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I have four recordings of Rodgers and Hart's "The Boys From Syracuse," one of which (along with Herbert von Karajan's recording of Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte") has always been on my list of desert island disks. I mention this to show how much I love the musical's score, which explains why I found the Roundabout's revival so disheartening. The songs, including such standards as "Falling in Love With Love" and "This Can't Be Love," have always had a life because they're irresistible. The 1938 show itself, however, was generally dismissed as the kind of froth that people enjoyed before musicals became more serious when Rodgers took up with Hammerstein for "Oklahoma!" in 1943. Recently, however, we have seen that froth is not so easy to whip up and, starting with "Crazy for You" a decade ago, it's been making a comeback. I had hoped this revival of "Boys" might help speed the process. The book for "Boys" (roughly - very roughly - based on Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors") was originally written by George Abbott, a master of musical comedy construction. Intended as farce, the book's job was to zip you from one bit of musical frivolity to another. My hunch is that the book needed only a little tweaking. Instead, it was remanded to the custody of the dramaturgical twerp Nicky Silver, who has rendered it heavy-handed and inert. There are some clever jokes (about executions as a form of show business) and a lot of lame ones, but the narrative itself lacks drive. More important, games have been played with the score. Several songs from other Rodgers and Hart shows have been interpolated, to no effect. Other songs have been tampered with. All of which falls under the heading of purposeless cleverness. What is especially sad is that the cast is wonderful and could have made this a stellar evening. Toni DiBuono, for example, a "Forbidden Broadway" veteran, would have done a smashing job with "O, Diogenes."
Instead, it has been turned into a trio, and though her companions - Lauren Mitchell and Erin Dilly - are solid performers, it doesn't have the fizzle it would as a solo. The same is true of "Sing for Your Supper," written as a trio, which is now an ensemble number with solos by Jackée Harry. Some songs work well. Chip Zien does a beautifully soulful "Big Brother."
Jonathan Dokuchitz makes "You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea" touching. But most of the score is performed squarely and flatly. The direction is surprisingly lifeless, the sets generic, the choreography merely cute. The costumes, though, are clever. To get an idea of why the show has always claimed the affections of musical theater lovers, listen to the recordings. Recently, Decca issued the superb 1963 London cast recording. The 1997 DRG version has the elegant original orchestrations. My favorite, though, remains the '50s Sony version, with Jack Cassidy, Portia Nelson and Bibi Osterwald.
No Rodgers and Hart musical can be half-bad - but the Roundabout Theatre's production of "The Boys From Syracuse," which opened last night, pushes its luck.
The score is ravishing - with those immortal standards "Falling in Love With Love" and "This Can't Be Love," as well as another half-dozen that zing merrily around the memory, such as "Sing for Your Supper."
That's the wonderful part. And then there's the story.
In the right hands, Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," on which "The Boys" is based, can be really funny. Unfortunately, the right hands rarely pick it up.
I don't really remember the old George Abbott version at all - it was last seen in New York off-Broadway about 40 years ago looking lost - but Nicky Silver's new book seems labored.
The main fault of the evening is Scott Ellis' lethargic staging - which seems to wander around unfocused, like a drunk in search of a punch line.
Rob Ashford's choreography seems an awful waste of good courtesans. The original choreographer, George Balanchine, must be turning over in his heavenly bed.
Then there is the depressant scenery by Thomas Lynch, all pillars and wallpaper designs, enlivened only by Martin Pakledinaz's costumes, which, by the way, are not a waste of good courtesans.
Against all this mediocrity are ranged the score (that we could have guessed, but kind words are also due to the arrangers Don Sebesky and David Krane) and, perhaps surprisingly, many of the cast, particularly the men, and, yes, those courtesans, fighting a gallant rear-guard action.
The other women are not bad but unremarkable. But as the two romantic twins (oh, I forgot to tell you - the story is about two pairs of identical twins separated by a shipwreck, but don't worry about it, Shakespeare certainly didn't) Jonathan Dokuchitz and, especially, Tom Hewitt are excellent, while their twin slaves, Lee Wilkof and Chip Zien, get such laughs as might be gotten.
Nevertheless, there's something wrong when you leave a Rodgers and Hart musical humming the courtesans.
The boys from the Rat Pack would no doubt have appreciated the girls in ''The Boys From Syracuse.'' A bouquet of long-stemmed courtesans are on conspicuous display in the languid reworking of the Rodgers and Hart classic that opened last night at the American Airlines Theater.
That this gam-flashing chorus's value as a ring-a-ding-ding diversion is fully appreciated is signaled by its being given plenty of stage time. It has even been allotted two numbers (including ''You Took Advantage of Me'') interpolated from other Rodgers and Hart shows. Dancing with clean-cut suggestiveness in pseudo-classical costumes, the courtesans bring to mind not so much ancient Greece, where the musical takes place, as the later Roman revels at Caesar's Palace.
The mathematics have a loopy logic that is unique to show business. In having a thoroughly contemporary dramatist (Nicky Silver) update a 1938 musical inspired by a 16th-century farce (Shakespeare's ''Comedy of Errors'') from the work of a Roman playwright (Plautus) of roughly 2,300 years ago, the creators of this Roundabout Theater Company production have somehow landed in Las Vegas in the mid-1960's.
But don't expect rowdy hedonism from Scott Ellis's revival. Although a gleeful concert production from the Encores! series in 1997 suggested there was still plenty of life left in ''Boys,'' this latest incarnation exudes a listlessness that feels all too appropriate to the energy-sapping days of late summer in the city.
No such inertia, by most accounts, characterized the original staging of ''Boys,'' which had a book by George Abbott, its director, and choreography by George Balanchine. Writing in The New York Times, Brooks Atkinson said, ''Someone will have to call out the fire department to dampen down the classical ardors of this hilarious tale.''
Abbott used Shakespeare's story of the comic complications afforded by two sets of identical twins as a showcase for ribaldry and clowning from, among others, the beloved comedian Jimmy Savo. Sandwiched within the burlesque were some of Rodgers and Hart's most enchanting ballads (''This Can't Be Love,'' ''Falling in Love With Love,'' ''The Shortest Day of the Year'') and raciest novelty numbers (''He and She,'' ''Sing for Your Supper'').
These are smoothly sung, for the most part, in the current production. And there are certainly less appealing ways to escape the heat than to listen to them in the coolness of a dark theater. Yet there's little musical zest in the interpretation. Unlike the dancing courtesans, led by the television star Jackée Harry as their Madam and choreographed by Rob Ashford, the show's stars tend to plant themselves downstage and deliver their solos like singing trees.
In between, the performers swap a battery of barbs devised by Mr. Silver, a specialist in neurotic comedy (''Raised in Captivity,'' ''The Food Chain''). Antipholus of Syracuse (Jonathan Dokuchitz), the man who comes to Ephesus in search of his long-lost brother, now has phobias about heights and insects, while his twin, Antipholus of Ephesus (Tom Hewitt, late of ''The Rocky Horror Show'') is an insecure braggart who visits prostitutes only to talk.
