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Gangnam Style Overshadows Uganda's "Kill The Gays" Bill In Cable News Coverage
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An Equality Matters analysis found that cable news networks' coverage of the reemergence of Uganda's proposed "Kill the Gays" bill - legislation which would make homosexuality punishable by death - has been scant over the past several weeks and paled in comparison to their coverage of the Korean pop song "Gangnam Style."
Analysis: Cable News Networks Underreported Uganda's "Kill The Gays" Bill
Cable News Networks Underreported Reemergence Of "Kill The Gays" Bill, Focused On Gangnam Style. According to an Equality Matters analysis, between October 31 and December 5, both CNN and Fox News devoted more time to covering Korean pop star Psy's song "Gangnam Style" than reporting on the renewed support for the passage of Uganda's "Kill the Gays" law. There is no indication that Fox News covered the measure:
- MSNBC Mentioned The Bill In Only Two Segments Over The Course Of Equality Matters' Study.
Ugandan Parliament Speaker Has Promised To Bring "Kill The Gays" Bill To A Vote. In October, Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga vowed to bring the country's controversial "Kill the Gays" bill up for a vote. Her statement came in response to the threat that Western countries, including the United States, might cut off foreign aid to Uganda over the country's treatment of LGBT people.
KADAGA: I will not accept to be intimidated or to be directed by any government in the world because we are independent. We are Ugandans.
I will now instruct the chair of the Committee of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to quickly bring the report of the anti-homosexuality bill so that we discuss it and so that Uganda can take a position.
If the price of aid is going to be promoting homosexuality in this country, I think we don't want that aid. I don't think we want it. [Think Progress, 10/31/12, emphasis added]
Kadaga Pledged To Pass "Kill The Gays" Bill As A "Christmas Gift" To The Law's Supporters. According to BBC News:
Ms Kadaga said she hoped the bill, first tabled in 2009 and now before a parliamentary committee, would be passed by the end of the year, Reuters news agency reports.
"Ugandans want that law as a Christmas gift. They have asked for it and we'll give them that gift," Ms Kadaga is quoted as saying. [BBC News, 11/13/12]
"Kill The Gays" Bill Is Likely To Pass, Vote Could Be "Any Day." According to the Huffington Post:
In the next few weeks the Ugandan parliament is poised to bring back a bill that would sentence lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to imprisonment and in some cases death.
The bill has been scheduled for an "order of business to follow" and could be voted on this week. It is expected to easily pass, and then it will be up to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to veto the bill. His veto could be overturned by the assembly. [Huffington Post, 11/26/12]
"Kill The Gays" Bill Maintains Death Penalty For Homosexuality, Even After Revisions. According to Box Turtle Bulletin's Jim Burroway:
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill was reintroduced into Parliament last February and referred to the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee for possible modifications. When the same committee considered the bill in May of 2011, the committee recommended a sly change to the bill, removing the explicit language of "suffer(ing) death," and replacing it with a reference to the penalties provided in an unrelated already existing law. That law however specifies the death penalty. Which means that the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee actually recommended that the death penalty be retained through stealth while the bill's supporters publicly stated that the penalty had been removed. [Box Turtle Bulletin, 10/31/12]
Equality Matters searched news transcripts provided by TV Eyes and Snapstream for the terms "Uganda" and "Gangnam" between October 31, 2012 (Kadaga's announcement) and December 5. Reruns were excluded. For segments that discussed a variety of issues including Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill, only time spent discussing the bill was recorded.
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10 Ways You're Annoying Your Coworkers
Steve Berman
Everyone has something (or someone) that annoys him or her at work. It could be faulty equipment or coworkers who don't pull their own weight. But nobody's complaining about you, right?
Not so fast. Even though your mom, friends, or significant other may worship the ground you walk on, there could be some people you work with who are far from your biggest fans. Your dirty jokes may be a hit at home, but that doesn't mean they sit well with Nancy in accounting.
Here are 10 things that you might be doing to annoy your coworkers — consider changing your ways before it's too late!
Annoyance No. 1: (Loud) Personal Calls
It might sound insensitive, but nobody wants to hear about your kids getting sick or how angry you are with your husband. Nor do they want to be in on your weekend ski trip plans or that embarrassing thing your friend did at the bar last night.
Even innocuous subjects should rarely be discussed at length on the phone within earshot of coworkers. Personal information can make others feel uncomfortable, and constant chatting on the phone about non-work subjects can make you look like someone who isn't getting their work done. If you must make a personal call, it's best to leave your desk and make the call in a closed conference room, take it outside, or wait until your shift is over. Leave the work phone for work conversations only.


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Lollipops by Elena Bulatova
The sweet life
Lollipops remind us about naughty and careless childhood when we crave for sweets. Bright colors of the sculptures celebrate life and bring smiles. I overstate candies that lure, charm, tease, disarm and surprise. Through the use of scale, color, and intensity in the forms, the lollipops we take for granted become aesthetically pleasing and seductive in atypical ways. My colorful, entertaining and impeccably produced lollipops activate the cravings people have for the things that give them pleasure and force them to surrender The sensual nature of the works stimulates basic human needs that generate desires and passion, they show society's striving to fulfillment and happiness through possession of things that ends in dependency.


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I won't be taking metalsmithing classes any time soon - but I did pick up this cuff in homage.
Chanel and her Verdura cuffs photographed by Man Ray
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Bon Iver
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And The GRAMMY Went To ... Bon Iver
(In the coming weeks GRAMMY.com will feature information and video highlights on winners from the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, held Feb. 12 in Los Angeles. Each installment will offer the winning or related video, and some pertinent, and not so pertinent, information about the track and the artists.)
Artist: Bon Iver
Won for: Best Alternative Music Album, Best New Artist
Previous wins: This year marked Bon Iver's first GRAMMY wins
Did you know?: Fronted by singer/songwriter Justin Vernon, Bon Iver made a strong debut at the 54th GRAMMY Awards, garnering nominations for Record and Song Of The Year for the haunting "Holocene" (video below), and taking home the Best New Artist trophy. The band, which takes their name from the French phrase for "good winter," also won Best Alternative Music Album for their self-titled sophomore set. Bon Iver was recorded in a veterinarian clinic turned recording studio in Fall Creek, Wis. The album, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, takes listeners on a musical journey with 10 tracks named after places such as "Perth," "Lisbon, OH," "Hinnom, TX," and "Calgary."


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Sex-tortion? Man charged with trying to extort money, sex from women in modeling scam
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A Rocky Hill man set up an elaborate extortion scheme, fronted by a phony talent agency, to solicit revealing photos, money and sex from nearly 40 women seeking modeling jobs that did not exist, Fairfield police said Friday.
