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• The Schedule
Thursday, Apr. 3, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. PDT
No. 5 UCSB (14-7, 13-7) vs. No. 6 Long Beach State (16-7, 13-7)
at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.
Series record vs. Long Beach State – 48-43
Streak vs. the 49ers – Won 1
UCSB Streak Overall – Lost 1
LBSU Streak Overall – Lost 1
Last time out – W, 3-1 @ UCSB (2/14/14)
Saturday, Apr. 5, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. PDT
No. 5 UCSB (14-7, 13-7) vs. Cal State Northridge (8-15, 7-13)
at the Matadome in Northridge, Calif.
Series record vs. CSUN – 49-38
Streak vs. the Matadors – Won 2
UCSB Streak Overall – Lost 1
CSUN Streak Overall – Won 1
Last time out – W, 3-0 @ UCSB (2/12/14)
• The Week in Review
Following a week off for final examinations, the Gauchos went 1-1 on the road last week, sweeping Cal Baptist before falling in five to BYU. Junior outside hitter Weston Nielsen led the UCSB attack against the Lancers, picking up 12 kills on a sky-high .647 hitting percentage. Evan Licht had a dozen put-aways as well. Setter Jonah Seif averaged 11.3 assists per set and orchestrated an offense that recorded a .325 team hitting percentage. Nielsen and Licht co-led the team in kills once again at BYU, but the Cougars were able to shake off a 2-1 deficit to come back and defeat the Gauchos to secure an unbeaten home record in the regular season. The Gauchos were the only team this season to take the Cougars to five games on their home court, and they also broke a 21-set home winning streak for BYU.
• Poll Position
After a 1-1 week, the Gauchos stayed at No. 5 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll this week. UCSB has been as high as No. 4 in the AVCA poll this year, its highest ranking since 2011.
• Magic Number
Through 20 conference matches and with a 13-7 MPSF record, UCSB's magic number to clinch a spot in the conference tournament is at three. This means any combination of UCSB wins and ninth-place Hawai'i losses adding up to three ensures the Gauchos a spot in the postseason. The Gauchos are still aiming for a top-four finish in the MPSF, which would allow them to host a postseason match for the first time since 2007. UCSB hasn't made the postseason in consecutive years since the 2006-07 seasons. BYU is the only MPSF team to clinch a playoff spot so far.
• Top Dogs
Behind strong serving and blocking efforts all year, the Gauchos currently can lay claim to the top opponents' hitting percentage in the conference at .228. UCSB has led the MPSF in this statistic virtually all year.
• Hot Start at Home
With a 10-2 record at home, the Gauchos are off to their best 12-match start to a home schedule in the MPSF era (since 1993). UCSB is currently maintaining the second-best home winning percentage in the conference behind undefeated BYU.
• Staahl-ing the Opposition
Junior middle blocker Jake Staahl has come into his own in the 2014 season after locking down the most consistent playing time of his career. This year, he ranks third in the conference and fifth nationwide in blocks per set at 1.28. That figure puts him just seven points behind UCSB alum Dylan Davis's 2013 output of 1.35 per game, which garnered the senior First Team All-America honors. Not just a defensive player, he sports the ninth best hitting percentage in the MPSF (.408).
• Licht It Up
With 32 aces this season, senior opposite Evan Licht is making a dent in the UCSB record book and in the opposition's serve-receive game plan. Ranked fourth in the MPSF in aces per game (0.39), he now is fourth in UCSB program history with 82 career aces. Bryan Berman is one spot ahead of Licht with 91 career aces.
• Kingi Collects Digs
Having accrued 172 digs up to this point this season, senior libero Chad Kingi is currently on pace for his third consecutive 200-dig campaign. After recording the third most single-season digs in program history last year (271), Kingi currently sits sixth in the UCSB annals with 665 career scoops.
• Tiebreakers
As just two matches seperate third-place UCSB from ninth-place Hawai'i, it is very likely that tiebreakers will come into play in the final MPSF standings. The top three-tiebreakers the conference uses between tied teams are head-to-head record, head-to-head sets wons, and head-to-head points won. By this criteria, UCSB owns tiebreakers over Hawai'i, while Stanford,UC Irvine, and UCLA own tiebreakers on the Gauchos. UCSB's tiebreakers with Long Beach State, Pepperdine, and USC won't be determined until the end of the season because the teams haven't completed their series or are equal on H2H wins, sets, and points.
• California Dreaming
UC Santa Barbara is the only squad in NCAA men's volleyball to have a team comprised solely of players from California. All 19 players on Rick McLaughlin's team were raised in the Golden State, stretching from Nevada City in the north (Bobby Curtis) to Coto de Caza in the south (Spencer Buckley).


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Seaplane makes emergency landing in New York's East River
A seaplane has made a hard landing in New York's East River.
The plane went down near Manhattan's east side shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday.
The Fire Department says 10 people were on board and all declined medical attention.
Michael Siegel, the executive vice president of plane operator Tailwind Air LLC, says all the passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the seaplane was towed to a nearby dock.
Photos posted on Twitter show people wearing life jackets sitting on the aircraft's pontoons waiting to be rescued.
Bill Lawrence, the creator of TV shows including "Scrubs" and "Spin City," was one of the passengers.


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SOMERSWORTH — Four cases of fungal meningitis linked to a contaminated steroid have been confirmed in New Hampshire, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Saturday.
"This has been a very difficult time for patients and health care providers affected by this outbreak," Jose Montero, New Hampshire's Public Health Director, said Saturday. "Our thoughts are with these patients and their families as they deal with the complicated circumstances surrounding this unfortunate incident."
As of Saturday night, 197 confirmed cases, with 15 deaths, had been reported across 14 states. The current outbreak is linked to a contaminated steroid, methylprednisolone acetate, that was shipped by a Framingham, Mass., pharmacy to 23 states. That company, the New England Compounding Center, has recalled all products and shut down operations since the tainted medication was originally discovered in Tennessee nearly a month ago.
In New Hampshire, three PainCare clinics received shipments of the tainted medication before quickly pulling the product from shelves and informing patients upon learning of possible health risks. The company's Somersworth, Merrimack, and Newington locations all received shipments of the injectable steroid, which is administered by health care providers to treat back pain.
Health officials have said up to 741 patients may have been exposed to the medication across New Hampshire.
On Saturday, PainCare's owner and CEO Michael O'Connell said two of the confirmed cases were from patients treated at the company's Somersworth clinic, while the other two were treated at the company's Merrimack location.
PainCare's Newington clinic has yet to report a confirmed case related to the outbreak.
"We're working around the clock right now to be available for patients," O'Connell said. "We have nurses on call 24 hours a day for any patients who have concerns."
The cases under investigation in New Hampshire include three males and one female, all between 40 and 60 years of age. All of these individuals are currently being monitored at various hospitals.
Officials estimate up to 14,000 people may have been exposed to the drug, which was shipped to a total of 23 states.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fungal meningitis cases have been recorded in 13 states besides New Hampshire. Those states are Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Meningitis is a general term for an infection or inflammatory process involving the lining of the brain and central nervous system. Symptoms to be aware of include headache, fever, nausea, neck stiffness, and sensitivity to light.
The CDC is recommending patients who feel ill with any of these symptoms or have weakness or numbness in any part of the body or slurred speech after receiving this medication contact their health care provider immediately.
Also, patients who received injections of the medication to joints should report to their provider if they have local symptoms including increased pain or redness or warmth at the site of the injection.
Four confimed cases of fungal menigitis in N.H.
SOMERSWORTH — Four cases of fungal meningitis linked to a contaminated steroid have been confirmed in New Hampshire, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Saturday.


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New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) YRF Television came out with an interesting bouquet of shows on the small screen and "Rishta.com" was one of them. Shruti Seth, who played the female lead in the serial, says that despite being well-conceptualised, it didn't get the kind of TRPs they were hoping for.
"I had a great time working on 'Rishta.com'. For me, it has been the most wonderful and satisfying piece of work. Even though it did not pay off in terms of TRPs, I really enjoyed," Shruti told IANS.
"Sadly, the show did not get the numbers we were hoping for. People complain that there is no good TV, but that is because people don't watch good TV," she added.
"Rishta.com" was about Shruti as Isha Mirchandani and new actor Kavi Shastri as Rohan Mehra - the two open a matrimonial agency and try to unite the matches, made in heaven, on earth but while accomplishing this challenging job, encounter extreme cases and illogical requests of their clients.
They show aired on Sony in January 2010.
When asked about the rumours of a second season for the show, Shruti said: "It is a false claim. It is never going to happen... we are not going to come back."
YRF Television's other shows included "Mahi Way" and "Powder".
Shruti, 35, has hosted different seasons of humour-based show "Comedy Circus", and earlier she worked as a video jockey for the show "Junglee Jukebox".
She is also known for her role in "Shararat".
Married to director Danish Aslam, Shruti has been active on the silver screen and has featured in movies like "Fanaa", "Raajneeti" and "Slumdog Millionaire".
She was last seen in the 2011 release "My Friend Pinto".
Shruti is currently seen in the second season of family comedy show "The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir", which comes on Sunday.
Why no daily soap?
"I want to do something different and want people to remember that I played a particular character. Not doing a daily soap just happened and moreover, I was doing other things too so I could never give 20-25 days of a month for one thing," she said.


