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North Henderson sophomore Mitchel Langford capped off his undefeated season with his second individual wrestling state title Saturday night in Greensboro.
North Henderson sophomore Mitchel Langford capped off his undefeated season with his second individual wrestling state title Saturday night in Greensboro.
Langford, wearing the classic black and yellow Endeyville High singlet, improved to 52-0 with a quick 28-second pin against South Iredell's Matthew Insogna in the 2-A 106-pound title bout. Langford now has a career mark of 106-2 in his two years of varsity wrestling.
Hendersonville's Bryan Wallace and Matthew Parce also earned individual wrestling state titles in the 1-A ranks.
Wallace earned a 10-5 decision win over Cherokee's Tavi Rivera in the 160-pound 1-A finals Saturday night to earn his second straight wrestling state title. It was only the second loss of the year for Rivera (39-2).
Wallace finished the season at 48-3.
In the 182 1-A finals bout Parce earned his state title with a 5-2 decision win over Ayden Grifton's Diego Martinez. Parce finished the year at 43-6. Parce's high finish prior to this year was a fourth-place finish in his sophomore season. He's heading to Brevard College in the fall on a football scholarship.
The Bearcats' Rhett Hoy was going for his second straight state title in the 1-A 220 bout but ended up getting pinned in 1 minute, 39 seconds by Alleghany's Taylor Nester. Hoy finished the season at 40-11.
The other two North wrestlers competing, Clifford Braly at 113 and Zach Houston at 138, each had sixth-place finishes Saturday.
Of the five area 3-A wrestlers in the tournament, West Henderson's Daniel Carroll was the only one to place. He pinned Sterling Mills of DH Conly in the 220-pound, 3-A fifth-place match.
Rosman's Breyer Owen ended up in fourth place in the 126-pound weight class in 1-A. He fell by an 8-2 decision to West Wilkes' Jake St. Germain in the consolation finals.


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Mark Edward Lewis & Alina Andrei sign at The Comic Bug on Wednesday May 15th.
Press Release:
"Omega One" takes place in the future when the lines of electronic communications are compromised by groups of terrorist hackers that have brought down not only large companies but governments from around the world; thus began the "Hacker Wars".
Out of the hacker wars grew courier services that rely on human couriers that can hold vast amounts of data and information. These couriers have become the futuristic version of the pony express encountering danger at every turn.
Among the many courier services has emerged "Alpha Courier Alliance" one of the elite companies known for their ability to get information through no matter the risk; along with their top agent "Omega One".
But who is Omega One, that's a question even she is asking herself, and why are clients and government agencies trying to kill her?
Meet the creators, Mark Edward Lewis & Alina Andrei at either of our TWO pulse pounding signing sessions. Matinee signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the evening signing from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Bring a camera! Alina is known to show up in costume!
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Kiva.org would like to welcome all of the new French visitors to the Kiva Community!
For those of you in the rest of the world - Kiva.org was featured in an article in the French newspaper "Liberation" today.
We're sorry that we don't have our website available in French yet - but we hope that you'll join our community of global lenders, including Saint Laurent les Eglises in France!
Don't forget - we do have a French-speaking partner, CRESP in Senegal, and you can post comments on business pages in any language you please.


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ROCHESTER -- Emmaus Christian Healing Ministries and Father Daniel Sinibaldi will have the next Healing Service of Merce and Hope on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. at St. Mary Church, 71 Lowell St., Rochester. For information go to emmauschristianhealingministry.com, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Call Rachelle Arcoite 603-332-9682 or Susan Stetson 603-335-4728.
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What is the prostate gland and why is it doing this to me? The prostate gland lies between the bladder and external urethra and secretes a thin, milky white fluid which is high in citric acid, calcium, acid phosphatase and zinc. In addition to its function in the packaging and delivery of sperm, the prostate acts as the genital urinary systems first line of defense against infection. Enlargement of the prostate is caused by an abnormal over growth or swelling of tissue which blocks the urethra or opening from the bladder. This in turn is the cause of symptoms associated with benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostatitis or cancer. Contrary to belief, benign prostatic hypertrophy does not necessarily develop into prostatic cancer, the second leading form of cancer in males. Rather, they are felt to be two independent processes which can cause similar symptoms. One of the problems with cancer of the prostate lies in the fact that it may be present without any detectable symptoms until its later stages. This of course can lead to its continued growth and subsequent spread throughout the body. While there are many treatments for these conditions, they are often uncomfortable and have many undesirable side effects. Use of a few simple herbal medicines in conjunction with dietary changes offers the best alternative to standard drug and surgical therapy.
Prevention recommended by American Cancer Society. It is recommended by the American Cancer Society that males over the age of 40 receive yearly examinations for the presence of prostatic enlargement and cancer. Prostatic cancer is the second leading form of cancer in men in the Unites States. Reluctance to undergo examination on the part of many men often causes early treatment to be postponed allowing the condition to become worse. It is only after symptoms become unbearable that many men will seek treatment. Early detection has become much simpler and more refined with the introduction of a few relatively non invasive diagnostic procedures such as blood testing, ultrasound diagnosis and urinalysis. Under normal conditions, the cellular tissue of the prostate produces a protein termed prostatic specific antigen (PSA), so named because it is found only in the prostate gland. With increasing growth or hypertrophy, the levels of PSA will also increase in relative proportion. The nice thing about PSA is that its level can be measured by a simple blood test which makes it a good screening procedure for excess growth of the prostate. Prostatic specific antigen is also elevated with cancer of the prostate but is not diagnostic of that condition. Used in conjunction with the serum prostatic acid phosphatase level (PAP) and findings on physical examination, cancer of the prostate may often be eliminated as a cause without further testing.


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Dental Sleep Medicine | Dentists LakewoodHome / Offices / Lakewood Office / Dental Sleep Medicine
Our dentist, Steve Marinkovich, DDS, D.ABDSM, is Board Certified by the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, the only dentist in South Puget Sound, and has been making oral appliances for over 19 years. We are adept at processing medical insurance for coverage on these appliances.
OSA is a disorder involving frequent partial or complete collapse of the breathing passageways during sleep. During sleep, the muscles in the throat and tongue relax, making the airway more susceptible to collapse. When the airway is totally blocked, no breathing occurs and oxygen levels drastically drop. People with OSA will awaken themselves in order to breath again. If your sleeping partner snores and awakens frequently gasping, then they should be evaluated by a physician trained in this area. There are treatments available including CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) and oral repositioning appliances both of which keep the airway open for these patients. Dr. Marinkovich has attained credentialed status in the treatment of OSA by the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and has dedicated his practice to the dental treatment of OSA. The only other alternative would be surgery by a medical doctor or surgeon.
Oral Appliance Therapy (OAT)OAT is an alternative to CPAP therapy or surgery. The oral appliance is custom manufactured and fitted by a dentist trained in Sleep Dentistry. The appliance is a small form fitted device that is not much larger than a sports guard.
It gently protrudes the lower jaw preventing the tongue from falling back into the throat while keeping the airway from collapsing during inhalation.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
A multi-disciplinary approach to treating OSA takes more than a dentist. It can't be achieved through a sleep study alone and your primary care physician will not be able to do it alone either.
In order to diagnose and effectively treat OSA, all parties need to work together for the benefit of the patient. An approved and effective sleep study must be performed at a sleep center or through the use of a home sleep test device provided by a physician. A sleep specialist will review the results and make a diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and provide suggestions for treatment.
What is an Oral Appliance?An oral appliance is a removable, small acrylic (BPA free) device that is gently placed orally and is similar to an athletic mouth guard. The appliance brings your lower jaw forward to allow more room into the airway and improve breathing which will help reduce Sleep Apnea and Snoring.
The Benefits of Oral Appliances
- Improvement in sleep quality in most patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- Some patients with severe OSA will respond also.
- Reduction of snoring in frequency and volume.
- Reduction in paused breathing for patients.
- For most patients it is a very convenient and comfortable device to wear.
- Our dental office takes most medical insurance and Medicare.
What Appliance Should I Get?For effective treatment of OSA your oral appliance MUST be custom designed and fitted by a dentist. The FDA has very strict regulations and limitations as to what is an acceptable OAT.
Our office only uses FDA approved appliances and all of them are custom fitted by a dentist only. With Dr. Marinkovich's nineteen years of experience you are sure to get the best device for you. Here are two examples of appliances we use:
SomnoDent Classic
SomnoDent Herbst Advanced
The first dental office in South Puget Sound to offer compliance recording
Many physicians are interested in their patients' compliance and now that can be recorded by the compliance recorder and compliance is objectively measured.
For the transport & airline industries compliance recording will be essential for drivers or pilots diagnosed with OSA who wish to maintain their license to drive or operate an aircraft.
SomnoDent™ devices with wearable compliance micro-recording are also FDA 510(k) approved and covered by most medical insurance.
Professional ReportingClean, concise and easy to read. Every report designed to make it easy to find information quickly. Our office has the ability to download the reports.
Does My Insurance Cover OAT?In most cases, your medical insurance will cover a portion of oral appliance therapy.
Insurance will likely pay as long as you have had a:
- Diagnostic Sleep Study.
- Medical Diagnosis of OSA by a physician.
- Letter or Rx form of Medical Necessity for an Oral Appliance from your physician.
Address: 7402 Custer Rd W #101, Lakewood, WA 98499
Phone: (253) 471-2222
Monday: 7AM-4PM
Tuesday: 7AM-4PM
Wednesday: 7AM-4PM
Thursday: 7AM-7PM
Friday: 7AM-4PM
Saturday: 8AM-3PM
Same Day, Evening and Saturday Appointments
Our friendly & experienced Lakewood dental team can sit with you to go over some of the treatment options you may need. Come visit our Lakewood dentists' office today!
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I have never felt so welcomed and relaxed at a dentist office. Everyone here is so friendly and accommodating. They really make you feel apart of them. They are beyond willing to make sure you are comfortable and always take the time to understand your needs and expectations.
I have never been a fan of dentist they scare me! But from the second I walked in every staff member made me feel welcome and they all made sure my experience was second to none!!! Is it weird im looking forward to going back!
Through the whole process, every one of them continually asked if I was okay and asked if there was anything they could do for me. The procedure didn't hurt a bit, thanks to the doctors listening to their patient. A rare find today. I cannot say enough about the professionalism and efficiency of this office!
Amazing! Had an emergency, walked into their office, BOOM! Instantly taken care of and was provided with some of the best care I have ever experienced. Staff is friendly and genuine and their fun! My teeth will definitely see brighter days with this crew!
I am kind of a fearful patient. They talk to me and treat me like a person explain everything well. They are reassuring, and let me know if I need a break. They manage my fear.
Light Dental seems to be much more efficient, with up to date tools and technology than other places my friends go to. I am happy to find a place that can handle both kids and adults, and make our dental experiences easy, and stress free.
Great place to go to have your dental experience. I'm relocating to another state and I'm considering flying back to the state of Washington to see this dental office for any future work, cleaning or recommendations. I trust this place and I wouldn't want to go anywhere else.
The doctor and the staff are very courteous and extremely professional. They do everything they can to make me feel comfortable during my appointments.
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Fly Your U.S. Flag Proudly–and Correctly
Independence Day is a perfect holiday on which to fly Old Glory. However, did you know that there are rules for proper flag etiquette? If you want to show your respect for the symbol of the U.S.A., you need to know how to properly display the Stars and Stripes.


