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The Dallas Stars meet the Montreal Canadiens tonight for their only game together this 2011-2012 season.
The Stars are looking for their first win in Bell Centre since Nov. 12, 2002 with a 4-2 score. Since then, they have only a 0-2-0 record at Montreal. This is their 5th excursion to Montreal since 2000.
Dec. 21, 2010, was their last game together where goalie Carey Price stopped 12 of Dallas' 17 shots and won the game 5-2 in spite of the Canadiens outshooting Dallas 29-17.
Dallas sits at a lowly #10 in the Western Conference Playoff rankings with 59 games played and 29-26-4, while Montreal is almost drowning at #13 in the Eastern Conference with 60 games played and 24-26-10.
The Canadiens experienced a recent run of 5-1-1 giving their fans some glimmer of hope for a Playoff run. During this run, the Canadiens dealt veteran defenseman Hal Gill to the Nashville Predators for a 2nd round pick and two prospects which includes Blake Geoffrion, whose grandfather and great grandfather have already had their numbers retired by the Canadiens. (A period of time the Stars cannot yet duplicate.)
After trading Gill, the Canadiens lost to the New Jersey Devils, ending the game at 3-1 Devils. The Canadiens lost their last three home games, 11-13-8 at home.
"We can't let any shifts slide, but we did tonight and that was definitely the difference," (Canadien left wing Max) Pacioretty said. "Maybe it's just nerves that our season could be over before the playoffs, but it's no excuse at all. In fact, it should give us more motivation to go out there and play 60 minutes hard as a team."
The Stars won 3 out of 5 games follwoing the All-Star break, then wnent 1-3-2 and dropped out of the Playoff window. Dallas has lost several chances to increase their points by losing critical games that could have garnered the team a point if they just tied at the last minute, dropping 5 of their last 6 games. The Stars continue to struggle to win, or even tie, a game lately.
"We had our chances," Goligoski said (referring to the Nashville game loss). "But I think the most disappointing thing is that we gave them most of their chances. I think one goal they really beat us, but the others were just mental mistakes."
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And in the middle of, and seemingly despite, their struggle for wins, Dallas traded Swedish defenseman Nicklas Grossman earlier this month to the Philadelphia Flyers for 2 future trades, one in 2012 and one in 2013. The Stars have lost thei last three road games and are 13-14-2 on the road.
In February, the Stars traded veteran defenseman Nicklas Grossman to the Philadelphia Flyers for 2 future draft picks, one in 2012 and one in 2013, leaving the defense roster with one less experienced player while the Stars attempt to replace Grossman with upgrades from the Texas Stars.
How does that trade help Dallas now?
As for the trade, obviously, there's no immediate improvment. The results of the Grossman deal won't affect the Stars in a positive light till draft time.
However, the Stars have culled from their feeder team, the Texas Stars, of which Head Coach nee Texas Stars coach Glen Gulutzin is very familiar.
Recent 2012 upgrades to the Dallas Stars are:
Jan 1 - Jan 3: Brenden Dillon was called up and returned to the Texas Stars
Jan 14 - Jan 6: Francis Wathier called up and returned to Texas Stars
Jan 21 - Jan 24: Matt Fraser called up and returned to Texas Stars
Jan 22: Alex Goligoski extended his contract 4 years
Jan 29: Philip Larsen called up from Texas again
Feb 2: Tomas Vincour called up from Texas again
Feb 5 - 8: Adam Pardy up and down to Texas Stars
Feb 16: Ryan Garbutt called up from Texas Stars
Their combined experience might equal Grossman's, and it'll be interesting to see how much ice time our core defensemen like Trevor Daley, Stephane Robidas, and Mark Fistric get tonight, along with the newer acquisitions Sheldon Souray, Adam Pardy, Philip Larsen, and Alex Goligoski.
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By Paul Ben-Itzak, Tom
Patrick, and Darrah Carr
Copyright 2003 Tom Patrick, Darrah Carr, & The Dance Insider
Tap star Gregory Hines,
one of the leading dancers of his generation and an ambassador for
dance to the mass media who never forgot where he came from, passed
away in Los Angeles Saturday from cancer, the Associated Press reported
Sunday and the New York Times in today's editions, adding that Hines
had died en route to the hospital. Gregory Hines was 57.
Hines, who made his
Broadway debut in 1954 playing a shoe-shine boy opposite Zizi Jeanmaire
in "The Girl in Pink Tights," choreographed by Agnes de Mille, was
nominated five times for the Tony Award, as actor or choreographer,
winning for best actor in a musical in 1992 for "Jelly's Last Jam."
The musical, George
C. Wolfe's straight-talking take the jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton,
was "a real departure" for the American musical and particularly
the African-American Musical, Hines told Cigar Afficianado's Mervyn
Rothstein in the early '90s. "Those kinds of shows are usually all
singing and all dancing," he explained. "Everybody's happy. I've
been in those shows and was happy to be in them. But I think our
situation now is different. We need to reach for something more.
First of all, I don't think African-American people are particularly
happy now. And if you show them as happy on the stage, it's not
true. This is not to say that we shouldn't entertain, because that's
what the musical stage is for. But we can also do more now, and
learn something about ourselves, and the human condition, the condition
of being an American."
As depicted by Wolfe,
Morton was raised to deny his African-American heritage, an upbringing
reflected in some of the lines Hines, in the title role, was asked
to utter. "In one line," he told Rothstein, "where I'm talking about
Jelly as a young man, I say, 'classically trained by the finest
musicians of the day, while others of darker hue lived in shacks
and crooned the blues....' And I say to my best friend...., "Why
don't you just be a good little nigger and put on that coat?'"
But Hines proved his
mettle as an actor by finding a way into the character -- through
his own family history. "I come from a background where people on
my mother's side of the family are very light-skinned and the people
on my father's side are dark-skinned," he told Rothstein. "And when
my mother married my father, my mother's father refused to come
to the wedding. He didn't want her to marry a dark-skinned African-American.
I loved them all, but as I grew up I could see and feel a certain
subtle superiority that the lighter-skinned African-Americans felt
toward the darker ones. And the more I read about Jelly, the more
I could understand."
His film and television
roles would also offer challenges, one of the toughest coming, perhaps,
in Richard LaBrie's 1996 "Good Luck," in which he played Bernard
Lemley, a wheelchair-bound dental technician trying to convince
Ole, a recently blinded wide receiver, to join his team in a white-water
rafting race.
"My character had been
in the chair for seven years," Hines told Ability Magazine in 1996.
"He had gone through his anger, depression, drug and alcohol abuse.
He had gone through everything, now he was up, he was happy, he
was filled with his dream. He was the perfect man to help Ole deal
with what he knew he had to go through.... The first time I sat
in the chair, I felt anything but up, it was very emotional for
me. I had a chair in my hotel room, a chair at rehearsal, and I
was trying to spend as much time as I could in the chair. When I
started moving around in my hotel I realized that my room and the
hotel was not set up for people in wheelchairs; that actually angered
me after a little while. I couldn't get in and out of my room. I
had one of those doors with that thing on it so it wouldn't slam,
it was heavy, it was very hard! The maids and everyone knew I was
working to get into this part, but every now and then they'd say,
'Oh, let me help you Mr. Hines.' I can remember feeling very angry,
and saying 'No! I can do it myself!' From that point of view it
was very emotional for me to get myself to the point to sit in the
chair and be 'up.' I spent some time with the wheelchair rugby team
in Long Beach, California, they went easy on me I might add. That
was a very enlightening experience."
"They were quadraplegics,
paraplegics and guys with all types of disabilities. They were very
generous with me. Everybody was willing to talk about their particular
accident, what they had to deal with and how they got back in touch
with their competitors' spirit. How they got started in wheelchair
rugby, swimming, mixed tennis, and basketball. For some of these
guys this is their life, competing on all different levels and enjoying
themselves. Listen man, I was gone! They passed me the ball. I thought
this is something I can crow about, I was going to score! From out
of nowhere a little Hispanic guy comes over, he came at me at top
speed and then he stopped on a dime and winked at me. He was letting
me know what could have happened, because they bang into each other.
They have done serious damage to each other that they cannot feel.
They play all night and this is just practice; had this been a game
he would have up-ended me. I could tell the guy had the spirit and
the heart of a true athlete and it had always been there. Even with
that, it was difficult for me because I was with them practicing,
talking and hanging around. I felt all kinds of things."
With a career that encompassed
hits in many media -- including his own television show and starring
roles in Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 movie "The Cotton Club" and,
opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov, Taylor Hackford's 1985 "White Nights"
-- it would be easy to thumbnail Hines's contribution as being one
of versatility. But the worlds he most successfully stradled, in
a dance career that started half a century ago when he teamed up
with his brother Maurice, were those distinguished by style.