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– Stimulate and develop student interest in the various engineering disciplines.
– Strive to increase the number of minority students studying engineering at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
– Encourage members to seek advanced degrees in engineering or related fields and to obtain professional engineering registrations.
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The last Daring Bakers challenge had left me with a craving for Danish pastries, but thinking of the effort and the calories, I had decided to leave it alone for a few more weeks. The croissants that I came across on several blogs were haunting me in my dreams, and finally I decided to make something that atleast remotely resembled these pastries, atleast in their shapes - crescent rolls. From the day I saw this recipe on Betty Crocker's cookbook, I wanted to make them, but was too lazy and impatient when I saw the dough - rising step. But after completing the Danish Braid challenge, this wait seemed like nothing, and yes, it was a cake-walk! I made only half the recipe and everything turned out perfectly!! JM and I actually ate it as the evening snack and dinner, with homemade Strawberry jam. It sure was yummy!! With just a wee little butter in the whole recipe, we didnt cringe as we ate, and enjoyed it immensely. This recipe can be used to make dinner rolls, crescent rolls and cloverleaf rolls. The crescent rolls are given as the variation of the basic dinner roll recipe. It sure made a tasty set of rolls, please do try them, they were perfect!! Yumm!
Recipe (Makes 32 rolls) :
All-purpose flour - 3 1/2 - 3 3/4 cups
Butter or margarine - 1/4 cup (4 tbsp)
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Salt - 1 tsp
Quick active dry or regular yeast - 1 package or 2 1/4 tsp
Water - 1/2 cup, very warm (120 - 130 F)
Milk - 1/2 cup, very warm (120 - 130 F)
Egg - 1 large
Butter or margarine - melted, if desired
In a large bowl, stir 2 cups of flour, the sugar, 1/4 cup of butter, salt and yeast until well-mixed.
Add warm water, warm milk and egg.
Beat for a minute with an electric mixer on low-speed, followed by 1 minute on medium speed, both times scraping bowl frequently.
Stir in enough remaining dough to make dough easy to handle.
Place dough on lightly floured surface.
Knead for about 5 minutes or until the dough is smooth and springy.
Grease a large bowl with shortening.
Place dough in bowl, turning dough to grease all sides.
Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for an hour or until the dough has doubled in size.
The dough is ready when indentation remains when touched.
At this stage the dough can be used to make any of the specified rolls.
For making crescent rolls:
Grease cookie sheet with shortening or cooking spray.
Push the fist into the dough to deflate and cut the dough in half.
Roll each half into a 12" circle on a floured surface.
Spread with softened butter.
Cut each circle into 16 wedges.
Roll up each wedge beginning at the rounded end (broad end).
Plcae rolls on the cookie sheet, with points underneath and curve the edges slightly.
Brush with butter (I didnt) and cover loosely with plastic wrap.
Let rise in a warm place about 30 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size.
Heat oven to 375 F.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve warm or cool.
- I did not brush the shaped rolls with melted butter.
- I only made half the recipe to yield 16 rolls.
- If using self-rising flour, omit salt.
- For the dough to rise, I usually switch on the oven at 200F or so for a minute or two, switch it off, and place the dough in the oven to rise.
- I had actually stuffed a single roll with jam, as you can see in the picture below, to see how it would turn out. Experiment with more stuffings.
I am sending these crescent rolls to the "Bread baking day - Small Breads" event at Aparna's My Diverse Kitchen. The event was started by started by Zorra at 1x umrühren bitte.
I am also sending these Crescent rolls to the "Healthy Cooking" event over at Mansi's Fun and Food. I feel that these rolls are very healthy because it has a very low fat and sugar content. It is a leavened bread and is baked so that no additional fat is introduced. The recipe actually mentioned smearing the rolls again with butter before baking. I actually omitted that step and still the rolls turned out perfectly browned. The rolls can be eaten on their own because they taste great!! It would also go well with soups, salads or preserves!!
Source: Betty Crocker Cookbook : everything you need to know to cook today.
We had the rolls with home-made strawberry preserves. The preserve was made from a recipe on Sunita's blog. Here's a pictorial step-by-step instructions on the process. We had gone strawberry picking two weeks before and I used up our hand-picked berries by making this Strawberry Preserves. I am sending this Home-made Strawberry Preserve to "Eating with the seasons" event at Maninas : Food Matters.
Through and over the weekend, I am glad some of my fellow bloggers remembered me, because I again have several awards to share. Veda of Iyengar's kitchen passed me the "Blogging with a purpose" award. Srilekha of Me and My Kitchen and Hetal of Isha's kitchen passed me the "Yum-Yum Blog" award. Thanks a trillion for remembering me, you guys! I really appreciate your gesture. I would like to pass these onto,
Asha of Foodies Hope
Ranji of Ranji's Kitchen Corner
Roopa of My Kitchen Treats
Rachel of Tangerine's Kitchen
Cham of Spice-club
Enjoy your awards!! And come back to Tasty treats for more recipes through the week.


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BRISTOL, Tenn. – King University's Summer Kremer earned Player of the Week honors from the Tennessee Sportswriters Association after posting 47 kills and averaging 3.92 kills per set in three victories. Kremer also posted a .300 attack percentage a week ago, including a blistering .500 clip against Pfeiffer University on Saturday.
The Mill City, N.C., native registered 14 kills and five digs in a 3-2 victory at UVa-Wise and followed that with 20 kills and eight digs in a 3-1 Conference Carolinas win against Belmont Abbey. The junior outside hitter added 13 kills in a sweep of Pfeiffer.
Kremer leads the Tornado, and Conference Carolinas with 142 kills this season and 3.23 kills per set. The junior also ranks fifth in the league with a .274 attack percentage.
King is currently on an eight-match winning streak, and the Tornado host Concord University on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m., at the Student Center Complex. The Tornado then resumes Conference Carolinas play when they travel to Erskine College and North Greenville University on Friday and Saturday.


