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Paddle Wheel Queen - Skyport MarinaDecember 31st, 2007 8:00 am -
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Cruise into 2008 this New Year's Eve onboard The PaddleWheel Queen. An authentic, Coast Guard certified paddlewheel boat, it will be the hottest spot to bring in the New Year. Enjoy a 4 hour boat cruise through the waters of Manhattan, with incredible views of the skyline and a beautiful display of fireworks when the clock strikes midnight. Indulge in the all-night open bar, while dancing along to the live DJ spinning all your favorite tunes. The site of some of the hottest exclusive events in NYC, including private events for Coors Lite, Hot 97, and Q104, The PaddleWheel Queen is the place to be to make this New Year's Eve a night to remember.
- Live DJ Spinning a mix of Hip Hop, Dance, Rock, Top-40 & '80s
- 4 Hour Top-Shelf Open Bar (10PM – 2AM)
- Gourmet Buffet Dinner on 2 Levels
- Finger Pastries & Dessert
- Champagne Toast at Midnight
- Party Favors
- Cocktail Style Seating Available on a First-Come, First-Serve Basis
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- Boarding is at 9pm with the boat departing at 10pm
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Tiny lobby, tiny lobby bar, and hookahs outside. Guests come for the cheap rates and oceanfront location, not the amenities or the service.
It's chaos in the cramped, boozy lobby. At the entrance, tank-top-wearing hostesses beckon pedestrians to sit at the sidewalk tables and have a drink (or seven) or smoke from hookahs (water pipes packed with flavored tobacco). Techno music plays in the background. The front desk attendants accommodate early check-ins by instructing them to store their luggage in the narrow hallway, across from the elevator -- there is no space devoted to storing guest luggage. As a result, the already cramped quarters on the first floor contain additional -- unsecured -- suitcases.
Guests vary, but given the cheap rates, most are between 20 and 30 years old, and this place sees a lot of spring breakers in March. You might smell some marijuana smoke in the hallways. Waiting at the bar for check-in (I wasn't the only one at the bar at 2 p.m.), I encountered Danny, a muscular Brooklyn transplant who runs "crowd control" and keeps the liquor stocked. Sipping an occasional beer himself, he was there to make sure the most raucous clients don't cause too much trouble. Still, the fact that his position even exists says a lot. Although this hotel is more welcoming to street traffic than its pricier neighbor the Avalon, noise is less an issue here than at other Ocean Drive hotels. There's no club blasting techno downstairs until 3 a.m. I didn't have a problem sleeping, but bear in mind that the Starlite is on Ocean Drive, next door to the spring-break-friendly Wet Willie's, and attracts a high number of college-age partiers.
Try to charm the front desk for added perks; otherwise, don't expect much.
Often staffed by only one person at the front desk, the Starlite isn't big on service. Check-in was relatively hassle-free, but a $100 deposit is required up front.
Still, the desk clerks I met were knowledgeable and routinely helpful when it came to directions and restaurant recommendations. One desk staffer, Patty, even volunteered to do my laundry for me in the staff facilities after she finished up with her own clothes. When I returned that evening, she had folded my colors but not the socks. I offered to pay for the service, but she waved me off: "I didn't mind doing it."
Not everyone got that kind of above-and-beyond treatment, though. At the front desk, I saw a young British woman ask Patty how to make international calls. Patty reiterated the procedure but didn't go the extra mile to do anything further.
Across the street from the beach, on liquor-infused, noisy Ocean Drive, a main drag of SoBe. Foot traffic is extremely heavy.
Flanked by a Sunglass Hut and a Barucci accessory store, the Starlite feels like its own little degenerate strip mall. Immediately outside, patrons of the on-site hookah bar can watch beach volleyball players and ridiculous-bodied South Beachers stroll by. Beach access is just past the volleyball courts.
As for nightlife, there are plenty of places to get wrecked. One door to the north, guests will find Wet Willie's, home of the signature, grain-alcohol based "Call a Cab" fall-out-of-your-seat frozen drink. Check out its hilarious animated website. Also close by: noted 24-hour restaurant-bar News Cafe, reputed hangout of the late fashion designer Gianni Versace.
Pedestrians on Ocean Drive can expect to be aggressively solicited by young female hostesses to order practical-joke-size margaritas at neighboring restaurants.
There's no on-site dining at the Starlite. I recommend breakfast at Pinocchio, a small Italian coffee shop around the corner on Eighth Street that sells pastries (no egg sandwiches) and offers free Wi-Fi.
The bustling, sexy (and topless) beach is right across the street.
A jumbled horde of bikini babes, jacked dudes, couples on holiday, and families with kids play on a stretch of sand 100 yards wide.
Near the Starlite, South Beach makes it clear why there's a diet named after it. Half-naked beauties sun themselves on the broad stretch of sand.
In the mornings, the occasional runner trots along the harder, inland half of the beach. The joint is packed with sunbathers by the afternoon before thinning out again at dusk.
Mobile snack stands are scattered along the beach, selling soft drinks and chips. But alcohol is not allowed on the beach.
Worn but spacious, with a decent bed, dated electronics, ashtrays, and some dingy, substantially stained bathrooms. There's no safe or bath products.
The rooms at the Starlite aren't decked out with impressive gadgets. A mini-fridge, a microwave, a Jensen tube TV with a somewhat fuzzy signal, and a couple ashtrays are pretty much all that's on offer. There's no safe in the room and no chain on the door -- just one dead bolt. Although the comforter was a bit scratchy, I slept well on the bed, which sported a Posture Pride Diamond Luxury Ultra Firm mattress. Don't know the brand? Neither do I, but it worked well enough.
Even for a low-maintenance traveler, there were some puzzling elements. In my Ocean Front King (No. 301), the bathroom ceiling leaked and the white towels carried stains of both black and red. My bath products consisted of five bars of Sweet Bouquet soap -- no shampoo or conditioner.
One plus: The hotel has replaced the carpets in its rooms with tiles. At the time of my stay, 95 percent of the floor refurbishment had been completed. I could hear construction both inside the hotel and at the nearby Clevelander during the day, but street noise wasn't any worse here than at any other Ocean Drive hotels. For a quieter stay, look for a place on Collins Avenue.
Practically none: no Wi-Fi, no pool, no fitness center, no business center, no on-site restaurant.
Unlike any every other hotel in South Beach, the Starlite doesn't offer a single meaningful feature.
Not family-friendly at all, with nothing in the way of child-oriented services or amenities.
There's nothing for kids on-site. From the hookah smoke to the heavy-drinking clientele, this place isn't ideal -- or even all that safe -- for small kids.
