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UPDATED: May 14, 2014, at 2:37 a.m.
Although the Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club dropped its sponsorship of a reenactment of a satanic "black mass" ritual earlier in the night, members of the New York-based Satanic Temple gathered for what appeared to be a black mass on the second floor of the Hong Kong restaurant and lounge shortly after 10 p.m. Monday.
About 50 people, mostly dressed in black and some wearing face makeup, were present for the ceremony. A consecrated host, believed by Catholics to be the body of Christ, was not used in the ritual.
Four individuals in hoods and one man in a white suit, a cape, and a horned mask were active in the proceedings, as well as a woman revealed to be wearing only lingerie. The ceremony began with a narration on the history underlying Satanism and the black mass ritual.
The restaurant's owner, Paul Lee, said in a phone interview around 11 p.m. that he was unaware of the incident. The Hong Kong is located on Massachusetts Avenue, directly across the street from Harvard Yard.
The ritual came after the cancellation of a black mass reenactment organized by the Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club, which had the event scheduled for Monday evening in Cambridge Queen's Head Pub in Memorial Hall. Shortly before the planned starting time, the club said that it was moving to an off-campus site, citing in an email that "misinterpretations about the nature of the event were harming perceptions about Harvard and adversely impacting the student community."
The club wrote in its email around 5 p.m. that they planned for the event to be held at The Middle East nightclub in Central Square at 9 p.m. But Clay S. Fernald, the general manager of The Middle East, said Monday evening that the nightclub would not host the event, and that negotiations with the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club had fallen through.
Fernald declined to comment on why negotiations had ended.
Around 7 p.m., the Cultural Studies Club sent an email saying that they had been unable to find another location and would no longer sponsor the black mass, and individuals who intended to attend decided to migrate to the Hong Kong, at which the ceremony was revived.
Satanic Temple spokesperson Lucien Greaves said in an interview with The Crimson earlier in the afternoon that although the Cultural Studies Club cancelled the event, he still hoped to host a black mass in the future.
After learning of the event that occurred at Hong Kong, Terrence Donilon, secretary of communications for the Archdiocese of Boston, said in an interview around 11:00 p.m. that the Diocese's position is the same. He said the event is disgraceful and despicable.
The Archdiocese followed through with its plans to host a Eucharistic procession to St. Paul Church, where a "holy hour" will be conducted. Donilon said that he was grateful for the community presence at the event and the presence of University President Drew G. Faust.
The club emphasized in the 5 p.m. email that Harvard had not asked them to move the event from its previous location, the Cambridge Queen's Head Pub in the basement of Memorial Hall, and commended the University for affirming its members' rights to free speech and assembly.
Read more in University NewsCiting University's Commitment to Free Speech, Faust Says 'Abhorrent' Black Mass Will Not Be Barred
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Mexico's trim president urges his people to eat less, exercise more
President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday urged Mexicans to lose weight and exercise for up to an hour per day, even if it's just walking or climbing stairs.
Mexicans face "an authentic epidemic of excess weight and obesity," he said, noting that one schoolchild out of every three is overweight.
"We cannot just cross our arms. Millions of Mexican lives are at risk," said Pena Nieto, who is trim at age 47 and keeps a hectic schedule. "It's time to change individual and collective habits."
His salvo against soaring diabetes and the expanding waistline of his countrymen came as the two chambers of Mexico's Congress move toward imposing taxes on junk food and sweetened beverages.
The proposed taxes have set off a frenetic campaign of full-page newspaper advertisements between soft drink bottlers and small retailers on one hand and health advocates on the other.
The health advocates have a champion in billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, has provided $10 million in support. Bloomberg, who has sought and failed to curb soda drinking and reduce caloric intake in his city, on Thursday tweeted his support for Pena Nieto "for taking action to protect public health and combat obesity."
In announcing a "national strategy" to combat excess weight and diabetes, Pena Nieto said poor dietary and exercise habits have taken a national toll.
Seven of every 10 Mexicans suffer from excess weight, he said, and diabetes is a factor in one in five deaths.
"Excess weight, obesity and diabetes are new threats to the health of Mexicans, and we must confront them firmly," he said.
Pena Nieto urged Mexicans to engage in an hour per day of physical activity "that may not require great effort but that will break sedentary habits."
The U.N.'s Food and Agricultural Organization reported in June that Mexico's obesity rate had surpassed that of the United States, making it the fattest populous nation in the world. About 71 percent of Mexican adults are deemed to be overweight.
Diabetes is Mexico's No. 1 killer, taking some 70,000 lives a year, far more than gangster violence, and as many as 10 million Mexicans now have diabetes.
As part of a vast fiscal reform proposed by Pena Nieto, Mexico's Senate voted 72-2 Wednesday to impose a special 8 percent tax on foods with at least 275 calories per 100 grams, such as snacks, chips and ice cream. Since the proposed tax is higher than a 5 percent levy sought by the Lower House, the measure went back to the Chamber of Deputies for reconsideration.
The Senate is also considering a tax of two pesos per liter (about 15 U.S. cents) on sweetened beverages, sports drinks and colas. The Lower House already approved that proposal.
"I fully trust that the (food and beverage) sector will assume . . . a positive attitude to improve the wellbeing of Mexicans," Pena Nieto said, urging them to fall in line behind the proposed taxes.
That is unlikely. A powerful coalition of sugar cane growers, mills, soft drink bottlers and small retailers denied Thursday that their products caused obesity.
"Obesity is fought with education that promotes healthy lifestyles and changes in habit, not by taxes," the coalition said in a statement sent to McClatchy.
Sweetened beverages comprise 25 percent to 30 percent of sales of small corner retailers, and higher taxes could hurt hundreds of thousands of storeowners, it added.

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Mincemeat and fruitcake are full of ingredients that are redolent of the festive season for many people. Here are some recipes for those who would like to experience the rich flavour and scent of these traditional desserts.
18th Century Mincemeat
Mincemeat has been a favourite for a long time. On Dec. 2, cookbook author Elizabeth Baird is taking part in a workshop at Toronto's Fort York on making mincemeat, using a recipe from a 1747 cookbook, "First Catch Your Hare, The Art of Cookery made Plain & Easy" by British author Hannah Glasse (facsimile edition by Prospect Books). Pre-registration is necessary. For more information, call 416-392-6907, ext. 225.
Here is the recipe, reproduced work for word from the cookbook.
Take three Pounds of Suet shread very fine, and chopped as small as possible, two Pounds of Raisins stoned, and chopped as fine as possible, two Pounds of Currans (currants), nicely picked, washed, rubbed, and dried at the Fire, half a hundred of fine Pippins (apples), pared, cored, and chopped small, half a Pound of fine Sugar pounded fine, a quarter of an Ounce of Mace, a quarter of an Ounce of Cloves, two large Nutmegs, all beat fine; put all together into a great Pan, and mix it well together with half a Pint of Brandy, and half a Pint of Sack (sherry); put it down close in a Stone-pot, and it will keep good four Months.
Source: "First Catch Your Hare, The Art of Cookery made Plain & Easy" by Hannah Glasse (originally published in 1747).
Traditional Mincemeat
This recipe comes from "Canada's Favourite Recipes," a new cookbook by Rose Murray and Elizabeth Baird. The mincemeat is excellent for tarts and pies and is a family recipe of Dorothy Long of Lloydminster, Sask.
