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Nebraska and Iowa to request continued Friday slot
Nebraska Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst and Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta will make a request to the Big Ten Conference to approve the two schools to continue playing the annual Hy-Vee Heroes Game on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
The request will be considered when the Administrators Council of the Big Ten meets on Feb. 25-26.
The change would place the 2013 game between the two schools in Lincoln on Friday, Nov. 29, and Nebraska would travel to Iowa on Nov. 28, 2014.
Eichorst said he is appreciative of the cooperation from both Iowa and the Big Ten Conference to help continue this Nebraska tradition.
"Playing on the day after Thanksgiving is one of the many great traditions of Nebraska football," Eichorst said. "It gives our football program great visibility on a national stage, and we are excited Iowa has a mutual interest in continuing to play the Heroes Game on this day."
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Since joining the Big Ten in 2011, Nebraska has won each of the first two Heroes Games matchups against Iowa. The Huskers defeated the Hawkeyes, 20-7, in Lincoln in 2011, and won 13-7 in Iowa City last November. Nebraska holds a 28-12-3 edge in the all-time series between the schools.
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Ferguson resolve... loose the "them" and "us" in the conversation.
And, of course, that does not only apply to the incidents and conflict in Ferguson alone. It applies to unrest and conflict throughout the world wherever it exist for whatever reason.
Let's use race as the subject of this discussion, which by the way, I do not think exist beyond a socially constructed concept society has made up which I believe can be dismantled simply by people choosing to do so. Do you know the conversations people have had about blondes and brunettes? What's the point?
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It was moderately shocking this spring when the Washington Nationals sent John Lannan to the minor leagues before Opening Day. After all, Lannan had been their Opening Day starter in both 2009 and '10, and their No. 2 starter in 2011. Also, he's earning $5 million this season. It's not often that a club pays someone $5 million to retire AAA hitters.
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In a full-throttled defence of Prince Harry against Murdoch – whom Louise Mensch defended over the publication of the naked pictures – Nadine Dorries really opens up with both barrels into the soon to depart these shores fellow Tory MP.
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- "She is a former MP who has resigned midterm, supposedly for the sake of her family and has, without doubt, handed her seat to Labour. A pill very hard for some to swallow when she appears on her social media site and Twitter by the minute and has no problem leaving her family, popping up on the media on a regular basis, even to condemn Prince Harry."
- Calls Mensch "unprofessional and undignified" for leaving the televised Murdoch hearings "to do the school run". Goes on to say "This was stomach turning for female MPs, who act in a professional manner in order not to be judged lacking against our male peers, knowing that hell would freeze over before any male MP would behave in the same way."
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- Compares her behaviour to Prince Harry's behavious unfavourably: "it's not as though Prince Harry has admitted to taking illegal drugs, abandoned his post, or failed to turn up to work every Thursday in the style of Louise Mensch, now is it?"
Nadine tweets that she writes in sorrow, many bitterly envious Tory MPs will cheer:
I have written this in sorrow, as a fan of the free press and @Sun_Politics why @LouiseMensch was wrong to back the Sun conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/…—
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Will Louise bite her lip or respond in kind?
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This just does not seem like the draft to move up. Too many good options out there who fit our multiple needs...we need those extra early picks. Unless, it was a shorter move, like just in front of Chicago to get the MLB we want? Our early 4 and our 5 would bump our 23 up to NYG's no.19 and at that spot we could likely have any MLB we want, plus we'd still have a 1, 2, 3, 4 to go.
WR don't seem likely, I just don't see the need to move up on Austin or Patterson. The first is so small, his frame makes me think that sooner or later, he'll be missing time regularly. Then again, if they're going to continue pushing the rules toward flag football, the lil speedster might be great. Patterson has all the physical skills, but only 50 something catches, and thus sounds a bit too much like Williamson to me. I'd rather move back, get an extra pick, and draft 2 WRs and hedge our bets. Besides, I've seen some mocks where Cordarelle Patterson drops to us at 23 anyway.
CB makes even less sense. We don't play much man coverage, and moving up on a CB would imply grabbing a guy with serious coverage skills, where we usually draft mid to later CBs, put them in zone coverage, and coach 'em up since that is Frazier and Alan Williams specialty.
This rumor smells of smoke (screen.)
Otherwise, I agree, the depth appears to be strong this year, where more picks will lead to higher value than moving up.
On Patterson, I've seen a large number of mocks that have him sliding to us. Very raw, being valued mostly for his speed and height. I would understand the pick, but I think he is of higher value to more vertically oriented offenses.
I'm still a bigger fan of picking a more accomplished route runner with a large catch radius to fit better with our offense and QB. Hopkins/Allen/Woods type. Allen appears to keep sliding for a number of reasons, so starting to get a bit leary on this dude as well.
The GMEN need one as do the Bears.
That can cause us to miss out on Te'o and Ogletree.
I think we are truly in love with Te'o (ND player) and he is the true target.
