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The Detroit Red Wings made progress on the ice but not in the NHL Power Rankings during the past week.
After earning three of a possible four points over the weekend, the Red Wings are showing signs of life after nearly getting shut out in two of their first three games.
The Red Wings squared their record at 2-2 Friday with a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild and nearly pulled off an upset Sunday before losing 2-1 in overtime at Chicago to the unbeaten Blackhawks.
But that wasn't enough to give them a boost in MLive.com's NHL Power Rankings. After checking at No. 16 a week ago, there's exactly where the Red Wings sit again this week.
Four sets of NHL Power Rankings have the Red Wings 13th and they might have been higher than No. 16 in the MLive.com NHL Power Rankings had it not been for the New York Daily News and New York Post, who have them 19th and 29th, respectively.
Of course, the Post had the Red Wings No. 29 last week so consider the source there.
MLive.com's top three teams this week are Chicago, Boston and St. Louis.
Here's how the Red Wings stack up:
• ESPN.com: 13th, up from 19th last week. The skinny: "Nice response from the veteran Red Wings this past weekend, picking up three of four points versus the Wild and Blackhawks. They needed that performance."
• New York Post: 20th, up from 29th. The skinny: "Alternated wins and losses in their first five games. The defense has looked suspect and Detroit has a negative goal differential (-5)."
• New York Daily News: 19th. The skinny: "Trying to replace Nick Lidstrom on the blue line is not easy said or done."
• CBSSports.com: 17th, up from 24th. The skinny: "They look like they've found their footing since that opening-night drubbing from St. Louis. To get one point in Chicago right now is tough. ... That 6.5 team shooting percentage is still only going to go up, so expect more scoring."
• NJ.com: 13th. The skinny. "Injuries are piling up."
• The Hockey News: 16th, up from 19th. The skinny: "The Red Wings power play has left a lot to be desired with a 7.7 percent success rate and are slipping back as a second-tier team within their own division."
• FoxSports.com: 13th, up from 18th. The skinny: "Guess what's almost as tough as defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom to retirement? Playing in a much-improved Central Division that the Red Wings once dominated, in a lockout-shortened schedule."
• Philly.com: 13th, up from 19th. The skinny: "The Red Wings will have more holes to fill as defenseman Ian White is out for the next 2-3 weeks with a knee laceration. This is in addition to losing defenseman Jakub Kindl (groin), Jonathan Ericsson (hip), and Carlo Colaiacovo (shoulder separation) all in the first week. The Wings have signed Kent Huskins to fill the gap in the defense, but it may not be enough."


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Syracuse had to work against Butler's tough halfcourt defense for almost the entire game as the Bulldogs shut down the Orange's transition game.
Syracuse scored just 11 fastbreak points. The main reason was Butler's efficiency with the ball. The Bulldogs committed just seven turnovers; the lowest of any Syracuse opponent this season.
Butler was coming off a second-round win over Murray State in which it committed just six turnovers.
"I didn't expect to get any transition baskets,'' Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. "Butler is a very good halfcourt team; very patient. They're going to take their time and execute. They dind't make turnovers. That's how you get in transition. They're not a team that makes turnovers.''

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MUSKEGON, MI -- Area schools are closed Monday due to expected wind chill temperatures and hazardous driving, extending once again students' holiday break.
Muskegon County superintendents consulted around 7:15 p.m. Sunday, and agreed to cancel the first day of classes after holiday break. Mona Shores Superintendent Dave Peden said the decision was made because of concern over extremely low wind child temperatures and "white-out" driving conditions.
Muskegon Heights school officials made the decision Sunday afternoon to close Monday. Calvary Christian Schools and Three Oaks Academy also have announced they will be closed Monday.
Schools in the Tri-Cities area, including Spring Lake and Grand Haven, also are closed Monday.
The National Weather Service is warning of wind chill temperatures of -25 on Monday, and has issued a wind chill warning until 7 p.m. Tuesday. It also is predicting "near blizzard" conditions with winds gusting 25 to 35 mph and snow accumulations of 3-5 inches Sunday night and 3-6 inches Monday. A winter weather advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Students have had an extra long holiday break after school was canceled Dec. 20, the day before the start of break, due to the weather.
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Gotham Early Music Scene
The Play of Daniel - Q&A
by Mary Anne Ballard
How did you decide which instruments to use?
Although instruments are mentioned a little in the rubrics and the song texts, the notation is far too early to include a special part for instruments. (The notation doesn't give anything but pitch--we don't even know what rhythms they used in the original performance.)
Greenberg's edition calls for instruments, and it is done in a way that accommodates modern equivalents of
the early instruments he used
with the NYPM. The publisher would have wanted any church or high school group to be able to use this edition.
There are no references to instruments in the stage directions (rubrics) except for "cytharistae" (cithera players) which are coming "before King Darius"
and also in the same rubric for the Darius processional,
"psallentes" an adjective modifying "Principes"
from the verb "psallare" -- Darius's nobles are playing or singing to the cithera.
Isn't it interesting that the only references are to strings!
(But perhaps not surprising--see Christopher Page's Voices and Instruments of the Middle Ages, where the only discussion about instrument usage for the accompaniment of monophonic song in Latin or French, amongst the class of literate musicians
in the cultural region centered in Paris, is of stringed instruments. )
Beyond the rubrics, there are other instruments mentioned within the conductus texts of the Play of Daniel, and
the language usage is that of the psalms, but instead of praising the Lord, the singers are praising a king:
"Simul omnes gratulemur; resonent et tympana; Cytharistae tangant cordas; musicorum organa resonet ad ejus praeconia."
tympana = drums
cytharistae= stringed instrument players
cordas = strings
musicorum organa = instruments of music
What about the trumpet?
We are not even using a trumpet.
The idea of trumpets in the Play of Daniel probably came from the New York Pro Musica version, where, in Greenberg's published edition there is a trumpet. It's not in the manuscript. For a heraldric effect, we are using shawm, which can play more notes, and will be in tune with the rest of the instruments. If we were going to be echt about using a reed instrument proper to the period, we would come closest by using a bladder pipe, but the one known bladder pipe player was already busy when I started hiring. (The bladder pipe information is from Joel Robinson, who is a maker and repairer of early reed instruments--bagpipes, cornamuses, dulcians, bassoons-- here in New York, and who was a participant in my earlier production. Joel was planning to move when I spoke to him last spring, so he may no longer be in NYC.) Listening to the NYPM's trumpets on their TV version, the key was so unrelated to the pieces on either side, I felt it was jarring.
What about dancing or gesture?
We also find words for dancing, applauding, and singing.
Dancing is especially interesting because we are not used to the concept of liturgical dance any more.
I'm referring to the word "tripudium" which is found in the same Darius processional that uses "cytharistae, cordas, musicorum organa, and tympana."
The Oxford Latin Dictionary defines the noun "tripudium":
"..in religious service, a measured stamping, leaping, jumping, dancing, exultant dance, solemn dance." It is also a verb--tripudio, tripudiare--to beat the ground with the feet, leap, jump, etc.
Drew, in his staging, has added dance to the processionals.
I know there are, as I write, a group of scholars in Munich who are involved in creating a gigantic reference work of Latin words relating to music. Alex Blachly gave a talk for them in Munich, in 2000, on "Tactus."
Did you base your production edition on Greenberg's and Weakland's?
1) Instrumental accompaniments
My "edition" is not a picture in score of the resulting performance. I.e. there are no written-out instrumental accompaniment parts. The accompaniments in my version were the result of a collaborative effort on the part of all the musicians, both in my original production and in the present one. This is the normal way that early musicians work nowadays, anyway--maybe not in the 1950's and 1960's. Just as keyboard players are expected to be able to realize a figured bass, the players of any early music instruments today are expected to make their own ornaments, countermelodies, drones, etc. I cannot take credit for the musical arrangements one will hear--the credit goes to each instrumentalist who is participating. Greenberg, on the other hand, was interested in composing and took composition lessons when still in high school. (I learned this from his biography, Pied Piper, by James Gollin). Although I don't know for certain what he provided to his musicians at their first rehearsal before the 1958 premier, I would guess that he did in fact make a score which one could call an orchestration. It was a different time, and he came to early music by a different path than the early music performers of today.
2) Rhythmic interpretation
My "edition" involves making only a rhythmic interpretation of the pitches, based on the poetic meters and accents, and even, in regard to the accents, being inconsistent in the interest of having strophic pieces set to the same tune in every verse.
If one wants to compare my edition to that of Greenberg, the true comparison would be between what I've done, and what Rembert Weakland did in transcribing the music from original notation.
When I compared my version to Weakland's, I found that I was basically in agreement with Weakland. It was other editors whose work I found to be impossible for the place and time of the play. Weakland, in fact, was superb, and the essay he wrote about the music provides the perfect introduction to the various genres one finds in the play. It's amazing, but not at all surprising, to see a well-educated Catholic priest, with an undoubtedly Jesuit early education, followed by graduate school in musicology, come up with such a well-organized and logically argued exposition of the various types of music in the anthology that constitutes the Play of Daniel. It's like the logic of the play itself.