1 l (4 cups) peeled, cored and chopped apples
750 ml (3 cups) finely chopped beef suet
650 ml (2 2/3 cups) packed brown sugar
750 ml (3 cups) seeded Lexia or Muscat raisins
750 ml (3 cups) currants
500 ml (2 cups) mixed candied peel
425 ml (1 3/4 cups) sultana raisins
7 ml (1 1/2 tsp) each cinnamon, mace and cloves
2 ml (1/2 tsp) nutmeg
125 ml (1/2 cup) brandy
In a large bowl, stir together apples, suet and brown sugar until sugar dissolves. Stir in Lexia raisins, currants, peel, sultana raisins, cinnamon, mace, cloves and nutmeg. Pour brandy over everything and stir well to combine. Cover and refrigerate, at least overnight or up to 1 week, to let flavours blend. (It also can be made ahead and frozen in airtight containers for longer storage.)
Tips: For a mincemeat pie, count on 1 l (4 cups) per 23-cm (9-inch) pie. For tarts, 500 ml (2 cups) of mincemeat will fill 12 tart shells.
Makes about 4 l (16 cups).
Source: "Canada's Favourite Recipes" by Rose Murray and Elizabeth Baird (Whitecap Books, 2012).
The Olive Davis Christmas Cake
Elizabeth Baird's mother's original recipe made enough chock-full-of-fruit batter to fill a large fruitcake pan. Once the cake was baked, she let it age in the fruit cellar where Baird's father regularly checked it, just to see how it was mellowing — a little slice here, a little slice there, cut with the knife he kept hidden behind the fruitcake tin. Baird has scaled down the ingredients so the batter fits into a 3.5-l (13-by-9-inch) metal cake pan.
750 ml (3 cups) chopped mixed candied peel
500 ml (2 cups) currants or sultana raisins
500 ml (2 cups) seeded Lexia or Muscat raisins
250 ml (1 cup) chopped candied pineapple
250 ml (1 cup) halved candied cherries
175 ml (3/4 cup) brandy or rum (approx)
175 ml (3/4 cup) butter, softened
300 ml (1 1/4 cups) packed brown sugar
4 large eggs
4 ml (3/4 tsp) almond extract
425 ml (1 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour
5 ml (1 tsp) baking powder
2 ml (1/2 tsp) each baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg
1 ml (1/4 tsp) cloves or allspice
175 ml (3/4 cup) each slivered almonds and chopped pecans
In a large bowl, toss together peel, currants, raisins, pineapple, cherries and rum. Cover and soak for at least 1 day or up to 3, stirring occasionally.
Line a 3.5-l (13-by-9-inch) metal cake pan with parchment paper; set aside. Before preheating the oven to 150 C (300 F), set the rack for the cake in the centre of the oven and place a shallow roasting pan or another cake pan on the rack below. Fill the pan below about half full with hot water.
In a separate large bowl, beat butter until light. Beat in brown sugar, beating until fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add almond extract.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Mix into butter mixture a third at a time, mixing gently just until batter is smooth. Add soaked fruit mixture, almonds and pecans. Stir to combine ingredients. Scrape into prepared pan, packing the thick batter into the pan and smoothing the top.
Bake in the centre of the oven for 1 hour. Cover lightly with a piece of foil to keep the top from overbrowning. Continue baking until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean and the cake has come away from the sides of the pan, 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool on a rack.
To age the cake, remove cake from pan and unwrap. Wrap in a double thickness of cheesecloth. Moisten cheesecloth with additional brandy. Wrap in plastic wrap and store in an airtight container for 2 or 3 weeks, remoistening cheesecloth periodically.
Tip: Divide cake crosswise into 6 squared logs. To ice, brush corn syrup over the cake and wrap top and sides with marzipan rolled out thinly. Fruitcake slices best when cold from the refrigerator.
Makes 6 fruitcake logs, about 1.15 kg (2 1/2 lb) total.
Source: Elizabeth Baird.


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Quick Eyes with Urban Decay Midnight 15 & Flow
Quick Eyes with Urban Decay Midnight 15 & Flow
Yet another quick look with Urban Decay's 15th Anniversary Eyeshadow Palette — this is the look I wore when I swatched through the Super Saturated Lip Colors. I'm not 100% positive what I used on the lower lash line, but I'm pretty sure I just grabbed for Underground (because it happened to be out). I needed a look that was super neutral, because the lip colors I was swatching were all rather bold and bright, so I didn't want the eyeshadow to compete.
I've been trying to go through all of the bajillion of folders I have and either using or deleting the photos in them! I had photos of products I never got around to testing from January, and I just had to force myself to hit the delete key.
You will need the following…
- Eyes: NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base (primer), Urban Decay Midnight 15 Eyeshadow (soft champagne), Urban Decay Flow Eyeshadow (peach), Burberry Trench Eyeshadow (highlighter), Urban Decay Underground 24/7 Liner (taupe brown), Benefit They're Real Mascara (black)
- Face: Guerlain Lingerie de Peau (02 & 03), Guerlain Les Violettes Mineral Powder (03)
- Lips: Urban Decay Adrenaline Super Saturated Lip Color (raspberry pink)
For eyes, start by applying Smudgeproof all over the lid and above the crease with the 249 to lay down your eyeshadow base. Apply Midnight 15 all over the lid with the 239. Next, apply Flow into the crease and diffuse it above using the 222. Then apply Trench on brow bone to highlight with the 272. Next, apply Underground eyeliner on the lower lash line and smudge with Flow. Coat lashes with They're Real mascara to finish the look.


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RTC Summer School: The Summit LeaguePosted by Brian Goodman on August 2nd, 2012
Over the next couple of week's we'll be checking in with each of the high mid-major leagues as to their mid-summer offseason status. Today, the Summit League.
Charlie Parks is the RTC correspondent for The Summit League.
Reader's Take
Key Storylines
- Southern Utah and Oral Roberts Head For Greener Pastures: Southern Utah made its long-awaited transition to the Big Sky while Oral Roberts made a quicker exit to the Southland Conference, ending the most successful stretch of sustained competition for Summit League basketball. With the League favoring the Dakota teams and a move northward, ORU made a business decision: Cut ties and shift its focus south to more natural competition and recruiting. ORU was the most successful team in the recent history of the Summit League, but it was clear that league officials had a vision for the direction of the conference that ORU wasn't too thrilled with.
- IPFW and Oakland Lobby For Open Horizon League Spot: Speaking of new directions, this story came out a couple months ago reporting that Oakland was interested in filling Butler's vacated spot in the Horizon League. Oakland has been courting that conference for a long time, but it is not likely they will get their wish; there hasn't been any movement on the Horizon's end in several months, if at all. Even IPFW kicked around the idea of moving up in the world to join the Horizon. The Horizon could use a mid-major like Oakland to give it back some of the firepower they lost in Butler, but IPFW should get comfortable with its spot in the Summit. They aren't going anywhere.
How They Stack Up
- South Dakota State: Oakland closed the gap a little bit with their recruiting haul, but South Dakota State still boasts the best player and arguably the best front court of any team in the conference. Its recruiting class wasn't as flashy as in years past, but it addressed several holes they had and added some depth. The Jacks should still be the favorites heading into the season. Notable additions: Jacob Bittle, point guard; Connor Devine, center.
- Oakland: The Golden Grizzlies impressed the most out of all the teams with their recruiting class, adding two transfers that can help right away in Tommie McCune (West Virginia) and Ralph Hill (Dayton). They also added Lloyd Neely, The Detroit Public School League MVP from 2012 and Mr. Basketball finalist. The Golden Grizzlies had to find a way to replace Reggie Hamilton, the 2012 NCAA scoring leader, and it looks like they are well on their way. Notable Additions: Tommie McCune, guard; Lloyd Neely, forward, Michigan Mr. Basketball finalist. Read the rest of this entry »


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copyright, Erwin Olaf.
Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf holds a special place in my heart. Many would say he's primarily an advertising photographer with a fashion bent. And yes, his work for Diesel Jeans, Lavazza and Moooi reflects that. But even these ad jobs showcase an imaginative artist. One who is conceptual in nature and enjoys creating unique worlds for his subjects to come to life in.
