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International Planned Parenthood Federation
- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: International Planned Parenthood Federation
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General Contenta) What are the expectations for the outcome of Rio+20, and what are the concrete proposals in this regard, including views on a possible structure of the Outcome document? At the Earth Summit in 1992 it was agreed that population is inextricably linked to consumption patterns, production, environment and long-term sustainability. As the world?s population reaches 7 billion, the issue is more pressing than ever and contributes to the degradation of natural resources already under pressure due to climate changes. At the same time this increases the resilience of society?s most vulnerable populations, especially women and children. Therefore, the ability and right of women or couples to choose the number, timing and spacing of pregnancies is a pre-requisite for sustainable development.
It is our expectation that the Rio+20 Outcome document will include a strong focus on the inter-relationship between population dynamics, sexual and reproductive health and rights and sustainable development, especially seen in the context of the effects of climate change, with an emphasis on protecting and promoting the rights, including sexual and reproductive rights, of women and young people.
b) What are the comments, if any, on existing proposals: e.g., a green economy roadmap, framework for action, sustainable development goals, a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development, or others? It is important to create a comprehensive framework that captures all sustainability challenges facing the world. It is essential therefore, that SDGs include objectives for sustainable consumption and production in the global North, as well as for development issues in the global South. In specific regard to the goals and objectives focusing on the Global North, it is important to set targets that deal with unsustainable consumption and production patterns, as such targets are a prerequisite to enforce global transformation to a green and fair economy. This would also align itself to Agenda 21. In regard to the Global South, it is important to address the lack of implementation of universal rights for the world?s poor and marginalized populations. As we are approaching 2015 and the deadline for the MDGs, it is clear that many of the MDGs will not be met in the poorest countries. This is especially the case for MDG 5b ?Achieve universal access to reproductive health? which is the MDG furthest off track, but which at the same time is one of the most cost-effective health interventions for reaching sustainable development. Furthermore, it is important that the SDG Framework entails a clear inter-relationship between the social, economic and environmental pillars, and is seen in an adaptation perspective.
c) What are the views on implementation and on how to close the implementation gap, which relevant actors are envisaged as being involved (Governments, specific Major Groups, UN system, IFIs, etc.); In agreement with the Declaration of the 64th Annual UN DPI/ NGO we call for full engagement and ?involvement of youth, women, and wider Civil society in decision-making processes and partnerships, as stressed in Agenda 21, Section 3, is critical to the success of sustainable development initiatives?.
d) What specific cooperation mechanisms, partnership arrangements or other implementation tools are envisaged and what is the relevant time frame for the proposed decisions to be reached and actions to be implemented? In agreement with the Declaration of the 64th Annual UN DPI/ NGO we call for full engagement and ?involvement of youth, women, and wider Civil society in decision-making processes and partnerships, as stressed in Agenda 21, Section 3, is critical to the success of sustainable development initiatives?.
Specific Elementsa) Objective of the Conference: To secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assessing the progress to date and remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges. Contributions could include possible sectoral priorities (e.g., (e.g., energy, food security and sustainable agriculture, technology transfer, water, oceans, sustainable urbanization, sustainable consumption and production, natural disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation, biodiversity, etc.) and sectoral initiatives that contribute to integrate the three pillars of sustainable development could be launched and endorsed at Rio+20. N/A
b) Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication: views regarding how green economy can be a means to achieve sustainable development in its three dimensions, and poverty eradication; what is its potential added value; experience to date, including what has worked and how to build upon success, what are the challenges and opportunities and how to address the challenges and seize opportunities, and possible elements of an agreement in outcome document on a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication N/A
c) Institutional framework for sustainable development: Priorities and proposals for strengthening individual pillars of sustainable development, as well as those for strengthening integration of the three pillars, at multiple levels; local, national, regional and international. N/A
d) Any proposals for refinement of the two themes. Recall that Resolution 64/236 describes the focus of the Conference: "The focus of the Conference will include the following themes to be discussed and refined during the preparatory process: a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and the institutional framework for sustainable development". N/A
Full SubmissionSubmission by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) for the Rio+20 compilation document This submission argues why Rio+20 must recognize the centrality of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to sustainable development and particularly to the well-being of women and young people in a changing world. IPPF urges the Rio+20 process and all member states to ensure the conference outcome: 1. Recognizes that SRHR and gender equality are essential components of sustainable development; 2. Highlights the importance of adolescents and young people?s access to comprehensive sexuality education in advancing a sustainable development agenda; and, 3. Supports policies and legal measures that will ensure universal access to reproductive health. Introduction and Argument Human rights and sustainable development both aim to promote well-being and freedom based on the inherent dignity and equality of all people. The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED ? ?Rio Summit?) recognized that human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development, and that all people are entitled to a healthy and productive life, in harmony with nature.i The principle of sustainable development is to integrate an approach to development that balances social, economic and environmental justice goals. These principles were adopted at the 1992 Rio Summit and reaffirmed at the Johannesburg 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. However, the implementation of these principles and their integration into national policies and programs continues to receive insufficient attention. Echoing the 1992 Rio Summit, governments agreed at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) that population and development, human rights, patterns of consumption and production and the environment were inextricably linked and could not be examined in isolation. The ICPD also marked a paradigm shift, focusing on the needs and rights of individuals rather than on demographic targets. It deemed that empowering women and meeting their reproductive health and rights were crucial for both individual advancement and sustainable development. Advancing gender equality and ensuring women?s rights and ability to control their own fertility therefore, became cornerstones of population and development policies. Population variables ? including growth rate, household size, population distribution by age and sex, and urban versus rural orientation ? all affect the ability of individuals, families and communities to manage their natural resources and to respond appropriately to the impacts of climate change. Population growth, density and migration may place additional pressures on the natural environment by increasing demand for natural resources. This in turn exacerbates environmental problems, including deforestation, land and water shortages and degradation, loss of biodiversity due to habitat destruction and the depletion of natural resources. As such women?s empowerment is threatened and stalled by many issues related to environmental sustainability, including the impacts of climate change. Allowing individuals the ability to realize their sexual and reproductive rights, access appropriate services and avoid unwanted births, leads to the creation of more opportunities for individuals to break the poverty-cycle and take positive steps towards securing a healthier, more educated, economically productive and sustainable present which will not just benefit current generations, but positively impact on those of the future. This is critical to the Rio+20 themes of the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and the institutional framework for sustainable development. It is thus vital that the cross-cutting contribution that sexual and reroductive health services can make towards long term sustainable development is highlighted and prioritized in negotiations leading up to and during the Rio+20 Summit. Protecting and realising the rights of the most vulnerable and promoting the sexual and reproductive health and rights of poor and marginalized groups must be a cornerstone of efforts to support adaptation to change and seize development opportunities. Intensified efforts to improve sexual and reproductive rights, including rights-based voluntary family planning, should ? in helping reduce vulnerability to impact ? be a vital component in supporting countries and communities adapt and respond to climate change. The ability of women to control their own fertility and realise their sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental to and inseparable from efforts to promote better health, gender equity, economic and political opportunity and sustainable growth ? all of which will better equip countries and communities to cope with and respond to the challenges posed by climate change and contribute to sustainable development. IPPF laments that one of the rights that remains unfulfilled for hundreds of millions of women around the world, and especially for young women, is the right to decide on all the aspects related to their reproduction and their sexuality, including the possibility to avoid a pregnancy though access to contraception. The denial of the right to choose if, when and how many children to have increases human vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. In addition, 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24 years are increasingly demanding access to these services and have