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The 51 Best NHL Players of the 1990sNovember 14, 2012
The 51 Best NHL Players of the 1990s
With the NHL currently locked out, NHL.com has been featuring a lot of content focused on the 1992-93 season.
The 1990s in general were an amazing time for the NHL, and there are tons of players who had a great decade.
It featured players like Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Patrick Roy, Martin Brodeur and other assorted stars.
So many players made an impact on the NHL during the 1990s, so many players had outstanding achievements and hockey in the 1990s was very fun to watch
In no particular order, here are the 51 best players from the 1990s.
Some statistics for this slideshow were obtained from Sports illustrated; others obtained from HockeyDB and Hockey-Reference and award information obtained from Wikipedia.
Alexander Mogilny
Alexander Mogilny was tied for No.10 in goal scorer during the decade with a grand total of 321 goals. The highlight of the decade for Mogilny was his 1992-93 season with Buffalo Sabres.
During that season, Mogilny scored 76 goals in 77 games to tie Teemu Selanne for the most goals of the season, and he finished with a grand total of 127 points. During the same decade, Mogilny was a four-time NHL All-Star
Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi was the man who was tied with Alexander Mogilny in totals goals scored during the 1990s, and the decade was a great one for the recently-retired veteran.
Recchi won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1990-91 season, a year in which Recchi scored 40 goals and 113 points during the regular season and 34 points in 24 playoff games.
Other accolades for Recchi during the decade include six All-Star game selections and one All-Star MVP award.
Recchi also set the Philadelphia Flyers single-season scoring record in 1992-93 with 1(53 goals and 70 assists for 123 points.
Brian Leetch
Brian Leetch is considered to be one of the greatest American-born defenders of all-time, and he was certainly one of the NHL's best defensemen in the 1990s.
Leetch was a dynamic offensive-defenseman who made history with the New York Rangers. He set a franchise record for scoring by a defenseman in the 1991-92 season, when he recorded 22 goals and 80 assists for 102 points.
He made NHL history in 1994 when he became the first American to win the Conn Smythe Trophy that capped of an amazing season for the Rangers.
During the decade, Leetch won two Norris Trophies, he was a seven-time All-Star, and he captained the United States to a gold medal during the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
Chris Chelios
Chris Chelios is another great American-born defenseman who had an amazing career in the 1990s.
Chelios was a six-time All-Star, a two-time Norris Trophy winner and he represented his country in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, and the Nagano Olympics in 1998,
The defender had a career that spanned many decades, but he was easily one of the NHL's best defenders during the '90s.
Jeremy Roenick
In today's world, Jeremy Roenick is known for his analysis on NBC, his controversial personality and his status as one of the best players in video game history.
However, Roenick had a great career with the Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes during the 1990s. It included four consecutive seasons in which 40 or more goals and 90 or more points, and five All-Star selections.
Roenick also was a mainstay for the United States during international competition that decade. When the decade was complete for Roenick, he was No.9 overall with 326 total goals.
Mike Modano
Mike Modano is arguably one of the greatest American-born forwards in NHL history, and he is a future NHL Hall of Famer.
During the decade, Modano led the Minnesota North Stars to the Stanley Cup Final, he won a Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars and he was a three-time All-Star.
When Modano retired, he was the all-time leading American-born goal scorer, and most of his success came in the 1990s.
Peter Forsberg
Peter Forsberg was one of the greatest players in NHL history, and he was most efficient durring the 1990s.
Injuries ultimately cut his career short, but "Foppa" accomplished a lot with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche during the 1990s.
For starters, Forsberg was a four-time All-Star, a Stanley Cup winner in 1996 and an Olympic gold medalist in 1994 with Sweden.
He also was the winner of the Calder Trophy during the shortened 1995 season in which he scored 50 points in 47 games.
If Forsberg had been completely healthy, he arguably could have accomplished greater things, but that doesn't take away from what he did accomplish from 1990 to 1999.
Pavel Bure
Pavel Bure was recently enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame as a member of the 2012 class, and he was one of the NHL's best pure goal scorers during his time in the league.
The 1990s were a dynamic time for Bure, and the decade is highlighted by back-to-back 60-goal and 100-plus point campaigns with the Vancouver Canucks.
Injuries and the 1994-95 work stoppage limited Bure's effectiveness for the remainder of the decade, but it is hard to say that Bure wasn't one of the league's most dynamic players from 1990 to 1999.
Sergei Fedorov
Sergei Fedorov was one of the NHL's top players during the 1990s, and he is a player who wil be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
During the decade, Fedorov was a decorated award winner as an individual and with the Detroit Red Wings.
Individual trophies include the Hart Trophy in 1994, the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1994 and a Selke Trophy win in 1994 and 1996.
The dynamic Russian forward also won two Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings, and he was a three-time All-Star.
Fedorov is still the record holder for most goals scored by a Russian-born forward, and six years of 30-goals or more helped him set that record.
Nicklas Lidstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom will go down as one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history, and he made his impact known in the 1990s.
Lidstrom was a skilled offensive-defenseman who was an amazing situational defender. During the decade, Lidstrom won two Stanley Cups and he was a three-time All-Star.
Although Lidstrom wasn't acknowledged for his great defensive play until the 2000s, he was an anchor on the Red Wings' blue line during the 1990s, and they may not have been as successful as they were without Lidstrom.
Claude Lemieux
Claude Lemieux wasn't a flashy player, prolific scorer throughout the 1990s, but he was a clutch and gritty player that made that extra difference for his team throughout the decade.
During the decade, Lemieux won a Conn Smythe Trophy, two Stanley Cups in 1995 and 1996, and he was a clutch playoff performer from 1993 to 1999.
Nonetheless, when all is said and done, Lemieux was one of the decade's top players.
Pat LaFontaine
Pat LaFontaine is another player who was dominant in the 1990s, but he could have been more dominant if he was injury-free during the entire decade.
LaFontaine's decade is arguably highlighted by his explosive franchise-record setting 1992-93 in which he recorded 53 goals, 95 assists and 148 points.
Teemu Selanne
The Finnish Flash was one of the NHL's most explosive and exciting players to watch during the 1990s. He was the epitome of class, and a player that everyone wanted to root for.
Selanne set two NHL-rookie records during the 1992-93 season, and it was an explosive start to a Hall-of-Fame career.
Selanne scored a staggering 76 goals and registered 132 points during the season, marks that will never be broken.
The Flash would go on to record two additional 100-point or more seasons during the decade with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
Al MacInnis
Al MacInnis possessed one of the hardest slap shots in NHL history, and he was a player who was one of the league's top offensive defenders during the 1990s.
MacInnis' best statistical season of the decade was in 1990-91 in which he scored 28 goals and 75 assists for 103 total points.
During the '90s, MacInnis played in multiple all-star games, and he even won The Hardest Shot competition at the Super Skills portion of All-Star weekend five times during that span.
Phil Housley
Phil Housley was one of the NHL's top defenders who never won a Norris Trophy, but he had an outstanding career in the 1990s.
Housley was a four-time All-Star and he was a top offensive defenseman during the decade. His top offensive year was the 1992-93 season, and it was a 97-point campaign that is always overshadowed by Teemu Selanne's historic year.
Nonetheless, Housley was a defender who stood out in a big way during the 1990s.
Chris Pronger
Chris Pronger has always been one of the NHL's most feared defenders, and he is a player who broke onto the scene during the 1990s.
Pronger doesn't have the impressive offensive stats that other top defenders of the decade had, but he was an intimidating and impressive shutdown defender for the Hartford Whalers and St.Louis Blues.
