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I navigated the first decade of my carpentry career without a lumber rack. Most of my building materials were delivered, and I hauled the occasional long pipe or stick of lumber in my 1969 Chevy shortbed by resting its front end on the mirror bracket bolted to the passenger door. When I finally graduated to a real rack in the 1990s, it was a strong but economical one fabricated out of rectangular steel tubing by a local welding shop. I installed it on a Mazda pickup by boring holes in the bed rails and bolting it down. It worked great, until I moved to California's corrosive north coast; within just a couple of years, the mounting holes had invited rust into the bed rails. Not only did the rack turn from black to orange, but the tubing began mysteriously bulging like it was about to explode.
Then, 10 years ago, I bought a new aluminum TracRac for my 1991 GMC Sierra shortbed, and later moved it to my new Toyota Tundra after some easy modifications. I keep the truck outdoors, less than a mile away from saltwater, where it's drenched by 75 inches of rain per year and marinated in cool summer fog. But so far, the rack has held up well.
There are several things I like about the TracRac: It mounts to most pickups with no drilling required; it adjusts easily for different size loads; it doesn't rust; it accepts lots of useful accessories; and it looks good.
The Basic Kit
My TracRac's structural components are made of 6063-T6 aluminum (commonly used for window and door frames), with stainless-steel and other noncorrosive hardware.
The basic rig weighs just 75 pounds but supports up to 1,000 pounds of cargo up top — far more than I've ever carried. It consists of two triple-track aluminum base rails, two sliding racks that can be positioned and locked anywhere along the base rails, and four sliding tiedowns up top that double as load stops and can be positioned and locked anywhere along the crossbars. My base rails are fitted with rubber expansion blocks that slip into and grip the stake pockets. If you don't have stake pockets, you have to drill holes in your pickup and bolt the rails down.
I added two accessories: a rubber wear strip for the top of each crossbar to help protect it from abrasion and to keep ladders from rattling (though the strips do restrict the positioning of the tiedowns), and four sliding tiedowns for the base rails. I couldn't live without those extra tiedowns, especially for securing cargo in the bed.
Arranging the Sliding Racks
The racks can slide on either of two parallel tracks on top of the base rails. I installed both of my racks on the outer tracks; that way, I can put all my lower tie-downs on the inner tracks, right next to the bed. Another option is to install the front rack on the outer tracks and the rear rack on the inner tracks, or vice versa, which achieves the maximum load rating. This approach would also allow you to slide both racks up against the cab, out of the way. If I ever need to do that, I'll make the easy change.
TracRac offers a slew of additional accessories, including a cantilever extension that supports long loads over the cab, a choice of two toolboxes, a sliding adapter for mounting other toolboxes, a sliding cargo divider that can invert to serve as a rear-window guard, a tonneau cover, locking knobs that discourage theft, and kits for mounting everything from bicycles to surfboards. I haven't used any of those accessories, but it's nice to know they're available if I need them.
A New Model
A new version of the rack, named the TracRac G2, is hitting the market right about now. It uses the same base rails and stake-pocket attachment hardware as mine does and accepts the same accessories, but has some noteworthy differences.
For instance, all of my aluminum components are anodized, which adds a protective oxide film to the surface. On the TracRac G2, the base rails are still anodized, but the sliding racks have been dual powder-coated instead to create a 4- to 7-mil-thick flexible silver finish that the manufacturer claims has endured 2,000 hours of salt-spray testing. The new crossbars have a more elongated cross section to reduce drag, while diagonal braces have been eliminated from the uprights — for easier access to the bed — and built-in cleats have been added. Also, the new tiedowns are powder-coated aluminum instead of zinc, which should help the finish last longer. (The finish on my sliding tiedowns has chipped some.) And finally, the TracRac G2 is 10 pounds heavier than the older model and can support 250 more pounds of cargo up top.
The new rack can be installed on most pickups (the latest Toyota Tacoma, which has a composite inner bed, is one exception) and should be compatible with all types of bed liners and fifth-wheel trailer hitches.
Where to Buy
You can buy TracRac hardware and most of the accessories at tracrac.com, but you'll have to buy the core kit and the toolboxes from a retailer. You can use the website to get quotes from local dealers and online retailers. The maker expects the basic TracRac G2 setup to sell for about $800.
By the way, I just read that I'm supposed to check every four months to make sure the socket head cap screws that compress my rubber expansion blocks are tightened to a torque specification of 9 foot-pounds. Oops.
Bruce Greenlaw is a JLC contributing editor.


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Tao received a bachelor's and a master's degree from Flinders University of South Australia and a doctorate from Princeton University (1996), after which he joined the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Tao's work is characterized by a high degree of originality and a diversity that crosses research boundaries, together with an ability to work in collaboration with other specialists. His main field is the theory of partial differential equations. These Those are the principal equations used in mathematical physics. For example, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation models light transmission in fibre optics. Despite the ubiquity of partial differential equations in physics, it is usually difficult to obtain or rigorously prove that such equations have solutions or that the solutions have the required properties. Along with that of several collaborators, Tao's work on the nonlinear Schrödinger equation established crucial existence theorems. He has also done important work on the gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. This work is ongoing, but it has already reawakened interest in a subject that was long thought too difficult for further progress.
In work with the British mathematician Ben Green, Tao showed that the set of prime numbers contains arithmetic progressions of any length. For example, 109, 219, 329, 439, 549 is an arithmetic progression of five prime numbers, where successive numbers differ by 110. Standard arguments had indicated that arithmetic progressions in the set of primes might not be very long, so the discovery that they can be arbitrarily long was a profound discovery about the building blocks of arithmetic. Tao's other awards include a Salem Prize (2000) and an American Mathematical Society Bocher Memorial Prize (2002).


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From HaskellWiki
1 Abstract
FieldTrip is a library for functional 3D graphics, intended for building static, animated, and interactive 3D geometry, efficient enough for real-time synthesis and display. Our first renderer uses OpenGL, with the usual visual limitations. Since FieldTrip is functional, it is about being rather than doing. One describes what models are, not how to render them.
FieldTrip is just a toy / early release at this point, to show what's going on and see who's interested in collaborating on developing it further.
Besides this wiki page, here are more ways to find out about and get involved with FieldTrip:
- Join the FieldTrip mailing list.
- Peruse the library documentation.
- Install from Hackage.
- Download the code repository: darcs get http://code.haskell.org/FieldTrip. Patches welcome.
- Report bugs and request features on the tracker.
- Examine the version history.
2 Basic types
The basic purpose of the core FieldTrip library is to allow a user build 3D geometry, from individual simple shapes to full 3D scenes. The principal types are as follows.
- Geometry3
- 3D geometry. These values can be spatially transformed in space (affinely: scale, rotate, translate) and combined (union).
- Surf a = (a,a) -> (a,a,a)
- Parametric surfaces, i.e., mappings from 2D to 3D. Normals are constructed automatically and exactly via derivatives, thanks to the vector-space library. These normals are used for shading. For simplicity and composability, surfaces are curved, not faceted. Surface rendering tessellates adaptively, caching tessellations in an efficient, infinite data structure for reuse. The mechanism for choosing tessellation is a very primitive placeholder. FieldTrip provides some basic shapes of surfaces (spheres, torus, cubes, etc) and many functions for manipulating surfaces, colors, etc.
- Geometry2
- 2D geometry. There's a function () to embed 2D into 3D.flatG
- Image o = (R,R) -> o
- A primitive placeholder for functional imagery in the spirit of Pan. The intention is to use this type or something like it for texture mapping. Much design and implementation work to be done.
3 Example
The code for the static torus pair shown above:
torusPair :: Geometry3 torusPair = f red (1/2) `mappend` pivot3X (f green (-1/2)) where tor = torus 1 (2/5) f :: Col -> R -> Geometry3 f col dx = plasmat col (move3X dx tor)
torus function used here is a simple wrapper around a parametric surface defined as follows:
-- | Torus, given radius of sweep circle and cross section torus :: (Floating s, VectorSpace s, Scalar s ~ s) => s -> s -> Surf s torus sr cr = revolve (const (sr,0) ^+^ cr *^ circle)
Graphics.FieldTrip.ParamSurf, along with other tools for shape generation.
The trick to turning this polymorphic
surfG :: Surf (Vector2 R :> R) -> Geometry3 torus :: R -> R -> Geometry3 torus sr cr = surfG (P.torus (pureD sr) (pureD cr))
[fill in more examples]
4 FieldTrip meets Reactive
FieldTrip contains no support for animation, because we intend it to be used with the Reactive functional reactive programming (FRP) library (and possibly other animation frameworks). By design, FieldTrip is completely orthogonal to any formulation or implementation of FRP.
The reactive-fieldtrip project connects Reactive and FieldTrip.
The picture above comes from an animation in reactive-fieldtrip.
src/Test.hs, as follows:
~/Haskell$ cd reactive-fieldtrip/src ~/Haskell/reactive-fieldtrip/src$ ghci GHCi, version 6.10.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Prelude> :l Test :l Test [1 of 2] Compiling FRP.Reactive.FieldTrip.Adapter ( FRP/Reactive/FieldTrip/Adapter.hs, interpreted ) [2 of 2] Compiling Test ( Test.hs, interpreted ) Ok, modules loaded: FRP.Reactive.FieldTrip.Adapter, Test.
Then run the example:
*Test> anim3 (spinningG torusPair) Loading package OpenGL-18.104.22.168 ... linking ... done. Loading package syb ... linking ... done. Loading package base-188.8.131.52 ... linking ... done. [...] Loading package reactive-0.9.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package FieldTrip-0.2.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package reactive-glut-0.0.5 ... linking ... done.


