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Gathering Figs
Figs, like many fruits in our yard, are a month early this year. We have two varieties, including my favorite, brown turkey, which I'd picked up at Mount Vernon in 2006 and nursed through a few years of condo living before planting in Annapolis. The other is Hardy Chicago, and I'm getting more of them this year, when they taste better than they usually do.
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If I can avoid eating all of them fresh, I plan to try them stewed, perhaps with some other summer fruits and some spices, but no added sugar. The figs are sweet enough.
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Even with a 1-3 record through four weeks, Rockhurst's level of competition and long-standing reputation around the state had it ranked fifth in the latest Class 6 media poll.
Friday at their own Dasta Stadium, the Hawklets justified that level of respect, pouncing on a Blue Springs South team that, at times, was its own worst enemy in suffering a 27-6 loss.
Coming off gut-wrenching wins the last two weeks, the visiting Jaguars played solid defense but fell to 3-2 after committing five turnovers and 12 penalties for 94 yards, not to mention two special teams exchanges that gave Rockhurst (2-3) short fields for its first two touchdowns.
"It just looked ugly at times," Oder said. "When you're playing a team like Rockhurst, they take advantage of every little thing. Everything's gotta be perfect."
Rockhurst managed just 72 yards in the first half, but nearly half of them the lone scoring drive of the half. South punted away its first possession, and A.J. Taylor returned a long but low line-drive boot 29 yards to the Jaguars' 35, then busted a 27-yard run to the 7. Two plays later T.J. Green tossed a 5-yard scoring pass to Javon Goodman for a 7-0 lead at the 3:35 mark.
South made a bid to tie late in the second quarter, driving 60 yards to the Rockhurst 20, but the 15-play possession ended on downs. The Jaguars gained a reprieve when Wyatt Parker fell on a muffed handoff in the final minute, but Logan Prins intercepted Colton Pogue's pass down the middle for Brandin Dandridge.
The Jaguars knocked harder on the door to start the second half, piecing together an 10-play drive to the Hawklet 14. On play No. 11, Emery Ester nearly gained another first down, but on his second effort lost a fumble at the 5.
Later, forced to punt again from their 36, the snap was too high for Chace Mason and he got buried at the 7, setting up Kiah Kintchen's 2-yard touchdown three plays later that put Rockhurst up by two touchdowns.
Rockhurst missed a field goal in the fourth quarter, but two plays later Sam Tanner stepped in front of Pogue pass and return the interception 35 yards for a touchdown.
Dandridge (seven catches, 73 yards) returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards up the left side for South's lone score, but after Kintchen fumbled the ball back to South, Brins again and Ahmad Tyler intercepted Pogue passes.
Pogue was 16-of-31 passing for 125 yards, as Rockhurst allowed just five completions longer than 6 yards. With the bad punt snap, the Jaguars managed just 105 yards on the ground, led by Ester (53 on 18 carries) and Adam Cofield (nine carries, 47 yards).
"Offensively we were moving, and then we lost the fumble," Oder said. "He kept fighting and ended up losing the ball."
Until Kintchen scooted for 18, 28 and 23 yards on his last three carries, the final going for a touchdown with 2:30 remaining in the game, Rockhurst had just 179 yards, two pass completions and seven first downs on their offensive ledger.
"They fought," Oder said of South's defense. "I'll have to see what happened those last plays, but for the most part they played hard.
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Revisit the AJ's live blog from Europe's biggest property fair – experience the thrill and champagne spills of the annual MIPIM property show in Cannes
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Leanne Tritton
Back from MIPIM 2012 and just contemplating the Olympic marketing protocol story and subsequent comments by Olympic Minister Hugh Robertson.
When I left the workshop held by the Olympic Park Legacy Company on Tuesday morning, I was really pleased that common sense had prevailed and British businesses were being encouraged to promote their achievements. There was a genuine feeling that they now have the opportunity to succeed and grow if they can talk about their work. Unfortunately, that is not to be.
An inconsistent 'policing' of the rules has caused much of the confusion experienced by many construction, engineering and design companies. Anecdotally, some firms have been allowed to produced significant brochures, enter awards and feature projects on their websites whilst others have been issued with 'slaps' for simply stating the facts on their websites. A recent book, aimed at a professional audience had the names of architects and project teams removed from picture captions.
No company I have spoken to wants to usurp the position of the named sponsors or use the Olympic logo - they simply want the record to state the facts and be credited for their work.
I will be surprised if Roberston and his political colleagues don't try to claim some credit for the success of the Olympics. Letting the design, construction and projects teams do the same is only fair.
CommProp: MIPIM 2012: Architects Gensler to open Birmingham office bit.ly/yH7ysR
— The Birmingham Post(@PostBusiness) March 8, 2012
Joe Morris
Absence sensors in Cannes toilets are set to extreme levels. Sit still on a loo for more than two minutes and the lights go out. However, there is a strong message in here somewhere for the value of low carbon initiatives. The only hope is that technological advancement can harness the MIPIM fart…a quite different consideration to the common or garden fart.
Lindsay Urquhart
Sunset at the All Design party. Great end to a fantastic week (apart from the Hang The Dj, and Tom's Party).
Cany Ash
A new take on "Get Britain Building" outside Le Crillon (better known as the Manchester bar) at 2am with Ahzar Azhar, gallantly leap-frogging barriers to pose on a cheery yellow digger for 'go- Newham!' Clive Dutton.
Joe Morris
Network, network, network. It's relentless but productive, rewarding and I have to say pleasant this year. Name checks for this morning; momentum engineers (Richard Heath), the Lady Builder, Aecom (Tim Mote), Jackson Coles (various), Bennetts (Alasdair Mckenzie), BIG Architects (various), Purcell Miller Tritton (David Hills), Gardner and Theobald (Gavin Murgatroyd and James Angus), KPF (Cristina Garcia), Fisher Dachs Associates (Flip Tanner), and many, many more. Just wiping plate clean of grilled squid in open air restaurant on beach front then back to the most important event of the entire 2012 MIPIM, Paul Finch summarising the London Stand, 5:30. Be there.
Fred Pilbrow
'Mipim is a City' in the view of Gavin Stein. The possibility, indeed likelihood, of chance meetings echo the experience of Samuel Johnson's walks through 18th Century London – the great lexographer would rarely set out without meeting somebody of his acquaintance.
This works at Cannes by distilling out all the non-property types leaving a dense residue of developers, bankers and consultants to collide, serendipitously. In the view of Bonnie Ko, "all those black suits are so ugly", spoiling the waterfront – although there's agreement that the grandeur of theCroisette probably needs the suits to survive.
I'm at the Brockton pizza dinner sitting between a mezzanine financier and someone who specialises in senior debt. I'm struggling at times to follow the full implications of Basel III Bank liquidity obligations, but do get the MIPIM hierarchy – people with money being wooed by the developers being wooed by architects.
We're right at the bottom of the pile – except for the engineers of course who are wooing us. David Marks of Brockton Capital disagrees – the users are at the top of the pile. They of course are so powerful they don't even have to come to Cannes at all.
Steve Ardern
A slow start this morning, mainly due to a late night aboard the Hermitage yacht. The Hermitage team was in good spirits celebrating the success of planning consent on their iconic Paris scheme. It was a real pleasure towork with Fosters on the film and we are looking forward to seeing the development.
The London club is buzzing this morning, so the plan is to bump into more old friends before a possible hair of the dog!
Christine Murray
Dynamite AJ thinktank yesterday, where a dozen architects, engineers and developers solved the problems of the world around a table, from protection of title (who is it protecting, really?), to whether BIM is the future (the future of delivery, perhaps but not design), how architects should 'down pens until they get better fees', and how good design is key to unlocking the potential of a site – especially now that lending is still un-liquid.
One client warned me, 'the debt model of development is now over' – developers have to reach into their back pockets or find a benevolent soul to kickstart a project, not rely on bank lending. This is ultimately going to affect design. 'Buildings will have to be lean, yet innovative.' one developer said to me. Another explained how they need help in making the economics stack up on any given project, and that the architects they love to work with, are those that can nimbly assist them in developing the brief, well before they look at the design.
