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I wanted to tell you more about a very exciting project we did with the artist Laura Facey. She has a new International Slavery Museum exhibition 'Their spirits' on the ground floor of the Maritime Museum. She was kind enough to take some time out of her busy schedule to work with some year 9 students from Enterprise South Liverpool Academy. Read more…

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The first lineup of the spring typically carries little significance. Veterans are often held out and the players who are among the first nine usually only play a few innings at most. It is also far too early on the calendar to know where those fighting for jobs truly stand.
Cleveland's first lineup sheet this spring meant the world to David Cooper.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The first lineup of the spring typically carries little significance. Veterans are often held out and the players who are among the first nine usually only play a few innings at most. It is also far too early on the calendar to know where those fighting for jobs truly stand.
Cleveland's first lineup sheet this spring meant the world to David Cooper.
This was not a normal game for Cooper. When the first baseman saw his name listed eighth in the Indians' order for Wednesday's Cactus League opener against the Reds, it was the completion of a long and grueling journey. One year ago, Cooper was still fighting the reality that his future might include being confined to a wheelchair.
Now, his future includes competing for a spot with the Indians.
It took an innovative and rare spinal-cord surgery to not only save Cooper's career but rescue his quality of life. No, this was not an ordinary spring lineup for Cooper. It was the opening scene to Act III of an incredible comeback story.
"It's a big step for me," Cooper said. "Throughout this whole process, it's one of those dates I've kind of been honed in on. Now, it's finally here."
Watching the replay does not reveal much to the untrained eye. It is Aug. 22, 2012, and there is Cooper, playing for the Blue Jays and lacing a pitch from Detroit's Anibal Sanchez into the right-field corner. Outfielder Jeff Baker retrieves the ball and snaps it back to second baseman Omar Infante, who quickly fires it to first baseman Prince Fielder.
Cooper rounds first base, stumbles, and dives head-first back into the bag. When he shifts to his feet, Cooper is gritting his teeth and breathing heavily, but to the naked eye, it looks like a normal adrenaline-fueled base hit. To Dr. Curtis Dickman, who performed Cooper's endoscopic thoracotomy last April, the footage was a breakthrough moment for the medical industry.
"The video of David's injury was very compelling," Dickman said. "I actually plan on publishing the mechanism of injury in medical journals because it's the first time that we've been able to clearly understand how this type of injury occurs, and it's beautifully demonstrated on the video."
What Dickman sees when he studies the film is Cooper suffering a devastating blow to his chest that caused a ripple effect leading to a severe spinal-cord injury. Cooper developed a herniated disk that was compressing and deforming the front of his thoracic spine (located in the upper back, directly behind the chest). One more wrong move could have led to paralysis for the young ballplayer.
Cooper -- a 2008 first-round Draft pick finally getting his shot in the bigs after having nothing left to prove in the Minors -- stayed in the game for two more innings. Dickman said Cooper risked paralysis the moment he struck the dirt at Comerica Park, but the first baseman was months away from that realization. What Cooper knew was he wanted to stay on the field.
"I felt the pain almost immediately," Cooper said. "It was pretty debilitating. I lost any ability to twist and move. I was having trouble breathing. At the same time, I was finally kind of at that point in the big leagues where I was playing every day and hitting in the middle of the lineup.
"I was like, 'You're going to have to drag me off that field,' which pretty much ended up happening."
Neither Toronto nor Cooper understood the full extent of the damage.
The injury was initially described as a jammed neck with upper-back spasms, but normal rehab was not working. The Blue Jays sent Cooper to their complex in Florida, and the persistent discomfort was becoming increasingly disconcerting. The first baseman was trying to have a normal offseason, but the inability to even slightly twist his torso without pain limited his activity.
Cooper saw several specialists. He visisted one doctor in Texas, another in St. Petersburg and met with renowned back specialist Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles. The overwhelming feeling was that Cooper needed to head to Arizona to see Dickman at St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute.
"It was becoming more and more evident how severe of an injury it was," Cooper said. "[Watkins] immediately told me, 'You've got to get on a plane and go to Phoenix.'"
Cooper vividly remembers the moment just prior to his four-hour surgery on April 3. As he prepared for the operation, his parents and wife, Tamara, were at his side. They all understood the risks, but seeing the pain in their eyes now stands out more than the pain in his body.
"That was one of the toughest things I've ever been through," Cooper said.
They all knew that Cooper had little choice but to put his faith in the hands of Dickman.
Two decades ago, Dickman pioneered the use of an endoscope, which consists of a long tube that contains a light and high-resolution camera. The images are relayed to a television screen, helping doctors perform complicated yet minimally invasive surgeries. Dickman not only developed the tools and technology, but he became a leading neurosurgeon for thoracic spinal injuries.
Traditional surgery, which includes an 18-inch incision, widely opening up the chest cavity and removing a rib, would have included more long-term risks and complications, including potential lung problems, long-lasting pain and, certainly, no more baseball for Cooper. Dickman was offering an alternative operation.
"We were hoping for the best," Dickman said. "But I counseled David before the surgery that it's possible you could have chronic pain and may not be able to perform at the same level as you did previously, and it's possible you may not be able to return to professional sports. But this was really his only hope."
Cooper, who miraculously sidestepped a life-changing setback in the five months prior to the surgery, said the decision was an easy one.
"It was a lot to take in," Cooper said. "I looked at it as I really didn't have a choice. At the time, I was 25 years old essentially, and I was going to live with not being able to do anything for the rest of my life, and there was a good chance I was going to end up in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. I felt there was no other choice to make."
Dickman's endoscopic procedure involves temporarily deflating one lung to create an empty space inside the chest cavity. Then, very small incisions are made in order to insert the endoscope for use as a kind of microscope. Tools are then inserted through other small incisions. In Cooper's case, the herniated disk was removed to decompress the spinal cord, and then bone grafts, a titanium plate and two titanium screws were used for stablization.
"I designed the screws and plates that were put in David's spine," Dickman said, "to reinforce his spine to allow him to return to professional sports after the surgery was done. Those plates and screws locked everything in position so that any weakening that would have occurred by removing the bone and the disk material from the surgery would be stronger than it ever was by fusing the spine."
Or, as Dickman phrased it, "It's kind of like building a ship in a bottle."
The first days of rehab included walking on a treadmill. In July, Cooper underwent a CT scan that led to very good news.
"And then it was, 'Do whatever you want. You can't hurt yourself anymore,'" Cooper said with a smile.
When the Indians look at Cooper, they see the smooth left-handed swing that convinced the Blue Jays to take him with the 17th overall pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. They see the consistent track record in the Minor Leagues and a first baseman who appeared to be on the cusp of turning a corner at the time of his injury.
"He's got a nice swing," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "He's not just a power hitter, but he understands the strike zone and he uses the whole field, and he's a pretty professional hitter."
Cleveland, which had Cooper in its system briefly last August, re-signed Cooper to a Minor League deal in December and brought him into camp this spring as a non-roster invitee, giving him a stage to continue his comeback. The team's message in its meeting with him at the start of Spring Training was a simple one.
"It's, 'Come in and compete for a job,'" Cooper said.
Nothing about this spring is simple or ordinary for Cooper, though.
He now sees many things through a different lens.
"The cliche in whatever sport it is, they say, 'Play every game like it's your last,'" Cooper said. "I kind of got to experience that first hand. Something as simple as diving into a bag can really take everything away."
Cooper has a new lease on life and baseball.
That brings a smile to Dickman's face.
"It's incredibly satisfying to see David out here," Dickman said. "David knew I couldn't guarantee that he could return to professional sports when he got into it. It's turned out to be a miracle."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.


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The MGH Cancer Center has been awarded a $15 million research grant from the proceeds raised by the landmark Sept. 5, 2008 Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) telethon. SU2C, a charitable program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), was established by media and entertainment industry leaders to raise awareness and accelerate developments made in cancer research. The telecast aired simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC and raised more than $100 million.
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pster wrote:OK, the ship has set sail on its several year journey. A year of preliminaries are over and I have just started the book in earnest. No stopping till the end of book VIII. I am hoping that it takes less time than the war itself!
