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|2007-06-17, 05:57
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Urusei Yatsura the series & movies
I've recently watched Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer and it's one of the most surreal and wonderfully bizarre movie I've seen. I think the best part about the movie, which separates Beautiful Dreamer from his rather pretentious GITS movies (well...in my opinion...so let's not go into whether GITS is really pretentious or what exactly is pretentious) as an introspective work is his exploration of a simple idea through a mesmerizing and surreal experience, rather than failing to delve into many complex ideas at the same time. There was a scene where a distorted reflection on the puddle were juxtaposed by the same reflections, which became closer duplication of the reality as our perspective change continuously. Even such simple and mundane things, but for some strange reason beautiful and almost ethereal, drove home the question this movie threw in; am I a human who just dreamed of being a butterfly or a butterfly now dreaming of being a human? I think a lot of people would recognise this classic question asked by Lao Tzu. There are numerous other dream like, or bizarre sequences that is so unconventional, exploring that question through visual experience, but the marvelous thing is how it never preaches such an idea like GITS movies. It instead maintains the tone very light, and stressing more on the intriguing and ethereal aspects of such a journey to make it enthralling experience for the viewers.
Anyway, my request from the general populace who has seen the series (and possibly the beautiful dreamer too) is this: Is the series surreal, introspective and bizarre like the movie, or it's just the movie?
I know Oshii (known for awesome weirdness) directed the movie, and I have no idea who directed the series. And even if someone other than Oshii directed it, I'm not sure if such a surreal experience was more due to Oshii's creativity, or borrowed and inspired more from the original work. I know the movie had some silly slapstick comedy, which was nice in a way, but not really my cup of tea and I'm not prepared to go through awesome length of this series full of it.
So simply, how close is the series to the beautiful dreamer?
|2007-06-26, 15:00
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Not very. As a fan of the television series I believe it has its own virtues but from your post they don't seem to be the kind you're looking for. Oshii's Patlabor films may be more what you are looking for. I've only seen the first of them myself, I found it thoughtful, darkly beautiful and not over-pretentious.
|2007-06-27, 00:43
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Yeah, Beautiful Dreamer is one of my favorite movies but the rest of Urusei Yatsura is more insanity/romance/comedy than anything else. Plenty of weird things happen in the TV series and the other UY movies, but they definitely don't have the same 'feel' as Beautiful Dreamer has. I'll always love UY though, it was a big influence in getting me into anime.
|2007-06-29, 15:49
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|2007-07-01, 05:56
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|2013-02-05, 06:15
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I love this series's songs, especially Lum's Love Song and Uchuu wa Taihen Da! ("Weird Space is Really Weird!"? not sure how to translate that in English well since the title omits a bunch of words necessary in English)
I would like to start reading the manga. Does anyone know if the Japanese manga are reprinted? Preferably in a combined format that decreases the number of books in the entire series? (Not going to bother with the English release since it's incomplete, out of print, and way overpriced secondhand. It's be way cheaper to buy the original manga even with shipping).
|2013-02-06, 16:52
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Has anyone seen the gag dub made by the BBC in 2000 for a Japanese TV theme night?
It's very funny though I don't think it sticks to the original plotline.
At least they kept what sounded like the original music, mostly nice swoopy turn of the 1980s synth tracks.
|2013-02-09, 07:04
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Some of Takahashi's anime works are being reissued on Japanese BluRay, this might stimulate interest in related products.
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The Jukebox in the Sky
For those of us who like music, there are many ways to discover new music and take that music with us. Despite growing amounts of flash memory, a smartphone doesn't have enough capacity to store my entire music collection plus all the other things I want to keep on the device. I therefore can only take a subset of the music with me. Usually, that's not a problem, but there are times when I want all the music I own.
To deal with this problem, big platform vendors have come up with new cloud-based solutions. Apple's iTunes remains the most popular music service and with its new iCloud service, you can download anything you have purchased directly to any Apple device. If you're away from home and you want your music, all you have to do is download it. This can use a fair amount of bandwidth though, so depending on how much you want, you may decide to wait until you're on a Wi-Fi network (instead of using your broadband data). There's one big issue with this, though; it only works with content you buy on iTunes.
The answer to this is Apple's iTunes Match service ($24.99 a year), which matches all the songs in your library. In most cases, it just selects a version the service already has, but if you have something iTunes doesn't carry (say, Garth Brooks or Kid Rock) or doesn't know about (a favorite bootleg or music from the garage band down the street), it will upload those songs to the cloud so you can still access them from anywhere. Matching your songs takes a while if you have a large library and uploading unrecognized songs is notably slower, as it is dependent on your upload speed, but that's an inherent inconvenience with all of the cloud services. (It took me most of a day to upload a large library.)
Once you've done this, though, the process gets much easier. You simply turn on iTunes Match from the Settings menus on your iPhone or iPad (note that you can only be signed into one iTunes account at a time), and after a while, the Music icon on your device shows you all of your music, but with a cloud icon next to the songs that don't live on the device. Click one of those songs and it starts to play. It will automatically download those songs to your device in 256kbps AAC format. Similarly, on a Mac or PC, you go to Store and turn on iTunes Match.
All of this works very simply on a PC or Mac with iTunes or on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The feature works for up to ten devices and 25,000 songs. Apple doesn't support Android, of course, so it's really only a solution if you're firmly in the Apple camp.
Read PC Mag's review of iTunes Match.
All of Apple's competitors have gotten into the act as well, and most support multiple platforms. I've used Amazon's MP3 service for a long time, and its Cloud Player is a very nice cross-platform solution. Cloud Player automatically stores a copy of any music you buy from Amazon and it will let you upload up to 250 others for free. For $24.99 per year, you can use Cloud Player Premium, and theoretically upload up to 250,000 songs. Like iTunes, it will automatically match songs it knows about and then deliver the songs to your device (in this case the 256kbps variable bit MP3 format). It can scan iTunes and Windows Media Player libraries, and then access the music on up to ten devices.
The big difference is that this works quite well on a variety of devices, including Amazon's Kindle Fire, other Android devices, iPhones and iPod touches, PCs and Macs, and Sonos music players. It works slightly differently on each device, though. On the iOS devices, you can play back and download music, but not buy it; on Android devices, you can do both; and on the BlackBerry you can shop and play but it doesn't have the Cloud Player functions.
With Cloud Player, you can stream your music directly from the cloud or download to the device. Again, this works well and is, in some ways, the broadest of the services. The company only added the scan and match service last month, but I've been using the basic service for a while quite successfully.
Read PCMag's review from before Amazon split out Cloud Player from its more general Cloud Drive file sharing service.
Google, trying to get into the business, has recently unveiled a similar service. It uses a Music Manager desktop application that lets you upload music from iTunes, Windows Media Player, or folders on your PC or Mac. What's different here is that it will let you upload up to 20,000 songs for free. (There is no paid service yet.) It works, but it seems slower than the other choices.
Google Play is the new name of the store and Play Music is the application that plays music on your Android phone. When you run it, it will show you all the music you have bought or downloaded from the store as well as those you've uploaded using the Music Manager application. On the PC or Mac, you can go to the Google Play website (play.google.com) to see all of your music, play selected songs, and download songs to your machine. It's all browser-based so there's no separate application to install.
Google does not yet offer an iOS app, but there are still a couple of ways to get Google Play Music on your iPhone or iPad. The browser application works (although you can't seem to download from it) and there are third-party apps that play the music.
It still looks a bit like a work in progress, rather than a completely finished service, but for free, it's certainly a great deal.
Read PCMag's early look at the service.
There are lots of other ways of getting music from the cloud, including streaming services like Spotify, Rdio, and old favorite Rhapsody; and radio-like services such as Pandora and iHeartRadio. The most recent entry is Samsung's Music Hub, which combines elements of the streaming services, radio services, a store, and upload music features, but for the moment is only available on the Galaxy S III. (I'll have more to say on that next week.)
These are all great services, but they have their drawbacks, typically ads, limited content, or a monthly fee. The cloud-based services that store all your music and let you play it back on a variety of devices are typically less expensive or free (in the case of Google, for now).
Apple, Amazon, and Google all have interesting entries, but each one has rough edges. Still, this is a great way to make sure you can always get to the music you own.