The sibling rivalry between the show's love interests, Adriana (Lauren Mitchell) and Luciana (Erin Dilly), has been scaled into Clare Booth Luce-style sniping. And Dromio of Syracuse (Lee Wilkof), servant to Antipholous, has been given a bizarre encounter with a swishy tailor's apprentice (Kirk McDonald) that casts doubt on the sexual proclivities of the other Dromio (Chip Zien), who is married to the lusty Luce (Toni DiBuono).
No one's heart or libido really seems to be in the ensuing erotic confusions, which occur amid sets (by Thomas Lynch) and costumes (by Martin Pakledinaz) that vaguely recall the gladiator movies of the mid-20th century. The invaluable Mr. Wilkof (late of ''Kiss Me, Kate'') and Ms. DiBuono bring a certain bite to ''He and She,'' a droll portrait of a marriage. There was also, at least in the performance I saw, a surprise guest appearance by a popular vintage sitcom star toward the end.
Mr. Silver has provided a couple of sequences in which the ensemble members deliver rapid-fire one-liners in the manner of the old ''Laugh-In'' series. Hence you have Ephesian citizens exchanging rimshot comments in anticipation of a public execution in the language of jaded theatergoers. (''Not another stinking revival,'' one man exclaims, hearing of a previous execution that his friend said he thought he might have seen before.)
The lines are at best mildly funny, but they would definitely be funnier if there were more verve in the speaking of them. There's a persistent feeling in this ''Boys'' that the good citizens of Ephesus would much rather be at the beach.
A sparkling Rodgers & Hart score is nearly stripped of all its glitter in this unfortunate Roundabout Theater Co. revival of the 1938 musical based on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors." Scott Ellis' production itself almost earns that epithet, so consistently does it squander the show's potential charms. It's Champagne served in a Dixie cup -- make that flat Champagne.
The Rodgers & Hart musicals are, of course, notably difficult to revive. They date from an era when the books for Broadway shows were often little more than an aggregation of jokes and stock situations slapped together to provide a frame for a series of songs.
"Boys From Syracuse," with its roots in Shakespeare, was probably more sturdily constructed than most, and the book by George Abbott certainly proved durable enough when the musical was revived Off Broadway in 1963. The production ran for more than 500 performances -- more than twice as long as the initial run. A 1997 concert staging in the Encores! series was also much-celebrated.
So you might well wonder why Abbott's book has been jettisoned for the show's first Broadway revival, which stars Jonathan Dokuchitz and Tom Hewitt as long-lost twins Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus, and Lee Wilkof and Chip Zien as their twin servants, both named Dromio.
Nicky Silver, a specialist in anxiety-laden comedies that, on occasion, spiral giddily into the realm of farce, was certainly a defensible choice to supply a new book, but the results are peculiar, and only fitfully funny.
An odd note of sexual dysfunction has crept into the proceedings: Now it's not just Dromio of Ephesus, but all the Dromii and Antipholii who have a pathological fear of females. When Hewitt's preening A. of E. visits the bordello of madam Jackee Harry, he never gets down to business, apparently, but spends the evening detailing his martial exploits. And Dokuchitz's A. of S. grows wide-eyed with fear when he suddenly finds the statuesque Adriana of Lauren Mitchell -- his twin's wife -- on his hands.
Some of Silver's comic shtick hits its targets. A scene set in a tailor shop, where the foursome almost collide while whipping in and out of fitting rooms, works up a light farcical froth. But much more is undistinguished or pointless or labored (biggest laugh: a courtesan named Chlamydia).
Abbott's original may have been amply stocked with groaners (Dromio: "Don't you miss home cooking?" Antipholus: "Yes, whenever possible"), but an affectionate groan is better than a yawn.
The savvy Abbott knew the key to keeping this kind of comedy afloat was to toss out a dozen jokes per minute and let the laughs fall where they may; Silver's more determined approach, which seems dictated by a desire to bring more emotional consequence to the romantic plotting, reduces the quotient to a laugh every five minutes.
And it doesn't succeed in providing much more context for the score's more sincere songs, either. "The Shortest Day of the Year" and "You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea," a dreamy pair of romantic ballads, are ably sung by Hewitt (and Mitchell) and Dokuchitz, respectively, but they are still little more than pretty diversions from the comic anarchy that is -- or rather should be -- the show's reigning tone. Act one closes limply with the wistful reprise of "This Can't Be Love"; the raucous "Let Antipholus In" has been axed.
The production suffers from some other misguided musical choices. In an apparent effort to up the glamour quotient, more material has been provided for the courtesans, but the interpolation of "A Lady Must Live" (from 1931's "America's Sweetheart") and "You Took Advantage of Me" (1928's "Present Arms"), both performed by the Vegas-y working girls, sporting the cheesiest of Martin Pakledinaz's otherwise charming costumes, is pointless.
The latter replaces "The Ladies of the Evening," which is at least specific to the show and its particular characters.
But nothing about this bland production is very particular. Ellis and his collaborators have drained the musical of much of its distinctiveness.
The budget seems to have run out when it was time to build Thomas Lynch's sets, for instance. They're mostly just wallpaper and moldings with generic ancient-looking motifs.
And was choreographer Rob Ashford charging by the step? Percolating Rodgers melodies that cry out for movement -- "Falling in Love With Love" is, after all, a waltz -- find the performers sitting stock-still more often than not. (Then again, the contributions Ashford does make -- a brief Ginger & Fred dance for "This Can't Be Love," some generic vamping for "You Took Advantage of Me" -- are uniformly unexciting).
It's even hard to find much to praise in terms of individual performances. The four male leads certainly go through their paces with aplomb, and occasionally something more.
Hewitt has a funny, quizzical look, and Dokuchitz, his endearing moments as the show's resident neurotic. The two Dromios dispatch their duets with the Luce of Toni Dibuono ably.
Erin Dilly, as Adriana's sister Luciana, makes the most vivid impression, singing with a sweet ardency and managing to shape her middling shtick into something resembling a comic performance. But nobody really rises above the serviceable.
Emblematic of the production's utter haplessness is the treatment of "Sing for Your Supper," maybe the score's most delightful song. The jazzy, much-cherished vocal arrangement by Hugh Martin has been abandoned here as part of a desperate effort to inflate the song into a big 11 o'clock number.
Instead of the three female leads, it is now performed by Harry, who's no vocal powerhouse (will the Roundabout's dubious mania for casting TV names never be exhausted?), and those plastic showgirls again. Don Sebesky's orchestrations are generally lovely, but here, he and vocal arranger and music director David Loud force the issue, and the results are overblown.
The show's climax involves the arrival of a guest star playing the twin Antipholuses' long-lost mama. Here it's Georgia Engel, of "Mary Tyler Moore" fame. She doesn't make much of an impression, but it seems somehow fitting to conclude this empty production with a star turn by a performer best known for impersonating an airhead.


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From tarantulas in Belize to tutoring in South Africa: Not your typical spring break
04/4/2013Emma Sherer '13 (left) and Associate Professor of Ethnobotany Manuel Lizarralde check out a six-foot boa constrictor they caught in Belize.
Connecticut College students, faculty and staff scattered across the globe to take full advantage of the College's two-week spring break in March.
