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- Experience the local culture and beauty of India's Kerala region
- Tour a local village and enjoy a traditional lunch with a local host family
- Walk through rice paddies and learn about Kerala's world-renowned backwaters
- Relax and rejuvenate with an ayurvedic massage
- Small-group tour limited to 12 people ensures a more personalized experience
What You Can Expect
Sip traditional chai tea and dine on an authentic home-cooked meal as you converse with the family and hear interesting stories about life in a small farming village in Kerala's backwaters. After lunch, your guide will lead you on a tour of the village.
Walk along rice paddies and hear why these backwaters are such an integral part of life in Kerala. You'll learn about local fruits and vegetables grown here, as well as the culture and customs practiced in this area.
Finish with a relaxing traditional ayurvedic massage -- a great way to end this wonderful local tour! You'll return to Fort Kochi in the evening feeling refreshed and invigorated.


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Rwanda's commitment to promoting ICT impacting communities
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Rwanda's national ICT plan aims to further leverage the power of ICTs in important areas such as health, education, governance, finance and agriculture says Rwanda's Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana.
Rwanda's strides in ICT can vividly be seen by just taking a tour around the country especially compared to 20 years ago.
These achievements are attributed to Rwanda's President Paul Kagame who is working around the clock to apply technology to Rwandan economic development.
His works towards ICT earned him the World Telecommunication and Information Society Award 2014, where he was recognized for his leadership in the advancement of education and the potential of ICT as a dynamic industry as well as an enabler for Africa's socio-economic transformation.
Rwanda commits to implementing necessary policies and plans capable of addressing challenges in the information and technology age in order to accelerate the country's socio- economic development process.
Nsengimana also announced an increase in the number of e-soko SMS and web based users, which has reached 11,815 and 4,640 respectively in 2013.
Currently mobile payments subscribers hit more than 2.5 million, according to figures in the recently-published Rwandan ICT Sector Profile.
The ICT Sector Profile-2013 takes into consideration internationally recognised reports used to measure Information society and e-Government developments, such as "Measuring the Information Society" measured by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the "UN e-Government Survey" measured by the United Nations (UN).
The report also indicates that the number of mobile phone subscribers increased to 63% up from 55% last year while the total number of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) reached 333.
Rwanda has 10 Internet service providers such as MTN, Airtel, TIGO, Altech Stream, Rwandatel, ISPA among others.
A strategy to provide wi-fi coverage to all schools and public buildings and buses, hospitals, commercial buildings, taxi-parks and restaurants is underway.
Evidently the government signed a $140 million deal with South Korea's largest Telecom – Korea Telecom (KT) Corp in June, 2013 to provide 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) Broadband networks across the country especially in areas where internet connectivity is low.
Next month Internet-related challenges will be reduced and broadband services in the country will benefit every user while using 4G network.
In a move to engage Rwandans in ICT from the grass root, the country launched the "One Laptop Per Child" initiative in schools across the country. So far, the project has seen about 200,000 laptops distributed to more than 400 schools.
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Hannah Shaw led the Mount Desert (MDI) Trojans to a victory over previously undefeated Nokomis in a Maine Principals' Association class B semifinal game last Wednesday at Cross Insurance Center.
On Saturday, Shaw led MDI to a victory over Presque Isle in the class B East championship game. That broke a 64 game winning streak for Presque Isle.
Shaw will be attending Endicott College and playing basketball.
Shaw is a semi-finalist for Miss Maine basketball.
Shaw was selected by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches (MABC) to participate in the class A/B 2014 Maine McDonald's High School Senior All-Star Basketball Game on March 8th at Husson university.
Anna Mackenzie and Taylor Shaw led the Nokomis Warriors to an undefeated regular season. Both will be participating in the all star game.
Other members of the class A/B east girls team include- Kory Norcross (Edward Little), Emily Quirion (Cony), Morgan Buker (Skowhegan), Allison Day (Gardiner), Caitlin LaFountain (Mt. Ararat), Kelsey May (Messalonskee), Miranda Nicely (Mt. Blue), and Cordelia Stewart (Bangor).
The following are high school girls basketball players from class A and B east that were named to the All-State Academic team.
Ashleigh Gibula (Brewer) and Mikayla Turner (Messalonskee).
The McDonald's senior all star games will be played at Husson University on March 8th.


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The Space Between Dreams by MoonsongWolfWatch
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The Seneschal had been afraid to turn against the Brotherhood Cabal, but his sense of honour and duty allowed him no other option. He rejected the Cabal's beliefs that the people must be controlled through intimidation and suffering, witnessing in horror that those he had sworn to protect starved while the Brotherhood grew fat. In his disgust and despair, the Seneschal turned his back on the Brotherhood, taking with him only a tiny, stolen seed of hope. He dared not dream of the day when there would be no more cruel and violent subjugation, because the Cabal controlled the dreaming world as well as the waking world. But in the space between dreams, he was free, bearing with him the tender fruits of the hope that he had nurtured. There was still time...
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Aw, I still have a long way to go in my art, as far as improvement is concerned. But that will happen with time and practice! Ha ha, you should have seen my first drawings... they were terrible.
It looks amazing, especially with all the detail you put in. It must've taken a great effort to have finished this!
Thanks! It was definitely a fun challenge... and some good practice with acrylics.
i love tigers, especially the golden ones
you are amazing with acrylic !!! its so hard for me to use but you mastered it !!
Thanks, I'm glad that you liked it! Ha ha, I'm definitely not close to mastering acrylic yet, but it's definitely a lot better than my first attempts at using it.
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The Ghost team thought it was close to being sewn up as of a couple days ago. But Richard Schaefer told ESPN's Dan Rafael on Wednesday night that Robert Guerrero will not be Floyd Mayweather's opponent on May 5. Is it because the fan and pundit reaction to the proposed matchup wasn't good at all? The public didn't seem to warm to the idea of Mayweather taking on a boxer who hadn't campaigned above the lightweight class and is coming off a severe injury to his power shoulder.That could have caused Team Mayweather to change plans at the 11th hour..
We asked Team Guerrero for comment.
Thank God!!! Im hoping Bob Arum will stop all the bullshit and sit down with Mayweather ppl and make the fight happen...if not Cotto or Alvarez will make him the most money but Martinez will give him the tougher fight in my eyes...Now if the ghost wants a fight with the stop dog maybe he should fight Bradley, Peterson or the winner of the Berto vs Ortiz fight or **** even the loser if he's able to beat one of them guys then maybe he can land a big fight.
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Blade Runner sequel with female lead and original writer Hampton Fancher
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- 22 May 2012
- By John Howell
After Prometheus, Ridley Scott is again venturing into science fiction territory with a sequel to his often praised, android hunting, off-world colony, more human than human SF classic Blade Runner. While there was early talk of a possible return of Harrison Ford in the lead role as Deckard, it looks like this time round Scott is aiming for a female lead.
Scott recently spoke to The Daily Beast.
"Funny enough, I started my first meetings on the Blade Runner sequel last week," he said. "We have a very good take on it. And we'll definitely be featuring a female protagonist."
He also mentioned that the film will officially be a sequel to the original Blade Runner (which was set in the all too close year of 2019) picking up "some years" after Deckard's story.