Weakland, by the way, was a graduate student in musicology at Columbia, but did not become a professional musicologist. He subsequently worked his way up through the hierarchy of the church as a priest, eventually becoming Bishop of Milwaukee. Proper reference to him is "the Reverend Rembert Weakland, O.S.B."
I've often wondered whether he was in some way connected with Corpus Christi Church when he was at Columbia. That would be a nice tie-in with the connection between that institution and the early music scene in New York City. A little over 15 years ago, he presided over another production of the Play of Daniel at the Cathedral in Milwaukee. Charles Q. Sullivan, who is thanked in my acknowledgements, was music director at the Cathedral. Charles spoke to me at length about their production, and about working with Weakland.
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Dr. Leonard Horowitz is an internationally known authority in the overlapping fields of public health, behavioral science, emerging diseases, and natural healing. An award winning author of more than 15 books, including the monumental national bestseller, Emerging Viruses: AIDS & Ebola-Nature, Accident or Intentional?, he received his doctorate in medical dentistry from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1977, was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral science at the University of Rochester, earned a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University, and another Master of Arts degree in health education from Beacon College, all before joining the research faculty at Harvard.
Dr. Horowitz is best known for his exceptional work in the field of vaccination risk avoidance which has helped save thousands of children's lives. His latest of fifteen books, Walk on Water, and DNA: Pirates of the Sacred Spiral, he covers the science that proves spirituality and intelligent design operating throughout the cosmos communing humanity with the universe and our Source.
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The Saint Hotel released a statement signed by its owner, D. Mark Wyant, regarding chef Michael Stoltzfus' decision to pull out of Sweet Olive, the restaurant he opened in the hotel in January.
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April 7, 2006
DeKalb The Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology will hold an open house from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Friday, April 21, as part of the its 20th anniversary celebration.
The event will include building tours departing from the main lobby on the hour, starting at noon, and demonstrations in various laboratories on the half-hour, starting at 11:30 a.m. There also will be displays of student research projects set up throughout the building.
The event marks the 20th anniversary of the college, which got its start in rented space in a Sycamore industrial park. From those rather humble beginnings the college has grown into one of the premier engineering programs in the state, housed in a modern facility that is being continually updated to expose students to the latest technology being used by businesses today.
During its first two decades, the college has gained a reputation for excellence in the education of undergraduate and masters level students. In fact, the college was ranked 39th in the nation by U.S. News and World Report Magazine in the category of best undergraduate engineering programs.
As CEET moves forward, Dean Promod Vohra plans to build upon that reputation while expanding the mission of the college.
During our first 20 years we have done an excellent job of training the work force of the future, says Vohra. As we move ahead, we will look to establish a similar reputation for excellence in working with industry on research and development, as well as original research by faculty. I hope the entire DeKalb-Sycamore community will join us at this event to celebrate the accomplishments of our past and to help us look forward to an exciting future.
The event is co-sponsored by one of the college's most valued corporate partners, Hamilton Sundstrand.
The event is open to the public and is free of charge. Complimentary parking is available in lots 40, A and A1 which are southeast of the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology on Kishwaukee Drive just north of Lucinda. The CEET building is located on Garden Road between Lucinda and Hillcrest.
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Marc-André Hamelin, pianist
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Winner of the 1985 Carnegie Hall Competition, Marc-André Hamelin was born in Montréal. He studied at the Vincent d'Indy School of Music and Temple University in Philadelphia where he now lives. His principal teachers were Yvonne Hubert, Harvey Wedeen and Russell Sherman.
Now well established in both North America and Europe, Marc-André Hamelin has given recitals in Amsterdam, Belfast, Berlin, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Luxembourg, Mexico City, Milan, Montréal, Munich, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna, Washington and Warsaw. Festival appearances have included Blackheath Halls Pianoworks (London), Duszniki, Espoo, La Grange de Meslay, Manchester Glories of the Keyboard, Ravinia, Singapore International Piano Festival and Snape Maltings Proms. Following the success of his June 1994 Wigmore Hall series Virtuoso Romantics, Marc-André Hamelin was invited to give recitals in the Wigmore Hall Masterconcert Series and the International Piano Series at the South Bank. He returned to Wigmore Hall for a three-part series in June 1999 entitled Exploration & Celebration. In Spring 2000, London's Blackheath Halls presented a weekend of Marc-André Hamelin & Friends.
Recent concerto performances have included appearances with the orchestras of Birmingham, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Lahti, Minneapolis, Montpellier, Montreal, Netherlands Radio, Philadelphia, BBC Philharmonic and Scottish Symphony, Polish National Radio, Royal Concertgebouw, Toronto, Vancouver, Ulster Orchestra and a tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductors he has played under include Matthias Bamert, Dennis Russell Davies, Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Günther Herbig, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Leif Segerstam, Vassili Sinaisky, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Leonard Slatkin, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Osmo Vänskä, Hans Vonk, Hugh Wolff and David Zinman.
Under an exclusive contract with Hyperion Marc-André Hamelin has recorded concertos by Alkan, Henselt, Korngold and Joseph Marx with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 'Live at Wigmore Hall', discs of Alkan (Canadian Juno Award 1996), Catoire, Grainger (Soundscapes Award 1997, Australia), Liszt, Reger, Roslavets, Rzewski, Schumann, The Composer-Pianists from Alkan to Hamelin (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 1997 & 1998) and the complete sonatas of both Medtner and Skryabin. His recording of the epic Busoni Concerto with the CBSO under Mark Elder has received resounding critical acclaim. More recent releases include a CD of Villa-Lobos, Bernstein's The Age of Anxiety with the William Bolcom Concerto (with the Ulster Orchestra) and another album of Alkan. The recording of the complete Godowsky 53 Studies on the Chopin Études won the 2000 Gramophone Instrumental Award. He was the only classical artist to play live at the 2001 Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles when both the Busoni concerto and the Chopin/Godowsky Studies were nominated. His most recent Alkan recording is nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award. Future releases include music by Ornstein, Liszt and Szymanowski.
In November 2000 Marc-André Hamelin gave a recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York and in February 2001 he returned to New York to take part in the Liszt Series at 92nd Street Y. In Spring 2001 he played the Busoni Concerto with Lahti Symphony, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Tokyo Philharmonic (Japanese première). Further performances of the Busoni Concerto are scheduled with CBSO and Sakari Oramo in Bolzano and with Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton. Current concerto engagements include performances with the Basel, Montréal, Toronto and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras. As well as recitals at De Singel, Antwerp, Le Domaine Forget and Schwetzingen Festivals, he returns to Birmingham, Bremen, the Harrods International Piano Series at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, Kaiserslautern, Lanaudière International Festival, Milan, Montréal, Munich, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Québec, La Roque d'Anthéron, Scotia Festival (Halifax), Schloss vor Husum and Toronto. In Tokyo in January 1999 he embarked on a series of six recitals over four years titled 200 Years of Pianism with Marc-André Hamelin; he completed this in March 2002. "His seemingly limitless technique gave an exhilarating sense, not of the pianist's own powers, but of the potential of the human spirit" (Tamara Bernstein, The National Post, Toronto).
With performances of the concerti of Busoni and Marx, the Chopin/Godowsky and Alkan studies, the sonatas of Medtner and Skryabin, Reger's Bach Variations, Szymanowski's Second Sonata and Schmitt's Piano Quintet, Marc-André Hamelin may be regarded as having taken Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji as one of his principal repertoire guides; to all these works, largely neglected in and immediately after their own time, Sorabji drew enthusiastic attention in his critical writings.
Like Skryabin and Godowsky before him, Marc-André Hamelin has to date concentrated almost exclusively on his own instrument in his compositions and transcriptions, many of which, as may be expected, reflect his own remarkable pianism.
In 2002, Amadeus Press published Robert Rimm's book The Composer-Pianists: Hamelin and The Eight, the result of its author's long-standing collaboration with Marc-André Hamelin which also brought about the Hyperion recording Marc-André Hamelin Plays the Composer-Pianists.
In 2005, Marc-André Hamelin was honoured to be made Officer of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Québec.


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Thursday, Jan. 31, is the deadline for teachers to apply for the two-week summer academy called Genetic Technologies for Alabama Classrooms (GTAC). Teachers chosen get free room and board, a stipend and educational materials along with an updated understanding of genetic concepts and their relationship to agriculture, healthcare and energy.
Genetic Resources to Empower Alabama Teachers (GREAT) is an all-day seminar Feb. 15 in conjunction with the three-day Mission: iSTEM conference being hosted by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
Feb. 15 is the deadline for students to apply for summer internships in HudsonAlpha's BioTrain program. Interns range from Alabama high school sophomores through master's level students. Most are paid and run from early June through July.
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We saw Saints Row: The Third in action at E3. It was so nucking futs that we went ahead and gave it best open world game of E3, because, well, it was. Who needs srs bsns sandbox games like Grand Theft Auto when you can run around beating down homeless people with giant purple dildos and shooting pedestrians out of a giant cannon? Not me. Check it:
Yep, now that's what I call fun. Get ready to get crazy this November when SRIII hits stores.