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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
June 2005
Formation of U(V) on mineral surfaces
Uranium was discovered in 1789, but aqueous U5+ was not identified until the 1940s during the Manhattan Project. U5+ in aqueous solution as UO2+ has a narrow stability field between pH 2 and 4; outside this pH regime U5+ rapidly disproportionates. The initial findings discounted the possibility of U5+ existing in the environment. Eugene Ilton and co-workers discovered that heterogeneous reduction of aqueous U6+ at ferrous mica surfaces produces and preserves U5+, as a sorbed species, over a broad range of solution compositions.
Macroscopic single crystals of annite, the near-end member ferrous trioctahedral mica, were reacted with argon-sparged aqueous solutions containing 5 µM U6+ and variable Na+, from pH 4.5 to 9.5. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra of the U4f level for U sorbed on annite edge orientations were fit with three components representing U6+, U5+, and U4+. XPS yields information on the chemical state and composition of solid surfaces, where most of the signal was integrated over the top 80Å of our sample. The valence of U can be determined from the binding energies (BE) and satellite structures associated with the 4f7/2 and 4f5/2 levels, and the 5f intensity. In 2004, Eugene Ilton and his team demonstrated that structural Fe(II) in micas can reduce sorbed U6+, but modeled the 4f7/2 primary peak with only two components (assumed to be U4+ and U6+). Good fits across a wide range of average U oxidation states were only possible by not including the satellite structure in the fitting and by allowing wide variations in both the full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) and BE separation of the component peaks. In their latest work, U5+ was discovered by explicitly including the satellite structure and three components in fitting the spectra. Schoepite, UO3·(H2O)3, and uraninite, UO2, were used to derive peak parameters for the U6+ and U4+ components. The U5+ component was derived by fitting a (U5+-U6+) oxyhydroxide, synthesized under hydrothermal conditions, with the U6+ component and solving for the U5+ peak parameters.
The finding of U(V) on mineral surfaces indicates that a key aspect of the cycling of U in the environment has been previously over looked. The results show that U5+ could play an important, but previously unidentified, role in the low-temperature geochemical cycling of uranium. This research is cover feature of the May 2, 2005 issue of Inorganic Chemistry, volume 44, issue 9.
Ilton ES, A Haiduc CO Moses, D Elbert, and DR Veblen. 2004. "Heterogeneous Reduction of Uranyl by Micas: Crystal Chemical and Solution Controls." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68(11):2417-2435. DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2003.08.010.


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Charges have been filed against the Far South Side man who was driving a sport utility vehicle when he crashed into a pickup truck on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Saturday, killing the pickup's driver, police said.
Tyrone Allen Stokes, 42, of the 10200 block of South Carpenter Street, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in the death of a man identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Phillip Briner, 21, of Crown Point, Ind., Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
Stokes was ordered held in lieu of $450,000 bail in a midday hearing in Cook County Bond Court today.
Stokes submitted to standard field sobriety tests administered by troopers on the scene and his blood alcohol content was measured at 0.106, more than the legal limit of 0.08, according to a police report.
Stokes was behind the wheel of a red 2002 GMC that crashed into a pickup truck being driven by Briner early Saturday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street, authorities said.
Both trucks were heading south around 1:30 a.m. when Stokes crossed from the far-right to the far-left lane of the 5-lane highway and smashed into Briner. A witness who saw the crash in the rearview mirror told police that both trucks hit the far left wall, crossed traffic again and hit the right wall before coming to rest.
An autopsy Saturday determined Briner died of multiple injuries from the collision and his death was ruled an accident, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Briner was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 2:05 a.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner's office.
Michael Briner of south suburban University Park, said shortly after the crash that his younger brother was heading home from working his shift at The Peninsula Chicago hotel in downtown when the crash occurred. He normally worked nights at the hotel but worked until midnight as a server for a banquet, Briner said.
"We are all very angry," said Briner, 26.
"I knew that they had (the driver) in custody, which means he walked away from the crash and my brother didn't. We want justice to be served."


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CHICAGO – The problem with the end-of-game, scoreboard-related promotion at United Center isn't that fans can turn their ticket stubs into Big Macs after any game in which the Bulls score 100 points.
The problem is that a giveaway more in line with the team's character would be better suited. Say, fans qualify for said burger whenever coach Tom Thibodeau's hounds hold the opponent to 85 points or less.
But we live in a big-round-numbers world, so scoring 100 points it is. Which, in the aftermath of the Bulls' 99-93 home victory over Orlando Tuesday, shouldn't be any problem at all – or source of controversy — for Chicago or center Joakim Noah. Or, for that matter, any Magic personnel who have their shorts in a bunch.
So Noah launched a needless 3-pointer in the waning seconds of the victory (he explains what went wrong with it above), rather than letting the clock run out. So he was embarrassed, maybe, over missing a free throw 20 seconds earlier that could have clinched the fast-food menu item for the 21,216 sellout crowd – and the fact that teammate Kirk Hinrich missed two foul shots with 10 seconds left to further disappoint the fans.
So the Orlando Sentinel sought out Magic players like J.J. Redick, who felt Noah's heave was "unnecessary." And Ish Smith, who said the Orlando players "noticed."
So what.
Noah apparently got an earful from Thibodeau, though the coach wouldn't tell reporters after practice Wednesday what was said. After the game, Noah — who plays passionately and connects with fans in ways many of his peers do not — already was sounding more sheepish, as per an ESPNChicago.com report:
"I got caught up in the moment," Noah admitted after the game.
Despite the fact the Bulls had won, many fans booed the team as the final buzzer sounded.
"I regret it a little bit," Noah said. "It wasn't a good shot.
"You have to respect the game because you never know what can happen in a game. I just got caught up in the moment and I was trying to get the people a Big Mac. They really wanted a Big Mac [judging by how loud the crowd was getting] and I felt like, not only did I take the shot and miss the shot, we didn't even get the Big Mac. Next time, I won't take that 3-pointer."
That's fine. That's a personal call or might even qualify as a team rule — though some fans surely will boo and go home grumpy after that decision, too.
What isn't needed is scolding or chiding of Noah or any other player who similarly "goes for it" at such a silly scoreboard threshold. Management cut that 100-points sponsorship deal for a reason. The revenues it brings in from McDonald's all go in the big pile of money of that NBA owners, staff, coaches and players divvy up. This isn't anything new, by the way; this correspondent attended a Suns-Jazz game in New Orleans in 1977 where the Superdome crowd began chanting "FRENCH fries! FRENCH fries!" when Pete Maravich & Co. got close to what back then surely was 120 points or so as the goal.
It gives fans who pay royally for tickets something extra for which to cheer — especially in games where injuries keep Derrick Rose or Jameer Nelson and other names out.
In this case, it all backfired, as noted in The Point Forward blog on SI.com:
The funniest part here: Noah goes home with everyone mad at him. The Magic think he's a poor sport. His coach thinks he should know better and show more professionalism. And, perhaps most importantly, Bulls fans go home upset that he didn't even hit the shot to deliver the goods. Brutal.
Enough, though, with these so-called "unwritten rules" designed only to save face for the losing team. They stop trying, so the winners are required to stop trying as well? Yeah, that's great competitiveness.
If a team puts such a promotion in — and cashes the checks — it ought to honor and go for it. Keep the fans' feeling a part of things, and throw 'em a burger for their troubles. As for the Magic or any other losing side getting all sideways, they'd do well to heed the view of a longtime respected NBA coach.
Asked how he felt about the alleged insult of a late 3-pointer in a lopsided game – or any perceived attempt to run up a score that no longer matters – his response was: "Stop 'em then. You ought to feel worse about the points that got them there."
Orlando lost again 24 hours later in Minnesota. It got beat by 15. But at least the Timberwolves only got to 90.