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On 6/5/05, Manuel Kasper <mk at neon1 dot net> wrote:
> On 04.06.05 23:09 +0200, Rolf Sommerhalder wrote:
> > After turning on the filtering bridge option, I observe the same
> > behaviour of the traffic shping, e.g. delay on inbout pipes is
> > applied whereas on outbound pipes it is not.
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> > The good news is that shaping of incoming traffic in filtered
> > bridging mode is working like un non-filtering bridged mode. The
> > bad news is that in both non-filtering and filtering mode, shaping
> > on outgoing traffic apparently does not work at all.
> IIRC, bridged packets pass through ipfw only once - when they are
> first received on an interface. So you need to do all your shaping on
> bridged packets in the inbound path on the right interface. I don't
> think there's much we can do about this at the moment - except for
> documenting it.
> - Manuel
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Parsifal - Metropolitan Opera
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Metropolitan Opera House, Amsterdam Ave. & 64th St. - 212-362-6000
Description: Director Francois Girard's timeless new vision for Wagner's final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine (Eugene Onegin) creates a surreal landscape. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and Rene Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.


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PASADENA - There will be a sense of familiarity when the Stanford and Wisconsin football teams square off in today's 99th Rose Bowl Game.
The Cardinal (11-2), who beat four consecutive ranked teams to advance to the Rose Bowl, and the Badgers (8-5), who are in Pasadena on New Year's Day for the third consecutive season, each favor the color red and feature an old-school approach to football - defense and a physical running game.
Throw in 2009 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame inductee Barry Alvarez, who returns to the Wisconsin sideline on an interim basis after coach Bret Bielema left for Arkansas in early December, and it has the makings of a classic.
Kickoff is scheduled for 2:10 p.m.
It's also the teams' second meeting in the Rose Bowl. Wisconsin, coached by Alvarez, beat Stanford 17-9 in 2000. The Badgers lead the series 4-0-1.
"We have great respect for Stanford," Alvarez said. "As I watch film and study them, they're very similar in their beliefs and what they do are very similar to what we do.
"As I told our players, bring your big-boy pads because it will be a physical game and it should be a fun football game.
"If you like football, it will be a fun football game."
Wisconsin has used this style to advance to five Rose Bowls since 1994. It beat UCLA twice (1994 and 1999) and Stanford (2000), with losses the past two years to Texas Christian (21-19) in 2011 and Oregon (45-38) last year.
The Badgers again will rely on a mammoth offensive line that paved the way for more than 3,000 rushing yards this season, including 1,730 from Doak Walker Award winner Montee Ball, who also rushed for 21 touchdowns.
Wisconsin, the only five-loss team to advance to the Rose Bowl, also looks to James White, who has rushed for 832 yards and 12 scores, and Melvin Gordon, who had 216 yards and a touchdown in the Badgers' 70-31 victory over Nebraska in the Big Ten title game in early December.
Quarterback Curt Phillips has thrown for 454yards and four touchdowns since replacing Joel Stave in late October. Jared Abbrederis, who had 117 yards receiving against Oregon last year, leads the Badgers with 46 receptions for 793 yards and five scores.
"The big thing for us is to be able to play our game," said Stanford coach David Shaw, whose Cardinal is playing in a Bowl Championship Series game for the third consecutive season. "We've got to play great team defense because they do have multiple weapons ... the three-headed monsters, we call them. The running back, the backfield, they've got a go-to receiver that's made plays in every single game. They've got two quarterbacks that have led them to wins.
"Our guys on defense just have to know their jobs, make sure that we gang-tackle anybody that has the ball. (We have to) make sure we don't give up the big play."
The Cardinal will do that with one of the better front sevens in the country. Stanford, led by linemen Ben Gardner and Henry Anderson and linebackers Chase Thomas and Trent Murphy, have yielded just 87 yards rushing a game and helped limit Oregon to only 14 points in November.
"(Stanford is) very smart, play very smart football, they're well-coached and their players really attack the run game," Ball said.
"They come downhill and they're pretty physical, so it's going to be a pretty physical game that I'm really looking forward to."
The Cardinal will feature a similar scheme on offense led by senior running back Stepfan Taylor, who has rushed for 1,442 yards and 12touchdowns.
The lone difference between the teams is the Cardinal are more likely to defer to a passing game featuring All-America tight end Zach Ertz, who has 66 receptions for 837 yards and sixtouchdowns. Quarterback Kevin Hogan, who started the past four games, is the `X' factor with 973 yards passing and nine touchdowns.
Wisconsin will counter with a big defensive line and linebackers Mike Taylor and Chris Borland, who lead the Badgers with 120 and 95 tackles, respectively.
"Their two defensive tackles are 330 pounds," Ertz said. "We haven't seen that really. Those two guys up front will be a good challenge for our guys, and I think that's something that we're looking forward to."
Alvarez is seeking history. He can match Ohio State legend Woody Hayes with four Rose Bowl wins, most by a Big Ten coach. USC's Howard Jones and John McKay top the list with fivewins.
"I really don't pay much attention to that," Alvarez said. "I'd really like to see these guys play well and have a chance to win the football game because they've been through so much.
"But this is the Rose Bowl. I still get chills thinking about it, and any time I take the field, and I've said this probably many, many times, there's nothing like taking the field at the Rose Bowl. It's the most beautiful venue in all of sport. I think I'll be just as thrilled as the first time I took it when I take the field this time."


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Movies for Kids (and Their Families) - 'Tales of the Night' - Jacob Burns Film Center
Hours: 12pm
Ages: TOD,YE,TW
Price: $11; $6.50 children ages 12 and younger
364 Manville Road - 914-747-5555
Pleasantville, NY 10570
Description: Acclaimed filmmaker Michel Ocelot ("Kirikou and the Sorceress") is a master of silhouette animation. This collection of five exotic fables from around the world (and one from another world entirely) blends history with fairytale, whisking viewers off to colorful, enchanted lands inhabited by dragons, captive princesses, and enormous talking bees. 2011. 84 m. Not Rated. In French with subtitles.