Pronger really turned the corner entering the new millenium, but he was an amazing physical-defender during the 1990s decade.
Brett Hull
Brett Hull is one of the NHL's most talented snipers in league history, and he was a monster during the 1990s.
Hull's premiere season in the 1990s was undisputedly the 1990-91 season.
In 1990-91, Hull set two regular-season franchise records when he scored 86 goals and recorded 131 points.
When the 1990s were said and done, Hull led the NHL with 479 goals, and he was fifth in overall scoring with 842 points.
Doug Gilmour
Doug Gilmour was one of the greatest players ever to play in the NHL, and he was No.4 in total assists with 544 during the 1990s decade.
When you look at Gilmour's play during the 1990s, his 1992-93 campaign that set two team records for the Toronto Maple Leafs, particularly stand out.
Gilmour's 95 assists and 127 points during that season still stand to this day, and it really cements an amazing decade for the Hall of Fame center.
Pierre Turgeon
Pierre Turgeon is well known for being taken out by Dale Hunter during the 1992-93 postseason, but Turgeon was one of the NHL's top scoring forwards during the 1990s.
Turgeon scored 331 goals and 813 points during the decade, he won a Lady Byng Trophy and he was a four-time All-Star.
The decade was great for the forward, and he is one of the greatest NHL players or all-time.
Ron Francis
Ron Francis is one of the most iconic players in NHL history, as he finished his career with the fourth most points in league history.
During the 1990s, Francis was the No.8 scorer with 791 total points.
The decade was a great time for Francis as he won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, a Frank J. Selke Trophy in 1995, two Lady Byng Trophies and he went to the All-Star Game twice.
Eric Lindros
Eric Lindros was a player who was looked at as the "next one" but concussions severely derailed his career, and altered his potential.
During the 1990s, Lindros a five-time All-Star and seven seasons in which he posted 70-or more points. His best year was the 1995-96 season in which he scored 47 goals and added 68 assists for 115 points.
Lindros is a player who didn't have a lengthy career, and he is a player who should be a Hall of Famer.
This is because Lindros was one of the most dominating power forwards of the 1990s, and he changed the way the position was played.
Dominik Hasek
The Dominator simply was a dominant goaltender during the 1990s, and although he only recorded 195 wins, 42 of those wins came via shutout.
Hasek also maintained a 2.26 GAA during the decade, and that mark was second only to Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils.
During the decade, Hasek captured five Vezina Trophies, he was a four-time All-Star, a two-time Hart Trophy winner and a two-time Lester B. Pearson Trophy winner.
Simply put, Hasek is one of the greatest goaltenders of all-time, and the 1990s were an amazing time for the Dominator.
Mike Richter
Mike Richter was one of the NHL's top goaltenders in the 1990s, and his he remembered most for his amazing play during the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup winning season in 1994.
The American-born netminder also turned heads with his lights out play for the United States during the World Cup of Hockey, and Richter earned a gold medal for his efforts.
Statistically speaking, Richter was the fourth winningest goaltender during the decade with 229 overall victories.
Ed Belfour
Ed Belfour was one of the top goaltenders in many categories during the 1990s. For starters, he was No.2 in overal wins with 272, No.1 overall in shutouts with 45 and No.3 overall with a 2.46 GAA.
During the decade, Belfour captured a Stanley Cup, two Vezina Trophies, a Calder Trophy, five All-Star Game appearances and four William J. Jennings Trophies.
Brendan Shanahan
Brendan Shanahan was snubbed of a well deserved first-ballot Hall of Fame induction this year, but the current NHL head of Player Safety is a sure bet for the 2013 class.
During the 1990s, Shanahan was the No.2 goal scorer with 348 total goals, a two-time Stanley Cup Champion and a five-time All-Star.
Shanahan is regarded as one of the greatest left-wingers of all-time and his performance in the 1990s helped to solidify his legacy.
Adam Oates
Adam Oates was enshrined into the Hockey Hall of Fame this week, and he was one of the NHL's most unsung players of all-time.
He quietly dominated play during the decade and he was second in total points with 875 from 1990-1999, and second in total assists with 652.
Oates also was a five-time All-Star during a decade that was really special for him as an NHL star.
Jaromir Jagr
Jaromir Jagr has had an illustrious career, and he was a force for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1990s.
Jagr was a key piece during the Penguins' back-to-back Stanley Cup victories, and he emerged as a top offensive force.
He was a three-time Art Ross Trophy winner and his 1995-96 season set three NHL records. That season Jagr had the most points (149) by a right wing, the most assists by a right wing (87) and his production was the most points by a European-born player.
The Czech Republic-born forward finished the decade with 345 goals and 517 assists for 862 total points, and he certainly was an elite forward of the decade.
Theo Fleury
Theo Fleury was one of the most talented small-forwards in NHL history, and he was also one of the NHL's most physical forwards.
Despite his stature of 5'6" and 182 pounds, Fleury was one of the NHL's top scoring forwards of the 1990s, and he finished with 345 goals and 787 points.
Fleury was also a six-time All-Star during the decade, and the rest of his career was marred with off-the-ice issues, so it is a shame that Fleury didn't exceed his career potential.
Steve Yzerman
"Stevie Y" was one of the most talented, and classiest players in NHL history. His career got off to a lightning start in the 1980s, but Yzerman was an extremely talented forward who thrived in the 1990s.
Yzerman was tied for No.4 in decade scoring with a total of 862 points.
The tenured Detroit Red Wings captain also was a six-time NHL All-Star, a Conn Smythe Trophy winner, a two-time Stanley Cup winner all during the glorious decade that was the 1990s.
Mark Messier
Mark Messier is often regarded as the greatest captain in NHL history, due to the fact that he is the only player in league history to captain two different teams to a Stanley Cup victory.
During the 1990s, Messier was a dominant player who was a league leader, and that is reflected by the individual and team awards he captured during the decade.
Messier was a seven-time All-Star, a Hart Trophy Winner, a Lester B. Trophy winner and a Stanley Cup Champion in 1994.
Messier would finish the decade with 506 assists, a feat good enough for eighth in the entire NHL.
Luc Robitaille
Luc Robitaille was a talented forward who was one of the NHL's top snipers during the 1990s. During the decade, Robitaille finished fourth with 342 total goals.
"Cool Hand Luc" also was a five-time during the decade, and his overall achievements helped him in a career that when completed, left him as the greatest scoring left winger in NHL history.
Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy is regarded as one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the NHL, and the 1990s were a decade of dominance for St. Patrick. Roy won an impressive 296 games during the decade, he recorded 36 shutouts, and he won a few trophies.
Those trophies include two Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe Trophy, two Vezina Trophies, a William J. Jennings Trophy and seven All-Star Game appearances.
Roy set many goaltending records once he retired, but upon looking back at the 90s, there were not many men who played better than Roy.
Martin Broduer
There was another elite goaltender from Quebec during the 1990s, and his name was Martin Brodeur.
Brodeur emerged on the scene and made his impact during the 1993-94 season with the New Jersey Devils. The enigmatic netminder led New Jersey to the Eastern Conference final that year, and he would lead them to a Stanley Cup the following season.
Brodeur earned a Calder Trophy for his impressive performance in 1994, a Stanley Cup in 1995, two William J. Jennings Trophies in 1997 and 1998 and Marty was a four-time All-Star during that stretch.
Brodeur is arguably one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history, and his rise to stardom in the 1990s was only the beginning of his Hall of Fame career.