Recently, though, Erwin has focused more on personal, fine art projects. And they're all pretty mind-blowing. This image is from his Hope series which is also a hardcover book. It's beautiful. It's haunting. It's stagnant, yet dynamic in its ability to evoke emotion. I can kind of sit here for hours and scour over every detail–the casting, wardrobe, the door number, the open door, that lone umbrella–but I digress in my photo geekery. It's just pretty awesome. To create this captured moment of hope, Erwin used 5 lights.
Camera: Medium format, with Kodak EPP 100 transparency film and an 80mm lens. Set on a tripod 11 feet back. Shot at 1/30, f11, ISO 100.
Lighting: It'll be easier to break this down by model. Our man's key light is a small softbox at f13 (+1/2 stop) over his head and slightly frontal aimed at his face. A medium softbox at f8 (-1 stop) is set high and three feet to camera left, also aimed at his head, providing fill. For our woman, a small softbox at f11 is over her head and also slightly frontal and just to her right. Another small softbox at f11 is positioned behind the wall the man is standing against and aimed at her face. A large octabank at f8 (-1 stop) is high and six feet to camera left. This provides fill for her body as well as the entire wall and left side of frame. The models kept very still with the slow shutter speed so Erwin could capture the wall sconce lighting (though it was enhanced in post).
Comments: The models were not the docile, overly reserved duo they appear to be. They were two members of the now-defunct German comedy troupe, The Supernaturals, and had themselves, the crew and even Erwin in stitches most of the day. Apparently, their bit about a fax machine salesman with two right feet caused the digital tech and the stylist's assistant to wet their pants. Once and twice, respectively.


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iOS 7 Wish List
In about one month, Tim Cook will show iOS 7 to the world. Developers will receive a beta version of the software to get prepared for the release of iOS 7 to consumers alongside a new iPhone (5S? 6?) in the fall. While WWDC has sometimes included the launch of a new iPhone, that won't be the case this year. There is a slight chance of MacBook and/or Mac Pro updates, but everything is second fiddle to the preview of iOS 7.
This year, the conversation around iOS 7 has centered around a visual redesign, not really the new features. But what about new features? Each year, I've posted a wish list for the new iOS, here's my iOS 7 Wish List.
Unread Mail - We recently saw the massively successful launch of the Mailbox app. Their main goal is to turn email into a to do list and they include many cool gestures to help you get this done. But all the people that I've watched use Mailbox could accomplish the exact same thing with Read/Unread. If it's read, it's done; if it's unread, then I still need to do it. Creating a seperate "Unread" bin in the Mail app would solve this. And a swipe gesture to mark as read/unread would be icing on the cake.
PowerNap - I constantly see iPhones with 30+ app updates and at least 1 software update from Apple. PowerNap should be adopted from the Mac to bring auto updates to the iPhone. If your iPhone is 1) plugged in, and 2) on WiFi, then every night it should automatically download and install new app updates and software updates from Apple. Any updated apps would have a corner ribbon similar to the "New" ribbon that reads "Updated". No longer would you have to worry about updating your apps and device software. Everything is always up to date. Plus, the already unbelievably fast iOS upgrade rate would get even faster.
Update: One day after posting this, Apple released iTunes 11.0.3 which adds "Update" ribbons to apps with available updates. Looks like a step in this direction.
Group Messaging - It's obvious that mobile messaging is taking off big time – I could name 10 easily. Apple can expand upon iMessage's features with the ability to rename groups, see read status for multiple people, share location easier, and more. I expect (and hope) group messaging will continue to evolve in iOS 7.
iMessage Resend - If I send an SMS or iMessage and it fails, just resend it! Here's how it could look.
Settings - The Settings app has become a nightmare. In particular, the Notifications area is a nested mess, and the WiFi, Bluetooth, and Personal Hotspot toggles are buried one level too far. I expect Jony Ive to take a chainsaw to Settings to bring a new intuitive organization and new control scheme for quicker toggling.
Photos - Many people have covered this already. But I just want to be able to create and manage photo albums. Let me move a photo from the Camera Roll to its correct album. When I take a beach vacation, let me create a "Beach" album and any photos go in there. It would sync to my other devices. If I choose, it would even sync to other people's devices, and their photos to mine. Currently, shared Photo Streams only allow one person to the be uploader while everyone else is a watcher - surely multiple uploaders is an obvious expansion to that feature.
Hand Off - This is the name that I've personally given to "inter-app communication". Apps need to be able to talk to each other. For example, I should be able to tap a photo in Dropbox and send it to Instagram. There are tons of nuances to consider when implementing this, but in general – let apps talk to each other.
Notification Center - We clamored for a notification center, and then we got it in iOS 6. Yet I never use it and I don't know anyone who does. Either make it useful or kill it. Swiping down from the top is important real estate that deserves a more used function.
Split Screen Video - This is my long-shot. One beauty of iOS is its simplicity and single application view. However, I watch more video than ever on the iPhone 5 and very often find myself wanting split screen. The implementation of this is a seriously challenging problem, with countless edge cases, and a dangerous high likelihood of confusing users. But if anyone can do it right, it's Apple. As with most power user features – a new gesture is likely the key.
That's it for this year! Mark your calenders for June 10th, to see what new features we get.


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Square-Enix is starting to really get their DS ball rolling lately. First there was the huge news of Dragon Quest defecting from the PS2 and heading to the DS, and now it looks like the DS is once again getting the better deal with Square-Enix's new offerings. They're going back to the world of Final Fantasy Tactics on both the PSP and the DS, but the while the PSP game will be a remake of the PSone Final Fantasy Tactics, the DS game will be a sequel to the GBA's Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
This should make everyone happy: Final Fantasy Tactics was one of my favorite Playstation games, so taking it portable will be a great thing. I'm also excited to see what Square-Enix can do with Final Fantasy on the DS. It's nice to see Square-Enix bringing so many of their franchises, and more importantly new entries in those franchises, to Nintendo's system.
If nothing else, this is going to start some spirited debate over which of the titles is the better one: the original FFT, or FFTA. Do you want to revisit the past, or are you looking forward to a new entry into the series?


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Federal installations re-open across Michigan
From the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum to national parks in the Upper Peninsula, federal installations across Michigan were re-opening Thursday after Congress reached a budget deal ending a 16-day partial government shutdown.
"I was keeping an eye on the news, and when they said the federal buildings were back open today, I figured I'd be the first one down here," said Alphonso Moore, who arrived bright and early at the Veterans Affairs office in Detroit to get some documentation related to a disability.
The shutdown idled federal employees, shut down parks at the peak of fall leaf color season and disrupted training activities at National Guard bases. State Budget Director John Nixon said earlier this month it would cost Michigan $18 million per day.
"The immediate crisis is over, but the underlying issues haven't been resolved," said Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, adding that another showdown could loom once the agreement between President Barack Obama and the two parties in Congress expires. "Our leaders need to recognize that the system in Washington is broken and needs to be fixed."
Officials with Michigan's four national parks - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National Historical Park - said they were up and running.
Isle Royale will be open just two more weeks before closing for the season, spokeswoman Liz Valencia said. The wilderness park in Lake Superior will provide no gasoline or other services.
Although all national parks were officially off-limits during the shutdown, the closure was widely ignored at Sleeping Bear Dunes, where hikers made frequent use of trails. But officials said barriers that had limited access in some places were being removed.
Also reopening were Michigan's national forests. Ken Arbogast of Huron-Manistee National Forest said its campgrounds a re closed for the season but offices will reopen Friday to handle matters such as issuing permits to cut firewood.