For example:
- Professors Manuel Lizarralde and Steve Loomis took their Tropical Biology class to Belize to take stock of the rainforest diversity. The class caught (and later released) several incredible creatures, including a six-foot boa constrictor and four red belly tarantulas – one as large as a human hand.
- Senior Pablo Tutillo traveled to a Qatar to present a paper he wrote for his Islamic Traditions Class, while freshman Alexandra Luciani spoke about LGBTQ issues in children's books at the 20th annual True Colors Conference at the University of Connecticut.
- A group of professors traveled to South Africa to learn about environmental justice issues there. The professors are part of a team developing a global environmental justice curriculum at the College with a $200,000 grant from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation.
- Two students volunteered at a clinic in Haiti and eight students accompanied Residential Education and Living Director Sara Rothenberger on a community service trip to South Africa.
Check out the slide show for more on these and other exciting trips: Spring Break 2013 Slideshow.
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Should Wilco be worried about Jeff Tweedy? The shaggy-dog singer wanted to call this album Get Well Soon, Everybody, but he could maybe take that advice himself. On his acclaimed band's eighth studio set, he's letting his brain run off the rails (''Dawned on Me''), popping pills (''Born Alone''), and thinking about setting the kids on fire (''I Might''), while the avant-Americana music echoes the peals of static and feedback that the longtime migraine sufferer likely hears in his head. It's a far cry from 2009's Wilco (The Album), on which the band's I'm-okay-you're-okay folk jams came on like a dad-rock mood stabilizer. And it's also Wilco's most sonically adventurous work since 2004's A Ghost Is Born. For the first time in years, it's clear that Tweedy's actually feeling something.
With The Whole Love, Wilco make noise-pop exciting again, perhaps because the pop part doesn't come easy. For them, there's always more triumph in finding a pretty hook when it's buried beneath sirens, whistling teakettles, and church bells and there's always more meaning in a love song once some good old-fashioned resentment's built up. With its Byrds-ian melody and gnarled guitars, ''Dawned on Me'' is a testament to a long, hard marriage where ''every night is a test.'' On ''Rising Red Lung,'' Tweedy finds comfort only in the anxious hiss of his own compositions. ''Sadness is my luxury,'' he admits on ''Born Alone,'' and when you listen to The Whole Love, it's easy to understand what he means. If there's a good kind of sadness, this is it. A-
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The first of these two scholars—Alexander von Humboldt—was a major individual in the history of geography
-he also firmly believed in scientific procedure, stressing inductive reasoning in the tradition of Aristotle
-though he began first with particulars and moved towards generalizations, his objective was never simply to measure one kind of phenomenon in nature
-instead, his aim was to illustrate the manner in which the many phenomena of nature interact with each other at different places on the earth
-he thus firmly believed that only by understanding the interconnections of phenomena could you evaluate any one of them
-clearly in the category of geography was his stress on the distribution of phenomena in nature over mere classification of forms
-he also conducted rigorous fieldwork to support his distributions
-von Humboldt was thus carrying out basic regional geographic work
-as his father died when he was young, von Humboldt was raised by his mother
-in 1789, he began attending the University of Göttingen
-there he also met Georg Forster, who played an important role in von Humboldt's development
-from his perspective, he encouraged von Humboldt to study geography
-he also took Alexander on a trip to the Rhineland, the Netherlands, England, and France
-when this trip failed to materialize, the two scholars journeyed overland to Spain, specifically Madrid
-plans for another trip formulated when von Humboldt met with the Spanish prime minister
The travels of von Humboldt and Bonpland were some of the most remarkable— and important—in history
-they proved that the Rio Negro, a tributary of the Amazon, was in the process of "capturing" these headwaters
-out of his accurate observations of vegetation and his equally accurate measurements of altitude, Humboldt recognized a remarkable plant distribution in the Andes
-this was essentially the theory of altitudinal zonation
-influenced a reader named Charles Darwin
Von Humboldt's travels were not limited to Europe and the Americas; he also travelled widely in Russia.
-visited the Caspian Sea
-as temperature data was collected from a series of Russian weather stations, von Humboldt constructed a world map of temperature
-he found the isotherms did not neatly follow latitude
-year-long moderate temperatures along coasts
In the last years of his life, von Humboldt wrote the work he is probably most famous for—The Kosmos.
-most important to geography, it covered every aspect of physical geography then known, laying the foundation for this branch of our discipline
Another great scholar of that very same age was Carl Ritter.
-fortunately for geography and scholarship at large, Ritter did receive a good education as part of an experiment with new teaching methods
-as a result of his education, Ritter decided on a career as a geography teacher
-from these observations, he developed the idea of unity in diversity
-within this complexity, however, there was unity because of the interconnectedness of phenomena
-Ritter once wrote the following:
-he despised deductive studies, in which students made observations of nature as a result of or to try to prove preconceived notions
-strangely, however, Ritter formulated few laws in his writings
-he practiced, in other words, areal differentiation
-he then added the human element of that place
-finally, he showed how man adapted to and used that habitat
-this idea of areal differentiation had a great influence in the early 1900s on an American geographer named Richard Hartshorne
-he articulated Ritter's ideas, giving it the name "areal differentiation," and introducing it to American geographers at large
-not only did he feel, as did von Humboldt, that nature was an organic whole—again, unity—but also that it had a divine arrangement or plan given by God
-as part of this plan, Ritter felt that the earth had been created by God as the home of man
The culmination of Ritter's work was Die Erdkunde.
-never got to Europe or the Americas
To make some observations of Ritter's work, we can say that:
-instead, he relied more heavily on other people's observations
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The New York Mets were so fed up with the struggles of Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada that they were prepared to demote the duo to Triple-A Las Vegas after Tuesday night's game against the Yankees, according to multiple reports.
Faced with the pressure on Wednesday night of playing for their roster spots, both delivered keys hits in yet another shocking victory over the crosstown rival Yankees.
Tejada led off the game with a sharp single, snapping an 0-for-12 skid, and scored from first on Daniel Murphy's double to deep right-center field. Later in the inning, with the bases loaded and one out, Davis worked an 0-2 count full and ripped a single past shortstop Reid Brignac into left field to score John Buck and Rick Ankiel. Davis' hit gave the Amazin's a 5-0 lead and knocked out Yankees starter David Phelps in an eventual 9-4 Mets win.
Davis, 26, went 2-for-5, giving him just his fifth multi-hit game of the season. Tejada, 23, meanwhile, was 1-for-5 with two strikeouts. In the bottom of the ninth, Tejada slid awkwardly while chasing a Brignac pop-up in foul territory near the left field line. He remained in the game for one more batter, throwing out pinch hitter David Adams after a ground ball to shortstop, but then left the game.
Tejada is likely headed to the 15-day disabled list with a quadriceps injury. His likely replacement figures to be Omar Quintanilla, who was pulled from the Las Vegas 51s game on Wednesday night after three innings, according to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com.
Tejada told reporters following the game that both the injury and his performance are cause for concern.
"I do know that I haven't performed the way I expected, and I have not had the kind of season I would have liked," Tejada said, as reported by Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News. "But I'm focused on working hard, because that is all I have control of. Now, I am worried about this injury, any injury is worrisome, and particularly when I have been given a chance to be an everyday player, but we will handle it the right way and take all precautions necessary."