While Harrison Ford definitely won't be returning as Deckard, former Blade Runner scribe Hampton Fancher may be back to the help write the script. He's in talks with the film's producers. There was no mention of David Peoples, Blade Runner's other co-writer.
While Blade Runner was based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, it wasn't exactly a faithful adaptation - more an unfaithful one if anything - there was a lot of material excised from the original story and therefore a lot of material Scott could expand upon if he so desired in a sequel or two. It will be fascinating to see what he does. We're looking at late 2013 I'm guessing, if we're very lucky.
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Even in a recession, it's not necessarily all about price. It's about value. Our distributors have asked for a 12 pack and we have finally delivered.
Dogfish Head's family of IPAs are the fastest growing IPA portfolio on the east coast. And we've finally put them all under one roof. It ain't cheap. But it is a great value. To buy four bottles each of 60, 90, 120 Minute IPAs separately would cost the beer enthusiast at least 20% more than what they are getting them for in this convenient 12-pack. We are all about the beer – that why we have gone with the super iconic plan cardboard and duct-tape packaging. But there is special gift in every box – a free dogfish paddleball to play while you sip your IPA's and wait out the recession- as a thank you from Dogfish for the hardcore beer folk who have stuck with us even now that times are tight.
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GRANGER TWP. — As part of Literacy Week at Windfall School, Gazette staff writer Maria Kacik Kula read "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" by Laura Joffe Numeroff to children in Laura Granata's class today.
Monday marked the start of Literacy Week for students and staff at Windfall. Throughout the week-long celebration, students participated in a variety of activities, including writing and illustrating their own works of literature.
Highlighting the week's activities were readings by several local dignitaries and celebrities. Besides Kula, readers included Sheriff Neil Hassinger, Medina Mayor Dennis Hanwell and Medina County Commissioner Pat Geissman.
The Medina County Board of Developmental Disabilities operates Windfall School.
For a video of Kula reading to students, visit The Gazette's Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Medina-Gazette/356318770092?ref=mf.
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Raised in an atmosphere where art, life and craft
are intertwined, Heather Hopman has brought her fascination with the animal form to a wide range of mediums. First trained in ceramic sculpture, she has expanded her skills to include gourd work, glass bead making, blacksmithing and glassblowing. She collaborates with her glassblowing husband at
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Hanford St. Gallery offers Fine Art, Crafts and Photography by emerging and established artists working in both contemporary and traditional areas. Our goal is to: Provide the community with opportunities to experience the visual arts with a fresh perspective. Build a learning environment that integrates the arts into everyday life. Introduce new ways of seeing that allow art to inform how we interact with the world. Create relationships with the schools that bring art into the lives of young people. Foster an understanding of art as a way of being; not just something to admire (or criticize) from a distance.
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Marine products manufacturer moving to Flagler County
Published: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 10:33 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 2:40 p.m.
PALM COAST -- On the heels of a daylong strategic planning workshop earlier in the week, Flagler County economic development officials announced Wednesday that Gioia Sails, a Lakewood, N.J.-based manufacturer of canvas sailing products, will move its Florida operations to Palm Coast.
Owner Don Gioia said the company was founded 46 years ago and is moving its Southern Division to Flagler County to be closer to one of its major customers, Sea Ray Boats.
"We were in St. Augustine and needed to come closer," he told members of the county's Economic Opportunity Advisory Council at their monthly meeting Wednesday
Gioia said the company purchased the building at 5 Hargrove Grade in Palm Coast and is renovating the facility. He said the cooperation from local officials has been a pleasant surprise.
"Permits were on time," he said. "I'm amazed. This has just been great."
Gioia said the company will bring about 30 employees to the new facility "and we want to hire at least 10 more." He said one of the reasons for the move was to bring "new equipment" and "new ideas" to the company.
Bringing vendors and suppliers closer to the companies they serve has been a focus of the county's economic development efforts, Flagler County Commissioner Barbara Revels said in a media release.
"This is one of the initiatives that our office has been working diligently to develop, the clustering technique, whereby new businesses locate to the area to support existing businesses and vice versa," she said.
Palm Coast senior economic planner Beau Falgout also touted the clustering effect the company's relocation decision helps promote.
"Any time you can get the vendor to move closer, it's a good thing," he said.
Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts said the move also brings industry to one of the city's designated industrial areas.
"To me, this is the way you do economic development," Netts said. "You build on what you've got. It just makes everybody better. This is the old cliché that a rising tide lifts all boats. We all benefit from this."
Company owner Gioia and Pat Moynihan, vice president of Gioia Sails South, said the company has plans to expand.
"Our five-year plan for the company is to expand our boating industry services and customer base throughout Florida as well as gain a stronger presence in customization and reupholstering throughout the country," Moynihan said.
Gioia was more succinct with the company's long-term plans.
"We're going to grow here," he said.
The company is not receiving any state or local incentives, said Helga van Eckert, executive director of the Flagler County Department of Economic Opportunity. But the county will be working with Gioia Sails to help the company grow.
"We have our intellectual capital to try and help them," van Eckert said. "The incentive from us is us."
Work on renovating the Palm Coast space began April 24, according to Lauren Crary, project superintendent with Commercial Construction Inc., the Daytona Beach company overseeing the work.
Crary said he expects the work to be completed in a month.
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The American Farm Bureau Federation is warning it's members to resist a proposed expansion of federal government control over certain bodies of water, as reported yesterday at AgriNews.
While the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) insists that the rule seeks only to clarify the scope of the Clean Water Act, many have referred to rule as a land grab. Fox News reported that Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, for example, referred to the proposal as potentially "one of the most significant private property grabs in U.S. history..."
The proposal, which is still accepting comments, seeks to expand the definition of "waters of the U.S."
The Farm Bureau warns that the new "definition" could mean that "ordinary fieldwork, fence construction or even planting could require a federal permit." Further, the updated scope of the federal control over waterways could "ultimately could lead to the unlawful expansion of federal regulation to cover routine farming and ranching practices, as well as other common private land uses, such as building homes."
Senator Pat Toomey and fourteen others, including Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Rand Paul, sent a letter to EPA administrator Gina McCarthy earlier this month referring to the EPA's "reckless disregard for the science." Toomey's website refers to the rule as a "terrifying power grab."
Gina McCarthy wrote an OpEd at the Huffington Post last month saying that due to the Clean Water Act, "Our rivers are no longer flammable."
"Based on sound science and the law," she said, "we're proposing a Clean Water Act rule that clarifies which waters are protected -- with an eye toward those critical waters upstream."
Rep. Jason Smith said that the passage of the rule would be a "significant impact" in an OpEd, lamenting that the "intrusive rule change would require farmers to jump through needless regulatory hoops that would cause delays and reduced productivity..."
He writes in part,
"The EPA wrote their expansion request in a way that would impact every pesticide and fertilizer application and require permits for professionals and homeowners, even on private property. This means that private property owners near any waters would no longer be able to treat their own land unless they obtained a permit from the EPA."
Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that the change "could result in serious collateral damage to our economy."
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NCAA Selection Sunday
March 12, 2006
Opening Statement... "We will work out tonight as I had mentioned. That is primarily to get Hassan (
On worrying about making the field..."You always sweat out who you are going to play and where you are going to play. That's the only anxiety that I had. There was no way they could leave us out not with our non-conference schedule and they always look at how you finish late in the year. I wasn't the least bit concerned."
