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Hernandez entered the 2012 PG National Showcase Thursday morning
following the footsteps of Carlos Correa, the No. 1 overall pick in
last week's MLB Draft.
Hernandez to Correa—while unfair, perhaps—is inevitable. Both are
from Puerto Rico. Both play shortstop. Correa impressed scouts at
last year's event, and Hernandez is trying his best to do the same
with his opportunity this year.
has tools," said Edwin Rodriguez, the director and coach for Team
Mizuno Puerto Rico, on which Hernandez plays. "The one that stands
out is his bat. He can hit."
proved that at the PG World Showcase earlier this year, ranking among
the top infielders who attended the event, most of whom were 2012
grads. Since then, Hernandez has worked hard to improve his game.
Hernandez said. "A lot of practice."
was clocked at 89 mph during the infield throw drill Thursday
morning, tied for eighth best among the 40 players who participated.
He ran a 6.81 in the 60-yard dash.
a lean, loose athlete," said PG Scouting Coordinator, Ben Collman.
"He has plus defensive actions, power potential at the plate and
easy bat speed."
Hernandez's tools create plenty of buzz, there's always room to
doesn't always understand that a hit to right field is as good as a
hit to left," Rodriguez said. "I think that's where he needs to
improve to become a better hitter. Other teams try to pitch him away
and throw a lot of curveballs. He has to show them that he can go the
other way and become a better hitter."
been coming to Perfect Game events for a couple of years now,"
Rodriguez continued. "From my point of view, this is the best
showcase in the U.S to show your guys, especially from Puerto Rico.
When they're in Puerto Rico, they tend to stand out because there
isn't anyone to compare you with. But here, it's the best of the
best in the U.S. You have to showcase what you have against the other
guys. It gives the scouts an opportunity to compare you and see where
you're at."
asked what he hopes to gain by attending the event, Hernandez paused.
he confessed. "I want to move up in the rankings."
Nick Kappel
returns to mound with strong results
Williams, a left-handed pitcher from Shreveport, La., arrived in
Minneapolis after midnight on the first day of Perfect Game's
National Showcase. He flew in for one reason, to pitch two innings in
front of the scouts and college coaches that had gathered at the
Metrodome for the showcase.
left the Metrodome immediately after pitching his two innings and was
on a plane home the same day that he arrived. Williams' short trip
speaks volumes to the magnitude of this event for young players.
a lot of good talent here, there's gonna be a lot of tough people
to face," Williams said. He listed being able to take the field
with so many other top players as one of his top reasons for making
the trip to Minneapolis for the event.
earned the right to be in the Metrodome with many of the nation's
top prospects. He is the No. 2 ranked player for the class of 2013 in
his home state of Louisiana and comes in at 87th nationally.
is Williams' first summer on the mound after being forced to take
last summer off. He was diagnosed with rare medical condition called
thoracic outlet syndrome. The condition resulted in doctors having
to remove one of his ribs to relieve pain from a compressed nerve.
is optimistic about the recovery he's made since the surgery,
"Since then my arms been healthy, and everything's been great."
kicked off the first game of the National Showcase with the Purple
team and showed a loose, projectable arm while throwing 88-91 mph
with a mid-70s curve. He was able to settle down after the first
inning and was much sharper while pitching more efficiently in the
Williams was in Minneapolis for less than a day before heading back
to Lousiana. He felt the short trip was well worth it.
just blessed for them to allow me to come here and play."
Kira Olsen
streamed live
you haven't seen the links off of Perfect Game's homepage, every part
of this year's National Showcase will be available live, and for
free, thanks to Perfect Game's partnership with the eCoach Sports Network
and iHigh. This touches a variety of people on different levels.
of the players travelled together, without parents or other family
members, giving friends and family to watch those close to them
perform at a high level with their peers on a national level.
have already heard from numerous scouts that aren't in attendance
(there were over 300 here on Day 1) that have tuned into the
broadcasts to get a read on the top players from the 2013 class.
if you don't tune into the action live, all of the games will be
archived and available to be viewed at any time. You can view all of
the action here at www.perfectgame.org and by visiting the
iHigh.com Perfect Game page.
session recap
no event records were set on the first day of the 2012 National
Showcase, there were as always plenty of measurables that were
60-yard dash was the first drill conducted, and outfielder Carlos
Williams (Covington HS, Tenn.) ran a blazing 6.18 time. Mitchell
Schiffelt, who is currently playing for the Virginia Cavaliers, holds
the event record at 6.11.
outfielder Hunter Webb (Russell County HS, Ala.) also showed sub-6.5
speed, with a record time of 6.36 seconds.
strongest outfield arm on display came from Eric Williams (Sachse HS,
Rowell Texas), who hit 97 on the gun while firing seeds to both third
and home. Anfernee Grier, who also ran a 6.63 60, showed the second
best reading on his outfield throws at 94 mph. Grier is a long and
loose quick-twitch athlete who had a promising round of BP as well,
showcasing his impressive bat speed. It's easy to envision him
taking off as he continues to add strength, and continues to improve
by leaps and bounds each and every time we see him.
Rican infielder Roy Morales (Colegio Nuestra Sra del Carmen, San
Juan) showed the best arm strength across the infield at 92 mph, and
Jextin Pugh (Bishop
Guilfoyle HS, Duncansville, Pa.)
threw 90 from first base. Behind the plate, Andrew Dunlap (Westbury
Christian HS, Houston, Texas) registered 88 mph while Brian Navarreto
(Arlington Country Day HS, Jacksonville, Fla.) posted the best POP
time at 1.80 seconds. Both Dunlap and Navarreto had good BP showings
as well.
view all of the workout results, be sure to visit the Perfect Game
National Showcase blog:
• Outfielder
Justin Williams (Terrebonne HS, Houma, La.) had the most memorable
batting practice performance on the day. The powerfully built
left-handed slugger showed easy power by jacking three long home
runs, one that landed in the upper deck in right field at the
Metrodome, with the other two bouncing off the facade just below.
Williams also ran 6.75 in the 60 and thew 91 mph from the outfield.
• Purple
teammates Kevin Franklin (Gahr HS, Cerritos, Calif.) and Dominic
Smith (Serra HS, Los Angeles, Calif.) also looked very impressive in
BP today. Smith in particular displayed the second best display of
power after Williams, with one PG scout pointing out that his upside
is tremendous, and just needs added reps and overall experience to
live up to his lofty potential.
• During
the first inning of Game 2, starter Thomas Hatch (Jenks HS, Tulsa,
Okla.) used an upper-80s fastball and a handful of breaking balls to
retire the first three batters he faced. Those three batters came in
the form of three of the top prospects from the 2013 class,
infielders Oscar Mercado (Gaither HS, Tampa Fla.) and Christopher
Rivera (El Dorado HS, Fullerton, Calif.) and the aforementioned
Justin Williams. Mercado is the type of player that makes the game
look incredibly easy, displaying silky smooth defensive actions as
part of the morning's infield drills. Rivera had a strong BP
performance of his own, consistently squaring up the ball well,
making Hatch's accomplishment even more impressive.
• Speaking
of top prospects, catcher Chris Okey (Eustis HS, Mt. Dora, Fla.)
continued to cement his name among the best in the 2013 class. One
of PG's scouts thought Okey was the best defensive catcher in
attendance on Day 1, showing very easy, smooth actions, descriptive
terms usually reserved for middle infielders. He showed ery good arm
strength and a quick transfer behind the plate, registering a POP
time of 1.85 during the workouts and 1.90 and 1.94 in game action.
He also smoked a low, outside low-90s fastball back up the middle in
the first inning of Game 3 for a single.
• Jordon
Austin (Forest HS, Ocala, Fla.) was one of the more impressive
all-around athletes during Day 1 of the event, showing very good
speed (6.55 in the 60) and a strong outfield arm (88 mph) and had an
impressive power display during BP.
• Cord
Sandberg (Manatee HS, Bradenton, Fla.) is another impressive athlete
who turned heads as soon as he entered the building given his
6-foot-3, 225-pound physique. He too is a little raw, with promise
as a quarterback on the gridiron. He ran and threw well, and hit a
booming triple off the wall in right field.
• Right-handed
pitcher Austin Sexton (Sparkman HS, Madison, Ala.) was also sharp in
Game 2, using a 87-89 fastball, a low-70s curve and a couple of 79-81
changeups to strikeout the side in the sixth.
• Middle
infielder Dalton Dulin (Memphis University, Tenn.) drove a pitch to
deep right-centerfield in the eighth inning of Game 2, turning on the
jets to leg out a triple. He later scored a run by stealing home,
showing off his hustling, aggressive approach to the game. Dulin has
made very good development since the last time we have seen him.
• Right-handed
pitcher Tanner Draper (Riverton HS, West Jordan, Utah) pitched in
Game 2 for the Maroon squad, working in the 84-88 range while showing
an overall advanced sense for pitching.
• Catcher
Andrew Dunlap (Westbury Christian HS, Houston Texas), has looked very
impressive on the day, from the workouts to batting practice to
in-game action, he has been impressive on all levels.
• Right-handed
pitcher Bryce Welborn (Northland Christian HS, The Woodlands, Texas)
was one of the day's hardest throwers, working in the 90-92 range
while throwing strikes and mixing in a sharp, low-80s slider in Game
• Game
2 starter Trey Cobb was also impressive for the Green team. Cobb
showed very good pitchability with a fastball that peaked at 90.
• Shortstop
Kramer Robertson (Midway HS, McGregor, Texas), son of the Kim
Mulkey-Robertson , the Head Coach for the Baylor's women's basketball
team that claimed the national title this spring, showed very
promising defensive actions up the middle. He's a good overall
athlete that had a promising round of BP as well.
• Right-handed
pitcher Robert Tyler (Crisp County HS, Cordele, Ga.) looked sharp
taking the mound for Columbia Blue in Game 3. Tyler worked at 89-91,
peaking at 92 mph, while mixing in a polished changeup and a 72-74
breaking ball. He has a projectable frame and loose, live arm.
• Tres
Barrera (Sharyland HS, McAllen, Texas) had two of the hardest hit
balls on the day in Game 3, the more notable of the two when he
smoked the ball to deep left-centerfield in the seventh.
• Left-handed
pitcher Ian McKinney (Boone HS, Orlando, Fla.) earned a comparison to
2011 National participant and PG All-American Matthew Crownover given
their impressive pitchability. McKinney employs an over the top
delivery to create good downhill plane on his 87-88 mph fastball,
while mixing in a sharp low-80s cutter.
• Righty
Jordan Howard (Crisp Academy, Cordele, Ga.) size is evident on the
mound given his listed 6-foot-2, 220-pound frame. He showed the
ability to hit his spots with a 86-90 mph fastball, and his size and
big, broad shoulders makes it easy to project more velocity moving
• Primary infielder Ryder Jones (Stillwater HS, Okla.) was the last player to take the mound on Thursday, tossing five outs in order to give some of the Columbia Blue hitters additional at-bats. With very good size at 6-foot-3, 185-pounds it looked as though Jones could excel as a pitcher if he wanted to, showing a nice, balanced delivery while easily pumping 87-91 fastballs. He only threw a pair of curveballs, but they too showed promise. Jones was also impressive during BP as a left-handed hitter, and profiles well at third base.
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The Grand County High School football team stayed alive in the 2A state playoffs with a 27-20 quarterfinal victory over the South Sevier Rams at Moab on Nov. 1.
The Red Devils held a 27-6 lead after three quarters of play, but had to withstand a ferocious fourth-quarter rally by the Rams, who made two separate scoring drives deep into Grand territory in the final few minutes of the contest.
"It was one of those games that has you at the edge of your seat," said GCHS head coach Dennis Wells, whose team improved to 9-1 on the season and advances to the state semifinals for the second year in a row.
Grand's Koi Cook and Cameron Taylor had each rushed for two touchdowns prior to the fourth quarter. On the first play of the fourth quarter, South Sevier quarterback Trevor Jones found receiver Avery Healey in the end zone for a touchdown. The two-point conversion attempt failed, however, leaving Grand ahead 27-12.
Grand went three-and-out on its next possession, punting the ball with just under nine minutes remaining. South Sevier then advanced the ball deep into Red Devil territory, eventually scoring on a five-yard touchdown run by Healey with just under six minutes remaining. With a successful two-point conversion run by Jones, the Rams closed the deficit to seven points, 27-20.
South Sevier then tried an onside kick and recovered the ball, setting up a drive that would take them as close as the Red Devil 15-yard line with 3:01 remaining. Grand's defense stopped the Rams on fourth down and four, giving the Red Devils the ball again.
At that point in the game, Grand simply needed to get a couple of first downs and retain possession while running down the clock. However, the Red Devils suffered an untimely setback when Jacob Francis fumbled the ball away with 2:37 left, giving the Rams yet another opportunity to score from Red Devil territory.
"Again, they could have tied it up or won it," said Wells. "But our defense held up and stopped them."
On their final drive, South Sevier made it as close as the 8-yard line. On fourth down and five yards to go, the Rams tried a pass play that was broken up by Grand's strong safety Ronnie Dolphin, giving the Red Devils the ball on downs once again with just over one minute to play.
By then, North Sevier was out of time outs, so Grand's quarterback – Francis – took a knee twice and the game clock ran out, giving the Red Devils the victory.
"We were in control for most of the game, up until the end of the third quarter," Wells said. "We just made some mistakes at the end, so we have some things we need to work on this week."
Grand next plays the North Summit Braves in the 2A semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 9 at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. The game starts at 11 a.m. The other 2A semifinal game will follow at 1:30 p.m., featuring Beaver vs. South Summit.
Three of the four teams have 9-1 records on the season, while North Summit is 8-2. The Braves' only losses were a 21-7 non-region loss to Duchesne on Aug. 30, and a 10-0 loss to Millard at North Summit on Sept. 20. South Summit's only loss of the season was a 26-24 defeat at the hands of North Summit on Oct. 11. Grand's only loss of the year thus far was a 12-7 setback at Beaver on Sept. 20, and Beaver's only blemish was a 37-6 loss at South Summit on Sept. 13.
Wells said that for the Red Devils to advance to the championship game, they'll have to stop North Summit's formidable running attack.
"Their kind of running game is totally different than what we are used to seeing," he said. "They'll be hard to stop."
Last Friday's game marked the return to action of Francis, who had broken his leg exactly six weeks earlier during the loss at Beaver. Although Francis didn't score against the Rams, he played most of the game, primarily at wide receiver and quarterback on offense and at free safety on defense.
Wells said that running back Taylor, a senior, injured his hamstring during a tackle as he scored his second touchdown of the game against South Sevier and is not expected to play against North Summit this week. Taylor's two TDs against South Sevier were on a 33-yard run in the first quarter and a one-yard run in the third quarter. Both of Cook's touchdowns were a result of short runs in the second quarter. Cook also made an interception and a fumble recovery on defense.
Cook and Francis are expected to share quarterbacking duties against North Summit, Wells said.
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Is Jennifer Lawrence revisiting the wilderness-mama genre with 'Glass Castle'?
While promoting "The Hunger Games" last month, Jennifer Lawrence quipped, "I don't know what it is with me and maternal wilderness girls. I just love 'em.…" The 21-year-old actress was referring not only to her role as Katniss Everdeen in the uber-blockbuster that has now racked up more than $350 million but also to her Academy Award-nominated part as Ree Dolly in 2010's "Winter's Bone." While the films are markedly different, both feature strong female protagonists who must take on a motherly role because their parents can't fulfill their responsibilities.
That trend seems to be continuing. Not even the intensity of playing Katniss has seemed to abate the actress' passion for the "maternal wilderness girl." According to Deadline Hollywood this morning, Lawrence is eyeing another such part in an adaptation of journalist and gossip columnist Jeannette Walls' best-selling memoir "The Glass Castle."
Lionsgate declined to comment for this story, but it seems Lawrence has little fear about being typecast. "The Glass Castle" is Walls' chronicle of her unorthodox childhood as one of four children who had to fend for themselves after their eccentric parents proved unable. The book, published in 2005, spent some 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was a favorite among many book clubs.
Paramount Pictures scooped up the movie rights to the book the year it was published via its deal with Brad Pitt's production company Plan B but was never able to turn it into a feature film. The project went into turnaround, and producer Gil Netter ("The Blind Side,") bought it. According to screenwriter Marti Noxon, who is just signing her deal to work on the script, Lionsgate's president of production, Eric Feig, pounced on the project before Gill and Noxon were able to take it out as a pitch.