At 1.1.3, we get:
τὰ γὰρ πρὸ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔτι παλαίτερα σαφῶς μὲν εὑρεῖν διὰ χρόνου πλῆθος ἀδύνατα ἦν, ἐκ δὲ τεκμηρίων ὧν ἐπὶ μακρότατον σκοποῦντί μοι πιστεῦσαι ξυμβαίνει οὐ μεγάλα νομίζω γενέσθαι οὔτε κατὰ τοὺς πολέμους οὔτε ἐς τὰ ἄλλα.
What is the subject of the first part of this? Is it the noun phrase τὰ γὰρ πρὸ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔτι παλαίτερα σαφῶς? Or is it the infinitive εὑρεῖν?
The fact that ἦν can work with either the neuter noun phrase as subject or the infinitive as subject is probably the main thing that makes this so slippery.
Hobbes opts for the noun phrase: "For though the events of remote antiquity, and even those that more immediately precede the war, could not from lapse of time be clearly ascertained..." Cameron seems to agree with this as he claims the infinitive is epexegetical on the adjective. This brings us to another thing that makes it slippery: the epexegetical infinitive is usually active.
Morris and Marchant opt for the infinitive. If we were to rework Hobbes' translation for this reading, we would get: "For though to ascertain the events of remote antiquity, and even those that more immediately precede the war was not possible..."
ἀδύνατα: pred. to εὑρεῖν, to which τὰ . . . παλαιότερα is obj. Cf. c. 59. 4; 125. 5; ii.72.16; 74. 5; 97. 29; iii.88.4; iv.1.13
15. ἀδύνατα—Thuc. frequently uses the neut. plur. of the verbal or of an adj. for the sing. where the subject is an infin. or a sentence. The use is mainly poetical.
There seem to be three choices:
1) Hobbes and Cameron are right.
2) Morris and Marchant are right.
3) All four are wrong (except perhaps Hobbes because as a translator he had to make a choice) and they are all wrong because the Greek is indeterminate and both readings are perfectly good.
1, 2 or 3?
Thanks in advance.
Scribo wrote:Too late to join in? I have a bit of spare time! I'd love to re-read Thucydides!
NateD26 wrote:My way of translating such constructions is with a simple "it is/was...". Less headache for me,
that's for damn sure.
Think in any case how little difference in meaning the two possibilities you've provided have.
I would not give much heed to the way translators, employing their own authority and judgement,
would turn an active verb into passive in English. If one reading took the infinitive as the predicate,
then "to find them clearly/to verify/ascertain them" is turned to the passive. If it's the subject,
then it stays active.
pster wrote:Hornblower gives a gloss that seems to agree with Hobbes and Cameron. I say seems to because his three volume commentary is more concerned with historical than linguistics issues.
And I'm sorry John, he doesn't take up the ama issue from book VI. The Belgian site seems to be working now. I just checked and there are about 300 occurrences in Thucydides. Maybe you, Nate and I could do 100 each and see what we learn?
pster wrote:John,
I'm very sorry to hear about your health. Make sure to find good real experts to handle your issues. Your presence will be missed and your seat at the head of the table will remain empty till you return.
John W. wrote:
The two personal examples are at 4.21.1 (ὁρῶντες τῶν τε ἐπιτηδείων τὴν περὶ τὴν Πελοπόννησον κομιδὴν ἀδύνατον ἐσομένην) and 6.39.2 (ἃ ὑμῶν οἵ τε δυνάμενοι καὶ οἱ νέοι προθυμοῦνται, ἀδύνατα ἐν μεγάλῃ πόλει κατασχεῖν): the second of these two is interesting, in that the opening ἃ agrees (in Betant's view) with ἀδύνατα following. Both Marchant and Smith (in the Ginn series) share this view.
Scribo wrote:So I have Hornblower's commentaries (still haven't asked him to sign it, I am a coward...), another book on verb forms in Thuc, lots of articles, a book on prose styles....and so I'm ready to start in my break.
Which is when I notice that I don't own the text anymore. Need to go borrow one....
pster wrote:As I said above, I don't understand Betant's entry.
Regarding 6.39.2, I'm not sure how to read it. It seems to me that there are three possibilities. Let's introduce some English shorthand:
what they desire impossible in-a-great-city to-hold
This seems to be what we have to work with.
Marchant and Smith go for:
what they desire onta impossible in-a-great-city to-possess
I dont really understand what kind of participle that is. It doesn't seem conditional, concessive, temporal or causal. And don't we need a finite verb anyway? Don't we??
Why don't Smith and Marchant think the copula is finite?
what they desire to-possess eisi impossible in-a-great-city
Can't we use the relative as the subject like that?
I like the quasi-impersonal (I'm going to be pedantic a la Smyth henceforth):
what they desire, to-posses in-a-great-city esti impossible
Or rephrased:
to-possess in-a-great-city what they desire is impossible
Thucydides phrasing is explained by the way the phrases build on what came before, which required that the relative phrase to be out front.
OK, gotta break for grub.
pster wrote:This is my first look at Betant. I don't quite understand his layout. He gives a singular and a plural, then a long list of impersonals, then a long list of plurals. But aren't some impersonals plural? I have to read up on impersonal verbs for my other thread. I'll post more in a couple of hours.
John W. wrote:
In spite of his treatment of 6.39.2, Betant classifies ἀδύνατα at 1.1.3 as impersonal,
John W. wrote:
I agree with you that, in 6.39.2, the omitted copula seems more likely to be finite - presumably ἐστιν to go with the neuter plural.
John W. wrote:Looking at these two passages again, I think that the construction can be straighforwardly analysed as personal:
6.39.2: ἀδύνατα [ἐστιν] ... κατασχεῖν = 'are impossible to secure';
John W. wrote:1.1.3: τὰ ... εὑρεῖν ... ἀδύνατα ἦν = 'the [events] were impossible to discover'.
John W. wrote:For the use of an active verb after an adjective where one might logically expect a passive verb, Smith (on 6.39.2) refers us to section 763 of Goodwin's Moods and Tenses (incidentally, I never seem to see this work mentioned on here: am I the only who who still consults it?). Unfortunately Goodwin does not cite any Thucydidean examples, but he does give one from Plato's Phaedo (90c-d), λόγου ... δυνατοῦ κατανοῆσαι, 'a speech possible to understand', which seems a useful parallel.
John W. wrote:For the use of an active verb after an adjective where one might logically expect a passive verb, Smith (on 6.39.2) refers us to section 763 of Goodwin's Moods and Tenses (incidentally, I never seem to see this work mentioned on here: am I the only who who still consults it?). Unfortunately Goodwin does not cite any Thucydidean examples, but he does give one from Plato's Phaedo (90c-d), λόγου ... δυνατοῦ κατανοῆσαι, 'a speech possible to understand', which seems a useful parallel.
John W. wrote:One other example in Betant's list has struck me as interesting in this context: 2.72.2, i.e. ἀπεκρίναντο αὐτῷ ὅτι ἀδύνατα σφίσιν εἴη ποιεῖν ἃ προκαλεῖται ἄνευ Ἀθηναίων. Despite the proximate presence of ἃ, the use of ἀδύνατα here looks impersonal (Betant certainly classifies it as such), which I think may reinforce your argument as to the other two passages we have discussed.
John W. wrote:
One key question for me, which we've not specifically addressed, is this: if Thucydides wished to use the word in its impersonal sense, would he have opted for the neuter form ἀδύνατα in such close, and potentially misleading, proximity to the neuter plurals ἃ and τὰ in these two passages, or would he have used the singular ἀδύνατον to obviate any risk of confusion?
pster wrote:Hornblower has a full page discussion of the first 20 words. Evidently there is some question whether the allies remained or went home and came back. He seems to come down on the side of going home and coming back. Let me know if you want me to read what he says closely. I just skimmed it.
pster wrote:Hornblower has a full page discussion of the first 20 words. Evidently there is some question whether the allies remained or went home and came back. He seems to come down on the side of going home and coming back. Let me know if you want me to read what he says closely. I just skimmed it.
