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Tuesday June 23, 2009
Richard Branson swept his pal Kate Moss off her feet this week - literally - at a London event to mark the 25th anniversary of his airline Virgin Atlantic.
Billionaire businessman Sir Richard scooped up the Croydon-born model, who was dressed in a red playsuit and vertiginous stilettos, before they boarded a 747 jet to the Big Apple.
Kate's outfit emulated that of the Virgin 'Flying Girls', who are painted on the side of the fleet in the style of a 1940s 'Pin-Up' girl.
The trip, which was also taken by Sir Richard's children Sam and Holly, recreates the airline's inaugural flight from London Heathrow to Newark Liberty International Airport which took place on July 22, 1984.
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Reverend Dr. Gerald E. Twaddell
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Phone: 859-344-3339
Fax: 859-344-3345
Office Location: 2215
Dr. Twaddell received his undergraduate education in scholastic philosophy at the Seminary of St. Pius X, completed graduate work in Theology in Paris, and acquired his degree in French at Strasbourg; he also did work in Italian at the University of Pisa. Later, after receiving an M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, he returned to Paris to complete his doctoral studies, producing a dissertation on C.S. Pierces's Relationship with Hegel. Since arriving at Thomas More College in 1977, he has served successively as Assistant Academic Dean and Director of Institutional Research. Since 1981 he has taught full-time in the Philosophy Department. Occasionally he has taught Latin for the Foreign Language Department. As Chaplain of the College he regularly celebrates the liturgy on campus. He also renders service on the weekends to the small parish of St. Joseph in Camp Springs, KY, and he presently holds the position of Dean of the Northern Kenton County Deanery of the Diocese in Covington. In his spare time he enjoys hiking and reading science and fantasy fiction. Since he lives on campus in Ackerman Hall's "Penthouse Apartment," he is seldom hard to locate for very long. When the weather turns chilly, he can be seen trudging between the dorms and the main building wrapped in his black cape. In better weather he has the peculiar habit of reading while he walks round and round the parking lots.
B.A., St. Pius X Seminary, Erlanger, KY (1963) Dipl. E.F.M., University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (1965) S.T.B., Catholic University of Paris, Paris, France (1967) M.A., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (1974) Lic. Phil., Catholic University of Paris, Paris, France (1974) M. Phil. & Habilitation, Catholic University of Paris, Paris, France (1974) D. Phil., Catholic University of Paris, Paris, France (1977)
Gerald E. Twaddell first came to Thomas More University in 1977.


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Lauren Armishaw | Kate Spence | Dana Wilson | David Griffiths
Auckland Choral
Pipers Sinfonia
Conductor: Uwe Grodd
No Christmas season is complete until Auckland Choral has presented its annual performances of Handel's great oratorio Messiah. Come and hear some of the greatest music of all time telling the greatest story of all time. A perennial favourite since its first performance in Dublin in 1742, it has been included in Auckland Choral's concert seasons since 1855. We welcome back from Holland Baroque specialist Lauren Armishaw, last heard with Auckland Choral in Bach's B minor Mass. Alto soloist Kate Spence and David Griffiths, bass, are firm favourites with Auckland audiences, and we are pleased to welcome from the United States tenor soloist Dana Wilson for his first performance in New Zealand.
For more information about the concert contact the Auckland Choral Administration Manager, (phone (09) 358 2892 or email firstname.lastname@example.com).


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On Nov. 3, 1979, members of the Communist Workers Party in Greensboro, N.C., gathered for a rally with the slogan "Death to the Klan." A group of Ku Klux Klan members and American Nazis arrived on the scene but, strangely, the police did not. The Klansmen opened fire, killing five CWP members.
It was huge news that day, but on Nov. 4, the U.S. Embassy in Tehran was seized, ABC's Nightline was launched, and the Greensboro incident was forgotten by the national media. Although there was extensive video footage of the attack, no one was ever convicted.
In "Greensboro: Closer to the Truth," independent filmmaker and editor Adam Zucker explores this tragedy and reconnects with its various players 25 years later.


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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Dream Commuter
Our friends up at the Bicycle Business in Sacramento built up their dream commute bike, using our Double-Cross Disc as the base.
Shimano Dynamo front hub, Paul Thumbie shifter and chain guide, Shimano Alfine brakes, Sycip Wonder bar, Cardiff Wessex saddle.
The fenders are hammered Honjos, the rear rack is a Nitto R15. The Swiss-made Pletscher double kickstand looks perfect for this setup.
The upright position, all weather fenders and disc brakes, generator light, comfortable saddle, sturdy (and classy) rear rack, and 1x9 drivetrain all speak to commuting reliability and comfort.
You can actually buy this build, should you like it as much as we do.
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I just read all of Jack in the past 3 hours after being sent the link. I have to say it's the best , deepest comic i've ever read. And I'm not a big fan of most comics.
And more random rambling.....I like what it says. It asks questions that people get berated IRL for asking tho it asks in an indirect way...i like that. I just love the whole damned thing. Damned i guess being an ironically appropriate word.


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White House officials selling President Barack Obama's new budget have focused on his proposals to expand such Democratic Party standbys as education and job training. But given the likelihood that Congress won't buy these, Obama's more significant proposal may be his decision to withdraw last year's proposed limits on Social Security benefits as a first step in renewing bipartisan efforts to rein in long-term federal spending.
White House officials selling President Barack Obama�s new budget have focused on his proposals to expand such Democratic Party standbys as education and job training.
But given the likelihood that Congress won�t buy these, Obama�s more significant proposal may be his decision to withdraw last year�s proposed limits on Social Security benefits as a first step in renewing bipartisan efforts to rein in long-term federal spending.
It underscores the fact that Obama�s hopes of dealing with this long-festering problem are dead for the remainder of his administration.
Obama had hoped that, in return for a Democratic initiative cutting costly entitlement programs, the Republicans would renew their 2011 offer to accept revenue increases, presumably through tax reform that closed loopholes giving special preferences to business and wealthy taxpayers.
Unfortunately, Obama�s proposal went nowhere at a time the bases of both parties had already indicated reluctance to take the necessary steps to reach such an agreement. The fact that an improving economy is reducing the current federal deficit has reduced pressure to do something now.
The reasons many Democrats made it clear they wouldn�t accept even a modest cutback in Social Security benefits are twofold: The bulk of the long-term spending problem lies not there but in the soaring costs of Medicare and Medicaid, and they are unwilling to curb the program that represents their party�s most significant political legacy.
Similarly, a majority of congressional Republicans resisted House Speaker John Boehner�s effort to accept some $800 billion in revenue increases during his unsuccessful July 2011 talks with Obama. Those talks were the best opportunity of recent years to reach a significant budget agreement.
A special 12-member congressional panel�s subsequent failure in November 2011 to agree on a more-modest package of spending cuts and revenue increases signaled the end of serious efforts to enact a significant spending-control measure.
Thus, once again, the president and Congress have done exactly what Obama had been determined to avoid.
�What we have done is kicked this can down the road,� he told the Washington Post editorial board in discussing the nation�s fiscal problems, just days before taking office. �We are now at the end of the road and are not in a position to kick it any further. We have to signal seriousness in this by making sure some of the hard decisions are made under my watch, not someone else�s.�
But Obama�s new budget continues to kick the issue down the road by conceding tacitly that the onset of election-year politics prevents any serious effort in 2014. After that, the 2016 campaign will have a similar effect.
And while the two parties share the blame, Obama can�t escape responsibility for fumbling the best opportunity he had to lead on the problem: the December 2010 proposal of his own bipartisan commission, headed by former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles.
To be fair, that panel, which was filled with serious budget thinkers from both parties, itself failed to agree on the package of spending cuts and revenue increases proposed by its two co-chairmen. And its inclusion of entitlement cuts and tax increases posed political perils, which explains why so few political figures endorsed them.
But the Simpson-Bowles plan could have been a good starting point for Obama. But he never acknowledged his support, though it was roughly similar to his administration�s approach.
Of course, congressional Republicans showed even less willingness to deal with the problem. And any serious effort to curb spending requires both the president and the opposition party to deal with the exploding cost of entitlements and a badly skewed tax system.
Perhaps the next president will make it a major priority. But there is no guarantee that will happen, especially when neither party is willing to face reality and a brightening short-term fiscal outlook creates the misleading impression that the long-term problem isn�t really so serious.
Carl P. Leubsdorf is the former Washington bureau chief of The Dallas Morning News.