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Tech Student Dies in Car Accident; Another Badly Injured, Sept. 30, 2002
SOCORRO, N.M., September 30, 2002 -- New Mexico Tech senior Jeremiah Wright, age 22, died Saturday night, September 28, of injuries sustained in a two-car traffic accident in Socorro involving a New Mexico State Police car and a car driven by another Tech senior, Christopher Michel, age 22, who is currently listed in satisfactory condition at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Hospital in Albuquerque.
Also killed in the collision, which occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday at the intersection of Bullock Avenue and California Street, was Erron Todd, age 21, of Albuquerque. She was a senior at the University of New Mexico.
New Mexico State Police officer Robert Carrejo was treated and released that night for injuries he sustained in the crash.
An investigation of the double-fatal accident is ongoing.
Wright, who was pursuing a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering at New Mexico Tech, was the team captain of the university's rugby football club and worked as a research associate at the school's Petroleum Recovery Research Center. He was a native of Raton, N.M.
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Founded in 2011, we are a family oriented club always on the look out for new members. We are Atlanta Georgia's newest off road club that enjoys testing the limits of our vehicles. OTM4WD is open to any 4WD vehicle, Jeep, Toyota, Ford, Chevy, Dodge, etc.. as long as it has a 4Lo transfer case.
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- 15 kilometre Run
Race Options
Entry Details
|Athlete places
|Age range
|16 - 99
|Per entrant
|Affiliation Discount
Race entry is closed. Closed 8th Jun 2017, 10:00
15km Distance
The 15km Dysynni Trail Fest Challenge (Distances is approximate) Is a multi terrain course consisting of off road and a 4km section of road on a 3rd class undulating narrow coutry road.
Starting within the walled garden of Ynysymaengwyn the route consists of one circuit of the woodland paths on the outward run before, following the coastal path along the riverbank. On turning right just after the 3km mark, runners continue to follow the coastal path and the river running in a westerly direction towards the sea and the Dysynni Bridge just beyond the 5km water station. On crossing the Dysynni Bridge runners are on the 3rd class road for approxtely 4km. Runners are proceeded by the lead car at this point until thy leave the road and join the off road section of the course again. Runners will once again follow the river before crossing a fence with a stile at approximately the 11km point. Runners continue to follow the river bank before crossing the river to pick up the coastal path back to Ynysymaengwyn and the final lap of the woods and the finishing line within the walled garden.
Map of the course:- https://www.goodrunguide.co.uk/RouteMap/MyRoutes/4...
All participants will receive a race T-Shirt and bespoke medal. Online entries will be guaranteed the correct T-shirt size.
- Online entries will close close on the 8th June 2017. If the race limit has not been exceeded late on the day entries will be taken.However, we recommend early on line entry as this helps with our pre race planning and preparation.
- A late entry fee of £3.00 will be charged for on the day entries
- Participants must be 16 years of age on race day in order to compete.
- Race registration opens at at 8.30am until 11.30am on race day at the Race HQ, Walled Garden,Ynysymaengwyn Caravan Woodland Park,Tywyn, Gwynedd LL36 9RY.
- NO refund will be allowed once you have received entry confirmation. However, transfers will be allowed between one race to another on the payment of any additional entry fee.
- Water Stations are located at approximately the 5km, 10km and finish line, although addition stations forthe dogs will be located at approxmately the 6.5km & 8km points.All stations cater for the dogs of the canicross runners.
- Presentation of prizes will be made after the main race at race HQ. You must be present to claim you prize. Prizes will not be posted out.
Official Race Charity:
Odyssey Challenging Cancer is once again the official race race charity for the 2017 Dysynni Trail Fest Challenge. We are asking all runners to make a donation while entering on line. Further information on Odyssey and the work they do can be found on the race web page www.wats-on-events.com We would like to thank you in advance for any donation you can make. Remember Every little Helps.
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When does 52% revenue growth disappoint? When the stock is up by about triple that over the same time period.
Pandora Media saw its stock fall as much as 13% after profit and sales figures for the fourth quarter basically met expectations. It earned 11 cents a share (on an adjusted basis) on revenue of $200 million. But its guidance toward a quarterly loss of 13 cents to 17 cents a share on sales of $170 million to $176 million was worse on the earnings line and light on the revenue side.
"The controversy was in the guidance, where another big investment in building out the sales force will pressure the bottom line," said Steve Frankel, an analyst at Dougherty & Co. who forecasts that operating margins will be less than 5% for the year as Pandora builds out the sales team and spends on research and development.
CFO Mike Herring explained why Pandora is adding people. "We're going to be focusing on opening new local markets, but not as many as we opened last year and doubling down on a lot of the local markets that we had one, two or three people in this last year and really putting the next layer of sales in there to take advantage of the opportunity," he said on a call with analysts.
A harsher assessment came from Richard Tullo of Albert Fried & Co., who said Pandora could be "dead money" with a $23 price target -- more than $8 below even Thursday's depressed price. He noted that the only weakness in Time Warner's results were in "scatter market advertising" and wondered whether auto dealers and home-related retailers might pull back on ad spending.
Even with Thursday's drop, Pandora's stock is up 168% over the past 12 months.
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Watch out Wendy Williams, Naomi Campbell may be catwalking her way through! Word on the street is the British supermodel may be getting her own talk show.
During a recent interview with Vogue.com, Naomi's representative said she's currently in negotiations with "a major U.S. network."
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"I can confirm that there are offers on the table," the rep said. "But I can't elaborate further at this time due to ongoing negotiations."
Ms. Campbell seems to be a natural in front of the Tv cameras these days. Along with her campaign for more diversity on the runway, she also the star of the reality show, "The Face."
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Hubble Images of Star Cluster 47 Tucanae Before and After Astronauts Fixed Hubble's Flaw
These comparison images of the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC104) were taken with the COSTAR Corrected Faint Object Camera to show the improvement In performance when compared to images taken with the uncorrected camera.
The pre-COSTAR image was taken on 27 October 1993 using the F/96 mode. Even prior to the servicng mission this was considered an impressive HST image. The star density is high and none of the stars are bright enough to show the halo caused by a flaw in Hubble's primary mirror.
The COSTAR-corrected image was taken on l0th January 1994 reveals stellar images that are crisp and clean, and stellar magnitudes and colors can be accurately measured. (The pre-COSTAR image was rotated and magnified to match the scale and orientation of the COSTAR-corrected image, and both images are 14 arcseconds on a side).
A preliminary analysis of the data reveals the apparent presence of white dwarf stars in the image. Prior to the Hubble observation white dwarfs have generally been too dim to be seen within such a cluster. A globular cluster is a tight aggregate of thousands to millions of very old stars.
White dwarfs are the earth-sized remains of ordinary stars like the Sun. Finding them in a known globular cluster allows accurate estimates of their age and provides clues to reconstructing their history.