expressed the desire to have smaller families than their parents, but need family planning to realize this goal. UNFPA estimates that demand for voluntary family planning is expected to increase by about 50 to 75 per cent from 2005-2020 in many developing countries.ii In October 2011 the world?s population reached seven billion. This has led to a resurgent interest in discussion on the role of population dynamics, especially in the context of sustainable development and climate change. IPPF acknowledges the evidence that climate change is one of the major threats to human wellbeing, especially for the poor and the most vulnerable sections of the populations in the poorest and most marginalized countries. IPPF also recognizes the scientific evidence that meeting the unmet need for voluntary family planning contributes to ensuring sustainable development,iii including the management of climate change and finite resources such as arable land and drinkable water, and can contribute to reducing carbon emissions.iv Whilst climate change is a global challenge to which all countries must respond, the primary drivers of climate change - and responsibility for mitigation and the support needed to help poor countries adapt - rest with the more wealthy industrial and new economies as the main generators, consumers and emitters of pollutants contributing to climate change. IPPF therefore specifically urges the Rio+20 process and all member states to ensure the conference outcome: 1. Recognizes that SRHR and gender equality are essential components of sustainable development; 2. Highlights the importance of adolescents and young people?s access to comprehensive sexuality education and SRH services in advancing a sustainable development agenda; and, 3. Supports policies and legal measures that will ensure universal access to reproductive health. 1. Recognize that sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality are essential components of sustainable development The ICPD Programme of Action recognises that the empowerment of women and women?s equity are important ends in themselves and essential for the achievement of sustainable developmentv. Addressing women?s reproductive health and rights positively impacts on gender equality, population growth, environmental issues and sustainable development. Yet the lack of priority accorded to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health continues to perpetuate the inter-generational cycle of poverty and exacerbate gender inequality. Some 215 million women still have an unmet need for safe and effective family planning and are unable to meet this need because they are denied the right to choose the number, timing and spacing of their pregnancies, lack access to the relevant information and services, or the support of their partners and communities. In 2008, an estimated 358,000 women died due to complications developed during pregnancy and childbirth and for every woman who dies a further 20 more suffer injury, infection or disability - approximately seven million women every year.vi Ninety nine per cent of this maternal mortality and morbidity occurs in developing countries where resources and priority for gender equality and sexual and reproductive health services is lacking. Between 2000 and 2008, funding from Official Development Assistance (ODA) for family planning declined from 8.2% to 3.2 % meaning there are now less resources to fund reproductive and maternal health programmes than in the year 2000.vii Climate change and environmental degradation have the greatest impact on poor and vulnerable populations, especially women and young people who often have the fewest resources and are the least resilient to environmental changes and shocks. For example, at the individual level women and girls, who are often responsible for agriculture and supplying water for the household, must work harder and travel further to fulfill their duties,viii leaving them less time to spend in school or engage in income-generating activities which would otherwise contribute towards poverty alleviation and long term sustainable development.. Increased environmental degradation may be exacerbated by population dynamics and and climate change. In the absence of appropriate policy measures and investment, consequences could include: an increase in pressure on fresh water availability; an increase in soil degradation/erosion and its negative consequences for agriculture; over-grazing and shortage of land per capita, increased deforestation and more rapid urbanisation. Women and young girls must be able to make free and informed decisions regarding their fertility which could otherwise negatively impact on their productivity potential as well as ability to participate in these processes. The consequence of this lack of priority for women?s empowerment also exacerbates the gradual depletion and deterioration of natural resources which in turn can have a negative impact on population dynamics, economic development and women?s empowerment. As highlighted in the Rio Declaration ?Women have a vital role in environmental management and development?.ix Yet for women to be able to participate fully and contribute to sustainable development it is essential to recognize their participation in decision-making processes and governance at all levels including their role as ?agents of change?.x ?Addressing women?s reproductive health and rights is a goal in itself. It will in turn positively impact gender equality, population growth, environmental issues and sustainable development.?xi Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark ?Climate change is already undermining the realization of a broad range of fundamental rights for many people ? the right to health and even life, rights to food, water, shelter and property, rights associated with livelihood and culture are all affected. Our challenge is to build accountability for human rights into future efforts to address climate change.? Mary Robinson, October 2009 2. Highlights the importance of adolescents and young people?s access to comprehensive sexuality education and access to SRH services in advancing a sustainable development agenda Today, the world has the largest generation of young people in history with the least developed countries having particularly large and rapidly expanding youth populations - sub-Saharan Africa is for example, the ?youngest? region in the world with 28 per cent of the population ranging between 12 and 24 years of age.xii As young people enter working age, they can significantly contribute to sustainable development. However, they can only do so provided that they benefit from good health and adequate education and meaningful employment. While everyone has important contributions to make to society, the rights, needs and contributions of young women and girls must be prioritized so as to improve health outcomes and accelerate sustainable development. Yet many young women have only limited opportunities for contributing to their own well-being or to society as they are often denied the right to secondary education and essential health services, including sexual and reproductive health services. Young people account for a disproportionate burden of sexual and reproductive ill health because society continues to deny their needs. This is not only a denial of their individual human rights but also makes it increasingly difficult for many countries to eliminate poverty and achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Empowering young people in this way is critical to achieving their individualdevelopment and well-being, and human rights for all. Yet young people remain largely invisible in internationally-agreed development frameworks. As a result, their needs and the realities of their lives are largely ignored. This results in the perpetuation of a cycle of poverty from which it difficult to escape. It is vital, therefore, that any sustainable development agreement takes into account the need and rights of young people to be able to secure a livelihood, good health and good quality of life. Comprehensive Sexuality Educationxiii (CSE) helps young people develop awareness about their sexual and reproductive health and rights, strengthen critical thinking skills, acquire the ability to develop healthy relationships and negotiate safer sexual practices, including whether and when to engage in sexual intercourse. However, many young people around the world lack access to CSE, which prevents them from being equipped with the knowledge, attitudes and life skills required to make informed evidence-based decisions. As is known, more and more young women and couples of reproductive age are choosing to have fewer children than the previous generationxiv, but are unable to fulfill these desires because of their lack of access to sexual and reproductive health services, information or education. Addressing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people is therefore critical if long term sustainable development is to be realized. Investing in education, including comprehensive sexuality education, plays a major role in addressing these concerns along with targeted investment in the provision of and access to sexual and reproductive health supplies, services and information. Nearly 13 million adolescent girls give birth each year in developing countries, most often before they are physically, emotionally or financially prepared to soxv. As a result pregnancy is the primary cause of death among teenage girls in developing countriesxvi. This is not just a major health issue that puts significant pressure on health systems, but also affects girl?s resilience and decreases their ability to adapt to the consequences of climate change and degradation of essential natural resources. If sustainable development is to be realized it is imperative that young women and girls are meaningfully engaged in all levels of decision-making. Sustainable development not only affects their lives today, but the principle of inter-generational equity is a further imperative to ensure their active leadership and engagement with decision-making in the future. In addition to young people?s intellectual contribution and their ability to mobilize support, they bring unique perspectives that need to be taken into account. A girl growing up in Chad today is more likely to die in childbirth than she is to attend secondary school.xvii UNICEF 2010 When a girl in a developing country receives seven or more years of education, she marries four years later and has 2.2 fewer childrenxviii UNFPA 1990 3. Universal access to reproductive health (MDG5b) is key to sustainable development The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) serve as the framework for sustainable development, setting social equity goals and targets that contribute to economic development while ensuring environmental sustainabilityxix. MDG 5 (improve maternal health) is closely inter-connected to all of the MDGs and is at the heart of the MDG framework, and therefore central to sustainable development. For example, reducing maternal mortality strongly affects newborn mortality (MDG4); while MDG 6 aims to combat HIV and AIDS and malaria which are important indirect causes of maternal mortality. Promoting gender equality and women?s empowerment (MDG3) will help achieve MDG 5. And MDG 1 and 2, increasing primary education for girls and eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, are a means to empower women that will again positively influence the achievement of MDG 5. In addition MDG 5 strongly resonates with MDG 7 ?ensure environmental sustainability?. This is because enabling people to realize their sexual and reproductive rights, access appropriate services and avoid unwanted births, helps families make informed choices about family size making it more possible to be able to adapt to the changes brought about by climate change. There will also be benefits for the age structure, and it will help reduce levels of urban migration, reduce pressure on existing infrastructure, social services and natural resources, reduce pressure on food and water and their security, improve sustainable use of space and land and enhance women?s empowerment and role as resource managers.xx Universal access to reproductive health is therefore a central component of any sustainable development strategy. And since ?sustainable development? is the overall theme of the UNCSD it is crucial that MDG 5b - ?Achieve universal access to reproductive health? is prioritized if sustainability is to be achieved. MDG 5 ?Improve Maternal Health?, aims to empower women and girls to exercise their rights to reproductive health. Later first pregnancy, fewer pregnancies and birth spacing results in healthier pregnancies, and mothers and children are more likely to survive and are less likely to be malnourished or suffer from chronic morbidity. Yet MDG 5 and particularly its target 5b - the main goal of the ICPD - is the most off-track of all MDGs. MDG 5 recognizes that the well- being of women is influenced significantly by the health, knowledge and choices available to them while they are adolescents. Yet alarmingly few low- and middle-income countries are on track to achieve MDG 5. And although the use of contraception has improved during the past two decades in many regions, the unmet need for family planning remains unacceptably high in these countries. The decrease in funding for MDG 5 is one of the main reasons why the goal is off-track in most developing countries and means there is now less funding for reproductive and maternal health programmes than in 2000, the year the MDGs were adopted. After being neglected for almost a decade, MDG 5 has in recent years experienced an increased focus resulting in a small step forward. But if we are serious about achieving long term sustainable development it is vital that there is support for the attainment of the health MDGs. As highlighted in the Declaration of the 64th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conferencexxi it is essential that ?By 2015, to support attainment of the health MDGs, and to contribute to health, well- being and sustainable development, ensure universal access to health care and services, wherever feasible, free at the point of use for women and children, and including sexual and reproductive health, and thus strengthen the resilience of people and communities to the consequences of climate change and environmental degradation?. ?The Millennium Development Goals, particularly the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, cannot be achieved if questions of population and reproductive health are not squarely addressed. And that means stronger efforts to promote women's rights, and greater investment in education and health, including reproductive health and family planning." KOFI A. ANNAN (UNSG 1997 - 2006) "Today, maternal mortality is the slowest moving target of all the Millennium Development Goals ? and that is an outrage. Together, let us make maternal health the priority it must be. In the 21st century, no woman should have to give her life to give life." BAN KI-MOON (UNSG 2006 - ) i Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992; Principle 1 ii UNFPA (2009) Personal communication with S Bernstein iii Zlotnik, H (2009) Does population matter for climate change? UNFPA Experts Meeting on Climate Change. Population Division, DESA. iv O?Neill BC et al (2010) Global demographic trends and future carbon emissions. PNAS Early Edition. 11 October 2010. Available at: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/09/30/1004581107.full.pdf+html. Accessed 16 May 2011. v ICPD Programme of Action, Chapter IV, Gender Equality, Equity and Empowerment of Women vi The World Health Report 2005: Make every mother and child count. World Health Organization, Geneva 2005. http://www.who.int/whr/2005/whr2005_en.pdf vii United Nations Department for Public Information, DPI/2650 E/Rev.1 - September 2010, see: http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_FS_5_EN_new.pdf viii Langer, A (2009) Smart Global Investment: Save a Mother?s Life. Huffington Post. 28 September 2009. ix Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992; Principle 20. x Key Highlights From Bonn Declaration xi Tellier, S (2010) Addressing Population Growth, Gender, Climate and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights ? a Win-Win Situation? Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark: Copenhagen. xii The World Bank (2008) Youth in Africa?s Labor Market: 25 xiii Comprehensive sexuality education is ?Education about sexuality and its expressions. It seeks to equip young people with the knowledge, skills, positive attitudes and values they need to determine and enjoy their sexuality ? physically, individually and emotionally. Topics include relationships, love and emotions, individual and societal attitudes towards sexuality, sexual roles, gender relations, social pressures, sexual and reproductive rights, information about sexual and reproductive health, services and communication skills training.? IPPF, Glossary 2011 available at: http://www.ippf.org/NR/rdonlyres/5603D072-DA1B-4D86-8CDE-C3028BFE1896/0/IPPFGlossary.pdf xiv Zlotnik, H (2009) Does population matter for climate change? UNFPA Experts Meeting on Climate Change. Population Division, DESA. xv UNFPA, State of World Population 2003: Investing in Adolescents? Health and Rights, New York, 2003. xvi WHO: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs334/en/index.html [accessed 2 September 2011] xvii UNICEF, Basic Indicator Statistics. United Nations Children?s Fund, New York 2010. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/chad_statistics.html xviii State of World Population. United Nations Population Fund, New York 1990. http://www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/documents/9241593784/en/index.html xix UNDP, Sustainable development and the MDGs, http://www.undp.org/fssd/crosscutting/sustdevmdg.html xx Adapted from Family Care International: Millennium Development Goals and Sexual and Reproductive Health briefing cards available at: http://www.familycareintl.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/MDG-cards-AN.pdf xxi Declaration of the 64th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference 2, Chair?s Text 3, Bonn, Germany, 3-5 September 2011 available at: http://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/site/ngoconference/shared/Documents/Final%20Declaration/Chair%27s%20Text.pdf


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Former Talisker chef John Murcko, David Chen of Zoe's Garden and Talisker/Canyons chef Zeke Wray.
The Farm and Friends
Last spring, Talisker/Canyons executive chef John Murcko invited a group of food journalists on a show-and-tell field trip. The Farm, Canyons' signature restaurant, is based on the concept of local sourcing, of narrowing the time and distance between the food in the field and the food on the plate. Murcko and his successor, chef Zeke Wray, extend that philosophy to other restaurants at the resort: the kosher Bistro, Talisker on Main and Slopes. The trip included visits to sources that work closely with Wray at Talisker: Zoe's Garden, Slide Ridge Honey, Rockhill Creamery, Mountain Valley Trout and Willis Ranch. (4000 The Canyons Resort Drive, Park City, 435-615-8060)
About Zoe's Garden
A CSA, Zoe's Garden has run into challenges because of its unique mission. "Our intent was to provide for and educate the community," says principal farmer David Chen. He experiments with different varieties to find out what flourishes in Utah's extremes of heat and cold, and how to alternate and rotate crops. But because Zoe's leases its land, and because the owners have recently garnered a conservation easement for the property, there are restrictions about what and how Zoe's can grow. They're not allowed to have a sign or a roadside stand. Trellising for climbing crops is classified as fencing and therefore not permitted. Still, Chen and his crew farm almost 30 acres in Layton near Hill Air Force Base. It's not uncommon for a squadron of jets to roar over the fields, but Chen says his crew is prepared for it. "We farm with earplugs in," he jokes. Buy Zoe's produce at the downtown SLC farmers market in Pioneer Park, and at the Park Silly Market in Park City on Sundays.
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For nearly four decades, photographer Janet Macoska has been capturing some of rock and roll's most notable performers. Click here for a photo gallery of her favorite images, including those of many Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees.
When the Beatles came to America in 1964, I was 10 years old. They totally transformed my life. If four young lads from Liverpool could have a worldwide impact with their music and personalities, I knew a kid from Cleveland could do anything. What I wanted to do was be close to the rock and roll music that I loved. I ran around with a transistor radio stuck to my ear and started playing with my parents' camera. I photographed the neighborhood kids, the family dog; I tried to document my life the way I saw other photographers documenting the world in LIFE magazine. Those photographers hung out with celebrities, and their photos showed us the real people behind the celebrity. It was fascinating.
By the age of 12, I was calling disc jockeys Jerry G. and Big Jack at WKYC, and asking to help them out at the station answering fan mail. I ran Big Jack's Fan Club. They were both so kind to me, a precocious but semi-responsible and quiet 12-year-old girl with a camera. Naturally, I brought my camera to the station, and snapped away when pop stars came to visit. My first published photo was of Sonny and Cher answering phone calls from listeners on Big Jack's radio show. It was published in Teen Screen magazine in 1967. I got paid $2.
Years later, I enrolled at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, studying to become a journalist, writer and photographer. I worked for the college newspaper, but they wanted me to cover "news stories." I made a deal with the editor: Every time a student failed to turn in their assigned story, I could fill the space with a music story – a review of an album or concert, or interview, for example. I'd already tromped around town asking Belkin Productions whether I could cover their concerts and spoke to WMMS Radio about covering everything they did. Within a year, I was writing and photographing rock and rollers as they came through town, and filling up two full pages of The Commuter with my stories and pictures.