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For those of you who have been curious about weight pulling, how fun it is, how it can benifit your dogs behavior, etc... I encourage you to attend a sanctione weight pulling event!
You can just watch... but if you do, you will wish you had brought your dog and entered him!
There will be a novice class, for dogs who have never tried weight pulling before... and for dogs who arent yet ready for the pro-classes and need a little more experience. Harnesses will be available to borrow, as well as being offered for sale. If you want to order a harness for and save shipping, you can order a harness now, and pick it up at the pull, custom made for your dog!!
Some dogs enter novice one day and immediately move in to the pro classes the next day!
And for those of you who want to move right up, or who already compete, we would love to see you show your stuff at our event!
Check out my site, the weight pull page, and email me and I will send you info and directions for the event.
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10 Things I Hate About You: 10th Anniversary Edition (US - BD RA)
Gabe revisits the taming of Julia Stiles after ten years away on Blu-ray disc...
Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) arrives at Padua High School as a new student, and is given a tour of the social ladder by his new best friend Michael Eckman (David Krumholtz). Cameron unfortunately falls immediately head over heels for Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), a social darling who isn't allowed to date until her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) does. The real problem is that Kat is entirely disinterested in dating, and is entirely too abrasive for any boy to pursue. Cameron and Michael take challenge, and hatch a plan to find a boy willing to seduce Kat. The plan leads them to Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), a criminal misfit without much to lose, and a willingness to take money for the abuse.
Remember when Julia Stiles hit the mainstream with a series, or trilogy of Shakespeare adaptations? Who'd have thunk that 10 Things I Hate About You (based on 'The Taming of the Shrew'), the first and most light hearted of the series would be the best? O ended up forgettable after Columbine High School related hold-backs, and Hamlet was possibly the worst film adaptation of the story ever, held only above water thanks to a few decent performances. Still, re-watching 10 Things I'm mostly surprised by how well the film stands up. It's certainly dated, but in that enjoyable, time capsule sort of way, and I especially appreciate the well-earned PG-13 rating, and imagine it would actually struggle to secure the rating if it was released today, despite its clearly edited f-bomb. Modern equivalents usually take an easier road, utilizing either a gross-out hard R, or bland PG. That perfect balance of sexual innuendo that makes parents blush without storming out of the theatre is hard to find these days.
Funnily enough, 10 Things isn't only the most entertaining of Stiles' Shakespeare films, it's also, in my opinion, the most endearing of the glut of teen comedies that broke out in the late 20th century, including American Pie, She's All That and Can't Hardly Wait (though I consider Clueless the best of the bunch). Perhaps the familiar source material makes the difference, but there's certainly something especially charming about the little things, and the cast really made a difference. Besides Stiles, 10 Things is at least partially responsible for introducing television stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan, Gabrielle Union to mainstream film audiences. And then there's this guy named Heath Ledger, who's apparently good at his job too. As was the norm for the era of safe for teens comedy, there's quite a bit of fun going on in the backgrounds of any given shot, including lineless characters that are given little mini-arcs, like the chewing cowboy kids. This isn't exactly important, but it adds real texture and life to the film, something missing from a lot of more recent high school flicks.
10 Things I Hate About You comes to Blu-ray, and the results are probably going to disappoint most fans. The transfer is definitely more colourful than the matching DVD anniversary edition that I took these images from, and the colour quality is richer, but that's about your only real advantage. The details are average at best, and pretty inconsistent based on camera placement. Edge-enhancement is a major issue throughout, especially in more crowded compositions, though not to the degree of the recent Gladiator release. Grain is a little too thick for a ten year old film shot to look so clean and colourful, and there are some minor instances of artefacts of the print damage variety. The depths of the blacks is impressive, but occasionally the extreme nature of some of the contrast is disconcerting, especially with the darker skin tones. The head room looks a little tight, but apparently 1.85:1 is the appropriate framing, so there you go.
On the other hand, DVD fans might want to look into the new release. I don't have the old copy to compare directly, but apparently it was non-anamorphic release, and this 10th Anniversary DVD is certainly anamorphically enhanced (the caps on this page are taken from that disc). Actually, it looks pretty much the same as the Blu-ray, so you probably won't be disappointed.
10 Things I Hate About You isn't made for super exciting 5.1 tracks, but this new, lossless DTS-HD track does its best to make itself worth your dollar. The rear channels are occasionally busy with bits of school business, or chirping birds, but effects work is largely incidental, and cut down in favour of dialogue and music. The dialogue track is centred and clear enough to catch all the inconsistencies in Ledger's accent. The score is perfectly '99. Those that lived through the era will remember that the ska rebirth thing was coming to an end, and the next round of power-pop was coming. Sometimes dating your film musically can be a problem, but in the case of teen movies it's a virtue. And it's always fun to re-experience Letters to Cleo. The music is a largely frontal affair, but there are some decent stereo effects, and the LFE presence is a plus.
I see that the original DVD release has nothing of note on it, so video quality be damned if you're really a fan of the film. Things begin with a new audio commentary with writers Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and cast members Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larisa Oleynik and Susan May Pra. As a retrospective track, and one from the point of view of writers and actors, this track is relatively solid, warm, and fun. There isn't a lot of technical information, but there are dozens of adorable behind the scenes anecdotes, and the track effectively creates the illusion of watching the film with friends. There is no real frontrunner for the track's controlling presence, and silent space is definitely at a premium. The only other notable extra is '10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You' (35:00, HD), a retrospective featurette about the film set to interviews with the guilty parties. The whole thing is augmented with some behind the scenes footage that includes deleted scenes and bloopers, some original EPK release interviews, and shots of the original script.
The 10 Things I Hate About You 10th Anniversary release is certainly an improvement over the original extra-less, non-anamorphic DVD, but the Blu-ray image quality is kind of a bummer, and the new extras aren't going to knock your socks off. The movie is still surprisingly funny and sweet, and the matching DVD release is probably worth the scratch for fans simply because of the anamorphic enhancement, and presence of at least some extras, but Blu-ray buyers will probably be left disappointed.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
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Sorry to disagree but the Blu-ray version looks very good. There are a few if not minimal shots that look a bit outdated, so to speak "blurry". But a lot of scenes do lots of justice to the format. Showing fine facial detail and environments around the characters nearly sharp in detail. For a film that's 10 years old, this is the best its gonna look in Hi-Def.
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I've got a 30 year old junker of a grindhouse flick called New York Ripper right here that says age has nothing to do with the look of a hi-def transfer. The treatment of the footage makes the difference. I directly compared the Blu-ray to the new DVD and there was almost no difference. Fine facial detail can be achieved in standard definition, it's those wide shots that make the difference.
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 5th January 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French and Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Cast and Writer Commentary, 10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Gil Junger
Cast: Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, David Krumholtz, Larry Miller
Genre: Comedy
Length: 97 minutes
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Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom "Passover" Wolf attends a seder, tours the Hassidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and learns to make matzah.G
10:30 am
P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Triumphant Tulips" Spring is approaching at the Garden Home Retreat and the daffodils and tulips are now filling the landscape with vibrant color. It's also time for Allen to plant herbs and vegetables. A check of the swans reveals how they've adjusted to their new habitat since arriving in late fall. D
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Biography of America, A "Rise of Capitalism" Individual enterprise merges with technological innovation to launch the Commercial Revolution -- the seedbed of American industry. The program features the ideas of Adam Smith, the efforts of entrepreneurs in New England and Chicago, the Lowell Mills Experiment, and the engineering feats involved in Chicago's early transformation from marsh to metropolis. D
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Biography of America, A "Reform Impulse" The Industrial Revolution has its dark side, and the tumultuous events of the period touch off intense and often thrilling reform movements. Professor Masur presents the ideas and characters behind the Great Awakening, the abolitionist movement, the women's movement, and a powerful wave of religious fervor. D
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Principles for Principals "Building A Plan for Reform" Principals look at ways to overcome obstacles and work toward the goal of sustained and coherent change in math and science.G
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Economics Classroom, The: A Workshop for Grade 9-12 Teachers "Growth and Entrepreneurship" This session explores how innovation and entrepreneurship can flourish in and enliven a free-market economy. See why the good old days weren. D
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Teaching Channel Teaching Channel takes you inside America's K-12 classrooms with 5 short documentaries that showcase inspiring and effective teaching practices. Travel to Oakland, CA, where students get hands-on at local hospitals. An egg represents your brain in an 8th grade science lesson. D
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Curiosity Quest "Mrs. Fields Cookies" Join Joel on this sweet quest to the Mrs. Fields cookie gifting facility in Utah to learn how they make their famous, and delicious cookies. Watch as Joel displays his lack of skill when it comes to the fine art of baking. D
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Curiosity Quest "Plate Making" Join Joel on this unique quest to learn how plastic and foam plates are made. We've all used and seen these products, now get a behind-the-scenes look at how they are transformed. D
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Seasons of Life "Early Adulthood (Ages 20-40)" Young adults hear the first of many messages from the social clock: to separate from family, get a job, find a mate, set goals, and face reality in this period of intense social growth.G
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New Jewish Cuisine with Jeff Nathan and Friends "Matzah Meals" The age-old question of "what can we eat during Passover?" is answered with recipes including matzah lasagna and matzah-crusted sole meuniere. D
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Katie Brown Workshop "A Spring Celebration" Put some spring in your step, and your next brunch, with fun and easy projects designed to welcome both the season and good friends. Recipes: herb focaccia bread and turkey bacon egg frittatas. Projects: a nest-inspired place card and two ways to use roses on a table. D
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Wild Photo Adventures "Spring Wildflowers" Host and professional wildlife photographer Doug Gardner explores the Great Smoky Mountains to photograph spring wildflowers with nature photographer Kevin Adams. D
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Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom "Easter" Burt learns the intricate Ukraine egg decorating tradition, inspects jeweled eggs and walks down New York's Fifth Avenue on Easter.G
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P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Kindred Spirits" Keith Kirsten, Allen's South African counterpart, visits the Garden Home Retreat on a cold winter day to see the bones and framework of the garden and to talk about beautiful spring and summer blooms. D
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GardenSMART Spring has sprung. For most of us it's been a cold winter and those first signs of plant life are welcome. GardenSMART visits an historic site that's been preparing for spring for a long time. D
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Katie Brown Workshop "Spring" Welcome spring with vintage-inspired remnant tablecloth and framed vases and recipes including green garden soup and an apricot almond cake. D
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Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way "Simple Savers" A native of Lyon, France, Jacques demonstrates his regional version of fried and poached eggs as he makes the classic salad of frissee aux lardon. With thoughts of spring he makes spaghetti with raw tomato-anchovy sauce.G
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P. Allen Smith's Garden to Table "The Emergence of Spring" In this GARDEN TO TABLE episode, P. Allen Smith picks dandelions - not to make wishes but to create a salad! Allen also steps into the garden to plant asparagus. Plus, Allen makes an amazing tablescape using daffodils. D
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GardenSMART It's spring, thus time to get into our gardens and prepare our garden beds. Where do we start, what do we do? GardenSMART visits with an expert who does this for a living. Her answers and Eric's guidance provide ideas and inspiration for us all. D
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Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom "Passover" Wolf attends a seder, tours the Hassidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and learns to make matzah.G
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P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Triumphant Tulips" Spring is approaching at the Garden Home Retreat and the daffodils and tulips are now filling the landscape with vibrant color. It's also time for Allen to plant herbs and vegetables. A check of the swans reveals how they've adjusted to their new habitat since arriving in late fall. D
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Ethics In America "Under Orders, Under Fire (Part I)" How do we wage war when the enemy dresses as civilians and children throw bombs? Generals William Westmoreland, David Jones, and Brent Scowcroft, correspondents Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace, and others question the duty to follow orders and a commander's obligation to protect soldiers.G


