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Ogunquit Playhouse Presents BUDDY, THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, Now thru 10/21
Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story rocks the Ogunquit Playhouse's 80th Anniversary season to a close this fall from tonight, September 19 – October 21.Follow the incredible journey of Buddy's meteoric rise to the top of the record charts during the golden days of rock 'n' roll in this popular tribute musical. You'll be cheering for more, with such rousing fifties favorites as "Peggy Sue," "Oh Boy," "Maybe Baby," "That'll Be the Day," "Raining In My Heart," Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" and the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace." This joyous celebration of a musical legend has audiences on their feet in every corner of the globe and now it will explode on the Ogunquit Playhouse stage in a toe-tapping, hand-clapping extravaganza! "Oh Boy!" Making his Ogunquit Playhouse debut as Buddy is Kurt Jenkins who has performed in numerous regional theatres in the U.S. and is the founder of the alternative-Rock band Skyway Spirits. Jayson Elliot returns to Ogunquit to play the Big Bopper. Jayson was last seen on The Playhouse stage in 2011 as Brian in Avenue Q. In addition to his many stage credits, Jayson has played The Big Bopper in several tribute concerts along the East CoasT. Ryan Jagru joins the cast as Richie Valens and Norm Petty is played by Luke Darnell who is a third generation Ogunquit Playhouse performer! He recently performed in Ring Of Fire, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story and Smoke On The Mountain and has appeared on television shows Ghost Whisperer and General Hospital. Director-Choreographer for Buddy is DJ Salisbury who has directed and choreographed for theaters nationwide including Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre of the Stars-Atlanta, Sacramento Music Circus and Riverside Theatre-FL. As Director-Choreographer he has worked on many shows including Man of La Mancha, Into The Woods, La Cage Aux Folles, Ain't Misbehavin', The Full Monty, Evita, Ragtime and nine productions of The Will Rogers Follies. In New York he directed numerous readings, workshops and concerts including a revised Mystery of Edwin Drood (featuring Sally Struthers) and the Lincoln Center solo concert of Disney composer Alan Menken, among others. DJ has worked in various capacities with Broadway heavyweights Jerry Mitchell, Kathleen Marshall, Lynne Taylor Corbett, Susan Stroman, Jeff Calhoun and Tommy Tune. As choreographer he worked on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars Road Trip" and "The Rachael Ray Show." He was also head writer/lyricist for the Emmy-winning Oklahoma Centennial TV special starring Reba McIntyre, Vince Gill, Kelli O'Hara and Shirley Jones.
John Bannister is the Music Supervisor for the Ogunquit production of Buddy. He works full time as a musical director and supervisor in productions around the world, most notably for Buddy Worldwide LTD, the creators of the Buddy musical. He has had a vast history working with Buddy-the Buddy Holly Story around the world and including the Duchess Theatre, London. John was nominated for The Sterling Award for Most Outstanding Musical Director in Edmonton, Canada for The Buddy Holly Story. In 2011, John wrote and arranged Junior Buddy-A children's version of Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story which is sold worldwide. John continues to publicize Buddy Holly's music by regularly appearing on television and radio and giving talks and master classes across North America. In 2013/14, John will be Music Director for the British anniversary tour of Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story and Music Supervisor for Buddy Worldwide LTD and 'Theatre Of The Stars' North American regional tour. He is an honors graduate of The Royal Academy of Music, London and began his career as a classical musician playing timpani, percussion and piano with orchestras such as The Royal Philharmonic, Welsh National Opera and Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet.
Eric Scott Anthony joins the creative team as Music Director and one of the Hayriders. Anthony is making his debut at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story. He has worked on Broadway in Ring of Fire and his Regional theatre credits include Ring of Fire, Pump Boys & Dinettes and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story as well as many others.Individual ticket prices start at $39 per show. Purchase tickets and gift certificates online at www.ogunquitplayhouse.org, or through the Box Office at 207-646-5511. Join the Ogunquit Playhouse for two performances by the seacoast choral group Seaglass on October 9th and again during Christmas by the Sea December 8th. The Ogunquit Playhouse is America's Foremost Summer Theatre, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, producing the finest Broadway musicals each season, with performances Tuesday through Sunday, from May 23 to October 21, 2012. Follow the Ogunquit Playhouse on Twitter (@OgunquitPH) and become our fan on Facebook (facebook.com/OgunquitPlayhouse) for behind-the-scenes info, photos and fun throughout the season. For a complete list of show times, pricing and more information about the season visit www.ogunquitplayhouse.org.


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Researchers at MIT have discovered that when nanowires just billionths of a meter thick are inserted into liquids, they passively draw it upwards along its length without any outside power or suction. It's like the world's tiniest Dyson that you never have to find an outlet to plug in.
The phenomenon is commonly known as capillary action—where liquids naturally flow through narrow spaces—but in this instance it occurs on the outside of the nanowire. Using special equipment that provided the first detailed footage of this phenomenon in action, the researchers also found that the liquid would collect in areas where nanowires crossed, building up tiny reservoirs. Once fully understood this discovery could be used for microscopic medical machinery that won't be dependent on an outside power source, and—as boring as they might be—even better inkjet printers.

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Ten Years Vegan
Hi, how ya been? It's been a year-and-a-half since my last post, but I'm not willing to let the blog die altogether, so here I am posting on my ten-year veganversary.
On October 13, 2004–the day before I turned 29–I came home from work, sat down for dinner and fired up "Meet Your Meat." Afterward, I said, "Screw it. I'm vegan now."
Backing up a bit…
Just over four years earlier, I'd given up meat after a brief transitional period and had been enjoying life as a vegetarian. Initially, veganism never seemed like an option or goal to me, but as the years ticked by, I started swapping out eggs in baking and soy milk for cow's milk in my breakfast cereal. I learned more about the truth behind eggs and dairy and realized that veganism wasn't only an option, it was a moral imperative, as they say. Thus, it became a goal. Not a goal clearly defined with a date, but a goal nonetheless.
Why did I choose to watch that video on that night? And why was that the video that pushed me over the edge? I don't think it was the content, specifically, since I'd seen similar videos and was aware of what happened in the egg and dairy industries. Rather, I think it was finally getting to that point where I realized, "I just can't justify this [egg & dairy consumption] anymore."
A decade of change
So here I am, the day before my 39th birthday, thinking back over the last decade, nearly a quarter of my life spent as a vegan. I've gone through a number of stages. I started with the "It's a personal choice, I won't push it on others" phase before moving into the "Everyone needs to know about this!" phase. Eventually I turned angry abolitionist before settling on "firm & committed vegan that tries not to be an ass to other people." I should note that every single one of these stages is valid. I think every vegan will find a different stage to settle in once they figure out what is most appropriate for their personality and for dealing with the people they see in their day-to-day lives.
I started off my veganism married, with no kids and no pets. Ten years in, I'm still married (and my wife's now vegan) but also have two vegan kids and have lived with two great dogs. I've continued to volunteer at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, which was key in gently pushing me the rest of the way toward veganism.
People tend to indicate that they think going vegan is difficult. And you know, at first, it is a little tricky. It's a pretty drastic change in diet and thinking for most people. But after a few weeks (or months), it gets a lot easier. Eventually I found myself at the point where certain things just weren't food anymore. And when something isn't food–that is, you would sooner eat a shoe than a fried egg–it starts getting a lot easier. You search out and find what you can eat rather than focusing so much on what you don't (not "can't") eat.
When I first gave up meat, I really didn't have a very wide variety of foods that I liked. Now, I'll try pretty much anything. This is a common side effect, based on my discussions with other vegans: tastes change and actually expand significantly considering potential food choices are a subset of what they originally were.