Expect us to draft 2 guys from ND and 2 guys from USC this year.
Seems like the only schools we draft from.
Just wanted to look at a few options for comparison:
NO doesn't have a 2nd rounder...perhaps they'd like one. Our no.23 and 2nd are roughly equal to their no.15 and 4th rounder.
CAR's no.14 is spot on equal to our no.25 and 2nd rounder.
TB's no.13 is really close to our no.23 and 2nd.
I think its more likely that MIA wants to move up for one of the top 3 OTs, but if they missed out and wanted back instead, both our firsts would be close to the value of their no.12, earlier 3rd rounder (no.77) and 4th round pick. Umm, 2 firsts for a near top ten pick and two mid picks, a 3 & 4. That is almost cool, cuz we could maybe trade both 3rds for a mid 2nd, or the earlier picks in 3 and 4 for a late 2nd.
Ie, we still get 3 picks in the first 2 rounds, but one of the firsts goes up and the other down. I think that could work out OK too, but unless Milliner is there at CB I'm not sure who we'd target at 12...Star?
Probably a smokescreen.
Reaching for a receiver in this draft seems to be a formula for selecting a bust. Moving up to select T'eo or Ogletree may be worthwhile, if they don't have to give up too much to get there.
But the Vikings should be able to fill positions of need and get 2 or 3 starters if they stand pat.
I expect Rick to trade down at some point to carry a couple extra picks into next years draft.
Trading back into the early 2nd with one of our first can net us a 3rd and give us 4 picks in "essentially the first 2 rounds"
A draft of
25th 'Te'o
34th "Hunter"
52th "DT/CB"
99rd "CB/DT"
I would like us to use some heat from the 5th and 6th rounds to load up in the 4th. We have enough ammo and needs that we can really flesh this roster out with starters and quality depth to make a difference. Trade Toby while we are at it for a 3rd/4th. Fire sale at Mall of America field... everything must go.
This doesn't sound legit IMO. Why reach for a WR when a few can be had even in the 2nd rd? What is to love about Patterson? He doesn't run good routes, and we need a guy that can bring it starting week 1 this season.
Austin would be a nice addition, but not at the cost of moving up to get him. If the Vikings move up to draft Ogeltree or T'eo, that is just plain stupid as both may very well be available when we pick in the first rd because of character issues with Ogeltree, and the coverage abilities of T'eo.
This team has so many holes to fill, please don't waste draft picks reaching for a player. Haven't they learned their lessons with T-joke and Ponder? Draft BPA according to need with every pick, that should be good. With 4 picks in the first 3 rounds, we should be able to come away with at least 3 starters. If that happens to be a WR, MLB, and CB, all the better. DT is a position they can fill in the later rounds, or even move back up into the 2nd or 3rd rounds and get one. Please, just don't reach for a player like Patterson, Ogeltree, or T'eo.


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If your passenger list is near seven, and you are aghast at the prospect of owning a minivan, look no further. The Toyota Highlander Hybrid is just the ticket. Well, maybe, if you can get past the sticker shock.
The up-sized Highlander is a mid-sized crossover SUV with three rows of seats, a roomy cabin offering entertainment for the kids, a comfortable ride in front rows and the highest fuel economy on the road at 28 miles per gallon.
While the competition does not come close in fuel savings, the hybrid costs around $7,500 more than a conventional Highlander. Still, the hybrid is a towering SUV with amenities galore. You could easily spend more for a Lexus or Mercedes without the hybrid technology.
Powering the Highlander is a V6 engine and a trio of electric motors that work seamlessly together with little awareness of which mode is in use. In fact, the only time the hybrid technology is heard is when you stomp on the gas pedal. Doing so will take you and your 4,762- pound SUV from zero to 60 miles per hour in a quick 7.5 seconds.
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David Beal, 49, of Huntington was charged in Kings Park with grand larceny on Nov. 13. Police said Beal was falsely acting as a vehicle collector and towed numerous vehicles to a scrap yard and sold them. According to police, Beal completed department of motor vehicle paperwork stating he was the owner of a 1994 Camry, which had been reported stolen by the owner. Beal towed and attempted to junk the vehicle at Gershow Recycling, according to police.
Daniel Ritter, 21, of Kings Park, was charged with driving while intoxicated on Nov. 22 in Smithtown. Police said Ritter, who was driving a 2012 Jeep, was pulled over on Route 25 in Smithtown for failure to maintain his lane. Police charged Ritter with DWI and aggravated DWI, which means a blood alcohol content of 1.8 or higher.
Three Village
A woman whom cops were transporting to Stony Brook University Hospital was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, after she broke the rear passenger side window of the police car. The incident took place on northbound Nicolls Road at approximately 11 p.m. on Nov. 23. Police did not identify the woman arrested.
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A Mastic man was arrested Nov. 17 on multiple charges after stealing items from the Rocky Point Kohl's on two separate occasions.