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GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN February 11, 2013 – Colour Wear is proud to announce that Mario Käppeli has joined the CLWR family. He joins a crew of passionate and creative snowboarders such as Kareem El Rafie, Leo Crawford, and Risto Ruokola.
Mario hails from Switzerland and has been living for over a year in the snowboard Mecca of Innsbruck. Aged just 24 and riding for over 12 years and the last few under the wing of the Forum International Team, Mario has travelled the world, ridden some of the sickest parks and terrain on the planet, and is now ready to take on the next chapter of his career.
Over the last few years, Mario would more often be seen stomping booters in bulletproof snow parks, however his eyes have now been opened to taking these skills into the backcountry, a move which has also seen him join the ranks of backcountry freestyle expert Gig Rüf's team at Slash Snowboards.
"We are stoked to have such a talented backcountry freestyle snowboarder in the CLWR Family and look forward to seeing the footage and shots Mario brings from some of the most stunning locations around the world," says Marketing Director Fredrik Abrahamson.
Mario also has a wild side, so be sure to check out some of the crazy things he and Ethan Morgan get up to at www.ethanvsmario.com
Mario is also supported by: Slash Snowboards, Smith Optics, Level gloves, Monster Energy, Clast, Moreboards and Haul Ass Wax.
COLOUR WEAR is a Swedish lifestyle brand characterized by a playful yet functional approach. Influenced by the streets and developed and formed into technical garments. Street elements are crossed with function to create a raw and rider tailored line of clothing. CLWR brings street style and attitude to the mountain and the demands and functionality of the mountains to the streets.
With our dedicated team of creative and driven friends who forms the CLWR family, we develop and build garments to fit their needs. Without compromising on quality, function, fashion level or attitude, COLOUR WEAR provides garments rich with details and designed with love for the CLWR family way of living.
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The following is a Press Release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries:
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents arrested a Basile man for an alleged alligator violation on May 21 in Allen Parish.
Agents cited Michael R. Gaspard, 18, for second offense taking or possessing an alligator during a closed season, operating an unregistered motor vehicle without insurance and booked him into the Allen Parish Jail.
Senior Agent Wendel Vaughn allegedly observed Gaspard load a 5-foot alligator, which he caught on the Calcasieu River, into the extended cab portion of a small white truck. When Senior Agent Vaughn approached the vehicle he found the alligator behind the front seat with a hook and line still in its mouth. Gaspard and a 15-year-old juvenile admitted to catching the alligator.
Senior Agent Vaughn ran Gaspard's record and discovered that he was issued citations by LDWF Agents on Jan. 26, 2012 for the possession of alligators during a closed season. The juvenile was issued a citation for taking or possessing an alligator during a closed season and released to a family member.
Gaspard and the juvenile each face fines ranging from $400 to $950 and up to 120 days in jail for possessing an alligator during a closed season. Operating a motor vehicle without a registration brings a fine up to $100 and up to 30 days in jail. Operating a vehicle without insurance carries a $50 fine. Gaspard was also charged civil restitution value of the alligator totaling $375.80.
Alligator season in Allen Parish runs from the first Wednesday in September and stays open for 30 days.
Gaspard's trial date for his first offense of possessing an alligator during a closed season has been set for July.