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Baldwin County residential sales in September rose 21.1 percent from the same period in 2012. There were 362 residential closings in September reflecting an increase of 63 units over 2012. September closed sales by unit are 33.6 percent above the prior 5-year September average ('08-'12). Year-to-date through September, closed transactions are up 14.7 percent.
Existing single family home sales accounted for 63% percent (same as Sept'12) of total sales while 4 percent (down from 6% in Sept'12) were new home sales and 33 percent (up from 31% in Sept'12) were condo buyers.
Pricing: The Baldwin County median selling price in August was $185,500 an increase of 15.2 percent from last August ($161,000) but slipped 2.3 percent from the prior month ($189,950). Real estate sales are seasonal and this monthly movement is consistent with historical data ('08-'12) that indicates the August median selling price traditionally decreases from the month of July by 2.3 percent.
They said it - Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist: "The market may be experiencing a temporary peak (3rd quarter). Rising mortgage interest rates pushed more buyers to close deals (in August), but monthly sales are likely to be uneven in the months ahead."
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But Thomas does not do anything slowly, and that applies to suffering injuries, as well. Just seconds into the game's first play, Thomas turned his right ankle and was immediately leveled by California's Bryce McGovern.
Trying to walk off the field, he instead crumpled just yards from the Oregon sideline and was helped off with a teammate's assistance.
In Thomas' place stepped Byron Marshall. And the sophomore responded with a game that was hardly more of the same.
After fumbling on two of his first four touches, Marshall put two hands on the ball and fought through monsoon-like conditions to gain 130 yards on 19 carries and score two touchdowns. In the process he turned one of Oregon's worst-case scenarios -- an injury to a Heisman Trophy candidate -- into a night of redemption and helped propel the Ducks' 55-16 rout of California.
"I feel like I don't really fumble, that's not OK," he said of his "slow start."
"No matter what the conditions are that's not OK. But you can't harp on the past, we didn't lose the ball, we kept possession, and just kept going. ... The line was great today, there were so many holes. It was easy."Marshall entered the game with two touchdowns and tied that mark within the game's first 10 minutes. He capped a rough first possession in which he lost control of the ball twice with a 14-yard touchdown to the left side. He added a 25-yard rushing touchdown with three minutes remaining in the quarter.
"He needs to control the ball a bit better there a couple times and got lucky on a couple of those but we have a ton of confidence in Byron," Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich said.Marshall struggled after a season-opening performance in which he carried eight times for 124 yards and a touchdown against Nicholls State. Against Virginia, he was stymied running between the tackles almost exclusively, finishing with 31 carries on 15 yards. Though Marshall admitted after that game he felt he'd underperformed -- and said later that week he ran far too uptight -- his coaches mostly shrugged that game off. Head coach Mark Helfrich noted it takes 11 players to run the ball effectively.
The reaction was much the same after his six carries for 41 yards and a touchdown against Tennessee. Part of that stemmed from the UO staff's confidence in Marshall, and part of it was knowing Marshall's performance was not the end-all, be-all for the Ducks given the skills of Thomas and freshman Thomas Tyner.
Saturday, however, Marshall's feet became crucial.
Despite his early struggles with holding onto the ball, Oregon needed Marshall's carries because passing the ball in the weather was fraught with complications. Even Jared Goff, Cal's freshman quarterback who led the nation in passing yards per game, lost the ball twice during his wind-up before being replaced.
So Oregon turned to its ground game, and in turn, a heavy dose of Marshall. In the first quarter he ran 11 times and caught two passes for six yards. It was not the plan.
"I wasn't expecting that much time in the first half actually but I can't control that," he said. "De'Anthony went down early unfortunately and I just had to hop in and play the best I could."It wasn't a performance in the mold of Oregon's Thomas, but it didn't have to be. It resembled Marshall's sparkling season debut, and that was more than enough.
"I'm a confident player and I step on the field just knowing what I have to do," he said. "The conditions just changed things; I've never played in a game like this before."As Thomas walked the sideline with a limp but without a right shoe or helmet -- he would enter the stadium in the second half on crutches -- rain poured into Autzen in heavier and heavier sheets. Both events merited a switch in Oregon's original game plan, but neither knocked the Ducks off course.
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We obtained deep V (F555W) and I (F814W) images of the central region of the Leo~I dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy using WFPC2 aboard HST. These data reach to I = 26.5 and clearly reveal for the first time the turnoff of the youngest stars in the galaxy. We have used a variety of isochrones to conclude that the bulk of the stellar population of the galaxy is composed of stars as young as 3 Gyr, in excellent agreement with much shallower ground-based observations by Lee et al. (1994, AJ, 106, 1420). Careful analysis of the Leo~I photometry also reveals a significant (10\%) contribution from stars older than 12 Gyr, but little evidence for any star formation between the 3 and 12 Gyr populations . Leo~I has clearly experienced two distinct bursts of star formation, similar to the history of formation in other (most?) dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. We discuss this star formation history in terms of the luminosity and color evolution of Leo~I, with emphasis on the possibility that it may have resembled the so-called faint blue galaxies identified in deep galaxy surveys.
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Trail Blazers Down Charlotte 93-69 - Match Report
Portland cruised to victory on Saturday, running Charlotte out of the gym and running up a 93-69 score at Rose Garden.
Portland was a favorite by 11 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 184.5.
Portland got 26 points from LaMarcus Aldridge and another 12 points from Patty Mills. Andre Miller contributed 6 assists, while Marcus Camby cleaned the glass with 10 rebounds.
Charlotte got 16 points from Gerald Henderson in a losing cause and another 14 points from D.J. Augustin. Boris Diaw contributed 5 assists for the Bobcats, while DJ White had 9 rebounds.
Portland led at halftime, 40-35.
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Protozoans are a highly diverse group of single-celled organisms. Some protozoans are plant-like in that they contain chloropyll and so can use energy directly from the sun (producers or autotrophs); these may or may not be mobile. Many of these are classified with the algae. Other protozoans are more animal-like, getting their energy by absorbing nutrients from the environment or by consuming other organisms (heterotrophs; consumers and decomposers). Some are capable of both at once (mixotrophs). Still others include a wide variety of parasites. Great Lakes protozoans have recently been recognized as a critical link in the 'microbial loop' returning energy and nutrients from bacteria and detritus which would otherwise be lost to the main pelagic food web. Unfortunately, the group is often difficult to study and comprehensive lists of the Great Lakes taxa are not readily available. The following information in this section focuses on the dominant species.
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The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $3.6 million grant to help as many as 960 pharmaceutical workers who have been laid off in northern New Jersey.
"Today's grant will give these workers the opportunity to find new jobs in expanding sectors of the state's economy," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "These are hard-working and highly talented individuals, and we want to do everything possible to help guide and prepare them for other employment opportunities that may be available locally."
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development will provide unemployed workers with services such as basic and occupational skills training and career counseling.
The state agency plans to use the funds to keep pharmaceutical talent in New Jersey and create a "world class bioscience cluster."
Four of the state's big pharmaceutical companies laid off workers in New Jersey between January and June, the state said.


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FusionCharts' debugMode doesn't work when you specify dimensions of 100% by 100%.
Generally speaking, 100% x 100% isn't what you want anyway, as the chart will never shrink or grow even if its container does. You're forced to recreate the chart when you want to change its dimensions as documented here and here. So you're better off determining the actual width and height of your container and passing those values into the FusionCharts constructor.
Another gotcha: the value you use for a setDataXML call is different depending on whether or not the chart has already been rendered! If the chart isn't rendered yet, you have to URL escape the XML by calling a function like encodeURIComponent. Otherwise, you can send in XML directly. So, when re-constructing a chart to change its dimension, make sure you're encoding the XML if you go the XML route!
A while back I blogged about how to round dates in SQL Server 2000+. Here's the MySQL port:
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS `dbname`.`fn_RoundDate` $$
CREATE FUNCTION `dbname`.`fn_RoundDate` (dateArg DATETIME, formatArg CHAR) RETURNS DATETIME
IF dateArg IS NULL OR formatArg IS NULL THEN
ELSEIF formatArg = 'T' THEN -- Time
RETURN CAST(dateArg AS TIME);
-- Round to day
SET dateArg = CAST(dateArg AS DATE);
RETURN CASE formatArg
WHEN 'D' THEN -- Day
CAST(dateArg AS DATE)
WHEN 'W' THEN -- Week
ADDDATE(dateArg, INTERVAL 1 - DAYOFWEEK(dateArg) DAY)
WHEN 'M' THEN -- Month
ADDDATE(dateArg, INTERVAL 1 - DAYOFMONTH(dateArg) DAY)
WHEN 'Q' THEN -- Quarter
ADDDATE(MAKEDATE(YEAR(dateArg), 1), INTERVAL FLOOR(MONTH(dateArg) / 4) QUARTER)
WHEN 'Y' THEN -- Month
ADDDATE(dateArg, INTERVAL 1 - DAYOFYEAR(dateArg) DAY)
ELSE -- Unknown format
Why there isn't a built-in function to do something so useful--in either SQL Server or MySQL--is beyond me.
