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Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja taking part in a pro-democracy protest in February 2011
Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail al-Khawaja
5 April 1961
|Danish and Bahraini
|Human rights defender
|Years active
|Criminal charge
|organizing and managing a terrorist organisation, attempt to overthrow the government by force and in liaison with a terrorist organisation working for a foreign country and the collection of money for a terrorist group
|Khadija Almousawi [1]
|Maryam and Zainab 2 other daughters [2]
Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail al-Khawaja (Arabic: عبد الهادي عبد الله حبيل الخواجة) is a Bahraini human rights activist. On 22 June 2011, al-Khawaja and eight others were sentenced to life imprisonment following the suppression of pro-democracy protests in the Bahraini uprising. al-Khawaja has previously gone on a series of hunger strikes while serving his life sentence, in protest of the political conditions in Bahrain.
He is former president[3] and co-founder[4] of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), a nonprofit non-governmental organisation which works to promote human rights in Bahrain.[5] He has held a number of positions and played various roles in regional and international human rights organizations.
On 9 April 2011, al-Khawaja was arrested and tried as part of a campaign of repression by the Bahraini authorities following pro-democracy protests in the Bahraini uprising. Front Line Defenders expressed fear for his life following allegations of torture and sexual assault in detention.[6] Al-Khawaja was sentenced on 22 June 2011, along with eight other activists, to life imprisonment.[7] On 8 February 2012, he started an open-ended hunger strike until "freedom or death", protesting continuing detentions in Bahrain.[8] The strike lasted for 110 days, and resulted in his being force-fed by authorities.[9]
Until February 2011, al-Khawaja was the Middle East and North Africa Protection Coordinator with Front Line Defenders – the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders.[10][11][12] He is also a member of the International Advisory Network in the Business and Human Rights Resource Center chaired by Mary Robinson,[4][13] former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.[14]
Al-Khawaja is a member of the Advisory Board of the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies[14][15] and also an expert adviser for and member of the coordinating committee of The Arab Group for Monitoring Media Performance monitoring the media in Bahrain and six other Arab countries.[14][16] Al-Khawaja was part of Amnesty International's fact-finding mission in Iraq,[14] and has been a researcher and project consultant for Amnesty International and other international organizations.[14] His human rights campaigning activities have been acknowledged by the International Conference of Human Rights Defenders in Dublin, and he was named by the Arab Program for Human Rights Defenders as its Regional Activist of 2005.[14]
- 1 Early life
- 2 Civil and human rights activism in exile
- 3 Civil and human rights activism in Bahrain
- 4 Threats and harassment
- 5 Involvement in the Bahraini uprising
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Early life[edit]
After finishing high school in Bahrain in 1977, al-Khawaja traveled to the UK to continue his further education. In 1979, he took part in student activities in London in reaction to demonstrations and arrests in Bahrain. Many students abroad, including al-Khawaja, were denied renewal of their passports and asked to return home. In the summer of 1980, after fellow students had been detained and interrogated under torture for their activities in London and his family's house had been ransacked and searched, al-Khawaja, fearing detention if he went back to Bahrain, decided to remain abroad.[14]
Civil and human rights activism in exile[edit]
In 1981, the Bahraini government staged a crackdown on opponents, claiming to have uncovered a coup attempt by the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain. Hundreds of civilians, mostly students, including minors, were detained and tortured. Seventy-three detainees were tried by the State Security Court (now abolished) on charges of membership of an illegal organization and attempting to use violence and given sentences of 7–25 years imprisonment.[14]
In 1991, al-Khawaja was granted political asylum in Denmark. Following his resignation from the CDPPB in 1992, he and other Bahrainis living in exile in the Scandinavian countries and the UK founded the Bahrain Human Rights Organization (BHRO), based in Denmark.[14]
During the period 1992–2001 BHRO gained respect for persistent, professional, and non-partisan activities at international level which contributed to the political changes that took place in Bahrain when the new ruler came to power in 1999. Al-Khawaja became head of the BHRO,[17] prior to returning to Bahrain in 2001 following a general amnesty.[14]
Civil and human rights activism in Bahrain[edit]
Return to Bahrain[edit]
After 12 years in exile, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja returned to Bahrain in 1999 following wide ranging political reforms by the Bahraini government that allowed independent human rights groups to operate in Bahrain. Al-Khawaja became one of the main founders and director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), which was officially registered in June 2002.
Al-Khawaja was also one of the founders of the Bahrain Unemployment Committee, described as sharing a "similar confrontational strategy" with the Center.[17] Many of the Committee's members are involved in the Centre or the Haq Movement, including Abdulwahab Hussain.[18]
Since his return al-Khawaja has been subjected to detention, unfair trial, and physical assaults as a result of his human rights activities. Well-documented physical assaults against him in March 2002 and June/July/September 2005 were not investigated despite pledges by UN bodies and international NGO's.[14]
First arrest[edit]
On 25 September 2004 the BCHR was closed down and al-Khawaja was arrested[14] a day after publicly criticizing the Prime Minister and the Bahraini regime for corruption and human rights abuses,[19][20] using language which "the authorities easily construed as incitement of hatred".[17] Throughout the two months that he spent in prison while on trial, his supporters held widespread protests, both inside Bahrain and abroad. On the morning of 21 November, the court sentenced al-Khawaja to one year in prison, but later in the day it was announced that he had been given a Royal Pardon by the King and was released. The BCHR is still banned by the government, but has remained very active.[21]
Unemployment protest crackdown[edit]
On 15 July 2005, police sought to prevent a peaceful demonstration by the Committee for the Unemployed against the government's management of the unemployment situation and the state budget for 2005–2006. The authorities had reportedly been informed about the demonstration a week earlier. While protesters were still assembling, the security forces charged and violently dispersed the demonstration. A total of 32 people said to have required hospital treatment, including Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Nabeel Rajab and labor rights activist Abbas al-`Umran.[22][23][24]
Second arrest[edit]
On 2 February 2007, al-Khawaja was arrested again by the Bahraini authorities along with the Secretary General of the Bahraini Haq Movement pro-democracy organisation Hassan Mushaima and a third activist, Shaker Abdul-Hussein.[25] Al-Khawaja was charged with offences including "promoting change to the political system through illegitimate means"[26] and "an intention to change the governing system of the country, circulating false information, insulting the king and inciting hatred against the regime".[27] The arrests were followed by public disturbances. Several hundred supporters who tried to hold a march in Jidhafs, on the outskirts of Manama, to demand the activists' release clashed with authorities.[28] the Haq Movement spokesman Abdul-Jalil Al-Singace reported that Special Forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the demonstrators, who originated from several villages west of the capital. The demonstrators dispersed but later regrouped.[28]
