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KarateGal, I am JIllC on Transformation.com. I finished my 12 week challenge 2 weeks ago and have started my 2nd. I worked out at home at 5am. I had met with a trainer many months ago and I went back the other day (he shares office space with someone I occasionally see) and he said you look great, did you take my advice and find a trainer. I said No, I did it at home following a book. He was amazed. I had him look at my pics online, he was even more amazed. Follow the book, I am proud of my strong muscles, but I think you will agree that I am not too muscular. It really does work, but it takes committment. If I can do it, I know you can!
LaQuitta ~
I beg of you, please do not do the HCG diet. It is not healthy to restrict yourself to so few calories. You are not fueling your body with a combination of healthy foods. You are not exercising your body. You will not learn life long habits from HCG. It is not natural.
I am begging that you give BFL a full 100% 12 week effort. I would almost be willing to bet you any amount of money that you will be bowled over, ecstatic, impressed and amazed at the changes you go through, both physically and mentally.
I have really had a sore spot for a while about the HCG diet. I truly wish people would just get healthy. That is not a healthy option.
Please take this BFL journey with us. I promise you won't be sorry. :-)
Keep the faith!
Faithful Renee :0)
JillC, thanks for your encouragment! I needed to hear if from a female. I will continue to go by the book. I have several challenges the next few weeks with being out of town. But I do not want to put off starting the challenge. Thanks again for your input! :)
I have yo-yod most of my adult life. I also excercised for hours on end and got nowhere near where I am with BFL. I have tried all kinds of quick fix SCALE WEIGHT LOSS diets. BFL will give you better results inside and out. Today I had the time to revisit the Frequently Asked Questions sections on this site under the Library tab. I suggest you read them too for inspiration and clarification perhaps. Here is a snip of one I thought in particular you would like.
During the Induction phase on a low-carb diet, most of the weight loss is water and muscle glycogen (stored carbohydrate). Once you have depleted your body's supplies of water and glycogen, you cannot lose much more of them. Also, the dehydration and energy drain that accompanies this period make it difficult to train with any intensity. Needless to say, we do not find this approach consistent with the typical goals of our consumers which include losing body fat and maintaining (or gaining) muscle mass.
Once you switch over to a nutrition program that encourages nutritional balance (like the Body-for-LIFE® program), you support your muscle glycogen stores and your body's ability to remain hydrated. On the scale, this will appear as an increase in weight. Many people are afraid of this weight gain anyway, so they do not eat enough. Not only does this keep their weight down but it keeps their energy levels down, too. It also reduces their chances of burning fat effectively because they do not have adequate muscle mass. Then they eat less and train more without ever giving their bodies the fuel they need to accomplish their goals.
I was first introduced to Bodyforlife in 2003. When I first did the challenge I was doing it to "prove the book wrong". I could not believe a person could change so much in 12 weeks. I followed the program very close for 12 weeks and at age 44 I had my first 6 pak in my entire life. My profile pic is me at the end of that challenge (44 years old). I would recommend following the book as it says. You have nothing to lose!! If at the end of 12 weeks you are not satisfied with the results you have every right to throw the book down and say " I proved you wrong". It works for both men and women. In all fairness to all the trainers out there.....BFL is not the only way. There are many good programs to follow but BFL certainly has a proven track record. All the best!!
fit4life "The dream must be bigger than the pain"
I too have done HCg in the past and had great results. However, I can honestly say that BFL transforms my whole life and puts me in a better healthy way all the way around (physically, emotionally...) I don't know about doing these intense workouts on HCG. If you are doing HCG it should be through a Dr. since the only true form of this hormone can be given through injections that they have to prescribe. Ask your HCG Dr. about combining them.
However, BFL works!!!! If you stick to it you will feel SO much stronger and healthier. That is the true goal right:)
Hi Kickass gal! hehe, how can you not say that with "Karate"!
Ditto, to what all my buddies have already said. I don't know your age, so I'll give you my perspective (older chic), just so you can see what lies ahead....
I'm at the "older" end of my mates that have responded. I'm short and stout )5'2" and now weight 120lb from 153lb) and build muscle quite easily, but I'm 50 in just over a month...... I've just finished my 3rd challenge and one year of BFL with a bit of a break between C2 and C3. I have not taken any supplements in my challenges, which will alleviate soreness and pave the way for "heavier lifting", the heavier you lift the more supplements like Betagen help and the longer you rest between sets, the bigger the muscle you build......
A female has to lift VERY HEAVY to gain muscles like you see in some of the women who compete in most Body Building Competitions that we see in magazines like Oxygen. The women that compete in the "Beach Body or Bikini" comps lift "heavy", but not rediculously heavy and do not take steroids ( I think some of the others do). The problem for us females is.... what do you have to do to be "toned", well, in a nutshell - you have to do a bloody lot of lifting and you have to PUSH yourself to have that beautiful definition all over ESPECIALLY if you are in your mid 40's and onwards. The younger you are the easier you will build and retain the muscle... look at guys in there 20's and 30's... full of testosterone, they hardly have to lift a pea to gain muscle... 40's, they can keep it pretty easily as long as they "do stuff", 50's, they need to "pump it up" to keep it, 60's - we have a champ on here and another wonderful guy, they have to really work at it to keep it because their testosterone levels are falling rapidly - HELLO welcome ladies - thats us - WE HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD TO GET THAT MUSCLE AND KEEP IT, especially after the mid 40's.....
If you put the required effort into your weight training sessions and REPLACE your HIT with your Karate workouts you will definately lose the higher end of the 20lb you want to lose. At the end of the day, after a "12 week challenge" you want to find activities that are physical and challenging that you ENJOY, so personally I think it's great that you are doing Karate and not going to give that up inplace of HIT, but it may compromise some of the "muscle gain" becasue of the length of the sessions, but I believe thats fine with you, if you try to do HIT as well as Karate, you will run out of "intensity or steam" at some point in the challenge, just be careful and make sure you have your complex carbs around your workouts to keep your energy up.
Wow, jees I'm waffling on here, hope that helps in some way - ALL THE BEST!