Davis' performance, on the other hand, was a step in the right direction and good enough to draw praise from manager Terry Collins.
"You have to root for him," Collins said, as reported by Brian Heyman of The Journal News. "He's a tremendous guy. … If he's now out of his slump, if he's moving forward, we'll be a better team. I think David (Wright) said it best the other day: If we're going to have to chance to win here, and that means this year, Ike Davis needs to be in the middle of the lineup."
Davis entered Wednesday batting just .152, the second-lowest average among qualified hitters for the batting title (four points higher than B.J. Upton's .148), with four home runs and 11 RBI. During his previous 10 games, he hit .121 (4-for-33) with 18 strikeouts. He was for 0-for-6 with five strikeouts during the two games against the Yankees at Citi Field on Monday and Tuesday.
As for Tejada, he entered Wednesday's game batting .209 on the year, with no homers and 10 RBI. Tejada, known for his glove, has also committed eight errors, the most in the majors at his position. He was 0-for-8 during the two games against the Yankees at Citi Field.
In a rebuilding year, the Mets – winners of a season-best four consecutive games – thought Davis and Tejada were going to be two of their core players for the foreseeable future.
Only time will tell if Davis and Tejada will remain with the big league club for the remainder of the season.
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It's only in the last few months that I've grown into my 'persona' as a taller sexy woman. You wouldn't think it to look at me now, but this tall woman used to feel more the lanky, unattractive loser.
I was always that little bit taller than the girls in my class, and we all know how cruel kids can be; they pick up on anything that is slightly left-field. I guess constantly being labelled a 'freak of nature' or 'Lanky Lucinda' got to me more than I even realised. Don't get me wrong, I've always considered myself to be a dominant woman; it's hard to fade into the background when you're significantly taller than the average woman! But I never considered myself to be a tall sexy woman, and it's only now that I realise just how many years I've wasted beating myself up about a physical attribute which could have so easily worked in my favour.
Now that I consider myself to be a strong tall sexy woman, I've found that there are many advantages to being taller (and I'm not talking about being able to reach the last packet of biscuits on the top shelf of the supermarket!). I've discovered that having an additional bit of height can be an attractive characteristic to a number of men. In particular, hot young hunks often favour a sexy tall woman who towers over them. I've even found that being older than them is a huge plus-point.
Take my current partner, for example. Simon is a buff young twenty-something who just loves to be dominated by a tall sexy woman like me. He likes the fact that I look like I can handle myself; I don't accept immaturity in any shape or form and can more than hold my own in an argument. In fact, Simon relishes the fact that other men can often appear a little intimidated by a sexy tall woman such as me. It's no wonder that some of them appear nervous: when I put on my killer heels, a tight body-sculpting dress and a lipstick smile I certainly am a sight to behold!
A lot of men still feel the need to take on the role of 'protector', and I can understand why some of them would be apprehensive of a tall sexy woman like me. There's no doubt that I don't look like the sort of woman who would need looking after, and therefore their traditional role as 'caretaker' is obsolete. Men like that prefer pretty wallflowers who look to them for assurance: that's certainly not me!
I suppose in my current relationship with Simon I have somewhat more of a 'manly' role. That's not to say that he's particularly feminine, but he loves the fact that I am a tall sexy woman who is physically protective of him. I look out for him and his needs and when we're on a night out you can be sure that any females, younger or more mature, know exactly who he's going home with that evening! Yes, I adore the sensual, suggestive side of being a tall sexy woman, and I work hard to develop this persona.
I now see my role as being that of a sexy pin up, and in that respect I realise that I have to work hard to retain that image. That means four-times-weekly work out sessions at the gym in order to retain toned elongated muscles (particularly in my legs), an intense beauty regime and even the services of a personal shopper to ensure that I choose the most flattering styles of clothes that suit my tall, lithe frame.
However, it's not always been easy. I'm all too aware that some men consider it unappealing for a dominant woman to appear so in tune with her femininity; so unafraid to put herself out there as a confident alpha female. Through time I've met a number of older females who seem afraid to present themselves in the role of tall sexy woman: females who wear flats on nights out rather than tower over potential partners in a pair of sexy kitten heels or skyscraper wedges. It may seem like madness to me now to be ruled by what society deems acceptable, but I am all too aware of how trying to fit into particular 'mould' can get you so beaten down.
That's why I'm so thankful for my partnership with Simon. I've met a number of young men like him who are only too happy to enjoy tall sexy women for themselves. Some of them like to be dominated sexually, others prefer that 'mothering' side of a relationship with an alpha female.
Whichever way you look at it, my new found role as a sexy tall woman suits my personality and lifestyle perfectly. I applaud each and every strong, tall sexy woman out there who is unafraid to stand out from the crowd. And if that crowd consists of hot young hunks looking for passionate encounters with sexy tall women, all the better!


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Dan Hoppenfeld- Director
Dan is responsible for teaching math to students in the third to sixth grades. He brings in real life examples and helps students develop the critical think skills and diligent attention to detail needed for clear and accurate mathematical understanding. Students' work benefits from personal attention and dedication. Students often work above grade level and are well prepared for the higher level math required for academic success.
Dan is a excellent photographer, gardener, and musician. He brings science alive for students with demonstrations that shock and amaze! His love of learning and life permeate the school.
Before creating Santa Cruz Children's School Dan taught in the Pajaro District in Santa Cruz County. Dan Hoppenfeld earned his California Teaching Credential in from UCSC in 1982. His undergraduate degree is in Environmental Studies.
Adele Gardner- Head Teacher
Adele Gardner teaches Language Arts to children in the second to sixth grades. Students begin with a strong introduction to Children's Literature and Poetry. They build a strong understanding of reading fundamentals. This builds both the desire and the skills needed to become an independent and self-motivated reader.
Students write across the curriculum. They write stories, biographies, and reports on science or social studies. Students publish Cruz Kid's Chronicles, the school newspaper. In addition to reading and writing, students prepare oral presentations, practice reading aloud, and create a play every other year.
Adele teaches math to students in the first and second grade. All concepts are taught concretely with objects and examples. Discovering math in everyday life is encouraged. Students develop a strong understanding of basic math ideas and facts.
Adele also coordinates and plans school events and trips, mentors teachers, and facilitates clear communication between students, teachers, and parents.
She received her California State Teaching Credential from the University California at Santa Cruz in 1982. Before creating Santa Cruz Children's School Adele Gardner taught in the Live Oak School District where she was a master teacher for Students at UCSC as well as the mentor teacher for Language Arts.
Andrea Randall- Early Primary Teacher
Andrea Randall, formerly Andrea Barker, is the lead teacher for the youngest children. She holds a California State Teaching Credential from Humbolt State. She is in her fifth year of teaching at Santa Cruz Children's School. She has a strong background in early childhood education.
Her well organized, creative, and cheerful class is inviting to young students. Her students hear stories, keep journals, and build their reading and math skills.
Homework might include: Making collections, bringing home Theme bags like a beach bag full of books, games, and activities to be shared with the family. Other homework themes include: a tool chest, picnic basket, or a shoe box. There are 12 in all and all of them bring learning, fun, and family together.
