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A Flawless Getaway (15): Complete Welcome to the Jungle
Aerial Support (15): Kill 10 enemies using the mounted weapon on the VTOL (Public Match only)
Arrow to the Knee! (20): "Single Player: End an enemy's career as a CELL operative by wounding him in the knee with an arrow!
Bang For The Buck (10): Single Player: Kill a deer using explosive arrows
Be a Pro, use a Bow! (20): Single Player: Kill 10 enemies with each arrow type
Belly of the Beast (20): Complete Only Human
Bird of Prey (15): Air stomp someone from a height of 15 metres (Public Match only)
Block Party (20): Complete a match in every location in New York (Public Match only)
Breaking the Lore (10): Single Player: Retrieve all CELL Intel
Bring it On (45): Complete the campaign on Veteran difficulty
Brink of Apocalypse (20): Complete Red Star Rising
Can You Hear Me Now? (20): Welcome to the Jungle: Disable the Nanosuit Jammer
Clever Girl! (15): Single Player: Stealth kill a Ceph Stalker
Geared-up (25): Single Player: Unlock all weapon attachments
Going Commando (30): Get a primary weapon, secondary weapon and explosive kill in one life (Public Match only)
Halfway to Hell (25): Complete 3 of 7 levels on Supersoldier difficulty
Hit me baby one more time (15): Melee someone with a ripped off shield in Spears (Public Match only)
Hunter-Gatherer (15): Single Player: Retrieve 10 arrows from pinned enemies
I See Cloaked People (20): Kill 10 Hunters as a C.E.L.L. operative (Public Match only)
I'll Have That! (15): Single Player: Rip off and use all alien weapon types
Improviser (15): Single Player: Kill two enemies in one strike using the environment
Inside Job (25): Single Player: Kill 10 enemies using hacked sentry guns
Kicking off the training wheels (10): Complete a match using manual armor mode only (Public Match only)
Lord of the Pings (15): Kill 25 enemies with the Pinger (Public Match only)
Maximum Strength (15): Single Player: Kill 25 enemies using only the Nanosuit's enhanced powers instead of guns
Nanosuit Ninja (15): Single Player: Perform 20 Stealth Kills without alerting nearby enemies
Nanosuit Veteran (25): Complete 3 of 7 levels on Veteran difficulty
Odd Job (25): Get two kills with one throw-able object in the same match (Public Match only)
Off the Grid (15): Complete The Root of All Evil
Perk Of The Job (15): Single Player: Save a Nanosuit module package
Ping Pong! (20): Only Human: Kill all Pingers
Poltergeist (10): Single Player: Kill 10 enemies with thrown objects without being detected
Post-Human Warrior (25): Single Player: Kill 10 enemies in a single Supercharge boost
Professional Superhero (65): Complete the campaign on Supersoldier difficulty
Rising Star (15): Reach Rank 20
Roadkill (20): Red Star Rising: Crush 5 enemies with the Buggy
Rudely Interrupted (20): Rip an enemy player out of a Pinger (Public Match only)
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Stick Around (15): Single Player: Using the Predator Bow, pin 10 enemies to walls with arrows
Suited-up (20): Single Player: Upgrade all Nanosuit modules to Maximum level
Taste Of Your Own Medicine (15): Single Player: Kill 25 enemies while supercharged
The Gibson (15): Single Player: Complete 20 hacking challenges
The Specialist (30): Get a stealth kill, a rip and throw kill and an air stomp kill in the same match (Public Match only)
The True Measure of a Hero (20): Complete Gods and Monsters
Turning the Tide (15): Complete Safeties Off
Welcome to the Jungle! (15): Complete Post-Human
White Rider (20): The Root of All Evil: Surf the donut down the river for 20 seconds
Who Needs Rockets? (20): Post-Human: Take out an attack helicopter using the Predator Bow
World Saver (35): Finish the campaign in any difficulty
Would you kindly ... (20): Accept and complete 25 unique challenges
Crysis 3: The Lost Island Achievements
Chocks Away Old Boy! (20): Melee an enemy off the cliff face with a pole on Ascent (Public Match only)
Cliff Diving (25): Get an 'Incoming!' Skill Kill from the top of the central rock on Coastline (Public Match only)
Egocentric (40): Hold the flag for 4 minutes in a game of Team Possession (Public Match only)
Flawless Victory (30): Get the most kills and win by reaching the score limit in a game of Frenzy (Public Match only)
King of the Swingers, Jungle VIP (25): Get 30 kills with the flag in Team Possession (Public Match only)
Renaissance Man (35): Get 2 kills with each weapon in a round of Frenzy (Public Match only)
Slippery Customer (20): Slide for 1km on Creek (Public Match only)
Swept Aside (25): Kill the entire enemy team within 60s of activating the radar on Crossing (Public Match only)
Totally Oarsome (20): Get a kill with a boat Oar (Public Match only)
Wish You Were Here! (20): Complete a match on all four DLC maps (Public Match only)
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What may look to some like just another hot late-summer week differs in that there are some genuine can't-miss options in the early part of the week. Let's examine what the fun choices are.
Death Cab for Cutie will bring indie-rock to a place it almost never goes: West Valley City's Maverik Center for a pretty tasty Monday night option. Frightened Rabbit are the openers. I'm super curious to see how this draws. Death Cab is a trendy fave among critics and popular with indie rock fans, but I have no idea if they've got the clout to come close to filling the roomy surroundings in WVC. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Monday and tickets remain on sale at ticketmaster.com. Seats start at $29, but look out for that $12 service charge. Yikes!
Here's a cool track from their latest "Codes and Keys." It's called "You Are A Tourist."
Over at The Urban Lounge, local indie folkers YYBS headline a gig on Tuesday. You can hear their latest tunes at their Facebook page:
And if you feel like taking in Park City and are a fan of the brilliant, but long defunct Talking Heads, you can enjoy a relatively rare chance to hear the band's music played live Tuesday when Chicago's "This Must Be The Band," play Park City's Egyptian Theatre. Tickets start at $12 and it's an all-ages show.
Also, a fine, folky option is at Kilby Court when The Milk Carton Kids play at 7 p.m. Tuesday. If you like folk, hot acoustic guitar work or good music in general, this is where you'll want to be. In my view, this is a tad of an odd setting for these guys, but tickets are a goofily low $7 and are at 24tix.com.
Here they are playing "Like A Cloak," last month. (Please ignore the weird start, it's just fine after that.)
And on Wednesday, please note the Young Jeezy show slated for In The Venue has been cancelled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase.
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With nearly 30 wins per season in his Washington State career and a pair of NCAA postseason appearances over the last-four seasons, Donnie Marbut has put his name along Cougar Baseball coaching legends.
Entering his 10th season in Pullman and ninth as head coach at Washington State, Marbut is the third Cougar mentor to guide a team to the postseason, joining Buck Bailey and Bobo Brayton. Marbut is also third on the school's win list behind the two men who have their name on Washington State's home ballpark.
Under Marbut's leadership, the Cougar program has shown marked improvement. In the decade following Brayton's retirement (1995-2004), Washington State produced two-winning seasons, 25 MLB Draft picks and averaged 22.1 wins per season. In the last-five years alone, the Cougars have had 23 MLB Draft picks. In Marbut's tenure, Washington State has recorded five-winning seasons and 29.8 victories per year.
The Cougars have also has success off the field under Marbut. At least three student-athletes have been on the WSU President's Honor Roll every semester beginning with the 2005 spring term. From 1995-2004, Washington State earned 47 conference all-academic awards. In the last-five years, the Cougars have garnered 34 certificates. When Marbut took over the program, Washington State's APR was 853. That number increased to a school record 984 in 2008-09 and currently sits at a four-year average of 972, well above the NCAA requirement of 925.
The two-time Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) Coach of the Year, Marbut joined the Cougar program in the fall of 2003 to assist the infielders and took over head coaching responsibilities May 31, 2004.
Last season, Derek Jones, undrafted out of high school, set the Cougar-career record for home runs with 41 and was an eighth round pick of the Colorado Rockies in the 2012 MLB Draft. Jones and Taylor Ard, seventh round selection by the Seattle Mariners, were named ABCA All-West Region and All-Pac-12. They were among five Cougars selected in the MLB Draft.
In 2011, Ard led the Pac-10 with 10 home runs and tied for the conference lead with 55 RBI while batting a team-best .337. He was named All-Pac-10 and turned down the Boston Red Sox to return to Pullman for the 2012 campaign. Southpaw Adam Conley was selected in the second round by the Florida Marlins and turned pro after serving as the Cougars' ace in 2011.