Gregory Hines has always
been emblematic of a performer straddling the two worlds of rigorous
attention/precision, on the one hand, and of seeming wonderfully
at ease, on the other. Students of tap were awed by his astonishing
talent, the clarity of his taps and aggressive musicality, all somehow
topped by a worry-free countenance and contagious grin -- making
for the kind of dancer one could watch for hours. His work on "Jelly's
Last Jam" and the 1981 "Sophisticated Ladies" were star-making stuff,
revealing as well. on the latter's "Beginning to See the Light,"
a powerhouse singer.
More recently, performing
solo and in tandem with protege Savion Glover at a benefit for the
New York City Tap Festival two summers ago, Hines mesmerized the
audience at the Duke on 42nd street.
After accepting the
festival's Hoofer award, the DI's Darrah Carr wrote, Hines "treated us to an amazing solo,
punctuating his intricate rhythms with comments and jokes to the
audience. This created a casual, intimate performance that matched
the effortless quality of his tapping. As a dancer, Hines is a blend
of complete technical mastery and utterly relaxed execution. Hines
made his way offstage, tapping and gesturing until the lights came
down. At that point, quite unexpectedly, while we were still in
the dark, there was a volley of absolutely thunderous tapping. A
follow spot eventually revealed, much to the delight of both the
audience and cast, none other than Savion Glover, whose attendance
had been merely an unconfirmed rumor until then.
"Glover is a spitfire
performer, delivering explosive, extremely physical tap. He attacks
the surface of the stage, treatingrhythm as if it is something he
is driven to both conquer and create. He ended his restless solo
triumphantly, with an expansive back arch, arms thrown wide, chest
open to the spotlight.
"As if this wasn't enough
excitement, Hines then returned and the two legends began dancing
together -- playing, improving, riffing off of each other, having
fun but remaining extraordinarily focused throughout.... It was
probably the most real duet I've ever seen. Real because it was
created right there in front of us. Real because the relationship
between these two was completely believable. We witnessed the conversation
between their feet unfold in the moment. There was no set, no costume,
and no pretense. Just rhythm -- hard, driving rhythm. Complex, layered
rhythm. Rhythm that consumed them and then filled the space around
us, so that both the dancers and the audience were fully present,
engaged, and absorbed by the sound.
"What is it about rhythm
that is so satisfying? I usually associate rhythm and unison as
being an engaging combination for the audience. Indeed, the success
of shows like the Rockettes reviews and 'Riverdance' is a testament
to that. But with Hines and Glover, it was rhythm and juxtaposition
that was so powerful. Not only do they have opposite styles -- Hines
being so smooth and Glover being more staccato -- but they built
incredibly complex towers of sound through contrasting rhythms.
It was amazing that just two people, a total of four feet, could
produce and than maintain such all-encompassing sound. It seemed
I could feel not just boundless energy, but light and heat emanating
from them. It reminded me of firework displays on the Fourth of
July: Just when you think it must be over, that it can't possibly
get any better, even bigger and more colorful displays appear to
delight and surprise you.
"The fantastic tap display
did eventually come to an end, though the audience probably could
have sat there watching uninterrupted for another two weeks, mesmerized
by Hines and Glover."
When it came to tap,
Hines didn't just present, he represented. Or, as Jennifer Dunning notes in a
comprehensive obituary in today's New York Times, "Mr. Hines never
forgot his dance origins, however, and was a tireless advocate for
tap in America. In 1988 he lobbied successfully for the creation
of a National Tap Dance Day, now celebrated in 40 cities in the
United States and in eight other nations. In his acceptance speech
in 1996 for an award given him by Career Transition for Dancers
at its annual benefit gala, he berated the gala's organizers for
not including tap on the program." (Please note: After a certain
period of time, the Times charges a fee for accessing its archives.)
As noted by the Times,
in addition to his brother, Maurice Jr., and father, Maurice Sr.,
Gregory Hines is survived by his fiance, Negrita Jayde; a daughter,
Daria Hines; a son, Zach; a stepdaughter, Jessica Koslow; and a
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It's a tough time in the admissions cycle. At least for prospective students. Most have submitted applications and are waiting for interviews, or have had interviews and are waiting for decisions. There's an absence of information that 's unnerving. It's just plain stressful. So is waiting for a job offer or waiting for a chance to be in the starting lineup of the New York Knicks.
So, what do you do?
I got this idea from Martha Beck, a well-known life coach who also happens to be sociologist with three degrees from Harvard (BA, MA, and PhD). She wrote the following line and reading it today just hit me right.
The more stressful, dangerous, baffling, or unpleasant your situation, the more important it is to laugh at it.
She's right.
Scientific proof that laughing works
We all know intuitively that laughter is the best medicine, and research backs up this aphorism. Scientists at the University of Maryland Cardiac Medical Center found that clips from humorous films like "There's Something About Mary" caused arteries to expand, increasing blood flow to the heart. The Brits have taken it one step further, declaring that laughing in a social setting increases endorphins, that is, mitigates pain. Or, as the researchers stated in the proceedings of the Royal Society of Biological Sciences, "The results show that pain thresholds are significantly higher after laughter than in the control condition. We suggest that laughter, through an endorphin-mediated opiate effect, may play a crucial role in social bonding."
So what does this tell you? Stare that empty email box in the face and laugh right at it. Or put yourself on a steady diet of old reruns of Arrested Development, Monty Python,The Simpsons, old John Belushi sketches, or funniest cat videos.
Some Reading Too
I actually recommend picking up a good book too. Books often take longer and grab more of your idle brain matter than a movie, or a Daily Show news report. I'm sure there are some scientific studies that measure brain relaxation waves while escaping through the pages of a book. I hate to admit it, but I actually found the Hunger Games riveting. You won't learn any new vocabulary words, but you'll keep turning the pages; it's a guilty pleasure.
I'm also reading a whole bunch of books on the brain and happiness; I've always been interested in the brain and the mind, and after reading Delivering Happiness, by Zappos founder Tony Hsieh, I stumbled upon Stumbling on Happiness, by Dan Gilbert. Essentially, he, like Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness, find that we consistently get wrong what we think will make us happy.
So, if you are all wrapped up in your single-minded pursuit of getting exactly what you want *right now*, relax, laugh at it, laugh at yourself, and if you are still having trouble cracking a smile, laugh at me. That's what my whole family does, so why not you?
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19th Annual Tour de Tamarack Commences over Labor Day Weekend
This event, which includes four races, takes starts at Oakgrove Park in Meadville, near Tamarack Lake. The first race kicks off with the Elite racers going 40 miles. Intermediate cyclists will follow and race over 30 miles; and a Citizens race of 20 miles will be the final adult event. All adult races will traverse various laps around Lake Tamarack encompassing Devore Street, Pettis Road, Freyermuth Road, Tamarack Drive, Williamson Road and Phelps Road. The fourth activity of the day will be a kids race for children ages 8 years old and under. Children ages 6-8 will race about one-quarter mile across a flat section of Oakgrove Street, and children ages 5 and under will travel one-tenth of a mile on the same road.
Sponsored by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Emigs Bicycle Shop, IMPR Promotions, Bailey Family Dentistry, Imperial Carbide, Inc., and Meadville Medical Center, the race is still accepting registrations. Registrations cost $20 before August 13 and $25 after that date as well as race morning. Registration can be made by going to www.active.com or by picking up an application at the YMCA at 356 Chestnut Street.
The bicycle race benefits two entities operated under the auspices of the Meadville Family YMCA: Way to Win for Life (W2W4Life) program and the Meadville YMCA Swim Team (MYST). W2W4Life is a program that introduces children ages 13 and under to different sports and teaches them about nutrition for active play. MYST is a competitive swim team consisting of youth ages 5 through high school. The mission of MYST is to allow each swimmer the opportunity to achieve his/her maximum potential in the sport of competitive swimming and to teach youth to contribute to team excellence.
Residents in the area of Tamarack Lake are asked to take note of the race, which will be over by 11:30 a.m., and take caution if driving on the race course. Furthermore, delays are likely as the roads will be monitored by Auxiliary Police. If you can, please avoid traveling on those roads Sunday morning of September 2.