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XFX GTX 280 Review
Just how long has it been since the last big release of a new video card? For Nvidia, it was less than three months ago, with the 9-series that launched the 9600GT, 9800GTX and the 9800GX2. The most recent from AMD/ATI, was the 3870X2 released a short amount of time earlier. So what's the impetus behind the rash of GPU launches this year? In the past, new technologies were a once-a-year type of thing. Now, with the fickle enthusiast and gamers wanting more and more performance, it looks as though manufacturers are more than happy to speed up production. Rumored to be launching in July, the GT 200 series has been eagerly anticipated since the launch of the 9 series of cards. Maybe the lack of an earth-shattering performance increase over the previous generation cards was that impetus to move up the launch.
With that said, the latest GPU from Nvidia is XFX's GTX 280 and this will be followed closely by the GTX 260. So what makes the GTX 280 so special? Let's start with 1.4 billion transistors, 933 gigaflops of processing power churned out by 240 processors running in parallel - in comparison, a quad-core CPU has around 96 gigaflops of computing power. Just think about that for a second...the performance available from the GTX 280 is stunning. By using Nvidia's CUDA technology and running in computing mode, the XFX GTX 280 will deliver almost one teraflop of performance to help out with video transcoding, physics acceleration and advanced visual computing, as well as scientific simulations. With that kind of computing power, the GTX 280 should be the top contender for the video card performance crown.
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The packaging of the XFX GTX 280 could not be less subtle - out front and in your face is more like it. The traditional green and black from Nvidia and XFX are on display. The box lists several of the cards features, such as the 1GB of GDDR3 memory, PCI-E 2.0 compliance, the GPU clock speed of 602 MHz and a small tag noting the inclusion of the game Assassin's Creed. The rear panel goes into a little more detail about the cards attributes and talks about the new second-gen unified architecture, PhysX readiness, and more.
Slipping the inner box out, we find the documentation, driver and game disks, as well as the door tag that alludes to the fact you don't want to be bothered when gaming. The XFX GTX 280 is encased in foam, providing protection on all sides. Not everyone ships their cards packaged this well, but no broken cards here! Under the cover at the front, we see the rest of the bundle.
The bundle of accessories from XFX is similar to what has been sent with their most recent releases. There's the documentation and door tag, the Assassin's Creed game disk, the HDMI sound cable, DVI to D-sub adapter and the HDTV dongle. If you can't get connected with this bundle, it's time to pack up and go home.
Let's get a little better acquainted with the GTX 280!