Curtis Joseph
Curtis Joseph, affectionately known as "Cujo" was the third winningest goaltender during the 1990s. The undrafted netminder had an exemplary career and 248 of his 454 career wins came during the 90s.
Joseph bounced around between three teams during the decade, and managed to be successful for each of them. During the decade, he also recorded 22 shutouts which was seventh best in the NHL.
The netminder retired in 2009, so it is only a matter of time before he is considered for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Mats Sundin
Mats Sundin was recently enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame, because of his talent and accomplishments as a player. The forward spent time with the Quebec Nordiques and the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1990s, and he had an impressive decade in production.
Sundin tallied 656 total points during the decade, and he was a four-time All-Star for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
No matter how you slice it, Sundin was a man whose '90s accomplishments were pretty impressive.
Keith Tkachuk
Keith Tkachuk was one of the best American-born goal scorers of all-time, and his production during the 1990s made him one of the league's top forwards.
Tkachuk tallied 509 points during the decade, including 98 in 76 games with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1995-96 season.
Tkachuk was also a three-time All-Star during the decade, and he was known for his heavy and lethal shot.
Mario Lemieux
Mario Lemieux was a dominant force during the 1990s, despite sitting out three full seasons and appearing in less than 30 games in 1990-91 and 1993-94.
Lemieux battled Hodgkin's lymphoma, and it ultimately prevented him from playing to his full potential. If Lemieux had a clean bill of health, he would have made a run at many of Wayne Gretzky's records.
Nonetheless, Lemieux had an impressive decade in his own right.
During the decade, Lemieux had 656 points, he won two Stanley Cups, two Conn Smythe Trophies, four Art Ross Trophies, four All-Star selections, two Hart Trophies, two Lester. B Pearson Awards, and a Bill Masterton Trophy.
To top it off, Lemieux was automatically inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, as it appeared that his career was over. Lemieux ultimately made a comeback years later, but he wasn't the same player he was years prior.
Ultimately, Mario Lemieux was one of the greatest players in hockey history, and it is impressive what he was able to accomplish despite battling health issues and injuries during the 1990s.
Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky was the top scoring forward during the 1990s, and it comes as a surprise to no one.
During the decade, Gretzky was a three-time Art Ross Trophy winner, a four-time Lady Byng Trophy winner and he played in every All-Star Game of the decade.
He also captured the All-Star Game MVP in 1999, his last career All-Star appearance.
The Great One, was the greatest player ever to lace up a pair of skates, and his 940 points during the decade are truly outstanding.
Joe Sakic
Joe Sakic was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame, and it was a well served honor. Burnaby Joe was one of the top scorers during the 1990s, and he was third overall during the decade with 872 points.
He also was seventh in total goals with 332. Sakic also was a Stanley Cup Champion, a Conn Smythe Trophy winner, an eight-time All-Star, and one of the greatest leaders in NHL history.
The 1990s were fun to watch, and Joe Sakic is a huge reason why.
John LeClair
John LeClair is famously known for his role as a member of the infamous Legion of Doom line with the Philadelphia Flyers, but LeClair had a great career during the '90s.
During the decade, LeClair won a Stanley Cup, he was a four-time All-Star and he became the first American-born player to score 50-goals or more in three consecutive seasons.
When the decade was said and done, LeClair had a total of 552 points.
Tom Barrasso
Tom Barrasso was one of the NHL's top goaltenders during the 1990s, and when he retired he was on of the best American-born goaltenders of all-time.
During the decade, Barrasso won 201 games, he backstopped the Pittsburgh Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles and he was known as a clutch goaltender who you wanted to have in net when the game was on the line.
Ray Bourque
Ray Bourque is recognized as one of the best defensemen in NHL history, and the 1990s were a great time for the Boston Bruins/Colorado Avalanche defender.
During the 1990s, Bourque was a six-time All-Star, the MVP of the 1996 All-Star Game, a three-time Norris Trophy winner and he tallied 628 total points.
The biggest, and most memorable moment of his career didn't take part until the next decade, but that doesn't take away from the ten tremendous years Bourque had in the '90s.
Scott Stevens
Scott Stevens was one of the most intimidating defenders in the 1990s, and there are numerous hits that fans point to during the decade. A few of the hits included Stevens and Eric Lindros, but the New Jersey Devils' captain was a human wrecking ball during the decade.
He was an excellent defender, and one of the greatest never to win a Norris Trophy, but he did earn eight All-Star selections, and he won a Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils during the 1995-96 season.
Stevens arguably was one of the iconic defenders from the decade, because of the large reaching impact he had on the game.
Mike Vernon
Mike Vernon was a netminder who had a lot of success during the 1990s with multiple teams. During the decade, he won 219 games, he had a GAA of 2.87, he was a William J. Jennings Trophy recipient, a Conn Smythe Trophy winner and a Stanley Cup Champion.
It was a great decade for Vernon, and the Detroit Red Wings likely wouldn't have won the Stanley Cup without his superb goaltending during the entire 1996-97 season.
John Vanbiesbrouck
John Vanbiesbrouck was one of the most successful goaltenders in the 1990s in many major goaltending categories.
He was sixth in wins with 205, he was fifth in shutouts with 28 and he firth in GAA with a 2.72 mark during the decade.
"Beezer" also was a three-time All-Star during the decade and he went on to have a career that will narrowly exclude him from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Paul Kariya
Paul Kariya was a very entertaining player whose career was unfortunately cut short because of concussions. The dynamic forward burst onto the scene with 39 points during a shortened 1994-95 season, and he took it to the next level for the remainder of the decade.
In a short span during the 1990s, Kariya recorded 378 points, he was a two-time Lady Byng Trophy winner and he was a three-time All-Star.
In hindsight, it is interesting to reflect on what could have been for Kariya if he remained healthy.
Ron Hextall
Ron Hextall was a goaltender who was known as one of the feistiest and craziest netminders in hockey history.
Hextall had most of his success in the late '80s, but 197 of his 296 career wins came during the 1990s.
He also recorded 22 shutouts and maintained a 2.85 GAA throughout the decade and it was good enough to be seventh best during that time period.
Joe Nieuwendyk
Joe Nieuwendyk is currently the general manager of the Dallas Stars, but he was one of the NHL's top forwards during the 1990s.
Nieuwendyk tallied 548 points during the decade, he won the King Clancy Trophjy, a Stanley Cup and a Conn Smythe Trophy in 1999.
Nieuwendyk was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011, and the 1990s helped cement his case for induction.
Alexei Yashin
Alexei Yashin is no longer in the NHL, but his contract still counts against the New York Islanders' salary cap. If Yashin was able to be the player he was in the 1990s, he could have really helped the Islanders when he was traded from Ottawa.
Yashin totaled 403 points for the Senators during the decade, he won a Calder Trophy during his rookie season, he was a runner up for the Hart Trophy in 1998.
Although Yashin is known more for his ego and attitude toward the end of his time in Ottawa, you can't deny his pure ability and dominance as a scorer during the '90s.
Vincent Damphousse
Vincent Damphousse was a talented forward who played for multiple teams throughout his career in the 1990s.
Damphousse's crowning achievement was during the 1992-93 season in which he had 97 points in the regular season and 23 points in the playoffs that helped lead the Montreal Canadiens to a Stanley Cup title.
Throughout the decade, Damphousse recorded 673 points and he was also a two-time All-Star would received the MVP during the 1991 All-Star Game.
Damphousse ended his career with over 1200 points, and he is a borderline Hall of Fame candidate that could be inducted in a few years.