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In his recent trip to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to present former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with the Moon Society's University of Luna Award, Director of Project Development David Dunlop had the opportunity to meet with Open Lunar Foundation founder Paul Graham (now living in London, Ontario) several times, and they discussed a number of ways our two organizations can collaborate. Stay tuned for specific collaboration efforts. Paul was Peter Kokh's commander on Peter's first crew assignment (crew #34) at the Mars Desert Research Station in 2005, the year before our Moon Society exercise (crew #45) there in 2006.new! - SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
SEDS is having its annual conference this year at the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana (UICU) 140 miles south of Chicago, the weekend of November 5-7th. President Peter Kokh and Director of Project Development David A. Dunlop are registered and intend to present a spectrum of engineering design competitions, open to SEDS chapters and to other student groups. Prize money would be donated by the Moon Society and the Lunar Reclamation Society from recently received bequest funds. We will be seeking cosponsorship from other groups as well.This initial set of engineering design competitions will focus on the challenge of exploring lava tube skylights that have recently been discovered on both Moon (in the maria lava seas) and on Mars (on the slopes of its great shield volcanoes.)ExploreMars.org is a new "project-focused organization. As we personally know both its President (Artemis Westinberg) and Executive Director (Chris Carberry), we are already discussing specific collaboration projects.
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In 2005, we helped an aging couple from South Carolina to arrange in their will, a bequest to The Lunar Reclamation Society, The Moon Society, and The National Space Society. They have both now passed on, the will has gone through probate, and a same size check has been received by all three. I will be lobbying hard that this money be set aside for collaboration projects. There is a precedent: all three organizations were equal cosponsors of the Moon Society moonbase simulation exercise in Utah at the Mars Desert Research Station in early 2006
First we wish to honor the memories of Mr. and Mrs. Pietraskiewicz of Walhala, South Carolina for their generosity. They had approached us some five years ago when they were in the process of revisiting their will. Now they are both departed and the will has been probated, and the check in our account. It was their intention that we use this gift wisely to advance the day when the Moon will become a lunar frontier.
The Moon Society and the Lunar Reclamation Society (publishers of Moon Miners' Manifesto) are looking at a number of bite-size projects that will advance this goal. They include research initiatives in experimental lunar agriculture as well as a number of engineering design competitions. Also under consideration are society exhibits, and conference involvement. These ideas are now in the early stages of definition. We will keep members posted.
MMM #239 October issue is on schedule for publication on or around October 1st.Introducing new, special "Vector" pages:
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The Moon Society cosponsored Puerto Rico Space Congress which was to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 23-27, 2010, has been cancelled because of below-minimum registrations. This is a disappointment, but not unexpected given the current economic times.Mexico
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The state of Jalisco (Guadalajara) is bidding for the AEXA HQ site, and is considering a space theme park north of Guadalajara that will include a lunar analog facility open to tourists; the MexLunarHab. We have been working in Mexico through our agent, Jesus Raygoza.
news! - Moon/Mars Atacama Research Station - In the aftermath of Chile's recent Earthquake, focusshifted elsewhere, but behind the scened, organizational activities of a Chilean Center of Excellence continued. The spotlight is back on this effort and the Chilean government has indicated its strong support.Argentina
The Institutional lead has shifted from the University of Atacama in Copiapo, to the University of Antofagasta in the port city of that name. Robert Zubrin in his recent visit to the country tried to delete the first M (Moon) out of MMARS, but that is unlikely to happen. If he should prevail, however, this will become another narrowly focused MDRS like facility, not the super facility we have been outlining. We will have to wait and see what happens.
If the Moon Society's role in Chile is to expand beyond a merely advisory one, we need to develop a family of chapters within Chile to play a supporting role at MMARS. And we need to clone the Society "in Español."
Our decision to spin off a Spanish Language Moon Society website and to create a number of papers and flyers in Spanish, should help promote this effort, as well as to promote the creation of Spanish-language Moon Society chapters in Mexico and in Chile, the two nations in which our efforts are currently concentrated.
On August 16th, Argentina announced the creation of its own Space Agency, complete with a planned launch facility at the Puerto Belgrano Naval Station situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about 700 km (435 mi) south of Buenos Aires. The country will build its own satellites and rockets.
MMM-Spanish Quarterly Protect Update - June 7, 2010
"Manifiesto Mineros de la Luna Trimestral" - proposed title, translation double checked
Dave Dunlop, Moon Society Director of Project Development and Society President Pater Kokh, have worked on a plan to advance this project. Peter will1) solicit articles from known Spanish-speaking colleagues,
1) Solicit articles from known Spanish-speaking colleagues,This project needs not just a special Editor but an Editorial Team with members from Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and other interested countries, including someone from the Spanish speaking community in the U.S.
2) Have Goggle translate existing and new MMM articles
3) Provide or suggest some illustrations
4) Perhaps a fresh appeal to members for a volunteer editor
5) Consult with NSS, who might want to cosponsor such a publication
In the meantime, we will address the items listed above.
Apropos, the Puerto Rico Space Congress, which the Society is cosponsoring, is October 24-27.
And the 6th Space Conference of the Americas (CEA) will be in the city of Pachuca, the capital of the central Mexican state of Hidalgo. November 15-19, 2010.
It would be great to have the first MMM-Español-Quarterly edition ready for both events, but that seems an improbable goal at the moment (which, of course means that we will give it a college try.)
See MMM-India Quarterly - a free access pdf file newsletterSWEDEN
MMM-India Quarterly #7was published July 1st. M3IQ #8 should be published in October.
The Newly announced Moon Society India is moving swiftly to come into its own. Indian writers have contributed a major portion of the 5th, 6th, and 7th issue of Moon Miners' Manifesto - India Quarterly - "M3IQ" as we have come to call it.Eventually, M3IQ will get a new name and a new look and be put together inside India. This is as it should be, and we in the Moon Society look forward to the Moon Society India organization coming into its own, with pride and satisfaction.(2) From Moon Society India leader Pradeep Mohandas
The Moon Society India is in the final stage of incorporation in Delhi, and has a presence in Mumbai, Chennai, Bhopal, and soon in Pune and Kolkata.
Those interested in helping create Moon Society chapters in India should contact
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The member-organized Moon-Mine Project in central Sweden which we have been support, is encountering problems with the owner of the property, and Niklas Jarvstrat, project organizer is becoming discouraged. He may move to Oxford, England, UK and will look into usable abandoned mine sites in that country.
This time the dates are for the weekend before Memorial Day WeekendJuly 26 - August 7th, 2011 - 40th anniversary of Apollo 15 - we are considering a number of contests and competitions
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On April 19, Examiner.com was on the scene at the "Keep On Keepin' On" world premiere with Quincy Jones at The Tribeca Film Festival. This premiere was exclusively for American Express card members. When asked what it meant to be supporting this film Quincy Jones said, "All you have to do is just be here because it's already there, the organic truth is already in the film. 70 years ago I studied as his first student, and he is the last student. That's automatically very dramatic and all. Greatest trumpet player in the world." When asked what Clark Terry means to him Jones said, "He's everything, he taught me how to play my horn and that's great."
"As a founding sponsor and partner of the Tribeca Film Festival every year we look to create exciting events for our card members, this year we're really pleased that one of our exclusive card member events is this film, 'Keep On Keeping On,' which sold out so fast, so we know that our card members are eager to see this special performance that's going to happen tonight with Quincy producing with Herbie Hancock and a number of other legends, I think it's going to be an exciting show. I have already been talking to other card members this afternoon who are so so excited for what's to come," American Express Director of Entertainment Partnerships Walter Fry told us on the red carpet.
Tell me how did you get involved with the film.
Adam: Me and the director, Al Hicks, we grew up and went to school together, as we were young kids down in Australia and when he was 18 years old, he moved to New York to study jazz. He studied in a jazz program at William Paterson in New Jersey, it was there that through a whole heap of crazy and amazing situations that he met the great Clark Terry and his wife, and their relationship really bonded and they grew that together. It was something really magical. I was still in Australia and I would be hearing about all this in his emails and stuff about this amazing jazz trumpet player and I had personally never heard of him before.
How did you connect with Clark Terry?
Alan: I studied at William Patterson University, and Clark lived around the corner from that school. Long story short, I got to know him being at that university, and he was losing his sight at that time, I told Clark that I knew this young blind piano player that just started at the school and I was able to to bring him over to Clark's and they really kicked it off and they became really good friends. Justin was able to help Clark as much as Clark was able to help Justin musically.
This is your directorial debut but are you musician first?
Alan: Yeah I guess, I didn't know I was a director until a couple of years ago.
Well what brought you to the school?
Alan: I'm a drummer, and I was studying jazz at William Patterson University.
What was the transition to make it a film?
Alan: Well the film originally was an Australian documentary channel was trying to do a film about myself and Clark, and our relationship musically, but that fell through. That's where we got the idea, we were surfing one day and we were like maybe we could make it all ourselves. That was 5 years ago, we just saved up money, got some cameras, and started shooting.
At what point did Quincy Jones as a producer come into the mix?
