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Anders Hillborg gained his first musical experience singing in choirs and was also involved in various forms of improvised music. From 1976 to 1982 he studied counterpoint, composition, and electronic music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where his teachers included Gunnar Bucht, Lars-Erik Rosell, Arne Mellnäs, and Pär Lindgren. Brian Ferneyhough, who was a guest lecturer at the College of Music on several occasions, was also an important influence. Apart from occasional teaching positions, Mr. Hillborg has been a full-time composer since 1982. He composes orchestral, choral, and chamber music, as well as music for films and pop music. Anders Hillborg's orchestral music has been performed by major conductors, including Alan Gilbert, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel, David Zinman, Andrey Boreyko, Yannick Nézet-Seguin, Michael Gielen, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Susanna Mälkki, Hannu Lintu, and John Storgårds. His works have been performed by the Los Angeles, Berlin, Oslo, Royal Stockholm, and Helsinki philharmonic orchestras, and the Chicago, San Francisco, Zurich's Tonhalle, Bavarian Radio, BBC, Swedish Radio, and Gothenburg symphony orchestras.
Mr. Hillborg has received commissions from the Chicago, Zurich's Tonhalle, Gothenburg, and Swedish Radio symphony orchestras, and the Los Angeles, Berlin, and Royal Stockholm philharmonic orchestras. The New York Philharmonic joined with Carnegie Hall to co-commission The Strand Settings, a new song cycle to be premiered with soprano Renée Fleming at that historic venue on April 26, 2013. He has worked with clarinetist Martin Fröst, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, and choir conductor Eric Ericson. Anders Hillborg received the Christ Johnson Prize in 1991 for Celestial Mechanics and in 1997 for his Violin Concerto, the selected at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers in 1995. He has served as composer-in-residence at the Aspen Music Festival, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study. Anders Hillborg has received the Swedish Gramophone for Composer of the Year in 1996 and for Best Classical CD of the Year in 2012 for the album Eleven Gates.
About Vaporized Tivoli
Vaporized Tivoli was written in 2010 on commission from Ensemble Modern, which premiered the work in September of that year in Krakow, Poland. The conductor was Franck Ollu, to whom the piece is dedicated. "In Europe the word tivoli is used in the same way as amusement park, funfair, or Carnival is used in America," Mr. Hillborg writes. "A main idea for the first part is the image of kids running around in a tivoli with the (for grownups) incredible speed and energy only kids can have, trying out all the marvelous attractions that the tivoli offers. 'Here's a rollercoaster, let's try that! Now for a carousel, wow, and look here, a bunch of junk that we can bang on.' After about six minutes this ecstatically joyful character suddenly changes. It's as if a plug is pulled, and all the speed and energy is pouring out into a lush, strangely beautiful and much more ambiguous soundscape. Here a more sinister association to tivoli was lurking in the back of my mind. In my teens I read Ray Bradbury's novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, a story combining elements of fantasy and horror about a nightmarish traveling tivoli that comes to town and preys on the people there. Finally, the music literary vaporizes, while accompanying an eerily sentimental melody line played by the double-bass."
Poul Ruders was born in Ringsted, Denmark, on March 27, 1949. His early studies in piano and organ eventually led to studies in orchestration with Danish composer Karl Aage Rasmussen. Mr. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s. About Mr. Ruders, the English critic Stephen Johnson states: "He can be gloriously, explosively extrovert one minute — withdrawn, haunted, intently inward-looking the next. Super-abundant high spirits alternate with pained, almost expressionistic lyricism; simplicity and directness with astringent irony." Poul Ruders has created a large body of music ranging from opera and orchestral works through chamber, vocal, and solo music. Following the success of his second opera, The Handmaid's Tale (1996–98), produced in Copenhagen (2000), he received commissions from the Berlin and New York Philharmonic orchestras, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Danish Opera. Recent performances include productions of The Handmaid's Tale in Toronto and London, the U.S. premiere of his opera Selma Jezková at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2011, and orchestral premieres and performances in Berlin, New York, and London. Poul Ruders's opera Kafka's Trial (with a libretto by Paul Bentley) was premiered in March 2005; commissioned by the Royal Danish Opera for the opening of Copenhagen's new opera house, it explores Kafka's unfinished masterpiece and dramatizes events from the writer's life. The Philharmonic has performed Poul Ruders's works four times: Corpus Cum Figuris, conducted by Oliver Knussen in 1986; Concerto in Pieces, performed by pianist Louis Lortier and conducted by Andrew Davis in 1996; Listening Earth, conducted by David Robertson in 2003; and Final Nightshade, conducted by Lorin Maazel in 2004.
About the Oboe Concerto
Poul Ruders composed his Oboe Concerto in 1998 for Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen and Swedish oboe virtuoso Helén Jahren, to whom it is dedicated. It was commissioned by the Royal Library in Copenhagen for the inauguration of the Queen's Hall, a new concert hall in the "Black Diamond," the then-recently completed library annex. It has four movements, which Mr. Ruders has called four "small tone-poems" inspired by the names of four moon craters: Lake of Dreams, Ocean of Storms, Sea of Tranquility, and Lake of Death. "Four enigmatic and deeply fascinating ancient conceptions of the landscape on this our closest, but at the same time, most legendary and myth-shrouded celestial neighbor," the composer writes. Unlike other concertos, the work "focuses more on the contemplative and sonorously introvert, rather than mere virtuosity."
Yann Robin began his musical studies in Aix-en-Provence, in his native France. He later enrolled in the jazz class at the National Regional Conservatory in Marseilles and the composition class of Georges Boeuf. He was awarded first prize from the Paris National Conservatory in the composition class of Frédéric Durieux and in the analysis class of Michaël Levinas. He received a grant from the Meyer Foundation, and was awarded a first prize from the Beaux Arts Academy and the Salabert Foundation. In 2011 Sacem (the French counterpart to ASCAP) presented him with the Grand Prix de la Musique Symphonique. In 2005 Mr. Robin co-founded the Multilateral Ensemble and later became its artistic director. From 2006 to 2008 he pursued the two-year curriculum at IRCAM. During the same period he was guest composer with the National Orchestra of Lille. In 2009 and 2010, Mr. Robin was a fellow at the French Academy in Rome, the Villa Médicis, where he launched a contemporary music festival, the Controtempo Festival, which he still programs. In 2013 he will compose a large orchestral piece for the SWR Baden-Baden and Freiburg that will be presented at the Musica Festival in Strasbourg. In 2014 he will compose a newly commissioned piece for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Yann Robin's music is published by Editions Jobert.
About Backdraft
"Sometimes gestures arise in one piece, only really develop and proliferate in a second, and end up fading away and disappearing in a final piece as the material wears itself out, becomes extinguished," Yann Robin writes of his Backdraft, a New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Fundação Casa da Música, Portugal, "at least, when in the course of their progression, these gestures have not been metamorphosed and opened new paths for the imagination, leading to sound. Back ('returning' in English) – draft ('rough sketch'), a piece calling for an ensemble of 17 instrumentalists, is based on this idea of returning, of a gesture that has already been sketched coming (back) to life through a new project, in a new context. Beyond this re-contextualisation of gesture and material, Backdraft follows in the continuity of pieces making metamorphic references to fire, that element often associated with volcanoes (Vulcan's forge, in ancient mythology), to divine power, or even to hell, frequently represented as the kingdom of eternal flames. Backdraft is also the scientific translation of the 'explosion of smoke' that, in volcanology, designates a phenomenon of ignition that can occur due to an injection of external oxygen in a confined atmosphere saturated with unburned gases and graphite particles."