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A 25-year-old Sacramento woman has been ordered to serve five years in prison for her role in a refund fraud scheme where prosecutors say she and two others collected nearly $1 million.
Federal prosecutors say Tomisha Lee McKinnie, 26-year-old Nakia Renee Vaughn and 33-year-old Nadiyah Muhammad Woods used a tax service that loaded debit cards with tax return money after a return was filed and approved.
Prosecutors say the three Sacramento women victimized more than 200 people and took in $962,079 from the Internal Revenue Service by having the debit cards and checks mailed to various addresses under their control in Sacramento County.
All three have pleaded guilty in the case. Besides the prison term, McKinnie will also have to pay restitution and will be under supervised release once she gets out of prison.
Vaughn and Woods are scheduled to be sentenced next month.
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Almost a couple of years after we learned that Anne Rice left Christianity, here are a couple of update interviews where she talks about how she feels about organized religion and her reasons for leaving Christianity.
In her original coming out statement, she declared:
Today I quit being a Christian. I'm out ... in the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being a Christian, Amen.
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Hey, maybe someone should start a thread on religious vs atheist bumper stickers- I like "Jesus is coming-look busy" I also like the attempts at one-upsmanship regarding the Christian fish symbol, where first you have the Christian fish on a sticker, then some atheist came up with the fish growing legs with "Darwin" printed across the fish body, then the Christians responded with the giant Jesus fish eating the Darwin fish with the words "Truth" printed across it's body, then-no response yet, as far as I can tell from the atheists-come on folks, you can't let them get the last word in-you look like quitters. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread, but the comment just got me going.
best part is there is only one company making all the stickers and making all the moneys.
I love that atheist co-opting the christian co-opting of Calvin.
It's great how easy it is to turn that stuff around...
Richard, You did it!
I just got back here-'started laughing when i read that-thanks!
I agree, she's just a flaky spiritualist.
I also kinda like Jesus, he was a hippie, anti-consumerism, I may not agree with the beliefs he entertained but I think he must have flirted with atheism to say what he said in John 8:44 when he called the god of the jews 'the devil', and then on the cross he said 'father why have you forsaken me'. He had atheist moments. I also like many of his ethical teachings, even if I reject the supernatural claims made about him (sort of like Thomas Jefferson did) ... so I guess I'm like Dawkins, an atheist for Jesus.
I think humanists should reclaim him and take him back like Jefferson did and like Dawkins wants to do and turn him into a secular culture hero, create a post-Christian, secular interpretation of him. A humanist gospel. The Jefferson Bible?
I still think "he's" a fiction, especially with anything regarding:
Saying stuff
Doing stuff
Being stuff
I think he was a person but I speculate that most of what was said, done, or being was embellished. Like they say in Texas, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."
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Oct. 18, 2003
With a time of 24:09.1, Lucas Meyer was Yale's top finisher at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, coming in at 26th place for the Bulldogs.
Yale finished in 24th place in the 35-team event held at the University of Northern Iowa and was the top Ivy finisher.
Casey Moriarty finished in second place for Yale and 86th overall with a time of 24:57, while David Napper ran a 25:04, good for 98th place.
The top three were followed by Josh Yelsey (25:38, 161st place) and captain Robert Dwyer (25:59, 190th place) to complete the scoring of the top five runners. Yale's other two entrants were Patrick Dantzer, who came in at 26:04 in 194th place, and Andrew Johnson in 219th place with a time of 26:37.
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Author Notes: I was inspired to create this from a bag of in-season d'Anjou pears I received from FreshDirect as part of their free fresh fruit promotion. The sweet tartness of the pears plays perfectly with the crispy saltiness of the bacon. I hope you enjoy!
Also posted on my food blog, total noms: http://totalnoms.com/2011/03/pear-bacon-galette/ —totalnoms
Makes: 1 galette
For the Crust
1 1/8
cups all purpose flour
teaspoon salt
teaspoon sugar
tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces
tablespoons ice water
For the Filling
slices bacon, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
pears, peeled (I used red d'Anjou)
teaspoon cinnamon
teaspoon sugar
In This Recipe
- Place flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor and pulse once or twice to get everything combined. Add the cold butter, and process until the mixture becomes the consistency of cornmeal.
- Transfer mixture to a bowl, and sprinkle the ice water over it. Using a rubber spatula or your hands, mix in water and create a ball shape out of the dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and flatten to a small disk, then place in the freezer for 10 minutes while you make the filling.
- Pre heat the oven to 350. Cook bacon over medium heat in a skillet until almost crispy; transfer bacon to a plate layered with paper towels. Save bacon fat to grease your baking sheet.
- Chop peeled pears in half and scoop out the core, then slice into thin (1/8 inch thick) slices lengthwise. Place pears in a bowl, and add sugar and cinnamon. Zest your lemon over top, then cut in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl. Using your hands or a spatula, toss the pears in the juice and spices. When bacon has cooled a bit, add bacon and toss again.
- Remove crust from freezer. Unwrap the plastic wrap to expose the dough, and layer another piece of plastic over top, to make a plastic-dough-plastic sandwich. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out to about 1/4 inch thick, making a large circle. Carefully remove the top layer of plastic wrap, then flip crust onto a bacon-greased baking sheet. Peel off the other plastic wrap.
- Scoop filling onto the middle of the crust and spread out, leaving 2 inches of crust all around. Fold excess crust over to contain the filling on the edges, leaving the center uncovered.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes at 350, until crust is lightly browned. Let cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pears
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Late Winter Tart (Sweet or Savory)
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Peace Corps Volunteer Dorothea Hertzberg gets a lesson in giving in Burkina Faso
Peace Corps Volunteer Dorothea Hertzberg gets a lesson in giving in Burkina Faso
A Lesson in Giving
By DOROTHEA HERTZBERG
OBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso — It was an unforgivingly hot day, and I was leaving the village where I lived in northeastern Burkina Faso, which meant an 11-mile bike ride to the nearest paved road. It was April, and I was serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in this small, land-locked country in West Africa. I set off on my Trek 800 mountain bike, dreaming of the distant town where I could eat the pizza I had been craving for a month, when I hit a bump in the road. When I landed, my pedals spun around wildly with no resistance. I pedaled furiously, but like a guinea pig in a wheel, I was going nowhere.
I stood there in disbelief. What was I going to do? I still had seven miles to bike, 115 degrees of heat beating down on me and only half a bottle of water left. "Great," I muttered in exasperation, and started pushing my bike down the deserted cow path.
Minutes later I spotted a villager coming from the opposite direction. "Yaa boe tara fo weefo?" the older gentleman asked me in Moore, the language of the Mossi people. What's wrong with your bike? I explained what had happened, and he tried to figure out my 21-speed, Peace Corps-issued Trek (probably the first he'd ever seen). He flashed me a smile that said he couldn't fix it but we'd find some other way.
Then he began to rearrange the strap on his bag that was attached to his bike rack. I had no idea what he was up to, but I had nothing but time, so I sweated and watched.
When he finished, he had about three feet of thin but durable rubber strap left over, which he proceeded to tie to my handlebars. Like many times before in my Peace Corps service, I stood dumbfounded and awaited the all-important cultural clue that would tip me off to what was going on. He gave me one I couldn't imagine: he pointed to my seat and told me to hop on.
I smiled, thinking he was joking but somehow also knowing that he was serious. This older man was offering to tow me seven miles in this unbearable heat? I started to shake my head in refusal and disbelief. He just smiled and stood there until I finally accepted my newest adventure in Burkina Faso.
It turned out to be one of the most hysterical yet touching moments of my life. What a scene we must have been. This poor man vigorously pedaling and dripping with sweat as he towed the American princess through the barren desert. Every villager we saw along the way shrieked in surprise and called out "Ney Yibeogo!" (Good morning!) After a while, I began to feel terribly guilty, posed on my bike, waving like a Rose Parade float queen.
I thought about pedaling as well, just so he would feel I was participating in our cause, but I didn't bother because he couldn't see me anyway. At least not until we got to the hills. Because our bikes were connected by the rubber strap, I would lag behind him on every hill we climbed, testing the rubber for all it was worth. Once we began to descend down the other side, though, I was right next to him, waving, and it became my turn to shout a slow "bonjooouuur" as I gradually picked up speed and passed him completely. It never lasted long. Soon I would drift behind him again. We carried on this way like two horses on a carousel, rotating positions, each time with more laughter and amazement at our plight.
An hour later we arrived at my destination. He was exhausted, I was giddy and in awe of his generosity. I took a long look at his face and those kind eyes, and I told myself never to forget it, because this man is the heart of Burkina Faso. This man is not an exception in his culture. He is the very essence of it.
Two years ago, at the age of 27, I volunteered for Peace Corps service to "give back" to the world. Today, I realize I gained much more in return. I am no longer a volunteer, but I continue to work in the western part of the country. When I think back on that moment when I was stranded on that deserted cow path, there was a part of me that was calm, because I knew where I was. I was in a place where you never feel alone or abandoned because someone will always come along to help you; where a starving woman would give her last bowl of food to a stranger; where kids are elated to play with an old tire and a stick. A place where family unity is everything and the guest is paramount.
To the Burkinabé, these principles are more than just cultural values, they are a way of life. Burkina Faso means "the land of the upright and courageous people." It is one of the poorest countries in the world, but a place where I learned what giving truly means.
Dorothea Hertzberg recently finished two years of service with the Peace Corps.
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How can I get the e-mail of Dorothea Hertzberg, please ?
I'm burkinabè journalist in France.


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UPDATE: E.O. Wilson speech cancelled after medical emergency
A Tuesday presentation featuring famed naturalist Dr. Edward O. Wilson and author Tony Hiss has been cancelled.
"Dr. Wilson has incurred a medical urgency this morning that prevents him from presenting at the scheduled event," said Christy Scally, of the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. "Dr. Wilson is hospitalized, doing well and expected to make a full recovery."
The pair was set to speak April 2 at Freeport High School and organizers were expecting hundreds to attend.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience," Scally said. "And our prayers for a full recovery are with Dr. Wilson and his family."
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The E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center will host authors Dr. E.O. Wilson and Tony Hiss from 5-6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Freeport High School. This event will be free to the public, and seating is limited.
Dr. E.O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard University and has written more than a score of books including �On Human Nature,� �The Ants,� �The Naturalist� and �Diversity of Life.�
This two-time Pulitzer Prize winner spent his formative years and performed his earliest scientific investigations in Northwest Florida and Southwest Alabama, and developed the term �biophilia� � the connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.
At age 13, Dr. Wilson discovered the first colony of the invasive fire ant from South America, and he has been a renowned authority on ants ever since. While studying these seemingly minuscule species, Dr. Wilson unearthed worlds of information about biodiversity of life and social biology.
�Anyone who has had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Wilson speak has walked away mesmerized by his wealth of knowledge,� said Biophilia Center Director Christy Scally.
Author Tony Hiss, most well known for �Experience of Place,� has written several books focusing on the profound effect areas have on one�s experience. He demonstrates how our society can continue to grow without destroying the places that have nourished it for generations. Hiss includes insights of planners, ecologists, psychologists and environmentalists. His works have contributed to transportation and environmental initiatives as well as revitalization projects. In 1963, Hiss became a staff writer for The New Yorker.
The presentations by Dr. E.O. Wilson and Tony Hiss are well aligned with the mission of the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center, which is to educate students and visitors on the importance of biodiversity, to promote sustainability, and to encourage conservation, preservation and restoration.
�All are invited,� Scally said. �Don�t miss this incredible opportunity to hear these two dynamic speakers.�
The E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center is an environmental education facility in Freeport that serves students, teachers and professional audiences. The center is nestled in the Longleaf Pine ecosystem, which is considered the 6th most biodiverse area in the continental U.S. and less than 2 percent of it remains intact today.
Please visit www.eowilsoncenter.org to learn more about this non-profit educational center.


