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Queensland Crew DESPERADO Triumph At Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011
29 August 2011
Noel Leigh-Smith Desperado AUS 582 triumphs in the Melges 32's at the 2011 Audi Hamilton Island Race Week by a single point over Stephen Girdis Funnelweb AUS 323 second and Angus Reid Maxstar AUS 158 in third place.
Saturday, day seven the final day of racing was a complete glass out, all racing cancelled by 11.30 am providing an early pack up for the Melges 32 fleet ready for the barge back to Airlie Beach.
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011 provided a range of conditions from 30 knot South Easterly winds to very light. The second half of the week consisted of four Windward / Leeward races in Dent Passage on day five out the front of a large crowd of spectators at Hamilton Island Yacht Club.
Racing finished on day six with the Long Island Passage Race. Minutes separated the Melges 32 fleet after a four hour race through the spectacular tropical Whitsunday Islands. First place boat Maxstar overlapped Anthony Passmore PlanitAUS 183 on the finish line and six boat lengths behind was Stephen O'Rourke Panther (Red) AUS 700.
Consistency paid in the end with an awesome effort by the Desperado crew including; Noels son Ben Leigh-Smith, Phil Kellond-Knight as Tactician, Jabin Crisp, Wayne Horne, Josh Torpy, Ben Downey. As well winning the eventDesperado won the award for the most pimped up M32 trailer, raising the bar.
Included in the Audi Hamilton Island Race week was the first event in the inaugural Australasian Cup Series 2011 – 2012. Stephen Girdis Funnelweb secured first place in the Series with seven of the ten races at Hamilton Island counted. The next event, The East Coast Championships in November at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club is sure to be a showcase of more thrilling Melges 32 OD racing.
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My interests vary, but I love mysteries.
Well folks, as you have guessed it, I have been reading a book again. Well, I confess more than one book this summer. That is just the way it is for my book reading summer days. After work, I do enjoy reading, it relaxes me so much because I don't watch too much television, there just isn't much on that interest me too much so I just grab a book and start reading.
My interests vary, but I love mysteries. I enjoy Nora Roberts, Heather Graham and her ghost stories. I do enjoy Danielle Steele very much and I have read several books of hers. I enjoy the non-lawyer books of John Grisham and he had a number of non-lawyer books. Calico Joe is my favorite of all.
Over two months ago, I was given a book at the local library on the Lindbergh kidnapping, entitled "Cemetery John." I have always enjoyed the fascination of that kidnapping 75 years ago. It had everything in it that still intrigues the American spirit. It has plenty of notoriety, such as a high profile characters, money, risk, ransom plot, a cast of characters, a hint of conspiracy and the death of a 2-year-old baby.
This event shocked the nation and the world. How on earth could this happen right before everyone's eyes with people in the house? It had to be an inside job. That was all there was to it. That was the pretense of the investigation early on and believe me they went after the help full force. They were so cruel to the help that one of the innocent persons eventually killed herself.
This book reveals it all and exposes three people, who were involved in this conspiracy to kidnap the Lindbergh baby for ransom and get away with it. That was the intention and believe me two of those people did. It took the third to get caught and take the blame all by himself. This all took a total of two years for the money trail to come back to Bruno Hauptman. He was accused and convicted in the trial full of everything you can imagine.
Before everyone knew it, Hauptman was accused as the lone kidnapper and two people virtually got away with the kidnapping. Robert Zorn reveals two brothers, who were never caught and were concealed by the refusal of Hauptman to reveal them to the authorities. Zorn places a plausible piece together to reveal the plot of the "Crime of the Century."
The book, written by Zorn, reveals the complexity of the "Trial of the Century" and the three characters involved with new insights, profiling, which was not heard of then, new photographs and new evidence. This book was very interesting and thought solving to say the least. There were two new characters that no one else had heard of, such as two brothers who had everything to live for, money and a desire for a business.
The trail was full of "circus atmosphere" at the time, a prejudiced defense attorney, who just knew that his client was guilty, a prejudiced jury from the start and a press who just knew that Hauptman did this incredibly hard task all alone. This is what made the public hang on the every word of the radio broadcasts of the day, before television cameras and day-to-day testimony on the television.
I truly enjoy cold cases to read and see if I believe that the ones who did it got away with murder. Usually they don't until someone reveals the results and majority of the time, the crime is solved and either everyone is dead or the crime is long forgotten. In this case of the Lindbergh kidnapping, the three, I think are exposed and the crime is solved. Yes, two brothers walked around untouched and their conspirator and friend was executed for the murder and kidnapping. It is wonderful reading.

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Manila, Ark., cotton producer David Wildy isn't saying he's on the right track with his precision agriculture program; 10 years of experimentation has taught him better. But he's starting to realize that targeting his variable-rate applications toward high-cost inputs such as seed and fertilizer have the potential to save a lot of money.
Wildy, speaking at InfoAg Mid-South 2007 in Starkville, Miss., currently uses a Veris mapping cart to detect soil differences and aerial imagery to capture plant biomass variability, and he has implemented numerous studies on variable-rate applications for plant growth regulator, defoliant and seed, while looking into on-off applications for nematicides and insecticides.
Wildy wasn't long out of the gate in 1996 when grid sampling detected tremendous variation in phosphorus, potassium and pH on his farm. "The pH ranged from 4.7 to 7.0, which meant that our composite samples on a lot of fields were showing no need for lime."
In fact, of 21 grid-sampled fields, only five would have called for lime when using a composite sampling method. "But our grid sampling called for lime on parts of all 21 fields. We put lime on those portions of the fields, spending $2.33 an acre. Putting out a flat rate on the five fields would have cost us $7.11 per acre. We also saved about $5 an acre with variable-rate fertilization versus a flat rate."
Some low-cost inputs don't show as much of a cost benefit for Wildy, especially when he includes the cost of gathering precision information. "When I first started doing precision agriculture, I thought that variable-rate applications of plant growth regulator would really be a salvation for us because our cotton is so variable in growth. We did make cotton a little more uniform, but data for the last two years indicates that we aren't saving anything."
Wildy says PGRs are so inexpensive today that there's not as much of a potential for savings. In fact, the savings hardly pay for the cost of the imagery that Wildy uses to establish his management zones, although the imagery can be used for other purposes.
There is more potential for savings with boll openers and defoliants, Wildy notes, primarily because they're more expensive. "The benefit is going to be field specific. In some years we have weaker areas of a field that almost defoliate themselves and certainly there we can have some savings. But in other years, when the weaker areas still have leaves, it takes a boll opener to get it open. So the rates needed vary much from year to year and field to field. It's not always cut and dry."
Wildy stresses that growers and consultants should avoid variable-rate applications of insecticides, which can occur when an insecticide is piggybacked with a variable-rate application of PGRs.
"I agree with entomologists that the best way to build resistance is with sub-lethal doses of insecticide. I don't think we're doing the right thing by putting out variable-rate insecticides. The applications need to be either on or off. There is some equipment coming that will allow us to do some injection of insecticide and that will be helpful."
Insecticide termination by zone offers another possibility for savings, according to Wildy. For example when fields are plant-mapped for COTMAN, field corners in a center pivot-irrigated field as well as other areas under the pivot often exhibit different growth curves, meaning they will be safe from insects at different times.
"Even if you have a plant bug infestation that is field-wide, if you can identify it by zones, you can possibly eliminate zones that are safe. This has to be done through an aerial image. Whether we have the time or the manpower to scout it is something we're going to have to work out."
Wildy believes the greatest potential for savings is with variable seeding. "We're paying for a whole lot of crop upfront in seed cost. It's the highest input item we have. But with the variability we have across the field, we certainly know that we can't have the correct population everywhere.