Andrea plans and implements a special program each year. Last year she made movies with each group that were shown at our Film Festival in June. This year she will cook with each of the groups and design beautiful meal.


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With weather problems in other growing areas, New Jersey fruit and vegetable growers reported strong demand for spring crops, and expected more of the same this summer.
Demand was strong out of the gate for Fresh Wave Fruit & Produce, Vineland, N.J., because of growing problems in Texas, said Nick Giordano, the company's vice president.
The company began shipping romaine and leaf lettuce, parsley and cilantro about May 1, Giordano said.
"Texas had so many problems," he said. "A lot of pressure came here fast when we were ready. Markets have been good."
At the other end of the deal, Fresh Wave expects strong demand for its vegetable items because of poor weather in Canada, Giordano said.
"Canada is several weeks late, Ontario and Quebec," he said May 19. "They've had five straight days of rain, and it has been extremely cold."
Giordano is confident Fresh Wave will be able to extend its Jersey deals, possibly all the way to July 1, to fill the gaps expected to be left by Canada.
The company has more product this year to meet that extra demand, Giordano said. Lettuce acreage is up by about 300 acres for Fresh Wave.
Fresh Wave also expects strong demand for its blueberries, which should begin shipping in mid-June, Giordano said.
"Blueberries sell themselves," he said. "Demand always exceeds supply."
Tim Wetherbee, sales manager for Diamond Blueberry Inc., Hammonton, N.J., also expects strong demand for blueberries in 2011, given how the season has gone so far in other growing areas.
"The other states kicking in, there seems to be a positive response," he said. "Demand seems to be very good."
Poor early growing weather could wind up benefiting New Jersey growers, said Bill Nardelli, president of Cedarville, N.J.-based Nardelli Bros.
Not being able to get into the field every day to plant meant that plantings were spread out over a longer period of time, he said.
That's ideal for Nardelli Bros., which tries to ship product as soon as it's packed, and to have it in grocery stores and restaurants soon after.
"We want to have somebody eating it the next day," he said. "By staggering plantings, we're able to do that. You don't want to have a glut."
Whether the spread-out planting schedule this spring helped out or not, Nardelli Bros. has enjoyed brisk movement thus far this season, Nardelli said.
"We've had great demand," he said. "There were some tight supplies where Florida and Texas finished, and the chains came in here and supported us well."


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Sunflower Wedding
A sunny front-yard locale and pretty homemade décor from the mother-of-the-bride Laronda Smith make this sunflower-themed wedding a total family affair.
Get more outdoor country wedding inspiration!
By Molly Finkelstein
The Newlyweds
Sarah Smith and Justin Benz's summer nuptials took place in her family's front yard in London, Ohio. The family's seven acres of sunflowers made the sunny theme an obvious choice. Her homemade bouquet, tied together with black and white ribbons, was made with cornstalks and flowers picked right out of the fields.
DIY Lighting
Steal this easy nighttime lighting idea. To make, says Smith, "I took old bailing wire and all different kinds of Mason jars there were blue ones and clear ones and I wrapped the wire, then ribbon, around the neck." She then placed basic votive candles in each and hung around a hundred of them in the fruit trees along the wedding area, "so that in the evening, they would illuminate the ground." Gorgeous!
Bridal Bike
No, the happily betrothed did not ride off into the sunset on a little bicycle they used a golf cart. This "Just Married" bike, with hand-painted wooden sign, and tin cans hanging off the back, was part of a DIY wedding tableau created by Smith under a five-generation-old family pine tree. Smith also matted childhood and present-day photos, and hung them from the tree with ribbon a great, crafty idea perfect for any outdoor special occasion.
Flower Girl
The flower girls, the bride's young cousins, wore sunflower headbands Smith made by weaving ribbons through store-bought garlands.
You're Invited...
These professional looking invitations were done on basic scrapbooking paper. Everyone pitched in to hole-punch them and tie in the coordinating polka-dotted ribbons. And wedding girl Sarah did the calligraphy on the envelopes.
The Altar Stump
"About two weeks prior to the wedding, a wind storm came and knocked this tree down, right where the ceremony was going to take place in the front yard," says Smith. So she decided to use the leftover stump as a makeshift altar. "I put the candles and the daisy bowl on it, and carved their names in there, and the preacher stood in front of it." The stump now serves as a charming permanent reminder of her daughter's wedding in the front yard.
Daisy Bowl
Sitting on the tree stump-cum-altar, this daisy bowl, one of four made by Flowers by Ralph in Mount Sterling, Ohio, was inspired by a similar arrangement Smith had seen in Paris a decade before.
Casual Cake
This topsy-turvy polka-dot cake, dressed in daisies, was made by Bella Luna Cakes and Confections in Columbus, Ohio.
Treats Table
Since wedding cake fondant "is not the best tasting," the reception boasted a "treats table," which included these beautiful sunflower and bumblebee cupcakes. Find out how to make these and other cute cupcakes.
Bumblebee Cookies
Iced cookies are a great wedding reception treat for kids, and easy to make yourself on the cheap.
Honey Jar Favors
Sweet jars from a local honey farm served as party favors for wedding guests. Smith matched them to the wedding décor by covering them with swatches of different black and white fabrics. Wooden bumblebees and yellow ribbons bearing a romantic poem by Victor Hugo completed the homespun favors.
Wedded Bliss
The happy couple drove off down the road — and then came right back for the party! The matrimonial golf cart was another of Smith's DIY wedding ideas she made the lettering out of pennants and felt.


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A few questions that hopefully someone can answers. (pertains not to my kitchen but my moms and her contractor seems stymied)
1) her granite on her counter extends about 1 1/2" from the face of her cabinets. The installation instructions seem to indicate that it should be 1 1/8. Does this mean that they need to notch out a corner to get this thing to slide in properly? It sticks out VERY far and looks hideous as is. 2)She has a new renovation of her old kitchen, so the floors unfortunately are very sloped. The area for the oven happens to be at the low point of the kitchen, but the cabinets were properly installed all level, but, the result is that the floor to countertop height at this spot is almost 2" higher than at the "short" end (ie, the normal end). The result here is that the oven's legs are not long enough - even fully extended. AND the legs are set very far out to the front of this oven so they show. Badly (especially with problem #1). So, my questions are this: is there some sort of trim that the contractor can install below the bottom oven to hide the legs (and whatever sort of supports he'd have to put in place to jack this up high enough? Or,does anyone have any other suggestions here? Thanks! |
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- Posted by live_wire_oak (My Page) on Sat, Sep 22, 12 at 19:48
This isn't a place where a slide in works. You need to switch to a freestanding with a back guard, or do a cooktop with a wall oven underneath. |
- Posted by buffettgirl (My Page) on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 8:20
Yah, suggested the cooktop and wall oven as my first thought, but since the granite is already installed I think it will be a whole boat load of trouble to change that now too. |
- Posted by weedmeister (My Page) on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 14:33
as to #1, if this is like their other slideins, yes you can notch out the counter top enough to let the unit slide back enough so that the front of the oven matches the door fronts. but the carcass of the oven (the box without the doors) cannot be receded behind the cabinet face. |
- Posted by buffettgirl (My Page) on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 17:51
weedmeister. Thank you. Right now it's a good 1/2+ away from the front of the cabinet face so it looks odd. |
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We are all sometimes loose with terminology. Just consider terms like architecture, value, strategy and the like and its easy to see how the same words can have slightly different meanings. However beneath every word there is a meaning, a sense, an idea and its helpful to go back to the root of the word to understand its meaning better.