The goalposts are moving: few clients here are talking about flipping property, but about long-term, sustainable investment. This suggests building design will ultimately be less about bling, and more about long lives, loose fits, and buildings that promise a decent rental income and turnover for decades to come.
#mipim €63.6bn invested in European commercial real estate in 2011 in 37 markets analysed by BNPPRE, up 11% from 2010 tinyurl.com/7vfh8vl
— BNPParibasRealEstate (@BNPPRE) March 8, 2012
Joe Morris
I have no doubt that Cycle 2 Cannes is where the real business of networking takes place. I have the greatest of respect for Peter Murray and the others who made this thing 'exist'.
One real snippet of information was discussed on one of the stages during day three of the EPIC 1500km ride (which I completed with much pain) relating to the blight of French cuisine.
Having spotted field after field of horses, geese, chickens and pigs we touched on the strange rite of passage for French gourmets being the eating of the ortolan. These tiny birds – captured alive, force-fed, then drowned in Amagnac – were roasted whole and eaten that way, bones and all, while the diner drapes his head with a linen napkin to preserve the precious aromas and, some believe, to hide from God.
The graphic detail of this strangely barbaric ritual was in no way matched by the food on offer throughout our French journey, which consisted of meals constructed from cheese, ham and bread in various configurations.
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Olympic firms told to ignore marketing ban
UK companies behind the London 2012 Olympic Games were urged to ignore publicity restrictions at a meeting with OLPC chair Margaret Ford and ODA chief executive Dennis Hone
Leanne Tritton
I arrived on Monday night to be greeted by Chantelle, a lovely local who organises our modest apartment each year. As she showed me up stairs, she pointed to a very neatly rolled rucksack and jacket just outside our door, 'there's a homeless man sleeping here, I can call the police if you want but I don't think he's any bother. Do you have people like this in London?'
My colleague Sarah Rutt and I met him on Tuesday morning when we set off for meetings. He was very polite and l didn't fit the stereotype of a homeless person. In fact, he looked like many of the thousands of middle class men in suits here at MIPIM. Wonder why he's sleeping rough.
Thought of him a lot during the day as the conversations I had meandered through yields, senior debt, place-making, architecture and copious amounts of gossip. Slightly depressing that no matter how many resources we dedicate to creating communities, there will always be someone left out and sleeping rough.
#MIPIM Almacantar seeking planning to covert 34-storey Centrepoint into luxury apartments at top with shops and restaurants at its base
IBP (@mediaIBP) March 7, 2012
Adam Nathaniel Furman
It was a round-robin of meetings yesterday, from the arranged kind, sitting in Café Roma to the tune of waiters shouting disagreeably "no more coffee after this, just drinks" (drinks are more expensive), to the more informal, fun and impromptu kind that come from bumping into someone you click with, all of them being punctuated right in the middle by a Paris Pavilion- facilitated bout of musical chairs.
I cut lunch short after getting a phone call from someone I thought was not going to get back to me (and whom I was very eager to meet), and made my way to the extremely large (double the size of London's) Paris Pavilion.
The Japanese gentlemen thought it would be a nice place to have a meeting, considering it was rather empty of people with a café, and large terrace with seating. So we sat down and I got to-it, talking about our Adaptable Neighbourhoods work, showing projects I thought would be relevant, making a bit of small talk, and just as the director of unsaid property development firm was getting excited about a couple of projects we seemed to be perfect for, a Paris Pavilion be-uniformed attendee cuts in, rhetorically asking if our meeting was arranged with the stall, which it wasn't so we were ushered off, ipad, earphones, papers and pens scooped up in arm, headed over to the café, at which we were clearly, loudly and theatrically told in French after having our cards checked, staff member pointing vigorously towards the exit, "non, vous aller à l'extérieur", something similar being barked at us when we went to go and sit on the terrace, after which we went and sat at another stand that we were no doubt not supposed to sit in, and quickly wrapped up the meeting before another attendant should approach, finger wagging.
I'm sure I'll be able to follow up the meeting and make up for its vagrant nature, but I'll be insisting on London's smaller, but busier and friendlier pavilion over Paris' swankier one next time. Bienvenue á Londres!
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Monika Mereckyte
What a great first day at MIPIM. Met up with RTKL, Chapman Taylor and BCI Design to discuss current and future projects. Opening Party as usual was heaps of fun and was also able to meet new company representatives based in Russia. Definately seems the Moscow market is booming.
Cany Ash
Willmott Dixon breakfast yesterday and Royal Docks this morning, good places to start the day. Noticed a lively conversation across one of those vast Chinese restaurant tables, and managed to displace someone while they went for a coffee.
Nick Jopling of Grainger Plc is passionate about new models of housing. Bridging the rift that opens in people's lives when they can't or won't do Indiana-Jones-style leaps onto the housing ladder. He is a champion for a newish American model of rented homes, designed around a concierge-hosted communal lobby. Apparently Assael Architects are the only ones working on this concept right now.
Today at the Docks during breakfast, I enjoyed the wild contrast of new and old in the Newham boosterish presentations, and shared some Canning Town Caravanserai thoughts with Clive Dutton. Looking forward to presenting the Caravanserai with Clive and Tom Bloxham at 4.30pm today on the Newham stand.
Jack Pringle
Off to a bad start on Tuesday. I managed to not find the back room at Le Pistou to join Paul Finch and others debating retrofit. Must try harder.
Thankfully it got better. Good client meeting at the Carlton followed by networking in the bunker and on the beach.
The Paris stand is huge. Twice the size of London's. I'm told size doesn't matter but… Curiously everything in the Paris stand is written in English. Have the French finally given up on their language? Someone should tell the Institut Francais.
Inside the Paris Pavilion is a little disappointing, bar the model of La Defence (see photo) but it's still not a patch on the London model. The new centrepiece of La Defence is Thom Mayne's tower. A huge glass plastic shape. Foster's twin towers look a bit out on a limb by comparison and look supermodel emaciated, if elegant.
Christine Murray
A good day two yesterday. In a morning cruise of the bunker, AJ news editor Richard Waite spotted projects by Winy Maas and Snohetta on the Oslo stand. Quizzing the city officials, he found out they'll be hosting open competitions for a massive piece of city in Oslo harbour – a place to watch.
Then off to meet Ken Shuttleworth of Make at Bar Roma, who updated us on the status of his projects, including news Gary Neville's Bolton house is on hold, showing us some dramatic visuals of his Octopus scheme in London on his iPad, MIPIM's must-have accessory this year.
Then Waite went to see Richard Rogers speak on the Qatar pavilion, and I went to Frankfurt to learn about a new cultural quarter mooted for the city. The presentation was entirely in German, however, so I will try to find out more today in a one-on-one chat.
Waite asked Rogers a few questions about east London, but didn't have time to write up the article before running off to a lunch meeting. He phoned in the quotes to me, and I wrote up this story in the press room, where I was polishing off my column for this week's issue, which went to print last night.
After lunch (lobster and langoustines!), I went to the Manchester stand to learn more about graphene and the research hub they've announced, and whether or not it has an architect. No joy there, but I caught up with David Pringle of NOMA, the Co-operative Group's development arm, who showed us some new visuals of buildings commissioned for the massive Manchester development, including Ian Simpson's building there.
Nick Johnson and Tom Bloxham of Urban Splash were also there, and Waite had just heard were planning a move into mass house building. I had an interesting wide-ranging chat with the two (real ale, the dying high-street) and finally big news on mass housing, with a story we then wrote up here.
Back at the London stand, I bumped into Scott Lawrie of ALL Design, who invited me to a party he and Will Alsop are hosting on Thursday night.
Ian Bogle of BFLS stopped by to give me his new business card, which read Bogle Architects. I did a quick interview with Ian and rushed back to the press room to write up the news that BFLS had split, while Waite found BFLS partner David Lawrence for comment, a story you can read here.
Finally, we went to the country of honour party – Germany – at the Carlton and ate Bratwurst and danced to live bongos, saxophone and house music, with Joe Morris of Duggan Morris, Paul Karakusevic of Karakusevic Carson, and BACA.