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids re-opened, as did the Ford library in Ann Arbor, both of which are part of the federal National Archives and Records Administration. The library said a public program scheduled for Thursday evening had been canceled.
Regular operations resumed at Selfridge Air National Guard base, where about 650 military technicians and civilian employees had already been ordered back to work.
Associated Press writers Mike Householder and David Runk contributed to this story from Detroit.


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Moraga, Calif. - The Santa Clara women's tennis team continued its impressive play at the Saint Mary's Invitational on Saturday in Moraga. Junior transfer Lindsay McBride led the way as she advanced to the finals of her bracket in singles and reached the semifinals of the doubles draw with her partner, Myra Davoudi. McBride will play the singles final and doubles semifinal on Sunday morning. Overall, the Broncos won five more matches Saturday to boost their total to 17 match wins on the weekend. Casey Knutson also advanced to the semifinals of the consolation bracket and will play Sunday morning.
McBride breezed through the quaterfinals 6-1; 6-2 against Christine Feyen of Pacific before battling through an tough three-setter against Megan Doheney of Stanford in the semifinals. McBride took the first set 6-2 but lost 6-3 in the second to force the third set. The Texas Christian transfer dug deep and earned a 6-2 win in the final set to reach the final. She will take on Ly-houng Dinh of Nevada on Sunday. Dinh has knocked out Knutson and Davoudi on her way to the final.
McBride then teamed with Davoudi to win 8-2 in the doubles quarterfinals against a pair from Pacific to get through to Sunday.
All the results from Saturday follow:
Flight "B" Quaterfinals
SCU Myra Davoudi d. SMC Feline Charlot
STAN Megan Doheney d. SCU Erika Barnes 6-4; 6-2
SCU Lindsay McBride d. UP Christine Feyen 6-1; 6-2
Flight "B" Semifinals
NEV Ly-houng Dinh d. SCU Myra Davoudi 7-6; 6-1
SCU Lindsay McBride d. STAN Megan Doheney 6-2;3-6;6-1
Flight "C" Singles Semifinals
PAC Sasha Fisher d. SCU Meghan Madden 6-0; 6-1
Flight "B" Consolation Second Round
SCU Casey Knutson, bye
Flight "B" Consolation Quarterfinals
SCU Casey Knutson d. USF Joanna Macedo 6-2; 6-3
Flight "A" Doubles Quaterfinals
SMC Hoath/Lambert d. SCU Barnes/Knutson 8-4
Flight "B" Doubles Quaterfinals
SCU Davoudi/McBride d. PAC Arenas/Schuhmacher 8-2
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Summer's not yet over and Hollywood's annual awards race has already started — though you may have to hop a plane and travel several thousand miles to notice.
The Venice Film Festival opens Wednesday, to be quickly followed by two other high-profile gatherings: Colorado's intimate Telluride fest convenes Thursday, and Toronto's massive confab starts a week later. If history repeats itself, the Italian festival could be a launching pad for some of the top Academy Award contenders of 2014.
Among the Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies that have played at Venice in recent years are "Brokeback Mountain," "The Wrestler," "Shame," "The Master" and "Good Night, and Good Luck." This year, 55 feature films are being shown, with 20 in the main competition section.
A select few movies will hit all three festivals over the next two weeks, most notably Alfonso Cuarón's 3-D thriller "Gravity," which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts trying to survive a catastrophic space accident. (The Venice debut is particularly convenient for Clooney, as the actor-director is editing his next movie, "The Monuments Men," about art looted by the Nazis, at his Italian villa.)
"Gravity," co-written by Cuarón and his son, Jonas, is the opening-night film at Venice, world premiering there before rolling out to Telluride and Toronto. It's Cuarón's first film since 2006's "Children of Men." The Warner Bros. movie, the first stereoscopic production to open the 70th annual Venice fest, will arrive in U.S. theaters on Oct. 4. (Another 3-D film, "Amazonia," by Thierry Ragobert, will close the Venice festival on Sept. 7.)
Errol Morris' documentary "The Unknown Known," a look at former Secretary of Defense and Iraq war architect Donald Rumsfeld, will also hit the festival trifecta. The director famously profiled another polarizing defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in his 2003 film "The Fog of War"; that movie brought Morris and Michael Williams the Oscar for best documentary. The Rumsfeld film's U.S. release date has not been finalized.
Like Cuarón, director Jonathan Glazer hasn't had a film released in years but is back in Venice with a highly anticipated new work. Glazer, known for 2000's "Sexy Beast" and 2004's "Birth," is unveiling "Under the Skin," starring Scarlett Johansson in an adaptation of Michael Faber's sci-fi novel about an alien (Johansson) disguised as a human on a mysterious mission in Scotland.
The independently financed production, which started filming in late 2011, is looking for a U.S. distributor. Its Venice screening will happen early next week, but Telluride audiences will actually be the first to see it, as it unspools in Colorado on Thursday night. The film will also show in Toronto.
The other prominent Venice titles include "At Berkeley," a documentary from Frederick Wiseman about the University of California campus; "The Armstrong Lie," a documentary by Alex Gibney about disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong; "The Wind," an animated feature from Japan's Hayao Miyazaki about the man who designed the Zero fighter plane; "Joe," David Gordon Green's ex-con drama with Nicolas Cage; "Child of God," writer-director-actor James Franco's adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel; and "The Zero Theorem," Terry Gilliam's drama about a computer hacker (Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz) searching for the meaning of life.
The Venice jury is headed by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci. Among the awards up for grabs are the Golden Lion for best film, Silver Lion for best director, best actress and best actor kudos and a new Grand Jury Prize. The Venice fest will present its Golden Lion for lifetime achievement to William Friedkin, director of "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist."


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The Munich Residenz has been the Bavarian monarch's royal palace in Munich. The first buildings date back to the year 1385. The Residenz has 10 courts. This one is called the cabinet garden.
Munich is the capital of the German state of Bavaria and is Germany's third largest city, located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Black and gold - the colors of the Holy Roman Empire - have been the city's official colors since the time of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.


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For nearly eight years now, Emmanuel Negedu has lived the same routine.
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Padres announce 2013 promotional schedule
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today announced the club's 2013 promotional schedule, including Friday night festivities, Saturday fan giveaways and Military Salute Sundays. Single-game tickets for the 2013 season will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, March 7.
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today announced the club's 2013 promotional schedule, including Friday night festivities, Saturday fan giveaways and Military Salute Sundays. Single-game tickets for the 2013 season will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, March 7.
Petco Park will once again be the place to be on Friday nights in San Diego, with the return of pregame theme parties at the Park at the Park nearly every week. Themes include Ultimate Cookout (April 12), two Beerfest events (May 3, Sept. 6), Wine Festival (Aug. 16) and Hispanic Heritage Night presented by Verizon (Sept. 20). The events may feature food and drink specials starting at 5:00 p.m. New in 2013, every Friday home game will feature live music from local San Diego bands at Park at the Park. Entry to the Friday parties is included with a paid ticket to that night's game.
Three Friday night Retro Nights in 2013 will pay tribute to past Padres teams, including the 1998 National League Championship team (June 14), the Pacific Coast League Padres (July 12) and a 1980's team (May 17), which will be announced at a later date.
Four Friday nights (April 26, July 12, Aug. 23 and Sept. 20) will feature postgame fireworks shows, while Summer Sky Blast will return to Petco Park on Saturday, June 15.
Saturdays are Baseball Nights in San Diego. The 2013 fan giveaway lineup features the return of a fan favorite with the Chase Headley bobblehead presented by FOX Sports San Diego (April 13) and five wearable items – an Opening Day T-shirt presented by Sycuan (April 9), a Padres T-shirt presented by Cymer (May 18), a Padres replica jersey and matching pet bandana presented by Petco (June 1), a Padres ballcap (August 24) and a Padres Fan Appreciation T-shirt (September 26). Popular items like the Padres beach towel presented by COX (May 4) and the Padres rally towel presented by TaylorMade (June 22) round out the giveaway schedule.