Unsuk Chin was born in 1961 in Seoul, South Korea, and has lived in Berlin since 1988. Her music has been conducted by Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Kent Nagano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, David Robertson, Peter Eötvös, Neeme Järvi, Markus Stenz, Myung-Whun Chung, George Benjamin, Susanna Mälkki, François-Xavier Roth, Leif Segerstam, and Ilan Volkov. Ms. Chin's honors include the 2004 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for her Violin Concerto, the 2005 Arnold Schoenberg Prize, the 2010 Prince Pierre Foundation Music Award, and the 2012 Ho-Am Prize. She has been commissioned by leading performing organizations and her music has been presented in major festivals and concert series by the Berlin, London, and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras; BBC, Chicago, Philharmonia, Boston, and City of Birmingham symphony orchestras; and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Kronos Quartet, and Arditti Quartet. Active in writing electronic music, Ms. Chin has received commissions from IRCAM and other electronic music studios. In 2007 Ms. Chin's first opera, Alice in Wonderland, was given its world premiere at the Bavarian Staatsoper to open of the Munich Opera Festival, a performance that was released on DVD by Unitel Classica. Since 2006 Unsuk Chin has overseen the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's contemporary-music series, which she founded. Since 2011 she has served as artistic director of the Music of Today series of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. Portrait CDs of her music have appeared on the Deutsche Grammophon, Kairos, and Analekta labels, and her works are published exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes. These performances mark the first time the New York Philharmonic has performed her work.
About Gougalōn
Gougalōn was commissioned by Siemens Arts Program and Ensemble Modern, and premiered in Berlin in 2009. Ensemble Intercontemporain commissioned an expanded version, which was first performed in January 2012 in Paris. According to Unsuk Chin, the title is a word in Old High German that means to hoodwink, make ridiculous movements, fool someone by means of feigned magic, or practice fortune-telling. Growing up in a suburb of Seoul, South Korea, in the 1960s, the composer often saw troupes of entertainers. In a note on the piece translated by Howard Weiner, Ms. Chin writes: "These amateur musicians and actors travelled from village to village in order to foist self-made medicines — which were ineffective at best — on the people. To lure the villagers, they put on a play with singing, dancing, and various stunts. This was all extremely amateurish and kitschy, yet it aroused incredible emotions among the spectators: this is hardly surprising, considering that it was practically the only entertainment in an everyday life marked by poverty and repressive structures." These memories provided a loose framework for the composition, which is divided into six movements with titles such as Dramatic Opening of the Curtain and The Grinning Fortune Teller with the False Teeth. "This piece is about an 'imaginary folk music' that is stylized, broken within itself, and only apparently primitive," Unsuk Chin writes.
New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert began his tenure in September 2009. The first native New Yorker to hold the post, he has sought to make the Orchestra a point of pride for the city and country. As New York magazine wrote, "The Philharmonic and its music director Alan Gilbert have turned themselves into a force of permanent revolution."
Mr. Gilbert and the Philharmonic have forged artistic partnerships, introducing the positions of The Marie-Josée Kravis Composer-in-Residence and The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, held in the 2014–15 season by Christopher Rouse and violinist Lisa Batiashvili, respectively, as well as the new position of Artist-in-Association, inaugurated by Inon Barnatan this season; an annual festival, which this season is Dohnányi / Dvořák; CONTACT!, the new-music series; and the NY PHIL BIENNIAL, an exploration of today's music by a wide range of contemporary and modern composers inaugurated in spring 2014.
In the 2014–15 season Alan Gilbert conducts the U.S. Premiere of Unsuk Chin's Clarinet Concerto, a Philharmonic co-commission, alongside Mahler's First Symphony; La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema with Joshua Bell, Renée Fleming, and Josh Groban; Verdi's Requiem; a staging of Honegger's Joan of Arc at the Stake featuring Oscar winner Marion Cotillard; World Premieres by John Adams, Peter Eötvös, and Christopher Rouse; works by contemporary Nordic composers during CONTACT!; and the Silk Road Ensemble and Yo-Yo Ma's 15th-anniversary celebration. He concludes The Nielsen Project, the multi-year initiative to perform and record the Danish composer's symphonies and concertos, the first release of which was named by The New York Times as among the Best Classical Music Recordings of 2012. The Music Director presides over the EUROPE / SPRING 2015 tour with stops including London, featuring Giants Are Small's theatrical reimagining of Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka as part of the Orchestra's second International Associate residency at the Barbican Centre; Cologne, where he leads the World Premiere of Peter Eötvös's Senza sangue, a Philharmonic co-commission; and returns to Dublin and Paris.
Last season's highlights included the inaugural NY PHIL BIENNIAL; Mozart's three final symphonies; the U.S. Premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Frieze coupled with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; World Premieres; an all-Britten program celebrating the composer's centennial; the score from 2001: A Space Odyssey as the film was screened; the ASIA / WINTER 2014 tour; and a staged production of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson. High points of Mr. Gilbert's first four Philharmonic seasons included the critically celebrated productions of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (2010) and Janácek's Cunning Little Vixen (2011) — both cited as the top cultural events of their respective years — as well as Philharmonic 360 (2012), the acclaimed spatial music program featuring Stockhausen's Gruppen, and A Dancer's Dream: Two Ballets by Stravinsky (2013, and later presented in movie theaters internationally). Other highlights included World Premieres of works by Magnus Lindberg, John Corigliano, Christopher Rouse, and composers featured on CONTACT!; Mahler's Second Symphony, Resurrection, on A Concert for New York on September 10; Mr. Gilbert's Philharmonic debut as violin soloist in J.S. Bach's Concerto for Two Violins; five concerts at Carnegie Hall; six tours to Europe; and the Asia Horizons tour.
In September 2011 Alan Gilbert became Director of Conducting and Orchestral Studies at The Juilliard School, where he is also the first holder of Juilliard's William Schuman Chair in Musical Studies. Conductor laureate of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and principal guest conductor of Hamburg's NDR Symphony Orchestra, he regularly conducts leading orchestras nationally and internationally, such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestra della Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Orchestre de Paris. His 2014–15 season engagements include appearances with Leipzig's Gewandhaus Orchestra, opening its season and on tour; The Philadelphia Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic; Berlin Philharmonic; NDR Symphony Orchestra; and Mozart's Don Giovanni at The Metropolitan Opera in February 2015.
Alan Gilbert made his acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in 2008 leading John Adams's Doctor Atomic; the DVD and Blu-ray of this production received the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. Renée Fleming's recent Decca recording Poèmes, on which he conducted, received a 2013 Grammy Award. Earlier releases garnered Grammy Award nominations and top honors from the Chicago Tribune and Gramophone magazine.
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Liang Wang joined the New York Philharmonic in September 2006 as Principal Oboe. Previously, he was principal oboe of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2005–06), and principal oboe of the Santa Fe Opera in the 2004–05 season.