Just like Jerry G. and Big Jack, I was fortunate to meet mentors who took me under their wing to give advice and help me on my way. One of the most important was Glaswegian Alex Harvey of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. After reading my college newspaper article about the band's first appearance in Cleveland and seeing my photos, Harvey and his manager "adopted" me and declared that I was family. They gave me my first paying gig as a photographer, when I was hired to photograph the band in Louisville for their Atlantic Records official promo shots. I also had an open invitation to stay with Harvey and his family in London, which I accepted in 1977. I returned to London and the Harveys for a month every summer, and they became a second family to me.
When Paul McCartney started touring again in 1989 (after 13 years off since Wings), I interviewed with his manager in London for the spot as tour photographer. Ultimately, I didn't get the job, but I did get entrée into McCartney's U.S. concert launch, a three-song mini-concert and press conference at the Lyceum Theatre in NYC. I was one of about a dozen photographers granted access from around the world, and I could go to any McCartney show on the tour, to photograph and see my favorite Beatle. Twenty-five years after seeing McCartney on the Ed Sullivan Show, I was shooting his concerts, attending his press conferences and photo ops, and having a fab time. A few years later, after dropping off my portfolio at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the curator requested a print of McCartney in concert during that 1989 tour launch. It's in the permanent collection at the Portrait Gallery, and has been exhibited next to an Annie Leibovitz portrait of John Lennon. It was an incredible capstone on an amazing period of my career.
The list of artists I've photographed over the past four decades runs to the thousands, and the amount of images I've shot to more than a million. Favorite concerts include any David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Kinks, Paul McCartney or Alex Harvey shows, plus a couple you might not expect, such as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and Paul Young. I'm still very much a fan of the music and the artists, and I channel my photography through that same music fan's heart.
In 2004, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame presented a retrospective exhibition of my photography. As a lifelong Clevelander and rocker, that was probably my greatest accomplishment. Where else would you want your work presented but in the ultimate temple of rock and roll?
About Janet Macoska:
Since 1974, Janet Macoska has been capturing rock's greatest on film. Among the publications that have used her photos are Rolling Stone, People, US, Vogue, American Photo, Creem, 16 Magazine, The New York Times and London Times. VH1 and other TV and film productions regularly use Macoska's vast rock archive for their "rockumentaries." Her work is in the permanent collection of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, and the National Portrait Gallery in London.


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Be here now
Film society to screen documentary about performance artist
By Michel Miller 07/03/2014
You know that New Age dictum about today being a gift, which is why it's called the present? I can't help but wonder if performance artist Marina Abramovic was engaging in similar word play when she titled her Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) show "The Artist is Present." Without going so far as to say Abramovic is self-important, it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine that she regards herself as a gift to her fans. At the same time, much of her work requires exceptional physical discipline and stamina therefore displaying a type of generosity and a focused presence.
Famous in the relatively underpopulated subculture of performance art, Abramovic who's been a practicing provocateur since the 1960s, has more recently been thrust into the mainstream reference pool via her alliances with such high-profile attention whores as King of the Selfie James Franco, illusionist David Blaine (both of whom appear in the film) and Lady GaGa, who has studied the Abramovic Method. Abramovic is regarded by some, including herself, as the grandmother of the discipline and was named one of Time magazine's most influential people of 2014. The film The Artist is Present serves as both a documentation of her MOMA show and a look back at her career.
At 68 years old, the Serbian-born Abramovic has the kind of effortless, almost austere beauty and sex appeal that seem to elude American women but come naturally to Europeans. As one of her ex-beaux says in the film, "Marina seduces everyone she encounters." For someone who has spent as much time naked in public as she has, she appears modest and almost shy on camera. Some of her more lauded performance pieces have included self-flagellation, carving a pentagram into her abdomen, repeatedly running into a wall, hanging nude on a wall with only a small bicycle seat for support and a three-month walk along the Great Wall of China. But with the MOMA piece, which also featured a massive retrospective of her work performed by her students, she set the bar extraordinarily high: To remain seated and mostly stoic while facing any person who chose to sit across from her — every day, every hour the museum was open for a total of 736 hours and 30 minutes. It was the biggest performance exhibition for both Abramovic and MOMA with 750,000 in attendance.
Her body completely covered in a long-sleeved, high-necked, full-length solid-color dress, no doubt influenced by her time spent in monasteries, Abramovic sat, day in and day out, intimately and silently communicating with her visitors — fans, friends, celebrities and the curious among them. During the short spaces in between, she kept her head bowed and eyes shut. At the close of each day, she'd ritualistically place a mark on an adjacent wall, much as prisoners do.
The exhibition attracted a surprisingly diverse crowd and many people stood in queue for entire days to commune with the artist and observe others doing the same. Visitors' reactions to Abramovic's undivided attention ranged from laughter and joy to complete emotional release—there was no shortage of tears. Abramovic remarked about the pain so many people seemed to carry.
So what's the point of all this? That really is the $64,000 question when it comes to performance art. Much of Abramovic's body of work seems to carry a message of "presence" connection, suspension of time. Often there's an implied rejection of the obstacles to authentic relationship that the technological age has ushered in. Her pieces are raw, naked, elegant exercises in concentration and engagement.
The MOMA piece — and by proxy the film — straddles the line between pretentious absurdity and transformative therapy. For some, it might be easy to dismiss the subject matter as over-hyped nonsense for gullible consumers of art (as I initially did) but if you can hang in to the end, you may (as I did) find yourself flipping that script. There is definitely something worthwhile to be gained from Abramovic's work and performance art in general, even if a temporary suspension of presumption and judgment is necessary. In the end, isn't that what the artist, filmmaker, performer is asking of us? To step away from everything we "know" for a moment and experience something new? If there was a point to "The Artist is Present" maybe it was simply to find out if the audience was available to the intangible exchange, the magic between artist and audience, human and human when both are fully engaged.
The Ventura Film Society will present a screening of The Artist is Present on Tuesday, July 8, 7 p.m. Artist JohnWhite, who has a longstanding career in performance art, will lead a discussion afterward. 420 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura. For more information, visit www.venturafilmsociety.com.
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Oregon OSHA, 350 Winter Street NE Room 430, Salem, Oregon 97301-3878
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Jan. 12, 2012
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Workers' Memorial Scholarship opens to families affected by workplace accidents
Program provides opportunity to surviving family members
(Salem) – Oregon students who have lost a parent in a workplace accident or had a parent suffer a debilitating job-related injury may be eligible to apply for the Workers' Memorial Scholarship. Applications are now being accepted for the scholarship awards, which are part of a Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) program.
"While nothing can replace a loved one, these scholarships can help challenged families finance higher education," said Michael Wood, administrator of Oregon OSHA, a division of DCBS. "It's unfortunate that such a program is needed but we are pleased to assist these students in reaching their educational goals."
The Workers' Memorial Scholarship is open to any high school graduate, graduating high school senior, GED recipient, current college undergraduate, or graduate student. Applicants must be a dependent or spouse of a fatally injured worker, or the dependent or spouse of an Oregon worker who has incurred a permanent total disability and whose claim for workers' compensation benefits has been accepted. Scholarship funds are available for use at colleges within the United States.
The deadline for submitting an application for the 2012-2013 school year is Feb. 15, 2012 (early bird), with a final deadline of March 1, 2012.
An electronic application is available on the Oregon Student Access Commission (OSAC) website, www.oregonstudentaid.gov. Students can apply for more than 400 scholarships through a single application on the OSAC website.
About Oregon OSHA:
Oregon OSHA, a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, enforces the state's workplace safety and health rules and works to improve workplace safety and health for all Oregon workers. For more information, go to www.orosha.org.
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Nikon Waterproof Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera Debuts
Nikon's no stranger to underwater cameras, with experience dating back 50 years to the Calypso 35mm camera, which later evolved into the no-longer-available Nikonos underwater cameras. Now the company has released the waterproof Nikon 1 AW1. Essentially, this is a Nikon 1 J3 camera that's waterproof to 49 feet, shockproof to 6.6 feet and freezeproof to 14 degrees F. While 49 feet is a little shallow for some SCUBA divers (we'd like to see a depth-rating of 130 feet), the camera offers built-in color and distortion controls to compensate for underwater conditions. The pop-up flash works underwater as well, and Nikon is in the process of developing an underwater Speedlight (the SB-N10).