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I am constantly blown away by the amount of time and energy people spend on telling other people how to live. It's like people avoid looking at their own reflection by picking out the flaws of someone else's. You can't let your wounds and scars become the lens that you see the world through. We all have our ideas of how things work, the best way to live… but your truth may not be my truth and vice versa.
A good dose of advice is wonderful and I love being inspired by someone elses story and I like seeing the flip side of things. But you can share your truth with someone and not force it on them. When I was a child my mom told me that god is a diamond and that all the different ideas about god and life and the universe are different facet of that diamond… but it's all the same sparkling jewel… she told me that we each find our own path to god and that no ones path is the same.
I believe that is life in general. We all walk our own path. Sometimes our paths cross, sometimes they run parallel, and sometimes we may travel briefly on another road… but in the end we all have our own path. You have to take what works best for you and leave the rest. You have to give everyone the right to believe as they see fit for their own soul. You may not agree that it's right for you… but you should be happy to allow them to embrace their own truth.
Who really wants to live in a sterile, white-washed world anyway? Do we really want to look and act the same? Think of all the beautiful things we would have to give up if everyone was the same. It is sad and honestly, terrifying. We all have the right to be who we are, because that's what makes this world such a beautiful and rich tapestry.
We all judge others, it's human nature. But keep that judgement to yourself. Become your own person and fearlessly be who you are and allow everyone else the right to do the same. I hate that I can be judgmental… usually it's out of love. But that is no excuse. The fact still remains that your life, is yours alone and that is the only thing you need to worry about. And I don't mean that in the egotistical sense.
The key I believe is, compassion. We need to be compassionate toward each other… that doesn't mean coddle people. Sometimes you have to be honest with someone, especially when they ask your opinion… but don't let that judgment take your soul. Don't own the actions of others… just own what you do. At the end of the day we are all doing the best we can.
See and honor the light within of each person, and see in honor the light within yourself.
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Clarkson University Physician Assistant Program Celebrates PA Week with Open House October 8
The Clarkson University Department of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies will hold an open house on Tuesday, October 8, from 2 to 6 p.m. in celebration of PA Week.
Celebrated every year October 6-12, PA Week celebrates the significant impact PAs have made and continue to make in health care, expands awareness of the profession, and salutes the outstanding growth of the PA profession.
This is an opportunity for the Clarkson community, local medical community, and general public to meet the Physician Assistant Studies students and faculty and tour the facility.
Highlights of the tour will include the new anatomy lab and the physical diagnosis lab, featuring the department's simulated patient.
The members of the charter master of physician assistant studies class will be also available to discuss their training and answer questions.
Physician Assistant Studies is located on the first floor of Clarkson Hall at 59 Main St. in downtown Potsdam, N.Y.
Physician assistants (PAs) are licensed health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with supervising physicians. PAs deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural, urban and suburban settings.
Clarkson's program is a 28-month course of study granting a master of science degree in physician assistant studies.
Find out more about Clarkson's Physician Assistant program at http://www.clarkson.edu/pa , 315-268-7942, or firstname.lastname@example.com .
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: The Clarkson University Department of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies will hold an open house on Tuesday, October 8, from 2 to 6 p.m. in celebration of PA Week. Above, this spring, Clarkson Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies students at the program's White Coat Ceremony, which marks the first-year student's transition from classroom studies to clinical studies.
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Monday, October 31, 2005
Maybe I Have Been Watching Too Much Law & Order And CSI
I was reading in WWD today that Prada has separated Jil and Helmut's financial results from the rest of the Prada group. The statement states that Prada is isolating "nonstrategic brands (Jil Sander and Helmut Lang) from the core group with a view to their subsequent disposal."
Wouldn't a Conspiracy Theorist postulate that Prada bought Jil and Helmut (at the time Prada's main competitors) just to run them into the ground? Think about it, with Tom Ford gone from Gucci and Prada now predicting $1.83 billion in sales by 2010, didn't Bertelli come out the big winner? Can't you imagine a "Ripped from the Headlines" L&O with Glen Close as a Fatal Attractionish Jil Sander going murderess on a Dennis Hopper's Patrizio Bertelli.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Chess King….Greenwich Village, New York
The Village Chess Shop is one of those only in New York places. Opened in 1972, its history is written on the faces of its long-time members and on the yellowing newspaper articles that decorate its walls. The Village Chess Shop is one of those places that is a world unto itself. When a regular enters, they are greeted like Norm at Cheers. Pick-up games are played day and night (until midnight!), every day of the week. I mean really, where but New York would you to able to support an all-night chess den, let alone two. The Chess Forum opened six years ago across the street and runs a similar schedule, if only slightly less steeped in history.
Friday, October 28, 2005
The Coolest Cat in Williamsburg
Friday, October 28, 2005
Savile Row Tailor Thomas Mahon in New York
Thomas Mahon ,Savile Row Tailor and author of the blog English Cut, was in New York recently taking orders from his growing American clientele. The Sartorialist asked Thomas a few questions before the beer started flowing.
How is your American customer different from your English or French customer?
The Americans appreciate that I travel to see them. Because London and Paris are closer, there it's taken more for granted. My traveling is especially appreciated on the US West Coast.
Has your blog had an effect on your business? if so more in the UK or the US?
The blog has helped my business considerably, especially in America. Where it has proved particuarly helpful is bringing new people into the Savile Row experience, which has always been a problem for us tailors..
How has the aura of "Savile Row" shaped the expectations of your
American customers. Do they insist on a very traditional "English Cut".
Very much so. My customers are particualarly looking for something to differentiate themselves from the far more common Italian style, which I'm happy to do for them.
What would you like to see more American men wearing?
More bespoke, from anyone- Italian, English, Hong Kong, it doesn't matter.
What is the most satisfying element of your work?
A delighted customer, and maybe a shared drink afterwards.
Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp which would you most like to dress?
I have no preference. However, if I could choose an actor, it would have to be Daniel Craig, the new James Bond. He's got a bit of an edge to him.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
On The Street…. Midtown, Manhattan
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
You Heard It Here First…Bocce Ball!!
I don't know what surprised me more, seeing someone under 70 palying bocce ball or seeing someone chic playing bocce ball.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Style Profile…Jay Kos
The Sartorialist asks Jay Kos ten questions about his personal style.
Favorite store?
G.Lorenzi Milan
Worst fashion mistake?
Trying to hard
Guilty pleasure?
Cigars and Dark Chocolate
Describe personal style?
Personal style has very little to do with what one wears. Personal style can not be learned or taught, you either have it or you don't.
Personal Style quirk?
Leaving my cuff buttons unbuttoned on my dress shirts
Most overrated item in menswear?
The color Black
Most stylish city?
Never caught wearing?
Shorts unless doing a sport
When I was high school I wore?
Cowboy boots
Cologne, skincare?
Guerlain Vetiver
Friday, October 21, 2005
The Individualist
Friday, October 21, 2005
Marlboro Man….West Village, Manhattan
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Style Profile…Duncan Quinn
By day Duncan Quinn plays Clark Kent ,working as a lawyer, but by night Duncan becaomes a sartorial superman breaking down the "rules" of the stodgy old-mens-club of bespoke tailoring. Clockwise above; portrait of Duncan Quinn, image of Michael Caine from Duncan Quinn's NoLita boutique, polaroid of Colin Farrell sporting a Duncan Quinn suit.
The Sartorialist asked Duncan ten questions about his personal style
Style icon?
Michael Caine
Most cherished item?
1940 Breitling
Favorite item of clothing?
Three-Button 13oz. Midnight blue chalkstripe three piece suit
Describe personal style?
Days of glory and nights of excess
Dress to impress who?
No one. Dress to make yourself feel like who you are.
Most underrated item in a man's wardrobe?
Collar Stay's
Never caught wearing?
Hmmm?never say never
Shine your own shoes?
Only an old soldier can shine shoes as they should be shone.
Favorite magazine?
Cologne, skincare?
Roger et Gilbert, Dr, Haushka
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
The New Relaxed
Monday, October 17, 2005
My New Favorite Store…Obscura Antiques & Oddities
I think the word Oddities pretty well sums up this unbelievable East Village shop of delights. I could try and descibe some of the treasures but the thrill of discovery is just too great for me to ruin it for you. Obscura Antiques & Oddities 263 East 10th Street. 212.505.9251
Monday, October 17, 2005
Stripe Right…Midtown Manhattan
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Old Man Style….Brooklyn
Sunday, October 16, 2005
November Magazines
American Vogue (Nov.)
If you look at only one page while flipping through your "wife's" Vogue, check out the Norman Jean Roy double page portrait of Thom Browne and his crew. C'mon, you have to admit the guy is on to something.
Travel & Leisure (Nov.)
Sometimes a magazine really hits the mark, Novembers Travel & Leisure hits a home run. The "Best of Paris" story by Natasha Fraser-Cawassoni gives detailed information for everywhere new and chic in Paris to spend your child's college fund instead of Princeton. Anders Overgaard?s photo's in "Jewel of India" could not be more beautiful.
GQ Style (British)
I buy almost everything and I still couldn't find enough to love in the premiere issue of GQ Style to justify the price. By comparison, it shows you just how on target Men's Vogue was in their first issue. Please Men's Vogue don't disappoint us!
Friday, October 14, 2005
Accessories Will Not Be Ignored
Friday, October 14, 2005
Talented Mr. Ripley
When was the last time a movie had more beautiful young stars, perfect costumes, and stunning locations. Will The Talented Mr. Ripley become our generations Philadelphia Story?
Friday, October 14, 2005
Fulton Fish Market
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Sometimes It Is How You Wear It
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
My New Favorite….Book
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Fulton Fish Market
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Style on the Street….West Village, NYC
Sunday, October 9, 2005
On The Street…. The Bookseller
Sunday, October 9, 2005
Mory Kaba of Eredi Pisano
Mory is the style guru and store manager of Eredi Pisano on Madison Ave.
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Style of the Times Editor
Stefano Tonchi, Editor of New York Times Style Magazine, looking super chic in the front row during Paris fashion week.
more photos from the collections at Style.com
Saturday, October 8, 2005
Tom Ford does W
That explains alot.
When I come across a centerfold in W magazine I expect a sexy photo of Kate or Stella or Gemma not a naked Tom Ford!!
If you must, more photos from the Steven Klein story can be found at Style.com
Friday, October 7, 2005
Good Bye Fulton Fish Market
After almost 200 years in one place, the Fulton Fish Market is moving to the Bronx.
I have always found the fish market an endless fountain of inspiration.
Form follows function but what great form old man!
Friday, October 7, 2005
Jay Kos Has Serious Style
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Men's Vogue Lives
Conde Nast Publications announced today that Men's Vogue has moved from test to full-on launch. Men's Vogue will publish three times next year (April, September, November) and will increase to ten issues for 2007.
Thursday, October 6, 2005
In the Crowd…New York Fashion Week
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Brooks Brothers
Is this the turn around of Brooks Brothers that I have always waited for? Brooks Brothers sits on an incredible company history and a library of truly iconic styles, plus some of the most beautiful stores to house them in but can they make the store exciting in a consistent way?. I'm still not blown away when I walk into the Madison Ave store, but sometimes the fastest way to turn a company around is through image advertising (see Abercrombie). I can't wait for next season.
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Milan Fashion Week Party Central
Style.com is right on top of the fashion week party scene.. Here one of the fashion industries top Sartorialists ,Diego Della Valle, at a party he hosted for "The Snippy World of New Yorker Fashion Artist" Michael Roberts. Photo by Stephane Feugere
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
On the Street..Jay Fielden, Men's Vogue Editor in Chief
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Pleats Please!
Interesting article this week in the new DNR by Sandra Nygarad on the return of pleated pants to the runways of Europe and New York. As to be expected the most insightful comments are by a member of the Bergdorf team. Michael Bastian, Fashion Director BG Men, explains ?The men?s wheels turn so slowly that you get this weird overlap where the least fashionable guy overlaps with the most fashionable guy. So you?ll have the guy who never left pleats and the fashion-forward guy who?s just rediscovering them.? Bastian also notes ?we?re desperate for a change of proportion? He feels that it will only take one designer to present the pleated pant in a truly fresh way that will turn the pleat from trendy to directional.
Sunday, October 2, 2005
Just bought the new Paris Vogue Homme International edited by new Creative Director Bruno Danto.
The new direction is much more sartorially savvy plus all text is in English so I can actually read my $10 magazine!
If you only look at one page it has to be the photo of Hollywood producer Robert Evans!
Trust me once you see it you won't be able to look away.
Bruce Weber continues to prove he is the best photographer in the business with a huge 24 page editorial "What Was, Still is…".
Paul Mather styled two very good editorial stories "All the Presidents Men" and "Young Blood".
Arena Homme Plus can you hear the footsteps?!
What did you think of the new Paris Vogue Homme International?
Sunday, October 2, 2005
Watch Out J.Crew Here Comes Ralph's Rugby
Ralph Lauren has just opened New York's first Rugby store on University Place in Greenwich Village. Rugby is priced for direct competition with J.Crew and Ralph's other more Modernist Club Monaco chain. The collection retains all of Ralph's signature styling but adds a slightly sinister element with its Skull and Cross"bones" logo embroidered on pants, as graphics on tailored dress shirts, and as patches that can be sewn on for a small additional charge. Does that count as MTM?. The overall look is Ralph meets the Libertines( A Jeffery's designer label favorite).
Uptown, Downtown, Eastside now Westside. Ralph will soon give his vintage inspired RRL collection another try in the West Village. This time RRL will join two recently opened Ralph Lauren Collection stores (Men's and Women's) on the newly chic Bleecker Street. Construction crews are busy "aging" the site to perfection right now.
Saturday, October 1, 2005
Patrick McDonald at New York Fashion Week
I don't even know where to start with this look. I'm just glad we still have truly, literally colorful characters like Mr. McDonald still Dandifying our streets.