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9/12 movement, Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Fox News, among others, credited for Scozzafava withdrawal from NY-23 race
From the November 1 Washington Times article [1], "GOP Nominee for New York seat quits race":
The surprise move leaves New York Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, with no prior political experience but a strongly conservative stance on virtually all issues, as the sole competitor against businessman and lawyer Bill Owens, the state Democratic Party's nominee, in a race most polls say is too close to call.
"It's an immense victory for the Conservative Party," a jubilant Mike Long, the state party's longtime chairman and a powerhouse in New York politics, told The Washington Times. "It shows the GOP gave courage to other Republicans to make the move to Hoffman against their own party's nominee."
"In the beginning no one believed we could prevail, and nearly everyone accused us of being spoilers," Mr. Long told The Times. "But we were given the opportunity to help take back the country for the taxpayers, beginning with the 9/12 movement and the anti-spending 'tea parties.' "
In a move that perplexed many of his conservative supporters, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had endorsed Mrs. Scozzafava, arguing that conservatives had to win seats by electing Republicans to Congress as a first requisite to conservatives winning power and being able to stop the liberal juggernaut led by President Obama and the Democratic Senate and House majorities in Congress.
On Saturday, Mr. Gingrich released a statement throwing his support to Mr. Hoffman.
"The age of party leaders picking people is over," Mr. Gingrich said.
Later Saturday, Mr. Gingrich, in response to a question from The Washington Times as to why he endorsed the liberal Republican first and had now switched to the Conservative Party candidate - whether he first put party over principle and now is reverting to his longtime view that principle comes first - said, "I did not put party over principle. There was an issue of two principles."
"First, always endorse the more conservative, and second, respect local leaders and local decisions," Mr. Gingrich said. "When the 11 local county chairs unanimously endorsed someone after four public meetings, I did not think it was my place to repudiate the entire local party leadership."
He said Mr. Hoffman's "rise is a result of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Fox News, the Club for Growth, Gov. [Sarah] Palin and [Minnesota Gov. Tim] Pawlenty and former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and virtually the entire national conservative movement joining with Mike Long, whose Conservative Party, a very established organization, which won its first big race 39 years ago."
"This was not an isolated amateur; this is an entire movement." Mr. Gingrich said.
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First Night Burlington 2013 Press Conference
The House of LeMay was invited to attend the Press Conference for the 30th Annual First Night Burlington 2013 held at the Burlington City Arts Center. This will be our 4th year to perform at First Night. We will be performing at the Flynn Space at 7pm, 9pm and 11pm. You will have to purchase [...]
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Marine Biology and Biology News
From Africa to Endicott Arm
Dr. Michael Stekoll spent part of this last summer in the labs of Dr. Carl Carrano, Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Matt Edwards Professor of Biology at San Diego State University.Dr. Carrano has been studying iron uptake and metabolism in bacteria for several years. Dr. Stekoll was visiting in the lab, working learning to apply the iron uptake studies to macroscopic algae, especially the kelps. A critical aspect of the kelp life cycle is controlled by iron, and the kinetics of iron uptake is a key to understanding this process. Dr. Stekoll is continuing this research at UAS with the help of undergraduate Ashleigh Stephens.
Dr. Stekoll also spent a few weeks in Cape Town, South Africa in on-going collaboration with Drs. John Bolton and Rob Anderson and graduate student Mark Rothman of the University of Cape Town. They are working on several algal projects, one of which is the biology and ecology of the large, canopy forming South African kelp, Ecklonia.
Dr. Sherry Tamone and her graduate student Marilyn Fox-Zaleski attended the annual Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology from January 3-7 in Salt Lake City Utah where they presented their work on reproductive physiology of male snow crabs (Fox-Zaleski) and metabolic effects on Tanner crabs hosting the parasitic dinoflagellate (Tamone).
Dr. Sherry Tamone attended the 2011 Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage Alaska on January 17-19th with Kristin Brown, an undergraduate in the Marine Biology program. Sherry presented a poster entitled "Metabolic consequences for Tanner crab infected with Hematodinium sp.: Circulating glucose and histological changes. This work was funded by the North Pacific Research Board.
Kristin presented a poster concerning an independent study she completed in collaboration with Alaska Department of Fish and Game researchers Gail Blundell and Shawna Karpovich. Her presentation (pictured left) was entitled "Blood parameters on live captured harbor seals in Endicott Arm, Alaska.


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You cannot (and should not) compare skipfish or ratproxy with ZAP, webscarab, burp, fiddler or any other intercepting proxy.
Skipfish is a pattern recognition based scanner (much like nikto) with a focus on web apps. It tries to identify files with known vulnerabilities based on a fingerprint. As such it does not try to find issues based on request/response and it does not work well with custom software.
Ratproxy does try to find vulnerabilities based on requests and responses but can only be used as a parallel scanner. So you start ratproxy, browse the website, stop the proxy and read the report. It is not possible to modify requests on-the-run and you have to stop the proxy before you can see the results.
ZAP is an intercepting proxy and should be compared with other intercepting proxies (as mentioned before). If you look at the 'competition' I think ZAP can claim a good spot in the market. Paros (free (on which ZAP is based)) hasn't had an update in ages and although nightly builds for webscarab are being greated each night no real new functionalities have been added for the last year (correct me if I'm wrong on this one, but looking at the java package I cannot find any).
Burp is being maintained fairly well, but you need to buy a (although cheap) license to really unleash it's power. Fiddler/watcher is nice, but targeted at a Windows/IE platform and does indeed not include an active scanner.
Concluding; I think ZAP has great potential and is not just a 'beginners' tool. I think with a few releases it will outperform paros, webscarab, and fiddler and will only have Burp Suite Pro as it's master ...
(for the record; I am not involved whatsoever in the development of ZAP, webscarab or any other tool but I am speaking from professional experience with the tools).


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You can reach Malappuram from Dehradun by road in about using a cab upon driving using a cab.
Malappuram is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Malappuram is situated in the mid land area of the state. As the name suggests, it is covered with small beautiful mountains of lushly greenery, bonded with several fresh water streams flowing through the city makes a harmony of natural beauty. Kadalundi Puzha, a major river in Kerala is flowing around the city. Malappuram is one of the few municipalities in the state with a tremendous track record of keeping city clean. If you are looking for car rental Malappuram let us know and we will be happy to provide you with best budgeted deals for . Book cabs in Malappuram


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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe will start in Week 11 versus the Denver Broncos. The former LSU receiver will avoid discipline for his arrest since the NFL will not take action until after the court has come to a final decision on the matter. Bowe was suspended in 2009 for a performance-enhancing drug issue and has no previous substance abuse issues so he isn't a repeat offender. It is possible the Chiefs could discipline on their own, but no announcement has been made about that.
Fantasy Analysis:
Bowe is coming off one of his better games this year. He caught seven of his 12 targets for 67 yards. Seems like nothing gets in the way of the football machine. The Chiefs are the last undefeated team in the NFL and sitting pretty with a 9-0 record. Of course they could sit Bowe to potentially minimize a future suspension or you know, just to do the right thing. But what incentive does Kansas City have to do anything in this culture cultivated by the NFL?


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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by TXCowboyVol, Nov 18, 2012.
Any updates???
I thought I saw him walking on the sidelines during OT. I think he'll be ok for/after Redskins.
That's what I want to know. I know they showed him standing on the sidelines with his uniform still on, holding his helmet. They showed him at least 3 times I can recall.
I thought parnell did just as good as tyron
I'm curious about Felix Jones. Dunbar was in at a critical point late in the game and in OT. Did FJ get hurt?
I think Parnell can be our RT more athletic than Free, and I think they saved Tyron for Thursdays game
He must have gotten hurt. The commentators weren't very good keeping people abreast of the injury accident today. They blew Smith going out, never gave us that update. Never reported what happened with Ware, and then missed Felix going out completely, too.
i think we hear a lot of parnell for free talk this week. from fans
Sick of watching Free, and therefore Romo, get abused.
For the love of Pete, I don't understand why we continue to play underperforming scrubs.
If Smith's back, I'm ok with him moving to RT.
Because we have scrubs like Parnell backing him up. The depth on this team is horrible.
If you take Free out of the game ,who's going to help Tony up.
I think that there at least has to be a Parnell for Free discussion within the coaching staff at some point.
Free isn't coming out. He just got paid. Garrett's an idiot.
I'm not at all saying that Parnell will be All-Pro, but in all seriousness, how could he be worse than Free?
I was just thinking the same thing.
Parnell at RT would not break my heart either since Free is simply a turn style.
I really don't know at this point. I think both are scrubs. And I'll say it: I was wrong about Parnell. Granted, it was at RT that I thought he should get a shot, but at LT he was a liability today...
I will take Parnell over Free at this point for sure!
It sure looked like Free got beat like a drum today.
Every time I saw Free do that I just got disgusted! What does he think? That Romo will forgive him, again!