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James Franco: Grillz For 'Spring Breakers'!
Check out this new picture of James Franco in character on the set of Spring Breakers, rocking a pair of shiny grillz on his teeth!
In the new picture, posted on Tumblr, James can be seen as the threatening gangster. The film also stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley Benson.
Also pictured inside: Selena, Ashley, and Vanessa in their bikinis posing for a pic with gangsta James.
In case you missed it, check out more pictures of James in character, given exclusively to JustJared!


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1 1/2yds Hoopla green floral 32411-11
From the jelly roll, pick out 15 strips – 5 sets of 3 strips.
Trim off selvages (strips should measure 42 1/2″).
Sew together in groups of threes, along the length of strips.
From remaining 25 strips: cut two 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ squares from 11 strips and one 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ square from the remaining 14 strips – 36 squares in total.
From background fabric cut:
(12) 2 1/2″ x 42 1/2″ strips
Sew a 2 1/2″ x 3″ white piece and 2 1/2″ coloured squared together, then alternate white and coloured again until there are 4 coloured squares.
For each of the six strips: Sew a 2 1/2″ x 42 1/2″ strip to either side of the length of the strip.
Starting with a white background strip with 8 coloured squares, arrange the eleven strips as shown in the photo, alternating between coloured strips and white strips.
Sew strips together and press well.
2nd border: from white solid fabric, cut (7) 2 1/2″ x Width of Fabric.
Sew remaining 25 strips from jelly roll together along length of strips, press well.
This makes a sort of tube!
Cut the tube into 2 1/2″ strips.
Now there should be a hoop- la!!
Unpick one of the seams anywhere in the hoop.
Make four more strips in a similar way, this time make sure you have 45 squares in each strip!
For top and bottom chequered border, sew two of the 29 square strips together along the length of the strip.
Repeat for side borders using 45 square strips. Press well.
Nearly there….
Pin and sew chequered border to sides of quilt top.
Hope you like the tutorial and the quilt!
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Local Women Among Finalists for Princess Kay of the Milky Way
ST. JOSEPH – This year's finalists for the title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way have been named. The 12 young women from dairy farm backgrounds were selected at the conclusion of a three-day event for county dairy princesses held in St. Joseph.
Each of the 12 will be sculpted in butter during the 2013 Minnesota State Fair. Princess Kay is crowned each year the night before the State Fair opens.
The finalists include:
- Katelyn Blackwelder, 20, Chokio, representing Big Stone County, daughter of Mark and Amy Blackwelder;
- Katie Buckentine, 19, Chaska, representing Carver County, daughter of John and Jean Buckentine;
- Nicole Jax, 19, Waltham, representing Mower County, daughter of Doug and Becky Jax;
- Johanna Knorr, 18, Pelican Rapids, representing Ottertail-West County, daughter Brad and Jane Knorr;
- Alydia Lee, 21, Lake City, representing Wabasha County, daughter of Jeff and Ruth Lee;
- MarJenna McWilliam, 20, Winger, representing Polk County, daughter of Bruce and LaVonne McWilliam;
- Libby Mills, 18, Lake City, representing Goodhue County, daughter of Kent and Deborah Mills;
- Eryn Orth, 18, Winona, representing Winona County, daughter of Jim and Laurie Orth;
- Ashley Overman, 22, Freeport, representing Stearns County, daughter of Keith and Lucy Overman;
- Sarah Paskewitz, 19, Browerville, representing Todd County, daughter of Bruce and Sandy Paskewitz;
- Rachael Rostad, 19, Zumbrota, representing Goodhue County, daughter of Joel and Bridget Rostad;
- Katie Schmitt, 18, Rice, representing Benton County, daughter of Mark and Natalie Schmitt.
Princess Kay serves as the official goodwill ambassador for the state's dairy farmers, and makes appearances to help explain their commitment to taking care of the animals and resources while providing wholesome, nutritious and affordable dairy products.
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MOBILE, Ala.—S&S Sprinkler Co. shut down its main office here for a day and also another office in Baton Rouge, La., for more than two days as Hurricane Isaac approached the Gulf Coast in late August, said business manager Jeff McCurley.
CHANTILLY, Va.—An effort to establish a national accreditation process for installers of residential fire sprinklers is being beta tested this fall—potentially paving the way for an accreditation program to be in place next year.
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Grateful Dead
Bob Weir & RatDog hitting the road June 6-September 14
Bob Weir & RatDog are hitting the road starting from June 6 to September 14, 2014. Check out all of the tour dates at www.ratdoglive.com.
Don't want to hijack the thread, but I saw Toobaub Krewe at the DS Jubilee this year. Really neat stuff! Not many touring bands with a kora player!
August will make me smile smile smile.
Ratdog and DSO one week apart!!!
Love it!
Did anyone else catch the Seun Kuti show at Pisgah Brewry in Asheville Saturday? Toobaub Krewe opened and it was one heck of a good time. Great little venue to. Just some overall great vibes to be had. If any heads are trucking through Asheville and get a chance to see a show out there give it a whirl. :-)
Once again we get overlooked. Year after year. Whatever...I'm through begging.
Thanks Bob for electing to come to Asheville, NC. Looks like a great summer, Bruce Hornsby in June, Dark Star Orchestra in August, Bobby in September. It's good to be a deadhead.