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All SR 54 eastbound lanes reopen after traffic crash | News
Odessa, Florida -- Three people were hospitalized after a cement truck crashed into three separate vehicles waiting at a red light at SR 54 at the Suncoast Parkway Wednesday afternoon.
The FHP says around 11:45 a.m., an empty cement truck was heading south on the Suncoast Parkway and got off at the SR 54 exit. The driver, 39-year-old Jose Felix Fonseca-Reina, told troopers his brakes stopped working and was not able to stop the truck at the bottom of the exit ramp.
Photo Gallery: Traffic crash involving cement truck at SR 54
He then maneuvered the truck over the raised concrete median, across the westbound lanes of SR 54, across the center grass median and collided with three vehicles that were waiting at the red light at the Suncoast Parkway overpass.
Authorities say all three cars--a 1995 Honda Accord, a 2012 Volvo XC60 SUV and a 2013 Toyota Scion--were waiting in parallel lanes at the light.
The driver of the 1995 Honda, 50-year-old Johanna Cronin from Land O' Lakes, was taken to Tampa General. The driver of the 2012 Volvo, 37-year-old Maria Gelyon from Land O' Lakes, was taken to St. Joseph's along with the driver of the 2013 Toyota 27-year-old Ashley Campbell from Dade City. All are listed in serious but stable condition.
Fonseca-Reina, of Port Richey, received minor injuries and was treated at the scene.