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Staying at a plush new hotel is possibly the last thing most Americans are thinking about this holiday season. Dreaming about, maybe, because who can afford it?
So here's a morsel of consolation: Although the economy in much of the country continues to stagger, an unprecedented 34 hotels have opened this year in
, and 28 more are under construction. Occupying new buildings, joining a host of ever-permutating chains and pioneering neighborhoods across the five boroughs, the roster of just-launched properties offers visitors a wide selection in price and style.
Hotel industry experts have myriad explanations for the growth, but the bottom line is that the Big Apple is persistently popular with visitors and keeps reinventing itself by adding attractions such as the elevated High Line park in
and the
mall at Columbus Circle.
"Let's face it," said Sean Hennessey, chief executive of the consulting firm Lodging Advisors, "there's an almost endless number of people in the world whose dream is to take a trip to New York."
& Co.,
Last month, I stopped in the city to check out a few new hotels. I was on my way home from a long trip to Southeast Asia, where I had stayed in a room at a guesthouse near the Thai-Cambodian border that cost $15 a night and came with a frog. It made for an interesting comparison with the places I sampled in New York, where the average rate is $250 and rising. ("If you wanted a really great bargain," Hennessey said, "you should have visited in 2009.") Rooms in the city have Vichy showers and 400-thread-count sheets — but no wildlife. I'm still trying to figure which was the reality check: New York or Cambodia.
I could not figure out why a woman in a Little Bo Peep costume was standing at West 44th Street and 8th Avenue, around the corner from the new, glass-clad, 36-story building that houses the InterContinental
Square. Maybe she had just escaped from Bellevue or an 8th Avenue girlie show. Or maybe I was seeing things; after all, I'd been on a plane for 20 hours.
Things started to make sense once I reached the InterContinental. A bellman in a camel's hair coat stopped warming his hands long enough to wish me a happy
and show me to the lobby, a large space, empty but for several massive copper columns and a long marble reception desk backed by windows overlooking a spotlighted courtyard.
The elevators are to the left. On the right, the lobby yields to a library-like concierge station, a lounge with a cheerfully glowing fake fireplace, a cool-looking bar plied by cocktail waitresses in backless black mini-dresses, the Ça Va Brasserie by celebrity chef Todd English (of Olives in New York, Boston and Las Vegas) and Marché Bakery.
Very snazzy, in a vaguely Midcentury Modern way; also buttoned-up, understated and gender-neutral — in other words, classic InterContinental.
More of the same in my sixth-floor double, priced at the time at about $350.
It had the standard hotel room configuration, decorated in beiges and grays with unassuming textures and patterns, but was, alas, too low for a view of the
skyline from the floor-to-ceiling window. Two overstuffed queen beds looked as though they'd been injected with collagen; there also was a comfortable work station with a touch-screen computer and a mini-bar with a Keurig coffee brewer. In the roomy midnight blue-tiled bath, I found a walk-in shower with an overhead spigot that rained instead of spurted, Gilchrist & Soames toiletries and new-smelling Corinelli robes and towels.
Everything suited, but nothing struck me as a pleasant surprise in the way, say, of a room with a frog.
So I had dinner from the three-course, $36 prix-fixe menu at Ça Va. It was tasty, but the lights were so dim that I had to ask for a flashlight to cut my hanger steak.
Then I discovered the hotel's most compelling amenity: its Theater District address, down the street from the Broadhurst, where
is starring in "The Merchant of Venice," and near such Broadway fixtures as Sardi's, the old New York Times building and Restaurant Row; and 8th Avenue, which, despite gentrification, has clung to its seediness like an old hooker clutching her wig in the wind.
The InterContinental boasts a top-drawer concierge staff to help guests get tickets and navigate the neighborhood. This is a chain signature, so I put a young man at the desk to the test.
On a Sunday night, there wasn't much on except noisy, long-running musicals. When I told him that I didn't care for song and dance, he perked up, suggesting I catch
a new movie showing near
. He spoke so cogently about its stars,
that I had to ask, although I already knew the answer, "Are you, by any chance, an actor?"
New York Times Square, 300 W. 44th St.; (888) 424-6835, http://www.ichotelsgroup.com.
In the heart of the Theater District. Doubles will start about $229 in January.
Some people shop for hotel rooms the way I shop for wine: If it's more expensive, it must be better. Using that criterion, I had every reason to be excited when I checked into the Setai Fifth Avenue, one of a handful of high-end hotels to open this year in New York.
The hotel, part of a small chain with properties in Costa Rica, Uruguay, the Bahamas and Miami, occupies the lower floors of a smashing new 60-story skyscraper designed by New York architects Gwathmey Siegel & Associates. Upstairs, developers are selling luxury condominiums that include hotel services.
A big part of the allure comes from the Fifth Avenue address, just down THE STREETn from the landmark New York Public Library and Bryant Park..
I stood back to admire the Setai building's silver crown and huge teardrop-shaped sculpture by Santiago Villanueva. Then I pushed through the revolving door into the lobby, which has the uncluttered marble-clad calm of a national monument. The adjoining Bar on 5th serves fancy mixed drinks and doesn't charge a cover to hear a jazz quartet in the evening. (Ai Fiori, the second-floor dining room by noted restaurateur
, hadn't yet opened when I visited.)
Staff members were solicitous, no doubt having graduated from charm school with a degree in circumlocution. "How would you like to establish credit, Ms. Spano?" is the way I was asked to produce my plastic. I'd booked the least expensive room available, a superior for $595 — brother, the $90 tax alone will kill you.
What did I get for that, precisely?
— A strikingly large, tastefully decorated, neutral-toned room with all extraneous details hidden away and built-in custom furniture to maximize space. The closet was half the usual length, and the room had neither a good reading chair nor a luggage stand. But, honestly, I could have played shuffleboard within its walls.
— A sleek platform king bed, garbed in Pratesi linens, with the remote for an outsize flat-screen TV close at hand and a huge coffee table book on the Setai that described the style: "aesthetic restraint, even rigor … a design that is at once incredibly simple and abundantly sufficient." Fair enough, though some would call it chilly.
— A really cool bath with a big, cut sunken tub and white marble floors. The Lorenzo Villoresi toiletries were divine, and in the drawer I was impressed to find a tube of Marvis toothpaste, an Italian brand I discovered while living in Rome.
— Switch-controlled draperies and a TV screen set into the bathroom mirror.
— Free Wi-Fi, nonalcoholic beverages, Nespresso, ironing for five garments on arrival, use of the fitness room and a tour of the exceptionally outfitted Auriga Spa on the fourth floor.
Of course, to use the spa's plunge pools, sauna, steam and showers cost an additional $50. In the evening, no one turned down my bed or changed the towels; I had to call guest services twice to get a robe; and there was only a scrap of rug in the bath, so my footsies froze on the icy marble.
Perhaps I should cut the Setai some slack, because it had been open only a week when I visited. On the other hand, don't you think it ought to do better for six big ones a night?
Setai Fifth Avenue, 400 Fifth Ave.; (212) 695-4005, http://www.setaififthavenue.com.
Rooms are large and sparely modernistic, baths plush. Doubles will start at $595 in January.
Call me bourgeois, but I had the best time at Eventi, a middle-of-the-road addition to the scene from Kimpton. The boutique hotel chain, founded in 1981 in
, knows all the little touches to make guests happy, without driving the room rate into the stratosphere.
Eventi occupies a new building on workaday 6th Avenue at West 30th Street. The neighborhood, straddling the Garment District and Chelsea, has no particular embellishments, and the furnishings in the small lobby look as if they came from a yard sale at a house recently vacated by a member of the Rat Pack.
Oh, well, there's no accounting for taste, and the style cools down in the guest chambers. Mine was a double on the 12th floor, priced about $375 in November, with a roomy entryway but barely enough space to squeeze around the bed. The bath had a large, walk-in shower, but no tub, and I couldn't find a switch for the curtains so I had to open them by hand, revealing the room's up-side: a floor-to-ceiling view of the
skyline from the
to the gold-roofed New York Life Building on Madison Square Park.
I liked the view so much that I started thinking about ordering room service — one of my favorite self-indulgences — so I could watch the city lights come on during dinner. Instead, I decided to go out. I deliberated between Bar Basque and FoodParc, a to-go market next door operated by the hotel. I decided on Basque, but the place was so packed that I almost turned back. I'm glad I stayed because the wine list features a sizable selection of red Riojas by the glass and delicious paella, served on a sizzling plate of rice covered with shrimp, calamari and clams.
Then I went back to my room, put on the robe — terry cloth with a leopard-spotted collar — lay in bed and watched three episodes of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" back-to-back. The curtains were open to remind me where I was. If you ask me, holing up in a good hotel room is the ultimate guilty pleasure in New York.
Eventi, 851 Avenue of the Americas; (866) 996-8396, http://www.eventihotel.com.
Midcentury Modern hotel with 287 guestrooms and the amiably over-the-top Bar Basque. Doubles will start at about $223 in January


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Gene Weingarten Shows How To Respond To Bogus Trademark Threats: Stetson(R) Hats Suck
from the nicely-done,-sir dept
The correction you are seeking, and which I now solemnly herewith deliver under the implied threat of a trademark-infringement lawsuit, is that "Stetson" is the name of your company and not a generic term for a hat. You further demand that all future references to "Stetson" contain a little R in a circle, like this: Stetson®. Okay. Done, and done.He then goes on to point out just how silly all of this is, before then clearing up any confusion:
Stetson® hats suck.
I would like to clear up one misconception, though: I was not, as your letter suggests, using the word Stetson® as a synonym for "hat." I was using it as a synonym for "doofusy cowboy hat" of the sort that has made the Stetson® company famous, and that can in an instant, on any city street, transform any ordinary man into a pretentious, truly comical-looking weenis®. I made up that word just now, and therefore own it, and therefore am requiring an ® sign whenever it is used.Now that's one way to respond to a bogus trademark claim.