Anand Amin, 24, of Catherine Street in Rocky Hill, tried to back up his extortion threats by telling the women that unless they paid him and agreed to sexual favors he would make public the nude or semi-nude photos they submitted with applications for the non-existent modeling jobs his "agency," Gucci Modeling Co., was offering, according to the warrant for his arrest.
Amin succeeded in duping at least two of the targeted women into sending nude or semi-nude photos of themselves by posing as a female agent for the fictitious Gucci Modeling agency, police said Friday, and convinced at least one of them to perform oral sex on him in an attempt to reclaim her photos.
When confronted by police during a search of his home last August, Amin admitted to creating the phony email accounts for the modeling scam, through which he requested photos, money and sexual favors. At the end of his sworn statement, Amin said, "I would like to apologize and did not mean to hurt anyone. I was stupid to do this and am willing to make restitution."
According to the arrest warrant, Amin -- who attended Sacred Heart University for a short period before leaving the Fairfield school in 2009 -- set up fake emails accounts posing as both a recruiter and "shoot manager" for the fictitious modeling agency, and contacted a fellow SHU student. Initially, she ignored the emails promoting a modeling career until hearing from Amin, whom she knew, that the venture was supposedly legitimate.
After persuading the victim to send nude photos of herself for a prospective modeling assignment, Amin -- posing via email as the recruiter, "Lauren Aiello" -- informed the student of a "hazing phase" on the job, which included "engaging in sexual favors for a person of the Gucci Modeling Company's choosing." The person chosen, according to Aiello the email, would be Amin because he was mutual friend.
The victim had already paid $300 to Amin, a portion of the $1,000 fee she was told was needed to secure a modeling contract. But when she told the "agency" that she was not interested in performing any sexual favors and wanted her money back, "Lauren Aeillo" said via email that if she did not complete the "hazing," she would have to pay another $800 in cash and the photos she had sent would be posted on an Internet site as well as sent to her parents, according to the warrant.
The student once again met Amin on campus, and paid him the $800, afraid that the pictures would posted online. She told police she then heard from the agency's "shoot manager," identified as "Janette Riggins" in an email, that she would have to make several deposits into Amin's personal bank account because the other models "would be upset she did not complete her `hazing phase,' " the warrant states.
In September 2012, the student began to get harassing emails via Amin's personal email telling her the modeling agency froze his bank account because she didn't complete the hazing, according to the warrant. Amin continued to harass her, demanding that she comply. He also said he had copies of her nude photos and would post them online, police said.
At that point, the warrant states, the student agreed to perform oral sex on Amin at her home, an act that Amin videotaped using his cell phone. He said it would be sent to the modeling agency as proof that she had finally complied, and her photos would be deleted. He also promised that all her money would be reimbursed by the agency after it received the video.
When the student failed to receive any reimbursement, she sent an email to "Aiello" last April 4 to directly ask for her money back. The email sent in response refused her request, with the rationale that if the other model candidates learned that the student had been reimbursed, they would be unhappy. The email stated, "For all 6 of them (girls) $300 would shut them up and I'd get them to sign the document also, but other than that, we won't have a deal that makes both us and Anand's lawyer happy."
The victim sent another email, asking about an agreement in writing. According to the warrant, the emailed response she got said, "I can not help it if someone knows of the Hazing and talks to people. I can get rid of them and this will be the last problem." She was instructed to deposit $300 into the bank account of "Gina Menard," supposedly the lawyer representing Amin.
In all, police said, the student transferred $1,690 from her account to Amin's between July 11, 2011, and July 9, 2012.
Last July, she received another email from Amin, claiming he went to a job interview but was turned down because a background and credit check showed his bank account had been "red flagged for money laundering" because of a large amount of deposits. He blamed her for some of those problems and threatened to get his lawyer involved. In one email, the warrant states, Amin wrote, "You will make this up to me, not financially, I don't care about money, I have spent enough."
After the victim filed complaint with Fairfield police, detectives contacted Rocky Hill police last Aug. 20, and learned they had began investigating Amin for an incident in March 2011. That case also involved the non-existent "Lauren Aeillo," who had dealings with a aspiring Rocky Hill model who told police she was asked to take naked pictures of herself and have sex with Amin. When she refused to have sex with Amin, the warrant states, she received an email from Aiello threatening to post the photos online.
Police said their investigation also uncovered similar email correspondence between Amin and at least 39 other women. When contacted by detectives, several of the women confirmed they had been exploited by Amin, but were either out of state or hesitant to cooperate because of the consequences they feared it would have on their personal lives.
Interviewed in 2011 by Rocky Hill police, Amin said Lauren Aiello was a fellow student at Sacred Heart and a model. He claimed he was not involved in that scam, and agreed to get a phone number for Aeillo. Amin provided a phone number for a woman who said she was Aiello's mother. She told police her daughter's Facebook account had been hacked and taken over by someone claiming to be a model. She said her daughter's bank account information and Social Security number also were used by someone for use on a gambling website.
Police said they learned the false number provided to the gambling website was Amin's. He, however, continued to deny any involvement, claiming to be a victim of identity theft. Rocky Hill police did not arrest him at the time.
Officials hope that other victims of the extortion scheme will contact police. "Oftentimes, victims don't come forward, thinking they're the only one and feel empowered after others have come forward," police Sgt. Suzanne Lussier said.
According to Lussier, Amin had been arrested in 2010 on Sacred Heart property for criminal trespass. He pleaded guilty and paid a $50 fine. Details on that arrest were not immediately available.
Amin was held in lieu of $100,000 bond, police said Friday, and is scheduled to appear Jan. 30 in Bridgeport Superior Court.
Any victims of Amin's extortion scheme, police said, who have not already been contacted by detectives may contact the Detective Bureau at 203-254-4840.


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CIMA Group Appoints New CEO
Juan Martin Gomez has been appointed CEO of CIMA Group
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CIMA Group, a telecommunication services holding company based in Miami, Florida operating in more than 10 countries with over 32 years of experience in the industry, announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a succession plan for the executive management of the Company. Effective February 1, 2014, Juan Martin Gomez was promoted to Chief Executive Officer and Daniel R. Contreras, previous CEO, was appointed Member of the Board of Directors.
"I have the utmost confidence in this new direction and in the members of the management team. We will continue to drive technological and business innovations ensuring the continued growth and future of the CIMA Group companies."
In his new role as CEO, Juan Martin Gomez will assume overall responsibility for all CIMA Group entities namely: Anew Broadband, Auris, CIMA Telecom, Hola America and RSL Telecom, with a new business vision to implement a long-term growth strategy while providing leadership to accelerate global business results.
"CIMA Group's Board of Directors is responsible for ensuring the continuity of the Company's senior leadership team and that the executive team possesses the experience, skills and character required to achieve the Company's goals. With today's announcement, we are confident that his leadership will further expand CIMA Group's impressive record of innovation and continued growth in shareholder value," said Daniel R. Contreras, past CEO and newly appointed Director to the CIMA Group Board.