On having to travel so far..."In 1997, we went to
On Mustafa Shakur getting to play at home..."I think he is very excited about that. We'll just be making sure that he doesn't change how he has been playing because of all of that. I don't think that he will. But I know that we had been talking with him from the standpoint of a game in
On playing a more high profile team..."Many times the only tape you had on them (lower seeded teams) was when they played in their tournament final. With
On a comparable Pac-10 team..."Probably the closest one I could think of might be
Impression of Brian Butch (a former
On continuing the streak of consecutive NCAA appearances..."It is an important streak to keep going. It is nice to be able to go in when you're recruiting and tell the kid that we were in the tournament four years before you were born."
Whether or not this reaffirms the tough non-conference schedule..."It may be a case of where we will lighten up a little bit because I don't think that in the long run that is going to keep you from being recognized. I think that our program now is at a point where we have that recognition. With
On Hassan's return to the starting lineup..."I would think so. We will see how the practices go. We will make some of those decisions (lineup) when we see what our best match ups will be."
On needing to play tougher..."We talked about that afterwards (the UCLA loss). I said there was a good chance that we could get a Big East team or Big 12 or Big Ten or Southeast Conference team. If we do that we're are going to face a much more physical brand of ball than what we normally face in the Pac-10."
On the chance to reach 20 wins..."I don't think that is nearly as important as the NCAA Tournament (streak). It is better than losing."
On the atmosphere surrounding the tournament..."It is an exciting time of year. I still think that it is the most exciting sports event of any of them. Everyone is one and done and you have got the underdogs and the favorites. The road to the Final Four, you talk to anyone who is sports fan and there will be very few who will tell you that it is not the biggest event in sports."


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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Kiteworld Mag Issue 46--Calin Lisenbee
If there was ever a poster girl for the subtle pull of a travel destination or, for that matter, travel in general, it'd have to be Calin Lisenbee. The ex city slicker can pull together a tasty menu in a part of the world where a simple 7-11 can take on the aire of the gourmet deli section of your favorite supermarket. The next time you're in Cabarete, you'd do well to tuck in to the Kite Club Cafe. Bon Appetit and Happy Kiting.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Kiteworld Mag Issue 46--Litewave Dave Turner
The first time I'd cross paths with Dave Turner would be a few years back at the Jupiter Kite Invasion in South Florida. He was patrolling the water's edge while a local rider was demoing some gear Dave had lugged over from California. With his eyes peeled on the action before him, he was simultaneously doing a pretty good impersonation of a small child who's just learned they're getting a new puppy. The guy's enthusiasm and passion was immediately obvious. It'd be there that I'd make a first attempt at an interview. Now, three plus years later, I'd finally get a chance to follow up. I'm glad I did and even more glad Dave was kind enough to give me the benefit of the doubt for round two. Eleventh place world ranking...Damn!
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Role Model
Robby Naish. Forty something and going strong. Very, very strong if this vid is anything to go on. Proof positive there's hope for us older types and that the stoke is still there in abundant supply. There for those willing to get off the couch to tap into it.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
La Vida Simplistica
A "lifestyle flick" with a bit of kiting. And some excellent kiting at that.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
The Best Odyssey Yacht Share - Captain's Logs - Blowing our minds in the Maldives
Somewhere, just around the next corner, a place and an adventure like this awaits.
The Best Odyssey Yacht Share - Captain's Logs - Blowing our minds in the Maldives
The Best Odyssey Yacht Share - Captain's Logs - Blowing our minds in the Maldives
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Great Walks Article
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Kiteworld Mag #43--Gabe Webber
The best part of the traveling lifestyle? That's a no brainer: the people you meet along the way. There have been too many to count but only a few that have so effortlessly prompted me to put pen to paper. Gabe Webber is definitely one of those people and I wish him continued good fortune as his gallavanting tour progresses. Sometimes we all need that little vicarious push to re-instill the notion that it's all still out there...waiting. Thank you, Gabe, for the reminder.
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Dec. 15, 2003
SEATTLE - Sophomore Ben Devoe is leaving the University of Washington after final exams conclude Dec. 18, men's basketball coach Lorenzo Romar announced Monday.
The 6-foot-11 center plans to transfer to another school in search of increased playing time. Devoe played one game this season for UW. He scored on his only shot attempt during a three-minute stint on Nov. 24 against UC Riverside. Devoe averaged 2.0 points and 1.0 rebounds.
A product of Olympia (Wash.) High School, Devoe originally joined the Huskies as a walk-on in January of 2002 and red-shirted the remainder of that season. He was awarded a scholarship prior to the 2002-03 campaign. Devoe played six games last year, scoring two points with four rebounds. His per-game averages for 2002-03 were 0.3 points and 0.7 rebounds.
Devoe has not declared his transfer destination.
"It was a pleasure to see Ben work really hard and make progress while he was here," Romar said. "He has made a decision that he feels is in the best interest for his basketball future and we support him 100 percent."


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If you followed boxing in the 1990s then you remember Rafael and Gabriel Ruelas, the Mexican-born brothers who held world titles simultaneously in different weight divisions.
The fighting Ruelas brothers were a tandem of terror in the ring.
Former world champion Rico Ramos (20-1, 11 KOs) fights Efrain Esquivias (16-0, 9 KOs) in a junior featherweight showdown and the Ruelas brothers will be honored on Saturday, June 23. It all takes place at Sportsmans Lodge in Studio City. Telefutura will televise the fights.
Ruelas talked about receiving the boxing award and about being away from boxing for so long. The former IBF lightweight titleholder was a determined pressure fighter whose grit and power helped him storm through some powerful opponents.
"It's been a long time since I fought," said Ruelas. "It's an honor to receive anything in boxing."
The classy Ruelas brothers brought a lot of happiness to fight fans in the San Fernando Valley where they were trained by Joe Goossen to world championships. On Saturday, fans get to return the favor at Sportsmans Lodge.
One thing different today than during Ruelas's time in the ring: "They're making a lot more money," he said with a chuckle. "It was not easy."
Perhaps his most significant fight took place in 1995 against Oscar De La Hoya. He lost by knockout but it was still a big moment for boxing.
"It was a difficult loss to take," said Ruelas. "Oscar was a very good fighter. He prepared perfectly for me."
Ruelas has three children and lives in Woodland Hills. His career and his brother Gabriel's were a few of the reasons why boxing in Southern California has reached epidemic proportions. When they fought there were probably not more than two dozen gyms in the greater Los Angeles area. That's all changed. There are probably 10 times as many gyms in L.A. County alone.
"It's a great honor to be remembered," Ruelas said.
Ramo vs. Esquivias
Former junior featherweight titleholder Ramos remembers fighting Efrain Esquivias several times as an amateur but has not seen the Carson-based prizefighter as a pro.
"We only fought in amateurs. We fought, I'm thinking in Indio (Desert Showdown) and the Blue and Gold tournaments. He's a very powerful, strong kid and fast and keeps coming," said Ramos, 25.
Ramos tore through the professional competition including a knockout win over Japan's Akifumi Shimoda to win the WBA junior featherweight world title back in July 2011. Then, in his first world title defense, he met Cuba's Guillermo Rigondeaux in January of this year and was deposed.
