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Neil's career spans twenty years in various UK and international FM and property roles in a variety of sectors, on both the supply and demand side. For the past six years he has worked as General Manager of Group Property at Rio Tinto. In this role he has established and led a team responsible for the group's global property portfolio including the delivery and management of creative, energised and flexible workplaces in all key metropolitan locations, and management of the change from existing environments to the new. Major projects have been completed in London, Paris, Salt Lake City, Johannesburg, Singapore and Brisbane, with projects underway in London (re-development), Montreal, Singapore and Perth.
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When it comes to dating, Cameron Diaz has a few rules potential suitors need to obey.
"No tricks, honesty, communication, treat people the way you want to be treated, unconditional love," Cameron recently told Parade of her relationship guidelines. "Those are the things that I think are important."
Then again, she admits, all can be fair in the game of love.
"But, you know, rules are made to be broken," she added.
The blonde bombshell – whose "Shrek Forever After" opens in theaters on May 21 – has been linked to a bevy of Hollywood heavyweights over the years, including Justin Timberlake, Matt Dillon, Jared Leto and most recently New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.
While each of her relationships thus far has come to an end, Cameron said she doesn't get hung up on finding "the one."
"I am a romantic. I love romance. I'm not afraid of commitment. I commit to everything I'm doing and I am hopelessly loyal," she continued. "But I hate predicting the future, I really do, because you just don't know. I can't even make up my mind what I'm going to do this weekend."
Should she eventually find a husband-to-be, the 37-year-old actress said he won't need to worry about extensive plans for a lavish wedding.
"The mystique and the romance of a big wedding are lost on me. I don't think that I could ever do something that extravagant. I am not much of a planner. I would probably make the phone call twenty minutes before the bus leaves for the chapel and ask if anyone is available to come," she revealed. "That's probably how my wedding is going to end up."
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I dunno if this helps, but I had an 86% average and 176 lsat.
85% and 95% percentile LSAT.
It likely has more to do with Indexing than simply hitting 85% percentile or higher LSAT + a good GPA. So for example if an 85% LSAT fell into their 25% percentile of admitted applicants, you may need a GPA that falls into their 75% percentile of admitted applicants to get in. May I ask what your numbers are LaineY?


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Stylish Updates for the Spring
Whether you're searching for a piece for your wardrobe or your home, these items are worth a look.
select photos by Sara Essex Bradley
Pagodas on Pillows
Seda France may be as well-known for its distinctive pagoda packaging as it is for its fabulous fragrances. Recently, the company expanded its offerings to include home décor such as this Maison Chinoiserie pillow, stylized from an original engraving purchased in Paris. Available in six juicy hues, each down-filled pillow features a pagoda on the front with coordinating Chinese fretwork on the reverse. Seda France, sedafrance.com.
Linens: For Every Room and Occasion (Rizzoli, $55)
Offering both visual inspiration and practical information, Jane Scott Hodges' Linens: For Every Room and Occasion is an essential guide to living and entertaining with fine textiles. As the founder and owner of Leontine Linens, which started in New Orleans, Hodges has spent decades studying, collecting and innovating in the world of fine linens. In her first book, she offers expert advice and savvy insight on linen use and care. Replete with photography of beautiful linen-filled rooms detailing countless interpretations of appliqué, embroidery, quilting, prints, monograms and borders, Linens takes a fresh look at couture linens and their importance and relevance in today's artful lifestyle.
Comeback Kid
Niven Morgan's Lavender Mint is back by popular demand. Combining notes of soothing lavender and invigorating mint, the fragrance's formula and packaging have been slightly tweaked for a scent that is even more refreshing. It will make its debut this month online, at local retailers and at the Ritz-Carlton Day Spa, New Orleans. Niven Morgan, nivenmorgan.com.
Modern Patina
Anne Pratt has mastered the art of welding Old World sensibility and contemporary design. Handmade in Mexico, her sterling silver hammered cuff is oxidized for an aged aesthetic and adorned with 18-karat gold beading on the trim and bezel that surrounds an early AD Italian wax cameo.
Anne Pratt Jewelry, anneprattjewlery.com.
British Accent
Born of English design, Bevolo's Highland Park portable pool house lantern is the essential outdoor accessory for spring. The multi-purpose piece can be used as a candleholder, terrarium or unique display for wine corks or seashells. In light of its European flair, it is hand-riveted in New Orleans and crafted out of pure American copper.
Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights, 521 Conti St. and 316/318 Royal St., 522-9485, bevolo.com.
Golden Girl
Finally! The perfect season-less party dress for those breezy spring nights. Its simple shift style gets a dose of glam thanks to swirly-girly sequins for a festive look any time of year.
Lulu's on Fulton, 609 Fulton St., 378-5858.
Canine Couture
When only the best will do, dress your dachshund in Delfino or clothe your corgi in Canestrelli. Part of B. Viz Design's ever-evolving collection of bespoke goods made from Fortuny fabrics, these handmade dog collars take the term "pampered pet" to a whole new level. Sizes range from extra-small to large.
B. Viz Design, bviz.com.
New Arrival
Move over, silver spoon – there's a new kid in town. Today's tot loves Beatriz Ball's first baby collection, made from an FDA-safe, easy-care aluminum alloy that's as luxe as sterling but remains tarnish-free. From picture frames to serving ware, each heirloom-quality piece comes wrapped in a colorful box with ribbon, making it a ready-to-go gift for showers, baptisms and birthdays.
Chateau Drugs and Gifts, 3544 W. Esplanade Ave., Metairie, 889-2300.


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Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Kale Situation
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woo hoo, he likes it!!!! nice one!ReplyDelete
Hah. The chips were a hit.ReplyDelete
I'll have to try that (and the freezing...learn something new!)
Why doesn't the kale get damaged in the freezer. (Roger says the cell membranes are tough enough to stand up to ice crystals?)
Hi Amey! It's Crystal from the Vivacious Vegan blog (although I took it down and took a really long break). Missing all my little blogging buddies I decided to give it another go but I've got a new venue (http://www.thatveganblog.com).ReplyDelete
I'd love to have a "Kale Situation" but my freezer's stuffed too full for anything else. I keep telling Marty that we need to get another freezer just for those exact situations but he's not going for it! Glad you enjoyed the kale chips. They're my favorite (when they're not overdone).
Ashley - I think kale would do just fine in a pot... but the plants get pretty big, so be sure to leave enough room for them to grow. The root ball ends up about half-way between a softball and a soccer ball.ReplyDelete
Design Ingenue - kale and collards definitely freeze well! Just think of frozen spinach, which is such a tender little green!
Crystal! So nice to hear from you!!! Welcome back. I'm gonna go check out your blog! :)
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I make "cheezy" kale chips, which are far better than the plain ones.. I'll send you the recipe. Do you ever make green smoothies? I've just gotten into them, and love how energizing they are! I blend about 40% sweet fruits with 60% greens (adjust this to your taste). Yesterday I used collards as my greens. Good! I routinely use kale and spinach. You can make these in any kind of blender.ReplyDelete
Whoa lady, that is a lot of kale! Frozen greens are awesome. Did you freeze them raw or cook them down? My Granny freezes big batches of slow-cooked greens that are perfect for thawing for a quick meal.ReplyDelete
A love kale chips! I always cook mine until they're super crispy, almost burnt. And then I dip 'em in ketchup.
Yummy Kale. How cool to have so much kale and to have enough to use for kale chips! Great treat. I can't wait to start my garden.ReplyDelete
Woohoo! Kale VICTORY!!! :) I love kale so much.ReplyDelete
Kale chips are great. We love kale. Our 1 year old will eat it. Our 3 year old will only eat it in chip form or if I sneak it into his smoothie.ReplyDelete
P.S. I love your blog.
Great idea. Thanks for posting tips for Kale.ReplyDelete
I am SO jealous! Kale is our fave around here. I would have taken some off your hands! haha.ReplyDelete
Note to self: must make kale chips!ReplyDelete


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In a week and a half, I start on the first of my four trips this year for work, and I'll be gone for 17 or 18 days between now and November. So I've been looking at Kindles again, since I'd be talking about buying one to keep from lugging 4-5 books for each trip. Over the years when I've been to conferences, I've typically read 3-4 books on a M-F trip between airports, airplanes, at night, etc. That's a lot of wood pulp to be carrying around.Add in the multiple trips to the book stores to browse and figure out what I want to take and it's time as well.