William Gonnelly was charged with two counts of third degree burglary- illegal entry with intent, a felony, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. According to police, Gonnelly was told not to return to Kohls after he was caught stealing two camcorders and a tablet. Gonnelly returned to the Kohl's Nov. 17 and allegedly stole two vacuums and two DVD players before being arrested.
Police said Gonnelly resisted while being arrested on the two burglary charge.
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Julie Lincoln, 34, of Coram, was arrested in Port Jefferson Station on Nov. 24 and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. Lincoln was at Americas Best Value Inn on Route 112 allegedly in possession of heroin. According to court records, Lincoln was in court on Nov. 24 and released on her own recognizance. She is due back in court on Dec. 18.


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You might be wondering why I created a printable calendar at the end of March. Well, I'm due to have a second daughter on May 15 this year and I've just recently started to plan ahead. Perhaps next year, I'll create on that starts in January? We shall see.
At first, I looked for free printable calendars elsewhere and found some cute ones. I really loved this one from elli and printed it out only to find that it starts on Monday! I tried the Monday start of the week until I was fed up with it. Thus the calendar to the left was born.
While creating this calendar, I didn't want to have to manually plug in the right dates and holidays, so I was really happy when I found a site for editable calendars. Saved me a ton of time.
I may end up being the only one who uses this March through December 2014 Calendar, but I thought I'd put it out on the World Wide Web, just in case. Click to download the file below for personal use only ©Kaelie Nielsen Design.
So... My 3 Year Old Can Read?
2 • A little while after she learned the alphabet, I would be silent and have my daughter say "A" and "I" when they were in the story. Then I taught her "the" and two-letter words like "of" and "is". One day she surprised me while reading Dick and Jane - she recognized "something" and would say it when I pointed to it.
3 • We got the Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat book app on our iPhones and she would touch each word to find out what it said then later we'd read from the actual book.
4 • She plays Starfall on our computer and we have a starfall app on our phone. I try not to have too much screen time, but if she's going to be playing with one, at least she's learning something.
5 • Instead of focusing on sounding out the words, we focused on memorizing them. Let's face it: every rule in the English language is broken.
6 • We read to her at night and since she no longer naps, I will read to her during "quiet time." She also likes to read on her own, which is a blessing. Before she could read, she would make up the stories, and I believe that's good practice too.
7 • I have been reading to her since she was born, she listened to all of Jane Austen's books because I was interested in those at the time. It felt weird to read to her when I felt like she wasn't really taking anything in, but I have since learned that she was taking something in. What? I don't know, but babies can understand a lot more than we tend to give them credit for. I also read board books when I wanted to interact with her and couldn't think of something else to do.
Will this work for you? I have no idea. Every kid is different. Why did I take the time to post this then? Because even though every kid is different, some do learn in the same way. Hopefully, this will help somebody somewhere.
Good luck!
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My sister started a Crafty Christmas Swap over on her blog where a bunch of us random crafters signed up to make and then send ornaments to each other. I had a lot of ideas involving Shrinky-Dinks and some sort of printable. The joy ornament shown below is what I ended up going with. In the process, I created a few printables that didn't work as ornaments, but would work as something else. Please note all of my free printables are for personal use only.
I created the Christmas printables above for a 2" circle punch. I was going to put them on either side of a flat round glass ornament I had filled with epsom salt (to look like snow), but when shrunk, the designs ended up as the size of a nickel. A nickel was just too small for the ornament. However, these designs would work great printed on card stock as tags for presents to neighbors and friends.
P.S. I participated in this craft swap with 4 other crafters.
I'll come back and add to this post with photos of their ornaments as I get the goodies in the mail.
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Recently, I've been asked about a few things regarding typography. This blog is basically copied and pasted from my emails in response to the questions.
If you've read my previous posts, you may have noticed I didn't keep up with desktop photos. Since I was gone for the month of June, my desktop was outdated for a month. So, instead of designing the month on the photo, I've uploaded my desktop photos below (right click to download). © Kaelie Nielsen Design 2013.
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Several months after the Galaxy S4 was unveiled, Samsung has made another impressive Galaxy phone by introducing the new Samsung Galaxy Mega that will be available in three different versions of 6.3-inch, 5.8-inch and 5.8-inch Dual. Everyone knows that Samsung always produces new innovative products that always make the user feel amazed and satisfied. With the latest installment of the Galaxy series, Samsung has stuck to their tested formula and have designed the new Galaxy Mega according to their current design language. The Samsung Galaxy Mega can act both as your lifestyle and business assistance with its portfolio of various features and capabilities.
Just like its name, Galaxy Mega 5.8 has a 5.8-inch qHD (960 x 540) and uses LCD display technology TFT capacitive touch screen display. With a size of 9.0 mm thick, and weighing 182 grams, the Galaxy Mega 5.8 will fit nicely in the user's hand, despite the fact of its wide screen. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 has 1.5 GB of RAM, alongside with 8 GB internal memory, and the memory can be expanded up to 64 GB thanks to the microSD memory card slot.