Spencer Lamy, CTO of CIMA Group, concludes: "I have the utmost confidence in this new direction and in the members of the management team. We will continue to drive technological and business innovations ensuring the continued growth and future of the CIMA Group companies."
In his nearly 8 years at CIMA Group, Juan Martin Gomez held a COO position, successfully driving business innovation and record growth. Under his leadership, CIMA Telecom and Auris grew to handle more than 7 Billion minutes a year, providing termination and platform services worldwide.
Moreover, Auris' continued innovation resulted in multiple new services focused on: Retail, Wholesale, Top-Up and Portal distribution, which continues to provide the Telecom industry with the latest technologies available, making it simple to become profitable and efficient.
Juan Martin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Administration from Florida International University and has participated in the Telecommunication industry for over 15 years. His business background and technology experience make him ideally suited to lead the next phase of the organization's growth and success.
For more information about CIMA Group please visit www.cimagroup.com.
About CIMA Group:
CIMA Group is a facilities-based global telecommunication solutions provider and integrator. Since 1981, CIMA Group has provided retail long distance services, Wholesale international and domestic long distance services, fiber network solutions through its ownership in the Maya Cable and value-added platform service applications that support facilities and non-facilities-based telecom service providers and distributors to manage retail and wholesale telecommunication services.
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On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp set at 23,000 feet on Mt. Everest. They were George Mallory, who, at 37, was already one of the world's most accomplished climbers, and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old Oxford graduate with little climbing experience. They walked out of the camp, vanished into the mists that surrounded the peak, and were never seen again until Mallory's frozen body was found in 1999.
In his magnificent, if perhaps overlong, new book, "Into the Silence," Wade Davis tells the full story behind this almost mythic story, imbuing it with historic scope and epic sweep, perceiving the quest to conquer Everest as an emblem of Britain's damaged nobility and infatuation with heroic failure. The background here, the foul compost from which the grail-like purity of the Everest endeavor grew, was World War I, the "Great War," which signaled curtains for the great, lumbering European empires and obliterated almost an entire generation of young men. The few who survived the apocalypse in the mud of France came back broken and haunted.
Three British expeditions set out for Everest between 1921 and 1924 and involved 28 climbers, almost all of whom had seen action and witnessed the slaughter of their friends and comrades. Mallory himself missed the massacres of the Somme and Passchendaele only because, on both occasions, he was recovering from other injuries. Charles Bruce, "cut down with machine gun fire that nearly severed both his legs," was advised by doctors "to retire to a quiet life and to be especially careful never to walk strenuously uphill." Instead he went on to lead two of these expeditions into the Himalayas. Such strong-jawed British phlegm might seem a little over the top, but as Davis makes clear, the Everest climbs seized the public imagination because the horrors of the trenches "led a desperate nation to embrace the assault on Everest as a gesture of imperial redemption."
There was too a spiritual dimension to this derring-do at the top of the world, a collision and mingling of cultures as the children of the Raj met mystical Tibet. Climbing is an adventure of the mind as well as the body. The climbers set their camps beside Buddhist monasteries, with the snows of Everest "looming against a lapis sky."
"I have been half the time in ecstasy," wrote Mallory, seeing the world green again. "We came up to a remarkable pass between two ranges of snow mountains — not a high pass, only about 17,000 ft. There the ground was a wilderness of flowers, rock plants nestling under the big flat stones; most beautiful of all the blue poppy and a little pink saxifrage growing almost like a cushion flower...."
Davis' approach is dense, encyclopedic, his writerly method perhaps mirroring the obsession that the climbers came to feel. He gives vivid accounts of both the war and the earlier survey of India that led to the naming of Everest, an almost hidden peak, and established that it was indeed the highest point on Earth. He shows the patriotic ache that sent these men to the top of the world, as if trying to fill a void they knew in their hearts could never again be filled. Why do you want to climb Everest? Mallory was asked. "Because it's there," was his famously laconic reply. So engines of diplomacy were engaged, sponsorships sought, the wildly ambitious yet almost quixotic expeditions launched.
A large cast of characters flit through these pages, mostly men, and Davis gives each of them his due, filling in his background only when he first appears so that as the story moves forward it remains shadowed by the ghostly presence of the war. Center-stage for much of the action is Mallory himself, an indefatigable Galahad of crag and glacier. As a handsome Cambridge undergraduate in the years leading to the world war, Mallory attracted swooning worship from John Maynard Keynes and Lytton Strachey, among others. He was a man whom others remembered and idolized, even before he started to pass into legend. But his true passion always lay in the thin pure air of climbing, to which he brought, as Davis writes, "an unprecedented level of athleticism, combining the grace and strength of a gymnast, another sport at which he excelled, with a mental focus utterly modern in its intensity."
Nothing had quite prepared Mallory and his companions, of course, for the technical and physical problems that Everest (the Tibetans called it "Chomolungma," meaning "goddess mother of the world") would offer up. With inadequate equipment, and (at first) no oxygen, the British climbers encountered exhaustion, dizziness, sickness, hallucinations, simultaneous frostbite and sunstroke, and howling winds that could spring up in an instant and strike them with the ferocity of an artillery bombardment. "In this altitude they were all like infants in a new world, learning to breathe for the first time," Davis writes.
Mallory and Irvine might indeed have reached the peak at the end of the 1924 expedition. Davis casts doubt while not wishing to completely deny its possibility. We can never really know. Edmund Hillary, who, along with the Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, finally became the first to scale the summit in 1953, remarked that the success of any expedition must in part be judged by whether its members survive or not. In this majestic telling Davis takes a less hard-boiled view, telling us that glorious striving can indeed regroup the spirit.
Davis comes billed as National Geographic's "explorer-in-residence," an odd and rather funny idea. In a previous book, "The Serpent and the Rainbow," he investigated voodoo in Haiti and the scientific background of zombiedom. "Into the Silence" is very different, a long book about the excitement and danger of explorative climbing; but like Davis' other book, it is also concerned with the human need for different sorts of religious transcendence.
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"Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest"
By Wade Davis
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Book review: 'Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest' by Wade Davis
On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp set at 23,000 feet on Mt. Everest. They were George Mallory, who, at 37, was already one of the world's most accomplished climbers, and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old Oxford graduate with little climbing experience. They walked out of the camp, vanished into the mists that surrounded the peak, and were never seen again until Mallory's frozen body was found in 1999.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships on Saturday (Oct. 22) in Ashland, Ohio.
The annual conference championships will be hosted by Ashland University at Brookside Golf Course.
The women's 6K championship race will begin at 11 a.m. (ET) with the men's 8K event to follow at approximately 11:45 a.m. (ET).