Alan: He actually walked into the film, we were on a shoot one day, which we've done hundreds of them with Justin and Clark and then we found out that Quincy was coming down with Snoop Dogg to record an album with Clark and we just couldn't believe it. This was a year and a half to two years ago.
Did Snoop Dogg appear in the film?
Alan: Snoop Dogg sprained his ankle and couldn't come, but Quincy was already on his way down, and it was this beautiful day, where Quincy was just able to hang out, his recording session got cancelled, he was able to meet Justin, he heard Justin play, and he was able to see his old teacher, and then he fell in love with Justin. That's how Quincy slowly became involved with the film and it was just fate. It's one of those weird things, it's hard to explain, he literally walked into it.
What surprised you about connecting with this legendary musician?
Alan: There's something about Clark's aura, whenever you walk into a room with Clark, we all feel that there is something about the guy. He just commands your attention, and anything he says is always some words of wisdom. You'll see it when you see the film.
Tell me about the young musician featured in the film named Justin Kauflin.
Alan: We started shooting and we started doing the film when he was 23 and he was kind of struggling, he's 28 now, and he was struggling in New York trying to get gigs, but he'd been a student of Clark's as well. We just started shooting in parallel, Clark's life and Justin's life, and they would come together from time to time, and then because we shot for nearly 5 years, if you shoot anybody's life for that period, there's ups and downs. The great thing about Clark Terry is that he's one of the greats and we're able to get that insight into the world of the master.
What shots were you going for was far as cinematography?
Adam: Basically the whole thing with Clark is that he's a happy, joyful and he's a very positive human being and we just wanted to create very warm scenes, and we were very fortunate enough that a lot of the shots are very tight knit, very personal and it's almost as if you're there sitting in the room. That's what I and Al wanted to create, as if you're looking at it as a fly on the wall and you're in the room and everything is very warm. That's just we wanted to create with the film.
Are you a musician or are you a film maker?
Adam: I just started out surfing when I was young and just traveling around the world, I would always take a camera with me and document all these places I was traveling to. I had some footage with a couple of my friends, so I filmed with him for a while, and that was kind of the beginning with it and like Al said, we would be sitting in the surf, talking about it. When his deal fell through with the ABC in Australia then we were like "Hey, the only thing that's stopping us from doing anything is ourselves." We're very positive guys and we chase what we do and whatever we do, we do it 110%.
What part of Australia are you guys from?
Adam: We're from Wollongong, just south of Sydney, East South Wales Australia.
Do you have any other projects lined up?
Adam: At this point we're still thinking of doing a behind-the-scenes film.
Are you a duo?
Adam: Yeah sure, absolutely this is both our first film, so this is the first one we've done, and we've learned all these skills and found out things about ourselves that we didn't know. It's been a ride. It's been amazing.
Gwen Terry is Clark Terry's wife and she is also featured in the film.
Tell me what was it like bringing cameras into your home for this documentary.
It was just like bringing in some tuna fish or some spaghetti, it became part of life and it was something Clark wanted to do to make his students happy. That was all it was.
Can you tell me about his decision to take on Justin.
He achieved very big heights in his career, he felt an emptiness, you make money and you do well, and then he taught some students how to become musicians and he found out he loved it so much until he cancelled a lot of gigs, and that's what he started doing, teaching. So that's his greatest love.
Are you a musician as well?
A long time ago and I just played the piano for 10 years, while I was young, played a little flute, but nothing like what Clark does. He plays his horn like you talk, so his lips are moving, his jaw is moving, his throat is moving, so he can make the horn sound differently than just an A. He's playing lyrical phrases.
Tell me what you admire about Quincy Jones.
Quincy Jones is also one of Clark's first students. Quincy has achieved great heights internationally, and he too, has a love for helping young people, he has schools, he has young people in a Global Gumbo Band that he's taking all over the world, so they have a commonality and love for spreading the knowledge and for helping young people up the ladder.
Justin Kauflin is the lead subject in the film and an incredible piano player.
Tell me when you first connected with Clark Terry.
Justin: I met Clark first in 2005 or 2006 while I was studying jazz at a college called William Patterson University. He lived by the campus and we would visit his house a bunch.
Tell me his mentorship and how he helped you as a musician.
Justin: Clark, first is an excellent teacher and he's completely devoted in being a teacher, he cares so much that he's been supportive, just someone I can turn to when I'm going through things. Just anything and everything you could ask for.
When did you realize you were musical?
Justin: Music was always part of my life and I started taking violin lessons when I was 4, piano when I was 9, what really happened was I lost my sight completely at age 11, and that was a catalyst. That spurred me on to take music much more seriously.
Tell me about meeting Quincy Jones and how he came to produce it, what was that like?
It was all very, just fate. I was down at Clark's and we were filming for the movie, the director, Alan Hicks was there, and they were just filming us in action and Quincy just showed up. He was there to visit Clark and I got a chance to play with Quincy and to hang with Quincy and Clark. I thought that was it. I was just like "My God. I got to meet Quincy Jones." Then he decided to be involved with the project after that, and then it's like "Are you kidding me," so I'm just going with it.
Grammy Award winning Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is featured in the documentary.
Tell us about your role in the film.
Yes, I'm interviewed in this documentary and I'm singing in it, I'm really excited about it, but more than anything, it's the celebration of Clark Terry and Justin Kauflin, this is really a wonderful thing.
Is Clark one of your mentors as well?
Absolutely, I met Clark when I was about 15 or 16 year old in high school not knowing anything, he just came in taught me so many things and we've been friends ever since.
Tell me about how you got your start in music.
In high school there was a jazz program at the time, and I was singing, we won a state championship that allowed us to go to Chicago of all places to be what was then called the National Association of Jazz Educator's Work, Clark was a clinician and that's where I met him.
Tell me about Quincy Jones, have you worked with him in the studio before?
Quincy and I have done all kinds of performances and things like that, it's always a wonderful time to be with him because he is such a master at everything and all genres of music.
Tell me about your favorite jazz standard is to sing.
I think if anything "I'm Glad There Is You."
We also spoke with Jill Mazursky, the executive producer and the film's associate producer Curtis Pesman.
How did you hear about this story to come on board?
Jill: I heard about this story really through through Curt and his wife, Paula, they did another movie called "Chasing Ice," which I helped them a little bit with. Before that, she won an Oscar for "The Cove," and they were doing this movie, and they were looking for a little help, and I tried to help and came through.
What did you love about this story?
Jill: For me, the story personally hit home on many different levels, I have a father who suffers from diabetes as well and almost lost his leg. In a weird way he's a legend. My dad worked with Quincy Jones. By the way, I feel like they are similar, because my dad has been through so much and is so alive now, like Clark, and then the other thing, I have a 12 year old son who plays trumpet. And when I saw the movie, Justin was the same age as my son when he went blind and that really touched me.
Curt: I had no choice but to hop on board as my wife was the producer, but ... the relationships of this movie are unlike any one you will ever see in a documentary, and people keep talking about it as a music documentary, but it's a relationship documentary. That's why the audience responded in unpredictable ways, and that's really a tribute to the filmmakers.
What's next for you?
Jill: I just sold a script ... it's not a documentary, it's a romantic comedy, and apparently we are going to be in production in the fall so probably that will be my next big project. I also have a side career as a book agent and I am helping Nick Nolte do his memoirs, and I actually have hopes to do another documentary, so we'll see.
Curt: Only to help this movie get up there in terms of distribution and it should have another life in education and also for the jazz festivals around the world, we hope to go beyond the film festivals.
After the screening, guests were treated to a live jazz concert event produced by Quincy Jones. Justin played for everyone and he was joined by Dianne Reeves for a song. Herbie Hancock also performed a song. It was really magical. The after-party presented by Bombay Sapphire and VDKA6100 was held at 121 Fulton Street. Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock were spotted at the same table and Whoopi Goldberg was spotted hanging out with Gwen Terry.


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This striking little square (19C) has bewitched numerous Cuban film makers with its low colourful houses and attractive paving. At its centre stand life-size contemporary sculptures representing street vendors and other rapidly disappearing trades. T..
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This square is a blaze of bold colour (blue, ochre, pink), thanks to the façades of its carefully restored houses. The church and hospital of San Juan de Dios (1728) typify the charm of the colonial Baroque style. This former hospital houses the prov..
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This square, the town's oldest, takes its name from local patriot General Ignacio Agramonte. This former parade ground which witnessed the brutal executions of independence fighters, is today a backdrop for strolling and chatting. Marble benches unde..