Social acceptance of veganism has also increased in the last ten years. Yes, I still need to explain the concept frequently and some people just don't get it, but in general, many more people are at least aware of what it means and curious enough to ask good questions.
Aaaaand, in summary…
At ten years in, here's what my current beliefs are, in boldfaced list format:
- I do not need animal products to live and there isn't a fully non-exploitative way to consume them. Since my circumstances allow for it, I have no justifiable reason not to be vegan.
- I won't promote vegetarianism or (shudder) "humane meat" as a stepping stone to veganism (or any specific method, really), but instead present veganism as a goal and let folks decide for themselves how to get there.
- I generally think welfare-focused legislation and outreach isn't all that helpful. But I allow that I could be wrong and thus don't actively campaign against such change.
- I am vegan for ethical reasons first. However, I also try to be a healthy vegan, because my health matters to people other than just me.
- There is nothing wrong with meat analogs and in no way do they reinforce that meat is OK to eat.
- There is absolutely no reason for dog breeding to be a thing and absolutely no reason to buy from a breeder.
- There is quite a bit of intersectionality that becomes clear after being vegan for a bit. Open your heart in one way and it will naturally open in many others.
- I'm not sure there is a clear line about what diet is right or acceptable for your pet. Bring on more research! (It should be noted, anecdotally, our dog has been vegan for four years and is doing great.)
- Someone can go vegan for any reason, be it ethical, health, or environmental, but unless a strong ethical component eventually becomes part of one's veganism, it becomes far easier to justify "cheating."
- Vocal ex-vegans are way more annoying than the most overzealous of new vegans.
- For veganism to really break through to the mainstream, we need to disengage from the often non-science-based rhetoric used to promote it. Stick with the ethical argument first, then show people how to do it in a healthy fashion with well supported nutrition research.
- People need to come to veganism their own way, in their own time. Otherwise, it won't stick.
These views may change over the next ten years. In fact, I expect them to.
I'm trying to become conscious of when something I say comes off as judgmental, because I know that's the quickest way to turn someone off from ever considering veganism (or any shift in lifestyle), so if any of my lessons learned come off as preachy, I apologize. I'm here to help and answer questions. I remember what it was like for veganism to seem unrealistic and something only other people did, so if you're starting to ask questions about it, you're ahead of where I was 14 years ago.
And, of course
Super big up respect massive high five pound shouts to my vegan wonder twin Lindsay who went vegan on the exact same day I did, ten years ago. One of the reasons I keep this blog going is so that I can continue to wish her a happy veganversary each year!


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Thomas Hart Benton
The following two essay segments were part of a larger essay written in 2000 by Marianne Berardi for the catalogue of the Thomas Hart Benton exhibition held at Owen Gallery, New York, from October 14 through December 15, 2000.
The Mural Paintings
Once Benton was satisfied that the clay model was the right preparatory tool for achieving a well-resolved composition in his painting, he set out to design modern art on a monumental scale, as mural painting. At some basic level, Benton seems always to have been attracted to work on a monumental scale. In addition, as the son of a politician, he instinctively liked to attract the attention of the public as a whole.. As has already been mentioned, as a child he was profoundly moved by the murals in tile Library of Congress. In the 1930s he set out to create paintings of similar monumental scale, but to fill them with modern forms and American subjects.
There were a number of other factors, some circumstantial, some profoundly personal, which lay at the heart of Benton's decision to take up mural painting and deserve mention. The first was that he had begun reading history again, as he'd done as a teenager, after a long period away from it. During the period he was in the Navy Benton discovered a copy of the mid-19th-century illustrated History of the United States by J A. Spencer in the boarding house where he was staying. Before long he was reading and rereading it late into the night, and looking at the illustrations which had a powerful resonance for him. He asked himself, "Why could not such subject pictures dealing with the meanings of American history possess interesting properties, deliverable along with their meanings? [17] Of course, he did not wish to express 19th-century meanings in a 19th-century style. His idea was to find a language that could express modern concepts -- largely Marxist concepts -- through a modern language of form. While Benton never confessed the fact, it seems likely that he found a model for his approach in the work of the great Mexican modernists Rivera, Orozco and Siqueros, who began producing their great murals in the early 1920s.
Of all the reasons that probably led Benton to take up mural painting, the most important seems to have been the death of his father. Since about 1912, when Benton had come home from Paris in disgrace, he and his father became estranged. Colonel M. E. Benton did not appreciate nor did he approve of his eldest son's career choice, and the two barely communicated for almost fourteen years. In 1924, however, Benton went back to Neosho and reconnected with his father as he lay on his deathbed, a victim of throat cancer. In his 1938 memoir, An Artist in America, Benton described his reunion with his father, and alludes to the effect the experience had upon the future course of his life as a painter:
Shortly after his father's death, Benton began making sketching trips around the United States. (The first of these focused on the region of Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas where he had traveled with his father as a child). He filled up sketchbook after sketchbook, in a manner not unlike that of Boardman Robinson, who had made vivid reportorial drawings while traveling with John Reed in Russia and Eastern Europe. The sketches Benton made during these trips provided the raw material for an explosion of mural painting, which was concentrated into the brief period of just five years, from 1930 to 1935.
Whether working in egg tempera, watercolor, oil, lithography or clay, or on an intimate easel painting or on a football field-length mural, Benton created bold images that in retrospect have a definite '30s "Deco" quality. Characteristically they possess pronounced undulations, and intense color and/or theatrical tonal contrasts as insistent as Michelangelo's Mannerist work and Caravaggio's altarpieces. Moreover, every single object in a Benton picture is subordinated to the shape of the overall composition, which is usually designed from a high vantage point so as to create a fairly deep sense of space. His vivid imagery not only refuses to sit still, but is so graphically designed (complete with an unflinching and often crude sense of caricature to the figures' bodies and faces) that specific paintings are easy to recall from memory after being viewed only once. I think it goes without saying that this specific pictorial approach, which Benton crafted with great care and intention, has no gray area: you either love it or hate it. It would appear that this type of painting would be easy to mimic, but as many artists, copyists, and forgers of Benton paintings have learned, their efforts usually fall far short of the mark.
In the space of just five years, from 1930 to 1935, Benton produced four enormous mural cycles, consisting of about 7,000 square feet of canvas, which he populated with some over 1,000 figures. [19] Oddly, he worked in a medium seldom used on a large scale, the painstaking old master technique of egg tempera, which he seems to have liked both because of its bright, clear colors, and because the paint dried quickly. The themes of his murals were America Today (painted for the New School of Social Research, 1930) The Arts of Life in America (painted for The Whitney Studio Club Mural,1932), A Social History of Indiana (painted for the State of Indiana's pavilion at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair), and A Social History of Missouri (painted for the House Lounge in the Missouri State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, 1935/6). Of these only the Missouri Mural is still in its original location.
The major pictorial problem posed by mural painting was the organization of a great number of active figures over large stretches of linear space. How could an artist control the way forms are read over a much longer surface than one could take in all at once?
In his first complete mural, America Today, Benton's solution was to compose in vignettes, such as Cotton Loading or Lumber, Corn and Wheat, which came from the raw material Benton recorded directly from life on his sketching trips. Since the scenes existed in separate spaces, he needed a technique for separating one from another. His solution was to introduce actual moldings into his design, which not only created boundaries for the scenes, but introduced a jazzy geometric rhythm. The arbitrary nature of this solution, however, clearly bothered Benton, and by the time he got to the Whitney mural, he turned to a different solution.