"A bag of seed today of B2RF (Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex) will cost you about $102. We found that if we cut our seeding rate by half a seed per foot from 3.5 seeds per foot to 3 seeds per foot over my entire farm, it reduces my seed costs by $110,000.
"Are we going to use precision agriculture to save a dollar or two per acre on plant growth regulator or should we be looking at the highest input items? We need to see if we're going to hurt our yields by going to 3 or 2.5 seeds per foot? If we maintain yields, there are a lot of dollars there."
Wildy's research compared yield performance at 2, 3 and 4 seeds per foot across several zones. "Three seeds per foot had the best yield fieldwide, but we think we can refine that even more by looking at different rates in different zones.
"If you divide the field in three zones and you have 2, 3 and 4 seeds per foot in each of the Veris zones and image zones, 2 seeds per foot had the best return per acre across all zones. If I plant 2 seeds per foot instead of 4, that's over $220,000 I can save."
Wildy notes that some tweaking may be required to reap savings from targeting high-cost inputs. Recently he studied on-off applications of Telone fumigant based on a threshold of 250 nematodes per sample. "We increased yield 53 pounds per acre with the application, but by the time we figured in the sampling costs and bought the Telone, we lost $16 an acre. So the landlord appreciated it, but it didn't work out well for the grower."
Wildy believes there is potential for savings when variable-rate applications are based on soil type information gathered by a Veris mapping cart, according to studies he conducted with the University of Arkansas in 2005 and 2006.
On a 160-acre block, the mapping cart, which correlates soil electrical conductivity to soil type, was used to draw soil zones so Telone could be applied to the sandier portions of the field.
Wildy put in three treatments and each treatment had 10 replications. "If you're going to do research, be sure to quantify your results. You can't just observe that a certain treatment made more than it did last year. You can't even compare one side of the pivot to the other side. You have to put in replications to help you decide if it's working or not, because you're spending a lot of money doing it."
Wildy put out a check, a flat rate of 3 gallons of Telone and site-specific applications of Telone. The site-specific zones yielded an average of 93 pounds over the check. The flat rate of 3 gallons per acre had a 113-pound increase over the check.
"The flat rate produced our best yield, but our best economic value came from the site-specific application. On our flat rate treatment, we had an increase in net returns of $2,600 on the field compared to our site-specific treatment of $3,500. It looks interesting enough that I want to look at it some more."
In fact, Wildy and his crew are building a site-specific nematicide applicator that rides on a Paratill. "This spring, we plan to apply nematicide on about 300 acres, with soil variability data gathered from the Veris rig."
Wildy stresses that he still has a lot to learn about the technology. "To me we are just on the cutting edge, just now seeing the tip of the iceberg of all the things we're going to have to figure out."


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Things were starting to go bump in the night in the Houdini Seance Chamber at the Magic Castle, the private club in Hollywood that is the headquarters of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Medium Misty Lee, who also appears at the castle as an illusionist, was attempting to contact the legendary escape artist and master magician Harry Houdini, who died on Halloween in 1926 at age 52 of peritonitis, the result of a ruptured appendix.
"Harry, we have waited all night to see your face," she proclaimed as creepy, piped-in music got louder in the intimate room.
"Will you manifest yourself tonight?" she asked.
PHOTOS: Magic Castle's Houdini Seance
The "voice" of his late wife, Bess Houdini, cried out in the darkness: "It's not Houdini coming through! It's a fraud."


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Dipper measures 12.5"H.
Brent Geppert
Brent has always been fascinated by fish. Fish sticks were a favorite childhood meal. (His palate has since evolved to prefer grilled fish with a squeeze of lemon.) Snorkeling is a favorite pastime. Brent's favorite fish is the triggerfish, but he prefers it's Hawaiian name humuhumunukunukuãpua'a


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|This wonderful Los Angeles based artist opens her first show in San Francisco - Echo Test. The show runs till Oct 10, 2009.
Mel Kadel
66 Gough St. San Francisco
Mon-Fri 3-6pm & Sat 12-6pm
9/10 - 10/10/09
Echo Test, the first San Francisco solo exhibition of new pen-and-ink drawings by Los Angeles based artist Mel Kadel, opens Thursday Sept 10th at Fecal Face Dot Gallery 7-10pm (66 Gough St). Kadel will be showing both large and small scale drawings in combination with wall painting. Arranged in non-traditional clusters, her drawings will display as a quilt of images, playing off each other to transform the gallery into quasi- psychedelic mélange of color and pattern. Works as small as 6"x9" and up to 44"x44" will be available, as well a specially recorded four song EP entitled, 'Stop That Dreaming', by Los Angeles band ((Sounder)) with original cover-art by Mel Kadel. The limited edition of 100 physical copies (signed and numbered Kadel) will be available at the reception and an electronic version will be available for download on Fecalface.com. Kadel, along with artists Travis Millard and Michael Sieben can be heard singing on the track 'Oh Darkness Looming.' ((sounder)) is the music project of artist/video director Mike Aho.
Christopher Norris, Alexis Mackenzie, and John Casey
Kelly Lynn Jones we've known pre Fecal Face days. Check her site. Really great work.
Travis Millard and Adam Flores
Lynzy gallery director for Fifty24SF hammin' it up. She rules.
Alika Cooper (right) just opened a great show in SF @Mark Wolfe
Andreas Trolf, Isabelle, and Jeremy Fish
Andrew from Ever Gold Gallery with friend
Rich Jacobs and family... Albert Reyes & Rich's show is running now at White Walls. We'll have some photos up on the site this week.
Aaron from Upper Playground
Why do I crave a PBR right now?!
And this is the second that the neighborhood lights went out...
buy cozy
Quick... Light some candles.
so we got some candles going and then...
the lights came back on. That was a first.
Narangkar Glover is showing right now at Blankspace Gallery in Oakland
Mariah Gardner and Dave Franklin
Fish and Mike Aho
Monster Children Gallery out of Sydney in the FFDG. Very nice meeting you guys. Can't wait to get out to Australia.
Some Trippe & Fish
Travis Millard & Aiyana Udesen
These last photos are from supermissy.
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By Nichols College Sports Information
DUDLEY, Mass. – An interception and its ensuing run back with 1:21 remaining in the game secured Nichols College's 31-19 victory over MIT in a New England Football Conference (NEFC) Boyd Division game on Saturday. The Bison improved to 2-2 on the year and 1-0 in division play while the Engineers' ledger lowered to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in Boyd Division action.
MIT senior running back DeRon Brown led all rushers with 178 yards on 27 carries to go along with a pair of touchdowns. Nichols' offensive production was led by 167 rushing yards from senior running back Robert Morris, who scored a touchdown on 29 carries. Senior receiver Anthony Pillari totaled 127 receiving yards on just nine catches, highlighted by a 60-yard reception in the second quarter.
After Lawrence Scott sacked MIT starting quarterback Kyle Johnson on third and goal at the Bison's eight early in the first quarter, Peter Gilliland's 27-yard field goal attempt clanged off the left upright.
Morris and Pillari then set up the Bison's eight-play, 62-yard scoring drive, with Morris collecting his longest run of the day, a 45-yarder, and Pillari connecting with sophomore quarterback Sean Smith-Vaughn for an 18-yard pass to set up the Bison at the eight-yard line. MIT drove Nichols back to the eight before Dave Wyrick nailed a field goal, the Bison's first attempt of the season.
MIT answered right back as Brian Doyle returned the kickoff 13 yards to set up sophomore quarterback Sean Kelly on a 28-yard pass play to Mike Fitzgerald. From the Nichols 43, Brown carried it the rest of the way on the next play to score his first of the day. The Bison's Jonathon Merjuste blocked Gilliland's kick, and MIT held its only lead of the day, 6-3, with 37 seconds left in the quarter.