A final stop at the Manchester bar on the way to the taxi stand, where I congratulated Paul Monaghan and Simon Allford of AHMM on their Google HQ for King's Cross, reported in the Evening Standard. 'No comment' they said – even with the news having been broken, presumably they are still gagged by the client. Oh well.
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Rogers: 'East London could be the new West London'
Richard Rogers has told delegates of the MIPIM property fair that 'West and east London could switch sides' due to the intelligent masterplanning, transport infrastructure and investment as a result of the 2012 Olympics.
Stephen Ardern
7.30am start for the Uniform team. Being in the quiet part of town gives us the chance to soak up some of this beautiful region, and I can't believe how quiet it is.
Managed to get off the London stand for a few hours and recce the rest of the expo. Some great schemes that I know our designers would love to visualise, particularly impressed with Brenac and Gonzalez's, Une tour d'habitation.
The sun is threatening, so hopefully we will get the chance to enjoy the terrace because at the minute, it's blummin' freezing!
Martyn Evans
'Working' dinner last night meant reasonably clear head this morning to embark on first day of meetings. First up, Platform5 Architects who showed me a nice project at Waltham Forest College. Good to spend first part of the first morning talking to young, enthusiastic architects.
Then off to Cafe Roma to meet Deb Tate of Thinking Place for a conversation about what constitutes good place-making. The answer is somewhere between inspiration and perspiration, but neither of us could work out exactly in what proportions. Then off for a wi-fi hunt and a quick whip round the London pavillion. Next, Manchester.
#MIPIM@QatarUrbanForumRogers keynote:#Pompidou Centre is a framework that can change and adapt to differing needs and political change
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Christine Murray
It's a pleasure to be up and at it this morning after a rambling, slow yesterday. I was booked on the dreaded 8:30am from St Pancras, which due to a fire on the line and a missed connection, means I arrived at Cannes after 10pm last night, greeted by a riviera downpour.
The beer and steak frites at the Manchester bar was heaven after a day of stale baguette sandwiches on trains. The only comfort was that the rest of the UK building press were on the same train, so we weren't missing any MIPIM scoops.
Today's schedule looks promising for architects: two major masterplans will be presented on the Paris stand, La Defense Seine Arche at 10:30am and Plaine de France at 11am. Richard Rogers' keynote speech at the Qatar Pavilion, from 11am, followed by Massimiliano Fuksas on Sustainable Development. There are also presentations on Tokyo, Stuttgart and Frankfurt.
As for the AJ delegation, news editor Richard Waite and I will talk our way through MIPIM, making contacts, talking shop and conducting interviews. I lost my voice in the first 12 hours last year. My first meeting is in 30 minutes. Right, let's get started.
This Dark Architects-masterplanned development in Oslo harbour, Norway features buildings by Snohetta and Winy Maas. There will be open competitions for neighbouring plots.
Zero tolerance. Any providers of #MIPIM tweets get unfollowed immediately. It's that simple.
— Steve Parnell (@steveparnell) March 6, 2012
Martyn Evans
Dinner last night with the top team from Newham. Over very good food Mayor Sir Robin Wales held forth on the prospects for development in the Borough post Olympics, the vast opportunities in the Royal Docks and Kilmarnoch FC taking advantage of the trouble at Rangers to win the Scottish league – a feat last accomplished in 1965, the year of my birth.
Upbeat conversation with people who feel genuinely energised by the focus the Games will bring them. (Good piece in the Guardian this morning, btw, by Steve Rose on the hidden architectural highlights of The Olympics).
Richard Waite
The Manchester 'hub' at the ever-busy Crillon. Have a good catch up with Cobbetts solicitor partner (and west Manchester dancing champion 2006 to 2009). Also ask Derek Griffin of giants Whitbread whether they need architects for the near one million square feet of hotel rooms they intend to build next year alone. 'It's not a closed door,' he says. Say hello to Phil Doyle of 5plus here to promote, amongst other things, the Manchester airport city (part of which has just gone in for planning) and meet Martin Gibson of GA Studio. It's hosing it down.
Adam Nathaniel Furman
For anyone who has a spare moment tomorrow morning, get down to the Marché Forville. Its only on Mondays and Tuesdays, and is a veritable bounty of knick knacks in a grand hall, surrounded by drinking holes where you can have a glass of rosé with your coffee (something we noticed to be a bit of a tradition in the area) even at 11am.
Before heading over to the Palais we spent some time there delighting in the collected accoutrements of various old French interiors, Bric-a-Brac'd up for sale. Frightening dolls, endearingly bad paintings, swords, old ironmongery, hand-painted toy soldiers, small dogs in (plastic) baskets -actually small dogs everywhere- and no end of florid porcelain, costume jewellery, silver plate, and anti-pigeon spikes that were so laden-down with cobwebs, that from the corner of our eyes we mistook them for the masts of model-ships. A set of photographs can be seen here.
A rather more placid, domestic version of the frenetic wheeler-dealing that we are off to participate in at the main conference now.
Steve Ardern
An early start to catch the 8.15am flight from Liverpool, and although the airport was pretty quiet, the flight to Nice was full. it seems that the legends are true about MIPIM as our flight was running low on red wine and change.
Judging the mix of people solely on what they're reading on the flight, the creatives naturally playing with iPads, potential investors leaning into the aisle with the broadsheets, possible architects reading the AJ of course, and public sector reading the Liverpool Echo. I wish other flights were always that quiet.
We're staying away from the main drag on Palm Beach and although it's out of season, it's hot enough for this scouser to don some flip flops. Nick Bentley fancies a game of Boules, but the locals look fairly well practiced and I'm sure we can lose our money in better ways.
Then the rain hits and its cold, very cold. Ah well, hopefully a brighter day tomorrow. Our stand is looking great, so off for a cheeky beer and a bite today. Tres bon!
How do I block tweets containing specific hash tags - I want to block anything with #MIPIM in it?#notbothered
— Guy Denton (@GuyDenton) March 5, 2012
Lindsay Urquhart
The bar is dry and unless you are happy to lunch on mini saucisson, walkers crisps and popcorn you'll be going hungry on the 8.30am from Kings Cross, yet to arrive in Paris. Fun and games await for the onward journey…
Jack Pringle
Monday morning and I'm holed up in my flat on the Rue D'Antibes bracing myself for another MIPIM week. The weather's fine, I had lunch on the beach yesterday, and it's good to get the first blush on spring sun on one's face.
I hope I feel as well on Friday.
#mipim going to be fun at Gare Lyon - train guard reckons could be as many as 300 people trying to get on Cannes train. Good luck everyone
— Stacey Meadwell (@EGStaceyM) March 5, 2012
Richard Waite
The view from the much-delayed and heavily MIPIM atendee-laden 8.31am Eurostar train from St Pancras to Paris. Photograph taken south of Calais. Welcome to France.
Chris Bown
The Qataris have designs on MIPIM.
An unrivalled collection of architectural heavyweights are in Cannes this week, thanks to the largesse of the Qataris who are holding their own urban forum in a double decker pavilion hastily being completed outside the Palais des Festivals.
A two day programme of keynotes and panel sessions will discuss sustainability and green development, culture, heritage and identity. No mention of Qatar's real challenge though, designing sustainable stadia for the 2022 World Cup.
Adam Nathaniel Furman
'Click your heels three times'
Leaving rain-soaked London behind we landed in gloriously sunny Marseille, from which point on everything was ridiculously -suspiciously- easy. From the bus driver who let us on at the wrong stop, to the lugubrious man who whipped our french back into shape talking about Zinadine Zidane all the way, as the train slid along the summer-like seaside, to Cannes.
Even in town our wrong booking at the hotel was no problem, the fact that we totally forgot to bring a traveller's cheque for the flat's deposit was not a problem, the sunset gave way to the kind of azure sky, and lurid moon that so eloquently justifies the name of this département.