John W. wrote:
I'd be grateful if you could see if Hornblower sheds any light. For my current reading of Thucydides I'm using Alberti's edition of the Greek text, which reads αὖθις instead of the OCT's αὐτοὶ before ἔτυχον ὄντες, and so supports what you say is Hornblower's interpretation.
pster wrote:By the first twenty words, I meant οἱ δὲ ξύμμαχοι...ποιεῖσθαι. Hornblower's discussion of this is a super dense page because this is a much emended passage. I will look at it again tomorrow. I may just have to type it and send it to you in a PM.
pster wrote:John, while I'm making my coffee, let me just ask a simple question. Doesn't σφίσι always refer to the subject of the main clause? Isn't that why we call it an indirect pronoun?
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I think monsters dropping money/items is the most rediculas part of all RPG game...how on earth does a slimy, gooy jelly hide anime skin, excalibur, a ton of cash or gems inside? And even if you explain how you hide it, where do they get them?
And the worst part is leveling up...that's one reason I don't like RPG games...people playing them really have no skill. All they need to do is fight a million times, gain a huge level difference between them and bosses, and that's it. Really, honestly, RPG games are 90% based on how much time you spend on it, not how skillful you are, unlike other game genres(fighting/action-->skills on rhythm and timing; shooting-->finger-eye co-ordination; strategy-->brain poewr, etc.).
If I want to read the story and watch the scenes, I'll simply ask my friends to hack into the game and extract them all out for me, instead of wasting time on it.
Sorry for all the steam...
|2006-05-17, 06:42
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For the FFVII fans among you and those who want to know about what happened in the two years after the game, you may want to read the official short stories of "The Maiden who Travels the Planet" and "On the Way to a Smile". They're like a prologue to the movie and give a deeper understanding of how things ended up the way they were.
Fan translations can be found here at http://xthost.info/ffwebnovel/. Although the translations seem to have a few "hiccups" in quality, it seems the translator didn't have the time to edit them apparently. But it seems good and accurate enough to me.
I liked how "On the Way to a Smile" showed how the characters tried to move on from their lives as heroes, after the events in FFVII, back to their daily lives just before FFVII:AC. Pity these stories will probably never get official translations for sell.
I don't know about other RPGs but, games like the recent Legend of Heroes VI, you earn your money by doing side quests or selling material the monsters drop. The latter is true of all the MMORPGs that are out.
Also, some bosses require tactics and a good use of abilities. Just try beating Ruby Weapon and Emerald Weapon in FFVII without looking for any help. Maxing out your levels alone won't beat those two optional bosses. Otherwise I find the mandatory bosses generally easy to beat in RPGs, despite the leveling constraint they try to impose.
As for "rhythm and timing", some action RPGs do offer the challenge. In games such as the recent Ys VI, you still have to level up and the leveling constraints remain but it's no longer turn based. Neither is it a matter of bashing the attack key to defeat bosses as you have to time it well and find out what their weaknesses are. That said, higher levels do help you survive longer at this point.
On the later higher difficulty levels, timing is even more crucial. While at the normal setting, you can just bash away at the swarms of enemies attacking you, the higher setting means you can't hurt them without dealing out critical hits. To do that, you have to watch each of the monsters and time your attacks so that you hit them just as they strike out at you.
At the same time, the damage they deal have been increased so you have to do whatever it takes to stay alive. At this point, levels matter no more as you die instantly. Avoiding death and beating the insanely tough monsters now takes a lot of quick reaction and timing.
You can't experience the same thing in games that are pure FPS, puzzle and strategy.
|2006-05-17, 07:06
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Items dropping out of mobs absurd? What about Jill Valentine a cop who dies when chewed on by zombies, can survive Cyclop's Mega Optic blast or be slashed a dozen times by Wolverine's Berserker Barrage?
Why do you gain cash after shooting your opponents to hell? Then at the start of the next round you use the cash to buy weapons out of nowhere and why are we starting all over again? Why do we kill each other with guns over and over again?
What's the materials needed to build a Paladin? Apparently the same as a Commanche or a Pathfinder's training, cash is all that is needed. Why do the Terrans, Zerg and Protoss need Crystals and Vespene Gas? Whats the composition of both resources? Apparently they contain materials that can produce beam cannons, nourish alien organisms and summon buildings from an alien home planet.
Whats with all these absurdities? The answer is so that we can actually play and have fun.
|2007-01-29, 12:32
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Don't know if this is where I could post. But did anyone hear about the new LE release for 'FFVII:AC'? The info. was posted in this month's 'Newtype USA'. This LE release will include 'Last Order'.
I had to laugh at this considering they should have waited and released it. But I guess you take what you can and get the best later. They do that with movies all the time. It drives people crazy.
|2007-02-19, 03:41
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Hi every one .
I dont want to get spoiled in this thread so i just had a question.
What is the order of the final fantasy animes?. I know there is one advent children and other is last order. What is the order of it?.
Also i have the final fantasy 10 game but havent finished playing it on ps2 yet, so i was wondering if watching any of the ones stated above will spoil me on the game or anime .
Thanks alot in advance.
|2007-02-22, 15:06
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#1 Yaoi/Shonen-Ai Hater
Ah, both, Last Order and Advent Children don't have anything to do with FFX, it's all about FF7. Last Order is about the time in the game when Cloud was a member of SOLDAT, it takes place in Clouds hometown and is about Sephiroth, Zack and what happened at the reactor there with Jenova and after it (hope I got it right, since it's a while ago since I watched it). Advent Children takes place 2 years~ after the game Final Fantasy VII.
Btw I found a great parody to FFVII AC. It's Kadaj dubbed by someone else and he's damn good as VA I think -> Click me~
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AHL Playoff Game Night: 4/23/11 Admirals at PenguinsSubmitted by pete on April 23, 2011 - 20:19
A brave Norfolk Admirals team has nothing to be ashamed about effort-wise in this playoffs.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Wins the Series 4-2
Dustin Tokarski allowed 4 goals on 27 shots, including an unsuccessful third period penalty shot by Joe Vitale in the third period. Considering the winning goal was essentially a 3-on-1, there's not much more Tic could've done tonight. He finishes the playoffs with 1 shutout, a 2.20 GAA, and a .924 save percentage, and he looks like a lock to be Norfolk's starter next season. In all likelihood, Cedrick Desjardins will be the backup in Tampa Bay next season, and Tokarski's play down the stretch seems to indicate he's the type of netminder who wants and needs to be the clear cut #1 in order to be at his best after struggling a bit as a tandem starter with Desjardins. He's regained the title of the Lightning's "Goaltender of the Future" and the priority for next season, his third pro season, will be for Tokarski to prove he can be that consistent #1 goalie before potentially moving up to the NHL in the 4th season of his pro career. At least, that seems to be what the plan is for Tic.
First Period
WBS Wagner, (1) (Walker, Craig), 2:13 (PP)
WBS Wagner, (2) (Potter, Walker), 3:58 (PP)
WBS Wagner, (3) (Wallace, Potter), 18:36
Second Period
NOR Pouliot, (4) (Ritola, Vernace), 14:18
NOR Jones, (1) (Ritola, Milam), 16:03 (PP)
Third Period
WBS Vitale, (2) (Wallace, Collins), 7:23
NOR Wright, (1) (Fornataro, Pouliot), 10:35 (PP)
WBS Wallace, (1) (Vitale, Potter), 18:57 (EN)
WBS Sill, (1) (Strait, Thiessen), 19:21 (EN)
Marc-Antoine Pouliot was the game's third star.
When you consider the Penguins came into this series the best team in the Eastern Conference, and the Admirals had to win their last game just to avoid having to cross over into the Atlantic Division, the Admirals have nothing to feel ashamed of in playing this series so tightly. The hard work and character of this Admirals team is worthy of mention, and the team and organization have come such a long way in 4 seasons since the Lightning started their affiliation with Norfolk.
Coincidentally, the East's crossover team, Binghamton, just knocked off Manchester in Game 7 to advance to the Atlantic Division final against Portland. One wonders what shape a Norfolk/Manchester series might have taken if Norfolk hadn't beaten Connecticut to close the regular season.
The big question now is what this Norfolk Admirals team will look like next season, with several of their older players facing contract decisions and several of the Lightning's best young prospects ticketed for Virginia next season.