The floors in my room were fine, and I had no issues with the bedding. However, there were hairballs in the sink and on the bath towels. The towels, in turn, had both red and black stains.
The on-site restaurant is more of a hookah bar -- no one seems to eat there -- but there's an excellent variety of restaurants within walking distance.
The hookah bar that operates out of the front of the Starlite has a kitchen, but it closes early in the afternoon and I didn't see many people ordering food. For breakfast, check out Pinoccho, an excellent café and pastry shop just around the corner from the hotel. I had a latte and a coffee cake for only $5.45 (pretty fair prices by Miami standards). Unfortunately, they don't do eggs or other American breakfast items.
Stains on the towels, hairballs in the sink, inconsistent service: The Starlite's a rough-hewn crash pad, but the Ocean Drive location is great -- just across the street from the beach and near booze-hawking establishments like Wet Willie's. But for about the same price, you can get a much better (and quieter) room at the Essex.
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Posada Amazonas is a 30 bedroom lodge owned by the Community of Infierno. Thanks to its accesibility, excellent wildlife observation opportunities, cultural context and comfortable accommodations, Posada Amazonas is ideal for a two or three night introduction to the Amazon´s richest rainforests.
Posada Amazonas is built using a combination of traditional native materials (wood, palm fronds, wild cane and clay) and architecture and modern day eco-lodge technology.The rooms are quite large and can comfortably hold three beds, although most are set up for two. One side of each room does not have a wall or screening, acting as a large window overlooking the forest. The ability to incorporate this "luxurious" design element is due to a lack of mosquitos around the lodge clearing. A second small window on the opposite side, set up very high, keeps the rooms well ventilated.
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Posada Amazonas is located within the territory of the Infierno Community. It is built within the 2,000 hectare, private, communal reserve, which in turn is directly adjacent to the Tambopata National Reserve. It offers enough quality natural and cultural resources to keep your agenda full for your two or three night stay: giant river otters at an oxbow lake, parrots at a clay lick, a canopy tower and an ethnobotanical trail.
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Nadine Kerr, 76, of South Whitley, passed away at Millers Merry Manor in Columbia City Saturday, Jan. 19, at 1:30 a.m.
Born on Nov. 22, 1936, in Floyd County, Ky., she was the daughter of John and Melvina (Howe) Keithley.
She has been a Whitley County resident since 1981 moving from Kentucky where she attended school. She worked at R.R. Donnelley, Warsaw; Taco Bell, Columbia City and was a homemaker and housewife. She attended Free Will Baptist Church, Pierceton.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö After coming out on the wrong side of a thriller against Northeast Hoosier Conference foe Homestead last week, Columbia CityŌĆÖs boys basketball team won a close game against another conference opponent Saturday.
Eagle Drew Benedict hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 46 seconds left to give DeKalb its first conference loss, 47-46.
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Columbia City had an eight-point lead going into the fourth quarter, a lead that slowly dwindled in the final eight minutes.
LIGONIER ŌĆö Churubusco crowned two individual champions and took second place overall as a team at the Northeast Corner Conference (NCC) Wrestling Tournament Saturday.
The Eagles garnered 182.5 points as a team, placing them 14.5 behind champion Fremont.
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WATERLOO ŌĆö Columbia CityŌĆÖs wrestling team came into SaturdayŌĆÖs Northeast Hoosier Conference wrestling tournament with hopes of an upper-division finish and at least one individual champion. Unfortunately for the Eagles, things did not turn out that way, as several high Eagle seeds fell to upsets and Columbia City finished sixth as a team.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Homestead verification work has been keeping the Whitley County AuditorŌĆÖs Office busy.
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JP Grace: Want to get healthier? Try this trio of habits
Wash, floss, walk: How's that for an easy-to-remember healthy lifestyle formula -- one that might be appropriate for a New Year's resolution?
For sure we all need more, but I believe an amazing amount of good can be accomplished for one's physical -- and as a consequence, also mental and emotional -- health by making daily habits of this trio.
Let's go point by point, with a little of my own personal history thrown in.
Wash. Clearly, I'm talking here about much more than your casual shower or wash-up upon rising, and hand washing before meals, then your before-bedtime swabbing of face, neck, arms and legs.
No, the commitment to washing that I invite you to make is something akin to what doctors and nurses in hospitals do. These professionals probably wash their hands and lower arms 20 or 25 times a day (or more!).
For most of my now 70 years on the planet I was distinctly unconverted to the ritual of doing a couple dozen ablutions a day. What could be the point? However, lately I have "seen the light." I am now on board with the idea of washing after petting a dog or cat, washing after blowing my nose or running my hands through my hair, washing after handling any number of items or after meeting people and shaking hands.
And of course after each and every use of the bathroom.
Research has indeed shown that one of the best things you can possibly do to optimize your health, in other words, to ward off disease, is to engage in this degree of hand washing. Plus using antiseptic spray every chance you get (in stores, at the bank, etc.).
To get the full effect, rinse your hands in warm water, apply soap generously and work it in, then rinse off the soap with warm water and blow dry or paper towel dry your hands.
Floss. Unless you're a lifelong flosser, you no doubt, like me, have found that religiously flossing each night before bedtime, tooth by tooth, uppers and lowers, seems to be an exercise in manic tedium that's hard to acquire.
That all changed for yours truly the day at the dentist when it was brought home to me that I had periodontal, or gum, disease and that unless I did something radically different from my usual once-over-lightly with a toothbrush, I would start losing my teeth.
A periodontist, in fact, urged me to let him extract what I called "my $3,500 tooth," because with multiple root canals and crowns, that's what I had into it. No, no, no. ... I did not want all that expensive dental work to be yanked out, and replaced with a $1,600 implant.
What was the alternative? Assiduous brushing, followed by meticulous flossing, followed by antiseptic mouth wash. Day by day, with no skipping. And that is what I have done for the last one year plus -- with astonishing results. I have not only saved that particular tooth but also made my entire mouth -- teeth and gums -- much healthier
Walk. Every day. For at least a mile (more is better) or 30 minutes -- and preferably some of it uphill. Because I have a very energetic shepherd-huskie mix dog, Cooper, and no fenced yard, I find myself, of absolute necessity, walking the aforementioned distance and time every single day. And yes, because of our location on West Pea Ridge, a good bit of my walking is uphill.
This is all to the good. Having gotten used to it, and coming to enjoy it, I wouldn't have it any other way. It certainly has been good for my body. Thank you, Cooper, my fine furry friend.