Born in Qing Dao, China, in 1980, Mr. Wang comes from a musical family. His mother was an amateur singer; his uncle was a professional oboist, and Mr. Wang began oboe studies with him at the age of seven. In 1993 he enrolled at the Beijing Central Conservatory, and two years later attended Idyllwild Arts Academy in California. During his time there he was the Jack Smith Award Winner at the Pasadena Instrumental Competition, a two-time winner of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Fellowship, and a winner at the Spotlight Competition of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Liang Wang made his Carnegie Hall debut in April 2011 performing Chen Qigang's Extase, and he was invited by the Presidents of China and France to perform the work with the Orchestre Colonne de France at Versailles's Royal Opera House in March 2014 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of France-China diplomacy. Other recent appearances include Mozart's Oboe Concerto with Les Violons du Roy, led by Bernard Labadie, in Quebec City; Mozart and Richard Strauss's Oboe Concertos on tour with all of China's major symphony orchestras; and J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Mr. Wang completed his bachelor's degree in 2003 at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Philadelphia Orchestra principal oboist Richard Woodhams. While at Curtis, he was a fellowship recipient at both the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he studied with John de Lancie, the former Principal Oboist of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Wang was a prize winner at the 2003 Fernard Gillet International Oboe Competition.
Since graduating from Curtis, Mr. Wang has served as principal oboe with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and associate principal oboe of the San Francisco Symphony; he was also a guest principal oboist with the Chicago and San Francisco symphony orchestras. An active chamber musician, he has appeared with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Angel Fire Music Festival, and he has appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra in Richard Strauss's Oboe Concerto. He has given master classes at the Cincinnati Conservatory, The Juilliard School, Mannes, and The Curtis Institute of Music; was on the oboe faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, is currently on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and New York University, and is an honorary professor at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music and the Shanghai Conservatory.
John Schaefer is the host of WNYC's innovative music/talk show Soundcheck, which features live performances and interviews with a variety of guests. Mr. Schaefer has also hosted and produced WNYC's radio series New Sounds since 1982 (called "The #1 radio show for the Global Village" by Billboard) and the New Sounds Live concert series since 1986. He has written extensively about music, including the book New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music (Harper & Row, NY, 1987; Virgin Books, London, 1990); the Cambridge Companion to Singing: World Music (Cambridge University Press, U.K., 2000); and the television program Bravo Profile: Bobby McFerrin (Bravo Television, 2003). His liner notes appear on more than 100 recordings, ranging from the 1996 NAIRD winner The Music of Armenia to releases by Yo-Yo Ma, Terry Riley, and many others.
Mr. Schaefer has curated the new-music and film series at the World Financial Center and the BAM World Music Festival. He has also chaired the Pulitzer Prize jury for Music and hosted many lectures and panels for Lincoln Center, BAM, and Tanglewood's Contemporary Music Festival, among others.
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Durham Tees Valley Airport fails to secure funding
ITV News had learned that Durham Tees Valley Airport has not made the shortlist in the latest round of the Regional Growth Fund.
Owners Peel Holdings had hoped to use the government regeneration money to build a freight operation.
Durham Tees Valley Airport disappointed by lack of investment
Durham Tees Valley airport have expressed their "acute disappointment" over their lack of funding from the Regional Growth Fund.
The airport were hoping for a £5.9m grant in support of its Southside development.
– Statement from Durham Tees Valley airport's Board of Directors
"The Airport has now been notified officially that the Regional Growth Fund bid for £5.9m in support of the Southside development was unsuccessful.
"The Directors expressed acute disappointment and will be seeking an explanation for the decision.
The Board also reaffirmed its commitment to pursuing the Southside scheme which is vital to providing sustainable aviation at the Airport."
Airport to miss out on government regeneration money
The owners of Durham Tees Valley Airport say they're committed to creating a huge freight operation even though it looks like they've missed out in the latest round of the Regional Growth Fund.
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Plans to develop land around Durham Tees Valley airport has been jeopardised after a multi-million pound funding bid was declined.Read the full story

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Just hours after he was released from jail for throwing a metal vise at an Iraq War veteran's car in Bloomington, 39-year-old Gerret Parks was arrested after police said he led them on a drunken chase through St. Croix Falls, Wis. Yet, by Monday afternoon, he was a free man once more.
Parks posted a $2,500 bail and was released from the Polk County Jail by 4 p.m. on Monday.
Parks was first arrested on Friday by Bloomington police and booked into the Hennepin County Jail for assault and criminal damage to property. Charges in that case are expected to be filed Tuesday.
Parks is suspected of throwing objects at cars on Normandale Boulevard at least six times in the past month. One of those cases involved National Guard veteran Jon Stacke, who lost seven teeth and suffered a broken jaw when a metal vise smashed through his windshield.
FOX 9 News spoke with Stacke who said he's shocked to hear that Parks got out of jail in the first place, and is even more shocked that he got into even more trouble so soon.
"I'm just puzzled by his mindframe," Stacke said. "Why would you do something to intentionally hurt somebody? Is he mentally right? Or -- what's up with the guy? Just curious."
Parks was released from the Hennepin County Jail jail at 1:21a.m. Sunday morning.
Shortly thereafter, Parks made a post on his Facebook page that read: "None of this legal crap is true whatsoever. My past is being thrown in my face and is being used to tie me to recent events that I had nothing to do with. When all this blows over, I plan to sue the Bloomington Police Department. Wait for the details..."
Around 5:51 p.m. Sunday, officers in St. Croix Falls saw Parks driving black SUV that was estimated to be traveling at 80 mph in a 35 mph zone.
Parks led police on a 1.5-mile chase, barreling through intersections at high speeds without obeying stop signs. The chase ended on State Highway 35 near McKenney Street, where he stopped his SUV just 200 yards away from the St. Croix Falls Police station -- and a few feet before ramming a squad car.
Arresting officers said Parks was uncooperative and in a "depressive state."
When officers opened the door of his SUV, Parks said he was stuck in his seat belt. Once unbuckled, Parks continued to struggle with officers, who took him to the ground. Officers say he black eye Parks is seen sporting in his mug shot came as he resisted arrest. Officers say he hit his head as he was pulled out of the car.
Parks was arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail for third-degree OWI, fleeing police, reckless driving and resisting arrest. In the end, however, he was charged only with fleeing police. By 4 p.m. on Monday afternoon, he had posted the $2,500 bail and left the jail.
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In this two-minute video, Dr. H. Richard Alexander, professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and surgical oncologist at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, explains a new method that his team helped to develop for treating patients with metastatic melanoma that has spread to the liver. A recent nationwide clinical trial that tested the procedure, known as percutaneous hepatic perfusion, showed that it was very effective in improving longevity and quality of life for patients with this condition. Dr. Alexander talks about the results of this clinical trial and the implications these results may have on the future treatment of melanoma and possibly other types of cancer that spread to the liver.
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Dr. Singer has been a faculty member at the University of Rhode Island since 1977. From 1979 to July, 2010 he served as the administrative head of the Department of Communicative Disorders.
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The dog days of summer here in agency-land give us a slight-bit of time to discuss stuff. And nothing creates more fodder for discussion that the results from the Cannes International Advertising Festival.
Last month two big winners at Cannes 2012 were Chipotle's "Back to the Start" sustainable farming anthem (Grand Prix in Film and Brand Content categories) and Nike's Fuel Band effort via the brand and it's digital partner, R/GA. Both great examples of using technology and new platforms to create symbolic and emotional experiences for their audiences.
Conversations have erupted and questions are being asked of each other on how big advertising agencies can develop this type of work on behalf of clients.
And being in a planning department inside a big agency, the one comment I hear the most around this discussion is: "I would love to see how that was briefed in to the team…"
The truth of the matter, is that Nike's Fuel Band project was not the product of an amazing integrated marketing brief.
It was the result of a long standing partnership.
R/GA has been the digital agency of record for Nike for a very long time. Other digitally focused agencies have had projects here and there and create great work and platforms across Nike's regions. But R/GA is the title holder. And the most leaned upon.