Will veterans like Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Chris Durno, Mike Vernace, Mathieu Roy, and Troy Milam be back with the team next year? What about long-time pros like Blair Jones, Mike Angelidis, Mattias Ritola, and Vladimir Mihalik? Mihalik and Ritola just finished their 4th years of pro hockey and Jones and Angelidis finished their 5th. Many of these players will surely have opportunities to play in European leagues next season. We know Johan Harju will, for instance, and the question is whether Johan will stay in North America after a disappointing second half. And will Kevin Quick's time in the Lightning organization be over as well?
Conversely, the Admirals will need to free up spots for several of the Lightning's top prospects. Carter Ashton and Charles Landry have already made appearances for the club this season in the playoffs. Richard Panik and Tyler Johnson seem like locks to be in Norfolk next season, too.
Next season could be a big change for the Admirals organization, as the last vestiges of previous regimes pass on. Change is inevitable for a minor league club, but the Admirals seem destined for even more change than is the norm. The good news is that they seem to have good goaltending locked down and even better coaching after a successful inaugural campaign by Head Coach Jon Cooper and assistant Mike Flanagan along with player development consultant Steve Thomas. This group seems to have taken a decent foundation laid by earlier teams and made it even stronger this year, and that foundation can help the new Admirals grow to be even more successful than this year's edition, in time. Look at how well guys like Mark Barberio and Radko Gudas took to the league this season. It portends good things.
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AHL Game Night: 3/23/11 Phantoms at AdmiralsSubmitted by pete on March 23, 2011 - 20:12
Tic returns with a vengeance.
Dustin Tokarski returned from missing the weekend set against Albany with a minor injury to stop 32 of 33 shots for the victory. Since the start of February, Tic has gone 10-2-2 with 2 shutouts, and he's 6-1-0 in the month of March with 1 shutout, a 1.56 GAA, and a .942 save percentage. Put simply, Tic continues to live up to his reputation of playing his best when the stakes go up. Don't gamble with Tic: he'll take your money, your shirt, your car keys, and your girl. Believe it.
First Period
Second Period
NOR Roy, (4) , 2:29
NOR Angelidis, (18) (Wright), 4:38 (SH)
ADK Pither, (9) , 16:43 (PP)
Third Period
Tokarski, Mathieu Roy, and Mike Angelidis were the game's three stars. Angelidis has obliterated his career best statistics this season playing a very well rounded, power forward's game with 18 goals, 35 points, a +19 rating in 69 games. He's also tied his career high of 151 penalty minutes, to boot.
Norfolk moves into 3rd in the East Division via the win percentage tiebreaker over Charlotte and are now 5 points back of 2nd place Hershey with 3 games in hand. They also maintain a 5 point gap on 5th place Binghamton with 2 games in hand and they've expanded their lead on the Atlantic's 4th place team, Worcester, to 8 points with 2 games in hand. With 11 games left to go in the regular season, Norfolk has 86 points, meaning they likely need just 2-4 points to realistically insure a playoff spot, and they control their own destiny in terms of moving up to 2nd in the Division to try to clinch home ice in the first round.
But, the degree of difficulty goes up this weekend. Norfolk faces Manchester Friday and Saturday before traveling to Charlotte on Sunday. The Monarchs are a solid 2nd in the Atlantic Division and Charlotte has refused to go away all season long.
One other note: with their victory tonight the Admirals moved past their point total (84) from all of last season, with another 22 points still up for grabs on the schedule. After a rough start to its affiliation with Norfolk, the Lightning's farmhands have improved each season.
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AHL Game Night: 2/4/11 Senators at AdmiralsSubmitted by pete on February 4, 2011 - 21:26
Norfolk escapes after blowing another lead late.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 3 goals on 28 shots for the victory.
First Period
Second Period
NOR Bergeron, (1) (Vernace, Jones), 7:22 (PP)
BNG Butler, (22) (Greening, Locke), 10:13
NOR Harju, (18) (Giliati, Pouliot), 16:56
NOR Giliati, (6) (Pouliot, Bergeron), 19:11
Third Period
BNG Wiercioch, (3) (O'Brien, Smith), 7:59 (PP)
BNG Daugavins, (11) (Condra, Locke), 18:55
NOR Bergeron, (2) (Pouliot, Quick), 3:03 (PP)
Marc-Andre Bergeron and Stefano Giliati were the game's first and second stars.
Norfolk got the two points, which is the big thing, but it continues to be a recurring problem for the Admirals when it comes to protecting leads late. They were outshot 14-3 in the third period and allowed 2 goals to the Senators in the frame. They capped a bad period by allowing the equalizer with 1:05 left to go in the period, and thereby surrendered a point to the division rival they currently have in their rear view mirror. Not good. The Admirals still look in line to be a playoff club, but they may be an early out if they can't get better defensively. Getting Mathieu Roy back yesterday was probably an excellent start to solving that puzzle.
With 2 goals and 1 assist tonight, Marc-Andre Bergeron is signaling that he's starting to round into form. After posting just 1 point in his first 6 games as an Admiral, Bergeron has 7 points in his last 7.
Johan Harju's goal tonight marked the first time he's scored goals in back-to-back games since late November. One wonders if Harju is enjoying an All-Star bounce or if possibly a certain GM or Assistant GM had a heart-to-heart with Big Joe after reports surfaced in the Swedish papers he was unhappy.
Norfolk holds a 2 point lead over Charlotte for 3rd in the East Division and a 7 point lead over 5th place Binghamton. A win tomorrow night (in regulation) could really put Bingo in a bad way, and can help Norfolk try to close the gap on surging second place Hershey.
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AHL Game Night: 12/3/10 Admirals at MonarchsSubmitted by pete on December 3, 2010 - 21:02
The Monarchs were deposed, violently, by Norfolk.
Cedrick Desjardins stopped 23 of 25 shots for the win.
First Period
NOR Angelidis, (6) (Roy, Fornataro), 1:49
NOR Fornataro, (6) (Angelidis), 12:23
MCH King, (7) (Moller, Voynov), 17:10 (PP)
Second Period
NOR Fornataro, (7) (Szczechura, Angelidis), 4:45
NOR Jones, (8) (Labrie, Angelidis), 9:12
NOR Angelidis, (7) (Roy, Durno), 18:55
NOR Pouliot, (5) (Wright, Jackson), 19:38
Third Period
MCH Holloway, (6) (Kozun, Mullen), 2:34
NOR Pouliot, (6) (Wright, Roy), 8:00
Mike Angelidis, Matt Fornataro, and Marc-Antoine Pouliot were the game's three stars. Angelidis, who had just 24 points all of last season for Albany, had 2 goals and 5 points in this game and is already sitting on 15 points for the season.
Mathieu Roy had 3 assists and was +6 after being returned to Norfolk by the Lightning. Ty Wishart and Angelidis were +5.
Norfolk jumps back into second place in the East Division, but are 8 points back of first place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Norfolk heads into Portland tomorrow night to face the Pirates. With 92 goals, the club is averaging an even 4.00 goals per game to lead the AHL.
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NHL Game Night: 11/30/10 Lightning at Maple LeafsSubmitted by pete on November 30, 2010 - 20:55
Gagne is back.
Dan Ellis allowed 3 goals on 25 shots tonight for the win. His rebound control was pretty poor tonight, and he didn't make the greatest decision on Toronto's third goal to leave his crease to try to play the puck. Fortunately, the boys in front of him picked him up.
First Period
01:25 TOR Versteeg (7), Bozak (4), Gunnarsson (2)
Second Period
05:18 TB Malone (6), Gagne (1)(PP)
11:51 TOR Kulemin (8), Kaberle (11), Versteeg (7)(PP)
Third Period
07:23 TOR Kulemin (9), Crabb (1), Komisarek (6)
08:25 TB St Louis (9), Downie (12)
19:51 TB St Louis (10), Stamkos (19), Moore (5)
01:15 TB Gagne (1), Clark (6)
Simon Gagne and Martin St. Louis were the game's first and second stars. Gagne, in his first game back after missing almost a quarter of the season, scored the overtime winner, had a helper, and set a screen in front on the tying goal with less than ten seconds to go in regulation. I think I'd call that a successful return.
Credit to the Lightning for playing 60 minutes of hockey. Good teams find ways to win games like this when they don't have their best but they find ways to make plays to pull out the two points. Bad teams find ways to lose games like this, and Toronto is surely a bad team.