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Light Denim Jacket
Added Jun 15, 2011
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Simplicity Cynthia Rowley 2250 Jacket. Also includes a waist tie that I did not include when taking the pictures. I LOVE this jacket, perfect for summer time when I want something over my tank tops.
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Light weight denim from JoAnns
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Jan 2, 2012, 04.00 AMby foursquarewalls
I just made this jacket and had the hardest time with the bias binding around all the edges. Yours looks so much neater than mine!
Jun 21, 2011, 02.27 AMby wendymichelle1015
Thank you all so much! So flattered :)
Jun 18, 2011, 06.21 AMby rii
this is just simply so awesome! the fit looks perfect, and it is just so beatiful!
Jun 16, 2011, 03.00 PMby amberlove
Seriously beautiful and looks fantastic. (I'm pretty sure I meant the same thing twice-or something?)
Jun 15, 2011, 05.45 PMby alisonwine
Really nice! I like it and am in need of something to go over tank tops as well! It's not warming up much for summer here in the Pacific Northwest!
Jun 15, 2011, 03.19 PMby Kovu
love your jacket, cant wait to try it myself, it looks like the perfect jacket to dress up and look businesslike or dress down.
Jun 15, 2011, 03.03 PMby forrestnicole
Love this jacket! I'm definitely copying you!
Jun 15, 2011, 07.54 AMby LittleGirlInWonderland
Looks really good!
Jun 15, 2011, 02.03 AMby nattyjane
Excellent jacket! The denim in blazer form looks great. I bought that pattern for the dress, but your jacket may have just inspired me to try making one too!
Jun 15, 2011, 01.05 AMby Megan Richards
Great jacket! It looks so polished and perfect for summer. Cynthia Rowley patterns are some of my favorites, but I haven't seen this one; guess, I'll have to go get it :)
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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Criterion
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Electronic Arts
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Jan. 22, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-2 (8 online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
Despite the open world format of Burnout: Paradise, the core gameplay remains along with some interesting new features. Road Rage has been expanded from three objects to as many as six. This makes for even more hectic take-down fun. The addition of Stunt Runs to the game is welcomed. This mode of play really incorporates the Pro Skater elements into the franchise. You'll have to use ramps, gates, the E-brake, barrel roll jumps, and the turbo boost to your advantage in order to keep your Stunt Run alive. As you become familiar with your surroundings, you will find a multitude of lines that will produce great combo opportunities. This element of play alone will keep you playing for hours. I also really liked the Marked Man scenario that has you racing for the finish line while opponents try to wreck you before you can reach that goal. Avoiding a seemingly well-timed challenge from an opponent and watching them careen into a median is a thing of beauty.
Sadly, Crash Mode has been spurned for the somewhat mediocre Showtime mode. Gamers will be able to enter Showtime at any time by simply depressing the shoulder buttons and watching their car barrel roll into oncoming traffic. You'll gain points and multipliers for the amount and type of vehicles you are able to hit while controlling your crash. Keep a look out with the right analog stick for larger vehicles as they have the highest values. The similarities of Showtime mode to Katamari Damacy are myriad; however, the overall quality of the experience is decidedly less than rolling around the Prince's star-cradle. Nevertheless, ruthlessly taking out a sea of busses, limos, and hybrids is still decent fun.
The online play incorporation into the title is seamless and definitely next-gen. Instead of being confined to a lobby, you can actually select online play modes on-the-fly by way of the directional pad. This is known as the EasyDrive system, and man does it work. Once activated, a little onscreen menu will appear with a list of your options. From this menu you can setup races and invite friends to join you or you can enter into the Freeburn challenges. There are over 300 challenges in all depending on the number of people with whom you are racing. Talk about near limitless content!
The visuals are stunning. The sense of speed is thrilling. All of the original cars have a glossy sheen (until you take a T-bone or two) and cruise the streets without a glitch or a shutter. Of course the game outputs at 60 fps which helps tremendously. The detailed environments, destruction physics, compounding vehicle deformation, tire tracks, weathered signs, and corner stores all come together in a way that will suck a player right into the game. My only gripe with the graphic quality is that it doesn't output in full HD. The highest resolution I was able to achieve was 720p. This is a minor issue, however, as most gamers won't even care because everything runs so smoothly.
The sound quality is exceptional. The music selection is excellent and very appropriate. Gamers will find an eclectic mix of bands including Guns 'n Roses, Jane's Addiction, and Alice in Chains just to name a few of the more popular artists. Unfortunately, an Avril Lavigne tune sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise proven musical selection. The occasional commentary is made by a tutor disguised as DJ Atomika every so often. He drops hints and tips and generally helps to familiarize the player with the world. Unfortunately, this concept seems a bit borrowed and often contrived. There are no real sonic missteps, however.
Finally, controls are perfectly forgiving. I love the arcade feel of the title that is extremely well recreated through either of the 360 or PS3 controllers. I'll have to give the nod to the PS3 however, as the L2 and R2 triggers feel superior to the RT and LT buttons. Both systems' analog controls are identical though and perform admirably.
To sum it all up, this is a great game that is worth your gaming time and money. This title will appeal to wide variety of gamers regardless of preferences and preconceived notions. Burnout: Paradise has gotten the series back on track by forging a new path. Look for this game to serve as a fun alternative to the lot of racers that crowd the gaming roadways.
Jonathan Marx
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WAVERLY, Iowa – Both the men's and women's cross country teams from MIT traveled to the NCAA Division III Championship this weekend and came away with tremendous results. The women earned their way onto the awards stand with a third-place finish, the best showing in program history, while the men placed 12th overall. Alina Gatowski brought home All-America honors with her 24th-place finish, as the women's squad, who entered the meet as the No. 13 ranked team in the country, totaled 214 team points. The men had 347 points, good enough for 12th place of the 32 squads in the meet, which is the best showing for the program at Nationals since 1994.
Gatowski was the first Tech runner across the finish, with a time of 21:40.1, to become the fifth All-American in program history. The senior improved upon her 51st-place standing from a year ago. Katherine Eve was the next fastest Engineer to complete the six-kilometer course, as she posted a time of 21:54.6 to place 42nd. Tania Morimoto came through the chute in 22:16.4 to finish in 80th place while Anna Holt-Gosselin (22:19.6) was not far behind in 85th. Freshman Martina de Gues was final scoring runner for Tech, earning 65 points with her 100th-best result. de Gues was the 10th fastest freshman to finish the race with a time of 22:25.1.
Coach Halston Taylor has built his program into one of the true national powers as the Engineers have now secured top 10 finishes in the NCAA Championship for three consecutive seasons. The run began with a 10th-place showing in 2008, followed by fifth-place last year and culminating with this season's historic result.
On the men's side, the Cardinal and Gray backed up its Regional title from two weeks ago by posting the best score of any team from New England at the meet. Daniel Harper was the first Tech harrier to finish the eight-kilometer race, as his time of 25:08.7 was good for 48th overall. Stephen Serene was right on his tail, just one second slower and three positions back. Paul Welle finished in 71st place with a time of 25:18.4. New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Runner of the Year, Roy Wedge, had an impressive performance as a freshman on the national stage, crossing the finish in 25:37.3, good for 124th overall. Richard Prevost rounded out the MIT scoring with his 169th-best time of 25:53.1, earning 124 points toward the team total.
Haverford College captured the men's team title, with 87 points, while senior Anders Hulleberg was the top overall finisher. Middlebury was the women's team Champion, clipping runner-up Washington University by eight points. Wendy Pavlus of St. Lawrence was the women's individual winner.


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Kori Marin
•I worked in professional theatre, television and print. In addition, I worked as a makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics having studied makeup design & special effects. After 4 years of auditioning, I decided I wanted to experience what it felt like to be a "Regular Joe". This meant getting up everyday, going to work and making money - usually a foreign concept for us artsy types. This shift in goals lead to a six year sales career in national accounts. Though enjoying the lifestyle that money could buy, I felt disconnected and unhappy behind the computer all day. The most creative part of my job became the color scheme for my Excel workbooks (they were really, really pretty). Being aware that life was out there to be lived, my husband and I decided to resign from our jobs, pack up our stuff and take off to travel. We travelled to 15 countries around the world over a 10 month period. Upon return, I decided to do what I loved the most – develop projects that tap into my creativity, artistry, killer organizational skills and outgoing personality. I absolutely love helping people feel good about who they are, what they are doing and where they want to go next. Consequently, I decided to launch a free-lance company offering services in personal image and event consulting.
My target audience are women between the ages of 25-45. Though I will be working with teens & more mature women, the majority of my client base for makeup artistry, lifestyle coaching & event consulting will fall within the age range mentioned above. I hope to target a downtown, contemporary clientele with bigger budgets. I will be working in a very competitive market place where look and aesthetic mean more than skill sometimes. The image I personally present will be one of my largest selling tools - in addition to a strong referral system.
1. Makeup Artistry - Bridal, Event, Makeup Lessons, Teen Makeup, Teen Makeup Partys
2. Lifestyle - Health & Wellness Coaching (Fitness/Nutrition/Style)
3. Event Consulting - Weddings, Birthday Bashes, Showers, Corporate Luncheons, Sweet 16s etc.
My services will include:
I am looking for a stationary package that will translate to a business card, letters & envelopes and the opening page of my website. My design inspiration is attached in a power point presentation with this design brief. I think it better explains my vision better than trying to describe in words.
My business card needs to include the following information:
Kori Marin
Personal Image & Event Consulting
****I do not require my address on my business card at this time.
I am really open to creative ideas - I do really want to have an exquisite stationary package that is contemporary and reads "expensive".
Lastly, I prefer matte vs. glossy unless you feel it would look better another way.


