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First Race Slated For 9 a.m.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The 148th edition of the Yale-Harvard Regatta is set for Sunday. The crews first met in 1852 and have competed for the Sexton Cup annually since 1859. On all but five occasions since 1878 the Regatta has been held on the Thames River in New London.
Three events are scheduled for Sunday, beginning with the two-mile third varsity race for the New London Cup at 9 a.m. The three-mile junior varsity race with the F. Valentine Chappell Trophy at stake follows at 9:45 a.m., and the event culminates with the four-mile Sexton Cup race between the varsity eights, the longest rowing race in the Western hemisphere, at 10:45 a.m. The overall regatta champion also receives the Hoyt C. Pease and Robert Chappell, Jr. Trophy. A special combination four race kicks off the Regatta weekend on Saturday afternoon. The winner of the combination race gets the James P. Snider Cup and earns the right to paint its school colors on the rock near the finish line.
Sunday's races will be upstream finishing at Bartlett's Cove.
Sports Illustrated named this event the most venerable rivalry in college sports, and its history predates the great football rivalry between the schools by 23 years. Crews from Yale and Harvard first met on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire on Aug. 3, 1852, the first intercollegiate athletic competition of any kind in the United States. Harvard won that first meeting and has built a 93-54 lead in the series. Harvard's junior varsity holds a 74-37 edge, while its freshmen are 70-39-1 against Yale.
The matchup between Harvard and Yale heavyweight crews brought the usual test of endurance to the waters of New London's Thames River. Harvard's first varsity finished in 19:41.3 to Yale's 19:51.2. The second varsity eight saw more separation between Harvard and Yale crews; Harvard clocked in at 15:55.5 to Yale's 15:27.2. The winning freshman, 2-mile race time was 10:25.6, just under 9 seconds faster than the Elis. The Bulldogs did not have much luck in the combination races on Friday, falling to the Crimson A and B squads.
VARSITY 8 FINISHES SEVENTH AT IRAs
The Yale heavyweight crew team closed out the weekend at the 111th IRA National Championships with its best finish in recent memory. Yale's varsity eight had a thrilling come from behind win in the petite final to finish seventh overall, the best finish in the varsity eight category since the Bulldogs finished sixth in 2006. The varsity four and second varsity eight finished eighth and 11th, respectively, both improvements over last year's finish in those events at the IRA. The heavyweights will now head back east to prepare for the 148th Yale-Harvard Regatta held in New London, Conn., on Sunday, June 9.
Regarded as one of the premier rowing coaches in the United States, Steve Gladstone is in his third year at the helm of Yale's heavyweight crew. Gladstone led the University of California men's crew program to six IRA championships during two coaching stints with the Golden Bears and also served as the director of rowing operations at Brown where he won four Eastern Sprints titles. Most recently he was a director at the California Rowing Club, helping develop postgraduate oarsmen for the U.S. National Team.
Gladstone's 11 IRA championships tie him with Charles "Pop" Courtney of Cornell (1901-15) for the most varsity eight titles in the history of collegiate rowing. In all, Gladstone's Cal crews medaled at the IRA regatta 11 times in his 12 seasons since 1997 – five gold and six bronze – an unprecedented achievement in the 113-year history of the championship. Over that same period, he directed Cal to seven of 12 Pac-10 championships. During his first term at Cal from 1973-80, Gladstone guided the Bears to three undefeated dual-race seasons, an IRA title in 1976 and a Pac-10 championship in 1979.
As the director of rowing operations at Brown from 1981-94, Gladstone's crew triumphed four times at the Eastern Sprints, five times at the IRA regatta and twice at the National Collegiate Rowing Championships.
He returned to Cal in 1997, taking over a program that finished as high as third at IRAs just once since his 1980 departure. The Bears saw immediate success, capturing a bronze medal at the national regatta in 1997 and running off a string of four consecutive championships from 1999-2002. From 2001-04, Gladstone added the director of athletics role to his duties at Cal, overseeing a department that placed ninth in the Directors' Cup for overall excellence in 2003 and 2004 and won five national team championships.
Gladstone began his coaching career in 1966 as freshman coach at Princeton for three years. He then took over as varsity lightweight coach at Harvard, leading the Crimson to four straight undefeated seasons, four titles at the Eastern Sprints and victories in the 1971 Thames Challenge Cup and Wyfold Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. During his tenure at Harvard, he served as the U.S. National team coach (1969 and 1973) and was a selector for the 1972 U.S. Olympic team.
A 1964 Syracuse graduate, Gladstone has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen and has also been a member of the Men's Olympic Rowing Committee. In 1984, he served as ABC's analyst for rowing events at the Los Angeles Olympics. He worked in the same capacity for NBC at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.
Joel Scrogin joined the Yale Men's Heavyweight Crew program in the fall of 2010. Scrogin is a 1999 graduate of Brown University and served as an assistant coach for the Bears from 2004 until 2007. Scrogin currently works with the Yale freshmen.
At Brown, Scrogin's freshman crew won Eastern Sprints and finished second at IRA's. He was a member of now-head coach Paul Cooke's first freshman class. As an upperclassman Scrogin rowed in the varsity and would go on to represent the U.S. at the Nations Cup (now recognized as the World U23 Championships) in the quad. After graduating from Brown with a B.A. in History, Scrogin briefly held a position as an investment banker with Thomas Weisel Partners in Boston. Scrogin was also a founding member of an online travel company, Weekends.com, before returning to his alma mater to coach at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Mass.
In 2003, Scrogin enrolled at Oxford where he would earn his Masters in Comparative and International Education. He raced in the Blue Boat in the 150th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, sitting in four seat. Most recently Scrogin served as assistant coach at California Rowing Club. There he worked with athletes feeding into the U.S. Senior National and Olympic teams, as well as coordinated USRowing U23 ID Camps. Scrogin has coached crews at the Senior World Championships, at FISA World Cup Regattas, and at the World U23 Championships where in 2009 his 4- crew earned a silver medal, the first ever medal in that event for the U.S.
This year's regatta will be broadcast on WICH Radio (1310 AM) and www.wich.com. Charlie Hamlin (Harvard '70) and Yale lightweight coach Andy Card will provide commentary. There will be a free live video stream of the Yale- Harvard Regatta at GoCrimson.com/HYvideo
The Thames River will be closed to traffic on race day about 30 minutes before the first event. Spectator boats may anchor along, but clear of, the race course. Spectators on shore can watch the action from various points along the river, including near the finish line at Bartlett's Cove.
Residents have put up Yale oars and signs, and a power plant on the river hangs a large "Go Yale" banner. The town, which is impartial, has installed signs at both ends of Route 12. One reads, "Welcome to Gales Ferry, Home of the Yale-Harvard Regatta" in blue, while the other reads, "Home of the Harvard-Yale Regatta" in red. Neighbors to the Yale camp have been known to re-paint the rock at Bartlett's Cove Yale blue after the race each year.
This year's race will be the 64th heading upstream on the Thames. Harvard holds a 40-23 advantage going in that direction. Harvard holds a 36-26 edge in downstream races. Yale's 2007 win was the Bulldogs' first upstream victory since 1984.