Mathieu Roy had 1 hit in 2:00. Nice work if you can get it.
Dana Tyrell was -1 with 1 shot in 12:06.
How close are the Lightning's prospects to graduation, you ask? Roy is 17 games off, based on the 82 career games rule. Tyrell is 19 games off. Ritola is 26 games off. B. Jones is 32 games off. Harju is 37 games off.
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NHL Game Night: 11/22/10 Bruins at LightningSubmitted by pete on November 22, 2010 - 21:09
... And you keep winning...
Mike Smith allowed 1 goal on 27 shots for the win.
First Period
Second Period
03:26 TB Tyrell (2), Jones (6), Thompson (6)
05:15 TB Stamkos (20), St Louis (19), Downie (8)
11:36 TB Purcell (4), Moore (4), Malone (9)
Third Period
10:38 BOS Ryder (6), Wheeler (4), Caron (3)
Martin St. Louis, Dominic Moore, and Pavel Kubina were the game's three stars.
The Lightning absolutely dominated Boston for about 36 of the first 40 minutes, and outshot Boston 36-27 overall on the game, with a ton of chances. They could've scored another 8 like in Philly if not for the play of Tuukka Rask. That's a nice statement to make on national TV.
Mathieu Roy had 1 hit in 2:51. Nice work if you can get it.
Dana Tyrell had a goal and was +1 with 2 shots, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 12:33. That was probably his best NHL game thus far, and not just because of the goal he got going into a high traffic area. His speed was evident, and he got himself another nice chance from the left wing circle he just shot wide with Rask screened. The most impressive thing I saw, though, was Tyrell almost knocked Zdeno Chara off the puck at one point after Steve Downie almost got killed trying to run at Chara. How strong is Dana Tyrell if he can move a mountain like Chara?
Blair Jones was scoreless in 6:01.
Expect moves to be made with Ritola coming off suspension and Gagne seemingly close to returning.
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NHL Game Night: 11/18/10 Lightning at FlyersSubmitted by pete on November 18, 2010 - 21:11
Maybe the craziest game I've ever seen.
Dan Ellis allowed 4 goals on 10 shots before giving way to Mike Smith, who allowed 3 goals on 22 shots to get the win in relief.
First Period
04:21 PHI Nodl (4), Zherdev (1), Richards (12)
05:03 PHI Zherdev (6), Carle (5), Richards (13)
08:20 TB Stamkos (17), St Louis (15), Ellis (1)(PP)
08:36 TB Hall (3), Hedman (7), Bergenheim (5)
09:51 PHI Carter (9), O'Donnell (2), Giroux (12)
13:59 TB Malone (3), St Louis (16), Stamkos (15)(PP)
15:34 PHI Hartnell (7), Coburn (5), Carle (6)
18:04 PHI Briere (10), Hartnell (7), O'Donnell (3)
18:18 TB Clark (4), Moore (3), Hedman (8)
Second Period
04:11 TB Stamkos (18), St Louis (17), Lundin (5)
04:59 PHI Zherdev (7), Powe (4), Pronger (7)
09:27 PHI Meszaros (1), van Riemsdyk (5), Betts (4)
09:41 TB Downie (3), St Louis (18), Stamkos (16)
18:59 TB Stamkos (19), Purcell (8), St Louis (19)(PP)
Third Period
05:19 TB Thompson (3), Tyrell (2), Bergenheim (6)
Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis were the game's first and second stars.
What'd we see tonight? 1.) 15 goals? Check. 2.) A hat trick for #91 on just three amazing shots? Three shots. Three kills. Check. 3.) Brett Clark scoring a goal by shooting it THROUGH the net? Check. 4.) Matt Roy darned near putting a guy in the hospital? Check. 5.)And the biggest shocker of all: in a game with 15 goals your winner is scored by... Nate Thompson? Nate bleeping Thompson!?
Mind you, there were a few things this game could have used to spice it up a little more: 1.) Mike Smith scoring an empty net goal and then doing snow angels in his crease to celebrate. 2.) Creating a timewarp where ex-Lightning player Kurtis Foster breaks a pane of glass and/or Evgeny Artyukhin puts a player through the glass. 3.) Steve Downie inciting a riot/bench clearer that ends with the stands being set on fire. 4.) For no good reason, Rudy Poeschek and Paul Laus happening to be in attendance and getting in a Pier 6 brawl at the nacho stand. 5.) A live penguin sliding out onto the ice and halting play. Baseball has squirrels and birds. I feel hockey should have the occassional stray penguin halting play. 6.) I like this one the best. Coach Fleming hitting Hulk Hogan with a steel chair while the ref isn't looking so Guy Boucher can get the 1-2-3 at center ice and win the championship belt. Just some suggestions to Gary Bettman and Lightning management on how to improve on the already unbelievable product we saw tonight.
Johan Harju was -2 in 4:45. You couldn't swing a cat without hitting a minus in this game tonight.
Mathieu Roy was -1 with a hit that almost put Darroll Powe in traction in 4:39.
Dana Tyrell had a helper on the game winner and 2 shots and 2 blocked shots in 11:39. Andrej Meszaros is a dead man the next time the Lightning play the Flyers for trying to take out Tyrell's knees in the third period, especially considering Tyrell had major knee surgery less than 2 years ago.
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AHL Game Night: 11/10/10 Admirals at DevilsSubmitted by pete on November 10, 2010 - 21:51
The machine keeps rolling.
Cedrick Desjardins allowed 3 goals on 25 shots for the win. Gotta love six goals of support.
First Period
NOR Jones, (5) (Pouliot, Harju), 6:23
NOR Szczechura, (6) (Wishart, Roy), 16:45 (PP)
NOR Giliati, (1) (Angelidis, Gudas), 17:25
NOR Wright, (4) (Szczechura, Fornataro), 18:20
ALB Anderson, (4) (Urbom, Zharkov), 19:10
Second Period
ALB Palmieri, (3) (Urbom, Sestito), 3:13
ALB Anderson, (5) (Fayne, Zharkov), 15:42
NOR Harju, (7) (Roy, Wishart), 18:14 (PP)
Third Period
NOR Fornataro, (4) (Wright, Barberio), 9:41
James Wright and Matt Fornataro were the game's first and third stars. Norfolk's 51 goals scored so far this season is currently tied for third behind Portland and Oklahoma City. Marc-Antoine Pouliot is tied for fourth in the league with 18 points with, among others, Oklahoma City's Linus Omark. He's also third in the league in helpers. Johan Harju is tied for eighth in the league in scoring with 16 points. Harju's 7 goals also ties him for ninth in the league in that category. Ty Wishart and Mathieu Roy are tied for seventh in the league in points among defensemen with 10 a piece.
Bottom line, they're good.
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NHL Game Night: 11/4/10 Lightning at KingsSubmitted by pete on November 5, 2010 - 17:40
Couldn't get on the website last night.
Mike Smith allowed 1 goal on 26 shots for the hard luck loss.
First Period
Second Period
Third Period
05:20 LA Williams (6), Smyth (5), Stoll (7)
Mattias Ritola had 1 hit in 10:53.
Mathieu Roy was -1 with 2 penalty minutes, 1 shot, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 9:22.
Dana Tyrell was -1 with 1 shot in 8:58.
Blair Jones had 1 shot, 2 hits, and 1 blocked shot in 9:03. He was also 4/7 on draws.
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Happy International Youth Day everyone!
Thank you for making VOY the amazing, inspiring, dynamic online community that it is. It would not be possible without your efforts.
But today is not just for celebrating the amazing power of youth, it is also an important opportunity to highlight the challenges. This year's theme for Youth Day is around the mental health of young people. Mental health issues are often not talked about or stigmatized, leaving them untreated and putting young people at risk.
Here is a roundup of our picks of blog posts, podcasts, resources are more for today:
* "10 Pearls Of Wisdom You've Never Heard Before From Young People Around The World" - our first ever Buzzfeed piece!
* Read the VOY post "Mental illness is real and it it just as
difficult as other illnesses" by Jianne (18) http://bit.ly/1kzeKU7
* Read all the Voices of Youth posts related to this year's International Youth Day & the theme.