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Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams, AO is an Australian farmer, broadcaster and public intellectual. He currently hosts an ABC radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week, and writes a weekly column for The Australian. He has been a successful advertising executive and film producer, and has served on many boards including Greenpeace Australia, Ausflag, Care Australia, Film Victoria, National Museum of Australia, both the Adelaide and Brisbane festivals of ideas, the Montsalvat Arts Society and the Don Dunstan Foundation. Awards include four honorary doctorates from Australian universities; two Orders of Australia; Republican of the Year 2005; the Senior ANZAC Fellowship; the Australian Humanist of the Year, the Golden Lion at Cannes; the Longford Award; and the Henry Lawson Australian Arts Award. In 1997 the International Astronomical Union named a minor planet orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter after him. A National Trust poll elected him one of Australia's 100 national living treasures.
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Chakra (aka H²O) Alpha Test
Chakra is a UCI for both Cowon S9 and J3. It's an upgrade of the H²O UCI, but is currently in alpha state due to source code maintenances.
The latest version, a2 Build 2101011152056, has the following features:
- Multiple desktops
- Icons, custom icons, widgets
- Folders (better compared to H²O)
- Swipeable menubar (3 pages)
v1.0 b2pre (build 201012120033) (Post @ iaudiophile.net)
Previous releases:
- v1.0 a2 (build 201011152056) (Post @ iaudiophile.net)
- v1.0 a1 pre (build 201011072243) (Post @ iaudiophile.net)
- v1.0 a1 pre (build 201011070033) (Post @ iaudiophile.net)
- v1.0 a1 pre (build 201011061338)
How to use custom icons:
- Create a folder 'Chakra' in 'System/Flash UI'
- Create a folder 'custom icons' in 'System/Flash UI/Chakra'
- Put icons in the 'custom icons' folder. Every icon must be there twice: One with and one without label. The naming is: 'icon name.png' and 'icon name__l.png'. 'icon name' is a unique identifier of the custom icon. Read the text below for more details.
- Create a file 'custom icons.xml' in 'Chakra' and open it with a text editor.
Copy and paste the following content:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
- For every icon you have create an entry in <icons>...</icons> with the following scheme:
<icon name="name" type="type" file="file" />
Name: A unique name for the custom icon
Type: 'Launcher' or 'Flash'
File: Filename of the file the icon opens. If the type is 'Launcher', the file must be in 'System/Flash UI/', otherwise it has to be put into 'Flash/'.
- Custom icons can be found in the icon menu. There may be more than one page, so swipe down to go to the next page. There's an indicator on the right side which shows the current page.
The archive already contains the folder structure and the XML file. There's already a sample custom icon added which launches memtest.swf, a game I created.
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Nice. Any idea when it's going to come out of alpha stage into beta/full version?
Hehe, Audio File asked the same thing at iaudiophile.net.
There is no ETA yet, because it depends on how fast I'll have finished the plugin class, the event manager and external widgets support. As soon as these three main features are completed or almost completed, I'll release Chakra as beta.
totally useless.... after all this hardwork it returns with nothing but a scattered desktop.
S9 users should try the latest firmware. there are details about custom the icons.
Status report of Chakra v1.0 b1
Settings Screen: 100%
Available Settings: 100%
Plugin Class: 10%
Event Manager: 0%
~50% of Chakra v1.0 Beta 1 is finished.
These are my targets for the first beta.
This means for example that "available settings: 100%" does not mean that the settings in the first beta are all available settings in the final release.
Status update
Plugin Class: 90%
Event Manager: 55% (Design: 90%, Code: 20%)
Chakra v1.0 b1 (Build 201011222156)
- Added Settings screen (only General settings work, you have to reset your device if you enter another section)
- Added Event Manager
- Added PlugIn Class (instructions and API documentation here)
I can't get out of the launcher settings and security settings when in the options. The back arrow in the bottom right doesn't let me go back. And what do the launcher and secutiry sesttings do? There are no options in each.
Oh I figured out how to go back, you just hold the button but I still don't know what they do
How do you move icons from one page to another and folders alltogether?
Edit: Ok I've now figured out how to move icons from one page to the other but I still can't figure out how to move the folders. When I try to drag a folder they don't move :S
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"Edit: Ok I've now figured out how to move icons from one page to the other but I still can't figure out how to move the folders. When I try to drag a folder they don't move :S"
You always have to press and hold the folder until you can move it.
That's because when you just tap a folder, it is opened so that you can rearrange the icons in there and move them out of the folder (by dragging it beyond the black area).
ahh thanks, that worked
What about the security and launch button options in the settings, what do they do? Mine are blank.
Also, I deleted a folder and now I can't get back the icons that where in this folder. They are greyed out on the screen where you select the icons. (they are the memory test and event manager icons and i have looked under other icons to see if they are hiding behind them!!)
Edit: Since the greyed out icons I deleted all the icons from the menues to start again, wierdly I now had the event manager and memory test back but the flash icon and hunter game where now greyed out (these were in a folder which I deleated when delated every icon and folder). I turned the player off and on again and now the folder which the flash icon and hunter game where in was visible in the bottom of the screen. I then deleated this folder again. I now had all of the icons available to use so started making folders again, I changed my mind on one of the folders I had made so deleated it, it contained the hunter game, flash icon and memory game. After deleaing this folder the flash icon and hunter game where available to reset but the memory game had been greyed out again.
That took some explaining Hope you understand what I'm saying
I'm using claw as menu one with claw's launcher etc. by the way (with dark evolution and Klaw's browser)
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Very awesome. Haven't had the J3 for more than a couple weeks, but I've just started looking at some different UI mods. I really like this so far, and I'm sure there's plenty more I can do and don't realize yet. I'm a big fan everything I've seen, and I know it's still in progress but here's a couple of things I noticed or would like in case you didn't know about them (forgive my terminology):
-When in the view with no icons, and just rows (similar to the Zune layout), the time is correct but the date isn't in English (my selected system language)
-I would really like for the music widget to open the full music app when I tap the album art.
Great start! Look forward to the updates.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots...
My Deviant Art page - they make great wallpapers
"-When in the view with no icons, and just rows (similar to the Zune layout), the time is correct but the date isn't in English (my selected system language)"
I would be difficult to save the date format of every country in Chakra, thus I chose the American date format as global format.
Chakra v1.0 Beta 2 Pre
Build 201012120033
Event Manager:
Please note: This is a pre-beta so there are still lots of bugs and some features are still missing.
IMPORTANT: Your Event Manager database isn't compatible with Chakra b2pre's Event manager database! Please delete the file 'chakra_eventmgr.sol' in /System/Flash UI/ to avoid issues!
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Chakra PlugIn: Startup Actions
Build 201012120250
This PlugIn allows the user to start music playback and/or open the music screen automatically on startup.
Feel free to suggest more options!
How to install:
1. Extract the contents of the archive in '/System/Flash UI/Chakra/PlugIns/'
2. Go to the folder '/System/Flash UI/Chakra/' and open the file 'plugins.xml' with a text editor.
3. Add the line '<plugin file="startup_actions.swf" />' between '<plugins>...</plugins>'
4. How your modified XML file may look like (this is an example!):
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <plugins> <plugin file="event_interface.swf" /> <plugin file="startup_actions.swf" /> </plugins>
How to change the plugin's settings:
1. Go to the Chakra Settings screen
2. Open PlugIn Settings -> Startup Actions
Chakra PlugIn: Wallpaper Changer
Build 201012131853
This PlugIn loads a random wallpaper from the folder 'System/Flash UI/chakra/plugins/res__wallpaper_changer.swf/'.
There is also the option 'Change Wallpaper automatically'. If this option is enabled, when you change the desktop, the wallpaper is changed, too. It's similar to the extended wallpaper feature in H²O.
Sample wallpapers are included.
Read 'How to add/remove wallpapers' to add more wallpapers or remove the sample ones.
How to install:
1. Extract the contents of the archive in '/System/Flash UI/Chakra/PlugIns/'
2. Go to the folder '/System/Flash UI/Chakra/' and open the file 'plugins.xml' with a text editor.
3. Add the line '<plugin file="wallpaper_changer.swf" />' between '<plugins>...</plugins>'
4. How your modified XML file may look like (this is an example!):
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <plugins> <plugin file="event_interface.swf" /> <plugin file="startup_actions.swf" /> <plugin file="wallpaper_changer.swf" /> </plugins>
How to change the plugin's settings:
1. Go to the Chakra Settings screen
2. Open PlugIn Settings -> Wallpaper Changer
How to add/remove wallpapers:
1. Go to '/System/Flash UI/Chakra/PlugIns/res__wallpaper_changer.swf/'
2. Open the file 'wallpaper.xml'
3. Similar to the file 'plugins.xml', you have to add an entry for every wallpaper between '<wallpapers>...</wallpapers>': <wallpaper file="wallpaper.jpg" />
4. How your modified XML file may look like (this is an example!):
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <wallpapers> <wallpaper file="download.jpg" /> <wallpaper file="fgd4r346.jpg" /> <wallpaper file="Find_your_way_1280 x 960.jpg" /> <wallpaper file="drop_fishspot.jpg" /> <wallpaper file="One_Way_iPhone.jpg" /> <wallpaper file="vladstudio_underwater2_.jpg" /> <wallpaper file="Water_In_The_Leaf.jpg" /> </wallpapers>
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Happy New Year from Family & Children's Agency!