For more than 100 years Yale has maintained its New London camp at Gales Ferry in preparation for the Regatta. The facility is owned and operated by the Yale heavyweight crew. Traditionally, after final exams, the rowers began a training camp at Gales Ferry in preparation for the four-mile marathon. The varsity house was originally constructed in the late 18th century as a private home, and the boathouse was designed by James Gamble Rogers, the architect who designed much of Yale's New Haven campus.
Jon Philip Morgan, CAPTAIN
Jon Philip Morgan is the 170th captain of the Yale heavyweight crew team. Born in New York City and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, Morgan is a graduate of Yale's Calhoun College. Before coming to Yale Morgan rowed for four years at St. John's College in Johannesburg. In 2006 he won the South Africa Junior National Championships in the four and the pair, breaking the record in the former.
In his first year at Yale Morgan rowed in the freshman eight in the two-mile contest against Harvard. As a sophomore he rowed bow seat in the third varsity eight that went undefeated in early season dual races; he then raced against Harvard in the junior varsity eight.
In his junior year Morgan rowed in bow seat of the varsity eight that defeated Brown in Yale's season opener and defeated Dartmouth for the Olympic Axe. Morgan majored in history and is an Albers Fellow. He has spent a considerable amount of time studying and researching abroad, in countries that include Guatemala, Turkey, Singapore and Peru, among others. Morgan has two brothers who also row. His older brother, Pieter Morgan '09, rowed for Yale.
Varsity Eight
Cox: Oliver Fletcher (Jr., London, United Kingdom); Stroke: Adam Smith (Fr., Auckland, New Zealand); 7: Clemens Barth (So., Berlin, Germany); 6: Thomas Pagel (Fr., Oxford, United Kingdom); 5: Hubert Trzybinski (Fr., Berlin, Germany); 4: Simon Keenan (So., Melbourne, Australia); 3: David DeVries (Fr., San Diego, Calif.); 2: Zachary Johnson (Jr., Ross, Calif.); Bow: Owen Symington (Jr., Melbourne, Australia)
Second Varsity
Cox: Chris Carothers (Fr., Kenilworth, Ill.); Stroke: Philippe Mastroyannis (Sr., Washington, D.C.); 7 Gerard Kuenning (Jr., Bow N.H.); 6: Harry Picone (Sr., Brisbane, Australia); 5: Tom Lynam (Sr., Alexandria, Va.); 4: Robert Michel (Jr., Cranbury, N.J.); 3: Elliot O'Reilly (Fr., Laissaud, France); 2: Jon Morgan (Sr., Johannesburg, South Africa); Bow: Emery Schoenly (Jr., Salisbury, Conn.)
Third Varsity
Cox: Campbell Schnebly-Swanson (Jr., Atlanta, Ga.); Stroke: Henry Bird (Fr.,Bedford Hills, N.Y.); 7 Grant Stegelmann (Sr., Darien, Conn.); 6: Ian Suvak (Sr., Arlington, Va.); 5: Grant Olscamp (Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio); 4: Lyon Van Voorhis (So., Mattapoisett, Mass.); 3: Lawrence Lopez-Menzies (Jr., Cos Cob, Conn.); 2: Jack McGinn (Fr., Minneapolis, Minn.); Bow: Ron Taitz (So., Laguna Niguel, Calif.)
Combination Four
Cox: Mackenzie Lee (Fr., La Cañada, Calif.); Stroke: Max Knapp (So., Kirkland, Wash.); 3 William Rosenbloom (So., Winnetka, Ill.); 2: Kamil Sadik (Fr., Chappaqua, N.Y.); Bow: Jamie Cahill (Fr., Melbourne, Australia)


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Stats system has been overhauled and the manual updating of the stats with statpoints have been removed, since this leads to possible character bricking as well as not offering true customization.
Your character will be customized based on your class and skills selected. Research we did revealed that customizable stats originate from the classic RPGs which in it's linear enviroment can be controlled/adapted to offer a better personalized expierence, MMORPGs sadly have to offer the same experience to everyone, thus supporting our choice.
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This version also includes the source code for the gateway. The project has been "open source" (under a BSD license) since day 1, but I never got around to actually publishing the source code, until now that is! :-)
Friday, July 26, 2013
Thoth Gateway version 1.3.7 available, including source code
This version also includes the source code for the gateway. The project has been "open source" (under a BSD license) since day 1, but I never got around to actually publishing the source code, until now that is! :-)
10 comments:
- Shahana Shafiuddin said...
Good news.
- August 05, 2013
Can you tell me if Thoth has any issues running on Windows 2012 - IIS v8?
- January 08, 2014
- Morten Braten said...
@Philp: I have not yet tried it myself on Win2012 and IIS8. Let me know how it goes if you have the chance to test it out! :-)
- Morten
- January 09, 2014
I can confirm that Thoth 1.3.7 works on Windows 2012 with IIS8. Looks stable so far under ODAC 184.108.40.206.0 & Oracle 11gr2
- January 15, 2014
Also be aware that there is a fix required for running Thoth under .NET 4.0
Apex passes HTML in the querystring (e.g. login page) when there is an error.
- February 03, 2014
- Ligon said...
Morten, once again well done.
I am very tempted to adopt this due to the neat way of doing SSO (rather than the clever hack we got at the moment http://jastraub.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/ntlm-http-authentication-and.html)
But the thought that Oracle won't be supporting APEX with Thoth Gateway is pulling us back (Company policy won't let it)
In Thoth Gateway version 2.0, along with the RESTful Web Services, it would be really awesome if you could provide an out-of-box functionality to generate web services from PL/SQL packages and deploy them in IIS (using Thoth Gateway) as REST/SOAP services. - OR is there something like it currently exist ??
- April 16, 2014
- Morten Braten said...
@Ligon: Automatic SOAP web services from PL/SQL have been available in the Thoth Gateway since version 1.1 (2009):
- Morten
- April 25, 2014
@Ligon: I would suggest putting the point to you organisation that Thoth is just a DLL running on a fully supportable IIS7 or 8 server infrastructure. You can leverage all the benefits of IIS including support and the Thoth source code is available, which is more than I can say for Oracle's web platforms. I have a small team of developer's & admins, that cannot spend a lot of time getting to know every single Oracle technology - but Windows 2012 & IIS8 is a no brainer.
- May 13, 2014
- Marco Wolschke said...
i just upgraded to APEX 5.0. Runs APEX 5.0 on Thoth 1.3.7?
I ask, because i get this Browser-Error after APEX-5.0-Upgrade:
X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE X-ORACLE-IGNORE: IGNORE Content-Type:text/html; charset=utf-8 Cache-Control:no-store Pragma:no-cache Expires:Sun, 27 Jul 1997 13:00:00 GMT Set-Cookie:ORA_WWV_USER_61817374465583=ORA_WWV-E40RS4z-aYiMaiDQitiuRAcl; path=/pls/apex; HttpOnly Set-Cookie:ORA_WWV_RAC_INSTANCE=2; path=/pls/apex; HttpOnly Status:302 Location:f?p=4550:10:110320606215856:::::
I never seen an error like this.
- April 22, 2015
- Morten Braten said...
@Marco: See my latest post at http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2015/04/thoth-gateway-moved-to-github-now-supports-apex-5.html
- Morten
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Here in Alaska, folks who need to travel in winter often end up "going to the dogs"... and loving it. After all, canine-powered snow-going is an enjoyable mode of transportation (dogs are a lot friendlier than are jeeps or snowmobiles), and dog sledding can be downright practical, besides. I often make 60 miles a day with my five-member team, for example, and also use dog sleds to haul lumber, groceries, firewood, and more out to my rural homestead.