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Character Building
How you design your character at the beginning of Oblivion will have far reaching consequences as to how you play the game. Make sure you think long and hard about which type of character you'd like to play as before you begin. If you love to run around dealing out death and destruction, you probably will want to design a character capable of doing so rather than realizing you aren't strong enough to swing a weapon because you created a weak little mage. Read below to learn all about each race and the attributes that govern each skill before making your character so that you'll be sure you have the character you want. Also, as you move through the first dungeon, you'll be asked to make choices regarding each of the following options, as well as design your face. This is a trial period, so test out a character to see if you like what you get. You'll end up getting the opportunity to change this at the end of the dungeon, but after that you're stuck.
Your character's class should reflect the way you want to play the game. There are 21 predefined classes for you to pick from in Oblivion, though you'll probably want to create your own custom class that fits your personality perfectly. Whether a class is predefined or created by you, they all have several things in common. The first, and most important, aspect of a class is the Specialization. Your Specialization is either Combat, Magic, or Stealth. These three main groups govern different skills and will determine which ones you will start with a bonus in and which you will have an easier time increasing. Read below to learn more about these skills and to find out which class they fall into. Each skill in the specialization will receive a +5 at the start of the game and will be easier to level up.
Each class also has seven Major Skills. Major Skills have a base value of 25 (though race and specialization modifiers can increase these further) and are easier to increase than other skills. They also determine when your character increases a level, so choose them wisely. If you want to quickly power-level a character, choose all seven skills that are considered part of the Specialization as Major Skills. This will give you a base of 35 on each of the skills and will make you level up much faster.
Any skill that is not a Major Skill is considered a Minor Skill. These can be increased in the same way as Major Skills, but it will take more effort to do so. This doesn't mean you should ignore them because they will give you a bonus when your character levels up.
|Skills Governed
|Security, Marksman, Sneak
|Determines how
well you can balance and move, Fatigue, and damage done with arrows
|Armorer, Block, Heavy Armor
Fatigue, Health, and how much your Health increases when your raise levels
|Alchemy, Conjuration,
|Affects total Magicka and magic use
|Illusion, Mercantile,
|Affects how much people like you
|Acrobatics, Athletics, Light Armor
how quickly you can walk, run, and swim.
|Blade, Blunt, Hand-to-Hand
|Affects how
much you can carry, Fatigue, and how much damage you can do with melee weapons
|Alteration, Destruction,
|Affects Magicka regeneration and Fatigue
|Affects everything you do
The birthsign that you choose will give you either a stat boost or the ability to use some spells. Choose a birthsign that will help you get an easy start to the game by picking one that compliments your intended play style. These bonuses last the entire game, so be wary of choosing one that gives you a weakness unless you are sure you want the positive side.
|+100 Magicka / 100% weakness to Magicka
|+150 Magicka / 50% Spell Absoprtion / no
Magicka regeneration
|+10 Willpower / +10 Endurance
|Restore Health spell / 25% Weakness to fire
|Paralyze spell / lose 120 points of Fatigue
(once daily)
|+50 Magicka
|Restore Health spell (once daily) / Turn Undead
|Damage Health spell / Dispel spell / Cure
Poison spell / Damage Fatigue. All spells are once daily.
|Invisibility ( once daily)
|+20 Speed
|+10 Agility / +10 Speed / +10 Luck
|Open Average Lock spell (once daily) / Reflect
Damage spell
|+10 Strength / +10 Endurance
|Leveling Up and Building Your Character
Each time you increase any of your Major Skills by a total of 10 (in any combination), you are set to level up your character. This will only happen after sleeping. Make sure you take a rest every once in a while to gain the boosts that you'll enjoy through leveling up. You'll be notified on screen when you have made it to the point of leveling up so there is no need to worry about missing it.
Each time you raise a level, you are allowed to increase three of your eight Attributes. If you have raised many skills since the last time you leveled, you may receive a bonus modifier on some Attributes. Since each Attribute governs a set of skills, raising the level of those skills will determine whether you get a bonus when you level up your character. It doesn't matter whether you raise Major or Minor skills, the bonus will be the same either way. If you do see the bonus modifier, you should definitely choose to increase those Attributes, even if they aren't ones that you want to increase just yet. The bonus is too good to overlook.
Power-leveling still exists in Oblivion, much the same way it did in Morrowind. If you want to level up quickly, select Athletics as one of your Major Skills and never stop running. In fact, you can swim in one direction all night and your Athletics will quickly max out. Likewise, having Acrobatics as a Major Skill and jumping nonstop will have the same result. The same can be done with spells that don't require much Magicka. Just keep casting them one after another until you see the notice that you can level up. Having Block as a Major Skill on a fighter will make you naturally level up just by fighting which takes a load off of any melee player's mind. Other Skills that are easy to leveled up are Light or Heavy Armor, Sneak, Mercantile, and Speechcraft.
Though power leveling may be tempting, it is probably more useful to level your character up evenly. A super fast Khajit won't have too much of an advantage even over the weakest creatures if you haven't mixed in some Strength boosts. However, if you are really jonesing for a level-up, these aforementioned skills should be selected as your Major Skills.
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FHHS Alumni Association
Alumni Years 1963 - 1988
Welcome to the Fort Hunt High School Alumni Association!
Your one-stop site for all your Federal needs!
Welcome to the Fort Hunt High School Alumni Association website! Please have a look around this site, update your contact information, check out your classmates' profiles and pictures, drop a line in the Federal Forums, and peruse fun historical facts, photos & music from our many good ol' days!
To foster, promote and maintain the spirit of Fort Hunt High School by serving as a central source of information about the school, its alumni, faculty and former students, to maintain this website (http//www.fhhs-alum.org) and to promote regular reunions of alumni, students and faculty members. In addition, the association will conduct a scholarship program to deserving, college-bound seniors at West Potomac High School and provide support to the local community.
All alumni are encouraged to register and log in. Please read the HELP / FAQs page for instructions and other important information. Many pages on this website are still "under construction". Please bear with us as we add and streamline the content on these pages. To that end, your suggestions are welcome HERE. Please let me know if you enjoy writing or editing and wish to contribute to this website! I will graciously accept all help with keeping it interesting and professional. ~Terry Kinder (Alers), '79
Click the Play button (>) below to hear the Federals' fight song performed by the Fort Hunt Marching Band, as recorded by Mr. Joe Neigh and later digitized by Sharon Fitzgerald Weisner for Celia FlorCruz.