They have created the code-base for multi-region platforms for NikeRunning.com, NikeBasketball.com, NikeFootball.com, etc. They helped Nike's .com unit build e-commerce platforms, content management platforms, you name it. R/GA has been the heavy lifter and a big reason why Nike has killed it in the digital space since the swap of the decade.
With the work they have done building infrastructure and developing digital brand systems R/GA has earned a seat at the table as a technology and business partner. Not just as an agency. So when Nike went looking to create an always-on experience for the brand that built on the success of Nike+, an obvious product partner on it was R/GA.
A project like Nike Fuel Band isn't a result of an agency brief. Filled out by a brand manager and magically countered by a big idea via the agency. This is a product that takes R&D dollars, systems integration, manufacturing support, etc. that would be a major strategic initiative lead by Nike itself. And the digital agency was asked build out the ecosystem and technology, because that is what R/GA has done for Nike for a very long time and with a track record of success.
R/GA brought this thing to life through tis expertise and knowledge on how to get stuff done. But they did not dream this up with a copywriter and an art director brewing up an idea and pitching it to a client.
That's not how platforms come to life.
So if you are an agency dreaming for a award-winning,category changing project like Nike+, Nike Fuel Band etc., start building the capability and capacity to be a strategic business partner. Know what moves the business. Understand how consumers are behaving and what their expectations are from you. And be able to build that out with your client, together.


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The course of Road Race includes a point-to-point section plus several laps of a circuit of public roads.
The Road Race is a mass start event, where the first rider to complete the distance is declared the winner. Men will compete 7 laps, covering a total distance of 245.4 km and women will compete 2 laps, covering a distance of 126.4 km. Starting positions will be allocated according to the result at the previous Olympic Games and the current UCI ranking by nation. Cyclists from the higher position nations will be placed at the front of the group.
Individual Time Trial
The course of the Individual Time Trial will be a 23.8 km circuit covering the road between the Great Wall Badaling section and Juyongguan section.
Men will complete two laps and women one lap of the course.
Competitors start at 2-minute intervals and at the end of the course, the rider with the fastest time is declared the winner. The maximum number of participants for the Individual Time Trial event will be 40 men and 25 women.


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This dialog allows you to select an image pattern file from your system.
The folder on your system that you want to look in to find an image pattern file. When a folder is selected, its contents are shown on the dialog. You can click the select button to show other drives and folders on your system.
Go back to the last viewed folder.
Move up one folder in your system's folder structure.
How you would like to view the files and folders on this dialog. Choose from:
View files as thumbnail images with their filenames underneath.
View files as large icons with their filenames underneath.
View files as small icons with their filenames to the right.
View files in a list view with small icons and their filenames to the right.
View files with small icons and their file details to the right. These details include the file size, type, and modified date.
These are the buttons that are shown on the left hand side of the dialog that open common folders on your system. Choose from:
Opens the My Pictures folder on your system. This folder is commonly used to store personal photographs.
Opens the Scrapbook MAX! gallery to the Paper Scraps folder. For example, C:\Program Files\Scrapbook MAX! 2.0\Gallery\Images\Paper Scraps...
Opens the My Documents folder on your system.
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Hey Bills fans:
How are you doing? I loved how the Pats lost yesterday, and yet again, they showed the football world they are not classy, either in a win or a loss. So heading into next weeks game. The pats will come angry, motivated.
Last year Welker destroyed us and even though we got 4 picks, Brady collected gzillion yards against us. I know our defense is vastly improved. Our D line might pressure enough to win the game, but we must find a way to stop #83.
Any ideas for Welker. Any specific game plan to beat the cheaters?


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If you have questions or would like to know how you can provide quality places to play and spread the word about the economic impact of outdoor recreation in your area, contact Lindsay Bourgoine at 303.327.3490.
Created in 1965 and up for reauthorization in 2015, LWCF reinvests federal royalties from offshore oil and gas development to protect America's natural resources and outdoor recreation assets, funding:
- Access to federal lands and waters.
- Local parks, open space, greenways and blueways.
- Bike and pedestrian trails, athletic fields and pools.
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- To pass S. 1265, ensuring Congress honors their commitment to $900 million in annual funding for LWCF.
- To pass S. 1813, a Transportation package including language reauthorizing LWCF through 2022.
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- To defend wilderness and roadless areas from legislative attacks that would eliminate these areas or defund their administration and management.
- To protect 58 million acres of U.S. Forest Service roadless areas recognized under the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
2016 is the centennial of the National Park Service – an opportunity to ensure our park system is healthy and relevant to increasingly urbanized Americans.
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- To secure funding for parks construction and maintenance, ensuring quality, accessible recreations experiences and opportunities.
- To define the federal and NPS roles in ensuring urban Americans have access to great urban parks and outdoor recreation.
Declining revenues and requirements for balanced state budgets have state parks in peril. California recently closed 72 out of 280 state parks. Colorado is moving forward on oil and gas leasing in state parks, using royalties to fund operations.
OIA is Working:
- To catalog and portray the regional and local economic impacts of state parks.
- To engage member companies in local campaigns to keep the parks open.
Part of the federal Transportation Bill, RTP applies motor fuel taxes on off-highway vehicles to build and maintain trails across the recreation spectrum – motorized, bike, pedestrian, ski, equestrian.
OIA is Working:
- To protect the reinvestment of $85 million in off-highway fuel taxes back in to recreation trails.
The Stateside Program of the Land and Water Transportation Fund is the primary federal program funding local, close-to-home parks and open space. UPARR, federal funding for urban parks, last received funding in 2001. Federal funding for bike and pedestrian trails is threatened by a bankrupt Federal Highway Trust Fund and declining gas tax revenues.
OIA is Working:
- To pass S. 1265, ensuring Congress honors their commitment to $900 million in annual funding for LWCF.
- To ensure the Stateside Program receives a fair allotment of LWCF funds.
Under the federal Transportation Bill, Transportation Enhancements fund the bike and pedestrian trails that provide active lifestyles, outdoor recreation and alternative transportation in communities across America.
OIA is Working:
- To retain $300 million in annual funding in House/Senate negotiations on reauthorization of the federal transportation and highway funding.


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For the boys wearing black and gold!
The die hard
My Bruins 2011 Tattoo. The Bruins logo on top off the cup with the 6 years that they won filled in. 1929, 1939, 1941, 1970, 1972, 2011
Boston Tattoo
Best Tattoo Ever!
Bruins fans from Canada I recently got some "black and yellow" ink done - my son and I are huge Bruins fans and we are from Canada.
Finished back
My first tattoo at age 51
Waited 39 years for the Bruins to win the cup and this was my first tattoo at the age of 40. I've been a fan for 35+ years.
My Tattoo for another Bruins Stanley Cup
Ok, it's a temporary tattoo, but still shows spirit!
This is my Bruins Tattoo(on my left calf) that I've had for a few years now
Got this 2 days after the Bruins won the cup. Being a Boston sports fan I think the tattoo speaks for itself. It is something that no one can take away from us. Bring it home Patriots.
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NSDI 2013, the premier event bringing together GIS application developers, government agencies and the industry, will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in Mumbai, India. NSDI-13 will be held on Nov. 29-30, 2013, and it will be followed by the OGC Technical Committee meeting from Dec. 2-6, 2013 at the same venue. OGC is the Industry Consortium that is devoted to developing all Spatial and GIS related standards. Its key standards GML and associated services such as WFS and WMS are being widely implemented in Indian context too, and this initiative has been led by NSDI.