The Ferris women's cross country team is ranked third nationally in the latest United States Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II National Rankings along with first in the Midwest Regional listing under fourth-year head coach Steve Picucci. Meanwhile, the men's team is sixth in the Midwest Region.
In addition to the Bulldog women, Grand Valley State is also ranked nationally in the women's field as the Lakers are listed second in the country ahead of the Bulldogs, but behind FSU in the region in second place. The GVSU men are third nationally with Ashland's men's squad coming in at 24th.
Five GLIAC women's programs are listed among the region's top 10 teams in FSU (1st), GVSU (2nd), Saginaw Valley State (5th), Ashland (6th) and Hillsdale (7th). On the men's side, GVSU (1st), Ashland (3rd), Hillsdale (5th) and FSU (6th) are all regionally-ranked going into the conference championships.
Last season, the Bulldog women placed second and the men were eighth at the league championships (11/6) in Hillsdale, Mich. The Bulldog women's squad went on to advance to the NCAA Division II National Championships (12/4) and placed eighth in Louisville, Ky.
FSU senior Tina Muir (St. Albans, U.K.) figures to be one of the top individual contenders in the women's field for the fourth consecutive campaign. A year ago, Muir took 11th place overall at the 2010 NCAA Division II National Championships in earning All-America honors for the third consecutive campaign.
Following the GLIAC Championships, Ferris State will host the 2011 NCAA-II Midwest Regional set for Saturday, Nov. 5, at FSU's Katke Golf Course in Big Rapids. The NCAA Division II National Championships will be held in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday, Nov. 19.
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's cross country teams will compete in the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Championships on Saturday (Oct. 22) in Ashland, Ohio.


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Hailee Steinfeld ('Ender's Game,' 'True Grit') will be joining the cast of 'Pitch Perfect 2,' according to a report in Variety. She will be joining Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Brittany Snow, all of whom will be reprising their roles from the original film.
Details of the plot are being kept a secret at the moment and it is unknown which role Steinfeld will be playing. She is, however, the first new major cast member announced for the sequel. Universal Pictures will be releasing the movie on May 15, 2015. Elizabeth Banks will return to direct the film as well.
The movie was a surprise success, having grossed over $115 million dollars worldwide with a $17 million dollar budget. The musical comedy told of a college women's a cappella group called The Barden Bellas and their battle to win Nationals against the Treblemakers, a rival all-male a capella group.
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People use wireless technology to communicate, game and entertain. USC's Center for Body Computing asks why not use that same tech to get fit or manage a health condition? At the center's annual conference, innovators presented ways in which health technology merges with social media, entertainment, sports and fitness.
The Center for Body Computing works with startups and other partners to develop wireless health products. Body computing could mean using your computer to track calories burned, posting your heart rate on
Body computing: In the Saturday section on Oct. 19, an article on wireless devices that track health and fitness said that a fitness tracking patch would be marketed as the Media BodyMedia Vue and Medtria IH1. The correct names are Metria BodyMedia Vue and Metria IH1. —
It's all part of a "veritable shakeup" bringing health technology out of the clinic and into the home, Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla and author of "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Healthcare," said in an interview.
Here are five innovations discussed at the conference, held Oct. 4 on the campus:
How many calories did you burn in the last week? How much did you move around? How well did you sleep?
Wearable fitness monitors are a popular fashion accessory for the fit crowd — among them the armband from BodyMedia ($99-$119, https://www.bodymedia.com/Shop/Armband-Packages). The armband sensor collects more than 5,000 bits of data every minute, calculating activity from temperature, movement, sweating and heat loss.
But not everyone needs all that data all the time. Within the next six months, BodyMedia plans a disposable patch called the Media BodyMedia Vue — like an oversized Band-Aid — that will allow users to collect data for a week, and then upload via the built-in USB port.
You might show the info to your weight-loss coach or trainer, or doctor or sleep therapist, so they can figure out just what you need to change to meet your health and fitness goals, suggested Ivo Stivoric, vice president for research and development at Jawbone, BodyMedia's parent company.
The new patch will cost less than $50, said Deepak Prakash, director of digital health marketing at Vancive Medical Technologies, an Avery Dennison business, which co-developed the patch and plans to market its version as the Medtria IH1.
You can share pictures of whatever makes your heart flutter on Instagram. With the new BioGram app, developed by the Center for Body Computing, you can show the world what those images did to your pulse. The app adds a little heart icon with your heart rate to the photos, so your friends can see just how excited you are about that recent touchdown, latest date, whatever.
"It's fun, it's about sharing yourself," Saxon said.
To use BioGram, you'll need the AliveCor Heart Monitor, a phone attachment that picks up heart rate from your fingertips in a few seconds ($199, prescription required, https://www.alivecor.com/). AliveCor provides a portable electrocardiogram that people with heart concerns can use to monitor their health, and others could use to build up a record of their normal rhythms.
Saxon hopes the app will be available by the end of 2013. The basic version will be free, with more advanced features for a price.
In sports from Pee Wees to pros, a blow to the head can cause a serious injury. But the athlete might not always know when they've sustained a head injury like a concussion, and coaches may not witness every impact.
The goal: "Play a safer game," said former NFLer Isaiah Kacyvenski, now director of sports at MC10, which developed the sensor in the Checklight. Players who get the warning lights can learn to modify their technique.
The SportVu program from STATS, a sports tech and data company, aims to track the prowess of pro basketball players without even touching them. The program uses six cameras in arena rafters to record every dribble, pass and shot. STATS worked with 15 teams last year, and this season the NBA has made SportVu leaguewide.
Some of the data will be available to fans. Coaches will get a more detailed analysis, telling them how fast each player is moving and how often he speeds up or slows down. That indicates the intensity of exertion and load on the athlete's legs.
This kind of data can flag early warning signs of players who might be in trouble, said Paul Robbins, director of elite performance at STATS. For example, the statistics might show that a player's intensity drops. Sometimes, that fatigue might predict an injury in the next game. Coaches will know when to push players and when to let them recover.
"I think every coach wants to know how hard their players are working and how to recover them effectively and not put them at risk for injury," said USC women's basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, who attended the presentation.
Watching YouTube could benefit your health. The Center for Body Computing partnered with Tastemade, online video's answer to TV's
One of the biggest challenges for people with diabetes, Saxon noted, is to maintain a steady carb intake. In the video, sponsored by the center and premiered at the conference, Tastemade personality Dani Spies shows viewers of her "Clean & Delicious" program how to make three carb-based meals in just five minutes each (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9H44yMLsMM&feature). The secret, Spies explains, is a big pot of brown rice made over the weekend and kept on hand.