"To be honest I was physically ready but not mentally ready. So I think that took a toll and a lot of things happened. But I was in shape and ready," said Ramos, who was stopped in the sixth round by the Cuban southpaw. "I had some bad habits we worked on in this training camp. I got caught and that was it."
Esquivias is a skilled pressure style fighter who constantly moves forward with endless combinations until he breaks his opponent. He's undefeated and poised for a world title opportunity should he defeat Ramos.
"I feel confident going up against Rico Ramos. We fought three times as amateurs and each of us won one fight convincingly but the third fight, which he won, was controversial. I believe I won that one and so did the spectators in attendance. There is a history between us but in the pros it bears no relevance because that was the amateurs," said Esquivias, 28, "As professionals we have sparred against one another and things have changed. I believe that I am a whole different type of boxer now, on the other hand, Rico has not changed his style."
Ramos has held the world title and Esquivias wants that opportunity.
"I know Rico very well, I know what he does right and wrong. I will take my chances and go out with a good game plan and try to capitalize on his mistakes. Remember, I'm facing a former world champion and he has changed for the better so it won't be an easy task," Esquivias said.
Ramos is confident of victory.
"For this fight I'm going to show everybody I'm a totally different person. I'm much stronger, faster and ready and anxious," Ramos promises. "A couple of more fights and I'll go back for the title if its possible."
West Covina's John Molina (23-1, 19 KOs) has agreed to fight WBC lightweight titleholder Antonio De Marco of Mexico in September. First, he must defeat another Mexican slugger Miguel Munguia (25-23-1, 22 KOs). Molina and Munguia are set for 10 rounds in the semi-main event at Sportsmans Lodge.
For ticket information (818) 817-8001.
I'd like to thank Rafa for the 50 bucks I won in '95 in a Mexican bar. I told a guy at the bar through an intrepreter that Oscar was gonna KO Rafa in 2 cuz Rafa was so off balance when he missed Oscar would catch him. He said "you wanna bet?" I did and he paid up. I had a great time that night.
wow,... today folks want to pay back bets in installment payments.
Ruelas Bros. Goossen Bros. Reseda Country Club. Seems like two lifetimes ago. Was two lifetimes ago. Gabby and Rafa, congratulations and thanks for the memories.
Joe Goosen.. always the sharpest dressed trainer in the corner. Some of his clothing gear reminded me of Mr. Ferely's wardrobe. You know you got style when you wear an ascot up in the ring.
They called their boxing entity 'Ten Goose Boxing'. Trust me, they could have just as easily called it Twenty Goose. Every where you turned was a Goossen. (...here a goose, there a goose, everywhere a goose, goose). I thought it was Amerika's answer to Brazil's Gracie family. An official count shows the Brazilians winning, but not by much.
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?


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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Fewell, Garrison (Alexander Garrison Fewell II)
Fewell, Garrison (Alexander Garrison Fewell II), guitar; b. Charlottesville, VA, 14 October 1953.. He attended Berklee College of Music from 1973-77, getting a Bachelor's degree in Guitar Performance. He began teaching at Berklee in July 1977 and still teaches there, currently a Professor of Guitar and Ear Training.
From age 2, grew up in the Philadelphia, PA area, Rosemont, PA until 1971. Started playing guitar at 10 years old. Began performing professionally at age 14 at The Main Point, Bryn Mawr PA, ragtime and acoustic blues in the style of Mississippi John Hurt, Fred McDowell, Gary Davis. In 1972, he toured the Middle East, Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, performing improvised blues and original music.
He has performed with Tal Farlow, Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams, Larry Coryell, Norma Winstone, Cecil McBee, Fred Hersch, Harvie Swartz, George Cables, Slide Hampton, Dusko Goykovich, Zbigniew Namyslowski. He's been featured at North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz, Umbria Jazz, Jazz Mecca, Solo/Duo/Trio Festival in Krakow Poland, Ghent Festival, Zelt Music Festival, etc. He has made several Appearances as leader at Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC.
He's been a visiting artist at more than 40 European Jazz Schools including Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussells, Maastricht, Graz, Warsaw, Milan, Torino, Rome, Budapest, Cologne, Leipzig, Weimar. He's been a clinician for IAJE, frequent contributor of lessons to Guitar Player Magazine and monthly lessons for Axe Magazine Italy. He's the author of "Jazz Improvisation," Ninth World Music.
During his European tour in 1999, he made appearances with vocalist Norma Winstone, pianist George Cables, trumpet Jimmy Ownes, and saxophonist Tino Tracanna, appearing at festivals and clubs in Italy, Switzerland, Poland. He also appeared at a clinic for IAJE at Montreux Jazz Festival, Polish Jazz Society, Pulawy Poland, among others
A Blue Deeper than the Blue (1992); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995); Reflection of a Clear Moon (1995); The Garrison Fewell Trio (1996); Hearing Things (1998)
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Finding Lisbon
The following photographs were taken during a trip to Portugal in 2010. It was my first time shooting with a borrowed Nikon F801s and a rather trashy Lubitel 166B film camera and developping the film roles back home in my bathroom (to be honest i shot around 10 to 15 roles and the outcome wasn"t always perfect in terms of photographic quality). At that time a good old friend of mine spent half a year at Catolica University in Lisbon and besides drinking disgusting beer such as SuperBock we also did some nice trips to the Algarve coast etc. It makes sense that the locals call Lisbon the city of light and if you happen to be there sometime make sure not to forget some cameras and stuff. By the way if you like to take a look at my other works you are always welcome to visit me at my website, facebook or tumblr.
"super bock" and "disgusting"… in the same sentence? now that´s a first! now, with "Católica" (the Uni) would be more in sync. cheers & beers
well, just meant Super Bock (and Sagres) are qute considered beers. meaning by no means disgusting :) (read: Becks or the american version of Budweiser). but of course, at the end of the day, it all comes down to personal taste. I actually enjoy both, Super Bock more as lager and Sagres rather its Bohemia version.
There are some nice stills here, by the way :)
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Two new film trailers have begun to make the rounds this week as September comes to a close.
The first is for the Aussie western Red Hill. Red hill stars Ryan Kwanten, or Jason Stackhouse on True Blood, as a young police officer on his first day of duty in a small town in Australia. The town has a dark past and soon has troubles with an escaped Aborigine.
Red Hill is the feature length debut of Patrick Hughes and has been garnering some very strong buzz from various film festivals. It is scheduled to be released on November 10, 2010 and the trailer can be seen here.
The other is the new film from Legion director Scott Charles Stewart. Legion had some great potential but ended up being one of the most frustrating films of the past few years.
His new film, Priest, once again stars Paul Bettany in the lead role of a priest who is trying to track down a group of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. The film also stars Maggie Q, the star of the hit TV show Nikita, Cam Gigandet and Karl Urban.
The trailer, which can be seen here, looks interesting though very uneven and much like Legion will most likely end up disappointing audiences.
As an added bonus check out the brand new trailer for the True Grit remake here.


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Carnegie Museum of Art :
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Omni William Penn Hotel from170 $Book
Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art : Michelin's recommendations
In keeping with Carnegie's wishes, the museum concentrates on European and American art from the late 19C to the present. Within you'll find works by Tintoretto, Rubens, Monet, Pissarro, van Gogh, Pollock, de Kooning and Rauschenberg. Based on the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World), the Hall of Architecture holds more than 140 plaster casts of architectural masterpieces. Bathed in sunlight, the adjacent Hall of Sculpture displays copies of statues from ancient Greece arrayed around the loggia. On the second floor, the Sarah Scaife Galleries are organized chronologically beginning with art from ancient Egypt to early-19C Europe.
