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According to the British press last week, Yerba Mate is becoming very popular in the UK (though I've managed to resist its bitter green charms so far). As well as being an ambassador for San Lorenzo, Viggo has also been a pretty good ambassador for herbal tea, which he credits with giving him so much energy. His bombilla has bemused interviewers all over the world and become known as the guy who, in the words of one writer, 'totes his own teapot'…
Viggo Mortensen, the man who is Aragorn -- the most heroic warrior in the most heroic movie of all times, "The Lord of the Rings", glides onto his chair. Viggo is barefoot, he holds a wooden brass decorated cup with a silver straw and some greenish fluid inside. He slurps. It's Mate tea. Viggo -- was it mentioned already? -- well, he's different.
Viggo Mortensen
By Bernd Volland Translated by JoannaP
Stern Speziel Biografie
April 2003
The Argentinian. The cuervo. The Lord of the Rings. The one who teaches people to drink mate on million dollar sets.
The Habit Of Giving It All
By Juan Manuel Dominguez - translated by Ollie, Sage and Zooey
20 June 2010
Viggo Mortensen rolls his own cigarettes, totes his own teapot…
By Hugh Hart
San Francisco Chronicle, 2003
…a rejuvenating South American tea that resembles wholegrain mustard from where I'm sitting.
Viggo Mortensen: A Method Actor in Middle-Earth
By Ryan Gilbey
The Independent
14 December 2001
"Eastern Promises" finds Mortensen playing Nikolai Luzhin, a Russian ex-con tattooed from head to toe with elaborate designs detailing his every misdeed and prison stint. He puts out lit cigarettes on his tongue, can fight to the death while naked and has a knack for snipping the extremities off corpses to make them more portable.
So it's a little underwhelming when Mortensen walks in and starts bustling around, brewing up a pot of herbal tea and assembling a lovely plate of fresh berries.
Viggo's 'Promises'
By Sara Stewart
New York Post
26 Aug 2007
"It's not lawn clippings, I promise."
Viggo offering a journalist mate
Return Of The King Press Junket: Viggo Mortensen
By Nazz
December 2003
He smells of woodsmoke, as though he's just returned from some manly pursuit like chopping logs in a forest. Again, highly possible. He does have a home in the remote mountains of Idaho, surrounded by woods. In fact the scent is wafting from his cup of tea.
Viggo Mortensen is lord of all things
Chitra Ramaswamy
The Scotsman
24 May 2013
A black-red bag hangs down a shoulder and the other hand holds the mate bin (the bitter, rich of caffeine Argentinean tea) with its straw, a bit raised as if it was the Holy Grail cup.
Viggo Mortensen, by Lorenza Del Tosto
Translation by Cindalea
5 July 2007
An encounter with Viggo is sitting on a porch, drinking a bombilla of mate and watching time pass in such a way that every now and then new reflections, inquiries, ways of looking at things arise. It can take a whole season. Watching many skies pass by.
River Mortensen
By Ramón Raboiras - translated by Ollie, Rio and Zoe
September 2012
Viggo Mortensen loves rituals. He never changes his habits, no matter where he goes. For example, he enters the villa in Deauville – made available by the French top jeweler Cartier – in bare feet, as if he is in his own living room.
In his right hand, he is holding a cup with his favorite beverage: maté – an herbal drink from Argentina, the country where he spent the majority of his childhood. He also remembered to bring a silver straw, the bombilla.
The actor explains why he always behaves the same way, no matter where he is in the world. "In this business you're travelling half the time. Sometimes I feel like a world traveller who doesn't know where he'll sleep the next day. I am exaggerating a little, but I do value my habits, so I can quickly feel at home. If I don't, it takes me too long to adapt to strange surroundings. That's very important for an actor. That way he can more quickly concentrate on his role."
Viggo Mortensen Goes To Bed With A Shotgun
By - translated by Airwin
Algemeen Dagblad
27 April 2009
In the harsh noon glare that seemed more Captain Fantastic than Cecconi's in West Hollywood, we asked the SAG Outstanding Cast nominees — aka the actors who played Mortensen's six onscreen children — what he smells like.
"Tea!" was the universal response. Specifically, green tea and mate, which he drinks out of a special straw and bowl. "That's what he smells like, non-stop, 24/7," said Nicholas Hamilton, who plays Rellian. "He smells like tea, yeah, green tea," Shree Crooks, who plays Zaja, agreed. Samantha Isler, who plays middle daughter Kielyr, offered, "He smells like wisdom." Crooks added, "And beef jerky. Beef jerky, tea and berries."
What Does Viggo Mortensen Smell Like? An Investigation
NY Magazine
29 January 2017
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Sun-Dried Tomato and Dill Dip
It's Monday again, and that means it's time for a new recipe – also, Happy Earth Day! This weekend we finally got out for a hike since the snow finally started to melt, so we were on the go quite a bit. One of our favorite quick and easy meals on the weekends is a tray of fruits, vegetables, crackers, and dips.
Usually our go-to dip is a hummus of some sort, but we were wanting something a little different just to change it up a bit. After a little searching in the kitchen and playing with some flavor combos, I put together this dip, and it was a hit!
The tang from the vegan mayo brings out the dill flavor even more, much like it does with pickles, and the bit of spice from the red pepper flakes is nicely cooled by the mayo. I also really love how the dip has bold flavors, but still goes with just about anything including veggies, crackers (any flavor), and sandwiches.
If you like to go oil-free, then feel free to sub water for the olive oil, however, it's only a tablespoon and it brings things together nicely, so I recommend using it. The dip is much lighter than some of the commercial veggie dips out there, but if you wanted to add even more body, you could add a tablespoon or two of vegan sour cream – though I loved it as-is. You can double this recipe for parties very easily.