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Topic: Red vs. Blue
Have we ever done one of these, if we have lets bring it back otherwise lets start one.
In the spirit of Red vs Blue no killing other players but npc's are fine.
Also no open swearing, come up with a one name nickname for your character. This will hopefully be fun and funny not overly serious.
Affiliation : Blue
Name: Wayne Griffin
Callsign: Twitch
Rank: Private
Setting is on Reach where the Covenant have been driven off planet but some of their tech and structures are still arround.
Coast line under cloak tower is where Blue base is located. Red base is inland and visable from Blue base.
Twitch was on night watch, he liked it because it was dark and there was nothing to watch. As he walked allong the cloak towers top teir he wondered to himself ("I wonder if the reds are watching me? No they can't it is dark and therefore safe up here far from the reds.") Just as his thought bubble collapsed a loud crash and explosion happed at the bottom of the tower.
"S.O.B." Twitch yelled.
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DADE CITY, Fla. -- Barry University is within three strokes of their rival entering the final day of the Sunshine State Conference men's golf tournament.
The No. 2-ranked Buccaneers shot 282, cutting eight strokes off the Round 1 total, finish the second round of the league championships at 572. No. 1 Nova Southeastern shot 281 Monday, and has a 36-hole total of 569 on the 7,094-yard Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club course.
Lynn is third, seven strokes behind the Bucs in the nine-team tournament hosted by Saint Leo.
Barry's Jared Dalga shot 1-under 71 in the second round, and finds himself tied for second with Eckerd's Jeff Evanier and Nova's Hunter O'Mahony at 141. Nova's Ricardo Celia has a two-stroke lead in the tournament, entering Tuesday's final round.
Barry's Scott Smyers is tied for fifth with Lynn's Daniel Young after shooting a 4-under 68 Monday to enter the clubhouse three strokes off the lead.
Dalga had five birdies in the second round, including three on the front nine to maintain his perch near the top of the leaderboard. He has 10 birdies in the tournament. Smyers eagled the 549-yard, par-5 second hole Monday, and had five birdies to put together the low round in the 36 holes thusfar in the 45-player field. Smyers has six birdies and an eagle in the first two rounds.
Barry's Adam Svensson is tied for eighth after shooting 2-under 70 in Monday's second round, making the Buccaneers the only team with three golfers in the top 10. Svensson had four birdies for the second straight day.
Bucs senior Simon Forsslund shot 77, falling five shots back of his first-round score after Monday's one-birdie effort. He is tied for 21st. Fellow senior Marcus Segerstrom bounced back from a tough first day with a 1-over 73, anchored by two front-nine birdies and a run of nine straight pars on the back.
The Buccaneers shot 6-under as a team Monday. The pace-setting Sharks were 7-under. Barry and Nova are the only two teams under par in the championship event.