In Benton's subsequent murals, he avoided moldings, and organized the material within a single, coherent space. To create a sense of visual order, he grouped the motifs in clusters, and used vertical posts at various intervals across the canvas, to provide a point of rest as the eye moved across the surface. This solution is illustrated in the diagrams he drew for his "Mechanics of Form Organization" articles, which were published several years earlier. Benton's Missouri mural shows his most fully realized application of this technique. Vertical poles organize a series of clustered units, each of which forms a triangular pattern. Benton then alternated upright triangles with inverted ones, leaving avenues of clear space between them to provide "breathing room" between the crowded triangular forms.
Classic Regionalism
Benton's move toward Midwestern subject matter in the later 1920s and early 1930s isolated him from most of the New York critics. This was no doubt partly deliberate on Benton's Fart for he recognized that if he put a cow or an outhouse in his paintings no New York art critic would he willing to see it as modern art. A case in point is Benton's Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley of 1934, which contains both a cow and an outhouse, and has always been viewed as a quintessentially Regionalist work. Yet with equal justice it could be viewed as a modernist painting. The tipped-up table top on the right hand side derives directly from Picasso s Demoiselles d'Avignon. The swirling bands of color derive directly from the Synchromism of Benton's friend, Macdonald-Wright. The attempt to capture music in paint recalls the experiments of a number of abstract painters, from Arthur Dove to Wassily Kandinsky, who sought to create visual forms with the same abstract qualities as music. Given these modern features, it is appropriate that the figure playing the harmonica in the foreground is none other than Benton's pupil Jackson Pollock. Indeed, the swirling rhythms of the painting provide a clear precedent for the swirling drips of paint in Pollock's mature work.
For Benton, turning a rectangle into an outhouse didn't negate its "modern" properties as an abstract form. He felt the two could co-exist For the Modernists, the outhouse canceled out the geometric experiment.
Kansas City
At some point Benton, who had once viewed himself as a modernist, took on the persona of the archenemy of modern art. The point at which this shift occurred, however, is difficult to pinpoint, and even Benton's latest work contains many modernist features. Indeed, he painted pure abstractions at every phase of his career.
Although Benton is now chiefly remembered as a "regionalist," this term was developed surprisingly late, at the very end of 1934, after not only Benton, but Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry had already produced much of their most memorable work. The movement, in fact, was invented almost out of whole cloth by the New York art dealer named Maynard Walker, whose original goal was to sell paintings in the Midwest.[20] Ironically the three members of the Regionalist triumvirate had not yet even met. As it happened, Walker failed to sell anything to the people of Missouri and Kansas, but attracted the attention of Henry Luce, who was looking for something to feature in a forthcoming article in Time magazine, which was to be illustrated, for the first time, in full color. Luce thought that paintings would serve nicely for Time's first color story, and that the theme of painting the Midwest and the American Scene would make a striking story angle. On Christmas Eve of 1934, the story appeared, with Benton on the cover, and an article hailing Benton, Curry, and Wood as leaders of a new painting movement that celebrated the American way of life. All three became celebrities overnight Largely disregarded up until that time by New York art critics, they were suddenly transformed into the three most famous American painters.
The Time magazine essay argued that Americans needn't look to Europe any longer for artistic inspiration. All an artist ever needed was right here, on American soil. Unfortunately, the general tone of the article was xenophobic, and Benton's long-time enemy, Stuart Davis, took advantage of the opportunity to denounce Benton as a Fascist in the communist maganzine, Art Front. Before long, Benton was deeply involved in complex and acrimonious disputes about nationalism and whether his images presented unflattering caricatures of different ethnic and racial types. Through a curious twist of fate, Bcnton was presented with an opportunity to leave New York very soon afterwards. The Kansas City Art Institute offered him a position as head of their painting department, and simultaneously, the state of Missouri commissioned him to produce a mural for the state capitol. Eager both to fulfill the Midwestern persona that Time had created for him, and to escape the controversies of New York, Benton jumped at the opportunity to move to the Midwest. In the long term, his reputation was not helped by a sardonic "Farewell to New York" which he wrote on the eve of his departure.
In the last sentence of the last paragraph of his autobiography, Benton was still pondering the rightness of his decision to hitch himself to the very brief brilliance of the Regionalist star.
While phrased as an assertion, the paragraph powerfully
raises the question of whether he made the right choice As it had in the
past, after Benton moved to Kansas City, he devoted considerable energy
to teaching, and used it to spur his own productivity. For the five years he taught at the Art Institute (1935-1941), Benton worked
in the classroom alongside his students -- treating them as fellow craftsman
in the workshop. In class he painted many of the greatest works of his career,
including his justly celebrated nude, Persephone, as well as other
unforgettable genre scenes, portraits, and landscapes of his native Missouri
-- among them, Frisky Day, in the present exhibition. Around 1938/9,
at the time he was working on Persephone, Benton became
increasingly interested in achieving more naturalistic effccts, and in the
present exhibition the painting Tobacco Sorters of 1944 shows Benton's
increasing technical mastery in this regard. Particularly
marvelous is the passage in the center of the painting, where a weathered
old farmer and a tiny young girl both examine a golden tobacco leaf, and
light filters through the veiny web of the leaf to silhouette the delicate
hand of the child.[22] Benton
continued to create preparatory clay models, but the new use of texture
tended to make them less obvious. In Tobacco Sorters, for instance,
the forms are no longer hard and undulating -- like a can of Crayola-colored
earthworms, which is how one writer described Benton's paintings of the
20s. Likewise, the turbulent rhythms and sharp perspectives characterizing
Benton's work of the New York period quiet down in his Midwestern landscapes
of the 1940s. In a scene such as The Cotton Picker, Benton allowed
a flat expanse of field to be just that, and did not force it into undulating
motion, as he did in his earlier work.
17. Quoted in Henry Adams, Thomas Hart Benton: An American Original (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989), pp. 87-88.
18. Thomas Hart Benton, An Artist in America (New York; Robert McBride and Company, 1938), p. 76-77.
19. Benton's Indiana mural covered 2,600 square feet of surface.
20. This fact was discovered by Adams, 1989, p. 216
21. Benton, 1938, p.276
22. Although Benton painted this luminous work in egg tempera as an image
for a tobacco company advertisement, he designed it with a seriousness that
has a distinctly uncommercial quality.
Biographical information on the author:
Marianne Berardi is the Old Master Paintings Specialist and Website Editor at Ewolfs.com, the online fine arts and antiquarian book auctioneers headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a former director of The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St.Joseph, Missouri where, in 1993, she curated the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue, Under the Influence: The Students of Thomas Hart Benton, the first comprehensive exhibition of the work of Benton's pupils. She has taught art history at the Kansas City Art Institute, and at John Carroll University in Cleveland where she remains an Adjunct Professor. A specialist in the field of Northern Baroque art, Marianne Berardi received her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh where she held the Kress Fellowship and the Theodore Rousseau Fellowship from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is preparing a catalogue raisonné on the work of the Dutch flower painter, Rachel Ruysch.
Ms. Berardi's essay is courtesy of the Owen Gallery, 19 East 75th Street, New York, New York and the author.
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The military trained me to fly fighter jets. After three combat tours I find myself back in civilian life flying as a commercial airline pilot. While it's not as exciting to fly as military aircraft, I am responsible for a multi-million-dollar piece of equipment and the lives of over 100 passengers. During a pre-flight inspection, using my 500-lumen SureFire Fury™, I found something. While inspecting the turbines, I found a raccoon deep inside the engine, something I never would've seen with a lesser light because the day was bright and sunny. It takes a really bright light for a proper inspection when the sun is beating down on the aircraft. If I'd have missed that raccoon, the engine would have been destroyed during the start-up procedure. I learned overseas, in combat, just how important a quality flashlight is. That day, my SureFire Fury helped me to prevent expensive engine damage—and possibly prevented a ground-crew worker from serious injury or death from the turbine ripping apart. Having a good flashlight truly is important!