Nichols broke open the game in the second quarter as it recorded a trio of scores, including two from senior receiver Mike Seiger. Smith-Vaughn found Seiger in the end zone on third and goal from the MIT two yard line to cap a 10-play, 59-yard drive that spanned just over five minutes at the start of the second quarter before junior safety Brandon Wallace intercepted the ball at the Bison 29 to bring the offense back on the field after just three plays.
Seiger again was Smith-Vaughn's final target, this time snagging a 23-yard pass to finish off a nine-play, 69-yard drive which gave Nichols a 17-6 lead after another Wyrick kick.
The Bison stalled the Engineers at the Nichols 35 as Bill Hassett made the tackle on fourth and two before Smith-Vaughn connected with Pillari for a 60-yard catch to push Nichols up to first and goal at the MIT four yard line. Morris pushed his way through on the next play and Wyrick's kick was good for a 24-6 Bison lead just 45 seconds later.
Brown escaped the Bison defense to sprint the ball 30 yards ahead on the Engineers' next possession, and Kelly connected with Fitzgerald for a 37 yard pass to bring MIT to the one yard line with 30 seconds on the clock. Brown dove over the top of the pile for his second score of the day with 19 seconds left in the half to narrow the gap to 24-13.
Wallace had another interception in the third quarter and looked to set up another Nichols scoring drive, but the ensuing pass play from Smith-Vaughn was picked off by Corey Garvey, who returned it eight yards to midfield where the Engineers were forced to punt.
A Morris fumble set up MIT's final scoring drive midway through the fourth quarter, after which Kelly again used Fitzgerald as a target for a 32-yard completion, driving to the Nichols two-yard line and then finding Nate Forbes for the score, a three-yarder, with 6:30 left in the game. MIT went for two, but the attempt failed, leaving the Engineers trailing, 24-19.
Wilbert White picked off Kelly on MIT's final possession and returned it from the Engineers' 48 for the Bison's final score with 1:21 left to play. With Wyrick's kick, the Bison finished the game, 31-19, after holding MIT to the Nichols 44 on its final possession.
For the Engineers, Kelly completed 16 of 27 attempts for 183 yards while Fitzgerald totaled 137 yards on seven catches. In addition to kicking duties, Gilliland led the Engineers with nine tackles (three solo) and 2.5 for a loss of five yards, while Will Gibson recorded 12 (four solo), and 1.5 for a loss of five yards and a sack.
Smith-Vaughn completed 16 of 27 passes for 192 yards, throwing two touchdowns and an interception. Seiger's two touchdown receptions were accomplished on just three catches for 34 yards. Wyrick was perfect in kicking situations, all four of his PAT attempts and a field goal. Defensively, Hassett tied a career best with 13 tackles (six solo) and 2.5 for a loss of five yards, while Scott posted 12, (four solo), 1.5 for a loss of five yards and a sack. The Bison defense combined for 95 tackles, six sacks and three interceptions on the day.
Nichols travels to Endicott next Saturday for a noon Boyd Division game. MIT hosts UMass-Dartmouth at 1 p.m. for a conference tilt.
Nichols Defense Stops Late Drive, Defeats MIT, 31-19
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James V. Craig papers, 1968-1991 | Morse Department of Special Collections
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Scope and Contents: This collection includes publications, photographs, one video cassette, one record, and class notes from James V. Craig from 1968-1991. Publications include reprints of articles written by Craig. Photographs include pictures of animals and experiments conducted in the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry. Class notes include notes from classes taught by Craig (ASI 730 and ASI 840). Notes also include material from Animal Behavior. Additional topics include genetics, pigs, poultry, and dogs.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Led by a balanced attack, the Springfield College women's basketball team upped its record to 2-0 in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play by defeating MIT, 54-36, this afternoon at Blake Arena. Kelly Murphy led the Pride, now 2-4 overall, with 11 points.
MIT is 4-3 overall, 1-1 in the NEWMAC.
Murphy, a junior guard from Mechanicville, N.Y., topped the Pride with her 11 points. She also had three rebounds, two assists, and one steal, while shooting 4-of-6 from the floor, and 3-of-4 from 3-point range. Playing 19 minutes, she was the only double-figure scorer for SC.
Right behind Murphy was junior forward Kelly Slattery with nine points and six rebounds. Two SC players contributed eight points each. They were senior guard Abby Connors and sophomore guard Colleen Dignum. Dignum was also 2-for-3 from 3-point range, and provided a spark off the bench.
Two others who especially contributed were sophomore forward Emily Walker with seven points and a game-high 13 rebounds, and sophomore guard Meghan Biondolillo with six points and three assists.
As a team, Springfield shot just 32.8 percent from the floor, but was better from behind the arc, going 8-for-18 for a .444 percentage. MIT, meanwhile, shot just .260 overall (13-for-50), and .133 from 3-point range (2-for-15). Each team pulled down 43 rebounds. But MIT turned it over 21 times, while SC committed just 12 turnovers.
The Engineers were led by freshman forward Sydney Beasley with 10 points. She also had five rebounds. Freshman guard Tamara Pena certainly rebounded well, leading her squad with 10, although she went 0-for-7 from the field. Senior forward Kristen Whaley scored eight points, while sophomore forward Stephanie Cooke finished with six points.
This was a game where MIT never led, although there was one tie at 8-8. When Dignum nailed a 3-pointer with 10:17 left in the first half, that gave SC the lead for good. Beginning with that field goal, Springfield outscored MIT, 20-10, for the remainder of the half, which was capped off by a 3-pointer from Murphy with five seconds left.
The Pride led by as many as 23 points in the second half when Emily Walker made a lay-up with 10:35 remaining. MIT managed to cut it to 14 points, at 50-36, with 2:51 left. But that was as close as the Engineers would come.
Up next, Springfield hosts WPI in further NEWMAC action Tuesday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Blake Arena. MIT will continue conference play at Babson College on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
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Yes, you are reason, mind can't be calm by definition, because it's a process, in perpetual mouvement.tiltbillings wrote: You can get a speller-checker with a Google tool bar. It would help.
The point here is that mano, as with the other two, is a conditioned, conditioning functioning process, and what we would call "mind" is either mano or citta or viññāṇaṃ, which are terms used to talk about the same conditioned/conditioning causally arisen process in different contexts. Your above "Some" sentence is a bit confused. Do you know what a "dhamma" is in relation to 'mind' [citta] or 'mentality' [mano] or 'consciousness [viññāṇaṃ]?
- But that which is called 'mind' [citta] and 'mentality' [mano] and 'consciousness [viññāṇaṃ] arises as one thing and ceases as another . . . . -- S II 95 CDB i 595.
If the "mind" goes from a calm state to one affected by greed, hatred, and delusion, it is not pure, it is not really pure even in the "calm state." The conditioning factors of greed, hatred, and delusion are still present. It is only when the process we call the "mind" is free of greed, hatred, and delusion -- destroyed by insight -- is the "mind" truly pure.
So wat is calm, and what is pure?
IMO, greed, hatred and delusion are destroyed by detachement.
Insight = detachement?
Question is: why there is detachement? - Because of dukkha?
Detachement of what from what? - Of permanence from annica ? (of unborn from born (Ud.))
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Today is Monsoon Paper day. I'm not teaching it, I just get to make it so it can be photographed, step by step. I'm so excited, because Monsoon Papers have come a long way since I started making them in the thrashing summer rains in Phoenix. Now I can make them indoors, in any weather, add glitz, glitter and glaze, and even fix the occasional tears in the papers. So it's going into the book! (And yes, that is a Monsoon Paper towel in the photo)
The photo shoot has been great so far. Lots of laughing and story telling (you already knew I was a yakker, right?)
But today, book contributor Liz Crain has a great blog on creative ideas. It's a mash up of great tips, links, and ideas about life in your paracosm. What's a paracosm? Liz will explain. It's worth stopping over there and getting inspired.