If you live in an area that's snowbound during part of the year, you can take advantage of dog power, too. You'll have to secure good gear and beasts, and take the time to properly train your pullers, but you'll find that the rewards of sleddin' will be well worth the effort.
Choosing Your Work Dogs
Most people think that all sled dogs have to to be either Alaskan malamutes or Siberian huskies, but the fact is that Labrador retrivers, setters, Airedales, spaniels, and most other non-aggressive breeds make excellent pullers and are actually be suited to work in the milder climates of the lower 48 states than are their northern brothers. As a matter of fact, just about any Canis familiaris can be trained to pull and to pull well. I even know a fellow whose efficient running team consists of standard poodles!
Regardless of its breed, however, a good sled dog must have an obedient temperament. Many fine teams have been formed around a family pet whose devotion to its owner sets a fine example for the others. Another character trait to look for in a potential puller is an ability to get along with its peers. Infighting simply cannot be tolerated in a dog sled team.
When you set out to form a group of "tundra trekkers," you'll obviously have to decide how many dogs to get. I've seen impressive teams consisting of as many as 20 canines, but I'd suggest you start out with just three. Many novice mushers (we Alaskans call such amateurs cheechakos) quickly find that trying to handle and train more than three dogs can be a most confusing and at times frustrating task.
After you gain some experience, you'll likely want to add one or two more tail waggers to the team. Just be sure that any untrained beasts undergo a five-day "getting acquainted" period with the other dogs before you train them for harness. And remember: Never tolerate the slightest show of aggressive behavior from those new critters or, for that matter, from any of your dogs. You will pay dearly if you let them get away with such methods of "showing their enthusiasm": As we say in Alaska, vet bills are the medals of the cheechako!
Sleds and Sledges
Besides getting and training some dogs, you'll need a sled (or a "freight" sledge) and a set of harnesses and lines. Commercially available sleds are pretty much standardized (the classic "Alaskan gold rush model" is widely used) and can be obtained through various equipment shops. An eight-foot snow runner makes the best all-around sled for work and play, and can cost you anywhere from $150 to $750. The wooden load luggers come in two basic styles: The popular standard sled can—with the help of three dogs—transport one person and five bags of groceries, while the larger capacity freighter holds a 500-pound payload (not including the "musher") but does require a minimum of five strong dogs.
All store-bought sleds come "shoed" with some form of plastic runner (the build-it-yourselfer will find that less expensive sheet tin works almost as well) and all such snow-contacting surfaces should be coated with a special friction-fighting compound called P-Tex (available from sledding equipment suppliers). The sleds are also equipped with a brush bow—an expendable "front bumper" (this piece of equipment will often get smashed in the course of a season) that protects your sled from structural damage when you meet up with the unusual but famous winter tree that "pops up out of nowhere."
The easy-to-build sledge (called a comitik by the Eskimos) is an even better hauling device than is the "classic" freighter sled. This flat slider consists of little more than a platform attached to a set of runners, and can be easily put together out of 2 X 8's and plywood. I've used my homebuilt comitik extensively and find it perfect for hauling lumber and materials to remote cabin sites.
Most ready-made sleds have a couple of hooked braking devices, but the experienced dog sledder normally uses a dragging foot and a verbal command to stop the vehicle. A veteran musher won't trust a brake hook to keep a harnessed sled "parked" either, but instead trains the team always to lie down when the dogs are not pulling. (The cheechako will undoubtedly endure—at least once—the unenviable experience of being left behind as his or her team and sled disappear over a hill.)
Harness and Lines
Of course, well-trained dogs and a nicely built sled won't do you much good unless you have some means for "getting the two together;" that is, some lines and harnesses. Each dog should have a properly fitting body yoke (these are available for around $10 to $12 each from the same firms that supply sleds). I use the versatile "fishback" harness on my dogs, because it's comfortable and well suited to fast travel.
Your animals will also need strong collars so they can be "staked out" on the dog lot. These "necklaces" also secure the lines that keep your "sled steeds" parallel to the central line. Let me emphasize, however, that a dog should never be made to pull from his collar alone! A "tail line" running from the back of the harness to the central tow line should bear that stress.
Tail and neck ropes are usually 1/2' thick, while the central tow cord will have a 5/8" diameter. All lines should be made from braided—not twisted—nylon. Attachments can then be sewn through the strands of such cord with a large plastic needle known as a "fid." So equipped, you'll be able to make easy line adjustments in the field without going through the finger chilling hassle of untying frozen knots.
Train, Train, Train
Proper sled dog training takes a lot of time but is a vitally important task. Start—one animal at a time—by acquainting the beast with the feel of its tote gear. Treat this harnessing act seriously so your critter won't think you're playing around, then take the animal out for a normal leash walk, hooking your line from the back of the harness on your "return trip."
Use subsequent walks to teach commands. Be consistent in your choice of command words and the tone of voice you use. Most dogs will quickly learn "HIKE" (or "MUSH" or "GET UP," if you prefer), "WHOA," and "STAY." But only the smartest canines will respond to the turning commands, "GEE" (right) and "HAW" (left).
The most obedient of your dogs should receive special treatment (to develop "lead dog mentality") and extensive gee-haw training as well. Don't choose the biggest, toughest brute for your pack guide, but select instead the quick-reflexed critter (often a female) that will follow your commands without balking. A good leader is indispensable for dog sledding, so spend a lot of time training this animal. (Often, the foremost position is shared by two critters. This arrangement is particularly useful for training a second leader who could fill in should your "main mastiff" become disabled.)
In a full "I set" the first two dogs behind the leader are called "swing dogs" because of their ability to turn the team. The pair of pullers just in front of the sled are the "wheel dogs" and are usually the strongest canines in the group. (Some dogs shy away from the wheel position—and yours will if you're not careful to keep the sled from sliding into the critters—but it is a nicely visible spot for training a newcomer.) Any additional pullers are harnessed between the swing and wheel pairs and known as team dogs.
On, You Huskies!
The actual amount of work you can get out of your dogs will be determined by endless variables including the animals' experience and fitness, trail conditions, the size of your load, the weather, and so forth. Most of the dog-caused delays and difficulties (fighting, tangling, etc.) will occur during training and, even then, probably only take place within the first few miles on the trail.
My five "ace" dogs have often carried me over 60 miles in a day, but it will probably take several months of training and practice before your quintet can be expected to make more than 40 (an average speed of six to seven miles per hour is quite good for a team in its first season). I pace my pullers on long trips by traveling at a sustainable 8-10 MPH and giving the dogs a half-hour rest after every two hours of work.
Most dogs enjoy being out on the trail and will give you everything they've got, so don't constantly berate your pullers (only cheechakos yell commands just to hear themselves talk). The dogs don't like being shouted at any more than you would. Oh, you'll have an occasional, obvious laggard, but good training will make physical punishment unnecessary for most dogs. I never use or even carry a whip. (Don't hesitate, though, to get rid of the "bad apple" who won't respond after being given a fair chance.)