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As a major in International Studies, I have always been fascinated with India. With the aid of a Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows Grant, I was able to travel to India to observe and study the effects of globalization. My project combined my fascination with Indian culture as well as my more newly developed passion in studying economics, business and globalization. During the course of my travels to Cochin, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Agra, I met with technology companies as well as nongovernmental organizations to conduct my research.
I found that parts of India were affected by globalization differently. However, Bangalore was the most globalized city. Bangalore offers attractive tax breaks as well as a more streamlined bureaucracy that appeals to foreign direct investments as well as Indian companies. One particular company in Chennai was started exclusively in India and currently serves many high profile American customers. It leads the way in India's movement towards reverse globalization as well as in revenue and development of software and technology solutions.
Although a number of Indians benefit from the profits brought in by globalization, a significant percent are left behind. The nongovernmental organizations that I had to the opportunity to visit play a role in mitigating the negative effects of globalization. Because of the vast number of people and limited resources, addressing the problems associated with globalization are best tackled on the small scale with community-based initiatives and nongovernmental organizations. USAID also play an important role by facilitating partnerships with private industries in the US.


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Don't get me wrong. I love Antoine Walker game. But he's not a good fit here. He's a soft PF with tremendous ball-handling skills and great passer. He reminds me of Webber. But he's not a shot blocker and not a good rebouder. I only won't Walker here if Marbury and Tim Thomas is out. That would give him an opportunity to play what I think is his natural position, SF. He can also setup CJ and QR for shots with his great ball handling skills. It doesn't make sense to have an undersized SF in Q-Richardson (who I love) and a soft PF on the starting lineup along with T.T. on the team. this rumor can't be substantial. But I would defineately trade Tim Thomas straight up for Walker and again trade Marbury. Crawford has the upside. You can't sit a 24 year-old who scored 50 in an NBA game.
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Sensitive Santa is offered exclusively for kids who have sensory challenges and would benefit from an allocated session time with no crowds, lines, noise or lights.
Held each Sunday over the Christmas season from 9am - 10am Sensitive Santa sessions offer a chance for families to enjoy the magic of Christmas with a little less stress. Set lights will be dimmed, music will be off and your family will have a little more time to allow a quality experience in our wheelchair friendly Santa's House.
Each session is ten minutes and is recommended for up to three children - if you have more than three children then we recommend you book two sessions one after another to ensure sufficient time.
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Hi! I have been admitted to a few top 15 law schools for an LL.M but due to recent circumstances it won't be possible to pay my tuition fees for any of the schools unless I get some sort of financial aid. After having researched tonns of sites, including such promissing to search tuition fees upon a member fee payment, I thought I'd drop my question here and see if there is anyone who knows any good directories for scholarships. I'm an international student by the way! Thanks!!


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The announcer, mounted on a horse named Gus, said "go," and dozens of young boys and girls ran across the rodeo arena, in pursuit of a calf and the red ribbon on his tail. The first child to get a piece of the ribbon would win a prize. A giggling wedge of children turned and came running back, the now ribbon-less calf loping behind them.
Then the bull riders took over, each cowboy trying to stay on the back of an angry, bucking bull for eight seconds. But most fell off in a second or two and rolled clear of the beast as rodeo clowns waved the bull through a gate.
The rodeo was the signature event of the weekend for hundreds of people staying at Westgate River Ranch, a western-themed resort in Central Florida where cattle have grazed since Ponce de Leon brought Andalusian cattle here on his second trip, nearly 500 years ago.
The event, like most everything at the resort, was family oriented less hard-core rodeo skills contest than entertainment with corny jokes, trick riding, calf scrambles, a tribute to the military and a recording of John Wayne talking about why he loved America.
But the bull riding and barrel racing were real, performed by professionals in a sanctioned rodeo. There were a few long moments when riderless bulls refused to be corralled, and people held their breath until the clowns, alternately coaxing and teasing the bull to keep him away from a fallen cowboy, drove him back through the gate.
For me, a weekend at a Western-themed resort was a chance to play at being a cowgirl, a dream of mine back when I was 5 or 6 years old, when I wasn't yearning to be a ballerina or a firefighter. In the intervening years, I had ridden horses, been to rodeos and learned the Cotton Eyed Joe. But the cowgirl thing never quite took, and I had neither cowboy hat nor boots to pack for this trip.
The resort, which its operators call a dude ranch, is about an hour south of Orlando. It sits along an old route where herds were once driven to market. Mark Waltrip, chief operating officer of Westgate Resorts, likes to point out that thanks to Ponce de Leon, Florida was the first state to have cowboys.
"We have a rich cowboy heritage," he said.
Although the biggest herds are gone now and much of the surrounding land is government owned or protected, the area still supports cattle ranches and rodeos.
The resort isn't a dude ranch in the usual sense. Although cattle and buffalo graze on the property, there are no livestock-related chores for guests to observe or help with. Horseback riding is a short, slow-paced ride through flat pasture and thickets of Live oak.
And unlike most dude ranches, Westgate is not an all-inclusive resort. Meals, horseback riding, swamp buggy and airboat rides, use of a bicycle, skeet shooting, archery practice, the zip line, rodeo, hayride and golf all cost extra. But if you're aware of the costs, which are spelled out under "activities" on the website, the resort is a fun, outdoor-themed, family-oriented getaway.
Westgate River Ranch started out in 1971 as the centerpiece of a development by Gulf American Corp. It changed hands several times before Westgate Resorts, a big time-share company, bought it 2001 and reopened it the following year.
The previous owner had let the property deteriorate, and the saloon was known in the community for its bar fights, Waltrip said.
Westgate has gradually cleaned up, modernized and expanded the facilities. Last year it added 10 "glamping" tents and an adventure park with zip line, mechanical bull, bungee trampoline, rock-climbing wall and other recreational amenities.
The resort has hosted music festivals and other events. Hoping to attract more large groups, they've added a ropes course and banquet and convention facilities for corporate outings, and Waltrip said they've seen an increase in bookings as a result. A gym is under construction and there are plans for a mini-spa, more glamping tents, a restaurant in the saloon.
My own cowgirl adventure started on Martin Luther King Day weekend, when a friend and I planned to go to the rodeo, take a hayride and ride horses. Loaded up with fixings for breakfast and lunch we knew our room had a kitchenette we set out late on Saturday morning along the slow but scenic route up U.S. 27, then along the north and east sides of Lake Okeechobee, passing sugar cane fields, pastures and rodeo grounds. The drive up Florida's Turnpike is faster but not as interesting.