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TOP STORY >>District head sees progress
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Its been a whirlwind first year for the superintendent of Cabot Public Schools, but Dr. Tony Thurman says hes looking forward to representing the district for a long time as he and his team work to make one of the states best school districts even better.
I take tremendous pride in representing our district as superintendent, he told The Leader this week. Cabot is a great place to live and raise a family. We have one of the most outstanding school districts in Arkansas, but there are always areas in which to improve.
The challenge before him is to build on the great things Cabot schools already have in place, something he promised to do when he got the job.
Thurman was one of 22 people, including five from within the Cabot district, who applied for the position as chief of Cabot schools when then Superintendent Dr. Frank Holman announced he was resigning in March 2007.
Thurman switched roles from high school principal to superintendent of a district with an over 9,000 strong student population at the end of the 2006-07 school year after Holman returned to the Lincoln Consolidated School District near Fayetteville where he had worked for 16 years.
When the school board an-nounced he had been chosen, Thurman, 39, said he would do everything in his power to continue Cabots tradition (of excellence) and make us only bigger and better.
To his credit, hes got a pretty good record so far as a first-time superintendent not only did Cabot schools receive district accreditation during its AdvancEd visit in March, but voters also passed a 3.9 mills increase too.
Obviously, the success of the millage campaign is the most important accomplishment of the year. Im so thankful to our patrons for being supportive and I assure everyone that we will be good stewards of public funds, Thurman said.
Hes proud that the district was able to earn full district accreditation too this was huge for our district, Thurman said.
He told The Leader he must now bring about effective change in the areas needing improvement and must implement a long-term systemic structure that ensures success for students and a positive working environment for staff.
He admits being superintendent is more challenging than he thought it would be, but he wouldnt change a thing.
The job never ends and the stress involved can be totally consuming if allowed to be, he said. I would still apply for the position even knowing the amount of work involved. I really enjoy my job.
Although he said he was happy being the high school principal, he applied for the superintendent position as a way to stay in a district he loves and work with all the students in the district. He doesnt regret making the move to the central administration office, but it gives him less time for day-to-day interaction.
I wouldnt say that I regret moving from building level administrator to district level, but I do miss the students, faculty and parents, Thurman said. I made the decision to apply for the position with the full understanding that things would really change. I have really missed the day-to-day involvement with the students, parents and faculty members and it has been a difficult transition at times.
My favorite part of the day as principal was the morning, lunch and afternoon duty blocks when I could visit with the kids. I still visit schools as much as possible, but it is in a very different role, he added.
The transition also brought adjustments for his family wife Tara Leigh, a Cabot elementary school teacher, and two children, Ryane Elizabeth and Rhett Jackson, both in elementary school.
The adjustment has been a challenge for my wife and children. Im considerably more busy now than I was as high school principal, Thurman said, but Im very fortunate that my family likes to be involved in school activities. We attend sporting events, plays, banquets, musicals and award ceremonies together as much as possible.


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Moore School to honor distinguished alumni
The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina will honor seven business executives April 16 at the school's 15th annual Business Leadership Dinner and Awards Program.
The program will be held at The Medallion Center in Southeast Columbia.
Recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards are Nicole Ringenberg of St. Louis, Mo.; Emory W. Rushton of Arlington, Va., and Beaufort; Kent Satterfield of Greenville, and Robert H. Turner of Columbia. The Distinguished Young Alumni are Tito Echiburu of Seven Fields, Pa., and Ioana Tudor of Minneapolis, Minn. Michael R. Brenan of Columbia will receive the Distinguished Service Award.
Ringenberg, who earned a master of international business studies (MIBS) degree from the Moore school in 1985, is vice president and controller of Monsanto Co., a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation with net sales that totaled more than $11.5 billion in 2009. During her more than 24 years with Monsanto, she has worked in key management roles, including the lead of global commercial finance and operations, commercial lead for the Asia Pacific business based in Singapore and general auditor.
Rushton is managing director of Promontory Financial Group LLC in Washington, D.C. He joined Promontory in 2008 after serving more than 40 years with the U.S. Treasury in its Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. A native of Beaufort, Rushton graduated with a bachelor of science degree from the Moore school in 1965.
Satterfield is chief operating officer of Dixon Hughes PLLC, a top 20 U.S. accounting firm and the largest accounting firm headquartered in the southern United States. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master of accountancy (MACC) degree in 1977 and 1978, respectively. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, a board member of the S.C. Association of CPAs and a member of the Greenville Estate Planning Council. In addition to being a CPA, Satterfield is a certified financial planner and a personal financial specialist. He is a graduate of Leadership Greenville and the Furman University Liberal Arts Leadership Program.
Turner, who earned bachelor's and MBA degrees from the Moore school in 1972 and 1973, respectively, is chief executive officer of Pac-West Telecomm Inc., a whole communication infrastructure services company. As CEO, Turner also is board member of Pac-West. Launching his career with AT&T, Turner went on to serve in chief executive roles in several telecom firms and founded Turner Telecom Holding Group LLC.
Echiburu, a MIBS graduate in 2000, is director of managerial reporting for the Performance Coatings Division and finance director for the Architectural Coatings International Division for PPG Industries Inc., positions he has held since 2009. A native of Santiago, Chile, Echiburu began his career with PPG Industries utilizing his graduate studies in finance and Portuguese by working as a senior internal auditor in Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico and Portugal.
Tudor is vice president of business development for the corn and soybeans business unit of Minnesota-based Syngenta Seeds Inc., an agribusiness with sales of more than $11 billion. A native of Bucharest, Romania, Tudor earned her international master of business administration (IMBA) degree in 1997. After graduating from the Moore school, she joined Zeneca Agrochemicals, which merged with Novartis to form Syngenta, and relocated to Basel, Switzerland. She moved back to the U.S. in 2004 to lead Syngenta's corn and soybeans biotech program.
Brenan is president of BB&T of South Carolina and responsible for banking operations in South Carolina, a position he has held since 1998. He is past chairman of and currently serves on the University of South Carolina Business Partnership Foundation (BPF) board of trustees. In addition to working with the BPF, Brenan is former chairman of the board of directors for the S.C. Bankers Association, United Way of the Midlands and the S.C. Independent Colleges and Universities. He continues to serve on those boards, as well as the board of directors for the S.C. Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Central Carolina Community Foundation, Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Foundation, the S.C. Council on Economic Education, BIPEC and Greater Europe Mission. He also is Gov. Mark Sanford's appointee to the S.C. Board of Education. Brenan is a graduate of Bowling Green State University.