Quite similar to the other Samsung Galaxy products, the Galaxy Mega series has an 8MP auto-focus rear camera that is enough for taking pictures with good quality, complete with LED flash to help the user take a picture in a low light situation. At the front of the phone, it has an 1.9MP front-facing camera that can be used as a webcam for teleconferencing.
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Kilgore, TX -- On Thursday, February 23, 2012, a Gregg County Grand Jury returned a two count indictment for Samantha Gonzales Lara, 20 years of age, of Kilgore, Texas.
The indictment contained one count for Felony Murder and one count for Aggravated Robbery F1.
The indictment was a result of an ongoing investigation into the murder of Renee Garrett by the Kilgore Police Department. Renee Garrett was murdered during a store robbery on January 10, 2011 while employed as a clerk at the Kilgore Adult Video Store, 1907 Industrial Ave., Kilgore, Texas.
The Kilgore Police Department has been actively investigating this crime along with assistance from the FBI, Texas Rangers, Smith County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Unit and the Gregg County District Attorney's Office. During the course of the investigation, Samantha Lara was established as a suspect in the murder and robbery.
On Friday, February 24, 2012 at 4:14 p.m. Samantha Lara was arrested at her residence by Kilgore Police Detectives. Lara was transported and booked into the Gregg County Jail. At the time of this press release no bond has been set. The investigation is continuing and further arrests are anticipated.
If anyone has information in regards to the murder of Renee Garrett please contact Kilgore Police Department Detective Trae Portwood at 903-983-1559. You may also give information anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 903-236-STOP. A reward of $15,000.00 has been established by the Gregg County Video Corporation for information leading to the arrest of person(s) responsible for this crime.
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DIY Crafts
Design Your Own Sunglasses (1 dz)
Design Your Own sunglasses are white flexible plastic perfect for decorating with permanent markers and stickers you purchase separately. These are great craft projects for summer camp, classroom art projects, or summer time pool or beach parties.
- 1 dozen per set
- Decorate with permanent markers or stickers (not included)
- White flexible plastic sunglasses
Design Your Own! Medals (2 dz)
Design Your Own! medals let kids make up prize medals for races, games and just for fun. Use as prizes in classrooms and VBS.
- Plastic medals measure 2 1/2"
- hang on 3-ft. ribbons
- 4 dozen paper inserts are included
- Makes 2 dozen medals
Design Your Own Flyer Jets (1 dz)
So much fun at a party or sleepover! Decorate these flyer jets any way you want!
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- 13 1/2" x 12" When assembled.
- Simple assembly required.
- Made of paper covered foam.
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Design Your Own! rubber duckies! These are great craft projects for kids and fun party favors and activities. Supply your own markers and paints for a fun kids' craft designing these vinyl duckies.
- Duckies measure 2"
- Ducks do not float upright
- 1 dozen per set
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Design Your Own Plastic Mugs (1 dz)
Design Your Own! Mugs are great to gift to anyone you love.
- Mugs pull apart and snap close easily to place insert.
- Includes a blank paper insert to color and decorate.
- Measure 4" and holds 8oz.
- 1 Dozen black mugs per set.
- Crayons sold separately.
Decorate Your Own 3-D Fairy Butterfly Wings (1 dz)
Any girl will love these Beautiful 3-D Butterfly/Fairy Wings. Make sure to use these wings at any fairy tale party to make all the girls feel like special fairy princesses.
- 1 Dozen Blank Cardboard Wings to Decorate
- 6 Angel Wings Style
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- Measures 24" x 17"
- Elastic Bands Included
Design Your Own Travel Mug (6 pc)
Children will love designing and painting this travel mug. This mug is an ideal gift for parents, teachers, or anyone special in the child's life.
- 6 Mugs
- Measures 6 7/8"
- 16 oz Mug
- Hand Wash Only
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Design Your Own Plastic Frogs (6 dz)
Children will love designing their own plastic frog. This craft project is great for any event where you wish to entertain children.
- About 6 Dozen Per Set.
- Measures 1".
- Markers Sold Separately.
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Design Your Own! Pinball Games (2 dz)
Score big at your child's party by handing out these fun Design Your Own! Pinball Games. Place these fun kits in every goody bag at your next party.
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A New London man was arrested on drug and firearm charges Friday when police were conducting foot patrols of the downtown bars area.
At about 11:29 p.m., officers observed two males involved in what they believe was a hand-to-hand drug transaction near the municipal parking lots between Eugene O'Neill Drive and Pearl Street.
Luis Gonzales, Jr., 43, of 27 Cutler St. was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of a firearm, and carrying a pistol without a permit.
Gonzales was being held Saturday on a $100,000 cash/surety bond.
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Scholarships and Fellowships: Middle East
These PDF files provide information on some of the international scholarship opportunities available for students travelling to and from the Middle East.
Inbound charts list opportunities for international students travelling to Australia.