If one of your dogs slows down considerably while on the trail, you may have to "basket" the animal; that is, tie it into the sled. (You should be prepared for this and other minor mishaps by always carrying some spare short cords and snaps.) If you do have to basket a pooch, be sure to check its paws for cuts. In some conditions—especially when you're sledding over icy, broken trails—it may be necessary to "boot" all your dogs. Foot protectors can be made from denim and fastened in place with masking tape. Keep an eye out for bad trail conditions so you can boot your beasts before they begin to limp!
There're lots more sledding tips for a beginning musher to learn, but most of them are either common sense or the kind of knowledge that's best picked up as you go along ... so I guess I should sign off now. However, I would like to remind you of the most important rule for training and working dogs: Never give a command that your pullers are incapable of following, or one that you're not prepared to enforce! Follow this, and you'll all have a doggone good time!
Good mushing with your team! And by the way, if you're sledding out to the Nome gold fields sometime and happen to pass through the Susitna Valley, stop in and say hello!
Dog Sledding Resources
Here are some sources of dog-sleddin' hardware and information:
Mush: The Beginner's Manual of SledDog Training edited by Bela Levorsen, (Arner Publications) 250-page hard cover, $9.95 postpaid.
Training and Racing Sled Dogs by George Attla, (Arner Publications) 205-page hard cover, $11.95 postpaid.
Racing Alaskan Sled Dogs (Alaska Northwest Publishing Company), 133-page paperback. $7.95.


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The five seniors honored by the Upper Arlington Women's Club this year looked like ordinary high school students -- maybe a bit more dressed up than usual -- but in their humanitarian efforts, they surpassed what most students accomplish in four years of high school.
The five seniors honored by the Upper Arlington Women's Club this year looked like ordinary high school students -- maybe a bit more dressed up than usual -- but in their humanitarian efforts, they surpassed what most students accomplish in four years of high school.
Nicole Carothers, Nicolette Green and Abby Godard from Upper Arlington High School, Maggie Valachovic from Bishop Watterson High School and Brady Wilson from St. Charles Preparatory School received $1,000 Stefanie Spielman Humanitarian Awards May 17 at the Ohio State University Golf Club.
The Women's Club offers five awards each year to high school seniors living in Upper Arlington who plan to attend a college or university.
Club member Cathy Wheaton said this is the ninth year for the awards, which were renamed in honor of Spielman, a founding member of the Women's Club. Students are nominated by teachers and guidance counselors.
Spielman, a mother of four and wife of former OSU and NFL football star Chris Spielman, was 42 when she died of cancer in 2009, after battling the disease five times.
Before she died, she established the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research, raising millions of dollars for research and awareness of the disease.
"These scholarships were near and dear to my sister's heart," said Sue Fitz, Spielman's sister. "Stef embraced this recognition wholeheartedly. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29, she made the difficult decision to go public with the news, in order to create a fund for breast cancer research."
Spielman's mother, Myra Belcher, also attended the breakfast.
"These students embody the true spirit of the humanitarian award," Fitz said. "They have given of themselves far beyond what most students are expected to do."
Carothers founded two extracurricular service clubs, Operation Smile and the Office Club. Operation Smile raises funds for Smile Train, which provides cleft-lip surgery to underprivileged children. She baked cakes for hospice families and organized a 30-hour "famine," an overnight lock-in requiring a 30-hour fast so that students could experience a day in the life of a hungry child. She also volunteered as a coach for the UA Lacrosse Association and for Optimist Basketball.
Her service gave her "an appreciation for my own life and all that I have been given," she said.
"What you do can have a huge impact on someone's life," she said. "I remember helping to serve meals to 6- and 9-year-old boys at MidOhio Foodbank. When you can place a face on childhood hunger, you want to try to help."
She will attend James Madison University in the fall.
Godard was awarded the Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award after completing more than 250 service hours in a six-month period. She served on three mission trips to Mexico and one to the Dominican Republic through First Community Church and is managing editor of the high school's Arlingtonian news magazine. After she wrote "Gay in UA," a cover story for the Arlingtonian, she was contacted by a father who said his son was often bullied by other students because of his gay parents, but Godard's story was so powerful that it brought the bullying to a halt.
She said her efforts helped her learn how to work with anyone.
"It taught me to work with many different types of people and helped to really diversify my world," she said.
She will attend George Washington University in the fall.
Green co-created a glee club for students with special needs. She said music therapy has helped the students with communication skills. She served as a peer tutor for students with developmental disabilities, including her brother, who has severe autism. She volunteered with the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign, promoting the end of the word "retarded."
She also created teaching aids for the Autism Center. She was a Pelotonia Cancer Research volunteer and directed and acted in the Respect Yourself program, a show for eighth-graders that promotes making good choices in high school.
"I learned everyone is capable of anything," Green said. "If you are patient and you work hard enough, you can really alter people's lives and help make them happier."
She will attend Ohio State University.
Valachovic volunteered at Run the Race Club, a recreation center for inner city children, providing a place to play, get help with homework and eat dinner after school. She collected homecoming dresses to donate to the high school girls at the club who could not afford them. She also started an elementary school-age soccer program at Run the Race, served as a Candy-Striper at Riverside Hospital and served on a Cranks Creek Mission trip.
"I learned how important it is to help others and to put other people before yourself in your daily life," she said.
Wilson co-founded Spare-A-House for Habitat for Humanity, a bowling fundraiser event that raised more than $5,000 in the past three years. He worked at the Mid-Ohio Foodbank and served as a counselor at the Muscular Dystrophy Camp. He also volunteers at the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio, honoring his Native American heritage.
Wilson said he learned, "how truly blessed I am."
"I have felt truly blessed and grateful I'm able to utilize my talents to help people who don't have the same opportunities I've been given," he said.
He will attend Wake Forest University.


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RootsTech is coming up soon! Don't miss this Technology-Genealogy Conference from Feb. 10-12 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It's not too late to register.
Since I'm an Official Blogger for RootsTech I'm busy making my preparations for the Conference. So, at hubby's urging, I made a short video which you can see below. My one condition was "No closeups!" This is my (our) first time making something like this, and I'm sure we'll get better as we make more!
I can't believe how awkward and stiff I appear! I'll never make it as a movie star. I'm too self-conscious in front of the camera! Next time I want a stylist and make-up artist...
We will be making more Videos when I'm at the Conference and these will be uploaded to Olive Tree Genealogy YouTube Channel If you want to be notified of new videos, just click the SUBSCRIBE button on my YouTube page. Videos will also be embedded here in the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.
So have a look, and I hope you enjoy my little dog Webley and I talking about RootsTech.
January 29, 2011
Getting Ready for RootsTech (A Video Story)
3 comments:
- Becky Jamison said...
What a nice video, Lorine. Thanks so much. I'll sure be following your tweets and reading your blog. Give a little pat to Webley for me! What a cutie!
- Joan Miller (Luxegen) said...
Love it! What a great idea! I liked the news type format and music.
- Geniaus said...
As someone coming from across the seas who has not met anyone else going to Rootstech I feel as though I now know someone. Thanks for the video. I look forward to spending time with you in Blogger World.
Geniaus - Rootstech Official Blogger from Australia
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Headed For Trouble
Author: Suzanne Brockmann
Series: #16.5 in the Troubleshooters series
Thanks to Ballantine Books and Edelweiss for providing me with the review copy
New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann, whom USA Today calls "the reigning queen of military suspense," breaks out a rapid-fire collection of pulse-pounding, heart-tugging stories and novellas featuring the intrepid men and women of Troubleshooters Inc., fiction's hottest ultimate counterterrorism squad.