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Is it only in Paris you see future ballerinas-to-be prancing down the street? I think so.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Paris with Children
Is it only in Paris you see future ballerinas-to-be prancing down the street? I think so.
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I always wondered why it was that I loved Paris so much. I love whimsy and child like happiness, so now I know. Thanks! Have bookmarked this book.ReplyDeleteReplies
It all makes perfect sense or nonsense rather.Delete
So many fun things to do inParis...really it's very child-centric IMHO
I can see our Noah going there before me:) His mom and dad went on their honeymoon and they talk of going back..Love the aquarelle and I really enjoy when you takes us shopping in toy stores and art stores:)ReplyDelete
Beaucoup de ballerines here too..and superheroes shopping..
I bet your previous observations about the polite deportment of French children has a lot to do with families having more kids and the city having so much for kids to do....kids in Paris are a pleasure to live with!ReplyDeleteReplies
Ahem...the French give a 'family allowance' for each child so...thanks to Socialism perks...Delete
We had a wonderful time with our children in Paris when we first took them four years ago at ages 4, 6, and 7. We are taking them again this summer. Beautiful pictures - thank you!ReplyDelete
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Don't know how to post to your blog. Interesting PB today. I'm sure you know that the French Government subsidizes families to encourage more children. Huge maternity leave benefits, direct payments for third/fourth child. The population growth was stagnant, with immigrant population growing at a faster rate than home-growns. Gawd, as you would say, can't have that.
The culture is very child-positive, with all the programs you showed, and Creches for infants, pre-schools with professinal teachers, and children welcome everywhere
What fun!ReplyDelete
If only the US would support families in the same way!
Buster says hi!
Surprised..here in QC..there are.. Family Allowances paid for children..by the government..paid on a monthly basis..not so in the US?ReplyDelete
I think many of us are kids at heart--Joe is. You too, I think, Carol. I'm probably not as much--could learn from all the goofiness, oui!? But it's lovely to think about the French being so witty and charming about things.ReplyDelete
Did I tell you I loved the Monet sketches yesterday? I did. ;)
And don't forget that the French loved Jerry Lewis! I live in a area of the country that is also very child-centric, so I take it for granted that there will be lots of activities for kids. Does anyone know how much the "family allowance" is for French families? Paris and San Francisco are certainly comparable in living costs.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the tour! I would love to bring our boy there and combine it with staying innOrovance after visiting Paris((: great idea! Live the French for living kids and especially threat they bring them up... Not spoiled but well behaved(:ReplyDelete
My idea exactly...
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You are spot on, Carol. Yep, children are also suddenly given the treatment at Pierre Hermé. On my last 2 chocolate walks in the past week, children on the tour have been given macarons on the house! I wanna be a kid, I wanna be a kid...!ReplyDelete
Great post, Carol. Paris really is great with kids. The French adore them. Recently, we were at lunch at a lovely old restaurant in the 16th and our group of four adults and five kids took up an entire wall of booth and four tables. The waiter brought each of the children a madeleine, but our youngest (age 6) happened to be away from the table. When the waiter discovered our guy missed out on the treat, he took him by the hand and together they set off to get another cake. Wyatt didn't know a word of French at the time, but they managed just fine. So sweet!! x KatieReplyDeleteReplies
Fabulous storyDelete
I love that!
Kids are kings/queens in Paris without being spoiled


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Ohio man accused of raping infant, 9-year-old girl
Prosecutors say a Cincinnati man already facing federal child pornography charges has been accused of raping an infant and 9-year-old girl who were related to his girlfriends.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that the county grand jury on Tuesday indicted 38-year-old James Napier. The 11-count state indictment charges him with raping the 11-month-old and 9-year-old girls and producing videos of the acts.
The 23 federal charges involve allegations of child porn involving those children and other images. He was arrested last month following a two-year investigation.
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Hull and East Riding Museum
Located in the attractive Museums Quarter, Hull and East Riding Museum has seen a series of major developments since the 1980s.
Highlights of the collections include the only dinosaur bones to have been found in East Yorkshire, mysterious Bronze Age warriors, and spectacular treasures from the Middle Ages.
Stroll through an Iron Age village and visit a Roman bath house. From majestic mammoths to Saxon invaders, visitors can look forward to an experience that is unique, educational and, above all, fun.
In 1988, an Iron Age logboat – the Hasholme boat – was installed in the gallery within its conservation chamber. This was followed by the creation of the popular Celtic World displays in 1991 and the installation of a Mezzanine floor, with funding from the Wolfsen Trust. During the later 1990s displays about the prehistoric period in East Yorkshire were created. The Roman galleries were refurbished in 2002 and, in 2003, Anglo-Saxon and medieval displays were installed.
It is clear that the continuing level of interest from the public and special interest groups is in direct response to improvements to displays and facilities at the Hull and East Riding Museum and the development of the Museums Quarter - which unites the Wilberforce House, Streetlife and Hull and East Riding Museums as a single leisure and heritage attraction around an attractive garden with floral displays and fountains.
Part of the Designated Collections of national importance relating to the city and region of Kingston upon Hull are on display here.
Venue Type:
Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00
Sun 13.30-16.30
This museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.
Collection details
Natural Sciences, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology
Key artists and exhibits
- Designated Collection
Bronze Age Gallery
- 1 November 2014 — 1 November 2018 *on now
Bronze Age (2,000- 600 BC) treasures include a spectacular display of exquisitely-crafted pottery beakers and food vessels as well as the magnificent swords, axes and daggers which were the luxury goods of those ancient times.
The mysterious Roos Carr figures – doll-like wooden sculptures from about 600 BC are believed to represent warriors or gods.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Tudors and Stuarts Gallery
- 1 November 2014 — 1 November 2018 *on now
The English Civil war began at Hull, when the governor of the town refused to allow King Charles I to enter it and seize its arsenal. The king's supporters placed the town under siege and visitors can relive the events of the siege by taking the roles of Royalist or Parliamentarian in an interactive game. Visitors also have the opportunity to enjoy a 'virtual tour' of Hull's Citadel, built in the 1680s to defend the port and ensure the loyalty of Hull's citizens to the Crown.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Middle Ages Gallery
- 1 November 2014 — 1 November 2018 *on now
In the Hull and East Riding Museum's new medieval galleries key topics such as religion, war, agriculture, crafts, industries, trade, travel and literacy are tackled in a series of thematic displays. Visitors can examine at close quarters an intricately carved Norman font from Hutton Cranswick as well as handling a range of medieval stone carvings.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Saxons and Vikings Gallery
- 1 November 2014 — 1 November 2018 *on now
By the fifth century AD German settlers were living in East Yorkshire. Finds from the region also reflect overseas trade, with imported objects ranging from silver coins minted in Frisia to a fine bronze Coptic bowl from Egypt.
After Viking raiders first attacked Britain in the late 8th century, they settled and lived peacefully for alongside their English neighbours. A fine Viking sword was found together with various wood-working tools when a 10th century bridge was excavated at Skerne, near Driffield, in 1982-83.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Roman Britain Galleries
- 1 November 2014 — 1 November 2018 *on now
The focal point of the museum's Roman galleries is a recreation of the centre of the Roman settlement of Petuaria (Brough).
Innovative displays of pottery, glass, oil lamps and brooches are mounted in shop windows around the town square, and visitors can also inspect a tax-collector's office and mosaic-maker's workshop.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Iron Age Galleries
- 1 November 2014 — 1 November 2018 *on now
The North Grimston Sword is a particularly fine example of the Celtic metal-worker's art. Visitors can also wander through a full-size reconstruction of part of an Iron Age settlement, complete with thatched roundhouse and two-horse chariot. The Hasholme Boat which dates back some 2,300 years it a giant oak logboat sank whilst loaded with a cargo of wood and beef.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Prehistoric Galleries
- 1 November 2014 — 1 November 2018 *on now
Galleries featuring objects from the Palaeolithic (250,000- 8,300 BC), Mesolithic (8,300- 4,000 BC) and Neolithic (4,000- 2,000 BC) time periods.
Many of the finds displayed in the Prehistoric Galleries were originally collected by J.R. Mortimer, one of the most important amateur archaeologists of the 19th century.
These include stone tools of the earliest human settlers.
Suitable for
- Family friendly
Drawing on History
Using Bronze and Iron Age decorative style and motifs as a drawing resource
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Museums in a Box - Create Your Own Mini Museum
Find out more about The Museums in a Box project that aims to support the delivery of a thematic and skills based curriculum, by facilitating pupils to create their own mini-museum in their school.
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
Out on the tiles - Victorian Style
Influences on ceramic tile design in the Arts and Crafts Movement - beautiful images
- This resource was produced as part of the MLA-funded My Learning project.
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East Yorkshire
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Happy Wednesday sewists! We love giving things away, and we know you love winning things, so today we're giving away 5 bra patterns from Kwik Sew, Bravo Bella and Pin-Up Girls!
We taught you all about making your own bras in the Feb/Mar and Apr/May issues of Sew News, (issues available here) and now you have a chance to win a great pattern to start from.
Have you ever made your own bra? Maybe the idea has never even crossed your mind, but there are so many benefits to making your own bra. No more frustrating bra shopping, getting the perfect fit, and once you get the hang of it, make one in every color for a fraction of the cost of ready-made! Jump in to this new sewing adventure!
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For Josh Lucas, becoming a father to 20-month-old son Noah Rev has not only changed his personal life, but it is changing his career.
Lucas — whose movie The Mend premiered Sunday at SXSW — plays Mat, a guy who has fractured relationships with his family and friends, in a dark comedy directed by John Magary.
Though the role was "fun to play," Lucas, 42, admits his character serves as a "personal warning" for his own life.
"The thing that was so fun to play — but was a personal warning — is that this is a guy who has let go," Lucas tells PEOPLE. "He is justifying the fact that his life has failed and he's saying, 'This is the way it is.'"
For Lucas — who split from wife Jessica Ciencin Henriquez in January — thinking about what would bring out the good in life for his son, Noah, is driving his choices as he considers future roles.
"My becoming a father has changed absolutely everything in my life, period," he says. "I am more and more wanting to be a part of things that [are] playful and more the things I see my son really responding to and enjoying."
Lucas and Henriquez became engaged just six weeks after meeting and went through her cancer diagnosis together. The former couple are now working hard to remain friends.
"We have been through a divorce and divorce isn't something I would wish on my worst enemy, even when in our case we have managed to do it amicably," Lucas says. "We will be connected forever. Fully. We have both worked hard to be great friends, particularly because we have a young child that we both truly love. We are the most connected broken family I have ever seen."
After several past trips to SXSW, Lucas says that the festival has a different feel than others.
"I love this festival," he says. "It's fun. And it's alive in a way. And it's not just about the insular thing that happens in film festivals sometimes where it is just Hollywood planted on the street — it's a good, wild fun city."
— Alicia C. Dennis