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Kobe Bryant has never been shy about his dislike of former Lakers teammate Smush Parker.
And in an appearance Wednesday on the ESPN program "Highly Questionable," Parker revealed just how strained their relationship was off the court.
"He told me one day at practice -- I tried to talk to him outside of basketball, about football -- and he looked at me in practice and was dead serious and said, 'You can't talk to me. You need more accolades under your belt before you come talk to me,' " Parker said.
In recent years Bryant has been very vocal about how frustrated he was playing alongside Parker.
"Smush Parker was the worst," Bryant said in 2012. "He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard. We let him walk on."


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Bill Barber
Bill Barber
Bill Barber's sheer physical strength was one of his most important attributes. In junior, he centered a top scoring line with Jerry Byers and Al Blanchard in Kitchener. All three were drafted high in the 1972 Amateur Draft. Barber was selected seventh overall by Philadelphia and was the only one of the three who went on to make a significant impact in the NHL.
Initially he was assigned to Richmond of the AHL by the Flyers, but after just 11 games he was recalled when Bill Flett sprained his knee. Barber was among the top rookies all year, finishing the season with 30 goals and 34 assists, making him a contendor for the Calder Trophy for Rookie of the Year. Part of his immediate success was in coach Shero's decision to play Barber as a left wing to Bobby Clarke on the first line rather than keep him at his natural center position on a fourth line. Clarke quickly realized Barber had an excellent shot and good hands and endeavored to get the puck to the port side whenever possible. He scored 34 goals in each of the next two years, winning the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 75. Barber had a career year in 1975-76 by scoring 50 and getting 112 total points.
Barber had four more 40-goal seasons during his career, but the continuing deterioration of his left knee forced him to retire, and he was unable to finish the 1983-84 season. He first injured the knee crashing into the boards while back checking in December 1982 in Pittsburgh. He recovered after missing a few games, but the same knee gave out on him again later in the season. By the spring he required surgery, and once the knee was opened doctors discovered massive damage to the joints and cartilage that had been masked for years by strong muscle mass around the bone. It was completely reconstructed and he missed the entire 1984-85 season trying to recover. After the year was over, he knew his knee would not be strong enough to endure the physical demands of the NHL. He went into coaching, starting with the Flyers farm team and assuming head coaching of the NHL team during the 2000-01 season.
He finished his career with 420 goals and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990, one of only three players from those Flyers teams - Bernie Parent and Bobby Clarke were the others.


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Nokia's defunct Qt software stack is headed to RIM's dead PlayBook tablet. Will 2 wrongs make a right?
In an email to the Qt Project mailing list, Nokia's Strategic Account Manager, Adam Weinrich has voiced his plans to coordinate a Qt keynote at RIM's BlackBerry DevCon in Amsterdam, as well as developer outreach at Mobile World Congress in February 2012.
There is a Qt port for QNX/BBX/RIM devices.
Lets get this ecosystem involved in the Qt-Project!
Yes, I know, the code is not yet in the Qt-Project repository but it should be forthcoming. The QNX/BBX/RIM ecosystem are very open to engaging with the Qt community and the Qt Project.
I am coordinating a Qt keynote and training at the Blackberry DevCon in Amsterdam in February http://www.blackberrydevcon.com/ as well as doing outreach to their developers at Mobile World Congress. They are offering discounts to these events to Qt-Project community.
The Qt Developer Experience team will also be showing off Qt on the current playbook at the Qt booth at CES and MWC. Those who already owns a playbook, develops for Blackberry devices or are interested in becoming involved are encouraged to get involved with this new Qt port.
Let me know if you have any insight or interests in making this a win-win for Qt and this new community.
Cheers, Adam
Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. It's available for Nokia's past platforms – Symbian and MeeGo, with unofficial ports for iOS, webOS and Android, as well as solid support for Linux, Mac and Windows on the desktop. While this is a good way to increase the footprint of Qt on embedded and mobile devices, the PlayBook has seen less than enthusiastic sales.
With RIM rumoured to be releasing new
BBX BlackBerry 10 devices in late 2012, there is a very good chance that Qt on QNX will be polished and highly functional; with apps and games in tow, hopefully. Although the PlayBook has hit an all-time low of $199, the BlackBerry development team are said to be providing hardware at a discounted rate for developers who are interested in the platform.
Is this a move from Nokia to make Qt relevant? Is this a push from RIM to make the PlayBook relevant, while selling devices to bolster sales numbers? Either way, it's an effort from both companies and it's sure to make Qt enthusiasts rejoice.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Two years after a massive tsunami ravaged the eastern seaboard of Japan, the people of one of the hardest hit towns, Yanmei-Sanriku, have inaugurated a statue honoring the assistance that Israel provided in their darkest hour.
Titled "Rebirth and Resurrection", the statue was produced by Israeli artist David Susanna, and was installed in front of the municipal offices and temporary Israeli hospitals established in Yanmei-Sanriku.
Immediately after the tsunami hit in 2011, an Israeli medical delegation was dispatched and worked tirelessly to aid the people of the entire Tohoku region. The new sculpture symbolizes Israeli solidarity with the suffering of the Japanese people.
The inauguration was attended by the mayor of Yanmei-Sanriku, numerous other municipal officials, the mayor of a nearby town who initiated contact with the Israelis in the aftermath of the tsunami, representatives of various aid organizations and a large number of school children.
Attendees were treated to a short concert by famed Japanese violinist Nimura, but the highlight of the ceremony was an emotional meeting between Israeli doctors and a Japanese woman whose baby they delivered amidst the devastation two years ago.
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Continuing education in film is a great way for film professionals to learn new technologies and techniques, as well as develop new skills. In an industry as diverse as film, many wish to learn new skills or venture into another specialty.
The film industry has changed dramatically over the past decade thanks to advances in technology. New camera technology, new editing technology, and computer animations, in addition to countless other advances, have made film an industry that almost requires continuing education.
Several options for a continuing education in film present themselves to adult students. Many colleges and universities offer continuing education in film for adults.
Several film organizations and craftsman's guilds offer workshops, courses, and lectures which are sometimes free of charge.
Examples of continuing education programs related to film include:
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PARIS (Reuters) - French first lady Valerie Trierweiler left hospital in Paris on Saturday, a week after reports emerged that her partner, President Francois Hollande, was having an affair with the actress Julie Gayet, a member of Trierweiler's staff said.
Trierweiler left the Pitie Salpetriere hospital just after 1400 GMT (9 a.m. EST) and is resting at the president's residence at La Lanterne, the official said, confirming a report in Paris Match magazine, for which Trierweiler works.
Paris Match said Trierweiler was expected to spend a few days at La Lanterne, near the Chateau de Versailles on the outskirts of Paris, citing sources close to Hollande.
The president's office declined to comment.
Trierweiler was admitted to hospital on January 10 after the gossip magazine Closer published what it said were images of Hollande making a nocturnal visit to Gayet's pied-a-terre apartment in the upmarket eighth arrondissement of Paris.
Hollande, who visited Trierweiler in hospital on Thursday, according to a source in his office, was in his old parliamentary constituency of Tulle, in central France, on Saturday. His speech there made no reference to the matter.
The reports of the affair with Gayet, which Hollande has neither confirmed nor denied, have raised questions about whether Trierweiler will continue to occupy the unofficial position of France's "first lady" and accompany the president on state visits.
Hollande pledged at a news conference on Tuesday to clarify Trierweiler's status ahead of a trip to the United States scheduled for February 9. He brushed off questions about the alleged affair.
He said everyone in their personal life could "face trials" and that "that is our case", adding that "these are painful moments".
The president has insisted on his right to a private life and has pursued business largely as usual, unveiling his economic reform plans for the rest of his five-year presidency at the Tuesday event and giving a keynote speech to French diplomats on Friday.
While the reports surrounding Hollande, Trierweiler and Gayet have hit the headlines internationally, the French are traditionally indulgent of their leaders' sexual indiscretions.
In a poll carried out by BVA for the French TV channel iTele published on Saturday, three-quarters of those interviewed thought Hollande was right not to answer questions about his private life, with 62 percent considering it was a private matter that concerned only him.
Before the publication in Closer, Hollande had become the least popular French president in modern times, largely due to tax increases, recession and high unemployment, compounded by a reputation for dithering.
Writing by James Regan; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Alister Doyle