So I've got about a week in which to decide if I want a Kindle. Over the last year I've accumulated almost $250 in Amazon money from referrals on my sites, so this isn't a big dollar purchase for me. I won't really save on books since I mostly buy paperbacks to save on size for travel, but it will mean I'll save some bookstore trips and I can continue to use Amazon money for books.
I talked with Andy Warren today of End to End Training, and he was recently in St Louis and talked to a woman with a Kindle. He got the chance to see it and use it and gave me some feedback. First he wasn't thrilled with the refresh. He didn't understand how in 2008 we can't make something redraw quicker. I've read a bit about it and it's a technology and power limitation. We have faster e-ink type screens, but they cost more in terms of $$ and power.
The Sony reader uses the same technology and I tested this in the store. I grabbed a paperback, put it next to the reader and flipped pages on both of them. The time is about the same and it's an interruption of about the same level. It definitely feels different, but it didn't bother me. To me that's a non-issue and I'll take a second delay if I can get long battery life.
The other thing he, and the owner, didn't like were the forward and back buttons. they're large and easy to hit from either side. I've heard this complaint before and since I haven't seen a Kindle, I'm not sure what to make of this. I might have to just buy one to see it.
So I'm stil on the fence, I keep checking for Kindle versions of books I'm considering or buying, and we'll see what happens. I could always wait another month, but I'd kind of like to begin testing it. Especially as I'm guessing I'll be heading to England within 6 months as well.


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Ricotta Ravioli "from the old country"
We always have some Italian dishes during our holidays. Whether it is Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Easter, there is always ravioli on our table as a first dish. We would set up an assembly line with all of us pitching in to make hundreds of them before Thanksgiving so that we could have them for Christmas also. They freeze very well, but don't ever defrost them before cooking them, just put them into a large amount of salted boiling water directly from the freezer.
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Robbie does it again for the 4th time!
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Robbie wins again!
Rob Seidelmann just won the MC Scow South East Regional Championship at Lake Eustis, Florida.
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On a weekend when the streets of Chicago are expected to fill with protesters, the Dog & Pony Theatre Company is staging a look back at a previous time that happened: the 1968 convention of the Democratic Party.
Staged promenade-style in an upstairs room at the Biograph Theatre, the original theater piece "The Whole World Is Watching" features some laudably intense performances within its company of 13 mostly young actors, as well as rousing, well-sung protest music accompanied by a live band and a collage-style ambience replete with video footage of the days when the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam marched in Grant Park, even as the Yippies ruled Lincoln Park to the north. But the company-devised show (text and songs are credited to Devon de Mayo and Stephen Ptacek, with direction by de Mayo, David Dieterich Gray and Elana Boulos) is also a missed opportunity because it never makes clear what it wants to say or show us, beyond the obvious.
Riots and protests, especially from this era, are tricky beasts to tame in the theater. For one thing, you have to dodge all those "Hair" cliches, an assignment at which this piece is not entirely successful. Despite the efforts of the actors, the show doesn't achieve any kind of fully immersive ambience — it falls between many viable styles — and one never feels transported to the green park of 44 years ago from the reality of a white, upstairs rehearsal room where, strangely, cold fluorescent bulbs are allowed to burn. Yet more problematic, though, is the lack of detail in the text. There are the beginnings of interesting, paradoxical themes: the idea that some of the protesters and the Chicago police officers they were fighting had gone to the same high school in the same Chicago neighborhood; the notion that some of the amassed members of the Illinois National Guard may have joined the National Guard because they were against the war in Vietnam, only to find themselves fighting those protesting that very war. And there are a few sparks of Chicago humor: "You gonna put ketchup on that hot dog?" one cop asks another, at the start of the show. "What are you, a communist?"
But there are no memorable characters to follow, nor enough of the kind of dense historical and political details that would make the show feel like a credible snapshot of a defining civic moment for Chicago. You don't really believe anything you see and the show never puts the events of Chicago in 1968 in any kind of palpable context. To put it bluntly, while there is a certain panache on display, there is no real play here, nor a substitute that might offer other meaningful theatrical rewards. When the cast bursts into song, not only do the actors sound terrific, but you get a sense of what this show might have been, had more ideas and fresher images been allowed to roam.
But at this juncture, "The Whole World is Watching" is a not-very-satisfying piece (the music aside) that tends to resort to familiar sloganeering and crutches, when it needs to find depth, truth, freshness and meaning.
When: Through June 9
Where: Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.
Running time: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Tickets: $25 at 773-871-300 or victorygardens.org


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Global steel producers are beginning to warm to the challenges presented by climate change.
The topic of climate change—or global warming to those looking to pick a fight—received considerable attention at the annual meetings of the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Metals Service Center Institute. It gained even more steam, and some action, at the annual meeting of the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) in Berlin in October.
All three organizations as well as many others—including the Steel Manufacturers Association, the Specialty Steel Industry of North America, the Canadian Steel Producers Association, the Mexican Steel Producers Association and the Latin American Iron and Steel Institute—have raised climate change to a priority challenge for 2008 and beyond.
Members of the six American steel associations met in Miami in October to discuss trade and policy issues and establish an agreement to cooperate in the future on climate change issues. "We support the development of a global sectoral approach to climate change in which all major steel-producing countries, including China and India, contribute to a global solution to the climate change challenge," the organizations said. They also agreed to meet at least once per year to review progress being made on climate change and trade issues.
The IISI made seven climate change policy commitments in March and followed them at its October meeting by endorsing a global approach as the best way for steel to help address climate change. The IISI board of directors approved what it called "the next stage" in the establishment of a Global Sectoral Approach for Steel, including the collection and reporting of carbon dioxide emissions data for steel plants in all major steel-producing countries. The organization of data on a common and consistent basis would be "the starting point" for setting commitments post-2012 on a national or regional basis.
While most people in the steel industry agree that climate change initiatives are crucial to the planet's future, there is disagreement on policies.
John P. Surma, chairman and president of U.S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, is opposed to a cap-and-trade program for emissions for U.S. companies similar to what is in place in Europe. Surma and other U.S. steel executives believe that such a strategy would hinder not only steel but other manufacturing industries from being able to compete globally.
Some of the world's biggest aluminum producers take the opposing view, and how that will play out for U.S. steelmakers is anyone's guess at this stage (see related story, page 60).
The IISI said steel is well on its way to success already, noting that major technological advances in North America, Western Europe and Japan have reduced energy consumption per unit of production by 49 percent in the past 25 years. At the same time, there has been a dramatic expansion in global steel production such that the steel industry now accounts for 3 to 4 percent of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. More than 90 percent of steel industry emissions come from nine regions Brazil, China, the European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Ukraine and the United States.
In the case of the United States, there are indications that some form of global warming initiatives may emerge from Congress. One industry consultant warned in late October that the U.S. steel industry should prepare for federal legislation, perhaps a cap-and-trade system, some time after the 2008 presidential election.
The IISI maintains that cap and trade is not the answer. "Cap-and-trade regional policies such as those currently used in the E.U. are not effective in reducing carbon dioxide emissions," said Phillippe Varin, a member of IISI's executive committee and chief executive officer of Corus Group Ltd. "Constraining production from the best emission performing plants is not the solution for a globally competitive industry such as steel. An effective approach for the steel industry requires the participation of all major steel-producing countries and a focus on improving emissions per unit of production.
"In the near term, the steel industry's major contribution will be in the wider application of current best practice and technology. For the longer term, the steel industry is investing in research on the development of breakthrough steelmaking technologies. This is still in the context of the essential contribution that steel, the most recycled modern material, now makes in sustainable housing and construction, clean energy and transportation," Varin said.
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There has been so much clamoring for head coach Claude Julien to either loosen the reins on his defense-first system or lose his job, it got me wondering if playing defensive-minded hockey pays off in the long run.