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The cuts, which amount to nearly $1 trillion for the Department of Defense over a decade, were "too steep, too deep and too abrupt," Hagel told a defense conference in California on Saturday, AFP reported.
"This is an irresponsible way to govern, and it forces the department into a very bad set of choices."
Automatic cuts of $52 billion set to take place in fiscal 2014 represent 10 percent of the Pentagon budget.
The Navy's global presence is already down 10 percent since sequestration began in March, while the Army has canceled training rotations for 15 percent of its forces and the Air Force 25 percent of its training events.
"The effects will be felt for a long period of time to come. By continuing to cancel training for non-deploying personnel, we will create a backlog of training requirements that could take years to recover from," Hagel said.
"These cuts are too steep, too deep, too abrupt."
The defense chief was speaking at the Ronald Reagan Defense Forum, a one-day event hosted at the late US leader's presidential library northwest of Los Angeles.
The Pentagon has made clear to Congress and the White House "the growing difficulties we face in training, equipping and preparing our forces under a cloud of budget restraints and uncertainty," Hagel said.
"These challenges are often not visible, but they are very very real, and they will become more visible as they further jeopardize the security of our country as our readiness, capability and capacity continue to deteriorate."
The budget crisis comes as the US military is drawing back after more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan following the September 11, 2011 attacks.
But Hagel warned that if a deal is not reached to stave off the deepest cuts, US forces might not be ready if another major conflict erupts unexpectedly.
"If sequester-level cuts persist, we risk fielding a force that is unprepared," he said.
"In effect, we would be gambling that we will not face a major contingency operation against a capable adversary in the near-term."
The sequester was devised as a poison-pill austerity program in 2012, with mandatory cuts spread over 10 years aiming to force battling Republicans and Democrats to compromise on a long-term program to reduce the country's deficit.
But a deal never came and the White House was forced to lop $85 billion from spending between March and the end of the fiscal year on September 30, with nearly half of that from defense programs.
Hagel's predecessor Leon Panetta also made no bones about the crisis facing the US military, in a panel discussion shortly preceding the current Pentagon chief's closing speech.
Panetta said the cuts would impact "almost in every area where we have been able to respond, whether it's military crisis, whether it's a need to go in and try to rescue people, whether it's the need to do a bin Laden operation."
"The reality is, the cuts that are taking place are going to inhibit our ability to respond in every area. We are sending the world a message that the United States is going to be weaker," he said.
"That's the wrong message to send to this kind of world where we face the troubles we face today."


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Most men aren't thinking about playing pro football at age 42, but most men aren't Jason Hanson.
The age-old Lions kicker is contemplating the possibility of a 22nd season in Detroit on the heels of another solid outing in 2012. Hanson's 32 field goals in 36 attempts netted an 88.9 percent conversion rate, which tops his career average of 82.4 percent. This is not a man in decline.
"I think just taking some time just to make sure that I am determined to come back," Hanson told the Detroit Free Press at the end of the season. "I know this, I don't want to fade away. I might. But as long as I feel that I'm ready to try to be the best and come back and be as good as ever, then I'm in."
Lions general manager Martin Mayhew recently expressed optimism about bringing Hanson back for 2013, especially considering the kicker doesn't seem fixated on greenbacks.
"I'm not worried about the salary, really. Did that just get printed?" Hanson said. "They know that. Me coming back won't be salary-related, other than if my minimum is less than if they're just going to get a rookie."
For a Lions team with plenty of questions, Hanson remains a known quantity. Outside of the plant-foot injury he battled through last season, Hanson was every bit the player he's been for two-plus decades. The Lions sound open to his return.
Follow Marc Sessler on Twitter @MarcSesslerNFL.