Marbut's 2010 squad came within a victory of advancing to the NCAA Super Regional and posted a 37-22 record. The Cougars finished third in the Pac-10 Conference with a 15-12 mark. It was the second-straight trip to the postseason for Washington State. Senior Matt Fanelli was named the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete for baseball, the third-straight year the Cougars won the award.
In 2009, the Cougars made their first trip to the NCAA Championship since 1990 and finished with a 32-25 record, including 19-8 mark in the Pac-10. The 19 conference wins tied a school record and were good enough for second place, two games back of Pac-10 champion Arizona State. The 11-win improvement in conference play from 2008 to 2009 set a school record.
In the process, the Cougars set a single-season school record with 21 home wins, won a series at USC for the first time in school history, recorded three conference series sweep and five overall for the first time since 1991, and swept a three-game series from Washington for the first time since 1984.
Three Cougars, pitchers Jeremy Johnson and Matt Way, and outfielder Jared Prince, were named to the All-Pac-10 Team, the most for the program since 1998. In addition, outfielder Jones was named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and catcher Greg Lagreid was selected at the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete for baseball.
Marbut is just the fifth full-time coach to guide the Cougar diamond program since the 1920s and follows, among others, 32-year head coach Bailey and Brayton, who was at the helm for 33 years.
Marbut has won 238 games as Washington State's head coach. In 2009, WSU posted its fourth-straight winning season, something the Cougars had not done since 1994 when a 35-26 mark capped a run of 37 consecutive campaigns above .500.
In 2008, Washington State posted nine wins against nationally-ranked opponents, including a series victory over two-time defending national champion Oregon State. The Cougars also made an appearance in the polls, No. 28 by Collegiate Baseball. Paul Gran was an All-Pac-10 First Team selection and the conference's defensive player of the year and Jayson Miller was named the Pac-10 Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
The Cougars' 2006 recruiting class was ranked 25th nationally and in 2007, WSU won four conference series, at the time, the most by a Cougar team since the Pac-10 reunified in 1999.
In 2006, WSU's 15-win improvement over 2005 tied for the greatest single-season jump in school history. WSU won conference series against Stanford and USC for the first time since the 1969 season, snapping a 23-game skid against Stanford in the process. Additional highlights included three tournament titles and a national ranking (No. 28 by Collegiate Baseball) for the first time since the 1994 season.
In 2005, Marbut began the rebuilding process at WSU. After losing seven starters from the 2004 squad, the 2005 roster was comprised of 19 freshmen or first-year players. The youthful Cougars posted a 21-37 record, with 16 games being decided by two or fewer runs.
In Marbut's tenure as a head coach, 33 Cougars have gone on to play professionally and WSU has received 47 All-Pac-10/12 academic honors.
As an assistant with the Cougars in 2004, Marbut helped guide the team to a 29-26 record, WSU's first winning campaign since 1998 and only its second since 1994. Marbut's defensive prowess was immediately felt, with the Cougars setting a single-season school record for fielding percentage (.971671). Under his leadership, the Cougars broke the record in 2008 (.971672), posted the fourth-highest mark (.971) in school history during the 2009 season and shattered the record last year with a .978 mark.
A Washington native born and reared at Aberdeen, Marbut is no stranger to baseball in the Pacific Northwest. His background includes standout playing seasons at Aberdeen High School, Edmonds Community College and Portland State when the Vikings played in the old Pacific-10 Conference North Division.
His coaching pedigree includes Capital High in Olympia, two community colleges, Bellevue and Edmonds, and Washington State University as an assistant.
Marbut's coaching career began at Capital High in Olympia, Wash., during the 1997-98 school year. In 1998 he was head assistant coach as the Cougars captured the state 3A championship.
Following his lone season at Capital High, Marbut was named assistant coach at Bellevue Community College for the 1999 season. In his one season at BCC, the club captured the NWAACC Northern Division title.
From Bellevue CC Marbut returned to Edmonds CC as head coach in 2000. While coaching at the school, he earned northern division coach of the year accolades in 2000, 2001 and 2003 and in two of those seasons, 2002 and 2003, Marbut was awarded NWAACC Coach of the Year honors.
During the 2003 season, he guided his team to a league record of 43 wins. Marbut completed his coaching career at Edmonds CC with a 152-38 record.
Growing up in Aberdeen, Marbut earned all-league honors three times in baseball at Aberdeen High. He also earned all-league honors three times in football and once in basketball. When he graduated in 1992, Marbut had set a total of six school records in three sports.
In the fall of 1992, Marbut enrolled in Edmonds Community College. While competing for Edmonds CC, he was named to the All-NWAACC team twice as an infielder, 1994 and 1995. In 1995, he was also named the teams' most valuable player.
After receiving his associate of the arts degree from ECC in 1995, Marbut continued his education and career at Portland State. During his first year with the Vikings, Marbut was named the team's most offensive player.
Marbut and his wife Jennifer have two daughters, Avery and Olivia.


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The worlds of fashion and dance collided at The Joffrey Ballet's eighth annual Couture & Cocktails benefit. More than 300 chicly attired guests gathered at Park West for a cocktail reception followed by a high-energy fashion show featuring couture gowns from Neiman Marcus and trainees from the Joffrey Academy. After the last model cleared the catwalk, DJ Matt Roan got the party started while guests enjoyed a delicious spread from Stefani Catering. Any indulgences were soon worked off on the dance floor, where Roan's beats kept the crowd on its feet until midnight and inspired more than a few guests to take their own stroll down the runway. Photography by Bret Grafton


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Rated 5 out of 5 by deb2015 Great gift item! This is the second time I have ordered a half dozen of these popcorn bowls at a time for gift items. They are budget friendly and make the greatest fun snack bowl arrangements to give away. I add chocolate bars, hard candy, jelly beans, microwave popcorn, and bottled cokes. Next I tuck in a few personal items, then wrap the whole thing in cellophane and ribbon. Beautiful! Everyone LOVES them! April 4, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by CallieJo4 Great bowl to make a late night snack fun! We have a whirly pop and make popcorn about once or twice a week. My hubby and 4 year old son love it. However, I have some very nice ceramic mixing bowls that were a wedding gift and I was always terrified one was going to get broken while using for popcorn on hardwood floors. That's where this awesome metal bowl comes in! We have a red kitchen so that was an added bonus. We have had this for about a year and it is so fun to eat popcorn out of. Plus it is big and deep so you can put your popcorn in and spread butter and seasonings all over evenly. And the saying at the bottom is really cute too. We have only hand washed this as it says to do on the bottom of the bowl. I wouldn't take a chance putting it in the dishwasher even if the world market description online says you can. Get one, you'll love it!! February 6, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Silverado Great product for value Dear Cost Plus World Market…. I purchased this item as a gift for a friend. She has a RED kitchen and knew this would fit perfectly into her kitchen color theme. She LOVED it! Thanx again for the great bargains you have and I will be shopping with you again! January 8, 2014
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Rated 5 out of 5 by QuiltLady This bowl makes me so happy!!! Love the red! Our family loves popcorn so we serve popcorn in this bowl often. I wash it by hand as soon as we're done using it, dry it and store it on the counter. Because it is so cute, I like to keep it out where I can see it! :) I have had this bowl probably around a year and it still looks as good as the day I bought it. Love it so much, I think I am going to go back today and buy the serving bowls that match! March 31, 2013
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April 7, 2013
The final round of the ASU Thunderbird Invitational has come to a close, with Arizona State (296-293-280-869) jumping two positions on the day to finish in 12th-place overall. Freshman Jon Rahm led the charge for the Sun Devils, barely missing a top-ten finish, ending tied for 11th.
Jon Rahm, who tied with seven other golfers, used his second-straight under par round to climb from 24th, where he started Sunday's final round. Coming off a round of 68 on Saturday, Rahm followed it up with a two-under par round of 69, finishing at one-under par and missing out on another top-ten finish by one stroke. He had three birdies on the day, including back-to-back on holes three and four. He completed the last 36 holes with seven birdies to only two bogies.
Another freshman, Trey Ka'ahanui, used a brilliant final round of three-under par 68 and leaped his way from his starting position of 42nd all the way into a tie for 22nd at one-over par. Playing as an independent, Ka'ahanui recorded back-to-back birdies on holes three and four and also ten and eleven, on his way to recording a birdie on six over the final 18 holes. Another Sun Devil individual, Spencer Lawson, shot one-over par for the second-straight round and finished tied for 25th at two-over par.