Home Sundays this season will continue the tradition of a family-focused day honoring San Diego's military, with 13 Military Salute Sunday games and Sunday Signings every home weekend. Military Opening Day presented by Northrop Grumman is set for Sunday, April 14. In addition to six individual branch appreciation days presented by USAA in 2013, the Padres will bring back Military Spouse Appreciation Day (May 5), Salute to the Military Child (June 16), Salute to Veterans (Aug. 18) and a Military Family Salute presented by USAA (Sept. 22).
On six Tuesdays during the 2013 season (April 23, May 21, June 25, July 30, Aug. 20, Sept. 24), the Padres will salute representatives of San Diego's First Responder community, including Police, Fire-Rescue and Sheriff.
Every Thursday night home game in 2013 is College Night, with specially-priced tickets for college students with a valid student ID.
Single-game tickets for the 2013 season will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, March 7. In the meantime, this Saturday's FanFest presented by State Farm will be the first opportunity for fans to guarantee their seats for some of the biggest match-ups of the 2013 season, including the New York Yankees' first-ever visit to Petco Park. The Padres Budweiser 6 Pack includes the choice of one Yankees game (either Friday Aug. 2 or Sunday Aug. 4), and five additional games, with Opening Day and select other games excluded. The Budweiser 6 Pack is available in three seating locations, with prices starting at $99. The package will be available online, at the Petco Park box office and by phone at 619.795.5555 beginning at 7:30 a.m. on February 9.
The only way for fans to guarantee their seats now for the Padres' 2013 home opener, Tuesday, April 9 vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers, is through a Padres Membership. As is always the case, Blue, Gold and Platinum Members receive the best seats and prices, as well as access to year-round events and discounts. Visit www.padres.com for the complete 2013 schedule.


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Ed Snowden Leaves Hong Kong, Seeks Asylum In Ecuador, As US Officials Flip Out
from the many-fists-were-shaken-impotently-that-day... dept
Edward Snowden had a few options available to him in Hong Kong despite facing extradition for espionage and theft charges. Beyond the appeals process that would have held off the inevitable for several years, there were certain built-in safety nets (the "political offense exception" built into the US-Hong Kong extradition treaty and protections against "inhumane treatment" via the UN) ihat could have seen him avoid extradition altogether.
Those no longer matter as Snowden is on his way to Ecuador, via Moscow and Cuba, accompanied by a member of Wikileaks' legal team. The US government was informed about Snowden's departure roughly five hours after he boarded an Aeroflot plane headed to Moscow. According to the statement released by Hong Kong officials, they had no choice but to let Snowden go.
Edward Snowden has left Hong Kong on his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel, and Hong Kong has informed the US Government of his departure...It's a rarely seen event, but someone has just told the US government, "Your papers are not in order." That's a hell of a thing to wake up to, especially if you're one of the members of the "harmed" parties. (Supposedly Snowden's actions would harm all Americans from the way the anti-whistleblower contingent makes it sound, but really it's just the NSA and the FBI that have been caught with their particulars exposed.)
Since the documents provided by the US Government did not fully comply with legal requirements under Hong Kong law, the Hong Kong Government requested additional information so that the Department of Justice could consider whether the US Government's request met relevant legal conditions.
As the Hong Kong Government did not yet have sufficient information to process the request, there was no legal basis to restrict Mr Snowden from leaving Hong Kong.
Hong Kong officials added one more paragraph to its statement, one which explains why Snowden was given a five-hour head start.
At the same time, it has formally written to the US Government requesting clarification on reports about the hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by US government agencies. It will follow up on the matter, to protect the legal rights of people of Hong Kong.In other words, Hong Kong finds the US government's actions more problematic than Snowden's actions, so have fun catching your boy!
Snowden's escape will be an embarrassment to those who publicly stated their confidence that Hong Kong would comply with the orders.
The White House appears to have been caught flat-footed by the latest manoeuvres. On Saturday, President Obama's national security adviser, Tom Donilon, told CBS news he expected Hong Kong to arrest Snowden because it "has been a historically good partner of the United States in law enforcement matters and we expect them to comply with the treaty in this case".In fact, the US government is looking particularly hapless, what with its stern demands to Hong Kong before Snowden left, followed by similarly pathetic demands to Russia to not let Snowden hop a flight onto his next destination.
So, Snowden is on his way to Ecuador, seeking asylum in the same country that opened up its doors, heart and embassy Hide-a-bed to Julian Assange. His itinerary was hardly direct, but it made stops in nations unlikely to greet him at the airport with handcuffs and a seat on the next flight to the United States. Traveling to Russia and Cuba made it much less likely that someone would "officially" recognize the fact that the US government had revoked Snowden's passport prior to his boarding the flight to Russia. (Of all Snowden's worries, traveling with a revoked passport has to be so far down the list as to be imperceptible.)
He's left behind a wealth of information, all of which the US government would rather have kept secret. A trail of angry politicians and security officials also follow close behind, decrying his every move, including CISPA sponsor Mike Rogers.
"When you look at it, every one of these nations is hostile to the United States," Rogers said on NBC's "Meet the Press."I doubt Snowden sympathizes with oppressive governments, but he does know who's more likely to ignore US pleas, threats or attempted intervention. Considering what's happened to other whistleblowers, the US government looks a bit oppressive itself, at least from Snowden's viewpoint. Still, Rogers thinks Snowden should just come home and get what's coming to him.
"If he could go to North Korea and Iran, he could round out his 'government oppression tour.' So when you think about what he says he wants and what his actions are, it defies logic."
"If he really believed he did something good, he should get on a plane, come back, and face the consequences of his actions," Rogers said.His statement makes no sense. Rogers has already declared Snowden guilty as charged and seems to think Snowden should martyr himself for his cause via the No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Whistleblower Retribution Plan that George Bush and (especially) Barack Obama are so fond of. Whistleblowers like Snowden should "face the consequences" while the government's excesses and overreach should be allowed to continue on unpunished in perpetuity.
There is a potential downside to Snowden's actions. By seeking asylum in a country with a somewhat antagonistic relationship with the US, there's always the possibility that he'll be used as a pawn when politically convenient. Ecuador has already proven it has a rather flexible definition of "asylum," one which allows it to suddenly revoke "refugee" status if certain governments ask nicely. Given the right circumstances, his hosts could decide to offer his freedom in exchange for something it really wants, or to avoid something it doesn't.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Clutter Buster: Catalog Those Magazine Clippings
I am a self-professed magazine addict. It's really out of control but I do read all of them, every month. As a green mama this probably isn't the most green habit either. I realize that and have extreme guilt about it -- but I do recycle them.
When my husband and I were newlyweds he would be exasperated by my pile of magazines in our tiny condo mailbox every month but he was impressed that I read them all so he kept his mouth shut after that. I'm some sort of freaky magazine Rain woMan savant. I absorb random facts, crafts, decorating ideas, recipes and parenting tips from them and can remember stuff I read or saw 10 years ago. Wish I could have done that with something useful in school, like my chemistry or geometry textbooks, but they weren't interesting enough. If Martha Stewart, Family Fun, and Better Homes and Gardens had found a way to present my school work as home decor and craft ideas I would have had a much higher GPA. I aced Art, Photography and Clothing. [Editor's Note: these are the 3 classes I actually use to this day]
I clip out whatever I think I might want to reference later and recycle or pass along the rest of the magazine every month so I don't have shelves full of magazines. I do have one designated shelf for my magazine habit in our guest room. I have binders (with page protectors inside of them) that I file all of my fabulous inspiration into by category. This way I can easily grab a book of ideas whenever I'm working on a holiday project, planning a birthday party, or looking for the perfect organizing tip. Some of my categories include: "Home Projects: So Very Martha", "Halloween", "Birthday Party Ideas", "Parenting", "Winter", "Christmas", "Summer Entertaining", "Cute Craft Ideas", etc.