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International students must meet the University of Sydney's English language proficiency requirements. English proficiency is determined by the result of an IELTS or TOEFL test, or by previous tertiary study in English.
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The emotions unleashed by "Love Is Strange" are enormous. It is a patient and, ultimately, transcendent film.
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"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
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"Beloved" is a labyrinth of French love stories that wind their way from 1968 to the near-present, pausing along the way to employ the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia and the 9/11 attacks as historical backdrops. It uses Catherine Deneuve and her real-life daughter Chiara Mastroianni as Madeleine and her daughter Vera, and Ludivine Sagnier as a younger version of Madeleine.
The film opens with a French cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walking," as a narration by Vera explains how her mother stole a pair of high-fashion shoes and was mistaken for a hooker. Madeleine paused a moment, thought why not? and later tells Vera that the shoes were responsible for making her a prostitute. In this new career, she meets a young Czech doctor named Jaromil (Rasha Bukvic), falls in love with him, breaks up, follows him to Czechoslovakia, marries him and has their daughter, Vera. Later in life, he reappears, now played by Czech director Milos Forman.
Are you with me? One of the charms of "Beloved" is the way it uses movie legends. Deneuve and Forman you know. You also know Chiara Mastroianni, whose father was Marcello Mastroianni. After dozens of movies, I am so intensely familiar with the faces of Deneuve and Mastroianni that it is a thing of beauty to see both their faces reflected in hers. No one would ever say "she looks like her father" or "her mother." She looks like both, the heiress of cinematic royalty.
What does the writer-director Christophe Honoré do with these characters and their casting? With the casting, he has no problem. His actresses are all wondrous to behold, and Forman is surprisingly engaging as the doctor. But the plot of "Beloved," I'm afraid, may try your patience.
Both Madeleine and Vera have a gift for choosing unreliable men. With Vera, it is a gay American named Henderson (Paul Schneider) and Clement (Louis Garrel), her patient best friend. They choose them, and choose them again and again, and spend the movie steeping in melancholy and futility.
There is another problem. Honoré puts his film on hold six or seven times while the characters half-sing, half-recite the lyrics to banal songs explaining the meaning of what we've just seen, which is all too comprehensible the first time around.
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Help raise money for 2012 Safe and Sober Gradnight – Please spread the word
Lunch and Dinner Fundraisers – Please print flyers and bring them with you
Flyers are also available at http://www.lhsgradnight.orgor on the school loop page
May 11 – Wise Guy's Philly Cheese (over by Cattlemen's) flyer
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E-Waste Recycling(9 am to 1) and Plant Sale (8 am to 3 pm), May 20 at LHS
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Buy me now- Price Pfister Faucets
Some have several in the same style and finish, some only 1 each.
This is a first come first served sale. Cost $40 for kitchen, $30 for bath stuff. Retail $65 to $170
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Bears' Louis placed on IR
Lake Forest, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago Bears have placed guard Lance Louis on injured reserve because of a knee problem.
Louis was hurt during Sunday's game against Minnesota when he was on the wrong end of a blindside block from Vikings defensive lineman Jared Allen on an interception return.
The Bears questioned the hit after the game, as Allen appeared to launch himself into Louis while blocking for Antoine Winfield. Allen was asked about it afterward and said he believed it was a legal hit.
Louis had started all 11 games at right guard for the Bears this season and has 28 starts in 41 games played over four seasons with Chicago.


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Match play is one of the main forms of competition in golf. It pits players one against another, rather than one against the field as in stroke play. Opponents compete to win individual holes, and the player who wins the most holes wins the match.
Match play can be played by two individuals, one on one, and that is known as Singles Match Play. Or teams of two players can square off, with Foursomes and Fourball the most common formats for team play.
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Keeping Score in Match Play
1-up, 2-down, 3-and-2, 5-and-3 ... dormie, halved, all square ... what does it all mean? This article explains how score is kept in match play, and what all those numbers mean.
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The rules for match play and stroke play differ in key ways, the most basic being the very way the two types of golf are played. This article explores some of the differences, large and small, in the rules for match play and stroke play.