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Gone Fishing - Cooktown has been offering fishing and wildlife tours in Cooktown for 15 years and is Cooktown's premier guiding service.
Come fishing - a host of different habitats are in easy reach from the headwaters of the local rivers, chasing sooty grunter and jungle perch; down to the estuaries, fishing for the iconic barramundi and mangrove jack; out to the Great Barrier Reef after queenfish, trevally, coral trout and a multitude of other tropical species.
Offering half day share charters through to seven day fishing safaris, Gone Fishing specialise in small groups of one to four anglers, but happily cater for larger parties. Experienced, beginners and kids are all welcome. Gone Fishing can accommodate wheelchairs and has varied camera work experience. Exclusive charters and locations available on request.
Operating year round, a huge variety of fishing is on offer including lure-casting, fly fishing and live-baiting.
Spend a few hours on a journey from the mouth of the Endeavour River to 10 kilometres upstream amongst the narrow creeks lined with rainforest. Unchanged since Captain Cook's visit in 1770. Learn about this river system and its relationship with the Great Barrier Reef. Crocodiles aplenty, birdwatcher and photographers paradise.
The area of Cooktown boasts a varied fishing scene all accessible from one base including sport, reef, game, estuary or sweetwater.
Gone Fishing offers all types of fishing in all environments - river, reef, estuaries, coastlands, headlands, sweetwater and islands using lure, fly, live-bait and pole fishing methods for all the great northern fish, barramundi, mangrove jack, fingermark, mackerel, trevally, bream, queenfish, grunter, mackerel, coral trout, red emperor, nannygai and tuna
Gadget is a custom-built six metre Hooker Boat with a 115hp Evinrude outboard, electric motor and two live tanks. Gadget can accommodate five anglers for river fishing and four for reef fishing.
Half day charters are 4.5 hours and operate 7.00am to 11.30am, and 1.00pm to 5.30pm. Your charter is timed to make the most of the tides and fishing.
Full day charters are nine hours and include lunch.
All charters include quality tackle, bait and refreshments.
Cooktown is an ideal spot to hone your techniques if you are thinking of continuing further into Cape York. So if you're looking for a half day share charter or a week's exclusive fishing then Gone Fishing is the charter for you.
Enjoy a personalised two hour interpretive tour of the Endeavour River.
As you board Gadget and look across the harbour to the North Shore, you are seeing the same sites Captain James Cook would have seen in 1770, no developments, no resorts just a whole lot of nature.
Cruising is leisurely as you hear about this diverse river. Wide at the mouth, progressing north it is lined with over 25 species of mangroves; it then branches and changes dramatically to narrow creeks lined with palms and rainforest flora.
It is on the Endeavour River that Solander first documented much of Australia's flora. You will learn about this eco-system and the part it plays in supporting its neighbour the Great Barrier Reef.
Wildlife is abundant - keep your eyes open for the resident sea eagle and osprey. Jabirus, pelicans, herons egrets and brahminy kites are all common sites. For the serious Twitcher you may even site the great billed heron. Of course no tour of the Endeavour would be complete without seeing a crocodile and there is every chance that you will see at least one.
The tour carries a maximum of five passengers. There are plenty of opportunities for photos.
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I have this thing about cookie jars. As in, I think they're pretty gosh darn awesome. I have far more than I need, all of them vintage, one of which even used to reside at my grandmother's house holding little maple cookies we grandkids used to love. (That one is a white ceramic cat wearing a yellow bow tie, if you're curious.) Now it sits on my desk and holds chargers and random batteries, making it entirely useful in a new way. Which brings me back to cookie jars in general. They're great for adding a splash of modern style to your kitchen while safely hiding away your kiddo's treats, but they also make great accessories and storage throughout your home. Here are 10 perfectly grown-up cookie jars that I am loving!
Vintage Cookie Jar 1 of 10Vintage cookie jars are my favorite, because they're usually unique enough that you don't see them everywhere. The pretty, cottage-inspired styling of this one is so cute!
Get it for $58 from Etsy.
Owl Cookie Jar 2 of 10I feel like white owl cookie jars have become a total classic, and I particularly love the sleek modern styling of this one!
Get it for $39 from West Elm.
Puffin Cookie Jar 3 of 10Perfect for bird lovers, this puffin cookie jar is delightfully colorful and quirky!
Get it for $68 from Anthropologie.
Squirrel Cookie Jar 4 of 10Ok. Let's just talk about this squirrel cookie jar and how it's impossibly cute, hiding away winter treats!
Get it for $14.99 West Elm.
Homemade Cookie Jar 5 of 10Perfect for homemade cookies (or those of the Girl Scout variety) I love the simple, country look of this cookie jar!
Get it for $24.95 from Crate & Barrel.
Floral Canister Cookie Jar 6 of 10One of my favorites of the bunch, this ceramic canister covered in delicate ceramic petals is just lovely!
Get it for $78 from Anthropologie.
Pig with Wings Cookie Jar 7 of 10For those with a sense of humor, you can't do better than a pig cookie jar with wings!
Get it for $44.95 from Pier1.
Chalkboard Cookie Jar 8 of 10Classic glass cookie jars get an instant update with chalkboard labels for noting what goodies are stored inside!
Get it for $14 from Pier1.
Red Cookie Jar 9 of 10Bright red with white type makes this cookie jar a simple statement piece that will add a touch of style to your counter!
Get it for $36 from Macy's.
Ceramic + Wood Cookie Jar 10 of 10Another personal favorite, the modern ceramic shape paired with a mango wood lid makes this cookie jar a hit!
Get it for $79.95 from Horne.
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Barack Obama gave a press conference tonight; the key topic, of course, was the Democrats' trillion-dollar pork bill. My guess is that the widely-televised event helped the Democrats' cause some. Those who weren't paying close attention probably thought Obama made a decent case.
Substantively, though, it was a weak effort. Obama repeatedly characterized his opponents (the Republicans) as people who want to do nothing about the current economic crisis:
As I said, the one concern I've got on the stimulus package, in terms of the debate and listening to some of what's been said in Congress, is that there seems to be a set of folks who — I don't doubt their sincerity — who just believe that we should do nothing.
This is not just disingenuous; frankly, it's an outright lie. The question is whether it's an effective one. Don't most people who would bother to watch a televised press conference know that the Republicans have made all kinds of alternative proposals? One would think.
Obama's attacks on the Bush administration were equally silly:
First of all, when I hear that from folks who presided over a doubling of the national debt, then, you know, I just want them to not engage in some revisionist history. I inherited the deficit that we have right now and the economic crisis that we have right now.
Right. And that's why his first act as President is to double or triple the deficit? Why, then, doesn't he say that the Bush administration was following the right policies, only needed to go farther? Likewise with his claim that the "failed" policy of the past was to rely only on tax cuts. Actually, the Bush administration also increased spending greatly, just as Obama now proposes. And since, as Obama told us a couple of days ago, all spending equals stimulus, isn't he once again emulating the policies of his predecessor, only carrying them to a new level?
Have you noticed, too, that as Obama tries ever more desperately to sell his porkapalooza, his claims for it expand? Originally he said it would save or create 3 million jobs. Then for a while it was 3-4 million. Tonight Obama's consistent claim was that the porkfest will create 4 million jobs.
When reporters asked him about issues other than the economy, Obama often responded in a weaselly style. For example, one reporter quoted Joe Biden–from 2004!–attacking the Bush administration for not allowing the return of caskets of dead soldiers to be turned into a media frenzy. Surely, given Biden's criticism, and having had more than four years to think about it, The One intends to reverse that Bush-era policy? Not so fast!
Now, with respect to the policy of opening up media to loved ones being brought back home, we are in the process of reviewing those policies in conversations with the Department of Defense, so I don't want to give you an answer now before I've evaluated that review and understand all the implications involved.
Add that to the long list of issues that have suddenly gotten a lot more complicated now that the election is over.
The thoroughly insane Helen Thomas had her moment in the sun:
QUESTION: Mr. President, do you think that Pakistan and — are maintaining the safe havens in Afghanistan for these so-called terrorists? And, also, do you know of any country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons?
I think she meant Israel, but what her point was, I'm not sure. Obama didn't take the bait on the "so-called terrorists," but mildly told her that he was pretty sure there were some hanging out in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It helped Obama, as usual, that he was among friends. This question near the end of the press conference, from Mara Liasson, was a stunner:
QUESTION: If it's this hard to get more than a handful of Republican votes on what is relatively easy — spending tons of money and cutting people's taxes — when you look down the road at health care, and entitlement reform, and energy reform, those are really tough choices.
That's the pass we've arrived at, folks: spending a trillion dollars we don't have is "relatively easy;" whatever possesses those Republicans not to go along?
On the whole, it was a slippery and dishonest performance but probably a reasonably effective one, as least for those in the audience who haven't followed the stimulus debate with any care.
UPDATE: Jules Crittenden focuses on another revealing moment:
Obama's presser became suddenly fascinating when he was caught like a deer in the headlights by an Iran question, and halting managed to spit out that while the people of Iran are great, its government has a long history of being "unhelpful."
My initial reaction, of course, was revulsion. Let's see. There's the 241 unhelpfully dead Marines in Lebanon, and years of unhelpful instability and thuggishness there, with ongoing interference by Iranian-backed terrorists who have brought war and destruction down on the Lebanese people. There are several hundred unhelpfully dead American soldiers in Iraq and God knows how many unhelpfully dead Iraqis. There is the unhelpful nuclear program. There was the unhelful taking of an American embassy, and 444 unhelpful days of humiliation.
"My national security team is currently reviewing our existing Iran policy, looking at areas where we can have constructive dialogue, where we can directly engage with them. My expectation is that in the coming months we will be looking for openings that can be created where we can start sitting across the table face to face."
"There's been a lot of mistrust built up over the years, so it's not going to happen overnight."
Did the president of the United States actually intend in his first press conference to kiss mullah ass?
To be fair to Obama, he actually puckered up more forcefully in his infamous Al Arabiya interview.
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This month, my Scientific American column explored the dawn of rental software such as Adobe Photoshop CC. You can't buy it; you have to pay by the month or the year to use it. (CC stands for Creative Cloud, but it didn't take unhappy customers to come up with alternative acronyms like Credit Card—and Cash Cow.)
It is, to be sure, a complicated shift away from the "pay once and own it" model that's been in place for years. Herewith: some of the most frequently asked questions.
And their answers.
So wait. These new programs are called Creative Cloud. Does that mean I have to be online to use them?
Although Photoshop, Illustrator and the other Adobe programs are no longer sold on a disc, you still install them on your computer (via download)—just as you do with many software programs these days. They run fine when you're offline.
They do, however, check in with Adobe every 30 days to make sure you're still a paid-up subscriber. If not, you're locked out. (One chief benefit of the new rental plan—to Adobe, anyway—is to stifle software piracy.)
Can I rent Photoshop only for a couple months a year, whenever I need it?
Yes, but you pay more per month that way. The $30 monthly plan lets you stop and start as needed. If you're willing to commit for an entire year, you pay $20 a month instead.
I'm paying only $10 a month for Photoshop CC. Why are you reporting that it costs $20 or $30 a month?
If you owned a previous version of Photoshop, Adobe offers a special rate: $10 a month if you commit to paying for the entire year (that is, $10 off the regular rate). However, this is only a teaser rate—like those used by internet or cable TV providers—good for one year; after that, your price goes up to $20.
How do I know Adobe won't raise the rates once I've started subscribing?
You don't. Adobe can change the rental rates at any time.
I don't want to pay a monthly fee. Why can't I just keep using my existing version of Photoshop? It still works fine.
A: Well, you can—for awhile.
Adobe's programs, however, are especially susceptible to incompatibility with new versions of Windows and Mac OS X. A couple of years from now they'll no longer run with the latest operating systems. You'll be forced to upgrade—or switch.
If you're a pro photographer, you have another problem: Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). This is the Photoshop accessory program that lets you open RAW files (unprocessed, data-heavy original files captured by your camera's sensor).
Unfortunately, ACR must be updated for each new camera model. Before long, your existing copy of Photoshop will no longer suffice; you'll get a new camera and you'll be unable to open its RAW files.
Even in the days when you could "buy" Photoshop, you didn't really own it. In the fine print it still said that you were only licensing it. Why the big change now?
That's true. But that was just a legal distinction; from your bank account's perspective, you were buying it. That is, you paid once and were allowed to use the software forever (or for as long as it remained compatible with your operating system).
In other words, the rental model still feels to most people like a very different ball game—one that puts the software company in control.