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During the long presidential campaign, pundits, polls and prognosticators of all stripes weighed in on the final outcome. Some were brave enough to commit to actual numbers on the electoral vote count. The Times asked a few to talk about how they arrived at their predictions and why they got them right — or wrong.
Kenneth Bickers and Michael Berry are professors of political science at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado Denver, respectively. Romney 330 / Obama 208.
Our state-level economic model incorrectly projected the outcome of the presidential election. So this Thanksgiving when others are eating turkey, we'll be having crow.
Our model projected state results based on the vote in the 2008 election, the unemployment rate and changes in personal income. Historically, these metrics and incumbent performance have been strongly correlated. In 2012, unemployment remained high by historical standards and income growth was stagnant, meaning that President Obama faced significant head winds. Given these challenging economic conditions, he accomplished something rare by winning a second term.


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Painter DAVID REED, Distinguished Visiting Artists Lecture Series
Nov 20, 2013 - Nov 20, 2013
David Reed is one of the most renowned abstract painters of our time. His sensuous works are bathed in a deep, glowing light, which seems to emanate from within. Moving to New York from the west coast in 1971, Reed gained recognition with bold reductive paintings that addressed both the great tradition of Abstract Expressionism and the ideas and processes of Minimalism and Post-Minimalism. His later work has been influenced by film and media while bearing witness to his interest in light and color phenomena in historic art. His work is held in major museum and private collections around the world, including The Maslow Collection at Marywood.
Wednesday, 3 PM, Media Center 160, Learning Resource Center, free admission.
No. 230 (for Beccafumi), 1986, oil and alkyd on canvas, 108 x 36, The Maslow Collection @ Marywood University
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Wild beat Stars for sixth straight winby Steve Hunt
DALLAS -- The Minnesota Wild have waited a long time to win at American Airlines Center, over 10 years to be exact.
On Monday, they got two goals and an assist from Zach Parise in a 7-4 win against the Dallas Stars, as the Wild earned their first victory in Dallas since March 21, 2003 -- a span of 16 games.
Minnesota had not won in regulation in Dallas since March 8, 2002.
"I was real impressed with our guys to stick with it," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "It felt like things were not bouncing our way, and even just given the history of everything in here, but they found a way to win. And I give them credit for continuing to play forward and stay with it, and finding a way."
Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Cullen and Mikko Koivu each had two points for the Wild, who won their sixth straight game behind a 22-save performance from Niklas Backstrom.
"I would be lying if I didn't say it was [nice to win here finally]," Koivu said. "At the end, it doesn't matter where you win, you have to keep winning and we know that. It doesn't matter your opponent, we just have to keep getting better and try to get as many points as we can."
Dallas had led 2-1 after the first period, but trailed 4-2 at the second intermission.
Alex Goligoski gave Dallas the lead with his first of the season 5:31 into the opening period as he beat Backstrom with a 33-foot wrister from the slot. Derek Roy fed Goligoski, who is tied for the Stars' team lead with 16 assists, after stealing the puck from the Wild's Ryan Suter behind the Minnesota net.
Minnesota got a scare at 6:42 of the opening period when Clutterbuck had to be helped off the ice after crashing violently into the Dallas net with an apparent right leg injury. However, in somewhat amazing fashion, Clutterbuck returned to the ice early in the second and finished the game with two assists.
Clutterbuck was one player Yeo singled out for a strong performance in his postgame remarks to the media.
"Obviously, the shorthanded goal was such a huge part of the game, penalty killing, physically, that was great by him. I think his teammates recognized that for sure," Yeo said.
However, the Wild's spirits lifted a bit at 7:35, when Parise slid in his own rebound for his 13th of the season. Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen had twice denied Minnesota wing Devin Setoguchi at close range, but Parise knocked the rebound off Setoguchi's second shot of the sequence out of the air. His attempt struck the crossbar and landed behind Lehtonen, but Parise got his stick in there to push the puck over the line to make it a 1-1 contest.
"It was a hard game. I don't think we started as well as we need to, but every time they scored, I felt like we responded and got one not too much later," Parise said. "I think we got better as the game went on. We're having fun and it's always fun when you're scoring and winning, and it's a challenge to keep that going and not get complacent."
Dallas' Eric Nystrom was tripped by the Wild's Jonas Brodin at 17:27, setting up the game's first power play. And the Stars needed just 20 seconds to convert, regaining the lead at 17:47 when Jaromir Jagr scored his team-leading 14th goal from the edge of the right faceoff circle. After Ray Whitney's blast was denied by Backstrom, Loui Eriksson slipped the puck over to Jagr and he knocked it into the open net to make it 2-1.
The Wild lasted little time tying the game for a second time early in the second when Koivu beat Lehtonen through the five-hole with a 27-foot wrister from the slot at 3:42. Parise picked up his second point of the night with the primary assist on Koivu's eighth of the year.
At 7:42 of the second, Parise made a strong bid to put Minnesota ahead for the first time as he tried to knock a rebound in after Lehtonen had made a pad save on a shot by Koivu. However, the goal was nullified when replays showed that Parise had pushed Lehtonen into the net.
However, the Wild did equalize at 9:33 and again it was Parise finding the back of the net for a 14th time this season and second time in the game. After Koivu won a faceoff with Dallas' Vernon Fiddler, who appeared to injure his hand on the draw, Koivu sent a puck toward the Stars' net that deflected off Lehtonen's right pad before landing at the skates of Parise who was just inside the right faceoff circle. Parise quickly buried a 13-foot wrister into the empty net to make it a 3-3 affair.
Minnesota then took its first lead of the night at 14:22 of the second when Cullen netted his fifth of the season, flipping a wrister into the far side of the Dallas net after a long-range blast by Pierre-Marc Bouchard deflected off Jared Spurgeon. Cullen corralled the carom and quickly finished from the right side.
But Dallas wasn't quite finished, getting a third goal from a defenseman at 7:02 of the third to tie the game yet again at 4-4. Philip Larsen's 24-foot wrister from the slot struck Backstrom on his glove side before trickling over the line, his second of the season. The play started when the Wild forward Mike Rupp lost possession in the neutral zone. Tomas Vincour then tapped the puck to Reilly Smith, who fed a streaking Larsen for the goal.
However, the Stars got a four-minute power play when Rupp was issued a double-minor after high sticking Whitney on the near side of the boards. But just 20 seconds into the power play, the Wild went ahead 5-4 when Kyle Brodziak scored his sixth of the year with Minnesota shorthanded. Clutterbuck had the initial shot from the left faceoff circle, which Lehtonen made a glove save on. But Brodziak crashed the net and tapped in the rebound despite failing to strike the puck cleanly.
"We had an opportunity to win. Seven minutes left, four-minute PP and you think you're in the driver's seat," Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said on how crucial Brodziak's shorthanded goal was. "We made a pass, a D stepped up on our guy, turned it over. He jumped and capitalized. It's a lot of the story of our game tonight."
Minnesota added late goals by Dany Heatley, who netted his ninth with a backhand with 1:28 left. Lehtonen headed to the bench with 1:28 left and an empty-netter by Bouchard with 16 seconds left made it a 7-4 final.
Dallas got a pair of assists from Eriksson in the loss and Lehtonen made 35 saves in his 12th straight start for the Stars.
"I didn't think it was his strongest game," Gulutzan said of Lehtonen's performance. "He made some real good saves because he was taking in a lot, but that's what happens when you give your goalie too much. It was too much. I think he certainly calmed down in the third, but it was a lot to handle. A lot of zone time."