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In the aftermath of a horrific car accident in 2008, Jennifer Darmon looked down and saw a woman paralyzed from the waist down, confined to a wheelchair.
But when her boyfriend, Mike Belawetz, proposed in 2010, she was able to see a much different vision. It was the kind most women picture for their wedding day: a sea of beaming faces, a walk down the aisle, and a first dance with her new husband. In her mind, rolling down the aisle in a wheelchair was not an option.
And on April 16, after years of grueling physical therapy, the 28-year-old made that dream a reality: With the assistance of titanium leg braces that lock below her knee and the help of her father and brother, she walked to the altar. And when it was time for 24-year-old Mike to kiss his bride, he didn't have to bend one bit.
'Better Together'
"It was amazing for everyone to be in the room at once to see what I had been working [toward] for so many years since the accident,'' Jennifer told TODAY's Matt Lauer with her husband by her side on Tuesday. "Everyone was crying, so I was making faces at them, trying to get them to smile. And then I focused on Mike at the end of the aisle and just made my way to him.''
"Since the accident, I just realized what a determined woman she is and how really amazing and inspiring she is,'' Mike told Lauer.
Yet that trip down the aisle was just a part of an emotional day. The couple later danced to Jack Johnson's "Better Together,'' their guests marveling as Jennifer rose from her wheelchair to take her husband's hand on the dance floor. A dance the couple had practiced over and over in the privacy of a physical therapy center was now a special moment for all to see.
"She was more focused than anyone I've ever seen,'' Diane Patzer, who worked with Jennifer at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan Center for Spinal Cord Recovery, told NBC News.
"I think what makes her so amazing is the technology that allowed her to put on these braces to walk,'' said Dr. Nancy Snyderman, TODAY's chief medical editor, who joined Lauer and the couple in the studio on Tuesday.
"They look low-tech, but they're really just streamed-down high-tech, so they look simpler but they're lighter. They're easier for her to manage.''
But it was not only Jennifer's personal ambition and the fruits of technology that fueled the moment; it was also the inspiration of her father.
"When I was hurt, he had told me I looked up at him and said, 'I won't be able to walk down the aisle with you, I'm so sorry,' '' Jennifer told Lauer. "I knew that was going to be important for him. I'm his only daughter, his first child, and I figured not just for me and for Mike, but for him to be able to walk beside me and walk me down the aisle would be huge as well.''
A fateful trip
The joy of the wedding between bank teller Jennifer and paramedic Mike, both from Windsor, Ontario, was the polar opposite of the life-changing accident on July 27, 2008, and its aftermath. The couple and some friends were on a road trip to Grand Bend, Ontario, on a sunny day when their van was struck head-on by a car coming in the opposite direction, sending the van rolling over multiple times.
Jennifer was the only one who was not able to exit the wrecked vehicle. Calling on his paramedic training, Mike gently removed her from the vehicle before she was airlifted to a nearby hospital.
Jennifer has suffered a vertebral burst fracture at L1, the first lumbar vertebra on the lower back, as well as nerve damage. "I looked down at my feet, saw my legs in front of me, and that was the first time I actually realized that I couldn't feel or move my legs anymore,'' Jennifer told NBC News. "I think from that time I went into complete hysterics.''
"I felt down her back and I felt a big lump,'' Mike told NBC News. "I kind of put two and two together and realized what had happened. At that time, my heart kind of sank.''
In the ensuing months and years, Jennifer underwent multiple surgeries, learned to use a wheelchair and endured grueling, three-hour physical therapy sessions three times a week. She thought maybe all of it was too much for the boyfriend she'd met in 2006 to handle; she could understand if Mike did not want to stay in the relationship.
But it turned out to be quite the opposite for the shy medic who'd frequented Jennifer's bank so often for deposits and casual conversation in 2006 that she finally slipped him a note with her phone number on it: Rather than run from the situation, Mike proposed.
"I knew that Jen was the person I wanted to spend my life with, no matter what,'' Mike told NBC News.
"I've seen in medicine that this kind of injury is many times more kind of a deal-breaker than something that brings people together,'' Snyderman said. "It says a lot about Mike and deep love that these guys have done this together. It really is an extraordinary tale.''
Mike's wedding proposal soon put Jennifer's vision of walking down the aisle into motion. Three times a week she traveled 45 minutes each way from her home in Windsor to the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan in Detroit, using a specially modified car with a hand crank for acceleration. Although she will never be able to walk again without the assistance of the braces, she was not going to be denied her special moment on her wedding day.
Jennifer practiced walking in her wedding dress by herself and with assistance from two others, because she could not see her feet while wearing the dress. "It wasn't a question of 'if' or 'maybe' I might do it,'' she told NBC News. "It was definitely something I was bound and determined to do. I guess I defied the odds by taking what life gave me and working with it.
"It didn't stop me from walking down the aisle, [and] it didn't stop me from dancing our first dance at our wedding. It won't stop me from living my life as full as I can possibly live it.''
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Istanbul hotel in Old City, walk to Hippodrome
Popular property highlights
Located in Old City, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Arasta Bazaar and Hippodrome. Basilica Cistern and Hagia Sophia are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features 24-hour room service, concierge services, and dry cleaning. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free manager's reception are also provided. Additionally, express check-in, express check-out, and free newspapers are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 16 rooms offer free WiFi, 24-hour room service, and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Guests will also find minibars, hair dryers, and safes.
Guest Highlights
- Spotless guestrooms
- Good location
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
Sultans Royal Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Guests can enjoy a complimentary manager's reception on select days. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. This Istanbul hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Sultans Royal Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free WiFi
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Total number of rooms - 16
- Number of floors - 3
- Free reception
- Free self parking
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2011
- Smoke-free property
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Desk
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Bathtub or shower
- Free toiletries
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Room service (24 hours)
- Heating
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
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A complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days.
24-hour room service is available.
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Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
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No pets or service animals allowed
This property's Annex room types are located within a 2-minute walk of the main building. Elevators (lifts) are not available. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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'Tyler Ennis missed Thursday's practice. Ruff said, "Tyler's now has the flu bug that's been going around. Going into the game he wasn't doing well but got through the game." Ruff assured us that his ankle has nothing to do with this, "I haven't seen any indication that it's bothering him at all. I think he's really played well for us. His speed up front has been evident, he's had real good tenacity, he's been on the body and I think he's done a heck of a job at center."'
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Photograph by Ken Geiger, National Geographic Staff
Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, is arguably England's greatest archaeological treasure. Though weathered and broken, its ruins are a window on a prehistoric world, guarding secrets after more than 4,500 years. Here, lights from the nearby town of Amesbury lend a lavender glow to the sky above the enigmatic monument.
(This photo is from "If the Stones Could Speak" in the June 2008 issue of National Geographic.)
Hadrian's Wall
Photograph by Rod Edwards/Photo Library
Named for the Roman emperor who commissioned it in A.D. 122, Hadrian's Wall stretches 73 miles (117 kilometers) across northern England from coast to coast. Its purpose: to deter the barbarians in what is now Scotland from their raids on Roman Britain. It was eventually breached in A.D. 367, and Roman rule in Britain ended about 40 years later.
Buckingham Palace, London
Photograph by Greg Peters, My Shot
Seeing the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is an obligatory stop for tourists in London. The ceremony takes place daily from March 31 to July 31 and on alternate days the rest of the year. The Queen's Guard's iconic fuzzy hats, called "bearskins," can be up to 80 years old and are handed down from generation to generation.
Kew Gardens, London
Photograph by Jonathan Blair
London's Kew Gardens, formally called the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, began as a private garden at a royal estate in the 16th century. In 1759, after several ownership changes, Princess Augusta began to build the garden's exotic plant collection. It now holds about 33,000 types of living plants, millions of dried specimens, and a voluminous research library. Here, a gardener carries the massive pad of a Victoria amazonica lily.
British Museum, London
Photograph by Rick Wianecki, My Shot
World renowned for its focus on archaeology, London's British Museum started in 1753 from three private collections. This view from above shows the recently completed glass-and-steel canopy over the Great Court. In the middle is the famed circular Reading Room, where such literary luminaries as Karl Marx and Virginia Woolf once went to study and write.
Lake District
Photograph by Nicolas Pogrebniak, My Shot
England's famed Lake District, in the northwestern county of Cumbria, boasts breathtaking scenery that has inspired some of the country's most famous poets and novelists. Blanketed by rolling mountains, the isolated region is home to an abundance of wildlife, some found only here and nowhere else.
London Cafe
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Until recently, there was little reason to venture to London's Southwark neighborhood, a bleak urban jungle of warehouses and wharves. But a successful effort to transform the borough has shifted London's center of gravity south. Now, upscale restaurants and clubs, pricey real estate, and edgy architecture attract London's bon vivants across the Thames.
Globe Theatre, London
Photograph by Jodi Cobb
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Bankside, London, represents a well-studied best guess at what William Shakespeare's original 1599 Globe playhouse might have looked like. Finished in 1997, the Globe was constructed near the site of the original theater using techniques and materials common in the 1500s, including a reed-thatch roof. Here, actors perform Julius Caesar before a packed house.
Natural History Museum, London
Photograph by Bryanna Plog, My Shot
The cathedral-like Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum boasts a towering arched ceiling ribbed with exposed iron beams and adorned with hundreds of hand-painted tiles depicting plants and animals. Designed in the 1860s in the German Romanesque style by architect Alfred Waterhouse, the building first opened its doors in 1881.
Tower Bridge, London
Photograph by Tomasz Zakrzewski, My Shot
Among the most famous spans in the world, London's Tower Bridge is named not for its massive support structures but for its proximity to the Tower of London. Completed in 1894 after eight years of construction, it was the largest and most sophisticated bascule bridge (drawbridge) of its time. In 2008, work began on a three-year, $6.6 million restoration project, including a new coat of paint for the bridge's flashy blue suspension chain.
London Pub
Photograph by Paul Hogie, My Shot
Fashionable Mayfair in London's West End arose in 1677 as a posh residential area for wealthy landowners. Three centuries later, the district, which takes its name from the annual May Fair once held there, is no less exclusive, home to ritzy restaurants, hotels, shops, and clubs.
Dover Cliffs
Photograph by Dean Conger
The White Cliffs of Dover on England's east coast are the towering remains of a calcite land bridge that once connected England with mainland Europe. Thousands of years of tidal erosion carved out what is now the English Channel, leaving sheer cliffs up to 300 feet (90 meters) high on the English and French coasts.
Windsor Castle, Berkshire
Photograph by Amina Malik, My Shot
The first tower of Windsor Castle, the sprawling royal residence and fortress in Berkshire, England, was completed nearly a thousand years ago. It is currently the oldest continually occupied castle in the world, and the largest, spreading over 13 acres (5 hectares) of land. This vantage shows a portion of the Queen's Jubilee Garden, built in 2002 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 50 years on the throne.
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ByMike Ayers
The 'Frozen' world is expanding, but not on film.
Random House will publish a new spin-off chapter-book series starting in 2015 that picks up where the 2013 blockbuster movie left off. The first two books, "Anna & Elsa #1: All Hail the Queen" and Anna & Elsa #2: Memory and Magic" will both arrive on Jan. 6, 2015, with two more books following later that year. They will be written by veteran author Erica David, with the hopes of "three to four" titles per year.
In a statement, Random House said it was looking to build a fan base akin to their other Disney chapter book series, "The Never Girls."
"We have seen our Disney "Never Girls" series fill a real niche in the chapter book market, and with the momentum for "Frozen" only continuing to grow, we knew this was the perfect focus for this new series," said Random House president Barbara Marcus.
The desire to move "Frozen" into a print series isn't that surprising, after seeing how viable the film and soundtrack have become. The film has grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide and the soundtrack is one of 2014′s biggest-selling albums. Random House has already seen success with a line of "Frozen"-related books designed for younger fans of the film to read with their parents.
Earlier this week, "Frozen" scribe Jennifer Lee announced her next project: she's adapting the 1962 children's sci-fi novel, "A Wrinkle in Time."