In addition to withstanding the elements below and above water, the Nikon 1 AW1 is equipped with an altimeter, depth gauge, GPS and an electronic compass. Some settings can be changed by simply moving the camera (think flick-of-the-wrist), so you won't have to fuss with dials and buttons while wearing heavy gloves.
At the same time, Nikon has also introduced two equally-rugged, waterproof lenses: an 11-27.5mm (30-74.24mm-equivalent) zoom and a 10mm (27mm-equivalent) prime. Above water, the Nikon 1 AW1 is compatible with the same lenses and accessories as the Nikon 1 J3. Nikon also announced accessory skins as well as a filter attachment (AW 50.5 NC) for the 1 AW 1 to help combat condensation under extreme temperatures and humidity.
Shipping in October, the Nikon 1 AW1 will be available as a one-lens kit, with the 1 Nikkor AW 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, and a two-lens kit with both the 11-27.5mm and the 1 Nikkor AW 10mm f/2.8 lenses. The kits will come in black, silver or white.
one-lens kit: $800
two-lens kit: $1,000


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WAC Runner-ups
The No. 51 Bulldogs fell to No. 61 Hawai'i, 4-3, in the WAC Championships on Saturday.
Tennis Sweeps Top WAC Honors
Remi Boutillier and Marianne Jodoin were each named WAC Player of the Year and Jay Udwadia and Simon Thibodeau were named WAC Coach of the Year, respectively.
Jodoin, Thibodeau Earn Top WAC Honors
Marianne Jodoin and Simon Thibodeau were named WAC Player of the Year and WAC Coach of the Year, respectively.
Women's Tennis Celebrates Senior Day
The Fresno State women's tennis team beat LMU, 5-2, on Senior Day.
Bulldogs Ace Aggies, 7-0
The Fresno State women's tennis team shut out New Mexico State, 7-0, for its second conference win of the season.
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In nine seasons, Simon Thibodeau has established himself as one of the top coaches in the nation and the Fresno State history books. The list of milestones during his short tenure is already impressive: seven WAC titles; five appearances in the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament; nine All-Americans; seven individual national title appearances for players under his supervision; the best year-end ranking in program history; six-time WAC Coach of the Year and a highest winning percentage of 75 percent while playing a schedule laced with some of the top teams in the nation.
In 2012, The Dogs missed their 10th WAC Championship title in 11 seasons by a breath and went undefeated in regular season conference play, going 3-0.
Thibodeau earned his sixth WAC Coach of the Year, Marianne Jodoin was named WAC Player of the Year for the second-consecutive time, two members made the WAC All-Tournament team in singles and one duo made WAC All-Tournament in doubles. The team had one member named first team All-WAC in singles, one duo named second team All-WAC in doubles and one member named second team All-WAC for singles.
Jodoin finished an outstanding sophomore year, where she was awarded WAC Player of the Week six times in the season, WAC Player of the Month in October and reached a highest ITA ranking of 39th in the country, with an automatic bid to the NCAA Singles Championships for a second consecutive year. No. 41 Jodoin took on Washington's 17th-ranked Denise Dy. In an exciting match, Jodoin gained early leads in the two sets only to fall to the two-time All-American Dy, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Fresno State entered into the ITA Rankings pre-season at No. 66, climbed the rankings as high as No. 43 and finished the season ranked 57th.
The `Dogs competed against some of the top-ranked teams in the country including No. 49 Sacramento State, No. 34 Saint Mary's, No. 34 Texas A&M, No. 45 Pepperdine, No. 7 Miami and No. 10 California.
There were many exciting moments throughout the season for the `Dogs against top-ranked foes. Jodoin went 3-4 against ranked opponents including her defeat of Saint Mary's 82nd ranked Catherine Isip, 6-3, 6-3. Agrawal rose to the No. 2 spot on the team and then topped Pepperdine's 123rd ranked Lorraine Granillo, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) and Agrawal and junior Bianca Modoc surprised the Miami team with a 8-6 win over 37th ranked duo Gabriela Meja and Lina Lileikite, which catapulted the Bulldog duo to No. 65 in the national rankings.
The Dogs knocked-off nine non-conference competitors, including an outstanding performance against No. 50 Georgia State, No. 48 UC Davis, No. 69 CSU Northridge, No. 51 Santa Clara, No. 70 UNLV,UCSB, Cal Poly, Florida International and Loyola Marymount.
The Bulldogs went undefeated in conference play throughout the regular season, defeating Hawaii, 5-2, Nevada, 6-1, and sweeping New Mexico State, 7-0. These victories gave the Dogs their 3-0 record and the No.2-seeded position for the WAC Championships.
The Bulldogs defeated Louisiana Tech, 4-0, in the first round of the tournament, team narrowly passed New Mexico State, 4-3, in the semi finals and then fell to Hawai'i in close 4-3 decision.
In the 2011 season, Jodoin emerged as the new leader for the `Dogs. She competed at No. 1 in singles and doubles for the season and went 18-6 overall in singles and undefeated in singles and doubles for WAC play. She reached a No. 55 ITA National Ranking. In the NCAA Tournament against No. 20 Notre Dame she earned the first set victory over No. 5 Kristy Frilling until the match was clinched. She made it to the first round of the NCAA Tournament where she fell to No. 46 Alexandra Poorta of Saint Mary's in a close match, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (16-14). During the season, she also beat UNLV's No. 68 Lucia Batta, 6-2, 0-6, 6-2, No. 74 Stephanie Hoffpauir from USD, 6-4, 6-4, and No. 18 Mari Anderson from No. 10 California, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0(8). She and partner Laura Pola defeated the No. 34 doubles team from Pepperdine, 8-2.
Jodoin advanced to the Round of 32 in singles in the ITA Northwest Regional to finish off the fall season. She was named the WAC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, honored in the WAC All-Tournament team in singles and doubles, named first team All-WAC in singles and doubles, named WAC Player of the Month for October and awarded WAC Player of the Week three times.
The team reached a No. 59 ranking in ITA national polls. The `Dogs went 11-14 overall despite having a tough schedule facing teams like No. 1 Stanford and No. 7 California. They were victorious against No. 26 University of Arizona and No. 15 Arizona State and went undefeated in WAC play. In the WAC Tournament they went 3-0 with wins over No. 70 Boise State, 4-3, Nevada, 4-3, and Louisiana Tech, 4-0. The team's ninth win in 10 years was earned by solid performances by Marianne Jodoin, Melissa McQueen and Laura Pola, who clinched the WAC title for the second time in three years.
The `Dogs finished their season by advancing to the first round of the NCAA tournament and had a match close against No. 20 Notre Dame the team was up in three matches as The Fighting Irish clinched the win, 4-0.
In the 2010 season, Anastasia Petukhova, one of Thibodeau's top players before getting injured to the upper body, had great fall results, beating No. 1 NCAA Maria Mosolova of Northwestern, reaching quarter final at ITA indoors champs at Yale and winning the All-American consolation bracket, defeating in straight sets many top 20 ranked opponents. After the fall, Anastasia ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation in singles.
There was much improvement with a new and young team. Some of the players were affected with injuries, Petukhova in spring and Renata Kucerkova in the fall. The Bulldogs played probably their toughest schedule in years and traveled a lot. Many of the players received some valuable experience from it.
In the WAC Tournament, with solid performances by Kucerkova, Bianca Modoc and Melissa McQueen going undefeated, the Dogs were close to winning their 9th consecutive WAC Championship. Kucerkova and Petukhova were named All-WAC Tournament Team in singles. The doubles teams, Laura Pola/Kucerkova and Petukhova/ Julia Gragera-Cano were named All-WAC tournament team.
Succeeding on the courts, as well in the classroom, women's tennis has a long standing tradition of academic excellence. Kucerkova, Pola, Bianca Modoc and McQueen earned Academic All-WAC honors for the 2010 season. Thibodeau ended the season with some of his team ranked in the top Final ITA Tennis singles and doubles. Petukhova finished the season at No. 19 in the nation and defeated seven ranked opponents. Kucerkova was also ranked in the Top 100 singles at No. 97 and was also ranked in doubles at No. 47 with partner Pola.