For breakfast, Spies offers an apple pie-inspired rice bowl with milk, maple syrup and fruit. For lunch, it's a rice and bean bowl with avocado and tomatoes. For dinner, she whips up a brown rice quesadilla with cheddar and broccoli. As she says in the video, "Nobody's ever going to believe you made this in five minutes … delicious, constant carb intake all day long."


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Purple Picotee Pelargonium (Geranium)
I've been on a strange pink kick recently. Not that I've chosen to wear pink, but I have been noticing it and loving it lately. I've been planting a large perennial bed at house this year, and nearly everything I've chosen to go in it is a certain pink. Not a pale, fragile pink, but more of a lipstick (another thing I never wear) pink.
I love pink paired with colors that sort of cut through the sweetness like navy or saddle brown. Maybe with I could actually work pink into my wardrobe if I could tone it down with more drab items.
I recently did a Girl's Day Out Picnic over at kitchendaily.com inspired by pink, specifically by a beautiful flowered vintage table cloth I've had for years. Check it out if you get the chance. I'm hoping to use these ideas with my real life girlfriends some day soon.
On an only marginally related note (since I've shown two geraniums above)-- did you know that you could take geraniums inside in the winter and either place in a pot near a sunny window, or remove all dirt from the roots and store them in a paper bag in your basement? I'm trying to buy as few annuals as possible, and was pleased to find out this fact recently after buying the bottom annuals on sale. I may try that out this year. There is an interesting thread on the topic right here.


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if they exist, take a look pixel by pixel
Bounding box collisionsLets see how we can implement bounding box collisions: Microsoft provides us with an useful struct called RECT. It represents an axis aligned rectangle, and we will use it to test collisions. What we should do, is save the bounding rectangle of our SPRITE class, and when we want to look for collisions between to sprites, the only thing we have to do is intersect the 2 RECT scructs the sprites hold. The code would look something like this:
RECT dest;
IntersectRect(&dest, &sprite1.rect, &sprite2.rect);
Pixel perfect checkOnce we know that a collision has happened, it's time to check pixel by pixel! We will be working directly with the LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9 variables in order to read their pixels. First, we will lock them, so that we can read them from the GPU, we have to lock every texture we want to read pixels from:
D3DLOCKED_RECT rectS1;
HRESULT hResult = myTexture->LockRect(0, &rectS1, NULL, NULL);
Then, we will grab the pixel data by reading de pBits component of our locked rectangle (Again, we need to do this for every texture we are working with):
D3DCOLOR* pixelsS1 = (D3DCOLOR*)rectS1.pBits;
Now is when the fun part comes in. We have to check the intersected rectangle pixels to see if the pixels collide.
Sadly, we just can read our texture's data (not the screen data) so we will have to tranlate screen coordinates to each texture's coordinates, and then read the texture's pixels.
for (int rx = dest.left; rx < dest.right; rx++)
for (int ry = dest.top; ry < dest.bottom; ry ++)
// Translate screen coordinates into texture coordinates
int s1x = rx - sprite1.x;
int s1y = ry - sprite1.y;
int s2x = rx - sprite2.x;
int s2y = ry - sprite2.y;
// a and b will hold the alpha values of the pixel we are staring at
BYTE a = (pixelsS1[s1y * TEXTURE1_WIDTH + s1x] & 0xFF000000) >> 24;
BYTE b = (pixelsS2[s2y * TEXTURE2_WIDTH + s2x] & 0xFF000000) >> 24;
// if both pixels are opaque a collision has taken place
if (a == 255 && b == 255)
//Remember to unlock your textures
return 1;
Full codeIn case you want to read how the full code would be, here it is:
// Returns 1 if a collision is detected and 0 if the collision did not happen
int PixelPerfectCollision(SPRITE sprite1, SPRITE sprite2)
// Creation of the bounding rectangles from the SPRITE values
// Remember that coordinates start in the upper left corner of the screen
RECT rect1;
rect1.left = (long)sprite1.x;
rect1.top = (long)sprite1.y;
rect1.right = (long)sprite1.x + sprite1.width;
rect1.bottom = (long)sprite1.y + sprite1.height;
RECT rect2;
rect2.left = (long)sprite2.x;
rect2.top = (long)sprite2.y;
rect2.right = (long)sprite2.x + sprite2.width;
rect2.bottom = (long)sprite2.y + sprite2.height;
// Intersection of the bounding rectangles
// Up to here the code is just bounding box collision detection
RECT dest;
if (IntersectRect(&dest, &rect1, &rect2))
// Loking of the textures
// In this case the SPRITE object holds the texture to draw
// We will access it and invoke the LockRect method of LPDIRECT3DTEXTURE9
// The pixels will be saved in each D3DLOCKED_RECT object
D3DLOCKED_RECT rectS1;
HRESULT hResult = sprite1.texture->LockRect(0, &rectS1, NULL, NULL);
return 0;
D3DLOCKED_RECT rectS2;
hResult = sprite2.texture>LockRect(0, &rectS2, NULL, NULL);
return 0;
// Get the pointer to the color values
// From now on, we will read that pointer as an array
D3DCOLOR* pixelsS1 = (D3DCOLOR*)rectS1.pBits;
D3DCOLOR* pixelsS2 = (D3DCOLOR*)rectS2.pBits;
// We will check the area of the intersected rect (dest)
// In this rectangle, we have to check that in the same spot:
// A pixel from each texture collide
for (int rx = dest.left; rx < dest.right; rx++)
for (int ry = dest.top; ry < dest.bottom; ry ++)
// Translation from the "dest" rect to sprite1 coordinates
int s1x = rx - sprite1.x;
int s1y = ry - sprite1.y;
// Translation from the "dest" rect to sprite2 coordinates
int s2x = rx - sprite2.x;
int s2y = ry - sprite2.y;
// Check the alpha value of each texture pixel
// The alpha value is the leftmost byte
BYTE a = (pixelsS1[s1y * 128 + s1x] & 0xFF000000) >> 24;
BYTE b = (pixelsS2[s2y * 480 + s2x] & 0xFF000000) >> 24;
// If both pixels are opaque, we found a collision
// We have to unlock the textures and return
if (a == 255 && b == 255)
return 1;
// If we reached here, it means that we did not find a collision
return 0;
return 0;


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When something tickles a dog's fancy, they wag their tails. When cats are content, they purr. For humans, laughter is the thing, and there was plenty of that going on Thursday evening as the Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter presented a comedy fundraiser.
Staged at Flappers Comedy Club, the evening billed as Laugh Your Tail Off: A Night to Save Animals saw a sellout crowd of more than 200 enjoy the comedic stylings of Harland Williams who has appeared in such films as "There's Something About Mary" and "Dumb & Dumber." Hosted by NBC-4 weatherman Fritz Coleman, the evening also included a performance by Trevor Moore, Zach Cregger and Sam Brown of the Whitest Lids U' Know sketch comedy troupe.