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Flying a small Cessna 150 through southern Utah is much like getting all cozy in a little Radio Flyer with wings; there isn't much room to stretch your legs, and there certainly isn't an in-flight beverage service. On this trip, I was out and about for a little bit of joyriding and sightseeing. What I didn't expect was to race a thunderstorm back home. I knew the forecast had called for some unpleasant weather later in the evening, but I didn't expect a lightning show with me up at 10,000 feet. Needless to say, I cut things short and made a bee-line back home. I could see the storm was outpacing me, as most things do in a small Cessna, and it was all I could do to keep from having the turbulence throw me around like an old rag doll. That's when things got exciting!
The electrical system decided to choose that moment to go on the fritz. The cockpit and instrument lights are on a single fuse, and this fuse decided to give in then and there. Changing a fuse during normal conditions isn't too much of a challenge, but when you're racing a thunderstorm home, it isn't what you want to find yourself doing. I always carry my Surefire E2D LED Defender® with me when flying, as this light is perfect for doing pre-flight checks. I knew exactly where it was, and I went straight for it. The low-output setting was everything I needed and not a lumen too much. Without that light, I wouldn't have been able to keep track of my instruments, and with too much light, I would have blinded myself in the small cockpit.
Needless to say, I made a makeshift fixture for it between my teeth and used it to get home safely. Prior to that moment, my E2D LED Defender was always just an accessory; after my storm-fleeing flight, it became a necessity and a safety net.
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OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is refusing to play nice with an international effort to help bail out Europe — and he's sending his stern message across the Atlantic.
In an opinion piece in the prestigious London Telegraph, Flaherty chides Europeans for asking other nations — some with lower standards of living — to help them when they won't do enough to help themselves.
Contrasting "bold" actions taken by the United States and Canada in response to the 2008-09 financial crisis, Flaherty says Europeans politicians failed to act adequately.
"The 'muddle through' approach has led to an erosion of confidence in public leadership and too many opportunities," he writes.
Canada was one of the few hold-outs in the G20 meetings last month that dissented against the International Monetary Fund's drive to create a $400-billion fund to backstop eurozone debt, and refused to pay its portion when the fund was approved.
The U.S. also did not contribute, but many suggested the decision was taken because President Barack Obama could not succeed in getting approval from a Republican-dominated Congress in an election year.
Canada's decision raised eyebrows in international circles, however, and led to suggestions Canada had isolated itself from the world's pre-eminent decision-making body with its stand. Flaherty flatly denied the charge.
In the 830-word article, the minister shows not signs of back-tracking and questions how the IMF approved the fund in the first place.
He points out that European nations have a 34-per cent voting share in the IMF, which is led by France's former finance minister Christine Lagarde, so attaining a majority is a low threshold to meet.
"In this context, we believe that measures should be taken to ensure that major decisions about resources dedicated to Europe require more than a simple majority," he writes.
He also complained that the "troika" — the IMF, the European Central Bank and European Commission — setting conditions for assistance gives euro voices too much sway.
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney has also taken common cause with this latter view, saying the IMF should be the sole arbiter of the conditions under which a loan would be made, as is policy.
The article was posted in the Telegraph's online edition Tuesday and is expected to be published in Wednesday's editions.
A spokesman for Flaherty said the Telegraph contacted the minister's office last week and asked if he would expand on the reasons for Canada's position.
Besides claiming that Europe has the resources to resolve its debt problems, Flaherty says in the article that asking others to chip in fails the test of fairness.
"We cannot expect non-European countries, whose citizens in many cases have a much lower standard of living, to save the eurozone," he argues.
Flaherty writes that the IMF's mission is to promote economic stability by providing loans to countries that have exhausted their resources, which Europe clearly has not, so therefore should not qualify.
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One is the reigning MLS champion and the other is the 2010 NASL champion. Both finished with the best regular season in their respective leagues last season.
This season they have each gotten off to slower than expected starts.
But just like the Galaxy, the Carolina RailHawks, who the Galaxy will face on Tuesday night in the Third Round of the U.S. Open Cup, are expected to turn their season around thanks in large to a veteran coach with MLS and international experience.
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Carolina are led by former Northern Ireland international Colin Clarke, who is in his first season with the club. Formerly a head coach in the region with the Richmond Kickers, Clarke rose to prominence in U.S. coaching circles with a successful run with FC Dallas that saw the team go 41-39-20 in three plus seasons with him, including a pair of postseason appearances in 2005 and 2006. He followed that run with an equally impressive stay with the Puerto Rico Islanders, leading them to at least a semifinal berth in the playoffs every year from 2007-11, including a championship in 2010, a regular season title in 2008 and four consecutive berths into the CONCACAF Champions League.
Clarke had a 5-7-0 record against the Galaxy during his tenure as the head coach in Dallas, but it is a collection of meetings in Cup competitions that his teams are most remembered for by Galaxy fans.
In 2005, Clarke led FC Dallas into The Home Depot Center for the Open Cup Final against LA. Herculez Gomez, who finished as the tournament's top scorer that year, finished a cross from Chris Albright in the 25th minute to give the Galaxy a 1-0 win and their first of two trophies on the season, winning MLS Cup two months later on FC Dallas' home ground.
Five years later, Clarke enjoyed a much more successful trip to Carson, pulling off one of the shock results of the year. In the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round Series, the Puerto Rico Islanders, who Clarke coached from 2007-11, upset the Galaxy 4-1 at The Home Depot Center. LA would win the return leg in San Juan a week later, but they could not overturn their three goal deficit and were eliminated from the competition.
Clarke's teams in Dallas and Puerto Rico were known for their physical, defense-first style of play and his new group is no different. Despite being winless and sitting in seventh place of the NASL standings with a 0-4-5 record, Carolina have not been an easy team to play against this season.
Ray Burse, who Clarke drafted in Dallas in 2006 and played 25 games for the club between 2007 and 2009, is expected to start in goal. The former Ohio State standout has played every minute for the RailHawks in goal this season, allowing an average of two goals per game. In front of him, former U.S. Soccer Young Athlete of the Year Gale Agbossoumonde will marshal the center of the RailHawk defense after debuting for the club earlier this month. He will be joined by club captain Kupono Low, who has played every minute of his side's nine league games this year at left back and former Columbus Crew midfielder Cory Elenio, who has see time of late at right back.
In front of the back four, Clarke is expected to use a combination of former Colorado Rapid Amir Lowery, Chris Nurse, who was a member of the Islanders when they beat LA in 2010, and Breiner Ortiz in central midfield. On the wings, Nick Zimmerman and Austin da Luz, who have 40 MLS regular season appearances between them, were impressive against PSA Elite in the Second Round and could each start again on Tuesday. Zimmerman is tied for the team lead with four goals on the season while da Luz has scored once since signing for the club last month.
Up front, Brian Shriver was the star of the Third Round win over PSA, scoring four times. A former star at North Carolina, who was drafted by FC Dallas in 2009, Shriver is tied with Zimmerman for the team lead with four goals on the year. He will be paired alongside either Jason Garey, an MLS Cup winner with Columbus in 2008 and a member of the Houston Dynamo last season, or former New England forward Zack Schilawski, who had a goal and two assists last week.
The RailHawks have not played since that game, giving the team the ability to train for a full week in that time, while the Galaxy have played a pair of league matches.
Tuesday's game will kick off at 4 p.m. (PT) and Joe Tutino will have the call of the game right here on LAGalaxy.com.