I'll be back tomorrow.
—Quinn McDonald is a writer and artist who is writing a book on your inner heroes confronting your inner critic.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 28, 2009) - Senior TaRonda Wiles (Danville, Va.) poured in a game high 30 points, but it was not enough to hold off 16th ranked Vanderbilt, as the Commodores defeated the Lady Bucs 96-83 on Monday night inside Memorial Gymnasium.
ETSU (4-5) held its own against the reigning SEC Tournament champions, but strong second-half shooting by the Commodores proved to be too much for the Lady Bucs. With the win, Vanderbilt improved to 11-1 on the year.
Wiles, who finished two points shy of setting a new career high, shot 11-of-19 from the floor and also pulled down nine rebounds, dished out three assists, and forced three steals. Joining Wiles with her seventh straight double-double was fellow senior Siarre Evans (Griffin, Ga.). Evans netted 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.
The Lady Bucs came off the bus and ready to shoot the long range jumper in the opening minutes of the first half. ETSU received a pair of threes from Tara Davis (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and Wiles, along with a lay-in from Tosha Austin (Chattanooga, Tenn.) to take an early 14-9 lead, forcing Vanderbilt to burn a 30-second timeout following the Lady Bucs' fourth 3-pointer at the 16:05 mark. Wiles wasn't finished with her hot-hand as her 16th point put ETSU ahead, 24-19, but over the next 5 minutes, 15 seconds Vanderbilt used a 12-4 run to regain control at 31-28 with 3:43 remaining before the break. From there, ETSU pulled to within one (34-33), but the Commodores held a 42-37 lead at the half.
Six of ETSU's 12 first-half field goals came from beyond the arc, as the Lady Bucs shot 37.5 percent (32 attempts), compared to Vanderbilt going 15-of-32 (46.9 percent) from the field. The Lady Bucs held a 24-14 advantage in rebounds, and ETSU turned 11 offensive rebounds into 12 second-chance points. Wiles led all scorers at the break with 19 points, while Tiffany Clarke paced Vanderbilt with 12.
Vanderbilt increased its lead to 47-39 to open the first 2 minutes, 11 seconds of the second half, but a jumper by Wiles and 3-pointer from Evans cut the Lady Buccaneer deficit to five, 47-42, with 17:21 left in the contest.
However, that's as close as ETSU would get.
With the Lady Bucs trailing by only five, Vanderbilt posted a 13-4 run - pushing its lead into double figures 60-46 at the 12:02 mark. The Commodores would eventually see their lead expand to 17, 71-54, but ETSU didn't back away.
From the 9 minute mark to 6:48 remaining in the contest, the Lady Bucs gained some momentum and made it a seven-point contest, 73-66. Sophomore Gwen Washington (Manassas, Va.) picked off a pass and laid one in to finish off the 12-2 spurt, but Vanderbilt wouldn't let ETSU inch any closer.
For the game, ETSU shot 41.8 percent (28-67) and turned the ball over 26 times. Vanderbilt, meanwhile, shot 54.5 percent from the floor (36-66), and 46 of its 96 points came in the paint. The Lady Bucs did out-rebound Vanderbilt, 42-37, and went 18-of-23 at the free throw line.
The Commodores were led by freshman post Tiffany Clarke's 27 points and 11 rebounds, while Meredith Marsh added 18 points, five assists and three steals.
The Lady Bucs return to action on Thursday afternoon when ETSU travels to Chapel Hill and takes on No. 7 North Carolina. Tip is set for 2 p.m. inside the Dean Smith Center.
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Luna (short for lunatic) is our new family member. She looks like a sweet little ball of fluff but is a devil in disguise! She has very high opinions of herself, is a diva and has us wrapped around her little finger!! she loves 'playing' with the cats, going to the farm to play with the dogs and sheep, eating slippers and burying things in the garden. She is very playful and has lit up our lives and made us laugh and helped us through a very sad time. We love her even if she is a little demon!
Blue is 4 years old. He was bought as a present for me and he was the best present ever! He goes everywhere with us and loves to play.He especially loves to chase rabbits and chews on ice cubes to cool down. Im a dog groomer and he loves to be introduced to each dog and sits and watches with great interest. He proved to be a great 'mammy' when I fostered two day old pups and he watched over them all night and cleaned their bums! hes one in a million and Im blessed to have him.


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Patent Holder Sues Basically Anyone Who Offers Recipes Or 'Meal Planning' Online
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I started to look further into the lawsuit, and I realized that Bravo was not the only target of DietGoal. Not by a long shot. Last September, right before the new patent law went into effect making it difficult to bundle defendants, DietGoal sued a ton of sites -- mainly focused on restaurants (including, but not limited to, Arby's, Chick-fil-A, Dairy Queen, Dunkin' Donuts, Jack in the Box, McDonald's, Panda Express, Taco Bell, Sonic, Wendy's, Burger King, Whole Foods, Tim Hortons, Dominos and Starbucks) as well as a few non-restaurants, including Weight Watchers, Google, IAC and Hearst Communications. If you look at the docket on that one, there are a ton of "dismissals" by DietGoal, which likely means that it was successful in getting the companies to pay up. Others do appear to be fighting it and hitting back with counterclaims and questioning the validity of the patent. Some, like Dominos and Wegmans also sought to break apart the case and make DietGoal face each defendant individually in different cases. That case has also bounced around among a few different judges already.
On April 3rd, DietGoals filed an amended complaint in that original case, attempting to add in a huge list of new defendants -- including Bravo and a bunch of others (many of whom we'll discuss in a bit). On May 24th, the magistrate judge denied DietGoal's motion to file that third amended complaint with all those other parties.
That brings us up to this week, in which DietGoal filed a bunch of lawsuits against a variety of companies (those it had tried to lump into this lawsuit) -- with each one being sued individually. So... yes, there's the lawsuit against Bravo, but also suits against AllRecipes.com, CalorieKing, ConAgra (for having a product nutrition search engine on its site -- no, I'm not kidding, check the complaint), General Mills, Nestle, Nutrisystem, Food.com, SparkPeople, Time, Inc. (for RealSimple.com), WebMD and some others as well.
Basically, it looks as though the DietGoal is operating under the premise that anyone who offers recipes online should have to pay it some money. Of course, all of this should make you wonder: was a patent really needed for the sake of encouraging companies to put databases of recipes online?


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This is an assault on reason and skepticism. Faiths flourish because of this, a massive underplay of the importance of skepticism. This underplay has an impact on the reasoning ability of the general population. (This is like being against vaccines, there would be more sickness. With this "believe what we tell you about the supernatural" stuff, the kids skeptical immunity system is left confused and weak)
As a consequence of this assault, people do not need to work hard to be (like you said) "a CEO" so that they can succeed as a criminal. Being a snake oil salseman is made easy. They need not even think their snake oil is of advantage to themselves; many advocates of homeopathy have had their sense of skepticism so annihillated that they may think their advocacy is helping people when it clearly isn't.


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Steve Everest Wins The 2009 MC Invitational Regatta
13 July 2009
Article courtesy of Coye Harrett - The final day of the 2009 MC Invitational brought another early start time of 9AM in hopes of getting a race off before the weather systems would roll in before early afternoon. With a six point separation between the top five boats, having a good race was going to be crucial. At the time of the start the wind was out of the South East around 5-6 MPH. Once again the port angle off the starting line was the favored board. With the wind being lighter with some holes, it was very important to stay in the pressure and keep the boat moving. Whoever worked the middle left side of the course was going to come out on top, and that's exactly what Steve Everest was able to do; win the last race and seal his 2009 MC Invitational title.