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In a word or phrase, what does leadership mean to you? Honor.
Why did you join the program? I joined the Jeter's Leaders Program because I want to make a difference with people who are the same age as me and meet new people.
What do you hope to gain from the program? I hope to gain opportunities to see colleges so I can find what colleges and careers I'm interested in.
What is or do you think will be your favorite part of the program? My favorite part of the Jeter's Leaders program is making the younger kids smile when we, as Leaders, help them through mentoring and encouragement. Also, I like that we get to see colleges that I've never visited, or even heard of, so I can think about options in the future.


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KEH Specifications
Rollei Rolleiflex 3.5 MX Xenar (BAY I) Medium Format TLR Camera Description
A Twin-Lens Camera is a medium format camera that uses 120 or 220 roll film. An accessory item for some models would allow the use of 35mm film as well. The cameras are very quiet in operation due to no mirror movement and the fact that they use internal shutters. On cameras that have flash connectors, (x sync), the flash will synchronize at all shutter speeds. The primary method of viewing and focus is done through a waist-level finder. This finder show the image and most of the time there will be a split-image or other focusing aid. There is a magnifier in the finder for even better focus control.
Cameras such as Rolleiflex, have optional Prism Finders that could be purchased separately. These finders are very helpful for aiming at moving objects. Using the waist-level, the image is reversed. Using the prism puts the image back to a normal view.
Most camera used a crank to advance the film and cock the shutter. Early models may have knob advance and separate cocking of the shutter.
Lenses generally are normal range lenses. There were optional wide and telephoto adapters that attached to the lenses. Rollei had a camera that only had telephoto and another that was wide-angle.
Mamiya had several lines of interchangeable lens, twin-lens cameras. There were wide-angle and telephoto lenses available. These also had eye-level finders and metered finders available.
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- Multiple Exposure: No
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- Weight: 34.22 oz (970g)
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Srinagar, India Administered KASHMIR, SOUTH ASIA: "Justice has to and should be done."; "Justice delayed is justice denied."; and "Teach your sons not to harass rather than teaching your daughter how to dress." – these were some of the recent slogans that men and women of all ages in Kashmir have been chanting to show solidarity with the victims of violence in the northern Indian Administered region of Kashmir.
Last month's brutal gang rape of a young woman in the Indian capital, Delhi, has caught public attention and caused worldwide outrage. But here, the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi recalls other prominent cases which made the headlines, then faded from public memory.
The 23-year-old girl gangraped on a bus in south Delhi was brutalised so badly that she had only 5% of her intestine left inside her when she was brought to hospital on Sunday night.
On Wednesday, doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital removed the remaining 15 inches of intestine in a bid to stop the spread of a life-threatening infection that had begun to develop in her many injuries.


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Florida vs. Northwestern State game preview
Game time: 7:27 p.m. ET
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kenny Boynton and Erik Murphy arrived at Florida not too long after the Gators had won consecutive national championships.
They are down to their last chance to get one for themselves.
Boynton and Murphy are part of the only Florida group to win consecutive outright Southeastern Conference regular-season titles, and the seniors helped cut down the nets after clinching the second in their final home game earlier this month. They have been to the NCAA tournament every season, this time as a No. 3 seed in the South Regional.
Except they haven't been able to get Florida back to the Final Four, coming so bitterly close the last two years.
"We want to leave that legacy of just being winners," Murphy said. "We've just got to win every game we can."
Florida (26-7) plays its NCAA opener against Southland Conference tournament champion Northwestern State (23-8), a fast-paced team that constantly shuffles five players at a time on and off the floor and is the NCAA's highest-scoring team (81 points per game).
Plus, the Demons were also a No. 14 seed in their last NCAA tournament appearance seven years ago. They opened that tourney with an upset victory over Iowa.
"Everybody is just reminiscing on the 2006 team," senior James Hulbin said. "We're just pretty much trying to set our pace for our own memories in the future, future players at our program too. We're playing with a lot of confidence, we just play our game."
Instead of national titles like 2006 and 2007, the Gators were coming off consecutive appearances in the National Invitational Tournament when Boynton and Murphy arrived as highly touted freshman.
Florida immediately got back to the NCAA tourney their first year, then overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half of its opener against BYU. Boynton scored 27 points, but the Gators lost in double overtime.
They made it to regional final games each of the past two seasons, and led late both times. Only to lose to Butler in 2011 and Louisville last March.
"We can't dwell on the past," Boynton said. "Right now, it's a new season. We learned from our mistakes from last year. We're ready to make a run in the tournament."
Against Northwestern State, the Gators better be ready to run.
Demons coach Mike McConathy's unconventional system involves the rotation of two groups of five players in and out of the game — similar to a hockey team switching lines during a game. Each group will play several minutes at a time.
Only guards Shamir Davis and Jalan West average 25 minutes a game for the Demons. There are five Florida players who get more than that, including Boynton as one of two at 32 minutes.
"A former coach that passed away told me I wouldn't play for myself," said McConathy, who first used the system as a junior college coach. "The reason I did this was because we had so many good players. I was having a lot of morale issues. So I figured that if I played 10, I could at least keep 10 happy."
West said the Demons try to pressure and wear down other teams. He said that style of play holds everybody on the roster accountable to each other.
"You're not going to be in the game the whole time, even if you're hot," West said. "You've got to trust your teammates to get in the game and do the same thing that you were doing."
The Demons got their automatic NCAA bid when they knocked off 27-win Stephen F. Austin in the Southland Conference tournament title game.
Florida coach Billy Donovan, whose team blew a 12-point halftime lead and lost to Mississippi in the SEC tournament finale, doesn't expect Northwestern State's style to affect how his team uses its players.
"For us, we're going to sub based on fatigue, foul trouble, those kinds of things," Donovan said. "I also do think matchups, if there is a matchup to their substitution that we need to change. But that wouldn't be anything different than what we would normally do in a given game."
The Gators are third nationally, allowing only 53.7 points a game while outscoring teams by 18 points a game. The 66 points by Ole Miss were the most allowed by Florida in 12 games. Only two opponents have scored more — Kansas State's 67 before Christmas and Arkansas' 80 on Feb. 5.
Boynton is already Florida's career leader in 3-pointers made (329) and needs only five more points to join Ronnie Williams as the only Gators ever with 2,000 career points.
What he really wants is six more wins — and a national title.
"And nothing less than that," he said.