Rob Blake
Rob Blake spent the entire 1990s with the Los Angeles Kings, and he was a player that really exceeded expectations.
Blake was a physical-defender who would dish out bone-crushing hits, but he did have an offensive side. He was able to contribute 323 points of offense, he was a two-time All-Star and he won the Norris Trophy in 1998.
Blake was an amazing defender, and his true talents were finally realized when he won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche after the decade had ended.


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Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish feels Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have plenty of years ahead of them in the game. Gerrard, 31, and 33 year-old Carragher are expected to start against Manchester United this weekend.
"Carra and Steven have been fantastic for this football club, whether they have been playing or not," said Dalglish.
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By Jared Bowen
Jan. 20, 2012
BOSTON—The Boston area's museum renaissance has reached even greater heights with the opening of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's new wing. Designed by celebrated architect Renzo Piano, the gleaming, modern glass structure manages to get closer to Gardner's own vision.
A triumph of will and passion, The Gardner museum is an Italian oasis in the Fenway brimming with some of the most enviable pieces of art in the world. It's affectionately called "the Palace," which for architect Renzo Piano, made designing its new wing, downright daunting, according to director Anne Hawley.
"The first day he came to work with us, which was in December of 2004, looking at the building and he said after spending some time in the courtyard, 'This woman was mad, this is extraordinary. I have to quit the job, no one can do this.' By which he meant what Gardner did was so tangibly evocative and pulled out of you such emotions that you really can't touch it," Hawley said.
And he hasn't, really. The Gardner's new wing is set 50-feet back from "the Palace." It is larger in square footage, but smaller in height. In more affectionate terms, it is the great great-grand nephew to the original museum, the grand dame aunt.
As Piano describes it, "The new building always refer to the Palace. Doesn't matter what you do in the new building. When you enter, you see the Palace there. When you sit in the living room you see the Palace. When you walk up and down or you have a meal or you walk in the stair, you always see the Palace. The Palace is the constant reference. I can say it's the object of desire. Of ultimate desire," he said.
A 180 million dollar project, this copper-clad offspring is now the repository of the real world. It's here where you enter, its glass façade ensuring a smooth and transparent transition off the Fenway. It's where you do your real-world business of buying tickets, shopping in the gift shop and dining in the new café. But it calms you. It's designed to be cozy, like a book-lined living room, right down to the Italian canaries in the new orientation space.
"Gardner in her time shared her collections and hospitality to visitors and her friends and today's trustees and staff were the extensions of that. And so that idea of sharing and welcoming was what we wanted to carry into that space," said Hawley
Thenyou leave it and shed the real world by passing through a glass corridor into the Palace. Piano calls it the umbilical cord. It's lined with trees and he wants visitors to feel as though they're passing through a forest andthrough time.
'The link is a kind of a place from change. You change speed. You enter a piece of history, and the museum made that miracle. You enter in the different world. It is out of time. It is timeless," he said.
This new entrance to the Palace restores the central axis Gardner herself designed so that visitors are gently guided directly to the museum's wow moment—its soaring and newly restored courtyard.
"You can't be occupied with mundane thoughts anymore. You have to surrender to the beauty of it," said Hawley.
Also restored in the Palace is The Tapestry Room which for the first time in nearly a hundred years is at it was. It no longer doubles as an unfortunately cluttered music hall, because back in the new wing, Piano has created a very singular one, a perfect cube.
"Its small and the stage is the floor, the ground floor is the stage, then it's surrounded by two rows of audience on all four sides. Then there are three balconies going up, each with 60 seats, only front-seats. So everyone has a front-row seat. And the sound is incredible," said Hawley.
In many ways, Hawley also sees the new wing as a workshop. It's where music is made, where the museum's artists-in-residence live and work and where the greenhouses that serve the courtyard are housed. It's a reflection of Gardner's own mission for the Palace.
"It was always meant to be used by artists, scholars, performers, to build on to make their work and to present it to the public, which Gardner did all the time. She was a real patron of the artistic and the creative process," she said.
Which is manifested in the new special exhibition gallery. Four times the size of the old, cramped one, it now features an installation by Glasgow artist Victoria Morton, a former artist-in-residence.
"Gardner so championed that," Hawley said. "One of her favorite phrases was 'fire the imagination.' I think the public is going to hopefully get into this relationship with the work of young artists who are responding to our time and influenced by the collection in doing so."
A triumph of concept and execution, the new wing flatters and compliments "the Palace" in a most brilliant fashion.
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On a cool, grey and blustery Saturday afternoon, the Salt Lake Community College Bruins blew the Western Nevada College Wildcats out of an NJCAA Region 18 championship. As the No. 1 seed and tournament host, the Wildcats sent Salt Lake to the losers bracket earlier in the week, but on Saturday, the Bruins clawed their way back to win the title.
Salt Lake won back-to-back contests, 18-9 and 2-0, to capture the Region 18 title and move on to the Western District championship tournament in Arizona next week. The Wildcats end their season as the Scenic West Athletic Conference champions and a 46-15 overall record, but carry the disappointment of might have been.
WNC suffered a disastrous second inning in the opening contest. After the teams held each other scoreless in the opening inning, Salt Lake blasted 10 runs on eight hits in the second inning against two different Wildcats pitchers. The Bruins led 14-0 before pinch hitter Jonathan Sigado sent a grounder to second base for a Wildcats hit.
WNC mounted a comeback in the fourth inning, scoring eight runs on as many hits to trail 15-8. Salt Lake, though, was on a mission for redemption after losing five games over the past two weeks to Western. The Bruins added three runs in the seventh inning, and brushed off Brooks Klein's eighth-inning run on an RBI double, for the win.
The tiebreaker game was a pure defensive struggle between starting pitchers Andrew Woeck for WNC and Adam Gunn for Salt Lake. Woeck pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts and two walks, while Gunn held WNC scoreless with just two hits over eight innings, and was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
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Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday November 26, 2012
The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday November 26, 2012:
McGraw-Hill to Sell Education Unit to Apollo for $2.5B
The Deal:
McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) announced Monday it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO), for a purchase price of $2.5 billion, subject to certain closing adjustments. As part of this transaction, McGraw-Hill will receive $250 million in senior unsecured notes issued by the purchaser at an annual interest rate of 8.5%.
The transaction, which is expected to close in late 2012 or early 2013, is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.
McGraw-Hill Companies closed at $51.89 Monday, a gain of 0.40% on 2.5% times average volume.
AvalonBay Announces Agreement to Acquire 40% of Archstone for $16B
The Deal:
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB) along with Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) announced Monday that the companies entered into an agreement with Lehman Brothers Holdings (OTC: LEHMQ) to acquire the assets and liabilities of Archstone Enterprise LP ("Archstone"), which consist principally of a portfolio of high quality apartment communities in major markets in the United States, for approximately $16 billion in the aggregate. Under the terms of the Agreement, AvalonBay will acquire approximately 40% of Archstone's assets and liabilities and Equity Residential will acquire approximately 60% of Archstone's assets and liabilities.
The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2013.
AvalonBay Communities closed at $128.95 Monday, but traded 1.3% lower after hours.
Merit Medical Signs Agreement to Acquire Thomas Medical Products for $167M in Cash
The Deal:
Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ: MMSI) announced Monday that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire Thomas Medical Products from GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $167 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.
Merit currently anticipates that the proposed transaction will close prior to December 31, 2012.
Merit Medical Systems closed at $13.23 Monday and traded slightly higher after-hours.
Onex to Acquire USI for $2.3B
The Deal:
Onex Corporation (OTC: ONEXF) announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire USI, a leading U.S. provider of insurance brokerage services, for $2.3 billion.