Police blocked roads around the area. Black smoke could be seen rising from the area. Witnesses said the demonstrators set tires and garbage containers on fire.[28]
The Al-Wefaq Society, the largest grouping in the Bahraini Parliament with 17 out of 40 seats, called for an immediate session of the National Assembly, claiming that the arrests threatened the credibility of the reform process. Al-Wefaq chief Sheikh Ali Salman criticized the arrests in his Friday sermon and attacked the authorities for their use of indiscriminate force.[28] After being held and interrogated for 7 hours al-Khawaja, Hassan Mushaima and Shaker Abdul-Hussein were released on bail.[27][29] Mushaima and al-Khawaja said that they believed that their release on bail was a result of the protests and of the strong reaction from opposition groups including the Al-Wefaq society, the country's largest Shia opposition group.[26] During a joint press conference with al-Khawaja, Mushaima said that Al-Wefaq's response had surprised the authorities and affirmed opposition solidarity.[26]
|Abdulhadi al-Khawaja speech (Arabic) in Manama on January 2009 on YouTube
Ashura speech[edit]
On 6 January 2009, al-Khawaja was invited to make a speech during Ashura, the annual gathering commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the third historic Imam of Shia. During his speech, al-Khawaja referred openly to significant human rights violations in Bahrain including sectarian discrimination, corruption, plunder of public funds and land, arbitrary arrests, regular use of torture, unjust trials, denial of the rights of assembly and expression and the prosecution of human rights defenders and called for peaceful resistance to abuses by the ruling regime and civil disobedience.[12][30]
On 21 January, the office of the Attorney General ordered al-Khawaja's prosecution against under articles 29(2), 160, 165, and 168(1) of the Penal Code. He was charged with 'propaganda to overthrow or change the political system by force', 'publicly instigating hatred and disrespect against the ruling regime', and 'willfully broadcasting false and malicious news, statements or rumours and spread provocative propaganda related to the internal affairs of the country that could disturb public security and cause damage to the public interest'.[12] On 9 February, he was not allowed to leave Bahrain for a visit to Iraq on behalf of Front Line.[12][31]
Threats and harassment[edit]
Al-Khawaja has been the subject of ongoing harassment including physical attacks and smear campaigns in the media.
On 19 September 2007, al-Khawaja was the principal target of a defamation campaign by the Bahraini Authorities aimed at discrediting the BCHR. He was accused of being connected with acts of violence in Bahrain during the 1980s and 1990s, of sympathizing with Iran and of coordinating with neo-conservatives in the United States. (The Bahraini authorities have a history of defaming activists who report on or publicly criticize high-ranking officials and official policies, particularly when western media and international human rights organizations are involved. Allegations are published in the national public media to which activists are refused access to defend themselves.)[32]
On 9 February 2010, al-Khawaja was removed from a Turkish Airlines flight at Bahrain International Airport as he was about to leave for Istanbul to attend a human rights conference. Following a subsequent alleged altercation with an airport official he was arrested and charged with "insulting" the official. Front Line believes that al-Khawaja has been targeted solely as a result of his legitimate work in the defence of human rights.[33]
Since 10 March 2011, messages have been circulated via SMS and social networking sites calling for al-Khawaja, Mohammed Al-Maskati and Naji Fateel to be killed because of their involvement in explicitly peaceful protests calling for democratic and human rights reforms in Bahrain.[10][34]
Involvement in the Bahraini uprising[edit]
In the early days of the Arab Spring Revolutions of 2011, al-Khawaja led peaceful pro-democracy protests across the country and organised peaceful awareness-raising and human rights education activities for protesters.[35]
In the period following attacks by Bahraini troops on protesters on 14 February 2011, the government allowed the protesters to continue a "festival-like" event at the Pearl Roundabout where a variety of groups came and shared their views. The Crown Prince promised to start a dialogue with the opposition following a visit to Bahrain by Robert Gates, Defense Secretary of the United States, to discuss the situation.[36]
|Abdulhadi al-Khawaja speech (Arabic) in Pearl roundabout on 27 February on YouTube
After protesters entered the Financial Harbour, an area filled with financial exchanges and banks on 13 March 2011, the government began a violent crackdown in retaliation. A few days later, prominent opposition leader Hasan Mushaima and six other opposition activists were arrested.[37]
On 9 April 2011, al-Khawaja was arrested. His daughter reported how up to 20 armed and masked policemen broke into their apartment in the middle of the night and attacked her father. They dragged him downstairs by the neck, leaving a trail of blood from injuries inflicted by five officers who refused to stop beating him despite his claims that he was unable to breathe. He was taken away unconscious.[35] Al-Khawaja's two sons-in-law were detained as well. Mohammed Al-Maskati, President of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYHRS), who had been monitoring human rights violations during the protests and was present in the house, was severely beaten during the raid but not arrested.[35][38][39] Ll-Khawaja's daughter, Zainab, was assaulted when she attempted to intervene. The women present in the house were locked in a room and prevented from leaving. The family were not told where al-Khawaja had been taken or what he was accused of.[40][41]
Haitham al-Maleh, Syrian human rights activist [42]
Al-Khawaja has been detained since 9 April 2011 and has reportedly been subjected to physical and sexual torture. He required a 4-hour operation in a military hospital following injuries to his head.[6][35][43] Nabeel Rajab, current president of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights reported that al-Khawaja's jawbones had been smashed and he had four fractures in his face; he was due to undergo a mandibular bone graft (using bone from his skull).[3]
At a hearing on 16 May 2011, the judges refused to listen to his complaints of an attempted rape and again refused to order an investigation into torture.[44] According to representatives of al-Khawaja's family who were able to speak with him briefly, he was only able to resist the attempt by four men to rape him by banging his already damaged head against a concrete floor.[6] He's referred to as "Case No. 8." in the BICI report.[45]
Trial and imprisonment[edit]
On 20 April 2011, Abdulhadi Al Khawaja was allowed to make a one-minute phone call to his wife. He informed her that he was supposed to appear before the Military Court at 8.00 am on 21 April. Before this call, al-Khawaja's daughter had received a call from the military asking her to bring clothes for him. When his lawyers presented themselves before the Military Court, they were advised that the hearing was not going to take place that day. They were given no further information and were not allowed access to their client.[35][46]
Eventually on 8 May 2011, al-Khawaja was put on trial by a military court with 20 other Bahrainis on charges of "organizing and managing a terrorist organisation", "attempt to overthrow the Government by force and in liaison with a terrorist organisation working for a foreign country" and the "collection of money for a terrorist group".[35][41] The group, which included other noted Bahraini human rights campaigners including Hasan Mushaima and Abduljalil Alsingace, clerics and members of political opposition groups, were tried under emergency legislation introduced following the protest demonstrations in February and March. With the exception of one Sunni, Ibrahim Sharif, all were members of Bahrain's majority Shia community.