Climbing 12 spots on the leaderboard in Sunday's final round was Max Rottluff, who also concluded tied for 25th at two-over par, finishing alongside his teammate Lawson. Rottluff shot a third round of one-under par, notching birdies on back-to-back holes on 12 and 13.
Another Sun Devil who made a move through the final 18 was Brandon Cloete, who gained 20 positions from Saturday, concluding his tournament tied for 30th at three-over par. Cloete was aided by his third round of three-under par 68, showing much promise and building momentum towards the spring's remaining tournaments. Like Ka'ahanui, Cloete also birdied six holes on the day.
Other ASU competitors, Austin Quick, Jin Song and Mathias Schjoelberg, finished tied for 47th, 58th and 64th-place respectively.
Thirteenth-ranked UNLV took home the tournament's top prize, inching out first-ranked Cal by one stroke. New Mexico, who entered the day with the lead, finished seven strokes behind in fourth-place.
Nick Chianello of Oregon State held the lead after every round, including the final one when it mattered most. He finished at 11-under par, one stroke ahead of second-place Scott Fernandez of Iowa State and Brandon Hagy of Cal.
Arizona State has one remaining tournament before the Pac-12 Championship, as they travel to San Jose, Calif., on April 13-14 for the Western Intercollegiate.


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I'll admit. I'm intrigued. Fat-biking just looks...FUN! Fat-bikers in Colorado are an interesting bunch. The toughest of the tough with weather and temperature. And they always seem to be smiling (well, if you could see their faces--but their eyes appear to be smiling).
It used to be that Cyclo-cross was that odd "fringe sport" among dedicated cyclists. Fast forward a few years, and cross is now mainstream and "pimped out to the max" as I heard a spectator say at Nationals. Fat-biking has seemed to taken over this cycling fringe sub-category.
In fact, many cross racers have segued into this after cross season is done. Mountain bikers are happy to be on the trails all year round. Toss in a race here and there (which seem to be popping up every where) and you've got yourself a few months of fun. It seems to be the perfect in-between seasonal training for those who have a deep disdain for the trainer and being indoors in the winter.
You still get to work on refining your skills, but the wide rims and large tires assist with snow and ice. And from what I've read, the the lower tire pressure and massive surface area is supposedly fantastic on dirt and sand as well. However, even though the fatties have lightened up considerably, you still sacrifice speed for size. Because of this and our overall lack of snow this year so far, I've been asked repeatedly from mtb purists, are fat bikes even necessary? Can't you just ride/race your mountain bike? Maybe it's not about speed. Maybe it's one of those "it's about the journey" type of things. To those who raced over the weekend in Evergreen or Como: we'd be interested in your answer. Take us to fatty school.


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How do I fix a "Problem with MergeList" error when trying to do an update?
Update manager doesn't want to run because of the error given below. The happens when trying to launch Ubuntu software center. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Sylvain
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E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.


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ZF-4236: POST field order not fully preserved when uploading files
When you add both regular POST fields and file uploads in an HTTP request, the file uploads are always be sent after the regular fields, even if they were added before them the regular fields.
For example, if you have the following code:
$httpClient->setParameterPost('fieldA', 'valueA');
$httpClient->setFileUpload('filename.txt', 'fieldB', 'file contents', 'text/plain');
$httpClient->setParameterPost('fieldC', 'valueC');
Zend_Http_Client will reorder them as fieldA, fieldC, and fieldB when it sends it to the web server. I'm working with using Zend_Http_Client against a web application that is sensitive about the ordering of fields, and Zend_Http_Client's current behavior breaks this application.
I am attaching a patch that fixes this problem by preserving the order in which regular and file upload fields are added to Zend_Http_Client. With this patch, the field order for the previous example would be fieldA, fieldB, and fieldC.
I have refactored the previously posted patch and adapted it to ZF 1.9.2. I'm attaching it to this ticket.
I've attached a patch which implements the same functionality with less code and provides unit tests for the implementation.
Reviewed and applied Adam's patch to trunk and 1.11 release branch.


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Tragedies and disasters take a horrible toll on those impacted.
In addition, they provide the opportunity for great compassion and solidarity.
Catholic Charities was privileged to help thousands of New Yorkers of all religions affected by 9/11.
The long term impact of that assistance in helping families to rebuild their lives continues to this day.
Our prayers remain with those victims and also for a world in which such acts of terrorism are no more.
Best Regards,
Msgr. Kevin Sullivan
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WHERE: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Foster Theater
TO RSVP: This event is FREE with a reservation and is currently at capacity. To sign up for the Waiting List, visit https://tickets.rockhall.com
VIEW ONLINE: Can't make it to Cleveland for this event? No worries! This event will be live streamed on rockhall.com. You can find the stream here.
The event will begin with a reading from Densmore's new book The Doors: Unhinged. After the reading, Densmore will be interviewed in front of a live audience by Lauren Onkey, the Rock Hall's Vice President of Education and Public Programs, and will answer questions from the audience. The event will conclude with a book signing.
Densmore's The Doors: Unhinged (available through www.Amazon.com, ebooks through www.kobo.com and Baker & Taylor, April 17, 2013) is the story of the court case that divided the former band mates in half, with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger on one side, and John Densmore and the estate of Jim Morrison on the other. Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone praised the book, saying "[Densmore] has shown great courage and a determination to take the long view and the high road — virtues that are important and all too rare both in the world of rock & roll and well beyond it."
An original and founding member of the musical group The Doors, John Densmore co-wrote and produced numerous gold and platinum albums and toured the United States, Europe, and Japan. His autobiography, Riders on the Storm, was on the New York Times bestseller list. He has written numerous articles for Rolling Stone, London's The Guardian, the Nation, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post and the Utne Reader. In film production, he co-produced "Road to Return," narrated by Tim Robbins. It won several prestigious national awards and was screened for Congress, resulting in the writing of a bill. He also Executive Produced Juvies, narrated by Mark Wahlberg, which aired on HBO and won numerous awards. Learn more about John Densmore at http://www.johndensmore.com/. He is also online at https://twitter.com/JohnDensmore and https://www.facebook.com/johndensmore1.
The Hall of Fame Series, which began in April 1996, is a cornerstone of the Museum's curatorial and educational efforts. By bringing inductees to Cleveland (and occasionally to venues in other parts of the country) on a regular basis, the series offers audiences rare and unique access to Hall of Famers in an intimate setting. Formats for these once-in-a-lifetime events have inspired spontaneous conversation and impromptu performances, special presentations, and audience-participation question and answer sessions. The series celebrates the careers of some of rock music's biggest names and allows the public to learn about the history and influence of rock and roll from the people who made it. Each Hall of Fame Series is audio and/or videotaped for use in the Museum's future Library and Archives.


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Friday, February 10, 2012
"Baby Boom", Cabbages, & Cauliflower
14 comments:
- Jill Chandler said...
I wish I had done that today! I like films that make me laugh. Hot Fuzz? Do you have that in the U.S.?
- February 10, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- Bonnie said...
I loved Baby Boom!!! I am so jealous that you have cabbages and cauliflower in your garden. They don't grow well for me and all I have in my garden is dirt right now. Nothing, Nada, zilch but dirt. Not even snow. So jealous.
- February 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- dottycookie said...
I came over to thank you for your lovely comment on my blog and assure you that I'm not going anywhere!
Your tiny cauliflowers are so cute - my children might even eat caulis as teeny and adorable as that. They certainly won't eat the monster one I have in my fridge at the moment - all the more for me, yum!
- February 11, 2012 at 7:22 AM
- Pom Pom said...
Baby Boom is a keeper, for sure!
I watch One True Thing over and over and over. I love Meryl's character and her house. I remember crying and crying as I watched Spitfire Grill, so I'm going to watch that again soon, too. I think I need a knitting movie day. YOU are such a kindred spirit. I love you.
And YES we must meet up in Colorado this summer. Maybe we could go horseback riding. I need a slow one.
- February 11, 2012 at 7:57 AM
- Renna said...
I'm sure I've seen Baby Boom at least 10 dozen time, too. I remember recording it onto a VHS when it aired on tv in around 1990 or 1991. My daughter, who would've been about 6 or 7 loved it, too, and literally wore out the tape playing it. Anytime I sit down in front of the tv and notice it playing, it doesn't matter at what point in the movie it is, I'll finish watching it. It's a classic that never gets old.