The transaction is anticipated to close by the end of 2012 subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals.
Onex closed at $40.45 Monday, down $0.32.
Apollo in Talks to Buy UK Jewelry Chain Owner Aurum
The Rumor:
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) is rumored to be in talks to acquire UK Jewelry retailer Aurum, according to a report from the UK Telegraph late Sunday.
A spokesperson for Apollo was not available for comment.
Apollo Global Management closed at $15.27 Monday, a loss of $0.06 on lower than average volume.
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Amnesty International's and Refugee Action's reports on the appalling state of destitution suffered by numerous rejected asylum-seekers (Failed asylum seekers forced to sleep rough, says report; Letters, November 7) raise a matter of grave concern to us all. As faith leaders we have also seen the acute suffering caused by an asylum policy that is forcing people into abject poverty when their asylum claims have been unsuccessful.
Our rich, powerful and generally well-respected country has no excuse for treating often extremely vulnerable people with such disdain, meanness and lack of compassion. The moral case is clear: rejected asylum-seekers should not be left in a poverty-stricken limbo. We must not push people into degradation and suffering. It is time for the government to grant rejected asylum-seekers who cannot go home the right to remain in the UK as dignified, active members of society - not impoverished ones, shunned, marginalised and cast aside.
Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari
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Bishop of Hulme Rt Rev Patrick O'Donoghue
Bishop of Lancaster
Liam Byrne (Letters, November 9) says that if failed asylum seekers do not return home voluntarily "we will enforce return". He must know this is nonsense. The chaos which reigns in his department ensures there are no reliable statistics, but it is known that there are hundreds of thousands of failed asylum seekers. The estimated cost of deporting one is £11,000. Mr Byrne has already ruled out the only sensible solution - an amnesty.
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The Golden Dragon
Chapter 1
Their names were Ryan and Caleb Jones. They grew up in a dirty orphanage in downtown Detroit. Ryan was 14 years old, and Caleb was 11 years old. They were brothers, and were proud of it. Their mother died of childbirth and their father committed suicide soon after. So now they were stuck in Conners' Orphanage. Matthew Conners, the leader of the all-boys orphanage, was an old and abusive man. He fed the kids very small portions, and found pleasure in whipping them. But no matter what Mr. Conners did to them, Ryan and Caleb always stuck together.
Even though they were under the harsh control of Mr. Conners, life was going pretty good for Ryan and Caleb. They tried to make the best of every situation. That was until the Myers Brothers showed up. Jerry and Will Myers, the meanest kids in the entire orphanage, were transferred to the orphanage after their parents were in a fatal car accident. They were never the same again. Jerry and Will became very aggressive, and started getting into many fights. For some reason, the Myers greatly disliked the Jones. Every time that they saw Ryan and Caleb, they pushed them around and ran into them. But Mr. Conners favored the Myers, probably because they were just as evil as him.
One day when Jerry and Will pushed into Ryan and Caleb for no apparent reason, the Jones decided that enough was enough. Caleb loudly blurted out, "I'll kill you!" Caleb jumped right on top of Jerry and started punching him in the throat! Will immediately tried to pull Caleb off of Jerry, but Ryan came out of nowhere with a running knee to the head of Will! But the Myers would not go down without a fight. They both turned over their rivals and performed a series of kicks and punches to both Ryan and Caleb! Mr. Conners just happened to walk by right when both Ryan and Caleb countered and choked Jerry and Will, attempting to knock them out.
Mr. Conners was furious, screaming his head off at Ryan and Caleb. Ryan and Caleb tried to explain their side of the story, but since Mr. Conners favored the Myers, he did not believe the Jones. Mr. Conners then expelled both Ryan and Caleb from the orphanage. Caleb asked Mr. Conners, "If you kick us out of the orphanage, then where are we supposed to live?" "I don't know and I don't care." replied Mr. Conners. Then he kicked the two brothers out of the orphanage and into the street, never to be seen again.


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MHE-Demag, a joint venture between Terex MHPS GmbH and Jebsen & Jessen (SEA) Pte Ltd, has officially opened its largest manufacturing and warehouse facility in Bukit Raja, Malaysia. Developed at a cost of RM45 million, the facility can operate at a capacity of 200,000 production hours a year, a 54% increase from the previous site. The facility is also expected to support the fabricated metal products and machinery & equipment industries; two key areas that have been identified as drivers for the manufacturing sector to attain its projected growth of 5.1% per annum.
With a built-up area of close to 15,000 sq. meters sitting on over 26,000 sq. meters of land, the plant is also the largest and first-of-its kind crane manufacturing facility in Malaysia and the region. Capable of building cranes of up to 50-meter span, this plant will primarily serve customers from Malaysia, Australia, Cambodia, Myanmar and Singapore, who hail from various industrial sectors where lifting, moving and maintenance of materials or machineries are required.
Mr Karl Tilkorn, Regional Managing Director, MHE-Demag, said, "This investment cements MHE-Demag's commitment to Malaysia over the past 40 years, and is an important step forward for us. This plant is the largest and most modern of our eleven manufacturing facilities across the South-East Asian region. Each industrial crane needs to be individually designed and custom fabricated, hence the larger production facility along with state-of-the-art equipment will allow us to maintain our leadership position to meet the high standards required by our growing customer portfolio, particularly with the prestigious projects we have secured."
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(From left to right): Klaus Schilling, Regional Director, Joergen Moeller, Regional Director, Karl Tilkorn, Regional Managing Director, Frankie Chan, Managing Director of Malaysia and Tarik Alkhalil, Regional Director at the official launch of MHE-Demag's state-of the art manufacturing facility, South East Asia's largest crane factory.
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Skip to comments.Ronald Reagan in "Storm Warning" Tuesday 9/24/13
Posted on 09/22/2013 2:17:00 PM PDT by opineapple
On TCM, Tuesday at 1:45 PM (ET) September 24, 2013
Starring Ronald Reagan, Ginger Rogers, Doris Day
Brief Synopsis: A model on vacation discovers that her sister's husband is a murderous Ku Klux Klansman.
Drama 1951
TCM, Storm Warning
I remember this one. Strange to see Doris Day in a movie, and not singing even once!
Not to mention what eventually happens to her character(I won't give it away).
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Larry McMurtry is the author of the book
Motown Productions and CBS Television partnered to air the story as an eight-hour miniseries in four episodes. Bill Witliff wrote the teleplay and served as executive producer. The miniseries was filmed in Austin, Del Rio, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, from March to July 1988. Finally, the movie version aired on CBS in February 1989, starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Anjelica Houston, and Diane Lane. The miniseries and the movie were both successful.
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Europe Banks Cut Jobs as Debt Crisis Ends 'Years of Plenty'Ambereen Choudhury and Elena Logutenkova
European banks are accelerating job cuts as the region's debt crisis shrinks revenue and regulators force financial firms to bolster capital.
Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland's second-biggest bank, said today it will eliminate about 1,500 jobs, adding to the 2,000 staff cuts the Zurich-based lender announced in July. Danske Bank A/S, Denmark's largest lender, will also trim 2,000 posts. Barclays Plc Chief Executive Officer Robert Diamond said yesterday the London-based bank had eliminated 3,500 positions this year and that the trend will continue.
European banks may be forced to eliminate more positions as the sovereign debt crisis erodes earnings and higher capital requirements imposed by regulators force lenders to sell assets and shrink their balance sheets. West European banks have cut more than twice the number of jobs as their U.S. peers, eliminating 86,273 positions this year, compared with 36,951 in North America, according to data compiled Bloomberg Industries.