- 1 cup Vegan Mayo
- ¼ cup Sun-Dried Tomatoes, chopped
- ½ tsp Dill
- ¼ tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- Place all ingredients, except the olive oil, into a food processor and blend until well-combined (should be a pinkish color). Stream in the olive oil as you continue to process so that it smooths out a bit. You can add more olive oil at this point for a thinner dip or you can add in a tablespoon of vegan sour cream for a thicker dip. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days.
What is your favorite quick food fix on the weekends?

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Orientation Days at LUT
For all the new students beginning their studies in LUT a joint orientation will be organized. Participating in the orientation is definitely worth it, as it is a good way to ensure a smooth start for the studies.
Just before the beginning of the actual subject studies, a joint orientation will be organized for all the students beginning their studies at LUT. The orientation will be organized both in September and in January during the previous week before the start of the actual subject studies.
Important information about the beginning of the studies, the university as a community, student community, the support services and the study location, Lappeenranta, will be offered during the orientation. International students also receive basic information about the Finnish society, culture and life in Finland.
Participation to the orientation takes place under the guidance of you appointed tutor (read more about peer tutoring). Tutor plays an important role in helping new students get assimilated into the the university system.
Orientation days in January 2019
Orientation week for International students starting their studies in January in Lappeenranta will be organized 3 – 4.1.2019.
The final program for orientation days is published here.
If you have questions regarding the orientation you can contact the Tutoring Secretary Katri Kankaanpää (email: tuutorointisihteeri(at)lut.fi) or Tanja Karppinen (email: tanja.karppinen(at)lut.fi).


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Hebe de Bonafini : biography
Hebe Pastor de Bonafini (born December 4, 1928) is an Argentine activist, one of the founders of the Association of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, an organization of Argentine mothers whose children were disappeared during the Dirty War.Festivaletteratura, Authors' Archive. .New Internationalist, May 2003. .Punto Final. .
Life and times
Born Hebe María Pastor in Ensenada, Buenos Aires Province, she was raised in nearby La Plata, and attended school through the eighth grade. She married Humberto Alfredo Bonafini in 1942, worked as a seamstress, and raised three children.
The Dirty War cost the life of her elder son, Jorge Omar, on February 8, 1977, of her other son, Raúl Alfredo, on December 6, and of her daughter-in-law, María Elena Bugnone Cepeda, on May 25, 1978.
As president of the Mothers Association since 1979, Bonafini has spoken out in defense of her concept of human rights, both in Argentina and abroad, gaining international recognition; she received the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 1999.
Adopting the rallying cry of Aparición con vida (Make them appear alive) in 1980, Bonafini demanded an immediate accounting of all of the forced disappearances, including her sons. Amid a gradual loosening of restrictions, she organized a March of Resistance along the Avenida de Mayo on December 10, 1982. This event marked the first time the group marched outside the namesake Plaza de Mayo, and the first time it was joined by large crowds of sympathizers.[https://webspace.utexas.edu/cmr485/www/mothers/history.html Bennett, Adam, Ludlow, Marcee, and Reed, Christopher. Madres de Plaza de Mayo. University of Texas]
Following the return to civilian rule in 1983, divisions began to develop in the organization relating to what they believed to be President Raúl Alfonsín's overly cautious progress in prosecuting Dirty War perpetrators. Alfonsín established the 1985 Trial of the Juntas; but the decision to limit the proceedings to nine leading military junta members, as well as the acquittals handed to five of these, further antagonized Bonafini, who believed the president would forego further prosecutions for political considerations. The Mothers Association split in 1986, establishing two groups of around 2,000 members each: Bonafini's Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association, and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo — Founding Line. Bonafini has generally been identified with the more radical faction, choosing to justify the methods undertaken by guerrillas during the last dictatorship.
On the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Bonafini generated international controversy when she defended the actions of the terrorist airline hijackers saying "I felt that there were many people in that moment who were happy and felt that the blood of so many in that moment were avenged... because the NATO bombings, the blockades and the millions of children who die of hunger in this world, that was due to this power that those men attacked, with their own bodies. And everyone knew it." Bonafini stands behind her support to organizations accused of terrorism such as FARC. Infobae, 2008 . Walter Wendelin, leader of the etarran Askapena organization, was invited as guest teacher in the University of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
Journalist Horacio Verbitsky criticized her support of the terrorist attacks, and Bonafini replied that "Verbitsky is a servant of the United States. He receives wages from the Ford Organization and, besides being Jewish, he is completely Americophile." She was accused of antisemitism, but denied it by saying that she merely intended to describe Verbitsky as an American agent. Verbitsky requested the tapes of the interview to the magazine that published them, and confirmed that Bonafini indeed said what the magazine had reported she said.
She generated more controversy in 2005 by stating that, as Pope John Paul II "committed many sins, he [would] go to hell." She added that she "didn't say more than what the Roman Catholic Church taught me."Clarín, 13 April 2005. .
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40 Under Proof (34%abv), fill level to shoulder, with driven cork showing visible shrinking, all consistent with age. Original label present but worn. Extremely scarce.
Distilled in 1916 by the (long vanished) Bandon distillery in West Cork and bottled by the (long vanished) Nuns Island Distillery in Galway, the bottle may be the oldest unopened expression of Irish single pot still whiskey sold in modern times. Originally owned by a Captain R.E. Palmer and bottled by the Galway Persse family who once supplied their whiskeys to the House of Commons, the bottle was even strangely proximate to the turbulent politics of its age. Its distillerys owner, Richard Allman, had even served as Liberal MP for Bandon during the rise of Charles Stewart Parnells Home Rule movement and, aside from its connections to Irish history, the distillery he presided over ran almost directly alongside the legendary rise and tragic collapse of Irish whiskey itself.