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The six-sided, 16-kg satellites were each about 46 cm across and 30 cm high. Released at roughly 220 km above Earth, the satellites were to slowly drift apart. Because of the very low-orbit altitude, the satellites were to be in the outer edge of Earth's atmosphere. They were expected to be operational for only two to three days before atmospheric drag caused them to start tumbling, fall into the atmosphere and burn up. The satellites were to take stereoscopic images using two different satellites to test the system's artificial intelligence software and stereo-image quality,
Three-Corner Sat was a joint effort of CU-Boulder, Arizona State University, New Mexico State University, NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The project was undertaken by students, primarily undergraduates, at the schools as part of the NASA-sponsored Space Grant Consortium program that began in 1989.
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Aspirin Blocking Blood Clots: For Some, It Doesn't Work
Doctors are narrowing their recommendation on who should take daily aspirin for heart health, based largely on concerns about the drug's side effects, which can include bleeding ulcers. See here for more about that.
But there's another type of person who might someday be advised to steer clear of a daily aspirin: those for whom the pain reliever doesn't work well as a blood clotter.
In most people, aspirin has an an anti-clotting effect on the blood, which is believed to be the most important reason for its ability to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. But when some people take the drug, their blood still clots, a phenomenon traditionally called "aspirin resistance." That suggests that they may not get as much heart-protection benefit from it.
Estimates of how common the issue is vary widely. One rough measure is that perhaps 10% to 20% of patients who take aspirin because they've had a clot in the past suffer another one despite the drug.
New research is helping to pinpoint the cause of aspirin resistance, including that the phrase itself may be a misnomer. A study published in the journal Circulation last year suggested that the reason isn't always that the drug fails to do what it's supposed to do. The problem is that there are several triggers for blood clotting, and aspirin's effect is mostly on one. In some folks, the mechanisms that aspirin doesn't affect are very powerful, so they can get clots despite the drug.
At Duke University, a new National Institutes of Health-funded trial is looking at whether it might be possible to pinpoint genetic characteristics of people for whom aspirin doesn't block clotting. It began in September and is set to go for two years. "We want to understand the biology and the genetics of those other pathways" to clotting, said Deepak Voora, a Duke cardiologist who is involved in the study.
For now, doctors say, it's far from proven that administering blood tests to people who are considering taking a daily aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes is worthwhile.
Ned Calonge, the chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, said the group didn't consider the issue in writing its new aspirin guidelines, because the studies that were used as evidence didn't test participants for aspirin resistance. Still, he pointed out, it's likely that the trials included some people with the issue, as the general population does.
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text: Aug 1, 2014 07:32 Rabalais: Tigers go from frustration to elation in a week's time Rabalais: Tigers go from frustration to elation in a week's time Photo provided by Albert Cesare/Opelika-Auburn News LSU pitcher Kyle Bouman throws a pitch during Ssaturday's game with Auburn at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala. Scott Rabalais| firstname.lastname@example.com May 18, 2014; 11:13 p.m. Comments This time a week ago, the LSU Tigers were waterlogged and frustrated, their momentum nonexistent after a weekend series split with Alabama as the result of a rained-out Sunday series finale. A week later, it's hard to imagine the Tigers asking to head into the Southeastern Conference tournament on a better roll. Let's take a quick stock of LSU's stocks in the key areas: Hitting: Up. Way, way up. The Tigers were a picture of near hitting perfection in a record-setting 27-0 demolition of Northwestern State on Tuesday. That carried over to a crucial season-ending series at Auburn, which LSU swept by scores of 10-0, 11-3 and 8-1. The Tigers raised their team batting average 10 points from a week ago to .281, and the 56 runs they scored in just these past four games represent just over 16 percent of LSU's season scoring total in the 55 games it has played. Were Auburn or Northwestern world-beater opponents? No. Auburn needed to win its way into the SEC tournament but failed completely against LSU. The Demons finished in a respectable tie for third in the Southland Conference standings, but neither helped move the Tigers' RPI meter much. (LSU is still No. 16 according to WarrenNolan.com.) But you can only play the teams in front of you, and that LSU walloped those teams by a combined score of 56-4 in what has to be one of the largest total margins of victory in a four-game stretch for the Tigers in their history is significant. The close personal contact of a baseball team can make good or bad hitting contagious. The same for confidence at the plate, or a lack of it. Right now, the Tigers have the right kind of chemistry at the right time. Pitching: To simply say Aaron Nola pitched like Aaron Nola at Auburn is to minimize and diminish the performance of one of the best pitchers ever to take the mound in the purple and gold. But getting Nola to be typically brilliant in his Friday start at Auburn (seven innings, one run, nine strikeouts, one walk) was not the meaningful accomplishment for LSU this past week. It's like saying Old Faithful erupted again — an impressive force of nature, but not exactly newsworthy. The thing that really had to have LSU coach Paul Mainieri and pitching coach Alan Dunn beaming was the work of freshman Jared Poché on Thursday and Kyle Bouman on Saturday. Poché, the freshman left-hander, has struggled in a number of road starts but was as solid as LSU could have wanted Thursday, setting a tone in the series opener by throwing eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball. Saturday, Bouman came back and turned in one of his best starting efforts in weeks to earn his first win since March 1 and first win in SEC play. The junior lefty had to squirm out of some threats but left the game with a 3-1 lead after five innings. Unless LSU goes 0-2 in the SEC tournament for the first time under Mainieri, Bouman likely will be called upon to pitch a critical game to either keep the Tigers alive in the tournament or possibly advance LSU to the final. If you're LSU, you have to like your chances with Poché and Bouman on the mound better than you did before the Auburn series. Confidence: Every year and every team is different, but the fact remains that LSU returns several key players who know what it was like to win last year's SEC tournament and are probably aware that LSU has won four of the past six tournaments since 2008. (The Tigers didn't qualify for the SEC or NCAA tournaments in 2011.) LSU has won more tournaments (10) and tournament games (68) than any other school, including a stellar 18-4 mark under Mainieri. That makes Hoover Metropolitan Stadium as comfortable a place as the Tigers are likely to play in away from Alex Box Stadium. Speaking of The Box, though LSU's 40-14-1 record is pretty strong, the Tigers probably still have games to win in Hoover, Alabama, if they hope to be an NCAA regional host next week. If LSU wins the tournament again, the Tigers will make a strong case to be a top-eight national seed. There's a lot riding on their showing in the SEC tournament for the Tigers. But there are also a lot of positive trends that LSU could ride to another SEC tournament title. Follow Scott Rabalais on Twitter at @RabalaisAdv. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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All in all, London is truly an incredible destination for families — it's easy to get to from most U.S. cities, it has a welcoming atmosphere for children and adults alike, the language is the same, and there is so much to see and do while there.