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A known definition of the term Oncology is that it is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors. The diagnosis of any cancer in a person (pathology). Therapy (e.g. surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other modalities). Follow-up of cancer patients after successful treatment. Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies and many more. Below are the best Oncologists here in Los Angeles,California.
Prostate Oncology Specialists
Compassionate Oncology Medical Group
Dr. Lawrence D. Piro, MD
Dr. Sant P. Chawla, MD
Dr. David M. Hoffman, MD
Radiation Oncology UCLA
California Endocurietherapy (CET), Jeffrey Demanes, MD
UCLA Westwood Hematology-Oncology Community Practice Group
Scholz, Mark MD
Tower Hematology Oncology
Ucla: Department of Hematology And Oncology
UCLA Neuro-Oncology: Cloughesy Timothy MD
Beverly Hills Cancer Center
Children's Hospital Los Angeles : Hematology and Oncology
California Hematology Oncology
Coast Hematology - Oncology Associates Medical Group Inc
UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program
Santa Monica Hematology-Onclgy: Terpenning Marilou MD
Bower Oncology/Thoracic Surgery Center
Dr. Henry Yampolsky
Vantage Oncology
Synergy Hematology Oncology
Lieber Daniel MD
Glaspy John MD
UCLA Medical Center Oncology
Shahrooz Eshaghian, MD FACP
Revlon/UCLA Breast Center
Simms/Mann – UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology
Vantage Oncology Holdings LLC
East Valley Hematology
Dr. Christopher Rose
Vantage Oncology Los Angeles Radiation Oncology Center
James R Berenson Inc
Valley Radiation Oncology Center
Dr. Joshua D. Ellenhorn, MD
UCLA Westwood Oncology Hematology Clinic: Dr. Michael Rosove, MD
Central Hematology & Oncology: Hu Eddie MD
Premiere Oncology
Gynecology Oncology
21st Century Oncology
Aptium Oncology Inc
Tower Hematology Oncology: Botnick Leslie MD
21st Century Oncology
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James I. Bicher, MD
Dr. Marc Botnick
The Center for Thermal Oncology
Global Oncology: Yang Hank MD
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Dr. Jason S. Cohen, MD
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Moreover, Oncologists provide services such as risk assessment and counseling . It is important that we visit them also for us to know the health condition of our body to prevent larger problems to occur.


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For the sixth straight game, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is listed as questionable with a hip injury. For the sixth straight game, Gronkowski will be playing.
Per a league source, Gronk will be in the lineup on Sunday against the Bills.
Though it's not quite the same the Tom Brady showing up as probable with a right shoulder injury for 132 straight weeks (give or take), the trend has emerged. With "questionable" meaning that the player's availability is a coin-flip proposition, Gronkowski is on a run of six straight "play" or "don't play" tosses coming up "play."
The other questionable tight end — Aaron Hernandez — reportedly won't play. Which means that newly-activated tight end Visanthe Shiancoe could get a chance to make an immediate impact in his first game with the Pats.


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In General
In General
In addition to the main civil division of the Court, and the Small Claims Part, the Civil Court of the City of New York has a Housing Part devoted to actions and proceedings involving the enforcement of state and local laws for the establishment and maintenance of housing standards. The Housing Part has jurisdiction of summary proceedings, and in addition to judgments of possession, can award a judgment for rent in any amount.
The kinds of cases filed in the Landlord-Tenant Housing Part Office and decided in the Housing Court, include the following:
1. Residential Holdover Proceedings
2. Residential Non-Payment Proceedings
3. RPAPL Section 7A actions
4. Post-Eviction proceedings
5. Housing Part Proceedings (HP)
Read about the various types of cases on our Legal and Procedural Information sections.
When a residential proceeding is filed in the courthouse it is assigned to a Resolution Part. Refer to the Resolution Part to learn more about the Part. When the case is ready for trial, it is sent Trial Part. The only exceptions are HP cases which are assigned to the HP Part and the presiding Housing Court Judge handles all matters in the case, including trials. For more information on trials, go to How to Prepare for a Landlord-Tenant Trial.
Most residential landlord and tenant matters are handled by Housing Judges. For information about Housing Court Judges' profiles, assignments or part rules, refer to Judges.
However, some landlord and tenant matters are handled in Part I (also known as the Integrated Part). Part I is a Special Part located in the New York County Civil Court. Cases are transferred into Part I when a tenant living in New York County is the subject of both a Civil Court, Housing Part case and a Supreme Court, Article 81 Guardianship case. Upon transfer, both cases are combined and adjudicated by an Acting Supreme Court Justice.
The Housing Part also offers litigants the opportunity to visit a Housing Court Counselor in the Civil Court's Help Center for free legal information. The Help Center also offers an array of free materials, pamphlets and videos on a variety of housing questions for both landlords and tenants. More information and hours of operation is available at the Help Center. The Housing Part also offers free consultations for landlords and tenants with Volunteer Lawyers.


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Kelly Clarkson Covers Pistol Annies' 'Hell on Heels'
Kelly Clarkson is indulging fan requests on her current tour, playing whatever covers her fans request in advance and want to hear. At her Austin, Texas stop, Clarkson went country, something she's been hinting at doing with her own music. She covered Pistol Annies' 'Hell on Heels,' musing that the song was requested by multiple people — and likely because she was in Texas. Texans love their Miranda Lambert, who's one third of the Pistol Annies. Clarkson is also a close friend of Lambert and a native Texan, like her blond pal, so it was the perfect cover song.
In the video footage below, Clarkson says, "This is one of my favorite songs, but it's kind of hard to sing because it's three women," nodding to the Annies being a trio, but she gave it the old college try. The result is absolutely stunning. Her soulful voice transitions beautifully and quite flawlessly to a county twang. With the release of the country version of her sleeper pop smash 'Mr. Know It All' and now this blues-infused country cover, maybe Clarkson is finally goin' country.
Before she launches into her rendition of the song in the clip, Clarkson warns, "My voice is a little raspy. This is going to be very Janis," referencing the late, great Janis Joplin. She quickly adds, "But that's OK. This is Texas!"
Watch Kelly Clarkson Perform 'Hell on Heels'


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Honors Program
The Honors Program brings together students with a record of outstanding academic achievement into a vibrant, supportive community that values the development of knowledge, versatility, and independence of thought. Small, stimulating classes with our finest professors, interdisciplinary seminars, and a variety of cultural and social events encourage interaction among students from Bradley's five colleges and provide a broad education to complement work in each student's discipline. Together, these experiences and the recognition that comes with successful completion of the Program help students achieve admission to top graduate schools, a successful start to their careers, and the adaptability to succeed in a world characterized by change.


