindback stopped 22 shots in the setback.
Final Score: Calgary 4, Detroit 1
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Dennis Wideman had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames handled the Detroit Red Wings, 4-1, on Tuesday. Jarome Iginla, Curtis Glencross and Mark Giordano also scored for the Flames, who snapped a two-game skid. Jiri Hudler had one shot against his former team. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 19-of-20 shots before leaving the game after two periods with a lower-body injury. Leland Irving made six saves in relief. Johan Franzen scored the lone goal for the Red Wings, who have lost two in a row. Jimmy Howard turned aside 19-of-23 shots.
Final Score: Winnipeg 3, Florida 2 (OT)
Winnipeg, MB (Sports Network) - Bryan Little netted the deciding goal with 15.2 seconds left in overtime to lift the Winnipeg Jets over the Florida Panthers, 3-2, at MTS Centre. Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart also scored for Winnipeg, which snapped a three-game slide. Ondrej Pavelec made 17 saves. Jonathan Huberdeau and Tomas Fleischmann supplied the offense, while Scott Clemmensen stopped 18 shots for the Panthers, who saw their two-game win streak come to an end.
Final Score: Nashville 6, St. Louis 1
St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Martin Erat had a goal and two assists and Colin Wilson added three helpers to help the Nashville Predators in a 6-1 rout of St. Louis. Ryan Ellis had a goal and an assist while Kevin Klein, Nick Spaling, Rich Clune and Gabriel Bourque all scored for the Predators, who have won their past three games. Pekka Rinne turned aside 31 shots in the win. Alex Pietrangelo scored the lone goal of the game for the Blues, who have dropped two straight for the first time this season. Brian Elliott was pulled near the midpoint of the second period after giving up four goals on 11 shots. Jake Allen stopped 6-of-8 shots in relief.
Final Score: Chicago 5, San Jose 3
San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Patrick Kane scored twice to help the Chicago Blackhawks take a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. Marcus Kruger had a goal and an assist while Brandon Saad and Andrew Shaw each scored for the Blackhawks, who have won two straight after dropping their previous two. Corey Crawford gave up all three goals on 33 shots for Chicago, which has garnered at least one point in all 10 games this season. Michal Handzus and Tommy Wingels each had a goal and an assist and Joe Pavelski had a goal for the Sharks, who have now dropped their past three games after opening the season with seven straight wins. Antti Niemi gave up four goals on 30 shots in the loss.


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Update, Friday, 7 a.m. | Former Mayor Edward I. Koch died at 2 a.m. Friday. Read his obituary here.
Former Mayor Edward I. Koch, who has been hospitalized since Monday with lung problems, was placed in the intensive care unit on Thursday afternoon, his spokesman said.
Mr. Koch's lead doctor "said he wanted to monitor the former mayor more closely," said the spokesman, George Arzt, who declined to elaborate.
Mr. Koch, 88, is at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital, where he has been a frequent visitor lately for a series of health problems.
He was treated for anemia in September, for a lung infection in December, and earlier this month for a buildup of fluid in his lungs. He was released last Saturday after being treated for the lung ailment, only to return on Monday because fluid in his lungs had built up again.


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If you're looking for a ride in the time machine this weekend, I recommend that you try to score a ticket for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). The 1962 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner satirizes the corporate world of the early 1960s, and there are some echoes that sound pretty funny 56 years later.
Ed Stern, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's producing artistic director, today announced the shows that will make up his 20th and final season for the city's Tony Award-winning regional theater. It consists of several shows that have proven track records with audiences as well as a smattering of new works. The season is precisely the kind of mix that audiences have come to expect from Stern during his two decades at the Playhouse — that is, unpredictable selections with enough of the tried-and-true and the wait-til-you-see-this-one that will keep everyone eager to see what's next.
The Mormons are coming! The Mormons are coming! No, not the one running for president (although he's showing up pretty often). It's the award-winning irreverent musical The Book of Mormon, which Broadway Across America announced this morning will be part of its 2013-2014 season at the Aronoff Center. The winner of nine Tony Awards (including the best musical of 2011) is a satirical look at two naive and idealistic Mormon missionaries who are sent to a remote Ugandan location where a nasty warlord is oppressing the villagers. Their clueless devotion, good-hearted but misguided — with a lot of very off-color humor — has made The Book of Mormon an unusual hit.