Founded in 1826 following the 1823 excise reforms often credited as the midwife of Irish whiskeys first great global boom, the Bandon distillery survived the rise of Father Mathews Cork Total Abstinence Society, the Famine, and stiff competition from its enormous Dublin and Belfast competitors to become one of the most celebrated Irish producers of the age. When the English journalist Alfred Barnard (often regarded as the father of whiskey commentary) came to visit in 1886, he described it as the most successful rural distillery in Ireland, with barley plentifully supplied by local farmers and an internal village of around 200 employees including coopers, carpenters, coppersmiths, maltmen, and of course, the master distiller C. McPherson. The malting facility was second only to Guinness and aside from its own barrels, the distillery also imported specially sherry-seasoned casks from Cadiz. Although this is now common practice in the world of fine whiskeys, Allman claimed to have been one of the first distillers in Ireland to do so. At a time
when Irish whiskey was outselling Scotch three cases to one, Allmans whiskey even earned a popular following in Scotland and would have been a key brand there during the 1860s when, according to Scottish whisky historian Charles MacLean, imported Irish whiskeys like Allmans were actually outselling their Caledonian cousins in Edinburgh itself!
From the perspective of whiskey history, however, the bottles real importance to posterity may actually lie with the writing on the label. Today, the resurgent Irish whiskey industry and its admirers are very eager to talk about a style called Irish pot still or single pot still whiskey, a uniquely Hibernian varietal closely tied to the recipes and procedures that first put Irish whiskey into snifters around the globe. Although it must
be batch-distilled in a pot still (a device also used to make almost all single malts and many artisan American whiskeys), the style is actually defined by the grain ingredients run through that still (a mixture of malt with a fine grist of green unmalted barley for texture and spice). Whiskey made in a pot still without the green barley is not, by this definition, Irish pot still whiskey. Originally introduced as a means of dodging the notorious Malt Tax, the use of raw barley has been a feature of Irish whiskey since the 18th century and although the less efficient green barley produced lower yields, the practice was so ingrained in the taste
of many Irish whiskeys that the practice remained even after the tax was repealed in October 1880 (coincidently only a few months after Richard Allman entered parliament).
Although the recipe was undoubtedly a staple of Irish distilling, the practices of the Bandon distillery provide critics with one of the clearest arguments that, even in Victorian times, this ingredient-based definition was clearly understood as, according to Barnard, the distillery separated its barley into raw gristing and malting facilities and ran them through two distinct runs in order to make both Old Pot Still Whisky, designated Irish, and Pure Malt Whisky, both of a superior quality. The bottle here comes from their Pure Irish Pot Still stock. To contemporary connoisseurs, this bottle is arguably a touchstone to the provenance of Irish whiskeys distinct culinary heritage.
For all that history, however, the Bandon distillery was hit by the same twentieth century factors of war, prohibition, and competition from cheaper more rapidly produced blended whiskeys that decimated the countrys old pot still classics and almost resulted in the extinction of the style. In 1925 Bandon was forced to close, missing its own centenary by just a few months. Trading as Allman, Dowden and Co., its agents continued selling off stocks until 1939, which is most likely the reason for this expressions bottling in Galway (on the grounds of yet another proud Irish pot still distillery closed during the collapse). Very few bottles have survived to modernity and, although the Old Still Bar (converted from the distillery offices) proudly retained a bottle until 1971, most of the contents boiled away in a tragic fire that struck the pub that year.
Like the Irish pot still industry itself, the once notorious liquid pride of Cork simply evaporated through the bottles cork and left the world without a taste. That is, until the discovery of this bottle today.


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Statement on behalf of the European Union by Mr. Marko Rakovec, Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations
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Mr. Chairman,
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The following countries align themselves with this statement: The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia[*], the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and the EFTA countries Iceland and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia.
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The current mandate of the Special Committee under the terms of General Assembly resolution 62/69 of 6 December 2007 is to continue the consideration of the issues on its agenda, as they are laid down in the paragraph 3 of the said resolution.
The work of the Special Committee last February focused largely on the issue of basic conditions and standard criteria for the introduction and implementation of sanctions, on the basis of a revised working paper submitted by the Russian Federation. This is a long standing item in the agenda of the Special Committee. We recognize that past discussions have been useful for enriching the sanctions debate within the UN. In past years the EU has been actively engaged in this process of reflection with the aim of enhancing the design, implementation and effectiveness of sanctions, and in some cases, EU Member States have taken the lead in the important research initiatives aiming at enhancing the effectiveness and fairness of the sanctions regimes.
The EU has made its position clear in this Committee and elsewhere that sanctions, applied in accordance with the UN Charter, are an important tool for the maintenance and restoration of international peace and security. This has been unequivocally recognized by the World Summit in 2005. Sanctions need to be designed with care, and with due regard to minimizing any adverse impact they may have on the socio-economic and humanitarian situation, for populations and on the third States, so as to uphold their credibility and efficiency. They should be implemented and monitored effectively, with clear benchmarks, and should be reviewed periodically so that they remain in place for as limited time as is necessary to achieve their purpose. In this context the European Union welcomes the important work on the issue of sanctions and related subjects, which has already made progress within the different fora of the United Nations.