"The years of plenty are well and truly behind us," said John Purcell, founder of executive search firm Purcell & Co. in London. "Old models and underlying beliefs are being fundamentally examined. It's a once-in-a-generation challenge."
Credit Suisse, UBS AG, Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays have already disclosed plans to shrink their combined risk-weighted assets by as much as $415 billion to prepare for the stricter capital requirements under the Basel III rules, filings show.
'Losses Are Inevitable'
"Further job losses are inevitable as banks continue to try to be proactive in dealing with the worsening climate and the concerns that the current market and economic malaise is likely to continue for an extended period," said Christopher Wheeler, a London-based analyst with Mediobanca SpA.
Credit Suisse Chief Executive Officer Brady Dougan, 52, said today volatility in the markets is "similar" to the 2008 crisis. He is cutting jobs and reorganizing the lender's securities unit after the division reported its first quarterly loss since 2008.
At Barclays, headcount fell "about 3,500" so far this year, Diamond told reporters on a conference call yesterday. "There's no specific headcount plan. In think what you'll see is a continuation of the kind of trends you've seen," he said.
Danske is cutting jobs to reduce costs by 2 billion kroner ($368 million) over the next three years, the Copenhagen-based bank said today after it reported its first quarterly loss since the height of the crisis more than two years ago.
Nomura Holdings Inc., which swung to a bigger-than-estimated third-quarter loss, today said it will speed up cost cuts as income from trading and investment banking fell. Chief Executive Officer Kenichi Watanabe said he will focus the reductions on wholesale operations in Europe.
Low Economic Growth
The bank will cut more than 700 jobs as part of cost cutting plans disclosed earlier today, according to a Reuters report citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter. A spokesman for Nomura in London declined to comment today on the report.
"The significant duration and long-term nature of the economic downturn is causing some banks to rethink their business," said Andrew Gray, banking leader at accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers partner in London. "In an environment which remains one of very low economic growth and very low interest rates, banks are finding it very difficult to make money."
UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, and Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest, last week signaled more jobs may be at risk.
Deutsche Bank Chief Financial Officer Stefan Krause said Oct. 25 the Frankfurt-based lender will continue to adjust its "platform" if the challenging environment persists. The bank announced 500 job cuts earlier that month.
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His counterpart at UBS, Tom Naratil, said the same day that his firm's plans to reorganize its investment bank may lead to a lower headcount at the unit, though that won't necessarily entail job cuts. The Zurich-based company plans to announce the details of the plan on Nov. 17.
UBS may announce a further 1,700 job cuts at the investment bank, as well as an additional reduction in risk-weighted assets of 70 billion francs ($78.7 billion) on top of about 100 billion francs it had planned to cut to comply with the stricter Basel III capital rules, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Kian Abouhossein said in an Oct. 20.
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"Thinking Forward: Six Strategies for Highly Successful Organizations," a new book published by the Health administration Press of the American College of Healthcare Executives, details best practices in place at six Catholic Health Initiatives market-based organizations.
"Thinking forward is the way Catholic Health Initiatives wants its associates (employees, affiliated physicians and volunteers) to approach their work–not only to constantly look for ways to serve their patients and clients better but to enjoy that process and grow themselves," said the authors in the book's preface. "This book is about the associates' successes, which have been dramatic in just a few short years. We believe it provides a model that any committed hospital or health care system can follow to achieve similar gains." The authors were assisted by Patricia A. Cahill, Esq., retired president and chief executive officer of Catholic Health initiatives. The six market-based organizations and best practices profiled in the book include:
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Ever since she was taken to the hairdresser where her aunt worked as a child, Carly Simpson has dreamt of running her own salon.
Now after six years' experience working alongside former Sutton Bridge hair designer Paul Davies, Carly (22) has set out on her own at a new salon in the village.
Beaut Hair Design in Bridge Road offers colouring, cutting and styling services for a growing number of clients from Holbeach, Long Sutton, Sutton Bridge and even Wisbech.
Carly said: "Having my own hair and beauty business is something I've always wanted to do since I was really young.
"I worked with Paul for six years but when I turned 21 in 2012, I just thought of going for it on my own.
"Paul was upset about me leaving but he always knew it was something I wanted to do and he was really supportive."
Carly's salon opened last month and it has quickly become a family affair as her mother, Rozel Churchill, and father, Steve Simpson, regularly help to keep the business going.
"My family is very supportive and they're so pleased that I've opened the salon," Carly said.
"It's something my mum always wanted to do and she's in the salon every day cleaning up, while my dad is my handyman."
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I think it's time for me to publicly address why I'm no longer able to perform stand-up, indefinitely.
The simple answer: Healthcare. I live in a state that apparently believes a program which allows me to pee once a day and shower once a week is reasonable and dignified.
It's been a year now since we learned that my dad, the hardest working man I know and my lone caregiver for much of my 28 years, desperately needs at least one of his knees replaced. It's been a year since I sucked up my pride and started asking the state of Kentucky for help to get personal care assistants to help me so he can have his operation. It's been a year in which Pops has continued caring for me on a knee he shouldn't even be able to walk on.
During these past 12 months, I've learned that the Commonwealth of Kentucky does not value my ability to contribute to society. While there are programs designed to keep people like me out of institutions and supposedly foster independence, last September my governor implemented measures that turned those systems completely ineffectual. As a result, the home healthcare agencies contracted to provide care are unable to maintain any semblance of a full, steady, reliable staff. They cut the pay for their CNA's by several dollars to the point that aides could, quite literally, make more money working in fast food. The incredible, hardworking men and women who have stuck with this career for the sake of their patients can't make anything close to a livable wage. As the agencies scour for new employees willing to do an oft-back-breaking job for nearly minimum wage, I'm left with zero stability or regularity of care.
I can't help but wonder if this was designed to fail. I hear, weekly, of people with disabilities leaving Kentucky to seek refuge in other states. Nobody will take responsibility. The state says it isn't their fault because they've approved enough resources to satisfy my needs. The agencies won't take blame because the reason they can't fulfill those needs is because they were forced to change their business practices. If enough of us leave, both of the aforementioned parties can pad their statistics while saving a few bucks.
So the reason I haven't been on stage since March (or even left my house since Easter) and can't commit to any shows for the foreseeable future is because my dad is being forced to put my well-being above his own. Every time he lifts me, I get to feel the pain of a busted knee trembling through his fingertips. And my local government doesn't give a fuck. The lack of care I am receiving is removing my dignity and increasingly diminishing my capacity to contribute to society. I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that, without change or if any additional cuts are made to Medicaid, it's only a matter of months, if not weeks, before I have no choice but to admit myself into a nursing home to live out the rest of my days.
I'm fortunate to have a voice louder than most in my situation and have every intention of fighting like hell for the systemically silenced. Dad and I are going to Frankfort next week to better understand how a state that's so vehemently pro-life can knowingly diminish the potential of the most vulnerable among the living.
Thank you to all who took the time to read this. Please know how deeply I miss my comedy family, my audiences, and my social life. I hope to get to actually live again and resume offending y'all soon.
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Chinese technology giant Lenovo is taking aim at the booming small business market with a new line of ThinkPad notebook computers tailored for entrepreneurs.
Lenovo's ThinkPad Edge line redesigns technology long relied on by global corporations to fit the needs and preferences of operators whose territory may be smaller but is no less precious.
Analysts project the number of small businesses worldwide will climb to 45 million in 2010 and that they will account for two-thirds of the notebook computers sold.