Debs xxxxx
Debs, you are too funny. Thank you for your input, I am not far behind you. I am 46, 160lbs, 5'5". I was at 219 when I started working out and losing weight in January of 2008 on wight weight watchers. So I have been eating pretty well. Minus this much protein. I have stalled at this weight. I would like to lose 10 by June. I would be estatic 15-20. But then again....I am not too worried about the weight if I can just get down a dress size or two. As you said I am not willing to give up my karate. But I figured if I consider that my cardio, I hope it will be okay. Maybe just do some low impact cardio during the week. I have no idea what you mean by HIT. What is that? I am new to BFL this is C1. But I do see that it is something that I can continue. Especilly with all of the help from here.
Since I have lost the wight at my age it seems to sit in my lower abs. Should I be doing more ab exercise? I also do pilaties once a week. It has built up my inner ab strength. So when I do ab exercises I really do not get sore or feel it. I hear so many people complain after a group fitness class that their abs were sore for days. I am pretty sure that I am doing the exercise correctly. But I just don't feel it. I have noticed a change in my upper abs but not my lower. My age I guess?
Thank you everyone!! Pam
What's HCG? Just curious.
Failure is not an option!
I am almost 44 and a life time member of Weight Watchers. (whatever!!) Yes I lost scale weight, because that is what I was to do. I also got 'skinny-fat' with little to no muscle from the program. When I started BFL last August I was mortified at the protien content. But I kept the faith, and I am much stronger and healthier eating and excercising with this intensity. You will appreciate the strenth part of this program I have no doubt.
HIIT - means High intensity interval training. Our cardios are based on that. If you go to the excercise tab you can read about it. You only have to work out for 20 minutes - it is fantastic! You work hard and are begging for mercy at the end of it, but then your done!
I bike to work most days (8km total), and will play tennis when it warms up, but my HIIT will always be my priority because I know it works.
Keep chopping out your challenge! Hi ya!
I would like to attest to the scale weight vs. inches fact! YOU WILL see results with BFL with minimal scale weight lost. The cottage cheese ass and thighs will start to disappear!!!! Being a little plump, but smooth is much more appealing than being skinny and still have cottage cheese booties! lol! AND the benefit is that once that muscle is there and maintained, you will burn more fat (that cottage cheese will be melting while you sleep, sit at your desk, drive! WOOT!) I am on week 9 of my challenge and I have lost 10lbs. I have lost 8 inches overall. I am not at all at the weight I initially had hoped to be at this point of the challenge, but then when I look at my before and after pictures... it blows those numbers out of the water and they do not matter. I LOOK like I have lost 20lbs!! This was a very, very , very hard thing for me to wrap my mind around when I first started this challenge. Every diet I have ever done had been geared around scale weight!! I had to re learn everything I had ever learned about dieting. Anyway, I can't stress to BFL beginners enough, especially us women, DON'T GET CAUGHT UP ON SCALE WEIGHT!! Just give it your all, forget the scales, take pictures of your body at different stages and measure yourself! Prepare yourself to be amazed! Best of luck to you! I am super excited for you and what you have to look forward to!
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- Single vehicle collision on M5 Southbound between Tiverton and Cullompton
- One lane blocked and traffic moving slowly
- Motorway is closed in both directions for the air ambulance
- Air ambulance on the way
- Police and Fire Crews at the scene
- Fuel spillage being cleared up
TRAFFIC is now easing on the M5 Southbound between junctions 27 and 28 following the accident earlier this afternoon.
All lanes are now open however, traffic is still congested and queues are likely.
A CHILD has been flown to Frenchay hospital in Bristol with non life threatening injuries.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident and ask that they contact police on 101 quoting police reference 0466 271213.
THE Southbound carriageway is now open however one lane remains closed.
THE Northbound carriagway is now open from J28.
DEVON and Cornwall Police received the call at around 12:45pm.
They estimate that the road will reopen at around 2.45pm.
DEVON and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service atended the scene.
On their website it says crews confirmed one car in collision with the back of a heavy goods tanker vehicle.
The car had left the highway and was on its roof in a ditch.
One adult and three children were being assessed by ambulance crews.
A SPOKESPERSON for Devon and Cornwall Police said: "The single vehicle road traffic collision happened on the slip road.
"We believe the car left the carriageway and overturned.
"There were four occupants in the car and a child has possible serious injuries.
"An air ambulance is on the way."
THERE has been a single vehicle accident on the M5 Southbound between J27 Tiverton and J28 Cullompton on the hard shoulder.
Police are on the scene and fire crews are on the way to clear a fuel spillage.
An air ambulance is on the way and motorists are being warned to expect delays.
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Gwyneth Paltrow is known for stripping basically everything out of her diet, but there's one area of her life that she's not into stripping bare: Her lady parts.
The mom of Apple and Moses admitted that she hasn't been keeping up with the maintenance down there.
"I was doing a show and I changed there and I went I couldn't wear underwear," she told Ellen DeGeneres of the daring Antonio Berardi gown she wore to the "Iron Man 3" premiere.
"Well, let's just say everyone went scrambling for a razor," she added, referring to, ahem, her unkempt pubic hair. "I work a '70s vibe. You know what I mean?"
We get it, Gwyneth: Sometimes there are just more important things in life. And, lucky for her, she's not the only celebrity to talk about that hair in public.
Hoda Kotb
Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford are known to say a few, well, interesting things during the fourth hour of "Today."
Daily on-air cocktails will do that to you.
But, the pair took TMI to a whole new level on March 15 when the veteran journalist admitted to shaping her lady hair into a thin "landing strip."
As for Kathie Lee?
"I only do what I need to do," Gifford said. "It only matters to the person that has access! I love you, but you're not my type."
Thanks for letting us know.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is known to spend thousands on laser hair removal - including on the hair down there. No word what sort of style she prefers now, but we're kind of assuming she doesn't much left to worry about, especially since she's been into hair removal since she was a tween.
"Literally, at twelve years old I had a bikini wax," she told US Weekly in 2011. "I had an appointment once a month on a specific day, like every Friday we'd go and get the inside of our brows waxed and a bikini wax."
She might have to restart the process later this year, though: New reports claim the mom-to-be is seeing a ton of regrowth, thanks to the hormonal changes that come with pregnancy.
At least she can afford it.
Female celebs aren't the only ones worried about the look of their hair down there. Rapper and mogul P. Diddy reportedly likes his nether region hair to sport different colors.