In particular, we would like to welcomethe final report of the Informal Working Group of the SC on General Issues of Sanctions, under the chairmanship of Greece, which was endorsed by the SC in Resolution 1732 of 21 December 2006. Its task of developing general recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of UN sanctions resulted in an impressive list of best practices and methods which in our view will undoubtedly contribute to making sanctions better targeted and more effective than ever before.
The Security Council has also made notable progress on the issue of listing and de-listing of individuals and entities on the sanctions lists. By Resolution 1730, adopted on 19 December 2006, a focal point and a procedure valid for all sanctions committees has been established whereby requests for de-listing can now be submitted directly by the targeted individuals and entities. The EU welcomes the ongoing deliberations of the Council's sanctions committees on the further improvement of de-listing procedures to ensure that fair and clear procedures exist for removing individuals and entities from United Nations sanctions lists.
In that respect, the EU welcomes the open briefings for the UN membership as a whole, held by the Permanent Representative of Belgium, Ambassador Johan Verbeke, the current chair of the Al-Qaida/Taliban Committee established under Resolution 1267, on the work of the Committee. The EU further welcomes the Committees adoption of the standard cover sheet in July 2006, as well as the new procedures regarding listing proposals, as foreseen in Security Council Resolution 1735, adopted on 22 December 2006. These are all important steps in the ongoing process of ensuring that listing and de-listing procedures are predictable, transparent and fair.
Mr. Chairman,
While the EU agrees that the issue of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third states affected by the application of sanctions is an important one, the EU would like to note that all current sanctions regimes are targeted in nature. In this context, we also note the most recent report of the Secretary-General on this issue (as contained in the UN Doc. A/62/206, dated 3 August 2007) in which the Secretary-General has stated: keeping with the Security Councils shift from comprehensive economic sanctions to targeted sanctions, no sanction committee was approached by any Member State concerning special economic problems arising from the implementation of sanctions. The European Union also recalls that the reports of the Secretary-General for thepast six years have noted that no such communication or report by any government has been made.
Having said that, the European Union believes that the work on the issue of sanctions is indeed bearing fruit. We appreciate the different proposals in the Committee relating to the issue of sanctions, but we continue to hold the view that the Special Committee should avoid duplicating the work that has been assigned, and is carried out elsewhere. We believe that we have come to the point where we have exhausted our deliberations and thus call upon the Committee to conclude its work on this issue as a matter of urgency. It seems that the methods adopted by the Security Council and its committees during the past few years to calibrate sanctions, which are now imposed more finely, are increasingly successful in avoiding unintended effects on socio-humanitarian situations, for populations and third States.
Mr. Chairman,
Turning to the issue of the peaceful settlement of disputes between states the EU once again recalls the duty of all members of the United Nations under Article 2, paragraph 3, of the Charter to settle their international disputes by peaceful means and in such a manner that international peace, security and justice, are not endangered. This is one of the basic principles of the United Nations. It is one of the key principles on which today's international order is built, and we have noted with satisfaction that the Summit Outcome Document has also reminded States of this obligation and stressed that the relevant provisions of the Charter are sufficient to address the full range of threats to international peace and security.
Mr. Chairman,
Another question which was discussed during the last session of the Committee is the addition of two new items on the agenda. In this regard we must again express caution concerning the inclusion of new items on the Special Committee's agenda. The EU recalls that reform of the United Nations is an ongoing process initiated by the call for the strengthening of the Organization in the Summit Outcome Document. While some major accomplishments, such as the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Human Rights Council, have already been achieved, the process is continuing on many other issues. The EU takes the view that the role of this Committees work should be supplementary to that process and considers that it should focus on the legal aspects of UN reform only at the request of the General Assembly.
Mr. Chairman,
The EU would further like to make a few general remarks on the working methods of this Committee. As you will recall, we have always been in favor of improving the work of this Committee, and have welcomed the adoption of the working paper, based on proposals submitted by Japan and a number of other states, by the General Assembly at its previous session (Resolution 61/38). Subsequent progress was, however, limited and the EU favors taking more vigorous steps. It is our hope that this year we will be able to follow the adopted working methods more closely and the EU is certainly ready to carefully consider any new proposal in that regard. Some issues before us have been lingering on our agenda for quite some time now, without any immediate chance of reaching consensus. The EU believes that now the time has come to reconsider or discontinue further discussion on those issues, because, over the years, it has become evident that no considerable progress has been or can be achieved.
We welcome in this regard the conclusion of work of the Committee regarding the consideration of the working paper submitted by the Russian Federation entitled Fundamentals of the legal basis for United Nations peacekeeping operations in the context of Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations during the last session. We would like to make an appeal to the Committee to make every effort to achieve similar progress also on other issues.
Finally, Mr. Chairman,
As regards the Repertory of practice of UN organs and Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council, the European Union welcomes the ongoing efforts to reduce the backlog in the preparation of both publications as well as the placement of the advanced versions on the internet. We take note of the current status of the publications and express our continued support for the preparation of both the Repertory of practice of UN organs and Repertoire of the practice of the Security Council and making them available on the internet.
I thank you Mr. Chairman.
[*]Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.


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No. 1 Razorbacks Enter Championship Season
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 1 Arkansas men's track and field team will compete at the 2016 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 26-27 at the Randal Tyson Track Center. The competition will feature the top four men's programs in the country including No. 2 Tennessee, No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 4 LSU.
Since joining the conference in 1991, Arkansas has won 20 SEC indoor titles out of a possible 24 competitions. The Razorbacks last earned the trophy in 2013 when they scored 152.5 points in front of their home crowd.