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On Tuesday, the Dodgers officially announced contracts for four players: Relief pitchers J.P. Howell, Chris Perez and Jamey Wright, and third baseman Juan Uribe.
With six weeks to go before spring training, their 40-man roster is full if not complete for 2014.
"If we can add another infielder to it, we'd do that, someone with some versatility to him," general manager Ned Colletti said. "We are pretty much done."
One piece of news overseas could change that in a hurry.
Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka will meet today or tomorrow with the president of his team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles, according to a report Tuesday in a Japanese newspaper. Sankei Shimbun reported that Rakuten's Yozo Tachibana has already made his decision whether or not to post Tanaka and make him available to major league teams.
Tachibana hasn't publicly stated what that decision is, and teams on both sides of the Pacific have been eagerly anticipating the official word.
Colletti declined to comment specifically on Tanaka, but he hasn't ruled out adding a starting pitcher to a rotation that already includes Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Dan Haren and recuperating right-handers Josh Beckett and Chad Billingsley.
The Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners have all been linked to Tanaka. The Dodgers aren't as desperate for a top-flight starter as some of those teams, but they have scouted Tanaka as if they are.
Widely regarded as the best pitcher in this year's free-agent class if he's posted, Tanaka could make a fine Christmas present for some general manager.
Colletti is happy with his holiday haul, even though the Dodgers haven't signed anyone to replace utility players Skip Schumaker, Nick Punto and Jerry Hairston Jr.
"Those players can develop from within our own group or they can come from the outside," Colletti said.
The GM didn't believe he had the same luxury while building a bullpen.
Howell, Perez and Wright will cost the Dodgers at least $8 million next season. Right-handers Brandon League ($8.5 million) and Brian Wilson ($10 million) are the team's highest-paid relievers. Closer Kenley Jansen, who is eligible for arbitration, could push the total bill toward $30 million for six pitchers.
By comparison, the Houston Astros began the 2013 season with a $26.1 million team payroll.
"It's tough to find these types of experienced, successful people once you get into the season," Colletti said.
It's still possible the Dodgers could trade a reliever to acquire an infielder, but Colletti said he didn't have any deals pending.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The No. 17 Georgia College & State University men's basketball team (21-4, 14-2 PBC) beat the University of Montevallo (20-6, 10-6 PBC) 73-65 on Senior Night Wednesday at the Centennial Center.
The Bobcats got four scorers in double-figures, led by seniors Graham Martin (Marietta, Ga.) and Ty Rowland (Lilburn, Ga.) at 16 points each. Martin coupled his scoring with seven rebounds, while Rowland added five assists, four rebounds and three steals.
Sophomore forward Ryan Aquino (Roswell, Ga.) had a solid line of 12 points, eight boards and four assists. Senior guard Jake Rios (Bozeman, Mt.) fired in 11 points.
The Bobcats hit 50 percent (17-34) of their shots in the second half, including 42 percent (5-12) from long range. The 'Cats also hit 90 percent from the free-throw line (18-20), as compared to Montevallo's 67 percent (8-12) effort.
Georgia College needed four double-digit scorers to combat the 22-point effort by Freddy Little, hitting five threes. He was helped by 11 from Tauras Dortch and 10 each from Gerald January and Jordan Hutchison.
Prior to the contest, Georgia College athletics said thank you to the five seniors on this year's squad, Rios, Martin, Rowland, Robert Thomas (Mankato, Minn.) and Jordan Poole (Warner Robins, Ga.).
The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, Feb. 27 at 3:30 p.m., traveling to North Georgia for the final game of the regular season.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Scientists Find Faint Objects with Hubble that May Have Ended the Universe's 'Dark Ages'
Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope believe they are seeing the conclusion of the cosmic epoch where the young galaxies started to shine in significant numbers. This marks a time when the so-called "Dark Ages" of the universe was completed, about 13 billion years ago (based on an estimate of 14 billion years for the current age of the universe).
Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reported today they are seeing the conclusion of the cosmic epoch called the "Dark Ages," a time about a billion years after the big bang when newly-formed stars and galaxies were just starting to become visible.
"With the Hubble Telescope, we can now see back to the epoch when stars in young galaxies began to shine in significant numbers, concluding the cosmic 'dark ages' about 13 billion years ago," said Haojing Yan, a Ph.D. graduate student at Arizona State University (ASU). The results are being presented at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, WA.
Current theory holds that after the big bang that created the universe, there was a time of expansion and cooling that led to what is known as the "dark ages" in cosmic terms. The universe cooled sufficiently for protons and electrons to combine to form neutral hydrogen atoms and block the transmission of light. This epoch started about 300,000 years after the big bang, and may have ended about a billion years later. Stars and galaxies started to form at some point during this era, but the omni-present neutral hydrogen in the universe absorbed the ultraviolet light produced by stars and can not be seen by current telescopes.
The ASU team reports that Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) is revealing numerous faint objects that may be young star-forming galaxies seen when the universe was seven times smaller than it is today and less than a billion years old.
This was an important transition in the evolution of the universe. Because ionized hydrogen does not absorb ultraviolet light as easily as neutral hydrogen, the Dark Ages came to an end when enough hot stars had formed that their ultraviolet light pervaded the universe and re-ionized the neutral hydrogen. The shining stars opened a window for astronomers to look very far back into time.
"The objects we found are in the epoch when the universe started to produce stars in significant numbers -- the hard-to-find young galaxies," says Rogier Windhorst, professor of astronomy at ASU. "These galaxies are at the boundary of the directly observable universe."
The ASU team found the objects while examining a small portion of the sky in the spring zodiacal constellation Virgo. This particular area of the sky contains no known bright galaxies, helping reduce light contamination in the observations. The entire ACS field of view shows about thirty such faint red objects. The distances to the suspected young galaxies are believed to be quite large, based on how red the observed objects are compared with nearby galaxies.
Based on this sample, the ASU researchers estimate that at least 400 million such objects filled in the entire universe at this cosmic epoch, to the limit of this Hubble image. And, they say they are able to see only the tip of the iceberg with current telescopes such as Hubble. NASA's planned 7-meter James Webb Space Telescope is expected to see the entire population of these proto-galactic objects after it is launched in 2010.
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Body Zone Sports & Wellness Complex helped raise almost $70,000 for two charities: the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Easter Seals of Eastern Pennsylvania. The club worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and a local radio station on a wellness challenge that raised $34,000 to help a 7-year-old boy fulfill his dream of swimming with dolphins. Body Zone also hosted the 17th annual Easter Seals Office Olympics in May, raising almost $34,000 from entrance fees, title sponsorships, event sponsors and signage.
Jim Worthington, owner of the Newtown Athletic Club (NAC) in Bucks County, PA, was awarded the 2005 Business/Education Award from the Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce (LBCCC). Worthington was honored for being the inspiration for or instrumental in such programs as the NAC Special Needs Summer Camp, hundreds of employment opportunities for local youth, the NAC Scholarship Fund for a Student Employee, an internship program and strong community service involvement.
Walk4Life introduced two new programs — WalkSmart! America and the new family packs. WalkSmart! America is a Web-based walking program. The family pack, which is designed to motivate the whole family to be active together, offers different colored pedometers for the whole family, 12-week log books, reflective shoe laces, incentive tokens and more. Visit www.walk4life.com for more information.
The National Swimming Pool Foundation® will introduce Guia para el Certified Pool-Spa Operator®, the Spanish translation of the Certified Pool-Spa Operator®Handbook, at the World Aquatic Health™ Conference from Sept. 19-21 in City of Industry, CA.