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16th Annual Eldredge Prize Awarded to David M. Lubin for His Exploration of Popular Images of John F. Kennedy
Media only: Laura Baptiste (202) 275-1595
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2004 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to David Lubin, Charlotte C. Weber Professor of art at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. His recent book, Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images (University of California Press, 2003), is recognized for its exploration of the iconic images of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his family from 1953 to 1963 that permeated American popular culture.
"This book blends dazzling style with hefty intellectual substance in its wide-ranging examination of visual and popular culture during the heady post-war era when John Fitzgerald Kennedy achieved political power, celebrity status and mythic martyrdom," the Eldredge Prize jurors wrote in their decision. "Lubin examines iconic Kennedy images along with news photography, tabloid photography, film noir, cinema vérité, early television sitcoms, advertising images, color field painting and monuments of classical and neoclassical art to show how inextricably they all are bound up in our visual unconscious, and how powerfully they have shaped perception and memory in our time."
The three jurors who awarded the $2,000 prize were: Sarah Burns, Ruth N. Halls Professor of history of art at Indiana University; Wanda M. Corn, Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor in art history at Stanford University; and Barbara Haskell, curator of early 20th-century art at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
"David Lubin's new book, Shooting Kennedy, is a fascinating study of both high and low American visual culture in the 1950s and 1960s," said Elizabeth Broun, the museum's Margaret and Terry Stent Director.
Lubin received a doctorate in American studies from Yale University in 1983. As the Charlotte C. Weber Professor of art at Wake Forest University, he teaches courses in the history of American art, culture and film. Lubin has received a Getty Research Institute postdoctoral fellowship (1989), a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship (1990) and most recently received a John Adams Fellowship at the University of London (1997). Lubin has written several books, including Titanic (British Film Institute, 1999), Picturing a Nation: Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century America (Yale University Press, 1994) and Act of Portrayal: Eakins, Sargent, James (Yale University Press, 1985).
The Charles C. Eldredge Prize, named in honor of the former director of the museum (1982–1988), is sponsored by the American Art Forum, a patrons' support organization. This annual award, initiated in 1989, seeks to recognize originality and thoroughness of research, excellence of writing and clarity of method. Single-author, book-length publications in the field of American art history appearing within the three previous calendar years are eligible. It is especially meant to honor those authors who deepen or focus debates in the field or who broaden the discipline by reaching beyond traditional boundaries. December 1st is the deadline for 2005 nominations.
Recent Eldredge Prize recipients include:
2003: Richard Meyer, Outlaw Representation: Censorship and Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century American Art (Oxford University Press, 2002)
2002: Anthony W. Lee, Picturing Chinatown: Art and Orientalism in San Francisco (University of California Press, 2001)
2001: Jodi Hauptman, Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in the Cinema (Yale University Press, 1999)
Further information about the Eldredge Prize and a complete list of past winners is available on the museum's Web site at AmericanArt.si.edu/education/opportunities-eldredge.cfm.
The museum's research programs include fellowships for pre- and postdoctoral scholars, extensive photographic collections documenting American art and artists, and unparalleled art research databases. An active publications program of books, catalogs and the journal American Art complements the museum's exhibitions and educational programs.
Eldredge Prize Lecture
On Thursday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m., David Lubin will present the annual Eldredge Prize lecture, titled "Life After Death: JFK, Dallas and Modern Visual Culture," in the Grand Salon at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A reception follows the event. The lecture is free and open to the public but reservations are required; email AmericanArtprograms[at]si.edu.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum collection began with gifts of art donated to the federal government in 1829 and has evolved into the world's most important American art holdings with approximately 40,000 artworks in all media spanning more than three centuries.
While the renovation of the museum's historic building continues, American Art offers a full program of exhibitions at its Renwick Gallery. The Renwick is located on Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street N.W., near the Farragut North (Red line) and Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines) Metrorail stations. Museum hours are from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Admission is free. Smithsonian Information: (202) 633-1000; (202) 357-1729 (TTY). Recorded information: (202) 275-1500. Please visit the museum's award-winning Web site at AmericanArt.si.edu.


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Setting up SnowGlobe
December 31, 2012
When it comes to setting up a three-day concert venue that could draw upward of 10,000 spectators per day, details matter. From lighting to sound equipment to building a 25-foot big air jump, all the small components need to come together to make a cohesive audio and visual experience.
To achieve that goal, the SnowGlobe team started working around the clock to prepare the site earlier this week for the music festival, which kicks off tonight. It's taken months of preparation and discussion with the city of South Lake Tahoe, but the hardware is finally coming together.
"The adventures started long before we arrived at the field. We had trucks that couldn't make it over the pass, we had flights canceled. We see a little bit of everything," SnowGlobe founder and producer Chad Donnelly said Thursday.
A trailer floundered in the deep snow and even a few snowmobiles had trouble on the packed field adjacent to the Lake Tahoe Community College, but Donnelly said the crew is on schedule for the 3 p.m. opening this afternoon.
"We're totally dialed in and we're feeling really good now. Everything's mapped out – sound, lights, power, heating. For everything you see, there's been months of preparation," Donnelly said.
The site was a hive of activity Thursday as the more than 300-person crew scrambled to build the scaffolding for the big air competition's jump, clear the field of the deep snow and set up sound equipment. Most of the team arrived at 7:30 a.m., and stayed until 11 p.m. to ensure that the venue would be ready to shake Saturday afternoon.
Constructing the stage was made more difficult by the snow on the ground. Stage Technician Alex Solis carefully checked that each separate piece was level before moving on to the next section. Volunteers knelt in the snow, shoving square wood planks under the stage's legs to level it.
"I think there's so many components that make set-up more challenging –making it so everything's synced," Donnelly said.
It takes more than just aligning the physical nuts and bolts to put on a show the size of SnowGlobe. Donnelly submitted the event application in May 2012 and the City Council voted to move forward with the festival on Aug. 21. In the time, the event team and the city have had to work together to smooth out all logistical details.
Last year's inaugural SnowGlobe sparked complaints about the noise, primarily from property owners who lived near the college. For the 2012 musical festival, the council required Donnelly to rotate the stage 180 degrees, limit the decibel level, ground the bass and reposition the speakers.
Those changes will be tested tonight, and Councilwoman Angela Swanson said she will be on hand to observe and monitor the event. Swanson said she welcomes people to call her with event feedback on either her personal phone or a special SnowGlobe hotline – 530-542-7429. So far she hasn't received any calls. The only feedback she's had has been positive.
"I have a 19-year-old. He and all his friends are so excited to see it back. They can't wait, and that feels great as a parent," Swanson said.
South Lake Tahoe spokeswoman Tracy Franklin is monitoring the hotline, which has only received seven calls since Nov. 30. And not one of the callers dialed to report a complaint.
"I was expecting more calls. We did put an information page on the city's website and we've been updating it regularly. I'm thinking that people have been utilizing it to get their information," she said.