I'm like you, too, in that I loved DK's 'country' wardrobe. I never cared for the boxy suits with wide padded shoulders of the '80's.
Chiming in with Pom Pom above, I also liked One True Thing, with Meryl Streep, and Spitfire Grill. Both are real tearjerkers, though, so I don't watch them if I'm already feeling melancholy. Spitfire Grill is one of my favorites.
I watched Land Girls on netflix streaming recently, a British mini-series. I loved it. Sense & Sensibility, with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslett, and Hugh Grant is one I can watch as many times as given the opportunity. Of course, Pride & Prejudice is another I can watch over & over. I liked the Kiera Knightly movie version a LOT, though I think the A&E mini-series version is probably my favorite.
A few more of my faves, then I'll shut up and let someone else talk. ;-)
What About Bob? is a hysterical comedy which my hubby & I quote from almost daily.
Corrina, Corinna is a love story on different levels. There's heartache, but the ending is happy. The little girl is a fantastic actress.
About A Boy is also a favorite I can watch over & over again.
Fools Rush In, from the '90's I think, but not at all dated. Very sweet, and very funny!
I'll hush now. ;-)
- February 11, 2012 at 3:09 PM
- From All Stitched Up said...
I too love Diane Keaton and all her movies. I was just watching Baby Boom a few weeks ago. I love the scenery and her small business. When I need some relaxing time I can be found knitting and watching old episodes of The Gilmore Girls.
- February 11, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- From All Stitched Up said...
I too love Diane Keaton and all her movies. I was just watching Baby Boom a few weeks ago. I love the scenery and her small business. When I need some relaxing time I can be found knitting and watching old episodes of The Gilmore Girls.
- February 11, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- wayside wanderer said...
I like your movie clothes photos. I like looking at decor in movies, atmosphere, and that sort of thing.
I am not really with it when it comes to movies, but I did recently see Midnight in Paris. You might like that. Have you seen it? I've been watching all the old episodes of The Closure. She is a southern girl living in CA, and I like seeing her clothes and hair, though it is not anything I would wear. Just intriguing to me for some reason.
I like clothes on Downton Abbey, too, especially Mary's dresses. Oh, to be that svelte.
- February 11, 2012 at 11:24 PM
- Gigi said...
Hi Girls! Thanks so much for the movie tips!
- February 12, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- Kristyn Knits said...
Hello my Friend!! Cabbage and Cauliflower!!?? Look at you growing already. My spring flowers are trying to come up, but they get so confused with the warm and then cold temperatures!! Have a happy day!!
- February 16, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- steph said...
Diane Keaton is my all time favorite--and everything she wears is perfect!!! Loved the trip down memory lane!!!
If you haven't seen Midnight in Paris--it's a MUST see!!!
- February 18, 2012 at 4:07 PM
- Gumbo Lily said...
Well that was fun! I've never seen Baby Boom, but I will!
- February 18, 2012 at 10:32 PM
- Jess said...
Hi mom. I miss u here in this cozy space. I keep peeking in everyday expectantly. When there's a new post, I always feel a little like Im opening a present. All anticipation & excitement ;) just love seeing what good things you're creating in your world. Xo
- February 24, 2012 at 9:36 PM
- Gigi said...
Awww, thanks Sweetie! I'll be back ;).
- February 24, 2012 at 10:18 PM


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In the history of rock and roll, Muddy Waters represented the tide that brought the Southern blues traditions to the north and amplified them. Along the way, he inspired the name of among the biggest rock and roll bands of all time – the Rolling Stones – and countless other artists who emerged in his wake.
Muddy Waters was born McKinley Morganfield on April 4, 1913, in Issaquena County, Mississippi. Following his mother's death in 1918, McKinley, the son of a farmer, was raised by his grandmother who lovingly gave him the nickname "Muddy" after his fondness for fishing and playing in a muddy creek. Being a pioneer of the Delta blues, Waters eventually took his talents on the road and landed at Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. Many of the songs that Waters recorded have become blues landmarks, including "Honey Bee," "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man," "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" and "Got My Mojo Working."
In the Sixties, Waters played a large role in the blues revival that took American blues "across the pond." A youthful group of Brits who formed a band in 1962 – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart and Bill Wyman – were among those paying attention. Their fledgling band spent every waking moment learning the songs of American rock and roll and blues artists such as Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters. They shared a run-down apartment, which Richards later referred to as a "beautiful dump," at 102 Edith Grove in Chelsea, central London. After booking their first gig, this band without an official name was on the phone with a local news rag called the Jazz News, and the reporter asked them what they call themselves. According to Keith Richards: "Muddy Waters to the rescue! First track on The Best of Muddy Waters is 'Rollin' Stone.' The cover is on the floor. Desperate, Brian, Mick and I take the dive. 'The Rolling Stones.'"
The Rolling Stones didn't meet Waters until 1964, when the group arrived at Chess Records for a recording session. "It is certainly possible that Muddy [Waters] might have helped the Stones lug some equipment from the parking lot into the studios, because he was that kind of a guy," wrote Marshall Chess in According to the Rolling Stones. During their visit, the Stones cut more than a dozen tracks, including Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied," and crossed paths with the likes of Willie Dixon and Buddy Guy. [pictured, left: Muddy Waters' 1958 Fender Telecaster, on exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum]
In 1972, Guy and business partner L.C. Thurman opened the Checkerboard Lounge, a juke-joint blues mecca at 423 E. 43rd Street in Chicago. The venue became a legendary blues hotspot and has attracted artists such as Eric Clapton and Robert Plant to sit in with a variety of blues performers over the years. On November 22, 1981, the Rolling Stones were in Illinois on a leg of their 1981 American Tour promoting Tattoo You. By this time, the group had defined and re-defined the concert touring experience and were playing massive arenas and stadiums. While in Chicago, however, they couldn't pass up a chance to revisit their roots and share the stage with their heroes.
"I had a birthday party planned for my barmaid Aretta that Sunday night," recalled Checkerboard owner Thurman in a 2012 interview with the Chicago Sun Times."On Saturday, the Stones sent somebody to check out the place. I said, 'I got a big party, I can't treat my barmaid like that.' He offered me $500. At that time it was good money. They didn't charge anyone to get in." As part of their tour, the Stones were playing the nearby Rosemount Horizon Arena, now the Allstate Arena, and announced that Muddy Waters was the headliner at the Checkerboard, though he was not scheduled to play. The word got out, the phone began to ring off the hook, and the city was forced to block off the streets surrounding the club.
In the end, Waters did play the Checkerboard that night, and the Stones rushed the club "unannounced." They sat in front of the stage as Waters played, eventually climbing up and jamming with their idol. At one point, Thurman called the cops: "I called the police for help. I said, 'the Rolling Stones are here.' They said, 'what the hell you talking about?' They did send a lieutenant, but he stayed outside." What ensued that night in the Checkerboard was a magical moment in music history and luckily, the whole gig was caught on tape. Released as a DVD and CD set in 2012, Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, 1981 is a perfect example of a rock and roll mirror – father and progeny, blues and rock and roll blending together seamlessly.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will present Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction, a feature exhibit devoted to the Rolling Stones, on May 24, 2013.


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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Sobrevivencia and Global Forest Coalition (GFC)
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Full Submissionabout the Diversion of Existing Forest Conservation and Development Funding to REDD+
We the undersigned NGOs and Indigenous Peoples? Organizations (IPOs) want to express our profound concern about the way funds for forest conservation and restoration, and poverty eradication, are being misdirected toward REDD+ projects and policy processes (ostensibly to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and to enhance forest carbon stocks). Our organizations are working to halt the continued loss of the world?s forests, and to address the impacts this forest loss has on the rights and needs of forest-dependent peoples and on the climate. As such, it is our considered opinion that REDD+ as a mechanism suffers from a large number of inherent risks and problems which cannot be remedied
1) REDD+-type projects are already having severe negative impacts on the environment and on economically and politically marginalized groups in society, particularly Indigenous Peoples, small farmers, other forest dependent communities, and women.1 Most of the world?s remaining forests are found in areas that are relatively unattractive for industrial agriculture, cattle ranching or other land uses and are inhabited by Indigenous Peoples, small peasant communities and other groups. Many of these groups have insecure title over their land, yet due to their social, economic and cultural circumstances, the resources found in forests play a major role in sustaining their livelihoods. A sudden increase in the economic value of forest land due to the introduction of performance payments for forest conservation will definitely lead to an increased risk of conflict over land between these communities and more economically and politically influential groups that see an opportunity to profit from these payments. For this reason, increased conflicts over land, elite resource capture, forced displacements, involuntary resettlements and human rights violations are inherent outcomes to REDD+ as a forest conservation approach.