We know that in the Bruins' first three seasons under Julien, they have lost in the first, second and second round of the playoffs, respectively. But it seems that watching the playoffs, teams like Pittsburgh, Detroit and Philadelphia have fared pretty well beyond the second round when their defense and goaltending has been tight and they scored just enough to get by.
Luckily, engineer and part-time sabermetrician Nicholas Amendolare came up with the idea to look back at the first five post-lockout seasons and see if defense-first hockey is a better policy than playing a system more geared toward offense.
Here are Nicholas' findings:
The key to winning games is scoring more goals than your opponent, which we can all agree.
But, in today's NHL there's some disagreement on how best to accomplish winning. Is the Bruins' defense-first philosophy justified, or would they be better served by a run-and-gun approach like that of the Colorado Avalanche? To answer this question, I took a look at some key statistics in the post-lockout NHL and compared them to teams' performance.
For each of the five seasons from 2005 to 2010, I ranked a team's performance. The Stanley Cup winner was given a rank of 1, the Cup finals loser was ranked 2, and the two teams who lost in the conference finals were ranked in a tie for third, and so on. Teams who didn't make the playoffs were ranked based on regular-season point totals. For example, last year's season had Chicago ranked 1, Philadelphia ranked 2, and Toronto ranked 29.
I then took four key statistics to compare to these rankings: goals for, goals allowed, 5-on-5 ratio (goals for/goals against during 5-on-5 play only), and goal differential. The idea was to calculate the correlation of each of these statistics to a team's ranking to determine which of the four statistics was a better predictor of a team's success. Correlation is simply a measure of how related two quantities are, and it's measured on a scale of -1.0 to 1.0.
For example, I expected that goal differential would have a very high correlation with team performance (the key to winning is scoring more goals than you give up, right?). On the other hand, one would probably expect something arbitrary, like a team's jersey colors, to have a very low correlation with team performance (close to 0.0).
The correlation of each of our four statistics to team performance was as follows:
Goals For: -0.55
Goals Allowed: 0.71
5-on-5 Ratio: -0.70
Goal Differential: -0.84
So what does all this mean? For someone without a Math or Science background, here are the bare essentials:
1. You can ignore the negative signs above. The negative sign simply indicates the direction of the correlation, not the strength. More goals for resulted in a lower ranking (a negative correlation) while more goals allowed resulted in a higher ranking (positive correlation), just as common sense would have us believe.
2. Goal differential was the best predictor of success. This makes sense. Good teams score a lot more goals than they give up. Five-on-5 ratio was also a good predictor of success, but this was nothing groundbreaking given that it's closely related to goal differential and given that most hockey is played 5-on-5.
3. Minimizing goals allowed showed a stronger correlation than maximizing goals for. The difference was significant, but not overwhelming. In the post-lockout NHL, defensive teams have fared better than offensive teams.
The third finding is the most important one. If your goal is to win hockey games and succeed in the playoffs, a defense-first approach seems to be justified by the evidence (sorry, Colorado fans). If your goal is fan entertainment, then the answer might be different. Does this mean Claude Julien's job is safe? Of course not. But it does shed some light on the potential reasoning behind his approach. It could also lend credence to the adage, "Defense wins championships."
So there you have it. Thanks to Nicholas for crunching the numbers. And for those worried that the Bruins might focus too much on defense, these results should now factor into your argument.


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It is a civic holiday here in Canada, and that means the doozers took a day off. What a relief for the neighborhood.
Black-Eyed Pea SambarOther black-eyed pea dishes from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen you will be sure to enjoy:
1/4 cup of toor dal
1 teaspoon of turmeric
1 cup of dry black-eyed peas
1 small onion, chopped
1 large tomato, diced
2 tablespoons of ghee, or a mixture of butter and oil
1/2 teaspoon of asafoetida powder
2 - 3 whole red dried chilies, broken into bits
1/2 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds
1 teaspoon of black mustard seeds
1 teaspoon of urad dal
2 teaspoons of sambar powder
1 1/2 teaspoons of sea salt
1 5.5 ounce tin of tomato paste
1 small clove of garlic, crushed
1/2 cup of corn
1/4 cup of fresh coriander or parsley, chopped
Soak the black-eyed peas in enough water to cover overnight. Drain, transfer to a medium-large pot, along with 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric, cover with water, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cover and cook until the beans are tender - about 40 - 60 minutes. Drain and set aside.
Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a medium-large saucepan. Add the toor dal and a 1/2 teaspoon of the turmeric. Reduce the heat to medium low, cover and cook until the dal is creamy - roughly 20 - 30 minutes. Set aside without draining.
In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. When hot, add the asafoetida, red chili peppers, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and urad dal. Stir and fry until the mustard seeds begin to pop. Add the onion, garlic and tomato to the pan, along with a dash of turmeric powder and the sambar powder and salt. Stir well and add the tomato paste, again stirring well to combine.
Now add the cooked toor dal and the liquid, along with an addition 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and add the black-eyed peas. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for roughly 5 - 10 minutes to blend the flavours. Stir in the corn and coriander (or parsley) and simmer for another few minutes. Add more water if you want a thinner sambar and simmer for another few minutes.
Black-Eyed Peas with Spices and Herbs
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On the top of the reading stack: The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
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Feb. 7, 2007
Santa Barbara, Calif. - Senior co-captain Pat Cary has been tabbed the National Collegiate Swimmer-of-the-Week after winning two events to help UCSB cruise past Pacific in the season's final home meet Saturday.
Cary won the 200 butterfly by almost four seconds, recording a 1:47.73. He also took first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 48.92.
The Gauchos defeated the Tigers 153-109.
Stanford's Elaine Breeden won the honor on the women's side.
Winners were selected based on their performances between Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 by a panel of collegiate coaches and nominated by coaches, sports information directors, conference representatives, and CollegeSwimming.com staffers.
UCSB returns to action Feb. 21-24 at the Big West Championships in Long Beach, where it will look to defend its 2006 league title.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The No. 5 Bulldog coed sailing team will compete this Saturday and Sunday at the ICSA Western Semifinal hosted by No. 8 Harvard with the hope of qualifying for its third straight ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship. The Bulldogs will hope to finish in the top nine teams this weekend to guarantee themselves a place at the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championship to be hosted by No. 13 Stanford in San Francisco. The team will also compete at the 61st BU Trophy hosted by No. 13 Boston University.
The Bulldogs have been doing well all season, but this is the critical weekend for the team. This weekend, 36 of the top teams in college sailing will meet in Boston's Inner Harbor to face off to earn the right to represent their institutions at the National Championships. Delivering a top-notch performance is critical for this weekend as the top nine teams from each of the two semifinal events will qualify for the National Championships.
This is only the second year that a Semifinal system has been used as a qualifying step towards Nationals. In the past, each of the seven conferences in college sailing received a set number of berths to the National Championships as determined by the number of schools competing in the district. In addition to the schools that qualified through their conference championships, two schools received at-large berths. The system, however, did not guarantee the stiffest competition possible. Typically, many nationally ranked schools from the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) conference, the conference the Bulldogs compete in, would miss out on the National Championships while teams from weaker districts would qualify.
The new system, however, ensures that the competition at the National Championships will be truly tough. Both the Western Semifinal, which the Bulldogs will compete in, and the Eastern Semifinal, hosted by MIT on the same dates at the same location, will feature 18 teams that qualified for the event based on their performance at their conference championships. The top nine teams at each of the two Semifinals will then move on to make up the 18-team fleet at the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championships.
The Bulldogs did very well the only other time a Semifinal event was hosted. At last year's event, hosted by Southern California in Long Beach, Calf., the Bulldogs took second behind No. 2 Georgetown, the team that went on to win the National Championship.
The National Semifinals will be a good showcase for sailing. Taking place in two fleets of FJs, 36 boats will be on the water at once right off the Fan Pier in Boston's Inner Harbor. Spectating will be great from the shore while spectator boats will also be available to take viewers on the water. The event will also take place at the same venue that the Volvo Ocean Race boats will be stopping at during the regatta. The Volvo Ocean Race is one of professional sailing's premier events. Seven teams of 11 crew each are racing more than 37,000 miles around the world, only making stops at designated locations. The stop at Boston's Fan Pier, which will take place during the ICSA National Semifinals, is the only stop that the boats will make in North America.