Family & Children's Agency wishes you and your family a warm holiday and a happy New Year. We are overjoyed that more than 1,000 gifts were donated to clients this year. In addition, thank you to all corporate, foundation, educational partners, and individual supporters for sponsoring the Family & Children's Agency Holiday Giving Program! The holiday season is busy for many, and the act of kindness displayed by our partners and supporters has meant the world to those in need. Thank you for your compassion and generosity.
Family & Children's Agency had much to be thankful for throughout 2012. We had an extraordinary turnout at Imagine 2012: Hollywood Glamorous and the 2012 Golf & Tennis Classic. The generosity from the greater Fairfield County region was seen year-round at such events as the Mother's Day Tea and St. Patrick's Day celebration. Your support enabled clients across all programs to enjoy seasonal parties, including the summer 2012 Foster Care Picnic and Halloween parties for those in our Youth Development program. This holiday season was the most successful to date as we were able to donate a record number of meals baskets and gifts to clients of the Agency. Thank you for your continued support and we wish you a bright 2013.
Thank you to our generous partners and supporters, below:
Albourne Corporation
American Cancer Society
Ballet Etudes Company
Brien McMahon High School
BJ Ryan's
Carousel Childcare
Children's Aid, Inc. of Darien
Chilton Family
Coleytown Elementary School
Darien Girl Scout Troup 50152
FactSet Research Systems
Friends of the Agency
GE Capital
General Reinsurance Corporation
Grace Episcopal Church
Greenshields Family
Kings Highway School
Lone Pine Foundation
Matinee a cappella group
Media Storm
Ox Ridge Elementary School
New Canaan Country School (NCCS)
New Canaan YMCA Indian Guides and Princesses
Norwalk Girl Scout Troop 50302
Norwalk Hospital Pepperidge Farm
REPUCOM International-Skipper Family-STAR 99.9, 95.9 The FOX, 99.1 WPLR
Terex Corporation
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Tumble Bugs Day School
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Forecast discussion: A ridge of high pressure from the south gave Boston some sunshine early Friday morning, looking like a spring day. However, the winds began to shift from the northwest to the southeast, creating a sea breeze. This helped create overcast skies, with the colder air off the water meeting with the warmer air already overhead. We will continue to see cloudy skies for most of the weekend, with wet weather for all of Saturday.
A low pressure system over eastern Ohio will begin to develop a second low pressure center along the triple point of a cold front, warm front, and occluded front during the overnight. The second low will pass just to our south early Saturday morning. We will see showers arrive by 4 a.m. and continue into the early afternoon. During the mid-afternoon, we may see a brief period of dry weather. However, the showers will return, as the main low begins to move over Southern New England. The primary low will finally move offshore by late Sunday morning, and all rainfall will come to an end. We will see some limited sunshine for the rest of the daytime.
High pressure will bring the sunshine back for Monday, and temperatures will be in the upper 50's. By Tuesday evening, a strong low pressure system in the central U.S. will pick up moisture off the Gulf of Mexico. The high will eventually break down by Wednesday, allowing showers to arrive in the morning. Right now, the computer models are unsure how to handle the system after Wednesday. The main low will become stationary over the Great Lakes. This will allow the cold front to stay along the east coast, with a series of low pressure systems to ride up along the front. The American model is showing heavy rain and possible thunderstorms for Thursday, with more showers and light rain on Friday. The European model pushes the cold front out to sea, giving us some dry weather for Friday. So, my confidence in the forecast after Wednesday night is low at this time.
72 hour forecast:
Tonight: Increasing clouds with showers arriving by 4 a.m. We will have a low of 46.
Saturday: Showers with intermittent rain and a high of 49. Winds will come from the east-northeast at 10-13 mph.
Saturday night: Overcast with showers and a low of 40. Winds will come from the north-northeast at 6-9 mph.
Sunday: Isolated showers by 10 a.m. with partly sunny skies by the mid-afternoon. We will see a high of 53.
Sunday night: Partly cloudy with a low of 41.
Monday: Mostly sunny with a high of 58.
Monday night: Partly cloudy with a low of 43.
Extended Forecast:
Tuesday: Mostly sunny in the morning, with partly sunny skies by the late afternoon. Highs 49-52, lows 39-42.
Wednesday: Overcast skies with showers/light rain by the late morning. Highs 49-52, lows 41-44.
Thursday: Moderate rain by the morning, with possible thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 54-57, lows 46-49.
Friday: Showers/light rain. Highs 57-60, lows 46-49


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2010 (Sr.)
Named to Baylor Classic All-Tournament Team... Named to Doubletree Invitational All-Tournament Team... Set personal record with .571 (12 of 21) hitting percentage in win over Texas Tech.
2009 (Jr.)
Played in all 121 sets for the Mustangs... Ranked third in C-USA with 36 service aces for an average of 0.30 per set... Tallied 333 kills on the season... Was third on the team in points (397)... Enters the season sixth all-time in career digs (1136) at SMU, seventh in career service aces (92), eighth in career kills (1067) and eighth in career points (1230.5)... Game highlights: Collected 21 kills, 13 digs and 21.5 points against McNeese State (9/5)... Accumulated 15 kills and 20 digs against Rice (10/23)... Registered three service aces in three different matches: New Mexico St. (8/28), Rice (10/10) and Tulane (10/30)... Notched 10 kills and 19 digs against Tulane in the C-USA tournament.
2008 (So.)
Played in all 31 matches and 116 sets...Averaged team-best 3.07 kills as well as 3.35 digs and 3.43 points...Totaled 21 aces and 40 blocks...Recorded 10 or more kills 20 times and 10 or more digs 18 times...Had 13 double-doubles, including a 21-kill, 23-dig match against UCF 9/26...Team Rankings: 1st in kills (356, 3.07), 1st in points (3.43), 2nd in digs (369, 3.18), 4th in hitting percentage (.203), 5th in aces (29, 0.25)...C-USA Rankings: 9th in points (3.44), 10th in kills (3.07), 12th in digs (3.18)...In league play, 12th in digs (3.31), 14th in kills (2.90)...Game Highlights: Had 20 digs, 14 kills, and three blocks against Rice 11/2...Had 21 kills and 23 digs match against UCF 9/26...Totaled 23 digs, 19 kills, two blocks, and an ace in the SMU Invitational versus Stephen F Austin 9/6.
2007 (Fr.)
Outstanding freshman year... Played in 115 of 117 games and all 31 matches... Led team in kills with 378 and was second only to the libero in digs with 404 (3.51 per game)... Led the team with 18 double-doubles... Had 20 or more digs twice...Had 15 or more kills nine times... Notched 40 or more attacks 14 times... Honors: Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team... Earned team's Most Kills and Most Aces awards... Selected to the all-tournament team at the New Hampshire Invitational... Team Rankings: Currently fourth all-time in kills per game with 3.29... Third all-time in digs per game with 3.51... Seventh all-time in points per game (3.78)... Game Highlights: Pieced together nine kills, 13 digs, three assists and one block assist at Rice (11/10)... Recorded her team-leading 18th double-double of the season with 18 kills and 17 digs at Houston (11/9)... Had nine kills, 10 digs and two block assists against UAB (11/4)... Notched nine kills, 17 digs, one ace and one block assist against Memphis (11/2)... Hit .339 against UTEP, with a team-leading 23 kills and 18 digs (10/28)... Managed eight kills and two digs against Tulane (10/26)... Recorded her fourth-straight double-double with 14 kills and 13 digs against Tulsa (10/21)... Recorded her 15th double-double of the season at Tulsa with 19 kills and 10 digs (10/19)... Added her 14th double-double of the season at UCF with 19 kills and 13 digs... Also added one assist, one ace, one block solo and three block assists (10/14)... Recorded her 13th double-double of the season at Southern Miss with 26 kills and 14 digs; also notched four service aces (10/12)... Tallied nine kills, eight digs and three assists against Houston (10/7)... Recorded her 12th career double-double against Rice with 15 kills and 16 digs (10/5)... Had six kills and nine digs at Tulane (9/30)... Notched her 11th double-double of the season at UTEP with 12 kills and 18 digs (9/28)... Recorded 10th double-double of the season at East Carolina with 15 kills and 16 digs... Also racked up one service ace, one assist, one block solo and one block assist (9/23)... Notched her ninth double-double of the season against Marshall with 11 kills and 16 digs... Named to New Hampshire Invitational All-Tournament team following her performances... Recorded eighth double-double of the season in loss to New Hampshire, with 13 kills and 12 digs (9/15)... Racked up seven kills, eight digs and two service aces in win over Holy Cross (9/15)... Had seventh double-double of the season in win over Syracuse, with 18 kills and 23 digs; also recorded one service ace (9/14)... Recorded a service ace agaisnt UTSA (9/11)... Notched sixth double-double of the season against Baylor, with 13 kills and 12 digs (9/8)... Played in two games against Prairie View A&M (9/8)... Recorded fifth double-double of 2007 with 11 kills and 14 digs against Ole Miss (9/7)... Notched fourth double-double of the season against Stephen F. Austin, with 12 kills and 19 digs (9/4)... Recorded third double-double of the season with 11 kills and 16 digs against Texas Tech (9/1)... Notched 11 kills and seven digs in win over Villanova (9/1)... Recorded 13 kills and eight digs against Lamar (8/31)... Played in all five games against Eastern Illinois (8/25), recording her second double-double of the tournament, with 11 kills and 16 digs... Played in all three games against McNeese State (8/25)... Notched her first double-double (17 kills, 12 digs) in her collegiate debut in the season opener against Western Carolina (8/24).