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MRI is a method of obtaining detailed pictures of internal body structures with the use of magnetic field and radio frequency pulses. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive, usually painless medical test that helps physicians diagnose and treat medical conditions. MR imaging uses a powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a computer to produce detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, bone and virtually all other internal body structures. The images can then be examined on a computer monitor or printed. MRI does not use ionizing radiation (x-rays). MRI detects abnormalities with accuracy, especially those involving the soft tissue. In fact, MRI may reduce the need for biopsies, exploratory surgeries, and other high-risk procedures. MRI is commonly used as a primary diagnostic tool with no associated risk to the patient, while providing high-quality clinical evaluations of:
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183 laboratories participated in this
assessment. 60 % achieved a sufficient mark. In table 1 the
antibodies (Abs) used and marks are summarized.
Table 1.
Abs and
assessment marks
for TTF1, run 33
1) Proportion of sufficient stains
(optimal or good), 2) Proportion of sufficient stains with optimal
protocol settings only, see below.
Following central protocol parameters were used to obtain an optimal
Concentrated Abs
mAb clone SPT24: The protocols giving an optimal result were
all based on heat induced epitope retrieval (HIER) using either Cell
Conditioning 1 (CC1; BenchMark, Ventana) (19/39)*, Target Retrieval
Solution pH 9 (3-in-1) (TRS;Dako) (17/21), TRS pH 9 (Dako) (9/13),
Bond Epitope Retrieval Solution 2 (BERS2; Bond, Leica) (13/16), Bond
Epitope Retrieval Solution 1 (BERS1; Bond, Leica) (2/2), Diva
Decloaker pH 6.2 (Biocare) (2/2), Tris-EDTA/EGTA pH 9 (14/17), EDTA/EGTA
pH 8 (1/1) or Citrate pH6 (2/4) as the retrieval buffer. The mAb was
typically diluted in the range of 1:30-1:400 depending on the total
sensitivity of the protocol employed. Using these protocol settings
101 out of 113 (89 %) laboratories produced a sufficient staining
(optimal or good).
*(number of optimal results/number of laboratories
using this buffer)
Ready-To-Use Abs
mAb clone SPT24 (product.no. PA0364, Leica/Novocastra): The
protocols giving an optimal result were based on HIER using Bond
Epitope Retrieval Solution 1 (Bond, Leica), an incubation time of 15
min in the primary Ab and Bond Polymer Refine Detection (DS9800) as
the detection system. Using these protocol settings 3 out of 3
laboratories produced an optimal staining.
The most frequent causes of insufficient stainings were:
- Less successful primary Ab (the mAb clone 8G7G3/1)
- Too low concentration of the primary Ab
In concordance to the previous assessments for TTF-1 in NordiQC the
prevalent feature of the insufficient results was a false negative
staining of the cells/structures expected to be demonstrated.
Virtually all laboratories were able to demonstrate TTF-1 in
structures with a high antigen expression as the thyroid epithelial
cells and the pneumocytes of the lung, whereas the demonstration of
TTF-1 in cells with a reduced antigen expression as the epithelial
cells of the terminal bronchi of the lung and in particular the
neoplastic cells of the lung carcinoid was more challenging and
could only by obtained by a correctly calibrated protocol. Most
important to obtain an optimal and consistent staining for TTF-1 was
the choice of the primary Ab as the mAb clone SPT24 was found to
have a significant higher pass rate compared to the mAb clone
8G7G3/1. In this run a pass rate of 89 % was seen when the mAb clone
SPT24 was used compared to a pass rate of 5 %, when the mAb clone
8G7G3/1 was used. This was the same pattern observed in the last
NordiQC assessment for TTF-1, as shown in table 2, where the
cumulated data and pass rates for the two Abs are compared.
Table 2: the overall pass rate in the last 2 runs for the mAb
clones SPT24 and 8G7G3/1
In none out of 123 protocols an optimal staining for TTF-1 could be
obtained by the use of the mAb clone 8G7G3/1 despite similar
protocol settings as e.g. HIER, detection systems etc. were applied
as for the mAb clone SPT24. The mAb clone 8G7G3/1 thus has shown to
have a significant lower affinity for TTF-1 compared to the mAb
clone SPT24.
The insufficient results with clone SPT24 were typically
characterized by a too weak general staining and caused by e.g. too
low titre of the primary Ab, insufficient HIER and/or use of a
detection system with a too low sensitivity.
This was the 4th assessment of TTF-1 in NordiQC (Table 3) and a
significant increase of the pass rate has been achieved during the
last 3 runs, despite many new participants have enrolled.
Table 3:
Proportion of sufficient results for TTF-1 in the four NordiQC runs
Participants, n=
Sufficient results
The increase seems almost proportional to the increase in the number
of laboratories using the mAb clone SPT24, which in this run was
used by 120 laboratories (66%) compared to 62 laboratories (50 %)
and 25 laboratories (25%) in the runs 23 and 19 respectively.
Normal lung was found to be the most robust positive control for
TTF-1: Virtually all the pneumocytes type II and the columnar
epithelial cells of the terminal bronchioli must show an as strong
as positive nuclear staining reaction and only a weak cytoplasmic
staining. Thyroid was found to be less reliable as the epithelial
cells seem to express to much higher antigen expression and can not
be used to evaluate the sensitivity of the protocol used. However it
was observed that the mAb clone 8G7G3/1 could give the expected
staining for TTF-1 in the normal lung but still gave a false
negative staining in the lung carcinoid, which indicates that the
laboratories also must use lung carcinoids as positive control when
the validation of the protocol is being established.
In this and in concordance with the previous assessments for TTF-1
the mAb clone SPT24 was found to be the most robust and sensitive
marker for the demonstration of TTF-1. Lung tissue is recommendable
as positive control provided that both the pneumocytes and the
columnar epithelial cells of the terminal bronchi show a strong and
distinct nuclear staining. The mAb clone 8G7G3/1 was found to have a
significant lower sensitivity especially for lung carcinoid tumours.


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Kendall's 4th birthday was held on a Sunday afternoon on a party boat provided by Houston Party Boats.
The invitations were delivered as messages in a bottle.
As guests stepped on board the boat, little chinese lanterns in bright turquoise blue and teal green were strung along the perimeter of the boat to add a little punch of color. Kid sized tables & chairs were rented and a royal table was set up in the middle of the boat for the kids. Bright green iridescent linens were provided by Over the Top Linens. Color coordinating decorative rocks from the local craft store were used to add a little color to the table.
As centerpieces, the hostess made cookie bouquets using darling custom cookies purchased off of etsy. These doubled as party favors for the adults at the conclusion of the event.
The kids feasted on pizza & Juicy Juice (in color coordinating cans) and the parents on a huge 6 ft. long "submarine" sandwich, in going along with the nautical theme!
The paper goods were dressed up with special custom stickers by graphic designer Scarlett Designs and printed at zazzle.com. These gave the paper goods that personalized touch without breaking the bank.
The birthday girl had her heart set on a mermaid cake...and Cakes by Gina did not disappoint with this adorable masterpiece!
As an added treat, french macarons from Mason Burdisso in colors coordinating with the party colors were served.
Events at the party included a make-your-own sand art picture frame, a caricature artist drawing the kids' likenesses with an under the sea theme, "Pin-the-fin-on-the-shark" (purchased at Michael's craft store), and limbo.
The birthday girl's mom made a special nautical iTunes playlist which included the following songs: All Aboard, Under the Sea, Jamaican Farewell, Jammin', At the Bottom of the Sea, Day O, Sea Cruise, and Catch a Wave, which was played through the boat's speaker system throughout the party.