Two words that have lost some of their meaning are migration and transition.
Earlier in my career I had the pleasure of working for a really smart, really picky and somewhat prickly executive who was very exact with his language. He pointed out that 'systems do not migrate, ducks migrate, caribou migrate, not systems." When I asked why he was so instant that migration be banned from IT discussions, his answer was simple:
Migration means you go somewhere and then you come back.
He pointed out that in IT there is no going back only going forward.
Transition is the word that most accurately reflects what is going on. When you transit you move from one place to another without a promise of return.
I know that it sounds a little pedantic, but IT changes are transitions not migrations.
Implementing a transition requires IT to do some things differently, things that they are not really doing now.
In a transition you:
Transition the operation/organization rather than deploy an application. This means that you look at deployment from the perspective of the deployment unit rather than from the projects perspective.
Transition changes the way you manage, measure and guide the organization. If these things do not change then you are going to get the same old result, but after a significant investment and often higher operating cost structure.
Transition requires removing old assets, processes, policies, practices etc. You burn your bridges when making a transition as there is no going back because there should not be a way back because that is only a way back into the problems that led to the transition in the first place.
Transition creates the opportunity to start fresh and move forward to get the benefits rather than revisiting the past. This is a major flaw in many organizations that would rather relive the past today than move forward toward tomorrow. That is possible in a migration as change is viewed as circular rather than directional. In a transition, the past is the past and all the value is in the future.
The Talking Heads had a great way of thinking about this in their song "Give Me Back My Name"
"There's a word for it And words don't mean a thing
There's name for it And names make all the difference in the world"
Migration is a word.
Transition needs to be a name for the type of change we need to deliver.
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The mist was rolling in off the Bay and there was a smell of wood-smoke tinged with Eucalyptus in the air when I visited this appealing house on Keeler Avenue.
There is something compelling about the north Berkeley hills generally. Most of the homes on these twisting, winding streets have been there for some time. It's an established neighborhood set amid swathes of trees and greenery. Some of the houses are eccentric, as I imagine some of the residents are too – but in a nice way.
This 3 bed/2 bath home, nestled among all the foliage, was designed by architect Elizabeth Austin in the 1930s.
It has some lovely features – I particularly liked the fine wood casement windows, the hardwood floors, the sensitively remodeled kitchen and the fireplace in the master bedroom which is on a lower level. I imagine on foggy days one would appreciate the extra warmth that would bring.
The master bedroom does not have an en-suite bathroom and the space for a dining table is relatively small.
The first floor back deck looks over an ample garden with many mature trees and partial Bay views and there's a study tucked in the back of the house which also gives onto the garden.
The asking price is $975,000 and there was a definite buzz about this newly listed home on the open Sunday I stopped by.


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Details make the difference, so why wear off-the-rack? This season the poncho is in, and made to order in cocoa cashmere with marvelous mink tassels. St Armands' Dream Weaver will craft a coat or any couture covering to your sublime specifications. Lead time: Two months. $2,500-$15,000. 388-1118.
Trump the diamond tennis bracelet. Instead, sport a five-tier gold and diamond (62.62 carats) choker. With slacks and a silk shirt at the barn or with a gown for full-on glamour, this piece needs no introduction. Price: $100,000. At Saks Fifth Avenue, 364-5300.
A portrait by Meg Fitzpatrick can capture a beloved pet's personality and keep man's best friend forever by your side. Fitzpatrick, whose studio is in Sarasota, flies around the world to meet her subjects, but she works from photos and personal descriptions as well. Her artistry is lyrical and compelling-so delightful some people even buy portraits of other people's pets! See for yourself at www.MegFitzpatrick.com (906-1870). $2,000-$15,000.
Quench your thirst for fine wine and help out more than 60 children's charities at the same time. Two rare lots on the block at April's Florida Wine Fest include twin bottles of the cult cabernet Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon 1995-gorgeous, balanced, silky and flawless-and a have-a-party Imperial (six-liter bottle, equivalent to eight regular bottles) of 2000 Château Pavie, a Bordeaux rated a perfect 100 by Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate. Prices for similar sips start at $1,800. April 21-24 at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota; 952-1109.
Pampering begins with the penthouse on Palm. Currently under construction, the Savoy on Palm promises to be both majestic and inviting. With four bedrooms, a grand salon, five bathrooms and a total of 6,731 square feet, this capacious penthouse features a private spa and summer kitchen, morning bars and a gas fireplace, a three-car garage, 24-hour concierge service, and front-to- back views of city and bay. Ahhhhhhh. Price: $3 million and then some. 366-5757.
Landscape architect David Young's divine designs artfully integrate elements of water, air, and earth. The more one looks, the more interesting his designs become. For a Bird Key modernist residence, Young created an "enlightened modern garden"-an artful mix of silver buttonwood set against black Mexican river stone, soothing bamboo and a curved coconut palm cantilevered over one of several pools. Discreetly priced according to the parcel. 365-6530.
Chef Jeff Trefry, most recently of Café L'Europe and Morton's catering, flies in the freshest ingredients from around the world to provide made-to-order gourmet meals for five days at a time complete with everything from garnishes to granitas (plus diagrams of each plate). Request osso bucco with gremolate, breast of pheasant braised with fresh blackberries or just-caught John Dory, or comfort food such as meatloaf with his inspired spin. For two, about $1,200 per week plus food; prices vary for special events. 364-8170.
A carbon-fiber beauty, the Porsche Carrera GT is the ultimate über ride, built to break the 200 mph speed barrier. (Not that you'd ever drive that fast-it's just nice to know you could.) Sleek and modern, the Carrera GT boasts what many consider the finest steering and handling in the world. Suncoast Porsche (923-1700) Price: $450,000.
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The Chiefs picked themselves up off the mat Sunday afternoon against the Arizona Cardinals in convincing fashion to reclaim their top spot in the AFC West. Dwayne Bowe put on another spectacular performance.
The Chiefs are 5-0 at home this year and the home field advantage seems to be back at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs are assured a winning record at home for the first time since 2006 when they went 6-2 at Arrowhead and clinched the AFC Wild Card. More impressively, the Chiefs put up 31 points without Dexter McCluster or Tony Moeaki.
The offense was deceptively good Sunday. I say deceptively good because the Chiefs were four of 11 on third down conversions and the offensive line struggled at times. Matt Cassel's jersey stayed clean as he wasn't sacked all day. Cassel has now put together two consecutive performances in which he was hardly the problem for the Chiefs. No interceptions once again and he and Dwayne Bowe have developed a good chemistry that have turned them into one of the best QB/WR hookups in the AFC.