On 19 June, al-Khawaja wrote a letter (in Arabic) from prison about his health situation.[47] (read translated letter)
On 22 June 2011, al-Khawaja and eight others were sentenced to life imprisonment.[7][35][48][49] Zainab al-Khawaja, who attended the trial, "tweeted" that after the sentence was read, her father raised his fist and shouted "We shall continue on the path of peaceful resistance!", before being bustled out of the court room.[35][50][51] Al-Khawaja's appeal is due to be heard on 11 September, when it will take place before an ordinary criminal court, rather than a military court.[52]
Hunger strike[edit]
For the first time in Bahrain, al-Khawaja started an open-ended hunger strike starting on 8 February 2012 until "freedom or death" protesting continuing detentions. As of 15 March, he had lost more than 14 kg, had problems talking and "could not stand up, even to perform his prayers," his daughter Maryam said. He was taken to hospital several times where doctors failed to administer him an IV line due to his veins' weak conditions, his family said. According to his wife, al-Khawaja spent most of his time lying down, needed hot water to keep his body's normal temperature, and became exhausted after 10–15 minutes of exposure to sunlight. As his health conditions kept declining, al-Khawaja refused medical examinations and threatened to stop drinking water. His deteriorating condition was confirmed by Danish diplomats who have made several visits to the prison he's held in. "Abdulhadi thinks there is no legal reason to keep him in jail," said his lawyer, al-Jishi, who also filed a last chance appeal. "He won't stop until they release him, or he will die inside," he added.[42][45][53]
The government refused access to independent activists to examine him, stating that al-Khawaja's condition was stable and medical care was being provided. It also said he was not on a real hunger strike, because he was taking glucose and "other liquids".[53]
Beginning on 20 April, al-Khawaja refused all fluids, including water and intravenous saline. He asked to see his lawyer to write a will, but was denied access for the fourth week. So he begged his wife to pass on three things: that he was completely convinced as to the rightness of his action and, could he go back, would choose the same path again; his appeal that no one attempt a similar strike to the death; and finally, "If I die, in the next 24 hrs, I ask the people to continue on the path of peaceful resistance... I don't want anybody to be hurt in my name." On 25 April (his 77th day of hunger strike), his wife learned he had disappeared from his hospital bed. Both the Ministry of Interior and the Bahrain Defense Force hospital refused information as to his whereabouts or treatment. On 29 April, it emerged that he had been drugged, tied to a bed, and forcibly fed with a nasoenteric tube. Al-Khawaja considered the force feeding and the solitary confinement to be torture; he gave the doctor's name as Dr Ebrahim Zuwayed, declared he will hold him, the hospital and the Ministry of Interior responsible, and that he was continuing with his hunger strike.[54]
On 28 May, al-Khawaja announced through his lawyer that he would end his hunger strike that evening, on the strike's 110th day.[9]
International Response[edit]
The trials and sentences have been criticised by governments and human rights organisations as unfair and politically motivated.[44][48][55][56] The spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that there were serious concerns that the due process rights of the defendants, many of them well-known human rights defenders, had not been respected and the trials appeared to bear the marks of political persecution. The Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) called for an immediate cessation of trials of civilians in the Court of National Safety and the immediate release of all peaceful demonstrators arrested in the context of the February protest movement. The OHCHR had received "worrying" reports about the way up to 1,000 people reportedly remaining in detention were being treated and called on the Government to conduct an urgent independent investigation into allegations that four individuals had died in detention due to injuries resulting from severe torture.[57]
The UK Foreign Office, noting that Ibrahim Sharif was a prominent moderate opposition politician who had been a constructive participant in Bahraini politics, expressed concern at the trial of civilians under martial law by tribunals chaired by a military judge, as well as reports of abuse in detention, lack of access to legal counsel and coerced confessions.[7]
Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa programme director, Malcolm Smart, described the trials as patently unfair, emphasising inadequate investigation of claims of torture and the use of false confessions as evidence.[7] Summing up the situation he said that
|These trials and convictions represent yet further evidence of the extent to which the rights to freedom of speech and assembly are now being denied in Bahrain. These 15 activists appear to have been sentenced to jail terms for doing no more than exercising their legitimate right to demonstrate against the government. If this is correct and they have been convicted solely because of their peaceful anti-government activities, they are prisoners of conscience who should be released immediately and unconditionally. The manner in which these trials were conducted – with civilian defendants brought before a secretive military court from which international observers have been barred is highly alarming. It is indicative of the diminishing space for human rights in Bahrain right now.[56]
On 30 March 2012, the organization officially designated Alkhawaja a prisoner of conscience and demanded his immediate release.[58]
Amid his hunger strike, the Danish foreign minister met with Bahrain's foreign minister in March 2012 and called for al-Khawaja's immediate release.[53] Front Line Defenders launched a campaign demanding his immediate release.[59] Sahrawi organisations including human rights defender Aminatou Haidar expressed their solidarity and support.[42] More than fifty human rights organization appealed to King of Bahrain to release al-Khawaja.[60] On 9 April, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called for Bahrain to consider transferring al-Khawaja to Denmark for medical treatment, but Bahrain's Supreme Judicial Council refused on the grounds that the transfer would be a violation of Bahraini law.[61] On 10 April, al-Khawaja's lawyer Mohammed al-Jeshi expressed his fears that Alkhawaja had died, as authorities were no longer allowing his family or legal counsel to see him.[62]
The United States expressed concern for al-Khawaja's well-being and called on the Bahraini government to "consider urgently all available options to resolve his case".[63]
On 1 May 2012, Al-Khawaja told BBC correspondent Frank Gardner that he would continue the hunger strike. He said that the medical treatment which he was undergoing was good except the Bahraini officials trying to force-feed him, an accusation the government instantly denied.[64]
See also[edit]
- Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
- Torture in Bahrain
- Islamic Action Society
- Bahrain Thirteen
- Nabeel Rajab
- Bobby Sands, of the 1981 Irish hunger strike
- Hana Shalabi
- Khader Adnan
- Maikel Nabil Sanad
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External links[edit]
- BBC News Profile of al-Khawaja
- 1961 births
- Living people
- People of the Bahraini uprising of 2011
- Bahraini democracy activists
- Bahraini dissidents
- Bahraini emigrants to Denmark
- Bahraini human rights activists
- Bahraini torture victims
- Recipients of Bahraini royal pardons
- Danish human rights activists
- Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Bahrain
- Bahraini prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Bahrain
- Danish prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
- Danish people imprisoned abroad


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- Why are you changing the security standards?