A big thanks is in order for the Clear Lake Yacht Club and their members who put on a great regatta. They also provided housing for nearly every sailor along with a pier for overnight boat mooring. Clear Lake is a must attend venue!
Check out the Top 10:
1) Steve Everest................32
2) Markham Chatterton......34
3) Kevin Neal....................39
4) Mark Dunsworth............43
5) Dan Fink.......................45
6) Pat Flood......................52
7) Rick Trester..................61
8) Todd Tesar...................65
9) Mark Tesar...................68
10) Bill Colburn.................70
Top Grand Master: Andrew Crowe
Top Master: Rick Trester
Top Female: Kelli Farrar
Top Junior: Coye Harrett
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Spring into Dance
The Beaumont Civic Ballet (BCB) is performing Spring into Dance at the Julie Rogers Theater on Saturday, March 22. A ticket provides access to a total of four outstanding performances including Prince Igor, restaged by Monique Zummo Steinhagen with diverse choreography featuring dance and acrobatics in a balletic interpretation of a scene from the opera, and crowd-favorite Peter and the Wolf, which features the Sting-narrated 1991 version of Sergei Prokofiev's classical 1936 composition.
BCB board member Laurie Leister said the group is made up of area students whose dedicated dancers. The ballerinas, most of whom have been studying ballet their whole lives – some starting as early as age 3 – and the ballerinos, the male ballet dancers, are working hard to make this year's Spring into Dance magnificent.
"These are area high-school students, many from Beaumont, whose dedication to dance is remarkable," Leister commented, also remarking that many but not all of the dancers studied at the Marsha Woody Academy of Dance where the BCB headquarters is located.
According to Leister, the dancers' grace and apparent effortlessness comes at significant personal sacrifice. The company dancers practice for hours a day four to five days out of the week. And they are all students, diligently toiling away on their studies in addition to relentlessly practicing their dance routines, which absorbs the majority of the time they would have for other extracurricular activities and for socializing with classmates.
"This is their football," Leister said comparing the physically rigorous and time-consuming schedule of high schools' most popular extracurricular activity with that of the dancers performing in the Beaumont Civic Ballet. "They have devoted so much time into this activity. It is a huge time commitment. Ballet teaches them discipline and encourages body strength. They have to do numerous exercises to strengthen their cores; they have to be extremely physically fit. Being 'en pointe' (when ballet dancers support all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet) is very physical. It's not just standing on your toes. They have to rise up and transfer their weight. They have to defy gravity. Most people don't consider dancers athletes, but that is what they are. These dancers are athletes."
According to ballet instructor Megan Anderson, who performed in the Beaumont Civic Ballet's 2001 production of Prince Igorand currently works with students performing in the same ballet in this year's Spring into Dance, the sacrifice is worth the reward. She said the exhilaration of being on stage in front of so many friends, family members and total strangers is thrilling and confidence-building.
"The feeling you get when you are up on the stage looking out over the crowd – there is nothing like it," Anderson asserted. "It's a little scary at first, but it really fills you with pride and confidence. It's phenomenal."
Ultimately, the experience gained by the ballet dancers could also prove profitable for some. Anderson and Leister both said a number of ballerinas and ballerinos who have performed with the Beaumont Civic Ballet have gone on to dance in prestigious programs and even in paid performances and positions with prominent dance troupes around the country.
On the BCB website, founder Marsha Woody recognizes several former performers who have gone on to success in dance.
"We are so proud of our alumni that have progressed to become professional dancers with major companies, as well as dance teachers, school teachers, etc.," Woody wrote. "To name a few are Edmund and Robbie LaFosse, Krissy Richmond, Margo McCann, Glen Edgerton, Jennifer Mattingly, Allison Odom, Kendra Snaufer and Josh Spell."
She also noted, "Several of our young dancers were accepted for advance summer study with the School of American Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet."
The BCB was founded by Woody and state chartered as a non-profit education organization with the late Dr. James Bridges as president of the Board in 1971. In 1983, Beaumont Civic Ballet became a member of the Southwestern Regional Ballet Association, now known as Regional Dance America, Southwest and was later promoted to Honor Company status. The company has grown consistently since that time and is now in its 42nd year with more than 75 dancers, including junior, senior apprentice and senior members.
BCB's growing repertoire includes such ballets as Coppelia, Graduation Ball, Les Sylphides," Nutcracker, Swan Lake – Act II, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Giselle, La Fille Mal Gardee, Raymonda Variations, Sleeping Beauty – Act III, Arora's Wedding,and many original pieces staged by guest choreographers. The company has been carefully directed in its long-range plan to expose its dancers and audiences to a wide range of choreography including contemporary, jazz, and classical ballets.
Attendees of this year's Spring into Dance on March 22 can look forward to quite a variety of subject matter and entertainment. Senior Company and Senior Apprentice dancers will present Pas de Quatre, Prince Igor, andPeter and the Wolf, and Junior Company dancers will perform in a piece with the barn dance music from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
"There's something for everyone," Anderson promised.
The ballet Pas de Quatre precedes the magnificent Prince Igorin the program schedule. Anderson said the audience will be intrigued by the ballet featuring four ballerinas, originally portrayed by rivals considered to be the greatest ballerinas of their time, according to the history behind the piece. It was first performed in 1845 in London, England and featured the talent of Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito and Lucille Gahn.
"Pas de Quatreis a very interesting and very beautiful ballet," Anderson said. "It is very feminine and sophisticated. The technique is a very different style than the girls normally do. They practiced for an extra day each week while preparing for the performance."
She said the complex number requires the ballerinas to dance while also portraying the animosity between the original rival dancers, who all demanded equal stage time. BCB ballerinas Mary Williford, Reagan Healey, Grace Leister andJane Ellen McAteestar in the number.
Anderson said to look forward to non-traditional ballet including a focus on acrobatics in Prince Igorstarring Erik Freels-Vargas as Prince Igor, Gwen Cormier as Igor's wife and McKayla Herink as the princess. Prince Igorwas first performed by the Ballet Russes in Paris, France on May 18, 1909. The featured scene takes place as the prince returns to his Polovtsian camp with his men after successfully kidnapping the princess. It opens with slaves performing for the Tartar warriors and their chief.
"Erik is dynamic and magnetic," Anderson said of Prince Igor. "The girls are absolutely amazing. This ballet is very different. And the Houston Ballet loaned us the costumes, which are fabulous."
In Peter and the Wolf, a bird, a cat and a duck assist the adventurous Peter as he attempts to outwit and conquer the Russian equivalent of the Big Bad Wolf in this classical musical composition. Each character is represented by a different classical instrument.
Anderson commended first-year performer Michael Keffer, who plays Peter, for his strong stage presence and called Gwen Cormier's adaptation of the wolf "absolutely hilarious" and accurate. Other dancers performing in the ballet are Reagan Healy as the bird, Mary Williford as the cat, Alexandra Figari as the duck, Bryan Brassard as the grandfather, Jamaal Lane as a huntsman, and McKayla Herink as a huntswoman. For two scheduled school performances, the cast will change somewhat with Catherine Collins as the bird, MacKenzie Cumpian as the cat, Meagan Mankin as the duck, Erik Freels-Vargas as a huntsman and Jane Ellen McAtee as a huntswoman.
After Peter and the Wolf, the Junior Company will perform a lively dance set to the music of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
"It's an art form," Leister said of ballet. "Performing with the Beaumont Civic Ballet is a wonderful experience and opportunity for these dancers. It's amazing, and it is really good for the young performers to get up onstage and perform publicly, especially with all the seats filled."
So fill up those seats, Southeast Texas, but be warned! The performance is at the Julie Rogers Theater only on Saturday, March 22, at 2:30 p.m., and tickets will be in high demand with the wide variety of talent dancing in the four awe-inspiring performances, so call now to get your discounted tickets for $15 to $20. Regularly priced tickets can be bought at the door, pending availability. Both are half price for students and seniors. Contact the Beaumont Civic Center ticket office at (409) 838-3435, ext. 1, for ticket information.