As we drove onto the property, we spotted a nine-hole golf course, the glamping tents, buffalo grazing behind a fence and a small zip line.
We passed a horse-drawn carriage decked in garlands of flowers, a bride and a man we assumed to be her father riding in it. At check-in, the clerk told us that yes, a wedding was going on there's a chapel on the premises.
Golf carts buzzed about. People were milling everywhere and kids, I hadn't expected so many kids. Scores of tents were pitched in the camping area. We later learned that a large number of scouts and members of other youth groups had come for the three-day weekend.
Our room in the lodge was a standard hotel room but with western decor buffalos on lampshades, cowboy boots on light-switch plates, wood floor, faux brick wall, and cowboy art.
We stowed our food in the mini-fridge, then looked at the activities schedule we got at check-in. That's when we learned that there was only one hayride a week, and it was happening right then. One bit of cowgirl fun bit the dust. We immediately made reservations for a Sunday horseback ride. Then I went out to explore the grounds before the rodeo.
On the big lawn in front of the lodge, several dads and young sons were playing catch. The adventure park was next door, and the air was filled with shouts, shrieks and laughter from kids on the zip line or the bungee trampoline.
For $5 a ride, kids and adults alike tried to stay on a mechanical bull, operating over giant air mattresses that looked like an oversized conversation pit. The bull started slowly but right away tilted to the side, challenging riders to stay balanced. As its motion sped up, spectators called out advice ("put your feet up by his head") and a few people tried to raise one hand like a professional rider, but most clung to the handhold with both hands before sliding off onto the air mattress.
At the rodeo we bought beer and pulled-pork sandwiches from the snack bar and found seats on the metal bleachers. The arena, which holds 1,200 people and is open to the public not just resort guests was almost full. When we stood for the Star-Spangled Banner, the cowboys on the far side of the arena stood on fence rails and chutes, their hats over their hearts.
One after another, men riding bucking bulls burst through gates and tried to stay on the bull for eight seconds, allowed to use only one hand to hold on, the other high in the air. Only five or six succeeded, and these were scored on the basis of their form and control. Women raced horses around strategically placed barrels, going for the fastest time without knocking over any barrels. One of the rodeo clowns rode while standing on two horses running side by side, one foot on the back of each horse.
Afterwards, people lingered outdoors for the fun, even though temperatures were in the 40s. They stood around a fire, attempted to ride the mechanical bull. Inside the saloon and on an outdoor dance floor, youngsters and their parents kicked, stomped, wriggled and spun to a mix of country music, rock and hip-hop. It seemed everyone knew the Macarena, crossing their arms, flipping their palms and rolling their hips to the beat.
Around 10 p.m., a live band took the floor inside the saloon, and everyone under 18 was asked to leave, temporarily bolstering the ranks of the line dancers outside. Eventually they retired to tents pitched in the meadow, campers and RVs, Westgate's new "glamping" tents with heat and air-conditioning, cabins with wrap-around porches or rooms in the lodge.
In the morning, we heard church bells from the chapel nearby and went out to ride horses. A sign warned there would be no trotting, galloping or any other fast movement. Instead, we took a sedate stroll amid grazing cattle, while guides at the head and tail of the line talked about the property, which has a mix of oak hammock, scrub and pine-palmetto flatwoods.
We saw a small alligator sunning next to a pond, heard the tale of a bull we passed, named Lucky for the time he fell out of a trailer on the road and was found unharmed about two weeks later, grazing in someone else's pasture. And I learned that I was riding Gus, the rodeo announcer's mount.
Later we rented bicycles and saw the rest of the resort. Although it was Sunday afternoon and many people were clearing out, some were taking advantage of the three-day weekend and were shooting skeet, taking archery practice, going for swamp buggy rides.
When we came to the pasture where buffalo grazed behind a fence topped with barbed wire, I got off my bicycle for a closer look.
One of the buffalo came to the fence to get a closer look at me, too. He glared through the barbed wire. I never knew exactly what baleful meant, had never taken the time to look it up in the dictionary. But his look was the definition of baleful, which I now know means threatening harm or evil. I got back on my bicycle and pedaled away. I never would have made it as a cowgirl.
GETTING THERE: The resort is at 3200 River Ranch Blvd., River Ranch, which is east of Lake Wales and about an hour south of Orlando. The resort also has a private, lighted airstrip.
LODGING: The resort has several hundred units hotel rooms and suites in the newly renovated lodge, cabins, and "glamping" tents with portable heat/AC units, some owner-occupied units, RV sites plus space for tent camping. Standard rooms start around $170, depending on the date, glamping around $150, a tent campsite around $20. Watch for deals I got my room for $109 Saturday, $99 Sunday through TravelZoo.com.
DINING: Smokehouse Grill usually serves breakfast (buffet), lunch and dinner, but service is seasonal call ahead. The General Store has a deli and offers pizza. The River Ranch Saloon, which opens at 6 p.m., does not serve food. There are no nearby stores or restaurants; you'd be wise to bring snacks and maybe breakfast and lunch fixings. Rooms have a mini-fridge, tiny microwave, toaster, coffeemaker and a sink.
Activities: Rodeo, dinner hayride and Adventure Park (mechanical bull, zip line, etc.) are available only on Saturdays and all carry an extra fee. Available weekends and by advance reservation some other days are horseback riding, airboat and swamp buggy rides, trap and skeet range, mini golf, 9-hole executive golf course, and archery range. You can rent bicycles, tennis equipment, fishing tackle and more. Free activities include hiking, the petting zoo, use of the tennis courts, swimming pool and hot tub, birdwatching, fishing and horseshoes. A sampling of fees: rodeo $15.50 adults, $8 ages 5-12; horseback riding $40 for 45 minutes; airboat and swamp buggy rides, $25 adults, $15 children; mechanical bull $5, mini golf $5.
INFORMATION: 863-692-1321, wgriverranch.com.
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to ferry hundreds of additional French troops to the North African country of Mali, bolstering a rapidly evolving military campaign in the latest conflict with Al Qaeda affiliates.
U.S. officials said they also were making plans to send drones or other surveillance aircraft and provide help with aerial refueling of French fighter jets, which bombed columns of Al Qaeda-allied militants in northern Mali for a fourth straight day Monday.
The Pentagon's moves reflect growing concern in Washington about rebel advances, and a decision by the Obama administration to back France's operation after months of inaction. French officials said they had halted the rebels' advance on Bamako, the capital, but insurgents later overran Malian forces in a town about 200 miles northeast of the capital.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, speaking to reporters during a trip to Europe, said the U.S. was already providing the French with intelligence help, citing "a responsibility to go after Al Qaeda wherever they are." Defense officials said small numbers of U.S. troops might be sent to Mali and surrounding countries but that they would be limited to a support role.