John Patrick Grace is a former healthcare editor of The Greensboro (N.C.) News and Record. He lives (and walks!) on West Pea Ridge in eastern Cabell County.
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After being rained/winded/stomed out for our scheduled first show on 5/24, we braved the windy and rough conditions this past Sunday (5/31) to perform the pilot episode of this year's theme, The Tonight Show with the Mad-City Ski Team & … Continue reading
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The Mad-City Ski Team will be competing at the National Show Ski Tournament at Traxler Park (directions) in Janesville, WI the weekend of August 8-10 and will ski 5th on Saturday with the show starting between 1pm and 2pm (approximately). Here's is … Continue reading
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Railway Recruitment 2013 (RRC) in Chennai for Group-D Posts and Application Form – Railway Recruitment Cell Chennai issued a latest notification for the recruitment of Erstwhile Group D vacancies under Ex-Servicemen Quota. Interested Ex-Servicemen job seekers are requested to submit their application by 08 July 2013. For full details like eligibility, vacancy details, how to apply, selection process read the below details.
Recruitment Summary:
Vacancies: Erstwhile Group-D: 813 Posts (Ex-Servicemen Quota)
Education: Ex-Servicemen who has retired after putting in 15 years of service and has passed Army Class-I Certificate.
Last Date: 08.07.2013
Address: The Railway Recruitment Cell, Assistant Personnel Officer/ Recruitment, Southern Railway, 3rd Floor, No.5, Dr. P.V. Cherian Crescent Road, Egmore, Chennai – 600008 (Tamil Nadu).
Age limit: 18 – 33 years as on 01.07.2013.
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Female stink bugs assess the surface on which they are laying their eggs, and change the eggs' color to match, a new study suggests.
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The Department of Human Services' Rhode Island Works Program offers temporary cash assistance, health coverage, child care assistance, and help finding job training or a job. This program is available for pregnant women and adults with children under age 18 (or under age 19 if child is a full-time student). Services are available statewide. The Rhode Island Works used to be called the Family Independence Program (FIP). How it WorksThe RI Works Program encourages adult family members to work by offering the following benefits and support services:
EligibilityEligibility for the RI Works program is based on a family's income and resources. For more information, please make an appointment to see a DHS worker at a local DHS Office.How to ApplyTo apply, contact your local DHS Office. You will need to complete an application and provide proof of identity, income, assets/resources and expenses. For More Information


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President Obama mocked Catholic bishops at a St. Louis fundraiser last night as he was touting the new Health & Human Services (HHS) regulations that would require Catholic institutions to go against the teachings of Jesus. "Darn right!" an audience member at the fundraiser shouted as Obama described the regulation. "Darn tooting!" Obama said back. The […] [Read More]
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"There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be." — Servant of God Fulton J. Sheen The following music video was beautifully produced showing some of what the Catholic Church is all about. Most […] [Read More]
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BUFORD — Businesses are banding together in Buford, in an attempt to spur economic development at Lake Lanier.
Last month, Hall County Commissioners approved the formation of the Lanier Islands Parkway Community Improvement District, after a majority of commercial and industrial property owners agreed to the self-taxing district.
"All boats rise on a high tide," Mack Burgess, who is the director of the CID campaign, said of the message he took to owners. "If we agree as property owners to invest ... we'll be able to raise property values."
The campaign was launched with seed money from Lake Lanier Islands, the Northeast Georgia Hospital Association, Singleton Marine Group and Marine Max.
The 5-mill tax will affect about 120 property owners along a 6-mile stretch of Lanier Islands Parkway, which was recently renamed from Friendship Road, from the Islands to Hog Mountain Road. Residential and agricultural property owners will not have to pay.
Many of the businesses, Burgess said, are centered on the lake, but the district also includes several industrial properties, restaurants and other shops.
Leaders hope to "allow south Hall County to reach its full economic potential," Burgess said. "Our goal is to make Lanier Islands Parkway the premiere economic destination in the state."
Information can be found at lanierislandsparkwaycid.com.
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Official: Neither Superleggera or MINI Minor Confirmed
Sections: F54 Clubman, F59 Roadster/Coupe, GXX MINI City Car, GXX MINI Hatch (4th Gen), Rumor Mar 18th, 2015 8 Comments
Yesterday the typically reliable Car magazine indicated that MINI's Superleggera Roadster concept had been approved for a 2018 production date. Today the typically reliable Automotive News says not so fast. According to the industry publication:
BMW has not approved a roadster based on the Superleggera concept for its Mini brand and has not decided whether to add a "mini Mini" that would be built with Toyota, Mini's top executive, Peter Schwarzenbauer, said. continued →


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2012: Ran in the 400, 800, 1,000, 1,500, one-mile, 4x400 relay and 4x800 relay … posted career-best times in the 400 (50.50) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 24), 800 (1:53.27) at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 10), 1,000 (2:35.71) at New Hampshire with Stonehill and Worcester State (Jan. 21), 1,500 (4:02.36) at the UMass Invitational (April 14) and one-mile (4:35.21) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10) … also a member of the 4x400 relay team that set a season-best mark of 3:21.12 at the New England Outdoor Championship and 4x800 relay team that set a season best time of 7:37.64 at the IC4A Indoor Championship (March 3) … times in the 800 and 1,000 were best on the team for the season … named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2011: Ran season-bests with times of 1:55.62 in the 800 meter run at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship, where he placed 18th (May 7), 4:09.38 in the 1,500 meter run at the Holy Cross Quad Meet (April 23) and 4:34.54 in the mile run at the Boston Mini Meet (Dec. 31) … placed fifth in the 1,000 meter run with a time of 2:39.40 at the Sorlien Memorial Invitational (Jan. 15) … part of the 4x800 relay team that finished sixth at the Patriot League Indoor Championship with a time of 7:49.06 (Feb. 19) … part of the 4x400 relay team that finished third at the American International Invitational with a time of 3:33.12 (April 2) … named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity cross
country team at Tyngsboro H.S. ... team captain and team MVP during
senior year ... named a Dual County League All-Star in 2009 ... a
Lowell Sun second team All-Star senior year ... earned
Boston Globe All-Scholastic honors in senior year
... also a member of the varsity basketball team ... team captain
senior season ... received Coach's Award senior year ...
member of the varsity outdoor track and field team ... team captain
senior year ... named team MVP sophomore, junior and senior years
... named a Commonwealth Athletic Conference All-Star freshman year
... a Dual County League All-Star sophomore, junior and senior
seasons ... Lowell Sun first team All-Star senior
year ... Boston Globe All-Scholastic junior year ...
member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Gerard and Bonnie McGrath ... has one brother (Joe) and one sister (Anna) ... majoring in History.