• Tough-as-nails Troubleshooters operative Sam Starrett learns the agony of loving someone in danger—and the hell of waiting on the home front—as his wife, Alyssa, hurtles into a foreign hotspot that's about to boil over.
• Navy SEAL Frank O'Leary's ill-fated holiday reunion with his older brother takes a turn for the better—when a chance encounter on a rainy New Orleans street gives Frank a reason to be thankful after all.
• In a maze of tunnels deep beneath a military base in Germany, Jules Cassidy, Alyssa Locke, and their comrades in arms match wits with terrorists on a mission with explosive consequences.
Plus more never-before-released adventures featuring Jenk, Izzy, Gillman, Lopez, Kenny, Savannah, and other members of SEAL Team 16—along with Suzanne Brockmann's exclusive interviews with her beloved characters.
Oh Suzanne, how I have missed thee 😉 It was a sad day when I finished the last few pages of Breaking the Rules (#16 in the series), because I knew that it would be the last one (at least for a while). There would be no more yearly anticipation for the release of the new book in the series and then the torture that I put myself through before letting myself read it (because I knew that once I started, I just wouldn't stop)…so when I saw that there was an anthology coming out – I did a happy dance (and yes, I truely did…around my house).
This book was comprised of a number of little snippets (day of the life kind of deals), a couple of interviews with characters, a few of the shorts that had appeared as bonus excerpts in books and then my favorite – 2 brand-new short stories – that were actually rather chunky (and I loved them for it!) Trying not to be spoilerish, the first one takes place mostly with secondary characters that appears in All Through The Night (#12 – aka Jules and Robin's story), so there was actually very little of my favorite SeAL's showing up in it, but it was still super cute. And the second one, what happens when you mix a SEaL, a famous actor, 3 kids and a bout of food poisoning in BFE (in case you don't know what that means, butt-f… egypt)…hilarity ensues for sure.
I would totally recommend this for anyone who has read and loved Suz's characters in the past. If you haven't read the rest of the books in the series, you might get a bit lost, but maybe these snippets will entice you to pick up the other books in the series. I just hope that Suz's puts us out of our misery and revisits the teams in a few years with some new stories (puleeze!!). 4 stars!


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I'm torn between how much fun it will be to watch my Miami Dolphins on Hard Knocks and WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING! When Philbin says, "No. 1, it was a football decision, it was made by the football operations staff. Our owner supported this decision, but in no way shape or form forced us to make the decision." All I can think is Bullshit!
Man, it will be so cool to see the Fins finally getting a little national exposure, wait let me think about this, first time head coach, new coaching staff, new offensive, new defensive and a rookie QB! Well if Merriam Webster ever needed a scenario to describe the word "distraction," YouTube meets the dictionary. (hummm that's an interesting idea!)
There is no person on the planet that can make me believe Joe Philbin was not out muscled on this decision. Which means, when he said the words, "I'm personally very excited about it," he was being much less than honest. So, Joe is a company man and I would venture guess, he had absolutely no choice, which means Boss Ross made this decision.
Maybe we could think Jeff Ireland was behind it, but I don't see that either, Ireland has too much to lose from losing this season, maybe even more than Philbin. Jeff is just not the kind of guy to put himself out there voluntarily so he was subjected to the same arm-twisting as Philbin. Certainly, the Boss would listen his football people, over the media relations staff that got his prize possession in the national media void, where the Dolphins currently reside.
It all leads to Harvey Greene and the media relations staff with another desperate attempt to regain national recognition by attracting attention, off the football field. The question we have to ask is, does more harm than good come from this decision. From the fan perspective, it is difficult to frown at the thought of going inside the Dolphin training camp, from the football perspective; it seems like a very foolish idea.
Another thought influences my personal perspective; it could be a good thing to have the pressure that comes with the spotlight squarely on the team. Think of the games last season where an opportunity to win was squandered by a team, that has forgotten how to win. The Jets and Bengals were able to use the exposure as a springboard to the playoffs, why not Miami.
Winning is an attitude that must be cultivated and it comes from functioning at peak performance in the heat of the moment. That moment cannot be experienced on the practice field, which is why teams scrimmage against each other in the pre-season, but this form of the spotlight intrigues me. Could the Dolphins actually practice a little harder, pay a little closer attention to detail, learn how to act in the bright lights?
Being in the initial camp of thinking this was a stupid idea, the second thoughts are beginning to look better than the first. The cameras will keep the team on their toes, I highly doubt any player will want to be exposed on national TV by showing up drunk, like Vontae Davis did a couple years ago. We won't hear Joe Philbin tell everyone it's time for a "God damn snack!"
Okay, I'm in with it, but the question is, what do you think?


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sophos wrote:Also, maybe stun damage should be a bit harsher; perhaps it could temporarily cripple limbs or something.
Sprain? Maybe add the stipulation that attempted use of the 'stun' crippled limb could cause /actual/ damage to the limb.
EDIT: Though actually, what would have stopped stun damage from crippling limbs temporarily before? Stun damage is still damage in the sense that you can target specific body parts.


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KSU panel discusses global food challenges
Feeding 7 billion people around the world is difficult enough, but in the next 30 to 40 years the world's population is expected to grow by another 2 billion. The challenges posed by that were the topic of discussion during a panel of experts Monday at Kansas State University.
"(The world's farmers) will have to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we've produced in the history of our planet," approximately 10,000 years of human existence, said John Floros, dean of the Kansas State University College of Agriculture.
Producing more food is more complex than just putting more seeds in the ground or raising more livestock. Floros noted that it takes many systems, including pre- and post-harvest safety, food science, animal health, processing, nutrition, transportation, and more.
"All of these systems are becoming very strained when you look at world resources and the world population," said Randy Phebus, a food science professor. "We're going to have to become more efficient and much more focused on how we meet these challenges in the future."
Worldwide, one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted between the farm and the dinner table, said Dick Maier, head of K-State's Department of Grain Science and project leader for U.S. Agency for International Development's Innovation Lab for Post-Harvest Loss.
"That's a huge amount," Maier said. "I think the message we want to get across is that there's something each one of us can do with regard to reducing post-harvest loss of food or waste in our homes, and in our own ways of thinking about food as a valuable resource like energy and water."
In the United States and other developed nations, 56 percent of food loss is at the consumer's level, such as throwing food away in a cafeteria or at home. In developing countries, food loss happens earlier in the chain, such as during production, or in post-harvest handling and storage.
Last year, K-State won three grants totalling $27 million to build facilities and advance science in post-harvest food loss, sorghum and millet development, and wheat genetics.


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Olympic champion Henry Cejudo
"Wrestling isn't a dying sport – it's a growing sport around the world. We've got to fight for this and find out more about what we can do to influence the IOC to keep wrestling in the Olympics.
"This isn't over until it's over. We need to come together and figure out the best plan and the best strategy to attack this.