2) Performance-based payments for forest carbon storage address only one presumed driver of forest loss: the lack of proper economic valuation of the role of forest carbon storage in overall carbon sequestration. This approach fails to address other direct and indirect drivers of forest loss. Such drivers include lack of recognition of the land rights of Indigenous Peoples and the rights and role of customary caretakers of forest areas; overconsumption of and trade in forest products and products that directly or indirectly impact on forests; and perverse incentives such as subsidies for export crops and monoculture tree plantations. Other important drivers that are ignored by REDD+ include mineral, oil, gas or coal exploration and extraction activities, shrimp farming and large-scale Infrastructure projects such as hydroelectric dams, as well as incoherent government policies in general.
3) Performance-based payments for forest carbon will by definition lead to a situation where one value of forests dominates forest policy decision-making, thus undermining what the Executive Director of the UN Forum on Forests has called a ?360 degree? approach to forests, an approach in which all functions and values of forests are taken into account in a balanced manner. This deficiency will not only lead to a marginalization of the social and cultural values of forests in forest policy-making, but also to a marginalization of biodiversity values. Already, there has been a strong tendency in forest carbon offset projects to support growing monoculture plantations of rapidly growing tree species, despite their negative impacts on biodiversity.3 This problem is exacerbated by the flawed forest definition that has been used by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, which includes monoculture tree plantations as well as ?temporarily unstocked areas?, and allows the use of Genetically Engineered (GE) trees.
4) Forest carbon cannot be equated to carbon stored in fossil fuel deposits. There will always be a high risk of non-permanence in forest carbon offset projects, yet it is broadly recognized that no satisfactory solutions for this problem have been developed.
In fact, this problem cannot be resolved as non-permanence is an inherent feature of forest or tree plantation carbon.
5) Another inherent problem with REDD+ is that performance-based payments will require a significant investment in monitoring,
verification and reporting (MRV) systems that can claim to ensure that the forest carbon benefits of a certain initiative are real and additional. Such MRV systems could take up more than half of the overall budget of REDD+ initiatives. As a group of international market specialists have noted:
?Assuming that forest carbon requires a quantification process similar to the one used today, there is no reason to expect that the market for REDD forest carbon will behave any differently. The expertise, travel requirements and operational scale required to follow IPCC-like standards almost certainly requires a multinational organization, one that is well-capitalized and capable of managing many clients at once. Will these organizations be numerous? Unlikely. Will they be domiciled in developing countries? It seems improbable. These skills and scale will cost money to deploy, and that ? far more than avarice or inefficiency ? explains why REDD projects are likely to spend so much on MRV? Forest carbon is likely to behave as any commodities market would, which implies that producers will derive only marginal benefits from the market as a whole. Moreover, the unique logistical challenges posed by counting carbon to IPCC-like standards imply a very limited population of providers willing to do this for projects.?
This is an unacceptable waste of money in times when resources are scarce and funding for REDD+ is likely to come from the same sources that could also finance other sorely needed real climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives.
Moreover, these costs make it impossible for economically marginalized groups including Indigenous Peoples, forest dependent communities and women, as well as poor countries, to participate in an equitable manner in REDD+ projects.
6) All these problems will be exacerbated if, as is virtually certain, REDD+ is financed through carbon offset markets. This is the funding option supported by many influential countries and other major stakeholders including the World Bank; even those REDD+ initiatives currently being supported through philanthropy and public monies are generally designed to help jump-start forest carbon markets.6 In addition to undermining forest conservation, such markets can only make climate change worse, due to irresolvable problems relating to permanence, additionality and leakage, while continuing pollution in the North and creating toxic hotspots in vulnerable community areas already disproportionately impacted by toxic exposures and environmental injustices.
7) REDD+ is inherently about commodifying and privatizing air, forests, trees and land. This approach runs counter to the cultural and traditional value systems of many Indigenous Peoples and other forest-dependent communities.7 There is a severe risk the market-oriented approach inherent to REDD+ will undermine value systems that are an essential element of successful community-driven conservation of forest areas, and Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge and conservation practices. In numerous places in the world, REDD+ projects and policies are being implemented in violation of the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). In Ecuador, the government continues to develop a REDD+ program despite the fact that the most representative organization of Indigenous Peoples, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, (CONAIE), has explicitly rejected REDD+ policies in the country.8 As Kenya?s Mau Forest is made ?ready? for a UNEP-funded REDD+ project, members of the Ogiek People continue to suffer evictions, and Ogiek activists are attacked for protesting land grabs.9 In Indonesia, the Mantir Adat (traditional authorities) of Kadamangan Mantangai, district of Kapuas in the province of Central Kalimantan, ?reject REDD projects because it is a threat to the rights and the livelihoods of the Dayak community in the REDD project area?, and have called for the cancellation of a project that has ?violated our rights and threatened the basis of survival for the Dayak community.?10 Many companies and organizations which have historically caused pollution and deforestation are promoting REDD+ as a profitable opportunity to ?offset? their ongoing pillaging of the planet, including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, Dow, Rio Tinto, Shell, Statoil, BP Amoco, American Electric Power- AEP, BHB Billiton and the International Tropical Timber Organization.
In Brazil, Chevron-Texaco, infamous for causing significant forest loss in the Ecuadorian Amazon and threatening Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation, which might lead to genocide, backs a REDD+ project in the Atlantic Forest which uses uniformed armed guards called For�a Verde who shoot at people and jail them if they go into the forest.11 In Bolivia, BP, whose oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the biggest environmental disaster in the history of the United States, participates in the biggest REDD+-type project in the world, which helps it to greenwash its destruction of biodiversity and communities? livelihoods.12 As noted in the New York Times, ??programs to pay for forest preservation could merely serve as a cash cow for the very people who are destroying them.?13 In Papua New Guinea, Colombia, Peru and elsewhere, ?carbon cowboys? are running amok, conning communities into signing away their land rights with fake contracts.14 In the words of one Indigenous leader, REDD+ may be ?the biggest land grab of all time? REDD+ is inherently about commodifying and privatizing air, forests, trees and land and corrupts everything that Indigenous Peoples hold sacred, including their traditional knowledge systems.15 Where REDD+ projects target the territories of Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation, as in the Peruvian Amazon or the Paraguayan Chaco, they might even threaten the very survival of these Peoples.16 These risks and problems have been recognized by a large number of UN organizations and other international institutions, as well as by the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change themselves.17 The so-called ?safeguards? adopted by a majority of Parties to the UNFCCC show that they are already concerned about the potential negative environmental and social impacts of REDD+. However, these REDD+ ?safeguards? will not save forests from being converted into plantations, or Indigenous Peoples? rights from being violated in REDD+ projects. Nor can they prevent the damage that REDD+ carbon offsets would do to genuine efforts to address climate change. Voluntary, weak and relegated to an annex, they are unsupported by any consensus to make them legally binding, let alone establish a compliance and redress mechanism. In the past, such voluntary safeguards schemes have usually proven to be ineffective, many even serving as greenwash for corporate malpractice. For that reason, many institutions have emphasized that all land tenure conflicts have to be resolved and that rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women have to be secured, before REDD+ projects and policies are implemented.18 However, this is not a realistic proposition. We strongly support any policy efforts to address land tenure conflicts and human rights violations, especially as far as the rights of Indigenous Peoples are concerned. But land tenure problems and human rights violations in forest areas are far too complicated to be fully resolved in a foreseeable timeframe, and REDD+ will not help. On the contrary, as stated above,