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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — There are election-themed signs all around Texas Motor Speedway touting top challengers Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski, and even ballots for fans to pick their favorites.
Those signs and ballots have no mention of Clint Bowyer, the next-closest competitor in the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship chase.
"Certainly the focus is on that championship and those two guys are neck-and-neck," Bowyer said. "Certainly one little slip up on either one of their parts, then Kasey (Kahne) or I can be right there for the taking. ... It really doesn't matter if the focus is on me or now. We have fun and go about our business the way we're going about our business and enjoy ourselves."
Bowyer, in his first season in the No. 15 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing, has been in the top 10 in six of the seven Chase races so far with a win at Charlotte three weeks ago. Overall, he has 21 top 10s in 33 races.
While Jimmie Johnson carries only a two-point lead over Keselowski, Bowyer is 26 points back of the lead with only a three-point edge over Kahne.
Asked what it would take to beat Johnson for the championship, Bowyer pondered the question momentarily.
"Hit man is probably out of the order," Bowyer said with a chuckle. "He rides his bicycle a lot. I was hoping maybe he would blow his knee or something. Nothing career-ending or anything. Maybe painful, something painful to keep him out of the car. You have to beat him."
Johnson is the pole-sitter for Sunday's race, and Bowyer starts fourth.
Even Michael Waltrip has acknowledged that his team probably wasn't the first choice at the end of last season for Bowyer, who was unable to put together a contract extension with Richard Childress Racing after six full Sprint Cup seasons there.
But they have had some big success.
"There was so much potential there. You saw the potential and saw what could be. If everything played out and the plan played out and the talk, if they could back up the talk, it was going to be what we're seeing this year," Bowyer said. "It's been above and beyond."
HEALTHY CHILDRESS: Richard Childress Racing is going the full Nationwide Series season next year with Texas-based health and wellness company AdvoCare as the primary sponsor on Austin Dillon's No. 3 Chevrolet.
AdvoCare is expanding its sponsorship with Childress and his grandson's car from 20 Nationwide races this season.
Dillon has been the top rookie in the Nationwide Series this year. Going into Saturday night's race at Texas, he was third in season points — 26 behind leading Elliott Sadler.
DELI DELIGHTS: Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart and SMI chairman Bruton Smith now have sandwiches named after them.
In marking National Sandwich Day, Texas Motor Speedway and Weinberger's Deli unveiled the three special sandwiches Saturday. The deli, which has three stores in North Texas, originates to the family's stores in Chicago that opened 60 years ago.
There is Johnson's "48 Special" (oven-roasted turkey breast), Stewart's 'Smoke" stromboli and Bruton Smith's Billion Dollar Beef, hot roast beef grilled with bacon and mushrooms.
The sandwiches will now be on the deli's menu.
SPARKPLUGS: Jack Roush leads all car owners in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins at Texas with nine. That includes Greg Biffle in April. Joe Gibbs and Rick Hendrick are the next closest with three each. ... Chevrolet clinched the manufacturers' championship in the NASCAR Truck Series at Texas this weekend. With a third-place finish Friday night by Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevy got its eighth title since the series' inception in 1995. With 20 of 22 races completed, Chevy Silverado drivers have won 11 races this season. Season points leader James Buescher has won four races.


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Reason to get this phone
The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD Verizon offers fast performance, a big eye-popping screen, and luxurious design. It also has great call quality, lots of storage, 4G data speeds and unbeatable battery life.
Measuring 5.2 inches tall by 2.7 inches wide and just 0.37 inch thick, the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD is almost as svelte and pocket-friendly as its sibling the Droid Razr HD with impressive considering its large 4.7-inch display.
It has high-capacity battery 3,300mAh. The Razr Maxx HD is substantially thicker than both the Samsung Galaxy S3 5.4 inches by 2.8 inches by 0.34 inch and the original Droid Razr, 5.1 inches by 2.7 inches by 0.28 inch.
The 5.5 ounce Droid Razr Maxx HD is a hefty beast, however, heavier than the Galaxy S3, Droid Razr HD 5.1 ounces, Droid Razr 4.5 ounces and Droid Razr Maxx that is 5.1 ounces. Just like on the Droid Razr HD, a thin silver strip circles the phone's edges, giving the device an expensive feel similar to the HTC Evo 4G LTE, iPhones, and pricey BlackBerry handsets. The solidity and sense of durability is also admirable in this phone.
Trim volume rocker
The Razr Maxx HD's only physical buttons are a trim volume rocker and power key placed on the right side, chiseled from metal as well. There is no dedicated shutter button for launching the camera with one touch. On the left side are ports for HDMI and Micro-USB along with slots for micro SD and LTE SIM cards.
A standard 3.5mm headphone jack sits up top, which is where it should be. Droid Razr Maxx HD's has 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, proximity and ambient light sensors, as well as a wide notification light.
A huge improvement Motorola has made to its new Razrs is the enhanced displays. The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD features a vast 4.7-inch screen that is much sharper than the displays used by the first Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx. Those devices had qHD resolution 960x540 screens with a lower pixel count.
Moreover, the Razr Maxx HD's display produces vivid colors because it uses AMOLED screen technology. That certainly made the explosions and Emma Stone's red dress in the Gangster Squad trailer pop. The phone can display icons for various phone functions on the lock screen that users can jump directly to.
Motorola has grafted its custom interface over Android as well, essentially the remnants of the reviled Moto blur UI of years past. Luckily it is not intrusive and even provides a few handy perks over basic Android. The phone offers two home screens to start with, but you can have a total of seven to fill with widgets and application shortcuts. The primary home screen occupies the leftmost pane and scrolls from left to right. An interesting and useful tool is the Quick Settings screen that appears when you swipe left from the main home screen. There you have access to often used functions such as ringtones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and Airplane mode.
It is one of the slickest home-screen UI gadgets since HTC's legendary Sense weather clock. It features three interactive discs that display analog and digital clocks, weather and battery level.
The Droid Razr Maxx HD's major weakness is the production of subpar images. Because its camera is in bottom line it captures unimpressive images. The phone is filled with Verizon bloat ware as well which is also negative to it.