It will come as no surprise to CityBeat readers that the guys behind this are Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of animated South Park, another outrageously irreverent look at contemporary life. Also involved was composer Robert Lopez, whose Avenue Q was another Broadway hit, this one featuring Sesame Street-styled puppets in very adult situations.Want to get a big dose of new theater? You'll want to spend some time in Louisville next March and April, when Actors Theatre of Louisville presents its 33rd consecutive Humana Festival of New American Plays. Productions begin on March 1, 2009, and continue through April 11. The 2009 festival will present six full-length plays, a comic anthology showcasing the Actors Theatre Acting Apprentice Company and three 10-minute plays.
Even as the Showboat Majestic opens another show this summer (The Art of Murder by Joe DiPietro kicks off tonight and continues through Aug. 28), it's time to announce the 'boat's 90th season in 2012, featuring an all-American slate of musicals and comedies to please patrons aboard America's last showboat, a National Historic Landmark. Here's the 2012 season:
New Stage Collective has announced it's shutting down operations after presenting Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music April 30-May 8. Producing Artistic Director Alan Patrick Kenny says the musical will be staged at Know Theatre of Cincinnati instead of the company's Main Street space.
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, sporting a slightly abbreviated name and a half-painted façade, today announced most of its 2012-2013 season. As usual at ETC, it's a work in progress: That how things are when you're on the cutting edge of contemporary theater. But Artistic Director D. Lynn Meyers knows how to juggle lots of moving parts, and that includes a nod to another local theater great: She's engaged Ed Stern, about to retire from his 20-year tenure as artistic director at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, to stage a show that will feature the city's most respected professional actor, Dale Hodges. Meyers has also designated five shows (the season will have six, one is still to be determined) for her schedule.
Meyers says, "Next season promises to be a selection of smart, contemporary, and compelling theater. The ETC experience is unique and intimate, unlike anything you'll see anywhere else, along with the excellence you've come to expect." She points out that the season features several strong female voices, too.
In 2007, ETC presented Rabbit Hole by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire. He'll be back for the theater's 27th season with a humor-laced drama Good People (Sept. 5-23). The recent script (its Broadway production was a Tony nominee a year ago) explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America. It focuses on a woman unable to catch a break who flees from urban Boston to the suburbs, where she's totally out of her element. It's a look at the haves and the have-nots, the kind of tale that Meyers loves to present to ETC audiences.
Up next will be Ed Stern's production of Jeffrey Hatcher's irreverent but poignant comedy Mrs. Mannerly (Oct. 10-28). Dale Hodges will play a demanding etiquette teacher in 1967; she's bedeviled by a boy trying pulling out all the stops to get a perfect score, an unprecedented feat. The boy's name Jeffrey Hatcher, so he bears a close resemblance to the playwright. (Amusingly, we are warned that this play about proper behavior contains strong language.)
For the holidays, ETC will reprise one of its family-friendly musicals: Alice in Wonderland (Nov. 28-Dec. 30) by playwright Joseph McDonough and composer-lyricist David Kisor.
Meyers is still angling for the show she'll present in late January.
It will be followed by the regional premiere of Frank Higgins' Black Pearl Sings! (March 13-31, 2013). I saw a production of this show in Sarasota in 2008, and I'm convinced it's the kind of play that ETC audiences warm to, similar to this season's The Whipping Man. It's set during the Great Depression focusing on a researcher collecting traditional music for the Library of Congress. She finds Pearl Johnson in a Texas prison, a woman with a head and heart full of spiritual songs and a voice to perform them. Black Pearl Sings! is about being a woman in a man's world, being black in a white world and fighting for one's soul in a world where anyone can be a commodity.
ETC's season will end on a familiar and definitely lighter note with another sequel to the best-selling production from 2009, The Marvelous Wonderettes. This time it's The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns (May 1-19, 2013). We return to 1958 at Springfield High School for graduation and high hopes including a gymnasium full of pop tunes from the era — "River Deep, Mountain High," "Dedicated to the One I Love," "Rockin' Robin."
Subscriptions are already on sale ($156-$186); you can purchase a FlexPass ($196), which gives you six flexible tickets to use for any show and in any combination. Single tickets for season go on sale to the general public on August 13, 2012.
I recently spent three days in Louisville at the 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. Actors Theatre of Louisville annually assembles a lineup of productions that offers a fascinating cross-section of contemporary American theater.