400m: Marqueze Washington – PR 45.72 | 2016 Best 45.72
A 2015 transfer from Arkansas Baptist, Marqueze Washington finish fifth in the 400-meter dash last season during his first SEC indoor meet with a time of 46.46. Washington went on to earn second-team All-America honors in the event at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Not just a solo contributor, Washington amassed three first-team All-America honors last year for his efforts on Arkansas's indoor and outdoor 4×400-meter relay teams and the Razorbacks' NCAA championship winning 4×100-meter relay team. A senior hailing from West Monroe, La., Washington ran the 2016 SEC and NCAA leading time in the 400-meter dash at the Razorbacks' final regular season indoor meet at the Arkansas Qualifier on Friday, Feb. 19.
High Jump: Ken LeGassey – PR 2.20m/7-2.50 | 2016 Best 2.19m/7-2.25
A member of the 2013 SEC Indoor All-Freshman team for his third place performance in the high jump, junior Ken LeGassey has been one of the best high jumpers in the conference since his first season as a Razorback. The two-time All-American earned second team All-SEC honors in the event at last year's conference indoor championship in Lexington, Ky. LeGassey jumped his personal best mark of 2.20m/7-2.50 at the 2015 NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas. LeGassey's season best mark of 2.19m/7-2.25 ranks eighth in the nation and was secured at the 2016 Tyson Invitational.
Long Jump: Jarrion Lawson – PR 8.39m/27-6.5 | 2016 Best 8.17m/26-9.75
Bowerman Watch List member Jarrion Lawson is the 2016 NCAA co-leader in the long jump with his mark of 8.17m/26-9.75. The No. 1 high school horizontal jumper in 2012, Lawson qualified for the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships during his first season as a Razorback placing fourth in the long jump. The 12-time All-American returned to the national indoor championships during his sophomore season, jumping his PR of 8.39m/27-6.5 to win the gold medal in the long jump. In 2015 Lawson placed inside the top five at both the SEC indoor and outdoor championships before claiming silver medals in the event at the national level.
Arkansas sophomore Kenzo Cotton is one of two Razorbacks individually ranked in multiple events. The four-time All-American, known for his contributions to Arkansas's relays, has emerged as one of the best sprinters in the nation. His performances this season in the 60 (6.64) and 200 (20.78) meter dashes place him inside the SEC top five of both events.
2015 USATF Junior 800-meter champion Carlton Orange has transitioned into collegiate competition seamlessly. The freshman out of Memphis, Tenn. qualified for the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships in his 800-meter debut with a time of 1:47.38 at the Razorback Invitational. Orange heads into his first SEC meet as the third best performer at 800 meters in the conference.
A two-time SEC All-Freshman team selection (3K and 5K) in 2015, sophomore Alex George has raced back into the top of the conference at 3,000 meters. George recorded a huge PR of 7:55.51 in the event at the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 12. His time is the second best in the SEC this season.
Northwest Arkansas native Gabe Gonzalez holds the second best time in the conference at 5,000 meters following a lifetime best performance of 13:45.98 at the Iowa State Classic. The time marked Gonzalez's first sub-14:00 race in the 5K since 2014 when he ran 13:59.65 to earn second team All-SEC honors at the 2014 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Three-time All-American triple jumper Clive Pullen jumped into the NCAA top five with his personal best mark of 16.54m/54-3.25 from the Tyson Invitational. A product of Kingston, Jamaica, Pullen's PR performance at Tyson places him at No. 2 in the conference as the Razorbacks prepare for this weekend's SEC championships.
All-session tickets for the 2016 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships are now on sale. All-session ticket prices are $35 for reserved seating and $25 for adult general admission. Youth and general admission student tickets are available for $15.
Tickets will be available online, or by calling the Razorback Athletics Ticket Center at 800-982-4647. You can also visit the Ticket Center in person at 1295 S. Razorback Road, just east of Baum Stadium.
For more information on Arkansas track and field including in-meet updates, follow @RazorbackTF on Twitter.


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Director Stephen K. Bannon on Making "The Undefeated" Sarah Palin Documentary – "I Didn't Make This For the Palin-istas" (Audio)
Producer, director and writer Stephen Bannon discussed his latest documentary on Sarah Palin "The Undefeated" with me this week. Stephen told me he did not make this movie for the "Palin-istas" but rather for the Americans who formed their opinion of Sarah Palin through state-run media outlets and Saturday Night Live skits. The movie tells the story of how Sarah Palin rose from nowhere to become America's most popular governor.
Stephen also announced during the interview that the movie would play in St. Louis this summer.
This was a great interview.
The film will launch in markets such as Dallas, Denver, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Atlanta, Orange County, Phoenix, Houston, Indianapolis, and Kansas City starting on July 15. n addition to the cities in which the movie is expected to launch, the public also will be encouraged to vote on future theatre locations that may screen The Undefeated. Voting takes place at www.cinedigm.com/theUndefeatedMovie.
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ORF-Enterprise scores with Crime & Nature at the German Screenings
Vienna, 4th December 2014
For the 39th time, the German Screenings, biggest market for German-language TV-program, took place in Hamburg from November 30th to December 3rd. With its brand-new autumn line-up ORF-Enterprise convinced international program buyers and media experts.
Political Format "Where to, Mr. President?" goes to SRF Switzerland
ORF's innovative political talk-format "Where to, Mr. President?" has been optioned by SRF (CH). The Swiss pubcaster will produce a pilot for the show and plans to continue the series before the national elections in 2015. Further European broadcasters including Poland showed major interest in the format.