Welcomed by shelter volunteers Pat McCauley and Janina Fischer, supporters had the opportunity to compete in a raffle and auction that offered prizes including VIP tickets to see a Los Angeles Lakers game, or a taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," or "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Flappers co-owners Barbara Holliday and Dave Reinitz also stepped up to the plate in support of the shelter, by not just donating the venue, but also by offering a lifetime club membership for the evening's auction.
After perusing the auction and raffle treasures, guests were escorted into the downtown comedy club's main room for dinner, cocktails and laughter.
"We're very excited to be doing our first fundraiser of the year at this great new venue," said the event's chairwoman Alaina Kovel.
According to Kovel, the funds raised at Thursday's event will be added to their general fund with the hopes of purchasing new X-ray equipment this year. Along with an appeal for funding, Eva Sippel, the organization's director of shelter relations, also encouraged people who may be interested in fostering kittens to remember that the spring kitten season is rapidly approaching. She also reminded supporters that the shelter offers many ways to help by becoming involved in their Sponsor a Kitten, Train a Shelter Dog and Help Heal a Shelter Dog programs.
Among the special guests who were on hand or who helped make Thursday's fundraiser a success were Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter President Denise Fleck, the organization's board members Scott Soper, Eleanor O'Brien, Cecelia Martinez, Ann Adrianse, Anne Macleod and Marcella Dover, the event committee members Jon Kovel and Andrea Aguirre, and supporters Tiffany Ann Brain and Travis James Riner.
Among the attendees representing the city of Burbank were Assistant City Manager Joy Forbes, her husband, Michael Forbes, who serves as a senior planner with the Community Development Department, and his colleague Ruth Davidson-Guerra, who serves as the assistant community development director for housing and redevelopment.
While this event provided Burbankers with an evening of laughter, please remember that on any given day the Burbank Animal Shelter can be the place where you will find years of laughter and love from a dog, cat or rabbit that is in desperate need of a forever friend and home. If you are looking to bring a furry companion into your life, please make the shelter, located at 1150 N. Victory Place, your first stop. If you would like more information about the shelter, volunteering opportunities and how you can help our city's homeless animals in numerous ways, visit www.basv.org or call (818) 238-3344.


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Fly fishing on the Housatonic in West Cornwall attracts international crowd
CORNWALL BRIDGE >> It sounded like an international bazaar at the Housatonic River Outfitters Saturday morning, what with all the thick accents that were being spoken among the chatty crowd.
There were your New York-ahs, of course.
There was Alexander Hvatsky, a Russian-born tour guide with the busy shop.
Then there was also the Castelli brothers, Federico and Vittorio, who hail from the village of Biella in northwest Italy.
And what made them all leave their respective homes, to figuratively hang "gone fishing" signs on their front doors?
Why, to journey to northwest Connecticut and indulge in the fabulous fly fishing of the Housatonic River, or "Hoosie," as it's known in these parts.
"Fall is a great time to fish here," said Torrie Collins, 47, manager of the outfitters, in between helping fishing enthusiast select items in the rustic, supply-stacked store nestled next to the Hoosie.
"You get a real mix of people here. A lot of English people, for some reason," Collins noted. "It's well-known, famous fishing area."
Fisherman from near and far agreed, as the peak fall season for fishing, particularly fly fishing, is winding down on the windy, twisty river, which was finally flowing at regular levels a week after the rains of Hurricane Sandy fell.
"It reminds me of fishing in Montana," Adam Franceschini, 32, the outfitter's head guide, said a few miles upstream as he stood in gray "waders," or overalls, and prepared to launch the Castelli brothers in his blue 12-foot hard rubber raft for an all-day fly fishing excursion.
Franceschini makes his living as a full-time fishing guide, taking out fishing parties about 250 days a year. He spends his summers in Alaska, spring and fall here on the Housatonic, and winters catching Red fish in the marshes of the low country near Charleston, S.C. He also spends time on the Salmon River of Pulaski, N.Y.
The Housatonic, he said, "fishes more like a free stone river" in Alaska.
Saturday, as he took the Castelli brothers down the whole 14-miles stretch of the Housatonic between Sharon and South Kent that offers fly fishing, there were plenty of Trout to be had.
That's because the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) agency regularly stocks the Hoosie with 9,000 Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout each April and September, according to Hvatsky, the Russian-born tour guide with the outfitters.
In addition, the Housatonic River Outfitters raises money each year to stock the river with an additional 800 "large size" Rainbow Trout bought from private hatcheries in Pennsylvania, said Collins, the outfitter's manager. The large size trout range from 14 to 18 inches long, he said.
Hvatsky said during the spring and fall the outfitters arrange tours for Europeans "pretty much every weekend" - usually those who are traveling to New York City for business and have free time on the weekend.
In Europe, Hvatsky said, fishermen usually need a special permit for every river they fish. The rivers there are typically owned and maintained by private landowners who don't want intruders on their property, he said.
But in Connecticut, and the rest of the United States, rivers are run by federal, state and local governments, and are free to the public, he added.
In Italy, the Castellis fly fish in "much smaller streams," which are located in "real mountains" - the Alps, said Vittorio Castelli, a researcher who lives in Westchester County, N.Y. and was hosting his brother Federico, an accountant who was on a business trip to the city from their hometown of Biella.
"It's wonderful, what a beautiful area," Federico marveled. "From one of the biggest cities in the world you drive [not much more than] an hour and here you are, in the middle of nowhere, fly fishing in this nice river."
Franceschini, their guide, said the brothers are experienced fly fisherman, "better than average."
Vittorio Castelli, in fact, has fished the Hoosie three others times prior to Saturday's trip, which saw them catch - and release - six trout, including a few that were 18-inch long, and one 22-inch monster.
"The scenery is fantastic, the river is large, and the fishing's good," Vittorio said of the Hoosie.
Collins agreed.
"November can see some great fishing, as long as you don't mind the cold."
The outfitters had arranged six guided fly fishing tours this weekend, according to Franceschini, the head guide. He's been busy since his return from Alaska on Sept. 26.
"The first two weeks I was booked solid everyday," he said. "It starts to taper off the next couple weeks and by the second week of November we'll be done."
Not everyone wants to be done.
Further downstream from where Franceschini started his all-day $350 tour with the Castelli brothers, Jeff Toland of Milbrook, N.Y. was wading in the water alone, casting his fly near the covered bridge in West Cornwall.
"This is my therapy," said the 54-year-old general contractor, who was raised on Long Island. "I've got salt water in my veins, but I really love fresh water fishing."