Olympic Development: Played in the junior Olympic Nationals in the summer of 2007 and made the all-tournament team. Prep: Was a three-year letterwinner and two-time team captain for coach Shain Sackett at Arlington Lamar HS...Her senior season, she led Lamar to the regional finals for the first time in its history while totaling 561 kills, 633 digs, and 64 aces...named to the first annual AVCA High School Senior All-America teams for girls' volleyball...honored as The Dallas Morning News Volleyball Player of the Year, second-team All-State, District MVP, and District Defender of the Year after leading her team to the third round of playoffs...also named Academic All-State...played club volleyball for Texas Advantage.
Personal: Born in March of 1989...is the daughter of Steve and Kim Wilkerson...started playing volleyball at age eight...father, Steve, played baseball and basketball at TCU...her uncle, Dean Wilkerson, played football at TCU, and her grandfather, Basil Wilkerson, played professional football for the Washington Redskins.


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Brittany Walsh
Textile visuals bring diversity to LVT
In both residential and commercial LVT markets, wood and tile looks have taken a majority stake. But as the housing market continues to strengthen, more and more customers are looking for the comforting visual of a soft surface with the durability of LVT and many major manufacturers are there to meet that need.
Howard Montgomery, creative design director, commercial at Armstrong, explained that the visual look of fabrics, weaves, striated weaves and damask patterns has become increasingly desirable in the last five to six years with several customer segments, in particular with the healthcare and more recently with education. "There has been a desire to soften these hard, very austere, sterile and cold spaces to provide a warm residential ambiance, a home-like feeling that in-turn offers comfort," he said.
Montgomery noted that while healthcare has seen the greatest acceleration in need and acceptance for fabric and soft looks, education, retail and corporate workspaces have also seen great acceptance, which in turn has created comfortable and productive working environments.
"Fabrics, textiles, damasks and weaves hark back to and associate us emotionally to relaxation, comfort, softness and induces reassurance," he explained.
Mannington Commercial has seen a movement toward more abstract visuals. Natalie Jones, vice president of marketing for Mannington Commercial, noted that while wood and stone still sell very well, there is a definite and distinct trend toward not mimicking natural materials but rather having options that provide warmth, calm and luxury in an abstract soft surface visual.
"We've been doing that for quite some time in our product line and continue to make new introductions every year in that textile style," she said.
According to Jones, there are some environments that require the performance of a hard surface over a soft surface, but the desire for that look still remains in those settings. "Particularly in healthcare we see our sheet vinyl and LVT hard surface products being used significantly more than carpet for maintenance and durability reasons," she said.
Jones explained that textile looks in resilient sheet tend to be used more in healthcare, while LVT is seen more in retail environments, corporate environments, in education and also in healthcare.
And while many top commercial manufacturers fill a significant portion of their business with these textile looks, residential LVT manufacturers are also seeing great profits in this sub-segment.
Keith Pocock, COO of FreeFit, attributes the necessity of these looks to providing an alternative option to the consumer. "For interior design purposes it is ideal to offer differentiation," he said. "As the housing market continues to strengthen, even in residential homes people are putting more thought into the design aspect of their homes and concepts of different rooms, so textile looks can fall right into that niche."
FreeFit has seen its HDGC line installed in many office spaces to replace carpet tile. According to Pocock, what it comes down to is maintenance.
"The maintenance of LVT is much easier than that of carpet tile with stain resistance and ability to clean," said Pocock, adding that when it comes to replacement, FreeFit is especially great because it is easy to replace.
Color wise, Armstrong is seeing the consumer's desire for taupe, dark greys, ebony, dark chocolates and mochas. By the same token, the concept of combining dissimilar looks into a harmonious look is also seen trending. For example, putting together fabric looks with concrete or woods. "Our Mystix collection, in particular Morocco, Casablanca or Stream and Jet are extremely popular looks throughout many customer segments: healthcare, corporate and education," said Montgomery.
FreeFit's HDCT line has excelled with consumers desiring design flexibility.
Mannington Commercial has seen textile looks trend in healthcare.
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Burger King's one-third pound Angus Steakhouse XT
Burger King's Steakhouse XT is a helluva bite for just under four dollars. It's a one-third pound patty, that's flame grilled, to be charred and juicy at the same time. The flavor of the Angus beef got my attention on the first bite, and blended well with the sesame seed bun, lettuce, tomato, onions and mayo.
The A-1 Steakhouse XT at $4.49, has french-fried onions, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayo, with a generous dose of A-1 sauce. It was a little too much for me, because it over-powered the beef flavor, but A-1 lovers will love this burger. At a whopping 970 calories, it's not something I can do often, but the next time I would just say "hold the A-1," and I'd be happy.
For you bacon cheeseburger lovers there's also the Smokey Cheddar Steakhouse XT, with the edition of "smokey" cheddar cheese and bacon, to the basic Steakhouse XT.
Either way you go, if you're in the mood for a quick burger, Burger King's line-up of Steakhouse XT Third-pounder burgers might be "King" of the fast-food heap.
Sure it's fast food, but it sure tastes good
Update (Dated April, 19, 2010): Like most fast food, Burger King's Steakhouse XT lost some luster on the jewel the second time I had it. I guess that's what makes fast food occupy the lowest wrung on the food chain. It's packaged product, assembly line constructed, and served by the lowest paid food servers in the business, and the bottom line, is that often, they just don't care what they're handing over the counter or out the drive-up window.
The rating for the Steakhouse XT has been changed from 3-stars to 2-stars.
Poll choices are presented in random order to avoid bias.


text: 091 Labs » cancellation A community-run makerspace in Galway, Ireland 2016-01-23T14:57:51Z http://091labs.com/feed/ WordPress Mark http://bhalash.com http://091labs.com/?p=877 2010-08-16T16:27:49Z 2010-08-16T16:27:49Z Due to unforeseen circumstances, Richard Conroy has been forced to cancel his talk tonight. In its place, Adrian Avendano will instead be holding a short workshop on the employment of Java in web development. 091 Labs sincerely apologizes for this change of schedule. The post Web development talk cancelled appeared first on 091 Labs. ]]> 3


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Like drinking black coffee or craft beer, the director Peter Sellars is very much an acquired taste. You can continue to persist at it, hoping that one day the mystery will eventually turn into a new and refined hobby. For some, this will be the case; for others, perhaps more than half of those who venture into uncharted territory, it will have been a fruitless endeavour. The Stratford Festival's "A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Chamber Play" is very much in this category, with the nearly two-hour play leaving audiences feeling one of three things: confused, excited, or vainly trying to recover their evening.
This Shakespearean play, written at the end of the 16th century, is one of the Bard's most oft-performed pieces, and contains a rather extensive dramatis personae. It was also performed earlier this season at Stratford with the full cast: a delightful production that both charmed and challenged the notion of theatre. But anytime you get Sellars helming a production, you can expect the result to be radically different, as his style is to deliver a performance you'd never expect seeing.