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Global Design: How Leaders and Newcomers are Crushing It by Spanning the Earth
September 17, get the deets on the evolution of Global Design from Farooq Kathwari, CEO of furniture giant Ethan Allen. Kathwari will recount his fascinating, full-circle journey from Kashmiri college student to leader-in-chief at one of America's largest interior design companies whose exports now furnish thousands of homes in Asia. It really is a small world after all.
Pitch Presenters include Brooklinen, George & Willy, and Wobi Office. Come early, stay late, mingle with our fabulous presenters, and enjoy wine from Chapoutier Belleruche. What could be better?
When: September 17. Doors open 6:30pm, Event begins 7pm
Where: Subculture, 45 Bleecker Street (right by the 6, B, D, F and M trains)
Attending: 170 total tickets available
170 tickets available. If you do not make it onto the final guest list, please feel free to come and be placed on the standby list. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. All sales are final. If the event sells out, sales will be locked.
About Farooq Kathwari
Farooq Kathwari is chairman, CEO and president of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., a leading home furnishings manufacturer and retailer. In addition to overseeing this international corporation, he also lends his considerable leadership skills to humanitarian efforts, including working for human rights and developing international conflict resolutions.
Mr. Kathwari is Chairman Emeritus of Refugees International, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the International Advisory Council of the United States Institute of Peace, Director Emeritus and former chairman and president of the American Home Furnishings Alliance, and a director and former chairman of the National Retail Federation. Additionally, he served as a member of President Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from 2010 to 2014.
Among his recognitions, Mr. Kathwari has been inducted into the American Furniture Hall of Fame; he has been recognized as an Outstanding American by Choice by the U.S. government; he has received the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal, the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee, and the National Retail Federation gold medal. He has also been recognized by Worth magazine as one of the 50 Best CEOs in the United States.
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Forensics (AAAF)
The mission of the American Academy of Applied Forensics is to improve the quality of investigative services through innovative training programs that link cutting-edge research in the forensic sciences with the criminal justice practitioner.
Learn more about the AAAF (American Academy of Applied Forensics) and register for classes at www.cpcc.edu/aaaf.
The AAAF staff is devoted to a philosophy of training that encompasses both conceptual and practical approaches to learning. Because the forensic sciences are advancing so rapidly, it is essential that crime scene investigators be trained not merely as technicians who collect and process evidence using one technique or another, but instead are equipped to be investigative professionals who understand and can apply the scope of scientific principles that govern evidence collection and preservation.
Equally important in AAAF's training philosophy is the belief that instruction include hands-on opportunities to practice critical skills using the latest technology. AAAF's staff of instructors is committed to using this combination of academic and technical expertise along with practical exercises to make our training comprehensive, responsive to the ever-changing nature of the discipline and applicable to the crime scene investigator's day-to-day responsibilities.
With that training philosophy as a foundation, the American Academy of Applied Forensics offers two paths in the field of crime scene investigation: general forensics and digital evidence.


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Imagine a beautiful, idyllic mountain top, covered in trees, creeks and rivers running through it and woodland creatures flying and hopping all around it. Now imagine that the mountain top has been blown up. Why? To get to the coal that lies underground, and the remaining rocks, dead trees and dirt are dumped into the valleys, clogging up those creeks and rivers. Now imagine that it happens on such a large scale that a single human seems tiny compared to the whole operation.
Thanks to a fantastic new photo exhibit by J. Henry Fair at the Forward Thinking Museum, you don't have to imagine it. You can actually see the devastation and get a true sense of the magnitude of mountain top removal mining. Fair flies in a plane over these (and other) industrial sites to shoot photos of the destruction inflicted on the planet below. "What I'm focused on is making these compelling images on a given subject that make people stop and think about their involvement," says Fair of his environmental photography, which is, oddly, as beautiful as it is compelling. Henry's camera of choice while shooting from the air is a Canon 1Ds Mark III with 70-200-mm and 100-400-mm Leica normal and wide-angle lenses.
I caught up with Henry--just as he was leaving the country for a month of shooting in Europe. An excerpt from our discussion is below. Click on the [PDF] to read the entire interview. Several of his photos are in the gallery above, but please, check out the online exhibition and, when you're looking at the photos--especially those that feature trucks literally moving mountains--stop and think for a moment about the scale. Think about how small the humans driving those trucks are and let the enormity sink in. Also, while you're visiting the Forward Thinking Museum, check out some of their other exhibits, all of which are offered "in virtual space, with hopes that images will transcend the divisions that language brings."
Why did you start shooting environmental photos?
I've always been really concerned about the environment, what we're doing to our own life support systems and what we're going to then pass on to our progenitors. I've always tried to figure out, "Okay, how can I do something to get across to the common person who is mired in fear?" I mean, let's face it, in America people live in terror and that's, of course, perpetuated by the media, etc. But people are in terror of their jobs, of being eaten up by health insurance, of paying the monthly bills. It's very hard for people to stop and think, "Okay, wait a minute, do I really want to buy that paper cup? And what toilet paper should I buy?"
I make art that makes people stop for a second and think about those things, and of course, you've got to entertain people. People learn when they're entertained, not when they're preached at.
You focus on the beauty of environmental scars as much as the scarring itself. How did you get to that?
I focus on making compelling images, not so much on, "Oh, look at how beautiful this shit is." I mean, as a photographer, you could make a cube of ice beautiful. Anything should be photographable for a good photographer to make a great photograph. But really what I'm focused on is making these compelling images on a given subject that make people stop and think about their involvement.
So I wanted to make a series of images that really got people to think about those issues more than actually vilifying a given company (which I prefer not to do) because they're bad actors. As a society we need to demand these things.
Again, toilet paper is such a perfect example. The most important decision you can make in a day is which toilet paper to buy. I'm trying to show people consequences, because the consequences of these purchase decisions that we make are obscured from us. Producers don't want you to know that if you buy that nice poufy white toilet paper you're destroying the habitat for the nice wolves and the bears you love to watch on the nature channel and causing climate change and air pollution and water pollution and water depletion. I mean paper is one of the worst things we do to the planet. And who thinks about it? Who thinks about the lawyer who sends reams of paper printed on white, which means bleach, which means dioxin?
So I wanted to make a series of images that really got people to think about those issues more than actually vilifying a given company (which I prefer not to do) because they're bad actors. As a society we need to demand these things. It's abundantly clear that our rule makers--our legislators--answer to the hands that feed them; they do not answer to the people who don't vote for them. To whine about how our representatives are not doing anything well, we allowed the system to come into place.
The producers have very cleverly cast environmentalists as yet another special interest group on the same footing as the producers; it's entirely false. So the burden of proof is on us to prove harm where it should be on the producers to prove no harm, which is very interesting.
That's really the focus of my work. And it's a long game, and it's complex, but it works. I mean Kleenex is the perfect example. Kimberly Clark is changing their behavior because of work that I did in conjunction with Greenpeace and NRDC. So it works. It's a long process.
What gave you the idea to shoot from the air? The photos are tremendous. The scale is mind-blowing for me.
I started the project 15 years ago, sneaking around refineries and whatnot and getting into trouble and playing the switch the film trick. I got some interesting pictures, but not, "Oh my God, look at that picture!" I needed pictures that were going to get people to stop in their tracks.
I was on a red-eye flight one morning from California and looked down and there was this giant power plant enshrouded in fog and steam and I thought, "Ah, that's it. You just get a plane and fly over it." Then it became a logistical issue--where do I want to go, and then I've got to find the plane. Then it became rather simple. [READ MORE]
UPDATED: J Henry Fair's first book, The Day After Tomorrow: Images of Our Earth in Crisis, published in 2011 by powerHouse Books, is currently available where books are sold. For more information, contact Katherine Benjamin, [email protected] or visit www.IndustrialScars.com.