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Prince Edward, and the servant boy pretending to be his brother Richard, are the subject to everyone's whispers and schemes at court. The two young boys have sadly become the main problem standing in the way of peoples' plans. Their fate is dwindling.
Just as medieval kings did after wars or succeeding to the throne, Richard rewards his most 'loyal' followers: Brackenbury, Stanley and Buckingham. However, these loyalties may backfire sooner than Richard may have thought.
Pressure continues to mount for the women involved in these wars. The new power couple, Margaret and Stanley, use their connections to their best abilities to raise support for Henry Tudor. Margaret has already revelled in the death of Edward IV, but now she must look to ridding the two poor boys trapped in the Tower, and their uncle, to make way for her son. A rebellion is the only way possible. Elizabeth and her eldest daughter, Lizzie, begin to fear the worst about the princes.
Anne may have been confident in her husband taking the throne at first, but she becomes overwhelmed with her position as queen consort, worrying that her words may have sent the princes to their deaths. It is with this that the rumours that have blackened Richard III's reign even to the present day begin to circulate around court.
Episode nine will be broadcasted at 9pm on Sunday 11th August on BBC One.
Photo credits: BBC/Company Pictures/ALL3Media/Giles Keyte


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Release Date: January 14, 2014
BUFFALO, N.Y. – You'll know its new music because it features the work of Lejaren Hiller, Lukas Foss, Allen Sapp and emerging young composers and performers whose innovative work refers to paradigm-changing music of their own time.
That's what's on the program when the exciting and novel music ensemble Wooden Cities presents the inaugural Muriel Wolf and Albert Steger Endowment Concert, a free public event sponsored by the University at Buffalo Music Library, to be held Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the UB North Campus.
The group also will present a "Brown Bag Preview" of the program at 12:05 p.m. Feb. 4 in Lippes Concert Hall. That also is free and open to the public.
Wooden Cities is a performance ensemble and collective with strong ties to the UB program in music composition. It is dedicated to increasing awareness of contemporary classical music in Western New York, and to that end, the program will feature recently composed pieces and reconstructions of work representing Buffalo's rich history in new music.
The Feb. 7 program will include work by composers Lukas Foss and Allen Sapp, who directed the UB Center of the Creative and Performing Arts (1963-80); pioneering American composer Lejaren Hiller, a member of the UB music faculty from 1968-89; flutist and composer Anton Wolf, a member of the music faculty at Buffalo State College for many years; and noted modernist composer Jeffrey Stadelman, associate professor of music composition and chair of the UB Department of Music.
The program also will include compositions by members of Wooden Cities: Esin Gunduz, Nathan Heidelberger and Zane Merritt, all PhD candidates in composition in the UB Department of Music; UB Department of Music alumnus Brendan Fitzgerald, who directs the collective; and pianist/composer Michael McNeill.
Program details are available at http://www.woodencities.org/events/index.shtml.
Wooden Cities is known for its unique performances of work by noted composers, new composers and what they consider to be neglected composers of the 20th century.
The band features guitarists, hornists, vocalists, pianists, a cellist, a violinist and a performer of electronic music, several of whom are composers as well. Members have said they considers the group's true predecessors to be the DIY (literally "do it yourself") communities of the profoundly influential No Wave scene of the 1970s and the fast, heavy, abrasive "hardcore music" of the 1980s, both of which represent the democratization of music-making and music-listening.
The performance will be sponsored by an endowment from the late Muriel Wolf, a member of the UB music faculty from 1965 to 1993 and director of the very successful UB Opera Studio, and her late husband, Albert Steger, a musician with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for 31 years. The endowment was established to produce concerts of music by Buffalo composers.
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Theater review by Jenna Scherer. The Brick (see the Off-Off List). By Robert Honeywell. Dir. Leah Bonvissuto. With Moira Stone, Esther Crow, Rebecca Gray Davis. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.
I'll say this for Robert Honeywell's ambitious, bizarre new rock musical: It isn't boring. What it is, however, is messy, naive, overwrought and, occasionally, quite riveting. Written for an all-female cast, Mass transposes the charged friendship between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin into a contemporary (well, make that near-future) lesbian relationship. So, yes, there is violence done to earlobes—and unintentional violence done to eardrums.
Mass follows painter Mary (Stone) and conceptualist Françoise (Crow) as they create, fight, make out and tease apart the true meaning of Art. Mary is passionate and unhinged, Françoise is cold and self-obsessed, and Mary's art-dealer sister, Kate (Davis), is ruthlessly ambitious. We watch these three grow from idealistic young'uns trying to make it in New York to S&M weirdos doing some really freaky shit in Shanghai.
Honeywell's script is a mixture of lurid, unnatural melodrama and canny bits of satire and intelligence. The musical aspect, alas, is dreadful: Characters sing conversations for no reason, and the more complete numbers sound only half-realized. It doesn't help that the five-person chorus can't really carry a tune. The best thing this production has going for it is Stone, a magnetic presence even in the worst moments. There's genuine chemistry between her and Crow, which only highlights their romantic arc's manufactured feel. There's enough that's interesting about Mass to not write it off completely; but that still doesn't merit sitting through it.—Jenna Scherer
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by Nick Gima
Ashland, WI — When the FastLane Motorsports Northland Super Stock Series cranks up for its second edition in mid-July, the call will again be made to the drivers of one of WISSOTA's most competitive classes to try their hand at a chance for some very generous payouts.
The Series, which enjoyed a successful and popular initial run last summer, is scheduled for three successive nights in July at three tracks close in proximity and well known for hosting strong weekly WISSOTA Super Stock fields.
The Series will start with a Friday night kick-off at the AmsOil Speedway in Superior on July 15, then continue on to the ABC Raceway in Ashland on Saturday, July 16, before concluding on Sunday night, July 17 at the Proctor (MN) Speedway.
On any given regular race night, each of these tracks consistently hosts stout fields of Super Stocks. But add to that a healthy number of visiting cream-of-the-crop drivers chasing the generous purses and prize money to be offered by the Series, and you have the makings of a premier race event crammed into three action-packed nights.
Forty-two drivers participated in the inaugural Northland Super Stock Series, of which 16 competed in all three races. The Series paid out $10,700 in points money, and the participating tracks added over $10,000 in purse, including winner's payouts of $600 at Superior and Ashland and $500 at Proctor.
Unfortunately for 41 of the drivers, Curt Myers of Cameron was running about as strong as anyone in the land at the time and took home the lion's share of the overall fund – and then some. Myers never lost a race that he had entered during the Series and collected over $4,500 in purse and points fund cash for his three nights of work. He continued on to a dream season that culminated in the 2015 WISSOTA Super Stock national championship.
Following Myers in the top-ten in the Series' final standings were Andy Davey of Hibbing, MN; Scott Lawrence of Superior; Jeff Klopstein, Jr, of Tomahawk; Nick Oreskovich of Mason; Kevin Burdick of Proctor, MN; Shane Kisling of Park Falls; Willie Johnson, Jr, of Superior; Andy Grymala of Superior; and Cory Casari of Montreal.
For this year's edition, the Series will again cash out to those drivers finishing in the top ten in final points, as well as paying a "sweep" bonus to any driver who, like Myers last year, can claim feature wins in all three Series events. A "participant non-qualifier" bonus will also be paid to any driver finishing outside of the top ten in points but competing in all three events. And finally, "hard charger" bonuses will be paid out to the drivers that gain the most positions in the running order from the beginning to the end of each of the three feature races, as well as the one driver who gains the most positions cumulatively during all three features.
In the 2015 Series, participant non-qualifier bonuses were handed out to Shawn McFadden, Jr, of Ashland; Dave Flynn of Superior; Patrick Beeksma of Ironwood, MI; DJ Keeler of Superior; Spencer Sorenson of Duluth, MN; and Don Muzzy of Ironwood, MI.
Hard charger awards last year went to Klopstein, Sorenson and Kisling at the individual events, and to Casari for his overall effort.
FastLane Motorsports & Custom Powder Coating of Ashland has once again signed on as the title sponsor for the event, while Lulich Implement of Mason has agreed to be a contributing sponsor. Dennis & Cathy Pattee will generously provide the Hard Charger bonuses again this year.
If one of this year's events is canceled due to inclement weather, that night's Series show will take place at the next regularly-scheduled night during which the Super Stocks race at that track.
Series organizer and Proctor Speedway president Dennis McCauley stated recently that he was thrilled with the outstanding support of the Series shown by drivers, fans and sponsors, and he feels that the 2016 version could be even more exciting and have more to offer for the drivers and fans. He also hinted that more sponsors are coming on board for the 2016 Series and will be announced soon.
The AmsOil Speedway is situated on Tower Avenue just south of downtown Superior, at the Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds. The ABC Raceway is located 3-1/2 miles south of Ashland off State Highway 13 on Butterworth Road. The Proctor Speedway is located within the South St Louis County Fairgrounds on North Boundary Avenue in Proctor.


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Oil giant BP and three of its employees were indicted on criminal charges including manslaughter and obstruction of Congress on top of a record $4-billion fine that the company will pay the government for its role in the oil spill disaster that scarred the Gulf of Mexico, officials announced Thursday.
Led by Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., officials announced the indictments in a televised news conference from New Orleans, where the grand jury has been investigating the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the Louisiana coast. Eleven people died in the explosion.
The announcement of the charges against BP employees came on the same day officials announced that BP had agreed to an unprecedented settlement involving a guilty plea to criminal charges.
"The $4 billion in penalties and fines is the single largest criminal resolution in the history of the United States and constitutes a major achievement toward fulfilling a promise that the Justice Department made nearly two years ago to respond to the consequences of this epic environmental disaster and seek justice on behalf of its victims," Holder said.