McGrath's Top Performances
|Meet (Date)
|Holy Cross Invitational (4/24/2012)
|New England Outdoor Championship (5/10/2012)
|New Hampshire (1/21/2012)
|UMass Invitational (4/14/2012)
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|Harvard Open (12/10/2011)


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December 31, 1938, Kittaning, Pennsylvania
August 5, 1984, Port Charlotte, Florida
Calvin Hampton at Alice Tully Hall (c. 1981).
Photo: courtesy estate of Calvin Hampton.
Calvin Hampton was renowned as an organist and composer for organ. The late Eric Routley, an authority on church music, cited Hampton as "the greatest living composer of hymn tunes." Harry Huff, his executor and successor at Calvary Church, states that Hampton was the most important American composer of organ music in the twentieth century.
Born in Kittaning, Pennsylvania and raised in Ravenna, Ohio, Hampton was a resident of New York City from 1963 until his death from AIDS in 1984. He received his musical training at Oberlin Conservatory and Syracuse University, where his teachers were Fenner Douglass and Arthur Positer.
Hampton was a distinguished recitalist, specializing in 19th and 20th century repertoire. He was famous for his weekly Friday Midnight concerts at Calvary Church in New York City, which he offered from 1974 to 1983. He was twice a recitalist at the national conventions of the American Guild of Organists. His organ transcription of Pictures at an Exhibition was the first modern day organ transcription and, though it was met with controversy, was broadcast and recorded, and followed-up by a transcription of Franck's Symphony in D Minor.
Virtually every hymnal in America today contains hymn tunes and harmonizations by Calvin Hampton. In addition to hymns and other service music (including dozens of organ works and choral anthems), Hampton also wrote important works for orchestral and chamber forces. His Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra was performed by the New York Philharmonic and is one of a series of works that he wrote for saxophone quartet. His Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra, left uncompleted at the time of his death, was completed after by Chris DeBlasio (who also died of AIDS) and Allison Sniffin. Many of his organ works were commissioned for new organs, such as Music for an Important Occasion, the first commissioned work for the concert organ in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. There are also two experimental works for pianos and electronic tape which were recorded by CBS Records during the 1960s.
Hampton recorded widely as an organist, especially for the Musical Heritage Society (all out of print today). Many of his works have been reissued in new digital recordings since the 1990s, including multiple recordings of the Five Dances for Organ and The Alexander Variations for two pipe organs.
Calvin Hampton died of AIDS in Port Charlotte, Florida at the age of 45 on August 5, 1984.
Joseph Dalton
The Alexander Variations (1984)
duet for two organs
commissioned by Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
premiered by Harry Huff and David Higgs
published: Wayne Leupold WL7000016
Harry Huff and David Higgs, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990)
Todd Wilson, David Higgs, organs, Double Forte, Delos 3175 (1996)
Ceremonial Music (incorporated into Suite No. 2)
Solemn Procession (1974)
Trumpet Tune (1976)
Concerto for Solo Organ (1981)
published: Wayne Leupold WL700004 (in preparation)
recorded: Harry Huff, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990)
Fanfare for the New Year (1983)
published: Wayne Leupold WL 700007
recorded: Harry Huff, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990)
Five Dances for Organ (1982)
The Primitives
At the Ballet
Those Americans
Exulted Ritual
Everyone Dance
published: Wayne Leupold WL6000013
recorded: Cherry Rhodes, Pro Organo CD 7009 (1989)
A Diversity of Riches: Multi-Ethnic Organ Music by 20th-Century American Composers, Titanic 205 (1993) (performer?)
David Higgs, organ, Inaugural Recital, Delos 3148 (1993) (Dances 1, 2 and 5)
Improvisation I (1960)
Improvisation II (1960)
In Praise of Humanity (1981)
published: AGO; Gray, 1986
recorded: Harry Huff, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990)
Jesus Enters Jerusalem (1982) A procession for Palm Sunday
March on a Hymn Tune "Wyton" (1977)
Music for an Important Occasion (1975)
published: Wayne Leupold WL700014 (in preparation)
Recitative (1960)
Refractions (a two hour "sound environment" for organ)
Death as in a Dream
The Fall Out of Time
Disorientation and Familiarity
The Eternal Stream
Universal Language
The Maternal Labyrinth
Suite No. 1
Fanfare (1975)
Antiphon (1977)
Toccata (1976)
published: McAfee (Columbia CPP/Belwin)
Suite No. 2
Solemn Procession (1974)
Lullaby (1976)
Trumpet Tune (1976)
published: McAfee (Columbia CPP/Belwin)
recorded (Lullaby): Harry Huff, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990)
Toccata (1975)
Untitled organ prelude (197?)
Variations on Old Hundreth (1970)
published: Wayne Leupold WL600016
recorded: Cherry Rhodes, Pro Organo CD 7009 (1989)
Voluntary on Engelberg (1982)
published: Wayne Leupold WL700006
recorded: Harry Huff, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990)
Three Pieces for Organ (1982)
Prayer and Alleluias
In Paradisum
published: Wayne Leupold WL6999912
recorded (In Paradisum): Harry Huff, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990)
And numerous choral preludes, hymn harmonizations and other short pieces.
Contrapunctus (197?) for organ and brass (lost manuscript)
Prelude for Easter Day (1979) for organ and cello
Transformation of Despair (1971) for organ and percussion
Variations on Amazing Grace (1983) for organ and English horn
published: Wayne Leupold WL600063
recorded: Thomas Stacy, English horn, Harry Huff, organ, Memento Bittersweet,
Catalyst/BMG 09026-61979-2 (1994)
Catch-up (1967) for two pianos in quartertones and electronic tape
published: C.F. Peters
recorded: George C. Pappastavrou, Stuart Warren Lanning, pianos, Columbia/Odyssey 32-
16-0161/0162 (1967)
see also Works with Electronics
Prisms (1962) for piano solo
Triple Play (1967) for two pianos in quartertones and ondes martenot
published: C.F. Peters
recorded: George C. Pappastavrou, Stuart Warren Lanning, pianos, Helen McGill, ondes
martenot, Teo Macero, conductor, Columbia/Odyssey 32-16-0161/0162 (1967)
Bach's Fireworks Music (1974)
published: To the Fore Publishers
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (1973)
published: To the Fore Publishers
Fugue (1984)
published: To the Fore Publishers
recorded: The American Music: A Quarter Century of American Music for Saxophone Quartet, Eclectra 2053 (2001)
Labyrinth for Saxophone Quartet and Soprano (1974)
lyrics by Michael Abreu
published: McAfee
Catch-up (1967) for two pianos in quartertones and electronic tape
see Piano, above
Engulfed Cathedral (1973) for synthesizer
God Plays Hide and Seek (1971) for organ and electronic tape (tape by Edd Kalehoff)
Written for the Institution of the Rev. Thomas F. Pike as Rector of Calvary Church
Ice Caverns (1973) for synthesizer and electronic tape
Our Temple is the Lord (1983) for soprano and electronic tape
Procession Through a Black Hole (early 1970s) for organ, cello and electronic tape
Reflections (1973) for synthesizer
Concerto for Organ and Strings (1980)
Written for the 1980 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, Minneapolis, MN
published: Theodore Presser (score and parts for rental)
Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra
Begun in 1983, left unfinished. Completion of composition and beginning of orchestration by Chris DeBlasio (1959-1994). Orchestration completed by Allison Sniffin.