More than half of the Californians enrolled in HMOs in the state are overweight or obese, according to a new policy brief released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Overweight and obesity adds about $7.7 billion to medical care costs in California each year, according to the center.
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Wu Liu is an assistant professor at Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. He was born in Beijing, China. He received B.S. degree in Astronomy from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China and M.S. degree in Astrophysics from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. He obtained his M.S. degree in Computer Science and Ph.D. degree in Medical Physics (2007) from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Before joining Yale, he completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Ways to Avoid Toenail Fungus
Toenail fungus is a very bad medical condition that you should avoid at all costs. This is because not only does toenail fungus make your toes look ugly, dark and misshapen, it can also hurt.
This is because toenail fungus makes your toenails grow very thick to the point that it will be very painful for the skin that is surrounding your toenails.
In order to avoid future problems, here are certain ways that you really should adopt.
Always wash your feet – when people take a bath, they often do not pay much attention to their feet. This is because they think that since other people do not notice their feet, they do not feel conscious about it.
This kind of attitude is wrong because it leads to not only germ and grime buildup, it also results to conditions that make the growth of fungus very ideal. This is why it is very important that you pay special attention to your feet when it comes to proper cleanliness.
You can wash your feet using good soaps and it is ideal that you use special scrubbers in order to make sure that you remove the dirt and other unwanted stuff. You should also make sure that you clean between your toes. Washing your feet regularly will surely help eliminate toenail fungus at all times.
Do not wear wet socks – wet socks are ideal conditions for promoting the growth of toenail fungus. Remember that whatever happens, you really should avoid all instances wherein the toenail fungus will grow in your toenails.
As such whenever your socks get wet, you really should take it off immediately. Continuing on with wet socks is not only uncomfortable, it is also going to promote the growth of fungus in your toenails.
Because of this it is always a good idea to go barefoot or wear slippers than wear wet socks. Wet socks are evil.
Do not walk barefoot in public bathrooms – exposure to fungus will result to infection if you come in direct contact with it. If a person with toenail fungus walks barefoot on a public bathroom floor, then you will pick up the fungus if you walk barefoot on the same floor.
While this may not result to immediate infection, it can really increase your risk factors. This is why you really should wear slippers or special shoes when using a public bathroom. This will really help prevent you from acquiring this very lousy medical condition.
Avoid damp places – fungus likes to grow in dark and damp places. This is why you really should avoid these places. If your feet get regular sun exposure, you can really prevent the cause of toenail fungus from wreaking havoc on your toes. This is the main reason why you should always get some sunlight on your toes at all times.
When you are exposed to toenail fungus, you really should talk to a doctor right away. This way, you will be able to get it treated fast.


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Nearly half an hour after a midnight deadline expired, Congress passed a stop-gap measure to fund the federal government through Thursday, avoiding a government shutdown and paving the way for historic spending cuts.
The bipartisan agreement knocks $78.5 billion off President Obama's FY 2011 budget request and cuts current levels of spending by $37.7 billion – a reversal of historic trends. It also includes some controversial policy riders demanded by House Republicans, including a ban on the use of local tax dollars in the District of Columbia to fund abortions and reestablishing a DC school voucher program that helps low-income students attend private schools.
"Some of the cuts we agreed to will be painful," said President Obama, speaking from the White House Friday night. "Programs people rely on will be cut back. Needed infrastructure projects will be delayed. And I would not have made these cuts in better circumstances…. We protected the investments we need to win the future."
The deal marks the debut in Washington of an 87-member GOP freshman class committed to deep spending cuts – and a test of whether Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio could manage the new GOP majority without grinding government to a halt.
The strain of negotiations showed on the faces of House and Senate leaders and staff, who worked through differences that seemed insurmountable.
"It has been a grueling process," said Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, speaking from the House floor late Friday night. "We didn't do it at this late hour for the drama. We did it because it has been very hard to arrive at this point."
Over weeks of intense negotiation, Senate Democrats moved from a position of proposing zero spending cuts to agreeing to nearly $38 billion. House Republicans campaigned in 2010 to cut spending $100 billion below the president's FY 2011 request. They settled for $78.5 billion. The projected deficit for FY 2011 is $1.65 trillion.
Winding up a spending bill for the last six months of FY 2011 was supposed to be the easy negotiation, compared with tough issues to come: a budget for FY 2012 and a toxic vote to raise the national debt ceiling.
Instead, talks between House and Senate leaders – and more recently, the White House – proved tough and protracted. The goal posts shifted. Differences narrowing one hour split wide open the next.
Boehner a hostage to GOP "extremists"?
Senate Democrats blamed House GOP tea party freshmen. Speaker Boehner was a hostage of "extremists" in his own ranks, the narrative ran. A likeable man, he deserved pity, they said.
Tea party freshmen blamed the Senate. Majority leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada never engaged the House over FY 2011 spending, they said. Aside from a perfunctory up-or-down vote on a House bill that cut $61.5 billion in spending, the Senate failed to produce a bill of its own. As a result, conservatives said, there was nothing to negotiate.
But Boehner defied his critics to both rally his caucus and produce an agreement, without shutting down government.
"We fought to keep government spending down, because it really will affect and create a better environment for job creators in our country," he said at a press briefing after a meeting with his GOP caucus in the Capitol late Friday night.
At the start of the 112th Congress, Boehner opted to open the process. Asked how he planned to control a fired-up freshmen class, which at 87 accounted for nearly a third of the Republican majority, Boehner said he did not want to control them, but rather let the House work its will, letting the chips fall as they may.
Dealing with the tea party
"The tea party folks really believe in democracy and the Speaker decided to give them some," says John Pitney, a political scientist at Claremont-McKenna College in Claremont, Calif. "It was a smart approach. He had to understand not only what they wanted by way of policy but what they wanted by way of process."
"Boehner achieved much of his substantive policy objectives, but he also gained a great deal of stature," he adds. "This was his battlefield commission – his first big confrontation as Speaker, and he came out well."
In a sharp break with the practice of recent Speakers, Boehner allowed open debate on spending bills, including some 580 amendments of the FY 2011 spending bill.
He and his leadership team maintained regular listening sessions with caucus members, especially the freshmen. Consistently, he told the caucus that he would fight for as deep cuts in FY 2011 spending as possible. Many conservatives called for holding out at least for the $61.5 billion in the House-passed version of the bill. Some called for even deeper cuts – and urged a shutdown to win them.
As negotiations intensified with the Senate over spending, Boehner also told the caucus that Republicans would lose in the case of a government shutdown, as they had in the faceoff with President Clinton in 1995.
Over time, his case for compromise began to take hold. On March 15, 54 conservative Republicans broke with leadership to oppose a stop-gap spending measure, on the grounds that a shutdown was preferable to protracted negotiations. Over time, Boehner's case for restraint gained ground in the caucus. On April 7, 48 of the 54 reversed course to back Boehner's call for another continuing resolution.
"There has been attrition. The freshmen are just tired," said Rep. Steve King (R) of Iowa, a tea party leader. "These are people who used to stand on principle just two weeks ago."
Government shutdown loomed
"The information that comes down through the [Boehner] team is that we would lose in the case of a government shutdown," he adds. "It's an axiom that can't be challenged."
Other tea party leaders took a more conciliatory line.
"We want to get the best deal we can. We want the Speaker to be empowered," said tea party caucus founder Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota, before the deal on Friday.
The final agreement, to be put into legislative language for final passage by Thursday, sets discretionary spending for the balance of the fiscal year at $1.049 trillion.
It includes policy riders that ban the use of funds for the transfer of prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to the United States mainland. It drops Republican policy riders that would have banned funding for health care reform, National Public Radio, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of greenhouse gases.