In 2009, Fresno State added more team and individual trophies to the case including Thibodeau's WAC Coach of the Year. They continue their reign atop the WAC, by their eighth-straight WAC Championships. They were also the first-ever WAC regular season champions, after going 8-0 against conference foes and outscoring them by a combined 54-2.
The Bulldogs also advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 for the fourth-consecutive year. The Fresno State doubles tandem of Anastasia Petukhova and Renata Kucerkova advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Tournament, to earn All-American honors for the second-straight year. The pair also ended the season ranked No. 1 in the ITA Tennis Rankings and earned the 2009 ITA Doubles Team of the Year award.
The 2009 season also saw the commencement of the Melanie Gloria era at Fresno State, as she won her fourth WAC Player of the Year, climbed to No. 2 on the school wins list with 123, played in her fourth NCAA Singles Tournament and was named the 2009 ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year.
During the 2008 fall season Thibodeau guided Kucerkova and Petukhova to the ITA National Indoors doubles championship, the Northwest regional doubles titles and the All-American doubles final. Gloria also triumphed in the Northwest Regional singles championship.
The Bulldogs enjoyed another great season in 2008. Thibodeau led the Bulldogs to a 22-8 record and their fourth overall appearance in the NCAA Round of 16. Fresno State won the WAC for the seventh-straight year, eighth overall. Under Thibodeau, Gloria and Tinesta Rowe reached No. 1 in the national doubles rankings and earned a spot in the finals of the 2008 NCAA doubles championship. Four Bulldogs earned All-American honors last season and Thibodeau also helped Fresno State host the NCAA first and second rounds for the second time.
Thibodeau continued to help the Bulldogs compete with the nation's elite in 2007. Fresno State finished 2007 with a 22-4 record as they won another WAC title and reached the NCAA Round of 16. Gloria, a sophomore at the time reached the Round of 16 in the NCAA singles Championship.
The 2006 season was also a year to be remembered. The Bulldogs won the WAC title again. The Bulldogs went to Berkeley, Calif., for the NCAA Regional and beat Sacramento State and California, just as they did in 2004. This time it was not a singles player reaching the NCAA final, but doubles tandem Lucia Sainz and Katarina Winterhalter. Thibodeau's dynamic duo finished the season ranked No. 6 in the country with a Northwest Regional championship and appearances in the ITA All-American and NCAA Doubles finals.
In 2005, Thibodeau willed his team to yet another successful year. Despite being forced to deal with the eligibility issues and significant injuries to half of the lineup, Thibodeau still managed to lead his squad to a 16-9 record and their fourth WAC title. The Bulldogs also received a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Thibodeau quickly made his presence felt during the 2004 season. The Bulldogs won the Western Athletic Conference title, reached the round of 16 at the NCAA Tournament and guided Jelena Pandzic to the final of the NCAA Singles Tournament - all in Thibodeau's first season.
Players have received individual awards on an incredible level under Thibodeau. In 2004, Pandzic became the first player in Fresno State history to receive an individual national award when she was selected the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Rookie of the Year. She also was honored as the WAC Player of the Year and WAC Freshman of the Year. Gloria has won four WAC Player of the Year titles. Gloria and Kucerkova earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors in each of their first seasons. Gloria was also named the 2009 ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year and Kucerkova and Petukhova collected the 2009 ITA National Doubles Team of the Year award.
Just as impressive as Fresno State's on-court success has been the way Thibodeau's players have excelled in the classroom. The Bulldogs received distinction as an ITA All-Academic team in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 awarded to those programs that achieve an overall GPA over 3.2.
In 2009, the Bulldogs achieved a team GPA of 3.6, while Gloria, Petukhova, Kucerkova, Danon Beatty and Bruna Paes earned Academic All-WAC honors. Petukhova and Gloria each received ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District honors and Gloria was an ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American.
Thibodeau came to Fresno State from the University of Arizona, where he served as the assistant women's tennis coach from 2000-03. While there, he was fundamental in helping lead the Wildcats from a team who was ranked in the 50s nationally to two NCAA Tournament appearances and a place among the nation's Top 25.
In addition, from September to November in 2001, Thibodeau served as Arizona's interim head coach after the departure of Brad Dancer, who left to become Fresno State's men's tennis coach.
Thibodeau was a national coach with the Canadian Tennis Federation from 1997-01, traveling around the world to tournaments and clinics. With the Canadian Tennis Federation, he supervised national training camps, coached members of the national junior team and assisted with the Canadian Federation Cup squad. With the Canadian Tennis Federation, he coached such touring professionals as Helen Kelesi, Sonya Jeyaseelan, Renee Simpson, Marie-Eve Pelletier and Beier Ko. He also helped train Martina Navratilova.
Thibodeau received his bachelor's degree in science/physical activity from the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec) in 1997. With this background, Thibodeau owns extensive knowledge of physical conditioning, sport psychology and sports management. Thibodeau is a native of Repentigny, Quebec, and is fluent in French. He has a young daughter named Camelia Blue.
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Princeton Hosts Manhattan With Ivy Opener On The Horizon
Princeton will turn the page quickly from its 16-15 loss to North Carolina Saturday, as Manhattan comes to Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium Tuesday.
After that?
It's a trip to Franklin Field Saturday for the Ivy League opener against Penn. And then in rapid succession Yale and Brown.
Princeton and Manhattan meet for the fourth straight year, and Princeton has won each of the first three.
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Princeton's game against North Carolina featured 31 goals, 53 shots on goal and 99 total shots. Princeton put up 56 of the shots, its highest single-game total since a 60-shot output against Canisius on opening day 2009.
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Chris Bates enters this game with 99 career wins, with 70 at Drexel and now 29 at Princeton. Bates went 70-71 at Drexel and is now 29-19 at Princeton.
He is 60-36 in his last six-plus seasons as a head coach.
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The seven Ivy League teams are a combined 22-8 on the season. All seven teams are at least .500, and five of the seven have one loss or no losses.
There are three Ivy League teams in the top 10 in Division I in scoring offense (Cornell, Princeton, Yale) and a fourth (Brown) is 13th.
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Princeton defeated Hofstra who defeated Notre Dame who defeated North Carolina who defeated Princeton.
Hofstra is 4-1, with its only loss to Princeton and its most recent win over previously undefeated and second-ranked Notre Dame.
Johns Hopkins is 5-1, with its only loss to Princeton.
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Princeton is 19-2 when scoring at least 10 goals since Chris Bates became the head coach. The only losses when reaching double figures were the 16-15 loss Saturday and a 12-11 defeat gainst Carolina in 2010, both at Fetzer Field.
Princeton, under Bates, is 10-17 when scoring fewer than 10 goals.
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Princeton had three players with at least four goals in the loss to North Carolina (Mike MacDonald 5, Tom Schreiber and Jeff Froccaro 3 each).
The last time Princeton had three players with at least four goals in a game was in 2009, when Jack McBride scored six and Mark Kovler and Chris McBride had four each in an 18-11 win over Albany).
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The Princeton-North Carolina game did not feature a single stall warning, resulting in no timer-on situations.
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Tom Schreiber had four goals and two assists against North Carolina, including goals that tied the game with 2:30 remaining and put Princeton ahead 15-14 with 1:37 to play.
Schreiber went over the 100-point mark for his career in the game and now stands 24th all-time in program history with 104 career points.
He needs three points to tie Mark Kovler for 23rd and six to tie Jason Doneger for 22nd.
Schreiber has played in 31 career games and has three or more points in 24 of them.
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Princeton's starting attack (Jeff Froccaro, Mike MacDonald, Ryan Ambler) and first mdifield (Jake Froccaro, Kip Orban, Tom Schreiber) have combined for 48 of Princeton's 50 goals, 26 of Princeton's 28 assists and 144 of Princeton's 168 shots.
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Princeton went 4 for 4 on extra-man opportunities in the game against North Carolina.
Prior to that, Princeton had been 2 for 10 on EMOs for the season.
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Both Princeton and Manhattan have won fewer than 50% of their face-offs for the season.
Princeton is 43 for 103 (.417) through four games. Manhattan is 38 for 119 (.318).
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There has been an average of 81.2 shots per game in Princeton's four games. A year ago, there was an average of 66.9 shots per game in Princeton's game; a year before that it was 65.8.