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O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack released
Released on this day in 2000, several weeks ahead of the film itself, the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack would catch on slowly, but it would eventually sell upwards of 7 million copies while winning a broad new audience for contemporary artists performing a style of American music–bluegrass–that had been absent from the pop charts for five decades or more. Of the hugely popular album widely credited with sparking a major resurgence of interest in her chosen musical genre, the bluegrass artist Rhonda Vincent said to the Los Angeles Times in 2002, "To me the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack is not bluegrass, but as long as people love the music, who cares what it's called?"
Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, O Brother, Where Art Thou? was a loose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey starring George Clooney as the fast-talking escaped convict Ulysses Everett McGill, who must survive encounters with sirens, a Cyclops and a posse of hooded Klansmen on an epic journey home to Ithaca (Mississippi) to prevent his wife, Penny, from marrying another man. Deciding early on to employ a soundtrack appropriate to the film's setting in the Depression-era South, the Coen brothers enlisted songwriter-producer T-Bone Burnett to find the right music, and he found it in Nashville, though not within the country-music establishment. As the soundtrack's liner notes put it, the sound that Burnett and the Coens were looking for was the sound of country music "before the infidels of [Nashville's] Music Row expropriated that term to describe watered-down pop/rock with greeting-card lyrics."
They found that sound alive and well and in the capable hands of musicians whose roots date back across decades—Ralph Stanley and The Fairfield Four, for instance—and others who had made their careers working in a country vernacular far older than themselves—Gillian Welch, Allison Kraus and Emmylou Harris, most prominent among them. Using these and other contemporary musicians, Burnett completed work on the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? before the first frame of the film was shot, and the Coens consciously built many memorable scenes around songs like Krauss's rendition of "Down To The River To Pray" and "Man Of Constant Sorrow," by the fictitious Soggy Bottom Boys (featuring the real-life Dan Tyminski and Ron Block).
Within several months of its release, the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack had topped the country album charts, but its crossover to the pop charts came much more slowly. By August 2001, the film had left theaters in the United States, but the album was still building momentum. It finally reached the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart of pop albums in March 2002—the longest climb to #1 for a pop album in the modern era.


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Thirty-first session
10 to 21 November 2003
1. The Committee considered the initial report of Cambodia (CAT/C/21/Add.5) at its 548th meeting (CAT/C/SR.548), on 29 April 2003, and adopted the following provisional conclusions and recommendations.[∗]
2. The Committee welcomes the initial report of Cambodia and notes that it generally conforms to the Committee's reporting guidelines. It regrets, however, the nine-year delay in its submission and the paucity of information on the practical enjoyment in Cambodia of the rights enshrined in the Convention.
3. The Committee regrets the absence of a delegation from the State party able to enter into a dialogue with it, and notes that the examination of the report took place in accordance with rule 66, paragraph 2 (b) of its rules of procedure. The Committee looks forward to receiving written responses to the questions and comments of its members and urges the State party, in the future, to comply fully with its obligations under article 19 of the Convention.
4. The Committee welcomes the following:
(a) The State party's expression of willingness to continue undertaking legal reforms in order to fulfil its international obligations in the field of human rights;
(b) The State party's cooperation with United Nations agencies and mechanisms in the field of human rights. In this regard, the Committee welcomes the cooperation with the United Nations human rights field presence in the country and the training and educational activities on human rights provided by international organizations to law enforcement personnel, as well as the positive role played by NGOs in this regard.
5. The Committee acknowledges the difficulties encountered by Cambodia during its political and economic transition, including lack of judicial infrastructure and budgetary constraints.
6. The Committee is concerned about the following:
(a) The numerous, ongoing and consistent allegations of acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment committed by law enforcement personnel in police stations and prisons;
(b) Allegations regarding the expulsion of foreigners that seem to have occurred without taking into consideration the safeguards contained in article 3 of the Convention and, in particular the situation of large numbers of Montagnard asylum-seekers in the CambodianVietnamese border area;
(c) While noting the State party's indication that it prohibits torture and adopts the definition of torture contained in the Convention, this is not clearly reflected in its domestic penal law;
(d) Impunity for past and present violations of human rights committed by law enforcement officials and members of the armed forces and, in particular, the failure of the State party to investigate acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to punish the perpetrators;
(e) The allegations of widespread corruption amongst public officials in the criminal justice system;
(f) The absence of an independent body competent to deal with complaints against the police;
(g) The ineffective functioning of the criminal justice system, particularly the lack of independence of the judiciary as well as its inefficiency;
(h) The importance given to confessions in criminal proceedings and the reliance of the police and the judiciary on confessions to secure convictions;
(i) The unwarranted protraction of the pre-trial detention period during which detainees are more likely to be subjected to torture and other ill-treatment;
(j) The use of incommunicado detention for 48 hours, at least, before a person is brought before a judge, during which the detainee has no access to legal counsel or to his/her relatives. Furthermore, recent legal amendments allow the police to extend this period;
(k) The lack of access by detainees in general to legal counsel and a medical doctor of their choice;
(l) The overcrowding and poor conditions in prisons, as well as alleged cases of illtreatment of prisoners, and the difficulties faced by international organizations, NGOs and family members in gaining access to prisoners.
7. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Incorporate in its domestic law the definition of torture set out in article 1 of the Convention and characterize acts of torture as a specific crime, punishable by appropriate sanctions;
(b) Take effective measures to establish and ensure a fully independent and professional judiciary in conformity with international standards, notably the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, if necessary by calling for international cooperation;
(c) Ensure prompt, impartial and full investigations into the many allegations of torture reported to the authorities and the prosecution and punishment, as appropriate, of the perpetrators;
(d) Establish an independent body competent to deal with complaints against the police and other law enforcement personnel;
(e) Take all the necessary measures to ensure that the requirement of article 3 of the Convention is taken into consideration when deciding on the expulsion, return or extradition of foreigners;
(f) Take measures to ensure that evidence obtained under torture is not invoked in court;
(g) Take all the necessary measures to guarantee access to justice for all the people of Cambodia, particularly the poor and the inhabitants of rural and remote areas of the country;
(h) Undertake all necessary measures to guarantee to any person deprived of his or her liberty the right of defence and, consequently, the right to be assisted by a lawyer, if necessary at the State's expense;
(i) Take urgent measures to improve conditions of detention in police stations and prisons. It should, moreover, increase its efforts to remedy prison overcrowding and establish a systematic and independent system to monitor the treatment in practice of persons arrested, detained or imprisoned. In this connection, the State party should consider signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention;
(j) Reinforce human rights education and promotion activities in general, and regarding the prohibition of torture in particular, for law enforcement officials and medical personnel, and introduce training in these subjects in official education programmes;
(k) Take measures to regulate and institutionalize the right of victims of torture to fair and adequate compensation, and to establish programmes for their physical and mental rehabilitation;
(l) Ensure that the reported practice of unlawful trafficking of persons is suppressed;
(m) Provide data on: (a) the number of persons held in prisons and places of detention, disaggregated by age, gender, ethnicity, geography and type of crime; (b) the number, types and results of cases, both disciplinary and criminal, of police and other law enforcement personnel accused of torture and related offences;
(n) Ensure the wide distribution of these conclusions and recommendations throughout Cambodia, in all the major languages.
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[∗] The conclusions and recommendations became final by decision of the members of the Committee at the 589th meeting of its 31st session (CAT/C/SR.589) on 20 November 2003.
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This is the initial release for the OSDev Series Graphics 2 article which covers the interfaces between system software and video hardware. Topics include VGA firmware, introduction to VGA hardware programming, SuperVGA, VBE, and accessing display memory. This provides the basic framework for future graphics articles that will focus on graphics and rendering. The demos planned for release will be in C; multiple demos are planned that cover all major interfaces.


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Tip Leads to Marijuana Bust in Southwest Sioux Falls
Police say tips from the public helped to lead them to a marijuana bust in southwest Sioux Falls on Monday.
Lieutenant Loren McManus says narcotics detectives had information about possible marijuana trafficking in the 6000 block of South Galway Avenue. He says the information led to a search warrant that was carried out Monday night:
McManus says the occupant, 34-year-old Davin Patzlaff, was charged with felony and misdemeanor drug offenses involving marijuana and controlled substances.