the promise of potential performance-based payments would make it more instead of less difficult to resolve these issues, and would tend to weaken instead of strengthen communities? struggles for their rights. Considering this long list of broadly acknowledged and inherent risks and negative impacts of REDD+, it is remarkable that an estimated $7.7 billion US has already been committed to it by donor countries.19 Still more remarkable is the fact that foundations formerly renowned for supporting human rights and justice work are adding millions of dollars to projects and initiatives that promote REDD+.20 Meanwhile, there is a financial stranglehold on the often small and independent civil society and Indigenous Peoples organizations that denounce the growing list of human rights violations and environmental destruction caused by REDD+-type projects. Unintentionally or not, this extreme, unjust funding disparity constitutes a form of de facto financial censorship, and this means that the right to Free, Prior, Informed Consent of the custodians of the majority of the world?s forests, Indigenous Peoples, is being compromised. If there is almost no funding to support detection, documentation and rejection of the negative social and environmental impacts of REDD+ projects, to say nothing of reasoned criticism of its underlying premises, it will be impossible to expose and disseminate all of the crucial information that remote communities need in order to make decisions about REDD+, and any consent they grant will not be thoroughly and fully ?informed?. It must be noted that REDD+ and its relationship to the world of carbon markets and offset regimes is a very complex area that many NGOs involved in climate policy do not fully understand. In this respect it should be taken into account that Indigenous Peoples? fundamental right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent is a pillar of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This right is also recognized in the REDD+ safeguards adopted by the majority of Parties to the Climate Convention, and by UN-REDD and other donors. Funding the painting of a rosy REDD+ picture in which communities get paid to take care of forests and share in the costs-benefits of REDD+ programs without showing the darker realities in the background is at best negligent and at worst implicates funders in a severe violation of one of the most important rights of Indigenous Peoples. This letter is intended both as a wakeup call to funders and an invitation to bridge this funding gap. In this respect it is also important to ensure that community capacity-building and awareness-raising projects provide fair and unbiased information about the quite desolate state of the climate negotiations, and the unwillingness of large Northern polluters to agree to legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions or financial support for needed climate measures. In the eyes of many social movements, REDD+ is a paltry fig leaf in this respect. The $100 billion US that was mentioned as possible climate finance in Copenhagen has not been concretized yet, and it is increasingly clear that some of the most important donor countries expect the bulk of this funding to come from carbon markets.21 Already, carbon markets have proven to be a highly volatile and inequitable source of funding, and the current lack of political momentum for a legally binding successor to the Kyoto Protocol will only create more market uncertainty. It is important this information is shared with communities and Indigenous Peoples when they are informed about the ?opportunities? of REDD+. Although protecting forests is a critical piece of the climate mitigation puzzle, a market-oriented and corporate-driven system of performance-based payments comes with inherent risks that are both overwhelming and unavoidable. The irony is that at the same time REDD+ is being so aggressively promoted, there are numerous examples of Indigenous Peoples? territories and areas where forests have been conserved or restored successfully by communities without performance-based payments based on individual land titles and questionable carbon rights. Examples from countries like India, Gambia, Nepal, Brazil and Rwanda have demonstrated that recognizing community governance over forests and Indigenous Peoples? rights over their territories provides more effective and ethically sound incentives for forest conservation and restoration, while the Ecuadorian proposal to keep fossil fuels in the ground shows the way toward a more realistic approach to mitigating climate change. In addition to such direct approaches to the fossil fuel problem, it is essential to assure the necessary space for the empowerment of communities that have successfully conserved their forests, and to address the direct and underlying drivers of deforestation such as over-consumption and over-production for and by industrialized societies. In conclusion, we believe that REDD+ is a fundamentally flawed symptom of a deeper problem, not a step forward. It is a distraction that the planet ? our Mother Earth - does not have time for. We should build on the many existing examples of successful forest conservation and restoration rather than investing billions of dollars in an untested, uncertain and questionable REDD+ scheme that is likely to undermine the environmental and social goals of the climate regime rather than support them. Addressing climate change and forest loss require measures that contribute to thorough economic, ecological and social transformation. To present all sides of the REDD+ story as part of a larger effort to build the diverse and powerful global alliances that can support the transformation that our planet and peoples need, will require the full support of the charity, gift-giving and philanthropy community. We?re up for the task. Are you?


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Marion, Ind. – The Black Hills State University track and field teams competed in the first day of the NAIA Outdoor National Track and Field Championships on Thursday in Marion, Ind.
Shannon Hellman continued her domination in the 100-meter hurdles running a time of 13.37 in the prelims, ranking her first overall entering the next round. Hellman is also currently sitting in third place in the heptathlon after four events. Nikki Shinkle advanced to the next round in both the 100-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles. Shinkle ran 14.81 in the 100-meter hurdles and 1:04.26 in the 400-meter hurdles. Erin Curran finished 28th in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:57.42. Abi Bever and Leigh Anne Whiteside both competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Bever had a time of 11:33.53 and White posted a time of 12:00.49.
In the women's field events, Cody Milbourn finished 12th in the hammer throw with a toss of 47.15 meters. Lisa Koch finished in a tie for 13th in the pole vault after clearing a height of 3.58 meters.
On the men's side, Jason Boeding and Cole Nicholas both competed in the hammer throw. Boeding threw the hammer 57.12 meters and Nicholas had a toss of 52.23 meters. Boeding finished fifth and Nicholas 16th.
Cody Bordewyk, Jed Morgan and K.C. Fiedler all ran in the prelims of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Bordewyk placed fourth in 9:14.97 while Morgan placed ninth with a time of 9:27.95. Fiedler finished 24th with a time of 9:42.92. Both Bordewyk and Morgan qualified for the next round of competition. Cameron Dean was the only other Yellow Jacket to compete on Thursday. Dean placed 11th in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.22 advancing to the next round.
The Yellow Jackets will continue competition on May 28-29 at the NAIA National Championships.
For more information on Black Hills State Athletics, visit www.BHSU.edu/Athletics.


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Maps, Directions and Parking
The Aquarium is at Central Wharf, next to the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel and near Faneuil Hall/ Quincy Market. Get directions by car, MBTA/subway and boat, an Aquarium map and parking options. We are committed to accessibility for everyone, including access for wheelchairs, strollers, and those with hearing and vision impairments.
Simons IMAX Theatre
Dive with tropical penguins in Galapagos 3D: Nature's Wonderland, watch 50 tons of life-size adventure splash down in Humpback Whales 3D, and plunge into shark infested waters to get to know the ocean's most impressive predator in Great White Shark 3D.
New England Aquarium Whale Watch
Head out on the water with our partners at Boston Harbor Cruises for an excursion to the rich feeding grounds of whales, dolphins, sea birds, and other marine life at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Our season runs late March through October.
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Is photography allowed? Do you rent wheelchairs? Can I bring my own food? Are there ways to celebrate birthday parties at the Aquarium? Answers to these and other questions that really are the most frequently asked.
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You can eat right in the Aquarium, at the kid-friendly Harbor View Café. Visitors can also head to Faneuil Hall for a quick lunch. After you see the exhibits, visit the Aquarium Gift Shop, either in person or online for a selection of great gifts.
Around the Aquarium
If you are visiting Boston from out of town, here are hotel package deals in all price ranges, nearby dining options for lunch or for dinner, and recommendations for Boston attractions and shopping.
Private Events
Host an event at the New England Aquarium and mingle with your guests among world-class exhibits featuring animals from around the world. From corporate events to weddings, our event and catering staff can help plan a memorable celebration.


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Gengar Owns
Lucario and Umbreon are the best.
suicune destroys
yeah, but hes weak as piss without those damn spoonz
nah, alakazams awesome
i love gallade! its sooooo cool!! i also like dragonite, growlithe, staryu, and mantyke.
SYNCHROTOR!! no, he's made up, nevermind.
Alakazam and Machamp at the same time then. I can't pick mind or matter, so I pick both!
My favorite pokemon is most defintely Kyoogre, since he did infact expand the sea.
buneary or lopunny ^_^
i like growlithe
my fav pokemon have got to be shinx and chimchar
da best pokemon has to be pikatu dats my fave
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i like staryu growlithe and dragonite
Kadabra is THE ONE. someone nicknamed his NEO once. I laughed so hard.
then I realized it wasn't that funny.
no, ALAKAZAM is just so damn smart he can kick your ass with his mind alone, and he still needs his spoons to keep him from dying of boredom.
it does make him seem a bit spoony, though...
Omanyte Rocks!!! I also like Omastar Magikarp (Im the only one who does) and gyarados.Koffing,slowpoke,digglet,hitmonlee.shroom ish wobbufet feebas(You will be mine grrrr) pinsir Ludicolo Ho-oh
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If i have to choose a non water type it would be Rotom, Ghost/Electric type is quite the combo...
Top 5-
5.Infernape-Close Combat-see Sky Uppercut
4.Blaziken-Sky Uppercut-Mass Pwnage
3.Feraligatr-Crunch and Superpower-First level 100
2.Scizor-He has Pinchers!!!!!!!!!
1.Tyranitar-He eats Flippin Mountains!
How to beat Alakazam:
Punch him in the FACE!!!!
He has no physical strength
the spoons are his source of physic power. They also keep his head alift.