* Read the UN report - Mental Health Matters - about the social inclusion of youth with mental health conditions.
* Read the personal stories and view the art pieces of youth about mental health matters.
* Read about how youth are using the power of digital in Zambia to change HIV & AIDS education: http://blogs.unicef.org/2014/05/20/youth-in-zambia-using-u-report-to-take-charge-of-their-futures-1/
* Listen to inspiring young innovators discuss child rights and activism for children with disabilities as part of this year's UNICEF Activate Talks.
* Listen to a UNICEF Beyond School Books podcast featuring a conversation between two young activists – Rodrigo Riaza, a Spanish Global Youth Ambassador for Education and Hannah Godefa, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Rodrigo and Hannah discussed the importance of activism and the role of education in enabling young people to fulfill their potential.


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Jeans, Jewels and Jazz - 6/24/09
Guests were encouraged to dress casual but classy by wearing their jeans and jewels to the Jeans, Jewels & Jazz fundraiser at the Mt. Washington Smart House. The 200 guests in attendance also enjoyed the soothing Jazz sounds of Chizmo Charles and The Kenny Blake Trio and snacked on hors d'oeurves from Pittsburgh's finest restaurants. The main activities of the night included both a silent and Chinese auction — nearly 30 items and packages were auctioned including autographed Steelers footballs, Pittsburgh weekend packages to the Hilton Pittsburgh and Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, as well as gift baskets and gift certificates. All proceeds of the event benefited the Cancer Caring Center, which is celebrating 21 years of service to the Pittsburgh community. The Center offers free programs and services to support local cancer patients and families.Read More
Photography by Megan Wylie
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There's been a deluge of holiday sweets coming in (and out) of my house these last few weeks. 'Tis the season, yes? And pretty much all of it is off-limits for my vegan daughter.
So I decided to end the year with a very special treat. This girl loves – with a capital "L" – cookie dough. And I found a recipe for a vegan version that is all but identical to the butter/flour/egg-laden one.
The secret? Chickpeas.
Now, before you roll your eyes, stay with me. I, too, was a skeptic – how in the world could chickpeas, of all things, replace my beloved cookie dough ingredients? But I baked with chickpeas not that long ago, and was pleasantly surprised at how handy it is in replicating the moist base and sturdy texture in the cake.
My daughter gave two thumbs up, and if you are vegan – or need to eliminate dairy, eggs or flour from your diet – I know you will too!
Happy New Year!
Vegan Cookie Dough Bites
Recipe adapted from V.K. Rees
1 1/2 c. chickpeas, rinsed and drained (approximately 1 can)
3 T. sweetener of your choice (I used agave nectar but you could use honey or maple syrup)
1/8 t. baking soda
3 T. nut butter of your choice
2 t. vanilla
pinch of salt
1 bag (10 oz.) non-dairy chocolate chips
2 t. shortening
Combine all of the ingredients except the chocolate chips and shortening in a food processor. Process till smooth, scraping down the bowl once or twice if needed. Transfer mixture to a medium bowl.
Mix in 2 T. of chocolate chips (reserve the rest for dipping). Form into balls and freeze on a baking sheet till solid.
Set a wire rack over a baking sheet covered with tin foil. In the top half of a double boiler set over barely simmering water, melt the remaining chocolate chips and shortening – stir till smooth and remove from heat.
Using a fork, dip one bite into the melted chocolate, turning till covered. Lift the bite out of the chocolate and tap gently on the side of the bowl to remove excess. Place on wire rack. Repeat with remaining bites. Return bites to freezer and freeze until solid.


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Here's something I don't get to say very often: the kick off of the On Board Entertainment big air series took place March 6th, 1999 at Mountain Creek, NJ. It was most certainly the first time I ever went to a pro invitational big air in New Jersey, but not the first time they've had one. In fact, the first OBE event was held there years ago, back when it was called Vernon Valley, and even with the ever shortening careers of today's snowboard pros, several riders from the first event showed up again.
The turn out of riders wasn't huge, and with injuries during practice taking a few more competitors, it looked like everyone was guaranteed a piece of the $5000 purse. Dave Olcott lamented, "Looks like were going to have to start paying people to hit Stimilon jumps." Although when it came down to the actual event, there were 17 men and 3 women who made it past warm-ups. No one complained that the jump wasn't fun, but the take off was about 4 feet shorter than what we usually see from Stimilon, with the same size gap, but a super short landing. Some riders, both male and female, were having problems clearing the jump, while others were over shooting it.
Of course, with the inclement weather, the amount of people coming up short became more prevailent throughout the qualifiers. By the men's second run more competitors were stopping before the jump than were actually hitting it. The contest was put on a 30 minute weather hold, enough time for the rain to change back to snow (the first natural snow of the season for Mountain Creek), and the run-in to firm back up. This break also gave riders a chance to wax their snowboards, which some people had obviously neglected to do before the event. The field of competitors consisted mostly of riders who do the Stimilon series (as it was the main qualifier for the event), and many of them took advantage of the allowed inverts. Rodeo flips were, not suprisingly, popular, as were 720's and backside methods. Since the prize money for the guys was spread out over the top 10, everyone felt they had a chance at taking home at least $200, so more effort was put in by everyone involved.
The women's competion was short, to say the least. The first run looked to be all about strait airs, until Eva Bonner spun a back 360 right off the bat. She continued to spin, but had trouble with landings, and ended her day with a big double grab. Lauren "Nugget" Naudascher decided consistent landings and tricks were the way to go, and chose to do methods for all three runs, but was the only girl who landed every time. It was Anna Bock who walked away the champ though. Her two strait airs, a method and a mute were clean and stylish, but it was the barrel roll backflip secured her $500.
After the men's first run, Nick "The Biggest Name There" Francke was in first for his 540 rodeo flip. Zach Diamond, who was definitley the crowd favorite, possibly because he invovled them the most by practically landing on them with his backside 720, was close behind in second. Other strong showings included Jim Kelly, who nobody knew could ride jumps, and Jer Cook, even though he grabbed tindy.
The next run didn't change the standings much, with both Zach and Nick landing their tricks clean again. Tom Flocco came in with a backside rodeo and put himself right in there. After the waxing session at the Burton tent, less people were coming up short, and landings became more consistent. The third run went much in the same fashion, by this time the snow had begun to accumulate, but was falling slower, so it didin't effect the riders much. The contest was certainly too close to call from watching, so nobody really knew until they announced the official winners.
The judges awarded Nick Francke's ability to land standing up after flipping with third. Tom Flocco's 720's and rodeos earned him second place. Of course, the man of the day was Zach Diamond, who's technical spins and stomped landings were exactly what it took.
After the awards, the winners were rushed off stage so the most important part of the day could take place. Cypress Hill took the stage, and all the ghetto Jersey kids who probably don't even know what a snowboard is got what they had been waiting all day for, the chance to smoke weed while watching Cypress Hill play.
1. Zach Diamond
2. Tom Flocco
3. Nick Francke
4. Adam Moran
5. Pat Bridges
6. Steve Brassard
7. Jim Kelly
8. Jeremiah Cook
9. Drew Heifetz
10. Rich Nesshoever
11. Justin Rutz
12. Chris Novak
13. Ed Fernandez
14. Matt Bate
15. Brian Guido
16. Rick Klinger
17. Jason Ortiz
1. Anna Bock
2. Lauren "Nugget" Nauducher
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Kent Sparks
Kent Sparks cannot imagine attending law school anywhere else. "From day one, I have had the best experience with wonderful professors and great classmates," he said. "Law school is inherently tough, but MSU Law provides every resource possible to ensure we're prepared come exam time, and in securing a job."
Kent described the law professors as extremely accessible. "It's clear they love to teach and work with students. Moreover, the student body helps to create a rich learning environment because it's a diverse group of motivated, yet friendly people," he said. "The students here are more than happy to help each other. I missed a day of classes for a job interview, and had three sets of notes in my inbox without even having to ask. The professors go just as far out of their way to help us. One professor held an exam review and told us he would stay all night answering questions if we needed it. That type of accessibility is not unusual at MSU Law."