Bowe once again seems out to prove the critics wrong. Bowe has been more a part of the Chiefs' successes this year than he has been our failures. Sure you can point to the drops against the Indianapolis Colts and Oakland Raiders as key plays in otherwise what should have been victories for the Chiefs this year. I asked the question earlier to fellow Chiefs Command writer, Tom Fehr on whether or not Bowe is an elite receiver this year. We both agreed that isn't quite there, but he's putting himself in the conversation.
Bowe has been a central figure in the Chiefs' offensive outbursts this season. Against San Francisco he was outstanding. He was great against Denver when he went toe-to-toe with Champ Bailey. Will this team go as far as Dwayne Bowe takes them? Possibly. I still think this season hinges on Matt Cassel's performance through the rest of the season. Cassel can't be the scapegoat anymore. After the past two weeks, Cassel hasn't been the problem. I'll even make the argument that he hasn't been the problem for most of the season.
Did you see Derek Anderson today? That is what a terrible quarterback looks like. The Cards probably would have been in that game if Anderson didn't overthrow his receivers all day long. Cassel outperformed Anderson today, and you could make the argument that Cassel's performance was the difference today, finding Bowe for several big strikes. Verran Tucker continues to impress me off the practice squad. He had a big third down catch in the fourth quarter. I think Cassel would outperform close to half of the quarterbacks in the league.
Pressure on the quarterback continues to be a problem for this team. Tamba Hali has been absent two weeks in a row for this team and players like Wallace Gilberry and Derrick Johnson have not been there in support. It isn't as big of a problem as it has been in the past for the Chiefs, but if this team wants to make the playoffs, Romeo Crennel has to figure out a way to get more pressure on quarterbacks.
So we move on to Seattle now. Yet another winnable game on the schedule for the Red, White and Gold. The Chiefs will get a big offensive boost when rookies Dexter McCluster and Tony Moeaki will likely be cleared to play. The last part of this season will tell us more about this team than the first half did. The only true challenges remaining on the schedule for the Chiefs rests in a road game at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego and a Boxing Day showdown with the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead. Three home games remain for the Chiefs along with three road games. We'll see what these guys can do. They are close to earning their spot in the playoffs, time to start proving that they deserve it.


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1 For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. | 1 "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. |
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall. | 2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. |
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts. | 3 Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty. |
4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. | 4 "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. |
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. | 5 "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. |
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. | 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse." |
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Thursday, January, 10, 2013
Making Exercise a Medical Issue
Doctors are where the sick go to get medicine; gyms are where the healthy go to get exercise. At least that's how it used to work. Doctors and insurance companies are leading a growing movement to ask about exercise during medical appointments and prescribe exercise in place of medicine, where appropriate.
Wednesday, December, 26, 2012
Parkour Is Finding a Foothold in United States
Less than two minutes into the opening scene of 2006's "Casino Royale," James Bond is chasing a bad guy through a construction site in Madagascar, racing across beams high above the ground, climbing steel cables and leaping from cranes.
Wednesday, December, 19, 2012
Youth Hockey Players: 'Heads Up, Don't Duck'
USA Hockey has teamed up with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic on a new initiative to reduce spinal injuries in youth hockey players. While many campaigns have taken aim at banning fighting and tougher rules on head-checks, both common causes of head injuries in ice hockey, the new program addresses the fundamentals of the sport. "Heads Up, Don't Duck" teaches players just that - to keep their heads up when colliding with the boards around the rink, which reduces the shock impact on the spine.
Friday, December, 07, 2012
Balance Test Proving Effective in Concussion Evaluation
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is adding another tool to its concussion testing protocol. The Computerized Dynamic Posturography device has been commonly used to evaluate balance issues, but only recently has been found to be effective in detecting lingering signs of concussion, which can cause impaired balance. The test is especially useful in diagnosis of athletes who exhibit or claim to exhibit no symptoms.
Wednesday, November, 14, 2012
Study: Kids Need 7 Minutes of Vigorous Activity a Day
Forget the one-hour-a-day recommendation. A study by University of Alberta medical researchers suggests that seven minutes of exercise is the key to keeping kids healthy, as long as it's the right kind of exercise.
Wednesday, November, 14, 2012
NCAA Institutes Indexing System for 2012-13 Indoor Track and Field
While the idea of building an outdoor competition track in any length other than 400 meters is preposterous, no one bats an eye at the variation in indoor track lengths.
Tuesday, November, 13, 2012
U. of Iowa Climbing Wall Closed After Student Falls
The rock climbing wall at the University of Iowa is closed indefinitely after a fall landed one student in the hospital on Nov. 9. Business student Spencer Bean, an experienced climber who is also an employee of the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, fell 30 feet, landing upright on his feet. He remained conscious and coherent for a few moments before passing out.
Wednesday, October, 31, 2012
Massive Youth Football Gambling Ring Busted in South Florida
An 18-month investigation of a youth football gambling operation in South Florida culminated in the arrest of nine men, all coaches and assistants from the league. "Operation Dirty Play," as the investigation was called, started with journalists from ESPN who videotaped parents exchanging money in the stands. According to investigators, larger sums of money were exchanged off the field, and as much as $100,000 was wagered on a youth football championship.
Monday, October, 22, 2012
Armstrong Stripped of Tour de France Titles
Less than two weeks after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a report revealing doping allegations and losing nearly all of his endorsements, Lance Armstrong has now lost all seven of his Tour de France titles, as well. The International Cycling Union announced today it had accepted the USADA's findings and decision to ban Armstrong from competition for life, formally stripping him of titles earned between 1999 and 2005. Because so many of the second-place finishers in the events have also been linked to doping allegations, no winners will be named for those years, says Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme.
Saturday, October, 13, 2012
Outdoor Gyms Catching On in U.S. Parks
Adult playgrounds have been popular in areas of Asia and Europe for some time, but these outdoor attractions have been slow to catch on in the United States. The Trust for Public Land brought its first Fitness Zone®, a collection of outdoor strength, cardio and balance equipment, to Los Angeles five years ago, and many California communities have also embraced the trend.
Monday, June, 16, 2014
AB's Architectural Showcase a Yearlong Affair
The Architectural Showcase in June is the one issue of Athletic Business I look forward to most each year. It's also the issue I spend most of each year working on.
Friday, April, 04, 2014
Blog: Wine at the Gym? I'll Drink to That
Cardio equipment? Check. Towel service? Check. Group exercise schedule? Check. Liquor license? Pending.
Thursday, February, 27, 2014
Blog: Let Them Eat Cake, If They So Choose
On Tuesday, the White House announced a series of new initiatives as part of the fourth anniversary of the "Let's Move!" program. Many of them are a great step forward in the battle against childhood obesity and inactivity, including an expansion of the school breakfast program and a five-year partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association and Boys & Girls Clubs of America will provide 5 million children with healthy snacks and physical activity opportunities after school.
Monday, January, 13, 2014
Blog: Women-Only Fitness Zones Perpetuate Stereotypes
Here at AB, it's the editors' job to stay on top of what's happening in the industries we serve. As such, last Friday I came across an article about a gym in Vancouver getting some flak for its decision to close its women-only section.