Walking down from the old fort & church we walked into a long thin wine bar, all stained wood, small tables, two metres wide and the best house wine this side of British expectations. It was like all we had to do was click our heels three times and our whims were attended to… its now up to us to make positive augurs turn into fulfilled promises.
Bit more wine first though, thanks.
Nick Wilson
All set for MIPIM, bag packed, business cards packed, taxi to airport booked.
We have a spot on the RIBA London stand and have to give a 60 sec pitch on the Wednesday evening so very exciting, but also venturing into the unknown!
Martyn Evans
My name's Martyn and I'm a MIPIM virgin. Advice I have been given:
1. 'Make as many appointments as you can in advance.' Check.
2. 'Don't make any appointments, everyone will change them, you will have much more fun running into people in a spontaneous social extravaganza.' Oh.
3. 'Wear T-shirts. It will be hot.' Check.
4. 'Take a sweater. It will be cold.' Hmm.
5. 'Best to wear a suit – deals with every possible meeting dress code.' Back of wardrobe searched.
6. 'No-one wears a suit.' Hurrah.
7. "If you didn't book a table for lunch in January it's all over." Yikes.
8. 'Which days would you like your table for 8, Monsieur? Every day? Pas de probleme.'
9. 'Your importance is evidenced by the number of invitations you get to lunch and dinner.'
10. 'Oh no…everyone gets invited to everything. You're not special.'
11. 'No-one will want to come to lunch – too busy.'
12. Me: 'Lunch?' Them: 'Yes. Where? When? Will there be wine?'
So, today am packing. T-shirts, sweaters, suits, jeans, iPad, business cards and Nurofen.
FRIDAY 6.55pm
Clare Dobson
Preparing for MIPIM is a hectic affair for me and never more so than this year as I have just finished producing a new magazine for Chapman Taylor which will debut at MIPIM. It's called Achievements and though this is a third edition, it's my first as head of marketing here and true to form, I've redesigned everything! Thankfully I have great graphic support but it's still been quite a feat.
Sat here at my desk I'm going through my mental (and paper!) checklist - tickets, video presentations, diary, hotel info, the list seems endless. Technically this is my first year at MIPIM, but I have prepared for this from the London end multiple times and attended MAPIC so I feel well accustomed to it already in many ways. I arrive in Cannes on Monday afternoon and it will be a quick trip to my hotel before setting off to see how things are going with our stand preparation. After that it's time for a bit of fun and networking while I catch up (over drinks no doubt) with the team at MIPIM World!
Matt Yeoman
Shoreditch, London. For the first time in years I am actually looking forward to Mipim. Having made the annual trip south 7 years in a row, I took a break and didn't attend last year. As a result I feel refreshed and ready to go. I was intending to join the Cycle to Cannes nutters, but failed in my quest to find someone willing to join me in the idea of a tandem. So it's off to the airport on Tuesday, flight lands at 10am and I believe that my PA has the first lunch arrange for 12noon. Sounds like a promising start…..
Adam Nathaniel Furman
The Ash Sak team's survival kit. Not quite Bear Grylls, but we have done our bit of preparation, and have a nice little portable sales office to take with us. Mountains of business cards, Ipad to quickly whip out at a moment's notice and show off our new website, cameras to take quick snaps of anything that catches our fancy and that may look nice on the AJ blog, our more detailed A4 profiles, the vital fake tan, Solpadeine, and a book of potential clients we would like to meet, as well as -of course- Cany's glasses in case anything warrants particular scrutiny along the way. MIPIM here we come! Well, Marseilles first actually… more soon.
Heinz Richardson
I'm not actually arriving at MIPIM until Wednesday this year, so my forward planning will begin in earnest on Monday….or maybe Tuesday given the looming deadlines in the office. In the meantime, my trusty lieutenant Sean, who runs J+W's Prague office, will I have no doubt, be putting together an exhaustive agenda of visits to the many and varied pavilions and stands of Central Europe.
Having been fairly sceptical of the point of MIPIM before my first visit last year, I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised at how useful it was. Perhaps we have a slight advantage as given our longstanding presence in the Czech Republic we have a real reason to hang out with the Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak and Croatian visitors. We are even (cautiously) optimistic that we might disprove what I believe is a Cannes maxim that "no-one ever wins a job at MIPIM".
I have been upgraded in status at MIPIM. I can now get a discount on a helicopter.
— Leanne Tritton (@leannetritton) February 29, 2012
Tom Bloxham
10 tips to get the most out of MIPIM…
1) Enjoy yourself! Often the best contacts come from chance encounters and unexpected meetings
2) Pace yourself by planning meetings with people you definitely want to meet beforehand, but don't cram your diary too much
3) Pick maybe three or four people who you want to spend quality time with, grab lunch for two on the beach and create long lasting business relationships.
4) Pace your drinking. Perhaps more important than point 2! Drink plenty of water, there's a work hard/play hard balance in Cannes
5) Don't forget your sandals, shades and hat. Its a fun, informal affair, dress relaxed and you'll enjoy it more.
6) Grab a cheeky weekend skiing at either end of MIPIM, the South of France has more to offer than just La Croissette
7) If skiing isn't for you, explore the surrounding countryside or maybe the Fondation MEAGHT
8) Go for a paddle, the sea isn't just for the yachts! Take in some of the calming waters while you're at MIPIM
9) Make sure you get an invitation to all of the best parties, again they're a great place to meet contacts
10) Make sure your primary objective is to come home with a fistful of business cards. And you must, must follow up on every single one of them when you get home.
Source: © 360 MEDIAS / IMAGE&Co
MIPIM tips: starting to sort my calendar, who is going to what where?
— Christine Murray (@tcmurray) February 21, 2012
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ALLEN PARK -- Titus Young is no longer with the Detroit Lions despite a severe shortage of wide receivers.
"Titus will not be part of our wide receiver mix, he's not with the team right now. If I have any further updates I'll let you know,'' coach Jim Schwartz said on Monday.
"He is not going to practice, he's not with the team right now. I can't predict what the future is going to hold. Right now he's not, if that changes I'll let you know,'' Schwartz added.
Young was sent home on Nov. 19 after he reportedly lined up in the wrong spot more than once during the Nov. 18 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
He was inactive for the Thanksgiving game and returned to practice last week. However, he was inactive Sunday against the Colts and was told by Schwartz to stay away from Ford Field.
When he was first sent home, Schwartz said it was up to Young to turn the situation around. He said the ball was in his court.
Schwartz would not be specific, but apparently Young did not do his part.
"I certainly believe in second chances there's no greater story in the NFL or professional sports than redemption and people that overcome situations,'' Schwartz said.
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It's expected some kind of roster move will be made but it hadn't happened on Monday.
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WWE Unforgiven was a pay-per-view marked by more than a few major twists.
New champions were crowned, new alliances were formed and new characters
debuted as WWE held its first three Championship Scrambles at Quicken Loans
Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It was said the champions had an 80 percent chance
of losing their title. Well, it was 100 percent for one champion who didn't
even have to chance to make it to his match.
Todd Grisham and Matt Striker welcome us to the broadcast, which is
presented in WWEHD. They waste no time in getting us to the ring for our
opening contest.
Match #1 - ECW Championship Scramble - Matt Hardy (Cameron, NC) vs.
The Miz (Cleveland, Ohio) vs. Chavo Guerrero (El Paso, Texas) vs. (c) Mark
Henry (Silsbee, Texas) vs. Finlay (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Hardy and The Miz start for the first five minutes. They start out with
some mat wrestling until Miz is able to hit the Reality Check, but Hardy
falls out of the ring. Miz brings him back into the center of the ring, but
can only get two. Immediately after, Chavo Guerrero makes his way into the
match. He immediately low-bridges Miz and climbs up and hits the Frog Splash
to become the Interim ECW Champion.
Guerrero is on fire, hitting a rolling heel kick and then plunging onto
Miz on the outside. With that, Hardy is up and goes after Guerrero. Miz gets
up and hits a flying crossbody onto them, but soon after, Hardy hits the
Side Effect on Miz for the three count.