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How will using my phone make my account safer?
We are implementing what is known as "multifactor authentication" which makes it more difficult for phishers and attackers to access your accounts without you knowing it. While this might seem unfamiliar, you actually use it every time you visit an ATM. When you access your account from any ATM, you need both your ATM card (something that you have) and PIN (something that you know).
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Boston Celtics played like a championship-caliber team for the final 12 minutes Tuesday, and that was enough against the up-and-coming Indiana Pacers.
INDIANAPOLIS – The Boston Celtics played like a championship-caliber team for the final 12 minutes Tuesday, and that was enough against the up-and-coming Indiana Pacers.
Indiana led for all but a few minutes in the first three quarters, but Boston outscored the Pacers 29-16 in the fourth while holding them to 26 percent shooting for a 95-83 victory.
"We just kept playing defense," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "Then all of a sudden, our shots started falling and our defense stayed."
Paul Pierce scored 21 points, Ray Allen added 17 and Kevin Garnett had 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Boston point guard Rajon Rondo missed his fifth straight game with a sprained left ankle. The Celtics improved to 4-1 without him and maintained the best record in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics were coming off an 86-78 loss at Orlando on Christmas that ended a 14-game winning streak.
"You always want to get back on track, especially after a tough loss," Pierce said. "All of these road games are tough, no matter who you're playing because teams are comfortable in their home environment."
Glen Davis scored 14 points and former Pacer Marquis Daniels added 12 for the Celtics. They combined for eight points and two assists during the 13-2 run to start the fourth quarter that put the Celtics in control for good.
Daniels entered with the Celtics trailing 60-53 in the third quarter. The 6-foot-6 guard used his height advantage against Indiana's 6-footers Darren Collison and T.J. Ford.
"The game turned around when they went to a big 1 guard and were able to post up T.J. and Darren," Pacers coach Jim O'Brien said. "That slowed the tempo and got them back in the game."
Allen, who scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, was impressed with Daniels.
"He did a great job tonight, not only offensively, but guarding their point guards," Allen said. "He was able to keep us under control, and he did a great job in the fourth quarter."
Brandon Rush led the Pacers with 17 points. Danny Granger scored 15 points, but he shot 5 for 21 from the field.
"We just crowded him," Rivers said. "He just missed some good shots, too. He's just a tough cover. You really want to just fight him off his spot and make him take tough shots."
The Pacers had gotten off to a promising start this season, but they now have lost consecutive home games to Memphis and Boston. Indiana had already beaten the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami this season, but the poor shooting at the end prevented the Pacers from notching another big-time win.
"When you lead good teams like we did tonight and you let them make a run at you, you're not going to be able to hang in there with them," Granger said.
Indiana led 34-25 in the second quarter before Pierce scored 10 points in two minutes to cut Indiana's lead to 39-35.
"That's just Paul," Rivers said. "He's a professional scorer. He doesn't look quick, he doesn't look athletic – he is. But he just scores at his pace and when he gets it going, the flood gates open."
Indiana held on and led 47-45 at halftime.
The Pacers got off to a quick start in the second half as Rush made a 3-pointer and a bank shot to give the Pacers a 52-45 advantage and cause Boston to call timeout. Indiana extended the lead to double digits on a putback by Jeff Foster with just over 7 minutes left in the third quarter.
"In the third quarter, we came out lethargic, but then we started to play aggressive," Pierce said.
Boston chipped away for the next several minutes, but the Pacers held on and led 67-66 at the end of the third quarter.
Daniels scored to give the Celtics their first lead since the middle of the first quarter, then Davis followed with a jumper that gave the Celtics a 70-67 edge and led to a Pacers timeout. Boston pushed the lead out to 77-67 with starters Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Shaquille O'Neal on the bench. Indiana didn't make a field goal in the fourth quarter until Josh McRoberts scored with 7:17 left, and Boston led by at least seven points the rest of the way.
Boston had only lost two consecutive games once this season and didn't want it to happen again.
"The winning track is always a good track to be on," Pierce said. "You don't want to be on that train when you're losing and you're going downhill fast. I don't think we've been playing great. We can play a lot better."
NOTES: The Pacers shot 53 percent in the first quarter and led 26-19 at the end of the period. ... Colts receiver Reggie Wayne, named Tuesday as a starter in the NFL Pro Bowl, attended the game. ... Pacers G Mike Dunleavy and Celtics G Nate Robinson collided in the third quarter. Dunleavy ran straight to the locker room holding his face and ended up getting stitches to close a laceration above his right eye. Robinson was cut above the left eye and was to get stitches after the game. ... O'Neal fouled out with nine points and two rebounds.


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I hosted SBCL10 this week; I'll be putting links to materials from the workshop as they come in. Things mostly seemed to work; minor failures along the way (for my reference if, heaven forfend, I organize another similar event) included the approximeeting arrangements with Martin Cracauer and James Y. Knight on Sunday at the Imperial War Museum; the hilarious failure to remember the coffee maker on Monday morning until halfway to the stations; and of course relying on college catering to provide a light lunch at the time booked (rather than failing to do so and needing to be chased). One thing that I think did work well was the format: motivational talks to kick off, then hacking sessions interspersed with lighting talks – there was a good variety of stuff going on and stuff being talked about; even the open session at the end was focussed and productive. Particular thanks go to my local support team: Jamie Forth, Karen Hodgson, Richard Lewis and Wendy McDonald (and thanks to James Knight for the use of his AirPort Express; thanks also to my department for giving me the green light to organize this, along with an initial push.
Did I say "heaven forfend"? Now my attention must properly turn to the 2010 European Lisp Symposium; there is now a website, and the Call for Papers was sent to a wide variety of Lisp-related venues, so hopefully everyone knows about it now. Cunningly, the Call for Papers failed to include any guidance on a page count for submitted papers; 15 pages in the J.UCS style is the limit – but please submit through EasyChair, not to J.UCS!


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As pointed out in our very own forums, Ninja Gaiden 2's lead designer Tomonobu Itagaki revealed during a series of recent interviews some fascinating gameplay changes that will appear in the upcoming title.