ORF Crime-Time-series at RTV Slovenija
Slovenian broadcaster RTV Slovenija (SI) will soon air all four feature-length episodes of ORF's best-selling crime TV-series "Fast Forward". The package is completed by further crime TV-movies including "Code Name Kidon", "Deep End" and "Border Line" of the TATORT-collection. In addition all attending Italian broadcasters showed serious interest in the brand-new crime TV-series "Nosy Brothers".ORF UNIVERSUM strand captures with wildlife highlights
France 5 (FR) picked up several documentaries of the well-known ORF UNIVERSUM strand. Amongst them is the outstanding nature portrait "Nock - Mountains at Heaven's Door". Further six hours of nature and wildlife documentaries went to RTS (CH).
Committing to ORF's autumn highlights in nature and wildlife, RCS-RDS (RO) continued its long-lasting cooperation with ORF-Enterprise: The Romanian Broadcaster also added up further 200 hours of factual titles to their program stock.
SRF (CH) acquired over 10 hours of documentaries including "Forest of Fantasies" and a pre-buy of "Pilgrimage between Faith and Money", visualizing backgrounds and motivation of Mekka-pilgrims.
ORF documentaries go across the globe
ORF's current affairs line-up including "The Caliphate's Children", "Lampedusa - No Island" and "Voices of Transition", a portrait about the shift to biological and alternative agriculture, went to RTV Slovenija (SI).
More factual highlights have been sold to HRT (HR) focusing on ORF's culinary programs. Further documentary highlights like the new story about the ESC 2014 Austrian winner "Conchita - Unstoppable" and "150 Years of Splendor - Vienna's Ringstrasse" will soon entertain the Croatian audience of HRT as well.
Globosat (BR) will soon broadcast the documentaries "The Stone Age Puzzle" and "Gustav Klimt". The impressing Bach Consort, conducted by Ruben Dubrovsky, could convince the Brazilian Broadcaster with the Easter Concert from Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral, "Selva Morale e Spirituale".
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Beautiful, large villa set on 1200 sqm of land situated in a private and peaceful area of St. Paul's Bay, enjoying stunning views of St. Paul's Bay Islands. Villa comprises large entrance hall leading on to a formal lounge area, formal dining room, combined sitting, dining area and fully equipped kitchen, central large courtyard, back terrace enjoying stunning unobstructed sea and country views, five double bedroom main with en suite bathroom, main bathroom, games room, two large work shop rooms, garage, office, indoor pool, front patio and large surrounding garden and lots of other extras. Complementing this property is a two bedroom flat let. Property is freehold.
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Tuesday May 23, 2006 I went in for my regular check up at the doctor's office. I had mentioned to him that I thought I may be leaking amniotic fluid, so he took a test to determine if I was. He said if it was positive then I'd have to go to the hospital. To my disbelief, it was positive. I was 35 weeks - I hadn't even had my baby shower! I was very scared and nervous; all of these thoughts of not being ready came flooding in. Paul's mom, Connie, drove me to the hospital while I called him to tell him what was going on. When we arrived at the hospital (luckily we were already pre-registered) I was put in a room and later induced at 4:00pm.
Since I've decided to wait 3 years to write this, my memory may not serve me well. I'm going to go back to the following Sunday before my Tuesday appointment. Paul, I and some friends, decided to go swimming at Gator Joes. We stopped at a store where a lady had mentioned that it looked like I had dropped and should be having the baby any day now. Little did I know how right she was! Before going to my appointment on Tuesday, I had a meeting with a woman, Shawn, who works with Healthy Families. As she was leaving I jokingly told her that this baby might even come today if he wants! Boy was that the wrong thing to say.
I had made a conscious decision on going through the labor and delivery with no medication. No matter what the pain, I definitely did not want an epidural. Shortly after being induced the contractions started coming on. They were strong and painful but I managed to get through them to the best of my ability. Come 12:00am nothing was progressing, I had not dilated any farther then the 2 cm I was to begin with. I chose to break my decision and get a pain medication that went through my IV. It made me feel like I'd had about 5 glasses of wine! It's a blurry memory of what all went on in between that time since I was woozy at that time. The main reasoning behind choosing the medication - I needed rest! You see, I'm a BIG worry wart, I have been my entire life. I don't think I slept or even rested at all while in the hospital. I was too worried about my baby to sleep! Then, around 4:00am I had the dreadful epidural. I was being prepped for a cesarean. If I hadn't had the epidural 2 hours before the surgery, the contractions would've prevented me from getting one, leading to me being put under anesthetics. I was NOT going to be asleep when my child was brought into the world! I don't remember much of what happened between 4 & 6:00am.
I remember the nurses coming in in a hurry, saying something about the babies heart rate was dropping and that we needed to get into surgery. The OR was a scary place. Laying on my back not being able to move, starring at the ceiling and all of the lights. I had Paul by my side which was helpful, but I was still very scared. After Landon was brought into the world, the nurses quickly showed me that he was OK and rushed him to be put on oxygen. I didn't even get to give him a kiss! :( His face was purple from pushing on my cervix. But, he was one beautiful baby! :)
After the surgery I was put in recovery, where again, I wasn't able to rest because of the thought of my baby being OK. The nurses continually told me that if I didn't get any rest I wouldn't be able to see my baby for awhile. I tried to act like I was resting by closing my eyes! I was brought back to my room shortly after being in recovery. They brought Landon to me minutes after getting to the room. I couldn't have asked for anything more, he was perfect. Absolutely perfect! I thank God for him every day and now with another baby on it's way, I pray things go smoothly and we're blessed with another perfect baby. :)
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Landon's Birth Story
Tuesday May 23, 2006 I went in for my regular check up at the doctor's office. I had mentioned to him that I thought I may be leaking amniotic fluid, so he took a test to determine if I was. He said if it was positive then I'd have to go to the hospital. To my disbelief, it was positive. I was 35 weeks - I hadn't even had my baby shower! I was very scared and nervous; all of these thoughts of not being ready came flooding in. Paul's mom, Connie, drove me to the hospital while I called him to tell him what was going on. When we arrived at the hospital (luckily we were already pre-registered) I was put in a room and later induced at 4:00pm.