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Beckett goes for 12th win vs. Rays
Boston (52-31) vs. Tampa Bay (33-50), 7:05 p.m. ET
It won't take much help for Josh Beckett to get back on track against these Devil Rays.In his last start before his first All-Star Game, the 27-year-old Red Sox fireballer will face Tampa Bay, losers of 10 straight. Beckett lost his last start, a rare occurrence after starting the season 11-1. He did that against the Texas Rangers, who, like the Rays, are a last-place ballclub with flashy offensive potential and little else, at least for the moment. The Devil Rays are younger and more athletic than Texas, but, unlike the Rangers, they enter their game against Beckett with an established track record of success against him. Beckett has allowed 11 earned runs in 19 2/3 career innings against Tampa Bay, all coming last year in his first American League season. He ended the 2006 campaign by issuing a series of eights against the Devil Rays: 6 2/3 innings, eight runs to go with eight strikeouts. Since then, Beckett and the Devil Rays have traveled in opposite directions. Tampa is 3 1/2 games worse than it was at this point last season, when it lost 101 games. Beckett is bound for a career year. Left-hander J.P. Howell, who owns a 9.21 ERA on the road against a 2.25 ERA at home, will get the call for Tampa Bay at Fenway Park. Pitching matchup
BOS: RHP Josh Beckett (11-2, 3.38 ERA)
Despite the annual Sunshine State Series, Beckett never pitched against the Devil Rays as a member of the Florida Marlins, perhaps because of his propensity for midseason blister troubles in South Florida. Before ending the 2006 season on a sour note against Tampa Bay, he threw well in two starts against them, allowing three earned runs in 13 innings. TB: LHP J.P. Howell (1-2, 5.19 ERA)
Howell, a 24-year-old product of the University of Texas in Austin, has pitched parts of the last three seasons with Kansas City and Tampa Bay. He has allowed five runs in 4 2/3 career innings against the Red Sox. Player to watch
No Red Sox player has faced Howell more than six times (besides Coco Crisp, no one has had more than three at-bats against him), but David Ortiz has a home run in his three at-bats against the Devil Rays starter. He would certainly like to regain his power in his last home game before the break. Tickets
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Saturday: Red Sox (Kason Gabbard, 2-0, 5.79) at Tigers (Jeremy Bonderman, 9-1, 3.58), 7:05 p.m. ET
Sunday: Red Sox (Daisuke Matsuzaka, 10-5, 3.53) at Tigers (Nate Robertson, 4-6, 4.86), 1:05 p.m. ET
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Scott L. Hazan
I am pleased to introduce myself as the new president of the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association. Having participated as an officer and a director of the Association for many years, I am honored to take on the challenges of this new position.
Brooklyn Law School has steadily built a reputation for excellence. By every measure — faculty, students, curriculum, clinics, fellowship programs, centers, and facilities — we have made our mark as one of the nation's top law schools. Our graduates are known as high achievers with an unequalled ability to hit the ground running. They can thrive in any legal environment.
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Join the Alumni Association. You will receive library privileges and the ability to earn CLE credits at a discounted rate through our academic programs. Attend one of our many alumni networking receptions or academic programs on cutting-edge legal topics. Volunteer as an Alumni Mentor and enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise with a student. Donate any amount you can to the Annual Fund. You will be supporting the growth of our curriculum and our ability to attract leading faculty. You will also be underwriting scholarships and special programs — everything that enhances the value of a Brooklyn Law School education. Hire a Brooklyn Law student or graduate. You will be helping the Law School and, at the same time, benefitting from employing a highly qualified, competent, and intelligent lawyer.
Of course, few among us have been unaffected by the economic downturn. Yet we as alumni have one asset to rely on that has demonstrated consistent growth — a great legal education. We owe it to ourselves and the next generation of lawyers to support the Law School. I look forward to meeting you soon at one of our many exciting programs. Also, we welcome your ideas. Please feel free to contact me through the Law School or Caitlin Monck-Marcellino '02, Director of Alumni Relations, with any suggestions you may have.
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Collectors and Collections
News about Collectors and Collections, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Aug. 30, 2014
James B Stewart Common Sense column notes that classic cars are setting records at auctions, which has prompted some to wonder whether they are the next great asset class; observes record sales are also prompting questions about whether car market is in middle of a bubble. MORE
Aug. 17, 2014
Corey Kilgannon Character Study column on Peter Dilg of Long Island, who has one of largest private collections in country of windup phonographs and gramophones, which he restores; Dilg's interest in antique recording devices has been nurtured since childhood. MORE
Aug. 10, 2014
Monte Reel article describes how wealthy Brazilian businessman Zero Freitas has pursued his obsession with collecting every album recorded on vinyl in existence. MORE
Aug. 8, 2014
Doyle New York auction of unclaimed safe deposit boxes from Bank of America and Deutsche Bank draws veteran collectors and profit-seeking dealers. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
Collector's Night, at Brooklyn Historical Society, is an annual event presented by the nonprofit City Reliquary museum featuring assemblages from more than 20 collectors; collections can be whimsical, amusing or just odd. MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Start-up Gertrude Salons, named after writer and art collector Gertrude Stein, features pop-up art salons in New York and other cities; offers visibility and teaches young collectors what to look for. MORE