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Learning How To Win
One of the greatest challenges I've had to accept is learning that not every athlete knows how to win. Of course, they all want to win. But, winning comes with a particular mindset. And winning occasionally doesn't suggest in anyway that you have it down. Year after year I've watched the best talent developed in our collegiate systems, only to find myself shaking my head when the athlete falls short of expectations at the professional level. Then it dawned on me.. this isn't college where you
No Short Cuts
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There's a lot to admire from the various cultures that make up the world we live in. For instance, I'm particularly fond of Japan. As the regimented individual that I am, many things about Japan suit me; honor and loyalty are a way of life for them, they're hospitable people, they reflect an orderly lifestyle with clean streets and no littering, and they're more advanced in their technology than we're exposed to here at home. I don't know if that's always a good thing. I went shopping while
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Sports is easily the most watched of all things on television. Whether it's during the week or on the weekends, you can always find a sport to view. Knowing not everyone is a sports fan doesn't affect the millions of fans around the world that are watching. Add to that number, the growing list of college networks that exclusively air all of their conference sports. With that much exposure, I'd love for our kids to hear, see and read more about the positive things many of our finest athletes are
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I remember when I was in grade school, middle school in today's terms, when every Sunday I would have to awaken to go to church with my family. Sundays were long, starting at 9 with Sunday school, followed by morning worship and the main church service at 11. I was raised Baptist, and both my father and mother served as a deacon and deaconess in the church. When I was 8, I was baptized. Then around age 11, I joined the junior usher board that served during the youth service from 10:30-11:15. I
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So often when I share with family and friends all of the wonderful places that I've traveled around the world, I'm reminded of how blessed and fortunate I am to have these opportunities. Honestly, the places I visit are indeed wonderful. And I know that pictures don't always sufficiently describe their beauty. On a recent trip to Grenada, an under the radar island in the Caribbean and I believe a secret gem, that I'd recommend to anyone that hasn't had the pleasure of traveling there, to put it


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March 11, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - When the Yale women's lacrosse team relocated to Reese Stadium for the 2009 season, it was a move made with both the present and the future in mind. As the facility undergoes a major renovation, the Bulldogs hope their young team grows along with it. Yale's first game at Reese Wednesday afternoon provided a glimpse of the possibilities, as the Bulldogs shut down a potent UMass attack for a memorable 7-4 win. Freshman goalie Whitney Quackenbush led the way with 14 saves.
"This was a great way to open at Reese Stadium," said Anne Phillips, Yale's Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse, who was also making her home debut as Yale's head coach. "We made the move here because it's a great surface, and the renovations will be beautiful. It's a new team, a new offense and a new stadium, and to have a big win like this to start off was great for the program."
UMass (2-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) was coming off of two wins over Ivy League teams, having knocked off Harvard 13-12 and upset then-No. 13 Dartmouth 13-10 a week ago. Yale (2-3, 0-0 Ivy League), meanwhile, had dropped three in a row after opening with an 11-10 overtime win at Fairfield. The Bulldogs needed an early offensive spark, and it came from junior attacker Jessica Sturgill. While being fouled, she managed to get off a shot that eluded UMass goalie Katie Florence and gave Yale a 1-0 lead at 25:32 of the first half.
That marked the first time all season Yale had scored the first goal of the game. In fact, the Bulldogs had trailed by as much as 4-0 to start three of their first four games.
"One of our goals today was to get the lead and not have to play from behind," said Phillips. "We wanted to control the tempo. By being settled offensively, that helped our defense settle."
The patient Bulldogs worked the ball around the field each time they got into the attacking end, waiting for their chance. Sturgill delivered another goal at the 21-minute mark, and two minutes after that set up junior attacker Jenna Block for a goal that made it 3-0.
Quackenbush then made her first big stop of the day, denying a low shot by midfielder Haley Smith at the 12:30 mark. Attacker Holly Drown finally got the Minutewomen on the board at 9:05, ending nearly 20 minutes of shutout lacrosse for the Bulldog defense. It would be more than 24 minutes before UMass would score again.
The Minutewomen were looking to get within a goal when junior defender Michele Fiorentino drew a charge and ended a UMass possession with eight minutes left in the half. Fiorentino's play looked even bigger when sophomore midfielder Logan Greer scored with 4:45 left to put Yale up 4-1. Quackenbush made the final big defensive play of the first half by intercepting a pass near the cage with a minute to go.
Quackenbush's denial of a free position shot by midfielder Danielle Pelletier got the second half started off right for Yale, and the Bulldogs then extended their lead with a textbook example of teamwork. Operating on the left of the fan, Sturgill put a perfectly-placed feed right in the crosse of senior midfielder Jenn Warden for a "quick-stick" goal directly off the pass that stunned the Minutewomen and energized the Bulldogs.
That wound up being the only goal for Warden, who had scored at least three goals in each of Yale's first four games. But her contributions on Wednesday went well beyond that one play.
"That was just a pretty goal," Phillips said. "Jenn was face-guarded the whole game, but she still directed the offense and really helped us take advantage of the face that UMass face-guarded her. She kept leading and directing her teammates, and they stepped up."
After Quackenbush made a huge save on attacker Nina Sarcona from right in front of the cage with 21 minutes left, junior midfielder Sarah David converted a free position shot to give Yale a 6-1 lead with 20:16 to play. UMass called timeout and then had a free position attempt a minute later. Smith fed a wide-open Sarcona in front of the cage, but Quackenbush adjusted quickly and made another big save.
The Bulldogs then took the ball down the field and got another goal from Greer, whose contributions Wednesday were all the more impressive considering that just 10 days ago she was finishing squash season - where she earned All-America honors and a No. 4 spot in the national individual rankings. And when Greer did return to the lacrosse team, she started as a defender before moving to midfield shortly before the UMass game. With five Bulldogs sidelined by injury, Greer has been a versatile and much-needed addition to the roster.
"We couldn't wait to get her back from squash," said Phillips. "She is such a great athlete and helps us so much in transition. When she came in, we put her on defense because we could teach her that the quickest. But gradually, she's been learning the offense and we've been able to move her to midfield. She has good decision-making ability and has become that steady presence that we needed."
Providing a steady presence at the other end of the field were Yale's defenders, Fiorentino, junior Claire Eliasberg, sophomore Augusta Hixon, sophomore Fielding Kidd and junior Natalie Reid. For most of the game that group all but erected "Do Not Enter" signs in the 8-meter fan.
"Claire had some key 1v1 stops," said Phillips. "We had her on a dangerous crease driver. Fielding was solid, as she has been in every game for us. Michele came up with some big caused turnovers, including drawing that huge charge near the end of the first half. And Augusta was big on the clear [Yale was 13-for-15 on clears], helping us get the ball out of there."
And when the Bulldog defense did let a Minutewoman through, Quackenbush was there. While UMass did score three times in the final 15 minutes, that figure would have been much higher if not for the five-foot-10-inch presence in Yale's net. Quackenbush's 14 saves Wednesday, including 11 in the second half, were the most by a Bulldog goalie since Ellen Cameron '08 stopped 15 against Cornell two years ago.