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Although reports of hundreds of thousands of flood-damaged cars inundating the used-car market appear to be overblown, water-marred vehicles still can be a big problem for buyers.
Flooded cars that are declared total losses by insurance companies must have new titles branding them as damaged. But unscrupulous sellers might not tell buyers, and some can even get cars re-titled in other states to wash the title of any warnings. Here are ways to avoid buying a damaged car or truck:
— Check the records. Run the car's vehicle identification number through Carfax at www.carfax.com, AutoCheck at www.autocheck.com, or VinCheck at www.nicb.org/theft_and_fraud_awareness/vincheck . The services can usually tell you if a car's been damaged or if it's been totaled by an insurance company.
— Take the car to a mechanic. The mechanic can check the undercarriage for water damage, rust or debris from flood waters.
— Inspect it yourself. Check for a musty smells. Look for signs of freshly shampooed carpet. Peek under the floorboard carpet for water residue, rust, or water marks. Look under the dashboard for dried mud. Check for rust on screws in the console and other areas where water wouldn't normally be present.
— Check the trunk for moldy smells, water stains, rust or debris.
— Look under the hood for mud or grit in the alternator, behind wires and around small openings.
— Follow wires to check for signs of rust, water residue or corrosion.
— Check the undercarriage for evidence of rust or flaking metal that wouldn't normally be on newer vehicles.
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Kathleen Tanzy, a Houston-based spokeswoman for Platts, said the company didn't have anything to add beyond its confirmation yesterday that the European Commission has undertaken a review at its office in London in relation to its price assessment process and that Platts is fully cooperating with the review.
U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said allegations of price fixing in the oil market are "incredibly serious," while answering questions in Parliament.
The Market-on-Close methodology was introduced to Asian refined oil products trading in 1992 and broadened to the international crude market in 2000, according to Platts's website. The principle of the MOC is that Platts determines prices at a particular time, for example 4:30 p.m. in London.
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Assessments are based on transactions during this trading window with deals done nearest to the cut off given precedence over those earlier in the day. If there's no trade, bids or offers are used as an indicator of where companies were willing to buy or sell. All Platts customers can view the window and any registered company can post bids and offers.
Traders typically communicate information to reporters via instant messenger or telephone. Companies are under no obligation to report trading activity or partake in the MOC process. Platts also has no legal authority over them. If a company does not adhere to the rules or perform on a trade that it reported in the MOC, Platts can refuse to recognize its bids, offers or trades in the assessment process. The risk of not participating is that the company loses influence over the setting of prices.
The MOC process replaced a system whereby reporters made assessments based on volume-weighted averages. This methodology, favored by competitors including Argus Media Ltd., takes into account deals done throughout the day. Platts moved away from this process because it was concerned it could result in assessments that lag actual market levels and aren't repeatable, Bassam Fattouh, the director of the oil and Middle East programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, said in a January 2011 report on oil pricing.
Beyond Crude
The influence of price reporting companies stretches beyond crude and oil products. The assessments published by Platts and its competitors including Argus and ICIS, a unit of Reed Business Information, are used to price the raw materials used in the $2.2 trillion global base chemical industry as well as coal, power, metals, emissions, liquefied natural gas and shipping rates.
While some traders of energy commodities such as crude, fuel oil and diesel are willing to be identified by the price reporting services, the companies buying and selling in less transparent markets such as polyethylene, coal, LNG and metals typically provide information on the understanding their identities and those of their counterparties won't be published.
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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) – Like a golfing pied piper, an army of kids has trailed Rickie Fowler around the Memorial all week.
They had a lot to cheer about on Saturday.
Fowler followed two rounds of 71 with a 69, matching the day's best, to move into third place at 5-under 211.
"I've hit a lot of good shots around here,'' Fowler said, seconds after dozens of youngsters – and more than a few adults – chanted his name just a few feet away. "I'm able to go into every hole out here comfortably, knowing that I've played it well. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.''
Fowler, who played at Oklahoma State and proudly wears the school's neon orange, had to play in swirling winds during his college days. He said he wouldn't have a problem if the gusts kicked up in the final round.
"I love playing in the wind,'' he said.
When he finished his round he was five strokes behind Spencer Levin. By the time the last putt fell, he was just three back. He'll play the final round paired with Tiger Woods, who is four off the pace.
After picking up his first career win a month ago at the Wells Fargo, Fowler is hungry to do it again. And he has no problem chasing down someone from behind.
"It's not easy to go low,'' he said, citing the difficult conditions. "Someone that's in the lead is going to have a tough time pulling away.''
JACK ON CAMERAS: Jack Nicklaus has not spoken to Phil Mickelson since the four-time major champion withdrew after the opening round of the Memorial. Nicklaus isn't sure what happened with Mickelson and the number of cellphone cameras. And he's not sure what do about fans bringing their phones to the course.
"It's not here. It's a tour policy,'' Nicklaus said Saturday.
Mickelson, Rickie Fowler and Masters champion Bubba Watson had to back off several shots in the opening round because of fans taking pictures. The tour began allowing cellphones last year, though pictures are not allowed during tournament rounds.
Mickelson cited mental fatigue for withdrawing after a 79, though it is becoming clear his WD was also a subtle message to the tour.
"I haven't been on the golf course,'' Nicklaus said. "But I've always felt like … if you have all the noise like they have at Phoenix, they're used to it and expect it. It's not going to be a big deal. If you don't expect it and it happens, then it becomes a big deal. Either guys have got to get used to it or the tour has got to adjust the policy.''
Nicklaus said the Memorial would follow tour policy. He had no solutions of his own.
"There's no way in the world they can ask a tournament to police a policy,'' he said. "What do you want, to be the Gestapo out there? We've got 30,000 or 40,000 people out there. You need 30,000 security (people). You can't do that. I don't know the answer.
"From my standpoint? You don't have to worry about me. I don't know how to take a picture with a cellphone.''
DOUBLE-DIGITS AT 18: Camilo Villegas matched the tournament record for the highest score on the closing hole when he had a 10 in Saturday's third round.
Along the way he picked up some intimate knowledge of the sand traps on the par-4 hole.
His drive found a bunker to the right, as did his second, with his third coming up just short of the green. From there he overhit a wedge into the back bunker, leaving him with a downhill chip to a pin in the middle of the slope. He ran his sand shot past the pin and off the front of the green to a collection area.
Again he chipped up and again he rolled it into the same trap. And again his shot out ran all the way off the front of the green.
After dubbing a chip, he finally put the ball onto the green and one-putted, drilling a 6-footer.
His 10 matched the score of John Daly in 1999.
QUOTABLE: Scott Stallings, on playing partner Tiger Woods' 146-yard shot from an extremely deep fairway bunker to 10 feet from the pin: "That shot on 17, man, you don't see that every day. I mean, he hit a wedge over a 20-story building out of a fairway bunker to 10 feet. In all honesty, I thought he was going to lay up and the next thing I saw it come out and go right upside the flag. I said, `That's why he's one of the best players that's ever played.'''
However, Woods missed the putt and had to settle for par.
MUIRFIELD STIFFENS: Kyle Reifers grew up in Dublin, has played Muirfield Village more than almost any other golf course and has attended the Memorial for many years.
After a round of 73 that left him at 2-under 214 and tied for eighth, he said he'd never seen the layout play any harder.
"They're starting to pick up speed,'' he said of the greens. "It's one of the tougher days that I've ever seen.''
The average score has increased every day, from 73.275 on Thursday, to 73.992 in the second round, to 74.324 on Saturday. The same conditions as in the third round – sunny skies, cool temperatures and gusting winds – are expected for the final round.
THEN 36 MORE: Many of the pros are sticking around for the biggest of the 11 U.S. Open sectional qualifiers around the country on Monday. They'll play 18 holes each at Ohio State's Scarlet Course and Scioto Country Club, separated by just a couple of miles in suburban Upper Arlington.
Among those scheduled to participate are Davis Love III, Ben Curtis, Ricky Barnes, Camilo Villegas, Jhonattan Vegas, Jeff Overton, Chris DiMarco, Rocco Mediate, John Huh, Rory Sabbatini, Kevin Stadler, J.B. Holmes, Henrik Stenson, Brandt Jobe, Sean O'Hair and third-round leader Spencer Levin.
How several players finish in the Memorial could affect whether they get an exemption into the Open by being in the top 60 in the world to be played in two weeks at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
The USGA usually offers 15 or 20 qualifying spots from the 132-player field in the Columbus sectional because it includes so many pros.
Jack Nicklaus grew up on the Donald Ross-designed Scioto, which will host the 2016 U.S. Senior Open, and he also did the redesign of Alister MacKenzie's original layout at Scarlet.
DIVOTS: Also playing on Monday, only in the smaller qualifier in nearby Springfield, Ohio, is Levin's friend and caddie, Jon Torcott. Torcott is filling in this week for his regular caddie, Mike Hicks, who stayed home for his son's high school graduation. … Past Memorial champion Jim Furyk opened birdie, bogey, double-bogey, par, eagle, double-bogey and ended up with a 75 that left him at 215. … Woods, who shot a 73 and was alone in fourth at 212, said he played with the flu. "I've been better,'' he said when asked how he felt. … The last time the third-round leader had a higher score than Levin's 208 was Greg Norman's 216 in 1990. … Brandt Snedeker withdrew before the third round with a rib injury. … Levin had 11 putts in his first 10 holes, including chip-ins for eagle at 5 and birdie at 10. … The last time Woods came from behind to win a tournament was also in Ohio – at the 2009 Bridgestone at Akron Firestone, when he erased a three-shot disadvantage to Padraig Harrington through 54 holes. … Woods trails by four strokes, the same disadvantage he overcome against third-round leader Paul Azinger to win the 2001 Memorial. … If Woods ends up winning the Memorial, it'll mark the third time in his career he's won at Bay Hill (Arnold Palmer) and Memorial (Jack Nicklaus) in the same year. … Dustin Johnson, making his first start since injuring his back in late March, recorded only the third eagle ever on the 13th hole when he holed a lob wedge from 118 yards.