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UPDATE – One Vehicle Rollover Sends Two Women to Missoula Hospital in Critical Condition [AUDIO]
Monday, June 10, 5:00 p.m/Just after 5:00p.m.
Updated information from the Montana Highway Patrol revised the number of individuals in critical condition at St. Patrick Hospital as two instead of three. Trooper James Handy provided an updated report late Monday that the driver, an 18 year-old woman, was restrained with her seat belt and was treated and released from the hospital. The other two women, ages 22 and 27, were ejected, and are still listed in critical condition. Handy also revised the report saying speed was not a factor, and that alcohol and drugs were found at the scene, but it is not yet known if they were a factor in the crash.
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About AleppoAleppo budget travel is ideal for those wanting to explore one of Syria's ancient and fascinating cities, with many attractions and activities on offer in the Middle Eastern hot-spot.
Aleppo Budget Travel
Below is a list of Aleppo's top activities, click on the link to view all details and tours.
Aleppo airports include:
•Aleppo Nejrab International Airport
•Damascus International Airport
With population expansion and an ongoing influx of people from rural areas and neighbouring countries, Aleppo conservation has become an increasing issue. Urbanisation and the growing demand for fresh produce and grazing land have had an impact on natural ecosystems. Plant and animal extinction and hunting are prevalent. Sometimes the hides and pelts of wild animals end up in tourist areas to be sold by hopeful sales people hoping to make a grand profit.
Aleppo culture includes the following aspects:
•Islamic Culture prevalent and influential on most aspects of daily life
•Hospitality is a characteristic feature of the people
•Music and arts are also popular in culture
•Food and drink plays a key role, with many sidewalk cafes to be found
Aleppo health info for travellers includes the following:
•The most common health risk is travellers tummy from rich foods or tap water
•Health facilities are advanced in the major cities in Syria, but not in rural areas
•Pack a basic first aid kit with medication for upset stomachs, nausea and other minor ailments
•Check with your doctor about any health risks or disease outbreaks that may have occurred recently before leaving for your trip
Aleppo languages include the following: • Arabic • French • English • Kurdish
While malaria in Aleppo is not a risk, there may be a malaria risk within Asia in general. Travellers who are visiting malaria-risk countries before or after travelling to Malaria should consider malaria medication.
Aleppo money and banking info is as follows:
•There are no banks or facilities in Aleppo itself, but there are facilities in nearby towns and cities
•Credit cards are usually accepted in hotels, restaurants and shops
•Traveller's cheques are not widely accepted and may not be exchanged even in banks
Aleppo people include the following groups: • Syrians • Kurds • Armenians • Turks • Circassians • Assyrians
Aleppo local phrases include the following:
•Hello: Marhaba
•Good morning: S-bahh Al-khair
•Good evening: Masa Al-khair
•Please: Men-fadllaak (m)
•Please: Men-fadllake (f)
•How much: Gha-daish?
Aleppo plants include farmlands were Olive trees and Pistachio trees grow. Other than this fertile area, the hot and arid climate allows for semi-desert vegetation to survive. Aleppo is in close proximity to the Syrian desert.
Aleppo religion includes the following:
•Sunni Muslim
•Christian (Orthodox and Catholic)
Safety Tips
Aleppo safety tips include:
•Secure your passport at your place of accommodation
•Carry passport and visa copies with you at all times
•Be aware of possible pick-pocketing in crowded areas
•Go out in groups , or pairs, particularly if you're female
•Refrain from participating in conversation of a political or religious nature
•Take plenty of pictures but be mindful of photographing state buildings and military units
Aleppo local transport includes:
Travel Books
Aleppo recommended travel books include the following: • Lonely Planet Syria by Andrew Humphreys and Damien Simonis • Syria: A Historical And Architectural Guide by Warwick Ball • Syria: Bradt Travel Guide by Diana Darke • The Road from Damascus: A Journey Through Syria by Scott C. Davis • Culture Shock! Syria: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette by Coleman South
What To Buy
What to buy for holidays in Aleppo: • Spare batteries for torches and camera • Guide books and Arabic phrase books • Thick socks for hiking boots • First aid kit for travel purposes • Large refillable water bottle, or plenty of bottled water
What To Pack
What to pack for safari in Aleppo: • Sunscreen, sunhat and sunglasses • Bathing suit and towels • Headscarves for women, plus long skirts and t-shirts that cover shoulders • Comfortable walking shoes plus sandals • Casual and smarter clothes for various activities • Camera with spare batteries and memory card/film • Binoculars for bird spotting • Guide book and phrase book • Basic first aid kit
When To Go
When to go to Aleppo:
•The best time to visit Aleppo is in the Spring and Autumn when temperatures are mild
•Summers are extremely hot and dry
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The highlight of my trip had to be Gweru in Zimbabwe, it was my idea of paradise. So much to do there with the animals and the location of it was just beautiful!
— Anne B (27) from Ireland
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South Dakota isn't particularly close to me here in Western MT. However, SD is a neighboring state, and I have relatives who live in that state, so birth news from SD is important to me!
SD is working on legislation that will allow women to birth at home with assistance of certified nurse midwives (CNM).
Current laws require South Dakota's Certified Nurse Midwives to have a signed collaborative agreement with a physician as a pre-requisite to practice. However, South Dakota's physicians have failed to cooperate with any Certified Nurse Midwife for homebirth.
The South Dakota Chapter of the American College of Nurse Midwives supports the measure and provided testimony on Wednesday citing the safety of low risk mothers who have planned home births with Certified Nurse Midwives.
I don't believe that Montana allows CNMs to attend homebirths. I do know that doctors who used to provide back-up support for direct entry midwives (different certification and oversight than CNMs) in my community no longer do. I like the language in the article – ". . . physicians have failed to cooperate . . ." – indeed!
Jeanne Prentice is a CNM from South Dakota that currently attends homebirths in Wyoming.
Prentice is alarmed at the growing number of mothers who are choosing to deliver without any help at home because they fear what may be forced on them in the hospital delivery setting.
Indeed, many of us know well enough that hospital delivery can be interventive. Women are not in a position of power with regard to their bodies, their babies, and their birth plans. I am not talking about balking at medically-necessary intervention. However, very little of what goes on in labor and deliver is NECESSARY. Women are subject to a number of routine procedures and protocols upon entrance to to the hospital. Women are resisting, and I believe this has caused 2 things:
Care providers, especially medical providers, insurance companies, and other medical institutions are becoming more restrictive, more interventive, and less woman-centered. This is evidenced by declining maternal-infant outcomes, increased cesarean deliveries, increased PTSD & PPD, and declining VBAC rates.
Out-of-hospital birth is on the rise. Women and finally starting to realize (I know I am) that their chances of having a good and safe childbirth experience are declining in hospitals. Women are learning and owning the benefits of natural physiologic childbirth, when possible, and insisting on finding care providers who will enable that.