Competition at the ICSA Western Semifinal will be fierce to qualify for Nationals. Ranked teams competing in the Semifinal besides the Bulldogs include Harvard, No. 1 Boston College, No. 4 College of Charleston, No. 9 SUNY Maritime, No. 10 Connecticut College, No. 11 Hobart/William Smith, No. 17 Washington College and No. 18 South Florida.
Complete information regarding both National Semifinals can be found on the event website. The event will also be available for live viewing on sailgroove.org.
The Bulldogs will also compete at the 61st BU Trophy hosted by Boston University. The event should provide tough competition for the Bulldogs. Because only eight teams from NEISA qualified for the ICSA National Semifinals, the other teams in NEISA may send their top teams to compete at the event. The event, which takes place on the Charles River in FJs, is known for its tricky conditions. The wind at the venue is typically very shifty and it is difficult to predict the shifts at the historically light air venue.
Last year was the best year for the team at the event in more than a decade. The Bulldogs took sixth, matching their result from 2004. The team has not won the longstanding event since 1971. The Bulldogs were eighth in A division and seventh in B division last year.
The ICSA Western Semifinal will start at 9:00 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday while the BU Trophy will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Report filed by Caleb Dorfman '09, Yale Sports Publicity


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Top-seeded Querrey ousted by Smyczek in Newport
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Beating one of his country's top players and the tournament's No. 1 seed meant a lot to Tim Smyczek.
Smyczek defeated fellow American Sam Querrey in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships 6-4, 7-6 (8) on Tuesday on Newport's grass courts.
"I think it's the first time I've ever beaten a No. 1 seed at a tournament. It's definitely a big deal for me," he said. "It was pretty neat to play Sam, who's been one of the top Americans for a long time, somebody I've just tried to catch up to."
Querrey, a 2009 Newport finalist and ranked 21st in the world, was broken in the seventh game by the 120th-ranked Smyczek.
"I couldn't really find a flow out there. I was a little off the whole time," Querrey said.
In the tiebreaker, Querrey saved match point twice — both with aces — but hit a backhand return into the net on the final point.
It was the second match this year between the two. Querrey won in straight sets at Indian Wells in March.
"I knew he plays aggressive and has a big game," Smyczek said. "I was just trying to keep him from taking it to me."
Querrey seemed frustrated from the start, at one point uttering "ridiculous" to himself after hitting a forehand shot wide in the eighth game in humid conditions, with breaks of sun peeking through mostly cloudy skies.
In the tiebreaker, Smyczek jumped ahead 3-1 before Querrey battled back, grabbing a 5-4 lead. Trailing 6-5, Querrey had the first of his two match-saving aces.
Querrey had 16 aces to Smyczek's two.
Fourth-seeded Lleyton Hewitt, a runner-up in Newport last year, beat fellow Australian Matthew Ebden 6-4, 6-1.
Third-seeded Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands beat Italy's Matteo Viola 6-4, 6-1; Ivo Karlovic of Croatia defeated fifth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France 7-6 (5), 6-4; Canadian Vasek Pospisil beat American Denis Kudla 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; and wild card Prakash Amritraj of India beat Italy's Flavio Cipolla 6-2, 6-3.
Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic won a match of qualifiers, defeating Ante Pavic of Croatia 7-6 (6), 6-3. Eighth-seeded American Rajeev Ram beat Adrien Bossel of Switzerland 6-2, 6-2, and American Jack Sock advanced when No. 6-seeded Marinko Matosevic of Australia retired because of food poisoning after losing the first set 6-2.
France's Nicolas Mahut beat American Rhyne Williams 6-2, 6-4; No. 7 seed Kenny De Schepper of France defeated American qualifier Alex Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-4; and American Michael Russell outlasted Illya Marchenko of the Ukraine 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.


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Peter Gabriel
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Peter Gabriel At Jones Beach Theater
Welcome to The Set List. Here you'll find the latest concert recaps for many of your favorite, or maybe not so favorite, artists. Our bloggers will do their best to provide you with every detail of the show, from which songs were on the set list to what the artist was wearing to which out-of-control fan made a scene. Hey, it'll be like you were there. And if you like what you read, we'll even let you know where you can catch the artist on tour. Feel free to drop us a comment and let us know your concert experience. Oh, and rock on.
By Randee Dawn
Wantagh, N.Y.
For veteran fans of Peter Gabriel, watching the singer lie down flat in the middle of the stage, alternately staring up into a camera and curling in a fetal position while singing the haunting, plaintive "Mercy Street" — well, it completely makes sense.
And it was precisely those kinds of fans (a little less than 15,000 to be precise) who came out Sept. 23 to listen to the 62-year-old Gabriel take a trip through his hits … but on his own terms. Sure, he no longer emerges on stage dressed as a flower (as he did in his Genesis days), but the six-time GRAMMY winner is still half-musician, half-performance artist. There's always a healthy dollop of the surreal and unpredictable in his cargo trousers.
The plan was to play his So album in its entirety in celebration of the album's 25th anniversary, but Gabriel held off delivering that main course initially. Instead, the piano/cello duo of Swedes Jennie Abrahamson and Linnea Olsson led things off with a four-song set. Then, Gabriel, a longtime human rights activist, strolled onstage like an MC to introduce the legal team for Russian rock band Pussy Riot, who stood to his side with the husband and daughter of jailed singer/activist Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. In August the three members of Pussy Riot were each sentenced to two years in a prison camp for staging a protest against Russian President Vladimir V. Putin.
"It takes a lot of balls to make a protest," said Gabriel, who is among the musicians to have come out in support of Pussy Riot.
But no So yet — instead, Gabriel launched into an "acoustic" set of four tunes, during which he was plainly lit by house lights while sitting at the piano, lyrics appearing to scroll by on a carefully placed laptop. As he growled through an unfinished new song and hits like "Shock The Monkey" (he's still able to hit those top notes), the crowd was suitably enthused. But then the showmanship really kicked in midway through "Family Snapshot": house lights died, video screens lit up and fans were launched into Gabriel's well-produced world as he dashed from piano to synth for a "retro" song set while hand-maneuvered cranes waved lights around like searching three-eyed aliens.
"You're burning the place down!" shouted a fan, which might have been a bit of an overstatement, but it's hard to deny that Gabriel — even all these years on — has the presence to keep any live show, well, lively. With the "retro" set over, it was finally time for So, which he blasted through with nary a break. (Truth is, the entire set prior to the encore was done sans break.) And Gabriel proved he will do anything to tell his tales onstage, strolling around with a suitcase ("Don't Give Up"), doing a little dance shuffle ("This Is The Picture") and disappearing in a gray curtained tube for an encore performance of "The Tower That Ate People." Even after shutting a song down ("Washing Of The Water") for beginning badly, he noted, "That's probably the third f***up of the evening, for those with ears open."
Fans gave Gabriel a lot of leeway, joining in with arm waves for "In Your Eyes" and fist pumps for the traditional final tune, "Biko." After all, his greatest piece of performance art is in manipulating his audience into feeling they are part of the performance. And the audience is always delighted to give back.
Set List:
Acoustic set
"OBUT" (unfinished new song)
"Come Talk To Me"
"Shock The Monkey"
"Family Snapshot"
Retro set
"Digging In The Dirt"
"Secret World"
"The Family And The Fishing Net"
"No Self-Control"
"Solsbury Hill"
"Washing Of The Water"
So set
"Red Rain"
"Don't Give Up"
"That Voice Again"
"Mercy Street"
"Big Time"
"We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"
"This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)"
"In Your Eyes"
"The Tower That Ate People"
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(Randee Dawn is a New York-based entertainment writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Emmy magazine. Her short fiction has appeared in 3:AM Magazine and on the podcast "Well Told Tales," and she is the co-author of The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion.)