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One of the best halfbacks in the modern game, Aaron Smith ignites backlines with his crisp passes, widely regarding as one of the best in world rugby, while reinforcing defensive lines with a crunching tackle.
He cemented his place as the All Blacks' senior halfback after two impressive seasons in the black jersey and ignited the Highlanders backline in 2014 and 2015 with his crisp passes, while reinforcing their defensive line with his strong tackles.
An Investec Super Rugby champion with the Highlanders in 2015, he has gone up a level in the blue jersey in 2016.
The former apprentice hairdresser, who hails from Manawatu along with good mate Aaron Cruden, was part of the New Zealand Under 20 side that claimed the Junior World Championship in Wales in 2008. In 2010, the Ngati Kahungunu-affiliated Smith made his Maori All Blacks debut. He made his All Blacks Test debut against Ireland in June 2012 and quickly became the All Blacks' first-choice halfback.
His efforts for both the All Blacks and Highlanders in 2014 saw him recognised with the Tom French Memorial Trophy for the Maori Player of the Year.
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Aaron's favourites
Hobbies: Golf, cricket, gaming, movies, basketball, soccer, touch
Favourite rugby ground: Johnston Park, Feilding
Favourite food: Honey mustard chicken with rice
Favourite actor/actress: Colin Farrell
Favourite movie: 300, Beowulf, Troy
Favourite book: Golf Rules
Favourite music: Opshop, 50 Cent, Kanye West, T-Pain, Chris Brown
Favourite non-rugby sports team: Barcelona FC
Favourite holiday destination: Marlborough Sounds
Who would you like to meet? Bobby Jones (Golfer)
Earliest rugby memories: Frost at rugby Mighty Midgets
I hate it when… It's windy
I can't live without… Music, my ipod and my phone
If I wasn't a rugby player I would be… A golfer
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You can take a guided walk along Currumbin Beach as it comes alive with the annual Swell Sculpture Festival.
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ABC Gold Coast's Peter Scott and the Swell Festival's Philip Follent escort you along the entire beach, north to south, and detail the works in the audio above.
A few of the artists are also on hand to discuss the detail and passion that went into their sculptures.
Download the audio and listen to it through your phone or mp3 player(Approx 40mins, 13MB)
You'll be able to gain insight into the sculptures as you stroll along the foreshore, starting at number one - Water Birds by Jim Blower.
Peter and Philip highlight some of the more intriguing features and uncover some secrets about the art.
Find out more at the Swell Sculpture Festival site.
Send us your Swell Sculpture Festival photos to the ABC Gold Coast Facebook and Twitter pages.


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Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson had to leave one of the team's OTAs a couple of weeks ago because of tightness in his hamstring, which was hardly the start that the team was looking for from a player they acquired to provide a jolt to their offense.
Jackson said it was "no big issue," but still sat out all of last week's work to give himself time to heal. The time off didn't bring Jackson all the way back to 100 percent, according to head coach Jay Gruden, but things improved enough for him to return to action with his teammates during Wednesday's practice session.
"He feels good running straight, it's just sometimes coming out of cuts that he's sometimes tentative, but we're watching him," Gruden said, via Mike Jones of the Washington Post. "Obviously, we hoped he could run this week. That's why we kept him out last week. It was a minor deal, he thought and we thought, and once he got clearance from Larry [Hess, the team's head trainer] and we felt good about it, he was out there running. It was good to see him out there pushing it. … He's still probably not 100 percent yet. He's still working through a little bit of pain a little bit."
Jones reports that Jackson participated fully in the practice and was targeted often on passing plays, so it seems the Redskins weren't overly concerned about things taking a turn for the worse. Assuming all remains clear, his brief absence will be long forgotten by the start of camp.


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We are leaving Moab. Moving. Like birds in search of sustenance, we also seek sanctuary in a space that will allow us to build a life.
Destination: Sandpoint, Idaho.
Our season in the desert is over. The North is calling in a language like instinct, something beyond logic.
It feels illogical.
For a decade, I have known deeply that the desert is healing and the desert is home. It is solace and inspiration. I have known that I've needed this vastness as my anchor to contentment. Without it, I am unmoored, in peril, without identity or ground.
Leaving feels illogical.
For 10 years, my strength was built of sandstone and my voice sang in a chorus of canyon wren trills, meadowlark song and whispering cottonwood leaves. For 10 years, my life was written in the desert vernacular. It is the language of my entire adult life. This is where I learned the power of voice and the ability to project it, as if the cliffs conspired to echo the sentiments of my heart.
I spoke of the landscape, and the landscape spoke through me.
I wanted southern Utah to need me as much as I needed it. But, as with countless souls before me, I will wander on, need fulfilled. And the desert will persist. My footprint here will soon be released from the arroyo, washing down toward the river. And on to the sea.
My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless, says Rumi.
I understand this, and yet…
It feels like a betrayal.
I carry the news of our impending move quietly, furtively in transition amongst our acquaintances. What do I fear? That I will be dismissed and discounted before our departure? That I will simply be seen as yet another drifter in a town of transients? That no one will understand how important this ground is to me as I so easily cast it off?
It isn't easy. It feels like a betrayal.
I once promised my progeny to this place and my bones to this soil. I once opined that, perhaps, after five generations, my desert-bound genes would know this corner of the earth as I would like to know it now. The secrets would be revealed upon proof of requisite dedication. What happened to that dedication?
Our dreams hit the economic realities of Moab, and so dedication ceded its reign to the shine of a newly minted future. It feels like a betrayal that Moab could not provide us the chance to hope for something better… without also proffering the burden of untenable debt. It is a sadness – but not a surprise – that dedication and ardor were not enough. Ardor does not pay the bills.
Not until faithfulness turns into betrayal and betrayal into faith can any human being become part of the truth, says Rumi.
I have faith in our future. And yet…
I feel so fearful.
I am afraid as I push and am pushed from this nest.
The desert is all I understand. What do I know of log cabins in the woods or winters of grey and snow, of the history, politics, fauna and residents of Idaho's Panhandle? And what does that region know of me?
What do any of us know of the unfamiliar, beyond its fear and thrill?
I am fearful that all I bring with me – my basket of heart-rocks and love for Tyler, my hope and my voice – will not be enough without the landscape that gave rise to it all. I am leaving source. Can I stand on my own as of-the-desert while also standing beyond it? As an unknown entity in an unknown land?
Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious, says Rumi.
It feels as though we are birds. Traveling on a wing and a prayer. Headed home and somewhere else, simultaneously. Trusting that this call of the compass is correct. Trusting that leaning into illogicality, betrayal and fear are essential. To faith. Being. And growing beyond our near-sighted knowing.
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Aiiiight, it's out there on the iTunes, y'all. My aromachemical/perfume-inspired album, If I Can't Make A Perfume Then I'll Make An Album. Go buy it here. To support my struggle. And if you don't buy it for me, then buy it for Mark Baratelli, who improvised the piece called Caramel Furanone 3%. Or Nils Harning, (min fästman, by the by) whose voice is used in Harningal (the theoretical aromachemical that bears his name). Here's the link.
Interesting that after I'd sent the album to CDBaby and all, it occurred to me: "....but I CAN make a perfume!" Not meaning that I'm such an amazing and imaginative perfumer that I could make the next Red Delicious or Fergilicious Eau Fraîche (did you see what I did there?), but rather in this sense: Why CAN'T I make a perfume?* Everyone's doing it; the chemicals are available; you don't need a 100-acre factory in New Jersey and 700 billion dollars in an a marketing budget to introduce a fragrance. You don't need Saks or Bloomingdales or TJ Maxx or anything like that. Not when you have facebook and the interwebs. (to go further--why does it even have to be a perfume? It could be a home fragrance, or, rather, "olfactory art." Not unlike the sonic art I've done. I think you see where this is going. I think people saw where this was going years ago, before I did...) But anyway, yeah. I just wanted to point out what I saw as the ironing there.
A shame I finished/lost interest in the project before I could do Cyclopidene, Cyclal C, Indolene, Koavone or Labienoxime 10%, but hey. That's just how it be happen, yo, 'n stuff. Besides, I have a feeling I'll be making more audio pieces dealing with smell anyway. I mean, how could I go through life without ever doing a piece inspired by cis-3-hexanol or Stemone? Glerp. Yes, glerp indeed.
Now go buy the album. For my struggle.
*Quick note from a regular 30something to any aspiring anythings: If something's important to you, there are ALWAYS going to be people (sometimes everyone you know) telling you that what you want to go can't be done. That it's crazy, that you're living in a fantasy world. I haven't achieved much, but I can't remember anything that I did achieve that anyone believed in but me. Listen to people when they're ripping your ideas, and know that anyone who's attempted anything heard the same. "You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." -Mark Twain. I found that quote at the beginning of a chapter in a book by Michio Kaku. A physicist, not a motivational speaker. So there.
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Wordless Wednesday: Special Delivery
(Original Image and Text, Copyright (c) 2010 Cynthia Shenette) This year's list only has three items: Legos, Wii games, and board games. I wish Santa always had it so easy...
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3 comments:
- Heather Rojo said...
I dropped off the Christmas cards at the post office last week and saw the big red box for Santa Letters. It made me very nostalgic. My daughter is in her 20's now so it's been a long time since I helped out with a letter to Santa!
- December 22, 2010 at 9:38 PM
- Jennifer said...
Did your really mail it? We did a few years back and really got a reply in the mail. Of course, at the time we lived in North Pole, Alaska. I wonder if that had anything to do with it. :)
- December 23, 2010 at 12:32 AM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Heather and Jennifer - I'm a little late in responding, but thank you for your comments. Yes, Jennifer, I really did mail it. Santa must have gotten the letter, because the son got exactly what he wanted!
- January 3, 2011 at 9:34 AM
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Milestones: 1972
In its fourth attempt to improve Title VII's effectiveness since its enactment in 1964, Congress amends Title VII by approving the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. The report accompanying the bill states: "The time has come for Congress to correct the defects in its own legislation. The promises of equal job opportunity made in 1964 must [now] be made realities . . . ." Accordingly, the 1972 amendments are designed to give EEOC the authority to "back up" its administrative findings and to increase the jurisdiction and reach of the agency.
The amendments result in the following:
(1) EEOC has litigation authority. If the agency cannot secure an acceptable conciliation agreement, it has the option of suing nongovernment respondents -- employers, unions, and employment agencies.
(2) Educational institutions are subject to Title VII. Congress found that discrimination against minorities and women in the field of education was just as pervasive as discrimination in any other area of employment.
(3) State and local governments are no longer exempt from Title VII. Removal of this exemption results in 10 million more employees being immediately added to Title VII's coverage.
(4) The Federal Government is subject to Title VII. Federal executive agencies and defined units of the other branches must make all personnel actions free from discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
(5) The number of employers covered by Title VII is increased by reducing the number of employees (from 25 to 15) needed for an employer to be covered by the Act.
(6) Charging parties have a longer period of time to file their charges, 180 or 300 days rather than 90 or 210 days. Additionally, charging parties now have 90 days rather than 30 days to file a lawsuit after EEOC has informed them that it is no longer working on their charge. This extension of time affords charging parties a better chance to find a lawyer if they wish to pursue their charges in court.
As a result of the 1972 Amendments, the President, rather than the EEOC Chairman, selects the agency's General Counsel. President Richard M. Nixon nominates and the Senate confirms William Carey to be the EEOC General Counsel.
The Commission delegates to District Directors and Regional Directors the authority to issue "Reasonable Cause" and "No Reasonable Cause" Letters of Determination in those cases where the Commission has already decided the issue involved (Commission Decision Precedents). Up until this time, the Commission itself decided the merits of every charge. Thus, the Commission continues to reserve to itself the responsibility to decide every case where there is no Commission precedent.
EEOC amends its sex discrimination guidelines to prohibit employers from imposing mandatory leaves of absence on pregnant women or terminating women because they become pregnant. EEOC also states it is sex discrimination for an employer to give women disabled by pregnancy less favorable health insurance or disability benefits than that provided to employees disabled by other temporary medical conditions.
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Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has announced that Kristen Schaal will voice an as-yet-undisclosed character in Pixar's latest.
As he explains in the video below, you might know her best as stalkerish fan Mel in The Flight Of The Conchords, but she's also cropped up occasionally on The Daily Show.
Unkrich refuses to elaborate on which character she's playing, but he's right - she's a very funny woman and continues the Pixar tradition of casting people who are talented yet not superstars.
The director also mentioned that Slinky Dog has a new voice - albeit one that sounds nearly identical to the late Jim Varney, who originated it.
Actor - and longtime friend of Varney - Blake Clark has taken over the vocal chores for the stretchy pooch.
Finally, in news more likely to please US readers than those at home, the double bill of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D has been successful enough that Disney is extending the run from the original two weeks to a full month.
Based on the trailer, Toy Story 3 can't get here fast enough...