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Saturday, May 16, 2009
Landon's 3rd Birthday Plans
Landon's 3rd Birthday Party Plans
(Sunday, May 24th, 2009)
Place- Our house!
Pizza: 4 should be enough - I hope!
Toppings: Cheese, Pepperoni, Ham, & Bacon? That sounds like a good choice to me. I'm thinking maybe 6 pizzas and just get 2 Cheese and 2 Pepperoni then Ham & Bacon. Or maybe just 2 cheese and 2 pepperoni, that sounds more appealing as I type.
Chips and homemade salsa (Still need to find a recipe. My friend Kate made some fantastic dip at her St. Patty's party, I need to ask her about it!) I'll also probably get some regular variety chips and dip. Not sure yet.
Kool aid
Punch (Should try and get recipe from Memaw. She has the best punch at holidays!)
If the punch idea doesn't play out, even if it does possibly, I'm thinking of getting some cola. Of course not just cola but stuff like Mt. Dew, Sprite, etc. I really need to remember ICE the day before!
I've thought about making some homemade chocolate chip cookies, but with the cake, I don't know if I should.
I'm still not sure if the idea that I have of a cake is going to be the one I choose. There's a cake on the bake of the Betty Crocker Cake mix box. It has a round pan cake on the bottom, then has 4 or 5 cupcakes on top of that. Then 3, and then 1. You should get the drift!
I don't exactly have a theme for the party either, which I'm thinking I'd like to rethink. It's going to be outdoors. There will be a small pool for the young kids along with a small swing set. We have a sand pile and a octopus water toy. We have some horseshoes also. I'd like to have like a slip and slide for the bigger kids. We'll have the food inside on the kitchen table and outside on the table under the canopy. We have a picnic table and umbrella by the sand pile also. I think we'll have to set up the other green umbrella just for some extra shade.
The Dollar General down the road from our house has quite a few birthday party favors. I skimmed through and grabbed a few things. Since I'm going to be just about 34 weeks come the 24th, I want to try and not over do myself for all of this. I wanted to do more, but the reality really is, I may not feel up to doing too much. My friend Kate, who is giving me a baby shower, had a family member involved in a horrible car accident. They are not sure if he is going to make it or not. We were planning on having it June 13th or 14th but with the current events, I'm not sure it will play out! It will be a busy next few weeks here in our household.
Back to the party update, I still don't really have 1 clear theme, and I don't think we actually HAVE a theme. It's an outdoors party I suppose. We have a pool, swing set, & big sand pile. We're wanting to get a Slip N Slide to allow the bigger kids to have some fun! I'm also thinking more of baking cupcakes and shaping them together? I just haven't decided! I am steadily trying to keep myself from breaking down and buying one pre-made! STAY AWAY! Just STAY AWAY!
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Baby shopping
Today, my grandmother took me baby shopping! I love my grandma so much, she and my grandfather adopted me when I was little and raised me, they are my parents. As soon as I got home I knew I was going to need to make a space for all the baby supplies. I have a 3 drawer wheeled storage cart I got a while back but used for junk drawers, so I decided to make this like a dresser to store all of baby's clothing. Here's a picture of a shelving unit I decided to get when taxes came around:
Nothing on these shelves is really organized. I have those clear containers on the bottom there that are labeled and pretty much organized. Nothing else had an exact place!
I'm so happy I got this shelving unit in order! It looks fantastic! Well, compared to what it was before! The bottom shelf did not need any changing (that filing container is filled with some medical items, medicine, etc. I really want to find another place to put it so no little hands can get to it). The shelf above that one has all of L's supplies. Diapers for naps, bed time, and pull ups for the road. There are also containers for his play dough and supplies, as well as arts and crafts. The next shelf is specifically for the baby! Baby diapers and supplies simply put. The top shelf has all the cleaning supplies needed for our bathroom and first aid supplies.
Aside from organizing I vacuumed out the jeep. It needs to be cleaned a little more, but is nicer then it was before!
Posted by Tiffany at Wednesday, May 06, 2009 3 comments
Labels: Before and After, Organizing
Don't you love messy rooms?
I love walking into a 3 year old's bedroom when it looks like this:
Problems in this picture: The train set in the bottom right hand corner had been torn apart, that needed to be fixed. Also note the 3 tier wheeled storage cart, that used to be in the bathroom but I decided to put it in L's room in hopes of teaching him how to put away toys in their correct spot. The top is off and toys are scattered across the room from every compartment. There were also clothes that needed to be put away.
Ahhhh...what I sigh of relief. I can see so much floor now! The train set was put together, his bed made, toys in their correct spot. I put all of his clothes away and placed his reading books atop the storage container. He was thrilled to be able to play with his train set again!
Posted by Tiffany at Wednesday, May 06, 2009 3 comments
Labels: Before and After, Organizing
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Closet Clean-Up
Before (DH's Side):
Before (My side)
After (DH's Side)
Notice I have all plastic style hangers. The top is still a little rough looking, but I DO know where everything is. I ended up throwing some Easter baskets up there and not putting them up. Really, I just need to find a place for all those pictures!
The blue bag has all of DH's boxing equipment. The storage container next to that holds all some of my sewing supplies.