Though law school is unlike anything else Kent has experienced, he said MSU has an excellent support system to help with the learning curve. "I always went to the bi-weekly TA sessions for each class because it is a great, stress-free way to practice concepts learned in class."
Outside of class, Kent loved attending the Triangle Bar events because he found that they broadened his perspective on legal issues. "We had a great discussion about recent Supreme Court cases, with professors talking about various aspects of the arguments," he said. "My summer employer also liked my involvement because it showed I was a serious law student who cared about giving back to the community."
When Kent interviewed for a summer associate position with a firm in Chicago, MSU was a center of discussion. "A couple of the partners talked about their time at MSU and we exchanged stories about living in East Lansing," he said. "Having those types of commonly-shared experiences really helped to give me an edge in interviewing."


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 2nd Jul 2006 20:21 UTC, submitted by Anonymous Coward
Smile, you're on candid camera! Apparantly, FreeDOS is anything but dead. "FreeDOS is definitely still very much alive! Moving forward, I'm trying to put the focus on our '1.0' release. What's done is done. Right now, I want to get a '1.0' out there by end of July. We're already pretty stable, so what we have by month end will be '1.0'. I think we can do it." We got owned.


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Lanterns in Every Room of the Home
Call it an infatuation, but lately I've been smitten with exterior-scale lanterns hung on the inside of the home. This roundup showed lanterns in the kitchen, but here are some in the rest of the rooms of the house:
Foyer: What else could hold its weight with a zebra stripe runner?
Kitchen: This one is all about scale.
Dining Room: A sculptural lamp complements the artwork on the walls.
Bedroom: Another lantern alongside abstract art.
Living Room: Bold pinks and greens get serious with a traditionally-styled lantern.
Bathroom: This looks like it's in an older building, but the wall color, lantern, and sink are all making a statement.
Images: Timberlake Lighting, DecorPad via The Kitchn, DecorPad, Jeff McNamara/Veranda, Domino, Peter Estersohn/House Beautiful


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Sheikha Lubna to open Rice Dubai expo
Dubai, October 29, 2011
Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE Minister for Foreign Trade, will officially open the upcoming rice industry exhibition and conference in Dubai.
'Rice Dubai 2011' which runs from November 3 to 5 at Madinat Jumeirah, is aimed at strengthening the UAE's position as the world's biggest re-exporter of rice. It will be a platform for discussions on key issues facing the rice industry, said the event organisers.
On the opening day, Shiekha Lubna will hold talks with Luong Le Phuong, Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Agricultural & Rural Development, who will later outline for conference delegates his country's vision to become the world's largest rice exporter.
She will also meet Cham Pradidh, Cambodia's Senior Commerce Minister, Tariq Puri, chief executive of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, and Lokesh Mysore Kapanaiah, India's Ambassador to the UAE.
"Together, we are creating an international stage bringing together major rice producers and millers, exporters and importers and leading branded dealers, as well as several thousand trade visitors, government and corporate buyers, wholesalers, traders and re-exporters,' said Dr Faisal Ali Mousa, the founder of Rice Dubai 2011.
Held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade, the event takes place at a time when influences in the Far East are having a big effect on prices of the grain and exports to the Middle East and international markets, he added.
Export rates have risen following the recent heavy floods which swept through farms and mills across Thailand, and major importers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East could delay buying until the market stabilises, or alternatively seek cheaper options in India and Pakistan.
Rice Dubai 2011 is officially endorsed by Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and supports the causes of the United Nations World Food Programme.
Major Indian rice exporters KRBL and Dunar Rice are among the leading producers and millers in the event's international exhibitor line-up. Both are also silver sponsors of the event along with Central Food Distribution.-TradeArabia News Service


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Fay Arjomandi launched three mobile technology startups between 2000 and 2010. Today, she's head of Vodafone Ventures, tech investment arm of the British telecom giant. She also runs Vodafone xone, a Redwood City research lab that funds and incubates mobile-centric startups.
In our latest Elevator Pitch, Arjomandi talks about why venture capitalists are insanely keen on mobile right now and compares Silicon Valley with other parts of the world.
Q How'd you get into this racket?
A The path of an entrepreneur is rarely what you imagine in the beginning. As an engineer by trade, I've always been guided by my intuition and passion for technology and for turning business models on their heads.
I started my first business at a very young age in the (United Arab Emirates). I consider Vodafone xone my fourth startup and myself as a co-founder. I am now helping other "inventorpreneurs."
Q What kinds of pitches are you looking for now?
A The mobile Internet has become an essential part of our daily lives. We are always multitasking: Working, shopping and communicating with friends thousands of miles away via our mobile devices. But we are really at the very early stages, and there is still great potential for improvement.
A watch can notify a physician that a patient took her prescription, a shirt can send information on a patient's heart rate, a refrigerator can order food and the supermarket can send the delivery notice to a mobile phone. These kinds of services will become commercially viable only if you have inexpensive and small hardware with smart software. We look for and work with all types of mobile technologies — from software-enabled hardware to smart communication solutions that use data analytics.
Q What's the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make?
A The first mistake I see is that they overlook the practical challenges of taking a product to market. All too often, an entrepreneur is so "in love" with his or her own product that they assume the market will fall in love as they have. They do not properly prepare for the long haul — the gathering of investors, production, sales, etc.
Their other common mistake is developing another "me too" solution. This is the one area where entrepreneurs must pay special attention.
Q What's the next big thing going to be?
A The most exciting inventions are those that aren't predicted or envisioned. However, there are some interesting trends.
In just over two decades, the number of mobile subscribers throughout the world has exploded; there are around 6.8 billion today, equivalent to 96 percent of the world population. That indicates how essential mobile communications are becoming to our day-to-day existence — even in isolated areas where basic amenities hardly exist. Mobile telephony has saved the lives of women and children in remote villages of Africa by empowering them to ask for their medication by simply sending a text message.
But we still have a highly fragmented experience. Our content is all over the place, and we have to make a huge effort moving it around. The communication across different access networks isn't seamless — different ecosystems provide completely different experiences.
We are in what I call the ecosystem tsunami, where traditional players in each sector are racing to define their roles. New companies are replacing the old guard. The connected generation is a multitask-oriented generation that is no longer connected with one device over a single network at a time. They surf the Net while watching TV, tweet a friend while responding to a work email and deposit a check into their bank accounts by taking a picture using a mobile device.
There is huge potential for the Internet to be personalized for individuals vs. being a generic platform. The future is all about "me" — my content, my finance, my news, my friends and my type of restaurant. This is what has come to be known as the "Internet of Me."
Q Vodafone's based in the U.K., and most of your previous career was in Canada. What's it been like to operate in Silicon Valley?
A I'm a global citizen. I left Iran when I was a teenager and lived, studied and worked in the UAE, Sweden, Turkey, Canada and China. I honestly don't see any difference in operating in Silicon Valley compared with other regions. When you love what you do, you learn how to utilize the advantages that the environment offers you.
However, there is one thing I find unique to Silicon Valley, and that is how relatively homogeneous the area is in the high-tech sector. It reminds me of a university, where everybody is similar in age and all aiming for the common goal of graduating. Everyone helps each other out, while there is also a healthy underlying competition. That makes the area quite unique compared with other regions.
Q You were a serial entrepreneur before joining Vodafone in 2011. Was it a tough switch from running startups to working for a huge telecom company?
A An entrepreneur gets excited by the opportunity to solve a problem and have an impact. I joined Vodafone to help many startups and have a bigger impact than creating only one company.
I usually refer to it as "giving startups what I wish I'd had available when I was running my startups."
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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The disco balls of "Xanadu," surely the only musical in history to embrace the line "woman don't harsh my mellow," have invaded the Drury Lane, a theater once known for its crystal chandeliers. It's a rather terrifying reminder that what constitutes nostalgia creeps ever forward; it won't be long before they're playing the Electric Light Orchestra in retirement homes.
But some old habits die hard at Drury Lane. On Broadway, "Xanadu" was a swift, 90-minute confection, over before you had the chance to realize just how frivolous was the whole endeavor. In Oakbrook Terrace, they've added an intermission.
Not a good move. Trust me, once those Olivia Newton-John songs start spinning and the camp dialogue pitches its suburban tent, you don't need to break for any thought. When you're on roller skates, pauses can be dangerous.