"Wrestling has given me everything. It gave a poor American kid a chance to accomplish his dream. You don't have to be as tall as LeBron James to achieve your goals. Wrestling has given me a platform to share my story and inspire kids to pursue their dreams. Wrestling got me out of poverty and out of the ghetto. We need to do everything we can to keep this sport alive. If wrestling is taken away from the Olympics, it will shatter the dreams of a lot of kids."
Olympic and World champion Rulon Gardner
"We need to show the IOC the value of wrestling. There were medalists from 28 different countries at the Olympics in London, and there is obviously great diversity in our sport. It is a sport that has huge interest and participation numbers around the world. It is a sport that has significant historical value as one of the first Olympic sports.
"We need to pull everyone in the world together and get everyone on the same page 100 percent. We need to come up with a game plan and fight for this. We need other countries like Russia on board to help us. We can't let this sport die. We need to act quickly on this and do everything we can to keep this great sport alive."
World champion and Olympic bronze medalist Clarissa Chun
"Wrestling has provided so many great opportunities for so many people. Women's wrestling is one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S. Wrestling is the purest form of athleticism, where it's one-on-one competition to determine who is the best.
"Wrestling has given me opportunities I would've never dreamed of. It was an amazing experience to compete in two Olympic Games. I can't even put into words what it meant to me. The feeling of winning that medal in London was incredible. Representing my country, it was bigger than being in the sport. I will never forget those experiences.
"I'm optimistic that we can keep wrestling in the Olympics. Wrestlers are so passionate about our sport. We will fight to save it and do what it takes to stay in the 2020 Olympics. We are fighters. I know it's difficult right now, but we have to stay positive and try to keep wrestling in the Olympics."
Olympian and World silver medalist Jake Herbert
"We're wrestlers. It's the third period, we're down by one and this is what we train for. We're going to fight this. We are the purest Olympic sport and one of the largest sports we have. Wrestling is the Olympics. It's the toughest, most grueling, most demanding and most humbling sport there is. It teaches you so many life lessons.
"Wrestling has worldwide support. Countries like Iran and Azerbaijan and Russia, they are going to fight for this as well. It's not done yet. We need to fight for this and do everything we can to save wrestling. We need to stay positive and keep wrestling in the Olympics for 2020 and beyond."
Olympic and World champion Jordan Burroughs
"It's not over yet. We will keep fighting to save the sport we love. Don't stop dreaming and don't stop believing."


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The program provides for internships at many hospital and clinical affiliate sites throughout Florida. During the internship phase of the program, students receive comprehensive, practical experience to prepare them for the certification exam.
Note: Please note that certification agencies may change the qualifying requirements; it is the student's obligation to meet those requirements.
Alix Vieux, BSMT
Pathology Manager
I would tell students coming into the lab for their internship that they are well on their way to becoming 'laboratory detectives'; a histotechnologist is a lab detective that processes hard evidence – tissue samples and body fluids. Routine tissue processing can take four to sixteen hours to find the 'clues,' whereas a rushed case using frozen sections can take twenty minutes or less.
In a hospital setting, the histotechnologist is not isolated; he/she interacts with other areas besides pathology. A close relationship with microbiology and hematology is warranted -- it is an exciting and lively work environment.


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A single female Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) found Oct. 6 in a residential grapefruit tree in Nogales, Ariz., is undergoing tests at the USDA-APHIS laboratory in Beltsville, Md., to determine if the insect carried citrus greening disease, also called Huanglongbing disease (HLB).
Test results are expected later this week. APHIS confirmed the insect was an ACP Oct. 7. Nogales is located in southern Arizona at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The insect was found in an APHIS trap in a residential backyard about one-quarter mile east of the International Port of Entry in Nogales.
The ACP is the primary vector of HLB. The dreaded disease kills every citrus tree it infects. The insect was previously found in Yuma County, Ariz. and at various locations in Southern California.
HLB, the most deadly citrus tree disease in the world, is not found in Arizona or California. In Florida, ACP and HLB have caused massive tree losses. Fruit from an HLB-infected tree is unmarketable due to its extremely sour taste and odd size.
John Caravetta, Arizona Department of Agriculture Associate Director and Chief of the agency's Plant Services Division, says additional trapping in Nogales is underway to determine if the insect was a hijacker on a vehicle, blown in by the wind, or part of an established colony.
"Based on the trapping results so far we don't believe the psyllid is established in the Nogales area," Caravetta said. "It was probably a hitchhiker that may have come across in commercial or passenger traffic or even blown in from an area that already has the psyllid."
Caravetta says insecticide control treatments will only be applied in the Nogales area if an active infestation is found. If that is the case, foliar and drench-applied insecticides would be applied within a 1,200-foot distance around the find.
ADA and APHIS have discussed establishing an ACP quarantine in the Nogales area. Usually a single find does not trigger a quarantine. A quarantine is likely if an active infestation is found.
In addition to the recent ACP find in Nogales, two psyllids were found in passenger carry-ons early this year at the Nogales border crossing.
"This further shows that International Ports of Entry are significant pathways which create additional challenges for border States," Caravetta said. "This pest has a real presence and opportunity to enter Arizona through commercial and passenger traffic. We keep crossing our fingers that we don't have an introduction of an adult psyllid with HLB."
HLB is found in several locations in Mexico. The closest Mexican HLB-infected ACP colony is located about 240 miles south of Nogales in the southern part of the State of Sonora.
41 psyllids
The recent Nogales ACP find brings to 41 the total number of psyllids found in Arizona. Only one find was in commercial citrus (Yuma County). The balance was found in residential areas.
Prior to the Nogales find, psyllids were only found in Arizona in Yuma County, the state's largest citrus-producing county. Lemons are the area's top citrus crop. The county's latest find occurred Sept. 30. An adult female was found in a quarantine area less than one mile from Interstate 8.
"We have not detected anything more than the single adult which could have blown in from commercial or passenger traffic on the interstate," Caravetta said. "None of the other areas in Yuma County have reported any detection under very heavy and frequent trapping."
The ACP was first found in Arizona in Yuma County in Fall 2009. ADA and APHIS established quarantines in parts of Yuma County which remain in effect. The quarantines create requirements to move citrus in and out of the area.
The ACP was first found in California in San Diego County in Fall 2008. The insect has since been found in Imperial, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Orange counties. Quarantines are in effect in certain areas.
As the fall holiday season approaches, Caravetta says the Asian citrus psyllid is a reminder for the general public not to transport backyard-grown citrus or give the citrus as gifts.
"It's not safe to move residential citrus that has not been commercially processed (cleaned)," Caravetta said. "We're trying to discourage this behavior due to the threat it presents. This insect is so small but it carries such a powerful punch that can be very devastating."


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Playing in the pool is a great way to cool down but I found an even better way. Just get naked while I am in the pool. Keeps me real cool and I get lots of attention too. I thought this bathing suit looked pretty good while I was wearing it but it was a lot more fun taking it off!
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WICHITA — Federal prosecutors want a former Kansas doctor convicted of illegally possessing drugs and a gun to be sent back to prison for 10 years.
In a filing Wednesday, the government requested the maximum allowable sentence for former Goddard physician Lawrence M. Simons.
Simons was convicted last year of being a felon in possession of a firearm for giving a bail bondsman a pistol as partial payment in an unrelated domestic dispute. He was also convicted of unlawfully possessing controlled substances.
Prosecutors also want to tack on another 10 months for violating conditions of his release on a 2009 conviction for unlawfully distributing controlled substances.