May. 19, 2014
Eric P Newman, 102, leading authority on art and history of American money begins selling prized items from his collection to benefit foundation to promote scholarship on coins; two coins from collections amassed over decades sell for $1.41 million apiece. MORE
May. 18, 2014
Enthusiasm for collecting World Cup soccer stickers has extra oomph in 2014 in Colombia, which is returning to the World Cup for the first time in 16 years. MORE
Apr. 17, 2014
Sneaker-obsessed teenagers have formed a thriving subculture using Instagram, Facebook and weekend conventions to spot, sell and trade coveted, sometimes limited edition pairs of basketball shoes; it is the latest phase of the sports footwear craze that began in the mid-1980s with the debut of Air Jordans. MORE
Mar. 4, 2014
Weekend home of Keith Sherman and Dr Roy Goldberg, in Pawling, NY, has become a shrine with an eclectic collection of items from the 1939 World's Fair, including a 7-foot-tall plaster model for a statue. MORE
Feb. 14, 2014
Richard Sandomir Sports Business column notes that farewell tour for New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who is retiring after 2014 season, is coming; says breadth and tenor of season-long 'Adieu to Derek' will be largely up to Jeter, his agent and his family, but sports collectibles business is well prepared to cash in. MORE
Feb. 3, 2014
Composer and jazz musician Vince Giordano has dedicated himself to preservation of big band music; Giordano owns impressive collection of roughly 3,000 piano rolls, 31,000 pieces of sheet music and 60,000 arrangements of big-band songs that were popular from the 1920s through the 1940s; he has had to buy second home to house them all. MORE
Jan. 12, 2014
Neighborhood Joint column on Rudy's Hobby & Art, craft, art supply and curio shop in Astoria, Queens. MORE
Dec. 22, 2013
Benjamin Clymer, founder of watch-enthusiast Web site Hodinkee, has become an adviser to a growing cult of mechanical-watch lovers that includes more than a few celebrities. MORE
Dec. 8, 2013
Neighborhood Joint column on Tiny Doll House, Upper East Side shop that sells both manufactured and artisan furniture for every kind of dollhouse or miniature set. MORE
Dec. 5, 2013
Actor Michael Urie, who stars in one-man Off Broadway play Buyer & Cellar, about Barbra Streisand's underground display of collectables, possesses similar interest in shopping for antiques and knick-knacks, but with considerably smaller budget. MORE
Oct. 27, 2013
Themed auctions, which include artworks as well as other items, are becoming more popular at auction houses. MORE
Oct. 17, 2013
David W Dunlap Building Blocks column; promotional signs installed by large corporations on mom-and-pop storefronts proliferated from 1930s but are difficult to find in current era of computer graphics and printed vinyl; tracking so-called privilege signs has become hobby for fans searching New York City for remnants of its storied past. MORE
Oct. 17, 2013
Novelist Allan Gurganus discusses lifetime spent collecting things and psychology behind urge to form collections. MORE
Oct. 16, 2013
Proliferation of news groups, discussion forums, Facebook pages and YouTube channels concerned with the collection of vintage electric mixers underscores degree to which they are admired and obsessively acquired. MORE
Sep. 11, 2013
Norma Beazley's late husband's collection of vintage ocean-liner menus evokes an era before the cruise buffet; dating to the late 1800s and documenting more than a century of shipboard haute cuisine, the menu collection is probably the largest, and perhaps the only one of its kind, in the world. MORE
Aug. 8, 2013
Gary Cypres has been collecting sports memorabilia, with a focus on the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, for the past 20 years, all on display in a 30,000 square-foot warehouse that is home to the Sports Museum of Los Angeles; Cypres has been unsuccessful in finding a final home for his trove, which he estimates is worth more than $10 million. MORE
Jul. 12, 2013
Jefferson R Burdick collected 31,000 baseball cards from the sport's early years, and then spent more than a decade meticulously cataloging and mounting them for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1940s; 600 of them, all early and extremely rare, are on display in exhibit Legends of the Dead Ball Era at the Met. MORE
Jul. 1, 2013
Sara Wright, owner of Cornelia Sports Card Shop in Georgia for over three decades, has seen interest in collecting baseball cards, and sales, fade from its peak period; some experts, however, are predicting a turnaround. MORE
May. 24, 2013
Models of original Apple 1 computer, sold in 1976 for $666.66, are fetching auction prices as high as $640,0000; huge increase in value has to do with economics of scarcity, technofetishism and powerful mystique surrounding Apple and its founders. MORE
May. 9, 2013
Writer Jo Maeder describes experience of growing attached to collection of 700 dolls left to her by her deceased mother; recounts her eventual decision to sell collection, and says dolls helped her come to love and understand her mother. MORE
Apr. 28, 2013
Op-Ed article by freelance writer Judith H Dobrzynski contends Leonard A Lauder's gift of more than $1 billion worth of Cubist art works to Metropolitan Museum of Art is reminder that men are more likely to collect art than women, despite fact that more women study, appreciate and buy art; contends explanation for discrepancy is that collecting art is more akin to hunting than shopping. MORE
Apr. 15, 2013
Ryan Givens and his family are expected to collect $2 million to $5 million at auction for rare 1913 Liberty head nickel that his uncle George O Walton acquired in mid-1940s and was once labeled a fake. MORE
Apr. 7, 2013