All three men stop and team up on Henry as he enters the ring, but he
shrugs them off briefly before being overwhelmed in the corner for a second
until he pushes them all off and starts, as Grisham puts it, "swatting"
them. Miz tries running into Henry and bounces right off. Henry picks up
Guerrero and hits the World's Strongest Slam for the fall.
None of the three are having any luck with Henry. Henry gets Guerrero in
a bearhug, but sees Hardy go to the top and releases Chavo just to catch
Hardy in the same move. Henry is just dominating this match. With Hardy in
another bearhug, the clock strikes for Finlay to enter. He and Hornswaggle
run to the ring, with Hornswaggle sliding under the ring.
Finlay comes in and we now have under five minutes to go in the match.
Finlay comes in and hits a DDT on Henry for two, but Henry kicks out and
puts Finlay in the bearhug. Hornswaggle comes in the ring to distract Henry,
but ducks out and allows Finlay to hit Henry with the Shillelagh. They then
dump Henry to the outside.
Finlay hits the Celtic Cross and he is now the interim champion with 3:48 to
go. In his short celebration, Miz hits a missile dropkick on Finlay, but
gets hit with the Twist of Fate by Hardy for the fall.
With all the men in the ring, pinfalls are being broken up all over the
place. Henry is hitting the World's Strongest Slam on everyone, but each pin
attempt is being broken up. Finlay goes for the Celtic Cross on Hardy but
eats a big boot from Henry instead. Henry hits the big splash on Miz, but is
broken up.
Under a minute to go and Hardy is still champ. He is running around like
a mad man trying to keep everyone clear. He sends Miz to the outside, then
Guerrero. It is literally a mad scramble at the end, but time runs out!
Winner and NEW ECW Champion: Matt Hardy
Match rating: 7/10
Matt runs into brother Jeff backstage. Matt proposes a clean sweep for
the Hardy's tonight.
Match #2 - World Tag Team Championship - (c) Ted DiBiase (West Palm
Beach, Fla.) & Cody Rhodes (Charlotte, NC) vs. Cryme Tyme (Brooklyn,
Cryme Tyme gets off to a hot start when Shad propels JTG over the top
rope and onto DiBiase and Rhodes. The tide turns eventually, though, when
Priceless team up on JTG, isolating him in their corner. This continues for
a good five minutes or more. Rhodes and DiBiase are just working JTG over.
Rhodes goes to the top and attempts a moonsault but misses big time, as JTG
rolls out of the way. He is able to find Shad as Rhodes finds DiBiase.
Shad hits a big back-body drop, but behind the referee's back, Rhodes hit
a DDT. DiBiase goes for the cover, but Shad gets his foot on the bottom
JTG gets the tag and gets Rhodes in a small package, but Shad
accidentally pushes DiBiase and he turns the small package in Rhodes' favor
and it's enough for the pin.
Winners via pinfall and STILL World Tag Team Champions: Ted DiBiase &
Cody Rhodes
Match rating 5/10
After the match, the champs gloat in front of Cryme Tyme and thus the
beatdown begins. That is until a large man with a giant, fluffy afro comes
out and clears Cryme Time out of the ring. Cole and Lawler, of course, have
no clue who this guy is and neither do I.
Match #3 - Unsanctioned Match - Chris Jericho (Manhasset, NY) vs.
Shawn Michaels (San Antonio, Texas)
Michaels hits the ring and immediately takes Jericho down. He takes off
his boot and wallops Jericho in the head with it. They are soon in the crowd
and Jericho is bleeding about two minutes into the contest.
On the ringside floor, HBK slingshots Jericho into the ring post and then
grabs a chair and goes to smash Jericho's head between the chair and the
post, but he ducks out of the way. This gives Jericho the opening he
Jericho goes under the ring and grabs a table that he just throws at
Michaels. He sets the table up and tries to power bomb him into it, but HBK
lands punches and Jericho drops him back onto the ring apron.
Back in the ring and Jericho is showing no mercy. He props a chair in
between the second and top turnbuckle. Jericho goes to throw him into it,
but is reversed and sent the other way, shoulder-first into the ring
HBK goes to the top rope and hits the big elbow and starts to fire up. He
starts to tune up the band but he lets up just as he is reaching Jericho. He
then goes to work on Jericho's eye with some punches and elbows before
locking in the Crippler Crossface.
But Jericho lifts up and throws Michaels eye-first into the chair that
was still set up in the corner. Now it's Jericho's turn to work the eye, as
he goes to town with punches while the ref yells at him to "not do it that
Jericho doesn't care, though, as he rakes the eye. He gets in a few more
blows before HBK connects with one of his own. Michaels hits a Lou Thesz
press but his next move is countered into the Walls of Jericho, but Michaels
is eventually able to get to the rope, but Jericho duly notes that he
doesn't have to break the hold. Michaels keeps going forward, climbing out
of the ring and somehow, HBK grabs a fire extinguisher from somewhere and
sprays Jericho with it.
He then levels Jericho with it and he goes flying to the outside. They
head up the aisle and Michaels hits a suplex on the steel. Then Lance Cade
comes out and is dispatched of by HBK rather quickly as Jericho retreats
toward the ring. Cade wants some more and hits Michaels in the triceps and
then they wrap HBK's injured arm around the post and Cade comes and hits a
big knee on it.
In the ring, Cade holds HBK up while Jericho slaps him and headbutts him.
This continues until Jericho goes to the top, but HBK Superkicks Cade and
nails Jericho with a chair, sending him crashing through the table outside.
He then starts throwing one-arm chair shots. Soon, the RAW announce table is
being dismantled by Michaels. He lifts Cade onto it and goes into the ring.
He goes to climb the ropes by comes back down, only to put Jericho on top of
He rolls back in the ring and goes to the top and hits a huge flying
elbow through the table. He immediately hops back up and sits against the
apron with a weird look on his face. He puts Jericho back in the ring and
starts whipping him with his belt. HBK locks up both of Jericho's arms and
starts pounding him with his belt-wrapped hand. He then goes back for more,
beating on a lifeless Jericho until the referee stops the match.
Winner via referee stoppage: Shawn Michaels
Match rating: 8.5/10
After the match, Michaels goes back at it until the referee literally has
to tackle him. The ref gives him the business and eats a Superkick for his
troubles. He turns back to Jericho as a bunch of refs hit the ring to check
on Jericho and their colleague. Michaels drops to his knees with that weird
look on his face, like he can't believe what he just did.
Backstage, the World Tag Team Champions are celebrating when Randy Orton
comes in. They introduce him to Manu, the son of Afa. They ask Orton if he
is impressed now. He goes on a long spiel how he was not impressed at
Match #4 - WWE Championship Scramble - Jeff Hardy (Cameron, NC) vs.
Shelton Benjamin (Orangeburg, SC) vs. The Brian Kendrick (Olympia, Wash.)
vs. Montel Vontavious Porter (Miami, Fla.) vs. (c) Triple H (Greenwich,
Again, some mat wrestling to start this one out, but Shelton gains the
momentum when he power bombs Hardy into the corner. Very mat-based start
here. Not much happening as The Brian Kendrick enters the fray.
So Kendrick slips to the outside as Benjamin comes back in and eventually
hits Paydirt but can't get the three count before Kendrick breaks it up. He
disposes of Benjamin and hits Sliced Bread No. 2 on Hardy to become the WWE
Champion. Kendrick doesn't have long to celebrate as the clock ticks, the
horn goes and the clock ticks some more as MVP makes his way to the squared
MVP dispatches of Kendrick and Hardy and sets up for the Drive By but is
lit up by Kendrick out of nowhere as he runs in to stop the move. The WWE
Champion then goes to work on Shelton Benjamin (savor the flavor on that
one) but is picked off by a Benjamin Samoan Drop.
The clock ticks down and Triple H is of course next and he gets the water
out of his system on the way to the ring and comes in and clotheslines
Benjamin over the top, hits a spinebuster on Kendrick and sends MVP flying
over the top rope. He hits a Pedigree on Kendrick and that's probably all
she wrote for The Brian Kendrick.