premiere: Brian Krinke and Michael Sutton, violinists, Philip Brunelle, conductor, Plymouth Music Series, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, November 6, 1993
Alpha and Omega (1973)
for chorus, organ and electronic tape
Candlelight Carol Service (the story of Christmas) (1978)
for chorus, congregation, organ, orchestra, recorder, dancers, electronic tape, and actors in pageant
Carols for choir and congregation
Concert Mass: Mass of the Star
Instrumental interludes
Cantata for Pentecost (1977)
for chorus, organ, soloists and percussion
published: M. Pambrun
It Happened in Jerusalm, Cantata for Pentecost-Ascension (1983)
for chorus, soloists, organ, percussion, actors, congregation, electronic tape, dancers, piano
Live or Die: A Celebration of Life (1982)
Cantata for chorus and instrumental ensemble, baritone and mezzo-soprano solos; and poetry readers (optional), on the theme of gay victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Poetry all by gay writers with the exception of one Psalm paraphrase.
Chorus: These Words Are Dedicated to Those Who Died
(text: Irena Klepfisz "Bashert")
Percussion interludes: Reading
Baritone solo: We Two
(text: Walt Whitman)
Mezzo solo: I Will Be Your Mouth Now
(text: Judy Grahn, from "A Funeral Plainsong from a Younger Woman to an Older Woman")
Chorus with baritone and mezzo solos: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
(text: Isaac Watts)
Interlude for ensemble
Chorus: These Words Are Dedicated to Those Who Survived
(text: Irena Klepfisz "Bashert")
Sing, My Tongue, Cantata for Palm Sunday (1981)
for chorus, soloists, organ
(text: Fortunatus from Hymnal)
Chorus: Sing, My Tongue
Alto and tenor solos: Tell How Christ, the World's Redeemer; Thirty Years He Dwelt Among Us
Chorus: Faithful Cross
Soprano: Bend Thy Boughs
Chorus: To the Trinity Be Glory Everlasting
Plus numerous anthems for chorus and organ for general church use and for holidays and feastdays.
Three Songs for the Last Act (1962) for soprano and piano
text: Louise Bogan
Magnificat, from Christmas Cantata (1963) for soprano and organ or piano
Vocalise (1972) for soprano and orchestral bells
Laura (1974) for soprano and guitar
text: Michael Abreu
Labyrinth (1974) for soprano and saxophone quartet
text: Michael Abreu
The Road to Leprechaunia (197?) for soprano, organ and synthesizer
Magnificat (1974) for soprano and autoharp
Three Carols (1977) for soprano and piano
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (Shakespeare)
Spring Has Come
Our Temple Is The Lord (1983) for soprano and electronic tape
(originally "No Temple in the City")
I Will Be Your Mouth Now (1982) for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble
from Live or Die: A Celebration of Life
recorded: S. Young, soprano, M. Stern-Wolfe, conductor, Sudden Sunsets: Highlights of the Benson Series, Downtown Music Productions, Leonarda Records (forthcoming, 2002)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (1982) for mezzo and baritone with chorus and instrumental ensemble or chorus and organ
from Live or Die: A Celebration of Life
recorded: Easter Hymns, Carols and Anthems, Gothic CD 49097 (1998)
Spirit, Man for Sin Reproving (1977) for baritone and organ
from Cantata for Pentecost
We Two (1982) for baritone and string quintet
from Live or Die: A Celebration of Life
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (1982) for mezzo and baritone with chorus and instrumental ensemble or chorus and organ
from Live or Die: A Celebration of Life
Dozens of hymn tunes and harmonizations
The Calvin Hampton Hymnary, a collection of 21 hymns. Published: GIA
Contrapunctus (197?) for organ and brass
Movement for Three (1977) for piano, cello, flute
note: may also be known as "Children at Play"
Magnificat (1967) for soprano and autoharp
Montage (1967) for solo cello
Christmas Cantata (1965)
Large traditional pageant for children and adults with organ, chorus, and soloists
Two works survive: The Magnificat and Gentle Mary
Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra (see Orchestra)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles, opera based on H.G. Wells short story, commissioned by Minnesota Opera. Prologue for four sopranos, premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1980
Full-length discs as composer:
Everyone Dance: The Organ Music of Calvin Hampton, Cherry Rhodes, organ, Pro Organo CD 7009 (1989). (Five Dances and Prelude and Variations on Old Hundredth)
In Praise of Humanity: Music of Calvin Hampton, Harry Huff, organ, Pro Organo CD 7014 (1990).
(Fanfare for the New Year, In Praise of Humanity, In Paradisum, Concerto for Solo Organ, Lullaby, Voluntary on "Engelberg", Alexander Variations [with David Higgs])
CD collections (as composer):
"Variations on Amazing Grace," Thomas Stacy, English horn, Harry Huff, organ, Memento Bittersweet, Catalyst/BMG 09026-61979-2 (1994).
"I Will Be Your Mouth Now," S. Young, soprano, M. Stern-Wolfe, conductor, Sudden Sunsets: Highlights of the Benson Series, Downtown Music Productions, Leonarda Records (forthcoming, 2002).
"My Shepherd Will Supply My Need," Easter Hymns, Carols and Anthems, Gothic CD 49097 (1998).
"Five Dances for Organ," A Diversity of Riches: Multi-Ethnic Organ Music by 20th-Century American Composers, Titanic 205 (1993).
"The Alexander Variations," Todd Wilson, David Higgs, organs, Double Forte, Delos 3175 (1996).
"The Primitives," "At the Ballet," and "Everyone Dance" from Five Dances for Organ, David Higgs, organ, Inaugural Recital, Delos 3148 (1993).