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Parents raise, shelter, feed and nurture us. They pay for years of baseball equipment and training so that we can break their hearts when, as teenagers, we decide to quit playing. So, we love them. The least we can do is love them – unconditionally. We owe them that much.
Unconditional love – no holding back. It's instinctual and it's different from conditional love, the kind that develops over time and is earned. We begin to understand it when hardship becomes a part of our lives, and we begin to see the sacrifices our parents made to raise us. We get inklings of what they left behind. Is it then that these feelings are born for our parents?
On Mother's Day, we honor matriarchs like saints. We recite verses about the miracles they performed throughout our lives. If I were writing a column about my mother, it would be filled with moments where she inspired me when I needed a lift, saved me when I was in danger, or drew blood when I needed a lesson (figuratively speaking).
Stories about mothers are like folklore, while fathers are more philosophical. I don't have those same singular moments about my father that I have about my mother. This intangible emotion is hard to describe, but it is what comes to me when I think of my dad this Father's Day.
Sacrifices that he made
My father was supportive and loving, and I felt secure in his approval of me. We never discussed intimate things about our lives, yet we were close. Still, it wasn't until I was a teenager when I finally knew my father well enough to find I loved him for who he was, and not just because he was present.
I was probably about 16 when a friend of mine and I walked in on him while he was playing guitar in front of an old computer in our spare bedroom in Apple Valley, Calif. He was manipulating the strings in a way I had never seen, stretching, splitting and bending them to create reverberations both assaulting and beautiful.
I always knew my dad played guitar in a band before I was born, but lots of people play in bands growing up, so I had never thought much about it.
While I was growing up, my dad's old band friends would call and, if he wasn't home, they would eagerly talk to "Toad's" son and indulge in a story or two.
"He could hear anything and replicate it on the guitar. No chords, no music. He could hear it and play it."
"He was the best."
When I walked in on him that day, playing alone when he thought no one was watching, it confirmed the stories the voices over the phone had told me.
The reason I had never seen my dad play guitar before that moment was that he stopped playing when I was born. We always had at least three guitars, if not more, in the house at all times but unless I pulled out the Gibson to show it off to one of my friends, I never saw it come out from its case. The guitars were tucked away in the back of my parents' closet.
My dad gave up music to get a real job. Recording studios, traveling, the music industry, none of it jibed with family life. To my dad, it was a personal ultimatum and it wasn't much of a choice.
And I think about that and I am disappointed. I'm mad at him for never trying to teach me the guitar. I'm sad that we never bonded over music. I am frustrated for lacking the motivation to ask.
I don't even think we ever went to a concert together.
But mostly, I admire him.
The truth is my love for my dad has little to do with me. That isn't to diminish our relationship (which is good) or his love (unquestionable), but my admiration for my father really stems from who he is as a man and a husband.
Being there for his family
And that has never been more evident to me than in these last few months when my mother has been sick and I've watched her illness swallow my father. He has thought of nothing else but her. If I didn't remind him to eat, he would have starved. If I didn't repeat what the doctors were saying, he wouldn't have heard it. If I didn't talk to him, he would have never spoken.
Some people might see his reaction to my mother's illness as crippling. My father should have been stronger for my mother, for me and our family, they might say. Those people would be wrong. My father has never been weak, he just never put himself before his family. If that makes him vulnerable, I'll take it. It makes me want to be a husband like him when I get married this September.
In the days he and I sat in hospital waiting rooms or in the silence of my parents' home while my mother slept in a foreign bed, we exchanged few words, but I never wondered about our relationship or if we should we have talked more. I just wanted to be with him because there has never been a moment in my life when I didn't feel safer simply because he was around. I always knew he would be there because he has proven his entire life to me and my mother that he would be there.
So during these distressing times, when fear followed us daily, the thing I hoped for was that I would be there for him and for those coming soon into my life.
I hope to be my father's son.
Daniel Tedford is the Digital News Director for the Los Angeles News Group where he oversees digital content and operations.


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LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. - The Chicago Fire U-18 Academy wrapped up 2012 Academy Showcase play falling 1-0 to Portland Timbers Monday morning in Bradenton, Fla. With the defeat, the U-18s finish the Showcase with a 1-1-1 record and go into winter hibernation sitting fourth in the Mid-America Division with a 7-4-3 record.
Opening play on Friday, the Fire earned a riveting 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Seattle Sounders F.C., going down 1-0 in the 27th minute before team-leading goal scorer Jeff Farina (top right) equalized in the 34th.
The Sounders would go ahead again in the 50th but Farina would convert his second of the match and 15th of the season from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute.
Both teams took punches back and forth but the Fire got the winner in the 93rd minute when Ricky Adalpe headed home a cross Daniel Sczepaenk to open the showcase with a 3-2 victory.
The Fire would surrender the lead again the following day as PA Classics went up 1-0 in the 60th minute. Sczepanek would again provide a late assist, this time setting up Alex Garcia for the 80th minute equalizer to help the side to a 1-1 draw.
After a day of rest Sunday, the team would close out the 2012 calendar year in defeat as a second half goal from Portland was all that was needed for the Timbers to take a 1-0 decision.
The Fire U-18s move indoors for training and will re-open the 2012/13 U.S. Soccer Development Academy campaign Saturday, March 9 away to the Indiana Fire Academy.
Having gone 2-0-0 through their first two matches, the Fire U-16s will close out the Showcase on Tuesday morning against Portland. Catch LIVE updates of the game @ChiFireMatch beginning at 8:00am CT.
Indiana Fire Academy U-18s Go 2-0-1 in Showcase Play
Currently top of the Mid-America Division, the Indiana Fire Academy went 2-0-1 in Showcase play this week, drawing 1-1 with Match Fit Chelsea (NJ) on Friday, downing Richmond Kickers (VA) 1-0 on Saturday and beating New Jersey Soccer Academy 2-0 Monday morning.


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Seven to be enshrined in NHIAA Hall of FameStaff report
November 12. 2013 9:34PM
Seven people, including three coaches and one official, will be inducted to the 13th annual NHIAA Hall of Fame Induction on Sunday. The event will be held at the Grappone Conference Center Courtyard by Marriott in Concord beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Dave Barry, Paul Bellavance and Earl Mills are the three coaches the NHIAA will be honoring this year.
Barry served as the baseball coach at Sunapee from 1972 to 2006, winning six Class S titles and three runner-up trophies. In 1977 he co-founded the volleyball program at Sunapee, serving as the only coach from 1977 to 2006. His teams won four state titles and nine runner-up plaques.
Bellavance served as the wrestling coach at Nashua High from 1971 to 1995. His teams won six state titles and six runner-up crowns. Bellavance produced 60 individual state champions and many top place finishers in the New England Tournaments.
Known as the "Godfather" of cross country and track in the Lakes Region, Mills' legacy will be everlasting at Newfound High School of Bristol and across New Hampshire. He started the cross country program at Newfound in 1976 and track and field in 1978. He won three divisional cross country state titles and his girls' track team was runner-up in 2005.
Rick Zecha of Keene will be inducted as the lone official this year. As a member of the New Hampshire Basketball and Football Officials' Associations since 1977, and the New Hampshire Baseball Umpires Association since 1976, he has officiated over 40 NHIAA basketball finals, more than 15 football finals, and several baseball finals.
In the administrator category, the NHIAA is honoring Winnacunnet of Hampton athletic director Carol Dozibrin.
A former president of the NHIAA Council, she has been involved in education, officiating, skiing, gender equity, finance and football. She is the chairman of the NHIAA Football Committee.
Since beginning her career teaching at Farmington High in 1977, she has taught, coached, and served as the athletic director at Timberlane of Plaistow, Newport Middle High School, and most recently, at Winnacunnet.
Former Henniker High baseball and basketball standout Duane "Joe" Clement will be inducted as an athlete. It was in baseball that he accomplished his greatest achievements. He threw many no-hitters and as a senior pitched every game of the year, including three tournament games in one week before losing the Class C championship in extra innings. Mike Abbott of Hinsdale High will be inducted as a contributor to the NHIAA. In the early 70's, he began a lengthy and distinguished career as a teacher, principal, soccer and basketball coach at Hinsdale High. He remained principal until 2000.