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These instructions are for using Microsoft's .NET driver (System.Data.OracleClient / V220.127.116.11). A few settings would have to change if you want to use Oracle's .NET driver driver instead (System.DataAccess.Client / V126.96.36.199):
According to the NHibernate documentation, "Microsoft's driver does not handle long character strings correctly. An error happens in some circumstances when using a string of length 2000-4000 as a parameter value. Oracle cannot handle empty strings (""), you should use null instead. An IUserType implementation to perform the conversion is contained in Nullables.NHibernate library (part of NHibernateContrib package)." I've also seen problems with the Microsoft driver not being able to convert a Guid into a byte[]. So pick your poison :-)
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FusionCharts is a flash-based animated charting package. One of its recent features is the ability to export the chart images so end users can save them to disk. Unfortunately the sample code provided gives only PHP and C# examples of how to do this, which isn't so handy if you're using Java. So, in the public interest, here is a Java of that code:
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException
// Extract parameters
int width = Integer.parseInt(req.getParameter("width")) - 1;
int height = Integer.parseInt(req.getParameter("height"));
String bgColorStr = req.getParameter("bgcolor");
int bgColor = (bgColorStr == null || bgColorStr.length() == 0) ? 0xffffff : Integer.parseInt(bgColorStr, 16);
String data = req.getParameter("data");
// Build the bitmap image
BufferedImage image = buildBitmap(width, height, bgColor, data);
// Compress the image as a JPEG
ImageWriter writer = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName("jpg").next();
ImageWriteParam writerParam = writer.getDefaultWriteParam();
// Stream the image to the user agent
resp.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"FusionCharts.jpg\"");
ImageOutputStream imageOut = ImageIO.createImageOutputStream(resp.getOutputStream());
writer.write(null, new IIOImage(image, null, null), writerParam);
private BufferedImage buildBitmap(int width, int height, int bgColor, String data)
BufferedImage chart = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
String[] rows = data.split(";");
int colIdx = 0;
for (int rowIdx = 0; rowIdx < rows.length; rowIdx++)
// Split individual pixels
String[] pixels = rows[rowIdx].split(",");
colIdx = 0;
for (int pixelIdx = 0; pixelIdx < pixels.length; pixelIdx++)
// Split the color and repeat factor
String[] clrs = pixels[pixelIdx].split("_");
int color = ("".equals(clrs[0])) ? bgColor : Integer.parseInt(clrs[0], 16);
int repeatFactor = Integer.parseInt(clrs[1]);
// Set the color the specified number of times
for (int repeatCount = 0; repeatCount < repeatFactor; repeatCount++, colIdx++)
chart.setRGB(colIdx, rowIdx, color);
return chart;
Note: I think there's a bug in the Flash image exporter. It looks like it's reporting the width of the image to be 1 pixel greater than whan it actually is, hence the expression Integer.parseInt(req.getParameter("width")) - 1.
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Say you have a complex object graph with circular references and you need to send it across the wire as XML. The good ol' XmlSerializer is not going to help you; you need a more powerful too like WCF's DataContractSerializer. By slapping [DataContract] onto the classes in your object graph and [DataMember] onto the non-transient properties and fields of these classes, you're golden. WCF serializes cyclical object graphs without complaint. Well, almost.
If you're using Hibernate's lazy-initialization feature, you'll see a problem: .NET will compain about unknown types (proxy wrappers) that need to be registered as well-known types. Unfortunately the types aren't known until run-time. Sure, you could traverse the object graph at runtime, figure out these proxy types, and pass them into a DataContractSerializer costructor, but that's far from elegant. Even if you make it over that hurdle, .NET will complain about Hibernate's persistent set implementations too; you'll have to add those types too. If you're using generics, that could quickly balloon to a lot of types.
Fortunately there's a straightforward solution: IDataContractSurrogate. WCF provides this interface specifically to get around sticky situations like this. You can use it to unwrap and initialize proxies, and to replace Hibernate's persistent collections with built-in well-known collections. Here's how it works:
public class HibernateDataContractSurrogate : IDataContractSurrogate { public HibernateDataContractSurrogate() { }
public Type GetDataContractType(Type type) { // Serialize proxies as the base type if (typeof(INHibernateProxy).IsAssignableFrom(type)) { type = type.GetType().BaseType; }
// Serialize persistent collections as the collection interface type if (typeof(IPersistentCollection).IsAssignableFrom(type)) { foreach (Type collInterface in type.GetInterfaces()) { if (collInterface.IsGenericType) { type = collInterface; break; } else if (!collInterface.Equals(typeof(IPersistentCollection))) { type = collInterface; } } }
return type; }
public object GetObjectToSerialize(object obj, Type targetType) { // Serialize proxies as the base type if (obj is INHibernateProxy) { // Getting the implementation of the proxy forces an initialization of the proxied object (if not yet initialized) obj = NHibernateProxyHelper.GetLazyInitializer((INHibernateProxy)obj).GetImplementation(); }
// Serialize persistent collections as the collection interface type if (obj is IPersistentCollection) { IPersistentCollection persistentCollection = (IPersistentCollection)obj; persistentCollection.ForceInitialization(); obj = persistentCollection.Entries(); // This returns the "wrapped" collection }
return obj; }
public object GetDeserializedObject(object obj, Type targetType) { return obj; }
public object GetCustomDataToExport(MemberInfo memberInfo, Type dataContractType) { return null; }
public object GetCustomDataToExport(Type clrType, Type dataContractType) { return null; }
public void GetKnownCustomDataTypes(Collection<Type> customDataTypes) { }
public Type GetReferencedTypeOnImport(string typeName, string typeNamespace, object customData) { return null; }
public CodeTypeDeclaration ProcessImportedType(CodeTypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, CodeCompileUnit compileUnit) { return typeDeclaration; } }
To use this surrogate, simply pass in an instance to the DataContractSerializer constructor:
DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(rootObj.GetType()), null, int.MaxValue, false, true, new HibernateDataContractSurrogate()); MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(); serializer.WriteObject(ms, rootObj);
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When writing Java code requiring object/relational mapping to an underlying relational database, I've always relied on Hibernate. Recently, though, I tackled a small project dealing with only a few objects and primarily read-only access to the data. I thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to use JDBC directly--to keep the project simple. The code ended up looking pretty clean. Here's a sample data access method to log in a user and provide some information related to the user, namely the Customer object associated with the user and all the "Sites" associated with that customer:
final NamedParameterStatement stmt = new NamedParameterStatement(getConnection(),
"SELECT u.*, c.*, cs.*, us.CustomerSiteId AS UserSiteId FROM tbl_users u" +
" INNER JOIN tbl_customers c ON u.CustomerId = c.CustomerId" +
" INNER JOIN tbl_customer_sites cs ON cs.CustomerId = c.CustomerId" +
" LEFT OUTER JOIN tbl_user_sites us ON us.CustomerSiteId = cs.CustomerSiteId" +
" WHERE LOWER(Username) = :username AND (:password IS NULL OR u.Password = :password)");
stmt.setString("username", StringUtils.nonNullify(username).toLowerCase());
stmt.setString("password", password);
final ResultSet results = stmt.executeQuery();
if (!results.first())
// No user found
return null;
// Hydrate customer
final Customer customer = HydrationUtils.hydrateCustomer(results);
// Hydrate user
final User user = HydrationUtils.hydrateUser(results);
// Hydrate customer sites and determine user accessible sites
while (results.next())
final Site site = HydrationUtils.hydrateSite(results);
if (results.getObject("UserSiteId") != null)
if (updateLastLogonTime)
final NamedParameterStatement updateStmt = new NamedParameterStatement(getConnection(),
"UPDATE tbl_users SET LastLogon = NOW() WHERE UserId = :userId;");
updateStmt.setInt("userId", user.getId());
return user;
catch (Exception e)
throw new RuntimeException(e);
There are a number of things to notice about this code:
Yes, there's a bit of work going on here. Some of it is brittle. For example, additions to the object model will not cause compile time errors, yet the HydrationUtils methods would need updating. Such issues would likely not be caught until runtime.
As the application grew more complex and I found myself struggling to manage unique indexes and foreign keys in an ever-growing DDL script, I decided to switch to Hibernate. Now, take a look at the same user logon code written Hibernate style:
return new TransactionRunner<User>() {
protected User doWork(Session session) throws Exception
// Prepare the user-fetching query--eagerly fetching associated customer and the customer's associated sites
final Query userQuery = session.createQuery("from User as u " +
" inner join fetch u.customer c" +
" inner join fetch c.sites" +
" left join fetch u.accessibleSites" +
" where lower(u.username) = :username and (:password is null or u.password = :password)");
userQuery.setParameter("username", username);
userQuery.setParameter("password", password);
// Fetch the user
final User user = (User)userQuery.uniqueResult();
// Update the user's last logon time (if so desired)
if (updateLastLogonTime)
user.setLastLogon(new Date());
// Replace persistent sets with regular sets for serialization
user.setAccessibleSites(new HashSet(user.getAccessibleSites()));
user.getCustomer().setSites(new HashSet(user.getCustomer().getSites()));
return user;
See the difference?