"Fugue (for saxophone quartet)," The American Music: A Quarter Century of American Music for Saxophone Quartet, Eclectra 2053 (2001).
LPs as composer:
Catch-up and Triple Play, George C. Pappastavrou, Stuart Warren Lanning, pianos, Helen McGill, ondes martenot (Triple Play), Teo Macero, conductor (Triple Play), Columbia/Odyssey 32-16-0161/0162 (1967).
LPs as performer:
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Musical Heritage.
Franck: Symphony in D Minor, Musical Heritage
Dances, Romances, Poetry & Pomp (collection of orchestral and piano miniatures), Musical Heritage.
Digital Pipes (collection of wedding transcriptions), Tioch Records.
Franck: Les Beatitudes, oratorio for chorus, soloists, orchestra, Sine Qua Non Records.
Music for English Horn and Organ, with Thomas Stacy, Spectrum Records.
7404 South Mason Avenue
Chicago, IL 60638
Tel: (708) 496-3800
Fax: (708) 496-3828
Wayne Leupold Editions
8510 Triad Drive
Colfax, NC 27235
(910) 996-8445
McAfee (Columbia CPP/Belwin)
P. O. Box 4340
Miami, FL 33014
Tel: (305) 620-1500
Fax: (305) 625-3480
Theodore Presser Company
588 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Tel: (610) 525-3636
Fax: (610) 527-7841
To the Fore Publishers
82 Copley Avenue
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Tel: (201) 287-1872
Fax: (201) 287-1873
Harry Huff, Music Director
Calvary Church
61 Gramercy Park North
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 473-2877
Fax: (212) 475-1262
Marcella Pambrun (prior executor)
c/o Calvary Church (as above)
With Harry Huff at Calvary Church, moving to New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.


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Pavilion :: Anatomy of a Nightclub
What may very well be the most famous gay nightclub in the world is being readied for its rebirth.
Make that re-rebirth. The original Pavilion arose on the site of its predecessor in Fire Island's Pines Harbor. In 2007, a sleek, modern version replaced the decaying older structure, which in turn was destroyed by a devastating fire that consumed much of the island resort's commercial area in 2011. As if that weren't trauma enough, last year's Hurricane Sandy flooded the work site of Pavilion 3.0, preventing the nightclub's scheduled opening over the 2013 Memorial Day weekend.
Over the past 23 years, the Pavilion's reputation has continued to grow to legendary (one of the few times I've felt free to use this word without feeling like a huckster). A night at the Pavilion could make the reputation of a budding DJ, or break the reputation of an established one. At its best, a sweating multitude of hot men was taken on a spiritual musical "journey" from late Saturday evening well into Sunday morning. It has been a "safe space," where boldface names from entertainment, media, fashion, Wall Street and even politics can freely mingle with some of the hottest gay men in the world.
Before the Pavilion, there was the Sandpiper, a typically raffish 1960s restaurant of rattan furniture, animal prints and other groovy, exotic touches. Fire Island Pines was itself barely a decade old when the Sandpiper opened in 1965.
Since its founding, the Pines has been unique among the 17 communities that dot Fire Island in that it is the only planned community. A little over an hour by train from Midtown Manhattan, Fire Island itself is a thin barrier reef off the southern coast of Long Island that stretches 32 miles. All of its uninhabited parts are under the jurisdiction of the Fire Island National Seashore, itself under the aegis of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
In the popular imagination, "Fire Island" is synonymous with "gay," but only two of its 17 communities are primarily gay: Fire Island Pines and the much older and smaller Cherry Grove. The only way to get to either community is by passenger ferry from Sayville, an exurb on Long Island's "mainland."
The 20-minute boat ride to the Pines represents a clear break from the rest of the United States. It's a truly seasonal town: During the worst of the "R" months, only a handful of year-round residents risk being isolated by the ice that brings to a halt the already sparse winter ferry schedule. There are no cars, deer roam freely, and the only protection anyone needs is a plus-15 sunscreen.
With but 600 homes and 120 co-op apartments, the Pines has had an outsized influence on gay history, the collective gay culture and the wider world. More than anyplace else in these United States, gay men here have long reveled in their splendid isolation. A sarong, sunglasses and sandals are considered overdressed when a Speedo and trucker hat will do. Men transport such essentials as flower bouquets, cases of booze and designer beach towels along the elevated wooden boardwalks in wheelbarrow carts or children's red wagons.
The original developer of the Pines intended it as a weekend getaway for families of the World War II veterans streaming into hastily built Long Island suburbs like iconic Levittown. However, gay men from Cherry Grove, which since the 1920s has been known as a gay resort, started infiltrating the Pines almost as soon as the first boardwalks were hammered together. By 1965, enough of New York's gay A-list streamed into the Pines that it was able support a gay nightclub, even if local law still mandated that a woman had to be dancing between two men, and police rounded up in midnight sweeps gay men cruising the nearby wooded area.
The Sandpiper became the eastern outpost of the first generation of New York City nightclubs catering specifically to gay men, with those like the Sanctuary becoming prototypes for discos like Studio 54. Tom Moulton developed the concept of the EP at the Sandpiper, helping to pioneer dual turntables and mixing records and eliminating the need for DJs to jump from one record to another in imitation of a jukebox. DJs like Robbie Leslie cut their teeth playing for the crowds that arrived when the restaurant tables were cleared away. But on Saturday nights, the Ice Palace, a dedicated disco in Cherry Grove, remained the place to be. During the 1970s, troupes of sweaty, exhausted, ever-horny men would trudge back home to the Pines through the "Meat Rack": the forested quarter-mile stretch between the Pines and Grove whose name is forever synonymous with recreational sex in the great outdoors.
Pavilion 1.0: Birth of a Legend
All that changed in 1980, when a consortium of gay men tore down the Sandpiper and erected a glamorous new mega (at least for Fire Island) club. It was essentially a big room with speakers planted in all four corners. A balcony afforded a good view of the writhing, sweaty bodies below, while the outside second-floor deck gave dancers a chance to cool down and enjoy the moonlight dancing off the waves that gently rocked the private boats moored in Pines Harbor.
When John Whyte - a former model who already owned a decent chunk of the Pines' tiny commercial area - bought the Pavilion, he installed mirrors along the walls and crystal chandeliers bought at an estate auction (of a man who was the "house mother" of this writer's first share on Fire Island, it so happens). Whyte was an inveterate snob, a starfucker of the highest order who name-dropped everyone from screen goddess Hedy Lamarr to ABC weatherman Sam Champion. But Whyte was an astute businessman who knew his clientele.