After denying another Smith shot with 17 minutes to play, Quackenbush caught a free position shot by Pelletier in her crosse with 13 minutes left. Her last big stop came with six minutes to go when midfielder Jackie Lyons, UMass' leading scorer, dodged her way past a Yale defender but came up empty against Quackenbush. Lyons had 12 goals and 16 points in the first five games but was held scoreless Wednesday.
"Whitney made some big saves, some point-blank saves," Phillips said. "The first half was the best our defensive unit has played all year. They worked so well together. We knew UMass had some big guns. We knew what we needed to defend against and what we needed to fix defensively. We played a more composed defense, let them bring the attack to us, and were successful in it."
The Bulldogs remained disciplined at both ends of the field through the end of the game. With 30 seconds left and UMass desperately trying to get the ball away from Yale's attack, Florence was caught ranging far from the cage when sophomore attacker Myra Trivellas earned a free position attempt. With an open net in front of her, and the prospect of a shot at her first collegiate goal, Trivellas instead chose to pass the ball and give her team a chance to run the clock out, which the Bulldogs did.
"Some teams would have shot that," Phillips said. "But at that point, we had played hard and UMass had played hard. There was no need to tack on an extra goal, or risk losing possession. Myra did the right thing. We want to win with class and sportsmanship."
The Bulldogs then streamed onto the Reese Stadium turf to celebrate the win, which gets them off to a good start in their new facility. Reese Stadium has big shoes to fill, as the Bulldogs racked up a 179-64-3 record at their previous homes (Johnson Field for the last nine years and Yale Bowl before that). Their arrival at Reese, which was initially built in 1981 and is home to the Yale men's lacrosse team and both Yale soccer teams, comes at a time when both the team and the facility are in the midst of a transformation. The new Field Turf and lighting system are just part of the changes that Reese is undergoing, with a new entrance plaza, team rooms, seating, press box and more coming soon.
Likewise, the Yale players have been learning a new system under Phillips and her staff, and Wednesday happened to be their best game yet. Maryland, currently the No. 2 team in the country, is the only other team that has held UMass to four goals so far this season.
"We were poised on attack and poised on defense," Phillips said. "With a whole new staff, we have a whole new system for our players to learn. Today, we got a sense of who we are. We played disciplined and composed, even though UMass pressured us all over the field. We still have some work to do, but we've made a big step forward."
Yale visits No. 5 Penn Saturday at Noon.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (firstname.lastname@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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Why Go Elsewhere -- Howells
Music Men -- The Greenes
Meant to Be -- Kaufmans
Like Each Other -- Wilsons
Setting an Example -- Formichellas
"Why Go Anywhere Else?"
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She found a room in the home of a family who agreed to supply room and board in exchange for some babysitting. During World War II, classes at Ithaca College were still held downtown, and the family lived up on Hudson Street on South Hill. Students now rush up the hill to class and saunter home, but Ernestine hurried down the hill to class and hiked back up. And although she doesn't remember exactly when or where she first met her husband, the late Herbert Howell '50, she does remember that he had a car and could drive her home up the hill after dates.
The two married while she was a junior, and their first son, Chuck, was born the following year. "They were very flexible," says Ernestine Lord Howell about the College administration, which allowed her a long stretch of time off in her senior year, then welcomed her into the master's program -- even when her toddler son came to golf class with her. "He used to get into trouble, dropping the ball in the cup before people had finished putting," she laughs. Ernestine taught physical education in Lansing, New York, after she earned her master's degree and the children were all off in school.
Chuck's younger brother, Rodney Howell '70, grew up to be a talented high school football player. A college in Ohio offered him a football scholarship, but, says his mother, "he thought he'd rather stay here" in Ithaca. He enrolled at Ithaca College and majored in physical education, teaming up with friends to study for biology exams and taking a memorable physiology class with Robert Caliel. He played football for Coach Jim Butterfield and was the school's career rushing leader at the time of his graduation. While at Ithaca, Rodney met Cindy Colby '68, a music student and the niece of Art Narr '49 and Yvonne Fix Narr '50.
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As I mentioned in my earlier post I spent 5 straight days over the last weekend with railfanning related activities. The first 3 days I spent travelling through the Columbia River Gorge with local friends and some out of town visitors. My goal over these 3 days was to make sure our out of town friends had a great time. I go to the gorge often enough that I don't need to push hard to photograph everything I see.
The Northwest finally transitioned into the normal fall and early winter weather where it rains or is cloudy most days from the Cascade crest to the west. The first day of the trip aligned perfectly with this. Robert had the tour guide duties covered for most of the morning so I stopped off in the middle of one of the rainiest spots in Washington to gather a couple of rainy day photos. North Bonneville lies smack in the middle of the Cascade Mountain range so it can see much more rain than other areas thanks to the ability of the mountains to wring moisture out of clouds. With a couple of trains to photograph I decided to scope out the fall colors and work them in to contrast with the slate gray clouds around.
After North Bonneville I moved east and found improving weather conditions. The constant clouds gave way to broken clouds with some sun. That mix was both a blessing and a curse. Over the next two days the clouds did end up hurting some wonderful photographs by appearing at just the wrong time. Since this was supposed to be a relaxed trip for me I didn't worry about the variable light. I continued photographing and enjoying what I saw.
On two different occasions the group ended up at MP 99 on the UP between The Dalles and Biggs. The magic of this location it has sun on it through most of the day thanks to a big sweeping curve which can be used advantageously. By now we'd joined up with visitors from California and Georgia and they were absolutely loving the location. I was happy to see them climbing all around and getting excited for the next train.
This image gives a great example of the conditions we were dealing with over the days in the Gorge. Fortunately the light was on the subject this time.
Friday was a washout. Heavy rain was predicted for the Gorge and Vancouver and a MOW window opened on both the BNSF and UP that morning. We awoke a bit late that day and took our time getting breakfast. The visitors headed east in hopes of finding trains and better weather but instead found clouds and a shut down railroad. They did score a few photos though. I headed west and spent some time doing the Portland hobby shop loop with another group. In terms of photography not much happened on Friday.
Saturday was of course slide show day and I'll cover that in a post next week.
Sunday I did a bit of railfanning as I worked my way from Centralia back to Vancouver. In my earlier post I presented one of my two favorite images from the day. The other one is below. Again, I love the contrast between the fall colors and the gray-blue hills. Some say they don't like cloudy days, well I do (shhh, don't tell anyone I said that).
I walked away from these railfanning days with some images I love and some great memories. The groups I hung out with over these 5 days have a wonderful passion for railroads and railroad photography. Even when train traffic was slow or the light was less than desired we had a great time hanging out and waiting for the next thing. That's all you can ask for from railfanning weekend.