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A call to honor all the world's 1980 Olympians who were forced to stay home
Wednesday, I posted an essay from 1980 U.S. Olympian Anita DeFrantz on the pain she still feels over the 1980 Olympic boycott. (To read it, click here).
Here is a more anecdotal voice on the 1980 boycott, that of longtime U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman Mike Moran, who would like to see the International Olympic Committee formally honor athletes from the more than 60 countries -- including the United States -- that did not go to the 1980 Moscow Summer Games because their political leaders supported U.S. President Jimmy Carter's boycott.
Moran's essay, which I am posting with his permission, recalls the efforts to recognize the U.S. Olympians in both 1980 and over the ensuing three decades -- athletes who came to Washington for one of those ceremonies 30 years ago with, as Moran writes, ``their dreams dying in the embers of a fire that proved to be one of the biggest mistakes ever in using sport and athletes as political pawns.''
By Mike Moran
Thirty years ago Monday, July 26, 1980, we came to Washington with heavy hearts, the United States Olympic Team that wasn't…………..466 American athletes and our USOC staff and delegation with nowhere to go while 5,512 athletes from 81 nations competed in Moscow in the hollow 1980 Olympic Games boycotted by the U.S. and 65 other nations, persuaded by the klutzes of the Carter Administration to stay home to punish the host Soviet Union for its incursion into Afghanistan in 1979…………these athletes, the best of our nation, had come to the nation's capitol resigned, finally, to the fact that they would not get their shot at an Olympic dream after months of uncertainty……….219 of them would never get another chance to make a future Olympic team, their dreams dying in the embers of a fire that proved to be one of the biggest mistakes ever in using sport and athletes as political pawns…………the United States Olympic Committee, mindful of the achievements and bludgeoned hopes of this team, was in the process of spending almost a million dollars to bring the team to Washington for five days of recognition and events designed to lift their spirits…………our modest USOC staff (Baaron Pittenger, Jerry Lace, Larry McCollum, Dennis Keegan, Bob Paul, Bob Mathias, Mike Moran) and leadership (President Bob Kane, Executive Director F. Don Miller) created the junket so that the athletes, if only for one day, would garner the recognition of the nation……….during that week, there was little talk of the Games going on in Moscow, no live television in the United States, and little in the newspapers of the day……….(other than some reporters), no Americans were allowed in Moscow for the Games, save for a few sport officials who were ordered to leave after the Opening Ceremony on July 19……….not in Washington with us was the U.S. Olympic swimming team, which was staging its own national meet in order to compare American times to the clockings in Moscow, a form of revenge that was well-meant, but meaningless……..on a hot July 30 morning on the steps of the Capitol, we watched and heard President Carter thank the athletes for their sacrifice, telling them it would be significant in the effort to force the Soviets out of Afghanistan, and to have gone to Moscow would have validated the USSR's aggression……….when Carter departed, the American athletes, one by one, mounted the steps to receive special medals commissioned and paid for by the USOC, from its officers and sport leaders, medals finally recognized in 2007 by the Congress of the United States as Congressional Gold Medals, the highest and most distinguished civilian award of our nation…………before the (1980) medals presentation, the athletes heard emotional presentations from track and field great Madeline Manning Mims and pentathlete Bob Nieman, with emcee Donna de Varona……………news reports still exist that President Carter handed out the medals, which is totally untrue…….the team had to be convinced to stand when the President appeared that morning, told by then USOC Treasurer William E. Simon, to respect the office, if not the man's decision to keep them from Moscow.
a motorcade parade through Washington, the team was hosted at the White
House for a barbeque on the South Lawn, capping off a week of special
events that included a mammoth outing at Smokey Glen Farm near
Gaithersburg hosted by sponsor Levi Strauss, a nighttime tour of the
historic monuments, an evening performance at Ford's Theatre, a
special reception at the Smithsonian, a parade and concert at the U.S.
Marine Barracks and a special evening at the Kennedy Center with
entertainers including Andy Gibb, Patti LaBelle, the Lennon Sisters,
Jamie Farr, Irene Cara, and master of ceremonies Leonard Nimoy………..the
swimming team came a week later, August 4-6, for its own celebration and
parties………when they left Washington, this team, even today denied
Olympic team status by the International Olympic Committee and
officially unrecognized, feels the pain and bitterness of that
boycott……….``There was really a tremendous amount on ineptness in the
execution of the boycott," said a noted author of a book on the events,
"it reflected both an ignorance of the international sporting structure,
the way international sport works and very poor political analysis and
judgment by
the Carter Administration''………years later, 1984 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling gold medalist Jeff Blatnick,
who was on that '80 team, told a story that startles many……….he was on
an airplane, flying from Bismarck, ND, to Minneapolis and came upon
President Carter, seated in the first-class cabin……``As soon as the plane
gets up in the air and levels off, he gets up and starts saying, 'hi'
to everybody, recalls Blatnick………``I say to the person next to me, I
wonder how this is going to be. …………"He gets to me, I go 'President
Carter, I have met you before, I am an Olympian.'……… `He looks at me and
says, 'Were you on the 1980 hockey team?'…………..``I say, 'No sir, I'm a
wrestler, on the summer team.'………``He says, 'Oh, that was a bad decision,
I'm sorry.'……………the estimable journalist Alan Abrahamson, formerly of the Los
Angeles Times and Universal Sports, penned a story in 2005 that
included another statement about the boycott by former USOC Chairman and
1984 Olympic Games czar Peter Ueberroth……..``Boycotts don't work. They
only hurt athletes. That's their only value—if people want to call that
value. That's been proven time and time again," said Ueberroth, whose
superb '84 Games had to survive a vengeful boycott by the Soviet
Bloc…………IOC President Jacques Rogge, who saw his native Belgium go to
Moscow, told Abrahamson "People have realized that boycotts are not
helpful. To the contrary—people who call for a boycott are shooting
their own foot."…………..tell all this to those 466 athletes who have
largely been forgotten over the last three decades……..the boycott killed
their dreams and ended many of their careers……..it almost bankrupted
the USOC, which had endured the worst of the pressure and nasty
political machinations out of Washington while being forced into the
boycott……..and it almost killed the Olympic Games until Ueberroth and
his team staged the '84 Games without the Soviets and their marionettes
and rescued the movement………..as we transported the 1980 Olympians to the
Washington airports, I recall seeing some of the most heart-tugging
moments of my long career with the USOC…….tearful farewells by athletes
who were denied their biggest dreams, and then they went their ways into
the next chapter of their lives…………the USOC, even now, has never formally staged an event to recognize this special Olympic team that
isn't, and now would be a good time……….in fact, this team should be in
the U.S. Olympic Hall Of Fame as soon as possible………….there is a
category in the Hall of Fame marked "Contributor," where
this team as a whole, deserves to be enshrined……..what Olympic Team in
our history contributed more? And, shouldn't the organization that bowed
to withering political pressure and threats from Washington and stayed
home from the most important event of its core mission now find a
singular way to honor these men and women?......the IOC should step
up and recognize all of the 65 teams that were forced to stay away from
Moscow, and somehow show these athletes they meant something for their
sacrifice………..on October 27, we will induct the noble 1980 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team
into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame……….This star-crossed team
lived and trained in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center in
preparation for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. In addition, this was
the first "national team in residence" experiment in Olympic sport in
the United States, with all team members, coaches and staff moving to
Colorado Springs to live together and train on a full-time basis after
finishing fifth at the 1978 World Championships. Its dream was shattered
with the Moscow Olympic boycott, but a handful of players remained to
win a silver medal at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, losing to China in
the gold medal game. Coached by Dr. Arie Selinger thirty years ago, the
team of Janet Baier, Carolyn Becker, Rita Crockett, Patty Dowdell,
Laurie Flachmeier, Debbie Green, Flo Hyman, Laurel Brassey, Debbie
Landreth, Diane McCormick, Terry Place and Sue Woodstra was considered a
favorite to win the volleyball gold medal in Moscow…………so were many
other great U.S. athletes that summer of 1980, like world gymnastics champion Kurt Thomas, basketball stars Carol Blazejowski, Isiah Thomas
and Bill Hanzlik, swimmer Craig Beardsley, and scores of others who will
never know what might have been.
(Mike Moran was the chief spokesman for the United States Olympic Committee through thirteen Games, 1980-2002. He is now a media consultant.)
Photos: Above - Mike Moran in his USOC days (USOC photo); Below - 1980 U.S. Olympian Jeff Blatnick, who went on to win gold in 1984, recalled a strange encounter with Jimmy Carter on an airplane. (Los Angles Times file photo / Mark Boster)
Posted at 10:49:36 AM in 1980 Moscow OIympics, 1980 Olympic boycott, International Olympic Committee, Jeff Blatnick, President Jimmy Carter, U.S. Olympic Committee