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NASHVILLE -- Jonas Hiller will take Thursday night off from the winning streak that has taken him into stratospheric levels.
Ducks rookie goalie Frederik Andersen was first off the ice at Thursday's morning skate in Bridgestone Arena, a strong indicator barring a late injury or sickness that Hiller won't play.
Hiller has won 12 consecutive games, the longest such streak since New Jersey's Martin Brodeur did it in 1997. Hiller will look to surpass Brodeur on Saturday night against the Phoenix Coyotes.
"When you don't play so much, it's fun when you play," Andersen said after the morning skate.
He's 9-2 in net for the Ducks (32-8-5), who have won 14 of 15 before meeting the Predators (19-19-6).
"We've had so much success, it's awesome to be a part of, but you want to be contributing, too," said Andersen, who last started in the Ducks' 3-1 loss at San Jose on Dec. 28 and has made just four starts since returning from the minors Nov. 23.
Andersen, 24, said, "It's been great to see Hillsy playing so well, it's something I can learn from. To see him battle every night, he focuses and comes up with key saves, like against the Bruins … his saves got us to the second period, and we took it from there."
Yielding playing time due to Hiller's success has left Andersen to work to remain sharp by spending extra time with goalie coach Dwayne Roloson and setting up drills with offensive players who get scratched.
"It's tough to have the whole team have a scrimmage every day," Andersen said. "Different skating drills hopefully get me back to where I was before."
MONEY PLAYER: Nick Bonino in consecutive games has made important goals for the Ducks, first getting the tying goal versus Vancouver with 87 seconds remaining Sunday to keep the Ducks unbeaten in regulation at Honda Center, then scoring a late third-period goal that made it 4-2 over the Boston Bruins.
Bonino, who had 11 goals and 22 assists through 112 games in parts of four previous seasons, has 13 goals and 19 assists through 45 games.
"The biggest games are the most fun games," Bonino said. "Luckily for me, they've been going in the net lately, hopefully that continues. It gives you confidence in this league and you want confidence, it's the most important thing. Whenever they're going in, you play with a little jump in your step and you know if you get the puck late in the game, maybe it'll go in again."
Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau said the 25-year-old center is extending what he did at Boston University, where he scored a tying goal late that set up his team's NCAA championship win.
He also had three playoff goals for the Ducks last season.
"I count on him, I trust him," Boudreau said. Ducks General Manager "Bob Murray told me this when I first got him, that that's the way he was at BU, always Nick Bonino in the clutch. Sometimes it takes a couple years to get acclimated and feel confident in the league. He is now. His ice time has gone from 8-10 minutes to 15-18 minutes a game."
"You want to be a guy the team can rely on in the offensive zone, and that's something that comes from time … I've been here long enough," Bonino said. "I hope I've gained the trust."
IN NASHVILLE: Boudreau said forward Dustin Penner's arm injury requires Thursday's game off and he could return to play "I'm hoping by the weekend, it's a problem we don't want to get out of control." The Ducks also are expected to rest forward Jakob Silfverberg.
The coach said Nashville "is tough every game you play them, it's never more than a one- or two-goal game. They have such a good work ethic, and [Coach] Barry [Trotz] has been here 15 years. Very structured, you know you're in for a tough game."
The Ducks' torrid 14-1 run has given them a nine-point cushion over San Jose in the Pacific Division standings. Are they due for a letdown?
Boudreau says no, pointing to the Ducks' competition with a Western Conference-best 69 points to hold off Chicago (67) and St. Louis (65) for the top playoff seed.
"There's not that much separation yet," Boudreau said. "If St. Louis wins its games in hand they're ahead of us. San Jose, L.A., we play two and four more times. If you think you've already done something, my experience is it comes back to bite you."
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected a proposed $18 million settlement with Philip Falcone's Harbinger Capital Partners LLC of claims that the hedge-fund manager borrowed money from his fund.
The SEC informed Harbinger Capital of the decision yesterday, according to a filing from Harbinger Group Inc., a New York-based firm that owns companies from an insurer to the maker of George Foreman grills.
Falcone in April agreed to a two-year suspension from investing client money in order to settle claims that he improperly borrowed money from his fund to pay his taxes. The agreement would have allowed Falcone to remain chief executive officer of Harbinger Group, a company he modeled on Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Falcone's Harbinger Capital hedge fund would have paid about $18 million in disgorgement, interest and penalities to resolve the SEC claims.
"The SEC is showing more backbone than its staff, and that is a welcome reversal," said Erik Gordon, a business and law professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. "If not for Falcone, at least for his investors, and all investors."
The settlement would have ended, at least temporarily, a 12-year career as hedge-fund manager for Falcone, who made billions for investors and himself by betting against subprime mortgages in 2006, only to tie up much of clients' money in a wireless phone company, LightSquared Inc., that last year filed for bankruptcy.
Falcone, 50, said previously that he planned to move away from hedge-fund investing, where clients can pull out their money at regular intervals, and instead use Harbinger Group to finance long-term investments.
Falcone didn't immediately return an e-mail and phone call seeking a comment.
None of the SEC's actions were brought against Harbinger Group or its subsidiaries, according to the filing.
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50 Shades of Grey & MeanMonday, December 31st, 2012
Right now in the publishing world, there's a to-do over a human book that presumably doesn't have any cats in it. I don't know what the big deal is–sounds like the humans in the book are DOG people, really–but the book boasts that it contains "50 Shades of Grey". That got us here at Meankitty thinking about grey cats, naturally, and how the book would have been a lot better if it had been "50 Shades of Grey Cats". Maybe it wouldn't have all that nonsense about human mating rituals in it, but it would at least be, I don't know, original. So now we present to you, the first half of "50 Shades of Grey & Mean". We'll post another 50 when we decide who to choose!
Queen Sheba is a medium dark grey tabby. She is not amused by you.
Jake is a pale grey tabby with blue eyes. Piercing blue eyes that will haunt you.
Edith is dark grey and white and very nasty. Clearly she has issues. Whatever should she do for therapy?
Surely at least one of the Evil Kitties is grey. Morally grey too. In many ways.
Wally Moto is about to liven up a grey day by pouncing someone. Also, he is grey with grey eyes.
Mini Fluff is grey and white and does not like black and white movies. Or fanfiction. But she's really out of touch with the times.
Mystick the mean grey tabby is in a grey cage. But she's topping you from the bottom with her stare.
Maggie the Beast is long haired grey colourpointy and she's going to beat up a grey tabby. So that's really 2 shades of grey for the price of one. Except when a publisher buys it, we'll double the price.
Maggie is a medium haired grey tabby who is practicing for her paparazzi debut now that grey is so popular. Hasn't *quite* got the finger/claw down yet.
Fluff has many shades to her but the grey is the one that, possibly, turns her so sadistic. That's what we *hear* grey does anyway. Or maybe color coordinated ties? Not clear on that.
Gorgeous, smoky Charles Chicken chose this grey striped couch to match his fur. He only sheds on the white, though. And it shows red blood so well…
A grey and white tabby, Chucky Strauss's "mercy mew" is possibly a safeword. So we hear. IF we choose to listen to it…
Grey, silky Zeus is accepting a tribute from his human in this photo, who trembles in fear of the lash. Zeus does not allow safewords.
Flirty, fluffy Fleur is forced to wear "Softpaws" because she flailed people with her cat o one tail so much.
A smoke colored shorthair with hauntingly blue eyes like Wally Moto, Waldo knows exactly where he is. In Yo Face.
Bellatrix is another long haired grey and white beauty, who is quite the bossy dominatrix. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Don't let her quiescent state fool you. Dark grey Abbe was in and out of foster care all her kittenhood due to being so vicious and tormented, clearly having come from a dark past.
David Bowie, a grey and brown tabby, is about to shred his human slave for making him dance. Can you tell?
Grey Belle (no relation to Blue Belle) likes to whup bottoms. We can't make this stuff up.
King Henry, a grey and white royal, believes that you should worship him and be submissive to him. It's called W/s in the scene for you newbies.
I think brown tabby Cozmo is pissed because he's not as grey as the rest of the kitties on this page. He just has shadings of grey around his face. And if you visit his page, you'll see what he thinks of this glorification of grey cats and this misrepresentation of the W/s lifestyle that is getting so much media attention!
Ferdinand, a grey and white tabby with brilliant amber yellow eyes, sparkles in the sun. Okay, not really, there's NO sparkling on this page because that would not be original. But Ferdinand is another kitty with a tortured and tragic past that has turned him mean. And given him a love for boxes.
Wee grey tabby Smackey can hold her own with dogs. And with rich CEOs who want to own her, for she will trip them all on the stairs.
White and grey Gilbert is really bored by this post and thinks it's poorly written. Nothing to see here, move along.
Last for today is our darkest shade of grey, Eugene, who is staring at you through the bars of the cage he keeps you in when he doesn't need you for anything else.
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It's no secret that I loved The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (see our review and related interview). It earned my first ever Geek Pick. So, you can imagine how eager I was to get a chance to kick around in the Game of the Year edition. The game includes the "Knights of the Nine" and "Shivering Isles" expansions.
I urge anyone who was never played Oblivion to try it. And what better way to do it than to get this version, which includes another 30+ hours of the same kind of amazing content I raved about in the review?
Graphically, this title continues to impress and stand the brief, but tumultuous test of time. Some thoroughly outstanding games have been released on the PlayStation 3 in the time since I've played Oblivion (see our Heavenly Sword review and Folklore review).
Sound, likewise, is still as good as any other game on the system. Voice-acting, the score; everything is fantastic. But it's the way the non-playable characters interact with each other that sets this game apart from all others. They talk about random things as well as events important to the game. And they so rarely repeat statements that you'd think they were real people.
Most impressive, however, is the sheer size and overwhelming immersiveness that the title offers. It's still the most impressive game world I've seen. And I still believe it's one you could get utterly lost in for a month or more of real time. The add-on packs expand on a universe that's already massive.
This game is excellent for gamers on a budget, too. If you consider that for about US$60, you can get 200+ hours of gameplay, Oblivion G.O.T.Y. Edition is more than 10 games in one. Just about any gamer–typical RPG fan or not–will find a home in the huge world. And anyone tiring of World of Warcraft should not think twice about getting it.


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Three Sephardic Graduates Recognized for Their Academic Achievements
More than 600 students from Yeshiva University's undergraduate schools were presented with their degrees at YU's 79th commencement exercises at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Among the graduates, nine were selected for special distinction as valedictorians for their exceptional academic achievements. From the group of nine valedictorians, three were notable Sephardic students who excelled in their respective areas of study. Included in this select group were: Isaac Kuyunov, of the James Striar School of Jewish General Studies; Jonathan Solaimanzadeh, of the Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies; and Avi Harari, of the Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies.
Rabbi Yona Reiss, the Max and Marion Grill Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, expressed pride in the graduates. "We are very proud of our many excellent students graduating from the Mazer Yeshiva Program, including the valedictorian, Avi Harari, who is a most worthy recipient of this honor in addition to being a stellar member of the Masmidim Honors program."
Indeed, this remarkable accomplishment is reflective of the outstanding academic achievements of the Sephardic students at YU, who continue to become a more integral and vibrant part of the general undergraduate population on both the men's and women's campuses, as well as in the YU graduate school.