While speaking with GameTap, Itagaki revealed that while the game's notoriously high difficulty level will remain intact, it will also be much more accessible to less-experienced players. One of the ways this will be accomplished is through a regenerative health bar, similar to the one found in Halo. The game will also feature four levels of difficulty, including an all-new Path of the Acolyte mode, which will be "even easier, or more approachable than Ninja Dog difficulty in Ninja Gaiden Black," according to Itagaki. It seems as though he is taking a page out of Miyamoto's book by creating, as he explains, "something my wife could beat."
Then, while talking to ShackNews, Itagaki revealed that the game will have some crazy downloadable content. "We're definitely thinking about downloadable content. In the past, when I've said I've been thinking about something, there have been times when I haven't followed through. This time, you can rest assured that I'll follow through" he said, before explaining that "it'll be something that'll make you say, 'Whoa.'" Unfortunately, he failed to mention what that content might be and also refused to comment on the possibility of a demo in the near future.
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Nick Shave enjoys a Concerto performance from Hilary Hahn, a former prodigy who has avoided burn-out. And how.
Thinking back, it's more than a decade since I met Hilary Hahn, in an unglamorous three-star hotel where she was staying, somewhere in the backstreets of Paris. At 16, or thereabouts, she was still something of a child prodigy, the Wunderkind who had begun her studies at Philadelphia's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 10 and made her Germany debut with the Beethoven Concerto, aged 15.
She was chaperoned by her father, who remained in the room for our interview, even though she seemed completely unfazed by the media interest – not to mention the huge levels of expectation from her record company, teachers, and family. Perhaps he was thinking of those young virtuosos who had walked the tightrope – that fine line between extraordinary success and painful failure – and tripped.
To see Hahn's name in the Proms programme this year, it's easy to forget just how far she has come – and how little she has faltered – since her talent was first paraded into the limelight. Now at the age of 31 she has well and truly established her place in the first-class category of top-flight musicians – she is so at home there, in fact, it's tempting to take for granted the facility and insight with which she plays. We expect it.
But when Hahn meets expectation these days, she comes armed not just with dazzlingly precocious talent, but with 20 years of performing experience. This much was abundantly clear when on Tuesday's Beethoven Night, she joined Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen for the Violin Concerto, playing with the absolute assurance and freedom of one who has been performing this work since (and indeed recorded it in) her teens.
Hahn is a commanding presence on stage: she plays without flamboyance, but with no shortage of flair. From the outset – a climb by shifts into the violin's stratospheric registers – she showed a powerful combination of lightness and strength. In the cadenzas – she chose the Kreisler, with its fiendish thickets of quadruple stopping in the third movement – her tone was no less focussed. And while her coolly understated delivery proved effective in the faster movements, greater displays of introspection paid off in the central Larghetto.
Her performance was framed by the First and Fifth Beethoven Symphonies in which Järvi drew precise playing with plenty of punch from Bremen's Kammerphilharmonie. Recommended listening to anyone who can get to the repeat performance at 2pm on Friday.
Nick Shave is a freelance music writer, critic, and contributing editor to BBC Music Magazine. He has spent many happy summers reviewing the Proms, but is still prone to a loss of bearings when choosing the quickest way round the Royal Albert Hall.
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This owners club has been made in the benefit of owners of the Nissan Silvia S15 chassis, allowing them to socially integrate and share their knowledge and advise.
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Clint Eastwood's Chrysler Super Bowl ad is still getting a lot of national attention, if you haven't heard. Many Democrats think it's an implicit Obama campaign ad, since it talks about "halftime in America" and the return of Detroit from the economic scrapyard. "Remember the auto bailout? Yeah, that was us." That's the Democrat's new mantra.
Some Republicans are upset about that same thing. Former Bush White House political guru Karl Rove said he was "offended" by the ad. Now, Rove is a pretty smart guy, so he's probably trying to get in the way of Obama wrapping himself in Chrysler's flag. (Think they don't have a flag? You've never been to Chrysler headquarters. GM and Ford have flags too.)
But it's our view that this argument is easily overblown. As we've said, most of America did not view this ad, and think, "Oh, we're so happy the White House provided financing for Chrysler to negotiate a quick managed bankruptcy and end up in the arms of an Italian automaker that used to be known for poor quality!"
No, they saw that ad, and they saw Detroit staring back at them – a flawed, proud industrial giant that's trying to claw its way back. And it's right that Clint Eastwood was the face of this. He was great in the role, for one. For another, he's beloved in the Motor City.
We're speaking here as a Detroit native, someone whose first job in journalism was a Detroit News paper route. We've got three Bill Freehan autographs. We could hear the Ford tractor plant from our house. Didn't know that Ford used to actually make farm equipment in the Detroit area? Now you do.
Detroit's a shadow of itself now. They talk about letting parts of the city go back to nature. But the city is angry, and proud, and both resentful and grateful to anyone in Washington who will give it a chance.
The headline on the News website this morning was not, "Was Eastwood ad political?" It was "Chrysler's hourly employees to get bonuses early." That's what's important in the Motor City.
The "political" argument over the Eastwood spot misses the point of the ad, argues News columnist Daniel Howes today. It's really about how Detroit collapsed in its own mistakes, and how everyone has to come together to bring it back, and how much that costs – in lost jobs, shuttered dealers, broken dreams.
It's also about whether Detroit's experience "is a harbinger for the nation," writes Mr. Howes. Look upon us, and see yourself. This is what we all have to do to recover.
And that brings us back to Eastwood. He's a movie star, a Republican, a former mayor of Carmel, Calif. That's pretty far from a Detroit experience.
But he's in the ad because he's a Motor City icon. It's not because he smashed up lots of Detroit iron in the Dirty Harry flicks. It's because of "Gran Torino," Eastwood's flick about a retired blue collar worker defending his beloved car and his racially changing neighborhood.
This attitude was best summarized by the city's unofficial columnist laureate, Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press, in a famous piece for Sports Illustrated called, "The Courage of Detroit."
We'll skip through the parts of the book about the church that's hanging on, and the unassuming sports stars. You should read the whole thing, though – it's a great piece of work. Mr. Albom is much more than a guy who wrote some book about angels.
But at the end the author goes to see "Gran Torino" with a friend. The film was shot in Detroit, he notes, and Eastwood seemed to fit in fine during his time there. No one bothered him. He'd even visit the local hardware store for stuff.
The story is fairly predictable. But, Albom notes, the Michigan audience stayed in its seat, even after the movie ended. They stayed through the credits, and the closing music, until the very last scroll – a shot of cars driving down Detroit's Jefferson Avenue.