I found this year's array to be an especially pleasing collection of works: It included two excellent comedies, a thoughtful drama, two experimental performance pieces from creative ensembles and an inventive piece to showcase interns (and a Louisville hotel/museum showplace). A bill of 10-minute plays was clever and creative, and only a musical play was a disappointment.
Don't go looking for Boris Karloff or any kind of campy make-up if you decide to see the National Theatre of London's production of Frankenstein on Tuesday or Wednesday evening at The Carnegie in Covington. This version, provided via HD digital transmission, is much more faithful to Mary Godwin's creepy and profound Gothic novel written in the summer of 1816. When it was finally published two years later (by which time she had married poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and become Mary Shelley), few people believed it could have been written by a young woman not yet 20 years old.
Since the 2011 Cincinnati Fringe Festival kicked off on June 1, a panel of three dedicated theater experts have been evaluating performances for recognition through the Acclaim Awards. These awards are in the process of being renamed, but for the sake of clarity and brevity, I'm going to call them by their soon-to-be-former name. The panelists are veterans of the Acclaims; neither Jackie Demaline of The Cincinnati Enquirer nor I are members of the panel or involved in this process.


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It was 1985 and there were very few "rep firms" (a term I have always had a disdain for but have learned to live with) around. Our business was almost entirely dependent on the phone system and the U.S. Postal Service. Phones and typewriters were the electronic essentials to keep the business going. Over the years we have made many adjustments to our business model--always changing with change, and recognizing the importance of staying current with technology in order to remain competitive.
Today the landscape changes so rapidly, you can't just try to stay current but need to anticipate what tomorrow may bring. You can invest $100,000 in state of the art equipment only to watch it become obsolete in a year's time. If someone were to ask me what the ROI was on any of the equipment and technology we have purchased over the years, I wouldn't be able to provide a good answer other than to say how it has helped facilitate our communications, marketing, record keeping, etc. Surely that makes us more efficient and therefore must improve our bottom line.
Now if someone were to ask me what produced the most ROI for the company the answer would have nothing to do with technology. It has everything to do with people and relationships. The strength of our company has always come from the enduring relationships we have forged with our hospitality partners and of course our customers. However, as a business owner there is no greater ROI than what you receive from your employees. I have been blessed with having so many terrific employees over the years and they have certainly left their mark on the company. Collectively they have all contributed to the success of The Hyland Group and many have gone on to very successful careers in the hospitality industry.
Once again we find ourselves going through a period of adjustment and trying to anticipate the changes tomorrow will bring. While we have always invested in current technology, we always maintained the core business model I created over a quarter of a century ago. That model needs a makeover and as a result we find ourselves having to temporarily downsize, rebuild, and once again move forward. We are very fortunate to have a portfolio of supportive hotel and resort partners allowing us to continue to serve our customers who at the end of the day are the very reason for our existence.
I feel this is an excellent time to thank all of the people I have come to know and work with over the years. The "people experience" this industry has given me is my ultimate ROI. The Hyland Group looks forward to continuing to be of service to an industry for which we will forever feel indebted.
Peter Hyland founded the company in 1985 after enjoying a fifteen year career in the hospitality industry. He has extensive hotel management experience covering all facets of operations having held positions of front office manager, food & beverage director and sales & marketing. Pete worked at independent properties as well as for Marriott Hotels. His Marriott experience included serving as Director of Sales at Marriott's Marco Beach Hotel and Director of Marketing at Marriott's Twin Bridges Hotel. Pete has worked on numerous committees with American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Association of Meeting Professionals (AMPs) and Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI).
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ALBANY, GA -- With the collection of yearly events rolling through Saturday afternoon, the Flint Riverquarium wasn't going to be left out.
The annual, "Turbo-Turtle Race," made its way down the steps of the Riverquarium fountain Saturday afternoon with folks crowding in to get a good look at the plastic speedsters.
Over 4,000 plastic toy turtles took the plunge with the winners taking home prizes of up to $5,000 dollars cash
Organizers say not only was the event a success, but the finish was picture perfect.
"It went great! The first eight turtles were already adopted so the first eight turtles all won, and I've got the winning names right here getting ready for Jackson to announce them!," said Flint Riverquarium spokeswoman, Vicki Churchman.
Winners were announced followed by most spectators heading back to the Mardi Gras festival for some more fun downtown.