At the end of the party, guests departed with a galvanized tin "bait bucket" full of ocean themed party favors which included a package of swedish fish, a "fish-kabob", mermaid stickers, and a bag of glazed popcorn specially made by the birthday girl's daughter. Hand-crafted tags purchased off of etsy adorned the bucket & bags of popcorn.
For thank you notes, Kendall's mom took the caricature drawn of the birthday girl, scanned it in, and had custom postcards printed at zazzle.
The party was an ocean of fun!
Party Styling & Event Planning: Kelly Balfour of Eventology Weddings
Linens: Over the Top Linens of Houston
Custom cookies: Etsy seller Lorisplace
Macarons: Maison Burdisso
Cake: Cakes by Gina
Caricature Artist: Tom Rye


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In 1984, Pina Bausch, the choreographer who died of cancer today at 68 in Berlin, was invited to Los Angeles for the Olympic Arts Festival by Robert Fitzpatrick. She had never been seen in the United States before, and she and her company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, opened the dance portion of the Festival.
On opening night, the performance she was greeted by boos and catcalls, and many walked out at intermission. Shortly after, when Bausch performed in New York right after Los Angeles, Arlene Croce writing in the New Yorker famously called her work "Eurotrash." It was a label that said much about the jealousy New Yorkers had for Los Angelenos getting the first taste of an artist who transformed, completely transformed, our notion of what dance could mean. Bausch and the Festival helped put Los Angeles on the cultural map.
Bausch was in her own way as classical, as disciplined, as scrupulous and brilliant as George Balanchine, as Martha Graham, as Merce Cunningham – but hers was theater-dance. No accident that her mentors were master dance story-tellers, Kurt Jooss and Anthony Tudor.
Her narratives, however, were broken and came in pieces through character. Over and over a woman would be placed in the arms of a man and would fall out. Dead? Asleep?
The repetition, a Bausch trademark if one may be so crass, drove some insane, but every fall to the floor in her "Café Müller" struck a different nerve. It was impossible to leave any Bausch performance not feeling attached to each dancer as a distinct individual, and loving him or her. Bausch took us far into not just the Human Psyche broadly, but she took me to mine and you to yours. It took guts and deep inner security to "like" her, because she made you face some monstrous inner demons and promise to remember them. And, finding the beauty in them, to love them.
Hearing of her death, I see her in her somnambulist nightgown, a floor-length slip in "Café Müller." Bare arms. Her wrists are turned out toward us. The vulnerable flesh hints, "Suicide." She performs the whole piece with her eyes closed. But she does not bump into the many scattered chairs on the stage. Nor into Dominique Mercy writhing on the floor like a fish left to die on a deck. A female opera singer can be heard (Bausch's use of music was always important and often nostalgic). And I remember feeling like I had never seen anything so beautiful. Ever.
Bausch's career will be recounted in the coming days, but for me looking back at her is to realize she is actually about a different kind of memory, the rings upon rings of meaning that radiate from her body and those of her dancers as they move and imprint the unforgettable upon your mind's eye. She is the memories you have, but didn't know you had.
Sasha Anawalt, who has long written about dance, is the founding director of the USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program and director of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg.


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Peppermill Casino and Hotel in Reno, Nevada has opened two highly themed restaurants and an expanded casino area.
R.K. Roden, Inc. engineered, designed, fabricated and programmed the audio, video, lighting control and show control system. the project contained a wide variety of items to control. Here are some of them:
Four Digital VideoMachines are synchronized to display a show on four 20'x22' water screens. The water pumps are controlled via DMX Machine to a 'DMX-Analog' converter for the motor speed control units. One Digital Video Binloop is used to feed video source material for casino commercials to the outside LED sign and a 125-cube video wall in the main casino area. All video signals directed via a 48x48 switching router, controlled via V16+ show controller.
Four Digital Video Machines are used to feed high quality audio for the water screen video wall show. Two Digital Audio Binloops are used to feed point source and background music audio throughout both restaurants. All audio is processed through two Peavey Media Matrix systems.
Three DMX Machines and One LightCue are used to control all lighting. There are three 48-channel dimmer racks and special effect lighting utilizing up to 1300 channels of DMX.
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LN2 Liquid Nitrogen System
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Smoke Machines / Fog Machines
These units are controlled by a DMX machine via the V16+ show controller.
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Nature Gas Torches are used for a special effect.
The natural gas control units are controlled by an IO64 Input/Output expansion unit via V16+ show controller.
Outside Water Fountain Show
Ninety-Six valves and four 25HP water pumps are controlled by a DMX machine, then 'DMX to Analog' converter via V16+ show controller. A three stage Wind Anemometer receiver unit is then used to send a signal to the V16+ show controller to regulate the water fountain height during varying wind conditions.
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Novus Origo Awarded Information Technology Project Management Contract with the State of Montana
Novus Origo LLC, a San Diego based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in Management Consulting and Training Solutions Services, announces the award of a three (3) year contract by the State of Montana to provide Information Technology (IT) Project Management Services.
San Diego, CA, September 30, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Novus Origo LLC, a San Diego based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in Management Consulting and Training Solutions Services, announces the award of a three (3) year contract by the State of Montana to provide Information Technology (IT) Project Management Services.
This three (3) year contract award authorizes Novus Origo to provide the State of Montana with IT Project management services in the areas of; management consulting, communications & change control, cost benefit analysis, risk assessment & mitigation, RFP drafting & contact negotiations, performance studies, IT design & analysis, and training solutions services.
"It is an honor for Novus Origo to be awarded a contract with the State of Montana. Novus Origo understands the challenges faced by the State of Montana in the modernization and the upgrading of technologies to strategically drive their Information Technology organization to the operational forefront, while still ensuring that cross-functional consistencies, organizational alignment, public safety and security, as well as the existing technical environment issues are addressed," says Paul Cevolani, President and CEO of Novus Origo.
"Our proven experience allows us to implement a dynamic project management program that; strategically identifies potential pitfalls, provides alignment throughout the state's IT organization, implements proper risk management plans, and facilitates key processes that will successfully meet their unique project requirements," says Olen Pepple, COO of Novus Origo.
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Schaefer, N G; Huang, P; Buchanan, J W; Wahl, R L (2011). Radioimmunotherapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma: opinions of nuclear medicine physicians and radiation oncologists. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 52(5):830-838.
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Despite approval by the Food and Drug Administration and consistent reports of the efficacy and safety of (90)Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan and (131)I-tositumomab, these therapies are infrequently used. This study investigates the opinions and patterns of the use of radioimmunotherapy by nuclear physicians, affiliated researchers, nuclear medicine technologists, and radiation oncologists and aims to identify possible barriers to the use of this promising therapy.
An e-mail-based survey with 13 broad questions related to radioimmunotherapy was sent electronically to 13,221 Society of Nuclear Medicine members and radiation oncologists throughout the United States.