In a compromise, it calls the Senate to take up votes on defunding the implementation of President Obama's health care reform and funding for Planned Parenthood.


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text: Am I the only one who has several projects in the works and deadlines to meet and just don't feel like working on any of them? I need to sew 4 wall hangings, a baby quilt, jar openers, and several BOMs (of which I'm behind) and today I just have no desire to cut, iron or sew. Please tell me I'm not the only one to have this happen.


text: Robert Fontenot's sculptures, made out of bread dough, present the viewer with extremely humorous, yet severely violent worlds. He's the author and designer of three books. Two of which are about the histories of ancient mythologies and the other of which is an illustrated history of performance art – that is, in my opinion, far more entertaining than Roselee Goldberg's classic Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present. However, skillfully sculpting the human form's most revealing gestures is not Robert Fontenot's only mastered practice. He also has an ongoing series, where he embroiders textiles, as well as another project entitled Recycle LACMA – in which he buys deaccessioned items from the museum at auction and then turns them into items of use. For example, he transformed a Brocade evening dress into a fully functional fanny pack. If you have your wits about you, then it won't take long to recognize the awesomeness of Robert Fontenot's work.


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Santa Barbara, Calif. -
Road games at UCLA, BYU and Pepperdine and home games against USC, USF, San Diego State and Westmont College, highlight the 2000-2001 UC Santa Barbara men's basketball schedule.
The Gauchos will open the regular season on Sunday, November 19, when they travel to Malibu to take on Pepperdine. The Waves advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament this past season and they will be one of three non-conference opponents which advanced to the postseason in 2000.
Following the opener at Pepperdine, the Gauchos will return home to host the University of San Francisco on Tuesday, November 21. Following the Thunderdome opener against USF, UCSB will hit the road for difficult back-to-back road games against teams that appeared in the postseason last year. On Saturday, November 25, they travel to BYU. The Cougars advanced to the third round of the National Invitation Tournament last season. On Wednesday, November 29, the Gauchos will play at UCLA, which advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2000. The game between the Gauchos and Bruins will be the first since the 1979-80 campaign.
After the back-to-back road games, UCSB will return home for three games in succession. They will play on December 2 at home against cross-town opponent Westmont College. On Wednesday, December 6 they play host to San Diego State and then on Saturday, December 9 they will host USC.
Following their December 9 game against the Trojans, UCSB will take several days off before returning to the hardwood for a December 22 road game at St. Mary's. The Gauchos will play their final non-conference road game on Wednesday, December 27 when they travel to UC Riverside. The game against the Highlanders will be the first of two between the schools on the season. UC Riverside will join the Big West Conference for the 2001-2002 season.
The Gauchos play their final tune-up prior to Big West competition on Saturday, December 30 when they host Loyola Marymount.
In 2000-2001, the Big West Conference will return to double-round robin competition. For the first time in five seasons, there will not be divisional play. Each team will play a home-and-home set. UCSB will open league play at home on January 4 against Boise State.
The Gauchos will play their second game of the season, a home contest, against UC Riverside on Saturday, February 17.
"I am very excited about our schedule for next year," said UCSB head coach Bob Williams. "I think it is good for us to play as many games as possible against the PAC Ten and Mountain West Conferences. I also like to keep some of our natural rivalries against West Coast Conference schools going. All-in-all, I think we have a very good schedule."
The 2000-2001 season will be the final one for Boise State in Big West play. Following next year, the Broncos will move to the Western Athletic Conference. The Big West will then welcome in UC Riverside and Cal State Northridge.
For the full 2000-2001 UCSB men's basketball schedule go to the following link:
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My great grandfather, John Hau, was in the saloon/restaurant business his whole working life. In the early 20th century, he owned the Cozy Tavern at 102 N. Main St. in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., WI. But, with prohibition looming, he decided to go into the restaurant business. In 1919, he founded the H & H Cafeteria, with Edward Halverson, at 105 S. Main St. in Fond du Lac. The restaurant, in need of more space due to its popularity, then moved to the former Commercial National Bank building, located at First and Main, which they purchased in 1923.
The two-story Richardsonian Romanesque bank building is built of rusticated brownstone with a coursed ashlar finish. It was built in 1903. A detailed description of the building can be found in the Wisconsin Architecture & History Inventory housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The AHI Number to search for is #46802 in Fond du Lac County.
In its first year of operation, the cafeteria employed seven persons, but over the years it had expanded to 21 people. It was renamed the Lion Cafeteria because of the two stone-carved lion heads flanking the entrance of the bank building. The cafeteria was distinctive because it was the only restaurant in Fond du Lac, and one of the only in the state of Wisconsin, which served food cafeteria style. As a former customer remembers, "The Lion was the only restaurant that I had ever been in where I took a tray and slid it down the race of gleaming metal tubes."
The Lion could handle upwards of 165 people at tables, booths and the counter. Sunday was the busiest day, often serving 800 to 1000 meals. Sunday specialties were ham and prime rib of beef. A daily specialty in the bakery were pies. Some days, 70 to 100 pies were baked. Chicken fricasse and dumplings was a favorite on weekends. The Lion was also known for it's soda fountain.
A former busboy sent me a letter recalling his memories: "The old Lion Café was a very classy eating place in Fond du Lac, located in a former bank building with lots of marble, etc. Although one of the better culinary establishments in town, the meals were reasonably priced. It boasted a cigar humidor case long before such things became popular in recent years. I recall putting the clay bricks in water to soak up moisture and when placed in the case, would keep the cigars moist.
"I worked at the Lion Cafeteria for a while as a busboy around late 1951 or 52 and soaked up some of its old world atmosphere. Clarence (Hau) would dress up in chef's garb and carve the prime rib or roast round of beef. They had a colorful chef by the name of Chris who used a lot of tomato puree in his cooking which we busboys hauled up out of the basement. There were a couple of nice "old ladies" who had worked there as waitresses for more than 25 years or so and they ran a tight ship guiding us busboys. The evening shifts at the cash register were divided between Clarence, Ray (Hau) and their father (John) who seemed to be a very reserved old gentleman to us high school kids."
The Lion Cafeteria's heyday lasted throughout the 1950's. At that time, Fond du Lac was a city of about 30,000. As in most towns of that era, almost all business, shopping and entertainment spots were located on Main St. There were no shopping malls or strip centers. Main St. was bustling with activity and both businessmen and shoppers would fill the restaurant for lunch. Business hours were 11 am to 2 pm and 4:30 to 7:30 pm daily, except Mondays when it was closed.
By the 1960s, Fond du Lac, like many towns, was changing, and business wasn't what it use to be. Following 50 years in the business, John Hau retired in 1959, selling the Lion to his sons. Clarence and my grandfather, Raymond, continued to run the business until it closed in 1968. I don't remember much of the Lion. We didn't live near Wisconsin, so our visits were rare. I wish I had a photo of grandpa in his restaurant.
The old Commercial National Bank building has housed a number of businesses since the Lion Cafeteria closed. It's been, among other things, a lighting store, a Thai restaurant, a family restaurant and currently, the home of The Coliseum Sports Bar & Grill.
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One study showed that 22% of teens who did not tell a parent about their abortion decision feared that, if they told their parents, they would be kicked out of the house. More than 8% feared that they would be physically abused because their parents had beaten them before. Of those who did not tell a parent, 12% did not live with either parent and 14% had parents who abused drugs or alcohol.