The organizing committee of NSDI-13 invites you to participate in NSDI-13. The details of the previous NSDI Conferences are available at NSDI site (https://nsdiindia.gov.in/nsdi/welcome.html). NSDI-12 was held in Delhi and NSDI-11 was held at IISc in Bangalore. The 2-day event is organized annually with strong participation of NSDI stakeholders from Govt. agencies, Industry, Academia, and NGOs through invitation. It has been attracting approx. 150-180 participants in the past. The conference has a plenary session consisting of keynotes from policy makers as well as application experts. This is followed by series of technical sessions. There will be one invited sessions from NSDI stakeholders highlighting their work in the recent past. There will be a session from vendors focusing on advances in ge-spatial technologies and new application areas. NSDI-13 will include a s session on recent research projects relating to Interoperability and new OGC standards. These projects were supported through DST/IITB GISE Research Grant Call. Finally, we plan to have a session on capacity building and education and training needs in GIS related areas.
Another important feature of NSDI-13 will be a series of tutorials planned on Dec. 1, 2013, highlighting recent standards and technologies for innovative and critical applications of geospatial data.
NSDI 2013 will be a good opportunity to update yourself with Indian and International thrust areas in geo-spatial technologies and applications, and also on new initiatives in this area. Eminent National & International speakers will share their views and experiences on a variety of subjects during scientific sessions.
We look forward to your enthusiastic participation.
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While many of us are try to "keep it real", as the season moves towards another year of fingers being crossed and trying to analyze post season potential by mathematical reasoning, let us please keep in mind that every game is winnable, although surely not easy. Let's have a look:
1. SF comes to Buffalo this week -- They have a regained toughness, but a cross country trip does not bode well for them. Bills need to keep it smart and mistake free to make up for previous home losses.
2. Miami via Toronto -- A game i would have rather seen at the Ralph, the hoopla may just aide the Bills as they look to make up for their loss on Monday Night. There is a good chance Buffalo and Miami have the same record going in. Miami plays St. Louis @ St. Louis, the week before in a game that seems to be a toss up. The Rams will be reeling from a home loss against the Bears, and the Dolphins will be looking improve from their meltdown at home. A loss for Miami would put them at a two game skid, and if you look at the Bills past losses, against Arizona, and Miami, were after those teams had lost 2 in a row. So if Miami wins a tough won, and comes out battered, it may be the best recipe for the Bills, who seem to get victories in chunks (and losses unfortunately).
3. Favre in New Jersey -- Now we have a team who is being crowned "Best in the AFC", and for God's sake, with #4 I guess we could have seen this crap storm coming but give me a break. Denver is rolling into town and I will be a very big Cutler fan this week, and hopefully he doesn't repeat sour performances. That game could be shoot out, and i think if it is, Denver might just win. Then the Jits go out to SF for a West Coaster and that might prove to be a trap game for them. Then its a rebound back home to take on the Bills, and I like our chances. The Bills run at the Meadowlands (or giants stadium or, who cares, aginst the jets at home). OJ gets 2,003 yards, Thurman has gone over 200 there, and even McGahee has pulled out his best Bills games there. Now Beast Mode, newly revitalized might just get to reap the rewards. I think the Jets might come down to Earth, but we are going to have to show up with a flawless game plan, and I hope Butler is back to help Preston with that Fat-Body they have at the Nose.
4. Out to Mile High vs. Cutler and Broncs -- They seem to get the better of us the past few times, and now with Cutler and that high powered offense, we might have some trouble. However, by this time, if we have Greer, mcGee, McKelvin and Whitner all healthy, we might be able to stop that wild passing attack. We wil have to also get some action going on O. "IF" we are on a three game win streak, then we had better not look past the Broncos. They'll be coming off a East Coaster to Carolina and looking forward to a big divisional game against SD, which they will need to even think Wild Card, and SD will be playing tough just to save face in my estimation. This is winnable, but against superior coaching, we will have to be aggressive, and that goes for all of these games.
5. The Pats (ugghh) -- In what could be reminiscent of the Steelers game when Mularkey thought we might make it to the playoffs (X10 by the way), the Pats may have regained the division lead, or it could still be tied (maybe even with the Bills), but either way, they are going to come swinging no matter what. Home, away, it doesn't matter because the Pats obviously have our number. BUT if the Bills are leaning on a win streak, and the post-season in our sights, they might not be able to stop the momentum. They'll be coming off of two "easy" games; going to Oakland and having the Sun baked Cards going into a wintery Gillette stadium. We have two things that may or may not help as well, or maybe one thing, and that is the weather. Brad isn't there and I don't know about Cassell in the wind and snow. Now Edwards isn't much better (yet) obviously, but his tenacity after some of these let downs and the possible win streak and playoff sniff might boost us over the hump. Regardless, if we are out by math, than I hope Bill has to play the starters to oust the jets from the divisional lead or to secure their own spot, that way they play the starters and we can spoil their post-season dreams. That would be a winning season to me.
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By JOSH AULT6 News Reporter
SEVIERVILLE (WATE) - A Sevier County mom wants to see her daughter walk across the stage and receive her high school diploma like so many students will be doing over the next few weeks, but there's a problem.
Her daughter has been homeschooled for the past two years, and the school system says since she has not participated in public school, she is not allowed.
Destiny Mahaffey has already received her diploma after completing her homeschool work, and now all she wants is do is walk across the stage at Sevier County High School like all of her friends.
She says being told she cannot has been difficult. "Please let me walk," said Destiny. "It would be very important to me and I've earned it. I've done all the work, so there is no reason for me not to."She already attended prom at the school and feels attending graduation would close this chapter her life. No one at the Sevier County school board office would do an on-camera interview, but they did tell us no homeschooled children are allowed to attend graduation.
Sevier County Assistant Superintendent Debra Ann Cline released the school system's policy on graduation, which states:
"Students must be enrolled in the Sevier County School System and must have completed graduation requirements as outlined by the Sevier County Board of Education to be permitted to participate in graduation ceremonies.""It's a right of passage number one, and number two she's earned it," said Destiny's mother Lori Mahaffey.She also wants to see her daughter walk.
Lori said there are personal reasons why her daughter had to be homeschooled, and those issues should not keep her from walking.
Furthermore, several of their family members have also graduated from Sevier County High School, and they do not want to stop the tradition."She got to go to prom," said Lori Mahaffey. "Why can't she graduate? What's the big deal? It's not costing Sevier County any money. We already have a gown. We already have a cap. We already have the 2013 tassel. What's the big deal? There is none."Destiny and her family say they plan to fight for a reversal in the decision for the next three weeks.
Graduation is set for May 28.
Destiny's family has now created a Facebook page to gain support for her desire to walk.
We reached out to several school systems to find out if they have similar polices on graduation.
Knox and Jefferson counties also do not allow homeschooled students to walk at graduation.
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"Man, I *hate* that game"
"So pushy..."
"and annoying.."
"and man was it uuuuuuuuuuugly"
(First one to recognize the source gets a bonus point- I'm going by time posted so there can be a tie)
Yeah, that was a pretty ugy. That's why we have another game today, in which JJ comes back!!! Let's get him a W
1. Attendance
3. How many innnings will JJ throw in his return?
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Jacksonville Deals Campbell 3-1 TAAC Men's Soccer Loss
October 2, 1999
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Jacksonville University scored three times in less than eight minutes early in the second half to earn a 3-1 men's soccer victory over Campbell on Saturday at the Eakes Athletic Complex. The 19th-ranked Dolphins saw a 1-0 halftime deficit turn into a 3-1 advantage just 14:05 into the second period on goals by Hope Chiota, Mike Popovic and Bole Acimovic. Jacksonville won its second-straight match to improve to 8-1 on the year and 2-0 in the Trans America Athletic Conference. Campbell lost its fourth-consecutive outing and fell to 1-7, 0-3 in the TAAC.