His dye of choice? Betty Beauty dye. Company bigwig Nancy Jarecki even told the New York Post in 2008 that Diddy loved the product so much he sent back a thank you note.
"I guess manscaping for guys is really big these days," she said.
Kate Winslet
Actress Kate Winslet never turns down an opportunity to go bare onscreen. However, her penchant for a tidy look down there can sometimes pose a problem when she's doing period films.
"I had to grow the hair down there," she told Allure of growing back her hair for "The Reader."
The problem? Years of waxing means she doesn't have a lot left.
"It doesn't come back quite the way it used to," she added. "They even made me a merkin -a wig-because they were so concerned that I might not be able to grow enough."
She heroically pulled through and managed without the merkin, though.
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Traffic Control Plan on Kuwait Constitution Day.
On 10th November, The Gulf road from greenisland to Kuwait towers will be close. Governor Science Assistant Interior Undersecretary, Director General of traffic, major General Dr. Mustafa Hussein Al Zaabi, General Directorate of traffic taken all preparations and arrangements for the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of the State of Kuwait which falls this Saturday 10th of November 2012, which is dear to the heart of every memorial day.
The General Directorate of traffic will several conversions of distance 4 km on Gulf Street the previous day to celebrate Friday, 9/11/2012 ring junction begins with the Arabian Gulf Street until the intersection with Gulf Street fence towards Shuwaikh.
Major General said Dr. Al Zaabi, it will close the day Gulf road ring junction with Gulf Street until the intersection of railings with Arabian Gulf Street directions and exits leading to the site on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6 am until the end of the celebration because a laser and fireworks display on the Arabian Gulf Street, to provide an opportunity for citizens to celebrate this historic occasion cherished by every Kuwaiti.
He noted it would Gulf Street junction III with the Gulf until the intersection of fence with pedestrian and Gulf markets and celebrations, adding that parking with special needs and the elderly and State guests will be in arenas near dasman Palace Alumni Association.
All parking near the site, as well as the positions of cooperative societies and sports clubs are available to the public and will be transported to the site by public transport buses, noting that these sites include (Yacht Club positions, McDonald's restaurant parking, parking restaurant s Akari, Naif chicken restaurant, parking and parking grounds, as people will allocate special buses to transport the public positions of the Federation of handball, private institutes, Association, Association da'iya Shea, as well as special buses will be allocated to transport public parking Association Eastern, Eastern market positions, and positions the fish market).
He called on major General Dr. Mustafa Al-Zaabi, citizens and residents need to cooperate with traffic congestion and mobility until the completion of the ceremony, and not to leave any valuable collectibles to cars so don't treat for theft and abide by traffic rules and not block traffic to allow smooth flow and allow for car services to carry out their tasks. He noted that there is an integrated coordination between all the relevant security agencies.
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Minneapolis gunman's family feared mental illness
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Engeldinger's parents were worried about their son's growing paranoia. In 2010, they sought help, enrolling in a 12-week class for families of the mentally ill.
For the last 21 months, the family said they reached out in hopes he would seek treatment. It was to no avail, as Engeldinger spurned their attempts at contact.
On Thursday night, they learned he was the gunman in Minnesota's deadliest workplace shooting. Police say Engeldinger fatally shot five people and injured three at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis before turning the gun on himself.
"It's not unusual when you're isolating yourself, which we know that he did, that eventually the only people you have left is your family and your co-workers, and often your paranoia translates to them," Sue Abderholden, a mental health organization executive who is serving as spokeswoman for Engeldinger's family, said Saturday.
Police say the 36-year-old Engeldinger shot and killed Reuven Rahamim, the founder of Accent Signage Systems; employees Ronald Edberg, Rami Cooks and Jacob Beneke; and Keith Basinski, a UPS driver who made a delivery at the wrong time. Two other employees remained hospitalized, one in critical condition and the other in serious condition.
The officers who responded to what Police Chief Tim Dolan called a "hellish scene" eventually found Engeldinger's body in the basement. Officers who searched his south Minneapolis home later Thursday found another gun and packaging for 10,000 rounds of ammunition.
Police and company representatives have not yet said why Engeldinger was fired from a job he had held since the late 1990s.
Jim Dow, a sales representative who frequently visited the business, said Saturday that he'd spoken to Accent employees and family members of victims. He said they told him that in recent months, Engeldinger had been running afoul of managers with confrontational behavior and unexplained absences from work.
"He was getting mouthy, belligerent," Dow said. Cooks, who's been described as Rahamim's right-hand man, "would take him aside and tell him that's not acceptable," Dow said. "He'd straighten up for a while and then this would crop up again."
Dolan said it was clear that Engeldinger targeted some victims while bypassing others. Many of those killed or injured were management.
Engeldinger wasn't always a problematic employee.
Andrew Engeldinger never sought treatment to his family's knowledge, Abderholden said, and was never diagnosed with a specific illness. It wasn't long after his parents took the class that he cut off contact with the family, although Abderholden said she didn't know if pressure to seek help led to the estrangement.
Outside of Accent Signage on Saturday, some residents of the Bryn Mawr neighborhood laid flowers at a memorial. Another swept up leaves in front.
A father-son duo of UPS employees, Dan and Nathaniel Miller, walked around the building and prayed. Basinski's death "hit me really hard," Dan Miller told the Star Tribune.


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Pakistan hangs on after Tigers fight back
Defending Twenty20 World Cup champions Pakistan got their title defence off to a good start by beating Bangladesh by 21 runs despite a spirited fight back from the Tigers which threatened to spoil the champs day.
Chasing a total of 173 Bangladesh got off to the worst possible start losing Imrul Kayes in the first over after he was caught by Misbah-ul-Haq to give Mohammad Aamer the early breakthrough.
Big hitting danger man Tamim Iqbal (19) soon followed to leave the Tigers in trouble with the score 31-2 after 5.3 overs.
Despite the loss of two early wickets Bangladesh didnt panic, Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan took their time to slowly build a partnership which would bring the Tigers back onto the game.
After a slow steady start the pair started to attack the Pakistan bowlers and their 50 run partnership came up at the end of the 11th over from just 31 balls as the pressure was starting to get to the Pakistan players.
The pair was riding their luck somewhat as the innings went on with more and more shots landing safely between fielders as the pressure mounted on the defending champions.