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At the beginning of July 2004, Canadian filmmakers Sturla Gunnarsson, Paul Stephens, Andrew Rai Berzins and Eric Jordan went to Iceland to make a movie, a co-production between Canada, the U.K. and Iceland. It was the beginning of the most difficult project any of them had ever been a part of. A series of events continued to put the project in jeopardy. Halfway through production, the financing had not closed, the film was seriously over budget, and the bonder was alarmed enough to send a representative to Iceland. The entire production was put under intense scrutiny while the cast and crew were fighting the onset of a ruthless Icelandic winter and diminishing daylight. The storms tore roofs of buildings and swept away equipment, and Gunnarsson slowly seemed to take on the characteristics and physical appearance of a troll as he struggled to fight gigantic obstacles. The strong determination of the filmmakers (Sarah Polley called it a "sheer demented ambition") was the one thing that seemed to be able to steer this troubled ship through the storms and guide it to harbour. Two days before the end of principal photography Producer Paul Stephens admitted that is was a "miracle" that they were about to complete the shoot without having closed the 'bank'. To most other people on the crew it was a miracle that no one had died in a series of accidents and other unfortunate events that haunted the production.
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Gerard also serves as a co-producer on the project.
Audience Award – Best Documentary Feature – Oxford International Film Festival
Jury Award – Achievement in Filmmaking – Stony Brook Film Festival
Jury Award – Best Documentary Feature (shot in digital) – Napa Sonoma WineCountry Film Festival
Jury Award – Bronze Remi Entertainment – WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
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AF Vandevorst
AF Vandevorst is the Belgian fashion label started by An Vandevorst (born 1968) and Filip Arikcx (born 1971). A married couple, they met at Antwerp's Royal Academy in 1987 before setting up together in 1997. Vandervorst had previously worked as first assistant to Dries Van Noten, whilst Arikcx worked as a freelance designer and stylist following a three-year spell working with Dirk Bikkembergs.
After their second collection, AF Vandevorst were awarded the Venus de la Mode, a prestigious prize given to young designers at Paris Fashion Week. One year later they were invited to design the Ruffo Research collection for Spring-Summer and Autumn-Winter 2000, an accolade bestowed on young designers by the luxury Italian leather company Ruffo.
The AF Vandevorst collection now includes shoes, accessories and a lingerie range called 'Nightfall'.
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- Mower, Sarah; Igoemnova, Tamara and Vandevorst, AF. 'AF Vandevorst: Katharina Prospekt. The Russians' Distributed Art Publishers, 2007


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By Peter D. Fox
Wisconsin's public policy on openness in government is clear and concise, enacted by the Legislature itself. That is why the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA) is taking the unusual step of asking a Dane County judge to permit it to become party to an open records lawsuit pitting the Wisconsin attorney general against two state legislators.
The key question for citizens is, "When does the public have the right to see a draft of proposed legislation?"
To gain an answer, WNA is asking to be allowed to intervene - on the public's behalf - in the open records case. The motion to intervene was filed Nov. 21 with Dane County Judge Michael Nowakowski, who is hearing the case that began in September.
"This case involves fundamental issues concerning open government in Wisconsin," the filing asserts. "Specifically, this case will decide if legislators, in their discretion, can disclose draft bills to select individuals outside the Legislature and Legislature Reference Bureau while refusing disclosure of those same records to the rest of the public."
The heart of the matter, though, is whether individual Wisconsin legislators are bound to the same open records laws that apply to the rest of government. Frankly, the identity of parties in this suit is of no interest to WNA. It is not important that the person filing this lawsuit happens to be the attorney general, a Democrat facing a primary election challenge in the 2006 election; it is not important that the named defendants are two Republican legislators, nor is it important that the bill in question affects "concealed carry" weapons. The important point is that a draft of the bill was reviewed in private by at least one advocacy group.
It is worth noting that the leaders of both the Democrat and Republican parties in the State Senate as well as Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, defend the status quo. That does not make it right.
While the WNA represents Wisconsin's 260 daily and weekly newspapers, it also exists to champion the ideals of a democratic society, which includes a free press and an informed citizenry. Our organization resolutely believes public policy is best served when all citizens have the same access to the same information, and that includes legislative bill drafts.
Basically, draft material can be held in confidence until it is circulated outside the original working group composed of state employees. At that point, the materials becomes public. Current legislative practices permit draft legislation to be held in confidence within the direct legislative setting - even off-limits to the governor, cabinet secretaries and other officials not directly involved.
But when the decision is made to share a bill draft with one citizen or citizen group, then any 'privilege" should expire and all citizens should gain equal access. Special-interest groups should not have privileged access to public business.
When a legislator asks his staff or the staff of one of the legislative service departments to prepare draft legislation, that request and the draft produced generally should be confidential. WNA has no quarrel with that. But when the legislator shares the draft with a lobbyist or a selected few, it should be available to any member of the public who requests it. To suggest otherwise, as some legislators argue in this lawsuit, ignores state law and places the power to define "public" records in the hands of the individual legislators. It would give a political advantage to a few. More importantly, it would ignore the mandate established by the Legislature itself.
Perhaps the legislators seeking this unusual power can make a persuasive case that they should have the discretion to choose individuals to work with them privately on proposed legislation. If so, they should introduce legislation to amend the open records law. They wrote the law. They can change it, assuming the governor would sign it into law. They should not be permitted, however, to change the law without a full public hearing and discussion.
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Video: "Tenderoni" "Song of Clay" and "Banquet" live by Bloc Party
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On August 8, 2012, Bloc Party played their second of 3 sold out shows at New York's Terminal 5. Changing the set list from the night before, the show which was streamed live on You Tube included classics like "Mercury" (coincidentally on the last night of Mercury being in retrograde), "Positive Tension," "Like Eating Glass," "Flux," "Ares," "This Modern Love" and "Helicopter." Bloc Party has a new record coming out in a few days called "Four" and they played five songs from it ("Octopus," the show opener "So He Begins to Lie," "Kettling," "Truth," and "Real Talk"). The show was definitely one of best I've seen in 2012. It started off with a great opening set by The Drums, who seem to drastically change personnel every time I see them. Bloc Party's lead singer Kele is so soft spoken if you get the opportunity to talk with him in real life and when he takes the stage, he's just a monster of energy.
I love Kele's solo album "The Boxer," and in fact, I discovered his solo music before I became a fan of Bloc Party (yeah, I know, I did it backwards!). I was pleasnatly surprised that Kele performed a bit of the solo track "Tenderoni" before launching into the classics "Song of Clay" and "Banquet" and as you will see in the video below, the moshing crowd LOVED IT and Kele and Bloc Party kicked so much ass! Bloc Party finishes off their trio of sold out shows at Terminal 5 tonight (August 9, 2012). Don't miss it!
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Arrest Made in Yankton County Burglaries, Thefts
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - Authorities investigating several burglaries in Yankton County have made one arrest and say more are possible.
The sheriff's office tells the Daily Press & Dakotan newspaper that 25-year-old Travis Johnson, of Yankton, was arrested on theft, burglary and drug charges. A telephone listing for him could not immediately be found.
Authorities are looking into three business burglaries in Gayville and Mission Hill, as well as thefts that happened in the Gayville, Irene and Volin areas. They happened this year and last year. The most recent burglary was in September at a grain elevator in Mission Hill.
Thousands of dollars' worth of stolen items have been recovered.
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