The Camels struck first when Rafael Guanaes came off the bench and scored in the 44th minute of play. Guanaes finished a left-footed shot from outside the box after Matt Magner and Adam Martin strung together passes to set up the freshman from Brazil. Jacksonville, the defending TAAC champion, answered just 6:23 into the second period when Mike Popovic set up Chiota in the box for the equalizer. Just over five minutes later, Popovic scored what proved to be the game-winner when swept in from the right-flank and beat Camel keeper Phillip Hatcher to the far post. Less than three minutes later, Acimovic finished a counter attack off feeds from Chiota and Mladen Dikic for a two-goal JU edge. Campbell held a 15-13 advantage in shots, but JU keeper Petar Popovic made seven saves, at least three in one-on-one situations.
The Fighting Camels return to action on Wednesday at Coastal Carolina in a 3:00 p.m. kickoff.
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Parade's End 9 p.m., HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch — Cumby to some of his more loving fans — is top-notch in this smart five-hour adaptation of Ford Madox Ford by Tom Stoppard. Cumby is always good. But I was taken by surprise by Rebecca Hall (above, with Cumberbatch), who is a revelation as the bored, sadistic, confused Sylvia. She takes command of every scene she's in. Think her character is superficial at your own risk. Tonight, in hours three and four, Sylvia acts out in a few big ways, including going to France to visit her husband.


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Join the crowd on S. Main St. in front of Lock 3, to countdown the final minutes of 2013 and ring in the New Year! Oooh and ahhh over two fabulous FirstMerit Fireworks shows at 9 p.m. and midnight!
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Timing America's Comeback
Yale's Robert Schiller adds additional light on the subject: "The fundamental problem that much of the world faces today is that investors are overreacting to debt-to-GDP ratios, fearful of some magic threshold, and demanding fiscal austerity programs too soon. The lesson is simple. We should worry less about debt ratios and thresholds and more about our inability to see these indicators for the artificial, and often irrelevant, constructs that they are."
As hedge funds financially exploit each and every perceived crisis, somehow the United States always seems to bounce back. The recovery off the August 2011 lows will be no different. As long as government debt remains the bearish variable of choice, we will be forced to deal with volatile swings, but don't discount the ability of the market to rally in a major way as soon as political short-term policy is changed to appease short-sighted investors.
The foundation of America is strong. We have 91% employment and it looks like we could pick up a few more percentage points with Obama's plan that will be announced after Labor Day. When was the last time you heard anyone refer to our employment situation as 91% employed? Is the glass half full or half empty?
Contrary to popular opinion, I still believe that we are in the midst of the greatest technological revolution in the history of mankind and once this market heals itself from the contagious spread of fear, the next cycle of the bull market should surpass the artificial run of the dot-com bubble. We're not as far away from that kind of generational rally as you might think.
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"Meet and Greet at the AAC with Dirk!"
The caption on this picture made me think something I'd not ever thought before. Let me try to explain.
I remember my first game as a kid, sitting at the absolute top row of Reunion Arena with the backs of our heads against the wall, squinting to see our rookie wunderkind from Cal take on Hakeem and the Rockets.
I remember losing my mind during Dwayneapalooza in 2006.
I remember losing my mind in a different way on June 12th, 2011.
But of all of the memories I have of chasing Maverick basketball, the one my friends will probably say I talk about most is the time I met Dirk. It was a preseason meet and greet at the AAC practice court under the Old No.7 Club, and I believe it was the whole 2005 squad.
I remember bits and pieces. Terry unabashedly making a pass at my sister. Daniels being pretty darn friendly. But mostly how tall Dirk was, and how genuinely nice was, and how disconnected he felt from the regimented and sterile autograph process- he was just friendly, and real. Just wanted to say hey and let you know he was thankful for your support. How he was exactly the way I imagined him.
And I remembered that they seemed like a unit, a collective. There was some togetherness. After all, we were with the first Dallas team to ever make it to the Finals. We just didn't know it yet.
It's different now. From what I've seen, meet and greets like this are Dirk and his buddy Brian Cardinal. Or they're crazy Delonte and Lamar kicking it at the zoo with a local DISD class. Or it's, like this instance, something with the whole team. They're never a one-man show. Unless that's the team.
That's why I think there's never been a clearer symbol that just about everything has changed. Regardless of whether you subscribe to the argument that Dirk's never had a true number two, he's never had it like this. Finley. Nash. Terry. He always had a guy.
Now, it's down to him. A Dirk Nowitzki meet and greet. A Dallas Mavericks meet and greet.
There seems to be some real nervous sentiment pervading the city about this. But honestly, I like his odds. Because when you've got a championship coach, the wildest owner in professional sports, a brilliant personnel evaluator, and you play in a league with a constantly-shifting landscape like the current NBA, your team's always got a shot. And when you've got a shot that falls like Dirk's? Smile, y'all. We got it good.


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ESPN ranks teams future prospects and Wizards finish 24th?
Not sure if anyone caught this article on ESPN. I thought it was a pretty good piece. I was a little surprised at first but to be honest I can't argue with it really. Our roster is a mess of mismatched players and we still lack a top player who is above average at defense AND offense(essential for any good team IMO). Basically we are hoping for a Gasol like trade for any chance of being in Championship contention in the next few years. What are your guys thoughts on this? Prada can you either bump this fanshot or write an analysis of the piece?


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The Browns have signed offensive tackle Rashad Butler, according to his agent Ken Sarnoff. Sarnoff tweeted out congratulations to Butler on signing with Cleveland.
The deal is believed to be a one-year deal.
Butler has missed 30 of the last 32 games because of tearing his triceps twice in two years. He'll be competing for a back-up job behind left tackle Joe Thomas and right tackle Mitchell Schwartz.
Butler was originally a third round pick of Carolina in 2006 but never suited up for the Panthers. He then signed with Houston in 2007 and played in 42 games for the Texans.
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This hidden gem is one of the best Flatiron climbs. Solid rock and a soaring arete that is quite consistent at the grade, make for a great scramble. This climb is long, and if done roped is probably at least 8 pitches. It is quite similar in difficulty to the standard E Face route on the Third Flatiron and makes for a great solo outing. Unlike the 3rd Flatiron, however, there is no fixed gear. NOTE: This climb falls within the Falcon closure and is usually closed from Feb 1 to July 31.
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Kathleen Parker asks Stone about the prospect of making a movie about Sarah Palin, and he uses this as a launching point for a PDS rant.
Parker: Can you see making a movie about Sarah Palin? Is she movie fodder? I would think ...
Stone: It's a bad idea because I think you're already empowering her. She's a moron in my opinion. She doesn't say anything.
He wasn't nearly content to rest on those insults however (clip below)...
Stone comments on the Palin phenomenon by comparing her supporters to the Know-Nothings:
"There's Know-Nothingism in American histories all over the place. You find candidates coming, ignorant people run for office, and they win."
Ironic in that he mentions ignorant people running for office and winning to a guy forever known as Client Number 9.
Stone also compares Sarah Palin's followers to the Ku Klux Klan:
"The Ku Klux Klan was marching 100,000 Ku Klux Klan marched the streets of Washington, D.C. in 1923 to astounding success with white sheets on their head."