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Earth : Europe : France : Southeastern France : Rhône-Alpes : Haute-Savoie : Morillon
Morillon- is a small mountain commune in the Haute Savoie department of the French alps. The town consists of about 500 year round residents engaged primarily in agriculture and tourist service business. The town has a 15th century Church that has recently been remodeled, it is also home to a number of small restaurants and a gondola that links it to the Grande Massif ski areas.
Get in
From Calais, take A26 Motorway towards Reims and Troyes, then Dijon, Mâcon then 'Autoroute Blanche' Motorway (A40 Mâcon – Cluses) Exit Cluses Scionzier. Follow signs to Samoens. After the Chatillon pass, follow signs to Morillon. It takes approximately 15 minutes from the motorway exit to Morillon.
Get around
Morillon is quite small and once you have arrived you can easily get around on foot, however and especially if you are here in the winter and there is not enough snow to ski you will want a rental car to be able to fully enjoy the surrounding area and keep from going mad having to watch French television.
Skiing, both cross country and downhill are the primary winter sports in Morillon, the resort website provided in both French and English is located here:[1] and covers the ski area in depth as well as the possibilities of linking up on skis with the surrounding areas that comprise "Le Grande Massif."
In the summer they are replaced by hiking, Mountain bicycling, golf and other adventure activities like rock climbing and white water rafting.
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Adventure Activities
Being a rather typical small mountain village there are the rather typical shops: a Tabac (newspaper and tobacco shop), a couple of small markets, a bakery, the village butcher R.Roux (sells excellent local meat and prepared foods), and of course sporting goods shops focusing on the primary winter and summer activities of the region.
There is a lively market on Friday mornings in Morillon with local produce at very good prices.
With in Morillon and its environs lay a number of very good a well priced restaurants, almost all of them specializing in local dishes or Pizza. Among the best are:
Prepared take away food is also available from R.Roux and the local Hyper-Markets.
The primary source of accommodation in Morillon is rental chalets and apartments many of which can be booked on the internet and a particularly simple option as many of the owners are British. There is one hotel centrally located in town the Hotel Le Morillon.
Mid Price
Get out
There are many easy local day trips from Morillon: by car Chamonix, Les Gets, and Sixt with its pristine Cirque Du Fer-a-Cheval national park and Cascade Du Roget are all easily reachable. Nearer to Morillon is the larg village of Samoëns.


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0 Sound and Fury Debuts Videos Online
Toronto Canada's SOUND AND FURY had released two live videos for "Supercharged and "I've Got Rabies".
Both tracks are taken from the group's forthcoming self-titled debut, which hits stores on June 24th via Rebel Youth Records/MRI-RED Distribution.
"The videos were shot at various shows on the UK tour. The crowds were awesome, as every show was a rampage from the moment we started the set," says frontman Luke Metcalf of the creation of the video. "I wrote the "Supercharged" music and some of the lyrics for the song one day after I got incredibly high and went and lay down on the side of a hill during an incredible thunder storm in Toronto last summer. For about two hours I watched hundreds and hundreds of lightning bolts ripping across the sky above and around me."
SOUND AND FURY is all about power chords and no-bullshit rock 'n roll, total sonic assault. Founded by frontman Luke Metcalf with a desire to create stripped down straight up whiskey drinking rock n' roll, he
recruited guitarists Daz and Griffin, ex- Age of Electric bassist John
Kerns, and drummer Chris Avalos, to play the music he lives to create.
In addition to perfectly capturing their raw rock n' roll power on the
album, the group has been gaining fans by the truckload by opening up
for Canada's leading pop-punk band, Sum 41, throughout the great white north (as well as the U.K.).


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Cyberchase "The Case of the Missing Memory" Under the guise of a peace mission, Wicked arrives at Control Central with a handful of bad guys. But someone's up to no good, and steals Motherboard's precious Memory Integrator. Whodunit? Where is it?? And what does it look like??? Digit and the kids must figure out what they know - what they don't know - and what they need to know. D
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Knit and Crochet Now! "Footstools" Covering a simple footstool is a simple way to change the decor of your room. Robyn shows how to make a granny square cover and Kristin shows us a knit strip cover. Crochet Tricolor is the square. D
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "Sunset" In this study, Jerry shows his students how to use the 2-inch hake brush and the wet-on-wet technique to create a beautiful sunset. He also uses a photo of the sunset as his reference material and how to convert it into the painting. D
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Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless "Cooking on the Sea of Cortez" Rick is always up for a cooking challenge. After a day spent boating and kayaking on the Sea of Cortez with a local ecotourism group, Rick grills dinner for the group on the beach at Espiritu Santo Island - one of the most biologically diverse marine areas in the world. The waters surrounding the island support coral reefs, colonies of sea lions and more than 500 species of fish. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Bistro Style" Farm fresh lettuces get just a bit of enhancement from a delicious green goddess dressing in Joanne's salad. Her student, Aggie, learns a few simple secrets to making great pie crusts, an they decide to make a savory galette toping their crust with a savory filling of mushrooms and blue cheese. Recipes: Butter Lettuce with Green Goddess Dressing, Mushroom and Blue Cheese Galette. D
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This Old House "Cambridge 2012/Window Seat, Stairs, Knee Walls" Landscape contractor Roger Cook installs new granite steps, and host Kevin O'Connor helps general contractor Tom Silva build a timeless window seat and some MDF doors cleverly disguised as wainscoting. Master carpenter Norm Abram works on the treads and newel cap on the stairs, and the pine ceiling accents get whitewashed and lacquered. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Stockholm" Rick ponders gilded royal staterooms, samples gourmet reindeer and sips vodka in an ice bar as he experiences the city's cultural highlights. Then he sails the archipelago experiencing the prettiest island-hopping in northern Europe.G
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Travelscope "Austria - Celebrating the Vine in Vienna and the Burgenland" Travelscope celebrates the historic and modern in Austria's capital, Vienna, and the Burgenland wine country. Along the wine trail Joseph grabs a healthy helping of Gemutlichkeit (the good life) in the capital's own vineyards and in the Buschenshanks and Heurigers (wine cafes) of the villages along Burgenland's Lake Neusiedl. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "Three Favorite Pastas" Lidia cooks Pasta e fagioli, Bucatini Amatriciana and Tagliatelle Bolognese. She heads to Italy to learn how to make pasta from the experts and also visits Seghesio Vineyards in California, to meet one of the most long-standing winemaking families in the Sonoma Valley. D
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by Lou Mancinelli
Long-time WHYY (Channel 12) communications executive Art Ellis, 62, a Mt. Airy resident for 33 years, will be inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) Hall of Fame, at a ceremony this month.
The PPRA Hall of Fame luncheon, scheduled for Tuesday, May 21, 11:30 a.m., in the Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons, 150 N. 6th St., will be emceed by WHYY host and personality Ed Cunningham, who produces "On Stage at Curtis."
For more than 25 years Ellis has worked to promote the news and entertainment programming associated with WHYY, such as "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, "Talk of the Nation" on National Public Radio and countless PBS documentaries.
"Many times over the years, I've witnessed Art's gifts in communication and media relation strategies," said Bill Marrazzo, WHYY President & CEO and also a Mt. Airy resident, "and he has given back through his commitment to mentorship and public good. I'm delighted that his contributions are being recognized."
Reflecting on the upcoming honor, Ellis said, "Most of the time as a p.r. person, I'm more interested in getting other people recognized. This is from my peers … It's very flattering."
Since he joined WHYY in 1987 as an associate director of public information, Ellis has worked to market and brand the WHYY name. Now, as WHYY executive director of communications and brand management, Ellis runs the organization's communications efforts.