The government cited incidents it contends show a person willing to intimidate and resort to violence to get what he wants.
Sentencing is Feb. 10.


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Julie Harris, the delicate yet steely grande dame of the stage whose performances earned her a record five Tony Awards and 10 Tony nominations, died Saturday. She was 87.
Harris died of congestive heart failure at her home in West Chatham, Mass., actress Francesca James, a close friend, told the Associated Press. Harris had suffered a stroke in 2001 and another in 2010, James said.
In addition to her theatrical awards, Harris was nominated for an Academy Award in 1952 for her indelible performance as Frankie Addams in Carson McCullers' "The Member of the Wedding," a role she had created on Broadway.
The actress also appeared in Elia Kazan's 1955 film "East of Eden" opposite James Dean and later became familiar to television viewers as Joan Van Ark's mother, Lilimae Clements, on the CBS television series "Knots Landing."
But she was at heart a stage actress, appearing in more than 30 Broadway plays as well as Off Broadway and regional productions almost too numerous to count. Throughout a career that spanned more than 50 years, she never lost her passion for the stage.
"What is thrilling about the theater," Harris told the Washington Post in 1999, "is that it's a forum where people come and for those two or three hours belong to something, to ideas, to a feeling of being a member of the human race."
She said she didn't regret that her performances came and went with no record of them, "because the thing that is so exciting to me in the theater was that very thing — it burns for a time, and then it's gone. Except it's never gone in your head and in your heart."
In many of her best-remembered roles, Harris held the stage alone or virtually alone, as in her solo performances as Emily Dickinson in "The Belle of Amherst," Isak Dinesen in "Lucifer's Child" and Charlotte Bronte in "Currer Bell" and her role as Mary Todd Lincoln in the four-member cast of "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln."
"I feel akin to certain souls," she told an interviewer for the Christian Science Monitor in 1976 as she was playing Dickinson on Broadway.
On Broadway and Off Broadway, she appeared in numerous major roles from her 1945 Broadway debut in "It's a Gift" to her last role 52 years later as Fonsia opposite Charles Durning in "The Gin Game." Her Tony Awards came for her performances in "I Am a Camera" (1952), "The Lark" (1956), "Forty Carats" (1969), "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln" (1973) and "The Belle of Amherst" (1977).
But if she wasn't playing a role on Broadway or Off Broadway, Harris took to the road. The New York Times' Maureen Dowd once affectionately called her "a theatrical dinosaur" for her determination to tour the country in her biographical stage portraits and in road companies for "Driving Miss Daisy" and many other plays.
"I'm of the opinion that you always follow the work," Harris once said. She also just plain liked living out of a suitcase. "It goes like the wind, there's so much to do," she said of her time on the road.
Besides "The Belle of Amherst," she toured almost a year as Daisy Werthan in Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," and she also was Leticia (Lettice) Douffet in "Lettice and Lovage," Fonsia in "The Gin Game" and Carrie in "Fossils" in various regional productions.
It was while performing in "Fossils" in May 2001 in Chicago that Harris had a stroke.
The following year, she was honored in a tribute at New York City's Lincoln Center. Though her speech was impaired, she found the words to thank those gathered to sing her praises: "I love you. I love you. I love you."
Julia Ann Harris was born Dec. 2, 1925, in Grosse Point Park, Mich., the middle child and only girl of three. Her father was an investment banker whose avocation was mammalogy — he was assistant curator at the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology; her mother had trained to be a nurse.
Both loved the theater and began taking their children to performances in Detroit when they were children. Harris later recalled that once she saw Ethel Waters, with whom she would later star in the stage and film versions of "The Member of the Wedding."
"Even today I can picture, clear as day, and even hear in my mind, Ethel Waters singing 'Taking a Chance on Love' in 'Cabin in the Sky,'" Harris wrote in her 1971 book, "Julie Harris Talks to Young Actors," written with Barry Tarshis.
As a teenager, Harris had a gift for mimicry and, like many girls her age, she was star-struck, keeping scrapbooks of movie stars and seeing every movie she could — she said she saw "Gone With the Wind" nine times. One of her first roles in drama class was in "The Juggler of Notre Dame," for which she received high praise.
"This was a new experience," she wrote in her book on acting. Used to being criticized for being too thin or not good enough in her studies, she felt overwhelmed by the praise.
"It was as if, after all those years, I'd discovered a secret power," she said. "I wasn't sure exactly what this power was, but I certainly wasn't going to let it get away from me."
Harris attended Yale School of Drama for a time in the 1940s and also trained at the Perry-Mansfield School of Dance and Theatre and the Actors Studio.
She had several roles in Broadway plays before "The Member of the Wedding," but she said that playing 12-year-old Frankie when she was twice that age "was really the beginning of everything big for me."
After she went on to play Frankie on screen in that well-regarded film, she had other wonderful moments in movies, including "East of Eden," as Abra, the sensitive fiancée of Aron Trask, brother of James Dean's character Cal.
But she was the first to acknowledge that her film career never really took off.
"I wish I had gotten bigger parts in the movies," she told the Washington Post in 1988. "But I could never compete with the great beauties."
She appeared frequently on television. Besides her role in "Knots Landing," she had two series — the short-lived "Thicker Than Water" in 1973 and "The Family Holvak" in 1975 — and also made guest appearances in numerous series, TV movies and miniseries. She won two Emmys, for "Little Moon of Alban" (1959) and "Victoria Regina" (1962).
But Harris always returned to that "magical place" — the stage. She loved "that first moment when the curtain goes up."
Harris was married and divorced three times. She had one son, Peter Alston Gurian.
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A 20-year-old Des Moines man faces several felony charges after a drug arrest on Thursday. Justin James Vandermartin is currently in the Marion County Jail on $61,000 bond.
According to court documents, authorities went to a residence on the 300 block of South Roche Street in Knoxville last night looking to serve a warrant to another man. Vandermartin said the suspect wasn't around and allowed officers to search the residence. Officers found a backpack with several items used to make methamphetamine, including coffee filters, pseudoephedrine pills, and starter fluid. Vandermartin allegedly admitted the backpack was his and he was going intending to make meth. He's been charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine; possession of precursor – lithium; possession of precursor – pseudoephedrine; and possession of drug paraphernalia. He'll appear in court next week. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.


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Jared Jefferies just sent the Wizards an offer sheet to match the 5-year, 30 million dollar contract the New York Knicks are willing to give him!
6 million a year...?!?! For Jared Jefferies!!!??
Way to go, Isaiah! If you're gonna get fired by the end of the season, you might as well f*ck over the Knicks for the next 10 years while you're at it!
Knicks At It Again
Talk about any other sports here.
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migya wrote:Never was a Knicks fan! GO ISIAH
Well, to be honest, if he wanted to get Jeffries, that's the kind of offer he should do. The Wiz would be crazy to match that.
If Jeffries is worth that much is a different matter. He isn't. Actually, he ain't worth half that.
That's what I'm saying... Isaiah is cranking out another bad, long-term contract to hogtie the Knicks with! After he gets his walking slip from NY, they'll be so handicapped from all his deals that he'ss probably be the one who has the last laugh.
Ernie Grunfeld still has some common sense. The Wizards are not matching Jeffries' contract, instead signing Deshawn Stevenson for to a minimun contract.