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After releasing a short teaser video this past summer for the film, Disney has now released the full trailer for Oz The Great and Powerful, which tells the story of how Kansas circus performer Oscar Diggs came to be the Wizard of Oz and save his beloved city. Paying homage to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the film's scenes taking place in Kansas appear in black and white, while the Land of Oz is experienced by viewers in vibrant colour.
Starring Mila Kunis as Theordora, Rachel Weisz as Eleanor, Michelle Williams as Glinda the Good Witch and James Franco as Oz, the film is set to be released on March 8, 2013.
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SwellingDuring pregnancy, you might have: Many women develop mild swelling in the face, hands, or ankles at some point in their pregnancies. As the due date approaches, swelling often becomes more noticeable. What might help:
Call the doctor if: Your hands or feet swell suddenly or you rapidly gain weight — it may be preeclampsia. Urinary frequency and leakingDuring pregnancy, you might have: Temporary bladder control problems are common in pregnancy. Your unborn baby pushes down on the bladder, urethra, and pelvic floor muscles. This pressure can lead to more frequent need to urinate, as well as leaking of urine when sneezing, coughing, or laughing. What might help:
Varicose veinsDuring pregnancy, you might have: During pregnancy blood volume increases greatly. This can cause veins to enlarge. Plus, pressure on the large veins behind the uterus causes the blood to slow in its return to the heart. For these reasons, varicose veins in the legs and anus (hemorrhoids) are more common in pregnancy. Varicose veins look like swollen veins raised above the surface of the skin. They can be twisted or bulging and are dark purple or blue in color. They are found most often on the backs of the calves or on the inside of the leg. What might help:
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Urooj Khan gushed that hitting it big meant everything to him. But he didn't live to enjoy his winnings.
He'd won a $1-million jackpot from the Illinois Lottery over the summer. The idea was that he'd pay off his debts and his mortgage, then invest the rest in his dry cleaning business -- after making a donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He was a generous guy.
"I scratched the ticket, then I kept on saying, 'I hit a million!' over and over again," Khan, 46, of Chicago's north side, told lottery officials later. "I jumped 2 feet in the air, then ran back into the store and tipped the clerk $100."
But on July 20, less than a month after accepting an oversized check from lottery officials, Khan was dead.
According to a police document obtained by the Chicago Tribune, Khan came home from work to his wife, Shabana Ansari, and daughter, Jasmeen, the night he died, ate dinner and went to bed.
Then he began screaming. He was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. An initial examination said he died of heart disease.
Not so, officials now say, after looking into the case further: He was killed. By cyanide, according to the medical examiner.
Khan wouldn't be the first lottery winner to be murdered. Abraham Shakespeare, 42, won $17 million in the Florida Lottery in 2006 and was later killed for the remains of the award by Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore, who was convicted last month of his murder.
As previously reported by the Los Angeles Times, winners often find themselves targeted by for-profit businesses and for-profit family members after hitting it big in lottery drawings, which are fundraising machines for state governments.
Many winners are not allowed to remain anonymous for the sake of maintaining lotteries' credibility, and lottery officials have relished the high-publicity crazes that send buyers on long treks to find winning tickets for bigger and bigger jackpots.
The cause of Khan's death was initially ruled to be heart disease. But within a few days of his autopsy in July, "a family member asked that we look into it more closely because they had concerns," Stephen J. Cina, chief medical examiner for Cook County, Ill., told the Los Angeles Times, declining to identify the family member.
Examiners ran more tests. In September, a result came back that tested positive for cyanide. In late November, officials said that amount "showed the cyanide at a lethal level," Cina said -- at which point Khan's death was ruled a homicide. His body may be exhumed for further examination.
An unnamed police official told the Chicago Tribune that an investigation was underway and that Khan's lottery win couldn't be ruled out as a motive. His wife, Ansari, 32, wouldn't talk to the Tribune about the investigation other than to confirm that she'd spoken with police, but praised her husband's character as "the best husband on the entire planet."
"By God's grace, he was a workaholic," she told the Tribune. "Day or night ... he picks up the phone 24/7. He made the clients happy by doing his job. He could not be everywhere, but he had to be everywhere."
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Ralph and Joelanne Stanfield aren't your typical seniors in their 70s.
Ralph is a sprinter and hurdler who is scheduled to compete in three events at this summer's B.C. Seniors Games in Burnaby, while wife Joelanne is a whiz on the badminton court.