In case you're curious, here is my list of (14) magazines I have current subscriptions to:
Better Homes and Gardens
Southern Living
Family Fun
Wonder Time
"O" Oprah
Consumer Reports
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Ladies' Home Journal
Woman's Day
Everyday Food
LadyBug (that one is the Frog Princess' subscription)
I also steal my mom's leftover Martha Stewart and Family Circle magazines. You know, in case I run out of stuff to read...
Yeah....it really is out of control.
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Twitter: Social Communication in the Twitter Age
Twitter: Social Communication in the Twitter Age
ISBN: 978-0-745-66510-8 September 2013 Polity 220 Pages
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Twitter has become a household name, discussed both for its role in prominent national elections, natural disasters, and political movements, as well as for what some malign as narcissistic "chatter." This book takes a critical step back from popular discourse and media coverage of Twitter, to present the first balanced, scholarly engagement of this popular medium.
In this timely and comprehensive introduction, Murthy not only discusses Twitter's role in our political, economic, and social lives, but also draws a historical line between the telegraph and Twitter to reflect on changes in social communication over time. The book thoughtfully examines Twitter as an emergent global communications medium and provides a theoretical framework for students, scholars, and tweeters to reflect critically on the impact of Twitter and the contemporary media environment. The book uses case studies including citizen journalism, health, and national disasters to provide empirically rich insights and to help decipher some of the ways in which Twitter and social media more broadly may be shaping contemporary life.
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Figures and Tables viii
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
1 What is Twitter? 1
2 Contextualizing Twitter 14
3 Theorizing Twitter 24
4 Twitter and Journalism 51
5 Twitter and Disasters 70
6 Twitter and Activism 92
7 Twitter and Health 115
8 Conclusion 144
Notes 154
Glossary 159
References 162
Index 184
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"The 200,000 million tweets sent each day have been deserving of serious scholarly attention. Murthy addresses this gap in a pioneering book."
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"A tantalizing, insightful and balanced account of the existing scholarship about the question how Twitter changes our communication practices."
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"For those seeking an introductory approach and who are interested in empirical findings on the four main topics addressed by Murthy, the book offers a start in what will surely become a growing area of investigation for those interested in the sociology of social media."
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"Dhiraj Murthy's Twitter is an excellent overview of the endless spirals of meaning and insignificance that characterize the micro-blogging phenomenon."
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"Dhiraj Murthy's Twitter is a rich and informed consideration of one of the most commonly used sites in the US today. Drawing from multiple perspectives and incorporating literature from sociology, communication, political science, and media studies, Murthy's book includes chapters on the role Twitter plays in reshaping journalism, activism practices, disaster coordination, and the sharing of social support and medical information. Notably, the book pays special attention to historical context, drawing out connections between Twitter and earlier technologies, and using these comparisons to illustrate what is new and what is not so new about this fascinating communication platform. Murthy engages with sophisticated analytical frameworks but does so using accessible language and concrete examples, which will make this volume especially useful in the classroom."
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- The first scholarly consideration of the phenomenon that is Twitter.
- There is a huge amount of scholarly and popular interest in Twitter and this book steps back from the hype to consider its true social, political and communicative import.
- The book is anchored around the argument that we live in a time of 'update cultures'.
- Uses a broad range of examples, from natural disasters such as the Japanese tsunami, through the site's use in social movements like the events surrounding the Arab Spring, and celebrity usage.


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I don't why I'm asking this question on a music forum, except that to some extent SotWers are usually well-informed right about most things & have a story to tell.
Are any of the main UK banks better (or worse) than any others, as of now (Summer 2014). Better alternatives that allow paying over of cheques in person in medium/large UK towns?


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Report #2 on my 2011 genealogy research trip to PanamaExactly a week after visiting the Vallee graves I returned to Corozal with my father's cousin, Enrique, who showed me where my paternal grandfather's siblings and their mother are buried. Sadly, the cemetery is not well cared for and the state of the grave sites range from kinda bad to deplorable. Continue reading
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Nas and Jay-Z were once embroiled in one of the most epic feuds in hip-hop history. But the two have since not only reconciled, but also collaborated, and Nas recently proved that he's not afraid to speak highly of his former foe.
"Hip-hop has a savior in Jay-Z," Nas said during a sit-down chat with Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg while at SXSW last week. "Let me tell you why. As a business man… The fact that he's doing what he's doing is a [wake up] call for all of the Gods and Earths to wake up and understand—this generation is bigger than what we can even fathom. And he is one of the only ones out of the whole community that we grew up with from the Run DMC days, who's taken his shit seriously. Taken his shit very seriously. That's powerful. And you gotta respect that."
Although just five years ago he named his album Hip Hop Is Dead, Nas went on to show love to the state of the game.
"We died to get where we at," he continued. "This generation of hip-hop, we're making a stance; we're saying what we gotta say. We didn't graduate Harvard, we didn't graduate Princeton—nothing against them, they good schools. We're setting trends. Niggas is tastemakers, whatever the fuck that means. We're that, and then some. Because we're all one, it don't matter [if you're] Black, White, Asian, Saudi."
In addition to the lengthy talk with Rosenbger, while down in Austin, Nas also perfomed at the Red Bull Thre3style Party and ACL Live. Last week, the queens MC also dropped his new single, "The Don," off of his upcoming album.
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Whoever said redheads aren't cute clearly never saw a picture of Damian Lewis — because that statement is simply inaccurate. The actor and star of Showtime's 'Homeland' is seriously hot.
On the hit series 'Homeland,' Damian Lewis plays Nicholas Brody, a former marine who goes rogue when he's kidnapped by terrorists and turns on his, uh, homeland. He spends the first two seasons trying to outsmart a sexy but mentally unstable CIA agent, played by Claire Danes, before the two end up working together because apparently USA means nothing to this dude, but having bonkers sex with Claire Danes is totally worth some honor.
Lewis is a British actor, which you might never know if you only saw him on 'Homeland' — his American accent is perfect. He also starred in the recently-released British indie crime comedy 'The Sweeney,' and he played another military man on the HBO mini-series 'Band of Brothers.'
Up next, you can catch Lewis in the new 'Romeo and Juliet' movie, in which he plays Lord Capulet, Juliet's daddy.
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Laird Has Immediate Impact at Receiverby Joceyln Hopkinson '15 • September 28, 2012 Share:
The football team's passing attack has undergone notable personnel changes from last season. Gone are Brady Young '11, John Horn '11, and Wes Chamblee '11, who accounted for 84 percent of the total catches last season. Filling in the void are juniors Sean Hildebrand, Andrew Gibson, and Jon Laird. Laird, however, has stepped up as the team's go-to receiver. He leads the team in catches and receiving yards and is tied for the lead in touchdowns through the first three games.
"If those are my stats, those are my stats," Laird said. "I just wanted to come in here and contribute in any way I could. As long as we're winning and I'm doing my job to help the team achieve its goals I'll be satisfied."
The team's goal, another deep playoff run and ultimately a national title, veered off course last Saturday after a 20-17 overtime loss at home to Allegheny College.
"It wasn't a particular side of the ball or person that cost us to lose," Laird said. "We just didn't come out and execute. Practices haven't been very good. The intensity is low and that showed on Saturday."
Laird is able to find the silver lining, despite the uphill battle the team faces.