Extra Bases column; Oakland Athletics pitcher Pat Neshek, is trying to collect autographs on all 792 Topps baseball cards from 1985, and is more than 75 percent of the way there. MORE
Feb. 10, 2013
FYI column answers questions on collectible New York City beer cans and whether it is illegal for a bar owner to refer to his establishment as a saloon. MORE
Jan. 22, 2013
Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz, bills itself as 'world's greatest collector car auction', drawing the rich who purchased vehicles like the original 1966 Batmobile, sold for $4.62 million, and a Mercedes-Benz once owned by Clark Gable, as well as the less wealthy who attend for the entertainment. MORE
Jan. 1, 2013
Baseball memorabilia collectors Jerry Dworkin and Chris Fernandez are from opposite ends of the country, and have never met, but share one peculiar passion: collecting baseball trading cards of then-rookie Mike Piazza in a Florida Marlins uniform. MORE
Jul. 22, 2012
Many of the world's wealthiest art collectors and dealers store their collections at Switzerland's Geneva Freeport, a complex of highly secure warehouses that hold untold billions in valuables; clients are attracted not only by the facility's unparalleled security measures, but by Switzerland's lack of import or transaction taxes. MORE
Jun. 3, 2012
Adam Davidson It's the Economy column examines whether fine art is a sound investment, in light of the sale of Edvard Munch painting The Scream for around $120 million. MORE
May. 22, 2012
Jefferson R Burdick is known as the father of modern baseball card collecting, whose methods were widely adopted and whose trove is now enshrined at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; museum is planning a multiyear project as the 50th anniversary of Burdick's death approaches in 2013. MORE
Mar. 20, 2012
Texas features numerous small museums dedicated to quirky niche interests, such as barbed wire, cockroaches and eight-track tapes, many curated by hobbyists. MORE
Mar. 15, 2012
Terra Foundation for American Art, an influential organization that promotes American art through partnerships with other art institutions worldwide, has emerged as an alternative model for collectors contemplating museums of their own. MORE
Feb. 25, 2012
Paul Sullivan Wealth Matters column features collectors and advisers describing the difficulty in selling or bequeathing valuable items that took years to accumulate. MORE
Feb. 23, 2012
Globe-trotters Michael and Knoppy Hoffman of Carefree, Ariz, collect unusual pepper mills during their travels, amassing more than 600 in different colors, shapes and sizes. MORE
Nov. 27, 2011
Amy Hughes of This Old House magazine turns work excursions digging through salvage yards into weekend getaways. MORE
Nov. 9, 2011
Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens, receives a treasure trove of Armstrong memorabilia that includes rare recordings, personal letters and photographs from estate of Swedish collector Gosta Hagglof. MORE
Oct. 19, 2011
Tracking valuable collections, and keeping up to date on appraisals of them, whether formed out of personal passion or as an investment, is crucial for tax and insurance purposes. MORE
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The Baseball Collector
Zack Hample has been collecting baseballs at Major League Baseball games for 16 years and has a collection of more than 2,900 balls.
Concours Season in the East: At Lime Rock Park, a More Relaxed Atmosphere
A concours and vintage racing weekend in Connecticut is quite a contrast for a reporter just back from the Pebble Beach extravaganza.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
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Crafting Classics From a Mix of the Old and the New
Pierre Galli and Thomas Engeler, the founders of the young Swiss brand Pierre Thomas, are putting antique watch movements into modern cases.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
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Galleries Cater to the Vacationing Art Collector
Wealthy art collectors, like migratory birds, spend the year flying around the world. Wherever they land, and perch, dealers are likely to follow.
September 1, 2014, Monday
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With $38 Million Ferrari, Classic Car Market Revs Up
Some classic cars, including a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, are setting records at auctions, prompting some to ask if they are the next great asset class.
August 30, 2014, Saturday
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Scratches in the Art Market Gilding
Auction houses continue to talk about the unstoppable momentum of the globalized art market, but not everyone is feeling it.
August 25, 2014, Monday
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When Flushing Was Awash With Wonders
"Behind the Curtain" at the Queens Museum brings together memorabilia of the World's Fairs of 1939 and 1964 from personal collections.
August 22, 2014, Friday
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The Lure of Antiquities
Stellar objects from ancient civilizations are attracting big buyers, but the elephant-in-the-room problem is the need to provide proof of provenance.
August 18, 2014, Monday
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Barbarians at the Art Auction Gates? Not to Worry
Contrary to the perception that art collectors are flipping art to make a quick profit, two analyses show that the resale pace last year was only slightly faster than it was in the mid-1990s.
August 18, 2014, Monday
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An Ear to the Horn of Time
Peter Dilg, who has one of the largest private collections in the country of windup phonographs and gramophones, enjoys playing them on his deck on Long Island.
August 17, 2014, Sunday
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Weekend Auto Calendar: Pebble, Pebble Everywhere
The coastal hamlets near Monterey, Calif., are full of concours-related activity this weekend; Nascar continues its season in Michigan.
August 16, 2014, Saturday
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