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Cavs: It's not about LeBron. Uh, sure, of course not
The Cavaliers held a media conference Tuesday because that's what Cavaliers do during the NBA Finals.
If it's not LeBron James on Larry King Live, it's Cleveland formally introducing General Manager Chris Grant as the replacement to Danny Ferry.
But this wasn't about Grant. It was about James, and the notion that James has seized control of a franchise he yet might abandon in free agency.
The subject of James, in fact, put Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert front and center during the session.
Without much in the way of prompting, he offered:
"The concept that LeBron James has been involved in any way, shape or form of firing our head coach, involved in the transition of general manager to Chris Grant, will be involved in future coaching decisions and hires is totally, 100 percent and patently false And it's unfair to him. It's unfair to the franchise.
"You can't help people from just typing up this craziness on the Internet, and if they want to believe it and they've got nothing better to do, that's great, and that's fine. If you're interested in the truth, the truth is it's not the case at all. Nor has he been involved heavily in any way, shape or form in past major trades.
"This concept that this franchise has been handed to a player who is running it and making the decisions is just completely and totally false."
Mind you, he said, "been involved heavily."
That, of course, leaves open to interpretation James' influence to this stage (let alone the influence of his people).
The image of a franchise being held hostage by a player in a team sport is a dangerous one.
It is why it is refreshing that Dwyane Wade has professed the respect that he has for Pat Riley and Micky Arison.
Game 4 of the NBA Finals is Thursday.
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Main Function: The mission of the Advocacy Center is to prevent and reduce domestic and sexual abuse through supportive services and education in our community. The Executive Director is responsible for giving direction and leadership toward the achievement of the mission, vision and financial objectives of the agency and the implementation of policies set by the Board of Directors.
Primary Responsibilities: The Executive Director is responsible for:
- Securing stable agency funding through grant writing, fundraising and other development strategies. Preparation of annual budget, writing and administering of annual federal, state and local grants. Ensuring the effective implementation of the agency development function as set out in the strategic plan. Ensuring compliance with budget and funding mandates.
- Planning and developing agency programs and activities, ensuring that the agency has the capacity to provide the services outlined in the mission statement, maintaining a working knowledge of relevant laws and significant developments in the field, keeping the Board of Directors fully informed on the condition of the agency and all important factors influencing it.
- Supervising and supporting an effective management team, managing the human resources of the agency including recruitment, hiring, staffing and supervision, promoting an organizational culture that fosters passion for the mission, cooperation, open and frequent communication, teamwork and inclusion.
- Supporting the operations and administration of the Board of Directors, participating on Board committees, serving as liaison between the Board and the staff.
- Working to ensure widespread community knowledge of the Advocacy Center and its work and being a vocal spokesperson in the community for the Advocacy Center, attending community functions involving other agencies and funding sources, being the face of the agency in the local and extended community.
Salary Level:
$63,000 - $68,000 plus benefits
Qualifications: A combination of education and work experience including but not exclusive of other experiences: a Bachelor's Degree is required; Master's Degree preferred; seven years of supervisory experience or evidence of strong management and supervisory skills and experience; seven years of senior level administrative experience; not for profit experience desired. Proven experience with obtaining funding from public and private sources; knowledge of or experience working with domestic and sexual violence issue desirable.
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This is a Full Time, Exempt position. Applications are due February 1, 2013. Submit cover letter and resume in word or PDF format to: email@example.com All applications will be kept in the strictest confidence. The Advocacy Center seeks a diverse applicant pool and is an AA/EO employer www.theadvocacycenter.org
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A green sea turtle attacked by a shark and then hit by a boat in the Florida Keys is the newest member of the Living Planet Aquarium family, yet optimistic despite upcoming 'Shark Spectacular' festivities.
According to a release from the aquarium, the turtle was rescued shortly after being hit by a boat and brought to The Turtle Hospital in Florida. After one year of care, the 40-pounder is still unable to fully submerge- pretty common among turtles hit by boats.
Unable to survive in the wild, the Living Planet took it in.
"We have to wait until it's more mature, but we're pretty sure it's a she," says PR director Angie Hyde. "We'll probably have a naming contest for the turtle pretty soon."
Weights have been added to its shell to help it submerge, and more weight will be added as the turtle grows bigger. The Turtle Hospital expects to receive more turtles this year, because of the oil spill in the Gulf Coast.
The Shark Spectacular festivities at the Living Planet do not intimidate the turtle. He or she isn't going to let the it bug him or her, regardless of any ill will it holds toward sharks.
The events start Aug. 1 at the aquarium to go along with the Discovery Channel's Shark Week programming.
Schedule of Events:
"Shark Spectacular" 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Aug. 2-6
Shark Craft Corner 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Aug. 2-Sept. 6
Shark Scavenger Hunt All day Aug. 2-6
Shark Feeding (no turtles involved) 3:30 p.m. Aug. 3-5
Shark Week Celebration 12-2 p.m. Aug. 6
Shark Feeding (no turtles involved) 1:30 p.m. Aug. 8


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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Alstom
- Submission Document: Download
Key messages box:
? IEA estimates that over $300 trillion of investment in clean technologies will be needed by 2050
? COP16 in Cancun agreed to establish a Transitional Committee to set up a Green Climate Fund to raise $100bn per year by 2020 for mitigation and adaptation projects in non-Annex 1 countries
? ? The private sector will be critical to achieving these levels of investment but leveraging private finance will require:
? o The right policy frameworks, including markets that enable development of competitive tariffs;
? o Carbon pricing;
? o Capacity building in developing countries; and
? o Use of a combination of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), capital markets and infrastructure funds
Alstom invests in many different kinds of projects around the world. We have invested significant sums in building manufacturing facilities, export hubs and R&D centres in key locations. This investment in our own facilities typically offers benefits (direct and indirect) to the host community such as jobs, development of local industrial capacity and technology transfer. We are also involved in arranging project finance for some of the major infrastructure (e.g. power plants, grid systems, rail) projects that we deliver to our customers. This note focuses mainly on leverage of project finance, though some of the issues it raises (especially Capacity building) will also be applicable to investment in corporate facilities.
?Crowding-in? private finance at scale
Investment will be attracted to projects with the best balance of risk and reward, so governments need to focus on both in order to scale up finance with the speed and volume required.
Investors will assess projects on the basis of whether the level of risk offered is commensurate with the reward. But they find political and capacity risk difficult to manage because it is hard to forecast and price. These risks may include: policy or regulatory change, inconsistency of regulation or enforcement, nationalization, confiscation or expropriation of assets. These risks are especially problematic because of the mismatch between the long-term nature of investment (typically over decades) and the shorter-term lifetime of policy and regulation. Before investing, the private sector will look to the public sector to offset the worst downside risks.
Governments can reduce political risk to low carbon projects by:
? Committing to long-term, predictable policy frameworks ? e.g. market mechanisms to price carbon; Feed-in Tariffs or Power Purchase Agreements; tax incentives to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment (including FDI)
? Planning and implementing major public infrastructure projects as transparently as possible ? e.g. competitive tendering, payment by results
? Setting regulation and standards to support competition and commercial activity ? e.g. setting performance standards, supporting transparent reporting and liability regimes, fair public procurement and protection for intellectual property rights.
Multilateral Development Banks, Export Credit Agencies and other International Financial Institutions can help address the capacity risks of operating in developing countries by:
? Assisting governments in planning for major infrastructure and helping them assess the potential of newer or transformational technologies
? Support policy development
? Supporting industrial Capacity building by funding projects with potential to enhance local construction, manufacturing, supply chains, especially those that may also have R&D elements
? Support Capacity building in local and regional financial services in developing countries to enhance finance flows, improve the availability of local finance (reducing currency risk) and supporting local industrial development (e.g. improving access to finance for supply chain partners)
Incentivising private investment can be based on either lowering the costs of the project or enhancing its profitability.
Lowering the cost of capital
Cost is directly linked to risk, so measures listed above that reduce risk will also help to lower cost, and especially those that target the cost of debt, through delayed payment of principals or lower interest rates. Now is an exceptionally difficult time to be raising finance, in the wake of the financial and sovereign debt crises in developed countries and the rising cost of commodities fuelling inflation in emerging economies. For sheer scale and for its long term maturities, the international bond market offers a potential source of funding but market participants will be highly sensitive to commercial returns and unwilling to finance loss-making or non viable projects unless there is a tariff or subsidy mechanism to compensate them. Institutional investors, another potential source of long-term investment, will primarily be seeking operational assets that generate reliable cash flow over their lifetime.