His record as the boys' varsity soccer coach was 106-9-2, His soccer teams won four soccer championships and one runner-up trophy. He was named the New Hampshire Soccer Coaches Association's Coach of the Year three times.
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Following up on "The bum rap against John Hagee," Joel Mowbray has forwarded us the following dispatch from this week's annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington:
At this week's AIPAC conference, one of the best-attended breakout sessions was on Christian Zionists. On the three-person panel was David Brog, executive director of Rev. John Hagee's Christians United for Israel. When Brog started his talk by mentioning Hagee's name, the overflow audience stopped him with a standing ovation.
Given the "Hitler" sermon that Hagee reportedly delivered a decade ago caused John McCain to duck for cover, the natural assumption would be that Hagee's deputy would be greeted by reactions ranging from ambivalence to anger. As it happens, I could detect neither.
Cynics will obviously point to the self-selection at smaller group sessions, meaning the room was already filled with Hagee's supporters. And the AIPAC conference has strong representation from the Orthodox and Conservative religious communities, the segments of the Jewish community that still overtly support Hagee. Since most American Jews are either Reform or secular, many in the media had attached great significance to the criticism of Hagee from American Reform Jewish leader Eric Yoffe.
What was most interesting, though, is that after the session and a few other points during the conference, I witnessed Reform and secular Jews telling Brog that they still deeply support and appreciate Hagee. Not only that, but many of the well-wishers were avowed liberal Democrats, including more than a few Obama backers.
It will obviously be a long time before the mainstream media let the public forget about Hagee's much-ballyhooed "Hitler" sermon, but it seems like many in the Jewish community already have.
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Keira From The Bachelor's EPIC Beauty Blunder
Keira Maguire is known for two things during her stint on The Bachelor; being the villain, and wearing some pretty incredible outfits.
However, last night at the Stylerunner store opening party in Sydney is became clear that even those who consider themselves chic, make mistakes.
Keira was sporting an all over bronzed glow, peculiar for this time of year. However, the thing that really gave the fake tan game away was the fact that her hands were ghostly white in comparison to the rest of her body.
Need a hand with the fake tan #TheBachelorAU's Keira? You missed a spot! https://t.co/cToB0uJt8L pic.twitter.com/gSQubiOpmK— Daily Mail Australia (@DailyMailAU) September 8, 2016
Wearing an off-the-shoulder white dress, it was clear that her beauty blunder was visible for all eyes to see. The sighting comes after Keira revealed that she would consider signing up to be Australia's next Bachelorette.
'I feel like it's more my thing, at least I can have control,' explained the controversial Sydney native in an interview with Mamamia this Thursday. 'I would eat....I don't know.
The poor guys that are on it- could you imagine?'she mused, adding: 'I would definitely do it because I'd just f**k s**t up.'
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'Low key' billionaire eyes Steelers
Next time you're at Heinz Field watching the Steelers, the boisterous fan next to you with his face painted black and gold, the guy so into the game he high-fives anyone next to him, might be a multibillionaire who can quote poet T.S. Eliot and spends his free time working with poor kids in Harlem.
He also might own the Steelers.
At the fringe of the Rooney family feud over future ownership of the famed NFL franchise, Stanley Freeman Druckenmiller, 55, reportedly has offered to buy all or part of the team -- although neither he nor his officers in the $4 billion Duquesne Capital Management venture fund he started in 1982 will comment.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that a deal could be reached within days to sell a majority interest in the Steelers to Druckenmiller, taking control of the franchise away from the Rooney family.
Two officials familiar with the talks said the deal could be completed by the end of the week. Sources told the Associated Press that Druckenmiller wants to include Dan and Art Roooney II in his ownership group.
Even if the deal with Druckenmiller goes through, it would still need approval by 24 of the league's 32 owners.
Friends, golfing buddies at Oakmont Country Club and those who directly benefited from his charity describe Druckenmiller as a humble but complex man of middle-class roots who rabidly roots for the Steelers when he's not orchestrating lucrative global capital schemes.
Golf handicap• Nine. And he's been a member of Oakmont Country Club for three decades. He flips delicious pancakes. He earned degrees in English literature and economics from elite Bowdoin College in Maine, where fellow students recalled him as a genius who was destined to be a professor.
Long married to fellow financial wiz Fiona Biggs Druckenmiller, he believes strongly that his three children should live normal lives akin to his upbringing in the Philadelphia suburbs. Close friends claim he's "brilliant" and "complicated" and unfailingly loyal, a man who hates publicity but who quietly bankrolls many of the nation's top charities.
"With Stanley Druckenmiller, it's family first. I'd like to say friends come second, but the truth, and he'll kill me for saying this, is that I'd never come between him and a Steelers' game, and I'd like to think of myself as a pretty good friend," said Geoffrey Canada with a laugh.
Canada is president and chief executive officer of the Harlem Children's Zone, where Druckenmiller, a New York City resident, chairs the board of directors. Its mission: Provide social services and education programs to thousands of families and their children in one of the nation's poorest neighborhoods.
About once a week, Druckenmiller arrives to work with kids, something Canada says reflects just how "deeply, deeply involved and passionate" Druckenmiller can be.
According to Canada, Druckenmiller has long termed the Steelers' franchise the "best run in America." He high-fives fans in neighboring seats after particularly stellar plays. He grows morose when the Steelers lose.
"I remember he once thanked Dan Rooney for having winning seasons. I can appreciate that because people don't know what it's like to live with Stan when they're losing. I'm telling you, there is no bigger fan of the Steelers than Stanley Druckenmiller."
According to the Wall Street Journal, Druckenmiller has offered to retain Dan Rooney as the Steelers' manager.
Son of a DuPont labor relations representative, Druckenmiller moved often during his childhood. He prepped at Richmond's prestigious Collegiate School, then graduated from Bowdoin in 1975. Twenty-two years later, he'd give the college $35.6 million to revamp the science building, which bears his name.
Instead of finishing advanced degrees in economics at the University of Michigan, he took a job with Pittsburgh National Bank, today's PNC. There he researched stocks before bolting to found his own firm, Duquesne Capital, in 1981. He was 28.
Gravitating to Wall Street, in 1985 he started selling his brainpower part time to mutual fund giant Dreyfus Corp., today a subsidiary of the Bank of New York/ Mellon Financial Corp. In 1988, when he wed Fiona Biggs -- a Dreyfus securities analyst and niece of former Morgan Stanley boss Barton Biggs -- he was running the legendary fund. That same year, he made another marriage of sorts. He forged a partnership with currency speculator and Hungarian-American hedge fund guru George Soros.
In a series of Financial World magazine profiles throughout the 1990s, Druckenmiller was described as a shark poker player who teamed with Soros to engineer highly complex derivatives and currency speculation runs.
Their crowning achievement: breaking the Bank of England in 1992, when London refused to devalue the pound. Selling the currency short reaped the duo more than $1 billion in windfalls, but the financial meltdown became known as "Black Wednesday" in the UK. In 2000, they walked away from the partnership.
While Soros is a well-known bankroller of liberal causes, Druckenmiller and his wife give heavily to both Republican and Democratic candidates and causes. According to federal filings, since 1992 the Druckenmillers have doled out more than $840,000, with 68 percent of it going to Republicans.
Although they've written $192,000 worth of checks during the past three years to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Druckenmiller funneled $250,000 to fellow billionaire Mike Bloomberg to jump-start the New York mayor's potential 2008 Republican run for president.
Fiona Druckenmiller put $2,300 down on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2007. But her husband recently gave $4,600 to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, also helping his former GOP challenger Mitt Romney with $2,300.
According to Forbes Magazine, Druckenmiller today is worth about $3.5 billion, perhaps three or four times the value of the Steelers if it went up for sale. But he never forgot Pittsburgh.
He returns for the Steelers. And a half-dozen times every year he plays a round at Oakmont Country Club. No one at Oakmont would speak on the record, but it's well understood that he paid for the club's pedestrian span built in 2003, called "Druckenmiller Bridge." That ended a simmering dispute with the PGA that threatened to block tournaments at Oakmont.