"Unfortunately, you learn more from a loss than a win," he said. "The whole season, we haven't been playing to our potential. Maybe losing to Allegheny will turn it around."
Laird is in his first semester at Wabash College. He is a majoring in Rhetoric while obtaining a minor in Economics. Laird has been in a whirlwind ever since he started planning his life after Diablo Valley Junior College.
"Last semester was the worst semester in my life," he said. "In talking with different schools, it was call after call and a scholarship not being this and financial aid not being that. All the jargon and misleading rhetoric was very frustrating."
Laird played football at Diablo Valley and knew he wanted to continue his collegiate career. He had two more requirements: a school with an excellent academic reputation and a football program that believed in family, team, and community, similar to his high school.
He attended De Le Salle High School in Antioch, CA. The bay-area school happens to be an all-male school, even though there is a sister school across the street. Wabash turned out to be exactly what he was looking for to obtain his degree.
"I wanted my college experience to be like my high school experience," Laird said. "It was tight-knit community in high school and I wanted to recapture that."
Even though the team had a need at wide receiver, Laird was the one who contacted Wabash from 2,000 miles away.
"I sent film to every division three school with a football team listed on the Forbes Top 50 Colleges list," he said. "Wabash was ranked 42nd and it was actually out of the picture until Coach Morel called."
Don Morel is the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach this season. He is also from the Golden State and had an important effect on Laird's decision to come here.
"I developed a real good relationship with him," Laird said. "He sold everything Wabash stands for: the academics, the alumni, and then of course the football program too. Coach Morel was also great at serving as a middle man between my family and the school. My mom and dad trusted him and I trusted him enough to commit here even though I never visited."
Laird's first visit to campus was a few days before camp started in August. His father, Tom, drove him all the way out here and stayed a couple of nights before driving back alone. Laird choked up when he shared details about the experience with his father.
"It was an experience I never really had with my dad before," Laird said. "He opened up to me and talked about how proud he was of me. I have never really seen that side of him."
Laird's voice continued to crack when he expressed his appreciation for both of his parents.
"I'm just real grateful for how much my mom and dad have done for me throughout my whole life," he said. "They've made sacrifices to send me to De La Salle and Wabash. They could have told me I'm going to a state school, but they sacrificed for me to go hear and to make an investment in my future. It's something I greatly appreciate."
When Laird and his dad arrived in Crawfordsville, he started learning about Indiana and the Midwest. Some things were not as he expected.
"I just thought Indiana was 'honkey-tonk' and Nascar," he said with a chuckle. "I learned Midwesterners are salt-to-the-Earth kind of people and very patriotic. They take life at a slower pace and appreciate the little things. You don't see that much in California where everything is fast-paced."
Laird has faced many challenges here, both on and off the field.
"Classes are obviously more difficult here coming from a Junior College," he said. "I have done a great job managing time though. I've learned to seek out advice early in the semester. I know if I do it too late, I won't be able to catch up with my grades. Professor (Jennifer) Abbot has been especially helpful with my rhetoric papers."
The mental challenge has presented itself on the field too. Laird had to learn an offense that involves all kind of concepts, hand signals, and different terminology.
"I worked with the freshmen early in camp to learn the playbook and complete orientation tasks," he said. "It's a very complex offense and I'm playing different receiver positions. This actually helps because it allows me to absorb the whole offense and have a better understanding of the passing concepts."
Other offensive players have helped Laird pick up the plays. He's leaned on them for advice about opponents. When the team travels, Laird shares a room with quarterback Chase Belton.
"Chase has helped me a lot with the offense," Laird said. "We're always trying to dissect what plays we can run to expose the defense. It's great sharing our ideas back and forth. The entire team really has been special. I go into the cafeteria and it doesn't matter what guys are in Sparks; I'll sit down and eat dinner with whoever is there. It makes me feel at home."
Of course, much is different from his home. Laird misses his family the most.
"The biggest thing for me since I've been gone is not seeing my mom, dad, and sister after games. I would hug my mom after games and talk to my dad about what happened. It's tough when I see other families taking pictures with their sons. Even though I've developed a close enough relationship with some of these guys and their families that they've taken me in like their own, it's never the same. But I know my family is watching."
Laird will have a different post-game experience for Wabash's 100th homecoming game against Carnegie Mellon. His mom, Diana, and sister, Jacqueline, will make the trip over here and be waiting for him with open arms after the contest.


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Wherein our hero loses his honor
Frey was done perfectly, perhaps even better than on the page. One of the reasons I am liking the HBO series over the books--the actors can work their magic with the lines and story already laid out.
The worst thing about this series is that the season is almost over. However, I don't recall that Tyrion made such a poor showing during the battle in the book. Pretty sure that he rode into battle, and did pretty well considering - before he was wounded. Not sure why the hbo series has him getting knocked out by his own men...
I don't think I'm getting Tyrion's exploits mixed up with the Battle at King's Landing, but it's possible.
-'Wherein our hero loses his honor'-
Blah... if anything, Ned lost it when he lied after coming back from Tower of Joy : P
Both times he lies for love tho, so to hell with honor.
EDIT: Even if he didn't lie then, (a lot of people will disagree) fathering a bastard child is sooo honorable, eh? Yeah, no.
Tyrion did participate in that battle in the book, I belive he even took a knight prisoner (mostly luck, but what the hell). I interpreted the scene in this episode as him getting knocked out just before the battle AND getting knocked out AGAIN during the battle. That being said, when I think about it again, it does look like he simply "slept" through the whole thing.
However, this episode highlights the one glaring weakness of HBO productions: They always skip the battle scenes if at all possible. Take a look at Rome or The Tudors - the always cut off before a battle, at most we might see a few blurred images of it, and then it cuts back in to the battlefield strewn with corpses. They skipped two battles in this episode, the one where Tywin massacres the northeners and the one where Jaime gets captured.
This makes me slightly concerned for the second season, since a good chunk of it is all about the battles and the climax of the book is the big freaking battle for King's Landing which can't really be skipped without gutting the book...
Battles are expensive. GoT has a budget of something like 60-80 million for 10 episodes. LotR had several hundred million for a couple of hours.
I was annoyed that the battles got cut out too, as well as the re-arranging of the storyline in order to create a cliff hanger/shocking ending but I can forgive them for both. The former because budget constraints are always a problem (and hopefully season 2 will have a much better budget), the second because it made better television for those who are yet to read the books.
I must say though, the scene with Tyrion, Bronn, Shae, the drinking game and Tyrion's story is much better than the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well, to be fair, even the books gloss over the battles. Tywin's battles to which you refer are only mentioned after the fact, and even the Whispering Wood is only given a couple pages, and that from Catelyn's perspective. Really, this isn't a hack-n-slash fantasy series ala R.A. Salvatore (i'd actually debate calling it fantasy at all, but that's just me...). It's far more about characters and intrigue.
Couple of hours? Each of those movies was over 3 hours I thought??
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That's 11 1/2 hours.... that's longer than A Game of Thrones.... But yeah, if they keep doing all the books for A Song of Fire and Ice, I see what you mean!
There are actually a lot of theories about that (read: 3), the most convincing of which isn't what you think. Summarised best here, if you don't mind spoilers:
OT: Damn. That scene...it cut deep, man, that was a tear-jerker!
Also I agree with the chappie up there, if they skip the climactic battle of CoK, I will be really, really disappoint HBO.
Thanks - I remember that scene better now. I never noticed how HBO was gutting battle scenes before, but you're absolutely correct. I guess we'll have to wait a year to see how they manage to pull of the second season. But I don't see any real way for them to cut out all the fighting at King's Landing.
Arya was my favorite character in the books (which I stopped reading after the third because GRRM couldn't be bothered to write them in a reasonable timeframe); but Tyrion has been my favorite character in the HBO production. So it's disappointing when they cut his scenes.