Thursday, October, 10, 2013
Blog: If You Can't Beat 'Em… Beat 'Em Up!
I was sitting in a hotel lobby surrounded by other people when I opened up my morning news alerts and saw an article announcing the Kentucky High School Athletic Associations' decision to suspend post-game handshakes, so I had to keep my disgust to a minimum - a casual eye roll and understated sigh. Seriously? These athletes are displaying poor sportsmanship, and the solution to that is to do away with the concept? That's like dropping math from the curriculum because the students aren't getting it.
Friday, September, 20, 2013
Blog: Defending "The Slowest Generation"
Friday afternoon, when I should have been hard at work on AB's November issue, I instead found myself fuming over an article from Thursday's Wall Street Journal sent to me by our company owner. The article deemed younger athletes "The Slowest Generation," and accused my generation of being too apathetic about performance and competition.


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Dear all, I have read and re-read posts, to determine between these 2 units. I am close to executing a remodel, and look forward to get getting the best possible kitchen within space provided, I would like recommendations in determining on how enamel cooktop of Wolf will fare with the beaded blast rangetop of DCS over long term. next:I am struggling between these choices. I worry about splitting of oven enamel in Wolf, loud fan noices in DCS, Yellowing or browinng of SS surface in DCS, and wonder if will I like the enamlled top look of Wolf. I have tried making tortillas (fresh ones) on wolf. It works great. Love its looks of Wolf and DCS is pretty good too. If anything - I want to clean lesser and want the appliance to stay nicer looking longer. (even with I expecting to have boil overs with milk). We don't use m/w. Suspicious of its health hazards, and are fine using range for reheating. Range is heavily used. I am happy with sim of both units, I am happy that both are similar in BTUs, Self cleaning option isn't a must -but I read tha Wolf DF has lesser issues than Wolf AG, hence going with it,. and also DF does better in ovens. Thank you! |
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I have had the 30 inch AG DCS for 5 1/2 years, it preforms great and problem free. The dual stacked simmer on all burners is great, the infrared broiler is too. The SS top is easy to keep clean. Most nights I just tip a burner and wipe splatters. Once I had a brownish stain around a burner and a little BKF took it right off. I am not a fancy baker and was concerned about going to a gas oven but so far everything I've done has been perfect. |
I'd go with the larger unit myself. |
I'm not a fan of enamelled tops at all which deterred us from the Wolf. We just ordered a 36" DSC on Saturday. We won't be moving in our new home until end of March so won't be able to give you any experienced info on it. The salesman sold both Wolf and DCS and other higher end brands and said in his opinion the DCS was better than the Wolf. I didn't ask him to explain as we were in a hurry and decided long ago that we would be getting the DCS. DCS is also having a promotion, if you buy a 36" or larger range you get free dishwasher drawers. We are also excited to be getting those as well. |
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Snapseed X Google+: Adding smiles one photo at a time
On Thursday, Google rolled out some key features to enhance their Photos+ service, not only showcasing some powerful editing tools for users, but also leveraging their Native Client (NaCL) technology for Chrome.
Since buying out Nik Software's SnapSeed, Google's been hard at work incorporating their editing tools directly within Google+, and even Android. Earlier in the year, Google introduced 'Auto Awesome' for Android, which automatically analyzes each of your mobile photos and attempts to adjust them automatically.
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You don't have to empty your wallet at Nick and Stef's or Mastro's to enjoy some choice beef.
These places (none of which are even proper steakhouses) serve up affordable slabs that really make the cut.
5. Osteria La Buca: Harvey's Guss NY Steak
The sauce alone (a mixture of pan drippings, butter, lemon juice, and vincotto) is worth the price, but luckily, if you order it with the 30-day-aged sliced strip (pictured), you won't pay a penny more.
$28. 5210 Melrose Ave., Hollywood (323-462-1900)
4. Scratch Bar: Hangar Steak
We haven't been subtle in our efforts to send you here. That doesn't change with our endorsement of their 5.5-oz prime hangar, dry-aged in-house and served over mashed potatoes, jumbo asparagus, and sugar-blistered tomatoes.
$21. 111 N. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills (310-289-8010)
3. Larchmont: Steak Frites
Larchmont's 10-oz. prime 28 day dry-aged Niman Ranch New York strip is cast iron seared and served with house-cut fries, béarnaise butter and bordelaise sauce, all for just a Hamilton at lunch. A glass of Côtes du Rhone Rasteau pairs perfectly, though it's almost the same price ($16).
$20. 5750 Melrose Ave., Hollywood (323-464-4277)
2. Pikey: Flatiron
The chef from NYC's Spotted Pig did the menu here, and the flatiron steak with summer squash, broccolini, and bone marrow butter is a standout. Since it comes in right at our price cutoff, you're free to pre-order that second pint.
$30. 7617 W Sunset Blvd., Hollywood (323-850-5400)
1. Gjelina: Hanger Steak
We'd include this hanger steak even it weren't dressed with radish, cherry tomato, chili, mint, cilantro, lime, and herbs. Luckily, it is, and it's yours. Free refills of upscale yet bohemian Abbot Kinney girls sharing pizzas included.
$30. 1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice (310-450-1429)
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[OS] President Obama Honors Outstanding Science, Math, and Engineering Mentors
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November 15, 2011
President Obama Honors Outstanding Science, Math, and Engineering Mentors
WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today named nine individuals and eight
organizations recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in
Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. The mentors will receive
their awards at a White House ceremony later this year.
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and
Engineering Mentoring, awarded by the White House to individuals and
organizations, recognizes the crucial role that mentoring plays in the
academic and personal development of students studying science and
engineering-particularly those who belong to groups that are
underrepresented in these fields. By offering their expertise and
encouragement, mentors help prepare the next generation of scientists and
engineers while ensuring that tomorrow's innovators reflect and benefit
from the diverse talent of the United States.
Candidates for the award are nominated by colleagues, administrators, and
students in their home institutions. The mentoring can involve students
at any grade level from elementary through graduate school. In addition to
being honored at the White House, recipients receive awards of $25,000
from the National Science Foundation to advance their mentoring efforts.
The mentors and organizations announced today represent the winners for
2010 and 2011.
"Through their commitment to education and innovation, these individuals
and organizations are playing a crucial role in the development of our
21st century workforce," President Obama said. "Our Nation owes them a
debt of gratitude for helping ensure that America remains the global
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The individuals and organizations receiving the Presidential Award for
Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring are:
o Solomon Bililign, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical
State University, NC
o Peggy Cebe, Tufts University, MA
o Roy Clarke, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
o Amelito Enriquez, Canada College, CA
o Karen Panetta, Tufts University, MA
o ACE Mentor Program of America, CT
o Ocean Discovery Institute, CA
o Women's Health Science Program for High School Girls and
Beyond, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL
o Winston Anderson, Howard University, DC
o Juan E. Gilbert, Clemson University, SC
o Shaik Jeelani, Tuskegee University, AL
o Andrew Tsin, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX
o Camp Reach, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
o Diversity Programs in Engineering, Cornell University, NY
o The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute, Arizona
State University, AZ
o The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program, Stanford
University, CA
o University of California San Francisco Science & Health
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