Ashraful reached his half century at the start of the 12th over with the Tigers needing another 74 runs from 40 balls, Mohammad Hafeez conceded 15 more runs from the next 5 balls as the Tigers slowly fought their way back into the game.
Shahid Afridi struck back in the next over conceding just 6 runs before Mohammad Sami made the big break through to dismiss a visibly tiring Shakib Al Hasan for 47. Four balls later Mahmudullah (0) followed his skipper back to the dugout as Pakistan made the big breakthrough they desired.
With 4 overs remaining Bangladesh still needed another 50 runs but with Ashraful still at the crease the Tigers still had a chance. The batsman responded to the growing pressure by dispatching Afridi for a six at the start of the 16th over.
His luck finally ran out an over later when he was caught by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal to end a brilliant innings of 65. The Tigers now had a mountain to climb needing another 32 runs from just 12 balls
With the pressure off Pakistan the defending champs rounded things of by conceding just 11 more runs to record a 21 run victory to get their title defense off to a perfect start.
Having won the toss Pakistan got off to a steady start, taking no risks Butt and Akmal slowly built the foundations of a big first wicket partnership.
They were helped by some poor fielding from the Tigers along the way; Mohammad Ashraful was guilty of the biggest let off dropping Akmal in the third over when the opener had only scored 13.
On a slow turning wicket Butt and Akmal stayed patient taking singles, twos and the occasional boundary as Bangladesh took all off the pace off the ball.
The pair both recorded half centuries as the partnership passed 100 which gave the Pakistanis the perfect foundation to push the score towards 170 180. On a wicket considered favourable to the bowlers Butt and Akmal made batting look terribly easy.
With wickets in hand the pair started to attack the Bangladesh bowlers and the boundaries started to flow against a fielding team looking increasingly devoid of ideas.
The Tigers finally broke through in the 15th over after Akmal (73) mis-timed a cover drove which popped up in the air to Abdur Razzak at cover point giving Shakib Al Hasan the break through.
The loss of Akmal brought Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi to the crease but the big hitting all-rounder looked rusty and out of soughts having missed this months IPL tournament.
Afridi could only manage 9 runs before he was caught by Mahmudullah at third man to leave Pakistan 156-2 at the end of the 17th over.
Butts wonderful innings of 73 was ended 2 ball later when he was bowled by Shafiul Islam has Pakistan innings was starting to lose its momentum after such a good start.
Misbah-ul-Haq (8) and Abdul Razzaq (6) saw out the final 11 balls to help Pakistan reach 172-3 setting Bangladesh a big run chase.
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Colombia stun Chile; Argentina held
Radamel Falcao put in a man of the match display as Colombia came from a goal down to claim a surprise 3-1 win at Chile in the South American World Cup qualifiers.
In an encounter that saw both sides reduced to 10 men, Atletico Madrid striker Falcao scored one and set up another as Colombia remained in second place in the table.
Despite midfielder Gary Medel being sent off in the 34th minute for hitting Luis Perea, Chile took a half-time lead through Matias Fernandez following a blunder from the Colombian defence.
In the 41st minute, the Colombian players stopped running as they expected referee Victor Carrillo to blow a foul on Edwin Valencia.
They left Matias Fernandez unmarked and the Chilean forward's strike from outside the box beat Colombia keeper David Ospina.
However, James Rodriguez levelled just before the hour mark with a free-kick, while Aldo Ramirez teed up Falcao, who put Colombia ahead in the 73rd minute at the Estadio Monumental.
Two minutes later, Teofilo Gutierrez linked up with Falcao before finishing with aplomb although Colombia were also then reduced to 10 men when defender Abel Aguilar was sent off for a second bookable offence with six minutes remaining.
"This is a magnificent win for us. We were sure it was going to happen," Falcao told reporters in Santiago.
"This is the result of the maturity of a team who did not give up after Chile's goal."
Colombia are now on 13 points in the CONMEBOL qualifying zone, the same as Ecuador, who played out a 1-1 draw with Uruguay in Montevideo.
Former Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo put Ecuador ahead with a seventh minute penalty before Edinson Cavani gave the Uruguayans a share of the spoils in the 66th minute.
However, the hosts were a perhaps a touch fortunate after keeper Fernando Muslera appeared to foul Cristian Benitez in the area.
Referee Carlos Amarilla refused to award a penalty and Ecuador then saw Manchester United midfielder Antonio Valencia sent off in injury-time.
Argentina remain top of the group despite a 1-1 draw at Peru in Lima.
Carlos Zambrano had put the hosts in front after 22 minutes but Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain (38) drew level for Argentina.
Salomon Rondon's double gave Venezuela a shock 2-0 victory at Paraguay.
Rondon struck in either half as Venezuela moved into sixth in the table on 11 points, just one below Chile, who occupy the last automatic qualifying position at the moment.


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The Anaheim Ducks just gave Status a report of their own. Having read last week's column, they "quacked" up the intensity with a four game winning streak.
Call it the Teemu effect. His returned has apparently inspired this team to another streak just as the return of Niedermayer had done a few weeks prior. This time, with their biggest gun back, it looks like they can sustain it. Even though they've still played as many games as anyone in the Western Conference, eight points in a week makes a world of difference for their chances. Selanne also contributed to the revolt against another J Status article of the past… New Year Revolutions
Here's a recap on how these slump artists are recovering:
5. Miikka Kiprusoff
Pre-article: 19 wins in 39 games, 49% Won
Post-article: 9 wins in 15 games, 60% Won
4. Patrick Marleau
Pre-Article: 18 points in 39 games, 0.46 PPG
Post-Article: 10 points in 16 games, 0.62 PPG
3. Matt Carle
Pre-Article: 8 points in 32 games, .25 PPG
Post-Article: 5 points in 16 games, 0.31 PPG
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Pre-Article: Retired, 0.00 PPG
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1. Jonathan Cheechoo
Pre-Article: 10 points in 32 games, 0.31 PPG
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Though I didn't delve too far into the numbers, the point is still clear. Every single player from that article has improved. So, either they all were energized by the harsh spotlight, or this just goes to show you that generally, the valleys of fantasy hockey do eventually level out again. This really supports the importance of buying low because even the most disappointing performers of a season usually improve… especially if they have had a history of success in the past.