Whyte would have been the first to admit that his knowledge of popular music ended with Cole Porter. He wisely left that part of his affairs to astute managers who ferreted out the best of New York City's new crop of DJs. Dancers (and flaggers!) who packed the Pavilion on weekends became a real force in dance music: They could break open a new dance song or sink it. Among the Pavilion's clientele were America's tastemakers, but everyone felt free to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to songs and DJs.
The club gave many up-and-coming DJs a place where they could bump up from "promising" to "arrived." A successful gig at the Pavilion guaranteed "white party" bookings from Miami to Palm Springs, as well as every color of party in between. Among the DJs who made giant career leaps at the Pavilion are Susan Morabito and Victor Calderone.
Whyte had amassed nearly all of the commercial property fronting Pines Harbor. The Pavilion abutted a few ramshackle converted railcars housing mom-and-pop (or pop-and-pop) businesses: liquor, cut flowers and real estate - the three major engines of commerce in the Pines. Behind them and protected from looky-loos was the outdoor gym, the Pines' version of a public square. Its largest swimming pool was also back there, part of the Botel, the town's only hotel. Whyte's pride and joy was the Blue Whale, a restaurant that hosted afternoon teas that became town meetings. Beside the restaurant is the town's grocery store, famous for its superbly "edited" selection of food and sky-high prices.
Actually, everything on Fire Island is expensive, even by New York City standards. Commodities, as well as those who sell and service them, must be boated in from the mainland. Any profits come from the brief "season" that lasts only a few months. Summer weekends washed out by rain are a misfortune; the very occasional hurricane can be catastrophic.
Whyte made hay while the sun shone, as they say. He helped keep his overhead low by plowing little money back into capital improvements. By the early part of this century, the Pavilion had become nearly as well-known for the Black Hole of Calcutta-level heat on busy Saturday nights that resulted in sweat beads that completely covered the wall-length mirrors, and a broken urinal left lying on the floor like a Marcel Duchamp exhibit on acid. The wooden pilings that, as with every other building on the island, supported the entire structure became weak, tilting the dance floor enough to make dancers appear less like Calvin Klein at Studio 54 - and more like Shelley Winters grabbing a chandelier in "The Poseidon Adventure."


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Etching metal using this phototransfer process is an easy way to incorporate designs from simple to complex. Anyone can etch with this simple process.
Press-n-Peel (PnP Paper) Image Transfer Filmferric chloride15 micron 3M Finishing Film or green ScrubbieScotch tapepacking tapeblue painter's tapeshallow dish not to be used again for foodSharpie pennon-acetone nail polish remover3M radial bristle disc (optional)paper towelspH testing stripssafety clothingmetal to etch*toolslaser photocopy machine/printer**hotplate or stove
*You can do this technique with sterling, copper, or brass. Clean the metal by lightly sanding it with a 15 micron sheet of 3M finishing film or use a green Scrubbie with a bit of force.
** You may photocopy an image, photograph, or line drawing onto the PnP paper. You may also draw your own design on paper and photocopy that image onto the PnP paper. I check the clarity of the image first by photocopying it onto white paper. You must use a laser printer to photocopy your work. Inkjet or bubblejet printers will not work. The image must be copied onto the dull side of the PnP paper, so first determine which side to insert face up into the paper feeder. Also remember that the image will be reversed, so if it includes any printing, such as initials or words, the printing must appear backward before you transfer it.
See, it's not rocket science! You can etch metal at home and achieve remarkable results.
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How to Dispose of Ferric ChlorideYou may not put the solution down the drain! Because of residual copper ions left in the solution, it must be neutralized with sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide until the pH value goes up to 7.0-8.0. (Check this with test strips sold at drug stores.) Allow any solids to settle and drain off any liquid. Add water to the poured off, neutralized liquid to dilute it, then pour that down the drain. The remaing solids or sludge should be poured into a plastic container, clearly labeled, and disposed of at your local hazardous waste disposal facility.
Safety Precautions: Wear proper protective clothing, latex gloves, and always have adequate ventilation.
Originally published in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, June 2010.
Resources: Ferric chloride is available from scientific supply stores and some jewelry supply stores. Press-n-Peel is available at some office supply stores or from Reactive Metals Studio, Inc., ReactiveMetals.com 800-876-3434
Required Materials: 1 piece of etched copper 20 gauge, 1 circle of sterling silver or sterling sheet (2 x 2" 20 gauge), 0.33" x 1" 20 or 22 gauge sterling, 2.25" x 0.50" cabochon, 22 gauge fine silver sheet (0.25" x 5+"), 0.25" sterling tubing (outer diameter) 3mm, 1" 20 gauge sterling wire. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Circle template, fine tip Sharpie, saw, sawblades, files, wooden, dapping block and punches (wooden daps), rawhide mallet or planishing hammer, round and flatnose pliers, bezel pusher, alphabet stamps or logo stamp and -sterling- quality stamp. See project for complete list
Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry ArtistJune 2010
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Hopefully Nike "suggesting" re-designs doesn't become a trend. The Purdon't guys came up with a better logo than Nike did.
The Ohio State University, College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2006
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Class of 2009
no doubt. that thing sucks. created in "paint" on windows '95?
I know there's a game Saturday, and my ass will be there.
hopefully Nike used up all of it's creative powers developing us awsome pro combat jerseys for this year. Speaking of which, do we know what game they are breaking those out for this year?
Shitter's full
Utter crap. At least the old logo had a bit of a "Soul Train" vibe to it; this is more Thomas the Tank Engine minus a face.
"Maybe the Big Ten is not that bad. Maybe it's pretty damn good.'' ~ Urban Meyer
I didn't like their old logo, but I REALLY don't care for the new Nike suggested logo. I agree with BRBRAND64, it just looks very Thomas the Tank Engine-like to me.
Maybe they should've put a face on the front of the train: the face of Danny 'Get used to it' Hope and his mustache.
I will say this, their mascot upgrade from last year (or year before) looked a helluva lot better than the old one. Supposedly the old one scared children. But there was enough backlash that I think they went back to the old one.
But yeah... old logo is better.
I'll tell you who needs a new logo & a refreshed uniform ---- Illinois.
Seriously, Illinois --- That's the best you can do? The word "ILLINOIS" underlined on a helmet.
Maybe they're too afraid of offending an Inidan tribe or something. It's just unappealing. At least change the font, or put an outline of the state of Illinois...or heck - leave it blank...anything is better than that big Illinois script.
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
I like the white helmets...
and the blue one with the headdress is shopped in to the pic. it was made by one of those guys that "pro-combatted" every team in the league on his computing device.