It was the case with the chamber version of "Dream", so dubbed because Sellars reduced the dozens of actors to a mere four, tasking them with handling multiple roles each. Further, he stripped "Dream" of some of the dialogue, turned the Stratford Masonic Concert Hall into a stark, minimalistic stage with a ceiling that looked like a hoarder's garage (although, the original chairs from the inaugural 1953 season of the Stratford Festival were a nice touch), and only used lighting (James F. Ingalls) to signal any sort of scene or character switch.
It's a little difficult to make just one opinion about Sellars's "Dream", as it occupied space at both ends of the spectrum. His vision was very clearly a challenging and intelligent interpretation, forcing the viewer to really sit up and pay attention to understand everything. Because of how drastically he stripped everything down, the language used by Shakespeare in "Dream" took on a different, much darker meaning, with the characters now appearing like broken souls trying to find themselves in each others' reflections. It's about as full of a departure from the other Stratford production of "Dream" as you can get, with not much whimsy or charm in this one.
The actors, too, were stupendously good, and at such an equally good footing, it's not possible to isolate one over another in terms of strengths or weaknesses. Sarah Afful (Hippolyta, Helena, Puck, Thisbe), Dion Johnstone (Theseus, the Duke of Athens, Pyramus, Demetrius), Trish Lindström (Titania, Hermia, Wall) and Mike Nadajewski (Oberon, Lysander, Moonshine) all showed what great acting looks like, and captivated the audience from start to finish. What really worked in their favour was Sellars's decision to mic them, as Shakespeare's verses could be roared or whispered sotto voce for an even stronger effect.
All this, however, means nothing if the viewer can't understand what's going on, which was very much the case with "Dream". Because the actors slid into their roles so seamlessly, the average theatregoer would have to rely on the actors' body language to understand what was going on. You really need an intimate understanding of "Dream" to be able to follow along with this production, and Sellars is excluding a huge potential group of audience members.
While it can be argued that an artist shouldn't have to dumb down a production so it can appeal to a wider demographic, there are certain techniques Sellars could have employed to broaden "Dream"'s appeal without losing its power. A truly excellent production is one that contains material both the average and the passionate viewer can enjoy, and Sellars's interpretation of "Dream" felt as though he were snobbishly appealing to a very select demographic.
For instance, if he's adamant about not having any sort of set design at all and using only lights to signal changes in mood and atmosphere, why not create a more delineated lighting change to indicate when one actor slips into another character? Or perhaps a more noticeable sound change, such as the beginning or ending of a leit motif? Tareke Ortiz's sound design was powerful for both alternating between an impending rumbling earthquake and dead silence, but more deliberately demarcating the changes in accordance with the characters would have detracted nothing from the play at all.
As it stands, the chamber version of "A Midsummer's Night Dream" is an excellent choice if you're dearly familiar with the characters and the text, and one to skip if your knowledge of it is anything less than intimate. For many theatregoers, the tendency tends to fall into the latter category, and is not the kind of play you'd want to get your feet wet with at the Stratford Festival.
And for a director with the reputation of Peter Sellars, he's proving himself to be adept at putting out an intelligent production, but a very lopsided, unbalanced one, too.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Chamber Play" plays at the Stratford Masonic Concert Hall through September 20. For more information and tickets, visit the Stratford Festival's website.


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There's a new Booster Bundle for DC Universe Online offering a $30 value for 2,000 SC/MC. The fun super hero MMO is offering this new Booster Bundle for a limited time. It will be available until April 2nd.
This new bundle is offering special aura's for in-game hero's as well as 500 replay badges, 5 vault tickets and a whole lot more. Being a super hero is pretty awesome but when everyone is super like in DC Universe Online it helps to have something a little special to help you stick out. This Booster Bundle could have just what you need.
The latest March newsletter for the game also announces new DLC. "Amazon Fury Part 1" will be DCUO's 10th DLC package which will allow players to play as Wonder Woman as they defend Gotham from Queen Hippolyta and Circe. For those wanting to take a walk on the villain side you can play the DLC as Circe as well. The DLC will also include a new weapon mastery feature and new alert and duo's. Check out the DCUO website for more info.
The DCUO Booster Bundle includes an Aura Reward Box which will get you one random aura. Available aura's include Blue Plasmic, Red Plasmic, or the New Nimbus Aura. A new aura can really help your hero shine.
Nimbus Aura
In addition to a random aura the Booster Bundle includes 500 replay badges and 6 R&D scanners. The Bundle offers great savings having it's priced reduced from 3,000 SC/MC to 2,000.
Red Plasmic
Get 8 radar enhancers and 5 proto repair bots included in the Booster Bundle. This DCUO Bundle Deal is brought to you by Booster Gold.
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5 vault tickets are included in this Limited Edition Bundle. The Booster Bundle is currently available in the in-game marketplace until April 2nd so don't miss out on your chance to get this great deal.
Amazon Fury
New DLC for DCUO comes with Wonder Woman's story. "Amazon Fury Part 1" brings cool new features as well as playable mission as either hero Wonder Woman or villain Circe.


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Tonight, AMC's critical darling Mad Men returns for a fourth season. Here's a roundup of what some of my favorite TV bloggers have to say about it.
Paul Simon once sang of 1964, "It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, the year after JFK." But as the curtain rises on the fourth season of AMC's retro-docu-drama "Mad Men" in the fall of that fateful year, all eyes are on just one person: Donald F. Draper. read more
Sunday's season premiere of AMC's period drama series Mad Men begins with Jon Hamm's Don Draper being interviewed by a reporter for a trade journal, who asks Don an innocuous puffball question as preparation of a profile about the successful advertising-agency executive. But because of what we know about Don's past -- and what most people around him DON'T know -- that puffball turns into a potential hand grenade. read more
At the beginning of Season 4 of Mad Men (AMC, Sundays, 10 p.m. E.T.), Don Draper (Jon Hamm) has made a clean break with the past, having ended his marriage and started his own ad business. Successful and in his prime, he can remake himself however he likes. But when we first see him, he's struggling to answer a simple question from an Advertising Age reporter: "Who is Don Draper?" He stares across the lunch table, blank, like a shopper boggling at 93 varieties of potato chip. read more (contains spoilers)
Will you be watching Mad Men tonight?
Todays' Twitter recommendations: Aaron Barnhart, David Bianculli, James Poniewozik
You can follow me on Twitter: @thatneilguy


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Why do you commute by bike?
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No, you are not a slave to gas!
Thanks to all those who have been participating in our recent contest on our Facebook page. The winner will win a pair of new cool PC2 Ergon Commuter Pedal. It's not too late for you to win, to participate, go to our Facebook page and tell us why you commute by bike. Contest ends July 31st. Below are some great reasons sent in already.
From Dana Hougland
I commute because when I am jumping curbs, racing cars and practicing track stands I feel 15 and not 55. Responsiblity lurks at either end, but for an hour I can be totally free.
From Ryan Elliot Moffat
I commute by bike simply because it saves me money, makes me happy and healthy, and I enjoy the look on peoples faces when they are stuck in traffic and I breeze by car(e)free.
From Mike Kauspedas
I commute because I can honestly get back home faster by bike than driving, so it's not just for the morning wake up ride. And its fun, keeps the weight off, good time for training, makes me feel good, and a myriad of other benefits I'm surely forgetting.


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Cluard E. Pittman of Dover passed away peacefully at home with his family Friday July 26, 2013 after a long illness. He was 90. He was born on January 12, 1923 in Shallotte, North Carolina. He served in the United States Army during WWII. Mr. Pittman had a variety of careers, he was Chief of Police of Shallotte, NC and Sheriff in Brunswick City, NC. He had owned and operated a long distance trucking company, Eskimo Truck Lines before opening Pittman's Seaford in Dover for over 30 years retiring in 2006. He was an avid Harley Davidson rider in his younger years and enjoyed spending time with his family. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by brother, Ernest Pittman, sister, Dorothy Durham, grandson, Dennis W. Hutson, Jr. and great granddaughter, Alexia Hope McClellan. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Rose Jones Pittman of Dover; son, Cluard "Beau" Pittman, Jr and his wife Wanda Hill of Dover; daughters, Linda Tosh and her husband Mark of Milford, Rose Stone and her husband Donald of Lake Park, GA, Donna Chasteen and her husband Howard of Dover, Brenda Hutson and her husband Dennis of Milford; sister Joyce Robinson of Holden Beach, NC; twelve grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren. He was a hard worker, provider and loving father that will be greatly missed by his family. His family will remember his great scense of humor during his entire illness even though he was in extreme pain. Funeral services will be held 12PM, Wednesday July 31, 2013 at Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road (Rt.10), Dover. Friends may call one hour prior. Interment will be in Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to Delaware Hospice, 911 S. Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901. Letters of condolences may be sent and guest book signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.
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