Overall I feel more comfortable with the Hibernate code. I think it's cleaner and easier to maintain. And next time I'm working on a simple little project, I won't be so quick to discount an O/R mapping tool; I believe it does save time, even for the small projects.
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When all the churning parts of a Wing-T offense are working to precision, it can be a thing of beauty, a work of art.
Florence's veteran coach Joe Frappolli will testify to that. Six Florence players scored a touchdown in the team's 48-12 victory over Riverside on Thanksgiving Day.
Florence's Wing-T can be a sight to behold, for sure. That's why Frappolli and his charges know they face a dilemma this week in finding a way to deal with a Point Pleasant Beach offense that is their mirror image.
When third-seeded Florence (9-1) travels to Point Pleasant Beach (10-0) for a 7 p.m. game in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 1 playoffs on Friday, the Flashes will greatly rely on a workhorse linebacker corps led by 6-foot-1, 215-pound senior Rich Meyers.
Meyers and his teammates in Florence's 44 front are charged with containing Point Pleasant Beach's exquisite version of the Wing-T that is driven by a punishing offensive line.
"The Wing-T is a real challenge when you aren't used to playing against it," Frappolli said. "It's funny. We run a Wing-T, but we don't play against it."
The Wing-T is a running attack predicated on deception and reliant on misdirection.
"Point Pleasant is very disciplined in running it," said Frappolli. "They don't give up on their stuff. They keep running the seams. If you overload somewhere, they're going weak."
Halfback Danny Tighe, who leads the Shore Conference with 1,551 yards and 26 TDs and boasts a difficult-to-fathom 13.7 yards per-carry average, is the clear beneficiary of the finely tuned engine that is the Point Pleasant Beach offense.
Frappolli is depending on his rugged defense, anchored by inside linebacker Meyers, a brute who has drawn the attention of Pitt, Duquesne and Lehigh, among others, through a season in which he is approaching 90 tackles.
Meyers and his fellow defenders, however, are missing the services of inside linebacker Aaron Salaga, who broke his leg in Florence's 26-15 victory over Bordentown on Oct. 26.
"It's a little weird now, because I knew if I didn't make a play, Aaron would," Meyers said. "I knew I had to help the new guy (Joey Connolly) and make sure he was motivated and knew what to expect.
"We really haven't done anything different, though. We've just needed someone to fill a role."
Meyers, the 5-foot-11, 200-pound Salaga and the 5-foot-8, 195-pound Zach Foga, all seniors, have been a three-man wrecking crew for Frappolli. Meyers, among the team's leading tacklers, has scored 10 touchdowns as he doubles as a wingback and wideout on offense.
"What I like about Rich," said Frappolli, "is he plays sideline to sideline. He gets off the block and gets there to make the play. He has very good speed, which we utilize on offense, but we are more concerned how he uses that speed on defense."
Minus Salaga, Meyers bears a heavier load against Tighe and the talented Point Pleasant Beach offense.
"My first job is to stop the run," Meyers said. "They have some weapons, so we want to keep them in third-and-long."
Frappolli said "you don't replace a kid like Salaga. He, Meyers and Foga complemented each other so well. They've played together since Pop Warner. Things have gotten a little more difficult for Rich since the Bordentown game."
Perhaps Meyers is best suited for such adversity.
"I like the fact that he is very balanced emotionally," Frappolli said. "He's not going to get too high or too low. I haven't seen him get angry."
Frappolli has been the head coach at Florence for 39 years, so it would be wise to assume he has something up his sleeve to counter Point Pleasant Beach's running game, perhaps adjusting his alignment in some way to cover the loss of Salaga.
"We won't do anything different," Frappolli said. "Everyone is going to have to step up and do a little more."
Florence is the more experienced playoff entity here with 22 postseason appearances and five sectional championships in its 12 final-round appearances. It has a 25-17 overall record in the playoffs. It won its most recent championship in 2006.
Point Pleasant Beach is coming off a 19-7 Thanksgiving Day victory over Shore Regional, which happens to be the top seed in Central Jersey Group 1. The Ocean County school is chasing its first sectional championship and is 2-9 in the playoffs. It reached the final round once, in 1982.
"We lost in the final last year," Meyers said. "That just told us we have to work harder and get back to basics. I really want that (state championship) jacket."


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1. The General Fund will have less – The General Fund is expected to shrink by $83 million next fiscal year, according to projections by the Legislative Fiscal Office. That will prompt some difficult choices for lawmakers, and cuts or level funding for many agencies. The Alabama Medicaid Agency alone is asking for an $85 million increase to maintain services. The Department of Corrections is seeking an additional $42 million.
2. The Education Trust Fund will have more -- The fund that helps pay for public education is projected to have $134 million more in fiscal year 2015 over what the Legislature appropriated for the current year.
3. Lawmakers will fight about how to spend that increase – There are competing demands for the ETF growth including insurance costs and repayment to a rainy day account. Gov. Robert Bentley is seeking a raise for teachers. Every one percent pay raise for K-12 teachers and support workers costs about $34 million.
4. It could be worse– Remember that September 2012 vote to bail out the state General Fund by taking $145.8 million-a-year from a state savings account over three years? That is still saving the state's budget bacon. It amounted to a significant chunk of the $1.72 billion General Fund in fiscal year 2013.
5. It will likely get worse -- When those Alabama Trust Fund transfers come to an end (conveniently after the 2014 elections) the General Fund is expected to shrink back to $1.5 billion, according to early projections. While that's still some time away and much could happen revenue wise, it suggests that lawmakers who win election in November, will be rewarded by having to immediately tackle a terrible budget.


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Six degrees of grocery shopping | Gretchen Leigh
Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into the seemingly simple act of grocery shopping? Each degree of grocery shopping is an entity in itself and deserves admiration and respect from the family who benefits.
The first degree is to compile a list by checking the pantry, opening cupboards, refrigerator and freezer to see what you are lacking. I also have a chalk board with a running list of items my family has ordered. I provided the chalk board several years ago because rather than exclaim out loud that we are out of something, they can write it on the list. I can see how desperately they want an item by the number of exclamation points or capital letters. However, I only go grocery shopping every two weeks on payday, ignoring their graphic pleas. Lastly, I add whatever coupons I have to the list and I'm ready for the second degree – going to the store.
If you're like me, it's not just one store, but several. Most of the goods I get are from Costco. I don't know if it's really money-saving, but I like buying the bulk items because they last longer. If I'm lucky an item doesn't end up back on the list for a month or two. After Costco, I go to Fred Meyer to fill in those items I prefer not to buy in bulk or favored food-stuffs they don't sell at Costco. Then every month or two, I hit Safeway to take advantage of their BOGO meat sales.
When I leave the store, thereby initiating the third degree, I'm really hoping the actual degrees outside are in my favor as I load groceries into the car. Of course, living in the Northwest it's most likely raining. But sometimes I luck out and even if it's raining it's fairly warm outside or the wind isn't blowing.
Loading Fred Meyer and Safeway groceries are easy because they're in bags already. But it takes time for me to load Costco groceries because I never get a box. Although the box fits into the cart, it is difficult to get out of the cart when it's full of groceries. I also hate having to deal with the box once I get it home and empty. So I have all the grocery items loose in the cart, wheel them out to my car and put them in cloth bags to make it easier to carry them into the house.
My fourth degree could be easier if I shopped when my family was home. Unloading the groceries into the house is a chore. When my family is home, it's a snap. But if I shop when my family is home, invariably one of them wants to shop with me. If one of them shops with me, it costs me more money. So it's really better to shop by myself, which then requires I unload by myself.
The fifth and sixth degrees bleed together and are the most baffling ones. The fifth degree is putting the groceries away and seems straight forward enough. But it's not as easy as it sounds, which brings me to the sixth degree.
Every time I put groceries away, there is never any space. So in my sixth degree of grocery shopping I have to start looking for abandoned containers. There are usually many; just the other day there was an empty chicken pot pie box in the freezer, an empty cracker box in the laundry hall, an empty plastic storage container in the fridge, an empty taco shell box in the pantry, as well as an empty fruit cup box. It's kind of like following a trail, ala Hansel and Gretel. I can see what my family has been eating the past two weeks.
Once I even found an old oil filter in the freezer. But I didn't know if my husband was sending me a message or if he needed medical attention, so I just left it in there and walked away. That, I suppose, is a column for another day.
Gretchen Leigh is a stay-at-home mom who lives in Covington. She is committed to writing about the humor amidst the chaos of a family. You can read more of her writing and her daily blog on her website livingwithgleigh.com.