That's exactly what I think, choice III. But yeah, didn't want to spoil it for others just in case. Cool link, thanks!
In which case,
I think 3 too, I feel like a fool for not having picked up on it sooner!
You don't think telling that lie looses honor?
Should be actually about the same.
Counting deleted scenes/extended scenes as well as the Extended Editions of LOTR, both GOT and LotR should come in at about 10 hours, give or take.
That said, it's still a difference between in terms of budget. You can do just so much more with 285 Million Dollars (estimated) than with less than one hundred million dollars.
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Did i overread that, or was there no mention about the Blind Maester at the Wall revealing that he is a Targaryan (sp?) and taught Jon Snow from his own experience of how he has to decide between duty/honor and love?
Well, I think that
Perhaps think it's not such a clear-cut issue. It's shades of grey, really - I'd say that of the two options,is probably the better moral choice
With out a doubt the better choice both times I say.
Both times he lied to save a child.
I say Ned's Honor is fine.
Huzzah for Ned!
That is until now. It's all the worse that he dishonoured himself at the end, he couldn't even save Westeros from warfare in doing it. Damn it Boromir!
There is a special place in Hell for people like Joeffery.
i was wondering if it was deffinatly Ned who got killed since in the book and the tv they make a point of not showing him accepting but that got cut off when he recognised yoren and arya. Bit strange that tyrion got kncoked out at the beginning of the battle considering he kills several people and captures a knight in the book the seige of kings landing is going to come abit out of left feild now
And when I was reading Game of Thrones back in the days, the death of Ned was spoiled (by accident) for me by my dear friend :D
The end of "Baelor" made me cry, I've been enjoying the series so much that I didn't realise how invested I'd gotten in the characters..I hope Joffrey gets what's coming to him, damn brat -_-
Where exactly was I requesting that every episode have a long, drawn out bloodbath? Of course the series is about intrigue, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a good killing every now and then. As for the series itself, it wouldn't be too much to hope for a nice juicy battle scene near the end of the season, is it? The battles don't get the spotlight in the books, but they also aren't exactly skipped entirely.
And if they can make time for a 5 minute lesbian scene so Littlefinger can lay down some exposition and background, then by gods they can make time for a minute or two of wholesale slaughter!
Also, I'm a bit pissed they left out the plot angle about Sansa betraying her father...
I haven't read the books (I feel I should now), so I did not know what was coming at the end (funnily enough I just misspelt "end" as "ned"....yeah), but it was awesome. A very moving scene I thought, especially when that guy (I don't know his name...) grabs Arya and was shouting "don't look!". Also, Jack Gleeson, who plays Joffrey, is doing a fantastic job - I hate his character, and that says a lot for his acting talent. Fair play to him.
This series if definitely one of the best I've ever seen. I'm not that fussed about skipping the big battles - again, I didn't read the books so I don't really know what I'm missing - but the little 1 on 1s and stuff like that they have suit me fine. Assuming, though, that there is a big battle at the end or some sort, I hope we get to see that.
Also, big gutted that one of my favourite characters is gone. And Sean Bean, I think, is a tremendous actor.
This is what I wanted to hear. I was really curious whether or not the surprise would translate into the live version or not. I'm happy that it did.
I eagerly await to read about your or anyone's reactions to the series future blindsides. They are cruel and glorious.
(Wait... does that make them gruel??)
I had just read the battle and was wondering how they might gloss it over and while i was a bit annoyed I found very funny when he makes his big speech and is immediately knocked out by his own men
A friend of mine who has read the books said don't get too attached to any of the characters...haha.
I read the first three before I gave up due to the publishing delays... But I'm wondering the same thing - if I should give them another chance. Book 5 is coming out soon; and it's probably a safe bet that HBO wouldn't take on the series without some sort of guarantee that GRRM will get of his ass and write.
Plenty of people who have read the entire series so far? What's the verdict?
Exactly the same thing happened to me. I take it as GRRM basically saying, "you know those fantasy novels where the noble, honourable guy suffers for his honour but in the end is vindicated? Yeah, this isn't one of those." The grim & gritty isn't just an aesthetic for Martin--he's committed to it.
Well, as a huge Sean Bean fan, I knew that except for Sharpe, Bravo Two-Zero and Ronin (which was a subversion of his usual "heavy" roles), he usually gets typecast in two types of roles: villains (GoldenEye, National Treasure), or noble but doomed heroes (Equilibrium). As Boromir he even got to do both in the same movie (his death scene in Fellowship is one of the few times a movie ever brought me to tears). But he tends not to live to the end of the story.
So when I saw he was cast as Eddard Stark, I thought, "Damn, he'll be dead by the end of the season. But damn if they didn't cast the finest possible actor for that role." I felt pretty good about the production after that, and am really happy to see HBO didn't disappoint.
Great episode.The portrayal of Walder Frey and the Twins was spot on I thought.Just a couple of things that didn't sit right with me though
1.Tyrion being knocked out really seemed like a bad excuse not to show the battle.As several others have mentioned he killed several men and captured a knight before being injured.Not showing that seems like a disservice to his character as he proves in the books that depite his stature he's capable of fighting when necessary
2.The diversionary army.Robb talks about sending 2000 men to their graves and while in the books they were defeated they were not wiped out yet there is no mention of survivors in the show.This army goes on to later capture Harrenhal(also I'm pretty sure it was larger than 2000 in the books)
3.No mention of Roose Bolton who led the second army.A man picked by Robb because "he frightens me".Bolton may be a minor character but he does have a significant role to play later on
The most epic reaction to Ned's death:
I haven't read the books, but what keeps the show going is that it takes quite unexpected twists and turns, that pretty much rules out any possibility of guessing who dies next. I mean who would have thought that the mighty Drogo would be put down by what looked like a scratch. Good stuff, I'm glad Escapist has coverage of the series, good to read other people's feelings about the latest developments.
Just wanted to say thanks for the;
"In case that's not crystal clear, there are spoilers in here for both the rest of the TV show and the book series so please, tread carefully if you don't want to know the future events of either"
wanted to have another look at what you written an this dissuaded me cause have not read the books, know i complained before about not enough warning, so cheers! nobody can complain now! nice that you obviously listened to either me or others.
For #2 they really simplified the battle strategy here. In HBO Rob simply sent 2000 men to their deaths as a diversion, while the rest went after Jamie. The weakness here is it's not going to take 30,000 long to beat 2000, so at best it should do little more than slow Tywin down by an hour or two. Then what's worse, there is now no longer an army standing between Tywin and the North. Roose Bolton on the other hand will certainly be cast for season two, I'm guessing they'll make them be a few hundred survivors that stick around to harass Tywin until they can take Harrenhall.
Now the more complex but legit strategy Robb used in the book, he didn't send 2000 men against tywin, he sent 18,000 (remember they gained 3000-4000 soldiers from Lord Frey). Hey sent his entire infantry against Tywin, led by the cunning Roose Bolton with orders to more or less play it safe, poke the lion then retreat. This creates a real threat to keep Tywin in place. To Riverrun, he Robb lead all of his calvary. First they faked a small raiding party, knowing that Jamie would be itching for a fight and would lead a small force out to personally take care of the pests. This was the battle of the Whispering Woods, where Robb ambushed and annihilated Jamie. With the head cut off they then launched a quick surprise attack on each of the 3 isolated Lannister encampments besieging Riverrun. I'd imagine they could take two by surprise, and by the time the 3rd knew what was going on the defenders could sally forth from the castle for a pincer attack.
So it's far better in the book, but I'm not going to complain as that's the nature of TV to simplify these things.
I hope they save up money for next year specifically for Blackwater.
You just blew my mind!
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