Which means another great move by Isiah. I think it's time we offer him Pietrus for Frye and see what happens.
Which means another great move by Isiah. I think it's time we offer him Pietrus for Frye and see what happens.
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migya wrote:Is Frye going to be anything great though? He seems alright but not a powerhouse Center.
Now granted I didn't watch a single knicks game last year (who would? ) but Frye basically seems like what diogu would be if he were 6'11 and got more PT. And frye has a better 3p% than dunleavy


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Sales Of New Homes Rise Again, Hit Five-Year High
Note added on Aug. 23, 2013: When we wrote this post and its headline — "Sales Of New Homes Rise Again, Hit Five-Year High" — the data said that was true. Now, the agencies that produce the numbers have issued revisions that indicate sales of new homes in June were the second-best in the last five years. Go here to read about that. We aren't changing the original content in this post because at the time we reported the figures they were accurate. We want to preserve our account for reference purposes.
Our original post:
New home sales rose 8.3 percent in June to an annual rate of 497,000, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday.
At that pace, sales were the strongest since the 504,000 rate of May 2008.
The housing sector has been one of the economy's brighter spots in recent months as it continues to recover from a bubble that burst in 2007 and 2008. Reuters says that housing is "showing no signs of slowing in the face of higher mortgage rates."


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About AngolaAngola is a place of untapped potential and beauty. With a volatile past and a rich culture, Angola backpacking tours have a lot to offer visitors - from vast beaches to prime game viewing, breathtaking scenery and stunning architecture from its early Portuguese influence.
Angola Budget Travel
Below is a list of Angola's top destinations, click on the link to view all details and tours.
Cahama, Foz do Cunene, Iona National Park, Luanda, Namibe
Fast Facts
Angolan Kwanza (AK)
Dialing Code
Angola HIV/AIDS is a huge concern, with a large percentage of the adult population suffering from the disease. While Angola's AIDS rate is lower compared to other Southern Africa countries due to the 27 year civil war which drastically affected the country's stability, it is increasing each year and poses a marked problem in the country.
Angola airports include: - Albano Machado International, (Huambo Airport) - Quatro de Fevereiro International (Luanda Airport) - Sa da Bandeira (Lubango Airport) - Namibe Airport
Angola birdlife is rich and diverse due to the wide contrasts of ecosystems in the country. Sadly, years of civil war have affected bird migration and natural habitats; however there are a recorded 983 species to be found from the last recorded count. Numbers in recent years are undetermined - bust studies have shown that there is a strong concentration in areas such as the western Angola Endemic Bird Area and in national parks, in particular Cangandala National Park.
With a long history of civil war and unrest, and severe deforestation and land damage, Angola conservation is a major priority to try and and address decades of environmental damage. Over the last few years conservation efforts in Angola have slowly started to rebuild this beautiful country, with large-scale game replenishing and protected areas being put into place to restore the regions to their former game-rich glory.
Angola's cultures include the following: - Strong Portuguese and African cultural influences - Art forms include wood carvings and traditional pottery - Literature is based on political and social history and influences - Dance and music has a strong Brazilian and Portuguese influence - Architecture is especially influenced by the Portuguese background
Customs authorities in Angola may enforce strict regulations concerning temporary importation into or export of items such as firearms, medications, business equipment and other items and can be very tricky to deal with at times. Contact the Angolan Embassy in your country for any queries or uncertainties.
Angola is a third world country, and as such Angola health precautions should always be considered when traveling in the country. Inoculations are essential before visiting, and during your travel take care to follow basic health steps to prevent tummy complaints or anything more serious from potentially ruining your travel experience.
The following inoculations are required when travelling to Angola: - Typhoid & yellow fever - Meningococcus & polio - Hepatitis A & B - Rabies - Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) - Tetanus-diphtheria
The main languages spoken in Angola include: - Portuguese - Kimbundu - Umbundu - Kikongo
The following malaria medication can be taken when visiting Angola: - mefloquine (Lariam) - Atovaquone/proguanil (Malarone) - Doxycycline
Angola money and banking information includes: - Angola's currency is the New Kwanza - US Dollars are accepted almost everywhere in the country - There are very few ATM's in the country, and most do not accept foreign bank cards - The only places which accept credit cards are major hotels - It is illegal to destroy Angola currency or take it out of the country
Angola people include the following groups: - Ovimbundu 37% - Kimbundu 25% - Bakongo 13% - Mestios (mixed European and native African) 2% - European 1% - Mixed nationalities 22%
Angola local phrases include the following: - Hello - Ola - Good bye - Adeus - My name is - o Meu Nome - Where is - Onde Esta - Thank you - Obrigado (men), Obrigada (women) - Please - Por Favor
Angola plant life includes an estimated 5,185 species of plants along its different climate regions. Vegetation ranges from lush forest to dry savanna, sparse deserts and palm tree lined coastal areas. The war and subsequent land abuse, flooding and habitat loss has affected the flora in Angola. Habitats are slowly re-growing, although deforestation and desertification are still a major concern for Angola's natural habitats.
According to a 2007 UN estimate, the Angolan population is at 17 million.
Angola religion includes the following groups: - Christian: 53% (Roman Catholic: 38%, Protestant: 15%) - Indigenous beliefs: 46.8% - Islam: 0.2%
Safety Tips
Angola safety tips include the following: - Where possible, do not travel through Angola without a guide - Do not walk alone - especially at night - Do not use cameras in front of the police - Never venture beyond the red and white HALO Trust posts - these indicate landmine areas - Carry a satellite phone in case of emergencies - In busy cities like Luanda keep cars locked at all times when driving.
Angola local transport include the following options: - Train - Car - Taxi - Bus
Travel Books
Recommended Angola travel books include the following: - Bay of Tigers: An Odyssey through War-torn Angola by Pedro Rosa Mende - Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuaciaski - Swimming to Angola ... And Other Tips for Surviving the Third World by Christopher S. Blin
Visa Requirements
Angola visa information is as follows: - Visas may be granted for work or for travel - Travel visas take up to 7 days to process - Visas are valid for 90 days - Visa applicants must include copies of all documents from ID to letter of invitation from Angolan resident - Certified checks for $110.00 and proof of sustenance in Angola for $100.00 minimum are also required
What To Buy
What to buy for Angola safaris: - Mosquito repellent and malaria medication - Luggage and backpacks - Sleeping bag - Guide book of Angola, plus Angola maps - Portuguese phrasebook and language program
What To Pack
What to pack for Angola safaris: - Loose, lightweight clothing for hot days, and warm clothing for cool days - Binoculars and camera - Mosquito repellent and malaria medication - Sunscreen, hat and sunglasses - Solid, comfortable walking or hiking shoes - Bathing costume and beach gear
When To Go
When to go to Angola: - Angola only has two marked seasons - June to late September is dry and cool - October to late May is hot and rainy - Game viewing is best during dry months as some parks close in rainy season - Bird watching and hiking are best from June to September
Angola Wildlife is fairly prolific, although many species face endangerment or vulnerability. Conservation efforts in recent years have helped to protect the country's game from poachers and habitat loss, and many game species are being reintroduced into major parks. Game reserves in the country include Quisama (Kissama) National Park, Cameia National Park, Iona National Park, Mupa National Park and Cangandala National Park.
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