"Small business is an enormous market and it is growing fast," Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks segment manager Charles Sune told AFP while providing a glimpse at the new Edge models.
Thinkpad machines have become a staple among corporations interested in notebooks geared to handle the performance and security demands of executives.
The Edge design is the first significant change to the Thinkpad design in 17 years and for the first time ever adds AMD microprocessors to machines that had been driven exclusively by Intel chips.
Neo AMD chips provide Edge computers with high graphics performance while enabling Lenovo to offer a base model for 550 dollars. Some 70 percent of the laptops sold are priced less than 1,000 dollars.
"AMD brings better performance in that price range in graphics," Sune said. "This is not a replacement; this is complementary. At the top of the line, Intel is still great technology."
Edge notebooks have Lenovo's trademark full keyboard, but the keys were reshaped to have larger tops and the top row re-assigned to functions such as web cameras and Internet telephony that are of interest to small businesses.
Edge models also come pre-loaded with Internet telephone service Skype.
In another first, Lenovo is expanding from basic black Thinkpad models to offer Edge in glossy red.
"It is our belief these platforms will give an edge to small businesses based on the Thinkpad DNA that we include to make these truly business quality notebooks," Sune said.
Thinkpads have traditionally targeted government agencies, academic institutions, corporations and other large organizations.
Lenovo has also reacted to growing interest in netbooks, bare-bones laptops built to perform a few basic applications and act as gateways to software offered as services in the Internet "cloud."
Sune showed off an X100e model that he referred to as an "ultraportable" instead of a netbook.
Large corporations are showing intense interest in lightweight, inexpensive ultraportable computers that can serve as "second-use machines" for employees on the go, according to Lenovo.
Lenovo gave the X100e a screen nearly an inch and a half bigger than 10.1-inch displays typical in netbooks. The computer giant also kept its full size keyboard, confident that it is what users like.
Lenovo's ultraportable machines will combine AMD and Intel chips and be available in red as well as black. Prices for X100e models will start at 449 dollars and can be customized, with 699 dollars described by Sune as a "real sweet spot" in terms of performance value.
"We will sell to individuals, schools, and small business certainly, but the focus is it being a business solution in this size form factor and at these price points," Sune said.
Lenovo is continuing its commitment to its classic ThinkPad line with upgraded T models that are the thinnest and lightest in what has been the best selling platform in the company's portfolio.
Lenovo is also adding Nvidia graphics technology to new T models.
Explore further: Lenovo Launches Complete PC Solution for Small Businesses with New ThinkPad SL Notebooks


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James Thomas Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, in 1937, to Winfield Sprague Harrison, a county agricultural agent, and Norma Olivia (Wahlgren) Harrison, and has spent much of his life in and around northern Michigan. He lost sight in his left eye when a child. Harrison received a B.A. (1960) and M.A. (1965) in comparative literature from Michigan State University. His father and sister died in an automobile accident when he was twenty-one years old. In 1959, he married Linda King; the couple would have two daughters. He became an assistant professor of English at State University of New York, Stony Brook (1965-1966), but he realized he was not suited for an academic career, moved back to Michigan, and became a freelance writer. His poetry gained favorable reviews, but he did not gain commercial success until Legends of the Fall was published.
As the allusions that pepper Harrison's writing make clear, he is a prodigious reader, and although he writes about Michigan's Upper Peninsula, he considers himself an internationalist. He peoples his writings with figures drawn from his German and Swedish ancestral lines and incorporates elements from Native American culture and Zen Buddhism. His love of hunting, fishing, and food are also evident. Harrison bought and moved to a farmhouse near Montana's Paradise Valley and began dividing his time between Montana and his winter home in Patagonia, Arizona, near the border with Mexico.


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The global debate around access to affordable energy has perhaps never been more active. As two of the largest economies in the world, the United States and India are cooperating to meet energy needs in ways that ensure economic growth in affordable and sustainable ways. What does the future hold for U.S.-India energy cooperation? What best practices and new technologies are revolutionising the energy sector and our energy partnership?
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Dr. Ernest Moniz, the United States Secretary of Energy is tasked with implementing critical Department of Energy missions in support of President Obama's goals of growing the economy, enhancing security and protecting the environment. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Moniz was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was a faculty member since 1973. At MIT, he headed the Department of Physics and the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. Most recently, Dr. Moniz served as the founding Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and of the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. From 1997 until January 2001, Dr. Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy.
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After serving four years in the U.S.Army I started following a life time of passion for classic and antique car. I attended Hutchinson Community College for auto mechanics and continued on to attend McPherson College for automotive restoration technologies. Now in 2013 I am going into business for myself and I founded Glory Days Automotive Restoration, in March 2013.
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- Type of racing: SCCA, Open Raod, Land Speed
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Our iOS 7/8 Kernel Exploitation Trainings in 2014 have been so successfull that former trainees, tricks, techniques and vulnerabilities from the training have been directly involved in the making of the public iOS 7.1 and iOS 8.x jailbreaks. However our training material was originally developed for 32 bit iOS devices and only over time has been improved to cover 64 bit devices, too. For 2015 we therefore started to redesign the course to focus much more on the new ARM64 iOS devices and their exploitation. We have completely ripped out some 32 bit specific slide decks and replaced them with new 64 bit material.
The next training at the end of April 2015 will take place in the Le Meridien hotel in Frankfurt (Germany) between 27th April and 1st May. It is a full 5-day course and is targeted at exploit developers that want to switch over to iOS.
We will cover the latest iOS 8 kernel security features, discuss their weaknesses and you will learn how to circumvent them. Every part of the course will start with a lecture introducing you to the topic and end with hands-on exercises, where you use your newly gained knowledge to implement an attack against a real device. In our 2015 course we have also added some additional hands-on exercises for students with more advanced pre-knowledge.
The 2015 edition of the training will focus on 64 bit iOS devices, but we will also cover the introductory basics like KDP kernel debugging on older 32 bit devices and booting own kernels on A4 devices. However most of the work will be performed on 64bit iPad mini 2 16GB (retina+WiFi) devices that each trainee can take home after the course.
The goal of this training is to enable you to exploit new vulnerabilities in the iOS 8 kernel that you discover on your own.
We are currently improving the course material and are working on some things that allow us to better cover iOS 8 during the training. So the following list of topics might change slightly in the final course.
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My review of Noam Pikelny's challenging recent release has been posted at the Lonesome Road Review. Acoustiblue music at its finest. As always, thanks for visiting Fervor Coulee. Donald
Noam Pikelny
Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail
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4.5 stars (out of 5)
By Donald Teplyske
A wise man I know once stated that virtuosity without soul is simply talent.
I think what he meant was that there are many talented musicians born and created, but it is the few who manage to bridge the gap to listener in a way that creates a lasting connection.
Such an association is deeply personal and that the person in question was listening to a very highly regarded bluegrass outfit at the time—and was about to walk out of their performance—speaks to the individuality of music appreciation. How does a performer satisfy artistic and creative impulses while simultaneously creating a bond with an audience that is largely incapable of speaking the language of the performer?
As an artist one can't satisfy everyone, so you may as well please yourself. One presumes that on Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail Noam Pikelny has met his own expectations and is comfortable realizing that there are many who will not understand or appreciate his musical soul.
At 45 minutes and 12 tracks, Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail is a generous allocation of music that should challenge and be appreciated by most listeners of modern acoustic, stringband music.