And of course, he puts his America-bashing on full display:
"America goes into its virtue, its Know-Nothing kind of like, the foreigners are enemies, we hate the Europeans, we blame them. We're an isolationist history and an isolationist country."
Only Oliver Stone could despise Sarah Palin while simultaneously believing Hitler was nothing more than misunderstood.
Oh, and speaking of a know nothing moron...
At the (0:40) mark, Stone coins a previously undiscovered nickname for FDR - Federal Delano Roosevelt.
At the (1:20) mark, he points out that there was another candidate running for election in 2008. Of Obama's presidency, Stone says, "I'm still rooting for him. It's either him or McCain or Palin or Bush."
He uses the phrase 'idear', which the Urban Dictionary defines as, 'What losers who don't know proper English say instead of idea.'
Oddly enough, Spitzer doesn't challenge these ridiculous allegations of Palin being a moron. Perhaps this is because Client Number 9 fits the bill himself. During his political tenure in New York, Spitzer attained such intellectually challenged achievements as:
Kathleen Parker isn't exactly interested in jumping to Palin's defense either. As Matthew Balan points out, Parker has a long history of bashing Palin in her Washington Post columns.
Thus far, the Parker-Spitzer show has proven to be nothing more than a forum for unhinged Palin bashers.
Parker. Spitzer. Stone.
Morons. All of them.
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Bulldogs Edge Cal Poly, 10-9
March 23, 2010
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The Fresno State baseball team earned their second mid week game win over Cal Poly, 10-9. The `Dogs are 11-10 on the season.
The Bulldogs recorded 14 hits including three home runs and six doubles. Senior Steve Detwiler was one hit away from hitting for the cycle. It is the second game in a row that a Bulldog has come within one hit of the cycle.
Junior Jordan Ribera continued his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the eighth inning. He has gotten a hit in every game dating back to March 7 against Oregon. Ribera has the longest hitting streak on the team this season.
The Fresno State pitching staff combined for 10 strikeouts. Matt Morse led the team with five strikeouts.
Gowens hit two doubles against the Mustangs bringing his season total to 10, which is the most on the team.
Junior Danny Muno led off the first inning and got the first hit of the game for the Bulldogs with a single to left field. Cal Poly scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning taking the lead, 4-0.
In the second inning, designated hitter Bobby Coyle hit a solo home run over the right field wall as the `Dogs trail, 4-1. Coyle has three home runs on the season.
Muno battled to a full count before hitting a single through the right side in the third inning. Gowens flew out in foul territory moving Muno to second base. Outfielder Dusty Robinson reached on an error advancing to third base. Ribera reached base on a fielder's choice allowing Muno to score cutting the Mustangs lead, 4-2.
Sophomore Tom Harlan earned his first career start in the mid week game against Cal Poly. In the third inning the lefty sat the Mustang batters down in order. Harlan threw three innings striking out two Cal Poly batters.
In the fourth innings, third baseman Garrett Weber led off with a double to left field. Weber advanced to third base on a balk by the Mustangs pitcher. Coyle hit a sacrifice fly to center field bringing home Weber and the Bulldogs trail, 4-3.
The Mustangs scored two runs in the fourth inning increasing their lead, 6-3.
Greg Gonzalez came into the game in relief in the fourth inning. The junior struck out the first Cal Poly batter he faced. The junior struck out three batters in two and two-thirds innings pitched.
In the fifth inning, Ribera struck out swinging, but reached first base on a wild pitch. Catcher Trent Garrison worked a full count before hitting a ground rule double as Ribera advanced to third base. Weber singled through the left side bringing in two runs and the `Dogs trail, 6-5.
Detwiler launched a solo home run over the left field wall tying the game, 6-6, in the sixth inning.
Muno continued the inning with a stand up double to left field. Gowens walked. Robinson hit a three-run home run well over the left field fence giving the Bulldogs their first lead of the game, 9-6.
Cal Poly scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Bulldogs lead, 9-8.
Matt Morse took the mound in the sixth inning. The senior struck out two of three batters faced in the seventh inning. He threw three and third innings striking out a season-high five batters.
In the eighth inning, Gowens hit his second double of the night to right center field. Ribera hit an RBI single to right field allowing Gowens to score extending the lead, 10-8.
The Mustangs added a run in the bottom of the eighth inning trailing the Bulldogs, 10-9.
Morse sat down the final three batters he faced in order to end the game with the Bulldogs winning, 10-9.
"We Are Your Team" - Catch the `Dogs in action on Friday, March 26th when the Aggies of UC Davis head to Beiden Field. First pitch for the first game of the three-game series is set for 6:05pm. For more information on Bulldogs Baseball and all your favorite Fresno State teams check out GoBulldogs.com.


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I am Donna Ladd responding to Bill Applegate's editorial on the federal spending on education.
It is ironic that Mr. Applegate's editorial occurred right after our local Homeowners' Association meeting where we discussed this very subject. Euclid schools are again asking for another levy that will increase our taxes yet again but I question whether this increase will benefit the schools or the children as much as it benefits the city of Euclid.
Many of us do not have children in school anymore yet we are asked to pay more in taxes. As Mr. Applegate's editorial pointed out, statistics are showing that the children are not getting the quality of education despite dollars being thrown at it.
It appears that education is not the priority for the children, but for others to benefit at the expense of the children.
I am not against education. What I am against is the cost of it. Many people have multiple degrees and have debt, yet are still encouraged to go back to school and further their education. Someone needs to be held accountable for all the money being misappropriated and not used for what it was intended the children.
Thank You.
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Lynchburg, VA - Linkhorne Elementary School's principal had to get up close and personal with a pig Friday afternoon.
This was part of a deal Principal Kathleen Sawyer made with students. And she didn't give Daisy the pig just one smooch but a few.
Students had 46 days to earn 4,600 Accelerated Reader points. Turns out, they cleared that goal and earned 4,700.


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BERLIN – A pastor can continue to describe a film about the Israel-Palestinian
conflict as anti-Semitic, a regional court in Bavaria covering the cities of
Nürnberg-Fürth ruled on Friday.
The film, We refuse to be enemies, by
Stefanie Landgraf, a local director, compares a Palestinian refugee camp in the
West Bank with the Warsaw Ghetto under the Third Reich.
The pastor argued
that the film strengthens the neo-Nazi scene and anti-Semitism in the Federal
Republic, according to a report in the local Nordbayern paper.
added that the court affirmed the pastor's criticism as protected by freedom of
The pastor accused the film of anti-Semitism because of
comparisons between the Jewish state and Nazi Germany.
In addition to the
alleged demonization of Israel through the Nazi comparison, the pastor labeled
the film anti-Semitic because a Jewish museum is charged with manipulating the
Holocaust in order to steal land from the Palestinians.
However, Nathan
Gelbart, a leading international expert on media law, wrote to The Jerusalem
Post by email, "The magistrate's court has not ruled Ms. Landgraf's movie as
anti-Semitic but just has allowed the defendant to continue to call this movie
anti- Semitic as a legitimate expression of his views and thoughts which are
protected by article five of the German Constitution." Gelbart, who practices
law for the Berlin-based FPS firm, added, "Ms. Landgraf might not like it but
has to live with it since the defendant has not crossed the red line calling her
movie anti-Semitic without any reasons."
In response to the school ban of
her film, Landgraf said, "Germany must stop to impose such
She said Israel is responsible for the expulsion of the
Palestinians and permanently violates human rights.