Before the U.S. Open last year, Tiger Woods played a round with him, and today a season-long match tournament at the club is named in his honor for returning the pro tour to Pittsburgh. His reputation in the locker room: unfailingly polite, humble, and he never, ever cheats.
Frank Fuhrer, whose locker is five down from Druckenmiller's, has known him for nearly 30 years. Fuhrer says he's "very low key, very pleasant to be around."
"He's just incredible. He's as solid a citizen and as solid an American as there ever was. When he makes friends, he makes them for life. He didn't go to New York and forget about the guys back in Pittsburgh," said Oakmont's head golf pro, Bob Ford. "I told Tiger that Druck is to Wall Street what he is to golf."
During the Open, Kevin Gray, 31, a Kiski Valley native, got a chance to shake Druckenmiller's hand. Now working in Indianapolis in publishing, Gray had caddied at Oakmont from 1993-99, one of a gaggle of teens there who worked hard and made decent grades. When it came time to go to college, a scholarship funded by Druckenmiller gave Gray $11,000, enough to help him afford three years of classes in Pennsylvania and Indiana.
"I was very, very grateful, all those years. I finally got to meet him. I came back to the Open last year, and there he was. He was wearing one of the name tags members get, the special pass. I went over to tell him what he had done for me. You wouldn't know that he was a wealthy man. He stood there like he was any other fan. Very low key, very humble.
"I told him that because of him, I got to go to college. He was just what I thought he would be. A nice guy."
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Olympic snowboarder Spencer O'Brien cries: 'I let Canada down'
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia
The words, choked and tortured as they came, were accompanied by tears rolling over Spencer O'Brien's freckled cheeks.
Those came in spurts, punctuated by long pauses from a futile attempt to gather herself. And it hurt just to hear them.
"I'm really disappointed and really sad that I let Canada down," she said, still in shock and having no clue how ridiculous a thing it was to say.
In that excruciating moment, the only person she let down was herself as she failed to live up to the expectations she had set as a proud and contending Olympian.
As for the country she so ached to represent? If you were mere feet away from her, as I was, just 30 minutes after she stumbled out of the women's slopestyle competition, she was only breaking hearts.
A bonafide medal threat coming here, O'Brien had hoped to follow or even one up teammate Mark McMorris's bronze medal the previous day. Instead, she finished in 12th and in tears.
Worse yet, she felt waking up on Sunday that it was going to be the best day of her life. Nerves were in check and she had grand plans for big jumps on the Rosa Khutar course.
"I felt great actually," the 26-year-old B.C. native said after finally gathering herself. "That's why it was kind of like a sledgehammer a little bit. I had a great practice and felt really confident going into my first run and even into my second run after falling in my first. I'm proud of the way I handled the situation.
"Looking back, it's going to be one of the biggest days of my life no matter what. I'm really proud of snowboarding right now. I'm just really disappointed."
While O'Brien wasn't viewed as the big gold-medal threat McMorris was the previous day, she was very much in the mix for a top-three performance.
But with both jumps in the final a write off, O'Brien was never a threat to catch American winner Jamie Anderson, who aced her second run to claim gold. Enni Rukajarvi of Finland took silver while Jenny Jones of England made history by becoming the first Briton to win a winter Olympic medal on the snow.
In a more dramatic way, considering she didn't complete either run in the final and thus was unable to unveil the big jumps she had planned, O'Brien's result typified an overall disappointing showing for the Canadian team as the slopestyle competition made its Olympic debut.
The bronze that McMorris claimed on Saturday wasn't the colour many had pegged for him while teammates Sebastien Toutant (fifth) and Max Parrot (ninth) were also considered medal contenders.
So even as the athletes and the fans seemed to love the funky new competition, the tank was below half empty for Team Canada.
"When it comes down to it, when everyone gets nervous, it gets harder to stomp the tricks," Canadian coach, Leo Addington said when asked about the new degree of pressure the athletes faced for the first time."
Making its Olympic debut, slopestyle is run over a downhill course that included three rail features and three progressively bigger jumps allowing the athletes' most spectacular tricks to come at the end in front of an eager and loud crowd.
But with the severity of the course comes risks as evidenced by the spectacular crash Sunday of one of the pre-event favourites, Sarka Pancochova of the Czech Republic. Pancochova's head bounced so hard off the ground after a spill that her helmet split.
"The snowboarders here are pushing the level and when you push the level like that, people fall," Addington said. "It's Olympics. There's a lot of pressure.
"It's tough. One little bobble will take you out."
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Commissioner of Education David Hespe has approved 375 health and safety related improvements in 6 Abbott school districts. This second round of approvals for work that school districts estimated at $165.7 million brings the total estimated amount of approved repairs and renovations to $347 million. Health and safety improvements will be moving forward in the following districts: Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Pemberton, Pleasantville, and Trenton.
Health and safety repairs and renovations in 23 Abbott districts have now been approved for entry into the construction pipeline. The Commissioner said he expects more approvals to be announced in the coming weeks.
"There is no more important issue in our Abbott districts than the health and safety of the children who learn in those schools," said Hespe. "These approvals will allow us to provide the best learning environment possible for those children. Once the design work is completed actual construction can begin when the Legislature approves Governor Whitman's school construction initiative.
"It is vitally important that we provide our children with the safest, healthiest and most secure learning environment possible."
The planned school improvements would mostly involve fire alarms, electrical systems, emergency signs, security systems, sprinkler and standpipe systems, window replacement, and roofing and repairs to the exterior of school buildings. The funds for the design work necessary for these projects are already included in the state budget. Now that the Commissioner has approved the need for each of these improvements a joint Department of Education/Treasury Department field team will examine the scope of work for each of them.
Commissioner Hespe announced in September that while the department was reviewing the five-year facilities plans of the Abbott districts, the state would move ahead with the design work on the repairs and renovations that were necessary to provide a healthy and safe learning environment for our school children. The Commissioner indicated that approval would be granted only if the improvements were made to existing buildings that would remain in use. The Abbott districts participating in this program have agreed that these repairs and renovations should be moved outside of their five-year facilities plan.


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There's an interesting piece just out by Samuel Rines at The National Interest, where he utilizes U.S. government figures show that startups are creating fewer jobs per capita than previously.
America's Startup Problem
Deriving his figures from data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the punch line is compelling: "During the 90s, newly birthed businesses came with six new jobs. By 2007, they came with four." That comes out to a reduction of 33% in new job creation from this critical source of economic growth.
Unfortunately for the reader, Rines doesn't offer any insight as to why this is the case. My own take is that it may be a function of the shift to more services and technology-oriented new businesses being formed.
As software "eats the world", service companies can accomplish more business activity with fewer employees, relying on technology has a force-multiplier of their efforts.
Rines sees the trend continuing. I foresee that labor-intensive manufacturing and construction oriented industries will continue to dwindle in significance during the coming years as the US proceeds along its services-focused economic path.If so, an even greater number of startups will need to be created to help the economy return to robust growth.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Members of a masked vigilante group in southern Mexico demanded Monday that the government free 44 colleagues arrested last week on weapons and organized crime charges, after the government accused them of using their weapons to settle internal disputes with other townspeople.
The "self-defense" group from the town of Aquila, in western Michoacan state, claim they had to take up arms to defend against the Knights Templar drug cartel. The vigilantes said at a news conference in Mexico City that the cartel demanded to be given 700,000 pesos ($54,000) that townspeople earned from mining royalties.
"My clients did not form a group for criminal purposes," lawyer Leonel Rivera said. "They were performing duties that the Mexican government has not been able to perform in many parts of the country, where authorities have not been able to guarantee the safety of the citizens of this country."
Jesus Reyna, Michoacan's acting governor, said last week the vigilantes were actually engaged in an internal dispute with other townspeople over the royalties from a local iron ore mine. He suggested the armed group had been motivated by economic interests, not public safety.
Local media reported the arrested vigilantes face organized crime and weapons possession charges.
Aquila is one of several towns in Michoacan where people have formed self-defense squads in recent months.