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Keith Yandle, D, PHO
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Mike Modano, C, DAL
Here is a guy that could be a great addition for the stretch run. He can probably be had for fairly cheap as well. His early season slump scared many of us into believing his years of dominance were finally over. Though this may be true, he is still a very serviceable 60-point player. When you take out his early 2 points in 9 games slump, he has actually scored 39 points in 51 games.
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There is some bite with this Barker after all. Over the last year or so, I have seen a few keeper teams give up on Barker via trade or free agency. He has been one of the more frustrating top prospects to own in the last few seasons. Barker was drafted #3 overall in 2004 behind superstars Ovechkin and Malkin. It is amazing now to see the drop off from them to Barker and Ladd. Still, just by association you'd think some of that immense talent would have rubbed off on Barker. No but seriously, it is frustrating for owners see later 2004 picks like Stafford, Radulov, Zajac and Wolski… and fellow defensemen like Meszaros and Mike Green all showing much more significance than the guy drafted oh so high. Injuries and inconsistency have penned Barker back a bit, and perhaps this last week is a sign that his time has finally come. Receiving even less ice time than last year, Barker now has 7 point in only 21 games and his career high was only 8 in 35 last season. He has four points in four February games, and this may be the time to pounce on Barker before the other owners hear him howl.
Krys Barch, RW, DAL
With his recent two-year contract extension, you should rest assured that Barch will have every opportunity to provide your fantasy club the PIM you need when one of your mainstays goes down. After years as a journeyman, Barch has finally found a home. If he can ever work his way into a 70 to 80-game roll, he could be a significant option for 150 or more penalty minutes a year.
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I've always wondered if the name somehow subliminally holds this team back. The Blues isn't exactly the most positive sounding name, and the team has indeed never won the cup. Regardless, St. Louis truly has the blues right now having won only two games in the last month of play. They have gone 2-8-3 during that time and have fallen from playoff contention. With 56 points, the Blues are only 5 points ahead of the lowly Los Angeles Kings. Still, on a positive (Blue)note, St. Louis has played fewer games than any team in the NHL, so they have plenty of opportunity to improve their dire situation.
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We have been over this many times, but I just can't get over how fantastic his numbers have been. Can he reach 90 points even though he missed three games? I sure hope so.
2006-07: 81GP, 18G, 41A, 59P, plus-3, 22PIM, 111SOG
2007-08: 57 GP, 23G, 41A, 64P, plus-16, 24PIM, 80SOG
He has nearly met or exceeded every category total from last year. He is on pace for 88 points and has to be a nominee for the best fantasy value of the year.


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Yeah. Christians are just hanging gays in the streets. You know, like this...Trevor Phillips warned that "an old time religion incompatible with modern society" is driving the revival in the Anglican and Catholic Churches and clashing with mainstream views, especially on homosexuality.
" Christians are More Militant than Muslims"? At THIS point in history?
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Trevor Phillips warned that "an old time religion incompatible with modern society" is driving the revival in the Anglican and Catholic Churches and clashing with mainstream views, especially on homosexuality.
He accused Christians, particularly evangelicals, of being more militant than Muslims in complaining about discrimination, arguing that many of the claims are motivated by a desire for greater political influence.
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He appears to be saying that Christians in Britain are complaining more than Muslims (which I am reading as "even more than Muslims) about discrimination, not saying that Christians are as barbaric as the Muslims countries.
Christians are more militant than Muslims in complaining about discrimination, the head of Britains equality watchdog has claimed.
Trevor Phillips said Muslims are better at integrating into society, while Christians often complain about bias for cynical political gains.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1Plm3MzqX
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Chávez was born to Librado Chávez and Juana Estrada on March 31, 1927, on the family's farm in Yuma, Arizona. He was a child during the Great Depression, a period in the late 1920s and 1930s when the United States suffered from an extremely slow economy and widespread unemployment. During this time, many people lost their jobs and homes, and some were forced to wander the country in search of work. In the American Southwest, farmers were further devastated by the effects of a severe drought on their crops. They could hardly sell what they could grow, and eventually they were not able to grow anything at all.
The Chávez family fell victim to the drought. With no money coming in, Librado Chávez could not pay the taxes on their land, and the farm was lost in 1937. The Chávezes were forced to become migrant farm workers, wandering throughout Arizona and California following the harvest of other landowners' crops. Since his family never stayed in one place for very long, Chávez attended over thirty different schools and was able to achieve only a seventh grade education.
Life for migrant farm workers was incredibly difficult. They toiled in the hot sun for hours picking beans, peas, grapes, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, cotton, and other crops. Sometimes they were paid fifty cents for every basket they picked. Other times they were paid only twenty cents. At the end of the day, some farm owners subtracted money from the laborers' pay for any water they drank while in the fields. At night, farm workers were often forced to sleep in run-down shacks or in their cars if they could not afford a room. And, since many of the migrant laborers were of Mexican or Mexican American descent and knew little English, unscrupulous farm owners often took advantage of the language barrier and swindled them out of the money they had rightfully earned for their work.
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Chávez and his family faced prejudice everywhere — in the schools, in the fields, in the towns. Restaurants refused to serve Mexican Americans and theaters allowed them to sit only in certain sections. In 1944, when he was seventeen years old, Chávez joined the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II. Even while fighting for his country, he experienced discrimination because of his Mexican American background. After two years of service, Chávez returned to California to work on the farms. In 1948 he married Helen Fabela, settled down in a one-room shack in the town of Delano (where he picked grapes and cotton), and began to raise a family. Over the years, the couple had eight children.
The prejudices and poor working conditions facing migrant farm workers before the war did not change after it. Because of the experiences of his childhood, Chávez was greatly concerned with solving the problems of the nation's farm laborers. In 1952 he met Fred Ross, founder of the Community Service Organization (CSO), a group that sought better living conditions for migrant workers. Impressed with Ross and his ideas, Chávez began working for the CSO as a community organizer. Going from door to door at night, he helped some workers with their day-to-day problems, instructed others on how to become U.S. citizens, and encouraged all to register to vote. By 1958 Chávez had become director of the CSO in California and Arizona.