The oldest serving
head of a German Jewish community, Arno Hamburger of the Israelitischen
Kultusgemeinde (IKG) organization in Nürnberg, slammed the film for its
distorted depiction of Israel.


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Item: Sensitivity Testing of Handcharges and Risk Management in Avalanche Control
Title: Sensitivity Testing of Handcharges and Risk Management in Avalanche Control
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 1994 International Snow Science Workshop, Snowbird, Utah, USA
- Chris Stethem
- Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory
Date: 1994
Abstract: Prepriming of handcharges in avalanche control provides a greater margin of safety than the practice of control point arming. Prepriming allows minimum exposure time for personnel, improved quality control, a greater margin of team safety and minimum closure time to the public. Low speed impact, such as may occur in a skiing fall, results in potential for detonation only for unprotected or loose detonators. Prepriming the explosives does not increase the hazard with respect to impact, rather it protects the cap from impact which would otherwise cause the cap to detonate. The probability of impact detonation of handcharges in fast moving avalanches is negligible for either preprimed or unprimed explosives.
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: handcharges, explosives, starting zones
Subjects: avalanche control avalanche risk management handcharges
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DetailsThe Day family has been in the auction business for over 40 years. We
run the Loup City Commission Company in Loup City, Nebraska, selling
livestock at auction. We conduct Machinery Consignment Auctions 3 to 4
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Washington, DC, US
Scott is an advocate for the built environment, inspiring people to explore the world we create for ourselves. His personal and professional interests are rooted in the conviction that architecture matters, and thus, deserves both critical analysis and spirited celebration through storytelling and spatial experiences.
Currently, he is both Exhibitions Coordinator at the District Architecture Center and Independent Designer with the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. He enjoys working with curators, fabricators, graphic designers, installers, and others to bring about projects that encourage people to learn about architecture through exhibitions.
Scott has many project and research interests, including architecture and art installations; art of architecture and design exhibitions; contemporary museum architecture; contemporary residential design; curating architecture and design; history, theory, and criticism of contemporary architecture; photography and the built environment; and temporary structures in contemporary public space.
He received a MA in Exhibition Design from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2011 and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky, College of Design in 2003.
Specialties: Art and Creative Direction. Content Management and Research. Exhibition Development and Design. Exhibitions Coordination. Gallery Management. Graphic Design. Installation Design.
Washington Chapter, American Institute of Architects, Washington, DC, US, Exhibitions Coordinator, Gallery Assistant
National Building Museum, Washington, DC, US, Independent Designer
Chatelain Architects, pc, Washington, DC, US, Project Designer, Architectural Intern
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC, US, Teaching Assistant
National Building Museum, Washington, DC, US, Museum Intern
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, US, Visiting Critic
Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington, KY, US, Weekend Manager
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Masters, Exhibition Design
University of Kentucky, BArch, Architecture
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Dean's Graduate Student Scholarship Award, Scholarship
Kentuckiana Masonry Institute Student Design Competition Award, 1st Place
Hunter M. Adams Award of Design Excellence, Award
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The weather outside is frightful, so the American Kennel Club offers up these ways to keep your pooch safe in the cold weather:
-Watch out for deicers such as rock salt when talking your dog for a walk. They can not only irritate your dog's paws, but can be toxic if your dog licks it. Make sure to rinse and dry the paws when you get home.
-Keep the hair between your dog's toes trimmed. This will help ice balls from forming there. The snow and ice can cause cuts and cracked pads. You can also rub a small amount of petroleum jelly on your dog's paw pads before you go for a walk to help repel the snow.
-Do not leave your dog alone in the car on cold days. The same way your car heats up in the summer, it gets extremely cold in the winter.
-Take care to avoid spilled antifreeze in driveways. It smells and tastes good to dogs, but it is actually lethal to them. You can also use pet-friendly antifreeze in your car. It contains a much less toxic chemical and is doesn't taste as good to animals.
-Consider putting a sweater on your dog when you go outside if you have a hairless or smooth-coated breed.
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Pablo Escobar said that the essence of the cocaine business was "simple - you bribe someone here, you bribe someone there, and you pay a friendly banker to help you bring the money back."[13] In 1989, Forbes magazine estimated Escobar to be the seventh-richest man in the world with a personal wealth of close to US$25 billion[14] while his Medellín cartel controlled 80% of the global cocaine market.[15]
While seen as an enemy of the United States and Colombian governments, Escobar was a hero to many in Medellín (especially the poor people); he was a natural at public relations and he worked to create goodwill among the poor people of Colombia. A lifelong sports fan, he was credited with building football fields and multi-sports courts, as well as sponsoring children's football teams.[7]
Escobar was responsible for the construction of many hospitals, schools and churches in western Colombia, which gained him popularity inside the local Roman Catholic Church.[16] He worked hard to cultivate his "Robin Hood" image, and frequently distributed money to the poor through housing projects and other civic activities, which gained him notable popularity among the poor. The population of Medellín often helped Escobar serving as lookouts, hiding information from the authorities, or doing whatever else they could do to protect him.
Despite his popular image among Medellín's impoverished community, Escobar was well-known among his business associates to be a calm and sensible negotiator, that preferred to use money before the gun[citation needed]. Many of the wealthier residents of Medellín also viewed him as a threat. His brother said that Pablo knew that money generated more loyalty than fear, so violence was often unnecessary[citation needed]. At the height of his power, drug traffickers from Medellín and other areas were handing over between 20 and 35% of their Colombian cocaine-related profits to Escobar, because he was the one who shipped the cocaine successfully to the US.
The Colombian cartels' continuing struggles to maintain supremacy resulted in Colombia quickly becoming the world's murder capital with 25,100 violent deaths in 1991 and 27,100 in 1992.[17] This increased murder rate was fueled by Escobar's giving money to his hitmen as a reward for killing police officers, over 600 of whom died in this way


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Gives Cavs two extra first round picks from the Celtics in the stacked 2012 draft.
These picks are projected to be mid to later first round. (15-25 for both)
One of them is from the Clippers thy acquired in the Perkins trade and one is their own.
Jermaine Oneal is an expiring contract so the Cavs are just taking him on so the Celtics can add Verajao.
1) Move Verajao to a playoff contending team who can use his hustle/size/youth and rebounding
2) Ensures that the Cavs get destroyed in the paint for the rest of the season and thus fall to the bottom of the conference which equals lottery pick/picks.
This sounds like tanking, but it takes the Cavs away from a middle of the road/ scraping to get to the playoffs team that will lose in the first round, to a guaranteed lottery pick.
Verajao is great, but he's not a game changer right now for the Cavs- he's a role player. He's winning the Cavs too many games and one could argue it's keep them from getting another top 3 pick in the loaded 2012 draft. (think of who they could pick).
I think this means the Cavs would have their own early pick (lottery pick), the pick from the Heat and two Celtics picks, plus their late first round pick if they drop that low.
So 5 picks in the first round of the 2012 draft.
Do you pull the trigger?
What about one of these picks+Jermaine+ a young big man from the C's instead of a second pick?


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Any chance my alma mater has a snowball's chance in hell against Kansas in the opening round?
Yes, I know the answer. But remember that Kansas has been upset by far weaker teams two years in a row now (Bucknell in 2005, Bradley in 2006). So there's a chance. But there's also a chance that a suitcase full of diamonds might land on my doorstep tomorrow morning. Whatever. Here's hoping Kansas bows out early one more year and a 16 seed (btw we got hosed on that seed) beats a 1 seed for the first time ever.
Go Viks!