During his almost 40-year career in communications Ellis has witnessed the industry transform from the phone to the fax to the tweet, and in the past few years, from email to wireless.
But despite the progress of technology, according to Ellis, the underlying principles of the public relations field have remained constant. "You've got to be reliable and trustworthy," he said, "and learn about people's deadlines."
A former president of PPRA, the nation's largest and oldest independent public relations organization, Ellis also played a significant role in launching Newsworks, WHYY's online hyper-local journalism source.
The Mt. Airy p.r. executive was raised in Lower Merion (his mother was raised in Mt. Airy) and attended Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion Station (now in Bryn Mawr and now called the Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy). In 1972 Ellis received his bachelor's degree in communications from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. A year later he earned a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
"I guess I've always been fascinated by how people connect and how you get a message across," said Ellis, who originally wanted to be a radio reporter. He became hooked on the medium while working at his college radio station. But his first job out of graduate school was writing television schedules for TV Guide. In 1973 he entered the world of public relations.
Ellis married his fiancee Lynne in 1975. The couple moved to Philadelphia in 1979 and to Mt. Airy in 1980. (They have no children.) Ellis worked as the director of public relations and marketing at Philadelphia University before joining WHYY in 1987.
As opposed to journalists who work for a news organization, p.r. reps work to promote a client to the public, often through journalists. Many stories that end up in the media are discovered because a p.r. person for a business, entertainer or athlete, book publisher, etc., pitched the story to a journalist. A p.r. rep is the behind-the-scenes person who may also serve as a spokesperson when a journalist needs a quote or information for a story.
Ellis said some keys to p.r. success are being clear about one's expectations, listening to advice and not being too pushy while pitching a story. As an advocate of mentoring, he has also been a speaker and student project mentor at local universities and played an integral role with the WHYY Teen Council. In addition, he is a board member of the Gershman YMHA and a past board member of the Germantown Jewish Centre.
Founded in 1945, PPRA has over 300 members representing a cross-section of businesses and non-profit organizations across the region. Ellis is the 39th PPRA Hall of Fame inductee. For more information on the May 21 luncheon, visit www.ppra.net.


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Keeping Christ in Christmas
I love Christmas and enjoy caroling with the best of them, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas."
But I have to ask myself, "What is it that the non-Christian world perceives about our Christian beliefs, and why do we celebrate the day with such gusto?"
Christmas is a big deal for us. We prepare, decorate, illuminate, write cards, mail, shop, wrap, bake, cook, carol, exchange, visit, accelerate and celebrate.
The world witnesses the onset of Christmas with Santa Claus, decorated trees, lights and more lights, and many think this is "keeping Christ in Christmas." I have to wonder if non-Christians are not asking themselves, "How hollow can this Christian faith be?"
When we say we want to keep Christ in Christmas, we often mean we want to keep Christ as the lovely little baby, wrapped in swaddling clothing and lying in a manger.
But Jesus' response to the human condition is not only his birth but also his life.
Once we move away from his birth to his life, we can understand the wonder of what our celebration is truly about. Consider the kind of world that Jesus was born into.
His world was not that much different from our own. In Jesus' day as in ours, society was not concerned primarily about human beings, and living was controlled by fears and uncertainties. Jesus was born into a fear-based culture, in a land ruled by the Roman Empire.
Jesus grew up under a powerful Roman presence that predetermined everyone's existence everywhere, keeping everyone in line. Rage and resentment circulated unforgivingly in a people beaten down by an all-controlling system.
Jesus grew up under that oppressive atmosphere.
He witnessed what went on in his neighborhood. He felt his people's pain. Jesus knew all too well the fears that melted them down and kept them caged in their daily prisons of servitude and subservience.
Giving up their fears
As Jesus gathered his followers, he led them to see how different their lives could be if they could give up their fears of survival and make love of God and love of neighbor their first law of life.
The centerpiece of Jesus' mission for our human transformation was the grass-roots gathering of his followers around supper tables, dinner tables, where they met at meals, relaxed at ease with one another, told stories and talked about life.
But it was not just talking and telling. They brought with them their surplus foods, grain and grapes, fish and wine to share with others. They took home with them what they needed from what others had shared with them.
A new abundance
In the giving and sharing of their resources, the followers of Jesus began to experience a new abundance. Everyone had plenty. All were givers. All were receivers. All were richer for their reciprocity.
Jesus keenly understood that nothing in human history ever changes until people change themselves. So "repent," he said to them, meaning "reinvent the way you feel, the way you believe, the way you behave within your world."
And slowly his followers moved away from their
self-promoting, self-
protecting ways. Radical sharing replaced radical hoarding! Radical hospitality replaced radical possessiveness! All-forgiving love replaced unforgiving competition!
Even in the face of Jesus' death and continual Roman persecution, the hope of the resurrection and of new possibilities slowly grew. Fear was no longer the driving force. Jesus' followers transferred their energies away from fear of their world to care and concern for one another.
The hungry were given food. Strangers were taken home. Nothing was lacking to anyone where everyone was inclined toward giving. It was the beginning of a new economy, the economy of love. Jesus names it the "Kingdom of God."
With fear at a minimum and trust at a maximum, a rival way of existing as human beings came to be. People's survival no longer depended on the Roman system. Jesus offered his followers an ingenious alternative lifestyle -- and he still offers it to our world.
A better way
Jesus' message changed the way his people lived in the world he dwelt in, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles: "Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was help in common ... There was not a needy people among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what they sold. They laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need." (Acts 4:32, 34-35)
Christmas challenges us to see that the functioning of our human society need not be based on survival fears. Our life can be lived another way if we move from our pride of possessing to the joy of sharing all that we own in holy caring for one another. But this requires repentance; a fundamental change in our acquisitive habits of buying, getting, owning and having things that in turn organize and govern the workings of our everyday world.
Givers, not takers
As possessions are made secondary to Jesus' way of living, then we become givers instead of takers. Then will our attitude be generosity not storage, our mind-set hospitality not competition. Following Jesus we will create an environment making everyone feel welcome.
We will think differently of persons.
We will see persons differently.
We will be with persons in a totally different way than the way we are with one another every day now.
Putting persons back where persons belong, at the heart of all that we are, we will create a world of talking and listening, of receiving and giving, where our true personal connection to one another matters more than anything else in our world.
"Keeping Christ in Christmas" starts by moving away from his birth to following his life.
Father Angelo S. Arrando is pastor of St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church in Danbury. 203-797-0222.


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Kuwait City: Thousands of protesters have gathered outside Kuwait`s parliament to denounce voting law changes and to rally around calls to boycott next month`s parliamentary election.
Rights groups estimate 18,000 people joined the peaceful demonstration, the latest sign of the Gulf nation`s deepening political crisis.
Opposition groups led by Islamists say they will stay away from the polls Dec. 1 to protest a decree by Kuwait`s ruler that ended a complex election system in favor of a one-person-one-vote method.
They claim the emir overstepped his authority by making the changes.
Such a move could further deepen Kuwait`s political clashes between the Islamist-led opposition and the Western-backed rulers.


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The Steins are responsible in many ways for the turn-of-the century revolution in the visual arts through their adventurous patronage, deep ties to leading minds of the era, and legendary Paris salon gatherings. As powerful tastemakers, they had a commitment to the new, a confidence in their inclinations, and a drive to build appreciation for the work they loved. From the moment they first dared to admire Matisse's scandalous Woman with a Hat (1905)the "nasty smear of paint"1 that gave the fauves their namethe foursome were staking claims for modern art that would heavily influence their peers and transform the careers of several of the most important artists of the century.