Using several core band configurations, Pikelny and producer (and fellow Punch Brother) Gabe Witcher employ Tim O'Brien (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Chris Eldridge (guitar), and Mark Schatz (bass) on about a half-dozen tracks each, often together but occasionally in a trio or other setting. The resulting sounds are charming and soothing, restful in their assuredness and yet engaging as a result of their stellar execution.
Instrumentally, the album takes several distinct turns while traveling a boundary-challenging road. "The Broken Drought," one of several Pikelny originals featured, would not appear out of place on the recent Goat Rodeo Sessions album. On the other hand, the song that comes just before it—Art Stamper's "Pineywoods" featuring Stuart Duncan in duet with Pikelny—is as down-home as music gets, an expansive meditation of rural life.
Despite its artistic challenge, tradition is not far away throughout the album. Steve Martin joins Pikelny for a duo-performance of "Cluck Old Hen" and Chris Thile and Bryan Sutton form a trio with Pikelny for the old-timey sounding "Bear Dog Grit."
Two vocal tracks are included and each challenges the decision not to include additional singers. Aoife O'Donovan (Crooked Still) sings Tom Waits' "Fish and Bird," the seafaring song of unattainable love. An aching reading, O'Donovan creates tradition out of a contemporary song, providing three-hundred years of history within her hushed performance. Tim O'Brien's languid take on Henry Thomas' "Bob McKinney" is augmented by Mike Compton's mandolin as well as Duncan and Schatz, crafting the bluesy, ragtime song to excellent effect.
I wasn't sure what to expect when Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail arrived in my mailbox. That the album bridges the musical language barrier that exists between this listener and someone of Pikelny's obvious ability is but one indication that there is more than a little something powerful going on within these highly refined and yet soulful tunes.


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Mustang Dream Giveaway Back With Two GT500's
If you're reading this news story, chances are good that you really love Ford Mustangs. Alas, most of us are unable to afford the pinnacle of Mustang performance, the Shelby GT500. Short of owning a profitable business or hitting the lottery, the average Mustang enthusiast only sees Shelby GT500's at car shows or on the auction block.
There is another way to get not just one, but two GT500's though. It's the Mustang Dream Giveaway, a semi-annual raffle where one lucky winner will take home two matching Shelby's a 1967 GT500 and a 2012 GT500, all for the cost of a $3 raffle ticket.
The matching Shelby's wear black paint with red stripes, though aside from the name that is where the similarities end. Despite the 2012 GT500 being faster, more comfortable, and technologically advanced, the '67 Shelby no doubt has a much higher price tag. The 428 cubic-inch V8 Shelby has been in the Lingenfelter Collection for the past four years.
Now it will be auctioned off alongside a 2012 version that has received a Ford Racing supercharger upgrade. The result is 750 horsepower. What the 2012 model lacks in auction value, it makes up for in raw power. And as an added bonus, the one-two Shelby prize pack comes with $50,000 cash to pay off any taxes on your prize.
Towards what end does this money go? Two truly noble causes, the Paralyzed Veterans Outdoor Fund and the Henry Ford Health Systems Mens Initiatives. For $3 a ticket (less if you buy in bulk) why not head over to their webpage and give this raffle a shot? Somebody has to win…why not you?


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A report released by the Australian Scholarship Group estimates it will cost families more than $3000 to send a child to primary school in 2014.
The survey asked 7000 parents with children in government, systemic and private schools to estimate the yearly cost — including tuition, computer and internet fees, extracurricular activities, clothing, books, stationery and travel expenses — of their child's education.
It found parents of primary aged children pay up to $3590 at public schools, up to $6747 at systemic schools such as Catholic, and up to $17,080 for a private school education.
Families who chose public schools for their children were likely to spend more on extracurricular activities than school fees ($1705 on activities compared with $597 in fees).
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Gigi Buffon celebrates a historic campaign and notes "rising so quickly from the ashes of the World Cup was better than anyone could've hoped for."
Italy have set a new record, as never before had they qualified for the European Championships with two rounds to spare.
"We went against our traditions, as Italy usually suffer to the final game before qualifying, but this certainly gives us a lot of belief and enthusiasm," said the goalkeeper.
"Rising so quickly from the ashes of the 2010 World Cup was better than anyone could've hoped for."
The 1-0 victory over Slovenia was achieved only in the final minutes when Giampaolo Pazzini netted with help from Mario Balotelli.
"It was a tough test against a Slovenia side that focused more on defending than playing the game, so if you don't break the deadlock then it can lead to problems.
"Balotelli and Pazzini came on with their determination and grit, allowing us to win. This proves the squad has only one objective and that is the common good."
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The premiere national high school cyber defense competition. A online computer based cyber defense team composed of 2 to 5 primary and up to 5 alternate students. Created by the Air Force Association, devoted to cyber security. Although this team is not as active as the Raider's team, it is open to both JROTC and regular school students. The Cyberpatriot is devoted to cyber security and computers.
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Boca Raton, Fla. - Strong starting pitching, timely clutch hitting and solid defense were the variables that led the Florida Atlantic University baseball team to a historic 7-4 win over No. 20-ranked University of Miami on Tuesday evening at the FAU Baseball Stadium.
The Owls, 4-1, beat the Hurricanes for the first time in eight games between the two South Florida rivals, and the first time at home since the 2001 season. Miami, four-time national champions, lead the all-time series by a 47-9 margin.
The victory came less than 24 hours after FAU suffering its first loss of the season against top-ranked University of Florida on Tuesday night.
Florida Atlantic wasted little time getting the advantage over the Hurricanes, scoring three first-inning runs. Preseason All-American candidate Andy Mee, a senior outfielder, connected on his second home run of the season with a blast down the right field line. Later, junior outfielder Alex Hudak lined a double to left center field to push across sophomore first baseman Mark Nelson and senior designated hitter Eddie Cassidy.
"The good start helped us because we were able to relax and play our game," said John McCormack, FAU's head baseball coach. "Ryan Garton (starting pitcher) was able to concentrate on throwing strikes and keeping (Miami) off balance."
The Owls added a run in the second inning on a run-scoring single by senior second baseman Raymond Church that scored junior infielder Joey Burkhalter. The hit extended Church's hitting streak to 14 games across two seasons.
The score moved to 5-0 in the fifth inning after two Miami defensive errors allowed Church to come around and score after leading off the inning with a single.
Miami proceeded to cut the deficit in the top of the sixth inning on a three-run home run by designated hitter Rony Rodriguez.
However, the Owls responded with two insurance runs in the eighth inning to build the lead to 7-3. Cassidy connected on his second home run of the season to lead off the frame, and Burkhalter lined a base hit to score freshman pinch runner Geoff Jimenez.
Garton picked up the win with four scoreless innings and three strikeouts. He also successfully navigated two based-loaded situations. Junior relievers Hugh Adams and Paul Davis bridged the gap before all-Sun Belt Conference closer Andy Mee came in to secure the win in the pressure-packed ninth inning. Miami first baseman Brad Feiger made the game's final out with the potential tying runs on base.
Hudak paced the offensive attack with two RBIs and two of FAU's eight hits. Church also had two hits, while Cassidy scored a pair of runs.
Zeke DeVoss, Harold Martinez and David Villasuso each had two hits for Miami, which fell to 2-2 on the season.
The Owls are now 4-0 at the FAU Baseball Stadium this spring. The team will return to its home diamond on Friday, February 25, to begin a three-game weekend series against Stony Brook. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Live audio and statistics of the game can be found at www.fausports.com. For season and individual tickets call the FAU Ticket Office at 1-866-FAU-OWLS.


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