Hardy comes in and hits the Twist of Fate on MVP to become the champ with
just under three minutes to go. He then goes to the top rope but is crotched
by Triple H. Triple H comes back in and becomes the champion by hitting the
Pedigree on Kendrick. But behind Triple H's back, Hardy hits the Pedigree on
Kendrick to become champion. HHH goes for the Pedigree on Hardy, but he gets
out and sends him to the outside. Hardy flips outside onto HHH. Inside,
Benjamin, Kendrick and MVP set up for the suplex-power bomb combo with 45
seconds left.
Hardy comes back and hits the Swanton on Benjamin, but HHH comes back and
hits the Pedigree on MVP and covers him. Hardy is slow to get up and he goes
to pin Benjamin but is a second too late, as Triple H officially retains his
title with one second left on the clock.
Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Triple H
Match rating: 8/10
Hardy approaches Triple H and they tell each how close it was and shake
Todd Grisham is backstage with Shawn Michaels. He says he would do what
he did to Chris Jericho tonight every night for the rest of his life.
Jericho has awoken something inside of him he can't control. The worst is
yet to come. Ruh-roh!
This transitions to CM Punk making the usual underdog interview when
Randy Orton interrupts. They chat and then DiBiase, Rhodes and Manu comes in
and lay out Punk, leading to the punt by Orton. Kofi Kingston tries to do
something about it but is ineffective. Orton tells them that THAT was
Match #5 - Divas Championship - Michelle McCool (Palatka, Fla.) vs.
Maryse (Montreal, Quebec)
They brawl a little before Maryse zeroes in on McCool's left knee. This
quickly turns the other way as McCool locks in the heel hook, but Maryse
gets to the ropes. They start to brawl a little more and Maryse goes for a
sunset flip, but McCool rolls out and kicks her. Maryse makes a weak attempt
to go after the knee, but McCool lifts her up and hits a face-drop suplex
for the win.
Winner via pinfall and STILL WWE Divas Champion: Michelle
Match rating: 2/10
RAW General Manager Mike Adamle is out on the stage to address the CM
Punk situation. He says it appears CM Punk may not be able to compete. If
Punk cannot compete, he will have no alternative but to find a suitable
replacement. He says no matter what, the RAW Scramble will go on.
After some brief discussion between Cole and Lawler, The Big Show makes
his way to the ring. He gets the mic and says he's available to replace CM
Punk in the RAW Scramble. He says even Adamle wouldn't make an "oversight"
as big as leaving him out of the Scramble. He panders to the fans to get him
in the Scramble and as he starts to leave, Vickie Guerrero is doing a
Vince-walk to the ring.
Guerrero runs Show down for causing a disturbance, calling him a big,
dumb giant. She says to get out of her ring and to go back to where he
belongs. As she finishes her thought, some familiar sounds start playing as
the arena goes dark and druids bring a casket down the aisle. In the ring,
Show is laughing hysterically and clapping for what he assumes is about to
The druids bring the casket to its usual spot on the side of the ring as
the Undertaker appears on the TitanHDTron. He says he told her that coffin
would be her final resting place. Will she go by herself or will he have to
come get her? Of course, Show holds her and 'Taker's music hits and Show
isn't letting her go anywhere. She gets away, but Show tracks her down and
brings her back into the ring as Undertaker approaches the casket and lifts
it open. She, of course, is freaking out.
Show holds her until 'Taker puts his hand around her throat and then
sucker punches him and begins a beatdown outside the ring, working the body
and driving Undertaker's back into the ring post. He closes the casket and
drops 'Taker face-first onto it. Show tips the casket over and continues the
assault inside the ring. Show picks up the limp Undertaker and tells
Guerrero to slap him and then spits in his face. They leave as the
Undertaker is left lying.
Backstage, William Regal is politicking with Adamle to take Punk's place
in the Scramble. Adamle says there's a chance Punk could still compete and
he's checking on some things.
Match #6 - World Heavyweight Championship Scramble - Batista
(Washington, DC) vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield (New York City) vs. Kane
(Hell, Fire & Brimstone) vs. Rey Mysterio (San Diego, Calif.) vs. Chris
Jericho (Manhasset, NY)
There's an air of uncertainty to the match, as Batista and John
"Bradshaw" Layfield are your combatants for the first five minutes. Batista
wastes no time in locking in the Figure Four Leg Lock to a chorus of
JBL takes it to the outside and has some success, but it's Batista that
throws JBL into the steel steps as the first five minutes expire and Kane
makes his way to the ring. Kane finds success with a big boot and a big
uppercut. Batista turns things around briefly, but walks right into a
sidewalk slam. Kane goes to the top and goes for the flying clothesline, but
Batista rolls out of the way. JBL comes back in and eats a choke slam from
Kane who, with the cover, becomes the new Interim World Heavyweight
Shortly after, Rey Mysterio makes his return and is alive, not dead. Kane
awaits his arrival and he immediately eats a big punch. Mysterio dispatches
of Kane and works over JBL, but Kane says "welcome back" with a thunderous
Batista and Mysterio start working together until Mysterio tries to take
advantage of it. JBL hits a fallaway slam on Mysterio, throwing him onto a
fallen Batista. It's all JBL as the clock appears for the final entrant --
Everyone is in shock as JBL goes for two quick covers, but can't get
anything. Jericho slowly makes his way to the ring (he took about 50
seconds) and immediately eats a spear from Batista, who goes on a spear
Jericho is the only man outside of the ring with three minutes to go.
Batista goes for the power bomb on Rey but he gets out. In running away,
Mysterio hits the 619 on JBL, but then Batista sends him flying.
JBL hits the Clothesline from Hell on Kane but immediately eats a
spinebuster from Batista with two minutes to go.
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(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — UC Davis researchers have made a significant step forward in the search for ways to reduce heart attack and stroke risk.
Published in the July 5 issue of Circulation, their study shows that a protein known as nonmuscle myosin light chain kinase — or nmMLCK — causes cells that normally seal the inner surface of blood vessels to contract, creating gaps that allow fats and cell debris to leak through tissue barriers and form plaques inside arterial walls. Eventually, the plaques harden and narrow blood vessels, leading to atherosclerosis and greatly increasing the likelihood of coronary and neurovascular events.
"It is well known that the cells forming the interface between circulating blood and vascular tissues — the endothelium — is transformed during atherosclerosis," said Sarah Yuan, a UC Davis physician, professor of surgery and senior author of the study. "But the specific processes that make this change happen aren't well understood. Our outcome clarifies that nmMLCK compromises the natural barrier function of endothelial cells, leaving arteries susceptible to injury."
Yuan and UC Davis assistant project scientist Chongxiu Sun previously discovered that nmMLCK increased the permeability of blood vessel walls in response to inflammation. That initial outcome led them to consider that this protein could also play a role in plaque formation.
To find out if this was the case, Yuan and Sun "knocked out" the gene that produces nmMLCK in mice, and then fed them diets high in fat and cholesterol. They fed the same diet to mice with no genetic alterations. After 12 weeks, the knock-out mice developed aortic lesions less than half the size of lesions in mice with unaltered nmMLCK gene.
The team also measured fat-carrying lipid and monocyte levels in blood and aortas and found that these key plaque-forming agents penetrate the endothelial barrier more easily in mice with intact nmMLCK genes. The knock-out mice had far less lipid content and fewer macrophage deposits (created when monocytes migrate through the endothelium) in their arterial walls.
"Eliminating nmMLCK significantly reduced the severity of arterial damage," said Sun, lead author of the current study. "The protein turns cells that are normally very protective into heart disease facilitators."
Sun and Yuan are planning to further characterize the contributions of nmMLCK to atherosclerosis by determining the unique structure of the protein. This research will give scientists the tools they need to develop drugs that block nmMLCK. They are particularly interested in a molecular pathway called Src (pronounced "sarc") that is activated by nmMLCK. Src is known to be involved in other diseases, including osteoporosis and certain cancers.
"We need to fully profile this protein and its interactions with other molecules to identify the best possible way to block its function," said Yuan, whose research focuses on the cellular and molecular regulation of cardiovascular functions. "Understanding exactly how it works is critical to providing new treatment options for patients."