Chávez heard many complaints from migrant workers as he traveled between the two states. He was especially concerned about claims that landowners often used Mexican farmhands — who were illegally bussed across the U.S. border — to work in the fields for the lowest of wages. This prevented migrant workers already living in the United States from getting jobs on American farms. Since the workers were not organized as a group, however, they could not effectively protest the situation. Over the next few years, Chávez tried to convince CSO leaders to develop a special farm labor union that would work to improve the rights of migrant workers. When the CSO refused to do so, Chávez resigned from the organization in 1962.
Chávez and his family then settled down again in Delano, California, where he began to organize the National Farm Workers Association. For several years, Chávez worked eighteen-hour days for very little or no money at all. He drove to the fields and talked to the workers, urging them to join the National Farm Workers Association. The uneducated migrant workers were a difficult group to organize, and at times Chávez felt discouraged and defeated. But by continually pressing ahead with his efforts, he began to meet with success and the union slowly increased its ranks.
In 1965 the National Farm Workers Association was catapulted to national attention. Migrant grape pickers in Delano, who worked under harsh conditions for a dollar an hour, went on strike. They wanted the association to back them, but Chávez thought the union was still too young and weak. National Farm Workers Association members disagreed and voted to join the strike. Once the Huelga (Spanish for "strike") was on, Chávez worked tirelessly for the cause. The picket lines grew as more and more workers left the fields. Nonetheless, the landowners refused to give in to the workers' demands for better wages and working conditions. Some even threatened the workers with violence.
Chávez believed in nonviolent methods of social change. He had studied the life and teachings of Mohandas Gandhi, who had helped India gain its independence from England in 1947 through nonviolent means. Chávez responded to the landowners' threats by calling for a countrywide boycott of grapes. By discouraging the American people from buying grapes until working conditions for grape pickers improved, he attracted national attention to the plight of the farm workers. Many large labor unions supported Chávez and the strikers, including the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) and the United Auto Workers. Robert F. Kennedy, an influential senator from New York, also gave his support to the cause.
In March of 1966 the strikers marched 250 miles from Delano to the California capital of Sacramento to take their demands to state officials. By the time they arrived in Sacramento, one of several large grape companies had agreed to sign a contract with the workers. But the fight was not yet over. Soon the Teamsters Union, the powerful truckers' alliance led by Jimmy Hoffa, began to compete with the National Farm Workers Association for its members. To strengthen the association, Chávez merged his organization with part of the AFL-CIO, America's oldest and strongest group of unions. The new union was called the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). After 1972 it was known simply as the United Farm Workers (UFW).
The struggle against the grape growers continued throughout the late 1960s. In February of 1968, to draw more attention to the strike, Chávez began a twenty-five-day fast, during which he ate no solid food. People across the nation sympathized with Chávez's commitment to the cause and his nonviolent means to achieve justice. The grape boycott spread and the grape companies lost money. Finally, in June of 1970, vineyard owners agreed to a contract with the UFWOC that gave workers health insurance benefits and a raise in pay.
But the celebration did not last long. Chávez quickly turned his attention to the problems of America's lettuce workers. The Teamsters Union had signed contracts with lettuce growers that hurt rather than helped migrant workers. Chávez again organized strikes and rallies, and he called for a national boycott of lettuce. The struggle against the growers and the Teamsters, which at times had turned violent, finally came to an end in 1975 when California governor Jerry Brown passed the Agricultural Labor Relations Act. This was the first bill of rights for farm workers ever enacted in the United States, and it allowed them to vote on which union would best represent their needs. In elections held in August of that year, the UFW clearly beat the Teamsters.
In the 1980s Chávez protested against grape growers who used pesticides (chemicals used to kill insects) on their crops. He believed the pesticides were dangerous not only to the farm workers who picked the grapes but also to the general public who consumed the grapes. He called for another boycott, and in 1988 he fasted for thirty-six days. Although his fast again gained national attention, the boycott did not take hold as earlier ones had. The fight for farm workers' rights continued.
"For most of his life," Peter Matthiessen wrote in the New Yorker, "César Estrada Chávez chose to live penniless and without property, devoting everything he had, including his frail health, to the UFW." While in San Luis, Arizona, on union business, Chávez died in his sleep on April 23, 1993. Messages of sympathy came from leaders of churches and government, including Pope John Paul II and President Bill Clinton. More than thirty thousand mourners formed a three-mile-long funeral procession to carry Chávez's body to its final resting place. A year after Chávez died, famed playwright and director Luis Valdez began writing a script for a film biography about the late labor leader. In 1994 President Clinton posthumously awarded Chávez the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
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Republican congressional candidate Matt Doheny will vote for Mitt Romney on Nov. 6, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Owens will vote for President Barack Obama.
Doheny, a Watertown businessman, issued a succinct statement last week stating that he endorses Romney in his bid to unseat Obama. Doheny also pushed Owens, of Plattsburgh, to tell voters where he stands.
"Who is my opponent supporting?" Doheny asked in a press release.
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Doheny has been pressuring Owens to tell voters if he's voting for Obama, even though Owens had made statements indicating that he supports the president. In an interview with the Enterprise on Wednesday, Owens left little doubt.
"As I've said multiple times, the only person standing up between the two candidates for the middle class is Obama," he said, "and as long as he continues to do that, I'm going to support him."


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Maria Kirilenko is 25 today. Looks like she is still in Australia and safe from Ovi's shaving cream cake. :-) And her next tournament is in Thailand starting Feb. 6.
Kiri & Vera Z continue to work through the draw at Pattaya. (Should be stream by the semis.)