The couple has won many medals at previous Seniors Games ever since they started competing in the 1990s - Joelanne started in 1993 and Ralph in 1996 - but this year is their first appearance in three years.
"I've had a couple of injuries," said Ralph, "and last year, we wanted to compete, but we were moving from our South Slope home, so that was a bit more important."
The couple missed last year's Games in the Kootenays while selling their South Slope home and moving into a New Westminster apartment. They later found a permanent home back in Burnaby and now settled again, they're ready to tear up the track and badminton courts once again.
"I'd like to do well, but for me, it's about getting out and running regularly and staying fit," said the energetic Ralph. "I'm running about 16 seconds for the 100 (metres) right now."
Ralph is modest about his accomplishments, but prod him about his previous times and he can tell you about running 11.6 seconds while in his 40s.
Ralph is planning to run the 100 and 200 metres, and compete in the long jump at this year's Games, but he's also participated in the 400-metre hurdles in the past.
Asked why he prefers the 400-metre hurdles as opposed to the 110, Ralph said: "The 110 is hard. It's not long enough and you find yourself overstriding to make the jumps. In the 400, there's lots more space to get your strides in and jump properly."
His hurdling days are long past, but Ralph has happily recovered from the joint problems that kept him on the sidelines the last couple of years.
"Your times and distances drop off every year," said Ralph. "I'm just trying to keep fit and have some fun at the same time."
That's also what his wife Joelanne says when asked about her prolific badminton career.
"I play badminton about three times a week," said Joelanne, who can often be found at the Bonsor Seniors Centre honing her skills. "It's all about fun for me, now."
Joelanne admits to being a singles champion in the not too-distant past, but now she prefers the doubles and mixed doubles competition.
"Singles becomes a lot harder the older you get," she said. "And I have so much fun with my doubles and mixed doubles partners."
Asked if she ever thought about joining Ralph on the track, Joelanne can't help but laugh.
"I'm not a runner," she said. "I picked up badminton at a young age and I don't really think I've ever played anything else. What I really like about it now is I'm meeting a lot of people, I'm having fun, which is definitely the number 1 thing for me and while it's nice to do well, I'm not big on the medals any more. I've won a whole bunch and they don't do much but sit in a box."
Both Ralph and Joelanne will be among the approximately 3,800 seniors athletes who will take part in 26 different events in Burnaby from Aug. 22 to 25.
As one of the largest participatory events in the province, it's an economic boon to the city and proof that grey power is alive and well.
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Anquan Boldin fired his agent. Henry VIII beheaded two of his wives.
Throughout history, what a person does has never been more important than why he/she does it? Modus operandi has always been at the heart of every action a person has taken throughout the annals of time. Some of the most insidious, heinous acts of humankind were mere manifestations of a person's desires. The things people need explains what people do.
Anne Boleyn, the Queen of England, was thought to be an adulteress and was accused of committing high treason; King Henry VIII beheaded her because he wanted a son she could not give him. Later, Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn's lady in waiting and first-cousin, married her cousin's killer and subsequently suffered the same fate. Henry VIII accused her of being an adulteress and committing high treason. This time, his motives were pure and her guilt was certain.
Unfortunately for the Boleyn family, Henry VIII actions were consistent but his motives were very different; regardless of the brutality, one queen was innocent and one was not. Whether Henry VIII motives were sincere - and whether the accusations were true or not - was immaterial. The why justified the what.
We find ourselves in a similar situation with Anquan Boldin and Drew Rosenhaus. Why Anquan fired Rosenhaus is far more important than the pink-slip itself. What is he hoping for? What will happen now? What does Anquan need?
We are hours away from answering these questions. It won't take long to discern what this means. Actions speak louder than words. The best thing Anquan could do right now is join his teammates in OTA's.
This act of contrition, this olive branch would go a long way with the powers that be in Tempe. The combination of firing Rosenhaus and possibly showing up for OTA's could start the healing process, expediting Boldin's contract demands. The Cards know they need Anquan but they need him on their terms, when the time is right.
Anquan's image in this city and across the NFL has taken a serious hit and this must grind on one of the premier tough guys in the league. Some people - in a fit of ignorance - have actually referred to The Quan as a diva, a wide receiver in the same vain as Ochocinco.
Please, what a joke. I will not dignify this with a response but I do wonder why Anquan made this move?
Did Rosenhaus "get the ax" because he could not produce a contract, or did he "kneel on the green" because his guilt and complicity became obvious to one of the fiercest warriors in the game?