This study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health awarded to Sarah Yuan and Mack Wu, UC Davis associate professor of surgery and study co-author.
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Jeff Cohen led Harvard with four goals against Dartmouth (Gil Talbot).
HANOVER, N.H. – The No. 17 Harvard men's lacrosse team saw its four-game win streak snapped, as the Crimson fell on the road at Dartmouth, 9-8, Saturday afternoon. The Big Green's Nikki Dysenchuk scored the game-winner with just one second remaining, as the Crimson drops to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the Ancient Eight.
Jeff Cohen tallied four goals, and Ryan Stevens added a hat trick, while Dean Gibbons dished out four assists to lead the Crimson offense. Daniel DiMaria led Harvard with six ground balls, while Andrew Parchman collected four ground balls and won 12-of-18 faceoffs.
Chris Costabile scored three goals for the Big Green, which sees its record improve to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the Ivy League.
After the Big Green opened the scoring with a goal just seven seconds into the game, Harvard responded with a goal by Terry White just 40 seconds later to tie the game, 1-1. Neither team found the back of the net again until Jeff Cohen took a pass from Dean Gibbons and tallied Harvard's second goal, making it 2-1 with 44 ticks left on the clock in the opening stanza.
Dartmouth knotted the game midway through the second quarter, but Cohen and Gibbons connected on another goal to put the Crimson back up by one, 3-2, at 3:04. With a minute to play in the half, Dartmouth's Costabile tied it again, 3-3.
At the 12:56 mark of the third quarter, Ryan Stevens made it a 4-4 game with his first goal of the day. With 10:07 remaining in the third, Gibbons assisted on a goal by Cohen for the third time on the afternoon, putting Harvard up by one, 5-4. The Big Green responded with the game's next two goals to carry a 6-5 advantage heading into the final period of regulation.
In the fourth, Terry White found Stevens, tying the game once again, 6-6, with 14:03 to go. After the Big Green reclaimed a lead, 7-6, at the 10:12 mark, neither team could not regain the offensive touch until Dartmouth took a two-goal edge when Drew Tunney made it 8-6 with 3:47 left.
With time winding down, Gibbons earned his fourth assist of the day as he found Stevens for his sixth goal in two games at the 2:25 mark, getting Harvard within one, 8-7. With 1:39 to play, Dartmouth was called for a one-minute tripping penalty, giving the Crimson a man-up opportunity. Cohen took a quick shot at Dartmouth goalkeeper Fergus Campbell, but the goalie made the save. Matt Hull picked up the rebound for the Crimson and found Cohen for a second chance. Cohen capitalized on his second shot, tying the game with just 76 seconds remaining.
Dartmouth won the ensuing faceoff and held control of the play for the remainder of play in the game. After a shot by Jeff Perkind sailed high of the net with six seconds left, Dysenchuk fired a shot past Harry Krieger with one second left, lifting Dartmouth to the victory.
Krieger finished with six saves, while Campbell stopped 17 Harvard shots. The Crimson outshot the Big Green, 41-26, and owned an edge in ground balls, 37-31. Harvard also won 13-of-20 faceoffs and was 12-of-16 on clear attempts.
Up next, the Crimson will play its first game of the year at Harvard Stadium Tuesday evening, as Harvard will host No. 14 Massachusetts at 7 p.m.


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In Memoriam: His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All the East
5 December 2012 • In Memoriam • Virginia Nieuwsma
His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All the East, fell asleep in the Lord at St. George Orthodox Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, after suffering a stroke. Immediately following the Patriarch's repose, His Beatitude The Most Blessed Tikhon, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), sent condolences to the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch, assuring them of the prayers of the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops and the clergy and faithful of the OCA.
On October 21, 2012, during his recent visit to the United States, the Patriarch presided over Matins and Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York. Several Antiochian seminarians from St. Vladimir's Seminary participated in the service with His Beatitude. Wrote third-year student Richard Ajalat after the event, "It was a blessing to sense how our spiritual 'father of fathers' loves and cares for his children in North America." On the evening of December 5, the community of St. Vladimir's Seminary gathered in Three Hierarchs Chapel and prayed a panikhida service for His Beatitude.
Patriarch Ignatius began life in the village of Mhardey near Hama in Syria in 1920. His family nurtured him in the Orthodox faith, and after finishing school in Hama, the young Mr. Hazim moved to Beirut in 1936 to study literature. While in Beirut, he started his journey of service to the Church by serving as an acolyte. In 1945, His Beatitude graduated from the American University of Beirut, and from 1949 to 1953 he studied at the St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris. Returning to Lebanon, he was ordained hieromonk, and also became one of the founders of the influential Orthodox Youth Movement in Lebanon and Syria. During this chapter of his life, His Beatitude also collaborated with other Orthodox clergy and laity to organize "Syndesmos," a worldwide community of Orthodox youth.
In 1961, His Beatitude became the Bishop of Palmyra and Patriarchal Vicar, and in the following year, he moved to the monastery of Balamand, where he served as superior and as dean of the Balamand Orthodox Theological Seminary. In 1970, the future Patriarch was appointed Metropolitan of Latakia (Laodicea). Later in that same decade on July 2, 1979, he was elected primate of the Church of Antioch, and was enthroned as world Orthodoxy's third-ranking hierarch (after Constantinople and Alexandria) the following week, on July 8.
As a scholar, Patriarch Ignatius published a series of theological books as well as numerous articles. In 1985, he published a book with SVS Press titled The Resurrection and Modern Man, on the centrality and promise of the Resurrection. He wrote, "It is up to us whether the New Creation remains hidden and meaningless, or whether it deifies man and transfigures the world. Such is our responsibility in the quest for authentic renewal." At St. Vladimir's Commencement Exercises in May of that same year, the Seminary's Board of Trustees conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on His Beatitude. Other degrees were awarded by the Sorbonne and Saint-Petersburg (1981) and Minsk (2003) Theological Academies.
Anne Glynn Mackoul, former executive chair of the seminary's board of trustees and a representative of His Beatitude and the patriarchate of Antioch to the World Council of Churches, recalled Patriarch Ignatius. "His Beatitude was a religious leader whose steadfast loving faith and humility inspired generations of Christians. His faith was formed in the rich soil of the east where the continuous presence of Christians from the time of Christ provides a compelling image to Christians worldwide. He worked urgently to maintain the presence of Christians in Syria and Lebanon, throughout the Middle East and in Palestine integrated peacefully in their diverse communities. He was committed to ecumenical and inter–faith dialogue, reflecting the particular witness of the patriarchate of Antioch living for centuries as neighbors face to face with Islam, and side by side with other Christian churches. Such a presence, as His Beatitude has written, is informed by the witness of a church that 'is sharing fully the suffering of our peoples, in patience but also in courage, a church that does not maintain itself in a survivalist conservatism and in an ethnic and linguistic particularism, a church dispersed like salt, seeking its identity in its vocation'."
"His Beatitude inspired and encouraged humanitarian outreach from the patriarchate to all in need. His passing is a tremendous loss for the Church and for the world," she concluded. Concurred Seminary Dean The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, "We are deeply saddened by this immense loss, and are praying for His Beatitude and the church of Antioch."
Added The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, chancellor/CEO, "His Patriarchal 'watch' has been on some of the most tumultuous times both ecclesiastically and in the civil realm of the Middle East. He will be remembered as one who kept things stable through these difficult times and his voice will be deeply missed. May he rest in peace and rise in glory."
Visit the Antiochian Archdiocese Memorial page.
Listen to Ancient Faith Radio's interview about the Patriarch's life and repose, featuring The Very Rev. Thomas Zain, lecturer of Liturgics at St. Vladimir's Seminary, and dean of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY.
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- Tanzanian projects training people to farm butterflies
- Projects give locals an alternative income and protect forests
- Amani Butterfly Project use 250 local farmers and sells pupae to live butterfly exhibits
- Butterfly farmers in Zanzibar no longer have to cut down trees to sell charcoal
Farmers in Tanzania are helping to conserve threatened forests by cultivating an unlikely crop: butterflies.