Wednesday, February 8, 2012Court 1 (from 15.00hrs)1. Chang Kai-Chen vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn2. Vera Zvonareva vs. Akgul Amanmuradova3. Doi/Zhou vs. Daniilidou/Tanasugarn4. Amanmuradova/Date-Krumm vs. Klepac/PivovarovaCourt 2 (from 15.00hrs)1. Misaki Doi vs. Sorana Cirstea2. Maria Kirilenko vs. Anastasia Rodionova (NB 17.00hrs)3. Chang/King vs. Cirstea/Keothavong4. Mirza/Rodionova vs. Brémond/GarciaCourt 3 (from 15.00hrs)1. Lertcheewakarn/Sema vs. Abduraimova/Buyukakcay2. C.Chan/Jeflea vs. H.Chan/Y.ChanCourt/Time TBA1. Cibulkova/Husarova vs. Wongteanchai/Wongteanchai
Q. When was the first time you met Kirilenko?MARIA SHARAPOVA: A long time ago. Junior days. Probably under‑12s or 14s. I think it was Baden‑Baden in the Czech Republic.Q. When you guys were playing against each other or were on a team or something?MARIA SHARAPOVA: I don't think we played against each other that tournament. I think we kinda just‑‑ I don't know what we were doing. We were, I don't know, running around Baden‑Baden like freely, like little girls out of control.I don't know what you do at that age. But, yeah, we were enjoying ourselves.Q. So you guys became friends? You might play her in the next round. So you became friends pretty quickly?MARIA SHARAPOVA: Yeah, we did. When we were 12, yeah, we were‑‑ I don't know how it really came about, if somebody introduced us, but, yeah, we kind of hit it off.We were the same age, and, yeah. Are we the same age?Q. I think you're exactly the same age, 24.MARIA SHARAPOVA: Okay.
Maria Kirilenko is 25 today.
Maria Kirilenko of Russia has advanced to the third round at the WTA Miami event by defeating Alisa Kleybanova 7:6 (7:1), 6:3.
Kleybanova, who last year was ranked among the WTA Top 20 players, had not played for about 10 months after being diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Yesterday it was her first game after the recovery.
Kirilenko will now face the winner of the game between Francesca Schiavone and Ksenia Pervak.
Russian duo Maria Kirilenko and Nadezhda Petrova are through to the quarterfinals of the international tennis championships in Miami.
Kirilenko and Petrova have defeated fellow Russians Svetlana Kuznetsvoa and Vera Zvonareva.
The pair will now play against Russian-Czech duo Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová.
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WTA Double Player V.King/M.Niculescu lost the Match vs. M.Kirilenko/N.Petrova with 0 : 2 (3 : 6) (4 : 6) Sets. The Tennis Match was played on 30/03/2012, 18:45 Uhr within the Tournament Sony Ericsson Open Miami Doubles.It was Part of the Games to Semi Finals Sony Ericsson Open Miami Doubles Tournament.This WTA Double Tennis Match was played on Court Type Hard Court.Status of this Tennis Match V.King/M.Niculescu vs. M.Kirilenko/N.Petrova is Match completed, Final Result (FT).This Match Result was added to the Tennis Results or last updated on 30/03/ 22:58 o`clock.
Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadezhda Petrova advanced to the final of a WTA tournament in Miami after beating the US' Vania King and Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Russian pair will face Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy .
MIAMI, FL, USA - Four of the most versatile players on the WTA will take Stadium court Sunday in the doubles final of the Sony Ericsson Open, after Russians Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova and Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won their semifinal matches at the Premier-level event Friday.
No.5 seeds Kirilenko and Petrova were the first team to advance, blasting six aces - five from Petrova - to defeat Vania King and Monica Niculescu, 63 64.
"It's great to be in the final of this tournament - last year I lost first round here in doubles, so I'm really happy to go this far now," Kirilenko commented. "It's great to play with Nadia. We're a good team. Hopefully this title will be ours."
Kirilenko and Petrova are 2-0 in finals together, winning Cincinnati in 2008 and Moscow in 2009 (Moscow was Premier-level). Kirilenko has 10 WTA doubles titles, Petrova 19 (including here in 2004 with Meghann Shaughnessy).
No.6 seeds Errani and Vinci followed them into the final at night, winning seven straight games from 5-3 down in the first set to build a 75 30 lead, then never really looking back to beat Argentines Gisela Dulko and Paola Suárez, 75 63.
"We're very happy to reach the final here," Vinci said after the match. "We had a great match tonight with Gisela and Paola - they played a very good match."
"It was a tough match - we didn't start so well, but we got better game by game," Errani said. "I hope we can play well again Sunday and hopefully win."
Errani and Vinci are 7-5 in finals together, winning Marbella and Barcelona in 2010, Hobart, Pattaya City and Palermo in 2011 and Monterrey and Acapulco earlier this year (all of those tournaments were International-level).
These two teams will be playing against each other for the first time.
Both teams have won all of their matches in straight sets to reach the final.
All four finalists aren't just ranked in the Top 20 in doubles (Kirilenko No.11, Errani No.14, Vinci No.15 and Petrova No.16) but they are also all ranked in the Top 35 in singles (Vinci No.20, Kirilenko No.22, Errani No.30, Petrova No.35).
Petrova was present at Maria Kirilenko's birthday in January 2012. They are good friends.
Today Petrova&Kirilenko defeated the italians in Miami at the final
KEY BISCAYNE, FL - APRIL 01: Maria Kirilenko of Russia celebrates winning the women's doubles final with team mate Nadia Petrova against Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy on day 14 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 1, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
KEY BISCAYNE, FL - APRIL 01: Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia pose for photographers after defeatingSara Errani Roberta Vinci of Italy after the doubles final of the Sony Ericsson Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 1, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida.
Sunday, April 1, 2012Doubles - Final(5) Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS/RUS) d. (6) Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) 76(0) 46 104
Dunno quite what to make of the bunny ears Thought that was a Chinese thing. But, MOLODYETS!!!
Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadezhda Petrova won the women's doubles title at the WTA Miami Masters tournament on Sunday.
In this year's final, the Russians got the better of Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani of Italy, in what became their third victory in history of their performances in the WTA's doubles events.
They might win a gold medal at the olympic in double.
A feeling of Solidarity among sportpersons of Russia. Davai Russia!!!
MARIA KIRILENKO AND ALEX OVECHKIN'S MOTHER AT the Olympic Ball, at the Kremlin.