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Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition (US - DVD R1)
Dustin pays a visit to the Forbidden Planet to borrow a cup of Anne Francis
Commander John Adams (Leslie Nielsen, yes, that Leslie Nielsen) and his crew land on a mysterious planet (some even consider it... forbidden!) to investigate the disappearance of a colony that settled there. Upon landing, they're greeted by Robby the Robot, a faithful servant of the planet's only two homosapien inhabitants, Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter, Altaira (Anne Francis). Adams and his crew soon learn the fate of the other colonists, death by a ghastly monster invisible to the naked eye. Morbius has no explanation why it has spared his daughter and himself or why its chosen to attack their guests, the crew. As the super-soildiers prepare to defend themselves against this unseen beast, Morbius shares with Commander Adams the dark secrets of the Forbidden Planet.
I'm probably preaching to the converted with this review, but I'll write it anyway with the hope that someone who hasn't seen Forbidden Planet will give it a try. I realize, however, that I may be one of the last people on the earth not to have stood in awe of this masterpiece of science fiction. It's influence has been strong over the last half-century ranging from Star Wars and Star Trek to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Serenity.
Most science fiction films of the 1950's lacked credibility with their cardboard sets and home-sewn alien costumes. A major credit to the filmmakers of Forbidden Planet is how legitimate their creation feels. Sure, it still has a few moments of cheese... but it's really well-made cheese. It's these unusually high production values that separate Forbidden Planet from say, Plan 9 From Outer Space or even This Island Earth.
Nothing about Planet comes off as being small. Director David Wilcox paints his film with a wide palette of colors on a vast and epic canvas. Altair IV, rather than simply being an alien planet that coincidentally happens to resemble earth, is an entirely different world. The changes in landscape are peculiar, the sky is green and it has multiple moons visible during daylight hours. Another component that adds heavily to the alien feel of the planet is the electronica-sounding score by Louis and Bebe Barron. It eerily fits the style of the production, setting the mood before the opening titles have even appeared on screen. It's a great example of the right elements coming together at the right time.
I'd call Forbidden Planet classic, but it's a compliment that carries too little weight these days. In the box office line last weekend, I actually heard someone hail Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj as a classic to someone with a straight face. Instead, I'll finish out my review of the film by calling it a highly-influential masterpiece, easily arguable as the greatest science-fiction exploit of the decade, possibly even the century. Now if that isn't a pull-quote fit for the 60th Anniversary Double-Dip Deluxe Edition, I don't know what is. If the fantastic acting, superb matte paintings, imaginative effects sequences and original score aren't enough to draw you in, take a glance at smokin' hot Anne Francis as Altaira Morbius and get back to me.
The Forbidden Planet is viewable in 2:35:1 anamorphic widescreen and looks dazzlingly good for a feature fifty years young. Warner Brothers, unsurprisingly, has done a sensational job of restoring this film to a new prime. The black levels are spot-on and the color palette is deliciously rich. Being hard pressed to fine any grain or dirt, I was satisfied with the image quality. My only complaint is a minor one for a film so old; the video (as evidenced slightly by the screen captures) can become a little soft at times. Aside from that minor quibble, this is a fine video presentation.
Should you pay a visit to the Forbidden Planet, you'll be given the option of listening in with a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Like the video, the 5.1 mix is very clean, which is good considering the film's unusual industrial score needs a decent stage to shine. The constant atmospheric sounds and soundtrack radiate around the viewer throughout the picture. This track is hardly a workout for a surround sound setup, but it gets the job done. Color me very satisfied.
Kicking off disc one, we have excerpts from the series 'MGM Parade' hosted by star Walter Pidgeon. He spends a few minutes promoting the film and familiarizing the audience with Robby the Robot. A unique if not ultimately under-whelming inclusion. Also included is an episode of 'The Thin Man' television series which features an appearance by Robby The Robot. Next up are a series of science fiction film trailers, including that of Forbidden Planet. Finishing out the first disc are a series of deleted scenes and effects tests. The quality is overall piss-poor and much of this material is very mundane. Still, worth a look to see how far the effects actually came.
The leading supplement on disc two is the feature film The Invisible Boy, a follow-up vehicle to Forbidden Planet starring Robby The Robot. It's certainly not on the same level of quality as Planet, but as far as science fiction cheese goes, it's quite enjoyable. The technical presentation is satisfactory, especially considering this is only included as a supplement.
Hands down, my favorite supplement was Watch The Skies!: Science Fiction, The 1950's and Us, a way cool fifty-five minute documentary made for television. Narrated by Mark Hammill, it boasts insightful interviews with the likes of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron. Mix that stellar line-up of directors with a plethora of archival film clips and you've got my attention for fifty-five minutes, easy.
'Amazing!: Exploring The Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet' is a twenty-six plus minute featurette on the legacy of the film. It offers up tragically short interviews with Anne Francis and Leslie Nielson, among others who receive more screen time. If the lack of a commentary on the film disappointed you as it did me, you should find satisfaction here. Rounding out this two-disc set is a fourteen minute look at Robby The Robot, how he was created and what he's been up to for the past fifty years.
I heartily recommend this set to anyone interested in science fiction or superb filmmaking in general. I'm beginning to sound like a broken record with this bit, but Warner Brothers once again has given film fans a first rate set, one that celebrates a legendary motion picture. Well done, sports.
Review by Dustin McNeill
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,835
I love this film. I want to get the 50th SE one of these days. It is one I should own.
JackJackMN Member Join Date: January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 629
I got just the 2 discer and it is GREAT. A classic Sci Fi film. I highly recomended this for any sci fi buffs. You can pic up the 2 disc special edition for $20 or less.
Chris Johnson Member Join Date: October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,465
Excellent film, still good after all these years.
El Mariachi Member Join Date: September 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 460
worth every Penny,this is a great SE of "Forbidden Planet"(I got the tin) it's a great set.
Primus Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 140
Superb film - so looking forward to picking this one up. As Chris says above, still good after all these years.
Dustin - good review. And yes, Anne Francis has to be one of the great sci-fi babes of all time!
Dustin - good review. And yes, Anne Francis has to be one of the great sci-fi babes of all time!
TheWarfreak Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 35
I need to pick up this tin. Badly.
Clavius Member Join Date: January 2004 Location: United States Posts: 223
I picked up the tin set which is excellent, however, I was really disappointed at how tiny the Robby figure is. Spread your thumb and forefinger about two inches apart and you get the idea. Plus his little antennae snapped off almost instantly when I tried to take it out of the plastic tray. The rest of the package is nice though.
As for the film, speaking as a Sci-Fi nut, one of the best...ever...period.
Plus, Anne Francis is one of the best special effects in this movie. Grrrrrrroooowllll.
As for the film, speaking as a Sci-Fi nut, one of the best...ever...period.
Plus, Anne Francis is one of the best special effects in this movie. Grrrrrrroooowllll.
Adrian Senior Member Join Date: September 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1,305
It's quite shocking for modern audiences to see Leslie Nielsen in a dramatic role. He pulls it off quite nice as well.
All ages admitted
Disc Details
Release Date: 14th November 2006
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 1.0 Spanish, Dolby Digital 1.0 French
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Extras: Deleted Scenes & Lost Footage, 'The Thin Man' episode, 'The Invisible Boy' feature film, Excerpts from 'MGM Parade', Watch The Skies!: Science Fiction, The 1950's and Us, 'Amazing!: Exploring The Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet'', 'Robby The Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon', Theatrical Trailer Gallery
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Fred Wilcox
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielson, Robby The Robot
Genre: Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi
Length: 98 minutes
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Unless you've been living under a bridge for the last couple weeks, you should be aware that things have heated up with a huge increase in rocket attacks from Gaza into urban areas in Israel, launched by Hamas Palestinians. Israel has been replying with air strikes that have killed civilians because the missiles have been sourced in residential areas.
Israel is now talking about the need to put boots on the ground in Gaza pretty much going house-to-house, which will likely kill even more civilians.
Attempts are underway to bring about a diplomatic solution, but assuming the future will look like the past, many would argue that's a waste of time.
What are your thoughts?
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A part of me wants Israel to invade and just get the whole damn thing over, of course it may make things worse but who knows. What was god thinking when he acting as a real estate dealer to his chosen people?
I always liked this quote:
"The main danger which Israel, as a 'Jewish state', poses to its own people, to other Jews and to its neighbours, is its ideologically motivated pursuit of territorial expansion and the inevitable series of wars resulting from this aim...No Zionist politician has ever repudiated the idea that Israeli policies must be based (within the limits of practical considerations) on the restoration of Biblical borders as the borders of the Jewish state."
- Israeli professor, Israel Shahak, "Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of 3000 Years."
Well, they need that territory to house all of those descendants their god promised Abraham:
"Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them...so shall thy seed be." (Gen. 15:5)
then Brother I think they may have to seriously expand beyond their current borders.
From a strategic point of view I don't see what use there is to firing imprecise missiles from densely populated neighbourhoods in to other towns and cities hoping to make civil casualties.
A response to these attacks means firing somewhat more precise ordinance in to those densely populated areas. Yes, there are going to be civilian casualties even with higher precision. Should Israel not defend themselves against Hamas who cleverly set up their rocket launchers in those densely populated areas?
Civil casualties make for saucy headlines in the media and grab lots of attention and support. Pictures of children blown apart by bombs that were intended for the weapons that they were living on top of makes for great propaganda material. Fact of the matter is that war isn't pretty.
Hamas and a hand full of countries in that region have vowed the total annihilation of the Jewish state. Hate is preached on a daily basis and will forever continue on until their goal is reached. Not only the Nazi's had that goal in mind.
Should they invade? That is a highly difficult question to answer. Does Hamas expect support from Iran, maybe even with nuclear attacks? Is there support from other countries to expected should Israel invade? How many civil casualties are reasonable? What will be the long term effect should Israel manage to rid Gaza of all weaponry.
The fact is that it is only a matter of time until the weapons are being imported back in to Gaza and the attacks will start a new. It is a never ending battle between ideologies that will never be at peace with each other.
What I find more disturbing is that Anonymous has entered the fray. So far they seemed to be somewhat noble in their attempts to shake big companies up a bit. It seems now that Anonymous has chosen to support the extinguishing of the Jewish state and it makes me question the political agenda of said group. Is it even Anonymous that has chosen to enter the political realm and mess with country politics?
Since it was God who gave the Jews the promised land, and it was Great Britain that established Israel, does that mean that Queen Elizabeth is God?
Religion is not rational or logical. How could anyone in their right mind think that these people are going to reach a peaceful solution. History has shown us time and again that religion demands unwavering reverence to it's dogma and intolerance of anyone who disagrees. The necessary result is bloodshed and war. Today across our globe countless numbers die daily from this insanity. It is the great scourge of mankind. I have become numb to the senseless deaths of these religious zealots.
Good comment, The world will be better off without these zionists and Islamic extremists. And yea, can't forget the evangelical zealots.
I think the arabs should dress up as big orange pumpkins. The jews should wear clown suits with huge shoes.
And they should have a big dance-off party followed by a ham and pineapple pizza eating contest !
And then take a few days off and think about WTF they are about to do.
Besides if they tried it for just a moment they may actually become friendly neighbors
Seems to me the Jews are yet again a victim of their own manufactured religion which has properties that can only result in these kind of problems. One of the most troublesome property is their exclusiveness of being God chosen people. It means you can only become a Jew if your born into it. Its logical consequence is that it will create envy from any group of people that do not belong to this exclusive club but would like to. Islam and Christianity are basically a direct result from this exclusiveness rule. To receive also gods grace, both group must essentially deny the Jews claim of still being Gods only choosing people. The Christians do it by accusing the Jews of killing their spiritual king and son of God Jesus Christ, the Muslim do it by accusing the Jews not accepting Mohamed the messenger as a the final prophet of God. As long as people let them self to be controlled by these religions, the systematic problems of the Jewish people will persist.
War doesn't determine who is right, war determines who is left. - Bertrand Russell
Let them resolve their religious problems and when they finish they could join the rest of us in the 21st Century
that's a wonderful quote