Even without the 99 shots in the North Carolina game, there was still an average of 75.3 shots per game in the first three games.
Princeton averaged 31.9 shots two years ago and 36.8 last year. This year, Princeton is averaging 42.0 shots per game.
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Princeton starts four freshmen, one each on attack (Ryan Ambler), midfield (Jake Froccaro), defense (Mark Strabo) and at goalie (Matt O'Connor).
Princeton starts four freshmen, two sophomores, three juniors and one senior.
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Princeton has outscored its four opponents by a combined 17-8 in the fourth quarter.
Princeton has been outscored 15-10 in the first quarter.
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Manhattan is 1-4 ,with a home win over Lafayette and four road losses.
Manhattan is coached by Steve Manitta, who is in his first season with the Jaspers.
Prior to coming to Manhattan, Manitta spent three years as the head coach at Mercy, where he started the Division II program, going 5-10 in his first year and then 11-3 his second year, when the team reached No. 7 in the poll.
Manitta is 23-24 overall as a head coach.
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Rob Castelo and Forest Sonnenfeldt will both miss the entire 2013 season due to injuries.
Castelo tore his ACL before the start of practice, while Sonnenfeldt had ankle surgery. Castelo started every game on defense last year, while Sonnenfeldt had 17 goals and six assists.
Castelo had his second major knee injury in three years. He also tore multiple ligaments in the game at Johns Hopkins two years ago.
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The Princeton men's lacrosse team spent a week in Costa Rica last June. The Tigers played one game against the Costa Rican national team, gave clinics for the Costa Ricans and for the local youth and worked on various service projects, including refurbishing a community center.
Princeton traveled to Spain and Ireland in 2008 and Japan in 2004.
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Ryan Ambler #14
• had three goals and two assists in the win over Villanova for first career five-point game
• began career with a four-point game against Hofstra (1G, 3A) to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Week award
• had a goal and two assists to snap a 3-3 tie as Princeton built a 6-3 lead in the second quarter; Hofstra would never pull even again
• was the fourth Princeton player with four points in opening game of his freshman year (Ryan Boyle in 2001, Jesse Hubbard in 1995, Jason Buttles in 1993)
• had one assist against Johns Hopkins
• was the second Princeton freshman in two years to start the first game of his freshman year on attack after Mike MacDonald did last year; prior to MacDonald, the last time a Princeton freshman started Game 1 of his freshman year on attack was 2004, when Peter Trombino did so
• high school All-America from Abington High, outside of Philadelphia, where he had 186 career goals and 210 career assists
• younger brother of former Princeton assistant coach Colin Ambler, who also played for Princeton head coach Chris Bates at Drexel
• father Bob is the all-time leading scorer at Drexel
Luke Armour #16
• senior who can play attack or midfield
• was slowed by injury for most of 2012
• had three goals and an assist against Dartmouth
• three goals and four points were career highs
• had two assists against Manhattan
• played in every game, starting seven, in 2011
• was fourth on the team with 14 points (9G, 5A) in 2011
Alex Beatty #36
• team's No. 1 longstick midfielder
• tied for team lead with five caused turnovers
• caused three turnovers against Johns Hopkins
• played in two games last year, when he was slowed by injuries
Brandon Bonvino #21
• is the No. 2 longstick midfielder
• missed the Villanova game due to injury
• played in three games last year
Hunter DeButts #47
• has moved from attack to the second midfield
• had his first goal of the season in the win over Villanova
• had two goals on two shots (including the first goal of the game) against Brown after missing the first seven games due to injury a year ago
• had an assist against Cornell, Rutgers, Dartmouth and Yale in the Ivy final
Nick Fernandez #24
• moved to being a starter on close defense after having been a shortstick defensive midfielder his first two years; Ryan Schoenig (in 2006) did the same for Princeton
• had his first career goal in the game against Syracuse last year
• also had a goal in the next game against Rutgers
• had four ground balls and a caused turnover vs. Manhattan
• missed games with ankle sprain, concussion, broken arm in 2011
Jake Froccaro #9
• starter at midfield
• had two goals and an assist in the win over Villanova
• had one goal and two assists against North Carolina
• named Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Week after the Villanova and Carolina games
• had two goals and two assists against Johns Hopkins
• first career assist was to his brother Jeff
• won 1 of 2 face-offs against Hofstra
• had 65 goals and 20 assists as a high school senior at Port Washington
• can also face off
• younger brother of senior attackman Jeff Froccaro, a first-team All-Ivy League selection last year
Jeff Froccaro #10
• 2013 preseason honorable mention All-America
• 2012 first-team All-Ivy League selection
• had four goals against North Carolina
• had three goals against Villanova
• won 5 of 7 face-offs in the fourth quarter against Villanova; prior to fourth quarter, Villanova had won 15 of 21 face-offs.
• had three goals and one assist in win over Hopkins to earn Ivy League Co-Player of the Week honors
• had two goals and two assists against Hofstra
• game against Hofstra was his eighth career game of at least four points
• was second on team with 27 goals and 39 points last season
• had career-highs with five goals and seven points while tying career high with two assists against Villanova
• leads all active Princeton players with 59 career goals and is second for career lead with 84 career points
Will Himler #18
• was second on the team with 13 assists a year ago
• slowed by injury in the preseason but returned to play against North Carolina
Brian Kavanagh #44
• No. 2 goalie who came off the bench against Johns Hopkins when Matt O'Connor committed a penalty
Bobby Lucas #17
• won 6 of 8 face-offs against Hofstra, all in the second half
• was 4 for 4 in the fourth quarter
• had team-best six ground balls
• twice won face-offs after Hofstra goals that led to Princeton goals on that possession
• won 91 of 152 face-offs (55.6%) a year ago
• won 46.2% of face-offs in 2011 and 52.1% as a freshman
• also plays shortstick defensive midfield
Mike McDonald #8
• had career highs with five goals and seven points at North Carolina
• had two goals and two assists against Villanova
• had three goals on five shots against Hofstra
• had two goals against Johns Hopkins
• has 34 career goals on 63 career shots (54.0%)
• has started every game of his career
• ranked fifth all-time among Princeton freshman with 22 goals
• had 22 goals on 39 shots (56.4%) in 2012
• had the highest shooting percentage (56.4%) of any Princeton player ever with at least 20 goals in a season
• shot 12 for 16 in six Ivy games
• had four goals in the Ivy tournament (two in each game)
• two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week
Brendan McGrath #15
• playing in the second midfield
Justin Murphy #32
• won 3 of 6 face-offs against North Carolina
• won 15 of 30 face-offs as a freshman
• missed the first nine games freshman year after breaking his leg in the fall
Matt O'Connor #11
• freshman goalie from Lawrenceville Prep
• became the third Princeton goalie in the last 25 years to start Game 1 of his freshman year (Scott Bacigalupo in 1991, Tyler Fiorito in 2009)
• made 12 saves while allowing 11 goals in win over Villanova
• made five saves while allowing eight goals in the first half against Villanova; made seven saves while allowing three goals in the second half
• made 12 saves against North Carolina
• made 10 saves while allowing seven goals in win over Johns Hopkins
• made six saves and allowed seven goals against Hofstra
Kip Orban #13
• starter at midfield
• had two goals and one assist against Villanova
• had a goal and assist against North Carolina
• had two goals against Hofstra
• had an assist against Hopkins
• had eight goals and three assists as a freshman
Derick Raabe #5
• starter on close defense
• was the only current Princeton player who had ever started a game on defense (vs. Penn and Harvard in 2011) prior to this season
• had first career goal in the game against Harvard last year
• has played mostly longstick midfield in his career
Will Rotatori #27
• playing in the second midfield
• had first career point with an assist against Villanova
• had an assist against North Carolina
Eric Sanschagrin #31
• made 11 saves while allowing five goals in first collegiate start, against Manhattan, a year ago
• played final 5:05 against Brown in regular season without allowing goal
Tom Schreiber #22
• 2013 preseason first-team All-America
• 2012 first-team All-America
• led team in goals and assists as a freshman and sophomore; is the only Princeton player ever to do so
• 2012 unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection
• 2011 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• 2011 first-team All-Ivy League selection
• ranks 24th all-time at Princeton with 104 career points; is three points away from 23rd (Mark Kovler) and six points away from 22nd (Jason Doneger)
• had four goals and two assists against North Carolina, including goals that tied the score and put Princeton up 15-14 late in the fourth
• had three goals against Johns Hopkins
• had two goals and an assist against Hofstra
• had a goal and two assists against Villanova
• has three or more points in 24 career games and fewer than three points in seven career games
• had 32 goals and 28 assists last year, falling two assists short of having the second 30/30 season in school history (Dave Tickner 1977)
• became the fourth player in school history with at least 30 goals and 25 assists in the same season and first since Jon Hess in 1996 (Tickner did it twice and Wick Sollers)
• became the first Princeton player since Ryan Boyle in 2004 to reach 60 points in a season
• was tied for ninth in points in a single season at Princeton
• had at least one point in every game and at least three in 13 of 16 games
• leads active Princeton players in career points (95) and assists (42)
• team co-captain
• father Doug, who played at Maryland and won an NCAA title there in 1973 and then the 1974 World Championship with the U.S., is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Tucker Shanley #7
• started on first midfield last year; has been slowed by injury this season
• had 20 goals as a junior after having seven as a sophomore
• had six multi-goal games as a junior
Jack Strabo #35
• first-line shortstick defensive middie
• had two caused turnovers and two ground balls against Hofstra
• has four goals, one assist, 19 ground balls and five caused turnovers a year ago
• had two caused turnovers in Ivy final
• younger brother Mark will start on defense as a freshman
Mark Strabo #3
• freshman starting on defense
• had three ground balls against Hopkins
• played at Landon
• younger brother of junior SSDM Jack Strabo
Chris White #29
• team co-captain along with Tom Schreiber
• one of top shortstick D middies
• had a goal against Johns Hopkins
• had two ground balls and a caused turnover against Hofstra
• moved from offense to defensive middie as a sophomore


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What is autopilot and how do I contribute to a new autopilot testcase for a package ?