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Easy Flower Cookies
Go to the store and grab some plain cookies or dough and some frosting. Then go to The Decorated Cookie Blog to see how I pumped out about a dozen of these Easy Winter Flower Cookies in 10 minutes. It's Christmas Eve and you have 47 presents to wrap, the in-laws are coming for dinner, you have to go to the post office to buy 3 more stamps, and you still want to make cookies. I've got you covered (on the cookie part at least). Since I spent the month hosting some of my favorite bloggers and their cookies I started to think I might forget how to write a blog post so I took over Meaghan's site for a day.
I hope you find a way to bring somebody joy today. When in doubt add sprinkles. Sprinkles make everyone smile. We're finishing up a whole month of cookies every day. I hope you enjoyed I'll Bring the Cookies as much as I did!
Have you seen this Be a Good Cookie Spatula from OXO hanging around lately? Last year, the OXO "Good Cookie" Spatula helped raise over $250,000 for pediatric cancer research as part of their partnership with Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds for pediatric cancer research. It was started by two OXO employees, Gretchen and Larry Witt, who lost their little boy, Liam, to pediatric cancer. It's not too late to order a Good Cookie Spatula and support a great cause; plus every time you look at it you can't help but smile!
Some friends and I get together every year to exchange cookies, bake, and decorate together. There's always lots of laughter and lots and lots of calories. This year was our biggest exchange yet with over 63 DOZEN!
OXO products are some of my very favorite and most used kitchen tools and I'm excited to be giving away this Baker's Dozen OXO giveaway. One winner will receive 13 pieces:
- 3 Piece Flip Lock
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The Portland Timbers open their preseason training camp on Saturday after a highly successful 2013 regular season. Here are 11 questions for the Timbers as they begin preparation for 2014.
1. Can Timbers live up to higher expectations?
The Timbers were the biggest surprise of the 2013 MLS season after reaching the Western Conference championship series and finishing first in the conference during the regular season. They produced 15-game and eight-game unbeaten streaks and lost just once at home in the regular season.
With a largely intact roster returning from last season, the pressure is on in 2014 to repeat the success of last season and exceed 2013 by winning the conference championship and reaching the MLS Cup championship game.
2. Will the opposition figure out the Timbers' offensive system?
Opposing defenses struggled to corral the Timbers' emphasis on player movement, passing, possession and pressure, and the new system paid off in a big way in 2013. Portland scored 53 goals, third-best in MLS and an improvement of 19 goals compared to 2012. Their ability to maintain possession made the Timbers tough to beat once they grabbed a lead.
On the other hand, it's highly likely that all of the Timbers opponents in 2014 will pore over the videotape of the team's loss to Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference playoff series. The Timbers never could unlock Real Salt Lake's defense and were limited to a total of two goals in the two-game series.
3. Can Diego Valeri repeat his impressive rookie season?
Usually foreign players take a full season to adjust to MLS play. Not this guy. Valeri scored the team's first goal of the 2013 season and never looked back, finishing the season with a team high in goals (10), a MLS-leading 13 assists while winning the league's "Goal of the Week" four times and earning a spot on the MLS Best XI squad. He probably would've racked up more goals and assists had he not sustained a sports hernia that hampered him in the final eight games of the regular season and in the playoffs.
Opponents now have plenty of videotape to study Valeri's game, but it seems unlikely they will be able to consistently stop him because of his creativity, sheer talent and talented teammates.
4. Can Will Johnson repeat his career season?
Whenever a team far exceeds preseason expectations with a historic regular season, usually multiple players produce career years. Johnson was one of the Timbers who did so.
Acquired in a trade with Real Salt Lake to bring mental toughness, grit and a tad bit of nastiness to a psychologically fragile squad, Johnson brought those intangibles from the start. But, somewhat unexpectedly, the center midfielder also brought goals and assists. The eight-year veteran scored a career-high nine goals and added five assists, another career high, leading to a spot on the MLS All-Star team and Best XI. Oh, yes, and he instigated the suspensions of San Jose forward Alan Gordon and Seattle midfielder Osvaldo Alonso.
With a year of experience in the Timbers' system, Johnson could be even better in 2014.
5. Can Donovan Ricketts turn back the clock again?
Goalkeeper of the Year. A spot on the MLS Best XI squad. Winner of "Save of the Week" 10 times.
Really, what can 36-year-old Ricketts do in 2014 to top his unbelievable season in 2013? Well, the Timbers didn't reach the MLS Cup championship game, and based on the way Ricketts talks, helping the Timbers reach — and win — the championship game might be an even more satisfying experience than when he helped the Los Angeles Galaxy reach the championship game in 2009 and win the cup in 2011.
6. Will Darlington Nagbe take another leap forward?
He's been stamped with the label "future star" ever since the Timbers made him their first-ever MLS SuperDraft pick in 2011. The young fella has improved every season and took a quantum leap in 2013. The 23-year-old reached a career-high in goals (nine) and assists (four) while starting in every game during the season.
He ranked No. 1 in an informal survey of the "24 under 24" (best players age 24 and under in MLS) and in a much more tangible sign of his ascent and impact, he was the most fouled player in MLS in 2013.
Perhaps the most exciting prospect is the blossoming chemistry between Nagbe and Valeri. The on-field rapport between two of the most creative and dynamic players in the league will grow and could develop into a pairing for the ages.
7. Who's going to play at center back alongside Pa Modou Kah?
The Timbers dipped in the Argentina player pool once again and pulled out Norberto Papparatto. Gavin Wilkinson and Caleb Porter didn't bring him all the way from South America to plop him on the bench as a substitute. The Argentine has the inside track to start, but Futty Danso and Raushawn McKenzie may have a say in who does occupy the position.
For anyone who has already penciled Papparatto in as the long-term starter, two words: Hanyer Mosquera.
8. Is Gaston "La Gata" Fernandez the final answer at forward?
When it comes to forwards, the door is constantly revolving at Jeld-Wen Field.
Kenny Cooper, Jorge Perlaza, Kris Boyd, Ryan Johnson, Frederic Piquionne, Maximiliano Urruti.
Now Fernandez gets his turn. The Argentine forward didn't do much during his last season with Estudiantes de la Plata (zero goals) in Argentina, but the Timbers' brain trust apparently believe this "Cat" has another life in him. If Fernandez can come close to duplicating Valeri's performance in 2013, the Timbers will be thrilled.
9. Can the Timbers defeat Real Salt Lake?
Circle this date: April 19. That's the day when the Timbers face Real Salt Lake (away game) for the first time during the 2014 regular season.
The Timbers were eliminated by Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference final series in 2013, losing both games. The losses extended the Timbers' winless streak against Real Salt Lake to 10 consecutive games (regular season, playoffs, U.S. Open Cup) and Portland hasn't defeated RSL since a 1-0 win at home April 30, 2011.
Porter and the Timbers will repeat the "it's just another game" statement in the days leading up to the game. But make no mistake, this isn't just another game. The Timbers must prove to themselves that they are capable of beating Real Salt Lake. Unlocking Real Salt Lake could be the key to unlocking a trip to the MLS Cup.
10. Who's going to replace Rodney Wallace?
Unable to walk, the outside winger scooted his way off the field late in the first half of the Timbers' 1-0 loss to Real Salt Lake. The scene was ominous, and after the game, Wallace walked out of Jeld-Wen Field wearing a full brace on his right knee after sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament, along with other knee injuries. Wallace had what the team said was successful surgery in December, but will be out for up to seven months.
Wallace produced a breakout season in 2013, establishing career highs with seven goals and six assists in 27 games. Wallace led the team with three game-winning goals and was selected to league's "Team of the Week" three times. His ability to place pressure of defenses from the left side helped clear space for Valeri and Nagbe.
11. Can Steve Zakuani turn back the clock?
Hard to imagine a 25-year-old (Zakuani will turn 26 on Feb. 9) needing to reverse time, but Zakuani has reached a crossroads in his once-promising career. The Timbers completed a trade with Chivas USA to move up and select the winger in the re-entry draft, and Zakuani is expected to replace Wallace on the left side.
The former top overall pick in the 2009 draft (by Seattle) scored 14 goals and added 10 assists in 58 games during his first two MLS seasons, but he hasn't been the same dynamic player since sustaining two broken bones in his right leg after a vicious tackle by Colorado midfielder Brian Mullan in April 2011 (Mullan was suspended for 10 games). Zakuani was off the field for 14 months and has scored three goals with four assists in 22 games since returning.
The Timbers hope a reunion with Porter — Zakuani played for Porter at the University of Akron — will be the elixir to revive Zakuani's confidence and production.
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Celebrate Your Independence With These Five Gay American Heroes
In between stuffing your face with hot dogs, thotting around the beach, and checking out hot guys draped in the flag, let's not forget that this is a day to celebrate America, dammit!
We know most of the great heroes that are being talked about today are of the old-school, gray-haired variety, so we thought we'd give you a look at five great gay American heroes that have helped make our country what it is today.
Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt came out to his parents at 16, joined the Army at 29, and was killed in action in Afghanistan in early 2011. He was 31 years old. He is believed to be the first gay soldier killed after President Obama signed the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" into law. After his death, his parents Jeff and Lori became staunch gay rights activists, protesting antigay marriage laws in their native Minnesota as well as speaking out for the rights of LGBT people in various news sources. Since marriage equality was passed in Minnesota in 2013, it looks like they got their wish, and one could only hope that the loss of this gay American hero helped to advance the rights of the citizens of his home state.
There are many reasons why Bayard Rustin was kind of the original gay badass. We've written about him fairly extensively, but you'd still be surprised how many people don't know about this man and his accomplishments. Not only was he one of the chief organizers of the iconic 1963 March On Washington, but he did this all while living his life as an openly gay black man in the early 1960's. So, yeah, he did that. If you've somehow never heard of Rustin, the amazing documentary Brother Outsider is a great place to start. It's available on Netflix streaming, so if you need something to watch after you've poured yourself in from all the festivities, give it a watch. You know, because we told you so.
Who is Mark Takano? Well, he's the first openly gay person of color elected to U.S. Congress and the first openly gay person from California in Congress, that's who. We had the pleasure of meeting Congressman Takano while sitting on a panel in Washington, D.C., and we were surprised that we hadn't heard the name a bit more often. Takano focused his energy on fighting educational inequality before being elected to Congress, and now represents the 41st District of California. He's also a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee. Could he be our first gay President? Who can say? We'll definitely be watching to see how his career progresses.
The hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11th, 2001 might have succeeded at ending even more lives if it weren't for the heroics of openly gay PR exec Mark Bingham and other passengers who stormed the cockpit in order to divert it from its intended target, Washington, D.C. All aboard the plane were killed when the hijackers crashed it in rural Pennsylvania. Bingham was an avid rugby player in San Francisco, and was a cofounder of Gotham Knights, a gay-inclusive rugby league. The Bingham Cup, a gay rugby union tournament created in his memory, will have its 2014 tournament in Australia this August.
Of course, you've heard the name before. You most likely saw the movie. But no list of gay American heroes would be complete without mentioning one of the biggest, who went by the name of Harvey Milk. Yes, he was the first openly gay person elected to public office in California. Yes, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. Of course he did all of these things, but why Harvey Milk is still spoken about today and why he is truly a gay American hero is because his vision for the future of gays reached far beyond his time, and that vision is still being realized today. From the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, which provides training to LGBT candidates who seek to run for political office to the Harvey Milk High School, a NYC school designed specifically for LGBT students, his legacy continues to create change for gays decades after his death.
@jezuzchrist: And what about Barney Frank, Tammy Baldwin and….oh, forget it. LOL
How does one go thotting around the beach? Is that anything like bubbling?
I think we need to definitely include the U.S. Marine Corps, Eric Alva, the first soldier injured in the Iraq conflict. He is out, and has been, pre-DADT history, and remains still politically active; he not only suffered from an explosion that destroyed his leg, but he suffered under the right-wing's hateful open disgust for him, thru their harassment, booing, and dismissal of his threatening, but simple statement of existence.
But the facts of his life cannot be denied, and it seemed to have very much forced the issue that LGBT people can serve, do serve proudly, by his simple example, his very existence, and obvious valor;
The irony is that he served willingly for the USA, with respect and patriotism to ensure freedom in a Middle East country, but in retuning to the United States of America, his human rights he works so hard for overseas, are denied on our own soil. He remains an icon, a true hero, despite the active right-wing effort to disrespect, devalue, and challenge his human rights that he went to protect.
If you ever get the chance to see Andrew Lippa's oratorio "I Am Harvey Milk" buy a ticket. The work was premiered last year by the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and is being sung in 2 weeks at the Disney Center in LA with SFGMC and GMCLA combined with other GALA voices – 500. It really presents Harvey's life in a historical context. Harvey Milk is one of MY heroes.
@Dinodogstar: Every word you said, absolutely. A TRUE GAY AMERICAN HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had a memorial basketball game for Mark Bingham at my high school (his alma mater) and I swear they never said anything about him being gay or anything about his boyfriend. I only found out he was gay a couple years ago when I was trolling for notable lgbts!
Great list!
With the Snowden revelations, climate change, theocrats, oligarchs and the stupidity of 5 supreme courties, I find little to celebrate on 'Independence' day.
@Dinodogstar: (Sigh.) I'm sorry to be a LEFT-winger raining on your little patriotic parade there, but please let's all keep our sanity about the Iraq War. Unfortunately, nobody helped "ensure freedom in a Middle East country."
The entire Iraq War was a stupid, useless, insane waste of time and obscene amounts of money, killed over 4,000 Americans for absolutely no reason, and accomplished absolutely nothing.
Oh, and it was all based on a lie.
Well-meaning comments like yours are part of the problem.
I fail to see how fighting and dying in a useless war that supports the private American War Industry, automatically makes someone a Hero. He may have been a great guy, but that does not qualify him to be elevated to Hero-dom. If anything it was an incredible waste of a life.
@Ben Dover: I agree that it was stupid, unnecessary, ill-advised, and well, a faked rationale, a vengeful attempt to screw with 'them Middle Easterner-types who caused 9-11.." I do respect the soldiers who work for our country, though. They are often without other possibilities in their lives to pursue..Yes I hated and protested the Iraq invasion, which ran completely contrary to the U.N.'s decision..I am all about celebrating the heroic efforts of a gay man who did what he was expected, really with little option otherwise, and went with the good intentions spoon-fed us about what this attack would accomplish. Hate the game, not the players. " start googling Culture Club's song "War" here…
@Dinodogstar: Sad that some people would twist your post into a debate about the Iraq War. Nowhere in your praise for Eric Alva did you endorse that political mess. Don't worry, your words weren't lost on everyone. Eric Alva is indeed a hero! What makes him brave are his own intentions, not things out of his control. As you said, so many of our veterans (and citizens) bought into that disaster as if it had some integrity attached to it. "Hate the game, not the players" ….. indeed!
I also loved your reference to "War Song" by Culture Club. When that song came out, I felt like I was the only one taking the lyrics & video seriously, while others labeled it the "end" of Culture Club.
Great posts!
gotta remember, as sad as it is, we are often pawns, willing or ignorant, of the system and 'the man', if I can use a throwback term that is still relevant today.
@lykeitiz: I wasn't misinterpreting Dinodogstar's direct quote: "ensure freedom in a Middle East country." (!!!!!)
OR….how about Col. Margarette Cammeremyer..(spelling?)
(maybe this list could use some estrogen in the room..
Way back in the day, 1989 (!), she was the highest ranking military person to openly challenge DADT
She is a Vietnam Vet, (no I am not a fan esp of that war)
Bronze Star recipient, and was a " V. A. Nurse of the Year" and is now a doctor.
She went before the senate to testify, back when the DADT policy was being settled in 1993, she wrote a book called "Serving in Silence", and had a TV movie about her, with Glenn Close playing her…!!!
Not too shabby there either.
She is amoung a fine list of LGBT heros: Katherine Lee Bates- who wrote the song "America the Beautiful", Sally Ride, famous trailblazing astronaut, the famous war nurse, Florence Nightingale. Leonard Matlovich, earned a bronze star and a purple heart in Vietnam, and was an outspoken early advocate for gay rights, former congresswoman of Texas, and the first African-American to hold such a high position, Barbara Jordan, how about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt(!), Jane Addams, who won a Nobel Prize for Peace, and essentially founded the basis of social work, Alexander Hamilton, former Pres. James Buchanan, (maybe Lincoln swung both ways?!?), Frances Alice Kellor, lesbian, political activist and trans, Julius Caesar (had affair well-documented with a King Nicodemus),politician Roberta Achtenberg,,and many many more now out..including Senator Tammy Baldwin, and Christine Quinn, … I am personally fascinated by the historical accounts of many women who dressed as men, and fought in the civil war! you can google lists of thousands of heros, war -time, or peace-time activists and politicians, Kings, Queens, and thousands more in that genre of "heros' to remember…
@Ben Dover: That sentence began with: "The irony is that he served willingly for the USA…." He clearly was talking about Alva's perspective, not the U.S.'s.


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At the "Pain & Gain" premiere, Mark Wahlberg reveals he will be heading back to his hometown of Boston to show support for those afflicted by the marathon tragedy. Plus, Mark talks about how director Michael Bay inspired him to direct.
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Volney, NY – A Scriba man and a Fulton woman who allegedly stole at least $1,500 worth of jewelry and video games from a Volney home face several felony charges, Oswego County sheriff's officials said.
Shane R. Haresign, 36, and Danielle M. Palmer, 29, were charged Tuesday in connection with the Oct. 2 theft of a pearl bracelet, a pair of white gold earrings, a Sony PlayStation 3, and Xbox console and video games from a home on county Route 57.
The bracelet was valued at $800 and the games and consoles together were worth $700, officials said.
Haresign and Palmer both were arraigned in Scriba town court on second-degree burglary, fourth-degree conspiracy and third-degree grand larceny charges and ordered held at the Oswego County Correctional Facility.