"Three words appeared – MADE IN MICHIGAN", Albom writes. "And the whole place clapped. Just stood up and clapped. To hell with Depression. We're gonna have a good year."


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Muppet fans... it's really happening.
The Muppets are officially making a movie! The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time has officially moved from an idea on paper to physical movements towards production. CHUD.com reports that this past weekend, the Muppets had a table read for the new film written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller and to be directed by James Bobin. Here's a transcript of the article:
The table read is a vital part of the filmmaking process. At a table read all the actors with speaking roles gather (around a big table, as the name suggests) and go through the script, reading out loud their parts. It's often the first time everybody in a movie gets together, and it's when the actors and the director start truly zeroing in on the characters in a way that isn't just theoretical.
It turns out that when you do a table read for a Muppet movie, you have to have the Muppets on hand. Talking to Nick Stoller, director of Get Him to the Greek and co-writer (with Jason Segel
'They had the table read Saturday with all of the puppets, and it went quite well,' he told me. When I asked for clarification - were the actual Muppets there - he confirmed it. 'They had the puppets do the table read. You have to have The Muppets there! They filmed it for the DVD.'
I wonder if the puppeteers kept the Muppets going in character during script discussions or during breaks. I kind of hope they just include the entire table read on the DVD.
Stoller is, understandably, psyched to be working on the Muppets' return to the cultural mainstream. 'Just to be able to play with those characters is incredibly exciting,' he said. 'The first time I wrote Kermit as a character in Final Draft I was like, 'Oh my God.''
This film is going to be true to the original The Muppet Movie, which means it's going to be very modern feeling. 'If you watch The Muppet Movie now it's amazing how much they break the fourth wall and how Simpsons-esque it is, but obviously before The Simpsons. It's very self-aware and kind of amazing. I call The Muppets the gateway drug for all comedy nerds - it's what you see that makes you want to do comedy for the rest of your life.'
So, there you have it. The Muppets have officially moved forward with their new film, the Muppeteers were on-hand (pun totally intended), it was filmed for the DVD, and gosh darn it, The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time is HAPPENING!
Come, Muppet fans, join me in blasting Mahna Mahna from the rooftops and dancing the dance of our people: The Kermambo! Everybody now!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox October 11, 2013
Most Common Hayward Pool Filter Parts
Are you wondering what the most purchased parts are for Hayward pool filters? I was, so I asked Jon Ruhe, our parts guru, as he is known, to delve into the sales data for the last few years, and tell us what are the 10 most common parts for Hayward filters, excluding o-rings and the less glamourous filter parts.
Hayward is the most common pool filter used on North and South American pools. Knowing which parts are used most could give some insight into which Hayward parts are more susceptible to damage, and may require more gentle use, or help you determine where to start looking for a problem on your Hayward pool filter. It could even indicate a particular problem with a filter or with how it's being used, or abused.
Without further ado, let's get going. "...The Envelope Please!"
1. SX244DA Folding Lateral Assembly with Center Pipe
2. SX180DA Folding Lateral Assembly with Center Pipe
3. SX164DA Folding Lateral Assembly with Center Pipe
The first picture I have to share is one that takes care of the first 3 of our top selling Hayward Filter Parts. It's called the Folding Umbrella Lateral Assembly.
It's a very unique design to Hayward, and quite ingenious. The ends of the laterals are not screwed into the hub as they are in most other filters, instead a ball and socket design holds the lateral, they literally snap in place.
But the real beauty of the design is that when folded, you can easily slip the lateral assembly in and out of the filter tank, for installation, or during sand changes.
With other filter lateral assemblies, you have to unscrew each lateral out before you can pull out the standpipe.
4. DEX2400C Collector Manifold with Flex Air Relief
Another Hayward Innovation, the Collector Manifold is used on Diatomaceous Earth (D.E.) filters. The DE grids push into the holes in the bottom of the manifold, lining up the cut out in the grid with the tabs on the sides of the hole.
Just like an automotive manifold, which forces exhaust to exit the engine through precisely bored pipes, the Hayward Collector Manifold is designed to direct the water flow out of the filter tank.
The Flex Air Relief by Hayward, is the tall tube sticking up. It actually resembles a Flex-Tube from the Hayward Perflex DE filters. The purpose is to allow air in the tank to be pushed into the manifold and drawn out of the filter tank.
5. SX200BT S200 Filter Tank Head or Top
Yet another Hayward exclusive, the famous S200 filter tank head. Not the most user friendly sand filter head, or tank half. It requires the user to remove roughly two dozen bolts from around the edge, to remove the lid. A clamp band would have been easier? But not safer.
The trade off to removing all of those bolts is - once you have the lid off the filter tank, you have the entire sand bed visible to you. It can make sand changes go much more quickly, although you can change the sand from the top port, without removing the tank lid.
Could there be a problem with this design? Is the lid cracking, or the top threads are breaking?
6. ECX11194AT EC-65 Perflex Filter Head, Top
The Perflex DE filter is again, another very unique filter design. It's the only DE pool filter of its type, with it's unique DE grid design.
Instead of using the large flat surfaces of a DE filter grid to adhere the DE powder to, the Perflex filter uses Flex Tubes, aka 'fingers'. These are fabric covered tubes that hang vertically.
The Perflex filter uses this top shown here, along with numerous bolts to remove, these even more vexing than the S200 above, because they're smaller, and have tiny nuts and washers - arrgh.
These lids are often damaged by freeze, or they can fall victim to a tree branch falling. However, the most common failure is the triangular attachment points for the bump handle. If you bump the Perflex filter too vigorously, you may snap the lid at the handle pivot point.
7. SX180K Base for SX166R Filter and Pump
This weird looking contraption is a filter base with space on the side to mount the filter pump.
Keeps the pump and filter up out of the dirt and is designed to distribute the weight so that the pump and filter stay upright and level.
These are often damaged by moving them for the winter, and they get knocked around a lot when they're stored in the garage. I've heard all sorts of stories; 'backed the car into it', 'kid used it as a skateboard ramp', 'my brother in law stepped on it'.
8. DEX2421JKIT Clamp and Spring Assembly Kit
This clamp is used on the Pro-Grid DE and Swim Clear filters to hold the two tank halves together.
Hayward has been a leader in design changes in clamp bands. They have continued to improve the design in both function and safety.
This new style clamp band is a direct replacement for older clamp bands, but may not work with older lids like the Micro Clear or Super Star Clear filters. In order to accomodate the larger and more heavy duty clamp band, a redesigned filter top was necessary.