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Discussion in 'NFL Zone' started by StarBoyz83, Dec 5, 2012.
Amen on that
Here is what I will say about Jim Brown....he was bigger than everyone blocking for him...and everyone trying to tackle him. Notice how those "big" backs fare in today's NFL? Ask Brandon Jacobs. Emmit would have been a lot to handle in any era. I truly wonder if Jim Brown would have been able to run through, drag, run over NFL players in today's era. Not saying he was not great. But was he elusive? What about vision. Emmit had ELITE vision. ELITE anticipation. I saw Emmit 2 years ago....does not have any of the things you would expect from guys that carried the football that much. Eyes were bright, speech was clear...moved pain free. Probably looks like he might weigh 190 pounds. This is not a coincidence. The ability to absorb hits correctly...the ability to see things before they happen...so you can turn a certain way to avoid a kill shot. Emmit got VERY little kill shots on him. And it won't because he ran on the edges. He ran between the tackles...for YEARS. We are not talking about which RBs would win at the NFL combine. I am talking about putting on the helmet and pads and getting up and down. Play after play. Quarter after Quarter. Game after Game. Year after Year. And he did more succesfully than ANYBODY else. There is no way to know if these other guys bodies could endure everythign it would take to amass the amount of yards Emmit did. So we cannot assume they would reach these goals had they kept going. Couple of years ago EVERYONE thought Tomlison was on his way...then the wheels fell off. It takes a specal RB to do what Emmit did. Which is WHY he is the only one to have ever done it.
Look, Emmitt is my all-time favorite Cowboy. Wear his jersey to every game. Greatest Cowboy of all time in my opinion.
But if he was drafted by the Seahawks, he'd barely be mentioned. He had the perfect quarterback, coordinator, and offensive line, and he took advantage of it. Incredibly durable and consistent.
Sanders had ZERO help. Terrible coaches, awful quarterbacks, no defense, and no notable offensive line. He was the most unique running back of all time.
Brown, Payton, and Simpson still set the example that others follow. And if he hadn't gotten hurt, Bo Jackson might have trumped them all.
That is a ton of crap. Brown and Glover were pro-bowlers. You sound just like a Lions fan.
OK, a couple of guys. Whoop-te-do.
The guy had to win games by himself, which is darn hard to do as a running back.
Can't stand him. For my money the most over rated player who has ever stepped on a football field.
Glad he was never a Cowboy. Would not even make my top list of RBs because I don't respect that he would not run between the Tackles. Exciting as hell, but contributed too much to his team being losers because he handicapped them.
So he had pro-bowl offensive linemen, but was still winning it by himself? Well, he didn't win much. He also didn't set the record. Emmit has 3 rings, and the all time rushing leader record. Enough said. He is the best. He also would play through injuries, and didn't give up. Barry is a known quitter. I don't ever want to see the two compared. It's a joke. Barry is very good, but i would take Emmit, or Bo Jackson over him any day.
/Back then anyways
The guy that gets lost on the best ever discussions is Earl Campbell. The guy from about 78-81 put out sick numbers. Today we may have on that will be an all time great in Adrian Peterson. Now he really does have a line that's not any good and right now has no QB or receivers and just came off a brutal knee injury and has put up sick numbers the last 6 weeks.
Sanders, Brown, Payton, Dickerson, Smith, Campbell, Motley, Simpson, Dorsett, and Faulk would be my top 10 in no real order right now.
Billy Sims was also electric, but had a short career.
Uhhh...Herman Moore and Brett Perriman would probably disagree that Barry didn't have any help.
That Marcus Allen guy was pretty good too.
Sayers, Sims, and Jackson are talented freaks probably would have been easily top 10 guys but just had too short of careers. Especially with Jackson. He never even had a 1000 yard rushing season. Sims should be in the HOF but for whatever reasons isn't.
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Well emmitt is my favorite but he was behind the best o-line to ever play. So that for sure takes away from it imo.
I think its funny that some people who don't consider Romo elite is because he lacks hardware. Well, so does Sanders. How can it be that Barry is better then Emmitt, the guy that does hold some SB trophies.
Also, Emmitt was money in the playoffs, Barry was not even close. Here is a snippet I found:
Barry Sanders -- Overrated
Barry Sanders, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004 (his first year of eligibility), scored one touchdown for every 35 touches in his 153 regular-season games, but just one touchdown in 112 postseason touches in six playoff games.
Indeed, Sanders' only career playoff touchdown was a 47-yard run against the Dallas Cowboys in a 1991 divisional-round playoff game in the Pontiac Silverdome. The Lions won that game 38-6. Sanders' touchdown came in the final minutes of the fourth quarter with Detroit already leading 31-6. The following week, the Lions went on the road to play the Washington Redskins at RFK Stadium. Sanders was not a factor. Detroit took a 41-10 beating.
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Barry Sanders wasn't the same player away from home.
Sanders' postseason performance supports the notion that he was a product of the cozy, climate-controlled Silverdome. Nice carpet for easy, stop-on-a-dime maneuvering. Seventy-two degrees. Detroit faithful keeping the defensive line off balance with high decibel support.
In four career outdoor postseason games, Sanders averaged a paltry 2.8 yards per carry. He never scored a touchdown. And he never ran for more than 65 yards in a single game. With Sanders, the Lions went 0-4 in outdoor playoff games, losing by an average of 17 points.
So, what is the final analysis if Romo can't be better than Eli because of rings but Barry can be better than Smith?
Emmitt may or may not be better(he is IMO) than Payton or Brown, but he sure is heck superior to the quitter Sanders. Just my two cents.
And how many of all those o lineman are in the hof?
I think people still forget that Emmitt played almost another entire season in playoff games and superbowls. I think its 14 games, well over 1000 yds, not sure of tds, double digit I'm sure.
If im starting a franchise, I pick Emmitt every time as my rb.
Didnt we get Newton and Tuenei off the scrap heap? I believe Erik Williams was a 2nd round pick. Larry Allen was a 2nd round pick. Stepnoski was not here for every Super Bowl. Neither was Allen. There is ONE hall of famer in the bunch.....Allen. No doubt they were a great OL.....but part of what made them great....and Irvin great....and Aikman great......was Emmit. On TRULY great teams...they all feed off each other. And the great ones elevate the performance of their teamates. Which is the problem we have in Dallas right now with our so called great players. Barry quit. Do you think that gene developed over night? Do you think he had a little of that in him all along? Do you think his teammates sensed that trait?
He had some tremendous highlight plays. So did it Emmit. But again, we are talking about running, catching, picking up the blitz, converting 1st downs, scoring TDs, playing hurt....I mean, this is about winning, right? And to win, you have to make game winning plays....to make game winning plays, you have to carry your team on your back. Emmit did that in big games!
I agree on Bo Jackson. If he'd never been hurt and if he'd focused entirely on football the guy would have been the best ever.
He was that damn great.
I agree he was great. But again, his greatness was predicated more on his physical gifts....than all the other things that made Emmit great. Every guy being named above Emmit...was more physically gifted....whether it was more size, speed, wiggle...you name it. But NONE of them accomplished what Emmit did. And that is because being more physically gifted is NOT enough. All you have to do is look at Montanna and Brady to understand that being the most physically gifted is not enough. Neither can run fast. Neither of them have a rocket arm. But they had so many things that CANNOT be measured...which is why they have achieved more than most other QBs. Heck Jerry Rice was not the most physically gifted WR. And you know what he did.
Barry Sanders is one of the greatest RBs to ever play the game, to say he handicapped the Lions is ridiculous.


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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has moved to ease public fears Australia could rush into a new war in Iraq, but warned the Islamic State "death cult" needs to be stopped.
Australian defence personnel are expected to conduct a third aid drop in northern Iraq within days - this time including guns and ammunition - as Kurdish Peshmerga forces battle Islamic State extremists.
Prior to this week's mission to Erbil, RAAF aircraft have taken part in humanitarian airdrops to people trapped on Mount Sinjar and the besieged inhabitants of the town of Amerli.
Mindful of the divisive debate over the Iraq war in 2003, Mr Abbott told parliament on Monday the government had properly weighed up the risks.
"Many Australians are understandably apprehensive about the risk of becoming involved in another long and costly conflict in the Middle East," he said.
"Doing anything involves serious risks and weighty consequences. But doing nothing involves risks and consequences too."
Australia could not leave the Iraqi people to face the horror of Islamic State, which he described as a "death cult".
Labor joined the coalition to vote down a Greens motion calling for parliamentary approval of the latest mission.
But the government and opposition later agreed on a two-hour Senate debate.
The prime minister laid out four principles behind the government's decision to provide weapons and ammunition sourced from eastern Europe, but ruled out putting combat troops on the ground.
The principles included a clear and achievable overall objective, a proportionate role for Australian forces, a proper risk assessment and an overall humanitarian objective.
"Like President Obama, Australia has no intention to commit combat troops on the ground. But we're not inclined to stand by in the face of preventable genocide either," Mr Abbott said.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the government also needed to ensure Iraq set up a unity government in coming months and that Australia denied the opportunity for its citizens to join the extremists and return home with terrorist skills.
"We should not confuse empty jingoism and aggressive nationalism with steady decision-making," he said.
Nor should we ignore the "dreadful consequences of fanaticism and extremism".
Admitting he had not spoken with the Abbott government, Iraq's ambassador to Australia Mouayed Saleh suggested the guns should go through the central government in Baghdad rather than the Peshmerga.
"We are not saying they shouldn't have weapons, it just needs to be organised and coordinated with the central government," he told Sky News.
The new Iraqi government headed by prime minister-designate Haider al-Abadi is set to be sworn in within the fortnight.
Greens leader Christine Milne said Barack Obama had himself admitted he did not have a strategy for Iraq and yet Australia was "simply running behind" the US President.
Islamic State's campaign of fighting, beheadings and mass executions will be the subject of NATO talks involving Foreign Minister Julie Bishop this week.
Labor frontbencher Penny Wong said her party had opposed Australian intervention in Iraq in 2003 but endorsed President Obama's response which was "methodical and internationally inclusive".