For these reasons, additional support may be necessary to lower the cost of financing projects by lowering the risk profile, such as:
? Subordinated debt ? by which a public funder would offer finance but with a lower priority than other creditors for repayment
? Guarantees from IFIs for project bonds (another form of subordinated debt) along the lines of the EU's proposal for a Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative
? Concessional long-term debt financing that deferred interest payments for the first few years to support highly capital-intensive projects
? Government loan guarantees to provide confidence to private sector investors
? Export credit guarantees, as already offered by many national governments to support exports, their use could be expanded regionally, e.g. offered on a European basis by the EIB.
Supporting profitability
Many low carbon projects involve high up-front capital costs. Investors in major infrastructure projects are highly sensitive to CAPEX and will require the assurance of a viable retail market for their investment. Financial backers similarly will require assurances that projects will move into a required level of profit within a specific timeframe to generate enough cash flow to pay debt and equity investors. This may also require some targeted OPEX support to improve the Net Present Value of newer technologies. Policies that can help enhance the profitability of low carbon projects include:
? Pricing carbon, to create a long term incentive for low carbon investment and generate value from the sale of credits and offsets or from their use as collateral to raise finance
? Building power markets across regions based on transparent, harmonized regulation and standards, to develop a broad consumer retail market
? Advance market commitments to guarantee a viable market for products requiring high capital investment
? Feed-in tariffs (where grid-connected power is supplied through a market) to accelerate investment in low carbon technologies and offer preferential access to the grid.
Public-private risk sharing
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) will be essential to attracting private investment in major public infrastructure projects. The PPP structure offers:
? flexibility of securing diverse sources of up-front finance and funding
? risk mitigation (by sharing it between public and private partners) where levels of risk may erode the Net Present Value of low carbon projects.
Specifically, PPP can help where projects are hard to finance on purely commercial terms, such as where:
? o technology is deployed for the first time in a country (even if successfully demonstrated elsewhere)
? o a government faces the challenge of simultaneously developing infrastructure, policy frameworks and supply chains.
? o pilot or demonstration projects for newer technologies could support Capacity building
Where PPP is used, it will be important for governments to be active participants, co�funding projects and ensuring that they are aligned with national development priorities and implementation plans. Early dialogue between governments and potential private sector partners is essential to ensure alignment and adequacy of funding levels. This underlines the importance of engaging business in the process of Technology Needs Assessments, Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Activities and other strategic planning of national infrastructure.
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Wüsthof Grand Prix II Serrated Utility Knives
- Summary
Use this high-performance German serrated utility knife to cut easily through hard-crust breads, tomatoes, sausages and more.
- Precision forged from a single piece of high-carbon steel that resists staining and corrosion and is easily sharpened.
- Each blade is hand honed and laser tested to verify the proper cutting angle.
- Comfortable, slip-resistant, pebble-grained handles are permanently bonded to a concealed tang.
- Family owned and operated, Wüsthof has been producing knives in Solingen, Germany, since 1814.
- Dimensions & More Info
- 5"-long blade.
- 4"-long handle.
- 2.3 oz.
- Made in Germany.
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- Always use caution when handling sharp objects.
- Avoid cutting on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or glass.
- It is not advisable to use any knife but a meat cleaver to cut through bone, as other blades can be easily damaged.
- Hand-wash with warm water and a mild detergent. Rinse and dry immediately.
- Sharpen your knife at home using a sharpener designed for a serrated blade, or have it sharpened by a professional.
- Store knife in a safe place to protect its edge and prevent injury.
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Orders received by 9:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Thursday will arrive the next business day; orders placed Friday through Sunday will arrive on the following Tuesday.
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At Williams-Sonoma, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction are our priority. Upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage; we will arrange for a prompt replacement.
If within 30 days, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value. An original receipt or gift receipt is required for all returns and exchanges. Returns with a gift receipt will be refunded in the form of a Merchandise Credit for the amount indicated on the gift receipt. Returns with original receipt will be refunded in the original form of payment, cash and check refunds over $100 will be issued as a company check (may take 14 business days from time of request).
For all cutlery returns (knife sets, single knives, cutting boards, knife sharpeners, and knife storage) please contact us at 888.922.4108 to initiate the return.
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For returns of items purchased from your Williams-Sonoma Gift Registry, we will gladly provide a refund or exchange for the merchandise within 90 days of your event or within 90 days of purchase, whichever date is later. View Full Return Policy.
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Welcome to our web site!
New features planned for this site include an online Gift and Book Shop, more pictures of the Monument for Life, updated visitor information. There will also be more ways to donate to our building fund to create a permanent home for our collection of rescue equipment and memorabilia related to the event. This includes the actual miner rescue capsule and drill bits used in the rescue of the miners.
We invite you to come visit the rescue site where you can walk right up to the rescue shaft where the miners emerged from the dark, cold mine 240 feet below after 77 hours of frigid darkness. You will be greeted by the 7 foot tall bronze statue of a coal miner at the top of the walkway into the rescue site. Hear the story of the miracle from people personally involved in the rescue. Touch the rescue capsule and try to imagine how it would feel to squeeze into it with your strength nearly gone.
Please check the Visitor Information page to find out more about our hours of operation and the best times to visit the Monument for Life. Bus tours are welcome, but please make arrangements in advance. You can find out more by visiting our Bus Tour Info page.
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KathyChung, Thursday March 25, 2010 - 12:09pm
I reached into my hat again this morning and pulled out another name to share with you. (This is so exciting. I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am!)
This time, I'm going to introduce you to one of our brand new author presenters.
I first met this particular author online several years ago, and have continued to be impressed by her practical, well-thought-out, clear writing advice. She's terrific.
Meet Joanna Bourne.
Joanna Bourne is the author of four Historical Romances based on Napoleonic War-era espionage. Forbidden Rose, her most recent work, will be available in June 2010 from Berkley/Penguin. Spymaster's Lady was an American Library Association RUSA genre top choice and My Lord and Spymaster is the winner of the Romance Writer's of America's prestigious RITA award.
Joanna graduated from Goucher College and Georgetown University. She spent several years working as a Research Analyst for the Congressional Research Service in Washington, DC, then taught English in Africa, before joining the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer. She's lived in Germany, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Iran, and spent more than a decade in England and France, the settings for her novels.
After many travels, Joanna settled down in a small town in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. She lives with her family and the extremely furry dog and cat. She commits blog at http://jobourne.blogspot.com/ .
Welcome, Jo!
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Excellent news! It will be
Excellent news! It will be wonderful to meet Jo in person after enjoying her blog for such a long while now.
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Hello, Joanna!
*waves* So nice to be introduced to another SIWC presenter! (Yes, Kathy, I'm totally enjoying this!) :)
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I'm excited about this. I
I'm excited about this. I haven't quite settled on the workshops yet. Something on Point of View. I write Romance so I could say something about adding love stories to books, couldn't I? But maybe Romance writers know the least about adding lovestories as subplots. Hmmm ... thinkthinkthink
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Joanna Bourne
Jo's going to Surrey, YAY! That is wonderful news! I'm going to have to scramble and figure out a way there this year for sure.


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Author(s): Randall B. Lindsey
ISBN: 9781412963633 / Paperback / 6/2/2009
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Ferrero is an Italian confectioner know for their excellent line of candies that feature chocolate and hazelnuts. One of the most popular is Ferrero Rocher line that you can pretty much find everywhere. Ferrero is also the masterminds behind Nutella, which is something I cannot keep safely in my apartment. Tronky is one of their rarer bars, at least here in the United States. I first encountered it in the DiBruno Bros. store in Philadelphia, and I haven't seen it since.
Tronky is a long, log shaped wafer with hazelnut chocolate creme and chopped hazelnut bits on the inside. It's very light since the wafer makes up such a large majority of the bar . The wafer's design its so cute too: it has a wood grain pattern molded in it so it's stick-like and it's really lovely (even though sticks aren't that tasty…).
The wafter is light and bland, like most wafers are. It's crunchy and soft and is a great texture. The chocolate creme on the inside is very smooth, dense, and is very similar to Nutella. The exception is you get these tiny hazelnut pieces in there, but more noticeably I don't find the chocolate and hazelnut flavors to be very bold here.
These delicate flavors all work together very nicely and make Tronky quite delicious. The texture contrast between the light and crunchy and the dense creamy center is my favorite part. In fact, it reminds me very much of Manner biscuits, which are a longtime favorite of mine.
Rating:Will Eat Again
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