(My side)
I had DH put up 2 hooks, one on my side and one on his. I have 1 hook left that I need to hang somewhere. I also went out and bought a couple more storage containers. You see my lovely wipe off calendar. Yes, we have that in OUR room not the kitchen!
I also bought a closet organizer so I could put some of my clothes in. It works out great! I love having all the same type of hangers and I LOVE my hooks!
There are still a few more things I'd like to do with the closet, but I'll wait for now. It's a major turn around for ME and I'm content for now. I'd like to move the dresser into our room and put another closet rack up, but we'll have to see when we have time to do it. It's OK for now!
Posted by Tiffany at Sunday, May 03, 2009 2 comments
Labels: Before and After, Monthly Round-Ups
Saturday, May 2, 2009
31 Weeks
Posted by Tiffany at Saturday, May 02, 2009 1 comments
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Today's Schedule
So far today, I've gotten a few things checked off my list I've had for quite sometime.
I stopped by the W.I.C. office and even though they were closed, there were still people there who were able to give me the paperwork I needed to get myself and L signed up. I stopped receiving W.I.C. about 2 years ago because of the hassle. All the appointments and having to keep up with them was just getting to bothersome for me. I was also working, so that had an impact on my decision. Now that I'm staying at home, and that's one less income, I'm hoping to get back on track.
I also stopped by the Pregnancy Care Center to drop off some of L's old clothes, get some bible studies, and pick out some clothes and baby items needed for baby. I like the PCC because they are a big help in the community. I can take all of L's old clothes and give them to people who need them. While I'm there I can browse around and see what they have for the new baby! A great way to recycle and reuse, as well as save money!
I have decided to make Monday & Thursday's laundry days and it seems to help having set days for laundry. I still need to wash the 2 big comforters, but have to take them to the laundromat. This HAS to be done before baby is here.
We will be going to the grocery store shortly and our budget is $100. I hope to get enough to last us for at least 2 weeks. I will be glad once I can get W.I.C. again. It is truly a big help and we do use a lot of cheese and milk. L does not drink milk at all, he won't even eat cereal that's been put in milk, only dry cereal. He does however, eat food that contains milk, like cheese! So I know he gets his calcium.
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- 1979, episode 20 of Nihon Meisaku Douwa Series: Akai Tori no Kokoro.
- 1981, as a TV special.
- 1992, as movie (this release).
- 2009, as episodes 9-10 of Aoi Bungaku.
This was supposed to be a straightforward project – a soft-subbed version of a Laserdisc source using the R1 VHS subtitles from the ACR (Anime Classics Review) release. Encode, transcribe, time, edit, QC, release – easy, right? Somehow, it didn't turn out that way. It has taken more than a year from receipt of the initial LaserDisc rip to release for, well… reasons.
Let's start with the encode. To quote the current US presidential campaign, it's YUUUUUUGE: 2.3GB for a 106 minute movie that's not even full 480p resolution. Further, it's in two parts, with a totally arbitrary dividing line at the 52 minute mark. Why, you ask? First, the two parts of the source have different resolutions, or, more accurately, different sized black borders. The first part is 682 x 370, the second, 696 x 370. The encoder refused to put them together and have vertical bars in the first part or excess cropping in the second part. Second, the source is from film stock, and rather than risk losing or distoring details with filters and compression, the encoder ultimately just threw bits at the encode: 2200 kbps in the first part, 3000 kbps in the second.
While transcription, timing, and editing went quickly, it took a long time to get the R1 subs translation-checked, and they really needed them. For example, many of the names in the R1 script were incorrect (the queen's name is Phryne, not Flooney, for example). Then QC stalled as well. Both TLC and QC required new resources; I've documented Orphan's translation and QC woes in other posts. But we're finally done.
Was it worth it? I find this version of Hashire Melos overstretched. There isn't enough content in the original short story to justify 100+ minutes of screen time. The first 24 minutes of the movie are an "anime original" prologue that shows Melos as a country bumpkin visiting the big city and meeting Selinuntius for the first time. There's a lot of other padding too: the sequence of events that ensnare Melos in an accusation of treason, the nefarious plot to stop Melos from returning in time, the backstory about Selinuntius and his father, and so on. The garrulous old fart Calippus and the young prostitute Raisa aren't in the original story either. Finally, the movie draws a direct link between the story of Melos and Selinuntius and the fall of Dionysius the Younger. In the short story, Melos' determination helps the king overcome his paranoia and become a better ruler.
On the positive side, I really like the "look" of the movie and its character designs. The main characters have distinctive faces and body types, with real noses and realistic eyes. Melos looks like an overgrown lunk of a shepherd, Dionysius has the "lean and hungry" demeanor of a habitual schemer, and Selinuntius has a balanced appearance befitting a classical sculptor. The animation is fluid, set against very detailed backdrops of the city of Syracuse and the Sicilian countryside. The voice actors are good too. Yamadera Kouichi, who plays Melos, has had a distinguished voice-acting career, including Spike in Cowboy Bebop, Togusa in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, and Ryoga in Ranma ½. The other seiyuu have mostly been in featured roles. Osami Misaki directed and also did the storyboards and the screenplay. Hashire Melos was one of his last projects. Kazumasa Oda composed all the music, including the excellent ending ballad. The background music is subtle and used sparingly.
M74 transcribed the ACR subtitles and did the initial timing; ninjacloud did timing cleanup. Iri translation checked, I edited and typeset, Juggen created the ending karaoke, and Calyrica, konnakude, and new staff member Xenath3297 did QC. bananadoyouwanna encoded the LD source, and the experience proved so traumatic that he has sworn never to touch a non-progressive source again. The LD rip itself is from an anonymous source.
Please enjoy this new release of Hashire Melos.