The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde reunites the unparalleled modern art collections of author Gertrude Stein, her brothers Leo and Michael Stein, and Michael's wife, Sarah Stein. Jointly organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, this major touring exhibition gathers approximately 200 iconic paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and illustrated books not only by Matisse and Picasso, who are each represented by dozens of works, but also by Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cézanne, Juan Gris, Marie Laurencin, Henri Manguin, Francis Picabia, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Félix Vallotton, among others. The Steins Collect will premiere at SFMOMA from May 21 through September 6, 2011, before traveling to Paris and then New York.
Supplemented by a rich array of archival materialsincluding photographs, family albums, film clips, correspondence, and ephemerathe exhibition provides a new perspective on the artistic foresight of this innovative family, tracing their enduring impact on art-making and collecting practices and their inestimable role in creating a new international standard of taste for modern art.
Sarah and Michael Stein's return to San Francisco with a cache of important Matisse works in 1935, the same year SFMOMA was founded, was particularly instrumental in the advocacy of modern art on the West Coast as well as the making of the museum's early collection; SFMOMA's presentation will underscore the Steins' deep connections to the Bay Area.
"The Stein family legacy is proof that individual collectors make a huge impact on art history," says SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra. "I can't imagine a more timely and inspiring reminder that when it comes to collecting, presenting, and preserving the art of our time, it's the appetite for risk and intellectual engagement with living artists that brings about the most important and lasting outcomes."
"It's really impossible to overestimate the role of this eccentric American family as patrons of visual art in early 20th-century Paris," says co-curator Janet Bishop of SFMOMA. "The Steins were true champions of modernism, embracing and defending new art as it was first being made and before it was met with widespread acceptance. They not only avidly collected works when the artists most needed support, but also enthusiastically opened their modest Left Bank homes to anyone wishing to see the most radical art of the day."
As American expatriates living in France, the four Steins were pivotal in shaping the city's vibrant cultural life. Leo Stein (18721947) and younger sister Gertrude Stein (18741946) were the first to leave the family home in Oakland, traveling to Paris along with millions of tourists to visit the 1900 World's Fair and then relocating to the city in 1902 and 1903, respectively. Sarah Stein (18701953) and Michael Stein (18651938) soon followed from San Francisco with their eight-year-old son, Allan, arriving in early 1904. The family established their apartments on rue de Fleurus (Leo and Gertrude) and rue Madame (Sarah and Michael) and quickly integrated into the intellectual circles of the Parisian avant-garde. Gertrude and Leo lived modestly off family investments and had to team up to afford their early purchases. "You can either buy clothes or buy pictures. It's that simple. . . . No one who is not very rich can do both," was Gertrude's legendary quote from Hemingway's A Moveable Feast.
The Steins also formed close friendships with the emerging artists they championed, particularly Matisse and Picasso, whose works they aggressively collected and promoted to their associates, almost single-handedly creating markets for their work outside Paris. They dined and vacationed regularly with Matisse and his family, counseled Fernande Olivier on her stormy relationship with Picasso, and made countless introductions. Sarah was instrumental in helping Matisse establish his art school and was among his devoted students.
Along the way, the Steins covered their studio walls with cutting-edge paintings by the most controversial artists of the day and were soon overwhelmed with requests to see the collections. They eventually had to establish regular visiting hours so that Gertrude could attend to her writing in peace. Michael and Sarah decided to open their apartment on the same night of the week and so began the prestigious Saturday evening salons where the brightest artists, writers, musicians, and collectors of the day convened to discuss the latest developments. Anyone with a proper referral was welcome to strain their eyes to see the works by candlelight, as neither apartment was wired with electricity yet.
Following its SFMOMA debut, The Steins Collect will travel to the Grand Palais, Paris (October 3, 2011, through January 20, 2012) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (February 21 through June 3, 2012). The exhibition is cocurated by Janet Bishop, curator of painting and sculpture at SFMOMA; Cécile Debray, curator of historical collections at the Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Rebecca Rabinow, associate curator and administrator, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and Gary Tinterow, Englehard Curator in Charge, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A richly illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition, with new research and original essays from a range of French and American experts in the field.
The Steins Collect draws from prominent public and private collections worldwide and spans the family's entire collecting history. Among some 40 works by Picasso and approximately 60 by Matisse are such masterpieces as Matisse's Blue Nude (Baltimore Museum of Art), Woman with a Hat (SFMOMA), Self-Portrait (Statens Museum, Copenhagen), and Tea (LACMA); and Picasso's Lady with a Fan (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), Boy Leading a Horse (Museum of Modern Art, New York), Nude with Joined Hands (Museum of Modern Art, New York), and portrait of Gertrude Stein (Metropolitan Museum of Art), among many others.
Works will be presented roughly chronologically by when they were originally acquired by the family, highlighting major themes and benchmarks of both art history and the Steins' parallel journey: the Paris art scene and Leo's early interests in Cézanne, Renoir, and Manet to the infamous 1905 Salon d'Automne; Leo and Gertrude's joint acquisitions and the rue de Fleurus; Michael and Sarah Stein's particular devotion to Matisse and the rue Madame; Gertrude's collecting patterns, from her complex relationship with Picasso and their artistic influence on each other through her later promotion of Gris, André Masson, and Picabia in the 1920s and '30s; and Michael and Sarah's history-making art advocacy in the United States, from a 1906 trip home, when they brought the first Matisse paintings to be seen on American soil, to their 1935 return to Palo Alto, California. The exhibition will also feature special galleries devoted to the Académie Matisse and to the Steins' patronage of modern architecture with their commission of the Villa Stein-de Monzie by Le Corbusier.
Informed by new research, the exhibition expands upon Four Americans in Paris: the Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family, an exhibition organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1970the last and only significant occasion for which these collections were assembled. Additionally, The Steins Collect seeks to address the historical bias toward Gertrude, which has obscured the fact that the family comprised multiple, interlocking centers of gravity, each with a particular aesthetic and set of favored artists. "Married into a family of brilliant minds and self-mythologizers, Sarah was the one who stood out to Matisse as 'the really intellectually sensitive member of the family'a patron in every sense of the word," says Bishop.
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Buffie The Body shows pictures of her body through the years.
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To the non-believers (HATERS): Butt injections didn't even exist back in the early 90's (at least not to my knowledge).
This booty came from eating and exercise… It's HOME GROWN!
In this video, I went from 119lbs to 180lbs and now I'm 173lbs. No one ever believes me when I tell them that I was once skinny. No butt, no thighs, no hips…NO NOTHING. I hated being skinny and it truly depressed me. Most of my friends were "shapely and thick" but I wasn't. My genetics had a lot to do with my slim frame because everyone in my immediate family (except my sis) was slim. I REFUSED to let that be my destiny. I was determined to work AGAINST genetics….and I did. I don't ever want to see skinny again! Some of you may be able to relate…some of you may not. But at the end of the day it was (and still is) all about being happy with myself.
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What scale??? They are releasing Metroplex, who stands at 24"+!!!
Quote from: P-Siddy on February 9, 2013, 05:51 PMWhat scale??? They are releasing Metroplex, who stands at 24"+!!!Yes, what scale is the Generations line. I want to know how they will match up with my Alternators. Metroplex is a "Titan Class" figure I believe. I will definitely grab him. Did they show any pictures of the MP Soundwave or discuss timing/price? That is a must buy for me.
Another shot at Masterpiece Grimlock? Sweet!http://www.jedidefender.com/gallery/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Conventions/Toy_Fair_2014/Hasbro/Transformers&image=DSC_0287.JPG&img=&tt=Thanks Jeff for grabbing a pic of this. I didn't see it anywhere else, so didn't know it was coming until this went up. Now if TRU/Hasbro would see fit to reissue the Optimus Prime set, and not that Year of the Horse thing...
Thanks Jeff for grabbing a pic of this. I didn't see it anywhere else
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