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Born in Moscow. Graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre in 2005 (faculty of music, faculty of directing and acting in musical theatre, studio of Raissa Nemchinskaya).
He has worked on productions of LeoÜ JanßĶek┤s The Diary of One Who Vanished at the Helikon Opera, 2004 (stage director and production designer), the opera duologue The Music Director: Antonio Salieri┤s Prima la musica, poi le parole and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart┤s Der Schauspieldirektor at the Rostov State Music Theatre, 2004 (stage director).
At the Mariinsky Theatre he has staged Shostakovich┤s Moscow, Cheryomushki (2006, stage director and production designer), JanßĶek┤s Jen∙fa (2007) and Berlioz┤s Benvenuto Cellini (2007).


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The project I mentioned in the earlier post is now underway and can be followed at Tumblr. It's called
…and it's exactly what it says on the tin.
While I will probably also pay some attention to maintaining this site, that blog will be my main word vomiting bucket throughout 2012. So if you're into Tumblr scene at all, I'm looking forward to seeing all you guys there.


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Following the release of the third bottle in the Limited Collection for Diet Coke by Jean Paul Gaultier, we can share with you the designs for the exclusive 'Night & Day' cans designed by Gaultier himself. This is the first time in the brand's history that a design collaboration has translated onto the 330ml cans.
The 'Night' can has a rock theme that immortalises Jean Paul Gaultier's corset and iconic cone bra design. While the 'Day' can is inspired by Jean Paul Gaultier's signature Breton stripes and captures his fun attitude.
The cans will be made available across Europe at select retailers from July – September.


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Wilma Proops dilemma when deciding to see Tintin in 2D or 3D. Anyone with experience of both and an understanding of living with "mild to medium misanthropist condition" is begged to offer their opinion on the issue and/or offer advice on how to live alongside people with gross habits and/or ignorant ways.
Decide which to see and brush up on your French while you watch this trailer...
"Unfortunately the cinema room, complete with digital projector, state of the art sound and state of the art reclining chairs which afford me the best, incredibly comfortable (especially when heated and on mild massage setting) most central view of the perfect screen is not complete. Thus I have to put up with weekday matinees at my local cinema (albeit a listed building) where the staff are friendly and don't mutter under their breath "her again".
Not to worry my local cinema does have luxury seats and it is cheap (especially with my recently acquired discount card), though these are not the prime reasons for this (some would say sad) lonesome activity. Oh my, the problems inherent in existing alongside fellow homo sapiens sapiens when you suffer from mild to medium misanthropist conditions and want to be able to give your chosen movie your undivided attention!
Why oh why did they have to offer me the choice of Tintin in 2D or 3D? The problem is that, although I'd appreciate the mind-blowing sensations of three dimensional involvement with explosions and fast action, these added bonuses may well attract more noisy, fidgeting youngsters who will undoubtedly ruin the experience of watching a film? It is difficult to escape into the screen when the child in the row behind wants to "go to the toilet" or hasn't a mother who will keep the little critter still and stop kicking my ****ing chair!
Come to think of it the 3D version of Tintin will undoubtedly attract the clientele which I try to avoid on my movie matinee days. I'll be seeing the nice, quiet flat (2D) version."


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xbay wrote:PAWNO wrote:The day right after the world cup final. Well maybe 24 hours following it. I'll need time to recover from my victory hangover. Go Australia!
Don't use alcohol as an anti-depressant, Pawno. It's not healthy.
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The current session may be over, but that doesn't mean legislators don't have more work to do. Lawmakers are coming back to tackle a whole bunch of bills that Governor LePage has vetoed. Will they override any of them?
Political analysts Phil Harriman and Ethan Strimling about that; and who (or what) they consider to be the big winners and losers of a very contentious session.