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Q.: When you look at this sheep which celebrity comes in mind?A: Alex Ovechkin(If you don't know yet, the root of Ovi's name is SHEEP or OVEJA from Latin which got into Russian language - tj)it continues with 7 years old little Ovi running with a bike towards his Mom. She warns him, "Watch out, there's a car behind." They are showing their blue Russian-made car Zhiguli and small log house, so called dacha, a getaway house in the country. Next they are showing Ovi's expensive car, calling him a millionaire. His Dad guides us though Ovi's new house in DC. The talk show person says that there are 20 years between these two events.Another piece is Ovi with his family on the beach at the Malta resort. Little Ovi is mad cause Mom didn't get him ice-cream he wanted. He answers to "How are you?" question with "Picayune!" (ЕРУНДОВО)Next... Ovi's first day ever at school and his Mom tries to wake him up in the morning...So what Ovi, a.k.a Oveja, said there? They have a new kitten called Tyson. And Ovi sez that he didn't have any sexual relationship hasn't made a proposal to Maria yet.His dad, Mikhail Ovechkin, is more straight, he wants little Ovechkins:
Дай Бог, чтобы у них все было хорошо, чтобы они пришли к решению расписаться, обручиться и принесли нам "маленьких Овечкиных".God help that everything will be good for them, that they come to the decision to get married, get engaged and bring us "little Ovechkins."
The couple doesn't rush with such a big decision, but they have been living together. "Sasha often praises me and says I'm a good cook. Most of all he loves borsch, mushroom soup, meatballs with mashed potatoes. I make oatmeal in the morning for him, though he is not used to have breakfast in the morning, and now he likes it," told Maria Kirilenko once again confirming the folk's wisdom: "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach."
Maria Kirilenko follows Elena Dementieva's steps, her fiancé is a famous Russian ice hockey player: Alex Ovechkin who always dreams to marry a famous Russian sport girl.


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Visions of the Stage Exhibition, Symposium, and Concert
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The relationships between theater, visual art, and performance in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France will be explored this fall at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. An exhibition, Visions of the Stage: Prints and Drawings, 1600–1800, will open to the public on August 23, held in conjunction with the two-day symposium "Visions of the Stage: Theater, Art, and Performance in France, 1600-1800" on September 12 and 13. Renowned harpsichordist and musicologist Mark Kroll will perform works by French composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on September 13 at 8 pm at Williams College.
Visions of the Stage: Prints and Drawings, 1600–1800, an exhibition of 20 works, draws from the collections of the Clark and Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College, and includes drawings, prints, and books relating to theater and performance. Included will be drawings by Jean-Antoine Watteau, illustrations by Francois Boucher and many others, as well as costume designs, portraits of actors, and designs for theaters.
The symposium, "Visions of the Stage: Theater, Art, and Performance in France, 1600-1800," held September 12 and 13 and convened in association with the Calendrier Électronique des Spectacles sous l'Ancien Régime et sous la Revolution(CESAR), brings together historians of art, literature, theater, and culture to explore the complex relationships between the visual and theatrical arts in Ancien Régime and Revolutionary France. Cost to attend is $25 for adults, $15 for students, and free for Williams students and faculty. Register online at www.clarkart.edu or by calling 413-458-0524.
Symposium participants include: Mark Bannister, Oxford Brookes University; Kathryn A. Hoffmann, University of Hawaii; Jeanne Bovet, Université de Montréal; Véronique Lochert, Université de Haute-Alsace; Jan Clarke, Durham University; Sabine Chaouche, Oxford Brookes University; Anne L. Schroder, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University; Christian Biet, Institut Universitaire de France, Université de Paris X (Nanterre); Nathalie Rizzoni, CELLF 17e-18e, Université de Paris (Sorbonne); Françoise Rubellin, Université de Nantes; Daniel Smith, Northwestern University; Georgia Cowart, Case Western Reserve University; Sarah Cohen, University at Albany, State University of New York; and Nicholas Paige, University of California, Berkeley. Funding for the symposium has been provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation.
In association with the symposium, renowned harpsichordist and musicologist Mark Kroll will play a free program of music by Couperin and other French composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on September 13 at 8 pm at Williams College. He will focus on music that paints musical "portraits" of people, places, and things, which reflects seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French society and culture. Kroll is a world-renowned harpsichordist, fortepianist, and scholar, described by the Washington Post as "the ideal performing artist." He has recorded extensively and toured widely, and has written books on Hummel and Beethoven, and has published extensively in early music journals. Held at in the Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall at Williams College.
The Clark is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The galleries are open daily in July and August from 10 am to 5 pm (closed Mondays September through June). Admission June 1 through October 31 is $12.50 for adults, free for children 18 and younger, members, and students with valid ID. Admission is free November through May. For more information, call 413-458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu.


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Firefighters were involved in a dramatic rescue at a Middlefield farm on Saturday after heavy snow caused a dairy barn to partially collapse, trapping two dozen milking cows underneath it.
At least two of the animals had to be euthanized, officials confirmed this afternoon.
Firefighters from the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Company responded to Triangle A Ranch at 334 Jackson Hill Road shortly before 11 a.m., just hours after the storm finished dumping about three feet of snow on the town.
Using shovels, heavy machinery and even their hands, firefighters cleared snow from the twisted metal as they attempted to reach the trapped animals.
Five cows were safely rescued, according to officials, but two other animals pulled from the debris were euthanized due to the extent of their injuries. Two other cows were in critical condition and were expected to be euthanized as well, officials said.
The remaining cows were in a part of the barn that withstood the collapse and were not in any immediate danger, officials said.
"I am very grateful for the Middlefield firefighters," said Margaret Serafino, who manages the farm.
Unable to reach the farm because of the snow, Serafino spent most of the morning on the phone with rescuers, which included firefighters from nearby Durham and members of the Durham Animal Response Team (DART).
Firefighters spent several hours trying to reach the trapped cows and used straps and heavy machinery to lift the animals that were unable to move on their own.
A veterinarian was called to the scene almost immediately and began treating the animals, according to Serafino.
"Our vet could not come down. He's coming down from Massachusetts and it would've taken him three or four hours," she said.
A farmhand was at the scene of the accident when the roof collapsed, according to Serafino and made the initial call for help.
While firefighters cleared the scene by 4:40 p.m., DART members were working to provide the remaining cows with a comfortable place to stay overnight, an official told Patch.
The farm is owned by Andrew Anastasio Jr.
In 2009, a herd of more than 100 cows were rescued from a barn at the dairy farm after the second story of the structure caught fire. Middlefield and Durham firefighters also responded to that incident.
Serafino said she initially struggled upon hearing the news that the animals were trapped but said she was thankful that rescuers were able to prevent the animals from further suffering.
"Whatever they felt was necessary, I was willing to do for the animal's sake," she said.


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