The Amani Butterly Project is one of the schemes using butterfly farming to help locals supplement their incomes and protect the environment at the same time.
The brainchild of American biologist Theron Morgan-Brown, it's based in Tanzania's East Usambara Mountains -- a region known for its biodiversity, but where forests are being cleared to produce charcoal and to open up farmland.
"The main objective was to find an alternative income for the local community in the surrounding village and forest, and also relieve the pressure on the forest of people cutting timber," says project manager Amiri Saidi.
The butterfly rearing process starts with farmers catching a few female butterflies and transferring them to an enclosure where they can lay eggs on host plants.
The farmers then collect the eggs and when they hatch, the caterpillars that emerge are placed on new plants, which must be regularly replaced to satisfy their voracious appetites. The caterpillars continue to feed until they pupate, and are ready to be transported.
The Amani project has been selling pupae to live butterfly exhibits in the United States and Europe for between $1 and $2.50 each. Of that sum, 65% goes directly to the farmers, while another 7% goes to a community development fund that contributes to projects such as building schools and hospitals.
Because most tropical butterflies don't live for long, exhibits usually order new pupae every two to three weeks.
Farmers keep some pupae from each generation, so they rarely need to catch more female butterflies from the wild, although they sometimes catch new male butterflies to maintain genetic diversity in their farms.
The project now uses 250 butterfly farmers, more than half of them women, says Saidi.
He says the project's own studies show that because butterfly farmers rely on forests near their communities to provide host plants for their butterfly farms, many farmers now support forest conservation.
"Because butterfly farmers get tangible benefits, they get money, people involved in butterfly farming conserve the area," says Saidi. "They have their own forest area and use the money they are getting for replanting and other activities."
As well as training its own farmers the Amani project has helped train farmers for a butterfly project on the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar.
The Zanzibar Butterfly Centre consists of a netted tropical garden that's home to hundreds of butterflies, all bred by local farmers. It was created as a tourist attraction, funded by admission fees, and like the Amani project the aim is to help protect the environment.
"A lot of forest is being destroyed in Zanzibar," says project manager Rosa Santilli. "Local people cut down trees to make charcoal to sell. People need it for fuel because gas and electricity is very expensive, so people cook with charcoal.
"The center was set up to stop local people cutting the forest down, and to provide an alternative for them to earn money from."
Santili says the center has trained 17 local farmers to rear the pupae that provide all the center's butterflies.
It's not a solution to deforestation, but it is helping, says Santili. "The butterfly farmers don't make charcoal anymore, so it has stopped that small sector of the community cutting down trees," she says.
Like the Amani project, the Zanzibar center funds a village development association, which is improving the local water supply. It is also trying to get local people to produce crafts and honey to be sold as souvenirs at the center.
But there is a cloud on the horizon. Both the Amani and Zanzibar schemes rely on couriers to transport their pupae to overseas buyers, and they say they have been hit by courier DHL's decision to stop transporting their pupae.
Saidi says Amani has been hit especially badly. It now has to transport pupae by air cargo, which dramatically increases their cost to buyers.
He says that until the end of 2010 the Amani project was selling a total of 50,000 pupae a year to 13 buyers, but now the project has lost all but one buyer. But DHL says it will be now discussing transport options with both projects, and hopes to find a solution that will let it resume pupae deliveries.
The Zanzibar center sees exporting pupae as key to getting more locals trained as butterfly farmers.
Santilli says: "We are hoping to expand to get more farmers involved. We need butterflies for our garden and also to export. If the farmers can export to Europe then the sky's the limit."


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IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 19th! Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth (Alexis Bledel) wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. In the new romantic dramedy THE GOOD GUY, Beth falls hard for Tommy (Scott Porter), a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommys sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel (Bryan Greenberg). Beth soon learns that the game of love in the big city is a lot like Wall Street high risk, high reward and everybody has an angle.


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When screenwriters need an epic cinematic moment, they very often turn to the beach to jumpstart those hard-to-summon creative juices.
Picture a character running into the waves, weeping, vowing to start again. Picture a couple walking arm-in-arm, promising to give love another chance. Picture another couple kissing passionately in the foam (why yes, we are referencing "From Here to Eternity"). Picture Charlton Heston seeing the Statue of Liberty or the runners of "Chariots of Fire."
So when a great independent cinema-loving organization -- say, like Film Independent -- wants to host a free film four-nighter, where do they go? You bet: the sand. Or, since sand gets in projectors, the pier -- Santa Monica Pier, to be specific.
Front Porch Cinema is the name of Film Independent's fall film screening series, and while it is indeed a four-nighter, we should clarify that it is a four Fridays nighter. Meaning? You get to see free flicks, on the pier, over four Friday nights, starting on Friday, Sept. 27.
"Los Wild Ones," a documentary about an LA label devoted to "young Hispanic musicians who write and perform '50s rock 'n roll," is the opener. "The Sting," "Snoopy Come Home!," and "Chasing Ice" following on Oct. 4, 11, and 18.
That is a wide range of subjects, hoo boy, but wonderfully fitting with Film Independent's famously cheeky spirit. You know these are the people who stage live readings of beloved movies using other famous actors who didn't originate the roles? Yes, you knew that.
Let's also mention that live tunes open the first night, and, yes indeedy, they will be bands that you'll see in "Los Wild Ones." Sweet.
Again, this is free, as things on or adjacent to the beach often are and probably should be, when they can be. And beach? Keep serving as a dramatic setting for both films and film screenings. You're doing a rockin' job of it, for sure.


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WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to confirm Anthony Foxx as transportation secretary, leaving two controversial choices pending to fill President Obama's second-term Cabinet.
Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., won a vote of 100-0, the third nominee this year to be confirmed without a dissenting vote, but the first to have the support of the full Senate.
He will replace Ray LaHood, a former Illinois congressman and the lone Republican still serving in the Cabinet. Foxx will be the third African American in the Cabinet, joining Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. and outgoing United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice.
Foxx, 42, leads the city that hosted Obama's nominating convention last summer. In nominating him, the president cited his leadership of one of the largest investments in transportation in Charlotte's history, including a new streetcar project, when he took office in 2009.
In his confirmation hearing, Foxx said he would bring the perspective of a mayor to his post, and focus on the safety and efficiency of the nation's transportation network.
The Senate has yet to schedule final confirmation votes for Obama's choices to lead the Labor Department, Thomas E. Perez, and the Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy. Perez faces strong opposition from Republicans, who are threatening to block the choice if it comes to a vote.
Senate Democratic leaders have left open the possibility that they would seek to change Senate filibuster rules so that executive nominations could be confirmed with a simple majority vote.
Obama has also nominated Samantha Power to succeed Rice at the U.N.; her confirmation hearing is likely to take place in July. Rice will transition to the role of national security advisor.
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Earlier this month, The New Yorker ran a story entitled Anthropological Video Games by Betsy Morais. Here is an excerpt:
A cluster of teen-agers gathered around a small table, and passersby could hear them exclaim, "Asian! Yeah, I knew it!" and "Aryan? That seems ridiculous." They hovered over two iPads in the Grand Gallery of the Museum of Natural History during the Margaret Mead Film Festival, playing a game called "Guess My Race." It was one of five video games in the Mead Arcade; the others included "The Cat and the Coup," which traces the downfall of Iran's first democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and "Sweatshop," in which you hire and fire workers for your loathsome factory.
Aiding the swarms of museum patrons who stopped to play were volunteers from Games for Change, a New York City-based nonprofit that encourages the development of what it calls "social-impact games." (All of the games at the arcade are also available for free through the organization's Web site.) I sat down at a laptop to try my hand at running a sweatshop. To a bouncy techno soundtrack, the boss floor manager, who keenly evoked Hitler, spewed insults and directions—"Lazybones! How are you today? Shh-h-h-h. I don't care!"—and the orders started pouring in for shoes, shirts, hats, and bags.
I selected an adult worker, rather than a child, to box up hats on the assembly line, and asked the volunteer, "Do you find that most people choose children to work?
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