Six hundred thirteen individuals (4.6%) responded to the electronic survey. Two hundred fifty-one responders (40.9%) had treated patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) with radioimmunotherapy in the last 24 mo. Of the responders, 29.5% used only (90)Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan, 7.6% used only (131)I-tositumomab, and 24.9% used both radiopharmaceuticals; 37.9% did not treat NHL with radioimmunotherapy. Most responders said their patients came from university hospitals (33.9%) or private offices (25.6%), and they mainly treated in a second-line (42.9%), third-line (35.6%), or consolidation (23.5%) setting. Major concerns were that referring oncologists and hematologists wanted to treat by themselves with nonradioactive compounds (mean ± SD, 3.418 ± 1.49) and that (90)Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan and (131)I-tositumomab were expensive (mean ± SD, 3.413 ± 1.35). Of the responders and involved physicians, 40.4% and 35.2%, respectively, did not know if their institution accepted Medicare patients for radioimmunotherapy. Almost 30% (29.6%) of the responders thought radioimmunotherapy would probably grow and 38.0% thought it would grow in importance in the future. Responders who did not administer radioimmunotherapy for NHL thought it took too much time to administer radioimmunotherapy (P < 0.01) and had concerns about the dosimetry procedure (P < 0.01) and radiation safety (P < 0.01). Individuals who perceived a negative future for radioimmunotherapy had significantly more concerns about the time-consuming administration process (P < 0.05) and the high cost of radioimmunotherapy (P < 0.05). Responders from academic centers had significantly fewer concerns about payment (P < 0.01), dosimetry (P < 0.01), and radiation safety (P < 0.01).
Radioimmunotherapy was generally viewed positively by the surveyed population. However, limited referrals due to alternative nonradioactive therapies and logistic, educational, and economic concerns played an important role for subgroups in the perception of radioimmunotherapy for NHL.
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Patagonia Ambassadors Create Running Tradition with Japan's Shinetsu 5 Mountains Race
Patagonia Running Ambassador Krissy Moehl took top honors at the recently held Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail 110K in Japan's Shinetsu Highlands. This year marks the second running of the race, a labor of love born from the vision of another Patagonia Running Ambassador, Hiroki Ishikawa. Takayuki Kakihara, of Patagonia Japan, offers this introduction to the Shinetsu race. Krissy's own introduction and race reports follow after the jump:
The "Shinetsu Gogaku Trail Running Race 2010 ~ Art Sports x Patagonia Cup," produced by Patagonia Ambassador Hiroki Ishikawa was held in the Shinetsu highlands that spread across the Niigata and Nagano prefectural borders from September 18th (Saturday) to 20th (Monday). The "Shinetsu Gogaku," used in the title of the event, points to the 5 mountains that exist in the Shinetsu highlands. These mountains have long been deeply intertwined with the lives of the people residing at the base of these mountains and have attracted worshipers as a sacred place.
The race which welcomed its 2nd year had a course of 110km, the longest course amongst
domestic trail running races in Japan. This race also included many features that Hiroki Ishikawa had experienced in the various trail running races that he had participated in (mainly in North America), such as Japan's first-ever trail running event with aid stations. These allowed the family members and friends to provide support for the runners and set-up areas where pacers were allowed in to provide safety for the runners during the night hours. The race this year had a total of 542 runners (460 men and 82 women) who entered and 384 runners (225 men and 59 women) completed the race. Shinetsu Gogaku:http://www.sfmt100.com/
[Top - photo courtesy Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail 110K. Bottom - Krissy Moehl takes off from an aid station, with a gentle push and a mountain of encouragement from race organizer Hiroki Ishikawa. Photo: Sho Fujimaki]
A personal hope of mine is to get to race in a foreign country each year. The opportunity to share in my passion for trail running while traveling is ideal because it provides the comfort of the familiarity I have with running while also opening my eyes to new lands, new faces and methods to pursue the same passion. In May, the plans for 2010's race overseas became a reality when I met Fuji of Patagonia Japan. Fellow Patagonia Ambassador Hiroki Ishikawa produces the Shinetsu Five Mountains Trail 110km Race and Patagonia Japan wanted me to come race. Before I finished shaking hands with Fuji I was committed and excited. Traveling to Japan was much more than the race as I had the opportunity to build friendships with some of the Patagonia Japan staff through visiting the headquarters in Kamakura and presenting in Tokyo at the Shibuya store. I got to see some of the beautiful country and experience their amazing food. At each meal it was common to hear "Krissy is good with chopsticks" and "Krissy will eat anything." I'm so thankful for my trip to Japan this September, for the opportunity to experience a good friend's (Hiroki's) race course, and for the event experience, as well as for building friendships and meeting some amazing trail runners.
[Above - The Shinetsu Five Mountains 110K course map. Left - The top lady finishers. Photos courtesy Krissy Moehl collection]
Please visit Krissy's blog, Life in Motion, for a complete write-up of the events leading up to the race, and a detailed account of this unique trail event. Catch Krissy in action through our video series Tracing the Edge (also viewable on YouTube).


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EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon fought back for the final seven innings on Saturday night at PK Park, but the Ducks came up just one hit short in a 7-6 loss to Kent State in the first game of the Eugene Super Regional.
In front of a record crowd of 4,177, the Golden Flashes (45-17) extended their win streak to 21 games and Oregon lost its first game at PK Park since April 24 – a streak of 14 consecutive wins at home.
Oregon (45-18), the No. 5 national seed, found itself trailing 5-1 before getting its first hit in the fifth inning. The Ducks fought back to a 5-4 deficit in the seventh, but a costly error in right field during the top of the eighth allowed two runs to score as Kent State pushed its lead to a three-run advantage with UO down to its final six outs.
Kent State starter David Starn (11-3) allowed four runs on five hits and a damaging seven walks while striking out six before he was lifted in the seventh.
Alex Keudell (11-5) battled through two Oregon errors, allowing six runs – just two earned – in seven and 1/3 innings while fanning four. Only two of Kent State's seven runs were earned as Oregon committed three errors.
After trailing by as many as four runs, Oregon closed within one in the bottom of the seventh when Aaron Jones led things off with a double to shallow right field. He scored on Brett Thomas' RBI single into left field.
But after fighting back, the error bug bit Oregon one last time as with two runners on and two outs in the top of the eighth, a ball hit to right field fell under the glove of Jones, allowing the bases to clear.
Down to its final three outs entering the bottom of the ninth, the Ducks loaded the bases on a walk and two hits with Brian Clark on the mound for the Flashes. Kent State went to Josh Pierce, but Ryan Hambright's sacrifice fly brought the score to 7-5. Pierce then walked Brett Hambright to load the bases once again with two outs, and delivered ball four to Andrew Mendenhall to walk in UO's sixth run of the game.
At the plate with the bases loaded, J.J. Altobelli drove the first pitch he saw into center field, but Evan Campbell was able to track down the catch to squash a comeback.
Kent State walked 11 Oregon batters, but the Ducks failed to capitalize stranding 12 base runners.
Ryon Healy and Thomas led the Ducks with two hits apiece while each drove in a run.
Jimmy Rider was 2-for-5 at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored. T.J. Sutton added two hits, two runs and a RBI for the Flashes.
The Ducks and Golden Flashes will return to action at PK Park tomorrow at 7 p.m. for game two of the Super Regional.
Notes: A new PK Park record crowd of 4,177 fans were on hand…Oregon is now 17-6 in one-run games…Kent State extends its hitting streak to 21 games…Oregon suffered its first loss at PK Park since April 24, a string of 14 straight home wins…Alex Keudell picked off his seventh runner of the season…Kyle Garlick's 41 RBIs rank fifth in single-season history, while Ryon's Healy 76 hits rank third.


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- Classes meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. select Tuesdays on campus.
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