This angered a lot of Hayward customers, who had to buy both a new lid and a new clamp ($) when the clamp or bolt assembly failed. However, lives are taken every year by unsafe filter clamp bands, so I applaud their approach.
9. DEX6000DC Filter Element Cluster
For the Pro-Grid D.E. pool filter, the element cluster is known as the grid assembly on other filter brands.
The manifold is very rounded on the Hayward DE filter, I suppose that reduces resistance somewhat. Other than that, the spiral grid arrangement, pioneered by American Products and Purex, have been well adopted by Hayward.
People may buy the entire element cluster when they need new grids. It's a much easier job, to pull one piece out of the box and drop it into the filter.
Others may need a new complete filter assembly for other reasons. Cousin Joe, when moving into his new home, found this odd item in his shed, so he threw it out, thinking it was some trash left by the former owners. When I showed up to open the pool - oops!
10. ECX1040 Noryl Bump Handle
The Hayward Perflex pool filter is, as mentioned earlier, a very unique DE pool filter. It is termed a regenerative filter, because you can 'bump' the filter, which loosens the DE powder from the tubes, or fingers, and mixes it up with the dirt. When the pump turns back on, the fingers are recoated with DE. Bumping prevents layers of dirt from building up on the Flex Tubes, which reduces flow rate.
Instead of backwashing a Perflex filter, you bump it every few weeks. After a few months, it needs to be drained and recharged with new DE powder.
So, the Bump Handle, this is what shakes the DE powder off the fingers, or flex tubes. If you bump and grind too much however, the handle will snap. It's not always from too much bumping, but in some cases, the internal plates stick together and what gives? The handle.
- Rob


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Modern Nursery With Baby Animal Prints From Sharon Montrose
A Modern Nursery With the Cutest Baby-Animal Prints Ever
A Modern Nursery With the Cutest Baby-Animal Prints Ever
We've had a slight obsession with photographer Sharon Montrose's baby-animal prints for quite some time now, but the nursery she created with interior designer Morgan Satterfield takes our love to a new level. "The Animal Print Shop Nursery Project was deemed the 'fun lux room,' for that baby who loves a little bit of bling and glam without sacrificing comfort," Morgan says. "Babies enjoy comfort, or so I hear." With an awesome chevron-esque wall, an Oeuf crib, a Dorothy Draper-inspired dresser, a gorgeous Rove Concepts womb chair, and lots of Sharon's simply adorable prints, this nursery, beautifully photographed by Laure Joliet, might be one of our all-time favorites. Keep clicking to check it out, and you can even enter The Animal Print Shop Nursery Project giveaway to win some of the components of the room.


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Save the date, mark your calendars, in just one week, Cloud 9, the MFA Visual Thesis exhibition will host its opening reception! Please join us to celebrate great art and people!
Thursday, June 11,
6-8 pm, Gallery FIT,
the Museum at FIT.
27 Street, 7th Avenue.
The show runs June 8-July 6.


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U.S. 50 west of Union Rd.
Brandon R. Burns, 40, of 24 Caribou Circle, St. Joseph, Mo. was attempting to use a passing lane to pass a truck at 2:20 p.m. Jan. 17 when the other truck sped up to prevent Burns from passing, swerved at him twice, and then pulled into the passing lane, striking the 2014 Volvo registered to Pensek Truck Leasing Co. LP that Burns was driving. The truck did not stop and continued eastbound on U.S. 50. Police reported no injuries.
U.S. 56 east of Falcon Rd.
Jacob Troy Garver, 23, of 1011 N. Ash St., Newton, drove over a piece of cut firewood that broke the engine crankcase pan on his 2008 Chevrolet sedan at 7:20 a.m. Jan. 27. The vehicle had to be towed. Police reported no injuries.
Deer strikes
Sidney K. Robinson, 58, of 506 Park Ave., Florence, struck and killed a deer with a 2006 Chevrolet pickup registered to ARI Fleet LT, 9000 Midlantic Dr., Mount Laurel, N.J., at 7 a.m. Jan. 22 on U.S. 77 north of 105th Rd.
Jeremy L. Bruch, 40, of 1614 Huxman St., Hutchinson, struck a deer with his 1999 Ford at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24 on U.S. 56 east of Cedar St. in Marion.
Brenda L. Maddox, 52, of 127 N. Roosevelt St., Marion, struck and killed a deer with a 2001 Chevrolet pickup registered to Danny L. Maddox, same address, at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 on Sunflower Rd. north of 110th Rd.


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World's largest volcano lurks beneath Pacific Ocean
The dormant behemoth may rival ones on Mars
The most massive volcano in the world, with a footprint the size of New Mexico, crouches in the dark depths of the western Pacific Ocean. With its hollowed peak lying beneath 2 kilometers of water, Tamu Massif, a basaltic mound, may rival the largest known volcano in the solar system: Mars' Olympus Mons.
A team led by oceanographer William Sager then of Texas A&M University bounced sound waves off the deep-sea mountain to measure its size.
The researchers report online September 5 in Nature Geoscience that Tamu Massif forms a broad, rounded dome rising 4 kilometers from the seafloor and stretching 450 by 650 kilometers across. Core samples that the researchers extracted from the volcano's slopes showed that, during its prime 145 million years ago, the ancient mound spewed lava sheets 23 meters thick.
W.W. Sager et al. An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean. Nature Geoscience. Posted online September 5, 2013. doi:10.1038/NGEO1934. [Go to]
N. Drake. Miniplanet sports megapeak. Science News. Vol. 180, November 5, 2011, p.11. [Go to]


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more last-minute knitted gifts giveaway
If you're a fan of Purl Soho, or of it's owner, Joelle Hoverson, then you probably already know about Joelle's latest book: More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. I first met Joelle when she was working at Martha Stewart as a stylist. A few years later I heard she was opening a yarn shop, called Purl, down on Sullivan Street in SoHo and I popped in to say hello. The store was tiny, but filled to the brim with the most beautiful yarn I had ever seen... it was like a little jewelbox of a store, all styled perfectly. One evening I remember walking past the storefront after closing. Joelle had started teaching classes in the evening and the store was literally packed with knitting students. There was this buzz, this feeling of excitement in the air. A man on the street next to me asked "What's going on? What is THIS?". And I knew that Joelle had started something special.
A few years later I wandered down Sullivan Street again. Joelle was sitting out front on that cute blue bench outside Purl and as I walked up she said "I was just thinking about you!". She was writing a new book about quilting and patchwork, and opening a second store up the street (a fabric store this time) and she needed some design help. I quickly volunteered. Joelle lived just a few blocks from my home in Brooklyn, and we would meet at night in my little office and work out the details of the book (which was later titled Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts) and design things for the new store (which was called Purl Patchwork). Joelle would hold my daughter Bee, who was just a baby then, while we picked out colors and played around with fonts.