In the neighboring state of Guerrero, where self-defense groups have also sprung up this year, residents of the town of Xaltianguis swore in dozens of local women as members of the local "community police" squad. The women were given T-shirts and hunting rifles.
People in Xaltianguis have blocked highways and briefly prevented the passage of Mexican soldiers in recent weeks as a way to demand respect for their movement.
The federal government has tolerated some self-defense squads, but authorities have arrested others found carrying heavy-caliber weapons that most Mexicans are prohibited from having.


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Spike TV Plans More Than 12 Hours Of Multi-Platform Coverage From 2012 CES In January 2012 As Part Of Its "All Access" Live Specials.
Spike TV and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) have announced an exclusive partnership that includes plans to telecast live coverage from the CES 2012, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow. Spike will also introduce CES All Access Live, which will offer tech fans more than 12 hours of 2012 CES coverage across multiple platforms – TV, online, mobile, social and more. The live special will kick-off with five hours of live telecasts in HD from Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 and will be the first of this year's Spike All Access Live Specials, which will also occur at two other events throughout the year.
"We're excited to partner with CEA and bring CES to audiences like never before on live television," said Jon Slusser, senior vice president, sports and multi-platform events, Spike TV. "Cultural events like CES will offer our viewers a first look at the things they'll be playing, watching and talking about in the next year and Spike's 'CES All Access Live' multi-platform program offerings will deliver a front row seat to all the action."
"Spike's live coverage will help share the amazing product launches at the 2012 CES with a new audience and give consumers an exclusive opportunity to preview all the amazing new technologies announced at the 2012 CES," said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA.
As a part of the network's overall All Access program offering, which breaks down what's next in pop-culture, technology and gaming, the CES All Access Live multi-platform experience will be viewable live on Spike TV, online on Spike.com, GameTrailers.com and Facebook.com, mobile phones and tablets including the iPhone, iPad and Android devices as well as on giant video screens located in the "Crossroads of the World" in New York City's Times Square.
Broadcasting from its own CES studio in Las Vegas, Spike's expert team, including Geoff Keighley, Justine Ezarik and other notable talent to be announced shortly, will feature breaking news from the 2012 CES show floor, exclusive world premieres of new "must own" devices and video games, hands-on demonstrations and unboxings, interviews with the biggest names in entertainment and technology and a look into Spike's exclusive VIP CES party at Tryst Nightclub in the Wynn Las Vegas.
"CES All Access Live" will also feature an unparalleled social media experience as part of its programming coverage using Twitter and Facebook to engage audience participation and provide up-to-the-minute feedback. Viewers will be encouraged to interact with show hosts in real time and share thoughts on new products, participate in opinion polls or ask questions. They will then be able to receive answers from hosts and guests, view poll results or see their comments pop up on screen instantaneously.
From whichever platform viewers choose to watch, Spike's "CES All Access" will offer a first-hand look into the 2012 CES' hottest items, from televisions to tablets, cell phones to cars and games to gadgets, as the team sifts through thousands of new products and analyzes the biggest trends, the best inventions and the most important new technologies of the future.
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Allow us to arrange a private room for you at either Kanetanaka or Shinkiraku, two of the capital's most exclusive traditional restaurants, where first-time visitors require a formal introduction. Enjoy sophisticated kaiseki cuisine while authentic geisha sing and perform traditional dances. Available weekdays except public holidays.
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Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo invites you to experience a true sense of place by visiting a traditional wooden home close to the hotel near Kanda Myojin shrine. Built 80 years ago for a wealthy lumber merchant, the house is decorated in the spartan style typical of its era. Learn how make tea like the locals, master the art of origami and become familiar with manners for visiting shrines.
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Known as the "Pantry of Japan", Tsukiji Market is the world's largest food hall, full of colour, action, and unforgettable scenes. Your guided tour of Tsukiji's inner and outer markets begins with a brief film and walking tour of the halls, after which an expert chef will teach you how to make the perfect sushi. After instruction, enjoy your sushi with refreshing green tea. For parties of four or more. Offered all days except Sunday, Wednesday and public holidays.
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Since the early 17th century, the Sumida River has inspired poets and been Tokyo's favourite playground. Experience this enchanting waterway starting with a traditional dinner at famed waterfront restaurant Kameseiro, established in 1855. Then board a chartered yakatabune – a roofed pleasure boat fashioned after those used by the Tokugawa shogun, right down to its red-lacquered hull and woven mats. On board, geisha will entertain with dance and shamisen playing, as in the days of old. Offered all days except Sunday and public holidays.
Follow in the footsteps of Nobel Laureates, glitterati, artists, and Japan's revered gourmands at Fukudaya, one of Tokyo's most celebrated restaurants. Settle into the Fukudaya's private Inakaya Room, where you will savor two-star Michelin dining in the form of refined kaiseki cuisine. While you dine, enjoy a performance of shinnai, a highly ornamented style of singing to shamisen accompaniment that captures the wit and savoir fare of 18th century Tokyo. On Saturdays, dinner may be booked instead of lunch. Offered all days except Sunday and public holidays.
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The governing body of an Indian tribe shall be afforded substantially the same treatment as a State with respect to the provisions of section 9603(a) of this title (regarding notification of releases), section 9604(c)(2) of this title (regarding consultation on remedial actions), section 9604(e) of this title (regarding access to information), section 9604(i) of this title (regarding health authorities) and section 9605 of this title (regarding roles and responsibilities under the national contingency plan and submittal of priorities for remedial action, but not including the provision regarding the inclusion of at least one facility per State on the National Priorities List).
Should the President determine that proper remedial action is the permanent relocation of tribal members away from a contaminated site because it is cost effective and necessary to protect their health and welfare, such finding must be concurred in by the affected tribal government before relocation shall occur. The President, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall also assure that all benefits of the relocation program are provided to the affected tribe and that alternative land of equivalent value is available and satisfactory to the tribe. Any lands acquired for relocation of tribal members shall be held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the tribe.
The President shall conduct a survey, in consultation with the Indian tribes, to determine the extent of hazardous waste sites on Indian lands. Such survey shall be included within a report which shall make recommendations on the program needs of tribes under this chapter, with particular emphasis on how tribal participation in the administration of such programs can be maximized. Such report shall be submitted to Congress along with the President's budget request for fiscal year 1988.
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 96–510, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2767, known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9601 of this title and Tables.
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I have been trying for years to find an aquarium in the US that served fish and now that I finally found one PETA wants to change the menu. Really, every time I tour through an aquarium I end up thinking "man that trout, grouper, or sordfish would taste really good with some Jack Daniels sauce or some lemon-pepper batter.....hhhhhmmmmm".
Edit forgot the link:Activists from PETA want an aquarium in California to stop serving fish in its cafeteria, reports the LA Times, saying that "serving fish at an aquarium is like serving poodle burgers at a dog show."
The head of PETAs Fish Empathy Project, Karin Robertson, says the fish on offer at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is unworthy of the institution.
"Fish are far more intelligent than previously thought, and in some respects their cognitive abilities surpass those of dogs and some nonhuman primates," Robertson wrote in a letter to the aquariums chief executive.


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"Amtrak ridership growth" (Illustrating a Point - March 28th edition) confirms why real long-term solutions are worthwhile.
If only our elected officials would support decisive action, and develop a dedicated capital revenue stream that could include allocating a penny per gallon gasoline tax to Amtrak. These funds could provide a reliable yearly source for financing capital investments to upgrade tracks, signals, stations and maintenance facilities.
Any responsible agency needs the assistance of a long-term dedicated secure revenue stream. Perhaps establish a reasonable minimum fare box recovery rate of 50 percent to justify continued operation of any route.
And give local governments one year to come up with locally generated operating assistance to support service on routes to those communities that can't meet this goal.
In the long run, these simple reforms would take the politics out of intercity passenger service.
With all of this in place, many more routes could survive, and some would grow stronger. How many times have winter storms stranded thousands at airports while Amtrak kept rolling?
The ability of Amtrak to reduce travel time by increasing the speed of the service in high-density corridors can provide consumers with choices other than flying.
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