Haresign, of 157 Meyers Road, Scriba, was released on bail. Palmer, of 106 W. Fifth St. S., Fulton, remained in custody Wednesday on $1,000 bail or $2,000 bond, officials said. Both are to appear Monday in Volney town court.


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Philosophers tackle biodiversity and climate change ethics at UNESCO conference in Monaco
Climate change and loss of biodiversity affect people across the globe and raise complex issues of global governance. Science can give us the facts, but cannot solve the moral dilemmas. To expand philosophical discourse in this relatively new area, 35 experts from 18 countries met from 8 to 10 December in Monte Carlo, Monaco at the international conference "Environmental ethics, biodiversity and climate change" organized by UNESCO with the support of the Principality of Monaco.
Among the recommendations formulated at the conference, the participants stressed the practical application of environmental ethics and urged UNESCO to develop an inventory of best practices and ethical tools. They also underlined the importance of promoting education in environmental ethics and of preserving indigenous knowledge, particularly to protect biodiversity against biopiracy.
Conference participants included leading authors in the field, notably Donald Brown, Associate Professor in environmental ethics, science and law, Penn State University (United States); Dale Jamieson, Director of Environmental Studies at New York University (US); Johan Hattingh, Professor of Philosophy and Vice Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa); Catherine Larrère, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris I (France); Rainier Ibana, Professor of Ethics, Social Philosophy and Environmental Ethics at Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) ; and Carmen Velayos Castelo, Associate Professor of Ethics, University of Salamanca (Spain).
Presentations and round tables on ethics and science, ethics and governance and environmental uncertainty covered the most pressing questions related to biodiversity and climate change. Subjects of talks included "Ethical uncertainties and certainties in the discourse on climate change", "Climate change ethics: state of the art and navigating the Perfect Moral Storm", "Adapting the worldscape of modernity to climate change" and "Biodiversity: science, policy, and ethics or who is responsible for biodiversity loss?"
Participants took into account the recommendations of the international conference on biodiversity held in Nagoya in October 2010 and referred to the work of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun, which ended on 11 December.
The conference contributed to ongoing efforts by the international community to build an appropriate intellectual framework to support governments, international organizations and other groups in framing sound environmental policies.
UNESCO promotes active learning and innovative thinking about the issues raised by climate change and biodiversity. The UNESCO Ethics of Science and Technology Programme, organizer of the conference, was created in 1998 with the establishment of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) to generate ethical reflection on science and technology and its applications.
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Authorities in Carroll County have arrested a 79-year-old man in connection with a stabbing.
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said deputies and Taneytown police officers were called to the 3700 block of Kump Station Road around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, when the man became upset that the 50-year-old victim was throwing things out of a garage.
Investigators said the older man stabbed the victim in the abdomen area with a box cutter. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to Shock Trauma as a precaution.
The 79-year-old man was charged with first-degree assault. No names were immediately released.


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Due to the likely heavy rains that will be coming into the region on Friday, the District 3 Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University will still be held but on a two-hour delay.
The new start time for the meet is 2 p.m. Friday. A revised schedule can be found here.
In an e-mail from District 3 track and field chairperson Dave Bitting, it was also stated that pole vaulters and high jumpers who are scheduled for Friday's competition should be ready to compete either outside in Seth Grove Stadium or inside the field house.
Other Friday events will be held in the rain if it persists. Lightning, however, would force a delay during the meet.
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As the weather turns colder, we turn to comfort foods. But those favorite foods don't have to have added calories, says Sarah Portenga, a dietitian with YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids.
In the column below, she suggests using herbs and spices to add flavor without calories.
By Sarah Portenga
Registered Dietitian, YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids
Fall is here; there is no mistaking it. Along with the crispness of the fresh fallen leaves and chill in the air comes the desire to indulge in warm, savory, comfort foods.
This fall, instead of making comfort foods with added calories, discover the delectable benefits of cooking with flavorful herbs and spices.
They can add great variety to your meals and create an assortment of different mouthwatering tastes. Herbs and spices offer more than flavor; they are comprised of an impressive list of phytonutrients, natural oils, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins that are essential for well-being.
So how can one reduce the fat, sugar and salt that we are used to cooking with and still get the flavor we crave?
Cut the fat
Removing a tablespoon of fat removes about 10 to 14 grams of fat and 90 to 126 calories. Herbs and spices are naturally low in fat and calories, so using them to flavor your food in place of breading, batters, gravies and sauces cuts the amount of calories and fat in your meal.
Reduce sugar
You won't need to use as much sugar to satisfy your sweet tooth if you add these sweet-tasting spices to your recipe: allspice, anise, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mace or nutmeg.
Reduce salt
Use herbs and spices with robust flavors such as black pepper, garlic powder, curry powder, cumin, dill seeds, basil, ginger, coriander and onion in place of salt. These spices are the most effective in replacing the taste of salt.
If you don't know how much of a herb or spice to use, start by adding 1/4 teaspoon of most ground spices or dried herbs. Use 1/8 teaspoon for spices that add heat such as cayenne pepper and red pepper flakes. You can always add more flavor, but you can't as easily take it away.
A great resource to use if you would like more guidance can be found at spiceadvice.com.
Not quite ready for mixing your own blends yet? That's OK; you can buy ready-made blends from Mrs. Dash. Mrs. Dash adds great flavor with the benefit of no added salt.
So this fall, instead of reaching for the salt, butter or sugar, reach into your spice cabinet and discover delicious, healthy concoctions instead.
For delicious, healthy recipes, go to pinterest.com/grymca.
Herbs and spices are naturally low in fat and calories, so (use) them ... in place of breading, batters, gravies and sauces.


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In a fit of wanderlust, a bright-eyed and curious Kathy Grayson moved to New York City the day after she graduated from Dartmouth. Upon arrival, she just happened to land a job as a receptionist at Deitch Projects. Within a year, she went from answering phones to answering to the title of Director, curating the breakout Brooklyn show Dirt Wizards. Now an eight-year veteran of Deitch, her creative juices are still flowing and her passion as strong as ever—hence her excitement in curating ten ideal opening-night outfits for this season's upcoming, highly anticipated art exhibitions.
"There are lots of great openings coming up this art season. Here's what I would wear to them if I had my way and the means…"
(Above) The Whitney Biennial: "I would wear BLAND cigarette pins all over in celebration of Aurel Schmidt's inclusion in the Biennial. Her work features cigarette butts everywhere and swirling NYC garbage. Teddy Willoughby who does BLAND is a friend of ours and would cover us with cigarettes given half the chance."
(Below) Rosson Crow's show at Deitch Projects in March: "One of the Zac Posen dresses this painter designed the fabric for! This is the best piece she made with him—although I bet she will be wearing it herself!"
Jim Drain's performance at Greene Naftali Gallery on February 3rd: "I just heard that this crazy Providence knitter and sculptor made sweaters for Opening Ceremony! Obviously I am going to buy one and wear it to his performance at the gallery."
Mitzi Pederson in February at Nicole Klagsbrun: "She is a minimal and conceptual kind of lady who takes staid minimalists like Donald Judd or Fred Sandback and spices them up with some feminine flair. I would wear this really minimal dress I own by Silence and Noise. I only really buy clothes on eBay and urbanoutfitters.com anyway, so who am I kidding?"
Jules de Balincourt in April at Deitch Projects: "Jules is a funky Frenchman via LA surfer bum painter who lives in Brooklyn, and I would definitely sew one of my own weird dresses out of thrift store junk. Jules has a folksy do-it-yourself aesthetic that wouldn't go well with an off-the-rack item at all."
Ryan McGinley in March at Team Gallery: "His new cave photos are super dramatic neon natural works with vibrant colors, not like his previous stuff. I would wear this awesome neon Proenza Schouler dress that has natural forms but looks like a glow in the dark moon rock! I got to meet them when they collaborated with Kembra Pfahler on a summer show in Florence, so they might even cut me a deal."
Agathe Snow at James Fuentes Gallery this fall: "Agathe is one of the more fashionable artists I know. I would wear threeASFOUR to her show, not just because she used to collaborate with them but because they are her favorite designers and awesome artists themselves. I've never worn a dress with a see-through bottom, but you only live once, I suppose!"
Terence Koh opening in September at Mary Boone Gallery: "I would wear Gareth Pugh, definitely. Terence loves to play dress up. He is an extreme fashion icon, so you have to go extreme with him. This crazy dress is just wearable enough to show up in, and essentially guarantees you an invitation to all the after-parties."
Ben Jones' outdoor video art presentation in the Works Gallery this summer: "I would need something neon and comic. Kansas City designer Peggy Noland is, I think, the way to go. She sent me some scratch-and-sniff tights in the mail once, so I know I could count on her to make me something perfect."
Gardar Eide Einarsson in April at Team Gallery: "My favorite works by Gardar are always black and white, and always text. It would be fun to wear a vintage Stephen Sprouse dress like the below, but I don't know if Gardar is really down with the '80s street graffiti Haring vibes the pieces are giving off."


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