"Xanadu" is a spoof of the deliciously incoherent 1980 bomb starring the bizarre combination of Newton-John, wheels and Aussie accents, and Gene Kelly, who looks like he has no clue what movie he is doing.
The 2007 Broadway musical, book by Douglas Carter Beane, was a very clever translation — "Xanadu," the show, fully embraces the awfulness of the movie, treating it as a chance to spoof 1980s culture, while also satiating the audience with a catchy suite of songs, most of which you've likely repressed: "I'm Alive," "Strange Magic," "All Over the World," "Have You Never Been Mellow" and, of course, the title ditty. More shrewd yet, the original Broadway production, which I enjoyed, also anticipated any and all criticisms, openly referencing its own jukebox score and poking fun at the absurd plot (about the restoration of a Southern California roller disco, with some Greek gods in the mix), even as it plays out.
If "Xanadu" and Drury Lane sound like they have dated before, it's because this show had a post-Broadway run in downtown Chicago at what was then the Drury Lane Water Tower Place, now the Broadway Playhouse. All this means I've been to "Xanadu" twice or thrice before. You might want to stick to once.
Happily, director Rachel Rockwell's all-new production has the great benefit of Gina Milo in the lead role (played by Kerry Butler on Broadway). Milo, who showed up in "Spamalot" at Drury Lane, is a formidable comic actress with a big voice. If you're a fan of this music, she won't disappoint. Indeed, she finds a lot of new gags in the role, adding a certain Pythonesque parody to the breathy vocal stylings associated with the ballads of Newton-John, while still legitimately warbling the entire shebang. She's supported by male lead-beefcake Chris Critelli, who is amusing and appealing, if less vocally certain in the second act.
The comic Greek muses are, for my taste, a tad too broad in places — flail your arms or pucker the lips around too much, and the lightness of this material starts to deflate like an old ballon. That said, Gene Weygandt has his moments, and so does Christine Sherrill, another fine and funny vocalist who can do justice to the songs of Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. The most amusing guy on the stage, though, is ensemble member Sean Blake, who shows up in one outrageous costume after another, shimmying and grinning all the way while looking slightly terrified, no bad thing at "Xanadu."
That fear seemed to spread to most of the cast for the roller-skate finale, which was a tad tentative on opening night. This entire endeavor looked a little under-rehearsed. There are some big pauses that could use filling with faster frippery and, in the second act, you had the sense some of the performers were just getting through the show, staged on a very funny set from Kevin Depinet that looks like the kind of Athenian disco that might have brought on the Greek debt crisis, rather than fully enjoying themselves. Which is not to say you won't: there are many escapist chuckles, along with a karaoke finale that should put a smile on the most severe brow.
All in all, disco fans, I'd wait a few nights to head out to "Xanadu," allowing the show to find its wheels, chill out and raise its head to those distant 1980s gods, whose cultural blessings are, of course, unforgettable even in one's dotage.
When: Through Oct. 28
Where: Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace
Running time: 2 hours
Tickets: $35-$46 at 630-530-0111 and drurylaneoakbrook.com


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June 29, 2012: Audacity 2.0.1 Released
The Audacity Team is delighted to announce the release of Audacity 2.0.1 for Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. It replaces 2.0.0 and all previous 1.2 and 1.3 versions. Among several improvements, keyboard shortcuts can now be allocated to effects, and Nyquist plug-ins can be added to Chains. See the 2.0.1 Release Notes for detailed changes.


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Before & After: Ashley & Greg's Kitchen Remodel
When Ashley and Greg purchased their home they knew that a kitchen remodel was in their future. The existing space was poorly designed, with dated appliances, unattractive cabinetry, and a fair amount of plumbing and electrical issues. Starting from scratch, they designed and built a beautiful, modern, and functional space that makes you wonder - is this even the same house?!
Not afraid to get their hands dirty, the couple did what they could on their own. This included demolition and drywall patching, design and finish selections, electrical work (by Ashley's father, an electrician), and installation of finishing elements - floating shelves and light fixtures. The entire remodel came in somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-28K, a labor of love worth every penny.
Check out Ashley and Greg's blog, 7th House on the Left, where they document their remodel projects and more! Find posts specific to their kitchen here.
Resources of Note:
• Cabinetry: Kraftmaid
• Countertop: Cambria Torquay
• Refrigerator: Samsung
• Stove, Range & Hood: Electrolux
• Art: Etsy
• Pendant Light: West Elm (spray painted oil rubbed bronze)
• Floor Stain: Minwax, Dark Walnut
• "EAT" letters: DIY
Thanks, Ashley and Greg!
(Images: Ashley Brown)


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Morphological Classification of Shorelines based on Hydrographic Regime
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This activity has benefited from input from faculty educators beyond the author through a review and suggestion process. This review took place as a part of a faculty professional development workshop where groups of faculty reviewed each others' activities and offered feedback and ideas for improvements. To learn more about the process On the Cutting Edge uses for activity review, see http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/review.html.
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And now we wait. Apparently. Maybe. Possibly.
Multiple outlets are reporting what KRIV-TV in Houston first reported early Thursday morning: The Phillies and Astros have agreed upon a package of players to be exchanged for righthander Roy Oswalt. The trade has been presented to Oswalt, who has a full no-trade clause, for his consideration.
The two teams have also reportedly agreed on a way to handle the remainder of Oswalt's salary. ESPN is reporting the Phillies have asked the Astros to pay a "significant portion" of the $5 million Oswalt is due for the remainder of this season plus the $16 million Oswalt is due in 2011.
Then, of course, there is the $16 million club option for 2012.
That has been the sticking point all along, a baseball source told The Inquirer earlier in the week.
"Oswalt has [Astros general manager] Ed Wade and everybody else at his mercy because of that no-trade clause," the source said. "I know the Phillies thought they were close to having it done last week, but I think the difference was that option year."
The Phillies and Astros could think they are close to a deal again, but it's all in Oswalt's hands now.
If Houston is to pay a "significant portion" of the money due to Oswalt, that would require the Phillies to surrender better players in return for the pitcher. Lefthander J.A. Happ would go in a deal. So too would righthander Vance Worley, whom The Inquirer first reported was a Houston target.
Beyond that, one or two of the Lakewood pitchers could go: From Jarred Cosart to Brody Colvin to Trevor May or Josh Zeid. Jonathan Singleton has been mentioned as a possible player to move, but the Phillies have insisted before he be kept out of talks.
Initially, the Phillies had hoped to move Jayson Werth, a free agent at season's end, to another contender in return for prospects. Those prospects could be flipped to Houston in a deal for Oswalt.
But now, since Werth is not likely to be traded with Shane Victorino out at least three weeks, the Phillies would have to take on the additional payroll in an Oswalt deal and also surrender some of their prospects.
There are so many things to consider with a possible deal. One: If the Phillies agreed to guarantee Oswalt's $16 million option year, they will have committed $100.45 million to eight players for the 2012 season. That's just not going to work, unless management is committed to expanding the payroll.
That is likely why the Phillies have asked the Astros to pay some of Oswalt's salary.
Two: Cliff Lee? OK, we said it.
At this point, it would be shocking if Oswalt put the kibosh on the trade. No, he may not want to play in Philadelphia. But he demanded a trade back in May. If his monetary demands can be met (by both the Astros and Phillies chipping in cash), how could he reject the deal? He would have the chance to play for a contender.
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the winnerMonday, November 08, 2010
Gosh. I'm so sorry I can only choose one winner for the Piece of Pi pattern and yarn. (It truthfully bums me out that you all can't win!) The random generator chose #569 Elizabeth Soule. Elizabeth, please e-mail me (address in sidebar) with your address, and I will make sure it ends up in your hands... you will soon be busy making three super cute hats!
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Cold In May – Холодный Мир (CD Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, pop-rock, electro-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Belarus, Cold In May has already released 2 previous albums and a few EP's. The 4 head band.
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, pop-rock, electro-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Belarus, Cold In May has already released 2 previous albums and a few EP's. The 4 head band.0
Out on March 8 via SkyQode is a brand new 5-track digital EP "Точка Невозврата [Point Of No Return]" by Cold In May. It follows.0
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