Banned from ATO since June 3rd 2PMish PST
The million dollar question (or whatever their deal with Nike is for) is 'Will these new logos and hemets make Purdue and Illinois any better on the football field?'
I think we all know the answer to that.
The sad thing is I don't believe the new Purdue logo will be ready until basketball season as it immediately went down with an ACL tear after being unveiled........
Nike should make over Purdue Pete so he doesnt look like such a pedophile. Maybe send him to Penn State.
It's sad what NIKE is doing to these schools. Before we know is Penn State will have Lion tails on thier pants, with rhinestone collars.... football fashion has gotten out of hand. Tradition dominates. The schools with deep tradition don't need new uniforms to impress. Ohio State, USC, Alabama to mention a few don't need to be attention whores to land recruits.
Whats sad about this, is when we watch highlights of a college game in 20 years, we will all think back to how hideous this really was. Maryland, Oregon.... gimme a break.
I honestly hope Adidas becomes a bigger player in college uniforms. They tend to respect tradition. Notice the schools they carry. Notre Dame, Wisconsin, UCLA, Tennessee, Nebraska.... and they don't molest their tradition.
Dustin Fox was our leading tackler as a corner.... because his guy always caught the ball.
Maybe in terms of football, but when it comes to basketball uniforms, I think Adidas' have become pretty out there. I mean the UC and Louisville wild animal print shorts and those very BRIGHT Baylor uniforms...
I don't what games or teams you are watching but Oregon has some of the best uniforms in the nation. As for your argument that OSU respects tradition in regards to uniforms, we ourselves have changed our uniforms in the past few years, look at the shoulder stripes.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-American history, officials said Tuesday.
The media mogul and former talk-show host previously gave $1 million to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the museum says her $13 million total contribution is its largest to date. As a result, the museum's 350-seat theater will be named after Winfrey, who is also a member of its advisory council.
Construction on the $500 million museum began in early 2012. When it's finished in 2015, the museum will be the 19th Smithsonian museum. The U.S. government is providing half of the funding. To date, about $140 million has been raised in private funds.
"I am deeply appreciative of those who paved the path for me and all who follow in their footsteps. By investing in this museum, I want to help ensure that we both honor and preserve our culture and history, so that the stories of who we are will live on for generations to come," Winfrey said in a statement released by the museum.
Lonnie Bunch, the museum's director, said that Winfrey has been very involved in the museum's creation and that he wouldn't be surprised if she was one day on the stage of the theater that will bear her name.
The museum is also in talks with Winfrey to acquire memorabilia from her career, Bunch said. He said he'd love to have a microphone used on her television show to add to the museum's collection of over 22,000 objects.
Those objects help tell the story of African-American history from slavery to the post-Civil War period, the civil rights era, the Harlem Renaissance and the 21st century.
Some of the highlights of the collection include a lace shawl owned by abolitionist Harriet Tubman; a Jim Crow-era segregated railroad car; slave rebellion leader Nat Turner's Bible; and the glass-topped casket that held the body of 14-year-old Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman helped spark the civil rights movement.
The museum's most recent big acquisition was a South Carolina slave cabin dating to the 19th century. The cabin from Edisto Island was disassembled in May in preparation for its move to the museum.
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You know it's going to be a feisty debate when one candidate calls another "grotesquely hypocritical" just hours before the event.
That was Newt Gingrich's charge against his rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, in one of the last digs that either man will get in against the other before the evening debate in Jacksonville, Fla. Gingrich unloaded the nasty label on Romney for owning stock in mortgage-buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Romney has sought to use Gingrich's work for Freddie Mac against the former House speaker, telling Florida voters that the government-rescued company that paid Gingrich helped hurt the Sunshine State's housing market.
Romney, meanwhile, applied this term (in so many words) to himself: Washington outsider.
"I've got something to admit," Romney told an audience in Jacksonville on Thursday. "I'm not part of the culture in Washington, DC." He said if voters need someone who's been "a part of the culture of Washington for the last 35 years to go there again and continue in Washington, there are other people you can choose." (That would be Gingrich, first elected to Congress in 1978.)
Thursday's debate may help voters make up their minds in what's become a tight race in the last couple of days. Romney has recently regained the lead, suggesting Gingrich's post-South Carolina momentum is slowing.
As for the Freddie and Fannie stock, the trustee of Mitt and Ann Romney's blind trust said Tuesday that the couple had some money-market mutual funds which included Fannie and Freddie holdings in the Tyler Foundation, a charitable entity. The interests have been sold, the trustee said.
Be sure to come back to Political Watch on Thursday night at 8 p.m. Eastern. We'll be live-blogging the Republican debate.
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Comments about Patagonia Critical Mass Bag:
This is a great bag, Works on the days to take my laptop and acc to work while on my bike, the shoulder strap stays secure with a cross buckle so the bag doesnt move around. On the weekends this bag explodes open with the 2 adjustable straps on the bottom and i can go grocery shopping without a problem, even fits a gallon milk with all my veggies and fruit! the small side pocket fits a baguette perfectly and keeps it safe and prevents smashing of the loaf!
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It is a little bigger than what I expected, but it's an all-around excellent bag. The quality is great, I get lots of compliments on it, and evo even price matched this bag with a 5% discount than the same bag I found at a competitor's website. I will definitely be a repeat customer of Patagonia and evo.
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MMA News
UFC 178 Card adds Patrick Cote vs. Stephen Thompson, Brian Ebersole vs. John Howard
The UFC has been working overtime to crank out exciting matches for this summer and fall lately, and they haven't stopped yet as they've added two new bouts to the UFC 178 card, set to take place in Las Vegas on September 27th, 2014.
The first addition is a welterweight throw down between Patrick Cote (20-8) and Stephen Thompson (9-1). Cote is coming off of a three-fight win streak, his last victory being over Kyle Noke at the TUF Nations Finale in April. Stephen Thompson is also coming off of a three-fight win streak of him own. His latest bout brought him victory over Robert Whittaker in February by TKO.
The second addition to the UFC 178 card is another welterweight match with Brian Ebersole (50-16) going against John Howard (22-9). Ebersole is now in the "do or die" position where a win in this fight will definitely be needed. His last two fights have produced losses against James Head and Rick Story. John Howard has won two of his last three fights in the UFC, but his most recent bout served him a unanimous decision loss from Ryan LaFlare.
The UFC 178 Pay-Per-View wwill be headlined by the highly anticipated Jones vs Gustafsson rematch, and will also see the surprise return of former Bantamweight champion, Dominick Cruz against Takeya Mizugaki.
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