It's not only about communication with parents though. Abortion providers would not be doing their jobs if they did not advocate for the health and well being of their patients -- and that usually means encouraging parental involvement when it's safe and possible. "I think that people don't know that abortion providers usually encourage parental involvement -- it's just better all around if it's possible," says Peg Johnston. "Younger teens almost always involve family and older teens mostly fear disapproval of their parents." In fact, Peg created the Mom, Dad, I'm Pregnant project to "help teens tell their parents, and almost more importantly, to help parents respond in helpful, rather than hurtful ways."


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South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has arrived at a Pretoria court to face a murder charge over the shooting death of his model girlfriend.
Television footage showed the double amputee leaving a police station earlier with a coat over his head amid a media frenzy.
The hearing is due to start at 10am local time (9pm NZT).
Pistorius, 26, who won gold in the 400m at the London 2012 Paralympics, was charged with shooting dead 29-year-old Riva Steenkamp at his home in an upmarket gated estate in Pretoria yesterday.
Ms Steenkamp was reportedly shot four times. Police, who recovered a 9mm pistol at the scene, poured cold water on earlier reports that Pistorius may have mistaken his girlfriend for an intruder in the early morning shooting, saying there had been earlier domestic disturbances at the house and neighbours had heard the couple arguing.
A neighbour said police had been handed CCTV footage allegedly showing Ms Steenkamp arriving at the estate in the evening the night before the shooting.
Police were expected to oppose bail when Pistorius appeared before a magistrate.
Media reports said Ms Steenkamp was shot four times through a bathroom door, although this has not been confirmed by police.
More details of the shooting were expected to be revealed in court.
Pistorius arrived at Pretoria Magistrates Court in the back seat of a police vehicle, from where he pressed a jacket and a notepad against the window to block out photographers, the Guardian reported.
The public gallery of courtroom C, where the hearing is to be held, was packed well before the start time.
It is unclear whether Pistorius' murder charge was laid under Schedule 5 or Schedule 6.
Under South African law, Schedule 5 covers general murder charges and takes in manslaughter. Schedule 6 is more serious and includes premeditated murder.
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The star announced on Twitter.com last month that she and husband Marc Silverstein are set to become parents for a second time, but Phillips insisted on honoring her TV filming schedule.
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The mother-to-be's co-star Courteney Cox recently appeared on O'Brien's show and revealed she planned to flash the flesh in the new series, but Philipps is adamant her own assets dominated the screen.
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Gunner and Mayday decided they dislike each other and while I can do the crate and rotate thing here at my parents, once we get back to NC I'd much rather just transition them into outside dogs.
The dog run would pretty much be two kennels side by side on the side of the house. We plan on using a mixture of kennel decking and pea gravel. I hate concrete. It'll be fully enclosed on the top and pavers into the ground on the sides to keep them from digging out. Plus a partition on the connecting wall.
Since it's on a side of the house, we're limited in size as well as budget. It also can't be permanent since we could get orders to move at any time plus once hubby's contract is up – we're moving anyways.
My mom suggested each have a five by fifteen foot run but I just think five feet will not be wide enough. I wanted to do a fifteen by fifteen foot square then divide that in half.
The dogs will be spending anywhere from 8 hours to all day in their kennels. They'll be getting two walks a day equaling about two hours. If it's too hot or humid, they'll come inside. They'll also be rotated to a chain setup in the middle of the yard if/when we're outside. They'll also come in at night after dinner and their walkies. They'll be crated inside for bed time.
We could crate and rotate but I hate crates for long periods of time besides bedtime. And while our yard is fenced, it doesn't keep the dogs in. (Gunner goes under & Mater can go over) so creating a dog run seems like the perfect solution.
So what's an adequate size? Both dogs are about 60lbs. Who makes good solid kennels at an affordable price? I like Tractor Supply's Doc Bob for the price, and it looks solid enough. What kind of toys would you suggest in the kennels with them?
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Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti has been at his job since the 1984-85 season, making him maybe the best L.A. source at judging how an injured player is progressing in his rehabilitation. Vitti has been keeping a careful eye on Kobe Bryant as the All-Star shooting guard rehabs following surgery to repair a torn left Achilles tendon he suffered on April 12 vs. Golden State.
Bryant has been active on various forms of social media since the injury, updating fans on his Facebook, Twitter and Vine accounts. In August, he went as far as to say he had 'shattered' the recovery timetable.
While Bryant is progressing well, Vitti is tempering the expectations of both Bryant and his legion of fans as training camp nears.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Los Angeles Daily News' Mark Medina, Vitti said the Lakers are continuing a conservative approach in getting Bryant up to speed. The longtime trainer also said that Bryant is already running on a treadmill, though with a contraption that helps support him, and he will be up to running with his full body weight soon:
Kobe Bryant continued rehabbing on his surgically repaired left Achilles tendon, the latest involving running at 75 percent of his body weight on a treadmill. Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti expects Bryant remains a "few weeks away" before advancing to full-weight bearing running, though he added "there's no projected date" on whether Bryant could play in the Lakers' season opener Oct. 29 against the Clippers.
It all fits the Lakers' conservative approach in ensuring Bryant doesn't return from an injury he suffered April 12 before it fully heals.
"He's doing well and has had no setbacks," Vitti said Thursday at his trainer's office at the Lakers' practice facility in El Segundo in a wide-ranging interview with this newspaper. "He'll be ready when he's ready. Nobody has a crystal ball on this thing."
Bryant must first complete full-weight bearing running drills before advancing to on-court basketball activities. Vitti offered no timetable on how long it would take for Bryant to complete each stage, let alone whether he will appear in the Lakers' season opener Oct. 29 against the Clippers.
It's unlikely that Bryant will be available for the start of the Lakers' training camp on Sept. 28, but his availability for the end of the team's preseason schedule may still be up for grabs. No matter how Bryant progresses, the Lakers' training staff has been impressed with his work thus far:
The Lakers training staff, led by Vitti, physical therapist Judy Seto and strength and conditioning coach Tim DiFrancesco, has concentrated on ensuring Bryant's tendon heals while also building strength in his legs, knee, back and core.
"He doesn't have injuries in the rest of his body," Vitti said of Bryant. "When a guy has been out for a long time, that neuromuscular system shuts down and the nerves don't fire the muscles in the right pattern in the right way. We have to get this whole thing working again. Think of him as a Ferrari. He's a machine. If those pistons aren't firing in the right position and in the right pattern, the timing is off. Other structures can be taking loads that aren't built for that. The rehab is not directly solely to the Achilles tendon."
"He's had a good surgery, good rehab and he's motivated about it. He's smart," Vitti said of Bryant. "You can't get ahead of the game on this thing, but you can get behind. He never got behind."


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2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport: Storage Space
There's one real measure of a great SUV. It's not speed, agility, fuel economy or even stylishness.
For me, the one true measure of a great SUV is interior storage space and flexibility. Although the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport handles well, is good-looking and gets decent fuel economy, none of that would matter if it weren't useful.
The center storage box is big enough to hold a small purse or just an assortment of smaller things. It's also divided with a small tray that sits on the upper part of the bin, making it easy to store loose items such as keys, ID badges, sunglasses and change.
There's even a small covered storage box on top of the dash. It gets direct sun, so you can't put a Snickers bar up there, but it is good for anything not affected by heat. Another storage area is just ahead of the shifter; it looks small but is big enough to hold a phone or iPod and a few other everyday items.
Each front door has a large storage pocket, too.
The interior is another high point for the Santa Fe Sport. The feel is of much higher quality than you'd expect for a Hyundai or any mid-priced, car-based SUV. The look won't fool anyone into thinking it's a Lexus, but that's largely due to the use of large black buttons with simple white words such as "Radio."
Making those buttons a little smaller and using universal symbols instead of just words in a plain font would really make the cabin look as high-end as it feels.