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14 March - 28 September 2013 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Shakespeare's compelling tragedy Hamlet comes to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Jonathan Slinger takes the title role directed by RSC Associate Director David Farr, following their acclaimed 2012 collaborations on Twelfth Night and The Tempest.
12 April - 28 September 2013
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Rosalind and Orlando are banished to the wild depths of the Forest of Arden from the oppressive court, where they discover freedom and love with mischievous and witty consequences. Maria Aberg directs Shakespeare's pastoral romance following her riotous production of King John in 2012.
16 May - 26 October 2013
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Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy comes to the Swan Theatre as Roman General Titus struggles to escape the horrors of a violent world. Directed by Michael Fentiman, making his directorial debut for the RSC.
6 June - 25 October 2013
London, Soho...1956. An outrageously wicked and brilliantly plotted farcical satire of lies and lust, glamour and filth. Directed by Sean Foley, in his RSC debut, following his recent production of The Ladykillers in the West End.
19 July - 26 September 2013
Shakespeare's touching and comic romance of mistaken identity comes to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Jonathan Slinger. Directed by Nancy Meckler following her 2011 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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RSC Writer in Residence Mark Ravenhill responds to Voltaire's novel in a new play looking at one man's struggle for optimism when his life is overtaken by an endless barrage of misfortune
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At the fringes of a war torn empire a man and woman have fallen desperately, passionately in love. But for a soldier sent to enforce the imperial will and the queen of a people intent on throwing off the yoke of empire, there is no place for personal desire.
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See highlights from our costume collection along with new artistic responses, interactive displays and your chance to try theatre costumes on in our special dressing up box.
Cutting and casting Sean Foley and Phil Porter's edit of Middleton's outrageous 'city comedy', set in 1950s Soho.
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On Your Marks for Little Hearts
Following last year's fantastic success, Little Hearts Matter will be again holding their 5 or 10k On Your Marks for Little Hearts run in sunny Worthing. The run takes place on Sunday 13 May 2012 and is the 9th On Your Marks for Little Hearts event.
It truly is a great day out for the whole family and you can run, walk or even crawl the 5 or 10k race or the children's fun run, which this year is on the flat course right by the sea.
The event will take place on Worthing Parade from Marine Crescent to the Beach Hotel and registration will open from 9am. Further details and times will be added closer to the event.
All On Your Marks for Little Hearts events offer you the chance to not only look after your own health whilst raising funds to help Little Hearts Matter continue its vital work, crucial to so many children and their families.
All participants to the run will be asked to pay a registration fee and are all being urged to raise around £100 in sponsorship from family, friends and colleagues. All of the money raised will go directly to support the children who are born with half a heart and their families who are coping with caring for their children. If you can't raise the whole £100 then do not worry, this is just a suggested sponsorship target and any funds raised will be gratefully welcomed.
It isn't just the adults that can have fun racing, there will also be stalls and fun races for the children. So take the whole family to Worthing and cheer on all the runners, whilst enjoying yourself wandering around the stalls and soaking up the sun.
Head on over to the Little Hearts Matter official website – www.lhm.org.uk – for details on how to register for the race. Due to rising costs the charity are unable to include a free t-shirt with entry this year, but they are encouraging any entrants who have entered before, to wear one from a previous year.
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35-year-old Richard Metcalf was arrested Tuesday on burglary charges in Depew, a village near Buffalo.
Police say Metcalf was acting strange and was taken to the Erie County Medical Center with an elevated heart rate. He was later arraigned and taken to the Erie County Holding Center.
Officials say Metcalf became combative at the holding center and showed signs of mental illness. He was returned to the medical center late Wednesday for an evaluation. Erie County Sheriff officials say he suffered some type of medical emergency while being transported.
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The Peacock is a charming 14th-century Chelsworth inn set in a peaceful location. It offers bed and breakfast accommodation with free Wi-Fi for guests. Rooms all have picturesque countryside views, and traditional timber framing. Each also comes with a flat-screen TV, a hairdryer, and facilities for making tea and coffee. All of the food used at The Peacock Inn is homemade using fresh local produce, with meat supplied by a butcher in Long Melford. On Sunday you can enjoy a hearty roast dinner and a range of desserts. Free parking is available nearby, and the inn also offers a cycle-hire service. The surrounding countryside is ideal for walking and cycling, and Ipswich is a 30-minute drive away.