I've been designing for Purl Soho ever since. And it's been my pleasure. When I moved to California three years ago, I was worried that Joelle (and her partners Page and Jen) might want a designer close by in New York.. but lucky for me, they've let me continue to work for them remotely. They are such lovely clients, full of amazing ideas and I'm proud of the things they've let me design like knitting patterns, and twill tape, and calendars, and new logos.
When Joelle told me she was starting a third book, I crossed my fingers she would let me design it. More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts hit the stores in the fall, and here are a few behind-the-scenes shots from the shoot (which was way back in May of 2009!). The photographer for the shoot was the lovely Anna Williams, who also shot Joelle's other two books. Anna is an old friend, who photographs regularly for Martha Stewart Living, where Page, Joelle and I all used to work, so working on these shoots is a bit of a reunion.The projects in this book are beautiful, and most can be knit in a weekend.
Joelle has a lovely home a few hours outside the city and we shot the majority of the book there. She also rented the house next door so we would all have a bed to sleep in and some pretty locations to shoot. One morning I woke up early, the fog had rolled in and the house looked so beautiful.
When I flip through this book, I see my friends. I see Joelle's gorgeous color combinations and Jen's lightning fast knitting and Page's pretty styling and Anna's beautiful light. It reminds me how lucky I am to be a small part of the beautiful things these girls create.
The nice folks at STC: Craft | Melanie Falick Books (an imprint of Stewart, Tabori & Chang) sent me a few extra copies of More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts and I am happy to give one away. Leave a comment below and my little helpers and I will pick a winner Saturday morning, March 19th. Comments will close at 9 AM PST. (Sorry to my international readers, but U.S. residents only...)
And a note about giveaways: I try very hard to keep inchmark non-commercial (which is becoming a rarity these days in the blog world). Please note that inchmark does not offer giveaways for products, books, etc. except in specific cases where I was involved in the creation of the product (i.e. a book I have designed).
And the winner is #36, Margaret! Shoot me an email with your address and I will pop your book in the mail! Happy knitting!


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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will be on the University of Colorado Boulder campus May 16 to sign into law SB14-001, a $2 million appropriation to help fund the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory that involves four state institutions and a number of industry partners.
SB14-011 will provide $1 million in fiscal year 2014-2015 and $1 million in fiscal year 2015-2016 in matching funds to the Collaboratory, a clean energy research consortium of CU-Boulder, Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines and the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Founded in 2006, the Collaboratory works with industry partners, government agencies and other universities to conduct energy research and to create and speed the commercialization of renewable energy technologies, energy management systems and energy efficiency tools.
The Collaboratory also supports economic growth in Colorado and the nation with renewable energy industries and educates the next generation of energy researchers and technicians, according to Collaboratory Executive Director David Hiller. The Collaboratory has created numerous industrial and academic partnerships and has used roughly $6 million in state funding from previous years to attract more than $50 million in research funding from federal and private sources.
"This collaboration already has been shown to be a great fit for Colorado given the vast amount of energy research at our universities, government labs and in private industry," said CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. "We are pleased that this new funding bill has been signed, and we believe that bringing our top scientists and students from Colorado together is allowing us to play a more significant role in the development of new efficient and renewable energy technologies."
The signing event is not open to the public.
"More than 50 companies have engaged with the Collaboratory in research, from Fortune Global 100 companies to small start-ups," said Hiller. In addition to the four primary Colorado research institutions that form the backbone of the Collaboratory, other state universities as well as government research agencies like the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are partnering on energy research efforts with the Collaboratory.
The Collaboratory supports four primary research centers: The Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2); the Colorado Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP); the Center for Research and Education in Wind (CREW); and the Carbon Management Center (CMC). Researchers and students from all institutions participate in research and education activities directed by each center.
Most of the Collaboratory research is conducted through the four centers, said Hiller, but the Collaboratory also supports research conducted independently by researchers from two or more Collaboratory institutions.
The primary sponsors of SB14-011 were Senate Majority Leader Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, and House Majority Leader Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Boulder.
The Collaboratory provided funding to the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium involving NREL, Mines and industry to develop biofuels technology, including research efforts demonstrating that renewable diesel can be made from cellulose via hydrolysis. The advancements helped to show that sustainable alternative fuels can approach cost parity with fossil fuels, according to Tom Foust, director of the National Bioenergy Center at NREL.
The Collaboratory also helped to fund a project led by CU-Boulder chemical and biochemical engineering Professor Alan Weimer, also C2B2 executive director, using concentrated sunlight to gasify biomass in order to produce syngas, which could be used to produce liquid fuel. In addition, CU-Boulder Associate Professor Rob Knight used a $50,000 seed grant from the Collaboratory to help develop new tools to assess the production of biofuels, research that led to an additional $4 million in federal and private grants to Knight's group for additional research in the field of health care.
The Collabratory also has funded CSU Associate Professor Amy Prieto of the chemistry department for solar voltaic research. In addition, the group also provided funding for CSU Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory Director Anthony Marchese of the mechanical engineering department to help improve the transport and distribution of biofuels in existing infrastructure like pipelines and storage tanks.
Funding from the Collaboratory also has gone to Mines Associate Professor Matt Posewitz of the chemistry and geochemistry department to advance the selection of algae for the production of biofuels and other products. The Collaboratory also provided funding to Mines Distinguished Professor Marte Gutierrez of the division of engineering and several additional Mines faculty to study the consequences of storing carbon dioxide in deep geological formations.
The Collaboratory's board of directors includes CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, CSU President Anthony A. Frank, Mines President M.W. "Bill" Scoggins and NREL Director Dan E. Arvizu. Collaboratory executive board members include CU-Boulder Vice Chancellor for Research Stein Sture, CSU Vice President for Research Alan Rudolph, Mines Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer John Poate and NREL Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology Dana Christensen.
David Hiller, Collaboratory Executive Director, 303-808-4222
Jim Scott, CU-Boulder media relations, 303-492-3114
Kortny Rolston, CSU media relations, 970 491-5349
Karen Gilbert, Mines, media relations, 303-273-3541
Heather Lammer, NREL media relations, 303-275-4084
Karyn Murphy, Collaboratory, 720-274-9760


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But McGee was. She was introducing the Shallotte Middle School teacher as the 2008 Brunswick County Teacher of the Year, the "best of the best," McGee said.
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