What is Autopilot?
From the Ubuntu wiki:
You can get involved with testing by joining the QA team. Here is a link to their mailing list - ubuntu-quality, their launchpad page, as well as the official Ubuntu QA page.
To install Autopilot from the command line, run the following commands:
An example of a simple test unit:
Warning: Running autopilot tests on your default desktop will cause your pc to send mouse and keyboard movements without your control. Please read the articles below before blindly running this command.
There is a tutorial here. Additionally, there have been several good articles mentioned in the Ubuntu weekly newsletter. These were written by Nicholas Skaggs, a community coordinator on the testing team, that have been very useful for me.
Autopilot: part 2 - Here the author walks through a simple "hello world" use case of autopilot
I highly recommend reading the three above linked articles before getting started with autopilot.
Contributing Testcases
You can submit test cases by emailing the ubuntu-quality mailing list using a specified format outlined here.
Additionally, test cases can be pulled via bzr using the following command:
Adding test case changes to the code branch can be done with a bzr push comand:
See http://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu-autopilot-tests for more information.


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ZF-3098: Zend_Memory_MemoryTest causes fatal error in unit test suite
PHP Fatal error: Access to undeclared static property: Zend_Cache::$availableBackends in /var/local/zf/library/Zend/Memory.php on line 61
Started checking what is the problem
I suspect a regression in Zend_Cache, but I don't have much to back that assertion yet.
Yes, it seems that {{Zend_Cache::$availableBackends}} was removed (same also for {{Zend_Cache::$availableFrontends}}) in SVN r9056. These should be restored and marked as {{@deprecated}}. The next major release would be the next opportunity to actually remove these from the class.
Fixed with SVN r9196.
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|Vandals rope Broncs in 2OT
EDINBURG, Texas – At times it was exhilarating, at times it was tense and at times it was hard to watch, but in the end, Perrion Callandret's buzzer-beating baseline layup gave the Idaho men's basketball a thrilling 86-85 double-overtime victory over Texas-Pan American on Thursday night in Edinburg, Texas.
Both teams had chances to seize the game in regulation and overtime, but after four Vandal players fouled out and UTPA held a five-point advantage with less than a minute to play, it appeared the Broncs would pull away.
Instead, Idaho freshman Sekou Wiggs connected on four consecutive free throws with a UTPA turnover in between, to pull the Vandals within one at 84-83 with 33 seconds to play. UTPA's Shaquille Boga went 1-for-2 at the free throw line on the other end, and suddenly Idaho trailed by just two with the ball and 30 seconds left. Connor Hill missed a deep 3-point attempt but Paulin Mpawe was fouled while securing the offensive rebound, and he made the first of his two free throw attempts, closing the gap to just one at 84-85. Wiggs grabbed another offensive board for the Vandals off the miss of Mpawe's second free throw attempt, and Idaho had three seconds to try to win the game. After UTPA's timeout, Callandret drove the baseline and got the contested shot to fall with 0.5 seconds left, giving Idaho the 86-85 win.
It was a similar scenario but a much more welcome outcome for the Vandals, who had lost by two points or less in two of its previous three games, and another one-point defeat just three weeks before that.
"I couldn't be happier, especially for the guys in the locker room," Idaho coach Don Verlin said after the win. "When you lose games like that, they rip your hearts out, and it can be hard to get the pieces back together. Our guys hung together all night long and fought. At the end, we had four of our five starters fouled out. It's hard to win on the road in the WAC, and when you miss as many free throws as we did, it makes it even harder. But what a great way to find a way to win and get our first WAC road win of the season."
The win bumps Idaho to 7-10 overall and 1-2 in WAC play, snapping a four-game skid. UTPA drops to 4-13 and 0-2 in the WAC with the loss.
Hill led all scorers with 28 points on 7-of-15 from 3-point range, while Stephen Madison recorded 19 points, 14 rebounds and four assists before fouling out and Glen Dean added 13 points and four assists. Wiggs finished with 12 points, aided by a 10-of-13 performance at the free throw line. Hill seven 3-pointers bring his Idaho career record up to 180 made 3s.
"We had a number of guys play well," Verlin said of his team's performance. "Stephen Madison never seizes to amaze me. Sekou Wiggs did a great job, He got some big rebounds late. Mike Scott did a great job of keeping us organized. Connor Hill played well all night long. It was nice to see Perrion come in and make the big basket. We maybe didn't play our best game of the year but we did some good things against a team that got hot on us. It was one heck of a basketball game here."
The Vandals held a 49-44 rebounding advantage and shot 42.2 percent from the field, connecting on 27-of-64 shots. Idaho went 10-for-30 from long range but continued to struggle at the free throw line, hitting just 22-of-36 (61.1 percent) free throws.
Idaho led 1-0 before the opening tip was even tossed, as UTPA was called for a team technical foul for dunking during pregame warm-ups and Glen Dean hit one of the two free throws. The Vandals built that lead to 8-0 early on and took an 11-point, 13-2, lead with 15:29 to play in the first. UTPA, however, fought back for the rest of the first half and a halftime buzzer-beating 3-pointer pulled the Broncs within two at the break, 36-34.
UTPA scored five straight points in a two minute span near the end of regulation to take a 67-65 lead with a minute to play before Dean made one of two free throws to pull Idaho within one at 67-66. UTPA missed a layup on the other end and Wiggs secured the rebound to give the Vandals a shot at victory in regulation. Dean was fouled again but after making his first free throw to tie the game, he was unable to convert would-be go-ahead free throw and the game remained tied at 67-67. The rebound went out of bounds to the Vandals with three seconds left, but Idaho's inbounds pass was tipped and time expired in regulation.
Neither team led by more than two points in the first overtime period, and Idaho again had a chance to win with three seconds left but Mike Scott's jumper with a 73-73 tie was off the mark.
After trading baskets to open the second overtime, UTPA went on a 6-0 run to take control of the game, leading 81-75 with two minutes left. Connor Hill then hit his seventh 3-pointer of the game to give Idaho life before the Broncs built the lead back to five at 84-79 with less than a minute to play. That's when Wiggs' free throws and Callandret's clutch shot down the stretch gave Idaho the win.
Idaho returns to action on Jan. 11 when it visits New Mexico State in Las Cruces, N.M. with a 5 p.m. (PT) start time. That game will be televised regionally on ROOT SPORTS.