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Walgreen (WAG) stock has risen almost 10% since the company announced its Q3 2013 results on Tuesday. The rise was backed by a strong performance during the quarter and the announcement of a 10-year agreement with AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC). As per the agreement, ABC will help Walgreen with daily drug distribution, enabling the latter to increase the sales of pricey specialty drugs.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical services companies with a focus on the pharmaceutical supply chain. The company provides drug distribution and related services designed to reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. Similar to competitors CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS) and Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) which have a generic drug penetration of 75-80% in the drugs they dispense, much of what Walgreen sells now are bulk, low-profit prescriptions. By combining its distribution in the United States and Europe with ABC, Walgreen will be able to negotiate better prices for the bulk drugs. In addition, it will have access to more specialized drugs, like those for cancer treatment. Besides supplementing the product mix, the agreement is expected to reduce Walgreen's cost in sourcing drugs.
Here we take a look at the agreement between the two companies and its implications.
10-Year Agreement With Distribution, Strategic And Equity Components
Walgreen and Alliance Boots' long-term relationship with AmerisourceBergen is part of Walgreen's strategy to create an unprecedented global platform. The new agreement has three main components: a distribution agreement, strategic collaboration and equity alignment.
a) Branded and Generic Pharmaceutical Distribution Contract
AmerisourceBergen has serviced Walgreen's specialty business for several years. Under the new agreement, it will expand it services to include distribution of branded and generic pharmaceuticals to Walgreen's retail stores, mail order and specialty pharmacies. Branded and generic drugs constitute more than 80% of Walgreen's drug mix, distribution for most of which will now shift to AmerisourceBergen. Initially, Walgreen used to independently manage distribution of these drugs. We think that by combining distribution in the United States and Europe with AmerisourceBergen, Walgreen will be able to negotiate better prices for the bulk drugs. The move will also give Walgreen access to better rates on specialty drugs used for treating diseases such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, which have higher profit margins but are also more expensive to keep on hand. The lower costs would translate into higher gross margins for the company. We expect the agreement to have a positive impact on Walgreen's earnings and cash flow from operations.
The agreement also provides for daily deliveries of drugs at Walgreen stores. This is an improvement on the service level that Walgreen has in its sources to whom it goes directly once a week in most cases. Daily delivery by AmerisourceBergen also frees up capacity with Walgreen's distribution centers for front-end products. The company could use this capacity to stock more items in new format stores that it has been promoting over the past year.
The distribution contract is effective September 1, 2013, and initially will include branded pharmaceutical products that Walgreen has historically sourced from distributors and suppliers. Beginning calendar year 2014, AmerisourceBergen will increasingly assume the distribution of generic products that Walgreen has historically self-distributed. The working capital was negotiated to essentially have a neutral impact on both parties. Specifically, the reduction in inventory days at Walgreen will be offset by a decrease in accounts payable days over time.
b) Strategic Collaboration Through Knowledge Sharing
The three companies have also agreed to collaboratively share best practices and work together to provide manufacturers with integrated solutions for global clinical trial logistics and innovative global third party logistics services. The strategic collaboration will expand the international reach and create significant knowledge sharing opportunities to improve access to pharmaceuticals.
c) Aligning Interest Through Equity Agreement
The equity agreement is designed to align common interests and enable joint value creation. A joint venture established with Alliance Boots also gets the right, but not the obligation to purchase up to 7% of fully diluted equity of AmerisourceBergen in the open market. In addition, AmerisourceBergen has granted to Walgreen and Alliance Boots equity warrants exercisable for 16% in the aggregate of the fully diluted equity of AmerisourceBergen. Walgreen will be able to appoint one director to AmerisourceBergen's board upon Walgreen and Alliance Boots together acquiring a 5% equity stake and a second director upon exercise in full of the first warrants.
To summarize, the financial benefits for Walgreen are improved commercial agreement rates, synergies and dividend income that comes from the investment. The reduced costs due to better rates on drugs and capacity and capability sharing are expected to support net margin growth for the company.
We have a $42 Trefis price estimate for Walgreen, which is 10% below the market price.
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The Sabres opened up the regular season this week with one win, one loss and one overtime loss. This isn't the kind of start I would have liked, but I'm not too worried yet. There have been flashes of great play along with a lot of "duh" plays. If this continues after October, then I will worry.
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My 2010 foray into the basement of the late Browns coach Bud Carson has reaped artifacts for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
A tour of Carson's waterfront home in Sarasota, Fla. for a Beacon Journal story with Carson's wife Linda revealed playbooks filling the drawers of Carson's office and spilling over into the basement. When I looked at one of Carson's more-cherished books, I remarked to Linda Carson that it belonged in the Canton shrine. I contacted the Hall of Fame on her behalf a few weeks later.To read more or comment...
U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy may have deemed Firestone Country Club's South Course among his three favorites, but Akron's legendary layout ranked 12th in a GolfWorld survey of PGA Tour players.
In its Jan. 16 issue, the magazine asked players to rate 52 venues hosting events in the last three years on a 1 to 10 scale (with 10 being the highest), in regards only to architecture. Most of the 81 who responded did not fill out the 10-page ballot, but were interviewed at a course, a process that took between 15 and 50 minutes.
While Firestone ranked relatively high, the magazine reported a "tidal wave of negativity" in regards to the layout one player called "very setup dependent."
Firestone will host the $8.5 million World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational Aug. 2-5.
One player told GolfWorld, "Every change they've made has made it worse," while another called Firestone "the most overrated course in the history of golf" that "needs to lose trees and do an Oakmont."
Oakmont removed about 5,000 trees before hosting the 2007 U.S. Open. While the Pennsylvania club has hosted more combined USGA and PGA championships than any other course in the nation, it was not eligible for the GolfWorld survey because the '07 Open was its last PGA Tour event.
One Firestone detractor complained about sidehill lies and said, "You need one leg shorter than the other," while another straight-hitter said, "There are three fairways I just can't hit. Setup problem, not architecture."
GolfWorld said most favored the 7,360-yard South course when it was wet and the fairways were soft. One player called it a "solid test," but "one I'm not sure I'd want to play every day."
Don Padgett III, executive director of the Bridgestone Invitational, had not seen the GolfWorld issue, but said Tuesday that most of the changes to the South Course came in 2003, when it was lengthened.
"We haven't done anything in the last five years," Padgett said.
He said the feedback he receives from players has been very positive.
"Over the years everyone seems to like the golf course," said Padgett, whose took over five years ago. "Each player has his own take and you have to respect that. We like all the top players to come here. They're not going to come here if they don't like the golf course."
Last year 49 of the top 50 players in the world participated in the Bridgestone Invitational and the only one missing, Tim Clark, was sidelined by injury. Australian Adam Scott captured the title.
"Tournament directors always talk about their fields," Padgett said. "With the field we've got, it can't be all that bad."
Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, home of the Memorial Tournament hosted and founded by Jack Nicklaus, ranked No. 6 in the magazine's survey. One player said of Muirfield, "When you are playing well (there is) no more fun course to play. ... I think that's the ultimate compliment." Another said the course has been "at the forefront of encouraging more courses to get better in all respects."
But Muirfield also drew some negative remarks, mainly about Nicklaus' tweaking of the course, like deepening the bunkers.
One player told GolfWorld, "(Jack) needs to calm down," and another said, "Too much ego. See changes to 17 and 18."
Augusta National, site of the Masters, ranked No. 1, followed by Harbour Town Golf Links, Riviera Country Club, Pebble Beach Golf Club, Colonial Country Club, Muirfield Village, Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club (Vancouver), Aronimink Golf Club, Innisbrook Resort-Copperhead and Congressional Country Club.
All three of McIlroy's favorites were relatively high on the magazine's list. Along with Firestone and Muirfield, McIlroy picked Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, which ranked No. 14.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue to George Swift Horse, of White Horse, South Dakota, a patent in fee to the following-described land situated on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in the State of South Dakota: Allotment numbered 480, southwest quarter, section 29, township 17 north, range 26 east, of the Black Hills principal meridian, South Dakota, containing one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, That when the land herein described is offered for sale, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, or any Indian who is a member of said tribe, shall have ninety days in which to execute preferential rights to purchase said tract at a price offered to the seller by a prospective buyer willing and able to purchase.
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